Ultimately, Bitcoin and Nostr are not the goal, but rather the tools that empower us to pursue and reach our goals.

Speculation becomes the tool by which elites consolidate ownership of the real world. This isn't a free market. It's a machine-administered enclosure of global resources, dressed up in the language of "innovation" and "efficiency."

Are you on a dial-up connection? That's too long.

Is it normal that bitcoin knots is taking way too long to sync? It's still @ 41% after 3 weeks of syncing though I regularly have 2-6 peers connected.

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I went quiet for a while.

In 2025, that’s almost self-erasure i guess. I chose it.

Too much noise, too many demands, not enough depth, so I stepped back to build, think, and rewire the internal OS.

Here’s what’s unfolded, still in motion:

• Built mining tools to facilitate feasibility studies for MEA

• Still building shostr the nostr messaging app inspired by the best in the space and outside it

• Building ops infrastructure for HR

• Lobbyinh African governments on stranded energy

• Visited 7 countries in 6 months

• Spoke at the Prague Bitcoin Conference

• Led #Bitcoin workshops for YPO Angola

• Prepping now for the African Bitcoin Conference in Mauritius. zero price talk, real builders only

• Froze podcast invites until I close some of the above projects

Meanwhile, the world loops its worst patterns:

Lebanon bleeds under economic collapse and bombardment. ceasefire in name only.

Palestine still pays the cost of occupation.

Sudan suffers unspeakable horrors.

And American taxpayers still bankroll the machine behind it all.

Proud Recalibration:

• 7-day water fast → lowcarbs since: zero inflammation, clear focus

• Back to meditation + journaling, clarity over noise

• Still stacking sats. because price is noise and sovereignty is the point

• Same advice as always: produce more than you consume. Keep reserves. History moves in discounts.

One thing hit me hard during the silence:

My deepest respect goes to those who build while they

run companies, raise families, push their minds and bodies,

and still show up here or on any social media with consistency and real signal.

That blend of creation + communication is rare. I’m learning from it.

To those who checked in, I appreciate you.

What’s next:

• More building

• Possibly recruiting for #NeoWealth to meet rising demand, deeply appreciated

• More signal on:

→ Mining + stranded energy

→ Nostr comms + infra

→ Bitcoin-native ops

→ The psychology of staying sane in engineered distraction

This isn’t a comeback. Yet.

It’s a recalibrated signal.

#Nostr

Anyone going to ABC in Mauritius this week? DM me if you are

I’ve followed the rabbit-hole path — Bitcoin HODL → Nostr → reclaiming self-sovereignty → enjoying zaps.

Then it hit me: no one around me uses Nostr or even holds Bitcoin.

So yes — I’ve officially become a decentralized otaku.

This is really what all criticisms of Bitcoin ultimately come down to:

"I don’t like that you possess something no one else can seize, freeze, dilute, censor, or gatekeep. I don’t like that you can opt out of the system without asking permission. I, or someone I trust, must have the final say over how you use your property." nostr:naddr1qqgrqdfsv93xvvnrv93rjcfhvyexyq3quzfp6cgwue2njm86cmyeq7m26y0n58w72acq98sjsnnv4c87002sxpqqqp65wxtk9rw

Once you deeply understand Bitcoin, you must take one of two paths. Both are painful.

1. Perpetual pain. Deny truth and live with cognitive dissonance that withers you away to nothing both mentally and physically.

2. Temporary pain. Mold your reality to match the deep truth you now understand. This will create change and friction in every part of your life but on the other side is integration and higher consciousness.

I’m a nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 user now. F*ck Google.

⚠ Hellthread warning ⚠

You know you all love it getting tagged and mentioned and what not. So here's an appreciation post, cause 'tis the season and all that jazz.

🙏 Know that you are all loved 🫂

(Sorry if I didn't tag you. This list of people I'm grateful for is honestly way too long)

So, this list has to start with the folks that brought me to nostr in the first place nostr:npub175nul9cvufswwsnpy99lvyhg7ad9nkccxhkhusznxfkr7e0zxthql9g6w0 & nostr:npub1chmhgx9nwxdpwv6jj6qs257fwzrhtsjh2egvyvqq3rmzfy8cd5fq4nr4y5 who continue to be amongst my greatest inspirations.

Some other OGs here that desire priority mention:

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After these wonderful people I have to thank nostr:npub1t26h48nc5zsdzxr6ln7z6nta97p22u43degh4yj0v6yxluk58jmsnt7yuu nostr:npub1473kymvazn0mpnptcxeqwsajjp375wul9fjuh8jxt8magnkacmpqzsg6c5 nostr:npub1p2ehwtdsz3axv7sppsg0zl02zawwfp9pvpgvk8psldrzcx8fkk7s5uwwhy who have been put in so many hours working to make nostr:npub1updmknky86nsph84rstlh0yymqpeg9l9f62qgxwvd6a75f3pvzxqxv83nv come together, and everyone else supporting the team nostr:npub1qx6952q02tjcdfnnff7ut7dw95zd0czl82uwfz59aq7sf2ee5ruq760pyz nostr:npub18z533j9gxhnlkqukp75wnd5mjv5njqkaj07atslnrk2dp9rxsp0q6650l4 nostr:npub1ha3a6lkrsnhx2s79ly4xwqsujy8ckt76tg4f7u4hkgr367x3x4esj2wvdg nostr:npub157u990777wxnqxc6mzaheaaewht0r9s5uc4gaserv307tfwda8uqp6wdmv nostr:npub1ckdh86620vxx2vqpvc90srscpq6gckuurm0s3z0w8up86vk4xy3s92hf4r nostr:npub1qfxyslyjrm3s6auzklu7u8p0stsvnxl8kgyyl4rre2rffuvg32dsmr20fv nostr:npub1qzm9p5qgplsycseyehvqdfhr26khcznume22fgsfctz7xlpee6tqmetz82 nostr:npub1h8lhed2da096g2wcsh2crmyvenune046rqkejc8f8pcaag8qj25qqadp5p nostr:npub1drqqpmltrhlc0mr986hwqaceklsdf53dxawf4tuh4ev67q6c4wyscsyx6e nostr:npub1qfesn5yjtyts6fk38kufjgjurqnmg8ngct04djyfjvcr8tuagg6q226ee3 nostr:npub1vmgf2pzv8k3fsch2hvc5uqnp9kvrxwrfgucek95528zax3syfwtqhykxpn

Can't skip the cool SAIF cats 😻 nostr:npub1z8jaaxm32c4kqpe4xu5pt9kcvjqw3vmtrnqsqx6ee4gmgwxfnqrqhcrtds nostr:npub1la035xtyf47xj4yw5c0nz2vcaze8anjzun9u3hjepqzlwla79ztqfe6dx7 nostr:npub1pgjt0uzv9sahm3hav80058jn3dk007j2zelhxyuskr9a39d06c9swdxu9k nostr:npub1jztpxpucq97dt6vt6wlh7czzxuahvaxn7pv0waea7yrkf5j7u9tspm9j4q nostr:npub1qunhx7rq3m83quwkvyljuts6sd2a3fqlns0srgv2g5nl8y49xalqrsdaqq

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Everyone in the nostr:npub1f7n47xajdxnvrespa939hvcta6ys362k4sy3yjd2e2ea6dcghpvs2tm25c community nostr:npub1546jstdajzf6gw4plvr6z4kpcaxtvl3h0zjdv5gw8tx8uup5d6rq8ef9mt nostr:npub1pf0mzwx08tlvs4kdcv799g2cwg6qz65aw9wldvqaa694fzxrfzsqllcscq nostr:npub1nfql7c9ymx8c75dlq7gnmaxmm0qsgtkmws6ac7w5fpa3c3y087wqsg2yxs nostr:npub1hx2xlg66zdwgldvz6y08yu4lul2n0zq3ulug094ul5wc2nywn2jqpkf8z3 nostr:npub165p26976w6gha5qmfrum550vlvctsvlt66agwv7xaqf06zwhekcsmhlmws nostr:npub1ue7wkam3htzq7ud0tkrv5hxuesqqgjmytf8qskrp9rhjf7rrsl7qw2ch8h nostr:npub1jtvw4mf0zgvx9hccvcwj6yhz349t5ljq2r70uk3nyh4z4sl8hcgqxkrjmp nostr:npub1sn0q3zptdcm8qh8ktyhwtrnr9htwpykav8qnryhusr9mcr9ustxqe4tr2x nostr:npub1arrnzuwvkqu7vmajtteqvym35raasydp6wxnfckwaugn9kfmjl8sf3fe5c nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak nostr:npub1x09pj9xy49jqndhghtwhl9e8nagzj3m7rm0zxtr2vh9kes7r0k3qdgyz2j

And just some of the amazing devs that super engaging and constantly innovating to constantly make nostr better nostr:npub1m3xdppkd0njmrqe2ma8a6ys39zvgp5k8u22mev8xsnqp4nh80srqhqa5sf nostr:npub107jk7htfv243u0x5ynn43scq9wrxtaasmrwwa8lfu2ydwag6cx2quqncxg nostr:npub1qdjn8j4gwgmkj3k5un775nq6q3q7mguv5tvajstmkdsqdja2havq03fqm7 nostr:npub1l5sga6xg72phsz5422ykujprejwud075ggrr3z2hwyrfgr7eylqstegx9z nostr:npub1fft97fnpje9w7rp7apaenjd9wvd23hv2sqexl94ydltlyplgvyaqug6sxp nostr:npub16vjln603hfsfhremp627jle4ycm6p23grjjqrm04rrdwupldyfnsjx88a2 nostr:npub16p8v7varqwjes5hak6q7mz6pygqm4pwc6gve4mrned3xs8tz42gq7kfhdw nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj nostr:npub1m4ny6hjqzepn4rxknuq94c2gpqzr29ufkkw7ttcxyak7v43n6vvsajc2jl nostr:npub1h0uj825jgcr9lzxyp37ehasuenq070707pj63je07n8mkcsg3u0qnsrwx8 nostr:npub18c556t7n8xa3df2q82rwxejfglw5przds7sqvefylzjh8tjne28qld0we7 nostr:npub10npj3gydmv40m70ehemmal6vsdyfl7tewgvz043g54p0x23y0s8qzztl5h nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn

I'm sure there's at least 1 important npub I forgot to mention. Might tag them later. Anyhow, have a wonderful "holiday season" ☃

Hmm, eat for the rest of the month or stack more? Hard decisions...

many people went leverage long on bitcoin stocks

they are in shit right now and selling bitcoin to cover the losses

stay humble and stack sats