The truth is we're a lot closer to like a Weimar Germany. Like the end is nigh. Everybody's trading
Self-Custody, Nostr, & Building the Bitcoin Future | Alex McShane
"Our government is very, very corrupt. That's why we're here."
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Everybody's trading 2 and gambling, you know, all day and night long to try to get ahead.
5 If you're deterring people from even trying to self-custody, to me, you're not a Bitcoiner at 6 all.
12 US tax rules let miners write off 100% of their mining hardware in a single year.
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and gambling, you know, all day and night long to try to get ahead. Our government's very,
very corrupt. That's ultimately why we're here. You just don't own anything. You have a debasing
monopoly money from the government. Swap out if you have currency for Bitcoin, whatever possible.
If you're deterring people from even trying to self-custody, to me, you're not a Bitcoiner at
all. If Bitcoiners are doing what they say they're doing, which is holding and not selling,
is it really that painful like for it to go down it just only goes up and if you're denominating
a bitcoin terms you're up i think the way to have a clear goal in mind is to try to fix the money
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I chat with Alex McShane, a longtime Bitcoin builder, events producer, and deep thinker on everything from protocol development to the culture wars within Bitcoin. We dive into the reality of self-custody and the problems with deceptive hardware wallet marketing. We also explore the rise of open-source funding models and Nostr’s challenges with product-market fit.
Alex opens up about his background running massive conferences, his early work with Bitcoin Magazine, and his thoughts on whether the Bitcoin space is heading toward real progress or just creating echo chambers of underutilized tools.
