As someone in the old trades (locksmith in my case) I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the work of all of the glorious and innovative devs that are working so tirelessly toward securing my wealth with bitcoin and my freedom of speech with nostr. Also, all of you econ analysts out there, you rock. And for you memesters, keep making those hilarious jokes. All in all, I'm grateful that there's a "here" for me to be.

Too often in conversation I find myself having to say, "I'm not telling you what to do, I'm telling you what I'm doing."

I've been interested in Bitcoin since about 2010. I've owned some since a about 2015. I've known about the existence of the Lightening Network for about a year and a half. I'm now watching a video about setting up a node. I'm always behind where I feel like I should be. But, it seems like I'm still ahead of the curve. Thanks nostriches for showing me the light(ening).

Proof of Pork?

Does anyone know of any nostriches who are talking firearms yet? I would like to follow them. I love bitcoin and have for years, and I love the censorship resistance of nostr, but I also love shooting and firearms. It would be nice to be able to add that to my feed.

Some days...

Generally speaking, other than the use of BTC, what are people's plans for a worldwide economic decline (however that may play out)? In perspective, I was raised during the end of the Child War by older parents who were born into impoverished families during the Depression. I was kind of raised with "yep, embrace the suck and you better have skills of you want to come out on the other side of this okay" world view. But, that doesn't mean I've thought everything through. I'm sure that I haven't. I'm sure that I'm not clever enough to see everything that should be obvious. So, what, if anything, are you all thinking? Obviously, I'm not asking for details. I'm just looking for a conversation and ideas.

I've heard it said that "Bitcoin is Proof of Work. Fiat is Proof of War." Not only do I find this to be brutally true, I (like I think many of us do) think we're likely to see a lot of expansion of the true fiat backing in the coming months and years. But, maybe after this phase of geopolitics slows we'll see a time in which Proof of Work can make the Proof of War fiat undesirable for the majority of the world.