Imagine thinking that one achieves independence from a totalitarian ruler without paying some price for it? No volatility, no risk, no days of losses, no period of stagnancy, no regulatory risk, no institutions fighting back. Just skipping through meadows and green candles and t Show more

There's a giant skull on display in the Bitcoin Museum in Nashville. It was created in 2023 for GreenpeaceUSA's campaign against Bitcoin mining, and its job was to make the world see Bitcoin as an environmental villain. So how did it end up in a museum built by the people it was Show more

I mean, they have taken over every government through central banks, print money out of thin air and get them to pay it back with interest. It’s evil but it’s pretty damn smart. And the average Joe has no idea it’s even happening or how it works.

They're running software that has evolved and optimized for societal success as a minority and survival in a long-running diaspora. High IQs seems like an obvious result of that strategy. If you found a tightly-knit genetic and cultural group that taught its children to take "b Show more