I don't like the idea of physical cash disappearing. I understand the future is digital payments - but a Bitcoin future means you will need to have a powered device + internet to make payments when you travel. Even 50-100 years from now, there will still be many places on Earth with bad internet coverage/restricted access and losing your phone/having it stolen may mean zero access to commerce.

If we can create a reliable physical layer of cash notes on top of Bitcoin - that could solve this issue.

It’s crazy to think that TFTC started in a conference room at Barstool Sports HQ2 6 years ago. Louis Roberts and I prepped for a month for the first episode.

Almost 20m downloads and ~1,400 newsletters later it still feels surreal to me.

And we’re only getting started.

🚀🌕

There has been talk of Matrix.

Self sovereignty comes in steps.

I´ll start

test please ignore

What are we going to do when we hit 1,000,000 blocks?

Elon and Altman are in similar camp for me of people with maximum hubris.

Both understand the increasing power of AI, but seem hell bent on ensuring they capture most of it through broken money versus advocating that the productivity gains to flow to society through #Bitcoin.

Fortunately, their actions won’t work over the long term. Unfortunately, many people will be hurt along the way.

Every year, I spend 1-2 months living in Egypt. This is because my husband is originally from Egypt, his family is much larger than mine, and so while our economic base is in the US, our social base is actually in Egypt. I thus became multinational many years ago.

However, my husband spends 3-4 months each year in Egypt, while I only spend 1-2 months there. So, there are 1-2 months where I’m in the US alone. The reason I choose to do this is to look after the household and business, and because I’m not as productive in Egypt (inconsistent internet, less optimal workstation, way more social pressures, and so forth).

In some ways, we find that spending some time apart strengthens our relationship and lets us focus on our separate things for part of the year. And when we meet after 1-2 months, it’s such a great reunion. We find ourselves wanting to catch up on so much and spend extra time together. But also, even though in some ways I look forward to having time alone and indeed get a lot done during that time, I immediately regret it once I am alone. I find myself constantly looking forward to going to Egypt, as I am now. During these periods, I end up posting more on social media, either constructively or non-constructively, in what tends to be a replacement for diminished in-person contact.

This seems to be amplified by my work situation. When I was an engineer, I worked with colleagues in person each day, but now that I work from home, my colleagues are virtual and I meet them in person only at major events. So, this relatively brief window each year of being in a different place than my husband tends to be oddly monk-like, with me at home alone 24 hours per day, working and living and doing whatever I do. I think one of my future goals will be to increase my deliberate effort at spending time with local friends, especially during this part of the year.

Anyway, I’m doing a series of “real thoughts” uniquely on Nostr, and this is the first one.

Conclusion: Social circles are (obviously) a very important thing, including for workaholics and introverts like myself. Social circles affect us in various ways, and having gone through many cycles, I have become increasingly aware of the changes that take place during these seasonal cycles of being close to others vs far from others.

Whoever told me carbon steel pans are easy to clean, LIED!!!

goblin mode

As someone also on Twitter, #Bluesky, and threads, I can honestly say #nostr is the only place I’m unapologetically myself.

Anything goes. Stream of consciousness notes? You betcha. Dog pics? Obviously. Beautiful AND ugly feet, sned ‘em. Hot selfies or bucolic landscapes, both sexy. Podcasts, articles, intelligent content, that’s here too! There are no rules.

We’re all a bunch of early adopters from around the world who (for the most part) are having a grand ol’ weird internet time.

Oh, and there’s also magic internet money.

So who am I? Idk I’m still figuring it out.

🤙🫂 PURA VIDA NOSTRICHES

#plebchain #intros #grownostr