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@ Sid⚡️
2025-06-15 22:14:32Imagine you’re running through a vast, freezing forest with a group of friends. You don’t know why you’re running — you just know that if you stop, you’ll get colder, and if you get too cold, you might not survive. The air bites at your skin, your body is shivering, but you keep running because that’s what everyone else is doing.
Then, suddenly, someone spots a wildfire burning in the distance. It’s bright, warm, and wild, flickering unpredictably. There are already people gathered around it, calling out to you and your friends, “Stop running! Come here! There’s warmth, there’s safety!”
But nobody stops. The fire is growing and shrinking in unpredictable ways, and it scares them. “What if it burns us?” someone whispers. “What if it disappears and leaves us worse off?” another says. So, the group keeps running, choosing the cold they know over the fire they don’t understand.
But you’re curious. Something about the people around the fire seems different — they aren’t desperate, they aren’t shivering. They seem… secure. So, you stop. You approach them, ask questions, and listen. You stay for a while — one day, then two, then five. The more you learn, the more it all starts making sense.
“This fire isn’t random,” they explain. “It’s here for a reason, and if you understand it, it can keep you warm forever.” And then it hits you — you’ve spent your whole life freezing, and all this time, the answer was right here.
Now, you feel an urgency like never before. You have to tell your friends. You have to bring them back to this warmth before it’s too late. So you run after them, calling out, “Guys! Stop running! Come here, just for a little while! You don’t have to freeze to death. Just listen, try to understand!”
But they don’t stop. “We don’t have time,” they say. “That fire is too risky,” they argue. “We saw it grow and shrink wildly — it could burn out at any moment!” they insist. No matter how much you try, they refuse. And as time passes, they run farther and farther away, making it even harder to come back.
Enter Bitcoin
This is exactly what’s happening with Bitcoin. Most people are running, chasing assets that lose value(in absolute real terms) over time — cash, stocks, real estate, anything that promises a yield. But they don’t see the problem: every one of these assets is bleeding energy. Inflation, depreciation, and central control erode their value, year after year.
Bitcoin, on the other hand, is like the fire in the cold forest. It resists entropy, preserving monetary energy and maintaining its ability to store value over time. Yet, people are afraid of it because it’s volatile, unpredictable, and unfamiliar. They see the price swing wildly and think it’s dangerous, not realizing that over time, it has always trended upwards. They hear misinformation, compare it to things it shouldn’t be compared to, and fail to grasp its true nature.
If only they would stop and listen — just for a little while. If they asked the right questions and sought real understanding, they would see what you now see. But they won’t. They keep running, clinging to their familiar assets, chasing returns that barely keep up with inflation, unaware of the opportunity they are missing.
The longer they wait, the harder it becomes to turn back. Bitcoin adoption grows, its scarcity becomes clearer, and the cost of entry rises. The window to “just try it for a few days” gets smaller and smaller.
So you keep calling out to them, hoping someone will stop, hoping someone will listen. Because you know the truth: the fire isn’t dangerous — it’s salvation in a freezing world.
I just wanted to help people — but over time, I’ve realized that most people don’t recognize that others aren’t necessarily looking to help them. They see every trade or interaction as a zero-sum game — either they win, or you do — because that’s the FIAT mindset at work.
There has never been a trade where both truly win — until Bitcoin. With Bitcoin, we both win.