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Jason High
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I’m an artist living in Florida but I also have ties to Taiwan. I do oil paintings and tie dye shirts.

But then it’s pretty hard to live on a bitcoin standard. It seems impossible to pay all your bills in bitcoin without an intermediary since barely anywhere accepts bitcoin. The majority of my BTC is on cold wallets but I do keep a bit on strike to pay bills and dca my paycheck.

Nanfangao, Taiwan.

南方澳、台灣。

#travel #asia #taiwan #tw #ocean #beach #nature

Replying to Avatar Willy Cooper

Matthew 25:34-46

New International Version

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

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Some photos from Seoul, South Korea. #photography #seoul #southkorea #asia

To be fair, a name is also a noun. I have heard that Satan was actually a title and not a name but I’m a bit rusty on my Hebrew.

Jiufen 九分 is one of the most picturesque villages in Taiwan. Nestled in the mountains, close to Taipei, its winding narrow walkways only accessible by foot or motorcycle are flanked by merchants selling street food, various traditional crafts, and tourist souvenirs. There is a rumor that Jiufen was the inspiration for the Studio Ghibli movie “Spirited Away” but this is unverified.

GM. Here’s some photos from my recent trip to South Korea.

I’ve been up since 3:00 am. In my case it’s because jet lag forced me to go to bed at 6 PM. It was only going to be a short nap. 🤣

As an artist I never understood what the point of NFTs were if it was simply an easily replicable jpg. Just another get rich quick scam and a lot of people fell for it.

Replying to Avatar Zoltán

I might be delusional, but I don't believe in four-year cycles. Not only do I think there won't be cycles in the future — I don't think there were real cycles in the past either. That might sound surprising at first, so let me explain.

In 2013, Bitcoin's price surged dramatically, then crashed hard in 2014. In 2017, it surged again, then crashed in 2018. Again, in 2021 it spiked, then plunged in 2022. At first glance, this does look exactly like the four-year cycles. But let's take a closer look!

The events of 2013/2014 were tied to the MtGox exchange. Back then, MtGox was the largest Bitcoin exchange and it managed to lose 650,000 bitcoins. An event of that scale obviously shook the entire sector and brought about a long crypto winter.

The 2017/2018 period was the era of the block size war. A key figure was Roger Ver, aka Bitcoin Jesus. Depending on the estimate, he may have controlled around 300,000 bitcoins when he pushed for the Bitcoin Cash fork — and basically burned all of it. That too caused massive market turmoil, ending in another crypto winter.

The 2021/2022 period was the time of the FTX exchange. Sam Bankman-Fried, its CEO, didn't believe in Bitcoin — he often criticized it as obsolete. More importantly, he sold off all the bitcoins belonging to FTX's customers in order to suppress the price. Sources vary, but it was roughly 100,000 bitcoins. Yet again, a perfect recipe for a crypto winter.

The point is: if a major player with hundreds of thousands of bitcoins loses their mind and goes full retard, they can tank the entire industry for years. And what's crucial: they destroy themselves in the process. These were isolated cases — MtGox, Roger Ver, Sam Bankman-Fried — all of them went down for good. They won't come back every four years to repeat what they did before. It's pure coincidence that these events happened roughly four years apart. If you only look at the price chart, it looks like the four-year cycles. Which conveniently fits the narrative people already have, because of the block reward halving every four years.

So that's the past. But what about the future? Of course, it's possible that new players with hundreds of thousands of bitcoins will go crazy again. It can happen in 2026 and 2030 — perfectly fitting the four-year cycle narrative. But hopefully, over time the market will mature. Bigger players will act more responsibly — it's their own interest, and the best interest of the entire industry.

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My biggest concern is governments and hedge funds buying up tons of ₿itcoin and tanking the price purposely as a way to kill Bitcoin. More regular people need to be orangepilled to minimize the possibility of this happening, in my opinion.

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Obviously, Iran wants war with the US, otherwise they wouldn’t have put their country so close to those US military bases.

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Iran must really want war with the US. Why’d they put their country so close to those US military bases?

I somehow have dodged all the bullets. So glad I wasn’t invited to the sausage fest 🌭

I think Nostr will grow if we zap each other more, especially newer users. That’ll get people hooked and they’ll post more.

This photo is from Taiwan. I’m back in Florida and going back to work today.

I’m going to work on my website this week so I can sell my artwork and tie dye shirts for ₿itcoin. I hope to be able to exit the rat race of my fiat job and just work for myself someday.

God bless.