“I am, at the Fed level, libertarian; at the state level, Republican; at the local level, Democrat; and at the family and friends level, a socialist. If that saying doesn’t convince you of the fatuousness of left vs. right labels, nothing will.” Taleb, Skin in the Game There is no red and there is no blue. There is simply an incentive structure with paper receipts that prove the financial benefit from fear and hate. Don’t fall for it. Maintain your curiosity and agency.

Real journalism is back on the menu. Last week, a carefully calculated and executed plan that was three years in the making came to fruition. Boots O'nthaground infiltrated Podesta's guest house. Sound on and up. He had to whisper for obvious reasons.

We're pumped to start testing @npub1220s...ncsh for the show and to help understand the implications of this for Bitcoin circular economy founders. Will keep you posted on our experience good and bad. Please share yours if you're a user. 🫡

Episode 3. Don't commit Financial Seppuku Tomorrow. 6pm EST @West Major

SOAK QUEST Episode 1 (Part 2) Nick founded @West Major to bring Western Shirt manufacturing back to America. We're introducing him to Bitcoin and NOSTR so his work grow and thrive. Join us.

Our field agent Boots O'nthaground just discovered BitChat and has some questions for @jack Soak Quest episode 2 drops tomorrow at 8pm EST

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SOAK QUEST Episode 1 (Part 1) America had forgotten how to make Western Shirts so Nick founded @West Major to change that. Zap if you want to see more stories about high quality brands adopting Bitcoin and NOSTR.

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ZapSnag: The Future of Ecommerce? What is it? Zapsnagging is the closest thing to that Amazon button on your fridge you’d push when you needed more of something. A producer makes a post about their product with a zap amount and you zap that post them DM them your shipping info to order. It works best for repeat orders as you can skip the DM. Why? Why does Amazon have 1-click ordering? Make it easy for people to order your product. Also, there is no better social proof of quality than seeing a public zap for a material amount. Zapsnags are the best marketing at zero cost to the founders. #WorthTheSats is the only review that matters. Who is doing it? @Oshi products are great Zapsnag examples as are @SoapMiner , @npub1n880...teq3 , @npub1m3fs...hch4 and @Ben Justman🍷 wine for staples in the house. The connection between Nostr, a social app where everyone is slinging money and has wallets connected, and commerce has always been easy to draw. There just hasn’t been a great mechanism to capture it. Zapsnag is the closest thing to Self-Sovereign One-Click Ordering that exists in the world today.

Why is ZapSnag so good? Normally when you're trying to sell things online you have to send people to your store and posts are just the Top of Funnel. With ZapSnag, the post IS the funnel

Zaps are the future of e-commerce

To expect Bitcoin sales you first have to prove quality and/or integrity. Expecting otherwise foolish.

To truly opt out of this rotten system you need to be able to buy everything with Bitcoin. We need more high quality Bitcoin producers

It's arguable that the most innovative development in finance over the last 20 years before Bitcoin was what Y Combinator popularized with their SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) Note. The SAFE note took the place of the convertible notes because convertible notes had a standard maturity date of two years and many companies two years in were still trying to pivot or figure out product market fit when the money was due to be paid back or to be converted into equity. This created adversarial relationships with early stage investors before any momentum was gained. The SAFE note is a simple standardized, free 5 page document with only two fields; a valuation cap and a discount rate. Of which only one of those converts at a qualified financing event. And not any time before. As great as this is, it doesn't work for Bitcoin forward companies that denominate their business in Bitcoin, accept Bitcoin and don't plan on entering fiat capital markets ever again. Because of that, Bitcoin companies that want to raise Bitcoin need something different. Our proposal is to move back to something similar to the convertible note if you are a company that is Bitcoin only ie zero ties back into fiat systems but want to raise Bitcoin from Bitcoin only investors. Our opinion is that the only risk reward for investing Bitcoin into a company is that the company has to make an effort to return more Bitcoin to the investors from the stream of Bitcoin payments. If 1 Bitcoin is 1 Bitcoin and an investor invests that into a company, we believe it's reasonable to expect more than 1 Bitcoin back. We also believe that for best in class Bitcoin companies that only take Bitcoin, the World will soon realize they have to pay these companies in Bitcoin or they won't have access to the best products and services. *Please note this idea and document are only in draft mode and meant to encourage the debate around this topic that we believe is important for the circular economy companies that may need to raise money to scale. We'd like to collaborate with NOSTR to produce something that is as innovative and helpful to both founder and investor as the SAFE note is. Critical feedback here is the most helpful and the most welcomed. View article →

The first ever Zapsnag occured on February 22, 2023 when [Deleted Account] zapped @Ben Justman🍷 ⚡750k for 4 bottles of Peony Lane Wine.

The year is 2025. The month is September. Civilization rests on you. But you’re ready. Your grass fed steaks from @npub1m3fs...hch4 were seasoned last night with a Vera sea salt, thanks to a “worthTheSats” hat tip from @npub1x458...armt. These were made for a 8 minute bath in some @npub1n880...teq3. Your committed counterpart gets that look of intrigue. Not yet curious. Not yet salacious. Just intrigue. For now. They notice your @SoapMiner unscented scent and a perfectly tapered @West Major chambray with a one of kind medallion from @npub1ndke...gk2v. You mention that Christmas shopping is already done thanks to @Conduit.Market. Curiosity has entered the room. You slip your Graphene Phones in a @npub1akqt...8mnr faraday bag and blurt out, “not today Moloch (Palantir)”while you open some award winning Pinot from @Ben Justman🍷. HODL me by Fleetwood Mac plays on vinyl from BTCCraftsman Salaciosuness switches into first gear when the mood all starts to make sense. Creatine packs are spotted as is an increased libido from non polyester merino shorts all thanks to @npub19xxm...47cd Your neighbor's wife's husband and husband's boyfriend come over to see what the ruckus has been about for the last 8 minutes with the lights on. Their knock is under the guise of a question about XRP staking. You hand them an @Oshi bar for the walk to the study. Their feet cant help but to noice your beautiful @Pegah rug you hand them a beautiful leather bound book from @npub1v0tf...3m3e on the honor in seppuku. They sense no way out of embarrassment but you kindly show them how to zapsnag everything they need on @primal. Their hearts are yours. You share some HODL Butter shakes and turn on @npub1v5uf...n0v5 to hear Bitcoin is time by @Gigi read by Guy Swan. You and your neighbor both created septuplets that night. You saved the world and re-righted the population decline all thanks to the Bitcoin Circular Economy. All that's left for you now is to enjoy @Soak Quest's new logo.

Why I Cook with Ghee by @npub1n880...teq3 First, WFT is Ghee? Ghee is just clarified butter. You remove the water and milk solids, and you’re left with pure butterfat. The taste is richer and more refined without being sweet or salty. Making it is simple, just melt unsalted butter over low heat, skim the foam, and simmer until the milk solids turn golden, then, strain it. The main reason I switched to ghee for cooking is the smoke point and oxidation profile. Ghee handles heat way better than butter olive or avocado oil. It’s more stable, which means it’s way healthier when you’re cooking with it. I still like butter for things like bread or finishing a steak, but if you’re cooking with high heat, go with the fat that’s built for it. Bonus, when you heat ghee in a pan, it smells almost exactly like Annie’s Mac and Cheese. I grew up crushing that stuff. It’s hard to explain until you try it, but you’ll know what I mean. To order Insanely good Ghee with Bitcoin, visit:

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One underrated reason to keep talking about Bitcoin is that you never know when you’ll be the bridge that aligns two overlapping worlds. This is especially true in local communities, where skeptics can transform into advocates.  Picture two circles (local service providers and Bitcoin believers) becoming concentric through trust. When teachers, nurses, cops, firefighters, and entrepreneurs hear real-world confidence from people they know, it shifts their view of a Bitcoin standard from abstract to attainable. These essential workers spent years reading people, often in life-or-death stakes, honing a razor-sharp filter for signal versus noise. They don’t have time to deep-dive into Bitcoin white papers, but they can spot authenticity a mile away. That’s where you come in. Your reputation is the skin in the game they need to see.