Bitcoin maximalism isn’t toxic, it’s the immune system. Distrust isn’t paranoia, it’s verification. Run a node. Hold your keys. Spend your sats. Defend decentralization.
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Last Notes npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Fiat maxis love Bitcoin, just not the part where you actually spend it. Lightning threatens the whole number go up, never touch it mentality. Better to HODL forever and call yourself a Bitcoiner. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan If borrowing stopped, fiat would collapse, bcuz the entire system depends on endless debt to keep the money machine alive. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan There is no Cantillon effect in Bitcoin. But bring the fiat mindset into the network and suddenly the circus begins: dilute shareholders with more stocks, financial engineer the balance sheet, then write a 2000 word essay about everything money supposedly is without ever simply saying: Bitcoin is money. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Fiat gives the money printer authority to create money by changing the rules. Bitcoin does the opposite. Miners have no authority to create bitcoin however they want. They compete to produce blocks and get paid according to the rules of the network. If those rules are bent simply to protect miners or give them a special privilege to create more bitcoin, the distinction starts to disappear. Bitcoin miners are supposed to follow the rules, not write themselves a special paycheck. The moment the system gives an industry the power to change monetary rules for its own survival, you have to ask: how different is that from the fiat money printer? npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin doesn’t need to fix the world to matter. It gives individuals a way to opt out, hold their own money, and remove permission from the equation. You don’t need to change the system when you can choose not to depend on it. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Miners aren’t Bitcoin’s defenders. They’re businesses chasing profit, managing debt, energy costs, and margins. When the economics stop working, they’re forced to leave the network. Bitcoin shouldn’t be designed around keeping miners profitable forever. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Stop obsessing over NGU and start building people who understand Bitcoin. NGU is great, but it follows conviction, discipline, education, and real adoption, not leverage junkies praying for the next pump. Build the minds, the economy, and the culture. The number will follow. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin mining is a brutally competitive fiat-driven business where debt, massive costs, and endless expansion can force miners into high time preference. Bitcoin doesn’t need to protect miners; difficulty adjusts, inefficient miners shut down, and the protocol’s monetary rules should remain untouched. #naddr1qv…qj6k npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Human progress is the story of better tools, and Bitcoin is the next technological upgrade for money, not another glorified spreadsheet of digital credit. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Privacy isn't something we invented. Human action begins in the mind through intentions, preferences, and decisions that no observer can directly access.You can observe what someone does, but not the reasoning behind it. Privacy isn't merely about having something to hide. It's a natural consequence of being human. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Sometimes your emotions take a toll on you. If you don’t learn to separate what you feel from what is true, emotions can slowly turn into delusion. Not every thought deserves your belief. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Stop asking people when they came to Bitcoin. Start asking what they’ve built and what they’ve done for Bitcoin. Vitalik was early to Bitcoin so what? Being early means nothing if you didn’t build anything. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin is here to humble you. The protocol doesn't care about your opinions. The rules are enforced by everyone who chooses to run them. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan One day we’ll all leave this world. The question isn’t how many sats we stacked. It’s whether we helped preserve sound money for the generation that comes after us. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan #naddr1qv…9h2q npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan I believe Bitcoin is true money, and those who stand for its core values will always be fighting for something bigger than price. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Miners create blocks, but they do not decide what Bitcoin is. Bitcoin's strongest defense is not just hash power, it is a global community of users independently verifying and enforcing the rules. Without that consensus layer, even Bitcoin could slowly drift toward the systems it was created to replace. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Miners create blocks, but they do not decide what Bitcoin is. Bitcoin's strongest defense is not just hash power, it is a global community of users independently verifying and enforcing the rules. Without that consensus layer, even Bitcoin could slowly drift toward the systems it was created to replace. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Don't dream that Bitcoin has reached escape velocity. Bitcoin's security doesn't come from price, headlines, institutions, or the belief that it's too big to fail. it comes from sovereign individuals who verify, run nodes, enforce the rules, and choose to verify rather than trust, strengthening the resilience of a network built on POW. Look in your basement, office, or room, is your full node running? Bitcoin cannot be defended by spectators; it is defended by those who participate, take responsibility, and enforce consensus. Don't just believe Bitcoin is unstoppable. Help make it unstoppable. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Every Bitcoin battle is a filter. It separates those who see Bitcoin as a path to sovereignty from those who see it as another financial product. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j4cG7CIeKU&t=3147s npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin’s wars are not about technology alone. They are about incentives, power, and whether people truly want to exit the fiat system. Every conflict reveals who chooses sovereignty over convenience. #naddr1qv…95e5 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin mining was never meant to be a fiat arbitrage game. Miners sacrifice energy and capital in a free market, expecting to lose fiat in the short term while accumulating Bitcoin over time. When financial engineering replaces conviction, mining becomes gambling. The goal was never more fiat. The goal was more Bitcoin. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Stand with what’s right, not with what’s popular. There will be times when corruption has the crowd and truth has only a handful of people. Fight anyway. You’re not responsible for the results. You’re responsible for choosing the right side. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin is beautiful when bitcoiners are toxic. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoiners with kids build for centuries. Childless paperhands only care about the next exit. Low time preference means you protect the base layer because your kids have to live with it. High time preference is the paper bitcoin paperhands who never push self-custody, lever up like idiots, then try to sell you stonks so they can buy more paper Bitcoin. Same clowns who spam the chain and call it innovation. Have kids. Stack sats. Guard the protocol. The rest is just high time preference cope. #BIP110 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Just onboarded with #NoorNote. The UI is so clean and smooth. @npub175n…g6w0 Thank you for it such a great experience. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Money shapes far more than markets and trade. It influences political incentives, government behavior, public trust, and the long-term stability of civilization itself. This article explores how inflationary fiat systems gradually erode accountability, distort economic signals, encourage short-term thinking, and expand centralized power, while sound money acts as a natural restraint on political and economic excess. #naddr1qv…cafg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/ff24f14c3675c8b163e233d89a199ac4dcae0560827a05a3183c65a7e79f2d5f.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/af0ac3fc5c192f03e5c547ecd754028a4ddc646c620d85d3ba504bc99390a416.jpg #BIP110 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Stay humble, stack sats became an excuse to do absolutely nothing. Run a node. Run LND. Contribute hashrate. Spend sats. Or admit you’re just here for number go up. #Bip110 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Core devs shipped the spam door wide open by fiat and now cry when plebs fix it with #BIP110. Run Knots or stay irrelevant. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin is not about price. It is about how money is verified, secured, and understood in a digital world. #naddr1qv…04a3 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan First the blocksize war. Now #BIP-110. Every few years someone tries to sideline node runners. Kill decentralization, then let the financial-industrial complex stuff whatever garbage they want into Bitcoin. Run a node, or don't pretend you care about Bitcoin. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Shitcoin narratives have evolved. Instead of replacing Bitcoin, they now build systems around it, offering indirect exposure while depending on Bitcoin as the underlying asset. #naddr1qv…5wxg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan People come to Bitcoin for NGU. The ones who stay discover a revolution. The ones who leave chasing NGU end up gambling on shitcoins. Few become Bitcoiners. Most become exit liquidity. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Conviction is not measured by whether you win. It is measured by whether you are willing to stand for what you believe is right when the outcome is uncertain. In any open system, progress does not come from avoiding difficult conversations. It comes from people willing to challenge ideas, question assumptions, and defend principles. The discussion around BIP-110 is a reminder that Bitcoin’s strength is not just in its technology, but in its process. Voluntary consensus requires debate, disagreement, and the freedom to choose. A victory achieved by abandoning principles is not a victory. A loss while defending what you believe is right is not a defeat. Bitcoin was built on the idea that no one gets the final say. The responsibility belongs to everyone who participates. Run a node. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Everyone is racing to capitalize on AI, but few are asking how to escape monetary debasement through sound money. AI can make you more productive, but it cannot protect the value of your time. If the money you earn is constantly losing purchasing power, you are simply running faster on a treadmill. You can create more, work harder, and increase your output, but if the foundation beneath your wealth is being weakened, your progress is quietly being eroded. Most people won't question the monetary system until inflation becomes impossible to ignore. History shows that currencies often lose trust slowly, then suddenly. The hardest lessons are usually the ones taught by reality, not theory. That is when people begin searching for an alternative and discover that sound money was never a luxury, it was the foundation they were missing all along. Bitcoin isn't valuable because it's AI-resistant or because it's just another technology trend. It's valuable because it gives people a way to preserve the purchasing power of their life's work in a world where monetary debasement has become normalized. Learn AI to increase your output. Hold sound money to protect its value. One helps you create more wealth; the other helps you preserve it. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan In Bitcoin, 800,000 BTC doesn’t buy consensus. A pleb with 0.0001 BTC running a node can reject rule changes just the same. No influencers. No CEOs. No central bank. No money printer. Just voluntary consensus. Run a node. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Suitcoiners and shitcoiners are often on the same side. Most came for the same reason: to make a quick buck. They still measure everything in dollars and chase short-term gains instead of understanding the principles behind Bitcoin. They want Bitcoin to fix the world, but they don’t want to understand how it works. They want sovereignty without responsibility. They want decentralization without running a node. They want the benefits of a permissionless system without participating in securing it. Many are waiting for someone else to carry the mission living on hopium, waiting for the next price pump, the next institutional announcement, or the next person to tell them what Bitcoin will do. But Bitcoin is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Bitcoin is a personal responsibility. Run a node. Verify transactions. Learn the protocol. Take custody of your own keys. Understand the system you are choosing to support. Don’t just hold Bitcoin. Become part of Bitcoin. #BIP110 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan freedom cannot be protected by rules alone. It must be built into the technology. Bitcoin, encryption, and decentralized networks give individuals tools to defend privacy, property, and autonomy without permission. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/a7f11438f9a599d539f663334fe784fc39de5162200f65c517e982cff15b8d38.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Fiat is mined through debt. Every new dollar enters the system because someone borrows it into existence. Bitcoin on the other hand, is mined through proof-of-work. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/22035de1c03ff5560edbb4c9461d08871f3ec3da586fbc2f2b6cc016f617b7a9.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan I see all the so-called influencers lining up behind Core, while the crazy ones are on the BIP-110 side. Funny how the people willing to challenge the status quo are always called insane first. Bitcoin doesn’t belong to influencers or gatekeepers. It belongs to those willing to run code, enforce rules, and fight for the network they believe in. #Bip110 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Stop feeding the financial-industrial complex with your Bitcoin, take self-custody, build local communities, and create a circular economy that runs on freedom, not permission. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan What began as support has evolved into dependence: the credit system has grown far larger than the real money behind it, causing prices and economic activity to be driven primarily by debt rather than actual dollars, so when credit creation slows or tightens, pressure builds and additional support is required to maintain stability. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Steady lads. Time to deploy BIP-110. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/a29c57f2aedc1b7c4fd988d53cc16da29147d5625be6095d51abfd08c927610b.png npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Fight with your node. That’s how Bitcoin settles disagreements. #BIP110 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Imagine hiding gold in your luggage, your clothes, or worse, just to move value across a border. Meanwhile, Bitcoin lets you move millions with a few words stored in your head. But sure, tell me again how gold is the future of money. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin won’t reach its full potential while spammers occupy valuable block space. The network exists to secure money. Not to subsidize spam. #bip110 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan send it below 50k. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan To rugpull. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Inauthentic behavior sounds like doing normal things on X these days. Good luck appealing to the system that doesn’t explain itself. And don’t worry, moving to Nostr won’t be happening anyway. https://image.nostr.build/5ac027d1146dbc533087d86842535f290aff5017196b3bac0e8979e15051a7dd.png npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan One of the most overlooked costs of a broken monetary system is how much time, energy, and attention it forces people to devote to preserving their wealth. In a world of constant currency debasement, saving is no longer enough. People are pushed into investing, speculating, and taking risks simply to maintain purchasing power. What should be a straightforward act of saving becomes a lifelong financial strategy. A sound form of money changes that dynamic. When money reliably stores value, individuals no longer need to obsess over markets, chase returns, or constantly search for ways to stay ahead of inflation. They can focus their attention where it belongs: building businesses, creating products, solving problems, raising families, and contributing value to society. The most important feature of sound money is not that it makes people richer. It is that it allows people to spend less time worrying about money. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan The greatest trick central banks ever pulled was convincing people that saving is for losers and that perpetual risk is normal. Dump hard money. Chase yield. Stay on the hamster wheel. Bitcoin fixes the problem by letting you save without getting robbed. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Coretard. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan BIP-110 is gaining traction. https://youtu.be/ABNUQ-6sJHw?si=OTjo8lMDVfrsey6e npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin was built to be money, not a credit system, a JPEG repository, or an arbitrary data network; a future where anyone can run a node, anyone can mine, and Bitcoin remains focused on sound money is worth protecting. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Most people believe the dollar has value because of government power, taxes, or military strength. The truth is not that simple. The modern dollar is sustained by a credit system that creates constant demand for dollars. Every mortgage, business loan, corporate bond, and government obligation represents a future need for dollars to repay debt. Debt creates demand. The challenge is that a debt-based system requires continual expansion. More debt requires more money. More money enables more debt. The cycle repeats. This is why understanding money matters. Not all monetary systems operate under the same rules. Some depend on trust, policy decisions, and expanding credit. Others rely on transparency, fixed supply, and market consensus. The future of money will be shaped by which system people trust to preserve value over the long term. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin is not for slaves. It is for people willing to think independently, take responsibility for their money, and accept the burden of self-sovereignty. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan They don’t teach how money and banks work in school. They just teach you how to use both without asking questions. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin is for rebels. Not the ones who throw stones, but the ones who question assumptions. Those who refuse a system where money loses value every year. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/d899e64177217a8c99bdd6c4861945522b03af754c713132a5f94987fca3e505.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin is rarely understood all at once. It begins with a question, a moment of curiosity, and a willingness to challenge old assumptions. This article explores the journey from skepticism to understanding and why, once Bitcoin comes into focus, it becomes difficult to unsee. #naddr1qv…hj4x npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan One of the biggest mistakes people make when learning about Bitcoin is thinking they should understand it immediately. Bitcoin combines economics, computer science, game theory, cryptography, energy, and monetary history. It is normal to encounter ideas that feel unfamiliar or even contradictory at first. Everyone who understands Bitcoin today has had to work through the same process. They asked questions, challenged assumptions, found answers, and then discovered new questions that led them deeper down the rabbit hole. Understanding Bitcoin is not a single breakthrough moment. It is a gradual process of building knowledge over time. The key is not intelligence. The key is curiosity and persistence. Keep learning. Keep questioning. Keep stacking. Keep building your understanding one block at a time. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Retail will buy AI IPOs at the top, get wrecked, and come back to Bitcoin at the price they deserve. AI IPOs are for exit liquidity, Bitcoin is for savings. Most people only learn the difference after paying for it. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan AI is consuming enormous amounts of power, and every week there seems to be a new plan for bigger data centers. Some are even discussing building them in space. AI is a real technological breakthrough, but technology is inherently deflationary. Over time, hardware improves, software becomes more efficient, and costs fall. What requires massive infrastructure today may run on consumer hardware tomorrow. That creates a risk of overbuilding. If too much capital flows into AI infrastructure, many projects may struggle to earn acceptable returns. The power grids won't disappear. The infrastructure will remain. And Bitcoin mining may be the natural buyer of that excess energy when the cycle turns. #bitcoinmining npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Fiat is the art of spending money that doesn’t exist yet. The bill is simply passed to your children. Future generations inherit the debt. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Zcash: Bitcoin, but private. The market chose the Bitcoin part. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan The Bitcoin price can keep dumping for all I care. Every panic seller is just handing sats to people with conviction. Maybe we'll stack enough hashrate to activate BIP-110 and finally make life harder for the spammers. Thanks for the fees, but Bitcoin is a money network, not your personal trash can. #BIP-110 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/200f63f14a06304115303627932c1c3053f079a05f93732cd431d7943c6c64c7.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Private debt is limited by assets and future income. Government debt is limited only by the willingness of a central bank to print. In a fiat system, the borrower with the least discipline has access to unlimited credit. That's why public debt grows faster than the money supply itself. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan When money can be altered by authority, value is no longer only transferred through markets. It is extracted through rules. Whoever controls the monetary standard controls the terms of exchange itself. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/504cdb6d0ad4f43094f36230ee988a970f46a2275dfebf8d793546dfb4196e7c.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bull markets teach narratives. Bear markets build competence. When prices rise, Bitcoin becomes a story everyone talks about. When prices fall, it becomes a system you actually use. In quiet cycles, with cheap sats and low noise, real learning begins. Wallets, Lightning, transactions, privacy, and nodes move from theory to practice. Narratives fade with sentiment. Competence survives every cycle. #naddr1qv…a440 npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Saylor buying is bearish. Saylor selling is bearish. The only bullish scenario left is Saylor taking a vacation and not touching anything. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/db5af9c078da9298cc2cec9e2dd615ed23d0235d5cbaa1ad972494c6054e291e.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Inflation is often described as rising prices. But prices are the symptom, not the cause. The deeper issue is who gets the privilege to create new money and how that new purchasing power enters the economy. Inflation is not merely an economic phenomenon. It is also a question of incentives, property rights, and trust in the monetary system. When new money can be created by some at the expense of others, inflation becomes more than a monetary issue. It carries social, legal, political, and ethical consequences because it changes how wealth and purchasing power are distributed throughout society. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan The first generation of shitcoins tried to replace Bitcoin. They entered the market with narratives around faster block times, smart contracts, scalability improvements, and claims of being a better version of Bitcoin. The positioning was direct competition, often framed as technological superiority. Over time, most of these projects failed to deliver anything meaningful in terms of monetary credibility or lasting adoption. The strategy has since shifted. Instead of openly trying to replace Bitcoin, many new projects now position themselves around it. They avoid direct competition and instead rely on Bitcoin’s existence and credibility as a reference point. The framing is more subtle, but the dependency is still there. What has emerged is a new wave of financial engineering built around Bitcoin. These structures include yield products, wrapped Bitcoin representations, synthetic exposure, treasury plays, and leveraged instruments. They are often presented in a way that makes them look like improved access to Bitcoin or smarter ways to hold it, but in reality they add layers of complexity and risk on top of the underlying asset. The narrative has also changed accordingly. It is no longer just we are better than Bitcoin. It is now framed as use our system to get more Bitcoin exposure or optimize your Bitcoin returns. This shift is part of what makes it more effective, because it feels less like competition and more like enhancement. From an outside view, this can still be understood as a new form of shitcoin narrative. The packaging has changed, but the core structure remains the same: marketing-driven systems built to attract flows by attaching themselves to Bitcoin without being Bitcoin. Many people continue to fall for these structures because the narratives are sophisticated and often wrapped in financial jargon. The complexity creates an illusion of innovation, even when the underlying model is primarily extractive or speculative in nature. Meanwhile, Bitcoin remains the base asset that everything ultimately references. Even when these systems expand, the flow of value often still resolves back into Bitcoin. So stop falling for the new shitcoin narrative and get direct exposure to Bitcoin itself. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Not all monopolies are the same. A free market monopoly survives through competition and can be replaced at any time. A legal monopoly survives through protection and force. When money has no real competition, demand comes from obligation, not trust. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Putting 1000 hours into Bitcoin is not just learning an asset, it is learning a system. Over time, price noise fades and structure becomes visible. What starts as confusion turns into clarity about money, trust, and time itself. The real value is not only in understanding Bitcoin early, but in being able to pass that understanding to your family and close circle so they do not start from zero, but from clarity. #naddr1qv…2wdr npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan What the hell are you doing other than smash buying Bitcoin if you know how to self custody? You already escaped the biggest risk. Now act like it. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Eid Mubarak. May Allah accept the good and forgive the shortcomings. https://image.nostr.build/d33a5ebc9dd28224249731cbc2aaa5a56c2c52423885d93b1dafa82188d098f5.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan The most dangerous shitcoiner is not the one who doesn’t understand Bitcoin. It’s the one who understands it completely. He knows why scarcity matters. He knows why decentralization matters. He knows why Bitcoin has no competition. Yet he still promotes tokens, narratives, and shortcuts because there is more money to be made selling dreams than telling the truth. Ignorance can be corrected. Deliberate deception is far more dangerous. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/9382ee337f7cccba33e38c956cc74cb4cbf70ee886da1354ee226771e78f095f.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Fiat money is created at near-zero cost. When production has no sacrifice, there is no real constraint on issuance. The downside doesn’t sit with the issuer, it gets quietly transferred to everyone holding it through dilution. Sound money is different. It is costly to produce, and that cost is the filter. It forces discipline. It creates scarcity that cannot be faked. Money without cost becomes control. Money with cost becomes trust. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/13d55234a369c06cdc6f3d8b1088e9166b04078624a4fec60d7b32150ecc901e.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan In earlier generations, leadership was often feared more than it was desired. Not because of the workload. Because of the accountability. They understood that every decision affecting people's lives carried a responsibility that extended beyond this world. Today, many celebrate political office as a personal victory. Leadership was once seen as a burden to carry. Now it is often seen as a prize to win. The difference between serving people and ruling them begins with that mindset. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin is often misunderstood as just digital money. But structurally, it behaves more like an API. An API doesn’t change the underlying system, it defines how you interact with it. It standardizes access, removes friction, and allows anyone to build on top of a complex backend without needing to understand the full system. Bitcoin does something similar for money. It exposes a clean, predictable interface to the monetary base. No permission. No intermediaries. No hidden adjustments. Just rules that are transparent and globally consistent. This matters for productivity. In traditional systems, accessing money requires layers: banks, settlement systems, approvals, and jurisdiction-specific rules. Every layer adds delay, cost, and uncertainty. Bitcoin compresses all of that into a single, open protocol. That is why developers, companies, and individuals can build on it globally without asking permission from the monetary system itself. Bitcoin is not just money it is a monetary API. And like every great API, its power is not just in what it is, but in what it enables others to build on top of it. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan The real strength of competitive money is not perfection. It is accountability through choice. No system can fully eliminate mistakes, fraud, or failure. What matters is how fast it reacts when trust breaks. In competitive money, trust is not enforced from the top. It is constantly tested from the bottom. People choose what they hold. They choose what they reject. And that choice is immediate in effect. Bad issuers don’t need to be punished by authority. They are simply abandoned. That creates discipline without control. Selection without force. Over time, money stops being about who issues it. It becomes about what survives scrutiny. In that sense, money is not a decree. It is a living record of collective trust. Not centralized permission. But distributed judgment. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://image.nostr.build/f5fff71404952b26b501b5611bf52c85035b1896d02452bc9d8410a046d39e31.jpg npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Fiat maximalism exports inflation, concentrates power, and punishes honest work. Monetary injustice at a global scale. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Most people think economics began with modern universities and textbooks. It didn’t. Long before economics became a formal discipline, scholars were already studying money, trade, prices, incentives, and human behavior through philosophy, ethics, and law. They understood something many still ignore today: Money is not separate from morality. The way money is created shapes the way society behaves. Every monetary system carries incentives. And incentives shape civilization. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhsVEqFxC4E npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Modern economics does not exist outside incentives. The institutions that shape monetary policy also shape which economic ideas are rewarded, promoted, or ignored. #naddr1qv…4nwx npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Bitcoin and beef. One gives humanity sound money. The other gives humanity real nutrition. Both are attacked by systems built on cheap substitutes, endless consumption, and dependency. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan When money is controlled by governments and constantly expanded through fiat systems, people are often forced to fund things they may morally disagree with without even realizing it. Through inflation, taxation, and monetary expansion, your time and labor can indirectly finance wars, corruption, political favors, inefficiency, and systems you never chose to support. That is the hidden power of money. Money is not neutral. It directs resources, incentives, and human behavior at scale. Who controls money ultimately influences where society’s energy flows. npub19p3g90j4p4vps2a5phnk4z3qad8r0q2ezrhhcrq6ltt92nz8cfqse4y3wn Abuirfhan Money is not just a medium of exchange, it shapes how people think, act, and respond to the world. When money is unstable, people feel less control over their outcomes and shift toward short-term thinking. When money is sound and predictable, effort and reward stay connected, strengthening responsibility, resilience, and a stronger sense of control over life. #naddr1qv…hy9w