It is illegal to promote illegal activity as a marketing scheme.
These guys are so fucking retarded, but anyone with a brain knew that & didn't use their products.
If only they decentralized and didnt run a central whirlpool instance.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
No matter what you set the frequency & core voltage to, the hashrate is stuck in neutral with this PSU.
And again.
Ready for serving.
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Being successful is always “boring”.
Repeating the process again and again, in same quality.
Like staking sats and doing nothing.
Success will come.
#stak #sats #foodstr
https://blossom.primal.net/5b7922e1913f57e59ae1f0f13455c9903b8c04e183926ed9a7cc935c0628d195.mov
Fear the man that cooks the same dish 10,000 times...
nostr:npub1k8s3skyy5mg5h07w8zvuk5lgrqadmejz7fjdpl60zaznw8sxzdxqxm6y88 would be nice if there was a premium option at checkout to upgrade the PSU.
It's really annoying that the power supply that comes with the #Bitaxe isn't powerful enough for you to overclock it.
The smoking gun is him taking market share through FOSS and then licensing up once critical mass was achieved.
Yeah I wanna hear what he's buying and what the setup is, I don't wanna see the yogi divorced 🤣
If they plead guilty to advertising misconduct, re: blatantly marketing to "criminal" use cases - then this case is irrelevant.
All the money poured into their defense feels like a Honeypot, fuck I hate being right about this garbage.
Hopefully they only plead guilty to their methods of promotion, not their methods of coordination.
Still, if it's only the central hosted (default) whirlpool instance they provided that hurt them - then that's not the worst case scenario either - decentralize & forgo that extra greedification / simplification.
Depends what they plead guilty to, if it's their dumb tweets and messaging then...yeah doesn't matter.
Make it into paté & eat it with dates, sourdough, croissant.
When you pay for regular shipping, but end up getting it in 2days. 
Seeing this for the first time 😭🤣🥲🙏🏽🤟🏽
Bro I didn't see that you posted this on that note, idk why I didn't get the notification
OK, past few days were quite wild. I am currenly in El Salvador because I was attending the Adopting Bitcoin conference. My very limited internet connection here made it quite difficult to engage, I mostly just got push notifications. Hereby I want to take the opportunity to tell the story from my side.
TL;DR: We were just having fun, we thought it was okay. Apperently it's not and nvk is is so upset that he felt he had to file a GitHub takedown request. I feel that's not how bitcoiners behave.
### How it started
I have been working on the #BTClock since April '23. It started of some sort of bet where I challenged myself to make a BTC ticker as cheap as possible. I just ordered seven eInk displays on AliExpress with the intention of showing information related to bitcoin using an ESP32.
Why seven? Because the words BITCOIN and SATOSHI both consist of seven letters and connecting more screens to the ESP32 did not seem possible without adding I/O-port expanders.
Yes. The idea was inspired (among other projects) by Blockclock, which also uses eInk displays. I don't own one, so I couldn't "reverse engineer" or use any direct inspiration of it but the way you can combine multiple eInk displays to display information in an useful way is very limited.
After getting the schematic right. I created a 3D printable case for it (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6009628) and named it BTClock after someone's idea in the Dutch Noderunners community. Since it consists of seven characters I thought it's the perfect name since it fits the seven displays too.
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### May 2023
This allows you to create a BTClock for ±70 euro (if you own a 3D printer).
I shared the progress of the project in the MakerBits telegram group. Ben Arc checked with nvk how he felt about it, and I have seen his responsse where he replied with that he felt honored and that I should go ahead. In hindsight, I should've asked Ben to forward this to me but I wouldn't expect this to "haunt" me like it did last week.
After sharing the very spaghetti-y schematic in some Telegram groups, someone replied that he was working on making an actual PCB out of it. After some DM'ing back and forth we got our first PCB prototype that needed some work. After 4 iterations we finally got it how we wanted and were able to sell DIY kits. The PCB is real artwork, so we wanted to show it off. Therefore we added a acrylic backplate to be able to protect it while still able to see the proof-of-work by Madbo, the PCB artwork designer. We used a lot of through hole components to make it accesible for anyone who has a soldering iron.
### August 2023
In August 2023 we finally got the kits ready, while the initial plan was to only sell the DIY kit within the Dutch Noderunners community, I brought smoe with me to Baltic Honeybadger '23 as well, where it proved to be pretty succesful while sitting next to Ben in the chilling lounge.
I got a lot of encouraging and positive remarks about the project, including Daniel Prince (@princeysov) who tweeted about this (https://x.com/Princey21M/status/1698257536418267624).
It appeared that this tweet firstly poked the lion, since nvk sent some of his coinkite employees to me after this tweet, a group of 4 people asked a lot of questions while filming me (without my consent, I didn't realize this when they were asking it but when they walked away it was clear to see the iPhone was recording video).
Not a lot later, nvk sent out a tweet which was clearly about the BTClock project without explicitly mentioning the name (https://x.com/nvk/status/1698423362819682400)
However, in my opinion this did still fit the message I read he wrote to Ben that he was more flattered than upset. It was only then when I learned about how he reacted to Foundation Passport and how he behaves regarding the SeedSigner project.
### March 2024
During Bitcoin Atlantis in March 2024, there was a nice space for the MakerBits projects including the BTClock, the software by this time has many improvements, including real-time new block notifications by utilizing the Mempool.space Websocket API. Since the hardware is also open source, many alternative faceplates are available including a stainless steel one and a completely white one. Multiple people witnessed nvk walking passed the maker space while looking at me, but he did not engage or whatsoever. I would expect if he would take offense by the product, he would've approached me by now but he didn't. He does know who I am though, both in real-life and I'm posting enough on my social media accounts (Nostr and Xitter) to find me there as well.
### Fast forward to November 2024
A lot has happened in the development of the BTClock, among other things I added a BitAxe integration and Nostr Zap Notifications to the software and we managed to add frontlight to the eInk displays which I really think sets the BTClock apart from other "tickers" like the Blockclock mini.
The Blockclock mini hasn't had any updates for two years (since October 3rd, 2022) which seems to be like the Blockclick mini can be considered end-of-life.
I therefore was very suprised that when I woke up on November 14th, I received an e-mail that the BTClock GitHub organization was flagged because of alleged trademark infringement of the BTClock.
This was according to a report by Coinkite to GitHub. The letter I shared in the MakerBits Telegram group was ONLY sent to GitHub, not to me (although I haven't been home for a while so I don't know something is waiting in my physical mailbox).
Luckily git is decentralized version control and there are already mirrors of the hardware and software source available. Also GitHub allows me to appeal but haven't taken the chance to do so.
Although I do understand that the concept of trademarks exists for a reason, I feel this a very cowardly move and certainly not something that I would expect from fellow bitcoiners. Just sending me a DM on Nostr, X or Telegram is the least I would expect. I don't mean to offend or infringe, and would be happy to discuss options if open to it. Either in DM or out in the open.
I'm all about transparency so nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 here is my invitation to discuss this out in the open. I'm sorry that we seem to upset you. what is it that bothers you, can we find a way to let the projects co-exist? Or even see if the BTClock software can adapted to your Blockclock mini hardware.
Boost this note, let's make a rukus.
An attack on FOSS = an attack on Bitcoin users.
Don't let the VC bros win!
Exactly, I was trying to show that your fan will run basically silent on stock settings with the stock fan if you upgrade the heatsink :)
Interesting thing is, I ran it first without the fan and the temps climbed above 60 so I added the fan.
The fan is there to move just enough air to remove the heat.
Thermal paste, I didn't wanna wait to order online so I went to bestbuy.
Idk if it's overkill but I got the more expensive option.
Reason being I also need to take apart my PC and refresh the paste.
That's a really cool idea, my heatsink on my computers are massive 🤣.
https://plebbase.com/research/king-dead-long-live-king-low-profile-plus-bitaxe-gamma-63
Operation #Bitaxe Silencer Complete ✅
I didn't order the Noctua fan upgrade to make a point -> a good heatsink with any fan will do the trick.
I'll be displaying some overclocking stats soon.
https://video.nostr.build/b358f86382ca647a2a9d9f26e56ddc444176f0afdaf0807c56098e0545f17847.mp4
Sacha offending people just by working out 🤣
I'll never forget those articles in the pandemic equating gym bros to the alt-right.
If you didn't spark a joint with Willhay you made a grave mistake.
Is chatgpt worth paying for to make a logo / branding content?
#asknostr
I don't agree with this reasoning not to be active here bro.
It's an attention stealing tactic.
People went from burning Teslas to begging Elon for Epstein insight.
I don't trust any sausages not made by a delicatessen locally that can confirm what they ground up in there.
Have you tried micro dosing psylocibin?
It's the trigger system that's the issue I believe.
It used to be only the p320, now it's this model.
Never buying a sig, f that.
How do you run a Bitaxe without a fan?
I have it unplugged and set the setting to manual 0% but it won't start hashing.
#asknostr
Another one, WOW 😳
I think there's equal odds that the Epstein saga is a distraction versus an actual smoking gun.
You're drinking glorified grass!
Get down that rabbit hole!
Rabbit hole, jump into it 😬
Your life can have purpose without children tho.
How many chickens you got??
Cody meets your arguments, which shows he respects you still to a degree.
I've seen you post the most fake stuff, easily debunked.
You're the type of person who has made up his mind and then goes searching for the information catalogue to support the thought.
You're the worst of mankind, easily taken down roads that fit your hateful narrative.
Get fucked loser.
I'll buy you a ticket to one of these countries, caveat you have to Livestream and wear a big ole cross on your chest.
nostr:npub1vygzr642y6f8gxcjx6auaf2vd25lyzarpjkwx9kr4y752zy6058s8jvy4e we need a Garmin integration 🥲
Looks like we have the same taste in watch band 😁🤟😎
Trail runner gang ✅
Are you using a wood fired sauna?
