I made a mistake during my Bitcoin lecture last week in the university of Bologna. One I’m not going to repeat. I assumed something. And I shouldn’t have.

Since I was talking about my job, I told the students that a big part of it is debunking myths around Bitcoin...

You know, the usual stuff: Bitcoin is a Ponzi, it’s going to zero, it’s killing the planet. I built like 15 slides for this. I was ready to fight. Ready to debunk every single one of them, one by one.

So I asked them: “What’s something negative you’ve heard about Bitcoin?”

Silence. No one raised their hand. No one mentioned pollution. No one said anything about volatility or scams. These were 22 years old, curious, open-minded, and genuinely there to learn. They didn’t have myths to unlearn.

So there I was, spending the next 20 minutes talking about gas flaring, carbon-negative mining, and all the reasons Bitcoin is not what “they” say it is. But “they,” in this case, didn’t even exist. The only person bringing up those narratives was me.

And that’s when it hit me. All these years in the Bitcoin scene have trained my brain to always be on the defensive. To expect resistance. To anticipate criticism. And that mindset slowly killed a part of the joy I used to feel when I first learned about Bitcoin.

Back then, no one had told me it was bad. I just found it exciting, revolutionary, empowering. My brain wasn’t busy filtering negative takes it was busy being amazed.

That beginner’s energy, that childish awe, that sense of discovering something precious, it’s something I want to reconnect with. I don’t want to be the person who walks into a room full of open minds and immediately starts talking about the bad things people say.

I want to talk about freedom from banks and government, creativity, women empowerment, potential. I’m not saying I’ll stop responding to critics when necessary. But I want to stop assuming that everyone is a critic.

There are way more people out there who are just curious, interested, open to learning, than there are loud contrarians I’ll never change the mind of anyway.

From now on, I want to speak to the curious ones. Not the ghosts in my head.

For the past five years, I have avoided using Google and Amazon. I removed WhatsApp from my phone, and I'm no longer active on Facebook, Instagram, X, or any other social media. I’m still alive 😅, meeting family and friends, able to find what I’m looking for, still earning money, and keeping up with the news.

I haven't experienced any downsides whatsoever by leaving all this behind and using Nostr as my one and only social media tool. On the contrary: with Nostr, I’m finally enjoying the internet again! I’m learning and discovering things that truly interest me, and I’m connecting with wonderful people from all over—all without the frustration of shadowbans, censorship, or paid hate trolls.

Thank you for Nostr, @fiatjaf! 🩷

Never trust your health to the government or to corporations.

God this scam is so incredible.

I don’t know who needs to hear it, but cereal is cancerous garbage with virtually no nutritional benefit that will make you fat, malnourished, and clog your arteries.

The people who tell you otherwise are lying to you. nostr:note16x08revs4n7kqnn82th87xaxen8f23kjvf74usxcgnlque4jvw7qddzf5s

Yeah baby!!

Just hit 10k youtube subscribers 🏆

For a bitcoin channel that investigates bitcoin as money… not NGU, Saylor, ETFs or pumpamentals … I’m pleasantly surprised 🤙

#youtube #bitcoinismoney #bitcoinjournalism

Good evening from Germany and have a nice weekend everyone

Happy Friday

GM 🫂☕️

I love this picture for so many reasons.

Firstly, it's a great fitness benchmark for everyone. Contrary to what the fatty-normalization propaganda wants you to think, this is what a peak-healthy man and woman look like.

Secondly, it's a beautiful display of the divine masculine and feminine fulfilling their natural roles.

Masculine: strength, support, stability

Feminine: chaos-embrace, freedom, flow

Etch this in your mind, and use it as your guide when you feel lost.

what should we talk about on rabbit hole recap today?

what should we talk about on rabbit hole recap today?

You toast a whole bag of coconut shavings in an oven and then dump 3 bottle of ferneet in a Cameroon with them and then strain it out and squeeze the left over coconut shavings. It tastes like an almond joy 😊

Missed Connections

3/4 oz Falernum

3/4 oz Coconut infused Fernet

3/4 oz Green Chartreuse

3/4 oz Lime Juice

Skewered Luxardo Cherry Garnish

By: Yours truly.

The moment when neither of you want to go for a run but you show up and did it anyway 🫂

So, ich habe mir das erste Video nun angekuckt und gleich einen Kommentar hinterlassen, abonniert, das ganze Paket. War ein schöner und inspirierender Einstieg in meinen Tag. Besonders die Frage, ob ich "Exzellenz" in manchen (musikalischen) Bereichen von anderen erwarte, sie aber selber gar nicht erfülle.

Ich habe dies natürlich auf mein Feld bezogen 💜 Ich komme aus einer Lehrerfamilie, trage das Lehrergen so ein wenig in mir und konnte mit vielen Sachen "mitschwingen".

Lieben Gruß und weiter so! 🧡

GM

Its going to be a tough year. School changed schedule to only weekday evenings.

Also, I will finish faster so there will be 2 trimesters at once during winter for me. And I just want to give it a try.

It's difficult, to put everything aside for that, but finishing school is THE goal. 💚

(It feels a lil scary rn 🥹)

GM