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Freedom * Jiu Jitsu * #Bitcoin
Dec 18, 2022 22 tweets 19 min read
Wow, another amazing year in the books! 🔥

Here are my top 20 #Bitcoin moments for 2022.

🧵👇 ⚡️#Bitcoin conference Miami,
@jackmallers announces vendor rollout plan, bringing lightning to thousands of vendors across America.
Jun 16, 2022 11 tweets 6 min read
Interested in taking the pilgrimage to #Bitcoin Beach?

Here are some pro tips to consider:

🧵👇 AIR TRAVEL

San Salvador Airport (SAL) is the only international airport so you will land there.

Customs process is quick, organized, and took 5 mins.

Tourist visa cost is $12. Paid in #Bitcoin.
Mar 25, 2022 10 tweets 2 min read
HISTORY OF THE PETRODOLLAR (*simplified*):

🛢1944: Post WWII Bretton Woods Agreement ties foreign currencies to U.S. dollar; USD is the only currency tied to gold

🛢1963 JFK assassination causes peak Cold War fear levels and massive surge in spending

🧵👇 🛢1963-1971: U.S. balloons its social/military budget (LBJ’s “Great Society” & Vietnam War).

🛢1971: Countries begin requesting gold deposits back from US.

🛢05 AUG 1971: France sends warship to NY harbor w/instructions to bring back its gold from NY Federal Reserve Bank
Dec 24, 2021 6 tweets 8 min read
Wow, what a year! 🔥

Here are my top #Bitcoin moments for 2021:

⚡️SpaceX & Tesla buy BTC “In retrospect, it was inevitable.”

⚡️Laser eyes meme catches fire

⚡️China bans mining; hash rate relocates (US/Kazakstan mostly)

⚡️Bitcoin Conference Miami @BitcoinMagazine

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⚡️Mallers/Bukele announce Bitcoin Law @jackmallers @nayibbukele

⚡️El Salvador makes #Bitcoin legal tender 🇸🇻

⚡️Max Keiser’s F*@# Elon Tour in Austin @maxkeiser

⚡️#PayMeInBitcoin movement w/Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Odell Beckham, James Hardin @CashApp @ln_strike