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They are trying to shake you out They make quantum computing sound vague and confusing with no clear path to a solution They are trying to shake you out They are blowing the spam discussion so wildly out of proportion, going on and on about CP on the blockchain They are trying to shake you out They are pointing your focus in a million different directions They are trying to shake you out They are constructing narratives that make you question what you know to be true They are trying to shake you out They are offering you ETFs, leveraged stocks, and treasury companies for a “safer” way to get Bitcoin exposure They are trying to shake you out They are trying , and succeeding Don’t let them win

Trump’s speech was horrible And whoever was running the mixing board behind his mic wasn’t doing him any favors by letting him clip it out while he screamed into it

The weird thing about this cycle is noticing the phenomena happening to me that I was reading about a year ago. OG hodlers always talk about how hard it is to hodl. How it’s one of the hardest things they’ve ever done, how much pain it involves, how psychologically tormenting it all is. The crazy part is how right they are. I’ve studied bitcoin more this year than I can remember studying anything else in the past decade. At the same time, we are down on the year in terms of growth. I can explain in rough terms why that might be the case now. I can theorize why I think it’s not forever, and why I think bitcoin will continue to grow in the medium to long term. And yet, Hodling is still fucking difficult. Not physically (thanks to hardware), but spiritually . Never being able to silence that voice in your soul that says “but what if you’re wrong? What if everyone is wrong? What if you didn’t consider something? What if some random variable you discounted was actually a bigger threat than you realized?” These thoughts amplify themselves when Bitcoin move sideways for the better part of a year. People start yelling about quantum computing, AI, government regulation, distrust-worthy companies and hardware wallets, China banning Bitcoin for the millionth time. The narrative sentiment flows back and forth like jazz on water, unpredictable and fluid , yet riding the waves and pullbacks of price and liquidity. I run through the thought experiment where I look at my stack and ask myself “what if this were to vanish today?”. Sometimes every week, but lately , almost daily. It would likely turn my 5 year plan into a 10 year plan. It would mean starting over. Reassessing everything I think I know. Rebuild my financial independence from the ground up. It would be like the past year of saving money to stack sats was just erased from history. Going back to buying Vanguard index funds. Am I ok with this outcome? No. Do I anticipate it to happen? No. Have I been wrong before? Yes. Do I need to accept its possibility and be prepared in the event it happens? Yes . This is the risk we all sign up for without knowing it. However, when I go read my old Nostr posts, it helps to remind myself of where my head was at the time. So in a way, this is more of a diary entry to my future self. Reminding me to trust the conviction, and remember the plan. Jack Mallers said this in a recent podcast and it stuck with me. Future you is depending on present day you to execute on what you said yesterday that you would do today.

This is quickly becoming one of the most impactful books I’ve ever read. I’m only 20% through it and it’s already having a big effect on how I view my own career and responsibilities . I think both bitcoiners and business minded wagies like myself can learn a lot from the insights here. No excuses, total ownership. Anyone else on Nostr already read this masterpiece?

The best part about doing barbell squats with 90% of your body weight for reps is the insanely intense soreness and pain in your legs whenever you stand up and or walk anywhere for the next three days