Orange Dad

Thank nostr:nprofile1qqsfnnh6v3dspqtnwv3e46aed5k3nypyfx2wtet92ekg9szt3hr9k4qp8pmhxue69uhkc6t8dp6xu6twvuhxyetwvd5x7erjdanxvtnrdakj7mn0wd68ycmvd9jkuap0v9cxjtmkxyhhyetvv9uszynhwden5te0wp6hyurvv4cxzeewv4eslw8scv for the big jar, and the other goodies! 😀👊 As silly as this may sound, all I’ve done with it so far is spread it on toast, but that’s such a treat. I had to get some more. Absolutely #worththesats ! #circulareconomy #zapsnag

GM 😀👊☕️

#asknostr I just found @CsTominaga - S Tominaga - on Twitter. What's everyone's take on his #bitcoin takes? Here's what Grok thinks are the five biggest legit concerns he brings up: 1. Scalability Woes: BTC's base layer maxes at ~7 TPS in 2025, far from Visa's 65,000+ TPS needed for global cash—block size caps (1MB base, ~4MB with SegWit) force off-chain layers, killing true P2P micropayments without added risks. 2. LN Not Saving Us: Lightning Network capacity dropped ~20% to 4,200 BTC in 2025, showing adoption lags; it's growing for enterprises but can't hit mass scale without base fixes, turning BTC into "digital gold" only. 3. Security Time Bomb: Halvings cut miner rewards to 3.125 BTC/block; by 2060, subsidies near zero, relying on sky-high fees ($200+/TX) or risk hashrate drops and 51% attacks in a death spiral. 4. Declining Security Budget: BTC's security spend fell 40% over four years (CPI-adjusted), with smaller miners exiting and hashpower centralizing (96-99% blocks by six pools)—price can't pump forever to cover it. 5. Privacy Nightmare: Transparent ledger enables easy tracing and seizures; without scaling for fungible UTXOs, it's not cash-like—2025 privacy regs block progress, and tools like CoinJoin face delistings or

GM 😀👊☕️ I’m aiming to be kind, useful and grateful to have a full day of work. I love what nostr:nprofile1qqsgm8ftw7fsae2wc0jxltmhfhwsg8dmfe92xkk50sp93p9zsmwkt7spzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7typuqy said in her GM: “Have a great wednesday, enjoy your coffee, and do your work with a happy heart.” #coffeechain

Good morning 😀👊 ☕️ Some light reading to start the day 😂 #GM #coffeechain #bitcoin

Good day - so much to be greatful for. Nice dinner with then kids. I loved checking out nostr:nprofile1qqsxazmp7055p86ag7yayacz5sfkktkc6kp487vhtuwjtukfvr3gcksppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5q3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7srcrhj ‘s feed. I appreciate the zaps from folks, though for some reason those aren’t showing up on the #zaplog. #GN 😀👊☕️

For the educators at my kid’s schools, the sad reality is that the window for them to get a meaningful amount of bitcoin with the savings from their salary is closing fast. 😞 #bitcoin

TLDR: If you self custody #bitcoin, you’re early. 🫵 👊 I blessed to have a fantastic business coach. He’s likely smarter than me in terms of raw intellectually horsepower. He’s much smarter - and battle tested - when it comes to seeing how to both build and maintain my humble businesses. We’re planning the next 12-18 months for my current business and a new business via email before a call. He knows about bitcoin. I asked him to read a 4,000 word document - 16 min read - on the Power Curve and realistic price targets in the next 5 years as a way to frame why I want/need/must to go as hard as I can work wise the next 5 years. His concern is always that I’m working too much, but after some dark years in my 30s and 40s I have to work more than all of my college friends. And that’s fine. I like to work 😀 I offered to have him use part of the retainer for reading the document but he wanted to read it for his own education. So what follows is from an email before he’s read what I hope will be a convincing document. Not only was he into bitcoin in 2020-21 but he was mining it. With that as the backdrop, here is what he said… “Will read your bitcoin doc to have some further context for your larger life/business situation. I've been out of bitcoin world since 2021. Just getting back into it now by making small purchases when dips happen. Just a very low key hobby. I'm only spending an amount I'd be okay losing, which feels healthy for me personally. You know way more about BTC than I do at this point, but I was way down in that rabbit hole in 2020 and learned all I could at the time.  I'll say this once and then I won't bring it up again, because I don't want to give opinions on things that are outside of my wheelhouse: Bitcoin makes me nervous, and by extension, I'm a bit nervous about you putting too many eggs in the BTC basket. I just don't want to see you lose money you can't afford to lose.  Take that for what it's worth, knowing that you know more about BTC than I do and you have a much better sense of where things are headed.  When I was way down in the crypto rabbit hole a few years back, I saw a lot of people lose a lot of money when the bear market came in 2022. Maybe those people stayed in and just HODLed and now they're doing great. But the volatility of BTC stuck with me. I'm sure things have changed on many levels, so I probably have leftover fears from the 2020 - 2022 era.  Okay, I'll shut up about that now. This is outside of my zone of knowledge. :)” So you can see what a great guy he is and how he cares about me (and my family). I’m blessed to have him in my life. And… To me his buying isn’t much different than someone enjoying gambling in Las Vegas: you spend some to have some fun, hoping to double your money, but if you lose it all it’s no big deal because it was an amount you were willing to lose. Maybe that’s not fair, but that’s “bitcoin curious” and not “bitcoin convicted.” In the same email we’re talking about how expensive things are - housing, food l, college. Maybe I should have a decision about sound money in the document, but to me everyone knows that printer go brrrrrr and that the after sports practice Chipotle dinner is expensive since Covid because in part because of the stimulus checks we cashed. To be fair, I’m so new to bitcoin that I’ve only dealt with 15-20 percent drops, and the price has bounced back. But in every case I bought more, even if was a small amount, out of principle. Yen cary trade is all I’ve had to weather, and I know that was just a blip. All of this to say, you’re early. 👊 There are a few million people like him - smart, and who understand parts of Bitcoin - yet not only don’t they have a hardware wallet, they don’t have any exposure in an ETF. #bitcoin

GM 😀👊☕️ Walked the dog, played fetch until we lost the ball 😂 and took a cold shower. I’ll mediate later today. Going to do my best to replace the word “have” with “get” - I get to work today, I get to keep prepping to move in two weeks, etc. Have a great day! #coffechain #plebchain