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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
Volatility is temporary; the discipline to hold is permanent. ₿ image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
Better to fight for freedom and integrity in Bitcoin than live dishonored in fiat servitude. image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
A Bitcoin node is a computer that runs open-source Bitcoin software, verifies transactions and blocks, and helps enforce the rules of the network. Protect Bitcoin. Run your own node. image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
The mind is everything. What you think, you become. -Buddha image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -George Orwell Bitcoin = Truth image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
Bitcoin breaks the shell to give us wings. Shattering limits of monetary control to set us free. image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
The Earth. The stars. You. All born of the same stardust, all carried by the same energy. The universe is not out there, it looks back at itself through your eyes. image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
Bitcoin is the vision that lifts humanity from illusion into clarity. image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
Awareness is always present while the universe parades before it, vying for attention. Our lives are the sum of what we choose to notice. image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
Thoughts on the domestication of money and how we set it free. Before finance was spreadsheets and suits, before interest rates were set behind closed doors, before debt became the water we swim in, money was wild. It lived in the hands of traders, farmers, builders, and dreamers. It was grounded in effort, scarcity, and trust that came from relationships, not institutions. Then came domestication. Governments and central banks tamed money. They fenced it in, stamped it with authority, and told us it needed to be managed for our own good. They built artificial landscapes of credit, inflation, and policy controls, perfectly trimmed on the surface but disconnected from the soil of reality. Bitcoin does not emerge from policy. It does not ask for trust. It does not rely on centralized control. It is born from energy and secured by math. It spreads without borders, adapts without permission, and survives without leadership. Bitcoin brings money back to something natural, something earned, something no one can water down or rearrange from above. It does not live in the glass towers of Wall Street. It lives in code, in nodes, in the minds of those who choose to participate. And like any wild system, it demands something from you. There are no safety nets. No central bank to rescue you. No one to print more when things get tough. If you want to thrive here, you need to prepare. You need to learn. You need to take responsibility for your own outcomes. That might sound harsh. But it is also liberating. Because in the wild, what you earn is yours. What you build cannot be diluted. And what you save is protected by the most powerful network on Earth. Bitcoin does not offer you comfort. It offers you sovereignty. It invites you out of the artificial world of endless intervention and into a place where value is real, rules are fixed, and growth comes from effort. It is not a garden. It is a forest. And in that forest, you are free. image
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
Carl Jung believed that much of human behavior is shaped by archetypes, timeless patterns that live in the collective unconscious and surface in our stories, myths, and personalities. When you look at Bitcoin through this lens, the culture is full of these archetypal roles. 🦸‍♂️The Hero is the Bitcoiner who endures every bear market and continues to hold through uncertainty. 🧙‍♂️The Sage is found in the cypherpunks, the teachers, and the builders who guide others with knowledge and clarity. 💥The Rebel shows up in the refusal to trust banks and governments, the instinct to resist authority, and the drive to create a parallel system. 🤣The Trickster is alive in the meme culture, where humor and satire reveal truths that debate alone cannot reach. Each of us steps into one or more of the archetypal roles, and together we create the culture that keeps the network alive. The question is not whether Bitcoiners have archetypes, but which ones dominate at different times. Are we collectively the Rebel fighting fiat corruption, the Hero surviving waves of volatility, or the Trickster laughing at the absurdity of the old system?
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
Bitcoiners & the OCEAN model of personality. Psychologists often describe personality using the Big Five, also known as the OCEAN model. It looks at five broad traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Openness is curiosity and a willingness to explore new ideas. Many Bitcoiners score high here because it takes imagination to accept that money itself can be reinvented. Conscientiousness is discipline and organization. High conscientious Bitcoiners methodically stack sats, set up secure cold storage, and plan for the long term. Low conscientious Bitcoiners may trade impulsively or chase pumps. Extraversion measures how we gain energy. Extroverts thrive at meetups and orange pill conversations. Introverts prefer running nodes, studying history, and engaging in smaller circles. Agreeableness is trust and cooperation. Bitcoiners often score lower here, showing skepticism of banks, governments, and mainstream narratives. That skepticism has been essential for Bitcoin’s survival. Neuroticism measures emotional stability. Those high in neuroticism are more likely to panic sell in volatility, while those lower are calm hodlers who ride out the storms. The OCEAN model is valuable because it is not about putting people in boxes. It shows where we lean across a spectrum. The more interesting question is whether Bitcoin attracts people with a certain mix of traits, or whether living with Bitcoin changes our personalities over time.
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
Bitcoin looks like code, but it behaves like myth. The Rebel resists fiat and rejects the authority of banks and governments. The Hero endures the storms, hodls through chaos, and faces down doubt. The Sage builds, teaches, and passes down knowledge to the next generation. The Trickster uses memes and satire to expose truths that rational argument cannot reach. These are not random personalities. They are archetypes, timeless roles that Carl Jung believed live within the collective unconscious and repeat themselves throughout human history. Bitcoin gives these archetypes a stage. It is more than money or technology. It is a living drama where deep human patterns act themselves out in real time. The question is not whether these archetypes exist in Bitcoin. The question is which one you find yourself playing, and which one the network needs most today.
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mybitcoincousin 3 months ago
A single node rejects corruption for you. Thousands of nodes defend truth for the world. image
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mybitcoincousin 4 months ago
Thoughts on Awareness: The Self Behind the Self. When you close your eyes and notice your thoughts, a strange thing happens. The thoughts move on their own. They appear and fade without your command, like clouds drifting across a sky you do not control. You can watch them, label them, even resist them, but they arise without asking your permission. This raises a question that has occupied philosophers and mystics for centuries: if you can observe your thoughts, are you the thoughts themselves, or the awareness that notices them? The same is true for sensations. You can feel warmth, hear a sound, taste food, and notice all of it. Yet in every case, there seems to be something behind the experience, a presence that is aware of it. The body changes. The emotions shift. The scenery of life alters constantly. But this presence, the one that is aware, feels steady and unchanging. Some traditions call this the witness, the observer behind all perception. In this view, you are not the body, not the thoughts, not the emotions, but the awareness in which all of these occur. This awareness does not come and go. It was here in childhood, it is here now, and it will be here in every moment you recognize it. The objects of awareness may change, but the fact of being aware remains constant. From a scientific perspective, the observer is harder to define. Neuroscience can track the processes by which the brain processes information, integrates sensory data, and generates a sense of self. Yet none of these explanations capture the immediacy of awareness itself. They describe the machinery, not the light by which the machinery is seen. The question becomes more complex when we consider that the observer and the observed might not be separate at all. In some contemplative states, the distinction collapses. The sound of rain is not something you hear, it is simply happening. The breath is not something you watch, it is simply breathing. In these moments, there is no subject and object, only the immediacy of experience. This raises the possibility that the observer is not a detached entity sitting behind the scenes, but an inseparable aspect of what is observed. Awareness and its contents might be two sides of the same reality. The separation is a useful construction, a way for the mind to organize and navigate the world, but not an absolute truth. If you are the observer, then your essence is untouched by the storms of life. If you are the observed, then you are the living fabric of the world itself. And if the two are one, then there has never been a division to reconcile, only a recognition to awaken to. The question may never be answered in words, but it can be felt. Sit still. Notice what is here before the next thought arrives. Notice the awareness that is aware of itself. In that moment, the question dissolves, and what remains is not a label, but the simple fact of being. image