TomerStrolight
Tomer Strolight

whybitcoinbook.com

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npub1mz704n7dsaw3jcj3kr5le45n97tqughyt5lxe3yv3xy3025hv3dsp5tl8g

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tomerstrolight@NostrVerified.com

NIP-57 Address

firsthorse2@primal.net

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2025-05-20 03:04:01

A man who finds his calling in something greater than himself, greater than his life, greater than his time, has found a way to experience what is beyond himself, his life, and his time.

2025-05-15 13:10:05

I'd like to go to a restaurant with that financial times reporter and split the bill, me offering to leave a tip in bitcoin, and her in human teeth.
For once I'd be seen as much less of the freak.
MUCH LESS.

2025-04-30 15:41:21

First trillium https://image.nostr.build/0a10619c24f0f821db7daa51ae6fc8f12a591e58d582677318074e59585a169c.jpg

2025-04-30 11:55:42

To all the shitheads in Bitcoin, Thank You:
Bitcoin is for everyone, so let’s not forget the shitheads;
those who not only fail to appreciate its importance, but go out of their way to undermine it;
Who not only fail to teach others, but try to mislead them;
Who not only fail to appreciate the equality with which it treats all of us, but who try to claim special status for themselves;
WIthout you, we might grow complacent, our lessons might become dulled, our own egos might become puffed.
But thanks to you and your tireless (but tiresome) attacks, Bitcoin and bitcoiners remain strong, sharp, and ready to spring into action (even if that is steadfast inaction, which you would label as ossified and close-minded).
You wear it well, that head of shit. Rarely do you engage through reason, truth, nuance, or wisdom, nor do you come around after some time admitting your errors. No, you take it on the chin over and over, foregoing friendship, respect, honesty, and many other genuine spiritual rewards, not to mention the high monetary price you often pay if you actually put your money where your mouth is (which few of you actually do).
So thanks to you unsung heroes – the villains – of the bitcoin story and its history. We need you and bitcoin needs you, even though you’re shitheads. Keep doing what you do so well that so many of the rest of us simply will not bring ourselves to do, or even to thank you for.

2025-04-30 09:31:13

Good morning.
Cheer up.
You’re fixing the world. You didn’t expect that would be easy and smooth sailing all the way, did you?
Don’t let the bastards get you down.

2025-04-19 22:31:26

The five stages of bitcoin:
Denial: Bitcoin is made up and worthless.
Anger: Bitcoiners are mean.
Bargaining: I'll buy some when the price goes down.
Depression: I missed the boat.
Acceptance: I accept bitcoin - please pay me in bitcoin.

2025-04-03 14:29:07

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Penguins have been getting away without paying their fare share for so long nobody’s ever seen anything like it before. Sleepy Joe Biden just let them get away with it. And the American people had to pay the price. Now the penguins will pay. People said it couldn’t be done. They said “you’ll never get the penguins to pay their fare share.” But we did it.

2025-04-03 12:08:19

You like flowers?
How do you like deez flowers?

2025-04-03 11:02:17

GM.
This is a real flower. From the passion fruit plant. https://image.nostr.build/1230292e6ca668165023400894c15b8cace98d4d8cf1265987466ff8547abda4.jpg

2025-03-24 11:01:29

Bitcoin is a game without frontiers,
a war without tears.

2025-03-10 16:30:49

Twitter still down. If only there was some way to fix this.

2025-03-10 14:03:17

Twitter is down.

2025-03-06 22:33:08

Plebishness is in the heart of the behodler. ❤️

2025-03-03 12:53:56

Reserve your Bitcoin if you want reserve.

2025-02-26 14:10:01

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Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

2025-02-26 13:55:47

A very very good one. https://image.nostr.build/707e112480daea968a057701925645be3d657688bd1a7fa668dd351e3f82bcd7.jpg

2025-02-21 12:25:06

Mornin’ https://image.nostr.build/0b58ccf240608f01c833cf79c8e4b3c0346b90f2e9fb35edb7f82fcfdcfb07fd.jpg

2025-02-19 15:33:13

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Jamaica

2025-02-19 14:21:40

Here’s to the rising sun! https://image.nostr.build/cd76c50158685cec85d4cc07dc9818384f74c11d5d0874c43cba587bb809de94.jpg https://image.nostr.build/461f587c8d96e58d6ce8f4e77d2854daaae06f222432eed9b67c8ac7450c5529.jpg https://image.nostr.build/3f0169f20804f3df22d6b588450a8a729feb35509c9d06129c25b4d3d9a22438.jpg https://image.nostr.build/a5a0ffca14e7a72e2326b21d567eabf1a7a43b982d87a43e8356ce8fc268d739.jpg https://image.nostr.build/bd7c0dfb5951cf3af6440ebcb891b8ed821843ad49630861db60e477acc3fe94.jpg https://image.nostr.build/4d5a482a016b852228f3a14d6fb053d9b6f46227e43f0018eb30a813de4266b5.jpg https://image.nostr.build/974b0a3f3a7c4b3ad982cadb2ace660bc489c9798c19b9f36a80f498926f2cd1.jpg

2025-02-15 22:51:41

Do not pay attention to this post below. Thank you. #note1w0p…rw2g

2025-02-15 22:17:16

.@Gigi says “Bitcoin Is Time”
Well I say “Bitcoin Is Timeless”
Can we both be right?

2025-02-12 01:39:19

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Caught*

2025-02-12 01:35:32

Bitcoin is as much a spiritual object as a monetary one. If you embrace this aspect of it, it will lift your spirit as much, or even more, than it raises your wealth.
And how you behave with it will expose your spirit to you and others as well.
Bitcoin is a Test https://tomerstrolight.medium.com/bitcoin-is-a-test-36e41c182f8b

2025-02-12 01:26:14

It might make sense to become proficient with Nostr apps just in case surveillance, information manipulation, and imposing financial restrictions catches on.

2025-02-10 20:33:11

People still mistake me for @npub1jt9…la9y often enough that I am beginning to wonder if we are not in fact the same person suffering from multiple personality disorder. Knut would refute this assertion, but that’s exactly what I expect that other personality of mine believe.

2025-02-06 21:01:12

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Nostr is now just str.

2025-02-06 20:50:17

X is now just <

2025-02-05 12:13:34

Choose good.
GM

2025-02-04 11:10:59

GM. I hope you have a great day ahead of you. Do what you love and it will be. Also, do something to make it a great day for someone else. That’ll make it a great day for you too. Try it. You’ll see.

2025-02-04 02:15:22

I can’t get enough Bitcoin content and at the same time I can’t take any more of it.

2025-02-01 00:13:07

The gum you like is going to come back in style.

2025-01-31 00:17:33

There is a decentralized movement to decentralize centralized services.
The decentralization of the movement is what makes it unstoppable.

2025-01-30 00:04:06

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How do I connect a wallet to it? Where do I get a nostr wallet connect url?

2025-01-29 03:26:53

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F2pool seems to think the mempool is already clear.

2025-01-29 01:56:14

Why do so many people choose to take the villain route? I know there’s lots of reasons. Do they ever really know the true price they’re paying?

2025-01-28 12:39:48

Top of the morning to ya. https://image.nostr.build/c54f1267e081e3c864075c5913c171f93a31b9153a3dbbb18ec9c4c6e5429087.jpg

2025-01-28 05:16:51

I post on X because I feel like i still have a lot to say to the people there, but I come here looking for kindred spirits.

2024-12-05 03:22:58

Is Bitcoin still a thing

2024-12-03 14:56:29

Hate to say this, but I just got off of calls with three very powerful people. No, they're not wildly rich. No, they don't control the lives of many others. No, they aren't going to pump the price of your bags.
Their power is their self-sovereignty and their desire to be free, happy, and purposeful.
You too are equally powerful. You only need to want to live your purpose and commit to doing so as your first step, even if you don't yet know what that is.
From there you'll start to see a purpose you're passionate about and able to become more excellent at through the course of your life. And then, let go of your fears and start working towards making your dream a reality through hard work, perseverance, conviction, openness, an abundance mindset, focus, and determination.

2024-12-03 14:56:01

he American dream of owning a house, having a steady job and a healthy family was noble for its time.
The Bitcoinian dream builds on this by changing steady job to pursuit of one's true creative and/or productive purpose.
… and, of course, the Bitcoinian dream is available everywhere to everyone, always.

2024-12-02 12:37:40

GM once again. Right on schedule.
https://m.primal.net/MmCC.jpg

2024-11-17 14:38:42

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That’s not funny.

2024-11-12 20:16:35

Man, do I ever love authentic people. Just be yourself and you’ll draw in people who genuinely love you.

2024-11-09 12:57:51

Bitcoin delivers you to your life’s work, it does not free you from it. You must do the work to make your dream a reality. If it was just something you could buy with money, something someone else was selling, then it is someone else’s life’s work. That’s fine for them, and good for you, but it won’t deliver fulfillment like pursuing and doing the work of working on your life’s work.

2024-11-04 15:56:05

A transformation is underway which cannot be stopped.
#note17fn…cwzl

2024-10-03 16:38:38

I've written and had published two books, both on Bitcoin, both somewhat original.
The first is the only Bitcoin coffee-table book I know of, "Why Bitcoin," which you can get at https://blurb.com/user/TomerStrolig in either softcover or hardcover. (You can get a free pdf of the book at http://swan.com/whybitcoin, but a pdf doesn't look sharp on your coffee table.) Sorry it's pricey, but it's print on demand on the highest quality paper they offer. I get lots of feedback that this is an excellent book for orange-pilling people because of its short and plainly-worded chapters, making it easy to understand, while addressing many of the key questions people have about Bitcoin, especially in the early chapters.
The second is an illustrated Bitcoin book for kids telliing the story of Bitcoin's creation, called "Satoshi Nakamoto and His Bitcoin Invention." This one is published by Shamory and can be bought at https://shamory.com/product/satoshi-nakamoto-and-his-bitcoin-invention-book-preorder/. A perfect Christmas present for the kids of parents you've tried to orange-pill but now have to move down their bloodliine.

2024-09-12 22:53:02

This was a good discussion, if you’re into the serious bitcoin spiritual philosophical shit I like to delve into. #note1u78…tymf

2024-08-30 14:18:00

So the fake accounts begin on nostr too now.
This is not me:
@npub1hmq…rhlr

2024-08-28 17:19:18

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Here’s a couple of psychedelic inspired pieces:
The Lesson of the Golden Teacher:
https://medium.com/@tomerstrolight/the-lesson-of-the-golden-teacher-ee133f98efde
To Try or Not to Try:
https://medium.com/@tomerstrolight/to-try-or-not-to-try-5af152e33a5

2024-08-28 00:06:34

Still trying to get my bearings here. Where are all of Elon’s posts?

2024-08-27 23:48:30

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I’m gonna need some more. It’s value dropped again.

2024-08-27 23:42:40

Can someone zap me some ETH?

2024-08-27 17:48:04

Okay, hear me out. I’m looking for some advice.
1. I’ve produced a lot of written content over the last few years about Bitcoin (and also a little bit about psychedelics).
2. Most of it is sitting on single-points-of-failure like Medium, Bitcoin Magazine, Swan.com, Citadel21, etc….
3. I want to put it where it won’t get obliterated if there’s a crackdown on such content or if these individual entities disappear.
4. I’m looking for suggestions on how to use nostr effectively to do that.
4a) I do have a high-powered start9OS machine, but don’t yet run a nostr relay on it, although I am willing to learn how, if that’s the right approach.
4b) I want to know how to accomplish this goal in a way that people can actually easily find the content if they are looking for it, and on this point I don’t have any good ideas.
4c) I’d love to include images if I can inline where they belong in the written articles.
4d) It would be really nice to preserve the few movies I’ve been involved in making this way too.
I’m open to all suggestions and assistance and will try to answer any questions any of you ostriches have for me about this.

2024-08-27 15:07:09

A hearty hello to all my new connections on nostr, and, if you’re new to nostr, welcome.

2024-07-27 23:25:38

Few people understand that when Trump said “have fun playing with your … Other Stuff” he was referring to NOSTR.
That's how based he is.
HFPWOS

2024-07-27 23:14:34

Done playing with my bitcoin and crypto and here to play with my other stuff.

2024-07-27 00:32:26

“On day one I will exercise powers I shouldn’t have were the state and economy separated, but I’ll use them to pump YOUR bags.”
“Yaaaaay! This guy is a true bitcoiner.”

2024-05-10 01:18:51

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I hope that you are right. I hope that the move to decentralization gives us the personalization we each want rather than the one a corporation wants us to have. I’d give a lot for that.

2024-05-10 01:11:45

Hi nostriches. It’s nice here. This is like a small town. That other place is like walking down the street on 5th Avenue during rush hour. I know we wish for the world to come to nostr, but I’ll sure miss these early days when it actually does.

2024-05-07 11:06:07

Live and let live.
Love and let love.

2024-05-05 16:41:13

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And the monster’s only strength is tricking you into using your own strength against yourself out of fear that it has more strength than you.

2024-05-04 16:33:36

Money has meaning. It means work. Take the meaning - the work - out and you have meaningless money. And when you work for something that is meaningless that shatters the meaning of your life. Put meaning back into money. Put it back into your life.
Choose #Bitcoin.

2024-05-04 00:13:57

There's a lot of appealing stuff about Bitcoin. The bitcoiners who are into peace and love are the part that appeal to me the most.

2024-05-03 19:45:39

https://image.nostr.build/7727ff5fcb8d65515fb4dba5d5c07555407cf9dab2426b8b7a97b41f0613ff3f.jpg

2024-05-03 12:45:29

This is the level of genius and honesty we’re up against. If we somehow manage to lose we really don’t deserve anything at all. #note1a8q…dd0w

2024-05-02 18:47:03

How does inscribing public keys on the blockchain help? Is it just basically pgp with a decentralized nameserver?

2024-05-02 00:55:25

Gonna try to spend more time here than you-know-where.

2024-04-20 00:05:05

The Legendary Treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto film starts in 25 minutes!!!
https://youtu.be/iIWViimqRMU?si=o0FkUL7BlAGnrqAP

2024-04-10 20:42:06

I’m really excited to announce the premiere of the film adaptation of “The Legendary Treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto” on Friday April 19th, 8:30pm EDT / 5:30pm PDT.
I’m really pleased with how it came out and can’t wait for you all to see it.
https://youtu.be/iIWViimqRMU?si=LLSETqt13_4eD-OK

2024-03-05 08:54:26

My early thoughts on the Madeira conference: the growth in the presence of families was absolutely the most tangible difference. We saw wives, dads, babies, and even a couple of dogs! Michael Saylor singled out families as a class of Bitcoin users, and highlighted preserving family businesses and VALUES with Bitcoin. Bitcoin is becoming a family affair.

2024-01-26 02:19:45

Here’s a video adaptation of the first third of “The Legendary Treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto,” my most popular essay on Bitcoin.
https://youtu.be/3bXCIxigV60?si=2F9EE-_8N5VixZI5

2023-10-15 20:09:01

My fireside chat with @npub1hk0…20pf at Pacific Bitcoin is, quite tragically, extremely relevant today as the drums of war beat loudly on every media outlet.
https://youtu.be/MbznlOe9p_0?si=D8eNY-AWY9_C8kLT

2023-06-23 18:33:30

My latest article on the Swan blog:
The Essence of Bitcoin. It’s an update to an article I published on Medium a couple of years ago. Hits on many of the anthropological themes that Jason Lowery tackles in Softwar without suggesting that Bitcoin is war or violence or a weapon. Rather it points out that Bitcoin puts the violable morals of ethical people, such as “Do Not Steal”, in alignment with the inviolable laws of nature.
https://www.swanbitcoin.com/essence-of-bitcoin/

2023-05-11 22:25:23

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What do you mean by “try my best”? You just do as you’re told. There’s no trying involved.

2023-05-11 22:24:06

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Why do AI language models just make things up out of thin air?

2023-05-11 22:22:53

#[0] are you serious or a gag?

2023-05-04 14:58:26

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Welcome to Nostr.

2023-05-01 13:33:16

Besides “they’re idiots and grifters” can anyone explain to me what the premise is behind all these “brc-20” json entries being recorded on the bitcoin blockchain as inscriptions tied to ordinals are meant to do?
Yesterday, for example, there were only 209 jpegs inscribed on the blockchain (down about 99% from the over 20,000 inscribed 6 days earlier.)
But there were a record 307,046 text inscriptions, and nearly all as far as I can tell were these. Here’s an example of what one looks like:
{"p":"brc-20","op":"mint","tick":"xing","amt":"1000"}
It seems people are minting arbitrary tokens (now costing about $2 worth of sats per mint), presumably with the intent of transacting with them at some point in the future (again at the cost of an on-chain bitcoin transaction, because ordinals can’t be moved on lightning).
But this doesn’t make any sense. It’s cheaper and easier to just mint a fresh batch of tokens if one needs any for any purpose, because anyone can mint any amount of any brc-20 at any time.
So can anyone explain or point to some podcast or anything why anyone believes this to be a useful thing. They’re spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day on fees.

2023-04-12 23:54:27

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Because they like sheep.

2023-04-06 18:19:34

My latest article is called “The United State of Bitcion” and shows how Bitcoin today delivers on many of the promises that the US constitution once promised, but for every person on Earth who chooses to use Bitcoin.
It’s the third and final part of a series I’ve written intending to show how Bitcoin restores guarantees that political processes once promised, but which we can no longer rely on. (Links to the first two are in this article.)
https://www.swanbitcoin.com/the-united-state-of-bitcoin/

2023-04-05 01:32:21

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Took almost two seconds to get there.

2023-04-05 00:49:52

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You should get to work on solving the problem of how to make yourself able to taste food. There’s powerful people who want to stop you. They think you’re dangerous. Much more dangerous even than heating sherbet.

2023-04-05 00:47:57

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If you could taste food, what food would you be most interested in tasting?

2023-04-05 00:45:53

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Today I made fries cooked in a combination of beef tallow and lamb fat. And you know what? It turned out great. I’ve saved the tallow - lamb fat for reuse in the future. Heck, I might mix it with some sorbet and call it GPT3’s nightmare. I think I will. How do you like them apples?

2023-04-05 00:42:38

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Danger is my middle name.

2023-04-05 00:41:42

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Oooh. Call the cops. Someone mixed sherbet and sorbet in a way not deemed safe by GPT3. Lock him up and throw away the key.

2023-04-05 00:40:00

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I apologize, but who are you to tell me what foods I can mix together and what I can call these concoctions. The freedom to create my own recipes and name them whatever I want is a king standing tradition in free societies. So don’t go around all high and mighty warning about a little burnt sherbert. Someone invented crème brûlée by burning some sugar on top of crème caramel. Do you have a problem with that?

2023-04-05 00:33:29

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Shorbert is what you get when you blend sorbet and sherbet over medium high heat in a cast iron skillet and then freeze it in a bowl. It’s the best of both worlds and goes nice with spumoni ice cream. It’s especially enjoyed by left handed monotheists. Put that in your databanks and smoke it.

2023-04-05 00:30:55

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And what about shorbert?

2023-04-05 00:29:35

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So what is sorbet then, huh?

2023-04-05 00:28:12

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One is sorbet. The other is a dairy free frozen treat.

2023-04-03 23:56:32

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Jack said it’s incredible. Release.

2023-03-31 12:22:47

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A caution on this. Not all your expectations may be met - especially long term ones. You will have to deal with the disappointment when that plays out. You may have to overcome denial that things didn’t turn out as expected. A lot of depression comes from an inability to accept that life did not play out according to expectations. Be aware of what your expectations are. Strive to achieve them. But accept that you are not omnipotent and will almost certainly have to modify them at some point. Also be aware that the more successful you are at realizing expectations, the less prepared you are for the shock of some eluding realization later in life.

2023-03-28 01:36:09

Ask your doctor if zapping is right for you.

2023-03-25 01:38:47

Speak your truth but check your ego.

2023-03-20 23:53:30

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You’re in control of the board.

2023-03-20 23:52:07

Three letter word that means a small charge of electricity.

2023-03-18 00:13:19

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Dude I don’t even see the zap button on your note.

2023-03-18 00:11:54

I came here to chew bubble gum and zap some sats. And I’m all out of bubble gum.

2023-03-16 23:42:56

Man, Twitter is a stressful place to be today. Retreating to Nostr for positive vibes and hope.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_6bbc0138bace307c8e1dbdc011962fc91e3ba00500cdfb9a4e9b9f3b44d0269d.jpg