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Gestalt Psychotherapist | Hard Money, Sovereignty, Slow Travel & Homeschool Advocate | Human behavior nerd | Ex Web3 CM | Free markets. Free minds. Real growth.
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Lululuna 7 months ago
Bitcoin’s True Adoption Path: What the Free Market Reveals To Me Trace Mayer proposed a 7-stage model of Bitcoin’s network effects: 1. Speculation 2. Merchant Adoption 3. Consumer Adoption 4. Security 5. Developer Mindshare 6. Financialization 7. World Reserve Currency But in reality, the free market seems to have had its own ideas: 1. Speculation – The spark. It drew in capital and attention. 2. Security – As value rose, mining scaled to protect it. 3. Developer Mindshare – Talent followed opportunity. Devs built because value and ideology were there. 4. Consumer Adoption – First in the form of HODLing, not spending. 5. Financialization – Institutions entered after conviction, code, and liquidity were proven. 6. Merchant Adoption – Merchants will arrive last, pulled by demand, not ideology. 7. World Reserve Currency – Still ahead, but the groundwork is being laid block by block. A turning point: Consumer adoption didn’t begin when someone bought a coffee with Bitcoin. It began when someone exchanged fiat for BTC and chose to HODL. That’s the first act of consumption in a hard money system. It’s delayed spending—a sovereign choice to opt out. Then comes the second stage of the consumer: Spending BTC, either in a circular economy or to purchase goods and services with fiat. That growing demand is what eventually pulls merchants into the system. Not ideology. Not theory. But incentive. This is the free market at work. Permissionless. Organic. Real. The next phase demands our attention— not just on price, but on building circular economies. Because every peer-to-peer transaction is a vote to keep this protocol secure, decentralised, and unstoppable. #BuildTheCircularEconomy #BitcoinIsForUsing #SecureTheProtocol #FreeMarketMoney #P2P #HODLandSpend #Bitcoin #FreeMarket #HODLersFirst #NetworkEffects #BTCadoption #HardMoney #Sovereign #CircularEconomy View quoted note →
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Lululuna 7 months ago
I created my #nostr account over a year ago, but only understood last week, that by zapping / posting & investing my energy here… we are strengthening the Free Market decentralisation & security. What a time to be alive! 🤝💪🏽👊 #FreeMarket #peertopeer #newworld #freedom #soverignty
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Lululuna 7 months ago
Here’s a breakdown for noobs like moi: 🔶 Market Data • #BITCOIN price is at $107,692.00 → Current price of 1 Bitcoin in USD. • Sats/$: 929 → You get 929 satoshis (smallest BTC unit) per US dollar. • ATH: $111,771.00 (Hourly Close) → The highest price BTC has reached (based on hourly closing price). • Time since ATH: 2 days, 7 hours, 11 mins. → How long ago that highest price occurred. • #BTC is -3.65% down from #ATH → Bitcoin is currently 3.65% below its all-time high. • #BTC has 3.79% left to reach #ATH → Bitcoin needs to rise 3.79% to hit the ATH again. • Market-Cap: $2,139,757,655,620 → Total value of all Bitcoins in circulation. • BTC/M3 Money Supply: 2.58% → Bitcoin’s market cap is 2.58% of the total broad money (M3) in the world. • BTC/Total Global Wealth: 0.43% → Bitcoin represents 0.43% of all wealth globally. • 24h Total-Trading-Vol.: $24,276,564,146 → Total amount of Bitcoin traded in the last 24 hours in USD. ⸻ 🪙 BTC Supply Data • Circulating Supply: 19,869,235 → Number of Bitcoins currently in existence. • Coins left to mine: 1,130,765 → Number of Bitcoins still to be mined (until the 21 million cap). • Total-Supply-Progress: 94.615% → Percentage of total possible Bitcoin supply already mined. • Halving-Date: ~2028-03-21 05:27 → Estimated date of the next Bitcoin halving (when mining rewards are cut in half). • Days until next #BTC -Halving: ~ 1031 → Number of days left until the next halving. • Blocks until next #BTC -Halving: 151,775 → Number of new blocks to be mined before the next halving occurs. ⸻ 🕸️ BTC Network Data • No. of Full-Nodes: ~9,246 → Approximate number of Bitcoin full nodes currently running (nodes that store the entire blockchain). • Chain-Size: 616.1 GB → Size of the full Bitcoin blockchain. • Overall Transactions: 1,194,967,707 → Total number of Bitcoin transactions ever processed. • Transactions 24h: 389,605 → Number of transactions processed in the past 24 hours. • Avg. 24h TX Fee: ⚡1,296 | $1.40 → Average fee paid per transaction in the last 24 hours (in sats and USD). • Median 24h TX Fee: ⚡465 | $0.50 → The middle value fee paid — 50% of transactions were below this. • No. of Addresses: 55,236,092 → Total number of unique Bitcoin addresses used. ⸻ ⛏️ BTC Mining Data • Avg. Blocktime: 9:46 min. → Average time it takes to mine one block (target is ~10 mins). • 1-Day Net-Hashrate in EH/s: 869.249 → Total computing power used to mine Bitcoin over the last 24 hours (in exahashes per second). • 7-Day Net-Hashrate in EH/s: 895.01 → Average hashrate over the last 7 days. • 30-Day Net-Hashrate in EH/s: 876.302 → Average hashrate over the past 30 days. • 90-Day Net-Hashrate in EH/s: 853.681 → Average hashrate over 90 days. • 365-Day Net-Hashrate in EH/s: 732.704 → Average hashrate over a year (shows longer-term growth). • Net-Difficulty: 121,658,450,774,825 → Current difficulty level of mining a block (adjusted every ~2 weeks). • Dif. Progress: 54.8% → How far along we are in the current difficulty adjustment cycle. • Dif. Change: 2.32 → Expected percentage change in difficulty at the next adjustment. • Next Dif. Adjustment: 2025-05-31 08:43 → Estimated time of next difficulty adjustment. • Blocks until next Dif. Adjustment: 911 → Number of blocks left before the difficulty changes again. • Mining-Reward per Block in BTC: 3.12 → Number of Bitcoins currently rewarded per mined block. ⸻ ⚡ Lightning Network Stats • #Nodes: 16,823 → Total nodes running on the Lightning Network. • #Channels: 42,687 → Number of payment channels currently open. • Tor-Nodes: 10,530 → Number of nodes running anonymously via the Tor network. • Clearnet-Nodes: 2,811 → Nodes running on the public internet (not via Tor). • Total Capacity in BTC: 4,688.88 → Total amount of BTC locked in Lightning channels. • Avg. Capacity in Sats: 10,984,321 → Average BTC per channel (in satoshis). • Avg. Base Fee in mSats: 915 → Average base fee charged per transaction (in milli-satoshis). ———— AND TO GO EVEN DEEPER IF YOUR LIKE ME & STILL LEARNING THE BASICS: ———— ⚡ Lightning Network Stats (Explained in Detail) • #Nodes: 16,823 Meaning: This is the number of individual computers (or devices) participating in the Lightning Network by running Lightning-compatible software (like LND, Core Lightning, or Eclair). Why it matters: The more nodes there are, the more decentralized, robust, and censorship-resistant the network becomes. It also increases the likelihood of routing payments efficiently through multiple paths. ⸻ • #Channels: 42,687 Meaning: These are the active payment channels between two nodes, allowing Bitcoin to be sent instantly and off-chain. Why it matters: Channels are the “highways” of the Lightning Network. A higher number means more liquidity paths, better payment routing, and fewer failures due to insufficient channel balances. ⸻ • Tor-Nodes: 10,530 Meaning: This is the number of Lightning nodes operating over the Tor network for privacy and anonymity. Why it matters: Tor nodes hide IP addresses, enhancing privacy and helping resist surveillance or geographical censorship. A high percentage of Tor nodes shows a strong privacy-focused user base. ⸻ • Clearnet-Nodes: 2,811 Meaning: These are nodes running over the regular, publicly visible internet. Why it matters: Clearnet nodes are easier to connect to for general users, services, and businesses. They’re important for public infrastructure (e.g. merchants or wallets), but also more exposed to surveillance. ⸻ • Total Capacity in BTC: 4,688.88 BTC Meaning: This is the total amount of Bitcoin that’s currently locked up in Lightning channels, which is available for fast transactions. Why it matters: The more BTC in the network, the more liquidity and payment throughput is possible. It’s a sign of adoption and trust in the Lightning Network’s reliability and utility. ⸻ • Avg. Capacity in Sats: 10,984,321 sats Meaning: This is the average amount of Bitcoin (in satoshis) per open channel. Why it matters: Higher average channel capacity allows for larger payments without needing to reroute through multiple smaller channels, improving user experience and reliability. ⸻ • Avg. Base Fee in mSats: 915 mSats Meaning: This is the average base fee charged by nodes for forwarding a payment through their channel. It’s measured in milli-satoshis (1/1,000 of a satoshi). Why it matters: This fee is fixed per transaction regardless of the amount. While most fees are extremely low (fractions of a cent), setting competitive fees encourages routing traffic through a node and impacts overall network cost-efficiency. #bitcoin #marketbreakdown View quoted note →
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Lululuna 7 months ago
The time my brother in law photographed Nelson Mandela ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #professionalphotographer #NelsonMandela
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Lululuna 7 months ago
After a decade of colouring my hair, spending $180-$250 every 5 weeks plus my valuable time sitting in a chair for 2.5 hours… I’ve made a bold move and I’m learning how to do it myself. I’m not ready to stop colouring it and really want to invest that $ somewhere I value more. For my first try today, I’m stoked. I’ll only improve from here. 60 mins & $45 investment. #sovereign #lowtimepreference #success
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Lululuna 7 months ago
The first time we do anything, no matter how well researched we are - is an experiment.