2025-06-20T22:01:30Z https://yabu.me SatsScholar https://yabu.me/npub15yf05r0ghv7fffxzkft7km7ya8wu69yxr549y04m7xcamq9p8dvs7lxv5x https://m.primal.net/OBNX.jpg https://m.primal.net/OBNX.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8t40v2v3l3kz47kakyhgulm7xgsjnexnpxhy3hst3p8xnc53a6lszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4juwlpcg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxed3uazmsv3v89eqmddqyc0ucec92xuh5zsx3synwj4gu96s5msgqxxn5j'>nevent1q…xn5j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like Mulvad. 2026-03-15T01:37:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3vaazeh4fpdqnkl4dy06r8ggdzeta6cq79qlk7xu5dees96km5qzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j06a5k7 They used to say if man could fly, he&#39;d have wings. But he did fly. He discovered he had to. I don&#39;t believe we can stop. In fact through all our existence the frightened and feint hearted have been warning men not to push any further, not to learn any more, not to hope, grow and exceed themselves. <br/><br/>I don&#39;t believe we can stop, I don&#39;t believe we&#39;re meant to.<br/><br/>Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn&#39;t reached the moon, or that we hadn&#39;t gone on to Mars and then to the nearest star? That&#39;s like saying you wish that you still operated with scalpels and sewed your patients up with catgut like your great-great-great-great-grandfather used to.<br/><br/> I&#39;m in command. I could order this. But I&#39;m not because, Doctor McCoy is right in pointing out the enormous danger potential in any contact with life and intelligence as fantastically advanced as this. But I must point out that the possibilities, the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great.<br/><br/> Risk. Risk is our business. That&#39;s what the starship is all about. That&#39;s why we&#39;re aboard her. You may dissent without prejudice. Do I hear a negative vote?<br/><br/>Capt. Kirk: Risk Is Our Business (Extended Monologue) 2026-03-15T00:53:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgrv4kuyye9c02rvrhh68jkqwpv3f0pg68274dqks8xaxrq3hd4szyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j8y7glp Happy Cypherpunk Day!<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/bcd62ae4a2b822f7220c4e22cc76910689df43968ea08ba57b6ae92e962a1d70.jpg"> 2026-03-09T19:30:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0lv3q0hc6ezknrgy98ru6sjlfw0efku599taf38rhmfhrdqj72wgzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j6zfnnn Last night was fun. <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/1d5beed96816769b6ab8e9b3b8d303630b48cabc55ba5ded1662c3cb191856dd.jpg"> 2026-03-01T18:27:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgrcn8vnyaf5djykt27qu37j59fcqvx8m4rph30e30lqzaxxlngszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jph7my0 Unpopular opinion:<br/><br/>Everyone should be thanking Jane Street for the cheap sats. 2026-02-26T23:34:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgr42rx2y3p48w2wcfejukkr4dzt4krllnf07luheq50v7qhe7m7gzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jk8tkh9 In the future, the ability to command Blockspace, will be the most powerful financial weapon on the planet. 2026-02-18T17:57:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrtktn53j4mzkgp7dwvzt3rdzzu28ene8t0l3vjqjgftpkmtlm8qzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j62v03y This is hilarious at this point. <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/1a81acb4b2ad7d5e520a2cd2c20dd765876b707896c17668100f066be3737b23.png"> 2026-02-12T13:38:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9h9z0uv6e4dh903precmxv8e0zzdrr3ts7tgdjalrvzklkmyhnqszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j460k8l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstc2jfxksxqfkhkvjvhntz3n56a2qyacpl4f6g9awr80tu33lxvjgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgjxz8vy'>nevent1q…z8vy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>100% 2026-02-12T13:37:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqqs2thnnppxvthkp7vup0mkn4lclj40allhw08nf525ll748hn5szyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j4dnvmj Someone told me Bitcoin was down. So I checked my node and cold storage. Everything was there, and the network was up. <br/><br/>So idk what they were talking about. 2026-02-06T00:18:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8yt2jzt7ngeklrc6xr6nvj2slangsku9fdv3uq0395j8jyy9c8yczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jnn7jyq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs232sa5dp07t7kn97cz7pfmkcelnah562e3ezhfnamg2hqmadj2wqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg4alg4h'>nevent1q…lg4h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Facts 2026-01-13T14:18:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8c7l00ha78m3dltmu3vx58pnldmugtjtylt8x3m2hsezh05eqdfqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jq39cae As we welcome in the new year, I often hear people musing<br/>about what they would have done differently. Or, if I woke up<br/>at some younger age, with everything I know now, what<br/>would I do?<br/><br/>I have thought about this at length. And I tell you, if I had<br/>ever woke up young again it wouldn’t be a gift. It would be a<br/>nightmare so complete, I’d likely fall into madness. <br/><br/>I’d spend my life trying to reproduce an irreproducible<br/>future. <br/><br/>Trying to find the same people. Create the same moments. Hoping the same miracles would happen again. <br/><br/>But they wouldn’t. In fact. They couldn’t. <br/><br/>I’d have to attempt to live my life to the exact instances of<br/>my past in a desperate and vain attempt to reproduce the future.<br/>Attempt to find my ex wife on the exact day. Have the same moments. Make love on the same night. Hoping it brings my daughter into the world. But it won’t. Because to attempt to reproduce a miracle is a fools errand. Likewise I’d have to relive all the same sufferings again. Relive the same deaths, the same tragedies. With full<br/>knowledge of the events coming and no ability to halt them. <br/><br/>The only course of action is a selfish one. To detach<br/>completely from the life you once had. Abandoning all or forcing yourself to have foreknowledge of tragedies your loved ones will<br/>suffer. <br/><br/>Surely you could attempt to be closer to them knowing these<br/>things. But again, changing the future means any children you’ve had will never come to be. Or worse, new unforetold events. <br/><br/>Perhaps you stop your mother dying in a car accident. But by<br/>doing so the grief that once fused your family is no longer present. You family fractures in new ways. You take a job in a new city, you never meet your wife. Your children and their children are never born. Their exact laugh, their particular mind, are now a cosmic impossibility. Your sister or brother meet the same fate. Their bloodline meets the same fate. Worlds once known are gone.<br/><br/>Because any event now outside your control is once again part<br/>of the symphonic cacophony of the vast experiences of the universe. <br/><br/>Love isn’t a destination you can navigate back to. <br/><br/>Children aren’t outcomes you can plan for. <br/><br/>They are emergent phenomenon born from chains of events so<br/>fragile that changing one step erases them entirely. <br/><br/>Never to be created again. <br/><br/>Changing the past loses the future you’re trying to save. <br/><br/>As I said earlier, the only way to “win” that thought<br/>experiment is to detach completely from the life you once had.<br/>Sacrificing the known future and known lives that come of it for a<br/>new unknown. And new unknown regrets. <br/><br/>Let your past guide you. Be grateful for it. Understand it.<br/>Learn from it. For suffering and love, pain, sacrifice, joy… these<br/>things bring us wisdom. <br/><br/>Wisdom to deal with their inevitable recurrence. 2026-01-02T02:15:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsplzchmxjsxceacphu3rr2fxm6ztu3q85ywyu0j9u5237ct3jq5kgzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4js9tfsy Do not fret when the glass breaks. <br/><br/>For you see, you must realize, the glass was already broken. 2025-12-30T19:52:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsptrupas7nldxa2stgegnvuus4qj33v2tud0d0x4x5zu42wyjsu0szyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jv0zlf4 Bitcoin mom is unstoppable. <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a3e09dab15c226e69002258064f7eab03256882839a01474045ddabd43ccf7e1.jpg"> 2025-12-22T21:16:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgshdzgcu8d0k2wtt96fk6xrwclf3z9hhvdwr0mku0m460jwndw5szyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jj45jl8 Over 200K miles. Let’s go!<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/afc82a1c365e127d697f20d258eea7e10c9af20395ba367279bee0ec3cfd1b30.jpg"> 2025-12-22T21:16:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0uy473fnudgffftmtcmre8yasuth9ajmmunng05kmnrfuvgfwulqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jc4rals In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqem05g2xpjdgy33zfxvynszr20thlat3qkufl5g98q7tqzpgudfqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9uhxtnyd9nkwmm09e3k7mg0glpr8'>nevent1q…lpr8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Factual 2025-12-21T20:53:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxxn73g4pk0fj2k6qunc434d8fyqkn952frk7nnz2na865vh9dwkqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jw5hxuv “The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection;<br/>the water has no mind to receive their image.” 2025-12-18T21:19:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8r5gpqzfh4ksuyztqkc89ps0r0gtt8hu950y7hcyrdkaz26rvguczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4js3wfan YOLO <br/><br/>We ballin. <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/fb2d967751c1c0d5da2c45f04199e42a740384558cf8d4596788f713416d32fa.jpg"> 2025-12-16T20:08:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf23n87ew7xe6ymu8w4svnpck4axdjtu8mgyxqk8pkadwxenw6zzqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jrrhywm Even in a universe of perfect science and perfect logic, there are truths that no system can derive internally. <br/>Therefore transcendence is not a gap but is instead structurally required. 2025-12-09T17:50:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszumjjxcfywj242w6wu27n4ptkn8t588sas39u8g7thskvtx70hwgzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jsmsa5p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsppg3lt9skky0ht60yy7ugvek9jfjgrem9mmh3avyvxmgakf9ypuqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhga72rps'>nevent1q…2rps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the way. 2025-10-25T01:24:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp54p4xkhl5q6sgtg0l8t8ev3kh9m46gcpxsf4tn9yqgukzrwh44gzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jdtj74f Consciousness is the universe remembering itself kindly, for a moment long enough to share.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/8d8216324596421e41e7d199582ce0daf7ba8dd9036045371aa742220fc1bbe5.jpg"> 2025-10-12T03:04:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdr3cpgeg22q6e5qym3mya9d4s6mhva44p0wrrq2w6ath6ajy923gzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jvdcwv8 <br/>Freedom is not won in ease. It is carved out through resistance, discipline, and endurance. Throughout history, those who desired to live free had to bear the trials that came with it. The promise of prosperity and peace could only be realized after hardship, never before it.<br/><br/>Bitcoin reflects this same truth. To secure sovereignty through it requires more than casual interest. It asks that we hold our own keys, that we validate our own transactions, that we resist the shortcuts of custodians and the comforts of centralized promises. In exchange, it offers something rare in human history: the chance to build a foundation of freedom that cannot be corrupted by decree or destroyed by force.<br/><br/>The undying lands in Tolkien’s story symbolize the destination beyond struggle. They are not places given freely, but realms entered only after trial. Our financial freedom is no different. The journey demands that we weather volatility, resist control, and accept the responsibility that comes with sovereignty.<br/><br/>This is not an easy path. It is a deliberate choice to value independence above convenience. Yet in walking it, we cultivate resilience and self reliance. And in the long arc of history, it is precisely these virtues that secure prosperity. Bitcoin does not guarantee victory, but it gives humanity the tools to claim it.<br/><br/>If we persevere, then perhaps the future will remember this as the moment where we turned from dependency to sovereignty. Where we set sail for a new world that, though born from struggle, became a place of enduring freedom.<br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/325f8147f011952b52cdc761ddca1484b0ebb53a16d2b975fb1887a83c456762.png"> 2025-10-08T01:37:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfz94p7jhdlperznt87q5ugzf92dskxsupa8arvxyqulp7875j78czyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jakx6yw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfd4w3dwl5ssc0vs482zrv7k3apav2qxxnpqwvgagtst754pwt8gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgjdfptl'>nevent1q…fptl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed. 2025-10-02T01:51:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8nzhyc388qgnv6mqrdr28e3sd5knqyqnfyyyj6n64dns2rardhkszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jh07h2k Bitcoin didn’t succeed because of code. It succeeded because of design. Satoshi wasn’t a great programmer. His C++ was clunky and criticized, but that never mattered. The genius was in the incentive structures that keep the system in balance: miners securing for rewards, users verifying for self-interest, developers constrained by social consensus. The game theory is what makes Bitcoin work, not the elegance of the code. What’s overlooked is that most changes today are argued by people who can write code, but Bitcoin’s real oversight has always come from outside of that circle. Economists, philosophers, and everyday users. Satoshi himself belonged more to this other group. He was a systems thinker who used code as a tool, not as the essence of Bitcoin. At its core, Bitcoin is not software. It’s a social contract expressed through rules. The code simply enforces the design.<br/> 2025-10-02T01:03:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqqdzrfjkymu8jh46lkwgk77gxqqcafag4u47vp8rkeg7gupsg00szyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jqpg5r5 <br/>The River of Time<br/>By SatsScholar<br/><br/>Time is a river, endless and unbroken,<br/>its current forever pressing downstream.<br/><br/>Some things are rocks,<br/>anchored, immovable,<br/>enduring the waters that polish them to sand.<br/>Others are sticks,<br/>light, brittle, without say,<br/>swept away without pause or protest.<br/><br/>But we,<br/>we are like fish.<br/>We taste the current and choose our dance within it.<br/>Do we press against the pull,<br/>burning our strength in defiance?<br/>Do we rest in the shallows,<br/>where the water whispers instead of roars?<br/>Do we plunge into the rapids,<br/>where life is risk, and risk is life?<br/>Do we swim deep where shadows hold,<br/>or skim the surface where sunlight shatters?<br/><br/>These are the gifts of sentience,<br/>to shape how we move through the flood.<br/><br/>Yet, in the end,<br/>no matter the course we chart,<br/>the river takes us all.<br/>It carries us beyond sight,<br/>beyond choice,<br/>into the ocean of what comes after.<br/> 2025-09-17T03:53:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfed5m39n09hwdzukd93gqm0lanlgtzlfz0fsykqf60t57979q4aczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4ja4mh3u I still think Bitcoin fixes this.<br/><br/>Fixes everything. I won’t dive into the how or the why here. Instead, I’ll say this:<br/><br/>Bitcoin can fix what’s broken, but we don’t have unlimited time.<br/><br/>Bitcoin only has a chance if adoption grows to critical mass. Without it, I fear for mankind. Endless wars, hate, division, the same cycles of suffering repeating since time immemorial.<br/><br/>So I’ll try to do my best to keep pushing adoption, self-custody, node running, sovereignty.<br/><br/>Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution. 2025-09-11T18:12:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgve6shhgpd64cpg87yd2qswkvvp0gua4t4lsh59pp5k89v4k250gzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jxh0wds In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhtspgmedpu7x3c79ak2ld4j9q348g6je870eu5upxvqmuce4hpspyfmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6an9wf5kv6t9vsh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59hs34m'>nevent1q…s34m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>100% agree with everything you said. 2025-09-08T22:19:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf05t2r77et5capq2j3ad96q792ga25tf4lvwfv7dl92ud4k5u0zqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4ju6lvmg SFF node update. <br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/02f4104c6d0b6ed1af285cafa28f93b84b0d3474624a65d08d24385d15d91cfc.mov"></video> 2025-08-16T19:13:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf7cexkt2jz6esauqcurdjnsmczuxsze4dqm5gjvvcem8ztplhdzqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j39g3uy The government hates you and is trying to kill you. 2025-08-07T23:34:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvy4lvrhx479v0edqvmezxqegw68xjq56t4ua9gvpnwd7stn0xlfszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j3wr9hg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxc7v6r23afgszgcecwvh39zmrushcljc0n2zty7xr0pkzn577ksqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgjrqfd4'>nevent1q…qfd4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The future is brighter than we could ever imagine. 2025-08-01T15:04:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxnq5rqgmnmy4gmuypvpcfsqvkwne4leuyg0nsreakgjcrkjqd32gzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jt7qr4e Unpopular opinion:<br/>Bitcoin is not digital gold. And we need to stop calling it that.<br/><br/>Gold inherently requires trust.<br/>You must trust the purity of the bar.<br/>Trust the person transporting it.<br/>Trust the storage facility.<br/>Trust the world around you to honor it.<br/><br/>That’s why gold often ends up in vaults, banks, and ETFs. Systems upon systems built on layers and layers of trust. And that’s exactly the problem.<br/><br/>When we label Bitcoin as “digital gold,” we open the door for institutions to normalize trusted custody. Normalize their narrative. <br/>They’ll say it’s fine to hold your Bitcoin in their vaults.<br/>That you need their help.<br/>That it’s just like gold.<br/><br/>But Bitcoin isn’t gold. It’s trust-less.<br/>That is the breakthrough. That is the revolution.<br/><br/>Look around:<br/>How often do you hear the term “self-custody” from regulators, banks, or press releases?<br/>How often do you hear them promote sovereign ownership of Bitcoin?<br/><br/>Rarely. And that’s not an accident.<br/><br/>This is a form of soft capture. It’s subtle, calculated, and dangerous.<br/>The omission of self-custody is not a mistake.<br/>The language is deliberate.<br/>The narrative is carefully crafted.<br/><br/>Don’t fall for it.<br/><br/>Bitcoin is not digital gold.<br/>It’s the end of trusted intermediaries.<br/><br/>Not your keys, not your coins.<br/>Reject trusted systems.<br/>Reject their intentions.<br/>Reject their narrative.<br/>Stay sovereign. 2025-07-22T14:36:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfl5qfm68ke37y3t6s9qyz5h6uf9e5qvru6flswc4n9xlhvnk0jpczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jv6w0qm ‼️BREAKING ‼️<br/>Bitcoin Knots breaks past 15%!<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b916d42df2e037c7f6849092ace60f9ac7260e665af2be8e64e1efc82c236c33.jpg"> 2025-07-15T03:31:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs00v2fv84c2kjwxznxah60f33s40fq52uq22cuuqyal28qzq48knqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jz68939 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpueukpwd3gn9zfj6ltmrkn0kx5v8u38pvxnjfazyccyshhs79scpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgvqaqqp'>nevent1q…aqqp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Locked in. 2025-07-12T23:42:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgsunf4pnj645um6mr8u64x72z32l869r3c0pxnm6c5qpsj0wtk0gzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j5uy9wq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzt8n7ugkcl98ks027unj0px0c5nafdfyxjkam0r83luq5hzmanqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg5yvcsu'>nevent1q…vcsu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Take the orange pill. And transform your future! 2025-07-05T17:52:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2rnm4ctxzs05fjmqd4aek9er5z4ynh22g8vhj2culnv9zyrl3x7qzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jcj4pww Taking the next several days off finally. 2025-07-03T23:28:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8py3gxev8h92jdgu7ldd7ws9twund8u56ym20tm9vqenwfhdm62czyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jmwe39v So I took my daughter to that concert last night. All and all it cost around 600$. Today, the gains on one of my bitcoin positions on one of the exchanges I use has gone up a little over 600$<br/><br/>Think about this… if we were on a Bitcoin standard my base purchasing power would be the same as the day before the show. <br/><br/>This is how it happens. This is how Bitcoin brings post scarcity. <br/><br/>Sure, it could have gone down. Or up not as much. But try not to focus on the minutiae. We’re not all the way there yet. We are still building. <br/><br/>But I think my point stands. A system that doesn’t rob from your future benefits your present. 2025-06-29T15:46:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9j6vezx8wwswhjtlp38sdtre8rqh2xmn54ytqlq7wtvkq3y7r6kgzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j3wpyxj Gold turns to rot in idle claws.<br/><br/>What good is treasure sealed from light,<br/>When hoarded wealth breeds fear, not might?<br/>Smaug slumbers, fat on stolen flame,<br/>While kingdoms crumble in his name.<br/><br/>But coin unused is coin decayed,<br/>No seed it sows, no debt it’s paid.<br/>True wealth is passed from hand to hand,<br/>Not piled like bones upon the land.<br/><br/>So let your riches build, not bind.<br/>Let value flow, and free your mind.<br/>For dragons fall, and hoards grow cold,<br/>But giving turns mere coins to gold.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/6bf76a01e01f49cbb981f60841b3d6393bb422685c60ba01572997f1e7d2016e.png"> 2025-06-27T15:42:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxu0pu5jtrc4287df6ytmky89n4y0eralg0xegg8x444q3t6xczeqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jnuwrnd Build the world you want to live in. 2025-06-26T22:42:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlj3uyak99q8cykf8wec379am5nq84qh6l5pevywvxyjaknk7ueqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jpksqga Some see the good in the bad. <br/><br/>Some see the bad in the good. 2025-06-21T15:09:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsydp3g3y8ang64pggd8jywpeg8kt5js08vp8s6p6udem8mpklxkygzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4javhs3p Drive in movie time. 😁<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/24c0baa9bcf6511c275162227bb1852a3eb78cc44d78368fb59086c0d0ee8c92.jpg"> 2025-06-21T00:25:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs988d0vmy2aw0hs36qqgunztnf29athn8wp0992fksduc867x9x9czyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j649zxv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg9v7feswtyjj67qwjfpkcy38uq5530j3ydduw8djhvtfldke7jspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3e82efwvdhk6hplnkr'>nevent1q…lnkr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Higher. 2025-06-20T19:24:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8uljuaw3fazlklj3453cxpfyjecz9wk4zmfslmj3c7fllgqpwhpczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jllqh76 It’s a beautiful day. We won’t solve the world’s problems in 24 hours. Go outside. Spend time with kids/family. Turn your screens off. <br/><br/>Be in the moment. 2025-06-20T19:23:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspgqsmwy5jy6uxm2shd6csnu3sjtw28vc35c3cnwawvuy55ecy4qszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jvfcj94 I will begin recording the first build of the node series early next week. If you’ve built a PC before this will be either boring or a refresher for you. <br/><br/>If you haven’t, this will be a good start. It’s much easier than it looks. <br/><br/>If some of this equipment looks outdated, that’s because it is. There’s two reasons for this.<br/><br/>1. To show that nodes can and should run on older hardware. Lowering the barrier to entry. And helping cut down on E-waste. <br/><br/>2. It’s what I have on hand. And since I’m doing this completely at my own expense, I need to keep costs down everywhere I can. <br/><br/>I have enough equipment to demonstrate building about 6, maybe 7 nodes of varying difficulty/power. <br/><br/>It’ll take about a week to build, record and edit each one. To save sync time I may bootstrap the blockchain. Haven’t decided yet. I may not to show the difference in sync times between different builds. (Leaning towards that direction, after all, this will likely be what you experience.)<br/><br/>I will be uploading to YouTube, Rumble, X and possibly Primal/Nostr if it can handle the long videos. (Unsure)<br/><br/>So make sure you subscribe now and turn notifications on. It’ll help me gauge how many are interested. <br/><br/>Thank you all in advance. I love sharing my knowledge. And helping others grow with theirs. 😁<br/><br/><a href="https://rumble.com/v6v1u1d-test-video.html">https://rumble.com/v6v1u1d-test-video.html</a><br/><br/><a href="https://youtube.com/@satsscholar?si=3tt-9JGZ6GuPyqKb">https://youtube.com/@satsscholar?si=3tt-9JGZ6GuPyqKb</a> 2025-06-20T16:12:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq9sqe9l68lq7lk37f8585g4vtgruypauvgrkumhzvq5dmk54a2xszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jc9j3ca Fight for freedom. Fight for Bitcoin. 2025-06-20T02:33:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwkyuvp43g35gracjv3vd098c868xycq02mn44cujz3md9ze5drqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jq56ac3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfeavcpxq8ka5q2trftgnukher23mewtlf4hnhyh4vmg4clru2mlqppamhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0dsnle65c'>nevent1q…e65c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can’t wait. 2025-06-19T21:50:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstfhp7alpenudem4y6y55d3jkd7mpehzrd7aezwyq2y4wx02jm4lszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jmk0s6r I love Bitcoin! <br/><br/>Buy my company that buys Bitcoin! 2025-06-19T19:02:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ajtj87hct4gfy9e5f8z8acffe8p2uc36u3ss5xy6lwfp3v8jfpszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jxu7307 Make war unaffordable. <br/><br/>Buy Bitcoin. 2025-06-18T01:48:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2c658pej3fhfc929dsn8l8k9uluhgjm479nlkuu65wtjyxrcxmpszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j2s9lfw At this point, I think the damage is done. knots adoption will continue to increase. And likely those who have switched will never switch back. <br/><br/>Decentralization wins. 2025-06-17T18:46:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg73tpq4gh778kye449z8e4qpz74kv6mfwfyaj2mxegvjshpdsvygzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j9pzetm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvukmw7xse7dlmj7w7nqc8zuwq4ml29rat40x7n2y5atqahn5wvtgpzamhxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmqte04ek'>nevent1q…04ek</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here for the fight. <br/><br/>Stayed for the revolution. 2025-06-17T18:45:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz78ysyy0dp4h7r0hwwktmm0wducd9lm3dmzzc3m7r57ds5te240gzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jswdscj Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution. A revolution written in code and connections. <br/><br/>Those who seek to derail that revolution will feel the effects. <br/><br/>For they are not arbitrary nor are they silent. 2025-06-17T18:45:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvuwd7a03uhdl8ekz279px0ps53wwx87zwj8t0pzcg0nk7mq2y3hgzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jparg70 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmcza9esjl5mmuxgdzmds9na4hqmy6237kemrwp7ycdy98gx6evspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg0a3e5h'>nevent1q…3e5h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nah. That’s later. 2025-06-14T01:53:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf6uk492s64n0k9m0zf96eqrneh89f78rj7l36kcdaug28n5423ygzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jcvywmx <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/41f32af9749883ddecfd6f723a1c1aef3624f8d88e14b52a37a2ee1782b19dc1.jpg"> 2025-06-14T01:52:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22kjen392jzftg0amev4z8xzqw93qjd4tqkjsajyrchmn8grlmzszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jtzptw3 You don’t own dollars. You don’t own stocks. You don’t even own land. <br/><br/>Study Bitcoin.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/dfbd717aa2cefdfd6e0de5aad90f08ba57a0f30d4a14b37c4424051361a4ec5e.jpg"> 2025-06-13T00:51:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszv4k38gmxltk6ez8ztwvt3378gf5tmlp5g4l7t6pyjw6j5zy2cmqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jc2csg0 <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/23ed1c4e19ae3c2678ebe051819150278d988ab3a8f691c405462b3ed3d7b49d.png"> 2025-06-08T22:13:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszrt7gds0qvkpmkzv62w992l8p0tam8v0a53tngnr3llqw7fxe8xczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4je3hy5k The Thermopylae of Bitcoin: Core vs Knots<br/><br/>In 480 BC, a narrow mountain pass called Thermopylae became the battleground where a small coalition of Greeks, led by 300 Spartans, made their stand against the Persian empire. Outnumbered but not outwilled, they held the line not to win, but to signal.<br/><br/>That battle wasn’t about immediate victory. It was about principle, resistance, and the long game.<br/><br/>Fast forward to Bitcoin.<br/><br/>Today, a different kind of stand is being made, not with spears, but with code.<br/><br/>A small but principled group of node operators, developers, and builders have chosen not to follow Bitcoin Core’s recent direction. They’ve aligned with Knots, with Ocean, with sovereignty.<br/><br/>They aren’t the majority.<br/>But neither were the Spartans.<br/><br/>Bitcoin Core has increasingly chosen convenience over consent, centralization over signal filtering, and developer paternalism over node autonomy.<br/>Knots and its allies represent a defiant minority saying:<br/><br/>“This far, no further.”<br/><br/>The node war is not about hash rate.<br/>It’s not about flashy upgrades or VC narratives.<br/>It’s about who governs Bitcoin. The miners, the developers, or the nodes.<br/><br/>Knots says: the users do.<br/><br/>Like Thermopylae, this stand may not immediately turn the tide.<br/>But it sets a precedent.<br/>It reminds the world that there are still those who will hold the line. <br/>Not for power, but for principle.<br/><br/>In time, the message will spread.<br/>Because the Spartans did fall, but their stand became a legend.<br/>And it rallied a force that would eventually drive tyranny back into the sea.<br/><br/>Bitcoin doesn’t need leaders. It needs defenders.<br/>And right now, those defenders are running Knots.<br/><br/>Hold the line with me. 2025-06-07T22:12:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstl35x2keuplne8d0trq2j2h2me8kc5e83xsz2azc2n9hxdsuzmfczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jqqsjrz Only the paranoid survive. 2025-06-07T18:15:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfzzf39l5xxwcquq4xuj348ylupz9klwvkfjtrv7n9cz6pgggkrpszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jkmdynr Core does not care about you unless you’re a miner. <br/><br/>“•predicting what transactions will be mined (for example for fee estimation or fee bumping, but it is also the basis for many DoS protection strategies inside of node software);<br/>•speeding up block propagation for the transactions we expect to be mined. Reduced latency helps prevent large miners from gaining unfair advantages;<br/>•helping miners learn about fee-paying transactions (so they do not need to rely on out-of-band transaction submission schemes that undermine mining decentralization).”<br/><br/>“While we recognize that this view isn’t held universally by all users and developers, it is our sincere belief that it is in the best interest of Bitcoin and its users, and we hope our users agree”<br/><br/>Bitcoin Core development and transaction relay policy was published on June 06, 2025 .<br/><br/>We definitely do not agree. <br/>I will continue to run Knots. And advocate that you do too. If I fail in this endeavor, then so be it. But I will go down fighting. <br/><br/>Core does not care about you. Their intention is quite clear now. Help the miners at all costs. And your node is meaningless. <br/><br/>Link to the full publication below. <br/><br/>bitcoincore.org/en/2025/06/06/… 2025-06-07T03:53:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxmtwdwaa0ddjyt6k2gxyqpyurxtqhelxuqfu3l8wp9a2yfg23ayczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jg4xdyj It needs to end. <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/2a0ebbcfb15c6a1bb849508bda16b84afaf940e19c7f5a8d1cdc42ed03c8a342.jpg"> 2025-06-01T02:19:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0d4q5e4h2yrw0tym30348vkhtaf89gxpt9a094d9wq0c30cacvqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jejtajp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs24wng79epjrv6t6d5dq9ca6ulu68fshqvxu3zk9cn4szjcpx525gpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqhlwa80'>nevent1q…wa80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>👀 2025-05-31T17:25:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvf8h838lq7wjs7dg6txtwnh32g37n6tg90dwxawymuwlt24dsrjqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jkvt68r Bitcoin only. 2025-05-29T15:57:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrgls5rppclk94cz6pmm3tr2zmef9txueg8xf35yddalz7785h9czyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jkhm830 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8patv07l08tvz70p0qjhefq4lqy7qrn3dk0mdzfgkgnu4f8c2a3spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgsuzkmu'>nevent1q…zkmu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not surprised. 2025-05-29T15:57:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszpj0p59vw7ptr9rcztt0ujyz3n0znd9x432m453dhavk9k5lsvmszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jxawqzc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9z7a7wjyfnhx42wedk7jex7hcxdkz6d5pkapft2d7x9szfwe9rhspz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcld9pnt'>nevent1q…9pnt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. 2025-05-28T03:59:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswku60k3mget9jpgnmarfd03s06s4szsskcmnyqndlmvqc9nutgkqzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j0rnyks Taxation is theft. 2025-05-28T03:57:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrd8x5xf8r9kpx5qc9v0myucm5urvq6yphlz94947q8s63el4v38szyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jz402pp We are Bitcoin. 2025-05-25T01:32:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq4elcs3pyrnsz29vn5dkamv24rw30e9cczxpedvxu686lulke5kczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jhqcxmy I want to see global systems collapse.<br/><br/>Not just bend or reform, but shatter. I want to watch the artificial scaffolding propped up by debt, coercion, and illusion crumble under its own weight. The systems built not for people, but for control; not for life, but for leverage. Systems that turn breath into balance sheets. That commodify existence itself. They’ve stood for too long.<br/><br/>I want banks in tatters.<br/><br/>Not just closed. I want vaults emptied not by robbers, but by irrelevance. By the realization that fiat is a fiction and trust cannot be held in digits conjured by unelected hands. Let the central banks spiral in confusion, no longer able to manipulate reality with interest rates and inflation targets. Let their charts and policies become relics of a failed religion. Monetary theology abandoned by the faithful.<br/><br/>I want armies defunded.<br/><br/>Armies whose true allegiance has always been to capital, not country. Mercenary bureaucracies with flags stitched on their sleeves, fighting wars not for peace, but for petroleum, profit, and power. Let the generals look to empty treasuries and realize their swords are no longer funded. Let the soldiers come home not in defeat, but in liberation from a machine that never cared about them.<br/><br/>I want the global financial system to grind to a halt.<br/><br/>I want the hum of algorithmic trading to fall silent. The frantic pulse of Wall Street gone. Let the indices flatline. Let the numbers stop moving, and with them, the illusion that growth is infinite. The gears of global finance, lubricated by speculation and systemic inequality, should seize in protest of their own emptiness. Let the ticker tape turn blank.<br/><br/>I want the stock market incapable of functioning.<br/><br/>A temple desecrated. A casino shut down mid-bet. Let the traders stare at frozen screens, their wealth unrealized, their leverage unraveled. Let corporations no longer find capital through manipulation, but by merit,by the value they provide, not the value they inflate.<br/><br/>This is why I Bitcoin. This is my dream. A world free from fiat slavery. A world where mankind can finally flourish. Our shackles broken at the wall of governance. Freedom… Post scarcity… Peace. <br/><br/>I will fight for this. I will do whatever my will is capable of carrying. Be it to my death, or victory. <br/><br/>I shall not waver in this mission. I cannot. I must not. <br/><br/>This is the world I see coming. And Bitcoin is the herald of the change. The horn upon mountain high!<br/>And we? We are its warriors!<br/> 2025-05-24T13:44:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsygqwu5r835jyutjxymnzzk06hda69n6a3k46dsyhfag99urkmhmszyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jpprj3x <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/402decbd3592309d8b7ae9c2faad5a12953b926b2e35cd81de7e99c872bb6487.png"> 2025-05-24T00:08:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyk442t825clxw9hyzzhdj53m44x3vqdm7r0ytxyaw0sgnf58hmdczyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jwu0wqx Bitcoin is the future worth fighting for. 2025-03-20T06:11:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrynqmk34vaf6ngnxmtgxqh76c5nnxqe4kuf5ylcslqyrkfgjvn7qzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jcczcjf Bitcoin is the lightning strike that shatters the chains of financial oppression. 2025-03-19T17:07:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsge2ycp3hvvyrfl5lw3wxlfk8r6zyhunms7u2r7vjk22h2vg8nu7czyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4j8ym9uc Fiat money poisons all aspects of humanity. 2025-03-19T16:56:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2d9yk9d5wvjyng8ggkg7s6n2hge5v4dzdwa7z969tla30vt4657gzyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jquydg7 You don’t have enough Bitcoin. 2025-03-18T21:43:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyprx8qn2cg0xsh9lyucth4uc42qspe7xqgmswm9hn39thzk2988czyzs397sdazane99yc2e906m0cn5amng5scwj5537h0cmrhvq5ya4jk0spa4 Bitcoin is the way forward. 2025-03-18T16:11:10Z