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PM, data nerd - by day; naive primitivist, pleb, #bitcoin, ⚡️ lightning enthusiast ⚡️- always

Hands down best fucking name for a bitcoin fund that exists. Who came up with it nostr:nprofile1qqsg2zqd8wkhpnxu6lm5c2dyfa2mhpwte57apjae2ldp6g2mmwf3ypqpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7q2hwaehxw309anxjmr5v4ezumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tmwwp6kyvtnx4uhzdnhv9j8wuncv3jngmrgveen2dn8dcmrg6rh0f6ksmnxvym8ywtddg6rwdnjx4eng6rtw4h85em6w9e8xdn3xaaquwrzjs nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumtpd35kutn0dekqz9rhwden5te0dehhxarjwdshganp9ehx2aqkrad8w ?

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone"

Blaise Pascal

:)

As much as I love stoics the last quote somehow does not resonate with me well, never has. Even if not directly it takes away some sovereignty from individual and implies hopelessness of some sorts, can't explain exactly why but I don't like this whole "life is a theatre" theme

I know for a fact that cold doesn't give a fuck what month it is ;)

I've found "Titans of Nuclear" podcast and "Atom Awakening" book for starters. Do you have any other podcast or book recommendations for especially for non-engineers?

Nuclear energy is my new rabbit hole. Fuck me it's fascinating. "Energy and civilization" by V. Smil pushed me into this. Read it!

This happened today. I love living in rural area. The picture was made with a phone through kids' binoculars. First wild eagle in my life. One big mf. It's impossible to mistake it with anything else. Kids faces - priceless

I got sth for CAPS nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx

https://www.monperrus.net/martin/SIGBOVIK2025.pdf

I'll wait, long time horizon wtf ;)

Replying to Avatar Ben Justman🍷

Wine is fragile and difficult to ship.

Bitcoin is volatile internet money.

Neither seemed like a foundation for a business—

until I found my best customers: Bitcoiners.

🧵 How I took my winery from zero to all-in:

2021

I’d just started selling my wine at farmers markets.

One day, a guy asked, “Do you accept crypto?”

I said, “I’ll take your bitcoin,” and had no idea how I’d actually do that.

He walked away.

But it stuck in my mind.

The first person who ever asked.

I was a Bitcoiner, but didn’t think that had anything to do with wine.

Bitcoiners were 0% of my sales.

2022

I joined Twitter. Went to my first Bitcoin conference.

And the people in it? They were my people.

Honest. Curious. Genuine. Driven.

A few folks started asking if they could buy wine with bitcoin.

I said yes—not because I saw a business opportunity.

I just wanted more bitcoin.

I added a little Bitcoin logo to my wine bottles.

Put up a “Bitcoin Accepted Here” sign at the farmers market.

But that was mostly for my own obsession.

I mostly had old men come up and warn me about bitcoin’s volatility.

But sometimes, real ones would trickle through.

One woman saw the sign and said:

“You accept Bitcoin?? I HAVE TO GO GET MY HUSBAND.”

I could tell she was married to someone who couldn’t stop talking about bitcoin, like me.

Sure enough, I now consider him a friend.

Bitcoin sales still felt more like a fun side quest than a real channel.

Bitcoiners were ~10% of my sales.

2023

This is when I felt the shift.

Early in the year, bitcoin sales started covering my living expenses.

By the holidays, the momentum was undeniable.

Still not everything—but enough to make me pay attention.

Bitcoiners weren’t just buyers.

They were thoughtful. Loyal. Fun to talk to.

It didn’t feel like marketing—it felt like alignment.

Bitcoiners were ~50% of my sales.

2024

Things got wild.

I released Satoshi’s Reserve, a wine I’d quietly been setting aside since 2021.

The auction blew past anything I’d seen before.

In dollar terms, it beat the entire prior year of online sales.

Then I dropped HIGHER, my second bitcoin-focused wine.

Another record. Same story:

Enthusiasm. Loyalty. People telling other people to support me.

Meanwhile, I was still at farmers markets.

Twelve-hour days every weekend.

Pitching the same story to strangers who’d never come back.

Bitcoiners were showing up, rebuying, and selling for me.

That made the decision easy.

Bitcoiners were ~75% of my sales.

2025

No more farmers markets.

No more trying to reach “everyone.”

I’m all in on Bitcoiners now.

I’ll probably make less money this year.

But I’ll be fired up by everything I do.

And I’ll have complete alignment between my job and my mission.

Selling wine for bitcoin isn’t just good business.

It feels like doing my part to make the world better.

And the fact that I get to do that with wine from my family vineyard?

That’s about as soul-filling as it gets.

Bitcoiners didn’t just become my best customers.

They joined my mission.

Bitcoiners have high expectations, are discerning and HATE deception, but if you have that, then they are dying to become your best customers.

Plant a Flag.

Bitcoin Preferred.

PeonyLaneWine.com 🍷

Do you ship outside US? EU here

Medditerranean diet it is. Tried carnivore for a bit. Not for me and my body

This is what always strikes me in Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. He was the king of the world we can say but his problems regarding love, faith, life, time are so universal that it's unimaginable almost

I did it. It was time :)

100k question!

Do I change my lasor eyes now?

Proof of Work

3 months and 1000 minutes of exercise. It's not much but it's an honest work. All the things that they tell you about workouts being good for you... that's true.

I was always more an intelectual type, now I want to be a worriormonkk ;)

The bet with myself was that if I can do 1000 minutes without any equipment I will get some, but it occurs you don't need equipment at all :) You can heavy lift anything that is heavy, surprise, surprise!

Onwards!

I applied for the job of CLN & Greenlight Technical Project Manager at nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n. It would be awesome to be in bitcoin company. Keep your fingers crossed. A full circle as my first LN purchase was the famous "I got lightning working but all I got was this sticker" bought with Bitcoin Lightning Wallet in 2019. I also applied for another role there two years ago, went through 5 intrviews but didn't land the job. Maybe this time. LFG!