If someone reaches out to you pushing some scammy website, it is not me. I will not reach out to you at all.

Sharp statement by the ACLU (ACLU): aclu.org/press-releases…

It seems like a pretty dangerous game for a liberal democracy to water down basic due process rights for its citizens. National security is, of course, an important equity that the government must contend with. But the job of the state is also the protection of liberty and…

Whoa: the White House is calling the 4th Amendment of the Constitution a threat to National Security. This is a real memo sent out today: the yellow-highlighted sections just translate euphemism ('the Biggs Amendment') to plain language (Biggs' warrant req). (Source below in QT)

Human teeth are small and portable & scarce & make excellent money. It's a good thing we have Bitcoin
- ₿radley Rettler
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How cool is it to see Peter McCormack🏴‍☠️ living his dream? Inspiring stuff.

From Saylor’s perspective, institutional adoption and regulation are far easier with something fully known, simple, and requiring custody to scale. I get it. But I want more. I want individual empowerment for non-rich people. And no one can stop that from happening.

If we believe in supporting the devs, WE must support the devs. We can’t shame others into it.

I’m on team innovation. But for the ossifiers out there, I bear you no ill will, brothers and sisters. To Michael Saylor⚡️ I’m grateful for the tireless efforts to educate and for the many and ongoing avenues of support for bitcoin. We do not have to agree on everything. That’s the point.

Hire this guy already, Elon Musk.

Superb paper by Josh Hendrickson on the history of our current global monetary order, the Treasury Standard

He argues, contra the orthodoxy, that the 'Treasury Standard is the direct result of U.S. policymakers’ desire for the U.S. to maintain global hegemonic power, especially in…

They're going to find each other somehow.

In his talk at the Bitcoin Policy Summit, Mike Brock, Mike Brock, CEO of TBD, reminded us why #Bitcoin is valuable:

“Bitcoin is the best way that humans have to price risk.”

“Bitcoin is good for American interest. It tracks to our core values of individual freedom and…

Appreciation post: David Zell , Grant McCarty , and all of the other fellows, advisors, interns, and supporters that make Bitcoin Policy Institute what it is. You too, Stephen Pollock !

h/t Troy Cross for the candid photo of the two founders / leaders of BPI

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