our track “I love everything” is up on wavlake. this song was made after some years of meditation followed by a mystical experience where the recognition of the inherent quality of love in all things was perceived: https://wavlake.com/album/4e7dc251-5d6e-4d3d-97d6-ec038960727a
I love this song.
I listen to it every time I want to feel uplifted about the world.
GM
"Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable."
@naval
I want to use #Keet, but for some of us, not being fully open source is a problem.
Keet have explained their thinking, but there's a reason the most secure and trusted code is OS.
I've noted the absence of Matt Odell mentioning or enthusing for Keet beyond its initial launch announcement, which I take as a sign he may have concerns.
nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, any chance you could cover Keet in a Citadel Dispatch if you have any inside info to add?
How do they stop the coming bank runs?
By closing the physical branches
(internet access can then be turned off with one button press at central office whenever things get hot)
You have a choice about putting your money into x (BTC) or y (USD):
a) x / 21million
b) y / infinity
Only junior maths required to see that for any x greater than zero, option a) wins.
#GetOffZero now.
The masses are sleeping, while the net of government control slowly tightens around them.
The UK discussing "plans for automated surveillance of millions of bank accounts".
Educate friends and family about Bitcoin.
Stunning video, from a superb article.
A must watch.
Blink Wallet seems like a great replacement for WoS.
Like WoS it's custodial in order to bring ease of use. But imho Blink has upsides over WoS: the team is transparent, and have been building and working in El Salvador (so trust has been built). And there is an option to convert/hold a form of stable USD built into the wallet.
That works, except that the Liquid functionaries who sign the transactions know which address pays to which address, so there is a small risk that they could be compromised and you would not be private.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67494082
Bitcoin mining fixes this.
Net income 48k.
Savings of > 1m.
Those with traditional financial advisors... are you paying attention?
FLASHING STARTOS TO RECYCLED THINKPADS & DISTRIBUTING AT LOCAL BITCOIN MEETUPS GRASSROOTS AF. nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll nostr:npub1pfezegswrn8lpt0aerp2hvyhj4lsuzln9kcccs5p7qch2m2sawxsxcelvf
I may have had a few glasses of wine but had an idea to increase the activity and value of local Bitcoin Meetups. It's a synthesis of grassroots Bitcoin adoption components : full node and Lightning node growth, hacking, lowest hanging fruit free market economics & Bitcoin circular economies.
1). Basically, I've tried almost every node project under the sun. Flashing StartOS to old Thinkpads has really impressed me recently however. The progress they've made and near future roadmap is phenomenal. Listening to CEO Matt Hill preach on the importance of sovereign computing, the homelab revolution and the cloud being someone else's computer seems so relevent right now. StartOS is also MIT licence so completely free to distribute and sell preinstalled.
2). I'm a used Thinkpad geek and can't stop compulsively collecting them. nostr:npub1pfezegswrn8lpt0aerp2hvyhj4lsuzln9kcccs5p7qch2m2sawxsxcelvf Twitter@wtogami (Blockstream/Fedora) has a Used Thinkpad for LN nodes community that's worth a look. Apparently Start9 have just begun selling preinstalled recycled laptops and desktop PCs. I think this recycled niche has great potential and appeal rn.
3) I loosely organise a local Bitcoin Meetup nostr:npub103a6vk43crw497dlaptwfmhctxqu22mwepshjcvvp29fzwrhtx4q675n6p and would love to inculcate and bring to life more full node adoption, self sovereign computing, grassroots local Bitcoin circular economy and community.
ACTION PLAN :
Local Meetup organisers consider leveraging their position to distribute to interested new Bitcoiners cheap repurposed computers like Thinkpads and Thinkcentres with StartOS preinstalled before password setup. We resell these to Meetup attendees for Lightning base cost reimbursement along with some minor hand holding through StartOS's well documented & refined MIT licensed sovereign computing OS.
It's a low risk, high return educational activity that brings to life the free market principles of Bitcoin circular economies and decentralised computing in the face of the Cloud based Big Brother Final Boss.
Interesting idea.
BBC continues to write misinformation on behalf of government.
Their front page article entitled "Every bitcoin payment uses a swimming pool of water": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67564205
Quelle surprise! Turns out the data scientist works for a Central Bank and has a history of bitcoin misinformation: https://batcoinz.com/2484-2/
If schools were serious about learning outcomes, they’d segment kids by skill-level instead of age-level.
h/t https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1685643708526460928
Bukele is a hero to most bitcoiners, and his authoritarian policies appear popular in his country.
But he is trampling over basic human rights, and nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu is right to keep reminding us.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-81749d7c-d0a0-48d0-bb11-eaab6f1e6556
US interest payments on its debt soon hitting $1 trillion / quarter.
150 million tax payers in US.
That's $6667 (or $26k / year) per tax payer...
...with no services provided in return.
