There are days when you wake up, make your coffee, and face life as a serious bitcoiner, convinced that the banking system is the root of all evil. Suddenly, things get complicated. My girlfriend, with a heart as noble as it is overflowing, decides to do me a favor... and ends up leaving my CV at a bank! Why? Well, that’s a story worthy of its own article. Destiny, always so unpredictable, now has that bank wanting to hire me. It’s as if Satoshi Nakamoto had sent a coded message saying, “If a bitcoiner turns on his computer at 3:00 p.m. on any given Tuesday, he will receive a job offer from the most outdated and centralized institution possible.”

The irony isn’t just that this bank, the very entity that feeds off our transactions and fees, now wants to hire me... it’s that simply leaving my CV feels like something out of a sci-fi movie. But of course, in this reality, where the traditional financial system faces the decentralization Bitcoin is promoting, who am I to turn down a job offer? I can’t help but wonder: Are they inviting me to do the dirty work from the inside? Are they looking for someone to teach them how to operate in a bankless economy? Do they want a Bitcoin infiltrator to explain what decentralization means without losing their smile? Or, in the worst case, do they want me to be their next "financial innovation" consultant, using fancy buzzwords in executive meetings while I watch them from my Lightning wallet with a face that says, "You don’t understand anything"?

The temptation to send them a cryptic reply is strong. Maybe I’ll respond with something like, “Thanks for the offer! But before I accept, I need to know if you accept Bitcoin payments... and don’t give me any 'transaction fees'!” Or perhaps send them a link to an article on the benefits of a bankless, fee-free financial system, just for fun. Anyway, this is the perfect opportunity to maintain balance between work and conviction. And the truth is, if there’s one thing I’m sure about, it’s that banks are the parasites of this planet, always striving for the top of the economic system, as if they’re in first place, when in reality, the top spot is reserved for financial freedom, and that comes with Bitcoin.

So, what will I do? Well, for now, I’m going to think about my response. Maybe I’ll accept the job to slowly turn them into hodlers (naaaah). Probably I’ll teach them an economics lesson through memes and send them straight to study true decentralization by e-mailing them the bitcoin whitepaper. What I do know is that in the end, the future belongs to those who dare to challenge the system, even if that system wants you to be part of it. Bye bye banks! Thanks for reading, sat.