My Bitcoin journey began in late 2021 after coming across a few intelligent Twitter accounts. I had been interested a few years earlier but never bought any and never understood the technology. When I came across some important tweets from Mike Alfred, Dennis Porter, Peter McCormack and Saifedean which spelled out why everybody should own Bitcoin I began to dig deeper. I came across additional educational literature regarding how Bitcoin works and what problems it solves. I began purchasing some Bitcoin from Coinbase and Cash App. The more I read, the more interested I became and the more my focus switched from investment opportunities to philosophical and freedom reasons. I began to learn about self-custody and purchased my first cold-storage wallet by the end of 2022. I typically bought some Bitcoin with every paycheck and even spent a decent share of my dollar savings to purchase Bitcoin. This year, I have continued to buy but at a little slower pace as I decided everything I bought in Bitcoin was never going to be touched (at least for the immediate future). I learned more about DCA and have slowly increased my stack.
My biggest regrets in Bitcoin are: 1. Not investing sooner. 2. Not understanding UTXO management at the beginning. 3. Not committing to obtaining Bitcoin in a non-KYC fashion.
I just purchased a Coldcard MK4 and I'm looking forward to moving my current funds from a less secure hardware wallet. Going forward, I will be buying additional wallets to split my Bitcoin between as well as using Conjoin and consolidating my small UTXOs.
As crooked as they come.
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Carlin was such a great example of this.
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Ordered a Coldcard MK4 today and pretty excited about it. Hopefully I can figure everything out. I wanted a more secure hardware wallet.
Merry Christmas to the Nostr fam! 🌲✝️❤️
You gotta hang in there. You will overcome it. Have faith! 🙏
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Listen to the king @Jeff Booth explain how we defeat the old system.
It’s not with pitch forks. It’s by slowly removing our energy from it.
I like to think of this like two buckets.
🪣 OLD SYSTEM - built on lies
🪣 NEW SYSTEM - built on truth
Most people are still fully locked into the old system. The bucket is full.
Slowly, one day at a time, start pouring more and more of your time and energy into the new bucket.
Slowly start tuning out and ignoring the old system. Empty the bucket. The power and control they have is only what we entertain.
🎥 https://video.nostr.build/6f7a3d9d833b089834ca47063db7ea137ea9c6be42258ea5688d2b21096f06fa.mp4
He's terrific
Tonight's ribeye
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nostr:npub1hu3hdctm5nkzd8gslnyedfr5ddz3z547jqcl5j88g4fame2jd08qh6h8nh and I have a little bet going…
Without looking it up, do you know what the word “paunch” means?
Never heard of it
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