george c. kaloudis | γκ
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Author: ON SAWDUST AND BROKEN GLASS. OUT NOW: https://t.co/1g3QK5iIv1. πάντα ρει. plausibly Vonnegutian.
Joined September 2018
At midnight tonight, my novel On Sawdust and Broken Glass drops as an ebook. You can preorder it now at the link in the thread. $9.99. It’s about family, work, and the weight of expectation. “A raw, heartfelt exploration of the American dream.”.- An Early Reader
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@jasonfurman That's another round of overhyped tech boys and day traders calling Buffett a moron come and gone. How many cycles in a row does this make now?.
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NOTHING IS BACKED BY ANYTHING STOP SAYING ITS UNBACKED EVEN FUCKING GOLD BACKED CURRENCIES ARE UNBACKED ITS A FUCKING YELLOW ROCK.
When bitcoiners stop promoting it as money, and just cheer its price, I will talk about it no more often than I do about meme stocks or uranium. Bitcoin is unbacked. The ledger literally has no assets to back its liabilities.
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this man just said bonds are yield free risk and no one reacted that was slick af.
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Bro @nic__carter relax my guy I can't be just googling words every time you talk before I decide if I agree with you. Is this Malthusian or not. Idk man.
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@bo_austin_ @TheStalwart That's the dude who ran the fake school. Makes sense that he's jealous of the real school.
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You can be critical of Bitcoin privacy and still like Bitcoin you know.
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I have been speaking with Lightning Network developers for my upcoming @CoinDeskData report and I can assure you that some VERY smart people are working on Lightning.
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@KDimitratos @themostsikas No way a food critic is ordering salmon over sea bream on a greek island.
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all dogs go to heaven, but I swear to you they had to open a special section up for this little man yesterday. until next time, Buddy. I promise it won't be too too long.
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im sorry but my brain is really having trouble comprehending that Prime Trust wasn't even holding assets themselves? they legit had a Prime Trust for their Prime Trust.
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@tier10k Man about to put ELS bonds on the balance sheet, fractionalize them, call it something fancy, and then sling it around the shtcoin casino. Can't wait.
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@Bucks he is trolling the entire world by waiting so damn long to take the shot 😂. good luck getting inside this guys head.
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so prime trust, a custodian, lost assets because it used fireblocks, a custodian, to custody customer assets. ????.
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My debut novel, On Sawdust and Broken Glass, is out. The book isn’t a story about rebellion or fantastic adventure or even the oppressive weight of the Economic Monolith. It is a story about forging one's path in the pursuit of authenticity. If this idea piques your interest,
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@markgoodw_in @JamesGillies237 Money is meant for saving and spending! Bitcoin is for saving and spending!. My my!.
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Y'all are mad at @nic__carter for shitcoining; I'm mad at him for saying sunscreen doesn't exist. We are not the same.
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My Brain: *you should ask @SBF_FTX about the viability of cross-chain bridges scaling layer 1s given the potential security issues*. Me, an idiot, in real life: hehe - my hair long too like other man on my screen
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@w_s_bitcoin @adam3us @TeddyBitcoins i just put mountain dew in my s9 can't wait for my 6.25 bitcoin.
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@BitcoinIsSaving @jasonfurman heard some real estate investors use tax mitigation techniques when selling properties. clearly this means that the desirability for real estate is low.
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excited to have just published my most recent report about the Lightning Network. includes some insights from the developers working on the network daily.
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@litcapital @AOC IBD Analysts be like: "Even if I only had 60 hours worth of work I'd still sit any my desk for an additional 30 hours and go in all day Saturday to tell people that I work more than them.".
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y'all - i'm not sure these 4 agree with each other on anything except that bitcoin is neat? i'm having a hell of time preparing. thanks @pacificbitcoin, love you too.
@WolfvonLaer @BitcoinPierre @parkeralewis @stephanlivera @MorgenRochard @jameslavish @edstromandrew @JasonLes_ @Crypto_Mags @thetrocro @pete_rizzo_ @JeffBooth @natbrunell @MichellePhan @Erikcason @TomerStrolight @Bquittem @CitizenBitcoin On HARD MONEY STAGE Day 2: . Bitcoin Mining Saves the World with @SGBarbour, @NateHawaii, @harry_sudock, @taylorbmonnig . Moderated by @gckaloudis
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uh guys, is it really outrageous or controversial to suggest that the current Lightning Network won't be able to onboard 1 billion people? and if it does is it really outrageous or controversial to suggest that it won't be basically free to transact with?.
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“There is, in general, a lot of what we call grift in the space where 99.9% of the crypto projects out there don’t solve anything.”.
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i'll never get over this. flexing a car payment is so weird.
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@nytimes to be clear - CoinDesk did not declare that "Bitcoin is a clear winner of the U.S. banking crisis." I did. that's why there's a big OPINION on the page. and also the column uses first person. the editorial position of CoinDesk is not that "Bitcoin is winning." that is mine.
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hey all - we at @CoinDeskData @CoinDesk just published our Q3 2021 research report and would be thrilled if you read it here:. main takeaways: #bitcoin is uncorrelated, scalability is in, and regulators care about digital assets again.
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@ErikVoorhees @zackvoell i feel like if 4 children and a baby make it to a restaurant alone they should be allowed in.
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tell me i don't look tough af in that leather jacket.
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Watch me make a fool of myself live 5x a week.
CoinDesk's @gckaloudis, a self-proclaimed "bitcoin maxi," will be your new "All About Bitcoin" host. 🪄 Watch @christinenews pass the mic as she begins parental leave. CoinDesk TV wishes you all the best in your new role, Christine. 💛🍼
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Hey guys, for the record, it is a very good thing that Trump didn't get assassinated. Any other take is wrong.
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You know I'm having a hell of a time digging into DCG / Gemini as an employee at a DCG subsidiary.
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@BTCGandalf anyone who wants to tweet about not liking this needs to go through their twitter history and delete any references to liking the free market.
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is it ok that i'm not a fan of The Bitcoin Standard guys :(.
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to all my friends in my DMs THANK YOU. I cannot answer any more until I am reset tomorrow morning because I am not a blue check, but THANK YOU. I see you <3.
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Well. Yeah.
CoinDesk lays off 45% of editorial staff as it eyes deal to sell company
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behold! my face when jenny johnson told me "blockchain not bitcoin"
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I will not pump your coin, but I might talk about it. I might not say nice things either, but again, I might talk about it!. (I probably won't talk about it). Swing by, we'll try to have at least some fun with it.
TODAY: Why was Q3 the summer of scalability? . @CoinDeskData's @gckaloudis and @TedDeFi will chat with @MarcHochstein about how $SOL, $AVAX, $MATIC and other projects took the DeFi world by storm. Join our Twitter Spaces at 1 p.m. ET.
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@chowcollection @usd_protector Yeah. I'm not sure I trust ex-thinkers. Why did they stop thinking?.
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@Rjeff24 jon is also just chilling. look at the body language. this shit is too easy for him.
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Y'all might not have heard this, but I did. You don't need to work "in Bitcoin" to be a bitcoiner. It's just money, you can support the network by . supporting the network. Great pod @ODELL @PeterMcCormack.
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🚨 IT’S HERE 🚨. On Sawdust and Broken Glass is OUT. When I was laid off in August 2023 I took the forced vacation to write a novel. Why not? I had the time. This is the result of that effort. Link 🔗 after the thread 🧵 below (1/11).
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since the moment i was laid off last week i've been working on a short story and a novel(la?) manuscript just to feel again and I tell you what . if I could make this my living i'd make it my entire life and give you all the best fucking sentences of all time.
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The @btcpolicyorg Summit was one of the best bitcoin events I’ve been to. The hit rate on good panels was really high. Met some cool people and saw some friends too. Looking forward to next year. Shoutout to @DavidZell_ @grant_mccarty and the team!.
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Honestly if your company does anything but Bitcoin you're a scam artist. Restaurantier? Scammer.Plumber? Scammer.Carpenter? Scammer.Teacher? Scammer.Engineer? Scammer.Doctor? Scammer.Plant Operator? Scammer.Lineman? Scammer. There is only one true business and it is Bitcoin.
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Ahhhh. so the eth use-case was stablecoins all along, not receipts of pictures on the blockchain?.
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on the open source stage later today (MODERATING OF COURSE, I'D GET EATEN ALIVE TALKING TECH) and a gentle reminder that Open Source Stage is the mainstage.
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I loved writing this. Shout-out to @evankaloudis @lopp @KeithMukai @TheBlueMatt @niftynei @kanzure @LukeDashjr @glozow @JeremyRubin @Snyke @hmichellerose @ODELL and the countless others I heard speak last week. Wonderful stuff.
#Bitcoin2022 didn’t feel like a gathering of cypherpunk dissidents looking to remake the financial system from scratch – unless you looked closely enough. @gckaloudis reflects on an underreported part of the show: The Open Source stage.
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spotify is down - we must decentralize music NOW. please buy my web3 music token.
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Thinking it’s about time to disappear back into my old life. It was a good run, but you gotta make money to live, folks. It’s tough to make writing/media work if you’re not good enough and lucky enough. Gonna especially miss tweeting like the madman I am. ttfn.
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SERIOUS: will companies be able to make payroll?.
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No its not.
Being a Bitcoiner is a doctorate degree in how every part of the world works.
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@burlinghoffras1 @rohangrey @TheStalwart Bitcoin is not private and all transactions are auditable and viewable to the public. If one of your addresses becomes attached to your identity then all your transactions are open for the world to see.
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Genuinely: how much paper bitcoin is floating around? Like are all the exchanges going to do "proof-of-reserves" and then we're gonna do some math and see that it's >21m and we're gonna have some problems?.
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