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Full Time #Bitcoin: Node operator, miner, BTC only angel investor/VC, optech reader, sat stacker, freak, dirtbag, pleb, resident TSLA shill, stackchain 593 1754

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2024-05-07 16:45:20

Introducing the off grid bitcoin CyberMiner ™️
Powered by GREEN energy with zero emissions!
Thanks Elon! Network secured!
https://m.primal.net/IEKi.mov

2024-04-25 21:47:45

Foundry just found 7 blocks in a row. With just under 29% of network hashrate the odds of that happening are about 0.016%. Neat
https://m.primal.net/HzsU.jpg

2024-04-24 21:33:43

Guess they weren’t spooks after all

2024-04-24 14:07:40

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I really miss you bud.

2024-04-24 05:40:43

Promising myself to post on nostr at least once per day for the next seven days. Gotta break this addiXion. Hold me accountable!

2024-03-14 12:22:34

Anyone ever notice how the bitcoin price moves according to my local weather? Think I need to start a paid group!

2024-03-13 12:55:54

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https://x.com/punterjeff/status/1767795850766700685?s=46&t=V27jJ5Ixsb9ZMB1SrtddYA
Watch this if you’re curious where this might be going. Staggering.

2024-03-13 12:53:23

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

2024-03-13 05:27:57

Anyone posting a lot about MSTR on Nostr? Main thing keeping me on Twitter these days.
In case you haven’t heard MSTR is not just a bitcoin proxy, it’s potentially in the early innings of an epic squeeze that’s going to make GME look like a wet fart.
Bitcoin + low float + cheap debt + SP500 inclusion + short squeeze + gamma squeeze + many other things. Completely unique situation in market history.
Obligatory: most people should just hold spot bitcoin, this is overly risky and degenerate.

2024-03-12 19:38:09

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Sure, trust me, I’ll take it! Just feels like a weighed down balloon. Only letting us go up so fast.
Since my post, Grayscale announced their new $BTC ETF. Should lift some of the weight once they get it approved.
Just hate how in control they are at the moment.

2024-03-12 15:30:27

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Yeah exactly. I think that Blackrock (or maybe it’s the AP’s?) is intentionally killing Grayscale. Freeing up the coins, shorting it to oblivion, only letting the price go up so fast.

2024-03-12 14:00:53

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If it’s actual naked shorting then I’m not sure that counts as efficient. Bullying! Short them into the ground and never had to cover the short. Not necessarily a bad thing long term, but knee capping us for the moment.

2024-03-12 13:41:36

Good morning.
What’s to stop tradfi institutions from naked shorting GBTC to force outflows and free up coins while staying delta neutral by going long a different etf?
No one talking about this, but I’m pretty sure it’s happening. AlthoughI wouldn’t be surprised if I have some details wrong. I do not buy that this is all bankruptcy liquidations or individuals rotating to lower fee etfs.
Outflows are nearly a perfect match to Blackrock inflows every day.

2024-03-07 16:29:17

GOOD MORNING!

2024-03-07 05:25:08

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Who’s closest?

2024-03-06 19:59:45

Really meant to finally make a GM post this morning, fucked it up again.
Good afternoon?

2024-03-06 05:54:45

Anyone else whisper sweet nothings into my solo mining S9 hoping it’ll find a block before the halving?
Just me?

2024-03-06 05:37:25

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On a long enough time frame it’s too damn complicated for me to fully wrap my head around.
I.e. MSTR can become a fiat black hole and buy every bitcoin available on the market….but then what? If there are no coins available, then they can start buying back their stock, shrink the float even more, $/share keeps going up. But then what?
I suppose all your models are destroyed and bitcoin goes to the moon, the dollar dies, mstr is the largest company on earth.
Government pressure surely could stop Saylor from continuing the plan I suppose. But that doesn’t stop bitcoin…but hence why people going all in MSTR are foolish. Trusted third parties are security holes and there are a lot of trusted third parties in tradfi.
That game is rigged and I will not be surprised one iota if they try and take MSTR behind the shed the same way they did GME.

2024-03-06 04:26:32

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I’m at less than 1% but there’s a real chance it does go to 10’s of thousands. Worth the punt. If not it should at least mostly keep up with BTC

2024-03-06 03:08:19

Speculation:
OG dumps 1000 coins at the top.
OG goes mega leveraged short at the same time.
OG scoops up way more than 1000 coins after leverage wipe.
OG proves OG’s are still in control of this market when they want to be.
Just a guess, big if true!

2023-12-01 03:27:29

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I’ve got some long term option contracts, no shares.

2023-11-30 16:02:25

Prior to this buy $MSTR held 158,400 #bitcoin and had 14,221,000 shares outstanding. Giving each share equivalent ownership of ~.01113 BTC.
Now there are 15,410,588 shares outstanding with each having the equivalent ownership of ~.01132 BTC.
This is a +1.7% increase in the bitcoin holdings per share.
This is NOT dilution. Few understand!
https://x.com/saylor/status/1730226879125160426?s=46&t=V27jJ5Ixsb9ZMB1SrtddYA

2023-11-11 15:58:08

To all my prepper inclined friends out there, get yourself a PCP (Pre Charged Pneumatic) air rifle. No KYC in most states - not considered firearms. Can buy suppressors for them too, which are not NFA regulated (labeled for airgun use only), can buy off the internet, ship to your house. I usually use Airguns of Arizona.
.177 or .22 will handle anything up to a raccoon no problem, can get bigger calibers for bigger game.
Dirt cheap to shoot, quiet as a mouse. Don’t get me wrong you need firearms too if they’re an option for you, but a PCP is such a wonderful tool.
Favorites:
Cheap option - Umarex Notos
Expensive - BRK Ghost
I like MTC Optics, made for airguns. Zero eye relief prism sight is my favorite but they’ve got traditional riflescopes too.
Air source - can use a PCP compressor, hand pump, or scuba tank. I have a cheap compressor, but good to keep a hand pump available just in case. Scuba tank is easiest if you have a scuba shop near you.
JSB Hades Pellets (or the FX branded version) https://image.nostr.build/8ec8b5c9f7a9644bff415357f0f828d7b72aa200b85a2ce771b6a0569bb51966.jpg

2023-11-11 01:53:38

Who would have thought that the next great bitcoin conflict post Blocksize Wars wouldn’t be covenants, ordinals, or drivechains, but the Israeli-Gaza conflict!
Fix the money, fix the world, it’s the only way.

2023-11-09 23:12:58

Mempool

2023-11-08 04:37:22

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Tell me everything

2023-11-07 18:52:15

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Check out Icon post bull market.
Icon4x4.com

2023-11-07 16:20:08

.223 back in stock at Fenix Ammunition.
Affiliate link: http://rwrd.io/rn13bkj?c
Thank you and you’re welcome

2023-11-07 14:29:33

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I’m Jewish and despite my best efforts to be unbiased and anti-state I usually fall in favor of Israel.
I find any historical claim on either side to the land to be ridiculous. We are where we are at this point. Israel has won many military conflicts, offered many peace deals. Hammas isn’t interested in negotiating. I also think the British used the Jews to take care of their dirty work.
We would have been better off in the Congo. But here we are, what is Israel supposed to do when Hammas says there is no negotiation possible and they are hell bent on the destruction of Israel?
It’s a tragedy, but the only way this ends is the destruction of Hammas or the destruction of Israel. These are extremists.
I do not understand why no Arab countries will take Palestinian refugees. There’s a lot I don’t understand. I also listened to Kushner on Lex Friedman and it seemed like maybe there was a path to peace, but that’s been well and truly botched at this point.
Anyway, that’s my stream of thoughts, hope it helps. Looking forward to reading what you put out.

2023-09-11 06:49:51

So all FPPS pools (most of them) got screwed and had to pay miners almost double in tx fees today because of the 20BTC fee someone paid.
They won’t see any of that money but they have to pay out the rolling average fee for the whole network each day (past 144 blocks). Recent average has been ~30btc per day in fees, today it was 50.
Interesting attack vector. A malicious non-FPPS pool could self mine their own transactions with very high fees and put all the FPPS pools out of business. They might have to start filtering out these outliers, or more likely switch to PPS+ which would lead to pool consolidation.
PPS+ pools pay miners the average fees for the blocks they themselves mine. Safer for the pool, but most miners prefer FPPS because it eliminates more variance…unless the pool is big enough that their personal average is statistically equivalent to the FPPS average - hence the consolidation.
PPLNS pools (basically just Braiins at this point) are unaffected. Although it would have been very interesting to see What would have happened if they would have won that 26 BTC block. Can’t imagine there would be any chance the sender would be able to recover funds whereas Chun from F2Pool has already unilaterally offered to return the funds (and is presumably eating the higher FPPS fees as well).

2023-07-28 04:42:22

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All while using Coinbase as their own custodian. Wild

2023-07-25 05:43:48

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Get this man a hat!

2023-07-24 05:18:25

Ain’t it pretty, ok off to bed https://cdn.nostr.build/i/e94989b659b7c4b2f7402dfa1f3e792622b83624e195933ca7c3967ca4fff6cc.jpg

2023-07-23 21:30:43

🫣 #note1usr…t5pm

2023-07-23 21:28:27

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🫣

2023-07-23 21:26:14

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I saw A first

2023-07-22 18:28:32

Reddit front page, these people terrify me. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/364ec728c7201e9eae93bfdc05827b0c6182482e26a98742b59cac96320fb708.jpg

2023-07-22 15:59:48

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*$200k 😬

2023-07-21 06:07:58

Out of the goodness of their hearts (AKA to boost demand) Tesla is letting people transfer FSD to a new vehicle for the first time ever, offer valid until the end of the quarter. So the option I bought for $3k in 2018 (that’s only been useful for the last 6 months) can be transferred to a new vehicle where it would normally cost $15k.
So yeah, they got me. Bastards.

2023-07-20 17:41:15

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FedNow v0.1, still buggy, suggest not using with real funds.

2023-07-20 13:55:46

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Seems like the entire idea is being stonewalled out of indifference. Just because we can do something doesn’t mean we should do it sort of thing.

2023-07-20 07:08:18

It’s one thing to technically know that I can move from one Nostr client to another and take my profile with me, but actually doing it is another level.
Takes me back to recovering a seed in a new wallet for the first time. 🤯💡

2023-07-20 07:00:20

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Ok, someone just zapped this post and it went to the lightning address I set up in Damus before they removed zaps. Very cool. Looks like I can still update it in Damus even though I can’t zap.

2023-07-20 06:41:30

Primal is very nice, but I don’t like being forced to use Alby, I’m sure it’s fine but I already have other wallets I’m happy with. Or am I missing something?
Additional stupid question: if I add a different wallet to my profile/nsec/whatever in a different client, but then use primal to post can people still zap me on posts I make from primal? Aka is the lightning address tied to my keys somehow our client based?

2023-04-12 06:03:25

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Looking forward to the next monthly celebration! I pretty much only drink around bitcoiners. Once ever 2-3 months.

2023-04-05 13:34:27

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Yeah only eat from 10-6. Trying longer fasts too once a week(haven’t eaten in 37 hours right now).
Supposedly the longer fasts really kick the autogaphy into high gear.
Lost 20 pounds out of a planned ~45. Feel great. Feels very sustainable for the first time in my life.

2023-04-04 16:35:53

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Will check it out, thanks

2023-04-04 16:32:14

What’s the best way to access nostr in a Twitter like experience from browser? I think that’s what’s keeping me on Twitter, I do a lot of tweeting from browser and only have Damus for Nostr.

2023-03-21 05:26:10

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I think that’s a bear case, certainly possible, but I’d be surprised. We’d still love in a better world.
Not bearish on price btw, bearish on tech. A lot of use cases that only lightning can fill (micro/streaming payments). Impossible to imagine how much future commerce simply wouldn’t be possible without bitcoin.

2023-03-17 03:06:17

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Great rip

2023-03-17 03:04:05

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https://media0.giphy.com/media/5mBE2MiMVFITS/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952c3lcnt1psbyy2g6vs02qxz6qj7sldyjcv1b5un3q&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

2023-03-15 04:00:49

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2023-03-13 19:52:44

Seems very likely this started as a ploy to eliminate the crypto banks that got out of hand.
Who knew, central planning doesn’t work?!

2023-03-13 01:38:49

Bitcoin ripping despite the three most prominent bitcoin friendly banks shutting down within a week. Honey badger don’t care never been more obvious.

2023-03-12 22:44:07

Fucking love solo blocks! Nothing better for bitcoin than a lucky pleb hitting a block! 2 in 3 days! WOOOOOOO!

2023-03-12 13:22:52

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I’ve got a friend I can ask! Thanks for the tip.

2023-03-12 07:03:00

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Tempting…….

2023-03-12 01:55:25

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https://media.tenor.com/2rJER8Scrv8AAAAM/liam-mc-ewan-what.gif
Will try

2023-03-12 01:54:07

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I’ve got an S9 and an M1 Ultra any hope? I do have a 10 year old Nvidia GPU somewhere but no rig to plug it into.

2023-03-11 21:09:31

Can anyone link me to a guide for mining a vanity npub?

2023-03-11 03:40:16

I swear I’m not asking for sats, but I’m a simple man, anyone who zaps me gets an instant follow
https://media0.giphy.com/media/kFIfiwvzJjbUsNbIg5/giphy.gif

2023-03-11 03:08:19

https://cdn.quotesgram.com/img/66/63/1485614934-yamamoto_zps5fceb4cf.jpg
Bitcoin right now.
Operation Chokepoint 2.0 about to get a lesson in antifragility

2023-03-10 16:46:40

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SUDDENLY

2023-03-10 06:04:34

There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen…. Feels like we’re gearing up for some of the latter.

2023-03-09 23:50:16

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Very fair

2023-03-09 21:47:31

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Nah, gold/silver —> dollar —> liberty reserve/digicash etc —> bitcoin
Market finds the truth eventually and the buck stops.

2023-03-09 19:13:02

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Getting sub penny zaps on a post about base chain fees. Poetic.

2023-03-09 17:08:36

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Quick search says there are roughly 800,000 wires sent per day. Max on chain transactions per day is roughly half that.
So in the most bearish case I can imagine where all onchain transactions do is replace fedwire we have twice the demand as we have space. What happens to fees then?!

2023-03-09 17:03:46

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I mean as a percentage of global payments that would eventually likely want or require the finality of an onchain bitcoin transaction.
Aka compared to global fedwire usage for example.

2023-03-09 16:57:56

60 sats/byte to get into the next block. 60x from only a few weeks ago.
Few understand mempool dynamics. In the right circumstances a small increase in demand for block space can lead to radically higher fees.
We have a 140 block backlog, likely headed for 1000+ and truthfully the chain is hardly being used. Anyone who is worried about a fee market developing is clueless. Fees being larger than subsidy will likely start to happen on occasion next epoch. Will become the norm in the one after that. Difficulty will just go absolutely apeshit once more people have confidence that rewards will start trending up not just in dollar terms, but in bitcoin terms as well.

2023-03-09 00:42:47

Headed for the 1000 block mempool. Kilomempool.

2023-03-08 19:19:01

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Bigger Elon fan than most bitcoiners. Investor in several “competing” projects.
No blue check.
Bullish on Nostr!
First principles!

2023-03-08 17:03:54

Another hour without a block and 106 blocks in my mempool….and in that next block still looks like a handful of inscriptions. They’re almost priced out, but some are degenerate enough to pay up.
Love these times though, it’s an artificial peak into the future. And the new mempool block visualizations are amazing.

2023-03-08 06:11:25

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🫵
🤯🔫
💀

2023-03-08 05:36:51

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Sometimes you know you’ve been bested. https://damus.io/note15l939j22r5gs5raxkfvgfnpmy0d6gedu2gc0lzas7mle3vdklpqq2n9hld
In my defense as I was typing in “cat dick” into a private window on my phone I had a moment of clarity, realized I was in a public place with people sitting behind me and decided “cat dick Nixon” was the safer bet.

2023-03-08 02:44:17

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Maximizing sats https://ibb.co/QKQs74H
Give me all the sats or Roger Ver will blow you sky high with some bottle rockets. You too #[4]

2023-03-06 23:16:42

Step 1: bunch of bitcoiners open accounts with Silvergate and deposit up to $250k each.
Step 2: if Silvergate fails we help defund FDIC
If they don’t we take it over from the inside.
Step 3: profit?
This is not a fully fleshed out idea.

2023-03-06 22:51:04

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Wanted to post some sort of “Nice try!” meme, but just found lots of people trying to pay your invoice 🤣

2023-03-06 16:47:55

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And then Braiins finds the block. Satoshi smiles upon the faithful.

2023-03-06 16:22:28

Gotta love a block free hour. Almost as if time stands still. Take a moment and smell the roses.

2023-03-05 18:37:14

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I put in a wallet of Satoshi lightning address until I can figure something better out. May not have relayed through the network yet. Thanks for the heads up!

2023-03-05 18:23:08

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Maybe fixed? Lmk, cheers!

2023-03-05 17:19:24

Does anyone have a clear picture in their mind of how “it” all fits together?
Bitcoin + Lightning + Nostr + Fedimint + others (maybe liquid, did’s, drive/space chains, impervious, synonym, etc.)
To me it’s all a jumbled brilliant mess that very much feels like it’ll work out eventually. But I’d love it if someone could paint me a picture of their idea of the bright orange future. A good podcast would work, ideally we need better bitcoin sci fi.

2023-03-05 04:02:25

Mandibles

2023-02-24 03:43:31

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Need a secure element in your brain or you gotta be super careful to never even see your own seed if you have a Neuralink. Crazy future we’re barreling towards…

2023-02-24 01:01:31

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Could be, could also add nuance into human discourse for the first time ever. Imagine communicating your nuanced thoughts about bitcoin/Nostr/etc. with a thought.
Most of the time people talk past each other. Neuralink could solve that. Could also prevent the AI apocalypse.
Plenty of bad outcomes too, but humans are infinitely adaptable, I’m optimistic.

2023-02-23 05:28:58

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One day I’ll pipe mempool.space into my Neuralink and watch the blocks come through while I sleep.

2023-02-23 05:27:02

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I’ll be there!

2023-02-22 23:12:20

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I didn’t make it, did you?

2023-02-22 06:14:06

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Better get a urologist to look at that. Doesn’t look ordinary to me. Get an inscription for something.