#crypto
Perhaps
the oddity
surrounding the absence
of my born-day
on most calendars
explains my reluctance
to grow up.
I keep spinning
through the motions
of life's dizzying
roundabout
waiting for someone
to pull me off.
I long for that someone
to hold my long hair
as I *****
the past onto
the playground
and shake the sand
out of my scuffed chelsea boots.
some are born in mangers
while i emerged
on the 29th,
schrodingers bissextile day
bisexual, bipolar boy
gifts will not arrive
no ribbons to untie,
only winners unwrap parcels of joy
broken lovers treat as a stray dog -
yesterday's paper, flat-battery toy.
the dying sun keeps on rising
and every evening setting too...
here i lay dying,
perhaps subconsciously I wait,
seeking signs of a brighter day.
(unconsciously forgetting)
one day helios will set
and not rise again,
finally
then I'll realise my mistakes.
truth be told, subjectively
as objective
this game, in end
is the only one
enforcing the stakes, and those
seem to be for keeps,
however paradoxically (me thinks)
...even when you win,
(I've finally begun to see),
the only true outcome
is this:
on that day, a day no calendar lists.
slowly, predeterminedly
we all
lose in the end.
Feb 1
Feb 1, 2026 at 7:21 AM UTC
I find self in argument
With sons
Over money, over crypto
Which is a mysterious coin
Being chased by new generations
I am belittled
When giving advise on
Intangible wealth of this century
That my experience is seen as useless,
Described by them to me,
"My Boomer generation knows Nothing"
Told to feel unworthy as an argument builds
Put down as a mother as
My brain pain of their reckless youth
I had to pay attention to
As if the reciept of my womb
Was a wasted placenta
All because of a bit of coin searching for wealth
The riches these young men of mine
Will likely not find from the
Depth of their families legacy
Who will be written off in their own time
Is in their grandfather's wartime draft card, tied to the most important person
Asking,
"Name of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address",
Let that sink in.
"Relationship of This Person" , "Mother"
May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM UTC
Centralized coffers, a tempting sight,
Gold, fiat, digits, held with great might.
A stroke of a pen, a server’s command,
And fortunes are seized, across the land.
The state’s hungry hand, or a thief’s intent,
And our wealth is now gone, to our lament.
Therefore
We need a refuge, a secure & digital keep,
Where our private keys allow us to sleep.
A bearer asset, secured by code & math,
An immutable ledger, and a secure path.
No single point fails, no central control,
Bitcoin is a fortress, to keep you whole.
Mar 22, 2025
Mar 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM UTC
Fiat money consists of units of debt,
With its creation tied to borrowing, to
Repay with interest. Yet as debt grows,
The value of each dollar shrinks, eroding
Savings, distorting markets, stealing time.
Debt-money rewards few, but hurts many.
Therefore
We need a money that is not debt-based.
This money would be an actual unit of
Wealth that has a verified finite supply.
A transparent ledger that can be openly
Checked, but cannot be manipulated
Or controlled. Bitcoin is the Answer!
Mar 15, 2025
Mar 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM UTC
The value of a money depends on
How much of it is created, but it’s hard
To audit the gold supply or find out how
Many dollars or yen or euro are created.
Failure to have a proof of reserves system
Always leads to debasement of the money.
Therefore
An ideal money enables proof of reserves
And thus is auditable by anyone on earth
Without permission, from any computer.
Bitcoin is a ledger where you can check
The Proof of Reserves every 10 minutes,
Verifying the supply and halting inflation.
Mar 8, 2025
Mar 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM UTC
Many nations of the world have a
Sovereign Wealth Fund to hold value
Over many years for the country’s people.
Just as with individual savings, it’s a problem
When much value is lost through debasement.
Nations need a savings tool that holds value!
Therefore
Many nations and states are adopting bitcoin
For a part of their sovereign wealth fund so
That the value is preserved for generations.
Bitcoin is independent of any one nation,
Permissionless, decentralized, liquid,
Easy to store, and highly secure.
Feb 28, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM UTC
The Triffin Dilemma shows the conflict
Between a nation’s domestic monetary
Policy and international obligations when
Its money is the global reserve currency.
The US must supply dollars globally to
Meet demand, leading to trade deficits
And issues such as inflation and debt.
Therefore
Bitcoin offers a potential solution by
Operating outside of any one nation.
As a decentralized currency, it halts
The need for any one country to bear
The burden of reserve currency status.
Bitcoin’s fixed supply stops inflation and
The global reach serves every nation.
Feb 28, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM UTC
Staunch, fat, biting gold.
I lay my name through, tooth.
To ruler engraved crown for crown.
Have a friend shill a coin to the ferryman when I pass away.
Smelling poppies on latent days rubbed drably against misty eyed strangers the made come.
Visions of you, like breaking devaneio at dawn.
Scrolling ordinals under the digital skylight begging God’s credit by the water.
Our round faces pawning tailored passions now read merry of habits.
Now hung loose fit we became the plastic cultists.
It’s all so ******* passe.
If only blood rushed echoes to rest in, ear.
In life we vainly crashed fleets of words abroad of each other's connection.
In attempt to capture by proxy this lacunas.
Slouched about rooms now left empty of the inhabitants whose taste once raided inside them.
Bare it well.
You.
Devaneio.
You.
Casting shade for former particle existence.
Estranged of the salience there beneath the birch limbs uplifted whispers.
Star gazing.
A lame thief I let sleep in my eyes.
Like laundered thought, my fingers playing here a note in banners painted fade.
I wish I could paint it cracked in oil and gouaché.
Wispy slaps past almost ad victoriam.
Feb 2, 2025
Feb 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM UTC
Fiat money - designed to fail
Over the years, will surely derail
Those at “the top”, print to debase
Theft from the workers, a bold disgrace
Every country - it’s to no avail
Fiat money is designed to fail
Some can print the money for free
What does that mean for you and me?
We need a money, in every detail
Designed to succeed, and not to fail
Bitcoin - money designed to succeed
What people and nations truly need
Bitcoin, it can’t control or surveil
Or basic human rights assail
But keeps the value, safe and secure
And allows our freedoms to endure
History shows - all fiat fails
In spite of propaganda’s tales
Move to Bitcoin, made to succeed
Bitcoin’s growth is gathering speed
Jan 31, 2025
Jan 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM UTC
Across the world, there are many
Energy production sites that produce
More energy than can be used locally.
This is stranded or isolated energy since
Electricity is difficult to send over distance.
Therefore
We need a power consumer who can use
This stranded energy anywhere on earth.
Bitcoin is providing solutions right now
To this problem, and here are the top
Six where Bitcoin is a working solution.
Stranded Natural Gas - typically flared, Bitcoin miners use the energy, reducing methane.
Geothermal Energy - often produces more energy than a local grid can use. Bitcoin steps in.
Hydropower - seasonally variable, Bitcoin is a flexible consumer when supply is high.
Solar and Wind - intermittent, Bitcoin mining consumes surplus during high production.
Landfill Gas - produces methane, and Bitcoin captures this methane for mining.
Remote Locations - such as small hydro dams, biomass plants, or remote oil fields.
Jan 19, 2025
Jan 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM UTC
Economic ladders
Now broken and destroyed
No way to climb the rungs
That people once enjoyed
Bitcoin rebuilds our hope
And restores the ladders new
Giving opportunity
And dreams for me and you
Bitcoin makes a way
To slowly climb and rise
The economic ladder
You can see it in our eyes
Economic ladders
Built sturdy, strong and high
Bitcoin brings them back
Come climb, and touch the sky
Dec 28, 2024
Dec 28, 2024 at 8:53 AM UTC
With legacy financial options such
As gold or fiat we have no way to
Send and receive lightning quick
Micropayments across the world.
We need a way to send secure
Micro transactions of fractions
Of a penny nearly immediately
Therefore
Let’s continue adopting Bitcoin
And expanding the use of the
Lightning network that enables
These incredibly small amounts.
Each Bitcoin is divided into 100
Million units called Satoshis, or
“Sats” used for micropayments.
Dec 6, 2024
Dec 6, 2024 at 11:37 AM UTC
Fiat money and central banking
Bring about perverse incentives
Such as stealing via debasement,
Economic manipulation & distortion
To benefit those in power and control, &
Seeking unearned money (seigniorage)
Therefore
We need a system with only aligned
Incentives, where rewards are based
On work and value delivered to others,
Price signals are true and accurate, &
Assets are assets, & money is money
Bitcoin establishes aligned incentives
Oct 30, 2024
Oct 30, 2024 at 11:28 AM UTC
Debasing money is not just wrong
And generally suspicious
It’s personally destructive
It’s insulting and malicious
For those who store their value
The hard working and ambitious
To have their value stolen
Is insulting and malicious
Whether it happens quickly
Or slow and surreptitious
It’s pure and blatant theft
It’s insulting and malicious
For those who don’t have assets
It’s particularly vicious
But for ALL who use the fiat
It’s insulting and malicious
That dollars can store value
Over time, is quite fictitious
In not much time, the value melts
It’s insulting and malicious
With Bitcoin, we have a choice
It’s purpose quite auspicious
You can choose between the two
I hope you’ll be judicious
Oct 16, 2024
Oct 16, 2024 at 8:36 AM UTC
Millions are flowing to Bitcoin
And joining this stable ship
But almost none are flowing out
As Bitcoin is a one way trip
Many are coming for safety
From debasement’s steady drip
They stay as their value grows
Thus Bitcoin is a one way trip
Some flow to bitcoin for freedom
From the tyrant’s desperate grip
And then grow more committed
As Bitcoin is a one way trip
Sometimes the price will bore you
And sometimes the price will rip
But over years, the value soars
For Bitcoin is a one way trip
It’s a one way trip for people
So far, a one way trip for price
Make the trip over to bitcoin
You won’t need to make it twice
Oct 10, 2024
Oct 10, 2024 at 11:21 AM UTC
Dilution risk exists for nearly every
Money and asset on this planet now.
Dilution risk happens when a person’s
Share in an asset is decreased due to
The issuance of new shares. This risk
Brings about a huge loss of real value
Therefore
An ideal asset would be one in which
There is no dilution risk possible, ever.
Bitcoin fulfills this unique property of
Money because the supply of bitcoin
Is preprogrammed to 21 million coins.
Bitcoin has zero risk of share dilution
Sep 25, 2024
Sep 25, 2024 at 8:54 AM UTC
The insanity of the world
Tries vainly to quell our might
But we arise and support
The momentum of the light
Though tyrants wish to rule us
And crush our money rights
Our actions and solutions build
The momentum of the light
Freedoms must be protected
And sometimes we must fight
In a peaceful revolution for
The momentum of the light
Though darkness gather round us
Our futures shine so bright
If we maintain and foster
The momentum of the light
Bitcoin remains our standard
Ere the evil powers benight
Bitcoin & NOSTR help promote
The momentum of the light
Sep 7, 2024
Sep 7, 2024 at 8:49 AM UTC
Most assets have counterparty risk,
Which is the risk that the other party
In an investment or contract may not
Fulfill their obligation, resulting in loss.
All stocks, bonds, and other securities
Contain counterparty risk in many forms
Therefore
We need a bearer asset with absolutely
No counterparty risk in order to remain
Secure in our wealth and our freedom.
Bitcoin is the asset with this property
Of no counterparty risk, but sovereign
Ownership secured by private keys
Aug 25, 2024
Aug 25, 2024 at 8:18 AM UTC
With the fiat system of money printing
It’s possible to receive money without
The creation of any value for anyone.
These messed up incentives entice
Some in politics and power realms
To get close to the printing of new
Money in order to steal this wealth
Therefore
Let’s move to a money system with
Aligned incentives where people only
Receive money as they create real
Value and wealth for others in the
Free market, leading to prosperity
Based on hard work and creativity.
Bitcoin is this aligned value solution
Aug 9, 2024
Aug 9, 2024 at 9:09 AM UTC
Money represents
My time
And my life
Which comes from
My labor
My tears
And my strife
I get to choose where
To store
Up my wealth
Where it won’t be taken
By inflation
And stealth
Bitcoin’s the best place
It’s robust
And secure
So my time and my life
And my wealth
Can endure
No way for the looters
To steal
And debase
The thieving from fiat,
Bitcoin
Can replace
Aug 4, 2024
Aug 4, 2024 at 7:02 AM UTC
Bitcoin is open, for all, and free
A better money, for you and me
Satoshi’s gift, growing each year
You can help this new frontier
Donate! Help the Bitcoin teams
Help the world with hopes and dreams
Send some dollars or sats their way
Big or small - it will make their day
Many are working day and night
Share a few sats to help the fight
All together - we can win the war
And open wide the freedom door
Some great Bitcoin teams below
OpenSats.org
SatoshiAction.io
Geyser.fund
TimeChainCalendar.com
TimeChainStats.com
DigitalChamber.org
Jul 23, 2024
Jul 23, 2024 at 8:50 AM UTC
Join the peaceful revolution
Bitcoin shows the higher way
To a more efficient solution
For our money has gone astray
Yes, come join the revolution
As we forge our path in peace
With a confident resolution
That our savings will increase
Join the peaceful revolution
Feel the changes in your soul
As you make a contribution
To making our money whole
Join the Bitcoin revolution
Freely bring along your friends
Help increase the distribution
As this better money ascends
Jul 10, 2024
Jul 10, 2024 at 7:38 AM UTC
Users of some exchanges based in the United Kingdom need to pass a quiz (to show understanding of the risks) before they can buy Bitcoin.
Perhaps people should also pass a quiz before using fiat money, just so they also understand the risks. Here is a United Stated based quiz.
75% score required, 15 out of 20 questions.
What is the Cantillon Effect?
Describe seigniorage?
Who benefits most from seigniorage?
How much value has the dollar lost since 1913?
What is the #1 cause of inflation?
What is “fiat” money?
What does fiat mean in Latin?
Who prints money in the United States?
What is Quantitative Easing (QE)?
What is a Central Bank?
When was the US Central Bank created?
What happens to the value of fiat over time?
Describe the Bretton Woods agreement?
Why does the US borrow money it can print?
What monetary event happened in 1971?
Why was it made illegal to hold gold in 1933?
What is fractional reserve banking?
Why do governments prefer fiat money?
Who benefits from “setting” interest rates?
What is the M1 money supply?
Jun 15, 2024
Jun 15, 2024 at 8:27 AM UTC