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 I tried explaining to one of my best friends what #Bitcoin was at 16K. 

His ego was so big, he thought he could understand #Bitcoin in a 45 min call, and completely disregarded everything I said. 

#Bitcoin is an ego test. rewards the intellectually curious and humble, the self-thinkers. You have to let go of everything your thought you knew, to understanding it from first principles. 

It is a multidisciplinary concept, it combines history, money, energy, economics, game theory, cryptography, physics, psychology. It is truly mind blowing. 

Your friends en family may never say it, but kudos to the #Bitcoiners who studied 100hrs+, who found signal within the noise, who understood the monetary history and the current inflationary fiat system. This is proof-of-work. 
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Stay humble, stack sats. 
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 Thanks man. Was feeling a little low today coz of this kind of stuff. Now I'm feeling better.  
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 Thanks. Bitcoiners are a misunderstood breed by normies. Iā€™m glad we have Nostr and Bitcoin Twitter to see that we are not in this alone šŸ«¶šŸ¼