Strategy’s $STRC is a solid product. Fixed dividend, downside protection, and for investors who want exposure without holding bitcoin directly, it works. But let’s be clear: it’s not bitcoin. You’re holding preferred shares in a COMPANY that holds bitcoin. I respect what Saylor’s doing, he’s orange pilling institutions and showing the world how bitcoin works as a treasury reserve. $STRC is for people who prefer the comfort of a traditional finance wrapping. But just remember: bitcoin is a bearer asset. You can hold it yourself. No Strategy required. If $STRC fits your portfolio, use it. But don’t confuse it with ownership. The goal is still sovereignty.

The government doesn’t want you wealthy. It wants you comfortable enough to not revolt and desperate enough to keep working. That’s the sweet spot. Too poor and you’re a problem. Too rich and you’re independent. The entire system is designed to keep you in the middle: earning, spending, taxing, repeating. Financial sovereignty isn’t about getting rich. It’s about getting free.

Bitcoin is more at risk today than ever before.

Every major religion has warnings about storing wealth in things that can be destroyed, stolen, or corrupted. Yet somehow we convinced ourselves that numbers in a bank account controlled by people we’ve never met is “safe.” Your savings account isn’t protected by deposit insurance, it’s protected by the full faith and credit of a government $38 trillion in debt. Read that again and tell me where the safety is.

Your dollars are losing value by design. Your kids are being indoctrinated (educated) by design. Both systems were built by people who don’t have your family’s best interests in mind. You can opt out of both. Most people won’t. And that’s your advantage.

If my wife and I weren’t homeschooling our kids, the world would teach them to seek approval. My job is to teach them to seek truth. One makes them dependent on crowds. The other sets them up to succeed in a world that craves compliance. But I don’t want to raise people-pleasers.  I want to raise independent kids who can stand for truth, even if it means standing alone.

That time @88_sats waxed me in 100F weather I am coming for you Jor.

10/10 underrated game My first time playing this was with my kids. And I didn't win Not sure if that's a good or bad thing lol

Unpopular take: monarchs have better incentive alignment than democracies. Why? Their legacy is their children’s inheritance. They think in generations, not election cycles. Our democracy has leaders who think in quarters and produce citizens who can’t think past next month. We traded long-term vision for short-term wins. We need structures that reward long-term thinking again. What do you think that looks like?

Unpopular take: monarchs have better incentive alignment than democracies. Why? Their legacy is their children's inheritance. They think in generations, not election cycles. Our democracy has leaders who think in quarters and produces citizens who can't think past next month. We traded long-term vision for short-term wins.  We need structures that reward long-term thinking again. What do you think that looks like?

Every central bank in history has eventually chosen inflation over stability. Not necessarily because they're evil,   but because the incentive structure requires it. The problem was never the people. It was the system. Bitcoin changes the incentive structure at the foundation.

The Bible is clear: store treasures that can't be destroyed. For centuries, that meant land, gold, skills. But throughout history we have seen people strategize and find ways to destroy (centralize) these assets. Thankfully, there's a monetary network that can't be confiscated, diluted, or controlled by rule changers. I truly believe God gives us tools to steward wisely, and for me, one of those tools is bitcoin.

Society rewards you for being predictable and punishes you for being sovereign. That's not an accident. The question is: are you willing to pay the short-term cost of independence for the long-term gain of freedom? Most people aren't. That's your edge.

2026 Mantra: Stack sats. Pray more. Hug your kids. Ignore the noise. The signal has never been clearer.

True wealth has 4 parts: - Spiritual peace. - Physical health. - Time with family. - Hard money in cold storage. If you’re missing one, you’re not rich yet.

In 2025, my wife and I learned something that changed how we see everything: Not everything is permanent. Some relationships are seasonal. Some friendships are long-term, but not lifelong. Some communities shape you deeply, then release you. That’s hard to accept, especially if you value loyalty and roots. But permanence isn’t the same as significance. Some of the most meaningful seasons of our lives came from people and places that were never meant to last forever. They did their job. They prepared us for what came next. Letting go isn’t failure. It’s alignment changing. Long-term doesn’t always mean permanent, but it can still be formative and worth everything you gave it. We learned that together in 2025.

A circular bitcoin economy isn’t ideological, it’s practical. When value moves peer-to-peer, more value stays in the community and communities strengthen and intermediaries lose power. That’s not radical. It’s how money used to work.

In 2025, my wife and I decided to start homeschooling. That decision came with a lot of opinions. “Won’t they miss out socially?” “What about structure, standards, college?” What most people don’t realize is that the traditional education system isn’t optimized for learning, it’s optimized for scale, compliance, and corporate hell. Homeschooling flips that. Kids learn faster because they’re not dragged at the pace of the slowest in the classroom and because curiosity isn’t punished. They develop agency because learning becomes something they own, not something done to them. There’s more time for deep focus, more room for real-world skills. More space for values, faith, and critical thinking to actually take place. Education shouldn’t be about memorizing answers, it should be about learning how to think. The intentionality we have with homeschooling gives our kids an edge. And in a world that increasingly rewards independent thinkers, that matters more than ever.

Building @BitcoinWell started with a simple question: If Bitcoin is about sovereignty, why do so many companies still hold customers’ bitcoin? Bitcoin Well was built non-custodial by design, even though it’s harder and slower. No custody. No rehypothecation. No seizure risk.  Control stays with the customer. There are easier business models. Custody is one of them. But it recreates the fragility Bitcoin was meant to fix. Non-custodial isn’t a feature. It’s the foundation.

Legacy isn’t what you accumulate and leave behind. It’s what empowers the next generation and remains stable after you’re gone.