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Scott Wolfe

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2 years

A powerful and enlightening speech by President @NayibBukele . Coincidentally, the first half of the speech also largely describes the colonial & neo-colonial histories of 🇬🇹🇨🇷🇵🇦🇭🇳🇳🇮🇧🇿🇯🇲🇭🇹🇹🇹🇬🇾🇬🇩🇻🇨🇰🇳🇩🇲🇱🇨🇪🇨🇨🇴🇻🇪🇧🇴🇳🇬🇨🇩🇨🇬🇨🇲🇸🇳🇹🇩🇲🇱🇬🇦🇬🇳🇨🇫 and more! The second half is a recipe for change!

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2 years

If you’re being misinformed by the mainstream media and some “journalists” about what’s happening in El Salvador, you should watch yesterday’s FULL MESSAGE and why I chose our INDEPENDENCE DAY to announce an expected candidacy for re-election.

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Just dropped off my 3 kids at school for first day since Dec 20. Including our unvaccinated 4yr old. Slumped back in my car, had a good cry. Total exhaustion, guilt, and fuming anger at @fordnation @Sflecce for abandoning #onted . Putting on my game face. Parents, I feel ya. Hugs.

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Scott Wolfe

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6 years

@sclancy79 @NFL @Nike Um, that’s not at all what @Kaepernick7 is doing. He is using his platform to draw attention to the persistent killing of innocent African-American citizens of your country. But since you asked your question... Kudos to @Nike for being on the right side of history! #NikeBoycott

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Scott Wolfe

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3 months

People aren’t drinking water because it hydrates them. They are drinking it because it soothes the dryness of their throat, quenches their thirst and they think it will continue doing this. #Bitcoin

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Scott Wolfe

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2 years

1/ Something doesn't smell right. A🧵about some stories that are begging to be properly investigated and told. Question is, which investigative journalists have the willingness, integrity and editorial freedom to take these on? #Bitcoin is the entry point, but it's much bigger.

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2 years

1/ What the average observer of the #Ethereum merge to Proof of Stake needs to know when considering all the headlines & fanfare about “reduced energy consumption” and then asking “why doesn’t #Bitcoin do this too?”, is that #ETH and $BTC are fundamentally different assets/tools.

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2 years

I disagree with you on many issues @PierrePoilievre , but I commend you on the core substance of this speech. I think @saifedean ’s “The #Bitcoin Standard” and “The Fiat Standard” should be required reading for all MPs and studied by @CPC_HQ @liberal_party @NDP @CanadianGreens .

Pierre Poilievre

@PierrePoilievre

2 years

Thanks for your excellent books, which helped inform this speech, Saifedean.

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7 years

Thank you @VanJones68 for continuing to be a ray of truth and light. I too believe we can amass an #armyoflove and achieve greater unity.

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Scott Wolfe

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1 year

Just exchanged some more fiat (CAD) for #Bitcoin .

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1 year

In peddling this misinformation, the @ecb also reveals itself as a racist, neo-colonial institution. Most notably, the ECB is saying that the global South (where #Bitcoin and #LightningNetwork use are skyrocketing) is “irrelevant” and day-to-day commerce is presumed illegal.

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Scott Wolfe

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2 years

1/ Large financial institutions, the IMF, and Central Banks/BIS are very nervous about the more fair, inclusive, environmentally-positive monetary system that is being built through #Bitcoin . This type of article and its misinformation will grow. Here’s what you need to know.🧵

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2 years

Bitcoin is as damaging to the climate as farming cattle or burning gasoline and its carbon footprint is growing

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2 years

@WSJ The article is gated so I haven't read it, but I hope you addressed the fact that these are U.S. gangs terrorizing #ElSalvador . As I wrote elsewhere, President @nayibbukele should be receiving support and funding from the U.S. govt to fight these gangs!

Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

Dear @NormaJTorres @RepRickCrawford , if you were truly respecting sovereignty, you wouldn't have called it the "Accountability...in #ElSalvador Act" and wouldn't be declaring their #Bitcoin embrace a careless gamble. This is next chapter Monroe Doctrine and U.S. hegemony.🧵1/9

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Scott Wolfe

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1 year

I love the #SkullofSatoshi , but @greenpeaceusa driving this aimlessly around NYC in a gas-fuelled truck, as part of a $6M misinformation & smear campaign funded by a crypto (Ripple $XRP) being prosecuted by the SEC for securities fraud, is the height of toxic tone-deafness.

Von Wong

@thevonwong

1 year

Did anyone else spot the #SkullofSatoshi rolling around NYC yesterday?!

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Scott Wolfe

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5 months

Close to $1 billion USD about to move into #Bitcoin spot purchases over the next couple of months from new U.S. spot #BTC ETFs. Can someone tell me why this isn’t leading to massive FOMO buying right now to get ahead of this purchase curve? What am I missing? Thoughts?

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5 months

Bitwise ETF will be seeded with a cool $200M bitcoin buy. 👀

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Scott Wolfe

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2 years

Proof of Work = democracy Proof of Stake = oligarchy At a fundamental level, it's that simple. The #Bitcoin White Paper is so short (9 pages), yet contains so many gems that maintain their relevance over time.

Preston Pysh

@PrestonPysh

2 years

Why Proof of Work?

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Scott Wolfe

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2 years

@WillHild @LATreasury Put 1-5% of that in Bitcoin, for the people of Louisiana and future generations!

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Scott Wolfe

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3 months

Dude is flexing his Cobra Kai tracksuit at the Shaolin temple.

FIRE Guy

@TheTrueFIREGuy

3 months

I’m a software engineer. Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) have little to no technological value as-is. It’s not as revolutionary or innovative as many claim: It doesn’t solve any major problems that traditional software can’t solve. The crypto projects that popped up in

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@RetirementRight Told you, we did.

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2 years

@greenpeaceusa I’m going to help more people understand how #Bitcoin adoption and use globally, as well as Bitcoin mining w/ renewables and #methane capture, are essential tools to achieve our climate goals. This will reign in damaging consumerism and scale up electrification of energy grids.

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Dear @NormaJTorres @RepRickCrawford , if you were truly respecting sovereignty, you wouldn't have called it the "Accountability...in #ElSalvador Act" and wouldn't be declaring their #Bitcoin embrace a careless gamble. This is next chapter Monroe Doctrine and U.S. hegemony.🧵1/9

Rep. Norma Torres

@NormaJTorres

2 years

Today, I introduced the Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act with @RepRickCrawford . El Salvador’s adoption of #Bitcoin is not a thoughtful embrace of innovation, but a careless gamble that is destabilizing the country.

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1 year

@ecb Sending regards to increasingly irrelevant European Central Bankers, from Canada. The decentralized #Bitcoin network around the world is stronger than ever, building and growing toward a better world for all. Bitcoin is hope. Bitcoin is change. Bitcoin is the future.

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2 years

@LayahHeilpern Sorry, but gonna disagree here. You posted an inflammatory, heterosexist tweet suggesting that people in London expressing “their” freedom is not an acceptable type of freedom, the type you approve of and which would somehow make London better. He called you on your hypocrisy.

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Scott Wolfe

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1 year

Berlin, Germany. Jan 21, 2023 #GesundesGeld #Bitcoin

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1 year

@MerrynSW What? I’ve seen about 50 or 60 very thought messages (self included) trying to provide information. Either your expectations of what is possible via a Twitter message are grossly unrealistic, or you are not acting in good faith here.

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Scott Wolfe

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10 months

@greenpeaceusa @BlackRock @Chase Not only is @greenpeaceusa causing irreparable damage to the credibility of @Greenpeace globally as a result of this Ripple-funded misinformation campaign, but by dissuading some people from participating in #Bitcoin you are also causing the next wave of global wealth inequality.

Daniel Batten

@DSBatten

10 months

Just rebutted @greenpeaceusa 's report on Bitcoin Mining CONCLUSION Owing to its many inaccuracies, exclusions, use of flawed source data, absence of evidence to support many assertions, lack of objective evaluation of complete environmental impact and

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Scott Wolfe

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6 months

Just landed in Toronto from #ElSalvador . Buying ticket for train back into the city and I reflexively asked the ticket person if I could pay with #Bitcoin . It has become habit after 6 days in 🇸🇻. Normalization of Bitcoin use can happen fast. Let’s go!

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Scott Wolfe

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2 months

Oh look. It’s just @greenpeaceusa continuing to block climate scientists, environmentalists, tenured professors and others who draw attention to the glaring falsehoods in @greenpeaceusa reporting on #Bitcoin and their bad faith activities, as well as the > $5 million in donations

Troy Cross

@thetrocro

2 months

It’s a good move. They should have done it a long time ago.

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Scott Wolfe

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4 years

@WashTimes This is utter nonsense. Here in Canada things were ticking along nicely, no such “distractions”...the virus got in. It’s a VIRUS, that’s what they do. But we took swift national action! Trump dismissed it, played it down. Didn’t develop a plan. Scoffed at masks. This is on him.

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2 years

@WhaleChart Uh, the margin call is at USD$3,500 not $13,500. I hope you’re not an accountant! 🤦‍♂️

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2 years

It is very disturbing that Professor @thetrocro has now done more investigative journalism about #Bitcoin & #ClimateCrisis in this short interview here than the editorial desks of @nytimes @Slate @jacobin @pcmag and a myriad of other publications combined. Another 🧵… 1/n

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@TheBitcoinConf @nayibbukele For additional context, some background on the U.S. gang violence that President @nayibbukele and @AsambleaSV are dealing with currently in #ElSalvador and the added insult of U.S. legislators now trying to interfere with their #Bitcoin policy and adoption efforts. See thread.

Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

Dear @NormaJTorres @RepRickCrawford , if you were truly respecting sovereignty, you wouldn't have called it the "Accountability...in #ElSalvador Act" and wouldn't be declaring their #Bitcoin embrace a careless gamble. This is next chapter Monroe Doctrine and U.S. hegemony.🧵1/9

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1 year

Cancel your @nytimes subscription. What an absolute farce. All of these other people taking part should be ashamed. Aiding a criminal who has defrauded millions of people. $32 billion in assets - gone! $15M spent on luxury real estate in Bahamas. $69M in political donations.

unusual_whales

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1 year

SBF confirms today he is speaking at NYT for the DealBook Summit. Other speakers include Zelensky, Zuckerberg, and Yellen. It cost $2,499 to attend.

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Scott Wolfe

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2 years

@DarinFeinstein @Greenpeace Sigh. Indeed. As a staunch advocate for action on climate change, and for increased climate justice, this backward move and betrayal by @Greenpeace really stings. It is a blow to meaningful action on climate change. I am distancing myself from Greenpeace until they change course.

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2 years

@TheBitcoinConf @nayibbukele Solidarity with @nayibbukele @AsambleaSV and the people of #ElSalvador ! 🇸🇻🇨🇦

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Scott Wolfe

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1 year

An April 10 @nytimes article about #Bitcoin mining has sparked a flurry of enviro concern. To this extent, the NYTimes has achieved its goal: to incite “moral panic”. This aligns with the paper’s enduring role, described in 2015 by Noam Chomsky. 🧵👇

Noam Chomsky: The New York Times is pure propaganda

The celebrated linguist says our paper of record has carried the government's water, from Laos to the Middle East

www.salon.com

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Scott Wolfe

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2 years

2/ It's cruelly ironic that the narrative is: " #Bitcoin is destabilizing #ElSalvador ". Here's a short summary of the most salient factors that have destabilized El Salvador. U.S. doctrine and policy on Central America have scarcely changed since Reagan.

America's Role in El Salvador's Deterioration

Many Salvadorans stayed in the U.S. after a devastating earthquake. But other disasters in the country were man-made.

www.theatlantic.com

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Scott Wolfe

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2 years

@CleanUpBitcoin Your tweets are becoming even less informed, less reasonable. There are dozens of industries and industry segments that consume more energy than small countries. Please share with us how/why your $5 million campaign is legitimately positioned to judge WHO gets to consume energy.

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2 years

@gmbutts Gerald, I’m not a Conservative voter typically (never have) but... He’s not talking about “crypto”, he’s talking about Bitcoin. Second, while I disagree with him on many issues, his research and view on Bitcoin as well as the dangers of CBDCs are on point. Credit where it’s due.

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Scott Wolfe

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3 months

A thread about how mistaken @neelkashkari is re #Bitcoin . Today, from the convenience of my living room couch in Toronto, Canada, I used #BTC (over #LightningNetwork ) to instantly pay a merchant in Mossel Bay, South Africa for two t-shirts I got while there last week. 🧵1/n

Documenting ₿itcoin 📄

@DocumentingBTC

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₿𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Neel Kashkari explains why he is skeptical of #bitcoin as a currency:

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Early morning run. A quick pause to take in the beauty #ElZonte #ElSalvador

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Scott Wolfe

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2 years

7/ #Bitcoin , on the other hand, has and continues to evolve as a disruptive technology that seeks to re-orient monetary and financial systems; to advance human rights, financial inclusion; to recalibrate geo-political relations; and to modernize energy production/consumption.

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29/ I offer my reflections above guided by values which I try to embody: fairness, discernment, compassion, inclusivity, and global-mindedness, among others. These are values I hope to see increasingly reflected in journalistic and legislative undertakings on #Bitcoin / PoW. 🙏

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Scott Wolfe

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In a response to MP @MarkGerretsen back on Sept 29, 2022 (tweet quoted below), I indicated that I would timestamp and revisit his post in the future. It's time. First, let's get some maths out of the way. Yes, that shawarma which Official Opposition Leader @PierrePoilievre

Mark Gerretsen 🇨🇦 🇺🇦

@MarkGerretsen

2 years

Remember @PierrePoilievre 's stunt buying a shawarma with bitcoin just 6 months ago? That same $10 shawarma would cost him $22.35 in bitcoin today. Bitcoin is not an alternative to the Canadian dollar and PP should retract his position on this. #cdnpoli

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@steve_hanke Steve, are you still doing your small #Bitcoin transactions on-chain? 🤦‍♂️ Awww, man. Have one of your grandkids show you #LightningNetwork and download @blinkbtc @MuunWallet @Breez_Tech @PhoenixWallet or other Lightning wallet. PS: Blockbuster called. Your DVDs are late!

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@greenpeaceusa @Bitcoin @CleanUpBitcoin Please @greenpeaceusa read the comments to your post and have your team take time to learn what you’re talking about. You’re making a harmful error. People have shared resources and contacts such as @thetrocro @jyn_urso @DSBatten , and here are some of my additional thoughts:

Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

1/ What the average observer of the #Ethereum merge to Proof of Stake needs to know when considering all the headlines & fanfare about “reduced energy consumption” and then asking “why doesn’t #Bitcoin do this too?”, is that #ETH and $BTC are fundamentally different assets/tools.

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OK, dear people of #Bitcoin . The world’s largest economy now has #BTC spot ETFs. Tradfi institutions are now Bitcoin PR/marketing associates. The next chess move is to stop talking about ETFs and focus energy on scaling Bitcoin circular economies and self custody. ➡️ @FBCEglobal

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TORONTO | Pay in #BTC ☕️ Capulus Coffee House 📍881 St Clair Ave West Delicious food and beverages. Support businesses that accept #Bitcoin . While you’re at it, please follow @BTCToronto_ and @BTCcoalition_ca . 🇨🇦

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7/ But, beginning several years ago, and in a HUGE way since 2020, #Bitcoin / PoW mining has shifted to renewable sources, with more than 60% of global Bitcoin mining now coming from renewable energy.

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1/ I remember a time not so long ago when there was a strong movement on university campuses, and among civic and global development groups to stop the #IMF and its forced impoverishment of the global South. It’s time for that movement to be restored. #GlobalJustice #Bitcoin

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@PeterMcCormack Just imagine if they understood #Bitcoin and what good they could actually do for social, economic and global justice around the world if they channeled all that energy and righteous indignation.

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Serious question: by what standards do we decide whether something is or isn't a "ponzi scheme"? That term gets thrown around so much and is often weaponized to cast fear, uncertainty and doubt. This begs some critical thinking. A🧵with emphasis on #Bitcoin and #crypto .

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2 years

@cz_binance You misspelled #Bitcoin .

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@SenWarren I used to have respect for you. I used to be a supporter. Your refusal to become educated on these matters and the multiple social and economic benefits of #Bitcoin in particular can no longer be assumed accidental.

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@nic__carter What disturbs me most, actually, is that there is a pedestrian, white liberalism inherent in most of these reflexive reactions to the #Bitcoin environmental value proposition which accepts that social & economic exclusion for 80% of the world’s population is absolutely acceptable

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3/ The "sh*thole" that Trump referred to, when spewing vitriol about #ElSalvador , was created by the U.S. through decades of political & economic intervention. The new "Accountability...in El Salvador Act" is simply a more polite continuation of U.S. policy from Reagan to Trump.

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25/ Digiconomist/deVries is an employee of the Dutch Central Bank, currently in the 1st year of a PhD program. His research methodology & findings on #Bitcoin / PoW have been carefully discredited, yet his corpus continues to be cited as evidence by many journos and legislators.

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When I started out on my self-directed journey to better understand personal finance about 6 years ago (admittedly late in the game), I quickly came to align with the “Financial Independence Retire Early” #FIRE movement. What I most appreciated is that the FIRE movement

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@DudeJLebowski

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FIRE guys should love Bitcoin. FIRE guys hate Bitcoin. This should tell you all you need to know about FIRE guys.

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Banning #Bitcoin mining/use would be a tragic misstep for Europe and the world. It would actually be a major set back to efforts aimed at tackling the #ClimateCrisis and at increasing social & economic justice. @EUCouncil @europeangreens @PES_PSE @europeanleft @SDGoals 🧵 /1

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The European Parliament wants to ban proof-of-work based #cryptocurrency like #Bitcoin from the EU🚨 This is no longer a hollow threat, but could happen if the Commission and the Council of the EU don't kill this amendment. @balajis @naval @APompliano

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In this interview , Professor Troy Cross @thetrocro issues a passionate call for academics to take up study of #Bitcoin . As a multi-faceted technology, Bitcoin provides a wonderland of research opportunities, especially for multi-disciplinarians. 🧵 1/n

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@WSJ Because FTX, Celcius and all of these crypto scams have absolutely nothing to do with Bitcoin or El Salvador.

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1 year

@MLiebreich @RiotPlatforms It’s parody, intended to lead the viewer toward questioning and analysis of where emissions occur. Without that step it’s impossible to have a rational, evidence-based discussion about energy production/consumptions, grid dynamics and economics, and other important considerations

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@thevonwong Take your time. We need to be fair with you in our expectations. It’s a learning journey, not a sprint. For what it’s worth, apologies for any hostility you may have encountered. Twitter culture + there’s a lot of fatigue from the Greenpeace USA and “change the code” nonsense.

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10/ Let's take a look. Often called a "cryptocurrency", #Bitcoin is better considered a technology, with 3 core use cases: a digital store of value (property); a medium of exchange (currency); and, a decentralized global network for "layer 2" applications (eg, Lightning Network).

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Please follow @AdoptingBTCcpt and spread the word. Let's build momentum for this very important #Bitcoin education and adoption conference (a companion to @AdoptingBTC in El Salvador) taking place in #CapeTown , South Africa in January 2024. Book your spot soon. 🇿🇦🇿🇼🇳🇦🇱🇸🇧🇼🇸🇿🇲🇿🇿🇲🇦🇴

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Here we go @AdoptingBTCcpt ! Vancouver and Toronto in Cape Town! My sister from another mister, @lobaestrangeira !

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4/ In addition to the indignity of this draft legislation, which simply rebrands Central America from "sh*t" to "poop" in U.S. doctrine, #ElSalvador 's govt is currently battling the scourge of U.S. gangs which have terrorized their country for decades.

Perspective | Deporting people made Central America’s gangs. More deportation won’t help.

“MS-13 is one of the most vicious criminal gangs in this country today,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. But U.S. policy helped form transnational gangs such as MS-13.

www.washingtonpost.com

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And so it continues. 600 years of exploitation of the African continent. For centuries, the theft of human bodies and resources at the end of the sword. And for decades more now pillaging resources and wealth via the weapons of debt, predatory instituuons and puppet “leaders”.

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in the US-African summit, a memorandum was signed that will have the governments of Zambia and DR Congo surrendered the supply chain and production of copper and cobalt to American control.

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8/ And, PoW energy consumption is an essential characteristic of #Bitcoin ; one that enables security & functionality that all PoS projects simply don't and cannot achieve. So a critical question is whether this energy consumption differential is merited based on BTC's value/uses.

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@GoldTelegraph_ Yes, indeed! I want to make sure you and your followers are aware that this is a good thing for #Bitcoin . This doesn’t mean that they are “walking away” from Bitcoin. It means they are moving their Bitcoin from exchanges into self custody. It is very bullish!

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20/ For instance, how much energy is consumed to maintain financial institutions globally (brick-and-mortar, personnel daily footprint, etc)? What about gold mining? These questions are simply not being asked by journalists nor most legislators when assessing #Bitcoin / PoW.

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1 year

Anyone observing from outside of #Argentina would do well to ask, “why then is the central bank of Argentina now trying to make it more difficult for Argentinians to convert their Pesos into #Bitcoin ?” That’s the signal. That’s the “poker tell”. Gradually, then suddenly.

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@coinbeastmedia

1 year

Dear: Privileged US Wall Street traders and ''economists''...🇺🇸 #Bitcoin is more than just a ''correlated risk-on asset,'' for the 45 million Argentines suffering from 130% inflation!🇦🇷 #Bitcoin is at an all-time high in Argentina, having increased by over 28X since 2020🚀

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@ScottAWolfe

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9/ Retracting the toxic "Accountability...in #ElSalvador Act" would be a good start. Then, forge a new U.S. doctrine for mutual development in the Americas. Some may doubt this possible. I say, unite the fields, the streets, Congress, and the White House: ¡Sí Se Puede!

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

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Dear #Bitcoin fam, globally. Remember, it’s “Stay humble [first], [then] stack sats”. As friends, family, co-workers now start to ask questions about Bitcoin, and as naysayers go suddenly quiet, remember to walk with grace, stay humble, and welcome everyone to the Bitcoin. ☮️🧡

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

4 months

Five days into my South Africa trip and, having lost my phone and being forced into digital detox, I'm posting some content from X on my laptop. For now, just to say how grateful I am to @BitcoinEkasi and what an honour it is to be part of this group of incredible human beings.

Bitcoin Ekasi

@BitcoinEkasi

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Until a month ago, I expected 10, maybe 20 people, to join our @AdoptingBTCcpt post-conference road trip. I never imagined we'd have 60 people. 🤯💥🧡✊🏽🌍🙏🏾 I'm humbled. Thank you for making the effort to come and see the #Bitcoin     circular economy we're building.

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@ScottAWolfe

1 year

@ACLU Just imagine what this will look like when the U.S. govt introduces a Central Bank Digital Currency, which can be centrally monitored and censored similar to China’s Digital Yuan and social credit system. Americans need @ACLU & other organizations to sound the alarm and resist!

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

@birgitomo @terrelljstarr For what it’s worth, I sent this and am also calling my MP.

Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

Please, @JustinTrudeau @cafreeland @melaniejoly @JulieDzerowicz , can Canada please work with our NATO allies to ensure safe passage for ALL people in Ukraine seeking safety in bordering countries. Foreign students, for example, being turned away at borders. That's 🇨🇦 leadership!

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7/ These U.S. gangs have stifled the social, political & economic dev'ment of #ElSalvador for far too long. The U.S. should take responsibility, and not make matters worse by interfering in the country's use of #Bitcoin as a tool to re-establish hope & socio-economic development.

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

In my 5th #BitcoinVoices thread, I'm honoured to feature a true global leader and ambassador, Fodé Diop @diopfode . Based in Dakar, Sénégal, Fodé is dedicated to advancing financial literacy, economic development, and empowerment for people throughout Africa and beyond. 🧵

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

7 months

I swear this is a work trip. People don’t believe me.

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@ScottAWolfe

2 years

12/ #Bitcoin is providing a financial and economic on-ramp for millions of people worldwide who have been excluded by traditional financial institutions and government restrictions. In so doing, it is also providing a means for oppressed individuals/groups to escape persecution.

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

5/ Mainstream reporting and legislative interest in #Bitcoin / PoW, most noticeably since late 2021, has almost exclusively characterized Bitcoin and PoW as a climate change culprit, consuming vast amounts of energy. But is this true? Discerning journalists, let's take a look.

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

Hey global fam, our ally @alesander97 in Zimbabwe🇿🇼and colleagues are running some more #Bitcoin education sessions, meetups. Costs still outstanding are ~USD$800.00 (4100000 sats). Can we crowdsource this? I just sent them 50,000 sats. Can you help too?

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@ScottAWolfe

2 years

4/ The PoW protocol is one of the essential characteristics that distinguishes #Bitcoin from about 98% of the ~17,000 other projects that are captured within the generic term "cryptocurrencies". Projects such as Cardano, Solana, Avalanche, Algorand and others.

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@ScottAWolfe

7 months

All checked in, soon flight bound to #ElSalvador for @AdoptingBTC . It has been 20+ years since I’ve been to El Salvador, Guatemala or Nicaragua. It’s starting to sink in. Excited, hopeful to be greeted by signs of development and hope that would have felt unimaginable 20yrs ago.

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@ScottAWolfe

2 years

@CleanUpBitcoin You’re 100% incorrect and have dedicated 0% of your time highlighting the positive development of #Bitcoin mining toward to being carbon neutral by 2023 and carbon negative, most likely by 2024, through methane capture and significant shift to renewable energy sources.

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

6/ As an urgent priority, @POTUS @VP @GOPLeader @LeaderMcConnell should be cooperating to muster U.S. resources in support of President @NayibBukele and the @AsambleaSV 's efforts to rid #ElSalvador of U.S. gangs (MS-13 & Barrio-18) that have terrorized the country for decades.

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

#Bitcoin , not crypto nor fiat.

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@ScottAWolfe

2 years

5/ A more urgent piece of legislation that should go to the U.S. Congress is the "Accountability for U.S. Destabilization of Central America Act", a bi-partisan effort uniting @TheDemocrats @GOP in a program of reconciliation, and economic & political cooperation with the region.

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

@LayahHeilpern How about we just aim to first look after our own lawns, hold open our minds and hearts to the experiences of others, and start by looking for the humanity in each other as opposed to using each other as caricatures or memes. Let’s model the world we want to see. Onward…

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@ScottAWolfe

2 years

10/ Unlike Proof of Stake assets like $Solana, $LUNA and now #Ethereum , the use of Proof of Work by #Bitcoin remains an essential way to preserve decentralization and an inability for a small group of stakeholders to arbitrarily change the supply of the asset and other features.

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@ScottAWolfe

1 year

@PeterZeihan When did you start taking an interest in #ElSalvador ? I would love to read/hear your social, economic and political analysis of the country prior to 2021. Where would I find these?

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

5 months

I woke up this morning feeling this immense sense of urgency that we need to onboard another 10 million people globally to self-custodied #Bitcoin by January 3, 2024. A combination of new Bitcoiners and Bitcoiners getting their #BTC off exchanges. Who’s with me? LFG!

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

3 months

The European Central Bank is deliberately deceiving the public about #Bitcoin with its post below. Abundant evidence clearly demonstrates that @ECB 's statement and blog post are false. I submit Exhibits A to F in this🧵. #EconTwitter #economics #finance #money #TheECBBlog

European Central Bank

@ecb

3 months

Bitcoin has failed to become a global decentralised digital currency, instead falling victim to fraud and manipulation. The recent approval of an ETF doesn’t change the fact that Bitcoin is costly, slow and inconvenient, argues #TheECBBlog

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@romoolo I would probably be calm about it and just plant the seed. I would quietly say to her: “You know, it’s hard for most people at banks to see what your grandkids see. The banks and $ are like the horse and buggy. Bitcoin is like the automobile. I think your grandkids are right”.

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

8/ #Bitcoin was created as a direct response to the damage caused by the 2008 financial crisis, and the bail out of large financial institutions at the direct expense of everyday people around the world. It was a way to re-orient global systems with “rules, but no rulers”.

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@ScottAWolfe

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9/ An honest examination of #Bitcoin 's global use cases is mostly absent from mainstream reporting to date and it has featured only marginally within legislative hearings that have taken place in the EU, U.S. and elsewhere. So, what are these use cases? How do we assess value?

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@ScottAWolfe

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17/ Without carefully factoring in the global use cases and disruptive/displacing role of #Bitcoin / PoW, any opinion or declaration about the technology's social, economic or environmental "costs" is methodologically and intellectually bankrupt.

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

2 years

Never gets old. One of the reasons we promote le #Bitcoin .

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Scott Wolfe

@ScottAWolfe

1 year

Hey global #Bitcoin community! The two U.S. Senators from the state of Massachusetts (Markey & Warren) are both actively campaigning against Bitcoin and haven’t been willing to engage. We need to boost the voice of the Bitcoin community in that state. Please follow @BTC_Mass .

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@ScottAWolfe

1 year

@iamkathambi Respectfully, you’re mistaken on this. #Bitcoin mining is the best (perhaps only) location agnostic energy demand source. It pays for energy and grids, and in the process can provide the reliable energy needed to help lift people and communities out of poverty.

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