The mathematical units for fuel consumption of a vehicle (MPG, L/100km) can be rearranged and/or simplified down to be expressed as an area. This area corresponds to the area of a "string" or "tube" of fuel, on the path of travel, that would be needed for the vehicle as it drives along it.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkfIXUjkYqE (0:35)

Wouldn't surprise me if they'd roll it out that way, and when everybody has it, they blame some kind of crime to require it.

My guess is that the answer will be biased, since enjoying SN would be highly correlated to spending time here, and thereby the chance of seeing and answering the poll.

I'd say 1BTC=100 000 000 satoshis :-)

Seriously though, no idea. Many things pulling in different directions. ETF:s, halving, dollar shenanigans, etc. on one side, regulation, chokepoint 2.0, censorship, etc. on the other. Anything from no new ATH to millions.

I didn't know it had a name, but I've heard of the concept before. And I can't even tell all the times the MSM have been wrong about electronics, electricity, and especially the power grid. The latter often corresponding to how they want reality to be, regarding intermittent power sources.

eID is a problem even without a CBDC though. "Login with EU-eID to access this website" as ubiquitous as "click here to accept cookies" is not a good future. Especially combined with AI.

Not in a "i don't believe you" way, just curious: how do you think the Eurozone will die? What do you think will replace the euro? Famine and fights? National currencies? Dollar? Bitcoin? Shitcoin? Other?

The law is already passed, I don't remember when it should be in effect in all the countries, but within very few years. It is voluntary though, so everyone should be able to resist, no matter how law abiding they need and want to be. The problem will probably be incentives - it's not hard to imagine that they'll make sure to make it complicated to live without it and/or some kind of benefit to those who have it. Neither is it hard to imagine that it being voluntary is only temporary, but for now it is.

I could say that the most important thing going forward is to resist getting it, but I'd be preaching to the choir. That message somehow needs to be spread to the idio-Hrrm, masses, I mean, in a form they understand and act upon.

I do, if it is to be used with any somewhat significant amount.

Is this AI generated?

I think we're at/approaching a kind of crossroads, where BTC price and adoption can either skyrocket or fall off sharply. This because we simultaneously have many potential good things and many potential bad things for it, in rapid succession. It will depend on which ones comes first and has most impact.

Let's hope the cyber-hornet attack gets big enough before the cyber attack narrative gets big enough... Otherwise, I see no way forward for freedom tech, as the alleged plan is to implement eID:s and censorship at the ISP level. (If you see a way, or think this is impossible, you're welcome to explain how or why. I know a bit about network technology, but far from everything.)

I don't know too much about the technology details, but I have always felt that mining pools are a risk. For example, how long until the governments start mandating KYC, and the pools either comply or get forcibly shut down?

I once read some short passage about a decentralization idea regarding pools, was it called peer-2-pool or something like that? What happened to it? How did/does it work? I assume such a scheme would distribute the whole block reward, fees and all, since there's nowhere else for it to go.

Not all bitcoiners of course, but many: The difference of people. Some people don't believe in God. Some people don't want to have children. Some people don't want to eat meat. Etcetera, etcetera.

Let people decide for themselves. Given the strong correlation with libertarianism and individualism, it's strange that some things are taken for granted, and people who don't conform are ridiculed, shunned, looked down upon.

Adblock is not piracy from a technical standpoint, it is refusing certain content, while piracy is accessing content.

In my opinion, neither adblocking or piracy is wrong. In money terms, they are not different from not viewing the content. Perhaps it could be argued that it costs money to run, for example, Youtube's servers, so that adblocking is using their server power without compensating them, but most of these discussions tend to be about the creators, and there it's exactly the same. And piracy is definitely not stealing - you're not deleting the content for someone else by copying it!

"We need to combat potential risks such as money laundering, tax evasion and other illegal activities associated with bitcoin. But without stifling innovation and the freedom aspects of bitcoin."

Seems like a contradiction. I guess she needs to say something about it, the question is which prevails when the contradiction needs to be dealt with. I don't know her, but given that she's in the system and that system probably has some kind of means of pressuring odd ones out in it, I have a guess that it's not the "innovation and freedom aspects", unfortunately.

I'm not saying it's bad that people are trying from the inside, quite the opposite, but that it's probably not worth getting our hopes up because of one lawmaker possibly being on our side.

Regarding KYC and OPSEC: Bitcoin fixes nothing if we're all in prison and the masses agree we should be. There are two possible ways forward: Very fast education of at least a large minority of the people and/or a majority of the law writing class that bitcoin does not equal crime, or the widespread use of extremely good privacy tools and practices. I believe a failure of both of these is the biggest threat to Bitcoin's future.

And for the "go to El Salvador" solution: It won't be a prosperous place if it's cut off from all international trade, regardless of its internal freedom of BTC usage etc.

Automatic mining pool or exchange DCA payout?

Bitcoin has a tendency to do a bull run when it halves though, so if the price doubles, it wouldn't change. If it more than doubles, it goes up, etc. Also important to know is whether the chart refers to only new production or all sales, which is probably a big difference in Bitcoin, and gold too for that matter. (pretty important for most metals due to recycling)

Also interesting in that case, although probably still pretty small, is when bitcoin is used as money for goods, without dollars or other fiat currencies changing hands, if that is reflected.

That was not the intention with it, as I said elsewhere, it is not common, but seems more common than with people in general. "Literally no one" is pure bullshit, and you know that very well. It would not surprise me if it's some kind of projection from your side. You saying that it was a good call on deleting makes me think it wasn't...