Reed

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

Organizer of @npub1ynn5qnnc95qaqjejrtyazfdgutlxvme3djywe6s9wg76k68s37sqsl2qfd

Public Key

npub1xgyjasdztryl9sg6nfdm2wcj0j3qjs03sq7a0an32pg0lr5l6yaqxhgu7s

NIP-05 Address

reed@nostrplebs.com

NIP-57 Address

reed@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsryzfwcx393j0jcydf5ka48vf8egsfg8ccq0wh7ec4q58l360azwspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7az78uv

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nostr.wine

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1xgyjasdztryl9sg6nfdm2wcj0j3qjs03sq7a0an32pg0lr5l6yaqxhgu7s

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Last Notes

2025-05-16 01:25:50

Can we make apps that you just pay for once a thing again? This subscription model sucks.

2025-05-06 14:38:13

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But what is the root of all inflation?

2025-05-06 11:52:47

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Yea I think she is still stuck on Gold, even if she never sold the Bitcoin that was donated to her after that dispatch. AFAIK she hasn't said much about Bitcoin outside of that one interview.

2025-05-06 11:10:03

Mandibles
#nevent1q…j4vq

2025-05-05 17:09:59

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No change. I don't see what we have now as problematic enough to warrant any changes. If Core were to implement a change I would want it to be user configurable with the default being what we have now.

2025-05-03 14:26:09

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Happy to see full trees finally! 🌿
https://i.nostr.build/HhKPj3E5mTbzhr5E.jpg

2025-04-30 18:32:42

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Is a million Sat song the new going platinum? 😎

2025-04-29 00:32:47

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New here in what sense? I'm not a Bitcoin core dev, and no I am not deeply in tune with the social dynamics of Bitcoin pull requests, but I've been around long enough to remember r/bitcoin & r/btc censorship and I don't think that was necessarily a net positive for Bitcoin as a whole.
What was basis for banning Mechanic exactly?

2025-04-28 23:21:27

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This affects me very little, doesn't appear to be a major roadblock to Bitcoin scaling and doesn't seem to be a legit code maintenance issue. It kinda seems like change for the sake of change.
Therefore I am on team no change unless I'm wrong about it being a bigger problem than I outlined above.

2025-04-28 22:00:47

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This is fucked IMHO. If we start the censorship game in Bitcoin, we're toast.

2025-04-28 20:23:13

👀
https://i.nostr.build/SmrnQMJI7LfPSJHo.jpg

2025-04-24 21:35:48

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It's uptime.

2025-04-20 12:40:26

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Almost did this last night 😂

2025-04-20 11:05:59

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Happy Easter! 🐣

2025-04-19 22:28:48

1 BTC = 6000 Acres 👀
#nevent1q…xhju

2025-04-18 14:02:35

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So I want to offer "office hours" for my meetup group that people can book on a calendar (like calendly) and they can zap me donations if they want.

2025-04-18 13:49:19

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Yes. Similarly I'd like a calendly replacement with zaps.

2025-04-17 13:10:43

nostr doesn't fix this, but Web of Trust does. More WoT algos and applications please 🙏
https://i.nostr.build/IIIbH1x6mrv58CEe.jpg

2025-04-17 09:37:56

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Beautiful pre-sunrise here this morning, if you zoom in on the center of this even my phone picked up Venus shining brightly this morning 🌄🌟
Have a great day frens!
https://i.nostr.build/YkJ2VDI6g7NULNKt.jpg

2025-04-16 12:54:23

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
I made up some printable cashu tokens (1000 sats each) that I'm going to hand out at our next meetup to try and get some new people to talk and participate.
This one was for testing so it's already spent, but what do y'all think?
https://i.nostr.build/o7bDMuuMKxVCSd80.jpg

2025-04-15 11:25:12

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Big things are coming for the @nprofile…va0n. Motivation levels are at all time highs and I've got a vision for the future.
My goal is to accomplish at least one thing for the meetup every day starting yesterday. Not always big, but something to keep the ball moving forward, every day.
Shout out to all the Bitcoin meetup organizers! Attend your local meetup, I doubt you'll regret it. 🍻

2025-04-14 22:40:16

First fire of the season 🔥
https://i.nostr.build/aknC6pDc3KbMldtc.jpg

2025-04-14 18:21:17

GA nostr PV 💜
Proof of hike 😎
https://i.nostr.build/G7naz7cFaNEtjZ46.jpg

2025-04-13 23:09:54

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Wolfgang Smith is based AF.

2025-04-13 22:55:06

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Yoga? 🙂

2025-04-13 11:30:57

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I still follow #introductions 🙂

2025-04-13 10:47:44

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
The sun is the energy source of life. It may not seem beautiful because it is so powerful that looking at it may just blind you. But without it, the earth would be frozen and baren, like the moon.
The moon is a terrible place. With no atmosphere it is subject to the vacuum of space, and with no magnetic field, it's surface is bathed in radiation. It can be reach 250F in sunlight and drop to below -208F in the shade. Moon dust is made of sharp silicate particles that are so abrasive that they can cut through some materials used in space suits.
The moon is beautiful because during darkest of night, when the whole world is between you and the sun, the moon is there to reflect it's brightness and remind you that the sun will indeed come up tomorrow.
#nevent1q…wagy

2025-04-12 21:33:19

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Who are the Winkelvi

2025-04-12 00:17:49

I watched this on my flight home from Nashville and it really hit home after talking a lot about privacy on Bitcoin, Government censorship and overreach and the Samurai news.
RIP Aaron Swartz
https://youtu.be/M85UvH0TRPc

2025-04-12 00:08:26

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Follow @nprofile…h6m6 and @nprofile…c460

2025-04-05 00:20:55

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Nostr isn't panicking. Maybe they are on Twitter or whatever, but not here 👍

2025-04-05 00:05:53

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That's a BILLION sats! Wild!

2025-04-04 11:45:14

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Yesterday was a sad day. A good friend of mine passed from a terrible cancer. She was 42. 😢
She did not have a relationship with God, but I pray that somehow she will be ok during her great journey in death. 🙏
Today, God is with me, and I hope to make it a truly great day ☀️

2025-04-04 00:13:43

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Patient zero of testnet 😎

2025-04-03 14:16:58

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AI is going to take over the human population!
**Literally can never spell words correctly in images**

2025-04-03 12:20:37

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
DOGE cuts government waste: 🎉
Government expands budget: silence
Trump imposes tariffs: 🎉
Goods and services get more expensive: silence
Until allocation of capital is returned to the people nothing will get better.
https://i.nostr.build/udytGQr8BmayZXNJ.jpg

2025-04-03 02:18:14

I'll leave this one here for you to use in the future 🫡
https://i.nostr.build/T0jeitI4sg9zVYZH.png
https://fountain.fm/episode/F2kIjpjRO4pGBTgIXhWp
#nevent1q…ah4a

2025-04-01 21:48:14

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Having $3m in Bitcoin and not investing in a $100 hardware wallet and a $5 seed plate is the real crime here. This one is NOT on the wife IMHO. What a dummy.

2025-04-01 21:28:43

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Fake it till you make it is actually just how we are all normally living 🤙

2025-03-31 10:34:54

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Am I the only one who really does not like the Ghibli AI images? If I could setup a filter for just that style of AI image so I never had to see one again, I would.
Sorry, it's been rainy and cold here for like 3 days. Plus, I'm over 40 and firmly stuck in my ways now 😐

2025-03-30 15:19:36

Interesting related conversation about cancer treatment blind spots. It would not shock me if some of this turned out to be valid... Problem is you have to do the science and collect the data to find out and that is something that has been being blocked and/or slowed to almost a standstill by the government.
https://youtu.be/mgZaT-OriO8
#nevent1q…xxk0

2025-03-24 10:57:04

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Heading to DC this afternoon to try to convince the NRC that they are too conservative when they perform Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) of nuclear power plant operators.
Best case scenario, in 3-5 years domestic nuclear plants may be able to avoid fines or reduce operating costs using updated Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) models.
It ain't much, but it pays the bills 👍

2025-03-23 11:35:00

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Looking forward to a hike this morning with one of my Bitcoin bros... Will share later this morning 🙂

2025-03-21 22:05:03

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They should have run the polls on nostr and Twitter to show the cultural differences. 🤙

2025-03-19 11:40:38

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
End the Fed.
Have a great day frens!

2025-03-19 01:15:24

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@nprofile…r825 has great stuff! 🧡💜

2025-03-18 13:46:29

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Probably not gonna be great for his social credit score 😐

2025-03-17 21:22:23

five years ago, the us went into lockdown, destroying many lives in the process
since then:
-Got sober
-Got in shape
-went down the Bitcoin rabbit hole
-Found God and got baptized
-overcame depression
-started a Bitcoin meetup
-Wrote and published a Bitcoin short story in 21 Futures
-Made lots of new friends IRL
-orange pilled my family
The globalists massively overplayed their hand. We are calling their bluff and we are going to win. 🧡💜
#nevent1q…axtq
#nevent1q…n7tk

2025-03-17 19:01:07

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Yes that would be centralized, but it would still be open source. And you could still bring your keys with you when you go outside the group (even if your profile stays in the walled garden group). Church groups can totally be centralized... Who would push back on that?

2025-03-17 18:10:23

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I always thought that private groups could just have their own little walled garden that doesn't interact at all with the rest of nostr. A single relay or a small group of relay dedicated to only that group.
Are you thinking that is too big of a lift to start up? Or is this problem just way more complex and technical than I can appreciate?
I know you have been working on this for a long time and are 10000 layers deeper than I'll ever be, but are there tradeoffs that seem too big but maybe aren't as bad as you think?

2025-03-17 11:52:35

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86% of CNN poll responders are NGMI

2025-03-16 22:39:25

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

2025-03-16 00:24:45

Keep #nostr weird
https://v.nostr.build/qOL5PujvC1E6UfMN.mp4

2025-03-13 10:16:53

Excerpt from "The Big Print" by @nprofile…qztu
https://m.primal.net/PeKX.png
#nevent1q…hccf

2025-03-09 22:30:46

Hey does anyone know if Nostr Village is happening again this year at @nprofile…9vkl ?

2025-03-09 13:05:35

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If we eliminated social programs and did background checks I think immigration would take care of itself IMHO

2025-03-09 12:34:40

How it started:
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"
How it's going:
"Give me your comfortable, your wealthy, your individuals yearning for access to better capital markets"
😂
https://i.nostr.build/MKN6kkkB1N68yXOj.jpg

2025-03-08 11:04:16

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Na this is the good one... I am a daylight time maxi. Standard time sucks. Who wants it to be dark out after work?
Here's to hoping we don't turn them back in the fall 🙏

2025-03-07 12:41:44

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Video with text description and/or quotations
Thank you, I really appreciate your content 🙏

2025-03-04 22:39:38

GE nostr 💜
Great sunset looking right down our street
https://m.primal.net/PTyZ.jpg

2025-02-28 22:44:47

Everybody prints
https://m.primal.net/PPIT.png

2025-02-28 12:30:22

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Buying dips makes down days so much more fun 🙂

2025-02-25 12:28:17

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Done with all caps, it really felt like yelling, idk, not my style I guess.
I'll be back on an airplane today, heading to UMD for a Nuclear Codes and Standards meeting.
If you want a nuclear word salad I am the chair of the Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management Subcommittee on Nuclear Risk Standards and Guidance 🫡

2025-02-24 21:02:57

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Apathy is the biggest threat to Bitcoin. If no one cares about any of the cypherpunk and sound money ethos from which it was born, Bitcoin will be co-opted; it's rules will be changed and it's immutability will be called into question.
Maybe this takes 4 generations, maybe 8 or 16, but it will be an ever present threat to Bitcoin that we, the people, will need to remain vigilant to protect.

2025-02-24 11:56:36

GM NOSTR ☕ PV 💜
https://i.nostr.build/JWCaV2dju9Z3lvzy.jpg

2025-02-21 16:01:54

GM NOSTR ☕ PV 💜
I'M RUNNING A BOOK CLUB MEETING TONIGHT DESPITE THE FACT THAT I'VE NEVER EVEN ATTENDED A BOOK CLUB IN MY LIFE, WISH ME LUCK! 🙏
https://m.primal.net/PFhz.png

2025-02-20 18:10:36

If you're a white American male who voted for Trump and advocates for Bitcoin and world peace would you feel safer visiting Europe or China?
#nevent1q…wa2g

2025-02-14 11:34:09

GM NOSTR ☕ PV 💜
I HEARD ALL CAPS GM POSTS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO TREND ON PRIMAL ⚡

2025-02-13 23:35:47

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2025-02-12 19:33:08

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https://i.nostr.build/qHEkD11VLiYlUOs3.jpg

2025-02-12 16:32:23

I'm running my first ever book club starting this week. I have never run a book club before and in fact I have never even attended a book club before. Anyone have any advice for me?
I'm currently thinking about 20-40 pages per week with a 1 hr (virtual) discussion per week. Is this reasonable?
#asknostr

2025-02-12 11:42:29

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
I was reminded yesterday that even though things could be better, boy could they be a lot worse. I am choosing today to start a habit of thinking of the things I am most grateful for every morning. I'll also be working on letting go of all the things that are outside my control and putting those things in God's hands. 🙏

2025-02-11 12:00:18

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
https://i.nostr.build/TvRrEoi9Qzwq6yPA.jpg

2025-02-11 02:13:05

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Interesting how you connected this with new testament scripture. Thanks! 🙏

2025-02-11 02:08:44

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Fitter happier
More productive
Comfortable
Not drinking too much
Regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
At ease
Eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
A patient, better driver
A safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
Sleeping well (no bad dreams)
No paranoia
Careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
Keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
Will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in the wall)
Favours for favours
Fond but not in love
Charity standing orders
On Sundays ring road supermarket
(No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
Car wash (also on Sundays)
No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
Nothing so childish
At a better pace
Slower and more calculated
No chance of escape
Now self-employed
Concerned (but powerless)
An empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
Will not cry in public
Less chance of illness
Tyres that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
A good memory
Still cries at a good film
Still kisses with saliva
No longer empty and frantic
Like a cat
Tied to a stick
That's driven into
Frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
Calm
Fitter, healthier and more productive
A pig
In a cage
On antibiotics

2025-02-11 02:03:49

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Lol I had that one too 😬

2025-02-11 01:49:48

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Wow, thank you, this is interesting. Where'd you learn this?

2025-02-10 23:24:06

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Hard to say the if there's one true meaning. Thoughts? Always interested to hear what others think of scripture passages.

2025-02-10 22:52:53

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small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Few.

2025-02-10 22:21:40

Dems calling DOGE "Department of Government Evil"
https://v.nostr.build/spWXHI1hKCSXRLdW.mp4
https://i.nostr.build/CLiJAx7VuzClvTzO.jpg

2025-02-10 18:40:42

Love to see more pods embracing nostr. Keep it up! Love the show 👍
https://fountain.fm/episode/dSYiVSN3v65h8wak52WN
#nevent1q…9r5w

2025-02-10 16:09:38

@nprofile…afjn receiving more likes and unsolicited GMs than ever before 😂

2025-02-10 16:08:33

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GM ☕

2025-02-08 19:56:23

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This is what it looks like when you pray for patience and peace when you're confronted face to face with pure evil. God Bless our freedom fighters 🙏

2025-02-08 19:52:33

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Wait till all the mcmansions start falling apart... Those steaming piles of garbage are never gonna last.

2025-02-08 19:44:52

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Nailed it 👍
Mars is a literal hellscape, humans will never be healthy (mentally or physically) on Mars.

2025-02-06 23:25:04

Calling it now, so bookmark it.
Asteroid collision will be the next COVID for the money printer. Elon will rake.
#nevent1q…3h4t

2025-02-06 17:58:12

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Been playing around with some custom feeds in primal that I think would be better starting points for new people rather than just saying "follow everyone I follow" or like hang out in the dumpster fire that is the global feed...

2025-02-06 17:50:45

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Unpopular opinion, building a feed is more important and more difficult than setting up zaps for new nostriches.

2025-02-03 21:17:52

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Having that true north is key though. It's something I honestly don't have working my fiat job. It pays the bills and allows me to stack sats, but my heart's not in it anymore, maybe never was.
Every hour I spend working that isn't aligned with that true north feels like an hour wasted. I hope eventually I'll get to do something I love, but until then, the grass is always greener I guess.
I'll pray for you bud 🙏

2025-02-03 19:58:50

Today is my 2nd nostrversary 🥳
#nevent1q…knkj

2025-02-03 18:23:33

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I don't totally disagree, but I think they are a cool learning device given that basically no one can be a competitive Bitcoin miner without access to cheap electricity, top of the line ASICs and the ability to maintain them for at least 4 years.
They are approximately the price of a hardware wallet, are easy to setup and gives individuals some better hands on knowledge about what it actually means to be a sovereign Bitcoin miner.

2025-02-02 15:25:08

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How did it feel to see the 256 foundation solo mine a block?

2025-02-01 21:46:42

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Mempools cleared because shitcoiners spamming the chain ran out of bitcoin IMHO.

2025-01-28 11:59:33

Hey are there better tools for onboarding people to nostr yet? Like how can I get people started with a reasonable list of npubs to follow without asking them to click follow on every single profile I follow?
#asknostr

2025-01-27 12:20:53

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I'm finally getting bullish on ecash after listening to @npub12rv…85vg on @npub1sk7…jraw
I think ecash will really be what makes P2P payments take off.
https://fountain.fm/episode/eBPlXigpEcLeJWdqCFlO

2025-01-27 12:16:49

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a while ago @npub1az9…m8y8 put unleashed.chat out there and that has some nostr integration, but not really at the scale you're talking about

2025-01-26 14:27:27

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reasonable to start with?
https://shop.uniteng.com/product/meshtastic-mesh-device-station-edition/

2025-01-26 14:14:49

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Do you think if I got 4-5 people from our meetup group it would be enough to start a little network around here (assume we all live in a like 20 mile radius in Western Massachusetts)?

2025-01-26 13:15:54

GM nostr ☕ PV 💜
Hanging with some local bitcoiners today to talk philosophical and physical implications of Bitcoin 😎