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Middle-aged dad, late to the game, but so glad to be here. Banner art purchased with sats from @isolabellart

GM 😀👊☕️

✅ Walked the dog

✅ 21 min meditation

✅ Cold shower

A full day on tap. The meditation was much needed. I have to be honest that I wish I didn’t have track practice today - so much to do before Christmas morning. But once I’m there I’ll be grateful to see the athletes.

Have a great day!

#coffeechain

I love nostr:nprofile1qqsdy27dk8f9qk7qvrm94pkdtus9xtk970jpcp4w48k6cw0khfm06mspr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0xap0gh - it’s an amazing service they’re providing. I loaded up my account with 23k sats last night.

And that’s such a cool image nostr:nprofile1qqsqr59ml9fhau0aph0czh6pcxykww8k5ws0vq84r3uzklvgjyfs6nqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqzxthwden5te0d3skueewwfjkcctewvhxcctwvshk2uc2hydcz - the tree with all the Nostr goodies under it. Great work. 👊

27 lbs 15 oz. This is fun! 😀👊🥩

There is a new book by nostr:nprofile1qqswmnfq2k830kvnylvyrezc97dsqce343qppqrwlgpqaux5qpuwdkspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuum5dahx2u3wvdhk6qguwaehxw309ahx7um5wghxy6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skclda2g9 titled “Bitcoin Is For Everyone: Why our financial system is broken and Bitcoin is the solution”

I love the subtitle. And, I’m not sure in Dec 2025 most people can handle the volatility. My 80 yr old dad surely can’t, and I don’t think most of my middle-aged college friends could move a meaningful amount of their 401k into IBIT, let alone pausing those contributions past the company match and buying spot and holding it in cold storage.

Again, I love the subtitle, and, I think prices in the 120’s dropping to the 80’s in the course of a few weeks would spook the vast majority of people. If someone had 600k in a 401k and you told them not to worry when it went to 400k in less than two months - same move were had in bitcoin - that by mid 2030s it’d 10x, they likely couldn’t hodl.

Just my two satosis.

I own nostr:nprofile1qqswmnfq2k830kvnylvyrezc97dsqce343qppqrwlgpqaux5qpuwdkspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuum5dahx2u3wvdhk6qguwaehxw309ahx7um5wghxy6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skclda2g9 a huge thanks as her podcast is how I found nostr:npub1lrj3lsskez59qu68v5fpnur7ythe7s5e4qcelclha6t6r9q5pqgsl2mzx2 🙏🏻

Thanks for pricking my brain nostr:nprofile1qqs9l30j97pj5trdu4svhqy32cgcw8jlk9jph8m2r5pmw5e8523yvdspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejq0yp67d 🙏🏻👊

“Big enough to be meaningful, small enough to be doable.” - Said often by an amazing therapist I once worked with.

“Aim lower.” - Jordan Peterson has said something to this effect often.

In that spirit, I got in a 21 min bike ride - which I wouldn’t have counted a few years ago - but my face was sweating so I’m counting it tonight. Nice little steak going. And this confirms that if you stay in #zone2 you’re recovered in time for the next day’s workout.

22 / #31days

As nature intended!

GM 😀👊☕️

Excited to wrap up work the next 48 hours and then relax with the family.

It’s Dec 22 in Colorado and I’m in shorts. Great weather for track practice but really bad for the state as a whole.

Have a great day.

#coffeechain #plebchain

Gm 😀👊☕️

…of course you have a house cat that looks like it could hunt in the jungle 😂

I’m still relatively #newtonoatr and wallet issues and setting up lightening nodes seem to be challenging for most of us. Early days is what I tell myself…but maybe for me it’s more “user error” 😂

The next #bullishMarket event is 10 days away! This one will be the first with auctions and door prizes.

In the spirit of Christmas, here are the prices to set up a booth:

🎁 500 sats for returning vendors

🎁 1000 sats for first-timers

Just zap this note and I’ll set you up. Let’s pack the house again!

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If any of you want to run an auction, let me know and I’ll add it to the list!

The event will take place on Sunday December 21st from 9-10 AM CST. Set your reminder and bookmark the link.

https://bullishmarket.onrender.com

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Tonight I had a simple meal after a nice zone 2 indoor bike ride - 20/ #31days.

- ground beef I bought with sats

- a healthy amount of nostr:nprofile1qqs82dgjyfj8ef3yectyk9azy4n25a6dy0mgqn24hlf0vvy8zr7ae4qpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d9h8xetw9e3k7mgpzdmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuwphxumjucmgwnkcmw seasoning

- lettuce

- cucumbers

Great meal - tasty and filling.

I’ll be at the nostr:nprofile1qqs2zqnq524z7zfdsh3vpwpwjh4vt7xxp6sec68y3xr3ndvve23ru0spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqgkwaehxw309ahx7um5wghxz7n6v9kk7tnwv46qc9sg2c market tomorrow to say hello. Check it out if you can. You’ll want to be on a computer to navigate through the market.

GN 😀👊💤

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Holiday gifts to myself. Hopefully I’ll get enough work done Monday and Tuesday to sit in this chair and read. 🤞

#bitcoin nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc

I’d love to. There are three days I can’t workout, but it would be awesome to aim to do the rest.

19 / #31days in the books. Hoping to get in 19 days total this month, then 20+ per month in Jan-May. A goal that’s big enough to be meaningful but small enough to be doable.

As long as my face is sweating it counts.

Gm 😀👊 Going to try a version of your eggs today. I’ll only take a photo if it looks good 😂

Gm 😀👊☕️

#coffeechain #plebchain

Good morning 😀👊☕️

Today I’m aiming to be kind, useful, and grateful for the chance to coach my oldest kid’s sports team the next 9 months.

This is the best article I’ve read on nostr in the handful of weeks since I’ve been here. It might be worth your time. (I zapped it but for some reason it’s not showing up).

#GM #coffeechain

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A big day is coming to an end.

It was great to get in a spin on the bike for day 3 of #30days of exercise. Zone 2 for 25-45 min for a middle age man is such a gift.

Thanks nostr:nprofile1qqsrp65u9226asre64c2pdueuhs9n84cdstsdjchjrfvl5yx3yakq2qprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx27zksdx and nostr:nprofile1qqs2ms205wk4jzzkmk9cpq2axelhc8n8xkksplvc4pksqta7n76ntcgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgnwaehxw309ahx7um5wghxjarpwvhxc6g7f4l0f for “pricking my brain.” - thus the bigger ⚡️’s.

Here’s the #zaplog.

#GN 😀👊💤

Three things:

- This is the best article I’ve read on nostr.👊

- I spent $5.32 on a coffee day, as since that coffee didn’t add the value this post did, I sent the 5,018 sats. v4v.

- You’re much better writer than me, which means your thinking is clearer than mine, and that’s a bit annoying 😉😀👊

Keep up the good work!

It’s been a real blessing to find people focused on bitcoin fans all the related topics, plus all of their personal passions.

Great day. I may be able to sign a new lease tomorrow and move in a few weeks. Hopefully I won’t be doing this again for year.

Lots of zaps tonight because I finely had an hour to scroll and read and smile. Another gem from nostr:nprofile1qqs2ms205wk4jzzkmk9cpq2axelhc8n8xkksplvc4pksqta7n76ntcgprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvq9n8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99ah8qatzxy6kxwpcde3nsep5x3nhxup5xc6nserwve6n2enpdpehw7n6w5uxwctcd56kc6m4wa482epsxcu8xamyw9n8xurcwdehv7plvfex7ctyvdshxapaw3e82eghgnjrn and a very cool image from nostr:nprofile1qqs207340vwuzar32a6u87q4qlxn37v9sdgjv5cm53v6s4z72taskcspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs7amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6mtcdm4 deserved some sats. #zaplog

Welcome nostr:nprofile1qqsvkj38e6yxwe5wn6pmvn2nhvvtxh3duwtks44yduwvlc0lgw5ckpqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkc5uh3n9 - he’s new, just like I was a few weeks ago. It’s great to have you here!

Good night 😀👊💤

Replying to Avatar Contra

Many of us came to Nostr searching for something the world tried to bury: sovereign minds connecting without permission, building without intermediaries, speaking without the leash of algorithmic approval. We found it. Now the question is what we build with it.

I don’t post theory. I post what I’ve tested, learned from, rebuilt after it broke. Every word here reflects real experience because authenticity is the foundation of everything worth building. The protocol gave us infrastructure. What we create with it reveals who we actually are.

Bitcoin matters. But what matters more is whether we’ve internalized what it teaches. Proof of work isn’t just code. It’s a life philosophy. The creative minds here understand this instinctively. They build, they create, they resist the gravity of mediocrity that pulls everyone toward comfortable lies and manufactured consensus.

You can’t forge real connection through performance metrics. You can’t manufacture trust through engagement farming. The centralized platforms trained us to optimize for attention instead of meaning, to perform instead of connect. Here, we have the chance to be different.

The bonds that matter form between people willing to stake something real, to challenge each other, to grow together without the safety net of algorithmic validation. That’s what makes this space valuable.

I share what provokes thought because comfortable minds build nothing. Sometimes that’s serious. Sometimes it’s absurd. The shitposters and memers here matter because laughter is resistance too. Life doesn’t demand constant gravity. But even humor here feels different because it’s ours, unfiltered, human. If my words make you question assumptions, make you feel less alone in rejecting manufactured consensus, or just make you laugh at the absurdity of it all, then we’re using this tool correctly.

The world outside drowns in shallow signals, algorithmic manipulation, ideas polished smooth by focus groups and corporate cowardice. We have the opportunity to prove something better exists. Not because it’s easy, but because it’s necessary.

Decentralization without conviction is just distributed compliance. The words we speak here should echo in how we live. That alignment is what separates signal from noise.

Some of us are building in the open. Testing ideas in reality. The invitation stands for anyone ready to do the same. Not through comfort, but through genuine challenge and mutual growth. The future belongs to those willing to prove their words with action.

The choice is yours. But you’re exactly where you need to be to make it count.

This gem from nostr:nprofile1qqs2ms205wk4jzzkmk9cpq2axelhc8n8xkksplvc4pksqta7n76ntcgprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvq9n8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99ah8qatzxy6kxwpcde3nsep5x3nhxup5xc6nserwve6n2enpdpehw7n6w5uxwctcd56kc6m4wa482epsxcu8xamyw9n8xurcwdehv7plvfex7ctyvdshxapaw3e82eghgnjrn about #nostr is likey worth your time.

“The protocol gave us infrastructure. What we create with it reveals who we actually are.”

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Good morning 😀👊☕️

✅ Walked the dog and played fetch with him

✅ 21 min (much needed) meditation

✅ Cold shower

✅ Fancy coffee

I’m aiming to be useful and kind today, and aiming to keep an open mind about an impending move to a new rental home. Wish me luck on that one!

#GM #coffeechain

Replying to Avatar Contra

Gm

Gm. This is a great message every day, and one that I needed to hear today. Kids on fall break starting tonight. Steak and potatoes and a movie.

Been here a week and this is so great to hear. Thanks for taking the time to post this.

Three questions:

- Call ‘em notes or posts?

- Will I likely see every note/post of everyone I follow when I refresh my feed?

- If I run the default relays in nostr:nprofile1qqs9xtvrphl7p8qnua0gk9zusft33lqjkqqr7cwkr6g8wusu0lle8jcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg4waehxw309aehgct8d9hxwtnev9382tndv5makew3 and an extra one via nostr:nprofile1qqsrlc9tdj7m0m38zjpqyfy787em39prcmmvmfh0g049q47rmycg3eqpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0qydhwumn8ghj7amgv4shgtngv9c8q7t5v9mx2unw9e3k7tcas4lwp will that mean I see more content?

Thanks in advance. 🙏🏻 #newtonostr

God damnit I know you’re right.

I’ve deceived myself that my inconsistent 15 min is enough. It’s not.

I had a 1,000+ day streak a few years ago with mostly 20 min days, and some 30 min, and then some 15 min, then settled on 20 min.

Obviously it needs to be 21 😀

Thanks for the reminder and the prompt. 🫡 🙏🏻

That’s what been so great. I’m new to bitcoin and have so much to learn, but I work at it.

But I’ve been a fan of Hugh for a long time, so to see you post one of his cards to make a point is unbelievable.

“On the outside” I need to be active on a couple of social platforms for my job, but it’s fatiguing. I’m fortunate to make a modest living the way I do, but I’m rarely reading things that prick my brain.

Thanks for the warm welcome - very kind of you 🙏🏻