marec1971
Marec1971

The Bitcoin Centered Entrepreneur who builds a community to learn about Bitcoin & Money

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marcvanversendaal@pay.bbw.sv

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marcvanversendaal@pay.bbw.sv

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2024-10-03 09:59:54

My full-time Bitcoin ‘work’ is becoming very serious. In fact, it’s the only way I provide myself with even more Bitcoin.
That’s a dream outcome I would say..

2024-09-16 17:51:13

#nostr is simply amazing.
And it’s going to be better.
Way better.
And finally, for once, I’m early to the party 😏

2024-09-13 12:38:31

It’s fascinating how the most successful and intelligent people focus their energy on things and people that elevate their lives, while others waste time on what drags them down—things that aren’t even worth their attention.
The truth is, you have far more control over your destiny than you think.
The first step in my opinion?
Elevate your awareness.
Once you do, the game changes.

2024-09-10 05:22:07

Btw, is @npub1cwn…raju also fully available in the Netherlands for Dutch companies?
In other words, receiving euros instead of dollars and connecting with European payment providers?
I love what I’m seeing here and I might be able to get small businesses here to use it..

2024-09-04 12:23:03

Just today, I’ve already helped 4 people set up their professional Bitcoin wallet. It’s 2024, and more and more people are moving towards Bitcoin — it only took 15 years.
Will it take that long for NOSTR too, or will we move faster?
#grownostr
#bitcoin

2024-08-28 19:30:29

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Cool! Do you know some folks in Cabarete or el Encuentro?
I’ve surfed there a lot and really enjoyed my time there. Was trying to set up a small Bitcoin community back then but it was right when the bearmarket started (Q1 2022) so folks lost interest talking to me hahaha

2024-08-27 19:45:38

There’s nothing that can drive you as powerfully as purpose, passion, and meaning.
It sounds like a huge cliché, but now that I truly feel it, I realize that all the time before, I was mostly doing things for money or just passing the time.
Bitcoin is what caused that ‘switch’ for me.
Not coincidentally, everything I do every day now is fully centered around Bitcoin, freedom & love for live.
Pure flow…
#grownostr
#freedom
#bitcoin

2024-08-25 15:52:05

Time to post something for the fellow Dutchies on here (if there are any 🤣)..
My latest podcast episode just went live:
https://youtu.be/NL61y9OmBnI
- met Twan Houben over hoe Nederland keihard de oorlogseconomie in wordt getrokken (door Europa)

2024-08-20 13:06:12

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Same

2024-08-20 13:05:38

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Yes 👏🏼

2024-08-20 12:18:44

I’ve long cracked the cheat code for NOSTR—which is why I’m here daily.
On all the available centralized social media channels, I’m there to help others.
On NOSTR, I’m here to help myself.
It’s not that difficult.
#grownostr
#bitcoin
#freedomlover

2024-08-20 11:00:16

For those who are interested, I have been paying extra attention to organizing my diet over the past few months. I’m currently consuming about 75% meat.
So today, I didn’t eat anything until 12 pm, when I had an entrecote and two pork chops.
Question: What do you mainly eat during the day between the two main meals (so between 12 and 6 pm)?
Nothing, or do you also include some fiber & fruit?
Just curious.
Ps. I believe that a healthy diet is just as important for absolute freedom as having a good financial situation and a strong family life.
#grownostr
#bitcoin

2024-08-19 17:31:20

This is the way.
Even though I absolutely work on my location-independent business daily and use specific social media channels (like LinkedIn) to reach potential clients, I couldn’t care less that those people aren’t on NOSTR (yet).
I’m here for value creation and active contribution to decentralized, successful social media 🙏🏼✌🏽
#grownostr #note1v9w…zq8e

2024-08-19 14:18:09

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Agreed

2024-08-19 10:45:53

Almost 24 hours later, I’m back on NOSTR due to my commitment (to myself) to post on NOSTR at least once a day, here’s today’s post:
It’s my “dad day” today, so we’re heading to the beach to play. Just as important as Bitcoin.
Lower your time preference—your kids are only young once.
#bitcoin
#grownostr

2024-08-18 12:18:38

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Yes sir 👏🏼👏🏼

2024-08-18 06:05:53

Goooodmorning!!
And for my fellow Dutchies:
Goeduhhh meeeeurgen
Not sure how many Dutch folks we already have on NOSTR. But for the ones who are:
Zojuist nieuwe podcast live gekomen:
https://youtu.be/0TRE2F6EmiA
Met Roel Wolfert (schrijver Regio 4.0)
Enjoy!

2024-08-17 20:57:40

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Hehehe, exactly..👀

2024-08-17 18:37:34

Oh wait!!!
I do have something interesting to share. I’m currently back in the Netherlands (my home country), and in The Hague, there’s literally one of the best ice cream shops in the world.
It’s called ‘het IJSKABINET.’ If you’re ever there, it’s a must-visit. It tastes like a dream.
No, even better, it tastes like hyperbitcoinization.
#grownostr
#bitcoin

2024-08-17 18:33:27

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Sounds interesting

2024-08-17 18:32:40

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Just did.
Thanks 😏✌🏽

2024-08-17 18:32:21

Oh shit! I promised myself I would post on NOSTR every day for at least a year.
So, since I have nothing to share…
This is the post—just to make sure I keep my end of the bargain.
#grownostr
#bitcoin

2024-08-16 07:14:11

You’re going to love this…
My daughter (7) and I had a little conversation this morning where ‘the system’ came up, and I explained a few things. After about 15 minutes, she asked me:
‘But Dad, why do they take the money you worked for when they can just print it?’
My girl.
#bitcoin #grownostr

2024-08-15 16:31:55

Absolutely love this image.
It says so much more than just that quote. It says that what we worshipped or aspired to be in the fiat world is completely irrelevant in the Bitcoin world.
#bitcoin #grownostr https://image.nostr.build/2663636983a8a83124e2defadf9e0dd50ebf6244b19a37cd00e2ade298c3ef4b.jpg

2024-08-14 18:47:20

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Welcome 🙏🏼
I decided 4 days ago to post at least 1 time every day for 1 year on NOSTR to try it out & create value here.
(although I’m still on Twitter)

2024-08-14 18:45:44

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Agreed

2024-08-14 17:33:11

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Yes! Well said. Agreed 🙏🏼🧘‍♂️

2024-08-14 17:16:05

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Interesting how they always leave out this part when trying to make the point that everything is happening “very fast” now and is also “100% certainly” caused by humans

2024-08-14 17:13:18

I’m starting to really enjoy myself on NOSTR.
I’m either interacting with a group of people who are way ahead of their time, or I’m interacting with no one, which basically means talking to and with myself.
On one hand, I’m growing from the outside in (outrospection), and on the other, from the inside out (introspection).
Loving it 😉
#grownostr #bitcoin

2024-08-14 13:54:16

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Amen to that 👏🏼👏🏼

2024-08-14 13:50:15

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Hahaha makes A LOT of sense 🤣🧘‍♂️

2024-08-14 13:49:34

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Hahaha makes A LOT of sense 🧘‍♂️🤣

2024-08-14 13:11:34

Can you imagine what it was like to buy Bitcoin for 1 dollar?
No? Neither can I.
I was totally focused on other things and too clueless at the time to understand why Bitcoin would later become valuable.
But now, I can take advantage of NOSTR before it gains widespread recognition and usage.
So that when the time comes, I can benefit from all the value that will manifest on NOSTR.
And yes, I’ll definitely show this message as proof that I was onto something and smart enough to act on it this time. Also, to show that nobody cared back then, haha (with zero likes as evidence, of course 🤣👏🏼🤣)
#grownostr #bitcoin

2024-08-14 10:59:44

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Yes. We all need to stay humble & as open minded as possible.
It’s going to stay hard for a while since it’s an inner journey as well. Being right “with Bitcoin” doesn’t make you a better person perse, being true Bitcoiner does..😉🙏🏼

2024-08-14 10:57:35

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I now follow you.
Ps. Ik heb overigens hetzelfde gevoel cq ervaring als jij maar we zijn gewoon verdomd vroeg. De kunst is om A-kwaliteit content te creëren dat alleen op NOSTR te volgen valt zodat men straks de moeite gaat nemen hier naar toe te komen. Dat is in ieder geval mijn plan 🙏🏼

2024-08-13 20:20:01

You could say that NOSTR has the potential to surpass even Bitcoin if “decentralized communication” ultimately enables global free speech and unrestricted access to information for everyone.
As an early adopter, I might “benefit” by building a following now and capturing the “attention” that’s likely to surge as this platform grows.
Does that sound right?
What are your thoughts?

2024-08-13 18:42:25

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Amen mate 🙏🏼

2024-08-13 15:19:44

How long before your (potential) clients are on NOSTR?
How long before people start discussing other topics besides Bitcoin/decentralization tech?
That will likely attract the masses a bit more. I’m really curious to see if NOSTR will follow the same adoption curve as Bitcoin in that regard.
We’re incredibly early.

2024-08-13 06:18:35

My wife and I both want to work out every day.
And we manage to do it.
Despite having two young children, it being summer vacation, never sending them away, and both running our own businesses.
What’s your excuse?
🔥👏🏼🔥

2024-08-12 09:32:00

Any Dutchies on this platform who might be interested in my new podcast..?
A market update about last week and the reason why this eventually leads to Bitcoin going to 1 M (at least)
https://youtu.be/L51TY-qaTAo https://image.nostr.build/cad2fe37c5d3412150d26e11e9907304542b36532ae5b5eed259cc0b8195c9f2.jpg

2024-08-12 06:31:31

The reasons why people often lack the confidence to literally build a business around their passion are twofold:
1. They’ve been told a BS story their whole lives that it’s not possible and that work should actually feel like “work”.
2. They lack the perseverance and trust that things will get better as long as success is still absent.
Having a low time preference, Bitcoin & the right kind of people surrounding you will definitely help 🙏🏼

2024-08-12 06:24:29

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Word 👏🏼🙏🏼

2024-08-11 19:33:55

Had a more than amazing weekend with my family and other relatives.
Now just relaxing on the couch for a bit, and ready for a great week full of value creation related to Bitcoin.
Let’s do this 🔥

2024-08-10 06:42:47

I see a lot of people who want to ‘live in freedom’ being very dependent on LinkedIn, Twitter, etc (myself partially included). But at the same time, I also see them being dependent on their crappy job or running a business they don’t feel much passion for.
I find both just as foolish, if not hypocritical. However, I do understand it.
The point being: it all stems from fear. The fear that you won’t make it without them.

2024-08-10 06:38:32

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🫣🤣👏🏼

2024-08-10 06:36:22

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Instant follow ✅

2024-08-10 06:36:11

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Instant follow ✅

2024-08-09 12:30:20

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✅✅✅

2024-08-09 10:24:19

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Yes 🙏🏼👏🏼

2024-08-09 08:03:52

The first period is always somewhat easy when it comes to a “habit change.”
The real challenge lies in sticking with it (the discipline part).
For now, I’m simply sticking with NOSTR. It was the same when it came to our world trip and setting up a location-independent business so that you can be “free” forever.
In the beginning, both my wife and I were incredibly enthusiastic about traveling full-time with our kids and diving right into figuring out how to make money on the go. But after a year of traveling and relatively little to show for it (working hard and a lot for little), it really comes down to discipline and, yes, your vision, so you are constantly reminded of why you’re doing it.
Now, four years later, we’ve made it. And it only seems to get easier.
I suspect the same will be true for my presence on NOSTR. 🙏🏼
#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/06377e26a6cc6b1fe73762cacccefb2962344f513d8029d60ab2ea145fe7826a.jpg

2024-08-08 14:53:29

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Yes! I myself am not too “techy” as well.
What is it that you particularly find interesting of the things I mentioned.
Just curious 😁🙏🏼

2024-08-08 14:08:38

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😁👏🏼👏🏼

2024-08-08 13:58:11

Since I'm on a roll now, people seriously underestimate how much personal growth you can achieve, and potentially for your family as well, when you spend at least a year away from home in a country where you know nothing, don't speak the language, and have no idea what you're doing there.
Literally living in the unknown.
Try it, it changes everything.
You weren't made to live in one place forever... https://image.nostr.build/89932d988e6ac2a42d3411ab9d2c66bf7f7248eeeaa50bbfb7f7b28e2b7603a1.jpg

2024-08-08 13:17:15

After listening to yet another podcast with @npub1s05…eyhe, this time with Saifedean in The Bitcoin Standard podcast, I’ve decided to challenge myself with a NOSTR challenge.
Yes, my (potential) clients are on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram, but I want to change that. Moreover, I see myself as someone who can drive change—after all, it’s partly due to my commercial and interpersonal skills that I’ve become the successful professional I am today.
Conclusion: I’m going to deliver value on NOSTR every day for a year. I’ll also document this journey on other channels so that people can follow along, even if they’re not on NOSTR yet.
The themes?
Simple—topics I’m good at:
- raising awareness about financial sovereignty & Bitcoin
- the importance of privacy
- traveling the world with your family
- earning location-independent income.
Let’s do this 🔥
#grownostr
Ps. Please keep me accountable whenever you can 😉 https://image.nostr.build/66458570fe8303e3caf9e5ad79a51c2671201a47ecf1783d44563d8908b15b0f.jpg

2024-08-04 09:57:55

🔥Dutch Post🔥 - Zojuist een nieuwe aflevering van The Marc My Words show op YT (en andere kanalen) gedropt:
Het Belang van een Kapitaal Krachtig netwerk en hoe dit op te bouwen.
- met Jurgen Spoor (meester netwerker)
https://youtu.be/F82iD2AUjgA

2024-07-28 17:34:57

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Gelukkig viel het mee!
Al met al positief dat ie er was en er überhaupt om geeft. Goed teken.
Voor de rest is het altijd weer afwachten met politici.

2024-07-27 17:01:35

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Ja, spannend vooral.
Maar zoals jij waarschijnlijk ook weet, dat biedt ook kansen 😁👏🏼
Als Amerika de toon verandert tov Bitcoin, zou het voor Europa verstandig zijn mee te bewegen in dezen. Historisch gezien hebben ze dat altijd gedaan, dus zelfs voor ons is er nog hoop als je het mij vraagt.

2024-07-26 20:49:16

Dutch post - are there any Dutchies here?? - Super leuke podcast opgenomen met Frank Knopen..
Tevens een Bitcoin bull.
We praten over de potentiële gevolgen van alle geo-politieke spanningen als ook de verwachte kapitaal stromen van Europa naar andere plekken.
En, #bitcoin uiteraard.
https://youtu.be/mcD-MXnS7nQ

2024-07-14 06:44:42

Just woke up here in the Netherlands and, of course, immediately read about the attack on Trump.
Sick world.
What now? Are they going to try again? It seems to be the only way for blue America to beat him… https://image.nostr.build/b50531301c48a73aff7f5b649468a66a9b923dd6e1cb781829fdb0dd237deec2.jpg

2024-07-14 06:42:28

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Oh did not know that. Thanks mate 👏🏼👏🏼

2024-07-14 06:39:21

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Morning mate!!

2024-07-13 21:04:36

Here the new podcast (in Dutch) with a non-traceable link:
https://youtu.be/kdWsV7Xa7tA
My latest episode of the Marc My Words show with Bert Slagter (Bitcoin Alpha).
We talk macro economics & the current state of the Western economy 😏🙈🙏🏼
#bitcoin #economics #macro

2024-07-13 21:03:04

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Zapped 1000 sats

2024-07-13 21:00:55

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Wait wut, what do I need to do?
Do need to post it again but then with the link you shared?

2024-07-13 20:57:47

Not sure how many Dutchies are here on this platform already, but if you are..
Check out my latest (Dutch) podcast with Bert Slagter (from BitcoinAlpha):
https://youtu.be/kdWsV7Xa7tA?si=jZFLFnCVnNSyZpfO
Very cool episode where we discuss the current state of the (Western) economy and what we expect will happen in the near future 🙏🏼🙏🏼
#bitcoin #themarcmywordsshow #macro #dollar #euro

2024-07-13 20:50:36

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Thanks for taking the time to respond 😁
I completely agree with you. In this case, for me, it’s another one of those “lower your time preference” situations because eventually, a large amount of value will indeed flow here, and I will be the one who got in “early” if I deliver value well and consistently.
I will do my best 🙏🏼.

2024-07-11 09:52:35

Every time after I listen to @npub1s05…eyhe on a podcast, I try to spend extra time on NOSTR purely because of his advice: “If you keep putting your time and energy into that other system, even if you’re kind of arguing against it, you’re still making it stronger.”
Well, if I remain primarily active on Twitter and LinkedIn, I’m guilty of that.
Challenge? My clients are mostly there, so I’m more or less forced to produce content there (too).
How do you all deal with this?

2024-06-18 11:53:02

Just published a Bitcoin episode with Bert de Groot from Bitcoin Brabant.
In Dutch..
Deliberately in Dutch since there is already so much high quality content in English and we feel that most Dutchies still prefer Dutch content..
This way we have more change to orange pill some newcomers 👏🏼👏🏼
https://youtu.be/ZcKCYVD3iLw?si=x-rMZBk4Tje4KnsW

2024-06-11 14:10:21

My personal journey from “I buy Bitcoin to become fiat-rich” to “I save & spend in Bitcoin to help a new financial system succeed” has been long but very interesting.
Now that I run 2 full nodes and know how to open my own Lightning channel, I begin to understand how free it has made me.
This feeling helps me become a better Bitcoin educator whereas 2 years ago I already thought I knew a lot.
Well, I guess not.
Funny how, every time, you simply don’t know what you don’t know and believe you already know a lot once you’ve barely start studying a new topic (mount stupid is real).
It’s beautiful how one thing leads to another and how you realize that you shouldn’t rush the process but simply experience it consciously. Everything happens exactly as it should 👏🏼

2024-05-25 21:09:31

Strange how one day you can feel like everything is already set in motion and it could ignite at any moment, while the next moment it feels like we've barely made any progress and it will take another 10 years for people to realize it.
#bitcoin #nostr

2024-05-25 21:03:25

Was at Adopting #Bitcoin in Arnhem today.
Always fun to be amongst other Bitcoiners. Some interesting speakers & discussions so a good next step.
That said, lots of steps still need to be taking. Especially here in the Netherlands.
We can use some more energy & optimism if one were to ask me.

2024-01-15 10:50:15

Just finished a three day full spiritual trip, without internet connection/mobile phone, family, psychedelics or others substances..
Beside being around the best facilitators/teachers, it only you who have to do the work.
Connection & meditations only. 72 hours.
Result? Like magic. Can not put it into words.

2024-01-08 11:24:39

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What Bitcoin did

2024-01-08 11:23:51

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True, agreed. That said, I facilitate my own little community in the Netherlands and, other countries like Dominican Republic, and even then lots of members are now interested in the spot ETF. Meaning I simply have to share knowledge & insights about that otherwise they will try to get it elsewhere. Also, I see an increasing amount of members lately. So let’s just say that it does help to wake people up :)

2024-01-08 11:20:13

Really have to start spending more time on NOSTR.
Breaking old habits is never easy.
For now I still run to X in the time that I have left after having done my prio’s.
Any hack/tips you have tried to change this automatic behavior?

2023-10-24 08:43:28

Current state 👇🏽 https://image.nostr.build/40d15e26fd9d12088a65dee3ea951aed1163f53a14356609cae04d33246a2929.jpg

2023-10-24 08:30:40

To understand the importance of decentralization and, with that, censorship resistance, is a red pill most still haven’t taken..

2023-10-24 08:29:34

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I will do exactly the same, as I’ve been doing the last 2 years btw.
Study
Study
Study

2023-10-13 09:16:08

NOSTR ON STAGE
#bitcoin
#bitcoinconferenceamsterdam

2023-07-25 19:04:23

I was gone for a while, it took too much time posting on Twitter, LinkedIn & creating content for my own community.
Then I heard the podcast with Matt Odell on WBD.
It’s time to put in the work on here again. It has to be the future.

2023-04-04 10:37:41

Think I just added my Lightning address correctly..
Is it true that I can fill it the same information twice at address & url?

2023-02-28 02:09:37

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100! Which wallet would you recommend? Wallet of Satoshi or Muun?

2023-02-27 17:11:57

Life is fucking amazing if you do surfing & Bitcoin.
Seriously, connecting with nature by performing sports & lowering your time preference with any choice you make..
It just makes everything else look simple.

2023-02-25 19:10:45

To be perfectly honest, I’m really just getting to really “grasp” why Nostr is so valuable.
Really, I (of course) understood the use case instantly but thinking about it more deeply lately made me realize that we, this army fighting for freedom, are actually unbeatable.
Wow. Goosebumps 🙏🏼

2023-02-25 12:13:49

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Yes I’m going after this fast! Thanks for reminding 🙏🏼

2023-02-25 02:34:50

Checking out something like Nostr on a Friday night is not something the “old me” would have thought of as a good idea..
Well, more than 2 years of traveling the world all the while this plandemic clown show was going on has leveled up my consciousness in ways I couldn’t imagine.
I sincerely believe we have to act now. One of these things is get active on this decentralized form of media.
Let’s do this 🙏🏼

2023-02-25 02:15:12

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Perfect!

2023-02-20 18:59:11

Welcome to the future..

2023-02-19 00:57:21

Why do I feel that Bitcoin & NOSTR become more & more important by the day?
It’s like shit really is about to happen in places where “we” never thought it would.
Most people I know don’t care one bit if I talk about Nigeria, Libanon or Venezuela or some country like that. They truly believe it’s not possible in their own country.
What do you think?
Probability-wise?
Will it happen in Europe within a few years?

2023-02-17 00:07:42

Is it true that almost all movements (BLM, Feminism, Trans, etc) are here because they (global elite?) want them to be?
I start to believe that almost no one is genuinely fighting for these causes but are mostly doing so because they are told (subconsciously).
How wrong am I?

2023-02-14 01:24:34

Not yet used to this app, first go-to is still Twitter.
Need some more time I guess 🫣

2023-02-11 23:51:40

We haven’t reached peak fiat yet.
My sense tells me we are going parabolic the next two years before everything collapses.
Still, too many “poor folks” being “fiat rich”..
Doesn’t add up.

2023-02-10 20:27:20

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Word

2023-02-01 21:36:40

On a day like this I simply KNOW we, Bitcoiners, are winning.
Some sort of inner feeling & knowing that the good will win.
But still, lots of work to do. Vamos.

2023-02-01 18:28:54

I keep wondering, is “this thing” actually going to be “the thing” the world wants?
Decentralized forms of (social) media & communication..
I know I want it. However, rest of my surroundings don’t seem to care (yet)

2023-02-01 16:02:40

Still figuring things out here but it seems a better place than everything else already 🫣

2023-02-01 02:49:33

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Makes sense. Going to find out how I will do this but think I know a way. Thanks

2023-02-01 02:40:22

Think I begin to figure out how this works after ten minutes or so.
Now I only have to figure out how to change profile pic..

2023-02-01 02:39:25

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Hehe, probably. Just downloaded it. Understand shit though 🤣