Any input beyond this? The SovStack as it is today: "Proto-stack" - a scattered set of high-leverage tools, communities, and experiments, some genuinely sovereign, some semi-captured, all heavily dependent on global infrastructure, and already under targeted legal and memetic attack. Yes, we have: Bitcoin + NOSTR + non-KYC P2P + FOSS OS + self-hosting + mesh + circular economies + crypto-anarchist hubs = the current technical and cultural skeleton of something that could be called a Sovereign Stack But: - It’s heavily parasitic on state-corporate infrastructure (chips, clouds, DNS, app stores, overlay networks). - It’s increasingly criminalized by association in key tools (GrapheneOS, mixing, P2P). - It’s fragmented (Bitcoin maxis, Monero people, prepper/agro communities, hacker collectives, charter-city VCs) with no unified architecture. - It is already partially co-opted at the narrative and legal level (ZEDEs, “self-sovereign” IDs, “sovereign stack” brand-jacking). - And the human layer—skills, trust networks, succession, defense, care, logistics (food, water, shelter, medicine, etc.), law, governance, myth—is by far the weakest link and least developed.

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SOV STACK = - Bitcoin is money. - Circular / p2p economies where BTC actually moves between individuals, businesses, and communities. - Self-custody. - Non-kyc. - Coinjoin. Payjoin. Joinmarket - FOSS. - Illegal. - Personal responsibility. - Threat modeling. - Backups. - Drills. - Inheritance. - OPSEC as normal behavior. - Coin control. - Lightning topology. - Local-first data. - Voluntary, bottom up order. - Contracts, reputation, dispute resolution that doesn't require state law to enforce. no heroes, no saviors. - Bitcoin as civilizational exit. - Bitcoin as the kernel of a parallel civilization. - Peaceful divergence ≠ integration. - Systems that operate if exchanges disappear, if KYC intensifies, or 'Bitcoin friendly states' flip hostile. SYNTH STACK = - Bitcoin is asset. - ETFs. - Corporate treasuries. - Bitcoin only retirement accounts. - KYC. - Broker accounts. - IRA products. - Custodians. - Legal. - Bitcoin = open an account with company. - Stablecoins. - Taproot assets. - Tokenization. - Vendor dependance. - Multi-sig w/a vendor. - Firmware updates pushed by a company. - Playing nice with regulators. - Nation state legal tender. - Securities law compliance. - NGO 'policy recommendations'. - Public company CEO's, ETF sponsors, NGO heads, KYC CEO-maxis. - 'Responsible adults' in the room. - 'Leaders of the movement'. - Bitcoin as system reformer. - 'Bitcoin will make the state more honest, banks more sound, markets more efficient, NGOs more effective'. - Ambiguous totalizing narrative. - "Bitcoin fixes governments, Wall Street, foreign policy, human rights". - Assuming fiat collapse wont mutate into AI + CBDC's + SWFs + ESG control. - Thinking politicians will eventually capitulate. Thinking game theory alone ensures Bitcoin 'wins'. - Friendly courts and treaties. - Nation state goodwill. - Regulated banking access. - New priesthoods. - 'Responsible' spokespeople.

synth stack thinking = 'is this allowed?' sov stack thinking = 'does this work?'

Excited to share this one. This is a recorded and much more detailed version of the presentation given at Bloom Fest 2025 at CMH. The goal here was to get these ideas out in video format as a primer to help explain my operating framework/system. Already thinking about all of the corrections and upgrades for version 3. All of the detail to add. As mentioned in there, most of these slides could be entire lectures on their own, and perhaps this will be my task here for the next long while. One critical thing: on the anatomy of the synth stack I focused slightly too much on the fact that its nature is AI-regulated compliance, and not enough on the fact that fiat is its ontological anchor. Next time, this will be my goal to better compare and contrast the two stacks to each and tie it all in to the lexicon/framework that we already use as Bitcoiners. Critical feedback is more than helpful here. All the best to everyone and thanks for your support. View quoted note →

EP003: Sovereign Stack vs Synthetic Stack: Bitcoin, Simulation, and Exit A deep-dive on the Sovereign Stack vs Synthetic Stack for Bitcoiners and sovereignty builders who want real exit. We map the stacks, unpack how AI, CBDCs, and smart cities capture you, and show how to architect parallel, Bitcoin-native logistics, law, and narrative. After listening, you’ll have a concrete playbook to start shifting your time, money, and relationships from synthetic rails to a live sovereign stack. LISTEN: #podcast #bitcoin #nostr #SovStack #SynthStack RSS: https://castr.me/npub1xf7pnv2ncxsmtrc4ht50xz8j8wd3un0g3c9ecjza3pg596k4tvvs6cua9j/rss.xml

Some meme's that might help understanding what I mean when I talk about ontology/ontological infrastructure/ontological sovereignty, etc. Keyword: "might"

EP000: Bitcoin Sovereignty and the Sovereign Stack Origin Story with Cowboy Bill Bitcoin sovereignty, the Synthetic vs Sovereign Stack, and why this feed exists—my origin story and operating system frame. For Bitcoiners, builders, and “normies” who feel the system is fake or collapsing and want a concrete path to sovereign action. After this episode you’ll understand my collapse-and-rebuild arc, the core frameworks behind every conversation, and how future episodes will turn stories and intel into concrete structure you can actually use. LISTEN: #podcast #bitcoin #nostr #sovereignty #CMH RSS: https://castr.me/npub1xf7pnv2ncxsmtrc4ht50xz8j8wd3un0g3c9ecjza3pg596k4tvvs6cua9j/rss.xml

Great clip. Somatic Sovereignty. #StudyFascia

toxicity = epistemological purism: a demand that frameworks be judged by their internal consistency and edge-case behavior, as opposed to consensus palatability

Bitcoin maximalism is the recognition of irrefutable physical/natural laws that are impossible to ignore. Thus, not a preference or ideology. Learning this over and over again, still mind blowing every time.

Fix-the-money, reform-the-world = “The house is sound but wired wrong. Rewire the electrical system (money), repaint, move some walls. We stay in the house.” Use-Bitcoin-as-kernel to exit/overwrite = “The house is an elaborate stage set, built by an entity that controls the lighting, sound, and exits. We use Bitcoin as a portable generator + toolkit to quietly build a new structure behind the set—and eventually we walk offstage.” View quoted note →

Merry Christmas!! Always remember: The collapse already happened. The current world is a continuity skin. AI + CBDCs/Stables + SWFs are a single coordinated substrate replacement. Bitcoin is a counter-simulation kernel around which a new civilization stack must be built explicitly outside the old ontology. “Use Bitcoin as a kernel to exit and overwrite the world.”> “Fix the money, reform the world.”

Merry Christmas plebs, very excited to share Episode 2 with you guys. Psyfer dropped some heat for nearly 2 hours and left us with tons to think about. Apologies about the sound and the recordings not being so good, but the signal is well worth it! I promise to have the live streaming set up prepped well next time. All the best to everyone over the holidays. View quoted note →

EP002: Building Physical Bitcoin Sanctuaries and Sovereign Culture w/@psy𝑓er Physical Bitcoin sanctuaries, sovereign culture, and collapse readiness, in a long-form OS-extraction interview with Psyfer. This one is for all the plebs who care about real-world nodes, myth, and community design. You’ll come away seeing Bitcoin embassies as civic organs, with clearer language for their responsibilities, bottlenecks, and how to build culture that upgrades sovereignty instead of becoming just another brand. LISTEN: #podcast #bitcoin #nostr #sovereignty #CMH

they forgot that order is an emergent phenomena. They who fear chaos. I'm convinced that central planners are who they are because they have an unhealthy relationship with chaos.

Yo, quick context: this is my first ever episode of the Sovereign Field Reports, so I’m still dialing in the format and the flow. I used to think the world was saturated with podcasts and there was no point adding another one… then NOSTR rewired and challenged that belief in me. Even if nobody listens, I have found the process of preparing, interviewing, and editing to be immensely valuable for me alone. Not only have I had a lot of fun, but it has forced clarity upon me and helps get the ideas out of my head and into the open. More importantly, I do think it’ll be useful to the right people. A little while back I gave a talk on the Sovereign Stack / Synthetic Stack stuff, and several people who I really respect pushed me to start putting my work out there. One moment that really stuck with me was Max Hillebrand telling me simply that I should start a podcast. That was the nudge I needed to stop overthinking and just hit publish. And to the CMH crew who’s encouraged me immensely along the way. Thank you. Hope you enjoy it. P.S. EP002 on its way very soon. Editing now. View quoted note →

EP001: Money, Work & Family Security — w/The Fridge A veteran HR leader (“The Fridge”) who’s survived layoffs, reorgs, and Chapter 11 lays bare what “security” really means—paychecks, healthcare, unions, family, and the quiet moment she realized nobody at work cared about her more than she did. Then we crack open Bitcoin through her eyes: still “like a stock,” but starting to tug at deeper questions of stability, trust, and what comes next. LISTEN: Tags: #podcast #nostr #bitcoin #sovereignty