Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
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Ex-@UMG → backed torrents before streaming was strategy. Now tracing media & market shifts | VP Marcom @Blockstream
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They called torrents piracy. Then they built Spotify. They’ll do the same with Bitcoin. Here’s how the cycle plays out, every time:. 🧵👇
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RT @BTCPerception: Elite media's ostrich strategy creates MASSIVE INFORMATION ASYMMETRY. Institutional investors relying on WSJ/FT for mar….
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People call argentina "a cautionary tale". It’s really not. It’s a preview. capital controls.monetary gaslighting.“temporary” inflation. we just got there first.
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RT @BTCPerception: Just finished analyzing 1,116 Bitcoin articles from Q2 2025. The Wall Street Journal: 2 articles .Forbes: 194 articles….
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The future doesn’t announce itself, it just shows up as better UX 🔥.
@AquaBitcoin’s got me thinking banks are toast. Everything I need is right there. Feels like the future’s already here, and I’m living it. Ditch the old ways, get on AQUA and surf the wave of #Bitcoin adoption. It’s literally that easy. 🚀.
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i worked in the music biz when torrenting hit.every exec said “quality will win over piracy”. they were wrong.distribution won. same thing’s happening to media.no one cares how good your take is if it dies behind a paywall.
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The reason institutions are warming up to Bitcoin is not because they believe in the ideals. It’s because they’re running out of yield. Scarcity always finds a bid.
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RT @basedlayer: The next Bitcoin war isn’t technical. It’s narrative. We’ve had the block size war. We’ve debated custody until exhaust….
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The next Bitcoin war isn’t technical. It’s narrative. We’ve had the block size war. We’ve debated custody until exhaustion. But this next phase is quieter, more subtle. It’s about meaning. About ownership of the story. I see it happening already:. Wall Street wants
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Most people won’t read the whitepaper. They won’t care about halving cycles. They definitely won’t run a node. And that’s fine. Because Bitcoin isn’t a belief system. It’s an off-ramp. When currency dies, when capital controls goes in effect, when the rules change
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Bitcoin doesn’t have a messaging problem. It has a psychology problem. You could explain sound money, fixed supply, and open protocols until your voice goes hoarse. It won’t matter. Because most people don’t want to learn. They want to affirm what they already BELIEVE.
Something changed in June 2024. Before that, institutional adoption was a sporadic theme. Occasional mentions, scattered coverage. But from June onward? Every single day:. Mentions across all major media categories. No more silence. No more “if.” . It’s happening. Tracked
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RT @basedlayer: There are certain parts of the legacy media that will never “come around” on Bitcoin. And it's not because they’re "evil".….
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There are certain parts of the legacy media that will never “come around” on Bitcoin. And it's not because they’re "evil". It's because they’re trapped. Most legacy outlets spent 10 years mocking Bitcoin. Their audience now expects it. Their business model depends on it. A
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RT @basedlayer: Bitcoin adoption isn’t a tech problem. It’s a habit problem. Most people don’t want sovereignty, they want convenience th….
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Bitcoin adoption isn’t a tech problem. It’s a habit problem. Most people don’t want sovereignty, they want convenience that feels like control. That’s why self-custody feels scary and surveillance tools feel “useful”. Bitcoin will win by making opting in feel easier than.
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RT @basedlayer: Bitcoin will never have a single adoption story. That’s not a bug. It’s the natural result of a world without shared na….
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RT @Blockstream: Pushing Bitcoin to the limit: @BtcAndres sending @Liquid_BTC from @AquaBitcoin to the new Blockstream app on not one, but….
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The era of centralized narratives is over. Not because better stories won. But because the channels fractured. Legacy media built billion-dollar moats around a single storyline. Now that audience is both asset and liability. If your readers spent 10 years mocking Bitcoin…
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AI farms are just cotton candy for low-IQ clickers and will further split the Internet wider into the ignorant and the intellectual.
It’s INSANE how many AI reply bots/AI faceless accounts now roam tiktok, X, and IG and how quickly we’ve decided that’s the NEW normal. i just spent an 1hr down a tiktok rabbit hole. millions of followers on accounts that are clearly AI generated. perfect grammar. posting.
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Bitcoin will never have a single adoption story. That’s not a bug. It’s the natural result of a world without shared narratives. Some people come in through finance: they want hard assets, yield, and upside. Others enter through politics: surveillance, censorship, frozen
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RT @BTCPerception: Something changed in June 2024. Before that, institutional adoption was a sporadic theme. Occasional mentions, scatte….
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