🥷pirate🦜smith🏴‍☠️

been going to church for about the last year, which is something new in my life. i like it except for the kneeling - hurts my back a little. but maybe that's the point, to make a small sacrifice. it's like a weekly reset where i get outside of myself and focus on Christ. A weekly time set aside to recognize what He gave for me. it's humbling and I've grown to appreciate it.

opened my etsy shop jollyrogerleather.etsy.com take a quick look at the leather pieces i have for sale - helmet chin strap, bunker belt and custom wolf themed belt

i created a patent this week and I'm working on selling the idea. it's a unique, magnetic, adjustable and quick-release helmet chin strap https://jollyrogerleather.etsy.com/listing/1882075405 help me get some exposure for my idea with a like and a repost

has the world's high iq record holder figured out nostr yet? younghoon kim... when's he gonna shill his 2nd bitcoin over here?

x is getting lame - the grifting is non-stop. it's like everything, everywhere is a grift. i appreciate a long walk with a decent podcast where I'm not being sold. or with a cigar on the porch and a cup of coffee. this is a strange existence we have created.

3 successful bisq trades and 1 failed because i disconnected. I'm pretty happy with bisq. if you aren't using it when trading Bitcoin, you should really try it. I'm going to migrate it to my Linux desktop so it stays online. there's supposed to be a mobile app too that integrates notifications. use bisq and get off centralized exchanges

I'm pretty excited to use bisq. if you haven't used it yet, i highly recommend. centralized exchanges are a huge point of failure. imagine leaving your btc on the exchange w/self custodial exchange service! backing up your account ensures you keep your coins. and no more paper Bitcoin exchange IOUs and price suppression. stop using centralized exchanges! there's no reason for it anymore with bisq.

i need to fix my llm. initially i set up the prompt to be super sarcastic. but it's getting old. i just want a regular, uncensored model.

BT is pretty gay, for the same reason streaming is gay. I'm sick and tired of ads. i realize the service needs to be monetized to function. but Bitcoin doesn't. nostr doesn't. bittorrent doesn't. bisq doesn't. decentralization doesn't seem to need ads. i just feel out of sync with Twitter. if anyone has hacks or suggestions for curating my nostr feed, I'm all ears

i need to work on curating my feed...

nostr is more interesting than x for posting because apparently deleting isn't a guarantee.

I'm currently working on getting my airbnb setup again for rentals. as an attraction and benefit, I'd like to add a Jacuzzi. But one of the challenges, as well as attractions to my location is that is snows in late winter posing a significant additional cost to heating the spa. my plan is to put in a geothermal ground loop to keep the water even keel, then add solar to the house and a small Bitcoin mining operation to heat the spa water. that seems like the most cost effective, long term solution to having a Jacuzzi outdoors. i have to pencil it all out, but i think that would offset all of the costs if i did all of the installation. more to come...

just spent a grand on a business idea that I've always to do: custom branded belts and leather merch (wallets, purses, keychains, etc) and I've only made a few belts. this is a big step for me. i think i could make a reputation for making high quality leather belts and goods for organizations looking for products that are on brand. it's a very niche product and market. I'm pretty excited because i think it's going to be a challenge that i can solve. I'm thinking of ways i can document my journey on nostr.

I'm reading a book that suggests one of the reasons America won the space race was because of geographic location: rockets lifting off from Florida require less thrust than rockets from Russia🤯

what happens to a utxo in the future when #bitcoin tx fees exceed the value to the utxo? we say those are useless, and to save your utxos so you don't have a problem in the future with #utxo #management. but that situation creates a very possible use case: what if a nation state takes a large sum of bitcoin and divides it up into utxos that can't be transferred on-chain (utxos the size of 100, 500, 1000, 2000) then prints each utxo private key on a promissory note so they can be transferred physically off-chain? each note could be verified at the time of tranfer and transferring the value on-chain would result in the destruction of that utxo. the nation state would essentially back their entire currency system with an amount of btc that determines the exchange rate, and they would only need to peg their physical cash, not their entire currency market cap. it would essentially eliminate counterfeit cash and preserve all on-chain tx fees, while backing their monetary system with a hard, finite asset. would love to get some feedback on this idea

wish primal would render the animated gifs in my pfp and banner 😐