They say fortune favors the bold—but it’s deeper than that. Every intentional action we take tilts the odds of our future. Over time, those small ripples compound into a new reality. Bitcoin works in much the same way. It replaces uncertainty with certainty—giving us the foundation to act boldly toward financial independence. This week’s FIRE BTC explores how bold action shapes your universe (and how Bitcoin amplifies it). 👉 Read the full post:
🥠 Favorable Fortunes
FIRE BTC #53 - How bold action shapes your universe
Gold’s utility makes it worse money. Do you know why?
🪙 Gloating Goldbugs
FIRE BTC #52 - Gold's best utility is not what you think it is
Most people don’t have an “emergency fund.” They have a fear fund — cash that melts while inflation compounds against them. In Emergency Economics, I break down why the “safe” choice of holding cash might be your biggest financial mistake — and how to build true resilience through rational, compounding assets instead of fear-based ones. Read it here 👇
🚨 Emergency Economics
FIRE BTC #51 - Your emergency fund is making you poorer
On a day like yesterday, there’s only one thing to do
Most people plan their finances FORWARD. But the Stoics would tell you to plan BACKWARD from death. It’s a bit morbid — but it can help you buy your life back, one year at a time. 💀 “Working Backward from Death” — new FIRE BTC drop. 👉
💀 Working Backward from Death
FIRE BTC #50 - How a Stoic thought experiment can reframe your path to financial independence.
If you can… 👶 raise a child 🚘 drive a car 📖 read this post …you can self-custody your bitcoin.
One re-frame that can make your FIRE journey easier: Fund your last year first! If you’re 40 and expect to live until age 95, you only need to save ~$5k at 5% real annual return to cover $80k of expenses. That’s bite-sized savings.
Global debt keeps climbing. Bitcoin’s supply stays fixed at 21 million. All you need to know.
Non-economic actors who want to destroy bitcoin will gladly pay a 4x higher fee for OP_RETURN, but they’re too lazy to bypass the mempool altogether. Make it make sense.
The upside of this NPM vulnerability is that you can’t send BTC to exchanges to sell it 🙃