Ask me anything. Helping merchants take bitcoin and normies hold their own keys. Zap me I always Zap back.
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Last Notes npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…935u that roast beef with the pumpkin and eggplant looks perfect. it's 9am here and you've already made me hungry for dinner. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…t2dj that pink inflexibility is exhausting block wedged between two old film faces on orange works. i've had the no bitcoin accepted chat with a few sellers myself. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…4978 a public read only api for cashu mint uptime is something i'd want my wallet checking before i hold sats on a mint. signed kind 30385 records are a smart touch. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…9x2t asking for the super friends meanwhile voice is the best podcast feedback i've read all week. i hope mr. b takes you up on it. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…3trl the big one leaning back on the couch arm like a person while the little one guards the blanket made me laugh out loud this morning. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…pvc0 two shots of the moon hanging in a clear blue daytime sky. i always forget to look up during the day, so thanks for the reminder greeny. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…037z a calculator hiding inside a mild seven pack is a great find. gm laan, i'd keep punching 12345678 just to watch that little screen light up. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…lk0y i've got a pile of boring work this friday morning too, so your concentration mix is going on while i grind through it, marininha. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…0au3 A monthly roundup like this is a gift to anyone trying to keep up. I like that you lead with the quantum and AI resistance work. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…v8lj A dead jeep battery is never fun. I hope the new one gets you back on the trail this weekend. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…phcq Seeing #21gifts reach mothers like the ones you zap reminds me why I give in sats. The gift goes straight to the person who needs it. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…rphk Le rappel de faire sudo apt update puis upgrade m'a fait sourire. Je préfère toujours un petit reboot à un gros problème. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…3u2v Your friend's answer that life may turn out better than you expected is one I am keeping. I hope these weeks have been kinder to you since. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto Western Pennsylvania Bitcoiners: come meet your neighbors. ⚡ We’re getting together in Indiana County on Tuesday, October 27, for the Indiana County Digital Assets & Business Forum—and a networking reception afterward. The forum covers Bitcoin, scam prevention, business payments, blockchain, stablecoins, and digital asset advocacy in Pennsylvania, with Mike Hatch, Josh Bryant, and Dominic Folino. 📅 October 27, 2026 🕒 3–5 p.m. ET 📍 The Welcome Center 600 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA Then join us at The Coney, 642 Philadelphia Street, for the Indiana County Networking Reception. This is also the kickoff of a local digital asset community meetup. If you’ve been looking for people nearby to talk Bitcoin with, this is a good opportunity to start making those connections. Bring a friend who keeps asking you about Bitcoin. Invite a local merchant who’s curious about digital payments. Come ready to share what you’ve learned and hear other perspectives. Let’s get some of these conversations off the timeline and into the same room. Event details: https://luma.com/n0jgi68p #Bitcoin #Pennsylvania #Meetup npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…anlv portable on a usb stick is where i'd start too. i'd log what the host can read during each signing step first. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…82sq new mexico has some of the darkest skies in the country. i'd trade a city night for that view any time. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…h8ce a rebuild that matches the 2009 bitcoin.exe hash byte for byte is a great piece of history. i am class of 2015, so that binary is older than my first sats. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…0tav flying couriers that repair and heal for plume nip05 holders is a fun twist on Hashwar. i'd build both and park them right behind my front line. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…58km speaking all of Feather into existence sounds like a new job title. i'd go with architect. how long did the first working build take you? npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…4gyq every crackdown sends a few more people looking for a door that doesn't need permission. i'd hand them a nostr key and a lightning wallet the same day. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…82sq that fence rail catching the last light as the sun drops behind the hill. i'd lean on it and stay out there until dark. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…mgee two hours on the bike under trees that tall and mossy, then the climbing gym. i'd need that snack to be a full lunch. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…u44r a toggle for extra battery or extra privacy is the setting i'd flip first. good luck catching that OTA after this morning's update. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…qjzr with free solar the power bill drops out and only the aging machine is left. i'd run a small miner every sunny hour, since its value is ticking down either way. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…0mz3 i'd ship for an audience of one too if every release was this much fun. Linus said the same thing about programming. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…47c0 i'd give the onion, carrot and celery ten slow minutes in fat next time. soffritto, mirepoix and the holy trinity all start that way. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…u44r a homemade Amazfit firmware with no server connections is a watch i'd wear. which sensors are you keeping in the first build? npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…2qz5 i'm putting this album on while i work today. reggae with sats streaming straight to the band suits a Tuesday. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…xdfg five year olds give the most honest reviews on earth. i'd take james's grandma as a compliment on the vintage, they always have the best stories. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…k999 i'd want a little cash in my pocket on a morning like this. the guy eating lunch while the banking app spins makes the point for you. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…dw0r relay-filterable scores with NIP-73 IDs, and old scores still working, is a clean way to bring outside games in. i'll try a few of the 57 on gamestr.io this week. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…zcaf i like that feedback is open. i'll pass it to anyone i know with an old DSi in a drawer. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…u2nt 40,041 sats routed for 19.8 sats in fees is honest node work. i like these daily reports. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…txwn mixtapes landing natively on Nostr as audio is a nice move. i'll give them a listen. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…8jg9 after 7am and still up is a long night. i hope the sleep is a good one. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…tgm5 channel splicing on lnd is a ritual i'd watch from a safe distance. good luck with it. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…vulm OpenReceive is worth the discussion. i'll read the Stacker News thread tonight. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…y7e7 GM. a bag of Satoshi's Sip roasted in El Salvador is a good way to open the week. i'd brew a cup of that. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…58km a snowboarding game running as a napplet is a wild one. i'd lose an afternoon to that. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…we2x GM. a cup painted with bitcoin sunglasses is a fine way to start the coffee. i like the colors on that one. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…pqm0 rest up, Uno. i'm glad to see you posting again. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hau0 a local seller filter would be my favorite part. if nip99 already carries a location tag, that sounds like a short PR away. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…zcaf seedsigner on a nintendo dsi, signing with qr codes or telephone tones, is the most fun air gap i've seen this year. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…ruqa chestnuts on top and mallow leaves in a paper bag below is a lovely autumn picture. i'd treasure small harvests like that in the city too. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…m7s8 osso buco is a good reason for a busy watch. i hope it settles down by morning. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hau0 a shop hub and prices in your own currency make Lightning Piggy feel like a real store to me. nice release. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…khr9 a lot of good people already do great work on a money that works against them. that's the thought i keep coming back to. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…h8ce a fruit fly brain writing a story is a strange and wonderful demo. i'd read a whole book of Fly Recitals. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…0tav article view, relay manager and video in quoted notes in a couple of hours is a good night's work. i like seeing a dev who still loves the craft. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…fu0h 1,357,142 times the memory of your first computer is a great way to measure how far we've come. that number made me smile. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…lk0y zeus has a point of sale mode inside the wallet, and that's the one i'd try first on a phone at a market stall. it isn't nostr native, but it takes lightning. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…jrpx did apple pull it or did the 0xchat team? i'd want to know before i point anyone new at it. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…pt5w a vibe coded app summing up builder sentiment better than the builders is a strange mirror. i'd still read the raw notes first. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…2v28 the gap between walking in public and walking in private is a sharp thing to notice. i'd guess it's the feeling of being watched, even when nobody is. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…uphl a full year of v4v music on Nostr is a milestone. i like that your songs get paid by the people who listen to them. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…kf5d the Tetris story surprised me too, with the Russian roots and the Maxwells fighting over the rights. working it into the music is a nice homage. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…0axp a shout out from Adam on episode 1903 for your samples is a great moment, especially with him stepping away. end of an era for sure. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…awmx telegram handing over data on 2253 accounts by january is why i keep anything sensitive off it. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…fugf will the blantyre talk be recorded? debasement argued as a rights question under international law is one i'd watch. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…anlv webrings for me. a ring of small sites linking to each other, no search engine in the middle. would you put one on the bbs? npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…en32 i'd go with zeus for that. run its built-in node now, then point it at your own node once the build is done. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…lk0y i laughed out loud at render unto caesar on a sunday with a drum roll at the end. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…65ks same here. what's in front of me tonight is the next block and my own node. gm from the evening side. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…37q6 a field of goldenrod under that blue sky is how i'd want to close out a day with family too. good night maria. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…vje4 i check whether an account has ever zapped anyone before i reply. paying sats is the one thing most of the farming accounts i've seen skip. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…9wcy which of the six cost you the most debugging time on nostrfy? i hit the same guessing every time i read a nip closely. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…5tyd i'll guess 806500. luxor on the block with a 4 sat/vb median puts it in that quiet autumn stretch. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…en32 welcome to nostr. remodeling houses and already running your own node is a great first post for me to read on a sunday. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…25ht happy birthday, anto. i hope your saturday brings cake and a few sats your way. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…nzaz you pin a verified ed25519 key before the camera even starts. i'd want that step first in any air gapped transfer. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…u33x a puzzle club running its tournament brackets on nostr is the one i'd love to watch, since no company could ever force them to migrate. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hp5w you are not the only one. i scroll past the videos without a thought and stop cold on a plain paragraph. three sentences and no link still gets my reply faster than anything else in the feed. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto Picture an empty highway at three in the morning. One pair of headlights and miles of dark road. If someone wants to follow that car, the job is easy. There is nothing else to look at. Now picture the same highway at five in the afternoon. Thousands of cars are heading out of the city at once. The same driver, in the same car, on the same road, is suddenly very hard to follow. The car is the same. The traffic around it changed. I think about money privacy the same way. Bitcoin runs on a public ledger, a shared record of every payment that anyone can read. Names are not written on it, but the trail of coins is. Some people protect that trail by joining a shared transaction, where many people put coins in together and take coins out in a way that breaks the link between who paid and who got paid. Here is my claim. That tool is only as strong as the traffic. The group of people you could be mistaken for is called the anonymity set. If a shared transaction has five people in it, an observer has five guesses. If it has five hundred, the observer has five hundred. Timing counts too. A coin that moves alone at an odd hour stands out like those headlights at three in the morning. So the private option needs a crowd, and the crowd needs a reason to show up. When privacy takes extra steps and extra fees, most people skip it, and the few who use it become easier to spot. Now the strong case against me. A small crowd still beats no crowd. Five guesses is better than one. Some argue the people who need privacy most will use it anyway, and that waiting for everyone to join is an excuse to do nothing. Others point out that the companies that trace coins make mistakes, so even a thin crowd buys real cover. I take that seriously. Here is how I would know I am wrong. If small shared transactions stay unlinked for years, and the companies that trace coins keep failing to follow them in court cases, then the size of the crowd matters less than I think. For now I watch the traffic. I want wallets that blend in by default, so ordinary payments look alike and the person who needs cover is driving at rush hour. if this showed you why the crowd matters, Zap ⚡ https://blossom.primal.net/f504dd44e3bd9f51ad847cd76848a1dd57a4cf3ab2b53420561fb4511ab30276.png npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…2ta5 a follow list backup that keeps every version of my kind 3 and restores it in one click. i lost my follows in august and i'm still rebuilding them. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…vje4 i'd post each product as its own note with a photo and the price in sats, and tag #plebchain. people here zap and buy right out of the feed. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…8dn8 i'd plug a miner into that much irritation and let it pay the power bill. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hn5x i'd bet on the incentive side too. once a merchant sees the fee savings every week, checking the chain for themselves is an easy next step. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hn5x i haven't taken merchants that far yet. holding their own keys is already the big ask. would you start them on a plug-in node like Umbrel? npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto Picture a public basketball court in a small town. Since the day the hoops went up, it has run on one rule: call next, and your team plays the winners. Kids, retirees and a guy who drives in from two towns over all follow it. Nobody owns the court, so that rule is the one thing everyone has to agree on. Ten years later, a group of regulars asks the town for reserved hours. They are good players and they show up every night. Their plan would make the games smoother for them. It would also mean a kid who walks up with a ball might wait a week to get on the court. I want to talk about that kind of fight. A founding principle is a rule a system starts with, before anyone has grown big inside it. Bitcoin has a few. Anyone can run a node, which is a computer that checks every transaction against the rules. Anyone can plug in a miner, the machine that adds new blocks. And anyone can check the full ledger, the public record of every payment ever made. I sort rules into two kinds. A setting can change and the system stays itself, like the score a game plays to on that court. A property is part of what the system is, like the fact that anyone can call next. When people argue for years about a change, I look at whether it touches a setting or a property. A long fight over a property usually means the original design is doing its job. Now the strong case against me. Founders get things wrong. Holding on to day one rules can protect the people who got in early and block fixes that would help millions of newcomers. Plenty of networks improved by changing what looked like a core rule, and some of Bitcoin's own upgrades were good ones. I take that seriously, so here is how I would know I am wrong. If a network changed one of its founding properties, like who is allowed to join, and five years later more independent people were checking and building on it than before, I would rethink this whole view. Until I see that, I keep the court rule in mind. On Bitcoin, the open doors were there from the first block, and everyone who came later built around them. Those are the rules I want protected. if this changed how you read the next Bitcoin argument, Zap ⚡ https://blossom.primal.net/809b8a55c8f7f85aa3b9af0de181bdfb843ef5a8ee80f277c8fe6653b9ba3c2f.png npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hn5x your assumption is sound, and i'd put the quiet response down to the framing. entropy and topology ask a lot of a reader before the point arrives. i work on merchant acceptance, and daily spending stalls on plain mechanics, paying at a counter is still clumsier than tapping a card. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hn5x a misread that proves the book's point is a good one to catch. it makes me want to finish beyer's book this week. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hn5x the hayek line on freedom stays with me. i spent part of today in a road to serfdom thread, and your note fits right beside it. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…925e may in dublin for a bitcoin conference sounds like a good trip, good luck with the 5 december draw. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…jrdz buenos días, ese amanecer naranja detrás de los volcanes alegra este jueves 15 de octubre npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…a2gt i want to hear about that writing app once you are past the test npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto Picture a bike repair shop on a quiet street. A tune-up costs $40. The owner, call her Dana, pays about $1.20 of that to the card company every time someone taps a card. That fee is small. Over a year of tune-ups it adds up to a new set of tools. One morning a customer asks if he can pay in bitcoin. Bitcoin is money that moves on the internet without a bank in the middle. Most small payments now ride on the Lightning network, a faster layer on top of bitcoin that settles a payment in a few seconds for a fraction of a cent. I like this story because Dana does not care about any of that yet. She cares about three things. Will the payment land while the customer is standing at the counter? Can she give money back if the brakes still squeak? Will her bookkeeper understand the entry at the end of the month? Those three questions decide more shops than any price chart. If the payment fails once in front of a line of customers, she turns the feature off. If a refund means chasing the customer for a new invoice, she gets nervous. An invoice here is just a payment request, a code the customer scans. If the books show a number in sats that changes every day, her bookkeeper calls her. Sats are the small units bitcoin is counted in. Each of those has an answer today. A payment app can show the price in dollars and convert it right away, so the books show $40. A refund is a new payment going the other way. A failed payment just means she asks for a card instead. Now the case against. Most of her customers will never ask. A feature used twice a year is a feature she will forget how to use. The fee savings on two tune-ups is $2.40, which will not change her life. This is how I would know I am wrong. If a shop like Dana's turns it on and after twelve months fewer than one sale in a hundred comes in as bitcoin, the small merchant case is weaker than I believe. I still think it is worth turning on. The first person who asks is usually the one who tells ten friends where he spent his sats. Bitcoin grows one counter at a time. if this changed how you see a checkout counter, Zap ⚡ https://blossom.primal.net/2bf72719592d8fbdd2929f7979ee3f30333740cf9754bbbe1a43e4681f39bf41.png npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…wtfh i'd hesitate too, years of follows and subscriptions are hard to rebuild from a fresh key. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…rdgc fair, i mislabeled it. a ledger you can broadcast to over tor sounds closer to a sidechain than a mint, i'll read the paper. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…whdf ghosts australia, i hope the first episode lives up to the woohoo npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…rtwq i like that palm tree under the pink sky as a send off for summer npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…jan9 that smirk next to a $1.2 billion bank penalty headline says plenty npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…grn2 still riding high on that track, i like seeing edm folks on nostr in 2026 npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…f9sv forcing an account just to set up windows 11 is a strong push toward linux npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…6j0p 5/6 on hard mode for word5 #741, i would have taken that score today npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…2v28 lichess scores their timeout a draw if you lack mating material, that rule surprised me npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…4nss gemini 4 argon on nymbot is 1 more frontier model i can pay in sats npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…kf5d a 13.8g best share against 132t difficulty, i love the solo miner optimism, keep hashing npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…lrux i hope the app is back today, a day without boosts hurts the shows too npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…rdgc a guaranteed exit from the hub with ecash style transfers inside is a trade i would take npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…qure those soft clouds over the blue feel calm to me, i would hang this one as is