Seed Phrases

For those of you who aren't familiar with the term "seed phrase," I would ask you to get familiar.  Bitcoin, also known as "magic internet money," is on the verge of widespread adoption and the price of one Bitcoin is expected to reach one million dollars before the end of the next halving cycle.  Other cryptocurrencies abound.  They are not going away.

To briefly explain the meaning of the term seed phrase, it is a list of 12 (sometimes 24) words which are generated when you create a wallet to hold your cryptocurrencies.  The seed phrase is your key to your wallet.  It should be kept secure because if you lose it you are at risk of losing access to your wallet.  NOBODY but NOBODY can help you get your money back.  Not your keys, not your coins.

While the seed phrase to your wallet should be kept secret, there is one seed phrase that has been made public, and this seed phrase is the key to the Kingdom of Heaven.  You should learn this phrase first, because the Kingdom of Heaven is more important than your riches which will be left to others when you die.  This seed phrase happens to be of the 12 word variety: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner."  This phrase comes out of the Tradition of the Church, and is known as the Jesus prayer.  When baptized Orthodox Christians say this prayer and invoke the name of Jesus Christ, the Comforting Spirit makes His appearance.  For beginners, Metropolitan Hierotheos (Vlachos) recommends setting aside 10 minutes at the end of the day and dedicating this time to the Jesus Prayer.  Later, more time can be dedicated to the prayer.

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