WANT TO BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR TIME?
No seriously...
Do you?
I know how you can.
Read on...
Just en route home after an amazing 48 hours in Sydney at Cheatcode. Thank you to nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx and nostr:npub16le69k9hwapnjfhz89wnzkvf96z8n6r34qqwgq0sglas3tgh7v4sp9ffxj for having me along as MC. Not only did I get to meet in person some characters from the "Bitcoin Industry" that I'd followed for a long time, which was amazing, but I also got to meet up with people I am growing closer with over time, local talent to Australia, people who've really started to reap the rewards of this beautiful experience that is Bitcoin, people I am proud to call friends.
So what's the story Jake? I hear you asking. Well fair call. It's pretty simple really: last night, over a beer with conference attendee's, it really hit home; WE'RE IN CONTROL OF OUR TIME. One friend had just quit a long-term fiat job, one was planning a 7 month road trip with their family, one has been "semi-retired" for 4 years, one hadn't even considered other employers for 7 years... And another was really homing in on their health with a huge volume of daily steps.
You know who you are as you read this!
And that's not to name them all. This is unique to Bitcoin. At least, in my experience, I don't know of a single cohort of men between 30 and 45, who are able to reclaim their time like this. Yes there are some outlier founders with exits. Yes there are some early retired traders. Yes there are those who chose a frugal life. But none of them have the confidence on the future these men have.
It's epic. It's inspiring. It's infectious.
Then what really gets me excited is what they might go on to create. They are making space in their lives. With new space comes new ideas. With new ideas comes new products, services, businesses, investments, art, music, hospitality, you name it. But I think the key is that they don't HAVE to go on and do those things. What they create will come from a place of desire not need.
Could this be a snapshot into the future? I think so yes. An increased focus on strong relationships, family, personal health, responsibility, accountability, and the overall message of this note "PEOPLE ARE RE-VALUING THEIR TIME". No longer is a fiat employment contract the only way to survive. There is another, self-sovereign, empowering, purposeful approach to personal financing, and therefore life.
This is what Bitcoin does. This is the dream of the Austrian School of Economics come to the digital renaissance, sound money, with proven low time preference thinking for all to see. These people are happy. They're free. They will explore. Try. Test. Fail. Learn. Move on. Balanced, based, brave. What a thing to witness.
In short: BUY SOME BITCOIN. If you already have some, buy some more. If you own assets that are not Bitcoin, ask yourself "why do I own what I own?" Does the opportunity cost of not owning Bitcoin make sense? If you have a business, how can you incorporate Bitcoin into it? Can you DCA more disposable income. Whatever it takes. The more you can accumulate, plus enough time, anyone can have this, ANYONE CAN RECLAIM THEIR TIME...
Sending good vibes
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Stocked the fridge, cooked some lunch, walked the dog, made a meal plan, filled up freezer... Packed a bag... Drove the airport
Finally getting some breathing space to consider how epic it is to be going to Sydney and attending Cheatcode
Dad mode > MC mode
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If you wanted to build a decentralised media business, it would probably look a lot like Nostr
Right back at you!
Very cool. I look forward to trying
Been going through some nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p content
The idea of Nostrocket is a big one
Really big
Why do we all rush to start a government captured limited company?
Bitcoin seperates money from state
This is crucial
An obvious attack vector for that is the state utilising its back-office infrastructure to pressure companies to behave a certain way
I am not sure I am ready to say "I don't believe Nation State company creation is obsolete"
But not doubt I applaud 1) asking the question and 2) it being disrupted
Tarik great to see you here!
Iām writing this because I keep getting asked to comment on Saylor/Saif video even though my position hasnāt changed.
The natural state of the free market is deflation which means all prices fall forever in Bitcoin (assuming it stays decentralized and secure)
Free market economies are more productive meaning faster deflation (or real wealth gains by falling prices)
That system is incompatible with an inflationary monetary system meaning one of those systems must fail.
Either:
1) A system based on truth, hope, and abundance for all 8 billion people on the planet driven by a free market economy and all prices fall relative to bitcoin forever. This means Bitcoin is used as a medium of exchange and freedom tech spreads to the world through lightning, Liquid, Fedimint, Cashu, etc.
OR
2) A control system. An extractive rent seeking system that is NOT the free market (similar to the one we have had for 5000 years that resets every 100 or so years through war) continues to centralize by having you believe price of bitcoin is going up in fiat which makes the surveillance state stronger. This eventually centralizes Bitcoin - custodians, media, regulation (funded from the same manipulation of money) where it is attacked from layer 2. (Similar to gold)
While these ideas may āseemā compatible in the short term because you want Bitcoin to go up in fiat. What it really means is that you are giving your energy and strength to the system centralizing the world by converting Bitcoin to Fiatā¦.to then measure prices.
Quite simply - If Bitcoin is only a store of value, it fails as a store of value.
Ps - It wonāt fail. #1 is inevitable in time because too many (and more each day) have seen behind the curtain and are determined to build path #1.
Many of you here - the people that inspire me every day. You make a difference with every word, thought and action.
Almost did that in all caps per nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx because itās so important.
Referring to # 1 aboveā¦..There is no second best.
Well said that man
Inspired
You don't fail, you learn
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We can all go on holiday again now
Good reminder
Heard today that 1 million people have been displaced in South Lebanon by the war there
Horrendous
Heart goes out to them all
De-funding fiat funded war is something we should all talk far more about
Everything you see around you was once someone's dream
The books in the bookshelf
The chair
The laptop
The house
The car outside
Good reminder: never be afraid to try make your dreams a reality
A lot more of them than meets the eye
Saylor's going to gaslight folks into believing that self custody is bad and we shouldn't continue improving the protocol because he wants you to buy $MSTR and regulated ETF products.
https://video.nostr.build/f65d7319f8e8197664aa647c7a86f6f3b3e1ab0754459b85727025ac53ae5a53.mp4
As I've been warning

Show me the incentive, and I'll show you the outcome...
I've never been called a Crypto Anarchist before
Didn't have that in the locker for 2024
It's a good meme, because it immediately gets the right kind of wrong person wound up
Ie they don't get the nuance
Classic
If I had 99% of my net worth in coinbase, I too would be calling you all paranoid crypto anarchists.
Arguably the most on-point analysis I've seen today
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