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Is this your first Halving? Second? Third? ...Fourth?

For the first Halving is was Googling 'what is a Bitcoin halving?' 🤣

The second one I was at a BOB meetup party in Chicago 🥳

For the lockdown halving 😷 I was chillin in my basement on a MadBitcoins livestream

For…

Humans are incredibly social creatures. We are very sensitive and reactive to any social change.

As such, we have a habit of jumping from one extreme to the other. We need to be very aware of this tendency and be sure that we consciously practice nuance and balance.

At the San Juan BitDevs 🇵🇷 Halving party you can of course buy your drinks with #Bitcoin , but Lightning only.

...you don't want to be in the mempool this weekend.

1/ With all the excitement around building new use cases on Bitcoin, we're pumped to share more on the launch of the Joltz Wallet & SDK!

Well, Friday will be interesting.

CONSOLIDATE YOUR UTXOs BEFORE FRIDAY!

Things are going to get wild when runes launches. Records will be broken. Block 840,000 will easily attract millions in fees.

In much more fun news.... we have a DJ for Saturday's Halving party!!! 💃🎶

Also, a cash bar, free champagne, food, and some awesome #Bitcoin themed cocktails! 🥂🍹

As I criticize issues in the Bitcoin community I want to be clear.

First, I’m not here for the community, I’m here for the separation of money and state. That being said, I have tremendous love for the Bitcoin community 🧡🧡🧡

It remains the case that 90% of the most…

I've been in Bitcoin 12 years now. I've watched the community change and expand dramatically in that time. The past few years have been rather sad as I've watched so many in this community become consumed by the red pill contagion.

So many people in Bitcoin are contrarians or…

Making it clear that money is the most fulfilling thing in your life is not a flex.

I'm here for the separation of money and state.

How about you? What brings you to Bitcoin?