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John Balkam
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Recent Notes

JackTheMimic · 1w
*Not tax advice*
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I watched Finding Satoshi today and it was a really moving documentary.

The conclusion that Hal Finney and Len Sassaman likely collaborated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto to create Bitcoin seems very plausible to me given the evidence presented.

Even more significant to me though was the takeaway about these two men as human beings.

They were brilliant and competent, but they were also kind, thoughtful, humble, and principled. They were good teammates, friends, partners, and in Hal's case, a good father.

All of our lives, we are shown example after example in society that these kinds of men are not valuable. That, in fact, power, cunning, and ruthlessness are the only ways for individuals to make an impact in the world. Might makes right and the strong can do what they want, while the weak suffer what they must.

Bitcoin's origin story is a repudiation of that worldview. It shatters that framework.

Look at how much positive impact Bitcoin has already had on the world. And imagine how much positive impact is yet to come.

If Hal and Len were the creators of Bitcoin, it demonstrates to the world that kind, humble, hardworking, collaborative, and loving individuals are powerful. In fact, they may demonstrate that a dedicated network of those types of individuals are the most powerful force in the world.

We Are All Satoshi. We can be peaceful, loving, and humble (enough) people, and we can also be a force of nature that even powerful tyrants bend to.

Thank you Satoshi. We'll carry the flame from here.

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John bakam · 2w
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djmeistro✝️ 🍊💊⚡️ · 3w
Balls: In the Sun*
John bakam · 2w
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ethfi · 4w
Growing things
Deleted Account · 4w
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Deleted Account · 4w
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Devon Rodgers · 5w
Me
Deleted Account · 4w
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Jack K · 5w
I think you just may have the wrong definition of a quantum computer that has been prescribed by the same fiat academia/institutions who told us fiat currency was money. Bitcoin is incredibly useful,...
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Yeah, just learned a bit more about quantum computing today during a presentation Alex from River was giving. I'm just starting to wrap my head around it.

This comment was mostly on the narratives we are being peppered with this year about QC "threats" to Bitcoin. None of those narratives give me concern based on what I've learned so far.

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Jack K · 5w
If you believe Bitcoin is fundamental truth, there is nothing to fear. Bitcoin computes the truth (non-contradiction/no double spends), thus one would have cede the ground that there is a computation more fundamental than truth itself. Bitcoin=Quantum Measurement instantiated from the opposite sid...
Resonance Cascade The II · 5w
Finite money will not put an end to scams, but there will be a heavy consequence to anyone considering performing it.
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Will quantum computers do anything useful? Or are they solely being created to try and break Bitcoin?

Weird marketing strategy 🤷‍♂️

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Toxic Bitcoiner · 5w
They said for modeling biochemistry. Developing new drugs, protein folding, etc.
gandlaf21 · 5w
will they do anything at all? because so far, I'm not impressed
Jack K · 5w
I think you just may have the wrong definition of a quantum computer that has been prescribed by the same fiat academia/institutions who told us fiat currency was money. Bitcoin is incredibly useful, why would there be a second best quantum computer? Do you really think the decentralized quantum c...