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UK 🇬🇧 London Bitcoiner. Orange pilling High Street Bank. Payments. Umbrel ☂️⚡️node=BTCRich

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2025-04-17 06:53:45 UTC

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Welcome

2025-01-13 21:28:53 UTC

Stumbled across this on LinkedIn from a Payments guy Bitcoin accepted as payment. @npub1nqt…fpug involved? The team is from Nottingham.
https://m.primal.net/NfNK.jpg

2025-01-09 13:15:55 UTC

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Agree

2024-11-30 21:56:51 UTC

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Shame about those high fees though

2024-11-22 17:30:38 UTC

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That’s the worlds largest insurance companies. Nothing to do with the bond. Berkshire is not in, but Allianz took 25% or there abouts

2024-11-21 11:51:59 UTC

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Bluesky is a leftwing echo chamber

2024-11-21 11:50:45 UTC

$13m bitcoin incoming

2024-10-02 10:03:32 UTC

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I remember he burst on the scene as someone actually looking at bitcoin mining data rather than an opinion piece based on all the known tropes

2024-09-12 12:57:08 UTC

Shocking
Public debt projected to exceed 270 per cent of GDP by the mid-2070s
https://obr.uk/download/fiscal-risks-and-sustainability-report-september-2024/?tmstv=1726145608

2024-09-02 08:45:43 UTC

Crazy tax on UK oil and gas sector! from November, the total tax rate on profits made by energy firms in the UK is expected to rise to 78%.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx287xq91e5o

2024-08-30 19:27:17 UTC

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Likewise. Pre steam.

2024-08-30 19:24:43 UTC

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Rockin

2024-08-27 20:57:23 UTC

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Love your book Lynn, I would recommend it to anyone

2024-08-27 20:55:03 UTC

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Welcome

2024-08-27 20:54:00 UTC

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Impressive! I’m not their yet.

2024-08-26 20:52:56 UTC

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Wise words

2024-08-23 20:30:32 UTC

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Started watching from the 6hr 40 min mark. Good watch

2024-07-15 09:04:37 UTC

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This

2024-07-03 19:07:38 UTC

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Welcome

2024-06-13 17:25:02 UTC

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Count me in

2024-06-04 13:28:11 UTC

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Great vids on YouTube

2024-05-13 15:45:52 UTC

FT still not quite getting it. I feel they are getting closer though The paradox of ‘sustainable bitcoin’ https://on.ft.com/3QKEyzb

2024-05-09 18:50:28 UTC

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Just watched it’. Amazing :)

2024-05-06 20:39:29 UTC

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Chill

2024-05-01 15:55:09 UTC

I don’t think the FT is good quality training data for Bitcoin https://www.ft.com/content/33328743-ba3b-470f-a2e3-f41c3a366613

2024-05-01 08:24:06 UTC

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Atari

2024-04-19 21:12:08 UTC

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You should see the cash limits in place across the UK and the ability to stop payments with the sniff of an issue or risk

2024-04-19 21:10:32 UTC

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I have some detailed analysis I did on this at work. It was price competitive with Wise for £100 and under

2024-04-11 10:17:20 UTC

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Love your videos

2024-04-10 14:13:12 UTC

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Ossification

2024-04-08 18:00:56 UTC

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Snap. Blame it on the FCA

2024-04-04 10:57:19 UTC

Loving the Tuscany lightning summit https://www.youtube.com/live/l9lHICvDFOA?si=xCWCsM-Y2IVTV1Fw

2024-04-01 17:29:49 UTC

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Hard to fault a few beers with mates… avoiding getting legless is a good idea. Still can give a hangover though…

2024-03-30 14:13:06 UTC

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Good to hear. My 1gb raspberry pi4 has maybe 1 year left until it runs out of space. Umbrel Home is likely next purchase .

2024-03-22 10:47:28 UTC

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2024-03-21 21:22:36 UTC

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Mine is surprisingly heavy

2024-03-20 09:59:03 UTC

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Thanks. Look fwd to listening to

2024-03-15 21:49:03 UTC

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Love it

2024-03-11 14:11:57 UTC

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Love it

2024-03-09 08:26:04 UTC

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Hello!

2024-03-09 08:25:29 UTC

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Welcome

2024-03-09 08:20:26 UTC

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Imagine that!

2024-03-05 21:44:40 UTC

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Welcome

2024-03-04 07:56:42 UTC

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Nice one

2024-03-04 07:56:26 UTC

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Hello!

2024-03-04 07:56:06 UTC

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What?!

2024-03-04 07:55:41 UTC

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Hello all!

2024-03-01 16:45:45 UTC

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Hey

2024-03-01 14:16:00 UTC

FT bearish as usual
“Bitcoin price are at fresh record highs in many currencies. In dollars the cryptocurrency is up more than 40 per cent over the past month. The $69,000 intra day high set in 2021 is within reach. Excitement is being fuelled by the approval of spot exchange traded funds in the US. Expected changes to the way bitcoins are created or “mined” due at the end of April are adding to the frenzy.
The “halving” event which happens about every four years was written into bitcoin code by its creator as a means to enhance scarcity. It means that the number of coins a miner gets as a reward for completing each calculation will fall from 6.25 to 3.125. This mechanically raises the production cost and reduces supply at the same time.
Regardless of whether you believe bitcoin has any real value, prices remain tied to these underlying fundamentals. Opinions on the former are shifting as mainstream adoption grows; some $70bn has flowed into spot bitcoin exchange traded funds since they first went live in January, according to data from The Block. Rising demand from buyers anticipating the next halving explains why crypto bulls now gleefully predict bitcoin prices will soon exceed $100,000.
Look closer and this bullish target seems suspect. The current cost of production — largely the electricity required by computers making the calculations for mining — is currently about $27,000, thinks JPMorgan. This offers a sense of the price floor for bitcoin. Immediately after the halving this will jump short term to around $50,000.
Costs are also a function of the hashrate. This reflects the amount of processing power devoted to mining coins. The higher the hashrate — currently at a record high — the longer it takes to mine each coin. That in turn means higher costs for all involved, offering some comfort to buyers.
Yet, the recent surge has taken bitcoin prices far above the cost of production. For bitcoin in the past that has not been sustainable. Moreover, these costs should start falling shortly after the halving as less efficient miners drop out, unable to keep up. As older machines are retired, the hashrate should fall and with it production costs.
At some point the price rally will lose steam. Assume mining processing power falls by one-fifth then the cost of production will fall correspondingly to around $43,000. That offers a useful guide to where prices might find a floor once the current bout of mania subsides.”

2024-02-27 11:31:33 UTC

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You may release a little when it hits $200K !

2024-02-07 21:42:44 UTC

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yes

2024-02-05 09:45:50 UTC

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Incredible you have endured through this

2024-01-20 15:36:50 UTC

anywant to redeem some ecash cashu tokens 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

2024-01-19 15:50:36 UTC

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2024-01-18 14:35:55 UTC

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@npub1tjk…s9w3 are you seeing much adoption or use for Fedimint?

2024-01-17 14:22:29 UTC

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How naughty…he sweared on live TV!

2024-01-17 14:18:53 UTC

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Sauce?

2024-01-03 20:10:51 UTC

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What a tease

2024-01-01 22:29:29 UTC

happy New Year

2023-12-29 09:09:13 UTC

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https://getfaaans.com/

2023-12-25 18:05:08 UTC

Merry Christmas 🎄

2023-12-21 11:52:21 UTC

Retail is back. 50% increase in volumes to exchanges and doubling of values in last couple of months

2023-12-17 08:08:05 UTC

Mainstream media has fun https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-spend-bitcoin-uk-where-pay-for-in-cryptocurrency-2wxzsh3gs https://image.nostr.build/bd323419f8f43fdf4f36e702a8d1d48949962710b70fb0f9f6981a8e6674362a.jpg

2023-12-12 20:46:43 UTC

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👀

2023-12-05 19:21:57 UTC

The FT hates Bitcoin. Especially when it goes up in fiat terms!!
https://m.primal.net/HSdb.jpg

2023-11-30 16:25:04 UTC

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North Pole is ice on water so no issue. South Pole Antarctica is on land so that is an issue when it hits.

2023-11-29 10:33:55 UTC

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More than 60x

2023-11-28 22:40:58 UTC

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2023-11-24 09:33:21 UTC

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Good luck. I reckon UK is next

2023-11-24 09:29:56 UTC

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Still requires central custody by WoS

2023-11-24 09:28:58 UTC

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Off shore unregulated. Probably worried about being another Binance style prosecution

2023-11-22 17:06:05 UTC

Money history in UK
Throughout human history, the way that we pay for goods and services has been becoming progressively less tangible and more remote. Early human history was a barter economy. Then coins started appearing in the world around 600 BC, and the Romans brought them to Britain around the first century AD. The Royal Mint was founded in 886 and is the 10th oldest company on the planet. Cheques appeared around
1660 - issued by Goldsmith bankers for making loans. Banknotes - exchangeable for the equivalent value in gold - were produced in the UK from the mid-18th century. Wire transfers became possible around 1871. Around 1960, wages started to be paid direct into bank accounts, and the first ATM was introduced in 1967. The rate of change has accelerated rapidly over recent decades, with credit cards, debit cards, contactless, online banking, mobile banking and digital wallets. With each wave of innovation, money is less physical. and increasinglv has simply become a digitised number. As our relationship with money changes, the way that we authorise, understand and control our payments have changed at incredible pace over recent years. In 2022, 86% of payment transactions in the UK were digital, compared to 44% in 2012

2023-11-20 22:00:12 UTC

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First time I’ve seen your product. Looks very cool as I assumed there was exchange risk… but no!!

2023-11-07 11:24:14 UTC

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Is there anything in the west we can do?

2023-11-06 19:40:18 UTC

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The FT will always play to its TradFi audience.

2023-11-06 19:36:11 UTC

2012: "No one uses it"
2013: "Only criminals use it"
2015: "Only nerds use it"
2017: "Only speculators use it"
2019: "Only a small % of the world uses it"
2020: "Only small companies use it"
2021: "Only small countries use it"
2022 and 2023?

2023-11-06 10:42:31 UTC

UK banks have a mixed ability to allow payments to crypto exchanges
https://m.primal.net/HPXa.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HPXa.jpg

2023-11-01 07:50:57 UTC

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Hello. Cool product

2023-10-25 19:44:58 UTC

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Not very seamless in IOS though

2023-10-24 10:25:01 UTC

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Decentralise and win

2023-10-24 09:53:49 UTC

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I would hope there are ways around the ban

2023-10-20 15:35:37 UTC

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Hello

2023-10-18 07:54:59 UTC

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I enjoyed that show.

2023-10-13 21:44:01 UTC

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GBTC gap will close and get very close

2023-10-13 21:43:08 UTC

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Price responds

2023-10-07 20:14:22 UTC

Like caviar or dynamite, a little bit of bitcoin goes a long way.
https://www.morningstar.com/portfolios/6040-isnt-dead-neither-is-bitcoin-mixing-two-can-be-lethal

2023-09-26 19:28:04 UTC

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Suckers

2023-09-25 19:21:29 UTC

Wonder if this is any good https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001qx1l/panorama-downfall-of-the-crypto-king?page=1

2023-09-24 13:19:58 UTC

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Love it!

2023-09-20 12:27:57 UTC

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Wait. what?

2023-09-05 20:01:34 UTC

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Too rich for me!

2023-08-27 10:49:05 UTC

Could they use bolt cards instead? Replace tokens with sats and that would be interesting. Fixed costs is 4000 sats a go (£1)
https://m.primal.net/HJyp.jpg

2023-08-15 14:25:42 UTC

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Love it

2023-08-14 10:43:27 UTC

You can earn bitcoin in Tetro Tiles too! Play now https://blocks.thndr.games/r/dhGB
2 sats!!
https://m.primal.net/HIjx.jpg

2023-08-11 09:35:03 UTC

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It will surprise nobody that London accounts for an outsized share of Britain’s output, but the magnitude of the UK’s economic monopolarity is remarkable. Removing London’s output and headcount would shave 14 per cent off British living standards, precisely enough to slip behind the last of the US states. Britain in the aggregate may not be as poor as Mississippi, but absent its outlier capital it would be.
https://m.primal.net/HIUc.jpg

2023-08-10 08:04:39 UTC

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Keep up the good work Daniel. I love the content and putting the story straight :)

2023-08-07 16:03:42 UTC

Bought lunch at calm Indian cow using bitcoin today. However schoolboy Error… I forgot to check and sent an on chain payment! 8000 sats fee!
Location. 40 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4DX

2023-08-07 15:57:12 UTC

The HSBC UK fiat exit gates are closing.
From August 2023, we’re limiting the value of payments you can send to cryptocurrency exchanges using:
your debit card
our digital banking services (Online & Mobile Banking)
our branch & contact centres
We will apply the following limits:
• Payments – £2,500 for a single payment and a total payment limit of £10,000 in any rolling 30-day period
• Debit cards – £2,500 for a single card payment and a total card payment limit of £10,000 in any rolling 30-day period

2023-08-04 17:27:46 UTC

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I loved his OTT global travel. I couldn’t figure out what was real and fake

2023-07-28 07:34:32 UTC

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Check out the OSI layers