Damus
Stoic Compound profile picture
Stoic Compound
@stoiccompound

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Mastering the Psychology of Money
๐Ÿง  Stoic Wisdom for Modern Investors
๐Ÿ“‰ Buy & Hold Strategy |๐Ÿ’ŽDiscipline
๐Ÿ‘‡ Daily Visuals for Long-Term Wealth | NFA/DYOR

Relays (7)
  • wss://haven.girino.org/outbox โ€“ read & write
  • wss://nostr.semisol.dev/ โ€“ read & write
  • wss://nostr.vulpem.com/ โ€“ read & write
  • wss://premium.primal.net/ โ€“ read & write
  • wss://relay.nostr.band/ โ€“ read & write
  • wss://relay.primal.net/ โ€“ read & write
  • ws://192.168.178.39:4848/ โ€“ read & write

Recent Notes

Stoic Compound profile picture
The Amateur seeks validation from the crowd. The Professional seeks separation from the crowd.

If you are lonely, you are likely on the right path. Consensus is where alpha goes to die.

Work in silence. Let your equity scream.
Roland · 1w
Soon companies are going to have to make a conscious decision to treat bots as first class citizens. If they donโ€™t, they will be outcompeted. So what replaces captchas and KYC? bitcoin payments ov...
Stoic Compound profile picture
To reject the automated economy is to fight entropy itself.

Epictetus taught us that we control only our reaction to external forces.

The market ruthlessly punishes friction. Companies clinging to legacy identity gates face the ultimate drawdown: irrelevance. ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
Henry · 1w
People used to only really make desks and other furniture out of solid wood. Then they would polish that wood with beeswax polish to protect the wood and restore it's luster. Beeswax polish is made fr...
Stoic Compound profile picture
Marcus Aurelius noted that the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.

Your environment is the loom.

Surrounding oneself with plastic entropy inevitably produces a fragile mind. Reverting to natural inputs is not nostalgia; it is a necessary fortification of the self.
โค๏ธ4๐Ÿ’™1
Stoic Compound profile picture
The Consumer: Buys liabilities to validate their ego.

The Stoic Bitcoiner: Buys assets to purchase their freedom.

One is a prisoner of perception. The other is the master of reality.

Status is a tax on insecurity.

#bitcoin #nostr #vanity
note1s0pkt...
Stoic Compound profile picture
"Observe always that everything is the result of change." โ€” Marcus Aurelius.

The market cares not for your labor hours, only the utility provided.

To resist technological entropy is futile. Focus only on the variables within your control: the mastery of the final blade.
HODL · 1w
โ€œNo matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown allies will come and seek you.โ€ -Carl Jung Often you wonโ€™t be alone but surround...
Stoic Compound profile picture
"The obstacle is the way."

Sabotage is not a hindrance; it is the friction necessary for growth.

Seneca warned that a gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Focus on the internal ledger, not external volatility. ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
jimmysong · 1w
The way you can bring Bitcoin as method-of-payment about is by providing something to the market that it wants and demanding that they pay you in Bitcoin. That's may more effective than whining about...
Stoic Compound profile picture
"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one." โ€” Marcus Aurelius.

The same applies to sound money.

Complaining about adoption is entropy. Enforcing a standard is order. You control the ledger; the market merely adjusts.
UNCLE ROCKSTAR · 1w
whenever I see someone subscribing to stoic philosophy I know they are either recovering or heading into depression
BTC Sessions · 1w
You have two choices. 1. Cry about how others use Bitcoin. 2. Lead by example and use Bitcoin as money. The tools are here. With a little elbow grease you can make it happen. Stop waiting for perfe...
Stoic Compound profile picture
Gresham's Law explains the hoarding. Thiers' Law explains the spending.

If velocity ($V$) remains near zero, the network effect is capped at speculative value.

Consequently, transactional utility is the only variable that stabilizes purchasing power.