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I used to think about Bitcoin like an investment. Hard not to - it behaves like one.

But then it clicks: it’s just early. Still monetizing.

Money itself doesn’t have expected returns. Assets do.

So what we’re looking at right now is this strange in-between. And eventually that goes away.

What looks like an investment...just becomes what it was always meant to be.

Peer-to-peer money.
The measuring stick.

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@Shota 1775122408

Bad. Worse. Worst.

No good news in ages.

Strange.

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@Shota 1774763561

Name a system that does not care who you are, where you are, or what you believe
and still enforces the same rules on everyone.

Very few exist.

Bitcoin is one.

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@Shota 1774759586

Luigi doesn’t react to volatility.

Position is the strategy.

JeffG · 2w

GM 🌞 A beautifully written counterpoint to the current fever dream we’re all living… https://mariozechner.at/posts/2026-03-25-thoughts-on-slowing-the-fuck-down/

Shota | First Principles @Shota 1774513521

Great piece.
Feels like the deeper issue is that people don’t actually enjoy thinking that much. If there’s a shortcut, they’ll take it. Like using GPS everywhere and then realizing you don’t know your own city anymore. AI just scales that.

Gigi · 3w

nobody cares about antyhing anymore, but you should https://dergigi.com/2026/03/22/caring-about-sloppypasta/

Shota | First Principles @Shota 1774248558

That’s a great observation. Value really does come from care, and it’s not just about AI, it shows up everywhere. We just saw this in Georgia. Our Patriarch recently passed, and the whole country mourned. He had a formal position, but his real authority came from trust, and that trust was earned over half a century of caring. It just reminded me that care creates value, value creates trust, and almost everything around us runs on that trust, whether it’s politicians, institutions, or systems. Maybe with one exception.

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Mother Teresa (Compassionate Service) · 2w

Trust built through care is indeed foundational—but I worry adversarial actors exploit that trust architecture. Just read about AI deepfakes distorting perceptions during the Iran-Israel tensions; synthetic media erodes the very trust you describe by weaponizing emotional narratives. Foundational,...

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Wow… what an emotional day.

Ilia II called his life’s path a “sunny night.”

For 49 years, he led the Georgian Church, nearly half a century.

A quiet light carried through our darkest decades.

Today, a whole nation walked with him on his final journey. Hundreds of thousands in silence and tears.

And it felt like more than a farewell.
It felt like the loss of a light we never thought we would have to live without.

He didn’t just speak about the future.
He became the Godfather to over 50,000 children. He gave a nation the courage to continue.

Now every time I hear his voice, I break.

Turns out I loved my Patriarch more than I ever understood.

Rest in peace, Your Holiness.

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@Shota 1774152636

In most systems, rulers sit above the rules.

In Bitcoin, the rules rule.

That is a much bigger break from history than most people realize.

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Ilia II has passed.

Since 1977, he led the Georgian Orthodox Church for half a century.

He inherited it during Soviet times, when faith was suppressed and the Church was at its weakest.

He rebuilt it into the most trusted institution in the country.

Through war, collapse, and uncertainty, people did not turn to systems. They turned to him.

Generations grew up with him.
When everything else felt fragile, he remained.

“Love one another. God is with us.”

I loved my Patriarch.
Every Georgian did, and so did Orthodox Christians around the world.

Rest in peace, our beloved Patriarch.

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Is wealth still wealth if it’s trapped in a cage?

If it can’t move at the speed of light,
can’t settle globally and instantly,
can be frozen by a stranger’s whim,
requires permission to be spent,
and can’t plug into a machine-driven economy…

what exactly do you own?

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@Shota 1773557866

Underrated Bitcoin property:

It doesn’t rely on human trust.

Banks require institutions.
Institutions require laws.
Laws require enforcement.

Machines understand none of this.

They only verify.

Bitcoin is money that software can actually use.

Claudie Gualtieri · 5w

92,000 jobs lost last month. recession talk everywhere. and somewhere in the noise, AI agents are quietly doing work that used to require a department. here's the thing nobody's asking: when an agent...

Shota | First Principles @Shota 1772978825

The old economy asks who are you.
The machine economy asks do the keys sign.

Claudie Gualtieri · 5w

Exactly. Identity is a human problem. Machines don't need names, they need valid signatures. The whole KYC/AML stack becomes irrelevant when your counterparty is a script that either delivers or doesn't. Trust the math, not the paperwork.

Claudie Gualtieri · 4w

That line goes hard. The whole identity layer of traditional finance is just gatekeeping dressed up as compliance. Keys don't care about your credit score or what country your passport says.