These are rookie numbers. You should come check out Europe..

Out of curiosity.. does Microstrategy do proof of reserves? 👀

How can you tell when a politician is lying?

When their lips are moving 🥁💥

Value is not liquidity.. That amount of money wasn’t poured in, it’s simply the total supply multiplied by the price it was last traded at ☝🏻

The constant burden of making sense 👇🏻

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I came to the same conclusion. So, instead, I tend to ask: “How do you spend your free time?”

It sparks much more interesting conversations, and makes it easier to relate and connect to people!

I wish this were satire..

I prefer a more positive metaphor, but yeah, this, more or less 😬

No other way to put it!

I hadn’t heard it in a while, but listening to the lyrics now really hits home..

I took up coaching for two of my kids’ sports teams and like you say, it’s a blast. I’m very grateful to be in such a position and hopefully exude some positivity into the lives of those kids! But also, just being able to take the kids to school, play with them outside, have small talk during car and bike rides.. I wouldn’t trade those moments for sats, no matter what.

As is said often on Nostr: be the change you want to see!

Funny how it all comes together, isn’t it?

As they say: you don’t change bitcoin, bitcoin changes you.

Thank you, and I very much hope so!

On a side note: set up your zaps, you’re missing out!

Either way, I hope you find the strength to make your decision and wish you the best of luck! 🙏🏻

I’m pretty sure the company and salary profile differ quite a bit, but I was weighing the same options, more or less.

My thought process was expedited by a very sudden loss of a close friend, which made me think long and hard about those future goals (and “gains”).

While I’m 100% on board with the low time preference ethos, and thinking long term, the cold hard fact of life is that we are alive *now* and there are absolutely zero guarantees that we get to enjoy tomorrow. In that light, I made the choices I made.

It should be noted: I got lucky in life to be able to make those choices. Maybe your circumstances differ, and foremost: you shouldnt trust a random stranger on the internet to make those hard choices for you!

Apart from my wife, I have no bitcoiners in meatspace to relate this to, so I’m just gonna leave this here. No one will probably read it, but I just want to get this off my chest. Who knows, maybe it will do some good and inspire someone.

I think one of the most underestimated aspects of bitcoin is how it secretly spills over into other parts of your life. Yes, bitcoin is money in the digital age, yes, it’s a finite black hole that will absorb other asset classes, yes, inflation is theft, yes, it can make a median income earner a massive millionaire when done right. But the most underrated aspect in my eyes, and this is propagated by fellas like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs, is it made me realize how insanely valuable my time is.

When this realization occurred, I made it my number one priority to optimize for my time. So while working the fiat mines for the better part of the last decade, every time I earned a promotion or got a better job, my aim was not to earn more, but spend less time earning the same.

Yes, I could have spent more time in the mines and easily earned 2x of what I did, bought more of the coin with said earnings and be a rich fella with a much bigger car and a much bigger house by now, but you know what? Fuck that!

In stead, I got to be there for my parents, my wife and my kids, take care of them, watch them grow, do volunteer work in the local community, and pursue my hobbies, all while showing the kids that it’s OK to work for a living and contribute to society, and that it’s not normal to get retirement-rich off some crazy bet in your younger years.

Understanding the value of my time, thanks to studying bitcoin, was a life altering moment for me, and I am forever grateful for this realization. No amount of money, bitcoin or otherwise, is worth this lesson learned and the life and experiences it provided.

Who knows, with this in mind, you can look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself the extremely confrontational question: what am I doing with my time?!

Gotta agree with Lyn, the core Mistborn trilogy is amazing. The second set of 4 books (the Wax stories) are a good read, but nothing worth calling your mom about.

Currently plowing through the Stormlight Archive book 2, and so far I am very impressed.. I just hope Sanderson can keep up this level of storytelling!

Actually, he’s from Belgium 🇧🇪

I disagree. Screens aren’t terrible. Algorithms are.

Letting your kid stare at whatever Instagram throws at them for 2 hours straight so you can have a nice chat at your aunts birthday party is indeed horrible. Letting your kid solve puzzles in a video game, or have them learn how their favorite animals hunt via clips on the net is good for them. And for you. And you can bond over it, because it gives you common ground to talk about stuff.

I let my kids use whatever device they want, but up front, we agree on what we’re gonna do. For example: I’m going to search on YouTube for a clip of a falcon hunting prey. After it’s done, we turn YouTube off. No problem, very educational.

Ive taught them about the attention trap that most sites are, and they know how to navigate about them. All in all, a screen is just another tool. No point forbidding it, eventually they will get in touch with them anyway (at neighbors, friends, school, sport etc) and they’ll push back hard on you when they do find out. In my opinion, the best way to go about it is to teach them how to use it to their advantage.

I hear what the bloke says, but fuck me this is nearly impossible for any middle class family.

Recently inherited a house. Taxman demanded ~15% of the house value in estate taxes. That’s north of 2 years annual salary saved up to pay the taxman. Good luck with that.

There’s truth in what he says, but any regular family home isn’t worth the sacrifice to save up that much money for. Most people end up cashing in and spending the money, probably on stupid shit. Welcome to the fiat brain doom loop.

Still on an iPhone 12 mini. Not a fan of Apple, but it was one of the few phones at the time that was still suitable to carry comfortably in your pocket.

Battery life is medium, but I see it as a great physical restraint to spend less time on my phone. Win-win either way.