Don't underestimate the social layer of #Bitcoin. The friends I've made through this magic internet money thing are proof that amazing things can't be built on top of the base layer.
In case you need a reminder:
We're fucking winning!!!
I started down the Bitcoin rabbit hole a couple of years ago because I knew that a fixed supply monetary asset would be a great hedge for inflation. At the time, I knew that the world was corrupt, and I knew damn well that money was at the root of it. I knew the wars in the Middle East were bullshit. I knew that the world wasn't fair. But before I explored the rabbit hole, I had no idea how bad things were.
I'm a public servant. I work for the state. I stayed out of politics, and built a job/career where I felt like I was one of the good guys, doing work that fulfilled me. I was helping the little guy... at least that's what I told myself. Now, the longer I spend in Bitcoin, the more I realize that in my fiat life I'm actually a part of the problem.
I know that Bitcoin is going to completely upend the world. And I know that the current version of "the state" is on its final days. I've learned to accept that there's going to be pain. People are going to get hurt, and there's nothing I can do to prevent that. But I'm struggling to figure out where I belong in "this". I just want to leave the world in a better place than I found it.
Is anyone else out there in a similar spot? A part of me want to resign, but I'm not sure if that's my path.
I've become a better person since finding Bitcoin. Inside and out.
After an amazing local meetup last night, I'm off to the first Canadian Bitcoin Conference tomorrow. Spending so much of my time in Fiat world is tough. It feel like I'm only truly myself when I'm around other bitcoiners. It feels like Christmas Eve.... but so much better.
GM
#[2] at his best.
The best 3 minutes from the best #Bitcoin podcast I've listened to this week.
Preston speaking the truth about the shitcoiners.
Go out there and be a voice for Bitcoin like Pierre Rochard.
Fiat mine and contribute to Bitcoin however I can? Or quit the rat race and find a job in Bitcoin?
lnbc20n1pjzrp2dpp5p8e26nn7lqv7p9nmrqd40lzn73wg0wnmkymw9fmelr6lg3rdx6lsdqu2askcmr9wssx7e3q2dshgmmndp5scqzpgxqyz5vqsp584jf7y3nfz68v3hquyxk485l99vk83dpnpyyx8k3yx6v9wamtjqq9qyyssqz948s8c3ztkendaapnz2wqe0c03r6w9fflg33qv462cve9lz0kgptfxappy8x0vremqxerdrgchxth7l66x2e92gg24zse5ukkhucngq4qunzt
I got my 15 year old neighbor to download a Lightning wallet and I sent him a few thousand sats. Now he wants to get paid in bitcoin next time he babysits my dog.
We're going to make it, guys. Keep spreading the word.
Teaching my 15 year old neighbor about Bitcoin. Zap me some sats and I'll forward them to him. Thanks!
To all the plebs out there fiat mining on a Saturday morning, 🫡.
And to the plebs who work a Monday-Friday, but use Saturday to work on a Bitcoin project, 🫡.
"Bitcoin is the exit."
Follow me on Fountain for more clips like this one.
I'm going to tell my kids that this is Jeff Booth & Greg Foss.
