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Bitcoin class of ‘20 Nostr class of ‘23 (another anon) I’ve run digital and traditional businesses.

Hmm what’s the paper towel been used for?

Wow. It’ll be wild when these apps start optimizing for rejection rates. Like a Sydney Sweeney AI that will be “hard to get”

Ironically this would lead to the pendulum swinging back as people will realize life’s better connecting with people without being gamed by a team of quants and data scientists.

In all things, the logic of that branch of “bitcoiners” is the midcurviest of the midcurvers.

Be a Bitcoin company -> support Bitcoin payments.

It’s that simple.

Anxiety is a monster.

For me, it starts with dreaming of magnificent futures that I see for myself and my family. These hallucinations feel real, and I credit myself with having conjured them.

Success early has led me to think I’m capable of anything. Not just capable, but one of the few capable. Sometimes one of the few deserving.

Toxic.

As quickly as these plans arrive and solidify in my mind, they disappear. Set aside to the next hallucination.

Again, and again. And then often they come back! Years later l am revisiting decisions or plans I made years ago That I set aside knowing the path is not right.

It is tormenting!

The Bible tells us the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years until all the doubt of God‘s plan for their tribe had passed. It wasn’t until then that they could enter their promised land.

This was supposed to be a three week journey, but they looped and looped and looped.

40 years!

Can you imagine their torment?

This was the function of chasing their own dreams and plans, failing to trust in God‘s plan. The anxiety.

So this has what’s worked for me lately to manage my anxiety and get out of the looping.

Daily, I start with submission to the uncompromising magnitude of God‘s plan for my life. I don’t know how He’ll use me, I don’t beg him to use me for something magnificent or grand. I trust He has it.

Then I asked for guidance on the most important decisions to be made, steps to take, or work to do I try to listen to his voice and test what I’m hearing against his word.

Then I do the thing, hoping that the thing is what he wanted me to do. And don’t look back

Not looking back is one of the hardest steps of this for me.

But finally, I feel some peace. The anxiety is slowly washing away.

“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s promise that prevails.“ Proverbs 19:21.

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I've worked in ag funding for years and find very little capital can be deployed (even after YEARS of discussions, planning, and zoom meetings) due to the financial risks associated with farming within a system designed to drive food prices down and land prices up.

Few in traditional finance see the core of the problem and scoff at Bitcoin. I'm trying to pair farm funding and Bitcoin together in one innovative fund model to get farmers onto strong financial footing. If we lose the ability to feed ourselves, we're all at the mercy of someone else. (Where I live, less than 10% of food consumed is produced locally. And we're losing thousands of farms per year.)

I have an idea for a fund that could recapitalize small & medium family farms, securing their land ownership and means of production, and pose little to no risk to the fund/funders.

I am also tied into a global network of land managers through my work with the Savory Institute. Farmers globally need help. (I was thinking Fedi could be a part of the solution as well.)

Might either of you happen to know any HNWIs / family offices / funds / BTC whales interested in supporting small agriculture and food freedom while also open to working with Bitcoin? I'd love to start having conversations about this idea.

If anyone comes to mind, I'd appreciate any help you can offer. Thank you.

Following. I’m in AG country and would support something like this.

Many farmers face a succession crisis - kids are gone or disinterested.

Addressing (pre funding) the succession liability is key to keeping farms closely held.

Normally life insurance and bank financing is used but rarely provides the reduced basis starting farmers need, for the reasons you mentioned (land up, commodities down).

Something like this could.

Would love to hear how this comes together and help in some way.

“Some will win. Some will lose. Some were born to sing the blues. Oh, the movie never ends. It goes on and on and on and on”

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Gracias señor big head

I didn’t vote, so I didn’t vote for trump.

But I can’t help but root against the rot of society that lies when their team is in charge, but tells the truth when they lose.

Companies have been in zombie mode since march of 2024. Watch they all announce now.

Honorable losers have honor.

Poor losers are real losers.

Long time listener first time caller.

Im class of 2020 as well. This has been a tough week. Anger from the outside BTC and inside. And fiat price is down, unfortunate when you help your in-laws ape in for the first time near 95k (oops).

I was getting testy with my boys tonight and read your response to this frustrated fella.

You acted with more patience than I did. Gratitude for leading by example.

Of course, it HAS to happen this way, every time. Like the world class Midwest convenience store chain, FOMO must Kum & Go.

TIL I’ve been every character in hangover at one point in time

I have no love for swan

But what they are saying is somewhat accurate if:

They had swan reserve accounts with prime

They referred swan swap customers to prime for custody (“swan has never held customer funds”). In this case the paperwork for the customers was probably “your coins are held at prime for the benefit of you”

Since prime was fraudulent, swan and its customers were affected and lost funds.

But not because swan was custodian.

this is the reason it’s important for these marketing companies to better bet their downstream vendors

All this to say Cory is still a grifter and can get fucked.