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Marius

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2024-06-25 18:49:10

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2024-06-21 21:57:40

https://cdn.satellite.earth/9e5ccf0e23aa2a9e0ea497f202742bd704ead843fd428c3bd3c293b28ad988e8.jpg Thun, Switzerland

2024-06-18 17:30:30

Some client managed to replace the 400+ profiles I follow by one. Looking for the best restore process...

2024-06-15 18:11:55

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see DM

2024-06-09 08:29:47

PV https://cdn.satellite.earth/ff9cac78d5f81e0082d50975867dc4938bf1c08846d8a3918e8cc5fb715753ee.jpg

2024-06-06 18:07:35

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https://m.primal.net/IavR.jpg

2024-06-05 17:11:13

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Me, too. The privacy aspect is excellent both for the users and the mint operators. A great application is Gandalf's Money Printer (https://brrr.gandlaf.com/). I use it to print my custom bank notes and hand them out as extra tips to people. Feel free to use my mint where you see fit: https://mint.mountainlake.io.

2024-06-02 21:46:41

I enjoy listening to Ansel Lidner - chill, intelligent, visionary, and seemingly indifferent and stoic about the future. Pretty much the ideal profile for information :-)
"People are talking about $200$ oil, $250$ oil, $300$ oil. It can't do that. The economy can't handle the price of oil that high. I would crash the economy everywhere."
That is a valuable comment. Kicking the can goes a long way, so precise timing is impossible. Applies to Bitcoin, too.
"The world could be awash in oil [if it wasn't for] these OPEC production cuts."
This means that we are players in a game rather than dealing with universal forces and laws imposed by physics.
"Western countries measure their GDP by spending. What do consumers spend money on? China measures its GDP by spending. So they can build bridges to nowhere to increase GDP." ... "You might as well dig holes and fill them back in. It's actually worse than that because you need to spend money to maintain all these fancy bridges and fancy trains running at a loss".
... more clown world ...
"We have Kohl, Target, and Walmart cutting costs, missing earnings, showing that the consumer in the United States is not doing well. We are probably going to go into recession later this year. It's possible we are already in recession. Recession is always hindsight. They won't even make it official until quarters later, and then years later, they might be revising GDP. " - Ansel Lidner
https://www.youtube.com/live/3LZTESlz7ZY?si=680cn898lwZIn394

2024-05-31 22:22:35

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Poor choice of words: "following" should be "next".

2024-05-28 09:37:13

"Help fight misinformation by allowing The Bugle to do the thinking for you. Doing the thinking yourself is just too much damn work." - The Bugle
#nevent1q…h88r

2024-05-27 18:53:18

I am sixty, but nature was kind enough to grant me the illusion of choosing my age from a broad window. Knowing and then living according to my priorities becomes easier as I age. We are free and incredibly flexible; don't let anyone tell you there are no alternatives. Physics and time are set, OK, but everything else is up to you. There are no authorities outside of physics, and nobody can be absolved for poor decisions. You are the master of your life at 20 or 40 (dudes at 80 and 100 know it already). Are you overwhelmed by life or stressed? Run an experiment: say "no" to the following three requests that take your time and attention, and carefully note the result. Adjust and repeat until you feel you are in control.

2024-05-21 08:05:38

The US dollar died 1971. Each time the FED prints money its a hardfork, a new coin is born, which should come with a new name.

2024-05-20 23:55:05

https://i.nostr.build/lL4XP.jpg

2024-05-15 15:08:30

I have been a tiny bit absorbed by re-modeling my mobile data infrastructure 😅 . Seeing cool apps (the ones that integrate Bitcoin as a global payment rail) get kicked out of the App Store and Play Store has prompted me to abandon the iPhone. I bought a Pixel 8 pro, installed grapheneOS, and had to find replacement apps for my stuff. I also setup Nextcloud and linked everything together. Two weeks in, I am still down some critical apps, but luckily, only on the leisure part of life: I need two robust apps for sailing (Navionics don't work, PredictWind and Windy need Google Play Services).

2024-05-15 06:53:14

Some live in a meta world: "In a May 14 X post, the official Degen Chain account said it was working to resolve the downtime alongside its development partner — rollup infrastructure platform Conduit". As the token is obviously supportted by its entertainment value the downtime is good news.

2024-05-14 10:51:28

The only podcast I happily listen through the ads. Seriously responsible journalism.
#nevent1q…cean

2024-05-13 10:27:35

The fact that personal investment has become so simple (stay humble, stack sats) makes many of the other strategies look like hobbies. Stuff like TA and waiting for the next FOMC meeting is clearly a cult rather than a strategy.

2024-05-12 22:32:08

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Why is it that some of the obviously intelligent people get derailed by Bitcoin? It must be more than ego? Prominent specimen include Taleb, Harari, and Varoufakis.

2024-05-12 07:54:55

PV https://i.nostr.build/3PDnP.jpg

2024-05-07 18:31:50

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If they don't notice the nuts they most likely won't notice any other of my philosophical insights (😇 ) Ultimately sats are proof-of-everything, no?

2024-05-07 16:24:36

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I actually DMd the token directly using my account and not the (cool) function built into eNuts.

2024-05-07 15:48:50

I sent a few eCash payments as DMs to various NoStars (aka Nostriches), with more than a dozen still uncollected. Even though clients render Cashu tokens nicely, people don't seem to notice. @npub1dx5…88sj

2024-05-07 15:39:27

I liked @npub1xnf…lpr5 better without the red warning informing new users that a wallet is custodial and without driving new users down the path of starting a node on the phone. In my opinion, there are too many assumptions about how people will (should!) use the app.

2024-05-06 16:14:15

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Sometimes, I come across material so brilliantly explained that I find no need for further engagement other than being a pointer. This TFTC episode, in particular, falls into that category.
Dhruv's framework for better understanding mining was eye-opening for me. He proposes distinguishing between a layer zero market and a layer one market (which I have conceptualized as L1).
The objective of the layer zero market is to release Bitcoin into circulation. The participants in layer zero are the entire Bitcoin network on one side of the trade and the miners on the other. The trade is the release of the block subsidy in exchange for the computation, and the price is denominated in BTC/hash.
According to Dhruv, "mining" is a misnomer. Bitcoins are not made or found by the miners. A better way of describing the process is that the Bitcoin network sells a fixed amount of Bitcoin to the miners every 10 minutes. The difficulty adjustment is a market-making process that sets the price so that there is one bid every ten minutes on average.
The layer zero market is less complex as it does not require scripting or a mempool.
The participants of the layer one market are individuals trying to get a transaction included in a block. The mempool is part of this layer one market with an order book of several hundred megabytes.
The two markets are intricately linked, with each layer creating capabilities that the higher layer relies upon, and higher layers adding value to the lower layers. This interplay continues as one moves to higher-order layers, making the order book more complex. The order book of layer zero is one ask; at layer one, it's the size of the mempool, and at layer two, it's everything that is happening on lightning, which is in the order of a couple of gigabytes, as Ryan Gentry lays out. More and more of the data resides off-chain as one moves to higher layers.
It was well worth my time to listen through to the end of the episode.

2024-05-05 23:12:25

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Nostr is a big restaurant, not sure how long it stays on the table... https://i.nostr.build/M52o4.jpg

2024-05-02 17:24:40

inspiring conversation between @npub1a8j…5pj4 and @npub1qny…95gx https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/CitadelDispatch/cd130-lnbits-bitcoin-and-nostr-with-ben-arc

2024-05-02 17:18:31

PV https://i.nostr.build/POMo5.jpg

2024-05-01 08:01:26

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The banks are required by the Swiss financial regulator to collect this information from the customers. So technically, it is a Swiss form. But it is obvious that the Swiss regulators did not think of this themselves. I guess someone gently asked for it.

2024-05-01 07:58:11

Not sure if my friends in the USA are aware of the fact that citizen of other countries (Switzerland, in my example) need to fill out forms like this when dealing with banks and Bitcoin services. Imagine we all had to do this for each country. Of course, we don't. What do you think when you see this form? Yes, me, too: Switzerland is not independent. https://i.nostr.build/vG3L5.jpg

2024-04-27 09:41:09

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How many countries do you consider truly independent on the policies of the US? The population percentages is not what matters - we need to be counting the slave state in, no?

2024-04-27 09:36:57

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https://m.primal.net/IAVJ.png byebye

2024-04-25 13:20:02

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Super Vortrag 🍀 - ideal als Einstieg für No-, New- oder Altcoiner, die sich ernsthaft mit dem Thema Energiemanagement auseinandersetzen wollen

2024-04-25 12:13:47

In this important conversation (https://fountain.fm/episode/HW751CSpd243KXhrA1wQ), @npub185h…wrdp and @npub1guh…6hjy point out the risk that Bitcoin will lose one of its most important properties, censorship resistance unless we Bitcoiners do something about mining centralization.
I think Bitcoiners allowed this to happen because of what I would call the "1 BTC = 1 BTC" fallacy. People praise Bitcoin's ability to transport value through time. They claim that all I need to do is buy and store Bitcoin in cold storage. This notion seems naive.
The value of the Bitcoin in cold storage is bound to evaporate by gradually altering Bitcoin's properties. Introducing effective censorship through miner centralization, as detailed in the TFTC episode, is one way of devaluing Bitcoin. Only if (Bitcoin value evaporation < FIAT inflation) do we have a better store of value. As Erik Voskuil brilliantly points out in Cryptoeconomics (https://voskuil.org/cryptoeconomics/cryptoeconomics.pdf), it is humans, willing to resist control and accept the risk of punishment, that secure Bitcoin. Therefore, the risk-sharing features are essential for Bitcoin, making this risk bearable for individuals.
Decentralization is another word for risk-sharing.

2024-04-24 18:44:43

My imagination is sometimes rather limited. True, I cleaned up my utxos a while ago (no sub 100k-soon-to-be-dust particles). However, I first need to see 100$ fees to start thinking properly about it. On April 20th I could clearly see the "black hole" between 100$ (max lightning capacity for most people) and 1000$ (where on-chain fee % start to become acceptable). We need to close that gap before fees will permanently be above what 100$ is today.

2024-04-23 14:21:28

https://fountain.fm/episode/HTnELhKE0bNO8MpJxohE Essential for everyone holding significant amounts of Bitcoin. Leaned a lot. Thanks @npub1syd…znq4 and @npub1r8l…x5dk

2024-04-21 19:11:12

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Gigi: https://blockstream.info/tx/a5e2a69b34a824022fff51b9846567a98ea51217018dbefa2642c41d6e9f079b
OpenSats: https://blockstream.info/tx/19ec489372f53c984c591fe13241d8f53813b5d86b5ceb6de465e134ac1e13e1
HRF: https://blockstream.info/tx/671d01cd00bd7ea46734e4b940d9af7d63ce33a3904df0aaf18a3431ddd1a28c
(may need to babysit these txs to confirmation...)

2024-04-20 08:31:49

https://i.nostr.build/BR9ow.jpg At our inspiring halving party pleb event, we collected donations to be split between HRF ( @npub1trr…hdpu) , @npub1der…xzpc , and @npub10pe…n34f. The total collected was 1'783'227. I am going to pay out 594'409 sats to each of the above Bitcoin giants as soon as my lightning node finds a route or on-chain fees come down to reasonable levels. I will post the payment confirmations here.

2024-04-19 14:46:52

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thanks - closed my twitter account a while ago but will try to look them up

2024-04-19 10:58:09

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Thank you for your input. I do get bizarre vibes from their support. Something like, "Hey, sorry, your miner XYZ needs repair; please pay $250$ for the repair or $300$ and provide a shipping address to send the broken miner to." Then I go check on Braiins just to see that the miner by that ID is hashing just fine. In the most benign case, they are not on top of their game. In the period of the last 12 months only half my miners were having, the rest curtailed, broken, or worse.

2024-04-18 23:43:56

Do we have anybody here on nostr representing compassmining.io in any form?

2024-04-17 13:50:53

The paragraph below is copied from a speech given by Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, in January 2018. Later that year, Swiss citizens were going to vote on the introduction of sovereign money ([Vollgeldinitiative](https://www.vollgeld-initiative.ch/english/)).
Reading the speech six years later, two things spring to mind:
(a) The concerns he enumerated with transitioning to sovereign money, such as the need for central banks to supply commercial banks with liquidity by taking assets of those banks onto their balance sheets, happened anyway (QE) regardless of whether sovereign money was introduced or not (it was not).
(b) when we substitute "sight deposit accounts at the central bank" with "Bitcoin," the speech is expanded onto a global scope
Bitcoin is successfully and gradually introducing to the world what the Swiss initiative unsuccessfully aimed for in 2018.
[The paragraph from Thomas Jordan's speech on 16-JAN-2018](https://www.bis.org/review/r180118c.pdf):
"Furthermore, granting broader access to sight deposit accounts at the central bank carries risks for financial stability. In periods of heightened uncertainty, the public would likely convert large amounts of their sight deposits at commercial banks into digital central bank money. Sight deposits with commercial banks can already be converted into central bank money today, namely into cash. However, holding cash is comparatively expensive and inconvenient. In a scenario where the public is granted access to digital central bank money, the SNB would probably have to provide the banks with liquidity (‘lender of last resort’) more frequently and on a larger scale than is the case today. In return, it would have to take assets of the banks and the associated risks onto its own balance sheet."
(the speech is quite insightful and IMHO very clear and open about how money works)

2024-04-12 18:32:00

The most significant risk to Bitcoin is a behavioral change in the guardians of our current financial system, which has existed since 1971. If they adopted a transparent, fair, impartial, reasonable, competent, and apolitical approach to managing FIAT, this could significantly delay the adoption of Bitcoin. Otherwise, LFG team #Bitcoin.

2024-04-12 15:45:39

Are you looking for a deep break? Listening to "The Illusion of Money" by Allen Watts who tells us that "Money simply represents wealth in rather the same way that the menu represents the dinner." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYSQ1NF1hvw

2024-04-12 06:07:41

Bitcoin is.

2024-04-10 14:03:22

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I, too, have been paying my dentist in BTC for two years now. If anyone is looking for a BTC dentist in the greater Zurich (Switzerland) area, DM me.

2024-04-10 09:26:38

@npub1qny…95gx , I thought about you calling out @npub15dq…lm5m for not investing in open-source development. Bitcoin is freedom money, implying that I am free to do with it as I please (including donating to OpenSats, HRF, etc.). For Bitcoin to be generational wealth, must I not demonstrate to my heirs and everybody else that I can and will withstand public attacks like yours on Saylor? It is only natural that Bitcoin owners will be bullied into parting with their coins for this reason or that. I am sure you know this; perhaps you are trolling and testing the space. I much respect your work.
#note1jag…dyqq

2024-04-07 20:36:51

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YESS https://m.primal.net/HsLc.png (graphics by @npub1z4m…na6p)

2024-04-07 20:24:39

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Think of the following: You store your stack on a 3-of-5 (of 7-of-12 or n-of-m) multi-sig. You choose multiple signing devices (Coldcard, Bitbox, Jade, Trezor, perhaps even a Ledger 😬 ). You write it all down for your heirs, meet a guru who convinces you to change your life, and retire to a Buddhist monastery. Twenty years later, your heirs call you M.P.D. and attempt to recover the Bitcoin. 1 BTC is 1.5 million USD by now, and fees are 1000 USD for a simple single-sig one-utxo input transaction. Ledger has been liquidated, and Trezor has been sold to Microsoft (now requires full KYC/AML background check). All devices require firmware upgrades. Handwriting everything your heirs need to recover the funds is a great exercise. If you can't write it, they can execute it. This simple exercise made me simplify my setup.

2024-04-06 16:52:38

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I wanted to decrease the complexity in my life, and I realized I had to set priorities. It is sad to let the car go, but I figured it was the only way to make room for the fascinating unknowns of tomorrow 🍀

2024-04-06 16:33:48

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😂 - the engine was thoroughly checked https://cdn.satellite.earth/d358f3e99853692e6a6eb4756c86d92f9a074c7143057c0dec59dde8a608f871.jpg https://cdn.satellite.earth/6fa65bc39257558dd193cc6695fdd60ef5b11ee51a0cbc34509ece950309d5b4.jpg https://cdn.satellite.earth/95537e3d1fa69a3492477ccb1e939a662550198eb71e4ea471e5a85604fc6a05.jpg

2024-04-06 15:59:00

Today I sold my MG Magna L-Type. The car was built in 1933 and participated in numerous hill climbs and circuit races since. I had a lot of fun with the car on the road and naturally also spent countless hours restoring/improving it with the help of a professional garage. https://cdn.satellite.earth/e6a2abae6fd250285f4c5f468ebccc464fc888edc25ada1ba6a56c7ffbe8cb56.jpg https://cdn.satellite.earth/4b55edf5f30ff793844b6758b26bab8b552e76cefb8d189b6ce1843e357aba90.jpg https://cdn.satellite.earth/546c4dfba6bb6df4d864bae5d0e7981bbebebfaba3b5ca2a926e2316e69968da.jpg

2024-04-06 08:11:33

Some quotes copied from "National Emergency: Executive Order 6102 and the Heist of the Century", an excellent article by Julian Fahrer and, imho, important for Bitcoiners to factor into their strategy.
"Realizing that the government is not your friend is like learning that Santa Claus isn’t real. A necessary part of growing up, but a potentially traumatic fact that needs to be introduced to children carefully."
The method with which gold confiscation was made legal was described in the article as "More like a Frankensteinian chimera lab rat fed plutonium for breakfast."
"History has shown that the invocation of national emergencies has, time and time again, given the United States government almost unlimited capacity to encroach on civil liberties."
"The […] answer is to do a basic pattern match between 1933 and today. People had money the government couldn’t control; Government wasn’t happy; Government stole the money. No more analysis required: the Feds will steal your stuff."
@npub1t8a…56yu
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/national-emergency-executive-order-6102-and-the-heist-of-the-century-

2024-04-05 16:50:07

Just realized: If you quote your products in fiat you need to put an expiration date. If you quote in Bitcoin this is not necessary as products will automatically get more expensive the longer the customers waits.

2024-04-05 09:17:27

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Saylor and Mallers meeting already in round two seems like a seeding error.

2024-04-04 18:15:38

PV https://cdn.satellite.earth/ba65e1ab2e0e28e3a36afebe426322029ef38d4e843820bb37175f3e0903e533.jpg

2024-04-02 16:43:06

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Super lively and interesting episode, thank you and @npub14mc…frlx and @npub16le…ffxj.

2024-03-31 18:15:10

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The mint is using a well-connected cln node as funding source.

2024-03-31 16:25:33

https://cdn.satellite.earth/9addefe567953f003b01f9dfc086904662a498dfc4c6bbc251cd8ea4433b1b7f.jpg posted this (with actual bip39 words) at my local bus stop of my 1500 people town at 7 am this morning - by 10 am sats were gone 🍀

2024-03-31 10:36:31

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I did not give this operation a name yet ... just trying to support Bitcoin where I can...

2024-03-31 10:17:23

I am operating the #cashu mint https://mint.mountainlake.io - feel free to use it (responsibly).

2024-03-30 17:28:16

I imagine that a non-zero number of Bitcoiners have used vanity seed phrases of some non-trivial sorts. Did anyone ever "find" such Bitcoin? In addition to finding small hashes we can now also mine the human psyche for coins.

2024-03-29 21:44:19

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Love them and miss them in some clients.

2024-03-28 23:54:23

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🫂🙏🏻

2024-03-27 22:32:16

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Go slower, it will adjust itself.

2024-03-25 15:23:25

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Agreed. In some podcast (sorry forgot which one) someone said that we arrived "at the end of Bitcoin's beginning". That very well describes how I feel, too. Bitcoin is not a child anymore but as an adolescent it will struggle for another decade with the world's preconceptions. And also with the rent seekers who's income depends on Bitcoin failing.

2024-03-24 18:45:44

What are the risks to be considered when locking an opendime away for 10 years? @npub1az9…m8y8

2024-03-24 17:39:48

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🙏 you for also being Satoshi - we are all Satoshi

2024-03-24 17:33:23

I finished reading "Fraud Coin - 1000 Years with Inflation as a Policy" by @npub1sv4…srw4. Great for people who wish to get a solid 30,000 ft overview of what is happening in the financial world and how this affects all of us. Most people would probably prefer to read about more joyful topics. If you read this book and take decisive action, you will likely be able to read whatever you want whenever you want (just ignore the fact that I am already in that position and still choose to read Rune's excellent book).
You will find a lot of straight truths like:
"The voters' belief of whether the government has contributed to growth or precipitated a recession is a decisive factor for a sitting government's reelection.
All incumbent governments also know that raising interest rates when necessary is likely to burst the bubbles, predictably leading to a lost election and inevitable change of government.
Therefore, everyone in government is incentivized to
convince the central bank to pursue an expansionary monetary policy with low interest rates that can create the illusion of growth, encouraging people to increase their borrowing, thus heightening the demand for more goods and services."
https://undoqo.com/pages/fraudcoin

2024-03-24 13:10:08

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marius @bb.mountainlake.io 😃

2024-03-23 19:04:50

🔜 (design @npub1z4m…na6p)
https://m.primal.net/HnkJ.jpg

2024-03-23 17:23:08

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just a few steps (it's worth it): install eNuts, go to Options->General->Security and write down the Seed Backup, go to Contacts, enter your nostr npub..., go to wallet->Receive->Nostr messages

2024-03-23 17:07:37

Great citadel dispatch in which you learn how eCash and Cashu work, why nostr was a gift from Heaven, and what the term "layer" means to @npub12rv…85vg. https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/CitadelDispatch/cd120-bitcoin-powered-chaumian-ecash-with-calle.

2024-03-21 20:29:58

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Will watch. How do I best thank you, Jack for your invaluable inputs? Reposting is silly (none of my followers does not follow you), zapping (jeeze…🤷🏼‍♂️). Best to just say thank you for sharing your insights 🙏🏻.

2024-03-21 19:55:28

The most empowering feeling I experience is letting things go. Life is naturally overwhelming: an entire universe calls for our attention, while our capacity to read, learn, understand, and apply is finite. If I am stressed (happening rarely), I cherish the stress as an essential signal (no kidding) and take a break to re-prioritize. Realize that you are the master of your life, and unload to the point where you enjoy working on the rest. The week, the month, the year, and life each perhaps deserve its priorities. In my concrete situation (silver beard, lots of time at my disposal, and lots of projects running), I feel this is the moment to drop serious coding (which I loved) 🍀 .

2024-03-20 18:52:38

Switched on the pre-amp. What should I send through the wires? https://image.nostr.build/4e68414cb7722953db32ce639c5d4bc161492d74270bcb73aa032590817ed047.jpg

2024-03-18 14:53:12

the art of breakfast 🫐 https://image.nostr.build/07aafea23a0d0aa3e153e0c51b4d6f4aa6418c41227c943c2319ca95b858bad3.jpg

2024-03-18 12:57:24

Remember, remember, once in September https://cdn.satellite.earth/c500608b762df616fbf33e64fc8efb3f95433344b301f1f853d7bf4bc63e444a.jpg

2024-03-16 19:44:43

Graphics by @npub1z4m…na6p - for our halfing party. Tripple purpose: halfing party on the boat, boating accident & lifebuoy for the world. https://i.nostr.build/LeGK9.png

2024-03-15 17:25:56

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migration of funds worked flawlessly ✅ for me

2024-03-15 12:50:38

"At this point, we are not creating coins every ten minutes, we are releasing the coins that were created in 2009 into circulation." - Dhruv Bansal
#note1cfp…gvxe

2024-03-14 17:50:51

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Very wise words. Thanky ou for your endless research leading us ever closer to the root or core of the issues.

2024-03-14 16:48:20

It is incredible how far we have come in the last year and a half. The broader market is starting to recognize Bitcoin as the outstanding asset for which we have seen it for a long time. Larry Fink is doing its bidding. The DOE agreed to cancel its plans to "emergency-survey" Bitcoin miners and to delete related data received or to be received—Lindy effect in full play. Even in our erratic world, it is still reasonable to expect a rational outcome.

2024-03-13 11:36:46

I enjoyed listening to @nprofile…clp9 and his rational takes. Thanks, @petermccormack, for fostering relevant conversations. https://youtu.be/LGR_visD5S4?si=S6rcdzEgZB1js6sC

2024-03-12 09:31:51

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Yes, of course, understood 🫡🍀

2024-03-11 09:55:29

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Shot taken last year in https://www.naturparkfrauholle.land/

2024-03-11 08:27:15

PV https://cdn.satellite.earth/b383c3e4272ec84623c960c6ab032c33ab347bc827d2552587b3106113943145.jpg

2024-03-07 17:54:44

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Cashu and eNuts are great 🎯🤙🏻

2024-03-07 16:33:11

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It was my first channel, so I am also just getting into it. I used the fundchannel command (https://docs.corelightning.org/reference/lightning-fundchannel) to fund a channel to a previously connected peer. My channel partner defined a set of funder parameters via the config file (https://docs.corelightning.org/reference/lightning-funderupdate) to match my dual-funding request.

2024-03-07 15:39:07

I upgraded to core lightning v24.02 and RTL v0.15.0, opened my first dual-funded channel ... and opened a stable channel (https://github.com/toneloc/stable-channels). A stable channel is a lightning channel that maintains a stable USD balance for one of the channel partners.

2024-03-07 04:56:02

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Plus, with the feature to swap mints one can choose the custodian, if I am not mistaken.

2024-03-04 21:35:51

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I own my typos ☺️

2024-03-04 21:33:58

Perspective 1: I made a great investment in Bitcoin racking up my portfolio performance.
Perspective 2: Awhy did I leave most of my wealth behind on the FIAT Titanic?

2024-03-03 14:18:49

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... one day, I will have figured out how to properly tag people in primal

2024-03-03 14:12:23

"[Crypto] is just the horrible perversion of what used to be [blockchain]: namely, indifferent garbage." - @giacomozucco

2024-03-02 20:38:57

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That meme template can be use for almost everyone and everything and Bitcoin.

2024-03-02 19:56:41

The talks here at #BA24 are outstanding 🎯, unique, novel. During the energy session, brilliantly introduced and managed by @npub1n3s…te5l , @npub13lk…lpsy projected that by the end of 2026 Bitcoin mining can be carbon negative (if we all work together in one capacity or another). That would mean trillions of currently barred ESG money, expected to tripple Bitcoin’s market cap. Daniel nailed it 🎯.
https://m.primal.net/HgxS.jpg

2024-03-01 13:24:51

The opening talk by @npub1cn4…3vle is a must. Great to see him build on @npub1der…xzpc s thoughts. Thank both of you.
#note17se…xa49

2024-02-28 18:46:45

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never a dull moment when following jack - impressed

2024-02-28 09:41:08

On my way to Madeira - looking forward to meeting Bitcoiners and pushing my horizon 🍀🤙🏻 #BA24