This warms my heart. Seriously, if more companies follow the lead it would make this crazy world a little better.

Come attend the 5th annual Global Pizza Party on 5/22 to celebrate #Bitcoin Pizza Day. In Shanghai, we will be hosting it at The Hai from 7-10PM. Free pizza and free bitcoin!

If you wish to help sponsor this 100% free event, please reach out to me - we greatly appreciate any help, and would be happy to give away any swag at this or future OffChain weekly events.

Agree, phoenix is a solid trust minimized choice. I still use Zeus so I can use my node at home, but for embedded trust minimized it’s a great option.

No, just a guy who has downloaded his fair share of Bitcoin and Lightning wallets. I still haven’t found perfection. I tend to use Zeus because I want to use my own node, but then it’s too complicated to recommend to most new people.

I think Bitkit #bitcoin wallet might be the most beautiful UI/UX non-custodial bitcoin and lightning wallet I’ve seen. Well done!

My hobby is finding new dumb shit to waste it on

Yesterday I tried to take out a personal consumption loan in China. Getting 300k RMB cash at 3% is a great deal, especially as the U.S. dollar is weakening. As somewhat expected, I was denied from applying for being a foreigner. My permanent resident “green card” did not help - they won’t offer that type of loan to any foreigner regardless of visa or circumstances. My wife (Chinese) took out the loan instead but, for better or worse, I am a kind of “it is the principle that matters” type of guy. There is no concept of fair lending here, and while that is their choice, I have every right to politely disagree.

I went to the regulator (国家金融监督管理总局上海监管局) and opened a complaint. The security guard was a bit baffled to see a foreigner walking up and asking to open a complaint in person, but I managed to explain the issue in Chinese. To their credit, they were incredibly nice and happy to help open the complaint against the bank (probably looks good on their reports to show they helped a foreigner). The bank called back later that night and, again, explained they don’t offer it to foreigners because of their policy.

Just another interesting day living in China. I know some may consider this type of behavior petty and “not a polite guest.” Perhaps. I’ve been here seven years and know it won’t be forever. It’s not all bad experiences, and in fact many parts are quite good. These monetary systems are always a rigged game, and this type of institutional discrimination or bias is likely inherent to every country in their unique ways.

I keep a few backup battery chargers in a bug out bag just in case. Best of luck!

My rack is full… but I do wish I had a reasonably priced 10G switch

Agree, and there are some like Sygnum and AMINA… but I think “a change is gonna come.”

Which private banks allow bitcoin sales, or are in progress? Still waiting to see more developments from JPM, Citi, Societe Generale, UBS, Deutsche Bank, HSBC

I really appreciate everything you did to get it this far, and all the effort that must have gone into showing a vision of where decentralized coordinators need to go next. It’s truly inspiring.

TradFi is still so early in their cryptocurrency journey. https://youtu.be/61XGfxAgKUc?si=odnSy4CPbaEyYx2U

Health and family. Take care of yourself, and don’t forget those that care about you

Zeus has been fantastic: the embedded wallet is the simplest self custody wallet I have found. However, if you desire all the god-like functionality, using nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpr9mhxue69uhhxetwv35hgtnwdaekvmrpwfjjucm0d5q36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwp6kytnhv4kxcmmjv3jhytnwv46q0mjlwn with nostr:nprofile1qqs22d4tralncqfnh2kmmarjkxk8449hwnk5xtqe3y5yry6hy7ytegqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mf0qyfhwumn8ghj7mmxve3ksctfdch8qatz9u3g3ke4 or nostr:nprofile1qqs8u5uf0rd2p9wmdxxaznpn54tkq8wwspmljy0cjqw6jdgm5kv84dspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6rfva5xc6t8dp6x2u3wvdhk6tcqkd3u4 can allow you to customize anything from self-sovereign to full merchant payment experiences.

I use nostr:nprofile1qqs22d4tralncqfnh2kmmarjkxk8449hwnk5xtqe3y5yry6hy7ytegqpzdmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82c30qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uu7wcns in docker to run my own self-custody lightning node on an Intel NUC 10 i7 in the living room. I also use nostr:nprofile1qqs8u5uf0rd2p9wmdxxaznpn54tkq8wwspmljy0cjqw6jdgm5kv84dspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6rfva5xc6t8dp6x2u3wvdhk6tcqkd3u4 to run my own self-custody lndhub that allows my son and myself to maintain separate balances. He has an old cellphone with nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqtw0ty7 on it to connect and receive his daily allowance if he practices his violin every day. I automatically purchase bitcoin daily on nostr:nprofile1qqsrtv3u6qkj6a09tnhr3l0wy67g9uw3t57ftqyqpvztpk3wmd6306sprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqy28wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mqsher0h and automatically withdraw to a cold wallet at set increments, but occasionally top up the living room hub if necessary. I hope more parents can share what they are doing.

GM That’s a cool artwork

Glad I’m not the only one. Updates are in the GitHub issue: https://github.com/Kukks/BTCPayServerPlugins/issues/89

If nostr:nprofile1qqsz925p2y8wv0lzk9k2u9hqjg0h36d6nzpw9p5w0e366mgg46d4j4qpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhs35nrjm or anyone else needs me to run some tests or gather outputs, I’m happy to help.

For myself it is about learning. Then you can then enjoy using chopsticks anywhere.

Anyone else have high CPU usage when using CoinJoin coordinator in nostr:nprofile1qqs22d4tralncqfnh2kmmarjkxk8449hwnk5xtqe3y5yry6hy7ytegqpp4mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsk0vrfj ? Logs don’t suggest any reason why it’s pegging cores even when idle.

Anyone have a link to how they measured crypto-friendlyness? I don’t view ATMs as success… most of them charge insanely high fees. Retail adoption is great, but how? I can’t find a place to buy a coffee with bitcoin in Hong Kong — where can I go?