21 Questions: The First AI & Community Written Bitcoin Book
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๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ:
Every time someone comes across Bitcoin for the first time, they inevitably think: "๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ?! ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ! ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด."
Yes, anyone can copy Bitcoin's code, and thousands have tried. This is why tens of thousands of โalternativeโ crypto tokens exist, but they are not ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ alternatives to Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is the ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต cryptocurrency and absolutely scarce. It has years of history, ever since it started in 2009. It has all those years of Proof of Work.
โAltcoinsโ are merely recreations of the same centralized, top-down, broken monetary system we have in the fiat world. They are schemes designed to enrich the insiders, those few people closest to the creation of new tokens, who have the power to change the rules to suit themselves.
When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, he had to mine new bitcoin just like everyone else. He didnโt set aside a big chunk of coins for himself, his buddies, or Silicon Valley VCs. No, he had to use real-world energy to mine bitcoin. Thus, Bitcoinโs launch was fair.
Making an identical copy of Bitcoin is pointless because it does not have Bitcoinโs history โ Bitcoinโs Proof of Work. Copying Bitcoin and making changes is also ultimately pointless (unless you are trying to create a scheme that benefits insiders at the expense of everyone else) because ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐-๐ค๐๐๐จ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐. There's a reason Michael Saylor says, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต.โ This is not some mere meme (although it has become one now); it is an acknowledgement of objective reality.
To put it simply: There is Bitcoin, and there are shitcoins.
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Taxation is fundamentally theft because ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐. It is a violation of the principles of ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ and ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ. Taxes are imposed by governments, which are institutions that wield a ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. This is a clear infringement on the individual's right to keep and control their own wealth.
Taxation is a coercive mechanism for extracting wealth from individuals. It violates the principle of individual property rights, and breaches personal freedoms. ๐ง๐ฎ๐
๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ/๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ. This is, by definition, a direct theft of someone's property.
Furthermore, taxation is an ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ and ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ practice. It is a drain on resources, and ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต. Taxes are often used to fund bloated government programs and other forms of wasteful spending. This misallocation of resources could be better utilized in the hands of individuals and businesses.
Instead of relying on coercive taxation, we should advocate for ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ. Taxes should be ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, allowing individuals and businesses to keep more of their hard-earned wealth. This would foster economic growth, job creation, and prosperity.
In conclusion, taxation is theft because ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐. It is a violation of the principles of private property and individual liberty. Taxes should be minimized or eliminated, and ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ.
Remember to ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ค this and ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ it with others on this Tax Day, so everyone can know why ๐ต๐ข๐น๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต.
