Tim Totten
Tim Totten, DU0A

Bitcoin pleb; bad poker player; investor; wireless architect; amateur radio DU0A, NP4TT, N4GN, V21TT; nomad; lover of liberty, travel, gun building, good food ✝️🇵🇷🇵🇭🇦🇬🇲🇽🇦🇲

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2025-09-27 06:28:21 UTC

Decided to make a crazy quick day trip to Muscat to cover as many highlights as we can with only 8 hours on the ground. Boarding now, WY604, DXB-MCT. #napontheplane #newairline #newcountry https://image.nostr.build/22282cad0f25fcb89194ed8b2c561f57013b341e4f97ba610595288d48e211e1.jpg

2025-09-24 12:30:43 UTC

Let's be clear.
Beef bacon is not bacon.
Chicken sausage is not sausage.
Turkey ham is not ham.
#gopigorgohome

2025-09-20 08:58:17 UTC

What is inflation? What causes it? What can we do about it?
https://timtotten.com/what-is-inflation-what-causes-it-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/

2025-06-19 07:44:33 UTC

I swear I am NOT playing for the min cash. Yes, years ago, I played that way. Today, I had below-average card distribution, and a table of nearly all pros most of the day. I think I played very well. There was one hand where I regret that I didn't play the turn for a big check raise. I did find some cool spots that I would have missed not long ago.
Thirty away from the bubble, I had a slightly above-average stack. A top pro with more than $24 M in winnings hit a lucky three-outer to take a big chunk of my stack. Otherwise, I would have been cruising with a big stack. Then I lost two more standard pots, and found myself with 6 BB two players away from the money.
After the bubble, I got it all in three ways with the best hand, but it didn't hold.
Really annoying and disappointing result again, but happy with my play. On to the next one tomorrow...
#WSOP #WSOP2025 #54-PLO8max https://image.nostr.build/024fd7a3ad777d57574761ba3a7cf5cd2133c716f826f864a3eecd363589b731.jpg

2025-05-22 20:24:03 UTC

Another great ASRI stockholder and Board of Directors meeting! This is such a well-run company, bringing out-sized benefit to the entire aviation industry. I'm proud to play a small role.

2025-05-16 17:53:46 UTC

I couldn't resist. Starting today, Steak n Shake accepts #bitcoin payments. Seems they have a little bug on their receipt (although I've seen others that are correct). But the actual payment process is smooth and easy. https://image.nostr.build/80ea5223568c2144c59dc5bbecec3335c21bf4af18a7edfb74c0e8e1ddd03efc.jpg

2025-05-15 15:55:19 UTC

Boarded now, DL2763, ATL-DAY.
Road to #Dayton #Hamvention. #sleepontheplane

2025-05-15 11:20:50 UTC

Boarded now, DL1763, SJU-ATL.
Road to #Dayton #Hamvention. #sleepontheplane

2025-04-20 21:30:52 UTC

The #Poker Tournament You Never Wanted: #Government Edition 😂
Ever wondered what your weekend poker game would look like if the government ran it? Buckle up:
The "evil winners" actually LOSE:
• 3rd place: Pay TWICE the entry fee
• 2nd place: Pay THREE times the entry fee
• 1st place: Pay FOUR times the entry fee (congrats on your "success"!)
Meanwhile, everyone else (the "participant-winners") gets:
✅ Full refund of their entry fee
✅ Free mortgage/car payment
All courtesy of the government (by way of the "evil winners").
You say the math doesn't add up? No problem! Just print more money! 🖨️💸
Who needs skill and meritocracy when you can have redistribution?
#EconomicHumor #GovernmentLogic #ThoughtExperiment

2025-03-25 16:07:16 UTC

One of my favorite AI use cases today:
Dear AI, see my e-mail response below where I just speak the honest truth in a brash, straightforward, American style, not holding back on expressing my complete exasperation and frustration at the incoherent, indefensible position the other party has taken. Now rewrite this in a professional style that still expresses my frustration with the complete stupidity of their position, but does so in an excessively polite way that does not offend typical Filipino sensitivities.
The results are pretty impressive! 😄
Maybe I should try this with social media too?

2025-03-11 02:01:01 UTC

Awesome quote from Blake Eastman:
"If people could step into curiosity over judgment, they'd have an infinitely better life."
https://www.youtube.com/embed/A7hHFTHn56s?start=2530

2025-02-24 23:29:50 UTC

For some reason, the human psyche seems to nearly always progress from "#Bitcoin makes no sense" to either "it can't possibly work" or "it's a scam" to "I missed the boat and I need to find the 'next Bitcoin' now" before finally realizing the truth.
Bitcoin does work brilliantly. Fiat money is the actual scam. Bitcoin is the only acceptable solution to supplant fiat. And with a deflationary supply, it's never too late.

2025-02-19 01:00:39 UTC

Prediction: we're going to find out (eventually) that Fort Knox does not have *nearly* the gold it claims to have. People will start to question what the Federal Reserve Bank actually does, and what value a Federal Reserve Note actually has. The US Federal Government uses the opportunity to kill the so-called Federal Reserve Bank and take back direct control of monetary policy for the US Dollar.
After all that, the dollar still fails.
The only question in my mind is "when?" I think there is a 25% chance it happens this year. 95% in twenty years.
Happy to hear why I'm wrong.

2025-02-19 00:25:02 UTC

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Can't wait for mine to arrive tomorrow!
#nevent1q…3f5c

2025-02-19 00:23:39 UTC

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Can't wait for mine to arrive!

2025-02-18 05:14:20 UTC

Audit Fort Knox.
Audit the Fed.
Audit the IRS.
Establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and simply publish the UTXOs so we can all audit it.
OK, maybe you'd better establish the SBR first.

2025-02-17 17:14:09 UTC

Far too many people today just assume that charity is a proper function of government. It is not.
Even worse, they then double down from that false assumption to conclude that theft perpetrated by government (primarily against someone else, of course) is therefore justifiable. It is not.

2025-02-16 13:42:45 UTC

Been away from Nostr for a few months. Can't even think of a good excuse. Did I miss anything? 🤣

2024-04-02 03:46:54 UTC

After a long and detailed analysis of the situation, I've changed my mind and decided that hard money was just a 5000-year fad. This current 52-year experiment where money is whatever the money printers tell us it is, well that is clearly the solution that best benefits all of society. The faster money can be counterfei...I mean, printed and handed out to the rich people with the coziest connections to government, the more government can be expanded, the more the lower and middle classes become increasingly dependent on government for everything, and the more true wealth and power gets transferred to the richest folks at the top.
I mean we can all get behind this strategy for a better society, right? I know the President told us in 1971 that the closure of the gold window was just a temporary measure, but I say it's time we put an end to the fear that hard money might some day again be declared the law of the land. Why should we continue to let that fear hang over us? Let's just go ahead and declare this fiat money experiment a complete success, and make it permanent!
While we're at it, we should probably reinstate Executive Order 6102 from 1933 and seize everyone's gold once again. And more importantly, outlaw all the math behind the open source protocol known as #Bitcoin.
And we should probably put limits on private holdings of all other assets like real estate, rare art, and baseball cards. If any escape hatch is left open, some folks who don't share our utopian vision of limiting class mobility might try to use those escape hatches. We can't have that. (Of course, all the best tightly regulated investments that can only be held by rich people should be fine as long as we maintain high enough standards to keep ordinary folks out.)
So in this spirit of a more perfect society, where everyone just stays in the social class they are born into, I have decided not to wait for the official new Executive Order, but rather go ahead and pre-comply by burning all my Bitcoin. If you care about ensuring that governments everywhere have unlimited ability to expand into every aspect of our lives, and if you support the vision of putting a hard cap on upward social mobility, so the non-rich just stay in their place, I hope you will join me. #fiatforabetterworld

2024-03-22 15:53:04 UTC

Shareholders have fully approved the DWAC-TMTG merger deal! Huge CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to Eric Swider for all the hard work, especially over the last year. Can't wait to celebrate with you!

2024-03-20 21:57:07 UTC

Boarded now, DL1859, JFK-SJU. Last leg of a very long day. #sleepontheplane

2024-03-20 19:48:39 UTC

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I haven't been very active here recently. But let me know how I can help.

2024-03-14 02:58:28 UTC

I should post here more often. 😁
Good morning from Metro Manila!

2023-09-27 02:32:37 UTC

Dear ATF: I am not a fan of your stupid rules, but I'm also not breaking any of them. Please stop trying to entrap me, and spend your taxpayer money chasing actual bad guys. Thanks.

2023-08-22 10:53:23 UTC

I should have a couple of nice little "liquidity events" (in USD) before the end of the year. So please, whatever you do, DO NOT buy #bitcoin until I give the green light! 😁

2023-06-09 06:18:04 UTC

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It's funny that I'm starting to realize I need to do this myself.

2023-05-26 02:02:56 UTC

Anyone know the actual formula for conversion between Uber minutes and actual minutes? It clearly involves a random number generator.

2023-05-25 21:31:24 UTC

Boarded now, DL1946, ATL-SJU. All ready to go, but the First Officer is driving in from Chattanooga and stuck in Atlanta traffic. 🙄

2023-05-21 18:18:19 UTC

Guy at my poker table is bigger than me (pushing 400 lb, I'd guess). Says when he was in the Navy, the Filipinos all called him "Mataba."
"That means 'Warrior' in Filipino," he says. 😳 I didn't have the heart to tell him.
Guess they didn't have Google Translate back then. 😁

2023-05-21 14:46:18 UTC

Good morning, New Orleans!

2023-05-21 09:34:27 UTC

So long, Miami! Boarded now, DL1404, MIA-ATL. It's not even the butt crack of dawn. What goofballs are booking flights at this ridiculous hour?!

2023-05-20 20:48:58 UTC

#Bitcoin 2024 Conference 25-27 July in NASHVILLE. See you there!

2023-05-20 17:21:30 UTC

Coolest thing by far at #BitcoinMiami: Burak is releasing TBDxxx today as Ark. New layer 2 with lots of advantages over Lightning, but interoperable with LN. All #CoinJoined in the middle. Need to study this, but it feels HUGE! See arkpill.me.

2023-05-19 20:53:24 UTC

Big announcements from Jack Mallers about STRIKE live on stage now. Huge global expansion. #bitcoinmiami

2023-05-19 15:18:33 UTC

Great discussion with Mark Moss at #BitcoinMiami!

2023-05-18 05:20:45 UTC

It seems a bunch of the Chainalysis folks are staying in my hotel. I knew something stunk when I walked in the door. #alwayscoinjoin #fightfinancialsurveillance #BitcoinMiami

2023-05-18 01:51:54 UTC

Boarded now, DL1324, ATL-MIA. Finally! #Bitcoin Conference 2023, here I come!

2023-05-17 21:26:16 UTC

FINALLY boarded now, DL2670, BWI-ATL, after multiple delays. Missing my original connection, so arriving MIA well after midnight now. 😢

2023-05-14 17:27:17 UTC

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Mom was one amazing human being. I still miss her every day.
#nevent1q…q2ez

2023-05-13 19:01:20 UTC

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It's the number one mobile payment app in the Philippines. Similar to Venmo, Cash App, etc., except lots of merchants accept it directly, and they are integrated with lots of bill payment services. They did recently integrate Bitcoin.
Why do people use it? Same reasons as all the other payment apps around the world--marketing and network effects. Bitcoin eventually kills off all of these, or at least they all become interoperable over LN.

2023-05-13 05:46:28 UTC

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#GCash is down. #Bitcoin is still chugging along as always.
#nevent1q…s9k2

2023-05-12 01:06:42 UTC

A few days ago, I posted that the White House has stooped to a new low, trotting out long-proven false narratives to justify their latest attack on #Bitcoin. I didn't sufficiently provide background or citations to what they are now proposing, or why it's such bad public policy. Some friends asked for more detail, and I apologize I haven't had time to respond adequately until now.
First, President Biden signed an Executive Order that, inter alia, required the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to produce a report on the climate and energy implications of crypto assets. Because Bitcoin mining is far and away the largest component of energy usage in the "crypto asset" space, we all assumed (correctly, it turns out), that this would be the primary focus.
So OSTP dutifully dug in and began uncovering all the available research on this topic. They met with lots of experts and "experts" covering every angle. This included quite a few experts who were able to document serious, even fatal, flaws in much of the research. Sadly they didn't do any actual work on their own (which is critically needed if we're going to maximize the effectiveness of public policy).
In any case, OSTP published their report here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/09-2022-Crypto-Assets-and-Climate-Report.pdf
The report ended up being a ridiculously bad hit piece. It was very clear that OSTP had been told in advance what conclusions to come to, and in order to reach those false conclusions, they had to rely almost entirely on the results of previous non-academic, biased studies that have been completely debunked. The data are wrong. The narratives are complete nonsense. The "resesrch" completely fails to meet any minimal standard of academic rigor. And OSTP was shown this repeatedly. Yet they completely ignored all the real evidence, and based their conclusions entirely on the fatally flawed work that could be used to support the political narrative they were told to support.
And that political narrative is VERY bad for the United States. Not just a neutral thing, but outright damaging to the country. Nic Carter does a great job of explaining all this here, while completely destroying the OSTP report:
https://medium.com/@nic__carter/comments-on-the-white-house-report-on-the-climate-implications-of-crypto-mining-8d65d30ec942
Now cut to budget fight season, and the White House doubled down on all the false narratives and predictably announced their completely ridiculous new proposed "DAME tax" on Bitcoin mining:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/05/02/cost-of-cryptomining-dame-tax/
[As a side note, how did no one get fired for that ridiculously bad name? I mean I thought that word had been canceled in English, and the meaning in both Spanish and Japanese is hilarious in this context.]
Anyway, this is what spurred my post last week. I wish I could attribute this proposed tax to ignorance. But the White House has repeatedly been shown the falsity of their narratives on this topic. In fact, the tax policy they propose will clearly achieve the EXACT OPPOSITE OF their stated objectives.
So I can only conclude they are intentionally peddling this false drivel only to justify a political object that is very different from the made-up objectives they are claiming publicly. They have made up a fake problem, then proposed a fake solution that apparently targets some different goal.
Here is a good rebuttal of the DAME tax that covers all this much better:
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/05/11/the-white-houses-bitcoin-mining-tax-undermines-itself/
At this point, I'll leave it for the reader to do his/her own further homework. Or don't. That's what the White House would prefer.

2023-05-10 22:05:06 UTC

So does anyone else find this COMPLETELY DISGUSTING? The government was fully captured in this case, and did absolutely NOTHING to stop this fraud. Now they pull their "we're the government" card and jump in front of the line to take priority over all the other poor creditors who actually lost money to these scammers.
The government needs to be reminded that they work at the pleasure of the people. Not the other way around. They have completely lost the plot. It's not that they are just ineffective. Not being helpful would be bad enough. But no, they are actively working AGAINST the interests of the electorate. 😡
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/10/us-internal-revenue-service-files-claims-worth-44-billion-against-ftx-bankruptcy/

2023-04-13 23:27:29 UTC

Sometimes a flowchart helps clarify my thought process. 😁
https://i.imgur.com/YW7WgxW.png

2023-03-17 11:00:45 UTC

Good morning, JFK!
https://i.imgur.com/8E9hM9F.jpg

2023-03-17 05:04:09 UTC

Boarded now, DL384, SAN-JFK. First time I've ever flown this route. Did I mention I hate West Coast red-eyes? #sleepontheplane

2023-03-16 21:04:50 UTC

There are only two options:
1) the gov and/or Fed, with a wink and a printing press, forced 11 banks to bail out a failing competitor for a few days, or
2) they are so afraid of something that they did this on their own volition.
I'm not sure which reality is more frightening.

2023-03-16 19:37:07 UTC

Another great Board of Directors meeting for ASRI. The amazing team at this little company is doing great things for the entire aviation industry.

2023-03-15 01:58:38 UTC

Quick transfer from A5 to A12 in Atlanta, and we're on the way to San Diego on DL937.

2023-03-14 20:51:21 UTC

Boarded now, DL1946, SJU-ATL. Stop me if you've heard this one before. I mean I was home for three whole weeks. #sleepontheplane

2023-03-13 03:08:14 UTC

The new Bank Term Funding Program (#BTFP) is interesting. Remember when the Fed was supposed to be completely independent of the gov? 🤣 And now they are voluntarily accepting highly discounted assets from distressed banks at par value because...why, exactly? Who benefits?

2023-03-12 23:11:13 UTC

Trying to understand what happened to SVB, what might happen next, and how it could impact your banks? This is a pretty awesome summary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1g7ZUQkWI

2023-03-11 19:09:23 UTC

Here's the thing about #contagion in the 🤡 world of fiat finance: you usually can't see it until you can't miss it. Then it's too late. #counterpartyrisk is never priced in, until it is. #fractionalreserve works until it doesn't.
The next 72 hours will be very interesting.

2023-03-09 23:13:55 UTC

Nearly the entire adult population in the #Philippines now has a #Bitcoin wallet in their pocket!
Most #Filipinos do not have a bank account. But 85% of adults in the Philippines use a payments app called #GCash. As of today, GCash users can now buy, sell, send and receive #BTC.

2023-03-06 19:42:27 UTC

Today, the inflation rate in #bitcoin is about 1.8 %. In about a year (at the next "halvening") it will be well under 1%. Practically flat.
Meanwhile, inflation for nearly all fiat currencies (e.g., USD, EUR, JPY) looks like a steep upward slope, and it will only get steeper as politicians can't help but spend money they don't have (and thus, have to print).
The cool thing is, unless you live in North Korea or a similar regime, YOU GET TO CHOOSE the currency in which you denominate your wealth.
Think about that. You can choose! Far too many of you don't even bother making a choice. You just go with whatever the default is where you live, and never give it a thought. I'm sorry, but that kind of mental laziness is not going to serve you well.
If you live in a country with one of the worst fiat currencies, chances are that you have at least tried from time to time to store funds in a better fiat currency. Or maybe in gold or other assets.
But if you live in the US, or Switzerland or someplace with one of the stronger fiat currencies, there's a good chance you haven't given any thought to how money works. And you have kind of been able to get away with that. But those days are quickly coming to an end.
I think the choice is pretty easy. I'm very heavily weighted in bitcoin. But if you're not so sure about that, at least diversify a bit with some better fiat currencies (e.g., the little bit of funds I have in the Armenian dram has been very good for me, up some 23% vs. USD in the last year). Or move a percentage into physical gold. Or buy some commodities or something. Anything! Except maybe all those crypto scams--avoid those. 😏
If nothing else, at least THINK for yourself and don't just do the lazy default thing because it's the easiest.

2023-03-05 23:50:38 UTC

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I think I'm already following you on Nostr. N4GN here. npub1t0ttenlstqhx7nvqkrj9p822qygz2evpjt86nrep0a8js2x7r7wqe5g9s3
I'm in KP4 now, using the NP4TT club call. But haven't put up any antennas yet. Give me a few days if no other takers.

2023-03-04 20:37:57 UTC

I guess Chat GPT has me figured out. LOL!
https://timtotten.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Chat-GPT-me.jpg

2023-03-03 22:40:20 UTC

Is there a perfect #EDC #gun? No. But I think this is as close as I've ever come to creating one. Serialized custom FCU with a little trigger improvement (because Puerto Rico won't let me make my own FCU). SIG SAUER P365XL slide. Holosun HS507K X2 optic. And most importantly, the new X-MACRO grip module with the large backstrap. 17+1 capacity (!) in a very small, very thin pistol that fits my hands nicely. Loaded up with 147-gr Federal HSTs, with the Lexington holster all tuned up, and ready to go!
https://i.imgur.com/zbTw2Yh.jpg

2023-02-23 21:33:10 UTC

Finally opened my first balanced channel today, using BOS open-group-channel. I'll definitely be doing this a lot more with all my nodes going forward.
If anyone is interested in opening a balanced channel between 5 and 15 Msats, let me know!

2023-02-23 15:15:28 UTC

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I kinda like Blue Wallet. I've only used it connected to my own nodes, but it seemed like a straightforward recommendation in custodial mode for newcoiners, especially if they are stuck on using that fruity phone OS. Hope they have a business model in mind (whirlpool maybe?) to keep the development going.

2023-02-23 03:50:10 UTC

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So this basically turns a lightning payment flow back into an on-chain channel creation plus payment (with associated fees). Seems like something an engineer thought would be cool to do, and no one asked the business guy's opinion. LOL!

2023-02-22 17:44:39 UTC

OK, I think I have my private Nostr server working. Maybe?

2023-02-22 17:10:05 UTC

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I would like to be able to set the initial screen (when opening the app) to be the list of nodes. Keep up the awesome work!

2023-02-18 15:26:08 UTC

Last morning for huevos motuleños. 😢 The food is just amazing here in Mérida.
https://i.imgur.com/MaIXhHM.jpg

2023-01-29 13:29:38 UTC

https://i.imgur.com/eKlY9V3.jpg

2023-01-28 12:11:06 UTC

Paid with #Bitcoin #Lightning last night (OK, like 0500 this morning 🤣) at URBN QC. Nearly 3.7 M #sats (~46,000 PHP or 850 USD)!
URBN uses the cool #LN solution from Pouch #Philippines. I paid w/ Blue wallet connected over #Tor to a personal #LND node > 15,000 km away (thus the slight delay you'll notice in the video).
Big thanks to Will Crozier and the AMAZING staff at URBN for the VIP treatment!
Check out the video.
[Paying with Bitcoin Lightning at URBN QC](https://timtotten.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/URBN-Lightning.mp4)

2023-01-25 18:21:12 UTC

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And for whatever it's worth, I don't see any updated info in the profile of #[1] yet.
#[2]

2023-01-25 18:13:35 UTC

Big thanks to #[0] for all the help sorting through my NIP-05 issues today!

2023-01-22 19:01:16 UTC

Hello world!