you zap from 1 custodian, I zap from 20 mints who can't track shit.
we are not the same 🤙
(but we could be: nostr:npub1kvaln6tm0re4d99q9e4ma788wpvnw0jzkz595cljtfgwhldd75xsj9tkzv)
Tell ‘em G… real recognise real
PSA: #Bitcoin is NOT partisan.
Bitcoin is progressive and conservative at the same time. Bitcoin is for Republicans and Democrats and Libertarians and ANYONE who wants to use it.
Bitcoin doesn’t need politicians, politicians need Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Bitcoin is for human rights advocates and dissident journalists and soccer moms and criminals and your Boomer uncle.
Bitcoin is for Russian Oligarchs and African villagers.
Bitcoin is for individuals and Nation States.
Bitcoin is for people you love and people you hate.
BITCOIN DOESNT CARE.
Luckily, Chris Hayes’ pitiful propaganda only hurts the 69 people who still watch MSNBC.
Ignore statist fiat shills and follow nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8
Here fucking Here! Tell ‘em Walkz
BRÆKING: nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8 JUST BROKE 5,000 FOLLOWERS ON NOSTR, CEMENTING STATUS AS FASTEST-GROWING #BITCOIN PODCAST IN THE WORLD 
PoW Walkz. Hard earned and well deserved!
That’s not luck that’s conviction. Massive respect!
Mining in the wild! We set up a #Bitaxe off of Starlink, & powered them with a Land Cruiser. This is now an African mining safari 🦓 🐘 🦒 ⛏️
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RorQQYHrNm4TX3Kn6
Luv it! Go Maggz
The book is on my list. Love the title. On the citadel piece, I didn’t realise it’s a bitcoin family office! Been talking up the idea of a family office approach to my sons and daughters… interesting
I’m going pro. I just secured a starter citadel which I’m financing with a BTC backed loan (not selling any BTC to make it happen.)
I’m building a media company, POW Media.
Cameras will be following me around.
I’ve been living with middle class camouflage on for the last 7-8 years.
I’ve been able to avoid the uncomfortable feelings and fears of having people around me know my relative net worth.
(I told Peter McCormack privately how much BTC I had in ~2020, but I gave him a fake number to see if he would repeat it 😅)
I’ve been very cautious about this, but in fact I think it’s held me back.
I want to get a million people to start a bitcoin savings plan and mint10,000 wholecoiners.
Bitcoin education and increasing financial literacy is what helped me escape poverty, and I want to do the same for others.
However, I’m not as smart with thinkythoughts as nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs and people follow confident voices who they trust can give them a blueprint to repeat the path they took.
My paranoia about people knowing how wealthy I am has provided me some ground cover so far, but it also made me less credible (why would you take a former child magician’s financial advice when he can’t even afford a razor, and lives in a normal house like yours because he can’t get a mortgage.)
For the people around me, there will be signs.
There have been signs (the real estate purchases for family members, the trips, the RV, donations and investments).
A few years ago they started speculating … “brad can pay, he’s a millionaire.” “Don’t worry dear, you’re a millionaire.”
I never confirmed nor denied, never told anyone in my family the number.
I just dealt with it awkwardly, and felt weird.
They will start to get a picture of the level of wealth I have soon, and I’m going to have to face more awkward conversations.
I’ve been dealing this year with my negative beliefs and limiting beliefs around this.
Why do the words “rich” and “millionaire” trigger negative feelings?
I discovered that your reaction is a reflection.
What do I believe about rich people?
Is it true?
How can you fix that?
Doing the work to create Citadel Mind has been helpful this year.
I also run into the opposite problem where people assume I’m way wealthier than I am because I got into bitcoin in 2011.
I’ve been very public about all of my hacks, losses, bad sells & other lessons learned to advocate buy & hold.
IE I sold half my coins at $30, I tell that story a lot to illustrate the value of “saving” not “investing” or “trading” … but I also tell that to temper people’s curiosity if I’m one of those made-every-right-move early billionaire bitcoiners 😅
My coach Dan Martell told me the other day that my secrecy around my success is the only thing holding me back from helping more people, and if that truly is my goal, I have to face it or give up on it.
Lots of folks are public with their wealth like Michael Saylor, Jason Williams, American HODL, etc.
On the flip side, people like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw, nostr:npub1ahxjq4v0zlvexf7cg8j9stumqp3nrtzqzzqxa7szpmcdgqrcumdq0h5ech, nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a, nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z and others are very influential and I do not believe they ever talk about their net worth.
I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way to thread the needle of having obvious signs of wealth, influencing regular ppl towards bitcoin effectively at mass scale, while not disclosing how much BTC you have or what your rough net worth is.
It seems kind of like once you live a certain lifestyle, it becomes obvious that you have a high net worth, and there might be some mystery brand value around not disclosing it…makes ppl want to lean in to try to figure it out.
These are questions we’re all gonna to have to deal with on the way to $1 million per coin and beyond.
I think I will probably just start being more public about my upgraded lifestyle, talk confidently, and not give specifics.
Once you disclose, there’s no undoing that (especially on Nostr.)
Just watched your rip on Abundant Mines. You’re a great guy with a real tale to share.
tbh I’d say you’re overthinking the thing. I got the exact opposite dilemma to you. I’m a wannabe scrimp robbing Pete to pay Paul to keep my sats but folks perceive me to be materially rich!
I know it’s easy to say but just relax bro. Seek the adventure that bitcoin beckons us to, roll with the big dogs who be putting in the work and speak your truth… it benefits us.
Paxful is worth a look
Wow! I’m staying in the bitcoin echo chamber. It’s a safe space
“IF YOU DON’T USE LEVERAGE, YOU DON’T TRADE, AND YOU LEARN HOW TO HOLD YOUR KEYS YOURSELF, THAT’S 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛.” — nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx https://video.nostr.build/1ab9bba533f7a5ae9d645f48b880d59be48702d90bef515834cebe0f1cd49593.mp4
Truth
At some point it’ll take $1000 to get 1 sat… mic drop!