bhavik
BHAVIK

Bitcoin Hub
https://youtube.com/@inbitcoinhub

Unboxing Bitcoin (Hindi)
https://youtube.com/@UnboxingBitcoin Hosting Bitcoin Hub & Unboxing Bitcoin on Youtube & Zap.Stream

Public Key

npub10hcsqj6587uc5whzzuhgk274ke6g7ruh80enjm74ucln2m24hyxq2gf8fn

NIP-05 Address

bhavik@nostrplebs.com

NIP-57 Address

dappersister29@walletofsatoshi.com

Profile Code

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nos.lol

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npub10hcsqj6587uc5whzzuhgk274ke6g7ruh80enjm74ucln2m24hyxq2gf8fn

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2025-06-05 05:14:01

COMPANY WHICH BUILDS ON #NOSTR will become even bigger than Strategy (MSTR).

2025-05-07 07:43:15

Those who have started their Bitcoin journey should not miss this conversation 🔥👇
#note1276…505u

2025-04-29 07:04:33

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https://m.primal.net/QgzV.jpg

2025-04-04 05:30:10

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https://image.nostr.build/9793704d50e74403ceb7599645a1cc55573804fb7e549d71bf38c11f60391bce.jpg

2025-04-04 05:28:26

This is our Indian version of #RHR show, in HINDI.
RHR is at 351st episode and we are at 51st episode.
Will try to catch you guys @npub1qny…95gx & @npub1guh…6hjy
You are our inspiration 🫡🫡🫡
#Bitcoin Weekly on BitcoinHub
#note17h9…cke8

2025-03-10 12:48:34

Kid in 2011 talking about #bitcoin
https://youtu.be/lcn6vIcgvbk

2025-02-20 08:49:10

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Awesome. We in India grew up watching Mahabharata. It is still my favourite.
This has English subtitles, correctly translated 80% but if you know Hindi, it will be mind blowing.

2025-01-06 08:37:39

A beautiful excerpt from the book “A LODGING OF A WAYFARING MEN”
#freedom
#trade https://image.nostr.build/538d120ee6213f670b3299e95ee5a7df1e83e2175228e916966ca2de52be3606.jpg

2025-01-03 06:56:14

Happy 16th Birthday Bitcoin.
1st #bitcoin block called Genesis block was mined on 3rd January 2009, 16 years ago. https://image.nostr.build/dafe8765fdade39e48da43ed871ccdaed245d97f75ac29946ca54214b5eb9da2.jpg

2024-12-28 10:22:48

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Yes. You can use it as a wallet to send/receive Sats over Lightning and On-chain without KYC

2024-12-28 08:16:44

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He is stacking 1000 Sats(worth ₹100/-) each week from me.
Strike is the best option for him now I guess.
Here is his strike Lightning id. You can zap him whatever you like.👇
dayapaswan295@strike.me https://image.nostr.build/c7242f979893379e7e86185f8115c2448bb59cf3109298c54b2e984515115fad.jpg https://image.nostr.build/5b89ca348b07c3cffc30b38b3223383fa6572a19c14677cb32e34db1e89540d8.jpg

2024-12-28 07:22:39

Throughout history, humans have overcome scarcity through creativity, innovation, and cooperation, transforming limited resources into abundant possibilities. Today, a revolutionary tool—Bitcoin—offers humanity a chance to tackle scarcity, inequality, and control in ways that align with both economic and spiritual principles. With its fixed supply, decentralized structure, and censorship-resistant nature, Bitcoin represents a shift not only in how we trade value but in how we perceive abundance and human potential.
The Genesis of Scarcity and Control
Scarcity has always been a fundamental challenge for humanity. However, the scarcity we face today often isn’t natural—it is engineered by centralized systems that prioritize control over creativity.
• Fiat currencies, controlled by governments and central banks, are subject to manipulation through inflation, eroding the value of hard-earned savings.
• Gatekeepers in financial systems restrict access to wealth creation, leaving billions unbanked and marginalized.
At the root of these problems lies ego-driven control, where a select few dictate the rules for the majority, leading to inequality, inefficiency, and disempowerment.
Bitcoin: A Breakthrough for Abundance
Bitcoin disrupts this cycle of scarcity and control by introducing a fundamentally different approach to money and value. Here’s how:
1. A Fixed Supply: A New Standard of Value
Bitcoin’s supply is capped at 21 million coins, with each Bitcoin divisible into 100 million Satoshis. This ensures that Bitcoin cannot be debased like fiat currencies.
• Unlike inflationary systems, Bitcoin preserves the value of labor over time. When people save and trade in Bitcoin, they are not at the mercy of central banks printing money at will.
• This predictability fosters long-term thinking and financial security, enabling individuals to plan, save, and build wealth sustainably.
2. Decentralization: Empowering the Marginalized
Bitcoin’s decentralized network operates without intermediaries or gatekeepers. It allows anyone with internet access to participate in the global economy.
• For the unbanked: Bitcoin offers financial inclusion, providing people in developing regions a means to save and transact securely.
• For innovators: Bitcoin removes barriers to entry, enabling creators and entrepreneurs to access global markets directly.
3. Censorship Resistance: Freedom to Trade
Bitcoin transactions are permissionless and censorship-resistant, ensuring that no government or corporation can block or seize an individual’s wealth.
• This feature empowers individuals to trade freely, even in politically unstable or authoritarian environments, fostering economic resilience and personal sovereignty.
4. Fairness and Equality
Bitcoin’s decentralized and transparent nature ensures that power is distributed rather than concentrated.
• No central authority can manipulate Bitcoin’s supply or enforce biased policies. This levels the playing field, allowing ordinary people to save and grow their wealth without needing access to exclusive investment opportunities like stocks or real estate.
Tackling Ego and Control
Bitcoin not only disrupts systems of control but also addresses the deeper issue: ego-driven domination. Ego thrives on centralized power, and Bitcoin’s trustless system removes the need for intermediaries who abuse their authority.
• Transparency: Bitcoin’s blockchain is fully open, ensuring accountability and preventing manipulative practices.
• Cooperation: The Bitcoin network incentivizes participants to work together rather than exploit one another, aligning with spiritual principles of collective well-being.
By decentralizing power, Bitcoin reduces the influence of those who seek control for personal gain, creating space for fairness, creativity, and innovation to flourish.
A Future of Abundance with Bitcoin
1. Redefining Wealth
Bitcoin reintroduces the concept of hard money, where value stems from scarcity and trust. In a Bitcoin-driven economy:
• Wealth is preserved over time, empowering individuals to focus on producing value rather than chasing returns to outpace inflation.
• Savings become accessible to everyone, fostering financial security across all socio-economic classes.
2. Global Inclusion and Innovation
Bitcoin unlocks untapped human potential by providing access to financial systems for billions of unbanked people.
• Innovators from remote regions can participate in global markets, driving progress in technology, healthcare, and education.
• The sharing of ideas and resources creates a borderless economy, where collaboration replaces competition.
3. Spiritual Growth and Harmony
Bitcoin aligns with spiritual principles of abundance, equality, and freedom:
• Ego-driven systems collapse: Without central authorities, humanity moves away from domination and toward cooperation.
• Focus on purpose: Freed from the oppression of financial instability, individuals can channel their energy into creativity, service, and personal growth.
4. A World of Peace and Freedom
With Bitcoin, financial oppression and inflationary theft become relics of the past. By enabling sovereign wealth and transparent systems, Bitcoin reduces conflicts driven by power struggles over monetary control.
The Vision: A Decentralized Utopia
Imagine a world where:
• A farmer in Africa saves in Bitcoin, bypassing inflation and corrupt banking systems.
• An artist in Asia sells digital art globally, receiving payment instantly in Bitcoin.
• A programmer in South America collaborates with peers worldwide, contributing to projects that redefine industries.
This is a future where wealth creation is decentralized and meritocratic, free from the artificial barriers imposed by centralized authorities. It’s a world where humanity moves closer to its higher potential, creating abundance not just economically, but spiritually.
Conclusion
Bitcoin is more than a currency—it’s a revolution. It offers humanity a chance to dismantle systems of scarcity and control, replacing them with fairness, freedom, and abundance. By trading their labor for Bitcoin, individuals take ownership of their wealth and sovereignty, paving the way for a decentralized future where creativity and cooperation thrive.
In this new paradigm, Bitcoin is not just a tool for financial empowerment—it’s a catalyst for humanity’s spiritual awakening and collective evolution. As ego-driven systems crumble, Bitcoin guides us toward a future rooted in trust, equality, and infinite possibilities.
#bitcoin #ego #freedom

2024-12-16 10:22:23

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Absolutely agree!

2024-12-15 04:43:11

Nikola Tesla to Walter Russel about his book “The Universal One”.
#universe
#tesla https://image.nostr.build/74f93790e7d283377a8d8655b962480c18cb9bd909f313ab7f44fbaad3e606d6.jpg

2024-12-07 04:35:35

It is the year 2044 and 10000 sats buys you a big luxury villa with a huge backyard!
$1 = 1005 Sats
₹1 = 10 Sats https://image.nostr.build/6e15f2af7baa241e556b44d40ece10ac7468bcc445f8d6c9c536beb6a9a660e5.jpg

2024-12-06 12:23:37

Maybe next time!
#bitcoin
It is not the question of IF, but When. https://image.nostr.build/96d36e9ac3b6983a11bd530c95a569fd503089a9c24b89cdc21752cb2ef0d134.jpg

2024-12-06 12:19:37

Things become cheaper on Bitcoin standard + your balance sheet becomes robust and businesses become recession proof.
World will be able to fight and bear any Black Swan event including big natural shock!
Soon 0.1 Sats/min Kieran😃 #note17ht…zch3

2024-12-05 14:58:37

Block No: 873300
#Bitcoin reached $100,000 at Block Height 873300 https://image.nostr.build/d68f1c7b20418d2b2a5192fc28ba43b3a02e18f699299fc9f0a9898bba9cf540.jpg

2024-12-04 05:04:39

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That’s the mission. To orange pill as many as we can. India needs many bitcoin only show

2024-12-03 15:30:11

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I believe It is beyond the reason.

2024-12-03 13:29:28

You can call him Christ, Allah, Buddha, Shiva or Krishna.
“Nothing is greater than him” https://image.nostr.build/41c5220a7d3eccea322d5a5e325c3adb853250437ee99a92a5d5cccf4376bdc1.jpg

2024-12-03 09:57:10

Credit: SwissHodler
#bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/a1887d790d09fcafa3b63b2b1ff5b8179af65a8a6add84d8b437009a7be29dad.jpg

2024-12-02 05:44:29

Here is ChatGPT’s answer to the same question. At this stage, I don’t know why people are sleeping on #bitcoin .
What really do they want ? https://image.nostr.build/6e737af0ab9115cc7db4183e44a477e7b79bee859b179b88862acf1d9c19fbde.jpg https://image.nostr.build/855705b96f75c995d190937411b6dc18e462133f3e7058949584376c75302cf5.jpg https://image.nostr.build/fc3d7fcf94f0290d3d912d8a12be07c179ce5b48c6fa705ca20df44cca1b8e91.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0f3b40822d7ba107e557214299f6d4a466ceb8f5d7efb9c4e0485b4d3f38bb86.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f918249bf3a435d55f626bc82c052b578d28f00e0ceeddd391f8c32efb496da3.jpg #note1v89…7r57

2024-12-02 05:42:57

Do you know what #Bitcoin will destroy that the elites don’t like?
It’s Recession, Great Depression & World Wars.

2024-12-01 13:27:43

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And how will that mentality go away, that’s the question.
I am sure #bitcoin will play a major role in it.

2024-11-23 12:12:17

https://image.nostr.build/4958f4b0b6fa0a0bf8ff6a4145ec74a4e9a7bb5ac4f876d816b3c40a326499a3.jpg

2024-10-22 03:55:46

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Thanks, great feature

2024-10-18 10:28:38

Stacked at the historical bottom today.
#Bitcoin
😎

2024-10-16 09:01:15

#Bitcoin will melt faces
Get ready my dear brothers & Sisters
💚💚💚

2024-08-12 06:05:39

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With @npub1rkf…8huy

2024-08-12 06:05:12

#Bitcoin Weekly 18th episode
Orange pilling Indians
https://youtu.be/AFM2F-wN9qE

2024-07-09 11:19:03

#catstr https://image.nostr.build/ae129018f7bcd08a7a24d8a7b775a02f79f2b381d83f8dc4170572cffa6eaed8.jpg

2024-06-16 11:39:16

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Sometimes…

2024-05-26 15:14:52

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waiting… 👍🫡

2024-05-16 06:49:18

‘Sovereign Individual’ quotes https://image.nostr.build/4ad1a666e74dd46a1b6f5451b4e0c1d495a7d58249ab06fd593c7cb4343c3aca.jpg

2024-05-15 04:06:59

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The masses slipped into serfdom and unrest, while the state grew larger and more authoritarian in response. The state was now keeping itself alive at all cost.
As Septimus Severus said: "Live in harmony; enrich the troops; ignore everyone else." https://image.nostr.build/b4e877f2487ab033223c25400f456512e27c3a61ecf22a3c163beac94b1e8e56.jpg

2024-05-15 04:06:01

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Diocletian tried to stabilize matters by enforcing price caps on over 1,000 goods and services, but it failed. A modius of wheat that had cost 0.5 denarius in the second century, sold for over 10,000 in 338 AD. https://image.nostr.build/3c23dcd716adac71220b3fb1088c187f95022217a4cfe856a932619353d58ebd.jpg

2024-05-15 04:00:33

Does inflation lead to civilizational collapse?
Well, in the 3rd century, the Roman Empire began to buckle under the weight of state spending.
It frantically "printed" money until things went horribly wrong... (thread) 🧵
(Copied from Culture_Crit on X) https://image.nostr.build/2b3f16e810e961304e938be3cca8a2a21c16178fc0ffe88495275d6216691e30.jpg

2024-05-12 17:12:19

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Absolutely, loved your idea. Will start working on this👍

2024-05-01 08:59:09

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Indian food are best in the world😍

2024-04-26 15:20:11

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Definitely & 100%

2024-04-26 14:58:47

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And these subjects who are valuing these ordinals will be scammed by VC money, that’s all I an saying

2024-04-26 12:04:10

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True but irrelevant here

2024-04-26 11:55:11

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Still Inscription, Ordinals and Runes, all these shit has zero value

2024-04-26 11:54:25

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We cannot say same for Money.
Central database for Money is not the solution at all.
Money should be free, not in control of anyone. Free Your money from the control of these corrupt people, Utopia will come automatically

2024-04-22 12:37:38

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What’s your opinion?

2024-04-22 12:36:08

Some Indian Equity investors are not falling behind to spread irrelevant rumours about Bitcoin.
I thought to give them an honest answer.
MY REPLY TO BASANT MAHESHWARI SIR's BITCOIN VIDEO | Kya Bitcoin Ho Sakta Hai USD 5 million? | Bhavik
https://youtu.be/Gwb-9mriciU
#bitcoin
#india
#education
#nostr
#orangepill

2024-04-21 14:10:41

LOVE YOU ALL BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
❤️
https://video.nostr.build/8a25c83935a79b9f3eca0350180dca29233c51c13884ea1f0d7ec7aaaf4f1d32.mp4

2024-04-21 04:43:21

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So I think there is an exception which is Bitcoin Block

2024-04-21 04:42:57

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Yes true. But you don’t need blockchain for digital ticket for a concert. It can be done via traditional database too.

2024-04-20 13:43:50

To Inscription frenzy:
If something is Non-Fungible & Digital, then how can it be Non-Fungible.
Your inscriptions have zero value, Open your eyes.

2024-04-20 13:01:54

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Nice. I believe same too but slightly different.
Roots of Austrian economy lies in Vedanta and somehow leads to our Indian Ancient knowledge about self & freedom.
The reason I found it very necessary to dive into Bitcoin technical is because of the lack of spiritual or let’s say lack of Wisdom in the many developers.
Freedom & Love is the mother out which everything springs out.

2024-04-20 11:36:35

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👀

2024-04-20 05:13:51

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Which client you are using to zap?

2024-04-20 05:09:04

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https://nostr.band/npub10hcsqj6587uc5whzzuhgk274ke6g7ruh80enjm74ucln2m24hyxq2gf8fn?overview=zaps-received

2024-04-20 02:20:02

We celebrated Bitcoin Halving from India🥰
https://www.youtube.com/live/G_n3FZx9k9s?

2024-04-19 12:57:12

1.3125 Million Bitcoin will be issued in the next 115 years.
That's only 6.25% of the current supply.
No one can imagine the magnitude of this thing.
We have entered into Golden Age.
There is lot to be build, I feel extremely happy that people are working and building for freedom money.
Future looks bright. God bless you all.❤️
https://image.nostr.build/1c72437308c5fd609e23e48efaeee7d4937466375b24855fe6e04ae567520447.png

2024-04-12 16:22:17

Miners are earning average 1.5 - 2 BTC in fees per block for the last few blocks.
If fees remain same after the halving, fees would contribute 47% of the total block rewards.
Halving impact getting lesser and lesser.
https://image.nostr.build/43c3b1d0070171ac691203a354b93b3ff55f3d163fa8f11611f1e132cc159c95.png

2024-04-11 07:02:30

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Node runners are validators

2024-04-11 06:11:14

Guys, Brace Yourselves.
They are coming for Bitcoin Node Runners.
https://video.nostr.build/cc547641a399ffcc008b4cf9ffac1242ac89402f668dc647de55130451c3f52a.mp4

2024-04-08 06:30:01

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How is what you are building is different than the existing protocol?
Can you please explain?
https://github.com/lnurl/luds/blob/luds/04.md

2024-04-07 13:01:05

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What are you building with Jason?🤔

2024-04-05 08:45:15

ENERGY PLAY IN THE BITCOIN IS MIND BLOWING.
IN THE LAST 365 DAYS, MINERS SPENT ROUGHLY $8 BILLION OF ELECTRICITY WORLDWIDE TO WRITE THE TRANSACTION IN BITCOIN LEDGER.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION BRINGS PROSPERITY.

2024-04-01 11:41:27

Bitcoin running on 25 GW consumes 219 Billion units of electricity annually.
India consumed 129 Billion units of energy in March month.
In comparison, Bitcoin miners spends 7 times less energy than India.
Consuming energy is not bad, prosperity comes from high energy consumption. Energy consumed by miners goes into securing the network indirectly. https://image.nostr.build/c242b8fd5f9b8b2389a72cf676086810ea816129bd8c55dd857a0e80a643b22d.jpg

2024-04-01 08:20:30

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Yes currently it is good for medium of exchange in some countries, but I assume you haven’t used Bitcoin Lightning yet, it works even 1000x better than all these Tron, Arbitrum shit

2024-03-31 08:05:47

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Same for me. I enjoyed a lot of

2024-03-31 02:58:19

Repost and comment will get free sats.
Total 5000 sats to giveaway.
#note1gj5…avhe

2024-03-31 02:57:26

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Entire economy is going to built around bitcoin, for that we need strong foundation, bitcoin offers that.
Privacy can be achieved using coinJoin and other layer solutions being built around bitcoin, like eCash. We needed bitcoin long ago for the Chaumin-eCash to work.
We will also get cheap transaction using these technologies.
All other blockchains, Tron, Ethereum all these are totally controlled by few people, they can rug anytime and even debase their coin.
If you know you know.
Many will look back 10-15 years later and then get all this thing I am tryinh to say.
Things take time to build and scale.
Internet was not usable for the first 10-15 years, there were many critics at that time who said “voice call over the internet is impossible “ they were all wrong.
In my opinion, all the critics of the bitcoin are those who couldn’t study it enough.
Bitcoin is an Ego Test, not an IQ test

2024-03-31 00:48:14

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Yes it is expensive to transact, there will be layers around bitcoin for everyday payment. Don’t worry about it. Internet was not scaled for billions of users on the first day. It took 40 years for the internet to get the adoption. Bitcoin is only 15 years old, there are problems around bitcoin but all will be solved. But main fundamental thing is the sound money, fixed supply that protects you from the inflation.

2024-03-30 07:29:35

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You can’t be Multicoin maxi. That’s contradiction 😂😂

2024-03-30 07:28:31

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Inscription is useless, no use now.
Bitcoin base chain is meant for monetary use case.
We don’t paint pictures in our accounting book

2024-03-29 17:13:09

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There is only one Maxi,
And that is Bitcoin Maxi

2024-03-29 17:12:36

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You can’t be maxi for Bitcoin, Monero and eth together.
Once you understand Bitcoin, you abandon all these ETH monero and other shitcoin

2024-03-29 15:48:20

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You are Monero Coin maxi?? You don’t understand Bitcoin yet???

2024-03-29 15:46:51

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Bitcoin definitely disincentives war. If more and more people from the war zone affected area starts using bitcoin for their daily trade, they will easily be able to leave the place and go somewhere and start their life again.
I condemn this genocide by Israel but bitcoin is the solution for the long term. For the short term, someone needs to stand up.
We also need to teach the use of bitcoin to Palestinian people so that they don’t have to reply on their state’s fiat currency

2024-03-29 15:42:16

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Bitcoin will fix their economy. We will witness this in the next 10-20 years.

2024-03-29 15:26:19

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@npub1ms6…n7ke Would you like to share your project?

2024-03-29 13:38:16

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soon it will work.

2024-03-29 13:37:44

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then I will chose beautiful always😊

2024-03-29 12:28:01

That's why we bitcoin.
Let's onboard Palestinian to NOSTR so that they can trade with each other.
#israel
#palestine
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-may-cut-palestinian-banks-global-banking-system-next-week

2024-03-29 12:27:23

GOOD MORNING NOSTR.
MAKE THIS SPACE BEAUTIFUL AND REWARDING.

2024-03-29 06:45:53

Can #nostr be used as Peer-to-Peer bitcoin buying and selling?

2024-03-25 00:55:08

GOOD MORNING NOSTR.

2024-03-24 09:33:46

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Code development must be beautiful. I never did even once. 😃

2024-03-24 04:22:04

- There is a place where I enjoy my daily tea in my hometown in India.
One of the employee was asking me about how to invest in Stock Market and get rich, I tried to explain him about Bitcoin and also sent some sats on WoS, Next day he asked me more so I told him about #NOSTR and also set up his account.
- People here in India earning ~$200 monthly to meet their ends and real inflation here is in double digits.
-zap him and show the magic of Bitcoin + Nostr community.
#NOSTR is the easiest way to orange pill I think.
Purple Pill + Orange Pill is 🚀🚀🚀😃😃😃
#note1kdr…ayqq

2024-03-24 03:58:50

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It is doing its thing. It will be in 7-8 figures when it is good MoE, till then wait and don’t buy😃

2024-03-23 07:13:14

I am bullish on eCash being built my many brave builders including @npub1qny…95gx , @npub12rv…85vg , @npub1der…xzpc , @npub1arc…ggtw , @npub1rac…4atg and many other builders I don’t know of.
Bullish on NOSTR, FREEDOM, BITCOIN & OPEN SOURCE TOOLS🚀

2024-03-20 05:36:44

If there are any people from #India 🇮🇳 whom I don’t follow then do let me know.
We are building in India and working on many things including Bitcoin Education, Open Source development fundings, preparing policy for India, Educating energy producers about Bitcoin mining, Organising #Bitcoin + #Nostr meetups & conferences locally, and many more https://image.nostr.build/2a3720dea43e6867da95268a1c510624d9db2f641a6216cbf0653f2b42b7834d.jpg

2024-03-20 05:15:27

Hal Finney shared his personal story about #Bitcoin , 11 years ago today.
WARNING: It's an emotionally moving post! 👇
"I thought I'd write about the last four years, an eventful time for Bitcoin and me.
For those who don't know me, I'm Hal Finney. I got my start in crypto working on an early version of PGP, working closely with Phil Zimmermann. When Phil decided to start PGP Corporation, I was one of the first hires. I would work on PGP until my retirement. At the same time, I got involved with the Cypherpunks. I ran the first cryptographically based anonymous remailer, among other activities.
Fast forward to late 2008 and the announcement of Bitcoin. I've noticed that cryptographic graybeards (I was in my mid 50's) tend to get cynical. I was more idealistic; I have always loved crypto, the mystery and the paradox of it.
When Satoshi announced Bitcoin on the cryptography mailing list, he got a skeptical reception at best. Cryptographers have seen too many grand schemes by clueless noobs. They tend to have a knee jerk reaction.
I was more positive. I had long been interested in cryptographic payment schemes. Plus I was lucky enough to meet and extensively correspond with both Wei Dai and Nick Szabo, generally acknowledged to have created ideas that would be realized with Bitcoin. I had made an attempt to create my own proof of work based currency, called RPOW. So I found Bitcoin fascinating.
When Satoshi announced the first release of the software, I grabbed it right away. I think I was the first person besides Satoshi to run bitcoin. I mined block 70-something, and I was the recipient of the first bitcoin transaction, when Satoshi sent ten coins to me as a test. I carried on an email conversation with Satoshi over the next few days, mostly me reporting bugs and him fixing them.
Today, Satoshi's true identity has become a mystery. But at the time, I thought I was dealing with a young man of Japanese ancestry who was very smart and sincere. I've had the good fortune to know many brilliant people over the course of my life, so I recognize the signs.
After a few days, bitcoin was running pretty stably, so I left it running. Those were the days when difficulty was 1, and you could find blocks with a CPU, not even a GPU. I mined several blocks over the next days. But I turned it off because it made my computer run hot, and the fan noise bothered me. In retrospect, I wish I had kept it up longer, but on the other hand I was extraordinarily lucky to be there at the beginning. It's one of those glass half full half empty things.
The next I heard of Bitcoin was late 2010, when I was surprised to find that it was not only still going, bitcoins actually had monetary value. I dusted off my old wallet, and was relieved to discover that my bitcoins were still there. As the price climbed up to real money, I transferred the coins into an offline wallet, where hopefully they'll be worth something to my heirs.
Speaking of heirs, I got a surprise in 2009, when I was suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease. I was in the best shape of my life at the start of that year, I'd lost a lot of weight and taken up distance running. I'd run several half marathons, and I was starting to train for a full marathon. I worked my way up to 20+ mile runs, and I thought I was all set. That's when everything went wrong.
My body began to fail. I slurred my speech, lost strength in my hands, and my legs were slow to recover. In August, 2009, I was given the diagnosis of ALS, also called Lou Gehrig's disease, after the famous baseball player who got it.
ALS is a disease that kills moter neurons, which carry signals from the brain to the muscles. It causes first weakness, then gradually increasing paralysis. It is usually fatal in 2 to 5 years. My symptoms were mild at first and I continued to work, but fatigue and voice problems forced me to retire in early 2011. Since then the disease has continued its inexorable progression.
Today, I am essentially paralyzed. I am fed through a tube, and my breathing is assisted through another tube. I operate the computer using a commercial eyetracker system. It also has a speech synthesizer, so this is my voice now. I spend all day in my power wheelchair. I worked up an interface using an arduino so that I can adjust my wheelchair's position using my eyes.
It has been an adjustment, but my life is not too bad. I can still read, listen to music, and watch TV and movies. I recently discovered that I can even write code. It's very slow, probably 50 times slower than I was before. But I still love programming and it gives me goals. Currently I'm working on something Mike Hearn suggested, using the security features of modern processors, designed to support "Trusted Computing", to harden Bitcoin wallets. It's almost ready to release. I just have to do the documentation.
And of course the price gyrations of bitcoins are entertaining to me. I have skin in the game. But I came by my bitcoins through luck, with little credit to me. I lived through the crash of 2011. So I've seen it before. Easy come, easy go.
That's my story. I'm pretty lucky overall. Even with the ALS, my life is very satisfying. But my life expectancy is limited. Those discussions about inheriting your bitcoins are of more than academic interest. My bitcoins are stored in our safe deposit box, and my son and daughter are tech savvy. I think they're safe enough. I'm comfortable with my legacy."
RIP Legend 🙏

2024-03-17 10:27:09

Come to Goa, India next month for #Bitcoin halving party
@npub17lu…f73y https://image.nostr.build/f6e673949eaa4337d3d14a291f01f3796c1dd342350d5380c653d775451a9ca2.jpg

2024-03-17 03:25:57

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I thought I have clearly mentioned that “100 people will get total of 10,000 sats”.
I should have mentioned “100 each” maybe. I feel sorry for the confusion

2024-03-17 03:24:17

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But you need to repost the post to get sats⚡️

2024-03-17 03:22:22

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Sent you late reward😊

2024-03-16 13:10:59

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Sent you, sent 50-60 people till now. Zapping them all. There should be automatic functions for auto zapping everyone

2024-03-16 13:02:25

Done zapping first 50-60 of the people who reposted. Will zap remaining others soon. UI is too bad to zap each individual who reposted. Primal shuffles all reposters. I will also try to zap others who reposted later. Only first 100 reposters were about to get zap but now I want to zap every single one who did repost.
Thank you all, this post was trending yesterday.
#NOSTR IS AWESOME 🫡
freedom tech wins
#note1nwu…jesy

2024-03-16 07:33:13

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loved the idea. anyone else guys???

2024-03-15 15:28:11

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Definitely not, zapping them all
https://m.primal.net/HlKZ.jpg

2024-03-15 15:01:29

First 100 people who repost this will get total of 10,000 No-KYC sats.
#Bitcoin and #Nostr are winning.
Early reposts will get more.

2024-03-15 13:54:46

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It worked. ⚡️👌🏻

2024-03-15 13:54:17

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Yes I got it😊, What is the price of average meal in Canada in BTC? Or what is the house rent for 2 BHK?