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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @Chep 28 Nov 2024 \ on: The Fourth Turning - 27 Years Later BooksAndArticles
Man if Trump did not turn his head that prediction would have been spot on!👀
An excellent point, liquidity in these markets is needed to make sure they are providing value. Otherwise it's too easy for a whale to shift the odds rather quickly.
I just want to say thanks for taking the time to build such a kickass platform. Building things ain't easy and I respect a cowboy who does it anyway, cheers sir
Must is not wrong. Nostr > X but never the less it's ridiculous to see a Presidential candidate try to attack the 1st amendment like this
I just think it validated the idea of a much better v4v p2p zap friendly internet platform. I see the same thing on Nostr and I really enjoy when users can send value back and forth to each other without going through a third party payment provider to do so
"We will now only send payments to addresses that have specifically opted in to receiving them." I love this. If you could figure out a way to ask the user as well how many sats would you need to be willing to receive a zapvertisement that would be dope
History is not always an indication of the future and while I agree it is likely that if we get an insane new ATH it will come back down, but taking profit in fiat when you have the most sound money ever is like taking profit in turkish lira when you have access to dollars. I simply use bitcoin as a savings account and keep what I need in dollars to pay bills. Trying to time markets is a fool's game unless you want to commit to it full time
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