hi, after two years of posting weekly i have decided to take a break. i want to focus on decentralizing btc isla (the actual circular economy) and im going to rebrand this channel to Be Ultimate. i want to share my journey on being the best version of myself in hope to inspire you to do the same. and since all roads lead to bitcoin, freedom money will always be part of the story. ever since the bitcoin circular economy started, we have had the privilege to welcome thousands of bitcoiners to the island. and most that have been part of our story, have left with a fire inside them to change their lives. that is what i want to achieve with my next chapter. i will still be using this channel, i want you to continue to be part of my journey. so, i ask for you to wait for me when i come back. i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart all the way to the top for joining every friday since 2024. you have become my muse, my fuel and part of my life. i hope you have enjoyed my videos as my as i liked making them. but imma be real, putting out a weekly show at that production is exhausting. since i never took a week off, i realized it affected my drive. part of life is knowing when to take a break. so, this is NOT a goodbye. its a wait for me because ill be back soon. :) - isa

June 2026: 45 merchants accepting Bitcoin in Isla Mujeres. We managed to onboard 15 of them in one single month. The person who made it happen flew in from Paraguay, door by door, in 35-degree Caribbean heat. Contrary to what everyone thinks we built through the bear market, because I will forever die on that hill. Bare market art for building So, this is how we 3x'd merchant adoption on a tiny island in the middle of the Mexican Caribbean. 🧵 First of all we have a great fucking team. Huge shout out to my boy Vince, who has been part of @btcisla family for 2 years. He is originally from France… The Bitcoin-hating capital of the world, luckily he was able to escape recently. But that's a story for another time. It is safe to say that he cared about this island more than most people who actually live here. In March I called him: "What if you came for a month and helped us onboard merchants on the ground?" He said yes before I finished the sentence. His first day on the island, we handed him a scooter. His orange pill mobile. He rode through the streets, the narrow ones, past the food carts, past the hotels, frente al mar… and then he started seeing them. Bitcoin stickers. On actual merchant windows. For the first time in his life as a Bitcoiner, he could eat breakfast, grab a coffee, get dinner…no bank, currency conversion, or asking if they take card. Just Bitty. Two years of believing in something from a screen and finally, he was living it on a scooter in the Caribbean sun. Day one, he went straight to Avenida Lopez Mateos. A long street of food carts in the north of the island. Carritos lining the road, vendors setting up for the night, smoke from the grills, locals walking through. 2 carts there were already accepting Bitcoin. He confirmed they were still active, perfect social proof. Then he noticed the young man next to Jose's carrito. Setting up for the night and the guy obviously looked like he'd been listening. So, Vince walked over. In his mind this was the perfect guy to onboard. Showed him the BTC Isla map. Had him download a wallet. Walked him through send, receive, the QR code. Ten minutes. That’s all it took for Merchant #1 of the month of June. Who are we kidding? Obviously it wasn't smooth sailing from there on… it’s not like every door opened. He has thousands turn him down. Literally, in one of the ice cream shop when the owner heard the word "Bitcoin" mid-sentence… Made him stop talking and pointed straight to the exit to kick him out and that's when it hit Vince… Satoshi’s iconic line: "If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you." Rejection is part of the game guys. Every no is just a door you don't have to stand in front of anymore…on to the next one. Here's the thing nobody tells you about orange pilling strangers in 35-degree heat. Every single merchant, yes or no, offered him something: Water. Fresh juice. Coffee. Tacos. Burgers. But who would have thought? A French guy showing up to a small business on a Caribbean island asking them to change how they think about money. And every single one of them, gave them the most important currency of them all… their time. That's Mexico… that's Isla Mujeres for you. The kindness here is not an accident it's the whole point. Look, everyone said wait for the bull market to grow. Hype, FOMO, a lot of different feelings going on… BUT, here's what they get wrong: During the bull, merchants are suspicious. They think they missed the boat. The price is the headline and they have no time. During the bear? Inflation is grinding them down. Chargebacks are killing their margins. Banks are charging fees on fees. They have time, they have a reason to listen, theres no pressure, no drastic price drops. That being said, 45 merchants didn't happen in spite of the bear market. They happened because of it. I will forever die on the hill that the bear market is for building. Always has been.

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In 5 years, here's what we're building toward: — 150 merchants across the island — A Bitcoin school with weekly classes and a real curriculum — 4 Bitcoin Boot Camps a year — one every quarter — Monthly community meetups, documented and growing — A BTC Isla original Bitcoin conference, right here on the island — The Bitcoin Café as a self-sustaining permanent institution — A replicable, exportable framework other communities can copy Picture it: a Caribbean corridor running on Bitcoin. Tourists planning trips specifically to live on a Bitcoin standard. Kids on the island growing up knowing how money actually works. — We're celebrating all of this Monday. June 29. Merchant meetup on the island. 🍔 Burgers 2x1 — yes we accept Bitcoin 📍 Bitcoin Café, Isla Mujeres 45 merchants. Come see what building during the bear looks like in real life. We'll save you a burger. ⚡

We have had so many power outages in the last week on the island. Especially compared to last year, and the year before And that gets me thinking the only major change we’ve really had in the last couple years is the increase in data centers, so are the data centers sucking that much energy? Which now brings me to my next question everyone was giving Bitcoin mining facilities shit for consuming so much energy. If I not mistaken, it was like the biggest reason why Bitcoin should not exist was because it was harming the planet. I have yet to see these environmentalist talk about data centers. Don’t get me wrong I love AI, but I’m just brain dumping here.

I <3 VPNs

I don’t know who needs to hear this but namecheap.com is cheaper than godaddy.com for domain shopping. You are welcome.

I always heard, if you dont have nothing nice to say dont say it at all… BUT DAMN, some people just be giving SUCH BAD VIBES and I cannot shake that feeling…..

We officially hit 45 merchants in BTC ISLA! Isla Mujeres is becoming one of the most Bitcoin-friendly places on the planet. To celebrate, we're hosting a Bitcoin Meetup on June 29th from 5–7pm at the Bitcoin Café in Isla Mujeres. If you're in town, you're invited. Come meet the merchants, connect with the community, and see what a circular #Bitcoin economy looks like IRL. (It helps if you come and spend bitcoin at these new locations, it motivates the merchants!) This is just the beginning. 🌴₿

Bear markets are for building. THIS is the best time to orangepill merchants.

Lovely, our floor gym broke and we realized they only made the cement 1 inch thick. Welcome to a third world country 🫶

Name a worst feeling than coming home from a trip and getting sick when you have a shit ton of stuff to do and you can’t do them because you don’t feel 100%

americas food is so bad that norway literally shipped 2,000 lbs of their own food to the world cup to avoid eating it 300kg of salmon. 116kg of cheese. 6,000 oranges. 3 chefs flown in from home. But they're not crazy… because here's what's actually in american food: 🇺🇸 the US approves 10,000+ food additives 🇪🇺 the EU bans 1,300+ of them red dye #3 — linked to cancer. banned in europe. in your maraschino cherries. potassium bromate — linked to kidney damage. banned in europe. in your bread. azodicarbonamide — used to make yoga mats. banned in europe. in subway bread. brominated vegetable oil — linked to neurological damage. banned in europe. in your sports drinks. and dont get me started on the fake chicken, fish farms, eggs, fruit, veggies they have 60% of the average american diet is ultra-processed food glyphosate (a weed killer) has been found in 80% of americans' urine the US spends more on healthcare than any country in the world AND, heres the kicker, is still one of the sickest So imagine, norway packed a plane full of real food for 2 weeks meanwhile americans have been eating chemicals their entire life and wondering why everyone is exhausted, inflamed, and medicated by 40 …now depending on peptides to control the food addiction

This is so sad. People don't understand the basic principles of how money actually works. The US dollar has lost over 97% of its purchasing power since 1913, and that's thanks to the Federal Reserve. So those $1,000 weekly payments? They say 3% inflation like that's a safe assumption. It's not. The official CPI average since 1960 is 3.8%. But real-world costs… housing, healthcare, groceries… they have inflated closer to 5-7% annually for decades. And in just the last 4 years alone, cumulative inflation hit 23%. So 3% is the best case scenario. And even at 3% she needs to live 29 more years just to collect $1M in real purchasing power. If she's 40 today, she has to make it to age 69. If she's 45, she's praying she sees 74. At 23% inflation, which is what we actually experienced the last few years, she never gets there. EVER The math is brutal: - Her $1,000/week is worth $813 in real terms after just year 1 - By year 5 it's worth $355 - By year 10 it's worth $126 - By year 20 it's worth $16 Even if she collects for the full 20 years, she'll have received $1,040,000 on paper. But in real purchasing power? $222,488. That's it. Less than a quarter million in actual value. In exchange for 20 years of waiting. Damn thats sad. At 23% inflation, the maximum her payments are ever worth in real terms… even if she lives forever is $226,087. The math literally caps out there. She can never reach $1M in real value. Not in any number of years. The truth is the lottery didn't give her $1M. They gave her $226K disguised as a million, paid out slowly enough that most people never notice. The lump sum was always the right answer. Not to spend BUT to put to work. $1M in Bitcoin in 2020 would be worth over $5M today. In 2017, over $30M. Nothing has outperformed Bitcoin over any 4-year window in its entire history. But the crazy part is the lottery isn't even paying her with money they have. They're paying her with the tickets you and I bought last week. It reminds me of social security lol. Collect from people today. Promise to pay others tomorrow. Hope nobody does the math. They collect billions, pay out slowly over decades while inflation does the work for them, and pocket the difference. The money is never sitting in a vault with her name on it. Brenda, I hope someone tells you before year 5. Because the system just played you… AGAIN.

Nostr, I have been scared to ask this because I (almost) always get the truth. But I have to ask, what are your thoughts on peptides? Are they worth it?

HOLY SH*T. there was an earthquake on the island. how is that even possible?

Anyone else experiencing drastic life changing changes lately?

Today my country Peru is making one of the most important decisions in its history. I've watched Peru become a political punchline for the last decade. We’ve had 9 presidents in 10 years. NINE. But that's not even the most insane part. Every elected Peruvian president since 1985 is either in jail, has been in jail, or has faced arrest. Lets go down memory lane: Alberto Fujimori — 25 years in prison for human rights violations and corruption. Alejandro Toledo — sentenced to 20 years for money laundering. Spent years hiding in the US before being extradited back to Peru. Alan García — two-time president. Shot himself in the head the moment police came to arrest him for corruption. Died. Ollanta Humala — sentenced to 15 years for money laundering linked to Venezuela and Brazil's Odebrecht scandal. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski — resigned, arrested, sentenced. House arrest at 80 years old. Martín Vizcarra — impeached, banned from public office. Pedro Castillo — tried to dissolve Congress in a live TV address, was arrested the same day, sentenced to prison. Peru even built a special jail exclusively for ex-presidents … This is a country where power itself has become a crime scene. And today, AGAIN Peruvians are being asked to choose between two options: Keiko Fujimori. Hard right. Daughter of a convicted authoritarian who ruled by fear, forced sterilizations, and death squads. She's been on trial for corruption herself three times. This is her fourth attempt at the presidency. Roberto Sánchez. Hard left. Calling for a new constitution, restructuring the economy, and redistribution. The kind of language that sounds like justice to a desperate population. Here's what nobody wants to say out loud: When a country is THIS unstable, THIS exhausted, THIS broken that's exactly when the left wins. Not because people want socialism nor because they studied Venezuela or Cuba or Nicaragua. Because people are so shattered by decades of corruption, betrayal, and chaos that they will vote for ANYTHING that promises something different. That's a historical pattern that has repeated itself across Latin America for 60 years. The conditions don't start with a dictator. They start with a population that stopped believing anything could get better. They start with a people so beaten down they stop asking what is being promised and just need someone to promise something. I love Peru. I'm Peruvian. My family is Peruvian. I was born there. And that is exactly why this terrifies me. A beautiful country, with insane resources… The people of Peru don't need a new constitution. They need leaders who don't belong in a prison cell built specifically for leaders like them. History doesn't warn you twice. Pray for peru. 🇵🇪

During the @OsloFF there was a talk about the World Cup and there was an activist who has been locked down for speaking up about everything going on with FIFA and he mentioned how it was a huge business how FIFA uses a sport that everyone loves to profit billions of dollars. Today I realize you cannot use words "World Cup," "FIFA," "2026," "soccer," or anything related to the tournament in a commercial context without risking a huge FINE. I’m talking about $29 million pesos just for showing the games without authorization. Bavaria Beer had women arrested in a stadium in 2010 for wearing branded dresses FIFA filed criminal charges. FIFA is expected to make $11 billion from this tournament alone. A 56% increase from Qatar. This is crazy. So if you are a business owner stay safe out there.

Hi, we are on a streak here in BTC isla. One merchant per day since June 1st.

I am low-key tripping out. Because I just realized how censored we are being. Yesterday I was having a video call and I forgot to turn off the Gemini notes. And I realized everything was tracked when both parties recieved an inbox of the call summary itself. Then it clicked, everything that I talk to my bot about is also tracked. So now I'm going down this spiral on how I'm censoring myself based on everything that is tracking me. So unconsciously, I'm self-limiting myself because of the amount of tracking that is all around me. It's tripping me out how every conversation is tracked. I'm censoring myself. Without even realizing it. There are things I don't type. Thoughts I don't finish. Questions I don't ask out loud, because somewhere in the back of my mind I know something is recording it. That's a conditioned response to living in a world where nothing digital is private. The only thing that is truly untracked right now is pen and paper. We talk about freedom all the time in this space. Financial freedom, freedom from the system, sovereignty. But if you're unconsciously editing your own thoughts because you're afraid of who's watching, are you actually free? We went from worrying about wiretapping to carrying the wiretap in our pocket voluntarily and paying $999 for it. And then this morning, when I try to use my AI it logged me out, and I almost had a heart attack because I don't know how I would survive without AI. So now I'm not only dependent on a tool that tracks me, I'm afraid of losing it. Make that make sense. This is just a random food for thought.

who is the bitcoin hero this cycle? who we watching to get inspired?