jaspervanderee
Jasper van de Ree

Curious designer building projects on bitcoin. I share what I learn and how I'm doing it.

https://buoybitcoin.com - Compare bitcoin-only services
https://dittotranscriptgenerator.com - Privacy-first transcript extractor
https://www.breen.studio - Infographic posters

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jasper@jaspervanderee.com

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relay.damus.io

nos.lol

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2026-03-22 15:13:29 UTC

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As a result, you see housing becoming unaffordable, people forced to work harder, a concentration of wealth and ever more dependencies on the government.

2026-03-21 20:33:11 UTC

Rereading this rings so true:
“You have to face challenges and go out on adventures so you can build character. You will not only be interesting to people, but that character is also needed to provide a stable framework that can handle the chaos of life.”

2026-03-18 18:32:48 UTC

Added these Batman symbols to the poster today which is almost complete. The top-left one was the bat-symbol used in the first digitally made comic book back in '91. The top-right one is when Batman was a priest.
https://blossom.primal.net/15b471b8f14a26d03c30968ee8773d730f27ffa6905e841024e99b2c2f72b3c5.jpg

2026-03-16 20:48:55 UTC

I see the same pattern again watching an interview with James Cowling: you need stepping stones to combat the unknown unknowns. I need to learn how to discipline myself doing this.

2026-03-16 09:47:53 UTC

New realization reading Tony Dinh’s book: instead of creating a complete poster (i.e. every bat-symbol out there) which would take way too long, break it up into a smaller sub-section and see if it gets bought. If so, work towards completion.

2026-03-15 20:56:53 UTC

YouTube renamed their transcript segment elements which affected the quality of transcript extraction by Ditto. I've fixed the issue and re-uploaded it on the Chrome store. It should be working in 24h.

2026-03-15 13:02:08 UTC

I hope I didn't miss one...
I've been going through every Batman movie to document the bat-symbol he wears in each. The bigger goal is to create the definitive Batman logo poster: every bat-symbol from film, TV, and comics in one place.
https://blossom.primal.net/238647f3c6c6b0d2b356682f478fecf6b4f4682a4ab531dc875e438e50e458fc.jpg

2026-03-11 18:44:40 UTC

Added 4 new bat-symbols to the WIP Batman poster. The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul seems to be a one of but interesting chest-symbol.
https://blossom.primal.net/2d81aa4a5e236038ed3a06ca3cb5683505806d1f64f931f24bdecf6e87ddafd5.png

2026-03-01 10:18:21 UTC

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Thanks for reading the article! To avoid co-opting and centralization, bitcoin has to function as a medium of exchange imo.

2026-02-28 17:37:58 UTC

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Wrote my first Nostr Reads article on the philosophical split between Strike and Swan through the vision of Jeff Booth:
https://primal.net/e/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp4gutttvqk5twxk2l74pps7xehwjleau63j9pddxn8sy8uxlz7clqq5hxarjd94k2ttkwvkhxampdckksmmvvskky6t5vdhkjm3ddaez6mrfwejj6mmw945hgtrr5uc

2026-02-25 18:55:00 UTC

Added these bat-symbols to the poster today. The amount of bat-suits with alternative symbols alone would make a nice poster.
https://blossom.primal.net/fcb3460b39a6e38b37d54571b3a0582094512472785a345818548d194743c46f.jpg

2026-02-23 17:16:17 UTC

I'm creating a poster with all the bat-symbols but i have clearly underestimated the amount of variations and characters with each their own logo. Batzarro, Living Gotham City Batman, Gargoyle of Gotham and the Dark Multiverse to name a few.
https://blossom.primal.net/6d307f9a1c48ad58011783b32719f472b5790c8221837357abb6e70b844a5bb8.jpg

2026-02-20 15:23:38 UTC

The more i learn about our current deb-based system the more I'm convinced the central theme is: extraction.

2026-02-18 18:08:13 UTC

Working on a Batman symbol evolution poster
https://blossom.primal.net/54a158a18661649ea0458c569e4965f4d61292855c986e0d69cc0dcebaf02bc4.png

2026-02-14 22:26:22 UTC

Installed OpenClaw and managed to kill it after 30 minutes. Spent all evening reviving it, but he’s back!

2026-02-13 18:35:10 UTC

Reading ‘On Writing Well’ by William Zinsser and it helps me a lot with writing articles! Great recommendation by Jason Cohen because it confirms what I found intuitively to be true but lacked confidence to implement.

2026-02-12 07:35:45 UTC

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Just curious, what business did you create?

2026-02-11 15:31:18 UTC

Great new insight from Jeff Booth's interview with Brandon on the Sovreign podcast: Nuclear energy = abundant energy = deflationary. And because deflation is bad for the debt-based system, it had to be stopped.
https://blossom.primal.net/838e61dc80ebc95bd10455dec390f8093e08a8759cf1a3c9902612f1d28c222c.png

2026-02-10 16:52:07 UTC

Been reading the book list on Jeff Booth’s website and loving it so far. Not a big fan of Simple Rules by Donald Sull I’m reading now. I’m getting lost in the detailed case studies similar to the $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau. Feels like fluff to me.

2026-02-07 15:51:37 UTC

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Hence the importance of self-custody

2026-02-07 13:50:07 UTC

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But Jeff, Antigravity is a centralized tool. I’m also using it but I’m trying to convince myself to use OpenCode instead 😉

2026-02-07 13:44:48 UTC

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Because the ethics and morality of voluntary consenting exchange between people is baked into the protocol. Why? As long as it stays decentralized and secure and we keep it in self-custody with privacy on top of it, you’re forced to act in a ethical and moral way because money can’t be taken away from you.

2026-02-06 16:58:01 UTC

Small steps: https://dittotranscriptgenerator.com has 6 users atm by posting it on Product Hunt and bitcointalk.org.
Let's see if people on Stacker News appreciate it.

2026-02-06 13:00:06 UTC

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Due to a lack of understanding I would say, because bitcoin is 180 degrees opposite of the current system

2026-02-04 16:34:25 UTC

Working on animating the Ditto logo for my design portfolio:
https://blossom.primal.net/4f92e9489d038fd11ba2038e223ef72ec58ad7977cc43d2301faff27edb54ac8.gif
It's a free open-source transcript extractor.

2026-02-04 12:55:46 UTC

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The difference seems to me between high-agency people who believe they can control their environment and low-agency people who believe the world is happening to them.

2026-02-03 18:44:14 UTC

I can't seem to get notified when the people I follow on Nostr post something, so I built a simple script that monitors relays and sends me a Telegram message. @nprofile…0hy6 do you think this will be a Nostr option in the future?

2026-01-30 18:53:19 UTC

The debt-based system extracts everything from you:
• Your Attention: Media harvests your fear so you vote for your own chains
• Your Time: Inflation steals your labor faster than you can earn it
• Your Future: Burning real resources to pretend we have growth
• Your Voice: You elect politicians, but you don't control the money printer
• Your Conscience: Your cheap goods require someone else's slavery
• Your Values: Forced to gamble on assets just to survive
You are the battery powering this system. And you have the choice to unplug.

2026-01-29 19:52:50 UTC

Emotions are signals, not problems. And problems are puzzles, not walls.

2026-01-26 20:08:43 UTC

I think the idea of recurring revenue is slowly dying.
With more ai tools available people will say “why not just build that myself?”
Plus debasement will intensify screening for monthly expenses.

2026-01-24 08:47:05 UTC

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Then we're working on a similar project! I'm also vibe coding an app that rips YouTube transcripts but also those of many courses like Udemy and Coursera and I'll be giving it away for free.

2026-01-21 17:15:53 UTC

Today I realized that the most successful founders and creators use the same playbook, regardless of their medium:
In SEO: You don't build a page and hope for traffic. You find the keywords with proven volume and build for them.
In Writing: You don't write a post and hope for likes. You find "validated ideas"—structures that have already gone viral—and expand on them.

2026-01-14 19:03:46 UTC

I’m building a private transcript generator, but I refuse to give it a boring, literal name like so many tools have.
I chose a different path: Naming based on a feeling. Here’s how I created the identity for "Ditto" in 4 hours:
I'm a fan of a hundred monkeys' philosophy: names should tell a story, not just a function.
• "Home repair videos" → All Thumbs
• "Recommendation network" → Likewise
My goal? Find a name that feels as frictionless as the tool itself. 
I started with a word cloud to capture the "Bitcoin Ethos":
🔓 Open & Transparent
⚡ Frictionless
🕵️ Privacy-first
📖 Reveal
I almost went with "Facsimile," but it felt too archaic and hard to spell. Back to the thesaurus for synonyms. 
Then I found it: Ditto.
It’s related to duplicating or copying. It’s short, informal, and positive.
Not to forget: No big brands using it. 
For the logo, initially I wanted to merge the "Play" button with the letter "D."
I love typography, so I also played with the standard "Copy" icon. The result is a logo that feels familiar but custom. 
https://blossom.primal.net/05dbd659e03065545e92836d16ebceed077c910aba8701711012e0a94cfca519.png
Colors weren’t random. I fed Albers’ "Interaction of Color" and Itten’s "Elements of Color" into NotebookLM for suggestions.
🟡 Yellow: Knowledge & Light (revealing the text).
🔵 Deep Blue: Trust & Privacy.
It’s the visual equivalent of "shining a light" on hidden data.
Total time: 4 hours from blank page to "brand" identity.
By putting in the extra work, I'm building a design portfolio — not just another generic utility.
If you like design or if you're interested in Bitcoin related projects, follow along for the next update.

2026-01-14 08:37:08 UTC

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Thanks for the reminder to turn off these price notifications. Measuring bitcoin from within the system (NGU), keeps you trapped in the Matrix.

2026-01-11 14:40:03 UTC

Started today working on a free, open-source and private video transcript extractor for those who like to learn and take notes. So many services are behind sign-up walls or send your data to the cloud. Plus mine works on gated courses.

2026-01-06 17:39:10 UTC

Tried to add @nprofile…w2ua as a WikiData entry because his work is so notable, but it got deleted after18 hours for not being "notable" enough 😄

2026-01-05 18:43:18 UTC

Creative people often feel a "need" to express themselves because they are literally carrying more data than the average person and need to "offload" it into a structure (like a song or a business model) to make sense of it.

2026-01-04 17:18:14 UTC

Yesterday i felt the need to write a bitcoin blog article but now it's finished i realize it's fairly worthless to get eyeballs on it. Daniel Vassallo taught me to build credibility first and then share your views, not the other way around because no one is going to listen to you without credibility.
Always takes a bit to adjust your behaviour.

2026-01-03 15:56:17 UTC

Just bought Daniel Vassallo's Twitter course to gain an audience. Here's what I took away from it:
✅ build credibility: do something interesting and describe what it was like
🔔 get notified when big accounts post and reply fast to add value
👤 your bio should tell me why I should follow you and what you'll post about
🎁 give, give, give, don't ask. Giving = value, Asking = anything that benefits you directly

2026-01-03 09:39:04 UTC

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I love these vague terms like "shocking". What does that even mean, when two people are just talking? You went outside of the normal discours and perceived reality and thats just simply not allowed.

2026-01-02 15:19:14 UTC

My biggest fear: working on becoming a solopreneur and not succeeding even after 10 years. Sometimes I see terrible comedians on stage and when asked "how long have you been performing" they say "10 years". Imagine honing a craft for 10 years and not becoming skilled at it...

2026-01-01 20:21:08 UTC

Today I'm finding out there is no way to process payments in fiat without registering at the chamber of commerce in The Netherlands. The net is tightening.
Stripe, Square, Shopify, Lemon Squeezy, Buy me a Coffee all require tax registration.
BTCPay could be an option but it will drastically decrease my chances of getting a sale.

2025-12-24 10:56:34 UTC

Reading Jordan Peterson's book 12 Rules for Life for the first time and getting some nice insights:
You have to face challenges and go out on adventures so you can build up character. You will not only be interesting to people, but that character is also needed to provide a stable framework that can handle the chaos of life.

2025-12-22 18:09:43 UTC

Have been consuming Danny Postma's SEO course over the weekend and its great! Really well structured and enlightening. I will start my projects differently from now on.

2025-12-19 17:05:47 UTC

Just bought Danny Postma's SEO course. Looking forward to share the value.

2025-12-14 20:18:24 UTC

Offering free plans is for VC-backed startups. Avoid as a solopreneur.

2025-12-14 19:38:06 UTC

Gpt 5.2 has become my new code buddy. Fast, good and cheap!

2025-12-14 11:03:42 UTC

Reading The Minimalist Entrepreneur, it talks about setting up a social media account for your business as well as you personally. I think that business account only makes sense when you reach a certain size with it.

2025-12-13 16:35:17 UTC

Gemini 3.0 critiquing my copy writing skills on this product title:
https://blossom.primal.net/7860a060b76cd2e427eaa194da07635fd2b7115376e698dc71cc72facf2a4e84.png
"Sounds like a file name" 🤣
Rewrite: "The Evolution of Arsenal: A Visual History (1886-2024).

2025-12-12 17:52:49 UTC

Another node in the network, adding a bit of strength to Bitcoin.
https://blossom.primal.net/e15edcbb2e28a60549080bef10d4cd7b1f7ef80468e4b1d2d433e1fa57f43eb0.png

2025-12-12 12:31:59 UTC

Reading The Minimalist Entrepreneur by Sahil Lavingia I notice he's going against the idea of Jeff Walker and his book "Launch" saying that a big launch is almost always a mistake after building a product.
Sahil also advocates for building an audience while Rob Walling says you shouldnt do this. Perhaps because Sahil is talking about entrepreneurship from a community perspective and Rob from a B2B perspective.

2025-12-10 19:58:45 UTC

When trying to verify Knots in Sparrow, I get a 'missing verification key' notification https://blossom.primal.net/d40b729fad677c5c0c4e149a08e808abf97e4f08a38323d4632063f3150aae31.png
@nprofile…7y8r any idea how to fix this?

2025-12-09 20:20:12 UTC

Talking about politics is like talking about who's getting ordained in the clergy. It is highly irrelevant.

2025-12-06 21:51:37 UTC

Asking Gemini 3.0 about deflation from first principle thinking will lead it to mention Jeff Booth very fast.

2025-12-06 20:48:25 UTC

@nprofile…w2ua did you recently went on a podcast with Nicki Sharma or is it AI? Your eyes look very different from normal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtErZ1kSl2g&t=150s
Perhaps its me, and i've entered an alternative dimension.

2025-11-26 09:23:09 UTC

Nostr has taught me to think decentralized, so I will apply this by having multiple women in my life.

2025-11-22 15:32:56 UTC

Working with Gemini 3 Pro for a day or two now and it might be slightly better than Sonnet 4.5 but it's a hell of a lot cheaper.

2025-11-18 19:38:10 UTC

Hi @nprofile…ld5t , I’m just listening to your interview with Jeff Booth and enjoying it. At 1:57:15 you highlighted the issue with bitcoin-only businesses lacking tutorials for clients and you being interested in solving that problem. I’m working on this very issue and happy to help if you need it.

2025-11-10 15:27:48 UTC

I’ve been doing so much programming, I’m thinking of calling my future son JSON

2025-11-08 09:32:26 UTC

First time reading 1997 book The Sovereign Individual foreseeing Bitcoin
https://blossom.primal.net/9d7f5da510b80bb37c408bb5f975145c99371de2af43650b6e62922f88ad3539.jpg

2025-10-26 17:25:08 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/f911629fe01aa6ca6bc109f00c934967fd2a178765e0f28a03ff4ad900094911.jpg
Busy working on implementing illustrations to the Buoy service pages.

2025-10-22 19:21:00 UTC

I consider The Matrix movie a documentary

2025-10-19 16:50:45 UTC

De Nederlandse verkiezingen door een Bitcoin-lens:
#Bitcoin #Nederland #verkiezingen2025
Volledige analyse:
https://buoybitcoin.com/blog/waarom-je-tegen-je-eigen-belang-zal-stemmen/?utm_source=nostr&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blog_nl_2025q4

2025-10-11 20:52:27 UTC

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Nice achievement Tony!

2025-10-09 19:19:51 UTC

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I was just hearing this new insight on your podcast with Lisa Tamati and thought ‘let me share that’, when I read this post 😄

2025-10-04 18:00:00 UTC

What a difference between GPT5 codex and Claude 4.5 Sonnet using Cursor. Claude is not only faster, but far more accurate and actually explains its reasoning.

2025-10-02 06:48:10 UTC

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I love it, they print the money, devalue the currency so the value of your home is perceived to go up and you may pay extra for it

2025-09-29 08:28:48 UTC

I just realized the worse your currency is, the harder it is for companies to be successful.

2025-09-25 19:40:13 UTC

Incorporating Jeff’s vision is like having a superpower. You can just filter out any nonsense like altcoins, stable coins, NGU, DeFi, NFTs, yield farming

2025-09-21 21:15:41 UTC

The three most important steps in Bitcoin:
1. Store bitcoin in self-custody
2. Run a node
3. Add value

2025-09-19 19:05:41 UTC

I feel trapped between the legacy banking cartel and the fintech platforms offering you crypto schemes. Can’t wait to live on bitcoin fully.

2025-09-18 21:14:03 UTC

If gold is the comma in monetary debasement, then Bitcoin is the full stop.

2025-09-18 20:09:47 UTC

I invest in 2 things. Bitcoin and myself.

2025-09-18 19:59:46 UTC

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And in the same interview Luke predicts a 3-4% chance of Bitcoin succeeding while Jeff sees virtually no chance of Bitcoin failing…

2025-09-18 17:47:56 UTC

Can anyone help me square these opposite views about the danger of centralization within mining by @nprofile…w2ua and @nprofile…d7ya
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxmdFYdQqG27Hh1PzhmZCU8GQOFQByTJcF
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxqhtvKLU-m8fUQLRCpMqkq8YcFtj9-FLH

2025-09-16 11:43:05 UTC

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He also seemed to have used money so let's restrict access to money. And he also breathed in air so we might have to control inhaling oxygen for everyone.

2025-09-14 15:18:28 UTC

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Thanks Tony!

2025-09-14 13:36:02 UTC

Hey @nprofile…rej8 do you have any information on Muun and Lightspark not being truly lightning but using submarine swaps? Are the costs the main objection?

2025-09-13 14:12:11 UTC

I built Buoy — a free, independent Bitcoin-only tool to help new Bitcoiners compare wallets, exchanges, merchant tools, and more.
Inspired by @nprofile…4ld5 ‘s call to spend more of our time in Bitcoin and contribute to building its ecosystem, I put that advice into action—because his vision of a future where progress benefits everyone, not just a few, is worth building toward.
Even in the Bitcoin-only space, there are so many services that it’s hard to know what they do or how they differ. Buoy aims to make that clear and save you time. Open source, no ads, no paid rankings and value-for-value.
It is an early MVP — so your feedback will help shape what comes next. What felt missing, confusing, or wrong?
⚡ Let me know what you think and how this project can be more useful and I'll zap a thank-you.
🔗 https://buoybitcoin.com/nostr
https://blossom.primal.net/66c30d035254e4529e142d3d8e94c872b0590c4abd00cf4a553375361032871f.mp4

2025-09-06 10:53:55 UTC

Quite the praise from one user on my https://buoybitcoin.com MVP 😁
https://blossom.primal.net/3c7f6aabbe911baa66aa2158f33d96b3ab47c6c9c549f39521ed446c60d7d1bd.jpg
https://stacker.news/items/1208471/r/jaspervanderee?commentId=1209463

2025-08-21 13:00:33 UTC

Just saw this bitcoiner with his 3-year old daughter so I started to talk to him. Very friendly and open guy. He casually mentioned he started stacking in 2015 and now he doesn’t have to work anymore. Great future for him and his family 🧡
https://blossom.primal.net/c1db1fa4cfe7960a12a732cbaa32db47a78191a860274062b9399551d3955f96.jpg

2025-08-03 12:53:45 UTC

Hello world