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Issue #1348: The revolving door between Chainalysis and the government

Roman's fate seems to be in the hands of a well connected group of individuals who are incentivized to make Chainalysis look like an omniscient crime fighting machine.

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Issue #1347: Bitcoin transaction relay over Nostr gaining some attention

No matter what comes of this, I think it is encouraging to see bitcoin beginning to experiment with alternative communications protocols like Nostr to create some redundancies so that bitcoin is as robust as possible.

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Issue #1346: We're in the boring phase of bitcoin's build out

If bitcoin, or any of the affinity scams created in its wake, strive to be pillars of the global economy at some point this century it is imperative that the boring, un-sexy things that people don't find particularly interesting are taken care of.

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Issue #1345: Mike Green still doesn't get it

No amount of collaboration with the government and the Federal Reserve would result in a digital currency that respected liberty and kept central planners away from the levers of control.

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Issue #1344: Telling the truth will have asymmetric returns over this decade

Keep telling the truth. It's going to pay off massively for you as the fiat system crumbles.

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Issue #1343: Take on the burden now so our children don't have to

It is time for our generation to come to grips with reality.

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Issue #1342: Bitcoin doesn't come out of thin air

Luckily for us, bitcoin is here to de-fang their ability to debase our savings and self-fund their sadistic war mongering across the world.

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Issue #1341: Your mempool is full, bro.

Each individual making these decisions independently, at the same time, all across the world. It really is a beautiful thing. Truly free markets for block space with real-time, dynamic pricing signals.

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Issue #1340: This feels like the endgame

Everywhere one looks things look absolutely terrible for the US financial system. This feels like the endgame.

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Issue #1339: Bull market for alternative tx relay and broadcast mechanisms

To any of the freedom hating governments out there reading this on our dirty corner of the internet, good luck!

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Issue #1338: Hyperbitcoinization starts at the edges

Bhutan going public with their bitcoin accumulation strategy is a data point that lends credence to the belief that hyperbitcoinization is likely to start at the edges.

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Issue #1337: Fed Speak narrative violation

"Fed speak" is something that is taken very seriously.

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Issue #1336: They're telling you to have fun staying poor

This comment from the Bank of England may seem like an overt acknowledgement that a central bank has complete control over your purchasing power, because it is.

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Issue #1335: We live in an era bereft of accountability

Bitcoin is a forcing function for accountability.

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Issue #1334: I am here once again asking you to stop catering to desperate bloggers

Do not bend the knee. Ridicule the Maoists and do it with pride.

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Issue #1333: Live Not By Lies

Do not remain a witting servant of the lies you are fed.

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Issue #1332: There is blood in the water

The United States federal government may be a lost cause, but many of us Americans have a lot left to give in terms of innovation, productivity and prosperity.

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Issue #1331: "risk-free" doesn't exist

The idea that treasuries are "risk-free" stems from the brain dead Keynesian theory that debt is just "money we owe ourselves".

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Issue #1330: Focus is Key Right Now

In the midst of all of the bank failures and the ensuing chaotic scramble by governments and central banks bitcoin has performed like a true risk-off asset.

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Issue #1329: Musings on the bank runs

Essentially, the Fed's chaotic policy bakes in sudden cascading sells into the balance sheets of the banks.

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Issue #1328: The Fed is in an impossible position

Dead man walking.

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Issue #1327: A reminder that shrinkflation isn't included in the CPI

It's much worse than they're leading on and it's happening across the world right now.

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Issue #1326: A good primer on the path from Bretton Woods to the Dollar Endgame

As Peruvian Bull highlights in his series, there is no way of solving this debt problem.

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Issue #1325: Mastercard is falling prey to the innovator's dilemma

The bitcoin network has provided the world with a closed loop payments and settlement network that can do what Mastercard does in a peer-to-peer fashion.

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Issue #1324: Anti-Money Laundering Laws: Protecting Incumbents, Not Consumers

It's time to begin pushing back against the ghouls at FATF. They should not be able to restrict financial freedom while consolidating power among those who are the biggest facilitators of financial crimes.