The first two tutorials in the "Bitcoin is Money" series are out with accompanying blog posts containing links, prompts, sources, and all the code you need ⚡ Node setup guide:

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Start9 Node Setup on Blake2b Bitcoin

Set up a Start9 node for main chain Bitcoin with Knots and for Blake2b Bitcoin: hardware, verifying StartOS, bootable USB, HTTPS, Tor, DBCache and ...

Wallet setup guide:

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Shrike Wallet Setup: Blake2b & Main Chain

Connect Shrike Wallet to your Start9 node for Blake2b Bitcoin, create a strong random passphrase, test your backup, and set up Sparrow Wallet on ma...

More tutorials on decentralizing Bitcoin and using it as money coming soon (mining Blake2b and eCommerce next) ⚡

Jeff Booth and Matthew Kratter sometimes look at Bitcoin from different angles, and I find both of their perspectives to be incredibly enlightening. From different approaches, we are all building the same thing together: Bitcoin as money (with everything that entails).

Slowing down on YouTube for the summer to finish an article series (coming end of June) and to typeset the interior of the #Portuguese edition of Beyond Money. The translation was done by Sandra Simões, a professional translator with decades of experience. She had heard about Bitcoin but wasn't really familiar with how aligned it was with her values when she came to my first in-person Bitcoin education meetup end of 2024. Sandra has stuck around to learn more about it ever since. She was already years deep into spirituality and personal development when Bitcoin found her, so when she offered to translate Beyond Money, a book that lives right at that intersection, there really was only one person made for the task. I'm incredibly grateful for the care, attention to detail, and decades of experience she put into crafting the final draft in her native language. Her approach also keeps all the writing Ai-free, even in Portuguese. All of this was a labour of human love :) Além do Dinheiro will be a very limited print run, so if you want to secure your softcover copy, pre-orders are open at

Edição impressa em português (Pré-encomenda) | BEYOND MONEY

Pré-encomenda: envio previsto no início de 2027 Idioma: português europeu Tradutora: Sandra Simões, tradutora profissional com décadas de expe...

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eBook edição em português (Pré-encomenda) | BEYOND MONEY

Pré-encomenda: envio previsto no início de 2027 Idioma: português europeu Tradutora: Sandra Simões, tradutora profissional com décadas de expe...

PS. The "program your own Nostr algorithm" tutorial I mentioned in my last video is still coming this summer, just on its own timeline rather than a fixed schedule.