The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @lopp ever

January 2021

@danheld @aantonop Twitter should auto hide replies from accounts that block you.

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Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
https://t.co/wdwID0dejJ

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“In the short run the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.”

- Benjamin Graham

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You don’t know how much fiat truly exists.
You don’t know how much gold truly exists.
You don’t even know how many… https://t.co/ZFnthXuJuU

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You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entir… https://t.co/nOggDfadqO

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It’s not possible to withdraw bitcoin from Robinhood; this is the next best option to free your funds. https://t.co/YbO7jk7Gga

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RT @ProtonMail: Want to know exactly what information and how much of it Google, Facebook, Tinder (and others) have on you? JustGetMyData m…

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“Hello <user>,

We are migrating to a new system and will have to generate a new account for you. We will send your… https://t.co/xXMJv9IcJs

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Overheard in a recent client services meeting:

“How do I address an anonymous client professionally when they set… https://t.co/s2p7WVTmKs

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@Chris_AF_ Casa only ever has 1 key to the multisig - never enough to block a user from spending their funds. We pr… https://t.co/2CyD0vYpW9

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Free markets don’t need overseers for protection.

Free markets just need transparency and to let fools get rekt.

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Mr. Boy just learned his first lesson in the perils of using trusted third parties. https://t.co/TMkQcGM84h

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@souljaboy All you have to do is relocate to Russia, Mr. Boy

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@primex001 It’s not /great/, though to be fair they would not be able to censor traffic between nodes on the tor ne… https://t.co/HpiD3vNFOi

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We’re gonna need wider on-ramps.

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@iaintbishop @CasaHODL Unfortunately, selling is the only way out.

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The lockdowns have given people more time to research how the world works.

The lockdowns are fueling their frustration.

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Those libertarian lunatics you can’t stand are going to keep building Fuck You technology and you’re going to like it.

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Information wants to be free
Markets want to be free
People want to be free
Freedom will win

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Fuckin’ posers. Real crypto exchanges don’t halt, they only crash due to overwhelming demand. https://t.co/0NUFlUrcpL

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Bitcoin /is/ the money. The only way you “take it off the table” is by taking it away from risky third parties and… https://t.co/nhwzT2oDVR

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@crypto Central bankers need to be prepared to get rekt, warns cypherpunk.

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If you “owned” bitcoin on Robinhood last week, you were naive.

If you “own” bitcoin on Robinhood today, you’re a moron.

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Elon won’t take us to the moon.

We’re headed to Mars now.

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That aged well. Sorry Scott, no dip for you. https://t.co/DbsOlDUrGt

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Folks spent a decade saying Bitcoin was a scam.

Now they’re realizing they had their money parked in scams the whole time.

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Not your stock certificate?
Not your stock.

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Welcome to the desert of the real, retail investors. pic.twitter.com/ynAX0mOP4w

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buy bitcoin
short banks
self custody
resist censorship
https://t.co/vHX4JtwuV6

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There’s a word for games that are pointless to play because the rules are perpetually at risk of being rewritten.

It’s called politics.

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starkness 2008: Too big to fail

2021: Too small to win

via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 12:39 PM, Jan 28th, 2021 via Twitter Web App)

@_JustinMoon_ pink sheets
shitcoins
meme stonks

history doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme…

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All this talk of chicken tendies is making me peckish.

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The central points of failure are pissing off the masses. https://t.co/yMr21XL6Yi

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RT @GrapheneOS: An experimental version of our web-based installer for GrapheneOS is now available:

https://t.co/29OBsANCta

This can be u…

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Long freedom
Long transparency
Short conspiracy
Short authority

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WSBChairman They can only control us because we use their currency.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:17 AM, Jan 28th, 2021 via Twitter Web App)

Don’t forget to withdraw your stocks from exchanges to the security of self custody.

Oh wait

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Imagine the value of systems architected to provide confidence that their rules can’t be changed arbitrarily.

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One thing that DeFi does right in comparison to traditional markets is allowing folks to get rekt when they do stup… https://t.co/ujUawOOCzh

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Watch who changes the rules when they start losing. https://t.co/13n8csgBgl

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Your comms channels have been deemed too dangerous to the elites. https://t.co/NuSNP5JYtw

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Exit all Fed manipulated markets. https://t.co/CTOLRnZqjC

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Free the markets from the manipulators who turn them off on a whim! pic.twitter.com/AeH2x235uu

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The democratization of finance will turn every market into a shitcoin casino. Fuck fundamentals; respekt da pump!

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If @wallstreetbets folks find fun in wrecking hedge funds, wait til they figure out how to wreck central banks.

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Govt agencies can only afford to go whale hunting. They lack the tools to capture a school of piranhas. https://t.co/NApFQrM31g

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How can you take any market seriously if it can’t even maintain several 9s of uptime this day in age.

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NASDAQ just exposed a vulnerability; spool up the botnets boiz! https://t.co/KwfSF3ujuu

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Government agencies perpetually struggle to keep up with the results of technological advancement. The real questio… https://t.co/pLi3fS4H3n

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This may be the year in which the crowd realizes it can beat Wall Street at its own game.

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“Twitter is a war zone.” - @elonmusk

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@cameron @elonmusk Isn’t Elon already on the SEC’s naughty list?

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Bitcoin isn’t volatile.
Everything else is.

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There are two types of Bitcoin analysts. pic.twitter.com/TLuLyellKF

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RT @CasaHODL: 🔈🤯 Casa is growing!

We’re looking for a QA Specialist to help drive improvement and add polish to Casa’s entire product suit…

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What’s the updated figure for how many billions of dollars in opportunity cost Bitmain paid by choosing to support… https://t.co/anjH2bB76M

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@DanDarkPill EMPEROR on the front
BITCOIN on the rear

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@nvk Debt is just money we owe ourselves.

All you need to do to escape is GFY.

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@DanDarkPill How dare you speak ill of the Emperor of Bitcoin!

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Guess who’s back?
Back again…
Dark Pill’s back…
Tell a friend!
https://t.co/1fgJm6Zl1C

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Fiat Market Cap: 3,466,814,368 BTC
BTC Dominance: 0.54 %

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@WhalePanda We have naturally occurring organic halts called infrastructure crashes.

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Q: What happens to Bitcoin if the internet stops working?
A: Don’t worry about it, you’ll probably be dead or struggling to survive.

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Q: Why do you consider _____ a shitcoin?
A: Usually because they failed to prioritize the most important principle… https://t.co/94C90ZtSwU

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New Bitcoin Resources page is now live; who did we miss? https://t.co/3QrHMQwA3j

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@NeerajKA @Grayscale Looks like @NeerajKAfood is going to be able to afford better ingredients.

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RT @Sonnenshein: 🔣 #JoinTheMatch: @Grayscale is picking up the baton from @krakenfx. We’re donating $1 million to @coincenter and pledging…

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Some people are storing millions of dollars on a single sheet of paper. 😬 https://t.co/E9rxMpS7Ug

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Capitulation by /r/investing. This has been a long time coming. https://t.co/8JXWSYkkMg

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@backpacker_btc No clue, though I bet @jimmysong has a few thoughts.

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@GeorgeBLE17 @Sonnenshein @Grayscale Nah, I’m generally in favor of decentralized open source projects that don’t s… https://t.co/GFL0ZmtRFc

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@FulgorSedano6 Precedent has already been set that there are catastrophic cases where that is acceptable. Take, for… https://t.co/IR1aDhuEje

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@FulgorSedano6 Immutability is an attribute, a subset of consensus. I’d say it’s a major Schelling point for Bitcoi… https://t.co/94sQ9zX4bD

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I don’t have faith in Bitcoin. My world view is based upon the assumption that individuals generally act in rationa… https://t.co/54R75TKa16

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@NoahPierau @Frances_Coppola Faith implies that it’s devoid of logic. My perspective is based upon game theory and… https://t.co/LFLZJfO00m

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RT @lopp: @Frances_Coppola The first time folks tried to change the issuance schedule was in 2012. There will surely be plenty of attempts…

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@jillruthcarlson The newer the “crypto” you’re using, the lower the expectations I’d have for UX given that it’s li… https://t.co/gnAs7y9m3k

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@BobLoukas @josephskewes @Frances_Coppola Folks can talk about it ad nauseum but the fact of the matter is that no… https://t.co/N1Ztn1HiUh

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@goorha @Frances_Coppola ROFL they are free to fork off and bitcoiners will happily dump the shitcoin fork in excha… https://t.co/wcCakNoZp8

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@josephskewes @Frances_Coppola Any change is theoretically possible if you can gain consensus for it. I suspect few… https://t.co/4riJroTlqn

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@Frances_Coppola The first time folks tried to change the issuance schedule was in 2012. There will surely be plent… https://t.co/RRdHCklKuq

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No speculation required. My nodes enforce the rules to which I agree. You can’t force me to change the rules I enfo… https://t.co/qNerNZk0d4

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This may be controversial, but I have decided it’s time to add an “Art” section to my Bitcoin Resources. Please add… https://t.co/jv8qlezY3t

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@lightcoin Haven’t looked into it, will check it out.

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Q: How do I use cloud storage safely?
A: You have to ensure that your files are encrypted before they leave your ma… https://t.co/6LFOWARmDz

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My second biggest complaint about taxes is that the taxpayer does not get to directly choose how funds are allocate… https://t.co/zigmaUfXeL

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@kevinschawinski @TheStalwart Satoshi became irrelevant when they stopped contributing a decade ago. Those who wors… https://t.co/ZbxptYN0Ct

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It’s odd that banks treat employment as if it’s guaranteed, but entrepreneurship based income is too risky. It’s th… https://t.co/dUbHeZ0EsO

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No one gives alpha away.

Remember that the next time you see people posting price prediction charts.

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Is it ironic that the woman who made Bernie’s mittens says her mitten business was crushed by taxes?… https://t.co/0kpRx8bkMo

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@intangiblecoins Enough fun and games; it time to crush this dumbass.

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RT @mikebelshe: A year ago @CalvinAyre threatened @BitGo after we dropped BSV. We dropped it because the genius BSV devs broke their own bl…

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Q: Why did Satoshi choose an upper limit of 21,000,000 BTC?
A: The limiting factor is the max value of a 64 bit int… https://t.co/D3yOgUxdrJ

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“I never learned anything while I was talking.”

- Larry King, RIP

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@PeterMcCormack @hodlonaut Looking forward to him trying to sue every node. https://t.co/3sMDnaMK5p

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bitcoin-cli getblock 00000000000000ecbbff6bafb7efa2f7df05b227d5c73dca8f2635af32a2e949 0 | tail -c+92167 | for ((o=0… https://t.co/AAHTSY640I

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@robot__dreams Fun fact I learned recently. BIP39 actually recommends AGAINST rejecting seed phrases with an invali… https://t.co/KVZTVNz75Z

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@DannyDeafDavis 90min blocks happen every few weeks IIRC. longer than that is quite rare.

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There will be a point at which we refer to this current period as The Good Old Days.

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If you are truly a soldier boy, shouldn’t you join the LINK Marines or the XRP Army?
https://t.co/NhJ6ir8gR9

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No need for fancy words and lengthy explanations, @TheStalwart. It’s Fuck You Money. https://t.co/eGQG0vdee3

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@Excellion She’s just bad at Twitter. Her thinking was explained much better in the @WhatBitcoinDid episode. IIRC w… https://t.co/NVerssvhvk

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@mcnally_steve It can be, but social security is a ponzi scheme that is enforced via threats of violence rather tha… https://t.co/Zg3MGyyCCS

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Worth noting that malicious actors can build Ponzi schemes ON TOP of the Bitcoin protocol. This is yet another reas… https://t.co/cmvp7hCbpK

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@flyosity For real. I used to work with him and had extensive conversations with him about his views.

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Not only is Bitcoin NOT a Ponzi scheme, it is one of the few available investments that is provably NOT a Ponzi sc… https://t.co/mT5kl0esc9

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@paoloardoino I’ve seen how many commits you make 💀

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@BitsComplicated @CalvinAyre I would STRONGLY urge you to develop critical thinking skills.

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Can’t believe that a bunch of you still follow our brainwashed and delusional former colleague. https://t.co/PjiugQdXOo

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Newbies who get excited or panicked over double digit percentage swings in bitcoin’s exchange rate are adorable. We… https://t.co/0vr89o5B9O

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@wintercooled @BitMEXResearch It’s a matter of time and perspective. There are, for example, plenty of weak chains… https://t.co/Kls86lnGOA

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Unlearn govt sanctioned economics at https://t.co/M3PBG6nnig
Deflation & Liberty
Economics in One Lesson
Human Acti… https://t.co/a1gyKJdmeR

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@RaoulGMI L-BTC
RBTC
WBTC
tBTC
renBTC

For obvious reasons. Best money, different platforms.

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@mmviii_2008 @slush @slush_pool Scammer’s gonna scam. Could be using this to run some affinity scam on the side.

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Laughably bad bullshit claim. Pooled mining didn’t even exist before November 2010 when @slush launched what is now… https://t.co/S8Eswc8Bnd

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@kyletorpey LOL I forgot about that guy. Looks like he blocked me.

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elonmusk Am donating $100M towards a prize for best carbon capture technology

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 6:27 PM, Jan 21st, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

I bet there’s a huge unexplored market for NFTs of chainsaw ice sculptures.

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Strike down one Bitcoin instance and ten thousand will take its place. This is antifragility.

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RT @DigitalAssets: The Bitcoin White Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto laid the foundation for a groundbreaking peer-to-peer electronic cash system…

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Bitcoin doesn’t need heroes
Bitcoin doesn’t need leaders
Bitcoin gets fucking legends
https://t.co/HRfQy3fGKp

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RT @lopp: Whale patiently waiting for you to panic sell your bitcoin. https://t.co/Sch6ctpOeq

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Contribute
Contribute to an idea
Contribute to a cause
Contribute to a timeless project
Contribute and you can never die

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RT @hasufl: New Article: Was there a Bitcoin double spend on Jan 20, 2021?
https://t.co/HBizq8hjgk

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The ecosystem will not be bullied by you and your pet plagiarist, @CalvinAyre. We are legion.

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@danheld Bitcoin literally grows on merkle trees.

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@vagarywheels @CasaHODL Not all all, though we don’t have support for languages other than English at this time.

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RT @CasaHODL: 🎉New Year, new Casa App feature updates!

Learn more about our January product updates, including some of our 🔝 customer feat…

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The big boys aren’t dumb. They will FUD the hell out of bitcoin if it benefits them to get cheap coins. Don’t fall for it.

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Somebody wants a bigger dip to buy… https://t.co/9zb09kwNAV

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@rjurney Pretty much. He’s been caught in so many lies you’d be a fool to believe anything he claims.

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@rjurney What $180M? Are you referring to the Tulip Trust? That whole thing is just another made up story.

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@rjurney It’s a long con that has been going for over 5 years. It’s just annoying at this point. If you really want… https://t.co/XiTGP41U5T

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@CElston My entire site is open source and could be spooled up on a new host in a matter of minutes. github.com/jlopp/lopp.net

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@keremtibuk Honeybadger is still an apt metaphor, though I like cyber swarm more. I believe it encapsulates the HOW… https://t.co/5EhG1J2pxH

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A lone hornet doesn’t stand a chance against a predator.
A swarm of cyber hornets can defend against anything.

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As Bitcoin continues to grow, become more valuable, and threaten more incumbents, expect the volume and severity of… https://t.co/tJ0v8ilpXD

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@CalvinAyre As usual his shenanigans will backfire. Gonna be hilarious to see an explosion of web sites hosting the… https://t.co/7lQcdhPSCL

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@rjurney Just some legal threats from a con man. https://t.co/dzc3MZe3O5

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I’ve hosted the Bitcoin whitepaper for years. I eagerly await my lawsuit. The fraud who does not deserve to be name… https://t.co/rWpxB0ZbME

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The cool thing about creatine is you can sneak it into anything from bone broth to wine.

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@DCAndrew26 @POTUS @Free_Ross The fake ones that were orchestrated by corrupt federal agents? Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure

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@DCAndrew26 @POTUS @Free_Ross I mean yeah, everyone convicted of nonviolent drug crimes should be released. I suspe… https://t.co/GKvd2tXgrv

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The appropriate response to “most bitcoin transactions are for illicit purposes” is not “no no no you see it’s real… https://t.co/NcI13QxObL

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Yo @POTUS, it’s never too early to @Free_Ross if you give a damn about justice.

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@AlyssaHertig A programmer is a masochist who perpetually hates her ignorant former self.

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If you sell your bitcoin because Janet Yellen made negative remarks about it then you really, really don’t get it.

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nine pages
3,641 words
21,443 characters
to reimagine finance
lopp.net/pdf/bitcoin.pdf

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@yolothehan It’s an evergreen tweet that applies to all new politicians 😉

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@yolothehan So you’d agree he made folks poorer and less free…

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The new politicians are going to make you poorer and less free. The only question is by how much.

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The folks who believe the new politician is going to solve their problems are as foolish as the folks who thought t… https://t.co/KyoRl69vGc

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Corporate bitcoin treasuries are a nice start, but if corporations don’t self custody then they are putting their f… https://t.co/irDcUJjNMg

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@OrangeSwell BSV’s value is for entertainment purposes only.

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The most important thing is that we’re all having fun.

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RT @achow101: I’m launching a Bitcoin Core usage survey: https://t.co/O3mbn4vnCP

The survey will help us learn about who, how, and why peo…

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