Alfador

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alfador@nostrplebs.com

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alfador@getalby.com

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2023-10-01 21:06:21

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Then what's the debate about? Just do it. Like you said my node will just ignore your shitcoinery.

2023-10-01 14:38:41

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I used to be somewhat lukewarm on drivechains but shit like this has me convinced never to support it. Go fork yourself, it's been a while since I got a free shitcoin I could trade for BTC. 🤡

2023-09-29 01:25:45

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I don't know what I'm looking at.

2023-09-27 02:47:36

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Nah, just bugs I think. It worked a few times

2023-09-24 14:25:00

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I'm just a pleb with an interest in digital privacy so my solutions may be flawed or inadequate (if so I'd love feedback from someone more knowledgeable).
Firstly, run open source software as much as possible. Including your operating systems. Linux for your desktop, GrapheneOS on your phone. Or better still get a dumbphone.
Second, try to convince the people you communicate with to use encrypted chat like Signal instead of SMS. Don't use social media (other than nostr, and even then stay anon if you want privacy).
Use a VPN. I use Mullvad. It allows me to pay for it KYC free with the lightning network.
Don't use any services from large tech companies. Gmail, iTunes, Google search, Spotify, Amazon, etc. They're all spying on you.
Use cash instead of a credit card.
Buy your bitcoin non-kyc
The more 'low tech' your car is, the better. Don't connect it to the internet. Don't connect it to your phone (aux cable is OK I think).
If you upload photos, use a program like Scrambled Exif to remove metadata. Be careful exposing anything from your real life online, it's amazing how much can be inferred from seemingly insignificant information.
Don't leave Bluetooth or location on on your phone.
Use a service like SimpleLogin to create dummy emails for signing up for things. Use a burner phone or temporary SMS service for when a service requires a phone number.
Get a PO box.
Privacy is a spectrum. The further you move towards ultimate privacy the less convenient your life is. This is by design. You have to find your personal sweet spot.
Hopefully others will chime in with additional tips, these are the best my pre-caffeinated brain could come up with.

2023-09-23 14:51:00

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Did not expect to see Cynic on here. Focus is an all time fav album of mine. I'd zap you if my zapper was working... I should get on that...

2023-09-17 16:00:23

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But people kept their whole stash on GOX, I don't think very many people are doing the same with hot wallets like WoS. Even with my non-custodial LN wallets I don't keep more than like, 100k sats on them

2023-09-17 15:32:12

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Bigger than MtGOX? Does anyone actually keep meaningful amounts of BTC on any hot wallet?

2023-09-13 01:28:24

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Interesting. I've literally never had Amethyst crash. Primal crashes pretty regularly for me.
Pixel 5a with GrapheneOS fwiw

2023-09-11 16:11:08

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Sweet! Please do let me know. Looking forward to trying out the app and DVM integration. Thanks for the quick responses

2023-09-11 14:33:16

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It appears to require the Play store to function though?

2023-09-11 14:13:04

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>Full anonymity, privacy features, no email required
>Dependencies: Google Play store
Lol

2023-09-10 13:51:58

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Got any studies from non-ayurvedic journals? They've been saying this forever but non-ayurvedic studies have falied to replicate these results afaik

2023-09-09 21:06:13

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What do you mean by 'pending'?

2023-09-09 20:17:31

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No time pending for this one

2023-09-09 20:17:02

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2023-09-09 15:28:05

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Nope, I got em 😁
Unless... 🤔
Quick! Someone give me a Turing test!

2023-09-09 14:44:31

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DM would definitely work. I would think QR does too, but would be difficult to claim on mobile and I'd imagine it wouldn't be hard to create a workaround for a bot.

2023-09-09 14:30:39

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Already happening with Amethyst I think.
Also there seems to be a bot instantly claiming people's nuts. I posted some yesterday and they were gone instantly

2023-09-09 14:19:50

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Didn't they have literally zero bitcoin though?

2023-09-09 10:42:29

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https://image.nostr.build/5a919dc3d48f92faa1858659185c1ae946e4e4b8a08a9f4a4009bef57a4ff85d.jpg

2023-09-09 03:15:31

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2023-09-09 02:58:37

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Actually it looks like you have one, it's just not working for me

2023-09-09 00:59:41

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But they make the best music

2023-09-08 14:51:57

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Excellent post. Looking forward to diving into your book once I'm done with Lyn's

2023-09-03 17:12:47

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As I've repeated, I buy my BTC non-kyc. The fact that you keep strawmaning my methods without proposing a solution to the problem I presented tells me that you are in fact just trying to antagonize me. I hope you have fun gatekeeping and feeling morally superior to all the people with the same goals and values as you 👍

2023-09-03 17:00:03

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And like I told you, I buy all my bitcoin non-kyc. My bank would have serious questions if I tried to send $10 million dollars to a rando with no memo though. You still haven't proposed a solution to this problem, so I suspect you're just gatekeeping to try to present yourself as a true Scottsman

2023-09-03 16:51:47

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How so? If the liquidity doesn't exist and cannot exist due to the limitations of the fiat system, then it does indeed present a problem for people wanting to buy large amounts of non-kyc'd bitcoin.

2023-09-03 14:52:21

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I'm just here for the free shitcoin I can trade for more BTC post-fork

2023-09-02 22:37:58

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There's a documentary out in theatres right now about the Hex scam, I haven't seen it yet but I will when I can watch it at home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtfjEg_ou6c

2023-09-02 21:40:56

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It's pretty wild. Their cult leader Richard Heart is a super obvious scammer who is under SEC investigation for misappropriating customer funds and defrauding investors but the Hexicans are in so deep they think it's all a setup. Pretty interesting from a people-watching perspective, as long as you like slow motion trainwrecks

2023-09-02 21:30:14

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Perhaps the shittiest of shitcoins. Somehow they have a cultlike following of rubes that call themselves "Hexicans" who are convinced they will be rich in 10 years because they put their shitcoin in a smart contract that doesn't let them touch it for that long.

2023-09-02 04:22:11

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pssh, looking at the camera just because the man told you to. buncha statist cucks.

2023-09-01 14:16:02

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@npub1mut…23vg, any chance we could get the ability to scan a qr code to connect to Mutiny? None of my mobile browsers are compatible (or maybe it's a GrapheneOS issue?) so I connected Amethyst to Mutiny via scanning a qr code on my desktop

2023-09-01 04:10:59

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Butterscotch

2023-08-31 18:10:00

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You're the best Lyn. Looking forward to cracking open the book this weekend

2023-08-31 13:55:31

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I think that's a fair take and gets to the point I was making. The delineation between right and left basically boils down to a distraction so that we're too busy fighting over pronouns and Hunter Biden to peek behind the curtain and recognize the real source of rot in our society. They want us to direct our anger at each other instead of them. And it's working.

2023-08-31 13:41:08

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Most progressives care about social issues and not economic prinicpals. I understand the two are intertwined but progressive voters are mostly a weapon to be weilded using hot button social issues. The right does the exact same thing and also ignores sound economic principals so...

2023-08-31 01:06:10

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I didn't really like him then either tbh

2023-08-29 16:03:09

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I think it just means they have to review the application again

2023-08-29 00:50:35

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Pick up heavy shit. Get bigger.

2023-08-29 00:43:50

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Happy to zap it back with a little extra as long as you promise to spread the wealth 🤙

2023-08-28 13:40:33

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It's a r/buttcoin mantra (in case you're unaware, buttcoin is a Reddit community centered around hating bitcoin and other cryptos... I actually think they make good points about crypto in general but I digress). They have observed that when bitcoin's price drops a lot of tether is minted. They attribute the printing of tether to an attempt to stabilize bitcoin's price with 'money printed out of thin air'.

2023-08-27 22:30:52

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Wish them luck. It's an open protocol so they can do whatever they want.

2023-08-27 16:01:05

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Well, you're right about that. Would you mind explaining the link between 1920s agricultural price controls and 2020s central bank balance sheets?

2023-08-27 14:36:40

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Yep exactly. We're all too willing as a society to give up our digital sovereignty and privacy for a shred of convenience. It's easier to use a stock OS than installing GrapheneOS. It's more convenient to use the app store than GitHub. Why pay for a good VPN when there's no obvious benefit over not using one? Linux has a learning curve vs iOS. I could go on and on.
The large corporations and governments that control the narratives most people are exposed to benefit from this lack of motivation to keep your data private. There will not be a push for digital sovereignty and privacy from the top. Fortunately the tools exist for those who understand the importance and care to make the effort.

2023-08-27 14:17:22

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It *can* exist, it just takes a level of work and dilligence that most aren't willing to keep up

2023-08-27 14:14:21

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It's a multiplayer game where most of the players are astronauts with a set of tasks to complete. Some players are assigned to be imposters, who look just like the astronauts but whose goal is to kill the other astronauts. The astronauts win by completing the goals or identifying and killing the imposters based on behavioral cues. The imposters win by killing the astronauts before they can complete the tasks. Incidentally it's the game that spawned the term 'sus', which suggested a player was suspicious that another player was an imposter

2023-08-27 01:43:15

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Legit for muscle tightness and for sleep. Magnesium absorbs best through the skin

2023-08-26 20:35:11

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I vote A and B

2023-08-26 19:31:32

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Thanks for the quick response, looking forward to it being implemented. The wallet is great otherwise and I'll continue using it.
You guys need to set up a lightning address on nostr so we can zap you

2023-08-26 18:33:32

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@npub1mut…23vg?

2023-08-26 18:15:35

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I think about it in terms of politics mostly. We're held back from progressing as a society by the dinosaurs at the top of the political system who refuse to cede power and continue to cling to their way of doing things, for their own benefit at the cost of everyone else. People like Biden and McConnell. We won't be able to move forward until they and others like them die. Progress occurs one funeral at a time. I remind myself of that whenever I get frustrated with the out of touch ruling class making decisions with consequences they won't live to see.

2023-08-26 18:04:21

Playing around with Mutiny wallet for zapping, does anyone know how to auto approve zaps? I don't want to have to manually approve all the zaps I send

2023-08-26 17:12:58

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If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time.
Progress occurs one funeral at a time.
You should meditate for 15 minutes every day, unless you're too busy... in which case you should meditate for an hour every day.

2023-08-26 15:37:02

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It's also a put option on oppressive fiat monetary policy and sovereign debt bubbles.
Convince your loved ones to learn about it, and if they're unwilling consider buying some on their behalf 🤙

2023-08-26 15:28:56

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Best take on the film I've seen by far. Kudos. Now I want to go watch it again.

2023-08-24 14:05:26

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But doctor, I am Pagliacci.

2023-08-23 15:55:20

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Agreed

2023-08-23 15:43:16

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They think you're gaming the algorithms with all the zapping. That's the impression I got at least

2023-08-23 14:38:17

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Awesome! Been looking forward to this one a lot since you first mentioned it on a podcast. Excited to get my hands on it!

2023-08-23 14:12:55

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Censorship is innevitably an option. And we the users have the option of rejecting that censorship. Such is the nature of open source protocols.

2023-08-22 13:44:49

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Didn't you watch the gif? The poor man had a horrific boating accident, have some compassion!

2023-08-21 02:30:37

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Never heard of AT before this post. Pros/cons vs nostr?

2023-08-20 18:20:05

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The numbers from the headline are referring to inscription *trading* not creation. People are still making them, but no one wants them.

2023-08-18 03:35:13

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The two pieces of news I'm aware of are Evergrande filling for bankruptcy (potentially telegraphing global economic turmoil) and SpaceX selling their bitcoin.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/china-evergrande-files-chapter-15-bankruptcy-us-court-filing-2023-08-17/
https://m.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/spacex-sold-373m-worth-of-bitcoin-acquired-in-20212022-report-3156924
DGAF, bought the dip

2023-08-17 20:19:09

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And these are *government* estimates 😳
If anything, that slope is likely to be steeper in reality.

2023-08-17 20:10:26

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Interesting... It probably depends on which app you're using but there's usually a lightning bolt icon that signifies zapping. Which nostr apps have you tried?

2023-08-15 19:04:02

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Shouldn't it be Trust = Truth × Time, or Truth +
Time? In your equation trust goes down as time goes on, even if truth is present.
Yes I am fun at parties, thank you.

2023-08-15 04:55:40

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Step one is getting your lightning wallet set up so we can zap you

2023-08-13 14:42:09

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Monk also wishes you a good morning!
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/be50a7493d7ae6bafc1078e4e16db4ac445b719091eb58ee0214bc79fd851abf.jpg

2023-08-11 17:02:02

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That's a really really broad question. I've spent literally thousands of hours consuming information about Bitcoin and only consider myself somewhat knowledgeable on the subject.
Did you have any specific questions? About buying or storing bitcoin for instance? Or questions about the economic or societal impact of bitcoin?
In general I'd start with reading The Bitcoin Standard and watching old Andreas Antonopoulos videos on YouTube.
Welcome to the space! People here tend to be very friendly and helpful so don't hesitate to reach out for help along the way.

2023-08-10 05:00:19

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“We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training.”
~ Archilochus

2023-08-09 04:46:03

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What are you wanting to do? I use Zeus on mobile to spend from my node, though tbh Phoenix is more streamlined (but is not connected to my node). On desktop I use Alby connected to my node. It works great and doubles as a nostr key manager

2023-08-09 00:00:59

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Mullvad has been great for me. Bonus points for being able to pay for the service anonymously with LN:
https://vpn.sovereign.engineering/account

2023-08-08 22:07:53

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They already sell bitcoin though. I'm not seeing why introducing a stablecoin will increase demand for BTC...

2023-08-08 22:02:21

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Also, who?

2023-08-08 22:02:09

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Why?

2023-08-08 20:00:55

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Reddit in general has gone to shit completely, r/bitcoin included. That being said, a lot of the complaints about "censorship" are just the mods keeping shitcoin scammers at bay.

2023-08-07 23:33:09

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Stablecoins are an interesting case. I'm not sure they qualify as securities since there's no expectation of profits and as such I don't think it can be considered an "investment contract".

2023-08-07 22:36:07

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Great podcast! I thought we already had too many Bitcoin pods but I was wrong

2023-08-07 05:01:10

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The Price of Tomorrow. Again.

2023-08-07 04:59:48

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🍿

2023-08-07 03:17:48

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Dark matter?

2023-08-06 05:09:37

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Thousands of shitcoins. Only one Bitcoin.

2023-08-05 21:43:33

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I write my public key on a napkin for them

2023-08-05 11:49:41

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Amethyst

2023-06-25 15:44:10

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Pixel with GrapheneOS

2023-06-14 01:57:10

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https://boltz.exchange/ is excellent for exchanging on-chain BTC for LN BTC.

2023-05-07 15:44:50

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OK, paid the invoice directly with my node. Should be good. Something funny is going on with Alby for me.

2023-05-07 15:11:14

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Tried zapping you the sats but kept getting an error so I sent some ecash. Let me know if you receive it. Brutal game!

2023-05-06 17:26:11

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I'll put 2500 sats on the Dubs

2023-03-12 16:42:34

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Only about 1.3% of total deposits I believe. It's ok though, they'll just print the difference.

2023-03-12 16:41:17

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This article seems to agree with my understanding:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bailin.asp
Though I'm not certain that there aren't "bail-ins" that conform to your understanding too

2023-03-12 15:32:17

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Rather than printing money to pay off debts (as in a bail-out), those debts are simply cancelled.

2023-03-10 16:33:11

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I love the host's face when they cut to him lmao. "Da fuq is this guy on about?". Bucky was on another level

2023-03-10 16:16:23

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Wow, that second passage. Thanks for the response!

2023-03-10 15:18:48

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Can anybody point me to where Tesla predicted BTC? I've tried searching but I keep getting results from some shitty car company

2023-03-10 15:16:40

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"The app is codenamed P92 and will allow users to log in through their existing Instagram credentials, the outlet reported."
"Decentralized"
https://i.nostrimg.com/4ef5ecdc21c7ce4a8a795b73faa5675cceea8cf129bf5aa18f363e0e09db470c/file.jpg