The Commoner
Issue #1249: Obedience to tyrants is what leads to evil perpetrated by cowardly men
Things look dark now, but there is hope.
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TFTC / Marty Bent
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Independent writing by Marty Bent at TFTC since 2017. Commentary on money, markets, AI, energy and privacy.
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Issue #1248: The privacy wars have escalated
The stakes have never been higher. The state is losing its grasp of control over the people and it is doubling, tripling and quadrupling down on utter incompetence and nefariousnes…
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Issue #1247: An IRS Zerg Rush could be on the way
What you're witnessing, freaks, is one of the tell-tale signs of a dying empire.
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Issue #1246: The social tipping point is here
"They just fucked up so bad ruining the chans, it's like they exiled a bunch of internet green berets to every neighboring country to train proxy forces and so here we are."
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Issue #1245: The Fallacy of Market Monetarism
Bear markets are a great time to get back to basics.
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Issue #1243: Is bitcoin the emergence of a new type of property in the eyes of the law?
It is late and I am an idiot, so this assessment could be way off. But this is what makes sense to me intuitively.
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Issue #1242: The doublespeak is getting stronger
The sooner we rid ourselves of psychotic governments the sooner we can get humanity back on track.
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Issue #1241: Fedi is here to bring a consumer app building on FediMint
It will be interesting to see what the Fedi team brings to market with their commerical products.
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Issue #1240: Another downward difficulty adjustment is on the way
This will be the third consecutive downward adjustment and the fourth over the course of the last five difficulty epochs.
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Issue #1239: This is an alarming trend
This is one of the most startling lagging outcomes from all of this.
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Issue #1238: Fixing the energy problem comes down to a simple decision
Fixing the massive energy problem that the Western world faces today is really pretty simple.
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Issue #1237: Ignore the unproductive central planners
To fully cut the unproductive class away from the levers of control the productive class must begin to secure the layers outside of money using bitcoin.
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Issue #1236: Blockstream has made some progress on signature aggregation research
This is the stuff that really matters at the end of the day.
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Issue #1235: The demons are losing
When push comes to shove it's incredible to see the "little guy" standing up for himself.
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Issue #1234: A blow to the administrative state
It is in the best interest of everyone on the planet to strive for as much energy security as possible.
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Issue #1233: Loser mentalities, get them out of here
Can't defend the line with a loser's mentality.
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Issue #1232: Gambling with sound money and the conditions that lead to hyperinflation
What is needed most is proper education.
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Issue #1231: BIP 324 would bring encryption to bitcoin's P2P layer and it needs some review
There are aspects of bitcoin that can be significantly improved.
3 min read
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Issue #1230: The charade is up
The Big Bear in the East has had enough and seems to be going for the throat economically.
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Issue #1229: A new FATF report drops at the end of the month
Prepare yourselves, freaks. Things are about to get spicy.
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