Produce goods and services that people want.
Accept Bitcoin as payment.
Spend earned Bitcoin on goods and services that you want.
Build circular economy. Escape CBDCs and centralised systems of control.
It all starts with you.
"Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Abstract: A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution."
Central banks and banks are no longer required.
Focus on holding your own keys, building your bitcoin node and following privacy best practices so that one day I'm able to transact with you when required.
The rest is noise.
There's more to computers than cat videos and entertainment.
Computers, particularly when connected to the internet, are a tool for freedom.
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of information
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of value exchange
FWIW, I'm on nostr using non-custodial lightning to send and receive zaps.
- My hardware
- My bitcoind instance
- My LND instance
- My BTCPayServer
- My Zeus Wallet
I look at nostr and all I can think of is "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" by John Perry Barlow from February 8, 1996.
Read it and tell me I'm wrong. I'll wait.
When it comes to open source software, using guides is great, but have you tried diving in and just fucking up?
Great way to learn.
Wouldn't advise this approach when it comes to aviation though. ๐