The problem was never who governs.

It was always what incentives the one who governs has.

Names change, parties change, speeches change,

but as long as power remains concentrated,

the outcome is the same:

more control, more spending of other people’s money, more impossible promises.

No “good” politician can escape a system

that rewards short-term thinking, debt, and coercion.

That’s why the solution is not electoral.

It’s structural.

Less central power.

More individual responsibility.

More permissionless systems.

More energy, money, and communication that do not depend on favors.

Don’t wait for saviors.

Build alternatives.

Bitcoin.

Real energy.

Open protocols.

Voluntary communities.

Everything else is theater.

Security is not a binary state. It is a relationship between what you protect, who you protect it from, and what resources they command.

The Marmot Protocol's threat model does what every security document should: it names specific adversaries, details how the protocol defeats each one, and admits where cryptography alone cannot save you. This matters because matching a protocol's actual defenses to your actual situation is the difference between security and security theater. nostr:naddr1qqgrsvrp8p3xxetzxvmnqdtzxejnsq3qklkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qxpqqqp65w0wylh7

Gm, privacy is a human right.

Fight for that every day in your own way.

What movie?

GM

Upload your passport, selfie, utility bill, and full transaction history.

That’s normal.

But buying Bitcoin peer-to-peer?

That’s suspicious now.

KYC illness is real.

Gym, sauna, cold plunge just about ready.

Part 2 and 3 are already uploaded 🙂

November 9 reminds us of two truths: communism always becomes a prison, and no wall can stand forever. Sooner or later, freedom finds its way.

"Scarcity is imposed. Abundance is natural."

This whole shift to AI and sound money is a bigger transition that I initially realized.

The old economy runs on scarcity economics. They system we use today - banking, pricing, debt, interest - were all built in a world where:

Energy was limited, production was slow, information was expensive, labour was the bottleneck.

This meant the economy evolved by managing "scarcity".

It's what most economists and CEOs still discuss today ... the "economics of scarcity".

(Aside: it really hit me when Eric Scmidt in a recent interview with Peter Diamandis, Moonshots podcast, assumed that AI will centralize power/control and he couldn't see outside of the old system)

In a scarcity based system, whoever controls the money supply, the credit system, the energy markets controls the distribution of wealth. This leads to centralization.

Energy is abundant and is headed to becoming abundantly available (yes, we are early here but the trend to abundance is becoming visible). Intelligence is becoming abundant. Scarcity is not the natural state of the world anymore.

(Aside: We already produce more energy than we use — we just waste it. Bitcoin mining makes wasted energy profitable, which increases usable supply and pushes the cost of energy down over time.)

This is blowing me away.

The sun hits earth with 10,000x more energy than humanity is currently using.

AI turns intelligence into a scalable resource.

Automation is turning labour from scarce to easily replicable.

Bitcoin turns value storage into something that's fixed and incorruptible.

So instead of economics being about who controls scarcity, it is now actively in the process of becoming about how efficiently we convert:

Energy -> intelligence -> output -> value.

We are now incentivized to think from physics instead of from finance and the assumptions I've used my whole life are changing very quickly.

Scarcity Economics:

Value is limited

Money is managed by centralized intitutions.

Wealth accumulates upward.

Savings doesn't work.

Physics of Abundance:

Value is producible at scale.

Money is secured by energy.

Wealth spreads outward through lower prices.

Saving IS the mechanism of prosperity.

If AI makes intelligence abundant, and Bitcoin makes money incorruptible, and energy increasingly comes from excess/stranded/renewable sources...

...then the limited factor in wealth creation is no longer "who controls the money".

The limiting factor becomes: How much energy and intelligence you can access and coordinate.

We are moving to a world where physics is more important than finances.

Wealth in the future will flow to the people, companies, and regions that can power things (energy) and figure out what to do with that power (intelligence) — and connect those pieces efficiently (coordination).

And with a new monetary layer (Bitcoin) is enabling global coordination between almost anyone.

Scarcity has been imposed on us. Abundance is natural.

And we're seeing this start to play out in a meaningful way right now.

Completely wild time to be alive.

I used to look at my favourite sunsets to admire the beauty (that's the Adriatic sea in the pic) ... and now I see much more.

I’m not politically correct like the rest of the plebs you follow

I give 0 fucks if you like or don’t like what I say

I’m grateful for nostr to allow me to say whatever the fuck I wanna say whenever the fuck I wanna say it

#Bitcoin #Nostr #Memes

When I started making Bitcoin videos, I had one rule:

Don't make boring Bitcoin content.

No price predictions.

No “$600k by next halving” thumbnails.

No endless debates in an echo chamber.

Instead, let's show Bitcoin working in the real world.

Peer-to-peer.

The stuff that actually makes people go:

“oh damn… I wanna try that.”

So here’s what we did.

We dropped nostr:npub1aftmyhm62lrp6lwsha3yzyjy5kqdvuy7g23qg28a8q0cnmudv0ds0sdcke on an island with nothing but Bitcoin.

3 weeks. NO CASH. NO BANK ACCOUNT.

Every meal, every ride, every job has to be paid with BTC that SHE EARNED. And all of it must be filmed.

The results 1 week in?

💥 Millions of sats crowdfunded for a real-world Bitcoin Cafe

💥 Thousands of installs for Bitcoin apps and self-custody tools we actually use

💥 Thousands of no-coiners getting their first sats ever because they got inspired by the show

The feedback has been incredible.

It’s fun, unpredictable, and it’s getting Bitcoin in front of people who would never watch a macro chart video or podcast in their lives.

The full playlist is in the comments 👇

A Client Conversation on Anxiety and Purpose

She said to me,

"Noah, I feel anxious about finding a boyfriend and getting married. I really want it to happen, but it has not happened yet. When will that anxiety go away?"

I replied,

"It will go away when you get a boyfriend."

She asked,

"And then I will not be anxious anymore?"

"No," I said, "then you will be anxious about when he will ask you to marry him."

"And when I marry him, I will not be anxious anymore?"

"No," I said, "then you will be anxious about when you will get pregnant and have your first child."

"And then I will not be anxious anymore?"

"No," I said, "then you will be anxious about the health and future of your child."

She paused. "It sounds like I am going to be anxious for the rest of my life."

"Yes," I said, "but that is not a curse. What is your anxiety moving you to do right now?"

"It is moving me to take steps to find a boyfriend."

"Exactly," I said. "It will also motivate you to move the relationship towards marriage, to care for your children with attention and concern, and to plan for their future. Instead of seeing anxiety as an enemy, see it as a motivator that pushes you to secure your future."

I explained that there are crippling levels of anxiety, which we do not want, but that a low, steady level is healthy. It keeps you aware and prepared. Some people are motivated by conscience, others by curiosity (high openness). The most successful are motivated by a little of each, conscience, curiosity, and a healthy level of anxiety.

I gave her a simple practice:

"Every morning, pray to God and thank Him for the anxiety that motivates you to do what is good for yourself, to be careful in your decisions, and to prepare for a future you will enjoy."

Anxiety is not your enemy. Anxiety is energy. Learn to direct it, and it will serve your will instead of trapping you.

Every young man should have a hard, dirty job in his late teens.

Start at sixteen or seventeen during the summers. Shovel gravel. Haul lumber. Dig trenches. Stack crates in a warehouse or under a blazing sun. Work alongside other men. Get blisters. Get a tan. Bleed. Operate tools. Push through fatigue. Learn how to keep going when everything hurts.

That kind of work recalibrates a young man. It teaches him how the world works. He learns how to manage risk. It humbles the ego. It strengthens the will. And when he later moves into more intellectual work, he’ll carry the weight of that discipline with him. He’ll be grounded in reality. He’ll respect the people who keep the world running.

For blue-collar men, this work may become a permanent path. For others, it becomes part of their foundation. Either way, it builds the man.

For women, the equivalent is care.

Caring for children. Helping the elderly. Supporting a relative. Babysitting or assisting in a daycare. The act of nurturing life shapes them. It brings out their natural strength. It teaches patience, empathy, and the quiet endurance that holds families together.

Both paths form the soul.

One through hardship.

One through love.

Keys over accounts, protocols over platforms.

The „Bitcoin Zitadelle“, a Bitcoin-only conference in Germany, attracted approximately 400 visitors last year. This unique event distinguished itself by allowing all purchases, including tickets, food, and drinks, to be made exclusively with Bitcoin. Notably, the beer stand alone recorded almost 2100 transactions during the conference.

In comparison, the Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas boasts 4000 transactions despite having 20,000 attendees. Interestingly, the previous year at this so-called Bitcoin conference, there were only 800 bitcoin transactions over three days.

So if you want to take part in a real bitcoin conference, this is this years location in Juli:

Bitcoin Zitadelle 2025

#GM

They don’t teach this in public schooling…

es ist in guten händen

- satoshi nakamoto

gm

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. 🫡

#Nostr

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nostr starting to feel like 2022 era nostr again. everyone left except the absolutely insane folks. its great.

Good morning Nostr 🌞

The Crepe Myrtle is blooming like a champ. Natural beauty in suburbia. ☕💋

#coffeechain

Who needs an Ashigaru Whirlpool module on the Dashboard?