I LOVE THIS ANALOGY:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting-tendencies?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others. https://image.nostr.build/16af8725a25cf38d3e5fbef42b0da0b54cb7126f61a33386443e20c30da0a756.jpg


I had a fun run-in with the Portugese police a few days ago re Samourai Dev. There's been some updates since from SNDY (I don't know how to link to videos, see Frank Corva/BM). Twatter cross post👇

New info on TDev, or rather more non-info. Portugese Metropolitan Police responded to have no info (this was to be expected).

But here's where it get's interesting. I just called the Policia Judiciaria, and their stonewalling is insane. After identifying myself as a journalist, the officer's tone completely changed. She told me I was not entitled to any information and even refused to give her name. I have never experienced anything like this.

@ Policia Judiciaria: Under Articles 10 and 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights, to which your country is a signatory, you are required to inform the press on cases of public interest. In addition, your officers are required to identify themselves on request.

Your agency is thereby not just obstructing the public's right to receive information without interference by public authorities, as well as Mr. Hill's right to transparent judicial proceedings, but also in violation of your own local laws governing identification requirements of public officers. I suggest you get your house in order.

https://m.primal.net/ITub.jpg
https://m.primal.net/ITuc.jpg


But what do we call when Elon grouped #nostr links in his external link ban?

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If the people who feed you only accept Bitcoin... You're gonna go get some Bitcoin.

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Nostr reminds me of 1995 - nostr:npub17xu3rtcu0ftqw03mswa8a2ngz3nsgrs0h0wjv4z942qwvhp8fs3qzcadls

I wasn't alive then - nostr:npub1zach44xjpc4yyhx6pgse2cj2pf98838kja03dv2e8ly8lfr094vqvm5dy5

#NostrVillage


Algorithms are not evil in nature. Transparency and user choice are the way forward.

#NostrVillage


this one hurt 😂
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Long day of travelling was worth it for face time with all you #nostr plebs at #nostrvillage. Bitcoiners/Nostriches are some of the smartest people on the planet.

And I finally got to check out nostr:npub1key55ax33gkl50uqemvl4khrtqrhzm7wzpc7fhseutt5ddkcwcrqgxlt3h the new official bar of the nostr:npub1627md0lshr7hsa9z6ud8xpln2xvrszjcqv0uu5d8cjvz4f2vscnsat3aec when we're in New York


Releastr released!

That's zap.store indexer, which is now automated and checks for latest releases every day.

Want to see all indexed apps or suggest a new one? Send a PR!

(Note again that this is a bandaid for bootstrapping. Ultimately it's devs who will be signing and pushing their releases. Working on it!)

https://github.com/zapstore/releastr


#GM #nostr fam ✊🧡 heading to NYC to attend the event at nostr:npub1key55ax33gkl50uqemvl4khrtqrhzm7wzpc7fhseutt5ddkcwcrqgxlt3h today. I'll be the guy wearing the "Are you Flirting with #Bitcoin" sweater. Come say hi... Or don't. I'm not your boss.

https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/300036250/


We're heading to Florida this summer and told the wife we're not flying on a #Boeing. It's crazy that we have to pick flights by plane make/model not airline now.


This is a great way to support artists

#Bitcoin #nostr

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GN 🫡

#NostrOnly https://i.nostr.build/0jge0.jpg


Great swag. Gotta get one of those biker leather vests and start collecting these 😂

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One of the things I immediately loved about #nostr when I joined was that I was no longer surrounded by people talking about how #Bitcoin COULD BE used, but rather by people ACTUALLY USING Bitcoin.


Love the added discovery. Now just let me zap developers through the app and you have something special here

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Not exactly what I was remembering but this is a great start to what I am thinking about.

Shout-out nostr:npub1lqs30x7466guvx6r2cek8z9d4hpucycy7j08wx58cwx70m206q3qrscejr

#nostr #asknostr #grownostr

https://yeghro.site/nostr-inactive-users-checker/


#oldworld

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#Bitcoin inspires freedom-loving minds.


Oof. I'm in the same boat. I just wrote it off iny head as a 0% interest loan to Elon.

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Does anyone know how far along a project needs to be before applying for an nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f grant? Do I need a working prototype? Or just a project plan?

https://opensats.org/apply


#GM #nostr frens. I just an awesome statistic from the producer of our podcast nostr:npub1627md0lshr7hsa9z6ud8xpln2xvrszjcqv0uu5d8cjvz4f2vscnsat3aec.

Adopting Bitcoin: Arnhem Generated over 25M satoshis of economic activity in #Bitcoin alone. I love this kind of reporting because in the future these numbers will seem commicly large. https://image.nostr.build/e6c35ecdab4025ce186ebfb0d62c31e2532931dba9595d05294eb4a6c7f199fd.jpg

https://adoptingbitcoinarnhem.com/


He's earning mad zaps daddy  https://image.nostr.build/e437824c728f19828d0a0fa6b4233fea0e55ac338bd004ab2f935d1aa20fc6e2.jpg


Good morning! #plebchain & #coffeechain

I’m sending off nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr to NYC this Thursday for the #nostr village meetup.

I can’t make it this time but anyone else going?

https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/300036250/


Yes


My wife trying to make friends for me... On #nostr?! Next she'll be offering #bitcoin to everyone. 😂🧡✊

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#plebchain

I love this conversation I had with nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr this time last year. Love that when I read #Trump promised to free #RossUlbricht if reelected, I immediately understood the context.

He’s such a great teacher.

Listen to this episode if you need to! You can fast forward to the ~20 mins mark if you want to skip our adorable banter.

(Forgive our audio quality, we were podcaster babies) nostr:note1ct70y3jg9m39krk9pwpgxezqh8m96cm5x9w8w253n6dty2xl7qlswxh62l


Way to finish strong after 2 years. Very inspiring ✊🧡

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Spotted in Hagerstown, #Maryland at a Royal Farms!

#bitcoin #margo atm https://image.nostr.build/55b2d983ffd8110e4f9a08002efdb6f930163642d3c88ca79a3ee8fd61aee5b2.jpg


Most stuff that you know as "the internet" is currently being rebuilt on nostr. Video sites, wikis, app stores, blogs, etc.
https://www.nostrapps.com/


No not this. Either


Unfortunately no. I'd like an app that shows me how active my contacts are. I could have sworn someone mentioned the same problem this weekend


What's up nostr fam. Is there an app specifically for managing your "contacts list" for nostr. Feel like I saw someone announce something recently. I need to do some maintenance


Somebody would have to die after that 😂


Things that the Samourai seizure have taught me:

2. Finding good sources of information that help you learn is paramount.

Thank you nostr:npub1yz8n8jf7zye7ew6yftqr4hes6s3zlamaygr8amzkw05lwnqwjz5svspxp7and nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr for the nostr:npub1627md0lshr7hsa9z6ud8xpln2xvrszjcqv0uu5d8cjvz4f2vscnsat3aec.

Also nostr:npub1awyzkzaktxlhyg6syzst3pxy5lvp0c908yphz4ekk9rp3zcapp5qxn79n4 for This week in Bitcoin


If the people who feed you only accept Bitcoin... You're gonna go get some Bitcoin.

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I began reading Mises' "Nation, State, and Economy" this morning. A great Memorial Day Weekend read so far.

Download a free version courtesy of The Mises Institute.

https://mises.org/library/book/nation-state-and-economy
https://m.primal.net/IOMH.jpg


The real flippening is when ‘$’ means sats. #Bitcoin


This #terrencehoward interview is wild. I've been following all this stuff for years but to see the information get to a wider audience was not on my 2024 Bingo Card.

%90+ percent of what he said is common knowledge in some very small circles. #Bitcoin community should all read up on this stuff. Its all the tech you'll need at your citadel 😁

https://youtu.be/g197xdRZsW0?si=McVYQi-0o5v_A7Sf


I just returned from a wedding, and gave the happy couple a copy of "21 Questions" as a wedding gift:

https://i.nostr.build/POkj4.jpg

The bride was orange-pilled a few years ago, but her now-husband hasn't looked into Bitcoin much.

I included a sticker from nostr:npub18kpw3akvdsyk239lx0jgwksr74sq4nlha3r8u9g2rnrhztfpfhysy469c4 so they can continue learning after they're done with the book.

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

Get your own copy of "21 Questions" -- or several, so you can give them away! -- here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0Wlb4wh


Once you see the Fnords this is all you hear on "the news".

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


Just finished nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a 's broken money. What an amazing book! Learnt so much . Now the past 15-20 years of events in the US make so much more sense to me.


The US ETFs holds 840,000 #bitcoin ($58B). They have bought this in 4.5 months. During this period the Halving happened, Trump supports it, Yen is collapsing, M2 have started to increase. If you don’t hold any BTC now I don’t know what to tell you.


Most exciting non-bitcoin protocol since http

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A place that I love to get food and smoothies at just closed their doors.

They said that the price of getting all clean, organic ingredients has become far too prohibitive and they refused to compromise on the very reason they opened to begin with.

Inflation is literally a fucking poison on society. This is why the quality of everything is complete shit.

The govt literally steals the substance and quality of our lives to fund their own greed and power.

Fuck the govt. Fuck the Fed


The price for unlimited money printing by governments. https://image.nostr.build/8895b826522118a6e9d4f28ffb7a9e17b8410ebaee3f27bdfe54422354364b97.jpg


you're not what you say you are, you're how you behave

you're not what you say you'll do, you're what you do

you are not your interests, curiosities, or affections

you are your actions.

human actions.


Decentralized ad network (attention marketplace) where user set the price they are willing to "sell" their attention using Nostr relays


Stop giving your corn to wealthy people. Stop it. Better to zap someone from a different country that is gonna buy milk.


I live my life a quarter epoch at a time nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg https://image.nostr.build/423cd1290b2f8cafd54c92f9547a9ebfb10fe30d63782a9c844d16372143d4a5.jpg


gm, stay humble, stack sats, and exit centralized social media with ZBD girls powered by  nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6✊🗽 https://m.primal.net/ILVw.png


This is an amazing documentary. Great job to everyone involved. It has me rethinking the side project I've been working on. Would an open source approach work?🤔 I'd have to rewrite everything to run in a #docker container. No biggie... Right?

https://youtu.be/Z78ZbPcsc3g?si=WSyCTau33hP3GUDS


Do your best. They are in the best mental state to be orange pilled 💊


Do you have a website with these stats?


Since launching our newest #bitcoin sticker pack in March, 2,126 people have scanned the QR codes on the stickers you all put in public!

Here's the breakdown:

GOT INFLATION? − 532
STUDY BITCOIN − 495
CURE INFLATION V2 − 269
FIX THE MONEY — 228
BDHI BLACK — 229
BDHI ORANGE — 207
WHAT IF? — 100
CURE INFLATION V1 — 42
WARNING — 9
DANGER — 8
CAUTION — 7

The new WARNING, DANGER, and CAUTION stickers don't have a ton of scans, but they are one of the few stickers that give people the option to type in a link instead of scanning.

The GOT INFLATION? sticker continues to be the most scanned with STUDY BITCOIN keeping its 2nd place spot.

Thank you all for helping 2,126 people take their first steps down the #bitcoin rabbit hole! This would not be possible without all of you 🧡


This #terrencehoward interview is wild. This is the rabbit hole I was down before #bitcoin. I've been following all this stuff for years but to see the information get to a wider audience was not on my 2024 Bingo Card.

%90+ percent of what he said is common knowledge in some very small circles. #Bitcoin community should all read up on this stuff. Its all the tech you'll need at your citadel 😁

https://youtu.be/g197xdRZsW0?si=McVYQi-0o5v_A7Sf


This #terrencehoward interview is wild. I've been following all this stuff for years but to see the information get to a wider audience was not on my 2024 Bingo Card.

%90+ percent of what he said is common knowledge in some very small circles. #Bitcoin community should all read up on this stuff. Its all the tech you'll need at your citadel 😁

https://youtu.be/g197xdRZsW0?si=McVYQi-0o5v_A7Sf


The heliosphere is the outermost layer of the Solar System and protects the planets from powerful cosmic events like supernovae.

This artist’s visualization shows its possible shape.  🌌

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

#sciencetr


I think I found my answer

https://youtu.be/YkFuxKnvxCQ?si=OVuISGcIS5PoIvnN


"#Bitcoin is opt out technology. So you don't have to persuade people. You can just unilaterally use better money, hard money."

nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw in nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg's documentary 'MY TRUST IN YOU IS BROKEN'

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


"He who refuses to rule is liable to be ruled by one who is worse than himself."


Game theory forced the US House to ban CBDC even though they would love it. They see that they would get left behind. Time for #bitcoin. This is insanely bullish!🚀


They can take your house but they can't take your #Bitcoin

They offered her $600k. She should take the offer and they plow it all into #bitcoin

Also this house is over a hundred years old which means it's probably an #oldworld building as well.

https://youtu.be/rzY3NXY3i9I?si=Ph0Bmg6c5NzxUK0A


They can take your house but they can't take your #Bitcoin

They offered her $600k. She should take the offer and they plow it all into #bitcoin

Also this house is over a hundred years old which means it's probably an #oldworld building as well.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/woman-fights-to-keep-arlington-county-from-acquiring-family-home-eminent-domain/65-e8f16976-6c65-4498-8511-5862e12828dc


Might need to put the month in front of 2024. We're gonna have to update this math before the year is over.

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A great example of why incentives matter.

"Fix the incentives. Fix the world."

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#gm #nostr family and Happy #Pizzaday🍕

Shower Thought:

I've been thinking about the concept of "Nostr Hemispheres". Since there is no algorithm you tend to only see what people who are in your "hemisphere" post. This idea of Hemispheres is interesting to me because once a client implemented some concept of this, you could then impersonate different Hemispheres to see what Nostr is like during other times of the day. For example what is nostr like in SE Asia "in the morning"? Do they all say #gm?

CC: nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s


Y'all are crushing it today #grownostr

#bitcoin #pizza #bitcoinpizzaday #memes https://video.nostr.build/360755738e3b444f738b2732a95705c9a91555623b7095474301493da0a45c57.mp4


Yeah I think nostr:npub13qrrw2h4z52m7jh0spefrwtysl4psfkfv6j4j672se5hkhvtyw7qu0almy is do the most visible version of this that I've seen. And it seems to be working.

But as I said in the episode... She is visible in my #nostr hemisphere I don't know about the other side of the planet.


#nostr users be like

#meme #grownostr #plebchain https://image.nostr.build/e4d083fe9b5244929efab600ca3793172bbb99f9d90a3e0e1b15f7615bf5f236.jpg


This episode was a great topic nostr:npub1yz8n8jf7zye7ew6yftqr4hes6s3zlamaygr8amzkw05lwnqwjz5svspxp7 brought up on the spot. I hope this movement to block celebrities gains traction even if it only makes people more aware of how little control they have on these platforms. I still think we should focus on the content creators and they will bring their audiences.

We'll See

#grownostr #nostr #tiktok

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You're getting better at #nostr babe

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This story made me excited for the first #nostr match. Or has it already happened? #onlinedating #love https://image.nostr.build/fb059a8a051b60f33ee04a155d89d620cc536c80841727c2f7247c18ad71a3cf.jpg https://image.nostr.build/727a223770ce07b640f4c7295ebd53bbd27fe633de455145e4fbb3a5a90a45de.jpg


Ever wonder what it was like working for a Bitcoin company in the early days? Did you know users back then were part crazy, part generous?

I started working at BitInstant late 2012, which allowed people to buy Bitcoin with cash. In the fall of 2013, I joined Blockchain(dot)info (BCI). The early days at BCI is what I want to focus on here.

BCI was the biggest non-custodial web wallet & the most used block explorer. I wore many hats as the first employee, but my main job was handling the support tickets.

My first day at BCI was chaos. I logged into Zendesk and saw THOUSANDS of tickets as old as January 2013. There was one guy, Ben Reeves, doing everything since inception. Support wasn't the highest priority.

After initially feeling overwhelmed, I decided to clean things up. I closed all tickets older than a few weeks, and included a message apologizing for the lack of response. I assured people this would no longer be the norm, and to open a new ticket if their issue was ongoing.

I had free reign over my job, and became obsessed with making sure users received help in a reasonable amount of time. It started as a goal to respond within 24 hours of a new ticket, which turned into 12 hours. Within a few months, the average response time was down to 2-4 hours, only because I had to sleep at some point! 😂

I didn't realize how little I knew about Bitcoin until I had to answer tickets about the Bitcoin network itself. After all, we weren't just a web wallet, but a block explorer! I spent many late nights digging around on BitcoinTalk, trying to learn more, so I could help users with their questions. Learning about Bitcoin back then wasn't impossible, but it wasn't easy.

Many early users were shocked to receive a response to their questions. To hear back so quickly was unheard of. There were many Bitcoin projects back then, but most didn't have dedicated support staff. If you received a response, it would be from the founder or some other developer. These guys didn't have the resources to tackle support, especially in a timely manner.

I quickly learned about the generosity of bitcoiners. Many users requested a btc address from me so they could send a tip for the help provided. Even when I told them it was unnecessary, as I was a paid employee, they insisted on tipping.

Many of these users were nuts. 😂 Here's an example that didn't happen frequently, but it happened:

A user opens a ticket during the time I'm actively watching the queue. I see it come in, respond within minutes with a solution, and he insists on tipping. I'm like, "Bro it's cool, don't sweat it," but this madlad won't leave me alone until he tips me.

I look at my tip jar - 0.5 BTC, which is worth a few hundred USD at the time. WTF, ARE YOU INSANE?! 🤯

Part of this generous attitude was about saying thank you, but I believe a bigger part was about the early proliferation of Bitcoin.

We preach the HODL mentality today, but Bitcoin wouldn't be what it is without the generosity of early adopters. So many bitcoins were given out freely so people could learn about it firsthand.

I believe many of the tips I received were from people who, at one point, also received free btc. It felt wrong to HODL these tips, so I paid it forward. I purchased work related items so I could do my job better. I tipped people on Reddit. I donated towards bitcoin-backed fundraisers, including when Andreas fundraised for Dorian Nakamoto. I did everything I could to keep that spirit of giving alive.

The landscape today has changed, but that spirit of generosity lives on. The best example is zapping on Nostr, where people are tipping each other via LN for posts and comments. It's beautiful to see!

Thank you, early adopters, for your generosity. You're a big part of why Bitcoin is what it is today. 🧡

Be kind, be generous, and be a little crazy. 😄


Imagine this, but for Notedeck 🥹 https://skins.webamp.org


334M companies and only 16M #bitcoin. That’s 0.04 BTC per company.


We do have all the ingredients


Thanks for the reminder. I usually wait to hear the garbage truck and then run outside in my underwear... In the rain.


Just had an interesting thought and realized that none of my friends will want to discuss with me. But I think Bitcoiners will get where I'm going with this.

According to saylor, or whatever book he read, The story of humanity can be boiled down to who can harness the most energy efficiently.

But think there is another version of that.

The story of humanity culture can be boiled down to how much energy you can harness from nature efficiently.

And right now we are still in the ocean faring stage of humanity culture.  before we were mostly ocean faring we were riding on animals and navigating lakes and rivers in canoes.

Notice how I didn't say we are in our space age or our air travel phase. That's because those are not harnessing power of nature. They are actually expending massive amounts of energy to defy nature. I.e. gravity.

Boats however naturally float. Yes it takes a lot of engineering to make the super containers we see today. And massive engines to propel them. But they are just massive boats; their natural state is to float. Not crash to the ground in a fireball.

I think that the more perfect the money is the more energy your culture will be able to harness naturally. Gold got us from the from horseback to super containers. What will Bitcoin do for us?


Sure but without an engine it just won't move. So unless you built it on top of or pointing at rocks. It still just floats.

lets scale down away from nature defying engines and instead talk about sails. Does a sailboat defy or work with nature?


It’s funny how when Facebook came out all the Boomers were like “The Facebooks is EVIL!!” and now they’re literally the only ones left using it.


Myco-radio Waves

Intra-network communication occurs in mycorrhizae via chemistry and it can happen fairly fast. Upon wounding a portion of the network the rest of the network reacts to the chemistry released from the offended site.

In a particular experiment, however, the speed at which the downstream network displayed a 'reaction' to the offense was far faster than it should have been. The researcher surmises the chemistry was released into the atmosphere and traveled as a gaseous cloud. Sort of like 'radio waves'.


WE CHOOSE NOT TO COMPLACENTLY ACCEPT THE STATUS QUO. WE HAVE FAITH IN THE HUMAN IMAGINATION AND PERSEVERE TO HELP BUILD A BETTER FUTURE. THE STRUGGLE TO CREATE THIS REALITY DOES NOT HAPPEN ON A BATTLEGROUND AGAINST LARGE GROUPS OF THE POWERS THAT BE; IT TAKES PLACE EVERY MORNING ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL WHEN WE EACH DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO SPEND OUR TIME AND WHAT MARK WE EACH WANT TO LEAVE ON THE WORLD AFTER WE’RE GONE.


I now follow #permaculture


Recording tonight!
Question for #Nostr

How much of your attention does it take to be influenced? By a stranger? A celebrity? A digital public figure? A person you personally know?

Who ranks highest?


"We write to express our grave concerns regarding the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) recent policy arguments that dramatically expand the scope of the Federal prohibition on operating an unlicensed money transmitting business."

- SENATORS LUMMIS AND WYDEN LETTER TO US DOJ

https://cdn.satellite.earth/f5f1f53a62cd1003adf36c9c9877dc6f7f3740e74471fc60fa82617ed01ecfb4.jpg

https://cdn.satellite.earth/4567da439759290cefe07aa17fd3150d3af07b0506d6bccb32191f1749b7e0bd.jpg

https://cdn.satellite.earth/44bd977c5a78b7e6c1971af606d227ee0c69f2725ef9f5ea2669e4fd8e89ac86.jpg


The American electoral field is what you get from decades of democratic inbreeding


America. A country ruled by schizophrenic octogenarians using draconian laws to scare its people away from #Bitcoin & freedom.

Listen & earn sats on nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5  #plebchain

https://fountain.fm/episode/qQXwpcCjaSOUvELRAHgC
https://m.primal.net/IFWQ.mov


Just casually making #bitcoin history on the daily.
https://video.nostr.build/69e402be4e8e5e88611400e5d337438ae2838a20faaf7a6584ab5a5016ba54fd.mp4


The older I get the more I'm Team Stargate


We’re a little riled up this week - just the way you like us. We talk #Samourai arrest, money laundering laws, #Napster, #BitTorrent, #octogenarians,  #CampusProtests , & more.

Listen & earn sats on nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 #bitcoin #plebchain

https://fountain.fm/episode/qQXwpcCjaSOUvELRAHgC


Big tech’s (and many corps) problem solving is temporary and is just like throwing a boomerang. The problems they wish to solve return amplified.

The never-ending corporate GREED messes up all.

Airbnb
Uber
Netflix
Spotify
Almost all social media channels, etc..

Bitcoin doesn’t fix human greed, but hopefully changes the incentives in such a big way that humanity can move forward again.


"From a historical perspective, the US government’s erratic behavior should not come as a surprise: when the economy is plagued by unbearable debt and wars spread like fire, authorities tend to tighten financial controls. The US is no exception. In the distorted minds of tyrants, nobody must be allowed to preserve their wealth by exiting the incumbent financial and institutional system: the ship must sink with everyone onboard."

https://mises.org/mises-wire/arrest-samourai-wallet-developers-shows-us-government-hates-privacy-and-freedom


Kendrick should have released his diss tracks on nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg change my mind.


Ian makes it easy to understand these boring things 🙃 He explains why the halving block was worth 40 #Bitcoin, in two minutes. What a gentleman 💜
https://m.primal.net/IEnh.mov


Some people think Nostr cannot work with things like a "universal consistent like count" and other basic social media malignant tumors.

Even if we ignore the bad psychological and societal effects of such practices and assume they are good, and even if we assume that Nostr is all running in a single server that has all the events (a Bluesky-like unavoidable requirement for such universal consistency) these people are still completely oblivious to the fact that anyone can create a bazillion keypairs and spam like counts.

So when they ask for a "universal consistent like count" what these people are really asking for is for a centralized KYC barrier at the doors of Nostr that ensures only a single keypair can be created by each human.


“I feel optimistic because we own the future. Owning #Bitcoin means we own the fucking future. OK? and we have a seat at the table and we're going to get to say how things operate. And the way I want things to operate is the way the fucking US Constitution says they should fucking operate. The end.” - nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs spitting 🔥🔥🔥 on nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8
#Titcoin https://v.nostr.build/aQGdr.mp4


Deleting your Twitter account can actually make a difference.

Every time someone opens a link or searches for an old thread in which you participated they will not see your tweets, the entire experience will be broken and they will hate Twitter for that.


#GM & #PV my #nostr fam.

I finally quit my fiat job last week.

After I'm done editing this week's episode, I'm going to dust off my Nostriches app prototype. Nothing like looking at code you wrote months ago. What's the over/under on how many times I say "what was I thinking?"

P.S. who's hiring actually hiring out here?


When first becoming a Bitcoiner, it’s tempting to stare at charts all day.

That won’t get you to financial freedom any sooner. What will is focusing on your craft.

Not only will you stack more sats by focusing on your craft, you’ll also create more value for your fellow man, and live a more peaceful life. nostr:note13kntstgaw3ftudx30j97t6u9fq2y6gvwuy32nxee6meh2ghvj4as23x2tw


Man I haven't seen one of these since high school


The 5-fold symmetry traced by Earth and Venus as they orbit the Sun.  Everything in the universe dances to beautiful music.

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

#grownostr #science


Generational wealth begins with one risk taker.


105 countries have a money printer. There’s 1.9M #bitcoin left on exchanges. If you don’t own any BTC it means you believe none of these 105 countries will use their printer to buy BTC.


Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to create notes and send zaps! 🫂🤙🏻💜

Nostr is for everyone, however certain groups of people need Nostr more than most. Think outside your privilege and think about the other 8 billion people around the world. Everyone deserves freedom, but right now some need it more than others.


Link?


Where is the difference? https://image.nostr.build/0571352970dc99297e63c517f2d64468e27223d4a65a967eb5172acc8ec24311.jpg


Statism is the most dangerous religion.


stop integrating with the legacy system. waste of time. build the future.


Preach 💜✊🧡

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GM!! 🧡🤴🏼🎶👌🎉🫂💜 I wish you all a Great Weekend!  🧡🐸PV✨🔮 https://video.nostr.build/fb59f657a1ec2a01e523d89bce6e3818b9251df07e3d40d9e64ea2115d066eb8.mp4 🎶🍀💃🏼🕺🏼🌞 #Afterdark 🔮👇


Stop using KYC and custodial services !

https://tbtf.com/resource/concealment-privacy.html

“So there we have it. The FATF wants a cashless, book entry, universally
monitored financial system based on verified True Names. Some Cypherpunks want
a cash based, bearer certificate, mathematically unmonitorable financial
system revolving around impenetrable pseudonyms.

Another way to put this is that Cypherpunks are for privacy, but the FATF is
against concealment.”


nostr:npub160t5zfxalddaccdc7xx30sentwa5lrr3rq4rtm38x99ynf8t0vwsvzyjc9 knows
https://m.primal.net/IAhZ.jpg


Looking at Bitcoin legal action, I'd say the need for Nostr-based GitHub is likely here sooner than later.


I had just said to nostr:npub1yz8n8jf7zye7ew6yftqr4hes6s3zlamaygr8amzkw05lwnqwjz5svspxp7 "We're a #nostr first #podcast"


Make it easy to share to other socials. That will help pull people into nostr. Then focus sharing original thoughts on Nostr and nowhere else. Share to other platforms. Highlight parts you find interesting, comment and share out with a direct link to the highlight / note. Make sure it has obvious nostr branding.


This is one of our most popular clips on @fountain. We decided to make it an audiogram tonight

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‘either the truth will be forever suppressed, or state worship will end.’

https://freemansperspective.com/science-won-might-obsolete/


Isn't it funny how financially dependent people who still work 60+ hours in their hated fiat mines still tell you that #Bitcoin  is a scam while you do what you love all year long.


I knew all this but never put it altogether until I read the below.

#fuckthegovernment

the FBI calls crypto money so they can arrest you for money laundering

the IRS calls it property so they can tax you on capital gains

the SEC calls it a security so they can sue every exchange

the CFTC calls it a commodity so you can’t use it as a currency


Reminder that “money laundering” is a fake, fiat-era crime.

It presupposes the state has the right to know nearly every financial transaction made by its citizens, despite the 4th Amendment.

It has only been a crime since the 1986 Money Laundering Control Act. And the term itself only goes back to the 1970s, a typical case of wtfhappenedin1971.com. https://image.nostr.build/44dbb9966b80c5b242636e991e2ff9d182304ee757c035a0a1df90b3a6bc4aed.jpg


#GM & #PV #nostr fam

I never thought I'd see the day 😂

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Just got my first delivery of nostr:npub1sweetl0gskmka0n5qevt7v2wj9q56ntwkmaeywffw4ftaucmcakquhns6h honey and maple syrup. Standby for a live tweet of the experience.
 https://image.nostr.build/5cd2fad51b811d970d6ac2d2a9fd9e14637ff0377ec79267cfa21d3e92c05c17.jpg


The rationality of the free market lies not in achieving some optimal or efficient state but in its ability to coordinate decentralized knowledge, drive innovation, and adapt to changing conditions. The market process, with its inherent uncertainty and creative destruction, ensures that resources are allocated efficiently over time, even if individual outcomes may not always be rational or optimal.


GM
https://m.primal.net/IADV.jpg


Inflation incentivizes spending over saving, a behavior deeply ingrained in society. #bitcoin offers a revolutionary way to preserve monetary energy that will heal the world. We'll use our money on things that really matters to us. Not a luxury watch or purse.


"The internet is as bad as it is partially because payments are so bad. Payments forced us to think in accounts and accounts forced us to be traceable." 🎯💯
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How ironic that today Portugal celebrates "Freedom Day" when just yesterday they arrested someone for writing code and handed them to the americans without as much as a trial?


Listen now 😘
https://fountain.fm/episode/LrzgKu9qwOHnyJ4d5SI0 https://video.nostr.build/6a21494fe8783ecf898350dc67eab72548d2cbb14864853cd2841f2be60da23e.mp4


You know it feels like hardly a single day passes without feeling like I’m being totally fucked by my own government. Family man, entrepreneur, employer, never been convicted of a crime and I’m being backed into a corner for which there is seemingly no peaceful way out of. The authoritarian wrecking ball is in  swing.


As I have said for a long time, money is superordinate to laws. In other words, when money is broken, laws are changed to protect the winners of the  manipulation of money, rather than citizens.

The recent news is only one more step in the inevitable fight to centralize everything…..”in the name of protecting you”

A dystopian control structure preying on you by pretending to be the free market.

PS - Been expecting this and a lot more.
I stand ready.

Game on!


Value over algorithms 🧡✊💜

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#GM & #PV #nostr fam.

Has anyone heard of this meme song that is Swiffering™ the internet?

He's claiming he was shadowed banned on TikTok. Someone get this man on @wavlake at minimum so he can get paid.

This guy has literally encapsulated the entire "Alpha Male" content creators sphere down to a single song.

https://youtu.be/8LV9oYFJ2YI?si=lAtVw0c63p-RI9uA

En Espanol

https://youtu.be/LY1eVP5vrsw?si=8eXS5czyuZk8aEkW


Announcing Strike Europe

Today, we're launching Strike Europe, expanding our full suite of products to all eligible European customers

Buy #bitcoin, free on-chain withdrawals, a full-featured Lightning wallet and more. Get the best of #Bitcoin with Strike.

We also have our Strike Business, Strike Private, Strike OTC, and Strike API products available for Europe as well.

When EU?!? Now 🫡

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cboYEHuXwbc&ab_channel=JackMallers


Channel your anger and frustration into writing more unstoppable freedom code.

GN


💜✊🧡
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We found a home in the DMV!! 📈📈
https://m.primal.net/HoVy.jpg


We all play an important role in BTC adoption. Just stay the course✊🏾

#tbcdmv 🏀✨🍊✨🏛
https://m.primal.net/HtDU.jpg


🍊✨🏀✨🏛

THE BITCOIN CLASSIC TAKES OVER DC!!
https://m.primal.net/HuOq.jpg


Bringing #Bitcoin To The HBCU’s

July 12-13th

TBCDMV X Howard U 🏀✨🍊✨🦬
https://m.primal.net/Huoi.jpg


A storm is coming. #Bitcoin is critical tool to help you prepare https://video.nostr.build/7a076442ff5f2563b35d4af7747bf75ca24de84d615bb6ca3567429b26adbd4e.mp4


i exit
https://m.primal.net/HyNS.mp4


Here’s an idea.

Hey Apollo.
But for travelling.

Earn sats for leaving reviews.
Send sats for valuable tips.

Broken down by country, then city, then things to do.

Can someone build this pls?

#asknostr


Supply and demand https://image.nostr.build/363ba705a591fb93d9cc325e96c850419f12e25f8561c0115b9d12446e28ab02.jpg


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

# Halving Fee Chaos

The Bitcoin halving is an anticipated event, one of those Bitcoin holidays that happen every once in a while. Along with Soft Fork Activation and various financial instrument introduction days, it's one of those not-quite-predictable days that occur every few years which give Bitcoiners reason to pay attention and mainstream media to speculate.

This year's halving was much anticipated, as halvings usually are, but we had a bit of an incident that requires some further explanation. The block subsidy decreased from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC on block 840,000 as expected, but what wasn't expected was the 37.626 BTC in fees that came along with it. To give some context, that's easily the highest ratio of fees to block subsidy that Bitcoin has *ever* had. [One transaction](https://mempool.space/tx/152b928e97bb9e874da1bd4abdf766ae0cdc7a2f260dad5542967cb414c58489) paid nearly 8 BTC in fees by itself.

## More Fees

It wasn't just block 840,000 that had high fees, over the next 5 blocks, we had fees of 4.486, 6.99, 16.068, 24.008 and 29.821 BTC respectively. The fees are the highest it's ever been. This situation in Bitcoin is unprecedented.

Up to this point in Bitcoin's history a block whose fees were higher than block subsidy were pretty rare. There were a few in the 50 and 25 BTC eras, but these were mistakes by the user (usually forgetting to put in a change address) and almost all of the fee came from a single error transaction. In the 12.5 BTC subsidy era, there were a few transactions toward the end of 2017 when the cumulative fees exceeded the 12.5 subsidy. In the just-ended 6.25 BTC subsidy era, there were many blocks during the ordinals craze which exceeded the 6.25 BTC subsidy.

Still, these were relatively rare, and most blocks even in the most recently completed era mostly didn't exceeded 1.5 BTC. Yet in this new era of 3.125 BTC subsidy, every single block as of this writing (block 840018) has had fees exceed the subsidy, some by many multiples. So what happened? Why was the halving block getting so much in fees?

## Runes

The reason has to do with a new protocol called Runes. It's yet another colored coins protocol on top of Bitcoin that Casey Rodarmor designed back in [September of 2023](https://rodarmor.com/blog/runes/). The main idea is to allow coin issuance on Bitcoin that uses the UTXO set natively.

Now to back up a bit, colored coins have been around for a long time. The main idea is that you can "color" certain Bitcoin transaction outputs as meaning something in addition to the Bitcoin amount in the output. It could be another "asset" and issued as a token. The first implementation of such a protocol happened 11 *years* ago in 2013 and there have been many attempts since, including MasterCoin (renamed Omni), CounterParty, and more recently, RGB, Taro Assets and BRC-20.

As Rodarmor states in his blog, his motivation for making another protocol is to bring some of the asset issuing from other chains to Bitcoin. To make the launch of this protocol more interesting, Rodarmor decided to start the issuance on block 840,000, leading to the chaos we saw.

## Simplification vs Game Theory

Casey Rodarmor is also the creator of ordinals, and he took one of the concepts, which was to name assets using the capital latin alphabet on Runes. This is a normal fine choice, but what happens when there's a conflict? If two assets have the same name, how do we distinguish between them?

To simplify things, the protocol just looks up what assets exist already and if the name conflicts with something that exists, then the new asset isn't issued. This indeed simplifies the client and gives a global unique name to each asset. Unfortunately, it also makes for some terrible incentives.

## Sniping Asset Issuance

The first incentive problem is that if the transaction issuing the asset is sent out to the Bitcoin mempool, then as that transaction is gossiped to nodes around the network, other observers can snipe the name by getting the transaction in earlier.

Now "earlier" in Bitcoin is a strict concept. Blocks are ordered and transactions within a block are ordered. Whichever comes first gets the symbol and the asset issuance. But if you want to squat on a good symbol name, you can just look for mempool transactions that are attempting to create a new asset and create your own with a bigger fee. That's the essence of sniping.

What's really terrible about a situation like this is that *both* transactions will likely go into the block, but only the first will successfully issue the asset. The second will not issue the asset but *still pay the fee*.

Miners generally order transactions by fee rate, so a higher fee likely means that they'll get to issue the asset. I say likely, because there's a second incentive problem here I'll discuss later. But game-theoretically, both participants are incentivized to increase fees continually to one-up each other. The dynamic is similar to the [One Dollar Auction](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_auction), where participants end up making rational choices, but end up with an irrational result (like paying $1.50 for $1). Every loser pays lots in fees for nothing.

## Second order Game Theory

Now given this first-order incentive playing out, it's not a surprise that a lot of issuers purposefully put in a very high fee initially to discourage anyone from trying to snipe the symbol. After all, if your sniping attempt fails, then you lose out on the fees you tried to snipe with. There's also a significant uptick in the usage of RBF for this reason, so that you have the option to one-up the sniper and the sniper to do the same to the issuer.

Note that RBF isn't useful here to *get out* of paying the fee, as a replacement transaction has to pay more than the previous transaction in fees. Either way, the miner ends up with the fees.

Now back to the miner's role. The miner can, if it so desires, give preference to the *lower* fee transaction by including it earlier in the block. Indeed, the incentive is to give miners off-band fees if possible to order transactions in such a way as to win by not revealing how much you've paid. Miners in this protocol have a lot of leverage.

## Conclusion

Runes have resulted in some really high fees, though it's hard to know if the design was intentional or unintentional. What we do know is that Runes have been hyped up for the last few months and have been anticipated for a while, and certainly being one of the first assets issued under the protocol has some marketing value for the eventual goal of getting them listed on an exchange.

Sadly, in addition to the normal scamming of altcoins being completely centralized, there is a deeper cost in terms of block space congestion, where fees of 1000 sats/vbyte are currently not enough to get into certain blocks. The Runes asset issuance has overridden almost every other use case at the moment.

That said, the current rate of Runes issuance is completely unsustainable. Just in the first 18 blocks, there's been over $20M in fees spent, most of that in Runes issuance. At this rate, Runes issuers would be spending $150M a day or $1B a week. I honestly can't see them doing this for much longer than a month or two. In the meantime, it must be great to be a miner finding these blocks.


So, let be get this straight. We started this epoch off on pure fuckin’ stupid right out of the gate?

Block 840000 had fees of up to 3.6 million sats/vByte.


Happy Bitcoin Halving to the psychopaths, miners, dreamers, coders, activists, freedom fighters, HODLers, & all manner of Bitcoiners worldwide! 🥂🎉🥳 https://video.nostr.build/a2fa3fede1dd83c27c218f99577dafce6c77bb46f16c06e9ea51f66d3a45782a.mp4


This guy is posting about chickens and gravity on halving day.... Smells like whale behavior 😄


Ditto


Feels exciting to contribute to the history of #Bitcoin by celebrating on #nostr with all of you visionary, early adopters. Grateful to my husband nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr & incredibly proud that we got two episodes of the nostr:npub1627md0lshr7hsa9z6ud8xpln2xvrszjcqv0uu5d8cjvz4f2vscnsat3aec out on this historic week.

Thank you everyone for being so welcoming as I try to figure out Bitcoin & nostr. WAGMI!


Here's a teaser for tonight's new episode. #Bitcoin https://video.nostr.build/1dfb600855cb545d38a8dab7ce00429fffb346c37910a7ff36af2c9695c32d03.mp4


Happy #BitcoinHalving and welcome to Epoch 5 of #Bitcoin. Let us re-commit to building a better world, one of opportunity and abundance for all, as we march forward toward the next halving at block 1,050,000 in the year 2028. One love! 🧡☮
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Happy Halving!

We're dropping a special episode specifically for the #halving. nostr:npub1yz8n8jf7zye7ew6yftqr4hes6s3zlamaygr8amzkw05lwnqwjz5svspxp7 has a lot to say about the Halving Party we went to in El Salvador. And nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr has some advice for newer Bitcoiners who can't handle the "toxicity" #bitcoin Twitter

https://fountain.fm/episode/ELO6ViYfLENaRa5ik6wh


Happy Halving Day 🥳 https://image.nostr.build/bc93702e41a1e70761ecaf663545ba3d5e50ac9f422c15b1c04c69d1879377c2.jpg


Tonight be all like: https://i.nostr.build/Aa9xG.jpg


we're being trained to click "Accept" without giving it a single thought


*The Rare Sat Lie*

Let's start with some facts.

You cannot own a satoshi (sat). You can only own a utxo, who's value is measured in sats. Just like you cannot own a "kilogram" but you can own something which weights a kilogram.

The idea that a sat can be rare is a lie, since sats don't exist.

A utxo also cannot be sold, because as soon as it is spent, a completely new utxo is created, and the creation of this new utxo makes the previous utxo (which you wanted to sell) spent. To act of spending "an unspent transaction output" (UTXO) transforms it into something fundamentally different, a "spent transaction output" (STXO) and creates a new UTXO.

The idea that a utxo can be sold is a lie, since even utxos cannot be sold.

The idea that a rare sat from a "special" utxo can be bought is thus a double lie.

*Rare Sat Sophistry*

The conmen, the useful idiots and the otherwise honest but contrarian pundits will rationalize the spreading of the "Rare Sat Lie" with sophistry and appeals to libertarian morality such as "it's a free market, people can believe whatever they want and waste their money however they wish".

Of course, this line of reasoning is meant to create strawmen arguments so that every person that is righteously indignated at the spreading of these lies can be painted as being opposed to the concept of individual freedon itself, which immediately places the TruthSeeker's outrage outside of the Overton Window (and subject to ridicule).

Let us dispell the strawman argument.

The "market" (a small niche of degenerate gamblers) can want whatever it wants, yes. But it till cannot change the reality that individual satoshis (sats) do not exist as "things" or virtual objects. This reality is not subjective.

The sophists will also rationalize that "it cannot be stopped" and thus all you can do is "cry harder" (ironic eh?) and that any and all attempts to combat the lies are futile (at best) or stupid.

It may be true all the truthseeker can do is cry and shout, but it is also true that to combat the spreading of such lies is a virtuous and noble pursuit. And it is also true that the direct result of the shouting can be to save a victim from otherwise being conned. Which is, we would all agree I hope, a moral good, if not a moral imperative.

People are free to spread the lie that such things ("rare" "sats") are real, and fraudulently sell utxos of low value presented as "rare" "sats" for utxos of higher value, but to do so by exploiting the ignorance of people and confusion around the complex technology of Bitcoin is evil according to nearly almost moral code that ancient and modern civilizations have produced.

I am the last person that would deny someone the right to be evil. But I believe if you see a fraud and you don't call out the fraud then you too are a fraud.

So, the strawman is really just straw.

*The Rare Sat Con*

Beyond it being morally bad to spread lies generally, the spreading of the lie also occurs within the context of textbook confidence trick.

Confidence tricks involve :

- the mark: the victims whose money is to be acquired fraudulently
- the roper: reels in the mark via exposure and marketing, peaking the curiosity of the mark (i.e. a conference or media organization)
- the inside man: provides a venue for the con to take place, or supplies goods and services used in the context of the scam (a mining pool or a marketplace)
- the conman: gains the confidence of the mark extracts the money (the seller of a rare sat)
- the convincer: an acolyte of the conman which gives a taste of the profits to the mark either by investing in the mark, or showing off his profits to the mark (a fellow rare sat trader)

The conman and the convincer can interchange roles. For example, conmen and convincers can publicly con each other repeatedly and alternatively, with gains and losses which compensate, with the tacit understanding that the goal is really to gain the confidence of a mark from which both convincer and conman can extract money from.

Everyone except benefits in this zero sum game, except obviously the mark.

In the end, the mark was never forced to give up his money. He willingly parted ways with his funds, deceived by the confidence trick.

Selling "rare sats" for utxos of higher sat value is without doubt a confidence trick.

I will let it up to your imagination who you think plays which role in the rare sat con.


man, I hope nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8  doesn't freeze my bitcoins too

https://image.nostr.build/3a9e765360a09f1a5a307eb647f864cd474be6e6423abc897c5e1d765df2767a.png


You should charge a 10% to people who pay in fiat instead.


#meme #memes #memestr #nostrmemes
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#GM & #PV #nostr family 💜✊🧡

New episode dropped last night.

Listen and Earn on fountain app

#grownostr
#bitcoin

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I hope there is a massive brain drain from authoritative nations to those who embrace freedom and bitcoin.


Something I shared on Twitter, interested in the perspectives here too:

“I want #bitcoin  to do three things well:
1. Send
2. Receive
3. Store

Personally, I’m only interested in development which ensures #bitcoin  does these three things better, faster and more securely while maintaining maximum decentralisation.

All other use cases to me represent a grift on the #bitcoin  system from privileged people who don’t prioritise these three things highly enough.

So many people have worked so hard over the last 15 years to get #bitcoin  where it is, battles against so many powerful forces, yet #bitcoin  survived.

Now we are degrading the #bitcoin  system for non-monetary use cases.

H/t to @GrassFedBitcoin - something we discussed deeply yesterday.”


It's that easy.

#ProofOfSplit
#Bitcoin

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I want to split 1% of our #bitcoin in fountain to nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f. I need a public key for the lightning node. Unless there is an opensats user on fountain 🤔
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No one controls Nostr.

Stop asking for permission, seek profit.

Profit doesn't mean VC, profit doesn't mean no ethics, profit doesn't mean corporate dronage.

Many large successful businesses were small teams having fun grinding and building.


This is so infuriating but expected at this point. There is no way I am subjecting my child to any of that nonsense


Truancy programs are wild. It's literally illegal to not be indoctrinated. Has anyone done a deep dive on the origins of it?


#gm & #pv my #nostr fam.

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People don't understand absolute scarcity

There will NEVER be more than 21M Bitcoin

No war can change that

No chart pattern can reflect that

We don't know how expensive 1 Bitcoin will be in 30 years

No model or law can predict the future

Stacking more is the only way to go

If you can buy 1 Bitcoin today and you wait

The same amount of money will buy 0.1 Bitcoin

Then 0.01 Bitcoin

Then 0.001

The purchasing power of EVERY fiat currency is dropping at least 30% per year in terms of Bitcoin

This loss will escalate as every government-issued currency spirals out of control

Central banks can raise rates temporarily to slow down this loss in purchasing power

But they can't keep it up for 5, 10, or 20 years

Just buy Bitcoin and wait!


#GN folks.. need to find a way to make more money. Find a job outside Brazil.. remote, maybe? Would love to find a job who pays in #bitcoin 🍀 🤞


#Bitcoin #Zaps #Nostr
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Ver didn’t realize that there is a natural progression to monetary evolution.

Gresham-Thiers laws state that good money will be hoarded and not used for payments until sellers won’t accept anything else.

We’re at the hoarding stage because sellers will still accept USD.

We know we’re playing the long game here. It maybe our children or grandchildren who finally see ubiquitous bitcoin payments. I believe it will happen sooner but my belief doesn’t matter.

The only thing we can do is to protect the bitcoin protocol and keep it decentralized.

Ver tried to impose his own mental schedule on bitcoin. He was willing to reduce bitcoin’s decentralization to advance it into payments before bitcoin was ready.


Save the Devs. https://video.nostr.build/83069ca8fcee397832ff900315033b9ec63199bc16dd33ef562c715822710096.mp4


Does bump like "We call them poor" but it's good

https://youtu.be/SK1zYerfHdE?si=QZHMachMLBTpdu3x


Great trailer. What's up with those white couches? Does everyone get a leather couch?

Since Bitcoiners "own no chairs" the pitch could be  "BTC Prague. Rediscover your love of sitting"

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I am a content creator. I’ve been creating on YouTube since 2015 and have one of the larger channels in the homesteading and gardening spheres (Roots and Refuge Farm). I spent this weekend in NC with some girlfriends whose families also have some very large channels in the same niche. This gave me further insight into the things I’ve been pondering since joining Nostr this week.

I do know the average content consumer doesn’t give a second thought to the reality that they are the commodity on current social platforms. They don’t care and it’s disheartening. BUT there are a lot of very experienced creators that are exhausted by the constant algorithm game. I haven’t convinced anyone to join me yet, as a lot of people simply aren’t willing to overcome the hurdle of the learning curve of a new platform. I think it’s getting ripe though, especially in regard to certain genres of content that just don’t fully work on a highly censored platform. Most homesteading content creators I know who have refused to indulge in algorithm-driven fear mongering have watched their reach dwindle and subsequently the monetization for their work drop by half or more.

I can’t teach or share about butchering, guns, inflation, putting animals down, or anything the mysterious “community guidelines” deem unmarketable without risking losing monetization on 9 years of work on YT. At the very least, when I don’t play by the rules (and often, I’ve not), I go from averaging 100k views a video to spending a few weeks only getting 20k per video. It’s maddening but like any employee, you mostly play by your bosses rules even if you hate them. You do what you have to keep your job and pay your bills. Eventually though, tyrannical bosses drive good workers away.

This is an oversimplified view of course, because there are other factors. I love what I do. I love homesteading and teaching it and I love the people I’ve connected with over the years and currently YT is my avenue to reach them. I would really really love another way though. The appeal of Nostr to me was seeing the potential for true freedom in creation and reaching a community with honest and untainted information and content. I agree, it’s going to take more development  and ease of use for the masses to come, but I think the trajectory is very good.

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Hahaha we're not that on the ball. Tuesday is all you're getting today 😄


#GM & #PV my #nostr family 💜✊🧡

It smells like fresh ink here in #DC. Money printer must have been going all night.

I think I'll buy some #Bitcoin.

Our first three episodes of season 3 are out. Catch up before episode 4 drops on Tuesday.

https://fountain.fm/episode/9ZiBIJRlGRT7RMt8QGAb


#GM & #PV my #nostr friends. 💜✊🧡

Lots of new faces lately. Seems like #grownostr is working 🎉


#Bitcoin block 840000 is going be very interesting, especially after introduction of ordinals, the 1st sat of the block would see extreme competition where the fees paid will one of the highest so far.

#BitcoinHalving #Bitcoin


🚨Announcing Satoshi 7B 🚨

The team and I are proud to release Satoshi 7B: the most “based” LLM in the world.

After almost nine months of experimentation, we’ve got something we’re proud enough of to open source & share with the world.

Tuned like no other model to date.

Satoshi7B is designed to produce responses that do NOT fit the current political overton window, or Keyensian viewpoints. We built a custom data-set from scratch, with a deep rooting in libertarian principles, Austrian economics and #Bitcoin literature.

The result is a model that excels where others fall short.

It knows that there are two genders
It knows that Ethereum is a shitcoin
It knows that inflation is economic stupidity.

The Satoshi 7B is ideal
for anyone who’s tired of using #mainstream models (whether open or closed source) that:

Avoid answering controversial topics,
Regurgitate wikipedia-esque answers,
Pre and post-frame responses with apologetic excuses, or
Flat out tell you the blue sky is green.

Size & availability
Satoshi 7B is #opensource and freely available for anyone to use, modify, and enhance.

As the name suggests, it’s a 7 billion parameter model, but despite the size, it outperforms GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4 on a few key benchmarks related to Bitcoin, economics and what we’ve termed “basedness” which is a kind of non-woke-truth score.

(See links in comments to use / download)

First of its kind

This is the first of a whole suite of Satoshi models we intend to train & open source.
In the coming months, we’ll enhance the dataset further, and train a 30B model.

Finally…

All language models just represent a model of the world and are inherently biased. So I hope you appreciate Satoshi 7B’s intrinsic austrian leanings, Bitcoin maximalism and overall “based” cultural and philosophical bias.

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The U.S. government will tell you spying on law-abiding American citizens without a warrant—violating their constitutional rights and paying for it WITH THEIR OWN TAX DOLLARS—is a matter of national security, but securing our southern border to stop millions of migrants illegally entering the U.S. isn’t a big deal.


Is it a 🚩 if I'm are talking to a Bitcoiner, who uses Twitter, about #Nostr & they're dismissive? Or are we too early to judge?


nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr bought the bulbs for these tulips from a Dutch farmer with #Bitcoin who uses miners to heat the greenhouse.

They are just gorgeous. This TikTok doesn't do it justice.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLUmTQQt/


nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr always framing Bitcoin in such a profound way. Keep it up.

Be sure to check out nostr:npub1627md0lshr7hsa9z6ud8xpln2xvrszjcqv0uu5d8cjvz4f2vscnsat3aec still my #1 podcast go to.  You’ll love it. 🤙🏼

#podcast #btc #relationshipgoals
https://m.primal.net/HtLV.mov


If you are not listening to the nostr:npub1627md0lshr7hsa9z6ud8xpln2xvrszjcqv0uu5d8cjvz4f2vscnsat3aec podcast and not following nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr nostr:npub1yz8n8jf7zye7ew6yftqr4hes6s3zlamaygr8amzkw05lwnqwjz5svspxp7, You a missing out. These two are the best.

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This week's episode gives shout-outs to the great #bitcoiners nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr met during his first trip to #ElSalvador.

Check out this clip about everyone's favorite BitDriver! #bitcoin https://video.nostr.build/37fe45b67a6f49b67676c4d79d059cddd6473b3c8f3245183e3181b565b69e0e.mp4


Chart by @afribitcoiners shows all the current #Bitcoin  communities and projects growing across Africa https://image.nostr.build/781269239ca821bf49698814d1a716ef0ddbb569ea08ab2c865a3f36e2514efd.jpg


Part 3 of nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr's Pilgrimage to HODLand is now available for your listening pleasure 🤗

https://fountain.fm/episode/NrZE1IBTfdKMasYbl5QF


He will continue to ship the other stuff. We will continue to support him. Onward and upward,  nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft! 🫡

https://opensats.org/blog/pablofz7-receives-lts-grant


hey nostr,

we're gearing up to launch Strike Europe, looking to do a little more testing.

anyone willing to help us test in the following countries?

- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Finland
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia

if you're in other countries and want to help with final testing, you can also ping me, but these markets have gotten the least testing so far. just wanna get some more eyes and hands on them

gonna keep this nostr only too, so just DM me here. appreciate yall


I'll say shit, nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx. Saylor is not here for freedom maximalism, has attacked the idea of Bitcoin as a MoE, and, based on what you're saying, doesn't support Bitcoin development.

End the hero worship. It's never a good look.

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THIS IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL.

IF PEOPLE STOPPED SIMPING AND ASKED SAYLOR HIS OPINION HE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOT SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE DEVS.

HE HAS ACTIVELY KILLED DEALS TO SUPPORT DEVS. HE IS PROUD OF IT. HE IS WRONG AND EVERYONE IS TO AFRAID TO SAY SHIT.


Accelerate

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GM and PV my Nostriches 💜✊🧡

The #Bitcoin Halving Party is over but I still can't believe we are less than two weeks to the Halving.

Adios Salvador


🤣🤙
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#Bitcoin #Nostr #Plebs


GM my Nostriches 🧡✊💜

We sold our first piece of merch yesterday. Guy bought my "₿ueno" tank off my back at the #Bitcoin halving party. Luckily you don't have to find me in real life to get your hands on one.

https://store.flirtingwithbitcoin.com/products/mens-tank-top-1


A long conversation with friends just starting their journey down the rabbit hole last night reminded me how early we are, but also the inevitably.

Too many humans have already become aware of the importance of decentralization and security with more becoming aware every day.

Once seen, it is impossible to unsee….and you eventually start to realize that your actions matter.

Creating a fast growing network of us committed to that cause.

It will be messy. There will be noise, misrepresentations, and scams (tons of them) to try to reign control back. The existing system (which gets stronger by our actions within it) depends on control and it is not to be underestimated. The FUD will accelerate to layer 2 and attack lighting to try to suppress layer 1 in a similar way to gold.

It will fool many but ultimately won’t work in the long term……most simply because too many of us have already seen the truth and are using our energy to build a future of hope and abundance.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Giant #Bitcoin  halving countdown clock spotted on a building in #Thailand https://image.nostr.build/c64641ed4ffa352e8801a20c5b4a85ffbc1ab0760652d71097a27af61849eaa4.jpg


The Antidote to Nihilistic Narcissism
-------------------------------------

“He’ll have a long life as long as he doesn’t know himself.”

In Greek mythology, this was the prophecy concerning Narcissus. Narcissus is better known for how the myth ends. He falls in love with his own reflection, which is where we get the word narcissistic. The ending refers back to the initial prophecy. When he saw his own reflection, he didn’t recognize it because he didn’t know himself.

In the middle of the myth is Narcissus rejecting the love of everyone else. The order matters. Narcissus only fell in love with himself after rejecting everyone. He didn’t reject everyone because he was in love with himself, but rather he fell in love with himself because he rejected everyone. His only target for love was himself.

I bring up this myth because this is the intellectual path that so many people take. They cynically reject belief systems one by one until they are left with nothing else. Lacking anything else to believe in, they turn to themselves and become completely self-centered. They become nihilistic narcissists.

Bad Parenting
---------------
Look at the prophecy again. Narcissus will have a long life as long as he doesn’t know himself. Presumably, his parents made sure he didn’t know himself because Narcissus didn’t even recognize his own reflection. They did this with the best of intentions, to ensure he had a long life, yet clearly, a life staring into your own reflection is not exactly meaningful.

Think about what we tell our kids: “You can be anything you want to be.” “Go find what you’re passionate about.”

These platitudes specifically avoid giving children an identity. More subtly, not giving them an identity makes it harder for them to get attacked. We do this with the best of intentions, yet is this really what parents should be doing? To define yourself is an enormous burden, especially for children.

Nihilism as Default
-------------------
Think about the myth again. Narcissus rejected all would-be lovers.

Why?

He didn’t know himself. He didn’t have any basis by which he could even evaluate their fit. How could he since he had no self-awareness or self-understanding? He couldn’t solve for love because he didn’t know half the equation.

Identity is the basis of evaluating everything. Without grounding, nothing can be built. Without identity, belief is impossible and nihilism becomes the default.

The Appeal of Narcissism
--------------------------
Nihilistic narcissism is a safe position. Because you never have to stand for anything and never take a risk, you can preserve your own ego, preserve your intellectual life as in the prophecy. The appeal is in preserving what you have, your own self, however empty and senseless you become.

But nihilistic narcissism completely strips meaning from life. You may live a long life staring into your own reflection, but it’s not a very fulfilling one. Lacking any sort of external north star, you are left with an internal north star, which if you follow, becomes navel-gazing. Ironically, narcissism is the end state of not knowing yourself.

Such a place is one of profound despair. There is no meaning and all you have to live for is yourself. Is it any wonder so many people are depressed?

Parents, give your kids the gift of identity. Your job is to help them know who they are. This should be natural, since the kids come from you. By knowing you, they learn to know themselves. By showing them who you are, you are really showing them who they are. By participating with them in community you are showing them who they are. By telling them your family history you are showing them who they are. Tether them to your identity so they can find meaning. Give them the solid foundation of knowing themselves.

Because identity is necessary to a meaningful life.


GM my Nostriches 💜✊🧡

If you're at the #bitcoin halving party in El Salvador and see this tank... That's me! Say hi!
 https://image.nostr.build/b0d9513f5f370c3f174930e4df2ce7c94d9e72f6e9c23a80d959639dee00304e.jpg


GM & PV my Nostriches 🧡✊💜

Heading to Salvador for #Bitcoin Halving Party 🎉

Are you enjoying the new Season?

Episode #1

https://fountain.fm/episode/9ZiBIJRlGRT7RMt8QGAb

Episode #2

https://fountain.fm/episode/V3d4avg3fjwaqou5H0kr


Bitcoiners are built different.

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Short fiat money
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To the serf, #bitcoin is overpriced.

For the sovereign individual, #bitcoin is priceless.

If you don't get it I don't have time to explain.

https://image.nostr.build/8adf3535824a3fd70ad7449b8b3fe36a8bb8413f876bbc1b9da1f85149b3122a.jpg


Back in 2012, you could get 5 BTC for free.

Today, it would be worth over $350K. https://image.nostr.build/ad962a63631d510891a5fc021d0a2bc5941a584b3d3a1f22da3afaae95cf89bd.jpg


Want


⚡🧡 https://image.nostr.build/17947ebf51dda92ba777cf2ae0af6b88ee05752701b75e61f7cbb09dc96b04de.jpg


Imagine trying to explain in to generation A that you have to wait 3 days for a bank transaction to reach the recipiant. Kids today wants things to go fast. They will choose #bitcoin by default.


No-one told me there was an alternative to 40 years of wage slavery, a crippling mortgage, and a big house filled with junk.

And then I discovered #Bitcoin and EVERYTHING changed.


#Nostr is social media of the people by the people for the people


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#bluesky https://image.nostr.build/d3c3879c449f0826e9134eae6a5a6a78f3e768672f2256157f27797d353cc719.jpg


nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9 or nostr:npub1cashappn03s3cl2ljsdntv0v28e2um5lgx4vjctqjt23pcwzjhsqmtdg5l people

https://i.imgflip.com/8kxu5m.jpg


Little Precoiner comic collection https://image.nostr.build/edca115d281f7c37f38b249c6a90bd9c015f4845f790c786a2d6699cbf934468.jpg https://image.nostr.build/b225414bcfd8ec16fb74da9834301f920fd25a16544e24d66ae3beaa7f03ba7e.jpg https://image.nostr.build/c58666171a1d3e1c4d7cd9f3f95cd971ddfa6dbef7e064707e1b5e9a658651a1.jpg https://image.nostr.build/176299642351f87e554b2d96ac6945e815f07a69bf893540b4b69c7462cc56fc.jpg


It's time to wake up...

The political “Right” & “Left” in America are both ideologically inconsistent and morally bankrupt.

The “Conservatives” are not conservatives.
The “Liberals” are not liberal.

They are all charlatans and profiteers; propagandists all feeding the same beast.

One side vocally supports War_A, and calls for peace in War_B.
The other side vocally supports War_B, and calls for peace in War_A.

Each side claims the other side is evil. Each team blames the other for anything bad that happens, and takes the credit for anything good that happens. Around and around we go, the slow degradation of our society measured in election cycles.

But it doesn't matter which party is in power, because nothing ever changes. Not really.

There is no red.
There is no blue.
There is the State.
And there is you.

The only constant is war.

Forever Wars made possibly by a broken monetary system that makes it extremely profitable for the Anointed.

Our elected political actors create cover for the unelected class of bureaucrats who float effortlessly through the revolving door between government agencies, Wall Street, and defense companies.

The people are kept distracted with ideological outrage porn and manufactured crises.

We are shown "problems" and given "solutions," but none of their solutions ever solve anything; they just create more problems. They are naught but brightly-colored bandaids meant to distract us from the fact that there is a deep cancer metastasizing ever more rapidly.

No one in power has any desire to cure the disease, they only treat the symptoms. Why? Because they feed on the disease; they cannot exist without it.

Nihilism creeps in as people start to realize that the partisan bread they're fed at the political circus is rotten.

Some dig their heels in deeper, desperate to believe that this contrived charade is meaningful. After all, the rotten lies are still easier to stomach than the cold, hard truth. These people are lost.

But all is not lost. Not everyone is too far gone.

Slowly but surely, more people start to wake up. And when they open their eyes, they begin to search for real answers. They realize the cancer exists, and they want to find a cure.

But first the cancer must be diagnosed. What is the real disease that plagues us?

The answer is simple: our money is broken.

Your time and energy are being systematically stolen from you by a system that exists to benefit those closest to the creation of new money.

When money breaks, everything else breaks with it.

You know this on a deep level, even if you have not fully acknowledged it yet. You can feel it.

The only solution is to fix our broken money. Everything else is a distraction.

But this solution does not come from the top down (it can't). It must come from the bottom up. It must start with you.

You can make the choice to opt out of this broken system, to begin starving the disease by defunding the system that allows it to propagate.

There is only one way to do this: save the value of your time and energy in Bitcoin.

You may think this answer reductionist, but I challenge you to really think about it. Take the time to study Bitcoin. Take the time to study our broken monetary system.

Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution, a revolt without violence.

Bitcoin is a choice, but it is up to you to make it.


Apply now.
https://m.primal.net/HpDG.mp4


"Once you understand the value of your presence, you won't just be anywhere.."

#NostrONLY because I value myself and I do value You.
https://v.nostr.build/mlrlj.mp4
#growNostr #NostrONLY 🫡


Take it daily #Bitcoin #nostr https://image.nostr.build/80fbabd7e11ffec9afe825c884beb96a56a925789d50dd9e99b3ee305df9841a.jpg


Ross Ulbricht got a 2x life sentence + 40 years for creating Silk Road, a free-market website and marketplace where people could trade with #Bitcoin

Julian Assange is facing 175 years imprisonment for exposing war criminals

Sam Bankman-Fried gets a 25 year sentence for stealing billions of dollars from customers and donating millions of stolen funds to corrupt politicians

This makes me sick


“Happiness, I believe, is literally the sun. There's not a lot of loss in this… the amount of light you get and the quality of your light environment is how happy on a mood basis you are. No one's deficient in Prozac… that doesn't exist.” — nostr:npub1dvufvl73s0xdz8d75dgcyjvl0wrmczczvr0ef88g5x8uehmr4fus0j0pwx on nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8

https://youtu.be/YRCxS-LGxY4


8M sats for $1


GM & PV my Nostriches 💜✊🧡

Who's ready for the #Bitcoin Halving Party in El Salvador next week?

I think they have a few tickets left

https://bitcoinhalvingparty.com/


Two years ago almost to the day, we held our first meetup. We’re still here, growing our community and getting our message out.

Tonight we had a chance to introduce Craig Schley, running to represent our district in the NY Assembly, to #bitcoin. Thanks for a great conversation!
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Nostr is just a Verifiable World Wide Web.


The future only needs two keys, one key is your digital identity and bitcoin pocket money, you can spend sats and publish your thoughts. No one can ban you. One key is the Bitcoin cold storage key that stores your wealth.

 As AI's ability to manufacture data gets stronger and cheaper. The rare, non-renewable Bitcoin digital asset will become increasingly valuable. One is a rare asset in computing power for energy conversion. Another is cheap services for computing power and energy conversion. Hold your bitcoins. Cherish the digital identity of your Nostr private key. Do not be evil.

Not your keys , Not your bitcoins. Not your keys, Not your Nostr.

 #Cypherpunks #Bitcoin #Nostr


Have you ever tried to purple pill an entire conference? That's what nostr:npub1hqaz3dlyuhfqhktqchawke39l92jj9nt30dsgh2zvd9z7dv3j3gqpkt56s and I are trying to do at the upcoming nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r conference in June.

https://geyser.fund/project/nostrboothbtcprague

But, we can't do it without your help. The goal is to have a "Nostr Booth" inside BTC Prague's expo area. Developers want to have their own booth for their own client or micro-service at BTC Prague, but it's expensive. Therefore, we're looking to crowdfund the costs of the booth at the upcoming 3-day BTC Prague event. Developers can then use this shared community funded "Nostr Booth".

This is a great opportunity to:

Showcase Nostr Developers & Projects: A crowdfunded booth will allow developers to present their Nostr clients and connect with users.

Spread the Word About Nostr: The booth will be a central location to promote Nostr's benefits: decentralization and censorship-resistant communication.

Offer Tech Support & Collaboration: On-site tech support from developers and Nostr gurus will help users and foster collaboration within the Nostr community.

Showcase the "Other Stuff: Evangelize Nostr's Other Stuff, promoting various apps and micro-services that need more attention, where many users aren't aware of their existence.

Sell Merchandise: This will be the place to buy Nostr merchandise directly from some of your favorite client developers.

https://geyser.fund/project/nostrboothbtcprague


“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry https://image.nostr.build/639219d9b808c6da4eb578a37451d432f6fd781a4c800cc9ffd17f18a0412077.jpg
https://sovereignengineering.io/


It starts and ends with you.
https://dergigi.com/2024/03/25/speaking-freely-online/


Iceland's Prime Minister plans to prioritize food security over bitcoin mining, missing the opportunity to combine green energy and agriculture.

My latest piece in Forbes featuring the Prime Minister of Iceland & @bert #Bitcoin.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/03/25/bitcoin-mining-unlocks-icelands-924-million-food-import-gap/


I worked for the state once. I was in the Air Force.

In 2012, They took my appendix when they didn't need to.

In 2016, they vaccine injured me with a round of shots my doc recommended. I got a letter in the mail saying it was a bad batch, but it was completely safe and I should come get another round. Nah, doc.

 I got automimmune issues from that, and they worsened from the poisoned food. I left the military in 2017. The VA ignored me repeatedly because they don't believe in vaccine injuries.

I can't eat gluten, dairy, rice, or seed oils without heart palpitations and reactions that feel like im dying these days

Anyways, I began contracting for that same Air Force again in 2018. They tried to poke everyone again in 2020. I said no and I lost my job from saying no in December 2021. I haven't worked in 2.5 years.

This whole time I've been spending $900-1200 cuckbucks a month on meat and fruit alone to avoid inflammation and heal my body. All from my savings. I sold my house in late 2022 and my stack is down immensely in the last two years.

They poisoned me... They poisoned 19 out of 20 aisles of the grocery store for an autoimmune person like me. They poisoned my health. They've drained my wealth. They've taken my livelihood and my normalcy.

When I view the big picture, it all seems so deeply personal. They wanna ban and control meat consumption when it is my only food... They want to stop us from saving in Bitcoin when it has been my literal saving grace... They say they want to close the "escape hatches".

When I tell you that this is the hill I will die on, I fucking mean it. There is no choice for me anymore. I've crossed the Rubicon. I will live free or die.


Love how nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr always breaks it down. A great pod guest but the BEST co-host 💋 nostr:npub1627md0lshr7hsa9z6ud8xpln2xvrszjcqv0uu5d8cjvz4f2vscnsat3aec

#bitcoin #podcast nostr:note1k7hayu08pg3dqghu3uya82pf906e4cdhr2gux8y9cl06wsknygvql3sh6m


GM & PV my Nostriches 💜✊🧡

nostr:nevent1qqspjtpplkqscver2g37ygmtztxmufahepzdgxju79ujw8vhlkayutqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdupzp54ak6llpw8a0p6294c6wvrlx5vc8q99sqcleeg603yc92j5ep38qvzqqqqqqysstazt


Just for you nostr:npub120jgpm9gl7lzwtjeklr7rg9nkty4g7whhgq0u8qz2n5s0fkrca0qlh5qug

#bitcoin #podcast

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Sovereignty is not convenient (at first)


Yes. There are a whole bunch of options and if your technically inclined I think you can add your own.

https://blockclockmini.com/docs


Our merch store is launching soon - I'll be wearing this BEACH #bitcoin hat allll summer nostr:npub1627md0lshr7hsa9z6ud8xpln2xvrszjcqv0uu5d8cjvz4f2vscnsat3aec https://image.nostr.build/29ff9ddf020ad6eb01af4e4c2bd71b441a63a4774b61891b29e240c5654d1d07.jpg


Today marks 25 years since my country was bombed, in the operation called “Merciful angel” or “Angel of Mercy” - whatever.

In 78 days of air strikes:
- 420k bombs were dropped on us
- 4k died (81 child)
- 25k homes destroyed, plus:
- 14 airports
- 18 kindergartens
- 39 hospitals
- 69 schools
- 176 historical sites
- 500+ kilometers of roads
Etc

I was nine. I remember my nose bled from fear. I don’t know how me being scared caused my nose to bleed, but it happened.
I remembered the duffle bag packed next to the door, with a few cans of food inside of it, some clean clothes, passports, and all gold jewelry we had- cuz we didn’t know if it would get worse.
I still have ptsd triggered every time I head air strikes sirens. Luckily, I don’t hear them much- only when they are testing if those still work, or when are paying tributes to the casualties.

Anyway, for years to follow, my father would use any opportunity to gift us gold jewelry. Why? Because: “If it gets bad again, money won’t worth much. We learned that in 1994. You exchange these ear rings/bracelets/necklaces for food or anything you need.

Nowadays, I don’t have a run away bag prepared. But trust me when I tell you, I could pack one in jut a few minutes.
Nowadays, I don’t buy my kid gold jewelry, I stack sats.
It could be one of the reasons why I’m bitcoining. It gives me a hope. An escape plan, among other things.

As for the first part of my note, let’s stop for a second to think about all kids around the world, their traumas, bleeding noses from fear and sleepless nights. Let’s pray for their beautiful souls and innocent lives.

🇷🇸


GM & PV my Nostriches 💜✊🧡

Got a great video for you this morning. I don't know where you plan on building your citadel but this is a much watch

https://youtu.be/0WF9qi8RtcE?si=iijqdQCSs-YV0vcd


flirtingwithbitcoin@getalby.com


GM & PV my Nostriches 💜✊🧡

nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m This #bitkey is cool, but it feels weird to setup a wallet and not write down 12 words.

Am I the only one who feels that way?

#bitcoin
 https://image.nostr.build/5b35ee3447bc362981ed0d4bbc346628a96e43a79263c2d4aad5c44338962417.jpg


Why nostr:
- You own your identity
- Your speech stands on its own
- You can run your own everything
- You own and control your social graph
- You are free to say and do anything, but you are not free from consequences (non-repudiation of cryptographic signatures)
- You can proof realness via proof-of-work, either directly or indirectly
- Proof-of-work is what allows you to successfully combat bots, spam, and trolls, as it brings real cost to destructive actions
- Ownership and realness allows you to build and curate webs of trust, which allows for canonicality without central authority


nostr:npub1tampasjf5z0rllvrh8nlqckrjtzzj9590uljzeuu6ymsr8hq9pjsrw0ynt customs too clean🔥😮💨
https://m.primal.net/HnPA.jpg


Having done an accelerator years ago (and failed miserably at my startup), I look back to having formed relationships and pushing myself and my peers through reflection, and discussion.

Unlike my and most accelerators where the objective is raise VC, what stood out to me in my short visit to Madeira was that there is a shared ethos of freedom at the base layer of Sov Eng. This is not the case in the traditional accelerators.

Further, practically all devs were and are building on open protocols in btc, and nostr, which is unique and a unique selling point on its own.

This means that the proof of work of dev 1 complements that of dev 2, and dev 3 can build on the blocks of dev 21. And yuuge success of dev 7 increases the odds of success of the other 20 devs (and everyone else on nostr, btc)!! Management consultants are in disbelief of the synergy levels 😂.

So my pitch would be: if you want to build for a freer future for today and for future generations, and you want to build collaboratively for the long term with others who have the same ethos and incentives as you, buidling in person with these folks by your side is only what SovEng can offer.

P.s. if you want to take VC, consider doing so from ethos aligned VCs who support freedom tech, and are not 💩coin apologists. Nostr buidlers are lucky to have a few of these around.

P.p.s. Because it’s so early the safest assumption is no VC or other funds is available. This means that the devs self-filter into the pain tolerance, and know they must survive until the next day. This is the low time preference filter. This is a good group to be around. nostr:note1q23fs5d8xjd7u9dcx6dyllr37jgjprn7y3sw7ve2hgqfr55cpljs7alak6


"Everyone is a scammer" - bitstein

If you knew you should read it. https://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/everyones-a-scammer?ref=bitstein.org


Let that sink in….

#bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/546ddf1f9a296d65139a90d983709b3374775f1303ab1a9bdcebc77e5129c002.jpg


I had my hammer and washers ready and was disappointed but it saved me 30 minutes lol


“You need to have strong local communities. You need to have neighbors helping neighbors.”

nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx on Citadels
https://v.nostr.build/POO38.mp4


We have a couple more things to do for the launch.

Tentative launch end of March.🤫

We've re written and rerecorded everything.


GM Nostr ☕ https://image.nostr.build/db0c825735f52964079e231933411a447ed4e44c4b5288b47a347f3541f4f969.jpg


GM & PV my Nostriches 💜✊🧡


I had a chat with a gold bug yesteryday just listening to his reasoning, and his like Blackrock owns Bitcoin, its over, he doesn't know about nodes or consensus so a big part of the value prop was lost on this guy

I also found it funny how they have a distrust of the system, but trusts some regulated custodian who can be single point of failure. Its like saying I distrust the system, i got bitcoin but I keep it on coinbase lol wtf?

I feel like precious metal folks identified the problem but stopped there, and didn't look at all the limitations of metals


People get too close then they'll start defending bad behavior because it's their friend.  That's how bad behavior spreads thru the entire culture


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I just looked at my other social media feeds... the contrast with nostr is massive! It is all focused on shocking, depressing, and miserable things that I am helpless to do anything about and can't bear to look into anymore.

I am so grateful for all of you.  🫂


FUCK YOU MONEY IS NOT AN AMOUNT.

IT IS A QUALITY OF THE MONEY YOU SAVE COMBINED WITH THE MINDSET YOU HAVE ON LIFE.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF 'RICH' PEOPLE THAT ARE SLAVES. LIFE LIVE WITHOUT PERMISSION.


#norouz mobarak from our family to yours ❤ nostr:npub1pmhevxtlt3478pvmdqt7dftnv6zc2mzpdc569yjm6ks4k2jhezcs53uksr https://image.nostr.build/694858cefef94a4a6b46526abecdc2ec96a3fd16025c0cc094a639370765582a.jpg


Since, I stopped consuming massive amounts of #Bitcoin content.  I'm able to articulate my thoughts better because I'm not overwhelmed by tons of new information

I'm not drinking from a fire hose anymore

It allows me to Keep It Simple Stupid


it will reinvigorate the whole internet.  Viva #nostr


In his monetary theory, Mises revived the long forgotten British Currency School principle, prominent until the 1850s, that society does not at all benefit from any increase in the money supply, that increased money and bank credit only causes inflation and business cycles, and that therefore government policy should maintain the equivalent of a 100 percent gold standard.

Mises added to this insight the elements of his business cycle theory: that credit expansion by the banks, in addition to causing inflation, makes depressions inevitable by causing “malinvestment,” i.e. by inducing businessmen to overinvest in “higher orders” of capital goods (machine tools, construction, etc.) and to underinvest in consumer goods.

The problem is that inflationary bank credit, when loaned to business, masquerades as pseudo-savings, and makes businessmen believe that there are more savings available to invest in capital goods production than consumers are genuinely willing to save. Hence, an inflationary boom requires a recession which becomes a painful but necessary process by which the market liquidates unsound investments and reestablishes the investment and production structure that best satisfies consumer preferences and demands.

Mises, and his follower Hayek, developed this cycle theory during the 1920s, on the basis of which Mises was able to warn an unheeding world that the widely trumpeted “New Era” of permanent prosperity of the 192Os was a sham, and that its inevitable result would be bank panic and depression. When Hayek was invited to teach at the London School of Economics in 1931 by an influential former student at Mises’s private seminar, Lionel Robbins, Hayek was able to convert most of the younger English economists to this perspective. On a collision course with John Maynard Keynes and his disciples at Cambridge, Hayek demolished Keynes’s Treatise on Money, but lost the battle and most of his followers to the tidal wave of the Keynesian Revolution that swept the economic world after the publication of Keynes’s General Theory in 1936.

The policy prescriptions for business cycles of Mises-Hayek and of Keynes were diametrically opposed. During a boom period, Mises counseled the immediate end of all bank credit and monetary expansion; and, during a recession, he advised strict laissez-faire, allowing the readjustment forces of the recession to work themselves out as rapidly as possible.

Not only that: for Mises the worst form of intervention would be to prop up prices or wage rates, causing unemployment, to increase the money supply, or to boost government spending in order to stimulate consumption. For Mises, the recession was a problem of under-saving, and over-consumption, and it was therefore important to encourage savings and thrift rather than the opposite, to cut government spending rather than increase it. It is clear that, from 1936 on Mises was totally in opposition to the worldwide fashion in macroeconomic policy.


That's how nostr:npub1unmftuzmkpdjxyj4en8r63cm34uuvjn9hnxqz3nz6fls7l5jzzfqtvd0j2's #fountain works

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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

—Hemingway


Pretty soon we'll have all the content creators. Gotta zap the newcomers. Give em that orange dopamine drip

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Big, if true.

"Amboss’ marketplace currently offers a 5.57% APR on Bitcoin deployed through Lightning Channels with total liquidity of 157 BTC, roughly $10 million as of press time."

https://cryptoslate.com/institutions-looks-to-deploy-bitcoin-as-liquidity-to-lightning-network-to-earn-yield/


#nostr the #austin of the Internet


#keepnostrweird https://i.nostr.build/lLLoG.png


What?
: Coinbase CEO says they're the custodian for ~90% of US spot #Bitcoin ETF assets

 https://video.nostr.build/00852144de161e1ef523105be8ef026eb98e2dfb88e30a200cc33e473684d0d8.mp4


One year ago today, "this" all started. It became real. Many of us traveled to Costa Rica for the very first Nostr conference. Today marks the one year anniversary of #Nostrica. It's been an incredible journey since then and we're not even close to finishing. We'll never finish. We'll always be building.

https://youtu.be/aA-jiiepOrE