Bitcoin Tech Talk #307

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What I've been working on

1. BitBlockBoom - I did a talk on “fiat delenda est” on Saturday, which talked about why the fiat attitude is our sworn enemy. I’ll be writing that into a written piece, perhaps as early as next week. I had a lot of fun doing this talk as it was a continuation of the talk from two years ago at BitBlockBoom, the Moral Case for Bitcoin. Unfortunately, the audio on that recording got messed up so it never got posted, but hopefully, this one will.

2. Bitcoin Times Launch - I was on hand to be on a panel for the Bitcoin Times launch. I was a contributor in edition 3 which had a written version of the talk from BitBlockBoom in 2020, the Moral Case for Bitcoin. The print magazine looks amazing and Aleks Svetski did a great job in creating that. The panel I was on isn’t online yet, but it did live-stream and hopefully will come online soon.

3. Hodlonaut Auction - I donated my hat for the defense of Hodlonaut against CSW and the hat fetched 15 million sats! The lawsuit is obviously baseless and for some weird reason lawfare seems to be CSW’s favorite attack against Bitcoiners. I am out of white straw hats at the moment, but I will be wearing a felt silverbelly hat for the foreseeable future.

What I'm up to

1. Baltic Honeybadger - I will be in Riga for this annual conference. It’s been 3 years since their last edition due to the pandemic, but if it’s anything like the previous edition, it should be pretty amazing. Last time, we sat and sang songs for a few hours in the cold.

2. New Book - I’m planning to compile my Bitcoin Magazine articles into a book for public consumption. The main topic would be how fiat money has ruined all sorts of things. This would be my second solo author effort and I’d love your feedback! Would you buy such a book? What other topics should I put in it? What would help you in your orange-pilling?

3. Comedy writing and satire - I’ve been doing a lot of experiments with satire as mockery is often much more effective than arguments. I’ve been playing with some Babylon Bee/Onion style headlines such as “Nic Carter’s puffy eyes totally not from breaking up with Bitcoin Maximalists,” “Hacker annoyed that his $20M exploit on Ethereum is not getting much attention,” and “Venture Capitalist skins puppies for the ultimate NFT.” I actually wanted to create a Twitter account to just do headlines like these but sadly, it’s already locked.

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What I’m Shilling

• Books

  • Bitcoin and the American Dream

  • Thank God for Bitcoin

  • The Little Bitcoin Book

  • Programming Bitcoin

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