The headline hidden in the scriptpubkey(hex) is one of my favorite things about the protocol. The bailout reference is cool, but the function is even cooler. I know everyone says "Bitcoin is backed by energy," but I don't think that's quite right. The newspaper ties the Bitcoin timestamp server into the real world(Gregorian Calendar). Bitcoin is backed by time. The process of creating this timestamp server on a peer to peer network takes energy, but the purpose is to back Bitcoin by time. You've said it yourself. I once heard you say Bitcoin is basically a clock, but I think it's more than that. Bitcoin is a new clock. Time is money, like Benjamin Franklin said, but Bitcoin is a new clock. I wish more people knew this. @nevent1qqsvqy9…
Merry Christmas! - Bitcoin The Ultimate Collateral
By Guy Swann
Aired Dec 25, 2025 · 2h 44m · Last boosted Dec 27, 2025
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Merry Christmas! Working with the amazing crew at Braiins, we are happy to share the full audiobook of Bitcoin: The Ultimate Collateral free for all. You can find the ebook as well as the video version on youtube at the links below! Thank you guys for a wild and awesome year. So much more to come. Don't forget to subscribe and enjoy this incredible book on one of the least appreciated and most insane values that Bitcoin can provide to a more free and soeverign world. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0FkAVwKvQI ebook: htt...
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210 r < g Is a 180° turn from Tomas Pickety's famous mathmatical expression in Captial On The 21st Century. Pickety argued that wealth inequality was created because r > g Before you start calling me a Commie, I did not say I am a Pickety super fan. I am into Austrian economics, but I studied many different schools before I finally found Hazlit. I never read Capital in the 21st Century, but I was an avid econtalk listener. If we accept the current financial regime does not view the world through an Auatrian lens, we can see the math behind what I believe is another 4th Turning. Bessent announced he wants to turn r>g around. He literally means flipping r>g to r<g.👀 https://www.econtalk.org/thomas-piketty-on-inequality-and-c…
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210 👀 If I'm in agreement with Jamie Dimon, the US fiscal outlook must be worse than I thought. I think he's starting to get it. He'll pump stableshitcoins first, for sure, but I think he's begining to understand the problem.
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MarcJul 31, 2025
100 I think about this quote in the context of Karl Popper's definition of an open society quite a bit these days. "Privacy is necessary for an open society." https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs2pate7e2akk9utjz56xyxl8aqx9h…
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100 Removable batteries were the best!
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5k Bitcoin Meetup at Good Day Brewing in Perris, California on April 24th, 2026. Buy a beer, burger, or soda with bitcoin over the lightning network. Meet plebs. Join the mission. https://951plebs.com
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5k Grrat episode!
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1.4k This came up on my Spotify feed and reminded me I should zap it. https://fountain.fm/track/168PYUnPqaIEmcrXkBTb @nevent1qvzqqqp…
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1k Awesome episode!
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1k @npub1aeh2zw4el… Encrypting the Spark wallet with an nsec was a great idea. What do you think about backing up the nsec using NIP-06? Am I the only freak that likes this NIP?
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1k I used Shakespeare to vibe code my new meetup website. It has NIIP-52 calendar events, links, and a NIP-23 blog. I am considering adding a NIP-15 merch store/support page, but haven't figured out all the details yet. I'll share it next week under a new npub. I love the Bitcoin meetup guide on GitHub. It's giving me a lot of Great ideas.
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1k This was fucking great guys. I started using the espy.you website to find hexadecimal color codes for my next vibe code project. Great tool. 🔥
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1k I thought clawstr was a shitcoin before I saw Derek talk about it on nostr. For the record, I am 99.99999999% sure Marti has nothing to do with it. The only reason I am not 100% sure is because I can't prove a negative. :)
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1k Great show Marty. Free Samourai!
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1k I make greeting cards for my kids that pay them Bitcoin with lightning and Cashu. It gives a visual, tangible representation of electronic cash. That's why I think it's a useful tool for teaching smaller children how to earn, spend, and save sats. Because you can't tell a five year old to read the White Paper. "Put away The Cat In The Hat Tommy! It's time to have fun staying rich with BIP39!" So I think Cashu is a great first step. "Thank you you for putting away you're toys Tommy. Here is a piece of paper redeemable for 1,000 sats." Show , don't tell.
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888 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Marc26z/zapthisblog/refs/… You can send sats to the cash app from the fountain app by using the artust's lightning wallet.
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888 Great episode. Fedimint is getting interesting.
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210 You should have Saif on the pod to talk about Milei. https://x.com/i/status/2056436088944631996
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210 Excellent argument for privacy. "Do you want people recording you go into a sex shop?"
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210 I didn't realize this was a podcast too. I'll need to catch up on the other episodes, but the fact that you're talking about modulo math with Rob Hamilton is epic. 😃
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MarcMar 8, 2026
210 Where can I learn how to run claw on a VPS?
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210 Hopeless Romantic by Bouncing Souls is one of my favorite punk songs of all time! @npub1dnzzyhmew… is so cool!
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210 Dude, BIP39 words with Shamir Secret Sharing on an open standard is like a wet dream I once had.😅
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210 The camera is so cool!
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MarcOct 25, 2025
210 Using blossom to fight bitrot is a great idea.
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MarcOct 13, 2025
210 I used the Square terminal in Vegas. I paid QR codes wirh Zeus wallet + AlbyHub. I bet the merchants have a lightning address too, but I'm not sure.
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210 @npub1jr525zmjj… Do you know of any other mobile wallet with silent payment support?
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210 I am also concerned about the Jarvin influence Whitney is talking about.
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210 I took a short video of Sara Jade playing at NosVegas and Derek walked into the frame to zap her. 😊
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210 I had no idea Goose had a non cli version.
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