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+- On the issues that come with scaling. A future where settling onchain is out of normal people hands.
+- On the trade-offs between technical complexity and sovereignty.
+- Detour back to the gold standard
+    - The wonderful improvement provided by IOUs on gold
+    - The unavoidable betrayal of trust
+    - The current state of western finance: get fucked, or get fucked
+- Do you see the pattern? Custodianship is a good thing, until it centralizes and betrayal becomes way more profitable than collaboration.
+- A bright future where bitcoin banks have some of your sats, privacy with chaumian ecash is the norm, and your moves at the speed of light.
+- Closing thoughts
+    - Nobody knows shit about fuck. Things will happen, and the market will decide
+    - Lightning is great, but I think we all ought to keep an open mind for additional possibilities
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