4 Years From Now

This week was election week. Former President Donald Trump became the second presidential candidate (President Grover Cleveland was the first) in the history of the United States to win a second presidential nomination that was not immediately following their first. He did so by winning the United States popular vote—the first time a Republican candidate did so since 2004, and winning every battleground state: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada. The Republican Party also won the majority in the Senate and as of the time of writing, needs to win eight of the 27 uncalled elections to win a majority in the House of Representatives. If the majority in the House is won, it will be a clean sweep by the Republican Party.

While President-Elect Trump won the popular vote, he won it by a slim margin of 50.7%, or roughly 4 million votes (at the time of writing). That means that close to half of the country voted for Vice President Harris and the other half for President-Elect Trump. This means roughly half the country got what they wanted while the other half didn’t. The fine margins won this election and turned the Electoral College into a landslide, but from a 1 to 1 vote ratio, it was still incredibly close.

My purpose is not to discuss certain political policies in general, rather I am to discuss perspectives and specifically perspectives as they relate to the future of Bitcoin and economics. But with the United States having spent 12 of the last 16 years with a Democratic President, it is easy to assume that things will be different over the next four years, and definitely over the next two years, if the Legislative and Executive branches are the same party. How different the next four years will be from this year and the years prior is currently the unknown.

During times of change like this, I believe it is important to stay grounded in reality regardless of if you are excited that your chosen candidate won or if you are distressed because your chosen candidate lost. There is an interesting thought exercise that I think is worthwhile to participate in no matter which candidate you supported.

If you are hopeful or excited about the future, take out a piece of paper or open your notes app on your phone, and write down in a bulleted list all of the things you hope will change over the next four years. It can be anything! No issue, topic, or thought is too big or too small for this exercise.

If you are fearful and worried about the future, take out a piece of paper or open your notes app on your phone, and write down in a bulleted list all of the things you are afraid could happen over the next four years. It can be anything! No issue, topic, or thought is too big or too small for this exercise.

There is nothing saying you can’t have some things you are hopeful for and some things that you are nervous about. The future is unknown!

Store these lists in a safe place and refer back to them over the coming months and years. These check-ins will provide perspective on how you felt in the days after the 2024 election and will pull you back to the emotions of today, years from now.

I have not completed my lists at this point but there are two key ideas I am hopeful for.

1. I am hopeful that the United States will adopt a Strategic Stockpile of Bitcoin.

President-Elect Donald Trump gave a speech at the Bitcoin Conference in July where he said he would do this. The first 100 days in office will be very telling on whether he was sincere or if he was pandering to receive votes. Senator Cynthia Lummis has also introduced legislation that will ensure the United States adopts a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

The legislation states that there will be a 1 million (of the 21 million total Bitcoin) purchase goal over a set period of time to ensure the United States can hold approximately 5% of the total Bitcoin supply. With a fixed supply and the United States signaling this much legitimacy to Bitcoin, the rest of the world will take notice and the game theory dominos should start falling. It is my absolute belief that if the United States is a first mover in adopting Bitcoin, our country will be set up to continue being a world superpower for years to come. When you fix the money, you can fix the world. I believe this is one of the first major steps to ensuring that our children can live better lives than the lives we live today.

2. I am hopeful that the mass media will become more transparent and stop pandering to outrage.

It is no secret that if you watched CNN, MSNBC, Fox, or any other large corporate news entity, you saw a different type of news during the election season than if you watched independent journalists or thought leaders on X. If you only watched the large corporate news entities you probably assumed that America was undecided and that the election was very close. At the same time, you were probably fed stories and headlines that fueled your outrage and solidified your opinion as “right” and the other side as “wrong.”

On the other side, if you followed “Polymarket,” a decentralized prediction market where you could bet on the outcome of world events, including the election, you would have seen that President-Elect Donald Trump had a substantial lead in these polls for much of the race. If you listened to the podcasts like the Joe Rogan Experience who had President-Elect Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk all on as guests, and other podcasts where all of the candidates could speak freely in a conversational environment, you probably saw a much different side of things than if you only watched the corporate news channels. In these cases, you probably saw more of the “whole picture” than what the corporate news channels gave you. In these cases, a transparent and decentralized form of reporting seemed to win out.

I do believe that Elon Musk purchasing X will go down in history as one of the key actions that helped to save free speech in this country. I hope the corporate news channels realize the disservice they do to the citizens of this country when they take quotes out of context, edit interview answers, fail to provide the whole story and preach on a stand of negativity. I am hopeful over the next four years that mainstream media outlets quit pandering to outrage that further divides the country and instead get back to factual reporting so that American citizens can be properly informed and can hopefully, feel more pride in being American.

The reality is we are all different, all have different backgrounds, beliefs, and opinions. My belief of something doesn’t make your belief wrong, and it certainly doesn’t make you a bad person. Nor does my disagreement with you make me a bad person. Americans need to be able to disagree with each other in civil conversations without hatred filling our hearts and our egos bristling with anger. This change starts with the media.

I could speak for thousands of words on how much can change in 1 year let alone 4 years.

4 years ago COVID was ongoing and I was still in college.

4 years ago the FTX collapse had not happened.

4 years ago wars in the Middle East and Ukraine were not ongoing.

4 years ago I knew far less than I know now.

4 years ago I was a completely different person than I am now.

4 years from now I am hopeful for what is to come.

Regardless of any uncertainty, doubts, and questions I have about the future, I have an undeniable belief that if you fix the money, you will fix the world.

With a better money, everything in the world changes.

I believe Bitcoin is that answer and I believe more and more people in the United States are realizing that.

With a better money, we have a better world.

With a better money, we can return to a Golden Age for humanity.

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