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Not a Polar Bear, who went from Electronics -> Software -> Databases -> Monetary Systems.
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
Help needed! The committee of my choir are threatening to close its #Bitcoin payment rails. I need to show there is support for Bitcoin out there. So I have added the choir on BTCMap ( ) and added a page on the choir website (https://chorale21.org.uk/bitcoin) So please… Donations of any size would help keep these fiat naysayers at bay. Go to our website or use our lightning address: chorale21@coincorner.io Peace and love
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
I’m curious to know how it will all end (aka develop into a new peaceful world order). Right now the “haves” are doing alright; they own solid assets such as gold, real estate and #Bitcoin. The “have nots” are struggling, living week to week and gradually turning to lawlessness (I cite shoplifting of what one might call basic goods from stores to back this up). I can only see this division becoming more extreme before… what? Should I transfer assets to a bank vault? Hire a security guard? Do I have to buy a shotgun? Should I text a fence tipped with razor wire? How do we transition to the peaceful uplands? Any thoughts out there?
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
Round and round it goes, where it ends everyone knows. #Bitcoin image
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
GM. I know it’s kind of sad to check the price of #Bitcoin in the morning but some days it really perks me up.
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
It’s pleasing that some UK politicians are now on Nostr - well done @Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA. However, It’s hard to find party affiliations on either his Nostr profile or his website. 🤔 To save you having to search: he was a Conservative MP who lost High Wycombe to Labour in 2024
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
Here is the full text of Satoshi Nakamoto’s #Bitcoin white paper. You might have to zoom in to read it, but as a general rule for Bitcoin it’s better if you zoom out. image
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
Help! An update concerning our choir and members of the committee who are worried about #Bitcoin. One opinion was that “a drug dealer from Guatemala might send us 1,000 Bitcoins” and we would be done for money laundering. I have been asked to remove the lightning QR code!! First, apologies to all Guatemalans. Second, I would love it if anyone felt like making a small donation to the choir at https://chorale21.org.uk/news/a-21st-century-choir.
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
@Alby is an awesome #Bitcoin Lightning setup (Hub and Go). I set it up but how to transfer all Sats from @Wallet of Satoshi (sorry guys) to this new, more self-sovereign home? I wanted to transfer everything but was told I had to leave 3% behind for Lightning fees. The answer, transfer 90%, and then 90% of the remainder, etc, etc. Eventually I was left needing to transfer 20 Sats which took zero fees. I’ll keep WoS as a super simple demo for when I’m orange pilling people (please don’t judge me) and for accepting Sats from those who have my WoS address.
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
"A trillion computers, doing a trillion computations, every trillionth of a second, for a trillion years, is still [not enough to hack Bitcoin]" — Andreas Antonopolous
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
Thought for the weekend: Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana.
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SomersetBen 1 year ago
Some friends and I have set up a choir (chorale21.org.uk). It’s going nicely and now I’ve added a QR code for Bitcoin donations. A committee member has raised a concern that “people ...might be interested in utilizing the bit coin aspect to take advantage of the choir”. It’s going to be a long slow journey…