Absolutely fascinating article.

restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-ariz…

Completely insane

This would never happen in a world where policymakers understood that we have a modular profitable technology for transforming waste energy into capital

Paging Gridless

Bitcoin/Lightning acting as an open global bridge between monies continues to be one of its best use cases 🇵🇭

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #299 is here:

- describes a proposal to relay weak blocks to improve compact block performance in a network with divergent mempool policies
- announces 5 new BIP editors
- summarizes Stack Exchange Q&A
- Newsletter #299 Recap

bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters…

Far more worried about this than I am about the latest Bitcoin token fad pumping fees.

WBD804 - Bitcoin & Human Rights with @Gladstein & Natalie Smolenski. We discuss:
- Money, technology, & human rights
- The reciprocal loss of trust
- Society vs the state
- How #Bitcoin fights tyranny

whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoi…

It’s official, Square + Cash App + #Bitcoin

Super excited to start rolling out Bitcoin Conversions today!

Millions of Square sellers will be able to automatically convert 1-10% of their daily sales into bitcoin with Cash App 🚀

Topline numbers in a head-to-head matchup in the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll:

Arizona: Trump +7
Georgia: Trump +6
Michigan: Biden +2
Nevada: Trump +8
North Carolina: Trump +10
Pennsylvania: Trump +1
Wisconsin Trump +4

“The BoJ is trapped” in one chart.
 
Japan is experiencing increasing inflation expectations alongside a continuous devaluation of the yen, exhibiting an almost perfectly negative correlation.
 
This reflects the dilemma of an economy burdened by excessive debt, necessitating

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, makes a heart-shaped gesture behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

Sources say Columbia University has threatened to authorize the NYPD and National Guard to sweep the protest encampment as soon as tonight

Well, this is totally unexpected! #bitcoin hashrate is absolutely pumping, touching almost 800 EH/S at times which means we're currently racing through blocks & heading for a post having difficulty increase tomorrow.
Usually the exact opposite happens after a halving as miners

A hard truth

Ultimately payments layered on Bitcoin *will* bring down the current extortionate fiat transaction fee regime caused by rent-seeking intermediaries (this is already happening), but Bitcoin bigger picture is about separating money from state, and enabling a

me sometimes

Q: Palestinian civil defense crews have uncovered a mass grave with 180 people, including men, women and children. Are you aware of this?

STATE DEPARTMENT: We are inquiring about it with the Government of Israel.

Russian thrust cuts through Ocheretyne on Ukraine’s third line of defence after the fall of Avdiivka. Not clear if Ukraine will manage to build anything remotely similar to Surovikin line that could stop the Russian advance somewhere further west.

#BREAKING : The FTC voted 3-2 to ban non-compete agreements that prevent tens of millions of employees from working for competitors or starting a competing business after they leave a job. trib.al/zrvzIeH

No, Bitcoin *undermines* Putin’s plans to isolate, repress, and plunder the Russian people.

It gives them a way out.

Do not allow confused, pro-surveillance and control politicians to tell you otherwise.

The Congressional Budget Office expects that about $20 trillion in net new federal debt will be issued over the next decade.

As part of this, they assume 1) no recessions but also that 2) that interest rates will go down starting here in 2024.

Otherwise, probably >$20 trillion.