Rest up and enjoy! 😊


I just want to say thank you to everyone who followed and zapped me yesterday and today. I’m so grateful to have found you all here. As a token of my gratitude, here’s a clip of one of the songs I wrote with a friend of mine who passed away last year. It’s called “Not Where I Belong.”

#singersongwriter #unreleasedsongs #soul #americana
https://m.primal.net/MXOQ.mov


#BITCOIN NUMBER-GO-UP vs FREEDOM-GO-UP

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⚡Fountain: https://www.fountain.fm/episode/xYJwR2VTu9nYf8l1Daeb
⚡YouTube: https://youtu.be/ueZuQ1X3ZWQ
⚡Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/number-go-up-vs-freedom-go-up-jeff-booth-rockstar-the/id1694392423?i=1000676968652
⚡Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0e7Ruj3wTzd8fEy3USqXnv
⚡Rumble: https://rumble.com/v5pakvt-number-go-up-vs-freedom-go-up-jeff-booth-and-rockstar-the-bitcoin-podcast.html
⚡Everywhere else: https://bitcoinpodcast.net/podcast
⚡SHOWNOTES (subscribe to get episodes in your inbox): https://open.substack.com/pub/walkeramerica/p/jeff-booth-and-rockstar-we-are-the


It’s probably worth noting all of excess in US government spending that needs to be cut, will create a dangerous feedback loop and likely deflationary spiral because all of those excess jobs are also spending, buying homes, eating out, traveling, spending on marketing etc. When they stop/slow down - and then require social assistance - debt as a % of gdp screams higher.
Ie - That expansion of government and regulation is a direct consequence of manipulated markets trying to stop the natural deflation in free markets but also an integral part of them - robbing more jobs from the free market, and misallocating capital everywhere.

In other words, it’s going to be messy!

The debt needs to come down first and that means money printing and much higher inflation.
Or as nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a memes so effectively “Nothing stops this train”

In either event - #Bitcoin is your lifeboat.


As of today, it has been exactly one year since I started working full time on kibō (formerly Satonomics) 🎈

For those who don't know kibō is mainly an open source Bitcoin Core data extractor and visualizer very similar to Glassnode. Which was created out of frustration with the alternatives which either cost an arm and a leg and are against bitcoin values or are very basic and not very useful. kibō is completely free and open source, even the API is free and limitless to allow anyone to use the service no matter their background.

Here's how it went:

Time flew by very fast and I haven't achieved as much as I would've liked but it doesn't really surprise me as there is a lot to do when working alone on such a project to provide I good experience for as many people as possible.
I've updated the website multiple times, removed the font-end framework and went full bare JS to make it as light and fast as possible.
Improved the self-hosting experience, which I plan to make it even better after finishing with the v0.5.
Added many features, datasets and charts.
And of course, fixed bugs.
You can check the CHANGELOG file in the repo if you want a full list of what changed.
Contributors are welcome !

I love the idea of Nostr but for now at least, being Nostr only really limits your reach and by now I really thought that I'd have more users. While I hate to idea of being on X, I might pull the trigger, if there is no improvement in the near future, to widen it which might help with the next point..

Financially, it's not great. The idea of value 4 value is really compelling but it hasn't really worked for me and I wasn't able to find any kind of partners or sponsors for this project. Many love the project and want it to continue but no one is willing to step in and help it long-term.
I'm very grateful to all who donated which allowed me to buy a proper hardware to provide a better service but it's sadly not nearly enough to make a living.
Here's a breakdown:
I've received around 3,100,000 sats which is around $2,800 in the span of 12 months and the vast majority of it went to be hardware and thanks to very few individuals, but let's assume it didn't it, it would've been around $233 per month.
Thankfully during this time I've also had unemployment benefits after quitting my first job to work on this project (which will end soon and) which helped me survive but also weren't enough. I've been slowly selling sats since November 2023 and haven't stacked since.

It might feel like a rant but it's not, I've would've 100% done it again. I'm being transparent so that others who thought about doing the same, can see how it went for me.

Let's hope that the next 365 days will be better

Thank you for reading

#Bitcoin is hope 🕊

Screenshots of all the versions:

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It’s that simple. 🫡


Few
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We need a client tier list based on the privacy features they offer.

So far, 0xChat has made DMs much more private on Nostr. More people should start using it; in fact, we should be glad to have an app like this on our protocol.

Amethyst lets you generate your account with Tor, keep it Tor-only, and even remembers that setting when you switch to another account. That speaks for itself.

Gossip and Coracle are also doing very interesting work for privacy.

Privacy is the most powerful feature any social media can offer, and today, free speech is impossible without anonymity.


Introducing Proto Mining https://www.mining.build/blog/introducing-proto-building-the-future-of-bitcoin-mining-hardware-2/


Happy ending.

Earlier today Environment America put up an article called "Bitcoin’s purposeless power problem" which was full of defunded claims about Bitcoin’s environmental impact.

They have now removed their article from their site after I wrote to them pointing out numerous factual errors, with citations and data. https://image.nostr.build/dd91c0f1ff2558ef0f2e46f7a58f22db5f6a9dccc59d5ad7ce110af01d19ea13.png


When the feature is not impissible. And you want the feature. And they want the feature. And we all want the feature. But no one can agree on exactly the right way to add the feature.

So we don't get the feature.


I wrote this letter so I have a link to send when friends & family reach out to me, as they inevitably do during ATH periods. I hope it's useful for some of you too. https://dergigi.com/2020/04/27/dear-family-dear-friends/


Thank you! 🫡


Bitcoin Escape Velocity: when the appreciating FIAT value of your stack far outpaces outgoings.
Some words of wisdom for my newly enriched giddy peers.

* Big purchases will flatten the hockey stick, avoid them.

* Do not quit work/earning - your outgoings will increase significantly.

Sounds obvious I know, but over the years we have lost plenty of good/bright people who took BEV for granted.

Stay safe/spend conservatively


Been playing around with FB ads because unfortunately I cannot shitpost on here and sell products reliably.

Been doing $5 a day just to make it real. Haven’t seen much results but it is still a learning process, my product is quite ready for prime time either so it is understandable.

But when I put that advertising budget into sats, that is 6100 sats per day off into the wind.

I probably won’t cancel the ad, I gotta figure out traditional ads at some point, but consider just zapping people 6,100 sats per day here and seeing if it works any better.

I already zap most posts I enjoy and my default zap is 69 satoshis.

If you made it this far in this post, feel free to comment that you see me. I will zap anybody that comments words of encouragement, or anything interesting or productive 200 satoshis. Go!


As we move through another cycle of people and new wave of “experts” coming to understand #Bitcoin, I want to shout out the cypherpunks, the freedom fighters and #Bitcoiners who were far ahead of me in understanding, advocating and building to this protocol.

Names may be forgotten, but your impact on moving us forward never will.

Deepest Gratitude 🧡💜🙏


Imagine having the most wonderful Bitcoin wallet ever written but it is impossible to get Bitcoin without KYC. That would mean you have the most beautiful financial surveillance system, and something that is ant-Bitcoin.

In order for services to serve properly all of Ethical Bitcoin Principles must be fulfilled simultaneously. It is not a buffet of characteristics you can choose from, you either do it all or not at all.

A world where all money is under surveillance is a suboptimal world, and a choice.

Everyone involved in providing Bitcoin services must make a choice,  freedom or enslavement, privacy or surveillance. These choices are not hard to make, and if everyone works together to make the right choices, then Bitcoin users will get the Bitcoin Ecosystem they deserve.

The biggest threat to Bitcoin now is the osmotic barrier between those with Bitcoin and those without, and the unwitting and ignorant gatekeepers who keep spreading superstitious lies about Bitcoin and what is required to serve it.

These people perpetuate lies about what Bitcoin is, what the law says, what laws may apply to Bitcoin, and whether there are even laws or not, and many people simply go along with their gibberish and irrational calls to apply anything, literally any law, so that you can pretend to be "Compliant".

If Bitcoiners cave in to the thinking of the lowest common denominator, the anti-American and the loser, then the proliferation of Ethical Bitcoin onramps, the prerequisite to Hyperbitcoinization, will not come to pass and bear fruit.

Bitcoiners must "hold the line", tell the truth, not cave in to the weak minded, the cowardly and the ignorant and apply the law as it is written. This is not asking for much, certainly for any American, and hopefully GEPOTUS will make this easier for the weaker amongst you to do without soiling their trousers.

If GEPOTUS is advised by the best Bitcoiners AND Ron Paul, then it is a sure thing that Bitcoin will be moved under the protection of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, and then the floodgates will be opened.

Fiat will flow into Bitcoin in amounts that Bitcoiners could not have even dreamed of previous to GEPOTUS, and once this happens, there will be no going back as the exits to the US Dollar close by virtue of it ceasing to exist.

America will become the number one country not only for the amount of Bitcoin in citizens hands' but for its expertise in the mediation of Bitcoin. When this happens, no country on earth will be able to catch up with it, and the financial centre preeminence of America will not be lost, but strengthened because one man, GEPOTUS decided that the law should be followed and American know how applied unbridled.

In the light of this future scenario, isn't it better to get ahead of the game and start laying down the thinking and tools to push Hyperbitcoinization?

I think so. Others, not so much it seems.

The allure of Virtue Signalling is very strong in many people. Their number one impulse is to look good in front of other people; they don't actually care about anything in particular, and will latch themselves to anything like Barnacles on a whale, irritating it, and slowing it down by de-streamlining its surface.

Their goals are set by other people, and are not original. They take "feedback" from Bitcoin's bitter enemies and then package it as being part of "the revolution".

It's fraud. It's fakery. There are no two ways about it.

Despite all of this, very very very big things are coming. Things so big, your jaw will hit the floor. And I'm not just saying that. I am not exaggerating.

The path to Hyperbitcoinization is every road, in all directions, all at once. This is possible if the people with their hands on the levers are the made of the right stuff.

The Trump campaign has shown everyone that a coalition of people who are normally on different sides of arguments can work together to overcome great evils.

This can happen in Bitcoin too. But in order for it to happen, people must disabuse themselves of the wrong things they've been let to believe, and cross the chasm to that place where Bitcoin is everywhere, everyplace, all the time, without restriction, arbitrary rules and anti human strictures.

I have absolutely no problem imagining this.

What about you?

https://medium.com/@beautyon_/bitcoin-adoption-and-conway-s-game-of-life-54ca71db7b88


🖕🥳🖕

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The sidebar was too cluttered #Soon™

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#Bitcoin is hope 🕊


I highly recomend this. Inspiring! Great job, everyone involved. 🫡


FREE ROSS & FOSS ✊🗽 #Bitcoin

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A massive push back to globalists and the path to the removal of individual rights and freedoms.

Let’s see what comes next!

#Bitcoin


In 2017 I gifted Hospital Erasto Gaertner, the largest cancer hospital for children in the South of Brazil with my UFC belt which is on display for all those fighting Cancer to see as they prepare for treatment.

Today I visited the facility with my PFL MMA championship belt.

Those fighting Cancer are the real warriors ❤🙏🏽
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PSA: IT IS DO OR DIE FOR SMALL MOM & POP BUSINESS

IF THERE IS A PLACE THAT YOU LOVE IN YOUR TOWN THAT MAKES IT SPECIAL, GO SPEND YOUR CASH THERE FOR CHRISTMAS NOW

YOU EITHER HAVE INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE ABLE TO SURVIVE ON MAINSTREET OR THE ONLY THING TO DO WILL BE TO ORDER FROM AN ONLINE WAREHOUSE

WHAT IS A CITY IF EVERYTHING UNIQUE IS GONE?


Love to see it !

#Bitcoin is hope 🕊

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Nice piece! Thank you! 🫡


The cure sounds like the disease

Nathan Rothschild in the 18th century:
"Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws"

Modern Digital Agora:
"Use cryptocurrency that can't be printed or controlled, and communication that can't be taken down, and who cares who is the king"


Would a Voip number be valid?


Ditto! Thank you. 🫡


ok.
gonna ignore all notes about squirrels and politics.
peace.


PAID IN BITCOIN premieres on Nov 4 -  nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg YouTube channel!

It was an honor to work on Bitcoin as a medium of exchange at  nostr:npub1rwh33t5x8n7czknhts5fg0v0fml8mkl7neaarksumkkf8d679qrqcz7avv, together with  nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9.

Kudos to  nostr:npub1rj7eh0eu3skwcyr5adpcjwxft9z4yjdspjryq6gynqw2j49f9a3quqjpw2 for yet another 🔥 doc and  nostr:npub1py3zs4a0e6ercekfnlynmrj7hknd02keq84n3tmnc5y0z9mg2qfqscke9h for leading the way!

https://m.primal.net/LpRN.mov

Let Uncle know how you like the trailer, BitPay trolling, and  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx appreance!


The state of the Bitcoin community in a bull market is such an embarrassment. Principles, and freedom tech all thrown out so that we can simp for the statists and their corrupt financial instruments, all for a few extra digits.

Do better


Get Per Bylund on to Nostr! 🫡


qBittorrent fixes flaw exposing users to MitM attacks for 14 years

qBittorrent has addressed a remote code execution flaw caused by the failure to validate SSL/TLS certificates in the application's DownloadManager, a component that manages downloads throughout the app.

The flaw, introduced in a commit on April 6, 2010, was eventually fixed in the latest release, version 5.0.1, on October 28, 2024, more than 14 years later.

However, as security researcher Sharp Security highlighted in a blog post, the team fixed a notable flaw without adequately informing the users about it and without assigning a CVE to the problem.

See more: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qbittorrent-fixes-flaw-exposing-users-to-mitm-attacks-for-14-years/

#cybersecurity #torrent


I can’t wrap my head around this but it seems like a big deal.. 👀


Wow!  So it turns out your nostr privkey can be used to run a tor service.  You just put the key in the directory and start tor.  It generates the keys for you.

But there's more.  Because your tor key is also a #pubky.

Now you can add this to your uncensorable pubky DNS record.  This turns every npub into an uncensorable Tor domain.

I've barely figured out the implications of this.  You can have your own website without paying for a domain and users are protected from observation.  You can have your own personal protected storage.  Any npub can become a mint and connect to the lightning network.  You can run a relay.  It's a whole new surface for innovation!


🚨The @HRF CBDC Tracker just fell back into 2nd place for the Anthem Award! The dangers of CBDC is a topic that needs global attention. Help us put the risks of CBDCs on the map by voting!

Your vote very much counts.

Comments below if you voted and I will zap you generational wealth! 💰

https://celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/human-civil-rights/awareness-categories/non-profit


🫡 https://image.nostr.build/5abc7a68a75c86e0601a74d105fc7cbfbd410d3a23d612b9647ae92bd06f4069.jpg


Holy crap! That one hit like a ton of bricks… 😕


“The greatest perpetrator of misinformation during the pandemic has been the United States government.”
 - Johns Hopkins Surgeon, Dr. Martin Makary

https://m.primal.net/Lkzm.mp4
#COVID #Nuremberg


Lugano unveiled a striking statue of Satoshi Nakamoto—a symbol of vision and freedom. If anyone deserves a Nobel Prize, it’s Satoshi. 🙌

https://video.nostr.build/7790bfb895da9e7c66d063bf36f65d668eae6f113ef09eed982755927939f531.mp4


We would be fucked if corporations would of been able to own access to TCP/IP Protocol

You think it's a walled garden now?

Corporations are trying to convince you to sell your #bitcoin for access to their Corporate Equity

Access to the Internet of Money Protocol is Freedom

Freedom is Priceless


Just released my latest MMA DocuSeries taking you backstage my fight in Saudi Arabia.

YouTube sucks for views…would love a few shares or a million bots to watch 😂❤

https://youtu.be/WllMe7EASXA?si=WQymYMe2L7kuIU-U
https://m.primal.net/LhSK.mov


Great! 😂


If there's a marketer out there that can fix my little red wagon for a cut of the podcast proceeds from #V4V lmk.

This kind of shit is straight up embarassing.

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Gm nostr:nprofile1qqsw3znfr6vdnxrujezjrhlkqqjlvpcqx79ys7gcph9mkjjsy7zsgygpr9mhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjd93kztnrdaksz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ekk7um5wgh8qatz7tvu4p

Would you add lightning to coinkite store if we offer it to you for 0.5% txn fees? We are very elite node runners 🤠

You accept lightning from customers but then withdraw from our platform on-chain. Should only be a couple of lines of code to add it with our SDKs.

Likely save a lot of sats in consolidation fees and make some extra sales when degens clog up the mempool

Open offer from bitvora.com - licensed in Canada 🇨🇦🍁


Bravo! 🫡


Mises examines economic voting within a free market, where consumers cast “votes” through their spending, with each unit of currency acting as a ballot. This system reflects a democratic process, shaping economic outcomes based on individual preferences. Mises highlights an inherent inequality: wealthier individuals possess more market voting power, a result of past interactions where they have successfully met consumer needs. He argues that in a truly free market, devoid of government interference or cronyism, wealth accumulation is directly tied to the ability to satisfy consumer demands. Thus, the flow of wealth is subject to consumer votes, rewarding those who excel in serving societal needs while penalizing those who do not. Ultimately, Mises depicts the market as self-regulating, with consumer preferences continually redistributing wealth.

Expanding on Mises’s observation, we must recognize that our influence in the market extends beyond monetary transactions. How we allocate our time can be understood as a profound form of voting, with each choice reflecting our values and priorities, wielding significant power in shaping our communities and broader society. When we consciously dedicate our time to local initiatives, we not only strengthen social networks but also foster a sense of belonging and purpose. This engagement allows us to promote liberty and self-governance while creating alternatives to state-controlled systems. By participating in community-building activities or volunteering for causes we believe in, we cast votes for a more vibrant and resilient society. In this framework, our time becomes a ballot, signaling our commitment to the world we want to cultivate. Each hour invested in meaningful pursuits contributes to a collective movement that challenges the status quo and encourages innovation. By choosing to invest our time wisely, we lay the foundation for a future where liberty, self-determination, and respect for property rights thrive. Viewing our time as a form of voting harnesses its transformative potential, driving positive change, and empowering ourselves and our communities.

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It’s a great episode! 🫡


ICYMI
An *excellent* pod to share with folks new to #bitcoin!
nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle on Rick Rubin’s show 💜⚡

https://fountain.fm/episode/634Ayt3ajG4Z6f99W2sG


Where VWould We Be without the State?

https://fountain.fm/episode/auPHEH5xapymoXE2y9BW


Even though many of us here have transitioned our time to a paradigm change that unites 8 billion people on this planet, many of our friends and people we love…have not yet.

Their world view (and maybe partly ours too) is then still infected by a system that preys on them. Extracts from them. Keeps them stuck. If that is true, then it is hard to stay above the noise when the people we love, people they love, and so on, are “experiencing” a pain that is very real.

All around us, unbelievable tragedy and chaos with people taking sides, while believing that they’re or their side is justified in the stealing from, harming, or killing of other people for “their” cause. Our politics, our media, our institutions are all similarity captured by it - leading to further division and righteousness, while people become numb to it all - mostly unaware of how it is hurting them deeply. How could it not?
This is the lens of the world that the majority is looking through, reinforcing, and making stronger through everything they see and do.
Just as real to them….as the truth, hope, and abundance that #Bitcoin imposes on the world is for us.

Yes, we “try” to stay above it because we know that the system problem cannot be solved from within it, and our time is more valuable in bending reality to the new system.

But

it is worth a reminder as we go this chaotic transition that so few understand:

When someone we love hurts, we hurt too.

And there is still much hurt.

Much love to you all!

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Saylor's going to gaslight folks into believing that self custody is bad and we shouldn't continue improving the protocol because he wants you to buy $MSTR and regulated ETF products.
 https://video.nostr.build/f65d7319f8e8197664aa647c7a86f6f3b3e1ab0754459b85727025ac53ae5a53.mp4

As I've been warning
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This is one of the most powerful indictments of legacy media and censorship I’ve ever heard…

If you care about freedom of speech, take 7 minutes of your time and listen to what Lara Logan has to say.

https://v.nostr.build/02FRAClfs6YTdm4m.mp4


Is there any #amputee in #London looking for left-handed gloves? I have a lot of these from over the years of buying gloves and needing only the right sides. Size: small.

Definitely interested if you also happen to have right-handed gloves for me 😁

#AmputeeExchange #CripShare #Disability nostr:npub1ps6mpj39t44yqxzwvf06kptfx9r8cne0y4y5g9sfj3hfcmdy70cqws80vw

 :boost_requested:

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Congratulations!


Happy birthday!


Don’t trust…?


Now Hitlary Clingon wants to get rid of Section 230. Trump tried to get rid of Section 230 for much of his last presidency.

“We should be in my view, repealing something called Section 230, which gave platforms on the internet immunity … Whether it‘s Facebook or Twitter or X or Instagram, or TikTok, whatever they are, if they don‘t moderate & monitor the content we lose total control,” says Clinton.

Section 230 of the1996 Communications Decency Act is "a serious threat to our National Security & Election Integrity," says Trump.

They're the same picture.

https://m.primal.net/LMyT.mp4
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Pretty excited about Nostr Market tbh… A truly global, censorship-resistant marketplace is a massive tool for human prosperity.

👇 Check it out in this week’s video!

Nostr Market: Unstoppable Commerce?
https://youtu.be/xYCmQyJIuCo


Beautiful. 🫡
Your own music?


‘An Ode to Nodes’

A short film i made with nostr:npub1f59dz0ru0l8zpsl4cryj5ch2rahwxeex3mr7lpl2ltzxsfwsdwastu6nqk

Featuring the wonderful voice of nostr:npub1mz704n7dsaw3jcj3kr5le45n97tqughyt5lxe3yv3xy3025hv3dsp5tl8g from a recent podcast conversation he had.

Lovely with headphones on IMO. For those who take the time to watch I’m forever grateful.

Hoping to air at some conferences in the near term

#bitcoin is life

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GN https://i.nostr.build/Bm3gzkzXL1FwAlbH.jpg


I’ve been blown away by the firsthand accounts of the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and surrounding areas. There is so much footage from users on TikTok, so I started downloading clips as I came across them and put them into a single video since MSM was so slow to begin covering the disaster. It turned out to be 3.5 hours long, and this merely scratches the surface of what people are posting.

As a side note, I tried to find a way to put this on Nostr directly but even after compressing the video it was like 7.5GB (3.5 hrs of video). Satellite.earth payment system is broken and it would have cost like $40 worth of sats for a 10GB nostr.build, with just this one video using most of that. Flare limits to 2GB files. So I settled on Rumble.

https://rumble.com/v5h5xas-hurricane-helene-north-carolina-compilation.html


“We Are Bitcoin”

This is what nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe  explained to me last night.

I didn’t get it at first. Now, I can’t unsee it.

My latest Take for nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/takes/frank-we-are-bitcoin


the same people who managed the Afghanistan withdrawal are managing the government response in North Carolina.

https://cdn.satellite.earth/32659931aa63bce3ba025a4ce8be00011e0117e2537db9e40d0a16317cb57a50.mov


GM

For a couple of years now I’ve been stamping all my egg boxes I get from my local farmer before I return them.

It cracks me up when my public service announcements come full circle https://image.nostr.build/fc4c364b891839118c88097efc6220c83d0fe0d1c7d6f932813caf8c0555a048.jpg


Nice, thank you! 🫂


When we get out of the glass bottles of our own ego,
and when we escape like squirrels from turning in the cages of our personality
and get into the forest again,
we shall shiver with cold and fright
but things will happen to us
so that we don’t know ourselves.

Cool, unlying life will rush in,
and passion will make our bodies taut with power,
we shall stamp our feet with new power
and old things will fall down,
we shall laugh, and institutions will curl up like burnt paper.

— D.H. Lawrence https://image.nostr.build/11f7a363f7cf0c41497be9c6ecc376bf11a4496017b8797fade7f07f0036c477.jpg


Remember everyone the internet archive archive.org is under lawsuit attack 500k ebooks have been removed Sony & United Music Groups are sueong also for music & soon enough sony will sue for video uploads. Take what you can from archive & rehost it using archive box a self hostable decentralized open source archive.

https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox

It's important people are aware because archive.org's intentions were to preserve everything for future generations to see our cultures & history. Major corporations only wish to erase our historical past & whatever they deem to be racist, offensive, or not worth being known to history. It's important more people realize that cultural preservation the act itself is under attack being portrayed as piracy, criminal, unethical, & low class standard.

They use terms like these to make you think whats being done is wrong yet there is nothing to protect the right to preserve for history, cultural reference, or something you may wsnt to show your children someday. It would be nice if likeminded people could gather together & we form a community who will take action to preserve & maintain across the internet.

Share this note so others may see & like minded archivist, cultural preservationists, historians, & others may see this & gather together to be with like minded people.
History is worth preserving like Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage at the oscars.

Try to find it online Will Smith paid big money to hide it so future generations can't see him act a fool.

#archive #preservation #savethearchive #savethefiles #righttopreserve #righttoarchive #savehistory #sharingiscaring #share #care #selfhost #hostable #internetarchive #archivebox #please #community #plebstr #love #activist #passonhistory #preserve4history #Bitcoin #BTC #Nostr #Lightning #Zap #Zapathon #Zaps #Plebs #Plebchain #GrowNostr #Nostriches #Money⚡ #Zapatime #Happy #RideThe⚡ #Zapstr #Plebdrive #Zapdrive #zapchain #bitchain #boost #share #boosted #bitdrive $boost

Join us likeminded fellow preservationists!
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-5&smp=smp%3A%2F%2F1OwYGt-yqOfe2IyVHhxz3ohqo3aCCMjtB-8wn4X_aoY%3D%40smp11.simplex.im%2Fu1AqxBdpGX7IjZ74F5H98xxYn_oI_PIK%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAmgo4PVlg6L-YyASR7_PGZgvAgeXyTHOLmWqAVkE-sjM%253D%26srv%3D6ioorbm6i3yxmuoezrhjk6f6qgkc4syabh7m3so74xunb5nzr4pwgfqd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%225R1cLs7MuxTkMIfeezR8IA%3D%3D%22%7D


Would you recommend any particular HWW?


I need to make some space at home aka get rid of some paintings. Some will be available to pay what you like , for this one I have to set a price of 50€ + shipping because it's on a quality canvas with thick hardwood frame.
I'll zap anyone who shares this post !
"Rough edges" 2023
Acryl on canvas, 30x30x4cm
DM to buy
#agichooteart https://image.nostr.build/99497d2b0e4c563b33b33d876f317a96ef277c92a46e1f67a9baad93d8147695.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/85b2b812f0aa5039c1e8400bc31d4f3ec99caad58fe02d403ffdee6ddd63d0ed.jpg https://image.nostr.build/858301c5fe8602f45bb73b44d2b60c8981d65f40e8e032868e9be317456763b4.jpg


Brilliant! 🫡


That would be sweet! 👍


Wen Strike Big Mallers Mode?
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Direct deposit 100% to BTC
Strike credit for monthly fiat expenses
Auto monthly sell btc to pay


Signed. 🫡


# A Declaration of Separation

## To The Governments & People of Earth:

We claim the right to exist, and we will defend it. We do not seek to overthrow anything. We do not seek to control anything. We/merely wish to be left alone.

All we ever wanted was to live in peace with our friends and neighbors. For a long, long time we bore insults to our liberty; we took blows, we did what we could to avoid injury and we worked through the system to get the offenses to stop. That has now changed.

We no longer see any benefit in working through the world?s systems. At some point, working within a system becomes cowardly and immoral; for us, that point has arrived.

Regardless of the parties in power, their governments have continued to restrict, restrain and punish us. We hereby reject them all. We hereby withdraw from them all. We hold the ruling states of this world and all that appertains to them to be self-serving and opposed to humanity. We now withdraw our obedience and reclaim the right to strike back when struck. We will not initiate force, but we do reserve the right to answer it. We did not choose this ? it was forced upon us.

## To The Governments of Earth:

You are building cages for all that is human. In the name of protection, you have intruded into all areas of human life, far exceeding the reach of any Caesar. You claim ultimate control of our property and our decisions, of our travels and even our identities. You claim ownership of humanity far beyond the dreams of any Emperor of any previous era.

Understand clearly: We reject your authority and we reject your legitimacy. We do not believe that you have any right to do the things you do. You have massive power, but no right to impose it upon us and no legitimacy. We have forsaken you. We are no longer your citizens or your subjects. Your systems are inherently anti-human, even if all their operators are not. We are not merely angry young people. We are fathers and mothers; aunts, uncles and grandparents; we are business owners and trusted employees; we are mechanics and engineers and farmers. We are nurses and accountants and students and executives.

We are on every continent.

This is not a burst of outrage; this is a sober declaration that we no longer accept unearned suffering as our role in life.

For long decades we sat quietly, hoping that things would turn around. We took no actions; we suffered along with everyone else. But after having our limits pushed back again and again, we have given up on your systems. If our fellow inhabitants of this planet wish to accept your rule, they are free to do so.

We will not try to stop them. We, however, will no longer accept your constraints upon us.

From now on, when you hurt us, we will bite back. If you leave us alone we will leave you alone and you can continue to rule your subjects. We are happy to live quietly. But if you come after us, there will be consequences. You caused this because of your fetish for control and power. The chief men and women among you are pathologically driven to control everyone and everything that moves upon this planet. You have made yourselves the judge of every human activity. No god-king of the ancient world ever had the power that your systems do.

You have created a world where only the neutered are safe and where only outlaws are free.

## To The People of Earth:

We seek nothing from you. We do not want to rule you and we do not want to control you.

All we wish is to live on earth in peace. As always, we will be helpful neighbors and generous acquaintances. We will remain honest business partners and trustworthy employees. We will continue to be loving parents and respectful children.

We will not, however, be sacrificial animals. We reject the idea that others have a right to our lives and our property. We will not demand anything from you, and we will no longer acquiesce to any demands upon us. We have left that game. We reject all obligations to any person or organization beyond honesty, fair dealing and a respect for human life.

We will shortly explain what we believe, but we are not demanding that you agree with us. All we ask is that you do not try to stop us. Continue to play the game if you wish; we will not try to disrupt it. We have merely walked away from it.

We wish you peace.

## To Those Who Will Condemn Us:

We will ignore you.

We welcome and seek the verdict of a just God, before whom we are willing to expose our innermost thoughts. Are you similarly willing? We would stand openly before all mankind if it were not suicidal. Perhaps some day we will have to accept slaughter for our crime of independence, but not yet.

Your criticism and your malice are much deeper than mere disagreements of strategy or philosophy. You do not oppose our philosophy, you oppose our existence. Our presence in the world means that your precious ideals are false. Some of you would rather kill us than face the loss of your ideologies, just as those like you have either hated or killed every sufficiently independent human.

You present yourselves to the world as compassionate, tolerant and enlightened, but we know that your smooth words are costumes. Oh yes, we know you, servant of the state; don't forget, we were raised with you. We played with you in the schoolyard, we sat next to you in the classroom. Some of us studied at the same elite universities. We watched as you had your first tastes of power. We were the boys and girls standing next to you. Some of us were your first victims. We are not fooled by your carefully crafted public image.

## What We Believe

1: Many humans resent the responsibilities that are implied by consciousness. We accept those responsibilities and we embrace consciousness. Rather than letting things happen to us (avoiding consciousness), we accept consciousness and choose to act in our own interest. We do not seek the refuge of blaming others, neither do we take refuge in crowds. We are willing to act on our personal judgment, and we are willing to accept the consequences thereof.

2: We believe in negative rights for all: That all humans should be free to do whatever they wish, as long as they do not intrude upon others; that no man has a right to the life, liberty or property of another; that we oppose aggression, fraud and coercion.

3: We do not believe that our way of life, or any other, will make life perfect or trouble-free. We expect crime and disagreements and ugliness, and we are prepared to deal with them. We do not seek a strongman to step in and solve problems for us. We agree to see to them ourselves.

4: We believe in free and unhindered commerce. So long as exchanges are voluntary and honest, no other party has a right to intervene before, during or after.

5: We believe that all individuals should keep their agreements.

6: We believe that honestly obtained property is fully legitimate and absolute.

7: We believe that some humans are evil and that they must be faced and dealt with. We accept the fact that this is a difficult area of life.

8: We believe that humans can self-organize effectively. We expect them to cooperate. We reject impositions of hierarchy and organization.

9: We believe that all humans are to be held as equals in all matters regarding justice.

10: We believe that the more a man or woman cares about right and wrong, the more of a threat he or she is perceived to be by governments.

11: We believe that there are only two true classes of human beings: Those who wish to exercise power upon others either directly or through intermediaries and those who have no such desires.

12: Large organizations and centralization are inherently anti-human. They must rely upon rules rather than principles, treating humans within the organization as obedient tools.

## Our Plans:

(We are building our own society. We will supplement traditional tools with networking, cryptography, sound money, digital currency and anonymous messaging. Our society will not be centrally controlled. It will rely solely
on voluntary arrangements.

We welcome others to join us. We are looking for people who are independent creators of value, people who act more than talk, and people who do the right thing because it is the right thing.

We will develop our own methods of dealing with injustice, built on the principles of negative rights, restitution, integrity and equal justice. We do not forbid anyone from having one foot in each realm - ours and the old realm - although we demand that they do no damage to our realm. We are fully opposed to any use of our realm to facilitate crime in the old realm, such as the hiding of criminal proceeds.

We expect to be loudly condemned, libeled and slandered by the authorities of the old regime. We expect them to defend their power and their image of legitimacy with all means available to them. We expect that many gullible and servile people will believe these lies, at least at first. We will consider traps laid for us to be criminal offenses. Any who wish to join us are encouraged to distribute this declaration, to act in furtherance of our new society, to voluntarily excel in virtues and to communicate and cooperate with other members of the new society.

Free, unashamed men cannot be ruled.

# We are The Free and The Unashamed.


Yes! Going for an early morning run when visiting a new city is a great way to experience it. My top tip. 🫡


Nice! Thank you! 🫡


Sweet! From where did you order the boards?


How does it work?


For the longest, Bitcoiners were priced out of owning their hash power due to multi-thousand dollar #Bitcoin miners and ridiculously high energy costs.

#Bitaxe is the last piece to the self sovereign puzzle. At only 15 Watts, you can own your hash power for less than $3.00 per month in extra utility costs.

•Own your keys.
•Own your transactions.
•Own your hash power.
https://m.primal.net/Kshd.jpg


"We can't entrust our primary communications network to a handful of corruptible humans. And now we don't have to."

I had the pleasure to work with Reason on this Nostr explainer video this summer

Happy to see it in the wild!

https://m.primal.net/KsvE.mov


Hello, Rachel! 🤗


Andreas is a genius ahead of his time. He was 100% right with this in 2017. This is exactly what's happening in our society right now. #Bitcoin

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


The sequel? 🥹


Damn, that sucks. I wish you a speedy recovery. 🙏


Yes! 🫡


Great idea! Good luck! 🫡


Question I want to explore together with Nostrians:

What happens with my life if I implement

- Deutsch' explanatory creativity concept

- Mises' praxeology concept

as guidelines for how I live?


Good job! 🫡


Happy birthday, Rune! 🎂☕🎉


Super stoked to release #Anonostr v1.5.8 that introduces Following users. The new Following timeline is the default and Global is secondary. You can Search for people either by name, NIP-05, etc. Still a few small bugs here and there, but it's otherwise functional. The followers are saved to browser's localStorage. I plan to eventually release an export feature that'll allow you to backup and import your Anonostr data to another instance.

 https://image.nostr.build/73248d5242ddedeb28ce1499ef6034eb129ac3f8eb57c3fee48907546d529a6b.png

https://anonostr.com


The Fountain podcast app is corrupt bullshit

It's NOT "Powered by the Bitcoin Lightning Network"

It's a custodial bank account, closed source app, hosted on Amazon, with Gmail verification, letting you insert an RSS feed to one government domain.

Unlike the Arweave RSS system I presented yesterday,
Which is true and genuine freedom and censorship resistance by transcending physical locations with the files served on a 30+ gateway global CDN, going directly peer-to-peer,

With Fountain, you're putting your private Nostr key in a closed source mobile app, served to you by the censorship oppressors Google and Apple.  They use the word "open" on their website, but their github doesn't have the code itself: https://github.com/fountain-fm

You think you're using peer-to-peer Bitcoin?  It's a custodial bank account.
Look at this bullshit:

"Fountain charges a 4% transaction fee on top of every payment you make to a podcast but you can join Fountain Premium to reduce your  fees to just 1%. We also charge 10 sats for comments and replies to reduce spam."

In Summary:
--Not Bitcoin, it's a bank account.
--Zero Censorship Resistance, Regular Files
--Insert Private Nostr key into closed source
--Heavy integration with Big Tech
--Surveillance of who is listening
--Leeching Bitcoin fees for RSS feeds and Nostr, which are both peer-to-peer without Fountain

You're being manipulated to reject real solutions like Arweave RSS, so these institutions can maintain power and control.


Great conversation! Thank you both. 🫡


Been exploring some designs for Fedimint’s federation and guardian status indicators. The idea is to make it simple to see if guardians are online, how reliable they’ve been, and uptime. I wonder you think something like this could be useful for Cashu? What other data is useful? https://m.primal.net/KWAa.jpg


Great writeup! Thank you! 🫡


Wow! What a voice! That was most unexpected. 😊


Hello and Welcome!


I don’t know where we are heading as a world. Sometimes a good outcome seems impossible.

But there are many good outcomes along the road we travel. Tons of meaning and joy. Endless opportunities to focus on good and appreciate it.

And in the end maybe that’s all there is to it. To craft our own small lives with intention and bringing good into our world by focusing on it.


I’m listening to your lecture series at the moment and I genuinely love you to. You’re an inspiration. Thank you! 🫂


The bitaxeGamma is go! The newest member in the #bitaxe lineup features the BM1370 ASIC from the Antminer S21 Pro. So far we've been able to pull 1 - 1.2 TH/s at around 15 J/TH from a single chip 🤯

We've got #bitcoin global freedom money to secure here, so everything is open source and permissionless 💪 https://image.nostr.build/c8e66809242e9557573d52a95340e9505d68e500340ac3ba8e1d8aa7681c03d8.jpg


Instead of frequently doing/joining Twitter Spaces, I'm thinking of firing up #Nostr Nests going forward.

A good idea or nah?

Is there significant interest here on #nostr for macro, investing and (obviously) Bitcoin-related discussions?

I'd love to build and share ideas more on #nostr rather than on X.


Consider the odds you were born:
1 in 400 Trillion.
The odds I was born:
1 in 400 Trillion
The odds we would meet:
1 in 100,000

Those odds are long enough to call it a statistical impossibility. We religious call it a miracle when the impossible happens.

So, it’s a miracle that we’re here, talking, right now.

You’re a miracle too, and the math bears that out. Don’t forget it.


Follow nostr:npub1jfn4ghffz7uq7urllk6y4rle0yvz26800w4qfmn4dv0sr48rdz9qyzt047 🫡


I seem to now be on the Nostr. Thanks to Lyn and Eric.

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I'll post on Twitter.com/rudyhavenstein so you know it's me. Don't expect too much right away.

Baby steps.


Welcome Rudy! Great having you here. 😊


Gm. ICYMI, the #HoneyBadger unofficial ‘ichthys’ logo is free and open source. 🧡

Download, change it, and use it in your opsec-friendly #Bitcoin designs.

👉 https://github.com/z-l-o-k/Honey-Badger-Logo https://image.nostr.build/fe470a8228076ae84a5a699c7b5aa6caff369cbf366b4b3ed1b91bf70c27420d.jpg https://image.nostr.build/c3a9a083933a0e8480be3fcdd463e6d56541590b5b646519971a162aad8ad205.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7613dc080331d0bfbb2be43c68c6fbd23a2862df14189813b9768f5d6518eff5.jpg https://image.nostr.build/63528dbdc5613485563aba51ee86dd6459bc6c25faa0f5228c27a75e99e8a1d4.jpg


Great conversation! Thank you!


PCR73 - Sourcenode
https://fountain.fm/episode/YLUcZkezhxmlMFkycDMa


nostr:npub14kw5ygpl6fyqagh9cnrytyaqyacg46lzkq42vz7hk8txdk49kzxs04j7y0 Episode 73 was another Pleb Story activated by the love and encouragement that Bitcoin + Nostr community provides.

Thank you nostr:npub1jfn4ghffz7uq7urllk6y4rle0yvz26800w4qfmn4dv0sr48rdz9qyzt047 for sharing your journey and the current projects you are shipping.

nostr:npub1hqaz3dlyuhfqhktqchawke39l92jj9nt30dsgh2zvd9z7dv3j3gqpkt56s and I truly enjoyed the show.

And WOW…. the Nostr Nest live chat was lighting up! Thank you #Plebchain who showed up live and kept us completely distracted with hilarious conversation. 😀

I believe that was the most zaps during a show to day. No one was safe. ⚡ 😜 ⚡

Anyone miss the live show…. Support V4V and enjoy on nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5
https://fountain.fm/episode/YLUcZkezhxmlMFkycDMa


Good morning!


🤟THE FIRST TEN npubs to repost this note will receive 1000 sat zaps 🥰 🙏

 What are the privacy implications of spending btc via ecash like Cashu?

Im early in my exploration but have extensive experience as a routing node operator.

Id imagine that in this scenario you are only as strong as your weakest link, which in this case is lightning. For example, spending of ecash across mints requires liquidity on lightning, and is only as private as we can assume lightning, limited by publicly created channel liquidity and potential man in the middle attacks whereby a well connected routing node may also function to surveil the network flows.

Can I assume the closest we get to perfect privacy with Cashu is when spending WITHIN the mint, where our anonymity set is infinite among other network users, and equal to the pool of participants using the mint, when viewed from the mint operator's perspective?

If these discussions are occurring or have occurred elsewhere Id appreciate any info.

#asknostr
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❤


Let's be clear here.

Nostr is an unfinished beta of multiple technologies being tested simultaneously in realtime. It's buggy. Things break often. You'll probably lose some money, or time, or both to it. I know I have 😂

But I love the passion, the attitude and the vision for the future I see here. It's worth putting up with the bugs to be around such great people, so I keep coming back.


Fake Jeff Booth account


New podcast explaining why imo most people are falling into a trap by pricing #Bitcoin in USD.
For Bitcoin to maintain its store of value, it must also become a medium of exchange.

https://youtu.be/Cb8Jimd__hE?feature=shared


I allowed myself 5 a day for about a month and then quit… Good luck!


I agree. The market can choose not to use your product. Nothing would ever get built if the market was responsible for who builds what.


Another important fact is that Simplex is seamlessly integrated with Tor and you can access servers that use Tor, so it is technically impossible for an ISP to restrict the protocol.

In case your ISP restricts Tor you can use bridges or snowflake.

You must have tools to be able to communicate privately and that governments can not restrict (Simplex).

And you must have money that is not censurable (Bitcoin) and that your government cannot confiscate, and if you need private money use Lightning Network.

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I just had one of the most serendipitous, fortuitous events happen EVER on one of our film shoots.

Earlier today, my partner and I had a flight cancellation in NYC while shooting a documentary about what it means to be a bitcoiner.

Naturally, we went on the Orange Pill App @orangepillapp to see if any bitcoiners could help us out - as we were well over our documentary budget and needed a place to stay since the earliest flight rebooking was 2 days later.

After just 45 minutes of posting the message, @HODLhuddle gets in touch and offers her place to us.

Turns out - she joined Orange Pill App just *8 HOURS* or so earlier this same day by sheer coincidence, all because she happened to ALSO stumble upon our latest documentary (without knowing we were the same stranded filmmakers/creators), which reminded her of the bitcoiners she had met in New York at @PubKey_NYC.

Now, we're staying at her place until our next flight - and this entire encounter is fundamentally changing the story of our documentary as we live through the unexpected generosity and hospitality of a member of the bitcoin community in real time.

TL;DR - Bitcoin is much bigger than money. There are forces beyond our perception that bring us together ♥


Linux users continue to be ignored by Proton, with the company opting instead to develop new AI features on Proton Mail that nobody needs, and a new Bitcoin Wallet that no one with 2 brain cells will use.

Why bother implementing end-to-end encryption across all Proton apps if the operating system they run on will screenshot the emails, calendar, files, browser history, and employ AI to snoop through everything, then send it to Big Brother's Microsoft/Apple servers? It's utterly absurd.

Linux should be the top priority for Proton.

#linux #proton #bitcoin #privacy #cybersecurity


Great video nostr:npub1wnlu28xrq9gv77dkevck6ws4euej4v568rlvn66gf2c428tdrptqq3n3wr

https://youtu.be/-jHjk6oV9DY?si=qN4QFOtPAnZul2Tb


21 days.

21 days left until Bitcoin Infinity Day.

This year,  nostr:npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld and I will celebrate the event by hosting a free party at the Basement Bar in Riga, which will kick off RIGA BITCOIN WEEK and the Baltic Honey Badger Conference. The day after,  nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l will ensue.

The 21st of August is also the release date for our new book "BITCOIN: THE INVERSE OF CLOWN WORLD" which you can pre-order right now, here: https://bitcoininfinitystore.com/product/inverse-of-clown-world/

See you all soon! Can't wait!
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Here’s an observation about shitty Twitter algorithms.

I’ve actually never blocked or muted anyone on Twitter. Never felt the need. 690k followers, countless comments, no filters.

If someone is an ass, I tend to just ignore them or akido them and move on.

I just went over to Twitter and checked my notifications. Some guy posted in an unusually negative way in one of my threads. For a brief moment, I was provoked. But then I looked: he has 8,700 posts and 6 followers. Briefly skimming his profile, it is pure negativity. Imagine this. Like actually take a moment to think about what that process feels like for him, let alone how he impacts others.

Posting eight thousand and seven hundred times, mostly negatively, and after well more than a thousand of those posts, someone elects to follow him.

The algorithm trains us to see this and get angry. When he shows up in our feed, he seems like a normal person who disagrees with us. But he’s not normal. Someone like that is literally and sadly more in the mentally ill camp, even as the algorithm presented him to us like any other normal person, saying we suck.

Imagine if we had more programmable filters and algorithms. Like, mute people with over a thousand posts but with less than one follower per five hundred posts. That filters him out, similarly to how we would visually filter out and thus physically avoid a man holding his own shit in his hand in public on a street, who needs help but not public attention and proximity.

The centralized algorithms we have normalized, are not real life.

We give people virtual access that we would not do publicly, partially because we can program our real-life algorithms with various behavior rules that we can’t do on most virtual platforms.


I have a feeling I'll be ghosting a lot of friends in the coming years.

Spending time around bitcoiners makes me question old friendships. I have friends I've known for 20+ years who haven't offered any real value in a long time.

That sounds awful to say, but they are so caught up in their dead end jobs and other bullshit. No care for anything else. They think the MSM and government are the best sources of truth. No interest in growing, or in self reflection.

Any attempt at deep, meaningful conversation basically turn into the "That's crazy. Catch the game last night?" meme. It's frustrating.

I'm still processing my feelings on this. I haven't had a close "crew" of buddies since high school. Even that was superficial. I've always been that guy people hang out with, but never a part of the "inner circle" or whatever.

I'm not saying this to garner empathy. I'm the complete opposite of depressed, and I don't stay up at night wishing I was one of the cool kids. I like having a close family, a wife that's my best friend, and a couple others I can talk to about anything and everything in a meaningful way.

I'm just wondering if it's time to drop some baggage.

Nostr is a great place for long-ish form writing. I love privacy, but I also love sharing the human experience. I spent the first 30 years of life keeping everything bottled up inside.

Never going back to that.


🚀The countdown to our August 6th launch is on! So mark your calendars and help us spread the word and share the news with someone else who cares about freedom technologies as much as you do.

Get #ReadyForFedi.
https://m.primal.net/JjKY.mp4


3 client settings I’d love to see on nostr:

1. Purist toggle - remove all reactions  from notes. Let me judge each note independent of social signal.

2. Zen mode toggle - give me an option to delay my notifications by a specified time (by me). The idea is that I don’t need to see all notifications instantly, thus reducing the need to constantly check to see if anyone reacted.

3. I think nos has this - disappearing notes. Doesn’t need to work perfectly, just that it makes and effort.


Maria Corina Machado, an opponent of Nicolás Maduro, has posted all 73.25% of the records provided by the CNE online. Everything is available and proves that Edmundo González received 6.2 million votes, while Maduro received 2.7 million votes, thus confirming the electoral fraud.

https://video.nostr.build/9d7a61421dcbf63158d46091b477f6a3cc96bbfc6dc4ed2b3efde576a13319c3.mp4


Say hello to Cashu 95.https://m.primal.net/JVmn.mp4


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It's nice that politicians are pandering to bitcoiners, but promises are cheap. There is a major insurmountable obstacle to the US govt buying bitcoin: The US govt does NOT own or control the US Federal Reserve, which is a cartel of private banks. The US President can't just tell this cartel what to do with their reserves. The US dollar is the sacred cow of this cartel, and it's how they rob the entire planet. They're not about to give up this racket because some politician made a promise whose implications he doesn't understand. They're not going to buy a million bitcoins, because a commitment to purchase bitcoin will just encourage everyone to dump their dollars and buy bitcoin, and destroy the value of the dollar and their ability to rob the world with it. If you think they managed to build this century-old cartel while being stupid enough to fall for this or powerless enough to stop it, you're going to be disappointed to find out they're actually just evil.

But can't the US government buy bitcoin itself, without the Fed? With whose money exactly? The US government is fiscally irresponsible and its biggest expense is debt servicing. There are good reasons your irresponsible debt slave friends never get bitcoin and keep laughing at you when you bring it up. Irresponsible high time preference people and institutions don't understand the concept of long term savings. More importantly, the US government needs the Fed to buy its debt and keep its Treasury ponzi going. Buying bitcoin in spite of the Fed's opposition is a full-on declaration of war by the US government against the Fed and the fiat dollar, and that's just not something that Trump, or Kennedy, is up for. Trump has repeatedly praised the Fed. Kennedy wants to implement some ridiculous low interest rate subsidized home lending scheme only possible with the Fed creating cheap money. These men are not Andrew Jackson, nor are they even trying to be him.

The real enemy of bitcoin, and humanity, is the Fed. The US government is just its tool, and politicians are interchangeable actors that haven't mattered in decades. You're not going to destroy the Fed by promising to vote for one actor over another. Your only chance of destroying it is for bitcoin to grow larger than the dollar and Treasury bonds, and for dollar users to continue to get impoverished into oblivion while bitcoiners thrive with their superior technology. I humbly suggest you not waste time and sats on the politics circus, and work hard to stack sats instead.


Gm 🌞

Bitcoin street journalism for ya 💜

Full video here;

https://youtu.be/NAxgGy2DTS0
https://m.primal.net/JirD.mov


If you are practicing free journalism in one of the oppressed countries and have a timeline to prove it, please DM me for a free nostr.build account. We’d like to support you and not limit your uploads of videos and pictures! 🐶🐾🫡☮🕊
(Please renote for visibility)


Save The Children announces partnership with Fedi to deliver aid using #Bitcoin to at risk communities

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2024-press-releases/save-the-children-and-fedi-announce-collaboration


Nice! I just bought it. 🫡


The Genesis Book is now also available as audiobook!

The Genesis Audiobook, if you will. 📖🔉

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Genesis-Book-Audiobook/B0D75HQJDB

https://image.nostr.build/9261e32eaa645220225497c67ded6600f898fbb7345c006c58def62bf49b65cd.jpg


This is the real #France. French farmers protesting against the government on the streets with their flocks of sheep….not the woke shitshow of the #Olympics in Paris.
#NoFarmersNoFood

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


A Venezuelan influencer goes off on woke western communists. American Bitcoiners should REALLY think hard about who they’re voting on not voting for. There are real world consequences if Kamala Harris becomes president. https://video.nostr.build/82471fad78b16cf55a1f724699c3e6d361840ced28e91067100f59c2366bc99b.mp4


Guess what I witnessed on the weekend?

I witnessed a Bitcoin transaction get broadcast in one hop, over 16km via LORA @TheMeshtastic from a remote location to a connected Bitcoin node 16km away. One transmitter….one receiver….16km!!!!

🤯🤯🤯

“What if they shut down the internet?” 🥴🥴🥴

Our beautifully autistic nerds will simply route round that shit that’s what!!!

Where do you witness these things?

At the @bitcoinbushbash…. That’s where.

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Good morning!


I can see how the US could obtain Bitcoin by printing more money, but with its current debt levels it would have to liquidate it - possibly in a bear market. That's not much of a reserve, let alone strategic. Unless they're really saying they want to default on all debt first and then build the reserve.

But here I'm assuming they're actually serious and not just uttering random words suggested by chatgbt to maximize votes.


Bitcoin doesn't need governments to win. It doesn't need governments to stack it. It doesn't need to ask for help.

Instead, the bar is much lower. Bitcoiners, in their preferred jurisdiction, would benefit by not being hassled by their government. They'd like to be able to buy it without problems. They'd like to be able to pay for energy and equipment and mine it in peace. They'd like be able to write open source code without facing legal problems. They'd like to be able to operate reputable businesses related to it. If they can't, then some of them will move as necessary.

It's helpful for the ecosystem to have non-hostile jurisdictions in the world. And for those that can't move without great sacrifice (i.e. most people), it's helpful for them that whatever jurisdiction they are in, is non-hostile.

So it's good that bitcoin is getting into the Overton window. The industry has some power now. Bitcoin benefits from builders and educators and advocates. It benefits from those who do their best to prevent the worst legislative outcomes against self-custody, against privacy, against running a business, against mining, etc.

But Bitcoin doesn't need to pander to them to proactively support us, and bitcoiners should recognize the sliminess of politician incentives when they come to pander to us. While it's in their best interest to build national reserves if they actually figure this thing out, we don't need them to build reserves.

I think that's the helpful line. That's where the signal is. To the extent that we minimize how much we are tread on, and build multi-national accepting footholds to pivot around, we gradually build what we want to exist.

We ask to be treated fairly, we use our resources to help ensure that we are, and to the extent that we are not then we adjust as necessary.


What dc-dc inverter are you using?


1,000,000 sats bounty to whoever gets amethyst to have the IG UX.

I want to click new post, click the "add image/video button", have the camera open, take the picture or video, have it added to the post. Even better if you bypass the "add to message" step (assume users default file server and not sensitive content).

Another million if you can check the limits on the user's default file server and select a resolution, quality, and frame rate to meet those limits, which bypasses the need to use something like YouCut to compress. Also would give half if once the image/video is taken via amethyst, there's some option to open it in YouCut to do that editing there before going back to amethyst for upload.

We can't expect to draw content creators if the UX remains this shitty.

Must get code merged into release branch and working on graphene. If someone wants to take this up, I'd gladly help with breaking these into smaller chunks as I have PM and dev skills.

I'm sure this will get lost in the typical feed, so if there's a better place to post this, lmk.


#art #freedom https://image.nostr.build/c23a0fc319c7af842d91bf5b124b4fcaca79707359f592ccdc2294d37ee3065e.jpg


The time has come for the silent Bitcoiners in the cubicles of corporate life, in the halls of academia, in the office blocks, in the news media rooms, and in the corridors of power to show your colors.

Today, Troy Cross and Andrew Perkins published a seminal report showing us beyond doubt that Bitcoin cuts right across the political spectrum. It is a tool for everyone.

Why did this surprise us? Perhaps because some have remained silent. Silent through fear of what showing their true (orange) colors would mean.

I faced a similar fear years ago. I almost stayed silent too. And it almost cost me my freedom.

I wanted to be an actor when I grew up. But  I got married early, and in my early 20s while I was doing postgraduate study I had kids. It was like a switch flicked in my brain. I suddenly started thinking about “earning a living” for the first time in my life. I had an Arts Degree and a Diploma in Drama, yet I ended up as a software developer for an early Internet startup.

The whole time I was in the IT industry I felt like a fraud. I felt I was only there because I needed to support a family, but my real passion remained acting.

Years later I started my own tech company which did quite well, then after that I left to start coaching technology entrepreneurs. I wasn’t working directly with technology, but  I wasn’t following my passion either.

My coach picked up on it and asked “what do you really want to do this next retreat you’re running for these CEOs?”

I sheepishly admitted “I’d like to do theatre improvisation with them” then quickly added “But I know that I could never do that.”

“Why?” he challenged, as any good coach should

“Come on coach” I said “These are highly left brain analytical engineers and tech gurus. There’s no way they’ll be into improv. They’ll think its weird. It’s a super high risk move, and it could ruin my credibility with a bunch of people I’ve been slowly building up respect with”

He paused and said “What if that’s what everyone has been assuming, but their being left brain dominant is exactly why they need improv?

"Daniel, they trust you. That’s why they’re part of your group. If you love it, they will love it. And I bet its exactly what they’ve been crying out for.

"Besides, you’re encouraging them to take bold moves as entrepreneurs right?"

“Absolutely” I replied

“Well what sort of chance have they got if their leader doesn’t role model to them what that looks like?”

He had me. So, nervously I started planning to do theatre improv with them. Not “give them a book on improv” like some Silicon Valley companies do, but actually do full on body-contact improv like crazy acting students do.

I never forget our first session. We could not stop laughing. I saw a whole new side of them. They saw a new side of themselves. Even the wife of one of them thanked me for the change in her husband.

Not only did we have outrageous fun, but the results of the creative exercises we did flowed directly and measurably into the boldness and creativity of their subsequent business decisions and conversations.

Still to this day, the one thing past entrepreneurs say is “Man I miss improv”.

And … I had a blast too. For the first time I’d found a way to integrate my love of acting into my work as a coach, in a way that enriched the lives of others beyond entertainment.

A part of me would have remained forever unexpressed, unintegrated had it not been for the encouragement of my coach to come forth and declare my true colors.

I'm forever grateful to him.

Today, I encourage you as a Bitcoiner to do the same, as my coach once did. Not because it will help Bitcoin. But because it will help you. It will help you feel more full, more authentic. It will be like a deep outbreath you've been longing to take. And like me, the fear you feel is proportional to the breakthrough on the other side.

Fear is an acronym for “False evidence appearing real”. All those fears I had of how people would react were completely unfounded. The truth was, it was my ego that would scared of “what would people think of me” that was keeping me playing safe and playing small. As a result it was denying both others, and me of growth, and of joy.

I was at the decision point where I could listen to my ego … or I could grow. I could only choose one path.

So those fears of how people will judge you declaring you are a Bitcoiner, how do you know? If people judge, so what? Look back to other times you’ve spoken up for what you believed in. How many times did others thank you for your leadership? And even if they don’t - so what?

As Bitcoiners we talk a lot about freedom. But Bitcoin cannot free you. No technology can. Bitcoin is merely the catalyst that brings you to the point where freedom is possible. But the act to choose freedom is yours and yours alone. If you live in fear of what others may think, you are not free. Conversely, the moment you decide to step forth and bring forth what you believe in, whether it is improv … or Bitcoin - you become free.

The stage is waiting.
The time is ripe.
Show your true colors.
Speak your truth.

And then share with others how you can’t believe you waited so long.


Finally, a Norwegian professor in economics has accepted to debate me on monetary policy, half a year after I posted an open challenge on X. We will do it in Oslo this autumn, and it will be broadcasted on a podcast afterwards. I'll get back to you with more info later. https://image.nostr.build/763aa3e6a381475d333b715838f7fcdb07fe80ad2e5f96234185ae23a5233118.jpg


Kamala Harris would appreciate it if you did NOT renote this video of Tulsi Gabbard exposing her

https://s3.poster.place/poster-media/95de2d254d51101ab0f3de1d96a5dfb60c49df26eb5752b4ea30235e740b3f45.mp4


Thank you Daniel! An engaging and inspirational read.


"Why we need less Bitcoin and more bitcoin"

https://azte.co/learn/articles/why-we-need-less-bitcoin-and-more-bitcoin

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Good luck!


My fiat mining gig is well below my intellect level but somehow manages to strip me of all my energy and drive during the week.

Imagining a day when I can spend my all time creating and hopefully adding value.

For now, we build the escape vehicle. 🚌☀⛏

https://media.tenor.com/Azkco9iXdL0AAAAC/fight-club.gif


Are there any Spanish speaking folks here who like reading and bitcoin and want to help me out for some sats? I need someone to compare 2 versions of a translation to determine their quality.


Oh no! Strong black coffee and a couple of eggs… 😊


🚨🚨BIG NEWS! 🚨🚨

The Freedom Footprint Show is rebranding - we are now the Bitcoin Infinity Show!

This new name better reflects what our show is all about - exploring Bitcoin's infinite potential with our friends!

The Freedom Footprint mindset is still a big part of our identity as we continue to focus on the tools that help us all emit more freedom dioxide. But at the heart, this is a Bitcoin show - it always has been! So, from now on, this is the Bitcoin Infinity Show!

Our first episode with the new name will be out tomorrow! In the meantime, give us a follow if you haven't already, and spread the word!

And brush your teeth, FFS!

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We are now the BITCOIN INFINITY SHOW!

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Welcome! 😊


criticism is good, but keep in mind many nostr devs are working on this in the spare time, or are taking lower pay so that they can work on this because they believe in it. nostr is an experient, a protocol. It's not polished. There are bugs. It's not a VC venture with hundreds of millions of funding, designers, and large teams of people building polished products. It's an R&D lab. adjust your expectations accordingly. Sure you can say we suck and aren't working hard enough, but is that really productive? We're trying our best folks. These apps are non-trivial to build! Especially if you want to make them fast 🏎

GN 😴


nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m spreading the word about #nostr
https://m.primal.net/JRwc.mov


https://cdn.satellite.earth/f2e36ad87f5bc22c736c5f079e487fe0af71953c29cf99e19612d4317f4b1c90.jpg
#meme #memes


Good morning!


Very nice! 👌


Im just gonna make a quick statement here about cashu and nutsacks (I know very little, I just read some hype bullets).

I came here to empower speech. Many of you came here to empower money. I think both goals are laudable, but I am trying to avoid the liability of that second one.

Governments have crazy complex and onerous regulations around money. Any technology that touches money needs a legal team, or needs to be developed by anonymous developers (of which I am not).

Gossip client has zaps because there is no money transfer involved when creating an invoice, or in reading and displaying a receipt. And your private key does not unlock or lock any monetary balance.

I'm not sure what cashu/nutsack technology does, but based on the hype bullet points I don't think gossip can implement it.

If the government pervertedly and twistedly (as they do) begins to view nostr private keys as financial instruments or technology facilitating money transfer, then I will be forced to cease nostr development.

Also if nostr nsecs start to control money, then fiatjaf is wrong about subkeys not being necessary.


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 #Bitcoin  http://res.cloudinary.com/duz6er8nb/image/upload/v1718338169/zh8r6av3b3odkhlspyw1.jpg


Jack, that's awesome news.
I would welcome the opportunity to also use your technology.  I saw in the article you are planning on supporting large and small mining operations. I have a location with about 100 asics that need upgrading to more efficient tech (ie. Your 3nm).
Additionally I'm intrigued with your open source philosophy.  I also have intentions to use this tech with "heat reuse" opportunities.  And ability to customize for my use case would be extremely beneficial.
How could I join this mission with you?


Even if you still have to work in the Fiat treadmill, at least work on your dreams a little every day, as a side hustle.


The more data you have, the more devices, apps and online services you use, the harder it gets to protect it all. The most effective cybersecurity strategy is often to minimize what needs protecting. Digital minimalism.

#privacy #cybersecurity #opsec #minimalism


I’d be interested in a How to-write up..


"The glorification of busy will destroy us. Without space for healing, without time for reflection, without an opportunity to surrender, we risk a complete disconnect from the authentic self. We burn out on the fuels of wilfulness, and eventually cannot find our way back to center. And when we lose contact with our core, we are ripe for the picking by the unconscious media and other market forces. After all, consumerism preys on the uncentered. The farther we are from our intuitive knowing, the more easily manipulated we are. The more likely we are to make decisions and affix to goals that don’t serve our healing and transformation. To combat this, we have to form the conscious intention to prioritize our inner life. To notice our breath, our bodies, our feelings. To step back from the fires of overwhelm and remember ourselves. It may feel counter-intuitive in a culture that is speed-addicted, but the slower we move, the faster our return home." #art #consciousliving
—Jeff Brown
art | Harry Watson (1871-1936) Girl in a Tree
https://m.primal.net/JKrP.jpg


I am still coming to term with #nostr having a radically different architecture that requires a radically different thinking mode on how you build apps.

The latest radical insight is that the network becomes the database. Any database record you generate can be a #nostr event that is signed, relayed, but most importantly encrypted by you (NIP44).

This approach breaks the back on commercial platform capture and lock-in.

To date, commercial platforms have always had the play of providing free services to get you into their closed databases with database records about you. Then over time, those records (not controlled by you) lead to, in the words of Cory Doctorow, “enshittification” of everything about the service and the relationship with you. Also, massive breaches are just an event waiting to happen.

With #nostr, the traditional model is flipped on its head. Instead of feeding a commercial service to generate database records about you, you can generate and sign events that can be stored on any relay, or in the network as a whole.

So just like your nostr npub is no longer beholden to a commercial provider, your nostr events (database records) need no longer to be beholden as well.

I am not discounting the existing commercial platforms. I’m just saying there is now a whole other approach. New commercial models will be discovered eventually, but right now the imperative is to experiment with this radically new approach.

Special thanks to nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft who got me thinking this way.


The most effective way to orange pill society is to produce something that society wants, and demand Bitcoin as payment.

This forces people to study Bitcoin and figure out how to access it.

Team Fiat is producing iPhones, cars, air travel, houses, etc. It's impossible to access without having fiat in the loop.

This is creates demand for access to fiat.

What is Team Bitcoin producing? What products and services are *impossible* to acquire without having Bitcoin in the loop?

What products and services are we producing to drive the demand for access to our magic internet  money?


The Hegelian Dialectic is heating up. https://image.nostr.build/4703acd57a734d3635b848fe334aa106dd746fb3caea469d6b33eb6fba2d6350.jpg


When the Gold ETF got approved they increased the supply to get more gold to the market. Three months after the #bitcoin ETFs the new supply got cut in half. The only way for whales to get more BTC is to create FUD so weak hands sell.


https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/

Open source contribution guide for the curious


Happy Sunday!
Getting some good comments on this. (besides all the shitcoiners and their spam bots)
Might have even converted a few to #Bitcoin and #Nostr.

https://youtu.be/HgKPZO0ckX4?feature=shared


Starting to think Bookmarks need a little searchable encrypted note the user can add to make sense of why the post was bookmarked. 🤔


nostr:nprofile1qqszh6vr6v4f342d287qchrf88mc9w3l3znx63884fwwe754jw5gujqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqzxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctcu0gzyc I smell a great opportunity...


1,000,000 sats bounty to whoever gets amethyst to have the IG UX.

I want to click new post, click the "add image/video button", have the camera open, take the picture or video, have it added to the post. Even better if you bypass the "add to message" step (assume users default file server and not sensitive content).

Another million if you can check the limits on the user's default file server and select a resolution, quality, and frame rate to meet those limits, which bypasses the need to use something like YouCut to compress. Also would give half if once the image/video is taken via amethyst, there's some option to open it in YouCut to do that editing there before going back to amethyst for upload.

We can't expect to draw content creators if the UX remains this shitty.

Must get code merged into release branch and working on graphene. If someone wants to take this up, I'd gladly help with breaking these into smaller chunks as I have PM and dev skills.

I'm sure this will get lost in the typical feed, so if there's a better place to post this, lmk.


Good morning!


nostr:npub1hqaz3dlyuhfqhktqchawke39l92jj9nt30dsgh2zvd9z7dv3j3gqpkt56s and I couldn’t be more appreciative of nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt's devotion to the Pleb culture and eloquent way of educating listeners, including myself.

nostr:npub14kw5ygpl6fyqagh9cnrytyaqyacg46lzkq42vz7hk8txdk49kzxs04j7y0 Episode 68 was a glorious success and we encourage you all to listen in via Fountain App and support V4V.

Thank you #Plebchain who listened live via Nostr Nests.

For those that missed the live, enjoy!
https://fountain.fm/episode/ATkyeNluMY2138QbZO5E


Bitcoin journalism is fucked.

I started The Rage because I'm tired of investors and advertisers telling me what to do for below minimum wage compensation.

What we need are publications willing to let journalists investigate the crap out of the companies, representatives and people enabling the building of surveillance tech behind the scenes.

What we get are publications selling out to corporations, startups and politicians writing public relations puff pieces to keep their returns on track. The point of journalism is to hold power to account, not to become its bedfellow.

There is no lack of talented, experienced, investigative journalists covering bitcoin. The problem is that they write what the powers that be don't want you to hear – so many are out of a job, dabbling away at the next press release for mainstream media, or doing below-minimum wage contract work to pay the bills.

I'm incredibly overwhelmed by all the positive feedback we've been getting for The Rage. In just 8 weeks we've scooped major publications and drove discussions around AML, Samourai and Tornado Cash together with your help. We've even made enough to cover operations with almost 400$ raised, thanks to all the zappers out there.

But here's the thing. I didn't come here to write a good piece every once in a while leaving stories untold left and right because I can't afford to focus on investigations full time. I came here to fuck up the financial surveillance complex. That's why The Rage now needs your help.

We're trying to raise 0.25BTC so we can contract the best investigative journalists in the Bitcoin space to tell the stories that major publications can't afford to print.

If you value your financial freedom, please consider donating via our Geyser fund. We cannot do this without your help.

https://geyser.fund/project/therage

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Live and let live. 🙂


H.O.R.N.E.T Storage Nostr Relay Launch🐝

Live Demo of Panel 📟
https://hornetstorage.net/

Nostr Relay & Panel in Alpha 💾
https://github.com/HORNET-Storage/hornet-storage
https://github.com/HORNET-Storage/hornet-storage-panel

Toggleable Storage Support 🎛
- Unchunked files as Blossom Blobs🌸
- Chunked files as Scionic Merkle Trees🎄

https://v.nostr.build/BRQ0D.mp4


Sats Price Display Plugin For WooCommerce Updated

Lots of sats price formatting options added!

Font Awesome icon support.
Prefix/Suffix text.
Rounding w/ trailing zeroes removal.
Variable product price support.

Download: https://github.com/pardus79/woocommerce-bitcoin-price-display/releases/tag/v1.2

https://image.nostr.build/037b6034c756c2e47d4a748e90d544619b4e73bdb53b9cf1b477d376e78d0de3.jpg


Looking forward to talking to nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt in a few hours

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Best part about #nostr is being close to great minds,  authors, creators, devs, deep thinkers, innovators and with a bit of social skills and being nice you can talk directly to these awesome humans! This creates the dynamics and exponential growth curve of our times. I personally never take it for granted and I'm always grateful for this amazing connections. #relaythat #knwoledge #privacy #security


Luckily, we have an option.

I think what people don't realize is, bitcoin/nostr doesn't need to work for everyone in order to work for you. Figure out the people you really want to stay connected with,  bring them onto platforms you feel safe on.

If they care about staying connected with you that should be reason enough for them to at least exist on these platforms.

In time they may realize that it's actually better for them to be here and might bring some of their own network over, or they might not.

Point is Freedom Tech is permission less, you can make it work for yourself.

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Should money be made "real" again?

Why is counterfeiting problematic? Most respondents to such a question would likely come up with the following answers: 1) it could undermine trust in the financial system, 2) counterfeit money could fund criminal activities, 3) counterfeit money could cause inflation. (Historically, inflation referred to an increase in the money supply, unlike today when economists and lexicographers have re-defined it to mean rising prices). However, these answers may overlook the bigger picture.

The real problem of counterfeiting

Our money holds value because we can exchange it for tangible goods, either presently or in the future. (This is why Elon Musk pointed out that "money is a database"). Money thus represents claims on the real world. Successful counterfeiting allows for the creation of new claims without anything necessarily happening in the real world. Counterfeiters can use these fake claims to purchase actual goods (such as guns, ammunition or potatoes) with something essentially worthless. Those who receive such counterfeit money will believe they have gained something real. They will also believe their wealth has increased. However, the money will eventually not stretch as far as they expect, either because the fake bills will be discovered by some forensic expert or because they will not be able to buy as much as anticipated due to future inflation.

What happens to our conclusions if our assumptions are wrong?

In the philosophy of science, the concept of deduction plays a pivotal role. It involves deriving conclusions from premises, ensuring that if the premises are accurate, the conclusion necessarily follows. For example, if all birds have wings, and penguins are birds, then we can infer that penguins have wings.

However, if someone has sold something real - like a sack of potatoes - to a counterfeiter, the seller may assume that their real wealth has increased and act accordingly. But that’s not necessary the case! Counterfeiting can thus cause individuals to base decisions on false premises. Decisions made under such flawed assumptions are unlikely to lead to prosperity. Instead, they may result in economic stagnation or more severe adverse outcomes.

The Soviet Union had Trofim Lysenko. His theories claimed that traits acquired during an individual’s lifetime could be inherited by offspring, contradicting the (more accurate) Mendelian genetics that emphasized the heritability of traits. Lysenko’s ideas influenced Soviet biology and led to erroneous assumptions and failed experiments, hindering the Soviet Union’s economic progress. During China’s “Great Leap Forward” under Mao Zedong, one intention was to increase agricultural production. However, (incorrectly) advocating for the extermination of sparrows and other pests resulted in severe ecological consequences. False assumptions then led to mass famine and diseases, culminating in one of the deadliest periods in China’s modern history.

Counterfeiting will lead to mistaken assumptions

Money acts as a technology facilitating human coordination and decision-making. Counterfeiting disrupts this by introducing false premises into decisions regarding consumption, investment, and other economic activities. Thus, it’s critical to address counterfeiting not just for its immediate effects but also to consider its broader implications on economic coordination.

However, perhaps we should broaden our analysis even further. The central bank, as well as large corporations and billionaires (or is that Cantillionaires?) who receive favorable terms from commercial banks, will also be able to exchange newly created money for real goods (such as potatoes) in return for something that may not be worth anything. (The extent of the problem depends on how the newly created money will be used.)

Karl Marx used the concept of “false consciousness” to describe how social classes can internalize beliefs that do not serve their own interests. While the term itself was never used by Marx, but by Engels , it may be applicable to our current monetary system. Marx argued that by maintaining such false consciousness, the ruling class could retain their power and control over society.

Most of us now swim happily - like fish in water - amid the fiat currencies effortlessly created by central banks and commercial banks. But doesn’t this mean that we too risk drawing conclusions from erroneous assumptions, reminiscent of Marx’s idea of “false consciousness”? And if so, what does this imply for our countries’ economic prospects?

The end of the Bretton Woods system accelerated legal counterfeiting

Many, including Peter Thiel in his book “Zero to One” , have pondered what actually transpired around the beginning of the 1970s . Asset prices began to soar, real wage growth stagnated, technological progress slowed down (at least compared to the hopes of that time). Simultaneously, a towering income and wealth inequality started to emerge.

Coincidentally, it was also around that time when the United States unilaterally and “temporarily” stopped tying the dollar to something real (i.e., gold). The end of the Bretton Woods system thus allowed legal counterfeiting to take off in earnest, arguably leading to a plethora of decisions based on invisible yet sometimes faulty premises. Without these mistaken assumptions, perhaps we could have witnessed an economic renaissance of unprecedented magnitude.

“We have been naive,” is a common sentiment express in Sweden’s public discourse when something has gone awfully wrong. Could this also apply to our money?

Perhaps we should consider making money “real” again?

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ALWAYS HAS BEEN 👩🚀🔫👨🚀


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 🚨 A recent report reveals that accounts at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo were used by Mexican drug trafficking groups to launder $92 million.

Yet they mock #Bitcoin as used by criminals

Will the banks be prosecuted? Will the executives be jailed?


Make Bitcoin cypherpunk again!

Being in bed with Wall Street & becoming compliant barely brought the price above what the free market accomplished 3 years ago.

Rich people don’t need another store of value. But billions of people need something to make unstoppable & untraceable payments.


I believe Bitcoin is intentionally transparent, for a number of reasons. One of those reasons is the anonymity set delta.

The smaller you are, the larger your anonymity set.

The larger you are, the smaller your anonymity set.

This makes it expensive for governments to hide their actions, but cheap for individuals.


I KNOW THERE ARE GUYS LIKE MR 100
BUT WHAT IF WE START THE 100K GANG
BUY 100K SATS TILL ALL FIAT IS GONE
WHO WOULD JOIN THE CLUB !?

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I’m interviewing a French political candidate on stage today, Aurore Galves Orjol.

She is standing on a Pro bitcoin platform:

“You’re fed up of voting white so vote orange” is my slightly deranged translation of her slogan.

She is the first and ONLY bitcoin candidate France has seen.

I’m buzzed as I first met her 3 years ago when she ran Bitcoin Lyon, a bitcoin only education space in Lyon.

What would you want to ask her?


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📣 HRF gifted 1 billion sats from our Bitcoin Development Fund for our Q2 grant cycle

These focus on education, privacy, decentralized communications, and financial freedom tools for those in authoritarian regimes 🌐 🎉

🧵 on the projects 👇

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/hrf-grants-10-btc-to-worldwide-projects-advancing-bitcoin

🇰🇪 The Core promotes Bitcoin education in Kenya. Funding will facilitate meetups, course creation, and student rewards, fostering financial freedom in East Africa.

💻 Terry Yiu works on three Nostr-related projects: the Nostr SDK, Comingle, a conference app; and Damus, a decentralized social platform. All aim to strengthen freedom of speech and communication. This grant supports his work across these Nostr-related initiatives

🤖 Robo Sats—a Tor-only platform enabling peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange, especially helpful under authoritarian regimes, via the Lightning Network. Funding will enhance development, performance, and building an Android app

🇮🇳Bitshala’s Internship Program, empowering aspiring Bitcoin devs in India. Funding will support these internships and help Bitshala establish a hackerspace and community center in Bangalore

🌉Building Bridges to Bitcoin by Ideas Beyond Borders, empowering youth in the Middle East & North Africa with Bitcoin education in Arabic. Funds will support translation, publishing, and operational costs 💡

🤲 Open Sats supports open-source projects, education, and research in the Bitcoin ecosystem. HRF will support the Open Sats’ day-to-day operations budget 🌐

⚡ Flash aims to connect Caribbean economies with Bitcoin. Funding will bolster its development, educational efforts, and adoption campaigns, bringing financial inclusion to historically marginalized regions. 🏝

🇰🇷 Bitcoin Seoul, a conference that took place in May in Korea. Funds supported open-source initiatives and collaboration with North Korean defectors on human rights work

⛏ Margot Paez’s research explores Bitcoin mining's impact on human rights and sovereignty. This funding will support her study on energy efficiency, decentralization, and civil liberties 📊

🔒⚡ Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) enhances Lightning Network security by separating private keys. Funds will be used to hire a Rust developer to ensure user protection and accessibility

🇧🇷 Paulo Sacramento studies Brazil's digital payment systems for insights into Bitcoin adoption. This grant supports his research on open-source options for financial inclusion

🔐 Blockchain Commons develops FROST, improving private key security. Funding will support the organization of two FROST roundtable meetings among members of the FROST ecosystem ❄

🌞 Summer of Bitcoin offers internships for students in Bitcoin development. This grant supports stipends, mentorship, and operations, empowering builders from over 50 countries, with a strong emphasis on authoritarian regimes 🌐

With these grants, HRF continues to push the boundaries of financial freedom, education, and human rights through Bitcoin. Stay tuned for more updates on these exciting initiatives.
Hopeful applicants can find the BDF application here:

hrf.org/devfund


In times of PERCEIVED evil, chaos, and vulnerability (this is often manufactured), people seek to elect strong leaders, whether or not they are the best people for the job.


Congratulations and Thank you Ben! 🫡


Today I'm celebrating 8 years of my YouTube channel.

Two full Bitcoin epochs, 1500+ pieces of content, nearly 11.5 million pairs of eyeballs.

Thanks for joining me on the journey so far. Here's to another epoch.

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"To love someone long-term is to attend a thousand funerals of the people they used to be. The people they're too exhausted to be any longer. The people they grew out of, the people they never ended up growing into. We so badly want the people we love to get their spark back when it burns out, to become speedily found when they are lost.
But it is not our job to hold anyone accountable to the people they used to be. It is our job to travel with them between each version and to honor what emerges along the way. Sometimes it will be an even more luminescent flame. Sometimes it will be a flicker that temporarily floods the room with a perfect and necessary darkness."https://m.primal.net/JAxw.jpg  ~Heidi Priebe #compassion


Today: One Federal Reserve, ~20,000 fiat banks worldwide.

Future: 10 million+ Bitcoin/Lightning banks, with no central bank and no bitcoin bailouts.


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