The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @lopp ever

April 2022

@jenetemm Probably overkill because it was a one-time job.

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Underrated Kindle feature: grammar nazis can report typos and other content errors to the publisher in 3 taps.

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RT @CasaHODL: Looking for something to listen to this weekend?

Check out this week’s Twitter Space and learn about #Bitcoin security in t…

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Weekend long read: a cyberpunk theory on Musk-owned Twitter. Freedom of speech is just a footnote.

Musk is buying… https://t.co/5QZsAmRvsO

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Full validation sync of Bitcoin Core v23 to block 720,000 on my benchmark machine took 6 hours 27 minutes. This is 2.3% faster than v22.

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Me: “Do you know of any good tools to extract the data we want from these huge files?”
Colleague: “Yep: grep, awk,… https://t.co/Ns8Uh0F48z

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@BrianLockhart I found your future citadel; it’s a fixer-upper. https://t.co/dTFACWrhSp

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Don’t repeat the same mistakes; strive to make new mistakes.

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@PatrickWStanley @ryaneshea @naval My closing paragraph hints at something along those lines.

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Elon’s free speech narrative feels like a smokescreen. What’s the long-term goal achieved by acquiring Twitter?

On… https://t.co/CDWhhEKFx1

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@Melt_Dem A Chad doesn’t ask permission, they just remove the difficulty bomb and keep mining. 💪

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@davidmarcus Which is why I felt compelled to publish a fringe thinkpiece. https://t.co/JEQckQXIIe

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My take on Musk’s Twitter takeover - trying to connect the dots between @elonmusk’s trajectory and some of @jack’s… https://t.co/ENHkDA74ei

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Tom Brady, the most successful player in NFL history, was the 199th draft pick in 2000.

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@iamgabesanchez @MrChrisEllis Have you ever heard of collateralized loans? They’re pretty neat.

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Experience creates knowledge.
Knowledge creates confidence.
Confidence creates success.

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Give a man a meme and he’ll feel fulfilled today.

Teach anon to meme and they’ll steer society for generations.

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RT @lopp: Drama, fearmongering, and politics are to the mind what sugar is for the body. Your primitive monkey brain craves them because in…

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@BrianLockhart I bet most folks figure you can just plug in an ASIC and walk away. 😬

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RT @BitcoinMagazine: The Central African Republic has become the second nation in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal currency.

@namcios r…

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Bitcoin is weightless and yet infinitely value-dense.

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We look forward to reviewing your BIP, @e_cheikos https://t.co/4uMCvFt33v

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Can you believe Elon is bolstering unfettered speech instead of ending world hunger, preventing poverty, and stopping war? The nerve!

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New York doing a great job continuing to ban themselves from prosperity. https://t.co/PYi9Sa7Ftv

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RT @btc_brothers: #Bitcoin2022 panel summary of “Preventing Attacks on Bitcoin” ft. @LukeDashjr @kanzure @lopp & moderated by @brian_trollz…

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The lower your time preference when raising and cooking your meat, the more delicious and nutritious it will be.

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People wouldn’t be so upset about censorship if platforms built their signal/noise tools as opt-in client-side feat… https://t.co/qt3jxZNd8q

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When cryo meets crypto…
Can we take our Bitcoin with us after we die?
Can we use it to incentivize our future re… https://t.co/mnxOyIo1en

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Satoshi Nakamoto
first of their name
forger of chains
slayer of central banks
coder of freedom
gone but not forgott… https://t.co/JU4o2D34ix

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RT @CasaHODL: The year is 2122. You thaw out of cryogenics. Is your #Bitcoin still safe?

Find out later today at our next Twitter Space.

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@JeremyRubin I believe my first contribution was to Bitcoin Core 0.11.0 - https://t.co/ezZJX3ih8S

My contributions… https://t.co/0rDSD23Cvv

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@vnprc I tend to get a commit in every few releases. It’s usually due to issues I run into while doing other projects / research.

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Breaking agreements with yourself undermines your integrity just as much as breaking agreements with others.

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@jack I gave a lecture on this song to my college music theory class. *chef’s kiss*

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@Gravecat You just described freedom of association.

I run my on mastodon instance, don’t allow anyone else to reg… https://t.co/980z1jbIOJ

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@paoloardoino Recruiter: “I have an amazing opportunity for you to work at a FAANG corp!”

Me: ಠ_ಠ

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@MalwareTechBlog Ser you gotta run your own instance if you wish to be sovereign.

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I, for one, look forward to Twitter open sourcing their algorithms. I’ve been trying to reverse engineer them for a decade!

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@bradmillscan @nvk He blocked me but still quote tweets me. WEAK

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Bitcoin Core 23.0 has been released 🎉
I contributed a bit of code myself 🙂
https://t.co/7jvqo1V4C6

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John Oliver aired an epic episode on data brokers recently. Highly recommend watching if you’re unfamiliar with thi… https://t.co/3lonwfTJyE

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RT @lopp: When you’ve got to get rid of stranded gas and don’t have any Bitcoin miners. https://t.co/B2YynB5zPO

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When you’ve got to get rid of stranded gas and don’t have any Bitcoin miners. pic.twitter.com/B2YynB5zPO

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@zonklift Because then you have to maintain N clients and make sure the VPN software is always running. And new cli… https://t.co/kC39pH93lx

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@MixMastaMikeyB I’ve read countless guides that describe different wireguard setups (and several are linked in my p… https://t.co/o3H9fLccuG

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@jurvistan I like mullvad and OVPN; both support wireguard and accept bitcoin.

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Posted a progress report on one of my ongoing privacy projects: https://t.co/csQow2GhSQ

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@Tbl727 One that no longer exists 😞

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@PeterMcBTC Only if it’s made out of alternative low carb ingredients.

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@bitcoinlnpleb I had to set some BDB configs:
set_lg_dir database
set_lk_max_locks 1000000
set_lk_max_objects 10000… https://t.co/3qOABqR1U3

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Successfully completed syncing Bitcoin Core v0.6 and v0.7 to block height 720,000.

v0.6: 20 days, 10 hours
v0.7: 1… https://t.co/Ym0JBYBg9p

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@bchinella The only one I wouldn’t want to drop is the multivitamin.

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@aelephant Indeed, it’s at the very bottom of my section on ice cream.

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It should surprise no one that organizations that have to actually earn their income end up being far more thoughtf… https://t.co/7PPqCiq2ds

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1 year later and I’ve managed to maintain my fitness with fairly little effort! https://t.co/2br6eUIVw8

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@Excellion @techreview Hold up, you’re not running for mayor? SAD

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@SinZ_21M Suggestion: improve your reading comprehension. None of what we announced has anything to do with employm… https://t.co/tDdqyzfFqW

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@jchervinsky @gladstein “Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. We don’t much care if you don’t approve of the… https://t.co/JKn8syslnp

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@BtcLiberty @hodl_adu @lottaBitblaq @CasaHODL How are people supposed to know the program exists if we don’t announ… https://t.co/Ixhqp0uI6u

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@hodl_adu @lottaBitblaq @CasaHODL Your reading comprehension is terrible, but you’ve got plenty of company! We anno… https://t.co/rPmIf7yn7v

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@RoughDarkness @CasaHODL I know. We most certainly do not.

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RT @CasaHODL: 🤔How do you secure an asset across time and space?

The future of Bitcoin security will need even more technological breakthr…

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@Croesus_BTC @4moonsettler Yeah, not a lot of details with the case, unfortunately.

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@EconEngineer @BitcoinSapiens @CasaHODL The goal of a given program is tangential to the issue of it enforcing elig… https://t.co/HYyA0idBRu

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@4moonsettler Opportunities to learn from others’ mistakes!

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@EconEngineer @BitcoinSapiens @CasaHODL People keep saying “discrimination” but I find that to be a muddling of the… https://t.co/sjeJiUwDZg

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A couple in Norrköping, Sweden were victims of an armed home invasion. They were tied up and beaten.

The robbers a… https://t.co/CYbKqMhEKU

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@MacLife21mil @Nneuman If it were the case that we ONLY supported programs that target specific demographics then y… https://t.co/LtOLOTNb0n

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Education & mentorship is not a zero sum game.

If I allocate resources to a program that targets women in Afghanis… https://t.co/O8OigrIUQh

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@btc_v1king The literal definition of self custody is when a service provider is unable to unilaterally create or b… https://t.co/OBT82MHWq3

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@btc_v1king Casa is self custody. Perhaps you’d like to try again?

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@JoeCool98355655 @she_256 You do realize that this is the same thing?

Casa announced a mentorship program, not a hiring policy.

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@B1tc01nForever @cryptodouchebag @she_256 Casa announced a mentorship program, not a hiring policy. Thus my tweet above.

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@styggen2 @BitcoinSapiens We announced a mentorship program, not a hiring policy.

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@ravencoin1986 @BitcoinSapiens If mentoring women & minorities makes us insane, I think we’re OK with that. I’ve be… https://t.co/0Q9P85CjhC

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@EconEngineer @BitcoinSapiens @CasaHODL No, Casa is designed specifically so that you don’t have to trust our code.… https://t.co/ZJI825OT5A

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@MacLife21mil @Nneuman Uh, this is a mentorship program, not a hiring policy…

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@ZacSolaris @Nneuman If we didn’t announce that the mentorship program has been formed, how would anyone know that they can apply?

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@CroMillion @Nneuman You want us to offer a mentorship program but not announce that it’s available for folks to apply?

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@MuonSynchrotron @Nneuman This is a mentorship program, not a hiring policy.

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@dchidyllo @Nneuman This is a mentorship program, not a hiring policy.

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@Florida_Btc @Nneuman This is a mentorship program, not a hiring policy.

Might want to work on your reading comprehension.

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@muhbitcoin @Nneuman This is a mentorship program, not a hiring policy.

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@BREAKYOURSHAX @Nneuman This is a mentorship program, not a hiring policy.

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Found a butcher selling tomahawks for $15/lb pic.twitter.com/jUiC8GqGgV

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@BitcoinSapiens Good thing nobody’s bitcoin is “with us!”

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@clay_space Don’t be ridiculous; Casa spends VC funds.

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I bet a non-negligible number of you would be upset to know that I spent several years mentoring women via @she_256… https://t.co/P6ATI0Y5CP

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@DrBitcoinMD @bitcoinpasada @Nneuman You have the right to complain without offering an alternative method by which… https://t.co/SsSW0kEXER

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@DrBitcoinMD @bitcoinpasada @Nneuman I’ll take that as a no.

Here’s a curveball for you: libertarianism / voluntar… https://t.co/a8QHB17s9L

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@DrBitcoinMD @bitcoinpasada @Nneuman I’m asking for an actionable plan of how to quantitatively filter upon “divers… https://t.co/cPvaLjy6GS

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@DrBitcoinMD @bitcoinpasada @Nneuman Quite right.

Though ultimately if one seeks “diversity” then you have to deci… https://t.co/JngF5bk1v1

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@istarttopanic @bitcoinpasada @Nneuman Don’t be offended as I continue to discriminate who I spend resources intera… https://t.co/PqVqtjTJ2j

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@bitcoinpasada @Nneuman Diversity of membership makes organizations stronger by reducing blind spots / increasing c… https://t.co/dpgaZEIGMH

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RT @Nneuman: It’s important to us at Casa that we help create a welcoming and diverse community within Bitcoin. Our community is building a…

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RT @CasaHODL: Roses are red🌹
Violets are blue 💙
Seed phrases suck🌱
Here’s our point of view 🧠

It’s challenging to back up a seed phrase se…

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@Coinsandtoken ‼️I just realized that you’re a moron.

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Superalkaline11 “tHiS is ExtrEmelY danGeroUs tO ouR deMocRacy”
pic.twitter.com/t22UzeVWFR

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@Fiorniko Any tech that empowers individuals.

For example, I’d totally invest in improved 3D printing systems or b… https://t.co/UhEIWabode

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you can follow me now @VCBrags

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@laurashin @NikiChristoff Respect must be earned.
🖕 🖕
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕… https://t.co/fRiPnroM2C

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@matthew_d_green Memetic warfare is real.

It is, at least in part, a defense against the “I just learned about Bit… https://t.co/CErJJlQ0yA

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@delvin_baronof That’s tricky. In most cases I’d expect that calling out poor behavior would be tantamount to feedi… https://t.co/1S5NQio1YZ

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If you decide not to HODL bitcoin because there are assholes on the internet, you are giving the assholes more time… https://t.co/w6TCXi1BuL

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If the government truly cared about the health of its citizens, it would suggest self medicating with THC / MDMA /… https://t.co/I4G6qlDyZd

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GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE!
The trolley problem has been solved. pic.twitter.com/DVlu7SqFhc

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Has anybody asked that federal judge in Florida if she can do the same thing for the TSA mandate?

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Happiness is a warm grill.

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As long as you believe that the world has to operate in a certain way, your life will not proceed per your plans.

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@RepTomEmmer @nic__carter There are two sides to the crypto coins, sir. https://t.co/0tJJ8iD7tn

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Consenting adults should be able to enter into a contract that allows them to duel on their own terms without fear of legal repercussions.

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“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”

― Thomas Jefferson

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“I will fix your problems by robbing folks and redistributing their wealth to you!” is such a ridiculous scam. How… https://t.co/To0XJ3uSK2

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Anybody find it fascinating that plenty of politicians advocate for funding welfare programs by robbing the rich, b… https://t.co/CkYJ3ZYi7N

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@gladstein Since he’s a CEO there’s a decent chance he’s a psychopath and thus can’t feel embarrassment.

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On the plus side, if you’re a psychopath then you’re incapable of being embarrassed or offended. pic.twitter.com/GvtCOJy3a9

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Huge loophole for Twitter impersonation bots:

1. Report bot
2. Several days later, a support agent reviews the tic… https://t.co/aksh7B4pQR

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The Federal Reserve Board currently issues $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 notes. Each note weighs 1 gram.

The… https://t.co/T9xcaL9XP3

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Think for yourself - it’s not illegal yet.

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RT @lopp: April 15 2018: Bitcoin holds 42% market cap dominance over 1,500 shitcoins.

April 15 2022: Bitcoin holds 41% market cap dominanc…

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RT @lopp: Diversity of membership makes organizations more robust by reducing blind spots. However, it’s diversity of thought that matters…

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@allenf32 ain’t nobody wanna censor your wedding mrs allen

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@lightcoin IIRC it gets added if you activate “Twitter for Professionals”

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@RBReich Free speech means that you’re free to speak (but not to be heard) without fearing Elon uses his power to have you thrown in a cage.

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The recently rolled out “author” tag makes me think that Twitter is giving up trying to fight impersonation bots. pic.twitter.com/ouMwETuhHW

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@ChrisDunnTV Play zero sum games, win zero sum prizes.

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April 15 2018: Bitcoin holds 42% market cap dominance over 1,500 shitcoins.

April 15 2022: Bitcoin holds 41% marke… https://t.co/9PcuhKK2ee

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@Arthur_0x Gnosis is multisig. All of the others are MPC. Can’t use hardware key managers with MPC.

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@lightcoin @DudespostingWs This is in Australia. They’re not allowed to have guns, see?

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Store clerk fends off armed robbers with the ol’ aerosol flame thrower trick.
@DudespostingWs https://t.co/NkQ0kJ7Dgf

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I fully support this endeavor.

Dogecoin should go the BSV route for maximum lulz.
https://t.co/fVMYmTG7eP

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@lightcoin @RSKsmart Neat, but how do you know the web app hasn’t been compromised and will black hole your coins?

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@JessicaVaugn This was a problem with Reddit comments for a while; news orgs would embed a controversial reddit thr… https://t.co/bAtlsZheJc

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@PeterMcCormack @transferwise @RishiSunak How are your bitcoin accounts doing? 😇

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RT @CasaHODL: Did you get a new hardware wallet in Miami? Here’s some tips for setting it up in the best environment. #Bitcoin

https://t.c…

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“If you don’t like it, build your own Twitter!”

Uh yeah, I already did at https://t.co/jGkcaSizmq. I’m waiting for… https://t.co/pdhilHWLQQ

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@todo_incentivos @gpatrickhubbard Well, an EMP could be from a variety of sources. A sufficiently powerful solar fl… https://t.co/IGw2k8f94y

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@muneeb Dogecoin will always be funny due to it being championed by a socialist who ragequit when capitalism won out in the ecosystem.

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GM FELLOW PSYCHOPATHS

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@prestonjbyrne Clearly the solution is for Elon to buy Apple

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@hernzzzzzz @BrianLockhart I WISH TO AMEND MY STATEMENT TO

*ANYONE YOU DON’T PERSONALLY RECOGNIZE

OBVIOUSLY WE KN… https://t.co/9PJlEbgmay

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@BrianLockhart URBAN ENVIRONMENTS ARE A TACTICAL DISADVANTAGE

BETTER TO LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN SAFELY ASSUM… https://t.co/2iHgh8aU2c

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L.A. gangs are targeting folks:

* driving high-end vehicles
* wearing expensive jewelry
* leaving high end boutiqu… https://t.co/uK372jllFh

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2017: “Bitcoin is doomed because transaction fees are too high for anyone to use it!”

*Bitcoin scales off-chain*… https://t.co/enBe50e4xH

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@JackRhysider no
no
not if it is the same password manager that has the passwords for the services to which the MFA codes belong

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Lies that promise safety are far more appealing than lectures about personal responsibility.

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Success: someone bought them 10 minutes later at a transaction cost of half a cent.

Fail: they used @Strike which… https://t.co/ObhuqBpaFB

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@prestonjbyrne thank you for not triggering us with a full stop

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@csuwildcat pls ser how do I invest in DIDs

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@NeerajKA a lot of people seem to think NFTs can only be done on ethereum https://t.co/MLGCi9UzZB

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