It's the requirement to learn and the strong component of personal responsibility. If you're not willing to do either, good news: this doesn't exclude you from using bitcoin. You'll just use it in a tap-swipe-click fashion on the LN after the confidence curve has flattened, meaning you'll have missed out on the most spectacular monetization event in history. You will however, enjoy its other hard money benefits in the world around you.
We all know these people. They occupy our own homes and communities. They'll watch TikTok four hours straight, stand in line at the bank for an hour, argue with the clinic on the phone, they have dozens of useless apps on their phone, but they can't be bothered to download BlueWallet, listen for more than a minute about sound money without changing the subject, or give a care in the world about decentralization and how that's achieved. These people, regardless of their age, are getting priced out of the world, and frankly, pushed to the nadir of natural selection. The most unforgivable are the professional crowd of bitcoin deniers and fiat apologists, who are so used to authority and structure they can't see a need for such nonsense outside their company or academia, they've been voting for the two-party system their entire lives.
Bitcoin rewards personal responsibility and punishes negligence and laziness.
Those who take care of their own security, follow the rules, and are willing to learn will thrive.
So that leaves us, the remnant, to protect our ignorant loved ones with our new found wealth, which is another reason why I feel at least, I can't stop stacking, and must continue making these sacrifices, like forgoing a vacation or extra toppings on a Jet's Pizza, or resisting the urge to DM a pornstar who just updated their location matching my area. So think about that as you enjoy this weekend. A hangover is bitcoin's way of telling you that your stacking failed.
It's not easy being a stacker. It's not easy learning bitcoin's intricacies or sound money principles. You have to think about your own self-custody situation (everyones is different), and develop a solution. Those that do this will enjoy the zenith of natural selection. Those that do this according to nature, are BETTER than the rest.
So if you're poor and reading this, and you live in the West, your family has probably lived there for many generations. Think of all the economic boom cycles in that time. Your ancestors never captured a single one of them. You don't have to be them. And this boom is the largest of them all. Do not let it pass you by. Do whatever you must. DO NOT LET IT PASS YOU BY.
Enjoy your weekend Stackers.