How I Stopped Worrying About Inflation — And Started Buying Bitcoin Instead of McDonald’s

I didn’t start this because I wanted to be rich.

I started because I was hungry.

In Cairo, my mother counted her pounds like bread rations — until one day, they vanished. The government printed money while we starved. That was 2018.

By March 2020, when Bitcoin dropped from \(10K to \)4K, I bought $100.

Not because the charts looked good.

But because the system was broken.

My brother Ali said: ‘They don’t just trade assets — they trade belief.’

So we bought more.

Every month.

No matter if it rose to \(60K or fell to \)20K.

We didn’t time it.

We just showed up — and paid attention.

Today, our restaurant chain uses Bitcoin ATMs — not credit cards.

The POS systems won’t let you in. Closed code. Locked APIs. They treat crypto like a glitch — not a currency.

So we built our own node.

Each machine earns \(250/month in sats today… now worth over \)40K per location.

This isn’t fintech innovation.

It’s grief turned into ritual.

When people ask why we don’t use McDonald’s… I tell them:“Buy your next meal with Bitcoin” — then watch what happens when you stop counting dollars and start counting blocks instead.” The market doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor… it only cares if you’re still breathing.