diff --git a/evangelism/episodes/episode_5.md b/evangelism/episodes/episode_5.md index 1ef0fee..34feffa 100644 --- a/evangelism/episodes/episode_5.md +++ b/evangelism/episodes/episode_5.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ # Operation Saylor - Episode 5/120 Hi again and welcome to another episode of the Operation Saylor. This is update number 5, corresponding to November - 2022. If you are reading this for first time, you might want to check [Episode 1](https://stacker.news/items/47539), where my diff --git a/evangelism/episodes/episode_7.md b/evangelism/episodes/episode_7.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..912792b --- /dev/null +++ b/evangelism/episodes/episode_7.md @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +# 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) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/evangelism/images/episode_7_bitcoin_stack.png b/evangelism/images/episode_7_bitcoin_stack.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15a8da1 Binary files /dev/null and b/evangelism/images/episode_7_bitcoin_stack.png differ diff --git a/evangelism/images/episode_7_stack_value_vs_debt.png b/evangelism/images/episode_7_stack_value_vs_debt.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15929ec Binary files /dev/null and b/evangelism/images/episode_7_stack_value_vs_debt.png differ diff --git a/register.xlsx b/register.xlsx index a171425..2c1b6e2 100644 Binary files a/register.xlsx and b/register.xlsx differ