I hear the parties are going to be dope though, and goth inspired.

Breakfast of champions. Good nyams. Much love breds.

I see a lot of people posting about the “current Bitcoin bull run” and that the “bull run of this cycle is over”. IMHO, we haven’t even seen a bull run recently. The past 1.5 years has simply been a slow upward correction to make up for the impact of exchange and company explosions in 2021/2022 (FTX, Celcius et al). This has been a healing period for Bitcoin, like physiotherapy before getting back on the playing field. At USD ~$100K to $130K the injury is healed, but the body isn’t quite game ready. The so-called bull run begins once the exchange rate of BTC climbs above ~$130,000 USD. We’re getting there. The bull is sharpening its horns. Patience. I believe that past cycle models and prognostications will ultimately prove ephemeral.

Happy belated Gordon Gartrell Day to all who celebrate.

Excited to share a powerful new publication from my friend and colleague Dr. Emma Apatu , founder of and professor of public health at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In “The Invisible Health Tax: How Our Money Impacts Health and Why Sound Money Could Transform Well-Being – An Exploratory Examination”, available at https://www.medschlr.org/publication/d/the-invisible-health-tax-how-our-money-impacts-health-and-why-sound-money-could-transform-well-being-an-exploratory-examination, Emma argues that we need to go further upstream and fix the money and our social platforms in order to improve individual, family and community health. Emma strongly positions #Bitcoin and #Nostr as keys to our brighter, healthier future. Please read and share her article, and show your appreciation with some zaps to via her post on Nostr below as this is a value-for-value undertaking. Make sure to follow her and as well. 🙏🧡 cc

New Terminator series, incoming! Operation kill Teddy Ruxpin.

My latest article, published via . Bitcoin over Gold: An Ethical, Ideological, and Strategic Case Except: “In an era of growing authoritarianism and geopolitical instability, gold has become the favored reserve of regimes that seek control, opacity, and self-protection from accountability. Bitcoin, by contrast, embodies an open-source, decentralized, and censorship-resistant system that aligns with property rights, civil liberties, human rights, and free markets.” https://progressivebitcoiner.org/bitcoin-over-gold-an-ethical-ideological-and-strategic-case/

Take Me To The Pharmacy

I don’t own any real or paper gold. I’m more convinced than ever that I don’t want any. I’ll leave that for people who are ready to resign themselves to the so called “debasement trade” or, as I prefer to call it, the despair and cynicism trade. Instead, I choose #Bitcoin #BTC. Bitcoin is the hope, optimism, and structural change trade. Others have called it the “purification trade”. Sure, I can get with that. The move to gold is a cynical retreat from our world’s most pressing challenges. It is a giant middle finger to billions of people around the world for whom gold is an untenable asset due to security and access barriers, and its lack of portability in the face of major geopolitical uncertainty. This gold “debasement trade” is also a giant middle finger to younger generations left to reconcile the debts and downstream impacts of their predecessors. Gold will not and cannot provide these younger people the tools for renewal and rebuilding that are so urgently needed. On the other hand, Bitcoin offers the opportunity not only to escape the impact of fiat currency debasement, but to also restructure social engagements, reformulate the incentives that drive political discourse, and build across borders and other arbitrary barriers. Bitcoin offers Gen Z and Gen Alpha not only affirmation that yes, our current economic and financial systems are fucked, but also a roadmap and tool for rebuilding. What an ounce of gold will scarcely or never do for youth in a deprived community setting, Bitcoin can and will do.

Good evening Nostriches!