Kontext

LOVER WRITER FREEDOM FIGHTER / human doing @ SATOSH.EE
BOOK OUT NOW: https://www.kontext.store/product/a-stoic-resurrection/
Use the promo code "nostr" for 4 EUR off the hardcover! The .PDF is CC-BY, Name Your Price :)

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Last Notes

2026-01-01 21:07:58 UTC

Live footage of me reviewing my 2025
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#memestr

2026-01-01 19:06:40 UTC

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#memestr

2025-12-23 17:07:13 UTC

"Discontent Creator" is now also available as audio on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/V0dX8w18T2tYbGvNVxWv
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rE5o9Z1OCehvcE8wEbcrM
And most [other podcast platforms: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/mckontext/episodes/Discontent-Creator-e3co5sf
#naddr1qv…8fth

2025-12-23 00:21:16 UTC

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... and Bitcoin businesses take into account both:
1) knowing the implied higher value of BTC compared to fiat
2) enjoying lower transaction fees and no chargeback risk
And thus, they offer discounts to people paying in Bitcoin, incentivizing its use as a medium of exchange

2025-12-22 17:40:21 UTC

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What a legend! 👊 P2P V4V LFG!

2025-12-22 00:13:00 UTC

There's definitely room for improvement, but it works well with the classic butter + honey + cinnamon combo 🤠
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#nevent1q…dtfh

2025-12-21 20:59:54 UTC

First go at making my own sourdough 🤠
https://blossom.primal.net/920412f766eed2997e791c649bb31a024e13987c6df774e8635fe3a68ac1c492.jpg
#foodstr #bakestr

2025-12-21 19:56:58 UTC

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2025-12-20 02:11:49 UTC

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2+5/2+5/2+5 = 7/7/7
7+7+7 = 21 👀
It definitely means... something 🤠

2025-12-20 02:02:24 UTC

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I've thought about this a lot... from my perspective, wherever you are, you are always in the purview of some state, required to abide by certain rules. And those rules can be changed overnight. Or with a new president. Or with a revolution.
I've been in Europe most of my life. I don't like where we're going. I've never been to El Salvador. I like where they seem to be going. Yet, I'm fully aware that either of those ships could turn to a different direction at any time.
So there is no certainty. There is no peace. There is no libertarian / anarcho-capitalist paradise. Could there ever be? IDK. I maintain hope. But hope has broken my heart many, many times before...
For now, we remain underground. We make due with what we have, and strive to evolve it into what should be.

2025-12-20 01:00:48 UTC

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Thank you guys for the chance to co-operate in the creation of the video! Crossing my fingers that ZapWork takes off and becomes the standard in freelancing for bitcoin. We need P2P BTC and earning it directly for one's work is probably the best way for it!

2025-12-19 15:27:12 UTC

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The @npub1zrc…mvxc Podcast Ep. 8 w/ @npub1mfn…6f8v & Kontext is now also available via The Kontext Experience podcast feed 🎧
We talk about @npub1p6y…wx3t, the ⁠Bitcoin Wall Calendar⁠, a little bit about ⁠my philosophical book⁠, and the parallels between Bitcoin and Stoicism.
Fountain:
https://fountain.fm/episode/vyU08CzNJ4lSsA2wMEas
Other platforms:
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/mckontext/episodes/Bitcoin-Art-Podcast-Ep--8-w-Asanoha--Kontext-e3cj464

2025-12-19 15:11:34 UTC

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Good idea. I already included QR codes for the sponsors but yes, the artists would probably deserve it even more. I'll keep it in mind for the next year. https://blossom.primal.net/af04cf4239c7984daa7db985875700aae2207f08e52ced1085d0c136f8a5862a.jpg

2025-12-19 02:20:08 UTC

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Unpopular opinion: you don't necessarily have to write CODE to be a cypherpunk 👀
#nevent1q…9d9v

2025-12-18 21:53:01 UTC

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I love what David Goggins said somewhere, paraphrasing: "I don't look at anything as failure. I look at it as attempts. Not trying is failure."
Also, what I tell myself is that if I'm not failing, I'm probably not aiming high enough :)
Will have a listen to Alice as well!

2025-12-18 20:21:35 UTC

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What kind of a gift card are you trying to buy? I'm running @nprofile…cduj, a global hub for gift cards and discounts. Currently only featuring #Bitcoin native businesses though.

2025-12-17 17:05:20 UTC

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2025-12-17 13:01:36 UTC

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🫂

2025-12-17 13:00:18 UTC

It's a David Goggins kinda vibe
https://video.nostr.build/a2a75be7ee150f6c7225f324c3f74b736c99cc4cae71f016edb9556e6d55551e.mp4

2025-12-10 03:18:22 UTC

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2025-12-06 19:07:44 UTC

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Honestly I think the fiat gains are not very important to those people anymore. They are well past the point where diminishing marginal utility of money becomes a reality. They are, however, certainly interested in power as a greater concept, they are Malthusian in their worldview (as in they believe a large % of the human population either must or is doomed to perish), and they are delusional enough to think they can negate the laws of nature (or of God) with sheer will, imposition of rules and micro-management of other people. Is that evil? Explicitly, no. Implicitly, yes. At the very least, it leads to evil outcomes.
Now I'm talking about the 0.01% of people. The 1% are most likely more just playing the game & feeling good about winning at it, at least good enough to not question the very nature of the game and its rules. Is that evil? It's definitely willful blindness. Is that evil? Again, I would say it's not evil per se, but leads to it. It's a failure to contend with the nature of reality, which is a failure to embrace life, which is a sin, which leads to evil.

2025-12-06 18:03:13 UTC

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Fiat money is not just a means of payment. It is a political institution that has been used to plunder the wealth of the low- and middle-class for centuries, and it must be allowed to die in order for a better solution to emerge. In the current political and geopolitical moment, you have to know how to choose your side. Mine is that of the peoples of the world, Bitcoin and freedom. Long live the timechain.
#nevent1q…mtat

2025-12-01 23:31:23 UTC

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My only problem with dates is me not getting them. 🤠

2025-12-01 16:37:55 UTC

Shoutout to @npub1y0g…jxa0 for spreading the word! 🙏
#nevent1q…msq3
Allow me to clarify that I’m not trying to deify Bitcoin or create idols. Bitcoin is not God, but God is Bitcoin. Just like you are not God, but God is you. And if you accept the notion that everything is energy, that God is energy, and keep in mind that power corrupts and money is power, then the importance of an incorruptible power can become clear. And that is exactly what Bitcoin represents.
CC/ @npub1n0x…ykq0

2025-11-30 19:55:07 UTC

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2025-11-29 15:57:57 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQB-6v8y42o
#tunestr

2025-11-29 15:30:16 UTC

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2025-11-29 01:17:49 UTC

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I've heard that sunlight is bad for vampires

2025-11-27 21:25:07 UTC

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Thanks, @nprofile…823w was faster though and his site actually found the note... whereas Gigi's unfortunately didn't. Good to have options though 👍

2025-11-27 21:14:56 UTC

Yo. When nostr.band is unresponsive (which it often is), then what's the next best way to search for specific notes on #nostr?
#asknostr

2025-11-25 20:22:19 UTC

Somehow I completely missed that @npub1jfn…t047 has his own podcast... 👀 Going into the "to listen" list for the time being...
https://fountain.fm/show/CFEwKT6KYgMfH21plkku

2025-11-24 23:26:28 UTC

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Fair enough, negative or neutral reactions could have a utility in that sense. But you could also leave a comment though?

2025-11-24 23:23:58 UTC

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Kui maailm püüab meid raamidesse suruda, siis me indiviididena oleme sunnitud neid laiendama. Tõde on universaalne ja selle haare globaalne ning seda ei saa vaka all hoida. Tervitused, @npub1ks5…c2ta 🤠

2025-11-24 22:57:52 UTC

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2025-11-21 00:51:21 UTC

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🫡🤠

2025-11-19 02:03:11 UTC

❄️
https://blossom.primal.net/a7fffa29e072245927e0e9fad366b49676d0ddec1e85b6ff7a39b64ffa0ea17e.mp4
#tunestr #nature #firstsnow

2025-11-15 03:11:32 UTC

#NOSTR #VLOG VOLUME 8: “If you can't enjoy the process, trust the process"
https://blossom.primal.net/6d9e814cc4ca8da778a11b58f18eaf62383f4e6e60d21f9bfec1440fc1f31818.mp4
#vlogstr

2025-11-06 15:20:38 UTC

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I see... Advanced > Uses is the setting? From my perspective, it would make more sense if the default was unlimited. I'll try again some time soon :) It's a cool project anyway!

2025-11-06 13:31:04 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/8872947840ee7dac2eb88f69a3206f8cd7b65a3acbbfdba064344c2427a75a95.jpg
The photo above, taken by yours truly, is free to use:
✅ Can be downloaded and used for free
✅ Commercial and non-commercial purposes
✅ No permission needed (though attribution is appreciated!)
Taken in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, in February 2020, it was uploaded to Unsplash in May 2022 and later to the @npub1yxq…3a6x section of @npub1p6y…wx3t
On Unsplash alone, the photo has been viewed almost 10,000 times and downloaded almost 100 times. Unsplash does not have #zaps though. Unsplash does not very well facilitate #V4V. Even though I'm supposedly "in the top 10% of contributors" on Unsplash, I've yet to receive a single tip or donation.
Here's my offer: I will post 10 additional photos for free use, for any purpose if this note reaches the 5000 sats zap-goal post 👀
#photography #plebchain #grownostr
(also, testing @npub1qf9…auu5 🤠)

2025-10-31 09:34:23 UTC

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Congrats & best of luck! 🤠

2025-10-23 12:10:16 UTC

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Nice! Keep gettin after it! 💪 🤠

2025-10-19 12:41:17 UTC

One of the endorsements I am most proud of, from an OG of the sound money, anti-state, Austrian economics movement. And a hell of an athlete. 🤠
https://image.nostr.build/5ae2a7a6886d67aa825b72c8a9df166d2cce49e3b721c4630fd9389e789d2675.jpg
@npub1d3f…r4xv
The piece of writing in question:
https://medium.com/@mckontext/unified-creation-energy-theory-ucet-8814041ed94c

2025-10-19 07:14:29 UTC

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It's a labor of love 💜 🤠

2025-10-18 02:15:54 UTC

I'm a firm believer that paying with hard money should be incentivized. Circumventing the predatory banking system should be incentivized. P2P self custodial transactions should be incentivized. As such, I was a hypocrite for charging the same amount whether the customer was paying in BTC or not. That has been fixed.
DISCOUNT NOW ACTIVE: Pay with #Bitcoin and get 5% off at checkout at KONTEXT.STORE 🤠
https://image.nostr.build/728dd3f9676a39501448316c519076b4df32f0fe8a65e30c97bbebb2ea442d29.jpg
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#CircularEconomy #plebchain #V4V

2025-09-30 21:19:34 UTC

How about you unapologetically become the most epic version of yourself?
Not because your ego wants it, but because the world needs it.

2025-09-30 01:08:07 UTC

21+1 #BITCOIN #MEMES
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https://video.nostr.build/10a1c9f6a235098831678ef8513c2ad633c63d3d864313ddb4a5461a700dda3f.mp4
BONUS MEME #22:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uPdDjN4hH4
BTW a variation of the first one is also available on a t-shirt at Kontext.Store: https://www.kontext.store/product/bitcoin-jesus-t-shirt/ 🤠
#memestr

2025-09-29 23:21:38 UTC

The TRIBAL playlist on Spotify now has 555 songs! Feel free to follow for 58+ hours of organic house + folktronica + lounge + world music 🤠
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZBRPshBNCdPKrK5tO6WfK
This is track number 555, BTW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwqyZgMdY_U
#tunestr #plebchain

2025-09-29 23:19:47 UTC

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No, the podcast was amazing, thanks :)

2025-09-29 00:34:07 UTC

@npub1klk…x3vt Hillebrand's book recommendations:
“Human Action” by Ludwig von Mises
https://mises.org/library/book/human-action
“Economic Science and the Austrian Method” by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
https://mises.org/library/book/economic-science-and-austrian-method
“Cryptoeconomics: Fundamental Principles of Bitcoin” by Eric Voskuil
https://voskuil.org/cryptoeconomics/index.html
@npub1v5u…n0v5: https://fountain.fm/show/vepXZsxaRESk5FwWOHO8
“A Lodging of Wayfaring Men” by Paul A. Rosenberg
https://archive.org/details/a-lodging-of-wayfaring-men-paul-a.-rosenberg/page/8/mode/2up
@npub1v5u…n0v5: https://fountain.fm/show/kYQUyHKX6BQU7VmPzPCI
“Vonu: The Search for Personal Freedom” by El Rayo
https://ad-store.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/LUA/Documents/VONU%20-%20The%20Search%20for%20Personal%20Freedom%20by%20Rayo.pdf
Now, he didn't explicitly recommend the next one (I don't think it was even published when him and @npub1dg6…sguz recorded the podcast from which the list is from), but given that he wrote it, I think it's safe to assume that he would also probably recommend it (DISCLAIMER: I've yet to read it myself, even though it's a high priority book in my list - so I can't vouch for it personally, yet, but knowing a little bit about Max and his thought process... I can only imagine that it's on par, if not in some ways beyond the books listed above):
“The Praxeology of Privacy: Economic Logic in Cypherpunk Implementation” by Max Hillebrand
https://towardsliberty.com/pop
Oh, and the source of the list is this inspiring @npub1ms9…6kln episode 👇🤠
#nevent1q…zhz7
#bookstr

2025-09-23 20:43:12 UTC

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2025-09-23 13:19:37 UTC

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@npub12vk…pugg 👀

2025-09-23 13:16:34 UTC

#NOSTR #VLOG VOLUME 6: “A Means to an End"
https://blossom.primal.net/135ffb8336a48ed19e49e1e23035c458446f9f5efd4c700220311fd9756d06d5.mp4
#vlogstr #poetry

2025-09-23 10:56:04 UTC

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Ohhh I will definitely have to check this one out! @npub1klk…x3vt always brings the heat 🔥

2025-09-22 16:04:48 UTC

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"We're not here to take part in the game. We're bringing a new game to the table."
― @npub1rtl…jtfs
The Middle Way 🟠🕊️
#nevent1q…ulck

2025-09-21 18:13:01 UTC

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Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing! I've come across the word "nagual" via Carlos Castaneda's works (I've only read the first one myself but a friend is a big fan). I recently started listening to the audio version of the Red Book by C.G. Jung, and it also hit me that Jung's interpersonal journeys were probably something quite similar to what Castaneda engaged in when he wrote his books. Also, the Australian Aborigines refer to "dreamtime" as being the time and space (or state?) when the world was created.

2025-09-21 18:00:09 UTC

Faith is the knowledge that whatever happens is the best thing that can happen.

2025-09-20 22:55:05 UTC

Uncharacteristically, I've been dreaming a lot these past couple of months. Usually I can't make much sense of what I'm seeing other than it's my mind trying to compensate for the lack of certain elements in my life. This one time though...
“Perhaps the dog, who didn’t go after the bad guy in my dream, but went behind him, represents the coward in me. Who sees the problem, knows something must be done about it, but is hesitant and afraid. He, who does not seize the opportunity. He, who is all bark and no bite. The coward follows the demon, studies it, but does not confront it. As such, the coward unknowingly and unwillingly becomes a follower of the demon, and not the redeemer. Such is the way of the man who is a scholar, but refuses to become a warrior. Such is the way of a soul enclosed in darkness.”
(08 September 2025)

2025-09-20 16:41:10 UTC

YES. And I can attest - Beef Bits are a high quality, EXTREMELY high protein snack 🤠
My recommendation is to pair them with a good hummus (check the ingredients - a lot of them use canola oil, but most decent stores have versions with olive oil available) or a greek yoghurt based dip!
https://image.nostr.build/62fd7b24998ae9bc9096ce6dea0b28b131e600cf6e694806b996c98db4140da6.jpg
#foodstr #CircularEconomy #ProofOfBeef
#nevent1q…6y8g

2025-09-20 11:52:50 UTC

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@npub1rxy…hnp8
#memestr

2025-09-18 23:20:40 UTC

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Damn. Fingers crossed you guys can turn the ship around before descending into a dystopia... after spending a fair few transformational years there, Australia will always be a second home to me 💜

2025-09-18 21:09:48 UTC

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Finally got around to listening to the song as well, awesome stuff! That's a new find for me. Thanks for sharing 🙏

2025-09-18 20:10:56 UTC

“...and clicks and likes and shares… as stupid and meaningless as we think they are… when they happen over and over and over again to someone that is insecure, to someone that is alone, to someone that has a pliable young mind, the result is very predictable: isolation, polarization, dehumanization and radicalization.”
― Jocko Willink
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeaReZuKEgs

2025-09-18 00:10:37 UTC

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#nevent1q…69g9

2025-09-18 00:02:40 UTC

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FYI in case anybody is following this / trying to figure out the solution. The issue is on the server level, 100%. I've duplicated the Staging version of Satosh.ee to a free host and the referral links worked there on the first try. I've escalated the issue with the hosting provider, hopefully it will be solved soon 🙏

2025-09-17 23:45:12 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/59ad3132402eb9997ce66f23e3f95741e213e1c6debaaddb103ec6edcb0c6660.jpg
People who think that we need Big Daddy Government to legislate that bottle caps stay attached to the bottle because people are incapable of throwing them in the bin themselves... is the reason why Europe is, I don't wanna say it's doomed, because I don't know, but it probably is 🤷‍♂️

2025-09-17 00:37:13 UTC

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Ah, forgot to add that one simple way I conceptualise the Div M/F (from a biologically male/female perspective, not from a unified opposites in one being perspective) for myself is simply:
The Divine Masculine is what a woman is looking for in a man
And
The Divine Feminine is what a man is looking for in a woman
In other words, the age old question "what do women want?" 😄

2025-09-17 00:02:21 UTC

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Yes. Love it 🧡

2025-09-16 23:56:25 UTC

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In regards to the warrior mentality:
#nevent1q…74dz
There's definitely a lot of overlap on the masculine/feminine Venn diagram, for we are the same species 😄 I don't have a proper framework for it in place yet, but at some point I also made a conscious choice and effort not to research anything regarding to those concepts, or that of the Universal Man so I could build my own understanding of those concepts without being influenced by the teachings of others (although I've probably somewhat unknowingly violated that restraint by looking into what people mean by "Christ Consciousness" and hearing you speak on the subject bursted my bubble a fair bit further).
What's the Sitting Bull quote BTW?

2025-09-16 23:47:04 UTC

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Thank you 🙏 I have noted on several occasions that the work is not strictly Stoicism, but rather an exploration which veers into other "-isms" like existentialism, romanticism, libertarianism, anarcho-capitalism, mysticism, etc. But I felt like I had to label it something to give some sort of a hint as to what this philosophy is about and I do think Stoicism is the closest that these thoughts relate to. I didn't make that note in that particular Reddit post though so perhaps the author of that comment was expecting just a regurgitation of what Aurelius, Seneca & others said centuries ago 🤷‍♂️

2025-09-16 23:40:48 UTC

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Kontext.store (preferred) - for sats or fiat
Amazon
And the pdf is available for free (or you can name your price) on SATOSH.EE
🤠

2025-09-16 23:11:23 UTC

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Have you read "A Stoic Resurrection: Notes from the Journal of a Modern Stoic," anon? Agree or disagree?
#nevent1q…uv72

2025-09-16 22:07:27 UTC

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BTW it's funny that you mention Angkor Wat towards the end of the pod. I was IN Cambodia when I started writing UCET, as well as when I started working on the idea which became @npub1p6y…wx3t. I visited Angkor Wat for the Spring Equinox 2023. The whole Cambodia trip was a TRIP in and of itself, and I definitely experienced something significant while I was there. This is not the time nor place to go into much detail, but I got a front row seat into both the light and the darkness.
Among those experiences - an ego death without the meditation, or the near-death experience, or the psychedelics. Witnessing women and children being forced to sell their bodies, and through that, their souls, made me realize several things. I touch upon it a tiny bit in the article, under the "WEAK MEN CREATE HARD TIMES" paragraph, but the at core of the issue is, well, as the headline implies - weak men. The fathers and (would be) husbands of those women and children, who have failed to protect and provide for them. The layer of trust, implicit in money, law & morality - eroded - which has definitely - if not caused, then amplified - the issue. Now I'm not saying the people who pay for such "services" are free of guilt - oh no, quite the contrary. That was another insight - for the first time in my life I felt that I could actually kill a fellow human being. But the thing is, the evildoers will always exist, no matter how sound the money, how perfect the society, how optimized the health. It will exist probably because some will get an evil, sick and twisted sense of enjoyment from it.
But it will mostly exist due to the innate difference in men and women. Think of how many children is one man capable of conceiving in a year. Now, how many a woman? So there will always be an imbalance between the sexes for romantic love, for intimacy - and since they represent the scarcity in this equation, they also make the final call or filtering, if you will. Now what this, unfortunately, obviously also means is that among the men that are culled, so to speak, some will turn to inappropriate ways to compensate... hence, protect and provide becomes paramount on part of the sane ones.
So... well I promised I wouldn't go into too much detail, but yeah, Cambodia was definitely an awakening experience in and of itself, and that's where I felt inclined to write down the ideas behind UCET, felt inclined to try to make my "career" related to Bitcoin (as it is a big part of what fixes the physical i.e. masculine realm on a societal level), and also to duplicate the principles from the insights I had gotten about the nature of reality onto my personal life and to the Bitcoin business idea that emerged. After all, real knowledge comes from experience. My life is the litmus test for my philosophy.
And I guess in hindsight I can also say that this was the beginning of me trying to figure out what the Divine Masculine actually means and how to embody it. Haven't gotten super far on that quest, but, again, I feel that the basic premise is the same Trinity which I present in UCET, and which probably applies to the Feminine as well: physical health, mental health, spiritual health. Or - exchange health for wealth, in the final analysis it's same-same because they are intrinsically linked, just like the different planes of the Trinity itself are linked to each other.

2025-09-16 21:31:21 UTC

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Most teachings I've come across represent masculine as light and feminine as dark. Perhaps most notably, Taoism. Well, so does Christianity, but the Feminine is generally notably absent from Christian concepts anyway. Also, I didn't mean to equate ether and wind. I wanted to put ether, wind, air and fire into a similar category (like I did with day, night, sun & moon), but I guess I should have also grouped earth and water together on the feminine side to make it make more sense. In any case, I appreciate the feedback and the tips on for further investigation. 🙏 Will definitely take a look at The Vesica Institute!

2025-09-16 21:18:47 UTC

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I recognize more than one. Respect though...?

2025-09-16 04:53:13 UTC

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While I agree with all of this, and it's partly the reason why I didn't use social media at all for many years, it would also be wrong to dismiss the empowering aspect of it. It's (well, here I'm saying more about the Internet in general) sort of like the invention of the printing press, again. But this time the information is free and it's everywhere, instantaneously. It's the printing press 2.0. If and when V4V really becomes a thing as well, then this can really become the next step in the evolution of free, borderless & permissionless exchange of information and value.
Honestly, I've learned so much and about so many things thanks to social media (especially if you also consider podcasts and YouTube as part of social media) that I'm not sure I ever would have come across otherwise. Of course, that can also very easily lead to disconnection from your contemporaries in the physical world. I feel it myself. The Bitcoin rabbithole is a great example. One can spend hours and hours listening, writing, making memes about Bitcoin online, make friends (or maybe not friends, but at least get followers, etc.) and become engrossed in it, imbued with it, but if there is no one to talk to about these ideas in the meatspace, or nothing to do about those ideas, then it's very easy to get sucked into a one-sided online echo chamber. Virtual Reality, but one that's generated in real time, by the person and the "community" they've associated with, themselves.
I also have a serious gripe about how much of a timesink this thing is. Precisely because there's always something that has the capability to catch our interest and attention. I was supposed to go to sleep hours ago. It is now morning. I will now sleep.
Appreciate your reply anyway 😄 🙏

2025-09-16 04:32:58 UTC

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No worries at all :)

2025-09-16 04:32:02 UTC

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Indeed, I'm happy to learn of your work and looking forward to getting some dialogue going on in regards to these topics.
Experienced something significant? Well, haven't we all, depending of course on what one considers significant and how they choose to respond to it.
In regards to uncertainty - yes, I believe there was one section ("Time, Space, Layers in All Systems") where I flat out said I was merely speculating, and in general I don't like to claim certainty on anything unless I've experienced it myself. On the fringes, I can be quite certain something is true when several trusted sources say the same thing AND it also aligns with whatever my a priori presuppositions are on the subject. But I don't trust the history books, in general, nor do I trust any singular guru or teacher or authority figure. Also, in general, I didn't have much proper writing experience under my belt when I wrote this. That's not to say I have a lot now, but a bit more, at least. The next version will probably be a little more polished in style in addition to substance, but I'm also always quite wary of editing my writings because it always feels like the first version is somehow more "pure" than the edited version. In any case, yes, I can certainly imagine talking about those subjects till the sun comes up as a quite probable possibility, haha.
In regards, to the toxicity, yea I would not expect anything else. I've a couple of thoughts on this, one pretty much echoing what you said: "The brighter the light, the darker the shadows," and: “The messengers will likely be shot or shot at. That’s a risk we’re going to have to take.”
Likewise!
Keep up the good work & peace! 🙏🤠

2025-09-16 02:14:29 UTC

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Yes indeed! Thank you for sharing 🙏 🤠

2025-09-16 02:10:00 UTC

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I've listened to most of it, still have like 30-40 mins to go though... great stuff, really, I'll probably have to re-listen to it and take notes. And will also have to go back and listen to the last 2 episodes you were on the pod. I feel bad for having missed them thus far but in my defense I haven't listened to a whole lot of Bitcoin podcasts in general lately 😅
BTW I've been on a similar journey, although admittedly I haven't gone as deep and wide with many subjects you touched upon. But early 2023, a bunch of things clicked for me and, for several reasons, I felt compelled to put the general framework out there. I called it Unified Creation Energy Theory (UCET; U C it, get it? 😄). In case you haven't read it, I think you'd enjoy it and would love to get some feedback on it. Hopefully you'll find something new and interesting for yourself in there as well. ATM the draft is up only on Medium: https://medium.com/@mckontext/unified-creation-energy-theory-ucet-8814041ed94c
I got the whole thing down and did several drafts in March-April 2023 and even though I haven't updated it in more than 2 years (again, for several reasons), I've been jotting down notes and making new connections here and there that align with the whole concept. And as long as I keep on living, a new & improved version of the theory is coming, at some point.
More importantly, I haven't found much that would invalidate the idea - although some people have told me I should "get back on my meds" and "stop smoking whatever I'm smoking" and similar nonsense, but no real constructive criticism or pointing out factual errors. So if you find any errors, misconceptions, etc., I would be especially grateful for that information as well.
Kudos to @npub1hgh…fyz2 for having you on the pod!

2025-09-14 21:44:43 UTC

Stumbled upon this video on YouTube and it was exactly what I needed to hear this evening. Perhaps you do, too. If not, I still love you anyways 💜
Just keep in mind there are still real people out there, there is still real love and care and truth out there, there are still so many reasons to have faith in a better future.
Bless you all and hope you are having a lovely Sunday 🙏
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go7qhTcewso

2025-09-14 05:31:34 UTC

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Original clip from "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988)

2025-09-14 05:29:49 UTC

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Bookmarked! I can already say that I agree with you, but I'm curious to learn about your reasoning and process in coming to those conclusions :)

2025-09-14 05:23:19 UTC

"Jesus & the Money Changers"
https://blossom.primal.net/8e5afb31f14394395413d9075fef0490c70264d89f22564c93aa992e732cf177.mp4

2025-09-14 05:12:10 UTC

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So jealous rn. This looks AMAZING!

2025-09-14 05:05:09 UTC

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LOL at the synchronicity... wrote the following in my journal a couple of hours ago:
“Why do I need to embody the Divine Masculine? Because the Divine Masculine gives rise to the Divine Feminine. And only if we embody, and then unite these opposites, can the Son of God be reborn and the Second Coming commence.”
Going to give the pod a listen very soon... BTW I'd also like to be able to zap you 🙏

2025-09-13 13:10:02 UTC

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Yes @npub1qvw…2h4p, there's a couple of BTC LN themed sticker files in the Bitcoin Media Kit in the Satoshee BTC Accepted here Stickers section: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10Z0S48Td5apX_0jFn3oKnJsILQBPtEYB?usp=drive_link
Feel free to check out the whole kit (available for free or you can name your price): https://satosh.ee/product/bitcoin-media-kit/
Also, feel free to contribute more assets to the kit! :) There's definitely a shortage of LN-themed BTC media assets.

2025-09-12 23:41:29 UTC

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Did a little photoshoot for some of the new Kontext Store of Value merch last week, here's a sneak peek 👀 🤠
Feel free to have a look and keep an eye out, for there are many designs still to be added: https://www.kontext.store/
Shipping worldwide. 💜🌎
#Bitcoin #merch #CircularEconomy #photography

2025-09-12 17:42:34 UTC

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@nprofile…p6dz 👀

2025-09-12 17:41:34 UTC

#NOSTR #VLOG VOLUME 5: “A privilege and a burden are the same thing.
Recorded this on Tuesday. Apologies for the delay in uploading. And I'll add a note on the 2nd reason which I didn't touch upon in the video: ARE YOU READY TO STAY HUMBLE? Or will you let your ego inflate?
https://blossom.primal.net/67f1fc91e143b48d6f05a9522ee9dca6c27c7fc64bc6802776e1727919648395.mp4
#vlogstr #success

2025-09-11 20:49:41 UTC

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Source: Is This How the West Ends? by Academy of Ideas
https://youtu.be/IoI1l1OULkk

2025-09-10 23:47:56 UTC

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Vlogging is journaling on steroids: not only do you have to be articulate with your words on the go, you also have to be ready to be scrutinized by the public!

2025-09-10 23:06:11 UTC

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Thank you 🙏
I've thought about adding the book (and other merch) to Plebeian market as well but haven't gotten around to it yet! I played around with it at some point a couple of years ago but not recently. Is there a new version coming soon? 👀

2025-09-10 22:44:11 UTC

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Hey, my apologies for the troubles with PayPal! It doesn't show the terms and conditions checkbox until the final step of the checkout process and the PayPal button seems to circumvent the whole thing. I'll see if I can disable it and leave the payment part at the very end of the checkout process (or perhaps switch to a 1-page Shopify style checkout)
Anyway, Bitcoin is accepted and preferred 🤠
https://blossom.primal.net/ed2f850e94a386d034675cf20c8c68898710b1e2385afa222bd5c41c9eadc5f1.jpg
Let me know how it goes with the refund and once again, sorry for the trouble!

2025-09-10 21:25:17 UTC

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I love the fact that now that I'm a "vlogger" I can talk to myself out loud and it's not weird anymore. In fact, it's in, it's cool.
"Why am I talking to myself? What do you mean why am I talking to myself? I'M VLOGGIN', MAN. Why are you NOT talking to yourself? It's the hottest thing right now, bro. Get with the program."

2025-09-09 00:06:25 UTC

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Being dead is step 1. Resurrection is step 2 🤠 💜

2025-09-09 00:01:23 UTC

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100%, it does matter. But it is also dead, gone, done, finished. A lot of us, I'm talking about myself first and foremost, tend to dwell on the past. That's not a good way to go about.
Here's a note from my journal that touches on this matter:
“Dwelling on past mistakes is a mistake. Ignoring past mistakes is an even bigger mistake. The only viable option is to learn from them. Learn and let go. Know, but let go. Forgive, but don’t forget. Life is about giving (forGIVING), not getting (forGETTING).”
And yes, it's all an offering to God 🙏

2025-09-08 23:54:26 UTC

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Hands shall be shaken!

2025-09-08 01:53:15 UTC

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@nprofile…p6dz @nprofile…ndke 👀

2025-09-08 01:47:46 UTC

#NOSTR #VLOG VOLUME 4: "YOU ARE DEAD"
“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly."
― Marcus Aurelius
https://blossom.primal.net/779f7c82fa2403851fdceaebcc6cb756f3a18c65a15326011433187b96398ae5.mp4
#vlogstr #stoicism

2025-09-06 23:04:15 UTC

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off 🚀🤠