David Layton
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David Layton
@dlay_on
Senior Client Relationship Manager @unchained | Bitcoin Custody & Operational Security | Burier of Treasure 🔑
2048 Katılım Mart 2013
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🚨 Let me tell you why this Goldman Sachs headline is the most dangerous one you'll read today..
Companies spent $450 billion on AI last year.. fired tens of thousands of people to "restructure around AI".. replaced entire departments with chatbots..
And Goldman Sachs just said it contributed basically zero to economic growth..
so where did the money go?
> It went to Nvidia.. $130 billion in GPU sales.. Jensen is the only man on earth who got rich from AI that hasn't produced anything yet..
> It went to stock buybacks.. companies fired people, cut costs, reported "record profits" and bought back their own shares.. the money went UP not OUT.. Jesus!
> It went to a bubble.. the same way crypto money went to Lamborghinis and not infrastructure.. AI money is going to valuations and not productivity..
here's the part that should terrify you..
They already fired the people.. Atlassian 1,600.. Meta 21,000.. Block 40%.. Amazon warehouses.. the jobs are already gone..
But the growth didn't come.. the productivity didn't come.. the revenue didn't come..
they burned the village to build a city that doesn't exist yet..
and Goldman Sachs just looked at the empty lot and said "there's nothing here"
unusual_whales@unusual_whales
"Massive investment in AI contributed basically zero to US economic growth last year," per Goldman Sachs
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David Layton retweetledi
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.
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@chamath If AI compresses terminal value and makes every moat temporary, capital will rotate to assets with no disruption risk. Bitcoin is Digital Capital - scarce, neutral, and impervious to AI disruption. $BTC should be the primary beneficiary of this shift.
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Me getting my 4 year old down for a nap.
Out of Context Human Race@NoContextHumans
Panda's just a drunk bear who forgot they're bears
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@BEN0WHERE Hey @BEN0WHERE, I'm trying to get in touch with the right person on the Bitkey team. Miles suggested I reach out to you, your DMs are closed. Can you please shoot me a message?
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Seed phrases were a breakthrough for Bitcoiners. But they also handed users the hardest part of the problem: securing them.
Bitkey takes a different approach.
bitkey.build/seedless-is-sa…
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David Layton retweetledi
A De Minimus exemption for Bitcoin transactions is critical.
When important issues get separated vs other industry issues & discussion is delayed, that is code for "its not our priority but we'll pretend we care" then fundraise off it next cycle.
Reject that, the time is now.
Bitcoin Policy Institute@bitcoinpolicy
WASHINGTON D.C. - Bitcoin Policy Institute releases the following brief on the latest legislative developments on a De Minimis exemption for Bitcoin transactions. We will continue to keep you informed as discussions develop.
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Just did the biggest one time smash buy of Bitcoin I've ever done.
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David Layton retweetledi
Point your favorite AI model at api.zaprite.com/llms.txt if you're looking to integrate bitcoin payments into your app. Less searching and fiddling. Stack more sats.
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Oil is volatile
Bitcoin is volatile
But if we just price oil in bitcoin…
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@ArtCandee @BlackKnight10k Frankly I don't care how confident the person is. They should testify regardless.
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So just to recap: a prison guard who lied to the authorities about checking on Epstein also coincidentally made a series of deposits in the weeks leading up to his death that were so suspicious that the bank independently reported them to the police. That same prison guard was searching for news about Epstein in the moments before his death. And that same guard was independently named by inmates who claimed that she was involved in covering up the killing. Also, two cameras in front of Epstein's cell malfunctioned while all of this was happening. That's a whole lot of coincidences stacking up on top of each other. I don't know. Seems strange to me. But I'm no detective.
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Parents, If you have kids under 25, have this conversation with them.
Old path to success:
College → career → job security
New path:
Skills → adaptability → entrepreneurship
AI will either take your job, or be your employee.
There’s never been a better (or easier) time to be an entrepreneur.
₿rett@brettmacro
Anthropic just dropped labor market data on AI displacement. 🟦 = What AI is already capable of. 🟥 = The capacity at which people are using it. The "Great Recession for white collar workers" scenario they modeled? Unemployment doubling from 3% to 6% in the most exposed jobs. Not happening yet. But the early signal is there. Hiring of 22 to 25 year olds into AI-exposed roles is already down 14%. Computer Programmers. Customer Service. Financial Analysts. 67 to 75% of their tasks are already covered. AI is only at 33% of its theoretical capability. We are in the early innings.
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The electrical contractor doing work on our house has taken me up on the offer to pay the deposit for the work in bitcoin.
He told me he’s never bought before but has thought about it. His first exposure will be working for bitcoin.
We need more of this. Offer it up.
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BREAKING: Pandora proposes new regulation to put everything back in the box immediately.
Wall Street Mav@WallStreetMav
BREAKING: Lawyers are trying to protect their jobs from Ai. A proposed New York law would ban AI from answering questions related to medicine, law, dentistry, nursing, psychology, social work, engineering, & more. It is being pushed by the lawyer lobbyists, they included other groups to get more support.
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@jackmallers @Strike A lot of confusion in the comments. Props to Jack for taking the time to respond.
This is a great product.
Nice work and congrats @Strike team.
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Announcing the @Strike Bitcoin Line of Credit.
What's the best way to live on bitcoin? What if you never had to sell?
Save in bitcoin. Spend in fiat. Avoid selling. Save better money. Stack more sats. Gresham's Law. Speculative attack.
The Bitcoiner's Life Hack.
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David Layton retweetledi
Gradually, Then Suddenly: A Framework for Understanding Bitcoin as Money is now available as an audiobook read by me personally. @MartyBent's foreword is read by Marty. Published by @saifedean's Saif House. Cover art by @proofofpaint. A fully bitcoin production. No AI. Links👇
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David Layton retweetledi
One more week until the 20,000,000th bitcoin is mined.
The remaining 1,000,000 will take 114 years.
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You’ve smelled this your entire life and it was never the rain.
The smell of rain isn’t rain. It’s a molecule called geosmin, produced by soil bacteria. Humans can detect it at just 5 parts per trillion, thousands of times more sensitive than most smells.
When raindrops hit dry soil, they launch microscopic aerosols carrying geosmin into the air, like invisible champagne bubbles.
Scientists think this sensitivity helped early humans find water.
Even camels use it to navigate deserts from miles away.
That “earth after rain” smell is survival, written in chemistry.
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