Early 90s, Brazil. My dad owned a local drug store. Back then Inflation was so bad he reprinted price tags multiple times a day just to keep up. I remember helping him remove the old price tags and feeling super helpful. Then one morning, people’s savings were frozen. Right after Collor took office, one executive order. Little warning. Approved by congress. One day your money was there, the next it wasn't. They said this the drastic anti inflation program, was the the only way out. A few years later, mom and dad moved to the US looking for stability. We witnessed the 2000s tech implosion with the dot coms, a recession that followed, massive corporate scandals, all fueled by pure greed and speculation, and of course wars. Then 2008 hit. Housing crashed, friends and family lost everything, banks got bailed out with taxpayer money, and everyday folks were left holding the debt. And yes families were living in car parking lots (this is not a movie) I had just finished college. It wasn't looking great. I'm sharing this because we treat financial stability as normal, or tend to forget or take for granted, It's not. We’re still in a state of financial instability. When someone else controls the money, they can freeze it, print more of it, or protect the big institutions while everyone else pays. If it happened once or twice, it can happen again. Bitcoin is the first money that doesn’t work that way. It can’t be frozen or printed on demand. That’s the hedge. To the young gens, we're just getting started. I'll keep supporting anyone building tools that let people earn, stack more sats, and actually use their Bitcoin without giving up control. The rest is noise. 🟠