Stafford Masie
@staffordmasie
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Xoogler, thumbzup Founder, Bitcoin hodlr, Lightning lover, pilot-MPL, PADI, Discovery Bank board & Altvest Capital Chair, lecturer, prof speaker, tech investor
Johannesburg
Joined October 2008
“Best career advice that I can give: Don't ever attach yourself to a person, a place, a company, an organization or a project. Attach yourself to a mission, a calling, a purpose ONLY. That's how you keep your power & your peace...” ~ by @missewill 🙌
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…they all land up coming back to Bitcoin! There is no second best! 🙌
Today we're announcing that Tether is coming to bitcoin and Lightning! 💸⚡ With the security and decentralization of bitcoin and the speed and scalability of Lightning, USDT will bring hundreds of millions of users and trillions in volume. It all comes back to bitcoin.
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…this is the truth! Lots happening in the background; Every leader within the GNU has been engaged and we all know that MK leadership has already called for a ZA SBR. Steady as we go 🙌 #OrangePilling
SOUTH AFRICA | 🇿🇦 "Most countries have to look at it [#Bitcoin reserve] very carefully, and so are we," Says South African President, @CyrilRamaphosa @PresidencyZA
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“…history shows that markets eventually find a way around artificial bottlenecks that generate super-normal profits…. At current valuations, the market isn't pricing in any of these risks”
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Crazy stupid news headlines personal take: Everyone discovers you can run LLM’s on much less/cheaper infrastructure & the only choice we have to monetize the access compute & energy is to mine Bitcoin 🤪 The world is turning upside down every 48 hours 🙃 Not investment advice 😅
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This may mitigate concerns re hashrate concentration the large miners/mempools represent & it could push Bitcoin mining deeper into the curtailed, alternate & off-grid energy space (e.g. flared methane)…or it could do the exact opposite! Ai vs POW watts war brewing?
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…the reality real developers experience in enterprises today. Boards and execs should navigate the hype! These tools will be incredible, when they become incredible…tools! Enterprise Ai maturity is at level 1, at best, today; technically, economically & security.
The deeper I get into my project, the more I realize how far we are from having an AI that replaces developers. These systems are great at building things (prototypes, mostly) from scratch but struggle to keep medium-to-large projects in context and follow existing design principles. One of the issues that bothers me the most is that these systems are chatty. They always seem to prioritize writing more code. (I don't remember a single instance where one of these systems suggested replacing existing code with more compact, functional code.) AI excels at starting new projects, but its effectiveness diminishes as the project grows. There comes a point in a project's life when using AI for coding becomes more of a problem than a solution. (The question I don't know how to answer is for how long this will be the case.)
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…😂 comment thread too 👏
The other day I was talking to someone who told me he felt a lot of pressure because his older sister was a great student and went to med school etc and I was like yeah no for sure same here
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…here we go! What was said in Davos on that stage was NOT representative of 🇿🇦 or what is actually happening amongst political & private sector leaders here! Wish more could be disclosed but rest assured we bitcoin maxi’s are apolitically, quietly & steadily orange pilling…! 🙌
@btconlyscott As a law maker concerned with spiralling Govt debt, I have a fundamentally different view. I will express it in Cape Town.
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…we’re still early & we have work to do 🇿🇦😔
The governor of the South African central bank scoffs at the idea of a strategic Bitcoin reserve asking, “Why not a strategic beef reserve? Why not an apple reserve? Why Bitcoin?!” Brian Armstrong responds:
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…nuff said! There is no second best! 🙌
Having watched this space since 2017, I see a lot of the same patterns. The same bearish tradfi accounts that dismissed bitcoin due to mostly unrelated ICOs, DeFi, and NFTs, will now dismiss it due to meme coins. When they could just buy it and beat their own portfolios.
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“…preserve purchasing power and navigate the pressures of fiscal dominance….the gradual yet persistent erosion of purchasing power in an era where fiscal policy rules the economic landscape” #WhyWeHODL
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@abdulally73 …bitcoin mining stabilizes energy grids, increments revenue potentials and makes a better actuarial case for shorter ROI on renewable energy investments…never-mind the positive social impacts! @_AfricanUnion we need a joint vision & strategy here 🙌
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@RobbieBranch14 @BitcoinFirst_ Hi there Robbie, I am not “working with” them, endorsing them or a member. I have been engaging with ALL the major political parties in SA re a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Not endorsing or “working with” any one of them. Orange pilling them as best I can, nothing more 😊
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Breaking: The African Bitcoin ecosystem has grown by 77%, expanding from 15 countries in Q1 2024 to 21 countries in Q1 2025! With 17 new projects added, Africa continues to lead in innovation, financial empowerment, and economic freedom. Explore the latest infographic below!
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…here’s a 2025 New Years Resolution for you: STUDY BITCOIN! 🙌
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…my 8 year old daughter’s breakfast art this morning; Some pieces for Lisa, some for me & the Bitcoin work is to put up in her new classroom on her first day back at school in Jan. She says the dark painting on the right is a world without BTC 🥰 Please teach ur kids Bitcoin 🙌
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