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George Saoulidis

Your new favourite creator of sci-fi with Greek mythology. Zap me at ⚡[email protected]

Polymath. Member of Athens BitDevs, doing art and writing lots of words.
Founder at mythographystudios.com loveisbitcoin.com greekblockchainnetwork.com and more.

Find my coolest stuff at the link in my bio.

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2024-06-15 12:42:09

I met one of Libby's fans today at the Nostr booth in BTCPrague! @npub1995…8vtf @npub1kwc…f3xx https://image.nostr.build/73bec8319cf1318f8b18e039dba360c892a4a49c67f1c8444cff71ba3350b593.jpg

2023-12-28 15:26:24

Spam is such a big problem on the internet that most of us webmasters have had to shut down forums and close comments on our blogs.
It's why I've been so excited for lightning used as a spam filter, even though I haven't seen an implementation yet outside of stacker news.
Spam is wasting hundreds of manhours with moderators and resources.
If I choose to filter ordinals and other spam transactions from my mining template, I have every right to do it. You can just go to another miner and send your transaction, they'll be happy to accept the sats.
Permissionless does not mean anarchy. You have every right to spam the protocol, I have every right to filter it because you're wasting my time and resources.
I won't run the ord disrespector only because the guys promoting it are deranged spooks and because it's untested code.
But if the next bitcoin core version filters out a huge chunk of spam, I'll run it.

2023-12-20 09:58:41

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We need opt-in discovery algorithms on nostr. The feed is not working well.

2023-12-20 09:57:28

I want to work with bitcoin businesses but many are plebstores, meaning amateur ones. Which is fine but the level of Dunning-Kruger effect is starting to grate on me.
Yes you need a fucking newsletter.
Yes you need a fucking blog.
Yes you need to do fucking sales. Sales are not fiat.
FFS.
I'm here if you need a marketing agency.

2023-12-20 09:57:11

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We'll see

2023-12-17 13:14:03

I believe at some point even unspendable utxos will be able to be offered as collateral.
It's the same with gold.
Let's say you have a small golden nugget. Getting it verified might cost half of its price. But if you show it to someone, thus proving that you own it, they might consider the risk acceptable and lend you the money.
Bitcoin can be verified with a simple wallet signature and even if it can't move on-chain due to high fees, it's still there.
I think microlending services will happily take them. Perhaps even with accepting the seed words themselves in case of liquidation.
That doesn't mean that you shouldn't consolidate your utxos when the fees are low. I'm just saying it will become so valuable that people will find a way to use even the smallest bit.

2023-12-16 14:49:20

I asked btcpayserver about an easy way to run it, basically you either run it on your own node, which is troublesome. And there's the option of running it on a hosted server, like voltage cloud or lunanode. They recommended lunanode.

2023-12-16 01:39:49

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A nostr dev told me that at some point we should be able to reroll an nsec. Not sure how but cryptography allows for that.

2023-12-16 01:38:09

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#nevent1q…w89v

2023-12-16 01:34:02

#nevent1q…0rcf
https://image.nostr.build/3e3467a798756ad4d5b6c561f00a93aa34ffec58dda471c29a6f522b00a61af0.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=864x1920&blurhash=%5BBBDvRoy00Rj%3B.ozR%25WB00oz_3WB4nof%25MWB%7EEafE0ay.kV%40Mys%3BM2WBoyoft*aeRQj%5BMxayt7j%5B&x=e4464f44ff31a88411db0c9656d70470ba72502d20356d8f7935dd798f751135

2023-12-16 01:26:25

That's what my sailboat does too!
#nevent1q…scuj

2023-11-23 12:08:08

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Oh no I'm fine with bigger blocks, we'll eventually need them after 20 more years or so.

2023-11-23 12:02:52

Zap my talented friend here
#nevent1q…8mjv

2023-11-23 03:07:54

I think I'm being reasonable and calm and then someone tells me bitcoin doesn't have enough throughput to handle as many transactions as BNB has and I go into rant mode.

2023-11-15 12:35:19

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It doesn't negate all the benefits, but it's realistic

2023-11-15 12:34:42

I gifted 1000 sats to a woman that came to a meetup months ago, asking about lightning. I considered them wasted, just like I usually do. But I was happy to hear when she met me again that she invested more into bitcoin.
You never know.
You can read my orange pilling guide here
https://georgesaoulidis.com/weneedtotalkaboutbitcoin/

2023-11-13 01:54:01

Blue wallet has a very neat feature.
When you give someone an address so they can pay you, you can just copy the address itself, go to new wallet, give it a name, import, paste the address.
That will create a watch-only "wallet" on which you can see all the transactions and check to see if the people paid you at a glance.
And all that makes it so much easier to check if the payments came through and despair.

2023-11-11 23:15:08

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Whichever you're comfortable with. Umbrel is great for newbies, I use raspiblitz. For advanced nodes you can get a start 9 labs server with the coupon code LOVEISBITCOIN for 9% off.

2023-11-11 23:14:05

Controversial opinion:
Prepare to lose your bitcoin.
I believe that almost everybody will eventually lose their entire stack.
Hodlers will get rekt. FIRE and early retirement, travel the world guys will get rekt. Some bug in a popular wallet, some seed generation algorithm will be reverse engineered like milk sad, or any other random way that will compromise your seed words and make you lose your sats.
Prepare for that.
Have alternative storing options, preferably on metal plate with no multisig nonsense or anything else. Just drop 1 million sats on a wallet that you've generated with randomness and leave them there.
Have cashflow to recover. Ideally from online businesses.
Have a network of bitcoiners that will be willing to help you get hired again, to trade with you, to support you.
I think we'll only start seeing more and more of this as price goes up and incentives to trick people are increasing.
The point is to put yourself in a position to get some of it back immediately, not to hoard sats.

2023-11-04 01:39:32

Running a node is the only way to have a vote in the bitcoin system. For example, my node will never run drivechains, even if they manage to do get through.
The right to vote in the bitcoin protocol is analogous to being a citizen in Ancient Athens. Not all were citizens, and (unfairly) all were male, contributing members of the Athenian society. There were slaves and people born elsewhere that didn't have citizen rights. And anyone going against the city-state was ostracized, but that's not possible in bitcoin.
The analogy still stands, because the Athenian citizen had to stay informed on current events, matters of the state and had to vote on various issues. That's why democracy worked, not because everyone voted, but because the voters were mainly valuable citizens.
Back to bitcoin, it seems we're creating the same sort of governance. Informed noderunners get a vote, people who leave the thinking to others do not get one.
It's a sort of democracy of 17.000 noderunners and it's messy but it works so far. And it's the only way to sustain one.

2023-11-03 00:31:34

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There is no problem, the user is just confused. You're right you just load the seed words in a other wallet.

2023-11-03 00:30:51

I'm patient but I'm not wasting my time convincing people that don't care enough to learn. There are so many people out there thirsty for knowledge, desperate to figure out bitcoin and learn the truth.
Why would I bother with people laughing at me and being condescending when I have entire classes full of students demanding I teach them what I know?
Go where you're welcome. There are people who get you out there, just keep trying.

2023-10-31 12:49:13

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Nonsense. Coldcards get bricked all the time. This problem could happen to any hardware wallet. But I don't think my trezor stops me from using it without an update, it depends on the specific program.

2023-10-31 10:37:08

@#nevent1q…z793
I was just teaching this yesterday to my students. Your wallet is not tied to the software or the device. You can just load bluewallet on your phone, import the seeds and gain access to your funds. Just know that they're now exposed to a hot wallet so it's best to send the coins to another cold storage wallet.
While I don't recommend ledger, the issue this guy had can happen to any device and it will keep happening as years go by.

2023-10-31 09:41:16

There's a restaurant near me that only sells traditional style pork. Gourounopoula in Greek, for those visiting.
And I go past it every other day, but I've never tried it.
Yesterday after my bitcoin workshop I was hungry so I drove past it, thought about it, turned around and stopped to get some pork.
He only had like a kilogram left in chopped up pieces. I got half a kilo.
I asked about it, he said, "Oh, first time trying our gourounopoula? I'll be seeing you quite often from now on."
And you know what?
He was right. It was so yummy.

2023-10-28 16:08:14

Blockchains do not belong in anything that isn't bitcoin.
Why?
Because they're wasteful, and the only way to justify that cost is by having the monetary incentive built in to defend it, like in bitcoin.

2023-10-23 21:42:52

Don't run a lightning node. It's too much trouble, honestly. The only way to earn routing fees is with large channels and some expertise. And you're risking a lot without a proper backup solution which we should have had years ago.
Instead just run @ZeusLN or @PhoenixWallet on your phone.
@MutinyWallet also seems promising though I haven't played with it a lot.

2023-10-14 00:59:33

I figured out a way to walk 10.000+ steps per day.
At first it sounds like a lot but it's really not. If you make it a habit then you can do it quite easily.
Persistence is the key, there are days when I'm not in the mood but I still force myself to go out for a quick 5k walk even late at night, which is more than most people do. And I average it out by doing 15k the next day. A habit takes about 2 weeks to form. And then it's a lot easier to maintain.
I listen to audiobooks or podcasts, or music sometimes. It depends. Sometimes I alternate an audiobook and some music to pump up my heart rate, other times I'm not in the mood and just listen to music while I think.
I make a few calls and also send some audio messages to my business partners. That helps pass the time.
The time investment can be significant, and that's one of the main reasons someone might quit. Of course some other high-intensity workout takes a shorter amount of time.
I found a park where I can walk around it without crossing the street. That's important so I can zone out without minding cars and just listen to a good audiobook. I feel that it helps a lot with getting lost in the story, time passes and steps happen a lot more easily.
I listen to books I like. Nonfiction audiobooks can get boring, but good fiction books with cliffhangers and so on can keep me there for hours.
A very important trick is to fool yourself into only listening to that audiobook during your walk. So you reinforce the dopamine rush of the walk with the dopamine rush you get from a good story. And I don't listen any more unless I go for a walk, so that makes me want to go on one. It's the little tricks that work on our lizard brain.
I managed to get some consistent 20k walks, which is a lot. But I was making the mistake of trying to get them all at once, and I was getting tired so I quit sometimes at around 12k. Now I take a short break and just sit on a bench every 7k steps. That way I can get to 21k when I push myself.
It's not just about the specific walking time. Adding in more steps throughout your day helps. Walk instead of taking the car if it's 10 minutes away. Walk around the block instead of a shortcut. Get up some stairs instead of taking the elevator.
I don't have any special wristband or Fitbit, I just use the Google fit app on my phone. I don't know if it's accurate or not, but setting a goal there in the settings and seeing the numbers helps. Sometimes I end up with 9.5k steps and just push myself to just walk two more blocks away just to complete the goal. Having measurable goals is the key.
I get really hungry afterwards, so I eat meat and salad or plenty of fruit. Or both. I hope to get a bit more specific in my meals in the future, but let's fix one habit at a time.
After a few months of doing this, I find myself walking somewhere that's 45 minutes away quite easily.

2023-10-10 11:25:01

So now I have to pay for X subscriptions for my personal and my business accounts. I have to pay relays on nostr. And I have to run ads for visibility on Facebook and Instagram.
Great.
Lovely.
Social media gone to shit.

2023-10-09 15:11:53

AI will kill the insanity of music rights claims on the internet and I love it. It's the stupidest parasite ever made and it needs to go away. It has nothing to do with making money for the artists themselves, lightning will fix that.

2023-10-08 13:44:53

Your mind will be under attack.
Don't try and memorize your seed words.
Put your keys in some sort of physical barrier even from yourself. Some sort of physical lock and key, a vault, anything that can put a real delay.
The onslaught of psychological attacks that we're about to witness in the next decades will be insane.
Imagine targeted psyops aided by AI and chatgpt. Entire social media accounts, entire websites created just to make you part from your coins.
You think it won't happen?
We can even do this right now. It's just not worth the time and effort. The cost is too much. But when bitcoin will be worth over 1 million dollars and cost per attack will be wittled down to pennies with AI, you will see it everywhere.
They will use psychological manipulation in ways you've never imagined. Your ex-girlfriend's photos can be used to generate AI catfishes that subconsciously remind you of her, even her voice can be sampled.
Your mentors, the same. Every like you've ever made, every comment, every video you've watched can be parsed into new specialized, deepfaked gurus and you'll be amazed at how each word they utter will speak to your soul.
You think it won't happen? You're just not worth it.
Yet.

2023-10-04 11:58:38

What are you doing buying iPhones and macbooks when you could have been getting 1 whole bitcoin?

2023-10-04 11:58:06

I better not see you own a car, go out on a fancy date or spend for a new iPhone either before getting one whole bitcoin. Now look at me puffing on my cigar and acting rich.

2023-10-04 11:57:54

I can be an influencer too. Sell your overhyped apple devices for more sats. Get to one bitcoin.

2023-10-04 11:57:41

I can be an influencer too. Sell your chairs and buy bitcoin. Get to a whole coin now.

2023-10-04 11:57:31

I can be an influencer too. Sell your sofa and buy bitcoin. What do you need a TV for now that we're at it. Get to a whole coin now.

2023-10-04 11:57:12

You're chewing bubblegum? That could have been 10 sats. How will you look your grandkids in the eye when they'll know you have wasted their generational wealth on fucking bubblegum?

2023-10-04 11:56:58

Winter is coming.
Heating bills are just wasted energy.
Run a miner to heat your home.
How are you gonna look your grandkids in the eye when they'll know you wasted their generational wealth just to keep your butt warm?
Get to one bitcoin.

2023-10-03 16:50:19

Do you know what you really need to use bitcoin?
Nothing.
Zero cost.
Not a hardware wallet, nothing.
Get an old phone from the drawer or the trash. Reset it to factory settings.
Download blue wallet, it's free and open source.
Create a wallet. Write down the seed words on a piece of paper.
Withdraw your sats to that wallet. When confirmed, delete blue wallet and secure the piece of paper.
That's it. Cost, zero, or 20 euros for the phone and a piece of paper.
You're done. You don't need anything else, no hardware wallets, no lightning hats, no conferences, no books, nothing.

2023-10-02 22:33:30

As much as I like nostr and what it might do at some point, it doesn't compare to the reach of the big social networks like twitter.

2023-09-30 00:11:41

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https://absolutbitcoin.com/did-satoshi-design-the-bitcoin-logo/

2023-09-30 00:11:04

I have an interesting dilemma. There's an AI generated piece I really like that would work great for an ebook cover art I'm writing. But I didn't make it. But AI art can't be copyrighted, that's the sentiment so far.
So can I just use it? Or not?

2023-09-28 14:20:38

Imagine being Bitboy, the OG bitcoiner who designed the bitcoin logo and being ashamed to say your pseudonym because of a shitcoin scammer.

2023-09-28 12:52:38

A few years ago I wrote stories about people using AI to simplify lawyerspeak. And now I'm doing exactly that with chatgpt.
I can't even write sci-fi anymore.

2023-09-28 03:15:04

I'm listening to the Wandering Inn while walking and there are some mages who are offended if someone calls them wizards or sorcerers and I thought that's exactly the obscure kind of distinction we set for bitcoin, not crypto. But normies don't give a fuck.

2023-09-28 03:07:32

Should you invest in that altcoin?
I'm a bitcoin maxi, but let's forget about that for a moment.
From a computer science point of view, let's say you invest in an altcoin because of its speed, anonymity, programmability or whatever.
Fine.
Ask yourself this:
Are people running nodes for that blockchain? Are they running miners, if applicable, or validators? Do you personally know people running one? Can you yourself run one without a serious investment of time and capital?
Because I can.
I'm running a bitcoin node and a miner. If everything crashes, I will single handedly maintain the entire bitcoin protocol.
Can your altcoin survive a total system crash or are you just dependent on someone else?

2023-09-28 03:05:58

YouTube just deleted my bitcoin channel, said in the email there's nothing to be done, I filled out the appeal form and they restored it. I obviously can't trust them anymore. No point building on there. X is gaining more and more ground as a video platform. I'll keep Nostr as a secondary to fall back on.

2023-09-21 16:02:11

I keep thinking about this argument. I put up my work for sale but a lot of it is also free, available on torrents or with value for value.
We'll see how it goes.
#nevent1q…ax0t

2023-09-21 16:01:17

All the people carrying a "Zap me" button at Baltic Honeybadger had it set to show up their nostr npub.

2023-09-21 08:40:40

One thing I liked about the whole art and NFT thing is that it finally brought the artist and the fan or the collector closer together.
Same as with books, I don't care much for dead people's creations. It's a new world and we can engage with creators in profound ways, collecting, zapping them, voting on their polls, giving input in their beta versions.
The dead don't reply and usually their work is overrated anyway. Support the living.

2023-09-20 02:24:09

I predict a new wave of bitcoin hippies emerging pretty soon. A bunch of millionaires travelling around the world in places like Costa Rica, taking psychedelic drugs, working remotely, having a sort of decentralized memetic governance.

2023-09-19 11:57:05

We often compare the network effects of fax machines, phones or smartphone adoption when talking about bitcoin.
But the genius of bitcoin is that the requirements to run it are minimal, you don't even need an extra computer to run a node. You can find computers in the trash that can run core.
The barrier to entry is nonexistent and we're going to see exponential adoption in the global South that will blow our minds.

2023-09-14 16:27:26

I'm watching Halt and Catch Fire Season 4, for some reason I had missed the entire last season. And they're making competing search engines, one is a curated database by passionate experts and the other is algorithmic. We all know who won historically, Google dominated the space and yahoo type sites fizzled
But now with the advent of AI-generated content where anyone can create endless amounts of crap, I predict niche, curated sites will re-emerge.

2023-09-13 22:37:26

Oh great. Twitter now grabs x dot com links that don't embed on my articles.
But the twitter domain is still the main one. Expect a massive amount of broken links all over the web.
I mirror most of them and copy the text into quotes and so on but not on all of them. It's a mess.

2023-09-13 17:55:40

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I have plenty of SSDs and a good graphics card, that's the only reason I've been able to work on anything. I'm going to get a machine with dual Xeon processors.
I used to have one years ago and it was my favourite workstation ever.

2023-09-13 17:40:40

I decided instead of going to another bitcoin conference to finally upgrade my workstation.

2023-09-13 15:27:13

The trick going forward isn't user generated content. 90% of everything people make is crap and they have poor taste.
No, the trick is curated user generated content. Especially now with the advent of AI-generated crap.

2023-09-11 17:14:32

Remember that the very opinionated person on bitcoin twitter arguing with you most likely doesn't know shit about how it works.

2023-09-11 14:58:11

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21energy has plenty. Tell them I sent you.

2023-09-11 14:57:16

Nostr is the bitcoin superapp. I have 12 lightning wallets. I don't really need another one.
The existing ones need to add a bunch of functionality into them.
Nobody gives a shit how cool your wallet is.
Breez used to be the lightning wallet I would suggest to people because it has app integration built in, and it solves the problem of "what the heck do I do with the bitcoins you just sent to me?"
Now the app I recommend is nostr..

2023-09-11 10:22:24

Okay the nerdminer thing is getting out of hand.
I like it as an educational tool but the hashrate is negligible.
Buy an S9, they're cheap right now. Swap out the fans for Noctua silent ones. Run BraiinsOS+ so you can underclock it.
Demonstrate mining with actual hashrate.

2023-09-11 02:11:02

Make RPGs isometric again.

2023-09-10 13:30:05

@openoms used the term "Blockdays since Genesis: 4500" and it's so much better than blockheight for human use.

2023-09-05 20:20:11

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It was a great party!

2023-09-05 12:46:13

"Please send me your calendly."
Men used to hunt.

2023-09-04 19:45:25

I saw a slide at Baltic Honeybadger that bitcoin miners spend about 18 billion dollars per year in securing bitcoin.
We mine 900 coins per day until the next halving.
Some back of the napkin math makes me end up with 54545 dollars per bitcoin with the current energy investment.
That feels like an absolute bottom price level. Meaning that anything cheaper than 54k is a bargain.

2023-09-03 15:09:11

Lightning works. I'm using it every single day. Everyone who says otherwise simply hasn't bothered to use it or benefits from a shitcoin feature that lightning obliterates.

2023-09-03 10:34:30

This is gonna take forever @SeedSigner
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/ac5e2ce28e05e0a567283845190adedce7d54ab77188d4308faef406ef16864f.jpg

2023-09-02 22:56:35

In truth, it's best to hang out with the other plebs during a conference and watch the good talks afterwards when the signal is sorted.

2023-09-02 22:12:23

Every time I see Adam Back in person I'm tempted to show him my bitcoin memes.

2023-09-02 21:20:36

Everybody's taking about Lido shitcoins but Lido bistro in Riga is a great place where I have my dinner.

2023-09-02 19:44:37

For the Supra Cycle @TheVladCostea
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/6cfce15d3fe311d5cc8c7cb32cfed3460858a248866ddd283fb224690ce91362.jpg

2023-09-02 19:43:42

Cypherpunks write code.
Can I be a cypherpunk without writing code?
An honorary member, maybe?

2023-09-02 15:30:08

With @r0ckstardev at #BH2023
Can't wait for the nostr party tomorrow!
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/43733d421d7b15f8d137b7ccafbc28f4f8fa7caaf6bb4aeb5038ed0164d732ea.jpg

2023-09-01 07:01:19

People will keep giving you advice to focus on one thing, to keep it simple. Your social media, your book, your product.
Those people are idiots.
Specialization is for insects.

2023-08-31 10:36:44

So nooby
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/a22f383651133099484bbf6bb891030aec8bb5ed9ac7ed4851535465bf1b511b.jpg

2023-08-31 10:07:34

I'm at the noob day in Riga, for the Baltic Honeybadger. Am I a honeybadger now?

2023-08-23 20:22:37

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Yeah everyone's recommending it

2023-08-23 20:22:02

https://cdn.nostr.build/i/bd5e3775b7f2fde4b8e758acd40efa8bddd285bd55678daee99bc1356f1c90e8.jpg
He's Making a List, he's Checking it Twice
You’re Santa Claus. Gift bitcoin at every opportunity. Weddings, birthdays, namedays, anniversaries.
People in Greece and Russia like to commemorate a big event like an engagement or a wedding with something gold. Turn this custom into an opportunity for orange-pilling. Gift them bitcoin, it’s digital gold after all.
Keep it simple. Just load up a wallet with some sats, write the seed words down on a piece of paper with simple instructions on how to recover the funds and give it to them in a nice envelope along with your best wishes.
When people ask about bitcoin, demonstrate how easy it is to transact with lightning. Get them to download a simple wallet like Wallet of Satoshi, tell them to tap “Receive,” scan their QR code and send them 1000 sats. The number looks impressive but it’s a negligible amount, at least at the time of writing this in 2023.
The whole thing looks like a magic trick from their perspective. Downloading an app, hitting a button, scanning a QR code and instantly receiving sats looks like magic.
Purists and cypherpunks cry out about this, that we’re orange-pilling people the wrong way, we’re not teaching them about self-custody, that Wallet of Satoshi is custodial and that’s not real bitcoin and so on.
Who cares?
Nobody has time to educate everyone.
We’re talking about a 2-minute interaction here. If you’re sitting down with an interested party who’s into learning how to bitcoin the right way, by all means.
Go with a non-custodial hybrid solution like Phoenix Wallet, Breez or Zeus, show them how to write down their seed words, explain how important they are, demonstrate how to recover their wallet.
But it’s in a case-by-case situation. Sometimes you’re in a taxi, talking to the driver. Sometimes you’re talking to a waitress in Prague at the end of her shift and you tell her, “I want to tip you with bitcoin, would you like that?”
And every bitcoiner at the table chips in.
That last bit happened for real after a round of beers with Evan Kaloudis during BTCPrague. It helps having other friends to keep it going, like the passionate KenobiNakamoto taking the opportunity to explain to the waitress where she could spend the satoshis we all tipped her.
My point is, that since you’ve taken up the role of orange-piller, that you’re now the Orange Santa Claus. Set aside a few thousand sats on a user-friendly lightning wallet and when the opportunity arises, gift them to people. If you can’t afford to gift out sats to everyone, show your work on social media like twitter (X) or nostr, tell other bitcoiners that you’ve been talking to this person and that person, post a photo, either with their face or concealed, ask for permission, and get people to zap them some sats over the internet. If you have a good enough following and the timing is right that might be even more effective than just sending it yourself. The recipient might get zaps from around the world. Joe Nakamoto does this quite well.
No matter how you do it, keep it simple, fast and easy. Remember, after bitcoin itself, our time is scarce and limited. You want to tease people to look into bitcoin but you can’t do that work for them. It might trigger a search, they might forget it for years and then come back later as hardcore maxis, they might go into shitcoins, they might ignore it and forget about it the next day.
Keep your time and sats invested into this to a minimum because you’re going to be doing this for a long time.
Read my orange pilling guide. https://georgesaoulidis.com/weneedtotalkaboutbitcoin

2023-08-23 10:12:55

I've cancelled my Zoom because it's forcing a TOS on me that can keep my recordings and train AI with them. I don't mind personally but their actions show that they act like they're too big to fail. They're not.
What are other alternatives that can record sessions?

2023-08-21 13:01:33

I tried to read some of this guy's @MaxiDerangement arguments. It's good to listen to some opposing opinions every now and then. And all the arguments are lightning doesn't work, nostr doesn't work, I'm anonymous look at me, KYC is bad, monero monero monero, the entire time thinking he's really anonymous on twitter. Which is a joke.
Now I'll go back to using bitcoin lightning 50 times per day, thank you.

2023-08-18 13:30:50

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I'm talking about myself. I'm the first one to say that multisig is not for the average user and the loss of funds due to user error is more significant than theft.

2023-08-18 13:29:26

Self-custody your own bitcoin keys but make sure you add in a real-world hassle to accessing them. Like splitting multisig in two different houses. Op vault codes where there's a time delay might help as well, allowing you to sleep on it.
I know I am prone to impulsive decisions, I can imagine a scenario where I can be psyoped to do some transaction in haste.
Honestly that's the only thing that scares me with self-custody.

2023-08-18 13:29:06

My freelance services are not cheap. They're not too expensive, but they're not cheap.
That's because I value my time and I know I will invest way more time into your project than what the paper says for billable hours.
Also, I have so many personal projects of my own. You basically have to bribe me away from them.

2023-08-18 12:21:47

2023-08-16 10:24:41

Which one of these looks like progress?
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/f49df312013038678f08319752777927ef61a116518210fb44f3460c34324bab.jpg

2023-08-14 16:46:09

I have to finish my to-do list in time to travel to Riga.

2023-08-14 14:43:37

https://loveisbitcoin.com/how-to-use-a-boltcard/

2023-08-14 02:32:50

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It's the other way around, and if you're not seeing it you're delusional. Monero's use case is supposed to be anonymity, and yet bitcoin, a completely open blockchain that is traceable by anyone is still being used in half the black market transactions where there are real-world concequences to being tracked. That proves bitcoin's anonymity tools do work and that the rest of the transactions are just being carried on because of the monero delusion.

2023-08-13 23:16:57

Moved on to what?
Moved on to what, motherfucker?
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/88b96416539cefc08046f8070ddfcf9e570dbd47c3a3774a8624a526ae54b073.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/b07aac8d796ca8a0faa3ef89d08423d369521f205e6c80bc3c8f545c3d181c50.jpg

2023-08-13 14:22:39

Imagine if all the miners go to the US, then they get shut down and we're left with the S9 space heaters and the nerdminers.

2023-08-13 13:11:18

I published my first new book in over a year. I haven't checked my stats in months now. Seems like my books had hundreds of sales in all platforms without me doing any promotion.

2023-08-13 02:52:44

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Let's hope so.

2023-08-12 23:58:50

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I'm fighting with it right now

2023-08-12 23:55:09

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Yes they did.

2023-08-12 00:09:43

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I got the power too ⚡

2023-08-11 23:18:30

https://loveisbitcoin.com/orange-pilling-a-waitress-in-prague-with-zeus-himself-and-catching-a-glimpse-of-the-future-of-lightning/

2023-08-11 23:13:58

https://loveisbitcoin.com/orange-pilling-a-waitress-in-prague-with-zeus-himself-and-catching-a-glimpse-of-the-future-of-lightning/

2023-08-11 17:19:37

Every time amethyst crashes and I keep opening it again I'm reminded of that test Facebook did on Android users to check their addiction and to see how many crashes they would tolerate before giving up.
The answer in both cases is infinite.

2023-08-11 16:55:19

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Yes, one could. Also, the security issue. Those badge sites required an nsec, the login with plugin didn't work. That's a perfect way to honeypot everyone. There are many issues.