Progressive Pleb UK

🚨NEW HISTORIC LOW 🚨 Net economic optimism in Britain has fallen to the lowest levels ever recorded since Ipsos began collecting this data in 1978. 78% of Brits expect the economy to get worse over the next 12 months, 12% think it will stay the same, and just 6% think it will improve – giving a net Ipsos economic optimism index score of -72.

Thank you @Ed_Miliband, your red tape and grid bureaucracy have actually done something right. You have made it easier, faster and make more business sense to mine Bitcoin rather than connect to the grid. A Yorkshire gas field that could supply over 10% of Britain’s annual demand is being positioned for early Bitcoin mining rather than immediate supply to the national grid. Reabold Resources plans a small on site gas fired power station using private gas to mine Bitcoin, generate early revenue and help fund further development of the field. Connecting to the grid is slow, costly and tied up in years of approvals, infrastructure build out and negotiations. Using the gas on site allows immediate monetisation from existing wells and creates early cash flow without waiting for the wider system to catch up. When the fastest and most viable route for a domestic energy resource is private on site use rather than supplying the grid, it becomes clear that Bitcoin isn’t the problem. This neatly exposes how misaligned UK energy policy, infrastructure and incentives have become. It’s amazing what businesses can do to stay profitable, even when the government tries to make it almost impossible. Full article: telegraph.co.uk/gift/f18a6bf32…

@jonstewart New level of domain ignorance from a guest How about you get someone who uses Bitcoin next time, rather than an actor trying to build a secondary career by gaslighting it?

@LynAldenContact @thetrocro Obviously you Lyn. But @whiteafrican would be great as would @natbrunell

Let Jon Stewart know if you want a nuanced bitcoin expert on his show. Like this post, and then comment on your favorite expert.

@jonstewart Big fan of your work Jon, for like 20 years. But you could find better guests on this topic. More nuanced.

My "Roman Empire is the realization that my life is a lottery win. Somewhere in Sudan, Pålestine, iran, Afghanistan, Iraq or Congo, there is a boy smarter than me. He is more disciplined, more resilient, and holds more potential in his single finger than I do in my entire career. The only difference? I am siting in a train and he is sting in the rubble of his dreams. My "bad days" are his wildest dreams. My "burnout" is a luxury he can't afford because his only job is staying alive. It's geographical luck and it's a haunting injustice that we all refuse to acknowledge and look away

Morgan Stanley, founded in 1935 and a longtime Bitcoin hater, bends the knee

Iran demanding $BTC for Hormuz tolls proves it: censorship-resistance IS the intrinsic value. - USD? Frozen by SWIFT. - Yuan? Beijing's control. - Stables? Issuer blacklists. - Gold? Try emailing it. Bitcoin is the only truly unstoppable, neutral money on earth.

"Is Bitcoin actually competing to be the future world reserve currency?" Yes. When you need money that nobody can debase, that is free to hold and receive, that is cheap to transfer, that is censorship-resistant, and that even enemies can settle in... there is no second best.

i'm not satoshi, but I was early in laser focus on the positive societal implications of cryptography, online privacy and electronic cash, hence my ~1992 onwards active interest in applied research on ecash, privacy tech on cypherpunks list which led to hashcash and other ideas.

Bitcoin: Made in Britain? There always was a curious link to the headline on Darling’s 2009 UK bank bailout, copious use of “bloody” and other UK English phrases lead the NYT (in a cracking investigation) to conclude it is a British cryptographer, who in turn denies he is Satoshi Nakamoto… Over to @ruskin147 who was called to give evidence in one of the trials and in fact spent a few of the earliest bitcoin on some pizzas!

Lyn is a rockstar. This is a must listen. 🎧 The fact this analysis is free is totally wild. Lyn is trying to help. If you refuse to listen that’s on you. @LynAldenContact @CheatCodeCon

@BitcoinForWales @freddienew @PeterMcCormack Best part of this moment was @americanhodl8 showing those kids how to download @primal_app and in exchange they told him to skip Nandos and go get a decent jacket potato with beans and cheese instead 💗

@freddienew @PeterMcCormack There's a place near me that reminds me of "the shire" it's my favourite place to run to in the summer. We have beautiful countryside in the UK. Keep fighting for it Freddie 💪 ✊️👍

Great day at CheatCode in Bedford with @PeterMcCormack and team. Asked - why do we stay in the UK? Because when I was growing up, I loved LOTR, and wanted to live in the Shire. So if I now do actually live in the Shire, shouldn't I help defend it from Sauron?

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Rockstar @LynAldenContact

There is no such thing as a rich country with low energy. @whiteafrican

Takeaways from @CheatCodeCon Health is wealth & prioritize time with family @PeterMcCormack Bitcoin is an equation for love @knutsvanholm HM Treasury are taking our calls @DecentraSuze @freddienew BTC = Backwards Thinking Correct. Solve a problem then reveal you did it with Bitcoin. @obi Bring back computing’s sharing culture and make hay while the AI sun shines. @arcbtc Energy is the base layer of human flourishing @whiteafrican War accelerates this train. Energy crisis is 1,2 and 3 on the list of danger.s. @LynAldenContact

You can keep Bali…and Nashville and Vagas. @DecentraSuze and @freddienew are right. Let’s defend The Shire. @CheatCodeCon