Nothing is free. Well done valuing your time.


A timely message.

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Now is that part of the revolution.


Can you explain your definition of idolatry?


Looking forward to hearing how it goes!


I think I understand what you’re saying. Perhaps we have slightly different definitions of the word grind.


I’m liking water cooling over immersion. Something about messing with hot oil that just feels like too much. Zeus might have water block kits for s9s.


I’d like to think it’s possible to keep moving without grinding. Less grind, more flow.


Keen eye. You’re right, it’s a standard j pro that I outfitted with a water jacket from Zeus mining.


Today’s adventures in the woods: turning an S19j pro into a water heater. Been working on this for awhile. The maiden voyage is a success. Eventually this contraption will be powered by the sun during the day, pumping its heat into a water tank to provide space and water heat at night.

Keep winning, friends.
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Turns out we are the rage algo…


Stay safe and ungovernable.


Few.


Magic.


No one is better at fixing your problems than you are.


Exhaustion as a status symbol. Grinding. Busyness. They’re all old energies. They’re not getting us where we want to go.

The new economy is born out of rest, vitality, curiosity, and abundance. Let’s get to it.

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I trade my freshly roasted coffee for sats at local meetups and through the mail.


Send to Muun, then to my wallet of choice


A righteous combo, to be sure.


The exercises in this book were very helpful in reducing/eliminating my lower back and hip pain.

Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain

https://a.co/d/d8SlRAS


This is how we do it.

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It is! I’ve been experimenting with it. If it feels like grinding I’m doing it wrong.


I’ve come to the same conclusion.


Announcing Rev. Hodl's Applied Permaculture Class
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Saturday October 12 - Baroda, MI - 100k sats

Learn how to apply permaculture to any lifestyle to build sovereignty, resilience, and wealth in this half day class. I will detail how I apply the permaculture ethics and principles to homesteading, share how I build resilience in my wealth with the 8 forms of capital, and illuminate the connections between Bitcoin and permaculture. After the learning about applied permaculture, eat lunch prepared with fresh food grown on the homestead. After lunch I will give a full homestead tour showcasing living examples to see the ethics and principles of permaculture in action. You will leave with a full understanding of permaculture and the inspiration to apply it to your life in any situation.

Saturday October 12, 2024 10am (approximate location Baroda, Michigan)
Tickets - 100k sats
21 tickets available
To purchase tickets direct message

I will also host a fireside bitcoin meetup at the homestead 7pm Friday October 11 open to all.

Lodging available Friday/Saturday night
Free camping
Book the house (4 beds/6 guest max)
Book the yurt (queen bed/2 guests max)
Book the tiny house (queen bed/2 guests max)
DM for details and pricing on lodging

Weekend Schedule

Friday October 11
Check in and Fireside Bitcoin Meetup
3pm earliest check in for those staying overnight
(No plans for dinner, do your own thing)
7pm Fireside bitcoin meetup (byob)

Saturday October 12
Rev. Hodl's Applied Permaculture
10am Permaculture Presentation
12pm Homestead Lunch
1pm Permaculture in action tour
3pm Wrap up and Networking


Getting ready to pull mine back out for the same purpose.


Welcome to the wild world of home mining! I look forward to hearing about what you find.


Yum…


Is there a place you have shared your thoughts?


How can they change?


This is the reimagining of economics we need.


Basking in the glory of any part of nature’s bounty is a powerful antidote to many maladies.


Been dabbling in the sauna // cold plunge combo. It a treat.


This one is tricky for me. I feel the tension between the physical impulse to preserve my own life with the desire to be the one that violence ends with. Not that I will end all violence, but that I will not respond to violence with violence, even if it costs me my life.


I tend to lean toward individual sovereignty as the ideal. In my view, evil occurs when I force another to comply to my will, as I have set myself up as their god, judging that they should live by my ideals.

Two areas I can think of where this gets tricky are with young children who depend on others to keep them safe, and in matters of self defense. In matters between adults who are respectful of each others’ bodily autonomy I struggle to find a case where violence is justified.

I welcome your thoughts on the matter.


To be clear, I believe justice is necessary. It clearly doesn’t work to roll over and let abusive humans perpetuate violence on defenseless humans.

I think our current systems equate justice with violence. I don’t think they are the same.

So we need a new paradigm for dispensing justice without perpetuating violence. Systems that more accurately reflect value (BTC) seem like a good place to start.

I’ve got lots of questions and very few answers. Thanks for being willing to thoughtfully engage.


A logical position that many hold. I think we can do better, even if we haven’t been successful at it yet.


I’d like to see them eradicated by reformation rather than obliteration. Not sure the current level of human consciousness is ready to allow that as a possibility.


This happened to me and they never reinstated my ability to withdraw. Ended up selling it and buying on another exchange a bit at a time, withdrawing as I went. Caveat emptor.


What opportunities are you seeing?

I’ve been contemplating a homestead system that turns biomass into heat, biochar, and electricity.


I think about this almost every day right now.


Three years ago I was burned out. I let go of pretty much everything but my family. Over time I’m discovering that much of what seemed indispensable was a distraction from what I really wanted. May you find your path to peace and joy.


A dream it is.


This is the way.


I think it’s a matter of time before you can buy a bitcoin powered water heater at Lowes.


There is tremendous opportunity for decentralizing hashrate through miner heat reuse in all kinds of applications, both domestic and commercial. People are already using miners to heat their homes and water, amongst other uses. In places where heat was already provided by electricity, the bitcoin earned from mining is essentially a rebate on the energy cost.

It seems likely that large miners who rely on cheap power to stay profitable will continue to struggle with each halving, while those who are clever about leveraging miners to provide low grade heat will successfully stack sats without worry.

This is a decentralizing trend that I don’t see discussed much in mainstream circles yet.


I’m a fan of the versatility of rv fridges. Ours runs on both ac and propane. Not sure how they compare on efficiency with the sundanzer. I like them as well.


Any resources you could point me to for alternative refrigeration?


I just started some logs with shiitake, lions mane, olive oysterling, and chestnut. I’m hoping they will produce tastiness for a few years.


I’m a newb myself, but I’ve found fieldforest.net to be a helpful resource.


That’s how I’ve seen it in the past, and from a purely financial perspective that makes sense. Lately I’ve been paying a lot more attention to where my energy goes and I’ve begun to wonder if I want to give my energy to the system in that way.

There are pitfalls to borrowing from friends and family. I’ve also experienced and seen it done in ways that were far more meaningful and beautiful than anything I’ve experienced with a bank loan.


I would much rather borrow money from people I know than participate in the very system I am attempting to escape.


Fair enough.


Many bitcoiners are also cash poor. People do the best they know.


I view debt as spending tomorrow’s productivity today. Through debt we have access to resources we couldn’t have used otherwise. We use today what we work to pay for tomorrow.


Thank you, my friend.


A few weeks ago we found an old claw foot tub on Facebook Marketplace. We placed it in the forest and it’s currently where we hot tub and cold plunge. I plan to add a shower. Versatile, practical, and luxurious. A beautiful addition to our abundant life.

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Time for that mass conscientious objection.


Not enough talk of this, in my opinion.


Seems to me that anyone who spends their time as they please is wealthy, regardless of their material possessions.


The other night they cuddled up on a branch instead of in the coop.
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Completely agree.


Right now vegetables and chickens.


An ability to grow food.


Do miles to a Great Lake count?


I roast the coffee I drink every morning. I also enjoy roasting for other folks who find value in what I do. These babies are going to friends at a meetup I attend. The next batch could be coming to you.

Coffee for plebs, roasted by plebs. This is the circular economy I want. Get in touch if you’d like to participate.
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Something like this?

https://heatmine.net/


Would love to read such an article as well.


An apt observation.

This can be applied to many domains. I shudder when I remember how often I’ve followed the siren song of “changing the world” without first changing my world.


Yes.


I did like how easy it was to point hash toward Ocean. No KYC with Luxor besides email.


All wallet payout addresses are publicly visible on ocean’s website. Not a dealbreaker for me, just gives me pause.


ASICS accept a voltage range, starting around 12v to slightly above 14v. My understanding is that charge controllers in the tuner regulate voltage to the acceptable range, and the tuner dynamically tunes the chips for desired performance based on incoming voltage.

I successfully ran an s9 on a 24v system. Depending on your system specs, it’s possible you could run your asic on your current system on sunny days when you have excess electricity.


Thanks!


Not seriously. Kind of turned off by the public address display. What do you like about it?


That miner is currently pointed to Luxor’s pool.


Always down for that as well.


I’ll send you coffee for sats.


The solar hasher wakes up with the sun and goes to work. Passive income and heat generated by prepaid electricity. The future is now.


A line from the sun is a helpful way to think about it!


I have the tuner set to maximize runtime, which has resulted in around 20Th of hash. I’m still gathering data about how much runtime I can expect in different weather conditions. I’m definitely looking to increase the output of my panels to get as many Th as I can.  The sats are stacking slowly, but there’s room for growth.


Thanks for the ideas. Tilting them seems to be the easiest thing to try to improve output. We shall see!


Glad to hear it! I posted to encourage people who are interested.


My journey to mining bitcoin from electricity created by the sun began last year on a mountain in Tennessee. At the time, my family was living off grid, exploring what it was like to take a step out of the regularly scheduled societal program and into a life of greater connection to the natural world and the people around us. We were living well with the sun as our source of electricity. So well, in fact, that there were many days that our batteries were topped off well before noon, which meant that our solar panels were capable of harvesting much more energy than we needed. I’d been hearing that bitcoin miners are really good at soaking up and monetizing excess energy, so I took a look at our system’s capacity and the miner options available. I discovered that Bitmain’s S9 miner was plug and play ready for my application, and it only cost $125. It was perfect as a low risk way to learn more about home mining and an easy way to test what it was like to mine on solar. I started plugging in the miner on sunny days after the batteries had reached full charge and it worked! I was turning the extra solar capacity into hard money. I was hooked and began dreaming of ways to optimize the system. Before long, I discovered an online community of home miners who were tinkering with all sorts of interesting ways to use miners to add value to their lives. In particular, I was intrigued by the work of nostr:npub17h5wenqrfy4hym0zg5kqytraa7zmcqm9ehw4yxmexd2yyhukq8vsuj88mq  , who builds a tuner that allows a modified S19 series miner to run on 12v dc current straight from solar panels. This increases efficiency by eliminating the AC-DC power supply miners require when running from AC power sources. I purchased a tuner box from Dirty in November and began assembling the necessary components to build a completely off-grid solar mine. This week marked the maiden voyage of the system. As with any project that pushes the boundaries of what has previously been done, the road has been bumpy and winding. What follows is my attempt to get into writing the process, challenges, and successes of this project, both as a reference for future me and as inspiration and information to anyone who is curious about mining bitcoin with solar.

Before embarking on this project, I identified the following goals:

	1.	To invest capital in energy independence and resilience.
	2.	To expand my experiential capital in both solar systems and bitcoin mining.
	3.	To setup a relatively passive income stream that reduces the ROI of the solar system.
	4.	To harvest the heat from the miner to supplement home space heating.

I don’t currently live in a home that I’m able to add a solar system to, so I had to get creative. Fortunately, I found a family member who was willing to host the system in exchange for the supplemental heat from the miner. I have designed it so we can move it when we move to property where we have more space. The system is an asset that should bear fruit for decades.

The system is composed of the following components:

	1.	Solar panels. Due to the design, 12v panels are necessary for maximum utilization of electricity produced. Technically, higher voltage panels will work, but they will be limited to a fraction of their maximum output because the miner requires 12v supply. 12v panels are more difficult to find. I got mine on eBay. I started with 3 Kw of capacity, which is around the maximum draw of my miner. This doesn’t mean the panels will produce 3 kW. We’ll get to that in a bit.
	2.	Miner. Currently the firmware for the tuner supports Bitmain’s S19 series miners. I went with a j Pro 100Th machine.
	3.	Solar tuner box. This is where the magic happens, adjusting the power sent to the miner based on what’s available from the panels and batteries.
	4.	Batteries. 400ah of 12v lithium.
	5.	Racking. I spent a lot of time putting together racking that was as cost effective as possible while meeting aesthetic and functional needs.
	6.	Wiring, fuses, breakers, connectors. Due to the length of my runs, this required upsizing my wire.

Challenges in setting up the system:

	1.	Panel placement. The roof I have access to faces east/west. This is not ideal. After careful consideration, I decided to place panels on each slope of the roof. My hope was to capture more hours of sun rather than focussing on peak power production. The jury is still out on whether this was a good idea.
	2.	Wire run. Low voltage systems do best with short wire runs because of the expense of running wire gauges that are large enough to safely carry the amps the panels produce. The constraints of my system required wire runs of up to 45ft., which meant I had to upsize my wire gauge. This was expensive.
	3.	Setting up the tuner box. This was mostly due to my limited technical knowledge. I was learning how to setup and operate a solar system, a bitcoin miner, and the tuner all at the same time. There’s a learning curve. I spent a couple of days foiled by a bad sd card. Slow and steady wins the race.

After running the system for a few days, some things are becoming apparent:

	1.	The solar panels seem to be the limiting factor right now. In full sun they harvest around 750w, which is 25% of their rated maximum. My current hypothesis is that panel placement is largely to blame. The panels are flat on the roof, facing east and west. I knew this wasn’t ideal, but it seems to be even less so than I hoped. The next step is to try tilting the panels south as much as I can. Production should improve as we enter the summer months and the earth’s axis shifts to bring the sun higher in the sky, striking the panels more directly.  I will need to make improvements if I expect to hash over the winter. There is enough space on current racking to add another panel or two, so that is another option for adding watts.
	2.	Current battery capacity will only extend runtime marginally. It works well if the sun is momentarily obstructed by clouds, but if I want extended runtimes when the sun is down I’ll need to add batteries.
	3.	Turning extra electricity into heat and BTC is fun! I see lots of potential to keep tweaking the system for maximum efficiency.

Questions? Ask away.

#solar #mining #plebminer #offgrid
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Totally down to trade for pork. Might be able to arrange in person trade if you’re in the Midwest.


I’ll trade coffee. What you got?


Didn’t have to imagine it. It was fine.


Amazing results from DIY Bitcoin mining maple sap reverse osmosis system.
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This reverse osmosis maple sap concentration system utilizes an immersion Bitcoin mining heating loop to improve the efficiency of the system by heating the maple sap before it passed through a reverse osmosis filter. The immersion mining system uses canola oil as the dielectric fluid!
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Now that I've had a chance to run several hundred gallons of sap through the system I've have everything pretty dialed in. Depending on the ambient temperature and sap temperature the system is able to concentrate the sap 30-50% faster than before without the immersion mining heating loop. Additionally, the sap is getting concentrated to 7 brix in one pass vs 6 brix which means removing even more water before boiling than before.
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The canola oil immersion mining heating loop is providing a 25% rebate on the power usage of the total system after upgrading the vanilla s9 hashboard to an s9j hashboard. So, the system process the sap faster saving time, removes more water saving propane/fuel and boiling time, and it pays a Bitcoin rebate on the power usage. By adding the immersion mining heating loop I've massively expanded the capacity of my existing maple sugaring equipment.

Because the mining system is temporary and I didn't have access to Bitcool or something similar for the dielectric fluid, the canola oil was a cheap readily available alternative. It has been working well with no noticable degradation.

There are some downsides to the system. First I lost a control board because I splashed sap on it. Then I lost two batches of concentrated sap. The heater gets the sap warm promoting the fermentation process, so I wasn't able to start boiling the sap quickly enough in the warmer weather. The bottleneck of the process is definitely at the boiling stage now.

This system can be built for less than $700 and is more efficient than similar systems costing over $2500... Necessity is the mother of invention as they say.

#homesteading #permaculture #permies #maplesyrup #maplesugaring #meshtadel #grownostr #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #homemining #plebminer
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Where can I learn more about sats flow?


sounds interwesting. where can I learn more?


Earning bitcoin has been a helpful hedge against fear of scarcity. If I want greater flows, I know I need to work harder and/or smarter. The market rewards value.


I think about this regularly. I'm glad to see you're thinking about it too.


I started with an S9 running Braiins OS, which allowed me to tune the miner to use only the excess electricity my panels produced. I ran the miner on sunny days after our batteries were fully charged.

I’m in the process of building a direct-dc solar system that will run an s19 directly from the panels without the need for a power supply. I'll be running the heat from the miner into the home ductwork. Running direct dc is supposed to increase efficiency. I’ll see how efficient it is when I get it running, hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

My experience with solar mining has been really positive so far. nostr:npub1f5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajs7gwt3z  has a thread on here about his solar mining experiences that might be a helpful resource. The Home Mining Wizards Telegram group has a lot of folks who know lots about mining in general.


Mining takes a lot of power, so mining 24hrs/day on solar takes lots of batteries. I've had success mining on solar on sunny days after the batteries are fully charged. If you can use the heat from the miner it's even better. Solar mining can be a way to significantly reduce the roi on a solar system.


Verifying my Nostr Nests identity: 8dMNGB4142hNxgvV-ObCeXWGLQQyyH5kcGY17bvuo8w
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exactly.


yes, there is new issuance but the printing schedule is known, auditable, and decreasing over time.


Tearing out old tile. Some broke. most are still in decent shape. I'm thinking there should be some use for them. Do you nostriches have ideas?

#asknostr #buildstr
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I buy tangible things with btc.


"without well-being many other forms of capital cease to have value. "

Can confirm.

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Dialing in that morning brew.

One thing I love about coffee is the complexity of flavors available to those who are willing to tinker. One way I like to play with flavor is by adjusting the strength and extraction yield of my brews.

Strength is simply how much coffee is in the cup, measured as a percentage of total dissolved solids (TDS). Standard drip coffee usually falls in the 1-2% range. Espesso is much stronger, say 7-12%. Strength tends to vary in various cultures around the world.

Extraction yield, also expressed as a percentage, is how much of the coffee grounds have been extracted into the cup. If I brew a cup of coffee using 20g of beans  and end up with 20% extraction yield, I have dissolved 4g of those beans into the brew. The preferred extraction yield varies a bit by roast style and consumer preference, but in general people all over the world tend to prefer extraction yields in the 18-22% range.

I personally prefer my morning pourover with a strength of around 1.3-1.35% TDS and an extraction yield between 20-20.5%. I've arrived at these numbers after years of tasting and tracking the measurements of my tastiest brews.

The device I use to measure my coffee is called a refractometer. Refractometers can be used to measure how light passes through aqeous solutions and are also used to measure the concentration of sugar in fruit, among other things. The one I use is made specifically for coffee.

You don't need a refractometer to play with strength and extraction, however. Adjust strength by changing the amount of beans you brew while keeping your water weight constant. Change extraction yield by adjusting grind size (you do have a quality burr grinder, yes?). Finer grinds lead (in general) to higher extractions (more flavors).   Courser grinds generally lead to lower extractions. Extract too little and your brew might taste acidic and weak with no sweetness and a finish that dies quickly. Extract too much and your brew might be astringent and bitter with a thin body. I shoot for a balanced cup with nice acidity and sweetness that lingers pleasantly on my palate. Use your pleasure as your guide.

Questions? Send’em to me.

#coffeechain #learnstr
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How do I view it? All I see is a bunch of gibberish.


Are these the posts you're looking for?
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1. The weather has cleared and warmed up, so I'm back at working on the direct-dc solar mine. I got the racking installed and ready to receive panels next week. I went with Ironridge Flashvue mounts and channel strut from Menard's for the rails. This was the most cost effective solution I found that still met my aesthetic and safety desires. I'm starting with 3kw of solar, with enough racking to be able to add another panel or two if I decide I want more capacity down the road. The panels will directly power an S19j pro when the sun is shining via a magic box built by @Dirtyshotya. The box dynamically adjusts hashrate based on the power received from the panels. I'll be tying the miner into the home's ductwork, so we'll put the heat the miner produces to use as well. The way I see it, I've prepurchased my electricity and will be repaid over time in BTC mined + reduced heating costs in the winter. Eventually I hope to also use the miner to preheat water going into the water heater. Repurposing the miner heat for as many tasks as possible will help reduce the ROI on this system.

2. I spent more time in the woodshop this week. I have a membership at a local makers' space and I try to spend a day there every week working on various projects. This week another member offered to spend some time teaching me how to use the cnc machine. We made a small serving tray. I look forward to digging deeper into cnc in the coming weeks.

3. Last week I built a hood to vent smoke outside when I roast coffee. In addition to roasting for Mrs. Bitmeyer and myself, I’ve been roasting coffee and trading it for BTC at a couple of meetups I attend. It was rewarding to give the hood a try this week. It worked quite well and my family was grateful that the house was relatively free from roast smoke. Plus, I get a lot of satisfaction from using something that I designed and built. Winning!

4. I’ve been working on a grid pattern for another project and I ended up with some sheets of paper that my family wanted to use as coloring pages, so we made it into a coloring contest, with each of us coloring our own page(s). We had a lot of fun making our sheets together. Now we have a small gallery that we are enjoying looking at. We called it a contest, but I think we’re all winners.

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Bring back producers.

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New world being built.

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let's keep Dollywood out of this.


I think it's worth a read.


what's going on with Tesla?


a modern priest, perhaps


dreamy


sometimes imperfection in a part leads to perfection in the whole.


I hear that. there's value in those flames!


this is v fascinating. for years I've been mulling over integrating woodgas into my energy resilience system, but positioning it as part of a forest management as a service program is super cool.


so basically a combine for the forest?


earning in bitcoin is more satisfying for me than earning in fiat.  values aligned.

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can confirm. this is the way.


nice. over here it's a washed Guatemala. nothing beats that fresh roasted goodness.


what beans are you pulling this morn?


talk is easy. we'll see what he does.


*yet*


you do you.


~2/3 of a shirt, at least


as we say in permaculture, "one is zero and 2 is one." been thinking I want some spares around myself.


sometimes this happens to mine, but so far it's come back when i restart the miner.


It might.


My favorite day of the month! This Thursday is the SWMI bitcoin meetup. Come for excellent discussion, drinks, and a variety of high quality goods like dairy products and coffee. If you have something to sell, bring it along!
https://www.meetup.com/michigan-bitcoin-meetup/events/298461510/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link


beautiful solution for beautiful axes.


Belief.


comfort food done right. 🔥


Nutella


I'm not exactly sure, but I think it involves running a vga cable from your ETF console to your nostr relay.


To all my fans:
Thank you. May the blessed richness of cheesecake envelope you in its sweet embrace. May your notes be wise and beautiful melodies that rise to blanket the earth with abundance. May you ride through life on the sofa that is the breath of divinity. And at the end of every day, may you take a few deep breaths to remember that you are already at the party.

To all my h8ters:
Thank you. May your Toaster Strudel always turn out a smidge darker than you prefer. May your DND games be dynamic and engaging. May empathy and compassion support and embrace you like a Sleep Number mattress set to the perfect firmness. May freedom and peace accompany you as gentle and comforting reminders that you’re already at the party.

To all my ambivalents:
What’s up. May your house be blessed with exquisite fine rices from all over the world. May your toothpaste always flow from the tube like slightly softened butter. May your work be strong, thoughtful, and just. And in those moments when you find yourself chasing thoughts through your mind, may you pause to remember that you’re already at the party.


ask him if you can have until 4.20pm to decide. that's when I make my best decisions.


Yes. I've found myself repelled by any activities that send any of my energy back into the state system. Glad there are more of us.


Not today, Satan.


peacemonger

Resilience. Abundance. Sovereignty. Human flourishing. These are a few of my favorite things.


A sovereign life

Yesterday I spent the day in the woodshop, which is always a treat. I finished a cold air return grate for a family member and started work on an end table enclosure for our S9 spaceheater. Our goal for the end table is that it looks nice enough to keep in our living room while also serving as a side table. Eventually I plan to build a matching dehydrator that we can connect to the cabinet when we have things we want to preserve. Aesthetic functionality for multiple purposes is the goal.

Today I'm beginng work on a cookbook for recipes from the cafe we owned in a previous life. I'm not sure where this will lead, but both Mrs. Bitmeyer and I have been drawn to making something to commemorate that season of our life. It feels good to start excavating those memories again.

Bonus: it's snowing. I've never lived in a place with enough snow, so bring it on!
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Happy birthday!


not too late.


is that for sale on your site?


Note to self:

Beware of anyone who tries to tell you what you should eat.


ETF as bread and circuses while the state pulls shenanigans behind the scenes.


I did some reading about it last winter and came to a similar conclusion. I'm curious about how much wood it consumes per kw hr produced.


A useful but challenging line of thought to explore. Solomon had some thoughts about this back in the day.


Quality signal.

https://fountain.fm/episode/iVrD9gupSnho1mkqBfUm


How much power are you wanting to generate?


Looks like you're on the right track! Are you still working on it?


I've been intrigued with woodgas for awhile. Do you have experience with it?


Solid.


I like not having any income to tax.


thanks! I just started looking at BTCpay, but still need to spend more time wrapping my mind around how it works.


thanks! it was 🔥🔥🔥


Do you have any tips on setting up a BTC  e-commerce store?


Places I feel most comfortable investing my life force:

-knowledge and skills for myself and my family
-food and shelter security
-bitcoin
-relationships with like minded humans

Places I feel uncomfortable investing my life force:

-fiat financial markets
-real estate (other than for a primary dwelling / homestead)
-most political and religious systems

What am I missing?


This is an incredible read. I have felt this in my own life these last 4 years. What a wonderful piece of writing. https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/religion-is-the-future


Reminder to self: check these videos out.

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Such a masterpiece.


beautiful


this seems likely to me.


already // not yet


A doodle to wish you a happy New Year.

#happynewyear #artstr
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I felt  very uncomfortable receiving that money. Also, it was very helpful to my family in that season. It ultimately pushed me more fully to btc, so I guess there's that.


Only the joy of nature so far. You?


can confirm: trading coffee I roasted for sats is much more satisfying than trading coffee I roasted for fiat.

fiat never feels like enough. I find myself thankful for any sats I stack.

think I'll keep doing it.


I see you.
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An ocean a day keeps the ai at play.


Make the things you want to exist!


A breakfast to fuel the revolution.

#waffles #coffeechain
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Not the first time someone has noted my stench.


Wishing you all a Christmas filled with abundance and joy.


Call it a New Reformation. Call it a Modern Galt’s Gulch. I don't want a fight. Leave me to my sovereignty. And I’ll leave you to yours.

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Literal high time preference decision.


Some of today’s work.

It's a tasty Guatemala with nice juicy body and a jammy sweetness with tightly structured acidity on top. I'm getting lots of chocolate, a nice selection of assorted toasted nuts, and dark cherry sweetness, particularly on the finish. I’ll  continue to tweak the profile over the next few weeks. Surely, pleasing new flavor sensations will be unleashed.
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Serving trays assembling.

I’m #blessed to get to spend time on some fun projects right now.
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The evolution of coffee-vaping hippos. Look how far we’ve come. So compact. So sleek.
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Today’s proof of work. https://image.nostr.build/a48a9c73a662288bdb3cdee6dd2f8a36f79d32a833834748c1356a8a7cc16d17.jpg https://image.nostr.build/4c50790c8dcbc8caa35ee56c76db7726035246af2c75eff6c13e35d6d8380a9a.jpg


And on the third day following commencement, we find ourselves on the home stretch. https://image.nostr.build/dc667b72d894621f081485742a82985124ac2a51e3f8dd500b7693bf74d8ee28.jpg


Kind of a pot calling the crystal vase black situation.


Good. Let them wallow in that cesspool of negativity as long as they like. We’ll be here when they’re ready to level up. I, for one, am much happier over here where the aire smells of mountains and positivity.


WE ARE SO EARLY THAT GOLD BUGS THINK GOLD IS TRADING AT AN ALL TIME HIGH WHILE WE DRINK THEIR MILKSHAKE.

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nostr:npub1f5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajs7gwt3z had a great point on nostr:npub14kw5ygpl6fyqagh9cnrytyaqyacg46lzkq42vz7hk8txdk49kzxs04j7y0 which aligns with the #NostrNovember movement.

Instead of always trying to orange pill normies, focus more attention on activating existing plebs to get more involved locally.

Nurture what we already have as we tackle this next halving cycle.

With a strong local foundation and the historical fiat / BTC bull run the normies will come and it’s best we have a system in place to field them.

Creating a local scene will empower and encourage newcomers.

#PurpleDecember should be about reflecting on our personal growth this past year (The Great Hatchening) and how Nostr has fortified community…. Using this experience to inspire and activate as many plebs as we can who aren’t already fully purple pilled.


Love that rage


Running. Such good. Such delight.


I came back in time to take advantage of these great exchange rates.


Depending on your needs, if you can run some or all of your stuff straight off of dc, you can save/eliminate your need for an inverter. Lights on dc are easy, and you can get fridges and freezers they run straight dc.


We’re on the same page.


If you’re somewhat handy (or are willing to learn) it’s much more cost effective to build it yourself. Depending on your needs and budget, you can start small and expand as your means and needs change.


My calculation for mining profitability takes the following into account:

1. Value of heat recovered
2. Current and future value of block reward
3. Value of non-Kyc sats
4. Value of satisfaction in participation in securing the network

For me profitability is not exclusively calculated in monetary terms.


You’re getting spam sats? Sign me up!


I keep throwing it out there as my preferred payment method. It’ll happen someday…


#blessed


Yes! I’d definitely want to be able to also burn wood. Love this.


I love RMHs. Well done!

I’ve wondered about integrating an asic or two into a RMH as a way to capture heat from solar powered ASICS during the day and store it for nighttime use. It might be more efficient to run immersion and capture heat into a big water tank, but the simplicity of storing heat in solid mass intrigues me. Do you have any thoughts on that idea?


Looking forward to digging into girard.


How we communicate with each other has a huge effect on the types of relationships we have. I’ve found Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg to be an evergreen North Star in my journey toward life giving interactions.

You have any communication book recommendations?


Anybody use yeticold to setup a multisig wallet?


I appreciate your willingness to dialogue. I completely agree that the intent of the author is of utmost importance in understanding a text.

I take issue with your assessment that I am my own god. I don’t believe this. I believe each of us contain some element of divinity. Essentially what animates us and gives us life. I believe there’s scripture that alludes to this, but I don’t remember the passage right now.

I also agree that we shouldn’t read scripture and twist it to our own benefit. I’m curious, what tools do you use to help you interpret what you read well?


It’s more nuanced than that for me. I view the Bible as a text to be wrestled with. It’s never worked as a rule book, especially to hold over others who don’t start from the same assumptions. Again, I come back to fruit. How does my reading of scripture express itself in how I treat myself and those around me? If it leads to more life and peace, perfect. If it leads to disconnection and violence (physical or verbal), no good.

You’re free to interpret scripture as you see fit. In fact, I believe you owe it to yourself. I hope however you interpret it leads to more peace and joy in your life.


Heard. I’ve believed that in the past. It didn’t produce fruit for me. So far, assuming divinity in all does.


I like Brene Brown’s delineation between guilt and shame. Shame says “I am bad.” Guilt says “I did a bad thing.” In my experience, I act destructively when operating out of shame and constructively when operating from guilt. This framework has been really helpful to me when processing times that I acted out of alignment with my values.

I’d like to see a world where everyone is secure in their innate “goodness” but ready and willing to admit when they’ve acted poorly and take necessary steps to make amends. So less shame, more guilt.


I agree with this.


I would say we live in a guilt deficit. People behave poorly and don’t know how to process the guilt of their behavior, which leads to shame.


Respectfully disagree. I believe shame is a huge driver of all sorts of maladaptive and harmful behaviors. Totally agree that people behave poorly and want to see us treat each other better. But perhaps we have different definitions of shame. Care to share yours?


In my experience many of us carry enough shame for a lifetime. Might be why he can’t understand to begin with.


I’d like to talk to Bitcoiners who discovered Christianity through Bitcoin or Bitcoin through Christianity. DM me if you’re willing to talk about how you connect the two.


Phoenix


I keep mulling over how government+ai could capture bitcoin and use it against freedom. Constantinople co-opted Christianity and turned it into a tool of oppression when he realized he could use it for his purposes. How might it happen again?


Can relate.


Do you ship?


So much yum.


Lol, looks can deceive.


Beautiful


Yes.


Cause it feel good!