💭 2% is not a lie. It is an average. Many people think that 2% inflation is a lie. And, in their own way, they are right. Because that 2% is an average, not our real life. Institutions calculate the average increase in prices for thousands of goods and services: bread, energy, rents, technology, transport, leisure. But each of us has our own personal basket. Those who live in rented accommodation, those who have children, those who work far away, those who pay for a car or bills: everyone experiences different levels of inflation. And the goods that really matter — food, housing, energy — are not increasing by 2%, but by 20, 30, 50%. The problem is not the index. The problem is that wages are not growing as fast as prices. Between 2000 and 2023, real wages in Italy increased by only 0.4%. Zero point four. In Germany, they increased by 34%. In the United States, by 49%. And we wonder why we are poorer. Keynes said that a little inflation helps the economy: it encourages investment, moves money around and creates jobs. But it only works if the fruits of growth also reach workers. When productivity rises and wages remain static, inflation does not stimulate: it devours. It is not the ECB that is stealing our purchasing power. It is a system that no longer distributes the value it creates. 2% is not a lie. It is a blurred photograph. To see clearly, we must ask ourselves where inflation hits, who pays for it and who gains from it. Only then will we understand why life costs more, and why the truth is not in the numbers, but in the daily experience of those who live them. Because fear is cured by free knowledge. Always. #freedom #free #knowledge #inflation #bitcoin #average #lie #truth #real

☯️ Man, fear and truth. Man fears what he does not know. When fear stems from ignorance, it becomes a tool of power: those who do not understand are easy to frighten. But there is also a 'good' kind of fear: the kind that drives us to understand, to study, to seek the truth. Knowledge does not eliminate fear, it transforms it. It takes us from terror to awareness of the complexity and rules of the world we live in. Inflation, currency, central banks are not invisible monsters: they are human constructs, imperfect tools, but necessary for organising economic coexistence. We cannot eliminate them, but we can understand them, and therefore demand that they work better. True freedom does not lie in having more money, but in knowing what it is. Those who know how money works do not allow themselves to be bought by fear. Those who know how to read a family budget are no longer a number in the statistics. Those who know, choose. That is why awareness is a political, moral and human act. Because it frees us from blind suspicion and restores the dignity of thought. Truth is never absolute, but it is always verifiable. And the first truth to accept is this: fear is cured by free knowledge. Always. Bitcoin or euro, gold or shells: the problem is not the medium of exchange, it is the person who uses it without understanding it. Understanding does not mean accepting, it means seeing further. 🔜 [continue...] 📶 Stay tuned #man #fear #truth #inflation #bitcoin #euro #gold #knowledge

📈 Understanding inflation so you don't have to fear it. Fear arises when we don't understand. In economics, ignorance is not a crime; it's a common human condition. No one has really explained inflation to us, nor have they taught us how to defend ourselves against those who use economics to confuse us. Inflation simply means that, on average, prices are rising. It is neither an "order from above" nor a conspiracy by central banks. Rather, it is a reflection of the prices of goods and services, such as bread, bills, rent, gasoline, clothing, and technology. When these prices rise overall, we say there is inflation. However, no one "decides" this. Rather, it is the result of global factors such as wars, energy, raw materials, and logistics. Central banks do not decide how much bread or gasoline should cost. Their task is to keep the value of money stable over time, which is why they aim for inflation "around 2%." They don't try to "create" inflation; they try to avoid extremes, such as uncontrolled inflation or deflation (falling prices that cool the economy). For example, if your doctor tells you that the ideal body temperature is 37°C, it does not mean that they want you to have a fever. They are simply explaining that 37°C is equilibrium. The same applies to the central bank. It does not "want" inflation; it wants to prevent the economy from becoming ill. So, who prints money? No one, as you might imagine. Today, money is not physical currency; it is credit. When a bank grants you a loan, the money is created at that moment. When you pay it back, the money disappears. The central bank does not decide how much money is in circulation; rather, it decides how much that money costs by adjusting interest rates. When rates rise, the cost of borrowing money increases, which slows down the economy. If rates fall, credit expands and more money is created. It's a delicate balance, not a magic button. Italy ranks last in Europe for financial education. It is not our fault, but rather the fault of an education system that has forgotten to teach us how the things that govern us every day work. 🔜 [Continued...] 📶 Stay tuned. #inflation #truth #bitcoin #central #bank #money #fear #human

📆 October 31, 2008 – October 31, 2025 🎂 Seventeen years since the Bitcoin White Paper: "A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" ‐ Satoshi Nakamoto On October 31, 2008, as the world was facing its deepest financial crisis since the Great Depression, a nine-page document was published on a small cryptography mailing list: the Bitcoin White Paper. These nine pages, like a seed sown in silence, would sprout one of the most profound revolutions of our time. It was not a political appeal. It was not an ideological statement. Rather, it was the technical description of a philosophical idea: to give human beings back the ability to trust without having to believe. Satoshi Nakamoto, a faceless name, chose anonymity as a symbolic gesture; the author eclipsed himself to let the work speak for itself. Bitcoin was not created as a tool of rebellion but rather as an answer to an age-old question: How can people cooperate, exchange value, and develop economic relationships without delegating trust to institutions, intermediaries, or central authorities? This did not imply a lack of trust in others, but rather a trust in humanity. It implied trust in their discernment, responsibility, and freedom to choose. Bitcoin is not just a technological project; it is a social asset. It was created to remind us that freedom is not a privilege granted by others, but rather a natural condition that must be defended by being distributed. Every node, every user, and every individual who participates in its functioning is a living part of this balance. Satoshi did not want to create a currency. He wanted to return currency to society, freeing it from manipulation, corruption, and arbitrariness. He wanted to create a system where rules replaced power, transparency replaced blind faith, and individual responsibility became the basis of civilized living again. The white paper does not discuss price, investment, or returns. Instead, it discusses peer-to-peer trust, transparency as a means of fostering honesty, and autonomy through knowledge. It is a manifesto for a society in which cooperation arises from the bottom up rather than being imposed from the top down. Bitcoin is a collective memory that never forgets. Each block is a testament to human history, proof that truth can be shared and verified but not owned. Its distributed functioning reflects an ethical vision—the idea that truth, like freedom, cannot have an owner. Seventeen years later, Bitcoin is no longer an experiment. It is a living, imperfect, and controversial reality that is unequivocally human. It is the legacy of a thought that does not seek approval but understanding. It does not seek consensus, but rather awareness. Celebrating Bitcoin today does not mean idolizing its price or technology. It means remembering why it exists. Because one day, someone hidden behind a pseudonym believed it was possible to create a value system based not on blind trust but on shared truth. First and foremost, Bitcoin is a social and moral message: Humans are capable of cooperating, being honest, and creating order and value without command or debt. Bitcoin reminds us that freedom is not a cry; it is a distributed structure of responsibility. Today, 17 years after October 31, 2008, we celebrate not the technology but the idea. Not the software, but the hope. Not the currency, but humanity. Bitcoin was not created to change money. It was created to change our understanding of freedom. #freedom #human #whitepaper #10312008 #bitcoin #satoshi #nakamoto #technology #awarness #trust