A small number of people interacting, learning from each other, and moving their energy to something better always proceeds a large number of people doing the same.

It’s something you’ll look back upon one day with genuine fondness for those times and people who made this time so special….so remember to celebrate it today.

#Bitcoin

#Nostr

I GET THAT IT IS WEIRD WE TALK ABOUT NOSTR SO MUCH ON NOSTR.

THIS DOES NOT REALLY HAPPEN ON CENTRALIZED SOCIALIZED PLATFORMS.

THE DIFFERENCE IS PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE HERE. YOU CAN BUILD ON THIS PROTOCOL. WITHOUT PERMISSION.

THAT IS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. KEEP TALKING. KEEP BUILDING. TOGETHER WE BUILD THE FUTURE.

I was just walking down the street, coffee in hand, suddenly realizing how "normal" it all is already. Like most days, I went to a coffee shop that accepts lightning. Like most days, I paid directly with sats that someone zapped me here on nostr. Like most days, neither the merchant nor myself thought twice about it, or took a minute to marvel at what just happened.

So, allow me to do just that. Marvel at what just happened. While everyone is having a fantastically crazy time at #nostriga, uncountable people are using bitcoin in a myriad of ways. Some for savings, large and small; some for transactions, large and small; some for other stuff. Bitcoin is slowly but surely entering the world stage. Some commentators will tell you that this is good. Some commentators will tell you that this is bad. Whatever the case may be, it is unavoidable.

I see nostr under a similar light. As platform-based manipulation and censorship ramps up—which it inevitably will—the usage of nostr will ramp up too, and with it the usage of zaps and everything else that comes with it. And soon enough, buying a coffee (or breakfast, lunch, and dinner) with zap-based income will be normal. Just like it's "normal" to be an "influencer" today, or a "YouTuber" or whatnot... It's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's a normal thing. Anyone can do it.

Back to my coffee. I remember when I had the "oh my god, I can live on bitcoin here!!!" experience for the first time. It was in Bitcoin Jungle, a couple of months after the initiative was launched. I stayed there for 2 weeks or so, buying the necessities of daily life with sats outright. And it worked. Flawlessly. I had zero payment failures, and was exclusively using Zeus with my own node. It was incredible.

Why is this incredible, you ask? Shouldn't stuff just work? Yes, it should. But building out the tech and the infrastructure to make it all work is BLOODY HARD. I remember the first Lightning Conference in Berlin, in 2019. Everyone came, everyone had all their channels and wallets and everything prepared, and ~50% of payments failed. For... reasons.

Fast-forward to today: I go to one of the 100+ merchants in the city that accept bitcoin, a quick tap on the PoS device & QR code scan, boom, done. Is it always perfect? Of course not. Will it get better still? 100% it will. Very soon these merchants will have NFC-enabled devices, and the tap-to-pay experience that people are used to with cards & Apple pay will be normal for bitcoin payments too. If you are in Riga right now, you'll experience this first-hand thanks to Bolt cards and BTCPay Server. It's awesome, it's open-source, and it works. And it will get better still.

We are truly living in the best and weirdest timeline; a timeline where shitposting on the internet can buy you lunch and dinner; a timeline that spawns amazing technological movements like #nostr; a timeline that, every ~10 minutes, allows for a small miracle to happen. A timeline where "magic internet money" is a normal thing; a timeline that, thanks to the magic dust of cryptography, enables anyone to speak about anything, without having to ask for permission. I'm grateful.

Thank you, Satoshi. 🙏🧡

When you pay in sats like this, do you have to pay capital gains tax?

Holy fuckin hell

Thank a liberal

Autoeroric hypoxia

Spelling has never been my strong suit lol. You’d think I’d learn to double check since you can’t edit notes.

Who doesn’t love a good collage tho😂🤷🏼‍♂️

Yes. Sometimes more than my full time job for time vs pay. It wasn’t always like that but after they started their creator payouts.

Constantly talking about a platform on a platform doesn't make it bigger. Its just a circle jerk

Is it just me or are the younger generations more uptight / serious? Everyone takes themselves so seriously and forgets to have fun.

Starting my senior year at collage this year.

I have several Econ classes this semester and I cannot wait to refute all of the kensian MMT bs that they throw my way😂

Austrian school for the win.

Woman + mask + alone in car with windows up = clown world

Not a random thought. One just drove by my house😔

a lot of yall wish you had tits.

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It’s more like saying I’m quitting my part time job in my case.

Proof of high time preference? POHTP

I don't get it? What's the purpose? Gambling? oh.

Alright, I’ve deleted X off of my phone. I’m taking 6 days off to see how it goes. After that I’ll take a longer break and I’d like to work up to just deleting it all together.

First off, I'm not American so I have no real say in any of these matters

But the US vote impacts everyone on earth and especially here in Canada

I've seen a few people saying they might vote for kamala to "accelerate bitcoin" because of her anti bitcoin policies

I saw Matt krater make a video about kamala being the best option for bitcoin

Fuck that shit

If Killer Kamala, Tim Waltz horse cum guzzler, Pocahontas and Amanda Wick have ANY ability to create new policy, bitcoiners (hodlers, miners, exchanges, traders, and all other bitcoin businesses) will be completely

COMPLETELY fucked

Biden - with Killer Kamala as his VP - did everything they could to attack bitcoin and everyone associated

Killer Kamala would kill bitcoin in North America

MEANWHILE - the other guy is speaking at Bitcoin conferences, meeting with bitcoin mining companies, and adding bitcoiners to his team

Use your fucking head

Holy moly I can't believe I have to even type this shjt put

The demonization of the productive class by the left in the US is sickening. It’ll start with taxes on unrealized gains, escalate to overt asset confiscation and ultimately physical harm against those who rightly try to protect their assets from the government.