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Ho Lee Fook.

I don’t use Alby a great deal.

So I was quite surprised to see that I was approaching my “account limits”.

I opened up the wallet and realise that some very generous Bitcoiners had sent me donations earlier on in the year.

Thank you so much!! 💜

The money will be used immediately to pay an Editor I work with to create more shareable bitcoin content 😃 ⚡️

Maybe try post authentic and genuine content. Rather than just steal other people’s content for a living and repost it.

Nostr has more of community vibe atm. You have to take part in discussions or people are just think you are a bot and not a human run account.

Hey plebs - where is everybody?

I thought Threads was a ghost town but at least I get 40-80 likes when I post over there and I only have 7k followers over there.

Many people asked me to post over here but it just doesn’t look like anybody is engaged here.

Pleb 1: "I can't afford tx fees for my low-value gradual stacking & day to day transactions. Should I leave it on the exchange, use a custodial lightning wallet, cashu, or use liquid?"

Pleb 2: "None of those."

Pleb 1: "Ok cool, what should I do then?"

Pleb 2:

I'll be stoked when there are superior options, but for the time being, this is what we have. Choose the tradeoffs that work for you, aim to get on-chain when economically feasible. If someone gives you a hard time, ask them if they have a better solution that currently exists.

I 💜 Ubuntu

Capital One just restricted my checking account and I’ve tried every customer support number and online chat I can find and they all tell me they’re closed on Sundays. At the same time I got an email from Lolli that my Capital One card had been unlinked, so I assume it’s related 🤷‍♂️ It’s not my primary bank and I mostly use it for bitcoin stuff, so all signs point to issues with that. I can’t access those funds until after I have a chance to contact them tomorrow when they open. Fuck fiat. 😂

Wrist check. A Vostok kinda day

#watchstr

I am now a freelance bitcoin journalist, content creator and MC.

I stepped back from Cointelegraph as an employee on Monday.

Feels really really good.

I’ll earn less but it’s hopefully worth it.

I will still share content on their platform at times as I believe it’s worthwhile getting bitcoin only content on the largest crypto000 platform.

However, all documentaries, longer videos and educational/how to content will be published on my channels including Youtube.

Naturally I will be reaching out to sponsors. They must be bitcoin-first companies as well as products or services that I use on a day to day basis.

I’m also going to try to crack TikTok. I want to reach more normies in 2024.

Thank you for your support, Nostr frens.

You’ve been an important space for me to vent my frustration over the past year.

Ultimately, Nostr has helped me arrive at this decision.

Cheers to you all 💜