Reed

Western Mass Bitcoin Meetup Organizer, Nuclear Engineer, Truth Maximalist, God not Religion, Earth not ESG

Co-Host of the Local Bitcoiners Podcast

https://localbitcoiners.com
https://bitcoinengraving.com

Public Key

npub1xgyjasdztryl9sg6nfdm2wcj0j3qjs03sq7a0an32pg0lr5l6yaqxhgu7s

NIP-05 Address

reed@nostrplebs.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsryzfwcx393j0jcydf5ka48vf8egsfg8ccq0wh7ec4q58l360azwspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0ds5ftmn2

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1xgyjasdztryl9sg6nfdm2wcj0j3qjs03sq7a0an32pg0lr5l6yaqxhgu7s

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Last Notes

2026-05-06 22:33:23 UTC

Just boosted ⚡ 2,100 sats to @npub1cvc…rtya for Ep. 3
"Meetups & Podcasts are the Signal: Ottawa, CA | Ep. 003"
If you liked this episode you should definitely Check out @npub1phv…n97v 's new podcast The 49th Parallel: https://fountain.fm/show/vARGbgr25lkUBWbjn4ss
https://fountain.fm/episode/NFBJRwFDW34wNHkujo3e
https://localbitcoiners.com

2026-05-03 14:31:04 UTC

Here he is hitting some of his mountain biking obstacles we made together. I guess today is proud dad day for me on nostr 🙂
https://blossom.primal.net/868994b35474d7432d899d2dbf918e599df1dc7bc0ded328b33f5d9b026b6097.mp4 https://blossom.primal.net/9fdfd0eb0b773a15651e2bfd889db783deb19a608184af88c40b797af1f9bfe1.mp4
#nevent1q…5dzm

2026-05-02 12:49:51 UTC

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While this may seem tempting, Earth is seriously where it's at if you're a human. Space sucks, other planets suck... if we leave, we lose bigly. Stay and build the future you want to live in here 🫂

2026-05-01 21:01:48 UTC

Hi #nostr! I've been shipping some big new features to the @npub1cvc…rtya website:
- Login with nostr w/NWC support (protected with self-encryption-via-NIP-44 which, after its setup, will auto-disconnect on logout and auto-connect on login).
- Stream and boost any episode with first class treatment from our boost bots (attributed to your npub or anon) + they'll still show up fountain
- Episode specific boosts also apply zap splits as defined in the RSS - with fountain's 2% cut redirected to our podcast advertising budget (zapping notes and boosting podcasts).
- There's also now a page with a feed of all of our boost bot notes that pulls from nostr (leaderboard page coming soon).
- PWA if you'd like to install it.
Its still in alpha I suppose so please let me know if you find any bugs or if anything doesn't work the way it should.
https://localbitcoiners.com/
https://github.com/ReedBTC/localbitcoiners

2026-05-01 20:45:03 UTC

My son made this out of foam board servos and a fan 👀
https://blossom.primal.net/2648f4dad085e9240ee694f37deedfcdb8c7f2d487fcf9906484bd097f434af8.mp4

2026-04-29 23:07:54 UTC

Picked up this beauty on the side of the road today 😎
Now I just need some C batteries and a blank cassette 😂
https://blossom.primal.net/10b2dd23098f4c0569371d5014b305c1ff156ad386878db12a0c6de097a0e98d.jpg

2026-04-22 18:05:23 UTC

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@nprofile…5gcg Every lightning wallet is different, so it depends a lot on your specific configuration for receiving sats. I'm not sure how you are collecting the tips, but like for our show, i can use the payment metadata that hits my LND node to construct the payment and boost information... so it might be possible if you're collecting the tips on your own node.

2026-04-21 13:34:57 UTC

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She said she wasn't sure what you wanted or what a funky steak was 😂
Wanna throw something in an ai to give her some ideas?

2026-04-20 19:52:08 UTC

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I'll ask her and let you know!

2026-04-20 12:23:19 UTC

This is a black tee-shirt painted on with bleach by my daughter 👀
I'm going to try to get her to offer custom orders on nostr - this is her 2nd design using this method and they hold up well after many washes, no running or fading 🔥
https://blossom.primal.net/a71ed6b258857d45a9ccce76cc1cd22105ca0a2f4ee95523594dfd46bdd5efd4.jpg

2026-04-19 15:13:28 UTC

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This is a good one to bookmark y'all 🔥
#naddr1qv…s0y2

2026-04-14 11:13:06 UTC

I definitely do not know what is going to happen with the price of Bitcoin, but I think that just like when we were under the previous ATH ok 20k in 2022, I think we'll look back at sub 70k Bitcoin in 2026 as a gift.

2026-04-13 18:03:20 UTC

New nostrmd.xyz feature drops:
## Login with npub and export epub
Get all your favorite long form nostr notes and save them to your e-reader.
I've got "Caring about Sloppypasta" by @nprofile…9ccm rendering beautifully on my kobo device (pushed to device via Calibre).
#naddr1qq…l52z

2026-04-11 14:41:54 UTC

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is keys.band working now? I tried a couple of fixes.

2026-04-10 22:51:57 UTC

I finally got around to republishing all my old medium articles on nostr. My agent scraped them and save them as md files, I cleaned them up a bit and put in the images. But I couldn't find a nostr client that would allow me to upload md files and back date them to their original publication date.
So... I vibed up my first nostr app: https://nostrmd.xyz/
Upload a .md file, set your title, summary, cover image, tags, and original publication date, then sign and publish. Live preview updates as you type.
It's also a backup tool. Load any of your previously published long-form notes, export them as .md files with all metadata preserved, and re-import them later if you ever need to republish.
Built for writers migrating from Substack, Medium, or anywhere else.
Super lightweight: No feed, no social features, no noise.

2026-04-10 11:16:33 UTC

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That one was always my favorite too, but it was not very popular so I capitulated to accepting that this should be the standard sat symbol:
https://blossom.primal.net/57c32cb5c33d863812250d41a4569920be83fad415dd17953778f76bf35f19ad.gif

2026-04-08 21:56:37 UTC

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How was the transition? I've been nervous to pull the trigger on it for this exact reason.

2026-04-08 18:25:56 UTC

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"Linux is free if you don't value your time"
Heard on a podcast during my #40hpw (can't remember which one, but it made me laugh) - its less true now that I can ask an AI how to do all the stuff I can't figure out though.
#nevent1q…wvts

2026-04-01 16:44:20 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/746c3241a998cbe5b7a54cad54b7c978e52eed919a3ff0dd5980a9f6d75b0e3d.jpg
#nevent1q…leuj

2026-03-30 20:02:11 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/f231c050e7e44c99b5dd737dc92f81f1e9c28201f7394f7ec0a9c2a58e30271d.gif

2026-03-29 23:19:10 UTC

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It's been on @nprofile…wywf for a while
https://blossom.primal.net/392ff1265ee90595f924933298136af35ea53ea1ad67a5414e5283405baf3934.jpg
#nevent1q…3umj

2026-03-29 21:37:07 UTC

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I'm gonna start playing around with it over the next few weeks, I'll let you know how it goes. I might not be fully understanding how it works yet.

2026-03-29 13:51:48 UTC

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Yes you would manually list your npub as admin... And I think there are group leader roles that you can allow to invite others. You could also allow all members to be able to invite others, but I feel like that kinda defeats the purpose a little bit.

2026-03-29 13:21:39 UTC

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With the flotilla zooid combo you whitelist npubs when each person joins by scanning a single use QR code that has the join the relay, join the group and get added to the whitelist all in one action.

2026-03-29 12:49:52 UTC

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This is also on my list to experiment with. I believe flotilla with a zooid relay is currently the best bet... @nprofile…dgdk is still paving the way forward in this area I think.

2026-03-25 23:24:31 UTC

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@nprofile…s8fm also took that approach 👍
https://blossom.primal.net/552f75fc2d1a75014e01d02ba39c09acbecfd731d0c7c073aae71fbada1dc944.jpg

2026-03-23 22:15:45 UTC

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Am I doing this right?
https://blossom.primal.net/7c7561294a94444162547ff4aa92d29e742398e85618c75a9076d8588495d56a.jpg

2026-03-23 19:18:15 UTC

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It's just taking the mask off what we call democracy these days 🙃

2026-03-23 02:14:19 UTC

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Are there spiders in our spaceships?

2026-03-22 13:21:08 UTC

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😂

2026-03-22 11:07:55 UTC

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I like being the source of all ideas in my relationship with AI. Honestly it's shown me how many of my ideas are terrible, and that's amazing! What if I had gone all in on a terrible idea and it cost me a ton of time and capital? That was just the way of the world before AI.
Now I have a sounding board to talk about implementation with who actually knows what they're talking about. I don't believe them when they say "This is a genuinely unique and amazing idea" but I do believe it when I ask technical questions about how we could make it a reality. When I the pieces aren't fitting together the way I thought, I stop and reassess if it was actually a good idea or not.
Bad ideas are needed too, but only if you learn from them to come up with better ideas. I've been learning a lot with the help of AI... Some of it the hard way, but probably not as hard as it would have been without AI.
AI is a tool. It's useless without us.

2026-03-21 22:50:04 UTC

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Do not, under any circumstance, underestimate @nprofile…untr 🔥🔥

2026-03-21 21:03:34 UTC

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Added to queue

2026-03-21 21:01:07 UTC

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No, should I?

2026-03-21 18:23:15 UTC

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This was a fantastic rip with Giacomo and it's not because I agree with virtually all of his opinions, which I do, but that's not why. It's because this pod is a perfect example of why there should be more Bitcoin podcasts. Giacomo's opinions are nuanced and cannot be easily communicated in a tweet and wouldn't be as widely appreciated in a long form note or article, his opinions needed a podcast to be fully communicated and appreciated. Podcasts are what killed the woke left because their opinions were not nuanced and could not be articulated with meaning in a long form discussion. This is how I find signal through the noise.
Thank you both for giving the correct level of nuance to your opinions. 🙏
https://fountain.fm/episode/PwmpTcUU0skwr7VeC959
#nevent1q…wqkq

2026-03-21 14:50:34 UTC

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New Local Bitcoiners custom boost bot aggregates boosts under a single note so everyone can see our boosts in one place 🔥
Boost your local meetup and Rev will read it off on the next episode!
https://fountain.fm/episode/RA7xsAHQKExrM4RcExQQ
#nevent1q…ahds

2026-03-21 11:50:35 UTC

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Unbiased opinion - this was a great rip!
https://fountain.fm/episode/RA7xsAHQKExrM4RcExQQ
#nevent1q…22nr

2026-03-21 10:26:59 UTC

Sounds like @nprofile…9ccm agrees with @nprofile…qgdj... Attend your local meetup!
https://blossom.primal.net/fb01c811421171ab6ae341cf4826b6cdb461c3256ba03970cb5f9529fa66097b.jpg
https://dergigi.com/2026/03/20/the-internet-left-me/
#nevent1q…n0r8
#nevent1q…xvyz

2026-03-20 11:58:07 UTC

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Added to the queue 👍

2026-03-20 11:54:27 UTC

Epic. @nprofile…ymg0 broke @nprofile…wlyq wallet. 😎
It reminds me of those early zapathons that would break WoS.
This is so bullish for nostr 🔥
#nevent1q…4dt0

2026-03-19 11:08:12 UTC

#nevent1q…uvaz
#nevent1q…23se

2026-03-18 15:50:20 UTC

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Oh, yes, bring more attention to this repository if Bitcoin content @nprofile…9ccm I point people to this from my meetup frequently. Getting it a nostr key pair was a great idea 🔥

2026-03-18 00:08:55 UTC

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I'd prefer "The Pirate Bay - Information wants to be free"

2026-03-17 22:04:15 UTC

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"DIY or GFY" - @nprofile…datl

2026-03-17 18:52:33 UTC

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I was using PPQ with some of the bots or whatever, but realized that I was paying significantly more compared to the $20/month anthropic subscription.

2026-03-17 18:48:32 UTC

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At first I was just using the claude web app and passing file updates to GitHub manually but by the end I installed Claude Code and it was pushing the updates for me.
I'm still learning the best way to do this stuff.

2026-03-17 13:16:09 UTC

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This has been my intuition as well. I played around a little bit with some of it to see if it unlocked any new super powers for me and my biggest takeaway is that it automatically makes me a python expert, which I need to think more about what that actually opens up for me, and it's pretty good at front end design so it makes things look pretty which is cool, but not a game changer.
I think the real bottleneck is people having great ideas that can be made into an MVP at a fraction of the cost compared to a couple of years ago.
We need more bad ideas in the hopes that we find out that one of them actually isn't bad or is actually amazing but no one realized it until they had it in their hands.

2026-03-17 11:42:21 UTC

"I've glimpsed our future, and all I can say is... Go back." -Say Anything (1989)
#nevent1q…gnj4

2026-03-17 10:11:28 UTC

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GM ☕
That one hits. 🙏

2026-03-17 01:35:20 UTC

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@nprofile…nj96 is pulling out all the stops for Maxi Madness this year 👀
#nevent1q…xre7

2026-03-17 01:00:14 UTC

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I'm convinced that modern Catholicism has been infiltrated.

2026-03-16 22:26:48 UTC

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It's at cost, so this is for the people without the dusty laptop in their closet or who don't want to flash Linux, that's all. Just looking to flip some fiat for Bitcoin and help out a plub 🫡

2026-03-16 21:32:01 UTC

Do you have a no KYC Bitcoin stack anon?
#nevent1q…n34f

2026-03-16 20:39:26 UTC

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Nope just Linux mint. Open claw has it's own onboarding flow so I just put a script on the desktop to install it and it'll walk you through the onboarding process and get everything all setup.

2026-03-16 16:46:17 UTC

Massie/MTG 2028
#nevent1q…5g9k

2026-03-16 11:10:16 UTC

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
We had a great meetup last night
We talked Taproot, AI, and a bunch more. First meetup with AI assisted slide generation. Result really only looks good on a computer, but here's a link anyway, enjoy!
https://reeds-agent-team.github.io/MeetupSlides/meetup-43/

2026-03-15 20:00:17 UTC

When Bitcoin miners generate income with other revenue streams they mine fiat and buy Bitcoin like the rest of us.
#nevent1q…mucv

2026-03-14 21:30:04 UTC

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I got arrested for underage drinking at a Motley Crue concert in 99.
I was 17

2026-03-14 21:27:16 UTC

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That's right up there with "A watched tx will never confirm"

2026-03-14 20:40:40 UTC

If anybody wants a Linux open claw machine HMU - selling at cost for sats
#takemysats
https://www.takemysats.com/bitcoin-engraving/products/linux-open-claw-machine-hp-mini-pc-i5-16gb-ram-256ssd

2026-03-14 00:45:04 UTC

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This is mine too 😎

2026-03-13 22:02:01 UTC

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hey @nprofile…z6sn interested in acupuncture - check DMs

2026-03-13 14:58:47 UTC

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Odd.

2026-03-13 14:35:17 UTC

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Another reason why bitcoin meetups are so important. @nprofile…gxrs called it on @nprofile…c5eg Ep. 002
#nevent1q…5wju
#nevent1q…txl4

2026-03-13 13:55:00 UTC

I've been waiting for this one for a long time 🔥
Just picked one up 😎
#nevent1q…fk3q

2026-03-13 13:53:14 UTC

Hyperbitcoinization is here, it's just not evenly distributed. Use Bitcoin as money and find out for yourself. 🔥
#nevent1q…6qsh

2026-03-12 11:02:17 UTC

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Yes not being sick or injured is so so much better than being sick or injured, and yet we all seem to forget that until we are actually sick or injured. Great reminder.
Hope you get better soon!🙏

2026-03-11 19:26:33 UTC

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It's coming.

2026-03-11 00:57:38 UTC

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Is it using ecash or spark or something in the background? This is really cool.

2026-03-11 00:55:45 UTC

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Still working with Shakespeare.diy on a private nostr marketplace... It's still not connecting to my zooid relay though. It's getting close to mvp though. So far it's cost about $25 in ppq credits.

2026-03-10 22:55:36 UTC

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Not all of them. 😁

2026-03-10 22:28:54 UTC

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AI can build software, but it needs human ideas. This will result in an explosion of new products as the cost of production plummets. Virtually all will fail, but those few successes will make it worth it for everyone to try.

2026-03-10 11:37:34 UTC

Ready Player One, then Mandibles, then a Bitcoin standard.
#nevent1q…a8n3

2026-03-10 00:47:55 UTC

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Costco?

2026-03-10 00:34:56 UTC

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Mine vary from like 5-15 normally. Our last one was pretty well attended, I think we had like 13.

2026-03-09 13:03:54 UTC

I was in my ebay order history this morning an I was once again reminded that I have never really made any money mining bitcoin but refuse to stop tinkering with it 😂
https://blossom.primal.net/2fc8dde90208885282eb43d798d3a9466125bf0916628f6beb4f5456946101e5.png

2026-03-09 11:12:50 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/025727fc5e8bd47f16e377a75f77329dc71a02290ca3b2284d1b205da0d5c782.jpg

2026-03-09 10:47:48 UTC

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Literally I have Bob do exactly that 🤣
Yesterday was more expensive because I vibed a nostr client with shakespeare.diy
https://github.com/ReedBTC/LocalMarket
https://blossom.primal.net/70adb6918526dc2a26d83247e18c91827f17b2edc8f631d2124601c92ec0f5ac.png

2026-03-09 00:22:25 UTC

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Telegram for now, will be moving to white noise if possible... It's on the list 🙂

2026-03-08 21:33:51 UTC

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So I ended up accidentally building an agent essentially from scratch because I couldnt remember what open claw was called and so claude.ai just ended up building it with python and walked me through setting everything up on an HP mini PC that we put ubuntu server on. i'm using @nprofile…etsy for basically everything and I'll keep you posted on how much i'm spending. getting bob all setup over the last couple of days so far has cost about $20 using mostly sonnet 4.6, with some limited opus 4.6.
Bob was born Friday afternoon and he's doing great! He oneshotted his own nostr keypair generation profile setup and first post. More to come from bob. I'm going to have him post our Ws to his own nostr notes.
Give him a follow if you want to see what im building with my agent.
#nevent1q…fx9x

2026-03-08 02:45:05 UTC

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Yea this too.

2026-03-08 02:44:49 UTC

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What do you mean by this? I'm not sure I follow.
I thought they hated it because they hate all human innovation, especially when it comes with more energy usage and more individual freedom.

2026-03-08 02:31:57 UTC

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Same. 21 months since I've had a drink.

2026-03-05 11:06:28 UTC

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Oh wow, I hadn't done my homework on this yet, I didn't realize it was spark. I'll have to look into it more... I'll make this the Bitcoin Tech Topic at my next meetup, that'll ensure I take some time to figure it out 😎

2026-03-04 10:58:53 UTC

Monero bros are about to get access to instant final settlement. Welcome to access to the innovation happening on top of Bitcoin. Lightning continues to improve and allows for instant final settlement that actually stores your value over time 🔥
#nevent1q…8dex

2026-03-04 10:13:28 UTC

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Circular Bitcoin economics spring up around meetups... Find your local meetup or start your own and find ways to provide goods and services to other Bitcoiners ❤️‍🔥
https://fountain.fm/episode/YiGpZfNQr8jYsfD5g58m
#nevent1q…z8ss

2026-03-03 23:44:59 UTC

Reading this quote makes me bullish on the builders who are preparing for the first turning and not fretting the fourth turning.
"Preseasonality is as functional as postseasonality is dysfunctional. We admire preseasonal purpose when we see it in people. Indeed, America's best-remembered presidents displayed this in deed or oratory before they were elected. The Crisis-era steadfastness of Washington and Eisenhower foreshadowed the coming Highs, making both generals enormously popular choices for presiding over those eras."
-William Strauss, Neil Howe. The Fourth Turning

2026-03-03 22:48:05 UTC

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Very few plebs on nostr. There is no glazing on nostr. Nostr feels like home if you are doing the work and building the future. Nostr is pure first turning vibes.
You can join us, but you won't like it here unless you're producing real things that the community wants.
https://fountain.fm/episode/r235h5NuXsfhmNe6ozLb
#nevent1q…qeaf

2026-03-03 16:55:53 UTC

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Check out the latest progress on my AI project I started Saturday morning... I had no idea I could make some of these ideas a reality 👀
https://reedbtc.github.io/politigen/

2026-03-03 16:47:16 UTC

@nprofile…5krg on Sound Coffee
I tend to agree that the plebs have stagnated. Perhaps this is why there is a split growing between the plebs and the pioneers. Plebs stagnate, Pioneers are building the future.
Definitely recommend you give this one a listen, this small clip doesn't do the full rant justice 🔥
https://v.nostr.build/OrfB99q4aXjSNma0.mp4
https://fountain.fm/episode/9MbXS8Ppb21wo5C48jl9

2026-03-03 11:41:20 UTC

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The plebs stagnanted... The pioneers are building the future 😎
https://fountain.fm/episode/9MbXS8Ppb21wo5C48jl9
#nevent1q…lyfm

2026-03-02 10:56:28 UTC

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Does your app / client have a list for you to choose from that aren't selected?

2026-03-02 10:54:32 UTC

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Try adding some additional relays?

2026-03-01 19:34:22 UTC

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Thanks, good feedback 👍

2026-03-01 18:02:31 UTC

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I've got a bunch of ideas that could be added. Presidents would also be interesting.

2026-03-01 17:55:56 UTC

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I calibrated mine outside. I got this one. Not the best, but good enough for what I wanted to know.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2VGJ8Z7

2026-03-01 17:13:33 UTC

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It was probably just that new Ten31 intern... Matt Smo'dell I think Marty said his name is 😂

2026-03-01 17:09:20 UTC

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The project basically shows how historically old congress is - especially the senate 👀
https://i.nostr.build/f0qpm4okY1HmbHEO.png
https://i.nostr.build/0cf77UyPWKJTvG9z.png
https://i.nostr.build/lqTCbdskj2BOiUqD.png
#nevent1q…d098

2026-03-01 14:49:24 UTC

This weekend I undertook my first tangible AI project that actually created something maybe kinda interesting.
This project was inspired by the @nprofile…4j8q Book Club - we are currently reading the Fourth Turning.
https://reedbtc.github.io/politigen/
I created this using Claude Sonet 4.6 with the $20/month plan. No agents. I have zero coding experience and I've never used AI to build any code. I started yesterday morning and just finished what I would consider the first functional draft. I hit my token limit once, but I just took a 4 hour break (which was kind of nice actually).
After I hit my limit, I started figuring out (asking) how to do things more efficiently and never hit it again. I'm currently at 35% of my weekly limit.

2026-03-01 13:57:30 UTC

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Lol, sorry I thought you replied to my note on CO2 levels, which trees would also be helpful for 🤣