Are there any companies already loaning against bitcoin collateral? #asknostr
Well bitcoin has officially overtaken Canada in market cap. Hilarious.
This happened to me in Canada. Simply for educating and recommending bitcoin. I was months without a bank account. I dumped even more of my capital into the corn.
I can't watch this kind of thing
I keep seeing this. What is this?
How is price not mirroring this inflow? That much selling?
BREAKING: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim proposes motion for the city to adopt #Bitcoin as a reserve asset.
https://btctimes.com/vancouver-mayor-explores-bitcoin-adoption-for-city-policy/
Wow, i was afraid Vancouver would fall prey to wokeism
People are so conditioned to think inflation is necessary that they won't believe it for years, even while it is unfolding in front of their very eyes
Or scammer
I just forgave a guy who ripped me off for thousands and ramed me in my truck with his vehicle. Took me obeying the word of God and allowing Christ to work through me. As always, the submission i was afraid of blessed me with more freedom and a softened heart. It was so powerful. We spoke for an hour and i dropped all charges. I felt genuine love for him. Evidence of the Holy Spirit all over it blessed is He
Sound like a creepy sci-fi movie?
Your phone number and home address are visible to strangers as you walk by on the street.
It's actually Meta's new Camera Glasses with AI facial recognition. These new glasses appear to be regular sunglasses, but... under the surface, they record video, and allow that to be hooked up to AI. [1]
A few Harvard students, with practically no budget, hooked this data up to a people finder database. This was used to instantly doxx people walking around the campus in real time. Further, using People Finder databases, it can display to the person wearing the glasses, someone's home address and phone number, as they walk by in public. [2]
Once again, I encourage our readers to consider VoIP, keep the number out of databases, and trying to minimize what real information is public. You have to assume it will be abused.
Sources:
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/2/24260262/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses-doxxing-privacy
What about using simple x for calling?
Iām going pro. I just secured a starter citadel which Iām financing with a BTC backed loan (not selling any BTC to make it happen.)
Iām building a media company, POW Media.
Cameras will be following me around.
Iāve been living with middle class camouflage on for the last 7-8 years.
Iāve been able to avoid the uncomfortable feelings and fears of having people around me know my relative net worth.
(I told Peter McCormack privately how much BTC I had in ~2020, but I gave him a fake number to see if he would repeat it š )
Iāve been very cautious about this, but in fact I think itās held me back.
I want to get a million people to start a bitcoin savings plan and mint10,000 wholecoiners.
Bitcoin education and increasing financial literacy is what helped me escape poverty, and I want to do the same for others.
However, Iām not as smart with thinkythoughts as nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs and people follow confident voices who they trust can give them a blueprint to repeat the path they took.
My paranoia about people knowing how wealthy I am has provided me some ground cover so far, but it also made me less credible (why would you take a former child magicianās financial advice when he canāt even afford a razor, and lives in a normal house like yours because he canāt get a mortgage.)
For the people around me, there will be signs.
There have been signs (the real estate purchases for family members, the trips, the RV, donations and investments).
A few years ago they started speculating ā¦ ābrad can pay, heās a millionaire.ā āDonāt worry dear, youāre a millionaire.ā
I never confirmed nor denied, never told anyone in my family the number.
I just dealt with it awkwardly, and felt weird.
They will start to get a picture of the level of wealth I have soon, and Iām going to have to face more awkward conversations.
Iāve been dealing this year with my negative beliefs and limiting beliefs around this.
Why do the words ārichā and āmillionaireā trigger negative feelings?
I discovered that your reaction is a reflection.
What do I believe about rich people?
Is it true?
How can you fix that?
Doing the work to create Citadel Mind has been helpful this year.
I also run into the opposite problem where people assume Iām way wealthier than I am because I got into bitcoin in 2011.
Iāve been very public about all of my hacks, losses, bad sells & other lessons learned to advocate buy & hold.
IE I sold half my coins at $30, I tell that story a lot to illustrate the value of āsavingā not āinvestingā or ātradingā ā¦ but I also tell that to temper peopleās curiosity if Iām one of those made-every-right-move early billionaire bitcoiners š
My coach Dan Martell told me the other day that my secrecy around my success is the only thing holding me back from helping more people, and if that truly is my goal, I have to face it or give up on it.
Lots of folks are public with their wealth like Michael Saylor, Jason Williams, American HODL, etc.
On the flip side, people like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw, nostr:npub1ahxjq4v0zlvexf7cg8j9stumqp3nrtzqzzqxa7szpmcdgqrcumdq0h5ech, nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a, nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z and others are very influential and I do not believe they ever talk about their net worth.
Iām trying to figure out if thereās a way to thread the needle of having obvious signs of wealth, influencing regular ppl towards bitcoin effectively at mass scale, while not disclosing how much BTC you have or what your rough net worth is.
It seems kind of like once you live a certain lifestyle, it becomes obvious that you have a high net worth, and there might be some mystery brand value around not disclosing itā¦makes ppl want to lean in to try to figure it out.
These are questions weāre all gonna to have to deal with on the way to $1 million per coin and beyond.
I think I will probably just start being more public about my upgraded lifestyle, talk confidently, and not give specifics.
Once you disclose, thereās no undoing that (especially on Nostr.)
Don't disclose. Stay humble. Kill any pride. People will listen or they won't. Who cares.
One of the better ones though so
Maybe if you're a noob
Look at all the subsidies right now, it's off the charts. Trying so hard to keep the economy afloat.