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Alan ₿

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2026-08-24 22:49:23 UTC

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Thanks will check it out

2026-08-24 00:20:11 UTC

Bitcoin Meme Maker (@nprofile…0w47) is now available on Zapstore.
https://zapstore.dev/apps/com.hyperboreanpress.bitcoinmememaker
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2026-08-23 22:41:19 UTC

Have a blessed Sunday.
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2026-08-22 16:52:53 UTC

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iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-meme-maker/id6782519474
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperboreanpress.bitcoinmememaker
btcmeme.app
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2026-08-22 15:55:29 UTC

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Debuting today
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2026-08-19 23:00:30 UTC

Satoshi helps those who help themselves.
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2026-08-16 20:16:12 UTC

Bitcoiners learn about energy, work, electronics, computing, entropy, and order through the Bitcoin rabbit hole.
AI devs learn about energy, work, electronics, computing, entropy, and order through the AI rabbit hole.
If you have gone down both rabbit holes, you are at a major advantage.
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2026-08-15 00:05:52 UTC

Review of James Bond Series by Ian Fleming (1953 to 1965)
Just finished the final book, and can confirm Fleming’s Bond novels are among the best you can read while on a beach on a tropical island, or in your living room seeking an escape from postmodern drudgery.
The gentlemanly dialogue, the nuanced plot progression, the villains, the romance, and the action sequences are all highly enjoyable. It is classy, and by reading it you become somewhat like James Bond, which every modern man could use a bit more of.
Bond is by no means the ideal role model. As a secret agent he cannot have a normal life with a wife, a family, and a stable future. But his cool, confident demeanor under pressure. His ability to be passionate and rational at the same time. These are attributes worth emulating. It is right-wing in the sense that men are men, women are women, the good guys win, and Bond gets the girl. Fleming wrote all 12 of his original books at his estate in Jamaica after serving as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, consuming around seventy cigarettes and half a bottle of gin per day. He knows what he is talking about when it comes to spycraft, warfare, and the high life.
Book 1 — Casino Royale
I quite liked the first book, Casino Royale. It takes you through a surprisingly deep hero’s journey. And as the first book, it is the best for getting acquainted with 007. There are hardly any fight scenes, mostly maneuvering, and lots of card play, but it is immensely rewarding to read.
Book 2 — Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die is also good, and has better action sequences than Casino Royale. The underwater fight at the end of the novel is particularly thrilling. However, I didn’t feel it had the same level of depth as Casino Royale.
Book 3 — Moonraker
By the time one reads Moonraker, Bond is in his full element, and the world Ian Fleming creates feels alive and real. The stakes are higher too. And it has its first car racing battle sequence. The evil German villain trope is a bit one dimensional, and the broad strokes are a bit easy to predict, but the finer points of how the plot unravels are not, and the ending is satisfying as always.
Book 4 — Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever provides an interesting glimpse into American gangster culture. It has some good action sequences, too, particularly the fight on the Queen Mary at the end. But Bond is more of a fish out of water in his cover as a gangster underling in America than under his previous high-end covers in Europe, which makes this feel like somewhat less of a quintessentially Bond book. It’s good, but not as good as some of Fleming’s others.
Book 5 — From Russia with Love
His fifth book, From Russia with Love, is next level. Without a doubt this was my favorite novel thus far, though one would not be able to fully appreciate it without having read the prior ones first. This book has the most formidable of Bond’s adversaries, a man by the code name Granit. The first third or so of the story focuses solely on this villain’s backstory. Bond’s main ally, Kerim, is also one of the most multi-dimensional characters yet. The villain, the ally, the protagonist, and the girl all come off as deeply real, visceral people. And the build up and mystique leading to the final confrontation is masterfully done. This is the first book where Bond falls in love. It lands on a cliffhanger in a way no prior book does. And the setting of Istanbul is immersive.
Book 6 — Dr. No
Dr. No, Fleming’s sixth book in the series, is also world class. It has the most eccentric, cunning, mastermind villain of any book thus far. The wild island setting is a pleasant place for your mind to wander. And the trials that Bond goes through towards the end are some of the most gripping and awe-inspiring of all. This is my favorite Bond book in the series so far other than From Russia with Love, and it is a close second.
Book 7 — Goldfinger
The seventh book, Goldfinger, is the most interesting one from a Bitcoiner, goldbug, or monetary historian perspective. It takes the premise of a villain being driven by love of money, specifically gold, to its furthest extent. Bond is tasked with foiling Goldfinger’s plot to, among other things, ransack Fort Knox. This book also has the most memorable henchman of any novel in the series, Oddjob. And Fleming explores the gadgetry of 007 on a deeper level. It also has thrilling card playing and golf sequences. Thoroughly enjoyable and satisfying.
Book 8 — For Your Eyes Only
The next book, For Your Eyes Only, is a collection of short stories rather than a single narrative. They are decent but in my opinion are skippable, at least until after you’ve read the main books in the Bond series. Some are a bit boring and devoid of action. Others do have action and intrigue, but still lack the build up, crescendo, and high stakes that the full novels have. Good but not great.
Book 9 — Thunderball
Thunderball is fantastic. I love the evolution from SMERSH into SPECTRE, and how there are evil agents to counter 007 and the other British and American agents. Feels like an even match up. It also has some of the best underwater fight scenes in the series, with sharks, barracudas, and scuba divers battling with knives, CO2 guns, and via hand to hand combat. The plot is mature and nuanced and believable. Interestingly also, you can glimpse the devolution of England and the West vs the early Bond books. There is lots of talk about the quality of food and drinks being sub par and overly priced compared to what they have been used to. And the British empire being a shadow of its former self.
Book 10 — The Spy Who Loved Me
I strongly disliked book 10. I was surprised by how much I disliked it. Not because it is badly written. It is well written. Though it is the only book written not from Bond’s perspective. Instead it is from that of his romantic interest. This itself is not why it’s so unpleasant. It is unpleasant because bad thing after bad thing happens to her. There are no redeeming characters other than Bond, who doesn’t appear until the very end. In most other Bond novels, even the villains are likable in their own way. In this one, the villains and non villains alike are detestable. I simply don’t enjoy hearing about all the terrible things that happen to this poor woman. I’d recommend skipping it, or at least reading all the others first.
Book 11 — On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Good news is that Book 11, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, is among Fleming’s best, if not the best, of all. It is one of those masterfully written books that comes full circle, from the first scene to the last. And throughout it has some of the most dramatic settings, from the beach to the Alps, with thrilling battle sequences on skis, on bobsleds, in cars, and on foot. Bond’s cover story as a representative of the College of Arms is also fascinating. And the plot Bond unravels is intricate and compelling. He also falls in love for only the second time in the entire series, and more deeply than From Russia with Love. The book reaches emotional highs and lows moreso than any other Bond novel. It is my favorite.
Book 12 — You Only Live Twice
The final book in the canon, You Only Live Twice, is also phenomenal. It may be considered the best to those with a fondness for Japan and Japanese culture. It also is the most reflective on England’s lost empire, and Japan’s subjugation, post WWII. It has it all, a hidden castle in the wilderness, deadly plants and creatures and environments, ninja warfare, and Bond’s final confrontation with his arch nemesis.
All in all, Fleming’s Bond series outdoes any of the movies that are based on it. Highly recommend.
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2026-08-14 16:29:21 UTC

The Coldcard hack was a wake-up call for many in two respects:
1. Time to level up your Bitcoin-related operational security.
2. Time to prepare, more broadly, for the AI revolution and its implications.
The time is now.
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2026-08-12 16:20:05 UTC

The way out is through.
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2026-08-11 16:04:07 UTC

The best thing Knots can do is continue to offer a viable alternative to Core on the longest chain. Forking off into irrelevance accomplishes nothing.

2026-08-10 15:29:28 UTC

Steve was spot on about this.
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2026-08-08 14:32:26 UTC

Good read https://www.citadel21.com/the-paranoid-wallet

2026-08-07 17:26:39 UTC

Well, after this week, nobody thinks Bitcoin is boring.

2026-08-07 17:23:18 UTC

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https://x.com/btcpayserver/status/2085755643659522240?s=46

2026-08-07 16:40:30 UTC

PSA
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2026-08-07 04:03:42 UTC

Super Bowl this weekend for Bitcoiners. Non-Bitcoiners entirely unaware.

2026-08-06 04:04:17 UTC

Good ep https://youtu.be/hXQGKGVSf-4

2026-08-05 22:03:25 UTC

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Monero has no lightning network. The hard cap isn’t verifiable. It’s fairly centralized. Hardly anyone runs Monero full nodes. It hard forks all the time. It is not Bitcoin.

2026-08-05 18:41:33 UTC

This clip from @npub1fft…6sxp on WBD from November 2025 was prophetic
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2026-08-05 17:06:58 UTC

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For those prone to error, or forgetting their seed, or overwhelmed by technicals, it’s a good option (ie for normies). That said I agree i wouldn’t recommend it to someone capable of safeguarding their seed.

2026-08-05 17:03:19 UTC

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This isn’t for everyone. If it sounds intimidating, something like a Bitkey is a fine solution. But for those who want maximum security and sovereignty that is still practical, This is The Way.
Multi-sig also sounds more intimidating than it is. Same with dice rolls. Same with passphrases. Op-sec is not a destination but a journey. Learn a bit each day and improve your standing.
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2026-08-05 17:03:10 UTC

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2026-08-05 16:58:50 UTC

The more you learn about Bitcoin security, the more you become a SeedSigner (or more broadly a general-purpose air-gapped computer) maximalist: generate the seed entirely offline with dice or other analog entropy, and ideally never load it onto a device that remembers or stores it.
Even when you spend, use a stateless device so the seed only exists temporarily in RAM and is wiped on power-off. Add a strong dice-generated passphrase and/or a geographically distributed multi-sig quorum, and you have ironclad security for your stack.

2026-08-03 22:00:43 UTC

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Boltz has provided an excellent service. Hoping they return stronger than ever.
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2026-08-02 23:51:24 UTC

Harden thy opsec.
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2026-08-01 19:12:18 UTC

The duality of the coldcard fiasco is that it is both worse than Mt Gox in that it happened to Bitcoiners who adhered to “not your keys, not your coins,” and at the same time it is far less bad than Mt Gox in that 1K BTC was taken vs 850K, so it’s barely registering in the market cap or as a mainstream news story.

2026-08-01 19:00:21 UTC

The reality of closed source RNG
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2026-08-01 18:48:20 UTC

Open source > closed source
Multiple vendors > one vendor
Multi-signature > single-signature
Multiple baskets > all in one basket
Offline entropy > random # generator

2026-08-01 18:36:20 UTC

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There is more to life than magic internet money.
#nevent1q…2j7k

2026-08-01 16:41:41 UTC

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To be clear, the coldcard bug could have been exploited even without the use of AI, so AI is no excuse for the coinkite team’s oversight.
Still, the impetus to assess other hardware wallet vulnerabilities using AI in light of this event has been a welcome trend.
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2026-08-01 16:36:02 UTC

Just as it takes a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy hardening systems with AI to stop a bad guy finding exploits in those systems with AI.
One of the silver linings of this recent coldcard exploit is it has spurred white-hat hackers into action.
And thankfully, cryptography itself favors defenders.

2026-08-01 01:27:15 UTC

SeedSigner proponents have been right about a lot of things.
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2026-07-31 21:21:04 UTC

Spent much of today helping people I know move their funds from their coldcard devices elsewhere.
A few reflections / lessons:
First, money is not everything. If you lost your life savings, or some portion thereof, know that this is not the end, even if it may feel like it.
Second, move the funds you do have in any coldcard as quickly and calmly as possible to another place. Even a hot wallet is a fine temporary intermediary. But choose a respectable one.
Long term, “Not your entropy, not your keys” will be a major takeaway of this event. Better to generate your own randomness via dice, cards, coins, or other irl methods than to rely on computer-generated randomness.
If you are capable of it, multi-signature set-ups using different, ideally fully open source, hardware wallet manufacturers are preferable moving forward as far as self custody goes. And when given the choice for extra entropy such as a passphrase, take it.
And in any case, it is better not to keep all your eggs in one basket. Those who were most affected had all their coins on a single device. Do not rely on any one device, any one manufacturer, any single point of failure.
My heart goes out to all. God bless.

2026-07-31 02:55:30 UTC

Condolences to all affected.

2026-07-28 20:45:05 UTC

Just paid with Bitcoin at Steak ‘n Shake. The future is now.
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2026-07-27 23:36:49 UTC

It’s not easy being seed-oil free in a seed-oil world. But it is 100% worth it.
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2026-07-26 13:10:21 UTC

Have a blessed Sunday.
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2026-07-26 01:17:32 UTC

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No reason it should take that long. You may need more powerful hardware

2026-07-25 23:58:10 UTC

If you don’t run a node, you must rely on somebody else’s node.
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2026-07-25 17:37:39 UTC

Harsh truths are kindness.
Comforting lies are malice.

2026-07-23 14:15:27 UTC

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The age of real businesses on a Bitcoin standard, however, is just beginning.
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2026-07-23 13:32:36 UTC

The age of Bitcoin treasury co’s has passed. This one is about 14 months too late.
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2026-07-22 14:40:51 UTC

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This Aussie interviewer didn’t get enough credit at the time for asking real questions.
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2026-07-22 14:39:59 UTC

Saylor: You’re not regulated enough, anon. You’re a paranoid crypto anarchist. Better let trusted third parties like Strategy hold your coins
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2026-07-22 00:22:21 UTC

The great thing about #Nostr is, unlike other social media platforms, it has no overhead. No pressure to meet certain metrics by a certain date. No runway. It can simply grow organically. Bullish.

2026-07-21 18:07:10 UTC

Suitcoiners in shambles.
@nprofile…dgmu has chosen the light. Retvrn.
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2026-07-21 13:03:43 UTC

Bitcoiners fighting is good for Bitcoin.
Complacency is the real threat. Bullish.
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2026-07-21 00:08:03 UTC

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2026-07-20 21:19:53 UTC

A great deal of misunderstanding is due to preferring one set of vocabulary over another. The classic example of this is “God” vs “Cosmos.”

2026-07-19 01:59:09 UTC

“The idea of God is a finger pointing at God, but what most people do is instead of following the finger, they suck it for comfort.”
— Alan Watts, Out of Your Mind
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2026-07-18 21:34:58 UTC

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Alan Watts often spoke about how there are two different flavours of Christianity:
“a religion about Jesus” and “the religion of Jesus.”
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2026-07-18 21:01:56 UTC

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Did Jesus trust his own judgement or did he defer to someone else?

2026-07-18 20:41:45 UTC

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“Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” — Luke 17:21 (KJV)

2026-07-18 19:00:42 UTC

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Exploring other worldviews is not disloyalty to Christ. How do you even know what to think of other worldviews if you haven’t learned about them?
Ignore-ance is not a virtue that Christ preached.

2026-07-18 17:11:12 UTC

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Perhaps not every man. But in my own experience, yes.
It’s a lot like traveling the world. The more places I travel to, the more I appreciate my homeland. And there is the added benefit of gaining insights and memories along the way.

2026-07-18 16:32:14 UTC

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Exploring other texts doesn’t make you any less of a Christian. In fact, it is a sign that you are not easily put off balance by exposure to other viewpoints. Many ancient texts that we have today, such as the Poetic Edda, were preserved through Christian scribes in this spirit.

2026-07-18 12:51:49 UTC

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In other words, nobody “worships” Zen.

2026-07-18 12:49:22 UTC

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Zen is a dialogue, not a religion. Christians need not feel threatened by it.

2026-07-18 12:19:31 UTC

“Zen is a process, if you like, of dehypnotization.”
— Alan Watts, Out of Your Mind
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2026-07-16 01:16:57 UTC

You can give a normie an orange pill, but you can’t make him take it.
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2026-07-15 23:04:26 UTC

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If you do nothing after Core v30 opened up the floodgates to spam, you are essentially giving up on fighting spam. It will always be a cat and mouse game, just like spam in your email inbox. BRC-20 spam bloats the UTXO set more than ordinals, though the most malicious type of all is CSAM. Yes Bitcoin is decentralized. Run whatever node software you like. I run Knots with RDTS.

2026-07-15 18:27:43 UTC

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That only proves the point.
There will always be workarounds for Bitcoin spam, like any other type of spam. That doesn’t mean we should give up on fighting spam.
Also, Ordinals themselves aren’t the most malicious type of spam that BIP-110 seeks to throttle.

2026-07-15 18:18:15 UTC

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Current Ordinals use an OP_FALSE OP_IF / OP_ENDIF envelope in Taproot witness data to embed inscriptions.
BIP-110 breaks this by banning OP_IF in Tapscripts and limiting data pushes to 256 bytes. Your statement is the incorrect one.

2026-07-15 14:04:19 UTC

The Saylor simp era is ending.
The Bitcoin era has just begun.

2026-07-15 00:32:08 UTC

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2026-07-11 02:36:34 UTC

“I like Bitcoin. Buy my…”
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2026-07-11 02:02:08 UTC

Bitcoiners stack Bitcoin.
Not suitcoins. Not altcoins. Bitcoin.
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2026-07-10 00:33:34 UTC

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Read old books.
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2026-07-07 19:21:28 UTC

PSA: Bitcoin nodes are not some magical public utility that exist only in the cloud. In my case, it is literally a hard drive and Start9 OS in my living room.
My full node is not your Dropbox.

2026-07-07 19:12:36 UTC

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Spam filters are omnipresent on the internet including Nostr. Your email has spam filters. High risk websites get filtered from your browser. Nostr relays can decide what to include or not include. Nostr users can mute other users they don’t wish to see.
Bitcoin has always had filters as well. It wasn’t until Core v30 got released that the gates to vast spam were opened.
By doing nothing, you are tacitly agreeing to this spam. You are free to succumb to defeatism, but don’t act like it is some noble deed.
My node is not your Dropbox. I will disallow the content that is negative for Bitcoin as a monetary network as I see fit.
You can keep transmitting the most repugnant imagery if you like. The choice is yours.

2026-07-07 17:39:41 UTC

So true, Peppy.
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2026-07-07 17:24:08 UTC

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Even if it wasn’t illegal, it is immoral. Why would you want that type of material on the Bitcoin timechain?

2026-07-07 16:23:23 UTC

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You do what you like on your node. I’ll do what I like on mine. That is the beauty of Bitcoin.
Regarding your questions, the key drawbacks of ever-increasing spam on the timechain (note that already about half of every block is filled with non-financial data) are that it makes it more cumbersome to run a node due to storage requirements. It may not look like a big deal today, but the trend if left unchecked could seriously limit the number of people around the world easily able to run a node, which would decrease Bitcoin’s decentralization. Another drawback is that, since Core v30, full jpegs can be added to transactions, which often include morally and legally reprehensible content. And if CSAM does make it on chain and BIP-110 fails, it could quite literally become illegal to run a node as you would have illegal material on your hard drive connected to your node. That would likely result in a trend towards centralization of Bitcoin. So yes, it matters. Run BIP-110 if you care about Bitcoin being decentralized, Bitcoin being a monetary not arbitrary file storage network, and Bitcoin being free of the most sinful, illegal material imaginable.

2026-07-07 14:54:08 UTC

You accept spam on your node?
https://blossom.primal.net/9c5c0f6c6744ffccb57cfe158e65edf9a4354bb37e62b75001d34eac85415289.jpg

2026-07-05 21:15:57 UTC

Have a blessed Sunday.
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2026-07-04 11:04:02 UTC

God bless the United States of America
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2026-07-03 14:44:41 UTC

The Bitcoin ethos
https://blossom.primal.net/2c0f873b14c9de5261027d84d747ac9740d0c3611e47b3f8ebc73fea1b8d43b0.jpg

2026-07-02 16:44:34 UTC

How BIP-110 opponents look
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2026-07-01 17:36:36 UTC

Mechanic was spot on when he said “Nodes are the soul of Bitcoin.”
https://blossom.primal.net/f1bac6b58aee12c2e5582f73880cadbeb521dde201335cb66a462cbfdaa13f89.jpg

2026-07-01 16:57:16 UTC

Gloria was a DEI girlfriend hire and a spiritual misalignment fire.
It’s not so much that she isn’t knowledgeable about Bitcoin. It’s that she is the antithesis of a Bitcoiner.
https://blossom.primal.net/f9e7adc0d9467b4e6dbcf1c2be8c996726e4de75ba64df5389bdb96aa4068ce6.mov

2026-06-30 20:58:37 UTC

Open source money.
Open source AI.
Open source everything.
https://blossom.primal.net/96dc38595288065ff4c1915d1379d2c7843755fefc98712817266e77bab31ec3.jpg

2026-06-29 17:29:40 UTC

The scamcoiners were inside the gates.
Ignoring this fact doesn’t help Bitcoin. Jeff Booth understands.
https://blossom.primal.net/508a3739b8222994a5bb44b6fcebd2b78388b0bc37c36e91ccf4d1d99c09cee1.mov

2026-06-29 02:38:10 UTC

Save in Bitcoin. Focus on your craft.
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2026-06-26 15:44:54 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/9918a64db818a69dfe31008a06b60012906378a96655142fbb3bcbbe5e2198ea.jpg

2026-06-25 18:33:50 UTC

Can’t Bitcoin’s CEO *do* something?
https://blossom.primal.net/21eb952419290fe7d38c7c17494f497a287925143918f3cd9283465d3a625b15.jpg

2026-06-25 17:42:08 UTC

If you buy at $58K you’re a legend.
I don’t make the rules.

2026-06-25 16:21:08 UTC

Kill all your heroes save Christ. For he already was killed and is risen.
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2026-06-25 15:11:15 UTC

ChatGPT: “Yes Michael. Not only is that a smart strategy, it’s innovative too.”
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https://blossom.primal.net/96f82501ab934dfd80e5adf6edf7f8e578f3abb86d4fb72af00500cfd71ea822.mov

2026-06-24 02:17:55 UTC

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Ya zaprite is pretty good ui/ux for users, although for the merchant it requires a subscription fee which I don’t love.
Personally my favorite stack is BTCPay Server plus Shopify which is why I use that for my wayofbitcoin.com store.

2026-06-24 02:01:06 UTC

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Beef tallow soap via Soap Miner

2026-06-23 21:24:58 UTC

Bitcoiners: “Bitcoin is money.”
Spammers and suitcoiners:
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2026-06-23 17:54:57 UTC

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Cato was suspended from X.
Thankfully, Nostr exists. Welcome 🤝
#nevent1q…l3aw

2026-06-23 16:28:14 UTC

Working on something I think you’ll like.

2026-06-20 02:56:03 UTC

You are the free market.

2026-06-18 16:14:52 UTC

In an alternate universe, Saylor created a Bitcoin bank in the Hal Finney sense.
A humble yet empowering operation that self-custodies all its own coins with full proof of reserves, a number of well-run lightning nodes, an ethos of encouraging its clients to withdraw to their own self-custodial wallets.
A bank that treats Bitcoin as money, not as “capital” to be leveraged ad infinitum for tradfi fiat objectives.
https://blossom.primal.net/099bcac7c5b5f2ea8fa9cda19ec50ddc228aecac9730386a4da70dfd38c01f2a.jpg

2026-06-17 15:06:54 UTC

One of the most compelling aspects of Bitcoin is the entire tradfi apparatus can collapse and so long as you hold your keys, your wealth is secure.
This is not true with suitcoins.

2026-06-15 19:39:05 UTC

Them: Bitcoin or …?
Me: Bitcoin.

2026-06-12 17:49:09 UTC

Critiques aside, this is a hilarious impersonation. 10/10 delivery
https://blossom.primal.net/0e14f693df308ddb8a56679e4e4679a0d71127c6a9ead2b8aa4f95ca305da768.mov

2026-06-12 16:26:21 UTC

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The market appears to be discounting all Bitcoin treasury companies to 1x mNAV or lower, which makes sense given Bitcoin owned by treasury companies is often encumbered by debt, dividends, and other obligations.
Whereas Bitcoin in the wild is free, unencumbered, able to move anywhere on Earth in ten minutes without anyone’s permission.
#nevent1q…7jw2