NikMagan
Nik Magan

Nostr brings freedom. Bitcoin gives hope.

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2026-06-10 10:02:57 UTC

Great wisdom from @nprofile…3j2p today:
"My solution is to exit where possible and live according to your own ethical code, while building the safeguards needed to protect yourself and coexist with others through tolerance, clear boundaries, and a well-defined approach to self-defense.
In the end, I think it’s a spiritual war with oneself.
Being answerable to a higher purpose and a higher form of governance.
This is ultimately a philosophical debate, but I believe life is a test of how we respond to good and evil, and whether we create more good than evil through our actions.
I also believe money carries embedded energy.
Depending on how it was acquired, invested, and used, it can amplify either the good or the bad within us."

2026-06-10 09:53:48 UTC

The winner of the bitcoinfilmfest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8MNZNjB0XM
Nice work @nprofile…j28m , and thanks to the sponsors
@nprofile…t202 @nprofile…268u and others

2026-05-19 08:52:35 UTC

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Let us know what you think...
And where to get one!

2026-05-10 16:12:37 UTC

Sci-bot is a very useful tool when researching health topics that may be deemed controversial or censored.
AI that has full access to Sci-Hub. 🔥
https://x.com/hostis_black/status/2053273670353584132
--- X post content below:
In April, a website that has been sued, blocked, deplatformed, and chased across thirty-seven domains over fifteen years quietly launched its own AI.
Sci-Hub is the largest unauthorized library of scientific papers in human history. Ninety-five million academic papers. Tens of millions of books. Built and maintained by a single Kazakhstani neuroscientist named Alexandra Elbakyan since 2011, funded by donations, hosted on whatever country's registrar will tolerate it that year, mirrored across torrents and IPFS and Telegram bots.
Elsevier sued. Sci-Hub stayed up. The American Chemical Society sued. Sci-Hub stayed up. India sued. Sci-Hub stayed up. Swedish registrar Njalla cut the .se domain in January. Sci-Hub stayed up at .al, .ru, .ee, .box, and a half-dozen .onion addresses the registrars cannot reach.
Now the library has built its own intelligence.
Sci-Bot launched in alpha in April. You ask it a research question. It answers, and it cites real papers from inside the corpus, with links that actually open the actual papers.
The bot does not hallucinate citations. It cannot, because it only draws from papers it actually holds. The same property that the venture-funded labs have spent four years and forty billion dollars trying to engineer back into their products is a free side effect of training the model on a library that contains the books.
Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta have all been sued in the past eighteen months for training their models on the same shadow libraries that Sci-Hub assembled. Meanwhile the corpus those scripts were pointed at, the corpus those models were trained on, the corpus the entire generative AI industry is built on, sat right there the whole time, free, with a search box on top.
The pirates beat them to it.
Sci-Bot was built on a corpus that was already free, by a team that asked no permission, charging no one, with the explicit position that the right to read scientific research is older than the cartel that decided to charge for it.
The same arithmetic the medieval guilds used to keep the printing trade in approved hands. The same arithmetic Pope Paul IV used in 1559 to publish the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. The same arithmetic the Stationers' Company used in seventeenth-century London.
Knowledge has always had a fence around it. The fence has always been guarded by men who did not write the books.
The library answers. We never asked permission. We never had to.

2026-04-27 11:03:41 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/bcf3197a3ebc5be411e787e5bccabe379a30cfb621d60a394898bbecc15e243d.jpg

2026-04-27 10:56:02 UTC

Nature is so beautiful. Even the weeds.
I just had this realization that there are no straight lines in beautiful things.
The ancient Greeks new this. Their columns are bowed. And try and find a straight line in the modern day Sagrada Familia (Gaudi cathedral).
https://blossom.primal.net/2eb59d3842cf4a43629fb3e1cc18881e17953cf38af0934abe6ba088d3789ba7.jpg

2026-04-08 09:10:19 UTC

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I love your @No Solutions podcasts - they are inspiring, and a way to see the future.
Please add me to the list - you have a 13th listener. 😁

2026-04-04 06:32:49 UTC

New York City is a great example of the system starting to eat itself.
from @TukiFromKL on X:
NYC spent $81,705 per homeless person last year.. the median American household earned $81,228.. the government spent MORE to keep someone homeless than most families earned to keep themselves housed.
that $81,705 isn't going to the homeless person.. it's going to the system around them.. shelters, administrators, case managers, contracts, overhead.. the industry that manages homelessness..
if NYC gave every homeless person that money directly.. they could afford nearly 2 years of rent.. most of them wouldn't be homeless anymore.
instead the money goes to the system.. the system keeps running.. the homelessness stays.. and every year they ask for more funding to manage the problem that the funding was supposed to solve..
the homeless are worth $81,705 a year to the system..
they're worth nothing to it solved.

2026-03-26 21:01:25 UTC

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2026-03-06 09:21:51 UTC

Jobs most likely to be impacted by AI:
https://blossom.primal.net/2d77b4ec60158340e598c77c3c37def4ca8dd6dbd28cf003d86da451142f314a.png
And the obvious fightback from scared institutions, who are doing what they do best, protecting their own 🫣:
https://blossom.primal.net/4480236b123adfa83c3135db81d28b5689478171a53ccc799057918676158b28.png

2026-03-03 11:55:24 UTC

Buying Property With the Proceeds of Bitcoin in UK, 2026
(useful info copied from https://x.com/getbitcoin108/status/2028549887516963290)
Having just been through the torturous ordeal of buying a house with the proceeds of bitcoin, I thought it might be useful to others to know what is involved.
1. Currently it is possible to buy property with bitcoin directly, but it is very unlikely the vendor would accept it. Bitcoin is not widely liked or understood in Britain and whilst there have been some direct house sales for bitcoin, they are very rare and Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is still payable - because paying someone for a house is counted as a disposal.
2. In addition, it is very unlikely a conveyancing solicitor would allow this transaction as most are not equipped to handle digital asset transactions. Which means you’ll have to sell your bitcoin - not necessarily a comfortable or easy thing. The more years you’ve been hodling the harder it is to exchange your pristine digital capital for filthy, lightweight fiat!
3. It also means you’ll incur a hefty CGT bill - handing many thousands over to the very fiat powers oppressing us with their financial and governmental incompetence. Uncomfortable but necessary: as a City trader used to say to me “Just pay your tax. You’ll sleep at night.” This is particularly true given HMRC’s new AI capabilities. Hyped or not, it isn’t worth testing them.
4. Once you have the fiat in your bank account, you then face the daunting process of solicitor's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks. You’ll need proof of the original source of funds you used to buy bitcoin (inheritance, gift, income etc), exchange statements showing the purchases and the sales, bank statements showing the funds in your account, the funds leaving your account, and the proceeds of the bitcoin sale back in your account. They need a full audit trail to satisfy their Proof of Wealth (PoW) and Proof of Funds (PoF) checks.
5. These checks are no joke. They stem from the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017 - https://lawsociety.org.uk/topics/anti-money-laundering/anti-money-laundering-guidance - which place weighty obligations on law firms handling money. In particular, cash purchases of houses are viewed as ‘high risk of money laundering’ so attract enhanced due diligence measures. Solicitors have gone to prison for not tracing the source of even quite trivial sums. Similarly, criminals are targeting solicitors like never before - both for stealing funds through cyberattacks and for laundering money. The regulations are not without genuine cause.
6. Your choice of solicitors will determine whether you are put through potentially weeks of stress as they scrutinise every part of your financial and bitcoin life. Provincial solicitors are likely to say ‘cryptocurrency is high risk and we don’t do high risk’ and either turn you down flat at the beginning (if you are lucky) or put you through a long, drawn out process that could mean you lose the house you are intending to purchase, and lose your will to live with it.
7. There are some national conveyancing firms that are much happier to process bitcoin related house purchases. Thomas Legal https://thomaslegal.co.uk are one such. In our case, they completed their AML checks in one business day. And they were exceptionally friendly and efficient with it. A stark contrast to our first (local) solicitor who took 8 weeks to say that he wasn’t completely satisfied and 'further checks were going to be required’.
8. It certainly felt like the resistance of the fiat system to bitcoin was exemplified by his suspicious attitude. If you work with a firm like this, you’ll find yourself feeling like a criminal - guilty until proven innocent. Very uncomfortable. As is having your entire financial and bitcoin history exposed. Be prepared to reveal all if you want that dream house.
9. An essential component of clearing the AML check quickly was having a Hoptrail Proof of Wealth Report prepared in advance. http://hoptrail.io. This specialist auditing company look at the blockchain and exchange statements, rather than fiat accounts, and ensure your coins are not connected to known criminal wallets, mixers or from ‘dubious' sources such as Silk Road. There are stories of bitcoiners with 8 figure portfolios, not a satoshi of which could be used for house purchases because the coins were tainted - from the fiat system point of view at any rate. Most solicitors do not have these skills in-house so having a Hoptrail report is essential.
10. Because of a combination of the Hoptrail report and extended due diligence at solicitors, don’t expect much change from £10,000 for your conveyancing fees. Add in CGT and you’ll need to sell more bitcoin than you might be comfortable doing to cover all the costs. Note that there has been no requirement to have paid CGT before our funds were approved - contrary to some advice out there.
11. Some might ask ‘why put yourself through this?’. Well, in our case, after hodling for 12 years, it felt like it was time to see some real-world benefits. We’re not young and we want to live somewhere decent for our retirement. Feeling wealthy is no substitute for living in a house that better suits your needs.
12. Britain is still very much in the Dark Ages when it comes to bitcoin adoption and understanding. The vast majority of banks, solicitors, out there are simply follow what the @FCA, @FT, @BBC say about #Bitcoin, but at least some are more enlightened and will help, rather than hinder, your purchase.

2026-02-11 10:19:17 UTC

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What are your languages of choice for mobile, web and server?

2026-02-11 09:56:49 UTC

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Zapstore is fantastic.
If you haven't tried it, do!
Don't be dependent on Google or Apple giving you permission for the apps you can use.
#nevent1q…8lqj

2026-02-08 11:49:23 UTC

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Availability for mobile via open source, and .apk (I.e. not via app/play store.

2026-01-31 09:36:15 UTC

Hey @nprofile…u4p9 , why do you have to install the mobile app from Google or Apple app stores?
Please release an .apk and release on @nprofile…tdq0

2026-01-28 10:31:39 UTC

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Thanks.
I see it is literally Claude!
https://xcancel.com/BasedTorba/status/2016203491371315395#m

2026-01-24 15:29:15 UTC

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Nostr only

2026-01-10 13:53:29 UTC

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I previously found Maple's 'maths and coding' suggested model nowhere near matching Claude. Many responses were just plain wrong.
That changed with the recent launch of their Kimi K2 model.
Now I use it as my main driver. Excellent responses.

2026-01-09 14:09:15 UTC

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perhaps because Keet said they were going to open source, but never did
and they should know better given their background

2026-01-09 14:04:57 UTC

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Just found exactly the app I was looking for.
Notely Voice (it's in ZapStore).
- includes a voice recorder (so you don't need another app)
- transcribes with accuracy, and privacy (it does this with a local AI model that you can download to your phone so no data gets uploaded to the cloud for the transcription)
- keeps a searchable catalog of notes
- allows export of text files as .txt or .pdf
Nice work guys.
https://github.com/tosinonikute/NotelyVoice

2026-01-09 13:35:36 UTC

Best apps/process for recording voice notes on GrapheneOS, and then transcribing them to text?
ZapStore apps preferred, but not mandatory.
#asknostr

2026-01-07 21:39:00 UTC

Many are moving towards communism as a desperate reaction against our crony capitalist system which has stolen their futures.
Please do your homework, because it's not the answer you are looking for.
https://blossom.primal.net/e0c4f34e5f54e2e398a2c5f64736c8674b39a3793dbf9d96b37b9c36f9daf9f9.png

2026-01-07 14:02:19 UTC

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I LOVE THIS ARTICLE.
I keep re-reading it. And it gets better each time.
#naddr1qv…qdyz

2025-12-31 21:57:03 UTC

What a time to be alive!
Bring on 2026. I honestly can't wait.
HNY to my bitcoin brothers and sisters.
Who would have thought a global family of 100,000s is possible and real?

2025-12-30 21:34:40 UTC

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Sorry to hear, brother.
Christmas is an emotional time - most common time for divorce and family feuds. Guess it's the drink and prolonged time with people you don't necessarily choose.
Being the Xmas host is always the raw deal. But getting manhandled in your own home... :(

2025-12-30 10:46:23 UTC

People think the government takes 15-60% of their wealth, depending on where they live. That's because they only consider direct taxation.
But if you include inflation and the loss of investment capital (+ associated compound interest), it's closer to 90-99% over your lifetime.
h/t zubymusic on x

2025-12-25 19:03:41 UTC

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Merry Christmas John.
Where have you gone? We miss you.

2025-12-17 20:59:16 UTC

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Can't fault anything @nprofile…8p0e says in this article. Great advice about what apps to install and how to set up your phone.
I love GrapheneOS. Used it for many years, and many Pixel versions. Brilliant!
#nevent1q…pmay

2025-12-09 16:26:54 UTC

Guess which of these things the government "helps us with".
https://blossom.primal.net/5f6e20c10faa7e988ff2abc984bb9913b80c04adaf7b013085fb5c3733e43e7d.png

2025-12-09 16:18:37 UTC

This perfectly sums up Europe (and UK) right now.
Don't cook more pie. Steal pie.
https://blossom.primal.net/1f7c98bae3544f240a6d100a7858edf9fcc6683e9e41eab0066cf590802ab2fc.png

2025-11-27 22:33:05 UTC

Let's stop sowing division.
To state the obvious: being anti-white is as racist as being anti any other heritage.
https://blossom.primal.net/477adffbb0948fa2aab51c6dc7a70c238093c8d3ca172b7c18ad99f89fd1d4fa.png

2025-11-27 20:47:53 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/bb00a91a76e74e8fb44e572f0e20a89ea41fbc8f88a88d55e92a1d65cbc3dadf.jpg
Throne room decor, courtesy of @nprofile…0g90

2025-11-25 11:17:49 UTC

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Link is broken (404), Henry.

2025-11-24 16:55:27 UTC

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Great to meet you Derek.
Hope the trip met expectations - sorry about the UK weather!

2025-11-24 11:17:15 UTC

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Thanks to @nprofile…3nc4 and all the gang for a great 3 day event.
#nevent1q…4ryp

2025-11-24 11:15:13 UTC

BitFest UK 2025 was a true grass roots inspiration.
Fantastic live music at Factory on Saturday.
Longy:
https://blossom.primal.net/394a6d02c7e61947b7e8b9ae783c7d4c89239daf169acf790ab55fdf29203d2c.mp4
Airklipz:
https://blossom.primal.net/6ebc3aff4685797a5eaa20595c993a2b42bdf5a4e61f711325336bb519fc8d2a.mp4
And for those who like a bit more bitcoin passion in their music 🤣...
Roger 9000:
https://blossom.primal.net/55e8fa16b9ed6732666e3bbb03c14d57d699091dc187aa37f6ff0752e4ebd731.mp4

2025-11-12 22:04:10 UTC

Another killer piece by Alex, educating new swathes of people. LFG.
#nevent1q…q2pc

2025-10-26 16:11:26 UTC

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Gitea

2025-10-25 20:14:20 UTC

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Left us on a cliff hanger....
What's the workflow?

2025-10-19 17:26:31 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/7f8ac839659857bad8755fc9f7a7259db6fe1973f130e59635de1c620d4d99e5.jpg

2025-10-14 15:06:12 UTC

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Many people didn't (want to) understand the difference between Bitcoin and all others.
A couple of tweets from Trump may have helped clarified things.
#nevent1q…htpd

2025-10-10 07:34:17 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/3f43e6d0642908d53e855c6b8f060ba7e64edcfe4acd5b9793916c8b750c8c83.png
The founder of Telegram articulates the seriousness of Digital IDs.
Although the UK government ignored the petition of nearly 3 million of its people (https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194), the pressure on politicians is having an effect and many MPs are supporting Rupert Lowe's cross-party letter (https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/1976312270029500739).
If you're in the UK, please write to your MP. You can find their email contact details here: https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons

2025-10-09 12:37:15 UTC

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The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears.
It was their final, most essential command.
- George Orwell, 1984

2025-10-09 12:34:54 UTC

Fiat money summarised
£50 note:
- cost of production: £0.07
- value according to govt: £50
1oz gold Britannia
- cost of production: £3,000 (price of 1oz of gold)
- value according to govt: £100 (check the coin image below)
https://blossom.primal.net/0b06c8a3c36bb542e665120ab94867177df065623d7f0756e320ed4e5de89139.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/a8f2b5fb27ebbd3f04542f80174752e86228ec497b9dd9b4de27126412f34e1e.png

2025-10-08 07:09:55 UTC

Capital Gains Tax is not "tax on unearned income" as the propaganda tells us.
There are no gains on shares and property when measured in real money (gold or bitcoin).
CGT is just an ongoing theft of your savings through debasement of the fiat money they are measured in.
https://blossom.primal.net/85155f67a53221b37cda2e2e2f3fa94cf98051d4e59df7e713488621d7fffec1.png

2025-09-15 20:14:16 UTC

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I'm an older father.
It doesn't change.
We still want the best for our children too.

2025-09-12 08:12:50 UTC

If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.
- JK Rowling
https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1966256971134234678

2025-09-08 09:24:26 UTC

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Thanks for the detailed reply and the cautions.
Sending precious sats to an unknown website is a risky action, and their online chat (their only support) doesn't get back to most questions.
So red flags all around.

2025-09-07 10:16:37 UTC

Anyone have experience of using https://2fiat.com/ in the UK?
Most prepaid debit cards are unusable due to 3DS. But looks like these cards may solve that.

2025-09-04 12:24:51 UTC

Great episode of The Staying Free Podcast by @jonnyhodl.
Possibly the most high signal condensed FUD busting 50 minutes I've heard yet.
https://www.stayingfreepod.com/e/sfp097/

2025-09-01 08:08:49 UTC

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@nprofile…62gr on money, media, health and self-responsibility.
"It will take lots of time, lots of courage, lots of faith, and lots of responsibility... but it will also be worth it. And it starts with you."
#nevent1q…d9d0

2025-08-31 06:32:46 UTC

Voting is less about changing the system and more about keeping us believing in it.
h/t @nprofile…46pj (on X)

2025-08-25 07:10:20 UTC

Here's a useful site for comparing bitcoin backed loan rates and risks:
https://www.zone21.com/

2025-08-19 06:23:08 UTC

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AI on desktop and mobile is the biggest threat to privacy we have faced. Once your privacy goes, you have no freedom.
Actions everyone - all Apple, Microsoft, Android users - can take:
- Switch to @nprofile…750r for mobile (https://grapheneos.org/.
- Run linux on your laptops and desktop (I recommend Debian - just search for "how to install Debian from USB"). It runs on pretty much every computer, even the ones you think are too old to use.
#nevent1q…hp22

2025-08-18 19:41:35 UTC

Many people (especially in the UK) put all their money into property.
"My property is my pension" they say, and some even invest in buy-to-lets.
But property is a sitting duck for governments needing to raise funds. You can't move the property and they know you own it. All they need to do is run the money printer, inflate the money supply and your house goes "up in value" (when the reality is that it was just their currency getting less valuable).
Because your home is "up in value" you owe Capital Gains Tax. The UK is just discussing a "National Tax" which is exactly this - a tax when you sell your own home - on capital gains conjured out of thin air.
#BitcoinIsBetter
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/aug/18/rachel-reeves-stamp-duty-property-tax-council-tax

2025-08-18 08:00:44 UTC

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Calle is one of the new cypherpunk generation: building freedom tools on our behalf while facing down the threat of a state intent on destroying privacy.
He is an inspiration.
Zapped from cashu mint, of course :)
#nevent1q…4unn

2025-08-18 07:06:58 UTC

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Welcome to Nostr, Rafi!
We need more economists who understand bitcoin and push back on the corrupted academic 'elite' economists who keep pushing the fiat agenda.

2025-08-14 07:33:49 UTC

"Hey Siri"
"Bye Google"
https://blossom.primal.net/1bb110cf6ad6bb90355dbee484ae93ef13415921913cf3661744bdd8317d6e0c.jpg

2025-08-10 18:25:35 UTC

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Vim is the beast.
But save yourself some hassle and go straight to Neovim.

2025-08-07 17:37:15 UTC

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@nprofile…zq6c - what a joy you are posting here on Nostr
Your account is one of the only reasons I ever login to X. Post regularly here and I will delete my X account. 🔥

2025-08-04 06:19:50 UTC

GM
https://blossom.primal.net/feb087bf80772fbdf81bc1a3804c16eb414ada79d52288afcd6e597e07758a8f.png

2025-08-02 06:27:06 UTC

GM
https://blossom.primal.net/3884ab35551e85fe216b7a0fb4b8654d334b0471f3e56600b1123b231a926651.png

2025-08-01 14:12:05 UTC

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Interesting comparison.
There is no better time to use Wasabi, given its current zero coordinator fees, and the very low onchain transaction fees. It is by far the cheapest option.
Win win.
#nevent1q…ntsw

2025-07-31 14:21:00 UTC

Eye opening interview of Richard Werner, who got warning visits from the CIA when he laid bare the truth on how the world's banks and credit system work.
Highly recommended.
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-richard-werner

2025-07-30 13:59:11 UTC

Government 'protecting us' has direct and immediate 2nd order effects.
In this case, being blocked from using AI.
The descent continues.
https://blossom.primal.net/5b3863ebc9b59aeb9f76be5223b3c9046a7b14d0947fa6f2002a0c74f894a452.png

2025-07-30 05:35:55 UTC

The Bank of England asked the people to submit designs for the next generation of bank notes.
Looks like someone would prefer an Aqua Wallet .
@nprofile…pykq
https://blossom.primal.net/aaeb503125065faa31523854c594615f13da506ce9d04c5c64bbb37a677a1452.png

2025-07-18 16:53:44 UTC

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Come on UK government.
Use your brains for once instead of just saying "bitcoin is useless".
#nevent1q…2a6d

2025-07-18 16:40:24 UTC

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Choose banks that have your security and privacy as priorities, rather than government checklists.
#nevent1q…48pq

2025-07-15 07:04:15 UTC

Watching the bitcoin price too much, it's easy to feel disappointed. The rush of dopamine you get when All Time Highs are hit always has its balancing emotional comedown soon after.
Remember, by definition, price spends most of the time not at the ATH.
If you Dollar Cost Average into an asset that goes up over the longer timeframe, your returns are *increased* the more volatile the price action is. The volatility puts more bitcoin into your strong hands at lower prices as the speculators are shaken out.
Crazy price action is the Universe smiling on HODLers. Be happy!

2025-07-09 14:04:04 UTC

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Although I will give it to you.
That's the nicest perpetual I've seen.

2025-07-09 13:57:53 UTC

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Simplicity rules. https://image.nostr.build/34c4847f9a5d6e16a373b79058360ea64d730e83d40345ad06c680dfd9068417.jpg
I don't get the fashion for wearing a brick on your wrist.

2025-06-30 11:53:33 UTC

Family member is on holiday with some of his uni friends.
Turns out an Economics degree curriculum at a UK Russell Group university doesn't even mention the world's second largest asset class that underlies the whole financial system. 🤣
https://blossom.primal.net/9a2d0d289302826d9515807e0e817a31cb65ac20a7172ca5e2fcb1d11eff3f41.png

2025-06-16 19:56:19 UTC

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Make it your goal to NEVER run any Meta apps on your phone.
I have had this rule for several years now.
It's sometimes a pain being unable to be in (e.g. sports/social) groups run by WhatsApp normies, but the advantages easily outweigh the disadvantages. It's such a joy not seeing the relentless virtue signalling and group replies.
Another huge silver lining: by refusing to use WA, you can bring many more family and friends to Signal.
#nevent1q…a4c8

2025-06-12 20:03:26 UTC

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https://grapheneos.org/ is an awesome project.
So easy to install and gives you full Android functionality in a private and secure way.
It might be a silver lining if we end up not having to use Google phones. And a dark world if Graphene is not supported on any hardware.
#nevent1q…gktw

2025-06-07 09:29:47 UTC

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Close the channel and then all funds end up back on chain, including emergency balance.

2025-05-15 21:11:41 UTC

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When he puts IG like that...
#nevent1q…29hc

2025-05-13 21:00:59 UTC

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shy kids rock

2025-05-05 06:38:58 UTC

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Assuming you want open source for your private notes, then NotesNook and StandardNotes (premium SN is not open) are great options. Personally I prefer SN.
If you already use vim/nvim, then continue using and sync with SyncThing which works perfectly. Only downside is for phone you have to use a different text editor such as Markor.
Obsidian is very slick, high functionality and seamless, BUT it is not open source, so I wouldn't want my private notes in there.

2025-05-03 08:24:42 UTC

Love this chart that attempts to answer "how much is enough?"
https://blossom.primal.net/856574793eafc0719c3435510b376ee2fb85b1e05139d01f5dc333d9a9b624ff.png
Author posted explanation and charts for different retirement incomes at https://x.com/sminston_with/status/1917605539279954391

2025-04-23 09:22:55 UTC

Bitcoin is going up in value against major assets and has overtaken Google and Amazon. But most people ignore something even better:
When a company goes up in value, a shareholder has some of that value diluted away via share issuances and employee stock options.
Bitcoin is the opposite. If you own bitcoin, your share of the value pie slowly increases over time as coins get lost, and some people burn coins.
https://m.primal.net/QaOc.jpg

2025-03-17 10:51:49 UTC

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Interesting no mention of https://mullvad.net/en/browser. Anyone with views on this?

2025-03-15 23:27:28 UTC

The first job of government is protection and security.
The UK government is utterly failing, and our journalists are too scared (or politically correct) to report on this and force discussion. Something needs to change.
https://m.primal.net/PhMl.png

2025-03-12 10:17:39 UTC

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Which part of the wall is that Joe?
(we're hoping to visit the Great Wall from Shanghai without involving a visit to Beijing).

2025-03-02 15:47:19 UTC

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Mullvad, comes fully preconfigured so you don't end up fingerprinting yourself by adding privacy extensions like uBlock. They are already built in.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/

2025-03-02 15:37:40 UTC

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Mullvad, comes fully preconfigured so you don't end up fingerprinting yourself by adding privacy extensions like uBlock. They are already built in.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/

2025-02-16 15:56:36 UTC

Not many greater pleasures than buying incredible venison direct from the game keeper with bitcoin (apart from eating it, obviously) https://image.nostr.build/e4761a805d752e9bd51518ee428639bc233dc858272da8caf4de511160ecb257.jpg

2025-02-15 21:40:01 UTC

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https://satsvsfiat.com/ (watch the What's The Problem video first)
https://www.godblessbitcoin.com/ (trailer to get a feel, and then full film if it appeals)
Then follow the trail on this page:
https://www.satsvsfiat.com/starter

2025-01-31 10:11:15 UTC

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Great song. Thanks for letting me discover it.

2025-01-31 09:27:17 UTC

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Soon

2025-01-30 00:09:58 UTC

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Of course it's chopped. Chopped and labelled. Silver service only for bitcoiners.

2025-01-07 15:58:23 UTC

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Great explainer for people that don't understand why bitcoin is so important.
#nevent1q…66p5

2024-12-30 08:42:34 UTC

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Hey Ben,
https://www.travala.com is great for flights and accommodation (it's not bitcoin only, but it does take bitcoin).

2024-12-19 10:52:45 UTC

Bitcoin is the only global free market.
This chart shows what happens when you let markets free.
The majority are still asleep, preferring 'stable' markets provided via government manipulation of interest rates, money supply and accounting.
"Volatility is vitality", @npub15dq…lm5m
https://m.primal.net/NAab.jpg

2024-12-11 14:13:25 UTC

If you know, you know.
https://m.primal.net/MtBc.png

2024-11-29 20:32:50 UTC

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My daughter thought a pomegranate was a Pop a Grenade.

2024-11-25 17:58:07 UTC

Recently there are virtually no CoinJoin transactions shown by Mempool Goggles on https://mempool.space
Anyone want to venture a theory as to why this might be?
Are bitcoin privacy tools failing in terms of usage growth, or are people using other methods like Lightning/Liquid to improve chain obfuscation...
@npub1vad…nuu7 @npub1qny…95gx @npub1tr4…2y5g

2024-11-24 15:35:10 UTC

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https://www.travala.com/

2024-11-18 14:48:41 UTC

People are currently infatuated with Micro Strategy / MSTR "because it is a 1.5 leverage play on bitcoin", and are in (deserved) admiration of @npub15dq…lm5m for beating the S&P 500 so convincingly.
I know people close to me who have worked hard and saved bitcoin, but are now being tempted to exchange BTC for MSTR, spurred on by influencers like American @npub1rtl…jtfs (I'm a fan) and his latest strong endorsement.
But, MSTR is nothing like BTC. You sell 1 BTC and buy the equivalent value MSTR. You now own a security that is holding ~0.35 BTC on your behalf. The 'BTC yield' isn't yield on your 1 BTC. It is growing the 0.35 BTC up a little higher each year, but nowhere near the original 1 BTC you had.
Yes, I understand Micro Strategy is offering a service that is of value "like an oil company" (see latest Micro Strategy Earnings Call) and therefore trades at a premium. But this is pure speculation just like buying any other company share. The calculation is whether MSTR will generate more value with his company on the 0.65 BTC (the non-BTC treasury part of your 1 BTC investment) than holding the 0.65 BTC would. And in Saylor's own words about other companies, that means MSTR needs to compound more than 29% a year going forwards in terms of company value. That's quite a hurdle - one that very few companies in history have achieved over the long term.
There are good arguments on both sides regarding MSTR, the value the company provides and therefore its premium.
BUT BEFORE SELLING THE SCARCEST FINANCIAL ASSET on earth, one with no counterparty or company director risk, for a speculative asset, one should just THINK VERY HARD.
You may never be able to get the BTC you sold back again.
(disclaimer: I hold both BTC and MSTR - but MSTR only where I can't hold BTC)

2024-11-10 09:38:36 UTC

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Welcome to Nostr, and the land of freedom.

2024-11-07 14:40:15 UTC

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I haven't been this optimistic for years (even though I'm not even in the US).
Free speech > Censorship
Independent media/thought > Mass media propoganda/psychosis
Economic politics > Identity politics
Hard money > Ponzi money
Individuals > State
Ability > Accreditation
Producing > Grifting
Peace > War