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AmericanScream (Adam Smith)

@americanscream.bsky.social
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Software engineer of 40+ years, semi-retired tech-ethicist, host of the ioRadio podcast and producer of the award-winning documentary, "Blockchain: Innovation or Illusion?" I advocate for ethics in technology and society. Blockchainii.com ioRadio.org

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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It seems petty, the president renaming "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America." But is it? #trump #enshittification #fascism #lakeontario #lakeAmerica
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#bitcoin really is like a #cult. Re #coldcard #hack People are walking around with metal rods in a thunderstorm and when one of them gets struck by lightning they say, "Well he obviously did something wrong to displease god."
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One of the fundamental principals of #crypto, #blockchain and #bitcoin is: Ignore the past, assume everything works perfectly, and if something hasn't been hacked, that's because it's hack proof. Wait... has it been hacked? Then it's your fault because code is law.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I suffer so you don't have to.. Each year I produce a "Truth Remix" of the #Bitcoin convention. The last 4 years are here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRrD... Here's a sneak peek at the 2026 itinerary 😜 😅 #bitcoin2026 #blockchain #humor #comedy
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Today in America is the deadline for filing income taxes. Many Americans are about to find out another dirty trick Trump and the Republicans pulled: Removing provisions for free/efficient filing of tax returns for the working class. apwu.org/news/trump-a... #tax #gop #trump #republicans
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Trump Administration Cancels Free Tax Filing System | American Postal Workers Union
(This article appeared in the January/February 2026 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine) In our March/April 2024 column, we highlighted a new public tax-filing system. The program was created...
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... There's not a single thing crypto adds to the (non-criminal) community. It could all disappear tomorrow and nobody would notice.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... #9 - Not all #BTC is equal, the curse of #blockchain being immutable means you can be stuck holding toxic tokens.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... #8 There is no true transparency in most of the crypto industry; It's significantly more obtuse, manipulative and shady than TradFi.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... #7 is a bold claim, but true, 17 years later, nobody can point to a "#blockchain success story" - it's all PR memos that go nowhere.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... #6 - Bitcoin treated as a store of value, is a ponzi-like negative sum game that is mathematically un-sustainable.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... #5 is a primer on how crypto people gaslight everybody: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tspG...
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... Let's address bitcoin's insane #energy wastage that produces nothing useful.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Strategy #MSTR according to their recent quarterly report, has lost more money last quarter (Q4-25, $17.4B) than BP did ($17.2B) after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Congrats MSTR! You're ranked the 8th largest quarterly loss of all time, but that's nothing until we get Q126
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... 17 years later, blockchain still hasn't shown it's uniquely good at anything other than money laundering, fraud and cyber terrorism.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... #2: For years, crypto has had its own "out of control inflation" in the form of unsecured stablecoins.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
#civilrights #firsttheycame #constitution
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It's a good time to remind people that #bitcoin has always been a fraud. Here are the top 10 facts #crypto bros refuse to acknowledge: reddit.com/r/CryptoReal... #1: Crypto bros don't understand #inflation at all and use it as a shallow scare tactic:
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I often accuse crypto of being slow and bloated but in fairness.... #Bitcoin is fast and efficient in one particular metric and one metric only: How rapidly someone can steal your tokens. In every other way, it's incredibly slow and inefficient.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
American Scream's Tech Precepts: If you can't talk honestly about the technology's pitfalls and limitations without a lot of push-back and defensiveness, it's entirely possible this technology is not as disruptive as people think. #technology #ai #blockchain #precepts #rules
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
#Bitcoin offers humanity nothing for something; that's its legacy and that's why you'll never see the kinds of gains you did in the past. #blockchain #crypto #ponzi #fintech #defi #scams
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
There's a lot of talk about #crypto bros being un-employable. I'd like to steel-man that argument and argue otherwise, so here's the Top 10 Reasons You Want To Hire A #CryptoBro:
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
When parody and reality collide. #bitcoin #blockchain #crypto #crash #ponzi
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
#Bitcoin is COMPANY SCRIP for a massive, decentralized organization of crime, fraud and corruption.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Iron pyrite is just a rock. No person created it. It has no "operator." But if you sell that rock to somebody telling them it's gold, it becomes fraud. With #bitcoin and #crypto, everybody is walking around with fool's gold, trying to convince each other it's real gold.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
New Podcast out, another discussion/debate with a crypto bro - I'll leave it to you to determine if anybody learns anything? ioradio.org/2025/11/18/i... #bitcoin #blockchain #debate #crypto #skeptic
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Ever wonder what kind of people are still into #bitcoin and #crypto? Here's a handy guide...
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
For the first time ever, #MichaelSaylor published some crypto #AI slop that is an accurate representation of the industry. The only thing missing is the giant bag of fiat not visible in his life raft. #bitcoin #blockchain #scams
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
#Bitcoin is nothing more than a barometer of hype, grift and gullibility.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
If you're in DC this week you could be called up for jury duty on a trial against a guy who threw a sub at a fed agent. These are the "alpha males" employed by the Trump administration, responsibly using our tax dollars to insure they're never presented with a tasty sandwich without permission.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Taking bets on what kind of shitstorm #trump is going to create as a distraction when the #epstein files eventually get released?
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#sctp 31: Many #crypto bros pretend that #bitcoin solves the "double spend" problem, aka the "byzantine general problem." This is one of the many deceptions they weave about the technology.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
14 Reasons to NOT buy #Bitcoin (or any #crypto for that matter):
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#FREEDOM (from poorly-manicured lawns) ISN'T FREE! #trump #portland #freedomisntfree
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
#crypto bros claiming they know all about finance and economics, is about as legit as Minecraft players thinking they are experts in architecture.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Nobody is saying the guy deserved to die. Nobody is celebrating his death. Those are strawman arguments. When I say "nobody" I mean 99.9999% of people. There will always be trolls out there saying ignorant and inflammatory stuff just to get attention and engagement, exactly like Charlie Kirk did.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I would submit we coin a new phrase, called "getting Kirked" something happens to someone as being bad, when that person said it was an 'acceptable loss' for the movement. #charliekirk #karma #gunviolence #irony #hypocrisy #rightwingerspretendtobeempathetic
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
#SCTP 30 - People ask if you don't believe in #bitcoin or #crypto, why not short it?
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
#SCTP 29 - What does it take to admit we're wrong about #bitcoin and #crypto? This is a super simple question and answer that most crypto bros want to ignore.... #ponzi #fintech #finance #economy
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
#MSTR is so heavily leveraged it's like watching a glass house being built next to a ball bearing factory. #bitcoin #crypto #ponzi #fintech #finance #economy
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#SCTP 28 Another claim: #Bitcoin is "censorship resistant" which is utterly meaningless when it operates on a digital network controlled by the very central entities it claims it can bypass, and any network administration will tell you how trivially easy it is to block #crypto traffic if so desired.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
#SCTP 27 - Probably one of the most common stupid crypto talking points: ad hominem attacks on anybody who disagrees with #crypto and #blockchain being the next big thing.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Imagine someone opened up a hospital to treat people for illness, but refused to do bloodwork or x-rays? Instead you must trust they know what's wrong despite not using established standards. This is the #crypto industry and its refusal to red flag un-audited stablecoins like #USDT and #usdc
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Want to see something #funny watch this re-mix of the #Bitcoin 2025 convention: youtu.be/VRrDspYUY5Y These people really did say this stuff... #comedy #humor #bloopers #finance #investing #tech #ponzi #factcheck #mythbusting
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Bitcoin 2025 Convention Vegas - Hilight Reel & "Truth Re-Mix"
YouTube video by American Scream
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
It's finally out. My #Bitcoin2025 Truth Re-Mix hilight reel of the #Bitcoin convention in Vegas. Way too much time was spent pouring over this mess to resolve it into 13 minutes of COMEDY GODL. I hope you like it. youtu.be/VRrDspYUY5Y #crypto #blockchain #humor #comedy #godl
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Bitcoin 2025 Convention Vegas - Hilight Reel & "Truth Re-Mix"
YouTube video by American Scream
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It's finally out. My #Bitcoin2025 Truth Re-Mix hilight reel of the #Bitcoin convention in Vegas. Way too much time was spent pouring over this mess to resolve it into 13 minutes of COMEDY GODL. I hope you like it. youtu.be/VRrDspYUY5Y #crypto #blockchain #humor #comedy #godl #hodl #btc #bch #bsv
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Bitcoin 2025 Convention Vegas - Hilight Reel & "Truth Re-Mix"
YouTube video by American Scream
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
ioRadio #47: Goldbug and anti-Bitcoin advocate Peter Schiff was invited to speak at the #Bitcoin2025 convention. I react to this hilarioud train wreck of a panel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF87... #bitcoin #blockchain #debate #crypto #btc #ponzi #scams
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ioRadio #47: Anti-Bitcoin Goldbug Attacks Crypto Cult At Their Convention - ioRadio.org
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
#crypto, #bitcoin and #blockchain is Financial Homeopathy.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Attention rich AF corporations: STOP asking me to "round up" my bill for charity. How about you round it down to the nearest dollar and donate that bit yourselves, since you have 9/10ths of all the wealth? #latestagecapitalism
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Everything in the #cryptocurrency and #blockchain industry is both simultaneously complicated and confusing, as well as obviously absurd.
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AmericanScream (Adam Smith) @americanscream.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Everything in #crypto is a copy of traditional finance without guardrails, while trying to pretend that guardrails are the reason there are more accidents. #bitcoin #blockchain #wisdom #fintech #ponzi
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