Slightly disappointed that Scardust didn’t make the cut here but pleased that Igorrr came top. Well worth checking out if you like a bit of prog metal, especially if you’re into destroying pianos.

https://youtu.be/x775SimuEd4?si=hij-d6tTB-0NEWIc

Fair enough. Mine doesn’t draw much either.

No, the way to be is to do.

But how much power does the router draw? It gets quite warm.

But only one at a time.

Be grateful you can speak your mind at all. Some of us have to be much more careful and still sometimes get into trouble.

The mention of “hijacked” made me initially think BSV but that is kind of similar to how some Knots supporters have been describing Core recently. On balance, I’m more disappointed with Knots rhetoric but only because BSV supporters are so retarded they can never disappoint.

Hard to tell but I’ll go with Knots.

Black metal rules. Here are five albums from this year that are well worth a listen. https://youtu.be/fU42_qXS58g?si=H1gBDwSV0_vYAsMm

You won’t regret it.

Everything by Iain M Banks, in particular The Player of Games.

A little sad, but not very surprised, to report that Saifedean Ammous appears to have lost his marbles. I got as far as p142 of this, but it’s so stupid I don’t think I can go any further. This is probably one of the more idiotic bits, although I guess it’s supposed to be funny somehow. Also, the whole thing about Bleriot and his flying gold transportation company, named BTC (ho ho) is really really dumb. Alternative histories are sometimes fun but for them to work they really need to be believable. This is not, and just reads like the deranged fantasies of someone who has lost his grip on reality. Stick to the economics and antisemitism Saif, at least you’re passably good at that.

I've finally finished it. In my view this is an improvement over Avi’s first book 24 (which was itself great) and is a more exciting and racy read. It kind of reads like a cross between a detective story (first half) and a James Bond thriller (second half), with a bit of Douglas Adams (improbable coincidences seem to happen a lot) and Salman Rushdie (plenty of magical realism) thrown in. It follows Oliver Battolo in his ongoing quest (it's basically his hero's story) to find what happened to his father, who we found in the first book was missing, presumed dead, following a boating accident (ho ho, Bitcoin joke there). Oliver continues to investigate the mystery around the strange paintings we first encountered in 24 and gets himself into all kinds of scrapes, learning about himself and growing up along the way. He's not the only one looking to solve the mystery though, and has to find out the secret in the paintings before others do, including his arch enemy Nick, the frustrated and vindictive shitcoiner (I wonder which person in real life he is based on).

There are, of course, lots of references to Bitcoin throughout, which is to be expected, although I don't think the reader really needs to be that knowledgeable about it beyond knowing about seed phrases being a key feature (side note: interestingly this was not a Satoshi invention, even though it's one of the more magical things about Bitcoin). I haven't got round to trying to figure out if there are any clues in the book, as there were in the first one, but I am reliably informed that there are things to be found if you look closely. I would be really interested to hear if anyone finds any.

Overall, highly recommended. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I think House did too.

Here’s what Calvin Ayre had to say about it. Why does this guy keep pumping money into this fraud?

Source: https://archive.is/2025.09.20-000530/https://puck.news/newsletter_content/what-im-hearing-the-kimmel-fiasco/

Look out for a “Bitcoin bro” movie coming next year that attempts to reclaim the reputation of Faketoshi Craig Wright. My guess is it will be either hilariously bad or total cringe.

It’s certainly picking up. My only problem is finding time to read it.

Faketoshi should get back to his cucumbers, and Mr Oliver really should know better. What an embarrassment.

I’m over half way through this now and I can reveal that this is the best book I’ve read in a long time. It’s an exciting detective story with Bitcoin playing a starring role. Poor Oliver, now in possession of an unfeasibly large fortune but unable to safely spend it, is finding life even more difficult and is struggling to figure out the mystery of the six spiral symbol he sees everywhere. Will he figure it out, or will his shitcoiner nemesis Nick get to him first? I need to carry on reading to find out.

I’ve only just discovered this band Igorrr. They are possibly the most prog metal thing out there. Anvils, Tibetan horns and saw blades, among other things, being used to great effect as instruments. Love it. https://youtu.be/9P7K3sdg6s4

Deepest darkest Staffordshire, UK.