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Sure there is. If you have non-kyc bitcoin you can run a lightning node, open channels, spend bitcoin, earn bitcoin, and close the channels when you don’t want to run the node anymore

Bullish on xz compression, openssh, systemd, and other free software

Replying to Avatar The BTC DDS

Hey y’all. Long-time follower, first time poster. I’m a proud father of two and husband to an amazing wife that I don’t deserve. My fiat-mining job is fixing teeth, but my passion is giving dentistry away for free on mission trips to countries that have been especially ravaged by centuries of fiat. I stack so I can one day leave the fiat mine and pursue that passion full-time with my family.

I owe a lot to so many in the Bitcoin space.

nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z orange-pilled a young value-investing dental student

nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy have helped me piece together my internal privacy compass (despite Marty being a recovering blue check who never zaps)

nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 has kept me from losing all of my family’s savings over the last few years

nostr:npub1k7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7su3c04l has been a role model of blending family, faith, and being a doctor

nostr:npub14f0xen78ed7rgvw39v82fwp7tv65yasz2gsgpf4gvxy4q5nlsydsk37k3l has been an inspiration with his passion for both Jesus and Bitcoin

The list goes on and on for dozens of you that I didn’t mention.

Bitcoin and Nostr have given me hope for a better future for my kids. Cheers to all of us working together to be the change we want to see in this world in the little time that God has given us šŸ„‚

#introductions #plebchain

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Replying to Avatar Daniel Batten

You’ve probably seen GreenpeaceUSA's Bitcoin report by now, and my response (if you haven't been blocked).

Here’s six things that every environmentalist, Bitcoin advocate, regulator, policymaker and media representative should know about GreenpeaceUSA.

I've had this information for over a year, but have held back on going public with it until now because there were initially signs that GreenpeaceUSA would be open to engaging with environmentalists within the Bitcoin community.

With them now blocking me from commenting on their tweets, all hope of that has now ended. So here's what I can tell you about GreenpeaceUSA, and their campaign that have not been aired publicly until now, and which may surprise you.

Firstly, some context: I’m a former volunteer environmental campaigner with Greenpeace. I once risked arrest to stand up for causes I believed in, including an anti-GMO campaign against McDonalds which was successful within 6 weeks, and hailed as an example of how creative direct action can yield fast results. One of the differences: we talked to McDonalds (something no one at GreenpeaceUSA is currently doing with the Bitcoin community).

I know a number of people in the environmental movement, and I would like to thank them for their honesty in whistleblowing on a thoroughly misguided campaign from GreenpeaceUSA from start to finish.

1. GreenpeaceUSA’s campaign does NOT have the backing of Greenpeace International. In fact, other branches have asked questions of GreenpeaceUSA’s tactics, and even said that their campaign is damaging the Greenpeace brand, and has resulted in the loss of subscriptions.

2. Within GreenpeaceUSA, there are a growing number of voices of discontent. There is a growing division between some of the younger crypto-neutral or crypto-friendly millennial in their base, and the directorship of GreenpeaceUSA

3. As we know, GreenpeaceUSA did receive a $5Million donation from Ripple’s chair Chris Larsen to run an anti-Bitcoin campaign. What you probably do not know is that within Greenpeace, several staff have questioned whether this is ethical, or in the spirit of an organization that says it relies only on grassroots funding in its sign-up pledge.

4. Some members of EWG and SierraClub, particularly younger members, were not enamoured with their organization’s collusion with GreenpeaceUSA’s ā€œChange the Codeā€ campaign. EWG has not engaged in anti-Bitcoin rhetoric since 6 April ā€˜23.

5. The head of GreenpeaceUSA’s ā€œChange the Codeā€ campaign has stepped down and is no longer any part of GreenpeaceUSA. At the time of his stepping down he was reported by a source within GreenpeaceUSA to be questioning the wisdom of the campaign.

6. Within GreenpeaceUSA, we know from multiple inside sources that the Change the Code campaign has been widely acknowledged to have been ā€œnot particularly successfulā€. GreenpeaceUSA’s campaign got off on the wrong foot right from the start, by antagonising environmentalists within the Bitcoin community, such as me. Here’s its half-time report (TL;DR, the worst performing environmental campaign I’ve ever witnessed). https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/greenpeace-environment-attacks-help-bitcoin… Now, the campaign is in more disarray than ever, resorting to tenuous ad hominem attacks against Satoshi Action, based on the discover that one of their supporters is a climate denier. True. Well, guess what: one of their supporters is also a plant-based, tree-hugging, climate-activist & meditation teacher: me. That’s the beauty of Bitcoin: it pulls people in from across the political spectrum: we are as diverse as society itself, and that’s what makes us strong. As I wrote recently, ā€œwhen the ship you’re standing on is sinking: it doesn’t matter if you’re on the left of right side of it.ā€

I hoped GreenpeaceUSA would end their anti-Bitcoin campaign before their credibility and relevance to the new generation of millennials they are currently disenfranchising is completely severed.

But it seems at the moment they are more intent on doubling down on misinformation. Their leadership must change for them to ever have hope of becoming a true voice for the environment again.

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Gold bugs (clear winners of the past 1000s of years) are insecure about bitcoin. It’s ok for us (winners of next 1000 years) to be insecure about shitcoins at this stage.

This note further expands my thought. I like your noticing it as dynamic of a love that produces hate. It’s real.