What utxo size would you recommend for those consolidating now that we are getting a fee break?
Did some utxo consolidations and migrated some utxos from ledger to coldcard this weekend and I’m curious about what others see as a good utxo size.
Thanks. I understood that part. My question was about the privacy lost by Mullvad users if they run their customer support email with ProtonMail instead of using in-house servers.
😂 🤪
A few days back, I shared my thoughts about deleting notes and there were some good responses both supporting and rejecting my thesis so I decided to expand a bit more into it with my weekly newsletter.
Enjoy!
https://habla.news/u/alejandro@bitcoinforfamilies.com/the-fear-of-not-being-able-to-delete-notes
If going the word route, why not 12? 24 is too long and 12 is secure enough for practical purposes.
Mullvad changed...
For those of you who don’t know, we’re waging a war against involuntary Big Tech. Thanks to you sharing our article criticizing Mullvad’s use of Gmail, they just started self-hosting emails:
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/we-now-self-host-our-support-email
Huge win for freedom, because it shows that it’s possible to get someone to give a shit. But unfortunately, there’s still a lot of work to be done. The overwhelming majority of privacy/political freedom/crypto sites all use it and do not give one diddly squat.
However, despite the odds against us, I believe change is possible. And here is the plan. We need another 2 or 3 wins to give this idea some momentum. Then I will do serious outreach, and convince “privacy” sites to reduce big tech hopefully without it coming to public shame. And I start with THE most egregious abuse case AnonShop. Anonshop.app offers supposedly “anonymous” Amazon packages for Monero, to hide your info...
But where does Anonshop.app host this? On Amazon’s AWS! They charge 20% above cost, to have packages forwarded to people’s homes, to hide their address from Amazon, only to have them submit their address in a text box literally on Amazon’s servers?! You’re going to say “oh but there’s a PGP key”. Yeah a public key that this CIA contractor can swap! You don’t think they see what you’re doing as money laundering?
If you’re a Bitcoin Maxi, I call upon you to talk shit. The crusade I fight has the potential to spread across all privacy sites. Purse.io WAS the Bitcoin version of AnonShop, but they got bought out and ended. Let’s get these types of shops back up with public support, but open in the right way.
If you’re a Monero head, now is your chance to get better service. If AnonShop will change to a privacy-respecting host, one that keeps the crypto economy circular… Then I pledge to give them free advertising on my nostr and session feeds. Give them the Session name “AnonShop” to use. Write an article about their service, and most importantly recommend them when people ask.
But my words will fall on deaf ears without you. For if I am ignored, it’s your freedom that’s ignored.
But if you embrace this and share it, we can someday make invasive spyware an option and not a requirement. And most importantly, a circular economy. A world where you don’t even need sites like AnonShop or Purse, because the vendors accept it direct. Mullvad just showed us change is possible, and two is trend.
I’m an optimist. Are you?
Thanks for posting this.
Out of curiosity, what are the advantages of Mullvad self-hosting vs using ProtonMail?
I understand that you’re still outsourcing but if we consider ProtonMail as a private email service provider for individuals, is it ok for businesses to use it as well?
It might be easier to get businesses to switch providers than building and managing in-house.
I predict a spike in boating accidents.
Peer-to-peer Bitcoin markets like Robosats are the solution.
Government hard at work destroying businesses:
Thanks to new fees imposed by a Seattle ordinance designed to entitle gig workers to minimum pay, drivers are now earning 50% less compared with the same week last year.

True Bitcoiners hate seeing a price pump.
That would be awesome. I recently switched to Mullvad and would love to try Satcom
Absolutely agree. People change. I have changed a lot since I went down the Bitcoin rabbit hole.
What you say / write at any given time is based on who you are and how you perceive the world at that time. No more. No less.
Deleting stuff is an act of cowardice. It's easier to delete than to say "I was wrong. I have changed and this is my new take on XYZ".
Holding people hostage for what they wrote 10 - 15 years ago is at the very least childish and more often than not evil, based on certain agenda and an ill will.
Those are good points.
If you accidentally disclose something you didn't mean to, there is no undoing. I still think that the benefits out weight the risks.
Indeed 😀 That's why it stuck with me and that's why I use it with my kids
I don't understand the fear of not being able to delete notes.
The Internet is just amplifying the reach of your speech. You can't delete what is posted just like you can't unspeak what you have spoken.
Yes, now there is a permanent record of what you say and everyone can see it. It is the price, and the beauty, of having the Internet megaphone.
So use it wisely. Think twice before you post.
The inability to delete has the potential to make the Internet a better place. To get rid of all the bullshit that goes around elsewhere in centralized apps.
Also, in the early years of the Internet I was told that sharing something on the Internet was like peeing in the swimming pool: once it's out, you can't take it back. I drill this into my kids EVERY day.
Looks good!
Suddenly all the Wall Street pundits are Bitcoin experts 🤡 nostr:note1ht4v9xphreutas34542shqmggev6px0x0cm43lczsnd40dwnrhnsa65je3
I thought Disney had learned their lesson after their statements with their 2023 annual report.
I guess they didn’t.


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