Bitcoin Ponzi
Cantillon Effect
Why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Seigniorage.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Everyone knows the saying, but do you know what's behind it?
The Cantillon Effect explains a big part of this reality 👇 pic.twitter.com/TZu7MPDhOi— River (@River) July 25, 2025
To fully understand Bitcoin, you must understand the Cantillon Effect.
Most people don’t understand the Cantillon Effect, so here’s the first-principles breakdown that will melt your brain:
The traditional Cantillon Effect is simple:
New money is created.
The people closest…— Adam Livingston (@AdamBLiv) November 29, 2025
USD Ponzi
Congress spends $2 trillion more than its revenues, the Fed then buys this debt.
Congress then pays the Fed interest.
The Fed then pays interest to big banks to keep cash reserves.
This is how govt makes the rich richer.
But it gets worse. According economist Judy…— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) June 17, 2025
Your money is now losing 1% of its value every 30 days according to the BLS.
Still think inflation is “transitory”? pic.twitter.com/Bl6BzETNKV— Simply Bitcoin (@SimplyBitcoinTV) October 16, 2025
Wake up.
Work job you hate.
Pay taxes.
Eat plastic.
Take loans.
Watch Netflix.
Sleep.
Call Bitcoin a Ponzi.
Repeat. pic.twitter.com/t1daSbFoyK— Adam Livingston (@AdamBLiv) June 17, 2025
Social Security Ponzi
Dear @elonmusk,
Nothing stops this train—buy bitcoin.
Inspired by @LynAldenContact's keynote. pic.twitter.com/Qci4oI4XyK— Joe Burnett, MSBA (@IIICapital) June 6, 2025
Everything Ponzi
Read or listen to "The Great Taking" to find out how the house, the 401k, and everything else in which you thought you had invested over you lifetime was legally designed to be transfer to an elite group who are preparing to pull the rug out from under you.
ELON MUSK: “The U.S. government is one big pyramid scheme. Social Security is the biggest Ponzi of all time.”
The real debt is double what they admit—thanks to unfunded promises.
Bitcoin is the exit. pic.twitter.com/BeLvTuO64l— Simply Bitcoin (@SimplyBitcoinTV) August 15, 2025
Is Bitcoin a Ponzi?
Myth: Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme.
Reality: Bitcoin is the anti-Ponzi scheme.
Let me stop you right there before you embarrass yourself further.
A Ponzi requires a central operator—some guy in a suit promising you 12% while paying old investors with fresh cash from new marks.…— Jeff Swanson (@theswansjr) February 23, 2026
“Bitcoin is a Ponzi”
Have you checked the dollar….? pic.twitter.com/bzaxCuIfkL— ⚡₿itcoinTeddy⚡ (@Bitcoin_Teddy) June 6, 2025
Network Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5IgH8GedNs
Start at 19:21
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