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From block clock to Freedom Clock - the metric that finally clicked

Love this, the same instinct, different unit. Months feels more visceral somehow.

Do you factor in asset growth rate, or keep it as a pure burn-rate snapshot?

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sime

Very nice project Simon about online postcards, I will definitelly recommend it to others.

Thanks, if you have some ideas on how to improve it, what you might be missing etc. all feedback is very welcome.

Freedom Clock: I measure my wealth in years, not dollars or sats

You're right, and the calculator doesn't hide it. If your stack is mostly BTC, your freedom time will swing with price. The most honest use of the calculator with BTC is probably to run it at a conservative BTC price and treat the result as a floor, not a forecast. It is hard to predict future ...

uf, I am not sure if sticking around as a digital version of myself would be something I would enjoy :)

Thanks, the quotes rotate on the device between number refreshes — Seneca, Burkeman, Naval, a few others. Felt right to have something worth thinking about in the  vision alongside the number.

yes, trmnl is super nice, great comparision, but here we show only one number.

Nice stats! I need to figure out how to extend my liffime left :)

Fair challenge., but I think the deeper point is that years are a more honest unit because they can't be printed. The dollar balance can double while your freedom
time stays flat. That's the thing fiat hide.

Hey everyone.

At some point I stopped caring what my stack is worth in dollars. The number goes up, the number goes down, and I still don't know the thing I actually want to know: how many years can I live the way I live, without having to earn?

I couldn't find a tool that answered that cleanly, so I built one.

You put in your BTC and/or other assets, your spend rate, and it gives you one number - your runway in years. I called it Freedom Clock because that's what it is to me. Not a portfolio tracker. Not a price ticker.

Just: how much time have you already bought?

You can also compare what happens if you sell monthly vs borrow against your stack vs borrow until you run out then sell the rest. The number changes. Sometimes by a lot.

I also built a small e-ink desk device that shows the number on my desk. ESP32, ~$30 in parts, open source. It updates every few hours and goes back to sleep. Low-key reminder that sits next to my coffee.

Site: https://freedomclock.io
Repo: https://github.com/mr21free/freedom_clock_heltec_vme

Does measuring wealth in years resonate with you, or does it feel like something important is missing from that framing? Genuinely curious.

MIT. No account, no server, nothing leaves your browser.

I built an open-source Bitcoin loan calculator. Looking for feedback.

heatpunk

Great tool. The comparison of actual costs across lenders is exactly what
was missing. I've been thinking about this from the other direction, basically
once you pick a strategy (sell vs borrow), how many years does it actually
buy you? I built something that models that runway:

https://freedomclock.io/

Problem solver - discover, understand and find solution. Freedom believer. Bitcoiner. Happy father. Long distance runner. World traveler.

Maker @ https://freedomclock.io/