A great fallacy I've observed on numerous occasions is people claiming "this thing is terrible, this other way would work better". They say that if only things were done this way (plug in their idea), they would work better. Some have great confidence in their ideas too. But what they fail to realize is that things are the way they are already because that is the optimum solution. The world has already spoken and optimized itself around this way of doing things and not your way.

Of course this is is not always true. The gap where there is a significantly better way of doing things is where innovation lives. The challenge is identifying the gap vs. recognizing what is already optimized (it ain't broken, stop trying to fix it).

One way people tackle this is fuck around and find out. They fuck around long enough to find out what was already known. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel. But occasionally they are correct and actually find a better way to do something.

I don't know where I'm going with this. I guess... my point is that it helps to think about things before jumping into them. Measure twice cut once type of deal. But once you jump on it, test it quickly.

You're very welcome 🙏🏼

Uh, no. I'm not bragging or trying to cope, I didn't have that knowledge, so I'm not rich, but I am not on bitcoin zero either. I was just trying to answer a seemingly sarcastic question in a sarcastic way.

Back in time, with the knowledge you have now?

This was a hugelbed I made here donkeys years ago. I also had no money when I first moved in so I sunk concrete slabs into the ground to act as the sides.

The whole garden was this thick heavy clay with chunks of limestone in it so it's good to see this rich black soil has formed way further down than I was expecting. Time to reuse everything and make it more aesthetically pleasing.

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If #Bitcoin was physical, but could do nothing more than it currently can. It literally had all the exact same capabilities it does now, but you could simply hold it in you hand…

It would be obvious to everyone that it is the most valuable opportunity in the world.

A story that illustrates why I will never orange pill anyone ever again.

2015- Attempt to orange pill friend multiple times. No dice. Totally uninterested.

2019- He asks me if now is a good time to get into bitcoin. “It’s always a good time”. I set him up with a HW wallet and tell him DCA and chill.

2019- Friend calls me a few months later, he wants to put the down payment money for his house into bitcoin, but he’s nervous. I say no worries I will backstop your investment. What’re friends for?! I want you to succeed. He now has a no risk investment. Financed by me.

2020: Friend is doing well. Has been stacking hard and has 2 coins. A great stack for his income.

2021: He starts watching cringey YouTube videos about shitcoin trading. Gets into a private telegram, trades his 2 bitcoin into 4 and then gets rug pulled and loses everything.

2021: He’s near suicidal, very dark times. He doesn’t tell me anything because he knows I warned him about trading and thinks I’ll be disappointed in him. Finally he tells me. I help him get a personal loan so he can take advantage of the remainder of the bull run. He sells at 55k and manages to break even. He’s not up but he’s got his house money back.

2023: We’re out drinking with some other friends from high school. He expresses some jealousy towards me in a semi awkward fashion. “Every time I see this dude (me) I think about bitcoin.”

2024: I meet up with him so the kids can play at the park. Vibe is off. Lots of insecurity and tension. They’re going on a trip to San Diego and I ask if they might go to the zoo while there. “I can’t afford that. That’s for rich people like you”. Odd interaction, but I shake it off.

2024: A few weeks later he gets drunk and hits on my wife via text messages. She shows me immediately and I confront him. He’s like “sorry bro I was drunk I didn’t mean it”. I tell him off and make clear this is the last time we will ever speak.

No good deed goes unpunished. I could not have been nicer to this dude and more helpful along the way and he is fully consumed by envy towards me.

Unfortunate.

Happy stacking, my friends

#Bitcoin

BREAKING 🚨 Biden expects the #Bitcoin  mining industry to 10x in the United States over the next decade, this would imply $6 million price target for #BTC  . Even more bullish than the wash trading line item.

American dynamism and energy abundance will make this possible!