Jake Snider

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[Lawrence Lepard, "fix the money, fix the world" @LawrenceLepard]

Bitcoin is a REVOLUTION.

It is much more than number go up. It is an invention which can free humankind from the long sad history of monetary debasement, which empowers few and taxes everyone else. In a fiat system the wrong people win. We all pay for it. It is unjust and unfair. Throughout all of human history we never had a monetary standard that did not dilute over time. Now we do. Those of us who are partisans and are fighting for it understand the stakes. Freedom, fairness, prosperity, less war, etc.

Unsound money is the issue of our age. Currently few see it, but this will change. This Fourth Turning is well on its way and the monetary issue will be resolved.

As I observe the current Bitcoin landscape and the attacks on its leaders i am reminded of the opening of Thomas Paine's second writing, The American Crisis. Written in December 1776 after Washington had gotten his ass kicked on Long Island and retreated from Brooklyn and through New Jersey, Paine wrote:

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of their country: but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have the consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem to lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value."

Sound money has to win. Sound money will win. History will be kind to sound money partisans. This is about a lot more than number go up. Don't forget why we are in this fight. Spread the word. The system they run is evil. We know the antidote. Time is on our side.

[Robert ₿reedlove @Breedlove22]

A video game I played at age 14 helped me learn how money actually works.

Here is what I discovered:

When I was in my early teens, I spent most of my free time playing Diablo II.

Like most games it had its own in-game currency, but the currency was so easy to come by that it didn’t have much value in trade.

So players did what humans have always done when their money fails them and found something else to use as money.

There was a rare ring in the game called the ''Stone of Jordan'' Ring (the SOJ) that was hard to find and useful enough that people valued it.

Although the game designers never intended this, the entire economy of Diablo II started using the SOJ as money.

Players started trading gear for SOJs, quoting prices in SOJs, and storing wealth by accumulating them.

The in-game currency was all but worthless because it was so easy to come by, but the SOJ was scarce and people recognized it.

Although I didn’t have these words at the time: I had just watched a free market select the SOJ as its own money. Witnessing this monetization process left a lasting imprint on my mind that decades later would give me an early appreciation of Bitcoin.

Once I understood what was happening I stopped dungeon slaying and started trading, instinctively following the basic principles of buy low and sell high until I had accumulated a wealth of rare items.

Then eBay became popular and I realized I could convert all that in-game wealth into actual dollars, and that was the moment something cracked open because people were spending “real money” to acquire valuable items inside a world that did not actually exist.

That was the first time the penny dropped for me.

I followed that intuition for the next two decades without knowing where it was going and it took one book to give it a name.

At 21 I read “The Creature from Jekyll Island” and learned what central banking actually was and the realization was so heavy I put it down, went back to work, and told myself there was nothing anyone could do about it.

Without knowing any other path I continued working inside the financial system despite understanding its corrupt core.

Then in 2018 I read “The Bitcoin Standard” and the two threads finally connected.

The free market digital money I watched emerge spontaneously inside a video game (the SOJ) and the free market digital money I was watching emerge spontaneously in the real world (Bitcoin) were both built on similar principles.

The common denominator? People always seek out the best tool for the job. When their money doesn’t work right, people find a better monetary tool.

Since the money people choose to hold is a matter of survival in the social world, it is extremely difficult to force people to use an inferior money when a better money is within reach.

My philosophical journey into the nature of money started with a video game and ended with a Bitcoin tattoo (my first and only tattoo to this day).

To me, this Bitcoin tattoo represents my “skin in the game”: which is a principle of alignment between people and the consequences of their actions.

The problem with central bankers and their fiat currencies? They have zero skin in the game. When they print money, you lose value. Their actions, your consequence: this is the misalignment.

Bitcoin is the reverse.

Bitcoin is a system secured by miners and holders.

These incentives n Bitcoin ensure that each person bears the consequences of his own actions.

The net result of Bitcoin being a monetary network with skin in the game is that it is money that can never be printed. This is because to create more than 21M Bitcoin would require a majority of users to act against their own self interest.

By giving people an incorruptible option in a world running on corrupt money, Bitcoin is one of the most important humanitarian missions in the world.

My Bitcoin tattoo is my “skin in the game”: a visual metaphor for my commitment to this humanitarian mission.

If actions and their consequences are misaligned, it is only a matter of time before the system blows up.

Bitcoin fixes this.

[Lancesico 🇱🇨 @Bornakang]

We took this for granted...

[Jake Snider @JSnake_]

@elonmusk 👀

[Jake Snider @JSnake_]

@tsgolfer Fix the money fix the world

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: Coinbase unveils new Bitcoin commercial.

[Mark Moss @1MarkMoss]

We’re living in a Bitcoin world today, not some far off date!

It’s crazy to think, right now:

1. we can send money peer-to-peer across the world instantly—no banks, no borders, just freedom.

2. we have money that can’t be debased, a shield against inflation while fiat currencies crumble.

3. We can store wealth in a digital wallet, untouchable by governments or middlemen.

4. We have a life raft to escape the fiat system, giving you control over your financial future.

5. When you send your BTC, a decentralized network of miners secures the transaction in minutes.

6. We have 1 Bitcoin adults in the world that can finally come into the global financial system, even if they’ve been locked out by traditional banks.

7. We have a money that doesn’t require you to be a person, and AI agents are now spending Bitcoin

8. Bitcoin’s decentralization empowers anyone to verify transactions, keeping the system honest without a central authority.

9. I still can’t believe we’re this early in the Bitcoin revolution, while countries like Venezuela and Argentina battle hyperinflation with no way out.

10. I still can’t believe owning Bitcoin means owning a piece of financial freedom, a hedge against a broken system.

And if you’re reading this, congrats…

You’re already ahead of 99% of people who haven’t taken action yet.

Buying Bitcoin today allows you to front run the world!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

At this point, I am 100% certain that the magnitude of the fraud in federal entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Disability, etc) exceeds the combined sum of every private scam you’ve ever heard by FAR.

It’s not even close.

[Jake Snider @JSnake_]

@ZssBecker Congratulations Alex

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

🤨🤨🤨

[Frank @FrankAFetter]

Jerome Powell: "Bitcoin is just like gold, only its digital."

Vladimir Putin: "Who can ban Bitcoin? Nobody."

Donald Trump: "Never sell your bitcoin."

Higher.

[Ash Crypto @AshCrypto]

If you have survived

- BTC crash from $69k to $15.4k
- LUNA to $0 by Do kwon
- 3AC going from $18bln to $0
- Celsius and voyager bankrupt
- FTX / FTT Meltdown
- USDC de-peg
- Binance bank run
- CZ stepping down
- SEC suing everyone
- 2 year bear market

You deserve this pump.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: #Bitcoin surpasses silver to become the 8th largest asset in the world.

[Jake Snider @JSnake_]

@ZssBecker @elliotrades How the Fuck is this happening

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

They say red light helps you sleep better

[9mmSMG @9mmsmg]

Aura we will likely never see again in a president in our lifetime.

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

The decline of the fertility rate in America is breathtaking.

(H/t @SpecialSitsNews)

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

If you want your kids to work hard, make sure they see you working hard.

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

Pray for Trump. 🙏🏾 🇺🇸

[Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr]

He'll never stop fighting to Save America 🇺🇸