Will 2026 be the year of #Bitcoin adoption by the masses? With Square making it easy for local businesses to accept Bitcoin payments with zero processing fees, I hope a lot of businesses will take advantage of this opportunity. If you're a business in #Minnesota and would like some help getting up and running with accepting Bitcoin payments at your establishment please reach out as I'm happy to help you! https://squareup.com/us/en/bitcoin
1st walk of 2026 ✅ image
Here's a pragmatic overview of the current real estate market by Ryan McMaken from The Mises Institute. While location, price point, and the home itself present different variables to the market, a "feet on the street" summary is buyers are pushing back on pricing. Locally, we've seen a return to a more traditional market, where buyers and sellers negotiate, contingencies are permissible, and buyers have more than a few hours to decide if they wish to purchase the home. While not a buyer's market, it's a much better time to be a buyer. https://mises.org/power-market/home-prices-and-sales-fall-can-sellers-count-lower-interest-rates
In the doldrums of winter, this bit of color is a reminder of the intentionality of nature. No matter the season, there is always beauty to be found in nature and in our life, we just have to look for it. image
Alex Stanczyk with @Bitcoin Veterans posted a great visual on the growing adoption of #Bitcoin by merchants. #Bitcoin is real money!
Don't you love it when you get an error message on your home network that says to "contact your system administrator", and you are the system administrator. 🙃
Our society has more access to information, and more ways to share information than at anytime in history. Yet, I often wonder, as a society in general, WHY WE DON'T. WHY WE DON'T eat healthier. WHY WE DON'T use sound money. WHY WE DON'T unite and push back against the evil and corruption embedded in the system. Maybe it's because we are too busy running on the #fiat hamster wheel just trying to survive? Maybe it's because we've been propagandized to fight against each other instead of the true perpetrators of evil. Or, maybe we just don't care. As I was listening to the Coin Stories podcast with @nat brunell and @Efrat Fenigson, Natlie asked a similar question as it pertains to #bitcoin: with so many #bitcoin books and resources available, why is #bitcoin adoption not further along? Efrat answered Natlie’s question by boldly speaking the truth about WHY WE DON'T implement the change we desire. Hear Efrat's full explanation in this short clip. While implementing change requires hard work and sacrifice, the question we should ask ourselves is: what will our life look like in 30 days, 6 months, or 1 year from now if we continue on the same path? As the saying that’s often attributed to Henry Ford goes: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” As we approach the end of 2025 some of us will set goals to travel on a new path in 2026. During this holiday season, I encourage everyone to take some time and visualize what they would like their next 30 days, 6 months, and 1 year to look like. Let’s make 2026 the year we work hard and make the necessary sacrifices to bring about the change we desire in our life!
Just listened to a very empowering conversation between @nat brunell and @Efrat Fenigson on a recent episode of Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell. These two women are great advocates for liberty. If you have not listed to their work, I highly recommend checking out their past and future episodes as well. You can follow Natalie Brunell's work here: https://www.youtube.com/@nataliebrunell You can follow Efrat Fenigson's work here: https://www.youtube.com/@EfratFenigson Thank you @nat brunell and @Efrat Fenigson for carrying the torch for liberty, and bringing light into the darkness.
The bitter cold did not prevent us from getting some outdoor time in today, but I'm glad to be back indoors. image