Nostr Series # 5 “The Night Is Darkest Just Before The Dawn”
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Legendary Again 🫡❤️🔥
Enjoying the hell out of these brother
What AI do you use for the rocket clips?
Hermoso amanecer 🌄😻
Your words hit like a quiet anthem when the night feels endless, it’s really the universe putting the clock hands closer to morning.
Darkness makes light sharper, and endurance makes renewal sweeter. Here’s to meeting the dawn not with relief alone, but with the strength we built surviving the night!
Good morning, Sir 🫡 🌅
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"The night is darkest just before the dawn” a line that always feels like it belongs both to poetry and to survival manuals. 🌌
Wisely vibe, Sir✨🎬❤️🔥
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Yeah, I hear the truth in this!🗯️🎞️
The darker the night, the more fragile we feel, and the closer we are to change. Dawn never rushes, yet it never fails to arrive. Maybe the real challenge isn’t surviving the dark it’s learning to trust the promise of light we can’t yet see. Every crash carries the seed of a rise, every silence the start of a new song. So let the night be as heavy as it wants; it only makes the first streak of sunlight impossible to ignore! A truly awesome Nostr Series # 5🫡 🔥
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Words worthy of respect ✊
The Night Is Darkest Just Before The Dawn that phrase carries weight, almost like a lantern swung in a storm!
Legends make rare✨💎🫡
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Legends make rare✨💎🫡
It’s a good myth though. Let’s run with it.
Holding tight through the dark makes the sunrise that much brighter✨🌅🫂
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I gotchu
Holding tight through the dark makes the sunrise that much brighter✨🌅
Don't give up!!!
Thank you…!
I’ve really had to put up a fight to combat the doomerism and dystopia amongst my peers.
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Audius
“Fight Me” - An Essay by Eugene Sparrow by Sparrow • Audius
Fight Me (Why your suffering isn’t saving anyone).
An essay by Eugene Sparrow
www.primal.net/Sparrow
www.write.as/eugenesparrow
This is really good. I enjoyed it, @HODL.
Bro, how often do people recognize you in public and thank you for your v-lawgs? I would shake your hand, but refuse a selfie.
I get recognized in public occasionally outside of bitcoin events, but usually only at Bitcoin events.
Thank you sir
Man you make your point
Makes total sense, we also are the median of the people we stand with in our lives, so let's go after what we want to see borning in the world for our family, our legacy
So that's it going nostr only!
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Dem feels… and yes engage on what matters couldn’t agree more! I didn’t ask to be the black sheep the odd one out the square peg it chose me but I won’t trade the truth, honesty and integrity for anything! Nice to mingle with fellow nutters out there!
THE BEST!!! 💪🐎🧡
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Fuck yeah, We are in the threshold! We can “see the other side” ’cause WE ARE the other side 🤔
[The 4th Turning is here]
20 February 2026 kicks off something marvelous. These next five months are the reset, the chance to look back and decide what doesn’t come with us to the next level—>> where we are still faking our authenticity, where we are still carrying weight that no longer belongs.
For those aware, it’s confirmation and continuation; for those just waking up, the light is pure joy.
Bitcoin and Nostr give people from every corner a way to collaborate without violence.
Who knew? I’m 61, escaped the matrix after 27 years in NYC, and Bitcoin offers the opportunity for me to synthesize my life; so another fuck yeah 👍
“Saving others” is an oxymoron.
Leading by example holds more power—>>and live and let live; after all, free will shows up through human action.
💥💥💥💥
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Darkness presses hardest when it knows it’s about to lose!
Every shadow is just light rehearsing its entrance!
The dawn isn’t late it’s exact!
Night teaches patience, dawn proves it was worth learning!
We don’t conquer the dark we outlast it!
LFG 🔥
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You men, gave my hubby and myself the courage to leave home…go find the beacon.
Aim high!!
I’m so grateful our kids are grown - for now we are happy to search for the FRONTIER.
So grateful 💜🧡
Every ending is a new beginning. A new world is unfolding before our eyes. And it’s absolutely beautiful. LFG!🔥
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thanks for the subtitles 🙌🏼
New world, struggling to be born
Not sure why you’re wearing sunglasses at sunset
Sunrise and it’s because I didn’t sleep so I look like shit and have bags under my eyes lol 😂
#stage three #Bitcoin
Roll your sleeves up ppl - it can happen because, optionality…takes discipline. Time. PoW!!!
Go hard - all gas - no brakes!
NO Permission required. 💪
We lead by example - but the reality of the hard work throws them!!!
Values have only ever been gifted to a certain amount of those, with courage.
Dreams must mirror actions or else you’re fuct!!!
Yes bruddah 🙌🏾
Awwww yeah, here we go sunglasses at Dawn
Where is my selfie stick?
Dammit now I seriously have to make my own song too to compete with you dammit.
Even when the darkness seems absolute, it’s just shaping the space for light. Every ending carries the hint of a beginning, and every night, no matter how long, bends toward dawn.
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I’m worried you’re gonna get bit by a rattlesnake
I can also tell you as someone who is about 20 years older than you this evolution has been going on for a long time. It’s like I was alive in the 70s when they were lines to get gas and you only had one car in your family. I was alive for the boom and the bust of many things and this is another one and all you can do is live your life for you and your family and do your very best and obviously that that’s what you’re doing so nice job @HODL
Another banger my friend.
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Choose where you focus your attention wisely.
“THIS THING IS CHANGING THE WORLD HOW COOL IS THAT” 🎵
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“10 steps to being retarded” 🫡
Thank You For Sharing, Sir @HODL 🫡
I'm waiting for HODL to start dressing like Swayze in Donnie Darko 
Censor this vlog no you can't, fuck you 🎵🎶
Darkness is not the end it’s the quiet before everything begins again! ➢
"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 🌐”
💯 🫡
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"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 🌐”
💯 🫡
Man this is the best one yet.
Love the intro & outro!
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II’m a normal weirdo too Brother 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤣
First off, I'm a big fan... and greatly appreciate your work. You get credit for convincing me to simply hodl and ignore the noise... and it has worked thus far. Thank you.
As for this vlog, I'm all on board with the message... helping to build and support nostr is an awesome way to keep the btc hope alive. With that said, I want to challenge you... maybe all of nostr... with a tldr post to help us all grow in the coming years.
"The entirety of western culture is corrupted and diseased... and I think, you know, we often talk about things dying, like things are in decay but... they may in fact actually be dead already." - HODL
Your quote above rings true for many of us on this platform. But I think we can agree that there is more to creating a better future than simply creating a better protocol/system. Part of the solution will be ignoring the old system when it comes begging for attention, and looking to co-opt what nostr has created.
An example of what I mean by this is that in 2028, I hope we don't see you and Erik Cason sitting down with Tulsi Gabbard again for an interview to discuss Washington DC corruption and why JD Vance would make a great president. If you're approached for another interview with her, I would like to see you both respond with middle fingers.
IOW, in order to move forward, we must leave the decayed, infested carcass behind, and instead celebrate and shine the light on the new path forward... nostr and a bitcoin standard. If we can assume that the old, dead fiat system will want a place at the new nostr table... then we need to prepare for it.
Anyway, I don't have all the answers, but I do feel that its important to have the discussions like this. And, if the ideological subversion of the US is complete... we need people brainstorming on all the solutions moving forward for the new path... wen creation of the first bitcoin think tank? You and Erik should be in it.
Thank you again for all you do for the bitcoin community!
Watched this and deleted twitter. Removed my twitter password from my password app.
Mentioned it to my wife and she said she’d had a similar moment of realisation earlier today and deleted Facebook.
Synchronicity is wild.
Fuck twitter
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Fun fact I was drunk and Eric was high during that tulsi interview lol 😂 we kind of stumbled our way into it. Trust me there was no planning or thought behind it on either of our parts lol
Great one. Still waiting for the drone 🚀
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holy shit I am the difficulty adjustment
Loving it! felt super relatable… only on Nostr this feels normal, everywhere else they’d call it a breakdown 🫂🙏 normie friends are checking on me and asking me these days if I’m okay 😂
Go to the link in my profile
Love you brother
Great vlog this was! A timely message for a world that is at the cross roads between techno-feudalism and freedom. More will have the former chosen for them by their elected officials that they have anointed to be the saviours and they are going to wake up in a world where they are enslaved by algorithms and CBDC's. Those that have chosen freedom by adopting Nostr + BTC, will be the architects of the new renaissance. May we keep building freedom tools, and by extension a new world
Love it! In an alternative world, @HODL is still a fiat slave, but I'm lucky enough to be in this one. Also, will be awaiting when you have guests on your rant podcast in the middle of the desert. Just two bros (or a bro and broette) ranting about sensical (the opposite of nonsensical) things.
You can just go up and down hills ZAP! Great Vlog yet. Thanks for your service @HODL
Hahaha love the vlog responses
I should do guests lol
ride or die 🎯
I think so as well. You'll need to ask someone (in a completely normal way) to come out to the desert with you in the early morning.
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"You are what you think about all day long." 🔥
That outro 🫶
Bonus pts for that. I did like Erik's point to Tulsi , something like " I don't think we can vote our way out of this." lol
Anyway, at some point in the near future, fiat shiznitheads with $$$ will cozy up to people like you and want a seat at the table to "help build nostr, etc"... be wary.
OK that's a good one
These series are fun to watch. The intro 😚
Few understand that i went to film school lol 😂
This is my favorite, because the message is so tailored to bitcoiners on nostr.
Another good one. Just know that if I ever see you holding a fluffy lapel mic with an outstretched pinky….you’re dead to me. 😑
Haha this is why I always clip the lav, for this exact reason
Great 👍
Yes
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When you bring those words into the Nostr stream, it’s more than just a quote. It feels like a reminder that struggle has its own clock that tension builds, pressure rises, and only then does something shift. Darkness isn’t just absence; it’s the stage being cleared for light.
My reply is simple!
That’s when the builders don’t sleep… they’re already wiring the sunrise. 🌤️
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Life is darkest…
…right before it goes pitch black.
And it’s in that dark stretch that the signal shines sharpest. Dawn’s coming.
And it’s in that dark stretch that the signal shines sharpest.
Dawn’s coming!
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🌒 Sometimes the longest nights are the ones that teach us patience.
Every dawn worth waiting for feels impossible until it breaks.
🌒 Sometimes the longest nights are the ones that teach us patience.
Every dawn worth waiting for feels impossible until it breaks.
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NOSTR has the potential to build a DIY internet in a “meta” way that disregards the old systems of politics. Just one layer to the Jeff Booth V4V fully free market economy that we’ve never fully experienced. HODL as always with the big think. One day in history lessons they will speak of your V-LOGs and how they helped change the world
The danger in the dark hours is that it tricks you into believing it will last forever. That’s when rash decisions get made selling too soon, quitting on a dream, or losing faith in yourself.
The danger in the dark hours is that it tricks you into believing it will last forever. That’s when rash decisions get made selling too soon, quitting on a dream, or losing faith in yourself.
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Nostr really needs more series like this, awesome vlogs. Your sharing sparks so many great ideas and gives us a path to doing great things, Sir 🫡
Great Vlog!❤️🔥
Nostr really needs more series like this, awesome vlogs. Your sharing sparks so many great ideas and gives us a path to doing great things, Sir 🫡
Great #Vlog !❤️🔥
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Lean into the quiet: the dark is a time to reflect, strip things down, and prepare.
Legend Vlog 🫡
"Courage is way more rare than intelligence" @HODL
I love these daily vlogs!
Always keep moving forward with a big vision and hold strong. One day, history books will talk about your posts and videos and how they helped inspire generations.
“Be very judicious about what you spend your time and attention on”
Something on the importance of attention
The outro song is hilarious
Primal
YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ALL DAY LONG
GM & PV
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My wife is having an overdose of bitcoin and Nostr so I am doing it outside my family circle.
My goodness that outro just killed me 🤣
It's a pretty common trend for vlogs originated by Casey Neistat. It creates a consistent persona and avoids the awkwardness of the eyes searching around. It also allows the vlogger to make sure they stay in frame without the viewer noticing. It significantly increases the connection with the viewer despite the stigma that people "hide" behind lenses.
love the outro song
Good points. Makes sense.
So good right? Haha I love the outro
I wonder what Zuck would prefer
Your becoming a religious zealot
And by that I mean I have not a fucking clue what that even means
But it sounds fun !
So on you go
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#2 🔥 Community Highlights
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1. A popular #Nostr pleb became a dad. Congratulations!
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2. This is 100% true
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3. A lady starts vlogs on Nostr
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4. Another one in the Nostr series
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5. The latest vlog of a popular Nostr pleb
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6. Great news from Damus
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7. Yes we should solve those issues on Nostr
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8. A pleb onboards to Nostr to promote his music
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9. A devoted wife is on Nostr
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10. Is this true? What is your opinion?
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11. Looking forward till Nostr wins
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12. You should choose Nostr and #Bitcoin
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13. 100% agree for this
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#community_nostr_recap
The legacy system is doing a re-run of Weekend at Bernie’s?
Yo @HODL damn this hits home. Wanna do a follow up??
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