If you’re looking for a good read, check out “B-Money” by Wei Dai. It was a similar concept to what we have with #Bitcoin today. He wrote the paper in 1998 and Satoshi Nakamoto reached out to him in 2008 so he could cite Dai’s work. It’s cool to read the work of those individuals who were looking for an escape before we were blessed with the gift of Bitcoin.

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

- Rudyard Kipling

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By 2008 outlays of the federal government were 1/4 the nation’s economy, nearly twice as many people now work for government than for manufacturing companies in the private sector. There are more bank regulators than bankers, more farm bureau workers than farmers, more welfare administrators than recipients, more citizens receive government checks than those who pay income taxes. By 1996 welfare benefits in 29 states were higher than the average secretary’s wage, and in 6 states they were more than the entry level wage for computer programmers. When people can vote for the transfer of wealth to themselves, the ballot box becomes a weapon by which the majority plunders the minority. That is the point of no return. The point where the doomsday mechanism begins to accelerate until the system self destructs.

-G. Edward Griffin “The Creature From Jekyll Island”

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I don’t know who needs to hear this but…

Book that trip you always wanted to go on.

Invite family if you want but don’t wait on them. Invite friends if you want but don’t wait on them. Invite your significant other if you want but don’t wait on them.

Life waits for nobody.

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Do everything you can to break out the system we were forced into. Get healthy. Get wealthy. Get your mind right. Spend majority of your time with the people you love. Do things that make you happy often. Travel to as many places as you’re able. Keep learning. Stay out the way.

-Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars-

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Learn to ride the #Bitcoin waves and it will do everything else for you👇

•2011: From around $1 in April, it rose to $30 in June, then fell to about $2 by November, a rise of x30 followed by a decline of -93%.

•2013: There were 2significant bubbles; Price started the year at around $13, shot up to over $250 in April, then crashed back to around $62, which is roughly a x19 increase followed by a -75% decline.

Later in the year, from $62, it surged to $1,150 by December, then dropped to around $154 in early 2014, x18 increase and then an 86% decline.

•2017-2018: From around $154 at some point post-2014, it rose to $780, then a correction to around $475, which is x5 increase followed by a -39% decline if considering the peak to the next low.

The most famous rise was from around $475 at some point in 2017 to nearly $20,000 by December 2017, then dropping to about $3,142 by December 2018, representing a x41 increase followed by an approximate -84% decline.

•Post 2018-2021: Bitcoin price recovered and rose from the $3,000s in early 2019 to a new all-time high of about $69,000 in November 2021, which is roughly a x22 increase from the $3,142 low.

•2022: Prices dropped below $20,000 from its high from the 2021.

•2024: Bitcoin reached a new ATH around $73,000 in March 2024, followed by a correction exceeding -26% in the months following.

These cycles show Bitcoin's volatility with massive gains often followed by substantial corrections. Each cycle has been influenced by various factors including market adoption, regulatory news, technological developments, and macroeconomic conditions.

Daniel Mross from the #documentary “The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin” is a prime example of put in the research, put in the work, block out the noise, and get out of Bitcoins way.

Keep doing your research, keep putting in the work, stack #SATS, and stay out the way ⚡️

Vires in Numeris

Can I get a “oooooh yeah”

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Price go up 📈

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If I were to create a Bitcoin syllabus it would look like this:

1.Read Broken Money by nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a

2.Watch the podcast “What Is Money” episodes 1-9 by nostr:npub15vzuezfxscdamew8rwakl5u5hdxw5mh47huxgq4jf879e6cvugsqjck4um with nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m

3.Take the free #Bitcoin courses with nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m Academy

4.Read/Watch all the book/podcasts/article recommendations on hope.com

5.Buy Bitcoin (I like nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9)

6.Store your savings in Bitcoin on a hardware wallet (like nostr:npub1wu4aye7ll0lnrrg638e90sehzsgpzx5t39t3mwl05aa0d0ap08esdz3vw0 or nostr:npub1tg779rlap8t4qm8lpgn89k7mr7pkxpaulupp0nq5faywr8h28llsj3cxmt)

7.Never keep your seed phrase on paper, phone, or laptop, preferably metal stamper and securely store it

8.Run your own Node (I like nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll) or you can do it for free

9.Get a Miners running (I like Bitaxe from nostr:npub1k8s3skyy5mg5h07w8zvuk5lgrqadmejz7fjdpl60zaznw8sxzdxqxm6y88)

10.Read Fiat Food by Matthew Lysiak and get your diet right

11.Get sunlight daily

12.Drink the best quality water you can

13.Get some type of exercise in daily

14.Support Bitcoin businesses

15.Support Bitcoin projects

16.Go to Bitcoin meetups/conferences

17.Find Bitcoin podcast you enjoy

18.Slowly move your life towards a 100% Bitcoin standard

19.Keep educating yourself

20.Enjoy life with the people you care most about

21.If you’re going to use social media #Nostr is the way

22.Travel the world

What would you add? #asknostr

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Wireless phone service that enables individuals to establish and manage mobile networks

It’s the worst but they love it out here in the EU

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Have you ever read “Anthem” by Ayn Rand?

It’s a dystopian novella set in a future collectivist society where individuality is completely suppressed, and people live solely for the group, using "we" instead of "I." The protagonist, Equality 7-2521, is a curious and intelligent young man who secretly rediscovers electricity and creates a light bulb, but his invention is rejected by the authorities for being an independent achievement. Fleeing into the Uncharted Forest, he discovers the concept of individuality and renames himself "Prometheus," embracing the forbidden word "I." The story concludes with his resolve to build a new society founded on individual freedom and self-expression, rejecting the oppressive collectivism of his former world.

I would say "Anthem" and Bitcoin have the same vibe. Both are all about breaking free from the herd and sticking it to the system. Just like Equality 7-2521 fights to reclaim his freedom in a world that crushes individuality, Bitcoin gives people the power to control their own money without the need for banks or governments telling them what to do. It’s about autonomy, shaking off the chains of centralized control, and carving out space where you make the rules. Both challenge the status quo, pushing for a world where personal freedom actually means something.

Give it a read when you have the chance, here’s the link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1250/1250-h/1250-h.htm

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