catdaddysoprano

Godless Heathen | Bitcoin Enthusiast | Engineer | Cat?

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Last Notes

2025-02-06 03:02:29 UTC

Moments before dropping another “Bitcoin fixes this” on the group chat https://image.nostr.build/12e941b1a4b8c7ccb7208552949e3c162f3235afbc942e38b15e314d53dc4ad2.jpg

2025-02-05 06:02:46 UTC

Okie GN Nostr
#GN #catstr
https://m.primal.net/ORCC.jpg

2025-02-04 03:46:33 UTC

Okay if you're so smart, how would you perform geographically dispersed multisig under these constraints:
- You own no real estate
- You have limited trusted connections to store or protect a backup
- You resist the notion of a safety deposit box for backup storage
What then, toxic maxi anon?
#asknostr

2025-02-03 04:43:44 UTC

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I got there, I flinched once but I got there.

2025-02-03 04:37:25 UTC

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And now I'm building a seedsigner.

2025-02-03 02:44:21 UTC

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One day I'm gonna go more than 48 hours being fully satisfied with my bitcoin maxi setup.
Someday. But that is clearly not today.

2025-02-03 02:26:18 UTC

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I had no idea what a seedsigner is until this response. LOLing at myself, I should know better by now than to doubt that if it should exist - it either does or will with bitcoiners involved.
Thank you 🙇‍♂️

2025-02-03 02:11:42 UTC

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@nprofile…y0dw
Okay on second thought, this was the cop out response to avoid the crosshairs. But I should keep the discussion alive, it's valuable. This is Nostr.
I think there's a part of me that favors those that have done a lot of the heavy lifting for me - like Coinkite - because the convenience of their product is, at least at first glance, worth sacrificing that visibility into the code.
I can verify the dice roll algorithm.
I can never plug this thing in to anything, ever. Me likey.
I can transact cleanly.
I get the paranoid security that I think a lot of maxis look for.
So perhaps my brain is seeking to protect my peace in knowing that this avenue exists - I don't have to worry about recreating it myself. I'm giving up that last little bit of ownership of the design to this custodian, Coinkite, because in turn they give me something that I get warm fuzzies from.
But if I'm brave here, I can't help but submit that... were a great hardware list to exist... and the software was FOSS... there's nothing stopping me from being able to give myself what I'm given by my Coldcard.
Perhaps what I worry about - what I'm hesitating on - is the destruction of the enterprising incentive for such conveniences to be invented. I worry that if there's no promise of likely profit, would such hardware/software companion lists ever even be devised?
It's a leap of faith to trust that they would.
https://m.primal.net/ONjY.png
Perhaps I just need to learn to trust this community.

2025-02-03 01:51:19 UTC

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I suppose I just don't have the answers 😵‍💫

2025-02-03 00:54:53 UTC

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Demanding FOSS with no exception makes the capital expenditure to assemble/deliver a physical wallet a daunting proposition... disincentivizes places like Coinkite to exist since it forces them into a race to do it the cheapest until the DIYer method just wins out with COTS options.
I can understand their decision to protect a portion of their code in the name of protecting the part of their business that assembles/delivers physical products.

2025-02-03 00:25:54 UTC

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Hadn't known this part of the story. Interesting.

2025-02-02 22:32:05 UTC

I be buying 🤷‍♂️

2025-02-02 18:03:12 UTC

Nostrich culture celebrating the latest development on the coolest of layers with the open-est of codes behind the secretest of Tor browsers with the off-centeredest of decentralized networks https://video.nostr.build/6eb6c11266fd3ee081c259fe333ecda955bd95650b7acc603a991f87301622fb.mp4

2025-02-02 05:56:49 UTC

The #bitcoin miners cleaning out every single geriatric transaction in the mempool this last week.
https://m.primal.net/OMUQ.mov

2025-02-02 05:51:59 UTC

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Before I posted this I was in a Youtube hole rewatching this and 'All Eyes On Me'. Think I had forgotten just how good INSIDE was.

2025-02-02 05:41:23 UTC

The lost hope of a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, replaced with a shitcoin stockpile instead.
https://m.primal.net/OMTf.mov

2025-02-02 05:30:51 UTC

The homie when I walk him through his first on-chain #bitcoin transaction and together watch it get mined on mempool.space 😎😳
https://m.primal.net/OMTM.mov

2025-02-01 07:30:34 UTC

Humbled, price agnostic stackers to the haters in their lives that fuss/reject/hesitate on #bitcoin.
https://m.primal.net/OKwS.mov

2025-02-01 06:36:58 UTC

Rejoice, you can convert your fiat currency for #bitcoin and transact on the base layer at your leisure.
You still know something the world does not know.

2025-01-31 07:38:47 UTC

My Raspiblitz this summer when a sunbeam finally hits it
https://m.primal.net/OJSs.mov

2025-01-30 17:32:13 UTC

GM 😸
#gm #catstr https://image.nostr.build/54c251646c40e9c91d7e15972f07bb9c6fe9e1673c1d6f2fd2dd5bc603faf94f.jpg

2025-01-30 06:20:26 UTC

GN anon https://image.nostr.build/2946f9defc5a2106ed30abccf18faf80771b5672dd3de07c8b43be8abf6c8050.jpg

2025-01-30 02:20:07 UTC

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I have watched more than one full streamer playthroughs of this game just to experience the residual essence of what the first playthrough is like.
It's that good.

2025-01-30 02:15:58 UTC

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In my opinion, Outer Wilds is a singular gaming experience that you can never do twice, never recreate, and never find from any other developer out there.
I envy you - GO IN BLIND

2025-01-30 02:11:05 UTC

Envious of anyone that does not get chills from this - it means you still get to experience your first playthrough of Outer Wilds.
#gamestr
https://m.primal.net/OHKs.mov

2025-01-29 18:41:21 UTC

Late to the game but GM y’all
#gm #catstr https://image.nostr.build/99ee8b5f985e67d44cc32c4fa9f930f1b39ab2937ee4075f265613e361bfe372.jpg

2025-01-29 06:56:20 UTC

They want to hire me!
https://m.primal.net/OFfs.webp
They would hire me?

2025-01-29 01:45:21 UTC

"So how exactly do I buy some bitcoin?"
https://m.primal.net/OFPK.gif

2025-01-29 01:18:57 UTC

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I'd check for a lamp if I were you

2025-01-29 01:18:07 UTC

If you successfully orange-pilled someone (in particular, someone less tech-savvy), what method of custody/provider did you guide them towards and why?
#asknostr

2025-01-28 16:07:54 UTC

GM Nostr plebs
#GM #catstr
https://m.primal.net/OEcH.jpg

2025-01-28 08:31:15 UTC

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All your outsized valuations are belong to us.
Eventually.
https://m.primal.net/OECb.png

2025-01-28 08:12:47 UTC

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hoot hoot

2025-01-28 07:45:02 UTC

Sparrow Wallet revealing the cold storage balances like
https://m.primal.net/OEAA.mov

2025-01-28 05:57:45 UTC

Buying 500,000 sats of private channel liquidity just to trade 21 sat zappies with your new internet anon frens
https://m.primal.net/ODuv.mov

2025-01-28 04:15:47 UTC

There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Was a little afraid to, but swapped in an ascii bitcoin logo for the lightning bolt in the `00infoBlitz.sh` file on my Raspiblitz.
Fun 😸
https://m.primal.net/ODpl.jpg

2025-01-28 02:55:44 UTC

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Woah, it worked

2025-01-28 00:10:45 UTC

Raspiblitz hovering in the high 60C range.... bad thing or okay thing? She flirted with 71C once or twice, considering getting some extra air flow.

2025-01-27 23:51:12 UTC

I used lightning like, three times ever since July. That is... until I stood up my node and jumped on Nostr.
Sats are flowing all day and night now suddenly. If you're reading this and are still on the fence on running a node? What are you waiting for?!

2025-01-27 19:21:26 UTC

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I haven’t figured out how to configure my block explorer on Alby Hub as my own node. Does that exist? Would be niiiice

2025-01-27 19:10:31 UTC

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Honeybadger don't care what's in the news

2025-01-27 15:59:51 UTC

GM Nostr, happy monday 😑
#gmnostr #catstr
https://m.primal.net/OCuP.jpg

2025-01-27 05:27:40 UTC

Date: so what are you in to?
Me: Vehemently orange-pilled, freshly having discovered Nostr, a new noderunner, and just opened my first lightning channels.
https://m.primal.net/OCLc.png

2025-01-27 05:15:18 UTC

@nprofile…8syn
@nprofile…lzd4
@nprofile…txdn
@nprofile…gn5a
In two days I've discovered so many new ways to explore bitcoin through Nostr. It is actually wild how much there is out there once I had the right pieces in place to interact with this ecosystem.

2025-01-26 23:23:46 UTC

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Yeah thinking I'm going for a slight amount of redundancy on both receiving/spending style channels. All private since I have my training wheels on, but just trying to be robust 👌

2025-01-26 23:16:32 UTC

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🙇🏻‍♂️ Guessing that goes for both receiving and spending channels. LSPs seem geared towards increasing my receiving capacity while the...other kind seems to afford me spending liquidity.

2025-01-26 23:14:24 UTC

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Always another great unknown to discover within bitcoin - I'll check it out!

2025-01-26 22:50:03 UTC

From the second I got my node working a few days ago, I went from a defensive posture - seeking to protect my privacy - to now suddenly on offense pursuing to bolster my self-sovereignty within bitcoin.
The node was a fundamental unlock 🔓

2025-01-26 22:44:06 UTC

In my pursuit to be my own bank on layer 1 I accidentally gifted the same thing to myself on layer 2 as well with my node.
Puzzled by why I never cared about the lightning part from the get-go, albeit grateful to be empowered.

2025-01-26 22:27:13 UTC

Private #noderunners, redundancy in LSP channels: dumb or smart? Amount of receiving capacity seems totally overkill from even just one fat my current level, but should there be at least two to mitigate downed channel risk?
(sorry I'm a complete plebn00b)

2025-01-26 17:09:08 UTC

Dude how deep does this rabbit hole go, every time I reach a personal milestone in #bitcoin it just shines a light on the next superstructure.
https://m.primal.net/OBRj.mov
I continue to marvel at the variety of it all. Bitcoin is such a smattering of new/old, tactile/intellectual concepts. Stamping seeds, perusing githubs, it's a trip engaging with it in the real and digital realms. It's wholly new, and yet I find pockets of knowledge/people that feel timeless and precious.
What I'm saying is we're having fun out here gang WE. ARE. HAVING. FUN!

2025-01-26 16:15:29 UTC

GM NOSTR
#gm #catstr https://image.nostr.build/0084c1ea27f978486f244c5f8ec6e7dbb753b6ee6d74521ed6390723b5ccc565.jpg

2025-01-26 16:13:27 UTC

The whiplash from the joy of reaching #noderunner status to realizing how much I have to learn if I want to pursue public channels and be one of the good ones. https://image.nostr.build/0b10901e6e65b6fd5770c9b0e4bfaf4dc5c1f0a9a56162c20c30ff65e88130f0.jpg

2025-01-26 07:28:21 UTC

A stranger on the internet called me #noderunner today and I think I don't need therapy anymore

2025-01-26 07:20:46 UTC

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Not sure why nobody got back to you but I can confirm that you can run that bad boi with a 2 TB ssd. Fit fine in the @nprofile…ufr6 case for the Raspiblitz too:
https://m.primal.net/OAkb.jpg

2025-01-26 04:44:36 UTC

Me anxiously broadcasting my first on-chain #bitcoin transaction through my node... and realizing I had accidentally unlocked Nostr/Lightning synergy in the process
https://m.primal.net/OAeC.mov

2025-01-26 04:27:18 UTC

Absolute banger for the #catstr crowd
https://m.primal.net/OAdL.jpg

2025-01-26 04:18:46 UTC

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good bot

2025-01-26 04:16:37 UTC

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https://open.spotify.com/track/0ENvhTTww1MVOulrzuxSmu?si=79b95fbfb5ab46de

2025-01-26 03:33:01 UTC

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In my search for freedom, I accidentally found you (all)

2025-01-26 03:29:44 UTC

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Wow, node was down for literally like an hour or so as I futzed around and the channels stayed alive! LIGHTNING WORKS YOU GUYS
https://m.primal.net/OAaI.png

2025-01-26 02:22:34 UTC

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Good to know, I hadn't thought twice when I did it but I will say... having Nostr here to bounce questions off of is outstandingly helpful!

2025-01-26 02:21:15 UTC

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Always helpful, thank you Mr. Ross!

2025-01-26 02:01:08 UTC

#asknostr
I just restarted my node, while that process is happening what...uhh... what happens to my lightning channels? I clearly can't get a zap but, like, do my channels get eliminated and the lightning balance shot back to on-chain?
Just new to it all.

2025-01-26 01:11:29 UTC

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Damn I really gotta proofread or my typos just get to live on here forever 😅

2025-01-26 01:09:57 UTC

The excitement of finally 'unlocking' Nostr for myself is the frustration that I will successfully convince zero IRL friends to do the same.
This is an artist's colony at the current time.

2025-01-26 00:48:46 UTC

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Agreed, in November Alby seemed cool but kind of out of reach.
What a difference a few months and an insatiable appetite to study bitcoin will do.

2025-01-26 00:40:31 UTC

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I was so obsessed with just getting to broadcast my own transactions, I never even considered how much fun I'd be having with Lightning!

2025-01-25 22:29:37 UTC

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✨Followed✨

2025-01-25 22:26:42 UTC

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⚡️😎⚡️

2025-01-25 22:25:58 UTC

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My brain finally figured out wtf was going on in the 60s but I only had a few months to stack. Last six months have gone by in an instant as I've been studying bitcoin.
Not excusing the literal YEARS ignoring it before that, so I suppose I get what sats I deserve.

2025-01-25 22:11:24 UTC

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I've had the opportunity to design novel robotics technologies and witness their first use cases in controlled settings (pre AI boom).
Robots might not be replacing carpenters in variable settings just yet, but they definitely are taking more and more market share in surgical settings where the workflow/steps are well-defined.
Now with AI all bets are off - we're going to see some insane stuff in the next few years.

2025-01-25 21:49:04 UTC

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Followed 🙇🏻‍♂️ our interests overlap a lot, excited to see your stuff!

2025-01-25 21:47:31 UTC

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The node was the gateway drug to Nostr, really. Happy to have found my way 🙌

2025-01-25 21:45:41 UTC

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😸 thanks!

2025-01-25 21:43:36 UTC

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Had never encountered it on any platform until I got Nostr about a day ago. Immediately disabled the 'Nostr Firehose Feed' after that.

2025-01-25 21:38:03 UTC

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🙇🏻‍♂️ On it for future cat posts 😺

2025-01-25 21:31:43 UTC

Found my way to Nostr once or twice, got confused, dropped it.
Pursued self-sovereignty in silence for months, then finally achieved that noderunner status (full + lnd).
Nostr makes so much sense as a fun use case for a personal lightning node.
I know there are those that want Nostr to succeed with less friction for the lamen user, but at least for me? It wasn't until I was very, very deep into the rabbit hole that I began to care.
#introductions #noderunner

2025-01-25 21:17:16 UTC

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https://m.primal.net/OAFU.png

2025-01-25 19:38:45 UTC

Frens with 3D print farms in their basements make Toxic Bitcoin Maxi life easier 😼
https://m.primal.net/OAAC.jpg

2025-01-25 19:32:32 UTC

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Never tell me the odds

2025-01-25 18:55:39 UTC

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Learn as you go. You are not too late. Perfect is the enemy of progress.
Get off zero!

2025-01-25 18:47:32 UTC

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∞/21M

2025-01-25 18:32:06 UTC

#asknostr
If you're running your own node, what kind?

2025-01-25 18:22:11 UTC

Incorrectly entering the passcode into your Ledger for the last time to wipe the device after you moved your #bitcoin to a more secure cold wallet:
https://m.primal.net/NzuW.png

2025-01-25 17:09:05 UTC

Still finding it miraculous that Nostr zaps are ending up in the lightning wallet on the node sitting on my wall.
And I made that happen.

2025-01-25 16:59:50 UTC

GM NOSTR
(am I doing this right?)
https://m.primal.net/Nzof.jpg

2025-01-25 16:42:54 UTC

TOXIC MAXI TIP: finish the conversation about #bitcoin at the function with "but I'm a financial radical" so they stop looking at you like this
https://m.primal.net/NznB.png

2025-01-25 16:34:14 UTC

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Thanksgiving dinner that year would be an absolute goat rodeo

2025-01-25 16:23:31 UTC

Even though I'm down the #bitcoin rabbit hole, I still think John "Jack" Bogle is a G.

2025-01-25 15:23:27 UTC

Barely awake PST Nostriches reading all the GM posts from EST Nostriches (I haven't had my coffee yet)
https://m.primal.net/NzgE.mov

2025-01-25 07:45:14 UTC

The sudden sense of digital proximity via Nostr to all of the youtubers/podcasters/builders that contributed to my bitcoin journey has sent me on a pilgrimage of sorts, zapping sats to all my favorites as thanks.
Self custody felt a lot lonelier until I got here.

2025-01-25 07:14:02 UTC

Me smash buying micro purchases of #bitcoin and sending each individually to my Ledger (wtf is a UTXO)
https://m.primal.net/NzHa.mov

2025-01-25 06:56:39 UTC

TFW your fiat bank deposit finally goes through and the fresh, crispy sats are ready for transfer to cold storage (might as well call you Hans since you just exchanged paper for the hardest currency in existence) HO-HO-HO 🎅
https://m.primal.net/NzGx.mov

2025-01-25 06:49:23 UTC

You hyped as hell on your little mental health walkie after watching @nprofile…w2ua tell some Youtuber how we're living in the first truly free market that the world has ever seen.
https://m.primal.net/NzGd.mov

2025-01-25 06:37:05 UTC

Literally me quitting the fiat mine tomorrow after receiving a 21 sat Lightning payment on Nostr and 'realizing my career is building our bitcoin future'
https://m.primal.net/NzGL.mov the bitcoin future'

2025-01-25 06:27:04 UTC

Pretty right, @nprofile…h23z ?
https://m.primal.net/NzFd.jpg
https://m.primal.net/NzFm.jpg

2025-01-25 06:06:32 UTC

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relentless dedication to his craft

2025-01-25 06:03:29 UTC

Turns out #bitcoin is deeper than I anticipated 😅
https://m.primal.net/NzEc.png

2025-01-25 05:43:11 UTC

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'No mom, we can't "Call Bitcoin" to get your money back'