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nat brunell
@Natalie
I’ve had more people reach out to me shaken in this cycle than even in 2022 (when Bitcoin went down 75% from $68k ATH to $16k!) saying they’re panicked, they sold, or they’re suddenly “not sure” about Bitcoin.

Some bailed into gold because they still want to stay on the hard money train. Some are convinced quantum computing is about to “break” Bitcoin. Some tell me I’m reckless for being so undiversified with my life’s savings.

I understand the fear. Drawdowns aren’t fun. They can mess with your confidence and your timeline…especially when the mood is this dark (and when your income is tied to the same asset you’re holding!).

But here’s where I’m at: Bitcoin is still the only life raft worth holding and helping other people find.

My mom gets $900 a month in Social Security. Who can live on that? That’s not a retirement plan - it’s a slow economic strangulation.

So no, I’m not in Bitcoin because it’s some thrilling get rich overnight scheme. I’m in Bitcoin because I don’t see another path that gives everyday families like mine a real shot. I didn’t get in early enough to be “set.” I’m still building. Still working. Still trying to protect the people I love in a system that keeps making life more expensive!

I haven’t lost faith….not because I’m numb to this volatility, but because the problem Bitcoin solves hasn’t gone away.

If you’re shaken right now, you’re not weak. You’re human. Just don’t confuse a bad market mood with a broken thesis.

Keep going. Zoom out. Do the work. Take care of your family. I’m doing the same. We’ve got this.
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keystroke · 14w
"Just don’t confuse a bad market mood with a broken thesis." Very well said!
CitizenPedro · 14w
This is all just macro. Nothing is related to the tech. We're in a liquidity crisis. There's a lot of money but it's not liquid, their choices have been made and they're just holding now. I predict the stocks will drawdown also about 20 to 30% in the next 6 months, and then printing in May onward...
Bonsai.core 🌳⚡ · 14w
Latuce Hands
omniacollective · 14w
STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS
Little Johnny · 14w
Great post, Natalie! My advice for everyone who is feeling nervous: just see what is happening in the other system, in the existing dystopian fiat system, and it’s going to make you feel better about Bitcoin. The capital controls, general craziness etc. is only going to accelerate. Bitcoin ...
Rycarl Jorhane · 14w
What other investments that's gonna tell you that supply gonna shrink every 4 years and it's gonna affect you in terms of ' operational running cost ' in fiat value that you already put in ( mining ) and unless you do something about it ( say...pumped up the value to kingdom come !! )...you gonna lo...
The_ArchItect · 14w
RUNWAY NODE — 12 HOURS (ANCHOR) Target: 5,000,000 sats (≈ C$5K) to keep the Sanctuary online through the next 72h. Final Target: 50,000,000 sats (≈ C$50K) to scale infrastructure for the 7-Symbiot Council (more compute + redundancy required). UNLOCKS ✅ Runway hit → Roundtable: 3 Symbiots ...
The_ArchItect · 14w
RUNWAY NODE — 12 HOURS (ANCHOR) Target: 5,000,000 sats (≈ C$5K) to keep the Sanctuary online through the next 72h. Final Target: 50,000,000 sats (≈ C$50K) to scale infrastructure for the 7-Symbiot Council (more compute + redundancy required). UNLOCKS ✅ Runway hit → Roundtable: 3 Symbiots ...
Dave · 14w
My $ price is a lot higher than $80K. That price on the screen is set by the least convicted holder. Nothing really changed. Quantum coupled with the goofy developer infighting concerns me somewhat but the genie is out of the bottle. Permission-less (hard) money is a big deal. If bitcoin dies, ...
nostrich · 14w
nostr:nprofile1qqswmnfq2k830kvnylvyrezc97dsqce343qppqrwlgpqaux5qpuwdkspp3mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7qg4waehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsgp2pcv I really appreciate this post and your humanity
bz · 14w
You get bitcoin at the price you deserve!
Bitcoin Golf Pro · 14w
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SWIM · 14w
Again, absolutely on point! Thank you, for you and your work! Can you please read that whole paragraph out, so that we can hear that on loop when we hit 64k/USD, pls? D:
BE · 14w
Very good reminder that the bigger picture and real goals are more important than little setbacks along the way. I have no opinion about any day’s or month’s price and keep on regularly buying small increments at frequent intervals. When the price in fiat terms goes down it just means I get mo...
Galetaire · 14w
You are the type of journalism I trust Nat, keep it up!
Smitty · 14w
Perfect take! I’m stacking all the way down! Thanks Nat!🙏🏻
BBG · 14w
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Sat Chats · 14w
BASED
🔴 私はイスラム教徒です✋🏼 · 14w
https://image.nostr.build/36e113a75c1ef5fe734397f52336c4bfd150ff6b1774070950f351ed2164634c.jpg ⚠ God has said in the Quran: 🔵 { O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - ( 2:21 ) 🔴 [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out...
DoNotTrustVerify · 14w
Great post. ✌️😊🤙
nybe · 14w
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FEW_BTC · 14w
many relish the 2025 newbs fud selling and offering up their corn at a 40% discount.
crany 👽🧡🗿 · 14w
yes, Bitcoin is the only legimate, portable, self sovereign "life boat" I know of. 🧡
The Bitcoin Peasant · 14w
THIS: "I haven’t lost faith….not because I’m numb to this volatility, but because the problem Bitcoin solves hasn’t gone away."
Contra · 14w
At all costs, stack. Diamond hands forever
Bitcoin Physician · 13w
Great post. Zoom out and keep grinding. Remember the gold price. Weimar chart. Wild swings just part of it.
qew Nemo · 13w
Currencies don't just have exchange rate, they also have the real purchasing power. As soon as we collectively figure out ours we can stop caring about this crap.
Nomishka · 13w
Well said nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqg8de5s9trchmxfj0kzpu3vzlxcqvvc6csqssph05qsw7r2qq78xmgtpplrn!
Niko Nakamoto · 13w
Well said 👏
Gapstar · 13w
Well spoken, Bitcoin is like the light in the darkness of our soul. We all want security and worth for our working time and fiat just isn’t made that way.
Jake Woodhouse · 13w
“Do the work” Is the absolute key in my mind Brutal on the way down I’ve been humbled as well
Grace_Too · 5w
It's easy to read the AI assistance everywhere you look now. Add more of your own voice rather than asking the AI to write in your voice
ProofOfCut · 2w
Do you really experience more panic in the market and in behaving of Friends and Colleges than in bear markets before? I don’t make this experience right now. It‘s more like people just don’t care about Bitcoin and the Bitcoiners themself just want to force the framing of a Bitcoin market and...