nostr:nprofile1qqswum4p82uluhz2dr40nvdrflspffntgqghc58w9fs57nx6jkdkuaqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghxcctwvsq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuegyhlw59 thoughts?
Because it rewards quality over hype.
Traditional ads favour big budgets, not better products.
But a web of trust lifts brands that serve customers well.
Less marketing. More word of mouth. Better value.
We talk about God in our songs not because we have all the answers or speak with authority, but because faith is part of the framework we live by. In a world where church and state are seperate but money and state are fused together, everything outside that state-money system, especially faith, gets pushed to the margins.
But when money becomes independent, when it’s no longer a tool of the state, something changes. There’s more room for individuals to think, speak, and live freely. Not just in markets, but in belief.
That’s the kind of world we’re pointing to. A world where no one power controls everything. Where honest money opens the door for honest faith, honest work, and honest conversation.
https://wavlake.com/album/593a4291-5570-498b-b6f6-b9a61967b070
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#PV Stay humble https://wavlake.com/track/40094ec1-8265-4746-b6ed-fcbc1f154390
I get the appeal, it's good for NGU, more money to buy Bitcoin pushing up prices.
Stablecoins like USDT also give people access to dollars they can't easily get, and running them over Lightning adds speed and accessibility. But it's not something we are willing to promote. Stablecoins don't fix the system, they reinforce it.
They don't inherit Bitcoin's security. USDT is a custodial IOU, not a bearer asset. If the issuer is compromised or pressured, users can be rugged. There's no self-custody and no guarantee.
Worse, stablecoins preserve and even intensify the fiat system’s structural flaws. They keep the Cantillon effect alive, benefiting those closest to issuance, while ordinary people suffer dilution. Instead of ending financial injustice, stablecoins put it on faster rails.
And we can’t ignore the Triffin dilemma. Stablecoins drive global demand for USD denominated assets. That forces issuers to scale their reserves by acquiring US Treasuries or Bitcoin. This mirrors the same unsustainable dynamic that collapsed the gold standard, global demand backed by finite reserves. A future redemption crisis could lead to frozen convertibility and systemic loss, just like 1971. Only this time, it's Bitcoin that risks being confiscated or over leveraged.
Bitcoin wasn’t created to upgrade fiat, it was created to end the theft at its core.
Supporting stablecoins means participating in what Austrian economists, Bitcoiners, and sound money advocates have always opposed: a system that steals from the poor and gives to the rich.
USDT would be the lowest priority in my opinion. It has all the drawbacks of crypto without the benefits of sovereignty or scarcity. I'd sooner incorporate Bitcoin Cash.
I think regular credit or debit card payments for services would help reach, as would a nip that allows users to specify what crypto they will accept. Let the free market decide what's better.
The decision to be Bitcoin only is a principled decision, but like overlapping venn diagrams it selects for a smaller subset of users.
Some of the big apps require kyc to use zaps, so defeat the point of permissionless money. They could be good fiat to Bitcoin onramps.
We set up to be Bitcoin only, but all the people we reached out to IRL ignored that and payed cash or didn't come back.
In our opinion, nostr is only just starting to work. Most people don't have time for glitchy apps. They need to just work from the landing page.
Being married to Bitcoin only is a decision that is going to slow growth, most people are only just getting comfortable with Bitcoin the investment, not using it as money. But it's those principled decisions that make nostr avoid being overtaken by scammers and keep it strong.
That looks normal
Fibrous? Post a pic. Mine are usually much thinner, just happened to leave it for ages. I had to use a carving knife to cut the top layer off it was such a big block.
Six months of slow fermentation and this kombucha has grown a thick, healthy pellicle, evidence of stable conditions and active microbial balance. A well formed SCOBY like this reflects ongoing cellulose production by acetic acid bacteria. No shortcuts, just time and biology. 
After a 6 month hiatus, it's brew day. #Kombucha
This is the full album, meant to be experienced from beginning to end.
It starts by pulling back the curtain on the hidden injustices of the fiat system: debt traps, manipulated money, and silent control.
Then it shows a way forward, how Bitcoin and Nostr offer a path to freedom.
The final tracks imagine life on the other side: a world built on truth, sovereignty, and real value.
A journey from deception to liberation.
https://wavlake.com/album/593a4291-5570-498b-b6f6-b9a61967b070
Definitely really cool 😎
Getting a lot of new followers? Maybe from follow packs?
Check out this intense cotton snow storm I was in this weekend
https://blossom.primal.net/4e9f247e75e18f9d3dad44b36899ada452fcdb47fd8cd8da2edd269b2e179208.mov
You are at the top of the follow pack
This is great. We wrote a reggae album to explain much of what you covered. https://wavlake.com/album/593a4291-5570-498b-b6f6-b9a61967b070
This is the full album, meant to be experienced from beginning to end.
It starts by pulling back the curtain on the hidden injustices of the fiat system: debt traps, manipulated money, and silent control.
Then it shows a way forward, how Bitcoin and Nostr offer a path to freedom.
The final tracks imagine life on the other side: a world built on truth, sovereignty, and real value.
A journey from deception to liberation.
https://wavlake.com/album/593a4291-5570-498b-b6f6-b9a61967b070
This is the full album, meant to be experienced from beginning to end.
It starts by pulling back the curtain on the hidden injustices of the fiat system: debt traps, manipulated money, and silent control.
Then it shows a way forward, how Bitcoin and Nostr offer a path to freedom.
The final tracks imagine life on the other side: a world built on truth, sovereignty, and real value.
A journey from deception to liberation.
https://wavlake.com/album/593a4291-5570-498b-b6f6-b9a61967b070
This is exactly why we wrote a song based on Proverbs 6:1–5 a warning that is especially relevant today.
“If you’ve pledged for a stranger… you are snared by the words of your mouth.”
That’s what money is now: a pledge to debt we never agreed to, but carry all the same.
Our song, Let My People Go, is a call to recognise the invisible chains of this system, where every signature, every loan, every handshake in the dark traps us deeper in obligations to a creditor class that hides behind institutions and policies.
> “I shook hands
With strangers in the dark
Pledged my soul
Without a mark…”
The trap is set with paper promises. The system demands payment in labour, assets, and time, not because debt needs settling, but because it never was meant to be. The point isn’t repayment. It’s control.
But Proverbs tells us to “go to the point of exhaustion” to break free.
To run “like a gazelle from the hunter… like a bird from the fowler’s snare.”
> “Let my people go
From the hunter’s hand…
Jah will meet us there.”
It’s not just about economics. It’s about spiritual and personal freedom from a machine designed to for total control while the real wealth is extracted.
Debt is their weapon.
But truth is ours.
And songs like this are how we spread the message.
https://wavlake.com/track/595b5927-f069-4637-8ba3-59a3448801ec