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Father, husband, physician, cyclist President of TPB Physician Advisor for Sound HSA

Over the years in bitcoin I’ve seen a lot of rebuttals and alternatives proposed to bitcoin; some philosophical some sociopolitical. Many of these are well articulated, others verge on a utopian ideal.

But these theses, having been nailed to the door, whither away in the rain of the timeline feed instead of igniting a movement they were hoping to sow.

Their messages do not inspire, they do not compel, they do not make me willing to sacrifice for their them.

Their anger is thin, inauthentic and fails to inspire, or their utopia is theirs, and not mine.

Words, I feel these days, are mere ornaments for us to decorate our morality. This post, in fact, is exemplary of this sentiment.

However, I remain encouraged, motivated and inspired by that something new, something whose promises are laid bare but whose outcomes are up to us. So, of course, I remind you of what we signed up for - the understanding that sentiment should not be dictated by price. You are the node, the miner, the holdr, YOU are the sentiment, so let it be dictated by your support of the network and its users not price action.

This is supposed to be hard. Words and posts are easy. Courage is hard, seeking to inspire is hard, leading with kindness rather than vitriol is hard. But I have never met a group of people that I’d rather sacrifice my time, safety, and comfort for than Bitcoiners. 2026 - WE CAN change the sentiment 🧡

What does “the collective withdrawal of moral permission” and consent mean for the average Brit? I appreciated your piece and wondering what you would tell your neighbor to do as a result of these calls to action?

Ben, what are your thoughts on including a feature in the app that allows users to connect directly with wine producers who offer DTC? So think wine-searcher but for DTC

I’ll see if I can connect it with Nostr

It would be cool to have the wines post to your Nostr feed #winestr

Alright my Nostr friends I need your feedback on a wine app I created. I’ve never liked Cellar Tracker and I wanted more of a recommendation function so I built

this app. If you have any thoughts I would appreciate it! 🙏🏻

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1. Create an account for full features

2. Add preferences for personalized recs

3. Any thoughts on UI/UX?

4. Error messages?

5. Any additional features?

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Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

Russell Napier is one of my favorite macro analysts that I've learned a lot from over the years. Had the chance to meet him at a dinner the other day and discuss macro with him.

Him and I often have similar macro views and a focus on the topic of fiscal dominance and the financial repression that follows. But an area of historic difference is that he has viewed Bitcoin as unlikely to win. He has viewed it as something that governments will ultimately not allow to function once the gloves come off and financial repression gets real from the major powers.

So I discussed that with him, since while I acknowledge that threat as being real, I think Bitcoin is a solid foundation to push back with. But in addition, I also highlighted Nostr, and decentralized comms and social media in general.

Back in the 1930s-1940s when the US banned gold ownership and implemented yield curve control (hard core financial repression), information moved slowly. A lot of information was one-directional. It was hard for people to coordinate with each other at large scales.

But social media changes the game entirely. People can meme about it in real time. Government and central bank social media accounts can get ratio'd. Maybe one day they'll try to put a stop to that on centralized social media platforms, but that's why the decentralized protocols are so important. The tools are simply much better today, making that type of smooth and coordinated financial repression harder to do since all of their reasons can be dissected and dunked on in real time.

…and worth fighting for and not succumbing to the apathy of “governments won’t allow it,” lest we add ourselves to the shelves of the Library of Mistakes

DJ has one of the most important podcasts in the bitcoin space right now. Authentic conversations.

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Replying to Avatar Trey Walsh

It’s like btc to shit coin rotation from years prior but in reverse