Have you ever wondered how McDonald's can sell such cheap hamgburgers??

I wrote about U.S. Beef Import and Export markets last year, republishing today via YakiHonne 🔥

Check it out & lemme know what you think  👇

https://yakihonne.com/article/naddr1qq2kcce3gerkwuzvfpj5v5tyxfs5z5zxtpv82q3qs54cshfy6sgp7gajt97zpgdgxjcpumzwgu3x5zmhqa05krfxqrtsxpqqqp65wkxpzjv


Least favorite part of winter (by far) is how dry my toes get in the gym

I work out barefoot for the most part, for kickboxing ofc and lifting


You reppin out muscle ups geej?? Friggin BIG DAWG over here 😹🤘🔥


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Where can we see the talk KG? Github repo? nostr:note1mfuvj32a2wlxpa3ruye2h0gycy9sua6kgtn9ts958kwvvklt54aqhd68n3


that guy is such an underrated bitcoin dev


A draft to delete


The total American cattle herd today sits at approximately [94 million head](https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/outlooks/37753/51680_oce151e.pdf?v=9339), according to data gathered by the USDA. The size of the herd could lead to the assumption that if all cattle raised in the United States were finished, processed, and sold regionally, the aggregate product would be able to support domestic consumption. This, however, presupposes the non-existence of global beef import and export markets – and that presupposition is inaccurate.

Data from [Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/194702/us-total-beef-and-veal-imports-and-exports-since-2001/) shows that the United States exported 3.27 billion pounds of beef, and imported 3.265 billion pounds in 2022. Data from recent years tells a similar story: the American beef industry exports about the same quantity of beef as it imports, taking into account year-to-year disruptions.

This struck me as odd: if the American beef industry is the most efficient producer of quality beef, why would we need to import additional livestock, or go through the headaches of shipping?

**After digging into official (industry) reports and sources, I found that that those who have access to the capital and logistical resources end up fetching higher prices abroad for both premium and unpopular cuts.**

## U.S. Beef Export Markets

Certain cuts of beef are more valuable abroad than they would be if sold in the United States.  For example, beef tongue is considered a delicacy throughout South East Asia, and Japan’s demand for tongue is especially noteworthy.

This [2017 Beef Magazine article](https://www.beefmagazine.com/exports/japanese-market-delivers-outstanding-value-us-beef-tongue) emphasizes the point:
- In 2017, the average price of beef tongue in Japan was $6.82.
- Contrast that price against the export value in 2012 (prior to expanded access to the Japanese market) which was $2.73 per pound.

That’s nearly 2.5 times the profitability of the 2012 price, and industry insiders estimate that the current difference in price between selling domestically and exporting to Japan is closer to 5-7 times.

It is not only U.S.-produced tongue and offal that gets exported, premium cuts are also exported abroad where hotels and restaurants pay exorbitant prices for those products.

American beef exports to SE Asia have been increasing steadily over the past decade, and this trend has been accelerating over the last few years. 2021 saw a monumental increase in Chinese (Hong Kong included in USDA data) demand for U.S. beef which amounted to a thirteen-fold increase in exports.

The increase is a function of:
1.  A return to ‘normalized’ demand for U.S. beef.
2. And the 2020 signing of the [Phase One Agreement](https://www.fas.usda.gov/topics/china-phase-one-agreement), which removed some long-standing trade restrictions.

### Tipping the Scales of Commerce

What is common between the largest U.S. beef export markets—South Korea, Japan, and China—is that each country has a trade agreement in place which incentivizes U.S. beef exports.

In 2021 there was a 30-day period where, due to a Japanese import threshold being breached, the price (plus safeguard tariffs) on American beef exceeded that of competitor nation, Australia. Explicitly, these safeguard measures are defined as “emergency” actions concerning imports of particular products, where such imports have caused or threaten to cause serious injury to the importing country’s domestic industry.

In June of 2022, an amended version of the [US-Japan Trade Agreement](https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2022/march/united-states-and-japan-reach-agreement-increase-beef-safeguard-trigger-level-under-us-japan-trade) was signed which reconfigured the safeguard mechanism to be much less likely to be breached, and thus, ensures the availability of U.S. beef to Japanese consumers.

### Regulatory Sleight of Hand

The [official narrative](https://www.drovers.com/news/beef-production/beef-exports-critical-role-producers-processors) is that beef exports are good for everyone: they allow packers to access foreign markets that would otherwise be untapped. Certain cuts—like tongue and offal—that are not popular in the United States, command premiums abroad, and we’re told that the increased value of a beef is passed through to ranchers and producers themselves.

However, there are no comprehensive (official) data sources that show a “pass-through” transfer of value from international meat packing companies back to the producers. If nowhere else, this value-add would be visible in the prices of wholesale beef before and after these export markets had been established.

Statista’s [average value of retail and wholesale beef](https://www.statista.com/statistics/219010/us-annual-average-value-of-retail-and-wholesale-beef-since-2006/) shows a modest increase in wholesale values in the 2011-2015 range, but there’s not enough evidence to conclude that price appreciation resulted from export markets. Chances are that price increase is more a factor of reduced supply or a decrease in USD purchasing power.

Exporting American beef is good for foreign consumers: they gain access to some of the highest quality products on the planet. It is great for international packing/processing mega-corps with access to nearly infinite capital and who can lobby legislators at will.

**That said, it not does not appear that the American rancher profits from this arrangement much—if at all.**

## U.S. Beef Import Markets

Since multinational packing/processing companies have access to foreign markets, and since they export an immense amount of beef abroad, imports are necessary in order to satisfy domestic consumption.

Accounting for seasonal variability and issues specific to a given period, the [US imports as much (or more)](https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/charts/104786/Fig2_BeefTrade.png?v=5889.6) beef than it exports on a carcass-weight basis each year. This phenomenon is a result of several factors, but I believe it is useful here to focus on the ‘hamburger dilemma.’

Generally, American beef demand is concentrated on steaks and ground beef. Ground beef can be made with nearly any part of the cow, but is most commonly made with trimmings, back fat, tongue & offal, as well as lesser-wanted cuts (i.e. round and chuck roasts).

But but as explained previously: U.S. beef steaks, tongues, and offal will command hefty premiums in the export market—and so they will be sold abroad.

### Where does American Ground Beef Come From?

This [Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association FAQ sheet](https://kycattle.org/pdf/2020/05-12/FAQ-Imports-Exports.pdf) notes that “We [U.S. beef producers] produce high-quality grain-finished beef, and as a result, we produce a lot of fatty trimmings.”

As a brief aside, you might wonder, “why are American finished cattle so fat?” Consider the relationship between beef feedlots, agricultural subsidies, and the domestic GMO corn and soy industry. All that grain has to go somewhere...

Following the butchering process, there is a significant amount of fat left over. Since cuts that would be blended with the fat are de-facto spoken for by export markets, packing companies import lean trim to then produce ground beef. The U.S. imports a lot of lean trim and live calves from Canada and Mexico. **In recent years, an increasingly large portion of lean trim has been imported from New Zealand, Australia, and Brazil.**

### Beef Market Manipulation
Unfortunately, Americans’ sense of what ground beef should cost has been warped by the global beef import/export industry. Consider how fast food restaurants are able to offer beef products at such low prices: economies are not vacuums, someone is always footing the bill.

In the case of ground beef sold in the US, there are (at least) two forms of price subsidization:
1. From the availability of cheap grains—a product of government subsidization—meant to quickly fatten cattle in feedlots.
2. The availability of cheap “lean trim” available in import markets.

While all imports must maintain a certain level of quality control (per USDA), it is hard to imagine that each touchpoint that trim or calf passed through is as focused on quality as one might prefer.

This is all to say: I do not engage in price comparisons between local producers' ground beef and what's sold at grocery stores. One is a premium product, made with a consumer’s best interests in mind. The other is a by-product of profit-chasing on an international commodity market—there is no comparison.

## Conclusion

At the end of the day, markets are driven by the economic incentives of their participants. Since multinational packing/processing conglomerates can source  bottomless amounts of capital, and have the ears of powerful legislators, they are incentivized to skew export/import markets to benefit their bottom lines.

Foreign consumers (SE Asia in particular) have demonstrated their willingness to bid up the prices of premium and lesser-wanted cuts, effectively pricing out domestic consumption of that same product.

Some argue that American consumers benefit from the availability of cheap ground beef. However, that is a high time preference argument; it does not account for the health implications of consuming inferior products. On a long enough timescale, it is hard to argue that cheap food today balances the negative impacts of such a consumption model.

> “You either pay your rancher today, or you pay your doctor down the road.”

Call to action: get to know [producers in your local communities](https://producers.beefinitiative.com/database). Shake their hands, ask to be educated about why they operate in the way that they do, and patronize their businesses.

There is no comparison between a pound of ground beef at a big-box grocery store, and a pound of ground from a producer that you know directly. Energetically, by sourcing from ethical producers, you are opting to consume the hyper-local nutrients and minerals from the soil upon which you stand. By supporting intentional livestock production, you are also contributing to the re-habilitation of our topsoils and surrounding environment.

Solutions exist all around us; all it takes to unlock them are handshakes, kindness, and a willingness to learn.

*This is a re-published post from early 2023. Originally posted on [my blog]( https://bitdern.com/posts/smoke-and-mirrors).*

Smoke and Mirrors: An Overview of U.S. Beef Import & Export Markets

Exploring the multibillion dollar global beef import/export industry from the perspective of a concerned American.


Doing some testing this morning on some different nostr blogging clients

Using nostr:npub1yzvxlwp7wawed5vgefwfmugvumtp8c8t0etk3g8sky4n0ndvyxesnxrf8q right now and the UX is pretty nice! Will #poast the results shortly 👍

Gotta do a bit of editing on the post


humans are such wildly imaginative, adaptable and powerful creatures. but we do have such funny little habits.

one of which is believing that "stasis" is a real thing.

granted, it is convenient to believe in it; definitely makes contemplation more straightforward.

but ultimately, life is flux; even "equilibrium" is a dynamic state.

what else do we take as given that we (humans) are wrong about?


appreciate the call out, i do fancy myself a gentleman!


New Odell meme template just dropped (whiskey & cirgars are great touch)


GM! Don’t forget to LISTEN to what life is telling you, it could be great news! https://image.nostr.build/e82565e2c49cb451556f4308fd79924a360d7b9c223f84ca142fbeb42c5899ca.jpg


Hello and GM! 🫡


love the check ins, you have a nice evening yourself!


many of life's problems could be addressed if, before saying something to someone online, you asked yourself:

"would i say this to their face?"

i think the scamdemic impacted people's ability to accurately assess the 2nd and 3rd order effects of saying wild shit IRL...

some people are ABOUT IT, and there's no do-overs face2face 🤷♂


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thank you 🙏


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#writerstr #blogstr what are your favorite nostr blogging clients??


A typical lunch ☺ https://image.nostr.build/17ef37d89839901f0c815569eb70f0d7d201084a70cd90a680425df5a9443030.jpg


The extrema are indeed extreme… and also extremely beautiful!


I love winter, but I hate the dry skin and chapped lips

Annoying

I love summer, but I hate the heat/humidity and all the sweat in my eyes

Annoying

But, I still Love em’


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LETS FUCKING GO. THE BEST GET BETTER, CONGRATS TO THE TRIBE 💪


“WANT” HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

IF IT’S ON THE SCHEDULE, IT GETS DONE - SIMPLE AS 💯 https://image.nostr.build/5d144e22d9bfbc739060439053eb09d014814a137e070c6b98428c69de42808e.jpg


GM from me and the land-hippo aka Pibby-dawg https://image.nostr.build/7781e35d6dccfcfab457fe93c1111dcc809dae66f16c4d0a7fab8000bb5102f1.jpg https://image.nostr.build/ceb79a13cf52e9e4c69537d1c5e22d2a1842cf25814d8665bb81bf0427c40946.jpg


Let’s go! Get sweaty eating noodle soup and then go to Rajadamnern Stadium for boxing 🥊🇹🇭🔥


GM! I don’t want to go for a run this morning BUT I WILL DO IT ANYWAYS 🫡💯


I would love it! Which town/province is the shop in?


Hello Jakk! I love the community you have built, much love from Chicago USA 🇺🇸❤🇹🇭


Cats together strong 🫡


Meetups move the network forward 🤝🔥


do any nostr clients do note language translations? Asking for myself 👀👀


#poasting on mobile via #Nostur 🤘🤘


SIR CEASE AND DESIST 🙅♂


#Chicago on the way to home https://video.nostr.build/a92a9650589b9bdec49a8ea055f576db750e0195699a86abdd422f8816ba2569.mp4


PURA 🤌


Seen soooo many normies #poasting about how NFL is rigged which like

1) duh

And 2) my friend you are worried about the WRONG ass thing being rigged

Lmaooooooo 😹😹😹


PURA 🫡


Shit man. I already lifted today & did about 45 push-ups… but seeing as how it’s a meme now, might have to crank the rest of them 55 out!


There will always be a pebble in your shoe

Take your shoes off and walk on rocks


what do you wanna see?


Happy Monday guys!

Sharing this fight with you all because it was one of the best I've seen in a long time. Had everything - great stylistic clash, hyped build up, incredibly competitive for 5 full rounds.

**Here is the fight:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOziIoifHaM

**Context:**
🇹🇭 Superlek is one of, if not the best, strikers (Muay Thai & Kickboxing) on the planet at 135-140 pounds. Not atypical amongst the top Thais, but he has ~350 fights at this point is his career. He's famous for his HEAVY kicking style.

🇯🇵 Takeru is a multiple time world champion in Kickboxing, he's fought mostly in Japanese promotions in his career but recently signed with ONE FC to take on their top fighters. Takeru is very much more a boxer than kicker, that said, his lead leg high kick is lightning-fast.

**Some thoughts I had post-fight:**
This was a fantastic fight, hats off to both lads for stellar performances 💯

Superlek was able to damage Takeru’s leg early & disrupt his boxing rhythm.

Takeru had success when he walked Superlek into the ropes & landed hand combinations. Very precise damage to the body.

Superlek countered in rounds 4 & 5 with step-through knees in between evading backward.

Superlek came away victorious via unanimous decision.

Takeaways:

- Hard to get as many ko’s in boxing gloves (as opposed to 4oz)

- Superlek is best in the world at backward fighting IMO

- Takeru could have thrown more switch/lead kicks to the body on Superlek - body damage was super effective rounds 3 & some of 4

- Takeru very well could have won that fight during that exchange near end of the 3rd round. A few more connections and i think he gets a ko win

Highly recommended viewing, great stylistic matchup 💯🥊🇹🇭🇯🇵👹🐘🔥

If you do watch it, let me know what you think!

ONE Kickboxing Championship: 🇹🇭 Superlek vs. Takeru 🇯🇵


BIG style my brother. You know the energy - run up & get done up 🕺


GM bro! Let's get after it today 🤝


THE THAIS ARE STACKING SATS... BIG TIME!!! 🇹🇭

SO FUCKING COOL TO SEE THIS ORGANIC GROWTH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE

NOSTR IS EPIC, MAN  🥹 🔥

#siamstr

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วันนี้แลนดิ้งที่ดอนเมือง ผมรีบตรงดิ่งไปที่ร้านเตี๋ยวตู้ไม้ ร้านของคุณ nostr:npub1gkn4le38mp049p5xv7exfc6939rdrc53lggmalugd77f0vaps0zs94nvt0  nostr:npub12lyey9htzx05kf5zckpqh2e89les97hgnw0r9md48rgv7enr68rshy9cs0  (ทำไมจะแทกมันมีสองแอคเคาท์อะ นายมีสแปมแล้วเหรอ)

หลังจากที่เคยถามเวลาเปิดปิดร้านไปหลายเดือนก่อน ด้วยความติดลมงาน #north101 นิดๆ ก็เลยว่าเอาวะ กลับมาถึงกรุงเทพแล้วต้องไปให้ได้ ก็ส่งข้อความไปถามอีกทีร้านปิดกี่โมงนะ ไอ้คุณตุ๊กเจือกแคปหน้าจอแชทมาแฉอีก ผมเลยไม่สามารถหาข้ออ้างได้อีกแล้วในครั้งนี้ (กูไปก็ได้555+)

ตั้งแต่ตื่นตอนเช้ามืดที่เชียงใหม่ รีบมาขึ้นเครื่อง นอกจากน้ำเปล่าแล้ว ก็ไม่มีอะไรตกถึงท้องผมอีก ผมตั้งใจอดกาแฟด้วย ถึงแม้จะนอนน้อยมาสามคืนติดในช่วงงานมีตอัพ

ผมขับรถข้ามแม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา ไปจนถึงอ.พระประแดง ผมนำรถไปจอดบริเวณที่ทำการอำเภอ และเดินไปที่ร้าน เตี๋ยวตู้ไม้ ด้วยอาการ ง่วงเบาๆ หิวนิดๆ ตื่นเต้นหน่อยๆ (มึงเปิดไหมน้าาา)

ตำแหน่งร้าน https://maps.app.goo.gl/hNd42d7h7JGP2qd6A

ใช้เวลาไม่เกินห้านาทีจากจุดจอดรถ ผมก็เดินไปถึงร้านแล้ว คุณตุ๊ก คุณพ่อคุณแม่ และคุณเมีย อยู่กันพร้อมหน้า บรรยากาศน่ารักมาก 555+ คุณตุ๊กก็เอ่ยขึันมาทันทีว่า "มาจริงด้วยวะ!"

ผมทักทายกัน ด้วยสภาพหน้าตางงๆปนยิ้มแย้มของครอบครัวคุณตุ๊ก 555+

https://image.nostr.build/44746786a4d2f9cae5247c16f3dd0779a2eee80d4cc89102fff4fa859f7f1841.jpg
บรรยากาศร้านว่าคลาสสิคแล้ว รสชาติคลาสสิคกว่า น้ำซุปที่ร้อนนนจัด ให้ความสะใจและสดชื่นในแบบที่บอกไม่ถูก เนื้อหมา...เอ้ย  เนื้อหมู!! นุ่มเด้งกำลังดี เครื่องแน่นอร่อยกลมกล่อมเลย

ผมกินไปคุยไปกับคุณตุ๊ก ไปเรื่อย ก๋วยเตี๋ยวชามแรกผมกินหมดอย่างรวดเร็ว
'อร่อย?? เปล่า กูหิว
555 หยอกๆ อร่อยจริงๆครับ

แนะนำให้ไปลอง ผมอยากหาลองต่อชามที่สอง ติดใจในรสชาติน้ำซุปสุดๆ กินแล้วมันคอแห้งดีเสียเหลือเกิน อยากจะโดดลงแม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา ข้างหลังร้าน ล้างปากสักหน่อย
(หยอกอีกนั่นแหละ อย่ารำคาญนะ 555+)

https://image.nostr.build/6754d1f9403ca0720eb9b36f0538ebbec1b35784ca5ccf494ef29c5e401cc410.jpg
ผมมองไปที่ตู้ก๋วยเตี๋ยวตู้ไม้ สุด iconic ของร้าน คุณแม่ที่ยืนอยู่ข้างหลัง มองหน้าผมด้วยรอยยิ้ม ผ่านสายตา (คือท่านใส่หน้ากากอยู่) ผมเห็นว่ามีเกี๊ยวด้วย ก็เลยจัดมา ให้ภาพมันเล่าเรื่อง ความน่ากินจัดแบบนี้ 555+ พร้อมแป้งเกี๋ยวที่สุกกำลังดี ไหลลื่นลงคอพร้อมน้ำซุปลวกปาก แต่อร่อยสัสเลยครับ

เวลาเที่ยงนิดๆพอดี ลูกค้าเริ่มเยอะ ผมเริ่มแกรงใจว่า ผมจะเกะกะ เพราะโต๊ะในร้านนั้นเต็มหมดแล้ว จึงรีบขอคิดเงิน พร้อมกับ แน่นอนครับ เราต้องจ่ายมันด้วย sat สิ!!! ปิ๊งๆ (ใส่เอฟเฟคเฉยๆ ไม่ได้สแกนหน้านะ) เพียงแค่ตดยังไม่ทันหายเหม็น pow ของคุณตุ๊กก็ได้รับการแปลงเป็น เงินที่แข็งแกร่งที่สุดในประวัติศาสตร์มนุษยชาติ !!!

https://image.nostr.build/03c9e8507df6342bbb627ab38a2fced255dd14f611185e240ba097b5d981db35.png

ตามทำเนียนครับ ถ่ายรูปกันสักหน่อย แปะไว้ว่า ถ้าท้องเสียจะได้มาฟ้องถูก 555+
https://image.nostr.build/8e49bb7d11363a2070f5a3cc8f8d428bf3a3b20220bf0c5327e2503da0948612.jpg

ซื้อบิทคอยน์ เก็บบิทคอยน์ ใช้บิทคอยน์

ปล. ผมรอวันที่ 1 sat = 1 ชามนะครับ ผมจะมาทวง อีก 5,321 ชามที่เหลือ เลี้ยงคนในหมู่บ้าน 55555+
#siamstr


that soup looks so good khap!!!

have a great day bro 555 🤗

#siamstr


GM! I am grateful to be exactly where I am. 🙏

Shout out the state of Texas 🤠🫡

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Homemade Bolognese and Fettuccini

#foodstr https://image.nostr.build/353e2fc6fc1d9825bc83671bc6e084e1eb824f1addbdc2aad691ff8c3361bf81.jpg


The wife (mostly) and I are doing homemade linguine with bolognese for dinner 🤌

#foodstr https://image.nostr.build/9cc8de5602844b7e19695b022d9dbb878307a7ead23c853fc3dea5cbe3cf646d.jpg https://image.nostr.build/a16d12bd840673830ff6c939167ac6abd65f210cdf16f7be3a874aac705e2fa1.jpg https://image.nostr.build/443a4ad0929e726f5ab6bd9be231418a65feafd91f96e850989efc50ad870fbd.jpg https://image.nostr.build/e97c1f817463f74dbfb9f80b7267ffa43ae249de574f84c593845702cff8f9ec.jpg


Great fight, highly recommend if you like boxing, kickboxing, MMA, Muay Thai, etc

I wrote a few thoughts after watching too, check it out!  🇯🇵🥊🇹🇭

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOziIoifHaM
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This was a fantastic fight, hats off to both lads for stellar performances 💯

Superlek was able to damage Takeru’s leg early & disrupt his boxing rhythm.

Takeru had success when he walked Superlek into the ropes & landed hand combinations. Very precise damage to the body.

Superlek countered in rounds 4 & 5 with step-through knees in between evading backward.

Superlek came away victorious via unanimous decision.

Takeaways:

- Hard to get as many ko’s in boxing gloves (as opposed to 4oz)

- Superlek is best in the world at backward fighting IMO

- Takeru could have thrown more switch/lead kicks to the body on Superlek - body damage was super effective rounds 3 & some of 4

- Takeru very well could have won that fight during that exchange near end of the 3rd round. A few more connections and i think he gets a ko win

Highly recommended viewing, great stylistic matchup 💯🥊🇹🇭🇯🇵👹🐘🔥

#siamstr #fightstr


Is there an open source version of Strava? I would use the fuck out of a social-fitness nostr client 🤔🤔🤔


shout out to all my 🇹🇭  Thai homies 🇹🇭  friggin #poasting up a storm on #siamstr

im gonna watch the Superlek vs Takeru fight after a quick run and share some thoughts on it!

anybody interested peep this here link i found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOziIoifHaM

khap ohm!


CUTS OF THE COW- Introducing the New York Strip, a premium cut that embodies the rich tradition of American steakhouse culture. Sourced from the short loin of the cow, this steak is known for its fine texture and buttery flavor. #BeefIntelligence #CutsOfTheCow #NYStrip

A THREAD

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


Understandable! The stack of cakes is the better aesthetic for pics, but hard to eat that many ! 😂


GM! Swampy Chicago winters make a man miss Fall weather

From a trip to the Driftless some time ago 🍂 https://image.nostr.build/732abb73e5a8e17f05ea4fd58943a0c8f25b94b0be30ee97eb5d39e2f25e00ad.jpg https://video.nostr.build/2d365edfce84db2de21a37b08fb87a57c7aee2629840255ad0b537014b9a6509.mp4


BT IS ECHO CHAMBER PLUS HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF BECOMING NEXT CURRENT THING/PSYOP FODDER


THE ECHO CHAMBER ANTI NOSTR ARGUMENT FALLS FLAT TO ME.

1) GOTTA START SOMEWHERE
2) BITCOIN TWITTER IS A MASSIVE ECHO CHAMBER


YO nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx HOW DO U FEEL ABOUT TRACK SUITS???

DIFFERENT VIBE U KNOW?


Yeeeeeeeew 👀


HIGH AS THE BITCOIN GONNA BE
https://m.primal.net/HYvM.jpg


can you switch in and out of different states of mind at will?

different situations demand a different state of mind


this is something i am training actually! tricky to pull off, but incredibly powerful 🔥


Nothing to see here after I plugged that big dick energy 😂 https://image.nostr.build/29419e4300bdbe13c90f9097dd8980e1288b580a3a9b68ea14f50707b95284fa.jpg  nostr:note1f4y8jcekjruk35uhacyzg8aggdkyp3tmr9kkhkdrw55y8vq5tfpq00n3u6


GM! Anybody else feel like boxing this mornin?? 🥊


Bro i know that posting on Nostr has “less engagement” or whatever but

1) zaps, really sick

2) spending time on ol twott is sooooo bad for my mindset. way too much info, agendas, everything.

when i #poast on nostr, i really don’t care about reach or likes or whatever. it’s stream of consciousness meets screaming into the void

👨🍳🤌


💯 their whole team came across so fucking whiny


Some will choose the path of denial, anger, bargaining, and depression before acceptance.


U got that right compa 🤠


*HOT SUIT


FOR YOU CANT EAT MONEY OR BUY YOUR FATE

SO I'LL RISE WHEN THE ROOSTER CROWS 🫡


Gen z should be allowed to not give a fuck about bitcoin’s ethos while still earning  BTC 😘

Ask any kid if they care about the values of bitcoin. Most of them will respond with: “isn’t bitcoin a scam? I heard about FTX on TikTok”

Convince me otherwise.

https://x.com/briimhd/status/1742989690905767965?s=46&t=ER-LLAKo2htXpJtsopIhlw


just seeing this, you right!!


SHOUT OUT TO nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx WHO, IN ADDITION TO HIS WORK AT TEN31, DISPATCH, AND RHR...

MOONLIGHTS AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS AND LEADS ALL DEFENSEMEN IN POINTS THIS SEASON 🫡

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

https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/nhl-defensemen-points-leaders-this-season


5. nearly a century of coercing children to revere authority without question


U NOT WRONG, BUT I DO LOOK BETTER THAN THEM IN A SUIT 🤷♂


ITS OK TO BE A HYPOCRITE; WE ARE ALL HYPOCRITES!

*i wear a suit for work lmao


“THE SUITS ARE HERE & THEY’RE DUMBER THAN EVER” - YOU


DO NOT BE FOOLED: THE SUITS HAVE NOT LEARNED THEIR LESSON.

THEY WILL PLAY THE EXACT SAME REHYPOTHECATION SHELL GAMES AND GET THEIR CHEEKS CLAPPED... AGAIN! 👏 🤡

MATTER OF TIME FOLKS ⏲


UX IS EVERYTHING.

IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING EDUCATION.

NORMIES WILL LEARN WHEN THEY HAVE A *REASON* TO LEARN.

WE HAVE OTHER WORK TO DO FIRST


“Making sense” relative to what? It may not make sense *for you*, but services already exist to do this, and I have to believe more will arise.


GM! Why i love nostr?

because i spent yesterday screaming into the void!

feels like early early days of twitt 🥰


YOU AND YOUR #PENIS 🌽 AGAINST THE LIMP SUITS OF THE WORLD


what do you think about borrowing against a stack? assuming one is not being a complete knucklehead, and is being conservative with the loan amount.


much needed. hope they get their borders under control & also hope they stop bussing migrants up to Chicago


the normalization of regular dick-pill usage in men younger than 40 is a bad societal trend

bad sign for general fertility rates. surely there are issues with ladies in this respect, too..


ASK YOURSELF: WHAT ARE YOU HOLDING ONTO THAT NO LONGER SERVES YOU?


NEECH ON A PLANE 😹 https://image.nostr.build/f028e53f6898c62dec7e63ea276447090f01e44be5a18ef33ea67ae7d2cde937.jpg


REVALUATION OF ALL VALUES


Imagine a company that denominates its income statement in bitcoin, is profitable, and accrues bitcoin on its balance sheet. That sounds a lot like a bitcoin mining company. However, bitcoin mining companies are extremely capital intensive and fiercely competitive (anyone can plug in a miner and compete). In an open monetary network like Bitcoin, it is plausible that certain Bitcoin technology companies could establish early leadership positions in their respective fields with sustainable competitive advantages (sticky business models, technology infrastructure, network effect businesses, brand loyalty, etc.). Those companies would implicitly look a lot like bitcoin miners (generating a consistent stream of sats flows), except with a less capital intensive business model (no constant replenishment of equipment) and with less competition than bitcoin miners. This is a very compelling financial profile and an underappreciated aspect of investing in the future leaders of the Bitcoin ecosystem, and we are pursuing these types of investments at Ten31.


Jeffery Epstien's banker is worried our pet rock that was up 160% last year against his fiat system can be used for bad things

thanks for your opinion bro, don't give a fuck 👍 https://v.nostr.build/464W.mp4


HONESTLY IT IS INSANE.

INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL I GET TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE MOST BASED FOUNDERS AND INVESTORS IN THE WORLD EVERY DAY.


GM DAWG THAT IS A STRONG ROSTER U GOT THERE 👀


GM! Let’s make some hay while the sun shines*!!

*metaphorically - it still dark asf in Chicago

#winterstr #morningstr https://image.nostr.build/b7d88770faf5bad5dc7e153c7b442965b319ad9e817d1a32b8f82a4fd24f3c00.jpg


LEFT OF BELLCURVE SUPREMACY 🫡


what farm? 👀


Prepping for some beef birria tonight using #regenerative beef raised in IL #foodstr https://image.nostr.build/cde428b706a801fa742e31861d9129706a192646834cf6e0555b5cfe766cea73.jpg https://image.nostr.build/36c3b406d8e2a33fed169f4e978a78182edb8c60dc23ee9f0632298db06ebeac.jpg


FEDIMINTS ARE FAIRLY CENSORSHIP RESISTANT SINCE FEDERATION OPERATORS CANNOT SELECTIVELY CENSOR USERS.

USERS HOLD THE PRIVATE KEYS FOR THEIR OWN ECASH TOKENS. TOKENS ARE PRIVATE AND FUNGIBLE.


good man 🤝 my wife is getting a nice bit of sleep-in too


well done sir, hope the admirer get's to see it too 😜


GM, NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE U OR ME

WE MUST CONTINUE TO BUILD SLY-ROUNDABOUT WAYS TO CIRCUMVENT OLIGARCHS, KLEPTOCRATS, AND HATERS

BUIDL FOR POSTERITY; GLORY OR VALHALLA!!! https://image.nostr.build/ea7ecba3d73a9f738c1fa3ab748d499eb0a89e6afe6b442467ba0129a589f6b6.jpg


Until someone builds a popular version of a technical concept but on top of federated ecash, I don't really want to hear about any sort of soft fork. If you can't demonstrate PMF, why risk the hardest money in history just because a nerd has their opinions about financial tools?

Example, fuck APO or LNHANCE. Build federated channel factories and let me know how it goes and if you get any demand.

Covenants? For the love of God someone build something useful first, because everyone has failed at getting interest in any sort of vaults beyond simple multisig. The biggest advocator for them has even failed to get any interest in his user facing tool for building and visualizing covenants.


yooooo let’s GO!! “i do recommendations that turn into predictions” is 🔥🔥🔥

def will be using in the future 🫡🤝


TLOP STILL BANGS AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THANK U KANYE 🙏


wise man, that mr. stewart


somewhere between 7 and 11 lmaoooo


YEGOR KNOWS WHATS UP

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tell me about your morning routines on stacker news!!!

https://stacker.news/items/393760

pls 🥺


if there is anyone who I thought would know about these shops, it would be YOU my man 🤙


FOR MY CHICAGO FRENS 👀

my recommendations:

-Amish & Healthy Foods
-Rich's Delicatessen
-Ann's Bakery & Deli

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my recommendations:

-Amish & Healthy Foods
-Rich's Delicatessen
-Ann's Bakery & Deli


breath work in the morning is the ultimate life hack.

Grand Rising! 🫂


Grand Rising, brother!

thank you for poasting about morning breathwork the other day - i'm back into the flow of a daily practice and it feels fantastic!


i have a 5lb ham in my freezer that i need to liquidate

finna throw a ham sammich party for the homies to get rid of it 😂🥳🥪


everybody talks about the benefits of shaving your own head: save money on barber + look hot like Jason Statham

but NOBODY talks about downsides: it is legit chore + if you fuck up, you look like Opie!!!! 🤪

https://media.tenor.com/B66lqmglwUwAAAAC/opie-dumb.gif


NOSTR DONT CARE ABT NO FEDJCKIN TYPOS!!!!

NOS BAMOS COMPAAAAAAA


AYE BRO SHOUT OUT THE UKRANIAN / POLISH / ASSORTED EASTERN EUROPEAN BODEGAS IN CHICAGO

not for nothing: vastly superior selections of meat, dairy and produce versus grocery stores

GG 🤝


the real #short #kings dgaf how tall u are!!


how many jobs are y’all rocking?? im sitting at 2 right now, might be adding another here shortly 😂😂


GM, starting the day off with a nice fire. https://image.nostr.build/3bfdba7c036f3a688c40210fb3395b876635f2bb55f199bf2b121e2dc52aa2da.jpg


Running lightning nodes is too complicated for 99% of people

To do non-custodial lightning on your phone it needs to be online when you receive the payment and requires an initial onchain tx to receive.

This is terrible ux, so you are forced to use custodial solutions like wallet of satoshi, and privacy is terrible.

fedimint is a third option: the mint can provide a lightning address for receiving and sending out zaps even when you’re offline. This is private, temporary custody.

When the phone comes online it can choose to sweep fedimint funds into its non-custodial phone wallet (a future non-custodial ⚡ wallet in damus as an example). In the UI this would be simplified as your custodied and non-custodied balanced summed to your total balance.

Damus’ fedimint would be federated with other guardians such as mutiny, so I can’t unilaterally rug the custodied balance. This is implemented as a multisig bitcoin wallet behind the scenes.

The use case is killing non-private lightning custodians who can unilaterally rug you. nostr:note12yd075f9un56nlmmh6dk6ehxnatjg5kf35wcevx8rwa8kstzt5rqkv8n9m


heinz with the SNIPE!!! 🎯


made this beauty a while back, but its so pretty i had to share #cheez #boorger
https://m.primal.net/HYGU.png


GM BIG DAWG. WE GONN EAT TODAY 🫡


knocked down 9 times, but GET UP 10 !!!!

LETS FUGGIN GO BOYS AND GIRLS YOU CANT KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN!!!!!

GLORY OR VALHALLA!


just started supplementing creatine AMA


folks in the startup space (USA) -- particularly if you run or help run one:

what has been your experience with section 174 of the tax code?

tl;dr is that instead of being able to expense dev salaries for the year in which they were paid, you now have to amortize the salaries over 5 years (or 15 if dev is international). this necessarily increases your tax burden upfront.

the homegirl & legend nostr:npub1e0z776cpe0gllgktjk54fuzv8pdfxmq6smsmh8xd7t8s7n474n9smk0txy pointed to it as a contributing factor for layoffs in the tech sector, and i am curious if any of yall have noticed higher than expected tax burdens in recent years.

sauce if you wanna learn more: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/section-174/


They that create and they that enjoy:

Everyone who enjoys thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed. Herein lies the difference between them that crest and them that enjoy.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Aphorism 406, Human, All-Too-Human pt. 2 “Miscellaneous Maxims and Opinions”


i can’t lie - i fucking LOVE that price didn’t insta-pamp last week after ETF go-live

1) i want more cheap sats

2) see #1


u already know what time it is 😏

cobbee 🤝 big neech
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/829fea6731ed8fc936f65c3d537a944759c4c0542d2d57a7da363e7f6164cfcd.webp


good thing about this weather: free cold exposure training!

just ripped 3 rounds of ol Wim Hof style break work outside 🥶🥶🥶

GM!! now time for cobbee 🥰☕


pls elaborate, sounds horrific tho


you bout to go paddle out?? 🏄♂

looks like theres some fun lil rippers out there 👀 😆


Cold weather isn’t all bad. Nothing more peaceful than these walks. https://video.nostr.build/6719e889baa4a0f9fc4838be3a55041c347f737fbcf35f87972566545a8d5cb6.mp4


running #Nostur on iOS 🫡🫡🫡

pretty solid so far! shout out to whoever coded this up 🤝


Wanted to say thank you nostr:npub128a25achgxk429gwuwy7tgrwh44z5s42js2260cxdstk7tpxv9ds497erh for visiting #Chicago and hanging out with plebs, as well as cohosting and presenting satoshi settlers game you’re working on 🫂
It’s always nice to have guests in the town! Thank you nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg for making it happen🫡 https://image.nostr.build/13e441f294f4b3377e65b8054337ca7170a87de1d5c8b1b031ed224593e9be6c.jpg


have not listened to this pod, but Yegor is speaking straight up FACTS in his 5-point synopsis.

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“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”

―Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn


yooooooo enjoy lads! this looks like an absolutely PRISTINE vibe 🤌


i listened to a Hubermensch poddy yesterday where he covered the science behind, and strategies to increase, one's willpower/tenacity.

really fascinating, def recommend (ep. 145)

tl;dl is -- you have to do things that YOU don't want to do.

not necessarily like "work out for 6 hours a week" especially if you ALREADY do that.

the key is to do things that you, yourself, personally, DO NOT WANT to do.

or, conversely, there is an equal benefit to RESISTING behaviors that you would do normally and know that you should not.


CHICAGO BITDEVS!!!!! GO TO THE MEETUP!!!!!!!!!

🥺  pls 👉 👈


Sending on Mutiny just got a lot more social: you can now search your contacts (and global nostr users) when sending! There's a lot that changed in this release so let us know what you think.

Expect to see more like this in the future!

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


awesome piece man, you raised some interesting points. reminds me of something i wrote for river a while back:
https://river.com/learn/bitcoin-for-institutional-treasuries/


yo yo #coffeestr homies!!! i have recently become a pour-over acolyte and am looking to up my gear situation.

rocking a stanley camping pour-over deal with a standard tea kettle, seeking recs, plz shill 🙏


*zaps mutiny wallet nostr profile using mutiny wallet*
https://m.primal.net/HXYi.gif


once you realize the power of your tongue, you won’t say just anything.

when you realize the power of your thoughts, you won’t entertain just anything.

and once you realize the power of your presence, you won’t be just anywhere.


hahahahahhahahahahhaha


I know there are Chicago Bitcoiners on here that don’t come to the meetups. Come join us tonight and we’ll show you what you’ve been missing. nostr:note1glmpnxr22rxrk8gn7pq26h60fp6a2w5uu3yl0wv94zll35vhzp4sjwk7ac


do any of yall take hydration supplements? liquidIV, LMNT, etc?

if so, have you noticed any difference in mental cognition (specifically)?


going on TV in an hour. let's fucking go
https://m.primal.net/HXXq.jpg


nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx WE NEED GARY GENSLER ON CITADEL DISPATCH TO EXPLAIN THIS NEW LAYER 2 FOR SUITS


10 years. 10% to FOSS. This is the way.
https://image.nostr.build/1ea8de5344eaf822347d36098219a1ce67d16ecbcdbc81f3772db75ebb1802a6.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=716x1246&blurhash=%5D6S6PlIA_3WB%3Fb4nt7-%3Boft74noL-poft7IUWVxuj%5Bt7RjWBofWBofM%7Bofofaej%40_3jYM%7BjsRj%3FbogWCWCRj%7EqoKRiofM%7B&x=c719a5112c89dfeb8c19b3325f6901c87ad733de8f6180a7a85de06cc4064e91


suits will literally come up with the most convoluted custodial wallet wrappers before simply learning to manage cryptographic keys 🤷♂

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i care about it, in that, i don't want it to pass so that i can continue to stack more sats lmao


Don’t know, don’t care https://image.nostr.build/0fcdd444bea191e253b4713f3196fabb6b869ab7a1ccfd3f4a8c1a5c4b1141f9.jpg


would be nice to have a "for you" style feed that highlights npubs you interact with most, trending posts, etc.

im not anti-algorithm by any means


i think you are right, but SN has a smaller user base than nostr - broadly speaking. i am glad we have both though, lessons to be learned from each!


vibes on nostr are impeccable, as always 👨🍳 🤌


https://i.nostr.build/PXJr.gif

Go forth my forth my friend , be a good cunt , a righteous cunt , a sound cunt .

Keep the craic going , if the craic stops , were well and truly fucked .


right? i'll simply just... eat until i am full!!


sounds like you read my mind!! haha that is exactly my approach to bulking; vibes > tracking macros 🤣

maybe not the most scientific.. but it gets the job done!


Nostr and Fedimint are going absolutely nowhere, fast. These are unusable, non-mainstream platforms.

You heard the man, kids. It’s over. Pack up your stuff and go home.

https://twitter.com/dotkrueger/status/1744405415918715327?s=46&t=okvmMSfzcj5BBJybzLcbBg


great progress bro! keep it up!

i am curious how you are approaching your caloric surplus -- are you eating certain kinds of foods more than others? prioritizing certain macros? etc


bro it is inspiring as FUCK to see tons of nostr users from thailand having a grand ol time on this here distributed comms protocol.

permission: NOT NEEDED
fun: AVAILABLE TO BE HAD

khap ohm! 🇹🇭


tradfi wise-guys will paper-hand bitcoin at the price they deserve!!!


GM GOOD PEOPLE. IT IS GREAT DAY TO HAVE GREAT DAY.

NOS VAMOS! 😎


^^ my thoughts exactly. i wonder how many of us share this sentiment...


BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 824,999
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 09Jan24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
__________________________
BLUF: Trump seeks trial dismissal / Biden tightens regs on gig workers / BTC decouples from Nasdaq / 1 BTC being sent to the moon

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $46,402, 22.99oz Gold
24hr Hi: $47,218 / Lo: $44,736
Vol: $37.4B (Up 28%)
Mkt Cap: $907.1B (Up 2.7%)
HashRate: 510 EH/s
Avg Fees: 31,205 sats/tx (Up 1%)
Nodes: 17,548

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Russia detains U.S. citizen on drugs charges: Moscow's Ostankino District Court said that on Jan. 6 Robert Romanov Woodland had been remanded in custody until March 5 on charges relating to the illegal acquisition or possession of drugs. Woodland is a dual citizen of Russina the US, and was teaching English in Russia.(Reuters)

2. Gabriel Attal becomes France's youngest, first gay PM: France's president Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named country's education minister Gabriel Attal with which the the 34-year-old became France's youngest and first openly gay head of government, news agency AFP reported after Elisabeth Borne resigned from the post.(Hindustan Times)

-US Events-
1. Trump seeks to dismiss Georgia election interference case based on presidential immunity: Former President Donald Trump's legal team on Monday filed multiple new motions in Georgia seeking to dismiss the Fulton County election interference case against him on grounds that include presidential immunity, which they say "shields him from criminal prosecution."(ABC)

2. US Supreme Court rejects X Corp's surveillance disclosure challenge: SCOTUS on Monday rejected a request by Elon Musk's X Corp to consider whether the social media company can publicly disclose how often federal law enforcement seeks information about users for national security investigations.(Reuters)

3. New Biden Administration Rule Seeks to Make More Gig Workers Employees: The Biden administration issued a new rule Tuesday intended to put more gig workers on company payrolls, a change that could reverberate across many industries, most notably at ride-share and food-delivery companies such as Uber and DoorDash. The rule, which will go into effect in March, would impose a stricter test to determine whether companies can classify their workers as independent contractors. It would replace a 2021 rule finalized by the Trump administration.(WSJ)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Digital asset regulatory clarity increasing, much to Binance’s dismay: Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs released a new report Monday that suggests the ‘regulatory clarity’ that many blockchain-based operators claim to seek made significant progress last year and is poised for even greater strides in 2024. The report strikes a hopeful tone that establishing clear standards will reduce the rampant illicit activity that has prevented the digital asset sector from moving beyond the financial fringes.(CoinGeek)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Turkey’s CBDC trials enter 2nd phase. Decision is possible by year’s end. The central bank will conduct the second phase this year, after which it will decide whether to launch a digital lira. (leaderinsights)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. SEC Issues Fresh Comments On Bitcoin ETF S-1s: As the January 10 deadline for the approval of several spot Bitcoin ETF looms, the SEC has made a notable move by sending new comments on updated S-1 filings just hours after their submission. This swift response from the SEC has sparked a debate within the community about the potential implications for the approval timeline of Bitcoin ETFs.(Bitcoinist)

2. Bitcoin Decouples From Nasdaq Amid ETF Speculation: The 40-day correlation between bitcoin and Nadaq now stands at zero, indicating a lack of relationship between the asset classes, according to data tracked by research provider Fairlead Strategies.(CoinDesk)

-Economic Indicators-
1. JPMorgan raises alarms over the U.S. economy: JPMorgan has issued a severe warning about the U.S. economy and the dollar, highlighting a concerning $34 trillion national debt. The bank uses the ‘boiling frog’ metaphor to describe the gradual yet potentially catastrophic build-up of economic problems in the U.S. JPMorgan’s cautionary stance coincides with efforts by BRICS nations to challenge the dollar’s global dominance, adding to U.S. economic pressures.(Cryptopolitan)

-Technological Updates-
NSTR

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Elliptic Bolsters Public Sector Presence Amid Rising Demand for Crypto Intelligence: Blockchain analytics and data intelligence firm Elliptic is expanding its public sector practice to address the growing demand for crypto identity data from U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies.(CoinTrust) **(AC-US Law Enforcement continues to pursue intelligence on personal identities of crypto transactions worldwide. A burgeoning market of blockchain analysis for governments (not only US) will seek to DOX transaction participants and holders of crypto and bitcoin.)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Crypto Exchange Bitmex Sends Physical Bitcoin to the Moon — Expects to Land on Lunar Surface Next Month: “The bitcoin wallet in the shape of one coin will land on the Moon aboard the Peregrine spacecraft, making this the first financial asset to touch the lunar surface!” Bitmex detailed.(Bitcoincom)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 76/100 (Up 5 pts)

Follow us on NOSTR:  nostr:npub1qktts9naunvjdwsktq5xjdhwh539xt4x0mqj4yxq0q9dvm03ljvs6sms0r
____________________
Analyst: BV2A
END REPORT
NNNN
*NSTR-Nothing Significant To Report


When people tell me bitcoin runs on altruism and vibes, instead of consensus and greed. https://video.nostr.build/3eb32f80c16df1daf22d113fae0ba43f3772f822e80deeb038266c7db5ef6890.mp4


gm my dude


gm & ty 🫡


WE WILL FUCK THE SUITS WITH FREEDOM 🫡


shout out to nostr:npub1ey6qdmvzcgcsr883m9nspzz0mm037l26xtardzcskfsvc6gc7jssm9szvp and all the homies at Breez for continually shipping software that makes bitcoin more usable.

not every product suits every use-case, but this one looks promising in the context of on/off ramps.

https://medium.com/breez-technology/introducing-fiatlink-a-lightning-fiat-standard-68ab380febb2


GM big dawg! what u getting into today?


GM! today we do the hard tasks first....

after we shit POAST n zap a bit on #coaffeestr lmao


Fucken hell, why pamp?? Stop that.


how are hay prices out your way? lack of precipitation on this side of the lake has been really bad for prices (over last several years).

also, bitdevs this week??


Just in time hay delivery
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We underestimated how much hay we had to make it through the holiday season, and got this delivery with only one days worth of hay to spare. Hay is the largest input we have on the homestead and we make sure we get the most out of it not only feeding animals but simultaneously using the waste hay as mulch. This year since we have our Katahdin sheep and East Friesian dairy sheep in two groups there is more wasted hay. The hope is that even though we are wasting more hay that the extra attention to the dairy sheep will yield us more milk overall next season.
https://i.nostr.build/kkJa.jpg
When I say wasted hay, what I mean is that the sheep aren't eating all the good hay and only leaving the stems. Even though some good hay might go uneaten, we place the hay in an area in which hay mulch would be beneficial. In the example of the dairy sheep, their paddock is very close to the food forest, so we will only have to move the manure packed hay a short distance to use when growing our potatoes this spring.

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #selfsovereignty #meshtadel #grownostr #sheep #hay #foodforest #forestgarden


TC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 824,857
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 08Jan24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Israel targets another Hezbollah leader in Lebanon / US Congress strikes deal to avert shutdown / Nebraska bill to protect 'blockchain' / Yellen declares 'soft landing'

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $44,125, 22.19oz Gold
24hr Hi: $45,141 / Lo: $43,244
Vol: $28.9B (Up 77%)
Mkt Cap: $880.1B (Up 1.7%)
HashRate: 432 EH/s
Avg Fees: 31,365 sats/tx (Up 22%)
Nodes: 17,571

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Israeli airstrike kills a senior Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon: The Lebanese security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Israel struck a commander from Hezbollahâ€™s elite Radwan Forces, without giving his name. The strike hit a Honda SUV in the southern village of Khirbet Selm(AP)

2. China sanctions 5 US defense companies in response to US sanctions and arms sales to Taiwan: The sanctions will freeze any property the companies have in China and prohibit organizations and individuals in China from doing business with them, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted online. The companies are BAE Systems Land and Armament, Alliant Techsystems Operation, AeroVironment, ViaSat and Data Link Solutions.(AsahiShimbun)

3. German farmers blockade Berlin with tractors in subsidy row: Farmers in Germany have begun blockading roads in protest against subsidy cuts, with some 200 tractors parked by Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.The subsidy cuts were designed to fix a budget crisis after a court ruled the government's 2024 budget was illegal, but the cuts have backfired and there are fears the ensuing row could feed the far right's popularity.(BBC)

-US Events-
1. Congressional leaders announce spending deal as shutdown threat looms: House and Senate leaders on Sunday announced a spending deal for government funding in 2024, averting a shutdown later this month even as that threat still looms. The topline numbers agreed to include $1.59 trillion for fiscal year 2024, with $886 billion for defense spending and $704 in non-defense spending. They also agreed to a $69 billion side deal in adjustments that will go toward non-defense domestic spending.(CNN)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. 'Blockchain Basics Act' Lands in Nebraska, 13 States to Introduce Crypto Legislation in 2024: The Blockchain Basics Act, a bill that seeks to protect several blockchain-based activities from being outlawed by the U.S. government, has been introduced in Nebraska. Sponsored by Sen. Eliot Bolstar, the bill is similar to the one introduced in Missouri recently, and 11 more states are expected to introduce similar regulations this year, according to the Satoshi Action Fund.(BitcoinCom)

2. South Korea To Introduce Virtual Assets Distribution & Listing Regulation: According to the report, Ahn Byeong-nam, head of the Digital Asset Research Team at the FSS, disclosed during a policy discussion that the guidelines encompass issuance volume, circulation, and listing standards.(CoinGape)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. BlackRock, Other Potential Bitcoin ETF Providers Reveal Fees: BlackRock said its fee will start at 0.20%, rising to 0.30%. Fidelity listed a 0.39% fee, while Cathie Wood's investment firm ARK and asset manager VanEck both announced fees of 0.25%. Bitwise announces 0.24%.(CoinDesk)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Declares 'Soft Landing' Reached, Americans Recovering Optimism: Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, believes that the recent improvements in the American economy show that the country has achieved a soft landing. For Yellen, the recent low figures of inflation and the strength of the labor market are signs of this scenario.(Bitcoincom)

-Technological Updates-
NSTR

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. North Korean Hackers: A Digital Asset Pilferage of Over $500 Million in 2023: According to the findings, DPRK-linked hackers managed to siphon off $600 million worth of cryptocurrency throughout the course of last year. Alarming indicators towards the end of December suggest that the actual total might soar even higher, potentially reaching $700 million.(CoinTrust)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin Payments Skyrocket As Merchant Numbers Triple To Over 6,000 Worldwide: Last year, there was a substantial surge in the global count of merchants actively embracing crypto payments, marking a notable 300% increase, as reported by BTC Map(Bitcoinist)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 71/100 (Down 1 pt)

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this is sick. thank you for putting it together 🫡 🤝


every single day man...


been thinking about this line from ol neech for a couple weeks now 🤔

"A poet could say that God has placed forgetfulness as a doorkeeper on the threshold of the temple of human dignity."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche; Human, All-Too-Human (book 1, aphorism 92)

context here being: ol neech believed that forgetfulness is both a reactive AND active faculty of the mind...

those who are able to actively forget things (wounds, losses, slights against their character etc etc) were better-equipped to deal with suffering and ultimately triumph in life.

pretty neat!


To be honest, I think the bitcoin ETF is the most boring thing about bitcoin right now. Whenever I get asked about it I'm like, "meh".

Yes, the ETF should be good for price and liquidity, since it gives large pools of walled-garden capital more access to bitcoin exposure.

But in my view, the most important thing about bitcoin right now is all of the little hubs popping up around the world. Bitcoin Beach, Bitcoin Lake, Bitcoin Jungle, Bitcoin Ekasi, Africa Bitcoin Conference, Indonesia Bitcoin Conference, etc. As well wallets and other technologies that help them localize their custody of bitcoin rather than keep it all stashed in the giant Binance honeypot or wherever, and any solutions that help link to them all together for payments or that help them trade peer to peer or onboard from fiat to bitcoin in distributed ways.

The rise and connectivity of those hubs is impressive and is worth supporting.


i miss all the homies... it gonna be a good one 😎 🥳


NOSTR NATURALLY DETERS LOW INTEGRITY PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY RELY ON THE ABILITY TO BLOCK CRITICS, RESTRICT REPLIES, AND DELETE POSTS.


oh and also GM!

i have started using the pour-over method for coffee making and i may never go back 🫡


PAMP IT 🤘

stoked for this one


Going to be a big week!
https://meetu.ps/e/Mw70s/NyGyt/i https://image.nostr.build/440e8b9952402286aab2e1e583672ce7a2083bba33b91c35e8bc9b300223a0b0.jpg


certainty is a mirage, and stasis is death


thank you my good gangster 🤝


anything that can run ios16

i have a 7+ lmaooooooo


that would be sick!


gonna need to upgrade my phone situation to use primal on mobile... out here still rocking a single "digit" iphone n shit


GRATITUDE IS ATTRACTIVE


ITS A MUCH BETTER VIBE OVER HERE BROH


i dont spar nearly as much these days as i have in years past - so the days i do (today) feel that much more exciting!!!

cant wait to go give some folks hell in a few hours 👹 ⚔ 🥊


Now that transaction fee storm has passed I'm back to heating my living space primarily with wood in a rocket mass heater instead of Asics.
https://v.nostr.build/Ee2K.mp4
Wood is burned in the small firebox and heat radiates from the barrel warming the space quickly while the fire burns.
https://i.nostr.build/2xaq.jpg
As the exhaust gasses make their way to the chimney, they pass through ductwork in a plywood box filled with pea gravel.
https://i.nostr.build/0g92.jpg
The majority of the heat from the exhaust is transfered to the gravel before exiting up the chimney. By the time the gases exit the box, they are cool enough for me to put my hand on the chimney pipe.
https://i.nostr.build/An5E.jpg
After the fire burns out, the heat absorbed by the pea gravel slowly radiates out into the living space until the next fire is burned and the gravel is recharged with heat once again. I built this rocket mass heater for a fraction of the cost of a wood burning insert, with no special tools, materials, or skills.
https://i.nostr.build/DZBa.jpg
It has been an unusually warm November and December here at the homestead. Normally we have to start burning wood in the rocket mass heater early November to stay comfortable but this year, the bitcoin mining dehydrator was enough to stay warm and do some food preservation simultaneously.
https://i.nostr.build/2Dw8.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/479W.jpg
Transaction fees started climbing and I was shocked to see the most efficient miner I had approaching break even at my electric rate.
https://i.nostr.build/2vyP.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/GZ2J.jpg
I didn't have the circuit to run it wired yet but this bump in fees was the motivation I needed to get the miner hashing. Coincidentally, the weather also started to get colder finally so getting the miner up and running was a win/win.
https://i.nostr.build/nxkq.jpg
It successfully kept us and our guests warm through the holidays, even earning some Bitcoin beyond the cost of power at times, all while allowing us to save our firewood.
https://i.nostr.build/XdWL.jpg
We did have to fire up the rocket mass heater a handful of times, but so far we've burned less than half the amount of wood compared to previous years. This is thanks to the combination of the warm weather, and high transaction fees allowing us to stay warm with heavily subsidized electric heat.
https://i.nostr.build/K2xl.jpg
This might be the first winter we make it through with wood leftover for the next year, typically I'm scrounging for the last couple weeks.

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #selfsovereignty #meshtadel #rocketmassheater #woodburner #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #plebminer #rmh #grownostr
nostr:nevent1qqsxlrvat999wlsqh44lf69nvqwd60d0gstakzy0fw2mesveazx0fycpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsy6q3ua80awknlxp6m368qssqghct6ra6scca4meepumhcswkuwegrqsqqqqqp6xa6wk


THE WORDS YOU USE MATTER

A LOT


i dont identify as "pleb" - to me, it signifies someone of a lower cultural frequency

i also dont like the verb "orange pilling" - too active & sounds almost against the pill-ee's will... i am not interested in evangelizing; i will provide information, advice, help, etc if asked, but not a moment before that 🤷♂

follow me for more opinions that no one asked for 😆


yo #bisq users -- i have never understood this: does the DAO need to be synced in order to trade? or is it only relevant for BSQ?


you ever read any of wendell berry's stuff? he talks a lot about improper land use in an agricultural context, but imo you can expand his points beyond ag


This meme makes me laugh so fucking hard 😂 https://image.nostr.build/df0f5a4a8f8f6e59e63176d948d8afbde35f6da5850af64de58d84c57852af3a.jpg


bless ye 🙏


agreed with your note, unrelated q:

im gonna be at the Marriott in STL later this month for work (800 washington ave), any food recommendations would be greatly appreciated 🙏

also, hope you are recovering well!!! 💪


🔒 working on a beginner-friendly custody guide 🔒

options will be broken down into three buckets 👇

💡the motivation for writing it is that i want to have a solid resource ready for my friends & fam come the next bull run

1⃣ exchanges - most (normies) are going to stop reading after this section. that is ok.

2⃣ makeshift signing devices - e.g. sparrow on an old laptop / samourai on an old android phone. pretty good security (caveats, ofc), minimal expenditure

 3⃣ hardware signers - e.g. coldcard / seedsigner. will present the tradeoffs as i see them.

let's go!


Gm from me n Rufus! https://image.nostr.build/b2bf136339ac21d2d6a75a36535c26a5d655d853b7a7b1edde91bc322288d679.jpg https://image.nostr.build/a77971880de8633f07de9200f411ce7b124e59d2cae63ed1312caf305630af15.jpg


just ate a half pound cheeseburger and used the bread i made as buns.

was very good did not take pics; was too hungry

beef from: https://www.mastodonvalleyfarm.com/

not an ad, peter is just great at what he does 👍


in a fight, you will (hopefully) have some sort of gameplan or strategy.

but sometimes, you ditch the plan and hit what's open.

that's how i am moving in 2024:

👹 HIT WHAT'S OPEN 👹


it is best is because it rests upon YOUR head, my dear uncle. also humbly speaking, of course


Bitcoin cannot be ossified
Evolution is required for it to keep going, even if it is the bare minimum
SHA256 will be broken
Significantly better scaling approaches will be discovered
secp256k1 will be broken
and more nostr:note1q07wsu9nmm7fa2h7a23urgqqjznr2zdg2nad7yt4ummpthxcj02qmwela6


stack HATS lol


hahahaha


LOUDER MIKE!!!!!


Be extremely skeptical of anyone who wants to ossify the current state of the #Bitcoin network while promoting Self-custody.


lmfaoooooooooooooo 🤣


Matt is right ! If you see something shady better to call it out and if you are wrong and there is decent proof, then you always can apologize! But yeah unfortunately a lot of people are being sold and love to kiss someone’s ass for $ 🤷♂ nostr:note1rf73f74c9nq7ezt8k7999nwpr8vxzag2uj8x67q3nk62z8g26jjqp2nxfs


man, i appreciate the position you are in, but cory's behavior insofar as he calls out scammers *could* be an instance of psychological projection. deflection from his company's own sketchiness.

with respect to your concern about "best in class" custody, there are other providers with (better IMO) solutions. eg River, Strike, and Cashapp -- all of which maintain their own custody.

I love Livera too, think he puts out super high quality education, but at the end of the day, where is his bread buttered? what are the incentives of the other folks you listed?

again, no disrespect from my end, just be careful


Me pretend to be a developer
https://media1.tenor.com/m/pPKOYQpTO8AAAAAd/monkey-developer.gif


i feel this in my BONES


Laundromat pay with #Bitcoin first branch in #Thailand

https://youtu.be/5M8lJWCTXt0?si=wzUblQo1Vik-0rP0


nostr:npub1vwu67mezskm3q0yvr357jp3ghrhnlcq5v2pq22q6g4gezl4mrj5qqyljw0 SAWADEEEEEEEEEEE krub 🙏


dag flabbit 😞


super cool, congrats on launching!


SWAN ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE A MONTH AGO WITH BIG NUMBERS. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY ANY OF THEM.

THEY DO NOT SEEM BELIEVABLE.

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


no doubt, the juice abounds! frankly, its hard to believe you can lift natty and get to his physique, BUT, i do find his reasoning for long rest periods (42-96 hours depending on intensity & volume) to be compelling.

localized recovery can occur quickly (e.g. in a spec muscle group), but a heavy & high volume day is very taxing on your central nervous system. without enough time to fully recover, you won't make the gains you're after


 prioritizing muscle growth, and given a long break from lifting, I'd say 48 hours per muscle group conservatively.

i am absolutely not an expert, but i have found Mike Mentzer's approach to be feasible and has been showing results (been at it for like ~2 months)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHOGM0R-c1A


make sure to prioritize recovery - especially if you are looking to gain muscle. mass is gained when muscles have an adequate amount of time to rebuild themselves. dont skimp on your carbs, either, massive energy source.

best of skill brother! ⚔


for this one, I just used store-bought dry, active yeast. i would love to get more into sourdoughs or other live cultures, though.

white bread is tasty, but wayyyyy harder to convince myself that it is "healthy" lol


yesterday, i successfully baked my first (two) loaves of bread.

they are not perfect bakes by any means, but i am proud of them nonetheless.

proof-of-bread

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

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


NEVER GAVE A SHIT ABOUT WHAT BLOGGERS THOUGHT ANYWAYS 🫡

GM


Mark your calendar! January 11 #Chicago #BitDevs is going to be 🔥
nostr:npub128a25achgxk429gwuwy7tgrwh44z5s42js2260cxdstk7tpxv9ds497erh is coming to town ! Along with Chris and Ian, Michael will be cohosting BitDevs 🤙 Get ready for a night of insightful conversations and networking! See you there 🫡
https://meetu.ps/e/Mw70s/NyGyt/i https://image.nostr.build/ea146bc4ed5895ebc481b63ed393417d7ec2f269f5eea2914ffbb9b39fbf0164.jpg


finally got around to figuring out the nos2x extension for firefox. shout out to diego


GM dot GM


Is the mobile app decent? Must admit I’m running safari on iOS. Super old device - just have never changed it lol


Nothings wrong with brave per-se, Firefox is FOSS for one, and for two, feels much faster and more responsive on desktop

Brave is a chrome fork, it works pretty well, but i wanna support the FOSS browser 💪🔥🦊


just moved all my bookmarks over to firefox and officially sun-setted my brave browser

https://m.primal.net/HLSo.gif


He say “Gm nostriches!”

#woofus #pibbywoofs https://image.nostr.build/d62287b16da8daf5e2bc4ebe120873ffb52bc38a8038d415877fe1cb23e99f4c.jpg


"you may not like it, but THIS is what peak male performance looks like" lmao 💪


fiiiiire, add some bone broth rice and you're golden


PAMP IT!!! we LIT lit 😎


indeed! will miss you at chibitdevs this week, but would love to catch up soon.

also, my freezer looks like it needs #MOAR beef 👀


they been trying to hire a VP of Eng for a minute now, if they *do* have 60, i feel bad for them. out here running around like cats trying to put out fires


spooky pic of chi from this morning 👀

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


my boy!!! enjoy sir


#meme #memes #memestr
 https://image.nostr.build/69f90d4522bcbf68c664e5040b50ac784041207099c01d5df869ab69ab6b2dcf.jpg


lets compare notes on thursday 💪


personally, I love butter & whole milk in my cobbee - hit that MF with a lil blender and you get a luxurious latte-like treat!


BIG fomo vibes from el dern, much love to all the Nash homies tho 🤗


gm friends! it's a great day to have a great day!

https://m.primal.net/HLEK.gif


GM good people!


find a rancher near you: https://producers.beefinitiative.com/database


Mastodon Valley Farms 🔗: https://www.mastodonvalleyfarm.com/


bone-in pork chops cooked over charcoal 👍

shout out to my man Peter from Mastodon Valley Farm. they deliver to any state that touches Wisconsin - chicken, beef and pork.

support your local producers, shake a ranchers hand 🤝 🤠 💯

h/t nostr:npub12pl4h7pk0svg8ug4mhu7a90hn6nf83eqadd94pccgsafn73s392qpt42wq

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


i ran over 16 miles in the last 2 days. pretty crazy for me tbh, i always thought that i wasn't made for distance 🤷♂


happy sunday from the best gardening assistant in the world, Rufus T. Pibby #gardenstr #dogstr

https://m.primal.net/HKyk.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HKyl.jpg


marketing materials should be taken with a grain of salt, esp with stuff as technically intricate as LN.

shout out to your privacy research & the knowledge you've blessed us with over the years - i have learned a ton (& continue to do so) 🤟


two questions for anyone who feels like helping:

1) what are y'alls favorite iphone clients? Damus, Iris, Current? would like to be able to zap from mobile.

2) i am not able to zap posts on primal from desktop (using stacker.news LN address) -- anyone have/fix this issue before?


the winds are 'a changing folks; the air smells like PIRATE season 👀🏴☠

bout to go swash-buckle me a dang half marathon just TO SEE IF I CAN


started reading "Twilight of the Idols" by dat boi Nietzsche this morning, i am gonna #poast quotes that are neat to me

(in reference to old-head greek philosophers)

“Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?…”

🔥🔥🔥


Great advice Matt, appreciate you sharing 🤝


Bitcoin Transaction Fees and UTXO Management
----------------------

- when bitcoin blocks are full, highest fee transactions are confirmed first
- pending transactions sit in node mempools awaiting confirmation: can conceptualize mempools as a line to enter a restaurant sorted by who is willing to pay the most
- your bitcoin wallet may show a single balance but the reality is that it is made of many different unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs)
- when you make a bitcoin transaction your wallet will select as many UTXOs as necessary to reach the amount of bitcoin you wish to send
- onchain transaction fees are calculated based on size in bytes not the amount of sats sent
- the more utxos required on the input side the higher the fee paid
- from a cost perspective you want to consolidate UTXOs, fewer UTXOs with larger amounts
- consolidation has privacy tradeoffs though: you link any UTXOs you consolidate as owned by the same person + larger UTXOs mean you will dox more of your stack to anyone you pay in the future

Therefore you want to reduce the number of UTXOs you have while being mindful of the privacy concerns.

Lightning Transaction fees are calculated differently: based on the amount in sats sent. Opening lightning channels when fees are low can enable you to save money in the future when fees rise. 🤙

https://werunbtc.com/utxos


Ship or STFU. 🤙


Thanks for sharing Matt , this is an important one


Ty for your service here mate - i recommend to all my friends & family


Lightning Wallets Comparison - by #[0] : https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-wallets-comparison


LFG!!!


Still a good #poast brother


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Thanks Matt, great advice