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What does this mean?
It means, that, going forward, being economically efficient and effective in your efforts will net you more than simply throwing a bunch of resources at a problem and blowing through a massive pile of money, to solve the problem faster.
For instance, if I am careful and setup my company to produce n number of items for 50k sats/month and it takes me two years, but my rival is selling the same number of the same items within 1 year, but for 500k sats per month, then I can overtake him in 2 years, because I can then undercut him by 450k sats/month and use that money to buy Bitcoin. He can't raise his prices further, to make up the difference, because I'm breathing down his neck.
That is actually the lesson from DeepSeek, after all. Taking your time and working cheaply and cleverly, rather than rushing to market, now has an asymmetrically high payout.
I like how you think
I think like a Mittelständler and I aim to be one. We thrive on hard currencies because we know how to be highly efficient with investments, which requires a painfully-low time preference and advanced strategic planning.
This has been a model that has been suffering under the recent pump-n-dump investment climate, but it's time is returning.
That also makes you more attractive for investors, after all.
I see that with nostr:nprofile1qqsggm4l0xs23qfjwnkfwf6fqcs66s3lz637gaxhl4nwd2vtle8rnfqprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7qfqwaehxw309ahx7um5wghx26tww4hxg7nhv9h856t89eehqctrv5hsz8rhwden5te0w35x2cmfw3skgetv9ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5hsjmvd7t. We're building something massive and novel, while basically running on Bitcoin dust from individual npubs, where other people have blown through investor's money at 100x -- or even 1000x! -- the rate, and have achieved less.
We can keep that massive margin, for a long time, continue to build, undercut everyone else, and spend the difference on stocking up Bitcoin in the company reserves.
At some point, investors will realize that we're the superior investment opportunity, and the money will begin to reorient.
At the moment, Nostr investment is a mere popularity contest, but I suspect someone will eventually want to see something useful and sustainable produced, for the money they invest, and they will begin to care about production and maintenance costs. It only takes one large investor, or many small ones, having a modicum of business sense, to cut a deal.
Hal Finney: running Bitcoin
GitCitadel: running on Bitcoin dust
In the long term bitcoin purchasing power is rising at the pace of human productivity (~2% - 3% / yr). If you can get more returns than that from your investment, it's better than just hodling bitcoin.
Not without selling my ass and that has been proven to not be a winning strategy.