I think of this often. My hatred for the corruption of the current system we live under has become much of who I am. I’ve tried so hard to dissolve my ego and let it go but I can’t. The friends I’ve lost, the families I’ve seen destroyed. I want vengeance. The closer I get to breaking free from the system that tried to kill me, the more the survivors guilt creeps up and tries to pull me back down. I’ve tried many times to talk to myself and reason with my ego to prepare for the loss of self that I will feel when I can truly let go of the hate, the rage… but whenever I get close, that part of me lashes out with authority and lets me know it has no interest in going quietly. I guess it comes down to what is success? what is failure? It’s unique to all of us. For me it’s will allow myself to be truly happy? I honestly don’t know if I’m capable. View quoted note →

Hang around the dreamers if you want to dream. Imo there is no bigger “community” of dreamers than bitcoiners. Pushing one another, sharpening one another and dreaming together. On the quest for truth, self mastery and a brighter future you’ll leave many on the shores. Onward.

This is what happens when you type in ALL CAPS for years. It takes a toll on a man. Could he go back to lower case? sure. Would it help? Sure. But he would lose himself in the process. All caps ain’t for the faint of heart. View quoted note →

Sometimes I have stuff to say followed by very long periods of having absolutely nothing to say… idk

Energy is agnostic. It doesn’t know good or bad, it only knows how to create, it can’t even be destroyed. It can destroy, but through that destruction a new iteration of energy will emerge. We are not agnostic. Thoughts themselves are electrical impulses. I can make the case that the human brain evolved to give meaning to energy. To give meaning to all of creation. Choosing how we use our energy is basically all we have. Our time on Earth derives its value by how good we are at using our energy towards things that matter to us. If we exchange our time and energy and achieve a desired result, that was a good use of energy to us. If we exchange our time and energy and get an undesirable result, that energy was wasted according to us. No choice matters more to the quality of a person’s life than how he or she chooses to use their energy. We all know this. And we all think deeply about how we choose to use our time, our energy. When someone chooses to use their energy to earn paper money and then trade that money for #Bitcoin, that person has decided that this is the VERY BEST use of their energy. And because so many of us are making that choice every single day, in the face of very hard economical decisions, we are giving Bitcoin its value. Digital scarcity is nothing without US. It’s valuable because we say so, we are putting our life force behind it and into it. The world does not understand yet that this is the type of capital that is locked within #Bitcoin. It’s the opposite of dumb money, the opposite of a bubble asset. It’s DEEP and it’s only begun. Our stories have barely begun being written, but by the time they are done everyone will know how wisely we used our energy.

All money is a shared delusion. So I choose the most beautiful delusion that has the ability to spin a story of love, optimism and hope for the future #Bitcoin

The reason I like this framing is I think that non bitcoiners can grasp it. They can’t grasp “buying manhattan real estate in cyberspace”.. that means so little to the average person. But if they ask you, why does it have value and you say that you know someone that moved half way across the country, ( @Lauren of Light ☀️) leaving their family behind so that they could take on a job with better pay to stack #Bitcoin ₿ harder.. that makes them wonder. If you tell them you know someone that is X military that quit his good paying job and go all in on a #Bitcoin ₿ business ( @proofofink )that makes them think. When you tell them you know people that are working as hard as possible to get even a fraction of a bitcoin, maybe it sparks them as to why. These are the dollars that were traded for sats and are locked within bitcoin’s market cap. The energetic output of so many people that want a way out of this fiat system. The energetic output of so many people that just want something that can help them keep up with inflationary, paper money. Trying anything they can to save themselves and save their families. It’s DEEP. It’s DENSE. it is unique to almost every other asset on earth. View quoted note →