Twitter live again, going public with mission
It was called Twitter when I left
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a Merry Christmas. I paused writing the past three months, and am going live again now here and (more notably) back on X. I had a little Bitcoin and tech following over there, and we’re going public with NGU Missions.
You can follow me at davidventuri if you’re on X. I’ll be sharing:
Catholic-focused Bitcoin and economics education
The stories of the charities, non-profits, and families we fund and help save in bitcoin
My personal witness to the Faith
I’ll update everyone on Substack every two weeks or so, and we’ll host our Catholic Bitcoin courses here (stay subscribed to be the first to access).
X - the archives and the start of my conversion
I’ve written about my conversion here before. But never with time-stamped tweets to annotate the journey. The dates most obvious as “starting points” were in March 2020 discovering Bitcoin, mid-2021 with the example of Christian Bitcoiners on Twitter, then fall 2021 when I encountered the Catholic faith in the Mass and devoted friends while living in Mexico.
The early parts of the conversion are messy, as the great rust of sin remained longer than I would have desired. I did not have the Eucharist or Confession until later, and was not even aware of certain sins. But it’s all there on Twitter. This tweet, in 2020, is a good one, pre-even being aware I was going to fall fully into the hands of Christ a few short years later.
Deepening conversion, encountering roadblocks
This tweet shows how I struggled to separate myself from the suggestions my heavily Protestant atheist agnostic materialist tech American Christian mix my 2100-following feed (no specific order) presented me. Those follows accumulated over almost a decade of a secular life.
Then I stopped
I tweeted this photo in “the soul of Mexico” on Palm Sunday 2023, then a few more scattered thoughts on disparate subjects that month (I was wholly unsure what to write about), then returned home to Toronto after two years living in a Catholic society.
I haven’t tweeted since.
Faith, local, has deepened
The past 21 months have been more quiet, and local. I:
Attended nine months of Catechism classes around the corner from where I was born, taught by the Fathers of the Toronto Oratory
Followed a simple decalogue from a Catholic community I encountered in Mexico (including two silent retreats)
I lived a sacramental life and the Lord has blessed me with progress in the spiritual life (thank God!). I wanted to delete the old Twitter archives because I see my errors, and can associate the times with specific sin. But it’s staying up, for now at least. I only deleted a handful of tweets, or quote tweets, to protect against scandal.
Mission clearer now, so sharing
I didn’t know what this mission was when I started in May 2024. We produced a mission statement six months later, now a team of two, and today it’s time to get out of pseudo-stealth and share. The Bitcoin community congregates online on X and Nostr, which is why we’re starting there.
How to follow
I’ll be sharing our mission on X:
Catholic Bitcoin education
Consulting and funding charities, non-profits, and families
My day-to-day faith
I know I’ll make many errors, and I would love it if you were there to support us. You can follow here: davidventuri
Unplanned our launch coincides with the week we’re celebrating Christ going public with his mission. I love it!
Chat soon. Lots to update you on.
David