woke up to take a shit, pulled up mempool.space, block 840000 had just been mined.

was nice 🥹

went back to bed.


ORD???? ARE YA SHITCOINING, SON?


looks ai generated


never seen saylor on any bitcoin repo, never seen him participate in any technical discussion, never seen him review a PR, and seriously doubt he runs a bitcoin node.. so i don’t really care what he “strongly believes in” 🤷


bitcoin is a virtuous loop model. anyone who makes bitcoin better benefits all who work with bitcoin, including companies.

that’s why it’s right and noble for bitcoin companies (and people) to help open source developers. with no agendas or strings attached.

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One of the most important things I did throughout the first decade and a half of my career was say "yes" to almost everything. I always erred on the side of leaning in, doing more, expanding the number of things I'm doing, etc. It created a stressful flood of over-work, but it also expanded my connections and capabilities dramatically and was worth it.

But it's also important to know when things are filled up. When too much expansion turns into lack of focus. When quantity gets in the way of quality. Eventually the number of requests became too much, so I started having to say "no" more. My default was always yes, so it took time to learn how to say no.

Going forward, I plan to get better at saying no, and to rein in my focus toward a smaller set of things. I'll still be doing quite a lot, but sometimes the stillness between actions is just as important as the actions themselves. It makes those actions more deliberate and impactful when they occur. Quality over quantity. Focus over expansion.


i felt dis note ❤


🤘🤘

https://open.spotify.com/track/1GTPRD8z9c7kVDqwGbn52f?si=tc1ZGLnDTz2rD07UNPFY9A&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A09hDOH6485A7SIg1FmpuX2


❤❤❤

https://open.spotify.com/track/0YnP5BtP6lTwQV8gLOzaov?si=JTHgj9nGSzeQTxzJ8BE7-w&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1EQqlvxWrOgFZm


these guys are so much fun live


bro wth


miss the AT 🥲


for the glory of… 🤘

https://open.spotify.com/track/6J4VOoKhRZFNeWkVH0WTzH?si=hOKTkUrWSwGkO_7sEXM9zg


oof, this is such a bad idea


It’s motivation time again nostr:npub1t3ggcd843pnwcu6p4tcsesd02t5jx2aelpvusypu5hk0925nhauqjjl5g4 https://image.nostr.build/b66b696cb23f6d808461ea89b086975993a2355c40043c52ab5fa7c4b0d4e2ce.jpg https://image.nostr.build/ad58b8472ca9f67bcdf998d718869812c867f59d9ba2ec9416239c9fee349e1d.jpg https://image.nostr.build/614950164e735c7f198714ec072368589201fa25130fedb9cf4bebee150ef7ed.jpg


agree, i think braidpool or similar lines of thought are going to be most productive longterm


hell yea


from what i’ve heard, everest is more challenging but annapurna is more scenic. would recommend


nope, nepal! but hope to visit tibet soon


thank you! it’s been a lovely trip. nepalese people are the kindest ❤


nepal! first and third photo are at annapurna basecamp and the second is the temple of lord shiva in pumdikot, near pokhara


what a hike. i am humbled ❤🇳🇵 https://image.nostr.build/e74285f4e67430e81e8e01ce79e612a5b50aebe7cec18bbad3c895d88b581d50.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f7302f714bcb4f1ca729e482ca8afd58bc4002ab82cbd4a5b063c9cc305a4d7f.jpg https://image.nostr.build/79f8ffc3c0bd6fc5f2484060594c73a2e91a2c0c57ea66dfd9b5ab90bd8c410a.jpg


lol @ at these being “cyber” purchases


spot on analysis ❤


GM. Remember, you are the universe.

https://youtu.be/h6fcK_fRYaI?si=R7NCFQNAu58ock1V


going walking for a bit, bbl 🏔🚶 https://image.nostr.build/002e927ccec46fe45cc052a7fe684f017fb4acc2dd9e08e4717a5026a69cd5dc.jpg


POWA HQ - VIDEO UPDATE - NOV 2023
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TLDR: so far so good, keep the zaps coming 🫂💜🫡

POWA HQ Progress update - Nov 2023
Check out an exciting video update on POWA HQ, showcasing the progress made to the educational center, main hall, and coffee shop. #coffeechain

The coming week's focus will be on completing the remaining wiring of the main hall, ceiling board installations, and wrapping up the outside toilets. Additionally, we aim to make strides in finishing touches for the coffee shop area.

Our ultimate goal is to open the doors of POWA HQ in January 2024, creating a vibrant hub for education and community engagement. To achieve this, we are reaching out to our supporters for financial assistance.

The Value of funds received from 10th Nov 2023: $184 💰
Target fundraise amount: $2,840 🎯

Your contribution can make a significant impact on specific aspects of the project:

- Toilet installation: $330 USD 🚽
- Painting the Main Hall: $240 USD 🎨
- Painting the roof: $315 USD 🏠
- Painting the fence: $425 USD 🖌
- Finishing the main hall (ceiling boards, paint): $1,010 USD 🏛
- Paving and Finishing: $520 USD 🚧

To donate, simply #ZAP this note or send ⚡powa@geyser.fund.

Thank you for being a part of our journey. Together, we can make a difference!

Man Like Who?
Man Like Kweks!
Proof Of Work Academy
🇹🇿⚡💜🏔
#plebchain #Bitcoin #Nostr #powakili23

https://geyser.fund/entry/2535 https://video.nostr.build/b42971dbf83aec769c30ef0eea554980c89050a967d04f129572d89bcfa708fc.mp4


societies stuck in the toilet paper dark ages ngmi


such a beautiful city


kathmandu 🇳🇵 ❤ https://image.nostr.build/05ad788571ea21f3b42f8343bf46757e2064c46b6b8ebc7add08bc70985174d5.jpg


wasn’t working in india


just had to scan my passport to get a wifi password for the airport internet in new delhi


u lil degen u


“i fought your crony war and all i got was alcoholism, depression, homelessness, health issues, funerals and suicide; not even a t-shirt”

grateful for the men and women who make these sacrifices year after year, while continuing to hate the system that does this to them and hoping for a world where it doesn’t have to be this way.

thank a veteran, but more importantly please donate to veteran’s charities. nostr:note12qxn4e2nyqkkxxf5kt8rs3jcwfaefmpzpapnjylj3d8kj3zfxnuq8asvyx


just topped up my airtel sim card with bitrefill, whole process took less than 30 seconds 🧡


tried a bit of street food but mostly playing it safe due to my gringo stomach 😅


We are most often wrong, key is to try to be wrong for the shortest amount of time.


Today is a day we should always remember for people who could change the world killed by the US justice system.

Happy birthday Aaron

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Aaron Swartz was a brilliant programmer, writer, and activist known for his contributions to the development of web technologies and his advocacy for open access to information. He co-authored the RSS 1.0 specification at the age of 14 and later became involved in various internet-related projects. Swartz was a co-founder of Reddit and played a key role in the development of the Creative Commons.

Unfortunately, Aaron Swartz's life was cut short when he tragically passed away in 2013 at the age of 26. His death was a significant loss to the tech and internet community, and he is remembered for his commitment to making information freely available to the public.

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absolute fucking legend. rest in power 🧡 nostr:note19gc6vjnea5x27yz49x7knh4yayfxu23n8ghejqjmp3a8ed8h0ccslf6j8w


favourite deep sea creature! you should read about squid beaks at some point. scientists have been studying them to try and understand how they have some much ripping power despite the beak being held in place by very soft tissue


which part of his assessment do you disagree with and why? what exists today on nostr that proves him wrong?


Bitcoin Optech newsletter #276 is here:

- announces an upcoming change to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list
- briefly summarizes a proposal to allow aggregating multiple HTLCs together
- recaps the "Fee Estimator updates from Validation Interface/CScheduler thread" PR Review Meeting
- Bitcoin Core 26.0rc2 release candidate
- Optech Newsletter #276 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/08/

Administrators for the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list announced that the organization hosting the list plans to cease hosting any mailing lists after the end of the year.

The administrators sought feedback from the community about options...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/08/#mailing-list-hosting

Johan Torås Halseth posted to the Lightning-Dev mailing list a suggestion for using a covenant to aggregate multiple HTLCs into a single output that could be spent all at once if a party knew all the preimages...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/08/#htlc-aggregation-with-covenants

'Fee Estimator updates from Validation Interface/CScheduler thread' is a PR by Abubakar Sadiq Ismail (ismaelsadeeq) that modifies the way the transaction fee estimator data is updated. It moves fee estimator updates from occurring synchronously during mempool updates to instead occur asynchronously...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/08/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club

Bitcoin Core 26.0rc2 is a release candidate for the next major version of the predominant full node implementation.

There’s a scheduled meeting of the Bitcoin Core PR Review Club dedicated to testing on 15 November 2023.
https://bitcoincore.reviews/v26-rc-testing

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests Johan Torås Halseth and Abubakar Ismail on Twitter Spaces Thursday at 15:00 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1gqxvQwkqOgJB


the work continues: https://annas-archive.org/


you dropped this 👑❤


💯, don’t do “stop energy” and as the builder, learn how to recognise the difference between stop energy and valid criticism: http://radio-weblogs.com/0107584/stories/2002/05/05/stopEnergyByDaveWiner.html?ref=buffer.com


spot on. related, be aware of “stop energy” and don’t do it: http://radio-weblogs.com/0107584/stories/2002/05/05/stopEnergyByDaveWiner.html nostr:note190ml7pdh8ugeqt257ag7hp7lwjl0xp4pnwjdkdwmp20cjvvqnrasfylgsy


tao te ching
brothers karamazov
slaughterhouse five


no


nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz is an amazing creator and super cool dude. follow like subscribe zap whatevs but keep an eye on his stuff , it’s 10/10 nostr:note1560j87lvnfdv3ynsrckfwrnx9tp8angcj5lf5tlgm9s4l5e753wqeg7pcw


sick spot to watch surfers while sipping 1.5$ beers ❤


ser this is a tax event https://image.nostr.build/415c1e627cb250697b9c619881bf6b842668181d54f9f59343ca4fc0ebcbe9bb.jpg


*likes this from a phone*
*chuckles ironically*


what’s your take? i read about it back when i first started learning about CJDNS and I2P, but never read deeper than a quick glance


i.e. don’t fall for drama masked as constructive criticism nostr:note1lv2sy4fq0drslkdjf24le6j2cgft4u6qc6jmue337wt3ja3ka7ysgjva7h


haha was it the sky that gave it away? 😷


yes ❤


india 🇮🇳 🧡 https://image.nostr.build/9c08d9fe1cf911e284b175762f1b4520978428ef25fe96439170fac69ca7a0a8.jpg


bro , america only?? 🥺


travel more; it challenges and changes your perspectives on things


a sonic experience ❤


gm

https://open.spotify.com/track/3WDp9ac7rKdLJny6Crza0T?si=vrmujslxTLqVZc_vi0uy4g


people are not unhappy with fees. they are unhappy with being aware of the fees. people happily pay fees every day, it’s just that the fees are hidden.

it all boils down to “sender pays for fee,” which is not something people are used to. normally the fee is baked into the price they pay the receiver


hundreds of years of civilisation have shown that absolute morality does not exist, only incentives exist


love to see it ❤ nostr:note1cht4mp83k0pen76wvr2leyzkrukq4q50rfzu2cekf3uu2uz9kvjqq5en0f


just read the funniest headline which basically translates to “old man attempts to regulate the internet with executive orders”

bro that’s like sending someone a fax to tell them they better not be using chatgpt 😂


lolz i think twitter banning him might have accelerated his conversion


haha damn, that episode was based on him??


haha back when i had an instagram, i used to keep my followers at 666, my posts at 666, and was desperately trying to get to 666 followers. i think it was something like 580 followers when i deleted it. but man, would have been one of my proudest accomplishments


*me after spending more than 24 hrs fighting with k8s


computer were a mistake, time to turn it all off and touch grass


midnight gospel ❤❤❤


looks like “the kitchen sink,”
which is what i’ve been calling it my whole life


i don’t know what an ETF is and at this point i’m to afraid to ask https://image.nostr.build/62122cfab18387a49bfd6c2cd6e116987e50637d70ea5eff955e218e995ce5f6.png


https://i.nostrimg.com/ff315bab3c3f95ed28255a729b33b7ea1d00daa877374045475b8879a343dff6/file.jpg
#memes #funny


listening to monster rally
cooking dinner with the fam
life is good

https://spotify.link/gtuiia2GTDb


in love with this first image ❤ where is this?


lol funny, but not accurate


bro come to the bitdevs 😁


such a fucking good album 🖤


haha there’s also a party right after the bitdevs, wednesday about to be more lit than the the whole conference 🔥


be there or be square. making the agenda now and it’s gonna be 🔥🔥🔥 nostr:note18v67qtqszdmnu3fa662cyj7a9x73jxmlcu2h2zmcgntdqq903adsnyzmdn


nice! i hope this means we’ll be seeing you at our amsterdam bitdevs on wednesday 👀

https://bitdevsamsterdam.org/2023-10-11-october-bitdevs


i’m usually the one saying “fuck X, and Y, Z while i’m at it”

the best retort people can come up (instead of addressing the argument) is: “if you hate it so much why don’t you move??”

so i moved.


so we are getting cooler as a society? 😎


but more importantly: https://bitdevsamsterdam.org/2023-10-11-october-bitdevs

😁


lol


it’s a good day

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/raw/master/bip-0324/garbage_terminator.png


looks like virtue signalling to me 👀


🖤🖤🖤

https://spotify.link/6JhVyAO5tDb


forget who said this on here, but it really resonated with me:

“stop running from something and start running toward something”

i don’t wanna talk about that stuff cause i’m too busy building magic internet money with my frens


working on fixin this


🗣🗣🗣🔊🔊🔊 nostr:note166yh6ys8fvku9zh0lzxs27p4pzj6tyj2u8t24q04vlwdfkt402xqxfhjde


no lies detected, hail satan 🤘🎃


fucking insane we still have to say this: source viewable is not open source. period.

you wanna make something source viewable? fine. stop calling it open source.


all we really own is how we use our time.


Controversial Bitcoin take alert:

Unironic "Bitcoin fixes everything" is complacency and hubris


the truth will set you free


and yes, i will be referring to twitter screenshots as x-rated content from here on out


thought ol b’ armstrong was on nostr before i realised y’all are just screenshotting x-rated content and posting it here


please stop


haha damn, i kinda love ecash now


he out inscribing dickbutts again??


hah, that’s dope ❤


I often receive a paid for service that I really appreciate, then I get asked to express my opinion in a  review (trustpilot e.g.) and I just go silent.

I feel bad but the truth is that it's the world-at-large's failure to adopt well understood cryptography that's at fault here.

Why in god's name, in 2023, do we not have a way to post reviews with anonymity but ensuring that we are "genuine in context" (here it would be, proof that you are a customer of a certain type). All kinds of simple blinding and zkp tech makes this entirely feasible, and it has been for ..15-20 yrs?

I see absolutely no reason to plaster all my purchasing events, tied to my name, all over the internet, but yet I *do* want to give help to companies that do me a great service.

Another similar one is, ~ 3 decades after it became possible, most institutions (govt departments, banks) are not using digital signatures at all for official docs, despite how massively it would improve processes.


excellent point. your client is the one making the call. even better, your client can choose to ignore this information!


yeah, nostr.rocks is a lil slow. either way, very cool feature!


which client are you using? i see a checkmark when using nostr.rocks