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And while we're pausing from questions, I'd be a bad Executive Director if I didn't mention that we still have $92,680 left in our match challenge! Until 1/15 (or until we've reached the $251,939 challenge amount), donations count twice.
I've been inundated with emails today, saying that there are only hours left to donate in 2025! I won't be so theatrical, but I will say it's a very good time to donate to #SFC. We'll use the funds as wisely as possible towards our mission of software freedom.
> Even it were possible, changing from a one-hour to a four-hour confirmation would have significant negative impacts on the Bitcoin ecosystem.
how? What negative impact? The Bitcoin blockchain is a payment rails, not a trading platform. On-chain trading does not have to happen; only final settlement. Layers have been built on top of it for a long time now because even 1 hour sucks for some use cases.
It's like pretending that when you trade stocks they're in your name. No they're not, unless you purchase them and they're direct registered. When you're on eTrade, Vanguard, etc trading stocks they're just changing values in a database inside that company. If you want to direct register your MSFT stocks that you're holding on eTrade it's going to take several days (near a week last I saw) for that to "settle" too.
Billionaires with $1 salaries
– and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
Billionaires can enjoy growing wealth entirely free of income tax and reporting
Mark Zuckerberg was the lowest-paid employee at Meta in 2024,
and he made US$1.
But he is not the only very rich person who has collected $1 for a year’s work.
Why would incredibly rich CEOs make only $1 a year when they could pay themselves millions?
The reason is taxes.
Income from work is the most heavily taxed type of income,
as it is subject to both income and payroll taxes.
A self-employed person who makes a modest income of $60,000 will pay over $13,000 of it in payroll and income taxes.
Meanwhile, high-income earners who earn a $400,000 salary can pay about 30% of their income in payroll and income taxes.
So the first step in avoiding taxes is avoiding salary,
and that is what our richest Americans often do.
salon.com/2025/12/28/billionai…
Billionaires can enjoy growing wealth entirely free of income tax and reporting.Ray Madoff (Salon.com)
> A self-employed person who makes a modest income of $60,000 will pay over $13,000 of it in payroll and income taxes.
oh this is easy, register a single-member LLC and pay yourself a salary of only $20,000. You only do the full payroll taxes on that $20k, and the remaining $40k you can take as equity disbursements
if you get a good accountant they'll coach you through this
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