Ryan Shelton⚡️

Truth = Freedom

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

Just updated my portfolio. A collection of work focused on distilling complexity into clean, functional experiences, from Swan Bitcoin and BBC to independent, self-funded projects. https://t.co/1XxmAISbqN

[Joel Hodlman @JoelHodlman]

Proverbs 11:1 — “A false balance is an abomination to the Lord.” Fiat is the ultimate false balance. Hidden taxes via inflation. Generational theft. Bitcoin is honest weights and measures in code.

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

@BitcoinAnja @HardBlockBTC 👏👏👏

[HodlingJesus (Daniel Sherman) @HodlingJ]

Two dangerous warnings from 1 Samuel 8 regarding the nature of government and rulers:

Warning 1: Most people willingly give up freedom for convenience.

Ancient Israel was meant to be a theocracy, governed by a sovereign and loving God.

They were meant to be unique: a nation ruled by the rules handed down to them, creating equity, justice and harmony.

Yet they wanted to be just like the nations around them. They wanted to be ruled over.

They willingly chose to reject God's and his system of governance so they could be like others.

Warning 2: Governments and Rulers take, they don't give.

The prophet Samuel warned the nation what a king would do to them:

"He will take..." (v 11)
"He will take..." (v 13)
"He will take..." (v 14)
"He will take..." (v 15)
"He will take..." (v 16)
"He will take..." (v 17)

Rulers don't give, they take.

- your sons to war
- your daughters to industry
- the fruit of your sweat and labour

They will tax you (and in our modern day, rob you via inflation) until you are a slave in your land.

As a result, "you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day." (v 18)

So how do we respond?

We put our trust in God, not earthly rulers.

“Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.”

— Psalm 146 146:3 (NIV)

#RulesNotRulers
#Bitcoin

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

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[Yan | swan.com @skwp]

In the age of advanced exploits by LLMs, DeFi is *NOT SAFE*

Stack Bitcoin, do not let your crypto sit inside smart contracts constructed from languages that are "Turing complete" like ETH and others. This was once a marketing point used by Vitalik to launch eth, but Bitcoin *wisely* chose a non-Turing complete language for its safety.

Only Bitcoin is safe from this attack. Do your own research!

[Dr. Ammous @AmmousMD]

Sunglasses cause sunburns.

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

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[_Checkmate 🟠🔑⚡☢️🛢️ @_Checkmatey_]

The Australian government just put forward sweeping changes to the capital gains tax system.

They pitched it under the guise of helping young people access afforable housing.

I ran the numbers, and undeniably, the policy harms, not helps young Aussies.

https://t.co/TsdDX0uSX3

[Matt McDonagh @McDonaghMatthew]

There's been a stealth class war waged against We the People for decades.

Wages are stalling. Debt is rising. The dollar is dying. Food quality is dropping but not as fast as birth rates. Calorie access is restricting. Global tensions are tightening. Inflation is hotter than the government will admit, with most of the pain focused on the people who can least afford it.

All of it on purpose. All of it undone by Bitcoin.

Why are they going after your money?

Wealth is the only form of defense we have that can protect our kids, grandkids and (hopefully) everyone they care about from danger. It can even give them opportunity, aka offense. That’s why money matters. It provides protection and the power to make change.

This is why money matters to the bad guys, too.

Most people think they are simply trying to make money.

...those same people don’t think about how their money loses value every year, constantly. Nor do they think about why their money is becoming worthless, or recognize it's intentional.

The elite control the central banking technocrats, the media conglomerates and the governments of the world. They use NGOs and other seemingly charitable vehicles to coordinate globally. They write laws to confine us, enforce them against us, judge us, tax us and print the value of our money away.

The plan is simple: the baddies are trying to steal our wealth by creating more money to drive up asset prices (and rents to use assets) in order to funnel progressively more economic energy to themselves. They are using the money printer to create a black hole of inflation in order to drain all our purchasing power to fund their obscene lifestyles.

I've been thinking about this problem for close to 15-years.

“How do you build wealth faster than central banks are destroying the value of money itself?” I asked myself that question for the first time in 2011 with 3 friends while we worked together to launch a company.

It is impossible to get your head around the scale of reckless and entirely unaccountable “credit creation” aka magic money making that happens every day across the world.

The elite are doing more than simply keeping themselves warm with the money printer.

They are playing offense (getting richer) and defense (making savers and income earners even poorer). Strengthening themselves as they weaken everyone else.

Bitcoin ends their class war against the hardworking people and puts power back into our hands. It prevents global security states, forever wars and most forms of corruption, too.

No wonder they fear Bitcoin.

[Australian Bitcoin Industry Body @AusBTCIndBody]

We are honoured to officially welcome @ryanshelton as our newest Member 🥳

Vires in Numeris 💪🚀🌙

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

@BitarooExchange @AusBTCIndBody Wow, thank you. Let’s go!

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

@framerbuild your obfuscate email component checkout doesn’t seem to be working?

[Mr.Hodldamus @MrHodl]

https://t.co/QBueISHpCa

New player enters the game.

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”
— Wayne Gretzky

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

“As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.”
— Abraham Joshua Heschel

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

“Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.”
Colossians 2:8

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

Awake, you sleeping lions. Rise with boldness, walk in truth, and let your roar shake the gates of darkness.

For the righteous are bold as a lion. (Proverbs 28:1)

[Donnie Discerned @DonnieDarkened]

This world is so incredibly broken and evil.

It's difficult to even wrap my head around the depraved state of mankind, including my own wicked heart.

We need Lord Jesus NOW.

[Ryan Shelton⚡️ @ryanshelton]

Lord help us.

“And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”
Philippians 4:8

[Sean Feucht @seanfeucht]

Charlie Kirk’s pastor asked me to share this:

“My friend Charlie Kirk was murdered today by a coward. His life will be remembered for many wonderful things. He built it all with the power of the spoken word. He never used violence but was threatened every day with violence by those who couldn’t contend with logic and truth and now they have done to my friend what evil always does; it takes away life. Charlie did not die however but instead he has begun to truly live. His life was secured eternally by His Savior Jesus Christ. This truth allowed Charlie to face every threat with courage because he didn’t fear death. All evil knows is death and they derive power from death. Charlie lived for life and will be remembered for this. My heart is broken for his family; His wife Erika and his two precious children. Evil has not prevailed and it will not win.”

Rob McCoy

He called me his pastor but I prefer to be known as his friend and biggest fan.