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The Pre-Flight Checklist: 5 Steps to a Fearless Bitcoin Transaction.

Here is the 5-step ritual to follow for every significant transaction, designed to make you fearless.

Sylvain Saurel
Sep 07, 2025
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There are few digital experiences more nerve-wracking than sending a Bitcoin transaction on-chain. Your heart pounds as you prepare to move a significant amount of your hard-earned wealth. Your palms begin to sweat. You stare at the long, inscrutable string of characters that is the destination address, a cold knot of anxiety tightening in your stomach. Did I copy it correctly? Is this the right fee? What if I make a mistake?

You’re about to perform an irreversible action on a global, public ledger. This feeling—this “sender’s anxiety”—is completely normal. It’s the natural result of exercising true self-sovereignty. When you are your own bank, you are also your own security officer and your own compliance department.

But consider this: an airline pilot is responsible for a multi-million-euro aircraft carrying hundreds of human lives, yet they operate with a calm, focused professionalism. How? They have a checklist. They do not rely on memory, feeling, or luck. They rely on a meticulous, proven process that is executed the same way every single time, turning a potentially chaotic and dangerous situation into a routine procedure.

It’s time to bring that same professional discipline to your financial life. By adopting a pre-flight checklist for your Bitcoin, you can systematically eliminate every point of uncertainty, replacing fear with the confidence earned by a seasoned pilot. Here is the 5-step ritual to follow for every significant transaction, designed to make you fearless.


Decoding the Saylor Sorcery: Preston Pysh's Masterclass on Why MicroStrategy is King.

Sylvain Saurel
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Sep 6
Decoding the Saylor Sorcery: Preston Pysh's Masterclass on Why MicroStrategy is King.

In the noisy arena of financial commentary, where hot takes burn bright and fizzle fast, it’s rare to witness a genuine masterclass. But that’s precisely what Preston Pysh delivered on a recent episode of the What Bitcoin Did podcast. This wasn’t your standard-issue bullish fanfare; it was a deep, methodical deconstruction of the financial alchemy at the heart of MicroStrategy (MSTR), now renamed in Strategy, revealing why Michael Saylor’s venture isn’t just a company—it’s a fortress, and its strategy is fundamentally uncopyable for most who dare to try.

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