odd times: all time high hash rate, while mempool is empty. #PaperBitcoin?
It's block 883075, and mempool is clear 
96 is still the new 58.
Use a couple of probes in the meat, and one "outside" the meat for ambient temp inside the smoker. I discovered that the ambient temp in the smoker was radically off from the smoker's thermometer. I found that I had to run the smoker at a lower temp (190 or so), to achieve a 220 degree ambient inside temp.
TLDR: Get a good digital wireless thermometer with like 4 probes on it. I got mine on Amazon for a few bucks. Well worth it.
It is block height: 881218
GM. ☕
GM. Stay humble, stack sats.
I have a sneaky suspicion that any books published these days probably have had some sort of AI assistance. It's rather disheartening.
What's it called when I no longer think of "buying bitcoin", but now think "selling dollars"? Is this some weird form of autism?
(Thanks nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle for educating about "getting on zero" with nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9)
I'm becoming more convinced that the best number to watch in Bitcoin is the hashrate, rather than the price in US dollars.
Do you have a gas fireplace with a switch on the wall? I ran into this before for my own home. That switch isn't wired into your electric service. It controls the "thermopile". Just flip it on, and use the fireplace as normal. https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/37877/what-kind-of-wall-switch-is-needed-for-a-natural-gas-fireplace-to-ignite-consist#37904
The irrationality of humans is what maintains our edge over artificial intelligence. Non-determinism can be infuriating, but counterintuitively, can bring order to chaos & entropy.
Self-custody is truly how bitcoin's most underrated property of "unconfiscatability" can fully be realized.
AI is all the rage. Look deeper. An AI economy and permissionless payment systems will be what shifts things into the next gear.
Imagine a world where an AI needs to pay another AI, and follow how this might happen.
There will exist a need for AI to exchange value (information) with other AI's (and humans). The technology exists now to accommodate this.
Take a look at Nostr/zaps, and layer 2 tech like Liquid, Lightning, and apply this to AI....and follow the incentives.
Digital scarcity will be the unlock that will unleash the next wave of AI into our world.
The word "confiscatable" is in the dictionary, and means "Taken without permission or consent, especially by or as if by a public authority."
However its inverse (unconfiscatable) is not found in any dictionary I can find.
I believe this is because the idea of owning unconfiscatable property is the big idea that has rapidly arrived to mankind.
This is what drew me to #bitcoin a few years ago.
Owning #bitcoin however, is actually a misnomer. When one owns Bitcoin, one simply knows the 12/24 BIP39 seed words in order that gives them permission to make transactions to unlock value on the public timechain.
This is borderless sovereignty that is true freedom to lock life energy into digital scarcity. Future generations can reap what their ancestors are sowing now.
Always use an air-gapped signing device with seed in a brain wallet, also steel in a safe place. Never connect your seed phrase to the internet.
If you know, you know.
#BIP39 for the win.
Hold opinions lightly; principles tightly. Know the difference between the two.
To zap, or not to zap...that is _not_ the question.... 😉 (of course we zap.)
Below is a tweet by Ryan X. Charles on X about how the cult mindset works.
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https://x.com/ryan_x_charles/status/1770361328944709710
I became a cult member in 2017 when I met Craig Wight in person and truly believed he was Satoshi Nakamoto.
I was convinced he was Satoshi because Gavin Andresen, Jon Matonis and Ian Grigg, people I respected, had claimed to verify he was Satoshi Nakamoto, including supposed key signing ceremonies. That, and he had the beliefs and actions of someone I thought was consistent with Satoshi Nakamoto.
My false belief in Craig Wright would go on to damage me financially in truly spectacular fashion. Because Craig told me to use Bitcoin Cash immediately after it launched, believing this was coming from Satoshi Nakamoto, a figure I idolized, I invested my personal savings into Bitcoin Cash and pivoted my business to focus exclusively on Bitcoin Cash. This would turn out to be a disaster in time, as Bitcoin Cash became BSV, and continuously fell in price and adoption.
I used to be a big holder of Bitcoin. I sold all of it to support Craig Wright. Not only did my investments not pan out, but I have missed the giant bull run on Bitcoin as a consequence, even though I am an OG going back to 2011. I am out at least tens of millions of dollars, possibly more. The true scale of the losses will be determined when I account for all of my records.
I realized I had failed in 2020. My business was not profitable, it was not growing, and I realized the technology I had been using exclusively, BSV, had very low prospects of success. I simply had to admit to myself my only option was to exit. I managed to sell the company and then began the long process of unwinding my belief system.
From 2020 until now, I have spent a lot of time ruminating on the trauma I experienced from 2017 - 2020. Now that we know Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, I understand. I was a cult member and was being manipulated by a psychopath who did not care if he ruined me so long as he had perceived near-term benefit.
One of the reasons why it took me so long to accept that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto is that it would have to be a truly huge scam that would ultimately hurt everyone and even himself. Unfortunately, as I have learned, this is a known pattern of behavior for psychopaths. Craig Wright will indeed get his day in court, again, as the number of people he has hurt is enormous, and it is now established in court he has been lying this whole time. Lawsuits are inevitable.
It took four years of meditation and relaxation to grapple with the scope of my error. Even after all that time, I am still in shock with the declarations that came from the judge. The totality of evidence is overwhelming. Craig Wright is simply not Satoshi Nakamoto, and there was never a reason to believe that he was. I was totally wrong in a big way. Evidently, I am not as smart as I thought.
I estimate I am only about 50% of the way detoxed from the cult, even after four years, as I am still learning to accept that there was never any convincing evidence he was Satoshi Nakamoto, and everything I thought I knew was all lies. Fortunately, there is an emerging network of survivors who are in touch and can lend each other support to grapple with the emotions involved in exiting a cult.
Craig Wright was enabled by Calvin Ayre and Stefan Matthews, his co-conspirators going back to 2016 or earlier. While I cannot say for sure what happened from before 2017, I do know that the three of them orchestrated this giant scam. I know this from personal experience, and I am certain evidence exists to link them. Together, they have caused a catastrophe for anyone who got involved with them from the beginning until now.
Please be kind to the remaining cult members. They truly believe Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, and this blinds them to the evidence that is staring them in the face. They need kindness, not trolling on X.
Part of growth is through pain. Sorry about your journey; but it is a good warning for all of us to not put faith in any one mortal.
The eternal debate.... Do I do what I think it wants? Or do I remain a purist? 
“Freedom dies by people just taking a little bit more and a little bit more…we just end up in a situation people are like ‘How the fuck did we end up here?’ And at some point down the line you have to practice civil disobedience and say: ‘No, I will not fucking comply.’”
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1681001564817829889/pu/vid/1280x720/hHfEn5U79ib2JP-g.mp4?tag=12
https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-nostr-freedom-tech
"a very low-lift touchpoint for people to experience bitcoin". Awesome episode.