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Store of value and medium of exchange ARE THE SAME THING.
“Store of value” is simply an exchange of value from your present self to your future self.
As fiat continues to collapse, do you think bitcoin gets no adoption? When the USD collapse accelerates, people just give up and civilization ends? I think not.
once you've built meaningful wealth, investing is fun, like a game - let bitcoin be your savings yes, but investing the wealth you won't need is fulfilling for some people
it varies by individual and country, what you consider significant enough to invest anything...I would say that is ~ 200 BTC in a wealthy western nation, in 2025, for a family man...your number is probably different, and of course decreases with time
Having any home equity is actually risky: don't ever pay off your house (in fact, I keep as little equity in my home as possible)
If you are under-insured: you lose (California wildfire victims)
If you get divorced
If you get sued
If the government wants your property
If you lose your job and can't make the mortgage payments (I know this is counter intuitive, but during the GFC, homeowners with substantial home equity were the first to be foreclosed on, while those with almost no equity got longer grace periods, and re-negotiated lower payments and rates more easily, since the bank stood to lose much more by foreclosing on properties in which the homeowner had little equity.)
The solution? Get that equity out: get a HELOC or second mortgage - now you have de-risked your house. Now, it is the banks problem.
Secure that equity in bitcoin -
divorce, imminent domain, lawsuit....just laugh in their faces
Also nowadays, people cannot afford a "fun" car and a practical car. The family budget can only afford 1, so that car needs to be as big and versatile as possible - a "do everything" vehicle. An F-350 can haul the family of 5, pick up a half-ton of mulch, and tow a trailer, etc.
If all you have is a Prius, its great if you just need to get to work, but it is not very practical if you kill a hog or deer and need to get it home (I know, back in the day you tied it to the hood, but the hood on new cars is too sloped and small!), or need to haul anything at all - including lumber, and other bulky items.
People who can afford 3 cars in the garage can afford to get a small car...people that can only afford 1 or 2 cars have big, versatile ones.
Small tanks are the most difficult, they look cool but are more difficult to manage properly. That said, Bettas can survive less than ideal conditions better than most fish. 10 gallon tank is still small enough to fit almost anywhere, but big enough to require less frequent attention, especially with only 1 fish.
Yes you could keep a fish bowl or a little 2 gallon, but the poor fish is just not going to live as long or happy (I know, its just a fish, but still...) I'll admit I'm not a fish bowl keeping expert, perhaps there is a way to keep one with ideal conditions without much fuss.
Midair collisions are not that uncommon. I lost a friend that way.
Aviation is a dangerous business...fly a few decades and you will lose friends.
There is nothing unusual about this guys...there are dozens of accidents like this every year, in the United States alone.
Look at this site for an idea...dozens of accidents and incidents every month (sadly no longer updated)
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/search?updated-max=2023-02-04T16:10:00-08:00&max-results=1&start=1&by-date=false&m=0
small private plane can be operated for about 600 sats/mile, or 350/mi if you are a airframe&poweplant mechanic as well as a pilot
not as luxurious as a train car but 5x faster and better security
low cholesterol > bad for the brain, neurons cannot manufacture enough cholesterol, so the liver produces excess and transports it using lipoproteins to tissues that need extra.
widespread statin usage in the general population is causing dimentia
https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/statin-nation-the-documentary/
dont really need one if you have bitcoin
are you sovereign or are you going to obey the court like a good slave?
See if you can find anything specific…I liked The Bushido of Bitcoin.
I’ve heard the airline thing from several people though.
100% dead on brother. Whenever a somewhat prominent bitcoiner latches onto something I know to be false, I have to kill another hero:
Flat Earth
Chem Trails/geo engineering
Fake moon landing
Half the time I think it’s a Fed trying to de-legitimize bitcoin by poisoning the well
By the time it plays out to the point of bitcoin being obvious to all, including the government, there will be no nationalization, no seizure of Strategy assets. Why?
The government will be far too weak. When the jig is up and money-printer doesn’t work, Strategy will be running the government already, just like the big banks do today. Just like JP Morgan Chase picked Obama’s entire cabinet, president American Hodl’s cabinet will be picked by Strategy.
The current banking system is not going to catch strategy with stablecoins, and even if they buy bitcoin with 100x fake fiat leverage, that only makes Startegy stronger and they will continue to dominate.
Strategy’s long term debt offerings will replace govt bonds as the new “risk free rate”.
spending sats directly is kind of a novelty and does not make sense financially. credit cards are the most efficient since you get a rolling 0% interest loan on the average balance, if you routinely carry a $10k balance or more, and only pay it off at the end of the month, you are arbitraging $5-10k a year - on a total credit card spend of $120k/yr
$10k is enough for a nice vacation most places, or buying more btc
strike is mainly my automatic bill pay - money is btc for 29 days of the month, then the bare minimum is auto converted to cuck bux for credit card bills and home loan
My kids are going to live wherever they want, be who they want to be, and help whom they CHOOSE to help. I’ll take my grandkids deer hunting, paint their faces with the blood of their first kill, and tell them stories about my father and grandfather.
Your cats will be long gone, and you will be lonely for 40 more years, then forgotten.
Great post anon
Orange pilling fellow pilots is much easier for me than my own family.
I could speculate that it’s how our brains work, we are more open to learning/curious (learn something new all the time while flying, no matter how much time you have in type.)
I haven’t met any other pilot that is 100% btc yet, but I did meet one with a substantial amount, and a few guys I’ve orange pilled bought a few btc each.