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Husband, father to a 7 yr old, veteran, bitcoin 🪢 Cautiously optimistic.

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@darkside2030 @Puncher522 Many believe you to be a Truth Sayer, and the word doomer was contrived, and handed to all the compromised folks as a talking point.

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@TJTheWheelDeal WOW! Nice work.

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@theDAHTcom @Puncher522 @PaulaBTCEdge Me thinks they are all compromised and are required to keep up the hatred. It’s the only logical explanation. Same playbook as most of the “elected”.

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@CorySwan 😂😂😂

[Cory Klippsten 🦢 Swan.com @CorySwan]

THE DOLLAR MERCHANTS

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@CorySwan Well said.

[Cory Klippsten 🦢 Swan.com @CorySwan]

Yet Another Eulogy

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@DrJackKruse Where is that beach? I thought most local beaches were blackish sand.

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@Jethroe111 I worked on the flight deck of the Kitty Hawk as a plane captain in VA-52. Awesome memories.

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@aristotlegrowth Trade

[Atlas Phoenix BTC @AtlasPhoenixBTC]

Re: Cold Card Hack

Hello fellow Bitcoiners,

It’s been nearly one week since my wallet was drained.

I lost my entire bitcoin stack, presumably the most in the entire attack - an amount I’m more than embarrassed and ashamed to even admit publicly. This was not only my life savings but my time, energy, hardcore conviction and identity after 13 years in this space.

I am posting pseudonymously as I’ve always preferred to stay out of the spotlight - and privacy (inspired by Satoshi) is something I value. I debated whether or not I should say anything at all, but after much deliberation I decided it may be beneficial for other victims who are struggling.

While this incident certainly forced upon me the darkest days of my life so far - I have now accepted it and will slowly put together my life again. I came from nothing and did everything right (except rolling the damn dice apparently 😅). I stayed away from trading, exchanges, shitcoins, ICOs, NFTs, false prophets, etc and quietly and consistently built up over the years through all the ups and downs - never spending frivolously on material goods but instead using bitcoin as my sense of freedom and security - with the hopes to pass it on to my future children.

Even though that peace, freedom and security is now gone - I am beyond grateful for the journey and life that bitcoin enabled me to have.

To all the other victims, as cliche as it is to say “it’s only money” - true wealth, as I’ve learned over and over again is in health, family, and friendships. I’d be lying if I told you I’m not afraid of the uncertainty ahead, but I know by taking one step at a time it will be possible to rebuild. Trust me if I can come to these realizations, you can too! The hardest challenges in life make us stronger and turn us into the best versions of ourselves - don’t give in to the hopelessness. By being in this community you are apart of something special that the majority of the world still hasn’t realized yet. It’s still early!

Thanks to all the wonderful people in the community I’ve been DMing over the past week - your kind words of support mean the world to me and helped me start to believe in myself again.

To the hacker: you still can do the right thing here and come clean - you have prompted a serious wake-up call that has brought the community together which will bring more resilience for the future. Doing the noble thing now will prevent a lifelong hunt.

To all the amazing bitcoiners who have jumped to action from the very beginning to support each other and mitigate further damage - it’s been a beautiful thing to watch.

To the @blocks team and especially @intangiblecoins, your efforts are inspiring and provide me with hope. Believe me when I say that IF I ever get my coins back you will all be taken care of very well, along with massive donations to the open source community.

For now I will withhold any judgement towards @nvk and the @Coinkite team - while I’m still processing this loss and dealing with the gravity of building my life up from the ruins - I have 0 anger or resentment. Bitcoin security is a tough job, mistakes are made, and lessons are learned by all. I made mistakes by trusting and not verifying as well as not having a more robust security solution so the responsibility must be shared, hindsight is 20/20 and even though it’s tough: I’m okay admitting that. Bitcoin humbles all.

Having said all that… I’M NOT FUCKING LEAVING!!! I will start building a new stack from the ground up like all the other plebs as my conviction in Bitcoin is even stronger today then when I got my first coins in 2013.

This was never about the money - it was always about the revolution, and that can’t be stopped. We will win.

Let’s keep our heads high.
The march continues.
It’s time to rebuild.

PS: Thanks for everything Satoshi ❤️

-M

[Dr. Jack Kruse Decentralized Medicine Maxi 🔆 @DrJackKruse]

IYKYK

[MarylandHODL (aka The Transition) @MarylandHODL21]

Saylor telling BIP-110 supporters that “all hope is lost” and, especially, to put our pens down is a signal in itself.

To me, it suggests the resistance to centralization and protocol capture is having significant impact.

Miners don’t decide shit. Bitcoin’s future has never belonged to a single constituency. We aren’t going to stop fighting for the idea of freedom money.

We are Bitcoin’s immune system against control and corrosion.

Maybe he’ll find his way back to Utica one day.

We’ll be there, doing what we do.

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@owroot Smart kids

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@1914ad The freelance Coinkite core devs.

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@MarylandHODL21 Is there a list of coinkite core devs circulating yet?

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@MarylandHODL21 Yep. 💯 With a ghost writer in tow.

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@voluntaryasmine Yep

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@Puncher522 @alanknit @dmweisberger @ProofOfMoney @darkside2030 @GaryCardone Yep

[Grant Cardone @GrantCardone]

Who really benefits from class action lawsuits? Esquires explain:
• sus man God Free sued Toyota for $1.25B representing 22M people. Firm earned reported $300M+ while the average person got $64.75

• God Free sued Google repping 98M people. The firm earned $175M+ in fees and the average person got $3.25.

• GodFree sued NFL representing 2.45m people. Sus man earned reported $1B+ and the average person was paid ZERO.

FTC states - “the actual money paid to people in a class action is Very Low.”
• 96% of class members receive $0.
• Only a small minority get paid.
• Avg recovery for members is $32.
• 25–33% of settlement goes to lawyers NOT the people.