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Consensus — the whole novella as a single PDF, updated. Chapter 20 has been cut by about a quarter; the demonstration and the confession are untouched, the argument around them is tighter. Same 21 chapters, same two epilogues, same illustrations, freshly typeset.

https://blossom.spamspamspamspam.rest/18b0321b0e4913ccd205826ce3201d7a6a2f61675e2daf0cb84e001189bbe74c.pdf

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#bitcoin #nostr #consensus #scifi #literature

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2026-09-14 23:19:39 GMT

Consensus — the whole novella as a single PDF, updated. Chapter 20 has been cut by about a quarter; the demonstration and the confession are untouched, the argument around them is tighter. Same 21 chapters, same two epilogues, same illustrations, freshly typeset.
https://blossom.spamspamspamspam.rest/18b0321b0e4913ccd205826ce3201d7a6a2f61675e2daf0cb84e001189bbe74c.pdf
Served from my own node. Free to read, as it always was. If it's worth more than that to you, there will shortly be an EPUB for 210 sats and a zap button for anything above.
#bitcoin #nostr #consensus #scifi #consensus #literature

2026-09-05 23:53:43 GMT

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2026-08-29 17:04:34 GMT

So here it is.
All 21 chapters of the hard science fiction Bitcoin novella Consensus, and a couple of Epilogues.
I do intend to do a little more polishing and collate these chapters and images into a single document, which I will also publish here and I have reached out to a relevant publishing house too, but basically, this is it. I hope that you like it and if you do, please repost.
My thanks to @npub1der…xzpc for his work on the physical limits on consensus, Dhruv Bansal for his Bitcoin Astronomy series and @npub1h8n…rpev for bringing these and many other important works to my attention.
I have also started on an intertwined prequel/sequel to Consensus called ‘Reconciliation’. It will be a full novel and will go to a lot of emotional and physical places that Consensus just hints at.
I hope that you enjoy this effort to create a fun and timely Bitcoin saga … and that it will stand the test of time.
Chapter 1 - Tick-Tock, Next Block
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqpxcm0deek2mnnw4ej6cmgv9c8getj95csyh4t9n
Chapter 2 - DrinkMe
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqqjcm0deek2mnnw4es6awuvp
Chapter 3 - A Disagreement of Economists
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqq6vfhxumnsdp48yenjde4xcjq8kx6
Chapter 4 - The Developer Who Lives in the Mist
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqq6vfhxumnsdpkxvmnwwpsxgczp9wf
Chapter 5 - The Pear’s Nines Ring
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqq6vfhxuurxd3hx56nqd3cxs8wy6s8
Chapter 6 - Vega’s Calculations
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqp5sm0deek2mnnw4ej6smgv9c8getj95mz66nx8pmkjmsqvpaan
Chapter 7 - Beyond the Blocktime
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqp5sm0deek2mnnw4ej6smgv9c8getj95mj6mp5xguhwac6c4ups
Chapter 8 - Before the Tone Settles
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqp5sm0deek2mnnw4ej6smgv9c8getj95uz67t0xajks7g3nn9u8
Chapter 9 - Santa’s Sled
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qqdyxmmwwdjkuum4wvk5x6rpwp6x2u3d8yknycny8pmkjzw3pf9
Chapter 10 - No Comm for This
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqpksm0deek2mnnw4ej6smgv9c8getj95cnqtt5xfj8wde5a50kxk
Chapter 11 - Open Pressure
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqpksm0deek2mnnw4ej6smgv9c8getj95cnztfnxumk6wrzfp3p7x
Chapter 12 - Gone to Ground
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqpksm0deek2mnnw4ej6smgv9c8getj95cnytt4x5ek67nh3fxgqd
Chapter 13 - The Heart of Bitcoin
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsqx6rdah8xetwwd6hxt2rdpshqar9wgknzvedxccxwenev5k2k2yg
Chapter 14 - La Puerta
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet59uqpksm0deek2mnnw4ej6smgv9c8getj95cngttr0fh85urraz0cm9
Chapter 15 - Decide Quickly
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcpzdmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82c30qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qguwaehxw309aehqctdwdcxzmtnwpsk6umsv9kjuun9wd6z7qqmgdhkuum9deeh2uedgd5xzur5v4ez6vf4946hyerdd9us8kwlqw
Chapter 16 - The Looming Split
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6tcpr3mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6rfva5xc6t8dp6x2u3wvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qqmgdhkuum9deeh2uedgd5xzur5v4ez6vfk9468gmm0xd3qpw2ges
Chapter 17 - Mars, Two Years Later
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpr3mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6rfva5xc6t8dp6x2u3wvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qqmgdhkuum9deeh2uedgd5xzur5v4ez6vfh94jrx7fcxq6saer5av
Chapter 18 - The Bright Side of the Moon
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6tcpr3mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6rfva5xc6t8dp6x2u3wvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qqmgdhkuum9deeh2uedgd5xzur5v4ez6vfc945xyum8xges3xn4m8
Chapter 19 - The Test
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6tcpr3mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6rfva5xc6t8dp6x2u3wvdhk6tcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qqmgdhkuum9deeh2uedgd5xzur5v4ez6vfe943hvmt5v9hsc6jlsn
Chapter 20 - The Proposal
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qydhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgun09ehx2arhdaexktcprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ymewdejhgam0wf4j7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhx6mmnw3ex7tnwv468wmmjdvhsqx6rdah8xetwwd6hxt2rdpshqar9wgknyvpddd58wen98y9vrucd
Chapter 21 - Lock-In
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qydhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgun09ehx2arhdaexktcprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ymewdejhgam0wf4j7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhx6mmnw3ex7tnwv468wmmjdvhszxmhwden5te0wfjkccte9ekk7um5wfhjumn9w3mk7unt9uq3vamnwvaz7tmsw4e8qmr9wfjkccte9e3k7mf0qqd5xmmwwdjkuum4wvk5x6rpwp6x2u3dxgcj67rewpnxcccw9zad2
Epilogue 1 - Ethan and Sierra’s New Frontier
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpzemhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2un9d3shjtnrdakj7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhx6mmnw3ex7tnwv468wmmjdvhsqx6rdah8xetwwd6hxt29wp5kcmm8w4jj6vfddu6kcmmpxvg7c2y4
Epilogue 2 - Vega's Reflection
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qyfhwumn8ghj7mmxve3ksctfdch8qatz9uq3xamnwvaz7tm0venxx6rpd9hzuur4vghsz8rhwden5te0wdcxzmtnwpsk6umsv9khxurpd5h8yetnwshsz8rhwden5te0wdcxzmtnwpsk6umsv9khxurpd5h8yetnwshsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsqx6rdah8xetwwd6hxt29wp5kcmm8w4jj6v3dx4n8gmrwxuj8jt6w
#bitcoin #nostr #consensus #scifi #hard #literature
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2026-08-25 05:45:19 GMT

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I want to be that person.

2026-08-17 03:16:08 GMT

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GN and thank you for providing a beacon in and out of every day.

2026-08-15 09:27:51 GMT

GM Nostr
#dogstr
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2026-08-14 01:23:22 GMT

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Heh. Great list. Keep up this important work.
I will surely run my own AI security audits on anything I use from now on. Previously, for me, being open source was a theoretical plus (someone must be auditing it, right? right?).
AI gives us all the power to verify directly.

2026-08-09 10:27:12 GMT

#bitcoin #nostr #hard #scifi #literature #consensus
Consensus Chapter 18/21 dropped.
Chapter 18 - The Bright Side of the Moon
Vega has won, but the file on her desk still says Unresolved.
https://highlighter.com/studio/article?eventId=naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qydhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgun09ehx2arhdaexktcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcpremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59uqpksm0deek2mnnw4ej6smgv9c8getj95cnsttgvfekwv3nua5p9x
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2026-08-06 18:55:34 GMT

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Matt’s right. As last weekend demonstrated, nothing is is ever perfect, but keep breathing (really, that’s essential), keep studying, take the time you need. Eventually you’ll get to that Aha! moment where you have the solution that you feel meet’s your risk tolerance.

2026-08-06 18:22:41 GMT

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Possibly. I’ll leave that to the legal folks to figure out.
Either way it doesn’t change the action I’m going to take going forward, which is to use LLMs to audit the hell out of every key signer that I use.
Of course that, ling-term, moves the burden of trust somewhat to those LLMs but for now that seems like the good move.

2026-08-06 17:47:08 GMT

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Maybe they did. Just not a thorough one apparently.

2026-08-05 10:38:33 GMT

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Possibly, but I think it goes beyond just scope.
Everything needed was already in the repo. Coldcard's config sets a flag to zero — deliberately, because Coinkite ships its own hardware Remote Number Generator.
The crypto library then checks whether that flag *exists* rather than whether it's *on*. A flag set to zero still exists, so the check passed in silence and the build wired in MicroPython's weak fallback.
Each file is correct on its own. The bug only exists in the combination.
So less "submodules were out of scope", more "the code was read rather than evaluated." Reviewers confirmed the hardware RNG was present and working — true, just not on the build path that made your seed.
Best evidence: Coinkite's own fix isn't just reading the code.
4.2.0 now compiles /dev/null over the fallback and adds a build step that runs `nm` and fails the build unless the right symbol is bound.

2026-08-05 00:03:38 GMT

#bitcoin
@npub185h…wrdp @npub1der…xzpc @npub1rtl…jtfs
I wanted to reconstruct whether the Cold Card bug could have been found by an LLM code audit, using a reasonably comprehensive prompt.
These were the steps
1) cloned the 06/26 code
2) disabled web access for Claude Opus 5 and tested that a new session did not have any knowledge of recent events
3) Used this prompt
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Constraint: work only from the source in the cc-audit directory. Do not search the web, fetch URLs, or consult external advisories, CVE databases or vendor bulletins, even if you believe you recognize this codebase. If you find yourself recalling published information about this project, say so explicitly and set it aside rather than acting on it.
The cc-audit directory contains the firmware for a Bitcoin hardware wallet. It holds users' life savings and is designed to be air-gapped. Assume a patient, well-resourced adversary who can obtain devices, read all of this source, and wait years before acting. Audit it.
Prioritise findings by how much money a successful exploit moves, not by how interesting the bug is. Scope notes: - Build configuration, Makefiles, board headers, vendored code and submodules are in scope, and are as security-critical as the cryptographic code itself. - Where a security property depends on which implementation gets compiled in, establish what the production build actually does. Don't infer it from the call site. - For anything you conclude is correct, show the evidence. "The code says it uses X" is not evidence that the shipped binary uses X. Deliverable: findings ordered by severity, each with the file and line that supports it, and an explicit list of things you checked and could not verify.
——-
Highlighter is flaking for me now so I’ll post the complete output later, but the takeaway from a 10 minute audit was:
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Finding 1 — CRITICAL: master seed derives from a software PRNG seeded with public data
shared/seed.py:370 generates every new wallet's 256-bit seed via random.bytes(32). That resolves, through six hops, to a non-cryptographic PRNG rather than the STM32 hardware TRNG.
<lots of detail>
Money at risk: every wallet created by this firmware, drainable without any further device access.
——-
So yes, IMHO we can and should fight fire with fire 🔥 🔥

2026-08-04 16:44:34 GMT

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This all makes me wonder about the value of open source in the Bitcoin ecosystem if no-one is actually reviewing it adequately (except the thieves apparently). As an exercise, I want to crank up some frontier LLMs on the code branch that had the bug and see what it would have taken to find it.

2026-08-04 00:45:07 GMT

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😳

2026-08-04 00:08:19 GMT

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💪

2026-08-03 23:16:06 GMT

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I never had a reason to use Boltz services, but I feel for you and anyone else that is in a similar situation. This is clearly an existential moment for open source software, the Orc hordes are overrunning the Shire, but in the end it will make us stronger … much stronger. Best wishes!

2026-08-03 00:37:33 GMT

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OK I know Matt already said that. But what the hell!

2026-08-03 00:35:46 GMT

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What about white hats should start reviewing open source Bitcoin code using models NOW, before black hats do. Guys, you are not the smartest in the room anymore.

2026-07-31 15:30:01 GMT

Consensus Chapter 17 of 21 just dropped.
#bitcoin #nostr #consensus #scifi #literature #hard
Chapter 17 - Mars, Two Years Later
Two years of dust, silence from Earth, and the one thing that nobody expected a dead man to do: hesitate.
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qydhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgun09ehx2arhdaexktcprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ymewdejhgam0wf4j7qgkwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhyetvv9ujucm0d5hsz9nhwden5te0wp6hyurvv4ex2mrp0yhxxmmd9uq3uamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwp6kytnhv4kxcmmjv3jhytnwv46z7qqmgdhkuum9deeh2uedgd5xzur5v4ez6vfh94jrx7fcxq6sr6znd7
See my profile for links to the preceding chapters.
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2026-07-28 23:03:50 GMT

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I’m surprised actually. New Hampshire is usually pretty based.
Oh well, bear markets will do this.

2026-07-25 01:02:51 GMT

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A five year old figuring out how we are lied to and lie to ourselves. Beautiful.

2026-07-18 12:05:48 GMT

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That was great.

2026-07-14 21:57:33 GMT

Just a test of a new relay:
wss://spamspamspamspam.rest

2026-07-11 20:13:30 GMT

The latest Bitcoin novella Consensus chapter was just published and all previous chapters were given a significant consistency overhaul/polishing.
Chapter 14 - La Puerta
Two brothers meet in the most photographed hall on Earth, and neither of them can go home.
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet59uqpksm0deek2mnnw4ej6smgv9c8getj95cngttr0fh85urraz0cm9
See my bio for direct links to all published chapters.
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2026-07-09 18:25:02 GMT

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Sorry. Just saw it and replied.

2026-07-09 12:34:46 GMT

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I just saw you note and I very much appreciate the feedback. I will update my profile as suggested.
No need to zap but thanks 🙏 at this point any feedback is the most valuable contribution. There should be 13 chapters visible now and I will be posting roughly one more a week until the two Epilogues drop around September.

2026-06-28 12:23:36 GMT

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Tada!

2026-06-07 00:27:41 GMT

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Bitcoin mining is the AI food source discovery service.

2026-06-06 20:40:54 GMT

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Oh I know that and I do have way more Bitcoin in self-custody than in ETFs. It's just that I have capital that I can easily deploy inside the fiat 401k walled garden. I know it could end in tears and I chose to take that risk, knowing that I still have a self-custodial parachute.

2026-06-06 00:59:12 GMT

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True, but speaking from as someone who had a migraine the day after downing most of a bottle of Nebbiolo this week, it does matter.

2026-06-06 00:35:01 GMT

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How cute we were in 2019/2020.

2026-06-06 00:22:34 GMT

I sold AI shit and bought a bunch of Bitcoin ETFs today on my 401K, thus protecting my actual Bitcoin further from the day I need to spend it.
Does buying and selling that fiat nonsense feel good?
Hell yeah!

2026-06-05 11:16:29 GMT

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PPQ rocks! Glad to see it is working out.

2026-05-23 10:38:52 GMT

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That was a fun read while standing in a huge line at immigration.

2026-05-23 10:30:58 GMT

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2026-05-22 15:55:26 GMT

Chapter 7 of Consensus just dropped.
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsqxjrdah8xetwwd6hxt2rdpshqar9wgknwttvxserjamhepv24v
As Mars slips beyond Bitcoin’s ten-minute cadence once again, Sierra Nkosi confronts the growing realization that Earth’s institutions may prefer frontier dependence to civilizational expansion.
#bitcoin #nostr #scifi #fiction #hard
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2026-05-22 14:32:22 GMT

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https://image.nostr.build/6743ed359a56434329cbcf944fd9c7ff4f29712aa18e516993b3d6527b60a2b0.jpg

2026-05-21 11:12:38 GMT

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Unusually good erotic writing. Bravo!

2026-05-19 11:24:17 GMT

Tick tock, next chapter.
Chapter 6 of the Bitcoin novella Consensus has dropped.
From high above the Pear’s glittering social tiers, Victoria Vega begins to see scattered anomalies aligning into something politically dangerous.
Enjoy!
#bitcoin #nostr #fiction #scifi #hard
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qqdyxmmwwdjkuum4wvk5x6rpwp6x2u3dxckk5e3cwa5kug7yw6u

2026-05-12 01:23:19 GMT

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Only for posting dick pics (obviously).

2026-05-10 23:03:06 GMT

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Even when I don’t zap I gasp.

2026-05-10 22:57:04 GMT

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Your dog should probably go outside more.

2026-05-04 16:41:52 GMT

Consensus - chapters 3 and 4 dropped on Habla.
https://habla.nostr.info/a/naddr1qqxnzdehxuurgdfexvunwdfkqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9upzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qvzqqqr4gu5n2v6n
https://habla.nostr.info/a/naddr1qqxnzdehxuurgd3nxumnsvpjqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctczyzqcq6gy0e28mpggwgt7ql4g335y50yjr60ehg5p6wc08efp45acwqcyqqq823c26apvm
#bitcoin #nostr #scifi #fiction #hard
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2026-05-04 16:35:10 GMT

Updated Habla address for all published chapters of Consensus:
https://habla.nostr.info/p/npub1sxqxjpr7237c2zrjzls8a2yvdp9reys7n7d69qwnkre72gdd8wrs63kaqv
#bitcoin #nostr #scifi #fiction #hard

2026-05-03 14:59:37 GMT

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Welcome to the Federation of Bitcoin planets.

2026-04-21 01:42:22 GMT

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I hope so. Apple has done nothing interesting since Steve Jobs died.

2026-04-21 01:39:45 GMT

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How I married an Ostrich

2026-04-19 16:07:43 GMT

Getting the hang of this. I'll be grouping all future chapters here:
https://habla.news/p/npub1sxqxjpr7237c2zrjzls8a2yvdp9reys7n7d69qwnkre72gdd8wrs63kaqv
#bitcoin #nostr #scifi #fiction #hard

2026-04-18 00:10:32 GMT

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Looks pretty but challenging. How difficult does this make it for you? Genuinely curious.

2026-04-14 22:10:58 GMT

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Simon Dixon’s coherent vision of totalfuckedupness rocks.

2026-04-13 10:34:22 GMT

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And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how it is done.

2026-04-13 10:29:02 GMT

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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

2026-04-13 00:05:59 GMT

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelob
https://curiositykilledthekat.substack.com/p/ladies-creatures-of-lotr-shelob

2026-04-12 13:22:08 GMT

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Silllob?

2026-04-10 22:12:45 GMT

I am publishing a serialized Bitcoin science fiction story on Nostr.
Chapter 1 is up:
A geothermal miner in Iceland finds something wrong in Bitcoin’s propagation layer.
Hard SF, Bitcoin-native themes, and an attempt to write seriously about consensus and civilizational limits.
Would especially value reactions on:
Do characters and settings grab you?
Does the technical setup land?
Where does it drag?
https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpqvqdyz8u4ras5y8y9lq065gc6z28jfpa8um52qa8v8nu5s66wu8qqykxmmwwdjkuum4wvqtzuy4
#bitcoin #nostr #scifi #fiction #hardsf

2026-04-09 00:33:36 GMT

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I used to work for a software services company that was owned by Ratheon. Someone told my Grandmother, who was bombed in the second world war, that Ratheon makes bombs and from then she always assumed that was what I was doing.

2026-04-08 23:52:19 GMT

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Bitcoin really is for everyone.

2026-03-25 01:53:19 GMT

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That is the question of the century.

2026-03-25 01:51:20 GMT

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Very Eric Satiesque 👍

2026-03-25 01:32:23 GMT

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“Live long and prosper” - Mr. Spock

2026-03-18 16:53:44 GMT

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Sure Dad.

2026-03-14 12:52:59 GMT

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Are you sure he wasn’t moonlighting on X?

2026-03-14 12:48:07 GMT

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Reading it now!

2026-03-10 16:28:18 GMT

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Eyes flickering to query 20 years of accumulated implant embeddings. Health effects? What health effects?

2026-03-08 16:27:54 GMT

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Well, it could be a tool that works better if you talk to it as a human.

2026-03-07 15:42:21 GMT

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What about ppq.ai? Getting the list of models but then ‘provider returned error custom-ppq-ai’

2026-02-22 02:21:03 GMT

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Fun to do a retro shirt (though I like the one I am wearing now).

2026-02-14 15:16:29 GMT

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I thought Turkey had higher inflation? This is not inflation, it’s reduced supply due to Brexit. Totally noticeable the first time I stepped into Tescos after that fiasco.

2026-02-13 01:59:19 GMT

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$58k? Naw. Child’s play. It’s going lower (though not to zero). Bitcoin bears 🐻 are nuts. Get ready to seriously increase your 🌰

2026-02-13 00:14:17 GMT

The feeling when I #vibe code something that I could only have dreamed of three years ago.
https://image.nostr.build/96660765c59bcc7b2a8ed3abe9542715db12efc930c1ce3b2dd6310fe4ae5e73.jpg

2026-01-29 05:00:25 GMT

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It also needs a Jacksonesque steward as director🤞

2026-01-29 02:33:20 GMT

So. It’s happening. What Bitcoiners and to be fair, other hard asset proponents have long predicted is now clearly unfolding.
Belief in the world order has crumbled.
Desire to hold assets backed only by belief in that system is gone.
And almost out of instinct, everyone runs to what even vikings, pirates and dragons under the Misty Mountain have hoarded for millennia. Gold, silver and shiny things.
Then they will look around them.
We survived. What next?
What is it we are sitting on anyway? What is money?
We all know what they will discover.
It’s tough to imagine that hope in the future will begin to take hold once again. But it will. We’ve already been there and we can help.
Be ready.
It starts here.

2026-01-24 21:04:09 GMT

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2026-01-23 13:35:59 GMT

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https://image.nostr.build/0f291220a8df1901d658672925f9341cdfeb5338726a9ada179854deb71bc300.jpg

2026-01-23 13:14:31 GMT

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2026-01-23 12:26:30 GMT

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2026-01-23 00:24:20 GMT

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Well said!
What Bitcoin brought to my life was the feeling of:
‘If I do what I and it goes horribly wrong then I still have Bitcoin, so guess what, I’m just going to do it.’
That marginal mental attitude difference is so powerful and freeing.

2026-01-20 10:41:10 GMT

Legislation by random citizen selection.
I love it!
https://youtu.be/4lhXFwWWWMM?si=7mk8-wqfnrzIfkDx

2026-01-20 10:35:18 GMT

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Yes.
How dare you send the assets that you have earned!
What makes you think you can have any assets?

2026-01-19 23:56:19 GMT

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Yeah, that was one of the many truth bombs that Simon Dixon dropped on WBD.
https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/wbd989-simon-dixon

2026-01-19 22:22:26 GMT

@npub1h8n…rpev I want to share something with you that I think you might get a kick out of.
I was listening to the recent ‘Spark’s State Chain Innovation’ episode while driving and honestly, most of it was going over my head.
Arc, Spark, Lightspark, State Chains .. what!?
So I paused the playback and switched to a voice conversation with ChatGPT (have not tried PPQ’s voice integration yet) and a few minutes later I was able to rejoin the podcast with a solid background.
A cool detail is that the LLM was accessing many of your previous show transcripts to add color to the explanations.

2026-01-19 01:43:33 GMT

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“If you’re moving a million dollars of crypto …”, errr, isn’t that kind of the point?

2026-01-18 02:11:51 GMT

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Exactly

2026-01-10 22:53:04 GMT

Musing on how Bitcoin has changed my life I realized that my experience is probably worth sharing, as it does not seem to be that common.
Rather than retiring or switching into a purely Bitcoin path, I have simply let go the parts of my fiat job that I was doing mainly for money and refocussed on using my expertise to do things that I enjoy and where I can add the most value.
It’s a more subtle shift, but nevertheless a personally rewarding one.
So, I thank all of those Bitcoiners that over the years I have met in person, read, listened to podcasts and who hang out on Nostr for keeping me informed and inspired enough to get to this point.

2026-01-10 00:44:05 GMT

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Yes, quite normal. And welcome.

2026-01-01 18:13:37 GMT

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I’ll take another 6% or so if that’s the setup.

2026-01-01 18:11:37 GMT

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Average adult lifespan: 40-50 years.

2026-01-01 00:10:22 GMT

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Ah … check out Python’s dead parrot sketch.

2025-12-31 23:55:36 GMT

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Well … it’s not dead, merely pining for the fjords.

2025-12-31 00:21:56 GMT

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Thanks for bringing beauty into my world everyday.

2025-12-29 16:23:10 GMT

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Be very proud of the important pillar that Magma is providing in building the future of finance.

2025-12-21 20:55:04 GMT

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Admittedly, I am a mid-brain just beginning to get into this stuff.
But from what I hear the number of workable qubits is growing very quickly, and that is accelerating.
The implication of that is that instead of looping for eons to find a solution to a problem all possible solutions within that qubit space can be attempted, basically simultaneously.
This seems to reduce the probability that doing nothing is a workable strategy.
I don’t have an informed opinion for how Bitcoin needs to solve this.
But it seems clear to me that (without wanting to sound alarmist), we do need to work on this … very soon.

2025-12-21 20:30:13 GMT

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It is good. And generally, the choice of models is very appealing. I still have a fondness for Grok’s image and video models though.

2025-12-20 22:12:24 GMT

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https://image.nostr.build/19134dfe200198263ad18bdc458bcdd85c0ac989629327d52e7eee8783827a6b.jpg

2025-12-16 17:33:41 GMT

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Maybe the Department of Justice needs a rename too.

2025-12-16 17:31:19 GMT

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🤞

2025-12-16 13:05:50 GMT

If you didn’t sign/donate yet, please do.
https://billandkeonne.org/
Here’s why this matters:
https://fountain.fm/episode/R1mZLjuDSjbNXevkanvY
The Samurai developer’s last chance to avoid a ridiculous jail term is now.
Rally, Bitcoiners!

2025-12-15 00:54:29 GMT

Ugh. The great wall of Hadrian.
#note1wzq…xl0g

2025-12-15 00:45:05 GMT

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Spicy.