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Michael Atwood

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2026-04-01 20:18:53 UTC

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Oh and if you run your newsletter on Beehiiv we can help you implement this.

2026-04-01 20:16:03 UTC

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Learn more and subscribe here
https://www.bitcoinrewards.app/blog/earn-bitcoin-newsletter-rewards

2026-04-01 20:15:34 UTC

We just shipped something I've been wanting to build for a while. The Oshi newsletter now pays subscribers real Bitcoin for engaging with every email.
Here's how it works: you get a newsletter, you answer a quick poll, you earn sats. That's it. Every email is an earning opportunity. As far as I know, no other newsletter does this.
The first question people always ask is "what about bots?" Fair. Here's how we handle it: your sats accumulate in your rewards portal, but to unlock them, you need to make a qualifying purchase at a business in the Oshi network. A real purchase, at a real business, by a real person. No bot army can fake that.
But here's the part I actually like. It's not just an anti-abuse mechanism. If you play your cards right, it effectively works out to an additional 10% back on your purchases. You're earning sats passively by reading a newsletter, discovering high-quality, independently owned businesses offering Bitcoin rewards, and then when you find one you love (and you will, because these are genuinely great businesses), your newsletter sats unlock on top of whatever that merchant already offers.
The flywheel: you engage with the newsletter, you earn sats, you discover a business, you shop, your sats unlock, the merchant gets a new customer, you get rewarded for all of it. Everyone wins.
We're just getting started with this. More frequent sends, merchant spotlights, and more.

2026-03-27 18:19:45 UTC

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This is one of those partnerships that just makes sense.
A Bitcoin-native health savings account that holds real Bitcoin, not an ETF, with a triple tax advantage. And now their clients are earning sats back through Oshi.
Really impressed with what SOUND is building.
#nevent1q…9t37

2026-03-23 04:26:41 UTC

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😂

2026-03-22 20:26:28 UTC

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2003 Tacoma or bust

2026-03-22 16:56:37 UTC

RIP Las Vegas @npub1cn4…3vle
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2026-03-20 18:01:18 UTC

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Vindicated
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#nevent1q…l9ms

2026-03-17 22:46:28 UTC

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With all that said, this is a massive step forward.
Huge credit to the Square / Block team, @nprofile…zj6n , and @nprofile…zkaf . Taking out half the problem this fast is no small feat.

2026-03-17 22:44:57 UTC

Square auto-enabling Bitcoin payments and effectively solving merchant distribution is a huge deal. But it doesn’t solve the hardest problem.
Supply ≠ demand.
Merchants accepting BTC is step one.
Getting people to actually use it is step two.
The closest comparison is Apple Pay. It launched in 2014 and even after more than a decade, tap-to-pay in the U.S. is still only a portion of overall payments.
Something objectively better than cards took years to change behavior, and is used less than cards today.
Apple Pay did not change the money. Same cards. Same dollars. Most people already had smartphones and cards on file.
And even then, it took years to gain real usage.
Bitcoin is different. You are asking people to
-use a different currency
-change how they pay (QR code)
-rethink what money is
-overcome any negative perceptions
That is a much bigger behavioral leap than tapping a phone.
So even if every merchant accepts Bitcoin, most people still will not use it without a reason to switch.
The most reliable pattern we have seen is
earn Bitcoin → learn → then eventually spend it
Starting with incentives works. Starting with payments alone usually does not.
This is not to say Bitcoin payments are doomed. Far from it.
This is the exact problem we have been focused on at Oshi since 2020. After onboarding 100+ merchants, we have spent years trying to understand what actually drives real usage.
What we have found is that adoption does not start with payments.
It starts by giving people a low-friction way to interact with Bitcoin.
The businesses that work best act as a modern day Bitcoin faucet.
When that happens, customers engage more and are far more likely to eventually spend it.
That is what turns acceptance into actual usage. You can learn more about what we're doing to help Square merchants along here:
https://oshi.tech/integrations/square

2026-01-21 00:34:15 UTC

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Agreed. I'm speaking generally. We are team hard money vs fiat. Gold bugs just like an inferior version of hard money that got us into this mess.

2026-01-20 16:37:56 UTC

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Happy for the gold bugs. We’re on the same team, but some understand going back to the gold standard means the same fractional reserve system playing on repeat forever, and others realize that bitcoin is the only path forward. I’m willing to wait.

2026-01-20 15:43:30 UTC

Gold and silver pump when the world looks backward.
Bitcoin pumps when the world looks forward.
Let them have rocks.
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2025-12-29 02:39:44 UTC

Legislation is public like open source software, but closed to contributors. The result is predictable.
-loopholes and “bugs” everywhere
-plenty of time to map exploits
-almost no way for ordinary people to patch them
This is how you get things like the fraud in Minnesota

2025-12-21 21:42:46 UTC

If you’re not using ChatGPT to troll your family you’re missing out
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2025-12-20 19:00:26 UTC

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This video is what inspired this post and got me thinking on the topic. I have a teenager and a toddler. It would have been nice for someone to explain this to me when I was younger. Certainly no regrets, though.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UknXb1SaS8M

2025-12-20 18:58:34 UTC

Young men will read a 300-page book on how to act busy,
act disinterested,
act detached,
act like they don’t care
instead of just getting busy and becoming someone worth being attracted to.
Most of that old dating advice boils down to this:
-Don’t chase.
-Don’t be needy.
-Have your own life.
-Have something else going on.
All good advice for the most part.
Those traits aren’t attractive because they’re performed.
They’re attractive because they’re what naturally emerge when a man is actually working toward something meaningful.
Purpose creates distance.
Work creates busyness.
Competence creates confidence.
No acting required.
Books like those popularized by Tucker Max showed men how to simulate those signals.
And to be fair, they work to a certain extent.
Of course, Tucker himself has since moved on to a very different message and is living his best life with a beautiful family!
What’s interesting now is the shift.
Two very influential, very different men come to mind.
@AlexHormozi
and
@Cobratate
are leading many young men towards a better path in their own ways.
Building.
Creating.
Discipline.
Legacy.
Proof of work.
So the point was never to ignore women or learn tricks.
It was to build something real. The traits people try to fake naturally emerge from real work.
And yes, I’m unapologetically tying this to Bitcoin.
Fiat fakes the signal.
Bitcoin is proof-of-work.
Choose your standard.

2025-12-20 17:28:14 UTC

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I think this marks the first time I refer to someone as a "young adult" being firmly outside that demographic. Next stop, boomer

2025-12-20 17:27:48 UTC

There are so many young men in the world today focused on signaling value instead of creating it.
The latter is much harder yet infinitely more rewarding.

2025-12-15 20:24:47 UTC

Bitcoin adoption won’t scale through ideology alone.
It scales when incentives align. When businesses use Bitcoin rewards to grow, they indirectly drive real consumer adoption.
Rewards work because they fit existing behavior.
While it would be amazing if more people paid with Bitcoin (and they will eventually), we don't necessarily need them to right this moment.
Bitcoin can simply be a benefit of shopping at a particular business, not a decision.
I wrote a short piece expanding on this idea, focused on earning Bitcoin through everyday spending instead of buying or spending it directly. At @nprofile…qmz8 we've explored and implemented both, but one is a much simpler path to "adoption"
https://oshi.tech/blog/oshi-featured-in-bitcoin-news-a-rewards-first-path-to-bitcoin-adoption

2025-12-15 20:22:13 UTC

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The first Bitcoin faucets gave Bitcoin away so people could tinker and learn, driven largely by altruism
The next generation of faucets will be businesses offering Bitcoin rewards because it sets them apart, builds loyalty, and drives long-term customer value.
#nevent1q…wx4p

2025-12-15 20:20:42 UTC

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No but perhaps we will collaborate in the near future 👀

2025-12-11 19:23:48 UTC

Here’s the stocking stuffer you need for the women in your life. High quality ingredients, no plastics, toxins, or fragrances.
You’re welcome.
Stay humble, stack sats on lip gloss using this link: https://oshi.link/6PU5QS
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2025-12-10 08:10:28 UTC

In 2021, 25% of the replies would have been “buy bitcoin”
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2025-12-08 15:14:01 UTC

For those still trying to understand why Bitcoin ≠ crypto:
Gold ≠ metals
But at least metals are useful enough to have a place on the periodic table of elements for all of eternity.
99.9% of crypto doesn’t have a place at your top shitcoin exchange for more than a year.

2025-12-05 22:08:24 UTC

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Will do!

2025-12-05 22:03:19 UTC

I don't exactly know what works. I'm not even sure if I know what doesn't work.
But I do know that if I keep building I'll eventually find something that works better than I could have ever imagined.

2025-11-22 16:14:39 UTC

It’s 2025 and most people are still inserting their NFC capable card to pay.
Technology moves fast, humans usually don’t.
Stay bullish about bitcoin payments, stay constructive, keep building, promoting, and pushing the envelope. But also taper expectations. Stay humble out there.

2025-11-03 15:09:28 UTC

Just called my dentist and an AI receptionist answered. It was 10x better than talking to a human.
Watch out, receptionists.

2025-10-25 01:06:47 UTC

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Dude I’m right here

2025-10-22 17:05:13 UTC

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https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-park-austin/events/zsmjrtyhcnblb/

2025-10-22 17:04:33 UTC

Sitting down with Carlos of @nprofile…2j8c tonight at @nprofile…tvw7
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2025-10-16 18:22:52 UTC

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New bitcoin community engagement ploy just dropped from Steak & Shake lol

2025-10-16 18:21:32 UTC

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If you don’t live anywhere near this it might make you spend less time outside because what’s the point? 😂

2025-10-16 18:18:45 UTC

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Big

2025-10-16 18:16:55 UTC

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Someone tell them every token has a company.
Every company has an end.
Bitcoin has neither.

2025-10-16 18:06:51 UTC

Every token has a company.
Every company has an end.
Bitcoin has neither.