🔥 Golden Inu vs. Bitcoin in a No-Inflation World

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Trying to SteelMan The Pro-Crypto Agenda Creates a Hellish Social Dystopia

On more than one occasion, in the interest of fairness, I've tried to "see things from the other perspective" and reason why bitcoin and crypto could/should succeed.

Each time I do this, I'm confronted with a future reality that doesn't look good in any general sense.

It kind of reminds me of the Star Wars verses the Star Trek universes. (although lets ignore the current destruction of the Star Trek universe at the hands of Paramount)

In Star Wars, you have two warring powers constantly at odds, with the rest of the universe either teaming up to produce meat puppets for the never-ending grist of war, or running away in fear.

What we see in a typical Star Wars myopic is a, "Housewives of Las Vegas" style vision of the 1% on each side, the (benevolent) kings and princesses along with the (malevent) dictators and their generals, along with a small smidgen of "normies" portrayed not as the unwitting pawns they really are in someone else's obcene power grab, but as sparky patriots or gullible minions. All creating generational collateral damage in their, "totally justified" wake. Star Wars, like most of the Disney metaverse, is a collection of heroic parables where totalitarianism itself is not bad, but can be good or evil. Where the super rich are just "normal people like you and I" most of the time, unless they're specifically evil. There's no judgement made on the vast disproportion of resources among people. In the benevolent Disney monarchy, everybody is happy. It's a given that's, "the way things will always be." The problem is, history and the real world doesn't show a plethora of "benevolent monarchs" ruling over utopias where everybody is happy.

Star Trek, in comparison, was born out of one man's unique vision. Gene Roddenberry wanted to see a future utopia where many modern social problems were essentially obsolete, from racism to poverty and hunger, to classism. The Star Trek universe, ideally is supposed to embody a future where there's a much more horizontal equality of opportunity, devoid of racism, sexism, and things like normalized religious/cultural intolerance. In the Star Trek universe, the vast majority of the people in the middle are pretty well off. What motivates people in Star Trek isn't conquest, unlike Star Wars, but Exploration, learning and understanding.

One could argue both universes have unrealistic expectations, but are they equally unrealistic? Are their respective pros and cons comparable?

In Star Wars, violence solves most problems, and little thought is given to the afterglow. In Star Trek (at least the cannon that follows Gene Roddenberry's vision), careful consideration is given to any action that may cause unnecessary harm. These two disparate sociological concepts epitomize the fundamental differences between these two worlds, and also the yin/yang in the real world.

Obviously fans of the various franchises can argue over my generalizations and cite specific exceptions which I don't deny exist. But why bring this up in context to a future world where crypto is king? Because I think like Star Wars/Star Trek, the two camps in crypto, for and against, see two entirely different versions of a "future utopia" and the arguments in defense may be surprisingly similar.

Pro-crypto is basically the Star Wars camp (sometimes pretending they want a Star Trek world). They enter rooms with blasters blazing first and no questions being asked. "Bitcoin fixes this!" And proponents of crypto believe that in their future world, they will be rich. They are the "chosen ones." The Jedi knights. They don't pay much attention to the plebs, just like in the movies. The emphasis is on the 1% and how everybody wants to be rich and powerful. You can't have it both ways. If you want to be able to afford everything, and you want everybody else to have the same opportunity, then nobody is actually "rich." You might be imagining some benevolent form of socialism instead. Their rhetoric is typically not reconcillable and is just shallow propaganda to get people to buy into the scheme.

Anti-crypto people tend to be more pragmatic. I think they're more aligned with the Star Trek camp. They recognize that a rising tide that lifts all boats is better than a small armada of powerful warships, surrounded by dinghies. Because they realize they could be one of those in a dinghy more likely than they'd be on a big ship. And this is the fundamental difference between the appeal of each camp. The Star Wars fans, like crypto bros, expect that in their world they are the Jedi Knights, the big bagholders, and don't really care what happens to everybody else.

The fundamental difference between the two camps lies in their field of view.

If you "assume" you'll be the rich one, everything turns out great, but historically and statistically speaking, the odds aren't necessarily with you. In the real world, people who are well-resourced tend to be born into well-resourced families, less so than they dig themselves out of poverty. This is an undeniable material truth that many don't want to admit. There are entire religions designed to convince people to be content with their lesser lot in life, like Hinduism, as a result, and a need to quell the underclasses from revolting. It could be argued all religious, "death cults" that celebrate some great rewards in the afterlife, were designed to placate those in the present, who felt they got less than they deserved, but rather than act upon that disappointment by taking it out on those with more, they should wait patiently to instead be rewarded in the afterlife.

Crypto panders to a similar operational model: HODL and you'll be rewarded at some point later -- don't worry about when... just be patient.

Meanwhile those operating the scheme are instantly benefiting from your liquidity and patience, regardless of what happens in the future.

One can look around the world right now and see the operators of the schemes, making out like bandits, at the expense of their adherents. In this manner, it seems crypto is more akin to a religion than a financial technology.

But let's get to the point.... what happens when we envision a very realistic, real-world scenario where crypto becomes ubiquitous? That's the end game pro-crypto people want, because it would result in, "number going way up" and them potentially being rich.

They also believe that crypto will break the stranglehold of powerful special interests over wealth and control. That is a premise that we can specifically investigate as we fabricate a theoretical future where crypto becomes a de-facto standard.

So let's dispense with the philosophical rambling of, "What crypto bros claim to want for society." Let's talk about what it takes to get from point A to B, and what happens along the way.

Bitcoin is now 16 years old. If it were meant to organically become a de-facto standard, honestly, it should have happened by now. People say, "It's still early" but at this point you'd be hard-pressed to go anywhere in the world and mention the word "bitcoin" and not have somebody at least know what it is. That's not "early." There's a big difference between being familiar with something, and recognizing that something offers a special benefit to you. Usually things that become the latter, don't take long from the former to happen. It didn't take people 16 years to recognize the value of the Internet or the iPhone. But here we are with bitcoin, still floundering. And unlike the Internet or the iPhone, there are no infrastructure or costs hurdles holding back adoption.

So how does it take off to get to point B where everybody is using it, and/or a vast majority of the world de-facto recognizes it as a, "store of value?"

The answer to that question can be seen in what's going on today in the pro-crypto industry: forced acceptance.

One crypto bro legislator in Tennessee for example, has introduced HB1695. This bill directs the local government to try and allocate up to 10% of the state's general funds to be diverted into crypto assets, to "diversify into such a commodity to improve risk-adjusted, inflation-adjusted returns of long-horizon public portfolios." This is just one of many such pursuits, usually in republican-dominated areas.

Nowhere in the bill are the risks of crypto actually revealed. Instead it gushes, "Bitcoin is a decentralized digital commodity with a provably limited supply and deep, twenty-four-hour global liquidity." Despite the fact that this "twenty-four-hour global liquidity" is not at all guaranteed, and is managed by companies that are mostly not even situated in the USA, and not regulated like traditional banks or brokerage houses whatsoever.

Given the fact that governments are inherently non-profit, and what surplus funds they do have, are traditionally, very conservatively managed, usually via bonds and very stable interest bearing accounts, movement of money into crypto seems incredibly unorthodox and risky. The likelihood of this bill passing will not be a testament to thorough debate and discussion and a general acceptance that this is a prudent course of action for the state in general, but instead via being railroaded by a singularly-minded, majority who have questionable conflicts of interests in supporting such legislation.

And this is what we're seeing elsewhere, with the Trump administration basically calling off enforcement efforts towards crypto people and companies, signing unilateral executive orders designating a, "strategic bitcoin reserve", etc.

This is not happening because of non-partisan, open discussion and debate. It's being thrust upon the public without much contemplation of the risks. The crypto industry has bought into politics and is now forcing it on people. That's their last ditch effort to get "acceptance."

The reason this is being done is precisely because all other means have failed. The public is not voluntarily deciding bitcoin is a "long term store of value" so those who are in the game are now forcing it upon the public. There has not been any public referendum on these actions.

So for something marketed as "being for the people and not for the powerful special interests" it sure seems odd that its greatest boosters are actually, powerful special interests.

Pro crypto people would argue, "Fiat is precisely the same. It has no inherent value and was forced upon the public by powerful special interests." This is true. And it may have been the only way to create a ubiquitous societal currency. The government mandates it, and imposes the necessary resources to insure the monetary system is stable and not compromised.

Crypto people suggest Bitcoin can achieve those same goals.

Let's assume for the moment people honestly believe that.

So let's craft a situation where Bitcoin gets what it wants....

The first problem we run into regarding "Bitcoin Utopia" is WHICH VERSION OF BITCOIN?

Bitcoin was introduced as a currency - a means to pay traditional payments. It was never intended as a long term store of value. Its initial limited scarcity was a dynamic to make the price stable, not make it an investment. It's only later, after the limitations of the technology as a payment system became apparent, that it was re-branded as "digital gold." So there are two distinct types of "bitcoin is the future" scenarios. One where bitcoin replaces fiat. And another where bitcoin is a store of value. Currency does not make a good investment - ask any economist - those two concepts are in opposition to each other. Currency needs to be stable to be useful. If currency constantly increases in value, then people will hoard currency and not spend it. Without currency changing hands, the economy collapses.

This is one of the first signs that a crypto utopia doesn't really turn into a utopia, but instead a socio-economic mess.

So let's bust out our Libertarian magic dust(tm) and make Bitcoin the new "money."

The most realistic way to kick something like this into gear would be to have major pseudo-monopolistic companies decide to accept bitcoin. Let's say Amazon and Wal-Mart now allow payment via Bitcoin. This would be a major deal.

In order for this to truly work, it has to be a level of bitcoin commerce that's never really been seen before. We're talking with no conditions. If you go to Wal Mart and want to buy something for cash, there is no limit, after which they won't accept cash, but traditionally with BTC transactions, the larger the transaction, the more potential liability one might have being a party to money laundering and sanctions violations. And traditionally crypto transactions have been limited to amounts that are relatively trivial. The Lightning Network, and the fact that most payments over $500 fail, is a good example of that - which is something we'll get to later.

So, this is the first quandary we run into if bitcoin is the new money. Does this mean there are no longer protections against money laundering and sanctions violations? So that international sanctions are no longer an effective measure to control rogue nations?

Bitcoin bros believe that "bitcoin stops all wars" but if sanctions no longer work, it would seem more likely bitcoin would help fund more wars by helping finance and arm immorally/militaristic nations that the rest of the world was trying to contain financially as an alternative to more direct violence. A distracting argument could be made over whether, "Do sanctions work?" But it seems, if even in one instance, sanctions affected change while avoiding more substantive military intervention, that could be construed as a "yes." Also think about sanctions regarding the proliferation of military nuclear technology - is limiting that a good thing? But let's not get bogged down in that - it's ultimately a distraction. The operative issue is, this very well used technique would possibly no longer be available.

And what about money laundering? Now drug cartels and other illegal networks can much more easily convert their cash into other assets without liability? How would that make the world better? Granted, a lot of pro-crypto people think everything should be legal, but that's a whole different podcast debunking the anarchist libertarian model - suffice to say, it doesn't really work.

So now if you can buy all kinds of things with bitcoin, what are the options? You either unleash the shackles on huge groups of bad actors around the world, making their nefarious efforts even more profitable? Or you try to employ AML and OFAC controls on bitcoin point-of-sale transactions? That opens up another can of worms, since Bitcoin is pseudonymous, you blow one of its principal supposed advantages out of the water by having to submit to scrutiny of crypto purchases. This would also introduce lots of delays, and at the least, create another convoluted system that would be slower than traditional non-crypto, digital payment methods. In any case, it's not good for consumers. It may be good for criminals though.

Then we get to the inherent limitations of Bitcoin's network itself. Capable of little more than 4.7 transactions per second, bitcoin transactions would be exponentially slower than traditional payment methods. Even implementing "L2" solutions like Lightning Network won't significantly solve that problem, and introduce additional problems as LN requires liquidity to be staged in their network prior to any transactions taking place. So you've got a crypto debit card backing up another crypto debit card. It's convoluted and confusing and incredibly inefficient.

Another problem we have with "decentralized banking" is that these L2 networks, like bitcoin's main blockchain, are no longer "decentralized" in any meaningful way. They can be run by cartels that control a significant chunk of the network's interoperability, and if there is no central authority determining what's a problem fee, the network cartels can charge what they want. Monopolies happen in unregulated markets much more so than they do regulated markets, and we've witnessed this in the continued evolution of bitcoin's mining network as 2-3 companies control a majority of the system. They could decide to act together and raise minimum transaction rates any time they want. There's no way to stop that unless you go back to depending upon either the ineffective "invisible hand of the market," or central authorities. Which defeats the purpose of Bitcoin.

No matter what, we already have "rush hour pricing" in crypto. Perhaps in bitcoin-utopia, during Christmas time, if you pay with bitcoin, the fees skyrocket 10,000% higher due to the network traffic? Same with L2. Also, LN nodes can be configured in such a way as to steer customers through high-priced transaction nodes - again, with no central oversight, decentralized nodes are free to form their own gangs that control certain digital turf. Again, there are reasons all modern societies have governments - these things happened in the past, and crypto bros would realize their need as soon as their crypto utopia materialized and started misbehaving in ways they should have anticipated.

What else happens in a world where bitcoin is the new "money?"

Let's look at one of the most significant factors of economic stimulation: lending.

Why do people take out loans? Let's put aside the fact that the rich do it for tax evasion, and focus on the middle and lower classes. They do it to be able to buy something they otherwise could not afford to buy. And usually these things elevate the status, capability and quality of their lives: obtaining a reliable vehicle, getting a higher quality education, purchasing a home to live in. All of these activities often produce additional equity that improves peoples' social status.

The ability for someone to get a student loan and become a doctor is a huge thing. Institutions that provide such loans allow people to move up the socio-economic ladder.

The same thing with having a vehicle. It makes someone more useful as an employee or enables entrepreneurial opportunities as well as independence.

BUT in a world where the new money is "deflationary" something weird happens: Lending money becomes prohibitively expensive.

If bitcoin continually increases in value due to its demand, ubiquity and most importantly: scarcity, then more people will hoard money than put it back into the economy. The people with plenty of money will at least have a choice of whether to buy something or not. But those who need loans will be in a very bad situation. Interest rates on bitcoin loans will put lending opportunities out of their reach. This means the middle and lower classes will stagnate, unable to afford traditional loans that would otherwise help them up the social ladder.

So far, this crypto utopia isn't looking very fun: transactions are significantly slower and more costly, crime is now legal, a major way to control rogue nations in lieu of physical violence now no longer works, and people who really need loans cannot afford them, so upward mobility among lower classes grinds to a crawl.

Most crypto bros may even be aware of these caveats, but they don't care. Because they anticipate that they will not be part of the lower classes. They assume their "early" bags of bitcoin will now be worth so much, they don't have to suffer like others. They're the new "1%."

Even assuming that happens and we ignore all the even more underprivileged middle and lower classes, there are still problems abound... While crypto gives Mr. Bagholder the "generational wealth" he dreams of, he's also growing up in a world where all the powerful special interests he thought he was escaping from the fiat-world, are not only still there, but they're even more powerful and influential. This is because the wealth disparity in the world of bitcoin is exponentially worse than it is with any other monetary system on the planet. So perhaps instead of 5000 super-powerful oligarchs, you're now down to 30. There's no evidence a smaller number of more powerful people will somehow be more benevolent. Good luck with that.

So what happens in this world as time goes on? It amplifies all the problems with the existing world to an even greater degree. In a deflationary monetary system, the rich get even richer and the poor get poorer.

However, there is one advantage for the poor in this respect: bitcoin's lack of reasonable consumer protections. While everybody talks about how difficult it is to "51% attack the network" to steal crypto, that's not the way it's done. Any pleb who can hoodwink a bitcoin holder one-way-or-another out of their private keys, can instantly and efficiently steal their money. So now crime explodes because the best way the lower classes can now get money is to hit rich people over the head with a hammer and demand their private keys. There's your "redistribution of wealth."

Now let's get to the second, hybrid-bitcoin utopian vision: "Digital Gold" backing stuff. If you know BTC is always going up, then you simply begin to stockpile BTC and not use it. So if nobody wants to spend bitcoin any more, the economy grinds to a halt. We can't have that, so let's re-introduce fiat, and say it's "backed by BTC." So now Bitcoin is a "strategic reserve."

At this point, bitcoin utopia is speed-running the exact same scenario most major countries that had hard-asset-backed-currency ran into: a constant stream of economic calamities resulting from liquidity squeezes and unforeseen market conditions. Bank runs would once again, be in vogue. Situations like pandemics, strikes, earthquakes and other natural events that disrupt the supply chain would cause huge global turmoil without the ability to create inflation -- the government effectively being unable to "borrow" money to maintain the status quo until it gets back upon its feet. You can't borrow what isn't there. And in a deflationary system, it isn't there. We learned this the hard way from history. Crypto bros weren't paying attention in history class.

And ironically, the solution to all of these crypto-utopia-situations-gone-awry, is to basically emulate the existing system it replaced: pile on more and more regulations, rules and oversight, until the economy looks eerily similar to the way it did before the advent of libertarian magic dust.

And getting back to our original Star Wars vs Star Trek analogies... we find that the proponents of a bitcoin utopia are the "Jedi Knights" in the Star Wars universe. They're the exception, not the rule. When one envisions a future where bitcoin is the default store of value, one assumes they have enough of that value to set themselves up, while ignoring how the rest of the world would be hamstrung otherwise. Not unlike Star Wars' world, which looks great from the cockpit of a well-armed starship, and not so much from behind the counter of a coffee shop on Alderaan.. until the captain of the starship clicks on the wrong link in his interstellar e-mail and finds he's just transferred ownership of all his possessions to an anonymous person on Tattooine.

May the force be with you!

Wall Street posts worst session since April amid renewed tariff fears

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Gold rallies to new highs as Bitcoin slides, highlighting divergent asset flows


Gold has pushed to fresh record highs as Bitcoin loses momentum, a growing divergence between traditional safe-haven assets and crypto.

Details: - Published: 20/01/2026 18:08 (UTC) - 📊 Characteristics Score:

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This might be the most volatile crypto week of 2026 - here's what's coming

Next 5 days are stacked with macro events that could swing BTC hard: Monday: Fed injects $15B liquidity via T-bill operations Tuesday: FOMC economic statement drops Thursday: Fed balance sheet update Friday: Japan rate decision (potential BOJ hike)

Plus Trump's speaking at Davos and there's a Supreme Court tariff ruling. All happening while trading volumes are already thin. Recipe for big moves either direction. Bitcoin sitting at $95K right now. Key support at $94,150. If that breaks, we could see $92K. Resistance at $97,924 - break that and we might finally test $100K again. Personally watching the Japan rate decision closely. If BOJ hikes, it could trigger carry trade unwinding which usually hits crypto hard. What's your play this week - sit tight or position for volatility?

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Why does God punish some and not others? Why have I been suffering for the last 9 years? Do we have to pray to Him and explain our reasons for our actions or does He just already know?

Was this all misunderstanding?

I converted 9 years ago, living in my own apartment, chronic chain smoker and the home I was in seemed... Off, somehow? I heard noises, voices and I believed I was schizophrenic until one day I was approached by a voice who offered to make me a deal in return for helping possess someone else - I refused. Then another night, 7 months after that event, I heard a voice order me to go towards my door and I did, backing myself up towards the wall near the front door and I then felt a distinct hand suffocate me and clutch at my neck. ​I was an atheist back then and then realized if demons were real then God must be as well? Upon realizing this and uttering God's name, the hand let go of me.

I contacted a deliverance ministry and they came in and anointed me with holy oil and they exercised the house. The creaking, banging, all the voices stopped for a moment and they reintroduced me to the gospel. They put the footage of my home on TV (this happened at Terrace Apartments in Rancho Cucamonga) and used it as "proof" of demonic entities existing.

Shortly after that, they invited me to live with them but after a church scandal, I left the home. At this time I was given a vision of receiving a wedding dress and ring and I believed I was meant to wed God and ran from the Church back to my apartment, only to find my parents had canceled the lease and disowned me overnight, effectively making me homeless. I became homeless. Over the last 9 years, I have suffered:

- My mother dying

- Physical illness

- Fatigue

- Depression

- Anxiety

- Completely lost my looks, my hair fell off in clumps and I became bloated and bald

- Reputation ruined amongst everyone who knew me

- Character assassination

- Homelessness

- 6 deaths in people close to me

- Assault

- Rape 3x

- Prostitution

- Human trafficking

- Got beaten 3 times

- Had a knife assault

- Constant displacement

- Wrongful Incarceration

- Being framed for a felony

- Lost all my friends and neighbors and family

- *Lost $4 million in bitcoin and $3 million in inheritance* (this hurts because I became homeless)

- ​My father and sister betrayed me for the inheritance

- I was abandoned by God and received no response

- Was stalked, harrassed and sexually assaulted multiple times

- Was poisoned 3x and had to be resuscitated once after dying (I experienced nothing while dead)

- Extreme spiritual attacks from demonic entities

- Hostility from people

- Severe psychological harm

- Extreme duress

- Loss of my mobility

- Was bedridden in a hospital for years

- Was threatened multiple times

- Feared for my safety constantly

Before this, I was a rich girl from a very well off family with her own apartment in a fancy area of California, never working a day in her life and studying voice acting. I was addicted to pain meds but I quit when I found out Jesus was real, after the hand incident. I was clean while I received the intense vision of the wedding dress and multiple pastors could testify that my house was demonically infested by some kind of entity. They received visions of me as well, and they envied me. One thing a pastor noted was that I reminded her of Job, which surprised me and it was to my disbelief because I did not consider myself righteous.. I believed I was a dirty sinner who was most certainly not an upstanding person.

I did curse God though in my anger, although I have Tourette's too, which resurfaced after these traumatizing experiences - Tourette's usually resolves itself after childhood but can re emerge in adults after severe trauma like the loss of a loved one or losing a job... Come on, I was almost MURDERED by a demon! It resurfaced.

Anyway, after I left the church, I wasn't allowed back though I attempted to try going back to them and despite once receiving visions and communication from God, I stopped hearing from Him and these misfortunes all fell upon me until recently, when I heard from Him again. I don't know what to say to Him. I feel so angered. I feel so betrayed. I made a mistake and repented for it but He didn't respond until now, seemingly saying that my punishments made it possible to redeem me for Heaven. How come others live easy lives but I had to make it through Hell and back i order to even survive? How come my sister walked away with millions and I was left destitute after my mother's death and was even trafficked?

I was basically told it was a punishment for my behavior.

I'm perplexed because I was told that He understands everything, without even words. There is no reason to convince Him or to speak to Him about the reasons and motivations for your actions because He already knows. So when I cussed, I wouldn't explain it was a tic, or when I had a violent thought I assumed He knew I had OCD intrusive thoughts where violent intrusive images are commonplace.

I didn't once explain why I left the pastor's house, just believing He would know. I didn't once try to convince Him believing He knew what argument I would use. I just remained silent.

I am autistic.

I have communication issues and I have been severely traumatized by this and am in a dire state of need for understanding and compassion. This has left me severely bitter and this is just a short summary of the last 9 years. I am constantly in danger both spiritually and physically and I am so scared and so sad all the time. I want to be together with my family, but I can't be. My mom is dead. My cats and I are separated for now. I am currently living in a container in someone's backyard. I have repeated nightmares of demons assaulting me at night. I have attempted deliverances and pastors say I am in urgent need of one but finances, lack of transportation and available deliverance ministers make it currently impossible to do that. I believed I was special, upon obtaining that vision. I believed God knew everything about me, so I didn't introduce myself or explain anything to Him about myself in prayer. He is omniscient and omnipresent so He is capable of knowing everything about me right?

Or did I have to explain things?

Why was I punished? Why?​

🎯 What is a Bitcoin halving?

A Bitcoin halving is a programmed event in the Bitcoin network that reduces the reward miners receive for validating and adding new blocks to the blockchain by 50%. This event occurs roughly every four years (every 210,000 blocks) and continues until all 21 million bitcoins have been mined.

By cutting the block reward in half, the halving slows the rate at which new bitcoins enter circulation, functioning as a built-in monetary policy designed to introduce scarcity over time.

The halving mechanism is central to Bitcoin’s economic model because it ensures that supply becomes increasingly limited while demand can grow based on broader adoption, investment, and utility. Historically, halvings have been associated with long-term price appreciation due to the decreasing amount of new BTC available for miners to sell into the market.

This supply compression, paired with Bitcoin’s fixed maximum supply, positions the asset as a digital form of scarce money rather than an inflationary currency.