I normally keep my Uber rides under 45 mins. But for a few reasons I ended up just getting a two-hour Uber from an airport the other day.

The driver was nice but was like, “damn lol I hope Uber pays me well for this”. The issue with long rides is that the Uber driver is far away after the ride in a new territory and has to try to earn rides back to their normal location. He asked if he could at least stop for coffee or something and I said of course.

So we go for a while and eventually pull over over at a convenience store and he goes to get some coffee and a snack. I go out and get a coffee too and then I pick up his tab and pay for both of us. Uber ended up calling both of us for a health check because the car was stopped.

Buying him a coffee opened him up a bit so we talked for a while. He asked where I was coming from and I said Egypt, and he said he was from Ghana. While chatting and me explaining why I am coming from Egypt, he made a great point that in many places outside of the US, family is a big deal whereas in the US, it is much diminished. And as a result, it’s very important to build connections with neighbors and coworkers in place of that. Even just tell people “good morning” if you usually see them on the way to work so that people know who you are. He came to the US alone four years ago so that is something he describes having learned and a strategy he is using.

Anyway as we pulled up to my destination I gave him an unusually big tip to compensate any inconvenience or unpaid time he might have getting back. A few mins later my doorbell rang and he had come up to say was super thankful for the big tip. The Uber algorithm had kind of screwed him over and the trip price (and thus his share) was low for the hassle, and he felt screwed over by Uber, but then he saw my tip which instantly fixed it.

I should have checked to see if he had a lightning wallet or tried to convince him to download one if not, because then I could have done one of those social media “okay everybody tip this guy” posts. :/

what’s something (nuanced) about your family you didn’t realize until you were older?

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DIY MULTISIGNATURE WALLETS FOR SELF CUSTODY

There's been a bit of chatter around DIY multisignature wallets using hardware wallets from different vendors. As you dip your toes into it, here are some questions you might want to ask yourself.👇

1. What do I need to back up? What exactly am I backing up here?

2. What do I do if I lose one of the hardware devices?

3. What do I do if one hardware device is compromised?

4. What do I do if a hardware device updates to a new firmware that is no longer compatible with the multisignature software tool I'm using?

5. What do I do if the multisignature software tool I'm using is no longer compatible with a hardware device I'm using?

6. How often do I check my hardware devices to see if they're still functioning?

7. How often do I update the firmware to my hardware devices? Will this break anything? Have I tested post firmware update?

8. Where do I physically store my hardware devices?

9. Where do I store the seeds to the hardware devices?

10. Have I tested recovering my multisignature wallet?

11. Have I tested recovering my multisignature wallet in an alternative software to the multisignature tool I'm currently using? Do I get the same result?

12. Have I tested creating and signing a transaction from my multisignature wallet using all possible combinations?

13. If I need to restore my multisignature wallet, does the order of the devices matter in the software tool I'm using? Have I tested this?

14. Device specific considerations - Would you be comfortable with keeping (for eg) a Trezor One in a location that others have access to?

15. Have I thought about this setup from an inheritance perspective in the event something unforeseen were to happen to me?

Side note: some examples of multisignature wallet software tools include electrum, caravan, specter, sparrow and lily.

Whilst multisignature wallets add considerable security to your Bitcoin, DIY options right now present opportunities to shoot yourself in the foot if you're not careful. Some of the questions are deeply personal.

It takes time and effort to understand the complexities involved.

Freedom doesn't come for free.

brag about something you're proud of below👇

I just suffered this and now you have to

good morning nostr, momentum is building, nostr will become the standard gradually then suddenly 🫡

Censorship doesn't work,

It just makes people angry.

And given how much debt and instability are in the system, the fiat gates are down.

This isn't Marcus Aurelius we're dealing with as an opponent. It's Commodus.

A sitting US President was banned from twitter.

Russian media remains suppressed on twitter.

I wonder how long it will take for nation states to start broadcasting their public messages via nostr. Who will be the first head of state to do so?

Just popping in the replies to say I can't zap you ⚡️

I only use nostr on desktop.

Stopped using twitter.

Haven't used other social media in decade.

Not having distractions on mobile does wonders for focus. May continue this trend.