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 # Operation Saylor - Episode 5/120
 
 Hi again and welcome to another episode of the Operation Saylor. This is update number 5, corresponding to November
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 If you are reading this for first time, you might want to check [Episode 1](https://stacker.news/items/47539), where my

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+# Operation Saylor - Episode 7/120
+
+Hi again and welcome to another episode of the Operation Saylor. This is update number 7, corresponding to January
+2023.
+
+If you are reading this for first time, you might want to check [Episode 1](https://stacker.news/items/47539), where my
+plan and details are explained. That will get you in context.
+
+---
+
+## Stats
+
+- BTC stack: 1.4692 BTC
+- € stack: 802.80 €
+- Current total value in €: 28,717.60 €
+- € into BTC: 30,000 €
+- Paid back to bank: 2,197.20 €
+- Outstanding debt: 41,747.13 €
+- Installments to go: 114
+
+## Charts
+
+
+
+---
+
+## Log
+
+Happy new year! With this episode, we leave behind 2022 and start 2023.
+
+2023 has started with a sweet surprise in the form of the recent greens. Completely irrelevant in the grand scheme 
+of things, but watching the blue line in the stack value chart go up for the first time is a new experience that 
+doesn't feel that bad, to be honest. 
+
+With that being said, let's ignore price action and focus on the important stuff. This month has been a slow one 
+without much activity in Operation Saylor. The only event has been the regular monthly installment being paid. The 
+current € stack is getting small and it will only be enough to cover the February and March installments, so in April 
+I'll have to shave a bit of the BTC stack to face the installment. After half a year of waiting with a certain 
+childish excitement the monthly buys of this Operation, having gone through a month without doing that feels odd. 
+And having to sell some bitcoin for dirty fiat will surely be bitter. But, that's life when you don't have a money 
+printer at home, innit?
+
+Leaving Operation Saylor on the side for a bit, I wonder how 2023 will look for the Bitcoin scene and adoption in 
+general. Personally, I'm hopeful and think that the future is bright. That doesn't mean we couldn't get a bad year, 
+because life is volatile and unpredictable. But the general trend we are marching on looks great to me. Just like 
+the 4 year moving average of bitcoin's price always goes up, I like to think that a similar metric for adoption and 
+progress, if it would exist, would also always trending upwards. Perhaps exponentially. 
+
+2022 was the first year in which I spent the entire year trying to be on the verge of what was being built in 
+bitcoin. I've been running my own Lightning node and a lot of other self-hosted services since January 2022. I had the 
+chance to play around with many different hardware wallets. And I've been following closely on other wonderful 
+things being built such as [LNbits](https://lnbits.com/_), [cashu](https://cashu.space/) and lately, 
+[nostr](https://nostr.com/).
+
+It's also been the year where small communities have been popping up all over the world. Besides El Salvador, we now 
+have the [Bitcoin Island](https://pouch.ph/bitcoinisland) in Philippines, [Bitcoin Ekasi](https://bitcoinekasi.com/) in
+South Africa, and [Bitcoin Lake](https://bitcoinlake.io/) in Guatemala. It has also been the year where I've seen my 
+city become active in terms of meetups, and I have had the pleasure of being in touch with many fellow maximalists and 
+newbies alike in them, for which I'm tremendously grateful. On an country level, I also have the feeling that more and 
+more meetups and online groups are appearing. I also see many people in my inner circle become more knowledgable 
+and involved in Bitcoin, and a grin shines in my face when I'm sitting in a table with them and think to myself 
+stuff like: "Oh look, half of the people in this lunch are DCA-ing and hodling."
+
+With all of this technical and human engine steaming hot, I can't picture anything but success in 2023. I can see a 
+year full of paying stuff with lightning with my close ones. Some people in my community are also thinking about 
+accepting bitcoin payments in their small, street businesses (I'm hoping to help them with my LNBits instance). In 
+2022, I planted orange seeds in many friends and relatives, and I hope this will be the year when those seeds bloom 
+and we see more bitcoiners joining our ranks. Hopefully, 2023 will also be another year of hard stacking. I've always 
+been frugal in nature, but bitcoin has upped that a notch, and I'm happy about that.
+
+Outside of Bitcoin, I hope to keep practicing the same low-time preference that I did in 2022. Last year I quit 
+drinking alcohol and smoking completely. I've also been consistent with my exercise and have improved my weight. 
+Overall, I feel much better and I look forward to keep the trend upwards only. I'm in such a great spot that I even 
+find myself pondering about having children, something I always thought was not for me. The old saying "You don't 
+change Bitcoin, Bitcoin changes you" might be true after all.
+
+This is getting long. Let's call it a day. Here is to a great, orange 2023 with plenty of success and progress. 
+Let's all do our part so that, on January 2024, we can look back on another great year for Bitcoin and for 
+everybody. And, as always, see you around next month.
+
+---
+
+## Previous episodes
+
+- Episode 1: [https://stacker.news/items/47539](https://stacker.news/items/47539)
+- Episode 2: [https://stacker.news/items/61708](https://stacker.news/items/61708)
+- Episode 3: [https://stacker.news/items/71794](https://stacker.news/items/71794)
+- Episode 4: [https://stacker.news/items/83670](https://stacker.news/items/83670)
+- Episode 5: [https://stacker.news/items/98216](https://stacker.news/items/98216)
+- Episode 6: [https://stacker.news/items/111818](https://stacker.news/items/111818)