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 OK SLEEP 
 Could be possible, but for sake of simplicity will keep it at 3 colors for now. 
 Coming very soon at a much more reasonable price than 1 btc 🙃 
 Every belt order shipping on monday 🫡 
 They are not the most complex belts, but we all gotta start somewhere and I think this is a good start.

https://image.nostr.build/fecf9c716a836c86357a3d56c639a8361a382d354776bacb7b026baab2a4b5b0.jpg 
 I can't wait for the day I can offer sewed ones with a different color/leather in front and bottom.

Some of these belts looks like piece of art. 
 I was about to show you some bracelets but upload dosen't work again 😞

Later 🙂 
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 With both the answers from Nostr and twitter, the consensus is clear. Logo on.

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 Before coming to #Nostr, I didn't know it was a community with a majority of bitcoiners.

I tried... 
 How did you find out about it? 
 The thing about phone cases or even wallets for that matter is that everyone want a different one. It's very difficult to find a product that will sell at large.

My goal here is to make a living. Not just sell art here and there to stack additional sats at the end of the month. I'm looking to build myself a well paying and consistent Bitcoin and sovereign job.

And that is why I'm starting to put my mind on Bookbinding. Selling a 100 copies will most likely not be too difficult. And I don't think it will stop at 100. 
 + I believe economics to be the most important study and I will be passionate  about giving those books the prestance they deserve. 
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 Bi-folds are cash too but not for coins 
 Ok we go to sleep now cased closed everyone  
 Different leather emits different energies.

- The horse butt is powerful and commending.

- The Cow hide is resilient and reliable.

- The Calfskin is sophisticated and and gentle.

- The Goatskin seems to be energetic and bouncy. 
 Good night sir 😁 
 It really is a leather for men. Even through smell alone you'll know. It is very strong.

The kind of leather a mafia boss looking to assert dominance. 
 😂😂😂 
 😂 haven't played with any yet. Can't know but I bet you're close. 
 Look dm's sir 
 Sorry for the delay on belts, there's a shipment that had been on "arriving today" for 3 days now. 
 What are you building? 
 Love it.

"Do not ask permission" 
 What does it do? 
 To grow what? 
 Honorable  
 The secret ingredient to hyperbitcoinization  
 Importance work 
 You are for sure 
 Considering a normal edition of The Bitcoin standard is ~30$ how much would you be willing to pay for a leather bound version?
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 Probably not a limited run

I'm sure I could sell some for very high price but I'm more wondering at which price I can put them for most people to be able to afford if they want. 
 prompt: based on what you know about me. draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like

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 Next year I'll learn bookbinding. I think this is more important than anything else. 

No idea if I'll be able to, but I'll try.

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 Saifedean trilogy 
 Considering a normal edition of The Bitcoin standard is ~30$ how much would you be willing to pay for a leather bound version?
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Grade A goatskin.

- Pumpkin for The Bitcoin standard 

- Emerald for the fiat standard 

- Sapphire for principal of economics.


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 Will give it a try 
 I want to offer a combination of Bitcoin hardware, fine craftsmanship and homemade goods from Bit... 
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 I don’t see any of this because I stopped doom scrolling twitter and haven’t seen msm tv in y... 
 I don't believe this is anything wildly spread. Just a few crazy people going viral on TikTok  
 I'm thinking a lot about just putting my prices in $ like a normal person.

It wasn't that bad in a bear/crab market but I'm not crazy enough to think I can keep up in a bull market. Maybe next cycle but not this one.

But there's something I find so beautiful in using Bitcoin as unit of account. I'm not doing it because it's practical I'm doing it for the art of it. 
 I feel kind of uncomfortable to call it a sale when I'm just putting it back down at the original $ price you know?

It kind of feel ungenuine. But idk maybe not. 
 So far I've been reducing my prices here and there on stuff without calling it a sale. 
 That's a really good idea. The price of Bitcoin has made it so shipping is now free.

I might use this at some point. At least for north America. 
 Exactly  
 You are probably the only person on earth to do this. At least it's the first time I see someone do it.

Cheers to that. 
 We're talking unit of account. If you price in Bitcoin your customers get higher and higher prices.

Well, that's if you look at it from a fiat perspective. In reality it cost the same amount of money. 50k sats. 
 That is if you are a shitcoin.

Sure, right now it's impossible to keep up because Bitcoin is too new. But if we were 200 years in the future and Bitcoin was widely adopted, it's value would be considered stable. Maybe a 2% raise year over year.

I think many people in that case would be capable of taking 2% value year over year and keep their prices stable.

That wouldn't work for commodities, but if we were fully hyperbitcoinzed right now, I think companies like Hermès would keep their prices stable in Bitcoin instead of adjusting their prices for inflation.

But yeah, right now we find ourselves to have to adjust prices. And not just 1 time a year. But that's what we meant. We have to do it manually or else our prices, in fiat, are going up. 
 I don't make enough sales to really measure it that way. 
 Omg, yes. 
 I'll be here and better :) 
 That's beautiful. Imo, a Bitcoin store should seek the best products. There won't be 10000 clients but when they come they'll be high value.

Fine goods like leather, Perfumes, whiskey, wine, watches and Cigars. 
 Yeah he's doing great.

For the price It's an ideal I was following and would still would like to follow but it's inconvenient.

I don't need a bigger market than Bitcoin to succeed so Bitcoin only is not much of a problem on my side and I don't really want to receive payments in my bank account. The idea is to unbanned myself as much as possible. 
 There's a cigar guy on Twitter. 21cigar I think. 
 Couldn't. They didn't ship outside the US at the time and probably still don't. 
 My Bitcoin story is one of a shitcoiner attempting to redeem itself with work. 
 That's pretty much all of us lol 
 I wish I had been a better Bitcoiner from the very start.

Stack sats and stay humble. 
 It's crazy how I'm slowly losing touch with Twitter and now feeling more comfortable posting here.

Idk if that's going to keep up but right now I'm a nostriches. 
 I have this old edge beveler I ruined by badly sharpening it.

I can't and don't want to get rid of it still 🤷‍♂️

https://image.nostr.build/c3e19f99eb769c763b643d9d1676eb8851b5342e6b088f73642b0bfefdd1673b.jpg 
 Wanna see where I've been working and *living* for the past 1.5 years?

https://video.nostr.build/5cf471ac46005efcb0f400e3e93a59395a1ac3ec2e3c28e12b5f1fb699e39295.mp4

About 2 years ago I was living in my car for fun with some bitcoin in my head. But my dumbass started leverage trading (gambling) again and I lost pretty much everything.

So I didn't waste a single second and started to build somethings to get back on my feets. I took the first place I could immediately start to work in. There was no time to waste. It was a divine coincidentally that this place was a very old tannery.

250 sqft, no lock on my door, no private bathroom, no shower, no kitchen.

It was dumb. I know it was. But I didn't care. I didn't care until it had been 1 year. The last 6 month have been rough and now I have to make the decision and move. Move to build back better. In a place with higher vibes and I feel safe and comfortable.

1.5 years ago I was basically homeless as a doordash driver with ZERO experience in leathercraft and since then I built theleathermint.com 

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk
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 There's things everywhere where lol. Maybe I should've cleaned a bit before 😂 
 That's my story with this place and I felt like sharing it 
 I can't wait to have the cherry 😂 but I know I don't deserve it. 
 Thank you for the support man. Made a legit difference in my life. 
 Thx so much man. I remember the day you bought it. I was in legit trouble after my car breaking down and had to get that last card in my sleeve. The belts I had just done the day prior. 
 Slowly prepping to change workplace for a better one.

Should make me happy but it's sad. There's a story here and I'm leaving it behind.

I was supposed to make it from the shittiest place.

There's a story here and it didn't end the way it was supposed to. 
 "Making ot" is a difficult thing to measure. I guess I was expecting much more from myself.

I tought I would leave here to get a 2k/M appartement or rent a warehouse you know.

But that's probably ridiculous. Still, I was expecting myself to leave triumphant. I'm not really, but I did ok. 
 Wanna see where I've been working and *living* for the past 1.5 years?

https://video.nostr.build/5cf471ac46005efcb0f400e3e93a59395a1ac3ec2e3c28e12b5f1fb699e39295.mp4

About 2 years ago I was living in my car for fun with some bitcoin in my head. But my dumbass started leverage trading (gambling) again and I lost pretty much everything.

So I didn't waste a single second and started to build somethings to get back on my feets. I took the first place I could immediately start to work in. There was no time to waste. It was a divine coincidentally that this place was a very old tannery.

250 sqft, no lock on my door, no private bathroom, no shower, no kitchen.

It was dumb. I know it was. But I didn't care. I didn't care until it had been 1 year. The last 6 month have been rough and now I have to make the decision and move. Move to build back better. In a place with higher vibes and I feel safe and comfortable.

1.5 years ago I was basically homeless as a doordash driver with ZERO experience in leathercraft and since then I built theleathermint.com 

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk
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 I did a lot yes. I've started going away from it for multiple reasons and, right now, my setup isn't so good.

But what's on your mind? What would you like? 
 I think I see what you're looking for and I found one.

You'd be looking for something like this but with a buckle right?

https://image.nostr.build/0770d5cac46ddd874156e706486360627dd9b51e88841e5e930d152bce7153fc.jpg

I can't tell you yes I'm going to do this now because I'm not that skilled yet that I can just do anything, for me everything is still a learning process, but it's a cool project and I'll definitely keep it in mind :) 
 In the mood to buy something with #Bitcoin today. Shill me your wares. Quality only. 
 A bad from a Japanese Bitcoine artist 
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