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2025-08-12 09:16:25 UTC

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I forgot I read this as a kid! Only things I remember are learning of the existence of the NSA and that there are two types of uranium. Er…plutonium? Was that even this book? Sorry to anyone for the spoiler if so.

2025-05-29 09:46:24 UTC

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Good except for my Twitter addiction, which I’m here to address

2025-05-29 09:39:08 UTC

@nprofile…nrxl is actually getting really good

2025-05-28 22:23:58 UTC

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That makes it easier to accidentally or intentionally defraud people.
Which is easier to distinguish:
0.0009180 vs 0.00009180
or
91,800 vs 9,180?

2024-08-27 14:26:59 UTC

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Same. Hope it sticks

2024-08-27 10:29:29 UTC

I go on Twitter and it’s all #nostr npubs

2024-08-05 01:29:40 UTC

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https://open.substack.com/pub/westonnakamura/p/usdjpy-152-the-crowdstrike-of-global?r=1na0w2&utm_medium=ios

2024-08-05 00:31:56 UTC

Amazing to watch yen strength drag BTC (and everything else) down in realtime
#USDJPY #BTCUSD
@npub1s5y…6q7z @npub1a2c…w83a

2024-08-01 22:57:14 UTC

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‘Buying bitcoin to strengthen the currency’ is dumb. Terra Luna on a massive scale

2024-07-31 02:35:04 UTC

Preston + Luke = 🔥
Thanks @npub1s5y…6q7z @npub14mc…frlx @npub16le…ffxj
https://fountain.fm/episode/XBkpKMiN1pfgNaDUS4q3

2024-06-15 04:12:04 UTC

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Big time my man
https://fountain.fm/episode/lbPYEBVSjvjsxnhIEj6v

2024-06-13 13:01:32 UTC

Recent fiat food podcast from @npub1s5y…6q7z blew my mind. Had heard pieces of the story but it was really the economic element that tied it all together and pushed it over the edge of 'this needs to influence my life to a way greater degree'

2024-06-10 22:56:26 UTC

Haven't been on here in a while

2024-05-15 12:13:22 UTC

What's the expression for when your rival company is vastly outcompeting you? "They're eating our breakfast"? "They're eating our lunch"?
I want to know for when I do it to a particular Bitcoin company in the space over the next few years.

2024-05-08 15:00:50 UTC

Arrived in Hong Kong, AMA

2024-04-22 01:17:43 UTC

これ花粉症なのかな

2024-04-21 01:57:59 UTC

I heard he's gonna rename it Bitford when he's mayor

2024-04-11 00:02:31 UTC

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Thanks! First one got me about a third back

2024-04-10 22:30:59 UTC

Uhhh just lost all the people I follow

2024-04-10 22:25:29 UTC

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Glad you made it!

2024-04-10 16:34:10 UTC

Never been so excited to arrive in an average British town in the rain.
#cheatcodecon #bedford

2024-04-04 15:04:55 UTC

lol
https://m.primal.net/HrLE.png

2024-03-26 14:05:18 UTC

Couldn't find an official Telegram group for @npub1jv6…nkxg in Bedford on April 12-13 so I made an unofficial one. Join if you're coming! Amplification appreciated.
https://t.me/+YdejPvULZ204NGVl

2024-03-26 13:11:44 UTC

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Dunno what show this is but looks like a great cast

2024-03-26 02:55:48 UTC

Excited to visit NYC for the first time in 10 years and visit @npub1key…lt3h for the first time. Any other New York recommendations? #asknostr

2024-03-24 04:21:56 UTC

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I'm sure she got it the next time
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L3bnamO7rpY

2024-03-24 04:17:39 UTC

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早く日本に帰って食いたい

2024-03-23 18:10:53 UTC

Is there a Telegram or other chat group for @npub1jv6…nkxg participants?

2024-03-23 18:03:19 UTC

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Um.

2024-03-23 17:49:42 UTC

Glad to hear the council has come around and the pitch issues look resolvable @npub14mc…frlx
https://youtu.be/gGuqilHOHX8?si=IYDH91yqDbn0HGjJ

2024-03-23 14:07:08 UTC

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#nostrdesign
#note1m4u…j2gr

2024-03-23 14:03:04 UTC

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Looks like you got the 100k hot potato!

2024-03-23 13:53:31 UTC

TIL candy is shiny because of bug shit
https://youtu.be/iEkKwOWZS_E?si=JeHd-lUXX-d1bLUT

2024-03-22 15:49:05 UTC

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Going to #CheatCode? 😃

2024-03-22 15:35:48 UTC

Can anyone direct me to the London Bitcoiner Telegram group or equivalent? #asknostr

2024-03-22 03:57:55 UTC

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I think NiceHash is trippin. Every other countdown site says April 20ish

2024-03-22 03:56:40 UTC

CoinDesk article from two days ago says April 15, but now the site they cite (heh) says April 30! How am I supposed to make travel plans at this rate?
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/03/20/bitcoins-halving-may-be-here-sooner-than-you-know-again/

2024-03-22 03:51:35 UTC

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Thanks! No one's ever commented on that actually. Japanese Alps. The trip was brutal and I may never camp again, but at least I got a good photo out of it!

2024-03-21 19:14:41 UTC

For those who don't know, I interview people about #Bitcoin adoption - and sometimes #nostr - in East Asia (I'm based in Tokyo).
This is my recent conversation with John Riggins of @npub1t8a…56yu about his time in China (since 2016), the upcoming Bitcoin Asia conference in HK, why he thinks the alpha is in Asia, and much more.
Most interesting to me were how bullish he is on Hong Kong (and even China), and the "secret" story behind the 2021 bitcoin mining ban. Check it out!
https://fountain.fm/episode/3j4T00mXDN8SVrUtQnda
The link above is for @npub1v5u…n0v5, where you can earn bitcoin as you listen, but it's also available wherever you get your podcasts.
#introductions

2024-03-21 17:19:45 UTC

Been watching a lot of this game lately. Impressively realistic. Still has room to improve but a world away from the Tony Hawk games I used to play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xPQEzDuvnM&t=508s

2024-03-21 04:45:17 UTC

Ever noticed people use the intonation of a long list to give the impression their claim is well-founded when in reality they’ve given maybe one shaky example and something else that adds nothing and then completed it with “and the list goes on and on”?

2024-03-20 15:04:17 UTC

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Glad to have you! imho mass adoption is absolutely the goal, but the nature of the beast makes it a slower process than anyone likes. Keep posting your insights!

2024-03-20 14:11:16 UTC

What's the latest on email addresses that require a tiny sat payment to receive? e.g. what @npub1ex7…vyt9 was doing. Surprised I don't hear more about this considering it's the best idea I can think of to eliminate spam and protect people from scams like this pig butchering thing
#asknostr

2024-03-20 03:51:41 UTC

The other day I posted a tip about following the people that the people you like follow; today I have a new tip: on @npub12vk…pugg browser at least, when you go to a thread, it shows the "People in this thread" on the right side. Follow those people, because they're mostly proven to be active on #nostr.
#introductions

2024-03-20 03:49:33 UTC

You know, at first I thought posting images from the internet to #Nostr was cumbersome - right click, download the image somewhere, go to Nostr, find it again, upload. Blech.
But now I think it's the easiest of all platforms - right click, copy image address, paste into Nostr, it automatically becomes the image again. Easy-peasy.

2024-03-20 03:45:23 UTC

Go where you're rare. It'll be uncomfortable but will open a world of opportunity.
I know, it's easy for me to say, but I really feel like people are too tied to where they know (but have no upwards mobility).
https://scontent.fict1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/432405853_720405346915788_4242616960457873245_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=VGoNJM7JgmUAX-JCEsO&_nc_ht=scontent.fict1-1.fna&oh=00_AfDjdfxpx10S6zXaZDmu8Nd5SHYY3J6bIXDHPCwyOfS8Bg&oe=65FFA02F

2024-03-19 22:41:29 UTC

Whoa
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/19/japan-pension-fund-explores-bitcoin-as-an-investment.html

2024-03-19 21:55:51 UTC

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2024-03-19 20:35:21 UTC

Crazy. And way more informative than any coverage I've seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URfCwT3UQy4

2024-03-19 18:50:15 UTC

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Happily bought it with broken money 😄

2024-03-19 16:21:48 UTC

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Even if it’s Donald Trump saying to stop the count before my mail-in ballot is counted?

2024-03-19 13:04:13 UTC

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Wild

2024-03-19 04:20:18 UTC

Pretty much sums up finance media
https://m.primal.net/HmMk.jpg

2024-03-19 02:16:02 UTC

Who else is going to CheatCode?!
(#Nostr is a rushing river so I'll be posting this a lot in the coming days, sorry in advance for the annoyance. Trying to make friends)

2024-03-19 02:12:23 UTC

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Gotta rectify that, way too much to do here! Especially in September 😉 @npub19x0…2ree @npub17n5…j6ds

2024-03-18 21:00:40 UTC

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What if it’s in Tokyo 😁

2024-03-18 20:57:57 UTC

What would be cool is an animated lightning border around reposts that you also zapped, so your followers know you really liked it.

2024-03-18 15:58:35 UTC

From Astral Codex Ten (Slate Star Codex)
https://m.primal.net/HmFS.png

2024-03-18 13:41:45 UTC

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Haha fair enough

2024-03-17 04:41:36 UTC

Does #nostr really have zero new user retention in 2024?
https://m.primal.net/Hlmy.jpg
https://m.primal.net/Hlmz.jpg

2024-03-16 19:20:35 UTC

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Yeah inviting people to Nostr is a bit like telling them to not only eat healthy when their friends are pigging out but also to eat at a separate restaurant by themselves lol

2024-03-16 19:12:28 UTC

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@npub1r0r…q9ac

2024-03-16 19:11:04 UTC

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lol

2024-03-16 18:53:31 UTC

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Bluesky has users?

2024-03-16 17:04:24 UTC

Unpopular opinion (?): #Nostr needs a toxically addicting app more than a feel-good community.
An app that sucks you in, keeps you doomscrolling until 5 am, convinces you that the alpha/enlightenment/fulfillment you crave can be found in the very next post, shoves the trash you hate but always click on in your face every time you open it, delivers the dopamine when your spouse/partner/significant other does not, poisons your relationships, self-image, and productivity, messes up an entire generation of teenagers. And onboards half the world.
Then, far healthier alternatives will pop up (/have always existed) and people will flock to them because they don't have to give up their networks.
Right now, it's not that people don't know their habits are unhealthy, it's that the calculus doesn't make it seem worth it to quit. "Go where my friends/entertainers are" vs. "go where is good for me" almost always resolves in one direction. So lure them in with the unhealthy and then present the healthy without the switching cost.
People talk about how calm/happy/refreshing Nostr is, but I suspect we'll need the rage-baiters, the e-thots, the slack-jawed soyboys in order to make a dent in the world.
Problem is who would knowingly build a dopamine casino with no walls?
(I should note that the beauty of Nostr is that none of this means we can't keep the feel-good communities, they'll just have to work a bit harder at filtering when everyone else moves in.)
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/035/358/tangled-1.jpg

2024-03-15 02:11:02 UTC

I don’t know if TikTok users are actually coming but I do know we’re not addictive enough to hold them.

2024-03-14 13:48:11 UTC

https://m.primal.net/Hknw.jpg

2024-03-13 13:22:33 UTC

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No it’s a fine way, I just never thought about it that way but it’s true, that’s what I’m doing

2024-03-13 04:53:42 UTC

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Wise words. Also “career in media” sounds awful 😆

2024-03-13 04:28:46 UTC

Not sure I’m any good at it, but I do think a lot about the art of conversation. I think when there’s something you want to tell someone about, it’s important to dole it out in bite-size pieces, and only continue if they ask a follow-up question (the art being making those bites super tasty so they can’t help but ask more). No point delivering a sermon that mostly goes over their head and dissuades them from ever asking about it again.
Funnily enough this was originally advice I read about talking about your experience after coming back from a missions trip, but it’s true for every subject I’d say.

2024-02-24 02:40:22 UTC

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I'm somewhere in between

2024-02-22 10:03:48 UTC

"It's not just grungy punks, drug dealers & people who want to skirt the system at these events.
It's genuine professionals looking at #Bitcoin in a genuine way to adopt it into their professions."
-Bitcoin Alive co-organizer Chris Pavlesic ( @npub15ls…ffn2 ) on Beyond The Price ep. 20
Listen on @npub1v5u…n0v5:
https://fountain.fm/episode/AalIftlAAA1P1qdTWnBc

2024-02-21 12:37:32 UTC

Nice that I can follow as many people as I please on Nostr without worrying about it de-boosting my posts due to a bad following:follower ratio like on Twitter

2024-02-20 23:24:41 UTC

Like murmuring into the void

2024-02-18 07:23:24 UTC

A few years ago I was translating something by a wealthy Japanese art collector, and one thing he said stuck in my mind.
He said he thinks it's better for an artist to grow up in a small city or town rather than a big city like Tokyo because in a big city, you're surrounded by people at the top of the game and it's easy to feel like you'll never achieve what they have, whereas in a small city the competition is less in your face.
I think social media or the internet at large has the same problem, we all have access to the most popular entertainers, most engaging writers, the biggest podcasters, etc., so it's easy to get discouraged if you're trying to follow in their footsteps. Worsened by the fact that it seems much more within reach because of the accessibility, but secretly isn't.
Kinda wish I could just do my thing, even if it sucks, without knowing about all the people doing it better than me.

2024-02-13 00:15:59 UTC

Just a reminder that I am always looking for more Bitcoiners in Asia (esp E/SE Asia) to have on the podcast or just connect with to stay abreast of Bitcoin adoption in the region.
Recommendations, introductions, and amplification much appreciated. It's Asia's time.

2024-02-12 03:49:30 UTC

Nice.

2024-02-12 03:18:25 UTC

One overtime game in the history of the Super Bowl?!

2024-02-12 02:25:42 UTC

LET'S GO

2024-02-12 02:07:29 UTC

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Didn't expect to see Jack onscreen!

2024-02-11 23:10:00 UTC

Anyone else about to watch the Super Bowl? Not that I'm really into football, but everyone's always talking about how #nostr needs more non-#bitcoin talk, so let's do it

2024-02-10 22:48:16 UTC

My girlfriend recently got into making sourdough bread.
I never realized how similar it is to having a baby - tending to it at all times, waking up early/in the middle of the night to feed it, constantly googling whether you're raising it right...and of course getting something delicious to eat after all your hard work.

2024-02-09 00:23:46 UTC

“The quicker we can get people off of fiat, then ‘brain drain’ the banking system and the governments, and create more prosperity and freedom for people to start working on better things.” - @npub12ek…tq0f
Listen to the full interview with Coinos:
https://beyondtheprice.substack.com/p/take-your-business-global-by-accepting

2024-01-25 13:46:16 UTC

New episode of Beyond The Price, talking Japan stories, #Bitcoin adoption, and bitter gaijin with @npub1cl4…gf39
https://open.substack.com/pub/beyondtheprice/p/building-a-bitcoin-citadel-in-tokyo?r=1na0w2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true
https://m.primal.net/HZGy.jpg

2024-01-20 07:49:24 UTC

New podcast episode & announcements:
I'm now independent but carrying on Beyond The Price. Excited to grow it this year and get to more events around Asia and beyond. Thanks for listening and for your kind words last year, look forward to much more this year.
I'm doing everything on Substack now - podcast and writing. Check it out! https://beyondtheprice.substack.com/
My first episode this year is with Teruko Neriki ( @npub19x0…2ree ), translator of The Bitcoin Standard and one of the most active Japanese Bitcoiners. We talk about everything she's involved with as well as the struggle in Japan, so don't miss it.
今年もよろしくお願いします！
https://fountain.fm/episode/GBayPAsd4LTRo7IBVs8Y

2023-12-14 22:25:43 UTC

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Hi Marc! Good post

2023-12-14 11:23:38 UTC

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He’s going for more than foreskin…five or six skin…

2023-12-11 22:22:21 UTC

I like @npub12vk…pugg iOS but I just can’t get it to post. Back to @npub18m7…q955 for now

2023-12-10 09:31:35 UTC

Trying out @npub12vk…pugg iOS after listening to @npub16c0…6nvr on @npub1qny…95gx

2023-11-23 03:27:41 UTC

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Thanks again!
Maybe a Fountain bug?

2023-11-23 03:26:08 UTC

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Thanks again!

2023-11-23 03:24:57 UTC

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🫂

2023-11-23 03:24:15 UTC

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Wow thanks!

2023-11-22 09:14:08 UTC

FINALLY finished editing together my recordings from #Nostrasia. Huge thanks to everyone who spoke with me and onstage.
@npub1y67…q62h @npub1lel…kvyz @npub1sg6…f63m @npub1sn0…jdv9 @npub1gg5…ke5x @npub1jdy…fwsu @npub1hcw…h9rq @npub1az9…m8y8 @npub1klk…x3vt しおんさん、つるるんさん
Check it out and share it with someone you want to purple-pill!
https://fountain.fm/episode/Zz5J2Ju3qirzanqP7Net

2023-10-26 02:38:04 UTC

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Welcome!

2023-10-18 13:23:53 UTC

The term "Web3" has a bad rap in #Bitcoin circles, and for good reason. At the same time, it's obvious that our current Internet is rife with problems, problems that decentralized technology offers solutions to.
I had the privilege of talking with Graham Krizek ( @npub1txp…xacz ), founder & CEO of Voltage ( @npub15kl…4m73 ), about everything from Lightning to #Nostr to Ordinals to Taproot assets and more. Social media to mobile gaming.
Perhaps "Web3" is beyond reclamation, but the next generation of the Web belongs to Bitcoin & Nostr.
I think this episode is a decent one for Bitcoiners and crypto people alike. Feedback always appreciated!
"Is Bitcoin the Key to Web3?"
https://fountain.fm/episode/tA4K7TsF4TuSmlazEbVG

2023-10-16 02:05:20 UTC

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Just turn off that notification type in settings

2023-10-14 03:21:18 UTC

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Thanks!

2023-10-13 06:26:24 UTC

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What translation tool is that?

2023-10-12 08:12:36 UTC

What does #Bitcoin offer Taiwan, caught between the ambitions of the US and China?
Recently had the privilege of interviewing Louis Liu, CEO of Mimesis Capital, a Taiwan-based family fund. The conversation went in an unexpected but thought-provoking and prescient direction, covering questions like:
- How is investing with a Bitcoin mindset different from a fiat mindset or crypto mindset?
- How does investing in Bitcoin companies stack up against just investing in Bitcoin?
- How is Bitcoin a middle path between two empires, the US and China?
- What does Bitcoin have in common with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)?
- How can Taiwanese protect their wealth as war looms? (Louis' family has a very personal connection to this question)
- Is it unpatriotic to protect your wealth from your country going to war?
All in all a great conversation that I highly recommend.
https://fountain.fm/episode/1KE3MHNhzjKJ5I75m2Vh