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 Anyone know why and if it’s necessary to give @fountain_app ur nsec to connect to Nostr? 
 Nostr is an experiment in a decentralized community. You'll know we've really made it when there ... 
 We already have them in es 
 If you don’t understand that all global store-of-value will go into Bitcoin you don’t underst... 
 Even MSTR 
 Destruction of the old order is inevitable. We just have to outlast them. 
 We can help with the destruction. Borrow as much as you can and turn it into btc and don’t pay back 
 Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian brothers and sisters 🇨🇦

It may take a few (dozen)  T... 
 Just got back from Thanksgiving meetup in El Salvador 🇸🇻 👍 
 How did the txn fees go from 2sats/vb to 59 ?
https://m.primal.net/LTyq.jpg 
 No, please don’t use the word pyramid next to btc. Btc doesn’t need mstr, mstr needs btc 
 I have 5800 sats in Zeus but it keeps saying insufficient funds when I try to drain the wallet. How can I get it all out? 
I’ll send you 2000 sats if you show me💰
https://m.primal.net/LMWc.png 
 It doesn’t even show me the fee. 
Even if I try to send 10 sats it still says not enough balance. 
https://m.primal.net/LMXE.png 
 I’m pretty sure it has something to do with outbound liquidity. But ya if no one here knows then I’ll try to connect with them. 
 So is there any way for me to clear out most of those sats?  

I have about 10 wallets and only played around with Zeus bc it was always taking too long to open. I run my own lightning node now with Alby so don’t want to use Zeus. 
 Thanks for all the info. I will check out the video. Here’s a few sats for your effort😀 
 Does anyone know if there’s a lightning wallet where you can track expenses by category. Kind of like a built in budgeting feature so you can see how much you spent on groceries , restaurants etc? 
 Current monetary powers will get increasingly scared as countries pay off debt.

Debt is their we... 
 Yes you can hear the fear in that IMF puppet’s voice. She didn’t believe what she was saying herself. 
There is nothing more powerful and accurate than game theory. 
 Excuse me, the IMF would like you to respect their authority. 
 
 Invite them to the Berlin Bitcoin Centre for a talk 😉 
 I zapped u so u can give the talk ⚡️😂 
 These institutions should be avoided like the plague. 

The IMF didn’t give a shit about El Sal... 
 I love when these dumb af elites Streisand effect themselves over and over and don’t realize they are helping ACCELERATE !
There are more and more people not only waking up but getting the courage to leave their shithole G20 
 Guy , u should come to ES for Adopting Btc and give a talk and meet Tanja 
 Living in a small town on a volcano in the first Bitcoin Country in the world.  

In theory legal... 
 Fuck fiat 
 This is wicked ! Looking forward to checking this out at the conference in Nov. 
I bumped into @illuminodes at a coffee shop a few weeks ago. We were both in line paying in sats. 
 How do you have patience with people when you see your government putting all of the pieces toget... 
 How do bitcoinners who understand so much about history of collapsing societies see what is going on in their countries but choose to not move? How do you justify that holding btc in self custody will save you from what’s coming? Or that you will stay and “fight”. Will you really buy guns and hunker down and shoot home invaders and feel like you’re defending your country? I just don’t get it. 
I understand those who are ignorant not moving but I don’t understand bitcoinners. 
 I met lots of Americans and non Americans from all over the world at the halving party a few months ago. I’m not sure if it’s patriotism bc pretty much all of them said they didn’t want to move either bc business/ family or they love the States. I was pretty surprised by those answers. They all thought there was a realistic chance of a mad max scenario but none was serious about moving. 
The way I see it , it’s like they are saying they know they are on the titanic but bc they have family not willing to jump off, they will also stay onboard. Sometimes I think they are using family as an excuse for their own fears. 
 Woke up today and decided to reconnect with a very close college friend from 15 years ago. Just s... 
 I did that with a friend from 30 years ago. We met up at a Starbucks 🤮 in Alberta. I told him I moved to El Salvador , he asked why and I cautiously explained. It got all awkward and he thinks I’m crazy and we probably won’t ever speak again. I don’t give a shit. 
 @Len AKA The Lengend⚡ 
Joey says u the one who doesn’t want to leave Canada even though you think the govt is gonna steal ur tfsa. What gives ?? 
 We are all in the same boat. 
When that day comes , there won’t be much we can do for our families anyways. 
At the least , you should get everything prepared rather than wait until it’s unbearable and try to flee when everyone else realizes it too. Once the bank runs start , it’ll be impossible to try to get passports and drain banks etc 
 Exactly. If there is no collapse , you can always go back to the way things were. If there is a collapse and u didn’t prepare then u are completely fucked. 
But it is already collapsing fast. We got record food bank lines, increase in all crimes including violent crimes, open borders by design , squatters, Only Fans, people pissing and shitting in streets , extreme division in all aspects of life , people eating pets , many countries starting to abolish cash , bank limits on withdrawals , free speech censorship on all levels and on multiple countries. And we are just getting started!!!! It’s so fucking clear!

You guys are fans of Bull. Why not use Bylls and not rely on banks? 

I’m just saying get everything ready so u can make split decision if need be. 
 GM☀️
We are more free than we often realise. 
 I assume u mean those in es 
 I own no Fiat. What fool would? 
 If I only have $500 emergency fiat , am I a fool? 
 Someone close to me sold all her bitcoin last week against my advice. I had her buy in November ... 
 Clearly she didn’t have it in self custody. 
 What is stopping maxis who think it will be mad max in the G7 from moving ? 
 Wife worked for WF for 19 years. Quit and live in es with no banks. F banks 
 They gonna collect it all and claim it’s theirs like Ross’ coins 
 The USD is backed by people’s trust in The Federal Reserve. That’s pretty incredible consider... 
 It’s more like it’s backed by the1- illusion of the Federal Reserve and 2-violence if you challenge them 
 Donald Trump is a shitcoiner. nostr:note107h53eggm4e2dhk6gmcpgn82qcewrmcmf85ut8ydwv06yvhcczgsm520l6 
 Pretty much anyone who wears a suit regularly 
 Does any one know how many active daily users are on Nostr?
This is more fun than twitter! 
 More since Pavel

If you exclude bitcoinners , zero 
 The best strategy is to not comply and leave. If 5% did not comply they would be toast. Please repost. 
@TheGuySwann 
@Excellion 
@NVK 
@jimmysong 
@82fa35a6 nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5mnostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe @yugocana @ODELL @LynAlden @CARLA @walker @jack 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZa1Z1UpoK8

https://youtu.be/pHS1aYTmHvM

https://video.nostr.build/94cfe89143568eaa9808ab18d0d2c5fe76992ec6acda3a18e386031f2e85a261.mp4


https://m.primal.net/KmwU.jpg
https://m.primal.net/KmwV.jpg 
 Rent don’t own
And there’s no property tax in El Salvador and many other countries 
 Ok HFSP holding the biggest shitcoin of them all 
 It makes no difference whether my rent goes to property tax or mortgage or whatever. I’m paying for a product/service no different than paying to watch a movie or going on vacation. It so happens to be called rent. When you pay for a product or service, should  it make you feel better /worse if the seller uses the proceeds to pay for overhead or if it’s pure profit? 
 No I’m not comparing owning land to going to a movie. You’re hung up on the fact that rent goes to the landlords property tax. Why should I care if he uses rent for property tax or he uses it to go to the movies or flushes it down the toilet ? I decide if the product I’m receiving is worth the rent I’m paying. 

And yes land is a complete shitcoin when btc exists. Good luck moving bringing it with you when you have to flee. 
 We already fled. We live outside the system. We have no bank accounts no credit score , no SEIZABLE property. Paid my landlord with btc just yesterday. My cost of living has gone down 40% since I left in Feb. how about you? 
 Owning land AND having bank accts AND living in a country that extracts property tax makes you 100% in the system. So no not “ me too”. So u grow  some lettuce and fruits and maybe got a couple of chickens or even some cow.  By ur definition, any farmer is “me too “ out of the system.  That precious land you own is not ur land. Tell me what happens if you don’t pay property tax. As a matter of fact, even if they abolished property tax on your land it’s still not your land. They can expropriate it like they always do. You are about as out of the system as being in prison. 
As for me, if my landlord decides to boot me out , I move to another place. If the govt decides to take the apartment, he loses , not me. By ur definition , anyone who engages in financial transactions is in the system. 
When the system collapses , I don’t lose a penny. If I don’t like the govt here I move. Have fun with squatters or trying to sell ur precious land when everyone is trying to flee. 

I started off being helpful. You immediately go on the attack. Now you abandon ship bc u know deep down ur way more in the system then I am. Don’t reply but I know you read this. 
 1- yes , I was being helpful. U asked for a way to avoid property tax. I gave you 2 suggestions in case you didn’t know. I didn’t tell you to move to El Salvador.  Your immediate response was for me to “ stop pretending to know what you’re talking about” 
2- I am willing to make a bet with you that we live on a btc standard. There’s no better place to do it than Nostr. Judging from your responses though , you seem like the type of guy who will move the goal posts no matter what proof I show you. If I have the receipts for rent and utilies and groceries , transportation , cell phone  etc in btc , is that good enough for you? Probably not bc that’s the kind of guy you are. 

And why wouldn’t I have the time to debate with you? I don’t have to   waste time chasing fiat investments for my melting ice cubes. 
3- I don’t think you even know what the “system” is. Yes I live on earth, yes I buy food and use a phone and internet. I even pay sales tax on products I buy. If doing those things puts me in the system, then yes you win. But unlike you, my property is my property and I am free to move whenever I want without losing my property. Unlike you , I can send and receive money without being censored. I don’t have to worry about banks freezing my money. I don’t have to worry about my money being devalued overnight or over the course of the next 10 years. 

So set the terms of the bet and let’s do it. I only accept btc , not shitcoins which includes fiat. 
 I’m out here trying to zap some of y’all and some of you don’t have wallets yet.

Y’all a... 
 I have a wallet! 
 When you understand Bitcoin you see how asleep you were. You feel bad for you family and friends ... 
 Especially when you’ve moved to ES. My wife and I were just talking about that yesterday. 
 The “water/diamond paradox “ will be playing out soon. The jewellery section will be openly displayed while all groceries will be locked up at Costco and Walmart 
@saifedean @TheGuySwann 
 THEY UNDERESTIMATE HOW MUCH WE WANT FREEDOM. 
 Most people already rolled over and gave up 
 Anyone cheering for digital IDs is a traitor to humanity, and should stack ETH hard. 
 Remember that time  u bought my ETH 😂 
 True story! 
 The fine for people using VPNs to access it is crazy.

And the judge really does look like a comi... 
 Tornado cash, samourai , telegram guys thrown in jail for providing a tool. 
That’s going after developers and not users. 

Fining people for tweeting or using a VPN is going after users and not developers. 

Shouldn’t  VPN CEOs and Elon go to jail? 
At least be consistent. 
 @jimmysong @TheGuySwann 
Just listened to Guy’s Episode on BTC standard vs investing based on Jimmy’s article.

Do you guys mind doing a poll on Nostr and the same one on X on how many people are living on a Btc standard ? It would be quite interesting I bet. 
 Maybe get tips from others who live in the USA who live on btc standard. If others do it , it can be done at least to a large degree 
 @geyser @MiPrimerBitcoin @jack @walker @LynAlden @preston @TomerStrolight @Parman - Activate OP_GFY now!! @FRANCIS @CARLA @ODELL @NVK @UNCLE ROCKSTAR @MartyBent @
 El Salvador sunrise UV with beautiful flowers and palm trees with natural laser eyes and OPi wearing a BullBtc shirt has got to be worth some zaps! If not, PLEASE consider donating to MiPrimer’s Geyser fund. They really need our help. I know I’m a nobody in this space but my wife makes these little knitted OPi pills with 100% of sats going directly to MiPrimerBtc. 

https://btcpay.miprimerbitcoin.io/apps/kj6P8e39dAQER7gLYPD8Sx1B9Z9/pos
We will be selling these at a meetup tomorrow. 

Here is the tweet from John Dennehy ,founder of Mi Primer Btc

https://x.com/jdennehy_writes/status/1828500160537895276?s=46

If you cannot donate , at least please repost.