Brett Morrison 🧡

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@hmichellerose @CaitlinLong_ 🙋🏼‍♂️ Unapologetic maximalist here. Freedom from fiat slavery is all that matters. Fix the money, fix the world.

Sometimes I get a bit down about how much authoritarianism and elitism has crept into the Bitcoin world. But today, I want to take a moment to appreciate those in this space that didn’t lose their values. Those that are still here for the freedom tech, still here for the decentralization of power, those that are still curious and learning. As I’ve lost respect for the Bitcoin world at large I’ve gained such intense respect for them. 🫶

@PeterMcCormack x.com/i/status/20306… They're selling this lie that taxing billionaires is some sort of solution. It's idiotic to anyone who can critically think.

Wondering why everything is expensive. This is what inflation looks like. You don’t fix it by raises taxes, you just need to stop printing money, dorks.

“Nobody wants to work anymore.” Wrong. People just do not want to: - Work 60 hours and still be broke - Miss their kids growing up - Get raises smaller than inflation - Save in a currency printed out of thin air - Answer emails on weekends - Get replaced the second margins get tight - Spend half their paycheck on rent - Need debt just to survive - Watch groceries, insurance, and housing go up faster than their income People do not hate work. They hate giving everything and getting nowhere.

I just listened to your appearance on "The Daily" podcast. Your comment at the end, thinking there is such a public interest in knowing who Satoshi is, his motivations, and you implying that there are some downsides to Bitcoin. Who did you get your talking points from, Ben McKenzie? Like the Internet, Bitcoin has taken on a life of its own. IT DOESN'T MATTER. Back makes that same point. Also, the hyphen similarities are-a-stretch - quite a dubious claim. And just like Back said, a coincidence. Proof-of-work is a great example. Maybe Satoshi saw how Back wrote it and just mimicked it? It proves nothing. The HBO documentary claimed Peter Todd is Satoshi. Both that filmmaker and you seem pretty sure of yourselves. You can't both be right. Who Satoshi is and what his motivations are don't matter. What matters is money that is free from government control. THAT'S why we love Bitcoin. I wish more time and energy were spent on that The NYT should consider writing a piece about what happened on Jekyll Island, the Rothschilds and Rockefellers, Nixon taking the dollar off the gold standard in 1971, and more, but you won't, because that won't give you the clicks you crave. Your piece is a giant waste-of-time.

The mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, has remained unsolved for 17 years. Not anymore. Read my 18-month investigation to find out who Satoshi really is. nytimes.com/2026/04/08/bus…

Been saying it for years... Do not give @OpenAI your money. Cancel your ChatGPT subscription and use something else. @ollama, @TryMapleAI, @AskVenice

Just stop, we all know your scam. >Democrats raise taxes. >Money flows to NGOs packed with Democratic operatives. >Those operatives take their cut, write a check to Democratic campaigns > Report back that the problem still exists and needs more funding. If you fix the problem... the money stops. So nothing ever gets fixed. The money vanishes into a network of nonprofits and nobody goes to jail and nobody loses their job and then freaking YOU go on X and point at billionaires. You doesn't want to fix anything. Fixed problems don't generate donations or fund your life... If you wanted to fix the problem you'd care about the fraud, BUT YOU DO NOT. That's how I know you're lying.

@TempletonThomas Absolutely. PWAs are so underrated. The number one issue with them is notifications, which Apple purposely makes very, very difficult.

web apps > App Store apps

How specifically will this make anything whatsoever better? Let's take the extreme example - what about 100% tax? Taxing billionaires 100% won't change a thing. It won't make a dent in the deficit. It won't shrink government spending. It won't change the lives of anyone for the better. And when you the government still doesn't have enough money to fund your excessive budget, you will print money, devaluing the currency and increasing inflation. Your fake virtue signaling is obvious to those of us who know this. I used to admire you. What you've become is something you'll have to reconcile with your karmic energy.

Elon Musk has 6.5 MILLION times more wealth than the typical American. It’s time for a wealth tax — billionaires must pay their fair share.

I’m not asking you, I’m telling you. Take a moment and listen to this 81 second response from Victor Glover after being asked if he had any thoughts leading up to Easter. I don’t quite think it can be overstated how perfect this crew is for the job.

Why do you belong to a political party? Seriously. I want you to think about that for a second. Not the rehearsed answer. Not "because the other side is worse." Why? There are multiple political parties in this country, but only two get airtime on TV. Only two get government funding. Only two get on the debate stage. And most of you openly admit you're choosing "the lesser of two evils." You're literally telling me your choice is evil... and you're okay with that. The men who built this country warned us about exactly this. George Washington called political parties the people's "worst enemy." In his Farewell Address, he warned that parties would allow a small group to seize power and make themselves the masters of the government. Tell me that doesn't sound like 2026. John Adams wrote, "There is nothing I dread so much as the division of the Republic into two great parties." He said it would lead to the most "horrid evils." 230 years later, we're living in it. James Madison called them factions and said they were a dangerous byproduct of liberty that would allow one group to dominate everyone else. My personal favorite founding father, Thomas Jefferson, said "If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all." That one hits different when you think about how many people today would burn a friendship to the ground over a political party. Even Alexander Hamilton, one of the most partisan founders, warned that factions would be exploited by demagogues seeking personal power. Every single one of them feared the same thing. That party loyalty would replace civic virtue. That politicians would prioritize their faction's victory over the nation's well being. That parties would divide the country into permanent hostile camps. That foreign powers would exploit the division. That compromise would become impossible. That demagogues would whip up partisan passion to seize control. Sound familiar? Now look at what these two parties actually do. Every election cycle they come to you with the same pitch. "Give us your money or the other side wins." "This is the most important election of our lifetime." "We can't let them destroy the country." So you donate. Millions of you. Billions of dollars. Where does it go? Consultants. Ad agencies. Political operatives. Media buys on the same networks that give them free coverage. Private jets. Fancy dinners. Lavish retreats. It doesn't go to fixing your roads. It doesn't go to lowering your grocery bill. It doesn't go to securing the border. It goes to keeping the machine running so they can come back next cycle and ask for more. These aren't political parties. They're fundraising operations disguised as public service. "Save us from the mess we created" is not a platform. It's a scam. And every two years, you fall for it because they've convinced you the other side is scarier than they are. The founding fathers didn't just warn us about this. They begged us not to let it happen. And we did it anyway. So I'll ask again. Why do you belong to a political party? What has it actually done for you? Not what has it promised. What has it delivered? If you can't answer that honestly, maybe it's time to stop giving them your money, your energy, and your loyalty. They don't deserve it. They Both Suck.

“The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.” — Thomas Paine

Folks, we told you this was coming, and today the mask is fully off. A couple weeks back we reported, based on solid sources, that Coinbase was quietly lobbying to kill a real de minimis tax exemption for Bitcoin while pushing one that applied only to stablecoins like USDC. We laid out the clear incentives in our deep dive. Coinbase made 1.35 billion dollars in stablecoin revenue last year, up 48 percent year over year, almost entirely from yield on the Treasuries backing USDC. A proper Bitcoin de minimis would let people spend sats on everyday purchases without triggering taxable events on every transaction. That directly competes with their centralized yield machine. We called it what it was. Policy that protects Coinbase’s float rather than advancing neutral Bitcoin adoption. Brian Armstrong pushed back hard. He called our reporting totally false and misinformation while insisting he was personally lobbying for Bitcoin de minimis. Some accused us of lying or spreading rumors. We stood firm. We offered to have Brian on the TFTC podcast to clear the air. We waited. Now the latest draft from Reps. Horsford and Max Miller on the updated PARITY Act framework has dropped. It confirms exactly what we warned about. It gives a de minimis exemption to stablecoins but leaves Bitcoin out entirely. It keeps the punishing double taxation on Bitcoin mining fully intact while carving out relief for passive validation, basically staking. This is not an oversight or sloppy drafting. It abandons any pretense of technology neutrality and deliberately picks winners. Dollar-pegged stables and staking get the breaks, while actual Bitcoin usage as money and Proof-of-Work mining get kneecapped. Without de minimis for Bitcoin, every small Lightning payment or sat transaction still forces cost-basis tracking and IRS headaches. Paying your plumber in sats or grabbing lunch with Bitcoin remains a taxable event. Stablecoins, being pegged and low-volatility, get an exemption they barely need. The real beneficiary is protecting that massive USDC reserve float and the yield it generates. Meanwhile, American Bitcoin miners, already operating in one of the toughest, most capital- and energy-intensive industries, face continued double taxation while staking gets a pass. That is not neutral policy. It is industrial policy against domestic Bitcoin mining at a time when we should be leaning into energy abundance and securing the hardest monetary network. The Bitcoin Policy Institute is releasing a full statement soon, and we fully back the call for strong community pushback. Every Bitcoiner needs to contact their reps and make it politically radioactive to sideline Bitcoin while handing carve-outs to stables and staking. This language slows real adoption, entrenches custodians, and weakens American Bitcoin infrastructure. We weren’t lying. Our sources weren’t lying. The draft proves the reporting was on target. Those who rushed to call it misinformation owe the community some honest reflection. Brian, if you’re still open to that conversation, the invitation stands. Come on the podcast. No spin, just walk us through how this draft lines up with your stated support for Bitcoin de minimis. The mic is warm. This fight isn’t over. Bitcoin doesn’t need permission, but bad policy can delay sovereign adoption and punish the miners securing the network. We’re here to protect the protocol and the right of individuals to use sound money without turning every transaction into a compliance nightmare. Stay sovereign. Stack sats. Use Bitcoin as money anyway. Call your reps today.

@peterktodd x.com/i/status/20373…

The fact that they can do this to travellers simply transiting via Hong Kong is not good. Last time I visited I took a burner phone and nothing else. Frankly I'm not inclined to visit again.

Nothing says "world-class tourism destination" like criminalizing the right to keep your own devices private. Hong Kong went from "Asia's World City" to "Asia's World's Largest Open-Air Surveillance State". Hong Kong - Officially blacklisted by me.

Someone said once that the 90s was the best decade because while technology was rapidly improving it was still in service of improving the quality of human life, not in service of mass information gathering and surveillance. After 9/11, everything changed. But in the 90s the tech was still helping everyone have cooler better lives.

We’re excited to officially announce @ProductionReady, a 501(c)(3) public charity established by @Excellion, @jimmysong, @parkeralewis, and @jratcliff to advance open-source Bitcoin development through education and funding for a new conservative Bitcoin client.

It's best to assume that anything you send to an AI bot that isn't being hosted locally on your machine is going to get logged and eventually leaked. expressvpn.com/blog/searshome…

"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." Henry Ford ___ It will, of course, be a propaganda curriculum, not revealing how things truly work. Government controlled fiat currency means they can and will print money to oblivion, devaluing the currency (dollar), causing inflation, an insidious tax on everyone.