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@ stevi ₿
2025-06-09 05:06:26
for me being a bitcoiner is less about having bitcoin and more about a fundamental shift in understanding and operating system. it's about recognizing the nature of money and markets outside the current construct.
my key reflections & learnings:
understand bitcoin as a protocol, not just an asset. it's the first global free market, operating outside the existing, debt-based fiat system. the fiat system is inherently centralizing and requires continuous manipulation of money (inflation) to survive.
realize that the natural state of a free market is deflation, not inflation. inflation is artificial, a result of the manipulation needed by the fiat system to prevent its debt stack from collapsing.
accept the incompatibility of the two systems. the fiat system is based on control and theft of productivity; bitcoin is based on decentralized abundance. you can't measure one accurately from within the other.
this shift requires overcoming cognitive dissonance - learning to think and imagine a world outside the familiar matrix of the control system & applying first principles.
embody this understanding by moving your time and energy into the bitcoin network and its emerging layers. this is a peaceful opting-out.
the most critical action is to claim your sovereignty and choice. this means taking self-custody of your bitcoin and ideally running a node. running a node is defending the network's decentralization and security; it makes you a gatekeeper.
stop pricing or measuring value in fiat currency. the fiat number ("price go up") is a metric within the dying system; bitcoin is the system that will eventually reprice everything else.
understand bitcoin in layers - how scaling, privacy and new functionality are built on top of the secure base layer without compromising its core properties.
recognize the inevitable clash between the control system and the open protocol. the old system cannot allow bitcoin to function as truly decentralized money.
ultimately, it's a philosophical and ideological transition towards hope, truth and abundance by operating within the system where value creation benefits everyone. the security of the network depends on individuals making the choice to defend its decentralized nature.
thank you nostr:nprofile1qyfhwue69uhkcmmrv9kxsmmnwsargwpk8yq3gamnwvaz7tmpv4nkjueww468smewdahx2qpqs05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sgjmwnq for your inspirations on my journey 🙏