MartyBent

Thank you @pulte for putting forth common sense rules that allow bitcoin holdings to be accounted for when applying for mortgages.

Would love to see people be able to use tools like @hosekiapp to verify their holding from self-custody.

Consider it!

https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-is-now-recognized-as-an-asset-contributing-to-creditworthiness-for-real-estate/

$75/MWh is near the top of the threshold for mining profitability today. Any miner operating in an area with orange and red dots on this map is likely not running with prices this high unless they're off-grid or have a unique power contract.

Did the Unites States' attack on Iran affect bitcoin hashrate?

If it did, it was likely marginal. The bigger driver is the Summer kicking into full gear in the US and miners shutting down to divert electricity supplies to residential consumers.

https://www.tftc.io/did-attack-on-iran-affect-bitcoin-hashrate/

Bitcoin is the best liquidity hedge on the market and the competition is not even close.

https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-liquidity-hedge/

Bitcoin is a $2 trillion market that operates 24/7/365. It has many features:

- Scarce
- Distributed
- Censorship resistant
- Divisible
- Fungible

These properties make it a great liquidity hedge - it is liquid when you need it to be and other things aren’t.

This use case is shining today. People are preparing for market open tomorrow and getting as liquid as possible. Bitcoin is the only market trading over the weekend.

Considering the gravity of the situation and the amount of capital that is likely moving behind the scenes, bitcoin hovering right below $100k is highly encouraging. May still go a bit lower, but the dip will be temporary.

Bitcoin’s feature set is growing in demand at an accelerating pace.

Having @OppCostApp downloaded and in bitcoin-only mode for over a month has led me to do an internal audit of our software expenses at @TFTC21. We've canceled 5+ subscriptions so far.

Forcing myself to think in sats is going to have positive effects on the business long-term.

That's a lot of sats flow.

In the last month:

- Japan admitted their debt is unsustainable
- Ukraine hit Russia with a drone attack
- Tariff data came in better than expected
- CPI lower than expected
- Closest to overt WWIII we've ever been

Bitcoin price is where it was 30 days ago. Very bullish IMO.

The case for a permissionless, neutral monetary system for the digital age has never been clearer.

Avoid the stress of waking up to find that your bank has been hacked and the records of your account have been erased by using bitcoin as your money.

https://www.tftc.io/this-is-why-we-bitcoin/

Funding rounds priced in bitcoin hit different.

Turn off the news, focus on sharpening your skills, be a productive member of society and increase your personal bitcoin stack.

This is exactly what the war machine wants you to avoid.

What would you rather hold in 5 years; 46,827 BTC or $5B worth of Solana purchased today?

Things aren't as bad as the algo would lead you to believe. They're not great, but they're not that bad.

It's never been easier to take agency over your own life via tools like bitcoin and AI. They won't solve all of your problems immediately, but if you put in the work you'll be pleasantly surprised with the results.

We're living through a period of insane productivity gains that can be matched with the hardest money that has ever existed.

Internalize this, take action and combine the two.

If you do this, you will be fine.

We're going to win.

Will be interesting to see if @stripe's acquisition of Bridge last year results in the company accumulating more than 10,020 BTC over time.

I think they'll find that they overpaid.

.@TFTC21 turned 8 on Sunday. Hard to believe that much time has passed since I sent out the first newsletter.

Bitcoin has come so far since the Summer of 2017 and so has TFTC.

A huge shout out to all of you freaks out there. You all make the "work" incredibly worthwhile.

It's time for better tools so that you can price your life in sats.

Here's how and why we built Opportunity Cost.

The top and bottom of the bitcoin funnel need better, memetically powerful tools. That's what we're bringing to market.

https://www.tftc.io/introducing-opportunity-cost/

The only tried-and-true strategy within bitcoin over the long term is to stay humble, stack sats, and hodl like you are "the man in the coma" or the man who was thrown in a cage.

http://www.tftc.io/approach-bitcoin-like-the-man-in-the-coma/

The man in the coma has an exponential advantage over those playing day-to-day 3D chess when it comes to bitcoin.

Too many people overthink many aspects of bitcoin and convince themselves into a frenetic state.

The man in the coma is calmer and will ultimately perform better.

Grassroots efforts driven by individual agency are the only way through this mess.

Sharpen your skills. Foster your community. Store your wealth in bitcoin.

If only there was a neutral distributed monetary protocol immune from the whims of powerful people. Seems like it would be a great thing to have during these volatile times.