We tend to talk about Bitcoin lowering our time preference, but in one sense it massively raises it.
Once you truly get Bitcoin, it's hard to take a long term risk regarding your income because stacking as many Sats as possible right now is going to pay off massively in the long run.
What kind of world do you want to live in?
- One where the only people "dumb enough" to take risk are fiat minded and make shitty stuff
Or
- One where you're the fkn man living the life you constructed, but with less Bitcoin.
You're really gonna wait "another cycle" until you're ready to start building the life of your dreams?
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You're talking about the audience I'm most speaking to
If you’re not practicing and sacrificing to build the future you want now, what’s the extra stack really doing for you? I cook part-time from home to invest in my kids—stacking less there. I buy from farmers, ranchers, and local grocers—stacking less there. I spend far too much of my spare time tending my hobby vineyard, buying grapes, and making wine every year—stacking less there too.
But that’s the point.
Stacking isn’t just about accumulation. It’s about intention. I’m building a life with flavor, with legacy, with hands in the soil. You don’t hedge against the future by hoarding—you shape it by living deliberately. Build today for tomorrow by building.
If you’re not practicing and sacrificing to build the future you want now, what’s the extra stack really doing for you? I cook part-time from home to invest in my kids—stacking less there. I buy from farmers, ranchers, and local grocers—stacking less there. I spend far too much of my spare time tending my hobby vineyard, buying grapes, and making wine every year—stacking less there too.
But that’s the point.
Stacking isn’t just about accumulation. It’s about intention. I’m building a life with flavor, with legacy, with hands in the soil. You don’t hedge against the future by hoarding—you shape it by living deliberately. Build today for tomorrow by building. You can just build things.
View quoted note →Bitcoiners are doers. What you do today creates your future…
View quoted note →I realize after posting this doesn’t apply to everyone. Just my personal opinion. You do you!
Do it. I dare you
Spend a little capital
Takes corn to make corn
#haiku
“Go get it”
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I made this leap recently. It had been a constant internal battle. But I’m choosing the right path 🫡
Madex is one of those people who lives so free that it makes you feel like you're still in a cage even though you're a wild animal compared to most people.
Dude fires me up
It hits for the people who need to hear it
You're crushing Tommy 💪
You're gonna win sir.
Go get it
And we're gonna win
You're gonna win
Keep going
This one hit home very hard, thanks
@Ben Justman🍷 for the inspiring message!
Go win 💪
Absolute moron troll this guy, please ignore him.
Big facts man. Been thinking about this a lot lately with my own stack vs how I’ve been living shorting the US dollar by stacking as hard as I could while making minimum payments on credit card debt and other loans. I probably have outperformed my interest rate but my credit isn’t the best and it eats into what I can actually utilize each month whether for stacking more or just cash flow in general. So I’ve had the realization lately that I want to build more of the life I want starting now rather than living and waiting for when value go up is big enough. Sucks I won’t be able to stack as hard now in the short term while prices are low compared to where they are going, but I must remember I’ve stacked for a while already but it’s probably time to build a little more on the personal sovereignty side and to quit being a debt slave. The saving in BTC is long term strategy so I have plenty of time to do so still
The mute list grows
Get free and you can always re enter this hard core stacking in the next bear from a position of power. I'm in a similar situation
Yes bet on yourself! That vlog deserves a follow. 🤝
We're gonna win 💪
Wise words. Build the life style you want in the future now. Don't wait for bitcoin, just use it to build, and save along the way. Just do it! Bitcoin is not the end goal.
View quoted note →Everything finds its meaning in balance.
That's a tricky one to balance. We should stack as much bitcoin as possible, otherwise we will get little benefit. But on the other hand people should be building things and providing value, not sitting around counting their gold all day.
Great nuance on time preference. Appreciate this perspective
@Ben Justman🍷
View quoted note →I made this exact sacrifice in the depth of the bear. I will never have as much bitcoin as I would have if I stayed at a job I hated for another few years, but I have zero regrets
You use bitcoin as collateral. You borrow and you perp trade on low leverage. Extremely lucurative.
As I'm now increasingly confident in a good retirement, and maybe an early retirement, I'm now thinking what I can do best to enjoy my retirement. So my priorities now are:
- keep stacking.
- learn languages. I guess that being rich and retired is more fun if you can speak more languages!
- get physically fitter
- find out who my real friends are, so that I can have nice trustworthy people in my retirement
Before I committed to Bitcoin, I didn't think like this. I assumed that I would have to work until I was 70 and then have a boring (safe, but not super comfortable) retirement. Hence, I didn't really think about the long term
Create that for yourself
Great list 💪
Life is for living. Pumped for you!
If Bitcoin does what we think it will for the world "little benefit" seems insane.
No coiners are gonna be thriving
Everyone won't be happy, but anyone can choose to be. Sounds like your daughter has a great mom 🫡
Outstanding vlog
Thanks for watching sir 💪
I've never watched this vlog, but a couple people told me it was good.
Do you watch videos of yourself?
View quoted note →Bitcoin stirs you to plan for the future, then frees you to live in the present.
Counter point: you gotta free yourself
When I was an employee I was piling as much as I could into my shitty 401k because all I wanted was to retire as soon as fucking possible. Once I really understood Bitcoin I started my own business because I wanted to create as much value as possible, despite stacking less.
Doesn't a 401k only really allow you to retire when the state says it's okay?
Yeah, I’d invest my time in a business. One that’s structured smartly, with limited liability, not just raw risk. Bitcoin is the savings layer, but business is still the creation layer. Without builders, the world just gets poorer with better money.
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How you are here is how you are everywhere. Bitcoin is a tool to help us live the kinds of lives we dream of right now.
View quoted note →Yeah like 60 years old unless you want to pay early withdrawal penalties. But I didn't save any when I was younger so working as a machinist I would have been lucky to have enough by 60 anyway with just a 401k
Sounds like Bitcoin is fixing this
@Ben Justman🍷 awesome to meet you at the Space in Denver for the
@SOUND HSA event last Sunday! Wine is great!
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Absolutely. Thanks for watching 🤝
Massively underrated take
Thanks for watching sir 🫡
Because business means risk and Bitcoin is risk free or so I've heard.
Opportunity cost
