konstantine
Konstantine

I write about value4value marketing, bitcoin and self-actualization.
Learn to market in the Bitcoin economy.

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2026-03-14 20:27:08 UTC

Excellent farmers market where nearly every merchant accepted bitcoin! Made out quite well and had to snack on the ride home.
https://image.nostr.build/8ecc28285d7196a8f21e286062978ad31d87b00fa46e2b87011f1db00d1e1462.jpg
#nevent1q…84y8

2026-03-14 12:52:11 UTC

I’m in @npub14f2…v7lu and Nosara for a week each! Top spots to run in other Bitcoiners? Have played with the app but there’s a ton of spots. Gonna check out the farmers market this morning. Then may need to start asking “who orange pilled you” to random businesses 😬 @npub1spd…q6j7 @npub1t28…nkzs

2026-02-19 03:48:45 UTC

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Prometheus rising is a life chnager! Whats the third one?

2026-02-18 05:32:39 UTC

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"Your intelligence cannot be measured by a number. It is defined by your willingness to learn, solve problems, and try new things." — Richard Feynman

2026-02-13 14:57:51 UTC

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Unrealized capital gains? specific legal terminology subject to regulation. Earnings and profit on the other hand? Protected rights.

2026-02-04 14:33:37 UTC

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Link?

2026-02-03 20:27:21 UTC

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same same but different . Very rarely I take a massive dose of psychedelics.

2026-02-03 02:08:28 UTC

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@npub1hk0…20pf

2026-02-02 20:03:44 UTC

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@npub1ljx…3h7d

2026-02-02 14:31:10 UTC

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Alright lets hear the podcast recs

2026-01-28 02:14:22 UTC

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Using through signal?

2026-01-26 11:39:40 UTC

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Use nixOS and let Claude go wild w sudo

2026-01-24 22:16:10 UTC

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Join ICE yet?

2026-01-24 22:07:08 UTC

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Gottme. finally fixed my ln address 🫠

2026-01-24 21:28:58 UTC

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the era of serious vibecoding has begun!

2026-01-24 20:14:12 UTC

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@npub1n8p…79mq

2026-01-24 18:32:06 UTC

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Opencode + opencode black or sometimes conductor.build

2026-01-24 16:13:18 UTC

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definitely sounds like something to vibecode.

2026-01-24 13:59:22 UTC

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Best bluetooth headphones on the market if youre into that kind of thing

2026-01-23 02:00:46 UTC

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What’s next? Actually holding it?!

2026-01-22 23:53:39 UTC

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Infinity ++

2026-01-19 04:37:01 UTC

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Agreed as someone who got a worthless degree and wasted the comnecrions, i wont be pushing my bloodline to uni anytime soon

2026-01-11 04:07:40 UTC

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Only appropriate that it goes out the way it came in!

2026-01-09 13:16:27 UTC

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The sovereign decides the exception

2026-01-09 13:04:06 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/7CVqgi1IM7sAAAAC/breaking-bad-walter-white.gif

2026-01-09 05:43:08 UTC

I feel personally attacked
#nevent1q…3k3u

2026-01-08 03:15:13 UTC

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There is no red and blue. There is the state and you.

2026-01-06 19:28:37 UTC

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Even China’s name for America is “Beautiful Country”. Just don’t get the land and the people mixed up with the politicians

2026-01-06 19:23:28 UTC

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By elite do you mean parasitic banker class? Don’t seem so elite to me!

2026-01-06 01:30:39 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/9f2177f1e645b4ceab4ca2f88c783f03f1eaa8f2a58502e98d432c1c03322630.jpg

2026-01-06 01:21:28 UTC

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👀

2026-01-05 13:09:47 UTC

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Nationalism is as delusional as cheering on NFL teams. There is no “our”.
The govt (of any nation) doesn’t give a single fuck about its chattel. Focus on your craft and loved ones.

2026-01-04 22:04:30 UTC

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Notorious nut butter producer lets it all hang out in the woods ‘for health reasons’. Solid headline right there!

2026-01-04 18:42:36 UTC

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And plenty of sun during the day!

2026-01-01 13:25:02 UTC

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Very kind of them to not do so after you lent them interest free money for 1 year.

2025-12-26 23:51:31 UTC

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https://media1.tenor.com/m/yDal_fIJEuQAAAAC/the-dark-knight-its-about-sending-a-message.gif

2025-12-25 12:17:43 UTC

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I rarely say this to plebs so far down the rabbitt hole, but you need MORE drugs

2025-12-21 12:24:33 UTC

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Banger

2025-12-21 02:36:53 UTC

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How do ratw limits play into this? 4 digit pin w/ 4 guesses vs sha-256 and infinite guesses. Not saying quantum isnt bs but no one talks abut bank rate limits on login attempts.

2025-12-20 21:32:22 UTC

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those courts were referring to the rights of Americans not 14th amendment U.S. Citizens.

2025-12-20 02:02:29 UTC

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according to Tom Luongo this is exactly opposite---just part of the south american black market arm.

2025-12-19 19:37:14 UTC

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but you'll miss out on all the cybering!

2025-12-19 12:48:41 UTC

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That are composed of people with human incentives.

2025-12-19 12:45:47 UTC

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hope the Aussie plebs fire up the 3D printer!

2025-12-18 22:13:05 UTC

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percale from LLBEAN is solid. no thread count games, just good quality natural fabric (and 1 year to decide if you like it)
https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/113446?page=pima-cotton-percale-sheet-set

2025-12-18 12:56:58 UTC

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What a WEIRD coincidence. Oh well!

2025-12-13 00:40:45 UTC

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so as long as fiat printing keeps going up and to the right the future is whatever we say it is.

2025-12-03 15:46:32 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/1ae45d23cf7068ea5db4c5023f361d88cc71f32c5925ade5acb87637150a13a0.gif

2025-11-28 03:30:31 UTC

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yea but how 'bout that giblet gravy??

2025-11-28 03:22:58 UTC

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@nprofile…3eea 's insight at 43:40 was nearly identical to what entities told me on 4 tabs before brushing me aside due to "low structured energy". Awesome to compare psychonaut notes and happy that he finally opened up about his experiences. I do agree though that it's best kept AT MOST a 1-2x a year practice.

2025-10-29 14:39:18 UTC

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Hello there

2025-10-20 16:45:40 UTC

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exactly. I'd keep the overall redesign but just make the bee itself more "friendly and approachable" than corporate and soulless.

2025-10-14 17:08:09 UTC

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meat inflation index should only be measured in whole beeves direct from the rancher!

2025-10-13 02:16:12 UTC

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in bitcoin we refer to this 'strong internal locus of control' as simply being retarded.

2025-09-16 20:24:23 UTC

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I dont speak letterkenny, sir

2025-09-15 23:59:25 UTC

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👋

2025-09-12 12:54:05 UTC

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No lies detected

2025-09-10 03:14:16 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/84b465deb629390afcf48fb03548d51fe0df29106fee7778ae5b29d372398918.gif

2025-09-08 00:39:26 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/fff25f630272ffca3a5c1b5ed8eab82dc0956f9cba443ecd9c85a2111649109c.jpg

2025-08-30 16:54:54 UTC

A good friend is finally taking the orange pill (likely despite my attempts, not because of them). It reminded me of that exciting time in my own Bitcoin journey because his is mirroring mine in several ways.
At first, like many, all I cared about was “how does this benefit me” in personal finance (rightly so). Then, I thought…ok but could it even be real or more marketing bs? Diving into the tech then answered that.
People can preserve the value they produce (forever). This frees them to hone their craft and live their best lives and build their families’ futures instead of having to become part time stock traders just to keep what they earned from being inflated away by central banks.
All it asks is for one to admit their preconceived notions about it were wrong, and use it—choose to embrace the truth, protection and freedom that shine through its impenetrable walls of encryption.
Then I realized the 8 pages of the Bitcoin whitepaper totally revolutionize the global power industry (in addition to wall st finance, spoils of war and even podcasting) and my brain really started to tingle. From the start it set out to solve problems worth hundreds of trillions but the shockwaves are even larger.
Everywhere I began to see massive sectors it will revolutionize and how early in adoption we are (even today).
Saotshi gave such a beautiful gift to the world and then walked away without a dime (with over $110b on the table) so that it can’t be corrupted by even himself and that made me redefine how much good a single man can do. Likely the greatest man of a generation and we’ll never know his identity.
Energy based money was a discovery, not an invention and I feel blessed to have it appear during our lifetimes—-just when humanity needed it most.

2025-08-25 05:07:24 UTC

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didn't realize the game of thrones guy was a bitcoiner. sick!

2025-08-22 21:28:46 UTC

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white pilled Erik is based. preach, brother!

2025-08-21 20:48:47 UTC

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what about DCA'ing out? do you need to buy all the grapes in 1 transaction?

2025-08-19 19:17:03 UTC

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Have used this a lot. So far just do disputing predatory private parking tickets as test cases but it really works!

2025-08-12 05:24:30 UTC

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yea the moon landing heh...totally legit with zero kubrick involvement at all.

2025-08-01 15:11:55 UTC

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Palestine was only a fraction israeli and they were treated well (could buy property, full citizen status, etc.). After balfour which gave zionists a home within british palestine, zionists moved in with the express of taking over all of palestine despites littler support for zionism within the european jewish community. They pushed ahead anyway and now they are completing this mission.

2025-07-31 16:38:13 UTC

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@nprofile…aejt is of course an extremely knowledgable source but many other bitcoin developers and users are impressed by the privacy on non-custodial lightning.

2025-07-31 12:57:11 UTC

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Not using custodial alby. For nostr zaps albygo sends from my node but I’m talking about silent payments, private channels. and all the stuff @npub1yxp…399s has been talking about in the last few months.

2025-07-30 18:32:01 UTC

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I was curious why this won't set precent for future cases, so if anyone else is wondering, here's what I found:
Here's why that often means it won't create binding precedent:
Guilty Pleas Skip the Trial Process: When defendants plead guilty (as Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill did here), they're essentially admitting to the charges without contesting them in court. There's no need for a trial where lawyers argue over evidence, legal interpretations, or the application of laws like the Bank Secrecy Act (which regulates money transmission). Without that adversarial process, the judge doesn't issue a substantive opinion that could interpret the law in a new way.
No Detailed Judicial Opinion: In a plea deal, the court's role is mostly to accept the plea, ensure it's voluntary, and impose a sentence. There's rarely a written ruling that analyzes the law deeply enough to serve as precedent. For example, this case doesn't create a "landmark decision" on whether cryptocurrency mixing services (like Samourai's Whirlpool) qualify as money transmission under federal law—it's more of a resolution based on the specific facts and agreement.
Lack of Appeals: Precedent often solidifies through appeals, where higher courts review and affirm (or overturn) lower court decisions. A guilty plea typically waives the right to appeal on most grounds, so there's no opportunity for appellate courts to weigh in and create broader case law.
Plea Deals Are Fact-Specific: These agreements are negotiated between prosecutors and defendants, often to avoid the risks of trial. They're tailored to the individuals involved (e.g., the developers' roles in operating the wallet) and don't necessarily address bigger questions, like the legality of privacy-focused crypto tools in general. Future cases could still argue different interpretations without being bound by this outcome.
Broader Context in Crypto Cases
This isn't uncommon in cryptocurrency-related prosecutions. Similar cases, like those involving Tornado Cash or other mixing services, have sometimes gone to trial and set more precedent (e.g., by clarifying what counts as "money transmission"). However, when defendants plead guilty—often to get lighter sentences or avoid harsher charges—it limits the case's impact on the legal landscape. The article might be highlighting this to temper expectations that the pleas will "change the game" for crypto privacy tools.

2025-07-30 16:52:18 UTC

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They need to update their tech. CJs were an okay measure before lightning got to where it is.

2025-07-30 16:08:27 UTC

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Agreed. Everything OP said is true but very few bitcoiners actually hold the beliefs that they are decrying hence the ‘straw men’

2025-07-30 16:02:05 UTC

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monero is way easier to track than lightning, why would you want to reduce your privacy with some outdated shitcoin?

2025-07-30 15:31:55 UTC

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you took the most extreme interpretation of each and then knocked those strawmen out one by one.

2025-06-20 13:53:21 UTC

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the reverse is also true. aside from meetups I run into more bitcoiners at farmers markets than any other spot.

2025-06-20 02:57:45 UTC

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Not.japanese but have been many times and have western friends living in JP. Youll definitely need japanese but you will forever be gaijin even with a japanese wife and kids. Its noy loke tje west in that regard. That being said you can still havr loclal friends and will of course be treated well,just forever an outsider.

2025-06-19 04:22:20 UTC

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Youtube shorts for real. used 'em to show the kiddos some animal vids...horribly addictive.. had to cut that out quickly.

2025-06-19 04:18:09 UTC

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been enjoying this one!. Would be great to have a disable button though to temporarily switch off (instead of full extension removal)

2025-06-19 04:15:41 UTC

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kennedy knew and look where that got him!

2025-06-19 02:54:56 UTC

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does it count if my AI agent attends on my behalf?

2025-06-18 14:12:05 UTC

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then emperor has no clothes. their big red button doesn't even do anything.

2025-06-17 01:03:18 UTC

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corrupt* not retarded, just incentives.

2025-06-13 01:59:34 UTC

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Interested in how your trade is going? Crypto czar staying in touch with the people!

2025-06-13 01:49:46 UTC

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What's hard to understand? Bibi himself said that they control the US legislature way back in the 90's! Has AIPAC weakened since then?

2025-06-13 01:47:21 UTC

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How can something with delegsted authority have more power than the delegator?
HiNT: it can't.

2025-06-13 01:37:29 UTC

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I've got a theory about where all the $IBIT and $MSTR coins are coming from without price going up!

2025-06-12 21:27:51 UTC

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Vora sounds incredible and I’m not surprised at all given this team. Let’s fucking go!!!
https://fountain.fm/episode/AHmNLVq2bHWidWjV6DJF
#nevent1q…ek3z

2025-06-12 15:29:56 UTC

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won't they just buy from coinbase? it seems they have an infinite supply over there.

2025-05-20 01:27:40 UTC

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Tony hawk would be proud

2025-04-30 04:37:46 UTC

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my body is ready

2025-04-30 02:41:45 UTC

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what's the danger in just wiping the seed from the device? can it be recovered somehow?

2025-04-27 06:26:01 UTC

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/wait-how-did-a-decentralized-service-like-bluesky-go-down/

2025-04-26 13:38:14 UTC

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Fantastic. More need to learn what lies down this rabbithole and credit to @nprofile…8xv0 for digging into yet another important bitcoin adjacent rabbithole. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Hopefully future episodes can go longer as there was so much groundwork to lay that it felt like they ended right when they were just getting started. Practical steps to rescind these adhesion contracts would be good.
#nevent1q…g9nx

2025-04-21 15:54:32 UTC

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congrats @nprofile…vs7t

2025-04-11 19:50:18 UTC

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Started the new season of black.mirror and shut it off when i realized its malthusian programming of the masses.

2025-04-11 19:48:15 UTC

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Some weird truffle?

2025-03-21 19:55:55 UTC

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how difficult is it to get @nprofile…h36r 's tap to pay from cashu onto lightning?

2025-03-06 03:36:49 UTC

didn't stack hard enough off this dip. can the feds do something?

2025-03-06 03:34:30 UTC

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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders

2025-03-05 04:15:43 UTC

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DM'd about the VPN situation.

2025-03-04 15:51:14 UTC

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looks like bukele will just need to start arresting some large hodlers "confiscate" their coins and then when he drops the case, compensate them at current market prices + something for the trouble.