Reed

Bitcoiner, Nuclear Engineer, Truth Maximalist, God not Religion, Earth not ESG

Bitcoinengraving.com

Organizer of the Western Mass Bitcoin Meetup

Public Key

npub1xgyjasdztryl9sg6nfdm2wcj0j3qjs03sq7a0an32pg0lr5l6yaqxhgu7s

NIP-05 Address

reed@nostrplebs.com

NIP-57 Address

reed@getalby.com

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2024-11-22 13:20:42

GM Nostr ☕
Decided to drop a long form post this morning 🙂
Enjoy!
https://primal.net/e/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqvsf9mq6ykxf7tq34xjmk5a3yl9zp9qlrqpa6lm8z5zsl78fl5f6qqxnzdenxgersvp4xcervwph2a0rzs

2024-11-19 14:38:52

Next meetup is on the calendar! If you are going to be near Springfield Mass this weekend you should join us! It's at Peppa's Pizza in East Longmeadow on Sunday at 6pm 🔥
https://orangepill.app.link/x2b0LrcBEOb

2024-11-16 22:09:45

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I think ever for me 🔥

2024-11-15 01:35:49

Cool moon tonight 🌕
https://i.nostr.build/fdCGUp2NfCHywxye.jpg

2024-11-13 10:41:17

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
https://i.nostr.build/EPIqTtlfs88G4gDE.jpg

2024-11-12 19:53:21

Hey, guys, new block height ATH! 🥳
https://i.nostr.build/bWPwB4mhqw4ab2A4.jpg

2024-11-12 10:56:58

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
https://i.nostr.build/OE3k8x00Pnop287w.jpg

2024-11-11 21:36:24

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Remember remember, to the moon in November. 🔥

2024-11-09 22:26:49

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Just grabbed 2 🔥🔥

2024-11-08 22:29:06

Never been able to attend a beefsteak, after listening to this episode, I vow to change that. Hope to meet you IRL at a meetup or beefsteak sometime 🍻
https://fountain.fm/episode/P5uprou4Ajg62FLUI6j6
#nevent1q…3p7n

2024-11-08 01:06:32

https://v.nostr.build/Q4KrVOfa5GU7EJgB.mp4

2024-11-07 11:29:24

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜

2024-11-03 14:14:39

Where is the best place to keep track of election results?
#asknostr

2024-11-03 00:43:15

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Wait till they figure out how many humans the government has killed 😱

2024-11-02 10:39:47

GM y'all ☕

2024-11-01 10:10:45

GM nostr fam 🙂 ☕

2024-10-31 09:52:44

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

2024-10-30 15:05:58

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Churches should be ecash mints / custodians

2024-10-29 12:54:08

Every day hi to my new friend who helped me on Fiverr 🔥
If you need Android app development support I can recommend
@nprofile…k2m5
#introductions

2024-10-29 12:39:04

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#nevent1q…3nwq

2024-10-29 11:59:44

If likes on Twitter are dopamine hits, zaps on #nostr are like sending little bits of love IMHO 🧡💜

2024-10-28 22:00:20

#nostr penis butter 😂 https://i.nostr.build/nVuvlgHUPSggrYxw.jpg

2024-10-26 11:19:20

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Nostr pumpkin, all day. 💜

2024-10-25 09:28:40

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜

2024-10-24 12:54:08

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I really like the recent piece by Parker Lewis (read by @nprofile…6425) and was thinking about covering it at my next meetup. He also covered it on @nprofile…yj8q with @nprofile…xafw recently. Might be hard to prep for by this afternoon, but itis top of mind for me so I figured I would mention it.
Good luck!
#nevent1q…j3c8

2024-10-23 23:28:17

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Zapped directly from here via Alby Hub 🧡
https://i.nostr.build/ude8wTZIMQgxGmsn.jpg

2024-10-23 23:01:59

Oh man, this was a good one. Maybe the topic of my next meetup. Love the idea of refining base layer Bitcoin (ore) into more useful payment options via technology.
I've never thought about Bitcoin value in this way, but it's true. Before you could buy pizza with Bitcoin it has no value, before exchanges it was worth less than a penny...
https://fountain.fm/episode/ywKvbml1JJqUJIsrSc5V
#nevent1q…3200

2024-10-22 12:09:26

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Sounds awesome! I've been messing around with more Bitcoin fiction ideas since my story got published as Chapter 21 of the 21 Futures Bitcoin Fiction Anthology
https://bitcoinbook.shop/products/21-futures-tales-from-the-timechain?Format=Paperback

2024-10-22 11:29:28

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Awesome! Have you shared anything about the premise or anything yet? I'd love to hear what it's about 💜

2024-10-21 15:00:37

Bitcoin Maximalist, Shadowy Supercoder, Paranoid Crypto Anarchist, Boiling Oceans Since 2013.

2024-10-21 01:30:16

"If I have an apple and you have an apple, and we exchange these apples, then we each still have one apple.
But if I zap your note and you zap my note then we both have more no KYC Bitcoin"
-George Bernard Shaw
(I think that's the quote anyway 😁💜🧡)

2024-10-21 00:52:27

https://i.nostr.build/KnMsqczfoL0mCk3M.jpg

2024-10-17 10:48:00

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Oh, nice. This is huge actually.
Since Aqua came out I've been using it to build up to reasonable UTXO sizes before sending to cold storage, but to do it in one hop on chain I was actually using blockstream green + sideswap on a PC over a VPN and THEN sending to Aqua on liquid. This will be a big improvement 🔥

2024-10-17 01:26:49

Remember, remember, #nostr only November
#nevent1q…v4wa

2024-10-16 23:41:19

Warren finally getting asked some real questions
https://v.nostr.build/rqdLQMpeTGWPBfL2.mp4

2024-10-16 23:10:03

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Direct pegin doesn't seem to be an option in my version (android) 😐

2024-10-12 14:02:19

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OPSEC partially covered in my Bitcoin security / self-custody presentation I gave at our last meetup
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I2wijWKs_3dVsSzra7Snn4_13W3XoAd20uu-5IyRhoY/edit?usp=drivesdk

2024-10-10 21:12:08

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People say that the biggest threat to Bitcoin is fiscally responsible governments.
Perhaps the biggest threat to nostr adoption is governments allowing free speech on the Internet.

2024-10-10 19:26:22

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Next nostr event at @nprofile…4zqy and I'm going to make the trip down. Too much FOMO for live nostr events 💜

2024-10-10 19:12:46

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Amethyst FTW 👍

2024-10-10 10:39:25

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They coexist right now. And will continue to coexist until the dollar dies. Bitcoin will speed the collapse, but there are a lot of dumb people, stupid companies and corrupt / retarded governments who will continue to use the dollar until they collapse too.
But it's gonna take time. And thank God for that because we need to get a lot more innocent people on the lifeboat before the whole thing goes down.

2024-10-10 10:26:34

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GM ☕, PV 💜

2024-10-09 22:40:32

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Haha how the f was anyone ever going to get that 🤣

2024-10-07 15:06:52

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Interesting that you can say the exact same thing about MSM and their globalist overlords.
The lesson here is to go all in on freedom tech.
God helps those who help themselves. 🙏

2024-10-07 14:52:08

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I've never been part of an HOA, what is their ultimate leverage in the contract... Like I assume they can't evict people from homes that they own... Can they send people into debt collection or something if they refuse to pay?

2024-10-07 13:47:53

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My UTC math really needs some work.
Looking forward to this one though, Datum sounds awesome!

2024-10-07 01:06:01

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Bitcoin is for enemies because it cannot be weaponized. It is the currency of trust and represents the most verifiable truth we have ever known.
Probably 🙂

2024-10-07 00:39:18

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Good luck man, sounds brutal 🙏

2024-10-06 21:31:46

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The only unique thing that I know of is that you can send and receive Bitcoin via email if both people have proton.

2024-10-06 11:43:41

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I'm going to a local "investment" meetup later this month and I plan on talking about Bitcoin as a store of value asset. Might use some slides I presented over the summer for our local Bitcoin meetup 🔥
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SYwXSdPHepZQAUqBQ2PdZd7ctbRBkWE7lV1rJq-kHNs/edit?usp=sharing

2024-10-06 11:07:32

This is what I assume @nprofile…fp0f house looks like 🙂
#nevent1q…pla7

2024-10-03 17:51:27

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Fair. And one of my points is that it's not the same democratic party anymore. I don't think the DNC can claim to be "progressive", IMHO the party as a whole has transformed into a regressive and authoritarian party; the party of censorship, war and totalitarian globalist policies that are aimed at funneling money from the bottom to the top.

2024-10-03 14:57:31

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Unfortunately, support for Israel is largely bipartisan. I think we are transitioning from the war hawks being mostly Republican (leftovers from the early 2000s), to the Democrats being the primary party pushing for war. But AIPAC is everywhere.
Listen to Thomas Massie discuss AIPAC with Tucker to get a window into it.
https://youtu.be/omBSEuFTYEo?si=JLjLiRv-DLVRYzTr

2024-10-03 14:50:06

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Bitcoin will not end wars, but when the fiat wheels fall off and war needs to be funded with actual tax payers directly, they will become way more unpopular and more difficult to last forever.
A vote with your money is more powerful than a vote at the ballot box.

2024-10-03 11:55:38

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GM ☕

2024-10-02 14:59:24

Waiting for confirms is brutal sometimes

2024-10-02 12:34:11

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Yes, true. Still would be hard for me to recommend to someone new to Bitcoin. Not a great initial Bitcoin experience to get a few thousand sats stuck in an on-chain wallet because fees went up. Or find out that it doesn't work when they go to pay a lightning invoice.
Still optimistic though, it sounded like lightning was on the roadmap from the interviews I listened to and proton is a great source of new bitcoiners 👍

2024-10-02 12:11:41

So I watched the VP debate last night (almost all of it) and it was so refreshing to hear a candidate (Vance) 1) make a real effort to answer the actual questions, 2) give clear well explained rational for answers, 3) be polite and respectful of moderators and opponent.
Given how shaky a start Waltz got off to on the first question, probably Vance did him a favor being so polite and respectful, it kind of calmed him down a bit and I think and his answers got better later on (didn't agree with most of his answers, but at least I could kind of follow the logic to some extent). But I'm glad he did it anyway.
But after the absolute shit show that was the last two presidential debates, I am glad that Vance (and Waltz to some extent) reset the tone to be much more focused on issues, policies, rationale and clarification of how misleading some of the opposing points were.
I was not really a fan of JD going into the debate, but I have a lot more respect for him now. Waltz would probably be fine with a reasonable candidate, but Harris isn't doing anyone any favors.

2024-10-02 11:56:00

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
I just got access to try out @nprofile…xa67 Wallet 🧡
As a regular user of Bitcoin though, I am just not sure how an on-chain, mobile, hot wallet fits into my financial life.
https://i.nostr.build/98C4SviOVhYQcprC.jpg
If I'm going to use a mobile on-chain wallet I'd go with muun (because lightning interoperability) or nunchuk (with a tapsigner or passphrase). I guess Bitcoin via email is cool, but it's still too early for me to even find an opportunity to use that feature.
P.S., I've got 5 invites if anyone wants to try it out, although I assume you need already have a protonmail account.

2024-10-02 11:37:54

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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=zJTZxrx-CUE&si=yd5aC-Ur_oupJWS5

2024-10-01 11:31:59

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
So, as it turns out, the real reason that Bitcoin pumps after a halving is because central banks print crazy amounts of money right after every halving.
Definitely related to the halving... Not printing leading up to an election 😁
https://i.nostr.build/nZ7HV6sfUJ8Lsx9G.jpg

2024-09-25 10:44:24

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I'm not sure what that means 🤣
Gold is better money than fiat, so I find it useful to compare where Bitcoin is at compared to Gold. Thanks for the zap!

2024-09-25 10:33:25

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Saylor is a billionaire. He can't imagine a Bitcoin standard and he will never need to. Those of us who are trying to get on zero don't do it because it is easy, we do it because we are desperate...
Like if I can get just a little bit more fiat out of my life and into Bitcoin it gets me just a little bit closer to a life of prosperity. Saylor will never understand that.

2024-09-25 10:20:22

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I was looking at bitcoin vs gold and noticed that we havent even really come that close to a new ATH in gold terms... new ATH in gold terms should happen around 100k
https://i.nostr.build/q6XvJyTyaoLjxszK.png

2024-09-23 21:37:58

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MANDIBLES THEN BITCOIN STANDARD

2024-09-18 14:13:41

In Pittsburgh for work this week and walked up to the "Point of View" lookout on my 5 mile walk before my meetings started. Worth it 🙂
https://i.nostr.build/7XBLUo8MIPzgfEQm.jpg

2024-09-18 10:51:01

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
"The question isn't are you a conspiracy theorist or not, it's are you a conspiracy theorist or are you fucking brain dead" 🤣
-Dave Smith
https://youtu.be/iitF7C3laXU?si=cd6fWhxZ89-cdLOt

2024-09-18 00:57:17

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Excited to hear about this, if you have another I will join next time 🙏👍

2024-09-12 10:43:18

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
https://i.nostr.build/7NDlIccBDBHVGIxf.jpg

2024-09-11 12:07:08

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
I tried to watch the debate last night... I made it to where they were arguing about if people's pets were being eaten or not. 🤡🌍
Looking forward to being productive today ⚛️

2024-09-08 15:50:51

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Nice to have a bitcoiner on my team too 😎

2024-09-08 14:43:06

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I don't know but have wondered the same thing

2024-09-08 14:41:18

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10 team league
https://i.nostr.build/Iz9gHxauycKJ3ksu.jpg

2024-09-04 23:36:37

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Great ones 🔥

2024-09-04 22:46:13

Bitcoin is everything you don't understand about cryptography, combined with everything you don't understand about money, combined with everything you don't understand about energy, combined with everything you don't understand about exponentials, combined with everything you don't understand about philosophy, combined with everything you don't understand about global liquidity, combined with everything you don't understand about geopolitics, combined with everything you don't understand about physical security, combined with everything you don't understand about...
What else?
#asknostr

2024-09-04 22:30:59

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Presenting yourself as honestly and truthfully as possible will probably be a good thing on the whole. Like you probably are spending a lot of mental time on those things and if someone takes you at just this one data point, maybe it's for the best.
If you see her again make a joke out of it 🙂
Good luck 🙏

2024-09-04 00:24:29

Fantasy football draft tonight. Not super excited.

2024-09-04 00:01:04

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This was excellent, listened earlier today.

2024-09-03 21:27:37

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Operation Warp Speed

2024-09-03 21:19:42

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Different books depending on the initial lens people are coming at it from. But lately I've recommend one of these:
Bitcoin Standard
Gradually then Suddenly
The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
A Progressives Case for Bitcoin
The Fiat Standard

2024-09-03 21:10:53

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What shelf would you put a book on Bitcoin and psychedelics 😁

2024-09-03 20:50:26

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Bitcoin is going to advance the ball forward for the entire field of cryptography. It's so cool to me that because money can now be fundamentally protected by cryptography all sorts of new hardware and software are being engineered with security as the highest priority.

2024-09-01 21:14:39

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I'll check it out, thanks 👍

2024-09-01 12:24:25

If inflation is taxation, and taxation is theft, is the Bitcoin supply inflation that will exist until 2140 (block subsidy) theft?
No. Because the inflation of the Bitcoin issuance schedule is understood and agreed to by all those who voluntarily participate in the network. Thus, not theft because we all agree with how newly minted Bitcoin will be used (subsidize miners) and it's is distributed via proof of work.

2024-09-01 11:49:00

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
My Mom is amazing. Proud to have her as a regular at our Bitcoin meetup.
https://i.nostr.build/nRAgxltUMBLikORA.jpg
https://catholicmagazines.org/magazine-archive/catholic-mirror/sprfall24
She's also been on the @nprofile…5tkq podcast with Tali... Worth a listen 💜
https://fountain.fm/episode/2turw7TUo4pglca2rHSR

2024-08-26 17:45:41

Here it comes...
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/26/nx-s1-5089737/massachusetts-mosquito-disease-parks-fatal

2024-08-19 14:49:40

Heading to Texas for the first time today. Cowboy hat recommendations anyone 🤠
#asknostr

2024-08-17 22:05:50

Back from a week in Montana 😎
https://i.nostr.build/pcFrk8pgx0yAl9sb.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/qG4gw1iIlWo08pYr.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/7ik4rjXFMAcr3IA9.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/LsSlNYhDqbwbJqWk.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/I80ObkP1EBZkyMAA.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/UF8ByFAApJrGC75b.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/CWUr4iP7NC175AIz.jpg

2024-08-16 02:36:38

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I'll keep an eye out for it 🙂

2024-08-15 15:02:23

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People say you'll look back and miss these days, but it's not true. I don't miss those days.
For my kids the days I look back and really miss were approximately ages 2-4. Don't worry though, it's all about that proof of work with the little ones that makes those years the actual best.

2024-08-12 00:52:02

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My opinion (as a father of a 7, 11 and 13 y/o, and also someone who knows you from nostr and assuming that you are a good person who is trying to be a good neighbor etc) is that you should be fine to continue the relationship as long as you just keep trying to meet his parents.

2024-07-24 18:58:59

Be aware.
https://i.nostr.build/r2FXW9g1tvr8mQMw.jpg

2024-07-13 11:34:10

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
I recently quit all drugs (weed) and alcohol (not caffeine though, I'm not a total psychopath). It's been 15 days and I'm feeling great.
Going to a party today, so I'm going to have to explain myself to more people than I have had to so far. I find myself thinking about this note from @nprofile…hq8e and it feels so true.
Wish me luck 🙏
#nevent1q…duy2

2024-06-30 23:45:32

Proof of hike 😎
https://i.nostr.build/EnBwP.jpg

2024-06-15 12:49:39

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
https://i.nostr.build/POa3d.jpg

2024-06-12 13:11:15

Holy fucking shit, at a staff meeting this morning and someone just went on a 5 minute rant about how covid is still out there and no one is taking it seriously anymore and how scared he is about getting it even after a battery of vaccinations.
I did not realize that we still had people this messed up from all that. Stay safe from the crazies frens. 🫂

2024-06-05 13:16:27

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Made by my daughter @npub14p4…8srj
https://i.nostr.build/kZwAz.jpg
bitcoinengraving.com

2024-06-04 20:46:16

Anyone else remember unlocking the Rodney Mullen video on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 and having their mind melt 🔥
https://v.nostr.build/eZ2z3.mp4

2024-06-03 23:45:30

https://i.nostr.build/Q70ZK.jpg

2024-06-01 12:36:26

If I have an apple and you have an apple and we trade apples then we each still have one apple.
But if I zap your notes and you zap my notes then we will each have kyc free sats. 🫂