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Wine is fragile and difficult to ship.

Bitcoin is volatile internet money.

Neither seemed like a foundation for a business—

until I found my best customers: Bitcoiners.

🧵 How I took my winery from zero to all-in:

2021

I’d just started selling my wine at farmers markets.

One day, a guy asked, ā€œDo you accept crypto?ā€

I said, ā€œI’ll take your bitcoin,ā€ and had no idea how I’d actually do that.

He walked away.

But it stuck in my mind.

The first person who ever asked.

I was a Bitcoiner, but didn’t think that had anything to do with wine.

Bitcoiners were 0% of my sales.

2022

I joined Twitter. Went to my first Bitcoin conference.

And the people in it? They were my people.

Honest. Curious. Genuine. Driven.

A few folks started asking if they could buy wine with bitcoin.

I said yes—not because I saw a business opportunity.

I just wanted more bitcoin.

I added a little Bitcoin logo to my wine bottles.

Put up a ā€œBitcoin Accepted Hereā€ sign at the farmers market.

But that was mostly for my own obsession.

I mostly had old men come up and warn me about bitcoin’s volatility.

But sometimes, real ones would trickle through.

One woman saw the sign and said:

ā€œYou accept Bitcoin?? I HAVE TO GO GET MY HUSBAND.ā€

I could tell she was married to someone who couldn’t stop talking about bitcoin, like me.

Sure enough, I now consider him a friend.

Bitcoin sales still felt more like a fun side quest than a real channel.

Bitcoiners were ~10% of my sales.

2023

This is when I felt the shift.

Early in the year, bitcoin sales started covering my living expenses.

By the holidays, the momentum was undeniable.

Still not everything—but enough to make me pay attention.

Bitcoiners weren’t just buyers.

They were thoughtful. Loyal. Fun to talk to.

It didn’t feel like marketing—it felt like alignment.

Bitcoiners were ~50% of my sales.

2024

Things got wild.

I released Satoshi’s Reserve, a wine I’d quietly been setting aside since 2021.

The auction blew past anything I’d seen before.

In dollar terms, it beat the entire prior year of online sales.

Then I dropped HIGHER, my second bitcoin-focused wine.

Another record. Same story:

Enthusiasm. Loyalty. People telling other people to support me.

Meanwhile, I was still at farmers markets.

Twelve-hour days every weekend.

Pitching the same story to strangers who’d never come back.

Bitcoiners were showing up, rebuying, and selling for me.

That made the decision easy.

Bitcoiners were ~75% of my sales.

2025

No more farmers markets.

No more trying to reach ā€œeveryone.ā€

I’m all in on Bitcoiners now.

I’ll probably make less money this year.

But I’ll be fired up by everything I do.

And I’ll have complete alignment between my job and my mission.

Selling wine for bitcoin isn’t just good business.

It feels like doing my part to make the world better.

And the fact that I get to do that with wine from my family vineyard?

That’s about as soul-filling as it gets.

Bitcoiners didn’t just become my best customers.

They joined my mission.

Bitcoiners have high expectations, are discerning and HATE deception, but if you have that, then they are dying to become your best customers.

Plant a Flag.

Bitcoin Preferred.

PeonyLaneWine.com šŸ·

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wow, i'm speechless, beyond disappointing from free speech elon

Here's a concise summary of Jack Dorsey's interview, focusing on his reasons for leaving Bluesky and his views on social media decentralization:

Background on Bluesky: Initiated as a project to address limitations and liabilities faced by Twitter as a public company, aimed to develop a decentralized protocol akin to HTTP or SMTP to alleviate corporate control and liability from the platform.

Development and Shift in Bluesky's Direction: Jack Dorsey's intention was for Bluesky to operate as an independent entity focusing on creating an open-source protocol. However, concerns arose when Elon Musk attempted to acquire Twitter, leading to fears about the project's continuity and independence, pushing Bluesky towards a more traditional corporate structure with VC involvement and a board, which Dorsey disagreed with.

Departure from Bluesky: Dorsey left because he felt Bluesky was deviating from its original goal of being a truly decentralized protocol and was becoming too similar to Twitter. He also found a more suitable project in Nostr, which aligned better with his vision of a decentralized, open protocol without corporate or board oversight.

Views on Twitter and Social Media: Despite changes under Elon Musk’s ownership, Dorsey believes fundamental problems still exist with centralized control over social media platforms. He advocates for a shift to protocols over platforms to reduce liability and censorship potential.

Dorsey’s Perspective on Decentralization: Emphasizes the need for platforms like Twitter to move away from centralized business models (like advertising) that compromise platform autonomy and content neutrality. Supports transitioning to decentralized protocols that are inherently resistant to censorship and corporate influence.

Current Involvement and Beliefs: Dorsey is focused on supporting and funding Nostr, a project he believes truly embodies the principles of decentralization and user control over social interactions online, without the influence of a centralized authority.

This summary encapsulates Dorsey's motivations for leaving Bluesky, his critique of current social media structures, and his ongoing commitment to decentralized communication technologies.

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Someone commented that they were disappointed the Taylor Swift deepfakes aren't making rounds on nostr since it's a good test of censorship resistance. Challenge accepted!

Note that I'm marking these images as "sensitive" so your client ought to blur them by default. I'm also spreading the files across multiple hosts for redundancy.

Personally, I find it ridiculous that these particular deepfakes are what caused an uproar, because they're simply not believable due to the crowds in the background. When I was searching for Swift deepfakes I came across MANY older images that are far more realistic. But it just goes to show that you never know what will go viral.

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does anyone have the rest of these pics?

Did anyone make an auction site for nostr yet?

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maybe just retreat and lie about it, should come easily

Have any other ethnic groups even been kicked out of five or more countries?