5d1496d67d

science

tech

bitcoin

I am stoked at the prospect of being able to purchase an AI robot, such as currently being developed by Elon Musk.
By the time they are ready, which, maybe sooner than we think, I will be ready to purchase one as an assistant in my later years.
As a bonus, I hope by that time I will be able to use BTC to purchase it.
The future looks amazing.

Robots and BTC

econ

Central Banks Can’t Stop Wars

0xbitcoiner

Politics_And_Law

Iran sends word to US on potential talks to end war, but US officials reject

ch0k1

Too much stalling for too many years. Time has expired.

This Boomers Journey To BTC

events

Christianity

As an elementary school student in the late 1960s and early 1970s, we were subjected to regular bomb drills. Hide under the desk and cover your head because we were about to get bombed by the Soviets. Fast forward more than 50 years later and it never happened, but the seed of fear was planted with all of us. 

In 1979 when the hostages were taken in Iran, I was in high school and that event was all everyone was talking about. Since then, we have been barraged with fear over the growing Iranian threat, the terrorism, and the constant drum beat of fear. Over 40 years later, they still never attacked us, the dooming over nuclear weapons never came to be but the seed of fear was planted with all of us. That fear changed all of us who were alive during that period of time and it has terrible and adverse effects on the long-term health of a society. If you are not free from fear and unable to live your life the way you choose, it is a demoralizing and sometimes deadly slog.

Today however, what I am seeing is unmistakably biblical. 

The fear of world war and surprise military attacks seems to be lessening. Entire nations who have yearned for freedom throughout my entire life, have started to find it, in mass. It seems everyone has jumped on the peace train, and in this man’s opinion, we are heading for a glorious new future of peace and prosperity, one that no other human has ever experienced before.

Thank God and count your blessings that you are here today to witness all of this. You are not here by mistake because God‘s glorious plan has always included you and I. 

Revel in it, give thanks and be happy that you are alive as His witness to one of the most consequential moments in human history,

Second only to Christ, his death and resurrection.

A New World Is Coming

Stacker_Sports

Gonna miss Kyler Murray. Great Rams highlight against him. Wait for it…

realBitcoinDog

Not playing enough to justify his contract ( or a new one ). 
The talent is unquestioned but the average NFL player gets just over two years in the league. 
It’s time to move on before the window closes on him.

In  2011 as BTC was just beginning to become known, albeit, to a small number of people, I was working a high paying, labor intensive transportation job, the one I retired from. 

At that time and several years removed from my second divorce, my only focus was rebuilding my life and finances, I knew nothing of BTC. 
On the rare day off, my time was spent on appointments and other daily chores while money was spent sitting in a casino chair. Back then, my earnings would’ve been sufficient to buy thousands of BTC in one lump sum, had I known then what I know now but time and mistakes are often our best teachers.

Fast forward from there to the present day and though my retirement pension is less than half of what my income was in 2011, I have become a regular stacker of BTC. 

This didn’t happen overnight because much of what I read and learned about BTC early in my process, was negative and filled with fear. (I was Looking in the wrong places).
I first bought into some junk coins and lost a pile of money very early on but learned a tough lesson. Then there was the time my Crypto disappeared from an online wallet costing me hundreds of dollars and another time Coinbase was hacked, $1,200 disappeared from my wallet (reimbursed a week later).
In short, the first 10 years of my journey from crypto to BTC was an expensive nightmare. Through all of that I learned about exchanges, online , self custody, scams, and some of the better places to look for   and news related to this.

Now, I am making several BTC transactions every week because I truly believe that BTC in particular will play a role in the new financial system. I’ve been a believer from the start of my journey and knew that BTC would be a part of my retirement future. Though it has been an expensive journey, sometimes filled with anguish and regret, the lessons learned have been invaluable.

So in closing, BTC is not a get rich scheme (as I thought early on), and to dispel a myth, you don’t have to buy whole Bitcoin. The day is coming when even small Satoshi buys will be cost prohibitive so, it’s best to start stacking, even in small amounts. 
If you are new to BTC or if you are an older and retired individual who has fear and reservations about it, my advice to you is get involved and start to educate yourself. Look for Debit cards, Credit cards and Gift Card providers who offer BTC back on purchases and transactions. Learn to buy/sell, how to set up a wallet and how to self custody. (And ALWAYS Beware of Scammers)

Older people such as myself are long removed from our days of extensive study, learning new things and 
taking risks outside of our comfort zone but BTC is not a risk if you learn to store and safely protect it. Don’t dive in with both feet, be cautious and learn from the mistakes that others have already made. 
Welcome to the Future!

ideasfromtheedge

culture

Cell phone use at family lunches

bief57

Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, it was very clear that if you weren’t at the dinner table, when it was served, you weren’t going to eat. And during those dinners there was no television allowed and no talking on the telephone. It’s not a stretch to say that family meals together without interruption, would do a lot to improve our society.