How did it ever become the acceptable norm that job advertisements do not state how much the position pays? It’s the first thing on everyone’s mind when they are looking at a position. Obviously people work because it pays them. Is it that unreasonable to want to know how much the job will pay before you apply? Endless frustration.

This is your regularly scheduled reminder to check your backups to save your sats. Today without warning my VPS provider terminated my account and removed the VM that was hosting my lightning node with no prior warning, no explanation why and with no way to recover files. I was made complacent from having continual access to this service for years and did not have the backups that I should have. 😠 I guess we should add “not your hardware, not your node” to our list of sayings.

We often hear people say that there are 21M bitcoin divided by 8B people. But what does the world look like currently on a fiat standard? As of early 2025, the global M2 money supply stands at approximately $123 trillion USD. With a world population of around 8.16 billion people, the average amount of money per person is approximately $15,000.

It’s going to be weird when a movie seems outdated because the cars still have steering wheels.