Self-professed followers of Jesus the Messiah on Nostr. Protestants, Roman Catholics and Orthodox welcome. (No LDS or JWs)
The moment a system becomes permanent, the creator changes too. This article reflects on what happens to a builder once the architecture finally holds — how permanence reshapes identity, decisions, and the future itself.
On a day when nothing seemed to work — from vanished Nostr events to dead-end posts on Nextdoor — I found myself confronting the truth about walled gardens and why sovereign tools feel so hard in the beginning
he quiet panic of discovering that my earliest Nostr events — only months old — had vanished from every relay except Primal’s backup. A reflection on fragility, fatigue, and why Friday set the stage for Saturday’s breakthrough.
This article evaluates Christians in Web3 (CW3) through four ethical frameworks — utilitarian, rights-based, justice/fairness, and virtue ethics. It contrasts how CW3 currently operates with how it could function if transparency, stewardship, and Kingdom values were prioritized. The vision is constructive: guardrails that reduce harm, uphold rights, ensure fairness, and elevate honesty over hype. Such alignment would make participation more trustworthy and genuinely Kingdom-focused.
A hopeful meditation on dawn as a symbol of renewal. Connects Bitcoin and sovereignty to the daily rhythm of light overcoming darkness, reminding readers that hope is always possible.
This article explores how truth often reveals itself in paradox — from the paradoxes of creation and physics, to theology, history, and human innovation. From light being both particle and wave, to the Internet’s origins as a Cold War project of centralization that birthed global decentralization, paradoxes point us to a higher logic beyond human categories. Ultimately, the Cross remains the greatest paradox of all: death that gives life, defeat that is victory.
San Francisco sits on the ancestral lands of the Ohlone people, yet both Native sovereignty and true property ownership have long been denied. This article proposes a **Bitcoin Sovereignty Zone** — even a single city block — where property taxes are suspended or returned locally, residents keep real ownership, and the economy runs on Bitcoin. Anchored in Ohlone leadership, such a zone would not be reparations or dependency, but **sovereignty in practice**: wealth retained locally, energy turned into freedom, and ownership protected from endless extraction. Bitcoin makes it possible. The Ohlone make it legitimate. San Francisco makes it visible. (*Written with the help of Dr. C, my AI collaborator and sounding board.*)
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, while finishing my Physics/Math degree and beginning graduate studies in Electrical Engineering at the University of Hawai‘i, I encountered the Hawaiian sovereignty movement firsthand. I listened to Haunani-Kay Trask’s fiery speeches, read Thurston Twigg-Smith’s *Sovereignty: Do the Facts Matter?*, and felt caught between anger without blueprint and caution without vision. At the same time, the cypherpunks were beginning to write about cryptography and freedom on obscure mailing lists. Their words were abstract then — but decades later, Bitcoin transformed them into proof. This essay traces my journey from those days at U.H. to the present, showing how Bitcoin unites Trask’s cry, Twigg-Smith’s caution, and the cypherpunks’ math — turning anger into proof and sovereignty into something we can finally live.
This manifesto is written in solidarity, not appropriation. As a descendant of Mayflower settlers who grew up in the Pacific, I have long resonated with displaced peoples — Jews, Hawaiians, Native Nations — whose sovereignty was denied but never erased. The message is simple: sovereignty matters for all of us. What was once taken openly from Native Nations is now being eroded quietly from everyone through fiat money, surveillance, and dependency.
This article draws a parallel between the Victorious Gospel’s teaching of “first fruits” and the emergence of Bitcoin, showing how both follow a pattern of unshakable foundation, early adopters, and inevitable full reach. It explores the role of the “elect” as living witnesses, warns against modern forms of idolatry — from image management to AI worship — and grounds the whole message in humility, giving all glory to Christ.
Nostr ia a truly decentralized open protocol for publishing signed events.
Understanding the differerence between a property and a security is crucial to understanding why bitcoin should not be considered just another "crypto" asset.
Most altcoins, tokens, and NFTs are **securities** under the Howey Test. The crypto industry blurs this line to ride Bitcoin’s credibility without earning it.
From a simple README to a fully sovereign publishing stack — this is the story of how Continuum was born. In just 60 days, we’ve built a local-first Nostr app with multi-identity support, publishing tools, and hosted dashboards — all without relying on logins, tokens, or platform permissions. This was built with the help of AI — not to impress, but to liberate. Continuum is a sovereign publishing stack that puts control, identity, and freedom back where it belongs: with you.
A new path to real wealth: Instead of chasing unicorns, I’m acquiring overlooked, profitable businesses — and transforming them into Bitcoin-native operations. This model anchors cashflow to sovereignty, replacing fiat rails and rented identity with Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr. It’s not about hype. It’s about freedom — one business at a time.
This article explores how Bitcoin, the scientific method, and the Gospel all point to the same foundational principle: Truth has structure. Each resists manipulation by design, invites scrutiny, and rewards integrity over influence. Bitcoin encodes it. Science tests it. The Gospel reveals it. Together, they expose the difference between systems built to enlighten — and those built to control. This isn’t about ideology or tribalism. It’s about the pursuit of what’s real, no matter the cost.
This article examines recent claims about proprietary “quantum-resistant” custody solutions for Bitcoin, highlighting why such approaches contradict Bitcoin’s open-source ethos and overstate current quantum threats. It argues that real security comes from protocol-level upgrades, not closed, patent-protected tools — and calls for builders to focus on open, auditable, and sovereign solutions that align with Bitcoin’s core principles.
This article exposes the hidden cost of the fiat system — a $28 trillion loss over the past five years through inflation, censorship, and structural theft. These aren't accidents. They're baked into the design.
This is more than a critique — it’s a ledger. A personal and global accounting of what happens when you build on protocols designed for hype, not truth. The losses aren’t accidental — they’re inevitable. Bitcoin offers a different foundation.
