AZ

Logvin

It’s not a shame she’s a Dem. I live in AZ, and the GOP ran an absolute nutbag MAGA cultist who spent her time on the campaign trail spreading hate, disinformation, and just being an aweful human. I would like her to sign this, but I would like my friends, family, and neighbors not being persecuted for being gay/not white/ not citizens far more. Bitcoin will survive regardless of her veto. There are humans who would not if Kkkari Lake would have won.

JerryLeeDog

Shame the Gov is a Dem and will veto this I would be FUMING mad if I were an AZ resident.

JerryLeeDog

Shame the gov is going to FUCK THIS ALL UP for the people of AZ Vote better next time AZ!!!!!

DurangoJohnny

She’s not anti Bitcoin, she’s never made any statements about Bitcoin. Her stance is that she will veto any bill until AZ legislature proposes a new budget that takes care of disabled people.

CuriousTitmouse

AZ strategic btc reserve bills passed

BigDeezerrr

Anyone got any details on the AZ Bitcoin bill vote? When it's happening and what the likely outcome is? Cant find much out there.

freakythrowaway79

4 states have released house bills to start investing. TX, AZ, FL & NH NH actually passed & created House Bill. It now goes to the Senate for approval & then our Governor has to sign off. 🤷🏻 Even if it does get approved it's months (60 days) away from actually "purchasing/investing".

flossanotherday

The 109k sellers are gone, another bounce of the 350 MA like last summer, positive catalysts and feedback loops forming. 1) 26 States have legislation moving on strategic reserves 5-10% investment. 3.7T in non federal budgets total. AZ, NH, OK, TX being closest to final approval. 2) Interest rate cuts are in the forecast. Cheap money coming 3) International laws and Federal laws on the tail end. Strategic reserves, ability to utilize in purchases-commerce. 4) The cycle, something, something

Scoutricky

TSMC is struggling to find skilled labor at the facilities in AZ. They even started several industry specific courses through the local community colleges. Apparently American labor isn't willing to work the insane amount of hours the workers in Taiwan regularly do. But the skills/education gap seems like the most likely culprit. I fully agree we should be manufacturing more chips here in the States. Avoid hardware back doors, and other engineered exploits. At least for critical systems.

ericdh8

Are you dense & ignorant or just ignorant? I can fix the ignorant but not if you’re dense and ignorant. He’s 💯 NOT running the government and whoever is telling you he is should be selling you a bridge in AZ.

rentz_due

Lol it’s the people that actually think she had no clue this would happen that kill me. Yall need to watch some coffeezilla or her first interviews where she didn’t even seem to care and dismissed everyone. Now that there’s legal repercussions now she’s apologetic and in tears foh. Link to Coffeezilla recent video: [https://youtu.be/wiZVDY5jNYM?si=KgRquSs_AZ4DFmyW](https://youtu.be/wiZVDY5jNYM?si=KgRquSs_AZ4DFmyW)

CareerCurrent5032

AZ!!! Let’s go!!

CriticalCobraz

After the Nov 2010 release of classified U.S. diplomatic cables, major payment providers blocked donations to WikiLeaks. The organization sustained itself through Bitcoin donations, receiving over 4,000 BTC in the first 10days. [Old Wallet ](https://www.blockchain.com/de/explorer/addresses/btc/1HB5XMLmzFVj8ALj6mfBsbifRoD4miY36v)where the 4000BTC went to (please do not use this address anymore) [Current Wallet](https://www.blockchain.com/de/explorer/addresses/btc/36EEHh9ME3kU7AZ3rUxBCyKR5FhR3RbqVo) in case you need it or DYOR

Financial_Design_801

Continued; ARIZONA Bitcoin bill (another one!) SCR1005 would “encourage” the Arizona State Retirement System to invest in Bitcoin. This is separate from AZ’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill (SJR58), also in process. AZ’s Retirement System has $22B AUM (Same source via twitter)

MudLoud97

AZ will be first! 70 billion state retirement account, up to 10% of that can be held in btc reserve. Lot of cheese

Illustrious-Boss9356

Us human beings are very relative-thinking beings... so when the world changes, the perception/value of everything changes. But just because there are correlated movements, doesn't mean quality at the end of the day won't win out. A good example is during the 07/08 housing collapse, beautiful waterfront properties could be had for 65% of the cost they were selling for just 2 months prior. Did those houses become any less valuable? Nope. And what happened when the world normalized in 2010-2019? The quality rose to the top and waterfront properties in food markets outperformed lower quality houses (like stickbuilt mass produced stuff in Phoenix, AZ or Las Vegas, NV). Nothing is immune to market forces. Some things will have negative correlation. But over time fundamental quality will rise to the top.

nomorebonks

That's not tamperproof using AZ's on AWS, that's just ensuring uptime not security like ICP does because compute goes through consensus.

jejunerific

I thought it was a reference to the famous /u/nullc email about fees crossing mining subsidy! https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/CAAS2fgQSNdzuiPS3AZ_TjQ2OvkhYJ3ZJUBo7ovP6_O2snuwEMg@mail.gmail.com/

tallboybrews

I am! I'm in BC so certainly colder than AZ. Not sure if the manufacturers settings would vary though. I think it's based on internal body temperature which has nothing to do with air temp.

particlecore

Do you live in a TX, AZ, NM, or CA border town? Or do you just believe everything Fox News tells you?

Chambana_Raptor

These Orangies are completely out of touch with reality. No sane independent is going to vote for Trump. And that's what either party needs to win -- the moderates. He is the best at getting *his* base to get out and vote, no question. A master showman and emotional manipulator, who plays the average Fox News viewer like a fiddle. But as his base gets more and more extreme, their absolute numbers shrink. You can't just take away the reproductive rights of half the country, align with religious extremists, [try to defraud democracy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_fake_electors_plot), [break laws](https://apnews.com/projects/trump-investigations-civil-criminal-tracker/) with the reckless abandon of a mafia boss, base your campaign around racist/sexist ad hominem attacks -- while offering no *actual* policy critiques of your opponent, or explanations of your own -- and expect to win. Look at the GOP platform from last month...it's self-contradictory and doesn't explain *how* they plan to do shit. It reads like a grade school class president campaign. And no matter how hard he tries to distance himself from Project 2025, nobody's buying his innocence...[lies dribble out of his mouth like breathing](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump). The GOP hasn't been a political party since 2016; they're a cult of personality now...which can never survive beyond the viability of their chosen leader as a candidate. [Harris has closed the polling gap](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/) and extended her lead to 3% within a few weeks of getting the tap. She *just* announced Walz, a highly popular Midwest governor, as her running mate **ten days ago**. Trump was going to struggle to beat Biden, and now **he's** the stumbling, bumbling, old fool. He is going to get **destroyed** in the debate against someone who can actually speak competently and can fact-check him in real time. His popularity will deteriorate even more rapidly from there. The gap is going to continue to grow and while I think Trump's stranglehold on, for example, the Bible belt states won't overturn, it's clear that the major battleground states (MI, WI, PA, GA, AZ) are going to either strengthen or flip for Harris by November. I'm sure all the MAGAts are gonna come out of the woodwork and downvote this without offering coherent, well-researched, and sourced counterpoints, but it doesn't really matter what they think. They are delusional and too well-insulated in their bubble. I live in rural WI and I can tell you (anecdotally) that things are *very* different here now than even before Biden's shitty debate performance. Once Trump gets womped harder than 2020, his grip on the GOP will lessen and *actual* conservatives similar to Liz Cheney and Mott Romney will make a big push for power. It will probably take an extra election cycle for the Trumpies to get voted out, but in 2032 hopefully we will see a return to normalcy and be able to put this dark chapter behind us.

hippofire

AZ iced tea will still be 0.99

mehoart2

I go to Los Algodones, Mexico near Yuma, AZ to get major dental work done. 1/3 the cost of what it would cost (80% insurance coverage included) to pay for in Canada!

noticer626

Here's some quick points from my book outline (I haven't done much actual writing). This isn't in chronological order, just as I thought of things. Things I've done list:Armed Forces Chess Tournament in DC, West Point stories and roommates, Appalachian Trail, Colorado Trail, Iraq Deployments (Baghdad 07, Diwaniyah 09, Basra 11), Last Brigade in Iraq, Mud hut schools, Snowboarding trips, Repel out of helicopter, 5 airborne jumps, Commanded tank company for 22 months, Long Island Marathon, Ice fishing on Lake Sakakawea, Prairie Rose State Games, Grew up without internet and cell phone (mostly), Newport to Annapolis sailboat delivery, Houston to Isla Mujeres sailing, Train from Wurzburg to Rome, Times Square NYE 2006, Virginia to Bahamas sailing trip, Texas Water Safari, Leona Divide hike, Northern Lights in North Dakota, Hagia Sofia , Military Parade for Sandra O'Conner, Ranger School, Eric Clapton first concert, SXSW P.Diddy story, Outer Banks, NC, HR McMaster talk, Skelton injury, STL Arch, Empire State Building, Devil's Lake fishing tournament, State Wrestling Tournament, Bow/gun hunting, Badlands turkey hunt, Muskrats, Paintball story man burned alive, White Earth Rodeo, Vatican, Ostia, Rome, Nice, Monaco, Verdun, Luxembourg, Austria, Czech Republic, UK sailing, Barcelona, Berlin Cold War trip, Wurzburg college girls, Polizei beating soldier, Paddlefishing, Poker with rich guys, Drove neighbor to doctor while she was in labor, Devils backbone brewery, McAfee Knob, Lived in at least a month MO, OK, ND, NY, GA, KY, Germany, Iraq, TX, OH, VA, Bahamas, Visited every state except AK, HI, WA, OR, ID, UT, NM, AZ, Buffalo River Float, Oktoberfest getting thrown out, Sons of Iraq cash, Comedians, Kid Rock USO concert in Baghdad, Roof shitters, Ron Paul delegate, Construction job

Financial_Design_801

“The government is printing massive amounts of money right like you're out here trying to earn your dough and then the government is just printing trillions of dollars out there just making this money out of thin air to dilute your work I'm waiting for Bitcoin to get to a million dollars actually because it's my only salvation around here it's the only thing that can save me and l've recognized that fact whereas you have not many people have not When you're sinking on the Titanic ship all that matters is your positioning, you want to get to a life raft if at all possible because the whole ship is done & bitcoin is that life raft” TechLead gets it https://youtu.be/ycfPF1gkNpE?si=rf0ZGy26Odb3j3AZ

Dog-EaredPages

Would you mind checking to see if it shows up correctly? Dog-Eared Pages in Phoenix, AZ near 32nd St and Via Libre.

Optimal-Two-6382

I feel for you being in California. In my case it helped. $135 a year in AZ. I think the state government is hurting California more than federal government is.

BusyEntertainment878

Download a fake GPS location app. You'll go into settings and Developer options. It's how I work around after moving to AZ.

Bleep_Bloop_Official

As soon as I get my own POWSCHE im getting the same vanity plate. Unless someone in AZ beats me to it.

Logvin

>The seller will accept Bitcoin, said David Larchez of Silverleaf Realty, who is listing the property. Bitcoin surged to historic highs last month, making this an opportune time for such an innovative transaction, Larchez said. ABC15 is a well respected local news station in Phoenix, AZ USA, of which Paradise Valley is a suburb. It's not a big article full of interesting details, but shows progress with adoption.

Alon3Wol4

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keolamation

\*ahem\* here's the base source code contract but, I'll be adding a time-based vaulting so things can rethaw, and mint cap and a halvening script because frankly limited supply to begin with is always good. [https://codeshare.io/DAo0AZ](https://codeshare.io/DAo0AZ)

CFA_Nutso_Futso

They can partner with utilities to smooth demand and ultimately reduce peak load from an incremental perspective - more energy sold but less drastic peaks. I’m actually at a renewables conference right now in AZ and was talking to a company this morning about it. There’s no cookie cutter fit to this as all of us utilities have different generations mixes and load profiles but I think there are opportunities to get creative where all parties win with (1) more rate-based generation for utilities, (2) discounted power for miners, and (3) reduced rates for customers.

julius_sphincter

Selling crypto isn't income though. It is a taxable event as capital gains, which federally is 15% I believe for long term which this obviously would be. Fuck it, I'd happily pay 15% on 1000 bitcoin at $69420. Even if he lives in a state with their own capital gains tax I'd do it. Though if I lived in CA I'd probably move to Nevada or AZ first

supertrader80

2024: 123% 32s4f52EhTLXwH6AZ9gEUgkq79rGBdL2Tv

CryptoJumpman23

A couple years ago, I was flying to San Diego for my honeymoon and we had a layover in Phoenix, AZ. During the hour and a half layover, my wife and I grabbed coffee and a snack, and sat and waited for our plane to board. As they announced boarding was about to begin, some guy randomly sat down next to me and started asking me questions like where I was headed, how long I was going for, why was I going, etc. After becoming defensive by the personal questions the random man was asking me, he flashed a Phoenix police department badge at me and then proceeded to ask if I had cash on me and if he could search my bags. I look over and a lady, also not in uniform, was sitting on the other side of my wife questioning her as well. The whole thing was surreal. Long story short, I admitted to him I lied about having cash in my bag, at this point realizing these random people likely really were undercover officers, and he quietly asked me how much. Scared, I told him “$10,000”. He sorta laughed, and he said “ohh we’re looking for more like $100,000”. Searched my wife and I’s bags in front of everyone, didn’t find the amount of money he was looking for, and then let us on our way to board the plane. The ordeal was humiliating, I felt like my privacy had been invaded, and I couldn’t believe he could have just that easily taken my cash and called it a day. These days, I buy bitcoin.. and I haven’t bought a plane ticket since!!!

SPedigrees

There are actually BTC ATMs at 10 different locations in Flagstaff AZ. The one in your photo is one of 3 Bitcoin Depot machines in that same area. https://coinatmradar.com/bitcoin-atm-near-me/

2-bit-tipper

Practice with testnet. https://youtu.be/LfNE29AZ9I0

AvatarOfMomus

> Why are modern L1 nodes hosted in AWS , GCP and so on? Where are we heading with this? > Why are the most L1 mining, validators hijacked by powerful company instead of individuals running things on their PC or personal devices? > I also saw someone put GPU offering Blockchain by buying powerful enterprise scale NVDIA processors? > If things are getting so centralized, why not use Cloud services, High Availability, Multi-AZ, with DR? Because that last bit, "fairly scalable", isn't true. The best way to scale something is centralized compute, with distributed nodes only used to reduce latency and bandwidth usage. That's the whole reason L2s exist, and there are a dozen other workarounds to the scale problems faced by these systems. Most "Blockchain companies" aren't using public blockchain, they're hosting their own private or semi-private "Blockchain" which at that point is basically just a database and maybe a hashed record of the DB. This is because public blockchain is stupidly expensive compared to *anything else*, so of course it's not being used by these projects. That would just eat up funding and/or reduce the size of the bag they can run off with when everything fails.

Strochez

Interesting. How much more expensive is toilet-to-tap than building a pipeline? Not sure why AZ wouldn't want to go that route instead unless we're talking a difference in the hundreds of millions.

ajnsd619

It's reasonable to believe that. But if that were true, they would have pointed it out in the notices. Instead, they ship form notices; same ones to everyone. Consider: * [19 State Attorney Generals have complained about Chase freezing ](https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-states-accuse-jpmorgan-closing-accounts-religious-political-beliefs-2023-5)accounts * [Mesa, AZ couple](https://www.azfamily.com/2023/02/23/chase-bank-finally-returns-money-mesa-couple-after-freezing-accounts/) * [Lady in NY - Had to sell her car to make ends meet](https://abc7ny.com/7-on-your-side-frozen-bank-account-chase-savings/10563609/) * [Doctor's waiting for months to access his account; haven't told him why](https://piunikaweb.com/2023/08/02/chase-bank-allegedly-closing-accounts-without-a-valid-reason/) There's hundreds of stories, all the same pattern.

TurkeyBaconALGOcado

Solar farms in the desert (Blythe, CA, Phoenix, AZ, etc.) do not clean the panels. The closest thing to getting washed is during monsoon season when they get rained on. The difference in production from a clean to a dirty panel isn't wide enough to justify the time, effort, or cost of cleaning. At least in these areas.

milonuttigrain

Here is Zachary Testa aka @degenharambe aka @LordKekLol on TG from Phoenix, AZ. He infamously bought an $865k purple Lambo with his $pepe earnings, all while his team didn’t give a cent to original Pepe the Frog creator @Matt_Furie. Fuck this guy

steavus

Me to my mate wo invested in PEPE 

Fitzus1969

Hal lived in California before moving to Scottsdale AZ where he died in August of 2014. His body was immediately put into cryonic preservation at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale. https://www.wired.com/2014/08/hal-finney/ You can read about him in the above link.

HughHonee

And BTW you can verify who created BTC. It's whoever can sign (holds the private key) to this pgp pub key, belonging to the user who first posted & shared the Bitcoin whitepaper -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) mQGiBEkJ+qcRBADKDTcZlYDRtP1Q7/ShuzBJzUh9hoVVowogf2W07U6G9BqKW24r piOxYmErjMFfvNtozNk+33cd/sq3gi05O1IMmZzg2rbF4ne5t3iplXnNuzNh+j+6 VxxA16GPhBRprvnng8r9GYALLUpo9Xk17KE429YYKFgVvtTPtEGUlpO1EwCg7FmW dBbRp4mn5GfxQNT1hzp9WgkD/3pZ0cB5m4enzfylOHXmRfJKBMF02ZDnsY1GqeHv /LjkhCusTp2qz4thLycYOFKGmAddpVnMsE/TYZLgpsxjrJsrEPNSdoXk3IgEStow mXjTfr9xNOrB20Qk0ZOO1mipOWMgse4PmIu02X24OapWtyhdHsX3oBLcwDdke8aE gAh8A/sHlK7fL1Bi8rFzx6hb+2yIlD/fazMBVZUe0r2uo7ldqEz5+GeEiBFignd5 HHhqjJw8rUJkfeZBoTKYlDKo7XDrTRxfyzNuZZPxBLTj+keY8WgYhQ5MWsSC2MX7 FZHaJddYa0pzUmFZmQh0ydulVUQnLKzRSunsjGOnmxiWBZwb6bQjU2F0b3NoaSBO YWthbW90byA8c2F0b3NoaW5AZ214LmNvbT6IYAQTEQIAIAUCSQn6pwIbAwYLCQgH AwIEFQIIAwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEBjAnoZeyUihXGMAnjiWJ0fvmSgSM3o6Tu3q RME9GN7QAKCGrFw9SUD0e9/YDcqhX1aPMrYue7kCDQRJCfqnEAgA9OTCjLa6Sj7t dZcQxNufsDSCSB+yznIGzFGXXpJk7GgKmX3H9Zl4E6zJTQGXL2GAV4klkSfNtvgs SGJKqCnebuZVwutyq1vXRNVFPQFvLVVo2jJCBHWjb03fmXmavIUtRCHoc8xgVJMQ LrwvS943GgsqSbdoKZWdTnfnEq+UaGo+Qfv66NpT3Yl0CXUiNBITZOJcJdjHDTBO XRqomX2WSguv+btYdhQGGQiaEx73XMftXNCxbOpqwsODQns7xTcl2ENru9BNIQME I7L9FYBQUiKHm1k6RrBy1as8XElS2jEos7GAmlfF1wShFUX+NF1VOPdbN3ZdFoWq sUjKk+QbrwADBQgA9DiD4+uuRhwk2B1TmtrXnwwhcdkE7ZbLHjxBfCsLPAZiPh8c ICfV3S418i4H1YCz2ItcnC8KAPoS6mipyS28AU1B7zJYPODBn8E7aPSPzHJfudMK MqiCHljVJrE23xsKTC0sIhhSKcr2G+6ARoG5lwuoqJqEyDrblVQQFpVxBNPHSTqu O5PoLXQc7PKgC5SyQuZbEALEkItl2SL2yBRRGOlVJLnvZ6eaovkAlgsbGdlieOr0 UwWuJCwzZuBDruMYAfyQBvYfXZun3Zm84rW7Jclp18mXITwGCVHg/P5n7QMbBfZQ A25ymkuj636Nqh+c4zRnSINfyrDcID7AcqEb6IhJBBgRAgAJBQJJCfqnAhsMAAoJ EBjAnoZeyUihPrcAniVWl5M44RuGctJe+IMNX4eVkC08AJ9v7cXsp5uDdQNo8q3R 8RHwN4Gk8w== =3FTe -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Otherwise known under the pseudonym 'Satoshi Nakamoto' Of course we can't verify the true identity of that handle, but one of the beauties of the internet is that we don't have to. Bitcoin is an extension of that fundamental core principle of internet network, permissionless interaction verifiable while anonymous. Ofc the government has created obstacles in the form of regulation, allowing companies & IPS to invade internet privacy, and under the guise of antiML/KYC regulations are counterattacking bitcoins anonymity feature.

Firefly-Clan

And not this past 4 weeks of Phoenix, AZ room temperature either!

Pentimento_NFT

I’ve got a couple plots of land in the desert in AZ and in CA, like 2 acres middle of nowhere, but I’d happily unload each of em for like .1 BTC. Now that’s definitely not what dreams are made of, but there’s some cheap land out there lol

Bandit_Quick

What was it last time? 60k votes...AZ, NV and GA were key. Just 2% would have mattered...I think it's important as I sometimes vote on 1 issue.

WineMakerBg

AZ would have made a good name, but brand is already taken ...

Sunryzen


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Kone7

If you live in a swIng state like PA, GA, FL, AZ, WI, NC, IA, MICH, OH, the Crypto community is counting on you to register to vote, set your political differences aside, and vote for either RFK (Dem) or DeSantis (rep) in the primary. It's important to at least get someone who isn't anti-crypto into the white house in 2024, and show Washington that the crypto community has political power.

kouteki

That's pretty much how the Mesa, AZ cop executed a civilian. And got an early pension for it.

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CheerfulSamurai

Damn mine fall into the ocean during a fishing trip in AZ

gandalfsgonads

As much as I’d expect, but I eagerly await it growing in AZ. No one really takes it as payment beyond select trades people(for example, I accept btc for massage as an LMT).

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ChaoticNeutralNephew

She's pro crypto, but people in AZ hate her

koelebobes

Who would have expected when I joined Reddit 10 years ago while I was sitting in a train reading Askreddits to kill the time.. I would end up with a bunch of crazy degens, who I have lots of fun with and create a little crypto income on the side Guys and gals to 10 more years!  Positive vibes for all of you ❤️👑

CardanoCrusader

Here's the list of co-sponsors: [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s686/cosponsors](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s686/cosponsors) Sponsor/Cosponsor Joined/Withdrawn On Referred Committees D Warner, Mark \[D-VA\] Primary Sponsor D Baldwin, Tammy \[D-WI\] Original Cosponsor Commerce, Science, and Transportation R Capito, Shelley \[R-WV\] Original Cosponsor Commerce, Science, and Transportation R Fischer, Deb \[R-NE\] Original Cosponsor Commerce, Science, and Transportation R Moran, Jerry \[R-KS\] Original Cosponsor Commerce, Science, and Transportation R Sullivan, Dan \[R-AK\] Original Cosponsor Commerce, Science, and Transportation R Thune, John \[R-SD\] Original Cosponsor Commerce, Science, and Transportation D Luján, Ben \[D-NM\] Mar 8, 2023 Commerce, Science, and Transportation D Hickenlooper, John \[D-CO\] Mar 21, 2023 Commerce, Science, and Transportation D Bennet, Michael \[D-CO\] Original Cosponsor R Collins, Susan \[R-ME\] Original Cosponsor D Gillibrand, Kirsten \[D-NY\] Original Cosponsor D Heinrich, Martin \[D-NM\] Original Cosponsor D Manchin, Joe \[D-WV\] Original Cosponsor R Romney, Mitt \[R-UT\] Original Cosponsor R Cramer, Kevin \[R-ND\] Mar 14, 2023 D Kaine, Timothy “Tim” \[D-VA\] Mar 14, 2023 D Blumenthal, Richard \[D-CT\] Mar 15, 2023 R Grassley, Charles “Chuck” \[R-IA\] Mar 15, 2023 R Tillis, Thom \[R-NC\] Mar 21, 2023 R Graham, Lindsey \[R-SC\] Mar 27, 2023 D Kelly, Mark \[D-AZ\] Mar 27, 2023

TooChilln

AZ isn't completely asleep... https://cointelegraph.com/news/state-senator-pushes-bill-to-make-bitcoin-legal-tender-in-arizona

BadBetty13

Buy some land and a home out by Tucson AZ

Dfranco123

They do have lending! If you are an eligible Coinbase customer, you can borrow up to 40% of your Bitcoin (BTC) balance on Coinbase, up to a maximum that varies by your state of residence: $100,000 in NE and VA $1,000,000 in all other states listed above The minimum amount you can borrow is $100 in most states, except as noted below: OH: Minimum of $1,001 AZ, CA: Minimum of $10,001 If the USD value of your BTC increases, you can make additional draws from your credit line, as long as the total borrowed is under 40% of your BTC, with the state maximum as set above. https://help.coinbase.com/en/coinbase/trading-and-funding/borrow/getting-started

ajnsd619

Yes, A very long time. 2010-2014. As you mentioned, I was hit during the Gox hack. Returned in 2017. Fortunate to start buying $ETH at $11 & $BTC at $6500. I don't consider myself tremendously wealthy, but crypto has taken care of me in spite of the challenges. The points you mentioned were all covered with them. In fact, what irritates me the most is I selected them precisely because they assured me that crypto-related transactions wouldn't be an issue. I mention in the post that the person I spoke to over the weekend demanded I submit to them 5 years worth of tax returns. My account wouldn't have been restored had I not furnished that to them. Everything was in order and I don't engage in anything shady. I don't need to. Def don't trade on leverage. It's the reason I've survived in the space so many years. I was never given an explanation by Chase for what they did. Nobody who has endured this has been given explanations. But it's all about the withdrawals. If you were in the space during that time, then you know how sharp the May 2021 crash was. I needed to make those withdrawals. So no, I didn't do anything sketchy. If you can't believe that a bank can act criminally, that's on you. But I share the same story with people from different walks of life who's only connection is that bank and that experience. [Retired Mesa, AZ couple](https://www.azfamily.com/2022/11/29/mesa-couple-turns-your-side-after-chase-bank-suddenly-closes-their-accounts/) [Lady from New York.](https://abc7ny.com/7-on-your-side-frozen-bank-account-chase-savings/10563609/)They froze all her accounts for months. When the local news became involved, her accounts were magically restored within days. [Washington Couple.](https://www.aarp.org/money/budgeting-saving/info-11-2011/bank-freezes-checking-savings-accounts-outrage.html) Received notice their accounts would close. Ordered to come into bank. They spoke to 8 bank reps who could not provide a single reason this was happening. They had to involve a Federal Regular. Read the comments section. All the same stories. If these banks don't want to deal with you as a customer, that's fine. But Chase had no right to appropriate my funds and threaten to send them to the state, despite having no reason and offering no reason. If it sounds unusual to you, imagine how it sounds to me and the people it's happened to.

SconnieFella

While the headline mentions red states, the message from the referenced zoom conference is to get all states to adopt this, and 22 states have introduced the amendments so far (HI, CO, MT, ND, WA, SD, IN, AZ, KY, NH, NE, OK, MO, RI, NM, WV, TN, CA, MA, DC, ME) [https://www.uniformlaws.org/committees/community-home?communitykey=1457c422-ddb7-40b0-8c76-39a1991651ac#:\~:text=The%202022%20amendments%20to%20the,intelligence%2C%20and%20other%20technological%20developments](https://www.uniformlaws.org/committees/community-home?communitykey=1457c422-ddb7-40b0-8c76-39a1991651ac#:~:text=The%202022%20amendments%20to%20the,intelligence%2C%20and%20other%20technological%20developments). ​ The zoom call slide >"Money" is currently defined in the UCC as a medium of exchange authorized by a domestic or foreign government Given the adoption of Bitcoin as fiat currency by El Salvador and the Central African Republic, today Bitcoin is arguably "money" under the UCC definition, leading to unanticipated outcomes • Definition of "money" revised to exclude a medium of exchange in an electronic record (such as Bitcoin) that existed before it was authorized or adopted as a medium of exchange by a government

cranialnervous

The bill, titled the “CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act” details that “Except as specifically authorized under this Act, a Federal Reserve bank may not offer products or services directly to an individual, or maintain an account on behalf of an individual, or issue a central bank digital currency directly to an individual.” It goes on to further detail specifically that “The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee may not use any central bank digital currency to implement monetary policy." Rep. Emmer explained in [his tweet](https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1628397390024638466) announcing the bill that “Any digital version of the dollar must uphold our American values of privacy, individual sovereignty, and free market competitiveness. Anything less opens the door to the development of a dangerous surveillance tool.” The bill aims to stem the creation of a CBDC due to the various issues many see as potential results of the creation of an American CBDC. As detailed in various Bitcoin Magazine pieces like “[The Dangerous Implications Of Central Bank Digital Currencies,](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/the-dangerous-implications-of-cbdcs)”, “[Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Technocratic Fallacy](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/central-bank-digital-currencies-bitcoin)” and “[The U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency Narrative Is A Fantasy](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/us-cbdc-narrative-is-a-fantasy)”, the idea of a CBDC not only has moral and ideological opposition to it, but technical limitations present challenges that could make such a thing not possible in the first place. Several Representatives involved in the bill have also voiced their support. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) released a [statement](https://twitter.com/RepLoudermilk/status/1628421013825376262) saying that he was “Proud to join forces with Rep. Emmer on legislation to keep the Fed from issuing a central bank digital currency. The Fed should be focused on its core mission of stable prices and max employment, not tracking our transactions indefinitely.” In addition, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) [reiterated this point](https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1628413496969789440), explaining that “unelected bureaucrats are driving us to an authoritarian state. That can't happen.”

Impressive-Handle-69

In my area(AZ), houses of similar sizes are $300k starting. Over the past few years I've seen house prices triple or quadruple and in some cases way way more. Homes where I used to live that were around $100k are now $500k-$1mil, in a medium income area. Shitflation and Californication really hit us hard. I remember seeing houses sub $100k a couple years ago before the pandemic, boy oh boy, I wish I bought then. I've been looking at Georgia lately and been wondering why the hell I'm still here(other than lack of finances) My rent for a 3bed 2bth 1200 Sq ft corner lot house is nearly $3k/m and that's considered cheap in my neighborhood. I'd love to have you as a landlord at your rates. 😆 🤣

dajohns1420

I bought just about all of my bitcoin on local bitcoins back in the day. Very first time I bought some, I met a dude at a wal mart parking lot in Tempe AZ.

GnomerDomer

The bitcoin corporate building is beach front in AZ how did you not know that.

MaeronTargaryen

Didn’t pass the first time she tried, probably won’t the second either. If it does the Supreme Court might strike it down anyways. Also, she’s so crazy that she was censored by her own party, and AZ republicans are not the most stable ones

Cyber-Cafe

That's interesting. First AZ now NY. Can we get the states in between and around those? That'd be great. It's not something I will use, but I want the *ability* to do so.

_Zazu95_

I’m slowly moving to AZ…

68Corvette454

Smart move to bring in crypto business to the state of AZ

DukeThom

Nice PR stunt AZ but my man gotchu

smitty3257

You can do it AZ. We believe in you. Pave the way for the future

dh119

Didn’t know Bukele smuggled himself to AZ

baconcheeseburgarian

You gotta be really fucking insane to get censured by the AZ GOP which also include Paul Gosar.

Lillica_Golden_SHIB

It would be great to have BTC as legal tender in AZ, but this is ultimately just PR. Unless a big number of states starts to put pressure on federal government about it, nothing will happen in this sense, sadly.

Atheist-Paladin

So they can’t use the word “legal tender” and require debtors to accept BTC as currency. What they’re allowed to do is accept it themselves by allowing taxes, fines, and fees to be paid in BTC. What they could also do is levy ruinous taxes on every business (or just retailers) and then carve out an exception for those that accept BTC as payment. This would effectively make BTC a currency in AZ without violating the Constitution, because then it’s the businesses and not the government making that choice.

MaeronTargaryen

Wendy Rogers is absolutely batshit crazy, not really someone I like to be associated to tbh. She managed to get censored by her own party in the AZ senate, that’s how crazy she is, even Arizona republicans don’t want to be associated with her The bill is unlikely to pass anyways, and if it did the Arizona Supreme Court would probably strike it down since it conflicting with the Constitution

sirron811

AZ gonna need to make water official currency more than BTC. That's what they should worry about.

bingorunner

Granted it would be AZ only, but lots of policies start local (legalized weed for instance) and expand through the states. Hope this passes.

Lillica_Golden_SHIB

It seems to be a great place to live. Phoenix is a great city and AZ has amazing natural landscspes.

Noobnoob99

Have you read the Bill? If not then we’ll have to see what it says. Not sure how AZ would tax an individual simply for holding property. Good luck getting folks to provide that info. Does AZ tax individuals for merely holding certain property in AZ? Seems super odd. We’ll have to see if the Bill mentions any deferral treatment regarding gains from xfrs/sales of crypto. This topic would be more aligned with how the taxation of property typically works. AB vs AR.

allyallcoin

Pro-tip: February is amazing in AZ

tendy_trux35

I am not a tax expert or anything of the sort but live in Arizona. It’s a HUGE tourism state, between the Grand Canyon, Phoenix, and Sedona there are a ton of annual visitors and it’s all in very expensive places. There’s a large community of ranchers and farmers that migrate to AZ from the north or Canada to continue working horses/livestock/etc and that’s all people paying into taxes and putting money into the economy. The overall roadways and infrastructure are pretty shit compared to other states. A lot of highways are overcrowded and there’s all the water issues as well. But it is a MASSIVE draw for businesses with large campuses. Apple, Lucid, Intel, etc are just some of the few businesses with multi-million dollar locations and factories for work. So the state isn’t broke at all, the flat tax is due to how well the state revenue is. There also isn’t the issue of long standing pensions like Illinois (Chicago) or New York May have.

Theoneandonlybigmoe

I believe that we are ALWAYS in the AZ. OP made a new word, so it needs its own acronym.

Ryuzaki_63

No idea what it is but a16z 1-6 = 5 AZ-5 The button that caused the Chernobyl reactor explosion sus

ajnsd619

No. I moved back home to CA around the time his pastor was harassing me. So I didn't have that pressure anymore. He was transferred to an AZ prison last year. I visited him this summer to go over everything. I was sorta shocked when I arrived. It was more like a college dorm. There was hardly any security and everyone was there for financial crimes. But still, his knowledge of crypto was gone. I mistakenly believed I could get him "up to speed" in one weekend. But I immediately noticed how frightened he is. Of everything. He surprised me when he said he wouldnt take immediate custody of his crypto. He doesn't trust his family and what if he ends up back inside. Ive never seen him that scared in general. Didn't know what to make of it. He found everything going on in crypto bewildering. I didn't realize how little information he had access to. Everything seems strange. Asked where all the Libertarians went? He asked about the Bitcoin Foundation? Apparently he was interested in doing work with them before he got in trouble. I told him I didn't know WTF he was talking about. Tried to encourage him. I mentioned how I used some of his money to spin up 10 Ethereum validators. Explained the income it produces and he's in a better spot than most. Nothing. No response. He was concerned only about regulations. He mistakenly believed crypto was being made illegal. Feel so bad for him. I told him to stay a few weeks with me after his release next month. I doubt he'll take me up on it. We'll see what happens.

ghqwertt

For the most part they've been unsuccessful so far. For example: * Republicans in Georgia [tried](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/24/new-georgia-legislation-would-curb-souls-polls/) to eliminate Sunday early voting. * Kari Lake supported a lawsuit to [end it in AZ](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2022/03/17/who-supports-opposes-arizona-republican-party-lawsuit-end-early-voting/7055208001/), and she plans to introduce a bill to eliminate it if she wins. The fact that they failed isn't relevant. And of course you ignored the totally illegitimate purging of voters rolls, which has been much more successful.

Modern_Orange

Markets like certainty. If we know who holds the two Congress chambers reasonably fast then we will be fine in the financial markets regardless who wins. Nightmare scenario would be something like Reps 50, Dems 48, one race going to a runoff (GA) and one race that is tight (within a couple thousand votes and no declared winner, I can see this easily happening in AZ or PA). We would wake up Wednesday with no idea who would hold the Senate and the markets would panic.

Arcc14

NFT Fomo VC’s like 3AZ were buying dick butts so are other lesser known ones but Bored Ape went the other direction and turned VC into a brand

Ok_Combination_7467

Isn’t this already happening in AZ?

Impressive-Handle-69

I've been seeing more "HODL" type license plates in AZ, Thought about doing it too, but then thought of the repercussions of doing so and didn't decide to paint a target on my back.

blackfuture8699

I used to fuel private jets at an FBO in AZ. We went through between 15-60 THOUSAND gallons of Jet A alone on private jets a day. Thats just one small airport of the 20 or so in AZ alone. You are an idiot who has no clue what you are talking about.

Kadesw2


s0urdeeeez

Unfortunate decisions you made as a teenager would have no effect on you as an adult. As a 16 year old kid I got an MIC and a class 4 felony for possession of marijuana (AZ blows) , and I’m an airline pilot today. So you’re just making excuses fam.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; The Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act would exempt reporting crypto transactions of less than $50, or trades in which a person earns less than that amount. The bill was introduced in the Senate today by Senators Patrick Toomey (R-PA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). Similar bills are also working their way through Congress. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.*

keeprollin420

TLDR: Introduced by senators Patrick Toomey (R-PA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), the Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act would exempt reporting crypto transactions of less than $50, or trades in which a person earns less than $50. “While digital currencies have the potential to become an ordinary part of Americans’ everyday lives, our current tax code stands in the way,” said Toomey. The goal is to expand the use of cryptocurrencies, according to a statement from Suzan DelBene (D-WA), who introduced the bill alongside David Schweikert (R-AZ).