Running Fulcrum 2.0 in the best #Bitcoin wallet there is, @npub1hea9...g9v2's #Sparrow . Thanks @Vibrant for the #ASCII art tip! 💪🫡🏴‍☠️

Ready to run Bitcoin Core v30 and make the knotzis go wild? Check out my A-to-Z setup for a bare-metal Bitcoin Core v30.0 node. I cover the full stack: 🔸 dbcache optimization 🔸Bare-metal Ubuntu 24.04 install 🔸 dual NVMe + HDD storage config 🔸 GPG verification (DO NOT SKIP) 🔸 tmux for IBD ➡️ systemd service Don't be a lazy cunt, run a node. expatriotic.me/bitcoin

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I actually love living in Thailand because I can live off of cash and bitcoin solely. No need to ever use Visa or QR. Last bastian of cash it feels like. Going to Building on Bitcoin Space Friday for their ⚡market. Local vendors selling their wares for ⚡. Taking my son. View quoted note →

I made a guide with practical examples of how to use the terminal. Useful even if you've been using the terminal for a while.

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Terminal Tips

Learn to use the terminal like a sysadmin. This guide explains why and when to use commands like ls, grep, ssh, and systemctl with practical examples.

Anyone know how the P2P liquidity is for India and Philippines respectively? Got a Filipina friend working in India that I'm onboarding personally to #Bitcoin. Absolute beginner.

"Many of the emails are likely from data breach or exposed by the user" Um no, I use unique emails for everything, this has not been used anywhere else and I still got a reset email. View quoted note →

Anyone have any context on this?

**The super hack is to:** 1. copy & paste what you want to add to the config file. 2. get your cursor to the front of the portion to be replaced/deleted 3. `Ctrl` + `6` 4. `Ctrl` + `e` 5. `Ctrl` + `k` 6. `Ctrl` + `x` 7. `y` + [enter] View quoted note →

If you've ever used **nano** to edit a config file or dot (.) file, you should check out my mini-guide.

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Nano Editor Tips

Need to edit files in the terminal? This simple Nano text editor cheat sheet covers essential commands for beginners like save, exit, cut, paste, a...

It's a work in progress. The guides are modular vs a mega-guide approach. Hence why there's no walkthrough for the #Bitcoin or #Monero node yet. Soon ™️ View quoted note →

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Just dropped a new guide series for running a #Bitcoin or #Monero node. Heavily inspired by the—probably superior—work of @Vibrant and his latest guide:

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How to Run a Bitcoin Node

Learn to Build a verifiable, Tor‑ready Bitcoin Node stack

My guides cover hardware, router, and the bare-metal install:

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Server Setup

Build a headless Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server. This guide shows how to ditch passwords and SSH keys, using Tailscale for both secure network overlay and...

To every person who told me to just spin up a VPS with AWS. Yeah, no. Thank God I didn't listen. Got my home lab chuggin' along. Shill me your favorite thing to self host. For me it's Vaultwarden. Really enjoying it.

That feeling when AWS shits the bed but you got your home lab cookin' cc: @Tailscale for the good vibes #homelab #aws #diy

That feeling when your 4-year-old says, "daddy, you cook so good" 🥰😍

Xubuntu's site serving a crypto clipper is a critical reminder: A SHA256 hash is useless when the server is compromised. Attackers change the hash, too. You MUST verify the GPG signature. Here's how to do it right:

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Verifying Software Tips

Thorough guide to verifying your software downloads, using Ubuntu LTS as our main example.

#DontTrustVerify #OpSec #GPG #Xubuntu

Isn't it ironic that FOSS tools like GitHub and VSCode are Microsoft? Microsoft... That bullshit company. 🤔