"Hello, everyone. I'm Marina Orlova of Hot for Words. Today's word is nullius, Latin for ..."Hmmm...
Whoever this guy is, one thing I assume, he was born to be the first "living legend" in this forum. Nulluis means "own by nobody" this is the true meaning of legend, control by nobody.
The “nullius” nym is .onion-layered with meanings. One for which I long cherished it is the implication that
I am of nobody, from nobody, nobody’s. (On the other side of the Nullian balance, I
am nobody: A pseudonymous ghost in the.nym.zone.)
I deemed this a fitting nym for the Bitcoin world, on grounds that
Bitcoinum nullius est: Bitcoin is nobody’s—“owned by nobody... controlled by nobody”, as livingancient observed.
I happen to like Core, but they are not Bitcoin. They provide only the necessary prerequisite: Reliable software which can keep safe the exchange value equivalent of hundreds of billions of dollars in value throughout the Bitcoin ecosystem. Beyond that, you ought know as well as anybody that code alone can’t solve people problems.
Bitcoin is a sociological phenomenon. Now we see the latest battle in an ongoing political war. What fights for Bitcoin is—Bitcoin. The thing is running headless, just as it’s supposed to do. Bitcoinum nullius est. It’s a decentralized social organism which belongs to nobody, with nobody in control. It derives its value from its nature as such. It fends off enemies by the power of multitudes who believe in it—and the many who have much to lose—many of whom are otherwise enemies with each other; all of whom agree on only one thing, Bitcoin. Core (as L. cor) could stop the heart of Bitcoin by caving in, or ceasing technological improvements. But this is beyond Core, you, me, or anybody else involved.
For Bitcoin owns; it is not owned. I don’t mean the monetary component, in the sense of people who are owned by their wealth. I refer to the sociological phenomenon. Bitcoin owns. You know what I mean. Each and all of you know exactly what I mean.
(All emphasis and boldface are as in the original.)
The [CoinNullius] white paper will be release once translated to Kingon then transcribed to Voynishi complete with flowery and nude illustrations.
As not hereto disclosed by me in public: One of my motives which led to some recent unlucky events was my desire for someone to work with for an
erotic Bitcoin art project.For now, I will leave my intentions a mystery; but girls who have
really gone Bitcoin may feel free to contact me if curious.
Which makes me think of another theory. The entire crypto space is under attack by Russians with an attempt to get nullius elected president of the US where nullius is really a US citizen.
What’s the probability? (...that “WANTED” poster did say “politically incorrect”, did it not?)
As for US-USSR being distinct without difference—why yes, I think you’re right. They’re evil twins.
5 pages and this thread has remained in Meta when it appears to be a Reputation thread... what should one derive from that??
I think the least self-serving interpretation I could make is that the moderators of Meta may agree with this post from the first page:
There's a lot of "shit talking" and not enough "rose talking". Let's all try to acknowledge the best among us (and merit isn't enough). Can we do that? Will you join me?
(I also concur with the principle thereby stated.)
Last week, I began drafting for this thread a suitable “diatribe” ....
Oh Merit Magnate, please think again, consider self recusal.
Will there be no thread free of illumination from your searchlight intellect?
Think of this thread as some Austrian's box, and the answer to its question as a cat.
Don't break down.
Save us from the gas.I agree that a thread created by my admirers, for the purpose of talking about me, should not become my daily personal soapbox; and I wouldn’t so spoil it. But I do think the folks here may appreciate the occasional (many) word(s) from me, if and when I have something worthwhile to say on the topic.
(Note: The foregoing is not the “diatribe”.)
