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Truth fears no questions. CBO of JAN3. Founder of Bitcoin Network San Miguel de Allende. Marine veteran. Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. Carnivore. Bitcoin Class of 2017.

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2023-09-12 23:56:29

Some things I've learned after hodling #bitcoin since early 2017:
1. Never believe anyone's price predictions.
2. Don't "diversify" into other cryptos; none of them are actually decentralized, everything except bitcoin is a shitcoin (yes, really), and it's all gambling. The point of bitcoin is not gambling, but to end modern day slavery (fiat currency).
3. When everyone you know is talking about bitcoin, you're at the top of a bull market. You'll likely be too exuberant to realize it though. It will be obvious in hindsight.
4. Don't "trade some altcoins on the side to get more bitcoin". You are not that smart, and the overwhelming probability is that you will get wrecked.
5. DCA into bitcoin. Ignore your emotions. Don't try to time the market. Just stack what you can every paycheck.
6. Don't be too excited about bitcoin; people will feel like you're scamming them even though you're just trying help.
7. Go to meetups & conferences. Don't be isolated. Bitcoiners are generally very awesome people.
8. When people ask you about how to buy bitcoin, send them to a BITCOIN-ONLY company. Example for why: My cousin bought bitcoin (on Coinbase) during the bull market, then sold it for shiba on the same platform and now she pretty much lost everything. Bitcoin-only companies are the safest option to keep newbies from doing newbie things.
9. Be on #bitcoin twitter and nostr. Obviously if you're reading this, you're already here...but I didn't get on twitter until 2020 and can tell you that it's a lot less lonely hodling bitcoin when you see a bunch of other people on this platform experiencing the same things you are.
10. Be skeptical of influencers. Even me (I'm not a huge account, but still). Some are good, some are bad. Even if they have good intentions, their judgement can be clouded by bad incentives.
11. Stop trying to convince everyone you know that bitcoin will make everything better (even though it will). Instead, be a good resource for the people who eventually reach out to you about it. Be known as "the bitcoin guy" and let people come to you when they're ready. Have good content prepared for them to read/watch when they do.
That is all. It's been a great ride so far and I'm happy to know you guys.

2023-09-05 23:30:25

A rant on the military and #bitcoin:
If the military actually had righteous efforts, I'm pretty sure I'd still be in the Marines and would serve a full 20-year term.
Jumping out of planes, shooting guns, suffering/training with your bros and perfecting the art of being a warrior is unlike nothing else. I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss these things from time to time.
It is a shame that this profession can't be pursued for honorable goals at this point.
The enticement that any male with functioning testosterone levels has for these activities is virtuous. Men innately want to protect others and do cool stuff.
Unfortunately, these virtuous desires are perverted by the military industrial complex to get them fighting and dying for bull shit wars and globohomo.
Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler has two great quotes on this:
“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers."
“I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.”
Smedley Butler was one of the most decorated Marines in history. They teach you about him in bootcamp but conveniently leave out the part where he got out of the military and became an anti-war advocate.
Reasons like this are why I've dedicated so much of my life to spreading #bitcoin adoption over the last few years. I see it as an honorable cause and a bloodless revolution which will ultimately free humanity from central banking.
#Bitcoin adoption puts an end to pointless wars, and it frees the common man from modern day slavery (fiat currency).
Bitcoin adoption has been my new “mission" in life.
Under a #bitcoin standard, war would be very, very expensive and the state would have to directly tax its citizens in order to fund the war...instead of putting future generations in crippling debt in order to receive war spending immediately.
Under the fiat system we're currently in, the state can use its monopoly on the money supply to fund any war it desires, without the consent of its citizens. It is inevitable that special interests and internationalists would gain control over this monopoly and use it to have other naive young men fight and die for their own demented purposes.
This must be stopped, and the only viable way I believe it can be stopped is through society at large opting out of fiat currency and into #bitcoin.
If nobody values their money, they can't use it to pay for pointless wars. They *can* print as much as they want, but under a #bitcoin standard they *can't* use what they've printed to pay for their own sick and twisted goals.
Under a #bitcoin standard, the state printing money to pay for a war would be the equivalent of me printing "Andrew Bucks" with my home printer and trying to get everyone to accept it. It simply wouldn't be possible.
THEIR MONEY ONLY HAS VALUE BECAUSE OF OUR CONSENT.
A peaceful revolution is a lot better than a violent one.
#Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution. https://image.nostr.build/786d8fe2aa0e023e8f6e275b1746a1afb4050d1db07e0970a8e2f9c42ab0a7bc.jpg

2023-08-31 22:59:30

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I understand where you’re coming from, but the “link” between smoking and lung cancer is not clear at all and the “science” which claims this correlation is bought and paid for.
This book is worth a read - written by a doctor and debunks all of the so called science:
https://x.com/andrew_j_howard/status/1668121800310665217?s=46&t=5Vi2dEZ0ov1NaAKGdg84FA

2023-08-31 20:03:09

The World Health Organization, Johnson & Johnson, Amazon and Google all partnered to launch an anti-tobacco program.
I don't know about you, but I'm so happy they're teaming up against evil tobacco because they love us so much and always have our best interest in mind. Really though, please ask yourself the following question:
Do these organizations truly care about your health?
(Anyone with a functioning brain cell will answer "no")
Therefore, please ask yourself this next question:
If these organizations do NOT actually have your best interest in mind, why do they have such a fervent motivation to antagonize tobacco?
And a final question:
Is it possible that your negative viewpoint on tobacco is a result of the influence from decades of bans, deceptive marketing and The Science™️?
#MakeTobaccoGreatAgain https://cdn.nostr.build/i/e9be44450f27545b42bd836834d9ac2f2ecb141d648ba8b69d299ed2eace4215.jpg

2023-08-29 21:53:41

For a while now, I've been saying there are major parallels between #bitcoin and #jiujitsu. Unfortunately, shitcoin companies are catching on to this too...
Left: Most popular jiu-jitsu show, "Who's Number One"...sponsored by Tezos.
Right: World's most dominant jiu-jitsu athlete, Gordon Ryan...sponsored to wear a BitcoinCash shirt.
#Bitcoin companies need to hop on this. We must do better. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/2e579b354d8a98afd2974fb6b086cc097aaca201a138625258204c357d710c13.png https://cdn.nostr.build/i/c6d8deb4fb6ca7fe70863af8c0fd1b684957468882749c165698183ac347b295.png

2023-08-14 19:44:48

A retirement plan so good that the government forces you to participate in it. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/e613def06ff4ae0736154cd61f47ba952ae8b350d749691257536e5a5732f137.png

2023-07-26 22:24:21

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2023-03-20 22:51:42

It'd be so easy to rob a bitcoiner on the street.
Literally all you'd have to do is pull a gun/knife out, have bitcoiner open phone, find wallet, then send bitcoin.
Solution:
A mobile #bitcoin wallet that looks like a normal calculator app.
How does this not exist yet?

2023-03-13 23:41:36

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Heh?