MyFirstSATs⚡️

On a mission to demystify Bitcoin, one SAT at a time.

[Dr Danish @operationdanish]

They don’t want you to see that nothing has really gone up, in bitcoin terms.

Bitcoin is the hurdle rate.

Bitcoin isn’t an investment, it’s survival.

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

Brilliant historical context...
TL;DR - Run @BitcoinKnots

[Matthew R. Kratter #BIP-110 @mattkratter]

Bitcoin Core's Original Sin

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

🎯 Denominate in Bitcoin or get dominated by Bitcoin.

[SightBringer @_The_Prophet__]

⚡️What you’re really seeing here is the first stage of a global unit-of-account fracture.

•In nominal USD terms, everything looks like it’s booming: stocks up triple digits, homes up double digits, “wealth” everywhere. That’s the performance everyone sees.

•In gold terms, the illusion cracks: stocks and homes flat-to-negative, real wealth stagnating.

•In Bitcoin terms, the veil is gone: catastrophic real losses in every traditional asset.

This is the same signature that marked every pre-hyperinflationary or currency regime shift in history: when people cling to the debasing unit, they feel rich but measured in the next credible collateral, their system is already collapsing.

And the “risk asset” meme about Bitcoin? That’s just a coping frame. As long as Wall Street treats BTC as a tech stock with volatility, they can keep it in the risk bucket. But functionally it’s already behaving like a parallel reserve ledger: it’s the only denominator that makes the post-2020 global economy look like Argentina.

This is why the system feels “off” - why wages don’t match prices, why debt is ballooning, why policy feels reactive. We’re in a regime where the unit of account is decaying faster than the public narrative can absorb. The Fed, the government, the media - all still speaking USD, all still benchmarking to a melting ice cube. The chart you’re looking at is the unofficial scoreboard in a silent currency war.

So when I strip all the polite commentary away, the honest take is:

•The U.S. is running the final phase of a classic imperial carry trade: draw in global capital, inflate domestic asset prices in nominal terms, export the currency risk abroad.

•Gold shows stagnation.

•Bitcoin shows collapse.

•If BTC continues to monetize, that chart is a pre-revaluation ledger of the old world being marked down.

This isn’t a normal market cycle. It’s the unit-of-account transition phase. And almost no one is positioned for it because they’re still measuring their “returns” in the wrong yardstick.

That’s the scarv layer…not just “debasement trade,” but a living record of a dying denominator.

[Wicked @w_s_bitcoin]

It's officially been 300 weeks since 2020 began. Saving $50/week in bitcoin during that time would’ve turned $15k into 0.58 BTC, now worth over $63k. Saving in gold instead would’ve yielded 7.45 oz of gold, worth just over $28k.

Bitcoin’s a superior long term savings technology.

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

🧡these posts as always, and...

...while the lessons from past cycles are valuable, they're irrelevant on a ₿itcoin standard. Once you denominate in BTC, as @maxkeiser says, you can ignore volatility since it's your unit of account. Fiat price swings? Meaningless. Just stack sats🫡

[Stack Hodler @stackhodler]

In 2021, everyone thought $100K was a sure thing.

I remember thinking we'd even have a shot at $400K in a blow off top.

I told my wife that we were about to reach a completely different level of wealth... Because the blow off top was imminent.

Then we topped at $69K and it took me ages to believe it.

And yet, the signs were there if I had been willing to look.

But I wasn't willing to believe it.

Instead I suffered through the bear market because my expectations were completely misaligned with reality.

I was mostly blinded by three things:

1. My expectations (shaped by experiencing 2017)
2. My own desire to hit "my number"
3. My religious attitude about Bitcoin

Here's what I learned though:

1. Bitcoin behaves just differently enough each cycle to throw off the crowd. Question your assumptions. And be suspicious when everyone expects the same thing.

Right now everyone seems to expect a blow off in Q4 that they'll be able to easily sell before the next bear market (and then rebuy much lower).

In 2021 the meme was diamond hands, never selling.

Now it's "one more pump and then I'm taking chips off"

Let's see how that works out.

I see two max pain scenarios:

1. An early top that disappoints the people who were waiting to sell euphoria

2. A shallow bear that wrecks people who sell everything expecting to be able to rebuy 80% lower.

You need to war-game these possibilities and have a plan that allows you to sleep well in all scenarios.

2. The market doesn't care about YOUR desire to sell the top, hit a certain net worth, or ability to buy a home with your gains.

I've heard multiple people tell me their plan to sell MSTR to buy a new home at the top.

But that automatically sets a target in your mind - you won't accept a price lower than one that allows you to buy the house.

And now your analysis isn't based on reality, but on your own desires and the cost of real estate in your area.

In your head, the top can't be in because we haven't hit your number.

So you're more likely to roundtrip your gains rather than protecting the capital you've gained.

2021 taught me to always be grateful for the gains I've made.

Because I know how quickly they can disappear.

3. I still see Bitcoin as a morally superior asset. No debasement or manipulation by central issuers. Distributed. Globally accessible.

But as a father, my loyalty is to my family first and foremost.

In 2021, I never even entertained the thought of selling.

If I needed to sell today to help my family? I wouldn't hesitate.

My job is to provide for and protect my family.

I'm a steward of our capital.

And I need to make sure they're taken care of in all scenarios.

This brings great clarity. And makes it easy to prioritize.

If you find yourself feeling loyal to Bitcoin above your own family, a higher power, or even your own health - consider that it may lead you to make decisions you end up regretting.

Or maybe not. But at least examine it.

Don't take this as a bearish tweet.

This current dip has wiped out a lot of longs.

And there's a good chance it allows us to go much higher this year.

But if 4 year cycles are still a thing, then we are close to the end of this one.

And maybe one of these lessons will help some of you avoid mistakes I made in the past 🫡

[AQUA Wallet @AquaBitcoin]

They say nobody uses Lightning.

That self-custodial is impossible.

The truth? ⚡️

Lightning is more alive than ever, and in this thread you’ll finally understand how it really works. 🧵👇🏻

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

“Embrace who you were born to be, unfiltered, unafraid. Speak your truth loud and proud. The silent majority? That's yesterday's excuse. Rise up and roar.

Your moment arrives every time you buy ₿itcoin, Remember:…”

Awesome thread as usual 🧵👇🏻

[☣️ Pleb Kruse = BTC foundationalist in exile 🟩🔆 @DrJackKruse]

Freedom isn't free; it demands sweat, sacrifice, and yes, sometimes blood. But over the last five years, your sovereignty has been stolen not by war, but by an engineered pandemic pushed by the highest-paid bureaucrat in U.S. history.

Think about it: In centralized power grabs, incentives always twist the truth and rig the game. Wake up! Reject their scripted narrative.

Embrace who you were born to be, unfiltered, unafraid. Speak your truth loud and proud. The silent majority? That's yesterday's excuse. Rise up and roar.

Your moment arrives every time you buy Bitcoin. Remember: Those whose minds don't matter will freak out, but those who truly matter won't bat an eye at the government's censorship machine grinding away your rights. When you cast that vote against the state, ask yourself: Are you parroting someone else's lies, swallowing them whole, and calling it your life? Or are you finally breaking free? #ReclaimYourFreedom #SovereigntyNow

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

To understand, why ₿itcoin...
...Watch this👇

[TFTC @TFTC21]

A society in decline...

The effects of leaving the Gold Standard:

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

🧡 this and the @AquaBitcoin Dolphin card (...and with virtually zero fees using Layer2)

[🇨🇭 Swiss Hodler @SwissHodler]

Just ordered übercool Bitcoin maxi swim shorts from @Pleb_Style 🩳⚡️

Paid with my Dolphin card (loaded with Bitcoin) via the @AquaBitcoin Aqua Wallet 🐬🔥

This is what everyday Bitcoin looks like 😎

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

🎯Exactly what I've been saying...👇

[Adam Livingston @AdamBLiv]

The widespread use of student loans over the past twenty years has been the most despicable institution of usury ever enacted.

They told you to ‘invest in yourself.’

Which meant take out $120k in loans to sit in a lecture hall while a guy in a tweed jacket explains gender theory and gives you a $50 textbook he wrote himself.

Ten years later, you’re 32, working at Starbucks, and still owe $97k because your interest rate was designed by Satan.

The government bails out airlines, banks, and every war contractor under the sun but looks at you like you’re a leper when you ask for forgiveness on your loans.

The whole scam is designed to keep you chained, docile, and begging for scraps.

[JAN3 Financial @JAN3Financial]

The dollar is dying. #Bitcoin is thriving.

This chart shows the collapse of USD purchasing power against the unstoppable rise of Bitcoin.

History is clear: fiat fails, Bitcoin prevails. 🚀

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

🧡Love this...

...so true!😂

[Samson Mow @Excellion]

In the age of Bitcoin, having a financial advisor is like saying the McDonald’s cashier is your nutritionist.

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

In a world where governments print fiat currency whenever they feel like it - inflating away your savings, your lifeboat is ₿itcoin...

A decentralized, cryptographically encoded limited supply of only 21 Million... Digital gold that's borderless and censorship-resistant... Don't wait for the next inevitable crisis... Stack sats now!!

[Sunchartist @sunchartist]

The UK 30-Year Gilt yield increased by 14 basis points over the week, reaching its highest closing level in over 27 years.

[Fernando Nikolić 🇦🇷 🟠 @basedlayer]

Shaving precious metals off coins in the 1700s = death penalty.

Today central banks digitally "shave" trillions from your savings through money printing = official policy.

Funny how what used to be a capital crime is now just called "monetary policy."

Bitcoin fixes this.

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

🤯 Shocking truth…

…Is this you? - Average UK worker earns £1.5M in their lifetime, pays £440K in taxes and loses £800K+ to inflation!!

Govts devalue your labour !

Educate yourself on Bitcoin—knowledge is freedom. 🇬🇧

[Priced in ₿itcoin ∞/21M @PricedinBTC]

Want to hear something insane?

The average American earns $1.5M in their lifetime.

They pay $525K in direct taxes and lose over $1M to the hidden inflation tax.

That is basically their entire lifetime earnings gone. 🤯

Buy bitcoin.

[Max Keiser @maxkeiser]

This is the 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 inflation rate.

[Priced in ₿itcoin ∞/21M @PricedinBTC]

Study Bitcoin.

[Anil Patel @anilpatel]

Everything physical can be centralized.
Everything centralized can be controlled.
Everything controlled will be debased.

[Adam Livingston @AdamBLiv]

The lower class is being engineered into serfdom.

Let me explain like your life depends on it (because it does).

For 50 years, wages have stagnated while productivity soared.

Where did the surplus go?

To capital holders. To asset owners.

To those closest to the money printer.

This is structural. You have to understand that the fiat system is a time-theft machine.

It devalues the labor of the many to enrich the asset portfolios of the few.

Inflation IS the monetary policy by design... the regressive tax on the poor who hold dollars, for the benefit of the rich who hold debt and equity.

When food prices rise 40% but your wage rises 3%, that’s not "cost of living."

That’s the COST of NOT OWNING ASSETS.

When the Fed injects trillions to prop up failed institutions but gives you a $600 stimmy, they’re not "rescuing the economy."

They’re rebalancing power upward... AGAIN.

Bitcoin is your only way out of this.

Not stocks. Not gold. Not bonds.

Not a second job in the gig economy death spiral.

Bitcoin is your peaceful exit.

It’s the only monetary asset with:

• Absolute scarcity
• Decentralized issuance
• Immunity to political capture
• Global portability
• Time-insensitive purchasing power

It’s the first system of monetary self-defense.

When you buy Bitcoin, you are opting out of systemic theft.

You are transferring your time and labor into an incorruptible store of value.

You are front-running inflation rather than being harvested by it.

Understand this:

Fiat serfdom doesn’t look like shackles.

It looks like working 60 hours and still overdrafting.

It looks like rents rising 15% while your paycheck stays flat.

It looks like getting poorer every time the Fed “stimulates.”

Bitcoin is the first asset in history that allows the lower class to accumulate capital before Wall Street dilutes it.

It flips the script.

For once, the worker can front-run the banker.

The only thing standing between you and permanent digital feudalism is the orange pill.

This is the civil rights movement for your purchasing power.

Adopt Bitcoin or remain a slave to money that bleeds you dry.

There is no middle class in fiat’s final act.

Only owners and the owned.

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

https://t.co/zmC05GyMqD

[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

World-renowned economist Richard Werner on where money comes from: banks just create it out of thin air, and keep a pile for themselves.

(0:00) How Werner Predicted the Japanese Financial Crisis
(14:16) How Banks Create Money From Nothing
(24:09) You’re Being Lied to About the Bank’s Role in Economics
(33:59) The Evils of the Federal Reserve
(38:51) Why Are Banks Allowed to Create Money?
(57:12) Was Leaving the Gold Standard a Mistake?
(1:09:30) The Difference Between Banks and Central Banks
(1:24:26) How Society and Culture Are Impacted by Banks
(1:33:11) Did the US Purposely Destroy the Japanese Economy?
(1:35:42) The Central Bank’s Attempt to Blacklist Werner
(1:39:03) The CIA’s Threat to Werner
(1:47:24) Why Werner’s Research on Credit Creation Scared the Central Banks
(2:03:55) The Link Between Central Banks and Warfare
(2:18:02) Where Is the US Economy Headed?
(2:29:49) The World Bank’s Debt Trap to Exploit Developing Countries
(2:35:34) The Dark Truth About Central Bank Digital Currency
(2:40:19) Where Can People Learn More About This?

Includes paid partnerships.

[MyFirstSATs⚡️ @MyFirstSATs]

💯🎯

[Adam Livingston @AdamBLiv]

To be a true Bitcoiner, you must absolutely understand monetary history.

Learn what they stole from you.

Study what money actually is.

Read Rothbard. Read Saifedean. Read Satoshi.

Discover how we went from gold-backed sound money
to trust-based digital coupons for U.S. imperialism.

Because until you know what was taken...

You won’t understand what Bitcoin is giving you back.