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

March 2021

The communication age creates connections between like-minded people regardless of their location.

However, Dunbar… https://t.co/hGlBfJv5Js

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RT @btc: The BTC Times is hiring! We’re looking for full-time reporters to join our team and create no-nonsense #Bitcoin content.

If this…

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Are you going to be the weak hands who relinquishes your sats to Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley clients?

Or will… https://t.co/Qpg98sxNBO

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Twenty-year-old Vidit Sharma was arrested by police on March 27 for staging a robbery at his own house; it turned o… https://t.co/6LP22XecgN

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RT @CasaHODL: Casa is hiring! We’re looking for engineers to help us build the future of Bitcoin self-custody.

If you’re a strong mobile e…

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robustus So now we have Chipotle drafting bitcoin hard-fork policies, and Tesla reporting vulns in BTCPay Server. Nice

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 5:41 PM, Mar 30th, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

RT @BtcpayServer: We want to thank @Tesla for submitting the disclosure that led to these fixes and helping us with remediation. Thank you…

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STOP ENTERING SEED PHRASES INTO SOFTWARE

ONLY ENTER SEEDS INTO DEDICATED BITCOIN HARDWARE DEVICES
https://t.co/aUODW33g1D

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@BTCMinstrel @samwellsan @matt_odeIl Real nerds open unverified files in throwaway containerized virtual machines

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Your government cares about your well-being in the same way that a farmer cares about his cattle.

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WE MUST BAN INACTIVITY
WHERE MY KARENS AT?
https://t.co/n0eeCq6OCR

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THE “JOURNALISTS” WHO CONVINCED YOU THAT BITCOIN WAS A PONZI SCHEME ARE, IN FACT, THE TRUE SCAMMERS

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RT @CasaHODL: #Bitcoin is for everyone.

So we built security for everyone.

If you’re ready to take the next step securing your $BTC and…

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@nic__carter @ChipotleTweets Sounds like a loophole for them to withhold payment once taproot activates!

via Twitter for Android in reply to nic__carter

@bearrun If your current jurisdiction becomes too authoritarian for your tastes, vote with your feet and GTFO.

via Twitter for Android in reply to bearrun

The past year has solidified in my mind the value of being able to move to a new jurisdiction with little friction.

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The past year has offered plenty of opportunities for self improvement. Are you taking advantage of them or are you… https://t.co/5JujOzY4I6

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Pour one out to those who blindly venture forth into the unknown and find new ways to get REKT
https://t.co/7YOhAvX6q2

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HODL until the IRS collapses under the weight of its own bureaucracy pic.twitter.com/x541AmRV39

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@nic__carter Half an order of magnitude more ain’t bad!

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Filing under “well-aged snark.” https://t.co/XspQj7BwYU

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@johnnymidlife I have nothing against vaccines.
I’m anti-coercion and anti-surveillance.

via Twitter for Android in reply to johnnymidlife

@BrianLockhart THIS DOESN’T MAKE SENSE
WHY ADD BACK DOORS WHEN PHP IS A GIANT FRONT DOOR

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The Bitcoin node powering https://t.co/CEIeZfITcp audits the money supply after every block and displays the result… https://t.co/KyESRIltKl

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HELLO 911 I’D LIKE TO REPORT BLOCKCHAIN ABUSE
https://t.co/nioKaWgdLp

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@NickMaramis @CasaHODL @Nneuman This would be the easiest way to accomplish that: https://t.co/BfN38Nn3nY

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REGULATORS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO WHINE

FINANCIAL PRIVACY IS NOT A CRIME
https://t.co/BQCGBBqY1I

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RT @hectorr159: $1,000 invested in Bitcoin on this date would be worth over half a million today

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If you need to ask permission in order to leave your house / city / state / country then you are a prisoner.

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It’s never too early to start sketching out citadel designs.

via Twitter for Android in reply to lopp

Take up some new hobbies while you’re waiting for the rest of the world to catch up on Bitcoin. Improve your self s… https://t.co/E266Hsx4X6

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HAVE YOU EVER BROWSED SHITCOIN TWITTER

AND NOTICED IT’S MOSTLY RECYCLED BITCOIN MEMES?

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EVERY DAY YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT ISN’T DELETED FOR WRONGTHINK IS A BLESSING

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RT @zooko: There’s no point in someone making a Jameson Lopp parody account because @lopp is already both the Jameson Lopp parody account a…

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NOCOINERS MAY ONLY DELETE MY TWEETS BY PAYING ME BITCOIN

https://t.co/0DPmHyd1Jz

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I FIND NO PLEASURE IN PLAYING ZERO SUM GAMES

TRUE JOY COMES FROM THE REEING OF AUTHORITARIANS AS THEY FEEL POWER S… https://t.co/m2QYFJIvCk

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@DZack23 Fiat adoption is fundamentally enforced via threats of violence; voluntary money will be all about network… https://t.co/LHjvaTm7rF

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@DZack23 That’s a very different issue. The nature of permissionless ensures that there will be many types. It does… https://t.co/l3OxFNz8TG

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@ErikVoorhees Of course not, which is why the term “Bitcoin maximalist” is so hilarious; often I’m not “the right k… https://t.co/4MRsrnjx3c

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@notsofast @UrCryptoDad Pretty much everyone will choose convenience over privacy, going back to your original point.

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@UrCryptoDad @notsofast Look at the market for privacy coins and tell me with a straight face that privacy is valued.

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@dis7ant Right; the folks who are using many of the current projects are not mainstream. There are the tinkerers an… https://t.co/MjXUxKi0b2

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@dis7ant People go out of their way to avoid extra complexity / friction / work. You could call it laziness, others… https://t.co/uiEtYGQ49T

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@Cointelegraph @gregthomson88 It was a satirical post and you’re acting like it’s a real story.

via Twitter for Android in reply to Cointelegraph

@AdsAmateur Privacy coins are great. Unfortunately, nobody cares about privacy.

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Bitcoin maximalism explained in one sentence:

💏NOBODY💏WANTS💏TO💏MANAGE💏DOZENS💏OF💏DIFFERENT💏TYPES💏OF💏MONEY💏

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@BrianLockhart @NeerajKA HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR A LEGENDARY QUOTE

“I DO NOT RESPECT THE CONGRESS”

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@flyosity Yes but to be fair I wouldn’t spend $100 on these things either.

via Twitter for Android in reply to flyosity

RT @BitcoinMagazine: Microsoft Announced Completion Of ION V1 And Launch On Bitcoin Mainnet.

“Anyone is now free to implement the ION DID…

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The Suez Canal incident is par for the course when it comes to our fragile infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/wa3jSMl7im

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26 year old man in Argentina becomes victim of armed robbers who posed as bitcoin buyers. https://t.co/2iPN0YtIWi

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@nvk Uh oh, looks like he’s so afraid of this amoeba that he blocked me.

via Twitter for Android in reply to nvk

Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution.
Bitcoiners should still prepare for attacks from those who are not so peaceful.

https://t.co/C3QqKLU7SJ

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Bitcoin punishes ignorance.

Don’t understand network effects? REKT
Don’t understand economics? REKT
Don’t understa… https://t.co/hGwTZni486

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Bitcoiners are not setting the world on fire. We’re watching the “authorities” burn the economy and we will use thi… https://t.co/BHe71iv2hr

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IF YOU SPEW RHETORIC THAT BOILS DOWN TO “WORDS ARE VIOLENCE” THEN I ASSUME YOU HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED BEING PUNCHED IN THE FACE

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I CAN CONFIRM THAT THIS MAN IS A COLD BLOODED KILLER

I HAVE WITNESSED HIM MURDER IGNORAMI ON TWITTER DOT COM pic.twitter.com/zgWZS1CXNz

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@EricHolthaus OH DEAR

YOU CHOSE THE WORST POSSIBLE NERD TO ATTEMPT TO DUNK UPON

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@_prestwich @nadertheory Is there really a developer community? Or is that just Chaz rebooting the sole server for the “blockchain?”

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THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND YOUR LIMITS

AND IT’S NOT THE EASY WAY

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It’s a good time for contrarian optimists to buy plane tickets.

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@parrottf @nvk @pierre_rochard @PrestonPysh @Coinkite It depends on if your children are incorporated into your threat model.

via Twitter for Android in reply to parrottf

YOU ARE THE FROG
BOILING IN THE POT
OF MONETARY POLICY

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@TheLordofBTC I’D RATHER ONLY BE LIMITED BY THE SPEED OF LIGHT KGR8THX

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@SirGrantFleming “even by coercing” 😏

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I DON’T NEED A CYBERTRUCK

I NEED A NEURAL UPLINK IN ORDER TO DECENTRALIZE MY CONSCIOUSNESS

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STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE WHINERS ARE GONNA STOP THE DOERS
https://t.co/AVjWsRMgdt

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Folks have yet to fully appreciate the implications of being able to protect assets in a setup that can’t be access… https://t.co/yfK8R75pkR

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Happiness is a warm Creality Ender 3
https://t.co/KiBQ1cIFYj

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@hammerheadbat @steve_johnson6 @EricHolthaus The market is showing that it values thermodynamic security and the el… https://t.co/EnYhGYXZSD

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Remember all the companies that started accepting bitcoin ~6 years ago but instadumped it for fiat? 🤣 https://t.co/DlOW4K0kPB

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RT @michael_saylor: CPI is a misleading measure of inflation. Volatility is a misleading measure of risk. The former distracts us from t…

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“Let’s ban this plant!”
“Let’s ban this molecule!”
“Let’s ban this piece of metal & plastic!”
“Let’s ban this infor… https://t.co/sD7SdWeT3E

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Getting back to normal in America after a pandemic should not include fearing for our safety.

You have the power t… https://t.co/jYXser6Qm8

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Perspective:

more people are murdered with blunt objects than with rifles in the USA

more people are murdered wi… https://t.co/Ntg20c2sJg

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@nic__carter This “carbon fpotprint” is clearly a new and sophisticated criticism of which I’m unaware.

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@PeterMcCormack @BlockFi But then you made me explain what an xpub was

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@danielsgoldman By the time you need your AR-15 to kill the fascists, they will have made it illegal to defend yourself.

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@PeterMcCormack @BlockFi Sir, there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch

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RT @Tech__Talks: On the latest #podcast @lopp joins me to explain why this #bitcoin hype is different: https://t.co/rkSILp1WvN

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WELCOME TO BITCOIN, BELFORT

NOW FUCK OFF WITH YOUR PRICE PREDICTIONS
https://t.co/biavXEJD3L

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hectorr159 tfw you put all the bitcoin enthusiasts on a ship pic.twitter.com/iHHsaey4Or

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 6:02 PM, Mar 21st, 2021 via Twitter for Android)

@BTCDMD Cut 1/8” strips
Coat in onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper
Marinate several hours in soy sauce wit… https://t.co/ev9meoajUY

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@HaileyLennonBTC Top round is recommended though can be tricky to find. Bottom round works in a pinch though tends to have more fat.

via Twitter for Android in reply to HaileyLennonBTC

Got a dehydrator and a new hobby. Fresh jerky blows away anything you can buy at a store. pic.twitter.com/AheSgA8QwY

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If you’re always trying to be normal then you’ll never be great.

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@nic__carter Bro it’s just a thought experiment gee whiz

via Twitter for Android in reply to nic__carter

Imagine if you put all the fiat users on a sinking ship.

Because that’s what’s happening.

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@BorisFullframe Any REAL number multiplied by 0 is 0.

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My bitcoin price target is: NaN

I arrived at this answer by multiplying the value of Fuck You (priceless) by the n… https://t.co/xwWYfUuSOn

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@badcryptobitch I’ve used both as daily drivers and System76 has given me fewer headaches.

via Twitter for Android in reply to badcryptobitch

@danheld I HAD ENOUGH PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT IN 2012

via Twitter for Android in reply to danheld

@Lisa888000888 Recovery setups can be created that don’t give them insight into the balance until after your passing.

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No good can come from revealing your bitcoin balance to friends or family.

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Fuck the American Empire
Long live America
https://t.co/jpDqJr2kUj

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Software engineers!
I can offer you a salary.
I can also offer you something better.
I can offer a cause: empowerin… https://t.co/Z5KQiFmCBq

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@satsie_ SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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ONE MAN’S FART IS ANOTHER MAN’S ART https://t.co/HsRVTnL1Mv

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RT @udiWertheimer: You: “Ether is immutable and deflationary”

Potential investor: “I thought it was inflationary?”

You: “we changed it”

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IF AN OLD LADY WITH A CANE SLIPS AND FALLS NEXT TO ME AM I ALLOWED TO CATCH HER OR MUST I MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCE… https://t.co/sqSm3rwgnG

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GIVE YOURSELF A RAISE WITH THIS ONE SIMPLE TRICK https://t.co/X8rv6GHLZb

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@NSKinsella My vehicles are owned by corporations for which I am not publicly listed as the owner.

via Twitter Web App in reply to NSKinsella

WTF KIND OF BLOCKCHAIN REQUIRES A PASSWORD pic.twitter.com/jVJmQLicjh

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CENTRAL BANKS THINK THEY CAN COMPETE WITH BITCOIN BY ISSUING THEIR OWN DIGITAL CURRENCY pic.twitter.com/0iboh85xf2

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@PeterMcCormack CONGRATULATIONS, YOU MUST NOW IDENTIFY AS AN AMMOSEXUAL

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@AliceJaneGray @twobitidiot I received similar rejections when I was looking to adopt a dog a decade ago. I’d have… https://t.co/JVf1WHEw9J

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@tyler @niftygateway WHOA, I THOUGHT MONEY HAS TO BE FUNGIBLE

WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT

via Twitter for Android in reply to tyler

@PeterMcCormack WHAT IF OWNING ONE ACTUALLY MADE YOUR PEEN BIGGER

via Twitter for Android in reply to PeterMcCormack

You can have full contact for an hour, breathe heavily in each other’s faces, and handle the same ball, but you’d b… https://t.co/eNHG7aOe2j

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Vaccine Passports grant entry to the Land of Cucks

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“Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of great design as they… https://t.co/2wAPonrGNd

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@orionwl THIS IS FINE
THERE IS FAR MORE THAT IS UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE THAN IS KNOWN TO SCIENCE

via Twitter for Android in reply to orionwl

@faith_in_BTC @tyler It certainly could. In fact, email deliverability would be SO MUCH SIMPLER if you could simply… https://t.co/rIyLdcCnwU

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@ryanunderdev @tyler If only ESPs had adopted @adam3us’ hashcash proposal…

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@tyler As someone who spent a decade engineering infrastructure for an email service provider, I can confidently st… https://t.co/aVIb9GvC3i

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@fintechjunkie Recovery protocols must be built on top of the base protocol. A variety of such schemes have been de… https://t.co/Ph6vGwpvmS

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@eurethrum That’s what I thought might have happened, but the date printed on the bill is just a couple weeks ago.

via Twitter for Android in reply to eurethrum

Received a toll bill from a state I drove through 8 months ago. Government dysfunction at all time highs.

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@hasufl Seems to me that it does scale with marketcap, just not perfectly linearly.

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AFTER A DECADE OF SALTY SKEPTICS ASSERTING BITCOINERS WOULD LOSE EVERYTHING ONCE <CATASTROPHIC FUD> OCCURRED

TURNA… https://t.co/F5WroAfKM5

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@PabloPeniche I update my web site almost daily, whenever I find a good new resource! If I like it then it’s on there :-)

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@PabloPeniche I’m not aware of any others that really go into it in terms of governance. Most tend to focus on the… https://t.co/yVEDIU5ruP

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The Blocksize War does a great job chronicling the scaling debate & explaining the perspectives of both sides.

IMO… https://t.co/ssAs1eXg63

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bUt HoW wiLL bITcOiN sUsTaIn ThERmoDyNaMiC sEcURiTy WiThOuT iNfLaTiOn pic.twitter.com/dibkQUo8Bo

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@WhalePanda It doesn’t help that some fakefluencers boost their engagement by saying they’ll give BTC to one person who follows & RTs.

via Twitter for Android in reply to WhalePanda

IMAGINE DUMPING THE WORLD’S STRONGEST ASSET DUE TO A BUGGY BOT https://t.co/NiNe2JALbr

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@pbrody @PeterMcCormack @CoinDesk What makes me think outcomes will be different in an economy built upon sound mon… https://t.co/jns2hsScLW

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RT @jarolrod: My GitHub Sponsors profile is live! You can sponsor me to support my open source work on #bitcoin https://t.co/GHuUFDEx7J

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In the first few years of Bitcoin’s existence, there wasn’t much you could do with it. It required a great deal of… https://t.co/bUN6ypLXjR

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RT @archiwum_btc: One, two, and three! This time I am publishing a classic piece by @lopp about potential 51% attacks and the distribution…

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RT @signalapp: As a nonprofit organization, we depend on your support. If you’ve been patiently waiting for Signal to accept cryptocurrency…

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Be your own Master of Coin

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RT @jimmysong: The Bitcoin Community and @EricRWeinstein, TX spam, governance theory, custody risks, L-BTC for loans, Visa GCs using LN, So…

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Bitcoin fixes many things, not simply from using a blockchain, but due to the multifaceted anti-governance mechanis… https://t.co/L1w2QVBzHq

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RT @BitMEXResearch: [1/3] New Book Published: The Blocksize War

We are delighted to announce a new book. The book covers the major twists…

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The death rattles of “blockchain, not Bitcoin.” https://t.co/cKwWJaoqTe

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@PeterMcCormack @CoinDesk @pbrody It’s pretty clear that Paul is saying he doesn’t care about censorship resistance… https://t.co/JdyQ5yVKMY

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Wall Street is gonna have fun staying Standard & Poor’s

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We’re entering year three of the “India is banning bitcoin” news cycle. Thankfully we have plenty of memes from the… https://t.co/PHYuSCCv68

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IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME ON TWITTER DOT COM ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TONE POLICE THE CYBER HORNETS

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“There are two times in a man’s life when he should acquire bitcoin: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.”

- Mark Twain

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@MyCrypto OK I’LL BITE
WTF IS A SOCIAL COIN

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FEW IVORY TOWER INTELLECTUAL ACCOUNTS SURVIVE FIRST CONTACT WITH BITCOIN TWITTER

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I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF BITCOIN TWITTER IF ANYONE GAVE YOU THE IMPRESSION THAT IT’S UP FOR DEBATE. https://t.co/PCPxqwszYk

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That feel when you wake up and the government already stole an hour from your day.

And they have the audacity to call it a time savings.

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We’re in the price discovery phase for the value of Fuck You

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RT @Leorzhang: This analysis by @lopp is the most exciting thing I’ve read in a while.

This shows how hashpower incrementally calcifies t…

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RT @CasaHODL: Secure your $60k BTC like it’s $600k BTC.

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RT @BrianLockhart: HOW YOUR FRIENDS AND COWORKERS SAW YOU WHEN YOU TRIED TELLING THEM ABOUT #BITCOIN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS

YEAR: 2011
BITCO…

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@steve_hanke @coinbase HOPE YOU’RE READY TO MAKE A LOT MORE OF THESE TWEETS

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If you don’t like reading 4,000 word articles and prefer ingesting info via aural discussion, mark your calendars f… https://t.co/989wBquL0Y

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My latest blockchain archaeology research is now live. It took over a week of CPU time to crunch all of this data.… https://t.co/aEKoiVDj3U

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@adamzazad @Ragnarly @prestonjbyrne VERY POOR SEIZURE RESISTANCE PROPERTIES
HAVE TO PAY ANNUAL FEALTY OR YOU LOSE IT

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@Ragnarly @prestonjbyrne WHAT ARE THESE ‘SAFER ASSETS’ OF WHICH YOU SPEAK?

via Twitter for Android in reply to Ragnarly

WHEN THE NEXT SHOT OF STIMMY HITS https://t.co/0tzT4g3QE0

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@CryptoDabbler @LRH__________ Unless you are referring to WWII vets, who are almost all deceased at this point, the… https://t.co/7ehPAq2njJ

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ALL TIME HIGHS
ALL THE WAY UP

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The next round of stimulus from the US Treasury is less than 2 Bitcoin networks. https://t.co/6IS7SpDPLJ

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CRYPTO MARKET CAP BREAKS 100 QUADRILLION DOLLARS pic.twitter.com/EHdcD7dFsa

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BITCOIN IS THE SEED ROUND OF THE PEACEFUL CRYPTO ANARCHIST REVOLUTION

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BITCOIN IS HIGHLY EFFICIENT AT TELLING ATTACKERS TO GO FLY A KITE. https://t.co/wJIEHwdOVw

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