A lot of good points, especially the part on identity politics.

He might be right, but without user demand we run the risk of bitcoin getting bloated with dev pet projects and features for hypothetical future scenarios that may not come to pass. He needs to trust that users will value self custody when the time comes instead of assuming the opposite. At the moment most people can self custody if they care to do so where is the need to rush things? Let's lower our time preference and keep talking about it for now.

This is not possible in rust.

I've really been enjoying Robin Seyr lately.

That's tough, hard to say what my all time most listened to is. Lately I've been been playing this one a lot.

Two things give me hope:

This courts are completely in the bag for the government so it doesn't matter how good arguments are or what precedents exist. It's all kangaroo courts that want to make examples of cases like this. The legal system is broken beyond repair thanks to KYC/AML and all other financial laws.

Maybe microstrategy will acquire Microsoft after this bull run or the next.

I definitely like the Democrats better when they're the opposition party.

A nice reference sheet with a list of each president and the top 5 worst things they did in office would be nice to have.

They can easily incentivize this by reducing or eliminating cap gains tax, only when selling directly to government for CBDC of course. Unfortunately, many people will probably take this bait, and governments will accumulate massive amounts of bitcoin.

I still call them UFOs. I find it interesting that the acronym has been changed. Was this done to create confusion, make it sound more legit, or some other reason?

Robosats is really great. I've had nothing but smooth experiences with it.

Congrats! We had our first over 16 years ago and it's been an amazing journey. You have so much to look forward to. A lot of people will tell you to enjoy every moment because it goes by very fast, and let me tell you, they are 100% correct.

Funny. I was randomly reading about Maîtresse-en-titre this morning.

Every single government "war on ..." and "department of ..."

Too bad he's not a big bank CEO. They launder money all day and never go to prison when they get caught.

This attitude is exactly what cost them election. They can go ahead and keep losing forever.

You could change 9 to something like: Encourage/support the mining industry to maximize the amount of bitcoin mined in the USA. Not exactly what he said of course, but this all he can possibly do.

Honestly nothing. I wouldn't change a thing.