Yeah, sounds like that guy's parent were real assholes for putting him in that position.

⚡️📱 NEW - No iPhone 18 Launch This Year, Reports Suggest

The company is planning a significant change to its long-standing annual iPhone launch cycle.

NEW: Metaplanet announces its first Bitcoin acquisition since October 1.

The company acquired 4,279 BTC in Q4 2025 for $451.06 million and now holds a total of 35,102 BTC.

Divide to reign better

I honestly believe that the hate towards Christians from atheists is the same.

They want us all divided fighting amongst ourselves

⚡️🔔 A YEAR PASSES TOGETHER - One year is a complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun.

Today, nostr:nprofile1qqsy67zzq5tc9cxnl6crf52s4hptdwhyaca5j7r8jwll535tdadedvcprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hsat8e57 closes its challenge and honors its promise: to inform you for a full year, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day — weekends and public holidays included.

At first, I wanted to end on a high note. I had countless ideas: making a video edited by myself, coding a website for the occasion, doing a live stream… Then I remembered the best advice I received here: “Stay humble.”

So I’ll keep it simple.

First and foremost, please know that I am proud to have kept you informed for an entire year, with transparency, consistency, and objectivity. Believe it or not, all my notes have only one intention: to convey the truth. If some of them have upset you, that's not my problem; it's just that reality is sometimes harsh.

Here is my latest POW, the complete summary:

➥ 11,500 + 19,100 = 30,600 activity traces

➥ 30,600 / 365 = 83.83 activity traces per day

➥ 19,100 / 365 = 52.33 notes per day

➥ 8 × 365 = 2,920 hours of work

Result:

➥ 0 → 16,500 followers

➥ 0 → 5 million sats

I gave myself the means to achieve this. If you follow me, you know that I was present in your feed at any time of the day, without any automation. I swear. Everything was done by hand. The Flash touch is visible on each of my notes—that's what defines my work.

I didn't meet all my goals, but I exceeded some of them. For example, I didn't expect to reach 16,500 followers; I was aiming for 5,000.

On the other hand, where I failed was on the stack. I expected to reach at least 0.1 BTC. In the end, I barely managed to reach half that — until yesterday, I was still at 0.04 BTC.

But there is also something that was not planned for, and which far exceeds all the numerical targets mentioned above: your trust.

My greatest achievement is having managed to earn it. Honestly, it was not something I had included in my forecasts. Trust cannot be planned or forced—it is built, day after day, note after note.

Beyond the numbers, that's what really matters. Everything can be measured except trust. And yet, today on Nostr, that's my most valuable asset.

Not to mention the wonderful people I have met here. For fear of forgetting anyone, I won't mention any names, but know this: I know your usernames, your photos, your writing style, your way of zapping. I have observed everything, taken everything into consideration, with the utmost respect. Thank you all, you have been the fuel for Flash, because without you I would have stopped a long time ago.

Before I leave you, I would sincerely like your feedback:

➥ What did you think of Flash’s work throughout 2025?

➥ What do you expect from me for the coming year?

As they say, it’s at the end of the dance that the musicians get paid. Here are the two ways to support my work ⤵︎

➥ Lightning address: flash@primal.net

➥ Bitcoin address: bc1qwn8ralumqgar7vqfhftr264a7dxp0akstwx9fq

knowing how their influence works at a global level, the only way to defeat them would be to weaken the foundations on which they have power?

Buy XXI its better than Bitcoin. I sold all my Bitcoin to buy XXI

Options markets dampen volatility. Also selling call options is how you guarantee income / get yield, but you still get wrecked long term. I have a friend who was doing with a tech stock. He read books and he even had a mentor who had made $1M doing it with Apple stock for a decade. He owned $200,000 of a stock so was monetizing it through selling calls. Two months after he started, the stock ripped 50%. He got paid $12,000 or so in his process, but he gave up almost $100,000 in gains. So yah volatility dampens but it’s not some foolproof strategy and the people doing it will lose. And yes, bc of volatility, bitcoin has the highest premiums so you make the most if it doesn’t run.

Found a cool tool from Sminston With’s "Smitty's Bitcoin Retirement Guide". This tool helps you plan your Bitcoin stash for retirement with a conservative 5th quantile model…95% confidence your spending won’t need adjusting due to volatility more than once in 20 years. It covers $50k to $1M annual spending, adjusts for inflation (7% assumed), and plans to age 100. New: easy lookup tables, high-DPI format for printing, and scenarios for all ages up to 2075. Taxes not included. This is based on selling once a year.

Found a cool tool from Sminston With’s "Smitty's Bitcoin Retirement Guide". This tool helps you plan your Bitcoin stash for retirement with a conservative 5th quantile model…95% confidence your spending won’t need adjusting due to volatility more than once in 20 years. It covers $50k to $1M annual spending, adjusts for inflation (7% assumed), and plans to age 100. New: easy lookup tables, high-DPI format for printing, and scenarios for all ages up to 2075. Taxes not included. This is based on selling once a year.