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I’ve had more people reach out to me shaken in this cycle than even in 2022 (when Bitcoin went down 75% from $68k ATH to $16k!) saying they’re panicked, they sold, or they’re suddenly “not sure” about Bitcoin.

Some bailed into gold because they still want to stay on the hard money train. Some are convinced quantum computing is about to “break” Bitcoin. Some tell me I’m reckless for being so undiversified with my life’s savings.

I understand the fear. Drawdowns aren’t fun. They can mess with your confidence and your timeline…especially when the mood is this dark (and when your income is tied to the same asset you’re holding!).

But here’s where I’m at: Bitcoin is still the only life raft worth holding and helping other people find.

My mom gets $900 a month in Social Security. Who can live on that? That’s not a retirement plan - it’s a slow economic strangulation.

So no, I’m not in Bitcoin because it’s some thrilling get rich overnight scheme. I’m in Bitcoin because I don’t see another path that gives everyday families like mine a real shot. I didn’t get in early enough to be “set.” I’m still building. Still working. Still trying to protect the people I love in a system that keeps making life more expensive!

I haven’t lost faith….not because I’m numb to this volatility, but because the problem Bitcoin solves hasn’t gone away.

If you’re shaken right now, you’re not weak. You’re human. Just don’t confuse a bad market mood with a broken thesis.

Keep going. Zoom out. Do the work. Take care of your family. I’m doing the same. We’ve got this.

Price volatility doesn’t invalidate Bitcoin.

It exposes who still measures value in fiat.

Fear shows up when Bitcoin is treated as an investment instead of money.

If your unit of account is dollars, every drawdown feels existential.

If your unit of account is sats, nothing fundamental has changed.

Bitcoin doesn’t fix retirement by “number go up.”

It fixes retirement by restoring saving, time preference, and sovereignty.

I’ve lived on a Bitcoin standard for over a decade.

No debt. Lower cost of living over time.

Not because price was smooth — but because my productivity was stored in sound money instead of melting currency.

The problem Bitcoin solves hasn’t gone away.

But neither has the confusion between price and value.

Short-term volatility is the cost of exiting a broken system early.

Long-term stability comes from holding money that can’t be debased.

Zoom out.

Stack sats.

Self-custody.

Produce value.

The rest is noise. Especially the fiat price.

#Bitcoin #SoundMoney #LiveOnSats #PriceInSats

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