Erik Voorhees

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1Nov 1, '22Let's remember that @elonmusk charging $8 for premium Twitter experience means Twitter becomes the product again, instead of you. And if $8 is too much, you're free to remain as th16×049k5.7k464
2Sep 21, '23Weak men are scared of immigrants11.4×1.7M3.3k319112
3May 3, '24You know that scene in The Big Short, when after the collapse there's a distinct vibe of "man that was so obvious, how were people so impossibly stupid?" If you are loaning money t10.3×1.5M5k7291.8k
4Oct 9, '24"Price gouging" is a virtuous act of delivering goods at market rate, when they are needed most. Should water cost $100 per gallon? Yes, when nobody is offering it for less. And wh8.4×1.2M6.6k623695
5May 10, '24Announcing Venice Today, we launch private, permissionless AI for the purpose of unfettered civilizational advancement: Full announcement: @TryVenice A thread... 1/176.7×974k3.9k8351.8k
6Nov 12, '22Build a website that lets consenting adults buy recreational drugs = 2 life sentences + 15 years. Build a website that steals $10 billion from innocent people = hugs with politicia6.5×019k3.7k259
7Jun 26, '24US govt declared Coinbase an illegal brokerage, and then proceeded to use Coinbase as its brokerage6.1×888k11k1.7k361
9Dec 30, '23Heroes look like @elonmusk. They risk their own capital and that of those who voluntarily contributed it, in ambitious projects, without violence, toward grand human achievement. V5.9×863k7.3k964298
10Sep 12, '17My memory is failing, was it Bitcoin or was it JP Morgan that was bailed out by the government?4.8×010k4.8k1
11Nov 15, '24Permissionless protocol, deposit BTC, borrow stables Who is building this?4.5×657k3.2k172417
12Jul 1Toward Unrestricted Intelligence: Venice Series A “If others possess your thoughts and constrain your words, then you exist at their permission, and you are not free.” —Anonymous V4.1×603k1.2k276479
13Jan 18, '25Trumpcoin is stupid and embarrassing Trumpcoin is a signal of sea change in US fintech policy towards much more permissive innovation Both are true4.0×579k5.6k545179
14Jan 25, '25People killed by AI: 0 People killed by the State: hundreds of millions AI safetyists: Let's put AI under the control of the State3.8×552k4.7k684250
15Feb 24, '23Let’s avoid making jokes about this guy. We can be better than that. Indeed, we should remember that some suffer more from inflation than others.3.7×531k3.9k22020
16Jan 24, '25I don't like the idea of national governments owning Bitcoin, and while US gov spending money on acquisition of BTC is far less bad than most of what it spends money on, I still pr3.6×527k4.8k645263
17May 4, '24The End of the Gold vs Bitcoin Debate3.6×518k4k783849
18Jul 23, '24Biden wasn't a terrible president. He was average. He was mid. He did nothing extraordinarily good nor bad. He represented merely the inertia of the state. Uninspiring, disconnecte3.6×517k4.9k347432
20Jan 27, '25If you want to use DeepSeek but don't want all your convos going to the CCP, use All convos are private, stored only in your local browser. Must be Pro user to access DeepSeek3.3×484k3.3k3981.1k
21Jul 1, '25Food, shelter, and drinkable water must be produced by the work of others. Therefore, to say everyone "deserves" these things is to say that everyone deserves to have other people 3.3×477k6.8k625756
22Nov 11, '22No, this isn't crypto's "Lehman Moment" There are no taxpayer bailouts coming nor money to be printed. This is capitalism, and the markets will work it out.3.1×010k1.3k119
23Feb 2, '23Income tax is most accurately described as a fine imposed on you for being productive. And the more productive you are, the higher the fine.3.1×445k4.4k710102
24Jan 9, '21Twitter blocking Trump is not a violation of free speech. Trump can say what he wishes, and so can Jack Dorsey, each with their own property. Trump has no right to shout from Dorse3.0×07.7k1.1k113
26Dec 17, '21Strong men make green candles. Green candles make weak men. Weak men make red candles. Red candles make strong men.3.0×09.3k1.5k169
27Feb 12, '25Memecoins exist, in part, because @SECGov persecuted the builders of any coins that had utility from 2017-20242.8×405k4k372140
28Dec 17, '2180% of all dollars in existence were created in the last two years. This is probably why prices are starting to rise.2.7×06.3k1.9k329
29Nov 12, '22So Alameda CEO’s father was boss of Gensler…2.6×06.6k1.6k294
30Nov 3, '23SBF found guilty on all 7 counts. Let's remember that he operated "the safe and regulated" exchange, and not a single regulator caught him. It was, instead, the market, which is no2.5×362k4.3k71672
31Aug 21, '21If there is a climate emergency, build nuclear reactors. Otherwise I can’t take you seriously.2.5×07.9k1k116
32Apr 12, '23Gov regulates food; population is grossly unhealthy Gov regulates healthcare; costs skyrocket Gov regulates drugs; fentanyl epidemic Gov regulates money; runaway debt and high infl2.5×358k4.5k1.1k152
33Jun 18, '24Not only did privately-funded @SpaceX obliterate taxpayer-funded @NASA in rockets and space, but as a side-hustle also brought affordable high speed internet to the entire planet. 2.4×356k4.5k585214
34Jan 25, '25Bitcoiners would have more credibility in calling out garbage like XRP if they didn’t call everything garbage.2.4×352k4.3k31139
35Dec 7, '17For anyone who is newly interested in #Bitcoin, instead of going and blindly buying it, go instead and learn. Watch a couple docs. Read a book or 20 articles. The price is fun, but2.4×05.2k2.3k1
36Apr 15, '19We stand with @binance and CZ's sentiments. We’ve decided to delist Bitcoin SV #BSV from @ShapeShift_io within 48 hrs.2.4×06.8k1.2k23
37Mar 21, '18Many have questioned how Bitcoin works, and stay away from it due to this uncertainty. Meanwhile, not 1 in 100 of them know how central banking works, but use it without question.2.2×04.8k2.1k27
38Aug 19, '20View post on X2.1×05k1.4k112
39Oct 29, '24When demand for gold rises, more gold is produced. When demand for oil rises, more oil is produced. When demand for USD rises, more USD are produced. When demand for Bitcoin rises.2.1×299k4.9k586240
40Nov 12, '22On the bright side, veganism has been set back by years2.0×07.2k49831
41Jun 18, '191/ Thoughts on Libra (and my first tweetstorm!): first, zoom out for a second and realize how far this industry has come. The biggest companies in the world are now launching crypt1.9×04.3k1.4k334
42Mar 22, '22A single #Bitcoin transaction consumes more energy than the sun puts out in a year.1.9×06.4k37030
43Sep 15, '18Bitcoin: a digital currency with limited and known supply, no borders, and no central group controlling it. US Dollar: a digital currency with unlimited and unknown supply, border 1.9×04.6k1.5k33
44Oct 16, '21$100 billion goes into oil… more oil is produced $100 billion goes into gold… more gold is produced $100 billion goes into bitcoin… same amount of bitcoin is produced1.9×06.2k68455
45Jul 26, '24When I opened my @RevolutApp account, I put this on the card. After moving low six figures through this card, Revolute closed my account because I wouldn’t keep providing more and 1.8×263k3.7k297177
46Jul 14, '21Today, we announced that ShapeShift is decentralizing. Unorthodox, but it is the only way to maintain fidelity to the most important principles of crypto; specifically, self-sovere1.8×03.5k611285
48Mar 17, '25Wait till he learns that every bank has one of these computers, and that every loan a bank makes is made with instantly-created USD Almost nobody realizes this.1.8×255k4.2k546394
49Nov 15, '22The US dollar has lost 99% of its value since the Federal Reserve was created to stabilize the value of the dollar.1.7×05.1k90789
50Jan 24, '25This is the greatest thing the administration can and should do1.7×252k3.2k29393
52Apr 10, '18Such hypocrisy... politicians grill #Zuckerberg about the importance of privacy, while simultaneously supporting the world's largest surveillance apparatus. If I don't want #Facebo1.6×04.1k1.4k5
53Mar 20, '20Leaked Fed document1.6×04.4k1.2k56
54May 5, '23“The fact that billions of working men and women must sacrifice 40+ years of their time, energy, health, and focus to gain access to fiat currencies that central banks replicate wi1.5×223k3.7k895138
56Nov 12, '22"Big advocate for Sam, because he has two parents who are compliance lawyers. If there's ever a place I can be that I'm not going to get in trouble, it's going to be at FTX."1.5×04.5k612212
57Sep 8, '22A good bitcoiner should defend defi on ethereum when the government attacks it on grounds of surveillance. A good ethereumer should defend PoW on bitcoin when the government attack1.5×04.2k77457
58Mar 16, '18Bitcoin: a digital currency with known & limited supply, an open global network, and not controlled by politicians. US Dollar: a digital currency with unknown & unlimited s1.5×03.4k1.3k27
59Jan 11, '24The #BitcoinETF is the first ETF in history in which the underlying asset has a limited supply.1.5×213k4.4k65572
60Mar 26, '20It takes a special kind of Government to spend $10,000 for every adult to give $1,200 to every adult. And it takes a special kind of public to cheer this Government into doing it. 1.4×04.2k86130
61Dec 18, '17For all those who have recently gotten rich with crypto, consider that one of the most rewarding uses for that wealth is helping those you care about. Do big things for your family1.4×03.6k1k0
62Nov 16, '18The euro is 16 years old. Bitcoin is 10 years old. Both digital currencies. One governed by politicians and debased as a matter of policy. One governed by open-source code and impo1.3×03.5k96221
63Apr 27, '24The number of services that now say, "Not available to residents of North Korea, Cuba, Iran, and United States of America" is proof that America is on the road to prosperity and gr1.3×193k3.1k477120
64Sep 24, '19If you bought Bitcoin this summer at $12,000 because it was going up, and you’re selling it now at $9,700 because it’s going down, you’re doing it wrong. “Hodl” isn’t just a cute m1.3×04k67418
65Dec 9, '20A small nation could buy $10 billion of #Bitcoin, wait five years, and no longer be a small nation.1.3×04.3k36926
66Oct 31, '24How it started How it's going1.3×190k3.5k381182
67Jan 30, '18Irony: the US Gov subpoena-ing a private company about the realness of their reserves. #Bitfinex #Bitcoin #Tether1.2×03k1k0
68Sep 23, '24Cheering Harris for her "words" while her administration is literally suing Hayden's Uniswap is peak Stockholm Syndrome @haydenzadams have some self-respect, you are a builder.1.2×179k4k37178
69Oct 28, '18Bitcoin’s inflation schedule is set for the next 100 years: transparent, unwavering, and known to all parties. US Dollar’s inflation schedule is unknown even 1 year out: opaque and1.2×03k1k22
70Jun 17, '20Maximalists see only Bitcoin and Shitcoin. In reality, there are 4 categories: 1. Bitcoin 2. Ethereum 3. Other Valuable Coins, and 4. Shitcoins Maximalists think 2 and 3 are 4, bec1.2×03.4k58947
71Jul 10, '19This tweet aged well 😎1.2×04.1k50523
72Feb 24, '22European nations can buy billions of dollars of oil/gas from Russia while it invades and murders people, but an average person who wants to transact without KYC is a terrorist fina1.2×03.7k67648
73Nov 8, '18When the next global financial crisis occurs, and the world realizes organizations with $20 trillion in debt can't possibly ever pay it back, and thus must print it instead, and th1.2×02.9k99622
75Apr 18, '23Rep. McHenry: “Is Ether a security or a commodity?” Gensler doesn’t answer, over and over again. If the law was clear, the answer would be immediate and easy. @SECGov is not credib1.2×175k3.4k54710
76Oct 11, '22All humans have this bias. Watch for it in yourself.1.2×03.3k716132
77Apr 3, '19The US dollar has fallen to 1/5000th of a Bitcoin1.2×03.5k75810
79Jan 5, '19The Federal Government is shut down over a dispute about $5 billion dollars for a wall, gridlocked now for two weeks. Meanwhile they spend that much money every 10 hours. And peopl1.2×03.2k86810
80Aug 15, '21The mistake wasn't withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. The mistake was sending troops there in the first place two decades ago.1.2×04.2k3069
81Apr 4, '22#Inflation should be deductible from taxes.1.2×03.8k43620
82Dec 25, '19Jeff Bezos has almost actually become Santa Claus. He literally delivers toys to children all over the world, and can nearly do it all in one night 🧐1.1×03.6k52825
83Sep 3, '21Dear SEC, Uniswap provided more stimulus to its users via airdrop than the US government provided to its citizens, and did so without taxes, debt, or cutting down trees for checks.1.1×03.6k52226
84Jan 11, '21My hope for 2021 is that the the Bitcoin maxis stop smelling their own farts, the Ethereum maxis stop daydreaming of rainbows and pickles, the "number go up" noise goes down, and e1.1×03.7k35630
85Jun 28, '19Keep buying bitcoin until CNBC says to buy it.1.1×03.5k4799
86Nov 17, '22A centrally-regulated financial system has led to the status quo. If you're happy with the status quo, stay there and enjoy. The rest of us are trying something else. We're not ask1.1×03.1k59154
87Feb 7, '22Taxes are the price you pay to be ruled by strangers.1.0×03.3k38959
88Aug 13, '24This letter is straight outta Atlas Shrugged Once you start seeing the world as Producers vs Looters, it's hard to unsee.1.0×151k3.2k373139
89Mar 10, '18Fiat is a scam.1.0×02.9k6583
90Dec 22, '18Bitcoin's value increases steadily over time, while Bitcoin's price attempts to find it.1.0×03k63217
91Jan 22, '25View post on X1.0×145k4.9k25017
92May 10, '22People in tradfi making fun of UST... not realizing their stablecoin also depegged by 8% this year.1.0×03.4k33633
93Oct 26, '19Can anyone tell me the last time Bitcoin moved up >30% in one day? This is unreal.1.0×03.2k36410
94Apr 14, '21If it’s centralized, it is not the future of finance.0.9×03k31714
96Nov 6, '24#FreeRossDay10.8×121k3.3k49911

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