May 30, 2026inCulture
The Digital Dollar Is Already Here. It Just Isn't a CBDC.
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Housing Inflation Is Policy All The Way Down
Fed-linked research and common sense point to the same conclusion: open-border policy created an artificial housing-demand shock. Plus PJM grid stress, RBA wage revolt, Capital Wars, and bitcoin price action.
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@TFTC21"I can't really get excited because this is just this taste of something I really want right before it's going to be yanked from me." @jesseposner on the new era of AI where the most powerful models are restricted to an inner circle.
@TFTC21"The network halted 8 times. There were only 2 nodes. They always went down together. Clearly, they must be the same entity." @raw_avocado on the evidence that Satoshi was running a second node just to keep Bitcoin alive.
@TFTC21"That's just another tool in the tool belt. Use the tool of mining to improve the business." - @SGBarbour on flare gas mining
@TFTC21"I just could not believe there's nothing written about this. Zilch. Nothing." @raw_avocado dug into Hal Finney's original debug.log file from Bitcoin's first days, a public file nobody had actually analyzed.
@TFTC21Germany's Finance Minister just confirmed crypto gains will be taxed like capital income. The 1-year tax-free holding period that made Germany one of the most bitcoin-friendly countries in Europe is on the chopping block.
@TFTC21President Trump on Bitcoin in Trump Accounts: “I’ve become a big crypto guy… I’m a fan.”
@TFTC21President Trump on Bitcoin: "A lot of people are using it... I don't think anybody realizes how powerful it is."
@TFTC21TFTC 767 w/ @raw_avocado: "The debug file was public for 15 years. I think I'm the first person who ever actually looked at it — and what I found rewrites Bitcoin's first days." We discuss: ⚡ Satoshi ran two nodes ⚡ Only 3 people at block 49 ⚡ Bitcoin nearly died
@TFTC218 states are projected to lose 10%+ of their K-12 enrollment by 2031. Birth rate has been below replacement since 2007, 1.3M kids left public schools during COVID and never came back, and families are fleeing blue states for the Sun Belt.
@TFTC21Strategy just sold 3,588 BTC ($216M) to pay dividends on their preferred stock. Still holding 843,775 BTC and $2.55B in cash reserves.
@TFTC21"Where Bitcoin has an opportunity is not replacing the US dollar, but replacing the US Treasury bond." - @peruvian_bull
@TFTC21"Foreigners bought 71% of new debt. From 2015 to 2022, foreigners bought 14% of it." @peruvian_bull on the collapse of US debt demand.
@TFTC21"I can't really get excited because this is just this taste of something I really want right before it's going to be yanked from me." @jesseposner on the new era of AI where the most powerful models are restricted to an inner circle.
@TFTC21"The network halted 8 times. There were only 2 nodes. They always went down together. Clearly, they must be the same entity." @raw_avocado on the evidence that Satoshi was running a second node just to keep Bitcoin alive.
@TFTC21"That's just another tool in the tool belt. Use the tool of mining to improve the business." - @SGBarbour on flare gas mining
@TFTC21"I just could not believe there's nothing written about this. Zilch. Nothing." @raw_avocado dug into Hal Finney's original debug.log file from Bitcoin's first days, a public file nobody had actually analyzed.
@TFTC21Germany's Finance Minister just confirmed crypto gains will be taxed like capital income. The 1-year tax-free holding period that made Germany one of the most bitcoin-friendly countries in Europe is on the chopping block.
@TFTC21President Trump on Bitcoin in Trump Accounts: “I’ve become a big crypto guy… I’m a fan.”
@TFTC21President Trump on Bitcoin: "A lot of people are using it... I don't think anybody realizes how powerful it is."
@TFTC21TFTC 767 w/ @raw_avocado: "The debug file was public for 15 years. I think I'm the first person who ever actually looked at it — and what I found rewrites Bitcoin's first days." We discuss: ⚡ Satoshi ran two nodes ⚡ Only 3 people at block 49 ⚡ Bitcoin nearly died
@TFTC218 states are projected to lose 10%+ of their K-12 enrollment by 2031. Birth rate has been below replacement since 2007, 1.3M kids left public schools during COVID and never came back, and families are fleeing blue states for the Sun Belt.
@TFTC21Strategy just sold 3,588 BTC ($216M) to pay dividends on their preferred stock. Still holding 843,775 BTC and $2.55B in cash reserves.
@TFTC21"Where Bitcoin has an opportunity is not replacing the US dollar, but replacing the US Treasury bond." - @peruvian_bull
@TFTC21"Foreigners bought 71% of new debt. From 2015 to 2022, foreigners bought 14% of it." @peruvian_bull on the collapse of US debt demand.
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