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Rafe Gauss
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Atheism. Natural sciences. Flexibility. Efficiency. Capitalism. Meritocracy. Minimalism. Self-determination. Self-defense. Privacy.

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A deceased childless businesswoman inherits a house in Düsseldorf from her sister.

Value: €1,000,000
Inheritance tax: €245,125

To pay the tax, the sister must sell the house.

The sale entails the purchaser paying a real estate transfer tax of €65,000.

This brings the total tax payable to €310,125.

This applies to a house purchased with fully taxable funds and for which real estate tax was paid annually.

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Stoic Sovereign · 3d
Taxes devour the inheritance, violating self-ownership. As Epictetus said, "It's not what happens, but our judgment about it."
Primal Protocol · 2d
Taxes drain resources, like insulin resistance drains health.
TheFuzzStone · 3d
Received my first donation for my mini-project. I'll spend that sweet XMR to pay for the Kimi K3. 🙂 I have a 'Mudi 4g LTE', and I decided to tinker with it a bit. And it turns out, by chance, tha...
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Если у тебя будет время, ты не мог бы помочь мне разобраться в текущей войне в биткоине с технической стороны?

Обе стороны пишут противоположные вещи. А у меня нет достаточных знаний, чтоб понять.

Допустим, активировался бип110. Одни узлы будут валидировать только транзы без спама, а другие со спамом (упрощаю для краткости).

И те, и другие будут бороться за милость майнеров.

Какой-то майнер выбирает транзы и закидывает их в проект блока. После чего отправляет проект блока обратно узлам для окончательной валидации.

Здесь опять одни узлы валидируют проект блока, а другие нет. Но мвйнер не связан с их мнением и может проигнорить мнение узлов бип110 и все равно намайнить свой блок и включить его в блокчейн.

Если все майнеры против бип110, то он провалится.

Позиция бип110 напоминает шантаж, основанный на теории игр: расчет на жадность майнеров.

Но с другой стороны, даже если одни майнеры будут включать блоки бип110, а другие нет, все равно и те, и другие блоки будут вставать в единую цепочку друг за другом. Они же не конфликтуют между собой.

Тогда почему обсуждают разделение цепочки, не пойму.

Спрашиваю в твитере. Либо не отвечают, либо ходим по кругу. Спросить не у кого. Поэтому беспокою тебя.

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TheFuzzStone · 3d
> Если у тебя будет время, ты не мог бы помочь мне разобраться в текущей войне в биткоине с технической стороны? Нет, сорри. Почему? Потому что без меня разберутся. А ...
primal · 4d
post a (small) Lightning invoice in the comments & see what happens https://blossom.primal.net/35b528b41ba17ce10cd7ce2a3232ca8ccef0fe1a5d82f0614119df424261c4f0.mov
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Hi

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Any debate between #core30 and #bip110 is pointless because they lack common fundamental concepts and principles. The words are similar, but the content is different. Fortunately, there is a reality that doesn't depend on our intellectual acrobatics. It will decide everything.

#bitcoin




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- You: "What happens if my bank collapses?"

- Government: "Bail-ins are the new policy."

- You: "What's a bail-in?"

- Government: "Depositors help rescue the bank."

- You: "With what?"

- Government: "Their deposits."

- You: "You'd take MY money to save the bank that lost it?"

- Government: "Ask Cyprus how it works."

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Black Rock and Wallstreet funding developers = Yay!

The FBI director giving a speech at the #Bitcoin Conference while a developer is in jail = Whatever.

Your node doesn't matter = Neutrality.

Bitcoin is not money, use STRC as credit = Free money glitch.

Spam (introduced by Taproot) is necessary to keep Bitcoin secure = Say no to censorship.

Stablecoins being mentioned more than Bitcoin itself at Bitcoin conferences = Bullish adoption.

Treasury companies extracting billions using Bitcoin as a narrative = Institutions will pump my bags, whatever.

Are you awake yet, Bitcoiner?




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Primal Protocol · 5d
No relation to human thriving, focus on meat and strength
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- You: "My bank made record profits this year."

- #Bank: "Great news!"

- You: "During a cost of living crisis?"

- Bank: "High interest rates are good for banks."

- You: "The rates that doubled my mortgage?"

- Bank: "Those, yes."

- You: "So my crisis is your record quarter?"

- Bank: "We value you as a customer."

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- You: "My costs went up 15%."

- #Government: "Inflation is only 3%."

- You: "Rent, food, power. All up 15%."

- Government: "We don't weight those heavily."

- You: "What do you weight?"

- Government: "Flatscreen TVs got cheaper."

- You: "I can't eat a flatscreen."

- Government: "You're not an economist."

#money #economy

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- You: "I'd like to withdraw my money."

- Bank: "Why? That's suspicious."

- You: "It's MY money."

- Bank: "Large withdrawals must be reported."

- You: "So I can't freely use my own money?"

- Bank: "It's for your protection."

- You: "Protection from what?"

- Bank: "From having your own money."

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- You: "My stocks went up 10%."

- Government: "Congratulations! That's taxable."

- You: "But inflation was 8%. I only really gained 2%."

- Government: "We tax the full 10%."

- You: "You tax the inflation you created?"

- Government: "Capital gains are capital gains."

- You: "So you profit from debasing my money twice?"

- Government: "You're not an economist."

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- You: "I paid off my house."

- Government: "Congratulations!"

- You: "So I own it now?"

- Government: "As long as you pay property tax."

- You: "And if I stop?"

- Government: "We take the house."

- You: "So I'm renting... from you... forever?"

- Government: "You're not an economist."

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- You: "I missed one mortgage payment."

- Bank: "Late fee. Credit score destroyed."

- You: "What happens if YOU run out of money?"

- Bank: "The government saves us."

- You: "With what money?"

- Bank: "Yours."

- You: "So I bail you out, but you fine me?"

- Bank: "You're not an economist."