jasonb

https://www.bitcoinisforcriminals.com/

fan of Marion's pizza

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Last Notes

2026-03-18 12:45:20 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 5/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-03-16 12:24:31 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
❌ Failed
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-03-15 21:02:35 UTC

Lakeside - Raid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pict0mBjQWw&list=RDRh57eQIIpYw&index=4
https://stacker.news/items/1454734

2026-03-11 18:51:43 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 3/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-03-09 14:36:45 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 3/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-03-06 13:50:27 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 3/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-03-04 21:19:44 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 4/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-03-02 19:46:30 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 6/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-26 18:22:09 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 5/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-26 16:58:54 UTC

Home - Tyranny Tracker
https://tyrannytracker.org/
This was featured in the HRF newsletter today. Lots to think about...
https://stacker.news/items/1442941

2026-02-25 17:42:37 UTC

This is the Easiest Constitutional Question of Our Time
https://www.tuttletwins.com/blogs/newsletter/this-is-the-easiest-constitutional-question-of-our-time
"It would be smart of us to realize that when the reasoning changes week to week, it’s usually because the reasoning hasn’t actually been done at all.
The last time we assembled this kind of force in the Middle East, Americans were assured it would be swift and decisive. Two decades, trillions of dollars, thousands upon thousands of lives and limbs lost, and families shattered forever later, we know how that story ended.
No thanks. I’ve seen this one before."
https://stacker.news/items/1442263

2026-02-25 14:15:09 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 3/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-24 13:46:12 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 4/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-23 19:05:53 UTC

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That quote is great. A little off topic, but it reminds me of this great line towards the end of Letter from Birmingham Jail:
"Never before have I written so long a letter. I’m afraid it is much too long to take your precious time. I can assure you that it would have been much shorter if I had been writing from a comfortable desk, but what else can one do when he is alone in a narrow jail cell, other than write long letters, think long thoughts and pray long prayers?"

2026-02-23 14:32:12 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 5/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-20 14:36:05 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 4/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-19 17:17:43 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 5/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-18 17:32:37 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 4/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-17 13:50:57 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 3/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-17 02:02:30 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 3/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-16 17:46:09 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 4/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-16 17:34:26 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 5/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-16 17:30:22 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 4/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-16 17:22:23 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 4/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-16 16:44:07 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 3/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/
#turtlewordgame

2026-02-15 19:01:59 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 3/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/

2026-02-14 15:04:51 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 5/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/

2026-02-13 20:20:39 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 6/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/

2026-02-12 14:49:10 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 6/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/

2026-02-11 18:58:08 UTC

Ro Khanna reveals 6 redacted names in the Epstein files on the House floor
https://youtu.be/U_zWBOV_bng?si=Dp5pQYrK5Gu8YH61
https://stacker.news/items/1431881

2026-02-11 16:02:55 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 4/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/

2026-02-11 02:24:26 UTC

🐢 TURTLE 🐢
🧩 Solved in 5/6
🌍 Language: english
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Play: https://turtlewordgame.xyz/

2026-02-04 17:12:46 UTC

CBS confirmed ransom note for Nancy Guthrie with key details
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2026/02/03/nancy-guthrie-ransom-notes-reports-what-to-know/88498884007/
This sounds really tragic. It's interesting to me that they say that they're looking for help, but no one is sharing the kidnappers' demand address. It seem to me that this would make it possible for the whole world to be help out. I can also see a scenario where that might put the hostage in danger. I don't presume to be even close to an expert in law enforcement, but law enforcement also hasn't proven to be the best at investigating on-chain. In the meantime, we can pray for the victim and family.
https://stacker.news/items/1426391

2026-01-29 15:08:24 UTC

Today's Alby Community Call
https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq3jhml5fvklgnq9fxpete767txn9zfzqdkc0sxfptmnchfrexje7qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qyfhwumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetsv9njuetn9uqzqhxds9467v7758havqw07ncxu097w8fnrz924kkvhylfwyv587sxqknkg3
I'm going to share some of these lightning powered games and quizzes that I've been making. Stop by if you get this in time!
https://stacker.news/items/1422110

2026-01-28 14:28:20 UTC

Africa Countries Map Quiz
https://african-geography-quiz.vercel.app/
This is a way to quiz yourself on geography. You can take as many quizzes as you like for free. If a teacher wants to let their student login with a lightning address, they can pay them sats for a good job, either by using a WebLN enabled wallet or a QR code.
![](https://m.stacker.news/127840)
Let me know if you'd be interested in other quizzes like this. I'm thinking about doing one of the oceans and continents for younger students or maybe the US states. Not sure... Requests?
https://stacker.news/items/1421315

2026-01-26 22:51:25 UTC

Snowflake
https://snowflake.torproject.org/
I don't hear much from the bitcoin/nostr/freedomtech movement about Snowflake. Maybe I'm missing something that's not quite right which more technical folks than myself can explain. Maybe it's just not on a lot of people's radar. Maybe it is discussed, but I just haven't noticed. Anyway, what is everyone's opinion on Snowflake? Am I missing something or is it low hanging fruit for helping to curb global censorship?
https://stacker.news/items/1420318

2026-01-19 17:31:37 UTC

#Wordle
Hey Wordle fans!
Check out 🐢TURTLE🐢!
It’s like multilingual wordle, but without giving your data to a big legacy media company. Play free once a day or pay with lightning as much as you like. Sign in with whatever name you like and push it up the leaderboard.
https://www.turtlewordgame.xyz

2026-01-18 20:21:03 UTC

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I’m really looking forward to sharing everything we learned!

2026-01-15 15:54:36 UTC

Conway's Game of Pacman
https://conwaysgameofpacman.xyz/
### Conway's Game of Pacman
TLDR: This is a game that looks like pacman, but the walls move like Conway's Game of Life while you collect bitcoin. You can record your score using **any** nostr profile. You get one free game a day and then pay me sats. You can zap profiles on the leaderboard. It is way harder on mobile than on desktop.
# You can be a winner at Jon Conway's Game of Life
I've been fascinated by [Jon Conway's Game of Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life) for years. There are more rabbit holes within these rules than are possible to explore in this post. Suffice to say, if you're not familiar with Conway's Game of Life or cellular automaton, go check that out now.
A couple of summers ago, with no coding experience, I took the first plebdevs course by @bitcoinplebdev solely because I thought the advertisements were hilarious. I saw the [nostr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G10GuRXn_MA) ad and started with that one first, but quickly realized that I needed to back up and start with the plebdevs front end course. Immediately, I wanted to play around with css. So, I found someone else's Conway's Game of Life, cut and pasted the javascript that I still didn't fully understand at the time, and made this:
https://conwaysgameoflifewithatwist.vercel.app/
Mostly, I wanted to make it look cool, but I figured I should learn SOMETHING about javascript while doing this. So, I made it possible to interact with the model in real time. If you move the arrows, the Conway's Game of Life will treat the white dot you're moving as a live cell.
Naturally, that led to this:
https://conway-s-life.vercel.app/
which I will not apologize for.
# Pacman
Anywho, I only recently learned that you can literally just tell an LLM to make you a program, and it will. I had been using these things to fix my code, but they will literally write TONS of it from scratch. So I made this: https://www.turtlewordgame.xyz/ mostly to see if I could, but partly to see if I could make something that someone could load up in the Fedi app and use all the WebLN features. Plus...you should just check out how much data that NYT Games app collects...
But there's more action in action games than word games, so I'm making this: https://checkmate-zeta.vercel.app/ It's going to be great, but it's really complicated, and I'm losing faith that **other** people will actually enjoy it.
But everybody loves the classics. That's when I had this vision of Pacman, but the walls are Conway's Game of Life...and they kill you. I'm pretty sure that @grayruby is going to tell me it's too hard, but bear with me. There are other cool features.
![](https://m.stacker.news/126211)
# Bitcoin
Also, instead of collecting glowing dots, you get bitcoin in this game. It's not real bitcoin, but it's called bitcoin in the game, so I think that's neat and maybe you will too. Each bitcoin is worth five points, in addition to the points you generate as each generation of Conway's Game of Life progresses.
# Spaceships
I've added some iconic Conway's Game of Life items as you go, just in case the universe starts to die out.
# Kind of a nostr client?
One of the things [TURTLE](https://www.turtlewordgame.xyz/) taught me is that people love a good leaderboard. So in this game, you can sign in with an npub. That's right, you sign in with an **npub** and not an **xpub**. In other words, you send Edward Snowden to the top of the charts if you want to.
![](https://m.stacker.news/126210)
If you go into the game, you'll notice that the profiles of Edward Snowden, Jack Dorsey, Lyn Alden, and @k00b have all made appearances, but as of this writing, it was really all just me. I guess I'll find out quickly how offensive this idea is. But, even if someone else puts you there, being on the leaderboard may get you...
#Zaps
And I added **real** zaps. Currently, it only logs zaps that are done using WebLN (think Alby, Fedi, Zeus), but I may change this. Also, you technically only get one free game a day, but there are currently ways around this, which I won't share, but most folks on sn are way more technical than me to begin with. We'll see how people respond, but I'll probably leave these.
# Mobile
I made these cool looking buttons, so you can play on mobile, but it's much harder.
![](https://m.stacker.news/126212)
# Ghosts
They kill you. Currently, you can't kill them. Life isn't fair.
https://stacker.news/items/1412346

2026-01-07 15:24:24 UTC

TURTLE leaderboard question
https://www.turtlewordgame.xyz/
![](https://m.stacker.news/125116)
https://www.turtlewordgame.xyz/
It seems that the leaderboard on TURTLE has brought out the competitive spirit in a few stackers. Here's my question. Should it stay like it is, or should I replace the login, in which anyone can play as any name, with nostr profiles, or maybe something else?
I was thinking it'd be cool to let people zap folks on the leaderboard, but I'd hate to know that people were spending sats on a game with the hopes of getting zaps that might not be.
At the same time, it also might be a neat way to link a player to an online profile. It was kind of cool for me to find one @isolabellart's website, and thus all their beautiful artwork, through the name they provided for the leaderboard.
What say you?
@grayruby @SimpleStacker @isolabellart @dagny761
Also, I just went ahead and made it so you had to guess real words in English. All other languages, the guesses can be anything since the word lists are still much smaller and it would make the game nearly impossible.
https://stacker.news/items/1405917

2026-01-06 14:13:30 UTC

Are we a nation of laws, or aren’t we?
https://www.tuttletwins.com/blogs/newsletter/are-we-a-nation-of-laws-or-aren-t-we
https://stacker.news/items/1405075

2025-11-29 14:32:15 UTC

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That’s already huge in South Africa. You can use both nfc on your phone (blink, wos, others) or bolt cards with either other folks’ wallets or bitcoinize POS systems.

2025-11-27 13:23:21 UTC

Blast From the Past...
https://stackernewscrosswordpuzzle8.vercel.app/
Can you find the spelling error. I'll give you a clue. It's **NOT** a unit of measurement.
https://stacker.news/items/1294137

2025-06-04 16:03:51 UTC

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Where is this originally from?!? This is hilarious!

2025-05-06 13:03:26 UTC

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Oh, yup, looks like it was you. Thanks!

2025-05-06 13:01:35 UTC

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https://github.com/ttooccooll/bitcoinisforcriminals
Not sure if you found it on your own, but I noticed some PRs this morning. Integrating them now, so thanks!

2025-05-05 16:46:40 UTC

Bitcoin is for Criminals
http://www.bitcoinisforcriminals.com
While all of you hooligans have been arguing about OP_RETURN, I've discovered that bitcoin is actually being used by **criminals!!!** I've been hard at work making a [web page](https://www.bitcoinisforcriminals.com) to bring attention to this issue. Please share it with your representative, senator, or any other interested parties so that we can bring attention to this issue.
www.bitcoinisforcriminals.com
Anyway, sorry to throw more FUD on the fire, but it's just true.
1. In all seriousness, let me know ASAP if you think this puts anybody in danger. I figure since all of the "criminals" on here are high profile enough that I could have AI write their rapsheets, this won't create any new issues for anybody.
2. If you want to fix any typos, inaccuracies, add anything, or just make this look professional, let me know and I'll send you the repo. It's literally just an html and css file right now. I had the idea and threw it together pretty quick.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/972145

2025-04-11 00:52:55 UTC

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Knockout Ned in City of God

2025-03-02 23:32:33 UTC

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Bach
Telemann
Vivaldi
Baroque 4 eva

2025-02-26 19:23:00 UTC

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

2025-02-26 19:22:09 UTC

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And we’re still putting them up!
https://m.primal.net/PMUn.jpg
https://m.primal.net/PMUp.jpg

2025-02-26 19:18:39 UTC

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Good call. I certainly wouldn’t call Bitcoin random in its design, but it’s definitely not as well engineered as the whole of creation.

2025-02-18 02:18:24 UTC

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Thanks! This question may betray my ignorance, but what exactly am I to do with the painters tape?

2025-02-10 14:56:56 UTC

Melvin Gibbs Defined Downtown
https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/melvin-gibbs-album-guide?utm_source=notification
Get hip to Melvin Gibbs! So happy that bandcamp made this feature for him
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/881580

2025-02-04 22:07:33 UTC

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Like nostrminusnostr.com’s new “only GM” notes section? 😉

2025-01-15 17:01:18 UTC

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Yeah, thanks. I’ve actually got a handful of small ASICS like that. My goal with this really to figure out how mining software and hardware interact.

2024-12-20 22:23:39 UTC

Redid this spot yesterday after about a monthish as I thought it was a good ‘un!
@npub18kp…69c4
https://m.primal.net/NBxS.jpg

2024-12-04 21:23:19 UTC

New On-Chain Wallet Release
**WARNING:** The ideas in this post are still half-baked and the conclusions quite dangerous to experiment with if I'm wrong. I'm _only_ sharing this now to get _feedback_ about the concept and am not yet recommending anyone try to make a wallet this way for any reason. I play slide trombone for a living and know very little about anything else.
## From Chicken to Bacon
I was listening to [today's video by Matthew Krater](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aLQpT1_Kfg) during lunch as I typically do just to catch some of his savagely droll humor. Someone was pretending that the Satoshi wallet was compromised, but all of the BIP39 words were somehow related to KFC. Krater used it as a springboard to discuss how that BIP works and when it came about. These thoughts brought me back to the "bacon" wallet. @newnym first told me about this 24 word BIP39 wallet that is nothing but the word bacon 24 times. Pretty neat, eh?
Like any normal person might do when first hearing about such a phenomenon, I've since devoted my life to studying the bacon wallet. As one might expect, it's covered in bots. People occasionally drop money to it's addresses (presumably while closing their eyes and making a wish), and it looks like it's gone in seconds. Duh. But, as Krater points out for any naive noobs, the bacon wallet would be insecure even if it's seed phrase wasn't known to the public. There's just too little entropy.
## Border Wallets
Meanwhile...are you familiar with [Border Wallets](https://www.borderwallets.com/)? Dude, it's so cool. The idea is that you have a fake BIP39 phrase that can create a spreadsheet. You also have a shape that you remember in your head. The combination of that shape and the spreadsheet reveals your actual keys. ...or something like that. It's pretty simple to do but harder to remember if you don't actually need it. I had fun learning the process but currently don't need that particular option for my security.
![](https://m.stacker.news/66090)
## Border Wallet Alternatives
...but maybe you do. And maybe future me will too. So here's my thought. As awesome as border wallets are, what if the border guard is hip to Border Wallets? Well, you've got your passphrase too maybe. The amount of things to remember is mounting up. There needs to be enough alternatives to this that no one border guard could possibly have the time or inclination to learn them all.
# Introducing the **HALF BACON WALLET** (TM)
This is what I'm hoping to get feedback for today. The premise of the half bacon wallet is that one first generates a truly random 12 word BIP39 phrase:
![](https://m.stacker.news/66091)
<sub>Obviously, don't use the one pictured, it's now compromised.</sub>
Then, you start all over with a 24 word phrase. The first 12 words are the original 12 phrase that was generated randomly. The remaining 12 words are all one word that you pick, as an example...bacon! It can be any word on the BIP39 list and this time, can actually be one that you pick that's easy to remember.
In the event that this doesn't generate a checksum, as it likely won't you start with word 13 and start replacing the last 12 words with the original 12 words as well, until you get a checksum. If you end up finishing with two identical sets and don't have a checksum, start replacing the original 12 words with your special word.
![](https://m.stacker.news/66092)
<sub>Obviously, don't use the one pictured, it's now compromised too.</sub>
This is what I had to do with the example list above. If, after all of that, you don't have a checksum, just generate a new random 12 word set. I tried this a couple of times and didn't have to go that far.
# What's the point?
So now, if you're in a bind, you have a new way to carry your bitcoin in your head. The 12 word list is kept physically. It can be used as a decoy wallet with some funds. The one word serves as a second level passphrase. You keep it and potentially a passphrase in your head. The nice thing is that you don't even need to remember where your special word ends or begins. You just iterate the same process until you hit a valid checksum.
# Change my Mind
![](https://m.stacker.news/66097)
The big question is, am I missing something about how entropy words in key generation? If so, _please let me know ASAP!_ It seems to me that by having those 12 randomly generated words in their randomly generated order, that the organization around them shouldn't make the wallet less secure, but I'm also not the brightest bulb in the batch...
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/795189

2024-11-14 02:01:53 UTC

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Useful comparison! Thanks!

2024-11-11 18:17:00 UTC

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Thanks!!!

2024-11-08 16:30:14 UTC

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Awesome!

2024-11-07 14:44:45 UTC

Found another nice spot last night. Thanks again @npub18kp…69c4
https://m.primal.net/Lvjk.jpg

2024-11-05 19:50:59 UTC

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note1s6squ5j3e6z6rj449sp3yq5cny7n867lcg4jmgrx0j3csqzy8wgqcwufhx
There we go, got a response this time. This looks looks like it's got potential to be cool!

2024-11-05 19:49:30 UTC

#animalsunset
a bitcoin eating a dollar
https://storage.cdn-luma.com/lit_lite_inference_v1.6-xl/428954e7-7681-4ca5-9d38-0576755e8504/ed23c62d-7ac3-463c-bd3b-acab28d11658_video0e75c975c5ffc4183a42f6c314a8c0135.mp4

2024-11-05 18:41:54 UTC

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I guess I stumped it…
https://m.primal.net/LtjI.jpg

2024-11-03 19:52:47 UTC

@nprofile…3w7w thanks for these guys!!! They came in the mail yesterday and I was able to get four up this weekend. Hoping to do the rest early this week, but these will all be high traffic spots come Monday morning!
https://image.nostr.build/30881edc8ae059bdcf2409651aeba6bc51dc8552ee80ec3851dfa99033cab87e.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/27d7c89ac8fc6ecdebdaccd17ed93d4585e459b73fa04ce8102fa16036cc4545.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/4d17a5d2f2706ec08f6f137cb28946f8964a83bfe626443756bb07a42d7654b0.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/2caf30397e9ed99bcfcb5167422035eacbfc7b530499188727c4645439fbdaff.jpg

2024-11-01 01:11:12 UTC

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I’m following!! Excited to see what you’re about!

2024-10-31 18:10:08 UTC

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Woot!! Thank you!!

2024-10-25 14:12:22 UTC

I guess it's time to start taking pictures of these. Thanks @nprofile…dgmv !
https://image.nostr.build/3c8445982db93e9583811030ee690fbb14b40035fb4593461fb9999564848fb1.jpg

2024-10-21 21:54:23 UTC

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Late autumn vibes coming soon…
https://m.primal.net/Ldks.jpg

2024-08-16 14:45:24 UTC

Satoshis Per Person - Very Cool Stats Page
https://satsperperson.com/
Why didn't I think of this very cool educational resource!? I just found this today (there was a link to it on Barefoot Mining's website, not sure if they made it or not) and had to share. Since I'm posting in the beginner territory, make sure to ask questions if you don't understand what's going on here.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/650951

2024-06-26 13:54:30 UTC

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Terrifying!

2024-05-21 19:54:59 UTC

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Serviced/Personal

2024-05-17 16:40:44 UTC

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You guys rock!

2024-05-15 21:22:54 UTC

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Gandalf would be proud!
That being said, you could just use a client that filters out all notes with any mention of the word nostr:
http://nostrminusnostr.vercel.app
Boom! No anti-nostr rhetoric.
Also, http://nostrminusnostr.vercel.app/sports

2024-05-12 21:22:32 UTC

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Yup! Imagine just signing into twitter to do nothing but talk about twitter. I made a client specifically to filter out content on nostr about nostr, but somebody who’s a real programmer could probably do this much better.
www.nostrminusnostr.vercel.app

2024-05-11 22:32:01 UTC

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Mutiny!

2024-05-10 11:56:57 UTC

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On it. Thanks for the heads up!

2024-05-09 03:48:33 UTC

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You don’t owe us anything. I feel obliged to share that before sharing this.
I think it might just be helpful to give us more docs in layman’s terms on how public our social elements are. I like it (the social part), but don’t use it yet. I just don’t quite know which of my wallets are still private and which aren’t.
I onboarded a friend to mutiny the other day who I’ll be paying for a product regularly in sats. She hasn’t done kyc and is now in a federation. Her only sats come from my mutiny wallet, which I think I originally funded from some kyc seller when I first learned about bitcoin. Because of that, I can’t speak to how private her sats are, because really I just don’t know. So…I just tell her that she has real bitcoin, but it’s not the highest security level, and it’s not the highest privacy level.
I’m so grateful for what you guys do, but if this is the best guarantee I can find for a recently onboarded bitcoiner…well it’s not ideal. It’s not your responsibility to solve this problem for my friends and community, but I know it’s something you guys value and the social aspect makes it a little harder to discern if mutiny is the best option for this scenario.
After writing this out and thinking for a minute, maybe it might just make sense for somebody to make a list of various wallets and their primary and secondary ideal use cases at any point in their development. Mutiny seems great either way, but you personally write a bunch about the value of privacy, so the social element is just confusing for me as somebody who doesn’t fullyunderstand how that technically plays out. I’m not sure which of my sats I want in my mutiny wallet.

2024-05-06 17:27:11 UTC

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Less nostr content on nostr. I’m working on it:
https://nostrminusnostr.vercel.app/
…and obviously more ugly 90s pizza party vibes…

2024-05-03 19:30:04 UTC

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What can we do? I wrote my congressperson about the Samurai arrests and FBI sabre rattling here in the states. I'm trying to warn as many normies as possible too, but just feel like there has to be something bigger we should be doing.

2024-04-30 21:10:12 UTC

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Primal

2024-04-26 21:48:22 UTC

We may have one explanation for the next couple of days' actions here...
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/regulators-set-to-seize-troubled-philadelphia-bank-republic-first-f138401c

2024-04-26 21:46:11 UTC

We may have an explanation for the next couple of days' actions here...
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/regulators-set-to-seize-troubled-philadelphia-bank-republic-first-f138401c

2024-04-26 21:45:49 UTC

We may have an explanation for the next couple of days actions here...
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/regulators-set-to-seize-troubled-philadelphia-bank-republic-first-f138401c

2024-04-26 16:59:00 UTC

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Sold. What’s the best way to get behind you right now?

2024-04-24 14:54:40 UTC

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Sad stuff…
https://m.primal.net/HzTp.jpg

2024-04-23 11:26:44 UTC

Money (short song) - Louis Cole (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd0KOtgc88M
You've heard the O'Jays (Ohio represent!) "For the Love of Money", and you've probably heard Pink Floyd's "Money," but how many stackers have heard ["Money"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd0KOtgc88M) by Louis Cole?

2024-04-19 16:08:46 UTC

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I was just talking with a normie contractor last night about how fiat effects property investors. He resents his landlord clients and tries to focus on home-owners. I just texted him this and got an emphasis response. I think your meme may have solidified his interest in bitcoin.
Happy Halving!

2024-04-11 14:55:24 UTC

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Gotta love Fred on this one, as always!

2024-04-11 14:44:59 UTC

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Wait, nostr is weird?

2024-04-11 12:59:32 UTC

Bitcoin's Night on Broadway
https://weird-bitcoin-game.onrender.com/
Bitcoin got lost on the way to his own conference.

2024-04-10 02:22:32 UTC

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Bitcoin Battleship
https://bitcoin-battleship.vercel.app/
Check out this fun Bitcoin Battleship game.
...truth be told, I just want to create a kind 4550 event to mess around with it in the pleblab nostr devs course.

2024-04-09 13:25:54 UTC

![IMG_6710.jpeg](https://m.stacker.news/25939)
So a couple of months back, I [polled stackers](https://stacker.news/items/441054/r/jasonb) on the nutritional merits of Kraft singles and got resoundingly pessimistic results. I'm trying to eat better and found this Amish-made American cheese yesterday. There's no phosphates, which seemed to be the big critique of the craft stuff and why I actually don't buy it anymore. Thanks @k00b! At the end of the day though, I'm not a chemist.
So the question is, am I doing any better with this stuff?

2024-04-07 00:53:19 UTC

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People > Bitcoin

2024-04-04 17:36:23 UTC

Here's what I'm working on:
https://arcadewallet.vercel.app/
Should I call it:

2024-03-18 01:05:45 UTC

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…because it’s a slippery slope to nostr

2024-03-15 17:33:47 UTC

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I’m afraid I’m gonna have to vote yes on that one.

2024-03-15 17:19:12 UTC

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Thanks! Live long and prosper.

2024-03-15 17:09:55 UTC

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Hey! Now here’s somebody that might enjoy this TNG wallet I built.
https://youtu.be/eB_v2ZFvUEA?si=1N2ohlv7pUgsrQId
Lemme know if you want help setting it up!