Great point

Thank you

Need to build a habit to be aware of ourselves and reality around us and the good small things

This is life

And maybe even a secret to happiness

Great list

Bookmarked

Thanks

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Outlive by Peter Attia

Ah

I see

Congratulations 😀👍

Is it really an e-mail as well?

When I look at my alby account, I have another email address entered, as my email

Was it that, as you created the Alby account, you could get the email in getalby .com domain as well?

Just curious

Thanks

I'm thinking about a setup like this:

Two mobile phones.

One of them, my current phone, the "official" one, the one where I'm a "part of the system": Google maps, Google photos, Gmail, my fiat bank app, etc. You know, free tools, convenience.

But nothing freedom or Bitcoin related or Monero related on that phone.

No Bitcoin newsletters in Gmail.

No wallet apps.

Another phone, get a brand new low end device, this would be my "privacy phone".

Android with play services as usual, but create a new Google account, never log in to my real/old Google account from this phone, always use VPN to hide what I'm doing from my ISP, and on this phone, have my Bitcoin wallet apps, Cake wallet, Nostr apps, etc.

With this, I think I will get the user friendlies of the standard Android, no need to deal with Graphene. Yes, Google will track me, but they will not know it is me, because I will be using a fresh new Google account.

Does it sound like a viable plan?

It is always a trade off... I'm not going for perfection on privacy front. I'm looking for a good balance.

Beautiful picture

You could be conscripted, by force, drafted to the Russian army and quickly or slowly die in the war in Ukraine, like 300,000 Russians already have

You could go to prison for 15 years for criticism of the government, like for calling this war a war; their propaganda calls it a "special operation"

There is more, but I will stop here

Of course, US and EU are very far from ideal, in terms of freedom, monetary policy, economic policy, etc

There is a lot to criticize there

But Russia is the order of magnitude worse

Sure they have beautiful nature, mostly friendly people and so on

But Russian Federation is an oppressive and corrupt state

I wish it was otherwise but this is the reality, at least how I see it

Check any freedom index or human development index countries ranking, easy to find online

I have the same question

Thanks for bringing this up

Let's see what experts say

I'd like to think and hope that the approach you describe, which I'm contemplating as well, should give us what is called a "forward looking privacy"

In other words, exchanges where you bought a KYC Bitcoin, will still know when and how much you bought

And they can tell it to the tax authorities for example, to chase you for capital gains tax

Or to the dystopian government that wants to confiscate Bitcoin

However, they cannot, I hope, trace the very utxos anymore

They cannot say "I know this utxo in this address is yours"

So I think it gives a plausible deniability

You can refer to the last transaction they see on a Blockchain, the one you moved sats to lightning or liquid, and say, yes, it was me, I sold this Bitcoin

Or , yes, it was me, I moved to my lightning wallet and then I lost my phone in a boating accident

Well, at least that's my thinking

I'm not sure if I'm correct

And I hope the dystopian scenario will never happen and I hope I will find a jurisdiction with no tax on Bitcoin sale, or find a way to never sell, but borrow against Bitcoin

I want to be legal

Ok, let's see what others think

Oh sh....

I like this meme

And a serious question

When I log in with lightning, what identity am I really using?

Is it a unique id of my, this specific, wallet?

If I recover the wallet, say it's Phoenix, on a different device, is the login with lighting going to still work?

That's right

I'm contemplating the idea of getting a graphene or calyx phone

Or maybe a new phone with Google where I create a fresh Google account and use it for Bitcoin only

Better

Yes

Thank you

I'm actually using cake wallet already (for something else, may use it a bit more now)

Transparent on a Blockchain is the address

Tracking can link the address to me

That's why I'm kind of negatively surprised to see it

Yes

Blue wallet

Phoenix

I checked a few wallets that I use

And, under "trackers", they have "Google firebase analytics"

I don't like that

I mean, I guess it's nice for the app owner to know what I clicked when

But as I think about it, could someone match my usage data with on chain data to identify me?

Or am I paranoid?

Or should we all just accept this tracking?

Because otherwise feels like I'd have to be a total outcast, running everything on my hardware, open source and do a code review

Not going to happen

I don't know enough

And even if I did, I'm unsure the time investment and usability drop is worth it

Difficult decisions on freedom tech and privacy

Difficult

Anyway

Thanks for sharing the link

Found on the Fountain app and added to queue...

Thank you.

Will listen.

I agree

And as a store of value, digital gold, I think Bitcoin clearly wins

As a payment system, like to buy a coffee, and have privacy and speed and minimal cost, I think it is yet to be seen, which solution, or solutions, will turn out to be most adopted

We will see

Eye opening

Thank you

I asked AI what is "conditional acceptance" in taxes...

it said:

In the context of taxes, conditional acceptance can be used to challenge a tax liability or demand. For example, if the IRS sends you a notice that you owe $5,000 in taxes, you can reply with a conditional acceptance that says you will pay the amount if the IRS provides proof that you are liable for the tax and that the amount is correct. This way, you are not rejecting the offer or admitting to the debt, but rather asking for more information or evidence before you agree to pay.

Conditional acceptance can also be used to request an extension or a waiver of penalties for filing or paying taxes late.