Scott
Scott Wolfe

www.fbce.io

Executive Director @BitcoinCoalitionCA
Coordinator @FBCE

Global health and community development professional with 20+ years in not-for-profit leadership.

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2024-11-05 22:13:01

Here’s my observation with respect to the U.S. Elections. Most people opining on why Americans shouldn’t vote for the other party/candidate are full of shit, painting caricatures of people who vote for the other party/candidate. This goes both ways, from both the “Trump/Vance” camp and the “Harris/Walz“ camp, both Democrat and Republican.
The majority of people are re-enforcing inherited narratives about the “other”, fuelled by the toxic incentives that guide electoral politics as sport. I’m more and more won over to the idea that this is by design.
If we actually invested time to speak with each other, to focus on values and hopes for society, we would find that 80% of people can generally agree on 80% of things. However, our current civic climate pushes us to engage at the fringes, beginning from the disposition of the 20% focused first and foremost on the 20% of things on which they disagree. We are sucked into this abyss of false conflict.
Regardless of the outcome today, perhaps make a point of talking to more people with who you are led to believe you “disagree”. If you skew Democrat, have a conversation with some people who skew Republican. And, vice versa. Ask people what they think a better, fair society means to them; what it would look like. Try to get at what they think the core values are that should infuse society. Make the effort to extend a generosity of spirit.
The only way things get better is if we make them get better, one person, one conversation at a time.
#ElectionDay #USelection #press

2024-10-30 20:51:50

This would still be a high signal Christmas gift.
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2024-10-24 12:55:57

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That’s cause you ain’t no clown, brother!

2024-10-22 16:08:10

I love this! Have a wonderful day folks. Walk gently, be kind, have fun.
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2024-09-24 11:40:34

ANALOGY 1: Bitcoin is water
Imagine three unmarked, unlabelled clear containers. They each contain a different, clear liquid: water, bleach, and ethyl alcohol.
Without knowing anything about these liquids one could easily mistake them. #Bitcoin is water. Crypto is bleach or ethyl alcohol.
In the same way that bleach or ethyl alcohol have some limited use cases, so too may a very small number of crypto tokens (if we’re being charitable in our assessment). However, it is a massive error to lump these with Bitcoin #BTC, just as it would be potentially fatal to treat bleach and ethyl alcohol as you do water. Have a sip and find out.
We need dialogue, education and public policy that respects Bitcoin (BTC) as water for humanity.
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ANALOGY 2: Bitcoin is a diamond
Imagine a pile of clear, jagged-edged shards on a table. There are 20,000 or so individual pieces. In their sum, they look like a mass of the same thing.
You sift through them and, for the most part, they are differently shaped and sized pieces of broken glass. Upon closer inspection, however, one piece stands apart: it is an unpolished diamond.
#Bitcoin is this diamond, and crypto are the shards of glass.
To the untrained eye and to someone who has not looked more closely, it’s likely that the diamond will simply be lumped together with the broken pieces of glass. Even then, if one does not know what distinguishes a diamond from broken shards of glass, one may not consider picking it out and treating it differently.
Shards of glass can be used for limited purposes. They can be recycled, they can be used for art, etc. But they are not a diamond.
The point is that we need dialogue, education and public policy that distinguishes Bitcoin (BTC) from crypto.

2024-09-17 22:22:17

I came across this image and prose today, and thought it a valuable meme through which to reflect on the concept of freedom, something which those of us in the #Bitcoin ecosystem tend to wax on about quite a bit. Freedom, responsibility, rights, justice, compromise. These are not a spectrum, but a mosaic.
"This person took his part, but affected others. He exercised his freedom, but with injustice. Freedom can’t be exercised as everyone wants. Justice disappears when you harm others. I’m not talking about morality, I’m talking about the bad exercise of freedom."
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2024-09-11 12:39:48

IMHO, history will record the true hubris of the 2024 U.S. Presidential race as belonging to Republicans and anti-Democrats. So cocksure were they that “Sleepy Joe” would hand them the White House that they casually welcomed Donald Trump back to the throne, failing to appreciate that the bar he sets…policy-wise and as a campaigner (not as a human being, because that bar is extremely low)… is just inches higher than that of the opponent on whom they had set their sights.
Trump looked like a Rhodes scholar and Toastmasters Golden Gavel Award winner on stage beside Biden (2024 version of Biden). Whether the Democrat candidate switch was by design or merely circumstantial, we may never know. Regardless, Trump is now revealing himself as the court jester he truly is. Not looking good.

2024-09-04 12:39:40

A special 3am run this morning to wrap up my 12-week summer plan of one early morning 21km run per week, on top of my other runs/workouts. I may continue until the temperature drops further.
These early morning sojourns have given me a much deeper sense of gratitude and clarity.
They have given me a greater appreciation of the quiet and peace that can be found in busy places at rest, places that are typically bustling.
They have brought into greater focus the nuances of pain that exists in our midst — the broken lives of people living on the streets, the substance-fuelled escape from pain and trauma, and more.
They have also taught me to see and appreciate simple moments of magic and beauty, like crossing paths twice this morning with a baby rabbit that seemed to be on its own early morning running program along Lake Ontario. On the second of these two brief encounters, we stopped and looked at each other for what must have been 5-10 seconds as if to recognize something sacred in the other. Read what you will into this, but it was one of those moments for me when I sensed a higher power at work, a higher purpose for this life, a frequency that deliberately placed us along each other’s path.
I’m grateful for all these experiences, these reminders, and the spiritual anchor that they provide in an otherwise hectic life.
This universe wants us to be at peace, to find purpose, and to be of service. This truth is screaming to be heard and embraced amidst the noise and chaos of a tumultuous world which often seems to be spiralling toward greater conflict.
I hope that I can increasingly be and become an instrument of that truth, a channel for the peace and abundance which all of us deserve to experience.
Peace! Salam!
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2024-09-04 09:17:17

By the yard, it’s hard.
But inch by inch, it’s a cinch.
#YouCanDoIt ✊
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2024-09-03 13:48:52

Dispatches from persistent inflation.
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2024-08-28 12:06:58

Hello Nostr folks, if you wouldn’t mind, please follow @npub1l00…nypq and help us build visibility and momentum for #Bitcoin circular economy efforts around the world.
Head on over to www.fbce.io to learn more and to connect with #BTC circular economy projects from different parts of the globe.

2024-08-21 08:54:51

Out for my early morning run. Looks like this guy had a late night at the club.
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2024-08-20 22:29:59

IYKYK 🎂🚀 @npub1k7v…c04l
https://youtu.be/nzjrA1k17IE?si=-XcqE55TzrmL2u2U

2024-08-20 01:33:13

Hi all, I just wanted to take moment to let you know that you can also find me on this old app called X. You can connect with me using my handle over there: @ScottAWolfe.
X is a centralized, proprietary app owned by X Holdings Corp. While you don’t get to own your personal ID on X, you do get to participate in an ecosystem that feeds you carefully selected content via an algorithm operating with opaque rationale and objectives. Just in case you need more, you also have the opportunity to be censored for a number of reasons, most notably if your thoughts stray from approved government parameters (oopsies!).
Yes, I know you like the experience of non-algorithmic content consumption and engagement over here on your Nostr app. But come on over to X if you’re open to some good ole algorithmically-fulled click bait and toxic repartee with a diverse range of nyms and basement-dwellers.
I’ll be over there for a bit still. Come find me!

2024-08-19 19:47:33

Hatred pulls you in
And love pulls you out.
Love sets you free.
https://youtu.be/J7yyd0cfVa4?si=zPl5bKIIACdNi5DK

2024-08-18 23:27:43

I try to remind myself often…and a lot more than usual as of late…that over 90% of the world would love to have my “problems”. Attitude of gratitude.
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2024-08-18 20:32:09

Very important new article by @npub1g8w…82gq. Bitcoin is for everyone and it’s critical that elected representatives and political parties recognize that this means large segments of their voting base.
Two key messages for Democrat-leaning Americans:
#Bitcoin is for everyone. Study Bitcoin, and go from there.
#note1ddj…agsa

2024-08-18 15:24:54

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🙏🧡

2024-08-18 00:30:32

Parenting and life thoughts. My little one (7yrs) is beginning to outgrow his current football squad and league. They won 5-2 today and he scored four goals and was clearly the most dominant player on the pitch. He needs to play up a level and be more challenged. What I was most proud of though was not the goals, but that he was talking on the pitch, trying to help his mates get in position, use space, and get back on defence. This was the first time I had ever seen him do this. I made little mention of his goals after the match and instead focused on his blossoming leadership skills.
Even when it’s clear that we excel at something or are dominant in a particular context, there is always more to do, more to learn, and more we can become. We should always strive and push at new goals, new limits. Hopefully this is something I can instil in him as a parent-coach, and something that will resonate, whether on the pitch, in the classroom, or in other aspects of life. I hope he remembers that we did not celebrate his goals, but instead celebrated the areas in which he is pushing into new parts of himself. I used this as lesson for myself. There is still so much more I can and should become as a person.

2024-08-17 18:51:31

Bring back Olympic tug-of-war! Let’s start a petition to the IOC.
#note1zqe…v9d8

2024-08-17 18:31:21

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On another note, is there any work underway to have a “lists” function on Primal. For me, that’s the single biggest missing piece. I use lists a lot on X to track content and create content. I would be dedicating a lot more time to Nostr if I had that functionality here. I want to migrate a lot more of my time to Nostr.

2024-08-17 01:37:23

✅ Bitcoin4Trump
✅ Bitcoin4Kennedy
✅ @Bitcoin4Harris (on Twitter)
What we need all political parties in the U.S. to grasp is that, just like the U.S. dollar, #Bitcoin is used by Americans across the political spectrum. More so week by week. Recent research from the @NakamotoProjct makes this abundantly clear (see link below).
Both @npub1hq0…f9mp and @realDonaldTrump (plus @GOP) have gone on record expressing their reasons for supporting more explicit U.S. Government adoption of and strategic policy support for Bitcoin.
We have yet to see any of @KamalaHarris @KamalaHQ @Tim_Walz @TheDemocrats @DNC @USProgressives step forward and express policy vision for #Bitcoin in the U.S. Make no mistake though, there is a significant population of voters inclined toward Harris/Walz who are waiting and watching. @Bitcoin4Harris @TPBPod are two beacons amidst dense fog, providing signal for Democrats to follow.
I’m a humble Canadian observer hoping that more people in the realm of Democratic Party decision-making will grasp the powerful role Bitcoin plays (and further potential) in financial inclusion, community empowerment, human rights, and climate action. This is a truly global movement with the power to bring forth humanity’s greatest, most unifying potential.
The forward march of Bitcoin adoption and use will continue around the world, regardless of whether U.S. policy makers decide to be part. By choosing to self-select out of this global march, however, U.S. policy makers will relegate the U.S. and Americans to the margins of tomorrow.

2024-08-16 19:17:18

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Thanks for hopping to it!

2024-08-16 14:14:16

For all my fellow hip hop heads. ✊🧡
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2024-08-16 12:59:27

In both the U.S. and Canada recently, we see @KamalaHarris @KamalaHQ and @theJagmeetSingh raising the idea of price controls to combat the impact of inflation. Thing is, time and again they’re shown to not work. They sound nice, but so does the idea of just printing a million dollars for every person. We need informed policy on the political left, grounded in political economy, not pandering for votes through bread and circus ideas and appeals for us to simply punish strawman villains.
https://www.economicforces.xyz/p/lets-talk-about-price-controls?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2024-08-15 09:19:28

It must be underscored that what is being passed off as a potential “reset” by the U.S. Democratic Party appears to be an “everything but #Bitcoin” crypto fest. Fine, if that’s what is intended by this new “Crypto4Harris” campaign and what is desired by planners and decision-makers aligned with the party and Harris/Walz. But we should be clear about that and we must note what that portends.
It says that a potential reset on crypto is being approached strictly as an openness to repurposing Silicon Valley tech narratives via tokenization and more insiderism.
It is not about the values expressed by progressive members of the Democratic Partyy: values that Bitcoin exemplifies: financial inclusion, climate action, inclusive global development, and a program of peace. These global domains of #Bitcoin and its particular use cases, as distinct from the vast ecosystem of crypto, appear absent from the program.
While some may find business value in these other crypto (fair enough), let’s be frank: they are not ushering in change. They are simply continuing the frameworks, systems and structures of tech-forward, Silicon Valley, venture capital dominated industry, via new means.
Communities around the world are not harnessing these crypto to empower the unbanked and marginalized, nor to resist authoritarian rule and to fight for human rights.
There is no Solana Beach.
There is no Ethereum Ekasi.
There is no Doge 4 Social Good.
These other crypto are not revolutionizing energy production and economics like Bitcoin is. They are not scaling the supply of renewable energy and mitigating escaped methane like Bitcoin is. They are not outfitting communities around the world with electricity for the first time through unprecedented energy demand/supply models, again, like Bitcoin is.
No, these inspiring phenomena that are significant parts of the Bitcoin story around the world are apparently not up for discussion within the “Crypto4Harris” led reset.
These positive phenomena associated with Bitcoin are the domain of Bitcoin mining, and no representatives or researchers focused on Bitcoin mining have been invited to the list of esteemed speakers and thought-leaders within the new “Crypto4Harris” reset agenda.
Bitcoin, the first technology to use a blockchain; Bitcoin, the largest digital asset by market cap (larger than all others combined); Bitcoin, the world’s largest decentralized computing network and open-source software; Bitcoin, the world’s 14 largest currency; #Bitcoin, the truly revolutionary network and global money, feels absent from the “Crypto4Harris” program despite its overwhelming size, impact and clear alignment with progressive values on the global stage.
It must be said that this Crypto4Harris forum appears to characterized more by its glaring omissions than anything else.
Perhaps those of us who scratch our heads in bewilderment that the Democratic Party (or at least its Progressive wing) have not yet embraced Bitcoin with full-throttled passion will be pleasantly surprised as this “Crypto4Harris” process continues to unfold. Maybe. I hope so. So far though, signs do not look very promising.
https://t.co/VRTI8P2aM0

2024-08-12 11:18:08

In five years we will look back at this episode of Donald Trump and the Republican Party feigning support for #Bitcoin, and all of the people lining up behind Bitcoin Magazine’s recent platforming of this “package” as one of the biggest favours for the values and vision and expressed by progressive values (which I distinguish from values and policy expressed by the Democratic Party in the U.S.).
Bitcoin is a network, money and tool that is gradually freeing individuals and communities around the world from the shackles of global debt-money structures and systems.
Bitcoin is disrupting narratives and binary political and social frameworks.
When Bitcoin was created and launched, it was done with the understanding that, ultimately, human self-interest, ego, fallibility would remain motivating forces for many (most?) people adopting and using Bitcoin. Human, all too human, we remain.
It is, of course, this human fallibility which is causing many Bitcoin adopters in the U.S. (with some allies elsewhere) to promote freedom, moral and spiritual renewal, and progress, on the one hand, while on the other hand investing hope for these into a character (Trump) who is the archetype of moral and spiritual decay, decadence, opportunism, and psychopathy. The cognitive dissonance is piercing.
Yet, this episode will raise the visibility of Bitcoin; it will contribute to adoption (albeit skewed); and it will shift that Overton Window surrounding Bitcoin’s use and role globally. In so doing, however, it will advance a tool and movement globally that is disrupting the Imperial project perpetuated by the United States and it will extol the virtues of inclusion, equity and fairness that forms the basis of a progressive program, but which many politicians in the U.S. that are breaking away form the Democratic Party are still not prepared to effectively bring forward, captive as they are to strategy hinged on social and cultural analysis and bankrupt in political economy. The shift will happen, but not just yet apparently.
In the long run, the opportunistic and highly individualistic support by Trump, Republican Party, and Bitcoin affiliates will seed and fertilize the ground for the next stage of this evolutionary process for/with Bitcoin; one that is fundamentally more inclusive, communitarian, and global/humanitarian.
In the meantime, those of us who can see a bit further into the future must hold our noses and endure the stench of the manure. However, I do firmly believe it will be worth it.
Love and peace, y’all! 🧡

2024-06-15 11:38:15

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I can help. I’ll send you a DM and we can find time to talk. For starters, keep tuned to @FBCE as we’ll be doing a lot more at global level. I would recommend being in contact with @npub1th5…mnel and @npub1tam…0ynt which are the two most advanced circular economy efforts in North America right now, as far as I can tell. I want to help support more of this via @FBCE and it’s also on our national priority list for Canada at @npub1j46…dffy

2024-06-07 01:09:56

Without a doubt, my favourite interview of the year so far. Checks all the boxes!
✅ #Bitcoin
✅ Toronto
✅ 🇨🇦
✅ Basketball
✅ Music
✅ Public health
Please follow @npub1jz0…h5z8 and her awesome new show “Ask a Bitcoiner 21.”. 🙌
https://youtu.be/DMEc-0-XoRE?si=8wnth2e5G27oD05B

2024-05-20 10:50:03

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Lightning!

2024-05-05 15:13:56

It’s my honour to help move forward two important organizations as part of the global #Bitcoin movement. I sincerely hope you will give them both a follow here on #Nostr. Thank you!
@npub1j46…dffy and @npub1l00…nypq
My hope is that the work that we’re doing to advance Bitcoin circular economies globally will soon have more local nodes here in Canada too. The sort of work that @npub1th5…mnel is doing and the SATurday Market initiative led by @npub1rxy…hnp8 @npub1r4x…0jus in Calgary are exactly the sort of efforts that will lead to flourishing Bitcoin circular economies here!

2024-04-29 02:25:45

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
https://youtu.be/Hu3mpAtbGuo?si=iQZiqoq6rYAnmmQO

2024-04-25 23:57:08

The U.S. national debt has been expanded consistently by both Democrats and Republicans. Don’t be fooled by the theatre of politics and partisan sabre rattling. Fix the money, fix the incentives, fix the world. #Bitcoin #BTC
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2024-04-21 17:53:59

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Great points! I too started to go down the content creation path with FIRE in my early moments, trying to figure out how I could turn it into my “side hustle”. I never got far and quickly pulled the plug. It didn’t feel right and I realized that my interest in having a side hustle that could be monetized had taken precedence over my ability to actually share something meaningful and of value. I’m glad that I discovered Bitcoin not too long after and the proverbial rabbit hole have me new adventures to pursue!

2024-04-21 17:31:17

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I appreciate where you’re coming from. There are different segments to FIRE community and yes, some are simply self-interested and just about getting ahead and to that beach life at almost any cost. Same could be said for many groups or movements though. I also think there’s a very sizeable portion of the FIRE community that is composed of people who look at the world we occupy, driven by debt, employment bereft of meaning, and creeping nihilism and are saying “no”, I choose a different path. Influencers pushing FIRE are often looking to monetize that pursuit and we should question incentives…but same could be said for Bitcoin content and influencers. All said, I think the vast majority of Bitcoin and FIRE adherents and content creators are net positives, especially because both are still a relatively small portion of societies at large. Therefore, there’s still a large market to educate and get on board. They’re not simply trying to capture and gain financial benefit from an already captive audience. My two sats on this.

2024-04-21 15:50:47

When I started out on my self-directed journey to better understand personal finance about 6 years ago (admittedly late in the game), I quickly came to align with the “Financial Independence Retire Early” #FIRE movement.
What I most appreciated is that the FIRE movement provides a narrative and lifestyle framework by which to live and consider one’s relationship to money. In #Bitcoin parlance, that framework is “low time preference”. It includes learning how to progressively spend less than one earns; how to find everyday life hacks; and, ultimately, how to make the most scarce resource of all (one’s time) the goal of living and investing via early retirement. Live life, make life beautiful, one could say.
Fast forward. I’m now four years into my journey with #Bitcoin #BTC and I see a clear alignment between FIRE and Bitcoin on multiple levels. These include: smart investing (longer-term ROI); low time preference; and, individual sovereignty over one’s resources, decisions and time. It couldn’t be more glaring.
It therefore puzzles me that more FIRE adherents and content creators have not tuned into the importance of Bitcoin. My theory is that FIRE has established a firm foothold already and is heavily influenced by experiences from the 40+ year history of “how to” in a low interest rates, with emphasis on housing financialization and dividend investing.
I believe that the core values of low time preference and self-sovereignty remain intact, but that the majority of FIRE adherents have fallen prey to the common misperception of Bitcoin as a “risky and speculative” asset and have conflated Bitcoin and crypto.
At some point, this will change and a sufficient number of FIRE adherents will come to appreciate the numerous layers of alignment between FIRE and Bitcoin. That essentially reflects my own personal finance thesis/position related to Bitcoin (BTC).
Now, when some of these FIRE adherents who ALSO care about human rights, fairness, global development and generally building a better world come to understand the macro political, economic and civilizational importance of Bitcoin…watch out!
If you are a FIRE adherent but haven’t yet begun studying Bitcoin, I highly recommend you take that step. It’ll take some time and work. It can be a bit disorienting at times. But you’re used to that, I assume, if you’ve already taken steps to explore and implement a FIRE plan.
Best wishes, and one love y’all!

2024-04-19 01:41:51

#BitcoinNotWar #Bitcoin #BTC
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2024-04-14 01:01:34

#BitcoinNotWar
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2024-04-08 00:43:05

Spending a bit more time on #Nostr and just followed about 200 new accounts (or new to me). It’s a small act, but hopefully following people is kind of like paying it forward and it’s helps accelerate the network effect of this amazing platform. ✊🧡

2024-03-23 00:09:08

THE OTHER 4-YEAR BITCOIN CYCLES?
There is already a significant amount of analysis and discussion of the 4-year cycle associated with the supply schedule of #BTC baked into the #Bitcoin software code.
This is the reduction in new supply of BTC (the block subsidy) by 50% every 210,000 mined blocks (Fig. 1), what is referred to as the Bitcoin "halving". A new halving occurs roughly every 4 years (ie, 210,000 new BTC blocks are mined roughly every four years) and these will continue until the final halving at some point in the year 2140.
This diminishing supply of new BTC into the market, coupled with Bitcoin's fixed total supply (only 21 million BTC will ever exist) produce a supply/demand phenomenon which drives the price of BTC up over time relative to all other currencies. This is why the price of BTC compared to the CAD, USD, Euro and other currencies is always "up and to the right" over longer time frames (Fig. 2).
With the next Bitcoin halving just around the corner (est. April 19, 2024) there is a fresh wave of focus on the halving phenomenon and what the next reduction of BTC supply per block (from 6.25 BTC per block to 3.125 BTC per block) will bring.
The other side to this supply/demand equation is, of course, demand. The "up and to the right" dynamic requires demand to remain constant or increase relative to supply. The extent to which demand remains equal or grows over time, the price of BTC relative to other currencies will increase. That is a very simple description, of course, and there is further nuance. Nevertheless, this is the basic interplay between supply and demand.
So what about demand? Well, it's pretty clear from a scan of the global environment and the recent upward tick of BTC relative to all currencies around the world that demand continues to increase. Key features of this include the growing adoption of BTC in countries around the world where local currencies are experiencing rapid devaluation, as well as the ongoing introduction of new BTC purchasing mechanisms such as spot BTC Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), most recently in the United States.
It dawned on me recently that the demand side of the equation may, in fact, have its own 4-year cycles, one "sociological" and another "individual/psychological".
The first has to do with the increased visibility and perceived credibility of Bitcoin as its price relative to other currencies continues to increase over time, and the second refers to the time it takes for individuals to undertake education about Bitcoin. These warrant further consideration.
As anyone who has become convinced of Bitcoin's value and importance will tell you, the educational journey is multi-faceted and ongoing. It's why we colloquially refer to it as going down the Bitcoin "rabbit hole".
The more you learn, the more you realize there is yet to learn. Each step down the rabbit hole reveals new steps to be taken...from learning about how the Bitcoin protocol functions, to learning about what money actually is, to learning about how global debt and financial markets operate, to learning about how energy markets operate, and so on.
The seemingly never-ending Bitcoin rabbit hole is why individuals and groups from such a vast diversity of backgrounds have been drawn to Bitcoin and why it is gradually (though not quickly enough) working its way into academic circles where, ostensibly, people have the time and mandate to study, study, study.
A great example of this is reflected in the forthcoming "Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin" by philosophy professors @resistancemoney @rettlerb @craigwarmke. It's also why @SatoshiEducate was established and why student groups like @BTCStudents @CornellBitcoin are sprouting up in the same way that local Bitcoin circular economies have in recent years. We're just at the outset of this new wave of academic interest and adoption.
We've also seen new stakeholders and market mechanisms come into play over the past couple of years -- institutional adopters of BTC and tools like the Bitcoin ETFs.
All of the above could be considered part of a sociological 4-year demand cycle for Bitcoin. As the number continue to go up, as this thing simply refuses to die, and friends tell friends (so to speak), Bitcoin evolves sociologically.
Add to this the phenomenon of individual learning about Bitcoin, a journey from initiate to adept. Put otherwise, the time it takes to earn one's belts (white belt, green belt, and so on). That analogy may sound odd or even corny to people who still haven't even peered into the Bitcoin rabbit hole, but anyone who has spent time down the rabbit hole will tell you that it's quite apt.
The learning journey requires curiosity, humility and, along the way, a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom on many fronts. It almost always includes mistakes and course correction. All of this takes time, and it may be useful to consider this in terms of cycles as well. Perhaps another 4-year demand cycle, the individual/psychological cycle.
Now, a 4-year learning cycle may sound daunting to someone who is just beginning to learn about Bitcoin. It could be off-putting. I would say the following in response. Most of us who have been on the journey (me since 2019) fumbled into it. We didn't know we were on a journey until we were far enough down the rabbit hole to look up and appreciate it for what it is. We were simply following our noses and that little part of us that says "hmm, that's interesting" or "no, that can't be true, let me take a closer look", fearing not to place one foot after the other, and to continually submit ideas to interrogation.
Four years into the educational journey myself, I can honestly say that while it has been dis-orienting at moments, it has also been renewing and richly rewarding. The latter far outweighs the former. These themes are reflected in a couple of other pieces I've written recently, if you're interested:
Going Further Upstream on SDoH. A Call to Action.
x.com/ScottAWolfe/st…
Sojourns in the digital future
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If you're just beginning to learn about Bitcoin, I would recommend just keeping your eyes on the next step, all the while recognizing that this time next year you will look back and be positively amazed. The beautiful thing is that there are now so many resources available (books, podcasts, conference, meetups and more). I marvel at what it must have been like 6, 10, 14 years ago to peer into the Bitcoin rabbit hole and follow one's nose forward.
If you have read this far, what do you think about the idea of there being these other 4-year Bitcoin cycles, on the demand side? Does that resonate? Does a 4-year timeframe just seem arbitrary?
These sociological and individual/psychological timeframes wouldn't pair exactly with each other nor the 4-year supply cycle. However, they might provide valuable conceptual and analytical frameworks. What do ya think? Thanks for reading!
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Figures 1 and 2
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2024-03-20 23:31:27

I bought the #Bitcoin dip. I also bought the dippity dip. I wasn’t able to buy the dippity dippity dip though. However, since the fiat price of #BTC is back up above the dippity dip level, I don’t feel quite as sad.
IYKYK

2024-03-16 23:01:57

Hey, #Toronto small businesses! There is a fast growing community of people in the GTA and people who visit Toronto that want to support YOUR business if they can pay in #Bitcoin #BTC. Accepting BTC is very easy and has many advantages and benefits. If you are interested and want some support, let us know at @BTCToronto_. One of the members of our collaborative, like @BTCadvisors, can help. We’re happy to answer questions or stop by for a visit.
Who are we and what’s in it for us? We’re an informal group of collaborators, from different walks of life, who all believe that #Bitcoin is the future and a key to building a better, more inclusive, and more fair world. As part of this, we believe strongly in the value and power of local small businesses. We want Toronto to have a prominent place in this fast accelerating global movement. For us, this is about strengthening community and empowering local small businesses as leaders of today and tomorrow.
#note1w77…0j0p

2024-03-15 17:38:36

TORONTO | Pay in #BTC
☕️ Capulus Coffee House
📍881 St Clair Ave West
Delicious food and beverages. Support businesses that accept #Bitcoin. @npub1864…t2tq @npub1j46…dffy
While you’re at it, please follow @BTCToronto_ and @BTCcoalition_ca. 🇨🇦
https://m.primal.net/HlNG.mov

2024-02-27 13:59:12

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Hey Steve, it doesn’t show me what observation/post you’re referring to. I’m. Assuming the conservatives/progressives can agree on 80% of things post?

2024-01-18 01:25:33

🚨Business accepting Bitcoin🚨
Hey #Toronto residents! New coffee shop accepting #Bitcoin on St Clair Ave West. Capsules Coffee House. Go show them some love and support! Let’s get this circular economy going!🚀
c/o @npub1vtk…gjfc
https://maps.app.goo.gl/EPh9MHBXifiEaFUX7?g_st=ic

2024-01-16 23:12:50

Follow @npub1kns…3582 !!!

2024-01-16 02:10:59

So cool to have my new @npub1t9z…stxq NIP-05. Thanks for hooking me up, @npub1826…7t95 @npub1pfm…665m @npub1erh…ru26!!! Excited to collaborate on #Bitcoin and #Nostr education and adoption in Toronto. Look g forward to growing our local community.

2023-12-23 11:04:22

I woke up this morning feeling this immense sense of urgency that we need to onboard another 10 million people globally to self-custodied #Bitcoin by January 3, 2024. A combination of new Bitcoiners and Bitcoiners getting their #BTC off exchanges.
Are forthcoming spot #Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. positive or negative in the long run? I dunno. BUT, I don’t want for us to risk the transformational potential of Bitcoin globally. So, let’s front run the hell out of large institutions b/n now and Bitcoin’s 15th birthday (Jan 3). LFG!

2023-10-09 13:28:20

Let’s make war unaffordable. #Bitcoin fixes incentives, which can help heal the world. https://image.nostr.build/436823916da949a08afb3072eda4e49aa130c269119f7d7d40228ebc4c6d780e.jpg

2023-08-05 12:45:26

Latest from #Niger, as I understand it. Apparently Wagner contingency has arrived on the ground (with support from Russia?) AND ECOWAS Security Council has coincidentally backed down from its threat of sending forces in to restore the puppet leader of France/U.S.
Could it be that Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso are successfully forming a beachhead of resistance to neo-colonialism, backed with Wagner muscle? I pray this is the case and these are the early weeks and months of a new African sovereignty movement. I also hate the thought of the Wagner Group acting as the front for a Russian colonial grab at African resources.
Please stand with Africa and add your voice to those calling for the full sovereignty of African nations and peoples from colonial control via debt and force!
https://twitter.com/gunderground_tv/status/1687790453653999616?s=46&t=wq0GoOCdXxA5DblxlsJJng

2023-08-05 01:55:44

Great new enhancements to the @npub18m7…q955 app on #Nostr. Looks great. I just smash followed another 50 or so Nostriches thanks to Damus suggestions. You should too!

2023-07-27 17:14:23

An excellent reminder of why we #Bitcoin and why we #Nostr. Both are peaceful protests and revolutions, means of opting out of the political and financial rot of our current political and financial structures.
This doesn’t mean opting out of politics, it means opting out of current systems and structures, beginning to build new ones. This current debacle with SNF and FTX, charges dropped, wreaks of the 2008-09 crisis and bailout of the banks. This is why Bitcoin (and now Nostr) are part of the #OccupyWallStreet ethic and umbrella of actions.
https://twitter.com/simplybitcointv/status/1684595621137625089?s=46&t=wq0GoOCdXxA5DblxlsJJng

2023-07-24 20:02:43

My gut says we need a 90 day “all hands on deck” effort to get as many individuals onto #Bitcoin and #Nostr as possible.
Enough talk about BlackRock.
Enough talk about “the institutions are coming”.
Enough of being distracted by the latest Twitter or Meta moves.
We need to get as many people as possible off of zero Bitcoin and using Nostr as possible. The promise and potential of Bitcoin is as “the people’s money”. In a world that feels as though it is accelerating toward surveillance, toxicity and chaos, helping more people into the Bitcoin and Nostr lifeboats should be job #1
I’ll do my part, in my little part of the world and internet. Let’s go!

2023-05-25 23:42:55

I’m one episode into the new short series “Working”, on Netflix, featuring Former President Barack Obama. Curiously, it is a great primer for #Bitcoin adoption. It captures many of the economic, social and cultural forces unleashed by the end of the gold-backed US dollar and creation of the fiat standard and US petrodollar. Viewers could follow it up by reading: https://www.bitcoinprogressive.com https://nostr.build/i/35545ed9daa051d5796ea997a9c3b8340c30df6808c1acb7f62bbbee6b2e61d3.jpg

2023-04-30 21:09:52

Hey folks, please follow the accounts below to help uplift the voices and reach of people and organizations advancing #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork education and adoption throughout Africa. 🌍
#[2]
#[3]
#[4]
#[5]
#[6]
#[7]
@herrytheeagle
@ihate1999
@GloireKW
#[8]
#[9]
#[10]
No doubt, I’m missing people and organizations. Please reply and let’s keep building the sharing and following.
PLEASE REPOST. 🙏✊🌍

2023-04-30 12:04:49

Shout out to the growing #Bitcoin education and adoption community in #Ghana 🇬🇭, which continues to grow stronger each week. With the 2nd annual Africa Bitcoin Conference slated to take place Dec 1-3, 2023 in Accra, Ghana it should be amazing to see the growth that has taken place on the ground between Dec 2022 and Dec 2023.
https://twitter.com/cowrieskumi/status/1652615610394705920?s=46&t=wq0GoOCdXxA5DblxlsJJng

2023-04-26 12:55:18

#Bitcoin Policy Summit in Washington DC is live now, being streamed via Swan Bitcoin’s YouTube channel. A really important day of discussion with/for US policymakers and partners. Please tune in and also help spread word.
https://www.youtube.com/live/-Dw0K66tKHA?feature=share

2023-04-04 14:23:16

Hey #[0] #[1] and other Nostr devs. Would it be possible to have the Nostr search function recognize npub when copied and pasted with the # in front? That would definitely make it easier for people to migrate over from Twitter and to follow more people on Nostr, since the only way to include your pubkey in your Twitter bio and have it be “clickable” (at least via mobile devices) is by putting the # in front.
Does that make sense?

2023-04-04 01:46:17

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Yes, I may take that step at some point. For now, I’m shifting my time allocation from 90% Twitter / 10% Nostr to 50/50.

2023-04-04 01:31:00

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Is this for real? Are Elon/Twitter going full Doge? May be time to pull the plug over there.

2023-03-28 03:06:38

The ongoing cycle of “I’ll wait and buy the #Bitcoin dip…but not the dip, I need the dippity dippity dip” continues. https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_a31d2cd54a49fe66752c2be48d23735fc2197957038da7a6b9f8a120a4d8e8e3.jpg

2023-03-25 02:47:39

A little bit of love 🧡…
https://youtu.be/_Ca5QoXSe18

2023-02-28 12:21:30

Good day all! Please follow #[0] and if you’re doing some zapping today, please show them some love! Welcome to the entire Bitcoin Ekasi team and family! ✊🏿🧡

2023-02-20 03:56:09

T'o ba fe lo we omi l'o ma'lo
https://youtu.be/IQBC5URoF0s

2023-02-04 03:08:02

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Would be very grateful!
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2023-02-02 03:11:28

Fantastic macro economic and #Bitcoin outlook discussion (post Federal Reserve 0.25 rate hike announcement today) with #[1]. I highly recommend!
https://fountain.fm/episode/13141802030

2023-01-31 03:58:44

Testing. lnbc5u1p3a3ywrpp58mdcck8zugztjy79wy6fr46fvpyh03zayd6dggsyqp2jdy6d4w0sdqqcqzzgxqyz5vqrzjqwnvuc0u4txn35cafc7w94gxvq5p3cu9dd95f7hlrh0fvs46wpvhdyelw2s2p5kjhyqqqqryqqqqthqqpyrzjqw8c7yfutqqy3kz8662fxutjvef7q2ujsxtt45csu0k688lkzu3ldyelw2s2p5kjhyqqqqryqqqqthqqpysp55v9ew5fk23c2m8acyt65hvjf444cjnwjagupuxe4700s6wl9atts9qypqsq9pj58qxxsys32adyeju4z58vfdzqtywq52fthx3w7yfpx0rdc3887qmfrya0sac4u3j494nrn27qkdry833ptvllrzdtehch2dcqfxgqt8dsnm

2022-12-26 16:02:08

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Yo! Wassup Chitown?! ✊