The SatsMate Stack

The SatsMate Stack

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  • How Bitcoiners Can Strengthen the Asset in 2026: HODL, Nodes, Conferences, and More!

    Hey SatsMate Stackers, 

    I hope the holidays have been treating you well! In 2026, there is a lot we can do to strengthen the asset, and in this podcast, I go over that. It is far too easy to rest on our laurels and wait for numbers to go up - we have got to do more in this new year, and I am confident that by doing each of these, we will help the network significantly in the future! 

    • Practice what we preach - I think we need to buy and HODL in self-custody where we can. Our actions need to align with our words, and HODLing in self-custody is paramount
    • Running a full node - By running a node, we can help with decentralization, security, and help validate. This is one of the core premises of Bitcoin (Take a stance on the knots debate)
    • Use Bitcoin as a Payment Method - Travel to different countries, or here in the U.S.A., look at btcmaps.org . Square rolled out the ability to conduct payments, and we can share the gift of BTC with others, and spend/replace. 
    • Go to Bitcoin Conferences - Not just David Bailey’s, but there are plenty of excellent conferences around the world we can go to and get a wide variety of opinions from others. 
    • Go to Bitcoin Meetups - Bitcoin meetups are a great way to meet your regular bitcoiners around the area you live in. I think it is a great way to educate, get people in your corner, and network.
    • Support on Geyser/Open Source Work - So many great projects that will help with privacy, lightning improvements, self-custody, education, and circular economies are here and ready to look into! 
    • Educate on What Really Matters - What really matters in the end is that we are self-sovereign, moving to a harder money, weed out central intermediary rent seekers, and lastly be able to live in a world without permission to spend as we wish, and save in something that doesn’t melt from us
    • Bitcoin Policies in Government - Countless people want to see Bitcoin fail, I think it is important that we continue to push for de minimis-friendly tax laws and ways 
    • Be More Involved - Speak more openly about controversial issues in the network, don’t be afraid to call out bad corporations in the ecosystem, and importantly, always try to do things for the betterment of the network/btc - not shareholder interest
    • Be with Families More, Be Based - There are so many great things happening now in this space, I think it's great to show how btc can be great in our lives, and allow us more freedom with our families

    Best Regards, 

    SatsMate Stack

    Referral to Stacker News: Circular economy with bitcoin discussions involved!  https://stacker.news/r/SatsMate

    Primary Bitcoin Buys Through Strike: The primary place I go to buy Bitcoin. https://invite.strike.me/2MSTYG 

    Secondary Bitcoin Buys Through Fold: A nice exchange w/ rewards & bitcoin buys.
    https://use.foldapp.com/r/HTFKVY9L

    Financial Disclaimer: Nothing stated in this video is a recommendation from SatsMate to buy or sell a particular security or asset class. It would help if you wisely considered your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals before investing. With investing, you risk losing money, always read an invest

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    11 min
  • Does the Bachelors Degree Really Have Any Value Anymore?

    Hey Satsmate Stackers, 

    Looking back at the past 12 years of my career, I wonder whether many of the positions around me really require a bachelor's degree. For many people throughout history, they viewed a bachelor's degree was a path to making good money and securing a nice job. Nowadays, that is looking to be less and less the case, and I think that people are thinking instead about joining the trades, starting their own business, or just getting right into the workforce. In this podcast, I discuss the following and why I don't think the bachelor's degree has as much value anymore: 

    • Historically, bachelor's degrees have had a very strong value proposition
    • You go to school, get good grades, an internship, and then position yourself for the workforce
    • Nowadays, it is hard to make it make sense, extremely high costs, woke academia, and then youth unemployment for Gen Z stands between 9 & 13%
    • Many have gotten a degree, and even those with excellent universities and solid backgrounds are facing massive difficulties
    • Supply of Bachelor's degree workers is high, and demand for entry-level work is decreasing due to AI
    • Examples of automation for entry-level jobs with AI
      • AI tools can automate code writing, debugging, and testing - many entry-level junior coders are impacted
      • AI is taking a lot of customer service support, which is often entry-level
      • Data entry, AP, and administrative individuals are being impacted by the waves as well
    • Ask yourself about offshoring as well
      • Can your job be done easily by someone overseas
      • My example working at BP when I was younger
    • Historically, these would be some of the safer in a negative environment, as they cost less from a payroll expense standpoint
    • Many workers are not bringing in new workers because of macro as well
    • Companies should also be careful of optics, many end consumers don’t want to support companies that side with AI over humans…
      • You also want to be sure you can mentor future generations for growth as well
    • Wealth inequality will further exacerbate, and people will try to vote for bad socialist policies (i.e., Momdami) 
    • Companies want to see individuals who are well-versed and experienced in AI
    • AI literacy is key for people to advance in the future
      • They say AI won’t take your job; rather, someone who knows how to use AI well will

    If you like this, feel free to share it, leave a like, or comment. Also, check out the links in the description that help support my channel and podcast.

    Best Regards, 

    SatsMate Stack

    Referral to Stacker News: Circular economy with bitcoin discussions involved!  https://stacker.news/r/SatsMate

    Primary Bitcoin Buys Through Strike: The primary place I go to buy Bitcoin. https://invite.strike.me/2MSTYG 

    Secondary Bitcoin Buys Through Fold: A nice exchange w/ rewards & bitcoin buys.
    https://use.foldapp.com/r/HTFKVY9L

    Financial Disclaimer: Nothing stated in this video is a recommendation from SatsMate to buy or sell a particular security or asset class. It would help if you wisely considered your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals before investing. With investing, you risk losing money, always read an invest

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    13 min
  • Klarna, Spotify, Game Pass & Mortgages: Welcome to the Rent-Everything Treadmill

    Hey Satsmate Stackers, 

    Today, I am going to talk about how owning nothing and being happy is becoming true for many. In today's day and age, we are financing so much, and at the end of the day, we don't own anything. Whether it is subscribing to ten things, paying your rent/mortgage, or being stuck in a payment doom loop, many are struggling for true ownership of things. In today's podcast, I dive into this in detail. Specifically, I go over the following: 

    • A society of renters, where we are perpetually on a subscription model
    • Thinking back, I realized there are many things that I don’t actually own
    • I’m at the point where I am realizing that after 4 years of paying for Game Pass, I don’t have a single game out of it
      • Same thing with over a decade of Spotify purchases
      • Cloud storage
      • Fitness, Food, Entertainment, and renting
      • Even education, like Udemy or Coursera
    • Realizing you don’t own anything when you cancel is truly sad - and it is something I faced recently
    • I wish we moved to a society of ownership, and not perpetual renting
    • It's something where if you step back and look at your outlays every month, you start to realize, am I really going to spend 10s of thousands of dollars over my life, to own nothing in the end?
    • I’m realizing it a bit with owning a home (50-Year example), Auto (15-Year Loan Example), and where I’d be if I bought instead of rented
      • To be fair, owning a home may not make sense with taxes, maintenance, insurance, and HOAs, where you are perpetually a renter anyways
    • As I am 30 and thinking of renting again, I realize if I take out a 30-year mortgage at 30 years old, I will pay it off…
      • If I want to buy 40, I will be 70. I don’t want to be a renter when I am 70/80/90, I want to be able to own my thing
    • Klarna and Afterpay are making it so people don’t feel the full upfront cost of something, and it is very seductive, until you see the big picture
    • Not owning anything means the winners are the companies
      • The shareholders are the winners, the elite are the winners, and the asset holders are the winners
    • The average person is the loser, with fleeting hamster wheel enjoyment
    • There is no way, in my opinion, to be happy being on a hamster wheel, because you can’t chill
    • People are striving to own, but they find it hard because they are in a paycheck-to-paycheck hamster wheel cycle

    If you like this, feel free to share it, leave a like, or comment. Also, check out the links in the description that help support my channel and podcast.

    Best Regards, 

    SatsMate Stack

    Referral to Stacker News: Circular economy with bitcoin discussions involved!  https://stacker.news/r/SatsMate

    Primary Bitcoin Buys Through Strike: The primary place I go to buy Bitcoin. https://invite.strike.me/2MSTYG 

    Secondary Bitcoin Buys Through Fold: A nice exchange w/ rewards & bitcoin buys.
    https://use.foldapp.com/r/HTFKVY9L

    Financial Disclaimer: Nothing stated in this video is a recommendation from SatsMate to buy or sell a particular security or asset class. It would help if you wisely considered your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals before investing. With investing, you risk losing money, always read an invest

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    13 min
  • The Best Black Friday & Cyber Monday Buys? Investing!

    Hi Satsmate Stackers, 

    We are at that time of year when we are filled with consumerism and shopping until we drop. Countless people buy, buy, and buy because it is ingrained in the American way. In today's podcast, I am going to talk about my thoughts on Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals and what we can do this time around. Specifically, I discuss the following in detail: 

    • We live in a world where we are constantly trying to buy more stuff, but to what end?
    • Story of my Grandpa, and certain people in my family (the junk addiction, the Amazon addiction, and filling the void)
    • If you have so much stuff, what of that really has any value? 
    • First grandpa, then parents, and next me
    • We packed a bunch of stuff in boxes in anticipation of a move
    • 12-14 boxes filled with stuff, haven’t used any of it in over a month. 
    • If I really can live without it for that long, can’t I live without it for longer…With that, do I really need it at all? 
    • Black Friday/Cyber Monday is a psy op to help companies' bottom lines, and further enrich the shareholders
    • They raise prices by 30% over the months that follow, and then say Look, 20% discount
    • If they are slashing prices by 20-30%, they aren’t taking a loss - they still have substantial margins built into everything
    • Think about previous black Fridays, what do you still use? 
    • Try to follow a minimalist path, and reduce your exposure to “stuff”; often, in the long run, it will end up in a landfill, a garage sale, or sold for pennies on the dollar
    • Maybe instead of buying stuff for black Friday, buy stocks in the companies you were about to shop at
    • At least you are developing the asset-buying mindset instead of the consumer mindset
    • Think about what you can do to stop falling into the mindset. If you do buy something, then make sure you were going to buy it regardless of black Friday
    • In tough economic times, pay off debt, earn more money, cut out waste and clutter in your life, and try to be focused on acquiring what really matters (i.e., healthy food, a long-term residence, and timeless things)

    If you like this, feel free to share it, leave a like, or comment. Also, check out the links in the description that help support my channel and podcast.

    Best Regards, 

    SatsMate Stack

    Referral to Stacker News: Circular economy with bitcoin discussions involved!  https://stacker.news/r/SatsMate

    Primary Bitcoin Buys Through Strike: The primary place I go to buy Bitcoin. https://invite.strike.me/2MSTYG 

    Secondary Bitcoin Buys Through Fold: A nice exchange w/ rewards & bitcoin buys.
    https://use.foldapp.com/r/HTFKVY9L

    https://zbd.gg/GalmaDuFria This is my personal QR code. It allows anyone to send me Bitcoin and messages directly to my ZEBEDEE. lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7ctsdyh85etzv4jx2efwd9hj7a3s9aex2ut4v4ehgttnw3shg6tr943ksctjvajhxtmpxuurjcmxxvuz6wf58q6z6drpv5uj6c3jvy6z6epexe3ryd3kxe3kvcnr7y2uzj

    Financial Disclaimer: Nothing stated in this video is a recommendation from SatsMate to buy or sell a particular security or asset class. It would help if you wisely considered your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals before investing. With investing, you risk losing money, always read an invest

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    11 min
  • Back to Basics: Society's Fundamental, Spiritual & Financial Reset

    Hey Satsmate Stackers, 

    We have drifted far from core values over the past couple of years. In today's podcast, I go over why we should go back to basics. Sometimes, the ways our elders and forefathers did things were the right way, and it was done for a reason. In this podcast, I will go over the following: 

    • We’ve almost gone full circle in the feminist movement, women in Canada sleeping with men in exchange for rent
    • Ever since we have drifted from hard money, god, and traditional values, we have gotten worse
    • I can argue that the fall of America started in the early 70s, but there have been different periods of the fall 
    • What can we do in society to re-orient ourselves in the right direction, and to become better?
    • What led us to drift so far from a basic approach in society? 
    • Moving towards a commitment to discipline, religion, and helping one another is what we need
    • In addition, a return to hard money (gold, silver, and bitcoin)
    • Sometimes the old way is better for a reason; it was put in place because it was right
      • We stray as time goes on due to corruption, greed, and incentives
    • "Get married. Have children. Build a legacy. Pass down your values. Pursue the eternal. Seek true joy."
    • I think it would be good if we all admit, we have lost our path in society, and try to re-orient
    • Whatever side of the aisle, we can all agree
      • Things are getting rough out there (essentially for bottom earners)
      • Shootings, assassinations are ratcheting up big time
      • Political divides are widening
      • Corruption persists, and the weight of the system is becoming untenable
    • What a return to the basics will bring

    Best Regards, 

    SatsMate Stack

    Referral to Stacker News: Circular economy with bitcoin discussions involved!  https://stacker.news/r/SatsMate

    Primary Bitcoin Buys Through Strike: The primary place I go to buy Bitcoin. https://invite.strike.me/2MSTYG 

    Secondary Bitcoin Buys Through Fold: A nice exchange w/ rewards & bitcoin buys.
    https://use.foldapp.com/r/HTFKVY9L

    https://zbd.gg/GalmaDuFria This is my personal QR code. It allows anyone to send me Bitcoin and messages directly to my ZEBEDEE. lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7ctsdyh85etzv4jx2efwd9hj7a3s9aex2ut4v4ehgttnw3shg6tr943ksctjvajhxtmpxuurjcmxxvuz6wf58q6z6drpv5uj6c3jvy6z6epexe3ryd3kxe3kvcnr7y2uzj

    Financial Disclaimer: Nothing stated in this video is a recommendation from SatsMate to buy or sell a particular security or asset class. It would help if you wisely considered your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals before investing. With investing, you risk losing money, always read an invest

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    16 min
  • Shocking Truth: Fractured Society Means Overemployment in Dead End Gigs

    Hi SatsMate Stackers, 

    I like to look at the life of a famous blue-collar cartoon as a representation of the normal economy back in day. Homer was a blue-collar worker, and was able to buy a nice home and support a 4 person family on this factory job. Now a days, this would be almost impossible to do in most places around the U.S. 

    It just goes to show how far the economy has changed, and in the end people are starting to lean into more gig jobs, and taking several jobs because their main job doesn't pay enough. Specifically in this podcast, I go over the following topics: 

    • Discussion of the Simpsons, and Homer’s life Parallel
    • Many young people work side hustles as they can make money on the side
    • Youth unemployment is soaring to above 15%, Mid twenties is around 8%
    • People who have jobs, can’t find increased wages, many take on several jobs
    • When not, they aim for several side hustles to keep up
    • Hamsters on a wheel, always working - never getting ahead
    • Not enough time to parent, and grow our society from ground up
    • They need to work several jobs to keep head above water, not because they are getting rich off of it
    • This is the new form of slavery, work nonstop, earn small wages
    • Look at slavery in the 1800s vs today
    • We need to return to the Homer Simpson America, where one blue collar salary can support an entire family
    • Homer now a days looks like an upper middle class person, in reality, America has fallen further from grace
    • Underemployment, Overemployment, and Gig slavery are not keys to a healthy and successful society

    If you like this, feel free to share it, leave a like, or comment. Also, check out the links in the description that help support my channel and podcast.

    Best Regards, 

    SatsMate Stack

    Referral to Stacker News: Circular economy with bitcoin discussions involved!  https://stacker.news/r/SatsMate

    Primary Bitcoin Buys Through Strike: The primary place I go to buy Bitcoin. https://invite.strike.me/2MSTYG 

    Secondary Bitcoin Buys Through Fold: A nice exchange w/ rewards & bitcoin buys.
    https://use.foldapp.com/r/HTFKVY9L

    https://zbd.gg/GalmaDuFria This is my personal QR code. It allows anyone to send me Bitcoin and messages directly to my ZEBEDEE. lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7ctsdyh85etzv4jx2efwd9hj7a3s9aex2ut4v4ehgttnw3shg6tr943ksctjvajhxtmpxuurjcmxxvuz6wf58q6z6drpv5uj6c3jvy6z6epexe3ryd3kxe3kvcnr7y2uzj

    Financial Disclaimer: Nothing stated in this video is a recommendation from SatsMate to buy or sell a particular security or asset class. It would help if you wisely considered your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals before investing. With investing, you risk losing money, always read an invest


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    10 min
  • From Fiscal Chains to Freedom: How to Reduce the Drag of Public Outlays

    Hi Satsmate Stackers, 

    I hope you are having a great week so far! We don't need to look far to see that we are a nation of debt slavery. In fact, you can see how dire the situation is for yourself at the following link: https://www.usdebtclock.org/. 

    Public spending is out of control, and in this podcast, I discuss ways in which we can reduce the drag of public outlays. Specifically in this podcast, I go over the key important topics: 

    • Top Budget Line Items: The Largest 5 are HHS, SSA, Treasury, Defense, and VA. Agriculture, Education, Homeland Security, Transport, and Labor won't help the picture.
    • Political Reality: Trump leaning into cutting rates; anything else will be politically unpopular.
    • Generational Focus: Thinking about millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha.
    • Systemic Injustice: God-awful system: paying 25-30% taxes to wealthy boomers for SS, strapped to 30+ years of debt servitude.
    • Inevitable Collapse: If the system doesn’t work for all, it collapses. It fails youth; they're protesting directly and indirectly.
    • Rising Tensions: Socialism rising; class war—blame unclear. Money, currency, and hope are broken in America.
    • Shutdown Preference: Government shutdown better than current state; frogs boiling in water.
    • Need for Radical Change: System needs to burn—can't kick the can forever. Rip band-aid, Nepal-style, amid waste, fraud, and corruption.
    • Metaphor for Strain: Skinny man (Gen Z/ Z/millennials) lifting elephant (boomers). Untenable.
    • Boomer Accountability: Why did boomers allow this? Society's fabric tears worse; they'll rule fire and ashes.
    • Shutdown Futility: Shutdowns: twice-yearly ritual—headlines, same outcome.
    • Required Reforms: Mass firings, major department closures. Small, limited government is needed, even with big programs. Radical structural change.
    • Call to Action: Rip the band-aid off, face problems, shutdown, massive shift. Country in pieces—boomers don't see it.
    • Silver Lining: Shutdown good: no more piss-poor BLS data. Every cloud has a silver lining.

    If you like this, feel free to share it, leave a like, or comment. Also, check out the links in the description that help support my channel and podcast.

    Best Regards, 

    SatsMate Stack

    Referral to Stacker News: Circular economy with bitcoin discussions involved!  https://stacker.news/r/SatsMate

    Primary Bitcoin Buys Through Strike: The primary place I go to buy Bitcoin. https://invite.strike.me/2MSTYG 

    Secondary Bitcoin Buys Through Fold: A nice exchange w/ rewards & bitcoin buys.
    https://use.foldapp.com/r/HTFKVY9L

    https://zbd.gg/GalmaDuFria This is my personal QR code. It allows anyone to send me Bitcoin and messages directly to my ZEBEDEE. lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7ctsdyh85etzv4jx2efwd9hj7a3s9aex2ut4v4ehgttnw3shg6tr943ksctjvajhxtmpxuurjcmxxvuz6wf58q6z6drpv5uj6c3jvy6z6epexe3ryd3kxe3kvcnr7y2uzj

    Financial Disclaimer: Nothing stated in this video is a recommendation from SatsMate to buy or sell a particular security or asset class. It would help if you wisely considered your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals before investing. With investing, you risk losing money, always read an invest

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    23 min
  • Ditch the Rate Cut Hype: Inflation, Bubbles, and the Real Losers

    Hey Satsmate Stackers, 

    In our society, we are at a point where rate cuts will help the rich and end up further hurting the poor. In the short term, it may provide a sigh of relief to the poor and middle class, but the asset prices of the rich will continue to melt up, further exacerbating wealth inequality. In today's podcast, I discuss the upcoming interest rate cuts and what they will do to the economy: 

    • Over $7 trillion in capital in Money markets will soon need to find a new home with interest rates coming down
    • The intention of cutting rates is to loosen monetary conditions, and risk of recession
      • Looking back at previous rate cuts, typically, the economy wasn’t in great shape
    • People parroting rate cuts over the past 6-9 months have no clue
    • Just because something is too good for you doesn’t mean it's good for you
    • Inflation risk of cutting rates
    • Bubble risk of cutting rates
      • Malinvestments, running things hot
    • Long end of curve is unable to be controlled, 10-year ticking up
    • Who wins with rate cuts? People who hold assets
      • They sell it to the debtors, but they get left further behind
    • Further exacerbation of wealth inequality, things get worse for the majority of Americans
    • Bubbles may feel great in the short term, but in the long term, many get burned and hurt
    • We must go through hard now and work towards sustainable growth in the future
    • Everyone crying for rate cuts will get the opposite of what they want, just like everyone crying for stimmies
    • Future inflation relief stimmies coming your way by midterms
    • We need to stand up for hard money, freedom, and free market capitalism 
    • We can’t keep perpetuating this system that grows the poor and hollows out  the middle class 

    If you like this, feel free to share it, leave a like, or comment. Also, check out the links in the description that help support my channel and podcast.

    Best Regards, 

    SatsMate Stack

    Referral to Stacker News: Circular economy with bitcoin discussions involved!  https://stacker.news/r/SatsMate

    Primary Bitcoin Buys Through Strike: The primary place I go to buy Bitcoin. https://invite.strike.me/2MSTYG 

    Secondary Bitcoin Buys Through Fold: A nice exchange w/ rewards & bitcoin buys.
    https://use.foldapp.com/r/HTFKVY9L

    https://zbd.gg/GalmaDuFria This is my personal QR code. It allows anyone to send me Bitcoin and messages directly to my ZEBEDEE. lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7ctsdyh85etzv4jx2efwd9hj7a3s9aex2ut4v4ehgttnw3shg6tr943ksctjvajhxtmpxuurjcmxxvuz6wf58q6z6drpv5uj6c3jvy6z6epexe3ryd3kxe3kvcnr7y2uzj

    Financial Disclaimer: Nothing stated in this video is a recommendation from SatsMate to buy or sell a particular security or asset class. It would help if you wisely considered your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals before investing. With investing, you risk losing money, always read an invest

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    15 min
  • Finance Moves I Go Against the Grain On!

    Hey Satsmate Stackers, 

    I hope you are doing well and having a strong start to your week! In today's podcast, I discuss the financial moves that I go against the grain on. Far too often in today's society, it is easy to fall down the path most people go down. I think on occasion, it is okay to go against the current and do things the way you see fit. Specifically, in my podcast today, I go over many things that I don't mind spending more on: 

    • Homeownership isn’t the best way to build wealth, and in many cases, renting is better
    • Buying higher quality, or higher-end food, dental supplies, and water
    • Buying several pairs of running shoes, reset sessions, and high-end fitness devices
    • With many of these things, I ask, how does it serve me? 
    • Driving an old Honda, even though I can get much more
    • The slowdown of Amazon packages
    • Not having a sports subscription, maybe going out to watch an event to socialize
    • Buying cleaning supplies, candles, and nice grooming supplies
    • Spending more $ on nicer clothes, due to quality and how long they last
    • I don’t max out my 401K purposefully 

    If you like this, feel free to share it, leave a like, or comment. Also, check out the links in the description that help support my channel and podcast.

    Best Regards, 

    SatsMate Stack

    Referral to Stacker News: Circular economy with bitcoin discussions involved!  https://stacker.news/r/SatsMate

    Primary Bitcoin Buys Through Strike: The primary place I go to buy Bitcoin. https://invite.strike.me/2MSTYG 

    Secondary Bitcoin Buys Through Fold: A nice exchange w/ rewards & bitcoin buys.
    https://use.foldapp.com/r/HTFKVY9L

    https://zbd.gg/GalmaDuFria This is my personal QR code. It allows anyone to send me Bitcoin and messages directly to my ZEBEDEE. lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7ctsdyh85etzv4jx2efwd9hj7a3s9aex2ut4v4ehgttnw3shg6tr943ksctjvajhxtmpxuurjcmxxvuz6wf58q6z6drpv5uj6c3jvy6z6epexe3ryd3kxe3kvcnr7y2uzj

    Financial Disclaimer: Nothing stated in this video is a recommendation from SatsMate to buy or sell a particular security or asset class. It would help if you wisely considered your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals before investing. With investing, you risk losing money, always read an invest

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    13 min
  • $100K H1B Moat: Shielding US Jobs or Sparking a Global Talent Exodus?

    Hey Satsmate Stackers, 

    I hope you are all doing well! We have recently seen some large measures take place on the H1B program here in the U.S. With this, we will see it cost a lot more to tap into global talent, while concurrently aiming to protect U.S. jobs. I think a balanced approach must be assessed, and in this podcast I explore both sides of the argument, and present my thoughts including: 

    • There is no surprise over the past couple of decades that top jobs are getting more competitive
    • Benefits of tapping into global labor means we can get higher-skilled workers
    • Cons make it so companies may pass up on local talent in favor of external talent
    • Many say this is a blow to tech, and there will be a brain drain to other countries around the world
    • I think for a company to hire an H1B, they should prove that they literally couldn’t find anyone
    • Youth unemployment rate is approaching 10%, and we need to set up a ladder for our own workers
    • Most recent details of this is it is a one time fee of $100K, no annual fees, doesn’t apply to renewals, only net news
    • I think it is important to protect American jobs, but I don’t know if this is the right route
    • The right route is to make it so American workers are the best, and invest in education
    • Many trump supporters in tech, like Musk or Thiel, won’t like this
    • I think the stance will tend to soften over time, as the job situation is much more dire than just this
    • Creating walls and giving people the boot  will not help this economy
    • We need to restore the free markets to their full potential, and get rid of corporate interests and NGOs at the government level
    • If an extreme stance were to take shape, companies would move where the best talent is
    • Remember the extent companies will take to dive into loopholes, the U.S. doesn’t have jurisdiction in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, or those other countries

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