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Ahh so many great memories growing up watching this masterpiece..

"All I have in this world is my BALLS and my WORD!" 😎

So some heavy conversations at the moment. Friends long in the game, sliding in the DM's talking about difficult decisions. I will always encourage simplicity. Sit and watch. Calm down. Breathe and meditate. Trust your inner knowing (in-tuition).

You know exactly what is right for you, so follow the good feeling! 👍

Other common topics at the moment are what's happening with Steem and Whaleshares? Why is the price free-falling? Do I feel it's linked to this, that and the rest? Who am I loyal to?

_{Can we accept that not everyone wants to play in the same playground or by the same rules?}

Well let me hip you on predicting crypto prices up, down, now and any time: Fuhgeddaboudit! If you buy lower than you sell, it's a win. If you exchange goods/services/money and trade directly P2P, it's a win. Take your wins and know you are in control of your money. It's always your "best deal" at the time right? So why waste time on regret. Own it and know no thing and no one can change the past.

Sure there's experts everywhere, you can be one too.. it takes experience. They spend a lot of time, effort and energy studying charts and markets. You can learn these "professional" methods and strategies too, then once all is said and done: No guarantees. Experience teaches us only to invest in projects we personally believe in. Then we know we're doing our best for us!

Keep it real, keep it affordable, assets over expenses always and stay away from debt/usury. Don't buy into crypto before putting food on the table or a roof over your head. Prioritize, be your own boss, formulate your strategy and don't be a FOMO-FOOL-LOL! 👍

^{(My views are my own. These are personal life lessons, clearly NOT financial advice. I'm NOT claiming to be a financial expert. I am simply sharing personal opinions with my reader friends.)}

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Sure it's linked, it's all linked, we're all linked. It's no coincidence we always talk about the ocean. If you're trading in high seas you better learn to swim, feel the flow and enjoy the waves. Money (energy) is fluid and in a healthy economy it's constantly moving from one store of value to another, that's what trade and current-cy is right?

Weak or "short" hands are always shaky, whenever markets run red they sell off quick. If you're in long you might even BTFD and lower your overall buy-average. Some have liquidated for safe zoning holiday season. So many variables effect the market, even the illusive darkweb. that @verhp11 was shedding light on this week. None of us knows everything or anything for sure-sure.

_{I couldn't have said it better than in this post by Sam Stonehill..}

We're playing through unprecedented and exciting times in a highly speculative market. Who can really claim to have crystal balls in crypto? Let me know, I'd love to meet them lol.. 🔮

So next here's a thing or two about loyalty:

First and foremost you gotta be loyal to you. Define your own standards and values. Have the balls or ovaries to stand by them. Like right by them, hold them high and be a living example. Like honoring friendships for example, friends are our chosen families and they matter so we value them..

I'm loyalty to those who are loyal to me.

What about Steemit vs Whaleshares? Who you with now..

"Thankfully in my heart I don't feel this will be a case of Whaleshares or Steemit. I plan to openly cross-post and cross-promote to both platforms.."

Let's be clear before any side taking cult-ure seeps in:

Decentralization and open source = more blockchains than we can ever imagine!

If you've hodl'd your bags through a few pump and dumps, these big dips and bull runs don't shake you. If you've seen the FOMO arrive and the weak hands leave, you already know.. crypto ain't for the faint hearted!

Long players follow their interests, hobbies and build common-unity. Find your tribe and your vibe then have at it, BUILD! I'll be here on Steem, Whaleshares and Smoke. That's plenty enough for me.. for now. For some that's already too much and that's ok, everyone is different.

_{Different coins, different teams.. all the same game.}

I've been a idealistic Bitcoin maximalist since 2013 and there's still a flickering, bag holding heart that always will be. Does that mean that to be loyal I had to put all my man eggs in one basket?

No maricon that's not loyalty, that's stupidity!

If you're not welcoming more forks and innovations, new blockchains and dapp-lications. Well you're just sidelined watching the game.

I'd have bust out long ago if I weren't playing the field and stacking house money. Like I've always said both in love and in life:

"If it's ever a matter of loving one or another.. chose both!"

Every difference of opinion, function and intention leads to a fork! Soft or hard, a fork is a fork. It's what makes us immutable, viral and powerful against oppressive parasite states.

Our freedom to "fork off" and create new cells, new chains, new organisms. Distributed network effect is our digital revolution emerging and for sure it ain't gonna be televised.

Some of us had love and light, hippy dippy ideas about what peaceful non-compliance would look like. Many of us claim libertarian values and while still arguing and fighting for them?

Blockchain blogging is the best example I have seen of expressing freedom without diminishing or removing the liberty of others.

It's a real world, practical opportunity to use the internet to reward and incentivize the 99%.

_{Living in a wonderland is easy with your momma’s hand 💕}

Are we still moving towards a new age of financial freedom and sovereignty?

We can't building new worlds while holding onto old beliefs right?

I know I've gone off on one and can see a wall of text forming..

Too many words.. pick some out and round things up..

Be loyal to people before platforms.
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Does that make sense?

What are your thoughts?

Will you share in the comments..

Keni 😄

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