🧡NEEDcreations is stacking sats & listening to EDM

Idk where my zaps are coming from. Is that a problem? 😂

My health update. Full transparency #NEEDhealth 🟢🟢🟢🔴 2025 was red. I put back on all the weight I lost and more. I am at my all-time-high today. It sucks, but I have nothing to blame but myself! I have set some new goals, and I am committed to get back at it now. Bought some home-gym equipment. Taking up boxing again. Bought an air-fryer to cook more at home. Gonna create some routines and stick to them. Focusing on being more disciplined and saying NO to a lot more to things involving food/bad habbits... I'm not going to go crazy and burning out from workouts either, gonna just get in small workouts as consistent as I can, including lots of walking (pogo helps, and good music). Also going to get more serious about intermittent fasting again. That was going really well for me last year. Thanks for the encouragement and tips. I appreciate you guys and I will post more updates through 2026!

Well done! ⚡⚡🎵🎵

Has anyone got a guide on relay set up in 2025? Who is the btcsessions of nostr? I want to follow him

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My 1 month pleb Lightning Node update With minimal micromanagement and 11 total channels, these are my stats over after 1 month of routing Forwards = 728 Volume = 18,164,162 sats Average route = 24,951 sats Fees earned = 5,744 sats

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My Pleb Lightning Node update: ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ In less than a month, my pleb Lightning Tor routing node with only 10 channels has routed 315 transactions. Volume =12,879,127 sats Fees earned = 3,320 sats I will be back to post a full month update next week. Cheers! ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

Home Mining Update...Winter is coming! It's fall right now in New England, 41 degrees F outside right now at night. My Avalon Nano 3S doesn't produce enough heat for my entire apartment (my toes are freezing right now!) because it is too efficient of a machine (props to Canaan)! Therefore, I just had to turn on my S9. I'll be warm soon. I also have a Bitaxe Gamma going (negligible heat). In case anyone is curious, there's where I'm sending my hash: 1.1 Th/s from Bitaxe -> Solo public_pool @Public_Pool_BTC 1 Th/s from S9 -> Solo CK pool @ckpooldev 9 Th/s from S9 -> Ocean pool mining @ocean_mining I'm splitting my S9 hash using BraiinsOS @BraiinsMining I haven't calculated my pooled rewards yet because I literally just turned on my S9 right now. But I'll report back in a week on how many sats I'm earning per day (not accounting for electricity cost, of course). Also, I'm working on self-hosting an instance of Public_Pool and also will soon be "non-pool" mining through my Start9 server with Datum Gateway. Work in progress

On today's episode of NEED runs a node from his @start9labs home server... - I purchased some inbound liquidity using @getAlby Hub. This was really cool and definitely wasn't this easy back when I was running a node just 2 years ago! Alby Hub has so many great features and ways to connect to other Lightning apps/wallets. ✅ - I moved a good chunk of on-chain sats to my node in anticipation of opening a few channels. I'll be opening first to @predyx_markets to continue my support of their awesome Lightning-enabled platform! ⚡️✅ - I did my first server wide backup including all apps. Not trivial, but again, easy-to-follow instructions are included by Start9, and so far, every single issue I've run into has been promptly solved after asking a question in their 24/7 live support Matrix forum ✅ - I followed more instructions to ensure I have a secure https local browser connection. ✅ - I found a nostr relay service in the Start9 registry marketplace - I'll be exploring these instructions soon so I can start my own nostr relay! This is all frickin' awesome and so empowering. Every Bitcoiner should run their own server and node. Do it!

Do you see this? Day 3 asking for help on which relays I should add and how to add them

3 days in a row posting on nostr. How am I doing?

This has been very helpful. Thank you everyone. I realize my problem with relays means that no one can even see my plea for help so I guess I'm infinitely just stuck here talking to myself. Yippee. Also, how is there not one single guide on nostr relays that exists online. What have you guys been doing? nostr:nevent1qqsw5xyh3dylmc7e6zkngqjxuzvgsckdczvl697nev6a5qq69k5wp6spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygpgf92fsnseha3pkx59dpuqdzgd9cnam58xckxpfeq7nc98xc4vecpsgqqqqqqsu5mudp

I can't zap anyone. What gives

which relays are good to add? honestly I have not changed or added any since I set this up years ago lol

And I don't see how to zap someone else from Damus? I'm on Android...

no idea if my zaps are working

GM. Today I learned how to remotely access my node over Tor through my phone...THROUGH MY PHONE... I WAS AWAY FROM HOME AND I COULD ACCESS ALL THE APPS ON MY START9. I'M NOT TECHNICAL AT ALL. WHAT IS LIFE?!

Very soon I will be running a Datum Gateway on @start9labs OS that will enable me to non-pool (solo) mine with my own Bitcoin Knots template on @ocean_mining. Once I figure this out, I will feel pretty cool. Never say you're not technical enough! #RunaNode

Hey nostr:nprofile1qqsxu35yyt0mwjjh8pcz4zprhxegz69t4wr9t74vk6zne58wzh0waycpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qg4waehxw309ahx7um5wghx77r5wghxgetk9uq3jamnwvaz7tmswfjk66t4d5h8qunfd4skctnwv46z7kjtacz are you in Orange Pill App yet??