John Balkam

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| I watched Finding Satoshi today and it was a really moving documentary.        |
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| The conclusion that Hal Finney and Len Sassaman likely collaborated under the  |
| pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto to create Bitcoin seems very plausible to me given  |
| the evidence presented.                                                        |
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| Even more significant to me though was the takeaway about these two men as     |
| human beings.                                                                  |
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| They were brilliant and competent, but they were also kind, thoughtful,        |
| humble, and principled. They were good teammates, friends, partners, and in    |
| Hal's case, a good father.                                                     |
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| All of our lives, we are shown example after example in society that these     |
| kinds of men are not valuable. That, in fact, power, cunning, and ruthlessness |
| are the only ways for individuals to make an impact in the world. Might makes  |
| right and the strong can do what they want, while the weak suffer what they    |
| must.                                                                          |
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| Bitcoin's origin story is a repudiation of that worldview. It shatters that    |
| framework.                                                                     |
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| Look at how much positive impact Bitcoin has already had on the world. And     |
| imagine how much positive impact is yet to come.                               |
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| If Hal and Len were the creators of Bitcoin, it demonstrates to the world that |
| kind, humble, hardworking, collaborative, and loving individuals are powerful. |
| In fact, they may demonstrate that a dedicated network of those types of       |
| individuals are the most powerful force in the world.                          |
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| We Are All Satoshi. We can be peaceful, loving, and humble (enough) people,    |
| and we can also be a force of nature that even powerful tyrants bend to.       |
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| Thank you Satoshi. We'll carry the flame from here.                            |
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| Strait of Hormuz: Open                                                         |
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| BTC Shorts: Rekt                                                               |
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| Sats: Stacked                                                                  |
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| Skin: In the Sun                                                               |
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| Very stable geniuses use Nostr                                                 |
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| Defund the welfare/warfare state.                                              |
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| If I'm using NWC and connecting to my Alby node, any actions I need to take?   |
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| Hit me on Signal (@Johnny8.08)                                                 |
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| I'm launching a new show called "The Freedom Tech Frontier" under the          |
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| banner.                                                                        |
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| Who should I interview first?                                                  |
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| Yeah, just learned a bit more about quantum computing today during a           |
| presentation Alex from River was giving. I'm just starting to wrap my head     |
| around it.                                                                     |
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| This comment was mostly on the narratives we are being peppered with this year |
| about QC "threats" to Bitcoin. None of those narratives give me concern based  |
| on what I've learned so far.                                                   |
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| I'm sick and tired of folks who use scare tactics to try and profit off of     |
| other people's FUD. Enough already.                                            |
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| It'll be a sick joke when Big Pharma gets a new lease on life bc of QC         |
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| Will quantum computers do anything useful? Or are they solely being created to |
| try and break Bitcoin?                                                         |
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| Weird marketing strategy 🤷‍♂️                                                    |
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| I'm itching to zap right now. Tell me about something you're looking forward   |
| to the rest of this year.                                                      |
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| Nature is healing.                                                             |
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| Dollars are only used by pedophiles, sex traffickers, and drug traffickers.    |
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| https://news.kagi.com/s/y25x2d                                                 |
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| Bitcoin in self-custody is the No Kings protest that has real teeth.           |
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| "You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your      |
| systems."                                                                      |
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| - James Clear                                                                  |
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| What is your Bitcoin accumulation and self-custody system?                     |
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| It might be worthwhile to forget about a stack size goal and focus on a        |
| stacking system.                                                               |
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| I had an American raised grass fed NY strip for dinner and a swear to you it   |
| was medicine                                                                   |
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| The Death Economy Doom Loop                                                    |
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| Debt -> Lies -> War -> Money Printing -> Inflation -> Death and Despair        |
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| Over and over again until the parasites have destroyed the host and seek a new |
| one.                                                                           |
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| Maybe this isn't true for absolutely everyone, but I believe it's important to |
| go through experiences that absolutely crush you.                              |
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| I'm talking hard times that break you down and force you to wake up and        |
| re-examine everything.                                                         |
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| Those are the times that you learn the most about yourself. Whether it be a    |
| breakup or a professional failure or health event. The pain forces you to take |
| stock and make necessary changes.                                              |
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| Everyone deserves the opportunity to strive and fail as it's those experiences |
| that gives us the strength and wisdom that we need.                            |
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| WAR IS PEACE                                                                   |
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| Lol he's an old high school buddy                                              |
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| My buddy sent this to the group chat and said, "these targeted ads are getting |
| out of control."                                                               |
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| I gave him a hard time, "the next ad you're gonna get is gonna be for an AI    |
| sex robot."                                                                    |
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| He says, "its already ordered. Her name is OpenClawdia."                       |
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| 😂😂😂                                                                            |
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| https://blossom.primal.net/6f5daae3a4c75469959fca1c510be186ee22676879ec6c9e70a |
| 887bfb1b813b8.png                                                              |
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| The Economy = The Stock Market + It's Owners                                   |
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| Consumers = Slaves                                                             |
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| Individuals MUST maintain sovereignty over their consciousness if they ever    |
| wish to experience liberty during their lives on Earth.                        |
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| Freedom tech is a means to the end of liberating human consciousness.          |
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| Keep fighting.                                                                 |
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| So it seems that half of American politicians have been captured by Israel and |
| the other half have been captured by China. Either that or they've been        |
| captured by transnational capital interests that have no loyalty to the United |
| States whatsoever.                                                             |
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| You can probably count on one hand the number of federal politicians who have  |
| Americans' best interests at heart.                                            |
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| It's a sad state of affairs and a core reason to focus on freedom tech and     |
| more or less ignore politics.                                                  |
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| Here's Erik's presentation at Plan B for those who'd prefer to watch and       |
| listen.                                                                        |
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| https://rumble.com/v75tz1q-not-your-keys-not-your-mind-bitcoiners-and-the-futu |
| re-of-ai-plan-forum.html                                                       |
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| I cannot recommend this article by                                             |
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| mrfdejskyecfuenough.                                                           |
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| The battlefield for the rest of this century is our minds and our              |
| consciousness. Centralized AI is incentivized to consume our consciousness for |
| profit. Sovereign individuals, families, and companies must utilize sovereign  |
| AI or risk losing everything.                                                  |
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| https://coindork.github.io/vora/blog/nyknym/                                   |
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| This week The Economist also posted a video claiming that Bitcoin isn't "cool  |
| anymore" because it's available in tradfi wrappers like ETFs now.              |
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| Let it rip.                                                                    |
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| The clownish former Prime Minister of the UK comparing Satoahi to Charizard    |
| and Pikachu is a major bottom signal                                           |
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| Best interview I've done so far 🫡                                              |
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| https://youtu.be/ivUHlod-yPI?si=eqtzx24pqo9dR9nj                               |
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| My buddy sent this to the group chat and said, "these targeted ads are getting |
| out of control."                                                               |
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| I gave him a hard time, "the next ad you're gonna get is gonna be for an AI    |
| sex robot."                                                                    |
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| He says, "its already ordered. Her name is OpenClawdia."                       |
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| 😂😂😂                                                                            |
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| https://blossom.primal.net/6f5daae3a4c75469959fca1c510be186ee22676879ec6c9e70a |
| 887bfb1b813b8.png                                                              |
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| Best interview I've done so far 🫡                                              |
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| https://youtu.be/ivUHlod-yPI?si=eqtzx24pqo9dR9nj                               |
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