kiwi on Nostr: Bitcoin unifies various languages as it pertains to exchanging value, but it does not ...
Bitcoin unifies various languages as it pertains to exchanging value, but it does not attempt to reach heaven.
Thesis:
Gold - good for savings (value over time), poor for exchange (value over space - divisibility, fungibility, portability)
Low time preference cultures > high time preference ones (Democracy - the god that failed us).
Antithesis:
Paper: Finishes golds promise, abstracting ownership through a central ledger made gold more saleable over space and time, but with centralization and a big honey pot, rugs are pulled. The tower toward heaven destroyed, because the trust should have never been placed. History, and the boom bust cycles, both short and long term debt cycles, is littered with examples as to why this trust should have never been placed. But consent can be manufactured.
Synthesis:
We find ourselves hurtling towards a digital financial system, one which embellishes that unwarranted trust to the most extreme sense (Social credit system with “private” CBDCs).. where centralized authorities decree the total supply, who can and can not access it.. it’s the ultimate means of control..
Or Bitcoin, its symmetric opposite; finite and uncensorable.
It’s clear to all those participating which one is more likely to win. We either win this battle or dishonor and violate the social contract to such an extent that few can comprehend.
I’m all in, I’ve found my Tribe, we’re starting to build amazing products and services, and life is good..
But I can’t help but notice the weird bed fellows we find ourselves surrounded by.
When I was in ES for Plan B recently, I couldn’t notice that all the “OG” bitcoiners were pro Tether, saying they’re going to bootstrap the lightning network, and enable us to send $ over lightning without KYC…
Then Tether released their BrainOS - a literal transhumanist brain chip… but don’t worry, it’s open source!
I then realized Max Keiser is an investor and big proponent, even though he dunks on fiat and other CBDCs..
Then I found out Brock Pierce and his connection to Tether..
Then that Tether is moving their HQ to ES…
Then that Stark was dating Aaron Swartz when he was going through those issues…
And my “paranoid” mind can’t help but connect all these dots and “coincidences” in a “conspiratorial” fashion.. but everything is pointing to Mark’s Bitcoin Dollar thesis being the most accurate warning in neon…
It’s good to be aware of all the good possible, but this post is a reminder to you all, don’t loose sight of the goal:
Uncensorable savings and transactions, fuck the social credit system, whether it’s “private”, public or some quasi in between.
If “we” fail, our children our doomed. “We” can’t fail, “we” must succeed.
Find your Tribe, don’t fall for psyops, build, we can’t just wait it out and hedge both ways.
Thesis:
Gold - good for savings (value over time), poor for exchange (value over space - divisibility, fungibility, portability)
Low time preference cultures > high time preference ones (Democracy - the god that failed us).
Antithesis:
Paper: Finishes golds promise, abstracting ownership through a central ledger made gold more saleable over space and time, but with centralization and a big honey pot, rugs are pulled. The tower toward heaven destroyed, because the trust should have never been placed. History, and the boom bust cycles, both short and long term debt cycles, is littered with examples as to why this trust should have never been placed. But consent can be manufactured.
Synthesis:
We find ourselves hurtling towards a digital financial system, one which embellishes that unwarranted trust to the most extreme sense (Social credit system with “private” CBDCs).. where centralized authorities decree the total supply, who can and can not access it.. it’s the ultimate means of control..
Or Bitcoin, its symmetric opposite; finite and uncensorable.
It’s clear to all those participating which one is more likely to win. We either win this battle or dishonor and violate the social contract to such an extent that few can comprehend.
I’m all in, I’ve found my Tribe, we’re starting to build amazing products and services, and life is good..
But I can’t help but notice the weird bed fellows we find ourselves surrounded by.
When I was in ES for Plan B recently, I couldn’t notice that all the “OG” bitcoiners were pro Tether, saying they’re going to bootstrap the lightning network, and enable us to send $ over lightning without KYC…
Then Tether released their BrainOS - a literal transhumanist brain chip… but don’t worry, it’s open source!
I then realized Max Keiser is an investor and big proponent, even though he dunks on fiat and other CBDCs..
Then I found out Brock Pierce and his connection to Tether..
Then that Tether is moving their HQ to ES…
Then that Stark was dating Aaron Swartz when he was going through those issues…
And my “paranoid” mind can’t help but connect all these dots and “coincidences” in a “conspiratorial” fashion.. but everything is pointing to Mark’s Bitcoin Dollar thesis being the most accurate warning in neon…
It’s good to be aware of all the good possible, but this post is a reminder to you all, don’t loose sight of the goal:
Uncensorable savings and transactions, fuck the social credit system, whether it’s “private”, public or some quasi in between.
If “we” fail, our children our doomed. “We” can’t fail, “we” must succeed.
Find your Tribe, don’t fall for psyops, build, we can’t just wait it out and hedge both ways.