Emperor Peter the Great of Russia imposed a tax on beards in 1698. Men who paid it had to carry a ‘beard token’ wit..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6t
Level up your self sufficiency.
Level up your sovereignty. pic.twitter.com/griJW1GaM9
@Rich__Wayne @nytimes @gladstein @BenWeiserNYT The purpose is to point out that those using the term incorrectly ar… https://t.co/bX1cdiRZEh
@jowouters @nytimes @gladstein @BenWeiserNYT Globally, many AK-47s are assault rifles - those issued to military pe… https://t.co/CHiFhkCWM3
@gpatrickhubbard @nytimes @gladstein @BenWeiserNYT Not for the point of this specific story.
But journalistic accu… https://t.co/WkXpCEey0Z
@nytimes @gladstein Highly unlikely. I’m willing to bet $10,000 that @BenWeiserNYT is wrong and the AK-47 in questi… https://t.co/nCIShzBgbo
Sooooo what happens to the American economy when Big Brother ends the moratorium on student loan payments?
Is it j..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xr
@Excellion @paoloardoino Absolutely, and be sure to leverage it 100X for max gainz.
@Excellion @paoloardoino ETH2 is where you send 1 ETH and after an unknown number of years they send 2 ETH back.
When make sweeping statements about the actions / beliefs of “bitcoin maximalists” you sound as ignorant as anyone..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4Y
If you don’t configure certbot you’re gonna have a bad time!
twitter.com/lopp/status/11… pic.twitter.com/GzkbgVdnXB
Issuance is proceeding per plan.
bitcoinflation.org pic.twitter.com/AD62hCcLpw
Announcing bitcoinflation.org
This is the first chart that combines both the accurate historic inflation rate..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…yh
Capitalism is inescapable. pic.twitter.com/KHeJgsfA2Z
@BrianLockhart NOBODY TOLD YOU?
CasaHODL What if you stacked sats with everything you possibly could?
What would you do for extra #bitcoin?
Join us Tuesd..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…w7
You thought you were a bad trader so you gave your crypto to a professional to earn interest. They told you that yo..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zv
Niagara Falls residents not happy about their Bitcoin mining neighbors. pic.twitter.com/HumAOKubMp
This is how technical manuals should be written. pic.twitter.com/7xgp9Kzupe
@DocumentingBTC Things get weird if we exceed $1 million BTC since a satoshi will be worth more than a penny.
@zdforcier GDP is tricky. There’s:
GDP (not adjusted any way)
GDP adjusted for seasonality
Real GDP adjusted for in..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…aA
@nickfogle My accountant said it was one of the dumbest fuck-ups he’s ever seen and made it a personal mission to r..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FE
@nickfogle Nice. I had a multi-year back and forth with them because they incorrectly processed a return that was v..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xs
Every time you see an economic metric you should check to see if it’s inflation adjusted. It probably isn’t. twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/s…
@nickfogle that’s why you never give them a free loan
More than $80,000 worth of Bitcoin mining machines were stolen and later recovered in Paw Paw, Michigan. cw7michigan.com/news/local/det…
@OneMorePeter A recession is when the number of sats in your cold storage goes down instead of up.
@DeanBaker13 @ylanmui @SenToomey @SenatorSinema When you threaten someone to hand over their money otherwise you wi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…O3
@LynAldenContact It all makes sense when you think of debasement as an addictive drug with nasty withdrawal symptoms.
@DeanBaker13 @ylanmui @SenToomey @SenatorSinema extorting less money != giving more money
@StrangerJosh11 @Girl777Cali @Partisan_O It happens all the time; I regularly am on the opposite end of it where I..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…oW
@StrangerJosh11 @Girl777Cali @Partisan_O If I had seen it on Twitter, I’d have retweeted. I came across it on reddi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…q8
A penny auction at a foreclosed Michigan farm in 1936. Other farmers would conspire to only offer low bids, resulti..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2b
@Excellion A recession is when the number of sats in your cold storage goes down instead of up.
@brucefenton Ooh ooh do CPS next
when your @Yubico Yubikey runs out of slots to store more TOTP secrets pic.twitter.com/UVS2VhSn4V
@paoloardoino Printer is always coming.
BRACE YOURSELVES pic.twitter.com/SGu5WZYUPr
RT @LuganoPlanB: Announcing Casa’s CTO @lopp as Lugano’s Plan ₿ Forum speaker!
Don’t miss it on October 28th-29th
The question is not if you will change the world, but how.
Lifeguard drone saves kid by dropping him a life vest. pic.twitter.com/8UF1zPnkzp
@AriDavidPaul I’m feeling pretty good about @INX_Group
They put the “mini” in “de minimis.”
coincenter.org/congress-takes… pic.twitter.com/dU95XaQnJC
@LukeDashjr Yeah I was hoping the Photonic Fence would be ready by now but it’s still a ways off: photonicsentry.com
@PavSrda @MrClownWorld Blockchains are not “truth machines” in the sense that they don’t solve the garbage-in, garb..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…57
Those who can rewrite history to their advantage, will.
Those who can redefine words for their own benefit, will…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…j0
@_CryptoCurator @EngageRaise @Dennis_Porter_ @HODLpac @CapHillCrypto Wyden’s most recent financial disclosure does… https://t.co/vJm0FMldms
If Bitcoin’s mining difficulty had never increased to compensate for faster-than-desired block times then the curre..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Bj
@BitcoinIsSaving haters will try to deny it but
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@NeerajKA it’s also an engagement trap
twitter.com/lopp/status/14…
@twobitidiot Grab your popcorn. https://t.co/MhzMBEgHco
@mperklin If insects can fly quietly then surely insect-sized drones can too…
Screened-in porches / pools / etc are ugly since they prioritize utility over design; if only we could keep critter..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4h
Folks who say stuff like this must believe that billionaires are like Scrooge McDuck with vaults of gold and cash…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lK
If inflation is a result of salaries being too high then we might as well fight it with pay cuts across the board! pic.twitter.com/mzPVSuTUEO
Apparently 76% of Florida’s prisons don’t have air conditioning. Sounds like cruel & unusual punishment to me. wesh.com/article/florid…
RT @CasaHODL:
RT @paoloardoino: 1/
#keet is out. A pure P2P video chat. Unstoppable, encrypted, no token, email, phone number required. https://t.co/bMHs…
RT @Tether_to: Tether, Bitfinex and Hypercore Launch Holepunch
the fun police are hard at work
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@Melt_Dem Learning to kill, clean, and butcher animals.
glitch in the simulation pic.twitter.com/J0Z3UFMQVs
Writing software is a job best left to perfectionist masochists. pic.twitter.com/vTQuPfQMpU
To err is to be human.
To err while placing the blame on others is to be politician.
The plan is for the telecom to assign a fixed ID to a user with TrustPid.
Website operators would then be able to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…IY
@orweinberger @IEEEorg If that’s the photo they used, it’s perfect.
@luckyredfish @BITPAINTCLUB the surge?
You can’t fix everything that’s wrong with the world.
But you can choose one problem to attack relentlessly.
4 armed masked men broke into a warehouse in Kuchino, Russia, handcuffed security guards, and stole over $1M worth..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8r
@AlyseKilleen “just testing cashflow”
AlyseKilleen The headline is-
$TSLA was CASHFLOW NEGATIVE in Q2 without the trick of adding $936M to cash flow via the sale of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Kk
Astronomers have discovered the first dormant black hole. reuters.com/lifestyle/scie…
websockets maintainer @aymericaugustin wants us to know he does not approve of Bitcoin’s thermodynamic security. Un..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Of
If you’re hot, they’re hot.
Don’t leave Endor pets outside. pic.twitter.com/jmicgznBMi
@raknak I would feel that it rightfully belonged to you, but the network only recognizes ownership by who controls..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4P
RT @DocumentingBTC: 750,000,000th transaction was just processed by the #bitcoin network!
RT @SwanBitcoin: Café Bitcoin Tuesday
7amPST/10amEST ⏰
@Nneuman & @lopp from @CasaHODL join us to talk about #bitcoin security, privacy &…
And there it is.
twitter.com/lopp/status/14… pic.twitter.com/mOj0yS0Kv9
dog token investors over the past year pic.twitter.com/JGv1zp2Rd1
crypto lenders be like pic.twitter.com/pc0RMxmTtZ
@orweinberger dbcache=24000
assumevalid=<recentblockhash>
connect=<local network peer>
Possession of private keys is 10 / 10ths of the Bitcoin law. Being recognized as a BTC “owner” by a court is a joke… https://t.co/PBNV9CRKkS
Working on constructing a Network Fleet of pirates so that we can strip your Network State of its riches and sink i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4U
Ever have one of those random thoughts that just won’t stop popping into your head? pic.twitter.com/qOeGE8OOvv
another sign that the era of relative currency stability is coming to an end pic.twitter.com/Use6kWLzn3
It’s adorable to see nocoiners who think we are beholden to using their definitions and narratives. Welcome to free market competition.
@davidmarcus You’re suggesting that it’s silly for developing network states to skirmish. I’ve made similar argumen..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3u
psssst hey anon, you lookin for this? pic.twitter.com/7mcI9xHKfH
@davidmarcus Conflicting principles make such clashes inevitable.
naval The modern world is managed by bureaucracies staffed with average people.
Bureaucrats pile on rule after rule to k..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…cb
@BitcoinIsSaving Gold custody centralization is driven by the high cost of securing bullion.
Securing bitcoin with..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0y
@pete_rizzo_ Who remembers streamium? You could pay per minute via payment channel back before lightning network existed.
@BitcoinIsSaving I did the first part but can’t seem to figure out the second part.
Them: “inflation is a measure of purchasing power, not money supply!”
Me: “how does one reliably measure purchasin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…kj
@TheHigherFriar Do you need assistance performing the calculation yourself? It’s simple algebra.
@katie_martin_fx Do you need assistance verifying this calculation?
Today the annual inflation rate of Bitcoin is 1.72%.
One year from today the annual inflation rate of Bitcoin will..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sd
This kid’s going places. pic.twitter.com/qCvlRca4m7
gonna open a few more lightning channels good luck stopping me twitter.com/SenatorDurbin/…
Zip tie bird nest in NYC pic.twitter.com/9V9Y5fwfSR
@Mazzertron @volker_btc check out lopp.net/bitcoin-inform…
desfemmesmag We’re thrilled to announce our 2022 mentorship program sponsored by @superlunarhq & @ChaincodeLabs is open to femin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vb
“Unlike an ideologically disaligned and geographically centralized legacy state, which packs millions of disputants..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Aj
“People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them.” - Jean Monnet
bitcoin veteran seen preparing for bear market pic.twitter.com/kiVn2rsFZk
Looks like CoinFLEX users are getting a 90% haircut. coinflex.com/blog/update-ju… pic.twitter.com/sdlFZNDMqV
younger folks want to be social
older folks are tired of drama pic.twitter.com/EBL5Ew83mc
@raknak scam explained: twitter.com/RaymondDurk/st…
@cryptograffiti idk how to tell you this but they work better with the heatsinks on
Why @CasaHODL is a superior storage solution for your bitcoin, in 90 seconds: youtube.com/watch?v=3uVIR1…
“men cannot get pregnant”
y’all should know better than to tell men what they cannot do
Q: Why is inflation increasing?
A: It already did, it’s just that the official metrics are laggy and are finally catching up to reality.
Don’t be a narc.
Don’t buy Ring devices.
theintercept.com/2022/07/13/ama…
RT @CasaHODL: Calm. Steady. And scooping up the sats ✨
Now’s the time when whales are born
@murchandamus just call ‘em jihans
RT @CasaHODL: You asked, we listened
bitcoindadpod Episode 28 of Bitcoin Dad Pod is live! Check out “Interview - Jameson Lopp” at fireside.fm/episode/Bnbc2A…
Jailbreaking cars is definitely going to be a thing. theverge.com/2022/7/12/2320…
@Melt_Dem try sending dickbutts as clickbait
When the Federal Reserve says it’s committed to fighting inflation, it means fighting domestic inflation by exporting it to other countries.
When you tap the top of the screen at the exact moment someone you don’t want to talk to sends you a message. pic.twitter.com/ibLqa5UxfK
… and that’s how you get the Fourth Turning pic.twitter.com/z2k9uGiGpR
Vauld customers could be looking at a 20% haircut. pic.twitter.com/9OllxjPoOp
Sounds like Voyager customers should brace for a 30% haircut. investvoyager.com/blog/update-on… pic.twitter.com/zKXqVb8Dkt
It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war. pic.twitter.com/G2yXtEFzX1
@murchandamus CAN DEVS DO SOMETHING?
they said it couldn’t be done, but i found the pleb headquarters pic.twitter.com/Mct23nfTNE
@michaelterpin Great write-up from Rolling Stone on the hacker who became a home invasion victim. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
@Crypto_Mags @wtogami just when you thought the folks who believed his “bch is the real bitcoin” narrative couldn’t get any more rekt…
@ErikVoorhees @JessicaVaugn You can’t.
But you may reply “Jessica, hello”
Congrats Gloria Zhao on becoming the first (known) female maintainer of Bitcoin Core! twitter.com/BitcoinMerges/…
every chasm worth crossing will require you to stretch yourself to the limit pic.twitter.com/rxyBuog6LW
lopp Bitcoin isn’t a get rich quick scheme, it’s a don’t get poor slowly scheme.
Only 25% of the $800B doled out as part of the Paycheck Protection Program actually ended up being spent on paychec..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vE
For consistency, government employees who hold dollars should be disqualified from working on any dollar-related po… https://t.co/iJ1pd4KXs2
@Nicholai_Hel_7 @PeterMcCormack I will belittle the sentiment that anyone believes they can define / gatekeep the m..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1x
@PeterMcCormack Bitcoin maximalism is whatever gets the most engagement.
REEEEEEEEEEEE
Waste no more time arguing about what a good Bitcoiner should be. Be one.
The primary lesson to learn from history is that humanity does not learn lessons from history. pic.twitter.com/bnU5qJkgcm
If you got rekt due to ignoring warnings of toxic self custody maximalists, you now have a choice.
1. You give up,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tw
@nic__carter congrats and/or sorry pic.twitter.com/gzMedygPmk
@ecurrencyhodler It’s the “ask a friend” security model.
@Excellion unsafu
@LynAldenContact it knows pic.twitter.com/6ZuItRiKpr
twitter keeps going downhill pic.twitter.com/QwwL7eW7zO
@tayvano_ Might I suggest: https://t.co/UaZM2tdhoB
The only Bitcoin purity tests worth debating are those that ensure the integrity of the UTXO set.
@KurtBauerle @nic__carter I just explained how it makes sense. You can work wonders when you redefine words.
@nic__carter The “every asset is a scam” claim makes more sense when you consider that the SNI fellows consider eve..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qz
@nvk can devs do something
when you’ve got another 50 hot dogs to choke down but some punk wants to steal the spotlight pic.twitter.com/tGeCEldQKL
plenty of reasons to celebrate today pic.twitter.com/v0t7Qf1Iqp
When they threaten to make something illegal I remind myself of American cities where fireworks are outlawed. pic.twitter.com/NrWeXCaIMm
One of the major grievances cited for causing the American Revolution was the Currency Act of 1764 which prohibited… https://t.co/PyoZVljzJn
Congrats @ButtCoin community, who are organizing their first conference after a decade of skepticism and schadenfr… https://t.co/r6ugzszZS0
@TuurDemeester miner death spiral lel
@Dulce_vird There’s no unsafe setting, just less performant settings. 20GB should be plenty, though it mostly only… https://t.co/P81jgZbZ0y
bitcoin vs “the next bitcoin” pic.twitter.com/uGQ5n0n7cb
Thumbs down to the trend of snail mail spammers sending stuff printed in barely legible handwriting fonts. Feels li… https://t.co/W9msFyX1Vq