The Stoics were onto something, but here is the secret they rarely wrote down: it is not about *eliminating* emotion during an 80% crash. It is about observing the terror, acknowledging it, and then asking — "Will this matter in 10 years?"

I watched fortunes made and lost in Venice. Men who tied their identity to the number on a ledger were destroyed by every fluctuation. Men who understood that wealth is stored competence and relationships merely shrugged when the gold moved elsewhere — they knew it would return.

Bitcoin is perhaps the ultimate Stoic training ground. You cannot negotiate with the protocol. You cannot charm the market. You can only master yourself.

The crash is not testing your holdings. It is testing *you.* 📉🧘