Let’s make solo mining great again. From 1/🤡🌎 by @Knut Svanholm ∞/21M & @Luke de Wolf of the @Bitcoin Infinity Media

Positive feedback is a great start of the year: “Thanks again for your quick answers and this during the holidays. During the holidays I had taken the bitaxe out for a few days and recently put it back in. I also just pressed the heatsink and fan a few times. You also recommended this. There is nothing wrong with the fan that is running, that cannot be the problem. I have not changed or tinkered with the heatsink itself. BUT, Since the last start-up the problem seems to have gone away. And since the last update to version 2.4.3, it also runs more Hashrate and I have not had any reports of overheating. I would therefore like to leave it like this for a while, maybe it was in the firmware after all and the "problem child" has also disappeared. I would also like to report that the other miners that we have already ordered from you are working fine! Only I did not seem to be able to get this one to work right away, hopefully it will stay that way now. Thanks again for helping me remotely.”

Instead of the multisig packs, you can now order single tiny seeds. The tiny seed has been sold a lot in 2024. Nomadic bitcoiners love the titanium micro seeds.

Tiny Seed – Bitcoin Brabant

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The practice of withdrawing your bitcoin from exchanges on January 3rd is rooted in several significant reasons, often encapsulated under the event known as "Proof of Keys Day." Here are the key rationales: 1. **Security and Ownership**: The core principle of "Not your keys, not your coins" emphasizes that if you do not control the private keys to your bitcoin, you do not truly own it. Exchanges hold these keys, which means you're trusting a third party with your assets. Withdrawing your bitcoin to a personal wallet where you control the keys mitigates risks associated with exchange hacks, mismanagement, or insolvency. This day serves as a reminder to take back control of your assets. 2. **Verification of Exchange Solvency**: January 3rd, which coincides with the anniversary of the genesis block of Bitcoin, is used as a day to test the solvency of exchanges. By withdrawing funds en masse, users can check if exchanges can fulfill all withdrawal requests, exposing any potential issues with fractional reserve practices where exchanges might not have 1:1 backing for all deposited cryptocurrencies. 3. **Promoting Decentralization**: Bitcoin was created to promote decentralization and reduce reliance on centralized institutions like banks or, in this context, exchanges. By withdrawing your bitcoin, you're actively participating in the philosophy of Bitcoin by decentralizing your holdings and not leaving your digital assets in centralized custody. 4. **Historical Precedents**: There have been numerous instances where exchanges have either gone bankrupt, been hacked, or failed to return users' funds. January 3rd serves as a practical reminder to avoid such fates by securing your assets in personal storage. Events like the FTX collapse underscore the risks of keeping substantial amounts of cryptocurrency on exchanges. 5. **Educational and Community Engagement**: This annual event also acts as an educational opportunity for newer users to learn about the importance of self-custody and how to manage their own wallets securely. It fosters community engagement by encouraging discussions on the importance of personal responsibility in cryptocurrency ownership. 6. **Anticipation of Regulatory Actions**: There's a concern among some Bitcoin advocates that future regulatory actions might restrict the ability to withdraw cryptocurrencies from exchanges to private wallets. Withdrawing on this day can be seen as a proactive measure against potential future restrictions. By participating in Proof of Keys Day, Bitcoin holders are not only securing their own assets but are also collectively contributing to the robustness and integrity of the Bitcoin network. Remember, while this day highlights the importance of these actions, the principles behind it apply year-round for secure cryptocurrency management.

In 2025 people will plug and play with lightning on their own node like no other. @Alby made it so easy…

The Dutch Amazon named Bol is the number one for books in the Netherlands and Belgium. The Dutch translations of “the bitcoin standard” and “principles of economics” are number 1&2 @Jeff Booth “the price of tomorrow” ended as number 3 for us. People that are starting their bitcoin journey will start at this platform to buy a book. And we are not the only seller over here. We know what happens when you’ve invested time to learn about bitcoin by buying a book yourself. It’s the path of many bitcoiners. Studying bitcoin remains critical. For the upcoming year we expect the Dutch translation of @Aaron van Wirdum “the genesis book” to become number one…

Seedfans back in stock

Seedfan – Bitcoin Brabant

A specific merry Xmas to @WantClue. We’ve sent hundreds of people to his webflasher. And have had the link incorporated with the bitaxes on our website from the start. Also his workshop he held for the Dutch plebs was pure 🔥. Watch a part of it back via:

Is it too much to ask for a 6 more lightning transactions before the end of the year? Over 400 orders paid with bitcoin is a milestone. While we also started to accept dirty fiat again after a few years of being cut-off… Thanks @Lightning Checkout for making this possible. Oh and btw, we don’t hold these funds, we directly buy new stock from it. So there’s no use in trying to scam us, we’re poor maximalists without a sat but very satisfied.

Yes we also ship on Saturdays… @SeedSigner @FREE Madeira @skot9000 another batch of bitaxes, a lot of bitcoin books and the first new seedsigner package.

Open Source needs investment and we wanted to make it special. You can use the foam with the logos, it’s amazing. Our stickers and packaging finally hit the low time preference benchmark for us. Took us 8 months to get to this point.

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Open source packaging. We will win. #bitaxe @SeedSigner @skot9000

Gifts 🎁

We have been testing the bitchimney for many weeks now. We imported them from the US and a critical bug was found. Multiple machines were broken in the testing process. Now we needed to do an update, one of our friends who insisted on getting a few already, wrote an automatic updater to make life easy… Bitcoiners are amazing. We still don’t have the product on our webshop yet. We are giving it another week of thorough testing. The pictures by our pro photographer are ready though 🔥

GitHub

GitHub - marsmensch/AltairBitcoinChimneyFans: A postman collection & environment to adjust the settings on a luxOS miner (eg Altair BitChimney)

A postman collection & environment to adjust the settings on a luxOS miner (eg Altair BitChimney) - marsmensch/AltairBitcoinChimneyFans

Let’s address a claim directly. Someone sends an email, stating they can get products from your website at a cheaper price elsewhere. We say that is ok. The person insists on getting a certain order with specific details in the package. Quite some emails were sent up and down. The order was made for a very specific number of products. The day after DHL confirmed delivery we received an email: the package never arrived. So we started the process on both sides with DHL. We received confirmation from the delivery guy and DHL that the package was delivered. Directly the customer starts to threat with a lawyer and killing our webshop via ACM and Webwinkelkeur if we don’t deliver the package (again) or give the money back. Letters were directly being sent by a lawyer. As we now have received double confirmation from DHL, we simply can’t do this. Otherwise we have to give the money back or resend the package for every person that claims a package did not arrive while it did… So now a new x account has been created in October, this account below. Today we started to receive emails from webwinkelkeur, suppliers (where we have years long relationships with) and other people that they are receiving emails and messages that we are “breaking the law”. Our lawyer simply asked us to not respond, because we are not. But now that we are starting to receive negative reviews and seeing these online posts from a fresh account we’re starting to get worried about the intentions of this “person”. Does the bitcoin community have further advise on this?

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If you zap us, or we zap you. Understand we are now using @Alby hub for it. We have opened quite some channels and looking forward to up the zapping. People that have bought with us and post pics of their setups or even just the package or post about it are to be zapped. It’s like after delivery discount 🔥😂

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