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MattA
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coffee. family. bitcoin. craft beer. gym. sandwiches. tequila. gardening.

stacking sats today

for a brighter tomorrow☀️

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GM

you Nostr party people!

#coffeechain

“The light, that first falls

upon the day, has a twin

in the dusk that ends it.”

— Victor Hugo

I wonder what exactly they could’ve received this award for 🤔

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Replying to Avatar Halston

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.

🫡

morning meeting 🍻

not sucking!

the final stretch… pun intended

priceless memorabilia, any takers ?

Financially backed against the wall, broken promises everywhere…

Bitcoin became the only asset that made sense…

& now she's all mine, there's no other way to go.

https://blossom.primal.net/26ff204c67eb9be57f79b8872006d1d729bc8a03ebd2e5935a1a8eb33eae7888.mov

Replying to Avatar Saifedean Ammous

No, you did not miss the bitcoin train.

We are just getting started.

Just because bitcoin went up a lot does not mean it cannot go up a lot more. On the contrary, the more it goes up, the more it demonstrates product-market fit, the more likely it is to go up.

Bitcoin is different from stocks, bonds, and commodities because it has a much, much larger addressable market. Let's compare:

Apple's total addressable market is 8 billion people who can own an iphone and laptop. A lot of them already do, and a lot of them are too poor, so there's just not much more room for growth. Maybe Apple can increase by 5x, or 10x, but it would need to introduce new products that are wildly popular to do so, which is very difficult. Ultimately, an Apple stock is a claim on cashflow, and it is priced based on expectations of Apple cashflow, and it is not easy to continue to increase cashflow once you're a trillion dollar company.

But bitcoin is money, and its total addressable market is all of the planet's cash balances, which currently include something in the range of $100 Trillion in physical government cash and checking and saving bank accounts, plus ~$120 Trillion in government bonds, ~$22 Trillion in gold, and arguably, a chunk of the world's real estate and stock markets, which people are holding to beat inflation, and not to take risk in search of return. All in all, bitcoin's Total Addressable Market is in the range of $200-300 Trillion, which is about 100 times larger than what it is now. All of these assets are trash compared to bitcoin, and there is no reason for anyone intelligent to hold a significant position in them. Everything held in these assets has lost ~90% of its value against bitcoin in the last 5 years, and will likely keep losing another 90% every few years. The only things maintaining significant demand for these assets at this point are their holders' old age, intelligence deficiency, and susceptibility to government propaganda. They can continue to hold these assets as they decline, making them poorer, or they can shift to bitcoin and start getting richer. Either way, and regardless of what they do, the world's wealth is going to end up in the hard money, and not in the obsolete moneys of the twentieth century.

Bitcoin has no cashflow to price it. Most nocoiners think this makes it a ponzi, but that is only because they have never experienced real money, and only have as a frame of reference the hot potato trash fiat money which everyone smart tries to exchange for hard assets as soon as they can. They are incapable of understanding people demanding to hold money for its own sake, for its ability to hold value, and not for cashflow. This is how gold became the money of the world without generating any cash flow, and this is why bitcoin, which is infinitely better money than gold, is going to continue to monetize and grow.

Nonetheless, bitcoin's demand is highly variable, and with leverage, it will likely continue to be significantly volatile for the foreseeable future, so always keep in mind that it could decline significantly, and manage your position accordingly.

🫡

how it feels after 5yrs of HODLing

& stacking sats like fiat’s on fire

I just made my teenage son

read this aloud to me…

“Sigmund Freud’s theory about how our minds work, specifically the

id, ego, and superego.

These are like three parts of your brain that team up (or clash) to shape your thoughts, decisions, and actions. Think of them as different voices in your head, each with its own agenda.

• Id: This is the wild, impulsive side of you that’s all about instant gratification. It’s like that urge to binge an entire season of your favorite show instead of studying, or to blow your cash on something dope without thinking twice. The id runs on the “I want it, and I want it now” vibe, doesn’t care about consequences, and lives in the moment. It’s like your inner party animal.

• Ego: The ego is the chill, logical one that keeps things grounded. It’s like the friend who says, “Yo, maybe watch one episode and then hit the books so you don’t flunk.” It works with the id’s cravings but figures out how to make them happen in a way that won’t screw you over. The ego’s all about balancing what you want with what’s actually realistic, like saving some of that cash for gas instead of going broke.

• Superego: This is your moral compass, the part that’s like, “What would my parents or society think?” It’s the voice that makes you feel guilty if you lie to a friend or skip out on helping someone. It’s always pushing you to do the “right” thing, based on the rules and values you’ve picked up from family, culture, or school. It’s like your inner judge, keeping you in check.

These three are constantly battling it out. The id’s like, “Let’s rage!” The ego’s like, “Okay, but we got work tomorrow.” And the superego’s like, “Don’t be a jerk, stick to your values.” Together, they decide what you actually do, like whether you ghost a group project or pull your weight.”

🤔😳 The Matrix creators

The Matrix was created by the Wachowski brothers, who both transitioned: Larry to Lana in 2008, Andy to Lilly in 2016. The images accurately depict them then & now.

no surprise 🤢

I got the shits here in Mexico