There is a difference --> understanding vs knowing Bitcoin understanding vs knowing has a distinction that I want to learn more about in 2026. I think nostr is the perfect environment.

The space-time problem learning about Bitcoin: HOT STOVE: Action → immediate consequence → learning (WORKS) BITCOIN: Action → consequence years/decades later → learning (BROKEN) Action → consequence across global network → learning (BROKEN)

Does this work? Using the nostr-obsidian write plugin - so far the draft publish does not seem to work. Testing the short note.

There is something profound in common American "rule of thumb" wisdom. For example... 1. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." 2. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Simple and effect. The roots of these easy to grasp phrases are found in St Thomas Aquinas words - paraphrased as ‘the slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge obtained of lesser things’. ‘Slender’ knowledge is here put in opposition to ‘certain’ knowledge. And what is this notion of "highest thing"? Who determines what higher things are? I am pretty sure most readers here will agree "self-custody" is a higher thing than custodial. Are there more Bitcoin distinctions?

My dad often listen to a song from the 50's or 60's - Nat King Cole vibes and more Cole Porter touch. The one I remeber the most "Love for Sale" by Dexter Gordon.... the opening " "...this next song is about.... ... Old love, new love, every love but TRUE love" then the music 🎶 🎷 🎹 I was luck, dad knew better than to lecture about such things. I am sure he would have been a master orange piller.

Augustine, in his classic Confessions - of which I confess have read onloy parts - but relay on my weak understanding - portrays faith not as blind irrationality but as a necessary step beyond reason's boundaries. I often think back to and read St Augustine when I start to ponder the mysteries of Bitcoin's existence.

My favorite holiday card this season had this quote: "The presents at the table are always better than the ones under the tree" For some reason this really moved me in an unexpected and surprising emotional way. I wishing all the best this merry season 🎄 Merry Christmas.

But can Bitcoin go further than classic definitions such as, but not limited to: 1. Payment network or store of value 2. Monetary network What if... ... this self-organizing system It's not just a mind observing reality. It creates the reality it observes?

Does anybody else see the problem of methods used in Bitcoin Education? Every 3 years I come back to look for a method of teaching that reflects the so called autopetic - self-producting - nature of Bitcoin. I do NOT see it. I need help to find it if it is out there. Every bitcoiner knows about fiat-food and fiat-health. So why not rebel agains fiat-education?

The "orange pill" is not a transfer event—it's a birth event. Do you know the difference? Would you agree with the statement "Saylor and his MSTR quest for ONE MILLION BTC is a bitcoin-proxy disaster waiting to happen?" I think about this alot. I final wrote about it in a field note: you can't copy a process.

UPDATE: BTC Rekt-Custody ratio (RCR) step 1 of 4 completed. I am not just writing about knowledge and understanding - but build tools for orange pilling my normi-family. One by one. The tool keeps evolving - once it was a notebook, then one spreadsheet, then 12 spreadsheets... now it is a MVP flask-docker app with PgADMIN. I just posted the Vision Doc for anybody - Coders and the like - interested to collaborate on orang-pill design. Here is a the sample screenshot... when degens trie to release their hard-cold-wallet storage BTC for shitcoins... Create a MODERN btc-centric Portfolio Tool:

Do you remember the first time trying to recreate a favorite recipe—maybe Grandma's pie, or mom's cookies? You probably watched them make it a hundred times. It never comes out the same. Sound familiar? We all have some version of this happening—yet we often fail to see the connection between this phenomenon and our understanding of learning. There's a technical term for it: Tacit Knowledge. I call it hidden-in-plain-sight knowledge—the heart of the learning-puzzle. As bitcoin educators - you probable have that "magic touch" - that thing basketball coaches call "court sense". I also think it has a big role in understanding the orange-pill problem when you are the only Bitcoiner at a family dinner table. I wrote a few words about this in my latest article/field-note:

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[fn.1] You cannot copy a process suggests that you cannot transfer understanding. You cannot orange-pill someone through information alone. This is...

How do you explain Bitcoin to normies? What worked? Most of us know this "knowledge gap" - were hesitation and bewilderment sets in when we start talking about miners and nodes and limited supply. I think most of us have learnt this basic lesson: "Concepts are not things that can be changed just by telling facts." In the end you can't lecture someone into understanding Bitcoin - hence I have big respect for all those Bitcoin doer's like @BTC Sessions The irony here is that I just post my supplement notes - called field notes - that act as bridges between articles in my Ecology of Bitcoin Series. Hopefully it does not feel like a lecture.

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Field Note: Knowledge vs Understanding - Auveki Garten Node

The gap between theory and practice is the focus for every trainer, educator or parent - it is where the UNEXPECTED occurs. This field note dives ...

What is the rabbit hole effect? I think every Bitcoiner nows this moment intimately! ...and ff course the "rabbit hole" effect is found in so many parts of the human experience well-lived. As a professinal classically trained educator - it is the hallmark of a great learning environment. It is the moment when "the thing everybody knows to be true" stops working, and you have to reconstruct from scratch. Is Bitcoin a living social system? I am sure that many Bitcoiner's would say yes ---> self-organizing/self producing. This is the core topic in my next article. Part 2 of the article series "Steps to an Ecology of Bitcoin" is up. Comments are welcomed - its a woring in progress and everything is up for updating...

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**Autopoiesis: A Deep Synthesis** - Auveki Garten Node

Series Outline (2 of 12 Parts) Framework: Is Bitcoin autopoietic and is it technically more than just a metaphor? This article looks into the notio...

Confession time. After my first week on Primal, it feels like I am driving over Teton Pass again! ... And also, something else profound happened—rediscovering old content from bitcoin influencers I hadn't read in four years felt like hearing those classic rock songs that age perfectly with time. The progress in content quality is insanely refreshing. My background is in education technology. I still dream of participating in a truly structured, yet decentralized learning environment. In 28 years, I'd say we've made 3-5% progress—a snail's pace. I hope to back this up with academic-style content exploring the good, bad, and ugly. Bitcoin has created capacity for a whole new kind of learning experience—not merely degrees of difference. The difference between Education and Marketing is the real acid test—though the line between these worlds is often thin. IMHO, The modern internet is a grand masquerade where the two entwine like vines in a digital jungle, each claiming to nurture growth while subtly strangling the other's roots. Regardless, being on Nostr to write this and read others' ideas is a breath of fresh air—I'd estimate an 89.21% reduction in Bitcoin grift compared to X 😇

@Plan ₿ Network - question about signup - why email? Is it possible to create accounts using nostr credentials?

"What are the dangers of philosophical dualism? The idea that reality divides into two distinct categories—most famously mind vs. body ('I think, therefore I am'). Or the comedic ones: Carnivore vs. Vegan. But the most important → 🐕 Dog people vs. 🐈 Cat people. Now the serious stuff: Isn't it ironic that the Bitcoin landscape is polluted with dualism? I think it's a good thing—healthy freedom provides space to offend each other." I really found solance with readings from John Dewey - especially this quote: "... considers philosophical dualism as an unproductive impasse that renders man impotent " 🍆

The English word "truth" comes from "trust"—not from "verification." So "Don't trust, verify" contains a hidden paradox: you're rejecting trust to find truth, but truth etymologically IS trust.

“Is Bitcoin more like a herd of horses or an iPhone?” I started asking this in 2018. Most self-identified Bitcoiners have long agreed: it’s NOT an iPhone — it’s something more. But what is the “more”? My new article series is digging into exactly that: Bitcoin as a: Lliving system vs artifact/commodity. Right now I’m exploring whether Bitcoin is autopoietic — a self-organizing, self-producing system. Part 2 coming soon… but first I need to find a bridge to it. Also, I miss Wyoming’s high-desert wonder — big time! 🏜️

True, Truth, Trust, Verify "Trust has to do with what we can do together without doubting." — Humberto Maturana The father of Autopoietic Theory had a lot to say about the concepts of trust, truth and verification . In the 70's - during the peak post-moderism rise in Chilean society - think Pinochet era being born out of this mileu. .. ... Manturana was part of this "cybernetics of cybernetics "movement that help shape the formulations of autopoiesis concept... this second order cybertics movement had a completely different attitude towards sciencetifc truth - post 60's science crisis was a big thing! Today in Bitcoin space the terms "self-organizing" and "self-producing" get applied to descibe the bitcoin network, which, I think , often is implicitly suggesting the bitcoin networking is a n honest, natural and organic - system based on Truth. The word TRUTH is everywhere. I hope my adventures in to Manturana's auto-poiesis will provide a different perspective on the mantra: Don't trust. Verify. Part 1 fo 12 is up - more coming.

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Steps to an Ecology of Bitcoin - Auveki Garten Node

Series Outline (1 of 12 Parts) Framework: Second-order cybernetics and social systems theory applied to Bitcoin. Part 1: The Definition Problem Cor...