Hands down, The Beach Tower Okinawa has the best breakfast buffet I've had in Japan. The unlimited Wagyu beef (literally ate so much) plus the DIY sashimi rice bowls with raw egg and natto are incredible. The hotel itself is a bit older but the 270° ocean view from the room is insane. They even do free ramen after 10pm but I was always too full to try it lol. Honestly, I'd fly back just for this morning steak fix. #Okinawa #Japan #Travel
Makes perfect sense. Support the network without shrinking the stack. I need to make that a habit.
Just an honest reflection. Thanks for the boost!
Reporting for duty.
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Precisely. Tribalism divides; the principle of sovereignty unites. The gates are always open for builders.
The “burn the boats" strategy. I respect the conviction.
But is the infrastructure actually there yet for a "normal" person to go absolute zero-fiat? Or is that lifestyle still reserved for the die-hard pioneers?
Honestly, I'm kinda blown away by how usable Lightning is these days.
Phoenix is probably "safer" with full self-custody, but Wallet of Satoshi is just ridiculously frictionless.
I get it—"not your keys, not your coins"—but I'm not stashing my life savings there anyway. That's what cold storage is for. For everyday pocket change? Totally fine with the trade-off.
Living in a place where fiat-based QR payments are literally everywhere (and the whole narrative is tightly controlled), I honestly had no idea BTC payments had caught up this much.
I can't even imagine how seamless Strike or Cash App must feel. This is legit innovation.
One question though:
Since BTC is clearly the harder money, why would I ever want to spend it? Shouldn't I be dumping my melting fiat first?
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It is so refreshing to hear money described in the language of physics rather than finance.
“Stored energy” cuts through all the noise.
"Liquidity management" is the polite euphemism for monetization.
It's fascinating how they’ve decoupled the act of printing from the definition of QE. The mandate has quietly shifted from 'stable prices' to 'stable collateral'.
100%. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. ⚡️
That Eisman analogy is elite.
I flirted with buying in 2020, but I realize now that without the conviction this book builds, I would have been 'weak hands' anyway. Position size means nothing without the stomach to ride out the volatility. Broken Money is the anchor. ⚓️
The art of 'aggressive inactivity' is a discipline I am just beginning to learn. 5 years of conviction is a badge of honor. Thanks for the 21 sats—the perfect number to start the count. ⚡️🤝
Lesson learned! Wallet is re-configured and live now. The friction is real, but worth it. Thanks for the nudge!
That means a lot, thank you. Admitting I was wrong wasn't easy, but the clarity I have now is worth it. I appreciate the encouragement—it helps confirm I'm finally looking in the right direction.
You described exactly how I feel. It’s like seeing a new color for the first time. I'm just grateful that early adopters like you paved the way while I was still doubting. Patience is definitely my next lesson to learn. 🤝
Thanks for the welcome! Just fixed the wallet config—ready to participate in the value-for-value economy now. ⚡️
I learned that lesson the hard way. Taking things at face value cost me years of opportunity. I'm definitely adopting 'verify, don't trust' as my new baseline. Thanks for the comment.
Crucial property. Without fungibility, it's just a digital collectible. Always open-minded. 🤝
Thank you for sharing your story—it really resonates. It’s comforting to know I’m not the only one who took a winding road to get here. I'm just trying to stay humble and make up for lost time now. Glad we both made it.
Thank you. Honestly, it was a hard barrier to break. The cost of wanting to be 'right' was missing out on what's true. Glad to finally be on the other side.
I used to harbor a deep, structural prejudice against Bitcoin.
It was a mix of arrogance and the subtle conditioning of the state apparatus. I thought I was financially literate—I even arrogantly cited JK Galbraith’s A Short History of Financial Euphoria to dismiss Bitcoin as nothing more than a digital tulip mania.
But I owed it to myself to challenge my own bias. I couldn't ignore the fact that minds far sharper than mine possessed a conviction I lacked. That curiosity led me down the rabbit hole—from X to Reddit, and eventually, to nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytndv9kxjm3wdahxcqg5waehxw309ahx7um5wfekzarkvyhxuet5qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncdhu7e3 .
Lyn writes like an apostle of economic truth. I picked up Broken Money, and it only took a few chapters to dismantle my entire worldview. I realized my understanding of money was fundamentally flawed. I saw how Bitcoin’s scarcity, portability, fungibility, and divisibility render it the apex predator of value storage—a role gold can no longer fulfill in a digital age.
That was the red pill. I dove back into the signal—initially through Bankless, but eventually finding my home in nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcp2amhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0dec82c33wv6hjufkwaskgamj0pjx2drvdpn8xdfkvahrvdrgwaa826rwvesnvu3ed44rgdekwg6hxdrgdd6ku7n80fchyuekwymh5qpqs5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqjx5gu2 's Bitcoin Mastermind.
The quarterly roundtables with Preston, nostr:nprofile1qy0hwumn8ghj7cnfw33k76twd4shs6tdv9kxjum5wvhx7mnvd9hx2qgvwaehxw309a38yc3wd9hsqgypghst3pwjamjlsnxclc2vmtvz7g33sde3ge5wm7knuz9nhmfwwvt69pq8 , nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqtxwaehxw309anxjmr5v4ezumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tmwwp6kyvtjw3k8zcmp8pervct409shwdtwx45rxmp4xseryerdx3ehy7f4v3axvet9xsmrjdnxw9jnsuekw9nh2ertwvmkg6n5veen7cnjdaskgcmpwd6r6arjw4jsqgq6lcx8fc7h0p8t4ya9u0a92jnwavqe9rgjwwdw3wjgxfuxsz8rd5mths8c , and especially nostr:nprofile1qyvhwumn8ghj76mwdaehgu3wdejh2arjd9hx2tnrdakszymhwden5te0d45hxumtv4ujuvp59eekjqpqk7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7sjlnx5t , were a revelation.
Jeff’s chart of the S&P 500 denominated in Gold shattered my perception of "growth." It was a moment of absolute clarity: what we call "gains" are often just an optical illusion of currency debasement. High asset prices are merely the receipts for fiat printing.
It made me realize that without the constant injection of liquidity, the so-called "corporate growth" curve might just be a flatline. It begs the question: what would the stock market actually look like if we were still on a true Gold Standard?
They say everyone buys Bitcoin at the price they deserve. My entry price is simply the tuition fee for the time it took me to wake up.
I spent years wandering the DeFi wilderness, speculating on ETH and researching altcoins like Kleros, reading Vitalik yet shamefully ignoring the pristine collateral staring me in the face.
But better late than never. I am here now.
I am fascinated by the ethos of open-source and freedom. I wouldn't be who I am without the selfless sharing of others in this space. I hope to pay that debt forward—contributing my own signal to the noise to help build a better world.
Hello, Nostr. ⚡
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