Gustavo Flores Echaiz
@gustavojfe
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CEO & Founder @swapidobtc. contributor @bitcoinoptech. co-organizer @lacasadesatoshi. bitcoin montreal veteran. ex: veriphi, bull bitcoin, wasabi.
Mexico City
Joined November 2017
I'm incredibly proud of the @SwapidoBTC team for launching this feature before the end of the year. đ. Bitcoiners worldwide can now send pesos to over 70M debit cards and 11M mobile numbers in Mexico. đ˛đ˝. Check out the thread to learn all the details about this launchđ.
đ This week, we're launching;. Bitcoin-to-Peso instant transfers to debit cards and mobile numbers in Mexico! đ˛đ˝. Bitcoiners can send pesos to over 34 million recipients across Mexico using Bitcoin directly from their wallets via the Lightning Network. Hereâs why this is a
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COVID-19 Lockdown will go down in history as the worse mistake humanity ever made.
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Thereâs now only three countries left that have either no covid test entry requirement or a vaccine pass. Mexico. Costa Rica . El Salvador.
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El Salvadorâs is actually on the opposite end of a countryâs default. Theyâre not only paying back everything plus interest, theyâre making a profit by buying back their bonds that the market priced lower due to legacy media propaganda. Winning.
In the past year, almost every legacy international news outlet said that because of our â#Bitcoin betâ, El Salvador was going to default on its debt by January 2023 (since we had an 800 million dollar bond maturing today). Literally, hundreds of articles
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Went to the Doctor in Mexico today. 5 minute walk.10 minute wait. Consultation cost 3$, lasted 5 minutes and my problem was fixed. Doctor didnât ask any COVID questions.
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Freedom protest in Montreal against the Vaccine Passport. Weâre not just a few.
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Taproot and Schnorr BIP draft proposal is out today, as always @pwuille delivers amazing work, congratulations. If you don't understand these technologies yet, start here for a better understanding of Schnorr & Taproot! .
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BREAKING : Vaccine Passports will begin on September 1st in the Canadian province of Quebec. This will apply to Gyms, Bars, Restaurants and basically every non-essential business. Fascism is official and will never go away. No choice but to escape.
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Moving to Mexico is probably the best decision Iâve taken since buying Bitcoin.
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Even if all COVID restrictions get lifted, I'm not moving back to Canada. This is just the beginning of the collapse. If it's not with this crisis, it will be with the next one.
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I'm proud to announce my new startup, @SwapidoBTC. A Non-Custodial Lightning-First Bitcoin Exchange in Mexico đ˛đ˝. Watch the demo here đPlease like, share, and comment. Try it if you're in Mexico, I'm pretty confident you'll be impressed. đ. Thank you.
The ultimate #Bitcoin selling experience in Mexico has arrived! đ. With Swapido, you can sell your sats via the Lightning Network and receive pesos in under a minute into any Mexican bank account.âĄď¸. Donât trust, verify: . See for yourself as Swapidoâs CEO, @gustavojfe,
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âItâs not supposed to make sense, itâs supposed to test the compliance of people. If youâre willing to accept an argument that simply contradicts basic logic, you will accept everything that the government tells youâ. @_benkaufman on @TFTC21 with @MartyBent đĽ.
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I'm happy to announce my first article for @BitcoinMagazine đ. Why Bitcoin Wallets Need Block Filters. I explain how most bitcoin wallets leak your private info to the provider, and how block filters can help fix that. Read more here đ§đ.
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@AutismCapital This has been a growing problem for the past 20 years. 132 were killed in the 2018 election, 3x more than this one
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Blockchain hype is stupid but it might be what we need. Governments, banks and large tech corporations are completely bamboozled by it and while they lose their time, Bitcoin is moving at faster pace than any monetary system in history has.
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Iâm moving back to Canada. I miss the high taxes and the cold.
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Iâve been in Mexico for months and staying here for years. AMA.
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Build your own miner workshop by @DCentralTech at the @CdnBitcoinConf. These guys donât play around. #Bitcoin
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.@francispouliot_ making the case that Hyperbitcoinization should wait a bit longer to get here so we develop the infrastructure and tools required for everyone to have self-custody censorship-resistance. Agreed, pro tools are not enough! Letâs build guys đˇ
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I'm very thankful for the tweets of these Bitcoiners and advise everyone to follow them : .@francispouliot_ .@pierre_rochard.@lopp .@MustStopMurad .@StopAndDecrypt .@arjunblj .@TuurDemeester .@matt_odell .@udiWertheimer .@nic__carter.@peterktodd .@hugohanoi .@CepnikMaciej.
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Does quantum computing break Bitcoin? No. While Googleâs Willow chip is the biggest tech news since ChatGPT, itâs far from the qubits needed to derive private keys from public keys. Willow: 105 qubits.To break ECDSA (estimated): millions of qubits. Even then, only a fraction of.
Introducing Willow, our new state-of-the-art quantum computing chip with a breakthrough that can reduce errors exponentially as we scale up using more qubits, cracking a 30-year challenge in the field. In benchmark tests, Willow solved a standard computation in <5 mins that would.
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"An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced".Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged.
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The Bitcoin Flag is out on stage of @ilesoniqâs event in Laval, a Montreal suburb city. More to come.
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Over the last 10 days, Iâve traveled to North American cities for #Bitcoin meetups. Mexico.1. Queretaro.2. Mexico City.3. Puebla/ Cholula.4. Guadalajara. USA.5. Boston. Canada.6. Montreal. Iâve met over a hundred bitcoiners, ranging from professionals to newcomers. AMA.
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Just listened to a 25 min recording of @RealRossU from Prison. This is the first time weâve heard his voice since heâs in jail. Ross is one of my biggest inspirations. Heâs one of the most important individuals for Bitcoin and heâll be free one day. Free Ross. See you one day.
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23K BTC TODAY MIGHT BE 100K TOMMOROW. 1. Get a Secure Device like a @COLDCARDwallet .2. NEVER WRITE YOUR 24 WORDS ON A COMPUTER. We recently helped a few folks secure many Bitcoins with multi-signatures, nodes, etc. read how here or DM me.
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531 MILLION USD COULD'VE BEEN SAVED IN FEES. Our Case Study July Update concludes that users could've saved 57,817.69 BTC in transaction fees if they had fully adopted Segwit & Batching. More here đ. @MartyBent have you seen this yet?.
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Imagine living under an hyperinflationnary economic crisis AND.voting for President for the guy who made it happen, the Minister of the Economy. Thatâs what 36% of Argentinians did today. Socialists are the worst.
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Iâll be doing a series of Multi-Signature Wallet Reviews this week over a thread. I got these ones so far : .@ElectrumWallet .@SpecterWallet .@SparrowWallet .@DuxReserve .Bitcoin Core.@bluewalletio .Green by @Blockstream .@CasaHODL .@unchainedcap . Am I missing another?.
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HA! . It's really funny to see this, four years later, and compare it to the current state. A bitcoin computer remains only 50$ today but an Etherium one is in the thousands.
Total cost for "The Ethereum Computer" + + ~= $9.
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Follow these real health professionals instead . @francispouliot_ .@saifedean .@bitstein .@SBakerMD.
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I'll be reviewing @SparrowWallet as a Multi-Signature Wallet. Sparrow is a Desktop Wallet, available on all major distributions (Windows, Mac, Debian and Redhat Linux) written in Java. It's Open-Source under the Apache 2.0 license. Thread đ.
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Iâm excited to announce my new podcast, Bitcoin & Expat Stories. We talk about Bitcoin developments, the impact Bitcoin has on the world, the Latin American Market, Mexico particularly, and Expat stories. My first episode is Moving to Mexico with @CepnikMaciej, link below đ
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Thank you @pierre_rochard for organizing the Bitcoin Steak Dinner last night! It was a pleasure and a blast meeting with so many bitcoiners! Tag yourselves so we can connect on Twitter đâ
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Iâm hosting a #bitcoin meetup this saturday in Montreal. SUMMER BBQ with @BtcMontreal and @BullBitcoin_ . Bring your drinks and your steaks, a BBQ will be provided. Parc Jarry from 4PM. RSVP:
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Finally landed in Austin! . Bitcoiners around, letâs meet! . DMs open
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Legendary dog.
COP DOG ATTACKS THE COP.
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We close the #BitcoinMontrealWeek with @CepnikMaciej waving the Bitcoin Flag at the classic Sundayâs Mont Royal Tam Tam. Bitcoin wins!
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We had a great #bitcoin Montreal meetup yesterday organized by @CepnikMaciej @TristanBorgess and I. Thank you to all participants for joining us. It was a bit cold but still a great Parc Jarry BBQ.
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âFreaks, the time to walk away from this burning empire, ignore the Federal Government, and start building new systems that respect the ideals this country was founded on is right fucking now.â. @MartyBent đĽđĽđĽ.
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I just came back to Canada, and one thought that everyone in Mexico has about Canadians is that they're very kind. I wonder:. Is it kindness, or is it simply fear of confrontation?. As time passes, I tend to believe it's the latter.
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Weâre super proud to announce that @BullBitcoin_ has acquired us, @veriphibtc and weâll be joining the Bull Bitcoin ranks. Our new team will be unstoppable on the mission of bitcoin maximalism and self-custody adoption.
Our CEO, @francispouliot_ , just announced the acquisition of @veriphibtc đĽłđ. We're doubling down on non-custodial exchange and payment services. Veriphi is Canada's only white glove provider for self-custody support. Watch his announcement here .
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Bitcoin Montreal is the best Bitcoin community worldwide.
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@stephanlivera Heâs trolling. I think heâs enjoying Bitcoiners get nervous. Probably learned from @udiWertheimer.
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Almost everyone I met at the @AdoptingBTC conference is moving to a freer country. El Salvador, Mexico and Texas seem to be the top destinations. I remember how back in the days how we would all talk about it but wouldnât dare to do it. Covid really changed it all.
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I have absolutely no faith left on the political or judicial system. I donât even have any faith left on the People. This is just the beginning of Tyranny, get ready for some hard years. Over time, we will win. Bitcoin at $10M is the only way we win. Letâs make it happen.
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Today is the most important day in @veriphibtc's history and of my life too. We're super stoked to be joining the @BullBitcoin_ ranks under @francispouliot_'s leadership, one my dearest friends as well as our main mentor. We're going to kill it this year. Thank you, Francis.
Today is the most important day in Bull Bitcoin's history. We've acquired @veriphibtc and hired their team to launch an international Bitcoin self-custody support service - IT department for Sovereign Bitcoiners!. Doubling down on cypherpunk values đŞđŚŹđĽł.
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My first contribution to the @bitcoinoptech newsletter is out. Check out the 'notable code and documentation changes' section on the newsletter #303 . Upgrades to Core Lightning, LDK / Rust-Lightning, BDK, and a BIP Proposal #352 Silent Payments. Thanks @bitschmidty @hrdng
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It feels so good to be back in Montreal for a few weeks. Hanging out with so many friends tonight at the #bitcoin meetup. Thanks @BullBitcoin_ @parlonsbitcoin @PantiesBitcoin @getcoinmiles @coinbeastmedia and @Coinkite for organizing and sponsoring this!
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It feels great to be back in Montreal for the summer and to share with the #bitcoin meetup folks what Iâve learned lately about @wasabiwallet and the WabiSabi protocol. This crowd is always the best.
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After years of observing @nayibbukele in power and visiting in November for @AdoptingBTC, itâs obvious to me that he has proved wrong the doubters (I was one for some time). Heâs the most transformational leader in the American continent, other countries should follow his lead.
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@anilsaidso Cracked a laugh when he said the Fed is accountable. đ. This guy should stay in his lane he doesnât know what heâs talking about, or at least show humility.
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At this point I can get by with only @bitrefill and @thebtcco. No kyc, no bank accounts, no centralized exchanges.
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My latest for @wasabiwalletâs blog. This article guides you through securing your identity in the digital world by providing a list of technologies you can use to protect yourself. Linux, GrapheneOS, VPN vs Tor, @ProtonMail, @silentlink1 and more. đ.
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Iâm in Guadalajara with @TristanBorgess. Weâre ready for tomorrowâs #bitcoin meetup organized by @cguida6 and @Gambo7. Already 35 people have RSVPd for @btc_ln_gdl. In the meantime, hereâs a picture of one of the many beautiful things in this city.
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Bitcoiners shouldnât withstand tyrannical measures like lockdowns, curfews, vaccine passports, even Bitcoin regulation. We should move to lands where our rights are respected, else we should found new territories. We have enough power to do it. 1/3.
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Wow this is crazy, never would've I thought that Blockstream would be the Big Miner from Quebec đ. They were founded in Montreal after all so why not.
Today we're excited to reveal Blockstream Mining and Pool, providing enterprise-class mining equipment colocation in our US & Canada data centers, and the first-ever #BetterHash mining pool for a stronger, more decentralized #Bitcoin network. đâď¸âď¸
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Feels so good to start this year living in a country that isnât under mass formation psychosis.
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Just take the mask off.
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.@andreneves talking about all things NBD by @zebedeeio at @MITBitcoinClub Expo but focused on . Nostr. Or . SCHNORR-SIGNED JSON MESSAGES.RELAYED OVER WEBSOCKET SERVERS. NBDâs @fiatjaf magnum opus
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This goes beyond legacy news medias, just a month ago @nomadcapitalist posted an article that couldâve been written by a @nytimes fake journalist. Itâs ok to be anti-China but to let that position blind you from the reality and rather repeat mainstream propaganda is dumb.
@nayibbukele tweeted that El Salvador would sign a free trade agreement with China after meeting with the Chinese ambassador. The announcement of the free trade talks also coincides with the bankruptcy of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
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The way the Salvadorean people have united behind his leadership is something that as a Peruvian, I have tremedous respect and admiration for. Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru are, by historical standards, extremely divided and headed towards major civil conflicts. We need unity.
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I will never get vaccinated for COVID but I will forever live how I want.
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Lol this guy is truly a scammer.
@itsALLrisky Ideally, Doge speeds up block time 10X, increases block size 10X & drops fee 100X. Then it wins hands down.
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@HODL_HODL_BTC Yeah agreed, not the most reliable⌠seems to be an effort to please bitcoiners during the Bitcoin week. Mexico has been the only country that has never imposed any entry or nationwide requirement.
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Quebec has once again surpassed itâs own tyranny record by introducingâŚ. An Unvaccinated Tax, because paying for the universal broken healthcare system once isnât enough. Outrageous.
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The @BtcMontreal BBQ Meetup this past Saturday was a huge success. đĽŠ. 40+ bitcoiners attended, regulars and first timers alike. Thanks @TristanBorgess for running the grill. Thanks to @BullBitcoin_ for sponsoring the free steak and free beer. On to the next one. đť
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Should we have a #bitcoin BBQ meetup in Montreal on Saturday the 13th of May? . Montreal OG @CepnikMaciej will have arrived by then. @BullBitcoin_ @parlonsbitcoin @getcoinmiles @Coinkite @PantiesBitcoin @coinbeastmedia.
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Recording a podcast with Car from @ThrillerBitcoin at the @PlebLab. We talked extensively about the topic of Bitcoin in Mexico. Coming out next week.
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Half a Wagyu Bone-in Ribeye and a side of USDA Prime Ribeye. 3 Forks in Austin is the best restaurant Iâve been, owned by a Bitcoiner.
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Grocery shopping in Hyde Park, Austin, I overheard three 10 year olds chatting⌠one said to another:. ÂŤÂ Letâs get some Bitcoin. Iâll get you some Bitcoin for your birthday . 10 year olds are already Stacking Sats. HOPE
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TrustWallet hacked, one of the biggest mobile wallets out there.
1/3. Spoke with a user who was hacked on both Solana and Ethereum:. -Used iOS.-Wallets were TrustWallet and Slope.-ERC20's were stolen to: 0xc611952D81E4ECbd17c8f963123DeC5D7BCe1c27.-ETH side was TrustWallet.-Assets were taken at the same time.
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Todayâs Montreal Bitcoin Party was our best party so far. Organized by @BullBitcoin_, with free steaks & beer for everyone. Bitcoin has won, time to party and let everyone know.
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I used to give @SamouraiWallet's the benefit of the doubt, but given their latest deceptive and misleading campaign against their competitor @wasabiwallet by them and their contributors, I can't say the same. @wasabiwallet is undeniably the superior privacy software in Bitcoin.
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Iâm giving a talk on the Nakamoto stage at @adoptingbtc in 45 minutes. Iâll be talking about the need for #Bitcoin privacy, coinjoins as a general protocol and wallets like @wasabiwallet . For more information on this, check out
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This article by @francispouliot_ really details the logic behind the acquisition. "In a world of chaos and uncertainty, itâs more important than ever to double down on Bitcoinâs cypherpunk ethos.". Read here đ.
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On Quebecâs @tvanouvelles (main media), people call to ask if theyâre allowed to leave their house during curfew if itâs burning down with flamesâŚ. This society is fucked.
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Being in Texas makes you feel like a King when youâre coming from Canada.
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Iâm tired of people telling lies on covid so here are the basics :. - natural immunity lasts forever.- itâs not possible to get reinfected if youâve been SICK with COVID.- assymptomatic transmission is not real.- long covid is not real.- vaccines donât prevent transmission. 1/2.
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The hero we donât deserve.
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Governments can steal your Bitcoin if you leave them on exchanges or easily give it up at gun point. Protect it accurately and enjoy Bitcoin's quality of seizure resistance, use Multi-Sig. @COLDCARDwallet and @SpecterWallet is all you need. DM for help.
WhAt iF tHeY bAn bItCoIn?.
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I'm very excited to be a speaker at the Bitcoin Freedom Festival in Uvita, Costa Rica today in 1 hour. I'll be talking about Bitcoin Privacy, Coinjoins(.)org and @wasabiwallet. Thank you to the @BitcoinJungleCR team for making this possible. Pura Vida. đ¨đˇ.
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Patrick LagacĂŠ (@kick1972) et Richard Martineau sont des psychopathes qui vont mener le QuĂŠbec vers une dictature fasciste sous @francoislegault.
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Bitcoin proves that dreams really do come true. happy $100k day. 12/4/2024.
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