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Stay curious.

Someday I hope to be a “real bitcoiner”

I don’t zap because I live in NY. The most hostile place on this continent towards bitcoin.

Like on average? What are you trying to say here. Define “basically good” for us plebs

Yeah I know. Following laws is lame. Paying taxes is lame. I should make my already very difficult life much more difficult to make people on the internet happy - is that it? Would that make me cool?

I’m married, have a child, and I am all in on bitcoin. My bank account says zero.

Replying to Avatar corndalorian

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Been saying this about pop music for years

Everything is a wierd derivative of an existing sport.

Almost sport is one of these:

Bounce thing over net

Put thing in other teams net

Get thing to other teams side

A race

A feat of strength

A graded performance

I plan to never sell any of my bitcoin. Certainly not trading it for a hat, coffee, or a steak sandwich.

If they remove the taxes on it, then I’ll convert my monthly spending money into btc and spend that. At that point I am sure you can buy the hat with btc anyway.

Lame as it may be, Jeff is right, for now.

𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 '𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚜.' 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚝. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎-𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞: 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑, 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐.

I’ve stopped looking for people still thinking. I have 3 in my life and will never let go of them. Took decades.

Replying to Avatar Mandrik

I've been thinking a lot about my nearly 15 years away from the Greek Orthodox Church.

I've come to this conclusion - I don't know if I would have the same ethical values without that upbringing. It's easy to think I would when I had that foundation since birth, but I no longer think it's that simple.

I've been around a lot of secular people. Not all, but many are in a dark place. People who are missing something from their lives. Ones who didn't have an upbringing similar to mine.

I've begun to wonder if these people would benefit from religion in their lives. Some type of positive power to pull them out of the darkness.

I'm not saying I've found Jesus. I haven't.

But more and more I want to be around the people who have.

Because I can't really be around these other people any more. My wife & I have cut most of them out of our lives at this point.

We prefer to spend our time around positive people who are working on building better lives. Building families. Nearly all of them are religious.

We're both very logical people. Religion and logic were like oil and water to me.

But when I look at the state of the world, it's not hard to see the positive impact religion can have on people. That's a very logical conclusion I'm coming to.

Also, I miss a lot of the Greek cultural stuff that I grew up, and it's intertwined with the church. It would be strange, but I'm accepting the idea that returning there, even as someone who isn't religious, feels more right than not going.

Still working through this but wanted to share.

Because bitcoiners are how I got here. The ones having families, going to church, and being decent human beings. Those are the people I want to be around.

The alternative is despair and darkness, and I am not going down that road.

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You can just try and see. And keep trying.

I can’t stop thinking that Satoshi was sent by God to save us.

Grateful for him every day. Inspired to be a better person.

Thanks that is a compelling explanation.

If I am understanding correctly - we can’t stop it, it likely already exists, and there is theoretically a legal precedent for defending against this as an attack vector.

Assuming I am following, here is my next logical question - if there is a viable means to filter out such content, are we not obliged to do so? This seems like a grey area and the essence of the moral debate. I agree with the ideals of decentralization.

I can see a future where this forces more kyc controls for all on and offramps - because if you can kyc, you can prosecute the bad actors.

I don’t think this is what we want either.

Replying to Avatar HODL

I know a lot about bitcoin and investing and economics, but at one time I knew nothing about any of these things.

20 years ago I knew nothing about investing.

11 years ago I knew nothing about bitcoin.

7 years ago I knew nothing about economics.

So what changed?

Well I was curious and then I followed that curiosity where it took me.

I became obsessed with the things I was obsessed with.

Some people look at how expensive a house is and think they’ll never afford one, other people think “I wonder how I can make it cheaper?” And then they learn to build a house.

Time is going to pass.

Your time is going to pass.

It’s been 10 years since I’ve been in bitcoin.

That time passed and I know plenty of people who have nothing to show for it.

In fact that’s the norm.

I’m the exception.

You know why?

Because they weren’t curious about anything and I am.

I care.

I care about my life, I want things. I believe if others have it so can I.

Somebody out there has the life you want.

You can have it too, but you have to give a shit about yourself.

You have to talk differently to yourself.

You have to focus your energy.

You have to break free and very often you will have to go it alone.

But the time is going to pass regardless and do you really want to have nothing to show for it?

Don’t do it because you need to prove something to other people.

Do it because you’re not living up to your potential otherwise.

Do you want all of the best things about you to remain hidden and buried and to one day rest alongside you in the graveyard?

Or do you want to be who you were meant to be?

It’s your call.

I made my decision some time ago.

It costs nothing to be curious. Bitcoin taught me how few people are curious. It was shocking at first.

Curiosity is freedom.

Freedom is risk.

Most people do not want freedom. They want safety and comfort. They want to be sheep.