Fedimints and Cashu are more akin to free banking.

Bailed out banks can GFY.


I've officially stopped using the Spotify app.


Can Keet run on meshtastic? #asknostr


I'm taking some time off writing this blog to work on a different writing project, but I still think bitcoin is the most interesting idea from the last couple thousand years.


This pushes my bias buttons, but how do we verify before January?


Make shitcoins great again!🤢


Actually I was really asking. I don't really know much about licenses, but I still don't see how the actions of one person a judge ruled not to be Satoshi can sue bitcoin core.


This is some late stage fiat bullshit.


I have that one on my block clock. It's one of my favorites.


₿logging₿itcoin

₿itcoin geek who writes a ₿log about bitcoin and other freedom tech on the nostr.

My mission is to promote bitcoin as a store of value, medium of exchange, and unit of account.

https://nostree.me/bloggingbitcoin@iris.to

Get notified of new blogs on [Keet](nosl.ink/TgS14vtN)


How can his claim be in violation of this?

"Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so."


Thanks. That dude is nuts.


Has this been verified? It seems far-fetched, even for this fucktard.


Has this been verified. It seems far-fetched, even for this fucktard.


Had this been verified. It seems far-fetched, even for this fucktard.


What an asshole.


👀
It was 2 sats vbyte yesterday.


It looks  a lot better than golf games, helicopter money, and cat eating stories.


I listened to this like 8 times. It's really good in Walker's voice.


If your block clock could only display one number, what would it be if it could not be the price?


I miss talking to people in a room.


I have 7 pairs of gray convertible  pants, 7 black t-shirts, and 7 black polo shirts. I don't like wasting time choosing an outfit so I wear the same thing everyday.

Is that what you mean by extreme?


Good thing you put that sarcasm sigh  up. I'm not so good catching that stuff. 😂


I don't need or want to know what Satoshi's mom called him.


I run it on Umbrel and I don't bitch about it because it's early days. 😊


Mine hasn't worked for about a week. I think I need start over, but I'm kinda over self-hosted lightning wallets.


Has anyone successfully used nostr wallet connect with minibits?

How do I get it to work?

#asknostr


They pivoted.


This was a great episode. I really enjoyed the stuff about misinformation as being a cyber atrack against "democratic institutions."

Yuval Noah Harari made this exact argument on The Waking Up Podcast. He thinks we need to fight misinformation and disinformation with FICTION to protect our institutions.


I'm learning so much from this thread which is great because reverse TOR proxy = hellfire & brimstone.


I mean, bitcoin gave me the background knowledge to understand it.

Talking about it with other plebs also helped.


I just figured it out.


Apparently the city I live in has a "reserve fund."

Now I want to orange pill the mayor just to get a city reserve percentage on my blockclock micro.


Do I need to do Yoga if I join? I don't mind yoga, but it's tough to cook while in the downward dog position.


This is the most important election of our lifetime...again.
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I never stop. I just can't shut up about it.


What career change are you making?


I did. It's on my todo list.


It will be glorious.


I actually agree. Altcoins are failed attempts at debasing bitcoin, even Satoshi's namecoin.

I have been heavily influenced by this Knut Svanholm quote:

https://i.nostr.build/7Dvia66732XXq7ng.jpg


I actually agree. Altcoins are failed attempts at debasing bitcoin, even Satoshi's namecoin.

I have been heavily influenquote. This Knut Svanholm quote:

https://i.nostr.build/7Dvia66732XXq7ng.jpg


This looks interesting.


This is a great answer. I think Session uses I2P, but I don't know much about it. What is I2P?


0x is seriously awesome though. I have high hopes for this app.


I used to think monero was better than bitcoin for privacy,  but now I know monero is not necessary.

We can achieve privacy using chaumian e-cash instead of a blockchain.  What's more, these e-cash solutions are interoperable with the lightning network.

The steel-man argument against this is that chaumian mints require some trust.

This is true, but Bitcoin is a peer to peer electronic cash system that requires no trust. We can trutnthst there will never be more than 21 million #bitcoin. Every other blockchain is an attempted breach of that trust, an attempt at debasing bitcoin the same way governments have debased gold by adding other metal to it.

That's my two sats.

I would rather trust a few thousand sats with an e cash provider than try to debase the p2p electronic cash system that bitcoin is.

In the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith talks about the debasement of currencies by governments all around the world. They achieved this by smelting different metals with gold, making each coin contain less and less gold over time.

I see all alt coins as an attempt to debase bitcoin, a peer to peer electronic cash system. My node does not accept these debasment coins.

I do view stablecoins a little differently however. For example,  USDT is a digital representation of the dollar backed by the very financial instrument that is used to debase those dollars. I believe stablecoins are monetizing the debt, which debases fiat. This is not an argument for stablecoins, they're ust a little different.


I love 0xchat, but it is way too early.


Simplex


Sure, but I expect to empty my zappi g wallet every month. I don't keep my retirement money in a custodial wallet, just the money I intend to spend that month.


Great quote.


I used to think monero was better than bitcoin for privacy,  but now I know monero is not necessary.

We can achieve privacy using chaumian e-cash instead of a blockchain.  What's more, these e-cash solutions are interoperable with the lightning network.

The steel-man argument against this is that chaumian mints require some trust.

This is true, but Bitcoin is a peer to peer electronic cash system that requires no trust. We can trutnthst there will never be more than 21 million #bitcoin. Every other blockchain is an attempted breach of that trust, an attempt at debasing bitcoin the same way governments have debased gold by adding other metal to it.

That's my two sats.

I would rather trust a few thousand sats with an e cash provider than try to debase the p2p electronic cash system that bitcoin is.


Good morning fellas.


Duck Duck Go has a free AI chatbot that has Llama 3.1 70B option. I use it all the time, but Venice also does images, right?

https://i.nostr.build/c2lxFgdu0P09A50b.jpg


Welcome!

I always thought living in a van is better than a single family home, but my wife does not agree. 😄


Thanks. He's been out of stock for a while. 🥲


This is great news!


Where can I get one of these hats?


Great idea!


Thanks.


I think it's the incintives.  The people who pay the politicians get paid to sell bombs psychopaths sign, but the ROI of saving people in a disaster = 0%.

It's sad, but destroyers make money. Heros lose money.

By the way, what's the d word?


I really wish we would see more lightning addresses and less bitcoin addresses on donation sites.

Better yet, zapper.fun links.


Wow. I'm impressed.  My family gets mad at me if I ask them to download an app.


👀

LNBits has NWC support now!


How many pounds of meat do get with a half cow?


Easiest server on the market.


They don't matter now.


Everyone I know on nostr uses SimpleX.  How do we get normies to use it?


Governments around the world are getting tyrannical. Society is closing fast.


Coinos has ecash too now.


I got early access to the proton bitcoin wallet!

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fc.tenor.com%2FuiH_Yn5sf4gAAAAC%2Fwin-winning.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=84853ee52f09a6a17689fc203365931592f18afcc28479801ea3bf142ac617b7&ipo=images


From now on, I will cite this article whenever I hear someone say "bitcoin is useless ocean boiling technology."

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Thank you sir.

https://fountain.fm/episode/z5ekA42tj8fLVc7tji7L

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Oh cool. I didn't know you had a podcast.


Every law does the opposite of its name.

The affordable care act is unaffordable.

The patriot act is unpatriotic.

The inflation reduction act. . .


Same. Glad I heard it though.


They block zaps now. Why do people put up with this?


I live by a lake so I do have this in my threat model. This is why I like tools lime seed XOR.


Hopefully this was included in their threat model.


I guess I can't get zaps if the power goes out, but this doesn't happen very often.


If you can do that, you can run it on your own hardware. Why use digital ocean?


Works


'Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.'

Marcus Aurelius

https://cdn.nostr.build/p/WVDj.png
#wisdom #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #poetry #art #surrealism #psychedelic #dream #midjourney


Wait. Nostr has TV now?


Who are all these people on nostr who still have dollars?


What's this all about?


Legacy social media is so cringe.


Perfect combo.


Oh cool. I'll check it out dude.


Be your own movie streaming service with Jellyfin.


We need more street art on nostr.


This really sucks. I don't know what else to say.


Followed. 🤙


I have no idea WTF "turn the page" means.

How will the government fix the $35 trillion deficit?

Turn the page.

It's nonsense.


Governments can write laws that make bitcoin illegal, but the people can still use it.


Nobody will remember:
- Your salary
- How many hours you worked
- How few vacation days you took

People will remember:
- When you escaped the matrix
- When you fucked the system
- Your GFY energy


I can see this reply and I am not working on it, but I will if I can.

Here's the GitHub repository.

https://github.com/jamesmagoo/nostr-writer#readme


Yeah. I thought it didn't work until I saw the comments.


Yeah it's in the community plugins.


What are some of the things you've learned?


# Testing Obsidian On Nostr

This is a second test of obsidian on nostr. I prefer the nostr blog clients to write long form notes, but I want to see what this looks like.  [Testing LInk](https://bloggingbitcoin.npub.pro/)

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![tesphoto3](https://i.nostr.build/NID1GkQXg7TcKKFv.webp)

Testing publishing an article on Obisidian. This is my second test and the plugin has improved a lot since I first did this.


The worst thing about bull markets is that people I haven't talked to in months start to ask, "Hey are you still into that crypto thing?"

Imagine if I was really into Shakespeare, wrote about Shakespeare performances, and went to Shakespeare meetups and they asked me, "Hey, are you still into that rap thing?"


I used to listen to this podcast. I forgot all about it.


Signing bombs is gross.


I never thought of it like this.🤔 It's a good idea.


Welcome. I'm glad you're here.


Damn dude. That's deep.


Absolutely


👀I didn't know 0x had calls!


I just want to exit the system before the inevitable collapse.


I've paid foe protonmail for years using a credit card because I didn't known I could use #bitcoin until the founder was on Bitcoin Audible.


Vault warden is being forced to shut down. Technology laws are getting draconian.

https://vaultwarden.us/


Cool story..We're so early, you're key is safe.


I just don't want to be told what to think.


welcome.


Try invidious.


You should probably send a million sats for UTXO management.


Wallet of Satoshi is the easiest way if you don't live in the United States. Just send through sats to a WOS wallet. Then send the sats to a Bitcoin wallet from wallet of Satoshi.

Aqua Wallet is another option, but it has more fees.


Someone asked me why I think bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency I'm into. I told him it was the only viable currency that has no inflation.

He said that was a good answer.


Here's a picture of me flipping off the Federal Reserve.

https://i.nostr.build/dSum5oYNzPp6uygi.png


By the way, the bitcoin infinity show was great.


So if I just replace my relays with your relays, will this fix the reply guy spam?


That's what I say.


I had a Napster t-shirt.


I made one a couple years ago, but it's outdated now. Check out new clients at

https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr


I made one a couple years ago, but it's outdated now. Check out new clients at https://awesomenostr.com/


This is great.


I think this is something I can do, at least get started.


That's a good idea.


Thanks. I see it now!


Yeah. I don't know how to add NWC to coinos yet. I don't see the option i. The settings.


How do I uncle Jim a wallet with alby go/ get Alby? #asknostr


How do you connect the coinos wallet to minibits?


Works for me.


Alby Go is awesome, unless you choose light mode.


Thanks. It doesn't seem to work anyway.


Testing nostr wallet connect on minibits. Please send a small zap. 🙏


This makes me want to move.


One of my favorite scenes in is in the Citizen Four documentary:

Edward Snowden cloaks himself with a blanket to mitigate the risk of an over-the-shoulder attack as he types his passphrase into TAILS.


I know the feeling. Congratulations.


It's been unusually cool in Southern California. 😎


Right, but that will be a federal property tax on my 4 bedroom home for my grandchildren.


Clown world is getting scary.😱


I tend to agree, but he's only been around for 4 years so I give him the benefit of the doubt. He might not be an Agent Smith. There's a good chance he's unaware of this threat.


Yes, but think of all the people who talk about bitcoin on nostr vs. the people on nostr.

I'm pretty sure the nostr nerds like us hold their own keys, but I suspect most of the "Twitter/X BTC" people leave their sats on an exchange.


I bet


Test.


Cold card needs to make clear pages and walkie talkies.


Yes, but you're short bitcoin. 😉


The aurowirhdraw did not seem to work with my lightning address either. I'm not sure why.


It's been a few weeks since I used Coinos. It's gotten 10X better. I've been trying to get a Brewer who uses Aqua Wallet to use a Point of sale for months.

He didn't want to use BTCpayServer with the Strike Plugin because he likes to see the sats go to his Aqua Wallet.

Is there an atomic swap (like boltz) if he chooses to auto withdraw to a Liquid address?


It would be useful to me, but I 've been trying to get businsses to accept bitcoin for 10 years.  I've only had like 3 people say yes.

There are tools that make it easy nowadays like the Strike plugin on BTCpayServer and Nostr Wallet Connect on Coinos.

Coinos is the easier option, but businesses that really want fiat can use the Strike Plugin to automatically convert the sats to USD(but I don't recommend this).


Great take.
- Don't loan your sats for 6.102% interest(paid in dirty fiat).
- You don't need to sell your bitcoin when you can spend it.


I didn't get into this to loan my bitcoin to a bank for 6.102%


That's pretty cool. It reminds me of the Zune, but thinner.


Nostr is an interesting use of cryptography.


I forgot about shower girl.


This is one of my favorite features.


This is the most fucked up hack I've ever seen.


Who is Amy?


This is nuts.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz04m913m49o


New pipe.


This is a great take.


Agreed, but don't "fight the system." Find a new system. For me, that was bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.


That's how I quit nicotene.


I watched it like 10 years ago. I should watch it again.


Um...What is this room about?


Candidate A & B were both plants.

Our leaders are not chosen by "The People."


Worked for me.


He's 💯 % correct.


Have you tried shopstr?


I remember hearing about this on Citadel dispatch. What kind of pri terms are they?


I don't know.  I wish he would come back.


Holy crap!


What's this about?


![zap this book kindle version](https://image.nostr.build/c1d5321886dffa028daecdb090e50bd01732f03a3ba5f0c4f052da553bf73a68.jpg)

I've been writing this blog as a nym for about a year. I like to wear a mask because my real life job is in an area wear most people get most of their information from MSNBC. To most of my co-workers, bitcoin is boiling the oceans, making people sick, and using more energy than the entire shithole country of whatever. Why would I want to use a cryptocurrency that destoys the planet when it only does 7 transactions per second? To them, bitcoin is evil because a noble prize winning economists said so. It is also useless, but used by criminals.

I got tired of hearing about quantum computing and other ridiculous arguments so I began writing about how I use bitcoin over the lightning network everyday. I followed K3tan's guide and set up a blog on a virtual private network. Then I used Yunohost on a raspberry pi until I learned about blogstack. Suddenly, I could host a blog without paying a monthly fee or becoming a Linux Systems Administrator.

I have also started coming out of my shell. I started a meetup and began meeting other hard-core bitcoiners and teaching Coinbasers how to take self-custody, why video games on a blockchain are scams, and how bitcoin can be used as a medium of exchange.

I published some of my blogs as a Kindle book.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqadlydf3460e333fjkaqwxg7fz82636ew5m36c7hml2xhhsml2y4qqxh5cts946xs6tn943x7mmtzv6lry


I might spin up peer tube again now that they enabled podcasting 2.0

https://image.nostr.build/1a84a482ef49e2184e1a36dc2a8968443a22f66facb73392f5cb56549d2f89a2.jpg


The trade-off is worth it because time is more scarce than bitcoin.


I've been thinking about this for a long time. :)

I always thought steganography were cooler than NFT's anyway.


You could always include the name of the patron in the steganography beforehand too.


I guess you could transfer ownership on nostr. For example, if someone paid me 345,635 and sent me a message with the amount, I could announce they now own this jpeg on nostr by creating a signed message that says they own it.

This is simmilar to the way ownership of money rocks was.transfered on the island of Yap. The rocks were there for everyone to see. Everyone knew who owned the rocks.

Information longs to be free however. This "ownership" does not come with any property rights. Intellectual property requires a court system. If someone uses this jpeg I own without  paying me, I doubt I could sue for copyright infringement,  but I don't feel like these laws are useful in the electronic age anyway.


That's cool.  I thought about doing that before. What are the premium notes and how does one get access to them?


I added a bolt 12 reusable payment address from Phoenix wallet using an app called No Clue Steganography on an Android phone.

The point is you can get paid for digital art without shitcoins. 🫠


What's this? Are you creating a PGP password protected blog?


This reminds me of the good ol' days of nostr.


What makes a good meme? Is there like a meme school or something?


Man. I can't believe that was 15 years ago, but I ran the numbers.


I added a reusable Bolt 12 reusable payment request to this photo using #steganography.

It is not an NFT.

I can't keep you from downloading it.

It is not on "a blockchain," but you can still use cryptography to pay me in #bitcoin with the information hidden inside this jpeg.

https://i.ibb.co/r6KVpzg/1726458911985.png


That's a great answer.

I'm only here because Joe Rogan's shows with Andreas Antonoplis back in 2014.


If you could only listen to one podcast per week, what would it be and why?

#asknostr


I have no idea what this is about.

I rarely watch the news, but did yesterday to stay updated on the fires.

Harris quoted tgis Bob Seger song.

I have no idea wtf this is supposed to mean.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Lb7imIq7Y


Cute wedding pic. 😀


It is sad. I also just realized I have not used this service in about a decade.


If only there was some way we could sign posts on social media to verify these things.🤔


Send a small payment to +softmountain942 while the fees are low and we'll test it.

I'll zap you the sats back.


Let me guess. Say, "good."


No. I've talked to other people about it too, but I think it will be awesome eventually. I know Ben Arc made some video tutorials on creating extensions.

Can you code at all?


I've tried several times with married results. I like the idea, but I still find it confusing.


Epic!


Awesome🤙


Wait. Is this a podcast about music?


I love this story. I hope nostr:nprofile1qqsgtxgfqcq38fvlk84n55fm8rjhm6h5lvrnzyxf32yz5ezeyzamvmspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsvt4er8 finds the time to write it down one day for Posterity.

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I'm comming around to this idea.


This is so cool! I've never heard the word gematria before.

👀
From my brief Wikepedia research, it appears BIP 39 seed words are Genatria. Is that correct?


I liked reading Kevin Pham's tweets before he became a b-casher.

I wonder what ever happened to that guy.


# Bitcoin Is Poetry

The first time I saw Shakespeare's sonnet's I fell in love.

I was awestruck by the smelting  of English and math.

Each line's a beat box of binary iambic pentameter.

1010101010

Building rhythm and rhymes out of metaphors and alliteration.

The last lines chiseled by indentation.

The first time I saw HTML, I fell in love because it reminded me of poetry.

The first time I saw how hashcash was used in #bitcoin, I fell in love with a new kind of poetry.


Mined keys are easier.


OMG. I just saw this after I put my glasses on. I'm so blind!


Has anyone ever memorized an npub?

#asknostr

I never really thought abput doing this until now.


This is why I like meeting people at conferences and meeups. I know those people are not bots.


It works if you add the lightning address to your nostr profile. I also tried minibits Cash a while back, nut the zaps didn't go through.


That must be why someone asked me to lunch. She is very attractive, but I'm a happily married man. I would like to know what image diffuser she used to make a photo of such a beautiful woman though.🤣


That's seems like so much data, but  wonder how much this compares legacy social media.


I don't understand linked in. Judging my my messages, it is social media for people who want to sell me AI technology to improve my personal Ghost blog.


My AC was built in the same year Eric Hughes wrote A Cypherpunk's Manifesto. How much longer can it really last?


Good morning.


Yes, but I'm bullish on PWA's.


👎 War


Tax the trillionaires.


You're lucky. My wife thinks all this bitcoin math stuff is boring. :)


Thanks.  The wife is less enthusiastic about this plan so we'll see. :)


I also ran the numbers. I will only make a little and I'd the price drops, I will be in the red, but I would rather spend a $3,000 on a heater that pays me sats than $8,000 on a heater that pays no sats.

I either need to sell 13 million sats to buy a normie heater or finance it at 12.9% interest.

This option was less attractive when I could get 0% interest loans, but the tides have turned.


Thanks.


Thanks for showing me this. This is exactly what I want. I know Guy Swann has something like this. I just need to figure out how to get this installed.


So is this like your "furnace?"


Sure. You seem interesting.


My AC busted.

The technician says I need a new AC and furnace.

He said the price was $16,000(27 million sats).

$208 per month for 15 years.

If I need a furnace too, I want it to mine bitcoin,  but this dude said regulations blah, blah, blah.

I need a second opinion and my thinks I will burn down the house.

I also ran the numbers on heatbit heaters.

I can profit about 300,000 sats per month, ith 4 heatbit space heaters. Of course,  I don't really plan to sell sats to pay my electricity bill, but 300k sats assumes I will.

My electricity cost would he about $150(257,000 sats)more than my gas, so I might only net 40k  sats per month, but it's still profitable.  I also think this is somewhat off set by the fact I don't actually plan to run it as much at night and my electricity is cheaper during the day because of solar.

Has anyone else run the numbers on heatbit heaters?

#asknostr


Wow. I don't know what else to say.


So true.


I have a ton of typos and I don't know if it's any good, but I published some of my blogs as a Kindle book.

At first, I decided to sell it for $9.99, but then got the idea to sell it for as little as possible, I thought that was a buck, but I guess it's $2.99.

Of course, the blogs are also available free of charge on nostr.

The title is Zap This Book.

Please do me a favor and help me get the word out.

#grownostr


Nostr.com looks much better than it did last year.


That's a great start.


"I hear of a convention to be held in Baltimore, or elsewhere, for the selection of a canidate for Presidency, made up of cheifly editors, and men who are politicians by profession, but I think, what is it to any independent, intelligent, and respectable man what decision they may come to, shall we not have the advantage of his wisdom and honestt nevertheless? Can we not counr upon some independent votes? Are there not many men in this country that do not attend conventions?But no: I find that the respectable man, so called, has immediately drifted from his position, and despairs of his country, when his country has more reason to despair of him. He forthwith adopts one of the canidates thus selected as the only *available*, thus proving that he himself *available* for any purpose of tbe memagogue. His vote is of no more worth than that of anyunprincipled foreigner or hireling native, who may have been bought."

Henry David Thoreau, *Civil Disobedience*


I thought about this campaign after watching the debate last night.

Inflation appears to be the biggest issue this election.

Inflation is a math problem.

2 + 2 ≠ "political promises"

#bitcoin is a solution to this problem.

bitcoin = 21 million

Actually, it's a smidge less, but the important part is that **bitcoin solves the double spending problem**.

Inflation is a consequence of the double spending problem.

There is no political solution for the double spending problem.

You're doing important work. We need to get this message out. Tough times are on the horizon, but we have reason to believe we can weather the storm.

You're doing important work.🫡


I bet.


We're going to have the best stories to tell our grandchildren.  😀


I know. I remember the price going between $300 and $400as. A million sats was between $3-$4.


It just deemed on me that I must have spent millions of sats on Diet Mt. Dew in 2015.


100 episodes. Awesomeness.


I just paid for lunch with #Cashu at a restaurant in Prague and it was amazing!

All I needed was the eNuts - Nutshell - LNbits - LND - Confirmo - Qerko stack 😅


👀

Ineed to look into to this Qerko app.


Richard Dawkins for the win! 🤣


Coup is an excellent word choice. I am not voting for either candidate, but his election bums me out because it's so obvious that the republic fell.

Neither candidate participated in a primary.

This is the most important election of our lifetime again.

It looks to me like these two socialists were hand picked by the deep state and the deep state doesn't even pretend otherwise anymore.


Welcome.


Alby Hub made it 10x easier to run a lightning node from home. Thank you for making a video turltorial. 😀


It makes me want to stop checking my messages. People either need to hit me up on Signal or text my wife. 😅


🤣 It's so true.


No with a lightning address.


I tried it. Nobody has clicked it yet, but it's a great idea.


I never heard of cohost, but it seemed interesting. I'd like to learn how they planned to integrate tips.


The UX is pretty slick. I tried writing a book to help people get onboarded to the lightning network about a year ago, but I kept getting stuck at lightning wallets. They weren't noob friendly, didn't have lightning addresses or left thr US app stores.

This looks promising, but I don't want to get my hopes up.


Transaction fees and zaps are about the only example I can think of where #bitcoin is used as a unit of account.

Can you think of any other examples?


Bitcoin is money.


He was great.


Zaps work.


Sign up for the cloud service or add it to Start 9 or Umbrel.  I also was able to run it on PopOs!


It's awesome.


What's wrong with cricket protein powder?


Well there are ten. I would say the US government is mostly socialist.

https://www.garynorth.com/public/17240.cfm


I looked it up. I guess it is the "5th plank" of communism.

https://image.nostr.build/b87187cbf926596bde2652386a053f558a1c630fca055bab6da81bb88569fdff.jpg


The 5th pillar.


Great episode.


Unit of account is the final boss.


It's better here.


I use the chapwood index for back of the napkin calculations, but I also created a budget that prices categories (i.e.  mortgage, bills, food, etc.) in sats.

The real inflation is in that data. I plan  on doing an average of this year over year.


Thanks.


What episode is this?


I second this.


A wife willing to live in a camper van and stack sats.


Post some sci fi short stories on nostr. I bet you're great at fiction, but I like your finance stuff too.


I agree,  but what percentage of the world's population is manipulated by these algos?

My guess is a statistically significant percentage of them.


I don't like the way legacy social media is designed to keep people pissed to sell more soap or whatever.

I started pondering the problem after watching the Social Dilemma and reading Jaron Lanier's Ten Arguments For Deleting Social Media.

You have thousands of followers though. Xwitter is probably more valuable for you than me.


One that's getting banned in the USA.


I post mu blogs on habla.news, but they also show up on bloggingbitcoin.npub.pro and it still blows my mind even though I've been doing this for about a year and a half.


Testing BTCPins' BTCpayServer Affiliate Plugin.

https://btcpins.com/?aff=blogging%40getalby.com
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What's the IRT API?


I went on Twitter to delete my accou t and then got sucked in to 30 minutes of scrolling.

Nothing but a bunch of nerds talking about buying cheese dips or something.


I'm not sure, but it works fine for me.

 I like it because I also run Mealie on it. I have a Start9 too, bit I'm not a maxi. The Start 9 is a better machine.


Makes sense. 🤔


I run HA on Umbrel installed on an Optiplex. It gives me more options.


What do you think will be the implications of this?


This is incredible.


No primary.
No policies.
No debates.
No information voting.


Anyone using Fedi?


This is cool.

https://npub.cash/pay/bloggingbitcoin


This gives me When Money Dies vibes.


Wait...Don't those chips have seed oils?🧐


You can buy a whole jar of chopped and peeled garlic for like 8 bucks at Winco.


I still visit Xwitter from time to time, but it feels dirty.


Morgan Rochard has a great answer to this question.

https://fountain.fm/episode/KDTmXVCGfUWOIlQzb6jd


Thanks. This is something I want to learn more about. Have you considered making a video course?


I don't think so. I also don't think there is a taxable event if you swap stable coins to sats to dollars on Strike either, but the laws are designed by nocoiners who don't think about these things.


Do you plan on selling any copies for sats?


Depends what kind of list you mean. I like Obsidian for notes in general. It has a nostr plug-in. Does that count?


Right, but is it on github?


What is this plugin?


Eureka!😃


"dreadlocksnz@getalby.com" did not work. :/


I totally forgot about that guy.


Thanks for sharing.


That's awesome.  What are their lightning addresses?


Nostr is Galt's Gulch on the Internet.

https://fountain.fm/episode/yKOzMJd8IWb2gYuiJD9l

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzp0x9wzem3zs0fw2qt5h8rztd7c8ce6kya3y74fdy47j8yv8wda6m8smp2e


Ah that sucks. It was a cool idea. I got my kid one.


Thanks.


That's awesome. I've been looking for good coffee.


How did you convince them to accept  bitcoin?


What article did you read?


Do you still sell those bitpiggy's?


No such thing as selling bitcoin. They are buying fiat.


It worked for me in California,  but I forget New York has draconian bitcoin  laws.


I know a guy who uses Aqua Wallet to accept bitcoin at his brewery.  We haven't seen these issues.

Have you tried Bull Bitcoin's wallet yet? It's similar to Aqua, but you can get your zpub and add it to BTCpayServer.


Yes.


I heard Natalie Smolenski mention this word on What Bitcoin Did. I think it's interesting,  but I am not sure I fully understand it. It's like a command economy,  right?


Do you have a bitcoin store?


You can upload videos to Rumble. Then add the video to Flare by inserting the URL.


You're pretty good man. I used coracle yesterday.  You're doing fascinating work.


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These newfangled atomic swap wallet like Aqua and Bull Bitcoin are not ideal for micropayments because of the fees. I still think a lightning address would be useful and they could also use cashu or fedi to keep amounts under a certain threshold from getting swapped. I think it will take time before we can implement this though.


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I would like to learn more about both of these subjects.

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Sure. I couldn't even find anything about it on a searxng search.


It's getting easier to do so on the plug n play nodes.


Never heard of the explanatory creativity concept. Sounds interesting.


Oh that's my home theater on Start9.  It's the one part of my server my wife likes.


Yes, but only in a theatre. Watching it on Jellyfin would be a total waste of time.


Maybe, but people have worked on web of trust for over 30 years. That's what nostr is. It may use taproot cryptography, but that's where the similarity ends. I think I need to write more about nostr without using the b word.


Do you run a client?


Thanks.


True. I added the phrase to my filter list. Works like a charm so far.


I learned about fractional banking about 14 years before Satoshi wrote the white paper.

Bitcoin seemed to be the answer to this scam when I first heard about it.


What the heck is nostr? Do you have an email?


Running nostrudel.

https://nostrudel.blogging-bitcoin.com/


I paid an invoice generated with Bolt 12 using  nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9.

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


Same. They suck.


You really can be your own bank now.


The idea that government can ban nostr by banning Primal or Damus is like thinking government can ban bitcoin by banning https://blockstream.info/.


The idea that overnment can ban nostr by banning Primal or Damus is like thinking government can ban bitcoin by banning https://blockstream.info/.


I don't even pay attention to these platforms anymore. I don't have any idea what happens on these them. I don't even know what she defines as hate speech.

I don't know why countries like the US and Brazil are banning these platforms.

I don't even care. We have freedom tech.


What's a Meshtadel?


That's awful.


I know you're not into bitcoin,  but how do you feel about using the Strike app to instantly transform sats to fiat?


I don't think you need one anymore. Just use Alby hub.


The zaps go to his Strike acount, right?


Exactly.


I get the feeling he doesn't know we can run our own clients and relays.


Blue sky is hell on the Internet.


I'm running it on Umbrel. You can run it on Star9 too.


It took me a few tries. Stick with it.


That looks delicious.


Hi.


Dude. This is awesome. I downloaded the wallet on my tablet from the zap store.


They should use Strike. They don't even need to know it uses bitcoin.


I'm testing this now.

It's like Aqua wallet without stable coin support.

It also gives you the option to see your xpub.

This gives us the ability to add the onchain wallet to BTCpayServer.

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It's difficult to understand people who have no idea what they are talking about.


Nostr is so awesome, there is a repository named awesome-nostr.

https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr


I use the library too.


I feel the same way. I thought the Internet would stave off the control of banks and corporations.

Bitcoin and nostr make me think we can do that again.


Yep. Might be time to raise chickens.


Trusted third parties are security holes.


I meant AI images. I have no idea how the letters got scrambled.


What is nikkea or whatever?


I use bitcoin to pay for A imagesI. It's kind of related.


Seriously.


This worries me.


That's one of the best bitcoin books.


Is this the one you were talking about?

https://buy.stripe.com/dR69Dh63Ygdrdm8cO0


Awesome. What are the titles if I may ask?


Ylthsnks. I'll check it out.


I'm having a hell of a time uploading my manuscript to Amazon's Kindle. I'm using Libre Office. I converted the file to epub and a pdf, but it gets rejected.

How do I fix this without using Windows?

#asknostr


Where is this?

Send me a dm if you don't mind.


Welcome. Please share recipes.


user deletion request from shopstr.store


2X3inch vinyl sticker This is the math behind the 21 million, although it is 20.99999898 million bitcoin to be precise(includeing the 219.51 un-spendable bitcoin)


I almost feel sad for people who hold these views. They have no idea how the Internet works.


Damn. Great idea.


Hi.


![Alby Hub](https://i.nostr.build/jY8YFi1vSdBLPENb.png)

Alby Hub is lightning-node software that Get Alby sells as a service. It's also free and open source. You can run it on a node such as Umbrel or Start9. I even was able to run it on Ubuntu. I was lucky enough to try the Alby Hub early. I even tested the software as a service before it was released to the public. I "forgot my password," though. Actually, I never knew it. I use VaultWarden as a password manager and copy and paste all my passphrases. I was in a Jitsi meeting. You know how it is. Bitcoiners are super interesting smart people. I got distracted talking to these smart people and must have copied and pasted the wrong passphrase because...I got distracted. I opened a channel and then got locked out. It's my fault. I take complete responsibility. I take complete responsibility. I hadn't even written down my seed phrase yet.

I didn't lose any sats though; aside from the 10,000 sats, it cost me to open up the channel. This is because I am very careful about sending larger sums of bitcoin to wallets before I write down the seed or test them. I might send 21,000 SATs or something like that to see if I can recover them before I send more. We used to say "don't be reckless," but that ethos can get lost in all the excitement of this cutting-edge technology we call the lightning network. If I sent thousands of dollars of bitcoin to this Alby Hub wallet I was beta testing, those sats would have been HODLED forever. It is important to use new technology with small amounts of bitcoin. It is important to use new technology with small amounts of bitcoin." This way, you mitigate your risk of a catastrophic loss. This is especially true if you ever find yourself beta-testing.

## The Bright Side of Forgetting My Passphrase on Alby Hub

![Zappy Bird](https://i.nostr.build/RZdx5RKM0jXkQI0M.png))

There is an orange lining to this story. The other beta tester in the meeting got it to work. He played a game called [Zappy Bird](https://rolznz.github.io/zappy-bird/?ref=getalby.com). This is not an endorsement of Zappy Bird. I think it's a gambling version of Flappy Bird. I am not a gamer, and I would just lose my seat if I played this for any length of time. This allowed me to see the possibilities of Alby Hub, however, even though I screwed up my first try. My mother, like many of your mothers, I'm sure, always said, "If at first you don't succeed, then try again."

" Even though it didn't work for me at first, I got a glimpse into how awesome Alby Hub was anyway. Even though it didn't work for me at first, I got a glimpse into how awesome Alby Hub was anyway. That motivated me to try again. The second time I Alby Hub on PopOS! by following the instructions on the [README file](https://github.com/getAlby/hub). That worked. It was surprisingly easy, but we were in the early days, and my channel was force closed. The issue seems to be fixed now that it's released to the public. I'm amazed at how much cleaner it is now. I also had a few other problems connecting my node to my Alby account because it was connected to the original node. The good people at Get Alby fixed that, however. I'm really impressed with their customer service. **Screwing up my first node gave me the opportunity to learn this about the company.**

Screwing up my first node gave me the opportunity to learn this about the company. I continued to use the GetAlby API during this time. I continued to use the GetAlby API during this time. I thought API's were super scary. 3 I don't even know what API stands for. Thanks to some of the people like Bitkarrot from Plebnet.dev, I am comfortable using them. A few weeks ago, I was able to make some video tutorials that teach businesses how to accept bitcoin. I am aware most businesses prefer fiat. It occurred to me: why would a business care if the fiat in their bank account comes from Strike or Mastercard? Of course, businesses that want to accept bitcoin can keep the sats. One business owner I know who is listed on [BTCmaps](https://btcmaps.org) did not want to use Strike because **he liked seeing the stats on his phone.**

### Get Alby On Umbrel Or Start9

As I eluded to earlier, you can now run GetAlby on Start9 or Umbrel. They have videos and guides in[ ]this tutorial](https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/v/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/alby-hub-flavors/umbrel-start9-etc). If you already have one of these machines laying around and are comfortable getting your fingers dirty in the command line, you should try it. If not, you should try the software as a service. If you're a command-line ninja, run it on Ubutnu. Don't be reckless. Only use amounts you are willing to lose. Ably doesn't have access to your seeds, but it is still a hot wallet. It is also still very new. Expect bugs. Expect channel closures. Don't just be a whinny complainy-pant about it. Help improve it. Make a pull request if you must. If you are not as technical. Don't worry. They plan to be on the Umbrel and Start9 app stores soon.

![lightning network enabled apps](https://i.nostr.build/5qTbD65lnHGE5Ywm.png)

Alby Hub on Umbrel or Start 9 require the Lightning Node app. If you self-hose, your seed is on your Lightning Node app. Write these 24 words down and keep them safe. You will need these to recover your bitcoin in case something breaks. If you use the cloud service, follow the directions to back up your keys [here](https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/v/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/faq-alby-hub/how-can-i-backup-my-keys). Opening a channel is easy. You just send the 10,000 sats or whatever the fee is to open it. It's a node in the cloud service similar to voltage, I suppose. To be honest, I'm not sure how it works on the back end, but this abstracts away much of the complexities of running your own lightning node. You don't need to worry about finding a node to connect to, inbound liquidity, or balancing channels. That's like full-time IT work. Alby Hub makes running a lightning node easy-peasy lemon squeezy. Alby Hub makes running a lightning node easy-peasy lemon squeezy. This opens bitcoiners up to a world of possibilities.

#### Why I Am So Excited About Alby Hub

![pay me i bitcoin](https://i.nostr.build/isqCJpv31Y368HF6.png)

Although I did some beta testing for GetAlby's Alby Hub, I didn't receive any sats from them aside from a couple zaps here and there, but this is not a paid ad or sponsored blogpost. I don't think I can make a better guide than they have on their website. I am excited about Alby Hub because it makes accepting bitcoin so easy. I am excited about Alby Hub because it makes accepting bitcoin so easy. I'm not sure your grandmother could do it, but most computer-literate people could easily run Alby Hub. But wait... There's more.

[Thanks to these wonderful people on nostr](nostr:note1vgp70z2p540qjdzfx9j4aa9ge9s4g3urhsfuvw6l6su9ztjyalcsls6ylp), I learned how to find my keys in the lightning node of my Umbrel. This also means my lightning node works for other apps besides Alby Hub. It also works with the LNbits installed on my Umbrel. I bet it works with BTCpayServer too, but I haven't verified this yet. This means businesses will soon be able to accept bitcoin by:
- Buying a $400 minicomputer like Umbrel or Start9 ($800).
- - Using Alby Hub in the Cloud and integrating it into other clients that use Nostr Wallet Connect
- - Setting up an online bitcoin store on [Shopster](https://shopstr.store/) or [Plebeian Market](https://plebeian.market/) will be easy.
- -+ The Uncle Jim Model just got 10x easier.

For example, what if I sold LNBit's POS extension and gave someone access to use my LNBits as a POS? shop could use LNBits as a POS terminal all of a sudden. I could build a bitcoin POS system for a local business using old comouters in my strategic computer reserve. Okay, I admit it. I'm a computer hoarder. I never recycle old computers unless they are unrepairable. There are so many ways to use the lightning network now. Find out more at https://getalby/hub. We can use these tools in creative ways. What if, instead of using BTCpayServer to help businesses accept bitcoin, we create a BTCpayServer-like product list on Shopster instead?

##### Using Alby Hub to Monetize My Blog

As I thought more about this, it occurred to me I should start a business with all of this stuff. Some people at my local meetup have asked me to help them set up a lightning node. Tools exist that make it easy enough to do consulting for anyone over tools like [Keet](https://keet.io) or [Hivetalk.org/](https://hivetalk.org/). I also want to sell T-shirts. I've had the idea to sell bitcoin t-shirts that say Pay Me In Bitcoin. This one time, I played poker in Vegas during Def-Con. I was there for poker at the time. I've never been to DefCon. Some nerd had a QR code on his T-shirt. I'm not sure what it was. It was the first time I ever saw a QR code.

![Pay Me In Bitcon T Shirt](https://i.nostr.build/FihP9Rn1hHlfi4Wp.png)

I was able to design this T-shirt with the help of Dell E 3. I'm using some of the techniques I learned in the 4-hour workweek to design this shirt, but instead of hiring a graphic designer in a third-world country, I hired computer power from [PayPerQ](https://ppq.ai). A website I learned about on getalby.com. Around the time of the halving, some dude at my job asked me if I think he'll ever be able to afford a whole bitcoin for each of his kids. I said I didn't know. He told me he makes way more than my family, but he hasn't started stacking SATs yet. He also told me **he pays for Chat GPT because it is "only $30 a month."** That's $360 of sats he could have stacked per year. **I wouldn't be surprised if $360 stacked in bitcoin is worth $3,600 in five years.**

Many people who say they will never spend bitcoin often spend money on other fiat things because they were raised with a hyper-consumer mental framework. Many others think AI will kill us like the Terminator, but people like **Andreas Antonopolis and Paul Vigna wrote books about bitcoin getting used as a medium of exchange for AI almost a decade ago**. The lightning network was clunky and difficult back when I first ran a MyNode and entered my public key into [yalls.org](https://yalls.org) to write about bitcoin. I bought a sticker from Blockstream with the Eclair Wallet back then, but it was hard to see how the lightning network could come over the technical hurdles for the majority of the people.

![shopstr store](https://i.nostr.build/ID5lycAImefbtoR9.png)

Tools like [Alby Hub](https://blog.getalby.com/what-is-alby-hub/) give me hope for the future. I listened to [Natalie Brunell's Coin Stories this morning](). The guest is a gold bug. She said something my wife is even still concerned with. The government will never allow bitcoin to be used for payments. They will capture it before this happens.

She is right in a sense. I am sure the governments of the world will not want to give up the power to print money and expand and contract the economy as they see fit. The digital alternative to central banking will not be welcomed by governments. Plebs build it anyway. The government of the United States has the most powerful weapons ever known to humankind. This government has an arsenal big enough to destroy the world many times over. I'm not certain bitcoin will survive an existential event such as this. I do not doubt the POTUS could Executive Order 6102.2 every Saturday in the ETF's overnight. To ban tools that make it easy to use the bitcoin lightning network as payments requires banning computers and banning software distributed all over the world. It seems like governments would have a difficult time banning computers.

![Alby Hub](https://i.nostr.build/jY8YFi1vSdBLPENb.png)

Now that I think of it, Natalie Brunel could use Alby Hub to accept steaming sats and boosts to her podcast. She can host it in the cloud or on a plug and play node like Umbrel or Start9.

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This is my personal experience using Alby Hub. The team at Get Alby has made it easier than ever to run a lightning node. I elieve this can help foster the circular economy as long as we can show people how to use it.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqadlydf3460e333fjkaqwxg7fz82636ew5m36c7hml2xhhsml2y4qqxxwet594skccne94582cszp9qkh


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![shopstr store](https://i.nostr.build/ID5lycAImefbtoR9.png)

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PAY ME IN BITCOIN!


I a making a t-shirt with a QR code from zapper.fun.


This will become increasingly important as more and more governments control legacy corporate media or try to ban it like the United States plans to ban TikTok or Brazil banned X.

The assholes will have no place left besides nostr.

nostr:note19hyjpm6f9lmuhey27syryjefy9dhugsgt854vsh5sn55kttadngs8cjcsx


I never deleted twitter, but I don't have any desire to go on there anymore. Nostr is so much better. I didn't realize how addictive Twitter was. For me, getting on nostr was like a social media detox.


Nothing these politicians talk about resonate with me. I just don't care about anything they say anymore.


Thanks. Now it makes more sense.


I can use this for LNBits now without the API. This is so cool.


Yeah. That's it. Thank you. I had no idea.


Maybe. I'll check.


Where do I find the 12 seed words on Alby Hub? #asknostr


Do the mining pools(besides Ocean) act like Door dash paid an average of the agregate tips back in the day?

https://fountain.fm/episode/ZPN0IjyENUODoDx585ak

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpqm4jqsfg7tulleraznusqlfv52v2nszvjevmw8jwa4wj56tay4ycfet4k


I think so  It woukd require collusion between 2 different hardware wallets.


The web of trust on here is phenomenonal.


I think you need to sideload it.


I think of "apps" on nostr as clients or services that can be run like nodes. Tens of thousands of nerds can all run iris, Primal,  nostr dot cooking or whatever.

Governments might be able to take down iris, but everyone with a Start 9 or umbrel can run their own iris.

DNS is the biggest vulnerability right now, not clients or relays getting censored. I also think holepunch has the potential to fix this.


Welcome. Wait until you realize it's like a new Internet, not just a X clone.


It has potential.


I remember those days. It was glorious.


Okay. Thanks.


Runnin' Alby hub on Umbrel. I couldn't get it to work on Start9 yet.


I know a lot of people talk shit about Swan and it sucks that Pacific Bitcoin was canceled, but they sent me a refund priced on dollars and I ended up with about 40,000 more sats.


Looks good. I need to use this wallet more.


Fountain gives you a kyc free lightning address. Add it to your nostr profile.


Agreed.  If people care, they will migrate to nostr.


Seriously.


For sure. Thanks.


Now I want to watch it.


Awesome. Thanks for answering my questions.


It sounds counterintuitive,  but I see my incoming bitcoin payments to fiat.

When I buy a cup of coffee or whatever,  I send the four bucks worth of sats to a BTCpayServer with the Strike API. I basically do an atomic swap from sats to dollars and use the cuck bucks to pay off my credit cards every two weeks.

Then I stack the 1.5% cash back at the end of the month.


That's cool. Do you work in IT?


I just compared the medium price of homes in California today vs. 1940 in ounces of gold.

I know shiny rock dumb, but Bitcoin didn't exist in 1940.

As it turns out, California homes lost 34% of their value when priced in gold. This does not include taxes, interest, insurance, or maintenance. Real estate is a poor store of value after all.

Of course, bitcoin is even better. A decade ago. The medium proce of a California home was about 478 bitcoin.  Today, it is about 13 bitcoin.

The worst thing about money printing is that most homeowners think they are getting rich because they believe the CP Lie.

#Bitcoin. Fixes this.


Red fiat vs. Blue fiat.


Just kidding. I heard that on TSP and thought it was hillarious. I actually do like house plants.


Only if I can eat, sell, or smoke them.


Same for me.


Anyone on it yet?


Those of us all in, but have bills to pay.


Thanks. Do you have any tips? And have you been able to get jobs with it?


Imlike minibits.cash, but I'm not sure if they have an iPhone app. Primal is great but comes with KYC trade offs.


You need a VPN because WOS does not give permission for people in certain jurisdictions like the US to send sats via lightning.  You need to stack enough to send an on-chain transaction. Let me think about the most user friendly option.


Cool. I started applying to IT helpdesk jobs, I have a Google IT Technician certificate, but everyone wants CompTia A+. I began studying for that, but it was boring so now I'm studying security plus sense I already have much of the background knowledge it requires.


That's a great book.


Your zaps work.


I think about this quote all the time.


I haven't used Windows in about 4 years, but my wife needed some computer help one day.

I was like, "How the hell do you get any work done with all these pop up ads?"


Not sure about only Primal, but here are nostr stats.

https://stats.nostr.band/


The nostr integration is awesome.


What test?


Congratulations.


I love it.


Nice take.


I don't know why, but I can't send sats using this username. :/


Congratulations on the new marriage and welcome.


What distro? I couldn't get the App Image files to work on Ibuntu 24, but it works on popOS.


#Keet is a proper p2p & serverless replacement for #Telegram


I love that you're usinf OxChat? Keet is pretty easy and more like telegram chat rooms, but I like the idea of developing a business on OxChat, especially since we also have eBay-esquw clients on nostr such as shopstr.store.

https://fountain.fm/episode/f3s5hTzNEUCKGueFMRK8

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpr5qgfmza7hvs25dhte5thtw7dk80t9s0td6dd7duhdyhz5hvy3up9mqrq


Maybe npub was the wrong term. What is this called?

fedi:user:@npub1uy0d3kxytq43v2kpsxugrf5m48s4m35cxegeg9edpmfreckrmn3sthlel4:m1.8fa.in


Thanks for sharing. I would like to hear your thoughts. I watched Betrayal on Hulu last week. I didn't realize the problem was so big.


What's your fedi npub? I want to try sending a test transaction.


Awesome.


Wait. There's a NWC now? When did this happen?


Thanks.


It's happened to me. Now I back it up with https://metadata.plebnet.dev/


Welcome.


I bet.


If the extension doesn't work, try entering your npub. I think they send you a message with a secret word to your nip04 messages.


I'm using that for sure.

Hey, just out of curiosity, is your FIRE number 25x or 50x your annual expenses?


How do I change my npub on the @Fedi app?
#asknostr


Thank you very much for sharing this information, Lyn. I've been busy and had no idea.


Haven't heard it yet. I remember listening to Bitcoin Audible either the day the world shut down or soon after. I was freaking out about the price dip and Guy was like rejoicing
 🤣


Yeah. That's probably why.


I use the get alby extension on Firefox. How do you login?


I feel like I'm more technically inclined than the average person.

Why do I suck at ReCAPTCHA?


I've noticed people like this, but I didn't know it was 20% of people over 65. Heartbreaking.


I still like mine. I'm old school.


That's not so bad then. We need a small computer screw market on nostr.  😀


Steganography is way cool 😎


Have you considered https://flare.pub. ?

You can upload videos to rumble and cross post them.


You can buy a bad ass mini computer for like $400 bucks. I'm a cheapskate,  and I used to fix old computers, but time is more scarce than bitcoin and I just can't do it anymore.


According to Murray Rothbard in The Case For A 100 Percent Gold Backed Dollar, a dollar was worth approximately 1/20 an ounce of gold prior to WWI. This means a penny was worth 0.005 ounces of Gold, or $1.25 in today's dollar that is backed by the full faith and credit of the Land of Make Believe.

These days, $1.25 is the price of the cheapest trinkets at the Dollar Tree. The dollar is the new penny and orange is the new gold. We all expect sat cent parity, but that is much too bearish.

It's not such a stretch to think one sat will eventually reach Dollar Tree parity and thirty things in your Dollar Tree cart will cost 30 sats. We might not see get to see this, but I suspect my grandchildren will be able to buy something at the Sat Tree for a single sat.

https://image.nostr.build/f38091b4ef27ce384d27c98895f74368f19c711bf588e6859d2a216f68f79014.jpg


No way. Are you sure he didn't mean blue sky?


I just realized I have a dozen lightning wallets and most people in the world still think bitcoin only does 7 transactions per second.


The strategic national reserve will need a time-lock of at least 630,000 blocks for it to have any chance of working.

https://i.nostr.build/oZm1Uw5nH20l0hYX.jpg

https://fountain.fm/episode/umQi54SnHHFbGROEUkBU

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpx5a2a5zffttywe0u9qfray3mluwxhdqmkp8zfakr765x9hvpqjh2emu7n


Dear plebs,

Guy Swann has like 4 podcasts and one sponsor.

Please send him more zaps, boosts, and sat streams.

https://fountain.fm/episode/FExVWCrHTGsH3WfTasSt

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpur6hg0k6w4ctumtsd5xd4xllh465cv82a6qut0wrtg20qxvqqfvzsnpjz


Best show of the month.


Thanks for sharing.


I love that song, reminds me of my bit torrent days. I bet a 500 sat zap would be worth more than Spotify pays Mos Def when you listen to this on their platform.


In 2020, I remember hearing NVK say you should treat your stack as if it were 10x more valuable.

I never doubted his advice, but it's still pretty crazy to see it happen.


This is something I've been secretly hoping for. Now it's here and it's amazing.


Npub.pro is ghost + nostr. Ghost has mailgun, but I haven't used it yet.


You should care about nostr if you want to see hyperbitcoinization, don't trust corporations with your data, or want to verify a video is real and not propaganda in the matrix.


Today I used it to buy a diet coke at a brewery near me that accepts bitcoin and thought about this Eric Hughes quote

"When I purchase a magazine at a store and hand cash to the clerk, there is no need to know who I am. When I ask my electronic mail provider to send and receive messages, my provider need not know to whom I am speaking or what I am saying or what others are saying to me; my provider only need know how to get the message there
 how much I owe them in fees."

I felt like freedom.

https://fountain.fm/episode/nvE4MO4qv2SB4q9ZcItK

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpw5s8ap53tu70hzkaru0ywgux6dxzzhqvrzanzupdlfm9j4w5l9apzrtq4


Sorry I haven't zapped in a while. I've been busy, but I can't wait to see what this looks like on nostr.

https://fountain.fm/episode/exBShqH4ld6aBIwfBASI

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzqxj89msshtmh8np8tr2kw6zpdhlt0mnuakqumevcn758v2nmvsa42sxjlv


Wow.


Thank you for your answer. I've always been curious about this. 🫂


This is amazing.


I use a VPN, but my water bill uses my home address. VPN's don't fix this.


I write a ₿log about bitcoin and other freedom tech.

If you find this work valuable please send value in return.

https://nostree.me/bloggingbitcoin@iris.to

https://bloggingbitcoin.substack.com/


I don't go on X anymore because people usually don't talk back.

Is it different for people with a follower count the size of a small city?


I have solar. I need a way to pay that bill.

 I use Strike for my ACH rails.

I bought a cup of coffee for $4.00 with my credit card today. I get 1.5% cash back.

Then I paid 7,300 sats to a BTCpayServer POS using the Strike API. The sats instantly convert to fiat. I send the fiat to my bank once a month and put my credit card on autopay.

I would like a way to cut out the bank all together.


Damn. This country is ass-backwards.


Bitrefill had an awesome bill pay service in 2022, but they discontinued it.

I'm looking for an alternative. Actually, I wish I could use bitrefill again. It was awesome.


What's the easiest way to pay bills with self custodial sats in the United States?

#asknostr
#bitcoin


Did the bug get fixed? I wasn't able to use it for zaps a couple weeks ago.


Welcome.


He was the CEO of a social media corporation located in an authoritarian regime. He had to comply or go to the Gulag.

If he chose the Gulag, the Authoritarian regime would have forced the next CEO to do their bidding.


It's great. On the zap.store too.


Thanks for sharing. Museums are awesome. 😀


Looks delicious.


That's pretty cool.


I highly recommend it too.


Apparently Minibits doesn't work when you use the largest font size on your phone.


Thanks.


What is this cut?


Sell your roth ira. Buy bitcoin. There's no tax afaik(but I'm not an accountant).

I would consider using a bitcoin ETF to avoid the tax penalty depending if I thought the exchange risk is less than the penalty, but I don't think it is.

I would not buy the ETH ETF under any circumstances.


Fuck Blackrock. Buy #bitcoin.

https://i.nostr.build/DAAfebFxupTQBXU2.png


Yeah, but the main problem is the brainwashing algorithms.


Sorry sir, Pop tarts are gross.


My wife turned on the news the other day and I saw a certain presidential candidate advocate for price controls. I know it's fun to tease these dolts, but that's the most terrifying statement I've heard from a politician in my entire life.

That Mises Inflation episode was awesome by the way.


I saw this, but I didn't know it was exactly 69°.


Those pop ups annoy the he'll out of me.


I would totally forget about Dan Held, but every now and again someone mentions him on nostr. I can't stand that NFT shilling plagerist.


What's this about? I don't talk much to fiat maxi Twitter these days.


They can sell. We will stack.


I still have no idea what microstrategy does, but I know what Nvidia does and AI is in the news all the time.


I liked it. I've listened to the show off and on for years. I've always found it entertaining.


I started listening to some non-bitcoin podcasts again. Here's a clip of Jack Spirko from the Side Hustle Show.

https://fountain.fm/clip/nWXLzO1yhU1SSoIdh5uK


Sats sent.


Welcome.


Where do I subscribe?


How come they sent me a nasty letter for depositing some poker winnings, but the government can send drug money to Coinbase without anyone batting an eye?


Excellent work Alex.


Not sure, but I haven't been rugged so far.


I make the same argument with apples instead of chairs, but I listened to Walker read Mises 4th of six lessons this morning. I'm so much better than my shitty apple analogy.


My dishwasher has WiFi. I have no idea why my dirty dishes need Internet access.


How do you do that, rehab?


I've used immich. Prism might work too, but I like nostr build because it's easy and scrapes Metadata.


Same.  Not my type.🤣


I didn't even know you could do that. I don't know why this never occurred to me.


I didn't even know this was a thing until Lyn said something about it.


I didn't watch it either, but I'd bet 10,000 sats they didn't mention bitcoin.


I saw the image, but I had to click on it.


Yeah, I have learned that the hardway.


Some cheap Samsung. A15 I think. I can still use the minibits mint on wallet.cashu, but I like the nostr part of your app.


I know a brewer who uses Aqua wallet to accept bitcoin payments at his brewery.

I would like a lightning address and A BTCpayServer Plugin for Aqua Wallet so we can pay when he's not there.


Please do. I would like to learn more about Jan3, but Xwitter is insufferable.


Same. I support no politician, at least not any who have a shot at winning.


Wait...What???


I want to increase merchant adoption. It's easier than ever, but it's such an uphill battle.


Donald Trump is the epitome of disinformation by the way, but the world is becoming a more closed society and this is cause for concern.


Clown world gone wild. 🤡 🌎


I'll need to listen to this one. Keet and holepunch are amazing.  We need more normies using it.


Awesome.


How do you host BTCpayServer?


Farmers markets are awesome.


What's wrong with machine learning?


I like it too, but it doesn't work on my new phone. :/


What's your favorite ecash wallet?


I'll put it on my calendar.


I don't know what half the tools you mentioned are. Is Claude an LLM?


I'll need to get back on the saddle. I've tried using AI before, but I think I gave up too soon.


Is Duck AI the the duck duck go one Calle shared?


Right? Here's the normie diversified portfolio:

Buy a house(if the banks give you permission to use their printed money.)

Put 60% of your money in an Index Fund that earns 11% on average.

You're beating the CPI, but your groceries gonup by 13% for some unknown reason. Better vote for the best golf player because this is the most important election of your life again.

Never diversify your currency unless you visit Mexico and plan on buying souvenirs made in China.

But you must diversify into something safe like government debt. It's safe because the government can print money. (This is literally in I Will Teach You To Be Rich) This debt has an ENDLESS SUPPLY. Don't fuck around with "speculative" investments like bit‐CON that's not "backed by anything." Buy 40% Bonds to DiVeRsIfY.

I've had many arguments over quantum computing, government bans, environmental concerns, tax evasion, drugs and boiling the oceans, but nobody ever defends this madness.


I never liked messing with SEO, but a Duck Duck Go search I recently performed featured something I wrote on Yakihonne.

That was pretty cool.


Agreed. Glad to see Naval is here. #plebchain 🤙


At first, I used a 2-of-3 multisig with CoboVault, but the wallet stopped working because of some update. I didn't lose my stack because I had access to the other two keys and I was able to use the CoboVault key with a Seed Signer.


That's a lot of words from someone who has no idea what they are talking about. It would make just as much since if you replaced the word bitcoin with the theory of relativity.


I don't even enjoy Twitter anymore, but why do governments like the United States and Venzuela want to ban social media?


Seed XOR is an excellent way to make a redundant backup of your seed however. Passphrase risk can be mitigated by using pre-spelled BIP39 words on the ColdCard so I wouldn't panic.


If you lose 1 of 48 words or a single letter from your passphrase, you HODL forever.


On chain is very cheap right now.


You still have a single point of failure, but but I love this setup.


It's my bedtime.


The AI stuff blows my mind.


I think about that Adam Smith quote often. He figured out how governments around the world looted their subjects savings. When I read it, I remember thinking...Bitcoin fixes this.


If humanity loses electricity, your wine will be a better store of value than bitcoin. In that situation, silver bullets will be the most saleable good, but booze would be a close second.

If electricity remains the backbone of the economy, all booze will lose value compared to bitcoin over time.


I don't know, but you can buy these things with sats on the bitcoin company.


I have an e bike. I guess I'm short bitcoin.


It is.


I couldn't find the s9pk file.


I couldn't get the build for Start9, but I was able to install it on Umbrel.


# Bitcoin accepted Here How Small Business Can Accept Bitcoin Payments.

I began writing this blog before zaps existed. I used the LNBits demo version to create a tip jar I added to the end of my blogs on Ghost. I didn’t make a ton of sats, but it felt great to get tips every now and then. We will get back to this tip jar in a minute, but in the beginning, I wrote about my half-assed attempts to orange pill merchants at my local farmers market. I didn’t have a plan. I just walked up to random women selling zucchini and asked, “do you accept bitcoin?”

Out of a hundred people I asked, only one person said yes.

I now to to a brewery that accepts bitcoin using the [Aqua Wallet](nostr:naddr1qqrhym28xpxrjvqzyp6m7g6nrt5lnrrzn9d6quv3ujyw44r4jafhr43a0h75d00ph75f2qcyqqqgtwc96yw37). This works, but we haven't figured out how to allow him to accept bitcoin when the owner of the brewery isn't there. I think I found the answer. The brewer can print out a QR code with a single Liquid address. Anyone with the address can see the amount of fees paid on each transaction. They will see how many transactions were associated with this address, but they won't be able to see the amounts of the transaction. The butcher can buy a beer using this address. The baker can also buy a beer with this address. The brewer knows how much the baker and the butcher paid, but the baker cannot see the amount the butcher paid and vice-versa.

The employees will also not be able to see how much customers pay, but the baker can reveal the amount by clicking the View unblinded transaction in Explorer.

![unblinded transaction button](https://i.nostr.build/pu1uc3Pqli1ghKtP.png)

The amount paid is shown on the sent page, so the bartender(an employee of the brewer) can verify the payment went through as well as the total amount. Of course the amount is denominated in L-BTC. If the bartender needs to know how much this amount of sats is worth in dirty fiat, she can use the sats converter webpage from [plebnet.dev](https://rates.plebnet.dev/). In this example, 1,838 sats equals $1.07 at the time of this writing. We simply convert the decimal to sats by removing all the zeros. This is very easy and requires very little technical know-how.

![sats converter](https://i.nostr.build/4CpesVYyygN963MG.png)

## Coinos

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We can also create a Point of Sale Service. [Coinos](https://coinos.io) is the easiest way to do this and they charge a very small fee.  also creates a nostr key. You could use this to advertise your business on nostr, a decentralized communications protocol where a lot of people who like spending bitcoin on the Internet hang out. You can also use Coinos to obtain a lightning address. Lightning addresses look like an email address, but people send you [sats](https://www.kraken.com/learn/what-are-bitcoin-satoshis-sats) instead. Here is a 16 minute video I created to teach you how to use Coinos as a bitcoin payment terminal. Coinos

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### BTCpayServer

BTCpayServer let's you set up bitcoin wallets in several interesting ways. You can use Greenlight to create a self custodial lightning wallet using a key made of 12 valid BIP39 words(also known as a regular bitcoin wallet). There's no need to find liquidity or run any specialized hardware. I suppose you don't even need to run a node, but you should do that anyway. The easiest way to set up BTCpayServer is to deploy it on [LunaNode](https://docs.btcpayserver.org/Deployment/LunaNode/). This is my favorite way to run it because it has the best uptime and gives me the least headaches. It costs about $15.00 per month which adds up to $180 per year. That get's expensive over a while.

You can also run it on a $400 computer from [Umbrel](https://umbrel.com/) too. I can only get the payments to work on my local network and TOR however. I learned how to host it on the clearnet(also known as the normal Internet) using CloudFlare, but the payments won't work on BTCpayServer for some reason.

I was also able to run LNBits on the [clearnet using Start9](https://habla.news/u/bloggingbitcoin@iris.to/how-to-host-start9-services-on-the-clearnet) but this instance does not allow us to install the required plugins we need to run these fancy nodes in the cloud. It is the same instance that you see on the BTCpayServer Demo site. I'm not sure why they are different. This is not a complaint My Start9 is a bad ass computer. It also lets me host websites out of my closet on the clearnet.

BTCpayServer has several interesting features.

- Sell downloadable tutorials
- Instantly convert bitcoin to dollars(or your local national currency) using the Strike plugin
- Run a Custodial Lightning Wallet in the cloud using Greenlight.
- Create a store on Shopify or WordPress
- Automatically delete customer information every two weeks.

BTCpayServer is for those who want to run a bad ass bitcoiner business for bitcoiners by bitcoiners.

**How To Use BTCpayServer with the Strike API**

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**How To Use BTCpayServer with Greenlignt with the Breez Plugin**

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## LNBits

LNBits has a new feature. It allows us to sell our software as a service. We can become an uncle Jim. I run an instance of LNBits using an API from getalby.  I also have the GetAlby Hub, but have not switched API's yet. We can also use other API's like from ZBD or opennode. I run mine on Start9 and it works over the clearnet, although I hope to use a reverse TOR proxy soon. It's easy to run on an old Linux computer. They have [great docs](https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/blob/main/docs/guide/installation.md) If you don't want to bother with that, you can also run this on Start9 or Umbrel.

**Sell Extentions As A Service**

The most interesting thing about LNBits is that it allows you to sell software as a service. This is a little known fact, but it's an interesting way to turn our nodes into a software as a service business. Bitkarrot mentioned this on this episode of Bitcoin Audible. Ben Arc also announced it on Citadel Dispatch. I'm going to sell extensions for 10,000 sats. I don't expect to make much money. I would consider myself lucky if I earned enough to buy a cup of coffee, but this is an interesting concept. Keep in mind, this is a custodial service. I use an Alby API. Don't keep to many sats on this. Treat it like a cash register. You You should withdraw your sats to self custody every day like a business empty's it's cash register out every day and puts the cash in a safe.

**LNBits POS Tutorial**

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If you want to accept bitcoin at a shop, try it [here](https://lnbits.blogging-bitcoin.com/).

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Bitcoin Accepted Here: How Small Business Can Accept Bitcoin Payments

How small business can accept bitcoin payments.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqadlydf3460e333fjkaqwxg7fz82636ew5m36c7hml2xhhsml2y4qpzxy6t5vdhkjm3dv93kxetsw3jkgttgv4ex2ttgdamj6umdv9kxcttzw4ekjmn9wdej6cmpdckkzcmrv4c8gttzd96xxmmfdckhqcted4jkuarn4qv6er


How Your Small Business Can Use Coinos to accept bitcoin even if you are brand new to bitcoin.

Use Coinos To Accept Bitcoin At Your Small Business

This is a video event and can be viewed at https://www.flare.pub/w/naddr1qqr5wmzcvedysnczyp6m7g6nrt5lnrrzn9d6quv3ujyw44r4jafhr43a0h75d00ph75f2qcyqqqgtwcg02j4f


Thanks. I just found it too.


What's the repo?


How To Use LNBits As A Point Of Sale Terminal.

This is a video event and can be viewed at https://www.flare.pub/w/naddr1qqrkcaj5xqchyugzyp6m7g6nrt5lnrrzn9d6quv3ujyw44r4jafhr43a0h75d00ph75f2qcyqqqgtwcr947q9


I've thought about going back to old episodes and writing them down, but I'm too lazy.


Selling extensions on nostr:nprofile1qqs8u5uf0rd2p9wmdxxaznpn54tkq8wwspmljy0cjqw6jdgm5kv84dspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtc49u4gu is cypherpunk AF.


I like them both.


Awesome.


I love Umbrel, but it's also given me a lot of headaches.

Start9 is easier to backup. Indon'tbeven know how to back up Umbrel since they revamped the OS.


Nice to see you again.


Yep.


This is obvious. I don't see why they don't see it.


Looks like regulatory capture to me.


I've thought about writing fiction using a long form client. I just haven't got around to it.


Do you think mutiny wallet would work with the BTCpayServer nostr connect plug-in/NWC?


Fiat down.


Wow. Thank you.


Why are they rioting?


This is the first I've heard of them. Looks cool.


Jack Mallers tried that, but suits are a tough nut to crack.

Small businesses will also be hard, but I'm optimistic.

We need better marketing and a bitcoin geek squad willing to help set up infrastructure.


Not sure, but that's a great idea.


Thanks for sharing. I love listening to Matt Hill.


My wife says the same thing about me. I once tried to show her how to use multi-sig with Specter desktop.

It didn't go so well.


It was my favorite too because it was so easy to use the API with LNbits.


Tell me about it. :/


I know a guy who sideloaded BTCpayServer onto a Toast POS terminal st a couple fast food restaurants, but it's just a website.

A $60 tablet or old smart phone would work.


I smoked a pack a day for a decade until I read The Easy Way To Quit Smoking eleven years ago and have been nicotine free ever since.

My wife read it 14 years ago and it worked for her too.


Meetups are our best shot at making bitcoin payments ubiquitous.

Businesses will not want to accept bitcoin if it won't bring more customers.

BTCpayServer has come a long way.

We just need education.


We have to do it ourselves.


A couple years ago, I began writing a blog about using bitcoin as a medium of exchange over the lightning network. In the early days, I asked merchants at my local farmer's market if they would accept bitcoin but 99.7% of them said no. Bitcoin was difficult back then. You needed to run a node, set up channels, and provide liquidity, but that's no longer the case.

These days, self custodial lightning is possible without being a headache.

Anyone who can use email and upload files to a website can accept bitcoin.

No coiners can accept bitcoin using tools like The Strike API.

Now, the network has evolved to the point where we can easily set up BTCpayServer for them.

We can bring our meetups to places that want to accept our money.

Maybe suits will turn down the business of orange people, but maybe we can find a few small businesses in our community willing to accept bitcoin.

This video is a tutorial, but more than that, it is a call to action. Find businesses in your local community that will accept bitcoin. Be their Uncle Jim or find an Uncle Jim that can help.

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi

How To Create A Bitcoin Point-Of-Sale terminal using BTCpayServer and The Breez Plugin

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Me too. I forgot about these economic rap battles. About 9 years ago, I listened to the Econtalk podcast.

Russ Roberts aldo had some cool Austrian economics music videos back then too.


Use android.


It's all good. I found them. I forgot to hit save so I was still using the Strike API for my lightning node. It turns out, I sold about $200 worth of sats on Strike on accident, but I bought most of that back. I only lost a few thousand sats after all.  Oops.


You should make it a rap video. You can pull it off.

#Bitcoin needs more rap videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaMJi1_1tkA


The Breez Plugin on BTCpayServer makes on-boarding businesses onto the lightning network a breeze.(pun intended)


I think they are getting rid of the OG free option, but you can self host Alby Hub. It's not that hard, but not for noobs.


It's great. His dad and bitcoinmom are on it too.


Absolutely nothin'


Every bitcoin transaction on the timechsin uses sats as unit of account. That looks like money to me.


Nevermind. I changed the settings and it ended up in another wallet. Oops.

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Testing breez greenlight. The payment worked, but I have no idea where it went. I think I screwed something up.


Damn it. I think I accidently rug-pulled myself oit of 369,000 sats.🤮


I've done the math. That doesn't mean I like the results.😭


Thanks.


What software did you use to set this up?


On my opinion, Robosats is the easiest way to get KYC free sats.


This is awesomeness.


Yep.


Coincidentally,  I recently found this book recommendation a napkin. Someone told me about it at a bitcoin meetup.


I always wanted a Rolex until I could finally afford one.

I came to the conclusion that time is the most valuable thing in the world, not time.


I tried, but it didn't work.


Same.


My 15 year old son told me he's into the classics like, Nirvana. 80's must be Oldies but Goodies.


It's cool, but it makes me feel old. 😊


How did Snopp  Doggy Dog go from "...187 on an undercover cop..." to Team USA Olympics ambassador?


I don't watch much TV, but my wife likes Jellyfin better now because she likes to shuffle episodes of Friends.


I'm just curious. I won't try to convince you.


What do you mean by non-bitcoiner?


May I please have this recipe?


Build a relationship with a local bike shop. Ask if they would accept bitcoin. I can help set up BTCpayServer for them. They can instanlty convert it to fiat if they want, but that's not a good idea.


Does address reuse on #Liquid degrade privacy in the same way it does with mainnet #bitcoin?

#asknostr


It makes me want to earn, spend, and stack sats.


Great news!


This was the one about some imaginary ponzi coin offering, right?

They got people to invest in some "CrYpTo" that didn't even exist like bigfoot coin or something like that.


It was okay.


You can open a lightning channel with a 12 word seed phrase. :)


The normies want a closed society.


The Breez plugin on BTCpayServer is
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥


This video is meant as part of a "How to accept bitcoin as payment series." This is an example of a payment made with the BTCpayServer POS . The wallet was created with Blue Wallet so the payment shows up on the business owners phone because it is on the bitcoin timechain. This may not be feasible when fees are low, but it is important to learn how everything works on the base layer before we can move onto higher layers such as liquid or the lightning network.

How To Use BTCpayServer as A POS Terminal

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Thanks for the shoutout. 😊


That sucks.


Whats wrong with Samsung appliances?


That's pretty cool.


Followed. 🫡