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Replying to Avatar Bert

This evening I spend time teaching children about bitcoin. 11 years old was easily creating a new seed with nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl and we used bluewallet to export the xpub. We wrote down the seed words and verified them. Signed a PSBT. Talked about devaluating currency with the Venezuelan (🙏nostr:npub1kvfz8rglvpsqevznlt86ukcz0s9uap3pypjwd3tnmkn2pgjmjujqlncy2c) and Zimbabwean (🙏nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc ) notes. Explained the nostr:npub18d4r6wanxkyrdfjdrjqzj2ukua5cas669ew2g5w7lf4a8te7awzqey6lt3 on their phones. They loved magic internet money and asked a thousand questions. It was beautiful.

Parents:

- buying an Apple Watch: 409,-

- baking delicious cookies: 34,99

- keeping you warm under a nice blanket 59,99

- buying a Nintendo Switch 289,-

- teaching bitcoin: priceless 🤓

Why support krux but you are more critical on pi projects... Riscv so much more secure?

Replying to Avatar Bart Mol

I analysed Bitcoin's price against the top 40 fiat currencies:

- 7 have exceeded their all-time high Bitcoin price

- 9 are within 15% of their all-time high Bitcoin price

- The Euro and Pound are 5% closer to their all-time high than the Dollar

Bitcoin has reached an all-time high against seven currencies: the Hryvnia🇺🇦, Lira🇹🇷, Yen🇯🇵, Rupee🇵🇰, Peso🇦🇷, Rupee🇱🇰, and Naira🇳🇬.

What do these countries have in common? They have all experienced significant inflation in recent years, leading to devaluation against the Dollar.

The next cohort includes 11 currencies: Taka🇧🇩, Rand🇿🇦, Krone🇳🇴, Peso🇨🇱, Krona🇸🇪, Dollar🇳🇿, Shekel🇮🇱, Ringgit🇲🇾, and Forint🇭🇺.

It's interesting to note that European countries Norway and Sweden are 10% closer to all-time high compared to the Euro.

The British Pound💷 and the European Euro💶 are both 20.5% away from their all-time high bitcoin prices.

This is 5% closer than the US Dollar💵, which is currently 25.8% away from its all-time high bitcoin price.

It's clear that these differences have been sparked by the turmoil caused by the Dollar in recent years. Nearly every currency has depreciated against the Dollar, which is reflected in these all-time high percentages.

However, there are three outliers...

The Swiss Franc🇨🇭, Brazilian Real🇧🇷, and Mexican Peso🇲🇽 are all currently farther from their bitcoin all-time high prices compared to the US Dollar.

This indicates that these currencies are among the few that have actually appreciated in value against the dollar.

Cool dataset! Could you put it in a graph?

Sat.trading is for euro/sat and used/dat. Both in Dutch and English.

What a wild one 😂

Sweet white wine, but you don't strike me as the type 😉

Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

Every year, I spend 1-2 months living in Egypt. This is because my husband is originally from Egypt, his family is much larger than mine, and so while our economic base is in the US, our social base is actually in Egypt. I thus became multinational many years ago.

However, my husband spends 3-4 months each year in Egypt, while I only spend 1-2 months there. So, there are 1-2 months where I’m in the US alone. The reason I choose to do this is to look after the household and business, and because I’m not as productive in Egypt (inconsistent internet, less optimal workstation, way more social pressures, and so forth).

In some ways, we find that spending some time apart strengthens our relationship and lets us focus on our separate things for part of the year. And when we meet after 1-2 months, it’s such a great reunion. We find ourselves wanting to catch up on so much and spend extra time together. But also, even though in some ways I look forward to having time alone and indeed get a lot done during that time, I immediately regret it once I am alone. I find myself constantly looking forward to going to Egypt, as I am now. During these periods, I end up posting more on social media, either constructively or non-constructively, in what tends to be a replacement for diminished in-person contact.

This seems to be amplified by my work situation. When I was an engineer, I worked with colleagues in person each day, but now that I work from home, my colleagues are virtual and I meet them in person only at major events. So, this relatively brief window each year of being in a different place than my husband tends to be oddly monk-like, with me at home alone 24 hours per day, working and living and doing whatever I do. I think one of my future goals will be to increase my deliberate effort at spending time with local friends, especially during this part of the year.

Anyway, I’m doing a series of “real thoughts” uniquely on Nostr, and this is the first one.

Conclusion: Social circles are (obviously) a very important thing, including for workaholics and introverts like myself. Social circles affect us in various ways, and having gone through many cycles, I have become increasingly aware of the changes that take place during these seasonal cycles of being close to others vs far from others.

What a lovely openhearted post Lyn. Even if social events can be take a toll as an introvert, being alone is far worse. I find it takes more effort as time goes on, but you are more aware of the cycles and can try to adapt to them. (Sounds easy but for me it's something to take a conscious choice for every time)