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In this video, I discuss Chris Pan's Ohio State University commencement address, and the crowd's disappointing reaction when he mentions Bitcoin.

It's especially disappointing considering that the most popular major at OSU is finance, and yet the audience seemed to have zero understanding of the money printing and inflation that Chris Pan was referencing.

It's also sad to see young minds end up so closed after a supposedly liberal education.

How much student debt did these students take on, to receive assistance in the closing of their minds by socialist professors?

We can also blame the "crypto industry" for its endless scams that give Bitcoin a bad name by association.

The biggest losers in this OSU audience will probably being the same people who in a decade will be asking the US government to tax and go after Bitcoiners "cuz it's not fair."

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Chris Pan:
https://twitter.com/panchris

Chris Pan's speech:
https://twitter.com/ColumbusBitcoin/status/1787224207287374131
https://twitter.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1787650460507148718

OSU shared values:
https://oaa.osu.edu/complaint-and-grievance-systems

UTXO Management:
https://www.utxo.management/

Build on Bitcoin scam:
https://twitter.com/build_on_bob/status/1771175967060373631
https://www.finsmes.com/2024/03/build-on-bitcoin-raises-10m-in-seed-funding.html

Rare sats and inscriptions scam:
https://rare.b.tc/#ord

First and largest Bitcoin Rune is down 85% in a month:
https://protos.com/first-and-largest-bitcoin-rune-is-down-85-in-a-month/

Great tweets about the situation:
https://twitter.com/notgrubles/status/1787666970340409662
https://twitter.com/jasonadeane/status/1787757681207357905
https://twitter.com/charfadirepo/status/1787673066945847312
https://twitter.com/americanhodl8/status/1787863763020091547

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In this video, I discuss how one could continue to use Bitcoin in a p2p manner to buy or sell goods and services-- even if all of the fiat off-ramps had been closed.

Bitcoin is censorship-resistant freedom money, that anyone can use without needing a license or permission. It's impossible to stop Bitcoin, or any other free and open source software (FOSS).

Eventually, the Bitcoin circular economy will bypass the fiat economy in many parts of the world:

You won't buy BTC.
Instead, you'll earn it.

You won't sell BTC.
Instead, you'll spend it.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Bitcoin: The Exits Are Closing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCOpYKAZ5tw&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

An easy way for merchants to accept Bitcoin:
https://zaprite.com/

Buy wine with BTC:
https://twitter.com/BenJustman

Buy beef with BTC:
https://twitter.com/JasonWrich

Buying food in Bitcoin Jungle:
https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1787278232464589034

Find BTC merchants everywhere:
https://btcmap.org/

BlueWallet:
https://bluewallet.io/

Phoenix Wallet:
https://phoenix.acinq.co/

Mutiny Wallet:
https://www.mutinywallet.com/

Sparrow Wallet:
https://sparrowwallet.com/download/
https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow

SeedSigner:
https://seedsigner.com/

Bitcoin 6102 attack:
https://twitter.com/Fredvs79/status/1787491971654656421

Bitcoin should become a political third rail:
https://twitter.com/Ragnorosis/status/1787489100867498163

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#crypto

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In this video, I discuss how the Nigerian government and central bank have increasingly sought to prevent Nigerians from escaping from the naira into Bitcoin.

In addition to blaming "speculators" and "crypto investors" for the naira's collapse (which can be attributed rather to Nigerian central bank money printing), the Nigerian government is now seeking to prevent p2p Bitcoin transactions, which is clearly impossible.

We can expect something similar to happen in the US, as the US dollar continues to lose purchasing power and people seek to exit the fiat system into Bitcoin.

Holding a spot Bitcoin ETF or leaving your BTC on an exchange will not provide the same protections against monetary debasement and confiscation.

For this reason, it is very important to buy real BTC and hold it on a hardware wallet.

Learn to use the tools today, before the exits have been completely closed.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Nigeria used to be more pro-BTC:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/nigeria-binance-partner-for-economic-zone-in-west-africa
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/nigeria-looking-to-legalize-bitcoin

Food price inflation in Nigeria:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/nigeria-s-top-rice-dish-doubles-in-cost-as-inflation-hits-home

Nigeria Blocks Access to Bitcoin Exchanges:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nigeria-blocks-access-to-bitcoin-exchanges-in-attempt-to-save-plummeting-national-currency/

Nigerian Authorities Blame Binance for 70% Naira Devaluation, Move to Issue Arrest Warrant Against CEO:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nigeria-binance-p2p-standoff/

The Naira Crisis Is Fueling Bitcoin Adoption In Nigeria:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/the-naira-crisis-is-fueling-bitcoin-adoption/

P2P crypto ban imminent as Nigeria calls crypto a national security issue:
https://techcabal.com/2024/05/03/p2p-crypto-ban-imminent/

My Favorite Bitcoin Deskt..

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In this video, I discuss Jared Bernstein's ill-fated interview, in which he unsuccessfully attempts to explain money printing and MMT (Modern Monetary Theory).

The really tragic part is that central bank money printing disproportionately hurts the working class, which Bernstein has spent his career writing about and trying to help.

Keynesian economics and MMT are both forms of economic pseudoscience whose real purpose is to provide the theoretical justification for huge government interventions in the economy and the theft of private property through inflation and taxes.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Maggie De Block:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_De_Block

Food-based dietary guidelines for Belgium:
https://www.fao.org/nutrition/education/food-dietary-guidelines/regions/countries/belgium/en/

Fed's Yellen expects no new financial crisis in 'our lifetimes':
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN19I2NT/

Subsequent financial crises:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2019_events_in_the_U.S._repo_market
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_stock_market_crash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_United_States_banking_crisis

US debt clock:
https://www.usdebtclock.org/

Interview with Jared Bernstein:
https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1786272981058220187

Why inflation can actually be good for everyday Americans:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/economy/inflation-good-bad-winners-losers/index.html

MMT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_monetary_theory

Hans-Hermann Hoppe on how to talk to modern economists and politicians:
https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1786390887204876565

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#MMT
#economics

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In this video, I discuss the global centralization of Bitcoin hash rate, including Jihan Wu's control over Chinese mining pools.

I also discuss the differences between mining rigs (ASICs, hashers), mining farms, and mining pools.

Fortunately for Bitcoin, there is an eternal Mexican standoff between nodes, miners, and other parts of the Bitcoin ecosystem that makes Bitcoin very difficult to change or to attack.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

SHA-256 hash calculator:
https://xorbin.com/tools/sha256-hash-calculator

Bitcoin Mechanic's article:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/are-mining-pools-becoming-a-problem-

Pie chart of Bitcoin mining pools:
https://mempool.space/mining

Bitmain:
https://www.bitmain.com/

AntPool & Bitmain Acting as 'a Pool of Pools':
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitmain-antpool-pool-of-pools-report/
https://twitter.com/mononautical/status/1777686545715089605

Ocean Mining:
https://ocean.xyz/

Bitcoin Mining Pools Are Critically Centralized:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqaBPALIM6c&ab_channel=TFTC

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#bitcoinmining

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Neither Bitcoin University, nor any of its directors, officers, shareholders, personnel, representatives, agents, or independent contractors (collectively, the “Operator Parties”) are licensed financial advisors, registered investment advisors, or registered broker-dealers. None of the Operator Parties are providing investment, financial, legal, or tax advice, and nothing in this video, on this YouTube channel, or at www.Trader.University or www.BitcoinUniversity.com (henceforth, “the Sites”) should be construed as such by you. This video, channel, and the Sites should be used as educatio..

Learn how to buy non-KYC Bitcoin:
https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com

In this video, I discuss what "Bitcoin boating accidents" look like on-chain, as well as the problems with claiming that you lost your BTC.

KYC services help to associate your personal information with Bitcoin exchange withdrawal addresses. If your BTC moves on-chain, the tax authorities are probably going to conclude that you still have your private keys.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Classic Bitcoin boating accident meme:
https://twitter.com/GoingParabolic/status/1704143508074832371

Watching on-chain movement of 10 BTC:
https://mempool.space/address/bc1q5a5p68p8v823ujt5wddszvm0edyrw839l0mf5q

Monero Is Hot Potato Money:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LTT7wwyUAQ&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

Roger Ver arrested:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/roger-ver-indicted-for-tax-fraud/
https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/1785449447985701370

"Bitcoin University" Needs a History Lesson on Bitcoin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFf1lHlYxgY&ab_channel=RogerVer

FBI Issues Warning Against Using 'No-KYC Cryptocurrency Money Transmitting Services':
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fbi-warns-americans-against-using-no-kyc-services/

I am not being paid or otherwise compensated by any company or cryptocurrency project that I mention in my videos. My opinion is not for sale. Please do not contact me with any affiliate or advertising deals.

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#taxes

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In this video, I discuss how the SEC has considered ETH to be a security since at least 2023, and probably long before that.

The SEC has served Consensys with a Wells notice, and thus a lawsuit should follow soon.

ETH was clearly issued in violation of US securities law and is about to finally pay the price.

Thanks to its dirty history, ETH can never be credibly neutral global money.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

SEC Has Secretly Considered Ethereum a Security Since 2023:
https://decrypt.co/228504/sec-declared-ethereum-security-last-year-consensys-lawsuit

Vitalik's pre-sale pitch:
https://twitter.com/GhostofWhitman/status/1669606462379753473

ETH is clearly not a commodity:
https://twitter.com/mattkratter/status/1783619135978762690

Is Joe Lubin an ETH whale?
https://twitter.com/GhostofWhitman/status/1669618497406529539

Joe Lubin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lubin_(entrepreneur)

Consensys has huge influence on the ETH ecosystem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensys
https://www.theblock.co/post/84232/ethereum-infrastructure-provider-infura-is-down
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaMask

Ethereum "Merges" With The SEC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0VRbQ2njxQ&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

Consensys Sues SEC:
https://decrypt.co/228134/consensys-sues-sec-attempts-regulate-ethereum-security

SEC subpoenaed firms that dealt with the Ethereum Foundation:
https://www.theblock.co/post/283753/sec-subpoenaed-firms-that-dealt-with-the-ethereum-foundation-fortune

Bill Hinman's comments on ETH:
https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/speech-hinman-061418

Hinman had a huge conflict of interests:
https://www.crypto-law.us/former-sec-director-hinman-made-millions-from-a-pro-ethereum-firm-during-tenure/

ETH flippening predicted:
https://twitter.com/pledditor/status/1744727276712087686

Consensys sues to stop SEC from ‘seizing control of Ethereum’ and damagin..

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In this video, I discuss how Bitcoin wallets are unstoppable, using both the Sparrow Wallet and the Mutiny Wallet as examples.

If you are going to ban Bitcoin wallets, you will also need to ban random numbers and other math.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Sparrow Wallet:
https://sparrowwallet.com/download/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLi8p9aTlBQ&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/samourai-wallet-founders-arrested-and-charged-with-money-laundering/

Phoenix Wallet pulling out of US:
https://twitter.com/acinq_co/status/1783878732865740940
https://twitter.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1783878658014249027

What Happens If Big Tech Bans Bitcoin Wallets?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ZA46OgIWA&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

Mutiny Wallet:
https://www.mutinywallet.com/

Apple disables PWAs in EU:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/apple-confirms-ios-17-4-disables-progressive-web-apps-in-the-european-union/
https://twitter.com/MutinyWallet/status/1758217765377155093

Mutiny is not an LSP:
https://twitter.com/MutinyWallet/status/1783944045665898759

Download the Tor browser:
https://www.torproject.org/download/

I am not being paid or otherwise compensated by any company or cryptocurrency project that I mention in my videos. My opinion is not for sale. Please do not contact me with any affiliate or advertising deals.

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#wallet

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In this video, I discuss the various ways in which the US government is trying to navigate its sovereign debt crisis.

Its primary goal is to force people and institutions to hold its toxic debt, whether through persuasion, coercion, or regulation.

Barring that, the US gov is happy to herd people into the Bitcoin spot ETFs, which enables them to stockpile BTC primarily at Coinbase Custody for eventual seizure.

Unless something changes, self-custody will continue to be discouraged, and Bitcoiners and Bitcoin companies will continue to be harassed and driven out of the US.

Bitcoin remains the best asset to use to protect yourself from fiat monetary debasement (inflation) and government seizure.

Bitcoiners may very well end up being the wealthiest people in the gulag.

Let's hope that we can take back America before that happens, and return to our founding ideals of liberty, privacy, and private property.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Coinbase's Bitcoin Will Be Seized:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4JKizxVDmA&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

Executive Order 6102:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102

We've betrayed the legacy of the founding fathers:
https://twitter.com/gladstein/status/1783907816262275341

Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/samourai-wallet-founders-arrested-and-charged-with-money-laundering/

FBI Issues Warning Against Using 'No-KYC Cryptocurrency Money Transmitting Services':
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fbi-warns-americans-against-using-no-kyc-services/

US gov doesn't want you to have privacy:
https://twitter.com/Diverter_NoKYC/status/1783729771991474539

Anyone running a Bitcoin business is one DOJ announcement away from bankruptcy:
https://twitter.com/giacomozucco/status/1783811560655204652

Wallet of Satoshi exits US:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/wallet-of-satoshi-stops-serving-us-customers/
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In this video, I discuss the arrest of the Samourai Wallet founders, and what it means for privacy and Bitcoin.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-laundering

JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank Named in Money Laundering Report:
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/jpmorgan-jpm-deutsche-bank-db-money-laundering-report

Pentagon fails audit for sixth year in a row:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-fails-audit-sixth-year-row-2023-11-16/

Samourai Wallet poking the bear on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1542533704635015168

A Cypherpunk's Manifesto:
https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html

Swapping Bitcoin for Monero hurts privacy:
https://decrypt.co/214367/did-law-enforcement-crack-privacy-coin-monero-its-complicated

Why Monero is a hot potato:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LTT7wwyUAQ&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

I am not being paid or otherwise compensated by any company or cryptocurrency project that I mention in my videos. My opinion is not for sale. Please do not contact me with any affiliate or advertising deals.

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#crypto

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In this video, I discuss Bitcoin Runes, its creator Casey Rodarmor, as well as the spam problem that it has created, including possible mitigations like mining with Ocean and running Bitcoin Knots instead of Bitcoin Core.

Bitcoin's currently high transaction fees are NOT the result of Bitcoin's having suddenly become the world's new global monetary settlement layer.

These high transaction fees are being caused by spam, and are behaving like a DOS attack on the network, making it prohibitively expensive to do monetary transactions on-chain.

Yes, this is a preview of how base layer transaction fees will look someday-- but that day is not today.

This spam is the direct result of unethical crypto VCs trying to use Bitcoin for their latest scams. If you see a company or other actor in the Bitcoin space who is promoting ordinals/inscriptions/BRC-20s/runes, you should consider calling them them out.

If Casey Rodarmor or the Taproot wizards are being given a platform at a Bitcoin conference or event, consider boycotting it.

If a company like Casa is supporting spam, then consider using their competitor Unchained instead.

Node operators called out the big blockers in 2017.

Node operators called out MARA for caving in to US government censorship.

Node operators need to do the same thing again for those who are filling the Bitcoin blockchain with spam.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

People losing money on runes:
https://twitter.com/TomerStrolight/status/1781855672415535166

Ordinal theory:
https://rodarmor.com/blog/ordinal-theory/

Why you shouldn't use Casa:
https://twitter.com/mattkratter/status/1782042802077278550

Casey Rodarmor's very disturbing obsession:
https://rodarmor.com/blog/wanko-manko/
https://twitter.com/rodarmor/status/1355713434101268482
https://twitter.com/KingBootoshi/status/1781899574774571202

Cool fork of Mempool.space that shows block health and spam:
h..

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Recordings of my live classes:
https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com/courses/93850-live-classes

In this video, I discuss the scenario where an attacker spins up 100,000's of new Bitcoin nodes in an effort to attack the network.

Such an attack would simply create an alternate version of the Bitcoin network, running on its own rules, and would not affect those running their own nodes.

This is yet another reason why it is so important to run your own node and use it for all of your Bitcoin transactions, rather than relying on someone else's node.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Maps of Bitcoin nodes:
https://bitnodes.io/
https://bitnodes.io/nodes/all/

My favorite hardware wallets:
https://coldcard.com/
https://blockstream.com/jade/

Sparrow Wallet download:
https://www.sparrowwallet.com/download/

How to set up Sparrow Wallet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLi8p9aTlBQ&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

How to connect a hardware wallet to Sparrow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4gpVF-ATAg&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

How to connect Sparrow to Bitcoin Core:
https://sparrowwallet.com/docs/connect-node.html

Two versions of Bitcoin software:
https://bitcoin.org/en/download
https://bitcoinknots.org/

Easy ways to run Bitcoin software:
https://umbrel.com/umbrelos
https://start9.com/

I am not being paid or otherwise compensated by any company or cryptocurrency project that I mention in my videos. My opinion is not for sale. Please do not contact me with any affiliate or advertising deals.

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#nodes

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In this video, I discuss whether the Bitcoin blockchain is a good file storage solution. I conclude that it is not.

The blockchain has always been kept as small as possible by design. An examination of Bitcoin's history shows that Bitcoin culture has always sought to minimize the usage of the blockchain for non-monetary purposes. Rather than being political censorship, this has always been a practical concern and imposed by Bitcoiners themselves, not by hostile governments.

Don't let grifting crypto VCs tell you otherwise, even if their organization has "Bitcoin" in the name.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

OP_RETURN and data in the block chain:
https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.9.0#opreturn-and-data-in-the-block-chain

An example of an OP_RETURN message:
https://mempool.space/tx/09936a2b96c103f9314cbc031958c1b04196edfa2be9758e5cf5804a871cf1a3

SHA-256 hash calculator:
https://xorbin.com/tools/sha256-hash-calculator

Ordinals/inscriptions/runes making newcomers hate Bitcoin:
https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1781660836198576362/photo/2

People inscribing garbage on the blockchain:
https://ordiscan.com/inscription/70307291

Bitcoin whitepaper:
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

I am not being paid or otherwise compensated by any company or cryptocurrency project that I mention in my videos. My opinion is not for sale. Please do not contact me with any affiliate or advertising deals.

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#crypto

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In this video, I discuss the ongoing spam attack on Bitcoin, as crypto VCs mint the latest scam (Runes), clogging up block space and skyrocketing transaction fees.

Crypto VCs will eventually run out of money, but what if this were a nation-state attack instead? How many Bitcoiners would be in favor of filtering then?

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

View the latest Bitcoin blocks and transaction fees here:
https://mempool.space/

View the halving block here:
https://mempool.space/block/0000000000000000000320283a032748cef8227873ff4872689bf23f1cda83a5

Bitcoin Magazine and UTXO Management are both owned by David Bailey:
https://www.utxo.management/team/
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/tags/bitcoin-halving-livestream
https://twitter.com/UTXOmgmt/status/1780979437917385070

"I hate Bitcoin now":
https://twitter.com/BitcoinBellyB/status/1781665478471000148

I am not being paid or otherwise compensated by any company or cryptocurrency project that I mention in my videos. My opinion is not for sale. Please do not contact me with any affiliate or advertising deals.

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#halving
#runes

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In this video, I discuss rare sats, as well as "epic sats," which are only available at each Bitcoin halving.

By collecting your own rare sats, you can demonstrate to the world that you don't understand how Bitcoin UTXOs work, while simultaneously enriching unethical crypto VCs.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

My favorite block explorer:
https://mempool.space/

Different categories of rare sats:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/pick-your-poisson

Rare Bitcoin collectibles:
https://rare.b.tc/

Lock up your BTC to harvest BOB Spice (scam):
https://twitter.com/build_on_bob/status/1773010071917642182

Download an app to access Nostr:
https://damus.io/
https://primal.net/

The Rare Sat Lie:
https://primal.net/e/note10hg4v3e2m4tlqpq2t24c9svuggjchg295h67xhsr3yweq9vtqftsnpv7tr

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#Bitcoin
#ordinals
#raresats

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Call your senators today:
https://act.demandprogress.org/call/no-on-section-702-call-page/

In this video, I discuss the proposed extension of Section 702 surveillance powers currently being voted on by the US Senate. This is an attempted expansion of NSA surveillance powers that we haven't seen since the Patriot Act.

If you are against Americans and their businesses being weaponized to spy on each other and this attempt to bypass the 4th Amendment, please call your senators today.

And buy some more BTC to help to defund these tyrants.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

FBI misused surveillance tool on Jan. 6 suspects, BLM arrestees and others:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/19/fbi-digital-surveillance-misuse-jan6-blm/

Elizabeth Goitein's thread:
https://twitter.com/LizaGoitein/status/1779885123363635572

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#nsa
#surveillance

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In this video, I begin to reexamine ordinals, inscriptions, and the issues surrounding spam on the Bitcoin blockchain.

My conclusion is that just because you can do something, it doesn't mean that you should do it-- especially if you aim to be a respectful and ethical actor in the space.

Many people in the space including crypto VCs have warped incentives when it comes to their approach to Bitcoin spam.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

UTXO selling unethical garbage like rare sats:
https://rare.b.tc/#ords

Genesis block:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block

Hex to text converter:
https://www.duplichecker.com/hex-to-text.php

Ordiscan:
https://ordiscan.com/inscription/69650464

Udi celebrating that "we broke Bitcoin":
https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1660034199934365698

High on-chain fees making Bitcoin adoption more difficult in developing countries:
https://twitter.com/AnitaPosch/status/1732722398359638414
https://twitter.com/AnitaPosch/status/1655459803957739520

Taproot Wizards being funded by David Bailey of Bitcoin Magazine:
https://taprootwizards.com/
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/taproot-wizards/company_financials

Point your hash to ethical Bitcoin mining pools:
https://ocean.xyz/

WTF happened in Feb 2023:
https://wtfhappenedinfeb2023.com/

Mempool.space goggles:
https://mempool.space/

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#Bitcoin
#ordinals
#inscriptions

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In this video, I discuss Bitcoin Magazine's continued ideological drift towards supporting shipcoins, including a pro-ETH editorial written by a long-time EOS supporter.

It's an odd coincidence that this editorial is so well-aligned with David Bailey's recent crypto fund investments, like BOB ("Build on Bitcoin") which pursues a similar strategy of trying to conflate the virtues of Bitcoin and Ethereum and "building bridges, not walls."

Unethical projects built on top of Bitcoin are no better than unethical projects build on other chains. It's misleading to try to represent yourself as a "Bitcoin maximalist" while you are simultaneously funding other crypto projects.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Bitcoin Mag getting paid to promote garbage:
https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1770718212428075478

Max Keiser's stinky cheese:
https://twitter.com/mattkratter/status/1771567148474786090
https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1771371892101742908
https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1772306446840889525

Bitcoin Mag running pro-ETH article written by an EOS shipcoiner:
https://twitter.com/mattkratter/status/1779989011928625214
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/beyond-tribalism-the-synergistic-future-of-bitcoin-and-ethereum
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/yves-la-rose

The EOS scam:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/31/a-blockchain-start-up-just-raised-4-billion-without-a-live-product.html
https://crypto.marketswiki.com/index.php?title=Block.one#cite_note-1

Block.One loaded up on BTC after selling you EOS:
https://bitcointreasuries.net/

David Bailey funding unethical Bitcoin projects:
https://twitter.com/davidfbailey/status/1773033923112497635
https://twitter.com/build_on_bob/status/1773010071917642182
https://twitter.com/build_on_bob/status/1779842414339076128

Saif on Ethereum as the mother ship of poop coins:
https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/1540035416451174401

First attack BTC, then plead for solidarity:
https://twitter.com/mattk..

Join the private Bitcoin forum:
https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com/bitcoin-forum

In this video, I discuss Bitcoin's initial and current distribution, and how it compares to both fiat and other cryptocurrencies.

Most cryptocurrencies were issued by a small group of insiders, who set aside free coins for themselves, allowing them to dump on retail investors without needing to first register for an IPO.

Unlike Ethereum and every other shipcoin, Bitcoin did not even have a price for the first 16 months of its existence. It started off as a novelty and collectible, and its growth was beautifully slow and organic, allowing time for the Bitcoin network to grow under the radar.

Bitcoin's monetization was organic and spontaneous. It wasn't artificially engineered by venture capitalists and marketers and paid influencers as continues to happen in the "crypto industry." Bitcoin's path to monetization was free from unethical premines, pre-sales, and pump and dumps. Most of the early holders of Bitcoin were cypherpunks, math nerds, and people whose primary interest was not financial.

Hodling Bitcoin for the long term requires incredible self-control, a deep understanding of its value, and nerves of steel to handle the volatility. Even if every person on earth were initially air-dropped a "fair portion" of BTC as part of the initial distribution, most people would not have valued it, and would instead have dumped it or lost it, similar to what took place with the Russian voucher program in the 1990s.

Even today, you can get more than 1,500 sats for just $1 and most people still don't care. These are the same people who in 10 years when Bitcoin is at $2 million per coin are going to be telling you that you don't deserve your wealth and that you just got lucky and that it's just not fair and that the government should redistribute some of your wealth to them.

Bitcoin is a voluntary and opt-in system. You are not forced to use it, but rather are free to use scammy crypto o..

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Join and pay using Bitcoin:
https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_iyQ4aQDNCw

In this video, I discuss two hot wallet solutions (Sparrow desktop/laptop and BlueWallet mobile) that can be used to take your Bitcoin off the exchange, and practice self-custody while you are waiting to take the next step of buying a hardware wallet like the Blockstream Jade or Coldcard.

Holding your Bitcoin private keys in cold storage is the best solution, but an intermediate solution can be BlueWallet or Sparrow, which is still better than leaving your BTC on an exchange.

Ownership/control of Bitcoin is determined by your ability to sign a transaction with your private keys. Bitcoin itself is not "stored" on any wallet. Instead, Bitcoin wallets are used to store your private keys.

Your actual BTC is just a notation on the global ledger known as the Bitcoin blockchain. If you don't have your own private keys, then you will need to ask permission to move your BTC.

If you leave your BTC on Coinbase or any other exchange (i.e. they control the private keys to the Bitcoin), then you will need to ask permission to move your BTC.

You also risk losing your BTC if that exchange gets hacked or the owner runs off with all of the Bitcoin, as has happened numerous times over the past 15 years. You're also in trouble if the exchange is ordered by a government to freeze all user accounts.

Warning: do not visit any Telegram or Signal groups that pretend to offer customer support for Sparrow or BlueWallet-- they are almost all scammers. If you click on one of their links or share your 12 words with them, your Bitcoin will be gone forever.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

FTX bankruptcy and your Bitcoin:
https://www.fastcompany.com/91021842/ftx-bankruptcy-what-customers-should-know-about-getting-crypto-deposits-money-back

Sparrow Wallet for desktop and laptop:
https://sparrowwa..

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In this video, I discuss the SEC serving Uniswap Labs with a Wells notice.

This is definitely bad news for Uniswap Labs, which has been using what is probably an unregistered security UNI to fund its operations.

It's also bad news for other "decentralized in name only" actors in the DeFi space, as well as crypto like Cardano and Ethereum.

By contrast, Bitcoin is special. It's a digital commodity that fails the Howey Test, and is thus not an investment contract or security.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Uniswap Labs:
https://uniswap.org/

Uniswap's NY office:
https://twitter.com/Pledditor/status/1637460359073218560

Uniswap has a headquarters and investors:
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/265762-45#overview

SEC investigating Uniswap since 2021:
https://decrypt.co/80130/uniswap-labs-under-investigation-sec-report

Uniswap receives a Wells notice from the SEC:
https://decrypt.co/225774/uniswap-uni-token-price-drop-sec-wells-notice
https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1778126466984575166

1 billion pre-mined UNI tokens:
https://blog.uniswap.org/uni

Coinbase listing unregistered securities like UNI:
https://www.coinbase.com/blog/uniswap-uni-is-now-available-on-coinbase

Bankless stands with Uniswap:
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1778175941509865604

Bankless rekt its own investors:
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bankless-dao/

Pomp loves shipcoining:
https://twitter.com/GhostofWhitman/status/1777893700829405520
https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1777722739979083790

David Bailey loves shipcoining:
https://twitter.com/OpalBTC/status/1775872557365055967/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Pledditor/status/1770629275290402845
https://twitter.com/build_on_bob/status/1773020961597452634
https://twitter.com/AnthonieMeijer/status/1776927519230378343

Ethereum has a leader and a road map:
https://www.theblock.co/post/269799/vitalik-buterin-shares-updated-202..

Join the private Bitcoin forum:
https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com/bitcoin-forum

In this video, I discuss the effect of the halvings on BTC, BCH, and BSV and how larger blocks have been preventing a robust transaction fee market from developing.

BCH and BSV continue to bleed value against BTC, and their network hash rates are far below that of the Bitcoin (BTC) network.

BTC blocks are already showing the beginning of a robust transaction fee market, which requires that blocks be relatively full. If blocks are not full, then you end up with 1 sat/vb transactions and very little transaction fee revenue for the miners.

What's going to happen as the block subsidy gets halved again and again every 4 years?

Miners will become increasingly dependent on transaction fees for revenue. BCH and BSV have big empty blocks that don't encourage a robust transaction fee market to develop-- so there is zero risk that BTC miners leave BTC for BCH or BSV.

In fact, the opposite will happen: miners will continue to leave BCH and BSV and point their hash to the BTC network. That will leave BCH and BSV with even less security than they have today, which will encourage even fewer people to use them to use them, since they offer less security and slower final settlement.

Bitcoin is winning and will continue to win the money game.

Get on the winning team--

You'll be much happier and sleep better at night.

Stop looking for "the next Bitcoin"

Bitcoin is the next Bitcoin.

There is no second best.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Learn more about the Bitcoin halving:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoOfikLKbDY&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity

Relative market caps:
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin-cash/
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin-sv/

Craig Wright is not Satoshi:
https://twitter.com/BTC_Archive/status/1773644303811670437

SHA-256 hash calculator:
https://xorbin.com/tools/sha256-hash-calcu..

Get the Bitcoin course here:
https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com

In this video, I discuss the Bitcoin halving, and how the block subsidy gets cut in half every 210,000 blocks, or approximately every 4 years. The halving helps to strengthen the Bitcoin network, by weeding out inefficient miners, while leading us closer to the end of new BTC issuance and the final max supply of 21 million coins.

Unlike fiat currencies which are managed by central bankers, Bitcoin's monetary policy is programmatic and transparent. Everyone knows the rules of the system that they are opting into, and there is no room for insider trading and control.

The halving is also a good reminder of why it's important to keep Bitcoin's block size small. Limited block space helps to create a robust transaction fee market for Bitcoin that can help it to transition from a network mainly funded by new issuance (block subsidy) to a network that is funded fully by transaction fees.

This will become increasingly important as the block subsidy continues to get halved every 4 years. When a block is not completely full, it's still possible for people transacting to bid only 1 sat/vb. When blocks are full, that's when the transaction fee pressure ratchets up, and can help to replace lost revenue from the block subsidy declining.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

What the halving is NOT:
https://twitter.com/americanhodl8/status/1772643558035534110

Mempool.space:
https://mempool.space/

My favorite Bitcoin data dashboard:
https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/

Corruption at the Fed:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dallas-feds-robert-kaplan-was-active-buyer-and-seller-of-stocks-last-year-11631044094
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/feds-clarida-resign-jan-14-two-weeks-ahead-end-term-2022-01-10/
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/bostic-acknowledges-accidental-trades-that-violated-fed-ethics-code-2022-10-14/
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/fed-has-yet-face-final-reckoning-tw..

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In this video, I discuss why millionaires need Bitcoin.

As we near the end of the long-term debt cycle, there are numerous signs of government finances in trouble and property rights being eroded. If you own only paper assets (stocks, bonds, funds, etc) and real estate (immobile and subject to jurisdiction risk), you may not be able to protect your wealth from a ravenous state and its irate citizens.

Bitcoin is the best way to protect your wealth from monetary debasement, censorship, and confiscation. BTC gives you optionality, since it can easily be taken anywhere (even in a brain wallet, by memorizing just 12 words).

If you are trying to solve for the problems that we have discussed in this video, don't buy a Bitcoin ETF. It will just sit there in your brokerage account along with your other stocks and ETFs, vulnerable to attack or freezing, while the real BTC is sitting over at Coinbase Custody, subject to a 6102-type attack.

Buy real BTC and hold it on a hardware wallet like the Coldcard, or Blockstream Jade.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Lincoln suspends habeas corpus:
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/proclamation-suspension-habeas-corpus-1862

Executive Order 6102:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102

Private property rights being slowly eroded:
https://www.hoover.org/research/why-shoplifting-now-de-facto-legal-california
https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/ny-homeowner-arrested-after-changing-locks-on-alleged-squatters-report-says-nyc-adele-andaloro-flushing-queens-kathy-hochul-eric-adams-big-apple-abc-7-long-island-arrest-handcuffs-squatting-home-rights
https://twitter.com/Euristic3000/status/1213401472701997056

US debt/GDP:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S

Great places to buy Bitcoin:
https://www.s..

Join the private Bitcoin forum:
https://www.bitcoinuniversity.com/bitcoin-forum

Follow me on Nostr:
https://primal.net/p/npub1s33sw6y2p8kpz2t8avz5feu2n6yvfr6swykrnm2frletd7spnt5qew252p

Follow me on Odysee:
https://odysee.com/@TraderUniversity:a

In this video, I highlight important Bitcoin news stories from the week that you may have missed, answer some viewer questions, and generally say things that increase my need for a personal security guard.

Bitcoin is the next Bitcoin.

There is no second best.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Chart of the tulip bubble:
https://amsterdamtulipmuseum.com/cdn/shop/articles/Price_explosion_graph_JPG.jpg

Cryptocurrencies by market cap:
https://coinmarketcap.com/

Amazing free Ethereum NFT:
https://twitter.com/bitcoin__apex/status/1774740324989997390/photo/1

Inside Iceland's Massive Bitcoin Mine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0HC1Udk6-E&ab_channel=TechVision

Elon Musk Building Worlds Most Advanced Spy Satellite Swarm Network for US Gov:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/elon-musk-building-worlds-most-advanced-spy-satellite-swarm-network-for-us-gov/

Argentina Creates Mandatory Registry for Bitcoin Service Providers Operating in the Country:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/argentina-mandatory-registry-for-bitcoin-service-providers/

Bull Bitcoin's 'In Person Bitcoin Purchases via Canada Post' to Require Identity Verification:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bull-bitcoins-in-person-bitcoin-purchases-via-canada-post-to-require-identity-verification/

How quickly FTX unravelled and SBF went to jail:
https://twitter.com/hodlonaut/status/1773406444588564869

Marx liked central banks:
https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1775981499898028498

Coinbase seems to lack good internal engineers:
https://twitter.com/davidmarcus/status/1775522894111740209

Bitcoin ethics minimalism and crypto VCs:
https://twitter.com/mattkratter/status/1776030442732601409

KC Cattle Company moves to a Bitcoin standard:
https://twitter.c..

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