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 Feb 2023
Christopher Westra
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) claims
   That money must be managed or controlled
      Actively setting a price (and supply) of money.
         Artificially low or high interest rates lead to loss
            Of signal which leads to misallocation of capital
               Which leads to market bubbles and collapses
                  Therefore
               Let’s use a money that can never be distorted
            In either price or supply by any group at all
         This will be a money that gives true signals
      About capital allocation to needed projects
   Based on free market principles and work
What money can’t be distorted?  Bitcoin
You can see this poem on a background here - https://www.bitcoinpoems.pro/delivery043Distortion.html.  Inspired by Jack Mallers
 Jan 2023
Christopher Westra
Traditional financial systems often
   Charge high fees for many services
      Especially certain types of transactions
         Such as remittances, credit card payments
            Wire transfers, and late payment charges
               Remittances alone charge 6 percent of the
                  Amount sent globally from one to another
                     Therefore
                  Let’s save billions of dollars for real people
               By moving to a system with much lower fees
            For transferring money anywhere on earth
         Bitcoin’s transaction fees are quite small
      Especially when using lightning protocol    
   Imagine the savings and the freedom
As billions start using Bitcoin soon
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 Jan 2023
Christopher Westra
Physical cash transactions are final
  But in the digital world non-reversible
      Transactions have not been possible
        Since financial institutions cannot avoid
            Mediating disputes which prevent finality
              The cost of mediation slows enterprise
                  And makes trade and finance complex
                    Therefore
                  We need an electronic payment system
              Based on cryptographic proof, not trust
            Allowing any two parties to transact directly
        With irreversible transactions based on a
      Distributed timestamp server to generate
  Proof of the chronology of the transactions
And thus finality. The solution is Bitcoin
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 Jan 2023
Christopher Westra
Current money systems usually collect
   Lots of personal information about users
      This information can be vulnerable to hacks
         And also identity theft, control, and censorship
            Many people do not want sensitive personal
               Information and documents stored online
                  Therefore
               Since it’s not criminal to want some privacy
            Let’s use a money system that doesn’t require
         Personal information simply to use money
      And doesn’t require submitting documents
   Which remain on vulnerable databases
We have this money now, in Bitcoin
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 Jan 2023
Christopher Westra
Fiat money relies on intermediaries
   Such as banks and government entities
      To facilitate transactions and keep records
         And ensure the integrity of the money system
            This system requires trust to make it function
               Yet the history of fiat currencies is replete with
                  Breaches of that trust - breaches of integrity
                     Therefore
                  Let’s move to a new money not based on trust
               With no reliance on any centralized authority
            But peer to peer verification through code
         Made secure by a decentralized network
      Allowing any and every user to validate
   Their own (and all) money transactions
This is Bitcoin.  Don’t trust, but verify
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 Jan 2023
Christopher Westra
A problem with fiat centralized money
   Is that monetary accounts can be frozen
      Censoring people or nations who refuse
         To follow the narrative of those in control
            Monetary officials who decide who can use
               Money and who is not allowed to use money
                  Because of their beliefs or ideas or support
                     Therefore
                  Because people hold varying beliefs in life
               Let’s use a money that can’t be frozen at all
            Because this money remains private property
         Money that can be held and used by those
      On opposite sides of any issue or decision
   A bearer asset that is censorship resistant
This money exists - the solution is Bitcoin
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 Dec 2022
Christopher Westra
Fiat money is not available to everyone
   Billions are unbanked or underbanked
      Which is inconvenient, costly, and risky
         They have no way to save value over time
            Or to borrow to start building an enterprise
               Susceptible to predatory lenders and fees
                  Keeping these families in poverty and pain
                     Therefore
                  We need a system for all to grow wealth
               Permissionless and without discrimination
            Where people can build value securely
         And create a life for themselves and for
      Generations to come across the earth
   We need a money truly available to all
The solution is Bitcoin - come join today
This is Bitcoin Poem 037 at BitcoinPoems.pro.  You can see it on a background there.
 Dec 2022
Christopher Westra
The problem with fiat money
   Is centralized control of the money
      Those in control of the money creation
         Always eventually yield to the temptation
            Of inflating the overall money supply
               Causing debasement of the currency
                  Decreasing its value for those who hold it
                     Therefore
                  People need a money that holds value
               Or actually increases in value over time
            This must be a money with a limited supply
         That cannot be changed in spite of temptation
      No person or group can be in control of this money
   This money must be decentralized
The solution is Bitcoin
This is Poem 036 at https://BitcoinPoems.pro
 Dec 2022
Christopher Westra
We’re in a race to avoid a war
A race to open freedom’s door
A race to spread adoption wide
And bring ten million to our side

So spread the Bitcoin truth around
And share the benefits you’ve found
Every act, every tweet or share
Can help a friend to grow aware

You make a difference! Act today
Let’s win this race the peaceful way
We don’t need martyrs, we need you
Sharing Bitcoin - the way you do

Let’s not slacken, and let’s not slow
In sharing what we boldly know
And when we do, we’ll win this race
We’ll make this world a better place

We’re in a race to avoid a war
Let’s do what’s not been done before
An honest money for everyone
Come and join this race we run
See more at http://BitcoinPoems.pro.  You can see each poem on a background there and this is poem 035
 Dec 2022
Christopher Westra
Timechain - Bitcoin’s implications
Bringing better motivations
Planning now on firm foundations
Verifying confirmations

Helping us to shun temptations
Longer views - no reservations
Skipping short term complications
Better people - better nations

Starting useful conversations
Raising people’s expectations
Making needed preparations
A higher way for generations
This is Bitcoin Poem 034 at https://www.BitcoinPoems.pro
 Nov 2022
Christopher Westra
When you see a better way
Spend time to build the new
Don’t reinforce the old ways
But work and build what’s true

Don’t spend your time on fighting
But build the new instead
For what you focus on will grow
So help the good to spread

Help build the Bitcoin system
For all in future years
So our children and their children
Live in hope instead of fear

A money system based in truth
Bitcoin is open and free
So let’s create, and build the new
This money for you and me
This is Bitcoin Poem 033 at https://www.BitcoinPoems.pro and you can see it displayed on a background when you go to the link above and scroll down to Poem 033
 Nov 2022
Christopher Westra
Bitcoin increases my clarity
As it shines light and honesty
On what money can truly be

This clarity - it spreads through me
And helps me in my actions see
Those which bind, or set me free

Bitcoin builds my strength of mind
As my incentives get aligned
To hold my assets as designed

And so I find that I’m inclined
To conquer tasks that I’m assigned
And master skills that I’ve outlined

Bitcoin questions the status quo
Of the modern monetary show
To create money on endless flow

This helps me question what I know
Search for truth, and insight grow
These changes does Bitcoin bestow
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 Nov 2022
Christopher Westra
Money allowed to ever expand
Brings scarcity to every land
Money scarce and tightly bound
Creates abundance all around

An ever increasing money supply
Destroys our freedom by and by
We’re not even free to choose
We must spend now or we will lose

The Bitcoin Standard echoes true
A sounder money for me and you
Allowing us to save, or invest
Or buy the things that we think best

Let’s build the world we want to see
With lots of wealth and energy
A world where money’s scarce and tight
With freedom sure, our future’s bright
Based on a quote by Jeff Booth
An abundance of money creates scarcity everywhere else
Scarcity in money creates abundance everywhere else

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