**BITCOIN VETERANS – Q1 SITREP**\
*Date: 31 MAR 2025*\
*Prepared For: Command & Community*\
*Tone: Serious, Motivational*
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**MISSION STATUS:**\
Bitcoin Veterans continue to execute the mission across the homeland and abroad. From mining operations to educational deployments, media engagements, and nonprofit mobilizations—our troops remain active, effective, and inspired. The battlefield is ideas. The enemy is ignorance, coercion, and centralized decay. Morale is high. Mission tempo is increasing.
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### **INTEL: MEDIA + MESSAGING**
- **BV Mentioned: POD256 EP65** – *“How Bad Chainalysis Data Hurts Freedom Technology”*\
➤ Broadcast via Fountain.fm: [Listen Here](https://fountain.fm/episode/gKJ3Ujv2IQHRyWIfU1we)
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### **UNIT REPORTS**
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**BV TIM & JEFF (Illinois Frontline)**
- Continue leading the *Lincolnland Bitcoin Meetup* (monthly since 2020).
- Sponsored a local youth baseball travel team.
- Co-founding the *Illinois Bitcoin Council*, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit for Bitcoin education, advocacy, and collaboration.\
➤ Mission expanding beyond community. Building statewide operational capability.
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**BV WAHID (Cohort 2501 / Training Pipeline)**
- Enlisted in *Operation Bitcoin Cohort 2501* to deepen and share knowledge.
- Deployed a *NerdQAxe home miner*, actively contributing to OCEAN.\
➤ Demonstrating initiative and technical capability.
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**BV “A” (Multi-Theater Operator)**
- Authored a whitepaper on using the Lightning Network for global Christian mission support. [Read It](https://www.scribd.com/document/833663024)
- Participated in the *Heatpunk Summit* (Denver). Returned to build a garage-heated mining setup (70Th/s, LuxOS-regulated).
- Acquired BitAxe Game for solo mining. Networked through BV.
- Currently job-seeking in the Bitcoin industry; background in biz dev and account management.
- Supporting *BitcoinBay.live* (501c3) with outreach, funding, and partnerships in Tampa Bay region.\
➤ Secured banner placement on the Tampa Riverwalk.\
➤ Connected Bitcoin Bay with Tampa Club for sponsorship event.
- Maintains leadership role in *Jefferson, GA Meetup*
- Exploring *HAM radio* with local mentor—preparing for long-range decentralized comms.
- Active on *Nostr*, sharing faith and daily devotionals.
- Operating 2x BitAxe miners (3.5Gh/s) with plans to donate hash to BV pool.
**Quote:** *“Thank the president for cheap sats.”*
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**AIR FORCE BV**
- Operating a *BitAxe* rig from office—quiet, steady, mission-aligned.
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**BV GREENY**
- Operational activity logged: [Satellite Earth Node](https://blob.satellite.earth/091b0bb63f873c6f99ce9e96a37894b7c6cbb6088830a9191a9179cf9e0355cc)
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**BV BART G (Bismarck Theater)**
- Host of *Bismarck Bitcoin Meetups*, now held at The Innovation Barn.\
➤ Q1 focus: Chapters 1–5 of My First Bitcoin (MFB) Diploma Workbook.
- Presented at *1 Million Cups* small biz event, educating community.
- Launched *Bitcoin Research Club* at Bismarck State College.\
➤ First MFB student nearing graduation.\
➤ Presented during *Financial Wellness Week* on campus.\
➤ Acquired travel grants + fundraiser success for attending *Bitcoin Educators Unconference* in Nashville (April 8–10).
- Heating garage with 10Th/s Heatbit miner.\
➤ Integration of education, mining, and heating—high-value tactical execution.
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**BV MONTANI (Appalachia Operations / Media Command)**
- Established *HODL in the Holler* – WV-based Bitcoin meetup network expanding through Appalachia.
- **Documentary Ops:**\
➤ Bitcoin Veterans Doc: credits being compiled.\
➤ Invited to **Bitcoin Film Festival, Warsaw** (May 22–25).\
➤ Prepping new *Bitcoin Alaska* documentary and event.\
\- Featuring Simply Bitcoin, Get Based & others.
- Built 2x Loki mining rigs (Slim19, Nakamoto).
- Launching hardware redistribution campaign for hash donations to BV pool.\
➤ Contact Rick (Montani) or Dr. Nickamoto for miner logistics.
- Partnering with *Bitcoin Sports Network* for *Memorial Day Kickoff* in Vegas (May 26).\
➤ 10% proceeds to *Operation Bitcoin*.
- *(Mining Pod announcement pending command approval)*
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**BV NEAL FLESHER (Literary Command / Moral Intel Division)**
- Finalizing publication of **Modern Chains** (66K words)\
➤ “From Mesopotamia to the Federal Reserve, slavery has evolved… Bitcoin offers real emancipation.”\
➤ A powerful narrative weaving history, philosophy, and monetary truth.\
➤ Published by En Route Books & Media.
- Message to the force:\
*“Leadership is being seen. Standing tall. It’s going to take real leadership to guide communities through this monetary hellscape. BV is uniquely positioned to support.”*
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### **ASSESSMENT**
Morale: HIGH\
Activity: ACTIVE\
Community Engagement: WIDESPREAD\
Technical Deployment: INCREASING\
Public Narrative: GAINING GROUND\
Recruitment Potential: STRONG
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**FINAL WORD**
The mission is long. The terrain is hostile. But we are not civilians—we are Bitcoin Veterans. Our strength is in each other, our conviction, and our ability to take action at the edge. We do not wait for permission. We lead. We build. We hash. And we *never* forget what we’re fighting for.
**End of Report – Q1 2025**\
*Prepared by: AN AVERAGE BITCOIN VETERAN*\
**For Internal Use Only – Bitcoin Veterans** 🟧
Sooooo much great activity going on here!
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A playground for exploring #Bitcoin’s future through interactive simulation tools.
🔸 Find out when/how you can become #FITS (pure-play bitcoin FIRE)
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This is alpha – expect bugs, rough edges, and surprises.
Please try it out and report any issues or ideas. 🙏
If you are interested to integrate price projections into your app, reach out, it's available through a simple API. Example implementation (real estate + bitcoin portfolio projections) at https://www.digitalrealestate.org !
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Very nice. It doesn’t render correctly on iOS though.
For my U.S. peeps: Happy Tax day, those Politico subscriptions aren’t going to pay for themselves.
Break down the ROI. Seems like it would take a few years to break even
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If the sub account has a getalby.com address, then it should be possible.
I have done something like this to redirect my @ getalby.com address to my own domain: https://orangepill.dev/lightning-guides/guide-to-create-lnaddress-redirection-on-your-domain/
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What software are you running for your own inbox/outbox/private relay?
You don’t need a fixed IP to run a node. StartOS with LND and AlbyHub, all published over Tor automatically. Use any wallet that works with LNC or NWC. I’m using both Zeus and Alby Go
Bitcoin is for friends. Bitcoin is for enemies. Bitcoin is for everyone.
This was an excellent demo, and yep you made it look very easy.
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Dude: NICE. You are the first person (I’m sure there must be others though) who posted their npub on their youtube video. I looked you up. FOLLOWED!
I’m very interested in getting lightning addresses set up on my own nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll node. I’m using nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm right now (Alby Hub) and it is spectacular. I’ve got wallets set up for my family (something I’ve been wanting to do for two years and kept hitting dead ends, I’m not a programmer). Now I need LN Addresses for everyone. More videos on this for a simpleton would be much appreciated. Thanks for the educational content.
Same setup, nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0sppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wsse7f78 Hub on nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxjmnxduhsx5ltv4 . I setup my own lightning address on my own domain: wahid@wahidsaleemi.com. It’s basically just a pointer to my Alby address.
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Give it a try! 👌
Still waiting for NWC. It wants my recovery phrase so no thanks.
Love the app updates section!
Proxmox VM running nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7nedsrl OS with LND and nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uq3vamnwvaz7tm9v3jkutnwdaehgu3wd3skuep0dt40es Hub. Proxmox VM backups and StartOS backups to a NAS but not doing HA.
X is down but my decentralized #nostr relays are still relaying just fine.
#Nostur v1.18.1 is out
New in this version:
- Floating mini video player
- Videos: Save to library
- Videos: Copy video URL
- Videos: Add bookmark
- Improved video stream / chat view
- Top zaps on live chat
- Posting to Picture-first
- Profile view: Show interactions with you (conversations, reactions, zaps, reposts)
- Profile view: Show actual reactions instead of only Likes
- Improved search + Bookmark search
- Detect nsfw / content-warning in posts
- 'Show more' to show reactions outside Web of Trust
- 'Show more' to show zaps outside Web of Trust
- Support .avif image format
- Support .mp3 format
- Support .m4v video format
- Improved zap verification for changed wallets
- Improved outbox support
- Show label on restricted posts
- Low data mode: load media in app on tap instead of external browser
- Many other bug fixes and performance improvements
App Store (Mac, iPad, iPhone): https://nostur.com/appstore
Desktop download (Mac): https://nostur.com/Nostur-1.18.1.dmg
Source code: https://nostur.com/source
You can just mine fiat and stack sats