If you remove CPI, right now it's just us trying to bust through the first ATH of the cycle with confidence. Last cycle was left-translated in this CPI-removed chart, leaving this current cycle to run long if needed. Without removing the CPI, last cycle looked right-translated, and would make current right-translation look out of place. See how the high of last cycle was actually the left of the two tops of last cycle, while with the monsterous inflation of 2020 actually had that second peak hitting a new high dollar amount with CPI included in the USD price. Now we're just stair stepping our way to a healthy blow off top. I wonder if we'll get it. Just lines and math over here, but I love this zoomed out view.

Tequila sunrise on upper Wacker. A scruffy chap comes walking along as I sat above the river on the stone bridge-way of upper Wacker, enjoying the awakening city. “Got a dollar?” “No.” He sat down at street level 20 yards past me, clanking his metal cup to a skittered rest beside him on the stone step. After a few moments- “Hey, at least you’ve got coffee. I’ve got tequila”, he called out across the morning air. A few more moments pass. Then- “Hey at least you get to go home. I’ve been here a year.” A thoughtful pause. “It’s like watching Scooby Doo but they don’t get to leave the island.” A moment more of thinking. “We’re all stuck on the island.” A couple minutes pass. Then he gathers his things and shuffles away. We’re on the island, indeed. Fare well, my drunk friend. Fare well this morning.

Chicago weekend. Love this town.

First look at the BitBox02 Nova is a pleasure. Looking forward to taking it through its setup paces on the new iOS application. A great showing by @BitBox so far. Highly recommend the #bitbox02 family of #hardwarewallets. Here’s a referral if you want to get one yourself:

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Healthy mining pools improve the network. Excited to make more spikes like these on Ocean.xyz:

We were watching Below Deck and chef made some Lobstr Grill Cheese sandwiches for some demanding bitches. Shitty people suck. But we decided that it sounded fantastic. So we treated ourselves.

The book is cheap in AUG: Gift BTC deMystification to others... Chapter 1 is just a quick intro to how Bitcoin is a ledger, it being delivered by Satoshi, and what problem Bitcoin was created to solve. Links out of the paper chapter go to deeper knowledge about the digital ledger, the 2009 introduction, and the gist of a blockchain. ($10 Sale active at the lulu.com link. See my profile.) View Article →