Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠 (@basedlayer) / X

Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠

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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠

@basedlayer

Founder @BTCPerception. Media fragmentation killed info consumption. So I built the engine turning narrative into engineering.

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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Jan 21
The morning Swedish police raided The Pirate Bay I was in a strategy meeting at Universal Music in Norway. Everyone celebrated because the pirate ship was sinking. "The adults had won" (lol) Three days later the site was back online. Different servers and different
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Oct 18, 2025
Everyone under 30 is prematurely old (worried about savings, career, FIRE). Everyone over 50 is desperately young (Burning Man, psychedelics). My theory: Information abundance aged the young by showing them all future problems all at once. Information abundance also made the
Halle Berry
@halleberry
Oct 15, 2025
this is 59. 🤍
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Apr 29, 2025
I was there yesterday when Spain went dark. It took less than an hour for panic to set in. Cash became, surprisingly, worthless. Here’s what actually happens when the systems break: 🧵
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Apr 29, 2025
Replying to @basedlayer
Decentralize what you can. Keep basic tools around. Don’t assume the systems you rely on will always be there. Yesterday made that very clear.
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Nov 6, 2023
MrBeast so far in 2023: 100 drinking water wells in Africa The UN in 78 years: 0
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Dec 19, 2021
Since I started buying bitcoin I have stopped buying more than 95% of the crap I used to tell myself I needed.
Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Apr 29, 2025
Replying to @basedlayer
The power eventually came back. But the illusion didn’t. It doesn’t take days, or even hours, for society to start unraveling. It takes minutes.
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Jan 26, 2022
If Turkey adopts Bitcoin as legal tender it is not inconsequential. It will be earth shattering. Dominos across the Middle East and Africa would soon fall.
Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Apr 29, 2025
Replying to @basedlayer
One thing became obvious: The more centralized the system, the more fragile it is. The Iberian Peninsula's interconnected grid turned a local issue into a regional blackout within minutes.
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Apr 29, 2025
Replying to @basedlayer
No internet. No phone service. No warning. Within an hour, lines were already forming at supermarkets and gas stations. People didn’t wait for answers and just acted on instinct.
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Apr 29, 2025
Replying to @basedlayer
Then, the rumors. Someone said it was a cyberattack. Others said the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, and Greece were also hit. There was no way to confirm anything. Fear spread faster than facts.
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Jul 30, 2025
Jack Mallers’ appearance on Bloomberg is NO EXAGGERATION one of the sharpest 9-minute Bitcoin segments you’ll find this year. Here’s what stuck with me: – Performance in dollars is a distraction. “The only metric that matters: Bitcoin per share.” – Scarcity isn’t a narrative
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Apr 29, 2025
Replying to @basedlayer
I didn’t have a radio at home. The only way to get updates was to walk to my car, turn on the radio, and listen there. It was the only working source of information.
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Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠
@basedlayer
Oct 23, 2025
Replying to @realMaalouf
You know what's worse than a rich capitalist? A rich socialist. At least the capitalist is honest about wanting money this guy just gaslights you about equality while checking the time on his Rolex.
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