Okay, let's see if I've managed to kick ReplyGuy from my relay, and whether I messed anything else in the process....

We have user data being processed for personalized leverage-based ads, and we have user data being processed to train AI so it "gets to know you better". For what other purposes have people given away rights to their data that have spectacularly backfired, perhaps even unbeknownst to them as seems to be the case with most examples?

Now we're getting it. Normalize Tor, this is the way. View quoted note →

If a business relies on Bitcoin, and implements geographical restrictions or other forms of discrimination and censorship, that business has already failed. View quoted note →

Been a long time coming, but finally moved all #hashpower to @OCEAN mining, with #Bolt12 payouts over #Lightning configured. Hope the disingenuous FPPS model dies over time. It's like trying to 'fix' a game of luck and skill.

I have to shoutout #RoboSats again. Best, simplest, #NoKYC open platform. Buy sats over #lightning! #Bitcoin

Looking for an invite to @Proton Wallet I'm looking to introduce start introducing On-chain & Lightning payments to my ProxyMana services later this year and have customers asking for wallet recommendations already. So I'm going on a spree trying out different wallets to see what's the most user-friendly in the self-custodial space. What I personally use is definitely not on the list, so felt it's the right time to dive back into the user-friendly-wallet space - Self-custodial, always. #Bitcoin #AskNostr

Prayer time: Yo, BTC, I need to go to work, to an underground bunker datacentre for 6 hours today with no internet or coverage. PLEASE stay low, crash further if you can, so I can get an extra loan from the fiat suits and I can meet my cycle target of accumulated BTC. Thanks.

This. On-chain privacy isn't the be-all, end-all. Don't believe the FUD that's going around (particularly that of other "coins"). Learn how UTXOs work. Learn to break the links. Use Bitcoin's layers to your advantage. View quoted note →

There's gotta be a better way... 🤔

The fact some are saying this is one of this cycle's challenges in terms of public perception is.. Troubling.

/begin_rant Insane... - Push on custodial solutions as a "reality of the space" based on River metrics of self-custody and on-chain TXs Do self-custody options not have the UX you want? Build it. At this point in time, a Bitcoin wallet that only does on-chain TXs is DEAD-SIMPLE to use. You have TWO buttons - A SEND and a RECEIVE button. We're crossed the line between lack of friction in self-custody, and pushing custodial for user-dependency. - Dual-currency push with Bitcoin + $ Bitcoin, cannot be "married" to fiat. Fiat is intrinsically the antithesis of Bitcoin. They CANNOT work together without MAJOR consequences to the users and the businesses. We've already started seeing this with KYC data breaches, and that's just one example. People's ENTIRE financial track history becomes exposed because of these businesses. I still wonder, to this day, how someone had the brilliant idea of: "Bitcoin for the first time allows for self-custody, true sovereignty. Perfect! Let's make a Bank!" Seriously, how do these people go to sleep at night knowing full well what they're setting up their users for in the future, just as we've seen in the fiat world when your offload RESPONSIBILITY to a third-party instead of EDUCATING the user. /end_rant

Bitcoiners tend to be Bitcoiners because they questioned everything around them, everything in front of then, until finally they sought alternatives. Given this, it's surprising to me how quickly they cheer on for false politics. As a non-american, something else I've noticed is how ingrained politics, and specifically the "left" and "right", are in the day-to-day lives of the people - It's like a soap-opera and everyone has to discuss and vote because they have a script to follow, it's rather fascinating. I think there's more to it than that though. There's a curtain to be pulled and a realization that politics haven't worked the way everyone hopes it does (every.single.time) for a very long time. As such, we must seek alternatives, once again. I believe our tribe ought to place more focus on their self-interests (which coincidentally, due to incentives, benefits everyone) and separate them from politics, and this is done first and foremost by conveying every day, in every way, the separation of money and state. As a Bitcoiner, and I believe many other Bitcoiners who are partaking in the politics also feel this way (albeit may be forgetful), I'm here to ensure my sovereignty and in the process ensure state cannot meddle with my money, with our money, because our Bitcoin works as it should. From the mention and reciprocating cheers of Bitcoin strategic reserves down to the issuance of stablecoins, that is not what politics promised in this event. To be clear, I don't believe a strategic reserve is bad in itself, and can see potential benefits to stablecoins for territories whose currency has been essentially destroyed, but really... How does that benefit Bitcoin? It doesn't. It benefits the dollar hegemony and prolongs the fiat lifeline along with all its interests and all its puppeteer strings and it will keep those territories under its foot unable to develop. Trump's speech was an affirmation of ensuring the US's global dominance by ANY means necessary. That is not what one should want. That is not Bitcoin. Don't forget, Bitcoin is for all. And Bitcoin does not work, if it only works in the US. View quoted note →

Why was it a non-Bitcoin wallet that first implemented Silent Payments for Bitcoin? What am I missing here? #AskNostr #Bitcoin #SilentPayments

Anyone that says they're pro-Bitcoin and supports Trump does not understand that working towards mining the rest of Bitcoin in any one single country would mean potential failure for #Bitcoin. It most likely won't happen, but worth keeping in mind. Trump doesn't understand what he is saying. He's pulling the threads of would-be-patriots. Patriotism should be to your country and culture, not to money. That's what fiat got us. An uncompetitive hegemony.

I'd like to give a shout out to Padawan Wallet. Looking to teach Bitcoin usage to a newly orange-pilled individual? From the elderly, to children. It's a fully test-net wallet, fully safe environment to learn the basics with in-app UI-based tutorials. APK available in the github repo.

Padawan Wallet - Learn Bitcoin

Learn to use bitcoin with testnet coins! Padawan is a free mobile app for experimenting with bitcoin wallets in a risk-free environment using testnet.

I'm actually unsure if I should follow them.... Wish I could tag certain followers. Actually, that'd be really useful......... @Vitor Pamplona @hzrd149 Thoughts? View quoted note →

"I think we've achieved access to Bitcoin for everyone as an on-ramp, you can get access in just a few minutes now. What we'd like is help from regulators to so that we can get access to the tools necessary for everyone to be able to buy Bitcoin" - Shitcoin General Manager @ Robinhood 🤷‍♂️

I may be wrong here, but didn't Michelle Weekley call out all Anons for being, well, anonymous, stating they should take their mask off?

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