out of the *Lopp. 😉

𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆

A couple weeks ago, Connor Boyack (author of the Tuttle Twins and many other books) recorded an episode of his weekly "musing" podcast, and started by talking about the difference between sins, transgressions, and iniquity. These words are often tossed around, even in more religious communities, without much thought to what they 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 mean.

Connor explained that "sin," for all their negative connotation in our modern culture, simply means "to miss the mark," like an archer missing the center of the target. Sins aren't good, of course, but they're not what make us evil; they're what prove that we're human. Transgressions, on the other hand, are intentional and knowing violations of God's law, so they're generally much worse. And iniquity is living with a false paradigm, belief, or tradition, which then leads to sins and transgressions.

So if sins are just general mistakes, and transgressions are deliberate rebellions against something one knows is right, then iniquity is the matrix that the culture is plugged into, the system that so many are so inured and hopelessly dependent on that they will fight to protect it. No one likes it when someone else points out a mistake (sin) they made, and no one who purposefully does something wrong will want to be told what they should do instead, but some people will literally fight to the death before waking up and repenting from their iniquitous lifestyle.

And yet, as Bitcoiners, we're tasked with helping to awaken those who are ready to take the r̶e̶d̶ ̶ orange pill. We have perhaps the most powerful tool for fighting against iniquity ever, and the final phase of the eternal war against those who would prefer slavery and death to freedom and life has scarcely begun. Everything we do to help people wake up to the realities around them (both glorious and terrible) is a small win for the future of all humanity.

No, not really. 😆 It's a quote from the character representing him in the show The Tuttle Twins. But it succinctly sums up the point. 😉

https://youtu.be/Zl-MNqkvrd4

Yep. This.

An economy with an elastic money supply is like an airplane with an elastic altimeter. And they'll each last about as long as the other! 😆

An elastic money supply feeds irresponsibility, which eventually causes an unlimited money supply to be created, which always leads to excessive waste and limited resources. A fixed money supply always leads to unlimited resources, but it also brings natural, swift, and merciless consequences for waste and irresponsibility.

I know which economy I would prefer to live in.

"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬." -Satoshi Nakamoto, The Tuttle Twins

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And do you think such a Being would want us to be enslaved by fiat (in all its forms -- money, food, education, religion, government, etc), or freed by reality? Do you think such a Being would want to give us gifts like Bitcoin and Nostr as soon as we're ready? What else might this Being have in store for us, that we're not yet ready to receive?

The future is as bullish as the extent to which we choose to live according to truth, i.e. the extent to which we choose to verify and follow God.

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Not everyone believes that God exists, and that's okay; that's for everyone to search and verify for themselves. But if there is an infinitely loving, powerful, wise, and good Being that is the source of all truth, do you think that such a Being would be more pleased with your blind trust, or with your own personal verification?

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It's finally happening!

Nature is healing. 😌

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X8aCYbRd4cU

“We are literally feasting on the carcass of fiat."

Makes me think of this:

Sounds like a good motto for Bitcoiners/Nostriches. 😆

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“We are literally feasting on the carcass of fiat."

Makes me think of this:

Sounds like a good motto for Bitcoiners/Nostriches. 😆

“We are literally feasting on the carcass of fiat."

Makes me think of this:

Sounds like a good motto for Bitcoiners/Nostriches. 😆

I love it when my family is reading from the Bible and talking about it around the dinner table, and things like time preference are brought up in our discussion. Tonight, we were reading from Luke 14:1-11, where Yeshua gives a parable about a wedding. Here are verses 8-11:

"When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

"And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

"But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

"For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."

Lower your time preference. Delay gratification. Be generous to others. Always be grateful. Stay humble.

Then let God exalt you.

Everyone will eventually either humble themselves enough to start stacking sats, or be compelled to be humble when they have experienced enough pain.

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥? 𝘠𝘦𝘢, 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥—𝘺𝘦𝘢, 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺."

-Alma 32:14-15

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About time!

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Me, every time I check the mempool lately:

Surprisingly...yes!

Meanwhile on MeWe (a Facebook alternative that values privacy and 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 they don't censor their users):

If it weren't for the Bitcoin group that I run there, I would have left MeWe a long time ago, especially since they recently turned to 💩coining. And now, I don't think even my Bitcoin group will keep me there much longer...