I hate rules. It would be better if I could live however I wanted — I still think about that. But I understand that you can't simply abolish the rules that exist, just as I can't decree that, starting today, I will no longer obey the law of gravity because it oppresses me. That would be foolish — there would be consequences. Someone might say: "gravity stops me from flying" and revolt against it. But whoever stops revolting learns from it, grows stronger because of it. Because the law of gravity can make you stronger, if you know how to use it. You learn other laws — like aerodynamics — and you begin to fly. That is growth. Rules don't exist to frustrate you. They exist to make you grow further. You can't live without rules. You can only replace them. And more often than not, we replace them with the worst ones possible — the most destructive. #Philosophy #Freedom #Reflection

Someone very wise once said that, as lawlessness increases, the love of many will grow cold. My real struggle is to keep love from going cold — and to stop seeing people as merely skin. Without a compass, I am lost.

What is freedom? Have you ever thought about it? What I call freedom may not be what someone else calls freedom. Either freedom is subjective, with each person having their own private definition of it, or it is objective, yet difficult to grasp. It's like in The Matrix: for Neo, freedom was knowing the truth. For someone else, freedom was staying inside the Matrix. So what is freedom? If freedom is objective and we fail to understand it, then the problem lies within us, as we cling to illusion. If it is subjective, then freedom is relative. So, what is freedom? #freedom

Some days the mind disappears inside work. Tomorrow is Saturday — I was invited to have lunch at a friend's place. Thank God.

Fiat arrived. Took my cut. Stacked sats. Same as last month.

The war is no longer about who can speak. It's about proving you're the one who spoke. View article →

We all need mirrors — or someone to tell us where the flaw is in our clothing. That gives us social confidence. Who has never rushed out the door wearing their shirt inside out? Bringing this into the moral realm: we are not capable, on our own, of knowing where we truly stand. We need to see the reflection. And that reflection can be a person or Sacred Scripture — that which shows us what we really are. Before the moral mirror, we can have three attitudes: the first is the urge to break it, because it shows me exactly where I stand. The second is to despise it and say that I am fine just the way I am. The third — and the wisest — is to look seriously at where I am, find the courage to face what I see, and make the necessary corrections.

Good morning everyone, heading out to mine some FIAT.

What harms us is processed food. What is natural — what God created — is different. It is much easier to maintain your health and physical shape when you trust what nature provides.

Today at the office I met with a client who wanted a divorce from his wife. He told me a very heavy story. It all started with a betrayal on his part, which his wife discovered. After the discovery, instead of leaving, she proposed a deal: since she loved him very much, they would have an open relationship — as long as he agreed. He agreed, thinking he would benefit from it, since he had been eyeing other women. The deal included bringing their partners into the home where they lived. When he caught a glimpse through the crack of the door of his own wife in bed with another man, he saw the mistake he had allowed. He came to my office and hired me for the divorce. Not every story I hear does me good. #marriage

I learned not to create expectations. If I do something, I do it on principle — because I fear God, not expecting anything in return from men. And that sets me free. #Freedom

That parallel is exactly what drew me to write this. People already know how to build trust outside centralized systems — they've been doing it for decades. Bitcoin doesn't create that culture; it gives it new tools and removes many of the old barriers.

Not "Nostr is lawless." Not "Nostr solved it." The actual question: what is a decentralized protocol really building to handle bad actors — without a central authority to ban anyone? Specs verified. PRs checked. Gaps documented. Read it on Yakihonne. View article →

As a lawyer, I have seen and dealt with many types of people. Ordinary people, leaders — religious, corporate, political. People I sat across from, worked with, defended. And what I observe is this: people are capable of doing things that are not exactly admirable. This led me to analyze human beings and arrive at a diagnosis for everyone, no one excluded. Everyone has flaws. Everyone has some kind of difficulty, everyone carries something deep-rooted in the soul — everyone. Sometimes we think we are exempt, but we also have our blind spots, our own flaws. Sometimes my flaw looks nothing like someone else's, but it is still a flaw.