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

April 2021

@KimDotcom Those who invoke “Satoshi’s Vision” in order to reject the Lightning Network beclown themselves and show… https://t.co/WiAV94wxLI

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Should I Buy Now or Wait?
When it comes to pic.twitter.com/bxS4x87Rki

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When I withdrew bitcoin from the exchange after going through the hellish nightmare of sending a wire transfer to i… https://t.co/QIouOsr0Nk

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Welcome to the free market; whining will not give you any competitive advantage. https://t.co/m5qQTdO1OC

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Some say a simple measure of local government competence is how quickly potholes get repaired.

Took 3 years to get… https://t.co/1eglHJMj0g

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If the government truly cared about the health of its citizens, it would suggest self medicating with THC / MDMA /… https://t.co/2VQQo3WQts

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@jameshiggs277 If you limit bandwidth in the node config you can get by with around 7GB per month.

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@KeithOlbermann Sounds like you could benefit from the ELI5 version.
https://t.co/gXfyGzHDnS

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“Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time.”

- Henry Ward Beecher

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RT @CasaHODL: Our latest update is now live for Android!

🍱 Subaccounts:
You can safely + privately manage separate pools of #Bitcoin

🎨 R…

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@BobLoukas I’d point more folks to Wasabi; JoinMarket is nice especially if you want to be a market maker, but is n… https://t.co/IG01qcp8NT

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@satsie @theinstagibbs @marzig76 I found a bug in some web service a few years back where starting your password wi… https://t.co/rHmHpl8QFG

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@theinstagibbs @satsie It’s hard to escape / encode some chars 🤡

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If you aren’t getting a 10% raise this year, you’re getting a pay cut. Methodological shifts in govt reporting have… https://t.co/M7oHjG6Byv

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So many rabbit holes to explore.
So little time.

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T-minus 30 minutes until we hold the “Satoshi’s Legacy Roundtable” https://t.co/WK7Rm6Rfqk

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A well regulated (prepared to fight)
Militia (all citizens capable of fighting)
being necessary (important)
to the… https://t.co/ocp1IA2R5W

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@CryptoNoodle @J43216447 @PeterMcCormack Correct. And sovereign recovery instructions are sent to you upon setup an… https://t.co/oeX46x9GEf

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Many fantasize about striking it rich.

Few worry about the effort and self-control required to preserve wealth.

P… https://t.co/mt4qWHDpDz

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@PeterMcCormack REJOICING THAT I WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO ONCE MORE MELT INTO YOUR SWEET EMBRACE

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When you realize no one is going to save you pic.twitter.com/Feyt9joM14

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RT @PeterMcCormack: 7/ Before I used Casa, I was worried that I might mess something up with my own setup.

Casa was surprisingly easy to s…

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Will @Scotus be able to correctly interpret the phrase “shall not be infringed?”

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Weak handed n00bs got shaken out in the recent #bitcoin correction while long-term HODLers stood strong, according… https://t.co/v8MYU16w9W

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Bitcoin miners collectively hold 4.57M BTC, about 15% of the total supply, according to @coinmetrics

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RT @CoinDesk: IN DEPTH: A hacker forged the world’s most expensive NFT — to teach the industry a lesson about hype.

@christine_dkim and @s…

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The 24 hour news cycle / doom scrolling is literally bad for your physical health. Humans are not designed to be in… https://t.co/aoi7ON6T5d

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Somehow both of these statements are currently true in America:

1) There is a housing shortage; the real estate ma… https://t.co/czrT4HDASy

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SGBarbour It’s time to get out of bed and face another day of hard work dismantling the confidence in the fiat monetary system.

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You’re not a real Bitcoiner unless you drink meat-based beer.

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Continually amazed by how many ways folks can fuck up the seemingly simple “write down this seed phrase and keep it… https://t.co/FsKmWXxg2J

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@TheNatlInterest “Satoshi Nakamoto, a brilliant Japanese software engineer, invented Bitcoin back in 2008”

BAHAHAHA 🤡

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Create $13M ➡️ PRISON
Create $10T ➡️ PRAISE BE UNTO THEE
https://t.co/Ym1uSiUfYF

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RT @pete_rizzo_: 🚨 10 years ago today, #Bitcoin’s creator sent his last known message. Then he disappeared forever.

My latest @BitcoinMaga…

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For every Bitcoin proponent who has convinced folks to flee from fiat there are 10 detractors who have convinced fo… https://t.co/kKIVCPZ9dY

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“Buying bitcoin is just speculation!”

It can be… if you’re a high time preference trader.

It’s not speculation… https://t.co/7Tyxz4lr2u

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You’re not a real Bitcoiner if you think there’s such a thing as a real Bitcoiner.

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A report on my experiences with popular bitcoin lending services. https://t.co/36QpL5yWJr

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The removal of nuance from conversation is but one step on the path to tyranny.

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“The Internet’s proven to be a pretty big deal for global society, and Bitcoin could basically be thought of as the… https://t.co/hNe6eY2l0B

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A DOSE A DAY OF UV RAYS KEEPS THE VENTILATOR AWAY

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PROBABLY A WISE DECISION AFTER 6 YEARS OF TERRIBLE TAKES pic.twitter.com/sDgLGPDSxP

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@FranckLeroy_ @SimonDeDeo ADORABLE

HOW’S YOUR ATTACK FAIRING?

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@RampCapitalLLC Yup, looks like that was the original, but that’s not where I saw it! I stumbled across it on reddi… https://t.co/mi7pJDaiYy

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AllisonReichel A simple chart for understanding currencies pic.twitter.com/aBIzjbDm4w

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“Dogecoin is just made up meme money with an uncapped supply.”

Central Bankers: pic.twitter.com/hc1RECc4Hy

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Sign #671 you have too much money: you find yourself paying to have your trophy tree rotated.… https://t.co/LiMHVHrJkv

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Never take criticism from someone from whom you would not also accept advice.

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Proposed capital gains tax increase?

I hear Puerto Rico is nice this time of year…

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RT @lopp: Remember when folks were predicting that Wall Street was going to tame Bitcoin’s volatility with their futures markets? https://t…

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If you’re panic selling in fear of higher tax rates, you’re doing it wrong. https://t.co/InGGewVOTt

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@PeterMcCormack YOLO 100X LEVERAGE BITCOIN WITH CORPORATE TREASURY AND DUMP ALL SPONSORS

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@BrianLockhart @SamouraiWallet IT’S LOW-KEY TELLING YOU TO LOWER YOUR TIME PREFERENCE BRO

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RT @CasaHODL: ⏰ Starting in one hour!

Check out 2-of-3 Basic Multisig, learn how easy it is to set up, and get answers to frequently asked…

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SUCH WOW: the most prolific dogecoin code contributor is @orionwl 🤯

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THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM BITCOIN’S HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT https://t.co/Zswkq7stJj

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RT @Blockworks_: He was swatted.
He deleted his identity.
His family doesn’t know where he lives.

Now, @lopp is using what he learned to b…

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“Our analysis suggests that higher ambient UVA exposure is associated with lower COVID‐19 specific mortality. The M… https://t.co/FXYFefH75B

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Central bank shill hates free markets, needs cheese to go with his whine. https://t.co/dDJBYjw0Z0

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Wannabe central banker who prints his own money says what? https://t.co/0dhweqAuWT

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Since oat milk is basically sugar-laden grain juice cut with canola oil, you’re doing folks a favor by removing it.
https://t.co/wRLUjQX8Yp

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SO YOU’RE SAYING IT COULD GO DOWN BUT ALSO IT COULD GO UP

GALACTIC BRAIN PREDICTION, @SCOTTMINERD
https://t.co/a9jVFKr2mZ

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Given their current pace I expect the IRS to release guidance on how to treat your DeFi food token airdrops some ti… https://t.co/p3jzd4XwQJ

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On April 8 in Pologi, Kiev, Ukraine, 3 robbers tried to take an Antminer S9 from a miner, who successfully defended… https://t.co/IdLuKLckfc

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In general I find the “dominion and control” vagueness around airdrops to be concerning as it creates an exploitabl… https://t.co/Cn35q54SVO

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3.5 years later, the IRS releases “clarification” on the BCH fork.

What if you had the keys to your BTC but didn’t… https://t.co/cRBNKd6XV0

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RT @CasaHODL: 🎁 Wrapped #Bitcoin, you say?

🤔 What is it? Is it secure? What do I need to know?

Join @lopp, @forwardsecrecy, @ecurrencyhod…

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@GeneralSoTso @PeterMcCormack Sometimes I’ll have bulletproof coffee for breakfast, but mostly get my fat via eating.

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@PeterMcCormack seeing these photos just knocked me out of ketosis

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If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, just wait and see.

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Dropped my phone down a whole flight of concrete stairs and nary a scratch - kudos to @SpigenWorld Tough Armor!

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It’s far too difficult to set up a tor-only bitcoin+lightning node from scratch that doesn’t leak info via clearnet.

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Check out the latest episode of @OnTheBrinkCIV where @CasaHODL CEO @Nneuman discusses our design philosophy, why se… https://t.co/Ixl0BfjGQe

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Happy 90th birthday to Fred Brooks, author of The Mythical Man Month and founder of the @UNC computer science depar… https://t.co/xEAMzuhqVM

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@JamesRoloff @CasaHODL I believe Umbrel supports Specter, so you can use this guide https://t.co/BfN38NEEfw

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NULLAS LIBERTAS SINE SECRETO

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The outrageous thing is not that VCs / founders / employees sold some of their $COIN equity.

The outrageous thing is that we all know.

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This victim’s address may be in the Ledger leak - there is an address on the same block as the one reported by medi… https://t.co/VvSQvhVE0I

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Second home invasion this year against a bitcoin holder.
https://t.co/Mbw0TBhaoe

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@PeterMcCormack Can’t wait to see which luxury bicycle you end up buying.

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Bitcoin can not be defeated.
It can only be out competed.

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RT @Nneuman: I’ll be on Clubhouse with @lopp in a few min answering all your questions about multisig, #bitcoin security, and Casa’s latest…

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Taking a stroll down memory lane… pic.twitter.com/W05euo5rm3

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Conventional wisdom: build equity in a house; real estate is a fairly solid store of long term value.

Unconvention… https://t.co/kR5Nf5KkrI

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@nic__carter @intangiblecoins Have you considered repositioning your laptop to an internet connection in a warmer zone of meatspace?

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WHAT KINDA MORON WANTS TO PAY A TAX FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF PAYING THEIR TAXES

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If you pay your taxes in bitcoin do you then have to pay capital gains taxes on your tax payment? 🤔 https://t.co/kjHREDUeUe

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RT @CasaHODL: 🎉 To celebrate yesterday’s big announcement, we’re hosting a Clubhouse chat with @lopp and @Nneuman!

Ask us anything about €¦

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@emilydparker @CoinDesk Nah

To do so is antithetical to the point of Dogecoin

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The real NFTs are the friends we made along the way.

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History is not kind to naysayers. They tend to be forgotten, as it is not noteworthy for folks to be against disruptive changes.

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@bitmunt Do yo have any non-default node configs? If you tell the node it can use more memory, it will keep more in the mempool.

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@dhh KEEP CRYING, SALTY BOI
YOU’RE DOING GREAT
https://t.co/7EmQ9sTYPX

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@blackcoffeebtc It’s pronounced “dohj”

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Stopped by /r/dogecoin for the first time in 6 years to see that it has become /r/wallstreetbets but with doges. This is gonna end well…

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RT @anilsaidso: My new book is out today!

🔙’FEW UNDERSTAND THIS: A Visual Guide to Bitcoin’s Rise’

It’s packed with helpful stories, diag…

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RT @CasaHODL: Today we’re thrilled to announce two major updates to Casa App! 🤘

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You can safely + privately manage separate…

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“Financial independence is upstream of individual independence and ideological independence.” - @balajis

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RT @BitcoinMagazine: Speedy Trial Has Been Merged Into Bitcoin Core, Potentially Setting Path To Taproot Activation.

“Speedy Trial would g…

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RT @bitcoinfrankiee: Hi Friends. Today on Crypto Internet Clubhouse we are discussing ‘The Art of HODL’ with @danheld and @lopp - what are…

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RT @SteveUsingWords: Just released an open source version of https://t.co/7POjC5Cv0M so you can visualize the bitcoin blockchain from your…

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If you’re staking ETH2 and your node falls out of consensus due to a bug, does your staked ETH2 get slashed? 🤔

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Ethereum has been operating for 6 years and accrued $250B in ETH tokens alone, yet they’re still managing to break… https://t.co/II0LhUJNQw

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RT @khannib: All OpenEthereum (ex Parity) ETH nodes are currently stuck following the activation of the Berlin hard fork.

https://t.co/xiF…

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Good example of why I stopped reading HaterNews commentary years ago. Haters get left behind. https://t.co/8042VKLt0K

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RT @PrivacyMatters: Mexico: Senate approves controversial bill to create a nationwide registry of cell phone users that will contain each p…

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Does anyone find it odd that a next generation exchange with several nines of uptime is going to have its equity tr… https://t.co/I716X6yUbX

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@khannib @khannib1 Without a blue check you’re an unperson!

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Every pleb who bought and held bitcoin since 2012 can make the same claim. https://t.co/opYbYug0k4

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The vast majority of crypto assets are essentially penny stocks with a distributed ledger component.

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Unlike celeb backed NFTs, it has actual utility. https://t.co/RKExfbOgVt

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Would you rather have…

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RT @MarcusConnorNH: 8 years ago today I posted #Bitcoin Roller Coaster to Reddit for the fist time and it was voted down to zero! 🤣 https:/…

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@lorenezratty On average for everyone who read that tweet. Distribution of course is skewed; very young and very ol… https://t.co/czg5Rrrzf4

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Humans are really bad at comprehending very large and very small numbers.

There’s a 1 in ~30,000 chance you (on av… https://t.co/avfDnMrLgs

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One amusing thing that happens with each Bitcoin cycle is that creative folks manage to come up with new “indicator… https://t.co/TReILqF03y

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Bitcoin has entered the ranks of top 10 global currencies in terms of M1 money supply. lopp.net/m1/rank.html pic.twitter.com/nx2lYS1x6I

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“The network is robust in its unstructured simplicity.”
- Satoshi Nakamoto on #Bitcoin
https://t.co/bk8aqWNfZY

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OK, BREAK IS OVER
TIME FOR MORE WINNING

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Life extension biotech ain’t gonna be cheap at first. Best stash some bitcoin away to improve your HODL longevity.

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Property tax is a form of wealth tax.

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Terrible investor: “Wow, nobody’s dumb enough to buy that.”

Great investor: “Whoa, a lot of idiots are gonna buy this!”

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Email signup for my blog posts should be fixed now; let’s give it a stress test! blog.lopp.net/#/portal

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CYBER HORNETS STRIKE BACK
WELCOME TO LAW
https://t.co/fJAYX5C0io

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RT @opencryptoorg: Today, COPA initiated a lawsuit asking the UK High Court to declare that Mr. Craig Wright does not have copyright owners…

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RT @LilyKnightShow: Why #Bitcoin? @MicroStrategy CEO @michael_saylor nails it in Lily’s first interview ever ✨ (1/2) https://t.co/ZAcKE3jbeE

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RT @BTCMinstrel: 🚨 NEW SHANTY ALERT 🚨

A tribute to the Gigachad, @michael_saylor
Champion of the true spirit of Bitcoin.
May he never f…

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The appropriate amount of time to spend in the sauna is “until your phone overheats and shuts down.”

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@Never10kagain I only lend GBTC in nontrivial amounts. I’m less concerned about it because it’s already not under my custody.

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@CapMetalMarvel It’s an interesting idea but it will require work to optimize your ROI. See @alexbosworth’s tweets on his own experience.

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Lending out your bitcoin is like sweeping up gold dust in front of a steamroller.

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RT @jchervinsky: Gov’t: you can’t do private transactions
You: why?
Gov’t: you might be doing something bad
You: but I’m not
Gov’t: we’ll b…

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RT @BookofNick: The dollar is run by an unaccountable private org that creates money from thin air to buy debt from banks, who in turn loan…

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@Btc4R I don’t have anything rigid, just stick to simple meat & vegetables. If I want a faster breakfast I’ll do bu… https://t.co/ewoFHi01Ra

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Beware the narcissism of wanting to prove yourself correct today. History has a way of settling debates on its own.

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Treat your bank account as you would a hot wallet.

Don’t keep more money in it than you’re willing to lose.

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@dragosroua Yeah it’s a Mailgun integration with self hosted Ghost; I have a support ticket open with Mailgun.

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Those who can, do.
Those who cannot, criticize.

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@AriDavidPaul Lopping off an appendage is a quick fix.

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SURE, YOU’RE A SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE

JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE

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I can explain what it means to HODL

But one cannot fully appreciate it until you watch your wealth 10X and subsequ… https://t.co/BnTs9ymwSI

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What are some outside-the-box must-have features for one’s citadel?

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@DroLiJst @InfoWarJedi @gangadhar3 Both statements are correct.

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine consists of… https://t.co/jwzw6oneVX

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“The toughest guys have the biggest hearts. The biggest hearts — because they have to be tough to protect it.”
— DMX, RIP

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@bbands @scamclerk Yes, it works pretty well. I’ve used it for a long time.

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@DroLiJst @gangadhar3 J&J is a recombinant vaccine; this type of vaccine has been in use since the 1980s for hepatitis B.

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@gangadhar3 If I get it I’ll be seeking the J&J rather than the mRNA

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@popularstash You’re referring to my thought experiment tweet. I said it was an edge case that’s hard to rule out,… https://t.co/BnrtbbmQWK

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Will @HSBC have the balls to ban its clients from buying @coinbase stock?

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Denied a COVID vaccine despite a surplus in stock… because my driver license is for a different state.

Can I get… https://t.co/esFmTLYISy

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No matter how hard you try, you will inevitably be the villain in someone’s story.

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Estimated risk for severe COVID illness broken down by age and BMI
https://t.co/kEmo2gCFMe https://t.co/h6QLc4iilO

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@chemensa Same; mine flew 35 missions over Germany with the 379th Bomb Group

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