Virtue never emanates from hedged actions.

All martyrs take a leap of faith at the risking of losing EVERYTHING.

Nostr is as an IQ test as is Bitcoin. May all who deserve it, understand the wisdom of embracing #nostronly

I second the RTL-SDR. Just about limited to your creativity with antennas. FOSS SDR software on linux.

Absolutely painless for quite a few months ✌️

nostr:nprofile1qqsw9n8heusyq0el9f99tveg7r0rhcu9tznatuekxt764m78ymqu36cpz4mhxue69uhkvun9deejuat50phjummwv5hsz8rhwden5te0wfjkccte9e3xjarrda5kuurpwf4jucm0d5hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9e6hg7r09ehkuef0avzrjf is currently building an a-la carte menu of open-source algos for 2025.

Nothing left to please the masses now Mr Curry, retention will be here and nostr to the moon 🚀

There was a major fault on Gen 2's with upgrading the Thunderbolt Port. It would render the charging port completely useless on an L14. Lenovo was quite good at issuing a full refund, even outside warranty. Once bitten, twice shy about upgrades.

Alby Custodial or AlbyHub?

Remember, remember... the fifth of december 🥳🫡 #100k #zapathon

Superb! Cudos to you for not giving up. Let us know when you succeed 🥳

Preserving our self-custody is the least we can do to honour and deserve Satoshi's gift.

No mate. You do not pay anything. You get "$300 credit" to test out any function you wish on their cloud services for one month, including the Free Tier. Make sure you know what CPU's, RAM and storage are 'Free Tier' before you use them.

It's akin to the old restaurant trick of putting bread in front of you. If you eat it, they reserve the right to charge, even though the majority give it out for free.

Youtube "oracle free tier". No lack of tutorials about how to set up Ubuntu instances and avoiding charges, specially making your own website hosting Hestia and/or Wordpress.

For years I've run my own website and a WebRTC server. For the past few months HAVEN and Albyhub. Again, for no charge.

Running a VPS on a cloud is like using Ecash or Liquid, the service provider can cut you out at any moment. The sovereignty of BTC only can exist on-chain, so that would be akin to running a baremetal server at home. Even then, your internet service can be censored from you, same result.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. There will always be reactive forces conspiring against your will. Never be dissuaded by such forces.

In my case, not owning or living in a house, this is the best compromise for having self-custodial pocket sats.

Negative! I've used them for years and never paid them a cent... EVER! Read the terms and conditions.

Said no one EVER 😝

My compromise to preserve self custody:

Oracle Cloud offers "Free Tier Forever" hosting up to four VPS instances with Ampere CPUs(aarch64), up to 24Gb of Ram in total and 200Gb of storage total.

One of my instances (one cpu + 1Gb RAM + 50Gb) runs both HAVEN (private nostr relay) and Albyhub.

Once set up, it's painlessly forgettable. But running Albyhub on any flavour of Pi or old PC is also painless and the sovereign way.

Exchanging a FIAT system for a BTC one whilst delegating responsibility to third parties, even pocket sats, will continue to result in zeros for everyone.

You mean the shiny-blue runabout? Yes, it looks very practical 🤪

For those who already have an Alby account, it can be a fairly painless experience if running one's own node.

I've played with a Pi Zero 2 at home and also on an ARM(aarch64) VPS. Both were straight forward and simple but some linux knowledge does help.

Tips:

- Pi Zero can only connect to a wifi 2.4GHz.

- If you already have a VPS running something else(like own website), you can add an extra user(albyhub) and run it on port 8029. Then access it on "yourdomain:8029"

"Red at night, sailor's delight"

Peaceful evening comfortably docked in Tauranga NZ.

#sailing

Try white vinegar in a spray bottle, massage just like shampoo prior to rinsing. Do a search on it, the method's been around for ages.

Waiting for winds to fill in, anchored outside Hiddensee #sailing #sunset

Canal bum anchored in Poland #sailing

Despite merely a ghost within the network, one year of Nostr ONLY today.

The sun rises for all. Not all feel its warmth.

#nostronly