BRICS needs to learn about #Bitcoin.

Meh, if “they” (our democratically elected leaders) gave each citizen of Maui $180,000 or whatever, you’d complain about “them” too. I’m for spending whatever it takes to stop the dictator Putin from invading and brutally savaging peaceful democratic countries.

I am making traction on getting a large(ish) amount of old partially working miners (mostly S9s) that I am going to repair and send out to people for cost of shipping. Everyone will mine at home. I’ll make sure of it.

I don’t know how people skip breakfast.

It’s my absolute favorite meal to cook and eat.

Eggs are a GIFT 😤🥚

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I am a literalist. I strong opinions about organized religion. I have absolutely unshakable certainty about the meaning of life.

I understand I am an animal here on earth. I am only here thanks to the thousands of individuals in my family tree striving and making sacrifices. My duty is to make sure all of that isn’t in vein. The deliberate choice to not have children is suicide of your family line. My after life will be in my children. Not somewhere imaginary but here on earth. I am the afterlife of my ancestors. This life is our only chance. Love it fully and this universe will reward you.

What is the meaning of life? You will find it when you look in the mirror. The world is much more simple than you think!

Breakfast. Sous vide egg and the most buttery avocado I unintentionally bought off a crackhead on FB marketplace. $26 for 20 avocados. I appreciate the hustle, but won’t do it again.

UPDATE:: In 6 hours, Bitcoiners from all over the world have raised more than 300 donations totaling $8k+ US!

When I got to the market today to visit Estela, she had no idea what was going on. I coordinated this with her daughter and she wanted it to be a surprise for her mom.

We explained to her what we were doing, showed her the tweet, how many views it already had, and her interview. She was really excited to see the interview (this is a clip from an upcoming documentary).

Finally, we asked her to open her Bitcoin wallet. There were millions of sats waiting for her. We explained these were donations from fellow Bitcoiners from every corner of the Earth.

Everyone broke into tears, none of us could believe the outpouring of support.

After a brief moment, Estela immediately started talking about the best uses for the money. Interestingly, none of them involved a structure for her to live in. She wanted to build things for the community.

Her daughter quickly reminded her that maybe she needs a roof over her head with the rainy season coming.

Estela replied that yes, while it will be nice to have a roof over her head tomorrow, she has quite enjoyed sleeping in a hammock at the beach. She will rebuild her modest home, and use whatever's left to give back to the community she cares about so much.

Don't let anyone tell you Bitcoin doesn't have a use case. It's right here. Bitcoin is a force for good. Bitcoiners are a force for good.

I love bacon. #foodstr

Buy #bitcoin, make a family and be happy.

The single most important thing is integrity. Going back to the dawn of humanity, integrity is the most important ideal. Reputation among peers.

I'll critique certain platforms and technologies dispassionately. When I brutally talk about the Fed, for example, I have no grudge against Jerome Powell as a human being. He's not doing a bad job for the situation he's in; it's the institution and the technology around it that's corrupt, not him as a person necessarily. To the minor extent that he is fair game to get meme'd as its figurehead, it's because he chose to participate as its leader. But I meme him in a way that is not negative towards him personally, and mostly just funny. I imagine Powell laughing if he sees any of my memes of him. I view him as neutral, so I neither attack nor defend.

When a high-integrity person succeeds, I'll quickly shout it out to support them. If they fail, I'll assess what happened and likely support their next thing, within reason. Business is hard, but people with high integrity get multiple shots.

When a low-integrity person succeeds, which is usually but not always through unscrupulous means, I'll acknowledge it but inspect it to see where the shortcomings were and broadcast them. To the extent that they become apparent, I'll point them out. When it comes to success, truth is important, and so those that try to succeed without truth are worthy of criticism.

In 20,000 tweets, I've been polite to everyone except maybe five people at most, and I stand by being impolite to those handful. On the other end of the spectrum, there are plenty of people who I disagree with at times, but who I view as serious people with high integrity. I purposely stand down with public criticism against those types, and will be more strategic or private with any criticism that I have.

That's the benefit of integrity. You get networks, and you get support. You don't get to bend reality, but you get flexibility from your peers when things don't work out, and you get instant promotion when things work well.