He is a huge hypocrite.

You cannot operate a VC firm and a 501c in the same industry and not be biased.

Example of said hypocrisy Odell and NVK both sit on Opensats. They have a major say in what applications are approved for grants. NVK and Odell both have equity in Coinkite which has been funded by 1031. Odell and NVK have both thrown shade at other hardware wallets like seedsigner and could have very well denied grant applications to people and companies that compete with coinkite.

Primal is another 1031 funded project in which Odell has substantial equity in. Odell constantly criticizes X for KYC policies while Primal is KYCing people even harder. Primal uses the strike API which collects your name, address, contact info. Primal is able to link this information to your npub. How is this any different or better than what X is doing?

Primal doesn’t even use Nostr best practices. They are extremely nefarious. Example: Primal uses a non standard caching relay where they actually alter all alter users notes. When I use damus my images are uploaded to Nostr.build but if you view my image on primal you will see that the image url isn’t Nostr.build it is a different media file hosted by primal. They have actually constructed a new event without the users permission. They could at a later point in time change the media or remove the media that’s being displayed to primal users.

I could go on but I think you get the point.

Wow. I don't know why, but that amazes me. While I know it's subjective, imo, one of the ten best movies ever made. Godfather part 2 is fantastic as well. Godfather 3 sucked.

I have seen it either

He is a huge hypocrite.

You cannot operate a VC firm and a 501c in the same industry and not be biased.

Example of said hypocrisy Odell and NVK both sit on Opensats. They have a major say in what applications are approved for grants. NVK and Odell both have equity in Coinkite which has been funded by 1031. Odell and NVK have both thrown shade at other hardware wallets like seedsigner and could have very well denied grant applications to people and companies that compete with coinkite.

Primal is another 1031 funded project in which Odell has substantial equity in. Odell constantly criticizes X for KYC policies while Primal is KYCing people even harder. Primal uses the strike API which collects your name, address, contact info. Primal is able to link this information to your npub. How is this any different or better than what X is doing?

Primal doesn’t even use Nostr best practices. They are extremely nefarious. Example: Primal uses a non standard caching relay where they actually alter all alter users notes. When I use damus my images are uploaded to Nostr.build but if you view my image on primal you will see that the image url isn’t Nostr.build it is a different media file hosted by primal. They have actually constructed a new event without the users permission. They could at a later point in time change the media or remove the media that’s being displayed to primal users.

I could go on but I think you get the point.

The Godfather 🫂

Yes, I’ll leave you with this. You might find it interesting:

The idea of free will was born out of religious necessity. Early religious institutions needed a framework to justify moral responsibility, sin, and punishment.

If people were truly free to choose good or evil, then it made sense to blame, punish, and condemn those who disobeyed divine law.

Without free will, hell makes no sense... how do you punish someone for doing what they were always going to do?

So the doctrine of free will became a tool of control:

- It made people feel guilty for natural desires.

- It justified obedience and submission.

- It gave priests and rulers moral high ground.

Even after the fall of religion, this belief lingered in secular culture because it flatters the ego. It says: “You are in control. You are responsible. You are the captain of your soul.” It feels empowering... but it’s a myth inherited from a religious system built to exploit guilt.

I really love the suits in this film 😍 especially this one 🔥

Not necessarily.

Conformity and nonconformity are both driven by instinct... just different instincts.

For some, safety and belonging dominate. For others, truth, rebellion, or distrust of authority take over.

One person fears exclusion, another fears submission. Both responses are conditioned. Neither requires free will.

Nonconformity feels like a choice... but it’s often just the result of different wiring, different wounds, different causes.

The desire to break from the crowd isn’t proof of freedom... it’s proof that your internal compass points somewhere else, and you didn’t install that compass yourself.

If you are in control of your own destiny do whatever the fuck you want.

If you are a bitch download primal listen to Odell

Price down I stack sats

Price up it pumps my bags both

Ways i celebrate

#haiku

Gm ☕️ 🫂🤙

thinking about getting this tattoo’d across my back.

You’re assuming rebellion = freedom. But even rebellion has its roots.

Some are conditioned to obey. Others are conditioned to question.

The drive to stand apart, to stack sats, to seek truth anonymously... it too has causes: temperament, upbringing, trauma, books, chance, even brain chemistry.

You didn’t choose your nature. You didn’t choose your environment.

You didn’t choose to become the kind of person who questions.

The urge to break free is just another instinct.

So yes, I go against the herd. But not because I’m “free.” My behavior and thinking were shaped by childhood trauma caused by religion, control and narcissism.

People like Larken Rose, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Martin Butler, and others shaped my path.

I didn’t choose that path freely. I was thrown onto it.

The real hate crime. Cheap ass mfs.

I thought it was mleku?

No, that's one of modern man’s most arrogant and delusional beliefs.

I suspect Cthulhu will manifest itself if we get too good at winning against nature.

Always!

And I can say ask.

And I can swim.

"Girls" 🤭

Get the fuck out of here. I was here the whole time while Stacey was debriefing in Langley. For months 😂

Easily the worst spam attack Nostr has faced so far 🤢

$ sign targets cause we coming for the dollar 🎯

Gm.

Headed to Nashville for 5 days, Kentucky for a few and Cincy for another few.

Any fun recommendations while I’m at any of those places?

GM

Bitcoin Core: bitcoin usecase is to store arbitrary data.

This is one of those times when we have something great in our hands and we don't know what to do with it so we just start hating it 😂

We could say that its about the target userbase being considered by the wallet devs more than standard UX practices. We have so many options now, thanks to the network's open nature, that we don't need to be up in arms about this very much.

For the demographic of Bitcoiners who care about control, customisation and self-custody while using Lightning, Zeus is doing an incredible job. I love their UX. Blixt is a other option.

For people who sort of understand lightning and are okay with giving up a certain degree of customisation but still want self-custody, there's Phoenix.

Aqua is for people who want to minimise fees and maybe go between on-chain and LN very often.

Wallet of Satoshi for people who want to use a wallet without thinking about anything under the hood.

Blink gives a way to get access to Dollars while still using Lightning.

Strike is a great interface with fiat.

Cashu wallets for people who are okay with third parties as long as strong privacy guarantees exist.

Alby for people who want the proper LN experience with full control over literally everything from their desktop.

All of these services will likely exist side-by-side, make money (hopefully enough to become incredibly sustainable) and help people use Bitcoin in the way they see fit.

I don't think we will see a standard UX per se. It's going to be quite diverse.

Gm

Stay humble and go crush today….

If everyone paid for premium i bet YouTube would fund a justification to serve wind up serving ads anyway. Grrrr