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GN Nostriches “In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way.” -Yoda

Hence the massive tax grab in the latest budget! Tyranny is expensive. This isn’t AI deployment to replace workers, it’s for 1984 in Australia. Australia recorded a monthly goods trade deficit of A$1.84 billion ($1.3 billion) in March 2026, marking the first trade gap since December 2017. Check out why: Automatic Data Processing (ADP) equipment imports skyrocketed by 204.4% (upwards of A$2.9 billion), driven by data center and AI infrastructure investments.

This is fiat, right? “The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” -Samuel Johnson

While I’m working I’m listening to @Matthew Kratter and @Brandon Gentile Terrific conversation. One of the stand out questions for me was, “Are people actually interested in having sound money?” I might have rephrased it, however you get the gist. It’s such a very important question for the future of humanity. Another powerful line, “Bitcoin cannot be rebooted if it fails: why the immaculate conception of Bitcoin makes this the only shot humanity gets”. Timestamps: 0:00 — Stanford PhD dropout turned Peter Thiel hedge fund analyst explains his unlikely path from English literature to global macro trading. 15:58 — Bitcoin's toxic maximalist culture peaked in 2020 and 2021, why the social layer has since collapsed. 21:35 — Kratter reveals he has had to publicly attack former friends and allies Adam Back and Michael Saylor to protect Bitcoin's integrity. 24:54 — Culture is upstream of consensus: why the Second Amendment analogy exposes the slow death of Bitcoin's core ethos. 33:40 — The real Bitcoin adoption checklist: self custody, running a node, mining, CoinJoin, and Lightning 35:36 — Iran accepting Bitcoin for crude oil insurance is a direct and deliberate attack on the petrodollar system, not just a sanction workaround. 40:50 — Stablecoins are actively extending the life of the fiat system Bitcoiners claim to be destroying. 43:48 — Bitcoin OGs pressured him to stop criticizing Tether 49:09 — Bitcoin cannot be rebooted if it fails: why the immaculate conception of Bitcoin makes this the only shot humanity gets. 53:47 — Five mining pools now control 90% of all Bitcoin blocks 58:33 — The history of Bitcoin Core as a reference implementation and why centralization of node software is as dangerous as mining centralization. 1:00:58 — Satoshi himself built the original mempool spam filters, and Kratter argues anyone calling filters censorship is calling Satoshi a censor. 1:22:02 — Bitcoin Core version 30 blew open OP_RETURN in a process Kratter says was decided behind closed doors with critics locked out of GitHub. 1:24:23 — The mining pools, Bitcoin Core, and big Bitcoin media all benefit from spam — leaving node runners holding the garbage forever. 1:28:09 — BIP 110 explained: a temporary conservative soft fork designed to pause spam use cases and buy the community time to fight back. 1:31:04 — Kratter issues the most alarming warning of the episode: Bitcoin Core's OP_RETURN expansion has opened the door to child sexual abuse material permanently embedded in the blockchain. 1:37:09 — The weed and garden analogy: why Bitcoin Core's sophisticated arguments for allowing spam are the exact red flag that reveals bad intent. 1:39:01 — The Brink funding scandal exposed: a nonprofit was paying the salaries of multiple Bitcoin Core maintainers while its director was in a relationship with a developer who then gained commit access to the code. 1:42:07 — Hard forks versus soft forks explained from first principles, and why BIP 110 as a soft fork is structurally the most conservative possible path forward. 1:49:40 — The tragedy of the commons: miners get paid to include spam but node runners have to store it forever, and the game theory is not correcting itself. 1:54:13 — Bitcoin has lost its adversarial thinking culture, and Kratter warns that magical thinking among Bitcoiners is one of the biggest threats to the network's survival. 2:02:49 — Kratter voted for Trump, admits the swamp was never drained, and says the government is not going to save Bitcoin — only node runners and hodlers can. The closing thesis: Bitcoin defunds war and empowers the everyday person, but none of it is guaranteed and the remnant must stay vigilant to pull humanity through.

Almost the shape of a heart. 🧡 Enjoy your Friday.

#13 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Your history makes you who you are today and the negative experiences of your past often create self-sabotaging beliefs. I mean, have you ever thought to yourself, “I’m just not good enough, I’ll never succeed at anything, whenever I’m happy bad stuff happens, I think I may be “broken” on the inside, good people are never rich people!” If so, you might be a victim of limiting beliefs. These limiting beliefs can slowly poison your daily life, creating self-sabotaging habits that stop you from ever achieving true success and happiness. Does any of that ring true? If so, I’ve arranged a special gift just for you. It’s a free 20-minute Dissolve Limiting Beliefs audio that’ll help you reframe your experience, dissolve limitations and enjoy greater freedom. (Link is below)

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Life Power Tip Adjust your aim. It is not the end of the world if you notice that you are missing your targets. Simply be glad that you became aware and now have an opportunity to adjust your focus and actions. If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building, or do you change the nail? Action Be publicly happy, and often. Challenge Approach today without a plan, set off, and let the day take you where it will. Quote Acceptance of what happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune. -William James Clearing Keep your batteries, printing cartridges, staples etc. in one handy place. Question What in your life needs immediate attention? Affirmation I choose to know. Uplifting Extra Learn how to produce a specific dream to help change your physical reality e.g. improve your overall health. Learn about the dream universe and how to remember dreams and generate the dreams of your choice. To learn about that and so much more, download your free copy of the 7 Real Mind Power Secrets ebook. (Link is below)

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Synchonicity Luck Program

The Synchonicity Luck Program is taken from this free ebook https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/synchonicity-luck-program/

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

GM

Woohoo! 🎉 It's already 22 May in Tonga and on Christmas Island. Not quite yet here in Perth. 🤭🤣 Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

GN Nostriches "Be yourself. No one can say you’re doing it wrong." -Snoopy

There's nothing nicer than real clouds. Not like they "stuff" Gates wants to dish out to us. 🤣🧡

#12 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Where are you in your healing process with money? Download your free ebook copy of Heal Your Relationship With Money. Compare the changes of which you are afraid, to the changes you desire. How can you minimize your fears, increase your confidence and fully embrace your desires? (Link is below)

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Where are you in your healing process with money? @forwardsteps https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/relationship-with-money/

Life Power Tip Add Two Golden Hours to each of your days. No matter how busy you think you are or how little time you believe you have, this will transform the way you view time. Include Two Golden Hours into every day. One is for relaxed time e.g. reading inspiring books, listening to motivational audios, brainstorming desires for your life, creating projects. The other is an hour during which you focus and work on automatic, mundane tasks e.g. clearing your files, organizing a cupboard, attending to overdue emails. You will just have included 60 very productive hours to each month. Action Be more interested in your fellow human beings for all of the day. Challenge Improve your ability to respond to whatever situation you find yourself in. Quote Accept everything about yourself, I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end, no apologies, no regrets. -Henry Miller Clearing Arrange placement of items by the frequency of their use. Question Are you doing a few health-giving things for yourself today? Affirmation I choose to have nutritious meals to increase my energy. Uplifting Extra During (ad) this groundbreaking, free audio program you will discover, explore and learn to work with timeless principles that will help you to empower the evolution of your soul. Learn for yourself the great secrets of spiritual success that help you to make positive changes in your relationships at home, with friends and at work. (Link is below)

Seven Steps to Oneness: Journey to a Whole New Life by Guy Finley

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

GM

GN Nostriches 🌙✨ "If you think about something at three o’clock in the morning and then again at noon the next day, you get different answers." -Snoopy

Tonight, watching this https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34378301/

Watched “The Menu” movie last night. Very well made and acted, though a very weird story. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9764362/

Evening sky Perth, Western Australia 5:40pm.

#11 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Use this unique tool to help program your subconscious mind for achieving, with greater ease, goals that currently challenge you. Imagine if you could use your mind more effectively or if you could reach your goals, with ease and comfort, without constantly trying to force yourself to reach them. Now it’s possible! (Link is below)

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Life Power Tip Action is the antidote to despair. That is a quote by Joan Baez the folk singer. It may have been said a long time ago, however it remains valid. Are you still only thinking about what you want? Have you given yourself permission to fail or to succeed? There is no fairy dust or magic wand, which will bring your goals alive, unless you decide, and then take your first step. Then …take the next step! Action Be more generous and give others more chances to prove themselves than you might otherwise. Challenge Appreciate something about which you feel you are about to complain. Quote A single conversation with a wise person is better than ten years of study. -Chinese Proverb Clearing Are your regular payments direct debited or at least in your calendar? Question Are you crystal-clear yet, about what you truly want? Affirmation I choose to feel more and more generosity toward everyone I meet. Uplifting Extra Explore a quick list of the top 10 most purchased products by Forward Steps readers, therefore I presume these are favorites of Forward Steps subscribers. I have listed then in order, top to bottom, with the most favorite at top. I took a little look at many of the products that I have recommended over the years and worked out which were most popular with Forward Steps readers. (Link is below)

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Top 20 Favorite Products Of Forward Steps Readers

See a quick list of the Top 20 Favorite Products Of Forward Steps Readers https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/favorites-forward-steps-readers/

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

GM

GN Evening sky Perth, Western Australia 18.07pm. 🌙✨🧡