Many of you have been experiencing channel interruptions from our various nodes lately. This is due to us migrating our nodes away from our Raspberry Pis. The Pi, which is a wonderful little machine, is simply struggling to keep up with our services. In order for us to expand as we would like to, and without running into issues typically associated with these tiny sized computers, we have decided to migrate our nodes to a much more powerful and stable machine. Unfortunately, some of you will continue to experience channel interruptions but please bear with us until the migration is complete. We sincerely apologize for any and all inconvenience this might be causing. But the good news is we're almost done!

If you would like to open a #lightning channel* to us, our node's tor address is as follows: 037f6c805dfef7a0f01cca0abcea96352a32aa478c63c974bc2e726cad8d026a89@yxzq6rlzxuhjm2fmi6hk43lem7dcbjpbju4zputqt4smtxenl4fig6id.onion:9735 *A minimum of 2 million sat capacity channel #bitcoin

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All our #bitcoin that is not used by our node for the creation of #lightning channels is KYC-free and is self-custodied in deep freeze. We don't do centralized exchanges or ETFs.

We're big fans of all you rogue #bitcoin psychopathic shadowy super-coders.

We have increased the minimum channel size required to open a channel to us to 2 million sats.

Who are you going to help this year? In 2023, we zapped a total of around 700,000 sats. In 2024, we're hoping we can beat that and reach 1 million sats zapped. #Bitcoin

We wish all you beautiful nostriches out here a happy new year and ample abundance of #bitcoin. Remember your new year's resolutions, but more importantly, remember to stack harder.

If you can't mine #bitcoin, then you should at least run a node. If you can't run a #node, then you should at least hodl bitcoin. if you can't hodl bitcoin, then there's nothing to be said except HFSP. Sorry.

an 18 day old "Nostr Assets" #lightning #node with a capacity of 15 #BTC.

What will happen to the two million or so #bitcoin that are on exchanges if the BlackRock ETF gets approved? Will Blackrock try to sweep them all up or does it already own enough?

Are you interested in running a #bitcoin only full #node? Do you own a desktop computer or a laptop? It's very simple actually (and free)! 1. Head to

Bitcoin Core

and download Bitcoin Core 2. Install it on your desktop computer or laptop (Windows, OSX and Linux) 3. Wait for the software to download the blockchain (WARNING: It's more than a 300 GB download) which could take anywhere from days to weeks 4. When you're set, connect your bitcoin wallet to your node and start verifying your own transactions

Running a #lightning #node requires your #bitcoin funds to be locked in for the entire period of the channel that is using it. Having more funds means you can open more and bigger channels. Channels smaller than 1 million sats are too small (in our opinion) and thus much harder to make up the costs associated with opening them. If you can't run a lightning node because of lack of funds or for any other reason, at least try to run a bitcoin only node.