Meet in the MIDL: Bitcoin Afternoon Tea ☕️
Time for another round of community hour on Midl. Drop your questions in the replies or tune in to ask them live during the spaces.
See you at 15:00 UTC today with @midladyyy & @proofofcar. If some of you want to speak out, you know you are always welcome to take the stage.
(Future ambassadors, we will push @Midlingerscat to do a cameo appearance so you can ask all of the questions you have for him)
Set the reminders👇
There is a hormonal switch in your body for burning fat.
Most people have no idea it exists. They starve themselves, they run for hours, and they hit a wall. They feel hungry, tired, and the scale stops moving.
They’re trying to force the engine to run without fuel.
The switch is a hormone called FGF21. When you flip it on, your body starts to mobilize fat and burn energy without the usual crash. The problem is, the common advice on how to do this is impractical.
It’s good, but it’s not perfect.
The bio-hacking crowd talks about a “sugar-first” protocol. You wake up, eat a pile of fructose with no protein, and repeat that during the day. Just honey or fruit or juice.
Yes, this works. A load of sugar without protein tells the liver to pump out FGF21. You get a nice three to five-fold spike. A little window of fat burning opens up.
But it comes at a price. It doesn´t always feel good and can be quite stressful.
You have to starve your body of protein all morning. This is undesirable for anyone who trains hard or has a demanding job. It’s a protocol designed in a lab, not for the real world.
There is a smarter way. My way.
A way that lets you eat protein all day to preserve muscle and stay full… and then flip the fat-burning switch at night, when your body is ready to rest and repair.
Eat your protein and healthy fats during the day. This keeps your muscles fed and your blood sugar stable. I even eat honey with milk or skyr.
I am not restricting sugar during my protein phase!
Then, in the evening, you trigger the signal.
A surge of high-glycemic carbs… fruit, honey, lowaft pasta... even white rice… combined with a small amount of alcohol amplifies the effect. One or two glasses of red wine. Personally I prefer Whiskey.
The liver sees the sudden flood of sugar without any amino acids coming in. It gets the message: “Energy surplus, no building blocks… time to fire FGF21.”
The alcohol is the amplifier.
It’s like throwing gasoline on the fire. Ethanol pushes the same hormonal pathways as fructose, but with far more power. We’re not talking about a three-fold increase. We’re talking about a ten to forty-fold explosion in FGF21 that lasts for hours and gets not interrupted like it does on a typcial sugar or honey diet where you frontload sugar.
While you sleep, the hormone is elevated. It promotes lipolysis. It increases insulin sensitivity.
You wake up leaner.
The old protocol isn’t wrong. It’s just less effective. By flipping the timing, you get to live your life, maintain your strength, and still trigger an even bigger hormonal response.
Of course, you have to move.
The hormone is the message, but your cells need to be able to hear it. The receptor, FGF21C, is spiked by exercise. A short HIIT session or even a brisk walk is all it takes to make you more sensitive.
You are timing the hormonal peak with maximum receptor sensitivity.
This isn’t complicated. You don’t need a spreadsheet.
Eat protein during the day.
Have your carbs and a glass of alcohol at night.
Move your body.
Some people will panic about the alcohol. Or the sugar. They’ve been brainwashed by the fearmongers.
This protocol isn’t for someone with a wrecked liver or a drinking problem. If that’s you, you have bigger issues to solve first. This is for a healthy body that you want to make more efficient.
The red wine even gives you resveratrol, a polyphenol that helps protect the liver and improve the signal.
It all works together.
The old way forces you into a state of weakness. This way builds on a foundation of strength.
You don’t have to choose between being fueled and being lean.
You just have to understand timing.
Give your body the right signals at the right time.
Try it for one night. See how you feel in the morning. The results will speak for themselves.
🚨DROPPING THE (NON) OFFICIAL MIDL ANTHEM 🚨
Warning: This video contains flashing lights that may trigger uncontrollable desire to buy Runes. Viewer discretion is advised.
Learn the lyrics till next Friday, we will check during the spaces: this is our new intro tune.
Ethereum was Bitcoin's testnet
DeFi was the warm-up for BtcFi
NFTs were sketches - ordinals are the art
Sol & Eth tokens were the beta - runes are production
In crypto, founder's energy beats corp experience every single time
@btc_trist is one of the most driven, sharp, and focused founders I've ever met
@helios_finance & @midl_xyz clicked from day one - let's keep pushing bitcoin forward ⚡️
🚀 BUILD ON BITCOIN: Live X Space this Thursda👇
We’re joined by special guest @BTC_Trist from @helios_finance and @MIDL_XYZ to talk about how they’re reshaping what’s possible on #Bitcoin.
From innovation to real-world impact- don’t miss this deep dive into the future of Bitcoin development.
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Every cycle comes with a dose @binance FUD
I was a founder of two B-listed projects, both listed fee free. Binance always acted from the right long-term vision&community perspective
That's why im bullish on Runes. Binance will do the right thing starting from $DOG and $Pizza
Unpopular opinion post:
On Listing "Fees" (saw this a few times recently)
1. If you are a project complaining about listing airdrops or "fees" (to users),
Don't pay it.
If your project is strong, exchanges will race to list your coin.
If you have to beg an exchange to list, then... You need to ask yourself why, and who is providing value to whom.
2. If you complain about a competitor exchange's listing fees, then by all means, make your own listing fees 0, and be happy.
In fact, why not set all your fees to 0? including trading fees?
In a decentralized world, businesses are free to have their own business models. No one is forcing you to adopt a certain model.
Focus on treating your users well. Don't focus on your competitors.
3. If you are a bag holder of a coin, complain to the project. Not the exchange. Or use a DEX.
4. PancakeSwap doesn't have listing fees, and has very good volumes.
Further on this topic, exchanges adopt different listing models.
1. List everything on every blockchain. Most tokens are scams. Of the real "hard working" projects, most fail. Only a few projects will succeed.
2. Selectively list and make listing fee a revenue source. It's fine business model if you can attractive enough projects to list. Many small exchanges use this model, as they don't have enough trading fee revenue.
3. Selectively list. Ask for Airdrops to users. Security deposits, to make scams and failed projects more expensive to pull off. Protect users.
These models are not black and white, and many exchanges adopt a combination of them between spot listing, futures listing, alpha listing, web3 wallet buys, etc.
Work on your project, not other people. 🙏
What @midl_xyz Can Do That Other Networks Cannot, Part 2
Midl has an external computational environment (EVM). But it requires Bitcoin L1 txs from each user for each action, ensuring the activity at the BTC L1. Not just some lame isolated "BTC rollup." This keeps the UX native.
That's why I dont really bother with X spaces. Mostly noise, zero signal and packed with overnight millionaires who'll be broke again in a few weeks
Anything gud besides Ordinals Show and Meet in the Midl to recommend?
Say what you want about James Wynn, but what he says here shows that not only does he have a great understanding of market dynamics, he also understand the human psychology that drives retail traders
Amazing insight 👏