Most people in the US have no idea what messy means.
Please continue! What are the next steps in protecting our property.
Share it for the people!
#nostr #bitcoin
Several of the people I was around when I discovered #bitcoin have been fooled or distracted by trading and/or crypto. There will be attrition and loses. Military life taught me that war is messy. Money and government policy has real consequences. This transition will be messy too. Staying humble and acting on my values leads me to commit my energy to building #bitcoin. Most people in developed countries donāt realize how fragile the supply chains and security systems really are. Hope for the best. Work to create the best. Be prepared for the worst.
I love nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyheās commitment and contribution to the future. https://youtu.be/Nn2H-XKEN98?si=_o9i4zRdVHX-Msl_
Please share your concerns with the man!
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/gross-proceeds-and-basis-reporting-proposal-ai-comments/
āThe human genome is the longest word ever discovered.ā
- John Lennox
#nostr will help reduce the rot for those that use it. It incentivizes freedom, open source experimentation, and production more than any social platform to date. That makes #nostr worth it!
Send it! It is easy! nostr:note120sd8yjjy20gdd5y3qpdy2fux62gge5h59f7etugjjauzep3spcqkmrrjm
Unless someone is setting out to be a professional author (very hard), nobody should write a book to make money.
When I set out to write Broken Money, it was because I *had* to, not because I wanted to. Spending a thousand hours on something that I get a profit of $5/copy for is not my best use of time.
Any time I spent on my research business revenue generation content, or leaning harder into my venture capital partnerships, would have been better on an hourly ROI basis. I have to sell 40 books to equal each newsletter subscription on my website; clearly the latter is better financially.
Almost regardless of how many copies I sell, it's a bad ROI for me. I'm overworked and the fact that I wrote a book while maintaining my existing business stressed my relationship and social life. And further, I am reinvesting most of my initial profits; the first 1,000 copy profits go to the Human Rights Foundation Bitcoin Development Fund, and the next 4,000 copy profits will go towards making a video about money and why it's broken.
And all of it was worth it. When a creator has something in their head, it's painful until they get it out into the world. I wrote this for bad ROI but because I wanted it to be out there for people to read, period.
Will I make a profit? Yes. But at a much lower hourly rate than I make on other work I do. It's a negative profit compared to having reinvested that thousand hours into my other existing work. But I consider it to be more important, which is why I spent the time.
I wrote Broken Money because I had to. The book concept formed in my head after many years of writing and research regarding money, and it would have been increasingly distracting to *not* write it. I didn't realistically have a choice. I felt compelled to write it. Part of it was altruistic; I wanted people to learn from my total monetary framework thoughts over five years of research. Part of it was egotistical; I wanted to timestamp something in the world, in physical form, and put it out there. Maybe it's the low time preference part of me; I'd like something of me to be mentionable to people in the distant future who look back at this time.
My background has been a blend of engineering and finance, with both ironically pointed toward bitcoin.
I don't care where you buy it from, and you can pirate it if you want, but it benefits bitcoin and nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak if you buy it from his website. Circular economy rather than big fiat business. We've introduced a special edition hardcover with a cloth cover and dust jacket for those that prefer that premium format, only on his website. And you can buy it in fiat or sats.
https://academy.saifedean.com/product/broken-money-hardcover/
Iām going to buy another one from nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nakās website in support of our circular economy AND because of what you wrote above. To sacrifice is most valuable when it is highly valuable to the the one who offers it. I know you had to write it but it was still a sacrifice. Thank you.
The noise is escalating. The disaster is escalating.
I feel like we should look at ways to educate and equip the poorest populations in our communities to begin to use sats. I grew up in trash parts of Memphis, TN. Recently I heard nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx talk about focusing on the people āwho want it but donāt know they want Bitcoin.ā When I look at the poor in our communities, I know they need sats. They would use the hell out of sats. I use to mess around in a neighborhood called 3rd World, in Orange Mound, Mtown, TN. The trailer parks, projects, and other impoverished communities need sats.
Listening to nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc, nostr:npub10vlhsqm4qar0g42p8g3plqyktmktd8hnprew45w638xzezgja95qapsp42, and reading āWorking In Publicā brought my attention to need for builders. My current bandwidth limits my current ability to become a builder, but that doesnāt absolve my responsibility to raise this signal. Support developers. Support the builders. They have built our current infrastructure. They maintain our infrastructure. The more quality builders we support, the more resilient the network. nostr:note1u0332v0t7tqp7c2dvg2zkd2ls7l5te3cudswxjx35v6lppgey8aqnsnlde
Seems like fractional reserve character or moralityā¦an abstraction of the conscience. These are acts of devotion to the state, devotion to the creature, and rejection of the Creator.
This was our interaction that connected us.
Wait until you see your first tarantula hawk. When we live in southern New Mexico, I was in our backyard when I heard what I thought was a humming bird. I realized it was a giant wasp lumbering through the air past my shoulder. I followed it and watched it destroy a tarantula.
Your strategic priorities:
1. The Transcendent: consider and discern what you believe about your being, your spirit, God, your condition, your destiny, etc.
2. Lifelong: Your family, friends, health, and community.
3. Temporal: Your career, current situation, challenges, & opportunities.
Again, these are strategic personal priorities. They impact all humans whether we think through them or not. These, when understood with conviction, stress tested for congruency, and lived out practically give us strength. We have peaks and valleys along the way.
Bloody crap news.
My ESTA was unexpectedly rejected to the states.
The airline wonāt check me in and the USA certainly wonāt let me in āļø
Iām stuck in Lima, Peru šµšŖ
Iām devastated. I can no longer speak at Pacific Bitcoin.
Iām now struggling to find a way home to Europe as most layovers pass through the States šŗšø
Iām really sorry to let everyone down, particularly Cory, P, Stephen and the Swan team.
I was really looking forward to Pacific and just soaking up the LA bitcoin vibe.
At some point over the past month, my ESTA status changed and I wasnāt notified. I checked it before flying to Peru in early September.
I keep a copy of my esta on my phone and didnāt think to log in to the esta dashboard before flying to the states for the third time this year.
Ive searched and the rejection is undoubtedly because of me being in Cuba for the bitcoin documentary I shot there.
Im surprised as @RunwithBitcoin flew to the states successfully yesterday and he was in Cuba as well.
Either way, gotta learn from this and move on.
Next steps.
- work out how to get home.
- find some work to cover the $3k expense of this monumental kerfuffle.
- book an appointment with the British embassy to explain that I am in fact not a Cuban collaborator for a new visa.
- be less of a moron.
Iām really sorry. Hope youāre having a better day than me.
And to those going to Pacific, please send it š§”
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_3770387131167143261696353980.webp
That is terrible news! Iām praying you make the right connections, identify the problems, and over the obstacles. Your work is making a difference.
When Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) like this First Sergeant start sharing things like this, the pain points are becoming undeniable.
#bitcoin! https://video.nostr.build/6eb753974b5f071df95eff14eb83253e6c5a11717adb663bbcd57ede3f67221e.mov
āEvery now and then a manās mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.ā Oliver Wendell Holmes