mike

Chief Shitpost Officer - NOSTR Inc.
Foreign Correspondent - bridging legacy social media
Email, NIP-05, LN address: mike@mikehardcastle.com

Run 3 imperfect Bitcoin + Lightning nodes.
BitAxe Miner - former S19 miner
Novice Author

Businessman - Electronics
Entrepreneur - Data centres
Investor - Technology

Foodie & Cook
Food Producer

My articles : https://habla.news/u/mhardcastle@nostrplebs.com
My public relay: https://nortis.nostr1.com/
My photos: https://mike.npub.pro/
My book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLJP6R3F/

Public Key

npub1aqakd28d95muqlg6h6nwrvqq5925n354prayckr424k49vzjds4s0c237n

NIP-05 Address

mike@mikehardcastle.com

NIP-57 Address

mike@mikehardcastle.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqswswmx4rkj6d7q05dtafhpkqq2z42fc62s37jvtp642m2jkpfxc2cpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsmx9vfj

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

relay.usefusion.ai

Author Public Key

npub1aqakd28d95muqlg6h6nwrvqq5925n354prayckr424k49vzjds4s0c237n

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Last Notes

2024-10-04 18:05:05

What do other people do, when you've got more browser tabs open than you can navigate around, yet you don't want to close any of them?
#asknostr

2024-10-04 15:29:17

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Phhht, that’s nothing my $200 BitAxe miner earns that and it only costs me a dollar a day in electricity 😂

2024-10-03 15:23:59

On the train, I notice that phone size is proportional to age. The older you are, the smaller your phone 😂

2024-10-03 12:40:37

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You’ve been @npub1qny…95gx ‘d 😂
Also, yes, it’s a job creation scheme for normies.

2024-10-03 09:15:31

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GM 🫂

2024-10-03 07:58:24

GM
As many of you know, I had to make a tough decision yesterday. It wasn't easy and I thought long and hard about it, but I am able to report that I have let our good friend and colleague Uptober go.
They have been let go without severance and with immediate effect.
In the interim, I have promoted Upvember to replace them, but sadly they can't start for a month.
Because of this I've taken several other drastic steps, the first one being our new fleet of executive cars. I have cancelled the order for the Lambos and have instead ordered a more modest replacement.
I appreciate you were all looking forward to your new perks, but I'm sure you'll agree that the replacement below is a perfectly adequate alternative.
I also enclose the Lambos we would have been getting:
Stay strong comrades:
https://i.nostr.build/yG6gyHxVZaGLlrBb.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/xbpnU331blfv8of4.jpg

2024-10-02 20:45:42

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Alien invasion for me.
Wait, hold on.
Sorry wrong thread.

2024-10-02 08:50:55

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A long form response
#naddr1qq…slh3
External link:
https://habla.news/u/mhardcastle@nostrplebs.com/1727719293082

2024-10-01 20:55:16

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If you want to get paid in Lightning regularly, they have a BOLT12 payment option.
It'll cover a couple of zaps a day 😂

2024-10-01 20:36:53

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Noooooooooooooo
Make it stop 😩

2024-10-01 20:10:43

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I wish I'd never started this Spoons thing, my entire YouTube suggestion list is plagued with this 😂 :
https://i.nostr.build/ol2ePXmjr4Qz24g4.jpg

2024-10-01 19:57:16

I can't decide whether I prefer watching my BitAxe never finding a solo block or earning less per day than 2 GM zaps 😂

2024-10-01 17:12:21

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That’s not porn, it’s zoophilia sir 😂

2024-10-01 17:01:16

Uptober is not the bull run I was expecting:
https://i.nostr.build/4Z9hqigdaj83grQ3.jpg

2024-10-01 14:09:37

Also 👀
#note1cs8…amku

2024-10-01 13:32:09

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OK, Understood thanks.
I will DYOR and possibly end up writing an article about it on habla.news
I'm enjoying learning this facet of Bitcoin I had only touched on lightly on before.
Have a nice day.

2024-10-01 12:54:56

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GM
How are your bulls fairing? 😂

2024-10-01 11:04:41

Hey @npub1nt4…5u98 you need to be more active on #NOSTR
You have an interesting product.

2024-10-01 11:02:03

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I like all kinds of strokes 😂

2024-10-01 10:57:44

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Also this 👆
😂

2024-10-01 10:56:42

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Don't take fists to a chainsaw fight 😂
https://i.nostr.build/erhk6J2FYZfNSy7o.jpg

2024-10-01 10:53:37

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Random reply, but OK 😂

2024-10-01 10:50:30

If you ever wondered why you didn't succeed at that thing you thought you were an expert at?
Remember, there are one or two people that you didn't know existed that were prepared to endure more pain, loose more sleep and take more risk than you would ever consider possible.
Mike Tyson likes being punched, don't forget that.

2024-10-01 09:43:51

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I could show you a YouTube video of me playing the spoons, but I don't want you to get too excited 😂

2024-10-01 09:25:02

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Not every Bitcoin HODLer that can buy a home with BTC either wants or is able to get a fiat loan.
Fiat debt on paper, right now, like Saylor has with $MSTR seems like a good idea, but so was leveraged real estate debt until 2008.
Not all of us want to repeat the mistakes made throughout history.
Land (not property) is the ultimate generational wealth.
Bitcoin technology will change / evolve / disappear over generations. Land will not.

2024-10-01 07:49:39

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Thank you 🙏
Also, run your own relay.

2024-09-30 14:08:54

First @npub1qtv…7dze block using DATUM:
https://mempool.space/block/0000000000000000000088a4b23cfcb00feadc51a789254feebc22df156744c1

2024-09-30 12:09:49

Hi @npub1qtv…7dze
Some feedback from a new BitAxe miner.
I got my miner a couple of weeks ago and immediately joined the OCEAN pool. I regularly had issues, which I assumed was the miner,
i.e. the miner appeared to work, but it gave errors and regularly showed it was disconnected from your pool. I power cycled it most days. I thought I had a duff miner, but was going to live with it.
Then you had your outage, I’m sorry, I hope you are managing to recover.
So I started solo mining on the ckpool. Since I joined, the solo mining pool, I’ve not had a single issue. TBF, I also moved WiFi APs as I wasn’t certain if it was a bad WiFi connection.
I haven’t rejoined OCEAN yet as I was aware you were, quite correctly, concentrating on your large miners.
As my miner appears to be working just fine and potential WiFi AP issues aside, is it possible you have any issues with your pool coping with small miners like BitAxe?
I am aware that as you attempt to decentralise mining and fulfil your DATUM ambitions, you are going to attract more and more home miners who buy products like the BitAxe or Braiins miner to support the network.
With Very Best Wishes
A novice miner.

2024-09-29 21:06:27

Tom is a friend of mine and because of this, I see the plight from the restaurant side of the equation. I'd like to garner opinions on this please:
#asknostr
#foodstr
https://i.nostr.build/A59Ble2Ld8pYGtRO.jpg

2024-09-29 20:09:59

I like solo mining
and
I like pool mining
2nd BitAxe incoming 😂

2024-09-29 16:17:32

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As no hotel owner ever said 😂

2024-09-29 16:08:15

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I’m still trying to orange pill my IRL frens 😂
It’s working, slowly, then everywhere 😁

2024-09-29 15:57:13

When I tried to share this on Facebook to expand my IRL frens mind, this happened:
https://i.nostr.build/AbUUSJ2h54bTleoh.jpg
#note1sjy…rfmd

2024-09-29 15:51:51

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😂

2024-09-29 13:25:34

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I have a funny legal story about that, but I’ll leave that for another time.
Now to prep my Mikey-Mikey chicken.
It’s like Piri-Piri chicken, except it’s not.

2024-09-29 13:14:32

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Consider that your retainer 😂

2024-09-29 13:06:49

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😂

2024-09-29 13:05:44

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I zapped you first 😂

2024-09-29 13:03:49

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Yes, but not too late for Bitcoin 😂

2024-09-29 13:02:54

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You’re suing Mark Zuckerberg?

2024-09-29 12:57:04

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True 😂

2024-09-29 12:55:04

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Fair point, well made m'lud

2024-09-29 12:53:18

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https://i.nostr.build/GCKd9EX1uYgEvOPd.jpg

2024-09-29 12:48:45

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Does #teachain count if you're British?

2024-09-29 12:40:16

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Also Proof of Laziness 😂 https://i.nostr.build/qx3ogtbf8cFiUPwq.jpg https://i.nostr.build/CowJGrDRV5RIvgcO.jpg https://i.nostr.build/LrUMBofuHc8DMTbO.jpg https://i.nostr.build/UjKtaNtvcdKBuFla.jpg

2024-09-29 12:20:48

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Installed.
Thank you 🫡

2024-09-29 12:14:45

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By Uber, I mean build a decentralised company that disrupts an industry.
Yes, existing Uber could do the local part, which is kinda what Prime local does, but also if you own an airline or even a private jet or a shipping company or a private yacht, you can bid to carry packages during your journey.
The Uber would be "Shipper.com" and you can create an account and bid to carry parcels, containers etc...
I've just looked up shipper.com and they ship cars for you 😂

2024-09-29 12:08:36

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Also we need to sue Pope Gregory for what happened in September 1752.

2024-09-29 12:04:09

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Let’s start with the Romans, they caused the whole calendar problem.

2024-09-29 12:00:00

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Stop mum, please make him stop 🤣

2024-09-29 11:59:20

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Couldn’t agree more.
I think Amazon will get disrupted. I think the tools to do that on the merchants side already exist, as you say.
The problem to solve is decentralised logistics.
Uber for package delivery.
Hold on, just had a business idea BRB 🤣

2024-09-29 11:53:08

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https://i.nostr.build/zf0pwDbEpqSFtQlt.jpg

2024-09-29 11:50:45

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Do you remember Intranets?
They were rubbish 😂

2024-09-29 11:48:40

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Thanks, followed @npub1v7k…tfk0
Now finding somebody to sue and building my fighting fund now 😂

2024-09-29 11:45:56

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Yeh, unless you wanted to "VPN" into work to pick up your emails 😂

2024-09-29 11:26:38

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I went the cheapest, 154 GBP gets you one that lasts longer.

2024-09-29 11:14:08

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Thank you for your efforts 💜

2024-09-29 11:07:56

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We should have been there 💜
GFY wife's office social events and scampi and chips 😂

2024-09-29 11:04:25

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GM node 🫂
Have a happy Sunday.
I think somebody should sue somebody, cos it should be sunny on sun day 😂

2024-09-29 11:01:35

Proof of UPS https://i.nostr.build/nERDIy1BQWJWyVx3.jpg

2024-09-29 08:00:00

GM,
A random picture of my wife's office cat for your delight:
#CATSTR
https://i.nostr.build/Ag0R3byOATIs5P8b.jpg

2024-09-28 18:20:19

Just had a power cut at home, we get them often.
Any recommendations for UPS’s for Umbrel & Start9 nodes.
Also need to UPS the router.

2024-09-27 14:31:39

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If anybody needs throwing under a bus, I have one available.
Price for a throw negotiable:
https://i.nostr.build/pmpX2eJShn1XoF3Z.jpg

2024-09-27 13:12:43

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpMrTxMV6E4

2024-09-26 19:47:44

I’m thinking of repurposing an old Raspberry Pi 4 8GB RAM, 128GB SD card, as a NOSTR relay.
I’d like to build a WoT relay using a Docker container on the Raspberry Pi and host it in my house using a Cloudflare tunnel.
Is this the way?
Advice please!
#asknostr

2024-09-26 12:18:21

Thanks to @npub1smr…xn8w for finding this gem:
4TH/s Bitcoin miner from Canaan:
https://shop.canaan.io/products/avalon-nano-3-oct-future-without-adaptor?VariantsId=10370

2024-09-25 17:54:15

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Don’t react, I got another notification 😩

2024-09-25 17:47:47

Right, how to I turn off iPhone notifications again? 😂

2024-09-25 08:35:56

BBC news websites menu bars from 2016 and today - 2024.
Notice any difference?
https://i.nostr.build/6aoXh2DDyPK8NA1D.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/f0yZfKDtB4ufTteE.jpg

2024-09-23 11:29:18

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Interesting

2024-09-23 11:27:05

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7/10

2024-09-23 11:24:49

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We’re all from London tho 😂

2024-09-23 11:21:01

For my foreign frens, an explanation of the United Kingdom dominions.
The United Kingdom’s full title is “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”
Northern Ireland, as the name suggests is the top right hand corner of Ireland that is still British.
Great Britain is the main Island of the UK and includes the countries:
England
Scotland &
Wales
We used to have an empire that was mostly acquired through war and conquest, but that’s gone now. However the countries that decided to forgive us, decided to form a commonwealth. This is a loosely aligned group of former territories, but now friends of the UK.
There are 56 independent countries that make up the commonwealth, with a population of 2.7 billion:
https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries

2024-09-23 11:11:36

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🤣

2024-09-23 11:10:10

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Will I get time off for good behaviour?

2024-09-23 11:08:03

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That looks amazing. I’m going to have to up my lunchtime sandwich game 😂

2024-09-23 11:06:24

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You can never understand any closed system from inside it.

2024-09-23 11:04:23

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🫂

2024-09-23 10:25:02

If you have your own domain and optionally run a node, then you can consolidate your email address, NIP-05 and Lightning address to <yourname@yourdomain>
Here’s how to do it.
https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp6pmv65w6tfhcp73404xuxcqpg24f8rf2z86f3v824td22c9ymptqqxnzdejxucrsd3hxuurswpn7wu3yf

2024-09-23 08:04:44

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GM
For some reason I almost never remember my dreams. I only know I dream because if I am disturbed and wake up suddenly, for a brief moment I do remember.
Enjoy the recollection, have a great day.

2024-09-22 16:47:41

What did you do today?
I spent 3 hours on
https://shipyard.pub/
Composing GM's for the 15 days we are away in October / November sailing across the Atlantic.
They are all bangers 😂
You're welcome 🫡

2024-09-21 21:30:44

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If they’re not found, is that a 101 error?

2024-09-20 14:18:43

I've just finished my @npub1get…0nfm hub config with my own domain, so now zaps to mike@mikehardcastle.com go to my own @npub1agh…mhct node.
Also setup "Alby Go" on my phone, but with a very restricted budget and a short expiration date in case the wife gets hold of it 🤣
Also @npub1xnf…lpr5 has access to my Lightning and onchain balance.
Now, where are all the shops and restaurants and bars to spend at?
@npub1864…t2tq over to you.
The weekend's nearly here, LFG!

2024-09-20 13:49:43

I found a site a while ago that could schedule NOSTR posts, but I've forgotten the address. Can anybody advise?
#asknostr

2024-09-20 09:44:49

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/loony

2024-09-20 09:43:10

Shit, I really like this song 😂
#note1lwm…5rj0

2024-09-20 09:39:57

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There's always Taylor Swift 😂
https://i.nostr.build/KSIWigvq6VJ93Cew.jpg

2024-09-20 09:35:50

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Take some gold in and see if the will exchange it for fiat 😂
Also, there's a good coffee shop opposite!

2024-09-20 09:34:31

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I enjoy the act of cooking as well.
Last night was home made pasta with homemade deconstructed Arrabbiata, made with our own homegrown tomatoes and onions and chilli, but shop bought garlic from the Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight.
Home made pesto made from our own Basil.
Was delicious 💜

2024-09-20 09:22:30

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GM Jake,
What's my Craft? 🤔
Mostly shitposting, but also a thirst for knowledge, especially in technology.
Also, congrats on the newborn 🍻

2024-09-20 08:25:10

Support your local Bitcoin organisation:
https://cmhouse.lbspace.xyz/apps/24jvT3aj4DNJ6o11MLh59pmwQspR/pos
#note14xr…t03c

2024-09-20 07:20:59

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FOSS is a whole different argument that I am not engaged in enough to understand, let alone discuss.
I suspect, however, that most Bitcoin devs won’t need to worry about money after this bull run , and certainly not after the next halvings bull run .

2024-09-19 19:54:39

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👀
https://i.nostr.build/GTTjY7vq9de4Rw6E.jpg

2024-09-19 19:09:30

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On a serious note, this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66221116

2024-09-19 18:03:50

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The earth will still be flat 🤣

2024-09-19 12:30:24

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Not too much.
Reply seems to have disappeared, I'm just getting the occasional Shitcoin shill bot.

2024-09-19 12:27:32

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GM
I'm still getting my head around WoT relays 😂

2024-09-18 23:17:23

My identity is:
Email: mike@mikehardcastle.com
NIP-05: mike@mikehardcastle.com
Lightning: mike@mikehardcastle.com
Website: https://mikehardcastle.com

2024-09-18 22:56:54

So is today Bitcoin Burger Day?

2024-09-18 20:27:58

My Lightning payment address is now:
mike@mikehardcastle.com
Thanks to @npub1get…0nfm
https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/v/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-account/use-your-lightning-address/own-domain