Happy Thanksgiving Reader,

On this day of gratitude, I want to take a moment to thank each of you — whether you’ve been reading from the beginning or just recently joined this journey. Many of you have shared your doubts, your curiosity, your frustrations, or simply your desire to better understand what’s happening in the world around us. I’m grateful for every single reply, every question, and every thoughtful challenge. It keeps me grounded, humble, and focused on why I started this in the first place.

Most of us are trying to navigate an economic reality that feels increasingly heavy. The cost of simply living — housing, food, healthcare, education — seems to rise faster than our time, energy, or savings can keep up. If you feel that pressure, you’re not imagining it. You’re not alone. And you’re not failing.

You’re just living in the Fiat Standard.

But here’s the hopeful part: despite all the noise, confusion, and uncertainty, we’re alive in a moment of incredible opportunity. A moment where regular people — not institutions, not governments, not Wall Street — finally have access to a tool that can protect their time, their work, and their savings.

And whether or not you’ve already embraced Bitcoin, you’re here because you’re paying attention. You’re learning. You’re taking steps — sometimes small ones — toward understanding a system that most people don’t even know they’re trapped inside.

For that curiosity alone, I’m deeply thankful.

If you’ve read my recent posts, you know I don’t believe any of us need to be heroes. We don’t have to time markets, master code, or become macro-economists. We simply need to do what we constantly ask of our patients:

Face reality with clear eyes.
Take small, consistent steps.
And give ourselves permission to hope.

What gives me hope is not price action, headlines, or hype cycles.
It’s the steady, unstoppable march of individuals choosing to learn, choosing to question, choosing to prepare for a different kind of future.

We are early — painfully early at times — but we’re also incredibly fortunate. Bitcoin is not a magic wand, but it is a pathway out of a system that no longer serves the people who work the hardest and save the most.

And the best news?

You don’t need to believe any of this today.
You don’t need to rush.
You don’t need to “be a Bitcoiner.”

You only need to keep asking questions, stay open-minded, and — like a good treatment plan — make progress at your own pace.

As we gather with friends and family today, my gratitude runs deep for all of you walking this path with me. Thank you for reading, questioning, pushing back, learning, and allowing me to share what I’ve learned along the way.

From my family to yours, I wish you a Thanksgiving filled with peace, warmth, good food, and the simple joy of being with the people you love.

More good things are coming — both for Bitcoin and for all of us.

With gratitude,
Mark