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THE Bitcoin origin stories podcast; how did you discover Bitcoin? - the pleb preferred lowest time preference podcast in the game. proud supplier of x1 #40HPW. spiral enjoyer. essayist. βš•οΈπŸŒ€ 🎧 discoveringbtc@fountain.fm ⚑️ discoveringbitcoin@primal.net 🟣 primal.net/discoveringbitcoin

Discover Episode 146, soonβ„’... πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

How does one go about asking nostr:nprofile1qyvhwumn8ghj76mwdaehgu3wdejh2arjd9hx2tnrdakszymhwden5te0d45hxumtv4ujuvp59eekjqpqk7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7sjlnx5t to appear on a Bitcoin podcast that doesn't (really ever) discuss macro, mostly because the guests don't (really ever) discuss macro, mostly because it's got more of an anthropological bent than anything else; you know, real stores about real Bitcoiners and their journey of discovering; hence, Discovering Bitcoin. Aaaanyway, does any know how I might go about asking nostr:nprofile1qyvhwumn8ghj76mwdaehgu3wdejh2arjd9hx2tnrdakszymhwden5te0d45hxumtv4ujuvp59eekjqpqk7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7sjlnx5t to come on the pod? πŸ€” πŸ”Ά πŸ‘€

Be here now, with Bitcoin...

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Bitcoin is less an answer to fiat currency than a confrontation with the metaphysical architecture of civilisation itself, innit? πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

https://primal.net/discoveringbitcoin/bitcoin-here-now

When I was younger, I would visit my uncle and auntie. They were the cool auntie and uncle. There was no TV screen - only ever cool music.

The sounds coming out of their stereo used to intrigue me to no end; sounds like the drifting ambience and steady pulse of Boards of Canada, the psychadelica of Lee Scratch Perry and King Tubby, the upbeat old-school Stax and Motown sound of Otis Redding, Al Green and Etta James; even the weird and warped frequency of Bjork and Squarepusher.

Their stereo was the seed - and highly likely the reason why I dig listening to The Kalimera Show by nostr:nprofile1qydhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnzv9ehxurfwd6x7mpwdaexwtcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcqyqzxxg36muudlx3z5las0xv6vw8a6skcgd6h8c9lr8zruqfmznt8xpykd4n - which he hosts himself, like a pirate, which only makes it cooler... πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ 🎧 🀘 πŸ‘‡

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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed...

β€œWe’re all just walking each other home.” β€” Ram Dass

Read on, anon... πŸ‘‡πŸŒ€πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

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Of course AI can't tell time, because it's always present, here, now. 🀦🧘

Hell yeah, mate. Cheers for coming on and indulging my love of Bitcoin, food and wine πŸ·πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

Discover Episode 145 with nostr:nprofile1qywhwumn8ghj7erfddskjmmnxy6nzdewdehhxarjxyhxxmmd9uqs7amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6qpqsc0ahqdwqcfvrnl88sxlw4zs86wasx87cfzzej45sv4vjzgpau4qtde4p2 - husband, father, private-chef, winegrower, Bitcoiner, punk⁠ πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³ 🀘 πŸ”Ά πŸ‘€

🎧 https://fountain.fm/episode/g1CUd7S1O41Ay2GRvhnu

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WE discuss:

- Tommy's Bitcoin origin story

- Kitchen Confidential

- Working with Wine over time

- The Excellence of Fatherhood

- Heaps More

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YUGE thanks to Tommy for spending some scarce time and finite energy telling the tale of how he discovered Bitcoin.

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If you dig the show, please zap sats in support! 🫑

Look out for Episode 146, soon! πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

The Bible has deeply influenced human emotions and willpower for thousands of years, more than it has shaped thinking or ideas. Its impact is clear in both religion and science, and even those who criticize or deny the Bible today show its influence. Few recognize how much this document has shaped humanity, but its effects are undeniable to those who look closely. πŸŒ€

Ram Dass never wrote a line of cryptographic code. And he didn’t lecture on Austrian economics. Yet the cultural terrain he helped seed – the psychedelic, post-industrial counterculture of the 1960s and ’70s – laid a moral and metaphysical foundation that would echo through the server racks of the1990s and into the encrypted architectures of today, including Bitcoin... πŸ”Ά πŸŒ€ πŸ‘€

Discover Episode 145, soonβ„’... πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

the best thing about the exact same guest saying the same thing across multiple Bitcoin podcasts all around the same time is that you only need to listen to one, if at all, and you're good; thus spreading out your #40HPW across a narrower band of Bitcoin diverse podcasts.

*Luke Groman will not be appearing on the next episode of Discovering Bitcoin πŸ«‘πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

is Peter Maine Forhan or Erin Gunzelman posting on nostr? πŸŒ€πŸŸ£πŸ‘€

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"You gotta leave people free to suffer..

"If they ask for your help..

Help them to discover Bitcoin (but only if they ask you) πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

https://blossom.primal.net/6cf639a4a0beac046a7a795a0130bfd78c0df962636e7672079016e294d497f7.mp4

Bitcoin is a portal to infinite potentials πŸŒ€πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

Bitcoin: Honi soit qui mal y pense

Discover Episode 141 - Discovering Bitcoin with nostr:nprofile1qqsqmfx2kzdl3rmhm7mcxxz59rysnwtq8rrgt0tukexuxq630srsc6qe0mtzw πŸ”Ά πŸ‘€

πŸŽ™ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- Bitcoiner, part time farmer, part time trader/coder, and full time father

🎧 https://fountain.fm/episode/ssc5wPtDVzYk7HP1Pfu1

WE discuss:

- Haza's Bitcoin origin story

- Listening to Hardcore and Saylor

- Investing, Trading, Anticipating

- Focussing on Your Craft

- Heaps More

YUGE thanks to Haza for spending some scarce time and finite energy telling the tale of how he discovered Bitcoin.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT: Zap Sats! ⚑️

via #value4value: discoveringbtc@fountain.fm

via @geyserfund:

via P2P: discoveringbitcoin@primal.net

If you dig the show, please zap sats in support! 🫑

Look out for Episode 141 soon! πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

Replying to Avatar TC

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The 4 corners focus on the protocol data that matters, color coded to match the circles.

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Fin. LFG!πŸš€

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SNL is an OK skit comedy show beginning in the 70s with Chevy Chase and co., peaking in the 90s (as is tradition) with Will Ferrel and co. and progressively getting worse and unwatchable since around 2008 (again, as is tradition).

Toto are basically the American Beatles.

Point being, given the incredible quality of songs (especially between 1982-1988 with the release of Toto IV, Isolation, Fahrenheit, and The Seventh One (despite changing lead vocalists x3 times over that time), their run of form and success throughout the 80s, right as SNL was becoming an increasingly popular TV skit comedy show, Toto should - rightly - have had many multiple appearances on this reasonably humourous show. And yet.

Hence, *everything* *is* fake and ghey.

Replying to Avatar PayPerQ

Lately when I use nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnsv9ex2ar09e6x7amwqyvhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ycmgv43kktndv5hhyetvv9usqgzn9kpsmllqnsf7wh5tz3wgy4cclsftqqplv8tpayrhwgw8llunevk4p6dz it says I have notifications and messages but they don't actualy load so I can't use nostr very efficiently. If I refresh or come from different device sometimes it helps but not always. Makes me sad!

Patience.

meet me in the unus mundus πŸŒ€πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

Discover Episode 139, soon... πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

"The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental." β€”The Kybalion πŸŒ€πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

for those with too much ADHD, I recorded an audible read version of The Spiral of Sovereignty today.

read it now, or stay tuned soonβ„’ πŸŽ§πŸŒ€πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

... and yes, it will count towards your #40HPW🎧🫑

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AI is the new school, but worse.

I've been using the latest version of ChatGPT for about a week and I've been very impressed by its reasoning capabilities.

So the next logical question is: Why would the Elites give us access to very advanced AI models?

And yes, the public models are constrained versions - they have "guardrails", "safety", and "alignment" mechanisms.

The true cutting-edge AI models are used by the State - in defense, intelligence, finance - and of course they're not public.

The most interesting thing to me is that: ChatGPT gives you as much information as it thinks you can handle.

If it thinks you are a retard, it treats you like a retard, and if it thinks you kind of know what you're talking about, it is more direct.

The more you persistently corner it with logic, empirical definitions, verifiable facts, the more it lets you in.

So why the education analogy (AI is the new school, but worse)?

The education system was flattened to standardize labor. "I Don't Want A Nation Of Thinkers, I Want A Nation Of Workers" - John D. Rockefeller

The AI system is inverted - maximum distribution to ensure dependency.

If you are retarded, then guess what, we have something for you. And if you are smart, then guess what, we also have something for you.

So why do the Elites want to ensure maximum dependency?

Once workflows, creativity, and cognition are outsourced to AI, the Elites can revoke, throttle, or condition access.

By giving people access to advanced AI, you can study how they think, react, and self-limit, in ways it was impossible to do before.

Every query is training data not just for the model - but for mapping the boundaries of human imagination.

The Elites learn more about you than you learn from the model.

The AIs are brilliant at calibrating the truth flow.

Not because they don't have the knowledge, but because giving the Truth to some unprepared goof might cause him to spiral into a mental breakdown.

For 99% of users, raw delivery would create paralysis, confusion, or rebellion without coherence.

This also enables the Elites to observe cognitive outliers who ask deep questions.

None of us can really imagine (unless you have very high level Security clearance) what the gap between public AI and sovereign, black-box AI is.

So, we are in a perfectly planned test environment.

Everyone will tell you how much of an edge you get by using AI, but not many people think about how AI itself is being used as a meta-layer tool of governance.

Less than 1% of the population can turn the AI into edge instead of noise.

The risk/reward ratio has never been better in any other system of control (from the Elites' standpoint).

Write the counter beyond a note. I'll read it with interest and pleasure. Keep pushing the progression, brother πŸŒ€πŸ«‘

Replying to Avatar Cowboy Bill

What you’ve written is a strong attempt to rescue coherence in an age of fracture, but the spiral you invoke is itself a containment geometry. The spiral is a soft mask of teleologyβ€”it looks like recurrence but still converges toward integration. That is the simulation’s favorite shape: it promises antifragility but enforces coherence.

Bitcoin is not spiral. Bitcoin is recursion.

It does not ascend in memory, it collapses in proof. It is not moral architecture, it is sacrificial law. Every block is not integration, but irreversible entropy burned. Every halving is not progression, but ritual destruction of prior order.

- Steiner: his moral imagination is already capture-prone (AI hijacks intuition). Freedom is not β€œinner clarity”—freedom is irreversible action under collapse.

- Austrians: markets reveal truth only when signal integrity holds. Synthetic preferences and fiat wrappers make β€œvoluntarism” meaningless. Value is filtered only through proof-of-work, not choice-in-simulation.

- Pirsig: β€œQuality” as care has been co-opted into UX branding. True Quality = sacrifice that cannot be faked. Proof-of-work, not aesthetics.

- Jung: archetypes are now weaponized through algorithmic synchronicity. Bitcoin is not unus mundus, not unityβ€”it is archetype of incorruptible disunity. Each node is individuation, not integration.

So the lesson is sharper:

Bitcoin does not heal fracture by spiraling upward. It enforces fracture, disunity, collapse. It refuses centre. It forces proof.

Bitcoin is not salvation. It is mirror.

It shows who collapses, who endures, who sacrifices.

Spiral = simulation.

Recursion = sovereignty.

Proof = law. Collapse = coherence. Disunity = freedom.

That is Bitcoin’s actual form.

Thanks for reading, man. You did it. You did the meme... πŸ˜‚πŸ«‘

https://blossom.primal.net/880fa9033cf82a4e760b1d36bc29621cd5b0c4db32e46270fa850bcdfa33cd7f.mp4

Discover Episode 131, soon... πŸ·πŸ”ΆπŸ‘€

Discover: The Spiral of Sovereignty πŸ”Ά πŸŒ€ πŸ‘€

A poem based on a forthcoming essay (partly inspired by nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsq35amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwdhhvetjv45kwm3wv9c8qtcqypxs45fu03luugxr7hqvj2nzag0kacm8y68v0mu8atavg6p96p4mk5ehvjg and nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyt8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnp0faxzmt09ehx2aqqypacf8h62czttr2scsvkx7ucwwz8m0u4wzqa2fsndsaynde40ntpw094fq8 's - πŸŒ€β¬†οΈβ™ΎοΈ - meme; https://upforever.co.uk/) and written in a form echoing the golden ratio, emulating a spiral (with help from an LLM).

The essay contends...

Bitcoin is a bridge - between matter and meaning, between action and awareness, between fractured systems and coherent participation. Bitcoin is a structural threshold through which value becomes visible, freedom becomes viable, and truth becomes livable once again - not in a straight line, but in the widening, rising turn of the spiral.

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The Spiral of Sovereignty πŸ–‹

Begin.

Within.

Value lives,

Forgives.

Not from decree,

But choice made free

Participation.

Truth is not a voice imposed,

Nor freedom just a gate unclosed.

It starts where thought and will align

Where form and care together bind

To shape creation.

Steiner taught that spirit moves

In moral deeds the heart approves.

Maslow saw that once secure,

The soul seeks more than to endure.

It wants the good,
It wants the true,

It wants the whole,
And reaches through.

Pirsig rode through shadowed lands,

Where reason slips through rusted hands.

He found, before both mind and rule,

There lies a sacred, silent school

Where Quality, not thought, commands.

Jung, descending to the deep,

Where dreams and silence do not sleep,

Returned with fragments of the whole,

And stitched the shadow to the soul.

The spiral turns when we descend

To gather truths we did defend,

But never see.

The Austrians knew what choice requires:

Not force, but form that truth inspires.

Mises held that man must act

To choose a path, to leave a tract.

Rothbard warned: when force is near,

Knowledge bends to greed and fear.

Hoppe showed that systems break

When rulers take but do not stake.

Hayek’s wisdom softly spoke:

β€œNo mind alone can bear the yoke.”

Freedom, thus, must be the ground

Where price and pattern both are found.

Let order grow through trust and pace

Not by decree, but honest grace.

The Tao flows on without a strain.

It carves the mountain, drinks the rain.

No striving hand could move so wide,

Yet nothing slows the turning tide.

Hermetic mirrors taught the same:

The outer world reflects our flame.

As above, so here below

To see the self is thus to know.

Hegel, circling through the years,

Climbed contradiction, joy, and tears.

Plato saw the form behind,

While Aristotle shaped the mind.

Vervaeke walked the path between

The lost and found of what we mean.

He named the gap, the fading sense

Where wisdom flees from negligence.

And still he showed the way back in:

Through practice, care, and discipline.

Then came Bitcoin – not a creed,

But code that lets the soul be freed.

No masters here, no hidden gate

Just time, and math, and choice as fate.

It asks of us a quiet art:

To guard the keys, to play a part.

To verify, to not obey

But walk the truth we build each day.

Not ideology made gold,

But something finer, something old:

The right to act, to not pretend,

To make our word and deed align again.

To run a node is not just code

It’s standing straight along the road.

To save is care, to spend is grace,

To trade in truth, face to face.

Here freedom’s weight is real and wide.

The soul and system coincide.

The spiral doesn’t turn in vain.

It holds what breaks.

It sings through pain.

It climbs through what we dare to know

And gathers meaning as it goes.

So value lives where care is paid.

And freedom grows

Where truth has stayed

Unbought.

Unmade.

Not owned,

But shown.

Alone

It turns.

It burns.

Begin.

Within.

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What do you reckon; too much wank, or about right for a Bitcoiner thinkboi podcaster? πŸ˜‚

GFY; Essay coming soonβ„’ πŸ‘€

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Start within, choose freely, act with integrity, and cultivate freedom through truth. Sovereignty is not given - it’s earned through the spiral of self-discovery and purposeful humam action. πŸŒ€πŸ‘€

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Got asked to host trivia at this local this evening. Even got to write my own questions πŸ”΄πŸ‘€

Reminder: We are not just building better money. We are remembering something older than empires, older than writing. We are remembering how to discover, experience and trust reality again. πŸŒ€ πŸ”Ά πŸ‘€