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Shinobi

@brian_trollz

10 months

Me watching you realize most Bitcoiners are actually dumber than the average population:

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Shinobi

@brian_trollz

2 years

Not very religious, but if you are, would appreciate prayers for my family today.

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2 years

Uh oh. Vitalik's looking for the door.

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3 years

. @JackMallers you are the baddest ass motherfucker on this planet.

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3 years

What did Rome do as they fell? They debased the money, and they increased taxes.

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3 years

I was insanely skeptical of Jack Dorsey when he publicly started talking about Bitcoin. At the point where I just have to say I think I was dead wrong.

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@brian_trollz

8 months

A break down of BitVM and how it works that hopefully helps understand. No, it doesn't magically just enable literally all the things, but it does enable quite a lot. It is a huge thing in the context of what it can do without any new features.

The Big Deal with BitVM: Arbitrary Computation Now Possible on Bitcoin Without a Fork

Any arbitrary computation can now be verified on Bitcoin, with no softfork necessary, in a challenge-response based protocol that can be enforced on-chain.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

If you don't understand that we are in the middle of World War III, you probably aren't gonna make it.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Bitcoin without privacy is nothing but a surveillance system.

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3 years

First Omnicron case in Chicago was not only fully vaccinated, they had just had a booster shot.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Nothing is funnier to me than Bitcoiners suddenly proclaiming themselves experts in politics, finance, diet, and all walks of life just because they think they understand Bitcoin. You aren't a genius in everything just because you have sats in the wallet.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Everybody needs to smoke a joint and chill the fuck out.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Taproot's almost here, fun times ahead.

Taproot Is Coming To Bitcoin: How It Works, Its History And Implications

Taproot and Schnorr signatures are going live at block 709,632. Here’s what you need to know about what this means for Bitcoin.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

The next massive threat to Bitcoin isn't going to be governments yet. Its going to be Bitcoiners and developers panicking at the fact that "shitcoins haven't all gone to 0 yet!" reactively trying to import unsound shitcoin features and uses to Bitcoin. Mark my words.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

After someone tries explaining why Ethereum makes sense:

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@brian_trollz

3 years

The funniest thing about this @PeterMcCormack shit to me is he's getting yelled at for wearing jeans to meet a president. So he should have dressed up in a suit and kissed someone's ass just for being a president? LOL

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Taproot is now active. Good night.

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Shinobi

@brian_trollz

9 months

Well everyone, I'm pleased to announced that I'm taking a position as Technical Editor at @BitcoinMagazine , and will be handling Opinion Pieces going forward: I'm very excited for this opportunity to help improve and maintain content quality.

Shinobi Joins Bitcoin Magazine as Technical Editor

Bitcoin privacy researcher Shinobi is joining Bitcoin Magazine as Technical Editor.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

What if I told you that the man who defined Game Theory as we know it also is literally the reason the NSA developed modern cryptography? What if I told you he also spent the last years of his life pondering the problem of removing politics from money?

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Anyone who allows their child, aged 5-11, to get the jab is not fit to be a parent.

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@brian_trollz

4 years

Fuck your unit bias. Fuck your Lightning Network. Fuck your tribalistic favorite. Here is the only reason you need to learn to think in Satoshis: In 10 years, quoting a price as 0.00003 BTC instead of 3000 Satoshis is going to be why you get kidnapped.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

I am literally amazed at how many people in this space just do not understand Proof of Work. Like at all.

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@brian_trollz

2 months

Absolutely no ground should be ceded on the absurd argument that the DOJ is making that Samourai constitutes a money transmission business. Full stop. They do not. This is an insane overreach that affects every self custodial tool in this space.

Samourai Did Nothing Wrong, Self Custodial Tools Are Not Money Transmitters

A reaction to the indictment charges against the Samourai developers yesterday, and the patently absurd distortions of reality, prior regulatory clarification, and the functionality of the software...

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@brian_trollz

1 year

To all Bitcoiners who think the state will be completely eradicated. What's your plan to deal with the cartels, the mafias, the gangs, the triads, etc? You think they'll just ignore a power vacuum?

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Luke figured out Segwit was possible with a softfork. He was a huge part of the UASF when Bitcoin was at danger of co-option. He has been contributing to Bitcoin almost as long as it existed. The fact he struggles to find funding in a renaissance of Dev funding is shameful.

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FWIW, even if no company out there has the budget to fully fund my #Bitcoin development work, it would still be helpful if they could put me (& family) on some kind of health or dental insurance; or even cover expenses for a conference here or there...

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Why are Bitcoiners so scared to discuss and even contemplate any scenario where Bitcoin fails and/or has a sub-optimal outcome?

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@brian_trollz

3 years

I still can't believe that the Information Age equivalent of World War III is raging on in full force and people don't even get it. Even in the Bitcoin space. Seriously wild times.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

I love how @maxkeiser just deleted all of his tweets about Ukraine like a cuck, instead of owning the fact he was wrong like a man.

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@brian_trollz

6 years

#LightningNetwork | #Bcash

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@brian_trollz

3 years

So there were lots of claims earlier this month that Bitcoin can't do smart contracts. Here is a thorough debunking of that.

Yes, Bitcoin Is A Smart Contract Platform

Many think that smart contracts are only executable on overly-complex blockchains, but Bitcoin is a smart contract platform by definition.

bitcoinmagazine.com

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@brian_trollz

7 years

Do NOT. I repeat, Do NOT put your private keys into a client for ANY of these upcoming Bitcoin forks until you yourself or someone you trust has audited the code. I GUARANTEE there will be a wave of malware to steal keys mixed in.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

You can build a centralized system on top of a decentralized system. You can't build a decentralized system on top of a centralized system. You can build a socialist framework inside of a capitalist system. You can't build a capitalist framework inside a socialist system.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Just buying Bitcoin isn't enough anymore. If it ever was.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Bitcoin dumped because Satoshi is disappointed in you. Be better.

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@brian_trollz

1 year

Censorship. Resistant. Network. If you are crying about people doing things you don't like with it, you have completely and utterly lost the plot.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Greatful to have been given the chance to talk to a Ukrainian refugee about how Bitcoin helped him escape with his wealth intact. The perfect example of how in the worst of times Bitcoin can protect you and your family when you have no choice but to leave.

How Bitcoin Allowed A Ukrainian Refugee To Escape War And Start Fighting Back On His Own Terms

Amid bank freezes and ATM overruns, one Ukrainian escaped with his wealth in bitcoin and is now fighting Russia on his own terms.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Doctors in Chicago are now going to refuse to see unvaccinated patients starting the 1st. Fun times.

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@brian_trollz

1 year

I don't know who needs to hear this, but mortgaging your house for Bitcoin is almost never a good idea.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Can't wait until the "Bitcoin is funding white supremacist domestic terrorism" narrative gets going. Going to be a fun one.

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@brian_trollz

6 years

This meme has never been more appropriate. Ever. (Until next month 😆)

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@brian_trollz

2 years

This space is becoming a total clown show by the day. No, Bitcoiners are not a single issue voting block to be reckoned with. We're maybe a few million people, all with wildly different beliefs on everything.

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@brian_trollz

4 years

So, @amazon stores and keeps all the login credentials for your wifi access point if you have an Amazon device. New Firestick came pre-loaded with my network information, didn't even have to put it in. Go fuck yourselves. I am throwing out every piece of Amazon hardware I own.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

So...the evolutionary trend for viruses is to mutate to be less lethal so they spread to more people and survive. Everyone gets that right?

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Appreciate the prayers and wishes from everyone, things are looking good at the moment. All the responses mean a lot to me, really helped keep my mind from spiraling.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Chain. Anchor. Stop acting like your enemies are bumbling around cluelessly with no plan or end goal. They are not.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Being a Bitcoiner does not convey unto you a holy and flawless understanding of every aspect of the universe.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

I will never support another blocksize increase.

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@brian_trollz

5 years

Craig Wright is a fraud.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

"Everything is good for Bitcoin" was an idiotic meme. It has trained Bitcoiners to not think critically about anything that can go badly.

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@brian_trollz

6 years

1. Lightning TXes are not IOUs, they are valid pre-signed transactions. They are Bitcoins. Lightning Network is based on _Bitcoin consensus rules_. It is a smart contract controlling Bitcoin based on primitives enforced by _consensus rules_.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Holy shit Matrix was bad. Like wow.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

So let me guess, Elon said a bunch of stupid shit right?

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@brian_trollz

2 years

I don't know who needs to hear this, but chemical pollution is 1000x the environmental problem that carbon emissions are.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Unpopular opinion: obsessing over stacking arbitrary amounts of Bitcoin is stupid. Get what you can, and work on growing as a person and acquiring useful skills.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Everyone is freaking out about the slim possibility of Bitcoin mining being made illegal in the US. I say go for it, good. That would be awesome for Bitcoin. Even something like methane flare/out gas mining only. Stop trying to concentrate Bitcoin mining in the US.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Bitcoiners who shriek "stop talking!" when someone points out problems, short comings, or issues about Bitcoin that are still outstanding have no principles. Everything isn't about making Bitcoin seem perfect and flawless to pump your bags.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

. @jack what the actual fuck are you thinking?

Bitcoin Magazine

@BitcoinMagazine

2 years

Dorsey’s Block plans to leverage a fingerprint sensor instead of a password or seed phrase to secure your #bitcoin . @namcios covers the news:

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@brian_trollz

2 years

It sucks to see people who have contributed to Bitcoin for years move on to other things, but here's a frank reality: If Bitcoin can't succeed or survive without them, then it wasn't meant to succeed or survive at all.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

A lot of people are going to learn a very hard lesson soon about why privacy is important.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Why are so many shitcoiners losing their minds over Taproot activating? Could it be coping over Bitcoin actually making a massive improvement? Bitcoin can so smart contracts, get over it.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

I think Peter is a giant twat, but if you engage like this with people you have a problem with instead of calling them out on the behavior you have a problem with, you're a degenerate fucking scumbag. Seriously, grow the fuck up. This type of behavior is beyond pathetic.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

I don't just think I was wrong anymore. I know I was.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

I was insanely skeptical of Jack Dorsey when he publicly started talking about Bitcoin. At the point where I just have to say I think I was dead wrong.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

People are getting too fixated on Lightning in terms of the roadmap for Core development. Lightning is not all there is in Bitcoin. What about stateless vaults? What about statechains? What about decentralizing mining pools again?

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@brian_trollz

2 years

I really feel like we're finally hitting that point where Bitcoiners are starting to lose their minds.

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3 years

I used to talk alot with buddies back around 2015-2016 about the coming wave of mass psychosis if Bitcoin actually works out. I think we're at that point.

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3 years

I have literally bought cheese burgers that could have been 1000s of dollars of Bitcoins. I'm an idiot.

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2 years

If Russia bans Bitcoin, mark my words. China and Russia will start painting Bitcoin as the next wave of American economic imperialism.

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2 years

Rapid growth of Bitcoin mining in the United States/North America without a proportional growth of mining in other jurisdictions is not good for Bitcoin. In fact, it's actively bad for it.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Some thoughts of mine after getting the chance to see some of El Salvador in person:

Visiting El Salvador, It’s Clear That Bukele’s Bitcoin Country Is Neither Utopian, Nor Totalitarian

After a week in El Salvador, it’s clear that state-run Bitcoin adoption is a slow but critical foundation for revitalizing the country.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Doctor's literally take bribes to prescribe people drugs. Why the fuck would you think being a doctor magically makes you trustworthy by itself?

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@brian_trollz

4 years

You guys ready to be branded Nazis and White Supremacists just for owning Bitcoin? It's coming.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Stop encouraging people to leverage themselves into debt as standard advice to stack Bitcoin. You might as well tell people to go to a casino. Life doesn't happen in a straight line and people deal with pressure differently. If you reply to argue with me, you're an idiot.

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@brian_trollz

1 year

I am utterly amazed that with hashrate skyrocketing during a prolonged bear market with massive financial stress on major mining companies no one is viewing that jump with suspicion.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Some Bitcoiners will self custody entirely on their own. Some Bitcoiners will need help and multiparty tools to accomplish this. Some Bitcoiners will never custody their own coins. All of them have legitimate concerns with system trade offs, and the right to voice them.

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8 months

Lightning is not dead, and this is getting silly as shit at this point. The solution to this issue is as simple as extending timelocks and rebroadcasting transactions regularly with a slight fee bump, or just handling pre-signed TXes in a different way. The sky isn't falling.

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2 years

The fact that "privacy wallet" is a specific kind of wallet and not simply how all wallets work is a problem.

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2 years

You know what happens when miners burn electricity? It doesnt transform into "digital energy," it turns into heat that radiates away and dissipates into the surrounding medium. Learn some fucking physics.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

Look around you. At everyone drifting off into their own realities, their own set of facts, their own rationalization for why their own insanity is really just. This is not going to get better anytime soon. Bitcoin is not going to fix this. We will. Or we won't.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

.............LOL. I just got it. I literally just got it. The vaccine is how you purge the police, the military, the institutions, etc... LOL. So simple. So fucking simple.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

This was Coinbase's plan for Bitcoin. Huge blocks, an illusion of decentralization, and a dependence on their APIs for app developers. They pivoted because Bitcoiner's wouldn't sacrifice Bitcoin's decentralization and robustness to subsidize their business model.

Max Branzburg 🛡

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The difference between what people think @coinbase is, and what it actually is, is jarring. It’s like we’re watching the same movie, but folks keep leaving the theater and missing key scenes. Scoot in so I can recap the scenes you missed:

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Liking Bitcoin does not make you my friend or my ally.

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@brian_trollz

1 year

Bitcoin has literally 0% chance of scaling globally in a self sovereign way without making script much more flexible. Either accept Bitcoin needs consensus changes to accomplish that, or make your peace with the fact it will never happen.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

@LynAldenContact I clicked like, then did the math. Sorry, wrong. Big Lebwoski.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

If your motivation for new features on Bitcoin is "it'll make price go up!" and not "it will make the most robust and solid system" you are a clown. I am not like you.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

The fact that there is literally a single person who liked this tweet is a demonstration that the average IQ in this space is crashing faster than Bitcoin did from the ATH. We have a food crisis because of water shortages, fertilizer prices, and processing chain problems.

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@brian_trollz

4 years

After scrolling my timeline, I am convinced there is a secret chatroom I am not in where everyone coordinates tweeting " #Bitcoin " all in sync. Fuck you all for not sending an invite.

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@brian_trollz

2 years

Lightning is an amazing protocol stack that will take Bitcoin scaling unbelievably further than it would have gone without it. It also has a giant pile of problems to solve to really work long term at scale. Thats reality. Complaining about reality is childish.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

That's it. Been like 7 years since I quit smoking cigarettes, and I still puff on a vaporizer everyday. 4th of July, bye bye nicotine. 🍄

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1 year

The entire concept of Bitcoin as an intelligence test is just total nonsense. If it actually was, then explain the vast majority of Bitcoiners being total fucking morons.

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3 years

Bitcoin is a wave. You don't get to decide its shape or curve, just whether you ride it or not.

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3 years

Looking forward to living as a second class citizen.

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3 years

This really did just become time to build a new internet.

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3 years

Don't fall into the trap of "positive thinking." Sometimes you need to be angry. Sometimes you need to be sad. Sometimes you need to feel like shit. Constantly being happy is why sheep are sheep.

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@brian_trollz

3 years

I say this as someone who thinks abortion is murder. Texas is trying to get people to snitch on neighbors for abortions. New York is trying to get people to snitch on neighbors for COVID. Pick your flavor of fascism. Its literally pre-WWII Germany all over again.

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I have never asked myself in my life whether something was illegal before doing it. Just whether it was right or wrong. If you haven't approached life like that, it's time to start.

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