Drawing a line in the sand.
Listened to
@Bitcoin Mechanic on
@What Bitcoin Did @Peter McCormack and agree with them. I particularly align with Pete’s thoughts: “I just want Bitcoin to be the best money”.
A book I read a while ago supports a simple, disciplined approach to Bitcoin as money. It’s Essentialism by Greg McKeown. Here’s the brief summary from Blinkist if you haven’t read it:
Essentialism by Greg McKeown is a book about simplifying your life and focusing on what truly matters. It encourages readers to prioritize their time and energy by filtering out the nonessential and saying "no" to distractions.
Looking at the history of digital electronic cash and payments and the sources cited by Satoshi in the Bitcoin white paper, the clear purpose of Bitcoin is money, i.e. a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. Bitcoin is the best money. That’s what will change the world and is what truly matters. Everything else is secondary to that. If anything takes away time or energy (e.g. blockspace) from that should be looked at as adversarial to the purpose of Bitcoin otherwise known as “spam on the blockchain.”
@Luke Dashjr appreciate the energy and money spent to produce Ocean Pool and to filter the spam.
All I can think about when I hear
@ODELL and
@Marty Bent mention “the middle out” on
@RABBIT HOLE RECAP …
GM Nostr. GM
@ODELL
Be grateful. Be Humble.
Be the Change you wish to see II the world. Build the future you wish to see.
Do Good. Be Good.
Buy Bitcoin 😎
https://fountain.fm/clip/aYF9WdDQJoxVzg0oQDUE
@preston Killing It on his latest episode with Caitlin Long (gotta get her on NOSTR) and Wes Knobel
GM Bitcoin.
Daily Gratitude: Modern Dentistry. I’d hate to experience what taking care of teeth was like in the 18th century. Thankful that practice has modernized and we have the common tools (like toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, etc.) widely and cheaply available to help us maintain daily dental hygiene.
Lord, grant me Patience to endure cold winters and grateful for the seasons.
Do good. Be good.
Buy Bitcoin 😎
GM Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: the game of golf. It humbles even its best players and there is (normally) no team to rescue your poor performance. How you react to its humbling power says a lot about you. Go golfing with someone and you’ll get a glimpse into how they handle adversity.
Lord, give me the strength to overcome adversity and the humility to accept my limitations.
Do good. Be good.
Buy Bitcoin 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: the Bitcoin protocol. It has separated money and state. That, in my opinion, is its greatest accomplishment. Thank you Satoshi.
Lord, thank you for the amazing gifts you have given me in this life. May I never be without thanks for all of your creation.
Do good. Be good.
Buy Bitcoin 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: Kids. If you have them, you understand how great it is. If you don’t, you won’t get it until you have some of your own. It’s truly a feeling generated only by the experience. There is nothing else so gratifying as having your own kids - tough as hell but gratifying. Nothing else comes close.
Lord, grant me Kindness towards others and reserve my harshness for my own sins.
Do Good. Be Good.
Buy Bitcoin 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: Slow Cookers. Chop up meat and vegetables, throw in spices and sauce. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Delicious meals await you later. I love these things.
Lord, give me the courage to stand for the truth in the face of a wily serpent that twists words to confuse and seduce others into death and falsehood.
Do Good. Be Good.
Buy Bitcoin 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: Fireworks. God bless the ancient Chinese people for figuring out the chemical mixtures to set on fire to make things light up and pop. It has fascinated people for millennia and will continue for many more.
Lord, give me Hope for the days ahead that I will be a better man than I was in the days behind me.
Do Good. Be Good.
Buy Bitcoin 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: Wine. It’s delicious, relaxing, available nearly everywhere for not much money. Thankful for whomever first thought fermenting grapes was a good idea. That person changed the world for the better.
Lord, give me faith in You to ward off the doubts the world tries to create in me.
Do Good. Be good.
Buy Bitcoin 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: the Barbell. It is punishing to the ego and body but it builds you stronger every day you touch it. There is no better tool for strength than it. Every home should have one. It makes you better.
Lord, give me Patience to endure the trials of life as I know You have put them in front of me for a reason.
Do Good. Be Good.
Buy Bitcoin. 😎
GM Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: Christmas holidays. So nice to spend time with loved ones and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. He changed the world (and saved it) with His life.
Lord, give me the peace to enjoy this life with my loved ones.
Do Good. Be Good.
Buy Bitcoin. 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: Public Libraries. The collective wisdom of the world are in books found at a local library. The internet connects you to others and to the world of information. Take another step to wisdom with a step into a library.
Lord, make me humble before the sacrifice of sending your only son to be born among us only to be later crucified for our sins.
Do Good. Be Good.
Buy Bitcoin! 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: Winter Sports. Skiing/snowboarding, ice skating, sledding/tobogganing (I don’t know the difference), curling, etc. Great to have sports that get us outdoors during the cold winter months. Shoveling snow is also a workout, if not a sport. Thankful to participate in them during the colder months.
Lord, grant me hope to build the future for me and my posterity.
Do Good. Be Good.
Buy Bitcoin. 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: swimming pools. They are great for all the people who don’t have access to a small or large natural body of water to increase water-confidence (read: learn to swim). Endless fun in the summer as a kid and winter (if it’s indoors, of course). Hopefully Bitcoin mining doesn’t use up the water of every swimming pool around the world in the next hour….😜. Thankful for swimming pools everywhere.
Lord, give me the grace to kindly accept and forgive people when they are wrong and obtuse or even maliciously agenda-driven.
Do Good. Be good.
Buy Bitcoin. 😎
GE Nostr.
Daily Gratitude: Sunny days. Not many of them in winter time but today was one. Makes you really appreciate it when most of fall/winter has been overcast. Thank God for weather changes.
Lord, give me the courage to stand for what is right, true, just, and beautiful.
Do Good. Be Good.
Buy Bitcoin. 😎
