John_Scavone
John Scavone

#Bitcoin, Born To Be Free

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2024-03-02 03:10:19

Does anyone know why I can’t copy and paste my Phoenix Lightning address into my profile to receive zaps?
I’m not getting a LNURL

2024-03-02 02:55:26

@npub1sg6…f63m talking about Nostr in Madeira was the motivation I needed to get back on here
Been MIA for a while giving Twitter too much attention
I’m back 💪

2023-10-20 19:50:50

Who’s in El Salvador 11/3-11/10

2023-07-15 13:38:42

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Perfection

2023-07-11 02:04:35

I’m trying to go to El Salvador in November. Just booked the hotel.
What’s my best option of direct flights from NY to El Salvador?
Some of these airlines popping up are sus

2023-07-02 20:15:26

Government money originally acquired its monetary role through the free markets choice for money, gold
Fiat money emerged when governments fraudulently revoked its moneys redemption for gold. Not pure fiat
The State shouldn’t dictate what constitutes as money, we, the people do
Happy Independence Day weekend 🇺🇸
#Bitcoin

2023-06-28 21:31:46

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Balsamic vinegar is great as well
I would recommend getting a meat tenderizer
Tenderize meal, marinate overnight and leave out 1-2 hours prior to cooking

2023-06-24 04:01:33

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Where can I learn more about that? Seems like an interesting way to hold and spend some sats

2023-06-23 22:32:24

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What was that tap signer your pulled out on Portal Orange episode with Tulsi?

2023-06-09 16:41:25

The only other currency that is accepted more widely on a geographical scale than #Bitcoin is the US Dollar
In other words, #Bitcoin is the 2nd most widely accepted currency out of ~180 currencies, only sitting behind the global reserve currency
But it has no use case right?

2023-06-09 02:30:31

1 million seconds = 12 days
1 billion seconds = 31 years
1 trillion seconds = 31,688 years
US Debt = ~ $32T & on pace to
Deficit spend ~$2T in 2023
Common sense says this is unsustainable
"If something cannot go on forever, it will stop” -Steins Law

2023-06-03 14:38:48

How is it that the units in which we measure our height & weight (the metric system) is held to a higher standard than the unit in which we measure our scarce time?
Money serves as a unit of measurement for human time & people opt into a system that’s constantly changing at the hands of a few men with abstract power.
Crazy
Imagine trying to build a house with a tape measure that’s constantly changing?
Why are we trying to build a society around a money thats constantly changing?
Money is the lifeblood of a society, its how we facilitate trade & should be held to THE highest standard of measurement, #Bitcoin

2023-05-23 00:07:15

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Really enjoyed this one

2023-05-18 22:04:08

Anyone else experiencing an issue with “MyNode”? For 1 week now it’s saying “hit soft temp limit”

2023-04-22 00:48:00

What if I told you that Adolf Hitler was assisted in being put in as Chancellor of Germany by a former head of CIA & President Eisenhower’s Secretary of State to help kick start WWII 🫢

2023-04-18 23:21:47

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Jack, any plans to get back on Rogan anytime soon?
Maybe you can spread awareness on #NOSTR and dig a little deeper into #Bitcoin

2023-04-17 13:05:01

Two unlawful institutions enacted in 1913
The FED, who illegally issues fake units of currency & calls it money
The IRS, who illegally extracts a substantial portion of those fake units of currency that the American citizen earned through sacrificing their time, energy & labor
https://youtu.be/1UCcW0RoNdc

2023-04-16 15:21:47

“When the US sanctioned Russia last year, freezing their US Treasury holdings and shutting them out from SWIFT (the worldwide money transfer system), the US demonstrated authoritarian control over any USD denominated asset held in foreign treasuries” @jameslavish
🎯
February 2022 will be looked back on as the moment in history when the US Federal Reserve Notes lost the very trust (that backs it) of all other sovereign nations
Only a matter of time until those nations realize it’s not practical to use gold to settle trade & then —> #Bitcoin

2023-04-13 20:13:05

Watch how fast Bud Light listens to the people who are protesting their actions by not purchasing their product
Take notes & stop using government issued money. Watch how fast they will become public servants again
Upgrade your fiat/monopoly money to REAL, HARD money #Bitcoin

2023-04-08 15:09:07

Let’s use common sense now:
Why are hedge fund managers/bankers & politicians (public servants), the wealthiest (by far) individuals in the world?
What value do they provide to society?
Definitely not the same value police officers, firefighters, teachers or doctors add
The fact that this is our reality, should infuriate everyone.
These useless scumbags have amassed an enormous amount of wealth at the expense of every productive individual
Bitcoin presents an opportunity to turn this upside down system around. The sooner we obtain mass adoption the sooner we can go about living our lives in peace

2023-04-08 15:02:09

What do you call a combination of Fascism and Communism?
Feel like America is leaning hard into that combination

2023-04-07 21:39:33

Felt the need to really step up spreading Bitcoin awareness
Got my barber set up with MuunWallet , generated a lighting invoice and just paid for my cut in BTC
This is the way. Now every other week my barber is DCA’ing into the greatest form of money the world has ever seen

2023-04-05 03:06:53

Feels like Bitcoin is getting ready to burst passed $30K

2023-04-04 21:12:26

Socialism is institutionalized aggression on private ownership
Why do people support this ideology?

2023-04-04 02:13:46

"The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know." - Noam Chomsky

2023-03-29 01:28:55

Trying to set up MyNode with my ledger has been nothing but frustration.
Anyone else experience this?
Finally after getting satstack set up fully after 6 days and 3 attempts I ran into yet another issue
Ledger desktop is non stop synchronizing.
I sent some money to cold storage, it shows on my node, shows on my ledger mobile app but nothing on my ledger desktop and it’s still synchronizing 2 hours later
Any idea how to fix this?

2023-03-26 20:06:16

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Nothings working. There has to be an easier way to get this going

2023-03-26 15:05:24

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Hi Jimmy, do you know how to resolve this issue? I’m trying to connect MyNode to my ledger and this is the last step for satstack. 2nd time this happened to me at this point in running it
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_fc462f23ccbe2433237eaa339c716bb5fe1b4b613809561b2978671bfd913db4.jpeg

2023-03-26 15:04:13

Anyone familiar with satstack and how to resolve this issue? 2nd time for me getting this far and my computer turned off for an update and this happened.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_fc462f23ccbe2433237eaa339c716bb5fe1b4b613809561b2978671bfd913db4.jpeg

2023-03-25 00:31:30

Has anyone successfully run satstack for ledger live on windows?
3 days and this thing is driving me nuts

2023-03-24 19:04:45

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Thank you. I had my ledger plugged in to connect to MyNode and was just going through the steps. Last step had me run satstack which I did, then I had to leave with my laptop and it never continued running and I’m far from tech competent so it’s been a nightmare
I’ll Give this a go

2023-03-24 18:14:47

Is it necessary to run satstack to connect my ledger to MyNode?
I can’t figure this the fuck out and it’s extremely frustrating

2023-03-23 00:54:48

Anyone know the best way to solve an interface issue with MyNode?
Red light & green light are in but i keep getting this
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_ece75c1fcf0d05aff6b834590c827ad8d242187de6d7cd47d9ffc2fb4bb8f1dd.jpeg

2023-03-21 00:59:17

Who knows how to get sat stack downloaded on windows ?

2023-03-21 00:11:21

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One last thing. I’m trying to download and run satstack. Any experience with that? I use windows and downloaded the terminal and sat stack an it’s still not working

2023-03-20 23:50:42

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Just zapped some sats your way. It worked thank you

2023-03-20 23:13:16

Would really appreciate any assistance here. I’m trying to connect MyNode to my ledger
I’m putting local IP found in info, not sure what the port is?
I also have the RPC credentials straight from the MyNode Inter fact but it cannot connect to my ledger
Maybe I have the wrong port? I’ve typed in multiple different ports that it could be but nothings working.
How can I verify the info from my node to input into ledger live to connect ?

2023-03-17 22:37:53

Trying so hard to manage risk with my finances but everything going on in the world right now is pushing me closer and closer to changing my 50% net worth allocation of #Bitcoin to 100%
🙉 discipline John, discipline

2023-03-17 15:46:21

What a perfect week to write this article
I appreciate any feedback and always welcome push back!
Just trying to sharpen my sword
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnscavone/p/breaking-the-bank-2023-edition?r=q8xxt&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

2023-03-15 19:01:21

The non-Bitcoiners of today truly don’t understand how powerful it is to be your own bank
In their lifetime, being your own bank was never an option so I could see why it’s hard to understand
Once you start actually using the #Bitcoin technology it will blow your mind

2023-03-15 12:22:01

Feel like we should migrate the #Stackchain over to Nostr
I mined Block 2909, let’s keep it going
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_2f05361eef64324b29282fb5b80ec6617d640d2143aa9ff46216d8a34c5b6e11.jpeg

2023-03-11 02:46:01

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The horses are fun to collect too. Trying to get the 7 different fellas

2023-03-09 23:30:44

Ok Nostr fam, got a dumb question for you
Just got my node running, playing around on it I wanted to search the mempool to view my cold storage address.
Surprisingly, balance comes up as 0. I searched my public address.
On my cold storage device, the balance is more than 0 lol
What am I missing?

2023-03-08 23:34:21

If anyone could help me with this I’d greatly appreciate it.
I just set up “MyNode” and it finished syncing. My Lightning channel has been scanning for 2 days. See photo below
I can’t pair it with any of my Lightning wallets. Any advice?
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_1cd0e0b0252b9cc71da5bc11657bb77c759ee59509922a91cee70d0ee23585e7.jpeg

2023-03-08 00:01:16

It’s so crazy how non of my normie friends/family, who happen to be successful individuals in a financial sense, don’t see the inevitable death of fiat currencies.
Not only are they missing it, they “yea yea yea” me to death to get me to stop ranting about it without actually listening and digging into what I’m saying.
I’m not only pushing them to buy Bitcoin, I’m advocating for them To exchange their fiat for gold, silver and/or Bitcoin
Anything but worthless Fiat
Treasuries are the literal definition of a Ponzi and it happens to also be the base of the global financial system.
Yea, it’s still functioning right now but it’s so fucking obvious that it’s breaking.
The amount that gets printed continues to get larger, debt continues to exacerbate, the booms & busts are more extreme
And they just don’t fucking get it
Beyond frustrating…..

2023-03-06 02:56:47

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Agreed. Once that new cold card comes out I’ll upgrade my hardware.

2023-03-06 02:47:01

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Interesting. Never thought about that before. How often do you change your hardware ?

2023-03-06 02:28:04

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Any particular reason you change your hardware wallets so often?

2023-03-04 15:03:11

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Lmao go to someone’s profile and click on their relays and you can hit “add”

2023-03-04 01:15:47

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_05d095c0a68d854c21e6e9268c7bd4bf078ccecc47cbe80c7391003876634add.jpeg

2023-03-04 00:16:08

Would appreciate any help here. After an hour and 15 mins it’s still at 0%
Any idea why this is?
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_20de339617e129b6b5762d8a0d8c2d17fb98cffe5eaab0b95140b12de8d1daf1.jpeg

2023-03-03 20:12:46

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I hear the steak in Argentina is insanely inexpensive too

2023-03-03 17:34:07

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Let me know your thoughts on my article!
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnscavone/p/bitcoin-the-light-in-the-darkness?r=q8xxt&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

2023-03-02 03:18:16

https://open.substack.com/pub/johnscavone/p/bitcoin-the-light-in-the-darkness?r=q8xxt&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

2023-03-02 02:31:34

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How mine looks https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_87478165811e6aefbcb3d38bd1affd0e70c8d0db3839b8e1afcf320086978771.png

2023-03-02 02:25:58

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How come my wife #[4] interface on Damus is glitched? Everything is all out of order. We have the same phone and mine is fine
Any help is greatly appreciated

2023-03-02 02:12:40

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Of course, which is why beach front property increased in value far more than property in less desirable/ countryside locations.
So on a hard money standard the beach front property May decrease in value at a lesser rate than other land.
No way to tell for sure unless we worked it out and the free market priced it

2023-03-02 01:55:53

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Thank you and I Appreciate the criticism but although land is scarce there is a surplus of land in comparison to demand.
In regards to housing, the supply of houses continues to increase which should allow the cost of the houses to decrease with a hard, inflation resistant money

2023-03-02 01:46:12

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Any good ones you recommend ??

2023-03-02 01:10:57

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Went there for the 1st time a couple weeks ago for WBD live podcast. I loved it but never hear about any meetups or anything going on.

2023-03-02 01:03:34

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Hey Peter, are you familiar with who Tom Hoenig is?
Your interview with Jason Brett was one of my top 5 favorites of yours which made me think of this.
Tom Hoenig was a former FED governor who voted against low interest rate policy when Bernanke was chairman many times. He was also head of FDIC, maybe Jason Brett can help link it up
Think that would be an amazing interview if you could get him to come on

2023-03-02 00:57:15

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How about a fellow NY’er? Better than a zap, how can we build a Bitcoin community here in NY to compete with the likes of Austin, Nashville, Miami, El Salvador

2023-03-01 03:08:12

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⚡️

2023-02-28 23:23:57

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My wife

2023-02-28 21:38:09

Are there any prominent bitcoiners here based out of Miami or FL? I have a very intriguing business idea that I would like to partner on and eventually franchise it.

2023-02-28 21:36:42

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Taking self-custody is the most important, entry level step to do to help the cause.
Next step is running your own node
It’s not enough to just buy and hodl
People need to custody their own BTC or else nothing is solved because exchanges will continue to rehypothecate

2023-02-26 02:44:29

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Whats the best cut to serve as a pocket steak? I eat steak every night but a cold steak from my pocket? Idk if I can get behind this 😂

2023-02-25 22:37:42

Is this article I put together zap worthy?
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnscavone/p/inflation-the-silent-killer?r=q8xxt&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

2023-02-25 19:26:15

Never forget that in 1933, the American government stole REAL money from its citizens & gave them Monopoly money & forbid them to own REAL money.
Executive Order 6102
They stole your gold at $20/oz & immediately repriced to $35/oz
Gold failed the American people
#Bitcoin cannot be confiscated
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_1845da4065bc06d4a7f7aa2d9dfd05e0be3dfad9e5391f4346f54db901618a0f.jpeg

2023-02-25 18:50:30

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Peter started off all friendly sharing a beer together and then BAM! Towards the end he put the HEAT on! Probably one of his best interviews. #[1] continues to
Get better and better at what he does.
Would like to see him get more controversial figures on as he really did a great job at asking the hard questions and letting the hostility get to him

2023-02-25 17:13:19

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It’s been 2 years she’s still tryna get through it 🤣 she’s 3/4 way through reads a few pages per week

2023-02-25 14:39:46

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Lol had to dive into that book a few times, 1st one wasn’t enough then I forced my wife to read

2023-02-25 14:12:20

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I love Paul Saladino and listen to him all the time. Thanks for the suggestion I’m definitely gonna order it!

2023-02-25 14:11:44

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🤝 anything I’m missing here ?? Not shown is price of tomorrow by Jeff booth and mystery of banking by Rothbard

2023-02-25 13:37:58

How many zaps can my book collection get ⚡️ https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_0c248ab24a4d5c7a343b61c6a37b7c3a979ec3972e6cb9790adce74c6d8e9cf0.jpeg

2023-02-25 02:55:36

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https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_b56fc4027445b09acd57789e717be7cec99d199422bfc7463f1f11ca217b9e77.jpeg

2023-02-25 00:53:09

How many zaps can this insanely delicious steak dinner get ⚡️
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_b56fc4027445b09acd57789e717be7cec99d199422bfc7463f1f11ca217b9e77.jpeg
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_f03a300f1f75c982083025e3a613f6cf372215f4d6d7e1bfbfa194b26098b14f.jpeg

2023-02-25 00:18:45

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Personally, Micro-dosing has greatly helped me with my anxiety. Can’t recommend it enough.

2023-02-25 00:11:51

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⚡️ if you’re with Psilocybin 🍄 😀

2023-02-25 00:10:38

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Ayy nice thank you ! Is there anyway to see who zaps you?

2023-02-24 23:58:40

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How about now ?

2023-02-24 23:48:42

I think I finally got my zaps figured out. If someone can zap ⚡️ me to confirm I’d greatly appreciate it

2023-02-24 23:46:11

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I think I got it! Would appreciate any zap to find out

2023-02-23 17:31:03

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I downloaded it but cannot get passed the “read disclosure” and “start” screen. Every time I hit start it pops back up

2023-02-23 17:10:58

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How can I find out if my Zap in my profile is working?

2023-02-23 16:46:13

Monopoly power, once created and sustained by the State, will be used and therefore abused

2023-02-22 22:07:54

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Great song. Too bad Neil turned woke

2023-02-21 17:44:54

How did we get to a point in society where banks are legally allowed to:
⚡️take part in embezzlement
⚡️counterfeit bank notes
⚡️have a monopoly
Not to mention the executives of these firms have more money than they could ever spend in a lifetime.

2023-02-20 17:40:47

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Bitcoin is the greatest teacher to those who are willing to study and learn about this technology. It teaches one about economics, monetary policy, importance of decentralization, technology, energy, agriculture, incentives and so much more. There’s a reason it’s called the “Bitcoin rabbit hole” and everyone who has entered continues to fall deeper and deeper because one realizes there’s so much more to learn about the world, they are living in. It’s a very humbling experience, as Socrates once said, “One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing”. Most people come for the gains but stay for the revolution.

2023-02-20 16:48:07

How many zaps can I get for those of you who appreciate this article I wrote ??
Am I even eligible to receive zaps ⚡️?
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnscavone/p/bitcoin-the-light-in-the-darkness?r=q8xxt&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

2023-02-19 20:17:54

People don’t truly understand the consequences of being under a government who is a legalized monopoly counterfeiter
The FED =
Legalized….monopoly……counterfeiter
#Bitcoin is the life raft to this disastrous phenomenon we find ourselves in

2023-02-19 16:53:19

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Welcome to the right side Larry! 🤙

2023-02-19 16:51:36

Everyone here probably knows what Bitcoin is already but I would appreciate some criticism. Only my 3rd article I published. I hate writing but for that reason I am doing it to challenge myself and deeper my understanding so I can educate others in a more effective manner
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnscavone/p/what-is-bitcoin?r=q8xxt&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

2023-02-16 21:41:01

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Hey Snowden. With all the train derailments here in US, some people believe Russia is attacking our infrastructure as we’ve attached theirs (Nordstream pipeline). As someone who lives in Russia, what are your thoughts on this theory ?

2023-02-10 22:32:52

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Jack how can I reach you for an integration in a payment service software for collecting rent? I want to collaborate it with strike. I’ve sent emails, DMs etc I know you’re busy dude I need 2 mins of your time

2023-02-10 16:04:24

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Can you recommend a good hardware node for me that I can plug in and sync to my laptop. I don’t have a desktop computer and I don’t like running bitcoin core in my laptop.

2023-02-09 16:15:07

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Preston, can you recommend a hardware node for me ? I want to purchase one and plug it in

2023-02-05 03:08:11

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No clue lmao how do I know a good relay from a bad one ? I’m still learning the way on this platform lol
On a side note, I’m about to order some wine from you! Excited to try it. What’s your recommendation? I usually love more to the dry side, far from acidity, oaky and bold

2023-02-04 15:58:21

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What hardware node would you recommend? I don’t want to run a node on my laptop anymore, I want a hardware node specifically for this purpose. I was thinking of purchasing Ronin dojo

2023-02-03 02:54:00

I was getting so excited thinking about a future on a Bitcoin standard, I almost couldn’t fall asleep lol hope that doesn’t happen again but how could one not be excited about a monetary system free and clear of government overreach. Free and clear of anyone’s overreach. Finally a system where the same rules apply to everyone. People aren’t bullish enough on this