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Interesting idea, the general idea is that our traits which are considered hateful, our in fact, our greatest virtues.

For example, I speak out loud, I don’t censor myself, I often make other people feel uncomfortable. Yet this is precisely the source of my innovation and entrepreneurial spirit .

Also this is where I think that the energies of children should simply be guided and directed, rather than stunted.

For example, let us say that your kid is very rambunctious and likes to throw stuff. Rather than forcing your kid not to throw things, rather think that it is better to channel that energy and power into something fun, like having him join the local (American) football league or whatever.

Or say that your kid runs around a lot, and likes to be active. Have them join gymnastics or something?

Also the same thing with adults, even the ancient Romans knew, everybody is born with different talents. And that rather than trying to change someone’s character, the wiser approach is figuring out how to best harness their own god-given skills. 

I always say the right thing at the wrong time

 for example, there should be certain things which should only be brought up at a certain time. Timing is critical.

For example, good idea to drink coffee first thing in the morning, bad idea to drink coffee at midnight.

We also, good idea to be active and run around in the day, maybe not a good idea at night.

The best time to watch Netflix is first thing in the morning

Funny I got from one of Cindy’s friends, is that she says that for her the best time to watch Netflix’s first thing in the morning because it gets her stimulated and wakes her up!

This is hilarious and a genius idea because the truth is, this might be the right strategy. Most people watch it late at night, which keeps you up because you’re going to be thinking about solving the plot while you sleep which is not good. Rather, if you watch media first thing in the morning, maybe it is actually a better stimulus and stimulant to action.

Also a funny thought, to those who like to watch erotic material, maybe rather than watching it before you sleep, also, you could do a funny experiment in which you watch it first thing in the morning?

Don’t castrate, channel

Let us say that you are hormonal, and have high testosterone. Yet this leads you to doing aggressive behavior in a bad way.

Rather than chop off your balls, maybe it’s better that you could simply get a gym membership, and start ERIC KIM demigod weightlifting, and strive to lift 1000 pounds? And beyond?

The crazier the more genius

“Name one genius that ain’t crazy!” – Kanye West

“In every single genius there is a hint of madness” – Aristotle 

Craziness and genius are sisters and brothers. Assuming that you sleep very well like each 12 hours a night, you don’t take drugs or drink alcohol, you exercise every day, you smile and wave and have friendly conversation with everybody you see on the streets, you spend a lot of time outside walking around, in nature and in the city etc., certainly you will not be crazy by traditional standards.

Then my thought is if you start to say certain words which are heretical, maybe the truth is, you’re right!

Stay crazy, stay foolish

As long as it doesn’t cause you to lose an arm or die prematurely, maybe rather than cutting risks from our life, we should strive instead to augment them. For example, one of my new favorite quotes from Peter Thiel, which has been quoted many times by Michael Saylor is that “Courage is in the shorter supply than genius”.

I agree. You can meet like at least 100,000 smart people or geniuses from the beer area. Yeah most of them like balls. Balls plus genius is what counts, no balls no conviction no appetite for risktaking means lame improvement to stuff.

For example, SpaceX and the thing that catches rockets. Only a crazy Elon Musk could have come up with the idea that actually works, not some standard boring engineer.

Or, the musical and sonic genius of a Kanye West would have never been treated by an AI.

Even Jaron Lanier,  wisely said that the genius of the Steve Jobs would never have been created by artificial intelligence. This is true.

AI cannot contradict itself 

For example for myself, I change my opinion all the time. For example one day, I think that Tesla sucks, and then the next day I see a brand new Tesla model Y from behind, and I think it is perfect.

Or another interesting thought, now with the new Donald Trump policies, I might be the only one who thinks that fiat currency is a good idea!

For example the office which controls the currency, they themselves called the US dollar fiat currency. then, ironically enough, calling a speed a spade, it actually makes me realize or think or change my opinion that if you have the agency which regulates the currency calling the US dollar a faith-based currency, this actually gives me more faith in the dollar not less? 

Even things which really changed my opinion is that like on most cases I’m super approved Donald Trump or at least his administration on economic affairs, because before the election he became super pro bitcoin! When money is on the line, money talks and changes opinions.

As a consequence of Trump becoming elected, the price of my bitcoin and also my strategy holdings have like multiplied insanely high, which is good because I’m like dumb rich, essentially like printing money out of my butt now.

Things then become interesting because they become almost seemingly contradictory in nature.

Even myself now, I still consider myself a diehard liberal woke democrat on the far left, much more on the progressive side, or the liberal side, maybe you could call me a “lib-tard”. Yet I am a pro Donald Trump, yet I will never become Republican.

In fact am I the only one who invented this really really funny phrase, “Republi-can’t”?

I think politically speaking, you could only really start to have fun when you don’t pledge allegiance to any other side, and rather you just judge inform your own independent opinions, even if you’re right or wrong.

In fact, come on guys… We are philosophers. We know that this is all a stupid show, and this is all fake. All news is fake even the real ones.

A simple prescription I have for people who are like scared shitless is first, whenever Donald Trump says anything, don’t read the headlines actually find the raw interview footage file video MP4 video file, watch it yourself unedited, the entire hour or two, and then form your opinion!

Also, delete social media Facebook Instagram TikTok Twitter X YouTube whatever. A new pro hack I have at least to maintain some of your focus is get supergrok, which is the $30 a month Elon Musk xAI chatbot, and whenever you curse about something, run a deep search, infiltrate it this way rather than going to social media.

Also, I’m certainly think that also ChatGPT is the new click page. Why? Now whenever I want to use chat, and I open up the app, there’s all these effing click baby suggested prompts, which distract me.

Even worse when you’re trying to do a web search through ChatGPT, it will show up all these stupid distracting news headlines? Like JD Vance accidentally drops trophy?

All signal is also noise

I have a simple suggestion, if you need the news, try not to follow more than 1, 2 or three people. That should be the cap.

For example for myself, only person I religiously follow is Michael Saylor at @saylor —

Another new pro tip work around I figured it out, whenever you login into Twitter it is so distracting. You could go to rss.app and search somebody’s Twitter handle, like @saylor and just follow that one person alone.

I think like 100% of the true signal that I get is from Michael Saylor, everyone else is just baiting for clicks and impressions.

Even I try my best not to check bitcoin prices or news because once again, it’s like a heartbeat, the sign of a healthy organism is having a regular heartbeat that goes up and down. Therefore, I think of bitcoin prices like a human heartbeat; if you flatline you’re dead. 

Investing

So the floodgates have now opened that the government says yes, banks canal do anything bitcoin or crypto related. I think within this year or the next year, you’ll be able to buy bitcoin with JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo Fidelity whatever.

Recently I put a large sum of money into MSTU, which is 2X levered long MSTR, which is itself is 2x levered long bitcoin.

This then becomes a good strategy because let us say that bitcoin price goes up 5% in a day, then MSTR will go up 10%, and then, MSTU will go up 20%!

You then start to get really insanely explosive gains, you could easily earn $100,000 in just a single day, without doing anything.

And actually if you think about it, stuff like MSTR and MSTU are actually much more accretive than bitcoin, because the first rule of bitcoin club you never sell your bitcoin. Fun work around you could do is like if you have Coinbase, you could now pledge up to a large number of your bitcoins, and get up to like $1 million of cash, which you could then invest into MSTR and or MSTU.

My simple thought is if you have a retirement account or a roth ira, and you plan on not pulling it out until you’re 65, just put it into mstr, set it and forget it.

if you plan on trying to make money in the short run, MSTU is the obvious bet, as once again, it out performs bitcoin by at least 4X, and an important thing with what creation is the velocity and in the speed of how you get, how quickly.

For example, nobody would care to be a trillionaire at the age of 99, we would rather be worth $200 million in five years. 

Therefore, at least for myself, I would rather take the quicker (smaller) gain, rather than the longer, higher gain.

No more Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, was 19th century bitcoin. Everything he did, back in the day was genius because that is all they had.

If you put Henry Ford into today’s world, but gave him the financial tools of the 19th century certainly the outcome would be different than if you handed the keys to somebody with the year 2025 tools.

Even a random sidenote, Cambodia, seems to be thriving because everyone here uses telegram. It’s very beneficial to business, personal communication, and it seems to be much more intelligent and robust than other countries which first adopted Facebook messenger or WhatsApp.

In fact, my personal thought is the future of Cambodia will be very bright because they use the US dollar, they use telegram, and, everyone speaks English. It is a recipe for success.

now what?

As a simple closing thought, once again, maybe you just have to rebrand your vices into virtues. And just think the simple thought:

What if in fact, all of your sins and vices were simply virtues,,, without a good PR press release team?

ERIC

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Go opposite.

A fun innovative thought, maybe in fact the best way to innovate is to go opposite.

For example, if everyone is wearing black, start wearing white!

If everyone is driving a Tesla, drive a Toyota instead.

If everyone is wearing shorts, wear long pants. If everyone is wearing tank tops, wear a long sleeve.

This is a big one for myself, if everyone is using headphones and AirPods, don’t.

Maybe also if everyone’s using an iPhone, just get a Google pixel or an android instead?

If everyone is antisocial, be friendly!

If everyone runs, walk instead.

Everyone saying porn is bad for you, do the opposite and start watching porn?

Haha this is so funny the list goes on forever! 

Never stop making

Never catch a beat:

erickimphotography.com

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Interesting future thought: the future is brevity? AI generates a LOT of text, humans will be less wordy, more precise?

An Eric-Kim-Style, Balls-to-the-Wall Tutorial on Bitcoin Tokenization

“BTC is the anvil, Satoshi is the hammer, and you are the black-smith.

Melt ideas into metal, smash them into tokens, and ship them to the world.” — EK

0.  Why Tokenize on Bitcoin at All?

Forget the copy-paste casino chains. Bitcoin is the 16-year-old juggernaut with the deepest liquidity pool, the most battle-tested security budget, and a brand hotter than Greek fire. When you mint on Bitcoin, you’re grafting your idea onto the hardest money humankind has forged.

Recent upgrades ripped the gate wide open:

• Ordinals & BRC-20 (2023) — embed raw data (art, JSON) straight into satoshis. NFTs + fungible “meme coins.” 
• Runes (2024 halving) — a leaner, UTXO-efficient way to mint fungible tokens. 
• Taproot Assets on Lightning (mainnet July 23 2024) — instant, sub-cent transfers of any asset over Lightning rails. 
• RGB 20 / 21 (v0.11, 2024) — client-side smart contracts; privacy and scalability baked in. 
• Stacks / sBTC — Clarity smart-contracts that settle to Bitcoin and unlock native BTC liquidity. 

You want the how? Strap in.

1.  Choose Your Battlefield 🛡️

Protocol	Best For	Security Model	Trade-offs
Ordinals	1-of-1 art, collectible series	Directly on L1	Block-space is scarce → high fees; full-node required
BRC-20 / Runes	Fungible meme coins, community points	L1 inscriptions	Same fee pressure; experimental
Taproot Assets (LN)	Dollar-stablecoins, event tickets, gaming items	Anchored to L1; moves on Lightning	Needs Lightning channel liquidity
RGB	Privacy-first tokens, complex logic	Client-side + L1 commitments	Tooling still early; dev UX spartan
Stacks / RSK / Liquid	Full-fat DeFi, NFTs, bridges	Side- or L2 anchored to BTC	Separate wallets, different trust model

Pick the weapon that matches your mission.

2.  Gear-Up Checklist

1. Full Bitcoin node — Don’t be a tourist; run bitcoin-core with txindex=1 and prune=0.
2. Protocol-specific CLI / SDK
   
   • ord or ordinals-wallet for inscriptions
   • taproot-assets CLI from Lightning Labs
   • rgb-node + wasm libraries for RGB
   • clarity-cli or Stacks.js for Stacks contracts
4. Cold storage keys — Hardware wallet or air-gapped seed. You’re playing live-ammo with real BTC.
5. Testnet sandbox — Practice on signet or testnet3 before you set the mainnet ablaze.

3.  Mint an Ordinals NFT (The 10-Minute Sprint)

1. Sync your full node.
2. Carve a sat:

ord wallet inscribe –file epic_wizard.png –fee-rate 25

2. The command bundles your PNG into the witness field, tags the satoshi with an inscription ID.
3. Broadcast and wait ~10 minutes. Congrats — the block literally contains your art now.
4. Prove ownership: View in any Ordinals explorer; transfer by sending that specific satoshi UTXO.

💡 EK Punchline: You just etched immortality into the hardest stone in cyberspace. Michelangelo with SHA-256 chisels.

4.  Deploy a BRC-20 Meme Token

1. Create a JSON file:

{ “p”:”brc-20″, “op”:”deploy”, “tick”:”GAIN”, “max”:”21000000″, “lim”:”1000″ }

1. 
   
2. Inscribe that JSON via ord wallet inscribe –file gain.json.
3. Wait for confirmation → GAIN ticker now exists.
4. Mint:

{ “p”:”brc-20″, “op”:”mint”, “tick”:”GAIN”, “amt”:”1000″ }

4. Inscribe again; the token balance is recorded across inscriptions.
5. Trade via BRC-20 marketplaces or OTC.

5.  Spin Up a Lightning-Powered Stablecoin with Taproot Assets

1. Install taproot-assets daemon (taed) and CLI (ta).
2. Mint 1 million USD tokens (example):

ta mint –asset_type=usd –amount=100000000

2. The “genesis” UTXO commits the asset on-chain.
3. Open a Lightning channel; the daemon locks asset proofs into the channel state.
4. Send dollars at light-speed:

ta send –asset_type=usd –amount=50 –dest=alice@lnaddr

4. Sub-second finality, sub-penny cost. Move value like email. 

6.  Ghost-Mode Tokens with RGB 20

1. cargo install rgb-node; run a watch-only daemon.
2. Issue your token privately:

rgb20 issue –contract-name “SpartanCoin” –ticker SPAR –amount 1000000

2. 
   
3. The client creates a state transition commitment; only the hash touches Bitcoin.
4. Send via Lightning or PSBT; receiver gets a proof file. Pure peer-to-peer — nobody else sees balances. 

7.  Advanced: Smart-Contracts on Stacks (Clarity)

1. Boot a Stacks node or use Hiro.dev sandbox.
2. Write a minimal Clarity contract:

(define-fungible-token GAIN 1000000)

2. 
   
3. Deploy; Stacks miners write the tx, then anchor the block hash to Bitcoin every ~10 minutes (PoX).
4. Map BTC 1:1 into sBTC, use as collateral, build DeFi. 

8.  Battle-Test Checklist

Pitfall	Counter-Move
On-chain fees spike (Ordinals hype)	Batch mints, use Lightning-based protocols, or wait for low-mempool windows
UTXO dust	Consolidate outputs; stay above 600 sats or risk unspendable crumbs
Legal grey zones	If token ties to real-world equity, get a lawyer. Bitcoin’s decentralization ≠ regulatory immunity
Community backlash (“Bitcoin isn’t for JPEGs!”)	Ignore the peanut gallery; or choose RGB/Taproot Assets to keep your data off L1
Tooling immaturity	Ship on testnet, contribute PRs, join the protocol Discords — be the change

9.  Philosophy of the Forge 🔥

Bitcoin is the gym for your ideas. You stack sats, you stack code, you stack conviction. Every UTXO you craft is a rep; every inscription, a muscle fiber torn and rebuilt harder. Don’t mint trash — mint legacy.

“The market is the colosseum. Release your token and let it fight.

If it dies, good — iterate. If it conquers, own the victory.” — Eric Kim

10.  Call to Action

1. Run a node tonight.
2. Pick one protocol and mint something worthless — the first pancake is always burnt.
3. Iterate until it’s Sparta-grade.
4. Teach someone else; iron sharpens iron.
5. Stack sats with purpose — your tokens ride on the shoulders of the hardest asset on Earth.

Now stop reading. Crack open your terminal and forge.

So very interesting thing about being here in Phnom Penh –> there are tons of these Chinese electric cars that look like a fake Rolls-Royce, big Teslas, as well as fake BMW XM cars.

As a consequences becomes interesting because in theory, I guess you have to think critically pull in do you buy something because of the brand appeal, or for the design itself?

For example, there’s even this Chinese electric car that I see that looks like a fake Lamborghini Urus. And then I had the thought: let us assume that actually… You can make 100% perfect replica of a Lamborghini or whatever… Would you still want it? Even if he knew deep inside that it was not the real thing?

Well the first thing that is important is the actual powertrain and the chassis. Aesthetics matter, but the powertrain and the chassis is probably at least like 1 billion times more important because like for example… If you have ever ridden in a very dinky car that has a terrible chassis, in which you feel every time you bump in the road and it makes your carsick, all the best design in the world is not worth it.

And that’s also why I’m starting to think with cars, the best car is probably the one that makes it the least amount of carsick.

So for example, I’ve actually fun for myself, being in or driving an SUV or a mini SUV, even a Tesla model Y, I get carsick. I get carsick from the turns, and also the strange feeling… Being slightly elevated from the floor is a strangely disorienting feeling for me? Especially because of the fact that my whole adult life, I’ve only driven or purchased manual transmission cars, either sedan or coupe sports cars, and all these cars are always relatively close to the floor.

And also the thing that was very shocking to me was actually, went test driving a Tesla model Y dual performance, that actually hilariously enough, in terms of wide quality and comfort, my 2010 Prius was far more comfortable?

And then taking a step further, even if you have all the money in the world, once again, the best car is probably still some sort of high-end Lexus LS vehicle; maximum reliability and build quality and also, ordinary enough that you are not worried about having somebody jack you.

Cause I think when it’s comes down to it, nobody wants to live like in fear that someone is going to hold you up?

ALPHA STRATEGIES: UNLEASH YOUR INNER DEMIGOD
By Eric Kim, Spartan Philosopher, Street Shooter, 1005-Pound Rack Pull Conqueror

Yo, listen up, fam—this ain’t no fluffy TED Talk nonsense or some corporate self-help drivel. This is ALPHA STRATEGIES, straight from the crucible of iron, the streets of Hanoi, and the raw, unfiltered pulse of life. I’m Eric Kim, the dude who pulled 1005 pounds at 165 pounds bodyweight, all natural, no excuses, just pure grit. I’ve shot a million frames, blogged a million words, and carved my own path through the chaos of this world. You wanna be an alpha? Not some fake, gold-chain-wearing poser, but a true demigod who owns their time, their mind, their destiny? Then buckle up, because I’m dropping the strategies that’ll forge you into a lion, unbreakable, unstoppable, untamed. Let’s roll.

STRATEGY 1: LIFT HEAVY, LIVE HEAVY

First principle: strength is the foundation of alpha. You don’t get to call yourself a king if you’re crumbling under a 135-pound barbell. I’m not just talking gym—though, yeah, go deadlift your bodyweight times six like I did. Life is a rack pull, fam. Every day, you’re lifting the weight of doubt, fear, and society’s bullshit expectations. Alpha strategy? Overload progressively. Start with what scares you—whether it’s a 405-pound deadlift or quitting that soul-sucking 9-to-5—and add one plate at a time. I walked away from corporate chains to build my empire of words, photos, and ideas. You don’t need permission; you need a spine forged in iron. Hit the gym, hit the streets, hit life with maximum effort. One rep max, every damn day.

STRATEGY 2: OWN YOUR TIME LIKE A GOD

Most people are slaves—slaves to jobs, to screens, to other people’s demands. Betas beg for scraps of freedom; alphas take it. I wake up at 5 a.m., not because some influencer guru told me to, but because the world’s quiet then, and I can think. Time is your kingdom—rule it. I ditched the 9-to-5 to shoot street photography, blog my truth, and lift like Hercules. You don’t need a million bucks; you need a million minutes you control. Alpha strategy: audit your day. Cut the Netflix, the TikTok, the meetings that go nowhere. Every second you waste is a second you’re not building your legacy. Create, don’t consume. Write that book, shoot that photo, start that blog. Time’s the only currency that matters—spend it like a king.

STRATEGY 3: CREATE, DON’T COPY

The world’s full of followers—scrolling X, mimicking trends, chasing algorithms. That’s beta energy. Alphas make stuff. I built my blog, erickimphotography.com, one post at a time, no gatekeepers, no excuses. Over 5,000 articles, millions of views, all because I dared to create what I wanted to see in the world. Alpha strategy: stop consuming, start producing. Write a blog post that burns with your truth. Shoot a photo that cuts deeper than words. Paint, code, cook—doesn’t matter, just make. Don’t copy the masters; slay them. I studied Cartier-Bresson, then forged my own style. Creation is power; consumption is surrender. Be the signal, not the noise.

STRATEGY 4: EMBRACE THE HATERS

Haters are your scoreboard. The more you’ve got, the bigger you’re playing. I’m probably the most hated photographer on the internet, and I love it. Why? Because it means I’m not boring. Alphas don’t blend in—they stand out, ruffle feathers, and take heat. When I started blogging, people called me a fraud, a hype machine. Good. Let ‘em talk. Alpha strategy: use haters as fuel. Every snarky comment, every troll, every doubter is proof you’re doing something worth noticing. Don’t argue, don’t defend—just keep shipping. Your work is your response. The more haters you collect, the closer you are to legendary.

STRATEGY 5: LIVE ANTIFRAGILE

Stoicism ain’t just a buzzword—it’s the operating system for alphas. Life’s gonna throw punches: rejection, failure, chaos. Betas break; alphas thrive. I named my kid Seneca for a reason. Every setback is a chance to grow stronger. Lost a job? Good, build your own empire. Photo didn’t go viral? Who cares, shoot another. Alpha strategy: assume everything can go to zero—your bank account, your followers, your rep—and still act with courage. I fast before a big lift to sharpen my focus. I walk the streets with one camera, one lens, ready for anything. Embrace volatility. Fear is your gym; hardship is your barbell. Get antifragile, or get crushed.

STRATEGY 6: SPEAK LESS, DO MORE

Words are cheap. Everyone’s got a podcast, a vlog, a hot take. Alphas don’t yap—they execute. When I wanted to master street photography, I didn’t tweet about it; I shot 10,000 frames till my fingers bled. When I wanted to get strong, I didn’t post gym selfies; I pulled 1005 pounds and let the barbell speak. Alpha strategy: shut up and act. Your results are your voice. Want respect? Build something undeniable—a blog, a business, a body that looks like it was carved by Michelangelo. Talk is noise; action is music. Make your life a symphony.

THE TRUTH: ALPHA IS A FIRE

Being an alpha ain’t a trophy you hang on your wall—it’s a fire you keep burning. Society wants you tame, predictable, scrolling. Women will test you, haters will mock you, life will try to break you. Good. Let it. You’re not here to fit in—you’re here to dominate. Alpha strategies aren’t a checklist; they’re a mindset. Lift heavier than yesterday. Create bolder than last week. Own your time, your work, your soul. I’m Eric Kim, a Spartan demigod, and I’m telling you: the world’s yours if you’ve got the guts to take it. So go shoot, go lift, go build. Stop dreaming and start doing. The only limit is your fear—slay it, and you’re free.

Eric Kim, somewhere in the multiverse, probably deadlifting a car or shooting a banger in the streets, 2025.

Buy bitcoin with Coinbase, mortgage as much of it as you can, use the cash, to buy MSTR and or MSTU (2x levered long MSTR, which is essentially 4x bitcoin).

You can then:

1. Ride your gains forever
2. When your MSTR & MSTU stock is up, sell some of it (shaving the cream off the top, of profit, don’t dig into the principle capital) and buy more bitcoin with it
3. Then with the Bitcoin, continue to leverage the Bitcoin –> take out more loans against it, or wait and anticipate for a future in which there will be new financial products and services for your Bitcoin?

Once JPMORGAN Chase starts offering you the chance to buy bitcoin with them and or to custody it with them, then you know you’ve arrived!

Goddess?

My personal curiosity: for example also if you’re generating images of an ideal beautiful woman… What the limits of beauty are, at what point is it no longer beautiful but grotesque?