Most of these replies focus on the "children" part of your post. I think the "family" end can provide ample meaning in life as well. My wife and I do not have children. That was a choice we made for many solid reasons, and I would not change it. However, I am surrounded by friends/ coworkers/ / siblings that have children and I absolutely see how their lives have more meaning... at times I envy that.
However, although we have no children, we have taken care of my wife's father at the end of his life, and that was a deeply meaningful experience. We plan on moving halfway across the US in a couple years to do the same for her mother, then again for my parents (all in different states). We can only do this because we don't have children, but we seek to serve the elderly in our family. It brings meaning to my life. Sure, different than children, but meaning non the less.
The tools I use to stack sats.
Lunch break is over, back to the fiat mine!
I've seen their tracks in the snow, on a dogsledding trip a bit north of Churchill.
Manitoba rocks.
At this point I get way more excited when the BTC price goes down than when it goes up.
Time to stack!
My wife has been working on perfecting sourdough crumpets. Are you using whole wheat in yours? They look darker and delicious!
Thanks nostr:npub196g3pjp3dl9pk93ufjudsv7lnlx9gqpem545d3adhh497emtfqaq7fggkw this is basically what I do. I just lump sum in when I get paid each month. It’s the conundrum of do I ease back if the price rockets again as it will make daily life a tad easier with a bit more cash to spend on day to day if the market re-corrects. However I shall probably just keep doing what I do as it’s way less stressful. Something very peaceful about value in cold sats rather than in my bank account.
I agree, I sleep way better once the fiat becomes sats, as I know that I don't have to decide what to do about it anymore.
Though, the conundrum of "should I buy as much as I can now" is a good sign: it shows that you are thinking more about the future than the present... passing the marshmallow test is a predictor of good outcomes. Cheers!
It is plausible that the market cycles could break in an unexpected way, like 4 green years instead of 3, but then 2 year bear and not nearly as deep of a dip. The larger pools of money required to push the price up from here are working on longer timelines, they move at a slower pace than we are used to. That could really catch people out. I'm not going to slow down, too much of a risk that nation states actually get involved and the price just teleports to a new level and never dips back to where I was buying at before it happens. That is not my base-case, but it there is a non-zero chance.
I used to just dump any spare fiat into bitcoin as soon as I had it. So many times I would have been better off just setting a plan and not looking, would have gotten more sats. I was letting fomo guide me.
I've finally come to place where I can let the DCA ride, but have a little on the side for dips. Helps me scratch that itch when the market drops, but still do the more rational long-term strategy of buying the market a bit each week.
Jan 3
Who has keys?
WE HAVE KEYS!
🔑 🔑 🔑
It is incredible when you step back and think about it:
-No one can take your wealth from you.
-No state can ban the system.
-It exists in pure math, yet is tied to the physical world through energy.
🤯
They are providing something genuinely useful in the world. Period. There is no "business model" like with all the current social media companies where users are actually the product.
Provide value = Get value
Simple, ethical, powerful.
Don't mid-curve this so hard.
GM
Woke up, stretched, had coffee, stacked sats.
Ready for the day.
The post below just shows how much people don't understand what is happening on #nostr.
1: There is no audience to "own", only other people to communicate with. If you say something interesting/useful/enjoyable, other people may choose to zap you. Simple, clean, ethical.
2: There is no need for "closer channels". You already have a direct channel to people who follow you. So, individuals can provide value for value and middlemen like you nostr:npub1kjehzhkadcmt9wxu34ftf65gpplwh2rsl8p6fa03266evjrtpm9qg24x4r are irrelevant.
#freedomtech #fgutechnology
nostr:note1mkytxumluqhfelvqg6kcpesakasav06lsjace85zf8qv67euutkqna9rp7
Here’s how I’d run a 50,000,000 sat nostr marketing campaign…
Coming from someone doing +$10M monthly client revenue on TikTok.
Let’s break it down.
For example sake, let’s say we’re running a campaign for nostr:npub14am887cf6kvwkce89nt7dsw3v9qrrn0uppxyvr6a2jd7xdwuwccqwnudp2 ‘s brand, Heart & Soil (with a 0.5 btc budget)
Step 1:
First we’re going to identify 100 relevant nostr creators and negotiate terms of posting.
Let’s say 100 creators at 300,000 sats per note each.
We’ll spread out the posting times over the course of a month… about 3 per day.
Nothing groundbreaking so far… but here’s where things become a bit different than your typical social media campaign…
Instead of paying creators offline, Heart & Soil would zap 300,000 to each creator - publicly visible on their note.
This does 2 things:
1️⃣ Increase visibility on that note (more zaps = more traction)
2️⃣ Increase positive sentiment of the brand (i.e. “this brand supports nostr creators”)
If you see a note about a brand, then that brand zapping 300,000 sats, this will get your attention.
Step 2:
Top of funnel 👀
We’re going to allocate 10,000,000 sats to “bulk zapping”
The plan is to send 21 sats to nearly 500,000 notes over the course of a month.
I’d probably attach a message like “Eat your organs” or something like that to each.
The goal here is to drive eyeballs and awareness to the account.
Step 3:
Profile and bio set up.
Think of this like a funnel.
We’re going to be getting tons of eyeballs to the account…
Now, what we do with that attention is key.
First thing, let’s repost all of the creator notes to get social proof on the account.
Secondly, let’s get our bio set up.
It should say something like this:
“The most nutrient rich supplements on the planet. Goal of sending 10,000,000 sats (currently at 1,342,091). Tag us and we’ll zap you! Use code NOSTR for 10% off.”
The goal is to turn buyers into creators and set the precedent that Heart & Soil zaps all creators.
I’ve noticed that there is a ritualistic posting style on Nostr - the good morning notes, coffeechain etc.
We want to get this style of note going for Heart and Soil.
Allocate 10,000,000 sats to just zapping customers that post the product on nostr.
What do we think - would this work? Would brand campaigns be a complete flop on nostr? What would you do differently?
Uh, what about "value for value" instead of "here's a plan to buy influence."
Go back to TikTok, bro.
We are also going to be blamed for it even if it is a slow collapse. Whomever is doing well at the time gets the blame, just like what is happening now with fiat billionaires. They did not create the broken system, just saw the loopholes and levers to play it to their advantage. We see the system for what it is and understand how Bitcoin is an honest antidote. The normies only understand that the price of eggs and gas went up, and dammit it is unfair! They will be coming with the torches and pitchforks, so we better double down on educating people before the collapse happens.
That was good rip, listened to it today at work. I'm
grateful to have a job
working with my hands that I can do while listening to podcasts: it has helped me learn so much in a short time.
Zeus Network (Zeus Crypto) seems to be a project that connects other blockchains to Solana. Seems to be different than Zeus wallet. So, totally ignorable.
Thank you nostr:npub16le69k9hwapnjfhz89wnzkvf96z8n6r34qqwgq0sglas3tgh7v4sp9ffxj for getting WBD up and going again! The first two were excellent, thank you for starting strong and letting the guests dive into the details. So far I like it even better than before.
I look forward to see what you do with the show. Cheers! 
I hope it does this for months: reset the market to a new level, have a lot of coins change hands at this price (getting everyone outside the Bitcoiner world comfortable with this zone as a floor) , then never touch $100k again.
Longer sideways = healthier future support
I tried to... it has been so long since I last signed in I can't reset password to get in and delete. No one seems to be able to help me, as they can't verify I am who I say I am. Hilarious. The centralized system has so many failure modes.