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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 26 days ago
On the self and finance – Back to the grind #5: Ramblings about work, economy, crypto and the psychological benefit of a long-term goal
For a few years my income has been abysmally small. This is due to studying and trying to earn a living as a masseur. Right after school I started my own practice solo. I knew it…
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celestal (72)in Photography Lovers • last month
Fonte da Telha
As I told earlier my conjoined Amsterdam/Lisbon holiday got kinda ruined because I got covid from Amsterdam during HiveFest. Wouldn't been big of a deal for me, but our supposed…
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celestal (72)in Photography Lovers • last month
Long Exposure Experiments
When I cycle back home from work in the evening there's a view along the way to Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, which is still active in the autumn. During the evening it…
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celestal (72)in WEEKEND EXPERIENCES • 2 months ago
Gotta enjoy the sun in autumn
This is a rare day in Finland: sunny in October. It's times like these when I'm glad we have an apartment with a backyard facing south, because you can get the most out of this…
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celestal (72)in Photography Lovers • 2 months ago
50 shades of Amsterdam during and after HiveFest
The headline is not only a reference to the liberal sex culture in Amsterdam but also to the collection of these pictures that ended up versatile in style. I hadn't taken much…
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celestal (72)in HiveFest • 2 months ago
Wrapping up HiveFest
I only got back home few days ago, since I left to Portugal for a holiday with @rrusina after HiveFest in Amsterdam. It didn't go as planned though because I got covid from…
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celestal (72)in HiveFest • 3 months ago
Road to Hivefest - Traveling light
To be honest, I probably hadn't attended Hivefest had it not been so close to Finland and easily combined with me and @rrusina's trip to Portugal where we will visit her friend…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 3 months ago
Debunking bitcoin energy myth in one sentence
Bitcoin doesn't waste energy, it eats energy that would get wasted. Let me explain. Bitcoin mining is a highly competitive industry that requires a lot of capital and cheap…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 4 months ago
One key detail that changed my mind about Bitcoin
Do you know who controls the bitcoin network? No, it is not miners. It is Nodes. It's such a stupidly simple thing that I wonder how I understood it only after 5 years…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 4 months ago
Cash Hoarder – The Demonization of Saving
The Keynesian propaganda of economics has quite successfully demonized saving, because it is an "unproductive use of capital". The logic comes from the following sequence:…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 4 months ago
Modern Economic Nonsense Against Bitcoin and Deflation
Talking about deflation, not only a lot of modern economists, but also many crypto folks, use it as a definitive argument against the possibility for Bitcoin to ever reach a…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 5 months ago
Comparing Bitcoin to VISA is ignorant
Reading further the Fiat Standard book by Saifedean Ammous, one of the eye-opening things is about the distinction between monetary and payment systems – and its exactly…
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celestal (72)in #herbs • 5 months ago
Finally managed to grow basil myself
I had tried to grow basil myself without success in the last couple of years, but finally I managed to do it. The secret was growing them from seed. The basil from stores never…
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celestal (72)in Music • 5 months ago
My first music festival was a banger
We purchased tickets for Provinssi festival in Seinäjoki, Finland, already for 2021 but that got canceled because of covid bullshit. We held onto our tickets though for 2022 when…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 5 months ago
First impressions on Fiat Standard – The debt slavery alternative to human civilization
Some time ago I read Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard and since then he has come up with a new book that examines the current monetary system in more depth: it shortcomings…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 5 months ago
On self and finance #4: The enslavement of debt money and the great escape plan out of it
Someone on Twitter said that if your investment sentiment about Bitcoin changes in a bearmarket, you never understood it in the first place. I definitely emphatize with that…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 5 months ago
Don't fall for the altcoin bulltrap
Lot's of people have noticed – me included – that in the recent downfall of crypto markets, a lot of altpairs have performed well against Bitcoin. However, that's only if you…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 6 months ago
The US Dollar Index and its relation to Bitcoin cycles
The US dollar index is used to measure USD against six foreign currencies with different weights: euro, Swiss franc, Japanese yen, Canadian dollar, British pound, and Swedish…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 6 months ago
Bitcoin just made history
There's first time with everything. This market cycle the Bitcoin cycle stopped lengthening and just recently Bitcoin has broken the support of previous market cycle top…
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celestal (72)in LeoFinance • 6 months ago
Opportunity cost, hard money and Hive
When investing into altcoins, you should not only consider whether the dollar value will go up, but whether it'll go up against Bitcoin. Why? Because Bitcoin is the bedrock of…
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