Thank you so much for all the replies. I would like to add an edit.

I do not care about lightning at all. I'm a on-chain maxi. Does this change any recommendations?

I care about taking large on-chain payments directly to my node in the most private way possible.

Congrats man! Joe really helped me learn a ton on Austrian economics

Sounds like a horrible way to live.

My wife and I have done this for 5 years. Luckily, we are both self-employed so that makes it easier.

Make sure to keep up maintenance on your vehicle. When your car goes down it can really really suck.

Communication becomes critical with your wife. Learn to plan for the upcoming week. It will help big time!

I would never feel comfortable putting my stack on the line. Just me tho

Touche!

Sounds gay to me.

I could buy more but I'm pretty happy with my stack right now. Right now, we are focused on debt consolidation and debt payoff. We are making a big house move in 2025 and I want to maximize the house I can get (as in buy a 30 year house not something that only lasts me another 5 years)

If you can stack, stack harder!

Everything is gonna be ok, I promise Anon

You are a doomer

Dude, you are a freaking baller. I love this.

Does this bring up concerns for Jade?

What rat race?

Who said anything about impressing anyone?

Ignore the other comments. Its good to have a fiat savings account if you have a family and debt obligations.

I use Capital One savings account. It's 4.3 interest right now. I don't use it a ton because I'm self-employed so I constantly have money moving everywhere all the time.

But I like it because I have my checking, business, and all credit cards with Capital One so its nice to be gaining interest on my savings and I stack a shit ton of credit card points. We just got a $1,200 gift card to Amazon from all of our rewards without paying a dime of interest.

It really depends on your life situation. If you have a wife and kids I would say cease and desist immediately.

If you have very little responsibilities go HAM.

I would rather take the conversation to how can we improve your income, which is the real way to wealth.

Are you taking any online courses? Do you know anyone who is super successful that you could mentor under? Are you tracking metrics at your current job so you can ask for a raise next quarter?

I love the enthusiasm for Bitcoin, I'm all in as well. But income is where real wealth is built.

Dude, great post. Nobody understands taxes and seize up when you even start to talk about it.

Thank you for saying this. I've been thinking about this alot lately. I view Lightning as a failure. I've given it so many chances and I just don't wanna deal with it anymore. I either deal on-chain or I don't. It's all good.

Repealing a fundamental tax to a community without a replacement has never worked and will never work.

This is why Libertarians lose. They just want to repeal but not replace. It always needs to be 100% pure. Instead of a incremental improvement we get nothing. Just more crying and complaining.