this quote reminds me of chess and is one of the reasons chess is such a beautiful game.

in chess, when you move a piece, you’re attacking new squares but also losing influence over the squares you were attacking before. you see?

chess is the art of seeing yourself forward. the calculation muscle that’s constantly evaluating the gain and loss to every move.

in life we’re constantly doing this by the way. taking risk, all day every day. more than you think.

you need to go to a higher up floor. do you want to take the elevator or the stairs? the stairs are probably safer but you lose time and energy. the elevator is easier but is a man made machine with potential dangerous risks. ok well are we going to floor 2 or floor 100? am i healthy or do i have health issues? you evaluate; you choose.

there are no moves in both chess and life with only gain and no loss. for this reason, both chess and life are nothing you can master or finish. it’s an art you develop as the artist

For me, 2024 is all about helping expand the reach of #Bitcoin tech to as many people as possible.

Recent actions by governments worldwide show that our time to act is limited. While I don't see any chance for Bitcoin to fail, there will be a big struggle over how many people will meaningfully join the network.

Amid rising BTC/USD rate, noise from those preoccupied with their self-centered agendas, and outright scams pushed by bad actors, it's challenging to stay focused and ensure you’re part of Bitcoin's bright future.

What I’ve done over the recent months was all to push forward components that I see as critical for Bitcoin to reach as many people as possible:

- Voucher Plugin: I demoed this with nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m to show how we can have this tech as part of FOSS stack and streamline onboarding people through a network of merchants. In the second half of 2024, I will release the final version, once all other pieces are in place.

- Bolt Card Functionality: nostr:npub1zfytz6ktce3av2svlfpl0e79e44tnskxmvlpkcmc7q0xct3qa49swvm60l integrated it directly into nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg, and we battle-tested it during nostr:npub1h493d0qgwhu95s82zd9sxrt3ckn3ttgvaf04z02neckadxw5fkvqte4cwz. The final release is coming soon for all who want to create their own Bolt Card Banks.

- Point of Sale: The work that nostr:npub1za04drthlvxtwsq0phwc4mgh8rxhjafjkv2w7pf6ze5afka8gvaquadur3, nostr:npub1y24gz5gwucl79vtv4ctwpysl0r5m4xyzu2rgulnr44ks3t5mt92q4nz2ad, nostr:npub14j7wc366rf8efqvnnm8m68pazy04kkj8fgu6uqumh3eqlhfst0kqrngtpf, nostr:npub1qm72nur0wn8cdgt0unp0amzssuqxg03tzpd4r87e856nxtz344fs6g74md did along with other BTCPay contributors over the last year on this front has been amazing. And then nostr:npub13ljnkd633c7maxatymv3y2fqq8vt3qk7j3tt0vytv90eztwgha9qmfcfhw plugin along with Bitcoinize device creates a perfect setup. I’ll continue to support and participate in POS deployments because refining this technology is crucial, so it’s the best possible for circular economies that want to deploy it.

- Payroll Plugin: I'm dedicated to solo development and evangelism whenever possible - I derive a lot of motivation from now seeing how many Bitcoin companies use this plugin to streamline their monthly payouts and save time.

- Evangelizing: I won’t just promote stuff I develop - with PayJoin/CoinJoin videos I have promoted great work others did; work that now can be critical when centralized coordinators are shutting down.

- Supporting Creators: Those who cover efforts and create content around what FOSS contributors develop will always have my support. That’s what my trip to nostr:npub1rjtrs7xqdvj3588r9njrexh2n750j7jdwx9qs543nutmdsj6ljaqpfmp8a with nostr:npub1rj7eh0eu3skwcyr5adpcjwxft9z4yjdspjryq6gynqw2j49f9a3quqjpw2 was all about.

- Nostr: Any additional time I have will be devoted to Nostr until #Nostriga. I've invested considerable time in the past year and a half helping organize events around the protocol I see as the one that will bring freedom of communication to masses. I hope you've enjoyed them.

So, if you ever see me, Uncle, doing something and wonder what is behind it - see this post.

Number go up, but also number of Bitcoiners go up. That’s what it’s all about for me.

And any help and support you send to ensure we succeed in this mission will be appreciated.

✊🗽

MMT is Monetary Marxism.

Anyway, goodnight.

Money doesn't magically fail. People are smart and self-interested, so they always find a way to create money out of thin air or for cheap. That's what makes money fail, and whole empires and civilizations crumble because of it. That's why #Bitcoin is so important.

factor out wealth disparity and all of these apprehensions are still mutual. it's the attention that comes with it---the vilification of your human shield, the person brave enough to say what you would never for fear of losing all that is precious to you.

but the truth yields for no one, and at some point, you will be dragged into it beyond what is reconcilable to the masses on the sheer retributive value of your abuses of trust.

if you are so happy with yourself then leave me the fuck alone and stay out of it and don't try to get more sexual footage from someone I date. in other words, fuck off forever.

it's almost like that tendency to manipulate the world from the nether regions of the internet has never left you; truly, it was your way of maneuvering into and out of the realm of responsibility with just enough finesse to appear oblivious.

you had to serve them, too, and you did.

in fact, you're the one who used the black and brown community like YOUR human shield. that's where this all actually does involve you, and where your real responsibilities lie.

this isn't about some rap beef, relational beef, or monetary beef, and we all know it. you were the one who helped set those communities on a collision course with the Realities of Conservatism; and looking back, this very fact seems to be why so much of that 2010s era rap sounds like it was the brainchild of the Neo-Left, some bastard child of Communism.

I can't shake the feeling that you have only ever wanted someone who would never question the freakishness of that lack of morality and the way it infected black and brown communities toward the abject hatred of those who really would have preferred a respectful level of ambivalence toward racial identity as a linguistic programming tool.

you helped invent and disseminate an entire dialectic which led to more casualties of civility than most people ever want to imagine. so believe me when I say that I take everything in the vein of wokeness to be some sort of sick and cruel joke played on the youths, continue to grow up on these platforms.

do you honestly think you're not resented for this anymore? or is it just that there's never been a coherent narrative about HOW you helped shift the landscape of civilization toward the most vapid rephrasings of intentional retribution---bitter words spoken with a patronizing, condescending tone.

unironically, it's the thing that caused the whole rift in the first place and my only real concern was making sure the facts didn't go unnoticed and unacknowledged this time around.

I can't even IMAGINE the kinds of blackmail Mossad and CIA have on you; obviously, which is why your only option for redemption is to play handler for yet another fall guy.

that trust is dead.

don't even send that fucking tweet at 11:19, am or pm; and no 1:43's like it's junior high and nobody's gotta know.

I'm not done writing the report on you and I'll eventually get your handlers handled, too. (they all kinda like me tbh). bet you anything your dossier makes Elon look like he's a literal fucking saint.

fuck the manufactured rap beefs.

we are still at the beginning of an Uncivil War and no good man throws a woman under the bus to save his fuckin' homie anymore. you wanna hack someone? hack yourself.

Some days all you can do is push and pull 3 tons around…

The amount of soyed-up faggots trying to pretend women are getting bullied off Nostr is truly mind-boggling. 🙄

Status chasing is a losers game. Build real wealth.

#bitcoin

nothing lasts

History is just one damn thing after another 😏