Bitcoin isn't just a cryptocurrency; it's a revolution. As traditional financial systems show their cracks and governments grapple with economic challenges, Bitcoin stands tall as a beacon of decentralization and freedom. Each episode will delve deep into the world of Bitcoin, exploring its potential to liberate individuals from the shackles of centralized monetary systems.

"Bitcoin isn't just a cryptocurrency; it's a revolution. As traditional financial systems show their cracks and governments grapple with economic challenges, Bitcoin stands tall as a beacon of decentralization and freedom."

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"We're thrilled to introduce our brand-new podcast: Propaganda Daily. In an age where information is power, and power is increasingly centralized, we're here to challenge the status quo and bring you the untold stories of the digital age."

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Do they still make vaccines?


The part about stuff going on sale and the fact that computers & TV's keep getting cheaper, yet people still buy them was fire.


I took a film class in college and we spent a considdrable amount of time discussing Tarantino's foot fetish.

His movies have many foot scenes like this one from Pulp Fiction.

https://i.nostr.build/thumb/jqQE.png


What about chocolate chip cookies?


"The Bitcoin holder base is as strong as ever – Bitcoiners in the developed world can’t stack enough of it and people in hyperinflating countries increasingly rely on it for essential purchases. We believe the time is right to break out of our niche and expand Bitcoin’s global circular economy."

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SatsCrap uses bitcoin for payments and listing collateral to facilitate transactions while maintaining user privacy. Anyone with an internet connected device and bitcoin can sell any legal item and receive payment in KYC-free sats. No registration, login, or bank accounts are involved.

"Anyone with an internet connected device and bitcoin can sell any legal item and receive payment in KYC-free sats. No registration, login, or bank accounts are involved."

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"SatsCrap uses bitcoin for payments and listing collateral to facilitate transactions while maintaining user privacy. Anyone with an internet connected device and bitcoin can sell any legal item and receive payment in KYC-free sats. No registration, login, or bank accounts are involved."

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This is the way. I like to ride a bike. Find a fun way to excersise.


I don't know the rules.


I'm sorry. That's a bummer.


Yeah, but he gets it now. 😀


I miss the pan wars.


I've been telling my parents about bitcoin for over 9 years. Today I told them about my mining heater.

 My wife explained the process to them. She said I make it too complicated.

My dad asked, "What company pays you?”

"There is no company. The miners get paid by a bitcoin rewards and transaction fees."

”How do you pay taxes?”

I don't know. How did you pay taxes when people paid you cash for side jobs?


It changed my time preference. I got married. I wanna be around to see my great grandchildren. I eat healthier. I don't drink anymore.


I love that kind of music. Thanks for sharing.


What's with all the nuts? Is there an app now?


I meant, why is the XRP army still a thing? I know onw of these guys in real life. He brags about being up 3x on his ripple bags.

I guess that positive reinforcement keeps him addicted.


This is my favorite time of day. It's so quiet.


Good job.


Don't buy dollars.

Buy godt cards on bitrefill


Unfunded liabilities are about 7x GDP. I'm no mathmatician, but I don't think it's possible pay that shit.


Great attitude.🤙


Sites that block VPN's drive me crazy. I also hate it when I'm not allowed to use simplelogin emails. 🤬


That's why I write my rough drafts on Standard Notes.


Woah! It looks a lot easier than it did last week.


How do you set it up?


Most people only care about the fiat exchange rate.

Focus on the price and you'll miss all the glorious beauty of bitcoin.

That's why I write about using it instead of the price.

We can already do such amazing things with the lightning network and so many people in the world are blind to it.

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Propaganda and nostr:npub1apzt88v9pt9mzwa6rgsq2ujsle4nmml478kvjkm2n8wrttd0k63q6zfqk7 doing some live podcasting
https://nostrnests.com/f41rt6


I use nostr.build for video. Maybe we need some sort of video metadata NIP.

That was a great podcast by the way.


Why is Ripple still a thing?

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ripple-acquires-fortress-trust/


https://i.nostr.build/8mLz.jpg

Why waste sats on anything else?


**In this chapter, we will go over:**

- How to order a Cold Card
- How to create a seed
- How to create BIP85 child seeds
- How to backup our seed with steel

![dont trust verify](https://cdn.nostr.build/p/JAxl.jpg)

## Think Adversarial

Cold Card Claims to " use commercial reasonable efforts to protect personal information. To that end, we use security protocols and procedures that equal or exceed industry standards."  They claim to delete your information after a certain number of days and you can ask them to delete your information if you want.  It is important to guard our personal information, when we purchase bitcoin related products. Although I believe Coin Kite and the, any have not had customer information hacked, we should take heed to  motto: "Don't Trust, Verify."

Another hardware wallet, Ledger, was hacked. The hacker obtained the email address of every Ledger customer. These emails were used for phishing attacks.The attacker sent very legit looking emails telling everyone their bitcoin was compromised and they should click this link and enter their 24 seed words into a computer.  I received these emails for months. It sounds so obvious, but many sat stackers have lost their stack by doing this. Out of thousands of people, dozens might fall for this. It's low-hanging fruit for the black hat nerds.

Some customers had their physical address compromised. Although I am unaware of any of this information being used for violence, you yon't want your address out there for every knucklehead nerd's taking.

![PO Box](https://cdn.nostr.build/p/GBxV.png)

**Ship your Cold Card to a PO BOX**  You don't even need to give them your real name and

You don't spend much time at your PO Box. Ten Dollar Wrench Tim won't be able to spot you there, but he knows exactly where to find 1234 Main Street.

**Only buy it direct from the manufacture or authorized retailers**.  Do buy the Cold Card on Coinkite.com.  Maybe buy it at Bitcoin Park, but whatever you do, Don't buy a used hardware wallet on E bay. Assume any re-sold hardware wallet is compromised and expect to lose everything if you use it.

**Note: This chapter assumes you have enough financial privilege to buy the Cold Card using a credit card or Strike or something.  If you do not have this option, You'll need to create a wallet using Green Wallet and follow the steps in the next chapter on how to get some bitcoin. You can buy the Cold Card with sats**

## Buy A Cold Card

![cold card](https://cdn.nostr.build/p/O0oO.png)

Buy a Cold Card at [https://store.coinkite.com](https://store.coinkite.com)

### What You Need:

* 1 MK4

* 1 microSD card

* 1 pencil. A pen could also work, but ink bleeds when it gets wet.

*2  Seed Plate Backups

    -One for your seed, one for your passphrase.

* Center Punch

    There are cheaper options. You could stamp your seed words into stainless steel washers, but it takes a lot of time.  Arman the Parman says he engraves binary seeds into a stainless steel spoon, but that's not an easy way. You can engrave seed words in other stainless steel plates too, if you have excellent penmanship, but those things give me writer's cramp.  The easy way to back your seed up with stell is to punch the first 4 letters of each word onto the Seed Plate Backup.

Although you only need the MK4 to store your bitcoin, I recommend making your life a little easier by also buying the following:

2 Industrial Grade Micro SD cards

    - One is used as an additional encrypted backup. You'll need the other one to broadcast transactions to the bitcoin network without plugin in your device into a computer.

Power Only C-USB Cable &

ColdPower Adapter

    - You will need to check your Cold Card periodically. The Cold Power let's you plug your Cold Card into a 9V battery.  This is not because we're so paranoid that we don't trust our electric outlets. This will make it easier to use if you keep your MK4 at a Safe Deposit box.  If you plan to keep it at home, you don't need to do this.

    You can get all of these things and an extra Cold Card buy buying the Uncle Jim bundle, but you probably don't need two MK4s.

Security envelopes with Security tape

    -You'll know your seed was for your eyes only.

    Casino Dice

        - Yahtzee dice probably work, but I prefer casino dice because the casinos are not in the business of losing money due to faulty randomness.

    ## Set Up Your Cold Card

    I wrote a blog post about [how to set up a Cold Card with no trust at all](https://blogstack.io/naddr1qqyrxvp5xs6n2dpeqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hsygr4hu34xxhflxxx9x2m5pcereygat28t96nw8tr6l0ag677r0agj5psgqqqw4rs2prsk6).  blog. This is not the easy way. In this chapter, we will use entropy from the cold card, combined with dice rolls. It requires some trust, but it is much easier, and using air gaped computers drastically reduces our security if we chose to have no trust.

    Step 1 Pick Up your Cold Card from Your PO Box.

    - Go home.

    - Carefully Open the shipping bag.

    - Inspect the security bag for any tampering.  The security bag is what the Cold Card comes in. Look at the print on the bag. This is not necessary for security, but it looks so cool.

		![cold card clip](https://i.nostr.build/eq5G.png)

There are many tutorials on how to set up your cold card. You can also watch videos on YouTube.  Ben has a lot of these videos on his BTCSessions channel.  Matt Odell has a guide too. Even with all of these guides, it's a good idea to read the official [Cold Card Docs](https://coldcard.com/docs/beginner).  Since the purpose o this book is to teach you how to store bitcoin in easy baby steps, we will not go over some of the advanced features such as:

* Seed XOR
* The Brick PIN
* Lock Down Seed

These are great features, but go beyond the scope of this book. You can do this, it's not that difficult, but part of the learning process is playing with a Cold Card.

The most important part is this:

https://i.nostr.build/avGq.png

We use the Cold Card to protect the seed word from prying eyes. **Remember, anyone with your seed words can spend your bitcoin**. Therefore, when you stamp your seed words into steel, you must treat that steel like a precious metal. You wouldn't just leave a gold bouillon  brick on top of your dresser. You need to keep it safe.  [Follow the steps in the Cold Card Guide.](https://coldcard.com/docs/quick) It is better than anything I can write.

You can also ![add a passphrase](https://coldcard.com/docs/passphrase). A passphrase increases security, but a good passphrase is both secure and easy-peasy. You do not want special characters, numbers and all the crap your bank asks you to create a password. You want minimize your risk of loss and complex passwords increase the risk of loss. The easy way is to use a 12 word seed phrase as a passphrase.  An easy way to do this is print out all 2048 words and choose them by hand. This technically will not work as a wallet, but that's okay. 12 random words will be secure enough for most threat models. You'll want to use words from the BIP39 list because they are already pre-spelled on the Cold Card.  This will mitigate the risk of loss from a typo or a misspelled word.

It is also a good idea to write down the fingerprint and write it down on the passphrase to make it easier for your airs to make sense of any of this.

### Wear A Tin Foil Hat

Before you plug in your sexy Cold Card, write down some of your fears. Make sure there are no computers around. Keep in mind a computer does not have to be a MacBook Pro. You have computers all around you and are unaware of this most of the time. My office has a desktop. I created a side desk using 3 computes and I have several laptops in here. My office is not the best place to create bitcoin keys, but this is obvious. The computers in my living room are not as obvious. My Smart TV is a computer.  The Roomba has a computer inside. My thermostat is a computer. I have two computes in my pocket. Many people wear a computer on their wrist.  **Be as paranoid as possible**. Put your cell phones and smart watch in another room. Assume your webcam is hacked. Assume every computer in your house is hacked. Ideally, you'll plug your Cold Card into a 9v battery using the Cold Power in a barn built by the Amish.  For most people, a bathroom will suffice.  Just make sure to remove your electric toothbrush.

### Plug It In

Plug the Cold Card into a type C charger that is plugged into a wall. Alternatively, you can use the Cold Power.  **Do Not Plug Your Cold Card Into An Internet Connected Computer** Could you?  Yeah, but we assume our Internet Computers are Pwned.  In fact, the easiest way to use the Cold Card requires no computer at all.(Well you'll need a phone which is really a pocket computer).

```"Don’t plug in any USB device that you don’t trust! There are even e-cigarettes that charge over USB that carry malware. If you wish to charge something, it’s safer to use a USB charger/adapter [for a wall outlet] rather than your computer."  Samy Kamkar, hacker quote from Tin Ferris's Tools of Titans```

###  Set Your PIN

![pin](https://i.nostr.build/6YXO.png)

* The Pin has two parts
* **Two anti-Phishing words** will be displayed after the first part. **Write these down**.
	* If you make a mistake you will see different words. If this happens, it's a good idea to start over because you only have 13 tries before the Cold Card dies. It doesn't mean you will lose your bitcoin, but you'll need to buy another device and enter your private key again.
* Set the second part of your PIN.
**
Write it down**. Memorize it. If you lose your Pin, you'll lose access to your device.

Of course, you'll be asked to verify it before you generate your keys.

### New Wallet Seed

![Cold ard 3](https://i.nostr.build/nYAd.png)

This is the Super easy way.  You just have the Cold Card make a seed for you. This requires you to trust the random number generators of the Cold Card.  I don't really think Cold Card is being malicious, but I've already given you my motto, **Think adversarial**.  You could generate a seed without trusting anyone but yourself. The problem is you need to trust yourself. A good trade off is to spin up a seed on the Cold Card and add  at least 99 dice rolls to the entropy.  this way, you get the best of both worlds, the entropy from two secure elements and the entropy of dice rolls. I use casino dice, but I don't think this is required.

Press 4 to add your own dice rolls.

**Follow the rest of Odell's Guide.**  No need to reinvent the Time Chain.

### Protect Seed Words

Once you have your 24 seed words, you need to write them down. You will be asked to enter them in again to make sure you wrote them down correctly. If not, start over. We won't put any money on it until we get it right.  **Make several copies**.  As you become more comfortable with the device, create encryupted backups onto **microSD cards**. You can keep these elsewhere. Seal them into an envelope sealed with security tape or a tamper proof bag.  Store them in several places, ideally somewhere outside of your house, but make sure it is easy to access. Do not split the seed into 4 parts. That makes it easier for you to lose your bitcoin because if you don't have all of the pieces of the seed you will HODL forever. It also decreases your security because now anyone with 18 of the words might be able to brute force the rest.  If you want to split your seed, use Seed XOR, but this is beyond the scope of this book.

### Make Steel Backup

There are several ways of doing this, but I think the cold card punch method is the easiest.  Remember, each seed word has 4 unique letters so you only need the first 4 letters to recover the seed words. The Seed Punch on the Coinkite website will save you time.  There is more than one way to skin a cat though. Here are some of my favorite ways of stamping or etching seeds.

#### M8 Washers
This is about the cheapest way I found to create steel backups, but it is time consuming.  You can [buy a jig from CryptoCloaks](https://www.cryptocloaks.com/product/blockmitjig/) or 3D print it yourself if you have a 3D printer.
The directions are on[this website](https://estudiobitcoin.com/fabrica-tu-billetera-fria-con-arandelas/). You might need to translate it.

#### Jameson Lopp Reviews

[Jameson Lopp](https://jlopp.github.io/metal-bitcoin-storage-reviews/) has stress tested most of the ways to use steel to backup your seed. Choose one with a AAAA rating.

### A Useful Advanced Feature

Once you have your Cold Card Set Up and the 24 word seed is stamped into steel, you should use the BIP85 child seed feature.  It is easy. All you need to do is navigate to:

>> Advanced Tools
>> Derive Seed  B85
>>  Read the instructions. Press 8to scroll
>>  Choose 12 or 24 words

I like to keep seeds handy to test various apps. I wrote down 10 12 word, BIP85 child seeds. I keep them sealed in an envelope until I need them.  Why? I'm a bitcoin nerd. I like to test all the new wallets.  In the next chapter, we will use one of these BIP85 seed words to enter into Samourai Wallet, a wallet focused on privacy.

Later, you will lose how to set up Phoenix Wallet a non custodial lightning wallet. If you use a BIP85 child seed for Phoenix, you won't need to etch another seed into steel. Write it down on paper. If your house burns down, you can recreate the wallet using your Cold Card Backup. No need to stamp every wallet on steel.

You can generate as many of these seeds as you want.  I think it's a good idea to write down the first 10 or 20 twelve word seed phrases and keep them in a safe place. You can use these child seeds for other online wallets like Blue Wallet, Green, Mutiny, et cetera. It takes a little time at first, but it makes things easier as you progress.

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In this chapter I teach you how to create a bitcoin seed using the Cold Card.


What happened?


*You're 🤦♂


Your welcome.


I love that guy. He gave me a Specter DIY last year.

https://i.nostr.build/3DXY.jpg


A tech focused bitcoin conference.
https://2023.tabconf.com/


"In 1960, about 95 percent of clothes purchased in the USA were made here.

Now, only around 2% of clothing purchased in America is actually Made in the USA.

There has been a massive shift away from Made in the USA clothing, for a variety of reasons. Cost is a driving factor – it’s cheaper to produce clothes abroad. Another big factor is the growth of fast fashion. We consume more clothes per year than ever before, and Made in the USA brands aren’t able to produce at the capacity needed for this as they can’t produce clothes as cheaply as you could abroad."

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Who is, Gensler?


My wife uses this space heater during the winter. It does not mine bitcoin.

https://i.nostr.build/8mmB.jpg

The way I see it, the energy spent on heat is a fixed cost. Any sats back from the S9 heater are a rebate kind of like how I got a rebate from the Oshi App when I bought the case.

I don't expect to get my sats back on my heater. It's not an investment. I expect to lose sats if I look at it that way. If it's a rebate, however, the sats are free.

I'm not doing it for the money. I'm doing it for the game theory. If bitcoin mining becomes unprofitable from a fiat perspective, who will run miners?

We'll need to find other ways to keep the hashrate high enough to prevent 51% attacks.

Energy used on heat that would be spent anyway is free bitcoin so the cost doesn't matter.

As the block rewards get smaller and smaller, I think mining pools will make less and less sense and yolo solo mining becomes more important. It's not profitable from an EV calculation, but people like to gamble. Lotto tickets are -EV, but states have no problem selling them.


I ordered the stuff...Just waiting on the case because it takes a couple weeks.


Blackrock ETF is a misnomer.

It should be called the Blackrock Not Your Keys, Not Your Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund: The Blackrock NYKNYBETF.


I've wanted to mine bitcoin for 9 years, but could never justify the cost since it's cheaper to stack sats.

I started a local meetup and met a couple plebs. One of them traded a pack of bitcoin trading cards I got at Pacific Bitcoin for a million sats and an  S9.

I used the sats to buy parts for a space heater. Just waiting for the 3D printed case from CryptoCloaks.

Meanwhile, RevHodl is working on bitcoin mining heaters, dehydrators, clothes dryers &, water heaters. He says the equipment gives him a 30% sats back energy rebate on his electricity cost.

Mind blown: The rabbit hole never ends.

nostr:nevent1qqsynmk6y52zm6fvq8cqezgf0g8x32d5zg4ccqzdd8lje6n7c7vpsscpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsyg9zf5xgvuy0mk3nqzg858cg5e2xs35x2d2x67ta6sj794rwcr68ecpsgqqqqqqskcvts2


nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx has been using the term "freedom tech" for a while.


No, but my wife recently told me about this. I think it's a great idea.


What does that seed oil drinker in a suit know about bitcoin anyway?


Oh yeah, like Yubikey. Fido was on the ledger wallet, right?


About 15 years ago I decided I would never lie unless the truth would put someone's safety at risk.

That makes me an asshole, even when I mean well. I need to work on the be kind about part.

Do you have any suggestions?


What's FIDO alliance doing?


Mining is good for obtaining kyc free sats or heating a room, but I wouldn't call it an investment unless you have some sort of cheap energy edge.


Aug 28, 2022
As a final post to this thread, I want to thank each and every one of you again that commented, liked, shared and DMed me throughout all of this. The love and support from Twitter and the #Bitcoin community was unfathomable. You all made a difference in my life and my recovery.❤


Jul 15, 2022
I started cardiac rehab this week. After 2 sessions the nurse said I'm on "Week 4" already. She doesn't believe with my initial intake stress test if I'll really be able to improve on it that much. 🤣 TL;DR I am a rock star and kicking ass. Feeling great. Life's great. 😍


Jun 16, 2022
My home nurses have been absolutely fantastic.😂 My kids make me breakfast every morning. And I could not have done any of this without my rock star wife. Words can't describe how much she's done for me throughout all of this. I am looking forward to continuing to improve. ♥


Jun 6, 2022
My wife went back to work today. My son and daughter are in charge of taking care of me. My kids are fantastic. They made me breakfast already and helped me check all of my vitals. My daughter really shines here. She's such a little nurse and caretaker. ❤❤


Jun 2, 2022
I am home! I have some family that needs some loving. Enjoy the rest of your day!


Apr 12, 2022
Well, it looks like I'll need full open heart surgery again to replace my pulmonic valve. Bonus: I'll be part pig. So, I have that going for me. I was assuming that if I had to have this done it would be much less invasive, so I'm not overly impressed at the moment. 🫤


Nov 28, 2021
I had open heart surgery 4 days before my 3rd b-day. I've led a healthy & active life since then, zero issues. I had an echocardiogram last week. The results were not good. Heart valve replacement may be in my near future. I am freaking the fuck out. I'll know more on Dec 6th. 😫


The following is a collection of Tweets posted on Twitter that documented my entire heart surgery process, from finding out I had an issue, through the surgery, and finally throughout my recovery process. If Elon decides to remove old and unpaid content, I do not want this part of my life to vanish from the Internet. At the time, it was extremely important for my mental health to talk about this whole process and it was therapeutic in my recovery process, reading all of the responses as all of Bitcoin Twitter was behind my success. Thank you all of your kind words, love, and support during this whole process. May my Tweets live on through nostr.


Looks delicious.


I don't know then. You might need to create an issue on github.

https://github.com/verbiricha/habla


I did a pull request for habla.news on github that includes a tutorial.

I put it on habla.news too.

https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqyxycfnxucxxefeqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7q3qwkljx5c6a8uccc5etws8ry0y3r4dgavh2dcav0tal4rtmcdl4z2sxpqqqp65wzxumaa


No. It's a native nostr blog. You sign with your private key. I hope we get RSS soon.


Yeah, I got about 80 followers on YouTube, but they asked my phone number again and decided to use PeerTube instead. I feel like it's more in line with my values.  Thanks for snooping. :)


What does this even mean? I thought he said this epoch would be an average of 55k.  That seems very unlikely now.


We don't talk about price here.
We don't talk about price here.
We don't talk about price here.
We don't talk about price here.

👀


#nostrmarket


That's cool.


How are you learning Latin? Are you taking a class or using Duolingo?


If everyone was free, they would all use bitcoin.


Is she on nostr yet?


👀He interviewed her?


Same.


Yes!


Just use lightning or send an encrypred message to someone with 12 words.


Nevermind.

https://gist.github.com/metasikander/609a538e6a03b2f67e5c8de625baed3e