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Progressive bitcoiner. Building and using decentralized tools that matter. Working on Bitcoin-backed loans at Firefish.io. 🐠
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mbarulli 11 months ago
Stasera #SatoshiSpritz a Rimini. Il mio primo in Italia dopo tanti anni e dopo tanti Bitcoin Meetup (o meglio Bitcoin Stammtisch) bavaresi. image
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mbarulli 11 months ago
image La mia mappatura degli utilizzatori italiani di Nostr prosegue implacabile. Finora ne ho raccolti 153 in questa lista. 😄 Dovresti esserci anche tu, ma ancora non ci sei? Rispondi qui e ti aggiungerò. Conosci altri che dovrebbero essere inseriti in questo elenco? Taggali e riposta questa nota, grazie! === I'm relentlessly chasing Italian-speaking users on Nostr. So far I've collected 153 of them in this list. 😄 Should you too be in the list? Reply here and I'll add you. Do you know of others who should be included? Tag them and repost this note, thank you! View article → #nostritalia #grownostr #asknostr #Italia #Italy
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mbarulli 11 months ago
Would you encourage your teenage daughter/son to join Nostr? I’d love to bring the whole family here, but I want to be cautious. Would you be concerned about the potential risks linked to the lack of content moderation? (harassment, bullying, exposure to harmful content, …) Centralized platforms like Instagram offer “teen accounts” with stronger safety settings that limit unwanted contacts, inappropriate content, etc. They often require parents to supervise the account and authorize less protective safety settings. Would it be possible to replicate some of these safety measures in Nostr? Is there any NIP out there addressing this? Could the Bitcoin concept of hierarchical deterministic wallets be adapted to Nostr? A (literally!) 'parent' account could potentially manage 'child' accounts with limitations like whitelists, blacklists, messaging and content restrictions. What do you think? #asknostr image
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mbarulli 11 months ago
Coinbase now allows customers to use their bitcoins as collateral for loans. While this sounds straightforward, the process can be more involved. 1. Your BTC is converted into Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC). 2. cbBTC is transferred to Morpho, an Ethereum-based lending protocol. 3. You receive USDC stablecoins in your Coinbase wallet. 4. You likely need to convert USDC to fiat currency. 5. Finally, you withdraw fiat from Coinbase to your bank account. Alternatively, you could use Firefish.io: 1. Your BTC is locked as collateral in an on-chain escrow. 2. Fiat currency is directly transferred to your bank account. Get in touch if this second option sounds interesting to you. #loans #coinbase #firefish
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mbarulli 0 years ago
I’ve recently noticed an overlap among two communities: bitcoiners and members of the FIRE movement (Financial Independence Retire Early). While most prominent FIRE advocates are against Bitcoin, some FIRE members have been stacking sats and enjoying the acceleration in their saving plans. For those, the central question became “how many bitcoin should I own to retire?” Several calculators exist to answer this question, all assuming you will generate retirement income by selling your BTC stack over time. (see: or https://unchained.com/retirement-calculator/) However, I’d like to offer a different perspective: you might never sell your bitcoins, and still be able to retire and leave most of your stack to your heirs. How is that even possible? Simple answer: rolling bitcoin-backed loans. I've created a simulator that demonstrates how the total amount of BTC held as collateral for the loans decreases over time. The simulator currently models 5 years, but its timeframe can be easily extended.