New people from the Bad Place.

Just landed here because of that post 👋🔥 Love the energy around vibe coding + vibe check/testing — exactly the kind of convo I wanna see on nostr. Pumped to see where #vibium goes 🚀

Hi Ricky!

Thanks for the comment! Nice to get to know you here on Nostr.

Here are my comments:

Yes, I agree that at first, it’s really complicated to understand what Bitcoin is about. And Natalie is definitely one of the best interviewers in the whole Bitcoin space. It’s easy to see that she has worked in the mainstream media. She is very natural in front of the camera.

When it comes to understanding Bitcoin as a protocol, I don’t think there is anything that Dollar Mike does not understand. He gets it. He is muddying the waters on purpose.

It’s a worrying sign that Mike made a lot more sense a few years ago. Nowadays he is fantasizing about Katy Perry launching her own coin, wondering which one is better Ethereum or Solana, and all that kind of crap. Why? I have no idea. But that’s what he is doing.

A few years ago, Saylor became the best known “Bitcoin influencer” by making sense. He was never a freedom maximalist, but at least he was not openly hostile towards the idea of peer-to-peer cash. And now that everybody knows who he is and considers him Mr. Bitcoin, he is using his platform to confuse newbies and distract people from the main benefit (no third parties required).

I don’t think that I understand what you mean by “Saylor and Natalie are building bridges to help others within the narrative market.”

I think that if the freedom money narrative does not win, Bitcoin fails. I see it totally black and white. Bitcoin is a new way of doing things outside of the fiat scam. Or it’s just a tool for the fiat scammers.

Saylor is clearly against the idea of Bitcoin being freedom money. And, unfortunately, Natalie does not push back, when Fiat Saylor is playing his fiat games. I understand Natalie not wanting to make Mike angry.

Natalie is one of the most popular Bitcoin podcasters. So, Natalie would make it harder for herself (at least in the short term), if Saylor does not like her anymore. So, I understand her very well. However, it’s very hard for newbies to understand why Bitcoin is powerful, if Saylor is allowed to shitcoin and stockcoin without any push back.

How many people are going to lose “their” coins just because they never understood that “not your keys, not your coins”? From Mike they are never going to learn it.

“At some point during the transition, both will face the decision to remain in the "fiat asset" camp or move to the "protocol base layer" camp.

The decision may well be forced by ever-tightening conditions in the fiat world, combined with ever-increasing awareness of the bitcoin ecosystem's infinite possibility space.”

🎯 I agree.

At a time when AI slop seems to be taking over the media landscape I'm making a point to only post and interact with things created directly by humans with intent.

I may not always know the difference so I'm trying to find my discernment now. There will always be ways to tell real from fake, but those clues might be hidden to those who fail to watch the transition closely.

I love (almost) all the work you do. You are such a great podcaster/interviewer, definitely one the best in the space. Very natural, beautiful, fun, intelligent… Where to stop?

So, just one question:

When are you going to notice that Bitcoin is a new system and it’s not an asset in the existing system?

I am worried that Michael Saylor (also known as ‘Dollar Mike’ and ‘Fiat Saylor’) is misguiding you. Bitcoin is about the separation of money and state, right?

If I have misunderstood something, please let me know.

Perhaps you are playing 4D chess, orangepilling Dollar Mike/Fiat Saylor, and I am just not getting it. But if that’s not the case, please clarify.

By the way, I am going to buy your book! And I am not trying to be evil or anything like that. I am just confused to notice that one of the best podcasters/interviewers in the space is not fully on board with the idea that "sats must flow".

All I want for Christmas is smaller government.

Merry Christmas to all of you, my Nostr family 🎄🧡

This year truly wouldn’t have been the same without you.
And even though many of you are “just” digital, the closeness feels real sometimes deeper than with people I see in everyday life.

Nostr became so much more to me! 
It gave me a voice, a place to think out loud, to learn in public, to do the work and to be met with honesty, curiosity, and kindness.

Somehow this turned into a community that feels like home.

Grateful for each of you wherever in the world you’re reading this.
Wishing you a peaceful Christmas.

I agree with everything you said there. I also wrote an article using Titanic as a metaphor. Personally, I put as much of my time and energy in the new system as possible. My whole life revolves around Bitcoin in most ways, which is great.

However I think telling people not to measure bitcoin in dollars is ignoring the current reality we are living in.

For example, if Bitcoin consistently lost fiat value year over year nobody would want to own it. It would have minor advantages over dollars (self custody/ censorship resistance ect), but I think NGU is fundamentally essential to bitcoin's success.

Claiming otherwise ignores economic reality. Maybe that's not Jeff's point or yours, but that's what I'm hearing when I hear someone way to stop measuring bitcoin in dollars.

nostr:nprofile1qqsg86qcm7lve6jkkr64z4mt8lfe57jsu8vpty6r2qpk37sgtnxevjcpr9mhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5q3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwdhx7un59eek7cmfv9kqcpklulisms making it all the way to The Economist. “Everyone is Argentina”

Try telling a bunch of independent thinkers what they can think and you’ll find out why #Bitcoin is different than any other protocol.

For me, every attack on a person instead of an idea makes me want to look deeper into the idea.

Genius comes from the edges and has always been dangerous to the center. (or existing base of knowing)

Think about how many hours you've spent consuming Bitcoin content...

Then think about how many the average person has spent consuming Bitcoin content

That's why they don't understand.

That's why it's so insanely undervalued.

Anything below $10M/coin is undervalued imo.

Everyone worries about the future transaction fees when managing their UTXOs

But most don't consider the future privacy implications of large UTXOs

When you sats from a UTXO, the recipient will see the total balance

Keep a good balance of larger AND smaller UTXOs in your stack

I just graduated from USC.

I now have a bachelor’s in Business Economics and a master’s in Marketing, where I took over 42 units of finance and economics courses.

And still, none of those courses taught me what I learned on my own. No class explained the truth about the broken system we live in. It was brushed off.

I found that through late nights and early mornings studying Bitcoin, questioning fiat, and questioning everything I had ever been taught about economics, realizing the financial world is built on sinking sand.

Reading Broken Money by nostr:nprofile1qqsf9g5gd6vxdkc5dsngzu0scdtwtlhc7nuscz8cxxs4qtpd3fch5rg8h9v33 built the foundation.

Reading The Bitcoin Standard and Principles of Economics by nostr:nprofile1qqsyx708d0a8d2qt3ku75avjz8vshvlx0v3q97ygpnz0tllzqegxrtgkklh5m connected the dots.

The Big Print by nostr:nprofile1qqsypjyxzkns7qnxrylzsgh3h53e3sd86mq8auv24dr4mtkxdqlzjcc04yka9 lit the fire.

nostr:nprofile1qqsvf646uxlreajhhsv9tms9u6w7nuzeedaqty38z69cpwyhv89ufcqngza3a podcast helped me put words to what I was feeling. Rage, urgency, hope, and purpose.

And hearing nostr:nprofile1qqst0dgucffpd4xpp0y94cns2hy6j307wl90633u7gajpyt7888xs9sqce8p9 about Bitcoin as a way to protect his kids’ future made me realize I want that too.

Bitcoin gave me clarity. It gave me hope.

Choosing Bitcoin isn’t about wealth. It’s about building something real for my future family. It’s the hardest money there is, one that comes with strong conviction.

I’m making a decision now, to become someone my future kids will be proud of and grateful for.

A decision to reject comfort. To choose discipline over dopamine.

I don’t want to waste my 20s watching Love Island, mindlessly scrolling TikTok, or watching football each week.

I want to understand the truth behind financial markets and why the system is built to keep us dependent.

I want to see through all the noise, stack sats, build conviction, become unshakable, and tell the story of sound money.

I’m not like the rest of my generation, and I’m okay with that.