Humans are a blip in the History of Earth, today we see 100 years as meaningful but one generation is just dust in the wind. Bitcoin is 14 years old, finite in its volume and immortal, still embryonic. We do not comprehend its potential yet but we can only whisper its possible applications or "use cases". In our current level of technological understanding 99% will be wrong.

Bitcoiners of today will certainly do well in their lifetime, see the birth of beautiful innovations, probably reach a comfortable retirement, tell stories about being early but the protocol has already reached perfection in its core and such perfection is meant to erase the old, flush the corrupt, to give way to the new. It is bigger than us.

Bitcoin is not about you, it is about the rebirth of our civilization that will be rebuilt on values such as equality, progress, innovation, peace, prosperity, freedom, self-sovereignty, passion, respect and integrity. All of these values giving us our true purpose on Earth have all been corrupted today, we do not deserve Bitcoin full potential in our generation, but we deserve to pioneer it for our posterity, it is an imposed duty to humans who have understood it for the future generations.

This protocol, this technology, this money, this form of speech, this organism deserves no name that could give it justice, it is The Singularity between humans and technology that will bring about the true purpose of our presence on Earth which is to keep building not strive to survive but strive to create value that will persist for the next hundred thousand years.

This is why we must Disobey as this will outlive all future generations if we do not mess it up.

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“Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, What is man? What are his needs? How can he best express himself? one would discover that merely having the power to avoid work and live one's life from birth to death in electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing so. Man needs warmth, society, leisure, comfort and security: he also needs solitude, creative work and the sense of wonder. If he recognised this he could use the products of science and industrialism eclectically, applying always the same test: does this make me more human or less human? He would then learn that the highest happiness does not lie in relaxing, resting, playing poker, drinking and making love simultaneously. And the instinctive horror which all sensitive people feel at the progressive mechanisation of life would be seen not to be a mere sentimental archaism, but to be fully justified. For man only stays human by preserving large patches of simplicity in his life, while the tendency of many modern inventions - in paticular the film, the radio and the aeroplane - is to weaken his consciousness, dull his curiosity, and, in general, drive him nearer to the animals.”

— George Orwell, Essays (Everyman’s Library) p. 989

Thanks for your thoughts on that. Almost all of the most creative artists and musicians I have known as friends were frankly hopelessly unable to interact with the marketing and the general economics of their art and maybe bitcoin's wider self sovereign ethos might prove to be something that can make it less problematic to deal with that? I agree with your point that, as yet, anyone wanting to reach the greatest audience as possible, whether it's art or anything else, is reliant on those platforms.

What is your deciding factor on a ❤️ vs a ⚡? For me, if you taught me something useful that I didn't know or find value in, or if what you said is unique or profound in some way, I ⚡. But if I appreciate what you said or the sentiments (even if I disagree with it) I ❤️. You?

There are many centralized platforms that many types of artists are dependent upon, that I would like to see decentralized. For example the whole 3D product ecosystem.

Artists are dependent on exposure for reaching clients, as well as for hosting their art and/or products and services.

Bitcoin Lightning is a game changer in terms of sovereignty for artists. Still there is a need to decentralize the central hubs that artists are dependent upon.

This is not easy to do immediately. Artists need reach and centralized hubs naturally have better reach. User traffic and visibility impacts how well artists can earn income from products they have made. This can be anything from art prints, tutorials, 3D models, texture products, promo/advertising work to technical tools they have coded.

Those that control visibility also have power over those that need visibility for their services. If we have high quality decentralized hubs where art ecosystems can flourish and attract traffic, then this will greatly counteract the centralized hubs of today.

Interesting. Is there any obvious difference that you could foresee if bitcoin/lightning and it's sphere were to be more involved in that process compared to traditional fiat?

Freelance and commission work are beneficial for artists and generally the most accessible funding option. Government involvement will always come with political motives so that's a trap I would stay away from.

Personally I perform better when a client wants a particular result and is willing to pay a reasonable amount for the work. I see it as a matter of honor to give back the value in art that I receive in commission. The money isn't earned until the quality of the work matches the value of the commission, in an approximate estimation of course.

When I create art for myself I either have a project that the art must fit into, or if it's not project related then I explore new ideas. Repetition drags me down so I prefer to

Would be interested to hear your thoughts after looking at that article. In particular I started to think about the "influence" that a state or patron might have over artists and what that might mean for the artist's ability to express freely what they want. In a way it might be seen as a potential "centralised" influence. Perhaps our participation in bitcoin and what we are seeing in and around nostr might be the seed of a more "decentralised" model of funding artists.

When someone uses the term “honestly” or “truthfully” in conversation, that’s a red flag.

It reveals that their typical modus operandi is to lie, otherwise there would be no need for the “honestly” distinction.

Same goes for describing certain coins as “stable”

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I find that there is a huge gap between what living artists create at their best and historical masterpieces displayed in museums, and that this gap can be closed through individual art patronage.

Cheers mate, enjoy the weekend, stack sats 😎

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Today was a good week.

Finished an internal project which I'm very proud of that everybody in management thanked me for, they said it wouldn't be possible without my help. In the same week I got sign off of work on a separare project from the same people.

And at the same time I landed an assignment interview at a very cool company. And an old dear colleague said he will vouch for me.

I also have another interview at a competitor who wants to hire me.

Things are looking up.

Needs a bit of celebration. 🍾

Happy weekend!

I would legitimately rather die than lose autonomy over my body to any authority. I trust my own intelligence, no one will ever force me to do something against my best judgement.