I like going to town and running into people I know. I like helping neighbors, buying produce from local farmers and trading for fish and firewood. I like not ever having to lock my doors. I like walking along the headlands by the ocean.
Maybe I should move to Mendocino.
My friends in the city lie on the couch and call out “Alexa, set the temperature to 72 degrees.”
Meanwhile I go out in the rain to the woodshed, load in some logs, set paper and kindling and like to get it going with just one match.
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
There’s bitcoin.
Then there’s a plethora of copycats trying to reinvent the wheel, some legitimate attempts at a business, some trying to extract people’s dollars, some outright scams, all adding confusion for everyone who doesn’t understand…
bitcoin.
Despite the fact that we’re a community and a society operating with a central bank issued token that is not real money and which is a form of legalized theft - most people will continue ignoring bitcoin until the financial pain is too great.
#bitcoin #Mendocino
“Well, OK. It IS a Ponzi, it’s terrible for the environment, only criminals use it and the government’s going to have to bail us all out. You’re right…By the way how’s Billy doing?”
I like to keep things simple: A little house in nature, knowing and helping neighbors, buying food from local farmers, not ordering anything I don’t really, really need from Amazon, driving a well maintained old truck and keeping my savings in bitcoin.
#Bitcoin #Mendocino
- bitcoin is NOT crypto
- bitcoin is NOT an ‘investment’
- bitcoin is technically ‘money’
- the dollar is technically ‘currency’
- the dollar is constantly losing purchasing power
- bitcoin is a store of value
- bitcoin doesn’t need a bailout
#bitcoin #Mendocino
When you realize there's more to worry about staying within the current financial system than in moving to a bitcoin standard, you've arrived.
Most people avoid bitcoin out of fear, but it’s the current system that poses real risk as inflation continues to erode everyone’s savings.
The dollar is a currency that WAS once backed by gold. This history prompts people to ask “what’s backing #bitcoin?” This question highlights the misunderstanding: bitcoin is not like a digital version of a gold-backed dollar, instead bitcoin IS like a digital version of gold itself.
While people are discussing how bitcoin could become a neutral world reserve asset, don’t forget it also makes for a perfect local currency keeping value in small communities like ours and helping businesses and individuals save for the future.
#bitcoin #Mendocino
Me and the little lady decided to go out and have us a nice meal to celebrate $100K. She had the burger and fries, I had truffle-Laced Escargots in Puff Pastry with Black Truffle Pesto, served on a bed of sautéed wild mushrooms and garnished with micro greens and a drizzle of truffle oil.