> "Relays are like the backend servers for Nostr. They allow Nostr clients to send them messages, and they may (or may not) store those messages and broadcast those messages to all other connected clients."
>
> — nostr.how

Decentralization, and the freedom that comes with it, is the main reason why I love Nostr.

At the same time, decentralization is its main weakness.

> With Nostr, there is no central server or company to take care of everything for you. You're in charge of your experience when using Nostr clients.

---
## What are Nostr relays
When you use X, Instagram, Threads or Facebook, your client attempts to share your information with the world by uploading it to the servers operated by these companies.

These companies then monetize you (by means of your data) and decide who, if anyone, should see your information. You don't have control over who ends up seeing your posts or if your posts are seen at all.

Nostr stops this madness.

Your Nostr client shares your information by publishing events to Nostr relays that you choose. Later on, your followers request your events from relays of their choosing.

> As long as you and your followers have one relay in common, they will receive your events and you will be able to share your thoughts without anyone being able to censor you or tell you who can or can't see your thoughts, pictures, etc.

Herein is the power and the weakness of Nostr.

The power and the reason why Nostr is censorship resistant is that if a Nostr relay refuses to serve your events to your followers, you can publish your events to a different relay. Not a big deal.

The weakness is that you now need to manage a list of relays, monitor them for good behavior and hope that your followers also include at least one of your relays on their list.

## Optimizing your relays for experience

When I started using Nostr, one of the big questions was what relays to use and how many?

When you open a client, or refresh your feed, the client needs to query all the relays that you have configured for events from the people you follow, merge the data from all those relays and build a cohesive view that is, for example, ordered based on publishing time.

This means that the longer the list of relays you configure on your client, the longer you will have to wait to get that view.

But what if you have too few relays? What will happen then? Will you be missing events from people you follow? Will they miss your events?

https://i.nostr.build/0Z49.jpg

## My relay configuration
[nostr.wine](https://nostr.wine/invoices) has solved this problem for me.

Developed by [Katie](https://njump.nostr.wine/katieannbaker.com) and [Mazin](https://njump.nostr.wine/mazinkhoury.com), nostr.wine offers a set of free and paid relay servers that solve this conundrum.

**nostr.wine**
This is a regular paid relay. It costs money to run relays and so it makes sense to pay for their usage. Remember: *freedom is not free*.

Go to https://nostr.wine to subscribe to the nostr.wine relay for a one-time fee of 18,888 sats.

**filter.nostr.wine**
This is the key relay. This relay aggregates and publishes events from and to a wide range of public relays so that I only need to query one relay but I get the benefit of being connected to a large set of relays.

The subscription is time based with a minimum of 30 days. I subscribed for 2 years for 120,000 sats and I'm happy to support the Nostr developer community.

Go https://nostr.wine/add-time to add time and test this relay.

**welcome.nostr.wine**
wss://welcome.nostr.wine is a free and read-only relay that only aggregates events from new nostr users and displays them in the global/universe view.

This is a great way to get exposed to new users. Take the opportunity to welcome them and maybe give them a follow.

**nostr.land**
I'm also subscribed to a second paid Nostr relay to spread the love to the Nostr developer community.

Here is my current list of relays:
- wss://welcome.nostr.wine
- wss://nostr.wine
- wss://filter.nostr.wine/npub1er0k46yxcugmp6r6mujd5qvp75yp72m98fs6ywcs2k3kqg3f8grqd9py3m?broadcast=true
- wss://eden.nostr.land

> Do you have a different relay configuration that you prefer? Please share it in the comments section.
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# Notable notes

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# Recommendations
## Katie Ann Baker and Mazin Khoury

nostr:npub1qlkwmzmrhzpuak7c2g9akvcrh7wzkd7zc7fpefw9najwpau662nqealf5y and nostr:npub18kzz4lkdtc5n729kvfunxuz287uvu9f64ywhjz43ra482t2y5sks0mx5sz are busy making Nostr the place for social interactions.

They are now onboarding creators to https://creatr.nostr.wine/, a place for creators to share AND monetize their work with freedom.

You can follow Mazin [here](https://njump.nostr.wine/mazinkhoury.com) and Katie [here](https://njump.nostr.wine/katieannbaker.com).

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— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

Decentralization, and the freedom that comes with it, is the main reason why I love Nostr. At the same time, decentralization is also its main weakness.

With Nostr, there is no central server or company to take care of everything for you. You're in charge of your experience when using Nostr clients.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqwx67fddehhxarj94ex2mrp0ykkxmmwve5kwatjv96xjmmwqgsv3hm2azrvwydsapad7fx6qxql2zql9djn5cdz8vg9tgmqyg5n5psrqsqqqa280843gz


The Bad Guys on Amazon Prime


Snoqualmie Pass, WA


There was a good discussion about this at the What Bitcoin Did podcast.

They believe that they will make more money from the people that stay with them than if from a theoretically bigger pool of people that would remain if they lower the fees to compete with the new ETFs.

https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-arrival-of-bitcoin-etfs


I’m not an expert but I think that if you install tor in your system, then clients will be able to resolve onion addresses.

I might be very wrong here.

I have tor installed on my Mac with brew and Chrome can resolve the onion address of my Start9 server.


What clients support Tor routing?


Today, the NYT mostly sells to Sen. Warren’s voters. They will not put out a positive piece on Bitcoin for fear of alienating the few that still pay for this piece of crap.

Stop the presses! nostr:note1d32wwq5dts6l6p5qe2tsjsaudm3yfr6r046jkmsuydn0yl0w0ekspusp3w


Fructose is fructose, no matter what.


You’re being lied to. Tor is 2 hops, not 3

What? Yeah, you read that right. Tor bounces your traffic around the world, and it’s supposed to be 3 hops, where each hop can’t see the next. But the CDN Cloudflare ruined it. To understand, let’s take it back to the basics…

A CDN means “content delivery network”, it’s servers around the world, that are closer to you, to make sites load faster. Say hypothetically I got a webserver in Tokyo, and you’re in London. A CDN might have a dozen copies of this all over, it then realizes you’re in London, and re-routes your traffic to the London server for speed.

But the CDN concept leads to centralization. Cloudflare hosts the overwhelming majority of all sites on the internet. Then they oppress the use of Tor through annoying captchas or completely blocking it. For example the “privacy coin” exchange TradeOgre blocks Tor either intentionally or unknowingly through Cloudflare. Why do you block Tor for privacy products?

Its this consistently rotten treatment of Tor users, that discourages its use for most people, for anything that’s non-essential to hide, and kills the “network effect”. But it gets worse…

Cloudflare runs exits

Many Tor users are unaware that Cloudflare literally runs many of the Tor nodes. If you don’t believe me, open Tor browser and go to speedtest.net. You’ll find very often, you’re getting Cloudflare hosted exits.  And the reason they do this is to identity malicious traffic sources. But then this is a clear conflict of interest, because the Tor node is supposed to hide you FROM the website, which is being served on a Cloudflare CDN. If they are both the same entity, then Tor is really only 2 hops and the bulk of these exits are malicious:

You → Entrance → Relay → Cloudflare exit → Cloudflare website

This is intentional to de-anonymize DDoS. Which is a fancy way of saying “We are wealthy enough to end privacy”

Now you might be saying, “But what about stopping DDoS?” And the answer is that there are dozens of other CDNs, some crypto-powered, some regular, some accept Bitcoin, some in the US, some in the EU, there’s all this variety. To say you have to funnel ALL human knowledge through one entity is like saying “there’s nothing to eat but this chocolate cake”… No, you’re fat because that’s all you buy.

(my inner voice yells “Go for the kill”)…

This world is what you make of it. These entities only have power because you accept it. I can’t prevent Cloudflare from running Tor exits, but we can reduce the number of websites using it through economic pressure.

Sure, you can curse me out as an idealist. A crazed lone wolf. But their power is all psychological.  It’s all in your perception of their network as legitimate security, that justifies the oppressive surveillance. As more people become aware, perception may change. All you need is one popular site to crack.

Help me make people aware. Repost this, or explain it to your friends in your own words.

I know it’s a lot to digest. But as you sit there, trying to decide if change is possible, or you should just scroll past and accept things for the way they are… Remember the old Rolling Stones song “You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometime, you just mind find, you get what you need.”


It allows you to change to any Fiat:

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/bitcoin-widgets/id1629041739


Nadie quiere oír a este payaso 😂


Translation in real time is very hard 😁

Just watched the whole thing. Good speech


Just watching now. He is speaking at normal speed


Couldn’t resist the dip. Just bought some 🌽


Amazing results! Congratulations again!


Many bitcoiners think establishment powers are now in the "and then they join you" phase of the struggle.

I don't. I think they're more entering the earlier "and then they fight you" phase.

Or more specifically, they are happy to join in on the price exposure side (i.e. ETFs), but they are fighting against privacy (especially) and self-custody (to some extent). The struggle for financial privacy, custody, and overall self-autonomy is just heating up.

The gradual shift of critics from "bitcoin is a useless speculative asset with no intrinsic value" to "bitcoin is so powerful that direct usage of it must be curtailed" can be dangerous.

https://m.primal.net/HXks.png


Godspeed! 🏃♂


Good morning from freezing Snoqualmie 16F / -9C ❄ 🥶


I left the minute they said they would require biometrics


Slowly they cage you into full compliance.

Resist. Nostr your way out. nostr:note1szh3su0uvrm89jfmfweusxuzw9u69hse77wgetaasmmt4jcedyqq28q9wt


You know you’re at a good place when you see this above the urinary in the men’s bathroom. https://i.nostr.build/r8AV.jpg


The federal government has failed to account for roughly $1.005 billion of the total $1.699 billion of military equipment sent to Ukraine and subject to  special monitoring because of its sensibility.

But, boy oh boy, you’d better not forget any of the transactions on your $600 total at Venmo.


Decades from now, there will be a distinction between those who owned Bitcoin pre and post ETFs.

The post ETF people will say that the pre ETF people were just lucky.

But you and I know that luck had nothing to do with it. It’s about doing your own research, developing an understanding and consequently having the conviction to do the opposite of what everyone else says you should do.


How did they come up with a share price of $41.08?


Fantastic news! Congratulations to you and nostr:npub1key55ax33gkl50uqemvl4khrtqrhzm7wzpc7fhseutt5ddkcwcrqgxlt3h!

#nostrplebs for the win!


🙋🏻♂ just zapped your note. Hopefully it shows in your new lightning node


Ignore the news and keep your Bitcoin DCA going.


For those asking, Brigham explains how the US healthcare system is built to monetize your illness and not to keep you healthy.

I got very angry listening to this episode.


NGMI


Good morning!


Somebody selected the wrong date on the tweet scheduler 😁

Now they need to create a new message. They can’t use the one that came out today


The Bitwarden client on iOS will only connect to the onion address while on the same network.


If you trust someone else's Bitcoin node to tell you that you now control an UTXO, do you really control that UTXO?

I recently had the opportunity to install Umbrel and StartOS multiple times and now I have a stable setup that keeps me sovereign.

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/running-my-own-node-take-2


> "Everything you do online is intermediated - your actions permissioned, your data custodied.
>
> Opt out by running a private server."
>
> — Start9

A few weeks back my personal server running StartOS crashed so, during the Christmas break, I had the opportunity to install Start9 and Umbrel multiple times until I settled on a more stable setup for my sovereign data.

I'm confident in my setup. Read more if you're interested in owning your own data.

> Not your keys **and your node**, not your coins.

---
## Personal server. Take 1
My first attempt at running a personal server burst into flames three weeks ago.

My mistake was to use an external SSD hard drive. Soon after getting the server up and running I realized that my setup was not ideal, but I kept myself in denial.

https://i.nostr.build/0X5X.jpg

I got an [HP EliteDesk  800 G2](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J2TFW5T/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1) with 8G of RAM and 240 GB internal SSD drive for $125 at Amazon. You need more than 240 GB to run a fully indexed Bitcoin node and I had an external 5TB SSD drive that I planned to use instead.

After tinkering a bit with the [BIOS](https://community.start9.com/t/hp-elitedesk-post-install-troubleshooting/889) and mounting the external drive, I got things up and running.

Unfortunately, Start9 doesn't support external hard drives. I was able to configure things up but whenever I rebooted my server, the external drive configuration got wiped out and I had to manually mount the drive again and re-start the Bitcoin node.

A month ago I updated the StartOS and after shutting down the server it never came back online.

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As it turns out, the latest release of StartOS had closed the door to the settings I was using.

## Personal server. Take 2

Knowing that I could not use StartOS anymore, I tried Umbrel.

It was a bit confusing at first. I  had to install Debian and then install Umbrel but the system worked well. Just a bit slow. After all, Umbrel runs as a virtual server within Debian.

The setup seemed to work fine except for one thing: I could not connect my iPhone to Vaultwarden, the password manager. And that was a deal breaker.

I use the Bitwarden app on my iPhone. The apps requires a secure https connection to the Vaultwarden server and the Vaultwarden implementation on Umbrel only offers http (it's either a local connection or a Tor connection).

> That is when I realized that I really like StartOS and that I needed a bigger internal SSD.

I bought a [2TB internal SSD drive](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BJ7MTT8M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1) for $95 that is compatible with my server and reinstalled StartOS again.

StartOS runs smoothly if you work within the supported configurations. And I can't complain, after all, Start9 is offering their OS for free, for you to download and run on your own hardware even though they sell hardware as well.

## The results

https://i.nostr.build/xPKK.jpg

I now have my server running again with the following software:
- Bitcoin Core: because you should run your own node
- electrs:
	- I use it to connect the Sparrow wallet to my Bitcoin node
	- It is also needed to run your own mempool instance
- Mempool: I can inspect transactions locally. No one needs to know which transactions I'm interested in
- Vaultwarden: my own password manager. Because LastPass is not an option anymore...

With this setup, I have full control of my own Bitcoin:
- Coldcard signing devices
- Sparrow wallet to send and receive Bitcoin
- Small memory card to maintain the airgap between my laptop running Sparrow and the Coldcards
- Sparrow connected to my own Bitcoin node so that I have full certainty on my transactions

> If you trust someone else's Bitcoin node to tell you that you now control an UTXO, do you really control that UTXO?

The next step is to install my own Nostr relay to permanently store my own notes.

I'm not ready yet to run a Lightning node on my server. I use Mutiny on my phone and so I do have my own node, in a way.

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# Notable notes

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# Recommendations
## Lyn Alden

We're tremendously lucky that Lyn shares her wisdom and knowledge with all of us. Like for example, the three rules of Bitcoin:
- The first rule of Bitcoin is you do not break Bitcoin.
- The second rule of Bitcoin is you do not break Bitcoin.
- The third rule of Bitcoin is you do not break Bitcoin.

You can follow her [here](nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a) and you should also consider buying her book [Broken Money](https://www.lynalden.com/broken-money/).

---

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See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

If you trust someone else's Bitcoin node to tell you that you now control an UTXO, do you really control that UTXO?

I recently had the opportunity to install Umbrel and StartOS multiple times and now I have a stable setup that keeps me sovereign.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqd8yatwde5kueedd4uj6mmhdckkummyv5khgcttv5knyq3qer0k46yxcugmp6r6mujd5qvp75yp72m98fs6ywcs2k3kqg3f8grqxpqqqp65w90wefs


NGMI https://i.nostr.build/B2vw.jpg


“Nostr has proven extremely resilient to censorship even in highly controlled regions like China, Cuba, Hong Kong and Canada.”

Some good trolling there for Mr. Trudeau 😂


This is hilarious, ridiculous and sad all at the same time.

Americans are held captive by Pharma and forced to pay ridiculously high prices.

And instead of fixing it, the government accepts it and tells you to go to another country to buy your meds.

🤯🤯🤯

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/05/1223070066/fda-approves-floridas-plan-to-import-cheaper-drugs-from-canada

For anyone interested in the details,  Brigham Buhler explains on this Rogan episode how the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries monetize your illness instead of helping you to get healthy.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mCXtp4ylKsOX5fHx6Qzd9?si=np1_RquNQ6WJLYr4PlHVFQ


If email is an "owned" marketing channel, and nostr enables you to own your audience but lacks that "inbox" deliverability - what's to stop a function where all of your contacts can be dmed at once? Concern for spam? I can see how that would be massively abused. But how could we make this a reality. If it were, then you would not need to worry about building up contacts to reach all of them. A note is kind of a weak version because it comes and goes and disappears from people's feeds, but a DM is more permanent.

I'm just throwing this out there for the big brains to maul over and think about how we can turn nostr into a truly "owned" channel for marketing.

Thanks for your time.


Knowing who they are, I’m sure that they are investors in something around these drugs


It’s an episode that everyone should listen to.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MDqwjo3TfL1w7NJo1wldR?si=rjwpDrx5Qx2bbymNmaQVcw


Fully agree. There is no free lunch. The guest at the Huberman episode draw the line between the drug and the side effects very clearly


The shit has now hit the fan.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/03/health/glp1-agonist-side-effects-fda/index.html

This was already brought up in a Huberman Lab episode in mid December. nostr:note1pmh8mry7xwl72wzvdxsrqeuexwwfkna47wyw5j00y7fply0ew8ssur24yg


Today is my birthday. And I feel more alive than ever!

So much has changed in the past few years… 2 marathons, fittest I’ve ever been, all-in with Bitcoin, Nostr, unwinding of my normie programming, …

2024 is going to be a fun ride and I’m privileged to share the journey with all the Nostr plebs.

#nostrplebs


There is hope 👏🏻


The first week of the year is kind of slow with people coming back from time off.

I use this week for high level planning: goals, wanted new habits, unwanted old habits, …

You need to know where you’re going before you start on your journey 😁


¡Feliz Año Nuevo!


Very warm winter this year. Not so much snow 😭


In my opinion, a subscription is not begging. You earn the renewal every month or every year by delivering value with the app. In this case, nips supported, UX, etc.


Very good post. Ordinals are worse than NFTs on shitcoins because it takes a useless idea that was irrelevant to bitcoin and turns it into a spam attack against bitcoin itself.


Spending an outrageous amount of Bitcoin to own an specific satoshi is stupid and initially I just thought that if others want to do it, that's on them.

Now I realize that ordinals and inscriptions are absolute crap. A fool's errand.

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/i-made-up-my-mind-on-ordinals


> "Ordinals are fiat. And inscriptions aren’t rare"
>
> — Southern Hands

Spending an outrageous amount of Bitcoin to own an specific satoshi is stupid and initially I just thought that if others want to do it, that's on them.

But with ordinals and inscriptions clogging the network and driving Bitcoin transaction fees through the roof, I came across this fantastic read by nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev of a Medium post by Southern Hands titled [Ordinals are Fiat. And Inscriptions aren’t Rare](https://medium.com/@southern_hands/ordinals-are-fiat-and-inscriptions-arent-rare-f1681b60facc) and I finally made my mind about them.

https://www.fountain.fm/episode/RRvB5Te4a1P8eXOO3LY6

> Inscriptions and Ordinals are absolute crap. A fool's errand.

---
## Ordinals
Ordinal theory numbers satoshi in a certain order as they get mined. Block #0 created satoshis 1 through 5,000,000,000; block #1 created satoshis 5,000,000,001 through 10,000,000,000 and so on.

You then track satoshis through UTXOs considering a First-In-First-Out logic.

When the UTXO becomes an input to a transaction, you count satoshis starting with Input 1, then Input 2 and transfer them to the outputs starting with Output 1, then Output 2, and so on.

Ordinals count from bottom to top. But what if I want to count from top to bottom?

**I hereby create SuperOrdinals.** The SuperOrdinals theory goes as follows:
- The last satoshi of the last input becomes the first satoshi of the first output.
- We count satoshis using Last-In-First-Out.
- Now an specific satoshi used in an input will land in a different output compared to regular Ordinal theory.

> "Ordinals are a method of, first, pretending that it makes sense for satoshis to have serial numbers, and second, stipulating a set of rules to put them in order so that we can count and assign those serial numbers. In other words, we number the satoshis by fiat."

If you're thinking that this is bogus, it's because it is. Ordinals are arbitrary and subjective. Some people have agreed to follow certain logic and apply it to the Bitcoin blockchain and that's it.

## Inscriptions
Inscriptions store JPGs in one of the fields of a transaction and are associated with an specific ordinal (numbered satoshi) of that transaction. Storing a JPG takes a lot of bytes and that is why fees are going up.

If you want to sell the inscription to somebody else, you just need to create a new transaction that is structured following the Ordinal theory so that the specific ordinal lands in an UTXO that is controlled by the buyer.

The inscription remains in the original transaction where it was stored. No one can change that.

The buyer gains no control of the inscription because the buyer has no control over the original transaction. The buyer is *mentally* assigning herself ownership of the inscription because she used the Ordinal theory to count satoshis.

This is not different than Johnny selling me the the star Polaris. I know have a piece of paper that says that I'm the rightful owner of the star Polaris.

Anyone can see every inscription that is on the Bitcoin blockchain. As a matter of fact, the *owner* has as much control over the inscription as any of us: zero.

There is no real ownership of inscriptions. Just an arbitrary logic that some people have decided to follow and pay for.
## My verdict

> Ordinals and inscriptions are a fool's errand. They are useless and they are harming the Bitcoin network by unnecessarily raising transaction fees.
>
> I do hope that they fade soon.

At the same time, and following Jocko's philosophy, experiencing the impact of inscriptions now is good for Bitcoin.

We, and I definitely include myself here, have been complacent with UTXO management. We could get away with it while fees were low. But now we can't.

High transaction fees and full mempools are here to stay. Today it is inscriptions, tomorrow it will be the new wave of adopters coming in.

As a result, I can't setup a friend anymore with a non-custodial Lightning wallet and then send him 50,000 satoshi as a welcome gift. High fees make this impossible.

Bitcoin needs to continue evolving to support onboarding and adoption by new users even in a high fee environment and inscriptions are giving us the opportunity to build the solution before massive amounts of people come onboard.

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# Notable notes

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# Recommendations
## Odell

He saw it coming: "Mempools will never clear again."

You can follow him [here](nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx).

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## What did you think of today's newsletter?
Your feedback helps me create the best newsletter possible for you.

Please leave a comment and checkout comments from other subscribers and readers.  I love hearing from the Bitcoin For Families community ❤ 🙏🏻

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See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

Spending an outrageous amount of Bitcoin to own an specific satoshi is stupid and initially I just thought that if others want to do it, that's on them.

Now I realize that ordinals and inscriptions are absolute crap. A fool's errand.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqwkjttdv9jx2tt4wqkk67fdd45kuepddahz6mmjv35kuctvwvpzpjxldt5gd3c3kr584heymgqcraggru4k2wnp5ga3q4drvq3zjwsxqvzqqqr4guw4zm5g


That sucks.  Damn drunk drivers 😡


Oh no! What happened?


“Saving wealth in a non-ideal form of money and being unable to properly measure or understand the supply growth of the money that you use, can have dire consequences individually or as a society.”

Run, don’t walk, to get your copy of Broken Money.


We don't need GLP-1 drugs. We need to remove sugar from our food.


I don’t think that you need money from VC.

You already have the tech and it’s working. I’m typing this using Damus.

The issue is the business model. You can spend next year trying different business models to see which one scales.

I’m happy to help brainstorm business model options and how to test them if you’re interested.


Renewed the domain. Didn’t have any better ideas, so NIP-05s, it is.

If you want one, hit me up. Free as in beer.

https://nostr.party/


You’re a good friend!


Crazy


Thanks for being here and sharing your concerns 👏🏻


Just express yourself. Whatever is it that you like talking about, just do it.

You might be the only one here that cares about that topic. And you might be the reason why a second person who cares about that same topic joins Nostr.


Merry Christmas!


Great pic!


Merry Christmas Nostriches!

https://m.primal.net/HVLl.jpg


Congratulations to your parents and to you! Welcome to the world


I’m happy for you and your wife. That is a rare and good outcome for the kids


That is a great gift idea!


May your heart be light, your celebrations be joyful, and your time with loved ones be filled with warmth and laughter.

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/merry-christmas


> "May your heart be light, your celebrations be joyful, and your time with loved ones be filled with warmth and laughter."

Today I'm not talking about Bitcoin, Nostr, the Federal Reserve or the national debt.

Christmas is around the corner and we must not forget that health and family are the most precious things that we can have.

So enjoy this time with family and friends and get ready for next year.

> 2024 is going to be a very special year for Bitcoin.

¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo!

![](https://i.nostr.build/K5W2.jpg)

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See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qq8k6etjwfuj6cmgwf5hxardv9esygxgma4w3pk8zxcws7klyndqrq04pq0jkef6vx3rkyz45dszy2f6qcpsgqqqw4rsjplq2x


Nostr is the way.


I’m happy to help even if with a small amount.

We need to support our local farmers and fishermen if we want wholesome food at our tables.


Just loaned them $100. Thanks for highlighting this opportunity to support a farm.


 nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev does it again.

Listen to this episode to understand how ordinals and inscriptions truly work.

TLDR: they are neither rare nor owned by the "buyer".

https://www.fountain.fm/episode/RRvB5Te4a1P8eXOO3LY6


Today (at my fiat job) we're raising $1.39MM in community financing to help a company in Bristol Bay, AK called Circle Seafoods build a mobile salmon processing barge.

The barge will be out-fitted with flash-freezers, storage, and ice production to help fishers out on the water sell their catch at peak quality (fresh from the sea) and for a premium.

We launched two hours ago and have raised over $905k!!

This community lending model is a great way for communities and businesses that need access to capital to bypass big banks. Community lenders earn the return as opposed to giant financial institutions.

Check it out #nostriches. This is community supporting community to build resilient and free (as in speech) food systems.

https://gosteward.com/projects/circle-seafoods/mobile-salmon-processing-barge

If any of you jump into the campaign (loans can start at $100 USD), please ping me here and let me know.

#regenerativeagriculture #foodfreedom #fishing #food #farming #fiatfood #grownostr #freedom #community


You can even do a full day for bigger cuts like  a T-bone. Remember to salt generously


T-bone on the grill for dinner. https://i.nostr.build/Kyr3.jpg


Thanks for the zap 🙏


Snoqualmie Pass, WA


And so it begins…

#ski #grownostr https://i.nostr.build/eLq3.jpg


Thanks! I pay the kids with LN but I do need to bundle payments and only pay them monthly until I get my channels in order


Ordinal inscriptions are driving Bitcoin transaction fees through the roof.

Today I'm sharing my mistakes and steps you can take to protect yourself from paying exorbitant fees when using your Bitcoin.

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/protecting-yourself-from-high-fees


> "Transactions fees are high. Did you manage your UTXOs appropriately while fees were low?"
>
> — Jameson Lopp, Casa co-founder and CTO

Ordinal inscriptions are clogging the network and driving Bitcoin transaction fees through the roof.

High fees make transactions unaffordable and although Lightning can help avoid some of those fees, that will only work if you have your Lightning channels already setup and with sufficient liquidity.

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## Buying Bitcoin

While fees were low, it was ok to buy $20 worth of Bitcoin at Swan or Strike and then send it to your wallet but that is not a good option anymore.

Just like it's not a good option anymore to send $20 worth of Bitcoin from Fold or whatever Bitcoin rewards program you use to your Bitcoin wallet.

Let's consider a transaction with 1 input (one of your UTXOs) and 2 outputs (payment to the recipient and change coming back to you). This transaction will have a size of 226 vbytes according to this [calculator](https://bitcoinops.org/en/tools/calc-size/). With transaction fees as high as 700 sats/vbyte this means a transaction fee of 158,200 sats.

If you send 1,000,000 sats from your custodial wallet to your own wallet, you will create a new UTXO in your wallet with 1,000,000 sats and when you try to spend it you will be able to make a payment of up to 841,800 sats with a fee of 158,200 sats: **a whopping 18.8% transaction fee.** 😱

You will need to balance the risk of having a large amount of sats in a custodial wallet with the the fee you're willing to pay to decide when to withdraw.

> With the current transaction fees, UTXOs will incur the following fees when you try to spend them to the max after deducting the sats for fees:
>  - 1,000,000 sats: 18.8%
>  - 2,000,000 sats: 8.6%
>  - 5,000,000 sats: 3.3%

## Non-custodial Lightning wallets

Non-custodial Lightning wallets are great from a sovereignty perspective. You hold your Bitcoin and no one can rug you.

But there is no such thing as a free lunch. The increased sovereignty comes with the burden of Lightning channel management.

I recklessly transferred small amounts of Bitcoin to my Mutiny wallet to  pay the weekly allowance to my kids and now the wallet has 10 Lightning channels, **each with limited liquidity and effectively useless**.

![](https://i.nostr.build/jayV.jpg)

To avoid making the same mistake as I did, create Lightning channels with at least 5 million sats. Otherwise you will end up a Lightning channel that is holding a majority of your Bitcoin as unspendable Bitcoin on reserve for when the channel is closed.

Swapping from Bitcoin to Lightning is a double whammy:
- You spend a large amount of Bitcoin in the transaction that creates the new Lightning channel
- A large amount of the Bitcoin that makes it to the channel is held as reserve for when the channel closes

Here is what Mutiny is suggesting if I try to swap 200,000 sats from Bitcoin to Lightning within the wallet. This transaction would likely end up with somewhere around 100,000 sats of spendable Bitcoin for the cost of 261,774 sats.

![](https://i.nostr.build/PWwZ.jpg)

## Summary

> Create UTXOs that are large enough to justify the transaction fees that you will incur when you spend them.
>
> Create Lightning channels that have big enough liquidity so that the Bitcoin held in reserve becomes a very small factor.

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# Notable notes

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# Recommendations
## Jameson Lopp

I don't always agree with Jameson but I always learn something new from him.

You can follow him [here](nostr:npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp).

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## What did you think of today's newsletter?
Your feedback helps me create the best newsletter possible for you.

Please leave a comment and checkout comments from other subscribers and readers.  I love hearing from the Bitcoin For Families community ❤ 🙏🏻

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See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

Ordinal inscriptions are driving Bitcoin transaction fees through the roof. Today I'm sharing my mistakes and steps you can take to protect yourself from paying exorbitant fees when using your Bitcoin.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qq38qun0w3jkxarfdenj67t0w4e8xetvvckkvun0d5kks6t8dqkkvet9wvpzpjxldt5gd3c3kr584heymgqcraggru4k2wnp5ga3q4drvq3zjwsxqvzqqqr4gu93f3kx


¡Qué pinta!


Got it


I guess she is pro-war. That’s where most of her taxes will go


So glad I closed my account there


Thank you. Fixing a broken system is hard. I hope that things change for the better for Argentina


When I heard about the change I thought it was good since it makes the official exchange rate closer to the real market change.

What is the perception in Argentina?


I can’t believe he didn’t laugh one single time


It’s hilarious! 🙋🏻♂ European throwing little tantrums regularly 🤣🤣🤣


If I want to achieve anything new in my life, the question is never "Can I do it?"

The question is always "What am I willing to give up in order to get it?"

Are you willing to trade in your current comfort to achieve your goals? https://image.nostr.build/a4b8517be3d34785bb7ff52ed220d42e28ebe1a62fba7f4f4711db0291319db5.jpg


Similar situation to using Linux for consumer computers.


I present you my Bitcoin node. Fun hours ahead 😁 https://i.nostr.build/z76Y.jpg


Found on the comments section of a Spanish news article regarding Milei's first day in power.

The level of brainwashing that needs to happen to get someone to this level is astounding:

"Inflation is the basis of ultra-liberal economics. Inflation is a reflection of macroeconomic surplus value. In other words, it is the guarantee that what you do today is more expensive tomorrow. And it runs wild because of the entrepreneurial appetite.... Not because of the debt."


Morning sir


The government needs to look like it is fighting inflation. But it can only pretend to do so because to fight inflation for real they would need to admit that they are the source of inflation and that tough times are ahead.

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/pretending-vs-real-fighting-of-inflation


> "The president is so focused on fighting to bring down costs for hard working Americans. For instance, the president believes it just isn't right that prescription drugs are practically unaffordable for many Americans, and that's why he's fighting to lower health care costs. He got great legislation to cap insulin costs for seniors at $35 a month."
>
> — Lael Brainard, National Economic Council Director

The government needs to *show* that it is fighting inflation but to do so, and to do it honestly, the government would need to admit that they are the cause of inflation. That the gravy train that is the federal budget is the cause of inflation.

And they won't do that. So they **pretend to fight inflation**.

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## Pretending to fight inflation

Ms. Brainard, the top economic advisor to the Biden administration, recently gave an [interview](https://www.npr.org/2023/12/08/1218238608/jobs-economy-labor-market-inflation-joe-biden) to NPR that can be summarized as "*We are posturing that we're fixing the economy even though we are not and we can't believe that people are not falling for it*".

The government needs to show that they're doing something but they don't really want to reduce the debt and the current spending, actions that would actually reduce inflation, because that would put their re-election at risk.

So instead they take token actions around insulin for medicare and fees by airlines or banks.

>What do these industries have in common? They are highly regulated.
>What do they **don't** have in common? They cause inflation.

These actions will never have a major impact on inflation. Unless they "gerrymander" the inflation basket items even more and make these three items the key items that supposedly Americans are buying every month.

## Actually fighting inflation

The Federal Reserve is not stupid. They know that the money supply, all the money printing to buy things we can't afford, is what is causing inflation.

Since August 2022, the Federal Reserve has quietly tried to reduce inflation for real by reducing the money supply but in April of this year they reversed course and started adding more money again in the economy.

Money supply M2 since 1959

Money supply M2 June - 2022 to today

>Who asked the Federal Reserve to add more money to the economy? The answer is obvious: the Biden administration.

The governments don't want to fight inflation because that will require sacrifices. It will require admitting that we maxed the credit cards and that now we need to tighten our belts to pay them off. How many politicians in power do you know who are ready to say so openly?

You will only hear this message from politicians who are running for office: I've only heard this message from Vivek Ramaswamy (republican) and Robert Kennedy Jr. (independent).

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# Notable notes

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# Recommendations
## Preston Pysh

Preston Pysh is an investor and Bitcoin educator. You can listen to his podcasts at [The Investor's Podcast Network](https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/).

You can follow him [here](nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z).

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## What did you think of today's newsletter?
Your feedback helps me create the best newsletter possible for you.

Please leave a comment and checkout comments from other subscribers and readers.  I love hearing from the Bitcoin For Families community ❤ 🙏🏻

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See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

Pretending vs real fighting of inflation

The government needs to look like it is fighting inflation. But it can only pretend to do so because to fight inflation for real they would need to admit that they are the source of inflation and that tough times are ahead.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qq58qun9w3jkuerfdenj6ann94ex2ctv94nxjemgw35kueeddanz66twvekxzarfdahqygxgma4w3pk8zxcws7klyndqrq04pq0jkef6vx3rkyz45dszy2f6qcpsgqqqw4rsj7ah7m


Welcome and congrats for leaving X


It turns out @Gigi ⚡🧡 ‘s real name is David Goggins 🤣 nostr:note1ccc2zem5w0aczlfa0lmak6ew9j94alm4ac7nuvpu20gjpasl7x9qkyqxwh


A reminder that membership on the X platform is ultimately up to one person and that is bad.

Regardless of whether you like this instance, the issue is the control by Musk.

What if you say something he doesn’t like?

That’s why I deleted my X account.

#onlynostr

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/09/business/alex-jones-restored-x-elon-musk-poll/index.html


Off course it’s a Christmas movie. https://i.nostr.build/Qzxa.png


Definitely did! 👏🏻


Where is that?


Amazing memories! Thanks for sharing


The backroads around the Valley are great for summer driving 😁


Raw power at Snoqualmie Falls this morning.

#grownostr https://v.nostr.build/RAwq.mp4


Yeah, I didn’t tell him off. Just looked at him like, c’mon…he has good grades anyway


One of my middle schoolers was explaining me how he installed a VPN on his school computer to be able to play Fortnite while at school and I am torn between telling him off and congratulating him 😳


Automatic follow 👏🏻


That’s a good question. I understand that it’s more important to me than to millennials.

Those who forget their history are condemned to repeat it.

So I think that it’s all about the focus: today, a real newspaper or journalist could have written an article drawing parallelisms between this event that dragged US into WWII and the events going on today that could very well drag US into WWIII.


82 years ago today, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, officialling dragging US into WWII.

I've only seen 2 references in the news about it today.

I'm not that old and I grew up in the long shadow of WWII called the cold war.

Millenials are as far removed from WWII as I am from WWI yet I have the feeling that are as "connected" to WWII as I am to the Napoleonic Wars.

https://www.statenews.org/news/2023-12-07/decades-after-he-died-a-pearl-harbor-sailor-comes-home

https://www.foxnews.com/us/world-war-ii-veteran-103-returns-pearl-harbor-82-years-japans-attack-honor-fallen-comrades


This Christmas I'm asking Santa for one thing:

A Joe Rogan interview with nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx.

#christmaswish #grownostr


Alright fellow psychopaths.  I need your help.

For a few weeks now I've been drafting this turn-key response to FinCEN and their absurd proposal for CVC mixing, etc.

I want you to take action and use what I wrote in this proposal to post comments into the register - less than a minute to perform and all the links are in the document.

Accelerate.  Take Action.  #Bitcoin

https://egodeath.capital/blog/fincen-may-be-violating-your-rights-bitcoin


Wow! Which ski resort is that?


Beautiful!


Everyone buys bitcoin at the price they deserve.

In any case, they are still doing themselves a favor.


💯

And it applies to everything, including Bitcoin and Nostr


I will dig deeper


It all depends on who stores it and how. I use FaceID on my iPhone.

The data to match the FaceID doesn’t leave my phone although I need to trust Apple on that. If you don’t want to place that trust on Apple then it would be better to use something like Graphene.


It’s the ultimate identity. With your dna stolen, you have no anonymity.


Put your DNA in the cloud. What could go wrong?

🤦🏻♂

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/tech/hackers-access-7-million-23andme-profiles/index.html


Important reminder by nostr:npub18kpw3akvdsyk239lx0jgwksr74sq4nlha3r8u9g2rnrhztfpfhysy469c4.

I left a comment against the proposal. Here is a brief analysis and examples of what you can post in the FinCEN comments section.

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/act-now-to-protect-your-privacy

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If you’re a no ego bitcoiner, come ski with us in Jackson Hole at the 3rd Annual #Bitcoin Ski Summit (give the FED a run for their money printer).

March 6-9. Beginners to amateurs and pros welcome. Family friendly / we have our first a Satoshi School for children this year!

Looking forward to getting runs in with nostr:npub153xmex42x4chdf757hp3q6zxagykkek7pdgwuwd074964dkyha9s82ryu8 nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z nostr:npub1sdldck3ksvhqx979wj8qqhk979xq000vn54cm3ekspedmj0a2frqyqwdfs nostr:npub15569ghu37svu0u285dd7pfvw6h6t9x4xmddyu836jzpvsrtghhystgkq5k nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu  and many more! Altitude IVs for those coming in straight from Atlantis 🎿

https://www.apres.tech/bitcoin-ski-summit-2024

#skistr #nature #pow


A fantastic movie.


I would not bet against Bitcoin. Period.

And short sellers can go to hell. They are the pure definition of destructive behavior.


Hilarious comment. And I agree with you, I tried her wines are they are horrible. Fantastic venue but bad, bad wines.


To tax any asset inheritance at 100% is morally wrong. Much worse at 110%.

Anyone in Japan capable of critical thinking should by now have realized that the government is NOT there to help you. It’s quite the opposite.


Help us out #NYCstr! #dogstr 💜🐶
https://image.nostr.build/7a46133f91836a030a35689c115b8ca739fd4a05f425f51c81f350ced6b5f105.jpg


Tu tambien eres boqueron?


You're such a bad person. I bet besides inflation, world hunger is also your fault


Después de escuchar el album "A tu alcance" de Danza Invisible, Spotify me esta llevando por un viaje de la nostalgia con Los Inhumanos, La Frontera, Los Rebeldes, ...

https://open.spotify.com/album/36QPkcRsSKsZ41CKQiaEoT?si=YoYvU1koSEeHbfty4LoQJQ


The new EPA methane regulation is an opportunity for the oil & gas industry to channel their inner Jocko, say the word GOOD, and deploy Bitcoin miners at their drilling sites.

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/oil-and-gas-needs-bitcoin-more-than-ever


> "We’ve crafted these technology standards to advance American innovation and account for the industry’s leadership in accelerating methane technology. Thanks to robust public feedback and engagement with states, Tribes, companies, and organizations, we are finalizing this historic action to reduce climate pollution, protecting people and the planet."
>
> — Michael S. Regan, EPA Administrator

Today, the EPA announced new [regulations](https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-standards-slash-methane-pollution-combat-climate) to slash methane emissions by the oil & gas industry.

The press release is a combination of political speech, fantasy land accounting and wishful thinking.

Big oil is *welcoming* the regulation. They know that's what they need to say to avoid getting in trouble and they do have the dollars to manage the impact. Small oil is more worried because the new regulation will bring significant costs to them.

I hope the oil & gas industry channels their inner Jocko, say the word *GOOD*, and take this opportunity to embrace Bitcoin mining.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IdTMDpizis8?si=EY4rAHh0ZNdbt4Wf" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>

>The oil & gas industry can transfer the new methane regulation from an operational cost into a new revenue stream by deploying Bitcoin miners to capture and process the excess methane.

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## To change a behavior, change the incentives

It sounds obvious but for some reason, most people don't follow this basic principle of human behavior.

The oil & gas industry leaks a lot of methane to the air. And they do it because it is not cost efficient for them to capture and process this methane.

The government approach to solving the problem is to issue a regulation that forces the industry to capture this methane at a loss.

Bitcoin represents an opportunity for the oil & gas industry to turn this regulation on its heels and make a profit out of capturing and processing the methane that today they are leaking.

They can deploy Bitcoin miners at these locations, powered by the captured methane, and make a profit along the way. Talk about a win-win-win.

If we had an intelligent and unbiased administration, they would encourage the industry to do just so. But we don't.

We have an administration that depends on the ponzi scheme called *the dollar* to sustain themselves, to continue to promise things that we can't afford, and keep piling up on the national debt.

And so they will never recommend Bitcoin, even if it's the right thing to do.

> Just like the Canadian government sees Bitcoin as a threat to its authoritarian mandates, the US government sees Bitcoin as a threat to their ponzi scheme that keeps them in power.

## Bitcoin miners is the solution

Daniel Batten is an environmentallist and a Bitcoiner who has done extensive research on this field as part of his work as a climate change venture capitalist.

You can find some of his research on Bitcoin mining and captured methane on this article:

https://batcoinz.com/50-landfills-mining-bitcoin-a-zero-emission-bitcoin-network/

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# Recommendations
## Daniel Batten

Daniel is an environmentalist and a Bitcoiner who runs a climate change venture fund and perfectly understands the incentives that drive human behavior.

He has done extensive research on the energy usage of the Bitcoin network and the opportunity to use Bitcoin to reduce carbon emissions.

You can follow him [here](https://primal.net/profile/8fec426247845bdd26f36ae4f737508c15dbec07d43ce18f8c136ab9e35ac212).

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## What did you think of today's newsletter?
Your feedback helps me create the best newsletter possible for you.

Please leave a comment and checkout comments from other subscribers and readers.  I love hearing from the Bitcoin For Families community ❤ 🙏🏻

---
See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

The new EPA methane regulation is an opportunity for the oil & gas industry to channel their inner Jocko, say the word GOOD, and deploy Bitcoin miners at their drilling sites.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qq5x76tv94skuepdvashxttwv4jkguedvf5hgcm0d9hz6mt0wfjj6argv9hz6etkv4eqygxgma4w3pk8zxcws7klyndqrq04pq0jkef6vx3rkyz45dszy2f6qcpsgqqqw4rswl0cya


If renewable energy were cheaper than the alternative, it would be adopted at scale in a heartbeat.

All these "accounting" methods are just fuzzy math aimed at confusing you so much that you just accept the headline and internalize the lie as truth.

Nuclear power is the solution. Everything else is bullshit.

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That sucks. Hopefully they will reconsider.

The reality is finally hitting them:

https://www.energy.gov/articles/cop28-countries-launch-declaration-triple-nuclear-energy-capacity-2050-recognizing-key


Nuclear power needs to be part of the solution. Anyone that claims otherwise is a lier or a moron.

David MacKay did the math for England back in 2008 in a very educating book that I highly recommend.

You can download it for free from his website or buy the paper copy on Amazon.

https://www.withouthotair.com/


The EPA has issued new regulations to cut methane pollution.

This is a good opportunity for the oil & gas industry to adopt Bitcoin.

But I can't help notice the "fantasy land" accounting that the government uses to somehow convince people that the measure it not going to increase the price of oil & gas:

"The agency also estimates the final rule will have net financial benefits of at least $7.3 billion a year from 2024 - 2038. Included in that accounting is the cost of deploying new technologies, along with climate savings and health benefits.".

Only Bitcoin can turn this into a net positive for the industry.


I did ask for it…but 😳


Today years old 😳


The headline should say “Gen Z workers think that fairies will feed them.”


I get the same error


Beautiful dog!


I must add I’m a happy nostr.wine user


Thanks for the detailed explanation.


To benefit from this privacy improvement, do I need to remove all other relays from my settings?


Yep. The BIS is just on another level


The IMF and the World Bank are the biggest enemies of developing countries and now they are getting ready to expand their pool of victims.

Abolish the IMF and the World Bank for a better future for all.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1214428351/climate-funding-rework-financial-system-debt-relief


Uff. Mi más sentido pésame


I don’t know what’s worst, the 5 turnovers by the Vikings or the fact that the Bears only have 9 points to show for those turnovers.


Unhealthy. No doubt about it.


Canada is ramping up its efforts to ban any activity that could threaten the government of Prime Minister Trudeau.

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/the-canadian-government-strikes-back


This is a highlight created in https://habla.news
"Canada is ramping up its efforts to ban any activity that could threaten the government of Prime Minister Trudeau."


Thank you for sharing this.

I’m very far away from my parents, them in Spain and me in US and as they get older, I get more worried about the distance.


Contact lists shouldn’t be replaceable lists.

Nostr needs a type of list that only allows to add or remove one contact at a time.

That will make it more difficult for a software bug to seriously impact your contact list. nostr:note18akkvqcvnez0mzlkft66zhv2qcswayd8830unpa3avwm86ngegvsdv0f9c


Utxo's fight is everyone's fight. Nothing is free.

Support utxo with some Bitcoin. Rights must be constantly defended. Otherwise evil will chip at them, little by little.

You gotta fight for your right (to Bitcoin!).

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/the-canadian-government-strikes-back


> "I knew this day would probably come, but didn't expect it so soon.
  >
  >I am being investigated for running an illegal money transmission business in Canada (nodeless)."
>
> — utxo

Today we woke up to the news that utxo is being forced to shut down his business [nodeless.io](https://nodeless.io).

Fortunately, utxo made the source code open source in anticipation of this event but that doesn't make the situation less shameless.

Canada is ramping up its efforts to ban any activity that could threaten the government of Prime Minister Trudeau.

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## Nodeless.io is a legitimate, peaceful business

Nodeless.io hosts your own instance of [BTCPay Server](https://btcpayserver.org/), the open source Bitcoin payment processing software so that you don't have to and it charges you a small fee for doing so.

Nodeless.io is as much of a money transmission business as Microsoft Azure, the cloud provider for Mastercard [Cloud Point of Sale](https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2021/january/mastercard-pioneers-cloud-tap-on-phone/) solution.

But nodeless.io operates with Bitcoin and Canada doesn't like that.

Let's take a look at the services offered by Nodeless.io.

![](https://i.nostr.build/krlV.png)

Nodeless.io is making it easy for businesses, not-for-profits and content creators to get paid in Bitcoin. It is not nodeless.io who gets paid. Money goes automatically to the Bitcoin or Lightning wallet of the business and nodeless.io gets a cut for the services provided.

Everything that nodeless.io does, you can do yourself with the BTCPay Server software. Utxo just automated the process so that we don't all need to become BTCPay Server experts or IT experts. That is not a money transmission business, that is an IT business.

So why is the Canadian government doing this?

Canadian citizens kept the protests of the Canadian truckers going by funding them with Bitcoin once the government ordered the banks to freeze the trucker's money and Mr. Trudeau didn't like that.

> The Canadian government of Prime Minister Trudeau sees Bitcoin as a threat to its authoritarian mandates.
## What's next

Utxo's fight is everyone's fight. Nothing is free. So go and support nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8 with some Bitcoin.

Zap his profile or any of his posts.

**Rights must be constantly defended. Otherwise evil will chip at them, little by little. You gotta fight for your right (to Bitcoin!).**

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# Notable notes

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# Recommendations
## Utxo

Obviously.

You can follow the account at nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8.

Stay tuned and contribute if / when utxo opens up a Geyser Fund for his legal fees.

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## What did you think of today's newsletter?
Your feedback helps me create the best newsletter possible for you.

Please leave a comment and checkout comments from other subscribers and readers.  I love hearing from the Bitcoin For Families community ❤ 🙏🏻

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See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

Utxo's fight is everyone's fight. Nothing is free. Support utxo with some Bitcoin.

Rights must be constantly defended. Otherwise evil will chip at them, little by little.

You gotta fight for your right (to Bitcoin!).

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqj8g6r9943kzmnpv35kzm3dvahhvetjdekk2mn594ehgunfddjhxttzv93kkq3qer0k46yxcugmp6r6mujd5qvp75yp72m98fs6ywcs2k3kqg3f8grqxpqqqp65wfq038q


Anyone in Argentina that wants to buy some bitcoin? I need to sell some bitcoin for an ARS transfer via CBU.

Please DM.


Agree. That's why I'd rather utxo do it himself


Could you please create a fund on Geyser? I’d create one for you but I’d rather have the funds go directly to you


Click on your picture on the upper left corner to access the settings.

Select Wallet to access this screen: https://i.nostr.build/44GA.png


You can set a percentage of your zaps to go to Damus.

If you are a Damus user and haven’t done that already, do it now!

Nothing is free. nostr:note10t6nru6fay4nuk24wxg8srdg28fnmnruscdmlhq8rr6elfjclweqdz9hvt


I would pay 5,000 sats every month.

Nothing is free and that includes Damus.


My 15 yo daughter is in charge of the appetizers today 😋

#thanksgiving #thankful https://i.nostr.build/qv5a.jpg


I wish this one had one to someone running a miner on an old laptop in their basement and not to a pool nostr:note1g33xt5xdlxclxg5xdkf2nz3stqvt6hzgq4vvfpgg047tznsxw92q02gyrx


Happy Thanksgiving!


Happy Thanksgiving Nostriches!


Keyword here being “for now” nostr:note1awlnhv2mzk8fvt7xx2jfv7pc0jat0pctrs2nannlsnmfhzqeygeq5v99ls


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$boost #bitcoin

https://image.nostr.build/512647fc52ae9e28f3098084a55f1ece18771725937b62a1cc8fa067876555e9.png


That’s bullshit


It’s a fantastic place! Enjoy!


What north?


21 is what I zap too for regular notes.

For things I find truly special, I will zap a higher amount on a case by case basis.

Any one complaining because I’m sending them a bit of the soundest money on Earth should check their hubris.


Microsoft, the biggest shareholder at OpenAI just publicly gave the OpenAI board the finger.

OpenAI is doomed.


We need to fix things ourselves but we do need better politicians.

Politicians will always exist, and what we want is to elect those that will ensure that the government is small and doesn’t play shenanigans with money


27% of Spanish people and 30% of Italian people between the ages of 30 and 34 years old still live with their parents.

Yet most people can't see that the money is broken because their mind can't conceive such a possibility.

https://i.nostr.build/r03l.jpg

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/thank-the-ecb-for-still-living-with-your-parents


I just zapped myself at Habla.news


Thank you! Let me check. You should be able to zap the article on Habla.news


I don't need to go read a book. I'm Spanish and this is my culture.

I lived with my parents while studying at the university. And when I got my first job at age 24 I moved out to my own place (rental).

This study accounts for this cultural preference. That is why it breaks down the statistics by age.

And when those between the ages of 30 and 34 are asked why they still live with their parents, "lack of own income is cited as being of high or very high importance by 66.3% of young Spaniards, 62.4% of Portuguese and 61.2% of Italians.".

You should read the report. It's very interesting.


> "26.5% of Spanish people and 29.5 % of Italian people between the ages of 30 and 34 years old still live with their parents."
>
> — The Mediterranean youth and the challenges of the permanent crisis

The *Esade Center for Economic Policy* and the *Friedrich Naumann Foundation For Freedom* just released an study ([English](https://www.esade.edu/ecpol/en/publications/the-youth-of-the-mediterranean-and-the-challenges-of-a-permanent-crisis/), [Spanish](https://www.esade.edu/ecpol/es/publicaciones/la-juventud-mediterranea-frente-a-los-desafios-de-la-crisis-permanente/)) conducted in Spain, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Portugal, and Tunisia covering people between the ages of 18 and 34.

>Money is seriously broken when one out of every three people 30 to 34 years old can't afford to buy or rent a home.

The study is a very interesting read to understand the current situation in Mediterranean countries.

The recommendations it provides to address the permanent crisis of the people born between 1980 and 2005 shows how **oblivious the establishment is to the root cause of the problem**.

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## Ability to cover expenses and save

![](https://i.nostr.build/69zO.png)

Less than half, in some cases, less than one third of the youth in this countries feels that they can cover their basic expenses.

When you look at their ability to save, you can see the dichotomy of short term vs. long term forecasting. Most youth don't find themselves capable to save for an emergency yet they think that they can save long term (housing and retirement).

The reality is that if you can't save for an emergency, you can't save for long term, but people tend to look at the future with rosier lenses.

## Becoming independent

It is very common for younger people in Mediterranean countries to live with their parents while studying at college or university. That is why this study specifically broke down the housing results by ages and the results are shocking.

![](https://i.nostr.build/zKm0.png)

Half of the young Tunisians ages 30 to 34 still live with their parents! That number is 30% for Italy and 27% for Spain. The main cited reason: **lack of own income**.

And for those who were able to move out, the majority did so with financial support from their parents, the boomer generation. Or as I call them, **the last generation with sound money**.

![](https://i.nostr.build/jW89.jpg)

## The bogus solutions

You would think that this would be obvious by now but apparently not.

> I believe that most people don't see that the money is broken because their mind can't conceive such a possibility. They only know fiat and when looking for solutions, money is not even on their list of candidates.

What do these esteemed economists think that we should do to solve the problem?

Here is their list:
- Improve higher level education: better access to, and more funds for public universities
- Minimum living income payments and savings accounts managed and partially funded by the government
- Expand public housing and simplify regulations for builders

The real reasons: the monetary premium that homes carry and the loss of real purchasing power by these generations are never mentioned. Inflation is mentioned in the opening statements and apparently it's Putin's fault.

![](https://i.nostr.build/P8Md.jpg)

Last week I ended my article with this statement and this week I'm repeating myself:

**It's our duty to help people understand why they are how they are. Introduce them to sound money and the future that it can give us whenever you can.**

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# Notable notes

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# Recommendations
## Fortune

This is an RSS feed of the Fortune website. A great way to stay up to date on news once you ditch X and go Nostr only 😀

You can follow the account at nostr:npub1zy2ent5mwdft3lw3lc4x5wdn5uc3dml25209nremv4g3kcwk3k7sw26tfz

---

## What did you think of today's newsletter?
Your feedback helps me create the best newsletter possible for you.

Please leave a comment and checkout comments from other subscribers and readers.  I love hearing from the Bitcoin For Families community ❤ 🙏🏻

---
See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

Thank the European Central Bank for still living with your parents at age 34

26.5% of Spanish people and 29.5 % of Italian people between the ages of 30 and 34 years old still live with their parents.

Yet most people can't see that the money is broken because their mind can't conceive such a possibility.


WTAF?


I don’t like what Elon Musk is doing with Twitter but SpaceX is a completely different story for me.

I never get tired of seeing stages coming back down to Earth and it was freaking awesome to see the Starship take off today.

#space https://i.nostr.build/agP6.png


When I first read this, I thought about asking you what did you post that triggered YouTube…but I quickly realized that that is irrelevant.

What matters is that they get to decide what others see and don’t see. That is a power that no company or government should be able to wield.


Corporations can’t give you freedom of speech even if they wanted to. They are beholden to their investors.

Only open source built on top of Nostr can give you freedom of speech.

Only open source built on top of Bitcoin can give you freedom money.

That’s why freedom tech is so important.

#freedomtech #freespeech #freedommoney nostr:note10ce66wa68znveqw80nph3grwn9uf425gv2kclxmt3zs9dzhspt6sczvyah


I need your help with something - data !

Context: I’ve been getting feedback that this is the best attempt I’ve made to diffuse the “bitcoin is bad for the environment” FUD-bomb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HheeouBR-3o&t=3

The first half picks apart the flaws in the Cambridge model and replaces them with a more reliable model of Bitcoin’s emissions.

The second half looks at why Bitcoin is the greatest ESG asset of all time.

I break down, with data, why Bitcoin is the best ESG asset across 6 categories.

Here’s the data I’m after:
I’m very interested to hear how it lands with pre-coiners

Please feed back to me what they say, so I can see
A. where people still get stuck and
B. what messages resonate the most so I can keep improving how I communicate this message, because if we know what works we can all disarm environmental FUD and increase user adoption of bitcoin faster.

Thanks!


They should use Lightning for semi private donations


My kids want to put up the tree now and I’ve given up already.


Happy Birthday!


Library card! 🙋🏻♂


I’m sorry your family is going through this.

My suggestion would be a long walk, preferably in nature, and ask her how is she feeling. And then just listen. Let her talk.

Walking also has the extra benefit that she doesn’t need to maintain eye contact while sharing her feelings. This helps a lot with hard conversations.


https://nostrcheck.me/media/malaga2140/2f6d5dbc2335ebfa7e57f9b129223943d6a672a4ff5591d3a113b14ed427f47b.webp
¿Te gustaría iniciarte en la creación de clientes y utilidades de Nostr?

Ya seas, desarrollador, programador o autodidacta con ganas de saber más, el taller que acogemos el Sábado 25 de Noviembre te puede interesar.

De la mano de nostr:npub1gzuushllat7pet0ccv9yuhygvc8ldeyhrgxuwg744dn5khnpk3gs3ea5ds y nostr:npub107jk7htfv243u0x5ynn43scq9wrxtaasmrwwa8lfu2ydwag6cx2quqncxg se explorarán los fundamentos técnicos del protocolo así como las librerías que existen actualmente para su desarrollo.

El objetivo de este taller es dar los primeros pasos para que posteriormente se pueda continuar aplicando el conocimiento y aprendiendo mas.

Puedes reservar plaza gratuita y ampliar información en https://2140meetups.com/meetup/7058/


I’m livid listening to this episode of the Joe Rogan Experience.

The more I learn, the less I trust doctors in their ability to heal us.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3IPGysPyS1rrQDZD9pl2zG?si=0wd_td3ASPSPxl6I4vcafQ


👀 nostr:note1j204qezal3hxxc9nqwggfue7j2y39w56x5jsts8khljpnryvryaqjw4l0e


I delete X again.

What’s the hashtag to follow the news about Xi’s visit on nostr?

#asknostr


Protecting your stack is as important as the stacking itself


“Only by 2027 will autoworkers' wages reach what they were twenty years ago, when adjusted for inflation.”

We’ve been robbed for decades by Central Banks. If you think they are going to stop now, I have a bridge to sell you.

There is only one way to protect your wealth from this theft: Bitcoin.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1212603862/thousands-of-autoworkers-are-voting-no-on-big-3s-record-contracts-hoping-for-mor


The important thing is that you’re here. Enjoy the freedom to post without censorship


I’ll have to look at the Gemini card. Are you happy with them?


Based on my experience, an executive at the technical level is responsible for identifying the right technologies and solutions that will bring to fruition the company’s vision.

You don’t code much but you guide and set the strategy to get to the end goal as quickly and efficiently as possible and with the least possible technical debt.

My 2 cents.


Their business case relies mostly on an item that is out of their control: debit card transaction fees. So it’s hard.

I will still take 0.5% on any transaction and hopefully some bills. Any sat I get back is infinitely more valuable than getting 1% - 2% back in fiat with a credit card.


What a disgrace. Banks operate with such hubris. I can’t wait to see them disappear


Yummy!


It all boils down to integrity.

Lead with integrity in everything you do. Alone or with others.

The universe will thank you. nostr:note1uq4shesxvlv6kcvxaw7rayauyl0kd5har73um9qkceqecyrh35vq8t99wj


The 7.74% must be after deducting the 2% 🤷♂


All I want for Christmas is...more debt.

I took this photo yesterday at a Super Walmart at Chehalis, a rural town in south Washington.

Debt is no longer seen as a negative. Unfortunately, debt is the only way for most people to afford any kind of life. Take the loan and pay back the minimum payments. We're all slaves of the fiat system. Until we liberate ourselves with Bitcoin.

https://i.nostr.build/zemY.jpg

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-more-debt


> "Take 2% off your personal loan rates to fund your holiday season."
>
> — Great Northwest Federal Credit Union

I took this photo yesterday at a Super Walmart at Chehalis, a rural town in south Washington.

![](https://i.nostr.build/zemY.jpg)

The place was packed with hard working people, looking for bargains for the holiday season.

>Don't worry! If you can't afford a picture-perfect Christmas you are still in luck. Your local bank is happy to give you a 1 year loan at 7.5% interest rate so that you can buy all the things that you can **NOT** afford and finally bake those cookies like you deserve.

**Debt is no longer seen as a negative. Unfortunately, debt is the only way for most people to afford any kind of life. Take the loan and pay back the minimum payments. We're all slaves of the fiat system. Until we liberate ourselves with Bitcoin**

---
People are hurting and they are lost. They feel the pain in their pockets. They feel the pain in their diminishing standard of life. They feel the pain in their inability to save for a house, for education, for a better future.

They are slaves of the fiat system. They are victims of our broken money.

The savings people built during the pandemic are gone:

![](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=1bgYJ)
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal Saving Rate.

Credit card debt is at its highest it has even been and growing at a yearly rate never seen before:

![Consumer credit card balances](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=1bgvU)
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Large Bank Consumer Credit Card Balances.

And the interest rates on that debt is skyrocketing:

![](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=1bgxf)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Commercial Bank Interest Rate on Credit Card Plans.

**The stakes are high. The system knows that its collapsing and it is now actively fighting us.**

**It's our duty to help people understand why they are how they are. Introduce them to sound money and the future that it can give us whenever you can.**

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# Notable notes

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# Recommendations
## Nat Brunell

Fantastic Bitcoin educator. Her latest articulation on why younger people are not saving for retirement is a must watch (*hint: it's the video above*).

You can follow her at nostr:npub1ahxjq4v0zlvexf7cg8j9stumqp3nrtzqzzqxa7szpmcdgqrcumdq0h5ech

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## What did you think of today's newsletter?
Your feedback helps me create the best newsletter possible for you.

Please leave a comment and checkout comments from other subscribers and readers.  I love hearing from the Bitcoin For Families community ❤ 🙏🏻

---
See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

All I want for Christmas is ...more debt

Debt is no longer seen as a negative. Unfortunately, debt is the only way for most people to afford any kind of life. Take the loan and pay back the minimum payments. We're all slaves of the fiat system. Until we liberate ourselves with Bitcoin.


One less to go 😁


They really need to build their own backend, as you said.


Is this coming upstream from a their new backend provider? Lost track of who they use now


Have a great day!


These agencies are a joke. They know this all along but they are only willing to “predict” once they see a bond sale crash


Lucky to have you with us


I am just curious. For the nostriches who has joined in the last month or so, what keeps you here? What value do you get from Nostr? 🐶🐾🤔


I took Friday off 😁


Good luck! Ping me if you need help


This happened to me once. I was playing with multiple clients and also manually creating events and *puf*, all my followers were gone.

I used this tool to recover them.

https://github.com/mutatrum/nostr-follow-recovery


Washington state made it illegal to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades in 1995.

Now the federal government wants to bring grizzly bears back to the federal lands within the Cascades.

Comments on the proposal close on November 13th. You can post them here.

I personally, don't need apex predators in the area where I go backpacking and camping with my kids.

#grizzlybears #northcascades #wa

https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=327&projectID=112008&documentID=132104


Welcome!


Hopefully you get the chance to move it out at some point


Muun wants to charge me 20% fees for a 60,000 sats lightning transfer 😨

How are fees with Mutiny right now?


I agree. It's easy to declare wars when it's not you going out there.


Wow. Share this with all your friends. nostr:npub1ahxjq4v0zlvexf7cg8j9stumqp3nrtzqzzqxa7szpmcdgqrcumdq0h5ech again explains in clear, easy terms why Bitcoin. nostr:note15mk6307q95um0ytalgm5xsu8x97z9ksvj40h8mr0amqlscm8wstqd7umvh


Banks are not your friend.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/economy/citibank-armenian-americans-discrimination-accusation/index.html


Obsidian?


Nostr please give Ford a warm welcome, he’s a legendary dude and a super talented dev! (he’s also Zap ready… 😉😉)

Shill him your favourite first follows!

#grownostr nostr:note1p2kwjrdslf8d36en3e34fe8c6c692qn2c4886kegn98qysg6qlcs9h4pjj


Looks delicious 🤤!


Today is a day of celebration so don’t forget to zap the devs that make Nostr possible

Fiat Jaf nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6


That rule is a concept by David Goggins, a Navy SEAL. He uses it to explain that when your brain tells you that you have no more, you actually have more but your brain would rather take the easy path.

I’m currently listening to his book and the next chapter introduces the concept so I’ll let you know.


15 GB? 😳 nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg any idea what’s going on here with your web and Chrome? https://i.nostr.build/wXwA.jpg


All those folks plugging in miners to their heating systems 😁


I need to learn how to properly use highlighter...


I'm a new user and this is a great idea!


You don't need to exercise. You don't need to eat healthy. You just need to pay pharma...

https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/salud/2023/11/06/6547d51de85ecebf538b4579.html


Onboarding idea:
 - New user selects 3 - 4 topics out of a broad list of possible interests
 - Client only populates universal feed from relays that specialize on these topics

Would require specialized relays but I think this would be good for Nostr communities anyway.


Nuts.


Do not exercise. Do not be conscious of what you eat.

Live an unbalanced live and give us your money. We will fix it for you.

https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/salud/2023/11/06/6547d51de85ecebf538b4579.html


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Thanks!


Thanks! nostr:npub1q40jtk09x6mdmmlw09qracctqpgsr9zl2hcc7wzf8vuwasqsncwsxgaa27, you should consider creating an account at Nostr and listing it on your website side by side with your other social media handles.


The Electronic Frontier Foundation should be on Nostr. Does anybody know people there?


#nostr wins by doing things that closed social media networks can NOT or will NOT do.

Nostr gives you a single social network across endless apps and use cases.

X can’t do that. Facebook can’t do that. Instagram can’t do that.

That’s how Nostr wins.

https://youtu.be/qTixqS-W1yo?si=bFelwhch6T7LetBi


So glad for you! Good luck with all the procedures.


Oh yes. I believe that all these temples tracking Sirius were built as an early warning system for the next comet / meteor shower: Sirius is the brightest star on the sky so if the brightest spot on the sky does not follow the alignments of the temples then it is not Sirius, it is something else and we are in serious trouble.


I just finished watching this show and it was very interesting. Surprised yet not surprised by how mainstream archeologists treat Mr. Hancock.

More of “We. and only we, know the real truth. Everything else is disinformation.”

https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81211003?s=i&trkid=255639042&vlang=en&clip=81635092


Thanks! I’ve just placed a hold on the book on my local library


¡Ah! Cuando lo leí, creí que era alguna cryptomoneda y no entendía por qué 😁


What is TH?


When you combine free speech online ( #nostr ) with free money online ( #bitcoin ) you can build a society that is truly by the people and for the people.

Missed the NostrAsia conference? Here are links to all the videos.

Enjoy!

https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/nostrasia-recap


> "Nostr is an open protocol. If a platform is a silo, a protocol is a river: no one owns it, and everyone is free to swim.
>
> — Edward Snowden

The NostrAsia conference just finished yesterday. It ran from November 1st through the 3rd both in Tokyo and Hong Kong.

**When you combine free speech online Nostr with free money online (Bitcoin) you can start building a society that is truly by the people and for the people.**

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This year Nostr.World has held two conferences, one in Costa Rica (Nostrica) and NostrAsia. They were both free to attend and included free meals thanks to the generosity of nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m.

If you are still wondering why Nostr is important, just think about this: Elon Musk wants X to be the center of your financial world. He wants X to fully replace your bank account. But what will happen when your X account gets closed because you said something that the government didn't like?

Many people, who were speaking the truth during the pandemic, had their X accounts closed at the request of the government because the truth didn't align with the narrative that the government was promoting.

> What will you do when your whole financial world is on X and your X account gets closed? You will fear this possibility. You will refrain from speaking against the government because of this possibility.

We can't have this. We want to instead build the tools that allow you to have everything connected through Nostr. This will grant you financial and speech freedom like you have never had before.

Nostr is still in early development. The apps are new, the user experience is still not as polished as centralized solutions, but it works and the community is working at breakneck speed to expand and improve Nostr so that it can fulfill its destiny.

## NostrAsia online
The conference was setup so that you could attend it online.

Here is the full [Tokyo agenda](https://nostrasia.notion.site/NostrAsia-Tokyo-Agenda-257609cf726c49339422f4dd02aa3049) and here are all the videos made available by the organization.
## Day 1

| Topic | Speaker(s) | YouTube link |
| :------ | :-------- | :--------: |
| Marketing on Nostr | nostr:npub17plqkxhsv66g8quxxc9p5t9mxazzn20m426exqnl8lxnh5a4cdns7jezx0, nostr:npub1h50pnxqw9jg7dhr906fvy4mze2yzawf895jhnc3p7qmljdugm6gsrurqev | [Link](https://youtu.be/5ny9IaVQDTQ?si=enqKTZO79UrpiVf9) |
| The Caribbean | nostr:npub1qqqqqq0u2gj96tdfvqymdqn739k4s0h9rzdwyegfmalv28j7a5ssh5ntu2 | [Link](https://youtu.be/AAxgeUl0oxc?si=v_NCCuOP_KqNYjYt) |
| The Future of Nostr |	nostr:npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm, nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg | [Link](https://youtu.be/TYwtya830aw?si=ltGMWdKmhMY2TGat) |
| Nostr Discoverability Doesn’t Suck | nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft | [Link](https://youtu.be/v0H13dPceJ0?si=tjS2NKsnNMFO4_kf) |
| Satslink Project Announcement | nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 | [Link](https://youtu.be/0fNWA42Ne38?si=scUon1b3xdtqE96B) |
| HRF Nostr Funding | nostr:npub1szpa7cypmyd59083qs3pte9lez22lzfu6pl2guhgqx7q09x68y6qquh3td | [Link](https://youtu.be/8dsW8FH9HF8?si=toS88fLZ_lhIG_jb) |
| Client Censorship & Paths Forward | nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr, nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8, nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z, nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s | [Link](https://youtu.be/OmlBYRN9Yjo?si=fil0EJMxGRzsUs2a) |
| Nostr for Normies	| nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 | [Link](https://youtu.be/9pGZ2epF8ZY?si=3_3J_eHz0hgR4XiI) |
| Nostr in Japanese Communities | 	nostr:npub1k0jrarx8um0lyw3nmysn50539ky4k8p7gfgzgrsvn8d7lccx3d0s38dczd, nostr:npub1pjd3a8l0wmygkclcvezacvamwamlqfv7cs0xwjmp7n7920mdkrsq9hpeqp, nostr:npub147ccm75um0zkn0lr9fg9wrag2g6yxfw234fpmhdwuvaqjyegrhgs46t2td | [Link](https://youtu.be/l-lP01IbV_Y?si=kuJMwk-gCWZKUfxJ) |
| Nostr for Content Creators | nostr:npub107jk7htfv243u0x5ynn43scq9wrxtaasmrwwa8lfu2ydwag6cx2quqncxg | [Link](https://youtu.be/IVdUdmuKI5Q?si=ziFjPb3x81sSiQXW) |
| How Nostr Wins | nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft | [Link](https://youtu.be/qTixqS-W1yo?si=nc4hBE0GgILHa5BD) |
| Full day main stage | multiple | [Link](https://youtu.be/gOIZMMvHSZw) |
| Full day workshop stage | multiple | [Link](https://youtu.be/VqOEeG0wpr0) |

## Day 2
| Topic | Speaker(s) | YouTube link |
| :------ | :-------- | :--------: |
| Subcommunities of Nostr | nostr:npub1lunaq893u4hmtpvqxpk8hfmtkqmm7ggutdtnc4hyuux2skr4ttcqr827lj | [Link](https://youtu.be/XwuF28iJNWE?si=n_o9YKpKBJhjjtMH) |
| Snowden & Jack on Nostr | nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9, nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m | [Link](https://youtu.be/Ybe09ImCnvk?si=Z7RfSN9jAAxTK8mo) |
| Full day main stage | multiple | [Link](https://youtu.be/MvIOT9cYS3s) |
| Full day workshop stage | multiple | [Link](https://youtu.be/Nz15SyiwQFk) |

## Day 3

| Topic | Speaker(s) | YouTube link |
| :------ | :-------- | :--------: |
| Full day main stage | multiple |  [Link](https://youtu.be/uhugFUpwKAk)  |
| Full day workshop stage | multiple |  [Link](https://youtu.be/WfMCRnMLanc)  |

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# Notable notes

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# Recommendations
## Uncle Rockstar

Uncle Rockstar is a core contributor to BTC PayServer and a philosopher.

You can follow him at nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg.

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Please leave a comment and checkout comments from other subscribers and readers.  I love hearing from the Bitcoin For Families community ❤ 🙏🏻

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See you again next week!
— Alejandro

This newsletter is for educational purposes. It does not represent financial advice. Do your own research before buying Bitcoin.

When you combine free speech online Nostr with free money online (Bitcoin) you can start building a society that is truly by the people and for the people. Here are all the videos from the NostrAsia conference that just finished yesterday. Enjoy!


This is very important. When people first look at Bitcoin, many decide not to buy because they think they need to buy a whole Bitcoin it’s just like shares of a company.

You can buy as little as $1 worth of Bitcoin and get the corresponding amount in satoshi.

#bitcoin #bitcoineducation nostr:note1fy03w3xsqvykspfr3zt8v4n489xv97vglqu3l08q0qltclfxv3hqhz4q9y


For when someone tells you that we don’t need Bitcoin because we already have “digital money”.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/03/investing/bank-deposit-outage/index.html


Thanks for sharing. I’ll give it a try


86 hours of fasting done. Time to fuel up 😂 https://i.nostr.build/K2Vy.jpg


Calling all content creators on Nostr.

Once Pantreon is out of beta, it will be time to introduce it to those creators who are not on Nostr now. nostr:note1wg0cum2dep67lycevwzl98dwg37jlecyme7apps3dd9ffez9t5ksjvamur


Great response by nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu 👏🏻👏🏻


I lived in Finland for 3 years. It’s a beautiful country!


Was missing some. Now following them all 👏🏻


I still remember the NYT interview with SBF after FTX exploded and all those NPCs clapping at SBF.

Will the NYT apologize?


I use it for my kids


I’m launching https://www.lnesim.com/ Instantly buy travel eSIM with Bitcoin Lightning ⚡ Network. No KYC or email required.

#bitcoin #nostr #plebchain #coffeechain #lightningnetwork https://video.nostr.build/5713c3800ee3392b9848630d0911717a6f07f31c65f94722044dae17497abfbb.mp4


What to do to make your wait time at a Xfinity store worthwhile. https://i.nostr.build/aR0P.jpg


Set it up in the field called Bitcoin Lightning Tips. It should work then.


Are you updating it on your profile?


Love the book! A must read


Good. Was a bit hungry yesterday evening but took some salts and drunk some water and that sorted it out


Add it on Settings in Damus


Oof


A reminder that any money you deposit in a bank is not your money anymore. From that point on, you’re holding an IOU subject to the rules of the bank. nostr:note1rpr8anxehvx7kapl2z7gcuckh07lgesqqzvke6w7jtqrz8phdq2sewgejy


That’s my daily approach. Eating from noon until 8pm.


They are only happy when the “free speech” happens to align with their views. Otherwise it’s hate speech


That sucks


Terrifying


ever use Zelle?

They have no customer service.
Which means:
- no recourse for any wrongdoing.
- No way to report criminal activity.
- no way to request limit changes.

And yet, it’s entirely kyc’d.

Banks on both sides of the transaction can freeze the money.

The worst of all worlds.

I recently paid a contractor via Zelle and they froze funds on his side. (We use the same bank btw.)
My money is gone - no recourse for either of us.

When I call the bank - they immediately tell  me that Zelle is a third party that they have no control over.

I have also been scammed thru Zelle in a weird furniture fiasco.
You can enter your info and amount lost.  To which they respond - there is nothing they can do.

Heres the thing, Zelle is owned by the seven biggest banks in America.

It’s just a scapegoat buffer between banks to absolve them of liability and responsibility.

Stop using it where ever you can.

Fuck banks and everything about them. https://image.nostr.build/1a727ff2cd4a76a1cbb2dc8e25b56c64d848fcf7218be499408fbc0f9fde1f5a.jpg https://image.nostr.build/8ea26a9eced0dc9385bc0ad71a26ccb0dcb00a9e85c438c18a486a1daacf7fc1.jpg


I’m now at hour 60 of an 86 hour fast.

Doing a 3-days fast at least once a year is extremely regenerative for your body and mind.

No food. Just water, black coffee and Himalayan salts for electrolytes every now and then.


Good morning Paulo!


It must feel amazing to hold in your hand something that was created by another human tens of thousands of years ago.

I’m now listening to this episode on Rogan and thoroughly enjoying it:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5jVsWOz8sYZ09ZBbk1EtpQ?si=3xZJcGP8QiauDVbUz5FPAA


Glad that you’re getting better. Stay strong


It’s about the Lightning node and not the Bitcoin node.


I’m sure it still works 😁


“What do we do about free speech when it is so widely abused? We should still do, with renewed vigor, what we have always needed to do: to answer bad speech with better speech, to counter false narratives with better narratives, to answer hate with love, and to believe that the truth can still succeed even in an age of lies. We must defend it fiercely and define it as broadly as possible, so, yes, we should of course defend speech that offends us; otherwise we are not defending free expression at all. Let a thousand and one voices speak in a thousand and one different ways.” ~Salman Rushdie


I would love to hear how the father manages / filters content for the daughter. Not all posts on Nostr are age appropriate for a child and that is what’s holding me from introducing it to my children.


And that’s how we bring the people in. Not because of decentralization or censorship resistance. People will come because of the interoperability of different apps and the shared social graph


Most mortgages in Spain have a variable rate linked to the Euribor.

This means that, as rates go up, more and more families struggle to pay their mortgages.

Latest tally puts almost 800,000 homes 90 days past due.

Sadly, very few realize that part of the reason why they are in this situation is the shitcoinery of the ECB.

For reference, the population is 43 million people so 800,000 homes is a sizable chunk of the Spanish real estate market.

https://www.elmundo.es/economia/actualidad-economica/2023/10/29/653a5ecde85eceff658b456e.html


Corrupted politicians to vote on a bill to end corruption.
🤦🏻♂

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/politics/mitch-mcconnell-josh-hawley-citizens-united/index.html


Just found this. I haven't tried it but they price printing a 340 pages book in economy format for $20 once you include shipping.

Another option is to load the PDF in your kindle or other e-reader.

https://www.blurb.com/pricing#/tab/trade-books


Go for it! Never sell yourself short. You did right by asking for the raise, giving your employer the option to retain you


"handbook" with 335 pages 😉

I've downloaded the PDF and will see how I can get through it. For these type of documents I still prefer good old paper.


Pavement. There is a small stretch of pebbles (less than 100 yards) while crossing a parking lot but otherwise all paved


Looking for a FLAT, USATF certified marathon?

I’ve run the Snohomish River marathon in 2022 and 2023 and just signed up for 2024.

Let’s bring a Nostr team to the race!

#grownostr #running #marathon

https://raceroster.com/events/2024/81073/2024-snohomish-river-run


Congrats!


Thanks for bringing attention to this bill. I wasn’t aware of it and I think it’s a terrible idea.

Sure I want my kids to be happy but this bill is not the solution.


Great pic!


Happy Halloween my friends! 🎃


And some people still think that it’s a scam. Rat poison they say.

Bitcoin is more battle tested than fiat. Fiat wouldn’t have survived without constant intervention. Interventions that are just not possible with Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is truth. Fiat is lies.


Were you diving taking the video?


He wished he looked like a bitcoiner


Agree


To everyone new to #nostr, welcome.

It may be intimating and/or frustrating at first, but I think you'll find it rewarding.

Once you get settled start curating your feed. Only follow people or ideas that interest you. Don't worry about what others are doing, Nostr is for you. Individuals creating a community.

If you see something that doesn't interest you, block the user. It's simple and solves the problem.

If you find a bug in a client don't complain about it. Reach out and inform the developer. Everyone here is trying to create the best experience possible and wants to improve the network as a whole.

If you are having problems just ask. It is amazing the number of people that are willing to help. I've never been disappointed with the response to a genuine question. I don't know a lot, but I'm always willing to help as well.

Again welcome and let's rock this casbah together.

#grownostr #plebchain