This is a rough cycle. Mentally as far as I'm concerned we haven't had a a bull market since 2017. 7 years of meaningless chop ....as always there's light at the end of the tunnel, but just when I think we're reaching the end, we round another corner.

Not sure if other hodlers are like me, but I find it difficult to live in the moment. I do my best, but it's almost as if my life is on hold until we have a raging bull market. There are places I want to travel, a home I want to build, but instead I'm stacking and waiting, and the years are going by.

My first child was born around the last bull market, I've spent the majority of their life obsessed with bitcoin, stacking sats, and waiting for our "real life" to start. I still think I've been a good husband and father, but I know I could be better. Unable to ever fully be present, that nagging hope of a better future always in the back of my mind.

As bitcoin cascades down today in yet another liquidation wick, I can't help but reflect on the past. Perhaps we're all destined to be Moses, wandering the desert for 40 years, the imperfect saviors of our individual tribes. We'll be remembered, but only our children will ever reach the promise land. Could be worse I suppose. I still don't think that's very likely, I think we very well might be rounding that final corner of the tunnel, but I'm trying to come to terms with the fact that that might not be true. Perhaps there's another 33 years of wandering.

You don't understand propaganda if you think you're immune to it.

The dumb people continue their exposure thinking their rational facilities will make them immune. "I read the New York Times because I want to know what my opponents are thinking!"

The smart people decrease their exposure and don't engage in the framing.

Being smart is easy. Being kind and patient is hard.

Nope, not doing any bloodwork, but will be getting a total fat percentage done at the end of September to see any changes.

Have noticed a gradual increase in my heart rate variability (HRV) since going #carnivore. Interesting to see if this continues. Have others also seen this change as they accommodate?

For a long time I thought investing in our era was hard and now I think it might be the easiest thing ever.

Long real food

Short fake food

Long hard money

Short soft money

Long decentralized tech

Short centralized tech

Long science

Short scientism

Basically just find a 20th century institution that’s in decay and short it while longing its replacement.

What’s some groundbreaking journalism or intriguing or important substantive content I can find here but not elsewhere. Or that was first disseminated here? #asknostr

Master Po : Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet? Young Caine : [looking down and seeing the insect] Old man, how is it that you hear these things? Master Po : Young man, how is it that you do not?

I get that for sure but all I see so far are posts telling me this but not many posts actually breaking truth. Can you give an example of someone who broke truth using nostr alone?

nostr may replace tiktok or instagram but more importantly it represents the evolution of wikileaks.

distributed. unstoppable. wikileaks.

nostr is a distributed truth protocol.

Lol, Brazilians are heavily searching for "VPN" right now according to Google. One does love to see it:

Since falling down in the rabbit hole, studying BTC has lead me to so many different topics in which I had initially very little knowledge. Bitcoin has been the best teacher I could have. In last may, I graduated from a Bachelor degree that took 4 years to complete, and I barely see the relevance of it now when I compare it to what #bitcoin taught me. Bitcoin is wisdom and it will first teach you, than change you.

#introductions - For the new nostriches #grownostr, allow your curiosity to take over. Touch a little bit of everything. You dont have to be an expert in every field. You soon will be totally consumed by your finding and wont have any interest in going back to where you came from. You will be too deep in the rabbit hole 🐇.

WE #BITCOIN ⚡️

#plebchain

The studio is ready, Danny's flights are booked, and next week we’ll begin recording episodes for our new podcast.

I wanted to share the reasons behind this shift as many have been asking. Three primary factors influenced this decision:

1. I hate making remote shows—I never want to do them again. These interviews need the intimacy of being in person.

2. Traveling constantly has been detrimental to my health and my family.

3. My commitments here with the football club and local community are growing.

So, the solution was clear: build a studio in the UK and produce the show locally.

We’ve secured a fantastic space in Soho, London, and we’re ready to go but given the limited number of Bitcoin guests available in the UK or those willing to fly in, it’s time to retire What Bitcoin Did.

Our new podcast will be similar in feel but will cover a broader range of topics. While some episodes will focus on Bitcoin (though less frequently), most will explore other interesting topics or people.

Having made nearly 900 episodes covering a wide range of #bitcoin topics and guests, we’re now aiming higher. By diversifying our content and guests, we hope to introduce more people to the concept of sound money through podcast osmosis. If we get this right, it will be a bigger show, if we get it wrong, well we tried.

For a long time I have felt there is a need to get out of the #bitcoin corner of the party. Real Bedford FC was a way of integrating sound money into a traditional business model. CheatCode purposely did not include Bitcoin in the title, so changing the show feels like a natural next step.

Sometimes when stuck in the #bitcoin landscape you can lose site of how other people in the world think, lose empathy for the complexities of the world. I have felt this. I'd come home from spending two weeks with Bitcoiners and be with friends and family locally and notice a distinct difference in how we see the world. As everything feels like it is going to shit, I feel like there is a bigger job to do now.

The Bitcoin podcast landscape is well served, from Marty and Odell to Natalie and Preston, from The Blue Collar guys to Stefan Livera and anyone I haven't mentioned. There’s no shortage of high-quality Bitcoin podcasts.

However, there seems to be some fatigue in the space, with similar guests and topics being revisited. With our new show we want to bring fresh perspectives and ideas, aligning with sound money where relevant—think of the shows we’ve had with the likes of Eric Weinstein and Michael Malice.

On a personal note, I’m need the challenge, test myself wider, get fit and find a good woman. I can't do this travelling all the time.

When I started the podcast my life was a shit show - divorced, coming off drugs, heading towards bankruptcy. I've had an incredible 7 years, travelled the world, made amazing friends and got to live my dream by buying my local football club.

To everyone who has helped us get this far - the guests, the listeners, the sponsors, we could not have done this without you. I am forever in your debt.

I hope you’ll check out the new show and enjoy it, though it may not be for some of you. Regardless, Danny and I will work hard to deliver the best show possible, like we always have.

Roll on The McCormack Show!