Zach Herbert 🇺🇸
@zachherbert
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Cofounder & CEO @FOUNDATIONdvcs. Building Bitcoin centric tools that empower you to reclaim your freedom and sovereignty. Mechanical engineer + MBA dropout.
Boston, MA
Joined July 2009
Would be hilarious if Trump wins the election because the dems pissed off the Amish by raiding a farm that sells raw milk.
Amish turn out for Pennsylvania vote in ‘unprecedented numbers’: source
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We are witnessing Google’s real-time censorship of the term “mass formation psychosis” as mentioned by @RWMaloneMD on @joerogan podcast. Don’t let them get away with it! Listen to the episode for yourself.
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Most important Reddit post of the day? Was the market really on the verge of collapse?.
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The “never sell” Bitcoin crowd is so cringe. Bitcoin is meant to be used as a currency. Back in mid 2022 I decided to sell some Bitcoin at $23k to put towards a down payment on a house with my then-fiancée, several months before our wedding. I desperately wanted to buy a house.
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In Ledger’s 2021 funding round, they brag about how much crypto is stored on Ledger devices. Stop to think: how do they know this? The only way to know is to collect extended public keys. So Ledger Live knows your XPUBs and IP address 🤯.
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I've been deeply troubled by the widespread support for COVID vaccine mandates. It can be difficult to present a comprehensive argument against mandates – so I decided to write one! . We must educate our family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers.
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Spotted this morning in downtown Boston. I feel so much better that Gisele is advising @FTX_Official on how to be ESG compliant. What a relief.
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Bitcoin is the natural enemy of the CCP. They cannot coexist.
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As someone who has recommended @saifedean’s The Bitcoin Standard to many people over the years…what a disaster and embarrassment of an interview. Do not think I can recommend his work anymore.
"Are you saying I believe that because my grandfather was Jewish?" . @KonstantinKisin EXPOSES Deranged Pro-Palestine @saifedean
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Terrifying how our elites are so quick to cancel the Russian people as a whole. Deplatform an entire country from the global financial system, destroy their stock market, decimate their life savings. This can happen to your country at any moment.
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In ~24 hours:.- Kazakhstan government shuts down country's internet, then resigns.- Italy declares mandatory vax for age 50+.- France's Macron says unvaxed are not citizens.- Canada's Trudeau blames unvaxed for lockdowns, missed surgeries, missed cancer screenings.
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If you asked me a few years ago, I would not have expected almost $100k with such low fees
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Yesterday I spoke at the @BOSCityCouncil hearing about Boston's ongoing state of emergency and the public COVID mandate (vax pass). While @MayorWu lifted the public mandate, she's still pursuing her city employee mandate. This is reprehensible and needs to be better publicized.
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Nuremberg Code: .“The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential…without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion”.
.@NYCMayor De Blasio defends vax mandates: “Human beings are pretty predictable. If you say, ‘Your paycheck depends on it, or your ability to enjoy life, and go do the things you want to do,’ people will make the practical decision … but we’re not pushing hard enough"
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Sat outside at a restaurant today. Was asked by 2 staff to confirm our dog was a service dog. Was asked if we were over 21. Was told we must order food by the time drinks arrive. Was told to remove water bottle from table. 250 years ago, Bostonians went to war over a tax on tea.
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.@SenWarren is a disgrace to Massachusetts, birthplace of the American Revolution. How did she start with “consumer protection” and end with protecting the banks? . She will leave no political legacy. Not even a footnote in history.
this bill from @SenWarren massively expands the bank secrecy act, imposing bank-like KYC rules on non-custodial software products, including FOSS. and it’s gaining steam with 5 new co-sponsors 👀. this would be disastrous for #bitcoin and crypto in USA.
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The more I think about it, the only way Bitcoin wins in the long-term is for every wallet to implement CoinJoin and PayJoin. You can't have a superior money without fungibility. Canada should be a wake up call for everyone in the Bitcoin space.
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Ledger knows your IP address, they know exactly how much crypto you have. They know your mailing address and your email address. And worse, they don't understand why it's wrong to collect this private data. They brag about it!.
People should be terrified that @Ledger can claim for marketing how much crypto their users collectively have 🙈. Is your crypto/Bitcoin part of their 20% figure? If so, get it out now. 👇
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No need to buy multiple hardware wallets, Yubikeys, encrypted flash drives. No need to figure out how to use Google Authenticator with cloud disabled. Secure your entire digital life. That’s why we made Passport Prime.
Introducing Passport Prime – Your Personal Security Platform!. We’re thrilled to present Passport Prime, the world’s first personal security platform designed to secure your Bitcoin and your entire digital life. Think: A Swiss Army Knife for your online security.
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Update: set for life.
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A lot has been cooking over here in addition to our announcement of Passport Prime. Baby #1 arriving in April!
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If anyone lives in Massachusetts just north of Boston and wants an Amish delivery hookup, DM me!.
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Massively excited to soon show you all what we’ve been working on for the last 18 months. It’s not a hardware wallet. It’s an entirely new category of device.
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Over 9 years ago, I asked r/bitcoin how to learn to code for Bitcoin. Mike Hearn, NVK, and others kindly offered advice. @FOUNDATIONdvcs now employs 20 Bitcoiners and makes some of the best Bitcoin hardware and software, all open source. I am humbled.
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What I wear as a hardware wallet cofounder casually taking the dog for a walk while thinking about Balland’s kidnapping
Confirmation that @Ledger co-founder David Balland was kidnapped and a cryptocurrency ransom was demanded. He was rescued by GIGN and multiple suspects are in custody. H/T @cryptocratie .
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The original Ledger Nano did not have a screen. Ledger quickly realized that was a mistake. Imagine your phone is compromised and displays a fake address. Only a screen on your hardware wallet can stop this attack!. Truly sad to see Bitkey, a decade later, repeat this mistake.
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Mayor of Boston calling her own residents “trolls” for expressing anger and frustration at the vaccine mandates and unending state of emergency. Over a quarter of Boston’s minorities are unvaxed and excluded from society, fired from their city jobs.
Trolls in the comment section is not news in 2022.
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I wrote this blog post almost three years ago. I decided not to publish it at the time because it seemed like NVK was backing down, and I don't do drama. Now though, with mainstream influencers weighing in, it's time to put this matter to rest.
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Mayor of Boston, folks.
“I’m getting used to dealing w problems that are expensive, disruptive & White”. -Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. #Boston, @MayorWu has finally shown her true colors. This isn’t funny. This is disgusting. #ShameOnWu . @CotterReporter @TuckerCarlson @HowieCarrShow @DoctorTurtleboy
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Coinkite's BBQr: A Troubling Development in Bitcoin Airgapped Wallet Standards. When building one of the first airgapped hardware wallets over in 2020, we @FOUNDATIONdvcs understood the importance of open source collaboration. Instead of inventing our own protocol for sending.
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- Biden says you must keep your kids away from unvaxed.- NYC's DA to stop seeking prison sentences for armed robbery.- Australia detains and deports Novak Djokovic. but everything is okay, right?.
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I think Boston is done. Will likely move to NH this year. "I think the public health emergency now is of such a nature that it outweighs the competing claims of harm . " - Judge Jeffrey Locke. Mass Formation; vax mandate is obviously not stopping COVID.
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I don’t think a strategic reserve should be #1 priority . Top priority should be eliminating capital gains tax and refunding those taxes paid over the last decade. This will also enable Bitcoin payments at scale, since there will no longer be any tax burden for users.
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This is the worst thing @nvk has done. He actually sent a cease and desist letter to an open source developer who made an open Blockclock competitor (btcclock) AND sent a trademark claim to GitHub who took down the repo. NVK has harmed open source more than any other Bitcoiner.
Where @NVK and @theBLOCKCLOCK take down a FOSS competitors repos and websites using a vague trademark takedown request and legal cease-and-desist, instead of, you know, talking to them about changing their name. No one should touch the tools @NVK builds, as you're funding one of.
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Is it possible to have a substantive conversation about hardware wallet pros & cons without inviting anger and attacks from all sides? Here’s my attempt at a non-biased thread!.
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I just published my thoughts on @wutrain's upcoming Boston COVID vaccine mandate – but my thoughts are likely applicable to any city implementing mandates. Most concerning, the mandate will disproportionately impact minorities. Details in this thread👇.
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So, from what I can tell: . 1. Hospital is hit by some kind of projectile.2. Hamas immediately says it was Israel.3. All major media runs story saying it was Israel.4. Israel takes some time to investigate, says it was a terrorist rocket fallen short.5. Major media doesn't update.
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Let’s be clear. Free and open source software (and hardware) is important. “Open source” has a widely recognized definition. If you are not FOSS, you are “source available” – not “open source.” Challenging the definition for business reasons dilutes the open source movement.
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Big @SiaTechHQ milestone today – the network just reached 600 TB in used storage! That’s over 20% growth in the last 30 days and over 250% growth so far in 2019.
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The problem with running a single Bitaxe is that I keep checking every 10 minutes to see if I solo-mined a block.
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3/ here’s how we do it: public addresses are sent by Ledger Live to our $BTC and $ETH nodes. Our data team then analyzes public information available on-chain to estimate the total value linked to these addresses.
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Do your part to support the Amish, buy their raw dairy products, and consume raw milk daily!
I’ve been perfecting the at home cortado. Today is a triumphant day. Raw milk of course.
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@AntiWuCoalition @MassGovernor This is nonsense because all we have to do is receive natural gas from surrounding states and Canada. Massachusetts inexplicably exports our natural gas instead from third world countries on LNG ships. We could slash our electric and gas costs by 2/3 with proper policies.
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Not free until the cases against Samourai wallet and Tornado Cash are dropped.
This is the week where decades happened. Crypto is now legal. AI is now free. The entire blue empire is being shut down by executive order. And after the postwar order, we enter the post-Internet order.
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Should we send NVK a Cease & Desist for the nonsense claims on the new
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NVK might have an aneurysm when we announce what we've been building.
✨Beyond the Hardware Wallet. Stay ahead of the curve - something new is coming. 12.16.24
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New blog post! @SiaTechHQ will be the first non-financial application of blockchain tech to scale to tens of thousands of users and beyond. Our industry deserves to see useful, scalable, and realistic applications.
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Boston has been pushed to its limits in the last 2 years. Where I live, in the Financial District, around half the retail stores are closed. Office employees are now working remotely, and tourists are no longer able to travel. Downtown is desolate.
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Another major loss for Boston’s @MayorWu. If she can’t mandate a vax for her own employees, then mandating a vax on the entire city seems even more ludicrous. What a horrible first several weeks in office. What a waste of time and energy.
The appeals court has sided with the city's public-safety unions, throwing out a lower-court judge's ruling and installing an injunction preventing Mayor Michelle Wu from enforcing the employee vaccine mandate.
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In the wake of the Ledger Recover controversy, I've been thinking more about wallet security architecture. So many are looking forward to @blocks "hardware wallet" – but I think Bitkey is dangerous for sovereign.Bitcoin use. Summary 🧵 below.
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Fight for fungibility. Otherwise Bitcoin fails in the long term. Without fungibility there is ultimately no privacy. Without privacy there is ultimately no freedom, no sovereignty.
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This thread is completely insane. I didn’t know any of this was taking place. Directed energy weapons against peaceful protestors?.
1. Short Thread on LRAD / DEW Directed Energy Weapons against Aus Peaceful Protestors
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Downtown Boston covered with trash. @MayorWu it would be nice if you could walk around the city and take care of basic services, like snow removal and garbage cleanup. Instead of spending all your energy on mandates.
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I did politely ask to be removed from his site before I said anything publicly.
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This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for those that came before us to fight for the freedoms we now take for granted. This year has showed us that freedom isn’t static; it’s fleeting. It’s fragile. It takes enormous work to preserve freedom.
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It really does feel like a big push for WWIII. Constant rhetoric like "NATO should establish a no fly zone" actually means "NATO should shoot down Russian planes" – this is how you start a world war.
The war propaganda coming from the Ukrainian government is out of control. Out of freaking control. The politicians in place there are trying to start WWIII.
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Battleship with enormous nuclear reactor running at 100% output, powering laser weapons and rail guns. Onboard ASIC farm to suck up the excess electricity and generate revenue. When firing, spin down all ASICs and temporarily route all electricity to the weapons systems.
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@lyfscraft Brick or stone masonry .Energy recovery ventilators for fresh air.Water softening / whole home filtration / UV filter / Reverse Osmosis with remineralization .Whole home humidifier and dehumidifier.Plumbed-in espresso machine.Gym / sauna.Wired ethernet to every room.
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The fight is really on now. No more Bitcoin vs. crypto. All in this together.
*SEC SERVED CONSENSYS WITH A WELLS NOTICE AND ALLEGED METAMASK IS OPERATING AS AN UNLICENSED BROKER DEALER: FORTUNE - THE BLOCK PRO.
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Reject ESG.Embrace ESB – Energy, Sovereignty, & Bitcoin.
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I can’t believe we’ve reached a point where so many Bitcoiners are resisting well-designed protocol upgrades because they could lead to “more shitcoining” . Maybe you should instead be thinking about how these upgrades can enable more people to achieve sovereignty and freedom.
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@tayfunyugruk No, you sell dollars for Bitcoin. You opt out of dollars and opt into Bitcoin.
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Everyone needs to watch this. I am in total shock that this is our mayor. She can’t even complete a sentence or give an answer. The reporters are asking simple, important questions. This is why I’m looking at homes in NH. Living like this for another year is untenable.
JUST IN: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu won't say when mask mandates will be lifted, says "next fall, next winter there likely will be another surge."
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Perfect timing to announce what we've been working on for almost 2 years.
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I'm launching a weekly newsletter called State of Hardware. Each week, we'll evaluate hardware’s impact on society through the lenses of privacy, sovereignty, and freedom. Our first post is "Falling out of Love with Apple, Part 1" – please check it out!.
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The government just ruined two lives – and I can't figure out what law was broken. Money transmission? Tornado Cash is noncustodial. Profiting because bad people used Tornado Cash? Companies profit from bad people using their services every single day. Extremely dystopian.
UPDATE: Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm arrested by the FBI, while co-founder Semenov added to list of U.S. sanctioned companies and individuals. Read the latest from @RT_Watson
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Impressed by @SamouraiWallet’s embrace of freedom tech. Integrating Monero swaps gives their users best in class privacy tools. It’s important to remember that Bitcoin isn’t the “why” – freedom is.
Gatekeep all you want. We'll bulldoze right through you like we've unapologetically done since day one. Cross chain atomic swaps between BTC and XMR are here, we've been hard at work to make it a reality, wipe the tears from your delicate little laser eyes.
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The money transmitter charges are so ludicrous. How can you be a money transmitter without the ability to take possession of the funds? . If I mail a check, the postal service is not a money transmitter. Likewise, routing transactions is not the same as transmitting money.
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Ledger at Davos back in 2020. Can assure you no one from @FOUNDATIONdvcs will ever associate with the WEF. We will do everything possible to deliver sovereignty and privacy tools based on strong open source principles.
Almost live from Davos @Ledger #WEF2020 @EmmanuelMacron @BrunoLeMaire @cedric_o @wef Big thanks for the invitation. Great event. Let's build the #Crypto European ecosystem and European #tech giants 🚀🇫🇷🇪🇺🦄
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This is nothing to celebrate. @MayorWu invented these arbitrary “thresholds” last week after pressure to remove her mandates grew too large. A total failure. For 34 days, Boston – home of the American Revolution – was segregated. We must never allow this to happen again.
UPDATE: As of today, our public health data show that Boston is officially below the 3 critical thresholds for heightened COVID protections, so we are lifting the proof of vaccination requirement.
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Passport is now priced at $199. No discounts, no sales. Passport at $199 is a no-brainer, especially with its integrated battery and included industrial grade microSD card. Plus free USA shipping. Coldcard? Add those items to your cart and you're paying $212 before shipping.
It’s time we bring freedom tech and self-custody to more people with Passport. We’re reducing Passport’s price to $199, making it more accessible than ever to secure your Bitcoin with beautifully designed hardware that is open-source and easy-to-use.
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@BradCohn Horrific. My wife is currently eating tons of fruit, orange juice every morning, plenty of natural sugars and a peaty diet.
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@celestialbe1ng Agreed. I used to intermittent fast and realized I was running on high cortisol 24/7. Now doing dates, coconut oil, milk, honey, lots of fruit. Never felt better, am always calm and unphased by any challenge or obstacle.
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Extremely irresponsible to be suggesting that bitcoin on an exchange is safer than self custody. Especially after FTX. Holding 200+ BTC in a computer connected to the internet, especially as a prominent dev, is beyond reckless.
@jalanfoster @EthereanMaximus @clubhouselee @coinbase @kraken @saylor The exchanges didn't have the bitcoins. Ironically, if they did, they'd probably be safe still.
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Let me translate – should we directly attack Russian forces and start a nuclear WWIII?. There’s something seriously wrong with these people.
Perhaps the biggest risk-calculation/moral dilemma of the war so far. A massive Russian convoy is abt 30 miles from Kyiv. The US/NATO could likely destroy it. But that would be direct involvement against Russia and risk, everything. Does the West watch in silence as it rolls?.
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Mayor of Boston calling her own residents “trolls” for expressing anger and frustration at the vaccine mandates and unending state of emergency. Over a quarter of Boston’s minorities are unvaxed and excluded from society, fired from their city jobs.
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This is going to draw a lot of young voters to the polls. Was a massive mistake for Biden to so aggressively attack the industry in an election year.
“I’m good with Crypto. If you’re for crypto you better vote for Trump.”
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Dear Bitcoin community: there is a fine line between a strong immune system and an autoimmune disease.
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Boston’s @MayorWu is capitulating…slowly. This idiotic new policy would end and restart the city employee vax mandate based on what % of the population tests positive. Can you imagine being a firefighter, being fired and re-hired every 3 months? Insane.
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Bitcoin must remain fungible. Any attack on Bitcoin’s fungibility degrades its utility and value. Blockchain analysis firms must be rendered obsolete. Federal agencies must be aggressively challenged in court.
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