Italy's dancing, the Balkans, Sweden, and Estonia are getting mentally lazy, Belgium and Slovakia are buying on credit, the rest are blowing their wealth on Chinese stuff and paying with their data. Only the Netherlands is doing a little bit for its OpSec. And Russia ... they're just now discovering Meta.

It's 2025. You don’t just use one VPN anymore. You use at least three. Ideally, the top three. All payable with Lightning. Number 3: Mullvad Number 2: Obscura Anyone know which VPN is in 1st place? (Not considering Tor, that’s a category of its own.)

Wanted to try the @Blockstream app. It just didn’t recognize my BitBox02. I guess they don’t like it when someone uses better hardware wallet than their in-house Jade. 😏

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So, did they put on another show to keep you Americans distracted again?

I can zap again. Couldn't zap for days (or weeks?). Even with a valid NWC string. Problem was, something changed about the Alby browser extension. Had to delete keys, set it up again and re-login to all Nostr apps. Found out after 30 minutes of trial and error investigation. This doesn't help at all to build trust in your products. That's a finance-related function. Test more. Don't break things. Don't just vibe code.

Wait … how does Nostur delete an account? Or does it just remove it from the app? #asknostr

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Hey, I didn't know about this before. Looks like a solid review platform for all things Bitcoin-related. Could be a bit more up to date though. More providers should list themselves there.

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That's the kind of Nostr relay descriptions I want to read

No. No. Nooooo. @wave.space 🇪🇺

Some people want to own the whole world, and it’s still not enough for them. Straight-up pathological insanity, beyond any logic. And these lunatics are the ones we let run the show. View quoted note →

You know what the problem is with the whole online Bitcoiner scene? No matter if big influencer or small opinion guy? They all just talk theory. A bunch of overcomplicated, theoretical nonsense. Mixed with lots of ideology. But you know what Bitcoin noobs actually need? Practical info. Stuff about tools, exchanges, their differences ... that kind of stuff. Who can list all the main differences between Pocket Bitcoin and Wave.Space, for example? Or how to send your Nostr zaps to self-custody in a cold wallet? At this point I've tested so many exchanges, wallets, and services that I could easily do it. Seriously. But since that kind of knowledge seems pretty rare online I keep it for my consulting work. You can keep theorizing about Bitcoin and throwing around slogans if that's what gets you excited. So that’s what they mean when they talk about "Bitcoin education". Actual hands-on knowledge doesn’t seem to count.

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Exactly right. What most nerds don’t really realize is that today’s technologies, protocols, and platforms have more to do with philosophy than with actual tech. The battle between different technologies is really a fight over which philosophy dominates people’s minds. Technology is just the physical side of it; it’s always about worldviews. View quoted note →

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Interesting report. Bitcoin adoption there isn’t actually that advanced. People still use and need fiat cash. It's partly because of the intellectual barrier, but also because of fiat Bitcoiners. Because instead of helping things move forward in the right direction, these fiat Bitcoiner tourists from the West are hodling their stack and spending cash instead. While at the same time driving up property prices there. Honestly, these fiat Bitcoiners mess everything up, even a local grassroots movement like in El Salvador where Bitcoin is a legally recognized currency.

Are you really a Bitcoiner if you don’t even have Knots running? Freedom has never been given, it has always been fought for.