Read_794 – Open Letter To Prospective ETF Buyers

“Bitcoin enables perhaps the most powerful mode of ownership ever devised; it would be akin to gold inside a safe that can’t be penetrated with all the energy the universe, and with a password that you know but which could not be guessed over the entire lifetime of the universe.”
~ Allen Farrington

What if buying an ETF of Bitcoin, is contradictory to the very investment thesis of Bitcoin itself. Knowing the investment thesis for bitcoin, should entail the understanding that bitcoin’s value proposition is undermined by the very notion of holding a credit instrument in its place. Farrington breaks down a few of the reasons why in this excellent, short letter to those considering a purchase of the newly approved bitcoin ETFs.

Check out the original article at An Open Letter to Prospective Buyers of a Bitcoin ETF. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/ykktptk4)

References from the show:

Shelling Out: The Origins of Money | Satoshi Nakamoto Institute (Link: http://tinyurl.com/4r8ynwtf)

Read – Capital in the 21st century. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/4k4vcz99)

Read – Orange is the New Green (Link: http://tinyurl.com/bdebpcur)

Read – Banks without Bankers (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2vjtmrcn)

Bitcoin is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism by Allen Farrington, Sacha Meyers, Guy Swann. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/yrj6k3cm)

The Lightning Network Reference Rate by Nik Bhatia. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/mr3cmrtr)

The LINER Index: How Amboss is Shaping a More Inclusive Future for Finance by Amboss Technologies. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/yk7f2zhu)

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Allen Farrington on X (Link: https://twitter.com/allenf32)

Allen Farrington Website (Link: https://www.uncerto.com/)

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Ai Read_004 – Building a Language Model (Part 2)

 
“It’s important to step outside of the hype and critically-analyze what is and is not useful. It’s very easy to get caught up in “potential” applications, and allow the imagination to go all exponential on you. It’s a very human thing. Turning that imagination into something tangible is what a business and an entrepreneur does. It’s our hope this report will be useful along that path.”
~ Alek Svetski
 
Today we dive into Part 2 of the Bitcoin & Ai Industry Report to learn the intricacies and challenges of building an Ai model from scratch! We delve deep into the process, discussing the complexities of data collection, transformation, and the critical integration of human feedback.
Then to complete it, we take that knowledge to address many of the AI myths and misconceptions. Will AI replace humans? Is it going to take my job? Can I train my own AI? Is AGI around the corner? And much more! This is such a great episode for those who want to know and understand the process, of building AI…
If you haven’t yet, listen to the first half of this incredible report here: ⁠AI Read #003 – The Nexus of Bitcoin and AI (Part 1)⁠ (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/5LpuF0EPE3sNxJq5ZbNJ)
Check out the original article at ⁠Spirit of Satoshi ⁠(Link: https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/#industry-report)
 
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Read_793 – How DigiCash Blew Everything

“Retrospectively, a lot of ex-DigiCash employees understand why Chaum was so paranoid.  As a cryptographer you have to assume the whole world is trying to rip you off.  A certain amount of paranoia is part of the job. Chaum had also worked for intelligence agencies, and that didn’t fortify his faith in the good intentions of humankind. His vision of the privacy of the individual was almost an obsession.  In 1996 he said, in the relations magazine of Honeywell-Bull: “The difference between a bad electronic cash system and well-developed digital cash will determine whether we will have a dictatorship or a real democracy.”
~ NEXT Magazine, 1999

Today’s story unfolds around the rise and fall of DigiCash, a pioneering company in digital currency from the 90s. It delves into the paradox of its founder, David Chaum, a visionary yet paranoid cryptographer, whose brilliance in cryptography was overshadowed by his poor business acumen and inability to delegate. This leads to a compelling question: How did DigiCash, despite its advanced technology and potential to revolutionize digital payments, fail and how would the past have been different if it hadn’t?
This is an amazing blast from the past with many lessons to learn, don’t miss the article and the Guy’s Take to follow!

Check out the original article at How DigiCash Blew Everything. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2s37ew47)

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~ George Orwell

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Ai Read_003 – The Nexus of Bitcoin and AI (Part 1)

There are so many myths and misconceptions around AI models. What they can do, how they are trained, even the fundamentals of how the data for them is even collected and formatted to make sense. The idea that we can “train our own model” by just feeding it a ton of conversation or notes is unrealistic, but why exactly is that?
Today we get into a 2 Part read which will be one of the most value dense we have covered on the show yet. It breaks down the entirety of the process of identifying the core value, and then sourcing, qualifying, and prepping the data, and then training, fine tuning, adjusting, and testing an AI model built from it, from beginning to end.
The Spirit of Satoshi project is an incredible open source endeavor and the team reveals tons of great details about the complexities and challenges of building an LLM, as well as the incredible work they are doing in building novel tools for crowdsourcing the hardest part of the process, and of course, how Bitcoin and Lightning enable better tools to make this all possible.
Check out the original articles at Spirit of Satoshi (Link: http://tinyurl.com/4jsvmz3z) & Satoshi GPT (Link: http://tinyurl.com/msyr4m5t)
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Bitcoin Custodial Multisig

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Read_792 – How CTV Helps Scale Bitcoin

“Part of the problem of Lightning’s shortcoming regarding scalability of Bitcoin ownership is that in order to open a channel, or control a UTXO, you actually have to transact on the base layer. After that Lightning can facilitate a very large number of transactions off-chain but a user must still transact on-chain to onboard themselves to Lightning, It massively increases the number of transactions Bitcoin can process but it does nothing at all to increase the number of people who can own bitcoin.
~ Shinobi

With scaling a hot issue again, and CTV coming back from the dead with concrete proposals, and covenants on the table, its time to dive back in and make sense of the options, and the concept of scaling not just bitcoin payments, as lightning has done, but Bitcoin ownership. From UTXOs to virtual UTXOs, could this primitive be the next major step in bringing Bitcoin sovereignty to the whole world?

Check out the original article at How CTV Helps Scale Bitcoin. (Link: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/how-ctv-can-help-scale-bitcoin)

A great primer for this episode and discussion is

Read_791 – Rethinking Lightning (Link: http://tinyurl.com/4wa6hxcv)

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Brian Trollz on Bitcoin Magazine (Link: http://tinyurl.com/bded6sw8)

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Read_791 – Rethinking Lightning

” Channel liquidity and offline receives, in my opinion, are the two most obvious reasons why self-custodial lightning is not popular. When most users hear about any of these, they just think “screw that” and move to a custodial wallet because it is so much easier. If these were our only two problems, I think self-custodial lightning would be fine. It may never be the predominant way people use lightning, but we could get the UX good enough that we have a significant portion of people using lightning in a sovereign way. However, there are more problems under the surface.”
~ BenTheCarmen

Is it time to reframe our image of where lightning’s role lies in the Bitcoin stack? There have been problems in the implementation that make the self custodial road a far more difficult UX challenge. While much of it has been mitigated, a few intractable problems remain, and some may be an existential result of how LN enforces security on the main chain. Where will the users be in a world of a billion Bitcoin users? And can the promise of lightning ever be fulfilled?

Check out the original article at Rethinking Lightning. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/mvcmwubk)

References from the Show

Welcome to the Fedimint territory! (Link: https://stacker.news/items/380065)

Guest Links

Carman on X (Link: http://tinyurl.com/yc57hdnh)
Carman on Nostr (Link: http://tinyurl.com/3yz2kffw)
Carman Website (Link: https://benthecarman.com/)

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“There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs.”
~ Thomas Sowell

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Read_790 – The African Village Mining Bitcoin

“The computers used to create valuable new Bitcoin tokens and validate transactions consume around the same amount of energy as a medium-sized country such as Sweden would generate. Hence the stinging critique of how this cryptocurrency wastes the planet’s precious resources.” — Ian Birrell

Is it true that Bitcoin only wastes energy and is the sole purview of financial gambling and speculation in the western world, or are there boots on the ground showing the real results of the “pioneer species” thesis we’ve recently covered? What if Bitcoin is bringing both financial independence, and electricity, those those with no other viable options? This incredible article is not to be missed.

Check out the original article at The African village mining Bitcoin – UnHerd (Link: https://unherd.com/2024/01/the-african-village-mining-bitcoin/)

References

Madness of Crowds (Link:https://a.co/d/dCme4WS)
Check your Financial Privilege (Link:https://a.co/d/bcPHV1Y)
Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species (Link:https://fountain.fm/episode/LYZMMtMFMnP0UaEmeCve)

Host Links

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“Technological change is not additive; it is ecological. A new technology does not merely add something; it changes everything.”
― Neil Postman

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Read_789 – Can Appreciating Bitcoin Be a Good Money?

“Bitcoin appears to be a decentralized Ponzi scheme not a decentralized currency. People don’t spend it because they want it to go up. The dollar works because of inflation. It keeps velocity up like hot potato. If you want to store value silver gold and land. Because it’s beautiful useful and valuable. Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme without an individual attached to it to go to prison. So the media can control swings for profit. That’s my opinion about bitcoin. The purpose isn’t currency the purpose is to make dollars. The dollars “weakness” is actually why it won’t be replaced. Velocity.”
— Owen Benjamin

Today we read a great little article from Robert P Murphy that challenges the notion that a currency must be “weak,” in order for it to work as money. And while in some sense bitcoin is not yet money when it comes to wide spread acceptance, is it possible, that it one day could be? Don’t miss this one.

An open invitation to Robert Murphy to chat on Bitcoin Audible.

Check out the original article at:

Can an Appreciating Bitcoin Be a Good Money? (Link: https://www.infineo.ai/articles/can-an-appreciating-bitcoin-be-a-good-money)

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Youtube Channel (Link:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClG-wqz-OuXfzbpqwJd3fVA)

Recommended on the show:

Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action (Link: https://a.co/d/hoQMZwX)
Robert Murphy on X (Link: https://twitter.com/BobMurphyEcon)
Ai Unchained (Link: https://fountain.fm/show/3eGAB7Iye6IWme4KnF8C)

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“Production is quite possible without money. There is no need for money either in the isolated household or in the socialized community. Nowhere can we discover a good of the first order of which we could say that the use of money was a necessary condition of its production.”
― Ludwig von Mises

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Read_788 – Stone Ridge 2023 Investor Letter

“Since 2017, bitcoin has been Stone Ridge’s treasury reserve asset because of my extreme aversion to risk. We run net short USD – which is fancy way of saying we net borrow fiat – to pay bills and make investments. We save in bitcoin. It would be impossible to overstate the corporate advantages of being on the Bitcoin Standard. Since 2017, we’ve doubled our franchises to ten, more than 10x’d our trading profits, and delivered 25% annualized ROE for our shareholders. Our firm compensation, rent, and total expenses are up 89%, 119%, and 69%, respectively, in fiat, and down 36%, 26%, and 43%, respectively, in bitcoin.”
~ Ross Stevens

Today we dive into the Stone Ridge Investor Letter for 2023, sharing wisdom on staying grounded and grateful, exploring long term investment perspectives, and dropping bombs regarding the foolishness of being on the fiat standard, and the incredible advantage of having a bitcoin treasury. This is a great read, not to be missed. A shout to Ross Stevens for the incredible work he is doing.

Check out the original article at Stone Ridge 2023 Investor Letter (Link: http://tinyurl.com/j4serp6v)

References

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Audible Audio Edition): James Clear, James Clear, Penguin Audio: Audible Books & Originals (Link: https://a.co/d/9RjwN0r)
CryptoQuikRead_163 – A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto [Eric Hughes] (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/tOjGsxzRKlYyH7XOi79a)
Wolf Bitcoin Accelerator in NYC – Leadership (Link: https://wolfnyc.com/leadership)

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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Read_787 – Usury, Your Bank, and You

“This decision, which is legally sound, has the effect of declaring all private mortgages on real and personal property, and all U.S. and State bonds held by the Federal Reserve, National, and State banks to be null and void. This amounts to the emancipation of this Nation from personal, national, and state debt purportedly owed to this banking system. Every American owes it to himself to study this decision very carefully, for upon it hangs the question of freedom or slavery.”
~ Jerome Daly

Is it an exaggeration to say the financial and banking system of today have re-enslaved the country? Or is there a serious argument to be made, that explains why all those who build and create all the value of the modern, somehow owe it all back to the bankers, to those who contributed nothing to its creation. How can that be? Find out in Daniel Prince’s recent piece, “Usury, Your Bank, and You.”

Check out the original article at Usury, Your Bank, And You. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/27nwdcyj)

Mentioned in the take
Broken Money: Why Our Financial System Is Failing Us and How We Can Make It Better by Lyn Alden (Link: https://a.co/d/dGnqS4G )
The Fiat Standard: Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization by Saifedean Ammous (Link: https://a.co/d/dXa4HpF)
Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies by Nik Bhatia (Link: https://a.co/d/dlxqudX)

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~ Friedrich Neitzche

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Read_Reboot – Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species

“This makes Bitcoin miners uniquely symbiotic with energy grids serving as “demand response” partners. If energy is ever in short supply, people get priority over Bitcoin miners. However whenever there is excess energy, it gets monetized. This symbiotic relationship leads to more energy abundance generally.”
~ Brandon Quittem

Another great piece coming at you today from The Bitcoin Times Ed 4, and by returning author Brandon Quittem, who did the incredible Mycelium Series for understanding Bitcoin through the lens of an organic mycelium like organism. Today he tackles Bitcoin mining, and how the altered incentives of Bitcoin make it a pioneer species that will allow us to expand into energy deserts, and spread the scope of civilization in a way not immediately obvious. Don’t miss today’s excellent read, “Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species.”

Check out the original article at Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/y9nd764c)

Links for further exploration (drop some massive applause)

Why I changed my mind about nuclear power | Michael Shellenberger (Link: http://tinyurl.com/3mrsc22z)
Noahbjectivity on Bitcoin Mining | Nic Carter (Link: http://tinyurl.com/8y8vnpj7)
Bitcoin Mining & the Case for More Energy (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2fspy7bw)

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Read_786 – The Difficult Adjustment

“We’re less than a year from another halving, awaiting systemic implications from federal regulation and institutional adoption, standing at the precipice of an American primary election into which Bitcoin has irrevocably inserted itself.
Welcome to the big leagues.”
~ Mark Goodwin and Alex Bergeron

We are headed into a new era for Bitcoin. The stakes are higher, and the challenges will be even greater. There will be inevitable shifts in how we use and how we think of Bitcoin as a system. And there is a monumental amount of work to be done to secure it’s promise for the future to come. Complacency is not an option. Today we read an excellent piece from Bitcoin Magazine by Mark Goodwin and Alex Bergeron, The Difficult Adjustment.

Check out the original article at The difficult adjustment. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/4whtmtb6)

Don’t forget to check out my other podcast, AI Unchained (Link: http://tinyurl.com/mryshwb5), as well as the content now available on the Youtube. Tons to explore for the future of money and the future of the digital world.

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Guy on Rumble (Link: http://tinyurl.com/2s3mnbyd)
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“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
~ Frederick Douglass

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