My worst mistake wasn't shitcoining. Although I did plenty of that the first couple of years.
It wasn't trying to trade and getting rekt (Although that certainly happened).
It was putting my ENTIRE Bitcoin stack split between Celsius and Blockfi and leaving it there for almost a year for the yield.
I was a complete idiot, and the maxis of BT educated me about what and insane and utterly nonsensical risk that was. I was incredibly lucky to have learned that lesson before the yield platforms imploded or I would have lost everything.
Listen to the maxis, they know what dangers lurk out there.
I'll be totally honest, I assumed it was an elaborate Deez/Ligma joke.
I mostly lurk so hell threads are pretty cool for me, my notifications light up like Christmas 😂
GN frens. Tell the people you care about that you love them.
I'm really sorry to hear that 🫂
I've not yet experienced the death of a parent, but I've lost more than a few close friends over the years. I know it's not really comparable, but the last one I had known for close to 30 years. Still feels fresh when I think about it. He literally saved my life once upon a time.
One of the things I try to keep in mind is that our limited time on this planet is part of what makes our lives so valuable. Having the privilege to witness the last chapters of someone's life and to see the completion of their story is a beautiful thing even though the pain is unbearable.
If you ever need to talk, my dms are open.
Can Nostr even compare with tiled backgrounds of rotating skulls, and the sound of a robot being tortured?
I'll grant you it's in the same ballpark 😂
Now when I make transactions on-chain I feel like I'm zapping the miner who discovered the block.
I'm a simple man.
I want the power to pants CSW whenever I snap my fingers.
Yes, I do.
As long as human incentives remain what they are, its inevitability runs parallel with the resiliency of the modern world.
The thing is, inevitable doesn't mean easy or quick. If this takes the path of greatest pain, it could be decades longer than conservative estimates to get there to a Bitcoin standard.
It could mean a whole lot of dead or incarcerated Bitcoiners during the remainder of the transition.
It made me keenly aware of Proof of Work.
No more wishing for things. Now it's just prioritizing and working toward them.
Sounds really obvious but most of my adult life was spent just drifting along and hoping for the best.
Nostrgram.co already has a "Following+" filter that gives you the feed of the "People you follow and the people they follow". Works perfectly for this. Along with the ability to highlight people you follow and people that follow you with different colours, it works like a charm to be able to find some quality follows that you may have missed.
That's awesome, thanks very much for the info I will check it out!
I'd love to see a feature where you can filter followers by whether you follow back, or by mutual connections.
Basically to make it easier to identify people you want to follow that slipped by.
Hellthreads make my notifications less barren. I'd sign up for that 😂
I prefer this over the sats versus bits debate tbh.
It's going to take me a while to zap that away. Grateful 🙏
And I completely agree. Best thing about it is that it's fully within our control at all times.
Without Twitter, I would never have encountered Bitcoin Maximalists who saved me from getting rekt on yield platforms - specifically Celsius and Blockfi.
I would not have discovered the nutrition, supplement, and fitness rabbit holes
Or been exposed to plebs who have radically altered my perception and approach to reality.
And without Twitter I never would have discovered Nostr.
Everything has a purpose, and Twitter served me well. But I'm thankful I no longer need or want it taking up space in my day.
PV
Do zaps fuck up chainalysis? Or at least make it more difficult?
I want to imagine them coming into work after all of these zaps and weeping with frustration.
Awesome, thanks very much Brisket!
What are these little symbols? I'm using Amethyst.
You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals 🤣
Aaaaaaaaand now it's stuck in my head.
I don't think it's too much to ask.
Deactivated account and uninstalled bird app. Was a fun 2 years.
Bird app is dead. Long love bird protocol!
Legacy finance just blows my mind. I recently was given a window into how payment processing works.
A small galaxy of fees leveraged against the merchant. Some are clear, others are positively Byzantine.
Sliding rates for a variety of circumstances that represent different risk factors. Innumerable ways that the banks routing the payments can decline (and then charge additional fees).
Limits and fine print and a hundred ways that it could go wrong even if the middlemen are happy.
Final settlement taking weeks or longer. Risk of claw backs from unscrupulous users, layers up on layers of dependencies and rent seeking behavior.
I knew a lot of this stuff beforehand, on a vague general sort of way. But actually learning the detailed nuts and bolts of how all of this is structured and seeing all of this parasitism in real terms made me so incredibly thankful that Bitcoin is going to put all of these fuckers out of business, and allow value generating companies thrive.
I haven't logged into Twitter in days. Don't plan on returning. Too much noise there, I don't feel the need.
GN Nostrfarians.
I haven't even opened Twitter in 2 days.
I didn't realize how much doom porn, drama, ads, and clown noise that app exposed me too daily. It's kinda gross.
Never heard of it but that sounds super cool. I'll tinker with it next weekend, thanks!
Is there a safe way to handle private keys on mobile? All I've read so far is that using extensions like alby can handle that, but that doesnt really work for mobile afaik.
I'm certainly hoping so. It's a weird time to be alive. We have the tools now, but millenia of ingrained reliance on states is a hard habit to break.
Ain't that the truth
I have an insta pot. Its worth it for perfectly done hardboiled eggs alone.
One of the best kitchen appliances I've ever spent money on.
Awesome!
I'm in a similar process. I eat better than before, but more work is needed.