Being mad at Bitcoin because someone you don’t like likes it… is like being mad at electricity because someone you don’t like uses it. Bitcoin is neutral. Bitcoin is a tool. Time spent ignoring it is time spent falling behind.

Bitcoin + a gym membership + nature + good friends = my pillars of happiness. If you’re feeling depressed, check if one of these is missing.

I miss when Bitcoin was about changing the world. I understand the speculative attack is part of adoption/moving from fiat to a bitcoinized world. But most of these bitcoin treasury companies are doing financial engineering instead of providing actual value to the world (no, I don’t think financial engineering is value creation). Bitcoin incentivizes work and value creation. Fiat distorts value and rewards those closest to the money printer. These treasury companies are close to the money printer. Taking free money and turning it into value without actually doing any work. Does anyone actually feel good about themselves working for a bitcoin treasury company? It feels…ick to me. There are better ways to advance Bitcoin and Bitcoin education without jumping on the treasury bandwagon.

In my lifetime, I’ve had over a hundred teachers. Out of those hundred, only a few were great. Some were well-meaning, but most were trapped in a system that rewards memorization, conformity, and yesterday’s thinking. Only one taught me skills that actually prepared me for the future. I remember a math teacher in 2005 telling us to memorize formulas because “you won’t always have a calculator in your pocket.” Three years later, we all started carrying supercomputers in our pockets. That moment sums up my entire education. Outdated. Reactive. A wasted opportunity. We were taught how to memorize, not how to think. No questioning. No critical thought. No sense of how any of it would apply to our future. Take notes, memorize, take the test. Next. Then it was gone. Zero connection to the material. Zero reason to care. The problem isn’t that teachers don’t care. Most are thrown into impossible circumstances. One person is asked to teach twenty or thirty unique minds, each with different strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles. It can be done, but it’s rare. The truth is our education model was designed for an industrial age that no longer exists. The Cost of Stagnation The results speak for themselves. Studies show that more than half of American adults read below a sixth grade level. That means millions of people struggle to engage with complex information, weigh nuance, or think critically about the world around them. If education is supposed to prepare us for life, we have to ask: life when? The world of the past, or the one we’re walking into? Education should prepare us for the future. Yet academia often prepares students perfectly for yesterday. When I earned my Personal Trainer certification earlier this year (2025), I saw how outdated the material was. Nutrition guidelines, exercise science, even how to measure blood pressure were all a decade behind the curve. The same thing happened in college, where we were trained on outdated tape cameras and editing methods that had already been replaced by new technology. My first job out of school didn’t even exist when I chose my major. How can students plan their futures when the system can’t even see six months ahead? What students really need are timeless skills: critical thinking, adaptability, creativity, and problem-solving. Skills that prepare them for any future, not just the past. That’s why AI matters. Personalized, adaptive, and infinitely scalable, it can do what a single teacher in a crowded classroom never could. The truth is most traditional teaching jobs may not exist in the future. AI will be the one curating lessons, adapting to each student, and tracking progress in real time. The role of the human teacher will shift to what machines can’t replicate: guiding, mentoring, and inspiring. And learning doesn’t have to end at graduation. Real education should encompass a lifetime. One model is ending, but a better one is waiting to be built. Read the full article: https://www.erinemalone.com/post/the-education-system-is-broken-the-future-of-learning-is-ai Subscribe for free. 🤙

GM ☕️ I’ll never understand how people can sit on a couch all day, multiple days a week watching dudes in tights run around on the grass pushing each other around. You can’t find a better use of your limited time?

I’ve written two books now, and the hardest part of the process is trying to get people to read (before or after it’s published). Bitcoiners are generally better at this, but friends/family/people in my everyday life…nothing. Won’t even start reading. Why do you think this is? I have some theories, but I’d love to hear your hot takes.

GM ☕️ Schrodinger’s node: Put your node in a box. Tell yourself it is both filtering and not filtering anything. Never check it.

When I was in 7th grade, a teacher had us design a new invention. I sketched a washer-dryer combo. Today, I bought one. So that’s cool. Ok carry on.

Bitcoin is experiential. You learn it by using it. I crafted this video from my article "Bitcoin is Experiential." Watch on YouTube: Read: https://www.erinemalone.com/post/bitcoin-is-experiential I’ll be posting more Bitcoin educational videos on here and on @21millionfilms YouTube. Let me know what you think!

New Post: Summer After Hours 🌌 https://www.erinemalone.com/post/summer-after-hours

GM. ☕️ A positive side effect of the Core/Knots drama is it seems to be getting more people to run nodes. Everything is good for Bitcoin?

New Article: Low Time Preference, Building for the Future bit.ly/41i3UKd

A key theme of my book Future Proof is low time preference. Low time preference can feel confusing at first. It’s not intuitive, but once you get it, it changes how you see money, health, and even time itself. Here’s how I explain it 🧵 High time preference = short term focus Low time preference = long term focus Eat the donut now? That’s high time preference. Go for a run instead? That’s low time preference. Simple. But powerful. Here’s the catch: choosing low time preference usually feels worse in the moment. Running sucks when you start. Saving feels boring. Choosing to buy sats instead of a latte feels small… but over time those choices compound into freedom. Low time preference in money = saving, investing, stacking sats Low time preference in health = sleep, nutrition, training Low time preference in relationships = showing up consistently It’s the same mindset, applied everywhere. But here’s the paradox: deliberately delaying gratification and consistently investing in your health actually gives you MORE time. Every early bedtime, every workout, every intentional choice compounds over years. Each one helps you reclaim time that would otherwise be lost to fatigue, inflammation, or illness. You’re not just delaying decline. You’re actively creating order from chaos and expanding the time you get to live with strength, freedom, and energy. Bitcoin is what taught me this lesson. HODLing reshaped my relationship with time. Consistency, patience, and discipline create lasting value, not quick hits. It gave me my time back. I have the freedom to step off the hamster wheel and do something I want, something I am passionate about. I can build for the future, not just survive the day. Here’s how I apply it daily: 👉 When I want to snack, I pause: “Am I hungry or just bored?” 👉 When I want to skip a workout, I ask: “Will future Erin thank me?” 👉 When I stack sats, I remind myself: “I’m buying freedom, not stuff.” Low time preference doesn’t mean cutting out fun or spontaneity. Some moments are worth it. But my baseline choices now have intention. They’re built to create vitality and freedom instead of eroding them. Bitcoin rewards those who delay gratification. So does your body. Stack sats. Stack habits. Play the long game. Thanks for reading. If you want more, my book Future Proof: The Intersection of Bitcoin and Longevity expands on all of this. Available now in paperback and Kindle: 📚 amzn.to/40uIl8Q

Future Proof is now in Barnes & Noble Santa Rosa, CA. My grandma would be proud. We spent countless hours together browsing B&N shelves. Our favorite place. ❤️ #bookstr

3 local bookstores now carrying Future Proof (and two carrying Intro to Bitcoin). In all 3 stores, these are their only Bitcoin books. 💪📚

From my new book 📖 Future Proof: The Intersection of Bitcoin and Longevity 🤙 amzn.to/40uIl8Q

Gm. The Bitcoin black hole will suck in everyone and everything. 🌀 There’s no escape.

Really seeing my strength increase with climbing. More than any other form of workout. 2 months ago I wouldn’t have been able to climb this. 🧗‍♀️