Sadly itโs sold! But here are some pics for the bill of materials. It was a fun weekend project. The T-beam are still for sale if you know anyone in China
My #Bitcoin Lightning NFC coins are ready to go for Bitcoin Seoul 2025. Tap to stack some sats!
Inspired by nostr:nprofile1qqs8u5uf0rd2p9wmdxxaznpn54tkq8wwspmljy0cjqw6jdgm5kv84dspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6rfva5xc6t8dp6x2u3wvdhk6tcqkd3u4 for their amazing plugins and nostr:nprofile1qqsfrjd9ux5hgsg5cmlz6cdwfh5zv2024g8m2t6g9zqf83l8uqm0svsprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hs9nqkpf who handed out bolt cards at Bitcoin Asia. Thanks to Bitcoin Association of HK for the free conference ticket - paying it forward to anyone cool I meet at the event.
Hereโs another quick #China update. There was a sudden surge in gold buying here in Shanghai over the weekend. You can see here in the attached video.
The catalyst was a round of household vouchers issued by the local government.
Basically, a series of different vouchers were made available including Rmb150 on a Rmb500 purchase all the way up to Rmb1,000 for a Rmb10,000 purchase. In the very savvy Chinese fashion, rather than use the vouchers for the intended purpose, to incentivize consumer discretionary spending like washing machine or clothing or some other more typical consumer item, the vouchers were used to buy gold.
No prohibitions were made on how the vouchers were to be used. The gold shops even got with the program promoting the opportunity. Most point-of-sales were between 1 and 5 grams.
https://video.nostr.build/bd808bc1b5f2002cbdd5178d978a4b3b10f8bda2cfb57d053b88b4480888e011.mp4
Interesting. Can foreigners participate? :)
Selling all my China Lora #meshtastic gear. My solar node T114 shipped out this morning, and Lilygo Echo this afternoon. I still have another T114 and two T-Echo supreme available, each with external 6db antennas.
The Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR) is generally a yawner and non-starter for most normie discussions... even the financially-minded.
But coming changes are about to rock the over-regulated status quo of major banks, which will facilitate the unleashing of nearly unlimited government borrowing and spending.
And #bitcoin, as the Great Absorber of Liquidity, is poised to surge even higher over the ensuing years because of these important changes.
Another great article and must-read by my friend and colleague nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgq2hwaehxw309anxjmr5v4ezumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tmwwp6kyvtnx4uhzdnhv9j8wuncv3jngmrgveen2dn8dcmrg6rh0f6ksmnxvym8ywtddg6rwdnjx4eng6rtw4h85em6w9e8xdn3xaaqqgxy3dwva4dd5axmq7xldvq055luzyuawwlsa5tduvja2g3qyywm65eft0d8
Thanks for sharing, that was an awesome read
I use Bitcoin for the network and bitcoin for the asset.
While EV charging is, of course, an option here in #China you can also just go and have your entire battery changed out on roughly 6 minutes.
https://blossom.primal.net/5690db9a298ce989ab76d27ad56b35adc5867ea01c4927a2b1e1a552830f97ea.mov
This is clearly the right way. I think many countries will move in this direction. It also allows battery technology to be upgraded much more quickly
Quick and dirty prototype of the ntag215 NFC Bitcoin Lightning coins. When you tap one against your phone, you can stack a few sats thanks to the genius at nostr:nprofile1qqs8u5uf0rd2p9wmdxxaznpn54tkq8wwspmljy0cjqw6jdgm5kv84dspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6rfva5xc6t8dp6x2u3wvdhk6tcqkd3u4 withdrawal plugin.
Iโm going to get some nicer vinyl stickers and make a hundred of these to hand out at Bitcoin Seoul for fun.
Just taught my son (7 years old) how to do a Caesar cipher and now he wants to do lattice learning with errors to protect our bitcoin. Good thing itโs time for bedโฆ
I am looking to meet companies, regulators or organizations focused on #Bitcoin and hiring in UAE, specifically Abu Dhabi. I appreciate any introductions or help. Putting this message in a bottle on nostr and will see where it lands. Thanks!
Looking forward to my first trip to Seoul. Will attend #Bitcoin Seoul 2025 from June 4-6.
Iโm a fan of this open source resume builder https://rxresu.me/
A great party last night for Shanghai Bitcoin Pizza Day!
Thank you to OffChain, PA News, Delta Labs, PizzaDAO, Base, World Champions Pizza, and Divvi for helping us pull it off.
https://blossom.primal.net/968c973b3196bbf39a4ee12e1d2ad30d7546ce6663e66f852c2f3c79a20e66ad.mov
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We had over 150 people show up for the Shanghai pizza day. Happy #bitcoin ATH, and keep meeting more awesome people
Happy #bitcoin ATH pizza day
See you tonight in Shanghai, or check out https://globalpizza.party/ for a party in a city near you, or just eat pizza with your good friends. Iโll be giving out free Bitcoin sats and showing people nostr tonight.
A step in the right direction. Bitcoin is inevitable, but stablecoins are directionally correct.
Meanwhile on the rest of the internet https://video.nostr.build/60dd33f2265638b73ec26d86f979817fd1f2bbf82deb7db2ab0987cd1d5a969c.mp4
Time to go outside and touch grass
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Excited to have electrumx working with nostr:nprofile1qqs22d4tralncqfnh2kmmarjkxk8449hwnk5xtqe3y5yry6hy7ytegqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7drzevy docker and Sparrow.
Part of me wonders if I should just switch to an umbrel setup (I finally got it working in Synology!), but I really enjoy getting under the hood and seeing exactly how all of these services work. I also saw that Umbrel doesnโt support BTCPayServer with lightning core (only LND) so that would mean I have to start all my channels over again.