I was a preparedness maximalist (“prepper”) long before I was a Bitcoiner. I was thinking today about the benefits of that. Especially when it comes to surviving, thriving, and transacting value if SHTF. Day to day survival, private communications, data security, sovereign computing and off-grid-capable transacting of value could one day not be as easy as they are today. Here are the pillars that I think such an approach sits on: Immediate defensibility of your family and property. Shelter, heat, and guns….lots of guns. Bugging in vs bugging out planning Proximity to- and plans to safely/conveniently access viable water sources. Establishing a couple weeks or months of rations, and practicing producing/preserving food at home. Building your team and your within-walking-distance network of friends, patriots and trade partners Filling in the gaps in your supply chain via creative means Acquisition, storage and protection of tradeable hard goods in advance of SHTF Cultivating skills you can trade Uninterruptible Power EMP protection Backup Power (long term) Computer, operating system, mobile device and Bitcoin hardware selection for SHTF. Including considerations for any device battery dependencies. Options for fixed, portable satellite, radio, and Mesh network solutions for internet connectivity and personal comms Strategies and team building for re-establishment of order Does anyone have any others? I am optimistic that we may see a restoration of the promise that was the American dream, but if we don’t, let’s not get caught with our pants down. 🤙🏽

This series is an absolute must read. Part of knowing where we are going is knowing where we came from. https://pet3rpan.medium.com/history-of-things-before-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-part-one-e199f02ca380

Who’s going to #bitcoinrodeo in Calgary June 28/29? Looks like I might actually make this one. And I’ve got the whole week after it off.

Bitcoin Rodeo | Calgary, Alberta

Chokepoint 2.0 was just a warmup. Time to dig in our heels and get that big middle finger ready.

It’s all theatre. Stack sats. #bitcoin

This week’s farm fresh egg purchase for sats. Thanks #satoshi , @Alby , #lightning , and @Start9 My supplier asked me if I have ever heard of #robosats today and has been gobbling up the material I’ve been sending her about self custody practices. She’s a quick study. She instantly understood and appreciated the spike in the number of sats for this week’s purchase versus last week’s. Next week is her first “test”, when I try to hand her some dirty fiat for them lol.

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Other than the Cold Card MK4, is there a good compact open source Bitcoin only signing device with an SD card for air-gapped signing that does not have (or rely on) an internal, sealed in, proprietary battery that is subject to degradation? No battery at all is my preference. Looking for something that works with Sparrow multisig. And ideally I’d like to get two of them that I can set up as exact clones of one another and store in separate locations. I don’t understand this trend lately toward making expensive signing devices that are more like smart phones in their design than simple signers. All of the bells and whistles and onboard accessories are just points of failure IMO. With the exception of routine firmware upgrades, I don’t even want to look at it. It doesn’t have to look like it has beautiful Apple inspired design. So far the Jade Classic looks about right. Except for the existence of a battery. Pretty simple. And likely pretty easy to hoop in hurry. They could have made the edges rounder though. #asknostr