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Just released a podcast episode with one of my three favourite Scottish bitcoiners, @allen (the other two are Jordan Walker primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsyy4sf8aj2c064yup7rzrmnedjyelc327nfwh5skv8umpvs0mhk5cqdq46m and Nick Bowick, thanks for asking).
We talk about how Allen knew it was the right time to start his own VC company, what it was like making the leap from employee to business owner, and how you go about managing millions of dollars of other people's money with a team of two:
https://changeworklife.com/thinking-big-starting-a-multi-million-dollar-investment-fund-from-the-ground-up/
We talk about how Allen knew it was the right time to start his own VC company, what it was like making the leap from employee to business owner, and how you go about managing millions of dollars of other people's money with a team of two:
https://changeworklife.com/thinking-big-starting-a-multi-million-dollar-investment-fund-from-the-ground-up/
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a half-baked thesis on stablecoins, v0.1 for public beta:
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A Half-Baked Thesis on Stablecoins
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a half-baked thesis on stablecoins, v0.1 for public beta:
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A Half-Baked Thesis on Stablecoins
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npub18y33v
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Replying to @allen
"USD ....welfare warfare shitcoin"
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npub1hvw02
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Replying to @npub1wm6ev
ARK is a new type of Layer 2 protocol with the UX of E-Cash but non-custodial. When it was announced first in 2023 it was clear that it would require a soft fork like CTV to even work though. Now 2 years later it's here live on Bitcoin mainnet, without the need for a new soft fork at all.
And with the interoperability with Lightning it will create some interesting wallets and new use cases.
And with the interoperability with Lightning it will create some interesting wallets and new use cases.
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a half-baked thesis on stablecoins, v0.1 for public beta:
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A Half-Baked Thesis on Stablecoins
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npub1k50rp
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GM. Today is already off to an excellent start already, with a fresh ☕ and a great new long-form article on how stablecoins make Bitcoin, lightning and ecash win by @allen . This thesis may be "half-baked" but it's certainly a lot more baked than anything else I've read on the topic.
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a half-baked thesis on stablecoins, v0.1 for public beta:
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A Half-Baked Thesis on Stablecoins
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a half-baked thesis on stablecoins, v0.1 for public beta:
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A Half-Baked Thesis on Stablecoins
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a half-baked thesis on stablecoins, v0.1 for public beta:
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A Half-Baked Thesis on Stablecoins
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npub1lwsmh
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STARK verifier written in Simfony language for the Liquid sidechain
Simfony is a Rust-like language that compiles to Simplicity assembly.
https://github.com/keep-starknet-strange/stark-symphony
The stack is developed by Blockstream, and it is currently deployed in the Liquid sidechain testnet.
One of the key concepts of Simplicity is Jets:
The core language is very concise (nine GADT operators)
You can implement pretty complex programs using just the core, but it would take kilobytes of code and minutes of execution
However you can replace common sub-programs with "Jets" — formally proven equivalent implementations in C
This opens a clear path for introducing new exciting features without softforks, with a follow-up optimization route
Simfony is a Rust-like language that compiles to Simplicity assembly.
https://github.com/keep-starknet-strange/stark-symphony
The stack is developed by Blockstream, and it is currently deployed in the Liquid sidechain testnet.
One of the key concepts of Simplicity is Jets:
The core language is very concise (nine GADT operators)
You can implement pretty complex programs using just the core, but it would take kilobytes of code and minutes of execution
However you can replace common sub-programs with "Jets" — formally proven equivalent implementations in C
This opens a clear path for introducing new exciting features without softforks, with a follow-up optimization route
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allen
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awesome project from @Kyle Huber and the Bulgarian Bitcoiner crew!
( @Ivan Makedonski, @George the ₿ullgarian ⚽️ guy , @Botev Plovdiv FC)
https://geyser.fund/project/bulgarianjourney
( @Ivan Makedonski, @George the ₿ullgarian ⚽️ guy , @Botev Plovdiv FC)
https://geyser.fund/project/bulgarianjourney
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npub12rv5l
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Cloaked (cypherpunk eSIM provider) is building an anonymous Internet mixnet as a replacement for Tor which will allow users to pay with and node operators to earn Bitcoin.
Services like this require p2p payments with incredible privacy and instant settlement which is why they chose to build on Cashu.
Super bullish and proud. Can't wait to see what they'll achieve.
Services like this require p2p payments with incredible privacy and instant settlement which is why they chose to build on Cashu.
Super bullish and proud. Can't wait to see what they'll achieve.
npub1yay8e
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Looks like the Cloaked Network (by @Cloaked Wireless) is official
This service uses http/3 (quic) tunneling and allows anyone to run a node and earn chaumian sats for tunneling traffic
Not only that, it's a full blown replacement for TOR and traditional VPN offerings
Backed by Back and other heavyweights (Calle included)
Will be big news once ready / released. Here's the direct link to the relevant section (sorry for YT link, is there a good YT alternative??)
This service uses http/3 (quic) tunneling and allows anyone to run a node and earn chaumian sats for tunneling traffic
Not only that, it's a full blown replacement for TOR and traditional VPN offerings
Backed by Back and other heavyweights (Calle included)
Will be big news once ready / released. Here's the direct link to the relevant section (sorry for YT link, is there a good YT alternative??)
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math is fun
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npub1apl7r
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Part of making America great again is admitting that Nickelback had a ridiculous amount of bangers and that “hating” them was never actually justified.
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npub1emdts
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I'm requesting all future episodes of @RABBIT HOLE RECAP have @Marty Bent and @ODELL kids just out of frame so they have to actively parent while doing the podcast.
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allen
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Dec 25, 2024
Честита Коледа! 🎄
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Dec 21, 2024
increasingly thinking mainstream economics literally doesn’t even know what “supply” and “demand” are, and that extending the MMA analogy is useful in elucidating the methodological flaw.
updates to follow in Bitcoin Is Venice second edition, likely hitting bookshelves in two years to never …
updates to follow in Bitcoin Is Venice second edition, likely hitting bookshelves in two years to never …
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allen
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Dec 17, 2024
taking a break from twitter and really appreciate how much calmer it is here.
ask me the most wholesome question you can and I’ll zap you in response to its perceived wholesomeness …
ask me the most wholesome question you can and I’ll zap you in response to its perceived wholesomeness …
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npub1dergg
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Nov 15, 2024
Call your parents. Tell them that you love them. Do it now.
https://dergigi.com/2024/11/15/he-hanged-himself-in-the-morning/
https://dergigi.com/2024/11/15/he-hanged-himself-in-the-morning/
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npub13k8vp
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Nov 15, 2024
Had a lovely time in Madeira. Wished you were here. 
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npub13k8vp
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Nov 7, 2024
Earlier, I spoke with Pete McCormack about politics, public spending, tax and the imperative for sound money, produced apart from the state.
#introductions
#introductions
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npub1r0fj5
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Nov 2, 2024
Peanut is the Harambe of 2024. 
npub1r0fj5
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Nov 2, 2024
Without the government, who would kidnap and kill your pet squirrel?
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Oct 22, 2024
no but seriously the technical roadmap should basically be to make saylor's fiat cuckoldry obsolete.
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Oct 21, 2024
fund a dev and piss off Saylor today!
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npub1qrl2j
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Oct 16, 2024
Finish your board meeting, grab a coffee and a quick chat with fellow #Bitcoiners before heading back for the next big event.
Bit different to @Bitcoin Park but we're giving it a shot!
Look forward to chatting about #Bitcoin-native businesses @ODELL and @allen
https://bitcoinworks.co.uk/
Bit different to @Bitcoin Park but we're giving it a shot!
Look forward to chatting about #Bitcoin-native businesses @ODELL and @allen
https://bitcoinworks.co.uk/
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npub1cjw49
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Oct 13, 2024
After years of one-sided, relentless barrage of Orange Man Bad, this is how Norwegians would vote if they decided the US election.
Propaganda works.
It’s scary efficient.
NPC’s, corporate media and “democracy” is very dangerous for your future freedoms.
Propaganda works.
It’s scary efficient.
NPC’s, corporate media and “democracy” is very dangerous for your future freedoms.
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npub1qny3t
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Oct 12, 2024
TRUMP IS BASICALLY AN EIGHTY YEAR OLD BROCK PIERCE.
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Oct 12, 2024
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Sep 20, 2024
ASK ME LITERALLY ANYTHING EXCEPT THINGS I DON’T WANT TO ANSWER
npub1jfujw
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Sep 20, 2024
Friday AMA is LOCKED IN 🔒
WHO: @allen, professional investor and co-author of Bitcoin Is Venice, Only The Strong Survive, and other #Bitcoin classics
WHEN: Fri, Sept. 20, 11:00AM-12:00PM ET
WHERE: https://stacker.news/~AMA
ADD TO CALENDAR: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NTUzZnFlMzI1MjYxZGY5NDc0ZTMzOXFvajMgYmVud2Vocm1hbkBt&tmsrc=benwehrman%40gmail.com
WHO: @allen, professional investor and co-author of Bitcoin Is Venice, Only The Strong Survive, and other #Bitcoin classics
WHEN: Fri, Sept. 20, 11:00AM-12:00PM ET
WHERE: https://stacker.news/~AMA
ADD TO CALENDAR: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NTUzZnFlMzI1MjYxZGY5NDc0ZTMzOXFvajMgYmVud2Vocm1hbkBt&tmsrc=benwehrman%40gmail.com
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allen
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Sep 18, 2024
Saylor is a fiat retard and you need to stop simping him. like right now. or like yesterday.
I may or may not choose to elaborate on this, but rn I’m both angry and busy, #sorrynotsorry
I may or may not choose to elaborate on this, but rn I’m both angry and busy, #sorrynotsorry
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npub1ds3hm
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Sep 15, 2024
The Nanny State-ification of America is getting truly ridiculous.
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npub1dergg
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Sep 8, 2024
This really happened.
And it revealed everything.
And it revealed everything.
npub1rtlqc
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Sep 8, 2024
“No event has traumatized me so much as watching nearly the whole of the professional, media, and academic class be entirely fine with the sudden imposition of totalitarian controls on association, movement, and speech provided they could luxuriate at home - believing there to be a killer virus extant - and hang out on video chats as the workers and peasants kept society running and delivered groceries to their front doors. That same group was thrilled to receive trillions in payments for having done this.
Again, nearly the whole of the top 1/3 of society was just fine with this, and certainly raised no objection. Many within this group manufactured excuses for their deeply disgusting disdain for others.
I doubt I can ever recover the respect I once had for the wealthy, the educated, the credentialed, and the successful. In the Covid period, they deployed their
Again, nearly the whole of the top 1/3 of society was just fine with this, and certainly raised no objection. Many within this group manufactured excuses for their deeply disgusting disdain for others.
I doubt I can ever recover the respect I once had for the wealthy, the educated, the credentialed, and the successful. In the Covid period, they deployed their
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npub1gcxzt
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Aug 25, 2024
Looks like no Nostr dev will be able to fly to Europe very soon :(
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npub1gu47n
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Aug 25, 2024
Crazy weekend but a common theme
- RFK Jr gives historic speech on censorship
- Telegram Founder arrested for not censoring his platform
- Simply Bitcoin censored and de-platformed on YouTube
It’s becoming clear that Nostr is the only way…
- RFK Jr gives historic speech on censorship
- Telegram Founder arrested for not censoring his platform
- Simply Bitcoin censored and de-platformed on YouTube
It’s becoming clear that Nostr is the only way…
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npub1guh5g
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Aug 25, 2024
This is one of the more exciting Nostr projects I’ve seen this week. A newsfeed that gives you multiple perspectives from different sources about a topic.
Powerful.
https://layer3.news/posts/subjects/all
Powerful.
https://layer3.news/posts/subjects/all
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npub1melv6
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Aug 25, 2024
Excellent find: https://layer3.news/posts/subjects/technology
npub1guh5g
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Aug 25, 2024
This is one of the more exciting Nostr projects I’ve seen this week. A newsfeed that gives you multiple perspectives from different sources about a topic.
Powerful.
https://layer3.news/posts/subjects/all
Powerful.
https://layer3.news/posts/subjects/all
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Aug 25, 2024
I still don’t own a kazoo
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Jul 16, 2024
just got my first dishwasher. AMA.
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Jun 21, 2024
fiat is retarded
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Jun 12, 2024
cosigning the shit out of this. the most coherent thing to confuse the shit out of people still trapped in a “left vs right” framework would be for Bernie to also endrose it and implicitly ally with Trump, given he (seemingly alone on the national stage) represents what the Democrats used to be when they had actual beliefs.
finger in the air guesstimate puts 70% of elected reps and 90% of dems in the same “party” that you may as well just call “the regime”, never mind “neocon”.
they don’t have “politics” in the sense you might find intellectually stimulating to debate besides their own power and wealth. Bernie actually does (even if you think some of it is a bit nuts) and Trump is arguably even more entertaining: he is pure chaos exposing these fault lines.
I have no idea where I was
finger in the air guesstimate puts 70% of elected reps and 90% of dems in the same “party” that you may as well just call “the regime”, never mind “neocon”.
they don’t have “politics” in the sense you might find intellectually stimulating to debate besides their own power and wealth. Bernie actually does (even if you think some of it is a bit nuts) and Trump is arguably even more entertaining: he is pure chaos exposing these fault lines.
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Jun 6, 2024
this kerrisdale (hedge fund) thing is honestly the best litmus test I think I’ve ever seen in this space 😂
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Jun 2, 2024
whether you believe the “spook” memes or not, Saylor is so clearly using his influence to pull up the ladder behind him it baffles me he still has any simps left.
and fml it’s clear he doesn’t even understand wtf what he’s talking about whenever he tries to put forward the most palatable version of this take he can come up with.
stripped of “spacetime laser energy” trimmings, his actual take is: “ossify now, scale with custodians, number go up if you’re already in.”
that’s not an entirely unreasonable position, but it needs to be identified more clearly, weighed up mindfully of his technical illiteracy around consensus and forks, and argued against more forcefully in light of these realisations.
and fml it’s clear he doesn’t even understand wtf what he’s talking about whenever he tries to put forward the most palatable version of this take he can come up with.
stripped of “spacetime laser energy” trimmings, his actual take is: “ossify now, scale with custodians, number go up if you’re already in.”
that’s not an entirely unreasonable position, but it needs to be identified more clearly, weighed up mindfully of his technical illiteracy around consensus and forks, and argued against more forcefully in light of these realisations.
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npub1cj8zn
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May 9, 2024
Interviewing @allen primarily involves him rejecting the premise of your question 😂
@THE Bitcoin Podcast #Titcoin
@THE Bitcoin Podcast #Titcoin
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Mar 31, 2024
okay, I’ll bite.
wtf is “build on bitcoin”?
wtf is “build on bitcoin”?
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Mar 30, 2024
I think I’m gonna get a t shirt for conference season that says “UTXHOE”
comment if you think this is a good idea. zap if you think it’s a bad idea.
comment if you think this is a good idea. zap if you think it’s a bad idea.
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Mar 24, 2024
new wrongthink just dropped 👀
of course, anybody scientifically and statistically literate who spent 1-2 hours looking into this knows it all already, but the production quality might serve to snipe some of your normie friends out the cult of misery, poverty, sickness, and death:
of course, anybody scientifically and statistically literate who spent 1-2 hours looking into this knows it all already, but the production quality might serve to snipe some of your normie friends out the cult of misery, poverty, sickness, and death:
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Feb 19, 2024
"just watch this two minute long trailer for Dune Part Two” they said.
“it won't lead to rewatching Part One on Netflix, followed by tens of hours of YouTube explainers and the Dune wiki and ordering all the books on Amazon," they said.
“it won't lead to rewatching Part One on Netflix, followed by tens of hours of YouTube explainers and the Dune wiki and ordering all the books on Amazon," they said.
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Feb 17, 2024
had a call with a prospect who touted farcaster as "super interesting and worth me looking at”.
I looked at it.
I fell on the floor laughing.
I came to nostr to tell you all this story.
you're welcome.
I looked at it.
I fell on the floor laughing.
I came to nostr to tell you all this story.
you're welcome.
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