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February 2022

There is no such thing as intrinsic value. Bitcoin would have no value if not for humans’ desire for power and inev… https://t.co/l0kaDeGWT8

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@coinblazed Against individuals, sure. But calling for deplatforming all citizens of a country due to the decisions… https://t.co/qiYm6qjyaj

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cancel culture is just extrajudicial sanctions
change my mind

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You know, I bet @elonmusk could get you some rockets too… https://t.co/rEaYzgp9CQ

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@notgrubles dangit robosats6tkf3eva7x2voqso3a5wcorsnw34jveyxfqi2fu7oyheasid dot onion

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This looks interesting. Robosats is a Lightning-based, tor-only, peer to peer, KYC-free exchange. It uses HODL invo… https://t.co/DeIZkFpZsz

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I don’t know if bitcoin will go up.
I only know fiat will go down.
https://t.co/HV8DRQ00UC

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@PeterMcCormack *squints*

Clearly you belong in Peterborough anyway.

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RT @jespow: 6/6 Besides, if we were going to voluntarily freeze financial accounts of residents of countries unjustly attacking and provoki…

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WAR PROPAGANDISTS DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS ONE SIMPLE TRICK:

reverse image search

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@ecurrencyhodler What if it was because he was effectively shielding the teacher’s view of you since he was in front.

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@Johan_hodl Yeah, I wasn’t referring to oligarchs. https://t.co/USfBKtDsNm

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Me: maybe don’t advocate actions that could be construed as war crimes?

War Twitter: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE… https://t.co/j5FcSj0TWl

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@Loki78501835 @steida Congratulations, you managed to fit 3 grammatical errors into a single tweet.

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@BearenstainBear @PeterMcCormack He’s clearly advocating mass theft from civilians without any due process. Not much wiggle room there.

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@mcnicollme @Thormax20 I never mentioned Russian oligarchs.

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@steida If you are incapable of making a cogent argument, you shall not be missed.

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@Thormax20 I am, of course, referring to asset seizure which is tantamount to theft.

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@xxthcenturyboy @CryptoAgna Pools are not particularly relevant. Read this to see why. https://t.co/KqiuhkYX5M

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Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, collective punishment is a war crime.

Should financial weaponization targeted a… https://t.co/86uNxov0Mu

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You never know
when
where
why
or how
a politician may call for your assets to be seized.
https://t.co/4IIGT2tc8N

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@xxthcenturyboy There will always be centralizing and decentralizing forces at play. I think one of the stronger de… https://t.co/kyvvfPzBnt

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As financial systems continue to be weaponized, eventually everyone will realize the inevitable end game.

The opti… https://t.co/aDCIiWWck3

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@_myexitstrategy @netflix @SenWarren Don’t be ridiculous; they aren’t increasing prices because they’re greedy - th… https://t.co/BhmQzcpHS9

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Looks like @netflix is bumping their prices by 11% this year after bumping them by 13% just last year.

“this updat… https://t.co/a2NIXv2BkT

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@king_Eddybtc Unclear; went to a local lab and paid for one and they don’t seem to say anywhere what method they use. May be proprietary.

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Suspected I caught the ‘vid in December when I was coughing for 3 days, but antigen test at the time was negative.… https://t.co/K47rlmOsW2

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@DrCryptoNo Blockchain length is irrelevant.
The only thing that matters is which chain is “heaviest” AKA which one… https://t.co/FmlXWXiEG5

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@SuperflyBradley A GPG signed message would be optimal, but no one’s gonna do that.

In general I think if the enti… https://t.co/Bb348TJ93E

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lopp Them: “You don’t need guns, we’ll keep you safe.”

Me: “Weapons are part of my religion.” pic.twitter.com/u40MRXgBqn

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Do not send bitcoin to addresses you see in tweets without additional out-of-band verification that the account has not been compromised.

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Don’t trust info from randos on social media.

Especially if the info is coming from a war zone.

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@pete_rizzo_ @MtGox What’s crazy is that Coinbase has 3X as much BTC today.

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And there it is. This isn’t even the first fake Ukraine war story that has used footage from video games. https://t.co/TfzUhTtLX7

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Everybody loves an underdog, but I’m pretty confident the Ghost of Kyiv story is war propaganda. https://t.co/au3YtGCFeT

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If you really want to put economic pressure on Russia then you should invest in energy sovereignty and stop buying their oil.

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@Hunt009Hunt Sounds like they got in for the wrong reasons.

Nonetheless, that’s not really related to shorting. Ma… https://t.co/aNz6IL6GHs

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Whoa I didn’t know that student loan programs offer different terms based upon your race. https://t.co/OSn8Fz0EiN

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Bitcoin will continue to trade like a risk-on asset until the paper handed traders are sufficiently rekt.

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@Hunt009Hunt Have any evidence to support that claim?

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@DomagojPetrovic I could understand making such a claim regarding naked short selling, but not shorting in general.… https://t.co/LqNwshYC6R

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@jerrybrito sounds like Mr. Opinion hasn’t learned about Bitcoin Citadels

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@DomagojPetrovic Feel free to explain how shorting is “dishonest.”

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“Don’t lend out your bitcoin because you’re helping people short the market” is a terrible argument, IMO.

In fact,… https://t.co/Ou1NLPzL0R

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@Arthur_van_Pelt Remember the $20 paycoin floor they promised?

GAWsome!

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When will folks learn that funding controversial organizations requires censorship resistant money. https://t.co/gkuwi4sGAd

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@CoinDesk @jp_koning @turbotax fuck your divisive bullshit framing
have a nice day

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Romance scams are a $500M per year industry and such scammers are adopting crypto at a fast pace. Don’t send your m… https://t.co/iJ4PLSQLdB

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Many folks foolishly view bitcoin as just another asset to trade.

Their fear is your opportunity.

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@twobitidiot bitcoin is a technology for enemies

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RT @CasaHODL: Can a nation really ban #Bitcoin?

Learn more about why that’s complicated and what you can do to stay safe in this panel dis…

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Every time you sell you’re funding state sanctioned violence. HODL! https://t.co/Mf6Nkwgbz6

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The keyboard is mightier than the sword.

But it doesn’t hurt to keep a well-stocked armory.

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Deflationary supply + consistent demand… pic.twitter.com/fY95kmjUbe

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RT @CasaHODL: Wanna hear a joke? Governments think they can ban #Bitcoin 😂

Join us at 3 p.m. EST for a fireside chat on what to do if your…

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welcome to web3 where every click is a taxable event

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@JeremyRubin pretty sure there was a guy who sold “shares” of himself years ago and it didn’t end well

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Amazed that after 2 years of lockdowns, folks with huge audiences are still doing video conferences with their bed… https://t.co/Kj6UjZ7KTW

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Reputation is what people think of you.
Character is what you truly are.

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If your life is more important than your principles, you’ll sacrifice your principles.

If your principles are more… https://t.co/w6agCjMA0O

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feeling cute
might hire a chief noncompliance officer

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Canada’s financial oppression is a wake-up call to the western world.

And yet… demand for bitcoin hasn’t meaning… https://t.co/rrkkrQvzzI

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They hate self custody and censorship resistance because it curtails their ability to conduct financial terrorism. https://t.co/tscJVY14rl

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imagine walking into court and explaining you signed the wrong contract and want a do-over
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@NeerajKA probably the most effective way to drain the swamp tbh

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RT @DocumentingBTC: Since the blockchain is available online for all to see, you, as a #bitcoin owner, don’t actually “hold” #bitcoin in yo…

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@AnitaPosch @DidierBorel1 @dhh This sounds like a variant of Naval’s quote kinda mashed up with my quote about it b… https://t.co/s5yOg4qy7H

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As usual, I learned a lot at this year’s @SatoshiRoundtbl! https://t.co/YkB90DmpWi

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New Bitcoin scaling whitepaper just dropped: “CoinPool: efficient off-chain payment pools for Bitcoin”
coinpool.dev/v0.1.pdf

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The Bitcoin evangelist’s curse:

You’ll spend years trying to save people from catastrophe only to be mocked by mos… https://t.co/7ongPT1CnV

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It’s pretty sad that the world has to start falling apart in order for skeptics to realize that Bitcoiners’ “parano… https://t.co/X0GjwrGtlX

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@Bronksdr Shutting down noncustodial software is just an annoyance. You can hook up the hardware key managers to a… https://t.co/jvOGVj94Yx

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I will be incredibly impressed if Trump’s tech team manages to keep their Mastodon fork up and running tomorrow during the launch.

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Your top priority as a bitcoiner should be survival.

Don’t let third parties hold your funds.

Don’t get shaken ou… https://t.co/HV3DIw3Kbw

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The terrorists actually do hate us for our freedoms.

Keep that in mind and you’ll be able to identify the true terrorists.

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whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do
when cancel cultists
come for you?

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It is expected that empowering technologies will be adopted first at the fringes of society by the crazy ones. The… https://t.co/sSpf10E4yj

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@DocumentingBTC Bitcoin’s annualized inflation rate is under 2% but it’s not quite zero yet… https://t.co/ODiBO8TkIi

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“We’re closing the roads to ensure that protesters can’t close the roads.” https://t.co/mBLPih1vUP

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@jillrgunter Except a lot of folks operate bots to scoop up NFTs offered far below floor prices.

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It would be a damn shame if liberals have fun staying poor because they think Bitcoin is right wing technology.

A damn shame.

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@SatoshiSarah @zndtoshi You’re right; ignorant folks will make poor choices.

A decade ago it was “if bitcoin is se… https://t.co/12O4aI27mQ

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This may be the first time we have a $5 wrench attack caught on camera.

Attacker: “why do you think we’re here? We… https://t.co/2oHd7G5ooo

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@TheKavernacle @jordanbpeterson There won’t be any cancellation; the whiners are fools. https://t.co/zPfLcORise

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Dissident technologies neuter nation state powers that are backed by their monopoly on violence.

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@PeterMcCormack @gladstein @AricToler Doesn’t matter how smart you are when you’re willfully ignorant… https://t.co/a5hy2MCRsu

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@AcidoBlamOK Sounds like you’re describing stealth addresses, which never really took off. https://t.co/z82JDuKKl5

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@AricToler Imagine having to wait and ask permission to access your own money.

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You haven’t really “made it” as a freedom fighter until at least one authoritarian considers you a terrorist.

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@MichaelMChiro @CasaHODL Heh they can order whatever they want, but we can’t stop our clients from using the sovere… https://t.co/MxbSNLZhAL

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@MichaelMChiro @CasaHODL Well technically yes, everything has risks. We work hard to minimize them. But if you’re a… https://t.co/mVIpoFFScA

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RT @IDFinancial: How is the 21 Million Bitcoin Cap Defined and Enforced? Great read by ⁦@lopp⁩ https://t.co/0wi2MoCrLa

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RT @JessicaVaugn: The closed exploitable fiat loopholes bitcoin resolves is the security feature of money we always needed as a guard again…

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RT @mecee: Killer Open Role — VP Engineering at Voltage, Inc. @voltage_cloud

You’d be managing the engineering team at a company buildin…

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“Hearing that <political ideology> folks are big fans of bitcoin is a huge turn-off; I’m out.”

COOL STORY; YOU THI… https://t.co/yRYpwUAiNz

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There seems to be a stupid partisan narrative going around that Republicans are blocking Federal Reserve nominees w… https://t.co/5usRd5nLM8

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@pmccall777 Looks like they are renters and the HOA asked their landlord to evict them, but no indication as to the landlord’s response.

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If you’re gonna stalk a teen TikTok star and attempt an armed home invasion… you might wanna check to see if her… https://t.co/JGckdsjlo1

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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/w4OI1ClXWE

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3 women in Dubai were hoping to buy $100K worth of bitcoin with cash, but the “sellers” had other plans. https://t.co/X8iC0FWC7Q

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ATTENTION, LIBERALS:

Bitcoin is your best shot at preventing conservatives from abusing their power to stop your f… https://t.co/d6M8hlwHC4

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ATTENTION, CONSERVATIVES:

Bitcoin is your best shot at preventing liberals from abusing their power to stop your f… https://t.co/507nnZ48Yp

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You’re pinching pennies.
I’m stacking satoshis.
We’re not the same.

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Pretty sad the takeaway was “don’t answer the phone” as opposed to something like oh, I dunno… “don’t leave your… https://t.co/2diSD31bIy

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Reported for impersonating Satoshi Nakamoto
https://t.co/pNFawKjBlR

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@NeerajKA yeah they don’t even have laces so it’s probably easy to pull off

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If all your wealth is in one
asset
bank
brokerage
country
currency
fund
… then you’re playing financial roulette.

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@RFDLA @doctorow To be clear, I don’t personally engage in the energy debate and this is why: https://t.co/QdaPIb89XZ

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Sure, sex is great, but have you ever been fucked by a smart contract? https://t.co/ovfZ06ycnt

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Bitcoin is for terrorists
and drug dealers
and dictators
and dissidents
and protestors…

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hey canada do you need help dealing with this bully pic.twitter.com/NavYT23qyV

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@doctorow As someone who is cited by name in this critique, I can confidently say that it’s highly biased and leave… https://t.co/2gIDcb7dqb

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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Bitcoin is money
None can devalue

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level of ignorance: self-own
*chef’s kiss* pic.twitter.com/W5XCwU9Ycd

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@olya_borderless IIRC there’s a house that exists on a bridge over a river that divides 2 nations and thus is not in either.

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In my experience, when you simply give bitcoin away, the recipients will fail to appreciate its value.

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@sunknudsen @slush Not really other than having your data directory on an NVMe drive.

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@sunknudsen These results could be faster because the hardware is 4 years old and I’m forcing full historical signa… https://t.co/xU5kOd3xgH

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@slush @sunknudsen On gigabit connection the bottleneck tends to be CPU. Would love to buy a 128 core CPU to test it out :-p

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Tyrants don’t have the right to be forgotten. Be sure to archive the terrible takes from jackboots and bootlickers… https://t.co/Bjz4p7jTIg

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A: Two Years

Q: How long does it take before the average person is too fed up to participate in further healthcare… https://t.co/ZmsTc3VwaD

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@DocumentingBTC Too short of a time frame to be sure about that.

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RT @Cointelegraph: In just 13 years The Republic of Bitcoin has gone from Pilgrims to Revolutionaries. Now we must solve its last great cha…

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@twobitidiot So Dems think they can slow inflation by spending more money they don’t have. Cool cool cool.

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you can either be
too strong to fail
or
too weak to try

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It’s not the fastest or most efficient method, but there’s something primal and satisfying about trussing meat and roasting it on a spit.

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Dropped by a @Staples to pick up a 7ft ethernet cable and they were priced at $30 and weren’t even gold plated like… https://t.co/iczRcopEC7

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Oh dear it sounds like @TheIRAFinancial got pwned and lots of folks have lost their retirement funds.… https://t.co/ecvDT9AI1J

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@badcryptobitch SORRY YOUR LAST PAYMENT BOUNCED
YOU ARE NOW BROKE AND NOBODY WANTS YOU

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Nation states can continue conducting currency wars or they can switch to a standard that can’t be controlled by any country.

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Listened to some “experts” on NPR discussing inflation and they managed to blame it on half a dozen things while ne… https://t.co/GJHz79BCtP

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@4moonsettler @robvaldezcpa @GaloyMoney @CasaHODL Securing your keys and securing the physical safety of your famil… https://t.co/Ye11zoV6Gf

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RT @BusinessInsider: The crypto boom has created a new class of quasi-celebrities, with those who made early bets on #crypto now hailed as…

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Why are politicians with 9 figure net worths asking us for donations of a few hundred / few thousand dollars? If y’… https://t.co/qIEpeik3go

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@kanemcgukin I’m up in here breaking your actuarial tables

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Despite having a perfectly clear record and not filing a claim in 20 years, I regularly get denied coverage from in… https://t.co/GjWLlcdI5F

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Imagine still having faith in institutions.

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@LynAldenContact Puerto Rico for half the year and then your personal favorite place during hurricane season.

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RT @lunaticoin: L138 - ¿Cómo podemos protegernos de un ataque de llave inglesa? con Jameson @lopp . Tratamos:
- Qué es
- Mecanísmos de prot…

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Advancements in technology naturally result in price deflation of goods and services.

If it weren’t for central ba… https://t.co/FT69GuJIUF

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@danheld I think we do a disservice by allowing nation state lackeys to set the narrative that their highly manipul… https://t.co/3nw4smhMcI

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Do you really believe inflation is only 7.5%, anon?

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