BlindOwl

Civil servant. Bitcoiner. Used to work in the neo-colonial aid industry.

Public Key

npub1pgkljpdv6k6muvs54pxt948krv80knvm7ptnn4g3zgjj2py4j6yq38ueyc

NIP-05 Address

blindowl@nostrplebs.com

NIP-57 Address

blindowl@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsq5t0eqkkdtdd7xg22sn9j6nmpkrhmfkdlq4ee65g3yff9qj2edzqeujd3v

Author Public Key

npub1pgkljpdv6k6muvs54pxt948krv80knvm7ptnn4g3zgjj2py4j6yq38ueyc

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2024-08-21 07:43:43

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Sounds like you live in a McCarthyist parallel universe.

2024-08-11 12:47:05

Pura vida. Little can compete with waking up in the forest and have breakfast with freshly picked mushrooms.
#nature #Norway https://image.nostr.build/0909108d5d605b877a49f1f91a79b240dafcb5e75904bdfcdf4b169f886f1e2b.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/c35fd45f6f99c781dad261718942bb95c2170beadf703e41fa65212a150f963f.jpg

2024-08-05 21:12:29

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That just sounds strange, because industries or others that will be affected by regulations are always consulted. This whole process seems odd.

2024-08-05 21:06:42

This is a very sad day. We need more user friendly lightning wallets, not less. Mutiny was such a good attempt. Easy and zero cost onboarding with fedimint, combined with self custodial lightning. There must be people with funds and the right skills to take this vision forward in one way or another.
#nevent1q…e2s8

2024-08-05 20:57:58

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Should be super easy. I am getting mine delivered this week. Have a look at Ben's tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-Wp4J4Jb4

2024-08-05 20:35:49

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The Parliament committee has asked the government to investigate the feasibility of a crypto currency ban. That is what the ministry has been tasked with. If the government (or Parliament) decides to propose new legislation based on this investigation, a public hearing will be part of the process. That is how legislative processes work. However, what I fear, is that they will try to find ways to implement a ban based on existing legislation, and thereby bypass the thorough legislative process.

2024-07-30 19:39:43

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Bitcoin is a bottom up movement, while Save the Children is a corporate machine. I admire the work Obi is doing with @nprofile…ndwr so I strongly hope this will not compromise the project.
What you are saying, Jeff, is encouraging. I would not thought that possible when I quit a few years a go. The top leadership was mostly from the corporate sector (like Unilever, Starbucks) or (ex)politicians using the organisation as a platform to further their next carrier move. And the funding, as you mention, is mainly governments using aid projects to further their (geo)political goals around the world. Local employees doing the actual work were rarely given higher management positions, while Western expats were shipped in on well paid short term contracts with minimal cultural and contextual understanding, making bad decisions over and over again. I oversaw and brought in funding for projects for tens of millions of dollars yearly (with a 15% annual growth expectation), but was not able to change anything fundamental about how the organisation operated. After five years my personal and professional integrity was totally compromised, so I decided to leave. I had lost most of my belief in humanity, and was at my most nihilistic point in life. Understanding bitcoin, helped me drag my self out of that black swamp.
Don't get me wrong, there is more nuance to this than what I can capture here. I've never worked with so many bright and well meaning people ever. So I have no doubt that some of them have been orange pilled, just doubting that the organisation can be salvaged (they are just one league below the UN and the Bank).
It would be great if someone ( @nprofile…ue67 ?) could get some of the aid people to reflect in public on the aid industry with the insights they gained from understanding the world through a Bitcoin lens.
#fedi #aidindustry #neocolonialism

2024-07-24 10:11:07

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Great, but I was hoping for a nostr native service that can't be shutdown or regulated by authorities. Purely peer-to-peer, accepting any currency.

2024-07-24 08:49:54

Is someone building a decentralized AirBnB killer on Nostr?
#asknostr

2024-07-22 09:19:16

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True. It has to be as simple as Wasabi's implementation used to be, before they dropped out of the game: default coinjoin of any amount, without setup. If not, coinjoin will only be for the very few.

2024-07-16 04:48:32

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Yes, you can, if you're on android. Just activate the work profile, and install another version of the app there.

2024-07-11 19:14:47

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That's very cool. Just claimed my Phoenix address. But the wallet you send from must support bolt12 as well. So I guess, only Phoenix to Phoenix is possible for the time being. If anyone wants to try, you can bolt12 zap me at this address: suddenawe96@phoenixwallet.me

2024-07-09 10:59:50

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Noise from industry and traffic is terrible for mental and physical health. Immersion mining should be the standard, unless you need the hot air from the fans for something useful.

2024-07-09 08:07:04

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I use my grandma's washing machine from the 1980s. My daughter makes music on my Roland D50 synthesizer from the late 1980s. I sit on a wooden chair with the year 1921 written under it, in a wooden house from the 18th century. I don't romanticize the past, but something is broken in the current incentive structures. The way forward is not to recycle and use less end cheaper materials, but to build something of lasting quality that can persevere for generations.

2024-07-07 16:21:22

Comfort food for daddy when he is home alone. Excellent meat from the Bitcoin farmer,
@nprofile…53ul
https://image.nostr.build/f10d8b76bb021c3ea9310948b271565be9dce481b44eb6f610d8ec1703881a32.jpg
Next up, Oppenheimer, finally.
#foodstr #Norway

2024-06-27 06:03:18

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You could also try the ones from Bitrefill. A bit cheaper I think, but no personal experience. Tons of other options out there. I used Airalo once, worked perfect, but no Bitcoin payment and no guaranty for how they track you.
https://www.bitrefill.com/esims

2024-06-27 05:50:59

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https://silent.link/

2024-06-26 16:04:14

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Maybe some compeeting collection campaigns?
#nevent1q…3sl6

2024-06-26 07:10:52

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Apparently someone already did
#nevent1q…7l9v

2024-06-26 04:31:39

Let us show the world we can pay the Free Julian flight in Bitcoin.
https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3sEmBheBrxi3NCzSwguMeSVJtZ5y/pos
#nevent1q…2y7s

2024-06-25 18:12:08

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Successfully withdrew from Freedom.one. I really like the Mutiny + Fedimint approach, so wishing you all luck with fixing the issue with the federations. When this is up an running again, its gonna be my preferred onboarding wallet for new bitcoiners. Now, I just have to deal with my wife, she is not so happy about this. I might have to sponsor the opening fee for a channel on Phoenix for her, to save lightnings´ reputation.

2024-06-25 12:00:51

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It was on the top when I woke up this morning, but I noticed it moved down very quickly.

2024-06-21 13:54:47

Chanterelles popping up at Midsummer. Two months before they usually show up here in the far north of Europe. Strange things are going on. Neither me, nor my parents have experienced this in our life time. https://image.nostr.build/9aa1c20047782928ee876d8f581482cac59fda4619dd3b2a2caed979ad81d4b8.jpg

2024-06-15 06:36:07

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PMs on Nostr must be broken. I still don't see any response. I will resend the message to your ODF email. It was just a response to your call for action on the mining situation in Norway.

2024-06-14 19:50:47

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Yes, and I sent you a PM from a different nostr account with my real name about a week ago. Not sure if you saw it.

2024-06-14 18:53:31

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Keep playing. Words will come. You saved my day. Used to play Bach on the piano too. But that's 20 years ago. Now, I am too afraid to try, I am afraid. I can't do it anymore. The strict, mathematical order of this music helps bring order into soul and mind.

2024-06-05 16:55:57

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Yes :-)

2024-06-05 11:48:55

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Thank you for bringing the attention to this. It is quite urgent. See my note from a few weeks ago #nevent1q…zf78

2024-05-27 20:06:36

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Source?

2024-05-23 18:26:18

The right to pay with cash in Norway is now strengthened. The parliament voted in favor of an amendment to the financial services law today.
#cash #Norway
https://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Saker/Sak/?p=98066&target=case-status#step-link-4

2024-05-22 18:27:23

"The desire of people in the industry for banks to help pump their bags is way bigger than their desire to pave a way for freedom tech in general."
#note183t…8n8p

2024-05-18 15:48:46

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Everyone should unionize, brains or no brains. Building alliances with others you share some common interests with is just a smart move if you want to attchieve something. Unions versus individualism is a false dichotomy.

2024-05-17 14:13:56

Apple blossoms with last year's cider.
#cider #homestead #gardening #grownostr
https://image.nostr.build/32df0d21c45a78435a2815c27586eb6d1ee4cf14945ae4dfa3dbfc6b41cacda5.jpg

2024-05-16 18:31:42

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#nevent1q…zz8y

2024-05-16 18:28:30

Norwegian lawmakers from the far right to the far left are now forcing the government to propose a new law banning Bitcoin mining in Norway. All based on misunderstanding of how energy production and bitcoin works. @npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu @npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a @npub1n3sjlzmhpu8rl56umtptc4lua6zkretq2p82yhytnmlcuq639vlqd0te5l please try to meet with parliament members from the whole political specter during Oslo Freedom Forum to explain grid stabilization, use of excess energy, incentivizing new energy sources to come online etc. They freak out because of an upcoming energy deficit in the coming years, and do not understand that Bitcoin mining can be part of the solution, while they think it's the problem.
#OsloFreedomForum
#PoW
#Bitcoin
Article in Norwegian: https://e24.no/teknologi/i/xmPEbB/flertall-paa-stortinget-vil-utrede-forbud-mot-kryptoutvinning

2024-05-11 16:31:59

"Cryptography creates an asymmetric advantage in the favour of the weaker party, the party that doesn't have the ability to project force, like you and I. I cannot command an army, but there is no way an army can crack my private key using force. You can't use force to solve a math problem. "
Epic from @npub1hwgw0uznr49t4gullpgfz4m5xnakl5a0l88m3k382xv7ys0tfmlsd503sg and @npub1wl39ydk5rpecvtrzhq67afl9ykn2ty2xdxdkfmyan0rss3f3ma5sndznlx on #nevent1q…36jy

2024-05-09 13:06:15

Conservatives and socialists are now joining forces to ban Bitcoin mining in Norway. They don't understand that Bitcoin mining incentivize build out of new and renewable energy. Instead they turn reality upside down when they claim it is an industry that uses too much energy when the country is headed towards an energy deficit.
#PoW #energy #Norway
https://e24.no/energi-og-klima/i/Avd2V5/hoeyre-og-sv-vil-forby-kryptoutvinning-boer-faa-solid-flertall

2024-05-07 04:09:15

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Will you add the possibility of swapping funds from one federation to another? Could be useful for people without a lightning channel, or simply when you want to change federation.

2024-05-05 06:16:53

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I know it is too much to ask on a Sunday morning, but I want to join the others for a walk in the forest. Can you see me in the mist?

2024-05-02 03:45:22

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https://sms4sats.com/
Tor
http://sms4sat6y7lkq4vscloomatwyj33cfeddukkvujo2hkdqtmyi465spid.onion

2024-04-26 13:05:33

Finally decided to get a npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg plus subscription.
It was the Fedimint integration that convinced me. I know it is bleeding edge, but really love both the idea and how it is implemented. Lot of potential for further development here. I am hoping for more transparency/information about the different federations - currently a black hole.
Please add a Tor option somewhere (I use a VPN now, but that might not always be possible).
One issue: Someone tried to pay me with Strike (from fiat balance), but it failed (no payment route). He tried several times over almost a week now. Any idea what this could be? #asknostr

2024-04-26 11:42:01

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Good morning. She can also just use web services like Changenow.io Use a VPN! There is no KYC requirement. Worked for me to get rid of shitcoins. There are other services, but I haven't tried them.

2024-04-26 03:39:45

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Good morning.

2024-04-24 11:00:21

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Nostr is a portal to the promise of the Internet of the 1990s. We get a second chance. (Sound bite: USRobotics 14.4 dial-up)

2024-04-24 10:57:54

Nostr is a portal to the promise of the Internet of the 1990s. We get a second chance. (Sound bite: USRobotics 14.4 dial-up)
#note1amq…ks2q

2024-04-22 19:09:02

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Thanks, will try to find some smelly deterrent. Apparently male human urine should also work. We often use grapefruit peal to attract Spanish slugs, so maybe it could double as a badger deterrent .

2024-04-22 18:29:37

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They are after the earthwarms I guess.

2024-04-22 18:21:25

Badger is wreaking havoc all over the farm every night. Garlic survived, but it's a mess. Any suggestions on how to deal with them (no guns)?
#asknostr #homesteading #grownostr #garden #farm
https://m.primal.net/Hyjo.jpg

2024-04-21 20:02:17

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How do you make that?

2024-04-21 17:55:12

Ramson or Wild Garlic is one of the first eatable plants that pops up in spring here close to the Arctic. Great for pesto, in salads, or sautéed in butter as a side. Season is short. How do you cook with it?
#asknostr #spring #foodstr #nature #herbs #gardening
https://m.primal.net/HyRk.jpg

2024-04-20 08:54:53

So, is Lightning dead now? Plebs can not afford opening channels anymore. We will all be sheppard into custodial solutions by influencers. Prayi ng that my peers keep channels open, that there is no force closures - still knowing that it can't last for ever.

2024-04-19 20:19:23

Supported.
#note16w5…r93d

2024-04-19 11:59:15

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Place looks amazing. Wish I was there. You guys, have fun!

2024-04-15 10:23:32

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yes, she loved the video, but we haven't ventured into replicating it yet.

2024-04-12 20:39:48

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My daughter's gonna love this

2024-04-12 18:54:15

Welcome back! Nostr has changed a lot in a year.
#note1h5p…5j3j

2024-04-12 17:52:28

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Thank you! Well received.

2024-04-12 07:06:58

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Maybe you could look into developing a service similar to Machankura npub1nv4j840c5ugjjq7ym3sqkz5jcschjx8ulnaa90645av0rwdylm9qv9x0gr for Haiti, where you can transact with bitcoin over the lightning network on basic feature phones using normal text messages, no internet required. At least as an interim solution.

2024-04-09 18:52:43

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@npub1a2a85jwde32zjsjk02ujasydqc3t2w9rfgfe97amm0r4d9mepfxsxf3fnn Maybe something for you Johanna?

2024-04-09 17:45:00

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I will be happy to do some testing in Norway.

2024-03-30 18:47:37

Celebrating Spring, Easter, Newroz...
https://m.primal.net/HpqW.jpg
https://m.primal.net/HpqV.jpg

2024-03-23 11:58:08

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Sad, so let me show you some hope. I got my daughter (in primary school) on Signal. Now all the girls in her class and some others at the school are using Signal for all their communications. Most of them are not on SnapChat or TikTok. Group chats on Signal has become their social media.

2024-03-22 12:31:06

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Civil disobedience seems to be the only way forward!

2024-02-18 07:17:11

Lyn nailed it.
#nevent1q…6vvf

2024-02-18 06:59:06

Important work. Wake up all European Bitcoiners!
#nevent1q…dk40

2024-02-07 12:55:52

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What are you pressing oil from?

2024-01-29 20:31:22

So grateful! My cousin has been out hunting.
https://image.nostr.build/ed0c6066c9cc5b5ee05d6c4de5f65f5b0d3686157370cbe637abac4626e6f9cc.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1140x1515&alt=A+fresh+moose+carcass+hanging+to+mature+in+the+garage.+&blurhash=_DE_%2CF5OTC%7EU%24x-o9Z%3FZoa-mX4xX-%3Bj%3F%25La%25tQn%25WURjM%7B9GIXIWD%2Bt9e%3AozIVItM%7ERlM%7DEL%252RQNGn%25R*ogR%2BXSS%23M%7CxZt7M%7Bofs%3AIVxZS1xaWBWCS4RjRka%7EaeWXR*aL&x=341fa514637f28d2e8e680373214f0957b29dc5f5badfabb86cb1575fe3c76b2

2024-01-10 18:39:13

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Great. But I guess demand is already so hight, the web page crashed. Not loading, at least for me.

2024-01-09 21:12:45

Who said beads were outdated as a store of value, @npub1a2c…w83a?
Excellent way to bond with your kids over Bitcoin. Make Seed QR codes for air-gapped, stateless, use with hardware signing devices like #seedsigner or @npub1jg5…6n8n #jade. Just remember, make a steel backup of your seed phrase, store the bead-QR in a safe place, and never take a photo or expose it to the Internet.
Something for your next tutorial using a seedQR @npub1rxy…hnp8? A fun alternative to hand drawing the QR on paper.
https://image.nostr.build/db714a9b78d61546a1bacc926090cc8993dee879ee49287f234c9e8eba81888b.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=768x1020&blurhash=_DJQo%7B%7D%40%25g9GxDM%7BRP%25zyDoLniM%7BxYV%40IpRi%24*I%3BI%3Bt7Ip4n%2510fbv%3D%7Cxuozv%7DE1IU%5EjR%2CEhxtsmVtM%7CNGkWbI%251S%23xt%252-oV%40o0IoxuXSf%2BWVRjIoaeWrI%3BxuayM%7C%24%25-V&x=232c7f60df13610726d9ed755a635180a2ce59b4b713c014314a27261e03a295

2024-01-08 13:03:08

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NextCloud

2024-01-07 17:52:47

Fantastic talking to you yesterday @npub167j…ww05. Flying back to the cold winter in Northern Europe now with some of these delicious cocoa products in my suitcase.
#nevent1q…lumc

2024-01-06 23:22:59

Buying cocoa products with #Bitcoin at the San Juan farmers market in #PuertoRico today. Lovely meeting you @npub1n4a…0w7h
https://image.nostr.build/6a4e0525f3ae84f97c6bfebbab66d7a0288544e64472cca88135d0abb96aefd0.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=768x1020&blurhash=_7Gk%2CrN2x%5DVs8%7BxtS%240402ozs%25M%7Bt8t7GI-p-Vs*XmV%3Fem%3Dq8%7BxuD%25o%23skRi00%24xOYNZs9ofS%25%7EWR%3Axb%25MMxRjt6NwE7s%2CRPE2W%3D-o%25ME2xu%24%7Bt8WYX8R-%3FG%25MIUs%3BRiM%7C&x=7b8bbee29e47a4fe76abd50b236af507c07fbe1bd3a2f0bbbafe038748c45553

2024-01-06 14:12:49

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Habla con Finca Yabisi en Puerto Rico @npub1n4a…0w7h

2024-01-04 23:39:12

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Great! I'll try to be there. Family is pulling me in all directions when I am here, but maybe I can make them come as well.

2024-01-03 23:43:23

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Yes, there is an android app, but not on the play store. You have to install the apk from the github page. But Robosats works fine in the Tor browser as well, so no need to get the app. I have used it regularly for about a year without issues. Here is the link in case you want to tlry the app: https://github.com/RoboSats/robosats

2024-01-03 02:11:22

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Thank you for the update. Looking at the BTC map, not many places accepts BTC in PR. Orange pilling Puertoricans seems difficult. I have tried to talk to my sister in law who used to sell in the San Juan market her self, and who is connected to some of the activist communities here. It seems like Bitcoin is lumpted together with crypto, and associated with all the people from the US who came here to avoid paying tax at home, and who are seen as just another type of colonialists. And for me, as a white European, I should probably just shut up, and not try to tell people what is best for them. All respect to the work you are doing. I wish you all luck.

2024-01-02 00:32:51

This is awesome. Great achievement. I hope this can inspire others. Just a short note from my Puertorican wife: Please don't count PR and USA as one country. Puerto Rico is unfortunately still a colony, but deserves to be seen its own right. Keep running with Bitcoin, for freedom, against imperialsim, everywhere!
#nevent1q…dzdc

2024-01-01 23:10:16

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There are trade offs with all wallets, but Phoenix Wallet seems to have found a good balance. It is self custodial, so you will have to suck up the initial channel opening fee (open a large channel first time to avoid new channel openings later). I recently researched the Android wallet landscape when I transitioned my 9 years old daughter away from WOS, and ended up with Phoneix as the best for her. You should watch BTCSessions video on Phoneix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbtAmevYpdM
Personally I use Zeus wallet connected to my own node. Zeus can also be used without your own full node, but I haven't tried that out.

2024-01-01 22:44:21

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Phoenix

2023-12-31 15:42:02

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Felicidades! Great to see new merchants onboarded. I missed the market, but maybe I will make it next Saturday. Is there an overview somewhere of merchants, farmers etc. where you can pay with lightning in PR? Currently visiting my Puerto Rican family in-law for the hollidays.

2023-07-02 06:37:37

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Ebook (bad eyes, I can choose font and size) + audiobook. Hardcover is nice, but needs really high quality illustrations and design to be justified these days.

2023-03-16 08:36:52

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Sharing my, and others', response to Lyn's question
#[0]

2023-03-16 08:33:51

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For those who find the book too long.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/b054zdp6

2023-03-16 08:26:08

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Based on memory these are my main takeaways:
- Debunking with empiricall evidence the presumption held by most economists, that money evolved out of barter. Barter is for strangers and enemies. In communities/tribes credit/ledger-based systems was the norm.
- The strong role debt played in the brutality of colonizing America, and facilitating the slave trade among tribal leaders in Africa.
Adam Smith`s “debt” to Islamic thinkers
- The 1971 and onwards explanation of the transition to the petro-dollar system.
I find it strange that an anarchist leaning thinker like Graeber subscribes to the idea that only state (or sovereign) money can work in the long run. As I remember, he claims that attempts at private money always fails. At the same time he describes how coins (and credit systems like the tally sticks) continued to exist for hundreds of years after the empire who coined them ceased to exist.
Nevertheless, one of the most eye-opening books I have read. All books and thinkers should be a starting point for your own thinking, not a source of truth to subscribe to.
If someone finds the length of the book a bit daunting, I can recommend an audio short version Graeber made for the BBC. It`s also easy to get lost in all the historical examples in the book, so this mini-series gives you the overall picture, and you can choose to dig deeper on what you find interesting.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/b054zdp6

2023-03-14 13:47:26

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Missing Norwegian Kroner (NOK). Unless it is already in the latest release

2023-03-13 16:56:24

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Please start providing sources (links) when you post all these breaking/just in updates!

2023-03-13 16:49:11

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No victory laps yet! If they went to war on Bitcoin, this isn't over yet.
Prepare for a long battle. Be humble, but determined.

2023-03-12 17:17:46

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Agree, and when you stack sats, try to use P2P services like Robosats instead of centralized exchanges. This is what bitcoin was invented for, person-to-person.

2023-03-12 17:12:48

Why are more people not using Robosats, or similar, to buy and sell bitcoin? The intention of bitcoin was P2P money, right? You avoid exchanges, KYC etc. It settles instantaneously over lightning. Yes, you pay a small premium, 2-3% if you are not in a great hurry. https://learn.robosats.com/

2023-03-11 18:03:49

Anyone else going through their bank accounts this weekend, making sure your funds in each bank are well withing the deposit protection limit? Well, of course, nothing can happen to the banks in this country, you might say? Maybe not, but better be on the safe side…
Thinking of all the backdoor meetings going on this weekend. Talking points being written to calm us down, make us all think everything is okay, it's all under control, trust us...

2023-03-07 20:57:09

Nodestrich friends, please share or join this 10m swap.
https://lightningnetwork.plus/swaps/15491
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2023-03-04 15:44:05

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.” - Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism.
Sharing this after revisiting one of the heroes of my youth. I have to read this book again.

2023-03-02 20:04:33

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Kids makes you the best (and occasionally the worst) version of your self.

2023-03-02 14:49:45

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https://bitcoincoffee.shop/billettsentral/etn/party/

2023-03-02 14:49:29

So, bitcoin rave in Bergen for those of you who are around.
https://bitcoincoffee.shop/billettsentral/etn/party/

2023-02-27 08:31:46

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Sorry, no idea why this post ended up as a reply in this thread. Not my intention to spam.you.

2023-02-27 08:29:59

Awesome episode with npub1n3sjlzmhpu8rl56umtptc4lua6zkretq2p82yhytnmlcuq639vlqd0te5l on npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37
I really enjoyed listening to Troy (as always) talking about death, religion and sardines. And I say that as a “functional atheist”.
However, writing this sitting in Norway, I found the last comments from Troy on Norway as a “socialist” country, and how the childcare and education situation is just fueled by oil, as pretty superficial. Of course we are spoiled, and this extreme high living standard is probably not sustainable. But how come Iraq, Nigeria and other oil rich countries are not experiencing the same abundance for the majority of their populations? How come Sweden, our closest neighbor, who has zero oil, still has an equally if not better education and child care system? Its more foundational than where your income comes from: it's about how you organize your commons; about small income differences, and high mutual trust. The foundation that has enabled what Troy saw here was set up long before oil was discovered in the 1970s. Well, I'll stop there. Please think deeper! Be empirical!
(reposting this since I figured Troy is now on Nostr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjWWfW6SuUg

2023-02-27 08:25:24

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2023-02-27 08:16:09

What do you call a political system where the government does not respect a supreme court decision? The Norwegian supreme court ruled in 2021 that large wind turbines built on Sami grazing land violate their human rights. After 500 days, the State has still not acted on the court`s decision. Sami activists occupied the Ministry of Oil and Energy last Thursday, in order to make the government act on the courts decision. They were taken out of the building last night by the police. They are still blocking the entrance to the ministry this morning.
https://www.newsinenglish.no/2023/02/27/activists-occupy-oil-energy-ministry/

2023-02-26 11:15:43

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You could try this place in Haugesund, but not sure if it is an actual coffee place or just an online shop now. Anyone here who knows?
https://www.nistadkaffebrenneri.no/