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I was a preparedness maximalist (“prepper”) long before I was a Bitcoiner.

I was thinking today about the benefits of that. Especially when it comes to surviving, thriving, and transacting value if SHTF.

Day to day survival, private communications, data security, sovereign computing and off-grid-capable transacting of value could one day not be as easy as they are today.

Here are the pillars that I think such an approach sits on:

Immediate defensibility of your family and property. Shelter, heat, and guns….lots of guns.

Bugging in vs bugging out planning

Proximity to- and plans to safely/conveniently access viable water sources.

Establishing a couple weeks or months of rations, and practicing producing/preserving food at home.

Building your team and your within-walking-distance network of friends, patriots and trade partners

Filling in the gaps in your supply chain via creative means

Acquisition, storage and protection of tradeable hard goods in advance of SHTF

Cultivating skills you can trade

Uninterruptible Power

EMP protection

Backup Power (long term)

Computer, operating system, mobile device and Bitcoin hardware selection for SHTF. Including considerations for any device battery dependencies.

Options for fixed, portable satellite, radio, and Mesh network solutions for internet connectivity and personal comms

Strategies and team building for re-establishment of order

Does anyone have any others?

I am optimistic that we may see a restoration of the promise that was the American dream, but if we don’t, let’s not get caught with our pants down. 🤙🏽

So much prepping, so little time. But I’m moving in a direction as my gear budget and time outside of the mines allow.

Mesh is next. My main ally in RL has an electronics background working on jets and he is excited about it too. We both took note of how this technology shone after Helene.

I want to get a couple of nodes up in the area. But it is unique geography here. Flat with river valleys below the horizon. I might have to scale a microwave tower or two lol.

When I was reading about the origins of the cypherpunk movement and Paul Rosenberg’s book, I immediately thought about how we can get around metadata trails and make connections with likeminded people without any traces. And filter out moles. That’s the big one.

I don’t like what I’m seeing in the EU. It’s coming this way. We need to build around it.

The thing I’m wrestling with right now is whether we can hope to do the things we need to do to effect change in this country without getting picked off.

We really need to have a general strike IMO. Historically it’s the only thing that has changed the direction of nations without a lot of casualties. But most people don’t even have 72 hours of provisions laid up to weather missing a single paycheck, let alone a dozen of them.

Maybe I should just focus on the garden and teaming up with locals and leave it to the next generation. But I want to make a difference.

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> Maybe I should just focus on the garden and teaming up with locals

Is how you do this 👇🏼

> But I want to make a difference.

Answer is hidden in the problem. 🤔