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Bitcoin’s growth is limited by understanding, not infrastructure or narrative. And education is the only scalable solution because comprehension replicates itself.

Educators. They multiply understanding, and understanding is the real bottleneck. One person who deeply gets Bitcoin creates ten more, compounding forever in ways code and films alone can’t.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Good morning Nostr ☕️

There are moments in our work lives that reveal who we truly are. Not in the grand gestures, but in the unglamorous detours we take for others.

This morning, I’m in one of those moments. A teammate is out, and there’s something that needs doing. It’s inconvenient. It’s outside my lane. Every part of me wants to find a reason why it’s not my problem.

But here’s what I’m learning. Growth lives in that exact space between what’s comfortable and what’s right. The gap between “not my job” and “I’ve got this” is where character gets built, where teams become families, and where mission actually moves forward.

I’m not pretending it’s easy. I’m literally wrestling with my own selfishness as I type this. But I know that on the other side of this discomfort is the person I want to be. Someone my team can count on when it matters most.

The work that shapes us isn’t always the work we planned to do. Sometimes it’s the work we choose to do anyway.

Let’s get after it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Haha. I think you’re only one to catch that brisket! Lol

Wife asked what I want for Christmas. I said bitcoin. She said “you already have bitcoin.” I said “exactly, MORE bitcoin.”

Wife’s face: 😐

My conviction: 📈

Lazy workout thread:

what’s the thing you can always talk yourself into doing even when everything else sounds terrible?

For me it’s kettlebell swings. 10 swings for EMOM for 15 minutes, done, somehow it counts.

Mainstream platforms like X, Facebook etc etc monetize hatred. Every algorithm is engineered to keep people furious, divided, and scrolling. They’ve weaponized tribalism and discovered that a population at war with itself is incredibly profitable. This isn’t a bug. It’s the business model.

This ends badly. You cannot sustain a civilization on algorithmically amplified rage. Every engagement metric is a brick pulled from the foundation.

Nostr strips out the incentive structure. No corporate parasite extracting profit from your anger. No algorithm designed to turn you against your neighbor. No shareholder demanding you hate harder.

Just a protocol. Your feed. Your connections. Zero corporate intermediaries monetizing the collapse of social trust.

Decentralization isn’t idealism. It’s removing the economic incentive to destroy us.

This is why we need to support our local businesses before they’re ran out by the monopolies out three.

There’s something deeply cynical about politicians who declare “America is a Christian nation” while their own lives tell a different story. JD Vance says Christianity is America’s Creed, yet he’s married to a Hindu and celebrates Hanukkah with his family. I’m not questioning his marriage or his respect for other faiths. I’m questioning the authenticity of his public theology.

As a reformed Christian, I believe America’s founding was deeply shaped by Christian ethics and moral reasoning. That’s a historical reality we can trace through the documents, debates, and institutions our founders created. But there’s a massive difference between acknowledging that influence and weaponizing faith for electoral advantage.

When politicians suddenly discover the language of Christian nationalism at precisely the moment it polls well with their base, we have an obligation to call it what it is: pandering. They’re not defending the faith. They’re using it as a vehicle to power.

The gospel doesn’t need politicians to protect it. It needs believers who live with integrity, who refuse to let our most sacred convictions become just another campaign strategy. When faith becomes nothing more than a demographic to capture, we’ve lost something essential.

I’d rather have a leader who lives their convictions quietly and inconsistently than one who performs them loudly while calculating their next move. At least the first one isn’t treating my faith like a focus group finding.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Just do hangs for your lower back and hips. I’d definitely work to get longer times but it’s not necessary right off the bat.