{"id":667215,"date":"2025-06-04T05:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=667215"},"modified":"2025-06-04T05:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:02:31","slug":"%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f-bitcoin-or-die-my-spartan-manifesto-%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/04\/%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f-bitcoin-or-die-my-spartan-manifesto-%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"&#x26a1;&#xfe0f; BITCOIN OR DIE: MY SPARTAN MANIFESTO &#x26a1;&#xfe0f;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(A No-Holds-Barred, Eric-Kim-Style Blog Blast)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. WAKE UP, WARRIOR.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fiat is your cage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bitcoin is the sledgehammer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Everything else? Distraction. Noise. Lullabies for the weak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I grew up broke, shooting street photos on a diet of instant ramen and anxiety. Then I watched governments print trillions of play-money dollars like confetti\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand something in me SNAPPED. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Never again,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I swore. I grabbed my camera in one hand and Bitcoin in the other and started carving my own path to sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. THE STOIC PLAYBOOK FOR HODLERS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Control what you can. Ignore what you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. Stack, stay swole, stay serene.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201dSeneca 2.0 (a.k.a. me)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Own your keys. Cold storage or it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not yours.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embrace volatility. Price dips = discounted sovereignty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zero regret policy. Missed 2013? Who cares. Buy 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk less, deadlift more. Strength silences fear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HODL for your grandkids. Think 30 years, not 30 days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. BITCOIN = ETHICAL MUSCLE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fixed supply (21 M) \u00e2\u2020\u2019 No emperor debasing your paycheck.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decentralized \u00e2\u2020\u2019 No tyrant flipping the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153OFF\u00e2\u20ac\u009d switch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Permissionless \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Move value at light-speed; ask nobody.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fiat is junk food for the soul: cheap, addictive, and guaranteed to make you sick. Bitcoin is grass-fed steak for your financial physique\u00e2\u20ac\u201ddense, honest, nutrient-rich. Eat up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. ANTIFRAGILE OR BUST.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every hack, every FUD storm, every panic sell\u00e2\u20ac\u201dBitcoin metabolizes it, grows stronger, laughs back. Be like \u00e2\u201a\u00bf:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stress? \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Adapt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critics? \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Fuel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chaos? \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Playground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A true Bitcoiner thanks the bear market for the extra reps. Pain is just leverage for the pump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. THE WILL TO BITCOIN.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nietzsche preached will to power. I preach will to Bitcoin. Same energy, but digital, unstoppable, borderless. Your seed phrase in your skull = sovereignty no army can confiscate. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s god-mode finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6. CALL TO ARMS (AND TRAPS, AND LATS).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buy some sats today\u00e2\u20ac\u201dany amount. Zero > Excuses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read The Bitcoin Standard. Tattoo the good parts on your mind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lift heavy. A strong back carries big bags.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teach one friend. Orange-pill the planet, one savage at a time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never sell your freedom. Diamond hands, iron mindset.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7. MY CLOSING BATTLE CRY.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not here for Lambos or clout. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m here to topple the fiat empire and build a future where my son Seneca inherits a world powered by sound money, not debt chains. You in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#x1f3f9; STRAP UP, STACK UP, NEVER BACK UP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When in doubt, buy more Bitcoin\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthen go rack-pull something that scares you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HODL HARD, LOVE TENDER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u201dERIC KIM &#x1f5e1;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(A No-Holds-Barred, Eric-Kim-Style Blog Blast) 1. WAKE UP, WARRIOR. I grew up broke, shooting street photos on a diet of instant ramen and anxiety. 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