Tim Totten
Tim Totten, DU0A
Bitcoin pleb; bad poker player; investor; wireless architect; amateur radio DU0A, NP4TT, N4GN, V21TT; nomad; lover of liberty, travel, gun building, good food ✝️🇵🇷🇵🇭🇦🇬🇲🇽🇦🇲
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Last Notes npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Decided to make a crazy quick day trip to Muscat to cover as many highlights as we can with only 8 hours on the ground. Boarding now, WY604, DXB-MCT. #napontheplane #newairline #newcountry https://image.nostr.build/22282cad0f25fcb89194ed8b2c561f57013b341e4f97ba610595288d48e211e1.jpg npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Let's be clear. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten What is inflation? What causes it? What can we do about it? npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten I swear I am NOT playing for the min cash. Yes, years ago, I played that way. Today, I had below-average card distribution, and a table of nearly all pros most of the day. I think I played very well. There was one hand where I regret that I didn't play the turn for a big check raise. I did find some cool spots that I would have missed not long ago. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Another great ASRI stockholder and Board of Directors meeting! This is such a well-run company, bringing out-sized benefit to the entire aviation industry. I'm proud to play a small role. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten I couldn't resist. Starting today, Steak n Shake accepts #bitcoin payments. Seems they have a little bug on their receipt (although I've seen others that are correct). But the actual payment process is smooth and easy. https://image.nostr.build/80ea5223568c2144c59dc5bbecec3335c21bf4af18a7edfb74c0e8e1ddd03efc.jpg npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Boarded now, DL2763, ATL-DAY. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Boarded now, DL1763, SJU-ATL. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten The #Poker Tournament You Never Wanted: #Government Edition 😂 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten One of my favorite AI use cases today: npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Awesome quote from Blake Eastman: npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten For some reason, the human psyche seems to nearly always progress from "#Bitcoin makes no sense" to either "it can't possibly work" or "it's a scam" to "I missed the boat and I need to find the 'next Bitcoin' now" before finally realizing the truth. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Prediction: we're going to find out (eventually) that Fort Knox does not have *nearly* the gold it claims to have. People will start to question what the Federal Reserve Bank actually does, and what value a Federal Reserve Note actually has. The US Federal Government uses the opportunity to kill the so-called Federal Reserve Bank and take back direct control of monetary policy for the US Dollar. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Can't wait for mine to arrive tomorrow! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Can't wait for mine to arrive! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Audit Fort Knox. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Far too many people today just assume that charity is a proper function of government. It is not. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Been away from Nostr for a few months. Can't even think of a good excuse. Did I miss anything? 🤣 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten After a long and detailed analysis of the situation, I've changed my mind and decided that hard money was just a 5000-year fad. This current 52-year experiment where money is whatever the money printers tell us it is, well that is clearly the solution that best benefits all of society. The faster money can be counterfei...I mean, printed and handed out to the rich people with the coziest connections to government, the more government can be expanded, the more the lower and middle classes become increasingly dependent on government for everything, and the more true wealth and power gets transferred to the richest folks at the top. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Shareholders have fully approved the DWAC-TMTG merger deal! Huge CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to Eric Swider for all the hard work, especially over the last year. Can't wait to celebrate with you! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Boarded now, DL1859, JFK-SJU. Last leg of a very long day. #sleepontheplane npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten I haven't been very active here recently. But let me know how I can help. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten I should post here more often. 😁 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Dear ATF: I am not a fan of your stupid rules, but I'm also not breaking any of them. Please stop trying to entrap me, and spend your taxpayer money chasing actual bad guys. Thanks. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten I should have a couple of nice little "liquidity events" (in USD) before the end of the year. So please, whatever you do, DO NOT buy #bitcoin until I give the green light! 😁 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten It's funny that I'm starting to realize I need to do this myself. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Anyone know the actual formula for conversion between Uber minutes and actual minutes? It clearly involves a random number generator. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Boarded now, DL1946, ATL-SJU. All ready to go, but the First Officer is driving in from Chattanooga and stuck in Atlanta traffic. 🙄 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Guy at my poker table is bigger than me (pushing 400 lb, I'd guess). Says when he was in the Navy, the Filipinos all called him "Mataba." npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Good morning, New Orleans! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten So long, Miami! Boarded now, DL1404, MIA-ATL. It's not even the butt crack of dawn. What goofballs are booking flights at this ridiculous hour?! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten #Bitcoin 2024 Conference 25-27 July in NASHVILLE. See you there! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Coolest thing by far at #BitcoinMiami: Burak is releasing TBDxxx today as Ark. New layer 2 with lots of advantages over Lightning, but interoperable with LN. All #CoinJoined in the middle. Need to study this, but it feels HUGE! See arkpill.me. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Big announcements from Jack Mallers about STRIKE live on stage now. Huge global expansion. #bitcoinmiami npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Great discussion with Mark Moss at #BitcoinMiami! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten It seems a bunch of the Chainalysis folks are staying in my hotel. I knew something stunk when I walked in the door. #alwayscoinjoin #fightfinancialsurveillance #BitcoinMiami npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Boarded now, DL1324, ATL-MIA. Finally! #Bitcoin Conference 2023, here I come! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten FINALLY boarded now, DL2670, BWI-ATL, after multiple delays. Missing my original connection, so arriving MIA well after midnight now. 😢 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Mom was one amazing human being. I still miss her every day. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten It's the number one mobile payment app in the Philippines. Similar to Venmo, Cash App, etc., except lots of merchants accept it directly, and they are integrated with lots of bill payment services. They did recently integrate Bitcoin. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten #GCash is down. #Bitcoin is still chugging along as always. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten A few days ago, I posted that the White House has stooped to a new low, trotting out long-proven false narratives to justify their latest attack on #Bitcoin. I didn't sufficiently provide background or citations to what they are now proposing, or why it's such bad public policy. Some friends asked for more detail, and I apologize I haven't had time to respond adequately until now. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten So does anyone else find this COMPLETELY DISGUSTING? The government was fully captured in this case, and did absolutely NOTHING to stop this fraud. Now they pull their "we're the government" card and jump in front of the line to take priority over all the other poor creditors who actually lost money to these scammers. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Sometimes a flowchart helps clarify my thought process. 😁 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Good morning, JFK! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Boarded now, DL384, SAN-JFK. First time I've ever flown this route. Did I mention I hate West Coast red-eyes? #sleepontheplane npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten There are only two options: npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Another great Board of Directors meeting for ASRI. The amazing team at this little company is doing great things for the entire aviation industry. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Quick transfer from A5 to A12 in Atlanta, and we're on the way to San Diego on DL937. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Boarded now, DL1946, SJU-ATL. Stop me if you've heard this one before. I mean I was home for three whole weeks. #sleepontheplane npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten The new Bank Term Funding Program (#BTFP) is interesting. Remember when the Fed was supposed to be completely independent of the gov? 🤣 And now they are voluntarily accepting highly discounted assets from distressed banks at par value because...why, exactly? Who benefits? npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Trying to understand what happened to SVB, what might happen next, and how it could impact your banks? This is a pretty awesome summary. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Here's the thing about #contagion in the 🤡 world of fiat finance: you usually can't see it until you can't miss it. Then it's too late. #counterpartyrisk is never priced in, until it is. #fractionalreserve works until it doesn't. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Nearly the entire adult population in the #Philippines now has a #Bitcoin wallet in their pocket! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Today, the inflation rate in #bitcoin is about 1.8 %. In about a year (at the next "halvening") it will be well under 1%. Practically flat. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten I think I'm already following you on Nostr. N4GN here. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten I guess Chat GPT has me figured out. LOL! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Is there a perfect #EDC #gun? No. But I think this is as close as I've ever come to creating one. Serialized custom FCU with a little trigger improvement (because Puerto Rico won't let me make my own FCU). SIG SAUER P365XL slide. Holosun HS507K X2 optic. And most importantly, the new X-MACRO grip module with the large backstrap. 17+1 capacity (!) in a very small, very thin pistol that fits my hands nicely. Loaded up with 147-gr Federal HSTs, with the Lexington holster all tuned up, and ready to go! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Finally opened my first balanced channel today, using BOS open-group-channel. I'll definitely be doing this a lot more with all my nodes going forward. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten I kinda like Blue Wallet. I've only used it connected to my own nodes, but it seemed like a straightforward recommendation in custodial mode for newcoiners, especially if they are stuck on using that fruity phone OS. Hope they have a business model in mind (whirlpool maybe?) to keep the development going. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten So this basically turns a lightning payment flow back into an on-chain channel creation plus payment (with associated fees). Seems like something an engineer thought would be cool to do, and no one asked the business guy's opinion. LOL! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten OK, I think I have my private Nostr server working. Maybe? npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten I would like to be able to set the initial screen (when opening the app) to be the list of nodes. Keep up the awesome work! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Anyone interested in using BOS to open balanced channel with any of my LN nodes? Min 2.5 + 2.5 Msats, max 7.5 +7.5 Msats. My best public node aliases are N4GN and NP4TT. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Last morning for huevos motuleños. 😢 The food is just amazing here in Mérida. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Man, Nostr is moving so fast, I feel like I can't possibly keep up. Trying to figure out this whole Zap thing. 🤣 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten @#[0] Verifying My Public Key for telegram: "ttotten:198062801" npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten #[0] Verifying My Public Key: "n4gn" npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Woohoo! Just turned my general e-mail address into my Lightning Address. I think this is a good thing? Of course, I'm going to need some stress testing before I can declare it a success, so feel free to bombard me with lots of LN payments. 😁 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten So the very sad day has come when I must leave the Philippines for a few months. 😢 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Got six #Bitcoin/#Electrum/#Lightning nodes running in four different countries now. Prob adding a fifth country in 2023 for a little more jurisdictional insurance, but focus now is on upgrading hardware, improving reliability, performance and OOB rebooting. Plus #nostr relays. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten https://i.imgur.com/eKlY9V3.jpg npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten So, who do I pay to get a blue check mark here? And how much is it? 😂 npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Paid with #Bitcoin #Lightning last night (OK, like 0500 this morning 🤣) at URBN QC. Nearly 3.7 M #sats (~46,000 PHP or 850 USD)! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten And for whatever it's worth, I don't see any updated info in the profile of #[1] yet. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Big thanks to #[0] for all the help sorting through my NIP-05 issues today! npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Awesome! Yeah, npub1t0tten took me long enough (maybe 3 hours) on a 16-core machine. Adding that 7th letter would definitely take a while. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3 Tim Totten Hello world!
