“Artists have always been important prophets of social change, and the increasingly favored ‘psychedelic’ style is anything but undisciplined. Using intense color and highly articulate detail of line and form, the exponents of this style are restoring a sheer glory to Western art that has not been seen since the days of French and Celtic illuminated manuscripts, the stained glass of Chartres, and the luminous enamelwork of Limoges. It calls to mind the jeweled gardens of Persian miniatures, the rhythmic intricacy of Moorish arabesques, and the golden filigree of Hindu textiles.”

— Alan Watts, Does It Matter?
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I found deleting my account helped with that.


If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude more than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace.

We ask not your counsels nor your arms.

Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.

May your chains rest lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.

- Samuel Adams


Since the dog is white, I thought I could make these photos in black and white to make it stand out even more.

I started by taking some photos of it from the front:

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#photostr #photography #artstr #plebchain


And to finish, I took some photos with its owner. She was trying to keep the dog still for as long as possible, and we only managed to get two photos, haha.

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#photostr #photography #artstr #plebchain


I'm in love. So handsome!


A close-up of the dog's face:

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#photostr #photography #artstr #plebchain


#Bitcoin is not just a currency; it's an entire ecosystem rooted in innovation and freedom.  http://res.cloudinary.com/duz6er8nb/image/upload/v1721472288/rmgl0ptnlvgjfmcnsvll.jpg


Details are everything.


And, this is with me taking a 1 1/2 brake from using nostr:nprofile1qqsw4096vtjqyyjyfuzys8pqkxtpacdgtm7ljl2dftyfsjpfqqcp2fqpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0rpqa8j

Signup using my referral and receive 20,000 SATs 🤯

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I'm only at a 149% increase since I joined.

I don't know if that means you joined before or after I did. Lol.

Took me entirely too long to scroll to the beginning of my rewards history but...

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Yo! It's the Real Bitcoin Dog!

Happy to hear from you! I've been #NostrOnly for a bit over a month now.

Finally decided to stop building an identity on a centralized platform, and to contribute my time and energy here.

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"I love this chart, I sleep with this chart, I take it to bed, I kiss it goodnight. I love you baby!"

- Donald Trump

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Yeah, I'm gonna pass on that.

It's a chip in my arm with an encrypted version of my key. I don't know how secure it is, but I'll take it over plaintext and have fun with it.


Here is an ncryptsec for nostr:nprofile1qqsq6me6en0csufnah3hwkq5y9vp46c9pq0l9kaf2wlvgyzlftr2jfcprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj730azg4kp:

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Sounds ghey.

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No. It stores an ncryptsec. So it requires you to enter a password to decrypt.

But this was just a fun concept that I wanted to try out.


LMAO. Don't store your bitcoin keys on an implanted microchip.

fwiw, this was how I stored my sats before I got a hardware signers. Don't do this. It was incredible stupid, but I was a noob.


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I used the Amber app to get an ncryptsec from my nsec.

Then you just write the tag with a custom uri using the NFC Tools app in the format: "nostr:<ncryptsec>"


xNT in this case.

I've got:

(2) xNT
(1) xEM
(1) NeXT
(1) xBT
(1) Vivokey Spark V1


I'm not sure where you got ear from...

In dogs, microchips are typically placed between the shoulder blades.

For ease of use, I opted to use one in my arm for the ncryptsec.


I use 1Password, Bitwarden, and Proton Pass.


Wrote my ncryptsec to an implanted microchip in my arm.

The fact that I could pick up any random android phone on the street, install nostr:nprofile1qqs24yz8xftq8kkdf7q5yzf4v7tn2ek78v0zp2y427mj3sa7f34ggjcpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj703s8dt, tap my chip and access my social graph...

NFC-hosted ncryptsec login is fucking awesome.

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Thanks!


#asknostr: What tools can I use to generate an ncryptsec?


If you can, explain like I'm a dog:

How do I generate an ncryptsec from my nsec?


You don’t have to do all the laundry. Just get it started and celebrate incremental progress.


Bear.


Me at the start of 2021...


And bears are ghey.

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A toast to the real ones!

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My new bear case:

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Buy high, then buy higher.


I'll be doing that on Friday, so you can thank me for 70k.


Look up.

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Realizing I've now been #OnZero for over 2 years.

Feels good.


I'd hoped to get one more paycheck in before "for real", but such is life.

I've taken full advantage of the gift of the opportunity to stack for 45 months under 75k.

No regrets.

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LMAO.


Arnies.

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Breaking: Bitcoin falls to prices not seen since 3 days ago.

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Welcome to nostr! I love your design work!

Have a zap!
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Stacked a little extra for my boy (you).

Also, have a zap. I know they're always appreciated more when you're running low on fiat.

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I relish every chance I get to pull out this image.

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🤗 TEST!!!!
I’m WONDERING 💭 HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN SE THIS A DAY? (Let’s measure with reposts) $boost
I love #NOSTR & #BITCOIN Follow I follow back!!! #GROWNOSTR 💜🧡⚡🚀🫶🥂🍻🫡😀 https://image.nostr.build/90e6ee14e1151c09bec1355c25c1ccb69c13d2bbafa101f9cac3fbffda56f552.jpg


bitcoinpup@fountain.fm


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I'm chilling.

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Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to give this one a listen in the fiat mines tomorrow!


The Consumerist Lie:

As humans existing in a consumerist society, we are bombarded 24/7 with messages designed to make us feel like we are somehow incomplete until we purchase an endless litany of marketed products. The sad part is we “buy it” in both meanings of the phrase.

Imagine finally buying your dream car. Imagine yourself happy, not a care in the world, driving along a curving street alongside the ocean at sunset, the warm breeze blowing through your hair.

This is the future you dream of, the “where” that you work so tirelessly to reach. But “who” will you be in that idealized future?

You tell yourself that you’ll magically become your ideal self, that you’ll land a job you love, lose weight, eat better, and have a better relationship with your partner and kids. Best of all, you just know that the dream car is exactly what it will take to finally release you from all the stress you feel in your daily life.

You know this with certainty because you’ve never seen an unhappy person in a single car ad. That checks out, right? Ads don’t lie. The car “must” make you happier. I hate to shatter that reality, but no. Despite everything the marketers would coax you to believe through their unrelenting multi-billion dollar assaults on your eyeballs, that dream just isn’t a reality.

More likely, you’ll buy that car and keep working the same job you hate to pay for its upkeep. You’ll keep eating junk food. You’ll continue to argue with your partner, and the stress… It won’t go away.

You’ll still struggle to juggle your rent or mortgage payment with increasing food and energy prices. You’ll still fight to get a raise each year at work, while inflation marches on unchallenged. You’ll still have your savings devalued every time those in government decides the economy needs more money in it…

The Consumerist Lie tells you will ascend Maslow’s Pyramid on a ramp made of stuff; that once you have all the material things you’ve ever wanted, you’ll find yourself at Maslow’s Apex, find fulfillment, and be able to finally realize the full extent of your talent and potential.

You want to believe this lie… It feels right. It aligns with every advertisement you’ve ever seen and aligns with what you see from your favorite celebrities and media influencers. But it’s not real… I think deep down, you already know that…

“[We] are persuaded to spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need to create impressions that won’t last on people we don’t care about.”
-Tim Jackson

This lie pervades every aspect of our society. But there is a way out….

“Bitcoin is not a trade. It is the exit!”
-Olawale Daniel

The above is an excerpt from my article "Maslow's Apex: Bitcoin's Liberation of the Human Spirit".

If you enjoyed it, you can read the full article here: https://lookingglasseducation.com/maslows-apex-bitcoins-liberation-of-the-human-spirit/

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I went minimalist in 2017, about 4 years before I embraced Bitcoin.

For me it was out of a disgust with Consumerism, disgust with marketing, and an unwillingness to have my opinions and actions influenced by those who only wanted my money.

I looked around myself at all the "stuff" I had acquired, and realized how much time I had invested in stuff that I didn't even want...


Dog chain > pukka shells


I'm going to go with a conservative $84k on Christmas Day.

https://fountain.fm/episode/wCzD2abXNisiXaFdGuL2

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I would call myself a professional failure. I fail at most things, and I fail constantly. Perhaps the only difference between me and most people is that I don’t revert back to the “normal,” the average, the safe, the mediocre. I keep on failin’.


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Class of 2024 learning about the fixed supply...

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Only 36 Msats available for each millionaire.

And that's assuming no one else holds any...


YES! This is an incredible idea!


Once you go cat, you never go back.

It should be obvious I've never gone cat.


The engineer with the electric pallet jack and the double-stacked pallet?

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Unplug ethernet and power, wait 30 seconds, reattach.

99% success rate.


You mean there are straight non-autistic guys here?

I thought it was already grindstr...


Wen Nintendo Switch Bitcoin nodes?

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I need this in my life

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big news 🗞 today: BOLT12 has officially been merged into the lightning bolt repo and is now considered part of the official lightning specification!! ⚡

there’s currently three implementations that support the official spec and are interoperable: core-lightning, LDK, and eclair/phoenix

this is the first new BOLT to be added since 2017 https://video.nostr.build/ceecbd82c2d7a23f5ae2ef650e77cd96cdfbaa8e511b6217284b654aa677177f.mp4


Bullish Bitcoin Developments Are on the Rise

Don't look now but the bulls are getting in line for the stampede.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzq3e0gs8jnmued6f2rp4c6vs07xqvs4vs8zpwt82smcdch4txjvq7qqxnzdejxucnxvpkxvcnqwf5fulkkj

While most of the world is focused on the lead up to the Presidential election here in the US and louder war drums being beat across the world, the number of bullish developments that are stacking up for bitcoin is increasing rapidly. These developments deserve the OG Marty's Bent smorgasbord treatments, so here are the things that have caught my attention over the last week in no particular order.

### The First Ark Transactions on Bitcoin Mainnet

I had the pleasure of participating in a demo of Second's Ark protocol implementation. For those who are unaware, Ark is a new layer-two protocol solution for making off-chain bitcoin payments. Unlike the lightning network, Ark doesn't depend on liquidity channels to facilitate payments. Within the lightning network two counterparties share UTXOs within a channel to move sats back and forth, nodes connect to many different channels to create a network effect that increases the chance of payments getting routed successfully, and node operators manage their channel liquidity as channel imbalances emerge.

Ark is similar in the sense that it also leverages a shared UTXO model. However, instead of having one-to-one channels that come with liquidity management issues, Ark enables a large amount of individuals to share UTXOs, which are managed by an Ark Service Provider (ASP). The ASP is a central party within the protocol, but it is a central party that does not custody UTXOs. It only coordinates the transfer of sats between Ark "rounds". Users have the ability to unilaterally exit the second-layer protocol whenever they deem necessary by broadcasting a Virtual UTXO (vtxo) transaction.

This may seem daunting and complicated. All you need to know is that there is now an new way to make off-chain bitcoin payments that are fast and relatively cheap and it is possible today. As it stands today, Ark has some scaling limitations that can be solved if covenants get merged into the bitcoin protocol, which would significantly reduce the data requirements for signing this type of transaction.

It should also be noted that Ark isn't here to replace the lightning network. It can help serve different use cases and, at the same time, significantly improve the UX of the lightning network. Particularly channel management. The progression of the Ark protocol is a welcomed development. I look forward to following what's going on with Ark as the protocol matures.

### The Kingdom of Bhutan is Stacking A LOT of Sats

We were made aware of the fact that the Kingdom of Bhutan, a small country in the Himalayas with a population less than 1,000,000 people, was mining bitcoin in early 2023 when their sovereign wealth fund was doxxed in the bankruptcy proceedings of BlockFi and Celsius. Don't look now, but Bhutan has been doxxed again, this time by the chain surveillance firm Arkham, which is reporting that the nation currently holds more than 13,000 bitcoin, which is nearly 1/3 of its GDP. Driven predominately by its mining operations, which have expanded significantly over the last two years in an attempt to monetize the country's excess hydroelectric power.

While we're not big fans of doxxing here at TFTC, we are fans of the game theory of bitcoin playing out in front of our eyes. And the Kingdom of Bhutan is a shining example of the game theory bitcoiners have been talking about for 15 years playing out perfectly.

Bitcoin is a very thorny topic for individuals at every layer of society. At the individual layer, people have to independently decide that bitcoin is a better money and they have to actively decide to store their wealth in it instead of other assets. For companies, the decision to use bitcoin as the preferred savings vehicle is even harder because most businesses have multiple stakeholders that need to align on a decision before making it. When you move up to the nation state level, the complexity of making the decision to add bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset gets even harder. Many more people and different branches of government need to agree and pass bills (in most cases) before bitcoin can ever make it into a nation's treasury asset mix.

It has long been said within bitcoin circles that individuals who have the ability to think independently, companies that have a lean corporate structure, and nation states with little to lose will be the first movers into bitcoin. And they will benefit massively over the long-run for being early.

If you're an individual reading this who is using bitcoin as their money of choice, you are one of these early movers. Microstrategy under Michael Saylor, who has the ability to make somewhat unilateral decisions due to the company's share structure, is an early move. And, Bhutan, a small nation in the Himalaya mountains with a sovereign wealth fund that seems to have the ability to take risk, is an early mover.
With little to lose and greatness to gain, Bhutan is giving other small nation states the playbook for leap frogging the competition in the digital age. Stack a shit ton of bitcoin on the DL, hold on to it for a considerable amount of time, and wake up one day as an economic powerhouse.

### The Fed Cuts Rates by 50 Basis Points

I'm sure all of you are well aware at this point. Last week the Federal Reserve made it's first rate cuts in over four years when it cut the fed funds target rate by 0.50% to 4.75-5.00%. With the economy reeling despite what the official government and mainstream narrative may try to make you believe, Jerome Powell and crew have decided it is time to ease up on their monetary policy.

Put another way, inflation is likely to come back with a vengeance as easy money begins to reenter the economy. To be clear, a lower fed funds rate doesn't technically necessitate that newly printed dollars enter the economy like they have over the last 15 years via operations like quantitative easing. However, one has to imagine that the Fed sees some sort of liquidity crisis on the horizon that requires them to begin cutting rates. And not only cutting, but cutting at a pace that was very low probability only a couple of months ago. The consensus in the middle of the Summer was that the Fed would begin lowering rates with a modest 25bps cut this month. They doubled that.

It's probably safe to assume that something is approaching a breaking point on the back end of the financial system. One only has to look at record high credit card debt, record low savings rates, the state of the job market for native born Americans, and the continued turn over of commercial real estate markets to see that not all is well in the American economy. Your Uncle Marty's spidey senses are signaling that a liquidity crunch is likely lurking around the corner. When it does rear its ugly head, you can expect quantitative easing to make a big come back.

When money printer goes brrr, bitcoin goes berserk.

It seems that the Treasury's move over the last 18-months of over-indexing on the front end of the curve during their auctions is already having an expansionary effect on M2 as it has officially entered expansion territory for the first time since 2022. Hold on to your butts, freaks.

Bitcoin's fundamentals are only getting stronger as time goes on. This is evidenced by continued improvement to the protocol stack via second layer protocols, continued adoption by reputable actors like the Kingdom of Bhutan, and the continued mismanagement of the fiat monetary system.

The price of bitcoin has been range bound since the Spring and it has lulled the market into a state of boredom. Enjoy the boring period while it lasts. All signs are pointing to a bitcoin bull run the likes of which the world hasn't seen before. There is a lot of tinder, it is extremely dry, and there are flame throwers on the horizon.

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Final thought...
Nothing makes me happier than meeting someone who gets value from this newsletter or the podcasts in the wild. Love you, freaks.


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BREAKING IN NYC: WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR

Banks and funds totaling $14 TRILLION in assets have just signed an unprecedented statement in support of nuclear power.

They'll be presenting the pledge to support the goal of tripling nuclear THIS MORNING at the Rockefeller Center in New York City to kick off NY Climate Week.

A few of the names:

Bank of America
Barclays
BNP Paribas
Brookfield
Citi
Credit Agricole
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
Rothschild & Co

The pledge comes after Microsoft signs deal to buy $16 billion in electricity from a revived Three Mile Island nuclear plant alone over 20 years to fuel its AI ambitions.

I'll be covering live today from the top of the Rockefeller Center, famously built with oil profits, as this unprecedented show of support for the next great energy source overcomes long-held financing barriers.


I really enjoyed this read and your commentary afterwards.

I've been thinking a lot recently about the binary political system here in the US and the perverse incentives it promotes.

Our political system incentivizes polarity and division at its core. The only way to build your following as a party is to demonize the other, and embrace the far fringes on your political side as this is far easier than actually attempting to reach across the proverbial or literal aisle.

It is as though at the core of our society there is a pervasive and powerful force of division that splits us apart from each other. Like gravity pulls all things towards centers of mass over time, this force drives us apart with time.

And the worst part, our systems can't seem to overcome this internal force.

We can only unite when an outside force drives us to realize that we have more in common than we have apart. It could be war, economic peril, disease, or natural disaster, but some powerful external force is always needed to pull us from the event horizon of what divides us.

While I have no concrete thoughts yet on how we fix this yet, it's something that's been on my mind.

Bitcoin gives me hope as a system that exists outside our political divisions, offering the same hope of individual monetary sovereignty to all who would embrace it.

I don't know what the future holds, I belive things get worse before they improve, but I have hope.

https://fountain.fm/episode/E92iatjmUcQdGKqIvSmo

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I like to think I'm pretty observant, but I didn't realize Amethyst has this feature until I read this...

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I'd be fascinated to hear an interview about his attempts to revolutionize community banking, and see what he thinks of Bitcoin and how it might integrate with local banking into making communities great again.


Sparrow is incredible.


Consolidation isn't about only having a single utxo.

It's about having a variety of responsibly sized utxos that you can choose to spend for different needs and in different fee environments.

For the layperson, the main goal of those of us who condone utxo management is educating newbies so they can ensure they keep their utxos above the dust limit.

DCA is great, but not if you end up with a bag full of utxos so small that they are uneconomic. This is the value of responsible consolidation.


Gm,

I still see dozens of people daily on the brink of leaving because of spam, but it's effectively solved if people use the tools we already have

Use these as your relays:

wss://wot.utxo.one
wss://nostrelites.org
wss://wot.nostr.party
wss://wot.sovbit.host
wss://wot.girino.org
wss://relay.lnau.net
wss://wot.siamstr.com
wss://wot.sudocarlos.com
wss://relay.otherstuff.fyi

If you are running a relay not on this list please add it to the GitHub repo


Recorded my final nostr:npub1fpcd25q2zg09rp65fglxuhp0acws5qlphpg88un7mdcskygdvgyqfv4sld interview with nostr:npub164q45vfa8prpl7f63stsl9qm9n22v6julkasjdqxjc8kevchsj0sp42rl3 earlier today. Bittersweet to say the least but I finished the conversation feeling hopeful about the future of our left movement within bitcoin and I think Trey likely brought new people into the space who will pick up the torch that he carried after Mark stepped down.

The struggle continues!


“Inflation is a tax. It’s a tax that impact [sic] the poorest people the most.

Economically, the impact that it has on people is to eat into their pockets, it eats into their wallets, it puts up the prices of things, it effectively acts as a tax.”

-Rishi Sunak

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I agree with your points.

I use 1Password multiplatform to host my login details for various services. I run Bitwarden locally to manage 2FA codes for my most important accounts.

I really like that both services allow you to export your data as a csv.


I love 1Password and have been using them for a few years now. I would recommend them wholeheartedly.

I also recommend Bitwarden as a secondary service.


If my login information is breached, I'm protected by my 2FA codes.

If my 2FA codes are breached, my login information are still safe.

2FA is meant to provide extra security. This is pointless if your login info and 2FA info are in the same place.


Using the same password manager for passwords and 2FA should be illegal. If you do this, you're gonna get fucked.


2/3. Go for a walk, roll in the grass.


Buying Twitter from X and turning it into a nostr client or nostr dev fund would be the greatest comeback story of all time.

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In hindsight, I should have put quotes around "lost" as well...


Any mechanism that "recycles" lost bitcoin is a mechanism for confiscation or counterfeit.

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Distributed multi-vendor multisig.

Bury your seed backups like you would your favorite bones.


When I first heard about Amy, I thought she was a new reply girl.


Haven't listened yet, but I can't wait to.

You seem like my kind of people.

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I don't see the "own" here.

Is your electric bill more than 3 cackles?


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Really curious to see the price point on this.


Jesus...


It seems, much like your photo, he doesn't have a filter either.


All dogs deserve npubs
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Converting my historical wages to sats, and seeing it fall exponentially did more for me than looking at a price chart.

Bitcoin denominated wages down 85% in the last 4 years alone. Really puts things in perspective.

The average person will never see their wages meaningfully grow in bitcoin terms over time.

You are in a position to accumulate bitcoin today that you will long for in 4 years.


I like this answer.


GN!


Alice follows Bob.
Alice sees Bob interact with Carol.
Alice follows Carol.
Alice sees Carol interact with David.
Alice follows David.
Alice sees David interact with Erwin...


If you don't think Bitcoin is the most interesting thing happening in "CrYpTo"...

Keep some lube on your person. You're about to get fucked.

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I see so many posts lately about spam, narrowing down relay selections, etc.

I have 30 relays added, and somehow encounter zero spam...

I guess I'll consider myself fortunate...

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Amethyst.


I'd hadn't read through the entire thread, and misinterpreted your comment as saying that more competition on scaling should take place in 192 months.

I went back and got caught up.

Derp.

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I blocked a few of them the first few days, and added "wss" to my hidden terms.

Haven't seen a reply guy in over a week now.


Oh! My bad. Missed that detail.


Oddly specific...


I might be a poor, but at least I know the value of a sat.

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The number of features this man manages to work into Sparrow Wallet...

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Trump bought bitcoin? Guess I beat the Orange man to the orange coin by 4 years.


Did both.


A spiral.


The Fed just cut rates with entrenched inflation above 2.5%, the government is running multi-trillion dollar non-recessionary deficits, and a President just bought cheeseburgers using #Bitcoin. Welcome to the future.


It's not the end. We'll just add a zero.

#580kGang


Do what Elon won't. Decentralize free speech.


Arthur Hayes spitting truth: “But at the end of the day, if you're thinking about why now, why did BlackRock get in their ETF approval in six months and the Winkle Clowns couldn't get one in 10 years? Right? Live in New York. They're both billionaires, both very rich. Why weren't they given one and BlackRock was given one in six months? Well, at the end of the day, you want the same financial institutions to control the wealth that can ultimately be appropriated by the government at the flick of a switch. BlackRock is just another arm of the U.S. government, just the same as any other large Chinese asset managers in the arm of the Chinese government.”


Did you generate this in 2020? Those "hands" are nightmare fuel.


I feel personally attacked. I'll stack some sats to feel better.

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On-chain or LN?


Reaching a place in life where I can reduce my bills is a huge part of the reason I stack.

Can't wait to arrive at a place of greater self-sufficiency.


Power to the Plebs.

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Damn. I'm lucky to just end a month with 1M sats more than the month prior.

I can dig holes for fence posts at your citadel I guess.


GM! ☕

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HUMP/FED DAY!!!


On the morning of (an unusually pivotal) #FOMC meeting, the CME futures market is predicting a 65% chance of a 50 bps cut of the federal funds rate, and a 35% chance of a 25 bps rate cut.

MORE IMPORTANT TO ME as a fund manager is what the FOMC minutes and Jerome Powell have to say (definitively) about the Fed's balance sheet going forward.

Will #QE begin in earnest? Or will the Fed wait for turmoil in the bond markets before ending "not-QT"?

In other words, will a new wave of liquidity begin to flow from the US government into the private sector? If so, at what rate?

Because we have non-free, centrally-manipulated markets, I will be watching today's events with great interest.

🍿 #macro

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GM Dark Tetrads.


He saves in bitcoin.


GM! ☕


You say insult, I say gift.


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You would want to determine how much energy is required to keep the space around your desired temperature on a cold day.

The easiest method of tracking the energy usage of an existing heater either by using a tool to monitor its energy use throughout the day.

Once you have a good idea of it's energy use (in KWh), you would divide that by "(<Bitaxe wattage>*24)/1000" to find the number of miners needed to consume the same amount of energy.

Example:

If a 1500 watt heater were to need to run for 24 hours straight to maintain the temperature a space (unlikely):

1.5 KWh (1500 watts) x 24 (hours) =
36 KWh

If your Bitaxe uses 16 watts per hour, we'd convert to KWh (divide by 1000) =
0.016 KWh

Next, multiply by 24 to determine daily energy usage:
0.016 LWh x 24 = 0.384

Now divide the energy required to heat the space by the daily usage of the bitaxe:
36 KWh / 0.384 KWh = 93.75

In this example, where a 1500 watt heater needed to run for 24 hours straight to maintain temp, you would require 93.75 Bitaxes to maintain the same temperature in the space.

Hope this was helpful!


GN!


58... gay?...

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Damn it. You actually had me thinking we reached 58k again.


Fuck bits. I will die on this hill.


Doesn't matter how many sats I stack, I'm always one sat short of enough.

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Stop being a cuck and begging for your "Right to Free Speech".

Team Red or Team Blue aren't going to save you.

You want to speak freely? Rise above and opt the fuck out of their system.

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That sounds a lot like Dr. Bull talking...

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Yo! Thanks for the recommendation!

Following now!

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I always use "Bitcoin" to reference the network/concept, and "bitcoin" when referring to the currency itself.


...
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Can't wait to see how the rest of the year plays out.

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The average space heater uses 1500 watts/hour, it also only runs intermittently.

You would likely be safe replacing the space heater with only 20% of the wattage, if running continuously (like the Bitaxes).

The Bitaxe uses 17 watts/hour. To meet 20% of the wattage of the space heater (300 watts), you would require roughly 18 Bitaxes.

Disclaimer: I'm not solid on that 20% figure, anyone with any ideas on this topic, please let me know.


This is the answer.


Thank you! Tried to send you some sats, but I'm not able to see if it worked or not.

Just doing my part to "Make Zaps Great Again"!

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Have some sats.

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Thank you for that clarification on pricing.

I hadn't been aware that one could assemble their own, and had only seen them for sale as fully assembled units with a seemingly uneconomical price tag.


IT'S ALIVE!!!! (#dogstr)

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It exists! #dogstr

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S19 is roughly 3x the cost of an S9, uses roughly 150% more power, but has around 7.5x the TH.

It would perform even better in this model than the S9.

I just went with an S9 as it is a cheap and approachable miner, is often used for underclocked "pleb-heater" builds, and seemed like the base case for arguing against novelty miners like the Bitaxe.

I cannot argue with the fact that novelty miners represent an easy entrance for newbies, and offer a simpler and less infrastructure-intensive introduction to mining. All I argue is that they are hardly the most economical method for gaining this educational experience, despite often being marketed as such.


The best, in fact.


If everyone learned as fast as nostr:nprofile1qqstzt0wugc7sklvr8e7fcl7ukyn63ym3ns4nmf2mnk0vqnz4l9x65qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqguwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxumm5d4skuerpw3hhy7fwdaexwqgawaehxw309ahx7um5wghx66tyv3kxjmn89ekhjerwwvhx5uq9ezhgl, my website would go out of business! 😂
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GM! #coffeechain #cigarstr

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GM!


I'm telling my kids this was 58k Gang:

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Here a model using the Bitaxe and the S9. I opted to use KWh over J, as no one is using Bitaxes for heat, so I though just focusing on energy efficiency was a better angle.

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[I apologize in advance for this wall of text, but I wanted to do my best to be thorough.]

Assuming both miners are being run at full power:

A Bitaxe running for a full day would generate 60,480 TH and consume 0.384 KWh. At my ~$0.14/KWh, this would cost me $0.048/day.

To generate 60,480 TH, I would need to run an S9 for 1.244 hours each day, consuming 1.711 KWh. At my cost/KWh, this would cost me $0.23 per day ($0.182/day more than the Bitaxe.

At presenr, I am able to find the Bitaxe on sale for $200, and am able to find an S9 in decent condition for $75, the price delta between these is $125.

Were I to purchase both miners today at the prices I found and listed above, I would need to run the both (the Bitaxe 24/7, and the S9 1 hour/day) for 686 days before the increased power efficiency of the Bitaxe made up for its greater initial capital expense.

Bear in mind that in this model, the Bitaxe is running 24/7, and the S9 is only running 1 hour a day to match the TH output of the Bitaxe.

If I wanted to, I could opt to pool those 686 cumulative hours the S9 would require, and run them consecutively, immediately after acquiring the miner. I could then leave it off for the remaining 657 days in this model, betting on network hashrate increasing and my rewards/TH dropping over time.

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GM nostr.

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Bitaxe: $200/TH
S9: $7.25/TH

That's all I needed to know.


Ignore my response. This one sounds fun.


Why you should redenominate your life in bitcoin:

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See, we dogs understand this from the other side.

Every dog needs a human pillow.


This is why we can still buy #bitcoin at 58k in 2024.

#ThankYouTrump #StudyBitcoin #YouTooOrangeMan


🚨🚨🚨🚨BRÆKING🚨🚨🚨🚨

TRUMP SHITCOIN PROJECT, WORLD LIBERTY FI, ANNOUNCES THAT THEIR SHITCOIN WILL IN FACT HAVE A SHITCOIN TOKEN.

ONLY 63% WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC SALE.

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STUDY #BITCOIN AND IGNORE THIS SHITCOIN.

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The fiat grifters know their time is running out, so they're pivoting to shitcoins to keep the grift going


IT'S STILL GOING!?!?


Good night ♥ https://image.nostr.build/3357b4b3240260251755085da88facbdad16fae291e3e53362862b00be445ff2.jpg


GN Arnie! Sweet dreams of zaps and sats and milkbones!


In case anyone was still on the fence, no.

Orange Man 100% does not understand the orange coin.

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Imagine being an "accredited investor", yet still being duped into buying the Orange Man's ponzi coin.

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I'm of the impression that if "assets" is in the name, it's a scam.


Sometimes you just have to take a break from all the freedom and self-sovereignty to sit and watch a dumpster fire.

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If you still believe that Trump is your Bitcoin president and that he'll somehow fix the US economy (and debt) after today's space on X, then please go and read all them Bitcoin books again.


I am an emotional support dog who needs emotional support humans.
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Somehow I don't love the idea of a Shitcoin Ponzi President with an infinite money printer...


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เพื่อนๆคนไหนที่อยากให้ผมวาดรูปให้
Dm ส่งรูปหรือบอกสิ่งที่อยากให้ผมวาด มาได้นะครับ (คนที่วาดไปแล้ว แล้วอยากแก้รายละเอียดก็บอกได้นะ^^)

ผมยินดีวาดให้เพื่อนๆเสมอครับ ผมมีความสุขที่ได้ทำสิ่งนี้ครับ

ปล คนที่เข้ามาใหม่ก็ทักมาได้นะไม่ต้องเกรงใจ^3^

นี่คือตัวอย่างครับ
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Lz2o_r4gQkTLvdZ2-7z95XtKjFolx8wU

#siamstr


Do you draw dogs?


I don't know, and I don't think I care to.


Typo...

*We say...

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When say "not your keys, not your #bitcoin", because the keys *are* the bitcoin.


I'd still get a hardware wallet.


Built on Aave, which is built on mETH.

70% of tokens held for insiders.

What a grift. I can't wait to watch this one unwind.

Maybe we'll even get a nice dip back below 6 figures as a consequence!

Get rekt, shitcoin peddlers. Study #Bitcoin, those who would buy them.

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I listened for the first 30 minutes, but got pulled away before they could get to the truly nauseating stuff.

You'll have to fill us nostriches in on the juicy details of his new shitcoin project, and who we expect to get rugged first.


My morning coffee came with a new cigar flavor that I loved!
PDR 1878 Dark Roast Cafe ☕

#Coffee #Cigar
#Coffeester #Cigarstr
#CoffeeChain #CigarChain
#CoffeePorn #CigarPorn
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This.

As a dog with his sats safely "buried" in a geographically-distributed multisig vault secured by bitcoin-only hardware wallets from various vendors:

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Reached a new stacking goal today. Feels good.

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Mine are twins. Two of them, separated by a centimeter.


So, anyone know where a nostrdog pleb can catch Trump's Xitter space tonight where he's expected to cover his new shitcoin project?

I'd like to watch this trainwreck as it continues to unfold.

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Highly recommend read to anyone that hat read this
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From a back-burner article I've been working on off and on.

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Thank dog for NIP-05.


And where does butter go? https://image.nostr.build/86bbcd81b51cbd8d8e46d835cbbf2668ed5920b5fbfbf73ba26ba7ccf94b7af7.jpg


Yo! nostr:nprofile1qqs9h6uxrgkh7clu49p5fumt98hxpcl6eq5zckt0ukczwmwczaq7qwsprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcudk8vq! Thanks for the zap!

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I don't even know what a pleb video is...

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lol.
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Bitcoin is the only truly decentralized stablecoin.


Sorry, but it's a no from me. Outside my budget...

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I'm weird. It's ok.

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They come pre-loaded in sterile needle injectors.

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It's just a simple nfc tag, but manufactured in a bio-compatible form like a pet tag.

You can write whatever data you want to them, be it access control credentials, vCards, urls, text...

In this case I was using LNurlW to create a LN faucet so people could receive sats just by tapping their phone to my hand.


Not that I'd want some centralized chips, but there are some really interesting use-cases for self-sovereign self-installed implanted microchips.

To be fair, harder to dispose of than a tag in your clothing, but to each their own.


You're a dog. You never got chipped?


We're about to reach the point where nostr:nprofile1qqs0gfa463m52evljffgc44ax6p4uwzwgysp5z84mjkvcp4229f25ngpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0qfjwe0 can hodl his own nostr keys.

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I've played with using implanted microchips as lightning faucets. I can't wait to use them for nostr purposes.

https://video.nostr.build/6f13a5e5854b796e86a7ab0b4507d088d1e7abc8b8743f6e9eade7b49eb3512f.mp4
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Any idea when this will be possible?

As a dog, I'd love to move my nsec to my implanted microchips.


I agree. That's the one use I had for twitter that hasn't been fully filled here.


I wish nostr had that same breaking news feed/flow that Twitter had. We really need that information source here? Or maybe I'm just not following the right accounts


I'm autistic, and I've experienced a lot of unnecessary hardship in my life because I didn't know I was on the spectrum, but even after knowing, I wasn't taught what to do to better understand how my brain works so that I could navigate the world. Through autistic-centered therapy, I've learned a lot over the past several years, and I have many thoughts...

I've been thinking a lot about the importance of early intervention in autism. Temple Grandin and others emphasize how important this is. But what does that even mean? I think it does not mean teaching autistics to be like neuroypticals. The problem for me and others on the spectrum is that we've been taught to understand the world as if we had a built-in intuitive system. A heuristics way of managing sensory input, one might say. But the problem is that autistic people don't have such well-developed systems, but we do have strong analytical systems.

My theory is that every disabling aspect of autism is because of information overload and trauma. We get more information in every domain compared to neurotypicals.  So we can't make intuitive guesses with limited data, we actually have too much data, so we need to take a more cognitive and analytical approach. Yet, through cognitive approaches, we can actually make better decisions/observations/connections than neurotypicals.

So I think any kind of intervention should reflect this. Whether it is in childhood or adulthood. It should be focused on interpreting, navigating, and managing sensory inputs. For those on the spectrum, this means it will be cognitive processing the vast majority of the time. Teaching autistic people to sense their bodies and learn how to cognitively interpret them will go a long way.

Interventions for helping those who are non-speaking who have trouble controlling their body--to me--should focus on increasing the signal-to-noise ratio in motor systems. But also teaching them how to communicate through letter boards and typing as early as possible is essential to avoid trauma and worsening sensory overload. There's cutting edge research showing a direct connection between emotion and sensory overload in the brain.

Finally, we need acceptance. Autistic people experience so much abuse through their lives, one study reported 9 in 10 autistic women experienced some form of sexual abuse. They concluded the targeted abuse of those on the spectrum had no relation to perceived diagnostic "deficits" but rather, autistic people are singled-out because we are different. Nothing more, nothing less. Teach your kids to accept those who are different. Autistic people have higher rates of suicide. Therapy for those on the spectrum is mostly about undoing all the harm neurotypicals did to us. Most autistic people are traumatized, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Autism is a neurotype and a spectrum. It can be both abling and disabling, depending on how severe the information overload is. But I think if we reframe how we look at it, and we address the foundational challenges, we can make it so that no aspect of autism is disabling.

Don't try to cure us. A different way of interpreting the world can only benefit society, not harm it.


Motherforker.


0.04 has fallen.

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*zaps from my 3 y/o refurbished budget phone*

Frugal flexes are the best flexes IMO.


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You too!

#coffeechain

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GM!

Have a coffee, greet the sun, touch grass and thank Satoshi.


Also Gay ₿ears...

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So many ₿ears
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I'm kinda loving how the friction of getting on Nostr keeps out lazy people.
My feed here is full of posts from people who actually read, study, learn & think!  Very Refreshing!!!


😂

Happy Friday all, of the sleep shortly, it's been a long long day 😴
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🔥 250 SATS FOR YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE/LIFE LESSON 🔥

I'm trying to move away from Twitter because Nost is so freakin' amazing.

The people here = positive vibes 🧡

It's hard to be bullish on any other platform, especially when this has #Bitcoin integration!

Giving out 250 sats to each legend who:

✅ Follows me
♻ Likes/boosts the post
🧠 Drops their favorite quote or life lesson in the comments


We are all responsible for our own happiness. You can't control what happens in life, but you can control how you respond to it.


"I want to disarm the tyrants. I don't want to...try to fight them, just make their attacks ineffective." - nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s

That's the power of decentralized freedom tech ✊

Our latest #TPBPod episode with Will from nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 and nostr:npub12qxvc5evxqt3rky25mfskywugalx5vnhppfl32cu903cnwpyu0uqkmq8u9, out now --> tpbpod.com

https://v.nostr.build/kW7d85mVLVMAJ4f0.mp4


Decentralized freedom tech is Aikido.


It's "ecash".

Though many will call it "eCash" once Apple integrates it and acts like they invented it...


eCash ❌
ecash ✅

the 90s are over.


This is wild.

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Some Steps To Watch and Protect yourself From  Impersonators and scam Accounts On Nostr:

#1 Check Nip05s, Most the time impersonators of someone will not have a Nip05.

#2 Check for recent posts, if the accounts feed consists of largely Reposted notes from "Themselves" this is a red flag and often something scammers do to appear legitimate.

#3 Look for suspicious posts, for example if you see a post from "Odell" and he is offering to double your sats or make you rich from zapping his note or buying a course, it's a scam block them and don't interact!

#4 If anyone DMs you and says you owe them money for using their relay, or sends you an invoice for a relay block them and don't interact unless you use that relay and it's from a valid verifed account.

Stay Safe Out There!


Now that's what I call, Deep Fucking Value.


People need to remember this every time they hear some govt lackey talk about aliens. The govt survives on people believing in large external threats which only govt can protect you from.


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We're not that early anymore, but still very, very early.


Alternatively, "This is good for Bitcoin.".


Do crime, get dick.


58k Gang Prepared.


Nothing stops this train.

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"Lynny". Lol.


I can't imagine being a bitcoiner who holds your sats in self-custody and not using L1 semi-frequently.

Do you even consolidate bro?


yooooo nostr!

im looking for a video editor and/or a video animator to collab with me on a wide range of Bitcoin stuff i wanna do.

i believe Bitcoin is the best money in human history and both myself and Strike are here to push its adoption forward not only with technology and products but also education and orange pilling.

so far everything i’ve done content wise has just been me on my personal laptop with QuickTime. part of me feels i could make new or even better content to educate and orange pill the masses with folks that have more skills than i do

if you’re passionate about Bitcoin, have related skills, and want to work with me on this, drop me a note at jack@strike.me

much love!


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My annual salary in 2012 was the equivalent of 850 Bsats.

My current annual salary would only net me 70 Msats...

My salary has fallen in bitcoin denominated terms by 99.9918%.


I estimate I spent ~2 bitcoin on Baja Blast in 2015.

I also spent 9 bitcoin on education, 10 bitcoin on car insurance, and 40 bitcoin on rent that year.

We live and we learn.

Make bitcoin the denominator in your life and everything else will fall into place.


In 2015, a million sats cost ~$3.


Followed!

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When was the first time you heard the word Bitcoin?


2013...

Spent 7 years trading without profit before finally putting in the work and understanding #WhyBitcoin.

Want to avoid wasting 7 years of your life? Learn the lessons I had to learn the hard way:

https://lookingglasseducation.com/maslows-apex-bitcoins-liberation-of-the-human-spirit/


It's very hard to keep a beach ball underwater indefinitely...

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Welcome to the club!

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I don't understand Bitcoin very well. I've understood it well enough to make it the denominator in my life.

I have much to learn.


I will never "like" your notes.

I believe in #v4v.

If I enjoy your post, I'll send you sats to show my appreciation.

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I had to switch to Amethyst. The app was just too slow, and was consuming too much of my battery.


Bitcoiners.


#CPI year over year:

2.5% (actual) vs 2.6% (expected) and 2.9% (previous)

#Normalization, not #recession.


If bitcoin isn't your denominator, you don't get it.

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Noted. Completing a single hash function with pen and paper now.

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#farmstr
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I did both. Stacked generational wealth, while watching Toast talk about how much Bread would contribute to the deficits.


Either way the fiat dollar is going to zero


I don't have a plan, I have concepts of a plan. 🤣 These conceptual plans include running NostrPlebs.com, promoting Nostr Nests growth into all major social apps, building more useful bots and DVMs to help with content discovery, continuing to run several Nostr relays to support the ecosystem, growing Nostr adoption via education and onboarding workshops and booths around the world, and to continue to create notes and send zaps on a daily basis. Okay. Maybe I do have a plan. It's more than a certain presidential candidate.


I feel like no matter which way you vote, you're voting in my interest.

#Brrr. #Bitcoin


They're the same picture.
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"I have concepts of a plan..."


i.e. What else are you playing with?


Small wins.

At least I am entertained, at least we have Bitcoin.

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I am (so far) an uneaten dog. I consider myself a winner.


There is no red. There is no blue.

There is only brrrr.

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I came to be entertained.

I am entertained.

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I'll try!


For the record, I haven't been eaten (yet).


Barking pots.


I don't love either of them, but they're both good for Bitcoin.


You can't stop this train.

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Amethyst.

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This is a brief recipe as to how I make kumbucha, which has been a great help for rebuilding intestinal flor and helping recover from hashimotos.
Kumbucha is a fermented black sweet tea. It is fermented at least once, and can be fermented a second time if you like for the purpose of adding other flavors, specifically natural fruit.

## Chef's notes

This recipe is will need to be broken down into 3 parts.
1 Growing a scobe.
2 Your first fermentation.
3 Your second fermentation.

The length of time that your kumbucha will need to ferment is going to be determined in part by the ambient temperature in the room where you are fermenting. A simple taste test starting with day 3 and proceeding 1 a day for each consecutive day, will help you see the change in flavor for your particular temperature and scoby. My personal ferments are typically done in 3 days.

## Details

- ⏲ Prep time: 15 minutes
- 🍽 Servings: 16

## Ingredients

- 4 cups boiling water
- 8 cups room temp water
- 2-3 tbsp. Loose-leaf black tea.(your choice which)
- 3/4 cup raw organic cane sugar
- 1 scoby

## Directions

1. Boil 4 cups of water and place your 2-3 tbsp of loose-leaf black tea and let steep for about 15 minutes. Strain out the tea leaves. Then add the 3/4 cup of sugar and stir till  disolved. Do not use other types of sweeteners, you may kill the scoby. After the sugar is disolved add in the other 8 cups of room temperature water, which will bring down the temperature of the tea mixture. Your tea should be under 80f before you add your scoby. Poor this tea mixture into a 1 gallon glass jar, do not use plastic.
2. Add in your scoby and then cover your jar with a clean cloth or I like to put a coffee filter on the top of my jar with a rubber band to keep out any bugs or what not. Put the jar in a shady spot and let it sit for 3 days before testing. You can begin drinking it when the flavor is to your liking after the 3 day period.


And here I was expecting North Korean propaganda from the intro...


We need to stop this toast mind virus. Stop telling our kids they need to get toasted.

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That's what I attempted, but there was nothing left before the "?" other than m.youtube.com...

Better luck next time I guess.


fixed it for you.

"agree social is bad for children.

screens in general are bad for children. and adults for that matter.

should be the parents responsibility, not the state.

this will be used as an excuse to kyc everyone to “protect the children.”"


PREDICTIONS for tonight's presidential debate:

- #Democrats will think (strongly) that #Harris won

- #Republicans will think (strongly) that #Trump won

- #Independents will wonder (and complain about) why we have two such terrible options to choose from

- #Bitcoiners will ignore the noise, stack sats, and chill


I'm disappointed in myself for how much I want a Bitkey hardware wallet to use as a paperweight on my desk...

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If your mining isn't profitable, you're focusing on the wrong output.


This. This is all. Few.

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Mining is all about using waste heat or stranded electric. If you aren't tied into one of those or winning the lotto solo mining you are going to get fewer sats than buying on the open market.

My s19 heated my house all winter. Paid for itself and future winters sats are all profit.

I'm also planning to build a food dehydrator and a fish tank heater out of miners. I was using the electric anyway so 100% of sat rewards are profit.

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Others are heating pools, hot tubs, home hot water, and greenhouses.

It isn't that mining is unprofitable, it is that you didn't do the work to figure out how to profit and thought you could just turn on any random miner on residential electric rates and get a free ride.


Daily rations.

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GM #coffeechain

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Toast is a threat to our democracy.

#votebread

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Toast is a threat to our democracy.

#votebread

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I read this headline.

My first thought was, "Soon is a weird name for a hurricane...".

Derp.

https://image.nostr.build/4773f517a86cabefb59edf5ebc526cc6860ad4ee0b33d19a7bfa26417b23b60d.jpg


I tried to share a link and remove all the trackers... it seems I removed the actual link as well....


GM!

#coffeechain #yetichain
https://image.nostr.build/594e8de811d57fa9ac3b344d2863ccb337a2bca1f4ddf838fdcf70da0f179a87.jpg


Now if only he'd figure out zaps...


Japan's Largest Electricity Provider Explores Bitcoin Mining with Surplus Renewable Energy

"What we are doing has few parallels in Japan. Success of our framework would prompt more green energy to be introduced."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/japans-largest-electricity-provider-explores-bitcoin-mining-with-surplus-renewable-energy/


Mine was also accurate... Or at least just hilarous...

"Your friends must love how you kick off discussions at parties with chats about "capital allocation as self-expression." Because nothing says fun like a night of budgeting philosophies and UTXOs!"

"In the grand scheme of life, your digital avatar may be a charming dog, but I can’t help but think maybe you’ve adopted a canine's level of self-awareness too."


I'm 4 months out from 4 years of DCA.

In 2021, I wouldn't have believed you if you told me what my average cost basis was going to be today.

The last 3 years have been a gift.


At 00:00:00 Moscow Time, you will be late to Bitcoin.

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I buy every top and every dip. If you can get any number of scarce sats for fiat money, you're still early.


I took a billionth of the total supply out of circulation today.

You're welcome.


I suppose so. Also seems to always happen during bitcoin conferences.


But next year, the generous apple gods are going to give us a thinner phone!

And I'm sure it won't have any bending problems! https://image.nostr.build/7e3dc3ae8c525e7a6534d839634db1ceef9d090e0ec41d484e3ddb52e13b70eb.jpg


It wasn't great...

 https://image.nostr.build/2eb4dee9815de7bd8f449fd8b44934f3ac9498ccf2596a3f55a26c4ae1aee9a0.jpg


We are the ex-twitterers. We are legion.

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I figured out who nostr:nprofile1qqs2sr7y57rrfm3x4272e9gmfn7hk44wrzat6v794lw0d0kkmjqwh5gpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuur0wd6x2u3wwpkxzcm99uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uqjywdx is. XD.

No. I am not Uno.

But I like what I see of Uno so far!


Realizing now that he's referring to price in today's purchasing power.

Seems along the lines of what I'd expect or at least within an order of magnitude.


I don't need your services.

I'm sorry, that was harsh... have a zap as an apology.
 https://image.nostr.build/f7672f93d6b5148473494fc500f23d974f10f9046fae2162fd9c7742e2a875d7.jpg


Someone has to tell me who/what Uno is now... https://image.nostr.build/f705495ccc461543e09c756e837e79b23e20df7d9008e8a54aa17cf0ad09f61d.jpg


Sorry, I'm not sure who/what Uno is.

I'm just bitcoinpup, formerly mostly present on Twitter, but I recently deactivated that account and have decided to contribute my time and energy here.


Uno?


George Ought to Help
 https://video.nostr.build/15102730be8cd28445cc949f7e456ab23dd1738c326672d760bfcc1134a97566.mp4


I'm not bullish enough? He's not bullish enough.


(on voting)


Re-posted!
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I'm following 12 shows on nostr:nprofile1qqsx2wyjt6lmvc05rrvv05r5hm3w3t7h0pcpmkyswrpd4ymd2u09tscpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu339e682mnwv4k8xct5wvhxxmmdqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wscn3xgh, but I haven't had any new episodes drop yet this morning...

Guess I have to follow more shows...

https://image.nostr.build/9d548c6885295c18bc8adf733e54b26e39d4083bc034461c21cea38d68f17fe5.jpg


I won't notice. I deleted my Xitter...


I love obsidian...


Schrodinger's Test-Note


You're so cute!


Good morning world ♥ https://image.nostr.build/fdbae65bed008f3b5e6a5dd8b02ef518b99091ff702f9be62b04d2588f27d4ac.jpg


I really enjoyed this video! Thank you  nostr:npub1lr2zzf989mvf393y0tv39ara6a4vddkd6y87z784up9vl6ks6j3qtudl6a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCF3mZW7hAM


18:08 @ 860,600


Roasted.

https://image.nostr.build/9bcfb5ee3c848e34604a1fdb9906994eace4f9333dcecd2718d0b78af86a3d2a.jpg


Check out 's personality analysis! https://nostr-personality.vercel.app/npub198auqkkwueclk4u3st9r8v8yrdz4hv0e2e9epg7c7teemm3lyausht0p3g

Nostr gets me. 😂🤣


Wow... I've been had...

Check out bitcoinpup's personality analysis! https://nostr-personality.vercel.app/npub1vgldyxx7syc30qm9v7padnnfpdfp4zwymsyl9ztzuklaf7j5jfyspk36wu


This is the way.
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Just a quick reminder that there are 58M millionaires in the world, and only 21M bitcoin...


Hahahahahahaha 🤣

#catstr
#memestr https://image.nostr.build/ec2cb8d44bd92dc7ca98843731462b2c57a8b3fe5f55b1d7af851559b3baa6fd.jpg


Spot the dog. 👀
https://m.primal.net/KkKH.jpg


We all get to that point.

Now I just build and work for the coin. I'll show them results instead of preaching.
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I don't think any speech has resonated with me more than "This is Water" from David Foster Wallace.

I listen to it many times per year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCbGM4mqEVw


Shamelessly stolen and adapted...

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It's rather funny, that you could replace the x-axis with, "hours spent studying fiat", and it would still hold true.


I'm just a combat journalist in the Meme War.

https://image.nostr.build/8a6dd1e4a8bf8d54ced6f63631121f8b96673857051700b85d2fb4a154d61d0c.jpg


Hey  nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr when I click my own profile picture in the top left it should take me to my profile.

When I click the text box it should pop up the post box.

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


I'm Class of 2021, but I identify as Class of <insert current year> at dinner...

https://image.nostr.build/c031b259b1588f0656f6ebeed72445a3ffee1c4e2438a5cf427ef9d31d949c66.jpg


"Attention Windstar enjoyoors, all our Star Class ships are now limousines. You're welcome."


2.1M sats = 1 billionth of total supply...

I don't know why this simple math blew my mind, but it did.


That's hilarious. I literally just deleted mine today.


#BringBackInvoices #ICantAffordThis

#JKILoveZaps...


For me, it was a number of factors that led to the decision.

For one, I couldn't escape the feeling that I was a slave to the algorithm and struggled to moderate my time spent there.

Beyond that, I often found myself disappointed when I came to nostr and felt there was a lack of posts I cared to read and interact with. I decided to be a part of the solution to my own problem, and dedicate more time here.

While I miss some of the macro content that I used Twitter for, I am happy to have such wonderful macro thinkers as  nostr:npub1k7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7su3c04l,  nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a, and  nostr:npub1cj94enk44kn5mvrcma4sp7jnlsgnn4em7rk3dh3jt4fzyqs3m02s560efa posting more significant macro trends and thoughts here on a semi-regular basis.

Ultimately I don't regret my choice. It freed me to a degree from the moderate addiction that Twitter had become for me, allows me the ability to custody my own social persona, and offers me an opportunity to put more of my time towards the form of social content that I wish to see more of in the future.

https://m.primal.net/Kipi.webp


Had Trouble Fitting This On My Cat
https://i.nostr.build/Wo1zeubCab5jspNu.jpg
#memes #funny


Day 289 of not doing any pushups completed ✅

I'm getting very consistent at this


I THINK MY DREAM CLIENT IS A CROSS PLATFORM DAMUS WITH A CASHU WALLET BUILT IN.


Good morning! Uncle is taking a break from social media, but with BTC hitting $53K, I thought I'd drop in with some positive energy and sats for you - I'm zapping every reply 🫂

Is that what you were looking for?
 https://image.nostr.build/24e71b9e3a5ffd8f8715bba5380a5086fc9fe340be36d0ef85c2923b7e5b29c0.jpg


GN https://image.nostr.build/637c930a70d46449f5861d2114da23704ec83c405708f4c994d27efe323b64da.jpg


Not even a Damus user (android) but I'd love this feature. I wish there were an easy way to build a feed of npubs I want to watch more closely.


And the solution to stupidity is diplomas.


Same. https://image.nostr.build/2be4dcb503b179d73d527ad8a5b7bfc6cd7d3423861dc6bf91f6a3436f761ad3.jpg


👀
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#dogstr


My guy ♥ https://image.nostr.build/6350a83754e10efb1457ebba457d9d3fed139dcaf4ee9a08b69f128e5d4a1cf5.jpg


Congrats! This is the first #GoPios  note I've seen here on nostr! Glad to know people are still talking about them!


Today was the day!

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


I find myself always going back to Amethyst despite liking it a bit less than Primal.

Primal is great for a UI standpoint, elegant, fast and eyecandy.

Amethyst is more complete, it has a better zap integration with other wallets (WoS is a great example) and it interacts better with communities, lives and other cool nostr stuff.

I want to like Primal more, but it has a some way to go before reaching its maturity.


LBTC (L2) on Aqua is a good middle-ground between L1 and LN. It should not be considered equivalent to either.


Fwiw, I like Aqua for consolidating small non-kyc amounts.

I don't want utxos under 2M sats, and I also want some form of privacy.

So I send my small chunks of non-kyc coin to Aqua where it's swapped into liquid, and then once I have enough sats, swap it back to L1 and move to cold storage.

This way the relationship between utxos in and utxos out is obfuscated, and I like to think it preserves some privacy, breaks the traceability for those I've acquired the sats from, and allows me to keep my utxo sizes responsible.

https://image.nostr.build/ef3a2bbb594f878c0deb6b4121a9f849bf474336aae787ea7d9cc35e5f4988e7.jpg


All this dipping will make it feel even sweeter when we're ripping

Be patient

We are exactly where we're supposed to be right now


High time preference is the mind killer.

Stay humble and back up the truck. https://image.nostr.build/6546ec2fdfcc9f5c545387f89f275dfa0c8cc47eb4837d32a8ce4bf9c12c8980.jpg


Sorry nostr:nprofile1qqsvfr3f7p95stxqrjslnmuvsmhcxxxqt8swjdfjx5tz7zq0yms5cygpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnfdenx7qg6waehxw309aex2mrp0yhx7unpdenk2urfd3kzuer9wcq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7raruhg, I've adopted and amended your quote...
 https://image.nostr.build/e1917fa207760f8130b5f632e624e4b93be4377f7fc730c4202e45f042af2f3c.jpg


There is no red. There is no blue.

There is only brrrrr.
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Bitcoin be dropping, but I'm out here zapping plebs on nostr.

PV!

https://image.nostr.build/2be4dcb503b179d73d527ad8a5b7bfc6cd7d3423861dc6bf91f6a3436f761ad3.jpg


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


Same.

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The extra percentage and ACH rewards justify it for me.

Ultimately whether or not it pays off comes down to how much you're using it.

I've switched to using it as my primary fiat account, so at present, it works out decently for me.

I also love the new "Push to Card" feature.

I can maintain a balance in sats instead of dollars, and can push that value to the debit card (near-instant sell) when I need to make fiat payments.


It's Fold.

$100 annual membership fee for the premium tier, but offers no fees on purchases (there is a ~$200 spread) and higher rewards on gift card purchases.

This tier also allows you to get bitcoin back on ACH payments (terms apply).

So "no fees", but I still consider it to be a good service and value it as part of my financial workflow.


Notice the lack of NIP05.


Just a PSA:

nostr:nprofile1qqsfguznrcq8np5kg7ma0n5zu7hhd0krdfrda0hl0xjtzr777gna0vspzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0g49v2w is a fake account claiming to be nostr:nprofile1qqsrmqhg7mxxczt9gjln8ey8tgpl2cq2elm7c3n7z59pe3m395s5mjgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuhsawwuds.

They sent me a DM, so I called them out.

https://image.nostr.build/628bec197fa66fcdf37af48e531d36594496fa9daf1a91ee92a9afb1eb3f0e0c.jpg


Alternatively, what if it was done by someone that loves nostr, and wanted to see it grow stronger?


Sallys are crying. Chads are buying.


It's not just Bitcoin...

Stop freaking out and back up the truck. https://image.nostr.build/8aa6459fb6ee0bef3976d91c25356a2febf42bf6fc57d678cb03681a24ca6128.jpg


Guess I'm going to get my smash buying in for Sept early in the month


Are you still buying, anon?
https://m.primal.net/KgwZ.jpg


Buying. https://image.nostr.build/e231f2fdbd9f4ecbb1d5760d4d1412659aa2859d4dff7c179d6cca115cfab76f.jpg https://image.nostr.build/9f1928fffb853cf5f0396ec94e8c348576bb2d1a239812f1aa75e7f1f86caca4.jpg


I opened my eyes to late today be really really really ridiculously early on #Bitcoin

not gonna make that mistake on NOSTR


As a #macro investor, it's hard to express how happy this bullish divergence between #bitcoin price and global M2 monetary supply makes me.

It supersedes all other macro data and TA nonsense.

In short, it is the primest of prime stacking opportunities for the coming 4-5 quarters.

Recall that, among other things, the #Bitcoin monetary network is the Great Absorber of Liquidity.

I doubt that these fire sale prices will last much longer... 🔥 🚀

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


Downtember. https://image.nostr.build/e231f2fdbd9f4ecbb1d5760d4d1412659aa2859d4dff7c179d6cca115cfab76f.jpg


After many a fortnight, I’m finally starting a Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Podcast.

Dungeon Master nostr:npub14actrvwqkhfg7f9p8hf3h7ea5r509c8pkltklyxyvl5kfl08gpuqjtnayx and I are seeking a brave adventurous soul to join us behind the scenes to helm the wheel of content and editing.

Aside from getting your bounty paid in digital gold, you’ll get to work with nerd-in-training nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs while learning a lot about cloacas.

Scroll for initiative at https://www.bradmills.ca/careers/content-strategist https://image.nostr.build/e2d88aaf4804aefe4c2203fd98606c588544f1eca8c8b7b8b2a22ac62175e9c7.jpg


I will run it.
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Have a sat.


Best I could do. Could never compete with the real thing.

Sadly, does not fit into the three looks... https://image.nostr.build/474d0736c4324f54b410eeb1673970a5ee5d019aa12ad180f10bd86520bd4a64.jpg


Batman 🦇

Arnie has three different looks
-ears back when excited or scared
-ears up when listening or hunting
-batman ears when playing with toys https://image.nostr.build/31a119e219d46a71ce3c1872f07641fff9a58222ccd90d196e35ffd8b983964e.jpg


Keeping apps up to date is a powerful feature of app stores. Interestingly, some Android FOSS apps have found a neat way to handle this with built-in 'auto-update' and 'check for update' options.

This method allows apps to operate independently from the app store while still staying current, enabling one-click updates and installations without needing an app store or Obtainium.

The next version of AppCore will include this feature, and I really like this approach, it addresses a key challenge for open-source apps. https://image.nostr.build/7dc6c02134f715e34938bb9696e0a79d1c70b6104df2ebf6b882a95f3f0321f8.jpg


Damn it... Wasn't counting on my post being auto-translated... https://image.nostr.build/f98a735a191a0f2d927a339d457a69fac594b740e271858199c4f35176564c28.jpg


Afuera!


Nice!


"When 100k Bitcoin?"
...Bitcoin breaks 100k
"Why Bitcoin stacking much expensive?"

😉


Propaganda exists on all sides.

You can’t find truth while cucked by power, regardless of which leaders you simp for.


You mean to tell me there are people who don't have dreams where they're falling off cliffs?


replying to your note, I really appreciate the suggestion! I've just done the same!

I know you won't see this post, but thanks for helping to clean up my feed!

https://image.nostr.build/519026692e2621d3620e57f306d16313108877a1b902131ec409161ea7c20c3b.jpg


reply bots < zap bots


Feed cleanse.  May you find something today to make you as happy as this doggo is to get his new bed.

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


$58K https://image.nostr.build/c044560a93124d5ba6258fc082bfc576c2178138675b232c04d44d30374edb68.jpg


All my zaps are sent from my nostr:nprofile1qqstxwlea9ah3u6kjjszu6a7lrnhqkfh8eptp2z6v0e9558tlkkl2rgpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59u4kl3vp wallet via NWC.

It's not integrated, but it's a nice start.

https://image.nostr.build/77e20a5ba856d7f83996e044c35b166011d6b7180c0c00e68758317c291c2a46.jpg


Their fear of volatility is your ongoing arbitrage opportunity.

#bitcoin


$58k is the new $10k (circa. 2020).

This too shall pass.

But in the meantime, embrace #58kforever.


I'm dying. This is epic!

https://youtube.com/shorts/7UB5m96XvN4


Encryption is the promethium fire that the cypherpunks secured from heaven for me and you. It is our sacred duty to use and advance that in the world. Encryption is so powerful that governments tried to keep it away from the people and to this day have tried to weaken and backdoor it at every turn.

So what is encryption?

It is a deep deep rabbit hole and involves a lot of numbers but in a nutshell it uses math to scramble up the data of your file so it is gibberish and can't be read without decrypting it back to regular data. Encryption technology has continued to advance over time and cracking technology to break the encryption has as well. For our purposes all you really need to remember is to use modern cyphers and your encryption is really only going to be as good as the password (use a passphrase) strength you are using to lock it down with.
>

BEGINNER LEVEL - Encrypt your phone and computer.

People walk around with their whole lives on their phone. Protect it.

-phone: Congratulations, if you already have a lock screen set on either your iPhone or Android device then device encryption is enabled.
If your lock screen password is only 4 digits then we still have work to do. Four digits is only about 10,000 combinations and fairly easy to crack. I believe it only took them about 40 minutes to crack the iPhone of the attempted Trump shooter. Go into settings and set it up for 6 digits or for extra credit use a alphanumeric password.

After your phone then your personal computer probably has the most important data to you. Banking records, tax documents, photos, etc. Encrypt your drive.

-Windows: from Settings, select Privacy security -> Device encryption. Just follow the prompts.

-Apple: from Apple icon, select System Preferences -> Security & Privacy icon. Click "Turn On FileVault".

-Linux: most distros gives you the option during installation. If you didn't do so then search for how to enable it after the fact based on your distribution.

Awesome sauce. You have achieved minimum status.
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ADVANCED LEVEL - Encrypt individual files.

You already encrypted your computer but guess what, once you start up your computer and log in the key is stored in RAM for as long as it stays on. The beginner level encryption protects your computer when it is off and it means no one can just steal your hard drive and access your files. This is good, but what if someone grabs you while you're sitting there working on it? What if you leave it in sleep mode and not turned off? Then that whole disk encryption is not really going to help you.

What if you had individual files that you consider more secret than the others? That finance spreadsheet or that special pic your spouse sent you? That's where individual file encryption comes in. You are just scrolling nostr when they grab you, your computer is on, and unlocked, but those special files are still safely encrypted.

I will share with you one of my favorite small programs: Picocrypt.

Download the Paranoid pack and store it in multiple drives, email accounts, and cloud storage. That way you will always have a copy to decrypt any files that you stored away.

Use it to encrypt any files that you feel need extra attention. It is also very useful for encrypting any files that you intend to store online in cloud storage. You do encrypt your files that are stored online don't you? Yes, even with the company that offers "encrypted" storage. Don't trust their encryption, use your own.
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EXPERT LEVEL - Encrypt containers and hidden containers.

What if you want to encrypt several files and keep them all together in like a folder or container? That's where Veracrypt comes in. Free, open source, cross platform, and powerful.

Veracrypt allows you to create encrypted containers from any file that act like individual drives that can be mounted or unmounted as needed. You can name these files anything that you want, move them around or delete like any file, and make as many as you want. This allows you to have compartmentation of your files and drives.

Next trick, Veracrypt allows you to create a hidden container inside that container. Enter one passphrase and you open the encrypted container. Enter a different passphrase and you open a different hidden container.

This allows deniability. When they grab you and start pulling your fingernails off until you tell them the password to open the encrypted container, give it to them. They don't have to know that there is another hidden one under that.

These features allow you to do all sorts of interesting things only limited by your need and imagination.

What if you have a container named as some random config file in your /etc folder? What if you just encrypted a removable storage drive? What if you have multiple hard drives on your computer that have multiple containers and hidden containers? What if you have a hidden container that can only be accessed from booting up in a amnesiac OS like Tails leaving no trace that the files exist or trail that they were ever accessed? Go crazy, have fun.
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NEMO - Failsafe

Nemo has no files, encrypted or otherwise. If they did you couldn't prove it. Nemo does use something like Tails that retains no memory from boot to boot.

Nemo also uses a failsafe. A simple lanyard attached to the flashdrive running the OS and the other end around their wrist while they work. When you try to separate them from the computer the flashdrive pulls out and everything is gone.
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Using these programs you can create a layered and compartmentlized approach to your encryption scheme. There are also plenty of other encryption programs to check out such as Cryptomator, AES Crypt, etc
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Last point and most important:
Encryption is only as good as the passphrase you use to lock it down. Use a shitty password and it doesn't matter how uncrackable your encryption is.


Love it. But can you do a freedom mask, with 58k underneath?


One cannot permanently surpass 58k until they have learned to fully accept 58k.

Only once we accept that bitcoin is a decentralized 58k stablecoin, can it fail at being a 58k stablecoin. https://image.nostr.build/2f753c2ccf62c7130dcdc18a316f5080a087b4da71f200b6a782a257f8df865b.jpg


I need to do the same. Not that I need a change, but my bitcoin-denominated wages have fallen faster than I'd like over the past year...


Applying to fiat jobs like a madman today. Need a change😎

If anyone has a need for enterprise b2b sales experience and is hiring let me know! #hirestr #jobstr


There is no red. There is no blue.

There is only brrrr. https://image.nostr.build/5092e26a2ee339615ead21b71885d4b43b9e54165bfa2b0d7516d4f959705890.jpg

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Nah it's all about blue hair if you really want to throw them off
https://m.primal.net/KdGp.jpg


Reading you loud and clear! Welcome to nostr! https://image.nostr.build/e5519d2aa76c41f7d4d504470fae7136b592dfb5438e97f809fd4a24c32165e8.jpg


I think it’s very unlikely that ETFs are lying at this stage. Instead, there have been plenty of long-term holders selling bitcoin on exchanges, offsetting a lot of those ETF inflows. Many of them are even selling and then buying into the ETFs. My main concern with the ETFs is mainly that 1) wanting to leave them and move into bitcoin is a taxable event and 2) the US government could prevent future withdraws of real bitcoin from this whole financialized stack.


All I care is that I end September with more sats than I entered it with.


Who’s a good mascot?
https://i.nostr.build/DDIlOMiwdbCc3qY7.jpg


The only thing better than dogs, are bitcoin/nostr dogs.


Gary (paraphrasing): "I blame bitcoiners for not selling it [Bitcoin]well enough, and teaching me what it was. They cost me a billion dollars."

Also Gary: "It's not my job to orange-pill my brother!"

https://fountain.fm/episode/xk1AGzlTrfJcQxhJG8CT

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If you are class of 2021 or later, you have no excuse.


Helped a friend receive their first Bitcoin yesterday with a Coldcard Q + Sparrow setup. This next generation of Bitcoiners has so many amazing tools and resources at their disposal... The future is looking bright. 🫡 🌅

🙏❤ nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 and nostr:npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2


Yo brother, thanks for showing me the way. Let's learn, fuck FB🤭

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We still love you.


I am currently sitting underneath an overturned couch, listening to nostr:nprofile1qqs8spcgqfgzxkcnerak0t40xs8jfsecgkeywrnam3lvp4qvqp5zv3gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhslcfx3t, while watching carpet installers do their thing.

#JustBitcoinThings https://image.nostr.build/e7d9c783fc46ee0a230221192abeaaab8e2c9cba590624e3ae6b3586ea8cf59b.jpg


I know many people want me to be “the progressive bitcoiner” guy to reach the left. I keep trying to stick it out, but I have to move on at the end of this year. I’m exhausted.

A huge segment of the left see “Bitcoin” and just aren’t here yet to get it.

I hope with rebooting money they’ll still be able to learn, and that it can even be a bigger thing and platform. I just can’t be “that guy” any more when I don’t believe and am quite repulsed by our current failed political, two party system in the U.S. Bitcoin is a paradigm shift, there’s no pretending it’s not.

Doesn’t mean rebooting money won’t be a place for mainstream, normal audiences! But I hope it can appeal to a wide audience, and not pretend to be steeped in current politics that are so petty and small and a huge distraction compared to what I hope for the future to be.


Absolutely love this price chop

I never imagined 3y ago I would be able to stack so much sats


"She's not a good person..."
"...[she's] the best on bluesky."

Yeah... I think I'll just stick to nostr then... https://image.nostr.build/872cf4784437460a7164765f6baccdb6b4e1dcbd5602cda0a97bba1b0ee8a968.jpg


"The Nostr Protocol"

A simplified illustration of how the Nostr protocol works, below the clients, above the relays.

30 x 30 cm, colored wood in shadow gap frame.

PAO - physical art only

more: https://kanuto.io/art

https://kanuto.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Nostr-protocol-01.jpg
https://kanuto.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Nostr-protocol-02.jpg


#coffeechain ☕

https://image.nostr.build/ef3a2bbb594f878c0deb6b4121a9f849bf474336aae787ea7d9cc35e5f4988e7.jpg


GM

https://image.nostr.build/690fb92c6a5a6ff9be651eda7496ea9a210e93249e21e6fcb67c0eca8a7e1cf5.jpg


PV!


Want to increase your opsec?

Dye your hair pink.

They'll never suspect you hodl bitcoin. https://image.nostr.build/10b50579fbc86a8f700bb459334765c17f579d8c5db1b8eb7f1a916eeb383658.jpg


Normalize not knowing who you're paying.


They're quite a patriotic lot. But they don't even know about nostr, and it being a Brazilian protocol.