This has been the most important and eventful year of my life; and the best, so far..

In order of events:

- Quit my fiat job, had multiple issues with pay and they tried to stiff me out of 6-figures on the way out but I went nuclear and got paid in full

- Relocated from Australia to Vietnam

- Moved everything here that we didn’t sell; including my old dog

- Got married

- Had an amazing honeymoon

- Got in the best shape since my early 20s

- Learned Vietnamese to basic conversational level

- Made new friends, good friends

- Moved to a new house with a pool

- Had our first child

- Read 30+ books

- Put my time and energy into things that matter to me

- First Christmas with wife and baby

#Bitcoin works. It takes time, and I’m bound to have downswings ahead like everyone (12yo dog has tumours so I’ve got that to deal with), but none of this probably happened without it.

Watching Australia go to shit from afar is more bearable. At least I don’t have to deal with the constant stupidity when I walk out the door here.

I just put down the phone and the world around me is actually normal. Walk to the beach with the old dog, get a coffee for <$1, enjoy the Sun, people say hello and are friendly, work at home then go for great dinner with friends - a far cry from what my life was like last year and much more enjoyable.

#MerryChristmas everyone. Here’s hoping you all enjoy the best of life today!

gold and silver priced in bitcoin

last five years

Back in 2018, Nic Carter famously created the “Bitcoin FUD Dice.”

It was a 12-sided die covered in the same recycled headlines.

Critics could just roll it, transcribe the result, and publish their next hit piece.

“High fees.” “Energy waste.” “Toxic fans.”

Add enough together and you’ve got a solid piece for Medium.

Which is why this week feels so incredibly ironic.

Because Nic just reached back into that FUD bag and pulled out the ultimate Bitcoin boogeyman: Quantum Computing.

In a new piece that lit the Bitcoin timeline on fire, Carter argues that quantum is no longer sci-fi.

We’ve moved past the theoretical; now, he says, a breakthrough is just a "matter of engineering."

According to his research, a functional, scaled quantum computer could arrive as early as the late 2020s.

And if a "cryptographically relevant" computer arrives faster than we expect?

It could, in theory, rip private keys from exposed public keys and turn vulnerable addresses into a $600 billion honeypot.

But Nic aims his biggest shots at the Bitcoin developers.

He argues that even if a fix exists, the Bitcoin community is too slow, too fractured, and too head-in-the-sand to coordinate a migration before the clock runs out.

But... wouldn’t you know it? There’s money involved.

Carter also disclosed that his VC firm, Castle Island Ventures, just led a $6 million seed round into a post-quantum company called Project 11.

This has the "Toxic Bitcoiners" from his FUD dice asking a simple question: Is this a legitimate warning, or is it "FUD-as-a-Service" to pump a portfolio company?

So, how do we, as people with a deep vested interest in this network, think about Quantum without being FUD-ed out of our bags?

Quantum is undoubtedly a theoretical threat to elliptic curve cryptography.

But it’s also a threat with wildly uncertain timelines.

The true test for Bitcoin is whether this community can respond calmly, deliberately, and early.

That requires two things:

One: Personal On-Chain Hygiene.

Stop reusing addresses. Avoid leaking public keys. These are things you can do today to make yourself a harder target without touching a single line of Bitcoin's code.

Two: The Escape Hatch.

We need to research post-quantum signatures and start drafting contingency BIPs. We need to give this ecosystem years, not months, to coordinate.

Short-term panic weakens Bitcoin, but denying a real possibility will get you blindsided.

The middle path of adversarial thinking, slow changes, and relentless preparation is how Bitcoin went from a post on a mailing list to a $2 trillion asset.

Just saw someone wearing a mask while driving alone in their car.

In the year of our lord 2025.

I once read this guide from the 1930’s on how to pick out a puppy.

You place the dog gently on its back and then hold it there lightly but firmly.

If it makes no effort to flip itself over it’s a chill/lazy dog who will have a mellow personality.

If it struggles to roll over for a bit and then acquiesces and relaxes this is a dog who will take instruction well and is very trainable.

If it won’t stop fighting you and keeps trying to roll over the whole time this is a high strung dog who will remain high strung. Will be hard to train and needs to be put to work in an active way.

According to ChatGPT this was known as the supine restraint test and it was rooted in dominance theory which is currently debunked.

But I’ve always found it useful as a metaphor.

Are you the dog who fights for a little bit and then gives up? Are you the dog who doesn’t fight? Or are you the dog who will keep fighting until you finally get what you want?

Sean hi hello how are you

Divorce: the most successful wrench attack

Bitcoin is Fuck You Money.

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How so?

3 years ago I decided to understand Bitcoin instead of ignoring it.

Today my ‘office’ is wherever I open my laptop. Feeling very fortunate. ☀️🧡

Happy Thanksgiving from the Sea ⏳🏝️

I’ve never listened to or watched this particular snake oil salesman. But I’m not surprised at all.

Since I've stopped visiting X-Twitter and news sites at all, I am not so up to date than I used to. It's a peaceful life.

But I've seen a handful of events on nostr about JPM something something. This article explains what's goin on, so thanks for that and for the not-sensationalist style.

Bears on parade right now. It won’t last long. These are the same people who have been calling for bitcoin to zero for the last 15 years lol

Just wait until the blue team wins in 2028 and they cancel them lol

We deserve better Bitcoin drama.

Lately it's just been like

I’m still as ₿ullish as I was when bitcoin was at $125k because nothing stops this train.

Bitcoin isn’t volatile. Fiat is volatile. People are volatile. The Bitcoin protocol is the most predictable thing through time we have.

Most people who own bitcoin have no idea what the fuck they are holding because they kept their fiat mindset.

🤝