What’s the simplest and safest way for Frankie MacDonald to store his BTC? 1) He only responds when he’s interested 2) He is using an old Well Wallet (formerly Rise Wallet) that’s been depreciated and I haven’t been able to convince him to move to a new wallet yet. 3) I tried to get him on lightning & nostr and he didn’t engage. Maybe too complicated. 4) He knows not to give anyone his seed phrase nor tell anyone how much BTC he has.

Can someone help me solve this Lightning mystery? Alice sent Bob $999 in sats from Blink to Phoenix. Bob clicked receive & didn’t enter an amount. Alice scanned Bob's QR code using the Blink app. Alice’s txn shows as sent and the sats are deducted from her balance in Blink. Bob has not received the payment 6 hrs later. Bob has 8 million sats of inbound liquidity but has not sent or received a payment since Jan 2024. What happened 😕

I’m going pro. I just secured a starter citadel which I’m financing with a BTC backed loan (not selling any BTC to make it happen.) I’m building a media company, POW Media. Cameras will be following me around. I’ve been living with middle class camouflage on for the last 7-8 years. I’ve been able to avoid the uncomfortable feelings and fears of having people around me know my relative net worth. (I told Peter McCormack privately how much BTC I had in ~2020, but I gave him a fake number to see if he would repeat it 😅) I’ve been very cautious about this, but in fact I think it’s held me back. I want to get a million people to start a bitcoin savings plan and mint10,000 wholecoiners. Bitcoin education and increasing financial literacy is what helped me escape poverty, and I want to do the same for others. However, I’m not as smart with thinkythoughts as @HODL and people follow confident voices who they trust can give them a blueprint to repeat the path they took. My paranoia about people knowing how wealthy I am has provided me some ground cover so far, but it also made me less credible (why would you take a former child magician’s financial advice when he can’t even afford a razor, and lives in a normal house like yours because he can’t get a mortgage.) For the people around me, there will be signs. There have been signs (the real estate purchases for family members, the trips, the RV, donations and investments). A few years ago they started speculating … “brad can pay, he’s a millionaire.” “Don’t worry dear, you’re a millionaire.” I never confirmed nor denied, never told anyone in my family the number. I just dealt with it awkwardly, and felt weird. They will start to get a picture of the level of wealth I have soon, and I’m going to have to face more awkward conversations. I’ve been dealing this year with my negative beliefs and limiting beliefs around this. Why do the words “rich” and “millionaire” trigger negative feelings? I discovered that your reaction is a reflection. What do I believe about rich people? Is it true? How can you fix that? Doing the work to create Citadel Mind has been helpful this year. I also run into the opposite problem where people assume I’m way wealthier than I am because I got into bitcoin in 2011. I’ve been very public about all of my hacks, losses, bad sells & other lessons learned to advocate buy & hold. IE I sold half my coins at $30, I tell that story a lot to illustrate the value of “saving” not “investing” or “trading” … but I also tell that to temper people’s curiosity if I’m one of those made-every-right-move early billionaire bitcoiners 😅 My coach Dan Martell told me the other day that my secrecy around my success is the only thing holding me back from helping more people, and if that truly is my goal, I have to face it or give up on it. Lots of folks are public with their wealth like Michael Saylor, Jason Williams, American HODL, etc. On the flip side, people like @ODELL, @Adam Back, @nat brunell, @Lyn Alden, @preston and others are very influential and I do not believe they ever talk about their net worth. I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way to thread the needle of having obvious signs of wealth, influencing regular ppl towards bitcoin effectively at mass scale, while not disclosing how much BTC you have or what your rough net worth is. It seems kind of like once you live a certain lifestyle, it becomes obvious that you have a high net worth, and there might be some mystery brand value around not disclosing it…makes ppl want to lean in to try to figure it out. These are questions we’re all gonna to have to deal with on the way to $1 million per coin and beyond. I think I will probably just start being more public about my upgraded lifestyle, talk confidently, and not give specifics. Once you disclose, there’s no undoing that (especially on Nostr.)

Are there any front end developers around these parts who are into D&D and are familiar with the OpenAI API?

Is there one single podcast episode that you can think of that has a really great synopsis of what Bitcoin is, the history of it, and its importance?

I gave away bitcoin to the children in 2020 and they went nuts. My daughter edited this together from camera roll footage and I paid her $100 in sats on her @Blink – The Everyday Bitcoin Wallet. Picture them as OTC brokers and it makes it even better. Unfortunately these cards are no more a thing, but you can do this with @Azteco or @lightsats

Have you heard of Cloaked Wireless?

Are there any successful “bitcoin bank as a service” apps like @Blink Wallet yet, using Fedimint, ecash or similar?

Hey @Matthew Kratter I love that you're using @Zaprite on bitcoinuniversity.com! I went to go buy a yearly subscription today with Bitcoin, but it pre-populates with the monthly fee and doesn't allow me to change it to yearly. Is there a way to fix this so I can purchase a yearly subscription with sats?

I saw Frankie MacDonald walking down the street the other day and I resolved I was gonna get him on Nostr once and for all. When he reached me I said “Hey Frankie!” And right away he said “Hi Brad Mills. Brad Mills posted a video of the army trucks on Twitter during Fiona. The army came to help Cape Bretoners when the hurricane Fiona hit. I saw lots of army trucks out at the mall, they were in the parking lot.” I was just like “yea Frankie! I saw tons of Army trucks too! I went out to see all the damage and ran across the army helping to remove big trees on the road.” Then we high fived and he briskly walked away. Mission success or mission failure?

I’ve only attempted to open Twitter once in The last 4 days. Install the One Sec app, and have it show you your goals that you’re being distracted from by Twitter’s algorithms. Break free, protect your dopamine.

My old highschool buddy wants to organize a meetup for me to come talk to our mutual friends about Bitcoin. Shes asking if I have any info ad graphics or bullet points she could use to generate interest. Anyone ever made anything like this up before or gave any resources?

Went on Twitter for 20 mins after a long break. Omg I feel gross. My mind has been poisoned, I have a mindset hangover after just 1 shot. Drama. Trudeau. Price speculation. I feel a shift internally, and I notice the change in my emotional state much more now that I’m away from Twitter.

I got a 45% increase on lat pulldown today with the straps. I was running into a limit based on my forearms tiring out on a BACK exercise. Straps are a great tool.

Recently Apple updated something so whenever you say something with AirPods in, the volume drops. Now whenever I sing along to the song with my AirPods in, the music lowers for some reason. What a dumb UX. Anyone know how to stop this.

Joe was the best host I’ve ever seen at a bitcoin conference. Definitely makes the experience even better with him as the host. View quoted note →

I shave my beard to kick off the bull market. It’s time. No, this has not been a bull run … it’s only the accumulation and early markup phase. Omega candle around the block.

It’s time for the beard to go. 🪒

🚀 I’m Hiring an Executive Assistant! 🚀 Are you organized, passionate, and looking for a role that combines traditional executive support with unique, fun projects? I’ve got just the job for you! Here’s a taste of what you’ll be diving into: I’m launching a Dungeons & Dragons podcast with notable figures like @(P)hillip Alexander, @HODL & a couple other Bitcoiners. We’ve secured a dungeon master who has been crafting our adventure world for the past six months. Now, we’re gearing up to build our characters and prepare for our first session! Your Role: • As my Executive Assistant, you’ll be instrumental in keeping this passion project on track. Your tasks will include scheduling calls with our Dungeon Master P and DM advisor to build our characters. • You’ll set up and manage a project in our project management tool, maintain detailed notes, and ensure all necessary tools and resources are ready for our virtual game day. • Helping to researching the “tech stack” of other d&d podcasts and taking the best practices, strategies and tools they use into our show will be one of your missions along with creating and updating the playbook document that will allow us all to be on the same page during gameplay sessions! Why This Role? • It’s not just about administrative tasks; it’s about becoming a key player in a variety of creative and entrepreneurial projects. From Bitcoin ventures to podcast production, you’ll help manage and bring to life ideas that are as diverse as they are exciting. • Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and the opportunity to work on projects that break the mold of a typical 9-to-5. Think you’ve got the skills and imagination to help us manage my Spellbook and a whole lot more? Apply now at bradmills.ca/careers!

I just realized that in 2011 I was guided to Bitcoin. It was not a coincidence. I was in a coachable mode of seeking solution, and I was receptive to it immediately. I had no doubts or concerns about whether it was legit or whether it would work or if the government would stop it, etc. I was in the mindset of receiving wealth. I had previously gone through foundational mindset books like “As A Man Thinketh” and “Think & Grow Rich.” I was a big fan of “The Secret” and generally enjoyed the law of attraction exercises like figuring out what you want and attracting it to you with vision boards etc. In 2011 I was going through somewhat of a challenging phase of my financial life where revenue was declining for a year straight and the post GFC world felt like a ponzi scam…I didn’t want to put my meager profits into stocks and real estate so I started learning about the history of money and gold. I was watching a video about how to import gold and silver ingots into Canada when the guy mentioned that if you like gold & silver you should be looking at digital gold, bitcoin. Immediate buy in. It was a life changing moment for me, though I didn’t know it then. I did not deliberate, I plugged the source code straight into my brain. What I’m saying is - are you closed off to new opportunities, or are you in a receiving state? For periods of time after I found Bitcoin, I went through periods of being closed off, of having a scarcity mindset, forgetting the foundational lessons of goal setting and focusing on achieving and receiving. It seems I got a lot of value from being in a receiving state in the past. There’s a balance point between being in a state of attraction AND the filter of experience and lessons learned where I’m now sitting, perfectly balanced. What will I be able to accomplish and achieve now that I’ve found the balance point? I’m excited to find out, and I hope the same for you.