2026-06-20T22:21:26Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz paulweaver34@rizful.com https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/npub1k7z66vr3flc4pax86mgdw3pru5y50avvqnrd3mzyja7alnnncr7qf5pdfv https://blossom.primal.net/771f2478cf2b80187d9f83cc3da0ae288e25a762749cd52fdeeb90552dadfb29.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/771f2478cf2b80187d9f83cc3da0ae288e25a762749cd52fdeeb90552dadfb29.jpg https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx3aqr48fjj3sxntfue7zq55fdzm2xf89l34uf4ygec590kq3c3sczyzmcttfsw98lz585cltdp46yy0jsj3l43szvdk8vgjthmh7ww0q0c5re5tk At the Bitcoin for Ministry Summit in Arlington, someone stood up a community Fedimint called Loaves and Fishes for one weekend. It is still running.<br/><br/>I wrote about Brilliance Labs, the coming move of Thank God for Bitcoin under its roof, and what that move might mean for my own novel.<br/><br/><a href="https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/loaves-and-fishes">https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/loaves-and-fishes</a> 2026-10-15T13:47:31Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsvn8vhk9j4f7d2c5jwlftpznwg8l8q7wn5r5v8l2ycxv3sjwqld2szyzmcttfsw98lz585cltdp46yy0jsj3l43szvdk8vgjthmh7ww0q0cvs20jk Magnalia dei: the mighty works of God, heard at Pentecost in every language.<br/><br/>Magnalia Foundation translates Bitcoin into a language the church already speaks. Free education, onboarding, and policy help for congregations. <br/><br/>Wrote about them and the friends behind it.<br/><br/><a href="https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/the-mighty-works">https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/the-mighty-works</a> 2026-10-12T11:32:07Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0u9exv25mxcut84fe8qav5yj3zvs98hndn0fspkqqhxjeq03stcczyzmcttfsw98lz585cltdp46yy0jsj3l43szvdk8vgjthmh7ww0q0ccfercy Today my new Fold card was declined at the airport. It&#39;s a Visa card that pays rewards in bitcoin, and it still needed permission. I had dollars, lira, lari, and euros in my wallet, and none of that changed the fact that the money was there and the permission wasn&#39;t.<br/><br/><a href="https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/the-money-was-there">https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/the-money-was-there</a><br/><br/>#bitcoin #nostr 2026-10-11T21:38:38Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsd46ss9nldqhx6208vqpa6uvqm4u7jc685a2fr0836e8kx9aaxavgzyzmcttfsw98lz585cltdp46yy0jsj3l43szvdk8vgjthmh7ww0q0c926kwd New two-part essay today, released together: the crisis Gen Z inherited, and what we build instead. <br/><br/><a href="https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/the-crisis-they-inherited">https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/the-crisis-they-inherited</a> 2026-10-08T16:38:39Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsq6qs3hqtwkqkye70j8k55pukgy57hcxst94kmazg0wtyuxf68u2czyzmcttfsw98lz585cltdp46yy0jsj3l43szvdk8vgjthmh7ww0q0caj84ft Rothbard wrote in 1969 that Keynes was dead. Fifty-seven years later, someone handed me his book for free at the Midwest Bitcoin Summit, in a world running Keynes harder than ever.<br/>So why didn&#39;t his argument win? <br/><br/>Incentives, war, and the Cantillon effect. And then the harder question of whether my own Bitcoin bias needs the same scrutiny.<br/><br/><a href="https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/keynes-was-dead-in-1969">https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/keynes-was-dead-in-1969</a> 2026-10-06T11:51:24Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsx8mg8catn9z54pmp3x43jxlc4tptmyaa8elmnvddu6nghtwd666qzyzmcttfsw98lz585cltdp46yy0jsj3l43szvdk8vgjthmh7ww0q0c8vc6qc In 2001 I wrote a paper arguing Plantinga made us sound more credulous than we are. His fake-barn example struck me as outrageous. Twenty-five years later it&#39;s just the internet.<br/><br/>New essay on AI, testimony, and why fluency isn&#39;t faithfulness. Pray before you prompt, then bring what you found to people who can tell you you&#39;re wrong.<br/><br/><a href="https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/pray-before-you-prompt">https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/pray-before-you-prompt</a> 2026-10-03T13:50:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsdd392j0yfwewpctgljejt5y78wwk9r253jjx022lqxfk9lv96umqzyzmcttfsw98lz585cltdp46yy0jsj3l43szvdk8vgjthmh7ww0q0chfvx3q Bitcoin had Satoshi: someone who built it, gave it away, and vanished.<br/><br/>AI will never get that moment. You can&#39;t build a data center in secret and disappear.<br/><br/>So what happens instead? Rural co-ops, common carriers, and honest weights.<br/><br/><a href="https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/what-ai-needs-isnt-a-savior">https://paulweaver34.substack.com/p/what-ai-needs-isnt-a-savior</a><br/><br/>#bitcoin #ai 2026-10-01T11:44:30Z