I would and will never click a link describing "crypto". It's bitcoin bro.

More #bitcoin

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I'm happy that my kids are celebrating their 9th and 5th birthdays today. It provides me with a great opportunity to introduce them to Bitcoin at a young age. I'm confident that they will develop an interest in Bitcoin and become knowledgeable about it as they grow up.

A work in progress, this chefs knife has been a real challenge for me because it needs precision grinding, but its coming along great! Its forged from 1085 steel 1 inch round bar, and has an integral bolster, my favorite look! I'm so excited to complete it!

Any one have a wood preference between, poplar, hickory, ash, and red oak? still trying to decide on handle material, I'm leaning toward ash or hickory, ash has great contrast, and hickory has tight grains. All input is welcome!

#grownostr #blacksmithing #knifemaking

The 21-Foot Handgun Drill is Bullshit, Always Has Been

This drill unfolds as follows: a guy with a knife in hand initiates an attack and usually "wins", meaning he touches the gun guy with a fake knife before the gun guy can fake shoot the knife guy.

As if that is a "kill". As if the gun guy can't now shoot the knife guy many, many times. But that isn't even the real bullshit.

Have the knife guy put the knife in a scabbard, and let the gun guy initiate the attack. The bull 💩 becomes instantly obvious. The real lesson is that the attacker, in all situations, tends to have the advantage. This is true from a street attack all the way up to state-on-state military conflict.

The attacker doesn't always win but, statistically, wins far more often than not. Look at every major war in history, and you'll see this is the case. In fact, the nations that we often say "lost" — like Germany in WWII — only lost when they stopped being the attacker and became the defender.

Some reading this won't like it because it grates against the "taught truth", but the taught truth is taught because it's seldom simply true. It is, instead, a construct that generally is false. In many instances, it's the truth hiding in a lie, as it is here.

What the drill should teach you is that having a gun doesn't guarantee you'll survive or win in a fight, even if your attacker doesn't have one. Substitute a hammer for the knife, and the attack becomes even more potentially deadly. You're more likely to survive a stab wound than a blow to the head with a ball peen hammer that can be bought in any hardware store for under 20 bucks.

You could be a Navy SEAL, a Green Beret — it doesn't matter. If someone wants you dead and you don't know it, you're likely dead. The most badass soldier you know can be approached from behind and hit in the head, resulting in death in less than a second. People hate this type of truth because it makes them realize how at risk they really are. That's the point of the 21-foot drill, but most people who teach it don't understand the real lesson.

#grownostr #gunstr #jacksthoughts

I don’t even remember what the comments were but it was more than a year ago.

And ever since nostr came around, I knew I wanted to join it because I can exercise my freedom of speech.

Nostr is an open source protocol and anyone can join it.

I got banned on twitter because of my political comments about my government. I cannot get banned on Nostr.

That’s why I use nostr.

The #Bitcoin is my only hope, thanks to it I've ceased being nihilistic and pessimistic. Thank you Satoshi Nakamoto 🤍

My friend got mad at me that I closed my twitter account and told me, “but you were gaining a lot of followers!”.

I don’t care about followers, I just want to be among bitcoiners. 🙂 #bitcoin

We are in the early stages of a new #Bitcoin bull market. Let's explore what we know about such bull markets based on observations from the four major hype cycles that Bitcoin has already undergone.

Bull markets start off relatively slowly because of an overhang of potential supply. Firstly, some who bought at higher prices in the prior cycle and are looking to be "made whole" so they can escape their positions, plus whales who wished they had cashed in near the top.

Before it is clear the bull market has begun, there is a period of steady accumulation as "weak hands" are liquidated and replaced by "strong hands" who have long term conviction in the value of #Bitcoin.

In a bear market, good news does not matter. Every rally is sold off and hopes are pitilessly crushed. The bull is the opposite. Bad news no longer matters and every dip is met with eager buyers who are looking for suitable entry points into #Bitcoin.

Once the prior all time high is breached, there is no longer an overhang of supply. The price is free to run wild in an "open field". This is when #Bitcoin 's price appreciation begins to accelerate apace.

Once a new #Bitcoin all time high is made, new highs trigger a feeding frenzy. Media attention returns and new entrants are attracted by the allure of quick profits, driving prices higher even faster. Prices eventually reach a crescendo top.

#Bitcoin 's price action is parabolic in nature during a bull market. This means that much of the price appreciation happens in a short time window at the end of the bull market.

There will be several moments during the bull market where major corrections will mistakenly be called "tops". The same will happen again in this run.

One sure sign a #Bitcoin  bull market is coming to an end is the sloppiness of the trading. Large inter-exchange spreads, major price "gaps", and the inability of exchanges to stay open during the mad final rush of profit-motivated speculators are major warning signs.

Very few people correctly anticipate how high the market will go and most will be shocked by the final peak. This is the bull market when #Bitcoin achieves geopolitical significance, so everyone will be watching. The feeding frenzy may be like nothing we've ever seen.

-

Vijai Boyapati in 2019

“The problem fiat economists have with #bitcoin  and why they'll be the last to get it, is that they can't conceive of free market money working without them in charge.” - @saifedean

I don't get the question "what are you doing at 100K?"!

With the possibility of reaching 200K the following day it would be crazy to convert sats into dirty fiat!

stay humble stack #Bitcoin and #hodl!

Some few important skills extremely useful for the next 2 to 3 decades:

1. Understand #Bitcoin

2. Know how to talk to machines (A.I)

3. Think from first principles

4. Know basic math

5. Find signal in a noisy world

6. Practice simplicity

7. Live in the present

SECRET OF SUCCESS UNDER…

Fiat Standard:

Reading 2 to 3 hours everyday, listening to news, speculating, studying charts, getting loans…

#Bitcoin Standard:

Adding value to the world, stacking sats, spending time in nature and with family…

If you’re in all of these groups you’re among 0.003% (2.9M) of the global population:

- 0.028% has adopted #bitcoin

- 27% didn’t take the jab

- 49% is not overweight

$2250 for a metal box to put even more expensive tools in. Should I get it? Orange is screaming #bitcoin at me. Might help my cravings at the fiat mine.