Erik Voorhees
@ErikVoorhees
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Toward peace, markets, and Bitcoin. Founder of , Founder of ShapeShift
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Announcing Venice
Today, we launch private, permissionless AI for the purpose of unfettered civilizational advancement:
Full announcement:
@TryVenice
A thread...
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Let's remember that
@elonmusk
charging $8 for premium Twitter experience means Twitter becomes the product again, instead of you.
And if $8 is too much, you're free to remain as the product.
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Build a website that lets consenting adults buy recreational drugs = 2 life sentences + 15 years.
Build a website that steals $10 billion from innocent people = hugs with politicians and celebrity endorsements.
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US govt declared Coinbase an illegal brokerage, and then proceeded to use Coinbase as its brokerage
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My memory is failing, was it Bitcoin or was it JP Morgan that was bailed out by the government?
BREAKING: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says bitcoin "is a fraud" that will eventually blow up
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No, this isn't crypto's "Lehman Moment"
There are no taxpayer bailouts coming nor money to be printed.
This is capitalism, and the markets will work it out.
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Strong men make green candles.
Green candles make weak men.
Weak men make red candles.
Red candles make strong men.
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@cz_binance
CZ! You are one of the great heroes on the front lines of an epic struggle. You should be immensely proud of Binance.
Well done ser, and thank you.
#EndTheFed
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Twitter blocking Trump is not a violation of free speech.
Trump can say what he wishes, and so can Jack Dorsey, each with their own property.
Trump has no right to shout from Dorsey's platform any more than Dorsey has the right to shout from the balcony of Trump tower.
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If there is a climate emergency, build nuclear reactors.
Otherwise I can’t take you seriously.
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On the bright side, veganism has been set back by years
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Heroes look like
@elonmusk
. They risk their own capital and that of those who voluntarily contributed it, in ambitious projects, without violence, toward grand human achievement.
Villains look like
@SenWarren
. They steal other peoples' capital to force their opinions on those
Starship will make life as we know it multiplanetary for the first time in Earth’s ~4.5 billion year existence
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We stand with
@binance
and CZ's sentiments. We’ve decided to delist Bitcoin SV
#BSV
from
@ShapeShift_io
within 48 hrs.
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So Alameda CEO’s father was boss of Gensler…
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@ohJuliatweets
Well it’s insane to ME that home cooking is an accepted practice in this country. Real chefs have to go through years of training and state certification but a hungry father with a BA in psychology who “doesn’t believe in the food pyramid” can be like “No I should be the cook.”
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80% of all dollars in existence were created in the last two years.
This is probably why prices are starting to rise.
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$100 billion goes into oil… more oil is produced
$100 billion goes into gold… more gold is produced
$100 billion goes into bitcoin… same amount of bitcoin is produced
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For anyone who is newly interested in
#Bitcoin
, instead of going and blindly buying it, go instead and learn. Watch a couple docs. Read a book or 20 articles. The price is fun, but what really matters is why it exists at all, and the consequences to society now that it does.
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The US dollar has lost 99% of its value since the Federal Reserve was created to stabilize the value of the dollar.
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Many have questioned how Bitcoin works, and stay away from it due to this uncertainty. Meanwhile, not 1 in 100 of them know how central banking works, but use it without question.
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You know that scene in The Big Short, when after the collapse there's a distinct vibe of "man that was so obvious, how were people so impossibly stupid?"
If you are loaning money to the Federal Government (ie if you own government bonds), the *only* reason you should feel
This is absolutely priceless. And probably the most frightening clip you'll ever watch on the people in charge of the US economy.
Jared Bernstein is literally the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, the main agency advising Biden on economic policy
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Bitcoin: a digital currency with limited and known supply, no borders, and no central group controlling it. US Dollar: a digital currency with unlimited and unknown supply, border restrictions, and controlled by a banking cabal. What's in your wallet?
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Biden wasn't a terrible president.
He was average. He was mid.
He did nothing extraordinarily good nor bad.
He represented merely the inertia of the state.
Uninspiring, disconnected from any coherent moral or economic principle. His greatest accomplishment was debt, and
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Gov regulates food; population is grossly unhealthy
Gov regulates healthcare; costs skyrocket
Gov regulates drugs; fentanyl epidemic
Gov regulates money; runaway debt and high inflation
Let’s have them regulate AI so we can truly fuck ourselves
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"Big advocate for Sam, because he has two parents who are compliance lawyers. If there's ever a place I can be that I'm not going to get in trouble, it's going to be at FTX."
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@jchudyk
@rogerkver
@bitcoincoreorg
@TheBlockstream
Roger - please stop referencing me to back up your opinion that Bitcoin Cash is Bitcoin. It isn't. Bitcoin is the chain originating from the genesis block with the highest accumulated proof of work. The Bitcoin Cash fork failed to gain majority, thus it is not Bitcoin.
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The
#BitcoinETF
is the first ETF in history in which the underlying asset has a limited supply.
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A good bitcoiner should defend defi on ethereum when the government attacks it on grounds of surveillance.
A good ethereumer should defend PoW on bitcoin when the government attacks it on grounds of energy use.
The war is money vs state. The latter is powerful. Do not squabble.
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A small nation could buy $10 billion of
#Bitcoin
, wait five years, and no longer be a small nation.
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Income tax is most accurately described as a fine imposed on you for being productive.
And the more productive you are, the higher the fine.
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Not only did privately-funded
@SpaceX
obliterate taxpayer-funded
@NASA
in rockets and space, but as a side-hustle also brought affordable high speed internet to the entire planet.
Meanwhile the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law spent roughly $65 billion of taxpayer money (ie debt
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Plus, the Starlink Mini dish is
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It takes a special kind of Government to spend $10,000 for every adult to give $1,200 to every adult. And it takes a special kind of public to cheer this Government into doing it.
#America
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The mistake wasn't withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. The mistake was sending troops there in the first place two decades ago.
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SBF found guilty on all 7 counts.
Let's remember that he operated "the safe and regulated" exchange, and not a single regulator caught him.
It was, instead, the market, which is not only a great fountain of innovation, but also the best arbiter of discipline and justice.
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1/ Thoughts on Libra (and my first tweetstorm!): first, zoom out for a second and realize how far this industry has come. The biggest companies in the world are now launching cryptocurrencies. BOOM.
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Such hypocrisy... politicians grill
#Zuckerberg
about the importance of privacy, while simultaneously supporting the world's largest surveillance apparatus. If I don't want
#Facebook
spying on me, and I stop using it. If I don't want US Gov spying on me, where can I opt out?
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@kevinolearytv
You know there are many such entrepreneurs who didn't also steal $10 billion of customer money
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If you bought Bitcoin this summer at $12,000 because it was going up, and you’re selling it now at $9,700 because it’s going down, you’re doing it wrong. “Hodl” isn’t just a cute meme... it’s wisdom from the elders who have been here before.
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This tweet aged well 😎
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@elonmusk
“You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality” - Ayn Rand
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Let’s avoid making jokes about this guy. We can be better than that.
Indeed, we should remember that some suffer more from inflation than others.
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“The fact that billions of working men and women must sacrifice 40+ years of their time, energy, health, and focus to gain access to fiat currencies that central banks replicate with a keystroke is theft at the largest scale humanity has ever seen.”
h/t
@Wealth_Theory
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For all those who have recently gotten rich with crypto, consider that one of the most rewarding uses for that wealth is helping those you care about. Do big things for your family and friends. Change lives around you while we change the world together.
#Bitcoin
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Today, we announced that ShapeShift is decentralizing.
Unorthodox, but it is the only way to maintain fidelity to the most important principles of crypto; specifically, self-sovereignty over money.
Without that principle upheld, we’re all just LARP’ing.
A thread…
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My hope for 2021 is that the the Bitcoin maxis stop smelling their own farts, the Ethereum maxis stop daydreaming of rainbows and pickles, the "number go up" noise goes down, and everyone in crypto realizes this shit's starting to get real.
Build, focus, plan, and cooperate.
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European nations can buy billions of dollars of oil/gas from Russia while it invades and murders people, but an average person who wants to transact without KYC is a terrorist financier.
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The euro is 16 years old. Bitcoin is 10 years old. Both digital currencies. One governed by politicians and debased as a matter of policy. One governed by open-source code and impossible to debase. Which more likely lives to see 30 years of age?
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Dear SEC,
Uniswap provided more stimulus to its users via airdrop than the US government provided to its citizens, and did so without taxes, debt, or cutting down trees for checks.
Maybe give them a pat on the back rather than an investigation that will cost them millions?
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Jeff Bezos has almost actually become Santa Claus. He literally delivers toys to children all over the world, and can nearly do it all in one night 🧐
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When I opened my
@RevolutApp
account, I put this on the card.
After moving low six figures through this card, Revolute closed my account because I wouldn’t keep providing more and more personal info about my “activities”
Poetically, they’ve demonstrated precisely what I wrote.
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Bitcoin: a digital currency with known & limited supply, an open global network, and not controlled by politicians. US Dollar: a digital currency with unknown & unlimited supply, a highly restricted territory-based network, and controlled by politicians. Which will win, longterm?
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Maximalists see only Bitcoin and Shitcoin. In reality, there are 4 categories:
1. Bitcoin
2. Ethereum
3. Other Valuable Coins, and
4. Shitcoins
Maximalists think 2 and 3 are 4, because they are insecure about 1. In reality, 2 and 3 make 1 much better. Remain wary of 4. 😜
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People in tradfi making fun of UST... not realizing their stablecoin also depegged by 8% this year.
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Rep. McHenry: “Is Ether a security or a commodity?”
Gensler doesn’t answer, over and over again.
If the law was clear, the answer would be immediate and easy.
@SECGov
is not credible or ethical
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The Federal Government is shut down over a dispute about $5 billion dollars for a wall, gridlocked now for two weeks. Meanwhile they spend that much money every 10 hours. And people want them to be in charge of healthcare, food, education, and money?
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Taxes are the price you pay to be ruled by strangers.
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Can anyone tell me the last time Bitcoin moved up >30% in one day? This is unreal.
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When the next global financial crisis occurs, and the world realizes organizations with $20 trillion in debt can't possibly ever pay it back, and thus must print it instead, and thus fiat is doomed... watch what happens to crypto.
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Bitcoin’s inflation schedule is set for the next 100 years: transparent, unwavering, and known to all parties. US Dollar’s inflation schedule is unknown even 1 year out: opaque and manipulated quarterly. One model mathematical & civilized; the other political & antiquated.
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A centrally-regulated financial system has led to the status quo. If you're happy with the status quo, stay there and enjoy.
The rest of us are trying something else. We're not asking for your money or your permission.
You're welcome any time to join us.
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This letter is straight outta Atlas Shrugged
Once you start seeing the world as Producers vs Looters, it's hard to unsee.
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The number of services that now say, "Not available to residents of North Korea, Cuba, Iran, and United States of America" is proof that America is on the road to prosperity and greatness.
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Bitcoin's value increases steadily over time, while Bitcoin's price attempts to find it.
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If it’s centralized, it is not the future of finance.
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This is just not true, the highest price ever paid for a fossil belongs to the Democrats for the 2024 election
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KYC is the act of throwing 99 innocent people under the bus in order to make law enforcement's job catching 1 bad guy a little easier.
The 99 shouldn't tolerate it.
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Devs writing privacy software labelled terrorists while politicians write cute messages on bombs and literally murder people at scale
🇮🇱🇺🇸 Nikki Haley writes "FINISH THEM" on an Israeli artillery shell.
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Maximalists disparaging all other cryptos sound an awful lot like nocoiners disparaging Bitcoin. Scam. Ponzy. Bagholders. It’ll never work. Whats the use? We already have X, why do we need Y? Blah blah blah. Embrace the diversity, this is what an open market in finance looks like
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Bitcoin is the sixth most valuable currency in the world, and achieved this in eight years of existence, despite (or more likely due to) having zero government backing. It is the biggest story in finance today, period.
#finance
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Chase just closed my credit card account. No warning. No explanation of any kind. Won't tell me why. No wonder people hate that company. Fuck you Jamie Dimon and fuck you
@Chase
Enjoy the next decade as you slide into stagnancy and decay. I'm aware of nobody who will miss you.
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So weird how America suddenly woke up and realized what fractional reserve banking is
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SEC commissioner on CNBC today: "If you want to know what our markets would look like with no securities regulation, the answer is the ICO market.” So... fast growing and full of cutting edge innovation, where adults are able to make decisions with their own money? Sounds awful
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Most people think the US dollar has been around for a couple hundred years. In reality, it's been around since 1971. Before that, "US dollar" was a proxy term for a specific weight of gold. The fiat dollar is just a middle-aged payment instrument with high cholesterol.
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ETH Folks... try not to become to Binancechain what the Bitcoin Maxis are to Ethereum 🙏
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The most important result of Bitcoin ETF will be that it dissuades or even prevents governments from the harshest potential treatment of BTC (such as the impulse to outright ban it). When 50 million boomers own it passively, the political and economic damage from a ban will be
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"I am happy that I will finally have more time to spend looking at DeFi." -
@cz_binance
This is the way.
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The IRS provides a critical service.
They ensure you pay your fair share of the Taliban's Blackhawk helicopters.
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I don’t think I’ve met anyone who got really into Bitcoin and then decided it actually wasn’t that interesting and headed on back to fiat.
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The only meaningful difference between FTX and most major financial institutions is that the latter gets taxpayer bailouts when insolvent, and the former does not.
What's more honest?
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Bitcoin can be *both* in a bubble and underpriced, simultaneously. It depends on your timescale. Remember the poor fool who bought at $31 in mid 2011 at the top of that bubble...
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One bank failing doesn't mean the banking system is unsound. $SIVB
Two banks failing doesn't mean the banking system is unsound. $SBNY
Three banks failing doesn't mean the banking system is unsound. $FRC
Four banks failing doesn't mean the banking system is unsound. $PACW
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A libertarian society would always permit a voluntary socialist commune to exist within it. A socialist society would never permit a voluntary libertarian commune to exist, however. The difference between these ideologies is that one respects and advocates peace and tolerance.
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No, the government shouldn’t bail out or “backstop” SVB.
Consider, for a second, that SVB engaged in the behavior it did in part because of prior bailouts and backstops.
Let’s not double-down on moral hazard, yet again.
Nobody will care or listen to this tweet.
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Why does Bitcoin keep growing? Because it's time to separate money and state.
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