It's been a little over three years and exactly 696 issues since we last talked about Erlay in this rag. Back in September of 2019 we wrote about Pieter Wuille and Gleb Naumenko submitting an official BIP to start the process of getting Erlay merged into the protocol.
The binary options presented to you are as far away from the truth as possible.
This type of control is exactly what the incumbent power structure wants.
Could the decoupling be upon us? We shall see.
Keep an eye out on these spreads moving forward, freaks. This is where the signal lies.
Here's a chart that has been lingering in my mind throughout the week.
This, ladies and gentleman, is exactly what the camel's back breaking looks like.
If this experience can be replicated on mainnet, it isn't hard to see how these federated mints can become popular in a relatively short amount of time.
These people are gearing up for one of the most egregious and shameless land grabs in human history.
We don't know what we don't know.
Podcasting 2.0 has, in my opinion, the potential to be the first "bitcoin killer app" outside of using bitcoin as a sound savings vehicle.
While many of the talking heads out there would like you to believe that inflation is slowing down, all I can see are things developing that will only serve to make the problems we're experiencing significantly worse.
This is why it is extremely important to educate current and future bitcoin users on best practices when it comes to receiving and sending bitcoin as privately as possible.