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2026-10-16 12:14:50 GMT

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2026-10-16 01:30:33 GMT

GN #plebs
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2026-10-15 11:07:37 GMT

GM ☕ https://blossom.primal.net/19596113748f2b6b66a6c4fe26b5d25ff13c9b8b9f744739fa401a102aa6f476.jpg

2026-10-14 11:34:48 GMT

Every training partner has something to teach you. Leave your ego off the mat, embrace the uncomfortable, and never stop being a student.

2026-10-14 00:52:20 GMT

Self-custody or bust.
Multi-Vendor Multi-Sig and chill.
Get your bitcoin off the exchange. https://blossom.primal.net/967827d314dbfddaafe7ecc084e3d24360341801b55321242d93604b2cce46c7.jpg

2026-10-13 10:59:08 GMT

GM ☕ https://blossom.primal.net/dde643d89b9e145e3bdb03902fe2df870a529b9902822dd0311b86aaee2b66b7.jpg

2026-10-13 01:44:13 GMT

Zcash privacy is fake and gay.
GN #Nostriches https://blossom.primal.net/819503a825afec362299f3121e26e71c1ce91295026ef671e95e5ee7c66c4554.jpg

2026-10-12 11:19:31 GMT

GM ☕ https://blossom.primal.net/60332b9a9f41e4ed4b66853bfa2372021e3fce2a9dcb90a1a3be397d414edf42.jpg

2026-10-12 11:10:37 GMT

Greatness isn't built in a single moment. It's earned through thousands of small, deliberate actions when nobody is watching.

2026-10-11 12:31:44 GMT

GM ☕
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2026-10-11 10:56:28 GMT

Don't measure progress by how many times you win. Measure it by how many mistakes you stop repeating.

2026-10-10 23:49:59 GMT

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2026-10-10 11:20:18 GMT

Leave your ego at the door. Chase improvement, not validation.

2026-10-09 22:47:47 GMT

ColdCard -->Source Viewable --> entropy bug allows seeds to be brute forced and "wallets" drained.
Ledger --> Closed Source --> ~$90 million in crypto drained from wallets in India. --> Cause Unknown --> Devices sold by a reseller. https://blossom.primal.net/e4d8b750729e85be2351e287ade1f1a2e00df501402e2e7b79533792982ac141.jpg

2026-10-09 22:36:19 GMT

Bruh 😂
#nevent1q…ugdu

2026-10-09 20:58:41 GMT

Fuck...
#nevent1q…yusg

2026-10-09 20:56:49 GMT

Interesting.
#nevent1q…r5hl

2026-10-09 19:05:13 GMT

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Keystrich doesn't have the same ring to it.

2026-10-09 01:54:25 GMT

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Yep

2026-10-09 00:45:14 GMT

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Some people aren't happy unless they're complaining about something.

2026-10-09 00:42:22 GMT

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It's the final stage of full retard.

2026-10-09 00:15:58 GMT

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Zap me or Xap me. IDC which one you prefer and either will work 😂

2026-10-08 12:14:22 GMT

Discipline is choosing to do the work, even when motivation is nowhere to be found.
Motivation gets you started. Discipline keeps you showing up. Every round counts, especially the ones you didn't feel like doing.

2026-10-07 18:48:01 GMT

Do I trash my ColdCard Q or do I download the most recent update and load a seed generated from a Jade?

2026-10-07 18:42:38 GMT

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I just started training BJJ in April this year.
It has become an obsession.

2026-10-07 12:44:53 GMT

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
~ Mark Twain
Courage isn’t being fearless. It’s stepping into the hard round anyway.

2026-10-06 21:27:06 GMT

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It's because they weren't trying to change your mind, they were just sharing their ideas/perspective without any pressure for you to agree with them.

2026-10-06 20:46:17 GMT

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One advantage of the Jade vs Trezor is the ability to sign a transaction through Nunchuk without using anything other than your mobile device. Trezor connected to my phone through Nunchuk doesn't have that capability yet. I would still have to use a computer to finish signing with a Trezor.

2026-10-06 19:19:30 GMT

@nprofile…85t8 Passport Prime and the Trezor Safe 7 are next level devices. Perfect pair for a 2-of-3 setup. The @nprofile…g8xl Jade Plus is an ok 3rd option to complete the config, but not the same feel.

2026-10-06 12:47:28 GMT

Bad rounds happen. Bad days happen. Show up again anyway.

2026-10-06 02:58:09 GMT

✅ Monero Node Synced
✅ Cake Wallet Connected
💪 LFG!!! https://blossom.primal.net/57310df41002dd22b5fb74e3705ca71543ec95f0c6ec060daf51706422d3e403.jpg

2026-10-05 19:17:34 GMT

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2026-10-05 13:42:57 GMT

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400+ open tabs is crazy...

2026-10-05 10:16:34 GMT

GM ☕
“The more I learn, the more I realize I don’t know.”
~ Albert Einstein
Every time you tap, you’ve just been shown something you can learn. That’s not failure, that’s the tuition.

2026-10-04 14:59:07 GMT

GM ☕
“We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training.”
— Archilochus
Train until your response doesn’t require motivation. It’s simply what you do.

2026-10-04 04:53:48 GMT

Soon 🙌 https://blossom.primal.net/4d4b29399648e20674ff8493b5b9177f9d596eb30abdde81f24ce966da83ff91.jpg

2026-10-03 19:19:03 GMT

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Fuck you Greg!
Sorry, wrong person...

2026-10-03 14:22:17 GMT

GM ☕
“Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.”
— James Clear
One more class. One more round. One more rep. Keep stacking days.

2026-10-02 15:55:38 GMT

GM ☕
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
— Margaret Thatcher
Getting caught by the same technique again isn’t the problem. Refusing to learn from it is.

2026-10-02 05:03:09 GMT

ZEC in a nutshell.👎
- Early token distribution was not a Bitcoin-style miner-only launch: for the first four years, 20% of each block subsidy went to founders, employees, advisors, investors, ECC, and the Zcash Foundation, totaling about 2.1 million ZEC (10% of the 21 million cap). zecstats.com/founders-reward
- The network still withholds 20% of new issuance from miners (currently 8% to community grants and 12% to a protocol lockbox), which critics treat as ongoing dilution and grant-politics rather than a clean monetary base. crowdfundinsider.com/2026/09/311746…
- The project took venture capital before launch and later built for-profit companies (Electric Coin Company, then Zcash Open Development Lab) around protocol work, wallets, and IP. archive.fo/2016.10.28-203…
- Original zk-SNARK pools required a trusted setup; Sprout’s ceremony also had a real soundness flaw later patched. Current pools use Halo 2 and do not need that setup, but the history remains a trust criticism. shieldedscan.xyz/fact-check
- Privacy is optional, not default. A large share of supply and activity still sits on transparent addresses. btcc.com/en-AU/news/dee…
- Shielded pools hide supply internals. When a soundness bug exists, outside observers cannot cryptographically prove that counterfeit ZEC was never minted inside the pool. decrypt.co/370223/zcash-b…
- In May 2026 a four-year-old Orchard circuit flaw was found that could have allowed undetectable inflation. The pool was emergency-restricted, patched, then replaced by Ironwood; price crashed hard and some large holders sold because “probably unused” is not the same as “provably unused.” btcc.com/en-AU/news/dee…
- This was not the only inflation-class issue: Sprout had an earlier counterfeiting-style bug, and 2026 also saw other node/infrastructure bugs (sync poisoning, remotely triggerable crashes) that required rapid patches. tipranks.com/news/zcash-sur…
- Governance has been messy: ECC’s core team resigned in January 2026 after a fight with the Bootstrap board, then re-formed as a new funded lab. Trademark and funding fights have continued. cryptotimes.io/2026/09/08/zca…
- Mining has repeatedly concentrated in a few pools. That made emergency pauses easier to coordinate, but it also weakens the “no one can freeze the chain” claim. cryptonews.net/es/news/mining…
- Everyday usage is still small compared with major chains. Transaction counts, fees, and miner security budget are modest relative to the market cap that followed the 2025–2026 rally. 8blocks.io/audits/zcash-t…
- The same privacy that hides amounts also hides whether the 21 million cap was ever silently broken. That auditability gap is the core monetary critique versus Bitcoin. btcc.com/en-AU/news/dee…

2026-10-02 03:40:24 GMT

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Yo 🤙

2026-10-01 22:01:46 GMT

“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
— Bruce Lee
You don’t need to be exceptional today. You need to be focused.

2026-09-30 23:53:56 GMT

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
🥋 Step onto the mat anyway. Courage gets built by doing the thing that makes you uncomfortable.

2026-09-30 21:59:10 GMT

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#nevent1q…x7nq

2026-09-30 21:53:55 GMT

Great burgers though! https://blossom.primal.net/84199cff07f7e7a9133c95371d60336ef5b83b38984853ccd5630ca486cc28d6.jpg

2026-09-30 21:30:35 GMT

#Bitcoin #Monero #XMR #V4V
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2026-09-30 21:14:29 GMT

:orange:

2026-09-30 21:11:32 GMT

:orange: :purple: :orange: :purple:

2026-09-30 19:42:54 GMT

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2026-09-29 18:02:10 GMT

No #zaps or #xaps lately...

2026-09-29 17:58:49 GMT

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2026-09-29 17:31:06 GMT

Top 10 by market cap 13, 10, 5 years ago and current.
$BTC #bitcoin https://blossom.primal.net/5ec7096271ed4c8f0b7c532ba9abd43d9e8694057268a40eb81b93bfb82691dc.jpg

2026-09-29 15:43:00 GMT

Just had a conversation with a guy that started out with Bitcoin and is now all in on XRP, XLM, XTC.
His argument is that Bitcoin isn't going to be used much longer because it's like Myspace and Ripple has licenses and agreements with so many countries and company's.
It was at work so I had to play nice...

2026-09-29 12:57:59 GMT

GM ☕
“A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.”
— Bruce Lee
Learn from everyone. Copy no one blindly. Build your own game.

2026-09-28 19:17:49 GMT

Everybody keeps claiming they've found the next Bitcoin.
Bitcoin already exists.
Stack sats people. It's that easy.

2026-09-28 13:54:56 GMT

GM ☕
Jiu-Jitsu 🥋
You enter the gym with whatever professional status, educational background, accomplishments, or personal confidence you've accumulated.
But once rolling begins, none of those things guarantees success.
Your ability to solve the problem in front of you becomes what matters.
Over time, the process can develop patience, emotional regulation, humility, adaptability, and confidence grounded in demonstrated competence rather than self-perception.
And perhaps most importantly, you voluntarily return to an environment where you know you will encounter failure.
Not because failure itself is enjoyable, but because you've recognized its role in developing mastery.

2026-09-28 11:33:46 GMT

Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.
Motivation gets you started. Discipline keeps you showing up when motivation disappears.

2026-09-28 11:15:33 GMT

One of the best things about #nostr at the moment, is the lack of Ztrash shills.

2026-09-28 11:15:33 GMT

2026-09-27 16:44:24 GMT

GM ☕
💦 The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat. 🩸
🥋 Keep showing up. The boring repetitions are what eventually make you dangerous. 💪

2026-09-27 03:47:05 GMT

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2026-09-27 00:04:43 GMT

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2026-09-26 21:42:40 GMT

#Nostr #Bitcoin #Monero #V4V https://blossom.primal.net/908df12a99414f6099e9a6f3acce8f7e3242f3cf3c9f51b88107452fe774d3b6.mp4

2026-09-26 14:17:09 GMT

GM ☕
“A black belt only covers two inches of your ass. You have to cover the rest.”
— Royce Gracie
The belt doesn’t make you dangerous. The work does.

2026-09-26 03:48:50 GMT

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Just had the same issue and blocked/reported 75 accounts.

2026-09-26 02:59:30 GMT

Been using Cake Wallet recently and I kinda love it!
#bitcoin #monero #Cake #V4V https://blossom.primal.net/ce75c0e5fd9efa40e3b6168daba69a324197815bc398084c82d6bf85d0d34fc3.jpg

2026-09-26 02:47:06 GMT

#Nostr #bitcoin #monero #V4V https://blossom.primal.net/09cf525e82de07721b7415b6aac29139948e58893b090786d9db09fb2f42854c.jpg

2026-09-25 12:56:06 GMT

GM ☕
Fall down 7 times, get up 8.
Getting knocked down isn't failure, staying down is.

2026-09-24 15:24:27 GMT

GM ☕
🥋 A black belt is a white belt that never quit.

2026-09-23 15:15:06 GMT

"My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy." ~ Renzo Gracie

2026-09-22 17:35:00 GMT

I started training BJJ this year at 41yo and it has become my biggest obsession (after my wife).
It has increased my focus, discipline, stamina and overall health so much already.
It doesn't just make you better at grappling, it improves many things in your everyday life.
🥋 Find a place to train, sign up, and commit! 🥋
#BJJ #JiuJitsu #V4V

2026-09-22 15:05:34 GMT

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If you're "playing" as an adult and you have any sort of competitiveness, you're still taking it seriously. At least I do...

2026-09-22 11:32:02 GMT

https://blossom.primal.net/903521e7126ab0fb855d9922dee63673b3f1fd8bcf99980ad1e8b2d863a0606b.jpg
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/09/22/spot-bitcoin-etfs-attracted-nearly-usd1-billion-on-monday-the-9th-largest-inflow-ever

2026-09-22 11:18:19 GMT

White-hat operators moved 52.37 #bitcoin tied to the July #Coldcard hardware wallet exploit into an address associated with the Crypto Recovery Trust.
This represents 2.8% of the total tracked exploit funds.
Source:
https://newscord.org/article/white-hats-move-5237-btc-from-coldcard-entropy-flaw-into-crypto-recovery-trust--Story_20260922_WhitehatsoutrunColdc48b9b351

2026-09-21 11:25:31 GMT

🚨 The EU is tightening the screws on privacy coins like Monero $XMR.
🔒 The 2027 Intermediary Ban:
The EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) officially kicks in on July 10, 2027. It completely bans regulated crypto exchanges, custodians, and digital banks across all 27 EU states from offering or supporting privacy-enhancing coins.
📉 The Preemptive Delistings:
You don’t have to wait until 2027 to feel the impact. Major platforms like Kraken and Binance have already stripped Monero from their European catalogs to protect their regional operating licenses under the broader MiCA framework.
🔍 The €1,000 Identity Trigger:
Even for standard crypto, the anonymous window is shutting. Any occasional transaction worth €1,000 or more now triggers enhanced KYC checks, all overseen by a powerful new watchdog agency (AMLA).
💼 What Remains Legal?:
The EU is blocking the commercial on- and off-ramps, not the code.
- Self-custody remains legal.
- P2P transfers between private wallets are outside the scope of the intermediary ban.
💡 The Big Takeaway:
The state isn't outlawing the math behind privacy; they are outlawing the businesses that bridge it to the traditional financial system. In response, the privacy community is aggressively migrating toward decentralized alternatives like atomic swaps and non-custodial P2P channels.
#Crypto #Monero #XMR #MiCA #Regulation #PrivacyCoins #EU

2026-09-18 23:56:28 GMT

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Can you see the Monero payment target on my profile?

2026-09-18 23:10:39 GMT

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2026-09-18 00:33:47 GMT

Single-Sig 🔑
Multi-Vendor Multi-Sig 🔑🔑🔑
Bitcoin Core 🟠
I asked 4 different AI models and here are the responses 👇
ChatGPT:
🔐 BITCOIN SELF-CUSTODY: 3 APPROACHES
There isn't one custody setup that's right for everyone. Each approach trades one type of risk for another.
1️⃣ SINGLE-SIG
One private-key set controls the Bitcoin.
PROS:
• Simple to understand and operate
• Fewer moving parts
• Straightforward backup/recovery
• Broad wallet compatibility
• Easy to test and spend
• Simpler inheritance planning
• Dedicated hardware/air-gapped signers can provide strong security
CONS:
• One key ultimately controls everything
• Key compromise can mean total loss
• Seed backup becomes extremely sensitive
• More complete backups create more potential compromise points
• Passphrases add protection but also another potential failure point
TRADEOFF:
Fewer things to screw up, but fewer failures you can tolerate.
2️⃣ MULTI-VENDOR MULTISIG
Example: 2-of-3 using independent signing devices from different manufacturers.
PROS:
• No single key controls the Bitcoin
• One stolen key isn't enough to spend
• One lost key doesn't necessarily mean lost funds
• Keys can be geographically distributed
• Diversifies hardware, firmware, vendor, and supply-chain risk
• Reduces single points of failure
• Strong protection against individual key/device compromise
CONS:
• More complex
• More seeds, devices, backups, and configuration data
• More opportunities for operational mistakes
• Wallet policy/descriptor information must be preserved
• Recovery needs to be documented and tested
• Spending requires multiple signatures
• More complicated inheritance
• Potential interoperability issues between vendors
TRADEOFF:
More failures can be tolerated, but there are more things you must understand and manage correctly.
3️⃣ BITCOIN CORE-ONLY
Bitcoin Core generates and holds the private keys rather than simply serving as the node/backend for another signing device.
PROS:
• Uses Bitcoin's reference implementation
• Independently validates Bitcoin
• Excellent privacy potential
• No third-party wallet server required
• Open-source and heavily scrutinized
• No hardware-wallet manufacturer required
• Powerful wallet, descriptor, watch-only, multisig, and RPC functionality
• Advanced users can build offline signing architectures
CONS:
• If keys are on an internet-connected computer, that computer becomes part of your critical security boundary
• General-purpose computers have much larger attack surfaces than dedicated signers
• Malware can potentially threaten the keys
• Wallet encryption ≠ hardware isolation
• Requires greater technical understanding
• Backup/recovery mistakes can be catastrophic
• More secure offline Core setups increase complexity
TRADEOFF:
Bitcoin Core maximizes sovereignty over Bitcoin verification, but running a full node and securely storing private keys are two different problems.
THE BOTTOM LINE:
Single-sig → minimizes complexity but concentrates key risk.
Multi-vendor multisig → distributes key/device risk but increases complexity.
Core-only → minimizes external wallet dependencies and maximizes verification sovereignty, but puts more responsibility on the operator and computing environment.
There is no universally "most secure" setup.
The best security model depends on the threats you're protecting against AND your ability to operate and recover the setup correctly.
Complexity itself is a security risk. So is having a single point of failure.
---
Claude:
🧵 Bitcoin Custody Options: Pros & Cons
🔑 SINGLE-SIG
✅ Simple, fast, cheap, few moving parts
❌ Single point of failure, no theft/coercion protection, weak for estate planning, risky for large amounts
🔐 MULTI-VENDOR MULTI-SIG (e.g. 2-of-3 across different hardware brands)
✅ No single point of failure, protects vs vendor/firmware issues, resilient to theft/coercion, good for inheritance planning
❌ Complex setup/maintenance, slower to spend, more expensive, higher user-error risk, harder recovery without good docs
💻 STRICTLY BITCOIN CORE (no hardware wallet)
✅ Max sovereignty, trustless verification via full node, no vendor dependency, free
❌ Keys exposed on internet-connected PC, no secure element, single point of failure unless combined with multisig, recovery relies entirely on user discipline
TL;DR: single-sig for small/spending amounts, multi-vendor multisig for long-term savings, Core-only storage generally discouraged beyond small sums.
---
Perplexity:
**Bitcoin custody: single-sig vs. multi-vendor multisig vs. Bitcoin Core-only**
There is no universal “best” option. The best custody model is the one you can set up, protect, and recover correctly under pressure.
**1) Single-sig**
One seed/private key controls the bitcoin.
**Pros:** Simple, low friction, easy to understand, back up, recover, and inherit. A properly used offline signing device plus strong seed storage can be very secure.
**Cons:** One compromised seed, malicious signature, or failed backup can expose or permanently lose the entire balance.
**Best for:** People who value simplicity and can maintain disciplined backups.
**2) Multi-vendor multisig**
Multiple independently generated keys—ideally across different hardware vendors—are required to spend, such as 2-of-3.
**Pros:** Removes the single-key spending point of failure; can tolerate loss or compromise of one signer; vendor diversity reduces common-mode risk; keys can be geographically separated.
**Cons:** Much more complex. Recovery requires preserving seeds *and* wallet policy/configuration details. More devices and procedures mean more ways to make mistakes.
**Best for:** Meaningful long-term holdings, provided you document and rehearse recovery.
**3) Bitcoin Core-only**
Use Bitcoin Core as the wallet and validation stack rather than depending on a third-party wallet provider.
**Pros:** Maximum sovereignty: you validate your own transactions, avoid custodial dependence, and gain strong privacy and open-source benefits.
**Cons:** Running Core does not automatically equal cold storage. Keys on an online computer face malware and endpoint risk, and you own all backup, encryption, maintenance, and recovery responsibility.
**Best for:** Technical users who prioritize independent verification and secure system administration.
**The practical takeaway:**
- Simple and disciplined: **single-sig**
- More fault tolerance for larger holdings: **multi-vendor multisig**
- Maximum independent verification: **Bitcoin Core**, ideally paired with a deliberately secure signing and backup strategy
More complexity is not automatically more security. A custody system is only as strong as its weakest backup, recovery plan, and signing procedure.
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Grok:
Single-sig vs multi-vendor multi-sig vs Bitcoin Core-only
Single-sig: one key spends.
Pros: simplest setup, spend, and inheritance. Lowest fees. One seed is the backup. Best for smaller stacks and daily spend.
Cons: one stolen, lost, or coerced key ends it. One vendor bug can drain you. Passphrases help theft, create another way to lock yourself out.
Multi-vendor multi-sig: usually 2-of-3, keys on different brands, stored apart.
Pros: one lost or stolen key does not drain you or lock you out. A single vendor/firmware failure cannot spend. Better wrench-attack resistance if keys are split. Still self-custody if you hold the quorum.
Cons: more devices, more backups, and you must save the descriptor or recovery gets ugly. Slower spends, higher classic multisig fees. Easy to do badly. Heirs need written instructions, not just seed words.
Bitcoin Core-only: Core’s built-in wallet holds the keys on the node machine. Running a node is not the same as this.
Pros: you validate the chain yourself. Most-reviewed Bitcoin software. No hardware vendor. Full features if you want them later.
Cons: default is a software wallet on a PC. Malware or disk theft can reach keys. Validation does not stop a compromised host from signing. Still single-sig unless you build multisig. Air-gapping Core properly is rare. Harder for a non-technical heir.
Rule of thumb: learn single-sig first. Use multi-vendor multi-sig when one mistake would be life-changing. Run Core as your node with either. Use Core as the only key store only if you accept software-wallet risk or you actually air-gap it.

2026-09-17 22:14:14 GMT

Why will exchanges list Zcash (ZEC) but refuse to list Monero (XMR)?
It mostly comes down to one thing:
ZEC privacy is optional. XMR privacy is the default.
🔹 Zcash (ZEC)
Zcash supports both transparent and shielded transactions.
Transparent ZEC transactions can expose addresses, amounts, and transaction history similarly to Bitcoin.
That means exchanges can support ZEC while restricting how its privacy features are used.
Zcash also supports viewing keys, allowing private transaction information to be selectively disclosed for auditing or compliance purposes.
In other words:
ZEC can be private when you choose it, but it can also operate transparently.
🔸 Monero (XMR)
Monero takes a fundamentally different approach.
Privacy isn't an optional feature you turn on.
It's built into normal Monero transactions.
Monero uses:
• Stealth addresses to obscure recipients
• Ring signatures to obscure senders
• Confidential transactions to hide amounts
There isn't a transparent XMR transaction mode an exchange can simply require instead.
That makes conventional blockchain surveillance and transaction tracing substantially more difficult.
And that's exactly where exchanges run into problems.
Regulated exchanges have to deal with AML requirements, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, banking partners, and regulators.
Supporting transparent ZEC gives them considerably more flexibility.
Supporting XMR means accepting a cryptocurrency deliberately designed so that normal transactions don't expose the same public transaction graph.
That's why you can see exchanges list ZEC while refusing or being unwilling to list XMR.
It's not necessarily because Zcash has weak privacy.
It's because Zcash gives exchanges a compliance-friendly transparent option that Monero intentionally doesn't.
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So why might someone prefer Monero?
If your priority is private digital cash, Monero has a major practical advantage:
privacy is the default, not a choice.
You don't have to remember to use a particular address type or transaction mode, and everyone participates in the privacy system by default.
Zcash can provide strong cryptographic privacy when its shielded system is used.
Monero's distinction is simpler:
Privacy isn't an optional feature of XMR. Privacy is part of how XMR normally works. 🔒

2026-09-14 00:17:40 GMT

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That's explained in the note.

2026-09-14 00:12:24 GMT

Do you actually NEED Monero if you already use Bitcoin? ₿ 🟠
Probably not.
But Monero solves a problem that Bitcoin intentionally doesn’t solve at the base layer: default transaction privacy.
Bitcoin and Monero aren't really competitors. They optimize for different things.
🟠 BITCOIN
• Hard money
• 21M supply cap
• Globally recognized
• Deep liquidity
• Massive infrastructure
• Easy to independently audit
• Strong institutional adoption
• Excellent censorship resistance
Bitcoin also makes a deliberate tradeoff:
The blockchain is transparent.
That transparency is a feature, not a flaw.
Anyone can independently verify the ledger, validate the supply, and enforce Bitcoin's monetary rules without trusting a third party.
The tradeoff is privacy.
Transactions and UTXO histories are publicly visible and can potentially be analyzed indefinitely.
You can improve your Bitcoin privacy substantially with:
• Your own node
• Coin control
• No address reuse
• Keeping different sources of BTC separated
• Privacy-conscious wallet practices
But Bitcoin doesn't provide privacy by default.
⚪ MONERO
Monero takes a different approach.
Privacy isn't an optional feature.
Privacy is the default.
Monero is designed to obscure:
• Who sent the transaction
• Who received it
• How much was transferred
That gives XMR something Bitcoin approaches differently:
Strong default fungibility.
One XMR is generally indistinguishable from another based on publicly visible transaction history.
But Monero makes its own tradeoffs:
• Much lower liquidity
• Less adoption
• Fewer fiat on/off ramps
• Exchange delistings
• More regulatory friction
• Smaller ecosystem
• Supply isn't transparently auditable in the same straightforward way as Bitcoin
So I don't think the question should be:
Bitcoin OR Monero?
A better way to think about it is:
🟠 Bitcoin = savings, hard money, long-term wealth
⚪ Monero = private digital cash
Bitcoin would be my overwhelmingly dominant monetary asset.
Monero is something I'd keep available when transaction privacy itself is the objective.
Pretending Monero doesn't solve a legitimate problem is shortsighted.
Bitcoin prioritizes verifiability and transparency.
Monero prioritizes transactional privacy and fungibility.
Neither design is accidental.
They make different tradeoffs to accomplish different things.
₿ ≠ XMR
Different tools. Different tradeoffs. Different jobs.

2026-09-13 13:01:15 GMT

Which countries are actually using Monero?
The answer is surprisingly difficult:
We don't really know.
And that's kind of the point.
With Bitcoin, the blockchain is transparent.
Researchers can analyze addresses, transaction flows and exchange activity and attempt to determine where BTC is being used.
Monero is fundamentally different.
Every Monero transaction hides:
• The sender
• The receiver
• The amount
Privacy isn't an optional feature.
It's the default for every transaction.
That makes creating a reliable "Top 5 Countries Using Monero" ranking extremely difficult.
We can observe pieces of the ecosystem:
• Merchants accepting XMR
• Exchanges and P2P markets
• Mining activity
• Nodes and network infrastructure
• XMR-related businesses and services
Directories currently track well over 1,000 services supporting or accepting Monero across dozens of countries.
But that still doesn't tell us where the actual XMR is flowing.
And that's an important distinction.
Bitcoin is a transparent monetary network.
Anyone can inspect the ledger.
Monero is private digital cash.
An outside observer shouldn't be able to determine:
Who paid whom.
How much they paid.
How much money either person owns.
Or easily reconstruct someone's financial history.
So when someone asks:
"What countries are using Monero?"
The most accurate answer may actually be:
If Monero is working as designed, we shouldn't be able to know.
That's not a lack of adoption data.
That's one of the consequences of financial privacy.

2026-09-13 12:57:57 GMT

What countries are actually USING Bitcoin?
Not "crypto."
Not stablecoins.
Bitcoin.
If we focus on where BTC has meaningful economic or strategic importance, these 5 stand out:
🇺🇸 1. United States
The largest and most developed Bitcoin economy.
• Massive institutional and ETF exposure
• Major corporate Bitcoin treasuries
• One of the world's largest Bitcoin mining industries
• Deep BTC liquidity and financial infrastructure
The U.S. is where Bitcoin is becoming integrated into traditional capital markets.
🇸🇻 2. El Salvador
The most famous sovereign Bitcoin experiment.
• Government holds BTC
• Established a national Bitcoin strategy
• Built Bitcoin-specific infrastructure
• Attempted to integrate BTC into everyday commerce
Everyday adoption hasn't lived up to the original ambitions, but no country has pushed Bitcoin at the sovereign level as aggressively.
🇧🇹 3. Bhutan
Possibly the most interesting Bitcoin strategy in the world.
Bhutan uses abundant hydroelectric power to mine Bitcoin.
Hydroelectric energy → Bitcoin mining → BTC reserves
Instead of simply buying Bitcoin with government revenue, Bhutan converts domestic energy directly into a scarce global asset.
🇳🇬 4. Nigeria
Bitcoin has a completely different use case here.
• Savings outside the local currency
• P2P transactions
• Cross-border payments
• Remittances
• Self-custody
Nigeria demonstrates Bitcoin's usefulness where people have stronger incentives to seek alternatives to their domestic monetary system.
🇮🇷 5. Iran
Iran shows another side of Bitcoin:
Sanctions resistance.
• Domestic Bitcoin mining
• Converting energy into BTC
• Moving value outside Western banking rails
• Holding an asset without a central issuer capable of freezing it
Important distinction:
Iran also uses stablecoins extensively.
That's "crypto."
Bitcoin is different.
USDT can be frozen by Tether.
BTC cannot be frozen by a company because there is no Bitcoin company.
These countries demonstrate 5 very different Bitcoin use cases:
🇺🇸 Financial asset & institutional adoption
🇸🇻 Sovereign adoption
🇧🇹 Energy monetization & reserves
🇳🇬 Grassroots savings & payments
🇮🇷 Sanctions-resistant value transfer
Bitcoin isn't being used the same way everywhere.
That's exactly what makes it interesting.

2026-09-13 12:50:22 GMT

Iran's use of Bitcoin and its use of "crypto" should NOT be lumped together.
They serve different purposes.
BITCOIN
Iran can mine Bitcoin using domestic energy.
Energy → Bitcoin mining → BTC
That matters because Bitcoin is a bearer asset with no central issuer.
There is no Bitcoin company.
There is no CEO.
There is no central authority that can freeze BTC or blacklist a Bitcoin address at the protocol level.
For a country facing financial sanctions, that characteristic matters.
Bitcoin can also be held in self-custody and transferred without permission from a bank or stablecoin issuer.
Ordinary Iranians can use Bitcoin for a different reason: moving savings outside the rial and holding an asset beyond the direct control of Iran's banking system.
CRYPTO / STABLECOINS
This is a different system.
Iranian and IRGC-linked networks have used cryptocurrencies—particularly dollar-denominated stablecoins such as USDT—for trade, moving funds and sanctions circumvention.
Why use USDT instead of Bitcoin for commerce?
Because $1 of USDT is designed to remain approximately $1.
That makes accounting and settlement much easier than using a volatile asset like BTC.
But USDT has a weakness Bitcoin doesn't:
Tether is a company.
It can freeze tokens associated with sanctioned addresses.
So when someone says:
"Iran is using crypto to evade sanctions"
you have to ask:
Bitcoin or stablecoins?
Because they're fundamentally different.
Stablecoins are digital dollars running on blockchains.
Bitcoin is a decentralized monetary network with a scarce native asset and no central issuer.
Iran's situation demonstrates the distinction clearly:
Stablecoins: useful for dollar-denominated trade and settlement, but issuers can freeze them.
Bitcoin: harder to censor or confiscate at the network level and can be produced domestically through mining.
Don't confuse "Bitcoin" with "crypto."
In a sanctions environment, the difference isn't semantics.
It's the entire point.

2026-09-12 23:21:28 GMT

I used Nosmero to setup what I thought was a Monero payment target yesterday, but I don't think it was setup correctly. I just did it again using Ditto.
Can anyone verify if they can see it and it's working properly?

2026-09-12 11:59:20 GMT

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I saw this thread and set up a Monero payment target on Nosmero yesterday.
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2026-09-12 00:27:55 GMT

#Amethyst is such a solid client 🤌

2026-09-12 00:22:10 GMT

Whether or not AI is making you dumber or helping you develop, depends on how you use it.
If you just copy/paste without any original thought, you're not doing it right.
Have conversations where you discuss theory, philosophy, physics, etc.
Learn how to code or something as simple as how to use Linux properly.
Stay curious and use it as a tool to make you better.

2026-09-11 22:54:49 GMT

ZEC 👎
Here's 10 reasons why.
1. Privacy is not inherent to every transaction.
Zcash supports transparent and shielded transactions. That flexibility helps exchange compatibility, but it also fragments the anonymity set and means simply "using Zcash" doesn't necessarily mean you're private. As recently as 2026, ZODL noted that less than 11% of supply was shielded at that point.
2. The Orchard vulnerability was a serious black eye.
In 2026, researchers disclosed a critical flaw involving the Orchard shielded pool. The disturbing part is that because of Orchard's privacy properties, researchers cannot currently cryptographically prove that the vulnerability wasn't exploited before it was fixed. Work is underway on mechanisms to verify supply integrity. For a monetary asset, uncertainty around counterfeitability is a big deal.
3. Zcash's cryptography is much more complex than Bitcoin's.
ZK proofs are extremely powerful, but complexity creates additional implementation and cryptographic risk. Bitcoin's monetary verification model is comparatively simple. Zcash's history, including the Orchard issue, demonstrates that sophisticated cryptography expands the attack surface.
4. Historical trusted setups still matter.
Orchard transactions do NOT require a trusted setup. NU5 introduced Halo specifically to eliminate that requirement.
However, older Sprout/Sapling pools used Groth16 trusted setups, where compromise of the secret setup material could theoretically permit counterfeit proofs. So saying "Zcash requires a trusted setup" today is outdated, but trusted-setup legacy risk hasn't vanished entirely.
5. The development-funding model weakens the "neutral money" narrative.
Bitcoin sends all newly issued BTC to miners. Zcash has historically diverted part of block issuance toward development. Under the post-NU6 structure, 20% of block rewards are still allocated through development-funding mechanisms rather than miners.
You can argue that's good for development, but from a hard-money perspective it's much harder to defend than Bitcoin's model.
6. Governance has been messy.
Zcash has had substantial arguments over funding, governance, ECC, Bootstrap, the Zcash Foundation, and who should control development resources. The 2025–26 period included particularly serious disputes and organizational restructuring.
Bitcoin's lack of a formal governing organization is frustrating sometimes, but it's also one of its strongest properties.
7. Zcash has a relatively small user and transaction base.
Privacy systems become more useful as more people use them. Zcash has significantly less adoption and transaction activity than Bitcoin, while Monero has established a stronger position specifically for private payments.
8. Monero has a cleaner privacy proposition.
Monero basically says: transactions are private. Period.
Zcash says: you can transact transparently or privately.
Zcash arguably has more advanced selective-disclosure capabilities, but Monero's mandatory privacy creates a simpler user model and forces everyone into the privacy set.
If your sole criterion is censorship-resistant private money, that's a meaningful advantage for XMR.
9. ZEC has weaker network effects than BTC and weaker privacy-coin mindshare than XMR.
Bitcoin dominates hard money/store-of-value. Monero dominates the "private digital cash" narrative.
That leaves Zcash fighting for an awkward middle position: Bitcoin-like monetary policy plus advanced privacy technology.
Technically interesting doesn't automatically translate into network effects.
10. It still hasn't proven that superior privacy technology creates durable monetary demand.
Zcash launched in 2016. That's plenty of time for the market to understand the technology. Yet BTC overwhelmingly dominates as digital hard money, and XMR has historically captured much of the privacy-money use case.
Zcash therefore still has to demonstrate that its cryptographic advantages translate into lasting adoption rather than simply impressive technology.

2026-09-11 22:39:26 GMT

Just stumbled across Nosmero.

2026-08-03 21:20:31 GMT

2-of-3 multi-sig with devices from 3 different vendors (Passport Prime, Trezor Safe 7, Blockstream Jade Plus). Setup with Sparrow, import to Nunchuk.
Verify all seed backups.
Store all devices in a different geographic location keeping every device away from its own recovery seed.
Descriptor stored in all 3 locations.
Test transaction (small amount) sent to vault.
Test transaction sent from all 3 signer combinations.
Send remaining stack to vault.
Don't reuse addresses.
This may seem like a lot, but I think it's worth the effort to protect my stack.

2026-08-03 21:18:21 GMT

If your takeaway from this ColdCard debacle is that cold storage is bad and trusting exchanges is good, take a deep breath and really think about what you're saying.
Self custody / cold storage is still the best answer.

2026-08-03 20:40:44 GMT

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I just saw your post on X that it was going to be taken down so I had to come provide the same commentary on NOSTR 😂

2026-08-03 20:39:40 GMT

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The dildo would still provide more entropy than ColdCard...

2026-03-27 15:12:14 GMT

What's the likelihood that Rogan has Bukele as a guest? Episode would be crazy!

2025-12-10 12:22:26 GMT

GM ☕
Pura Vida 🤙

2025-09-18 14:04:03 GMT

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GM 🌅 ☕

2025-07-27 16:18:09 GMT

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Lowercase I is crazy.

2025-07-11 02:59:22 GMT

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Discuss
#nevent1q…4rmp

2025-07-10 22:13:40 GMT

I'm here for the posts saying "Bitcoin will never be under $100k again" 🤙 https://image.nostr.build/f295ff7d38da880c9461f68ac5d551ed0a4b1d2bd04e770d4c239a09e1d89a81.jpg