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Adam O’Brien
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Inspiring the next generation to reclaim freedom Enable independence '@bitcoinwell' Awaken sovereign individual '@getbasedtv' ⁣ Love Jesus, save in bitcoin
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adam 2 weeks ago
In 2025, my wife and I learned something that changed how we see everything: Not everything is permanent. Some relationships are seasonal. Some friendships are long-term, but not lifelong. Some communities shape you deeply, then release you. That’s hard to accept, especially if you value loyalty and roots. But permanence isn’t the same as significance. Some of the most meaningful seasons of our lives came from people and places that were never meant to last forever. They did their job. They prepared us for what came next. Letting go isn’t failure. It’s alignment changing. Long-term doesn’t always mean permanent, but it can still be formative and worth everything you gave it. We learned that together in 2025.image
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adam 3 weeks ago
A circular bitcoin economy isn’t ideological, it’s practical. When value moves peer-to-peer, more value stays in the community and communities strengthen and intermediaries lose power. That’s not radical. It’s how money used to work.
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adam 3 weeks ago
In 2025, my wife and I decided to start homeschooling. That decision came with a lot of opinions. “Won’t they miss out socially?” “What about structure, standards, college?” What most people don’t realize is that the traditional education system isn’t optimized for learning, it’s optimized for scale, compliance, and corporate hell. Homeschooling flips that. Kids learn faster because they’re not dragged at the pace of the slowest in the classroom and because curiosity isn’t punished. They develop agency because learning becomes something they own, not something done to them. There’s more time for deep focus, more room for real-world skills. More space for values, faith, and critical thinking to actually take place. Education shouldn’t be about memorizing answers, it should be about learning how to think. The intentionality we have with homeschooling gives our kids an edge. And in a world that increasingly rewards independent thinkers, that matters more than ever.image
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adam 3 weeks ago
High time preference destroys nations before it destroys balance sheets. But it also destroys families. And what I love about bitcoin is that it trains you to think in decades, which is EXACTLY how a good father should think.
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adam 1 month ago
You know what’s interesting? Non-custodial systems remove counterparty risk by design. Custodial platforms add it back for convenience.  That difference will be the most important distinction between bitcoin platforms over the next 10 years.
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adam 1 month ago
Canada isn’t broken because of markets. It’s broken because Ottawa keeps picking the “winners” Debt instead of productivity. Housing inflation instead of real growth. Regulation instead of accountability. Alberta produces. Ottawa redistributes. Then wonders why everything feels tighter every year. You can’t build a country by taxing the parts that work to subsidize the parts that don’t. Strong economies are built by builders, not bureaucrats. image
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adam 1 month ago
Building @BitcoinWell started with a simple question: If Bitcoin is about sovereignty, why do so many companies still hold customers’ bitcoin? Bitcoin Well was built non-custodial by design, even though it’s harder and slower. No custody. No rehypothecation. No seizure risk.  Control stays with the customer. There are easier business models. Custody is one of them. But it recreates the fragility Bitcoin was meant to fix. Non-custodial isn’t a feature. It’s the foundation.
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adam 1 month ago
Legacy isn’t what you accumulate and leave behind. It’s what empowers the next generation and remains stable after you’re gone. image
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adam 1 month ago
Wealth is freedom over your calendar. Everything else is secondary. The goal isn’t early retirement. It’s being present, consistently. image
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adam 1 month ago
A lot of “growth” over the last decade was just duration mismatch plus leverage. As the financial revolution continues this will cripple most companies.
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adam 1 month ago
High time preference explains almost everything. Cheap money rewards speed, leverage, and lots of shortcuts. Sound money rewards patience, skill, and stewardship. That’s not ideology, it’s just incentives.
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adam 1 month ago
I keep EO 6102 framed on my wall as a daily reminder. Governments can’t confiscate what they don’t control. That’s why Bitcoin Well is non-custodial by design. No custody means no seizure risk at the platform level. If history teaches anything, it’s this: extraordinary debt leads to extraordinary measures. Don’t be naïve. Non-custodial systems exist for a reason.image
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adam 2 months ago
I am building Bitcoin Well because I want my kids to inherit a world where their time actually matters. The macro problems are clear. Bitcoin is the solution, and family is the reason.
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adam 2 months ago
It’s simple: Broken money creates broken incentives. Broken incentives create broken families. Fixing the money isn’t just economic policy, it’s cultural repair. Bitcoin starts the healing.
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adam 2 months ago
Our grandparents saved in dollars and built a life. Our generation saves in dollars and watches the value evaporate. I refuse to hand that reality to my kids. This is my life’s mission.
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adam 2 months ago
The macro environment hits the dinner table first. Inflation. It’s not just a chart. It’s parents stretching paychecks. Debt. It isn’t just a headline. It’s kids growing up with fewer opportunities. Bitcoin gives families breathing room in a system designed to suffocate them.
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adam 2 months ago
We’re living through the largest monetary debasement since WWII. But this time, there’s no productive boom on the other side, only more debt. Bitcoin is the escape hatch.
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adam 2 months ago
When debt grows faster than GDP for decades, there are only three possible outcomes: Default Austerity Inflation Western governments choose #3. Bitcoin is how families protect themselves from the choice they never voted for.
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adam 2 months ago
The real generational divide isn’t age. It’s mindset. Fiat mindset: “Someone else will fix it.” Bitcoin mindset: “We build it ourselves.” @‌bitcoinwell
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adam 2 months ago
A society that prints money faster than it raises families is on the wrong path. We need strong homes, strong values, and strong money. Bitcoin feels like the first domino to fall towards that stronger and better future.