Play it again Nic! They are our enemies. 

 I can be by myself while learning, growing, and doing, or go crazy trying to be around people that aren’t allowed to think for themselves. No thanks on #2. 
I can do bad by myself! 

 I have to agree with Eric and @MADEX they talk about sports, climate, federal politics (never local politics. The one place that directly affects them)…. They talk about what they are fed to talk about which is nothing. They better not start critical thinking. Sheeple are fore-bade from doing that. 

 A mining machine is a MONeY PRiNTER. 
You heard it here first. 
I started mining a few years ago and it is amazing. 
I say that everyone that can mine, should mine with something. Doesn’t matter if it’s a big or small miner setup. 

This opinion isn’t widely accepted yet but it will be. (I’m predicting the future.) 


Mining is a cut throat business. That is true, but the small miners are not in it for a business opportunity all of the time. 
Some of us want to be nerdy and learn about it and can throw $5.00 at a miner or two. Others want to contribute to the network (which is my major push of mine.) The more small miners we have out there in the wild, the more decentralized the network.
Yes you will almost definitely have more sats just buying the sats and holding on until the price goes up. That is looking at it today. 
In 5 years when the price has tripled you are still accumulating sats and only have to pay for electricity, you will be glad that you did. Electricity prices will go up slightly compared to the bitcoin you gain.
I guess I am just more bullish than they are. 
My favorite saying is that it is a money printer !!!! 
Think about it. 
I pay for electricity and in return 
I get virgin, no Kyc bitcoin, 
can hold the bitcoin or 
Can sell it without attachment to me ever which means no taxes,
I’m mining at the current price and my energy is fixed. 
I mine when bitcoin goes up or down because it is a fixed cost. So when price goes up I get less sats but what I mine is worth more. When the price goes down I get more sats to stack. I’m never worried about buying the dip. 

With all of that being said. Where are you in all of this. Are you considering mining? 

 So to answer what makes it a cut throat business. That is simple. Money. 

These big companies spend literally hundreds of millions of dollars on building mining sites. 
That consist of:
Large buildings, industrial fans and cooling setups, thousands of asics, internet to each machine, electrical cables for each machine and from the grid to the buildings, transformers outside of the building, technicians, maintainers, spare parts, 24/7 security, payroll staff, CPA’s, $200,000 a month electricity and a lot more. My point is that there is a lot of money flowing so they are looking out for number 1 because the reward is about $180,000/ 10 minutes. That is over a million dollars an hour if you average it out. People kill for less. A lot less. 

 Now factor in bitcoin is going up forever. The dollar they are using to gain the bitcoin is going down forever. They see the future. 

 This is what I do there. Sometimes. 

Thanks for the zap earlier man. You are too cool. 

 Yo! 

 It’s nice to meet you too man. Welcome to Nostr! 

 AAAhhh, ok gotcha. That makes sense. 

 #bitcoin 

 Thanks Start9 for the zap. You are too awesome. 

 Technically it has been there a while. I’m just finding it. Datum is new though. 

 Thanks for the reply and for all that you do. 

It seems like Umbrel might not be ready for Knots and Datum. I installed Bitcoin Knots and ibd without issue. (Only 48 hours to sync.)

Electrs, lightning, and mempool all ask specifically for Bitcoin core instead of recognizing Knots on Umbrel. Tried to ssh and install. No luck.

Start 9 has no problems recognizing Knots and allowing that to be the only  Bitcoin it needs to function correctly. Start 9 is my new go to for Bitcoin related nodes and Umbrel is for media, photos and files. 

 You cover everything in this article. Thank you for sending that. Umbrel should hire you. This is the level of support that Start 9 has. Great job BTW.  

 I should wait, but I’m being impatient. Going to Start 9. 

 Which client do you use to receive zaps? I tried to send you one on iris, but it gave me an error. 

 Thanks for the zap earlier! 

 Agreed 100%. Let the conversation flow.  

 At no point do you sell bitcoin because it won’t lose value like anything that you buy or any other currency that you trade it for. You hold it and use it as collateral to take a loan from the bank. 

If you are only looking for a time frame. 15 years from now. 

 Agreed, keep up the good work. 

 I usually call the Democrats victims. I will have to think about this one. It’s good. 

 For this Selection? Nope 

 Calm down bub. Your word pass is in the mail. 

 I can’t even imagine. Hopefully I will look back in 10 and be able to say the same thing. 

 Do you know of a way to speed it up? 

 I can do that for sure. I would like to be on a Time Machine. Blasting off is my thing. The question is will I die before I reach the end of this trip? This thing is too slow. I might give up on synching this one. It went from 79% yesterday to 81% today. 

 Thanks man. The Rasp Pi is dead for running a node…. I’m off to find a mini pc. 

 Thanks man. You were right. It’s been 7 hours with the new machine and the ibd is at 21%. 

 Who are we kidding? We all know that “Que Mala is goin to not win, but be inserted into that office. They have already bumped the old man out to put her in. 

 So she will pump it up. 

 I’m sure that you know this, but can they can text or email you the QR code?
Do you need to generate more than one? If so, I understand now. 

 I figured you would say that 

How about creating a bolt 12 address? That might work. 

 I will keep an eye out. If I learn a way I will post it. 

 Btcpay server all the way. You can create a button on your webpage that links to btcpay server. 

 That is a good idea. Have you looked into moving it over to “ocean.xyz” mining pool? 

 Nice. Did you hear bitcoin mechanic say there were 8 blocks that you had to mine with them before the full payout? I might be quoting that wrong. 

 It’s supposed to stop people from pool hopping, grabbing a fair share of the hash rate then leaving as soon as a block is found. 

 Let us know how it goes. 

 Running a node is mandatory. Maybe even 2 or 3 nodes. 

 Block: 467482 

 The people in Satoshi’s bloodline definitely has rebellion in their blood! 

 It wasn’t like they imposed a 100% ban. They allowed you to keep 5 coins per person didn’t they? 

 He looks like he has taken the orange pill. 

 The mind is a terrible thing to waste. 

 This is pretty much the same message that I know you to have. No clarification needed for us that use their own ears and not buy into the hype of a few haters spreading hate. 

 Wrong Saylor account? You outsmarted me fake Michael. 

 Bitcoin Knots is similar to bitcoin core. It was built so that you have more control than bitcoin core. I wouldn’t know personally because it is taking forever to download it. 

 I’m going to agree with Ivan on this one and give a little context. Trump is innocent on this one. I’ve never been to Haiti, but the Haitians I know that live in the Dominican Republic say the same thing. Some are all Haitian some are both. They all want to live outside of Haiti. They might not say it is a shithole, but I see none of us have planned a vacation there. 
As far as going back to where you came from and fix it up. That is solid advice for anyone. Right? It has to be hard work. Work that people generally don’t volunteer for. 
Have you seen Candace Owens podcast in the last week or two? She shows where Obama was not born in the United States, born in Kenya, was raised as Barry Soetoro son of Lola Soetoro (step dad) in Indonesia. Had a he that identified as a she as a babysitter or house maid. 
He also used to hang out and fund many many many rappers. They used to always say his name is a good light in their songs. Appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air show. Wrote books with Robert Kiyosaki. There are pictures of him with Don King, Mike Tyson….. my point is that none of us know him personally. I bet he is a lot different than we know. 

 Born in Kenya, born in Indonesia… I don’t know the facts. Just not born in Hawaii is what I am trying to state. 

 Your question implies that I care. I have no dog in this fight. President Bukele is my President. 

To answer your question I would have to think… how many times has my birth country been a question or topic? Never cause it doesn’t matter to anyone. Just like his birth doesn’t matter obviously. I don’t get caught in the weeds. I’m too tall for that. 

 Thank you for pointing out my mistake. I wasn’t trying to make the case that Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii. I don’t have proof and don’t know him personally well enough to be concerned. I heard it on the Owens podcast along with many other things. He was born and raised in other places but you don’t see him going back to fix where he spent time throughout his life. Why? Because it is hard. 

The start of this was about Trump. Lol 

 Looks like LnurL pay might not be it. There has to be a way. To set up a lightning email address at Zeus they used an outside source to link it up. I don’t remember what website it was though.

@ZEUS 
@Wallet of Satoshi 
@strike 

Help please 

 How is it going so far? I’ve been downloading for 5 days. Can’t wait to run Datum and Knots. 

 That’s good to hear. I’m a little skeptical of Knots. The download is taking forever. 

That sounds so cool. Is there a spot to input your own header or message so that it is engraved on the chain when your miner hits the block? 

 Yes we are winning, but have a few losers on our team. The attack on you was uncalled for. You are right, but also early. Just wait… they will see the bright orange light. 

 Tell ‘em again! I’m setting up another node and it’s been 4 and a half days and I’m only at 80%. In 10 years it’ll be at least 30tb. That’s just a guess but not an educated one.