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Bitcoin belongs in the apps people already use 🤳💥 In this episode of Shoot the Breez, we sit down with Atanas Tonchev, CTO and co-founder of ⚡️Ordermoon 🧡⚡️, a company bringing bitcoin to restaurants, one plate at a time. Atanas’ bitcoin story started in 2016, when he paid for sushi with sats to get 10% off. For him, it wasn’t about holding. It was about using bitcoin as a medium of exchange. That ethos still drives ordermoon today. The platform now supports more than 500 venues, from bookings and orders to managing deliveries. And in 2024, they added something new: bitcoin. No new app. No extra friction. Just one more button, built directly into the tools restaurants already use and powered by the Breez SDK. With support from the local community, Bitcoin Beach, and Geyser ⚡️, they’re building a circular economy from the ground up in Bulgaria. In Sofia alone, 21 venues now accept bitcoin. From whiskey bars to sushi spots, business owners are proudly orange-pilled, and the bitcoin sticker is everywhere from the front door to the bathroom mirror. And it’s not stopping in Sofia. ⚡️Ordermoon 🧡⚡️ is looking to expand across the Balkans, bringing bitcoin to more restaurants, more cities, and more people. Here’s Atanas’ story.

Breez ⚡

10,111 views • 1 year ago

It's important I transparently put my hand up and acknowledge that I was wrong. Here is a clip from the video where I address that. This was the most demanded feature from Bitcoiners in the Global South. For many in these regions, TRON operates as a practical USD on/off ramp, just like ACH or wire transfers, helping them access #Bitcoin more efficiently. According to customers, by not supporting it, we were unintentionally hindering adoption and not competitive with others like Binance. At Strike, our mission is to empower people around the world with #Bitcoin. In many markets outside the US, EU, and UK, this is the USD ramp customers need to reach #Bitcoin. By adding this feature, we make Strike a more accessible tool for billions, bridging the gap between their local currency, USDT, and #Bitcoin. TRON is a shitcoin. But the reality is, stablecoins (Tether) are very important in these markets. USD is a shitcoin. GBP is a shitcoin. So this decision for us was more about our commitment to being customer-focused by providing on and off ramps that further #Bitcoin adoption. The goal will always be enabling customers to transition into #Bitcoin on their own terms. #Bitcoin is our focus. After talking with Bitcoiners globally, we're confident this step will help more people to join the revolution.
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It's important I transparently put my hand up and acknowledge that I was wrong. Here is a clip from the video where I address that. This was the most demanded feature from Bitcoiners in the Global South. For many in these regions, TRON operates as a practical USD on/off ramp, just like ACH or wire transfers, helping them access #Bitcoin more efficiently. According to customers, by not supporting it, we were unintentionally hindering adoption and not competitive with others like Binance. At Strike, our mission is to empower people around the world with #Bitcoin. In many markets outside the US, EU, and UK, this is the USD ramp customers need to reach #Bitcoin. By adding this feature, we make Strike a more accessible tool for billions, bridging the gap between their local currency, USDT, and #Bitcoin. TRON is a shitcoin. But the reality is, stablecoins (Tether) are very important in these markets. USD is a shitcoin. GBP is a shitcoin. So this decision for us was more about our commitment to being customer-focused by providing on and off ramps that further #Bitcoin adoption. The goal will always be enabling customers to transition into #Bitcoin on their own terms. #Bitcoin is our focus. After talking with Bitcoiners globally, we're confident this step will help more people to join the revolution.

Jack Mallers

30,500 views • 1 year ago

Bitcoin is money AND digital gold. The two are not mutually exclusive. For Michael Saylor - it's the purest form of digital credit. For David Marcus - it's the payment rails of the future. "No one cares what humans think about how people need to Bitcoin because it's an unopinionated, code-based money platform." The Lightspark founder is forging ahead with building Bitcoin-based payment rails, while Saylor and Strategy are doubling down on Bitcoin-backed financial products. "I'm really grateful that Michael is really focused on the store of value use case, and he can do that, and I can be the one focused on bringing utility to Bitcoin. Both things will actually help one another to make Bitcoin more relevant to many more people and that's the beauty of building on an open network," Marcus told Robert Baggs and me on our latest Chain Reaction show. Marcus has been keenly focused on abstracting complexity away from payments using Bitcoin payments infrastructure with the launch of Lightspark Grid. "It's like Bitcoin as a network being used to move all kinds of other money, whether it's stablecoin or fiat at the edges, and you don't even understand that you're using Bitcoin. For instance, if you're a SoFi client in the US, and you want to send money to Europe or India, Brazil or Mexico, you send dollars and the other person on the other side receives Mexican peso, you have no clue you're using Bitcoin. And it's like magical TCP/IP for money between payment systems in the world." Bitcoin infrastructure works. Like most widely adopted technologies, the average person has no idea what's going on under the hood. That is the future that takes Bitcoin global. And it's being built in real-time.
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Bitcoin is money AND digital gold. The two are not mutually exclusive. For Michael Saylor - it's the purest form of digital credit. For David Marcus - it's the payment rails of the future. "No one cares what humans think about how people need to Bitcoin because it's an unopinionated, code-based money platform." The Lightspark founder is forging ahead with building Bitcoin-based payment rails, while Saylor and Strategy are doubling down on Bitcoin-backed financial products. "I'm really grateful that Michael is really focused on the store of value use case, and he can do that, and I can be the one focused on bringing utility to Bitcoin. Both things will actually help one another to make Bitcoin more relevant to many more people and that's the beauty of building on an open network," Marcus told Robert Baggs and me on our latest Chain Reaction show. Marcus has been keenly focused on abstracting complexity away from payments using Bitcoin payments infrastructure with the launch of Lightspark Grid. "It's like Bitcoin as a network being used to move all kinds of other money, whether it's stablecoin or fiat at the edges, and you don't even understand that you're using Bitcoin. For instance, if you're a SoFi client in the US, and you want to send money to Europe or India, Brazil or Mexico, you send dollars and the other person on the other side receives Mexican peso, you have no clue you're using Bitcoin. And it's like magical TCP/IP for money between payment systems in the world." Bitcoin infrastructure works. Like most widely adopted technologies, the average person has no idea what's going on under the hood. That is the future that takes Bitcoin global. And it's being built in real-time.

Gareth Jenkinson

19,181 views • 7 months ago

Matthew Kratter of Bitcoin University gives one of the best talks on Bitcoin: "If self sovereign adoption took us from zero dollars a coin to sixty nine thousand dollars a coin, all of those flows from BlackRock and the Trumps and Saylor and everything has has only taken us a few ten thousand dollars higher than at this moment." "Instead of looking to the government or Saylor or BlackRock or someone else as our saviors, if you want the price of Bitcoin to go up, you just need to use it as money yourself. You need to because if Bitcoiners aren't going to use Bitcoin as money, I'm not sure who is." "Ask to pay in Bitcoin, ask to be paid to be paid in Bitcoin, because this is how real Bitcoin adoption works. You should be HODLing your sats, trying to get rid of US dollars, whatever your fiat currency is, because this is the money of pedophile rings and forever wars. Don't hold US dollars. And that's the that's the fastest way we get to higher Bitcoin prices is we need to destroy US dollar network effects. And we need to increase Bitcoin network effects. And the way you do that is every Bitcoiner runs a node, gets paid in Bitcoin and tries to buy as much as possible using using Bitcoin."
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Matthew Kratter of Bitcoin University gives one of the best talks on Bitcoin: "If self sovereign adoption took us from zero dollars a coin to sixty nine thousand dollars a coin, all of those flows from BlackRock and the Trumps and Saylor and everything has has only taken us a few ten thousand dollars higher than at this moment." "Instead of looking to the government or Saylor or BlackRock or someone else as our saviors, if you want the price of Bitcoin to go up, you just need to use it as money yourself. You need to because if Bitcoiners aren't going to use Bitcoin as money, I'm not sure who is." "Ask to pay in Bitcoin, ask to be paid to be paid in Bitcoin, because this is how real Bitcoin adoption works. You should be HODLing your sats, trying to get rid of US dollars, whatever your fiat currency is, because this is the money of pedophile rings and forever wars. Don't hold US dollars. And that's the that's the fastest way we get to higher Bitcoin prices is we need to destroy US dollar network effects. And we need to increase Bitcoin network effects. And the way you do that is every Bitcoiner runs a node, gets paid in Bitcoin and tries to buy as much as possible using using Bitcoin."

Simply Bitcoin

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Breez ⚡

46,336 views • 1 year ago

Threadguy predicts this will be the first bull run in crypto history where Bitcoin doesn't participate "This is going to be the first bull run in the history of crypto where Bitcoin flat out does not participate. No role, no say, it will be minimal at best. It will be Bitcoin to $75k, Bitcoin to $80k, Bitcoin to $85k, and there will be mania on-chain." "My entire thesis is that the next cycle comes from new blood getting access to on chain through these apps. This new crowd doesn't even know what Bitcoin is. Anyone that joined because they saw Kimchi or Cented or Rasmr, they don't know what Bitcoin is. If there's a pocket of excitement and new blood in crypto, it will have nothing to do with Bitcoin, the same way Bitcoin had nothing to do with the disaster that on-chain became in 2025. You cannot have it both ways. The two have been separated for years."
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Threadguy predicts this will be the first bull run in crypto history where Bitcoin doesn't participate "This is going to be the first bull run in the history of crypto where Bitcoin flat out does not participate. No role, no say, it will be minimal at best. It will be Bitcoin to $75k, Bitcoin to $80k, Bitcoin to $85k, and there will be mania on-chain." "My entire thesis is that the next cycle comes from new blood getting access to on chain through these apps. This new crowd doesn't even know what Bitcoin is. Anyone that joined because they saw Kimchi or Cented or Rasmr, they don't know what Bitcoin is. If there's a pocket of excitement and new blood in crypto, it will have nothing to do with Bitcoin, the same way Bitcoin had nothing to do with the disaster that on-chain became in 2025. You cannot have it both ways. The two have been separated for years."

Kai

238,360 views • 1 month ago

So, does it matter that Bitcoin seems to be moving away from its cypherpunk roots? Bitcoin ETFs and Bitcoin Treasuries have taken BTC mainstream. So I asked Saifedean Ammous this very question. His answer might surprise you... 👀👇 "If you have very strong feelings about how people should and shouldn't use Bitcoin, you're in for a rough time." "To be honest, a lot of people project too much onto Bitcoin. Ultimately, it's just a bunch of software and anybody can use it in any way they want. Initially, it's a small subset of people that use it and then they start projecting their values onto it. And then over time, they expect it to continue to abide by that," Ammous said. "If it's a successful technology, it's going to be used by everybody. It's going to be used by small businesses, large businesses, governments, individuals. It's money. Everybody uses money. There are 8.5 billion people on Earth, they all use money and they're all going to continue to use money. And Bitcoin is just the best money." Ultimately, the protocol itself is immune to the financial instruments that TradFi has concocted. If people want to lend against their BTC or create complex financial products, that does not actually impact the underlying network. "The way that the protocol works is that it's completely blind to what you're doing with your coins on the Bitcoin blockchain there is no paper Bitcoin there's no such thing as paper Bitcoin there's only 21 million Bitcoin and every node makes sure of that every 10 minutes and then if somebody who has some of these Bitcoin on their private key decides to sell obligations or financial liabilities referring to that Bitcoin under any condition, that's their choice. It's outside of Bitcoin and it's outside of the realm of other Bitcoin users being able to say this is right or wrong and this should happen or shouldn't happen. People are going to do whatever they want with the Bitcoin, including selling access to it or exposure to it in all kinds of different ways. And if you don't like it, you don't buy it, you can stack your own Bitcoin." You can find the full interview for Cointelegraph in the 🧵. If you enjoyed this content, please like 🧡, retweet 🔁 and follow me 👋!
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So, does it matter that Bitcoin seems to be moving away from its cypherpunk roots? Bitcoin ETFs and Bitcoin Treasuries have taken BTC mainstream. So I asked Saifedean Ammous this very question. His answer might surprise you... 👀👇 "If you have very strong feelings about how people should and shouldn't use Bitcoin, you're in for a rough time." "To be honest, a lot of people project too much onto Bitcoin. Ultimately, it's just a bunch of software and anybody can use it in any way they want. Initially, it's a small subset of people that use it and then they start projecting their values onto it. And then over time, they expect it to continue to abide by that," Ammous said. "If it's a successful technology, it's going to be used by everybody. It's going to be used by small businesses, large businesses, governments, individuals. It's money. Everybody uses money. There are 8.5 billion people on Earth, they all use money and they're all going to continue to use money. And Bitcoin is just the best money." Ultimately, the protocol itself is immune to the financial instruments that TradFi has concocted. If people want to lend against their BTC or create complex financial products, that does not actually impact the underlying network. "The way that the protocol works is that it's completely blind to what you're doing with your coins on the Bitcoin blockchain there is no paper Bitcoin there's no such thing as paper Bitcoin there's only 21 million Bitcoin and every node makes sure of that every 10 minutes and then if somebody who has some of these Bitcoin on their private key decides to sell obligations or financial liabilities referring to that Bitcoin under any condition, that's their choice. It's outside of Bitcoin and it's outside of the realm of other Bitcoin users being able to say this is right or wrong and this should happen or shouldn't happen. People are going to do whatever they want with the Bitcoin, including selling access to it or exposure to it in all kinds of different ways. And if you don't like it, you don't buy it, you can stack your own Bitcoin." You can find the full interview for Cointelegraph in the 🧵. If you enjoyed this content, please like 🧡, retweet 🔁 and follow me 👋!

Gareth Jenkinson

34,417 views • 9 months ago

Hodlonaut on the illusion that just shattered: "We bypassed the social layer, the human layer. We somehow thought the virtue and direction of this protocol was set in stone, no matter what developers do. That's obviously not true. Bitcoin didn't win. Bitcoin can change. Bitcoin is changing. Bitcoin has changed. The illusion that we had a foothold in this world we could put our energy on, that illusion is gone right now. All you want is to sit back posting 'Bitcoin fixes this, number go up, stay humble, stack sats,' and anyone sounding an alarm is seen as a threat. We need Bitcoiners to fight for Bitcoin. If no one fights for Bitcoin, Bitcoin will very soon be dead." hodlonaut on The The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast ⚡️ #286.
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Hodlonaut on the illusion that just shattered: "We bypassed the social layer, the human layer. We somehow thought the virtue and direction of this protocol was set in stone, no matter what developers do. That's obviously not true. Bitcoin didn't win. Bitcoin can change. Bitcoin is changing. Bitcoin has changed. The illusion that we had a foothold in this world we could put our energy on, that illusion is gone right now. All you want is to sit back posting 'Bitcoin fixes this, number go up, stay humble, stack sats,' and anyone sounding an alarm is seen as a threat. We need Bitcoiners to fight for Bitcoin. If no one fights for Bitcoin, Bitcoin will very soon be dead." hodlonaut on The The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast ⚡️ #286.

Cedric Youngelman ⚡️

31,979 views • 1 month ago

The Bitcoiners tried to put this interview with BlackRock Chief Investment Officer out as the typical Bitcoin Bitcoin Bitcoin(because that's how they roll) interview but here are the adult clips: Quote From BlackRock CIO: "We are really focused on the utility of bridges to investors....looking for real world problems to solve...is a much better place to start. Brad Garlinghouse has said this probably a hundred times in different ways. "There is that 1% where I think that is focused on solving a real problem for real customers and is able to do that at scale and that's going to be game changing." - Brad Garlinghouse
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The Bitcoiners tried to put this interview with BlackRock Chief Investment Officer out as the typical Bitcoin Bitcoin Bitcoin(because that's how they roll) interview but here are the adult clips: Quote From BlackRock CIO: "We are really focused on the utility of bridges to investors....looking for real world problems to solve...is a much better place to start. Brad Garlinghouse has said this probably a hundred times in different ways. "There is that 1% where I think that is focused on solving a real problem for real customers and is able to do that at scale and that's going to be game changing." - Brad Garlinghouse

Digital Asset Investor

20,834 views • 1 year ago

VanEck CEO Jan van Eck on CNBC: “There’s something else going on within the Bitcoin community that non-crypto people need to know about. And that is: ultimately, VanEck has been around before Bitcoin. We will walk away from Bitcoin if we think the thesis is fundamentally broken. We don’t right now, but you always have to look at the underlying technology and the crypto. What the Bitcoin community has been asking itself is: Is there enough encryption in Bitcoin, because quantum computing is coming? And secondly: Is there enough privacy in Bitcoin? And so a lot of Bitcoin OGs or maxis have been looking at Zcash. Zcash is a token. It’s sort of related to Bitcoin with a lot more privacy. The kind of garbage that we got about Bitcoin four years ago was: ‘It’s used for all bad illicit behavior.’ But now everyone kind of realizes that when you move money around on the Bitcoin blockchain, you can see it. You can see it move from one wallet to another. And a lot of people are looking for more privacy.”
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VanEck CEO Jan van Eck on CNBC: “There’s something else going on within the Bitcoin community that non-crypto people need to know about. And that is: ultimately, VanEck has been around before Bitcoin. We will walk away from Bitcoin if we think the thesis is fundamentally broken. We don’t right now, but you always have to look at the underlying technology and the crypto. What the Bitcoin community has been asking itself is: Is there enough encryption in Bitcoin, because quantum computing is coming? And secondly: Is there enough privacy in Bitcoin? And so a lot of Bitcoin OGs or maxis have been looking at Zcash. Zcash is a token. It’s sort of related to Bitcoin with a lot more privacy. The kind of garbage that we got about Bitcoin four years ago was: ‘It’s used for all bad illicit behavior.’ But now everyone kind of realizes that when you move money around on the Bitcoin blockchain, you can see it. You can see it move from one wallet to another. And a lot of people are looking for more privacy.”

Arjun Khemani

595,011 views • 9 months ago

"I used to be a bitcoiner. The transition to a new store of value only happens once every 3,000 years. That's the main prize -- just focus on that. But [security] is the criteria that ultimately convinced me to flip from Bitcoin to ETH." "I have a higher degree of certainty that Ethereum will be around longer [than Bitcoin]. The reason for that is because Bitcoin relies on proof-of-work, which is less efficient than proof-of-stake and doesn't scale with the value of the network. And as the block subsidy of Bitcoin halves every four years, it is increasingly becoming more and more reliant on transaction fees to fund the security budget paid to miners." "If you look at [Bitcoin's] security budget right now, about 0.6% of revenue to miners is transaction fees... The problem with that is if Bitcoin becomes 'digital gold', flips gold, and becomes a $30 trillion asset, but it only costs $10-20 billion to attack it, that's too asymmetric." "You want the security budget to scale with the market cap, similar to how countries spend a % of their GDP on defense. The more valuable something is, the more you need to spend to protect it." "Ethereum, with the Merge, migrated to proof-of-stake, which is fundamentally more secure because it's less reliant on transaction fees and it scales with the value of the network. If 1/3rd of ETH is staked and then you need 1/3rd of those ETH to censor the network, you're looking at roughly 10% of the total market cap as the cost to attack the network." "So if Ethereum flips Bitcoin and gold and becomes a $30 trillion asset, it'll cost ~$3 trillion to attack the Ethereum network versus Bitcoin at like $10 billion." "The other aspect here is that as AI hyperscalers invest more and more in AI, proof-of-work becomes increasingly vulnerable because the cost to attack the Bitcoin network is starting to look close to the quarterly CapEx these hyperscalers are spending on their data centers." Full interview on Bankless with Vivek Raman discussing the new Etherealize "Productive Money" report below.
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"I used to be a bitcoiner. The transition to a new store of value only happens once every 3,000 years. That's the main prize -- just focus on that. But [security] is the criteria that ultimately convinced me to flip from Bitcoin to ETH." "I have a higher degree of certainty that Ethereum will be around longer [than Bitcoin]. The reason for that is because Bitcoin relies on proof-of-work, which is less efficient than proof-of-stake and doesn't scale with the value of the network. And as the block subsidy of Bitcoin halves every four years, it is increasingly becoming more and more reliant on transaction fees to fund the security budget paid to miners." "If you look at [Bitcoin's] security budget right now, about 0.6% of revenue to miners is transaction fees... The problem with that is if Bitcoin becomes 'digital gold', flips gold, and becomes a $30 trillion asset, but it only costs $10-20 billion to attack it, that's too asymmetric." "You want the security budget to scale with the market cap, similar to how countries spend a % of their GDP on defense. The more valuable something is, the more you need to spend to protect it." "Ethereum, with the Merge, migrated to proof-of-stake, which is fundamentally more secure because it's less reliant on transaction fees and it scales with the value of the network. If 1/3rd of ETH is staked and then you need 1/3rd of those ETH to censor the network, you're looking at roughly 10% of the total market cap as the cost to attack the network." "So if Ethereum flips Bitcoin and gold and becomes a $30 trillion asset, it'll cost ~$3 trillion to attack the Ethereum network versus Bitcoin at like $10 billion." "The other aspect here is that as AI hyperscalers invest more and more in AI, proof-of-work becomes increasingly vulnerable because the cost to attack the Bitcoin network is starting to look close to the quarterly CapEx these hyperscalers are spending on their data centers." Full interview on Bankless with Vivek Raman discussing the new Etherealize "Productive Money" report below.

Michael McGuiness

120,514 views • 4 months ago

"But no one uses it as money!" For years, skeptics dismissed Bitcoin with the same tired line: "No one actually uses it for payments." That argument no longer stands up under scrutiny. As of mid-December 2025, there are now 24,113 verified bitcoin-accepting merchants worldwide, with 2,046 added in the last 30 days alone. From the USA leading the pack with 4,000+ locations, to rapid growth in Brazil, South Africa, El Salvador, and beyond – real-world adoption is happening gradually, then suddenly. Bitcoin isn't just digital gold anymore – it's becoming everyday money. Merchants are waking up to lower fees, faster settlements, and global reach via Lightning Network. The future of payments is here, and it's orange. Video and data visualization by Wicked
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"But no one uses it as money!" For years, skeptics dismissed Bitcoin with the same tired line: "No one actually uses it for payments." That argument no longer stands up under scrutiny. As of mid-December 2025, there are now 24,113 verified bitcoin-accepting merchants worldwide, with 2,046 added in the last 30 days alone. From the USA leading the pack with 4,000+ locations, to rapid growth in Brazil, South Africa, El Salvador, and beyond – real-world adoption is happening gradually, then suddenly. Bitcoin isn't just digital gold anymore – it's becoming everyday money. Merchants are waking up to lower fees, faster settlements, and global reach via Lightning Network. The future of payments is here, and it's orange. Video and data visualization by Wicked

Alex Stanczyk ∞/21m

14,605 views • 9 months ago

Core, ‌the Bitcoin-first ‌chain, and how it’s trying to stretch BTC’s usefulness Core DAO (Core DAO 🔶) brands itself as “The Bitcoin Everything Chain.” The pitch is simple: take Bitcoin’s strengths and push them beyond the usual buy-and-hold story. The protocol centers on one main idea: BTC shouldn’t sit still. Core wants idle Bitcoin to earn, but without giving up the properties people care about most: safety, decentralization, and full self-custody. To get there, Core leans on a mix of Satoshi Plus, timelocks, and a quick Layer 1 EVM chain. Satoshi Plus folds in Delegated Proof of Work (so Bitcoin miners can participate), self-custodial Bitcoin staking, and staking of the $CORE token. Core frames the relationship with Bitcoin as mutualistic. It borrows security and incentive alignment from Bitcoin, then tries to send value back through extra miner rewards, trustless yield opportunities for BTC holders, and infrastructure that makes it easier for Bitcoin products to plug in and scale. Key ways Core aims to expand Bitcoin utility: 1.) Self-custodial Bitcoin staking Lock BTC with timelocks directly on the Bitcoin network (CLTV) and earn CORE yield, no wrapping, no bridges, and no handing custody to anyone else. 2.) Dual staking Stake $BTC and $CORE together to reach higher yield tiers. 3.) Tapping Bitcoin’s hash power Miners can delegate hash power to earn extra CORE rewards, while Core itself is secured using a majority share of Bitcoin’s hash rate. 4.) The “Bitcoin Power Grid” A set of rails Bitcoin products can connect to, built around yield, collateral, payments, and DeFi use cases. 5.) Scalable Bitcoin DeFi An EVM-compatible network designed for faster, cheaper BTCFi apps. 6.) Two-way value flow The goal is to strengthen Bitcoin’s security budget over time, while also turning dormant BTC into something that can actively do work. In plain terms, Core DAO’s broader mission is to make Bitcoin more productive without piling on trust assumptions, converting energy and capital tied up in Bitcoin into yield, DeFi activity, and scalable infrastructure.
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Core, ‌the Bitcoin-first ‌chain, and how it’s trying to stretch BTC’s usefulness Core DAO (Core DAO 🔶) brands itself as “The Bitcoin Everything Chain.” The pitch is simple: take Bitcoin’s strengths and push them beyond the usual buy-and-hold story. The protocol centers on one main idea: BTC shouldn’t sit still. Core wants idle Bitcoin to earn, but without giving up the properties people care about most: safety, decentralization, and full self-custody. To get there, Core leans on a mix of Satoshi Plus, timelocks, and a quick Layer 1 EVM chain. Satoshi Plus folds in Delegated Proof of Work (so Bitcoin miners can participate), self-custodial Bitcoin staking, and staking of the $CORE token. Core frames the relationship with Bitcoin as mutualistic. It borrows security and incentive alignment from Bitcoin, then tries to send value back through extra miner rewards, trustless yield opportunities for BTC holders, and infrastructure that makes it easier for Bitcoin products to plug in and scale. Key ways Core aims to expand Bitcoin utility: 1.) Self-custodial Bitcoin staking Lock BTC with timelocks directly on the Bitcoin network (CLTV) and earn CORE yield, no wrapping, no bridges, and no handing custody to anyone else. 2.) Dual staking Stake $BTC and $CORE together to reach higher yield tiers. 3.) Tapping Bitcoin’s hash power Miners can delegate hash power to earn extra CORE rewards, while Core itself is secured using a majority share of Bitcoin’s hash rate. 4.) The “Bitcoin Power Grid” A set of rails Bitcoin products can connect to, built around yield, collateral, payments, and DeFi use cases. 5.) Scalable Bitcoin DeFi An EVM-compatible network designed for faster, cheaper BTCFi apps. 6.) Two-way value flow The goal is to strengthen Bitcoin’s security budget over time, while also turning dormant BTC into something that can actively do work. In plain terms, Core DAO’s broader mission is to make Bitcoin more productive without piling on trust assumptions, converting energy and capital tied up in Bitcoin into yield, DeFi activity, and scalable infrastructure.

BSCN

27,175 views • 25 days ago

🚨Bitcoin’s Catastrophic Problem NO ONE Is Talking About! Bitcoin produces 144 blocks per day. Fees are paid per block, every ~10 minutes. Yesterday, Bitcoin Layer-1 fees totaled ~2.6 BTC for the entire day. (Approx. $180K) That works out to ~0.018 $BTC per block. Meanwhile, the real cost to secure a block (electricity + hardware) is often $150k–$200k, depending on hash rate and energy prices. Today, miners survive because of the 3.125 $BTC block subsidy. Fees do not matter NOW, because the Bitcoin emissions are worth enough to offset costs. 🚨THE PROBLEM? When Bitcoin reaches 21 million supply, that subsidy goes to zero. At that point, fees must fully pay miners — or hash rate drops, security weakens, and the system degrades. To break even long-term, Bitcoin needs tens of millions per day in L1 fees. Yesterday was sub $200,000. I own Bitcoin. I want it to succeed. But pretending this isn’t a real issue won’t solve it.
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🚨Bitcoin’s Catastrophic Problem NO ONE Is Talking About! Bitcoin produces 144 blocks per day. Fees are paid per block, every ~10 minutes. Yesterday, Bitcoin Layer-1 fees totaled ~2.6 BTC for the entire day. (Approx. $180K) That works out to ~0.018 $BTC per block. Meanwhile, the real cost to secure a block (electricity + hardware) is often $150k–$200k, depending on hash rate and energy prices. Today, miners survive because of the 3.125 $BTC block subsidy. Fees do not matter NOW, because the Bitcoin emissions are worth enough to offset costs. 🚨THE PROBLEM? When Bitcoin reaches 21 million supply, that subsidy goes to zero. At that point, fees must fully pay miners — or hash rate drops, security weakens, and the system degrades. To break even long-term, Bitcoin needs tens of millions per day in L1 fees. Yesterday was sub $200,000. I own Bitcoin. I want it to succeed. But pretending this isn’t a real issue won’t solve it.

Finance Freeman 🇺🇸

440,000 views • 7 months ago

More surveillance technology is being introduced by Google Google's is prepping a new AI feature for their Pixel phones that is going to ‘track and note-take’ all of your conversations it’s always listening to “The amount of surveillance tech being normalized right now is astounding: - We have the Kids Act in Congress that wants to implement ID checks just to access the internet - We have the highly invasive Meta Glasses collabing with Kylie Jenner - We have Google trying to scan your fingerprints and palms pretending it's a reCAPTCHA. - We have Google admitting earlier this year that all the AI systems they're forcing into their phones is actually a way to harvest your data to further train their AI systems - Then they added Nano Banana 2 onto their phones so that they could scan all of your photos And now they want to harvest your audio data by recording and banking all of your conversations and the ambient noise around you whenever you go places” All this is absolutely true The Kids Act recently passed the US House. It bundles child online safety measures, including elements of the Kids Online Safety Act which very likely will push broad age verification across platforms, requiring ID checks or data collection Google is testing a new reCAPTCHA version that activates your webcam for hand gestures, like wave or open palm to verify you’re human. It maps roughly 21 hand landmark and knuckles for “liveness detection.” It gives them more of your biometric data And Google’s “Audio Memory” feature for Pixel phones is real and in development It will “keep track of what you hear throughout your day, from the music around you to your important conversations.” As of now you’ll have to opt in to Google’s Audio Memory and conversation-tracking feature. But we all know it starts out voluntary and ends mandatory or just apart of the phone Literally no one needs this, this is nothing but mass surveillance packaged as some useless feature
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More surveillance technology is being introduced by Google Google's is prepping a new AI feature for their Pixel phones that is going to ‘track and note-take’ all of your conversations it’s always listening to “The amount of surveillance tech being normalized right now is astounding: - We have the Kids Act in Congress that wants to implement ID checks just to access the internet - We have the highly invasive Meta Glasses collabing with Kylie Jenner - We have Google trying to scan your fingerprints and palms pretending it's a reCAPTCHA. - We have Google admitting earlier this year that all the AI systems they're forcing into their phones is actually a way to harvest your data to further train their AI systems - Then they added Nano Banana 2 onto their phones so that they could scan all of your photos And now they want to harvest your audio data by recording and banking all of your conversations and the ambient noise around you whenever you go places” All this is absolutely true The Kids Act recently passed the US House. It bundles child online safety measures, including elements of the Kids Online Safety Act which very likely will push broad age verification across platforms, requiring ID checks or data collection Google is testing a new reCAPTCHA version that activates your webcam for hand gestures, like wave or open palm to verify you’re human. It maps roughly 21 hand landmark and knuckles for “liveness detection.” It gives them more of your biometric data And Google’s “Audio Memory” feature for Pixel phones is real and in development It will “keep track of what you hear throughout your day, from the music around you to your important conversations.” As of now you’ll have to opt in to Google’s Audio Memory and conversation-tracking feature. But we all know it starts out voluntary and ends mandatory or just apart of the phone Literally no one needs this, this is nothing but mass surveillance packaged as some useless feature

Wall Street Apes

76,887 views • 2 months ago