What is Bitcoin ?
Bitcoin Itself Is NOT a Store of Value
Bitcoin only becomes a store of value when compared to the FIAT system.
In the Fiat system, we’re forced to look for investments or protection that at least keep up with inflation.
In a system where Bitcoin is the unit of account and medium of exchange, that need for investment or protection disappears.
Bitcoin simply plays the role that money is supposed to play, restoring the value of what we’re able to buy with it and preserving, over time, the value stored in goods, products, and services, which was taken from us by FIAT “money.”
I’m hopeful that Bitcoin will stop being seen as an investment or store of value and start being seen simply as money.
That would basically mean the Fiat system has collapsed.
Do You Want Sovereignty in #Bitcoin?
Follow these essential steps to free yourself from the traditional financial system and take full control of your money:
1 - Create a Seed Phrase Offline 🛜📴
Build your sovereignty. Generate your 12 or 24-word seed phrase without ever exposing it to the internet—NEVER use apps like #bluewallet for this! This is the only way to ensure that no one but you has access to your bitcoins.
2 - Export the Public Key Offline 🛜📴
Your seed phrase should never touch the internet. Export only the public key while still offline to generate addresses and check balances, always keeping your private key protected.
3 - Buy Bitcoin Without KYC 🛒
Never sell or use your personal data to buy Bitcoin! Use peer-to-peer (P2P) services like #peachbitcoin to preserve your privacy and avoid future censorship (just like what happened to people’s gold in 1971).
4 - Create and Sign Transactions Offline 🔏
Learn how to move your bitcoins securely. Sign transactions offline in your Bitcoin vault and only then broadcast them online, ensuring total protection of your seed phrase.
5 - Run a Bitcoin Node 📡
Become an active and VITAL part of the network! Running a node means:
✅ Validating your own transactions and blocks without relying on third parties
✅ Checking any transaction directly, without censorship
✅ Ensuring Bitcoin continues to exist by maintaining an original copy of the blockchain
✅ Participating in the network consensus and deciding which rules to follow
6 - Get a Mini-Miner ⛏
Decentralizing the hash rate is also up to us! With a mini-miner at home, you can contribute to the network’s security and even have a chance to mine a 3.125 BTC block.
7 - Open a Lightning Payment Channel ⚡
Having your own liquidity on Bitcoin’s second layer means you can make instant payments anywhere in the world—with no intermediaries, no censorship, and 100% sovereignty.
🚀 True sovereignty starts here!
Take control of your money with Bitcoin.
Don’t let a bank do it for you!
Study Bitcoin 📚
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Bitcoin’s decentralization and security start at home! ⚡
Today, most of Bitcoin’s computing power is concentrated in just 4 or 5 major mining pools.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Mini-miners are the key to changing this! 🔑
By running a small miner at home, you help distribute the hashrate, making the network more secure, censorship-resistant, and truly decentralized – just as it was meant to be. 📡💎
The future of Bitcoin is in our hands.
Mining isn’t just for the big players – it’s for everyone! 🚀
👉 Do you have or want to get a mini-miner?
Let me know in the comments! 👇🔥
🚨 YOUR MONEY IS FUNDING THE SYSTEM THAT’S ROBBING YOU! 🚨
Every euro you leave in the bank isn’t just losing value due to inflation.
It’s being used to fund the financial system that enslaves you.
Banks don’t work like safes where your money is stored.
They use your money to create more money out of thin air.
How?
Through the fractional reserve system.
How the theft works:
🔹 When you deposit €1,000 in the bank, do you think that money stays there? No.
🔹 If the central bank only requires 10% reserves, the bank keeps just €100 and lends out the other €900.
🔹 Those €900 get deposited back into the system and the bank lends even more money from that deposit.
🔹 In the end, your original €1,000 turns into €10,000 of money created out of thin air, purely based on debt.
What happens when a crisis hits and everyone tries to withdraw their money?
There isn’t enough real money.
Because the bank never actually had it.
It was all multiplied through debt and promises.
Now imagine what will happen when CBDCs are implemented.
Banks won’t even need to go bankrupt anymore because money will be 100% digital and controlled by the state.
They will be able to:
❌ Freeze your balance with a single click
❌ Control what you can and can’t buy
❌ Automatically deduct taxes from your account without warning
❌ Confiscate your money whenever the government “needs” more funds
If you want to stop funding this fraudulent system, do the following:
✅ Withdraw from the bank what you’re not willing to lose
✅ Convert euros and dollars (fiat) into Bitcoin
✅ Use money that can’t be inflated or manipulated
✅ Take back your financial sovereignty
Every euro you leave in the bank is a vote for this corrupt system.
Every satoshi you buy is a vote for your true financial freedom.
Bitcoin doesn’t need fractional reserves.
Bitcoin is scarce, decentralized, and impossible for governments to control.
🚨 Time is running out.
🚨 EXIT THE SYSTEM WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
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Bitcoin: The Energy Revolution That’s Transforming the World ⚡🔥
Bitcoin mining is not just the foundation of the most secure monetary network on the planet but also an innovation in energy efficiency. While some criticize its energy consumption, visionaries are proving the exact opposite: mining can convert wasted energy into something useful and profitable.
🔸 Energy that was once lost now has a purpose.
By connecting miners to idle energy sources—such as flared gas from oil wells, sewage, industrial waste heat, or unused renewable electricity—Bitcoin turns waste into value.
🔸 Heat that warms your home… and your wallet!
People are already using the heat generated by mining to warm homes, swimming pools, greenhouses, bathwater, and even jacuzzis! Instead of wasting energy, you can mine Bitcoin and still benefit from the heat produced.
🔸 Bitcoin is the catalyst for a more efficient energy future.
It encourages the decentralization of energy production, making small-scale producers viable and promoting the use of renewable sources. Unlike the traditional financial system, which survives on waste and degradation, Bitcoin converts every watt of energy into financial freedom.
🔸 And do you know how these guys are doing this? Through a process called Immersion Cooling (I have a video about this on Instagram).
⛏️ In this type of mining, equipment is not cooled with fans but instead submerged in a special dielectric liquid that dissipates heat much more efficiently. The result? Less wear on miners, greater energy efficiency, and the ability to reuse the generated heat to warm homes, pools, greenhouses, and much more.
🧊 Immersion Cooling is revolutionizing Bitcoin mining, making it even more sustainable and accessible. Bitcoin doesn’t waste energy—it transforms any type of energy into valuable output with zero waste!
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Trump's value in a strategic reserve in WBTC is quite questionable!
If the U.S. government truly wanted to build a serious strategic reserve in #Bitcoin, the only logical option would be to buy real Bitcoin, directly on the Bitcoin blockchain. However, the recent news that Trump intends to acquire Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) instead of BTC raises serious questions.
WBTC is not real Bitcoin. It is a token on the Ethereum blockchain that represents Bitcoin but relies on a centralized entity, BitGo, to ensure that each WBTC is actually backed by a real BTC. In other words, whoever controls BitGo has absolute power over these “wrapped bitcoins.” They can be frozen, confiscated, or even disappear if the company claims to have suffered an attack or declares bankruptcy.
The obvious question is: why isn’t Trump buying real Bitcoin? The most plausible answer is that this move opens the door to market manipulation and financial schemes that benefit insiders at the public’s expense.
How the Pump & Dump Scam with WBTC Works
If a U.S. president announces that the government is buying Bitcoin, the market reacts immediately. Prices surge. But what if, in reality, the purchase isn’t of real Bitcoin, but instead of a synthetic token like WBTC?
The trick lies in liquidity and the ease of manipulation of WBTC. If Trump and his allies have influence over BitGo, they could simply mint more WBTC without necessarily having 100% of real Bitcoin as collateral. As long as the public believes that WBTC and BTC are fully equivalent, the token’s price will continue to rise.
Now, let’s look at the typical Pump & Dump scenario:
1. Announcement of Bitcoin purchase – The U.S. government claims it is buying Bitcoin for its strategic reserve. The market goes into euphoria. BTC’s price rises, and since WBTC is pegged to Bitcoin’s price, it rises too.
2. Artificial creation of WBTC – BitGo can increase the supply of WBTC based on market confidence, without necessarily having 100% real Bitcoin as immediate collateral. This allows insiders to accumulate large amounts of WBTC before the public catches on.
3. Mass sell-off at the top – Once the price has risen enough and insiders have positioned themselves, they begin dumping WBTC on the market, converting it into dollars or real Bitcoin. Since WBTC is a centralized asset, they can even create obstacles for converting it back to BTC, trapping investors in a depreciating asset.
4. Sudden market crash – As the mass sell-off occurs, WBTC’s price plummets. Panic sets in, and retail investors, who bought at the peak, lose money while insiders walk away with profits.
The end result? Insiders get rich while the public foots the bill.
A Possible Attack on Real Bitcoin
But there’s an even more dangerous long-term effect. If the U.S. government treats WBTC as the “official Bitcoin,” it could serve as a Trojan horse to weaken real Bitcoin.
Imagine that, after some time, new regulations emerge stating that only WBTC is allowed for financial transactions because it offers “transparency and auditing.” This would create a barrier for using real Bitcoin, forcing businesses and investors to migrate to a version of Bitcoin that is centralized and controllable.
This would pave the way for a future where a “state-controlled Bitcoin” could be used as a financial control tool, removing the sovereignty and decentralization that make Bitcoin the only truly trustworthy monetary reserve.
Conclusion
If the real intention was to build a serious reserve, the solution would be simple: buy real Bitcoin, store it in secure cold wallets, and eliminate third-party risk.
By choosing WBTC, Trump and his allies are enabling market manipulation, financial speculation, and the potential confiscation of funds in the future. There is no legitimate technical or strategic reason for this choice.
Most likely, this is just another scheme to benefit a handful of insiders while deceiving the public with the illusion of government adoption of Bitcoin.
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Gamma is coming too 😎
😎⚡️The Magical Opportunity for Mini Miners is Coming
⛓️A Hard Fork will be inevitable due to the actions of giant miners in a few years 👀
🧊Especially those using FPPS/PPS/PPS+.
🧊They will be “swallowed” by governments, mined with KYC, and forced to prioritize or block certain types of transactions!
🧊Pools like Foundry, Antpool, F2Pool, and other giants will lose A LOT of hash power because many participants will not want to be subject to KYC!
Even models like PPLNS (Ocean, Mara), which pay based on participation shares, will also lose hash power!
☢️ This will be a magical opportunity for Mini Miners, and we will return to the original version of mining!
Whoever dedicates 100% of their energy to mining will receive 100% of the reward!
☢️ And you, do you already have your #Bitcoin #MiniMiner ?
Comment below with your model and what do you think about this topic? 😎
I have 2 #Bitaxe Supra and Ultra
🇵🇹 Qual é o vosso palpite?
🇺🇸 What’s your guess?
🇵🇹 O que será que o Trump vai falar amanhã na tomada de posse?
E se ele mencionar Bitcoin?
💡 Será que o preço vai subir ou cair? 📈📉
👀 Deixem os vossos palpites: Qual será o preço do Bitcoin até ao final do dia de amanhã?
🔎 Vamos especular juntos! Será que o discurso do Trump pode impactar o mercado?
Para cima ou para baixo?
🇺🇸 What will Trump say in his inauguration speech tomorrow?
What if he mentions Bitcoin? 💡 Will the price go up or down? 📈📉
👀 Share your thoughts: What’s your guess for Bitcoin’s price by the end of tomorrow?
🔎 Let’s speculate together! Could Trump’s speech impact the market?
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The #Money of the #Future: Time and #Energy as the Monetary Base
Over a century ago, Henry Ford envisioned a financial system where money would be backed by energy, creating a fair and incorruptible foundation.
Today, that vision comes to life with Bitcoin.
Bitcoin transforms time and energy into solid money, governed by the laws of physics rather than the fragile promises of governments or central banks. Its mining process converts electricity into value, creating a scarce, transparent, and universally accessible form of money.
We live in a world where energy is the foundation of all productivity. A monetary system that ties money to energy creates proper incentives, combats inflation, and fairly values human effort.
Bitcoin is not just money; it is a revolution that returns financial power to the people. It is sovereign money, free from intermediaries and resistant to manipulation.
Henry Ford was right: the future and final stage of money will be based on energy.
And that future has already begun.
🚨 This is not financial advice! After all, #Bitcoin is not an investment!
1 zetta hash per second (1 sextillion calculations per second)
can be compared to:
Imagine every person on Earth (about 8 billion people) using a calculator to perform one calculation per second, non-stop. Even then, it would take 125 million Earths full of people with calculators to match the capacity of 1 zetta hash per second.
There are an estimated 7 quintillion grains of sand on all the beaches in the world.
In just 1 second, the Bitcoin network performs 140,000 times more calculations than the total number of grains of sand on Earth.
It is estimated that there are 200 sextillion stars in the observable universe.
In just 3 minutes and 20 seconds, the #Bitcoin network performs a number of calculations equivalent to the total number of stars in the universe.
If we printed each of the 1 sextillion calculations performed in 1 second on a single sheet of paper, the stack would reach beyond the nearest galaxy, Andromeda, which is about 2.5 million light-years away from Earth.
#hashratebitcoin #hashrate
ANOTHER HISTORIC MILESTONE ACHIEVED BY #BITCOIN
Bitcoin has just reached an unprecedented historic milestone:
1 ZH/s (one zetta hash per second).
To put this into perspective, 1 ZH/s equals 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one sextillion) hashes being processed every second.
This is the rate at which miners, spread across the globe, perform computational calculations in their attempt to solve the proof of work and add new blocks to the blockchain.
This milestone is a testament to the security, resilience, and growth of the network. The higher the #hashrate, the more decentralized and resistant the network becomes against attacks, solidifying its position as the most secure monetary system ever created by humanity.
The future is in good hands—or rather, in one sextillion calculations per second!
🎉January 3rd // Congrats #Bitcoin 🎉
January 3rd, 2025
16 Years of Bitcoin and Financial Sovereignty
Today, we celebrate the birth of a revolution.
On January 3rd, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin’s genesis block, planting the seed of a free, scarce, and decentralized monetary system.
The phrase inscribed in that first block – “Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks” – symbolized the collapse of a financial system based on bailouts, inflation, and corruption.
Sixteen years later, Bitcoin is more than just a technology: it is a powerful idea, the embodiment of individual freedom in a world dominated by centralized control wielded by states in collusion with central banks!
Millions of people around the globe have found in Bitcoin a way to escape censorship, inflation, the instability of fiat monetary systems, and the constant erosion of purchasing power of the “money” we use.
Bitcoin was created for the people.
Beyond this unparalleled and historic milestone, January 3rd is also known as “Proof of Keys Day”, an essential initiative that reminds us all: “Not your keys, not your coins.”
On this day, bitcoiners withdraw their satoshis from exchanges to ensure true ownership of their Bitcoin, test the integrity of the system, and reaffirm Bitcoin’s auditability.
It is not just about personal security – it’s a clear message to the world: financial control belongs to the individual, not to intermediaries. 😎⚡️💪🏻
So today, we celebrate two things:
• The creation of an incorruptible monetary system and the most powerful silent weapon humanity has ever known in its history.
• The importance of financial sovereignty, where each person has absolute control over their wealth and contributes to the transparency of the Bitcoin network.
Let this January 3rd be a day to reflect on the power we hold in our hands and to build together a future based on the Bitcoin standard.
Congratulations, Bitcoin. Congratulations, Bitcoiners.
The future is ours.
Onward to hyperbitcoinization!
Happy New Year #nostr People 🥳🍾
