I worry that one of the largest current threats to #bitcoin is regulatory capture. There is a possible future in which bitcoin becomes very valuable, but it almost all resides in highly regulated ETF-like investment vehicles. This would be a disappointing future, with so much missed opportunity. And so I am sad to see so many bitcoiners celebrating ETFs, and the like.
@verretor conversely, he who is always ready to die lives fully. See Hagakure’s way of the samurai
View YouTube, Twitter and Reddit without distraction and without tracking:
https://invidio.us (for YouTube)
https://nitter.net (for Twitter)
https://teddit.net (for Reddit)
If you know of any other front-ends available, tell us.
Here’s How a Real Scientist Studies Whether Masks Help to Stop Covid
A nuanced and detailed review of the studies. Form your own conclusions !
https://indianlibertyreport.com/heres-how-a-real-scientist-studies-whether-masks-help-to-stop-covid/
I've came to realize this over the last 3 years or so when I started using #DuckDuckGo as my default search. Initially I'd often fall back on Google results, but over time I came to realize they were actually often worse.
RT @hn50: Ask HN: Has #Google search been worse at finding information lately?
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26460092
Eric Weinstein Is the Latest “Thinker” To Confuse Economics With Maths
A decent caricature of Weinstein’s position is that until everything has been mathematized, economics remains unscientific.
How Fear is Used To Form Public Opinion in Democracies – A Short Summary
In reality, we have never been healthier and better protected in all of human history.
With bonus video.
@mydogisahusky2 tbh it might.. but as everything, this is good for bitcoin !
@verretor i normally check in here first now.. very tiny tw list if i have time to kill later
@verretor quarantine your government !
Pumping Iron
https://cryptohayes.medium.com/pumping-iron-ae8a54a32ea2
"Build a portfolio of long crypto plus long interest rate volatility. Walk away and watch the fireworks."