Bitcoin has changed my mental and physical life.

One man's solution.

Code.

Even if Bitcoin goes to zero, you can't put a price tag for the past 4 years of optimism I have been living with and the PoW is simply talking to or looking at me.

Smiling.

Quality of Life.

What a gift.

Thank you, Satoshi.

Wow...just wow...incredible work, powerful worldwide message, in under 7 minutes.

"4.1625%"

Less than 5%.

Why does Bitcoin feel like an "America Only" currency? Why does it feel the world is 'waiting' for America, to see what America does, to see how America leads via its policy and politicians?

We are coming up on 16 years and America still is floundering with Bitcoin. But so are so many other nations?

How come another El Salvador hasn't arisen? Never mind Microstrategy has the equivalent of 36 times their nation state?

Where is Japan? UAE? Ukraine? Europe?

How do you feel with Marathon stamping "Made in the USA" into the blocks they mine or former President JA saying "All Bitcoin will be Made in the USA."

Never mind 'Facts Don't Matter' anymore.

Regardless, Satoshi built Bitcoin for People.

All People.

Bitcoin is not only for:

- Rich nations

- American Billionaires

- American companies

Will the world complain if Bitcoin takes off and so many American people will own Bitcoin? Perhaps the rest of Bitcoin will not be "Made in America" but "Paid in America"?

Will Bitcoin end of being revered or loathed world wide like the US Dollar?

Does any of this make you upset?

Oh yeah, the title of this post?

"4.1625%"

That is the percent of 330 Million American PEOPLE divided by the current world population of 8 Billion PEOPLE.

All for 21 Million Bitcoin.

Almost 16 years.

Where are you Bitcoiners outside the American GPS coordinates?

No excuses.

Smash Buy to Smash Save. Come on, people.

Tick Tock Next Block.

I have only had purple laser eyes as a nod to both Bitcoin and NOSTR.

nostr:npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk nicely zapped me 200 sats for my note, I will double it and send them to you to help with your effort. Thanks Gentlemen.

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nostr:npub13m8g5un3u00xjuw39ven55jj6q52fuuyheye4upus9lwjhvhtfvseeqpgd I was talking about what Leo_Haf on X wrote to measure the "Transaction Health" of the blocks in the Mempool.

This is an excellent way to see who is spamming on Bitcoin and who is not.

His link:

https://mempool.orangepill.ovh/

You click on a link and it shows you:

"When was the last time you were uncomfortable?"

I apologize to those of you outside the United States, please ignore this post. It seems everyone's politics match the ugliness of their respective currencies.

This is a thank you note, to nostr:npub13m8g5un3u00xjuw39ven55jj6q52fuuyheye4upus9lwjhvhtfvseeqpgd whom I have listened to for years when he was on Swan Cafe. He was one of the few I resonated with with his humor and his ability to painfully and annoyingly bring up how SPAMming/SCAMing on Bitcoin is bad.

Recently, TERRENCE asked me to be on a Spaces called, "Bitcoiners for Harris." I thought that was cool as I have so few 'followers' and never aspire to be an influencer. But, like most, I have strong opinions, especially in cancer and recently Bitcoin so I said sure.

What I didn't know was it was a 1on1 only, as I have never spoken on the Internet before and it was an honor so I went with it at TERRENCE'S lead.

I am not sure if I rambled on and on so I like to write more than I like to speak. Again, as my granddad told me, "everyone is entitled to their own STUPID opinion."

But I want to to show how people can't be boxed into specific groups, especially with Bitcoin. It is annoying to me when I watch a Presidential State of the Union and like sheep half a side (R) stands up to clap or the other half (D) stand up to clap on issues.

That isn't human. Where are the various individuals on both sides who stand up and clap regardless of what their group thinks?

That is the tough part, to go against the grain (insert the famous Steve Jobs quote here).

It is easy to just "Go along" and clap and say "YEAH" when someone says something everyone in the direct, warm center, of the comfort zone.

It's harder to branch out, to learn, to change your mind, to change your views, to listen to others, to lean into your differences, to get UNCOMFORTABLE, perhaps to the edge or chaos.

That is the problem with our society, we all have to be comfortable. Gone are the days when kids played outside from sunup to sundown and came home so thirsty we drank out of the garden hose like they'd been lost in the desert for days. Today, people can't even walk a mile without a water bottle. I grew up in Kansas, we couldn't afford AC but we had an 'Attic Fan' that basically was like a Convection oven as I fell asleep with my head in the window sill dreaming there was a breeze and not just still humid hot air with a layer of sweat on me.

Uncomfortable.

Today, I see the younger generation posting videos of how they RAW DOGGED (or whatever stupid name it is) a flight for 8 hours. Meaning they didn't drink water or eat or watch video or read.

JESUS CHRIST.

Think of the day, our founding mothers and fathers, the covered wagons, chopping wood, our soldiers in battle with trench foot.

When was the last time you were uncomfortable, really uncomfortable?

It's good for the soul.

Especially when discussing tough issues.

Tangent but I am who I am. Am I the only one TERRENCE could find who is a Bitcoiner who supports Harris? Why aren't there more of you? How was I selected and not you to speak on that Space?

Worried about Mark Cuban or what other Maxis think? Uncomfortable?

So, let's dig in, have you already labeled me a Liberal as I simply live in Minneapolis and support Harris?

I have the guts to stand up on both sides of issues so I applaud a candidate who is willing to meet in the middle of issues and change their mind. When Trump considers this a threat? Him: "Hey, you can't be for Securing the Border when it is my issue?"

Me: "Yes you can."

So I tried to convey this speaking on the Space, but let's do a stream of conscience lightning round.

Me:

Yes, I live in Minneapolis. I love Minneapolis. Yes I live in Ilhan Omar's district, no I have never voted for her, extremism has to go on both sides. Yes I went out my front door with my then 18 year old daughter to where George Floyd died. No, George Floyd is not a poster child of good and Derek Chauvin is an ahole cop rightly in prison. No, I do not believe in Defund the Police and agree most police are great and I thank them in person always for being Peace Officers to 'serve and protect.' Yes I have a ton of MAGA/NRA friends but I will never own a gun since I don't have the right temperament. No, I do not live my life fear based and lean socially liberal. No, I don't like Kamala's fiscal policy, especially in Unrealized Gains (I think of Saylor.)

The last 2 presidents have added $16 Trillion to our debt, the next President will not be any better for our debt issue, and Bitcoin could care less.

Bottom line, as I spoke on this, "we spend trillions on trying to kill the people we hate than save the people we love."

TRUMP: Will spend $10 Trillion on fear based policy

HARRIS: Will spend $10 Trillion on love based policy

Bottom line, pretty much a waste of money on both sides but I'd rather help people in America, the homeless or addicted or veterans or get people I love into a house.

Trump's Bitcoin Talk in Nashville was an embarrassment to Bitcoin, to me. He has no idea what he was talking about but sure he rang some bells for the center of the crowd. Low effort.

"BOOOOOO"

...and Kamala Harris is no different but at least I have hope she will take the time to learn about Bitcoin starting with the "Crypto for Harris" crowd who clearly doesn't understand the difference between Bitcoin versus Crypto.

"BOOOOO"

Both sides, I was uncomfortable typing this but I hope you were uncomfortable reading it too.

It proves we are alive.

Fight for Bitcoin.

Support those like TERRENCE who support the uncomfortable.

Again, just one man's stupid opinions, right Granddad?

(insert some meme or picture here as metrics say it is better for engagement)

A buddy remembers, years ago, when he was teaching his son about saving his money. I told him, if you can't get through to him, perhaps he could go across the street and talk to your neighbor.

My buddy busted out laughing.

The neighbor across the street on his garage door in huge letters had: "JESUS SAVES"

Great point.

Great idea, I will start doing the same.

"17 Satoshis"

If there is one indicator of how a currency is crap, you don't even have to look at the US Dollar but look at the US Penny.

How many of you would stop to pick up a penny? A loaded question, the majority of us would. But we subliminally view 1/100th of a dollar as almost worthless.

When we get pennies, we chuck them into change jars where most of the 288 Billion pennies live and seldom go back to take pennies with us out into consumer land.

Now compare those of us who are into Bitcoin, we get excited for ONE SAT which is 1/17th a penny's worth of Bitcoin at today's prices.

Why? Because we know today's penny is worth less tomorrow and the day after as inflation steals our buying power. But we believe, based on millions of hours of collective Bitcoin analysis, that Bitcoin NGU and therefore a penny's worth of sats today could be worth a lot more tomorrow.

But what about the Penny today, those 17 Sats at today's price, when Bitcoin hits $1,000,000 a coin, then one US Penny is worth 1 Sat so picking up one US penny today on the street could be like picking up 17 pennies tomorrow.

Convert your pennies to sats today?

Or at least, seed Phrases on Pennies is cheaper than buying washers.

Sign me,

The Thrifty Bitcoiner

I don't care how you relate or identify, whether gender, sexuality, or politics. We all get one shot at living on this planet, why do so many people spend so much of that time hating on others for not being or thinking exactly like they do?

Guess what also doesn't care about any of this and spends not even a microsecond thinking aobut it?

BITCOIN

Bitcoin doesn't care about any government or those trying to control how you think, act, and feel.

Leaders of all these flavors of government are powerless to lead over Bitcoin. What a huge sigh of relief for all of us everywhere. Thank you Satoshi, for channeling your rightful angst into creating something so beautiful and changing humanity for good, forever.

Anarchy

Aristocracy

Authoritarianism

Bureaucracy

Capitalism

Confederation

Colonialism

Communism

Corporatocracy

Democracy

Electocracy

Ergatocracy

Fascism

Federalism

Feudalism

Geniocracy

Imperialism

Kakistocracy

Kleptocracy

Logocracy

Meritocracy

Military Dictatorship

Monarchy

Oligarchy

Plutocracy

Republicanism

Socialism

Statism

Technocracy

Theocracy

Totalitarianism

Tribalism

Once again, my local paper the "Minnesota Star Tribune" (formerly the "Minneapolis Star Tribune" has an opportunity to correct the "uses a huge amount of energy" narrative for Bitcoin but goes for the lazy way out.

What happened to journalists who researched complex articles? Where are they?

Reality:

"Banking uses 56 times more energy than Bitcoin: Valuechain report"

https://cointelegraph.com/news/banking-uses-56-times-more-energy-than-bitcoin-valuechain-report

Lyn:

Lyn wrote this recently update article: "Bitcoin's Energy Usage Isn't A Problem. Here's Why"

She starts by saying how Newsweek did this prediction:

For example, back in December 2017, Newsweek ran a piece called, “Bitcoin Mining on Track to Consume All of the World’s Energy By 2020“

All the world's Energy: 176,000 TWh

Bitcoin usage: 100 TWh

(As Lyn stated, less than one tenth of one percent and never mind the well known 2-3% off either way factor with this type of analysis. One word English translation: NEGLIGIBLE. The business term is 'Rounding Error.')

Update 2/20/2023: Listen to Saylor explain the Bitcoin Energy Usage compared to the US Navy, the "Nuclear Navy", more distributed, wall of energy, "silicon ratchet","all the computing power in the world, 10%, wouldn't dent Bitcoin" :

Banks: 4,981 TWh

Best quote by Troy Cross: "Bitcoin doesn't waste energy, Bitcoin uses waste energy."

Finally, though when the bankers are paying the politicians:

Looks like NOSTR has uncovered something ginormous:

I think the lawyers call it reckless water vehicle operation.

“Don’t whale watch kids.”

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I have never been in a "12 Step Process" but I know many people close to me who have been through it.

"The 12 spiritual principles of recovery are as follows: acceptance, hope, faith, courage, honesty, patience, humility, willingness, brotherly love, integrity, self-discipline, and service."

I have heard the first step is the hardest, "acceptance." I am in that phase right now, but not with drugs or alcohol but with "X." It took me way to long to realize 'I have a problem' with X and I am starting to try to delete it forever.

If you are like me, I paid in advance for an entire year and of course it is setup on Auto-Renew for the first of the year for me, 2025.

They use 'vague' language on 'X' so it isn't straightforward to cancel your 'subscription.' The 'Subscription' button you will find is for those people you 'Subscribe' to, which for me, and probably you, is nobody.

So, I finally figured out the process, buried inside the shitty User Interface designed for planned obfuscation. Kind of like Comcast and their phone trees that go nowhere when you want to cancel service?

If you want to know, you can cancel your premium 'subscription' in advance and it will keep the 'Blue Check' (if you care) until it expires and doesn't auto renew.

Acceptance.

Here are the screen shots to show how you have to start at "Premium" (not the obvious of your account and profile and subscriptions, of course not.)

I hope this helps others.

My very first "Bookmark" goes to Yellow for this gem. Man this guy's content resonates with me.

6:40 mark Thanks for this, will go back and watch a lot of it.