Brains trust question… what do you think the most useful or accurate way is for estimating/measuring the number of passionate Bitcoiners in the world. Maybe those that are running nodes… although I know many who consider themselves to be passionate Bitcoiners who are not yet running a node.

Currently simultaneously reading: “The Great Taking”, “The Great Depression: A Diary by Benjamin Roth” and “The Big Print”. My take out of those 3 books overlayed on top of each other is simple: Everything is in place for the next “Great Depression, more aptly dubbed “The Great Taking” … 1. The global velocity of money is almost at a stand still (VoM being, IMHO, the best measure of a healthy economy) meaning ‘they’ve’ broken all their toes and can no longer ‘kick the can’. 2. All the legal framework that is required, is now in place globally, to seize all assets that are not both: without encumbrances and securely self custodied. 3. These ‘improved’ legal frameworks, established globally in the past 2-3 decades, have been tested and legal precedent established post GFC. 4. The masses are cowered, divided and nihilistic as demonstrated via A. Covid sheep response B. attempting to have interesting conversations with friends, family, acquaintances, work colleagues, strangers about anything that is not in line with mainstream narrative. C. Global marriage and birth rates D. Global suicide rates. Prepare accordingly: NFA 1. Gather self-custodied hard assets: Bitcoin, Gold. Not your keys, not your coins 2. Eradicate any debt and/or leveraged positions 3. Grow your own food 4. If you live in a city, have a fall back position 5. Grow your social capital… this means love and help thy family, friends and neighbours. Even the pre-coiners. 6. Learn to hunt, fish and forage … what wildlife is are plentiful where you reside? 7. Learn to be resourceful… 8. Reduce, reuse, up cycle… 9. Master your mind and find purpose… nothing will kill you faster than nihilism.

Apple Podcasts

Read_882 - The Great Taking [P1]

Podcast Episode · Bitcoin Audible · 22 May 2025 · 1hr 22min

@Michael Saylor love to hear your thoughts on the insights provided in this book. @Guy Swann has delivered this book as a 4 part read.

Apple Podcasts

Read_882 - The Great Taking [P1]

Podcast Episode · Bitcoin Audible · 22 May 2025 · 1hr 22min

@Guy Swann Thank you Guy! This is the best and most confronting information I’m yet to encounter, in my life! Understanding the legal framework that has been systematically implemented in the past 20years that enables the “You’ll own nothing” part of the WEF narrative makes it so much more than a narrative but instead an imminent threat. Prepare accordingly!!!

Another of my most favourite stories.

Brains trust question. Looking for Bitcoin only exchanges in El Salvador and the UK please? 🙏 #uk

Some people as destined/designed to see beyond their existing paradigm, others are not.

This is the first post in a series exploring some interesting philosophical concepts. Please follow and comment if this ‘openness to possibilities’ resonates with you.

So, I’ve come to see the world not as good vs evil, positive vs negative, light vs dark but instead as a balance between two essential energies. Yin AND Yang, creation AND destruction, growth AND decay, expansion AND contraction, preservation AND ruin… The value of viewing the world from this lens is simple, it allows my energy to stay expansive. You see, fear moves us into contraction, understanding/acceptance keeps us in expansion. Fear is a powerful tool of manipulation but it truly is False Evidence Appearing Real. I’ve also come to view everything around me as naturally leaning towards one energy or the other. For example, I view a hammer as a tool of creation, although it can be used for destruction, and a gun as a tool of ruin although it can be used for preservation. Similarly, I view Fiat as a tool of ruin and Bitcoin as a tool of preservation. Ultimately, this brings me to a place of gratitude for fiat, for without the havoc it has wreaked, we may never have brought into existence its’ counter balance, Bitcoin.