Marty's Bent
Socialism in the West
History has shown that when the state steps in to run things that should be delegated to the free market things go terribly wrong.
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Marty's Bent
Issue #1384: A GPU Mesh Network to Combat the Centralization of AI
It's early days, but the fact that many bitcoiners recognize the symbiotic relationship that is possible between AI and lightning and are quickly moving to bring products to market…
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Issue #1383: Demand Destruction is Backfiring
This is your life on central planning.
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Issue #1382: Bitcoin Mining Should Be Incentivizing Reliable Base Load
Unfortunately, at the moment it is hard to build out more reliable energy infrastructure because the unreliable infrastructure is being heavily subsidized, which is artificially ma…
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Issue #1381: A Tough Time to be a Bitcoin Miner
Bitcoin mining is the most ruthlessly competitive industry in the world and nothing makes this clearer than the current economics and landscape of the industry.
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Issue #1380: Labor Day Labor Market Reflections
As you take time to rest and reflect on this holiday I urge you to think about the effects government has on your quality of life and whether or not it deserves the influence it ha…
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Issue #1379: Using FROST to Increase Privacy in Collaborative Bitcoin Custody Models
I am of the persuasion that exploring everything currently at our fingertips that have been enabled because of upgrades like SegWit and Taproot before having discussions about cont…
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Issue #1378: Some Musings on a Potential Spot ETF Approval
The decision you make today will severely impact how many sats you have years down the line. Choose wisely.
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Issue #1377: Oman Has Entered the Chat
The announcement of Exahertz expanding its operations within Oman is great to see on two fronts.
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Issue #1376: The Normalization of a Higher Perpetual Inflation Rate Target Has Begun
All of this should be a reminder that one of the Fed's mandates is "price stability" and that their idea of price stability is a perpetually low (soon to be not as low) level of pr…
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Issue #1375: The Ethics of Money Production
The negative externalities that emanate from central planning are very predictable.
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Issue #1374: Is Bitcoin the Last Market Alarm Bell?
Something to keep an eye on.
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Issue #1373: The Normalization of Looting
As it becomes more clear that anything the government does to combat the economic discomfort that Americans are feeling has little or negative effect on their lives they are going…
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Issue #1371: The government is losing control and eroding civil liberties
Anyone who currently owns an LLC will be required to report the names, addresses, birth dates and tax identifier numbers (SSN or EIN) of LLC members to FinCEN beginning next year o…
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Issue #1370: Chamath’s Blind Spot
According to Chamath, the US doesn't have to worry too much about the national debt because, relatively speaking, there is no better option for countries to store their wealth in i…
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Issue #1369: AI4All hackathon winner combines the power of lightning, AI and Nostr
When you combine distributed open source communications and distribution protocols with distributed open source money and sprinkle in the power of AI things get very exciting.
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Issue #1368: The fiat whales are paying attention
Mentally prepare for the face ripping rally.
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Issue #1367: Nations are losing control
Let's hope this superconducter stuff is legit.
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