I can say with bold confidence that I have no idea what comes next, and that’s exactly the point. Conviction doesn’t require certainty; it only requires clarity of purpose. I’m not here to speculate. I’m here to stack. Every dip is a win because it buys more future. Every pump is a win because it proves the thesis. Either way, I stay the course. In a world defined by volatility, I don’t chase critical levels; I acknowledge only current ones. The signal is not in the noise, but in how consistently you show up despite it.

America was founded on the promise of freedom: economic, personal, and political. Yet its resistance to Bitcoin, the most potent form of freedom money, reveals just how far we’ve drifted from those founding ideals. The land of the free now fears the implications of financial sovereignty. Fiat is a form of controlled chaos engineered, manipulated, and endlessly diluted. It offers the illusion of stability while quietly eroding the foundations of value, trust, and time. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is constructive chaos. It doesn’t pretend to eliminate volatility; it embraces it as the price of truth and freedom. Where fiat destroys from the inside out, Bitcoin refines. You can manage chaos for a while, but you cannot control the infinite, and that’s exactly what Bitcoin represents: a naturally ordered form of monetary entropy that resists capture, coercion, and decay. It balances chaos with code, unpredictability with discipline. In that balance, there is hope; not for perfection, but for a system aligned with reality. Bitcoin won’t fix the world because it’s perfect. It will fix the world because it refuses to lie.

There will come a day when Bitcoin is considered old money: established, trusted, and quietly powerful. I look forward to that era, not because the volatility will be gone, but because it will mean the visionaries I follow today, many of whom feel like modern day Gatsbys, will have reshaped the very meaning of wealth. But unlike Gatsby, their pursuits aren’t hollow. The things being built, bought, and created in this movement aren’t meant to fill a void; they’re meant to enrich the human experience. To express freedom, creativity, and sovereignty. Volatility, for all its discomforts, breeds character. It filters out the faint hearted and forces introspection. In a world increasingly defined by conformity and algorithmic sameness, Bitcoin culture feels like a magnet for individuals, real ones. The kind of people who refuse to be molded into templates. We’re living through a profound shift in perception: Bitcoin is no longer dismissed as a threat or a joke; it’s beginning to be recognized as something far more resilient, elegant, and powerful than most could’ve imagined, and witnessing that transformation in real time is nothing short of inspiring.

With Block’s recent addition, there are now three companies in the S&P 500 that hold Bitcoin; a subtle but significant milestone, and I’m bullish that this number will grow. We’ve come a long way from Bitcoin’s early days, but somehow it still feels like we’re at the very beginning of a much larger shift. A shift not just in markets, but in mindset, infrastructure, and how capital allocators think about long term resilience. Block may not have the market cap of Tesla or Coinbase, but its inclusion matters for a different reason. Unlike the others, Block is led by someone I’d actually consider a Bitcoiner. Jack Dorsey isn’t hedging, he’s building for a Bitcoin future. What’s most remarkable is that even conservative, index bound investors are now gaining indirect exposure to Bitcoin; often without even realizing it, and if that much can happen from just three companies, imagine what it will look like when a company like Strategy makes its way into the index. A true stacking machine, structurally embedded in mainstream portfolios.

I remember when Bitcoin was sitting at $15k and everyone swore we were headed to $12k. Turns out they were just missing a zero. Price is less a prediction tool and more of a Richter scale; testing the strength of your conviction. Psychological barriers aren’t real walls; they’re just thresholds that separate those with durable hands from those without. Bitcoin is like a volatile symphony. The notes may repeat, but the progression is never quite the same. Every pump, every correction, every discount; I’m here for it. Singing along with the rhythm, not fighting the music. The fact that Bitcoin climbed from less than a penny to $120,000 in just 16 years isn’t just historical, it’s a preview. A warning shot. A sign of the absurdities still to come in a world trying to price something truly scarce for the first time.

There is no alternative to the alternative. The very terms altcoin and altseason are misleading, probably by design. They suggest a legitimate parallel to Bitcoin, when in reality, most so called alternatives exist primarily as distractions, driven by marketing cycles rather than monetary breakthroughs. A more accurate name might be paid shill season or advertising pump season, because that’s what most of it is; carefully timed hype cycles manufactured to benefit insiders at the expense of the uninformed. Imagine if Satoshi had stuck around to time every top with a new announcement and every bottom with a buy in. That’s the role many paid promoters now play, posing as thought leaders while quietly cashing in. The irony is that the most aggressively promoted alternative hasn’t even broken its 2021 all time high, and it still hasn’t been surpassed. That alone speaks volumes about the state of the broader crypto ecosystem: it’s not innovation driving it, but orchestration. On a different note, my grandfather once gave me a piece of financial wisdom: take bigger risks in your youth, then become more conservative as you age. The logic is simple: the less time you have, the less risk you can afford to carry. What struck me about this advice wasn’t just the math, but the time dimension of risk. Risk isn’t merely about money; it’s about how much time you have to recover or compound. He probably meant a traditional glide path: something like going from a 60/40 stock-bond allocation to 40/60, but for me, that framework doesn’t quite fit. I think in terms of Bitcoin, then more Bitcoin. If diminishing returns prove to be real, I may never need to rebalance, but I don’t think I’d ever truly rebalance out of it, even if we hit a hockey stick moment and I’m 95, because at that point, it’s not just a trade…it’s a legacy. When I imagine the world after 2140, when the last satoshi is mined, I wonder how future generations will perceive the opportunity we had. Maybe Bitcoin will trade like a hybrid between a monetary metal and a high growth tech sector or maybe something entirely new. Either way, I hope that when my descendants look back, they’ll see the risk I took not just as an investment choice, but as an invitation to think for themselves and take meaningful risks of their own.

I like Bitcoin because I don’t need to speculate on its fiat price. Its value proposition isn’t rooted in short term price action, but in the long term strength of its monetary policy; one that’s more transparent, predictable, and disciplined than fiat currencies or even gold. That alone gives me confidence in its ability to preserve and grow purchasing power over time. When it comes to forecasting the future, I remain skeptical…whether it’s humans or artificial intelligence attempting to do so. AIs, at their core, are still built from human data and shaped by human biases. They may be faster or more consistent, but they’re not inherently more clairvoyant. I choose to live a life grounded in appreciation rather than prediction. Gratitude isn’t a guess; it’s an acknowledgment of what’s already true and meaningful in my life. That perspective gives me clarity no model or forecast ever could. So while I don’t pretend to know exactly what Bitcoin’s future looks like, I’m comfortable saying this much: I believe it’s going to be extraordinarily bright. Not because I’ve run the numbers, but because I understand the principles, and I’ve seen what it inspires.

I’ve always been wildly optimistic about Bitcoin, and so far, it’s never let me down the way so many warned it would. That said, it’s no longer everything to me. There was a time when I wrapped my whole identity in it; when being the Bitcoin guy felt like a mission, but eventually, that began to feel like a LARP. No one’s personality should be defined by a protocol. Bitcoin resonated with me not because it gave me purpose, but because I already had a deep sense of purpose; it just helped refine it. Bitcoin has absolutely changed me for the better, but one of its most profound lessons is that there are no idols, only peers. Everyone is on their own journey toward a better, more sovereign version of themselves. I stopped looking up and started looking around. I’ve always said: Don’t get so caught up in where you’re coming from that you forget where we’re going…but now I’d add: Don’t get so caught up in where you’re going that you forget where you are. This moment, right now, is all we ever actually have. It’s a gift, and it’s not cliché to call it the present. Watching others grow, age, and evolve reminds me that, no matter how different our backgrounds or beliefs, we all share the same finite path through time. That realization grounds me. I’m not sure whether I believe in coincidence, or whether it even matters. What I do know is that every experience, no matter how small, is uniquely yours. You’re the only one who witnessed it from your exact vantage point, and if something so fleeting and seemingly random can still feel significant, maybe it is, maybe that’s enough. I’ve never really felt like an insider. I’ve always seen myself as someone on the outside looking in, but I’ve come to see that as a strength, not a flaw. I don’t fit in a box, and I don’t try to. I’ve met others along the way who feel the same, and those have become some of my closest connections: people too real, too layered, to be easily categorized. I don’t think I’ll ever stop stacking sats or self custodying what I earn. Maybe that means I’m leaving gains on the table in some metaphorical sense, but I sleep easy knowing I’m in control of what matters most to me. All in all, this has been the most fun and meaningful experiment of my life: Can I live on a Bitcoin standard? Will my life improve because of it? Yes and yes. Bitcoin taught me to prioritize what truly matters: my family, my normie friends, and this community, people who challenge, inspire, and walk this road beside me. I’m rooting for all of you. Whatever path you’re on, I hope today is a good day. Keep going.

In case you were wondering, altseason is only a season for fiat minded speculators. It refers to a brief window where so called alternatives to Bitcoin appear to outperform it, but only when you cherry pick the timeframes and the data. Even then, the outperformance rarely holds. In the long run, everything bleeds against Bitcoin. The proof is in the charts, the returns, and the wreckage. These aren’t real alternatives; they’re parasites. They feed off Bitcoin’s credibility and momentum while luring in the uninformed with promises of higher gains. It’s not innovation, it’s opportunism. Be cautious. Hype fueled by over optimism is a dangerous drug. If you’re not an insider, you’re the exit liquidity. The odds of making it during altseason might be worse than those at your local casino, but every time, there’s a new crowd convinced this is the cycle that will dethrone Bitcoin. Spoiler: it never is. The only thing truly consistent about altseason is the rug pull waiting at the end.

One thing I want to make clear: exposure to Bitcoin and holding Bitcoin in self custody are two very different things. With that distinction in mind, I don’t agree with all the criticism companies receive for adopting a Bitcoin standard, especially when those companies were essentially zombie firms surviving only through access to cheap corporate debt. In many cases, this isn’t a desperate pivot; it’s an honest admission that their business model is unsustainable under a fiat system. That kind of clarity and courage should be respected, not ridiculed. Yes, many of these companies are simply mimicking a proven Strategy, but that’s because the strategy works. Over time, Bitcoin’s performance has validated the thesis, and these companies are following the signal. I’ll admit I’m not a fan of the meme driven, hype adjacent atmosphere that sometimes surrounds these corporate treasury allocations, but I am genuinely interested to see how these moves influence value rotation + retention cycles, and Bitcoin dominance over time. Critics often treat monetary debasement like it’s up for debate. It’s not. It’s a measurable reality, and it’s the primary reason so many people turn to Bitcoin: to protect their purchasing power. Ultimately, any business, whether it’s thriving or struggling, stands to benefit from lowering its time preference and adopting a Bitcoin standard, and if businesses benefit, consumers do too.

We’re still so early in Bitcoin that even when you group together all the companies building around it, it still looks like a hyper niche market to most people. The products being developed might seem odd or ahead of their time, but this could very well be a build it and they will come moment. At this stage, many of the companies that appear to be operating on a Bitcoin standard are still seen through a fiat lens, as if they’re just traditional businesses with a Bitcoin twist, but over time, that perception may flip. Some things, like multi century projects or long term alignment with incorruptible money; might only be possible on a true Bitcoin standard. Eventually, it may make far more sense to invest your Bitcoin into Bitcoin native companies rather than sell it to buy some leveraged fiat proxy. Right now, that idea still feels ahead of its time, but it won’t stay that way forever. Our vision of Bitcoin’s future is still tethered to ideas of the past; rooted in hard money nostalgia. It’s like imagining a flying car that looks like a DeLorean with a flux capacitor; cool, but still confined by retro expectations. The real future of Bitcoin will likely be far more imaginative, and far more practical, than what we can currently dream up. Critics may get bitter about Bitcoin’s rising prominence, but that raises the question: compared to what? The existing system, where a select few benefit at everyone else’s expense? They’re welcome to keep playing that rigged game…but we finally have options. Why wouldn’t we explore the one designed to be fair and accessible? Bitcoin isn’t exclusive…it’s an open invitation to anyone ready to step into the future and understand what’s possible.

I’m starting to get the sense that Wall Street has developed a bit of a crush on Bitcoin. Normally, I wouldn’t care, but I’ve had a crush on Bitcoin for years, so I’d appreciate it if they kept their distance. It’s tough to feel proud of stacking a few hundred dollars at a time when SPACs and funds are dropping billions in a single move. It’s not just a matter of capital: I don’t have access to the same financial tools, insider networks, or regulatory advantages. If I had the means to smash buy billions worth of Bitcoin, I absolutely would, but getting to that level is a catch 22: you need access to wealth and power to gain access to more wealth and power. Saylor was the first to cross that line; what started as one man’s conviction became a blueprint. He went from corporate mascot to icon. Now, the icons are copying his playbook, turning themselves into mascots for Bitcoin exposure. I wasn’t born into a dynasty…I’ll have to build one, but that’s exactly what Bitcoin enables. Even with small stacks, I still stand to benefit. Bitcoin levels the playing field…not overnight, but over time. What started as institutional toe dipping is now a full blown dive into Bitcoin. Don’t let that shake your conviction. If anything, it should reinforce it. Institutions don’t chase fairy tales; they chase asymmetric upside. They used to mock Bitcoin for consuming the energy of a small nation. Now they’re FOMOing in with enough capital to match small nations’ GDPs.

I can’t tell you exactly when the next pump will happen, but I can tell you what I’ll do when it does. At $150K, I’m buying. At $200K, I’m still buying. It doesn’t matter where Bitcoin was or when I started stacking: every buy I’ve made is in the green. As long as I’m staying productive, I see no reason to stop. Every pump feels like a pat on the back, and every dip is just a reminder to keep producing and stacking with discipline.

When I used to say that Bitcoin would eventually take over the global economy, people laughed me out of the room. Now, all I get is a nervous chuckle. The shift is undeniable; times are changing. Everything is going digital, automated, or AI integrated. In that context, pristine digital money isn’t just a luxury anymore…it’s becoming an obvious necessity. In just one cycle, Bitcoin has made a leap from the Wild West to the mainstream; a transformation so dramatic that most people barely noticed. One day, they’ll wake up and ask themselves, Where did all the risk go? While the real world feels increasingly chaotic, the digital landscape seems to be coalescing around Bitcoin. It’s no longer the outsider. It’s now at the grown up table, and people still haven’t realized it might be next in line for the throne. When I first discovered Bitcoin, it still felt like a middle finger to TradFi. Maybe it still is, but now that legacy finance has joined the party, and often seems to be laughing the loudest; it’s hard to know how to feel. I don’t think the dream has been coopted, but I also don’t know if letting TradFi survive unchanged is the best outcome. Some things are inevitable. That doesn’t mean they’ll be accepted in real time. Most people only embrace inevitability once it’s already behind them.

Be careful not to confuse pseudoscientific jargon and market mysticism with fact. Bitcoin doesn’t owe anyone anything…especially not your personal expectations. I’m tired of overhyped, overconfident speculation being treated like glimpses of the future, only to create unrealistic expectations that inevitably lead to disappointment. Let’s be clear: it wasn’t Bitcoin that let you down. You were let down by hype, by hopium, by a misunderstanding of history in the making.

I’ve bought Bitcoin at $18,000 and I’ve bought it at $118,000…not because I’m a skilled trader, but because I’ve stayed productive and committed to my exit strategy. For me, that strategy is Bitcoin. The volatility only matters if you let it shake your conviction. On paper, the price may swing wildly, but my share of the total supply remains undiluted. That’s what matters.

As a Bitcoin maxi, this price jump didn’t feel sudden, it felt inevitable. I don’t view so called psychological resistance levels as obstacles; I see them as brief pit stops on a historic ascent. The real question on my mind is: who’s still just speculating? Everyone I see around here seems fully convicted. They’re not chasing hype; they recognize a broken system and are embracing what they believe is the only real solution.

The coolest thing about a Bitcoin maximalist is that they don’t seek to control the world. At most, they want to fix it, not save it, because they see it as broken, not dying. Even their worst behavior is usually just trolling, which, while abrasive, is at least transparent. You always know where you stand with a maxi, and that honesty is rare. Bitcoin acts as a mirror: its critics often reveal more about themselves than about the network. Those in power who routinely bend the rules hate Bitcoin precisely because it removes their monopoly on privilege. When nobody is above the rules, it threatens the systems they benefit from. To hate a network where no one holds special privileges is to believe you deserve them yourself. There’s a difference between quality and privilege, and many people confuse the two. Buying Bitcoin, holding your own keys, and running a node is the closest thing to becoming your own bank, your own state, and your own representative. It’s like building a miniature, digital Fort Knox. As a Bitcoiner, it’s your duty to meme, not maliciously, but with purpose, especially when the old world clutches its pearls in horror at the idea of class structures collapsing under the weight of true decentralization. This isn’t just a wealth transfer; it’s a values transfer. Bitcoiners are people, not archetypes. No one is the perfect Bitcoiner or the perfect person. Any harsh judgment, whether from friend or foe, is often just projection.

Nobody truly knows what comes next for Bitcoin. Sure, some people will act like they have a crystal ball, but when they end up being right, they’re often just as surprised as everyone else, because deep down, they weren’t as confident as they let on. Ethics aside, it just goes to show: self doubt is a killer, and confidence, real conviction, is key. Believe in yourself, and when failure comes, let it come gracefully, but learn from it. There’s too much obsession with prediction, analysis, and timing. It takes the joy out of watching the honey badger do its thing. Bitcoin doesn’t owe you explanations. It doesn’t need to move on your schedule. Stop trying to predict your company, just enjoy it. If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you? That old cliché misses the point. A better question is: if everyone else was too shy to dance, would you still dance to your favorite songs? I would, and have. People laughed, called me stupid, but eventually, the music got to them too. They started grooving. Everyone’s guess is as good as mine, but my conviction is forged like diamond hooves: unshaken by the market, unmoved by approval. I move through life with varying degrees of vindication, but unwavering direction. My energy doesn’t come from crowd applause or external validation. It’s internal, renewable, and rooted in gratitude. I do what I do by myself, for myself, to honor the people I love.