It's always worth reaching out to fellow bitcoiners when you go to a new city, you never know who you might meet!


Hardware is generally a low-margin revenue stream. It's not wrong that you should pay attention to shifts in business strategy like this, but the underlying reasons are important and it can actually be a good thing. From what I've heard about S9 this recent shift actually makes market sense.


I prefer it to be be unedited. I listen at 1.5-2x speed (depending on the speaker) so I barely notice pauses anyway.


Uhm, what?


Prediction 1: the Dead Internet Theory will prove to be true... on the old internet as AI bots and centralized/government control stifles it's usability.

Prediction 2: Nostr will be (and already is in the beginning stages of being) the new, living internet where users will be drawn as they reclaim their attention, their data, and even their economic livelihoods with #Nostr and #Bitcoin.


When we arrived in western North Carolina there were ~2 meshtastic radios. Thanks to the efforts of multiple Bitcoin Veterans there are no less than 61 nodes some of which are airborne.

This is a huge achievement in decentralized emergency communications. ✊

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Oregon is like that too."It provides jobs".


Democracy will always eventually trend toward pandering to the lowest common denominator.
 https://image.nostr.build/60094e8c2d3e5e03c7a4f49ad1f7e98005aff5714e479e4b912ab5ce41cddb78.jpg


Yep, I toured the Kent, WA facility multiple times when I was in college, and it was the same. It's obvious that some amount of work has been and is being done there, but it's too clean and no sense of urgency. I was excited about the New Glenn when they first released the Payload User's Guide, but then it just never led to anything. In a competitive environment that's usually a sign of failure to roll out a successful product.


This


He does, and seems pretty well tied into the existing space-industrial-complex. I think he's really there to be a champion for the legacy system to compete with Musk.

Don't get me wrong Musk is also part of the cartel, but he has a different philosophy and different goals than the previously established players and has caused them major embarrassment with his success.


I'm surprised Blue Origin is still in the picture with how long they're taking STILL to roll out the New Glenn rocket.


I thought everydayastronaut.com would have an article on the Starship specs but I can't seem to find it. I was following this very closely until about 2 years ago...


#BreadandToast https://image.nostr.build/e1691abf44ac067862f6e216582f99bd758095494c3a263027a5568119dbd900.jpg


Hi all! Just popping into the chat from the live event! How's it going?


Agoristo⚡

agoristo@pm.me

Founder of B4SB
#BTC #Nostr #FreedomTech
Civilization builder | Natural elite | Scion of hope and truth


GM, and I'm excited to see those of you who make it to nostr:nprofile1qqs8mez352yxc2r9yt838c9f0sfs86ey0ygh7e996qspx773957u95gpzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj7ypspnl today!


#asknostr I'm aware of  nostr:npub1h0rnetjp2qka44ayzyjcdh90gs3gzrtq4f94033heng6w34s0pzq2yfv0g (https://www.hornet.storage/), which I'm excited about, but I have an immediate term need for cloud-based file storage. Google and Microsoft make me wanna puke, and I'd prefer to go open source.

What currently available open source solutions do folks recommend around here?


It's great to hear Efrat purple pilling Mike Benz! Mike so has a way to go, but I hope he gives it a real look.

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You're doing amazing and important work. Keep it up!


They're trying to put the cat back into the bag.


Cholesterol is not the enemy. It is an essential nutrient! It is used for making hormones, repairing cells, and the brain is made up of large amounts of cholesterol!

💥'The only bad thing about cholesterol is not having enough'💥

source: wellness_radar on instagram

https://m.primal.net/Koay.mp4


I think it would be worth teaching out to the guy who made the mineral balancing page I linked to, since he's been aggregation this info.

It'd be cool if we could get him posting on Nostr!


Here's the video that turned me on to the concept of mineral balancing:

https://youtu.be/c7V2eb_GHck


ok, I'm in and I've been getting notifications of #nosfit posts from 0xChat!


Thanks! Do I need to scan a QR, or should I watch for an invite?


Sign me up!

I set up my 0xChat just a few days ago, and what better way to put it to regular use?


I need to do a deep dive into what's happening with AI outside of the corpo sphere.

GN Caribou


I'm still new to the subject myself, but I can dig into my YT history to find some videos on the topic as well for you. It's just one part of my bigger rabbit hole about electrolytes and how to deal with mineral deficiencies.


It's true that we can't stop it in the near term, but what we can do is learn what we can do to mitigate the effects in our own bodies.

This is why I've taken an interest in mineral balancing to address environmental metal poisoning. It doesn't solve the problem, but it gives us a way to better maintain our health.

https://mineralbalancing.org/integrative-mineral-balancing-blog/bret-mineral-wheel


RHR 324: NEVER SHORT BITCOIN WITH  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx AND  nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy

https://cdn.satellite.earth/f9ca31fc7d7c6fe0dc55376698ee53f752eb0c6cbe753fb8386dc37513155488.mp4


As others have said, maybe he's following in the steps of Jack Dorsey.

But he could also be looking to co-opt the open source movement now that it may be the only viable path to compete with OpenAI.


I want to say #NostrFixesThis, and in the long run I believe it ultimately does, but his target audience is people who still listen to broadcast radio (who are probably not our prime adoption market). https://image.nostr.build/7fe27551b7a8518eef8c9e879cb7f50a2f37b4e960fd671035ae6e34a5612906.jpg


Yep, same


War is bad for the economy. Every. Single. Time.

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Telegram Will Now Share Users’ IP Addresses and Phone Numbers With Governments in Response to Legal Requests

https://reclaimthenet.org/telegram-share-ip-phone-data-government-requests


#Bitcoin is a life boat. https://image.nostr.build/776d2807059a522cfe81e7a5f1d35c94956e9e7bc6ed5bad68506e7a466f706a.jpg


It's forced me to improve my relay management skills.


Test commenting on post to see how it shows in npub.pro


Update: I can now get it to generate the content, after spending some time on relays (I was being lazy about this at first). However, I do still get the error message as in the screenshot above (failed to reserve domain name). I have an idea of something to try and will post back. https://m.primal.net/KymU.png


Relay list to store private content from this author


#asknostr what tool(s) do you use to manage multiple Nostr profiles? Use case is one for personal use, one for a business.

Thanks!


Real-time Sats Per Dollar tracking is just a click away! Visit btcframe.com for live updates #Bitcoin #BTC #SATSUSD #SATSPERDOLLAR #BitcoinDashboard

https://btcframe.com/img/images/sats-per-dollar.png?v=1726862670


At the very least, it's not just you. I've been known to complain that reCaptcha prompts have become outright abusive...


I keep hearing that in the US you can buy non-KYC bitcoin at ATMs, but my mom bought some from an ATM a while back (surprisingly) and it also required her info to complete the transaction. So at the very least, not all Bitcoin ATMs are non-KYC.


Gross!

(I write from my Windows OS laptop...)

I'm going to install Linux soon. Only kept windows for work, but a recent change in status makes the switch easier.


I’m writing this because I keep getting asked to comment on Saylor/Saif video even though my position hasn’t changed.

The natural state of the free market is deflation which means all prices fall forever in Bitcoin (assuming it stays decentralized and secure)

Free market economies are more productive meaning faster deflation (or real wealth gains by falling prices)

That system is incompatible with an inflationary monetary system meaning one of those systems must fail.

Either:

1) A system based on truth, hope, and abundance for all 8 billion people on the planet driven by a free market economy and all prices fall relative to bitcoin forever. This means Bitcoin is used as a medium of exchange and freedom tech spreads to the world through lightning, Liquid, Fedimint, Cashu, etc.

OR

2) A control system. An extractive rent seeking system that is NOT the free market (similar to the one we have had for 5000 years that resets every 100 or so years through war) continues to centralize by having you believe price of bitcoin is going up in fiat which makes the surveillance state stronger. This eventually centralizes Bitcoin - custodians, media, regulation (funded from the same manipulation of money) where it is attacked from layer 2. (Similar to gold)

While these ideas may “seem” compatible in the short term because you want Bitcoin to go up in fiat. What it really means is that you are giving your energy and strength to the system centralizing the world by converting Bitcoin to Fiat….to then measure prices.

Quite simply - If Bitcoin is only a store of value, it fails as a store of value.

Ps - It won’t fail. #1 is inevitable in time because too many (and more each day) have seen behind the curtain and are determined to build path #1.

Many of you here - the people that inspire me every day.  You make a difference with every word, thought and action.
Almost did that in all caps per nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx because it’s so important.

Referring to # 1 above…..There is no second best.


Some more info on the ham radio story.

#hamradio #radio #amateurradio #ki6naz #hrcc #petn

https://youtu.be/22qnLyhNaF8


I'll be at #NostrValley! Would love to be at the other one in Nashville but that's too far away on too short of notice.


It was cut by 50 bps, which is what most of the predictions I've seen had at the high end.


nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg I've been seeing this too when I browse on my Android


Wish I could be back down there in time for this!


Jack might not actually be (entirely) wrong. Central govs want centrally controlled AI, and would-be centrally-controlled-AI developers are finding that they can't catch up to OpenAI. This means that the would-be's may have a vested interest in the development of OSAI in partnerships (which they will likely try to co-opt). So funding will go into OSAI but they will try to control it's development and direction.

It's not too dissimilar to what we've been seeing with the recent institutional acknowledgement and "adoption" of bitcoin (albeit via ETFs).

It's a road full of snares, but it's the road we have to walk down.


Bullish on Nostr, but still have my X account (for now). So I cross-posted so that the 2-3 people who ever see my posts there might cross over.

https://x.com/agoristo/status/1835718701829513404


THE X ACCOUNT OF THE RECENT TRUMP SHOOTER WAS IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDED LEAVING PEOPLE TO SCAVENGE THROUGH UNVERIFIABLE SCREENSHOTS TO INDEPENDENTLY RESEARCH HIS MOTIVES AND CONNECTIONS.

NOSTR FIXES THIS.

https://cdn.satellite.earth/145c390b885d50604c662d73f98b46248136c662553e1a2506551cb97d4cfff5.jpg


I believe that you can make the best determination for yourself of what actions are best for you to take for the future protection and prosperity of you and yours. In that spirit, no, not at all!


Good work! I'll have to listen for him to mention it in his podcast the next time censorship comes up as a topic.


nostr:npub1jvyrmymgv8ztemff4mpcfwaquqwfn392ddj4f9zr9e6lp9frds6qjy2yka is on Nostr? Awesome! But I still want to see yet more reasonable dissident voices on here.


Sorry, I just got my timeline to load and I can now see the rest of your posts.


Did something involving Apple just happen in the news?


https://image.nostr.build/230c47619802512191759f20a5be0bad02647e1096e36fb2ebeebac5bc5a8346.jpg
#Bitcoin #Nostr #Memes


Normies have been inundated with so many "conspiracy theories" and are so sensitive to peer pressure that they write these explanations off without a further thought.

What I believe will work for them, however, is a demonstration in a way that they can resonate with showing how Nostr and Bitcoin can solve their problems. The more user-friendly, the better.


This is how the true growth-oriented, pro-civilization economy functions.


I thought SpaceX also had Bitcoin, but I don't see it in this table.


Oh... so not smooth?


Glad to see you here Dr. Berry!


What accounting software/tools do y'all recommend if I'm transitioning my personal life over to and working to build a business using a bitcoin standard? The search engines gave me a lot of fiat companies with "crypto modules" or whatever and it made me want to vomit.

#asknostr


https://youtu.be/LNzBfzjiIrU

Boycott all Big Tech and Big media companies


What's needed in a product tester? I don't know that I'm a good fit, but if it's part of the Bitcoin and/or Nostr ecosystem I'm at least interested.


😄 https://image.nostr.build/9a11415809dff54058be0a1899b7903bdd673596b7eb4877ea07d0a459fc2208.jpg


Good idea, how about tricking them into thinking they owe taxes when they usually don't, and having them sign a paper agreeing to the amount they (don't actually) owe, and requiring them to pay the amount in theft money.


Probably something to the effect of "don't try to block or replace the flow of the theft money".


Nostr Power https://image.nostr.build/a53535405ab45c8e30cfdb36a6a9f9007341d7aa4f8eade54535ff164c1a6d7b.jpg


Apply libertarianism in daily life

#grownostr #freedom


WW3 IS an information war... and we've been in the midst of it for a long time already. Great quick read in the note below 👇

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The moral case for becoming a regenerative farmer

[raw, unpolished ideas]

In the age of environmental destruction, restoring the natural world is a vote for a better tomorrow

In the age of sickness, restoring one’s health is heroic

It all starts with the soil

Stewarding the land and regenerating natural ecosystems back to optimal health

In the age of political lies and state abuse, it has become immoral to pay taxes

In the age of uncertainty, becoming sovereign with our nutrients, water and energy is how we protect our families

Regenerative farming is a moral and ethical imperative to restore human health, restore soil health and starve the vile fiat forces of their power

Illegitimate authority will not be recognized by strong, sovereign humans who refuse to submit to false masters

WW3 is an information war

A psychological and economic battle between people and the political scum that harms and steals from them

Healthy, strong, free thinkers are the modern day warriors

#Bitcoin is the great equalizer

An impenetrable shield that protects us from state violence

21st century farming powered by #Bitcoin is how we win WW3

#nostr #health #food #warrior #farming #sovereign #human #WW3
https://m.primal.net/KkNL.jpg


WW3 is an information war... and we've been in the midst of it for a long time already.


"But it's natural!"

As are the majority of the toxins/poisons that exist in this world. Just because it feels good when you first put it in your mouth doesn't mean it's good for you.


That bird is really a parasitic demon that gets its life force from the energy you spend learning new languages.


Why buy new tires when instead I can buy bitcoin at a discount?


Where's a good place to look for info on #Nestr? I found a website but I'm not sure if it's the same thing.


#BTC #soundmoney #freemarkets
Civilization builder | Natural elite | Scion of hope and truth


I'm not super knowledgeable about the project itself, but what I meant was to use it as an example with the recent demonstrations of people making #nostr posts with it. I'm all for phones having that capability, in fact that's even better! Especially if people have the option to send signals in different frequencies (in the interest of comsec and to get around jamming if they are currently in a country that's hostile to self-sovereighnty).


I've been thinking about it, and I can see #nostr and the legacy internet kind of diverging in the near term. Centralized entities will continue to force controls onto the old internet, while nostr will continue to become ever more censorship resistant as it moves from #decentralized to #distributed in nature, even to the point that cutting off internet access won't be effective (am I overly optimistic about what I've seen lately with #Meshtastic?).

Eventually, the old internet will die, because the old guard can't innovate. At first they'll try to copy or mimic elements of the new nostr internet, but it will get so far ahead of them that they can't keep up. And the old internet will "die" in that it will no longer have any new developments.

Meanwhile, nostr and bitcoin will both continue to develop and become more adaptive to new society needs and pressures under the proof-of-work and value-for-value paradigm. This stimulates positive outlooks on the future and ever more creative problem solving. Many of these solutions will initially focus on cleansing the literal and metaphorical toxins out of our systems from living in a fiat world. But after that, who knows?


When it goes on sale, it's time to BUY!


In an economy where the value of money is constantly degraded as costs go up, he can do this and the dynamics are in his favor since he provides the jobs. This would be rare in #bitcoin economy because people will be able to easily accumulate savings, and I anticipate there will be an explosion of new small business startups providing near-infinite new job opportunities.


$49k? Bring on the discounts!


Meta is sending emails to their users informing them that their public data will be used for AI training if they don’t object in time. If you have an Instagram or Facebook account you might want to object to that.

#privacy


Yep, that sounds about right. Basically, either scare or entice everyone toward one of the legacy honeypots or false crypto-messiahs.


Decentralized is better than centralized, but still allows for localized centers of control, which some people would prefer. Distributed is better for this who want the freedom to have their own unmitigated control.

It's similar to the arguments of minarchism vs anarchism.


Thanks, will do!


I agree with you. I'm not in a position to fund any grand projects, but I'm meeting with a potential partner to discuss starting a media effort to draw business owners to #nostr with examples of how to work it into their business plans.


Proof of work money in turn demands value to be earned. Aristocrats may have a head start, but if they fail to add value they will lose the lead. This will be the biggest step our societies have taken toward true meritocracy.


I have a Technician Class, but it's underutilized except for occasionally turning on my radio and scanning. Got it for running operations in a college rocketry group. Been meaning to get back into it. Especially now that I'm seeing this #meshtastic stuff!


Nicely done! It is worth thinking about this, and revisiting it often as we think of how to explain Nostr, especially as the authoritarians of the world increasingly try to lock out the centralized SM apps. If we make it too confusing for people, it will slow down adoption.


I taught myself to the basics of how to code while in biz school thinking it would make me a better project manager. Then I took some engineering classes for the same reason.

Now I benefit from that knowledge mostly for my own pursuits and setting up a side-gig. Glad I did it, even if the benefit isn't what I expected going in!


Mornin!


If you're a #bitcoin/#nostr user streaming content on YouTube, and you aren't direction and encouraging viewers to get on Nostr, then what are you even doing?


I'm just learning about it, but I'd be happy to if I know the details!


I'm also in PA. Glad to hear about this passion and looking forward to seeing where it leads!


CrowdHealth is a healthcare crowd-funding solution (and they are technically NOT an insurance company, which is good because the US has stupid and counter-productive requirements for insurance companies).

One of the options they have for pooling funds is to pool it in #bitcoin instead of USD: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin

They also recently started a program for people on carnivore/animal-based diets: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/carnivore

I'm not in the program (yet) because up to this point I've had employer-provided health insurance, but I'm looking at this alternative for the near-future.


I feel like there should be a lot of low-hanging fruit here.


Which forces people onto platforms like this one. The increasing heavy handedness toward Elon's X is only going to drive more people to solutions like #Tor, #Nostr and #Bitcoin. And if they shut off internet to prevent access to these, there goes the "bread and circuses" that have allowed them to get away with so much by keeping people distracted.


I was wondering about this last night.


Also this


What is your favorite #nostr client for writing/posting long form content?


![image](https://yakihonne.s3.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com/5725c4a8292805ad09891b9f8500c59249cd986a38674a7a821915516ba4f820/files/1724900433458-YAKIHONNES3.jpg)

As a Libertarian who grew up in American Christian culture, I'm very familiar with the passage in which the Pharisees challenge Jesus to pay taxes to Caesar. This is a very loaded story, especially since it is one of the most frequently used to support statism and to convince Christians to submit to governing authorities.

But what is the correct understanding of this story? Let's look first at the story itself:

>Matthew 22:15-22

>Taxes for Caesar

>Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested.  They sent some of their disciples, along with the supporters of Herod, to meet with him. “Teacher,” they said, “we know how honest you are. You teach the way of God truthfully. You are impartial and don’t play favorites. Now tell us what you think about this: Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

>But Jesus knew their evil motives. “You hypocrites!” he said. “Why are you trying to trap me? Here, show me the coin used for the tax.” When they handed him a Roman coin, he asked, “Whose picture and title are stamped on it?”

>“Caesar’s,” they replied.

>“Well, then,” he said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”

>His reply amazed them, and they went away.

First, I think it's important to point out that the Pharisees had deliberately adopted this tactic, as if it was a sure gotcha. That is, they had reason to believe that Jesus would give a response that goes against paying taxes to an occupying government. And in fact, despite the common teaching about this passage in American churches today, that's exactly what he did!

How? This story is very very rich in context, and you have to understand this to have a proper understanding of what was communicated to the Pharisees.

Jesus told the pharisees to show him the coin used to pay the tax, and asked them who's image was on it. This is VERY VERY important. First, let's look at the first two of the 10 Commandments:

> The Ten Commandments

>Exodus 20:1-6

>And God spoke all these words:
>“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

>“You shall have no other gods before me.

>“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments."

Experts in religious law at the time would have immediately understood the point that Jesus was making. He was pointing out, through examination of the coin itself, that paying taxes to Caesar is tantamount to idolatry.

The Pharisees fully expected to catch Jesus making an insurrectionary statement by forbidding his followers from paying taxes. He one-upped them and turned the gotcha back onto them by pointing out that what they were advocating in the name of their religion goes directly against God's own commandments.

Are we sure about this? What was really on the tribute coin mentioned? We have examples, though I believe the description within scripture is already sufficient to understand.

> Tribute penny - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute_penny

Caesar had his image stamped on his coins, along with statements of self glory. This is because in the Roman state religion, as with the empires before it, the emperor was literally a part of the pantheon. This goes directly against Jewish Law "You shall have no other gods before me", as well as contradicting the following forbiddance of graven images.

Jesus was actually telling the Pharisees that paying taxes to Caesar is the same as idol worship. In fact, carrying around Caesar's money was the same. This is always how statism has worked, paying taxes is a pagan religious practice in which the government and it's pantheon have usurped God.

This is why Christianity, in it's truest form, is anti-statist and pro-liberty.

A short article on how Jesus' interactions with the Pharisees regarding taxes was actually an argument that taxation is idolatry.


Is anyone in the #Bitcoin space working on the problem of rising car and home insurance costs? I know nostr:npub1erqc48x3mh8pmu8hg8h97dhpq9y7k7hc99vny6pgau637rczq7xqyfx5q3 let's you save in #BTC for health expenses, and I recently learned about @meanwhile life insurance. What other types of insurance solutions are out there?

https://x.com/i/trending/1823911671850586136?t=dGqddts_8FEdzNf-5QdYsA&s=09


https://image.nostr.build/ca62043061e64a9567c70c8da77a434a6958c56a9a43f03b6d24594074c3cc3a.jpg  nostr:note1pr8agz62040ruw42xcgs4gdzurm3ly3l2k4fwrq8rpww45465nyq0wfq89


Testing a cross-post from Twitter/X. Are there any good cross-posting platforms in development that will work on Nostr?
https://x.com/agoristo/status/1751712768565170673?s=20


Trying out Primal for the first time. So far, pretty neat!


Since I happen to be looking, what's the best cold wallet as of January 2024? Only needed for bitcoin, props for user-friendly design but to priority is security.

Thanks!


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I'm actually surprised it took him so long to ever bring it up! He's always talking about how "you need to open source the code" and decentralize.


It'll be a few more years at best until they are able to get a steady launch cadence w Starship like they have w F9 (assuming the EPA or some other gov agency doesn't get license to shut them down, they're trying...). Once it get's going, it'll be exciting to see what the market does! I'm rooting for rotating space stations!


Great, thanks!