Moving Bitcoin into self-custody is the ultimate vote that every individual has

Most just don’t know it yet

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The process of topping up my nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg wallet to zap from

1 - copy btc address
2 - paste into Muun wallet
3 - choose $100
4 - send Bitcoin
5 - get zapping

Mind blowingly easy…

A great example of the power of a digitally native money

This is still not priced in!


What are the chances of Bitcoin being at $450k usd in 12 months from now?

#asknostr


HODLing is so much easier said than done


When I hear “they got a turbo cancer”

My immediate thought is “did they get the jab?”

But we live in a world in which actually asking that is taboo

Such is the power of the propaganda…


Listen to nostr:npub1k7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7su3c04l on nostr:npub1r8l06leee9kjlam0slmky7h8j9zme9ca32erypgqtyu6t2gnhshs3jx5dk podcast

Really good insights from a hedge fund manager

I loved hearing this kind of thing tbh


Dm me and I’ll share details


Read a really impressive VC pitch deck for a Bitcoin focused fund today

Top team

Track record of deploying into interesting companies

What a cool thing to do with your time


Thanks for sharing. I think that range you mention is much more achievable. What's interesting from the commentary I heard today, was that the China mining ban in 2021 seriously dampened that blow off top. If that's true, then a lot of the technical stuff is undershooting this bull run...


Buying Bitcoin for your self-managed super fund has to be one of the most satisfying things


*live


Tether is circa 100x the size of Swan

Not the kind of financial power I’d like to go to court against


Some healthy chatter these last few weeks about options markets being approved on top of Bitcoin

One thing I hadn’t considered until now is the tax efficiency of using options at the top of a bull run

Instead of a taxable gain, savvy investors will use these options to avoid selling their Bitcoin


Def non zero I agree. Small probability in my mind

Very happy to be wrong!


Pat produced my recent series for Bitcoin Mentor

https://open.spotify.com/show/2H3MKsFvkWczgqrSh38284?si=2noylseyT5W_CfyB96I-Xg

If you check out the BM socials as well he did all the clips editing

🙏🏻


The fiat land vc model takes some time to throw to the way side

Deep conditioning

But once it’s gone, you’re absolutely right

It’s not just about getting to the next funding round, hiking the price for shareholders, & burning cash like crazy

But actually “create value long term”


I had a realisation one day “what if Bitcoin has solved the wealth problem?”

Like really truly… what does this mean?

One thing is not getting poorer each year

But it’s also so much about your time. What do you now want to do with it?


This is the same hard truth for many business owners

If you don’t get onto a Bitcoin standard

Then you’re inevitably going to fail over time

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Enjoy! I look forward to hearing your journey on a podcast someday

Crazy challenges that you’ve overcome I am sure


Funny how Nostr usage, & getting involved by following accounts that look interesting, one really feels like they’re getting to know people

Similar memes. Similar notes. Similar times of day online


I can intro you to my friend Pat if you need. He’s done a great job for me in the past as editor / producer


Not even a small percentage chance? Interesting


What’s not to like about corn 😜


True then. True now

I’ve read it, done some coaching around it, but still struggled to truly implement it


It’s great life isn’t it!


What are the chances of Bitcoin being at $450k usd in 12 months from now?

#asknostr


I use Muun for a part of my stack “for spending”

For longer term stuff I would recommend a multi-sig vault with geographically dispersed keys


Hire a producer?


In October when they release the doc, I look forward to the scene in which they twist this into you claiming to be Satoshi

😂


Rip

🙏🏻


The process of topping up my nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg wallet to zap from

1 - copy btc address
2 - paste into Muun wallet
3 - choose $100
4 - send Bitcoin
5 - get zapping

Mind blowingly easy…

A great example of the power of a digitally native money

This is still not priced in!


The more you can stick to what you find interesting, not your supposed “avatar”, the more sustainable your podcast becomes

The more sustainable it is the better it will be long term

I am now starting to think of podcasts as a way to have a public conversation which will last multiple decades

If I am 36, why. Couldn’t I still be hosting when 66?


Great hustle from all involved to get to that point

Would love to hear about some of the biggest wins / losses for the group

Cutting edge stuff


VERY exciting to be part of this so early on

Huge potential to radically change the world for the better

Power back to the people

🙏🏻


It’s all about value to price

As long as someone feels they got better value than the price then happy days

How you deliver that is of course then the name of the game


“I guarantee that you’ll love our product, if not, we give a full refund”

It’s another way to get someone over the line when it comes to sales

- bonuses
- guarantees
- scarcity
- urgency

Etc

Could all be part of your diagram


Ie you have a product or service for sale, but there’s only 2 available each week

Manufactured scarcity in a sense

A coach “join me program this month in the 2be limited cohort of the year”


Love this kind of visualisation.

Re pricing toolkit, you could add timeline scarcity, or product scarcity

Love the idea of bundle and discounts.

Final piece to add is guarantees


Moving Bitcoin into self-custody is the ultimate vote that every individual has

Most just don’t know it yet

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Congrats to 25 years of Euro!

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Agree that it’s been going on for years. Interesting to see it so blatant


Jab chatter remains off the cards in most places as I see it

Sad


US keeping BTC on their balance sheet long term would be a VERY big moment


All self-taught

That’s the thing I like the most


That would make a lot of sense

Imagine if he had had the use of Nostr 10 years ago


Just heard of a scenario in which the Australian regulator in the health care space (TGA) has directed a natural supplement company to take down the testimonials on their website

Our kids have their wellness powder when not feeling great. It works really well

Hundreds of people have posted testimonials saying they had great benefits from taking the product

The TGA is concerned that these people’s opinions “are overselling the benefits” or something like that

What a crazy world… You’re not allowed to promote your business with genuine happy customer feedback

Makes the idea of a free market laughable


Not only do most investors not understand the benefits of Bitcoin as a store of value

Therefore not realise that there is a new kid on the block when it comes to cost of capital

They totally miss-understand the amount of counter-party risk their assets currently hold

And have literally no idea of the superpower that is self-custody of Bitcoin


Being lead by intuition, and then pointing our attention somewhere, is a thing of beauty


Thanks for the kind feedback! Appreciated

Also, if honest, that run never happened 😅

Guilty of not being true to my word. Apologies world!


Cool. Would love to hear the progress youve made. Had Rishi on my podcast a few years ago


Agree strongly

Nostr solves the cancel culture

How you monetise your audience depends on who you’re speaking to, what they need, & what you want to offer

If v4v is your strategy go for it. It would augment everything else very well


Lol

Probs not the best mix


I don’t think they’d be lead down the same path again myself

Originally from UK so had a very clear view of how different Oz and UK

So hard to explain to family and friends back home


A good breakdown on the actual numbers

So much to consider here

But yes maybe 5mil daily active in 5 years is a lot more reasonable


I am old enough to remember being un-invited to a business lunch due to not having had a covid-19 jab

An attendee’s wife was pregnant, & they just weren’t sure “what happens if you’re not vaccinated”, so had to be cautious

That same attendee got drunk, did cocaine, & spent all night in a bar open to the public

All about perspective life isn’t it 🙃


Aside from being a digitally native millennial that has used the likes of FB, IG, YT, X, & orc Google

I’ve also been a tech investor looking at startup equity opportunities

Bitcoin itself has shed the most light on the phenomenon

But what I recognise in some great investors that I admire, is they’re excellent at pattern recognition

So once you see Bitcoin, then seeing Nostr is a whole lot easier

At least that’s my view…


Central Banks cutting interest rates is not priced in

Fact


Authenticity is a valuable currency of its own

Be yourself

Always


Great episode guys. nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 never heard your story about taking cash for crypto otc. Wild!


I listened to Andre episode first, & he mentioned he as a SEC partner

It was a programme I loved the look of when it launched, so wanted to learn more about it

Tbh if I was at a slightly different stage of life (ie not with 3x kids under 5) I would have done my best to apply and make the pilgrimage


The more I look at Nostr, the more I see the strongest network effect of any digital ecosystem I’ve ever studied


But is it though. When it comes to content I sometimes think spreading far and wide is actually superior


That would be massive


Very well articulated


Could well be the case. The political pendulum over-correcting, more and more, as fiat land gets madder


Good luck with the pod Margot 💪🏻


You don’t need millions of followers

You need a handful of people to truly believe in you


Nostr only needs to be good enough for someone to use when they want to


Could well be the case

What’s fun is

1) what’s the probability of that?

2) what do I need to do to a) help that b) own equity in that growth

🧐


This was a great episode. Love the concept of Sovereign Engineering. Been through a bunch of accelerator programmes over the years, in fiat land, & the idea of congregating around a big idea is awesome


Crazy


If you had to guess, how ling until Nostr has 100 million active users?

#asknostr


If you “witness it” why not do something about it?

Change school. Home school. Move country…

People always have options. They might not be willing to sacrifice elsewhere

Don’t deny that school in LA would probably be a nightmare though (literally)


Fortune teller 😜


GM

Can’t write anything other than a newborn related tiered dad post…

But ofc I am not as tired as my wife. Shout out to her!

😅


When there is a 10x shift in technology, the status quo gets disrupted

What’s particularly cool about this is the idea an artist can earn with music they’ve already created

💪🏻

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Nice. Would love to visit


Current me: “send me your bank details & we’ll settle up”

Future me: “send me your Nostr & we’ll settle up”


Zapping will one day be as ubiquitous as “Google it”

Gosh. First time I’ve thought & written that. But deep down I know it will be true

MASSIVE innovation

What a time to be getting involved


Epic! Where is that?


GM

Everything we try our hand at in life is an experiment

The key is to course correct at the right time (if you can!)

🙏🏻


Have you read the 10x book? Was excellent recent recommendation

https://www.amazon.com.au/10x-Easier-Than-World-Class-Entrepreneurs/dp/1401974953


I’ve heard that a few times. Were you deep into BTC in 2011?

I’ve got 1 or 2 friends that were who very much relate to the vibes


Haha. I can confirm that Australia is a long way from basically anywhere!


The cycle of life you’re at, or about to be at, is a huge factor. Totally agree


Great idea. The diamond in the rough. Reunited with sound money


Great reminders to set oneself


Indeed. But you “can’t live in a bitcoin” as my wife likes to say


I am originally from the UK, and wife is aussie, so very much feel that vibe as with family in 2 places

Thanks for sharing


In the same way that Bitcoin really sucked me in as an investor

I just couldn’t get enough info about it as I dove down the hole

Nostr is doing the same thing in relation to content

The ramifications vs legacy social media platforms is radical


Go find sid, the guy who does the motorbike trips

Not made it yet but would love to


Re-occurring problem:

When scrolling through real estate that’s for sale, anything you actually want, is double the price of what you were thinking


Everyone who got rich off of a shitcoin premined out of thin air whose only application is generating press releases with false promises agrees: Toxic bitcoin maximalism is holding back the crypto industry!

Join us now & help us hold them back even more!
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#BitcoinTwitter
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Can you share the link with me? I can’t find it


I wonder if he will cry live on his show?


Waffles are key


That’s a good idea. What you don’t want


All of those metrics have been used in the past. But I think some radical new metrics are coming into play

- weather
- education
- investment opportunities
- language
- culture

But new ones

- property rights
- freedom of speech
- exit strategy
- bitcoin stance
- tax

Australia is where I am now, but does this federation based system really cut the mustard long term?


But is a job the right reason to go somewhere?


I feel it too

So many things to consider


Divine guidance is a part of it for sure

I think what’s hard is knowing how hard to lean into that

Can you really trust that?

Only time will tell!


“Moral clarity”

I really like that. Thanks

Sometimes it’s hard to put your finger on what keeps drawing oneself back to Nostr

It’s like it speaks to the soul

Or something along those lines

Probably because it’s truthful conversation, there is no censorship, no self-censorship even, a place where true capital accumulation can be occur


Amazing country. My wife lived and worked in Ho Chi Min for 4 years and I visited a lot from Singapore

Don’t procrastinate. Just do it! Lots of amazing things experiences to be had there


Awesome country. I lived in Singapore for 4.5 years and loved Asia. Japan was one of the best places to visit for sure. Speak Japanese?


Fascinating to see play out isn’t it


Great lens 👏👏👏


Again loving the updated nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 experience

So the Nostr posts I can see are only the podcast related stuff?

Ie you attach an npub to your podcast client & only get podcast related Nostr content shown

Magic


How do you decide where you want to live?


Once kids are a bit bigger will do so

Maybe Bitcoin Atlantis 2028 is a good target!


https://fountain.fm/episode/LIqKd15kkcC8tp3R81ia

3 hours in nostr:npub1lt8nn8aaa6qa63wjwj8gz2djf5nlhg3zfd0v6l45v8zhvuyh0p3s5zzt5y starts applying financial market trader strategies to real life

Ie how the big banks function, as financial product manufacturers, hedging risk etc

Brilliant stuff


Haha. I am the same! Got hundreds on the to read list

Good luck


No idea when

But still really want to travel to visit Madeira

nostr:npub1tdc9um9kqfp9cqvjqtwswzsvqzdsgzkpn9swamed3286kfwpaljsrr8r0y I see still kicking goals

👏👏👏


I love it when I get towards the end of a long-form podcast, say 3 or 4 hours in, & the conversation hits a really juicy bit of insight

This is an unbelievable way to learn

You have total context on why a strategy, theory, idea, concept, or decision is useful

Long live lengthy podcasts!


Who would have guessed it, but I find people on Nostr genuinely want to learn from each other

It’s actually social


Problem: as a podcast it is a) terrifying the idea of being de-platformed b) hard to attract new listeners

Solution: a nostr client that cannot be censored and is focused on short form video to help with discoverability for a podcast

Why wouldn’t this work?


Recent realisation: I’ve spent far too much of my life “busy”

I would like to be far more intentional with how I spend my time


There’s a guy I see busking all the time near where I live

Just a hula, some maracas, and a tie die t-shirt

“Have a beautiful day in Byron Bay” is his song

My kids love it. I always am left smiling

Yet I’ve never paid him

Why?

I don’t carry cash… or rarely do

A) I must take some to give him

B) it got me thinking about v4v in Nostr. The key is turning up, then turning up again, and again, until you’ve delivered so much value people feel obliged to pay you. This would be a great content strategy

🙏🏻


Here you go

Let me know what you think

https://www.amazon.com.au/Chemtrails-HAARP-Spectrum-Dominance-Planet-ebook/dp/B00H6V089Y


GM

Dad hack: get your daily steps in waking up & down the same corridor soothing a newborn baby

😅


That’s not accounting for money printed as well

TAM is a good way to look at a) price potential and b) adoption stage

You’re right, we’re so early and plenty of price appreciation ahead!


Keep iterating. Why won’t that work?


Beautiful!

Certainly a cold swim!


Just so complex at times I imagine. Unnecessarily so as well

Good fiat mining gig I imagine though. Hyper specialisation the way to go


Ouch

Lawyers. Fees. Lengthy process. Never fun for anyone, let alone a relatively young business


Cheers to him. Bloody hard navigating things without a father, been doing it 15 years now myself, so know the feeling. My dad was a brewer, so a beer is a great nod to the previous generation


Build it. I’d use it for sure. Big part of WA and Signal current use for me


Great plan!

Success will mostly depend on how early in the family cycle you are. Would reckon we’ve got a few years ahead before calling it “the standard”

Wouldn’t want to is out on the wonder years. 0>7 all a kid needs is their parents time…

🙏🏻


One of the key reasons to reconsider IG, YT, & X content creation

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That’s weird. Should all be setup


I would also very happily help build out a suite if creator tools on Nostr

Similar experience to yourself max having made podcasts

I see the same problem. Long term the open network wins, which is something to reality get behind


Get your zaps setup!

The vision is awesome I agree


Amen to that

Action leads to clarity


Inspired. Thanks Ben


It would be insanely easy with a npub! The future?

Maybe I try get him setup with one…


It goes so deep this story. It’s mad

I started reading a book on it and stopped, it was so depressing, blowing shit up in space etc

Must double down on it though. Good knowledge to have

Anecdotal I know, but my wife and I are sure Byron Bay is attacked regularly. Each holiday season huge rains and storms. We both get coughs and colds. Mould content is very high even outside…

Mad

But sure “that’s not real that stuff is it…”


Never tried to do this but for sure there’s a need


Can’t wait to visit one day!


GM

Remember: the best gains in Bitcoin are made on a handful of days. You’ve re-allocated having studied, built conviction, and taken action. Do NOT get distracted by shiny objects


Starting to resonate more and more this fact


GM, NOSTR OR SLAVERY.


Bingo. It’s the value you can create with someone’s attention

People make millions selling services and products to their audiences

Ad rev share from YT is pathetic for most audience sizes


Lol

I am not a developer, so couldn’t, but would very happily co-found something as a commercial skillset


Long-term, a huge benefit would the the share ability of these clips

Would be potential route to purple pill people va Wa / Signal / Telegram etc

They would find themselves on Nostr and wonder why


When I promo my podcasts, we do it with video clips, that a editor manually chooses

We tend to get 3 or 4 good 1 min clips from a 1 hour conversation

Generally that is the best way to “trial” a long form podcast

People who want to learn more will then listen in full

I’ve also seen 10 mins clips be successful. If you have 2 to 3 hour convo you can pull a number of good sections out

Initially you could build it so someone manually enters their clips, with the link to the main show

One day the client could assist with the production work (which for sure people pay with)

Ie - you give exposure and sell implementation


Recent realisation: I’ve spent far too much of my life “busy”

I would like to be far more intentional with how I spend my time


Risk is good

Few


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I like vox


Problem: as a podcast it is a) terrifying the idea of being de-platformed b) hard to attract new listeners

Solution: a nostr client that cannot be censored and is focused on short form video to help with discoverability for a podcast

Why wouldn’t this work?


I love how specific this post is…! I don’t necessarily fit what your looking for, I don’t even know what “ham radio” is

But I am intrigued. As a podcast host, with a bitcoin allocation, and an ethical interest in sovereignty, I am always looking for innovation to build new things with

Ie how can we make sure our entire content stack is not censorable?


Loving this conversation

👏


Link pls? I’ll have a read


Thought some more about this

- money is a technology
- different monies are competing with each other (gold, houses, usd etc)
- the more we see btc mkt cap rise, the more value it’s sucking in, and the larger market share it acquires
- price going up IS adoption
- equally, adoption means the price goes up

🙏🏻


😅

I always like to hear a range of opinions


For me, if ngu wasn’t apparent, then adoption would be non-existent

Price therefore absolutely equals adoption


Serious question - why?

I don’t agree at all. Not that I am not willing to wait for capital gains, but more that the ngu is so key to adoption, we need it, rather than a stable 60k ish for 5 years


Sure. Let’s do it!


So cool how language does that. A word can be beautiful in one, but not in the translation

Often I find it’s because the meaning is actually a little different


Who would have guessed it, but I find people on Nostr genuinely want to learn from each other

It’s actually social


Thanks for adding that

Much appreciated


In the UK where I grew up, you might call a friend a “lad” for being funny, doing something cool, or aspirational, (but note it can also be ironic)

So I guess you could say “cool dude alert” but that’s not quite as amusing to write…

😜


Thanks for the advice. Let me explore


Jeff is such a fantastic person to learn from, keeps things simple, in spite of habit. Some very profound insights

👏👏👏


Course correcting as a result of new data is a sign of intelligence

Avoiding change in spite of new data is the total opposite of


Finally got around to finishing the recent Saif & Saylor podcast episode

On the one hand, it really wasn’t that bad of a disagreement

On the other, it was nice to see some intellectual sparring

Personally, I for sure see a future economy, based on a Bitcoin standard, with an active credit market (yes it will look very different to todays, but very much still there)

Equally, if I had to put my money on someone’s vision of the future, I think it would be the vision proposed by the person with more on the line (ie the billionaire business owner that’s made a bet of a lifetime)


Will watch. Absolute legend


Depressing

More and more of those types in the making as well

Symptom of the system in a sense


Remaining sympathetic to others is a key part of being human

Lead by action not words

Some will change their trajectory


Lad alert


I’ve got a lot of reading to do as I have no idea wtf you’re talking about

Time to study

(I reflect often that when I come across this kind of thing, it’s like an ascension in a sense, as people are operating at higher frequencies of wisdom)


The most important lesson in Bitcoin


Cool. I need that

Had Human Action been ready and waiting for a while…

BIG commitment

Need to get it done though


Is fiat evil?

#asknostr


Interesting to see how this one unfolds

Not a big fan of much “justice” coming from the courts

Entrepreneurs should have as much freedom to try new things as possible

But handling people’s money is always going to bring scrutiny


On the “to read” list. No doubt studying Austrian Economics has been a massive lever to improve my life. It actually makes sense…

As someone with a University degree from a decent business school, it’s mind-blowing I’d never heard about it until Bitcoin forced me to look at it

💪🏻


What’s the best structure?

I would say

- family trust
- personal
- offshore company


Great question. So as the donor, could you write that off as a cost?


“The Allegory of Plato’s Cave” is a great analogy for the Fiat to Bitcoin  experience

I think you can utilise it here as well ie the IG, X, & YT to Nostr experience


Omg

Just logged back into nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 after a good few months away

Not only have old podcast episodes of mine continued to earn sats

But the Nostr front-end is absolutely mega progress as a user

You can clearly start to see how powerful the idea of a single profile across all apps is

Incentive alignment off the charts

Whilst the long-term network effects of this new tech-stack is mind-blowing to think about


Imagine how different the content a zap funded nostr-only media company would generate

Audience-creator alignment like never before

Frustratingly, although the seeds of possibility are clearly there, for a startup media business the ad-lead model far outweighs this opportunity from an initial revenue generation perspective

One day this discrepancy will re-adjust I am sure


Maybe possible. Needs to be tried!!


I’ve felt the same thing happening!


This kind of thing going to happen more and more

Lindy effect. Overton window. S-curve adoption. Schelling point

All manner of reasons why status quo financial services providers will plug into the Bitcoin network

I wonder if they do something dumb, like now allow withdrawals etc…

Remember: not your keys, not your coins… lots of businesses about to have a PayPal derivative of Bitcoin


Currency devaluation, the greatest theft of time and energy in the history of mankind. This is why we #Bitcoin. https://image.nostr.build/9eacbdedeabc4ba1608fb460908801796c425753fe9825ec8b3de1316f2c4e28.jpg


Very much a question of “when” not “if “ I agree


It’s about many things!


Bitcoin is a forcing function for rationality


Rate cuts galore in bound

Why?

The heavily doctored metric that governments love, the CPI, is back “under control”

The question I have: when will we see more QE?

That’s when asset prices will really move


the rate cuts have begun 🔥 https://image.nostr.build/0899a3640f109ff3f7fd76c6f27fd5a1d22f19bd8c72b52cfc7c0a4c83ef7a9b.jpg


Very high level of talent in the space!


We’re just embarking on the process. With a 4 year old, 2 yr old, and a newborn

Lots to learn! So any resource ie helpful. I am inspired to do it for many reasons, but the best book so far Peter Gray “Free to learn”


I too often forget that open-source technology is a case of the more the merrier

In that as more people turn up, adopt, scrutinise, improve, course correct, and build

The technology as a whole gets more powerful for all its users

This is not just a network effect the likes of Facebook achieved, but a foundation for everyone to build on

Hence I love listening to the more technically minded users explain what potential they see in Nostr

So inspiring


A beginners guide to home schooling


This was useful thanks


Probably a good idea to define what a meme war even is?


Is there a client that helps you review your following / followers listing by “last posted” eg

#asknostr


I don’t need a news site. I need a community of friends to share the wins & losses with

Chronological therefore is much better as you literally curate your own feed

Then comes the truthbomb: you become your thoughts… curate wisely!


Larry absolutely someone I value listening to when it comes to making investments

👀

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Totally true. If people didn’t think they could get rich by adopting, arguably there would be no adoption at all


Yeah so cool isn’t it


Well why not try Fountain just as a user?

Just download and find your usual podcasts that you listen to there (if Bitcoin friendly then the producer will likely have published the rss feed there as well)

If you going to produce your own podcast, that’s a whole different ball game. First question: why? Answer that really well and you can put all the other pieces together

To create a podcast there are 3 functions

- produce
- publish
- promote

Produce - what recording software to use, have you got a mic, what type of podcast, how long, how much editing etc

Publish - where to host the file (YT, Spotify, SoundCloud, ITunes, Fountain, etc)

Promote - which platform to post clips and quotes etc to (C, IG, Nostr etc)

Fountain is part of the publish section (until their recent Nostr front-end update so now also promo as well)

🙏🏻


Top 3 reasons:

- as a user: it feels better (I get so anxious on YT shorts, X etc)

- as a entrepreneur: I’ve spent thousands of hours playing around with audience building, tweets, newsletters, podcasts, etc, and the idea of owning your audience is a 10x on the status quo (getting cancelled on someone’s digital real estate is only a question of “when” not “if”)

- as a thinker: freedom-of-speech is the digital world is absolutely critical to a happy and healthy society (the evidence of the ability to censor online that was provided by covid-19 was terrifying)

🙏🏻


A media platform paying its users for their attention

Unheard of in the status quo…

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Omg

Just logged back into nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 after a good few months away

Not only have old podcast episodes of mine continued to earn sats

But the Nostr front-end is absolutely mega progress as a user

You can clearly start to see how powerful the idea of a single profile across all apps is

Incentive alignment off the charts

Whilst the long-term network effects of this new tech-stack is mind-blowing to think about


Bingo. But to be more specific, people with content audiences, struggling to see the light, as they are unable to write off the investment loss in the status quo


lol. I don’t know the character. Not a trekky myself. But get the point, it’s all a big deception surely. Like Elon in many ways. These guys don’t care about these things. They don’t need to… (happy to be proven wrong)


Who can help me figure out the back-end of a podcast with Nostr?

This looks useful

https://satellite.earth/cdn


Will have a listen for sure


Bring it on Pablo


nostr is hope

but hope demands courage

and there's a lot of weak men out there

in any case, you get freedom at the price you deserve


Great positive vibes

I hope this is true

Sceptic side is very wary

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Always been a big fan of Ross.

His insight on the future of cities centered around Bitcoin mining and cheap energy, wherever that might be, was a mad one for me at the time. Ie moving away from water and ports.

Will read this asap. Thanks for sharing


“The Allegory of Plato’s Cave” is a great analogy for the Fiat to Bitcoin  experience

I think you can utilise it here as well ie the IG, X, & YT to Nostr experience


Zucks PR team are really working overtime atm

Hard to know what’s real


Will have a read! Thanks Bram


Indeed! Coffee time!


Thanks. Yeah is no3, so balancing the needs of the older girls, is proving an extra challenge


Look forward to listening. Jesse a big part of my learning journey as well

To your point re never changing: I like thinking of Bitcoin as a measuring stick for value, the best we’ve ever had, akin to a ruler for length, or thermometer for temperature


GM

Newborn induced sleep deprivation

Hello old friend

😅


That can’t be right. Derivatives can be many things. Futures. Options. Swops. Etc etc

My guess is that’s trade volumes. Can you find the source?


What’s the best way to utilise my personal website with the NIP-05?

Thanks for the help!


Most value seems clearly created due to building atop Nostr. Which itself I think is very cool. A superior digital property right is a better foundation for capital creation

I like those services you mention eg ISP


But it’s private in that the identity of the nsec user is private

Or at least that’s what I meant


“I just can’t turn it off.”

— nostr dev on deving nostr stuff for nostr


Nostr 3 key features:

- decentralised
- private
- self-custodial


One of the reasons that’s really making me fall in love with Nostr is due to my experience as an investor

When you invest your attention into a content strategy with a platform, each offers different returns

Nostr has the potential to totally blow the status quo out of the water, with the ability to own your identity

Essentially digital innovation is enabling superior property rights and hence superior capital creation potential


Creating content on Nostr is like a musician busking on the street

Perform well & people repay you with donations (zaps)


Most of the accoutns I’ve followed on Nostr are personal

Which as I think about it makes total sense

An individual who is interested in freedom-of-speech etc

Is also someone who is keen to be as low time preference as possible

We can play the long game. Slowly but surely create capital

Brands on the other had, generally speaking, need a fast ROI

This will change as Nostr attracts more eyeballs over time


Get lifting

💪🏻


Sounds like a good plan. Attention management far more important than one ever thinks


Bingo. So what will work on Nostr?


So true.
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Lad alert

By no means an expert, but I’ve read about the de-regulation success of

1 - BA rental controls
2 - Airline industry

He’s actually acted in these cases to reduce red tape, and the benefits are there for all to see

Fascinating to see play out. When will Argentina announce a Bitcoin position?


I like the idea of 1)

Bide your time, be opportunistic, & jump when your insights scream massive potential

This would be a great podcast episode btw 😜

I’ve thought a lot about a BTC startup podcast that could be a deal flow generator (which would now also look at Nostr ofc)


“The monthly CPI indicator rose 2.7% in the 12 months to August”

Australian inflation back under control? Rates cut when…?

I largely ignore CPI as a useless metric, given it’s massaged results, with constant input iterations

But amazingly, I would say 95% of capital allocators still use it to measure portfolios ROI, so it’s worth watching to see what others might do…

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/monthly-consumer-price-index-indicator/latest-release


3 key features:

- Privacy
- Self-custodial
- Decentralised


“So the actual hurdle would be alternative illiquid equity investments”

I disagree with you here. Anyone who is trying to find equity opportunities in Bitcoin companies, has generally speaking done their research, owns Bitcoin, and wants to support its development. If the equity opportunity doesn’t have the ability to hurdle Bitcoin, then why not own more Bitcoin?

Yes perhaps you’re right from a fund management perspective, with existing funds under management, to compare illiquid

But for raising a btc focused equity growth fund, you have to be able to beat Bitcoin

Let’s say this is an opportunity / problem, how would you solve it?


What metrics are you using to decide? So many different things going into this kind of thing


Bitcoin is true capitalism

Gives the ability to return capital

Ending an era of extraordinary capital miss-allocation


Welcome!

As a mathmatician, what is it about Nostr that you find interesting in particular?


The other half. Nice. Such a great moment in life when you realise you’ve found the person you’re going to have a crack at it all with 🙏🏻


Welcome! Proving to be one of the best decision I’ve made spending time here


#Bitcoin is money’s final form.
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#BitcoinTwitter
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Which company are you thinking of? From what I’ve looked at, there’s not all that many good equity investments to make at growth stage

Which is why there isn’t yet a fund operating at that point. Happy to be wrong as would love to allocate to it

In general early stage equity investing in Bitcoin companies is very very hard with BTC as your hurdle rate


Is that volume of derivatives traded per bank?

Can’t be what’s on their balance sheets as assets…


One of the reasons that’s really making me fall in love with Nostr is due to my experience as an investor

When you invest your attention into a content strategy with a platform, each offers different returns

Nostr has the potential to totally blow the status quo out of the water, with the ability to own your identity

Essentially digital innovation is enabling superior property rights and hence superior capital creation potential


I am on IOS otherwise would try for sure


Nice. That’s a great start thanks. It would be nice to get that breakdown over a timeline


Value-for-value is really donation-for-donation

It’s a gifting society

People put in the work, whether that be an article, video, or client

The input is time, energy, capital

In exchange people zap them, whatever feels right to them at the time in terms of amount, direct to their wallet

The output is stored time, energy, capital

This then begs the question: if one’s entire annual income is a donation, do you owe tax?


Is there a content analytics app for Nostr?

- impressions
- clicks
- zaps
- comments
- likes

Etc


Great vibe thanks for sharing. So true & relate a lot re “solving the money problem”

Much more time for yourself, calmer etc

💪🏻


There are so many content creators out there that don’t yet know about Nostr

The day they do, we’ll see a huge improvement in the content we see here

It makes so much sense to own your audience, true capitalism in a sense


Nostr 3 key features:

- decentralised
- private
- self-custodial


Is there a short-form video focused client on Nostr?

I think it makes sense to have a eco-system of specialists, rather than all-in-one apps

Akin to a football team, you need a specialist player for each position

If you can double down & truly focus on one thing you’ll be better at it


The free market acting as it should! Love it

He also changed some things in the airline industry which has made a big difference


How different do you feel as a result of doing this?


As a “vol” expert, can you explain further?

Keen to learn


Some excellent analysis on the Blackrock ETF options news

nostr:npub1kznjv5rsa5hkvpmhz3wrlwztd8kwa7aa00afwucux98dtpldzvrs487zc4 I stand corrected. This is a game changer

https://open.substack.com/pub/checkonchain/p/options-101-derivatives-masterclass?r=2rvibb&utm_medium=ios


I don’t like to gloat at the demise of others, & in a free market each to their own

But at the same time, SEC regulations are pretty clear, howey test etc, so they knew all along it was illegal, plus the idea of advertising to people financial freedom, taking those funds to pump their own token, stinks of dis-honesty


Thanks!


Interesting. Never heard that before

Could well be!


GM

Watching your wife work their way through the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience that is pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, really is awe-inspiring

🙏🏻


With the chaos comes the calm

🙏🏻


Congrats on all the progress Gabriel

Look forward to tuning in


Nice. So a service based business, with a high value connections list, can give exposure to the right people in the right place, for a fee

Makes sense

Indeed, it’s actually much more social than say a paid ad on IG… Richer relationship potential right there, which I would hazard a guess means higher LTV of any customers acquired

Interesting


What is that principle pls?


Can it survive without business models that work?

I guess that’s the question I was trying to get to!


In the same way that companies (MSTR etc) now have equity analysts looking for BTC/share

I wonder if digital nomads (or any person looking for a better life) will start looking at BTC/citizen

Great stat on Bhutan

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Maybe. I don’t think so though

Just a case of incentive

Value is subjective, so if I want to, I spend my money

No need for surveillance capitalism in that sense

BUT some people figured out they could create digital monopolies, a “safe and convenient” place for people to socialise, & sell the data to advertisers on the back-end


Yes so the v4v model for sure is one way


Interesting. So relay providers can utilise that similar model in which you provide convenience, UX etc, in exchange for data

The user becomes the product again in a way (but to a far lesser extent given one can create their own relay, or just not use yours)

What’s the market for selling this data like so far?


Went to send you a zap, but says not setup… get on it sir!

Great note. Thanks. I like learning from people clued into the technical side

It’s not something that come naturally to me

As a commercial person… how did those older protocols make money?

Ie, is there a historical business model, or models, that we could mimic?


Heard today that “80% of A students, work for D students”

A lesson in there


Everyday I spend on Nostr I learn something new about it

More often than not it’s yet further clarification it’s the place to be

Thank you all

GN


Have yet to visit SF. Always wanted to growing up in UK. Sounded the best place in US…

What’s the biggest change since you grew up there?

Also, we all change, sure it’s not you? Rather than the city itself?


IG, TikTok, YT, they all sell data, ie companies seeking to advertise, as their major revenue model

Nostr is different. The user controls their data and audience. If that’s the case, what’s the business model of choice?


So if you can’t sell Nostr users data, how do you make a business with it?


Pretty cool how the developers building Nostr are also users

Much superior incentive alignment to legacy social media platforms

How many Facebook developers are heavy users themselves?


Well they wouldn’t want to undermine their own currency, which as a communist state is key to their manifesto

Saying that, I bet their are all sorts of capital leakage avenues, off market of course, in which party officials are making as much money as they can

Think off shore companies. Relatives as dormant shareholders. Etc etc which if true they wouldn’t need a nation state as a front

Who knows! All guess work


So interesting. One of the amazing things about travel is the perspective it gives you

“Oh hang on, some people live differently to how I was taught”

Here’s a great example


Thanks will check it out


Totally agree on this one


Haven’t followed this one closely.

One thought: How sovereign are they?

I’ve read in the past that they have cool things in their constitution such as “happiness of citizens” actually written into their goals

But, the sceptic in me, if I was China, they’d make a neat proxy for accumulating..?


Q1 -. The Apple that used to cost 10k sats, if btc doubles in purchasing power, will now cost 5k sats (whatever the usd price will depend on usd inflation)


Great question. Keep asking these! It’s what helps with conviction over the long-term

The key is to study money some more…

How I think through this:

- money solves the double coincidence of wants problem
- many things can be used as money, most things are very bad at money
- a good money is: Divisible / Durable / Fungible / Portable / Scarce / Verifiable
- good money has 3 functions: store-of-value / medium-of-exchange / unit-of-account
- people will use money in different scenarios for 1 of the last 3 functions

What you’re thinking through, it’s important to identify which function you’re fulfilling

As Bitcoin increases its market cap, driven by value moving into BTC, and purchasing power increasing, as supply is outstripped by demand, the SOV function is altering (hence we see its exchange rate alter)

Whilst, you can price things in whatever you want. Chairs. People. Coal. Grain. Gold. USD. Eur. BTC. Etc. Long-term I believe everything will be priced in BTC, which is UOA function. The supply of all those UOA moneys I just mentioned can change, but BTC will change the least (think stock-to-flow ratio), hence makes a good UOA

Point being everything is in flux the whole time. Modern fiat has lulled us into the false sense that prices can be constant

In short - I try my hardest to measure my net wealth in BTC terms (ie SOV) but on a daily basis pricing things in BTC remains hard

Lastly BTC will only have 21 million, this is like a truthful measuring stick of value, unlike anything we’ve ever seen. Just because you price in SATS, this doesn’t change that fact

Hard to explain in one note!

🙏🏻

Hope that makes sense


I love this type of intuitive thinking as a operating system for life

I struggle with it. What happens if it takes you somewhere you don’t plan to go?

But that’s precisely the point. The rationale mind doesn’t understand sometimes

It’s like what Sama taught me once about “non-linear productivity”, which is such a cool concept


In the same way that each time we see evidence of inflation, Bitcoin has its marketing done for it

Increased government censorship & surveillance happening, is an organic advert for Nostr

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Almost like proof of stake vs proof of work

Great vibe to kick off the day with. What will I learn today…?


I think you’re bang on. Especially when it comes to entrepreneurship

School just doesn’t want people like that. But rather obedient tax payers in a workforce


That’s your gut, your intuition, guiding you to a source of truth!

Love it


Unpopular truth: you need to feel like a loser to be a winner


Well in think this is the key point re quicksand

Nostr is a superior form of digital property rights

As a result it’s a better technology & platform to build with long term


Some great points

Thanks for sharing


Some btc maxi hero’s right there 👏👏👏


Arguably they lost their monopoly on information a long time ago

But taking away the creation of money from them, amen to that


True. Very true


Thanks!

Isn’t it amazing though, with all that “education”, that I never asked that?

Says a lot about status quo schooling system


😂

We must be aware of who’s around us at all times

Much easier said than done

Their influence on us is huge


I am 36

I was born into a very entrepreneurial family

I began Business Studies at 14

I did Business Management at University at 19

I started researching Bitcoin seriously at 32

Amazingly it took almost 30 years to ask: “what is money?”


The harsh truth about truly understanding Bitcoin as an investor: you're obsolete

To spend the next 20 years trying to find assets that outpace Bitcoin is something you could do

But is it something you really want to do?

It will be very hard to hurdle 50% cagr, so why not re-allocate to Bitcoin and go enjoy life?

Be an artists. A musician. A Nostr creator...

A huge amount of talent will be unlocked

Saying that, I still love the idea of talking about businesses and financial markets

I guess it's simple: you do you


I really love the idea of Nostr as a digital town square that is an actual free market

- trade
- speech
- religion

Etc

It’s almost a truly public good, in that its owned by no-one, but available to everyone


What’s the way around it? Or route forward?


Everyone needs a solution to a problem

For the friends you mention, they just haven’t clicked yet

When their X profile is cancelled (again), or IG updates their terms of services to being a pronoun, or the politician they like gets shadow banned, etc etc etc, then maybe they’ll do a u-turn


I get more and more like this

“I’ll tell you what I do, why it’s worked for me, and why I think it’s a great plan for the future. By all means copy it”

Is generally the process now

It used to be a lot more “you need to wake up” which I had little success with


Maritime law. Common law

Great rabbit holes to start investigating


I have a friend with a thriving content-lead digital business

He said once “my biggest fear is YT cancelling me”

They have a 500k subscriber channel they use everyday

Yet they’re still not on Nostr…

Its like people know that they’ve build kingdoms on quicksand, but the incentive requires one to ignore that fact

It means they self-censor in order to stay in their lane

1 - this is a house of cards that surely is just a matter of time before a meltdown

2 - it really makes one consider the power of these platforms to morph information to their liking. The bigger the user (think YT channel size), the larger they have an incentive not to be banned...

Remember: freedom of speech is not freedom of reach

So should you say something that is not allowed by the thought police, your content gets buried

Nostr fixes this


Reminds me of home… I was born and grew up in Dorset. Beautiful part of the world

Rains a LOT…


Being able to curate your experience is the key

I like it as:

A - you have far more control

B - it requires proof-of-work to get the outcome you want


Fiat startup land in a meme 👏


GM fellow capitalists....

https://m.primal.net/KywK.png


It will be built. Only a matter of time I am sure


In what sense?

If you had something to sell that I wanted, I could zap you whenever I want eg

Ie the plumbing is in place for trade which cannot be stopped


Seems reasonable


As a non-technical person, this thread is a classic

An anon sitting around spamming to prove a point, comes out with another anon account, to admit they were behind the attacks

Definition of a faceless keyboard warrior

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Nothing quite like a surge in the Bitcoin price to make one feel great


Indeed. Absolutely not saying there won’t be a market for it! 1% pls. Compounding. Asset management industry worked very hard to make that the norm and not going to give up easily.

It’s where I really like the lens of monetary premium. For so long I didn’t understand that money could be anything, a bond, a house, whatever

Just most things aren’t a good money. So all these “assets under management” are going to slowly erode in value vs btc

But until the owners of those assets wise up and tell their managers to re-allocate, then the show will go on


1 - unkown (literally no-one has ever been there... alternate reality type stuff)

2 - refer to 1

😂


Where does the rabbit hole end?

How deep does it really go?


A technical analyst I have huge respect for sent me his latest thoughts today. Some highlights:

- I understand this has been long enduring phase of consolidation, but this is just part of the process. The markets can remain irrational, longer than most can stay solvent

- I am still expecting a peak in between March through to October 2025. My peak price range is between 75kUSD and 90kUSD, if it goes above that then I will happily accept being incorrect

- Based on the psychology profile of the investor, we are just about to exit the CALM phase. We are 41 WEEKS AWAY from the THRILL phase (June '25). plenty of time to get a nice run up, as we enter the OPTIMISM phase, after a 6 month lull.

- Bitcoin generally has a top 70-90 weeks POST Halving. We hare still 48 WEEKS AWAY from the beginning of that range

- From cycle ₿ottom to ₿ottom generally take 48 months (Hence the 4 year cycle reference). With the cycle tops taking place around month 35, when measured from the previous bottom. We are at week 23. September 2025 represents Month 35.

- As they say "A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else".

Remember though: he is only trying his best to predict, which as we all know is impossible, so I use this as just a part of a suite of tools to figure out what is going on out there


Felt this as well today! A weekend of looking after 3 kids for the first time. A lot to cover... Monday and the nanny is in to help with the older 2!


Yeah covering one's tracks digitally would be pretty hard if you'e been public in the past

Also some people love to hate. Ignore them


Great insight. Thanks for sharing. People are welcome to their views ofc, and can decide for themselves. Always interesting to hear different opinions

I've personally taken the approach of I am ok with it (as you can tell from my BTC socials etc)

I like to think of having my real name out there as having true "skin in the game"


Why? Serious question. Plus how can you not use your name anywhere?


The harsh truth about truly understanding Bitcoin as an investor: you're obsolete

To spend the next 20 years trying to find assets that outpace Bitcoin is something you could do

But is it something you really want to do?

It will be very hard to hurdle 50% cagr, so why not re-allocate to Bitcoin and go enjoy life?

Be an artists. A musician. A Nostr creator...

A huge amount of talent will be unlocked

Saying that, I still love the idea of talking about businesses and financial markets

I guess it's simple: you do you


As I've begun the process of hunting for some physical Real Estate for a family home, I've come across so many "investors" or "developers" that think they're making money

Pure hunch: if they factor in all their costs, plus their time, then run a calc on the "gains" with real inflation, it's going to be marginal at best

The weird thing being that they leave behind a house, a happy customer, at an increased price. It seems like value was created. But was it?


Why is it a bad idea to use your real name on Nostr?


Who knows what will happen!


For now, no-one seems to care about me. This reply might change that...


If you do step 1, then step 2 & 3 kind of happen anyways

Great way to go


1. Build in the open.
2. Ship and iterate fast.
3. Create a community around it.


Thanks I'll look into that. Appreciate the help


Next time I start a podcast I'll host with them to start with. One day I'd love to have a Start9 &host it all myself


Diving into Austrian economics has been one of the best decisions of my life

It makes all the previous study look pointless. An Austrian perspective actually makes sense!


Nice video  nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu

This kind of thought provoking content is so good. Really makes me try to fast-forward 5 years...

One should be working on where the puck is going, not where it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-BlTbTmqA&ab_channel=ReasonTV


Our attention is our most scarce resource. Truly homing in what we love, what we’re great at, and therefore what we do with our time, is one of the most important decisions we make

Well said


I’d love an episode on the tech stack you’re using to produce, publish, and promote the podcast?

Wavlake does the hosting of RSS feeds? Why is that better than Spotify etc


I am 36

I was born into a very entrepreneurial family

I began Business Studies at 14

I did Business Management at University at 19

I started researching Bitcoin seriously at 32

Amazingly it took almost 30 years to ask: “what is money?”


Haha. I put it together on Xmas Eve one year. Took aaaaaages! But can’t say I built the whole thing 🙏🏻


GM

Remember to follow your instincts to explore, try new things, & stay curious

🙏🏻
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Wowza. Huge effort from them. Love it


Ok fair enough. Exciting times then!


HODLing is the definition of “easier said than done”


I would say they’re all services in the roadmap to be excited about, but aren’t catalysts per say

Are they truly gamechangers?

I’d much rather be predicting a large nation state coming out and saying there accumulating, or QE infinity, if we really want to amp things up


Wow. Amazing piece of history right there.


I have a purely emotional, but strong feeling, that Bitcoin is going to absolutely pump in price soon


I don’t think Bitcoin advocates realise how much value they’re creating

All this time they vociferously plug away about this new type of money

Will one day reap rewards in real people’s lives… So pumped for my mate 👏
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Going from a family of 2 to 3 was tough

Going from a family 3 to 4 was a little easier

Going to a family of 5, with 3 kids, is a whole new challenge

💪🏻


Thanks Luke

Yeah it really is. A great project. Typifies value 4 value in a way. Bitcoin knowledge is incredible when delivered in the right way at the right time.

Awesome focus on self sovereignty as well in terms of the self custody advice etc

🙏🏻


Got 3 kids now, very much heading down the home schooling route

Love to hear stories of people thriving on the other side of it

👏👏👏


In the investing world we look for trends

The “trend is your friend” is a phrase I like

They can be reduced to two terms such as:

- tailwinds
- headwinds

Nostr, without any doubt, has immense tailwinds…

So as an example, which would you rather be?

- 1 - good entrepreneur, with a good idea, but a bad market
- 2 - an average entrepreneur, with an average idea, but a good market

I know where I would be placing my bets…


Good vibes luke thanks for sharing

We’ve got some building to do for sure!

Well done on the progress with the podcast 💪🏻


No thanks. I started watching “inside bills brain” a few years ago, and just couldn’t do it

It was like he was just soooooo increadible. A god if you will. It stank of BS. This was pre-covid as well.

At the time I was angry with myself, as I thought I was struggling with the “compare and despair” type psychology. I thought I was jealous. Hence I couldn’t watch it

Now I reflect, it was intuition telling me loud and clear that this man was not to be trusted. It was just all too good to be true

The very idea of a philanthropist, who doesn’t just give to those who needs, but benefits on the back-end with equity positions, political influence, tax loopholes, etc etc, is more akin to a nefarious devil than god

Watch what they do, not what they say


This is so on point. Plus the ladder to freedom doesn’t have to be violent, just different, with an outcome not given to you but worked for


Good morning Nostr! https://image.nostr.build/2a81d942a97c3705817c9ba5e21695c9b17e049e288d4ea4d5ed67a60a6253d9.jpg


You’re in their territory, they can do whatever they want

This won’t ever change


The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust.


GM

Just met a 93.5 yr old man taking a morning walk along the beach

Bill. Born in 1930. Had 6 sons. Chatted way to my girls, told me how fun growing up in Sydney was, & how his sister saved his life once.

Then went on his way. True gent

🙏🏻


Traction ladies & gents. Traction

The startup world hunts for this in the same way gold prospectors traverse the earth

Amazing to think what will be built with, on, & because of Nostr


Yeah need to watch this one before commenting


I am pretty bullish on Aussie RE tbh. Just so many levers the gov can pull to keep the show on the road

Yes it’s slowly but surely getting more & more unobtainable to the average person

Yes that is a seed for large public outrage at some point in the future

But do they let it recorrect? The whole asset market of the country implode?

Or just carry on getting rich?…

It’s not fair. But what is?


Will have a listen & respond

My hunch: there will always be demand for debt, yes it will look very different to what we’ve become accustomed to, given that the cost of capital will be much higher and more fairly represented on a Bitcoin standard.


Will they? Wont they? Media that incessantly follow Central Bank announcements must get driven mad

“It could be the fact this drags the RBA closer to cutting interest rates,”

Time will tell.

What I do know: a mortgage broker told me they have 38$ million aud of pre-approval loans just waiting to go

“That’s the most capital in the wings I’ve almost ever had”

They see rate cuts happening in 4 to 6 months, which means we have a good real estate buying window

People using leverage, to access a leveraged market, when the leverage masters pull their artificial strings

And they wonder why we get boom and bust cycles…

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/interest-rates/australia-reacts-as-us-federal-reserve-slashes-interest-rates/news-story/cec76fac0740139882345dd69e83c796


All centered around the Himalayas. Fascinating

When you go to places like India and China it really does open your eyes

There are just sooooooo many people out there

All of whom have no idea who you are, or care for your customs

Travel is the best thing for giving on perspective on life

Quite like how this post gives perspective in fact


Art is a great way to do this. Totally agree

Would love to do more of it


Thanks Mike. Appreciate it!


Oh the eugenics type crowd


I’ve had a few over the years

Most recent has been for Bitcoin Mentor

https://open.spotify.com/show/2H3MKsFvkWczgqrSh38284?si=bJPMDd_pSsyxj9A95IOy7A

Main project was Bitcoin With Jake

https://open.spotify.com/show/7w3EHLVuF3adK7MXjSxvaH?si=x6SRacFkTVW-uc0nAGOqFA

Both in YT as well


Sorry not across that story? Where can I read more?


Lol. A high jumper. A plane

😂


I love the idea of “honing your craft”. Your “Ikigai” as the Japanese so aptly put it

However it can be hard to figure out what that is. Lots of trial & error is really key to that process

If I had to say today: I want to double down on podcasting

I want to host a world class show

It’s something I love, learning from others, & helping people tell their amazing stories. The ups. The downs. The unexpected twists.

What’s your “craft?”


Totally agree I’d like to see that as well


I hadn’t heard they had to do that, what a shame, but yes inevitable the a company in a certain jurisdiction comes under pressure

Love the idea of zaps crowdfunding with no ability to censor


That might work… 😜


Wife, 2x daughters, newborn son, & dog, just chilling on the sofa

Happy Friday all

Feeling blessed

🙏🏻


On point

Especially as there’s a spiritual angle to the whole thing

Like it or not. It wakes something up inside you!


Yeah. Nice idea!


It’s very important to share how you feel. Nice one. Half the problem has been the lack of real discourse


Enjoy! Loved mine 👏


I really like the idea of building an alternate reality that is accessible, actually works, & offers a better future, or what we’re doing with Bitcoin

Slowly but surely people transfer across from old to new

Won’t happen overnight. Wont happen with a big bang.

Truth is: even asking the questions you’re posing is unthinkable to the 99%

We have a long way to go!


If the hurdle rate is 50%, what can you buy?


Good to see you on Nostr 👏👏👏. Just found your profile

Don’t forget: they like to chuck in employment as part of the Keynesian mess, as a bait, to think that by supporting the system we can get rich…


A measuring stick of truth on a crazy world


Bitcoin isn’t the bubble, it is the pin


Talent matching is a huge problem. Just look at the fees spent on recruiters and headhunters. So it’s a massive market, which is a great start

Equally, & as you point out, a warm intro from someone you trust is arguably a 10x on a cold application. “Oh, Karnage, you worked with this person for a year, I like the look of them for x role, should they apply?” True signal from noise.

Plus the inventive alignment is great. Employees and employers are more accountable to their actions. This in particular could be a benefit to both sides. Play cricket, get rewarded, play with people’s lives, get called out on it

In short: keep going


Just heard the phrase “zap battle” for the first time

1) love it

2) Just think about a charity event, & there is an auction for something, the biggest bid wins. Ego. Yes. Impact. Yes. Completion. For sure.

At scale, public zap battles have the potential to create huge amounts of capital flow. Doesn’t have to be just donations. Why not equity investing? Or a bid for a limited edition product?

Just another mind-bending idea that just wasn’t truly possible pre-Nostr


It’s so cool to get your hands dirty so to speak. Try the different apps. How quick to refresh? Is auto correct painful? Do DMs show up? Why? Why not?

Indeed it’s probably the best example of a genuine free market in my lifetime. Moving fast. Trial and error. No market intervention per say. I love it.

Plus it feels more human. Oh look, they’re having an interesting conversation, I’ll go hang out and chime in if I have something to add. Which itself only adds to the energy of innovation

I do wonder though: without an obvious business model with immediate monetisation, how do they survive?


Not sure sending central bank funded media a letter is worth any energy at all, but good effort in any case


RFK wrote a letter to the editor in the economist today.

archive.ph/AO4un
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Guys great episode. Thanks for sharing

Couple of thoughts:

- nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424  loved the “Derekisms”. Fave was “enraged & engaged”. Plus, the idea the purple pill is the entry to the orange pill. I wonder, what’s the best way to make that happen? Making nostr-only content that is then easily shared by users? Therefore enticing others to join?

- I went to save the episode to my Spotify episode lists to listen to, which is a habit I’ve crated, for working through all content I am researching. I stopped myself, “use Nostr jake”, and came back to Nostr with nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg and bookmarked it. The video played great & I enjoyed it. Is there a video focused client that could be used to save, create playlists, discover etc, podcast content like this?

- I love the idea of releasing all content on Nostr a day early. Any kind of advantage such as that to differentiate its importance is cool. Did you come up with any others? Going Nostr-only is a cool concept, but you immediately walk away from all the eyeballs on legacy platforms


Thanks for sharing! As always a case of learn by doing, then sharing about the process


Nice. Was looking at Nostr.build today

I like the idea of a Nostr native back-end, so getting rid of Spotify for podcasters etc, and having ones rss feeds hosted in a more sovereign manner


Having read a lot of Bitcoin books, each one giving a particular insight from each author

What I particularly liked about nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a Broken Money was the explanation of early forms of credit

Ie I give you something of value, if we were in a high trust tribe, then I would be happy noting down that you owe me something in the future, & storing that debt in my head. Ofc this doesn’t scale. But it pre-dates money in a sense.

Point being, I absolutely agree there will be a credit market on a bitcoin standard, it will however be radically different today, in large part due to the cost of capital being much higher, therefore debt risk much higher, so interest rates will have to reflect that

Fascinating one to watch play out


Stop writing letters and calling politicians. Start plugging in ASICs.
 - nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy

#BitcoinTwitter
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Just out of interest, where did you host this video?

I’ll have a listen for sure. Keen to learn what a nostr-first podcast actually looks like?


So cool when you take risk, see where things take you, & follow your passion

Well done


Said just yet another person who has not seriously asked “what is money” & therefore does not understood that we’ve had a problem, right at the heart of how we trade, since the dawn of time, that has now been solved. A true game changer technology.


Let’s do it!


I’d love to see a Nostr native equivalent to Spotify for podcasters (what was anchor)

In case some inspiration is needed!


From the very short clip I saw it was a “Crypto burger”

He’s still got some learning to do I think

But yes. lol. Now I also have to go to that bar someday


The rate cuts etc were priced in. A presidential candidate visiting nostr:npub1key55ax33gkl50uqemvl4khrtqrhzm7wzpc7fhseutt5ddkcwcrqgxlt3h lobbing around hamburgers was not…

HODL on tight these next few months!

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This is the power of open source…

Each person sees a problem they want to solve, should they go and build it, the whole network benefits

Long-term it’s unstoppable

Love it


Nice. And that’s the tool I’ve been wondering about!

Are people using it as a back-end for podcasts?


To nostr:npub1jmy8weweqzckna0amz7pn0uhhkxx693l7st23829ewmu43yvjsesfp6xcq point re “social capital”

I believe capital comes in many forms, the 3 major areas being

- financial
- skill
- relationship (social)

Investing into a Nostr account with your time, energy, and money, has the potential to have an roi in all 3

- financial - you can sell products and services to an audience that you build
- skill - by focusing your attention on Nostr it’s inevitable that you develop a new skill set (& given we’re so early it’ll be relatively rare globally)
- relationship - given one is able to interact in public digitally and in a trusted manner, as you only have access to the nsec, as discuss, there’s huge scope to build fruitful friendships (think “play long-term games with long-term people)

As always lots to think through! But from a capital creation perspective, we’re only just scratching the surface of what it means to own your identity, data and audience online


I am thinking through the idea that The nsec (or very well put “secret” as you say) is property itself. It’s a key to the audience, or reach, or attention, that has been built over time, by the owner.

You own it until you give it away, sell it, or are hacked & have it stolen. But critically it’s not possible to debase it ok the back-end (you can’t be cancelled)

I believe there will be a flourishing market for nsec re-sales in the futur, as ofc the need to communicate with certain engaged sub-groups of people will exist

Critically, unlike when buying an IG account etc, the new owner wil know that they can not have it taken away. Similar to an email address, but given how the Nostr app ecosystem is developing, 10x more valuable (eg you can’t send btc via email)

Very happy to be proven wrong. But really enjoying where this thought process is taking me


Indeed. Which is yet another reason to build here


For those of you that have read De Soto’s “The Mystery of Capital”

Today I found myself thinking about capital creation with content

It struck me how important Nostr is as a new technology, playing field, map, to adventure into

De Soto shows so well how private property rights are crucial to capital creation

He highlights the need for defined, accessible, and policed private property jurisdictions

His native Peru vs the US real estate markets are his comparison tools, which I really like

Essentially ex-communist and developing nations struggle to create capital due to poor management of private property rights

What if the same could be applied to traditional content platforms? I think it can…

Imagine building a shopping mall in a country that changes government, alters regulations, & steals your property

Capital erosion

The same can be applied to building a YT channel, IG account, or X following. You can get banned at any time for “abusing community guidelines”

Capital erosion

Point being, through the lens of De Soto, you need private property rights to be upheld to truly create, multiply, & preserve capital

Nostr is therefore the corner stone of a genuine digital capital creation strategy with content

What do you think?


Just put on “to read” list


I’ve been doing a fair bit of personal development work over the last couple of years

Different mentors. With coaching across business, content, meditation, in conjunction with some in person osteo, chiro, and massage

All with different benefits

My wife has done a fair bit of the past life regression stuff actually. I’d be keen to explore at some stage thanks

🙏🏻


It’s a very scary story, thank you for sharing details on it

Considering multiple attach vectors to BTC is always important


Pls DM & I’ll let you know


Wow. Blown away to wake up to this

- community
- generosity
- positivity
- honesty
- kindness

Yet there are some people out there that tell you Nostr is a “echo chamber” or “just too early”

What more do you need…?

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My son was born today

Wife a warrior woman

Another home birth achieved

What a day!

GN

🙏🏻


All very valuable insights! Thanks for sharing


What’s stopping you thus far? It would be a great exercise to go through.


Thanks will do


So so true! Just think of all those countless times that YT, IG, etc had your attention

F*ck them!


Let’s do it! Plus great points all thanks


Mediation is a key part of all this. Totally agree

Thanks will have a look at that


Must have been about 3 weeks since I decided to double down on Nostr again

Delete X etc off phone

I am now used to the way I “feel” in terms of no algo screwing with my emotions

But what’s cool now is the improvement of my experience having invested into it

My feed is more interesting

I’ve made some new digital friends

Whilst most importantly I am starting to have some very engaging, educating, and valuable conversations

Chuck some zaps around. Follow who appears. Comment your insights

This is capital creation Nostr style


Was being mentored today about the universal laws

An area of energetics & spirituality that I am diving into

All about the level of frequency that we operate at

High vs low, or light vs heavy

Fascinating.

Touched on the concept of “you become your thoughts”

Lots to learn


That’s insane isn’t it


The US government debt is exponentially increasing. $100B in the past two weeks.

To put that in context:

To spend $100B, you'd have to spend $300,000 per HOUR for 38 years.


Anyone that says “can’t” is in a spot of bother tbh

There’s always a way


Good luck!


So cool how your “vol” experience has helped shaped your thinking, with then the Bitcoin twist

A amalgamation of those things is the current you (as we all are)

Money is fixed. Yes. Money is also still the same: a technology that is useful for what it buys you

The question then becomes an allocation one. How much of what thing should you own?


For sure. Case of when not if


How so?

(To answer myself: I don’t think the varying forms of freedom have ever been taught to me, but rather learnt)


We can to a great extent blame this mess we're in on the corruption of the word "freedom."


Watch what they do not what they say…

I also like things such as the chapwood index

https://chapwoodindex.com/


The inflation metrics the Fed uses aren't a great metric to actually calculate inflation. They try to deceive you by saying it's only 2% ish over long term.
While the broad money supply was 19B in 1913 and in 2024 it's roughly 21 Trillion. (!) That's more than 1000x on 110 years, which is roughly 7% per year average. 👈


BREAKING: *Money Printer Intensifies*

There is now a 61% chance we will see a 50bps rate cut by the FED this week.

Stack #Bitcoin accordingly. https://image.nostr.build/51f5e52d8ac6ddc2f65e3542dcb15cee734f7dd2b0e884d9894b6e9b12c4366b.jpg


Mother of all bull markets next year?

Interest rate easing will be good for asset holders for sure

But it’s not the 2020 QE bonanza…
Yet…

Cutting rates does not equal money printing

So question is, when?


“unhedgable for your meat suit”

This hits home

My wife likes to say “you can’t live in a Bitcoin”

At some stage it makes sense to have physical assets for sure

To live somewhere eg is a big deal & totally different to store-of-value

I guess I’ve spent the day looking at properly going “wtf, these guys have no idea there is only 21 million”

Whilst there always seems to be the next off market land deal

Interesting process


lol

Need to ask my wife that…

Pretty sure the answer is that she’s just a soothing magical la la land of easy viewing switch off time

Or something like that


Been researching a potential real estate investment

Thinking to buy some land then build a family home

Almost every single advertised plot says the same thing

“Once in a lifetime”

“Rare”

“Exclusive”

“First time on the market in 40 years”

Which can be deduced to mean: scarcity

Little do people realise that digital scarcity has been discovered

It’s hard to translate the fact there will only ever be 21 million…


True freedom comes from individual sovereignty, when the market is free and speech is uncensored, innovation thrives, and human potential knows no bounds. Austrian economics teaches us that interference stifles growth, while liberty unleashes it. 🫡

Be free 🧡💜


What a legend 👏


GM

Morning beach walks with the dog

Really is one of life’s true pleasures

🙏🏻
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The fact we have Nostr as an option to utilise is a wonderful thing

How would you feel if we didn’t? Frustrated to say the least…


Some clients have them built in. Eg primal

Wos is a good option. Also I like Alby


Set yourself a target date to publish it, always helps to hammer home a vision


Which app is that sorry? Very keen to trial it asap


Learn about Bitcoin

Sack your financial adviser


Connect a bitcoin lightning wallet to your nostr profile

Once setup, I can “zap” you

A “zap” can be as many sats as you want


Indeed. All of which represent a tuition fee of sorts

Opportunity costs at its essence

Understanding purchasing power is a key step that’s often missed frankly


Had the same feeling going through a business bank account application in Australia recently

Painful at best. Downright nefarious at worst

A cartel that has been too much for for too long, at the expense of everyone else


lol. Early start in south east Asia

Nothing better 😜


That’s actually a very good lens to use on all discussion

It’s so profound in how many areas of life it touches

If you haven’t looked into it then you’re working from a hymn sheet with the wrong songs


When you truly understand Bitcoin as a store-of-value, it means you’ve begun the process of “unlearning” that is critical

Plenty of problems then arise when it comes to portfolio allocation. Why do I own what I own?

More often than not, diversification, is actually diworsificaiton, & something a financial adviser cannot say


Is there an equities fund that’s focused on global bitcoin adoption for public companies?

Ie as they make meaningful strategy, treasury, & financing decisions, one can get exposure

Trying to figure it out alone is a full time job. Which stock index? Which geography? Which industry?

Seems a smart bet to outpace Bitcoin itself in the right circumstances. But you need the skills to execute on it


Getting financial advice from “successful” boomers

Is going to cost a lot of people the chance to buy #Bitcoin now

Unfair

But true


Thanks


An actual roi! 👏👏👏


Interesting. Best thing to read in this to get up to scratch?


The best skincare product:

Sunlight.

The best gut biome supplement:

Fasting.

The best fat loss tool:

Walking.

The best way to create happiness:

Presence.

We’ve known these things to be the case for hundreds of thousands of years;

Nothing will ever compare to them…


The best dopamine hit:

A zap

🙏🏻


Some faves from recent years

- Atlas Shrugged
- Bitcoin Standard
- Principles of Economics
- Breathe: a life in flow
- Mystery of Capital


Guilty of trawling through YT again & clicked on this

Not a single mention of Bitcoin… Timely reminder: Information does not travel through markets fairly

Plus (quick rant): being prudent, diversifying, using the compounding power of passive index trackers blah blah blah, totally misses the point of “what is money?”, self-custody, & the discovery of digital scarcity

Everything is an opportunity cost to owning more Bitcoin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgL_rnLfYmk


So much advice that people give you is based on what was successful for them

That doesn’t mean it will be for you…


Brilliant thanks


Bitcoin is money. Money is useful for what it buys you. At some stage it must be spent, otherwise this whole movement dies. (In my view)


Semler def one to watch

Need to start tracking them properly

Anyone made a good list?


Yeah same!


We had some mould readings done at our house recently

We’ve been struggling with unusual illness for months

Data says “very high” spore content throughout the house

We will have to move…

Crazy part: the highest reading was in the garden outdoors!

Friends have told me stories of leaving weights out in the rain, and they become all green slime post rainfall

We see the telltale cloud streaks, plus we know Northern NSW is targeted

Spraying mould was a new one though… can that really be true?

Will give this a watch

Ps - where can you go to live where it’s not happening?


Microstrategy in the US, & more recently Metaplanet in Japan, are 2 publicly traded companies that have seen huge equity value upside due to adopting Bitcoin

As regulated companies on stock exchanges they have a number of financing tools at their disposal that is retail investors don’t have

How cheap can you borrow money? Bet it’s not as cheap as either company. Both can then go & buy Bitcoin, to keep on the balance sheet

As an Aussie resident, I wonder who will be the first to try this on the ASX?


For some reason it’s as if you commented the same thing 5 times

Not sure why

Good graphic tigs 👏


Indeed my friend. Indeed 👏👏👏


The pure zap economy is def not there yet from what I see

But your point is a good one. Are you using it for information, entertainment, and a sense of community

Or are you looking at it for some kind of commercial purpose

They’re very different things

My initial thought is that if I took the commercial angle away then it would be easy to go Nostr only


Ok thanks


Bang on


What range is that data from? Monthly? Or all time?

Thanks for sharing!


Where’s the best resource to study public market equities & bitcoin exposure (ie btc / share)?


Yeah sounds about right. A true audience building process of value


Bang on.

The question I have, how does one justify going “all in” on Nostr only?

Content creation to an extent is valuable due to attention

By cutting yourself off to potential eyeballs on other platforms

You need to have a really good reason to do so

(Maybe you don’t need any reason. You just do it. & build the world you want to see…)


If your dream was to have “the best podcast in the world”… how would you do that?


Amen to that!


Yeah that has a great ring to it


What about “he who must not be named?”

Crucial villain


Good idea!


So this is large chunks being picked up, in expectation of a surge in price

That will be unloaded when retail turns up? The smart money you might say

Interesting thanks


Never 100%!

I have a plan in place to trim my investment at 150k aud or august 2025

Whichever comes first


As much as they tell you the opposite, ever Bitcoin HODLer has a price at which they would sell


As much as I like this kind of data, & my friend James Check is excellent with it, it’s meaningless without more context

How does that compare to last year? Or the year before? Or last month?

I believe it’s the trend that helps us garner the most intelligence.

(Yes I’ll click on the link & probs get all that info now!… thanks for sparking the conversation!)


Whenever I mention that I am an “investor with a focus on Bitcoin”

More often than not I end up in a conversation about “crypto”

Some coin. Project. Loss. Failure. Moon shot. Next best thing etc

The cafe owner “I am long a bunch of alts to outpace Bitcoin this cycle”

Not sure it’s working out too well…


Next time someone tells you that AI is going to take over the world

Remind them that without human action there is no AI in the first place

No data. No model. No nothing. So if you’re an original thinker you can never be out-competed


If I was going to build a pump & dump community for altcoins, that had the veneer of legitimacy, then it would look something like Capital Club

200k paying subscribers, to promo an “inside deal”, then spank the socials for retail to get involved… “Look at the amazing life we’ve built ourselves”

Then coach when to pull the plug. It’s about the only way I can see you get the 42x that the founder supposedly got last bull run

Very happy to be proven wrong, given I love entrepreneurship, & people trying new things. But will this community be around in a few years…?

https://www.capital.club/


Telling good stories is a crucial part of this whole journey. Reality. What’s going on? Who’s there? How are they surviving?

Well done Joe. You’re doing a great job. Some parts of life are simply unfair. Hard to witness in a sense. But if you can be proud of your interaction, then what’s more?

Is there a geyser link to donate to the school?


New truth: investing time & money into a Nostr audience is worth it for true leverage in the physical world

Imagine a scenario in which your local government doesn’t like your views or opinions

They decide to try & forcefully remove you from your land or close your business

Due to having the ability to speak to a digital audience, which (& this is the critical point) cannot be censored

You would be able to shine a light on their nefarious action (which in itself is also a deterrent)

Google & Meta etc would be happy to cancel or shadow ban you in a flash


Who would have guessed it!


Pretty sure fiat currency is the cancer

Ego is a symptom


I hate it. Tried and failed so many times to do it 😂😂


It’s like what was a slow bleed, is rapidly becoming an obvious river of blood

Mortally wounded? Maybe. Hence the idea of buying some btc just in case is such a good thing


Good evening.

In August, the US government took $307 billion in taxes and spent $687 billion, for a deficit of $380 billion. This works out to be an annualized deficit of $4.56 trillion.

Have an awesome weekend.


Lazy Saturday morning with the fam

Priceless

🙏🏻


What gets measured, gets managed

Be that calories, digital traffic, or net wealth


Success leaves clues…


It’s very hard to figure out timelines, I totally get that

Fascinating to think when & where the opportunities lie during this evolution

Thanks for sharing


Yeah exactly right. Specialise in something for dollars, & convert them into btc slowly over time


It feels good I totally agree


Sometimes the reality of making money in & around Bitcoin is brutal

Truth is it’s really hard for Bitcoin businesses to actually make money


I like the idea that freedom of speech is a critical buffer to violence

Ie you need to let everyone say what they want or risk making them so angry they fight

But when you apply this to content creation & where to post your work, it’s hard

- do you post only on Nostr, a place you know cannot be censored (a true expression of freedom of speech)
- do you post everywhere, including places you know might cancel you in the future (better reach potential but fraudulent)

It’s like the idea of “posting on Facebook means nothing, I am just having fun, I am not a criminal so what do I have to hide…”

You’re action and attention is inadvertently feeding a machine that by its definition has to “censor” speech

Ethics at play…


So many people have no idea about real inflation rates

It’s frustrating

But totally understandable given the gaslighting that goes on (eg CPI)

But once you figure out that the primary metric for value that you e been using for a lifetime is in fact totally wrong, it’s an extremely powerful moment of change


The dollar has (officially) lost 3,000% since the Federal Reserve was founded.

If you still trust these MFers with your money after they've robbed you and your ancestors for centuries, you're either suffering from Stockholm Syndrome or brain damage.

Get it checked ASAP. Study #Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/5349de3f057094090a7a1e454e1092a3b705ba0a26d1c5a12e6692956ccdd90e.jpg


Ask yourself how would you store value over long periods of time.

And then think about Bitcoin.
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The quiet before the storm

Night is darkest before the dawn

Blink & you’ll miss it

Etc…

The last place I would like to be is short BTC


A fantastic chart from Julian Bittel of #RealVision showing Global M2 (with a ten-week lead) and the price of #bitcoin in US dollar terms.

Like me, Julian believes that we are in the final days and weeks of accumulating bitcoin at relatively dirt-cheap prices.

You do you... but I think it is unwise to keep sitting on the sidelines during a global M2 bull market.

As you and I know, #Bitcoin is the Great Absorber of Liquidity.

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Haha 😂😂


Some of the hardest tuition fees are not only self-induced by greed, but also ones in which you “help others see the light” & encourage them to invest alongside you in the next big thing

This story ends painfully. Will they have the heart to admit fault? Time will tell


Our attention is the most scarce resource going… Be careful what you do with it

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Or said another way, & a key design aspect to Bitcoin, “proof-of-work” is a thing people value


If someone tells you “the earth is actually flat”

& you know they truly mean it

What do you say to them?


Amen to that


Actions are louder than words.

Build stuff.


The bullet proof nature of self-custody is a superpower that is slowly spreading


Not sure myself… I would do it a really retarded way

Eg download it all and put through iMovie & remove the video


Good vibes Jeff. The hustler vibe is so strong


Fancy some physical stacking? Beautiful part of UK at the very least. Get in touch with Ben

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Totally agree. Indeed they “invest” in a vanguard index tracker

No need to be an equity analyst when you can follow passively

Do you see a future scenario in which traditional equity investing and P/E ratios will be relevant vs btc HODL?


Legacy investing requires management

HODLing Bitcoin requires patience

2 very different ways to expend your time & attention


That’s how vitality works! Nicely done


It's not the end of the world.
It's merely the end of a corrupt era ruled by thieves and deceviers, now collapsing under the weight of their no-longer-believable lies.
It's also the beginning of a new, incorruptible age, where truth, consent & integrity are the ruling principles.
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#BitcoinTwitter
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Nice! What %age of the whole network is that?


in the past 330 days, the damus relay has transferred 104 TB of notes


Yeah it’s crazy. My other favourite is on IG reels sometimes, clubbing in Ibiza, “40 house tracks you never knew” eta haha

Living vicariously as a parent on a sofa


Love the sunshine! Sending good vibes Rob 💪🏻


Aussies I’ve leant love their government & most arent prepared to ask the hard questions


Downloaded YT on my iPad

Before you know it, 25 mins flies by, totally sucked in the by the shorts

Came out the other end feeling anxious, negative, & with low self-esteem

Compare & despair is very real. Everywhere I looked people had things you want

Be that fame, success, fitness…

But hang on a second… WHY am I even looking at these people? This isn’t why I even logged in

I’ve had a beautiful day with my family, in the sunshine, & was totally content

A short story of the algo fuelled status quo social media addiction…


Downloaded it. Works nicely


Flipping between different clients with the same nsec is a light bulb moment if ever there was one

Holy shit…

You see a whole new digital world open up right in front of your eyes

All those times you forgot a password, got logged out, didn’t have a suitable card, didn’t have your card details work, had a contact on one platform but not the other, wanted a feature from another app but didn’t have the audience there…

Just to make a few thoughts

Why wouldn’t you want to send sats to a btc wallet? Saves having to even use fiat banking rails

Could this be the future bedrock of e-commerce as well?

So many cool ideas spring to mind that could be much better than the status quo

😅


Keep up the great work!


When are you running for office Stephan?! Some sense would be too much to ask i guess


Statists excuse government failure by saying "they didn't have enough budget".

This image is a reflection of how the state spends money.

Without private property, market pricing, and facing a profit and loss test - of course it wastes money. https://m.primal.net/KnVz.jpg


What are you hunting?


Haha. I’ve always wondered where that was taken!

What a great meme


Wow. So cool

Writing, yet another concept that is constantly iterated upon


When your a brand (or company) with a Nostr profile, who manages the nsec?

Do you just have to trust the team member with it? Or is there a way to give “editor” access eg?


Followed. Very keen to see more investor focused info here on Nostr


Why?

Is this right:

A cheaper oil price > easier to finance operations > increased job demand > increased output


Nothing will stop this train… an army of people, literally willing to “die on this hill”, is ushering a far more exciting future than we can imagine

Top work as always. Thank you


Who can we trust?


Guilty of this. Too passive. Eg

“I don’t like how they censored social media during covid, but I still need my profile, for my business, my friends…”


Classic vid 👏👏👏

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We reject: kings, presidents, and voting.
We believe in: rough consensus and running code.

—David Clark,1992


I am so conditioned to not work for free, “I am not a charity” style thinking, that I am guilty of missing some huge opportunities

Learning to utilise delayed gratification is actually very hard, in spite of a Bitcoin standard mentality


Is this the skeleton tech stack for a truly sovereign media company?

- setup your own server (eg start9)
- create your own content
- host it yourself
- publish it on Nostr
- promote it everywhere
- direct audience to Nostr profile
- ask for v4v in Bitcoin

The audience value exchange drives new content iteration. Kind of like Netflix but without the BS


Modern politics is all the same

Wherever you stand, blue or red, is just another head of the same hydra…

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I like this concept a lot. Really helps me to connect & relax


Sounds like a wild story. I’m “to read” list


I am following a very similar process, not that you lay it out like that

Thanks for sharing

“What excites me” is a great gauge


Thanks. I have never actually used a model like that

Like the concept


“The long-held dream of a soft landing was in sight.”

Lol

Fiat financed media…

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-10/why-the-rba-will-be-forced-to-cut-before-year-end/104327060


Unless we get large amounts of stimulus, next years bull market is not going to be nearly as exciting as people think


If you’re going to take leverage, make sure you know what you’re doing!


Ask real estate investors:  do they see the10% uptick in value around the corner as matching real inflation?

I’ll wait to hear…


Welcome sir!

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Remember: information does not travel through markets evenly…

A real estate investor I know just bragged about buying property

Adding to their already large 7 figure portfolio

That same person has a tiny allocation to Bitcoin

Which remains in their Coinbase account…


Aussie mortgage broker: “as rates come off early next year, now’s the time to buy, next 4 to 5 months”


Unless of course I open YT or IG, in which case everyone is a success, a coach, & someone I have to pay 20k to “get their life”


Unless they have clear proof of what they’ve done… it’s hard to trust them I agree


What we do with our attention is the most important thing we do everyday

Saying that, it can be very hard to know where to point it sometimes, as opportunities abound

What are people’s favourite decision making tools? Intuition? Cost/benefit? Lists?


Definitely space for more VC funds focused on the freedom tech market

Bitcoin, Nostr, etc, even if it’s a fund that is good at marketing, yet deploys alongside others

Sharing due diligence is totally normal, & it should be easy enough to partner with funds


Being successful in business is so much easier said than done


GM

What a surprise, a long walk in nature makes you feel amazing

🙏🏻

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Bitcoin user: “I can’t believe I used to trust anyone but myself with my money”

Nostr user: “I can’t believe I used to trust anyone else with my speech than myself”


Building another option is such a key concept


The nanny state strikes again


Wow. Love to see this! So clearly already working plus providing value

👏👏👏