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2026-02-02 16:04:35 UTC

50 empires x 50 centuries
(+religions +coins +labels +dates)
https://blossom.primal.net/244b6677c1c857694536181418939a188db9cb0178e5c7c31b3527790727e92d.jpg
#timeline #history

2026-02-02 13:39:03 UTC

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All Databases will leak.
#nevent1q…gx5t

2026-02-02 13:38:15 UTC

🚨Cyber Alert ‼️
🇪🇸Spain - Ministerio de Hacienda
The threat actor going by the name ‘HaciendaSec’ claims to have breached the Ministerio de Hacienda.
Allegedly, the attackers are offering for sale an updated database covering 47.3 million citizens, including DNI/NIF numbers, full names, residential addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, IBAN bank details, and tax-related financial information.
Sector: Government
Threat class: Cybercrime
Observed: Jan 31, 2026
Status: Pending verification
https://blossom.primal.net/4bcd17439c6b3be790d5b6c71d91419bea62d48a973a17f853133ca314bf2f8d.jpg

2026-02-02 13:05:37 UTC

50 x 50
50 empires 50 centuries
#timeline #history
https://blossom.primal.net/05bf0409f300635f92462274ea2b35ea6f86bbba47196eab8caeeac258302c0c.png

2026-02-02 13:04:30 UTC

50 empires x 50 centuries
#timeline #history
https://blossom.primal.net/05bf0409f300635f92462274ea2b35ea6f86bbba47196eab8caeeac258302c0c.png

2026-02-01 14:15:01 UTC

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To be fair, at the time it was hard to see. LN⚡️ was just an idea when the debate raged. IIRC the lightning torch came a full year after the blocksize debate...

2026-02-01 11:04:54 UTC

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Shenzhen Gold Platform JWR Collapses: $19B Frozen – FTX-Sized Scandal Hits China Amid Gold Rally
Paper gold is like paper Bitcoin. If you don't hold it, you don't own it.
Not your keys 🗝 not your bitcoin.
#nevent1q…cagj

2026-02-01 10:54:28 UTC

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Yes. He was.
But they kept the part about annual hard forks quiet.

2026-02-01 10:50:50 UTC

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Hard forks are a slippery slope.
The moment that you lose backwards compatibility, individual sovereignty is lost.
Being forced to upgrade puts you at the mercy of devs.

2026-02-01 10:48:00 UTC

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Annual hardforks is what many big blockers wanted, despite loud denials at the time. Thank God they lost that fight!
#nevent1q…7ug3

2026-01-31 15:42:38 UTC

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Tell me more please. I've heard this argument before, but never properly explained.
I'll accept a link if that is faster 😉

2026-01-31 15:35:17 UTC

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Each of this strengths does come with a negative side: it's more work!
Decision paralysis exists.
Some people love choice. Many want a closed menu that saves them the effort of thinking, understanding, deciding.
Onboarding on Nostr requires much more mental effort that downloading tiktok or other optimised, zero effort, algo-driven slop dispensers.
It is much more rewarding to build your own network, but it takes time to do so.
I don't think that we will get mass Nostr adoption for a while yet. Eventually a few opinion leaders will get it and then they'll bring their followers. But I don't see it as being anything but a slow process.
The good news is that once you know and understand, you are here to stay.

2026-01-31 15:23:55 UTC

Please help me list #Nostr advantages v centralized social media.
1. Censorship resistant
2. FOSS
3. User owns contacts
4. User owns content
5. User picks algo
6. User choose app
7. User picks relays
8. User picks moderation
9. Zaps
10. Web of trust
What am I missing?

2026-01-31 14:36:34 UTC

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Just like Bessent thinks that stablecoins are a trojan horse for the US Dollar, I think that they are a trojan horse for Bitcoin.
Once millions of people have value stored in stablecoins, we will have rails in place to enable them to exchange them to Bitcoin with a few clicks on an uncensorable #DEX.
Then when the USD panic happens the flow of value to Bitcoin will be unstoppable.
#nevent1q…4t7n

2026-01-31 11:52:41 UTC

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But I can zap you, right?

2026-01-31 11:49:36 UTC

Hi @nprofile…deta can you zap?

2026-01-31 11:38:20 UTC

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France is becoming the crypto kidnapping capital. This is like the 5th case now.
#nevent1q…v68q

2026-01-31 09:00:34 UTC

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I would take the opportunity to orange pill them. Make them sit through a presentation of all the reasons why you could be wrong...

2026-01-30 21:01:17 UTC

@nprofile…eerj up

2026-01-30 12:32:50 UTC

Volatility?
It's part of it.
https://blossom.primal.net/d129f1f49e89d4787048f50566da05082bfd785ab034111e2c41c6397a60acdd.png

2026-01-30 11:27:15 UTC

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Aged it a bit for esthetics...
https://blossom.primal.net/fdf971d54ab5984a456044013cc5ba924e6ecb7c467e3c3801d217456fa78d39.jpg

2026-01-30 10:38:07 UTC

50 Empires in 50 Centuries.
It's starting to come together. Much improved data on km2, thanks to https://worldhist.org/.
Still some refining need, but things are lining up nicely.
#history #timeline
https://blossom.primal.net/746a681b57f44052cf3ba7b01c6f35c68e56dd4e32c4075d230c307286ee5437.jpg

2026-01-30 09:07:47 UTC

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Malthus was wrong in 1798.
Ehrlich was wrong in 1968.
Gore was wrong in 2006.
Greta was wrong in 2019.
...but they never stop trying.

2026-01-30 09:02:28 UTC

Every time that commodity prices spike, the malthusians pop out of the woordwork.
In the 1970s it was Ehrlich vs Simon. "The Population Bomb" vs "The Ultimate resource".
But this time we are ready to reveal the wizard behind the curtain: rising prices are first and foremost caused by the money printers. Sound money is the solution.
https://blossom.primal.net/9224d5b5edccf9b4a7302c48f763be1f88c2e7b95e6aa6f7aba91f86a0597294.png
https://blossom.primal.net/c56921e8de17d47cb94449310a5a1d2f03e0c8adde7f69d4430e4623ddf18a35.png

2026-01-29 19:38:49 UTC

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Bitcoin is the original DAO, but there are others that have tried to emulate it.
I'm just surprised that more people have not had their eyes opened to this way of working.
@nprofile…6d9z is an interesting case study of a successful DAO.
https://bisq.wiki/Teams

2026-01-29 19:28:26 UTC

Some days you are reminded how crazily bureaucratic our fiat lives are.
The contrast with Bitcoin world is glaring.
Once you've seen how a DAO works... automated accounting, no payroll, flat hierarchy, no regulation, no residency, no incorporation, no licenses, no bank accounts, no id for some collaborators, no labour contracts, no notary, no rent, no lease, no unreadable TOS, no witholding, no tax...
Everything else looks like byzantine red tape.
It really is amazing how many absolutely superfluous sillyness we put up with!

2026-01-27 08:55:46 UTC

How the #silver market was suppressed. Very interesting explanation. (Twitter link unfortunately). Very relevant to #Bitcoin
https://x.com/gothburz/status/2016002194382758041
I Spent Eight Years Spoofing Silver
I'm a precious metals trader at a major bank.
Was.
Am.
Depends on which LinkedIn I'm updating.
Between 2008 and 2016, my desk placed orders we never intended to fill.
Thousands of them.
Tens of thousands.
We'd flood the book with sell orders.
Watch the algos panic.
Cancel before execution.
Buy at the bottom we just created.
Rinse.
Repeat.
For eight years.
We called it "spoofing."
The regulators called it fraud.
Same thing. Different business cards.
My bank paid $920 million to settle.
$920 million.
Two of my colleagues went to federal prison.
One year.
Two years.
They took it well.
Better than you'd think.
The bank paid their legal fees.
And kept their pensions.
Because that's what family does.
Eight banks. Total fines. $1.3 billion.
$920 million from us.
$127 million from Scotiabank.
$76 million from HSBC.
$75 million from Deutsche Bank.
The rest from the usual suspects.
All for the same thing.
Keeping silver where we wanted it.
Not where the market wanted it.
Here's what nobody understands about manipulation.
It's not about making money on the trade.
It's about making money on the *position*.
We had shorts.
Massive shorts.
The kind that show up in CFTC reports as "concentrated commercial interest."
That's regulator-speak for "these four banks control 68% of the market."
If silver went up, we lost billions.
So silver didn't go up.
For eight years.
Meanwhile, the world was changing.
Solar panels need silver.
500 million ounces by 2030.
Electric vehicles need silver.
AI data centers need silver.
Every green energy initiative, every climate target, every ESG presentation—
All of them need the one metal we were suppressing.
We knew.
We had the research.
We just didn't care.
2021: Supply deficit of 51 million ounces.
2022: 237 million.
2023: 184 million.
2024: 182 million.
2025: 166 million.
Cumulative: 820 million ounces.
That's 820 million ounces of silver the world needed.
That didn't exist.
Because mines can't produce fast enough.
And we spent a decade convincing everyone silver was worthless.
The prosecution came.
The fines came.
The prison sentences came.
We paid.
We restructured.
We "enhanced our compliance protocols."
That's how you say "we got caught" in a press release.
Then we did something beautiful.
We flipped.
We closed our shorts.
We went long.
713 million ounces.
Not a typo.
We now own more silver than we spent eight years suppressing.
Silver in January 2024: $23.
Silver in December 2025: $83.
Silver today: $110.
Up 260%.
From the price we kept it at.
To the price it should have been.
All along.
TD Securities tried to short it in October.
Lost $2.39 million.
In one trade.
We laughed.
Not because we're cruel.
Because we *invented* that trade.
And we knew when to stop.
December 2025.
COMEX registered inventory.
60% drawdown.
Four days.
47.6 million ounces claimed.
Physical delivery.
Not paper settlement.
Actual silver.
Leaving the vault.
The vaults we control.
Chinese banks suspended new precious metals accounts.
ICBC. Agricultural Bank. Construction Bank. Ningbo.
Raised margins.
Added circuit breakers.
They saw what was coming.
The same thing we saw.
When you suppress a price for a decade—
And the world still needs the thing—
Eventually the spring uncoils.
The board asked me how we're positioned.
I said "constructive."
Constructive means we're long.
Constructive means we're making billions.
Constructive means the same bank that paid $920 million in fines—
Is now making $900 million in gains.
On the same metal.
In the same market.
With the same traders.
Just different positions.
I'm updating my LinkedIn.
"Led precious metals transformation at global financial institution."
Transformation is accurate.
We transformed from criminal.
To compliant.
To profitable.
Same people.
Same desks.
Different direction.
Someone asked if I felt guilty.
About the manipulation.
About the miners who couldn't get fair prices.
About the investors who sold at the bottom we created.
About the eight years of artificial suppression.
I said I felt "reflective."
Reflective means no.
The next conference is in March.
"Precious Metals Outlook 2026."
I'm on the panel.
"Silver: From Suppression to Surge."
That's really the title.
They asked me to speak.
Because I have "unique insight."
I do.
I was the suppression.
Now I'm the surge.
$1.3 billion in fines.
Two men in prison.
Eight banks prosecuted.
820 million ounce deficit.
260% price increase.
$110 silver.
And I'm speaking at conferences.
About what's next.
You want to know what's next?
$120.
$150.
$200.
Not because I believe in silver.
Because I believe in deficits.
And I believe in the position we've built.
713 million ounces.
The same hands that held it down—
Now holding it up.
The market isn't broken.
The market is *working*.
For the first time in a decade.
Because we stopped breaking it.
Not out of conscience.
Out of position.
That's the lesson.
The same people who manipulate the bottom—
Manipulate the top.
We just change the sign.
Short to long.
Suppress to support.
Crime to compliance.
Same traders.
Same desks.
Same banks.
Different LinkedIn.
I'm going to make more money this year than I made in any year of the manipulation.
Legally.
Compliantly.
On the rally we delayed for a decade.
The spring uncoils.
The price finds its level.
The fines get written off.
And I update my LinkedIn.
"Precious metals expert."
"Market structure specialist."
"Transformation leader."
Nobody mentions the eight years.
Nobody mentions the $920 million.
Nobody mentions the prison sentences.
Silver at $110.
Gold at $5,000.
My bonus at ATH.
Same metal.
Same market.
Same me.
Different position.
That's not irony.
That's the system.
Working exactly as designed

2026-01-27 08:38:31 UTC

Cap gains tax in Europe
https://blossom.primal.net/2cfee67b731799741bf2a96debca086466c7bcb9c1d0e0c8183f2d95bfa9d9ea.png

2026-01-27 08:02:55 UTC

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I want stats on bitcoin payments, if you can get them!

2026-01-27 07:54:54 UTC

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Currency Wars is back in play.
#gold
#nevent1q…4t69

2026-01-26 13:33:03 UTC

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With Trump in the USA, Polievre in Canada and Salinas in Mexico... the pro-bitcoin american zone would dwarf the eurozone.

2026-01-26 13:27:27 UTC

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, mexican millionaire and author of 'The Bitcoin Enlightenment' could soon become presidential candidate.
https://blossom.primal.net/4c29d6c49a8e65e164986d2a83339ddbb1bb63ff70a50ede6a195fa8b1a2fc5a.webp

2026-01-26 12:06:25 UTC

The data still needs improvement, but I'm getting very close to a final format: 50 empires in 50 centuries.
#history #timeline
https://blossom.primal.net/7d8dcd9749c38fc13d6212569fba96861e9c21cef949c1056d4fc1f2d6750020.png

2026-01-25 15:46:31 UTC

We are a couple of cold winters away from massive upheaval. Tech has both improved our ability to adapt, but also diminished our mental and societal resilience.
In emergencies, flexibility and adaptability are key.
https://blossom.primal.net/3b2bded341cb91aaabae16b98d28aff10acdce9d6e376c7e571c5e4cb3935952.png

2026-01-24 15:40:43 UTC

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China hedging their UST sales with gold is no longer looking hypothetical.
#nevent1q…zh3u

2026-01-22 13:05:15 UTC

Spanish Prime Minister calls for the end of anonymity and pseudonimity on social media.
This is why Nostr matters. Push to ID all users will increase.
#WEF #Privacy
https://blossom.primal.net/0fbd0bdc12c2a569756d840ccbd7b3d35dd1e3bb874a4b0168693a2f37191148.png

2026-01-22 09:33:09 UTC

Ayn Rand se equivocó en muchas cosas, pero los ministros de transporte los clavó.
Hace años que cada vez que me subo a un tren en España me acuerdo de 'Atlas Shrugged'.
Los superhombres estilo John Galt, Howard Rearden o Francisco D'Anconia no sé si existen.... pero los Wesley Mouch los he conocido en persona. No están ni exagerados.
#hispano

2026-01-21 10:05:44 UTC

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ALL DATABASES WILL LEAK.
Keep your 🗝 offline.
#nevent1q…wygy

2026-01-20 10:27:37 UTC

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Please set up your LN⚡️address so that we can zap you!
You already have your primal wallet activated, all you have to do is copy-paste the lightning address to your profile.

2026-01-18 17:51:25 UTC

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¡Espero que guste mi camiseta!
#hispano
#nevent1q…7dca

2026-01-16 19:02:50 UTC

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50 empires in 50 centuries definitely has a nice ring to it.
I should also think a bit about ordering. Oldest-Newest or East-West?
Or maybe some combination that shows continuity and succession within regions, while still keeping the chronology straight.
Colours can be used to show connection or conflict. Overlaps...

2026-01-16 18:33:28 UTC

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For the next version I definitely have to add a few more empires, if I can get the data.
Definitely missing more bronze age players: Minoans, Myceneans, Hittites, Indus Valley, Shang, Babylonian.
Also missing all the precolombian american: Aztez, Maya, Inca, Olmec.
...and the great african empires: Kush, Aksum, Ghana, Ethiopia, Mali.
Finally I should split the chinese dynasties better and include Ming, Qing as separate from modern China.
Korea and Japan probably deserve a spot.
That's 19 more! It would take us to 45.
If we add France, Portugal, Dutch... 48.
50 should definitely be a hard limit. Space is limited and we don't want it so crowded that it's illegible.

2026-01-16 18:21:58 UTC

Some useful labels. Added dates, events, etc.
#timeline #history
Territory is not everything, but it's easy to measure compared to military strength, wealth or cultural influence. It also shows the rise and fall of empires quite clearly.
https://blossom.primal.net/4a6c15f5af6211bd12198734dc2554c8068431caf0f77ca1c9e51f976c00c77f.jpg

2026-01-16 13:09:05 UTC

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My estimate is that Bitcoin payments won't really take off until 2029-2030. But I'd be happy to be proven wrong!
Somebody has to be first! 2026-2027 will be the time for innovators. I'm sure their efforts will be rewarded. Being early is risky, but also has advantages.
https://blossom.primal.net/00a2480d149d54693fc84c766e2ca4750e2f403b094b5ebe8eace2885c0c469a.jpg

2026-01-16 12:29:44 UTC

#callebitcoin #madrid 2014 was too early. But I think soon the time will be right for this.
https://blossom.primal.net/8d81483932551bbc0b81c96ce1204acdbd0d69915341a5c0d78fb4007a54ef64.png
https://www.eleconomista.es/tecnologia/noticias/6256064/11/14/Madrid-tien-la-calle-bitcoin-mas-larga-de-Europa-reina-en-la-Milla-de-oro.html

2026-01-16 12:01:34 UTC

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Already on BTCmap.
https://blossom.primal.net/4b7a6def2d80993a8fc0ccb9b284cb3ebf63583926432e62edd3a108b4ab9b9b.png

2026-01-16 11:57:27 UTC

Carrefour Express Arcachon 20% discount for Bitcoin payments.
@nprofile…jemv
https://www.mariefrance.fr/actualite/societe/convictions-tres-fortes-gerant-carrefour-propose-alternative-audacieuse-monnaie-pour-payer-courses-1236368.html
https://blossom.primal.net/287523fdf9cc5a29ad8dd4b1a2d8401cf5c162cb4c337308e5629f24038f7c8e.png

2026-01-16 09:54:56 UTC

I'm quite happy with this ridgeline format. It condenses a lot of information very efficiently, but also allows for comparison. This one only has 26 empires, but I imagine it could be expanded to the top 50.
#timeline #history
https://blossom.primal.net/7a4f9c0b2d053e07173ac4914cab05614ee5432654a2e8907d02d4f466d57fd2.png

2026-01-16 09:20:28 UTC

Regimen administrativo: más libertad (1) --> más restrictivo (10)
1. Libre prestación
2. Seguro obligatorio
3. Autorización (incondicional)
4. Permiso (condicional)
5. Licencia (numerus apertus)
6. Licencias (numerus clausus)
7. Concesión (múltiples)
8. Concesión (monopolio)
9. Monopolio público
10. Prohibición
En derecho administrativo nos enseñaban este ranking de más abierto a más restrictivo. Sirve para la prestación de cualquier servicio. La conclusión es que cuanto más restrictivo (1-10), más poder tiene el estado y por tanto más corrupción habrá.
Donde más dinero ganan los corruptos es con la prohibición total, ahí está en su mano hacer la vista gorda o permitir "excepciones", comisión mediante claro está.

2026-01-15 17:31:01 UTC

Corrected the GUPTA / MAURYA error.
Maurya Empire: 320 BC to 185 BC
Gupta Empire: 240 AD to 579 AD
#timeline #history
https://blossom.primal.net/769fc3c08631fa7d4d7e8ea1c2fbd48e18fa6f3094232551211f48f6e9a40e5b.jpg

2026-01-15 13:59:00 UTC

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Yep. Totally meant to congratulate @nprofile…tdq0

2026-01-15 13:44:22 UTC

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Congrats @nprofile…l4cs @nprofile…a8lu @nprofile…5kvh
#nevent1q…6zv4

2026-01-15 10:27:59 UTC

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You can ask @nprofile…7l4q and @nprofile…x23h where you can get the big orange helium balloons.
https://blossom.primal.net/9ccc5b080c9aace04f7d6a36dd7563913edcf75edb2f333156ccf88cf9ab7f70.png

2026-01-15 10:25:57 UTC

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You can start very small, with just the intern paying for coffee in sats every day. Then gradually, slowly spread to all of Casemates.

2026-01-15 10:24:19 UTC

Hey @nprofile…qdja @nprofile…yn2m now might be a good time to try to reactivate Gib on @nprofile…jemv
Casemates Sq. would be perfect for a giant Bitcoin balloon.
https://blossom.primal.net/cc019987888d34f796e7700992cf8cd6d47c558d36c9dc2950efe268151351c2.png

2026-01-15 09:05:36 UTC

(Old but somehow still relevant)
Gold is real; central planning is fiction.
https://www.goldmoney.com/research/gold-is-real-central-planning-is-fiction

2026-01-14 16:51:39 UTC

Why is #Bitchat surging in Uganda but not in Irán?
Both are suffering Internet shutdowns, but in one people prepared for it by downloading Bitchat massively.
I think that a public figure like the Ugandan opposition leader speaking about it made a major difference. People follow influencers.
IMHO the way to bring more people to Nostr is to approach every influencer mistreated, censored, shadow-banned by centralised social media and convince them to come to Nostr. They will bring their audience.
Just like youtubers at risk of censorship will plug their rumble or alternative channel in every cast, X influencers would plug their Nostr in their bio as a backup.
https://blossom.primal.net/a521cf161df1da441b557ea67e16422053379af6b1a110b09dbf8495bdec1104.png

2026-01-14 14:53:13 UTC

Building tech to solve problems caused by govt.
Fiat money -> Bitcoin
Censorship -> Nostr
Internet shutdown -> bitchat
Surveillance -> WhiteNoise
What more can we add to the list?

2026-01-14 14:20:19 UTC

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Cada caso es distinto. Lo importante es la progresión. Hace unos años lo odiaban todos. Ahora todos lo ven como una oportunidad.

2026-01-14 13:15:01 UTC

Spanish banks in Bitcoin
1. BBVA ✅
2. Santander ✅ (Openbank)
3. Bankinter ✅ (Bit2me)
4. Caixabank 🔜
5. Sabadell ❌
By end of 2026 all of them will be in.

2026-01-14 10:32:54 UTC

Ridgeline chart of imperial territory million km2.
#history #timeline
https://blossom.primal.net/e63be1acce70384984b53b9b23165af427419ca4cc00fc2899e44838ebfc8b1b.png

2026-01-14 09:36:52 UTC

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A few others, mostly in Europe:
SumUp — ~3,500,000 merchants
Mollie — ~250,000 merchants
Zettle (by PayPal) — ~1,000,000 merchants
Adyen — ~500,000 merchants
Viva Wallet — ~100,000 merchants

2026-01-14 09:32:34 UTC

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POS Provider Est. Merchants 2025
Square 4M
Toast 120k
Shopify POS 2.5M
Clover (Fiserv) 175k
Verifone 2M

2026-01-14 09:19:24 UTC

BTCmap numbers are growing nicely. @nprofile…jemv
How could we go faster? How can we get from thousands to millions?
Square offering Bitcoin to all its merchants was great. What other PoS operators could we convince to join?
https://blossom.primal.net/cb6a4963e7cb1e2362357af7cfa149bfb7fa04e61174bba5e635790369155c77.png

2026-01-14 09:09:04 UTC

Stablecoins can be frozen, banned, blocked, confiscated at the blockchain level. Why? Because there is a centralised issuer.
Bitcoin cannot. Because it is decentralised.
https://blog.amlbot.com/stablecoin-freezes-2023-2025-a-data-backed-analysis-of-usdt-vs-usdc-by-amlbot/
https://blossom.primal.net/5981d296b475458f5bf479d2758f4f508796ae485c9d3eb0768b45f4e619f03d.png

2026-01-13 11:13:52 UTC

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No Bitchat in Iran now.
https://blossom.primal.net/1a225eabb4d0e45abd00b6b53bb15b71bde097aad65eb4fa7cab8b887969d8e5.png

2026-01-13 11:12:39 UTC

https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android
Bitchat is great, but bluetooth range limits its utility as an emergency alternative for Internet shutdown situations. Iran right now being a good example.
@nprofile…h36r is working on adding wifi mesh capacity. That would be a nice range extension.
What would be the next range increase that can be done with existing cellphone hardware?

2026-01-13 09:38:21 UTC

https://worldhist.org/
Is amazing. If you like #history and maps, this is an amazing resource.
https://blossom.primal.net/7f218e71acbe66d2ac99727ed3ccba9feff6c56436a84e4d204bb6ad3516b4fd.png

2026-01-13 09:27:47 UTC

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I will check it myself with this:
https://worldhist.org/

2026-01-13 09:03:28 UTC

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Iran's currency might be plummeting, but don't forget that all fiat money is losing value.
#nevent1q…0tft

2026-01-13 08:51:56 UTC

The silver sqeeze is looking fun.
Some people have been waiting 20 years for this.
https://blossom.primal.net/b769064b5cd7872640eb39f17077d69c3eb65d0e7c2b6799686c4e3c4b7d0ff7.png

2026-01-13 08:39:32 UTC

Accounting, law, media, even science... it's all copy-paste now!
...and soon it will all be AI slop.

2026-01-12 17:35:41 UTC

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@nprofile…u9lu also has a fun service with no account needed.
https://sats4ai.com/

2026-01-12 17:33:06 UTC

ChatGPT has gone from free to freemium to unusable unless you pay really fast. By the end of 2026 the free version won't get 2+2 right.
I imagine other chatbots will follow a similar path.
Thankfully we can make our own. Self-host.
Check out Umbrel and Start9. They have a lot of AI tools.
@nprofile…fu08 @nprofile…cnv5

2026-01-12 15:50:28 UTC

Territorial expanse of empires million km2 from 2500 BC to 2500 AD.
#history #timeline
I still don't fully trust the data. It seems as it gets more complete it loses accuracy. I'm going to have to manually check it all...
https://blossom.primal.net/7dbf120d13e47f406af1cfc9c0182e8a2af4c00c986305182f384d069327cbc7.png

2026-01-12 10:21:34 UTC

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Annual reminder that we are not heading for balanced world.
#nevent1q…jzt0

2026-01-12 10:19:48 UTC

Skynet on track for 2029.
https://youtu.be/TlPYlsuR1DE

2026-01-12 10:14:54 UTC

All databases will leak. KYC is dangerous.
#Privacy is important.

2026-01-10 14:53:12 UTC

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Sure, but people with kids already use their cars more efficiently: more trips per day + higher vehicle occupancy.
If you can replace 1 million, single person vehicle, 2 trips per day (work commute) with cheap ubers or robotaxis... that goes a long way to reducing congestion.
Of course I'm talking about voluntary reduction by offering cheaper, better alternatives. Don't think I'm in the 15-min city, surveillance heavy, agenda 2030 camp 😉

2026-01-10 14:22:26 UTC

Still not the final form, but continues to improve in historical accuracy.
#timeline #history
I've thrown in some future predictions for fun.
https://blossom.primal.net/8e429a79172f3aed6a9b92ae05889aa7967167443aae6490f18ff7f54a8c8844.jpg

2026-01-10 13:55:18 UTC

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What does this (e-gold, liberty reserve experience) imply for USDT, stablecoins?

2026-01-10 13:54:02 UTC

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The Nigerian ban is also interesting. Instead of banning mining, like China, they banned all possession and use. The results were fun.

2026-01-10 13:47:26 UTC

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Jitney style minivans work well in some countries and are even more efficient, cheap and flexible.
The problem is again political: they are banned in most places because they compete too efficiently with public transport.

2026-01-10 13:41:15 UTC

An Uber style private hire vehicle does an estimated 10x trips per day as a private car in a city the size of London.
An extra 100.000 taxis/ubers could take 1 million private cars off the streets.
It seems like low hanging fruit to reduce traffic problems in large cities.
My guess is that there are political reasons not to do it (taxi licensing is a source of money for many municipalities).

2026-01-10 12:01:30 UTC

Dems: we need a police state because climate change.
Reps: we need a police state because immigration.
Is there a political option that does not involve a police state?

2026-01-08 13:59:00 UTC

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Time to revisit this scenario.
#nevent1q…23wz

2026-01-08 12:50:18 UTC

It's so funny to me that the real metaverse, despite billions spent by Meta, MS and others, is Minecraft.
Millions of kids are spending time on thousands of servers.

2026-01-08 09:55:09 UTC

Slightly better data. Most curves are still just an approximation, but the roman, mongol, british, spanish empires now reflect the historical expanse a bit more accurately.
I will keep improving it.
#history #timeline
https://blossom.primal.net/31806d48e115c8f62b295a811082f441eccc5b87292ca8d9583d70243c40a734.jpg

2026-01-07 15:38:38 UTC

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Pero hombre... ¿por qué no aceptar zaps?
Yo te agradezco el contenido y me encantaría enviarte unos pocos sats como muestra de apoyo.

2026-01-07 15:30:01 UTC

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We don't need to do it all in our lifetimes, just start it.
If we can build a few citadels, they can serve as examples for the next generation.
But yes, the near future looks grim. Survival and saving what we can should be the priority for now.

2026-01-07 15:22:20 UTC

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Hey @nprofile…x3ac this seems like something that you might be interested in.

2026-01-07 15:17:53 UTC

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One idea I have that has the chance to spread libertarian, ancap and agorist ideas to a much wider audience is to adapt books awarded with the Prometheus award to popular media. TV, movies, shorts, series...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Award
When people see something working, even if it's in fiction, it becomes much more real to them than any theory.
Of course Hollywood would never faithfully adapt 'The Ungoverned' or 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress'... but in recent times the scope of what can be done through crowdfunding, independent creators, or with AI has broadened.
Original ideas are in demand. I see a huge untapped deposit of them in libertarian literature. It smells like a market opportunity to me.

2026-01-07 15:02:43 UTC

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What is clear to me is that without a conscious, determined effort to build a new order, even with the freedom potential of the tools we are building, we will just replace the people at the top of the centralised hierarchy with new rulers.
I don't have the answers.

2026-01-07 14:54:43 UTC

In the future...
Bitcoin will protect our property rights.
Nostr will enable our free speech.
3D print will guarantee our self defense.
But for sovereign individuals to survive and thrive we need to imagine the institutions that will allow us to live in a free, open and voluntary society. Where cooperation and trade are not dictated from above by kings and parliaments, but built bottom up and constantly evolving to fit our needs.
Some authors like Vernor Vinge (The Ungoverned), Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash) or Heinlein (The Moon is a harsh Mistress) have tried to imagine what would replace nation states and governments in a voluntary society.
Others like David Friedman (The Machinery of Freedom), Murray Rothbard or Bruce Benson have theorised.
More have studied what institutions historical stateless or decentralised societies used for conflict resolution and to provide the services that we have come to rely on the state for.
Solutions and ideas are out there. But how to go from idea to reality? How to meme a freer world into existence?

2026-01-07 14:30:35 UTC

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This.
https://blossom.primal.net/66168cd2563e7dabc0b8dbfa9705d140c453cfd02f8be749af8c5ee74429f976.png

2026-01-07 12:17:14 UTC

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I don't think that we can do much about the primitive emotions... but it's very interesting to ponder what more advanced institutions would look like.

2026-01-07 08:59:41 UTC

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Yes.

2026-01-07 08:56:11 UTC

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You can make your own algo.
I normally browse 'trending 24hrs' and 'most zapped 24hrs' before I go to the 'Latest' chronological.

2026-01-06 14:40:38 UTC

Incomplete and only approximate... but I like the format.
Territorial expanse (M km2).
#timeline #history
https://blossom.primal.net/4976a0826c049759f2cfdb5400f0c7dd0d73b948c9f70d6088c27376b49f7e3e.jpg

2026-01-06 12:13:21 UTC

Great book for 10-12 yr olds.
Although probably very good reading for adults also.
@nprofile…x3ac
https://blossom.primal.net/bd1c2b212f61fa3a519af8ef09cded2e751b6a0d7b9e3bfc0c7ea775c1531daf.webp