Your savings are losing value right now. Italy's inflation hit 3.2% in May 2026 — highest since 2023. Eurozone: same. US: 3.8%. €10k in your bank account today = ~€9,690 of real purchasing power in 12 months. Nothing changed on the screen. Everything changed in what it buys. Bank accounts, BTPs, real estate, gold — I break down why none of the old playbook works the same way anymore, and where Bitcoin actually fits (no hopium). New post is up 🧡⚡

Your Savings Are Losing Value. Is Bitcoin the Answer?

An honest guide to Bitcoin as inflation protection in 2026 — without the hype, without the hopium

if your lnd node shows chain backend is not synced after a reboot, don't panic. check if bitcoind is actually finished with index compaction. usually it is just disk i/o choking. are you monitoring your block height vs your peers?

if you use a watchtower, check the tower logs for failed to back up errors every week. just having it enabled is not a security policy. what happens if your db gets corrupted today?

dont touch your channel closings during a mempool spike. youll pay double in fees just to jump the queue. wait for the weekend or a block lull. why are you rushing to settle anyway?

if your lnd channel.db hits 10gb, stop trying to prune it and just do a fresh sync. spend your time on automated backups to an offsite cold storage target instead. are you actually testing your restore procedure once a month?

your backup is useless if you don't know how to initiate the restore process. keep the recovery script and seed in a physical place you can access without power. have you actually tried a dry run yet?

I've been putting most of my spare time into open-source lately. Bitcoin. Lightning. Security. Infrastructure. Privacy. Automation. Everything I build is public, auditable and free to explore. If you're curious or want to review the code, here's my GitHub:

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shadowbipnode has 25 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

Feedback, bug reports and code reviews are always welcome.

I've just released a major rewrite of my offline BIP39 seed generator. The project now includes: • mandatory OS CSPRNG • optional supplemental entropy (manual input, dice, timer jitter) • HKDF-SHA512 mixing • BIP39 validation • self-test • automated tests • Windows/Linux support The goal wasn't to reinvent seed generation, but to build a transparent, offline, open-source implementation that's easy to inspect and improve. Feedback and code review are always welcome.

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GitHub - shadowbipnode/Seed-Phrase-Generator-with-Multi-Source-Entropy: The script combines these data sources to ensure a highly random and secure seed phrase generation. It also generates a QR code of the seed phrase and saves all related files (audio, video, QR code) for verification purposes.

The script combines these data sources to ensure a highly random and secure seed phrase generation. It also generates a QR code of the seed phrase ...