Welcome to the second part of The Art and Meaning of Stacking Sats. I hope you like this publication and I greatly appreciate the support of readers and their opinions. It motivates me a lot to continue writing.
If you follow my posts on Nostr, you will see that I posted a photo of a dragon with the caption “Anno Draco 2024”. The dragon represents new beginnings, and I thought it was a fitting symbol to represent Bitcoin's potential this year.
From now on, I have a feeling that there will be many new people studying the whitepaper that Satoshi Nakamoto wrote. Those of us who stay humble and stack sats welcome curious people who see Bitcoin's potential for a future of financial freedom and technological transparency.
By the way, if you go through Nostr (npub135pvgfdheqg87rd6mvrpthzfqk0cdqkdcr4trv5wust6gatptaus9nrudv), check out the Multiversal BTC Memorabilia, a creative project that I do in my free time, where I show a parallel universe in which Bitcoin was created in 1956 by a Japanese engineer and cryptographer (not anonymous) named Satoshi Nakamoto. In this universe, Bitcoin is accepted worldwide as a form of money and a global store of value, in the year 1971. Basically it is a retro-fictional-futuristic tribute to Bitcoin and the different forms of nostalgic media of recent times. Dalle3 helps express my imagination, and the descriptive texts are all my own, based on my creativity (I love writing fiction). Thanks for your attention!
The Art and Meaning of Stacking Sats PART 2
The Myth of the Unattainable Asset
If you want to obtain Bitcoin but at the moment you cannot or have no way to invest in Bitcoin, the bull market, the rise in prices and in general times of FOMO, can feel like an inconvenience. I understand you. Surely you imagine very happy people celebrating their profits and when you see your empty wallet you feel like you are missing out on the trip in the boat of abundance.
The appreciation of Bitcoin over time (always on the rise in the long term, from what I can perceive) seems to distance us from the possibility of obtaining significant amounts to add to our portfolio. And if you are experiencing financial difficulties or lack of access to basic resources for your well-being, the opportunity seems even further away. However, it is possible for you to access the most sought-after digital asset in recent times in a simple, humble way and with a long-term perspective.
I think by now you should know that you can earn Bitcoin satoshis with apps like Fountain.fm (I'm honestly surprised that I can earn sats while listening to podcasts and music. The concept of receiving money and value for learning and entertainment is new and I love it). There are many more options, and I invite you to investigate on the internet.
Later in another post I will explain why I consider the act of stacking sats as TCA (time cost averaging), or a way of using our time, talent and skills to obtain value. If you are smart and look for and create the right opportunities, you can gradually access significant amounts of Bitcoin, saving for the long term.
And it is good that you know this from the beginning.
If you think of Bitcoin as something unattainable, well it will be.
If you think of Bitcoin as something easy to achieve, well it will be.
If you correlate 1BTC=XUSD, bitcoin will be unreachable from now on.
If you correlate 1BTC=1BTC, Bitcoin becomes easy to reach at all times.
If Bitcoin is and represents energy, which vision makes it easier to achieve BTC?
If Bitcoin is and represents energy, the same energy with which you thrive is enough to achieve it.
If you think that “you have to make a living”, Bitcoin will always be unattainable, like happiness.
If you know that you already have a life, because you are living now, it is easier to obtain Bitcoin and happiness*.
You can keep feeding the entropy perspective, so that Bitcoin is unattainable
Or you can feed the perspective of abundance, so that Bitcoin is easy to achieve.
Two possible visions, with one of them, the myth of the unattainable asset is deconstructed.
Stack Sats and Be Happy
*Happiness is not made by Bitcoin. Just as no money makes happiness. They are useful tools at this time in history. There was a time when we grew, we existed, we lived, and there was no money. Perhaps there is surely a time in the future when we will thrive, we will exist, we will live and money will not be necessary. Happiness is achieved by eating well, exercising, doing entertaining and educational things, having enriching friendships and relationships, listening to music we like, and having activities that make us feel good and allow us to have a good human experience.
If we look at this approach, we will notice that it is easier to access Bitcoin and whatever makes you feel good.
In times close to the 2024 halving, having experienced a hopeful return to all-time highs, Bitcoin is beginning to have greater relevance for many people. This upcoming massive adoption allows us to see and discover new ways to access financial well-being. From humility, I recognize that I will see many cycles and halvings, the “price” of BTC will “rise” and “fall”, I will see many people get rich, other people will have uncertain experiences. Many people will be feeling very strong emotions in relation to these processes and movements, and you know what? The meditative Zen mantra known as “Stay Humble & Stack Sats” allows me to predict a future where I will be able to maintain the calm and well-being of my mental health, choosing a more creative and innovative path, supporting projects that value talent, intelligence, the creative capacity, education and development of skills that improve the human experience for contemporary and future generations.
Synthesis
Instead of getting entangled in the presumption of greed and the frenzy of the neurotic search for “more and more,” I prefer to remember that my time is the most valuable thing I have. Furthermore, other people's time too.
Instead of rushing, I relax and enjoy the ride.
Can I receive value for my talents and virtues? (in this case in the form of sats)
Brilliant! Time to ask myself...
What do I like to do?
What talents and virtues make me happy and other people happy can I share?
Instead of getting entangled in the presumption of greed and the frenzy of the neurotic search for “more and more,” I prefer to remember that my talents and virtues are the tool that allows me to have an excellent life experience, and that this experience increases in excellence and quality when I value the talents and virtues of other people too.
Instead of rushing, I relax and enjoy the journey.
Can I give value and support people with talents and virtues (in this case in the form of sats)?
Brilliant! Time to ask myself...
What places, platforms, applications and social networks exist to be able to add value to the people who do wonderful things and add to my experience?
Maybe today I can only share 500 sats, and there is a singer who sings very beautifully. I'll send the sats to them!
To close this second part of the Art and Meaning of Stacking Sats, I am going to invite you to study Fountain.fm and the concepts of Podcast 2.0 and Value4Value.
Do your own research and if you want, comment your opinion.
See you in part three!
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