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JD · 1d
OK. So Microatrategy's mission is too... Hoard debt to buy BTC in order for its stock price to move adjacent to BTC, with leverage/multiplier. OK. And then to offer a 10% fiay cash yield on another...
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Sorta except its not trying target 1 to 1 bitcoin price that you would expect or legally require from a etf.
Above my pay grade to say what they'll pivot into but I don't think collecting a cache of bitcoin opportunistically while shorting fiat while having optionliry to find new ways to get more bitcoin or ways to use said bitcoin is a bad bet.
Harpo · 2d
thank you. I sent you a PM
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So your California example is kinda interesting as a test of how open source will deal with legal challenges.
If its truely decentralized Linux should be able to tell California to go fuck itself.
I would imagine just a California fork for business use cases or something.
Harpo · 2d
basic core philosophy is actually from UNIX. The only real difference is that Linux is licenced as free and open source and can't be put back in a box, which happened to unix systems. But all the coll...
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Yep but I was more addressing the metaphor of Linux vs apple and I guess Unix in bitcoin terms.
I guess bitcoins the original open version in this case.
Do you think Linux free and open source being unable to be put back in the box is challenged by google and how its neutering aosp?
Graphene is fighting the good fight but ..
Harpo · 2d
basic core philosophy is actually from UNIX. The only real difference is that Linux is licenced as free and open source and can't be put back in a box, which happened to unix systems. But all the collaboration and camaraderie even the small programs with one task idea (so that your can pipe them one...
dion · 4d
but linux was heavily inspired by unix. almost like a clone no?