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🎙️⚡️ This week on Life with Bitcoin
A conversation with @frankcorva what years of living, working and reporting across very different parts of the world have taught him about people - and why Bitcoin has made him more optimistic over time.
From living in Venezuela and working in rural Ghana to covering Bitcoin from Washington as @BitcoinMagazine's first White House correspondent, Frank has seen very different sides of how people navigate opportunity, freedom and change.
In this episode, @ivylumi and Frank discuss grassroots adoption, @fedibtc, freedom and responsibility, generosity, having “enough”, and the people who are using #Bitcoin in very ordinary but meaningful ways: saving for their children, creating more options for themselves, and helping others around them do the same.
Bitcoin doesn’t answer all the questions for us.
But sometimes it changes what feels possible.
What has Bitcoin made possible in your life?
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Where does the life with #Bitcoin take you?
Are you once a STRAY 🐾
STRAY is in the wild 🐾
Are you once a stray?
Somewhere between who you were and who you're becoming.
No longer quite belonging where you started, but not yet knowing where you're going.
Sometimes we get lost because we're searching for something.
Other times, we're finally brave enough to stop following the map.
Being lost isn't always something to be rescued from - there's a strange kind of freedom in looking beyond what we think we know, in letting go just enough for life to surprise us.
To wander into places we never imagined, and somewhere along the way, discover parts of ourselves we never knew were waiting to be found.
Somewhere along the way, we find each other.
That's what STRAY means to me. Not necessarily finding our way back, but discovering that love can find us wherever we wander.
This year, I also adopted my first cat. Jingle, a little stray who had perhaps been through more than I have.
Learning to understand and trust each other without words has been its own quiet lesson in love.
No slopcore. No autotune. No beauty cam.
Just voices, movement, imperfections, and everything that makes us feel alive.
A little more about the story behind STRAY, and the people who brought it to life, in this thread.
🎬 STRAY by @ivylumi - song + official music video OUT NOW
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If you’re into ai, bitcoin, economics, tech, human behavior, neuroplasticity, astrology, consciousness, spirituality, conspiracy theories, manifestation, holistic health, philosophy, personal growth, and basically questioning everything
Where are you???
I need to find my people
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STORIES THAT MAKE YOU BUILD.
Thanks to our artists contributors 🙏
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This summer, I made a conscious decision to change the way I was living and working.
After years of moving between conferences, countries, deadlines, and shipping one project after another in the #Bitcoin space, I realized that the pace I'd grown accustomed to wasn't necessarily one I could sustain.
I needed to find a different rhythm. One that made room for my health, creativity, and simply being present.
It wasn't just about slowing down. It took a leap of faith to rethink my priorities and, more importantly, turn those decisions into everyday practice.
What followed was a summer of learning to dance, making music, creating with people I love, and rediscovering the joy of doing things simply because they make me feel alive.
What stayed with me most wasn't just what we created, but everything it took to get there: the awkward first attempts, the shared effort, the trust built over time, and the connections that grew along the way.
The easier it becomes to generate the output, the more I value the human experience behind it. Technology can expand what's possible, but it can't live our lives for us.
Genuine connection, lived experience, and the relationships behind what we build remain scarce - perhaps more valuable than ever.
Somewhere in this process, I also began to see more clearly how the different sides of my life have always been connected.
The operator in me loves bringing people and ideas together, navigating complexity, and turning possibilities into reality.
The creator in me wants to explore, experiment, and express things that don't always have an immediate purpose or measurable outcome.
One knows how to build. The other keeps asking what deserves to exist.
The most exciting and scary part is realizing I don't have to choose between them.
Yesterday, I released STRAY, my 9th song as an independent singer-songwriter @ivylumi - there's a bigger story unfolding as these different worlds I've been building begin to come together. More on that soon.
For now, here's my proof of work from this summer 🌿
Hope it provides a temporary shelter for all the strays out there.
STRAY is in the wild 🐾
Are you once a stray?
Somewhere between who you were and who you're becoming.
No longer quite belonging where you started, but not yet knowing where you're going.
Sometimes we get lost because we're searching for something.
Other times, we're finally brave enough to stop following the map.
Being lost isn't always something to be rescued from - there's a strange kind of freedom in looking beyond what we think we know, in letting go just enough for life to surprise us.
To wander into places we never imagined, and somewhere along the way, discover parts of ourselves we never knew were waiting to be found.
Somewhere along the way, we find each other.
That's what STRAY means to me. Not necessarily finding our way back, but discovering that love can find us wherever we wander.
This year, I also adopted my first cat. Jingle, a little stray who had perhaps been through more than I have.
Learning to understand and trust each other without words has been its own quiet lesson in love.
No slopcore. No autotune. No beauty cam.
Just voices, movement, imperfections, and everything that makes us feel alive.
A little more about the story behind STRAY, and the people who brought it to life, in this thread.
🎬 STRAY by @ivylumi - song + official music video OUT NOW
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Italian food reminds me of Bitcoin. No matter how skilled you are, you can't make a good dish without good ingredients. You can't have a good economy without good money.
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Full episode on mining a #Bitcoin block, music, love, healing, and passion with @WriterHeatherL
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🌟This week on Life with Bitcoin
What It Feels Like to Mine a Bitcoin Block?
One theme kept coming up throughout this conversation:
The future belongs to participants, not consumers.
In this conversation with @ivylumi , @HeatherLarson shares what participating in mining a Bitcoin block taught her - not just about Bitcoin, but about curiosity, community, music, and the difference between consuming a network and helping build one.
Together, they explore why #Bitcoin , Nostr , and Value for Value are giving people the tools to move from simply consuming content, music, and communities… to actively helping build them.
We also discuss:
⚡ What it feels like to participate in mining a Bitcoin block
🎵 Why music is one of humanity's oldest forms of connection
🧡 How Value for Value changes the relationship between creators and audiences
🌍 Why open networks like Nostr encourage participation over passive consumption
One question stayed with me long after we finished recording:
Where in your life are you still consuming… when you could be participating?
Watch the full conversation below ↓
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None of us saw this coming, a surprise proposal at today’s Bitcoin event. Congratulations to the happy couple!
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We're getting an injection of drive in the middle of retrograde season from Mars entering Leo today 🔥
Go for what you want, but make sure the thing you’re fighting for is good for more than just you.
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Bring back 'Good morning' posts on x
Let's start the day with the hope of what's to come
Good morning everyone!
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At 32 I finally feel like I am myself again. Feel like a kid playing in the sandbox every day. Anything is possible. Everything is beautiful and perfect.
If you don't have this feeling in your life, I hope you can find it. I'll help you in any way I can.
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I have met some of the most interesting, intelligent(, and traumatized) people I've ever met in this space - why I ended up staying and kept asking these questions.
🧡 May you find love, peace, and healing in this transformative journey.
Conversations on @LifewBitcoin since 2023.
The real transformation is internal, not just systematic.
@frankcorva shares with us how he experiences the poetry & beauty in our collective journey.
To heal and to live ✨🧡🎶
The real transformation is internal, not just systematic.
@frankcorva shares with us how he experiences the poetry & beauty in our collective journey.
To heal and to live ✨🧡🎶
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🇰🇷 When in Seoul...
Stories moved. People connected. Life kept unfolding.
Thank you @ORIGINseoulBTC for having me, for sharing #Seoul with us, and for giving NINEFOLD a place to meet the world for the first time✨
I really enjoyed discovering more of the city, the people, the energy, the culture, sharing with y'all some of my little moments in between.
✦ @go9fold