A good synthesis of the current macro-economic situation by Mark Moss

the idea that the fiat era is a short blip in human history (<100y) in-between two phases of sound money: - one based roughly on gold (about 5000y) - one based on bitcoin (5000 more years?) https://www.youtube.com/live/SFV0hP28SLs?si=vxNLyGj3GtXvPoBy&t=9544 Gives perspective: 1. expresses realisation that the monetary system in which we live is not normal, it’s just very weird and experimental 2. does not assume that humanity is about to self-destroy, which is for some reason what we all have in the back of our mind. it’s rare we project ourselves in the future in terms of thousands of years. refreshingly optimistic.

Just heard about The Bitcoin Handbook while watching the live replay of Pacific Bitcoin on yt. Packed with clear visuals to explain all those counter-intuitive concepts:

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check out this talk from Pacific Bitcoin 2023, it shows some of the visuals in the book: https://www.youtube.com/live/SFV0hP28SLs?si=_mo5x9rwJsOgMoMA&t=13731

in Africa there is an industry around the preparation of dried fruits which requires the production of hot air. Sebastien Gouspillou explains how BBGS works on a project in Congo looking at using the heat produced by ASICs to dry up fruits. This is cheaper than using diesel generators.

🏗️🦺🛠️ Lightning dev resources here:

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Umbrel update: The latest update to the Tailscale app under Umbrel seems to fix the issue I had with running Tailscale side by side with my proton VPN The Chatbot UI app under Umbrel works fine. Saves you from having to re-login every few hours Good stuff