LOVE this movie!

Are you a bitcoiner?

Besides what's already mentioned, one of the most difficult but consequential things parents must do is moderate their children's friend groups, especially in adolescence. It's a very quick path to drug and alcohol addiction, and it only takes one friend in the group to set everyone up for horrific outcomes. If you can raise a child to be strong and independent, that can go a long way, but peer pressure is basically the whole driving force of adolescence.

Whatever you do, don't repress. EDUCATE your kids about drugs and sex. EARLY. They should know EVERYTHING there is to know BEFORE their friends start making shit up or pressuring them to try something.

GOP Platform: Crypto

"Republicans will end Democrats' unlawful and unAmerican Crypto crackdown and oppose the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency. We will defend the right to mine Bitcoin, and ensure every American has the right to self-custody of their Digital Assets, and transact free from Government Surveillance and Control."

THE LAST PART IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND TRUMP DIDN'T SAY IT. "TRANSACT FREE FROM GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL."

I'd say freeing Ross is the simplest and most moral action.

I don't care about Gensler, but I think he'll leave.

I do think he'll prevent a CBDC, or it'll just be delayed 4+ years for other reasons.

Most of these I just don't care, and Bitcoin doesn't either.

Mining and stockpiling need to be done by all countries, otherwise the countries that don't do it will just ban, regulate, and tax it.

Oh and the United States already is the crypto capital of the planet.

This feature has been a promised benefit of vaults. I'm not finding any details here about how it's accomplished.

Jesus everybody today has "an" answer for why "all Trump voters" voted for him. Most people are not trying to overthrow the institutions. Each person is unique and has their own issues they care about. Stereotyping Trump voters is the MO of the left, and probably a large reason they are so unlikeable.

Despite there being myriad reasons to vote for Trump, the main reason is probably the old boring one: the economy. Jobs and inflation.

We're heading in the direction of "Bitcoin banks". Keeping full-reserves is probably a limited-time promise.

We've already got Coinbase (more groans, but it's got a history and is the most compliant institution). Strike is also getting in on the action soon, besides just being an exchange and custodian.

Many have transitioned to 401k, but yeah it could get tight if pensions don't have inflation adjustments and people live a long time.

Wow great write up. Just excellent. That's basically how I've been trying to conceptualize it, without being able to really flesh it out.

Great piece.

One entity you may have missed who may benefit from having a censorship-resistant, borderless hard money: Russia.

I would accuse Mr Trump of having an arrangement with Putin on this, but if Trump were truly educated in the matter, he would be accumulating Bitcoin himself.

Oh I can agree with that!

I just don't think people are "wrong" in some objective way. I think they're misguided and a strategic disaster for their cause.

Yes I was trying to be sincere-- I forgot the Internet requires 👍🏻🙌👏🤜🤛 for clarity! No sarcasm here.

"admission of guilt?"

No one is "wrong" -- they just value different things.

This is about mending relationships, not proving who's right.

There just isn't much common ground when people interpret words differently and are voting on completely different issues. The pro-reproductive-rights vote doesn't care that Trump will take care of the immigration issue, just as the crypto bro doesn't particularly care about the EPA or Dept Ed .

Wow, an olive branch. Seriously you're the hero we all need.

I can tell you liberals are upset, yes, but mostly FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.

Trump says so many things, conservatives "interpret" them dismissively, like he's joking or just talking about his "feelings".

Liberals take them literally. People are genuinely scared Trump is dismantling democracy with help from billionaires and Putin.

They think he wants to create concentration camps, and capture and punish his political rivals ("enemies").

They think he will be able to do so because Congress and the Supreme Court are Republican-dominant.

Women's rights is a bit of a "call to vote" -- the real fear is total fascism with a Christian militia.

This is not just something I read online-- these are the very real fears of people I know, in real life.

I think the best way is to just ask how they're feeling, and listen. Like if they had lost a child.

Trump is the poorest winner in history. Don't take his lead.

The liars and clowns keep increasing the budget, increasing the deficit, increasing the debt. The only difference is what they spend it on.

The big irony to me is Trump talked about cleaning up and reducing the size of government. This would predict that the spending and debt would go DOWN. ... So then why is the Bitcoin price going UP, predicting MORE government spending?

Don't say because it's predicting lower interest rates! Remember, Trump promised to bring down inflation!

Jack Mallers with Saif

It represents purchasing power. Does one never spend money?