AVB
AVB21

Historian, builder of tools, maker of chocolates and code.

AVB_21 on X
LN: mr21@coinos.io
V4V: https://avbforge.com/donate/

public key:

timeseed.io/se/KDV-sovereign-710F09B170981406.se.pub

Public Key

npub1sec6degc3ae7warveuxaz6dlffnc2sutwtqjr7pmll7sf7ypjngsd4p0l7

NIP-05 Address

avb@nostrplebs.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsgvudxu5vg7ul8w3kv7rw3dxl55eu9gw9h9sfplqalllgylzqef5gpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dszzx4pk

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1sec6degc3ae7warveuxaz6dlffnc2sutwtqjr7pmll7sf7ypjngsd4p0l7

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2026-07-08 21:43:44 UTC

3+ years podcasting and 10 years in Bitcoin, yet I've never been asked for an interview outside the Dutch language area.
The same 10 voices everywhere is apparently the norm?
I'm on a crusade to help give information on encryption, enteopy, privacy and Bitcoin.
I'm not shilling reflinks. No sponsors.

2026-07-07 16:50:55 UTC

The EU's Chat control is evil.
It also makes the European Union a totalitarian regime.
The moto is always : "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.”
That line appears wherever privacy is discussed, and it works
because it smuggles in a false definition before the argument even
begins.2
It redefines privacy as concealment. Once that move
succeeds, resistance to surveillance can be painted as suspicious
from the start.
The right response is not embarrassment, nor the weak claim that
everyone has private shame he would prefer to keep off display. The
right response is definitional: privacy is not the hiding of guilt but
control over
Privacy is control over disclosure, not concealment, the power to
selectively reveal oneself. That definition separates privacy from two
adjacent concepts. Secrecy is narrower, and anonymity concerns attribution.
The “nothing to hide” argument works only by collapsing
these three into one; once they are held apart, it loses its force.
The political dimension is more direct. Surveillance enables
control independent of prosecution. The opposition that can be
monitored can be neutralized: donors identified and pressured,
organizers tracked and harassed, plans discovered and preempted.
Totalitarian regimes require surveillance not because all citizens are
criminals but because surveillance enables control.
“Nothing to hide” ignores that the watching itself is the threat.
Above text from Max Hillebrand's "The Praxeology of Privacy"
The people using that phrase are either naïve
(and therefor the enemy of progress) or evil.

2026-07-07 16:49:28 UTC

The EU's Chat control is evil.
It also makes the European Union a totalitarian regime.
The moto is always : "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.”
That line appears wherever privacy is discussed, and it works
because it smuggles in a false definition before the argument even
begins.2
It redefines privacy as concealment. Once that move
succeeds, resistance to surveillance can be painted as suspicious
from the start.
The right response is not embarrassment, nor the weak claim that
everyone has private shame he would prefer to keep off display. The
right response is definitional: privacy is not the hiding of guilt but
control over
Privacy is control over disclosure, not concealment, the power to
selectively reveal oneself. That definition separates privacy from two
adjacent concepts. Secrecy is narrower, and anonymity concerns attribution.
The “nothing to hide” argument works only by collapsing
these three into one; once they are held apart, it loses its force.
The political dimension is more direct. Surveillance enables
control independent of prosecution. The opposition that can be
monitored can be neutralized: donors identified and pressured,
organizers tracked and harassed, plans discovered and preempted.
Totalitarian regimes require surveillance not because all citizens are
criminals but because surveillance enables control.
“Nothing to hide” ignores that the watching itself is the threat.
The people using that phrase are either naïve
(and therefor the enemy of progress) or evil.

2026-07-07 16:38:18 UTC

Saying hello to my friend in 2027 in Europe be like:
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2026-07-07 15:58:55 UTC

The Belgian bitcoin community is one of the most sad, morose, loser-mentality propagating, cheap-ass, lazy, scared, spineless bunch of gutless b*tch*s you can ever imagine*.
there, I said it. :=)
* not the 5 good people :)

2026-06-27 10:06:59 UTC

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Thank you for supporting building.

2026-06-26 21:34:43 UTC

So building +25 sovereign tools for the bitcoin community brought me about 7000 sats in donations so far.
Nice to see so many, many people deeply caring about standalone software without a central party and value the work through V4V 😉
Yeah, I keep telling it, because some ppl in art, code, business in bitcoin see the exact same grifter mentality, and see the same happen to their efforts. Unfortunately not many can openly tell it like it is, b/c they fear losing customers or goodwill from the few people that do care (there are some good people that actually appreciate stuff and Value it accordingly).
I don't have that disadvantage however. And it's important to point problems out in this community.
I can say that a big % of the bitcoiners who act like real tough sovereign, strong individuals to the outside, are actually acting like cheapskate scared little hippies that rather would donate to Peter Shiff or "stack sats" than to support real bitcoin projects. Or they find excuses to play philosopher while doing absolutely nothing, but expect their bags to pump.
And maybe that's what's wrong in this environment.
Maybe "price can't pump" of a large chunk of the ones that should keep it alive are turning into bitcoin hippies?
Who knows.
Just my insight.
Who knows.
I keep building. And we'll see who's better of in the end.
The builders or the armchair philosopher types.

2026-06-25 17:45:03 UTC

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Unhealthy community with proof-of-stake mentality will have to heal before anything happens; we have a paradox in bitcoin: a big % of PoS mentality, trying to "make it" on a proof of work network.

2026-06-25 17:44:12 UTC

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Unhealthy community with proof-of-stake mentality will have to heal before anything happens; we have a paradox in bitcoin: a big % of PoS mentality, trying to "make it" on a proof of work network.

2026-06-17 17:05:20 UTC

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Love what the farmer did there, resepect.

2026-06-16 18:10:23 UTC

Double-checked and both the LN as zaps work fine now.
thank you for the support for avbforge all, you know who you are.

2026-06-16 18:04:09 UTC

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eh ... not see... probably that nostrplebs NIP5 things not working again.
It's such a mess to receive a zap on nostr. really cumbersoms instable , I'll do something about that one day as well 😉

2026-06-16 18:03:38 UTC

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eh ... not see... probably that nostrplebs NIP5 things not working again.
It's such a mess to receive a zap on nostr. really cumbersoms instable , I'll do something about that one day as well 😉

2026-06-15 18:49:49 UTC

Amulet Arsenal: an offline, single-file Bitcoin self-custody suite.
I have been building a family of Bitcoin self-custody tools called Amulet.
Last week I've released the teaser : the Amulet Silent payment wallet, today the full suite is open to try.
Today it lives at avbforge.com, with the full source on Codeberg and an MIT licence on every file.
The idea:
Every Amulet tool is one self-contained HTML file. All code, all wordlists, all cryptography is inlined.
No content delivery network, no web fonts, no analytics, no telemetry. You save the file to disk, you compare its SHA-256 against the hash file published next to it, then you open it in a browser.
Air-gapped if you want, one click.
The expected workflow is always: download, verify the hash, run offline. I am not asking anyone to trust the build because I shipped it. The hash check is the trust step. Every tool ships next to its hash_*.txt for exactly that reason.
The first door.
The piece I would point a careful Bitcoiner at first is the Amulet Wallet Generator. It rolls a fresh BIP-39 seed from secure randomness, with optional dice, cards, or keystroke entropy mixed in if you want belt-and-braces. It exports a plain text seed report, a PDF report, or an Amulet-encrypted .enc file that the rest of the suite can read. Every wallet gets a colour-bar fingerprint (a quick visual identifier for the seed, eight colour-blind-safe colours, 60 bits of state) and an optional Standard SeedQR drawn into the PDF that scans straight into SeedSigner or Sparrow. All offline, all auditable in one HTML file.
The rest of the suite.
After the Generator you can try the other tools like:
Amulet Vault, an encrypted keeper for seed wallets, time-locked redeem scripts, and pubkey-only entries. Argon2id at rest. It makes you have a blob of encrypted data that makes your "hardware wallet" just a transferrable block of code if you like. It's heavily encrypted, post quantum ready and pure digital.
Amulet Picker, a master-passphrase generator drawing from a 10,000-word pool.
Amulet Timelock, builds Bitcoin time-locked redeem scripts.
Amulet Transaction Creator, builds and signs transactions offline. Build and sign in one file.
Amulet Shamir Shared Split, splits a vault into T-of-N shares or reassembles them.
Silent Amulet, a BIP-352 silent-payments wallet.
Amulet Scryer, a watch-only balance viewer (the online companion).
Amulet Broadcaster, pushes a signed transaction.
Amulet Relic, a small Python script of last resort for emergency .enc recovery.
A launcher ties them together. The landing page is at avbforge.com
MIT licence, fork friendly, no accounts to create.
This is ALL my personal gift to the bitcoin community. As I strongly belief we'll lose access to most of our tools, centralized services and open-source repositories at one point. We'll need to be even more self-reliant.
And a single html file, ran on an offline laptop,... is pretty cool I think.
greetings,
Mr21

2026-06-15 18:22:48 UTC

The wait is over.
After months...
"Amulet Arsenal" is live:
a family of single-file, offline Bitcoin self-custody tools.
MIT, no telemetry. Every tool ships next to its SHA-256. Download, verify, run offline.
Start with the Wallet Generator. The Vault, Picker, Timelock, TX Creator, Shamir, Scryer, Broadcaster, Silent Amulet and Relic complete the suite.
avbforge.codeberg.page
#bitcoin #selfcustody
https://avbforge.com
V4V: allesvoorbitcoin.be/donate
https://blossom.primal.net/be4c90d79419b4dd94ec5b472e0514cbe64194e09d69aef87b2a81429b602bb5.jpg

2026-06-10 18:49:05 UTC

Working to get everything ready for the release of the aVBforge tools.

2026-06-10 18:24:34 UTC

https://nowhr.xyz/s#DcRJCsIwFADQq4hLqfqHtGnFRREcNo4FXZbmJ8GAaaUKIr28vsWLdG-3Mb2Ek0wtmH1-gFusq-g2Z_X-fqqdOtZ1sTqF1eOwTvb9iHAM6Amsbug_KC-uMVZrQmEpPJvUgMstiEXMmDlTYnTKFijPPDsBhRl5Liw2elEut8P7GZy4Ec55eMSesJQutN1rFrpkshiuiD8Zu3eHA3M5PzisXCSVT_9u6Gzf3fvJ4XUm_-vM9nrZp3zROiQiWq7v3YB6WEeDImIJhdgzlQzWg66BGQ0Eztv6

2026-06-08 06:08:23 UTC

Nice to be picked up , only if it's only a pre-release teaser /
the Silent Amulet wallet.
Full tool set scheduled for a 15 June release.
https://npub1sec6degc3ae7warveuxaz6dlffnc2sutwtqjr7pmll7sf7ypjngsd4p0l7.blossom.band/5c75cd07c9b9de1706dd9fb149c1dafe44bd3e1521f0b8874c1070230ba43535.jpg

2026-06-05 14:32:35 UTC

This is so funny.... The garbage man's overconfidence ;)
#nevent1q…qym8

2026-06-04 21:10:09 UTC

Bitcoin now, is just an asset.
It still can be a cult. Or have a cult-following.
But it's just an asset (being a good one).

2026-06-04 20:13:16 UTC

Introducing "AVBforge" .
An engine, a idea, a goal to work together with likeminded people.
The Forge will make tools for the Sovereign people.
15th of June.
Se start of with the full release of the "no install" Silent payment wallet (already shown on nostr)
more soon

2026-06-04 17:56:21 UTC

The new "Sovereign encryption" tool is live at ;
https://timeseed.io/se/
(no installs, no app-stores, no compiling, no central servers, no BS)
Version build 071 introduces file-tiers for encryption on older machines.

2026-06-04 08:37:21 UTC

https://timeseed.io/se/Sovereign_Encryption_051.html
my public key:
timeseed.io/se/KDV-sovereign-710F09B170981406.se.pub
https://blossom.primal.net/87b13568146f3b3fe6e7ec2bff3138103a147b2517bfd30ab80bcba7fa8c3ad7.png

2026-06-04 08:24:30 UTC

Dear European bitcoiners and sovereign people.
The clock is ticking.
Even if you don't trust anyone,... now is not the time to bitch and moan about too many things within your community.
Learn to work together, learn encrypted real end-to-end messaging (can be over any network).
I've created a lot of tools to help with this, but even if you "don't trust" open source ... you can also learn to use PGP the proper way (it exists already for over 30 years).
Do something.

2026-05-31 18:27:31 UTC

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There are no good nostr apps imho.
I've created my own for my own needs, but even then... it's just not doable imho.

2026-05-31 18:11:59 UTC

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Sovereign encryption...
#nevent1q…vmzn

2026-05-31 18:07:21 UTC

Sovereign Encryption.
No installs. ML-KEM, salted HKDF + AES-GCM
Encrypt anything for transporting it over any network.
my gift to you all...
because encryption is human right
https://timeseed.io/se/
respect the work at : https://timeseed.io/donate

2026-05-26 20:39:34 UTC

https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/time/satoshitime/
More devs in bitcoin should use this as a time reference.

2026-05-17 11:17:37 UTC

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No, Bitcoin community is more of the same from what I've seen.

2026-05-16 16:31:01 UTC

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Yeah 👍 stay relevant John

2026-05-15 21:28:39 UTC

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I've built an encrypted messenger on nostr, (and you can use other networks as well).
With no budget.
No grand stages and bloatware.
DeNMS uses nostra ID's as a DID and uses post quantum messenger KDF .
But ok ;) propably I'll need a keynote and a turtleneck to then promise things that won't be ready ever. ;) that's how it rolls these days.

2026-05-15 21:24:58 UTC

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Since seeing the publy presentati9n in Lugano a year or so ago, it's still a mystery to me how you can actually do anything with this system.
Interest is waning tbh ...
Sooner or later you should have something usable te be presented.
But maybe I'm not in the right groups....

2026-05-12 19:08:22 UTC

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2026-05-10 16:37:57 UTC

Update, added another entropy tool to "21tools"
The Randomizer 3000 now gets a cousing, the version 4000 , with pure user input and local webcrypto, couble 256bits entropy + verifyer. (rund OFFLINE and LOCALLY for real data of course)
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/
https://github.com/avbpodcast/Randomizer-4000

2026-04-23 08:06:29 UTC

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It's going to be something based on my DENMS system https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/DENMS/

2026-04-22 17:14:27 UTC

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love it already... (next project I'm working on will need this :) big time :)

2026-04-07 16:31:07 UTC

Any #Berlin bitcoin places I need to see?
Visiting someone and wondering if the Berlin bitcoin scene has already improved a bit since 2 years ago (where I was kicked out of an ice salon for even daring to ask to pay in bitcoin :)

2026-04-05 15:14:20 UTC

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Thank you for listening/reading.
(After writing such a thing, I always let a British sarcastic AI voice read it back to me ;) It calms the nerves.

2026-04-02 15:59:33 UTC

(in Dutch) Alles Voor Bitcoin / AVB - Episode 168 "Back to the stone age"
We're talking about BS'ers, conferences, Dr. Kruse and safe havens.
https://fountain.fm/episode/rLaWZebafAt71TbP5DUc

2026-03-30 17:03:11 UTC

So, having 24+ tools and a donation page with a Silient payment section.
Of 1 year of having this address online (avb@....) it has receiver 4 donations.
Two of which was myself testing the system. And two people that sat across a table from me and wanted to see how it worked (after I donated to them).
There is close to zero real life organic adoption so far for silent payments. And that's just a damn shame.
what's the main reason for this I ask myself.
Too little use cases? (I don't believe that).
Too small number of implementations in wallets? (sure)
Too complex?
In any case, I was wondering if other bitcoiners saw the same lack of action on the Silent Payments channel?

2026-03-21 09:39:53 UTC

Updated a few of my tools on the https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/ page.
Especially the DeNMS was updated to support direct image generation and decryption.
The blossom server links were removed, as ALL three blossom servers were either unstable or unavailable at times,... it's just not professional enough to work with in a reliable way for the purpose of encrypted communication. (nostr itself is fine of course, still running as intended).

2026-03-17 11:58:32 UTC

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No thanks

2026-03-14 11:18:36 UTC

Nieuwe episode EP167 - Boriscoin, Ponzi en de Euro
https://fountain.fm/episode/C9kw4jcwfWmFCL4xoUQ0
https://npub1sec6degc3ae7warveuxaz6dlffnc2sutwtqjr7pmll7sf7ypjngsd4p0l7.blossom.band/246a0970191fbee199760735c5169cf9da3336c31e83b83fd9ef8249c7c41763.png

2026-03-13 15:14:41 UTC

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And get your fake Bitcoin off the bank/brokerage account while you can ;)

2026-03-13 09:49:27 UTC

Whenever the normies will start to use Bitcoin ad a real life saving safe haven, that moment everything in fiat will collapse so fast.
The trigger will only happen when people are at 'tree-bark soup' making level of despair.

2026-03-09 15:42:57 UTC

Episode 166 incoming.
Decided to do no marketing anymore, as it's up to the community to share and like.
If no one shares it, then now one will listen. You can't beat free.
Utter free market.

2026-03-09 12:14:30 UTC

DENMS : encrypt post quantum level, locally, standalone and then send over any network (nostra is default)
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/DENMS/

2026-03-07 07:57:45 UTC

Updated the bitcoin big mac index.
Average for USA prices and then the benchmark in Brussels (for EU)
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/bbmi/

2026-03-05 18:37:05 UTC

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Agree

2026-03-05 17:18:10 UTC

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Nice try bot.

2026-03-05 15:55:09 UTC

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I'm so tired of hearing about masculine and feminine devine energy BS.
Spent about 1,5 years listening to someone entrenched in that cult of the energy and stuff.'. in the end they're always too lazy to even put out their own garbage bags or actually do real work.
Yeah... It's a frustration. I own it.

2026-03-04 19:16:56 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/50fbd18a30315dbd708d42f2d81715c1d46acff826aeb0a5fb872f4057d1e4b7.jpg

2026-02-26 20:35:56 UTC

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Yet their browser is capped at a certain level of key handling and memory power for post quantum:)

2026-02-26 20:34:01 UTC

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2026-02-26 20:31:48 UTC

https://cdn.azzamo.media/bc83caf5bbb2a10b007c3da235e9d829ba247fbadceac4d0a9b54c4ab71e20e8.png
TestWorld

2026-02-26 16:05:54 UTC

Fiat life is ...

2026-02-26 10:26:28 UTC

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/Idiocracy voice/
What?

2026-02-26 09:54:32 UTC

The most basic, no install and super easy onboarding nostr client.
Locutus... Assimilate them into Nostr.
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/locutus/

2026-02-25 18:32:22 UTC

@npub18eh…tdkj
The real Randomizer is the Randomizer3000
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/randomizer3000/

2026-02-25 09:07:07 UTC

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After carefully examining it, I'm convinced this isn't possible with Lightning Network, at least not in a stable manner that actually works as a faucet.
We can build something that would come close (made some small scale attempt locally here), but it's something that was cool on-chain back then, but LN is not stable enough to do that imho.
Feel free to attempt though, would gladly help further.

2026-02-25 08:15:13 UTC

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The question is if that station is still standing;)

2026-02-25 08:09:04 UTC

So explain me... I've tested to zap myself some sats, even through my own nostr client.
It all worked 2 days ago. (both on zaps.lol as NIP5 "provider" (just a DNS entry) and then on nostrsplebs.
Both translated the address and delivered the sats to my actual LN address.
Now, two days later, nothing works.
I really don't get how this nostr+LN thing, after using it for 3+ years keeps failing every few weeks at minimum. There is zero redundancy or stability in your setup ever. And it's frustrating because I test my s*** and it worked.

2026-02-25 08:05:00 UTC

Just watched a bit of the Strategy World event :) they should have put a laugh track under most of it. Never heard so much pseudo finance mumbo-jumbo in such a short time since the WorldCom general meetings :)

2026-02-25 08:03:00 UTC

nostrplebs' NIP05 implementation abolutely sux
But then again, I tried 5 of these "services" and none of them actually work properly; let alone edit your address afterwards.
And if you send a message about a bug, no one ever replies :)
nostr is such a jungle

2026-02-25 08:00:21 UTC

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I actually made that a few months back :)
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/randomizer3000/

2026-02-25 07:59:53 UTC

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yeah, zaps sometimes work, sometimes they don't,... no matter what wallet/service I use, it never properly works for longer than a few days.
that's LN for ya

2026-02-24 23:19:37 UTC

What Knots wants to do is like building a second city of Las Vegas, 100 miles away, then call it Las Vegas as well. Where they'll only allow honest people to get in, have no airport, no drugs and no alcohol or hookers, but still have a representation of casino’s there (except from the ones the gatekeepers don’t like).
When everything’s built and set up however, they’d be surprised that there’s only 200 people showing up with their mom, drinking sparkling water and playing blackjack with monopoly money.

2026-02-24 23:01:50 UTC

"We've scaled successfully" (one of the LN gurus)
https://npub1sec6degc3ae7warveuxaz6dlffnc2sutwtqjr7pmll7sf7ypjngsd4p0l7.blossom.band/ec0623e763459c1278cbf4cf3b08abf6f4ecc29198f1aea04e538cafd567b4fe.png

2026-02-24 21:22:11 UTC

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yeah man :) like 5 mins :) haha

2026-02-24 21:17:39 UTC

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Thinking.
On phone with someone now, but it's going to be radomess and trust score

2026-02-24 21:01:49 UTC

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https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/testfaucet/
(this is a non-functional test) :) I'll get on it

2026-02-24 20:48:27 UTC

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Not with a good mechanism :)

2026-02-24 20:47:51 UTC

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I'm willing to create something, and throw in some 'enyropy' skills as well .. ;)

2026-02-24 13:09:41 UTC

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Authentication network

2026-02-24 07:30:36 UTC

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This is a signal that Bitcoin will split further imho.
Handing over power to a small group of very vocal people with this view, will make Bitcoin split eventually.
I think it's wasted energy. Bip-360 is far more urgent than 'stopping' almost irrelevant spam , to then realize the economic realities.

2026-02-24 07:23:53 UTC

Saylor keeps on Vogue'ing.
https://allesvoorbitcoin.substack.com/p/strategy-is-in-vogue
"Time is his enemy not ally, and it always wins in the end. The pose can only hold so long. You can’t keep scoring free fiat, without either die on low valuation and dilution, or without at least 20 other Strategy-grade businesses jumping in to take their piece of the pie.
So far, surprisingly, none of these two things happen."

2026-02-23 12:01:41 UTC

Seeing ghosts from the past isn't always easy. But it helps to see the past mistakes and their outcomes. Like giving energy and insights to ook who have a snake-like stance on everything.

2026-02-21 11:21:14 UTC

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Good morning

2026-02-21 11:20:50 UTC

[in Dutch]
Hey Belgische en Nederlandse bitcoiners... Om een onafhankelijke bitcoin-only podcast uit te bouwen hebben we mensen nodig die de bereikbaarheid vergroten door mond-aan-mobd reclame.
De podcast is 'Alles voor Bitcoin' en kan kan je vinden op zowat alle podcast apps.
We hebben geen betalende nieuwsbrief, sponsors, of exchanges die refelral links rondstrooien.
V4V
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/podcast

2026-02-18 22:55:42 UTC

Episode 165 on Fountain app:
https://fountain.fm/episode/EgQoTTCttboG47qhmp3U

2026-02-18 21:46:34 UTC

Releasing Episode 165 of 'Alles voor Bitcoin' in 10 min.
We hebben het over #box3 Spanje, Bitcoin kopen in België en de treasury trilemma.
EP 165
Find it on you favorite podcast apps.
https://npub1sec6degc3ae7warveuxaz6dlffnc2sutwtqjr7pmll7sf7ypjngsd4p0l7.blossom.band/f21372335754967484ef44698c6da8e88d48acc57f81b689bb2e88cf75755774.jpg

2026-02-18 21:45:40 UTC

Releasing Episode 165 of 'Alles voor Bitcoin' in 10 min.
We hebben het over #box3 Spanje, Bitcoin kopen in België en de treasury trilemma.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/09zzBbtIjoS0cilYdaNqkB?si=Id0dun7UTn2fTpk-DB4hYg

2026-02-18 13:36:59 UTC

Share encrypted messages and use your nostr I'd as recipient (even over other transport networks)
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/DENMS/
Local encryption, offline, then transport the cypher online
Open source, free
V4V

2026-02-17 21:44:54 UTC

I'm an independent bitcoiner (I don't sell newsletters, company stuff or gadgets).
I make blogsposts +10 years on economy and bitcoin specifically, I also make open-sources tools for bitcoin (like state of the art entropy tools), encryption tools and a podcast.
recent blog : https://allesvoorbitcoin.substack.com/
podcast : 'alles voor bitcoin' (Dutch and English)
"21" tools: https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/

2026-02-17 19:41:47 UTC

De Europese identiteit in de EU: een automatische conformiteit?
In zijn boek Escape from Freedom (1941) beschreef Erich Fromm hoe mensen de last van vrijheid proberen te ontvluchten. Een van de mechanismen die hij benoemde, is automaton conformity – een soort robotachtige aanpassing waarbij individuen hun eigen persoonlijkheid, waarden en gedrag opgeven om precies te lijken op wat de omringende cultuur voorschrijft. Door op te gaan in de massa voelen ze zich veilig, geaccepteerd en minder alleen. Maar de prijs is hoog: ze verliezen hun authenticiteit en worden een radertje in een groter systeem.
Vandaag de dag dringt deze gedachte zich op als we kijken naar de Europese identiteit binnen de Europese Unie. De EU promoot een gedeelde identiteit gebaseerd op waarden als democratie, mensenrechten, duurzaamheid en solidariteit. Denk aan het Handvest van de Grondrechten, de groene deal of de slogans over “eenheid in verscheidenheid”. Officieel is er geen poging om nationale culturen uit te wissen, maar in de praktijk ervaren veel Europeanen – zeker in België – een subtiele druk om te conformeren aan een “Europese” norm. Die norm komt vaak neer op een gestandaardiseerde, seculiere, progressieve en bureaucratische kijk op de wereld.
In Vlaanderen en Wallonië zien we dit duidelijk. Enerzijds koesteren we onze regionale identiteiten sterk: de Vlaamse Beweging, de Waalse trots, de Brusselse meertaligheid. Anderzijds dwingt de EU-lidmaatschap ons om mee te gaan in een supranationaal verhaal. Subsidies, regelgeving, migratiebeleid, klimaatdoelen – alles komt uit Brussel en moet nationaal (en regionaal) worden vertaald. Wie kritiek uit op die top-down aanpak, krijgt al snel het label “populist” of “nationalist” opgeplakt. Het gevolg? Veel burgers passen zich aan: ze stemmen op pro-Europese partijen, herhalen de standaard discours over “Europese waarden” en vermijden discussies die te veel afwijken van de consensus. Het is veiliger om mee te gaan met de stroom dan om een eigen, afwijkende mening te formuleren.
Deze automatische conformiteit is verraderlijk omdat ze vrijwillig lijkt. Niemand dwingt je met geweld om “Europees” te denken. Het gebeurt via zachte mechanismen: media die EU-positief berichten, scholen die Europese burgerschap onderwijzen, bedrijven die ESG-criteria (milieu, sociaal, governance) volgen om EU-subsidies te krijgen. Het individu voelt zich niet langer een unieke Vlaming, Waal of Duitser, maar een “Europese burger” die dezelfde meningen hoort en dezelfde symbolen draagt: de EU-vlag naast de nationale driekleur, dezelfde liederen op 9 mei, dezelfde groene agenda.
Toch wringt het. Fromm waarschuwde dat automaton conformity leidt tot vervreemding van het eigen zelf. In de EU zien we dat terug in het democratisch tekort: burgers voelen zich vaak machteloos tegenover een complexe machine in Brussel. In plaats van echte vrijheid – de vrijheid om eigen keuzes te maken en verantwoordelijkheid te dragen – kiezen velen voor de schijnveiligheid van conformiteit. Ze worden “goed geoliede” Europeanen: welvarend, tolerant, maar diep vanbinnen leeg en onzeker over wie ze echt zijn.
Is er een uitweg? Fromm pleitte voor “positive freedom”: vrijheid om authentiek te leven, creatief te zijn en verbindingen aan te gaan zonder jezelf te verliezen. Voor de EU zou dat kunnen betekenen: meer respect voor nationale en regionale diversiteit, minder uniforme regelgeving en echte inspraak van onderuit. Een Europese identiteit die niet dwingt tot gelijkheid in denken, maar die groeit uit vrijwillige, levendige uitwisseling tussen culturen.
Zolang we blijven conformeren uit angst voor isolement of conflict, blijft de EU een project van robots in plaats van vrije mensen. Fromm’s inzicht uit 1941 blijft actueel: echte eenheid ontstaat niet door aanpassing, maar door moedige authenticiteit.

2026-02-16 07:54:05 UTC

Yesterday I've released a system to use nostra ID's as a sort of IVQ number for encrypted communication. Even when not using the nostr network.
#nevent1q…fkk2

2026-02-15 18:29:39 UTC

DENMS : A distributed nostr-id based message system
https://stacker.news/items/1434493

2026-02-15 18:20:42 UTC

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I've released an alpha version today of that DENMS tool btw.
Can also be used as a plug-in @nprofile…p4uv
Enjoy
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/DENMS/

2026-02-15 16:33:47 UTC

Fresh drops! Three new tools live on https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools
Revamped Bitcoin Time-Lock page – clean, user-friendly wizard to lock BTC until a set date (no more confusion).
🔐 https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/timelock
Locutus – standalone HTML-only Nostr client, instant onboarding, zero fluff.
DENMS – distributed encrypted messaging via Nostr pubkeys. Ciphertext spreads over Nostr + Notify/IPFS/DPASTE/Blossom, with PNG stego fallback. Game-changer for emergencies or censored networks. 🕵️‍♂️
All open-source, value-for-value.
If you vibe with the freedom tech, tip here: https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/donate
Proof of work is life 🚀

2026-02-12 17:14:43 UTC

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Bip360 of course

2026-02-12 17:14:23 UTC

Talked about this a few days ago, bip369 is far more important than 'other' things going on btc right now.
#nevent1q…y0py

2026-02-12 09:45:06 UTC

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Agreed.
The 'pump my bags' mààn' crowd is just parasitic imho.
Build and so something.

2026-02-11 07:16:43 UTC

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Bitcoin as a whole is corrupted at the top imho. Few exceptions.

2026-02-11 06:49:10 UTC

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Intetresting

2026-02-10 18:47:10 UTC

For EU-citizens... take this all more serious because if you don't, you'll be out of good ways to communicate soon.
https://npub1sec6degc3ae7warveuxaz6dlffnc2sutwtqjr7pmll7sf7ypjngsd4p0l7.blossom.band/303e28a36228712aa12e9a5e62f868c00588d9c9c4226f198c1b2de22a69f46b.png

2026-02-09 18:27:57 UTC

Proud to announce Locutus.
The very first release, a simple html nostr client with all basic functionality, and above all: a 2-click way to onboard people in a blink of an eye.
Assimilate new users like the Borg!
Example implementation:
https://allesvoorbitcoin.be/21tools/locutus/
Github;
https://github.com/avbpodcast/locutus/releases/

2026-02-09 17:50:21 UTC

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Fiat trash? ;)

2026-02-09 17:43:39 UTC

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Will be on GitHub within 3 days

2026-02-09 17:19:07 UTC

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The title just indicates that you can place it there, but maybe I'll just delete that word so it doesn't confuse people

2026-02-09 17:18:08 UTC

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Locutus doesn't work on IPFS