Ben

[iyah may @iyahmaymusic]

This has been on my heart lately.
It's a very dark time in the world right now. Protests, wars, more division between us. At times it feels heavy just to exist.

Mental health struggles are sky-high, chronic disease is worse than ever. Technology is both helping us and destroying us. We've drifted from nature, and from each other. It's WILD.

BUT-what you see on the news and social media is not reality. It's manipulated, designed to trap us in fear. The truth is, the world is still full of beauty and goodness. When you put the phone down, the propaganda disappears.

There is indeed a warfare for the soul going on, but the darkness is loud, not winning.

So protect your mind. Protect your spirit. Limit phone time. Seriously-put it down, it's designed to be very addictive (l'm working on this too).

The media thrives on fear, war, distraction, over-sexualisation-anything that pulls us away from the power we hold within and our connection to Source.

Connect with real humans more than you do online. Step into nature. Sit in the sun. Do the things that clear your head from the noise and the bullshit.

Love & peace, iyah ✨

[Ben @DarkByteBen]

@Dennis_Porter_ @SecScottBessent If they don't have a similar need to hold unclaimed property, most likely a better result to sell any altcrap right away for btc. The value and yield of altcrap is unpredictable, other than it will fall against btc long term.

[Ben @DarkByteBen]

@_ChaitanyaJ It doesn't take courage to hold something less risky. It takes understanding.

[Lyn Alden @LynAldenContact]

Who says it's the cypherpunks and libertarians doing it? Several of those remain pseudoanonymous as they build privacy tools and such.

Bitcoin, with millions of users, has people of all sorts of interests and talents. Some have political and lobbying interests/talents to make sure politicians are protecting users from some of the most draconian things governments could do. Others ignore it and do their own work. That's the benefit of having a large network.

One of the cope tendencies I've seen among bitcoin bears (not putting you in this camp per se) is that they said "the state" wouldn't allow it, would shut it down, as a justification for not being bullish years ago. Then as the network grew massively, and a subset of politicians liked it either because they have anti-big-state views themselves or because money speaks, those bears shift to "well now it lost its way, now it is captured" as a way to continue to be bearish on the idea even as the price soars and the network strengthens. Part of being bullish years ago was understanding this type of game theory.

Bitcoin is a big tent. It's free range and cypherpunk and global. People can build on it permissionlessly and anonymously. Corps and governments can buy it, and other people can lobby for legal protection, etc. As it reaches this scale, part of the adoption is having corporations and governments get in on the game. It seeps into places like a Trojan horse.

That was always the path once it gets big. Hal Finney was talking about bitcoin banks back in 2010, for example.

The best aspect of the network is that it brings all sorts of people to it, and people can plug into the stack at whatever point works for them, whether it's a cypherpunk making code for Chaumian mints or a suit stashing it into an ETF or a politician helping provide legal cover for the constituents so that they're not singled out and have to move.

"Bitcoin is for anyone" is literal.

[Ben @DarkByteBen]

@JDVance The Fed's existence is monetary malpractice

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I want 'fantasy bitch' etched on my tombstone.

[iyah may @iyahmaymusic]

If you hate small talk.
If you feel like you’re part of the world but also not.
If the smell of flowers, the shapes in clouds and sunsets make you happy.
If you feel like you’ve been around much longer than this lifetime.
If you feel an insatiable fire within you, sometimes not knowing where to put it all.
Maybe we’re part of the same kindred.
🖤

[Ben @DarkByteBen]

Machine Learning advancements are very quickly changing which skills are valuable. Combine that trend with the uncertainty of clown world: Folks really need to figure out what value is, and how they can acquire or produce it before it's out of reach.

[Ben @DarkByteBen]

@ejuline @cryptoquick Are you serious?

[iyah may @iyahmaymusic]

I’ve been thinking today - each one of us carries some form of trauma. It’s impossible to live in this world unscathed. The more self aware we become of the darkness we hold onto, the more we can heal that space. Without that awareness and acceptance, we simply can not fulfil our potential.

A beautiful quote - “the wound is the place where the light enters you”* and “my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness”*

The wound teaches us- there are some lessons we can only learn through trials. Sometimes growth feels a lot like failure. Hold on 🤍

* Rumi
* 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

[Perfect Guidance 🧭 @PerfectGuide_]

Be addicted to learning.

[Michael Saylor @saylor]

If you still have more than one chair, this is your opportunity.

[Jimmy Song (송재준) @jimmysong]

Government programs are on par with shitcoins in terms of what their stated intention is versus their actual results.

[Robert ₿reedlove @Breedlove22]

This is bigger than the separation of money and state, #Bitcoin is the separation of economics and state. As Ayn Rand wrote:

“The fundamental principle of capitalism is the separation of State and Economics—that is: the liberation of men’s economic activities, of production and trade, from any form of intervention, coercion, compulsion, regulation, or control by the government. This is the essence of capitalism, which is implicit in its theory and in the operation of a free market…”

[Ben @DarkByteBen]

@mattgaetz Commodity stockpile vs private offering stockpile

[Free_Ross @Free_Ross]

FREEDOM!!!!

[Free_Ross @Free_Ross]

Ross was just granted a FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL PARDON by @realDonaldTrump. Words cannot express how grateful we are.

President Trump is a man of his word and he just saved Ross's life. ROSS IS A FREE MAN!!!!!

[Hans Niemann @HansMokeNiemann]

Be delusional. Only those who dare become great.

[Ben @DarkByteBen]

Kill ego, grow, repeat

[iyah may @iyahmaymusic]

You never know how anything is going to be received until you share it. It could resonate well or bring backlash or both. I’m blown away by the support from people around the world for my latest song. I’m so thankful to have your support, truly!

It can feel daunting sharing how you feel and being real and vulnerable. But what’s worse is not trying at all or dying with regrets. F that! Failures are part of the journey anyway. And I’m still figuring this out myself. Most days I don’t know what I’m doing 😆

If you have something you believe in, go after it. Put your whole heart into it. Our time here is a blip, it’s worth making it count. #viralsong #karmageddon #viralmusic