Jared_Proof of Heart

Bitcoin was never just about money. It was a rebellion: we’re done trusting broken systems. We left fiat finance. But we brought fiat habits with us. We still outsource our worth. Still perform for approval. Still grind for peace, numb out at night, and wonder why nothing feels better. We stacked the money. But didn’t secure the foundation that underpins a good life that truly feels free. That’s the real risk. We’re building generational wealth on top of emotional chaos, fragile marriages, and stress we rarely talk about. We can’t be sovereign if we’re still stuck in patterns that own us. There’s a better way. Not therapy. Not self-help. Just men doing the work we’ve avoided for years. telling the truth, feeling what’s real, getting free on the inside. That’s Proof of Heart. No middlemen. No permission. No pretending. We don’t just secure the sats. We secure the men holding them. (Stay close.)

When someone asks you how you're doing but you're low-key falling apart inside, so your brain pivots to Bitcoin to suppress that shit, and suddenly you're launching into 20-minute rant about fiat collapse, central banking history, and why 1913 was the beginning of the end. All to avoid feeling the feelings.

Stacking sats feels good. But nothing humbles me like my kids. They don’t care about NGU. They just want me present. Wrestling. Dancing. Tossing them on the couch. Often, I am the most distracted on the biggest NGU days. How ironic. Guess I'm still learning how this freedom thing works.

I used to think I was stuck. Turns out, I was just avoiding the emotional risk. I could hold through price swings without flinching. But I couldn’t sit still when the feelings got big…doubt, anger, shame. I kept busy and called it “strategy” haha. But it was fear. Most of us Bitcoiners aren’t struggling with conviction. We’re struggling with what’s buried underneath. The next level isn’t outside. It’s inside. This is Proof of Heart.

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You ever catch yourself endlessly scrolling on NOSTR/X, and ask yourself why? I always thought it was, "to have an edge investing" or "because these people get me" Those are probably partially true. But when I was challenged to sit with the feeling long enough, I realized it wasn't just that. It was rage. Rage at the world. Rage at the labels. Rage at my family who misunderstood me. Damn, it feels good to acknowledge that. Okay, now time to harness this rage into a ruck walk.

Most guys are waiting on Bitcoin to do something. To get them somewhere. But we’re the ones stuck. Start the inner work now. So when Bitcoin rips, you’re actually ready to enjoy it. #ProofOfHeart

Proof of Work gave you wealth. Proof of Heart gives you control over the chaos inside. You need both to be truly sovereign.

There’s a hard relationship truth I’ve been avoiding. No matter how supportive or beautiful my wife is, she can’t make me feel powerful. That’s my job. For years I’ve tried to outsource that feeling…asking her to reflect back something I hadn’t owned in myself. And when she didn’t, I blamed her. That’s dependence. Now I’m learning to generate that power internally, so I don’t need to pull it from her. And creating some sexual polarity in the process.

Have you ever been lying in bed next to your wife and still felt alone? I have. More times than I’d like to admit. We’d be side by side, but I’d feel disconnected. Like something was missing. For a long time, I blamed her. I told myself she wasn’t playful enough, or sexy enough. But the truth is, it wasn’t really about her. I was the one who had checked out. I had disconnected from myself, ignored what I was really feeling, and built up a pattern of looking outside for something to fix the way I felt inside. Instead of facing that, I numbed out. With endless Twitter scrolling. With bitcoin podcasts. With overthinking. With porn. It was easier than sitting with the discomfort. But something started to shift when I stopped blaming her and started getting honest with myself. That feeling of aloneness had been there long before we met. And unless I dealt with it, it didn’t matter who I was with...it would keep showing up. Lately I’ve been learning to stay with the feeling instead of escaping it. I’ve been practicing presence. Letting myself feel the frustration and powerlessness without rushing to change it or bury it. It’s not some dramatic breakthrough. It’s just me doing the work. One moment at a time. And what I’m noticing is that when I do, I start to open up again...to myself and to her. That’s what this work is about for me. Not fixing the relationship. Just becoming the kind of man who doesn’t run from his own heart.

If you don’t look inside, you’ll self-sabotage your dreams and stay living small while calling it “God’s plan.” Carl Jung said it another way: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Most men were never taught to examine their programming. They just inherited guilt, stress and pressure from their dads and called it character. But as Brandon says: If you don’t deal with the pain, you’ll build your entire life around avoiding it. And then pretend that’s what God wanted for you. Instead, Sit down, get still, and ask your heart what’s actually running the show. The answer might scare you, but it’ll also set you free.

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” ~Carl Jung You want the empire. The influence. The respect. But if you don’t learn how to look inward, you’ll build a life that looks incredible, yet feels like nothing. Carl Jung had it right: Dreamers look *outward* Leaders look *within*

I’m slowly learning that you can’t perform your way to inner peace And that your Bitcoin stack won’t give you inner power. It won't fill that emptiness you sometimes feel. But most men will spend their whole lives trying. At some point, you have to slow down and realize... Bitcoin was never the end goal. It was always meant to buy your freedom. Finding your power? That’s on you. It might sound spiritual. Woo-woo. Impractical. But not needing NGU to feel grounded and alive... That’s as practical as it gets.

Most of us men are addicted to performance. It's the only way we've ever felt loved. Until someone shows you how to feel love without performing, you’ll keep grinding for more, and call it "success." Is it really "success" if you don't feel whole? Centered? At peace? Proud of the man you are when no one is watching? Brandon helped me see that the real work is unlearning the lie that you need to earn your worth. Make the shift. Stoked to see you all this week at Bitcoin Vegas

Men in the fiat world hustle to feel valuable. Men in the Bitcoin world burn through their bullshit until they remember they already are.

My older P.E. brothers are hyped about some capital allocator pulling 19% returns - Brookfield Capital or something Complex models. Downside hedging. Deep macro insights. Cool story bro. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Bitcoiners have quietly been compounding at 60%+ for a decade. 25x. 50x. 200x. Not by being clever, but by being clear. They saw what others didn’t: The fiat system is broken. The money printer isn’t a glitch, it’s the business model. And these aren’t a few mythical OGs from 2011. There are thousands. Probably tens of thousands. But sure, let’s keep glorifying 19% a year. Let’s keep pretending complexity = brilliance. Their big diss on bitcoin is volatility. Well, the market’s trying to price a perfectly scarce, 24/7 global asset… In a money that’s infinite, manipulated, and dying. No wonder it looks volatile. Maybe the real alpha isn’t in spreadsheets. Maybe it’s in guts. In clarity. In being right before it’s obvious.

With Bitcoin back at $107K, it’s a good time to remember: Bitcoin won’t save you. Not at $300K. Not at $500K. Not even at $1 million a coin. But it will expose you. Your fears. Your addictions. The parts of you still waiting to be seen. It doesn’t fix your inner world. It reveals it. #ProofOfHeart

Most men don’t need more success. They need more honesty, with themselves.

The grind won’t heal you. You can’t outrun your inner world. Eventually, it catches up.

Learning this from my mentor, Brandon Hawk, was a game changer for me.