Traditional FIRE is built on a solid foundation: cut expenses, boost savings, automate investments, let compounding work. It's a proven path to reclaim your time. But the entire strategy rests on assumptions. That inflation stays contained. That markets perform as expected. That you can access your wealth when needed. That the rules don't change. Your FIRE portfolio lives in permissioned environments. Brokerages. Tax-advantaged accounts. Real estate. All governed by systems you don't control. When the U.S. suspended required minimum distributions in 2020, it wasn't catastrophic. But it proved the point: governments rewrite rules under pressure. Your 401(k) only works if the system cooperates. Bitcoin removes this vulnerability. Self-custodied, borderless, immune to monetary debasement. You don't need permission from brokers, banks, or central planners to access your wealth. And the asymmetry changes the timeline. With a fixed supply of 21 million and rising global demand, bitcoin can cut your path to financial independence in half. Same discipline, faster results. You don't need to abandon traditional FIRE. But upgrading the foundation from permissioned to sovereign wealth makes the entire strategy more resilient—and potentially faster.

📶 Financial Independence, Upgraded

FIRE BTC Issue #30 - Taking financial freedom to the next level