It’s been this way for a couple of months. X is completely useless. One of the best products ever built. Before it was censorship of right wing voices that threatened it. Musk really did save it. But now the censorship is way worse - anything that is not about Minneapolis is buried. The network effect has been gutted. The worst product team fuckup I’ve seen in a long time.

The storm was not fake news. None of this is snow. All ice in Texas.

2026 is going to be huge for Zaprite. Our Event and Tickets product came out of the womb with a full head of hair and teeth, but we’re adding native ticket transfers, and easier ticket issuance for event organizers. The API gets better every week, integrations with excellent Bitcoin wallets continues to expand (also fiat integrations like quickbooks just launched) and the invoicing product is being adopted by companies that don’t even prioritize bitcoin payments. However, I’m most excited for expanding bitcoin’s peer-to-peer native abilities in 2026. I seriously love what I get to do.

There is endless silver in Mexico.

In December of 1835, Davey Crockett having lost his congressional seat in Tennessee and saying to his supporters: “You may all go to hell, I will go to Texas”; is making his way across Arkansas. He picks up a few followers along the way, getting to Texas with 15 companions from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. He’s looking for Sam Houston, another Jacksonian he’s previously met, and orders…

In December of 1835, Texans actually take control of Texas. Skirmishes from October and November turn into wins with full blow sieges like the one in San Antonio that breaks December 6th. But the Texans are beating frontier troops while Santa Anna raises an obscenely large army in Mexico City to deal with the rebellion.

GM Claude Code, we’ve got some important work to do…

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends. You’re all survivors of risky inside 2020 gatherings of over 2 hours.

Bitdevs at Bitcoin Park Austin is shaping up to be a banger tonight. Come early for a few drinks before we dive into v30 and much more.

Meetup

Bitcoin Park Austin | Meetup

A community supported campus in Austin, TX focused on grassroots freedom tech adoption and a home for bitcoiners to work, learn, collaborate, and b...

The bear market can’t catch you if you have a freezer full of of steaks. This is financial advice.

I miss Mutiny wallet.

Scott Ballew just released Paradiso, his fourth self written/self produced album. The most Texas Texan in Texas and one of my best friends. Check it out!

Spotify

Paradiso - Album by Scott Ballew | Spotify

Scott Ballew · album · 2025 · 8 songs

It is a sweet mercy for your favorite college football team to be eliminated from contention early in the season.

While we’ve had the integration for a while, fun to see Coinkite showing off earning bitcoin directly to cold storage.

COINKITE Blog

Earn Sats Straight to Cold Storage with Zaprite and COLDCARD

Earn Sats Straight to Cold Storage with Zaprite and COLDCARD

Charging/paying for events, meetups etc… with bitcoin is pretty bad. So we took our Zaprite checkout and applied it to a simple and powerful new ticketing platform native to Zaprite.

Zaprite

Introducing Zaprite Event Tickets - Zaprite

Zaprite's Event Ticket product offers a fully end-to-end integrated ticketing option, from ticket issuance to payments, attendee check-ins and...

If you are planning a paid gathering of any kind, give it a try!

Happy Independence Day. The Cole’s are celebrating freedom in the mountains.

On April 3rd, 1836, the most consequential naval battle between the Texians and Mexicans occurred in the Gulf of America. Texians had to date been ineffectual in stopping Mexican supply lines, and it was critical to stop them as Houston drew Santa Anna further east. The Texas ship “The Invincible” - was anything but - pummeled the Mexican “Montezuma” after The Invincible maneuvered to run the Montezuma ashore before unleashing hell on the ship. Later the same day, the Invincible intercepted and American ship supplying Mexicans with weapons. These weapons were critical once rerouted to Houston’s army.

Elizabeth Warren (aka Pocohantas) has been running a protection racket for big banks in return for politically motivated hit jobs on individuals and businesses which she and the Biden administration disapprove. She kills their competition, they kill her political opponents.

Since at least 4chan, every uncensored public forum sheds leftist arguments within a year, or when the forum grows past low 100’s of thousands of users. Without severe moderation, socialist ideas collapse under the slightest scrutiny and retreat to heavily censored spaces.

Prior to Starlink, in 2016/17 I built this in the middle of nowhere Wyoming. Took me about 5 months to figure out. A cheap solar panel, a couple car batteries in a tool box, and microwave about 200 yds to receivers in n the house. Tried fiber lines etc…and always had power issues. Linked up to a cell tower about 19 miles away, and got ~15 mbps down. Never any downtime in 5 years. Then Starlink showed up and I plugged it in, kinda sorta pointed a dish up, and had 140 mbps down in like 3 minutes. Still amazed several years later.