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He's just mad because however good he's been at trading other assets he missed this one so he can't admit that he was wrong because it would have been his biggest trade.

I would be VERY wary using payment methods with questionable privacy guarantees like #lightning, or nascent tech like Chaumian #ecash for commerce that might be illegal in one of the jurisdictions involved.

And as the original silk road proved on-chain btc transactions are NOT private.

I try to be a relatively good eating human, but everybody makes concessions for something they like, right?

Never gonna give me up!

Never gonna make me cry!

But... He is risen.

The main mistake I see being made right now is all the black and white thinking. This is either the best thing that could possibly happen, or it's inherently evil, and that polarity doesn't exist. It's a lot of different things. Bitcoin is for enemies, so it's for governments, it's for individuals, it's for whatever you're going to use it for.

The Game Theory has to play out this way and it is almost amazing that the U.S. is actually taking a leadership role at this point because our incentives don't immediately drive that direction. So net net, I believe this is a good thing.

Nuance is hard for all us Bitcoin autists.

Black and white thinking is the only way!

Yeah. This is a multi dimensional thing. Not all good. Not all bad. And I think it is a mistake to characterize is as one or the other. 6102 type crap is a real risk. Civil forfeiture is nasty. And no Acton is pure, nor simple.

Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

My harshest critic is my husband. Most people can’t honestly say that, but I can.

He’s always my final boss when trying to assert an idea. He’s super smart and usually comes at things from a different angle. And he’s my primary editor. He’s also the head of my website’s customer support center.

Unlike my social media where I shoot from the hip and fuck around, I post detailed articles on my site only after my harshest critic gives me his feedback.

And he doesn’t phrase things like a loving husband normally would. He goes over the top.

He’ll literally put comments on my drafts like “This is fucking right wing trash Lyn. I know you were raised in a trailer park so I don’t expect much, but do better. Rephrase literally all of this.”

That sounds abusive but it’s humorous in practice given our context when working.

We’re not very politically different, but I tend to lean slightly righter than him, so that’s a common source of debate. I pull him right and he pulls me left, not as people who are far apart but who are slightly apart but both opinionated and debate over every inch. It’s on an issue by issue basis.

Mostly he does those comments for humor, but partially because he wants a debate and will bring like a well-researched150 IQ argument to hold the line as I try to argue through his defenses. And I write my research for investment clients of all political views, left and right, globally, as objective as possible, and so he purposely helps keep me straight and steelmans all my arguments for clients.

We debated in the early days about the vaccine in the pandemic, for example, back in 2020 and 2021. We’re still kind of debating about it now in 2025, both granting certain details to the other.

But whenever I write something of substance that is controversial, I know he will read it and call me a retard, which I have to push through and turn into a publishable article.

My social media posts are just me, whereas my long-form posts take time and argue through him.

I often post thoughts and gather comments on Twitter/X, since a lot of tradfi financial pros are happy to discuss. Then I write a piece, and my husband looks through it. I either agree or disagree, and then publish. I get the final say, but I only publish after I’m confident after his arguments.

TLDR; My summary from this whole rambling piece is that I suggest you find a close loved one who will call you a trailer park retard while challenging you on every piece you write while loving you.

Few people will do that but it’s important.

Great picture! Where are you guys?

My wife and I did some pre marriage counseling and part of that was a "Myers Briggs" test. We matched but for one letter. The counselor said statistically that had the best outcome insofar as stating together. Who knows? Could be psych astrology?

But I think I buy the general premise that having strong common ground with a healthy bit of difference creates a strong team and love. Over 30 years later and we still love one another.

Loss took me like you have that!