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Andrew Jackson destroyed the Second Bank of the United States in 1836, delivering the single greatest blow to financial tyranny in American history. You won't hear this story told correctly in any economics textbook, because it reveals how central banking works: as a government-sponsored cartel that redistributes wealth from productive citizens to politically connected bankers. The Second Bank held a 20-year federal charter starting in 1816. It controlled the money supply, issued currency, and held government deposits. Sound familiar? Nicholas Biddle, the bank's president, wielded more economic power than any elected official. He could trigger financial panics at will by restricting credit. He bought newspapers and bribed congressmen. When Jackson opposed recharter in 1832, Biddle deliberately crashed the economy to punish him. Jackson called it "a hydra of corruption" and he was right. The bank created artificial booms through credit expansion, then triggered busts when politically convenient. Biddle openly bragged about manipulating markets. Free market economists and Jackson both recognized the core insight: this was legalized counterfeiting with government backing, not free market banking. The political establishment united against Jackson. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and the entire Whig Party defended the bank. Biddle spent millions buying influence. The press attacked Jackson as an economic ignoramus. Every "respectable" voice supported recharter. Jackson stood alone with the American people. After Jackson killed the bank, the country experienced the strongest economic growth in its history. From 1837 to 1862, America operated without a central bank. Industry flourished. Wages rose. Innovation exploded. This wasn't coincidence. When you stop subsidizing financial speculation and let productive capital find its natural home, prosperity follows. Central banks don't stabilize economies: they destabilize them for private gain.

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My First Bitcoin @MyFirstBitcoin_

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June 6, 1991 (35 years ago) PGP 1.0 Released Phil Zimmermann uploads Pretty Good Privacy, making strong encryption available to ordinary people for the first time. It ignited the Crypto Wars and helped lay the foundation for Bitcoin. Brief thread... 🧵👇

@DefPaintings @onthebrinkie Zou vet zijn! Ik heb ooit nog een biertje met jouw en de posse gedronken op een afterparty na het highlife cannabis festival in Ahoy..😂🔥 Good times! 🫡

A good opportunity for those who are able to join BFF26 for just one day. 🔥 The 'LITE Pass' is for you. 🫵 bitcoinfilmfest.com/26/#tickets

Milton Friedman's greatest regret. The federal government discovered the perfect crime in 1943: make employers collect taxes before workers ever see their paychecks. You think you earn $60,000 per year, but you actually earn $75,000 and hand over $15,000 to politicians without ever touching it. The psychological difference is enormous. Before payroll withholding, Americans wrote quarterly checks directly to the Treasury. Picture yourself sitting at your kitchen table, writing a $3,750 check to the IRS every three months. The pain was immediate and visceral. Politicians faced constant pressure to justify every dollar because citizens felt the extraction in real time. Withholding transforms this concrete loss into an abstract accounting entry. Your employer becomes an unpaid tax collector, and you never experience the actual cost of government. Worse, most people celebrate their tax refunds as government generosity rather than recognizing them as interest-free loans they provided to politicians. The Treasury collects your money throughout the year, spends it immediately, then returns your own cash and receives gratitude. This system enables the explosion in government spending you witness today. Defense contractors billing $640 for toilet seats, agricultural subsidies for corn syrup, and congressional salaries for 535 people who rarely show up to work. When taxation feels painless, voters stop demanding accountability for how their money gets spent. Milton Friedman helped design withholding as a wartime emergency measure and later called it his greatest regret. Free market economists recognized that the psychological pain of direct taxation creates political pressure for fiscal restraint. The temporary always becomes permanent in government hands, and the emergency justification disappears while the extraction mechanism remains forever.

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"Bitcoin Meteorite (2026)" by @CypherpunkNow Bitcoin Meteorite (2026) including the Bitcoin White Paper Abstract 16-layer screenprint

"Black Swan" by @cryptograffiti Repurposed fiat on wood 3.55 cm x 4.44 cm (1.44 in x 1.75 in)

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"Mnemonic Geometry" Auction 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 timechainartifacts.com/12-BTCP26

Excited to announce that one of my latest PCB artworks - "Mnemonic Geometry" - No. 3/9 is available at the @BTCPrague auction! Access via the link below 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Grab it immediately using "Buy It Now" or drop your bid before the hammer falls. 🗓️End time Prague Time (Local): Saturday, June 13 at 6:39 PM (18:39 CEST) 🌐 UTC Time: Saturday, June 13 at 4:39 PM (16:39 UTC)

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@onthebrinkie @NoderunnersNET @paintwithalex Not sure if @paintwithalex knows some Dutch banks.. They probably hope he doesn't.. Let's help with that.. The biggest Dutch banks are @ABNAMRO, @Rabobank and @ING..😂🔥

Unbroken Chain by @Lady_Block_Jane is made with Acrylic paint and spray can on canvas, finished with protective varnish and measures 100 x 100 x 2,5 cm. As described by the artist: "The painting "Unbroken Chain" ("Unbroken Jane") invites the audience to explore the concept that every living being is part of an unbroken chain of events, forming a continuous sequence that traces directly back to the origin of life. The artwork serves as a metaphor for the Bitcoin blockchain, where each transaction and block from an Unbroken chain of verifiable events, tracing back to the Genesis Block, just as every life event connects in an unbroken sequences to the origin of life. The artwork also serves as a metaphor for the importance of holding a personal Bitcoin private key - a voluntary leap into the Bitcoin rabbit hole that you can choose to embrace with an unbroken mind and awareness of the moment you live in, or disregard. The position of cosmic infinity and personal choice creates a thought-provoking narrative about connection, awareness and the potential for taking part in the ever-growing chain of truth and self-sovereignty. This artworks is proof of work in physical form. Unique. No copies. No prints. No NFTs"

This week, my paintings found a home in Warsaw at the @bitcoinfilmfest. Thank you to everyone who came by, shared their thoughts, and supported my journey. 🎨❤️ #Warsaw #BitcoinFilmFest #ArtistLife

Thank you to the Bitcoin FilmFest for providing the gallery space and the opportunity to exhibit my work in Warsaw. 🎨 A special part of my project is the conversations I have with fellow plebs. Everyone has their own story, their own perspective, and their own version of Bitcoin

@Lady_Block_Jane @BTCMichilis @OKellyDavis @Hadaikum3D @growthlimits @onthebrinkie @0711_BTC @Volatile_21 @renarchycom @bitcoinpopart @zapzide 🔥🔥🔥

@ModeotecArt @onthebrinkie @Hadaikum3D @Volatile_21 @renarchycom @bitcoinpopart @0711_BTC @zapzide That's fantastic! I love all your work! I recently came across your bookmark, oh man, really beautiful too! 🔥🧡

The Artist With His Art Featuring @bitcoin__apex