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just listened to nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx nostr:npub16le69k9hwapnjfhz89wnzkvf96z8n6r34qqwgq0sglas3tgh7v4sp9ffxj on WBD and thought id give NOSTR a go. great pod guys, would have included American hodl but cant for some reason.

🫡 welcome

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A lot of people have heard my moped story, but heres the math on it.

In 2016 I needed $5,000 to pay my wife’s master’s school tuition.

I didn’t have $5,000 cash at the time, but I did have bitcoin.

Bitcoin was trading at roughly $500, so I would have had to sell 10 bitcoin in order to pay the tuition.

I didn’t want to do that so I sold my car instead for $5,500.

I took $500 of that and bought a shitty moped and used the rest to pay my wife’s tuition.

So I rode the moped around the rest of the year and everyone made fun of me. Usually I play this part of the story up, but tbh it didn’t bother me. The people making fun of me were poorer than I was, they didn’t understand bitcoin or the market or even basic budgeting.

When people would make fun of me I would tell them why I was doing what I was doing. Then I would start peppering them with questions about their financial life.

“Oh so you financed your refrigerator? You’re still paying that off huh?”

“You have a timeshare you’ve never been to? How’d you get talked into that?”

People would generally go from laughing at me riding the moped to feeling shell shocked by me popping their bubble of comfortable delusion.

Still I drove the moped and everyone thought I was being weird and ridiculous and silly etc…

At 100k that decision was worth a million dollars.

At a million it will have been worth 10 million.

And at 10 million it will have been a nine figure decision.

100 million dollars.

I only rode the stupid moped for 8 months.

Ask yourself? Would you face 8 months of sacrifice and ridicule for 10 million in the future?

Because there are things you could be doing today that would generate that for future you.

My advice is to have your own moped moment.

Do something a little weird/cringe/out there in order to stack more sats and then check in on the sats in 10-15 years.

I think you’re going to be happy with the results.

🫡 amazing story!

Ha now we want them back 🤣

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58K gang on deck 🫡

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nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev explained gdp and the velocity of money argument of economists better than anyone I’ve ever heard, and it involved economists actually eating shit. #bitcoin https://fountain.fm/episode/THVQJVbnPK6sleMrSvFN

💯 Great listen 🫡

I get the Bitcoin only screw the ETF but hear me out. The fiat world still exists and we have to operate in it. I’d much rather store my fiat to be used in the fiat world in one of the Bitcoin ETFs. Buy and liquidate based on my needs. On the Bitcoin side I won’t sell. I will only exchange with other Bitcoiners for products priced in Bitcoin. Two different worlds. Be mindful how you play in both. As the Bitcoin side matures during the transition we adjust our approach. Be nimble be humble and stack/use SATs mindfully. Power to the Plebs 🫡

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One year ago today, I started NostrPlebs.com. I'm not going to go into all of the details as I've talked about this numerous times over the last year and most of you all know this story as well as I do. Therefore, I will keep this very short.

1) I would never have been able to do accomplish my goals without the help of nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj who wrote the registration and management application side of things about a week after I launched. Thank you Semi.

2) A very special thank you to nostr:npub1rq9x6sk86e8ccw2cm8gsm4dyz9l24t823elespupaxjnzdk026fsca2r93 <3 She was the very first person to offer to pay me in sats for setting her up with a Nostr address. She inspired me to do more than just offer a Nostr address to a few close friends.

3) NostrPlebs.com would not be the success that it is, without the support of all of our customers and friends over the past year. Thank you for all of your support that helped us grow. We registered nearly 6,000 Nostr addresses over the past year. I still can't believe that.

One year down, a lifetime of impact to come for https://NostrPlebs.com. This anniversary is just the beginning!

🫡 thank you Derek

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I frankly think they should allow you to opt out if you’re below a certain age (under 40 maybe). Give up what you paid in but no more starting when you opt out. If you don’t opt out you may be subject to increased withholdings. Skin in the game.

This episode blew my mind and had me questioning more than I was before.

The list of wallets using the Damus app is under settings > zaps