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 What the heck should we discuss on the Daily Bitcoin Journey today?

If your topic is discussed, you will earn some free zaps ⚡️ https://image.nostr.build/18a87bc55a0b90d4ab140fa610e7edd1ff4aabe69bce3812505a666ed1f06357.jpg 
 I love discussions on opsec and privacy.  I always wonder if i can improve on my setup. 
 How using bitaxe and other small scale miners allows plebs to keep hashing during times of "low price"  
The large mining companies have bottom lines the individual pleb can keep the miner running without going broke.  
 Silent payments and privacy 🤙 
 Using Bitcoin as your bank account. I get stressed converting Bitcoin back to Fiat when my Fiat bank account runs low and I need stuff. I always feel broke. Spend and replace is still a tough concept for me. I feel like I’m holding on too tight sometimes and it’s not healthy. 
 What are the stages of the Bitcoin rabbit hole and how long does it take to progress through each 
 Practical tools that support a bitcoin circular economy; e.g. , BTCPayserver, LNBits, Cashu, Meshtastic.😁💖🫂👍 
 We need to check in with the guy that did the loan to buy bitcoin. See if he is still going strong. 
 Back to basics: how Lightning works, when to use custodial (checking account) and if non-custodial Lightning is achievable for the average pleb (fall of WoS/Mutiny/non lighting Blue Wallet). 
 I'm biased, but I'd like to see more discussions about the use of lawyers in custodial multsig set ups.  I think multi-institution is good, but using a lawyer adds lawyers of protection in terms of privacy.  For myself, literally hundreds of years fiduciaries have been custodying wills/trust instruments (see: any movie where they "read the will").  A key to a multisig is no different, particularlly when it's paired with a client's former last wishes.  I'm not a "Family/Trust/Estates Lawyer", but I am a fiduciary and there is a lot people in my profession can do to help people secure their secrets, wishes, and money so that they can rest easy until they rest forever. 
 I'd like to see this discussion, but with a focus on how smart contracts and blockchain can solve this... 
 I'd love to see a serious discussion about mining. Specifically the fact that centralized mining pools can become an easy target for entities of authority. I don't think it's sufficient to just say that miners will leave a pool if the pool acts in a nefarious manner if they aren't even aware of this activity? Are all the miners in these pools monitoring the pool close enough to leave when it's needed? Or am I just being paranoid? 
 Wallet for new users, what's the best choice/raccomandation for a beginner level.. 
 discuss the stupid bitcoin reserve (SBR) and then zap me 
 You ever heard of this thing called inflation? You never see discussion on that in the #bitcoin space

#sarcasm