Artisan Regenerative Traditions

Chickens are remarkably good tillers

Scrap wood and lawnmower wheel chicken tractor. Now the chickens can clean up the garden in the offseason.

Is your goal maximum growth or minimum irreversible loss?

Unpopular opinion: Bitcoin is better off as a store of value and not a medium of exchange (MOE)

Now that NGU again the time comes once more for a good discussion.

On the flip side it is likely that Bitcoin does fail if it doesn’t reach MOE level.

AMA.

Wealth is the residual of a life’s work not a constantly optimized portfolio.

Cleanse the timeline

Old growth oak planing

“The western public will not hold an asset that is going nowhere, at least in currency terms” -Another

Ask yourself this question of your surplus income: Of the portion you intend to keep for years, how much do you deliberately remove from the paper/credit system?

Money is our shard, primeval ability to associate relative values of barterable goods and services.

Capital is not just things. It is human understanding made durable enough to shape the future.

The intelligence of an organization is different entirely from the intelligence of its members.

Governments most basic mandate is to provide the infrastructure and secure environment that enables people to produce capital.

Wealths proper measure is whether it supports a coherent life, reduces unnecessary coercion, and leaves rooms for generative activity and orientation toward the absolute.

A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one

For those unfamiliar with how institutional investing works.

Institutions underwrite bitcoins actual network operation, scarcity, and settlement.

On the flip side, retail underwrites narrative and participating in the movement that is bitcoin.

These are two different lenses. Does not make one right or wrong but you have to be able to understand and hold both perspectives. Social media whether it’s nostr or X is built around engagement not fundamentals. Just the reality.

I would venture to guess that the amount of bitcoin holders who actually post regularly is maybe 1-2%. And that’s probably generous. But the way social media works makes this small percentage feel like the total sentiment of the users. This is an illusion of urgency and threat. Yes these discussions matter but they are very niche to the greater ecosystem.

High friction is a necessary

Virtue, strength, judgement, and anti fragility do not develop in the absence of resistance.

Repair a tool Grow food Raise children Practice a difficult craft

All of these things are high friction and will embed you in the living world rather than an optimized simulation of it.

A practical path: own some hard assets, some productive capacity, strong skills, and a lifestyle that does not require enormous stored surplus to sustain.

I find the retiring in bitcoin arguments and the hate on OGs for selling tiresome. There are many use cases for bitcoin that are excellent. If you need to move value across borders it is unmatched. VERY few people in actuality need to move enormous amounts of value this way. If you have 100 BTC that’s probably excessive to say the least for what bitcoin actually needs to provide for you in your life. This is just reality. The network can still exist without everyone hoarding every free cent in it. This is a fact.

Don’t fall for all of the narratives and infighting. Just do the work and know what you own and then if the properties still exist then go enjoy your life.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in it because fix the money fix the world. But we all know this isn’t a straight line and some trade offs will occur. Welcome to life.

Narrative combatants on all sides often treat daily drama as the main event.

The longer-term question is whether the underlying design properties of bitcoin survive contact with reality and continue to attract voluntary use.

Malnutrition sets the stage for spiritual warfare

Sounds esoteric but the more coupled you are to the power source of the universe, the less external energy you need.

Simple example: align light exposure to circadian rhythm and you need to eat less food. Same gram of carbohydrate yields more atp and less waste heat.

Don’t trust me. Go verify for yourself.

Direct the majority of your attention and energy toward health, meaningful work, relationships, and direct engagement with reality.

The goal is not maximum sovereignty at all costs. The goal is maximum anti fragility for your actual life.

One must satisfy the desire for self assertion and self expression.

When two paths achieve roughly the same goal, people reliably choose the less demanding one.

To the point on self custody, how can you cash out today without KYC vs after the bill has passed? I don’t know of anyway you could buy a house now with BTC and not KYC yourself in some form or another unless you are a lawyer and can write and air tight transfer with the seller. I agree that there are traps in the legislation but I don’t want people to forget that simple self custody and P2P will be how they always have been.

“If a nation expects to be both ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be” -Thomas Jefferson

Low needs, high agency, generative capacity, and the ability to endure disruption.

Lesson for life.

Ai effectively burning books should get much more press than it does. Look up Project Panama.

More and more often if you read older books and then fact check them through google ai the answers are disingenuous and factually incorrect.

Don’t get rid of your old books.

There is no greater achievement in life than having and raising children.

Everything else pales in comparison.

Deep down you crave physical work and boredom. Both of these things put you back into direct relationship with reality instead of living through distractions.

Always remember that human capital and relationships matter more than financial assets.

Just an update on our fire cider. Unfortunately the shipping is so expensive that for us to even break even I have to sell it for more than what makes sense to me. The goal wasn’t to make money from it but provide a great product to the bitcoin community.

Will happily make more if requested.

Thanks for all the support!

Once it is understood the bitcoin is money that refuses to lie. You understand that it is rare and beautiful. Don’t fall for the noise and endless content built around it. Just understand that truth is irreducible.

Bitcoin is a very good tool. In fact it’s the best yet invented for sovereign, honest money.

It’s not the destination.

Futurebit Apollo II Full Node/Miner for sale. Make an offer if interested.

Just returned from El Salvador. It is a beautiful country and very family friendly. It’s clear there is a lot of development going on and things are changing quickly but the costal towns still carry the traditional vernacular and the people are very nice and welcoming.

We will definitely be going back and check out more regions and recommendations from the locals.

If you have any questions about the trip and traveling there feel free to ask!

Finally, I would highly recommend contacting

when you are planning your trip. He is incredibly helpful and provides full service transportation. He and his uncle were nice enough to stop at a local pupusa place and a grocery store on our way to our rental and then pick us up early in the morning for our flight home. Him and his uncle are wonderful people!

It was a great trip and our kids really enjoyed the country and make some great memories. Thank you ES!

Thank you

for the airport transportation on our trip to El Salvador! Highly recommend if anyone is taking a trip down in the future.

Any bitcoiners in El Salvador with travel tips? #asknostr

Let consciousness change a bit of matter by means on one’s body.

I.e. do some work, it’s good for you

Small practical withdrawals from the system is what we should be targeting. Find a couple neighbors you can count on to support self sustaining principles/methods and you can stop bitching about the current system.

Use bitcoin as the medium of exchange if you can’t trade directly. It’s not complicated. This doesn’t have anything to do with privacy or quantum. It’s just simple trade to make your life better and more self sufficient.

Proof of Work

4 more bottles of fire cider in stock!

Imagine if we had Ai pre Copernicus

Everyone would just be told that the sun revolves around the earth and no one would question it.

Now extrapolate that to modern life. Don’t assume anything it is giving you is correct.

It can only pattern match existing knowledge, it can’t generate paradigm-shifting discoveries from first principles.

Keep thinking and verifying

Schopenhauer on Ai

What are the top 3 books that really changed your worldview and understanding?

#asknostr

GM

Creating digital income streams is a great way to diversify and hedge against job loss. But don’t neglect building your local community in the process.

You can have all the income you’ll ever need but if you don’t have others you can rely on and interact face to face then what did you achieve?

Keep it simple. Take a meal to a neighbor.