Sorry for the long post, i promise its interesting! I got into a discussion at work today with a woman in her 50’s and some guys i work with. She works as a project manager at the firm. We have spoken on several occations before. Today, in a group of 5 grown ups, me included, we got onto the topic of banking and intrest. Here is a quote from me: «Dont you find it strange, that when you go into a bank today to get a morgage. You are not really loaning money right? Its not like its sitting in an account at the bank, and is moved from them to you? Right? When you get a «loan» today, the money is brand new! Like, it dident exist at all before you went in there. They just wave their wand, and poof, where there was none, there now is plenty» And they all started laughing in my face. What a moron to think such a thing. I tried to say «that is acually how it works» They laughed more. The woman: «I am on the board of a bank, thats not how it works. Ofcourse the bank has money» The four of them almost convinced me i was wrong. I just said. «I think you need to check some facts about how banking works» And left. They kept laughing. This woman tho… She is acually on the board of a small local bank here in Norway. And she has no idea how banking works. As i get older and start to see more of how the world works… like.. how? How did you get that position? Wild times people. Stack sats #sovreign #bitcoin #banking #printing #wild

Spring is in the air. Checking that the spiders living in the city infrastructure is doing well after a long winter. Hundred something locations over the next few weeks. Suits me well, got some podcasts to get through. #FIAT #grind #is #real

Monday is fast day. From dinner sunday until lunch on tuesday. Just water and 2 cups of covfefe. Been doing it this way for just over a year now. Feels good to reset after the weekend. I have now found out i dont have access to fiber at the new house. Only 5g or starlink. What do you think for mining, noderunning and other cool stuff? #bitcoin #sovreign #mining #

Spending my first night at the new house today. The view is pretty good! House seems solid :)

Update on the node. 67% Its been like 2 months now. I might just give up soon. Anyone have any experience in this they would like to share? #mining #node #sovreign

Just want to wish everybody on nostr a fantastic Easter holiday! In Norway it is all about family time. And as you can see, we got 10cm of fresh snow last night. And the weather is very Påske. So, enjoy an orange. Have a solo. Rejoice!

Stacking sats made me forget something important. Not every expense is a loss. I can relax a bit. It feels good to actually spend some money for once. To buy something I wanted. I’ve been stacking sats like a maniac for almost 2 years now. Every purchase scrutinized. Every decision second-guessed. What can I sell? What can I flip? And I’m in the red, by quite a bit. It doesn’t matter. My new computer cost me nearly the equivalent of $1000. I’m never going to make anything close to that because of it. I’ll «lose» money on it. No. I spent money on it. Not the same. Discovering bitcoin is hard work. We need to support each other through this. Stay humble. Stay hungry. Stack sats. Spend some money on shit you like, want, need or whatever. Learn. Live. #life #learn #bitcoin #sovreig #peace

New machine up and running. On the left that is. Got Linux installed. Tried a little bit of mining using the CPU. Works. Im looking into renting out my GPU. Dont think thats something i will do alot of, but nontheless worth looking into, i might learn something. It is truly astonishing what a pleb like me can achive in a short amount of time with a tool like AI. What a time to be alive. Another problem to tackle is the fan lights. I will look into that tomorrow. They keep changing colors. It has to stop. Peace ! #mining #nerd #ai #plebchain #nostr

New computer have arrived. Will spend the evening after work on hooking up and getting Linux installed. Taking over the new house tomorrow. Exciting! Wont move until after easter. Will spend easter in the norwegian mountains with oranges, Kvikk lunsj and Solo. Some traditions are important. Peace! #sovreign #freedom #holiday

Two twelve year old puppies after a long day. Yes, there is a lot going on in the world. You dont need to know everything. Take a breath. Since the world still has not ended, it will probably last a couple more years. You do know there is good buissiness keeping you scared? Dont fall for it. Care only for what is within your immediate surrounding. Peace people! #nostr #freedom #sovreign #dogs

New computer is on its way. Second hand. Bought is from a young man upgrading his setup. RTX 3080. Ryzen 9 5900x. 1TB nvme. Rainbow color fans… typical gaming setup! I will try to kill the lights, im too old for that! And as always, a deal was made with 100% trust given from both parties. The one thing i really love about Norway is the amount of trust we have for one another. And misuse of this trust is so rare. Good people everywhere! Cant wait to get it running. I hope my old one will be able to run the pruned node very soon. And the new can be put to work on some new projects. Any recommandations? Thinking cpu/gpu mining for fun? Som AI agent work. All in the spirit of learning. #mining #freedom #learning #nostr

Have a great weekend! Im on call and getting paid to be home. Fingers crossed i get to sleep until morning. #weekend #work #fiatgrind

Update on the node. Taking for ever! But is still creeping up. Like 0,2 0-3 % pr day. Amazingly slow. I will not quit. My patiens is infinite. The old computer will struggle to finish its task. But it will do good as a designated node maskin. Sure is not got for anything else. Taking on an extra week of on call duty at work. Fri-fri. Starts tomorrow. The FIAT grind is real. Pays well. Will be buying a new computer to set up in the new house for the money made next week. Peace people. #mining #node #sovreign #freedom #wageslave #nostr

Update on the node. Taking for ever! But is still creeping up. Like 0,2 0-3 % pr day. Amazingly slow. I will not quit. My patiens is infinite. The old computer will struggle to finish its task. But it will do good as a designated node maskin. Sure is not got for anything else. Taking on an extra week of on call duty at work. Fri-fri. Starts tomorrow. The FIAT grind is real. Pays well. Will be buying a new computer to set up in the new house for the money made next week. Peace people. #mining #node #sovreign #freedom #wageslave

The Bitaxe Gamma is up and Solo mining. Got a spot under the TV. Hopefully the wife approves, atleast untill we make our move and i get my dedicated space. I love the Gamma. It looks super cool. Minimalist to the bones, pure functionality. This thing will mine until it can mine no more, or the wife unpluggs it to vacuume. Peace! #mining #sovereign #zapathon #solo

The Bitaxe Gamma is up and Solo mining. Got a spot under the TV. Hopefully the wife approves, atleast untill we make our move and i get my dedicated space. I love the Gamma. It looks super cool. Minimalist to the bones, pure functionality. This thing will mine until it can mine no more, or the wife unpluggs it to vacuume. Peace!

Easter came early #mining #solo #sovreign #bitaxe #fun

My old machine is still chugging away at the bitcoin blockchain. Synced up to 50% now. Seems promising. Going for pruned was a good idea. No miners running at this time, does not feel right. Hope to get one up and running again soon. Only 17 days until i start moving into a new house, exciting. Cant wait to move into my nerdcave. Peace! #node #nostr #mining #sovreign #zapathon

Have a great weekend! #grownostr #damus