econoalchemist

We've got Wilson Mining, the Iowa-based Bitcoin mining host, recording with us tomorrow. They're bringing a big announcement to the table. What questions do you have?
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2024-06-04 06:42:23

I don't care how many banks collapse, I am not forgetting about Epstein's client list.

2024-05-25 05:17:08

Luke Dashjr joins Bitkite & I on Pod256 this week to discuss Bitcoin mining & more.
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5876654?episode=23014174246

2024-05-24 05:44:33

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😎

2024-05-23 04:27:24

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Samourai Wallet's attorney endorsed it:
https://x.com/Deliver8tor/status/1792605019872899343
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2024-05-21 06:31:29

The legal defense fund for Samourai Wallet is now open and accepting donations: https://p2prights.org/
This particular fight is important because the precedent set in this matter will either reinforce the principles that non-custodial wallets are not money transmitters or it will put targets on the backs of all wallet developers.
If you really came here for the freedom tech then get in this fight and show your support. There will not be a second chance to repair the damage done if the DOJ is not stopped here and now.

2024-04-27 21:42:48

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IMO Samourai doesn't even fit the definition of money transmitter though. Which in the Tornado Cash case that definition fits because they accepted the users ETH when users made deposits to the pools. As stated in that document, a money transmitter is either "a person engaged in the acceptance of currency, funds, or other value that substitutes for currency from one person AND the transmission of currency, funds, or other value that substitutes for currency to another person or location by any means" or "any other person engaged in the transfer of funds."
In Samourai's Whirlpool architecture, they never accept bitcoin from the users nor do they transfer it. Users transfer bitcoin to themselves by providing a UTXO to a collaborative transaction and receive their bitcoin back in a new UTXO. The user's wallet tx history is a chain of self-transfers that are blinded to the coordinator. It's difficult to even make a fiat analogy because there is literally no depositing, accepting, or disbursing of bitcoin taking place between any two entities. Every Whirlpool tx is just 5 people making identical self-transfers together.

2024-04-26 05:05:46

Not long ago it was the Tornado Cash case but that was on Ethereum and largely brushed off by many Bitcoiners. Then it was the Bitcoin Fog case but that was custodial and again largely brushed off by many Bitcoiners.
To some, the trajectory has been clear for several years. Often times those warning of real and present dangers are met with skepticism and dismissed as FUDsters.
Yesterday it was Samourai Wallet, a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet with the ability to coordinate CoinJoins. If you brushed off Tornado Cash & Bitcoin Fog, don't make the same mistake this time.
The language used by the FBI is so broad and generalized in their PSA and their recent actions have been so over-reaching that it should now be crystal clear to any Bitcoiner that any Bitcoin wallet project not implementing KYC measures runs the risk of having the developers arrested for operating an unlicensed Money Services Business. Node projects and miners are not far behind.
The entire pretext to this narrative is false because Bitcoin is software, software is code, code is speech, and freedom of speech is a God-given right. Ask yourself, where do you draw the line? What rights are you willing to defend? And if push came to shove, how far are you willing to go to defend those rights?
"Give me liberty or give me death" are not hollow words because a life without liberty is not a life worth living. Many have already made the ultimate sacrifices and many more will follow in their foot steps. Every dialogue consists of a call and a response and right now the FBI is having a one-sided conversation. Make a stand and respond loudly and clearly that the erosion ends now.
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2024-04-25 02:09:22

I don't always drink whiskey but tonight I'm having a glass for my friends who made the ultimate sacrifice with their own freedom, fighting for those who believe privacy is a human right 🥃

2024-04-24 02:43:56

I ate a pig liver yesterday and it tasted like bloody dirt. That's it, that's the note.

2024-04-20 04:45:36

Pod256 #44
Bitcoin mining stats, news, & tangents.
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5876654

2024-04-15 01:43:36

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> "proper datacarrier respecting templates"
Seems like if anything, "proper" would be Bitcoin Core's dafault datacarrier size - 80 bytes. Knots is a fork of Bitcoin Core with a non-standard datacareier size of 42 bytes. Ocean is 100% censoring Samourai Wallet, Sapprow Wallet, & Bitcoin Keeper tx0's. And BIP47 PaynNym notification txs.
Also, Whirlpool CJ's don't use an OP_RETURN so "learn the fucking technicalities".

2024-04-14 15:33:49

"Anyway, Israel should feel free to just nuke Iran from existence." https://image.nostr.build/165302124c4a01fe1890e920bb39afe5889e718df9f288e5e0e1d29d4dab5d98.jpg

2024-04-14 05:57:49

Even if WWIII breaks out, I'm not forgetting about Epstein's client list.

2023-11-01 02:41:36

Become ungovernable.
https://www.deathathletic.com/

2023-09-25 15:58:41

Live free or fucking die.
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2023-09-04 05:20:53

I reckon a solar panel on 30ft stilts near a transmission line would power miners day & night.

2023-07-07 02:10:54

I think that deep down inside, most of us want to get the fuck off the plane.
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2023-06-30 05:44:30

My wife is taller than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

2023-06-25 21:12:26

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After one week of fermentation, I'm adding toasted oak chips. This will ferment for another 2 weeks before bottling.
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2023-06-24 06:16:10

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Do the rabbits try to dig out of their enclosure? We have a few meat rabbits and we keep them in cages but I've been thinking they'll be better overall with a large enclosure like you have.

2023-06-24 04:42:43

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I'm exaggerating a little but this first one was how my wife's ended up. The second is how our daughter likes hers cooked:
https://nostr.build/i/b47b812c828fe1fcd717b58f44cc6f325293d1dba2d35c8bd209876ed0811fce.jpg
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2023-06-24 04:16:37

Locally raised & butchered grass-fed filet mignon. Now, my wife is a direct descendant of a viking warrior so she likes hers rare AF. To achieve the perfect preparation, I cook hers at 420°F for 69 seconds each side. #shakearanchershand
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2023-06-23 05:19:45

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https://nostr.build/i/bcdf4f9acd9f2c9d569329eb391b554420207c7182d5b1e82aaef133e987c260.jpg

2023-06-23 03:33:47

Life hack: when you need to search through your spare hardware box or bucket, use an old towel. You can search through it all much faster and it is way easier to clean up and put it all away.
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2023-06-21 04:44:44

New hobby: home brewing.
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2023-06-18 01:36:41

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Amazing :) Thank you 👊 That setup is so quiet! Nice work.

2023-06-03 15:46:48

https://twitter.com/OV_Matter/status/1664835695448584192
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2023-03-05 02:46:14

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I tried them before but they're not for me.

2023-03-04 16:57:15

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Yeah, I just quit using shampoo one day. Instantly noticed less hair falling out and collecting in the drain. I just rinse my hair with water now.

2023-02-24 04:43:36

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Yes, but those who called for censorship will never be forgotten.

2023-02-24 04:39:11

This is the most comfortable concealed carry holster I've found. In the reviews, people said they "forgot they were wearing it" and I called bull shit. But they weren't wrong.
https://bugbiteholsters.com/the-bugbite-holster/
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2023-02-23 05:14:06

I think I'll share some non-BTC related content on Nostr occasionally for the lolz...
Was driving a commercial vehicle the other day, got pulled over. Full DOT inspection ensued. Officer numbnuts noted 10 violations, 10! Among them was driving without a license and without a seatbelt. However, zero citations were issued 😅
#beardenvy

2023-02-21 02:34:15

I hate to be "that guy" but we fucking crushed it on this panel.
https://fountain.fm/episode/13169757837

2023-02-19 20:20:27

PV! At a time when financial weaponization is gaining momentum, it is more important now than ever that permissionless & censorship-resistant tools proliferate to ensure anyone's ability to participate economically with the world around them.
Learn how to use a decentralized exchange to buy bitcoin and stay off the lists: https://learn.robosats.com/

2023-02-18 03:56:59

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Pod256 should show up on any pod player that uses RSS. Shows up in AntennaPod on my mobile.
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2023-02-18 02:59:01

Hi, I'm econoalchemist. I'm new to Nostr and I like fuck-you-money. If you also like fuck-you-money, then you might like my podcast with #[0]. It's called Pod256 and we just released a new episode.
https://anchor.fm/pod256