They can't just have fun staying poor, they want others to have fun with them. 

 Small but it's concentrated signal. 

 It always comes back to responsibility. People don't take responsibility for their own lot these days. They'd rather point the finger & blame others, than think & act in their (and their children's) best interests.

If they go against the guidelines, the outcome is on them.

Safety is an illusion. 

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 What a humble legend! 

 What are they Bitko? 

 They're awesome.

What's your bet as to why they are more symmetrical? 

 Not what I expected. 

 Well done all!

Awesome news. 

 How can you deny it? 

 It certainly looks like one you wanna touch.

Beautiful 

 I'd go with:

- permissionless
- censorship resistant
- portable identity 

It's not private, anyone can see anyone's signed events if they connect to the right relay.

 

 Words can be tricky things. 

 West could use some of that up here 

 Reading this reminds me I need to move further out & onto a bigger peice of land.

This epoch for sure, even if it costs more sats than I'd prefer. 

 Congrats Rusty!

It's been a long time coming.

QR Tattoo now? 

 And how many relays is you client receiving events from?

Can you get down to just those 2? 

 That makes sense.

New user discovery is likely the biggest loser of any antispam approach.

Thanks 🤙 

 I agree - putting the power back in the hands of users is the best approach.

I need to decommission my extra node & free up some hardware. 

 Yeah - bang on

Lots of salt & a dry rub mix that I like. 

 I'm literally cooking a 4.5kg brisket right now.

The charcoal grill went out about 4hrs in, so I've moved it into the oven to finish. The oven keeps going out because I'm too tight to replace it. 

Don't turn what you eat into an identity.

🤣🤙

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 Assuming Trump isn't going to be interested in digital Deepak isn't exactly putting him down. I doubt I'll be burning an email address to play with it.

He's been in this field for a long time & accumulated a lot of knowledge. I see no issue with him monetising his work. I've never been a huge fan of his work, but also never disliked it. 

What he's doing is the start of autonomous ai agents.

These ai agents will need Bitcoin & no doubt nostr. 

 I think the best approach is to just clarify what he's saying. So you're going to miss out on the greatest wealth distribution in modern history because you think the CIA invented it? This is what you'll tell your grandkids when they ask you why you didn't buy bitcoin at 58k?

Regardless of who Satoshi Nakimoto was he's not around & no single person or organisation controls Bitcoin.

Bitcoin core, the most widely used validation software is the most scrutinised peice of software in existence. Regardless of who is mining the blocks, every block is validated by that FOSS software.

I believe it was the NSA that invented SHA & Bitcoin uses SHA256. I don't recall the CIA being involved but I guarantee they use it.

It's like saying I'm not going to use Tor or torrents because I don't know who invented it. 

 That's why it's best to clarify 🤣

It's an irrational fear & it's always best to walk out their logic. 

If the CIA sell all their Bitcoin, then we have the biggest fire sale ever & it'll take 3-6 months for price to recover.

But why would they sell? The CIA like power & off the books funding sources for operations. Can you imagine how useful a Bitcoin stack would be for them? 

 A handful of 50 Bitcoin UTxOs moved for the first time in 14 years last week.

They weren't Satoshi's coins but they were from that era. The market didn't seem to mind too much. 

 What kind are you trying? 

 I guess you'll get to practice every couple of days now 🤣 

 They look to have somehow remained very neutral & maintained their culture. It seems physically quite difficult to access the country, which may have helped.

They only got TV & Internet in like 1999 & yet they've stacked more Sats than ES!

It's a constitutional monarchy with a young energetic king. He was educated in the UK, so he's been exposed to Western culture & clearly Bitcoin.

They measure their success by GNH & not GDP.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness 

 Beautiful iris 

 Isn't it funny how easily a label can diminish something so prefect & beautiful?

I felt this feeling when I recognised it as an iris. 

 But also me - nobody got my hippeastrum joke 🤣

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 How does it feel to be carving in flow state?

I'm assuming you feel pretty connected to the rock? 

 The black pill is an easy one to swallow.

The white pill is much harder to get down but the orange pill helps. 

 I knew somebody needed to hear it.

🤙 

 Nobody can learn for you & I certainly don't have it all figured out.

The real learning comes from applying this stuff & experiencing the result for yourself.

It's not until I type this stuff out that I really integrate it into my beliefs. I hope that others get some benefit from it but that's not my main motivation. I get value from refining & expressing these ideas & from the discourse that results.

🫂 

 If stacking & hodling Bitcoin were easy & quickly gratifying, we wouldn't be growing & learning like we are. If you can't appreciate Bitcoin at 58k you won't appreciate it at 580k.

As frustrating as it's been to buy & hold this stuff, I can now see how much it's changed me. The irony is that Bitcoin has made me less materialistic. It's the complete opposite of what motivated me to buy it in the first place 

It fills me with joy to see these similar changes occuring within others.

Trust the process & the incentives man. The Bitcoin path leads to abundance, just not in the specific way we think. 🧡 

 There are no coincidences 🤙 

 Pay attention to what excites you the most, this is how your higher self communicates it's guidance to you.

Follow that excitement with no expectation on the outcome. Acknowledge everything that comes about from it & resist none of it. Every experience has value, if you're open to it.

You don't know what your higher self (the greater you), has in store for yourself.  I guarantee it's more exciting than whatever your mind can concoct though. 

 I used to say that the universe will keep slapping you until you pay attention to it. It's OK if you miss the first, soft slaps because they'll get more forceful as you keep ignoring them.

Now I'm pretty convinced that it's you, (the greater you) that's doing the slapping. It really doesn't matter who you think the slapper is but I find it more empowering to believe it's me. 

 I'm also very ready for some price discovery.

The 4th quarter should be very exciting for those that held through the bear. 

 Your beliefs shape your reality through your thoughts, feelings & actions. A lot of beliefs are disempowering to the individual & counter to my preferences.

What seems ubiquitous is that there is an energy that's very interested in your earthly experience.

Some believe that energy is God, Alah, Jahova, Jesus, Jeshua, Source, angels, spirit guides or even their intergalactic family (ETs).

To me, it feels more empowering & logical to believe it's your greater self, your soul who is taking an interest in your time here. The greater part of you that sits outside of this heavy, limited reality. They have the birds eye view & know the best path for you to take. As smart as I think I am sometimes, my soul is the intelligent one & it's not even close. I can easily surrender to my higher self but to any other entity feels wrong for me right now.
 

 Those large traumatic events certainly change you. I've never surrendered more deeply than during those events & that surrender seemed to dull the pain & discomfort.

I think the victim part comes in around how you process the event after it's occurred. Was this something that was done to you or was it something that your higher self chose?

If you're caught up playing the victim of the event it's a very different feeling. How can you ever get what they took from you back? You're left feeling damaged or incomplete. You're forced to look to the external world to make you whole again & yet you also know that's not possible. You've given away your personal power to the external.

If your belief is that your higher self chose this experience, you can grow from having lived through it. You may have scars now, but you know that they didn't take your internal power. 

 They're pretty small! 

 It always amazes me that a single plant can produce 1000's of tiny seeds for 1000's of new plants.

The plant world is pretty ruthless. 

 Big night 🤣 

 Great choice of book!

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 Probably close to the truth. 

 If you weren't worthy, you wouldn't be here.

🫂 

 Plus the school bus demolition derby every second Thursday.
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 My Reezy

There are no coincidences!

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 Looks promising. You won't be able to tell until the real leaves come in. 

 I can still hear it in my head without need to replay.

Oooh (inhale) ya wanna drink?

🤣🤣 

 Same for the first never gonna happen for the second 🤣 

 How did it hold up to being eaten?

Did you have to knife & fork it? 

 The Truth tends to resonate deep within us. It's like our soul is trying to get us to pay attention.

While none of this has been easy, we don't need to make it so freaking hard. Our soul isn't trying to trick us with its guidance.

🧡 

 I haven't read it.

After your note, I watched an interview with him. He's an interesting character.
 

 I'm surprised Saylor went there. If you don't know where the yield is coming from, you're probably the yield.

I see no reason why a bank would pay you a yield to hold your Bitcoin unless they then exposed it to risk. I bought Bitcoin to escape that third party risk.

Using Bitcoin as collateral for a fiat loan is different. You're paying a yield to them for acquiring fiat that they created out of thin air. It's not exactly ethical but it's beneficial for both the lender & borrower. I'm surprised he didn't bring that up because he has in the past. 

 The easiest way is to simply love yourself as the high value man that you are. 

Stop pretending to love yourself & actually love yourself.

Meaningless sex is not the outcome you actually desire.  

 We need to let go the irrational fears before we can express our true selves.

If we don't, all we're expressing is our ego or some PUA trick to have a moment of pleasure.

 

 Your beliefs absolutely affect your perception & experience.

If you believe that your greatest thoughts originate from your mind, then that will be your experience. 

 Good to know

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