Dug

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Being the man my dog thought I was (also GFY) he liked knots

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even in the UK there appears to be legal precedence from Scottow -v- CPS judgment that while harassment is a crime, speech that “offends, shocks and disturbs” is protected by article 10 of the Public Protection of Harassment Act 1997.

“Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having”

even in the UK there appears to be legal precedence from Scottow -v- CPS judgment that while harassment is a crime, speech that “offends, shocks and disturbs” is protected by article 10 of the Public Protection of Harassment Act 1997.

“Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having”

I have no faith in this government to make the right choice.

While staying away from exploring the details of more sensitive topics, even in the UK there appears to be legal precedence from Scottow -v- CPS judgment that while harassment is a crime, speech that “offends, shocks and disturbs” is protected by article 10 of the Public Protection of Harassment Act 1997.

“Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having”

And as I was watching Sheehan’s incredible short film that really cuts to the core of why building beautiful things is worthwhile, fulfilling, dignified and inspirational

And as I was watching Sheehan’s incredible short film that really cuts to the core of why building beautiful things is worthwhile, fulfilling, dignified and inspirational

I look back on the start of 2021 with pride, that I was part of the cohort that, without realising it, began their covid sponsored, 40HPW educational journey into bitcoin

No one wants to use their bitcoin to fix a leaky toilet twice!

the idea of losing control of the bitcoin I have spent a good deal of time and effort accumulating being out of my control has led me to reconsider.

The long-term consistency of bitcoin as an asset is fundamental for it to maintain relevance as a store of value, but both limiting investment and signalling to others of the need to ossify the protocol misses an important mid to long-term risk.

I 've talked about this recently, but trying to buy a house when most of your liquid net worth is held in bitcoin is a massive pain in the ass. Up until this point, if you wanted to have your bitcoin recognized as part of your net worth and count towards your overall credit profile, you would need to sell some bitcoin, move it to a bank account, and have it sit there for a certain period of time before it was recognized toward your net worth. This is not ideal for bitcoiners who have sufficient cash flows and don't want to sell their bitcoin, pay the capital gains tax, and risk not being able to buy back the amount of sats they were forced to sell just to get a mortgage.

I 've talked about this recently, but trying to buy a house when most of your liquid net worth is held in bitcoin is a massive pain in the ass. Up until this point, if you wanted to have your bitcoin recognized as part of your net worth and count towards your overall credit profile, you would need to sell some bitcoin, move it to a bank account, and have it sit there for a certain period of time before it was recognized toward your net worth.

I've talked about this recently, but trying to buy a house when most of your liquid net worth is held in bitcoin is a massive pain in the ass. Up until this point, if you wanted to have your bitcoin recognized as part of your net worth and count towards your overall credit profile, you would need to sell some bitcoin, move it to a bank account, and have it sit there for a certain period of time before it was recognized toward your net worth. This is not ideal for bitcoiners who have sufficient cash flows and don't want to sell their bitcoin, pay the capital gains tax, and risk not being able to buy back the amount of sats they were forced to sell just to get a mortgage.

I imagine points in the future when colleagues tell me how luck I was, to have bought bitcoin in 2020 and they aren’t so fortunate, I bite my tongue, then say; I’m not lucky, I just made the effort to learn about bitcoin

if you know that someday, there will be a 40 yard dash, but, as a community, you neither know who will run the race (the proposed solution) or who they will be running against (the attack), with failure to win the race being catastrophic (the end of bitcoin), a choice needs to be made in terms of how to approach this risk. Would the sensible option be to say we’ll just know who’s best on the day or let’s get in shape, start practicing and support our best athletes (coders) shine for when/if that day arrives?

Celebrating the work of these, often unsung heroes of bitcoin, may then provide motivation for new entrants, offsetting the carrot of getting theircode implemented.

Celebrating the work of these, often unsung heroes of bitcoin, may then provide motivation for new entrants, offsetting the carrot of getting theircode implemented.

Celebrating the work of these, often unsung heroes of bitcoin, may then provide motivation for new entrants, offsetting the carrot of getting theircode implemented.

“Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea” (Orwell in “Coming up for Air”, 1939)

The choices we make today will shape what the world looks hundreds of years from now.

The choices we make today will shape what the world looks hundreds of years from now.