Hey you!

Yes you!

As things collapse, gaps remain.

Those gaps are the opportunities of a lifetime.

How much have you spent acquiring and maintaining your #bitcoin #node hardware and software so far?

I mean cost of the hardware, cost of the software if any.

I'll go first.

In my case I've a makeshift node and between acquiring the drives, the laptop, replacing hard drives as they break, SD cards and failures as i learned until I got it working well enough, I've "invested/spent" about 700 USD so far.

#plebchain #asknostr

Ex-girlfriend sends a letter of remorse... (read all or scroll to the bottom)

Dear [redacted],

I hope this letter finds you well, even if it’s unexpected. I’ve hesitated to reach out for a long time, but after years of reflection, I feel I owe you a sincere apology—one that’s long overdue.

It’s been four years since our paths diverged, and not a day goes by without me thinking about the way I hurt you. I know that my actions caused you pain and shattered the trust you had in me. I spent your money recklessly, lived off your generosity, and, worst of all, betrayed you by stealing from you. At the time, I didn’t fully comprehend the gravity of what I was doing. I was lost in a selfish haze, blinded by my own desires, and took you and everything you offered for granted.

Looking back now, I realize how deeply I wronged you. You gave me everything—your love, your trust, your support—and I repaid you with dishonesty and deceit. I was immature, foolish, and greedy. But what haunts me the most is that I took advantage of the love you had for me and used it to excuse my behavior. I can’t imagine how hurt and betrayed you must have felt, and for that, I am profoundly sorry.

These past years have been a journey of self-discovery for me. I’ve had to confront the person I was and come to terms with my mistakes. It hasn’t been easy, but it’s been necessary. I’ve worked hard to change, to become someone who is worthy of trust and love. I’m not the same person I was back then. I’ve grown, I’ve learned, and I’ve made amends where I could. But the one thing I’ve been unable to make amends for is what I did to you.

I’m writing to you now because I need you to know that I am truly sorry for everything I did. I wish I could go back and undo the past, but all I can do now is ask for your forgiveness. I understand that it may be too late, and I wouldn’t blame you if you choose to leave the past where it belongs. But if there’s even a small part of you that could imagine giving me a second chance, I would be eternally grateful. Not necessarily as partners, but as people who once meant something to each other and might again in a different way.

If you can find it in your heart to give me that chance, I promise you that I will never take it for granted. I want to show you the person I’ve become, someone who has learned the value of honesty, trust, and true love.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I understand if you need time to process, or if you choose not to respond at all. I just needed to express what’s been on my heart for so long.

P.S. I was thrilled to see that Bitcoin has crossed the $50,000 mark! I remember how passionate you were about it. I’m genuinely happy for you and hope it’s bringing you the success you deserve.

With deepest apologies and hope,

[redacted]

I still get excited when groceries arrive and when I tore the paper bag open I found… a single stick of celery that I did not order.

Celery is the vegetable that all the other vegetables don’t want to invite round for dinner. It brings nothing to the table. Watery bastard.

Celery and I have had a very distant relationship over the years. I know it’s part of the parsley family and parsley has such wonderful taste and brilliant presentation, but celery is the one vegetable that I have no interest in.

The universe has a rather good sense of humour - if you let it.

My rock collection

We need a Gandalf prequel where he is just a middle aged man starting to age, where he is known as Gandalf the Salt and Peppery, and the entire book is about smoking his pipe and lighting off fireworks.

MORE CLIENTS SHOULD SUPPORT DISPOSABLE NPUBS. AMETHYST IS LEADING THE WAY HERE. WOULD BE THE SINGLE BIGGEST PRIVACY WIN FOR ONLINE SPEECH ACROSS THE BOARD.

NORMALIZE SINGLE USE DISPOSABLE IDENTITIES. AS THE REST OF THE INTERNET MOVES TOWARD LINKING EVERY ACTION TO LEGAL IDENTITIES, NOSTR REPRESENTS A BRIGHTER PATH.

Anyone know what to pack to India/Sri Lanka for this time of the year? #travel #asknostr

do you know any bitcoiners in the physical world?

We are built different. #Bitcoin

Nostr's usage and growth among active users of the protocol continues to grow, however overall active users are still fairly low. Clearly our core community loves Nostr and understands it's importance. We are all bullish. That said, we need a breakout moment or event if we want to continue to #grownostr outside of the Bitcoin community.

We can to recruit streamers to try zap.stream to see it's potential to get paid for their content.

We can recruit bloggers to use habla.news and highlighter.com to have their voices heard without censorship.

I still feel we need a good Instagram and TikTok alternative to recruit from those audiences.

I was born in the UK - in London, in Guys Hospital in 1995 - which is weird cos I’m closer to St.Thomas’ 🤔

This is my home. If you send me away on a boat, I’d end up back here… or not, cos I don’t know how to sail 😭

I am not of Anglo Saxon decent - that I know of (Sri Lanka was colonised by the Portuguese, Dutch and British at various points in history).

Some might not consider me English, which is totally cool, I don’t think I’m English either cos my ethnicity is Sinhalese with a little kiwi (curtesy of mystery grandad/mum).

I am, however, British. That is my nationality.

Right now, this is my home, and has been my whole life. I love it. It will always be a part of me.

I especially love that I grew up in London, cos this stuff doesn’t matter unless you’re filling in a form. It’s not something I sit around and think about, I just know it in my heart. I love that my mum isn’t English cos I get to hear about how different her childhood was. If it wasn’t for that, I probably wouldn’t know how amazing outdoor showers are. I was so stubborn to try it when I visited Sri Lanka last. Now, I crave it. I love having had friends from England, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Jamaica, Nigeria, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iraq, Trinidad and Tobago, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Ethiopia, China, Italy, Switzerland, America, France, turkey, Germany, Sri Lanka, India, South Korea, Japan, Dominican Republic etc.

I wouldn’t be who I am today if I didn’t grow up with so much love and culture around me. Granted I might be a little ridiculous sometimes, but I like who I am cos I know I have pure intentions and I try my best to understand people. I don’t always understand people - like right now with the rioters - but I am trying. I don’t care where you’re from, if I love you, you’re my family. Which means I have sisters of Afghan, Eritrean, Spanish and Portuguese ethnicity - and brothers who are of Indian, Italian, Nigerian, English and Sinhalese ethnicity. And we’re all British. I have always believed that family is where you find it. Same with home.

I can’t ignore that we do have our problems as a country, as a kingdom. Even so, how does responding in violence solve anything? I grew up around violence, and I never saw any good come of it. Just more violence. I take it as a life lesson - though I don’t know that I needed that much of a lesson 😅. I made a deal with the universe though - I’ll get my ass organised and in return I would like a mostly peaceful life with quite a bit of adventure and lots of love - that is actually a lot to ask I realise but I’m still hopeful. I just think there are no real winners in war. I understand self defence, but if you’re angry and looking for a fight cos nobody is listening, I’d recommend you buy a punching bag (pillows work for me), meditate, find your zen and work smarter to use your words with the people who deserve it. The world now thinks that we’re animals - no, not animals. Animals behave better than us. That we’re angry idiots. I’m sad, cos I know that that’s not who we are.

Im okay if people are protesting peacefully that they are unhappy with immigration. That they don’t think people like my mum should be here or that the children of immigrants should be here (🙋🏽‍♀️). It’s hurtful. I cried when I saw some of the things being said, and I don’t agree at all with what they’re saying about any immigrant, but I do think they have a right to say it if that’s what they believe. I agree with them that Police shouldn’t be arresting people just for that. I also understand and agree that the government aren’t doing their jobs properly. This is where my agreement ends. People will think I’m mad, but I’d rather have freedom of speech and disagree with people (peacefully) than not be allowed to voice an opinion and be arrested for comments online - which is what’s happening, and will likely be happening more, thanks to the rioters who have given government and the police an excuse to come down harder…

The media tell half truths (of course), people aren’t acting rational, the police aren’t letting people speak their truth and the people are responding with violence - though I don’t think that’s any excuse. I still don’t know what’s real. Are rioters really on their way to London to smash cars and burn stuff? Or is the media talking about a peaceful protest with a few dangerous racist plonkers? I don’t know. I know the media can lie and twist things, but there wouldn’t be anything to twist if the people weren’t committing violent acts. I do know that.

I really want to give the protesters the benefit of the doubt, even if I disagree with them. Freedom of speech is important, always. But I just see non-stop rioting/looting and burning now, and I will never agree with that. It’s inhumane.

Anyway, this was my rant. Hope I didn’t bum anyone out. Just needed to vent.

Damn I should have

I’m bored out of my fucking mind recovering.

Anyone wanna shill me their favorite content? I’m not looking for educational shit, just pure entertainment.

333 everywhere lately

Can’t hit “sell” if you can’t access your brokerage account.

Just tried out silent.link an it's amazing. We're going on vacation, passing through, and staying in, multiple non-EU countries and I'm always connected to the #nostr. Also the esim setup was extremely easy with my Pixel. Truly feels like we're living in the future. Listening to #Bitcoin -ers fucking pays.

It’s sometimes lonely to be one of the few non-bitcoiners on Nostr, but I like it for some unknown to me reasons 🐶🐾🤣🤣🤣

Any recommendations on how to start accepting #Bitcoin for a new Brand? Also any recommendations on what web hosting to use and if there isn’t one is anyone willing to build one with us?

America just took a massive step forward. El Salvador are already toxic maxis. Are we gonna stay commies or is some UK / EU country going to step up.

David Bailey giving a whole coin to President Trump.

0.1 would help me greatly, nevermind a wholecoin

If big bag hodlers want to help the community, please choose to help the plebs, not billionaires

Am I wrong? 🤔

This bothers me more than I know it should, but It does, it bothers me.

#Bitcoin

i would say as long as bitcoin is a transparent ledger, of course KYC and AML will turn it into a surveilance monster.

As tainted coins are a reality, we will have to AML each other as nobody wants to receive tainted coins which will cause problems for the receiver in the future.

BTC is doomed if nothing changes.

Is Southgate watching how a favourite should behave? ⚽ #EURO2024 🇩🇪