nostr:nprofile1qqsf9jl9scw0c5snmkylpfhkppzgd7z7dupul6ms5yl52kfcz9jr8wqpz3mhxue69uhk2mmnw3skwunpd5hxxmmd9uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dxqcju7tpdd5ksmmwdejjucm0d5hszymhwden5te0wp6hyurvv4cxzeewv4ej74773v7 The subscription model means that one has to trust someone to deliver in the future. There are scalability and trust issues involved here. Money and microtransactions solves this problem.
Found some new inputs about privacy in "Das Privacy Handbuch" by Timo Volkov from nostr:nprofile1qqsvkfkqvl5f579wdz2z4jqke7rhq9f5ly5z75h8c9c7u6jv6rp3hngep9xkm. Sad is the part about privacy in cars. Yeah, we really need something like a open source car ;-) 
"Virtus Digitalis" by nostr:nprofile1qqs0xkudu7k6wujvfhapalt6uha57lm7jshgwuavynv9k3jhzcqqyzcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0qy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjctzd3jjummjvuhsp7k94j is certainly the Best book - pun intended - about bitcoin and stoicism. A lot of dots have been connected in this book: Bitcoin, stoicism, low time preference and decentralized structures really match perfectly. So, remember if the price crashes the next time, be stoic and calm as you can not control when other people panic. 
In reference to "It is easier to port a shell than a shell script" one may also conclude that it's easier to change a runtime system than to get millions of programmers to change their programming paradigm and tooling. Therefore virtual threads in Java will prevail over reactive programming using RxJava, Spring WebFlux etc.
Enjoyed reading "Bitcoin ist Freiheit" by nostr:nprofile1qqs985gwfncy27y7jtkqclfs5lckknc8vt59eqkyee74hn9k820j6aspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtceppwey. Liked the analogy between bitcoin transaction hardening like cement over time and the comparison between Bitcoin’s "security budget" and that of the Swiss army. Spoiler alert: the former is now way higher.
Published a tutorial how to setup a private nostr home relay: https://stacker.news/items/1297484
Added a tutorial here https://stacker.news/items/1295637
Finished reading "Praxeology" by nostr:nprofile1qqsf9jl9scw0c5snmkylpfhkppzgd7z7dupul6ms5yl52kfcz9jr8wqpz3mhxue69uhk2mmnw3skwunpd5hxxmmd9uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dxqcju7tpdd5ksmmwdejjucm0d5hszymhwden5te0wp6hyurvv4cxzeewv4ej74773v7 that Knut kindly signed for me in Lugano. It's a book about the foundations of bitcoin as Austrian economics, natural law etc. but without mentioned bitcoin directly. For the latter you can only find hints as the twenty-one chapters, the orange disk on the cover picture etc. You have to do the work yourself and you will find the orange future on your own. 
Or the reverse taken from "Elective Affinities" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
"Nothing reveals a man’s character more than what he finds ridiculous."
Created my own version of a Bitcoin block clock showing the stats of my own node and services including forwarded lightning payments, found mining shares by the Bitaxe etc. 
"The Man Without Qualities" written by Robert Musil describes a society in which people possess expertise only in their square millimeter of knowledge. That is exactly what we see with some bitcoin core developer and their groupies. There we encounter single‑track minds that refuse to abstract beyond their narrow expertise and to view the bigger picture. Their argumentation only reflects their square millimeter of knowledge and any other input from outside that area is vehemently rejected.
Not fixing the bugs that are enabling the abuse of the Bitcoin time chain and rewriting the documentation is the dangerous precedent here. Framing it the other way around is just Orwellian newspeak. Hackers do not have rights to abuse the system that have to be protected by the community.
Being able to set up your own Nostr relay for storing your posts is a powerful expression of your digital sovereignty.
The datum gateway from Ocean was really the missing part that brings together mining equipment and your full node in an easy and modern fashion.
Solo mining without constructing your own block template somehow misses the point. Configure datum gateway for solo mining to be a real sovereign solo miner.
"Four Horsemen" is a documentary movie with a collectivist mindset and therefore it seems not appropriate to cite it positively in an anarcho‑capitalist bitcoin context.
On the ground, the Knots vs Core debate is clearer. The applause during the Lugano panel — and if you talk to people — suggests that support for Knots is stronger than what the internet discourse implies.
nostr:nprofile1qqs985gwfncy27y7jtkqclfs5lckknc8vt59eqkyee74hn9k820j6aspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcgjaxjn The canton of Bern could also deinvest from some of its company like BLS, BKW to buy bitcoin. Those companies do need some competion as they are not really costumer friendly and efficient anyway.
Sure, it is just one of the several heads of the Hydra you talked about earlier. You still have to burn off that one.
It is somehow disturbing that at nostr:nprofile1qqsrk63a8wentzpk5ex3eqpf9wtww6vwcddzuh9y2800567n4ulwhpqpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0532llr spam free blocks are declared as less healthy.
Running /Satoshi:29.1.0/Knots:20250903/
Including considerations of hard‑forking, the “Knots vs. Core” debate increasingly resembles a game of chicken. As the block‑size wars taught us, the party that either loses its composure or dramatically overestimates its own strength—and therefore forks first—ends up on the losing side.
Another question is: Would the Swiss e-ID app "swiyu" be open source according to EMBAG§9 and be installable on a degoogled phone?
I guess that the usage of Lombok's @SneakyThrows annotation in a code base indicates that Java developers do not appreciate checked exceptions anymore or never did.
GitHub goes the way as anything else that Microsoft has digested in the past like Hotmail, Skype etc. At the end only shit remains.
Nach neun Jahren beim Schweizer Monat ist es an der Zeit, etwas anderes zu machen.
In eigener Sache: Chefredaktor Ronnie Grob verlässt den Schweizer Monat.
https://schweizermonat.ch/in-eigener-sache-chefredaktor-ronnie-grob-verlaesst-den-schweizer-monat/
Frühzeitiger Bitcoin-Ruhestand ? :-)
Is a P2P exchange to physical cash considered cheating in this challenge? No direct bank involvement in such a case.
I missed a citation of Revelation 13:16-18 in "The Gospel According To Bitcoin" by Daniel Sherman and J.M. Bush in the sections talking about CBDC and Covid. Are these not examples of the "mark" in our time?
"You shall not steal". Printing money including taking a loan is stealing because you dilute the value of others holding fiat money. You can read all about this in "The Gospel According To Bitcoin" by Daniel Sherman and J.M. Bush 
Hodling does not imply that one should refrain from using bitcoin as a means of payment. Instead, it means not to sell it in order to have more fiat aka realizing some gains. If you do not use the lightning network for payments, you miss out on benefits such as lower fees, reduced surveillance, and uncensorable transactions. It is really unfortunate that, even in 2025, some keynote speakers still claim that Bitcoin payments are unimportant.
Everybody pays the fees they deserve. Instead of complaining about high fees using the Twint payment app the "swiss retail federation" could promote payments with lightning.
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/anzeige-gegen-twint-das-muesse-sie-wissen-229818778320
Well, I would like to buy the train tickets with lightning. Bitcoin will only be successful if you can use it for daily purchases. On and off ramps are choke points.
Open source projects as for instance gnome, debian, f-droid etc. should maintain strict neutrality on topics unrelated to their core mission, rather than seeking favor with unrelated movements. This approach would help to ensure that they do not alienate supporters who may disagree with these unrelated issues.
"The Bitcoin Enlightenment" by Ricardo Salinas, nostr:nprofile1qqsqtn00e5yqkd25hh96rzff0tjhst6vhwg6qcq3adgfr7lu25xvyeqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqzxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skcxtf7jd and Daniel Jungen delves into some aspects of monetary history that are not yet broadly covered in other Bitcoin focused books, such as the founding of the Bank of England and the inflation in Mexico. It also addresses recent developments, including the growing influence of Bitcoin on political events, and offers some forecasts where the journey may go in the future.
