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I haven't been to BTC Prague myself, unfortunately. But I'm pretty sure that this talk with @Efrat Fenigson and @Jeff Booth was one of the most important talks for the future of Bitcoin and your role in it that you could have seen there. It also helps you realize again and again that being on Nostr is 100% worth your while 🙏🏼

Beyond the Physical: Consciousness, Energy, and the Nature of Reality - Jeff Booth | Ep. 145

What if Bitcoin and quantum physics are pointing to the same truth?

Stay relaxed when doing the Wim Hof breathing exercise. This is not a challenge workout. The more relaxed you are, the more oxygen can be stored in your body. And the longer your retention times can be. Also here, no competition. The retention times differ from day to day and person to person. Whatever duration you can effortlessly relax in, is the right length for you in that moment. We want to access deeper areas in our brain that go beyond thought, clear us up from everyday information overload, and make us feel home in our body and mind. That's a great place to face the world from. #wimhof #relaxation #breathing #awareness

Remember, you can always use your tools to stay clear and sane. Link to guided Wim Hof Breathing in the comments 👇🏼 #wimhof #breathwork

It was an absolutely lovely Open Day at the Plan B Summer School today in Lugano. Highly entertaining ... time just flew with exactly the topics I often pondered about. From metal coins monetary history to perhaps soon being able to live entirely on a Bitcoin standard with the help of stablecoins. Yes! Minds were very open here. It's always refreshing to be among Bitcoiners. First time we met the community in Lugano and I'm looking forward to more. Thanks @Mir and @Giacomo Zucco and the whole team for having us join and @Efrat Fenigson for linking us up via Nostr 🙏🏼 #planb #lugano

Today @Éir prepared this home-made bread: - Wholegrain flour from Ticino 🇨🇭 - Oats - Yeast-sour dough mélange, - Pumpkin and sunflower seeds It's still warm, ayayay! Together with sea salt ... aaand, naturally, our 🌿 Life Grove olive oil from Greece 🇬🇷 Available for sats. Next delivery together with hand-made sea salt goes out today 🤙🏼 #offgrid #oliveoil #farmstr #greece #circulareconomy

We met up with a Wim Hof instructor buddy today and got a proper introduction to the natural cold plunge super region Ticino 🇨🇭 Close to the Nufenen pass road., there's a mountain lake fed by melting snow at around 2,500 m altitude ... and conditions were ice bath like, 4°-5° Celcius. Grrreat!! I'm so looking forward to exploring more of the region! #ticino #switzerland #coldplunge #icebath #lugano #wimhof #hiking

GM ☀️ Different place, same practice. Wim Hof breathing to start the day. Are there any Nostriches hanging out in the Lugano area these days? 🇨🇭 #lugano #gm #wimhof #breathwork

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Our latest olive oil delivery went out 🫒₿ It's always very special to share that labor of love side gig with the world 🙏🏼 #oliveoil #offgrid #farmstr #greece

Bringin released an enormous update of their app and services that's worth checking out, especially if you live in Europe! I copied the entire newsletter article here. Very interesting stuff that would make it way easier to live on a Bitcoin standard. @Bringin | The Complete ₿itcoin App "We launched a whole new version of Bringin, and there's genuinely a lot packed into it. I'll unpack the highlights below - but save this email and come back to it when you have time, because each of these is worth a proper look. I will try to briefly unpack them in this email. Debit cards - Not like any cards you've used before 1) Bitcoin-backed: The card can now hold a Bitcoin balance. Link your card to it and spend Bitcoin directly at any merchant - they receive euros, no pre-selling needed. Prefer euros? Relink the card to your euro balance and spend euros instead. You can top up the Bitcoin balance on-chain, over Lightning, or via an LN address - from a self-custody wallet or your euro account. 2) Multiple cards, virtual or physical: Create multiple cards, each linked to your euro or Bitcoin balance and relink any of them between the two whenever you like. 3) Zero Forex - Spend euros outside the eurozone at 0% forex, and Bitcoin anywhere in the world at our standard 1% fee. The cards are global, and you can withdraw cash at any ATM in any local currency. 4) Free express delivery (this month only): For the next month, delivery is via DHL Express at no extra cost - you'll have your card 2-3 days from when you order. Self-custody Wallet - Built for private, reliable payments. We rebuilt our self-customised wallet from the ground up. 1) Faster and Cheaper - It's as fast and reliable as the custodial wallet you're used to. Self-custody no longer means a worse experience. 2) Google back up - Talking to a lot of bitcoiners, I kept hearing the same thing - nobody wants to manage yet another set of 12 words. I get it. So you can now back up your wallet to Google Drive, and optionally encrypt it with a password. Backup and restore, without the mnemonic headache. 3) Both on-chain and Lightning - The wallet holds larger amounts securely and makes both on-chain and Lightning payments natively - no swap service in between. That makes it reliable for P2P, merchant payments, holding meaningful sums, and topping up your card when you need to. 4) Scan & Pay and Nearby Payments: A dedicated Scan & Pay button on the home screen for Lightning payments. And a new Nearby Payments feature that lets you pay other Bringin users peer-to-peer over Bluetooth, using a mesh protocol - the more Bringin users around, the further a payment can travel. 5) Outside compliance framework: These payments stay private. None of them touch transaction monitoring, KYC, or reporting - it's a pure self-custody wallet for payments. Lightning Addresses - money address for future payments You now get a few different Lightning addresses, each doing something specific: 1) {username}.btc@bringin.xyz - receive Bitcoin and keep it in Bitcoin, straight to your self-custody wallet. It accepts as little as 2 sats, so it's perfect for zaps, micropayments, donations, P2P, or just listing on your socials. 2) {username}.cards@bringin.xyz - funds your card balance directly, so you can spend instantly anywhere with your Bitcoin debit card. Hold your Bitcoin in whatever wallet you like and top up the card with a swipe - no lock-in, no need to keep a balance sitting on the card. 3) {username}@bringin.xyz - your existing address, which auto-converts incoming Bitcoin into euros instantly on your personal vIBAN. From there, move it to your bank or spend it on your cards. 4) An LN address straight to your bank - You can now create a Lightning address that drops euros directly into your bank account. Go to the Connect tab, create a Sell Connection, pick your bank, choose Lightning, claim an address (like pc_revolut@bringin.xyz), and confirm with the verification code - done. Every sat sent to that address lands in your bank in seconds. Over improvement is user expereince! 1) A simpler, more powerful experience: We obsessed over the experience this time - more power, less complexity. - No more orders to move money: Funding euros with Bitcoin, or selling Bitcoin from an external wallet straight to your bank, used to mean creating an order, sending an exact amount, and authenticating with an OTP. That's gone. You now get a static Bitcoin and Lightning address — send any amount, from anywhere, and the euros land in your Bringin vIBAN or bank account with nothing else to do. Every swap executes at market price, you get an email confirmation, and you can track it on your phone and check the full details once it's done. 2) A cleaner layout: Balances right on the home screen, and a separate Bitcoin Swaps section to move Bitcoin between anywhere and anywhere. If you don't need the euro account or the Bitcoin account, you don't have to touch them — all the flexibility, none of the clutter. - 3) Card management 10x better: Viewing card details, managing limits, setting your PIN, viewing and updating your 3D Secure password, handling your physical card — all rebuilt to match the neobank experience you're already used to. The goal behind all of this is simple: give you the tools to be more sovereign. Take real custody of your funds, buy Bitcoin instantly whenever you want, spend it in the real world, and liquidate larger amounts without the stress. Addresses, vIBAN, cards, wallets - everything you need to actually live with Bitcoin as a parallel currency in this dual-money era. What's next A few things we're already working on: - Third-party payments: so you can replace your bank with Bringin entirely. - Passkey, biometric, and authenticator-app login - instead of SMS. - And one more we're keeping under wraps for now - you'll get an update next month. That's the short version - there's a lot more to find once you're in the app. Update to the latest version and take it for a spin. If anything here raises a question, send it my way. Warm regards, Prashanth Founder, Bringin"