DAN JOHNSON

From the wisdom of Harry Browne, a two-time Libertarian candidate for president.

@jameslavish The system is extremely unlikely to change (other than to grow further). However, bitcoin offers an exquisite opt-out and holding sats in self custody is a move every individual can make unilaterally, today.

You have to change the system itself. Not just the people in charge.

@RonSwanonson That was an excellent way to orange pill them without orange pilling them.

Had a hotel bar convo with normies last night. They were all history buffs, and they asked if I liked history… I told them I’m not a huge history buff but that I knew a lot about the history of money, the different types of money and how ultimately, central powers were always able to capture the money at the expense of the actual value producers in every society we’ve had etc. I pointed to the fact that money is a language that can direct the course of history more than any other factor They were all blown away that they knew so much about history but had never really thought about monetary history and how it constantly changed the course of humanity One person even said “oh are you into cryptocurrency and Bitcoin?” And I said, well yes this all does lead to Bitcoin as the first money that can’t be captured but I’m not going there, and stuck to monetary history. With their reactions, l guarantee that those 4 people left with an itch to learn more about the history of money Once you understand the history of money, you won’t have to pitch “Bitcoin” I’d even suggest to stay away from the word altogether and plant curiosity that ultimately leads to Bitcoin anyway

Prices have not gone up. The dollar's purchasing power has simply gone down. I can prove this in a variety of ways but a very simple one is with a 1964 U.S. quarter. When it was minted, you could buy 1 gallon of gas with it. Today, even with silver down from its recent peak and gasoline up, you could buy 4 gallons of gas for that exact same quarter-dollar coin (based on its "melt value"). People who believe the cost of goods or services have gone up are deceived. Everything priced in bitcoin will require fewer sats over time.

It’s hard to believe, but new houses cost about the same as they did in 1980s when priced in gold. This is what a hard money standard looks like. Life becomes more manageable. Life becomes more abundant.

@theswansjr …and CBDCs would be their "slavecoins." Many countries can't wait to implement them.

"2% inflation is required for a healthy economy" Extracting wealth from a man's labor without his knowledge or consent has a word. It's not "policy." It's slavery.

@Handre You, @Handre, are quite the posting Energizer Bunny. Fortunately, I overwhelmingly enjoy so… keep it up!

Student loan "forgiveness" is the most audacious wealth transfer scam in modern American politics. We're literally forcing plumbers and electricians to subsidize the MBA debts of future consultants and the law school loans of aspiring corporate attorneys. The same people who spent four years studying gender theory and took out $80k to get a master's in nonprofit management now want the guy who learned a trade at 18 and has been working ever since to pay for their poor life choices. And they have the nerve to call it "progressive policy." But here's what really gets me — these aren't the broke and desperate. College graduates still out-earn high school graduates by massive margins over their lifetimes. This is just another case of the politically connected middle class using government to pick the pockets of everyone else while claiming moral superiority.

@JeffBooth Not to generalize, but the bitcoin community exhibits a strong and remarkably-aligned philosophy, with Jeff as its philosopher guru.

The world mirrors your focus. What you nurture thrives; what you neglect withers. External chaos often echoes internal discord. Honest money aligns with honest intentions. Dishonest systems mirror extraction. The change begins within. What will you reflect?

@BitcoinNewsCom Go, Block! While we Bitcoiners are fortunate to have many champions, Jack and Block are making large strides forward.

BREAKING: SQUARE TO AUTO-ENABLE BITCOIN PAYMENTS FOR MILLIONS OF SELLERS Square will auto-enable Bitcoin payments for all eligible sellers starting March 30, 2026, according to an updated Terms of Service notice sent to users. The change means millions of businesses using Square could soon begin accepting Bitcoin by default, rather than opting in manually. The rollout is part of Block’s broader push to integrate Bitcoin payments across its ecosystem, leveraging the Lightning Network for fast, low-cost transactions. Sellers will still have the option to disable the feature or automatically convert Bitcoin to USD at the point of sale. With Square powering millions of merchants globally, this marks a major step toward making Bitcoin a standard payment method in everyday commerce.

@fiatarchive @ThankGodForBTC Excellent! Thanks for sharing! So much about Hal Finney's work and writing elevates him to hero status.

Hal Finney described Bitcoin in 1993. It just didn't have a name yet.

@MiltonFriedmanW Bastiat also wrote about this. I shortened it to TWINS… "That Which Is Not Seen."

Milton Friedman: “There are two sets of effects of any action: the immediately visible effects and the widespread invisible effects.” “The invisible effects are often much more important than the visible ones, but people don’t see them.”

@SwissHodler Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" has been amazing readers my entire life, me among them.

I'm finishing Ayn Rand's 1000+ page masterpiece Atlas Shrugged (1957), and if you still think socialism works, this book is your required reading. Every page is a masterclass in why collectivism doesn't just fail economies. It destroys the human spirit. When you punish excellence and reward mediocrity, you don't lift people up. You drag everyone down. "Who is John Galt?" isn't just a question. It's a warning. #AtlasShrugged #AynRand #Capitalism #Liberty #Freedom

@Airbtconline Zero regrets. I'm ready. Bring it on‼️

Be honest. If Bitcoin hits $1M someday, what would you regret more? A. Not buying B. Not learning C. Selling too early Drop your answers in the comments...

@gpooley @mattwridley @Marian_L_Tupy Julian Simon is a name more people should know immediately.

@Marian_L_Tupy One of the most important checks ever written in economics:

"65 million Americans would starve to death" - Nope. Obesity is a bigger problem. “England will not exist in the year 2000” - Nope. Still here. nytimes.com/2026/03/15/boo…

@Handre Excellent, short economic history… THANKS!

@SovArPublishing @Handre Rothbard, like Satoshi, has the potential to change your life. Lots of great books at good prices at Mises.org

@Handre Couldn’t recommend it more, particularly if it’s your first Rothbard book. sovereignarchivepublishing.com/products/anato…

Anatomy of the State Every sentence reads like a direct assault on everything you've been taught to believe about government. The State isn't your friend, your representative, or your protector. It's an organized gang of thieves who discovered that systematic plunder beats random robbery every time. Where private criminals operate sporadically and face resistance, the State creates a "legal, orderly, systematic channel for predation" that transforms temporary bandits into permanent nobility. The classic example: a conquering tribe realizes it's more profitable to let the conquered live and produce wealth than to simply loot and murder them once. But here's the genius of the racket—the State can't survive on force alone. It needs the masses to accept their own exploitation, which is where intellectuals enter the picture. Professors, economists, and court historians get cushy positions in exchange for crafting elaborate justifications for why theft becomes "taxation" and why coercion becomes "the social contract." British pedophile John Maynard Keynes didn't revolutionize economics—he just dressed up robbery in mathematical equations that made spending other people's money seem sophisticated. The State's greatest fear isn't foreign invasion—it's independent intellectual criticism. Every limiting mechanism ever devised, from constitutions to judicial review, gets transformed into a rubber stamp for expanded power. The Supreme Court doesn't check government overreach; it legitimizes it by declaring unconstitutional actions "constitutional." Franz Oppenheimer nailed it: there are only two ways to acquire wealth—production or plunder, the economic means or the political means. The State is the organization of the political means, and it will always be at war with genuine capitalism because parasites cannot coexist peacefully with their hosts.

@RonSwanonson You wrote, "In order for bitcoin to stop appreciating, Central banks would have to stop expanding the money supply…" ▫️ Bitcoin will constantly gain in purchasing power via technology-driven growth.

If Michael Saylor succeeds, then it’ll be the biggest story in finance history In order for him to fail, bitcoin would have to stop appreciating for a very long time In order for bitcoin to stop appreciating, Central banks would have to stop expanding the money supply… I don’t think enough people have thought about the transitive certainty of success here

@BTCExodus It appears they are all looking down, perhaps hoping to find a bitcoin on the walkway.

#Bitcoin is the escape! Yet most of the world walks past blindly.

@thecurioustales @Breedlove22 Thanks for reposting, Robert. Pi is easily one of the most fascinating numbers… ever.

@Electroversenet A question for any climate alarmist: "How do you explain global greening?"

Here's what NASA's satellite data actually show about global vegetation growth between 2000 and 2017 alone. The planet's leaf area index increased by 5%, adding an area twice the size of the Continental United States in new green growth. Much of this greening is happening in semi-arid and dry regions, including large parts of Africa, where plants are responding to increased atmospheric CO2. Overall, NASA estimates that over 25% of the global vegetated surface is significantly greener today than it was at the start of the century. Far from the catastrophizing 'desert expansion' predictions, many of the world's driest landscapes are actually growing greener.

@Handre As did Franklin Roosevelt, Keynes made sensible statements before succumbing to the allure of government power. This is why politics is such an evil profession. It tends to prostitute the people who engage in it.

Keynes's most damaging error was inverting the relationship between saving and investment. He argued that investment drives saving, when the reality is that genuine saving—the deferral of consumption—must precede productive investment. Without real resources set aside from current consumption, there's nothing to invest. This gets hidden in modern fiat economies where central banks can create money for "investment" without anyone actually saving. But look at any successful development story—Japan, South Korea, Singapore—and you find cultures with high savings rates that preceded their investment booms. The Germans rebuilt their economy after WWII through thrift and accumulated capital, not through stimulated consumption. The Keynesian framework treats saving as a drag on the economy, something that reduces aggregate demand. And this leads to the absurd policy prescription that we should discourage saving and encourage borrowing for consumption to boost growth. It's economic thinking turned upside down. When governments and central banks create money to fund investment without corresponding saving, they're not creating real resources—they're redistributing them from savers to borrowers, from the productive to the politically connected. The boom feels real until the distortions compound and reality reasserts itself.

@iThinkHarder @Handre Yes! Another devastatingly precise hit on large, central governments.

@Handre And if that's too technical or old-style, then read Larken Rose's Most Dangerous Superstition