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@compliantvc As someone using AI daily, AI is not over, it's advancing weekly in major ways.

Just spoke with dozens of European VCs They all agreed: AI is over No one is putting money into AI startups anymore OpenAI is likely going bankrupt I asked what the next big thing is They all answered in unison: Regulation. And the hot spot for the best regulations? Europe. Meanwhile, America is getting left behind

335 million Americans. 84% never hold Bitcoin 14% hold it on an exchange or an ETF 2.1% hold their own keys Americans hold more Bitcoin than anyone. But, most do not actually own it. Four hundred thousand dollars in a Coinbase account is an IOU

8.1 billion people on earth. 94% have never touched Bitcoin 5.8% hold on an exchange or ETF 0.5% self-custody 0.025% run a node 0.012% hold a full coin in their own wallet If you are in that last group, you are four orange dots in 2,500. The gap is widening. Stack Sats.

@AndrewBurt10230 @BTC_JEDI21 Well I mean for that purpose. You still may very well need one.

@lnbitcoin @BTC_JEDI21 This is horrible advice.

Should I still self-custody my Bitcoin even if I don't own a gun?

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🚨HUGE: U.S. TREASURY BUYS BACK $15B OF ITS OWN DEBT The U.S. Treasury just completed a $15 BILLION debt buyback, marking the largest buyback in its history.

@BTCBreadMan IF Satoshi is alive, this would be the worst thing that could happen. We should not assume he is, or isn't. I am sure there are others that have old BTC as well they would prefer not to move.

For fuck’s sake. I am Satoshi. I wanted to stay anonymous, but you fuckers had to come up with the genius idea of freezing my coins. Please don’t freeze my fucking coins, okay?

@scottmelker @glove @COLDCARDwallet for this reason.

A close friend of mine lost his entire Bitcoin stack in a hack last week, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. This wasn’t some random anonymous person on the internet - it hits much closer to home. @glove is someone I’ve known for years. We toured and performed together back in my early DJ days, long before crypto. He’s been in Bitcoin since 2017, steadily stacking and treating it like a long-term safety net. Nearly a decade of savings, gone in an instant. The part that makes this even worse is how it happened. He downloaded what looked like a legitimate Ledger app from the Apple App Store. Same branding, same interface, nothing that would immediately raise a red flag. After I learned what happened, I went to check for myself, and I genuinely couldn’t tell what was real and what wasn’t. For lack of a better word, this is f***ed. If you can’t confidently identify the official app inside a place that’s supposed to be curated and trusted, something is fundamentally broken. The app prompted him to enter his 24-word seed phrase, which, in the context of setting up or restoring a wallet, feels completely normal. Except this wasn’t a real setup. It was a malicious app designed for one purpose: to capture that phrase. Once that’s entered, it’s over. Whoever has it can recreate the wallet and move the funds instantly. No device confirmation, no second step, no undo. A lot of people reacted by saying he should have known better, and that’s easy to say in hindsight. But for most people, especially those who aren’t deep in the technical side, the line between safe and unsafe isn’t always obvious - especially when the environment itself looks legitimate. That’s where it’s easy to let your guard down. There are a few hard lessons here. The first is that you can’t assume anything is real, even inside something like the App Store. If you’re downloading a wallet, you need to verify it through official sources every time. The second is that your seed phrase should never be entered anywhere except directly into a hardware device itself. The moment you type it into a phone, computer, or app connected to the internet, you’re taking a risk - and if you’re wrong once, it’s over. More broadly, this is the reality of self-custody. The tools can be secure, but the environment around them isn’t always. Interfaces can be confusing, processes aren’t intuitive, and even trusted platforms can become attack vectors. That creates a dangerous gap between how secure something is in theory and how it actually works in practice. And that’s what makes this so unforgiving. When your Bitcoin is stolen, there is no support line, no reversal, no second chance. Just one decision in one moment that can’t be taken back. If there’s anything to take from this, it’s to slow down and verify everything. Treat every interaction with your keys like it’s irreversible - because it is. Maybe consider throwing G. Love some Sats HERE: 3KMbvNuTHRW8FkGo2gCrkbTEpfFNnTN8HH

NEW: Washington-based think tank Cato Institute criticizes Bitcoin's tax treatment in the US, arguing that the current system makes it impossible to use BTC for everyday payments, as it puts an excessive administrative burden on citizens.

"AI-Powered Hack Compromises Major Bank." One credible breach, and panic spreads. Customers rush to withdraw funds, markets freeze, and confidence in traditional finance collapses. In that moment, Bitcoin stands apart, no central servers to hack, no single institution that can fail. bitcoinlearning.org/why-ai-cyber-t…

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This is a hard NO for me! What do you think, I’m open to hear your perspectives. bitcoin:native

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Bitcoin’s promise has always been that no coin can be frozen, even a stolen one.

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Should Satoshis Bitcoin stack be frozen?

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Serious question. What do you think about BIP-361 proposal to freeze quantum vulnerable wallets?

@BitmundFreud Only those with pronouns support it.

@GrantCardone I trust him the same. I didn't trust him to start with but I enjoying hearing some of his incites.

Fred Krueger is being accused of creating 500+ coins and is refusing to address his audiences. Do you trust him more or less as a result of how he is handling?

💥BREAKING: Anthropic is set to launch Opus 4.7 this week, its latest flagship model. RIP software companies & startups.

@BitcoinArchive I don't support. Bitcoin is natural, let nature do its thing. Nothing that takes away from backwards compatibility.

Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp and other Bitcoin developers propose BIP-361 to freeze quantum vulnerable wallets. This could lock dormant BTC like Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1.1M coins, now worth $74B, before quantum computers can steal them.