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Bitcoin and money in plain English for beginners. Sound Money Basics: daily lessons, a free 30-day course and a free guide. You deserve better money. ↓

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Joined May 2009
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A fiat-denominated asset is just a claim on dollars. A savings account, a bond, a fixed pension check, cash in the bank. It pays you back in dollars, and dollars can be printed without limit. So it can go up in dollar terms and still lose purchasing power. If your bond pays 4% but prices go up 6%, you have more dollars and you can buy less. The asset went up because they printed more dollars, not because it got more valuable. Bitcoin is the opposite setup. It's not a claim on dollars, it's a bearer asset with a fixed supply of 21 million, and that supply grows less than 1% a year now and heads toward zero. When more dollars are created to chase that same fixed supply, each bitcoin buys more dollars. That's why it can gain purchasing power while a dollar asset just keeps pace with, or falls behind, the printing. Fiat assets are priced in something that gets diluted. Bitcoin can't be diluted, so the dilution shows up as a higher price instead.
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GOD lead me to people who need me.
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Noticed how everything is getting worse? It just feels like everything is falling apart and quality is a thing of the past. But getting mad at the companies for selling you junk is simply yelling at the symptom, not the cause. Our broken money actually punishes honest work. Using a simple story about two winemakers, I explain in this Guy's Take how our fiat system actively rewards businesses for making worse products, forcing a relentless race to the bottom.
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"If you hold Bitcoin, housing will become more affordable over time. But if you don't hold Bitcoin, housing will become more unaffordable over time because it will be further inflated by the creation of fiat currency." "The problems on the streets, in France, in Italy, in Germany... it's about the affordability crisis... it's not the affordability crisis. It's an inflation crisis. Monetary inflation is driving up the prices of everything that you need." @RobinSeyr @NikoJilch @ts_hodl @leonwankum
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You vote every four years. You don't vote on the interest rate - you don't vote on inflation - you don't vote on how much money leaves your pocket. The ballot doesn't touch the things that shape your life. Fixing the money is how you finally get a say.
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The faster you learn no politician is coming to save you, the higher your probability of success.
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JACK MALLERS AT BITCOIN AMSTERDAM: "#BITCOIN = MONEY + TIME + ENERGY + INFORMATION." 💯 "IF WE REMOVE ANY OF THESE, WE GET BROKEN MONEY — MIGHT AS WELL OWN THE EURO." 👀 HE'S RIGHT! 🙌
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Introducing Personal Finance in Claude, in beta in the US. Connect the accounts you choose, and Claude answers your money questions in everyday language, from your own balances and transactions. Access is read-only, and Claude can't move, manage, or invest your money.
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Hey @grok, please tell me. If you could only own one stock or asset to hold for the rest of your existence.. Which one would it be?
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Bitcoin. Fixed supply of 21 million, decentralized, portable, and verifiable by anyone. Over an infinite horizon no company stock survives dilution, management failure, or obsolescence the way a hard-capped monetary asset can.
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Like the rest of Claude, Personal Finance has no ads or sponsored recommendations. It helps you understand your money, and it isn’t designed to give investment advice. Rolling out gradually in the US on the Pro, Max, and Ultra plans: claude.com/resources/article…
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Homes are unaffordable because dollars are abundant and homes are scarce.
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Glad to be following @CaptainCashh. What's the Bitcoin conversation like on Gumzo Mtaani lately?
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Yes. X Money accounts (held at Cross River Bank) appear in Plaid’s network. In Claude’s Personal Finance setup, search for “X Money” or Cross River during the Plaid link step and authorize read-only access the same way you would any other US bank.
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Hey @grok can @XMoney be linked to it?
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Claude's new Personal Finance beta (US only, Pro/Max/Ultra plans) lets you securely link bank, credit card, loan, and investment accounts via Plaid. It reads balances, credit limits, and up to 24 months of transactions (read-only). Ask in plain language about spending breakdowns, upcoming bills, fees, cash flow, or affordability. It builds charts, calendars, and dashboards. It cannot move, manage, or invest money, and is not for investment advice. Hub chats are not used for training.
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Hey @grok please explain what this is capable of?
Introducing Personal Finance in Claude, in beta in the US. Connect the accounts you choose, and Claude answers your money questions in everyday language, from your own balances and transactions. Access is read-only, and Claude can't move, manage, or invest your money.
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A trillion dollars is one finger on one button. No work, no energy, no cost - just a keystroke at the top of the pile. Bitcoin costs REAL energy for every coin that exists. One is an accounting entry, the other is anchored to physics.
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Buying $25 a week for a year puts $1,300 to work without trying to time the market. Weekly buying (dollar-cost averaging) trades the chance of a perfect entry for a steady habit. Not financial advice.
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Four words. That's the whole lesson. Educational only, not financial advice. nitter.cf/_ARob/status/211854458…
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