As a HS teacher we spend a lot of time talking about the future. I also take time to highlight the importance of the present. I teach that the best futures develop out of living moment by moment, looking for reasons to be grateful, creating new things while being graceful in action and movement. Each moment is used as a means to a good life in the present and not a goal to be achieved some other day in the future. Enjoying this moment in the mountains on a crisp morning after yesterday's snow storm. GM my Nostr friends.🤙

How did I survive? I first traded for what I thought was Bitcoin with a Robinhood account in May of 2018. Lost 50% in the first months but kept stacking for some odd reason. Starting learning more but still moved things to Blockfi for the return. I even recommended Blockfi to a few friends. Got out of Robinhood after they allowed Bitcoin redemption and Blockfi before it was too late. (Got friends out too) Could have been a disaster.

I had a friend buy 3 Bitcoin at ~$18,000. Did good. Found out he sold all 3 at ~$24,000. He must have thought of Bitcoin as an investment. Hard to believe.

This will be my first halving. I was around and owned Bitcoin for the last halving, but had not learned how it all works by that time. You are always learning something new with Bitcoin.

You can't ban the inevitable.

Dream Bitcoin GN Nostr 🤙✊

I never had a fully synced node for a halvings event.

If the US Dollar is stronger than a government's local currency... Why wouldn't the local government adopt the US Dollar? A: The local government can't print the US Dollar. Every local government wants to print money and it can in its local currency only. The central bank is in the same boat with Bitcoin adoption. It can't print more bitcoins, so it will always fight to keep the money it can print.

When owning and running a casino you love to hear a gambler talk about their "system". It's a sweet sound to my ears. Fiat bros sound the same to central bankers.

Nodes running.