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David in TN
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In Tennessee, interested in permaculture, decentralized technology, bitcoin, and algorithmic trading. Catholic father and husband. world traveler, and software engineering manager.

#homesteading

The economics of homesteading for our family (7people living ar home right now):

Jersey milk cow and beef calf cost $1000, eats $700/yr in feed, plus $450 in hay. Fence was $1000. First year cost $3150. Milk cow on average has produced 4 gallons milk per day, we sell half @ $7/gallon, $5100 income. Plus we keep half the milk, making yogurt, butter, sour cream, and cheese. And we get about 240# grassfed beef from the calf plus dog food and tallow.

Seeds for garden $100/yr. not selling any at the moment, consuming about 75%.

15 egg chickens were free, cost annually $4000 in feed, produce roughly 3000 eggs. We consume all of these.

Rabbits are fed with leftover cow hay and garden greens, produce roughly 70 kits, 2# meat each.

Milking the cow takes 2 hours per day

Caring for other livestock and gardens take 15 minutes/ day on average.

Butchering takes about 30 hours /year.

Total out of pocket cost to us: $2100.

We still buy some things at the grocery store that we can't grow or raise here, or produce during the winter.

I made New York strip steaks for lunches for the week. Cooked in tallow with elephant garlic. 100% home grown and butchered.

FYI, milking a cow when it's 20F outside us not nearly as bad as it sounds, and gets the blood flowing to the brain at 4am. Health benefits!

primal settings indicates the ability to use an external wallet via NWC

Onboarding my friend, a total Bitcoin newbie, to a KYC service was a nightmare. While OGs might prefer peer-to-peer exchanges, KYC can be a major obstacle for nocoiner especially in developing economies.

A simpler approach could be a no-KYC fiat on-ramp like nostr:nprofile1qqswe03hyye2jv3msylwkj8cml8d4m9qpc5g0tccrvrrcm86z0kcaggpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtc54uwrd - it integrates with Meld.io for bank transfers and Bitcoin credit card purchases. Although it's not anonymous and may be more expensive, it offers an easier way to acquire Bitcoin.

Speaking of which, I suspect Aqua will also require KYC once they launch their planned debit card?

Do you have any recommendations for other user-friendly, no-KYC fiat on/off ramps suitable for beginners?