Bitcoin Study Sessions

I extracted 9 falsifiable predictions from @JasonPLowery's thesis and tested each one against public data. 5 confirmed. 4 falsified. The framework is stronger than critics think, but not as universal as proponents claim. Built to be challenged. Let me know what do you think!

nostr via @fountain_app fountain.fm/episode/9lZkqa… youtube youtu.be/cn2JcVlUj5g spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5LBYsm…

Ep. #068 @Erikcason's "CryptoSovereignty" a review by @thewholeframe & @LucasMaddy

Go to the original post by @lucasmaddy to see the earnest philosophical discussion flagged by @x as "age-restricted adult content"

This is an original work by Cheyenne @bitcoinburnbabe. She took a bundle of mad ideas and distilled them into one cohesive thing. Incredible work, by an incredible artist.

“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin [studying Bitcoin].” ~H. L. Mencken, slightly altered. Unveiling the new black flag of Bitcoin Study Sessions. There is nothing in this design that does not refer to some aspect of our project here at Bitcoin Study Sessions. Everything means something. As Paul Ricœur said, "The symbol gives rise to thought.” And it is in the hashing of literature through reflection and discussion that that our enterprise is based. Many more blocks remain trapped in uncogitated mental space, waiting for the thought that finds them. Onward!

Studying Heidegger and the perils of seeing the world only through the lens of modern technology. May a money uncontrolled by men deliver us from own tendency to reduce all of reality to something we can control & exploit! (img. from Workingman's Death, dir. Michael Glawogger)

Some things should be costly. It is costly to read & hash literature (to mine blocks in mental space). Cost entails sacrifice. Sacrifice, etymologically, is the act (facere) of making sacred (sacer). Things worth doing, are worth making sacred in the doing. Offer up the cost

Incredible things happening.

on nostr via @fountain_app: fountain.fm/episode/AXMCzW… youtube youtu.be/yKhvJTNHg6o spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6T8qZs…

“Pura Vida — NOSTR, Network States, and New Life” w/ @thepaulosophy We teleport from the Bitcoin Prairie to @BitcoinJungleCR, where the tan Tarzan of surf, sand, and sovereign speech walks us through the trees. Paul Keating is pure life. From barreling fastballs to getting barreled in the surf, the man is a Bitcoin standard: health, family, movement, community. Bitcoin was easy to sell because money is broken. Nostr is harder… because social media mostly works. That’s the real challenge. This conversation goes deep on why Nostr still matters anyway: • Owning your voice with keys • Interoperability instead of walled gardens • Apps can moderate you — but they can’t silence you • Nostr as the real Web3 moment • Bitcoin as the base layer of the internet • Tools that save time instead of stealing it Paul lives 100% on Bitcoin in Costa Rica and is helping build the @primal_app community through lived conviction — not theory. Bitcoin is monetary freedom. Nostr is the digital America. The only borders are the ones you choose. Free speech. Marketplaces. Music. Community. The future feels exciting again. 🎧 Listen in. Hosts @thewholeframe & @LucasMaddy are now definitively nostr-pilled ⚡️

To study bitcoin, one must come to understand the many ways it is discussed without mentioning its name.

currently studying, en route to Cason's Cryptosovereignty.

A timely read for those who are watching @coinbase CEO @brian_armstrong's comments today regarding banks colluding to impoverish Americans and punish those who would dare to hold permission-less money. Spidey-senses beware: the leviathan is wounded and dangerous. The Banker's Revolution of the 1970's is having a tizzy at the moment. Read how it came to be if you'd like to know why you work and work and can't get anywhere.

on nostr via @fountain_app: fountain.fm/episode/LaWW8h… youtube youtu.be/5GqMOzJ2IbQ spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7nnLCl…

🎧 Bitcoin Study Sessions #063 @FarmJournal & @ChrisBennettMS just put Bitcoin on the cover. @thewholeframe & @LucasMaddy explain why it matters. 🌾⚡️ “If you own dirt, you can’t get hurt” is one of the biggest lies in agriculture. Land is inflated. The dollar is dying. Farmers are forced to overspend to dodge taxes. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is: • finite • portable • better collateral than land or cattle Great features of producers Zach Smith, @VanceCrowe, @KevinKimle, Dennis Campbell, and Matt Gilbert #AgTwitter - dig deep. Bitcoin - the difference between forever and foreclosure.

on nostr via @fountain_app: fountain.fm/episode/dnMA46… spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1ruXqS… youtube: youtu.be/WzNo28yb9wI

Episode 62: The Internet Dies - NOSTR Lives Max Hillebrand The money is broken, and we all feel it. Our platforms of expression are less obvious...they work for most people. But it's that tiny minority of people brave enough to speak out whose voices are silenced. The state steals money. Platforms steal speech. Bitcoin fixes the first. Nostr fixes the second. Max Hillebrand on sovereign identity, censorship resistance, and why Nostr is inevitable. @thewholeframe and @LucasMaddy join to learn about the future of the internet. ps..you can't find him on X. Only on nostr!

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I sold half a Bitcoin last summer to buy a house. Wife & kids are more important than some number on a screen Money is a means to an end 1 Bitcoin will buy $10M someday and I’ll be ok with it