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Andrew Howard
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https://twitter.com/Andrew_J_Howard Truth fears no questions. CBO of JAN3. Founder of Bitcoin Network San Miguel de Allende. Marine veteran. Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. Carnivore. Bitcoin Class of 2017.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
Took my wife and baby to this awesome hotel in Mexico that accepts #bitcoin. More cool stuff too: -Seed oils prohibited; everything cooked in butter/ghee/lard -Not one fluorescent light in the entire building -Banner at the bar that says "Tierra & Libertad" (Land & Liberty) Name of the hotel is “Hacienda Eden” located in Troncones, Guerrero right on the beach. Not everything is clown world. Nature is healing. image
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
I've been working on building a business which I believe will vastly improve the state of home defense in Mexico. It's not directly #bitcoin related, however: 1. The company will accept bitcoin payments. 2. The product will keep bitcoiners (and anyone else too) safer in Mexico. Now currently looking to raise capital. If anyone happens to know investors who may be interested, any introductions would be greatly appreciated!
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
Worldwide #bitcoin adoption will eventually turn "citizens" into “customers". Few understand this.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
Dang it I just accidentally posted the same thing 3 separate times again. Nostr makes me feel like a boomer.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
Some things I've learned after hodling #bitcoin since early 2017: 1. Never believe anyone's price predictions. 2. Don't "diversify" into other cryptos; none of them are actually decentralized, everything except bitcoin is a shitcoin (yes, really), and it's all gambling. The point of bitcoin is not gambling, but to end modern day slavery (fiat currency). 3. When everyone you know is talking about bitcoin, you're at the top of a bull market. You'll likely be too exuberant to realize it though. It will be obvious in hindsight. 4. Don't "trade some altcoins on the side to get more bitcoin". You are not that smart, and the overwhelming probability is that you will get wrecked. 5. DCA into bitcoin. Ignore your emotions. Don't try to time the market. Just stack what you can every paycheck. 6. Don't be too excited about bitcoin; people will feel like you're scamming them even though you're just trying help. 7. Go to meetups & conferences. Don't be isolated. Bitcoiners are generally very awesome people. 8. When people ask you about how to buy bitcoin, send them to a BITCOIN-ONLY company. Example for why: My cousin bought bitcoin (on Coinbase) during the bull market, then sold it for shiba on the same platform and now she pretty much lost everything. Bitcoin-only companies are the safest option to keep newbies from doing newbie things. 9. Be on #bitcoin twitter and nostr. Obviously if you're reading this, you're already here...but I didn't get on twitter until 2020 and can tell you that it's a lot less lonely hodling bitcoin when you see a bunch of other people on this platform experiencing the same things you are. 10. Be skeptical of influencers. Even me (I'm not a huge account, but still). Some are good, some are bad. Even if they have good intentions, their judgement can be clouded by bad incentives. 11. Stop trying to convince everyone you know that bitcoin will make everything better (even though it will). Instead, be a good resource for the people who eventually reach out to you about it. Be known as "the bitcoin guy" and let people come to you when they're ready. Have good content prepared for them to read/watch when they do. That is all. It's been a great ride so far and I'm happy to know you guys.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
Some things I've learned after hodling #bitcoin since early 2017: 1. Never believe anyone's price predictions. 2. Don't "diversify" into other cryptos; none of them are actually decentralized, everything except bitcoin is a shitcoin (yes, really), and it's all gambling. The point of bitcoin is not gambling, but to end modern day slavery (fiat currency). 3. When everyone you know is talking about bitcoin, you're at the top of a bull market. You'll likely be too exuberant to realize it though. It will be obvious in hindsight. 4. Don't "trade some altcoins on the side to get more bitcoin". You are not that smart, and the overwhelming probability is that you will get wrecked. 5. DCA into bitcoin. Ignore your emotions. Don't try to time the market. Just stack what you can every paycheck. 6. Don't be too excited about bitcoin; people will feel like you're scamming them even though you're just trying help. 7. Go to meetups & conferences. Don't be isolated. Bitcoiners are generally very awesome people. 8. When people ask you about how to buy bitcoin, send them to a BITCOIN-ONLY company. Example for why: My cousin bought bitcoin (on Coinbase) during the bull market, then sold it for shiba on the same platform and now she pretty much lost everything. Bitcoin-only companies are the safest option to keep newbies from doing newbie things. 9. Be on #bitcoin twitter and nostr. Obviously if you're reading this, you're already here...but I didn't get on twitter until 2020 and can tell you that it's a lot less lonely hodling bitcoin when you see a bunch of other people on this platform experiencing the same things you are. 10. Be skeptical of influencers. Even me (I'm not a huge account, but still). Some are good, some are bad. Even if they have good intentions, their judgement can be clouded by bad incentives. 11. Stop trying to convince everyone you know that bitcoin will make everything better (even though it will). Instead, be a good resource for the people who eventually reach out to you about it. Be known as "the bitcoin guy" and let people come to you when they're ready. Have good content prepared for them to read/watch when they do. That is all. It's been a great ride so far and I'm happy to know you guys.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
Some things I've learned after hodling #bitcoin since early 2017: 1. Never believe anyone's price predictions. 2. Don't "diversify" into other cryptos; none of them are actually decentralized, everything except bitcoin is a shitcoin (yes, really), and it's all gambling. The point of bitcoin is not gambling, but to end modern day slavery (fiat currency). 3. When everyone you know is talking about bitcoin, you're at the top of a bull market. You'll likely be too exuberant to realize it though. It will be obvious in hindsight. 4. Don't "trade some altcoins on the side to get more bitcoin". You are not that smart, and the overwhelming probability is that you will get wrecked. 5. DCA into bitcoin. Ignore your emotions. Don't try to time the market. Just stack what you can every paycheck. 6. Don't be too excited about bitcoin; people will feel like you're scamming them even though you're just trying help. 7. Go to meetups & conferences. Don't be isolated. Bitcoiners are generally very awesome people. 8. When people ask you about how to buy bitcoin, send them to a BITCOIN-ONLY company. Example for why: My cousin bought bitcoin (on Coinbase) during the bull market, then sold it for shiba on the same platform and now she pretty much lost everything. Bitcoin-only companies are the safest option to keep newbies from doing newbie things. 9. Be on #bitcoin twitter and nostr. Obviously if you're reading this, you're already here...but I didn't get on twitter until 2020 and can tell you that it's a lot less lonely hodling bitcoin when you see a bunch of other people on this platform experiencing the same things you are. 10. Be skeptical of influencers. Even me (I'm not a huge account, but still). Some are good, some are bad. Even if they have good intentions, their judgement can be clouded by bad incentives. 11. Stop trying to convince everyone you know that bitcoin will make everything better (even though it will). Instead, be a good resource for the people who eventually reach out to you about it. Be known as "the bitcoin guy" and let people come to you when they're ready. Have good content prepared for them to read/watch when they do. That is all. It's been a great ride so far and I'm happy to know you guys.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
We've been shouting for years @Bitcoin Reserve that we have our own infrastructure, but nobody cared until about 6 months ago when things changed. A Prime example of the Ripple effect, I guess. Good to build your own Fortress.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
A rant on the military and #bitcoin: If the military actually had righteous efforts, I'm pretty sure I'd still be in the Marines and would serve a full 20-year term. Jumping out of planes, shooting guns, suffering/training with your bros and perfecting the art of being a warrior is unlike nothing else. I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss these things from time to time. It is a shame that this profession can't be pursued for honorable goals at this point. The enticement that any male with functioning testosterone levels has for these activities is virtuous. Men innately want to protect others and do cool stuff. Unfortunately, these virtuous desires are perverted by the military industrial complex to get them fighting and dying for bull shit wars and globohomo. Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler has two great quotes on this: “I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers." “I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.” Smedley Butler was one of the most decorated Marines in history. They teach you about him in bootcamp but conveniently leave out the part where he got out of the military and became an anti-war advocate. Reasons like this are why I've dedicated so much of my life to spreading #bitcoin adoption over the last few years. I see it as an honorable cause and a bloodless revolution which will ultimately free humanity from central banking. #Bitcoin adoption puts an end to pointless wars, and it frees the common man from modern day slavery (fiat currency). Bitcoin adoption has been my new “mission" in life. Under a #bitcoin standard, war would be very, very expensive and the state would have to directly tax its citizens in order to fund the war...instead of putting future generations in crippling debt in order to receive war spending immediately. Under the fiat system we're currently in, the state can use its monopoly on the money supply to fund any war it desires, without the consent of its citizens. It is inevitable that special interests and internationalists would gain control over this monopoly and use it to have other naive young men fight and die for their own demented purposes. This must be stopped, and the only viable way I believe it can be stopped is through society at large opting out of fiat currency and into #bitcoin. If nobody values their money, they can't use it to pay for pointless wars. They *can* print as much as they want, but under a #bitcoin standard they *can't* use what they've printed to pay for their own sick and twisted goals. Under a #bitcoin standard, the state printing money to pay for a war would be the equivalent of me printing "Andrew Bucks" with my home printer and trying to get everyone to accept it. It simply wouldn't be possible. THEIR MONEY ONLY HAS VALUE BECAUSE OF OUR CONSENT. A peaceful revolution is a lot better than a violent one. #Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution. image
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
The World Health Organization, Johnson & Johnson, Amazon and Google all partnered to launch an anti-tobacco program. I don't know about you, but I'm so happy they're teaming up against evil tobacco because they love us so much and always have our best interest in mind. Really though, please ask yourself the following question: Do these organizations truly care about your health? (Anyone with a functioning brain cell will answer "no") Therefore, please ask yourself this next question: If these organizations do NOT actually have your best interest in mind, why do they have such a fervent motivation to antagonize tobacco? And a final question: Is it possible that your negative viewpoint on tobacco is a result of the influence from decades of bans, deceptive marketing and The Science™️? #MakeTobaccoGreatAgain image
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
The plant on the left was the backbone of America. It was even used as currency for a short period of time during the Revolutionary War. The plant on the right is destroying America. Tobacco is the remedy for low T and the enemy of globalism. Weed is a shitcoin that makes you lazy, low T, and dumb.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
For a while now, I've been saying there are major parallels between #bitcoin and #jiujitsu. Unfortunately, shitcoin companies are catching on to this too... Left: Most popular jiu-jitsu show, "Who's Number One"...sponsored by Tezos. Right: World's most dominant jiu-jitsu athlete, Gordon Ryan...sponsored to wear a BitcoinCash shirt. #Bitcoin companies need to hop on this. We must do better.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
#Bitcoin isn't real because it's not physical... Same thing with 2+2=4 Stupid bitcoiners!
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
The most meaningful things in life require work. This has been an observable fact since the dawn of human existence. #Bitcoin 's consensus mechanism, "Proof-of-Work", is a digital manifestation of this real-world principle. This is also why the dollar, euro, peso, and all other fiat currencies inevitably have and will be guaranteed to be worthless over a long enough timeframe. They require no work to produce and can therefore be easily created to satisfy the interests of those who have a monopoly over them (central bankers, governments and whoever else is in the club).
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
What even is a Dorito? What even is Coca-Cola? If you don't know or care about what you're putting in your body, you likely won't care enough about much else in life either. Food is deeply spiritual. Your physical appearance is indicative of your mental health.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
A retirement plan so good that the government forces you to participate in it. image
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
"There is power in a pause" When speaking, silence is power.
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
Zaps from fellow plebs on #Nostr > Revenue share from annoying ads on #Twitter
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AndrewHoward 2 years ago
If I had a #bitcoin for every "professional" on LinkedIn who thinks they know everything about bitcoin yet doesn't know anything about it at all, I'd definitely have over 21 million #bitcoin. I once again share my Dunning-Kruger effect in bitcoin visual. #Bitcoin kills hubris. image