Several months ago, I was speaking with a friend of mine about bitcoin and sound money more broadly.
He has a degree in econ and was skeptical of the things I was saying. However, the one thing he couldn't get around was the NGU aspect. So, skeptical of sound money as a concept or not, he bought some bitcoin (just in case it catches on, you know?).
Since the time the be bought, as you might guess, he's down in dollar terms.
But, after getting some skin in the game, and after countless hours of us discussing politics, he really looked into this whole sound money thing. He kept challenging his own fiat beliefs and now believes that without sound money, we can't fix the world.
It's not about NGU anymore. Sure, he understands that NGU for bitcoin is most likely inevitable and he gets the reasons why. But he also understands (and his understanding keeps getting deeper) that fiat is a prime cause of many of the issues that distrub him.
We were on the phone yesterday and he asked me if I would answer some questions that his girlfriend had about bitcoin. Of course, I was happy to do so.
Now, she'll be reading Broken Money (which he got for Christmas).
There's no profound lesson here or anything. I'm just really happy about the whole thing and wanted to share.
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I hope things go well for the people of Venezuela. I truly do.
know that US adventurism rarely works out well, but I hope this one does.
I don't support this. I don't want the US involved in other countries.
But I hole the best for the people.
I'm always on the side of the innocent people just stuck with governments.
Using a coinjoin for the first time, I now know to to start new people with this. They will panic. I would have.
That being said, everything is going smoothly. I'm just glad I'm not entirely new.
As I'm testing things, I gotta say it's kind on wild watching all this bitcoin stuff happen in real time.
After finishing setting up a old laptop specifically for all of my bitcoin related needs, something in my brain wants me to set up a computer specifically for all of my firearms related needs.
But what can a computer do for my firearms related needs?
(this note started out as a joke and now I'm really thinking about it)
As it looks like the world is going to keep heating up and it looks like the banks are going to keep blowiing up, I don't know if I'm glad that I finally read The Fourth Turning, but I know that that model keeps proving to be useful.
Well, after years of not doing it, I finished my setup of my bitcoin node/bitcoin only laptop. I'm not a great computer guy these days and it took a lot of trial and error, headaches, profanity, and copious amounts of conciliatory beer. But... it's done. And it feel good.
Now, I'm back on nostr (not that I was ever much of a presence here) and I think I'm going to start using it.
So, if you happen to follow me here, I guess you should get ready to see my thoughts (feel free to ignore them. I won't be offended).
So, now to decide what I want to boradcast to the world.
It's a "print-a-pew" kind of day.
I came here over a year ago for the bitcoin community but haven't been paying close attention for a while.
Does anyone know of 2A and 3D2A npubs that I can follow? I still love bitcoin but DCAing means that I have more free thinking time to dedicate up other interests.
So, it's been a long time since posted, but I'm back to ask a question:
What's the thinking in the best cold storage wallet?
After some issues (having a stroke... zero stars. Do not recommend), I'm in a position to get back to looking at protecting what I own and I don't trust my current approach (ledger).
Help, please.
Does anyone have a list of good accounts to follow? Especially anything that posts news?
I've largely been off of all forms of social media for nearly a month. I'm sure nostr had grown quite a bit while I've been doing other things.
Thanks, friends.
Things I have learned since starting a garden:
1) Everyone, I mean everyone, is an expert on gardening. You don't even have to ask them. As soon as they find out you have a garden, they're going to tell you exactly what you're doing wrong.
2) None of the experts, which again, seems to be everyone, agree on anything except that plants exist.
3) Apparently, some plants don't care if I know what I'm doing or not. They're going to grow if you get them near the ground. Some of these plants can also decide to grow 20 feet from where you plant them, which is really fascinating since they're, you know, plants.
I've been incredibly busy and mostly without internet for the past week. What did I miss?
There's a fair amount of talk about anime profile pics. So, I will state for the record that:
A) my profile pic is an original work that was created by a friend as a cartoonization of me for a now an comic that she started to make. It's her representation of me as a cartoon.
B) I very much like some anime. I also like works out of most genre's. None of that defines me as a human being. While I think it's a mistake for anyone to base their personality off of any one thing, I also believe that it's a mistake to read too deeply into someone else's taste.
For example, I sometimes have a framed photograph of a pile of dog shit on display in home. Why? Well, that photograph was a running joke between a close friend of mine who was a professional photographer at one point in his life and my father who as an amateur photographer for most of his life. They are both now deceased. Sometimes, I sit that picture out to remind myself of the good times the three of us had together. Sometimes, I put the photo up because it makes me sad. But, if someone sees it they are free to ask why I have a framed photo of dog shit. They are also free to pass judgment on me without we've knowing why I have it. It's really up to them. If they ask I will tell them stories of two brilliant and hilarious people. If they pass silent judgement, they'll never know anything about these people and it will be their loss, not mine.
Snap decision making without context can be incredibly bad uses of heuristics. I'll concede, it can be necessary at times. But, in my experience, it often just leads to wasted time arguing from a place of intentional ignorance or opportunities missed while attempting broad generalizations in classifying human beings.
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