It's not any easier to get to Helsinki compared to Riga, unless you live in Helsinki.

I'm scared of driving, to the point where I trust random people and even robots to drive me around, rather than trust myself. My life is literally in their hands, and I trust them more. But would never trust an exchange with my keys.

Fiat is the ponzi scheme. This is the largest speculative attack on fiat money happening right now. You're looking at it through a fiat lens - bitcoin is the money, they have a shit load of it.

Pound strengthening would mean increasing UK millionaires in USD terms

It's money printing/inflation, no? Did profits double as a percentage of GDP?

And whether or not the country coerces you into taking experimental shots in order to keep your job.

sats. the. standard.

The fact that they only associate money with spending is the main psyop of fiat currency.

Banking cartel that is losing control, claims competition is bad. More at 11

Run a node, connect to sparrow, get a cold card.

What nonsense. I use lighting because I find it more convenient than those options.

Bitcoiners should start with Cryptonomicon

Aaron would be rolling in his grave

I think we all know the answer to that, though most still seem unable to accept it.

Isn't he describing fiat banks?

Literally everything I pay for with bitcoin is over lightning: esims, vpns, steam credit, zaps. I do more bitcoin transactions than ever but the fewest on-chain transactions I've ever done.

Sovereign debt is like a money wave flowing to us from the future. The duration at which they can afford to refinance will get shorter and shorter, as which point the hyperinflation crashes into us.

Is it just me or has the FT been causing buzz lately for saying retarded nonsense. Does anyone know why? What are we being distracted from?

The nature of corporations is top down decision making, they are not democracies. The people running them will follow their own incentives. I'm not suggesting bank tellers are conspiring to stop bitcoin.