The Watcher

@mobinfiltrator @Alex_San You asked where the money goes. Some of it goes to such nonsense. Some more to funding pointless squabbling in Ukraine. More to trying to confiscate “deadly” .22lr plinker guns from farmers etc etc

@Alex_San That’s actually a clever comment, but it’s not an argument.

Something I don’t understand in Canada … You buy a $100K car, government takes tax. On average a car will sell four times in its life before being scrapped. Sell it, tax again. Sell it again, tax again. Sell it one final time, tax again. Same car. Same metal. $100K turns into $250K in taxable transactions… and $32,500 in tax. Am I missing something? Where is all this fucking money going?

@jasonsvoboda @knutsvanholm Bitcoin actually is the ultimate purity test and you’re evaluated each day.

Nobody is saying you can't boycott it if you so choose. But now you're moving the goalposts. You said "will a single actual Bitcoiner attend" -- so am I not a Bitcoiner because I will be attending? Are you the arbiter of what one is? Solely because they did or didn't attend an event? There are 5 stages in addition to the workshop area. If you want to insulate yourself from your weak ass example, it is easily accomplishable. There are quite a few cool panels set for the Open Source stage and Workshop & 101 areas. Close minded and judgmental people like you are a plague to the Bitcoin community and one of the reasons why we haven't grown like we should.

I've seen far too much of this smug, sanctimonious, virtue-signaling lately. I'm a Bitcoiner... specially a Vegas Bitcoiner. A nobody in Bitcoin. I stack sats, run a node, run a meetup, and I'm heading to the conference this year like thousands of others. That doesn't make me "shitcoiner" or "tradfi grifter." It doesn't make me inferior. And it certainly doesn't justify the endless mental gymnastics and gatekeeping that's infecting our community. Many of you have lost the plot. Bitcoin was never meant to be a purity test or a social hierarchy where the loudest twatter accounts decide who's "in" and who's "out." Satoshi gifted the world "money for everyone" regardless of geographic location, status, or identity. He promised us decentralization. He promised us permissionless access and censorship resistance. He promised us a strict adherence to a predictable monetary policy. He promised us that we could have direct, exclusive control over our wealth. But you'd think he promised some of you a superiority complex for simply buying the asset. The arrogant behavior, the dismissive attitudes, the need for control, the "always right" preaching... I have no doubt he'd be embarassed in how a lot of you act. The same cypherpunk energy that gave us Bitcoin is being replaced by clout-chasing and performative superiority. If your version of Bitcoin requires looking down on others who don't meet your arbitrary bar, that's a YOU problem. Bitcoin doesn't care about your beliefs and opinions, your follower count or Interwebs street cred, or how early you got in. It cares about sound money, individual freedom, and voluntary participation. Come on, come fucking all. As for those of you knocking Las Vegas. You can dislike the Strip, but it is a purpose-built entertainment and convention ecosystem that caters to damn near everyone. For us that live here, we've got zero state income or capital gains tax, world class dining and entertainment, endless activities, hour flights to most of the southwest for even more optionality, a relatively LCOL, and 300+ days of sunshine. I've read your moody posts and have seen pix of a lot of you... trust me, many of you could use the sun. Finally, the conference is what you make of it -- whether it is in Vegas, Prague, or whatever town it's in. It's about finding some signal in the noise. It's about finding some alpha that you can't find hiding behind your keyboard. It's about reconnecting and spending time with the friends you've made along the way. Maybe some of you never understood the plot. For those of you that do, I'll see you in Vegas at the happy hour I'm hosting, at Hotstyle Takeover, at the Club Orange party, at NOSVegas... be sure to say Hi!

@DaviesErasmus @DrChrisParry The problem of course is the benefit is paid today by today’s workers. The ratio of these workers to retired is far smaller than in the past. Then add in the people live far longer. In the real world you offer a state pension to the over 75s

@MaxYield100 @DrChrisParry As far as I’m concerned no pensioner should have to worry about money at their stage of life especially those who couldn’t save for a private pension as they didn’t earn enough.

Pensioners have prudently planned their retirement based on the state pension being available. That’s what they were promised while funding the pensions of previous generations.

@D_ByersArtist @marissenmark Problem is it isn’t high speed and if the quote is $90b you can be certain it’ll cost closer to $300b

@marissenmark We're a huge country~ high speed rail would be a blessing in Canada. it's time for us to 'get with it'.

The number of bots and anonymous/fake accounts coming out in full force against high speed rail in Canada is a sight to behold.

@PeterMcCormack Just remove the “until 25” from your post, then re-read it.

I’d like policies which help young people: - No income tax until 25 - No stamp duty until 25 - No welfare until 25 - No minimum wage ever But also… - No voting until 25

@wabbitwarrior The next few censuses will demonstrate this country is basically finished, ruined in under 40 years by snivelling politicians.

Weird. Whoever could have possibly thought that this might be happening...

@DaviesErasmus @DrChrisParry That’s roughly what the maximum possible CPP payment is in Canada. The average payment is about 500 quid a month though. Why? Because it’s an actual fund that you contribute to and it pays out amounts that will hopefully prevent it going bust. Relying on it sorely is folly.

@DrChrisParry 184.90 per week for the full basic State Pension (older system, pre-2016 retirees) let that sink in . How anyone could survive on that is beyond me.

@kateshilling69 @danazzo3 @Jenny_1884 Why avoid saying it was free and that, if poor, you received maintenance grants so that you could afford to go. Now? The youth get into large debts to have the same opportunity.

@MaxYield100 @danazzo3 @Jenny_1884 University was a luxury not many could afford, it was for the rich so the point is moot. Most of us left school at 16 to go to work. How many do that now? It's different times. Families didn't have the money to support their kids through uni as all the money went on bills

When I married in 1981 we both worked & most of our salary went on paying the mortgage as the interest rate was 15% at the time. Everything we owned was 2nd hand & we never went out for meals as we couldn’t afford to. We rented our TV Went to the launderette every weekend as had no washing machine. Only had new clothes at Xmas & birthdays as presents. We went without until we could save enough to pay for something. It’s always been hard whether you are young or old. So those out there that think we had it easy we didn’t. Our governments are to blame, not the old.

@archied009 @BenedictSpence Oddly the pension terms given to my boomer parents aren’t offered to the people today doing the same career they did.

@BenedictSpence I have a good private pension plus state pension. Never been so flush and happy. Keep working fella, maybe one day you can retire

Hell hath no fury like a Boomer who’s been asked to pay for something.

@DaviMd12 @luke_broyles Would you be a buyer at say 30k?

@luke_broyles Nobody is buying BTC at 100k. Who’s going to buy at 1 million? Genuine question 🙋

If Bitcoin is $1,000,000 in the 2030s while global assets are $1.5 quadrillion. Bitcoin would be 1.4% of global assets. $1 million Bitcoin is not absurd.

@kateshilling69 @danazzo3 @Jenny_1884 If you had gone to university how much would you have paid for it? 5-10 grand a year as is standard for today’s youth or zero?

@danazzo3 @Jenny_1884 Left school at 16 to work you mean as university wasn't the standard then. We also spent all our wages on bills then. Luxuries like new clothes were saved for. We didn't have the luxuries you have. Central heating, washing machines, smartphones, holidays, nights out. Try it

@Jenny_1884 @unsure_onion So you’re saying you didn’t contribute to those pensions and other services you collect?

@unsure_onion Don’t forget the wages were really low. I earned £21 per week full time

@Jenny_1884 @brodie_prime @LiliLapis30 This is where you fully expose your ignorance.

@brodie_prime @LiliLapis30 Wages were lower so no comparison

@babyepsilon @chrisbrunet @liberal_party @fordnation $19/hr lol. Makes sense no Canadians are bothering with such joke jobs.

@chrisbrunet Oakville Ontario apparently has no white people that can be hired... mycourier.ca/careers #cdnpoli #onpoli #racist #racism @liberal_party race based hiring is ILLEGAL @fordnation are you going to do ANYTHING AT ALL??

they just deleted this tweet

@SatoshiBagger Mining. Robosats. Coinjoins. Ez.

I need non - KYC bitcoin...

@alleria_eh So deranged you had to work in the donald. Rent free.

Doug Ford is replacing my city's ELECTED regional chair with some government appointed lackey. Fuck Doug Fraud. Trump style politics don't belong in canada

@Darcoby1964 @BBMagaMom I can…so the manufacturer can charge you $10 a month to keep the fridge running. And then they can leak your info in a “breach” 😂

@BBMagaMom I can think of zero reasons why my refrigerator, dishwasher, oven, washer and dryer should be on the internet. None.

🚨BREAKING: Samsung customers are pissed off to find out that they’re $2000 fridges are now displaying ads on the front, and if they disable them, they can’t use all the features of the fridge. WTF is this!?

@FightPoliceTO Peel? We know who then 😂

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@comic @ActuallyClimber dollar goes down, bitcoin goes up. fun bit is bitcoin could stay flat the next few months and your “5yr time horizon” will spit out a far higher % return. I suspect you won’t make such posts

@ActuallyClimber The number only goes up tech

I bet everyone who bought bitcoin in 2021 and held is tired of hearing the nonsense about it being a “30% CAGR asset” considering Bitcoin is up 17% the last 5 years and holding cash in a high yield savings account would have essentially outperforms Bitcoin

@Melusethia @iAnonPatriot Use your own language rather than one you stole. Right?

@MaxYield100 @iAnonPatriot Why, your to easy and emotionally unstable. I like to play with my dogs.

HOLY SHLIT, He absolutely COOKED her.