Meanwhile Russia says bitcoin is too volatile to be included in its reserves. They may not HFSP (no way with so many natural resources), but they’d better off if they stacked. Although, unofficially, I’m sure they do.

Can’t they make more laws making more cases for why your coins are illegitimate and should be confiscated into the SBR? GM

No wonder when every single banking app shoves “investments” down your throat with omnipresent ads with signup bonuses and free shares like the worst online casinos. View quoted note →

If Tether freezes all Russian wallet addresses, that’ll be epic. Disappointing, too. But a great showcase of why there is no second best. Bitcoin only. View quoted note →

Ouch! Tether has reportedly blocked Garantex's wallets, freezing **2.5 billion RUB**. Trading on the exchange’s platform has been temporarily halted due to "technical maintenance." In an official statement, Garantex shared: *"We are temporarily suspending all services, including cryptocurrency withdrawals, while our team works to resolve this issue. We are fighting and will not give up! Please note that all USDT held in Russian wallets is currently at risk."* Garantex is the largest exchange with ruble volumes.

What do you know: I tried padel today and I liked it! Regular tennis seemed a bit too big to start, table tennis too small. Padel is something in the middle. Fun!

They don’t want to stop Russia from being an “aggressor”, they want Russia to stop being. But a quick check in history books shows that it’s impossible. View quoted note →

You know what sucks? Being nauseous in the backseat of a car when I look anywhere but the road ahead. Can’t read, can’t scroll, can’t even reply to a message normally. One thing is certain: I won’t be on the market for self-driving cars.

Bitcoiners should rejoice at all the state-sponsored shitcoinery because it gives them more time to stack cheaper sats. The indolent masses are being fed garbage so that the one and only ends up with those know and appreciate it.

The shitcoiner’s goal is to become filthy rich. That’s it. That’s the meaning of his life. People worry about them more than they should. GM

Hard to be a patriot if you become convinced that the world is a playground for a few competing transnational clans, and countries are merely assets that may change hands. But there are advantages to this worldview, too.

I use Claude as my AI developer agent (because that’s what Replit uses). But I also use Deepseek R1 is my “CTO”. When Claude is stuck and cannot figure out how to do something, I will ask for my CTO’s opinion and — kaboom! — Claude thanks me for the great suggestions and finishes the task! Incredible!

Me: My app is ready! But… can it scale? AI Agent: Not really. If only you separated all these processes into separate workers… Now I understand why things take time to launch.

Umbrel already offers to run an LLM but I don’t want to strain its resources. I think within a couple of years self-hosted AI boxes with open-source models will be ubiquitous.

Another country has added bitcoin to their strategic reserve! GM View quoted note →

I think my AI agent gets tired together with me. Time for a break.

Can’t stop developing. “Huh, maybe this feature is also useful for my MVP. So I don’t have to do it later!”

I have learned this bitter truth over the past few years. View quoted note →

The UAE have solved the call spam problem pretty easily: a centralized registry of no-call phone numbers to which you can add your number from your provider’s mobile app. Anybody who wants to call you to offer services or goods has to check your number against the database. If it’s there, they can’t call. Penalties for those who do. It’s simple, and it works. I get zero spam over the phone. Meanwhile, I get so many spam calls in Russia that I have to put my phone in the “block anyone not in my contacts” mode.

Sometimes, it’s good to break the cycle and try something new. GM