Today we had an interesting talk with a customer that bought multiple signers and multiple backup plates. The question was regarding data. We have explained this more often, but maybe we need to recap this:
- we delete all order data that is linked to you, this means name, address, e-mailadres, phone, ip address
- we save the order number with what was ordered so we can find the specific order back if there is something about it, as we don’t hold additional data we can’t every reach out to you. No newsletters, no bullshit, no reaching out for whatever, ever after you received your order
- if you chose regular shipping we manually put the order in the shippers website, this because it’s then not linked to an account with the shipper. For multiple years we’ve asked shippers about their security, and basically everyone has access to shipping data accounts. Also shipping accounts are not possible to 2FA. So we simply input every order manually. Next to that every unencrypted API to your website is a risk too.
- if you chose private shipping we put stamps on it, write the address on the package by hand and throw it in our local postbox, fully anonimous but it has no tracking. And you have to trust it doesn’t get lost on the way…
It’s still unbelievable how many people order with fiat. All your data is shared including order details with the payment provider. We still warn people that checkout with us and we put a premium for the additional cost, but people in general still find it too much work to use Lightning in ~50% of the orders. How can we improve this?
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Second 15 second video:
Our Noderunner friend just created two 15 second clips for us. What do you think?
On Friday the 4th of April we will interview @AVB ( #BitcoinVillain ) and people joining the meetup can ask questions directly. Make sure you RSVP on meetup. Or don’t if you just want to join us and pay your drinks with bitcoin. 

Meetup
Bitcoin Eindhoven Meetup, Fri, Apr 4, 2025, 4:00 PM | Meetup
Every first Friday of the quarter some bitcoiners meet in the wild at the Bitcoin Eindhoven Meetup.
As from **16h00** the venue is open and first ...
People are hoarding @Foundation passports. What is happening?
How to mount the new bitaxe stands:
We just received our first batch of EU manufactured bitaxe gammas. This is a very special device, as the stand is also a heatsink. It’s amazing to see how much development we’ve seen in a year. And now that we are ramping up, we have added some new options for the pleb tinkerers. Now there is a special stand section and we’ve added these EU top quality manufactured devices with the northbridge cooler and Noctua fan. Bitaxe Gamma Silent

Bitaxe Gamma Silent – Bitcoin Brabant

So we had a lot of discussions with @jack's lead at block. We submitted our teams details and we really hoped to be able to test at our many locations and would be able to remain in the loop. Also to bridge with the bitaxe movement and see where we can head from here. The last conversation was unfortunately never picked up again as our contact left block at that time (May 24). She did ask us if our webshop (receiving bitcoin payments every day) was going to add USDC… but anyway didn’t want to dox her, so deleted name and picture. It would be great if, in some kind of way, we could follow where block is with the development. Does anyone have any update? So we might be able to use different chips or create different setups for our upcoming boiler and grid balancing installations… 

We have been importing Bitaxes from the USA for quite a while now. Currently they are holding one box of 100 pieces at customs and ask us to pay €3916,- import tax and additional administration fees of €94,78. It looks like we have to directly stop imports from US if they are starting to go like this. We still have stock.
On a beautiful side note, we’ve created a special bitaxe page on our website and are starting to throw more options on there for the lovers. Tomorrow we’ll start listing our first EU build bitaxes to, so stay tuned. https://bitcoinbrabant.com/product-categorie/bitaxe/


@COLDCARD Q black and normal finally back in stock:
Coldcard Q
Coldcard Q – Bitcoin Brabant
Today we celebrate with a special discount code: “rossisfree”. 

Did you know you can use Artivive with the Noderunner’s mining pool flyer? @Brinkie Noderunner
Finally we are back in stock!! GAMMA’s are here. And we’ve asked for something special. These gammas are now not only equipped with the micro fan pin, but also the large fan pin for all you tweakers out there. Bitaxe Gamma @skot9000 
Bitaxe Gamma – Bitcoin Brabant

Run your own node! We have started building our own
@BitcoinBrabant
Start OS instance. Something that has been our goal since #700.000. We've throughout the years supported and helped many people with their nodes, but now we are focussing on this product. Please let us know if you have any improvements or questions. Every node we sell $10,- is donated to start OS for their open source development. Please note that we will not be an official reseller as we don't sell the official device server. We deliver our own support to this product. We have communicated this with
@matts
and he understood why we are bringing our own hardware after years of trying to bring the right node to the market. Our decision to not import the servers from Matt directly is because of the cost basis. Importing these nodes from the US was simply too costly. This way we can bring the best sovereign compute to the EU for a great price. He has explicitly asked us to not use his company name in our marketing. Therefore we call it the BitcoinBrabant Sovereign Start OS Node ;)
Please don't hesitate to buy directly from the manufacturer or from the official resellers, we just want to make node running and sovereign compute more affordable.
Bitcoin Brabant Sovereign Start OS Node – Bitcoin Brabant
Since the workshop by Wantclue our Noderunner team was very enthusiastic to start of professional Bitaxe special builds. After months of testing and optimising it's finally here. We have a couple in stock of each and will manufacture on demand, with delivery times expected to be maximum two weeks.
We really proud that the community is building these amazing, top performing devices.
https://bitcoinbrabant.com/product-categorie/bitaxe/ 

Added a new feature when you order with us. A large number of signing devices, seal bags, backup solutions and books fit in letterbox format.
You can now choose to have us send it in the Netherlands with stamps. This means no tracking, but also no data with the shipper… This could also mean your package gets lost on the way… it’s all trade offs. 

Waiting so many weeks for hundreds of bitaxes, still having 800 adapters in stock, waiting for weeks on 48 black and standard coldcards to be delivered, hassle with customs about a pallet of 150 foundation passports. Every second we have paid stock sitting around we lose bitcoin. And tbh we know we’ll keep on losing bitcoin, we have the purpose to spread sovereignty. If we wanted more bitcoin we should have kept our fiat jobs… The thing is, after the ledger hack, after seeing so many scams we wanted to become a trusted advisor and vendor. We believe we have a place in this ecosystem, even though we lose bitcoin through it. We’re here to meme bitcoin into hyperbitcoinization! And only through sovereign people this can be reached. Don’t forget that you are your bitcoin! 

>150 @Foundation passports back in stock. 🔥 Foundation Passport 
Foundation Passport Core Stealth – Bitcoin Brabant

Tokyo tv coming to film bitcoin heated tulips. There will be signs at the airport 😂 

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