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 Set up my first #BitAxe miner!! Anyone mind taking a look at my settings in the next pic to let me know if I did anything wrong? Going for a solo lotto miner. 

#Bitcoin #Mining
https://m.primal.net/KeDU.jpg 
 Here are the settings:
https://m.primal.net/KeDb.jpg 
 My #BitAxe is arriving next week!
https://m.primal.net/KQTx.jpg 
 Congrats to Yahoo on having the worst #fantasyfootball app this year! Yikes 
 Every sat you buy is a vote against the current, broken monetary system. Vote with your wallet. 
 Everything goes up when measured in a collapsing currency. 

Change your measuring stick to the hardest asset in existence and rethink how you invest/save. 
https://m.primal.net/KIFD.jpg 
 Where’s the volatility?
https://m.primal.net/KHUG.jpg 
 Trying to activate my #nostr wallet from the primal iPhone app and it won’t send me verification email. Any tips? 
 I do think there is a difference between a Bitcoin holder and a bitcoiner.

I don't exactly know ... 
 A bitcoiner wants to participate in the bitcoin economy whether that’s through using bitcoin for transactions, running a node, mining, dev work, etc, and is interested in continuously learning more about bitcoin. 

A bitcoin holder just wants number go up 
 Pro tips for recurring Bitcoin purchases:

A) do it daily
B) set it for the morning so you wake up to fresh bitcoin 
 Banker: “So what do you need this cash for?”

Me: “Money is used to pay for things or store... 
 I usually go with diarrhea meds 
 I've noticed that the vast amount of bitcoin influencers have not showed up here on nostr yet. I ... 
 What do you gain from being early here? 
 I might be doing it wrong but cannot find a #lightning address from Aqua Wallet to link in my #nostr profile. Are there specific wallets that have this capability? 
 I don’t talk about this a lot, but I do enjoy it…investing in Bitcoin companies (mainly, mine... 
 Gambling strategy** outside of bitcoin 
 If it’s a monetary one and the goal is to grow your capital then yes. Trying to outperform the denominator is gambling 
 When you measure something finite (#bitcoin) in something infinite (dollars), if demand remains the same or increases, then mathematically, the price must go up over time.

The question you have to ask yourself is whether you think demand for a digital, non-sovereign, decentralized, global, immutable, transparent, peer-to-peer, permission-less, inflation-resistant, pseudonymous, open-source, store of value with a hard cap of 21 million coins is something more people will want in the future. 
 Assume there’s plenty of #bitaxe users on #nostr

Does anyone have any pros/cons they care to share? For $140 it seems like a cool product for a nontechnical person to learn a little about Bitcoin mining. I’m mainly curious about the noise/energy usage/roi? 
 Interesting thoughts there for sure, thanks. Modifications are what scare me, I’m not very technical 
 Well I plan on hitting a block within my first week. Great convo piece for sure! 
 Thanks for the response. Great points 🫡 
 I’ve increased my #bitcoin stack for 232 consecutive days thanks to @River 🫡 
 My 2024 Bitcoin checklist:

Setup daily purchase ✅
Run my own node ❌
Consolidate UTXOs ✅
Set up/fund lighting wallet ✅
Spend Bitcoin on something ❌
Set up nostr account ✅