Are you satisfied with using #Swissquote? Can you use it as a bank account without much hassle?
Spotted in the sky of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh city) this morning.
Vietnam is going to have a huge military parade on the coming 50-yr anniversary of the end of Vietnam War on this coming 30-Apr.
https://video.nostr.build/fb58fd339c93a7cf4e397df8eddc946939ce6984f984c044a26fd6d9dd827a4e.mp4
#JohnCavalho to #MichaelSaylor:
Dear Mr. @Saylor,
Your influence on #Bitcoin and society is undeniable. You’ve worked tirelessly to legitimize Bitcoin within the legacy financial system and inspired a new wave of corporate interest. For this, you deserve recognition. However, your impact could be much bigger than you realize.
Bitcoin is more than a clever exploit or a hedge against inflation. It is a tool of liberation, a “black market money” not because it is criminal or evil, but because it operates without State permission. It empowers individuals by bypassing bureaucracy, rendering borders meaningless, and allowing economic freedom where it would otherwise be denied.
We cannot have freedom without free markets.
Yet, your influence has shaped a dangerous narrative: Bitcoin as a speculative investment, a headless Ponzi where value depends solely on others buying in and “never selling.” This undermines Bitcoin’s purpose. Its value isn’t in hype but in security and censorship resistance. Without these, Bitcoin is indistinguishable from other cryptocurrencies, just another gambling chip in a sea of digital assets.
Bitcoin’s power lies in it being permissionless and incorruptible by any centralized authority. By emphasizing speculation, you risk reducing Bitcoin to a mere tradable asset, detached from its revolutionary purpose and, as a consequence, detached from its ability to resist censorship.
Your strategy, while effective, ultimately aligns with State incentives for dollar imperialism. By framing Bitcoin as digital gold and lobbying for regulations that favor corporate custodianship, you protect entrenched interests rather than empowering individuals. Bitcoin was designed to escape legacy power structures, not reinforce them.
White market Bitcoin is ultimately untenable.
Aligning Bitcoin with State interests undermines its revolutionary potential. It risks turning Bitcoin into a tame asset, subject to the same controls and constraints as fiat. This is not the freedom Bitcoin was meant to provide.
As a fellow Bitcoin Conservative, you have the chance to shape Bitcoin’s future more profoundly. Bitcoin is resilient because of its people and its software. You could fund node implementation alternatives, like Libbitcoin, further decentralizing development and safeguarding Bitcoin from centralized influence.
Supporting competing implementations ensures no single group controls Bitcoin’s direction, fortifying its resistance to censorship and regulatory overreach. You could be remembered as the visionary who diversified Bitcoin’s infrastructure, preserving its sovereignty for generations.
You could go beyond Bitcoin itself, investing in technologies that secure digital autonomy and privacy; missions I pursue through Synonym, thanks to Tether. Imagine empowering users to control their data and financial interactions without centralized intermediaries.
While Bitcoin resists monetary censorship, freedom tech defies internet censorship. Funding decentralized identity, self-sovereign data, and censorship-resistant communication would amplify Bitcoin’s liberating potential. This is not just about wealth or inflation hedging; it’s about human freedom in the digital age.
You stand at a crossroads. Today, you are Bitcoin’s most visible evangelist, but also of its speculative narrative. This is not how legacies are built. You could be remembered not as a digital gold proselytizer but as a great industrialist.
Instead of merely speculating on Bitcoin, speculate on people: the builders, developers, and entrepreneurs shaping digital autonomy. True influence comes from empowering visionaries, not hoarding assets.
By partnering with Bitcoin businesses and seeding startups, you could grow an ecosystem that enables Bitcoin to fulfill its potential as the backbone of a free economy. Establishing a venture fund to amplify Bitcoin-native technologies would position you as a patron of innovation, not just an accumulator of wealth.
This is how you turn speculation into legacy—by investing in the resilience of Bitcoin’s architecture, the privacy of its users, and the freedom of future generations.
Your bitcoin will become worthless without a free market of P2P commerce powering it.
Not long ago, we met and you told me that you respected me and my perspectives. So, I have taken the time to spell them out here in regards to you.
The legacy you leave is yours to define. Will you align with the State’s incentives, or embrace Bitcoin’s true purpose as a tool for freedom?
You can change the narrative. You can champion Bitcoin not as a speculative asset but as sovereign money. You can fund projects that ensure Bitcoin’s security and censorship resistance while protecting digital autonomy.
The question is not how much Bitcoin you can accumulate, but how much freedom you can cultivate. I challenge you to rise to this occasion.
Respectfully,
John Carvalho 
Why aren’t liberals and left-leaning folks leaving X and switching to Nostr in droves? #asknostr
I have aunties, or just middle-aged acquaintances that I know It’ll be irresponsible for me to recommend them to self custody or social multisig setup. Not everyone is able to learn and do it. The ETF is protected by legal system of the USA, which is far better than my country’s. Show me a simple, fool-proof and tolerant setup and I’ll be more than happy to spread it. I don’t think it’s right to tell them : “HFSP! You don’t deserve bitcoin”
GM #nostr!
How to search for posts using more than one keyword? #asknostr
On Twitter, i notice that much of the vibe & noise of getting #Bitcoin to the mass is fading to almost silent. It's now mostly about #NGU, #EFT or how the US president candidates will affect its price. Do you guys feel the same, or have I got myself into a wrong bubble so thick I lost the view of the outside world? Or is bitcoin-for-the-people project is dead?
I occasionally come into #nostr to look for that missing world view. I see a lot of good positive vibes, but got to admit that I find it hard to get fresh perspectives. Same small number of people I follow shows on my feed all the time. I find myself keep revisiting a beaten track in a midst of a supposedly vast and wonderfully free landscape. 
I was just assuming it was Ai-generated. If not, bravo to the artist! Awesome work!
Really cool! I thought it’s not easy to control AI on the texts. This comes out almost perfect! 😍
Btw i would love to have that print and would definitely frame it as well! Guess it’s impossible to obtain now.
When i see this McDonald pic, I think of the US national debt chart. The pic was said to be taken in 1972 or 1974.
Probably unrelated. #fiatworld #bitcoinfixthis
Curious to know how a virtual walk look like too.
I seem to encounter relay connection problem on Damus. Everything on my feed & Universe disappeared. I went to other web clients and able to see my feed. I later found out that all my relays are red_no connections. Added a few relays and it shows up again.
But, i'm not sure it the relays themselves are down or what. Eg. "nos.lol" is up green on Snort.social, but down on Damus. While eden.nostr.land is shown as down on both Snort.social and Damus. Is it a known bug, or a bug at all?
Another weird thing, I lost my following list. Still lost after adding new relays. That shouldn't happen on Nostr, right?
Anyone see they lost their followers and following contacts on Nostr here? I just played around with #Primal, #Iris and #Damus clients. I experimented with 2 nostr accounts, 2 Alby accounts on the same computer. Tried to log in using Nostr private key, and using Alby, then my entire following list are gone, only 2 contacts remaining.
#learningnostr #followerlist
The Master and Margarita, a re-read after a long time
Suggestion before Nostr+ : a new reaction button, like an-ostrich-buried-its-head-in-the-sand. 😂😂😂
The coffee scene here keeps changing, mostly for the better.
That place looks nice. Is it in Saigon?
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Đây là tiếng nói Bitcoin Hai Mốt, phát thanh từ nostr_ một nơi không có thủ đô.
https://open.substack.com/pub/dadaviet/p/bitcoin-hai-mot?r=2felil&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Hẹn gặp các bạn vào thứ bảy hàng tuần với những nội dung hấp dẫn xung quanh Bitcoin.
#vietnam #bitcoin #twentyoneworld #orangepill #loaphuong #hanoi #saigon #lightning #nostr 
Q: "How can I easily generate a seed phrase with my own entropy if I'm not an uber nerd?"
A: https://blog.lopp.net/how-to-securely-create-a-bitcoin-seed-phrase/
Nice art! 👍How did you get those arts usually?
