Cody Hall

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What I’m Crunching — July 20, 2025

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Books I’m Reading

Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea

I finished this book and was thankful I read it. Brookhiser captures well the context and sentiments underpinning several of the most liberty-connected moments in the history of the United States. Particularly moving this week was the account of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s (FDR) fireside chat later named, “Arsenal of Democracy,” delivered on Sunday, December 29, 1940.

FDR knew the American public wasn’t ready for another war. But he also knew, through private correspondence with Winston Churchill and the preponderance of intelligence collected, that Britain was on its last legs and barely holding out against the Nazi juggernaut.

He needed to let the American people know he wasn’t going to thrust the nation into a war they didn’t want, while at the same time begin preparing the nation for war. FDR’s advisors warned him it would take 18 months of preparation before our nation’s production capabilities were ready for war.

This fireside chat is a masterclass in balance and Brookhiser draws out the nuances well, connecting them to the foundational value of liberty.

Articles I’m Reading

Beyond Boomerism (Aaron Renn)

^This one stirred up quite the conversation on X this week around complementarianism.

Bring Only What You Can Carry (DARI)

^A remarkable study on the impact of Bitcoin in preserving the wealth of refugees as they’re forced from their homes.

On Bitcoin

In my daily work at SonSet Solutions, I’m focused on using technology to solve problems for our partner ministries.

I’m growing more convinced that there exists no larger problem among ministries globally than the constant, inevitable, insidious devaluing of their money.

Sure, every ministry could use more people, better leadership, more clarity, more resources, larger networks, etc. But no ministry can accomplish its mission without money. Disciple-making requires money.

The US dollar is the world’s reserve currency and the vast majority of ministries globally are capitalized on it, or another fiat currency that is weaker than the US dollar. Every year, the US Federal Reserve’s stated goal is to maintain an inflation rate of 2%. Let me repeat that: the committee in charge of controlling the price of money (interest rates) and the supply of the world’s reserve currency is targeting making every dollar held by every ministry worth 2% less at the end of this year than it was at the beginning of the year.

Think about the implications of this.

Every year the dollar is devalued is another year ministry gets harder. It’s another year ministry gets more expensive.

Bitcoin is a technology that, already today, is solving this problem for 100s of millions of people globally.

Recapitalizing your ministry on Bitcoin, making the transition from soft money (the US dollar) to the hardest money (Bitcoin), will protect the mission of your organization and enable you to accomplish it more effectively for decades to come.

Tweets I’m Reading

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