Allow me to introduce my self: I’m someone who is new to Bitcoin, but old to Jesus.
The Jesus part of my story starts when I was very young. I was raised in a Christian home and have held onto my faith now well into my mid-thirties. There have been seasons of doubt along the way but I always came back to trust in Jesus.
I am no casual Christian. Christianity has utterly consumed me. My life revolves around it. I read and study the Bible pretty much every day of my life. It has shaped me as a person and has changed the way I see the world. It influenced my occupation, my daily habits, how I interact with others, and how I treat finances. It’s when I speak to people outside of my Christian circles that I realize how different this has made me, and how strange I must appear.
The Bitcoin part of my story started very recently, at the tail end of December 2020. I wish it could have been sooner.
I recall sitting with a friend in his basement apartment several years ago. We got talking about the housing market, which was growing at rocket-like pace in our small Canadian city. I had bought a modest bungalow in 2014 and the investment had paid off handsomely and was encouraging him to get into the market if he could. That’s when made the comment: “Don’t worry, we’ll be able to buy a nice house from our Bitcoin.” I took another glance around at his basement rental and thought to myself… poor guy, living off a pipe dream. Boy was I wrong.
I came around to Bitcoin the same way you may have, unless you are still unconvinced (skeptics are welcome here). I was listening to one of my favourite economics podcasts, the Your Life Your Terms show, when they started talking about Bitcoin. I responded with immediate dismissal. How could these people I respected so much be so easily duped by a crazy internet crypto fad?
Then I did my research. It started with reading Jeff Booth’s The Price of Tomorrow and moved to more podcasts and Youtube explanations of what Bitcoin is. The penny dropped when I began reading Saifedean Ammous’ The Bitcoin Standard. That coupled with Real Vision interviews featuring Raoul Pal and Michael Saylor did me in.
Holy cow… could this be true? Can Bitcoin actually become the world’s reserve currency by replacing gold? Is the government actually robbing me of 15% or more per year through inflation of my Canadian dollar? Is Bitcoin actually the solution? Learning about this has become an obsession. I took the red pill and I’m discovering how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
How are Jesus and Bitcoin related? Obviously these are two entirely different things, but upon closer inspection, they have remarkable similarities in how one arrives at trust in each. This blog is dedicated to the exploration of this inersection. It is dedicated to Bitcoin – to helping answer questions and explore the ins and outs of what this is and what it could mean for us individually and for our world. It is dedicated to Jesus, to helping answer questions about who he is and why he important for us personally and our world. This blog is dedicated to the intersection of these two magnificent discoveries. Can I call Jesus a discovery? I hope you enjoy the journey with us.
A disclaimer: nothing on this site constitutes financial advice. Make that two disclaimers: nothing on this site constitutes religious advice. I encourage you to do your own research and come to your own conclusions. There are risks involved… for both.
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