Day 1237
Today I read my Daughter some Dr. Seuss and it inspired me to write a Bitcoin themed children’s book. So with a little bit of powerful AI prompting I made a whole story with images. It needs to be finetuned. No doubt about that, but with due time I might have a second children’s book ready to go. It is genuinely mind blowing how much productivity and creativity these models will release in people. I’m excited for the future. If you don’t believe watch this or check out the below and tell me that this doesn’t bring a smile to your face :)
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In the twinkly-winkly town of Tip-Tap-Tun,
Where the Truffula-like trees dance orange in the sun,
The Tip-Tappians traded with glee and with cheer —
Swapping snook-berries, socks, and root beer!
They’d swap-a-ma-jig and they’d trade-a-ma-jag,
With shells in a sack and treats in a bag.
Till Mayor McMint (with his mint-colored hat)
Said, “This swapping’s too slow! We can’t have all THAT!”
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So he built a Big Bank with a ZOOK-ZAPPING machine!
The most money-printing contraption you’ve seen!
With a WHIRR and a PURR and a great big KA-POW!
It printed up paper — and plenty of it NOW!
“Look here!” cried McMint, “No more trading delay!
This money-machine makes it easy to pay!”
But the Zook-Zapper hummed a most curious tune:
“Print-a-lot, print-a-lot, morning and noon!”
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The Tip-Tappians cheered, “What a wonderful thing!”
They’d shop-a-lot, buy-a-lot, coins on a string!
But soon the town square was all flutter with bills —
Floating like leaves over Tip-Tappy hills.
More and more money went round and around,
Till it covered the streets and it covered the ground!
And then something funny (but not funny-ha-ha)
Began to happen to every mama and papa…
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A Truffula fruit that cost two little coins,
Now cost them a bundle! (Oh, my aching loins!)
A loaf of Wumbo bread jumped from one buck to four,
Their money bought less than it had before!
“Our coins!” cried the people, “They’re shrinking somehow!”
“A Sneetchy-fruit smoothie costs ten dollops now!”
The Zook-Zapper hummed its dangerous song:
“The more that I print, the less money is strong!”*
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Then Penny the Pig (with her polka-dot nose)
Squealed out the truth that everybody knows:
“It’s INFLATION!” she oinked, “When money’s made plenty,
Your piggy bank’s worth becomes not-worth-a-penny!”
“It nibbles your nickels! It chews up your change!
It makes all your money act terribly strange!
When mayors make money like baking a cake,
Your savings will shrivel for goodness’ sake!”
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Then one Tip-Tappy day, when the sun was just right,
A stranger appeared with a coin shining bright!
He wore a strange hat (neither tall, short, nor wide),
With a mysterious smile and stars in his eyes.
“Behold!” said the stranger, “This Bitcoin, you see,
Is digital money as special as can be!
No mayors can make it! No banks can create it!
It’s honest as honey — you cannot deflate it!”
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“It lives in the computer-space, cloudy and high,
But only twenty-one million exist in the sky!
No printing, no pressing, no Zook-Zapping here —
The number stays constant from year to year!”
The Tip-Tappians gasped, “But who makes the rules?
Who watches the watchers? Who minds the jewels?”
The stranger just twinkled, “That’s the beautiful part —
Thousands of helpers with one beating heart!”
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“They’re called miners, my friends, though they don’t dig for coal,
They’re computers connected from pole to pole!
They talk in a language of ones and of zeros,
These digital, bitcoin-protecting heroes!”
“Each one checks the others — they never can cheat!
If someone tries fibbing, they’re in for defeat!
The network says ‘NO!’ to each lie and each trick,
And keeps all the Bitcoin both honest and slick!”
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“But HOW?” asked McMint, with a frown and a scowl,
“Without central control, it’s just digital howl!
Who keeps it all straight when there’s no one in charge?
How do you manage a network so large?”
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“Ah-HA!” said the stranger, “That’s blockchain, my friend!
It’s a ledger that stretches from start until end!
Each block holds transactions, all linked in a chain,
And everyone sees it — sunshine or rain!”
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Penny the Pig squealed with glee and delight,
“It’s like one big book that’s open and bright!
Everyone reads it, but no one can change
The words that are written — now isn’t that strange?”
“Strange but wonderful!” laughed the mysterious man,
“No mayor, no banker, no government plan
Can alter the history or change what’s been done —
Bitcoin belongs to everyone!”
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Now some Tip-Tappians learned about this new way
To save up their money for some future day.
They’d keep some in paper, some gold in a drawer,
And Bitcoin in digital wallets for sure!
No more would they worry their savings would shrink,
When mayors went printing with barely a think!
For Bitcoin stayed Bitcoin, through thick and through thin,
A treasure that no one could meddle within!
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But not every Tip-Tappian wanted to switch —
Some liked their paper (a traditional itch).
And that was just fine! For choice is the thing
That makes people happy from peasant to king.
Some shopped with paper for this and for that,
Some saved golden coins in a blue money hat,
And some sent Bitcoin with a click and a tap,
Across the whole world in a digital zap!
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The town learned that money comes in different forms,
Like sunshine and snow and thundery storms.
Some grows when you plant it, some shrinks when it’s pressed,
And some stays the same — and that might be best!
They learned about scarcity (a big fancy word),
That means “not too many” — like a rare singing bird.
When something stays rare, it keeps all its might,
Like stars in the darkness or day after night.
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So if you should visit Tip-Tap-Tun today,
You’ll see people spending in every which way!
With paper and Bitcoin, with gold and with shells,
Each choosing the money that serves them quite well.
But listen for whispers of digital treasure,
Of Bitcoin, the money beyond human measure.
It hums in the air like a blockchain lullaby,
A network of trust that reaches the sky.
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And maybe, just maybe, you’ll smile and you’ll see
That money’s a choice for both you and for me!
Some people print paper (like Mayor McMint),
Some dig golden coins from the digital mint.
But Bitcoin’s a story still being told,
Of freedom and fairness, brave and bold.
Where no single person can control the whole game,
And that makes Bitcoin wonderfully… NOT THE SAME!
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So remember, dear reader, when grown-ups decide
What money to use, keep your eyes open wide!
Ask questions like: “Who gets to make more?”
And “Will my piggy bank buy less at the store?”
For money’s not magic, though it might seem so —
It’s made by the choices that help our world grow.
And whether it’s Bitcoin, or gold, or the rest,
The fairest of money serves everyone best!
The End
(What Is Money?)
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Also proud to report I was able to keep myself off Twitter since last Sunday. I’m excited to have X/Twitter privileges again, but I do think it’s best to spend less time on that app.
Real life is better than a screen, although I continue to be impressed by what the screens can do. Future looks bright!
8/10/25
Conor Jay Chepenik
