Which freedom tech are you most bullish on?
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Bitcoiners
Obviously bitcoin
Am very bullshit on #Meshtastic and #Reticulum right now.
I have *got* to pull the trigger on a device. Any favorites?
The RAK stuff is really giving me tingles right now. The battery life is insane. Check this one out for a turnkey solution.
https://store.rokland.com/collections/kits/products/wismesh-pocket
Thank you! Is the tactical antenna add-on worth it, or stick with stock?
Ordered. 👍🏼
There are some cheap ones I've used that work pretty well. Look for something about 6" long. That should be about a 1/2 wave. If you have a VNA, you can verify it's centered at 915 MHz. HRCC on youtube has a good video showing how to use the NanoVNA. Not a bad piece of kit to have around. Rokland has some proven ones, also. Stock isn't great, but it works. At the end of the day, what you need are more radios in your network. Antenna matters less than that.
I am not entirely certain which I am most bullish on, but if I had to put them in order it would be:
#Bitcoin
#Fedimint style eCash
#Nostr
#Pear / #Holepunch
Home server implementations like nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qyfhwumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetsv9njuetn9uq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7tpvfkx2tn0wfnj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfctdl4jf StartOS and Umbrel to a lesser degree
#Blossom servers for public media hosting
Why do you prefer nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll over nostr:npub1aghreq2dpz3h3799hrawev5gf5zc2kt4ch9ykhp9utt0jd3gdu2qtlmhct ?
I had a brief look at both and Umbrel seems to have far more apps?
I am running Umbrel and already am pissed that there is no easy way to mount additional external drives, so using something like Jellyfin or Immich is basically a no-go since the disk will already be full just with bitcoin/lightning stuff.
Umbrel definitely has more apps in their store, and if your plan is to use it as a home server, then Umbrel may be the way to go. That said, the lack of ability to add external drives is definitely limiting for that use-case. I am not sure about Start9's support for additional external drives, though, since I don't use it as a home server.
I don't use the same device for my Bitcoin and Lightning node as for my home server. Part of the reason is definitely how much room the chain data takes up, but also it is better to have your node dedicated to only Bitcoin services, and put unrelated things on a different device. The more things you install outside of Bitcoin services, the more attack vectors you introduce.
Start9 is my preference for a Bitcoin node for a couple reasons. First, because it is open source. Second, because the new update they are working on will add much more control over how you connect to your node remotely, and which can be controlled on a per-service basis. That way, I can expose just one service to clear-net, if I want, and everything else only accessible through Tor, or through a VPN. Third, because I like their built-in backup service.
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