I know. I started writing a post about it and I referred to your post. We had almost identical reactions. But, I tried it again and now I think it has a lot more going for it than I did the first time I tried it.

As kids playing outside in the '60s we had an expression:

Madeira it is.

Aha. I think you may be on to something.

Just for perspective, neither Farrington nor Sacha Meyers are economists. Farrington has a first in Mathematics and Philosophy. Meyers is a geologist, I think.

I didn't include it in the quote, but "physics envy" is a big part of their argument in the chapter.

My bags are packed. I'm outta here.

You're too young and smart

This is the coldest start to a December I can remember. I want my climate change back.

I have been using it for a few years and I'm ambivalent. We have built a great group of local bitcoiners as a direct result of the app. We also compromise our own privacy. It's certainly a tradeoff. I think of all the public bitcoiners we all know a lot about, and I'm sure every last one of them has a bigger stack than me.

Nah. I'll send you the sats😀

You're right about that

Well, I didn't do it, but I might have if the amount was small.

That's the thing. He had to spend a good amount of sats to get on the site. He chose to impersonate a fairly prominent bitcoiner who he knew I would find credible. He did some homework.

He knew who the person was, and made reference to him in the story. In other words, he knew who our mutual contacts were.

I know.

You are very welcome. Soon you will be doing the same from your citadel.

I want one.

That snake is venomous, right? I admire the cat's fearlessness, but you know the old adage- curiosity killed the cat.