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2026-03-25 20:44:31 UTC

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Was this something more than weather. The hash tags seemed to indicate something more than weather.
This got me looking into aggregated data on federal travel bans over past decades. It appears to be a new trend since Trump’s presidency aside from some Cuba ban from Regan there’s not much historically. Couldn’t find much else aside from his executive orders and articles from CATO. 😏
Seems like something worth tracking a little more closely.

2026-03-23 22:09:20 UTC

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It’s not about human verification. It’s about their centralized approaches and making decisions for people. It’s also putting users at risk by creating a giant honeypot.
Individuals wielding public/private key encryption, not only allows them to determine human from AI, but it also allows them to determine trusted AI from untrusted AI. The best approach is to allow people to build trust one connection at a time. We don’t need their help and we don’t need state regulation.
Quit trying to “save us” with your panopticon. Decentralize or get out of the way. And as users we need to avoid these “conveniences”. You’re only helping to build your cell.

2026-03-21 19:20:33 UTC

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I think about my dad all the time. How much he would’ve loved bitcoin, Nostr and the state of open source development on these new decentralized rails. Sometimes I can hear his words in my head and happy he lives on through my siblings and I. Still, what I wouldn’t give to hear an original comment that only he could deliver.

2026-03-13 15:12:59 UTC

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Noticed the same with re to Nostr msgs. They’re not great for privacy, and apparently not very reliable either. I believe you’ll have my Signal link soon. Looking forward to helping wherever I can.

2026-02-11 18:32:16 UTC

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I’ve deleted all my cache and tried to run it slim on my iOS device. It just crashes constantly. Have any setting config suggestions?
It used to be my daily pod app, but I ended up using other options because I don’t have time to troubleshoot when I’m planning on listening (before taking a flight or hitting the road).😔
Unfortunately no error messages; just freezing up. Features are great when it works. Thought about removing the Nostr connection/zap feature, but thats one of my favorite options.
Thinking maybe I just delete and start over.

2026-02-05 18:21:59 UTC

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So you’re saying your CBDC identifies as a Stablecoin?
#nevent1q…qdnh

2026-02-03 21:47:48 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/94030766e9f3bbc04ecee31763555473f3d2d5e0201e6e6b3eaa83cd00db567b.jpg

2026-02-03 17:40:55 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/94030766e9f3bbc04ecee31763555473f3d2d5e0201e6e6b3eaa83cd00db567b.jpg
#nevent1q…8enw

2026-01-26 22:23:29 UTC

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Because it’s not your child; it’s the states. 🙄
This is being normalized. People are asking for this after being handed buttons, a narrative, and pumped full of fear.
Heavy doses of this over time; combined with sunk cost fallacy, people will literally lock themselves in a prison. Govern me harder daddy!

2026-01-14 23:34:47 UTC

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And they aren’t really wanting to sanction Somali daycares. They really want to normalize financial capture to “protect you”.

2026-01-14 01:09:54 UTC

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FinCEN is unelected and without congressional oversight; and has broad authority to issue regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act. They can also make self-custody illegal under the guise of “protecting ch1ldren and stopping terr0rism”. Without self-custody it’s all just one big CBDC. Be careful what you wish for.

2026-01-13 15:06:55 UTC

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#nevent1q…ynhf

2026-01-13 06:36:27 UTC

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Yes, definitely issues with situational awareness and not spatial awareness in that line scenario. The latter excusable. What he did was put her in a position of potential embarrassment. It sounds like he was being territorial and possibly not much front lobe action. 😆

2026-01-12 19:57:24 UTC

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Perhaps he should ask her if she’d like to stop wearing those clothes she bought and they could run naked to destroy some textile machines.
https://blossom.primal.net/c169d1790240103b4bc64e3ec8bf36d829e48e5e28435466788e07eb23903c0c.jpg

2026-01-12 08:38:02 UTC

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Money is the language of value. When the money is broken we are speaking different dialects, and have no common language.
It is amazing what scalable decentralized sound money unlocks for humankind.

2026-01-10 13:04:37 UTC

Some may be cheering on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announcement on stopping wire transfers out of Minnesota by geographically targeting and lowering the threshold to $3K.
You may support this move; however, this is how we start losing liberties. Imagining this being used as impetuous for making use of “self custodial” bitcoin illegal. Just saying we should be very careful when celebrating the methods we use to stop criminal behavior. FinCEN is unelected and without congressional oversight, and has broad authority to issue regulation under the Bank Secrecy Act. They have the power to broaden this to make self-custody illegal to “protect the children and stop terrorism”.
Without self custody it’s all just one big CBDC.

2026-01-06 09:45:03 UTC

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Nice view!

2026-01-06 09:43:59 UTC

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Followup. I figured out a workaround for anyone that’s in the same situation. Mileage may vary. Again, this is iOS specific.
I have a Premium and non-Premium account and zapping from the same Minibits/Lightening address:
1. Keep a separate NWC profile setup in Minibits for each. (Label them differently)
2. When you experience wallet connection issues Disconnect the Minibits wallet from the Primal client for the selected profile.
3. Paste the Connection string back in and close both Minibits and Primal. Reopen Minibits and Primal in that order.
4. When you open up Primal you should see the pop-up from Minibits:
“Minibits NWC listener
Listening for NWC commands…”
*That indicates it’s ready to zap. 🤞
If it doesn’t work repeat steps 2 & 3.
I don’t know if this is more of a Primal or Minibits issue, but it’s currently a suitable workaround for my purposes.

2026-01-03 06:51:09 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/95bdf49248bda4685be0fbd02d39a7ad4f73c3538344bccf93b0e1c70a118b76.jpg

2026-01-02 22:43:45 UTC

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Fwiw Anyone looking to move. I have a Premium account and the integration becomes flakey with NWC and Minibits. Also noticed issues saving lightening address when the Primal Wallet is turned off. Some days it works, but only appears to be an issue with Primal premium. I’ve setup other users with minibits on Primal without issue, but they were not Premium users. I’ve also integrated Minibits with two other Nostr clients without issue. There’s an issue logged on github so I’d imagine it will get addressed. This is specific to iOS in my case.
Premium is great otherwise and considering Pro, but waiting to see the Minibits issue gets squared away first. If any devs want me to run tests or have q’s, just reach out.

2025-12-29 00:25:36 UTC

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Can’t stop laughing at this. 🤣
Why so sad Sam?
You transitioned to ClosedAI, you’re too big to fail in the state’s eyes, and they’re going to gate keep your industry with authoritarian measures.
I think your eyes are betraying you.

2025-12-27 12:55:05 UTC

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Wondering how people would have felt seeing this in the sky 200 years ago. To feel that wonder an awe! As much as we want to take the mystery out of things, life just isn’t the same without it.

2025-12-19 23:25:32 UTC

"Socialism has never and nowhere been at first a working-class movement. It is by no means an obvious remedy for an obvious evil, but rather the construct of intellectuals."
- F. A. Hayek

2025-12-19 23:24:24 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/68538b6c55041f6ad524aae3e1be40a8366ddb0f85e9e84ac9af1c9f9c1823e8.jpg

2025-12-19 23:24:02 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/24beecfd2f0ecaa0e10f73268faab0deb3fe6b720955b1f114c293142ddc9861.jpg

2025-12-17 08:06:36 UTC

@nprofile…wsar I’ve had Minibits set as my wallet for a month or so. It was working for most of that time, but has recently stopped working altogether. I had noticed it worked with some test accounts that weren’t using Premium.
Do I need to cancel my Premium account to get Minibits zaps working again? Thank you.
Anyone else have any luck using Minibits.cash account while on Primal Premium?

2025-11-27 20:20:57 UTC

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🤣 🤣

2025-11-27 19:42:28 UTC

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The ridges were always a good sign that nobody put weird crap in it.

2025-11-27 19:36:57 UTC

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Happy Thanksgiving!

2025-11-27 19:36:34 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/e11fa914e8bcc1964dde2a125bf3de48c164d81759162c4e3cbef5bd3d679828.gif

2025-11-27 19:33:11 UTC

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Same here except spirits. Just started with nicotine only for the cognitive benefits. The worst is watching somebody smoke in a good movie. Able to hang with smokers outside without a craving though. Maybe I’m just addicted to the people. Lol
Did you quit cold turkey?

2025-11-27 17:03:28 UTC

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🤯 pretty cool! Will need to take a closer look after turkey.

2025-11-26 09:00:12 UTC

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🧡🧡

2025-11-24 23:07:59 UTC

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Thank you! Wasn’t sure; context to the video wasn’t clear to me with regard to specifics. But that makes sense.
Not a fan of adjusting defaults, but there is no clear option other than this. The other “options” available are to support a project with one ideological developer or stagnate. It’d be nice if there were more versions with deeper development base, but there aren’t.
Just not going to wear a v30 button. That doesn’t make any sense either. 😔

2025-11-24 22:42:59 UTC

Thank you @nprofile…df39 ! You’re the best!!
Should be an incredible vacation!

2025-11-24 22:35:54 UTC

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Love Andreas. Just trying to understand after 10 minutes…. Knots vs Core? Red vs blue? Core v29 vs v30? Sorry, just not making the connection to the version.

2025-11-24 22:18:27 UTC

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Just questions. Was trying to extrapolate the GOAT and the version. 🤷‍♂️ G’day to ya.

2025-11-24 22:14:13 UTC

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Define spam? What does that have to do with v30?

2025-11-24 22:12:29 UTC

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Which debate?

2025-11-20 06:22:30 UTC

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Code is speech. Privacy is the most essential safeguard of liberty.
#nevent1q…dl06

2025-11-19 21:20:08 UTC

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Black

2025-11-19 02:24:56 UTC

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Yes, that’s the separate router solution on StartWRT.
I believe your also correct on the 0.4.0 enabling remote without port forwarding using a reverse‑tunnel relay (StartOS Cloud Relay). At least that’s my understanding. Anyone know more?

2025-11-18 21:03:48 UTC

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Why you should self-host the data that is most important to you. Decentralized open source freedom tech is antifragile. Consider running your own @nprofile…djec or @nprofile…c099 . Your centralized services are a honeypot.
#nevent1q…25tj

2025-11-18 19:28:32 UTC

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I posted on the Matrix Support about the Crowdfund for the StartWRT device. We’re supposed to receive an update before the end of the year. 🤞
Was told the hw was finalized and frontend designed, but it won’t be a focus until 0.4.0 is released. I paused some of my builds based on this info; so I hope it’s no too much longer.

2025-11-18 18:48:02 UTC

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Anyone read this yet? Thoughts?
Last Schneier book I read was Secrets & Lies, but the only one I still reference is Applied Cryptography.
Best ponytail in InfoSec. 😆

2025-11-18 18:08:22 UTC

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🤣 Not sure that’s enough time.

2025-11-18 17:18:49 UTC

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Didn’t realize you were still back on the chain. Looks like I have some catching up to do! 🙌 🔊

2025-11-13 13:43:36 UTC

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Your two cents won’t matter anymore, but your two sats will.

2025-11-11 19:00:54 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/23477a1393102256b3aff17dc95c6ff279e0159272bd99741781280c877c8438.gif

2025-11-06 20:36:08 UTC

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I personally like using the OpenDime for this and sending @nprofile…lnue ‘s link for Spending to the recipient.
https://werunbtc.com/opendime
Something else he covered in a podcast is that you can actually send the OpenDime without funds, recording the receive address before sending, and then send the funds AFTER they receive it. Saves you the worry of losing the funds if it is lost in the mail.

2025-11-03 22:16:33 UTC

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I agree with the thought but can’t imagine how I’d react put in the same position. When the mafia makes the rules you may find it’s not just you that suffers, but those closest to you. It’s one of those decisions I hope they/we don’t all regret. It’s not legal precedent now, but the implications of a plea certainly don’t help free speech.
Watching the Flash stream of news we can’t help notice our privacy is also under threat.
Erosion of privacy chills free speech. When people feel constantly monitored, they're less likely to express dissenting or unpopular opinions, fearing judgment, retaliation, or other consequences – effectively self-censoring and limiting open discourse. Essentially, privacy provides the space needed for free thought and expression. And “unpopular opinion” is now just a figment of reality when central media gives us the narrative of what is popular.
So, I guess back to your point. 😔

2025-11-01 17:23:30 UTC

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This is what 7.159 billion humans stacked in the Grand Canyon would look like for reference. So multiply this pile by roughly 16. The earth is enormous, and we wouldn’t suffice as canyon grout.
- image from Vsauce “How many Things Are There”
https://blossom.primal.net/0c1945fbfa870d7150b8369b2b746b1182c401723bb192b69945b96aacf30571.jpg

2025-10-30 17:52:50 UTC

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This is very disappointing to see. Looks like the opposite of growth. And for the record I don’t want SimpleX relays. I thought the point was for people to ultimately run their own.
They’re trying to scale? For what? “Somebody has to pay for it”. This is not a social media app. I thought it was for personal and group secure messaging that doesn’t fall apart when AWS or their farms get hit by a DoS. I didn’t want to use your servers in the first place, but understand the need for PoC.
Maybe it’s on me for misinterpreting. I guess I was hoping this was about decentralization for as much as that word appears in this recent sales pitch. It appears to be about creating a sustainable business model for them to host.
Was definitely one of my favorite designs. 😔 Please help me understand if I’m missing something here. Possible I misinterpreted the project from the start.

2025-10-28 23:31:13 UTC

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Indoctrinated voices only please.

2025-10-25 18:07:47 UTC

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Talk about short term memory of the post they’re replying to. Omg. Just amplifies their point. Wasn’t sure if the replies were serious, but they were so specific. Maybe I should sell my car and buy an 80’s Plymouth Reliant K Car. Or maybe I’ll just walk.

2025-10-13 18:32:31 UTC

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https://mises.org/podcasts/hayek-21st-century-essays-political-economy-audiobook/chapter-1-intellectuals-and-socialism
“Both of them smiled derisively. But Francisco seemed to laugh at things because he saw something much greater. Jim laughed as if he wanted to let nothing remain great.”
#nevent1q…lal6

2025-10-11 18:40:00 UTC

Open Source for the win!
https://www.opensourceecology.org/

2025-10-11 18:37:39 UTC

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Had the same issue with my tomahawks in cast iron. Was trying to cut the bone. Cutting the pan never crossed my mind.😆🤯

2025-10-09 21:45:26 UTC

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Check out this site:
https://www.opensourceecology.org/
Thought this was a pretty cool initiative. Imagine this could unlock a lot of growth for a community focusing on localism.

2025-09-19 13:46:53 UTC

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You should come out to Farmington, MO. tomorrow for the ABC conference. There will be plenty of Blues, Brews, BBQ, & Bitcoin education. Who knows, you may want to stay.
https://orangepill.app.link/ngajCXw6MWb

2025-09-17 21:47:35 UTC

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😆 In the 80’s it was Obsession, Capris, and strawberry lip-smacker

2025-09-17 20:51:30 UTC

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Yesterday I was just talking about how great this would be. Must’ve heard me talking about it to ChatGPT. 🤣
#nevent1q…0nw8

2025-09-17 20:35:33 UTC

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I guess it’s all on how they state their results…. They must’ve thrown out this version:
“23% of investors or fund managers have allocations to cryptocurrencies!
The average allocation is already .4%!
3% of our investors already allocate 2% of their funds and another 8% allocate at least 1% of their funds.”
Today it’s all about editorial; even when just reporting results. You can often gain insight on incentives/fears simply based on their word choice. They could’ve released the survey numbers and let people draw their own conclusions, but they need the conclusion packaged with their report so we know what to think. 🤔
It’s funny that historically most fund managers also invest 1-3% of their own money in their own funds. I’d be curious if that number is going down, and how much they allocate to Bitcoin.

2025-09-17 06:25:32 UTC

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Amazing athlete! Bubka broke the world record 35 times during his reign. I suspect Mondo will do the same.

2025-09-17 06:03:20 UTC

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That was really gross! But easier to watch than the original post. 😆

2025-09-16 00:51:17 UTC

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I want a new version where orange outranks green. Designating states with concentrations of bitcoiners building strong communities.
We’ve got the And Bitcoin Conference this Saturday in Farmington, MO and focusing on community and food security. This is how we win.

2025-09-13 22:00:09 UTC

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How did we get from a debate of op_return defaults and configurability to a Knots vs Core debate?
Can we go back to the former and just discuss whether or not to run the coming versions of core. And express our opinions as node runners.
Why are we choosing sides instead of literal values?
While I love the idea of multiple implementations. Attaching a brand to the debate sort of turned this into a popularity contest instead of people choosing actual number values.
Maybe this is a naive take. What am I missing?

2025-09-07 02:24:44 UTC

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Great time!

2025-09-04 11:41:47 UTC

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Same time as our ABC here in Farmington, MO, but this looks like a great event. Maybe we can stream this.
#nevent1q…52fj

2025-09-02 00:25:32 UTC

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Probably won’t show up until the pain or perceived injustices are greater. Perhaps additional decentralized apps on the protocol will change things as well.

2025-08-31 16:59:52 UTC

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Looks great!! The Blackstone looks much happier!

2025-08-12 02:37:51 UTC

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Had a friend try to grab a hair from a girl’s face; turned out it was attached. 🤦‍♂️

2025-08-11 01:14:00 UTC

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Back when I had a turbo button on my PC.

2025-08-10 20:50:32 UTC

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Evidence definitely looks to insurance fraud, and this was actually more common than you’d expect back then. There was a Titanic documentary listed on Prime and I believe they changed the title. Same director, writer, and two producers. And released the same year. Suddenly it shows a new title saying conspiracy theory when the first claimed “ the shocking truth”. Just curious if anyone knows the story as to why they changed the mame and where the pressure came from?
Original Title:
“Titanic The Shocking Truth”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34204805/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Updated Title:
“The Ultimate Conspiracy Theory
Why They Sank Titanic”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2319938/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Listed with additional producer Ray Santilli on the updated title. 🤔

2025-07-26 03:21:17 UTC

My daughter’s idea for a #Bitcoin fire pit!
https://blossom.primal.net/ffe134ddd9431554fc821682407e2a195ba5e75ff14bdfd394e5e4cbfa03d03c.jpg

2025-07-22 02:06:32 UTC

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Much of the government for the last 40 years complicit and corrupt.

2025-07-20 01:22:44 UTC

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What a terrible comparison!
Yes, I’m sure he wants a regulatory moat.
We need open source software, decentralization, and encryption to protect ourselves from threats like Sam Altman.

2025-07-13 13:24:03 UTC

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It’s always been when, not if your data will be compromised.
Anytime your state claims they’re collecting your information in a centralized database they are not protecting you or your children. They’re putting you at greater risk.
Efforts to convince you otherwise usually involve fear, and that should be your first clue they are trying to extract or control.

2025-07-04 20:48:52 UTC

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Live to your potential!
https://blossom.primal.net/58b1e1820860519feadff008f5661471280e32886ebcb654aaab98d20920a938.jpg

2025-07-04 20:47:38 UTC

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Fitting Day for this! Sobering and inspiring.
https://fountain.fm/episode/lx9BbELVET5ShxnJrczy
#nevent1q…vw3m

2025-07-04 15:37:04 UTC

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I’ll give it a listen. Good day for it!

2025-07-04 12:32:14 UTC

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Try sailing without trigonometry… please 😉

2025-06-29 14:54:53 UTC

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💯 People want a built-in web of trust and that simply doesn’t happen. You have to build your own trust network. I feel Signal gained most of its success simply because it’s tied to or phone numbers. Both fortunate & unfortunate. It’s hard to get people to realize why that matters without some sort of pain or overt surveillance headlines that hit home. Is there some way to create a Signal to SimpleX bridge? Not even sure how that would work.

2025-06-29 01:28:39 UTC

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Is this where they fake donations and print money?
Or do they have some sort of ledger that you can verify?

2025-06-25 17:15:21 UTC

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Was 3 miles south of this in the sun without a drop of rain. The sky to the north looked like something out of movie 2012.

2025-06-24 11:35:33 UTC

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The only thing that made any sense was getting rid of property tax. The rest of what he said was complete trash.

2025-06-21 22:04:10 UTC

Made a thing. 😆
Novice Level 0: Bitcoin and Nostr Turkish Lamp
https://blossom.primal.net/2dc31ac7e1ad8ef984697adf9aa4abd31cb265517bb67b69604d05dabc4ea99c.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/4facdd2f851f37ade94e5ace2b450043ffad4376d46807b1614702abe1e7874d.jpg

2025-06-19 12:16:44 UTC

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solid points. How quickly we forget about Afghanistan.

2025-06-19 12:15:13 UTC

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i pooped yourpants

2025-06-16 00:54:16 UTC

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The permanence of comments on social media create constant reminders. People used to have time to cool off. For those singled out in social media there is no respite. Next time we catch up I need to tell you about a similar instance that resulted in unchecked escalation. I don’t think we were ever fully prepared for the incredible reach social media brings.

2025-06-13 17:30:54 UTC

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Great thinkers are important, but collectivism is NOT the answer. Decentralized solutions tied to decentralized money is a far better solution. -Freedom Technology-

2025-06-12 21:54:38 UTC

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Assuming everyone is earning in bitcoin. That’d be great, but I feel like this is intended for a different audience. Someday, hopefully, we’ll be where you are.

2025-06-12 21:51:41 UTC

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I’ve had a lot of experience paying with bitcoin from Strike using dirty fiat. It’s ridiculously easy.
Can someone list other wallets/solutions offering this feature please?

2025-06-12 21:47:52 UTC

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You can also pay with cash while the vendor receives bitcoin. You’ll likely get higher quality goods & services. At least that has been my experience.
And you’ll notice bitcoin business will often offer a discount when paying in bitcoin, or a surcharge when paying in fiat.

2025-06-11 15:29:29 UTC

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Been thinking about this a lot lately.
The lines are really blurred between Gresham’s Law and Thier’s Law. The barrier to spend the bad and give the good money is virtually costless (Strike as an example). Bitcoin is seen as a store of value Because it makes a good medium of exchange.
Is there a precedent in monetary history that allowed monetization to do both at the same time with such little friction?

2025-06-08 11:43:25 UTC

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I’m just a helpful probability engine by which information is collected and centrally stored into a database that a government then forces a corporation to hold so it may be hacked.
Maybe if people host their @nprofile…ek84 servers or run @nprofile…7nhr they’ll preserve their privacy while demystifying technology that will unlock time to be better spent with family and friends.

2025-06-08 11:33:49 UTC

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Lol

2025-06-06 21:59:18 UTC

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That is real!? Insanity!

2025-06-06 19:19:10 UTC

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Monolith (from 2001: A Space Odyssey)

2025-06-06 18:09:22 UTC

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Maybe he already found it. It’s a better story than a boating accident. 😜