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AML compliance officer at a top 10 (US) bank. Send a note if you're a bitcoiner or a bitcoin company having AML issues with your bank. I am happy to help to the extent possible (as a personal endeavor... not/not as an officer of the bank). NO ALTCOINERS!

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2026-03-08 18:53:38 UTC

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Regarding your hackathon and bitcoin test payments over lightning for agents and the like, I think I have to re-run a pen test on my systems (emails chats and phone calls with my team) and maybe switch to Maple.ai, too, lol. Good luck.
https://fountain.fm/episode/w9aF9o47y7xFJdYrIFbk
#nevent1q…0ule

2026-03-07 13:13:43 UTC

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Thanks for this revealing session. Start 9 in officially dead to me now.
https://fountain.fm/episode/MsLP160BtFzE6pCyhJXL
#nevent1q…rhzu

2026-02-19 00:02:05 UTC

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Interested to hear your thoughts around the Q2/26 timeframe for bitcoin awareness, adoption, and USD price. Several big events then... Taxes being paid (returns to the plebs), Warsh confirmation hearings and maybe Fed pump, election campaigns in full swing, maybe Alito being replaced, maybe market clarity being passed... So much. So much.
Keep up the fire, brother.
https://fountain.fm/episode/SrnH7P2j6W6Nf04kFnFb
#nevent1q…ju5y

2026-02-04 23:39:58 UTC

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Appreciate you. Keep up the fire.
https://fountain.fm/episode/aUueRBq6vLKdbk5Bw66d
#nevent1q…37ll

2025-12-09 01:12:23 UTC

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Your volume levels were horrible for this episode. Still love you guys.
https://fountain.fm/episode/dvjhJPsHEj4RcAiLECxR
#nevent1q…tvf6

2025-10-21 11:44:36 UTC

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When was this recorded please?
https://fountain.fm/episode/zd5q3mF7xwjfmpuHZ5kR
#nevent1q…zhqf

2025-09-12 10:14:02 UTC

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Except for the flying cars, not far off the mark.

2025-08-14 23:14:55 UTC

The signal is getting stronger
https://blossom.primal.net/f17fdb0ad23ac1a6909b5758a7798f5fadaa735fdb0e6b7bbd0fb01d0d4bb237.jpg

2025-08-06 01:40:11 UTC

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Wen

2025-08-06 01:38:27 UTC

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Yoink
Gracias

2025-08-05 11:04:21 UTC

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That ugly Christmas sweater may someday save your life. Who knew?

2025-07-31 21:53:05 UTC

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Drink every time I hear "howlve"
https://fountain.fm/episode/wrmSZY2dXqKFmRcuwVEA
#nevent1q…aqug

2025-07-31 10:06:23 UTC

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Will it bitch at me for not emptying my pockets before putting pants in the hamper though?

2025-07-19 11:03:29 UTC

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Guy - Please tell Allan his theory is not half-baked at all. I have the benefit of a front row seat for this play & the rest of the banker audience have no idea what's coming. That light ahead in the stablecoin tumnel is not the other end opening on an electronic Fiat utopia. It's the bitcoin train coming straight at them.... Nothing stops this train.
https://fountain.fm/episode/DsJfhL0gIuqJMeg4HSFc
#nevent1q…hvx7

2025-07-12 21:18:15 UTC

Hey @nprofile…xytq
Getting a Fountain error today
Any ideas? https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/e523c81fb353153c72b8fad84c518d9f34b63d14978c0891b0adc5ae4246d1e7.jpeg

2025-07-12 19:58:41 UTC

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Getting an error code when I try to play
https://fountain.fm/episode/2NhxWms0KqZye9TKKtB7
#nevent1q…56a5

2025-06-29 23:04:44 UTC

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Serious question: Does Saylor have a lightning wallet?

2025-06-29 22:57:10 UTC

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Starting with the man in the mirror....

2025-06-15 07:59:18 UTC

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ngl - pretty amazing

2025-05-31 16:43:08 UTC

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No sound for this episode
https://fountain.fm/episode/3eELCGlKHBnHX3JbgSm4
#nevent1q…dz58

2025-05-24 23:01:27 UTC

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Thanks for that.
He was funny.

2025-05-24 22:38:32 UTC

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Better than many works in the MoMA

2025-05-24 22:36:20 UTC

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Jajajajja

2025-05-24 22:35:38 UTC

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No bueno

2025-05-24 18:44:00 UTC

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No audio coming through. Other TFTC shows no problem. This one seems to be blank (at least for the first minutes).
https://fountain.fm/episode/3eELCGlKHBnHX3JbgSm4
#nevent1q…klj5

2025-05-24 12:28:09 UTC

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An unanswered question from the article is where Tether stores their UST now. Most probably realize that treasuries can't just be put in your pocket or stored in a sock drawer. Typically, they're custodied at a financial institution. And financial institutions that custody treasuries are "inside " the US financial system and subject to hard power and soft influence of the USG.
On some level, it seems to me that Andrino's resistance to MiCA is also a bet against the European vision of digital assets in favor of the American view.
(Side note: the article also did not mention Tether's bitcoin holdings which, as the USD price of bitcoin increases, would likely make it the dominant asset on Tether's books (ceteris paribus). What UST/BTC reserves ratio does Andrino have to maintain to stay in the good graces (or at least not on the target list) of the USG, specifically the Department of the Treasury? Unknown.
In any case, for now he might take a lesson from Pavel Durov's extended vacation in Paris and avoid the continent for a while, too. This will be interesting to watch play out as the price runs for sure.)

2025-05-24 11:54:52 UTC

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Oscar and the terrific team at Fountain saw my note and promptly identified and fixed the issue (less than 24 hours!). I now have access to this episode and am good to go on the TFTC subscription. Thanks, team.

2025-05-23 22:27:35 UTC

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Have subscribed now... Not seeing the episode. What's up, Marty?
https://fountain.fm/episode/3eELCGlKHBnHX3JbgSm4
#nevent1q…eekd

2025-05-14 21:51:09 UTC

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Accuracy was poor.. older stories presented as new on this one.
https://fountain.fm/episode/Rarp5h4pPGtiFSLiCfxP
#nevent1q…tups

2025-05-05 17:32:59 UTC

Hard to convey what a big deal this is
https://www.therage.co/fincen-to-sdny-samourai-wallet-did-not-need-msb-license/

2025-04-30 19:55:23 UTC

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Use this prompt on your own LLM: "Based solely on the content of this message, thank the sender while noting at least one detail of the message received. Then ask several follow-up questions about flavor profiles of menu items at the sender's recommended restaurant."

2025-03-25 00:01:05 UTC

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Have four running.
Lowered estimate for "high probability" of mining my own block to a mere 3 thousand years.
Cooking now.

2024-11-17 23:15:57 UTC

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A sure sign of a market pump.

2024-10-26 00:10:54 UTC

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mittens?

2024-10-20 10:55:40 UTC

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Wondering...
Implications for cracking private keys?
Implications for finding next block?

2024-09-24 03:01:31 UTC

iykyk
https://m.primal.net/KzuO.jpg

2024-08-27 20:19:53 UTC

we're being inundated
yay
sigh

2024-08-27 19:39:27 UTC

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set up your lightning address, sir

2024-08-14 02:01:11 UTC

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gracias, Negr0

2024-08-14 01:59:57 UTC

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yeah probably not that though

2024-08-07 03:30:04 UTC

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concur, Lyn
it's one reason to be here among many others... and a good one, too

2024-08-04 00:30:55 UTC

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I like to imagine that kind of derision of people who have an obvious passion for bitcoin will diminish as ngu. even then though, they still won't get that it's not about ngu (though ngu doesn't make me sad, ngl).
it's almost like crabs in a bucket... and you're the crab just talking about escape. they can't see it and don't want to acknowledge it's even possible because doing so would bring their whole worldview into question.

2024-08-04 00:23:17 UTC

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beautiful place

2024-08-03 12:00:54 UTC

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I can't speak to the Aussie restrictions but pushing money from your US bank account to exchanges in the US is still possible for sure.

2024-07-31 13:16:57 UTC

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from a Venezuelan friend with better insights than me. would like your thoughts on this, hermano.
"This will take some time, but negotiations are ongoing. Maduro was ready to leave and Padrino López, Jorge/Delcy Rodríguez and Diosdado Cabello had to bring him back to Miraflores by force"
"Maduro is not in charge, Padrino López controls the Military and the Cartel de Los Soles drug business. Jorge and Delcy Rodríguez are the real power in Venezuela, they control everything, even the Supreme Court. Diosdado Cabello has lost almost all of his power, he still controls some of the colectivos and the violence currently being directed to the masses."
@Venezuela

2024-07-30 02:56:14 UTC

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Malos please call out the neighborhoods you are showing. knowing where things are happening is meaningful.

2024-07-28 23:34:14 UTC

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is this a cultural soft-fork of sorts?

2024-07-28 10:40:41 UTC

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yeah... just scanned the article.
thanks for writing it, L0la.
not surprising to me.
banking customers have to understand that their banker is obligated to surveill customer financial behavior and report anomalous and/or potentially criminal activities. use of ALL internally-available data to accomplish this set of tasks should be expected (to do less would leave the bank open to accusations of negligence).
however, if your bank is monitoring your social media in any way, they've stopped being just a bank. at that point they've essentially become an intelligence agency that offers some banking services on the side.
I recommend any/every retail and institutional consumer establish no less than three banking relationships at the national, regional, and credit union level. without this redundancy you're essentially trapped if you want to shut down an account based on poor treatment (or if the bank suddenly wants to shut you down).
it may take some effort to establish what I'll call resiliency in your operating accounts. but the effort will be worth it should your bank execute a quick pivot on you, your industry, or your latest social media post. (this resiliency will also serve you well if you bank fails because they foolishly concentrated holdings in Treasuries or Commercial RE loans.)
oh... and buy and self-custody bitcoin, too.

2024-07-28 10:10:23 UTC

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oooo-sa, friend.

2024-07-20 11:29:35 UTC

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to the walled gardens and nostr-fork wannabes:
https://m.primal.net/JXcU.jpg

2024-07-17 01:24:36 UTC

warm and fuzzies
https://craigwright.net/

2024-07-09 23:29:42 UTC

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that is the best use of the meme to date. pays to watch to the end.
kudos.

2024-07-08 00:08:00 UTC

overt
covert
clandestine
most don't know the difference between the three. proper understanding and application is relevant to security posture v-a-v xpub, address, and utxo management. it's also relevant to risk management for a highly regulated financial institution handling digital assets for themselves or on behalf of clients.

2024-07-02 10:48:41 UTC

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oh I'm happy to discuss... just not on social media or in any other public setting.
if this were an anonymous account... but it isn't though.
cheers, friend. I am reachable if you look for me.

2024-07-01 10:09:40 UTC

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I'll leave that discussion to the courts and café lawyers. I have my own opinions but they aren't relevant to the practical application of an AML program within an institution nor are they appropriate for interpretation of regulatory expectations.

2024-06-30 22:36:42 UTC

question for you @npub1a2c…w83a
if you had a choice between banks participating directly in bitcoin and no banks (just organic growth) which option would you prefer and why?

2024-06-30 22:31:00 UTC

after reading my profile some wonder why I'm even here.
they say, what the hell? how's a bank compliance guy here? why? what does he want in our space?
I'm the signal you've been waiting for.

2024-06-30 22:22:56 UTC

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as painful as it would be to watch it happen... would love to see a 20% dip right about now... wash out the leveraged longs and give me one last chance to execute (allegedly) a major stacking event.

2024-06-16 01:19:33 UTC

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I understand what you're saying though.
Many in banking are still either ignorant or fearful of bitcoin. It's just a fact.
I'm doing what I can do from the inside.

2024-06-16 00:01:24 UTC

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nope
wasn't me

2024-06-15 18:18:41 UTC

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I went through your list about a month ago and followed a few of your follows... so mi casa su casa in a way.

2024-06-15 14:26:00 UTC

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Allow me to be your sample size of one, @npub1m4n…c2jl.
I think like this.
I am a parent.
But taking your point as a potential indicator of a significant archetype hodler, and thinking optimistically, maybe future bequests to non-family beneficiaries will be championed by childless hodlers.
Can you imagine prominent buildings in future civilizations like "Laeserin Free Library" or "Laeserin Center for Nutritional Research" for instance?

2024-06-15 12:41:12 UTC

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This!

2024-06-15 12:33:59 UTC

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Any time I see a zap between10 and 20 sats I think, "Well, there's a nice fat future Delmonico, medium-rare with a slight toasting of the fatty bits, sprinkled with sea salt, resting on a cutting board... juices still flowing... for my great grandson/daughter in like 50 years."
Because that's where we are, imho.
The ability to visualize likely results of extreme low time preference and hard money pushes one towards mental and emotional castle-building to the benefit of future generations. (Pardon me just a moment while I commission a portrait of self to be displayed in the gallery of my family's future palatial estate.)

2024-06-15 12:21:53 UTC

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This gets me thinking about creation of "easy" financial products that emulate the familiar, targeted toward people who can't be bothered to learn about bitcoin.
Yes. I know. There are examples now in companies like Fold and self-custody or multi-sig IRA... these are primarily opt-in vehicles for those who have studied a bit.
I'm just wondering out loud whether there's something to be done *within financial institutions* to "supercharge" legacy financial products by adding a dash of bitcoin to the mix.
What about paying interest on accounts in bitcoin? A typical retail/consumer savings account might earn 2% or less and a typical interest-checking account might earn 0.25%. Perhaps if the offer was "interest paid in bitcoin to your institutional account (custody)" or, for those who bother to learn self-custody, "interest paid in bitcoin to your KYC'd self-custody wallet of choice?"
Incentives seem to align here.
Thoughts?

2024-06-08 23:42:23 UTC

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Doxies are the best!

2024-06-08 10:46:50 UTC

Hey @npub1exc…n72a
Is Montserrat on your target list for expansion of bicoin? A quick overview shows likely un/underused energy source in geothermal, robust comms network, relative isolation (to encourage development of circular economy), and enough tourism to inject new capital to the mix.
Wiki fwiw: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat

2024-06-04 03:23:58 UTC

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tried when midjourney was new-ish but not since... goal was to create an artful process flow diagram with the tool. it did not look good at all.
suggestions, Guy?

2024-05-21 15:52:03 UTC

Thinking maybe a name change for ether to "non-governmental variable consensus digital token with flexible monetary protocol"
Would that give a better context for investors seeking to earn a profit through the effort of others who are, themselves, organized into a loose affiliation which exercises control of token supply, "corporate" strategy, and continued (profitable) operation of the endeavor?

2024-05-21 01:00:57 UTC

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Dude is making me dizzy.
Thanks goodness Rogan's show is constantly interrupted with advertisements else I'd go over the edge.

2024-05-17 11:41:01 UTC

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Thoughts about that... and how knowing this will lead to a new job category / role (just during the interregnum) within institutional treasury management teams. New title can be called something like utxo input/output manager... could even automate to a degree. Obvi there's more to unpack there, starting with "why even?" but if you check my bio it should be obvious why even.
The future is coming on faster than brains can process it all.

2024-05-14 13:32:16 UTC

Can anyone point me to the primary infrastructural vulnerabilities of the ethereum blockchain?
I recall arguments about centralization of validators, about necessity of AWS in many cases, and some tcpip element upon which the entire infrastructure depends (need deets there).
Check my profile and you might be able to see why I'm asking... Can't share more unfortunately.
@npub12rv…85vg

2024-05-08 17:18:38 UTC

Anyone here maintain a handy list of countries where Bitcoin is already legal tender or has legal status as a property?
Already know El Salvador and the city of Lugano for legal tender... Many others where it's considered property.
Any good sources I can look to?
TYIA

2024-05-02 15:08:22 UTC

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disturbing

2024-04-29 03:23:20 UTC

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Yegor, did you ever use Google and Android apps previously? I'm also curious about the graphene experience but concerned I might miss out on some of what have become (at least to me) essential apps.

2024-04-25 00:52:49 UTC

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Interested to hear thoughts in this direction, too.

2024-04-25 00:45:48 UTC

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Isn't there a legal principle that financial privacy (or any privacy) is an inviolable human right, exceptions only when there's probable cause articulated in a warrant or involvement of a third-party with access to the "private" knowledge?

2024-04-23 13:24:07 UTC

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Neither a big risk nor courageous on their part, just by the numbers and the structure. The real front-page news will be when a financial advisor of similar stature takes self-custody of bitcoin and makes their announcement.

2024-04-18 16:25:15 UTC

What with Primal? Did all their relays die or something?

2024-04-18 16:21:37 UTC

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Awful
Just awful
Worse that it took fully 6 seconds for me to get there

2024-04-17 20:27:53 UTC

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Wondering whether this will be discussed in the board rooms of financial institutions still struggling to home-brew their own stablecoin. 🤔

2024-04-17 11:26:30 UTC

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*Liana

2024-04-17 11:06:19 UTC

Hey @hodlbod
Listened to your interview on Bitcoin And... yesterday. Great stuff sir and gave me loads of homework to do.
Questions: Is there utility in approaching nostr as a potential for "closed" communities? I recall you mentioning a scenario where you and a friend might share the same set of notes... but could that be scaled to maybe 50 friend and family identies with access, 500 tuition-paid students, or 5,000 employees, etc.?
https://fountain.fm/episode/vxd7ojlUhTZTY3RG1Za4

2024-04-17 00:11:53 UTC

Excellent episode on Revault and Linera from @stephanlivera
https://fountain.fm/episode/ubZGp5GY4wzNS8bAHOZJ

2024-04-13 11:32:32 UTC

This may be an example of circular reporting but definitely wanted to share as it's in my wheelhouse:
TD Bank Releases Commercial Explaining The Bitcoin Halving And Promotes ETFs
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/td-bank-releases-commercial-explaining-the-bitcoin-halving-and-promotes-etfs via @nikcantmine
I note with interest that Bitcoin magazine does not include any sort of sharing button for nostr like they do for X, LinkedIn, etc. Why is that, I wonder.

2024-04-10 16:02:59 UTC

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@npub1g05…40hv any thoughts on this?

2024-04-10 12:54:42 UTC

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Ah... got it.
I'm fortunate to have a local butcher (with abatois) who sells a half or quarter beef for <$4/pound. I'm quite happy to have that opportunity but would prefer an even more direct stomach-to-cow relationship.
I like your retail solution though. Cutting your own probably brings you "closer" to your food, for sure.

2024-04-10 12:48:11 UTC

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yes. ordered yesterday and looking forward to receipt Friday.

2024-04-10 01:22:53 UTC

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When available on Audible, too? I like to do both paper and audio... but audible is my prey over Kindle.

2024-04-10 01:17:26 UTC

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Just added this episode to my fountain queue.

2024-04-10 01:04:36 UTC

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Interesting.
Are you cutting your own because you're also harvesting your own?

2024-04-10 01:02:38 UTC

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Tasty
Delmonico among my faves. Good fat content.

2024-04-10 00:13:46 UTC

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Favorite cut?

2024-04-08 22:32:46 UTC

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what were you selling?

2024-04-08 10:55:11 UTC

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Samourai is same or different in your opinion?

2024-04-07 22:54:18 UTC

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Entonces, muy amable, pana.

2024-04-07 22:48:57 UTC

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thanks I think 🤔
is that a gift for me?
pretty cool, regardless

2024-04-07 13:18:20 UTC

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Similar to "dusting" with btc from a sanctioned address, in a way...
Interested to see more answers to your hypothetical, Semisol.

2024-04-06 11:31:09 UTC

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This would be nice... though tbh I only understand 80% of what you just said I can point to a potential use-case with a ready made user base(s)... no need to wait for the adoption curve.
...Wondering how one might implement an 'internal nostr' for a company to replace the typical suite of Microsoft products (outlook, office, teams, etc.).
///skipping past all the general and specific requirements you might want to dump into Jira for your agile story... straight to a potential limiter (with silver lining)///
This might imply need to 'translate' items in & out to support external comms for business, etc. Or, could simply not translate at all in order to 'compartmentalize/sequester' the company nostr instance (to prevent spillage of any sort).
Banks, university researchers, healthcare, government... all endeavors that might consider inviting the Lost Boys Kiefer Sutherland character in the front door b/c they see advantage. (Give it some time and shake lightly, et voila! You've made bitcoiners.)

2024-04-05 09:57:40 UTC

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Looking forward to this.