I'd probably need a discount to pay in BTC to be honest since I'll have a taxable event to deal with.

Both numbers are ticking back up just as they're getting ready to lower rates and the bankers all likely go hog wild again. I'm sure it's nothing to be concerned about, right?

This chart shows the number and total assets of banks on the FDIC’s “Problem Bank List.” Banks on this list have a CAMELS composite rating of “4” or “5” due to financial, operational, or managerial weaknesses, or a combination of such issues. The number of banks on the list increased from 63 in first quarter 2024 to 66 in second quarter 2024. The number of problem banks represent 1.5 percent of total banks, which is within the normal range for non-crisis periods of 1 to 2 percent of all banks. Total assets held by problem banks increased $1.3 billion to $83.4 billion. One bank failed during the second quarter.

https://www.fdic.gov/news/speeches/2024/remarks-fdic-chairman-martin-gruenberg-second-quarter-2024-quarterly-banking

#bitcoin #banking #tradfi #finance

I think it does a good job hitting the usual talking points they find important. Each chapter after the base is hits one like energy usage and environment, banking system, poor and marginalized people, inflation and wealth inequality, war and peace, etc.

Not much to think about.

There are over 500+ undersea cables and more coming online every month. The Internet (and networks in general) are designed for resiliency and redundancy. Unless Russia could cut every last one, it's simply a fool's errand. Further, the cutting of cables would have significant economic impact to themselves as well as many of their allies.

Lets just say if they embarked on this suicide mission, they would get rolled by the time they cut the first one. Again. Fool's Errand.

This sort of thing is floated by folks that simply don't have the technical knowledge to realize how beetleheaded it really is.

I use "The Little Bitcoin Book" or "Magic Internet Money" myself. If I know the person is a liberal, I'll recommend "The Progressive's Case for Bitcoin" as it usually hits all of their key opposition points. All three can be quickly read and are easily digestible to a non-technical person, which is a biggie in my book.

If they come back to me after that, then I'll give them the next level reads.

If you're still in town on the 25th, you could join us at our weekly Vegas Bitcoiners Happy Hour. It's very informal.

https://www.meetup.com/vegasbitcoiners/events/303270790

Our local meetup is co-opting the Nerd open event with our weekly meetup.

https://www.meetup.com/vegasbitcoiners/events/303246013

Been saying this for awhile now to anyone who would listen. It doesn't help that some clients auto load all of those folks as follows for freshers. It becomes a reinforced feedback loop.

I make it a point to go through several hashtags that I'm interested in and try to find people with small followings and comment on their content on a daily basis.

One caveat here, it looks like this miner took the cheap route with regards to any sound dampening. Found some social media posts from residents complaining about the noise.

It's on these miners to be good stewards of the local communities they are operating in. Had they done that, it may have gone differently.

Didn’t happen to look like this guy did it?

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When pro wrestling creates a great #Bitcoin meme template.

Backstory: Hangman Adam Page burns down the childhood home of his bitter rival Swerve Strickland while enjoying some whiskey.

Something that I'd assume could be easily done that would go a long way on this front: Show the person WoT score up there in the corner next to their PFP.

I know most clients have a main box and then a requests or something similar. Maybe an additional folder along with a WoT threshold setting so any DMs that are below said threshold are moved over there automagically?

For example, this dude is obviously an impasta and is showing a -6 WoT score here in Coracle. Filter that sumbitch!

#asknostr #grownostr #nostr

You can't disrupt global money without being political. You can either work to educate the ignorant, ignore it and let someone else do proof of work, or complain about it.

They're good books but I find them terrible suggestions for complete newbs. I don't recommend those until they're already in the boat.

Curious what made you opt for that name versus self titling?

Welcome aboard! Look forward to seeing more of your posts.

Always.

I'm a local and pretty stoked about having it in our backyard.

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