I can’t wait to be completely unreachable except by face to face conversation.

I’m going to see if I can get a couple of store bought, likely sprouting-inhibited Sweet Potatoes to throw off a couple slips. It’s kind of suspect that one of the best survival foods is the most difficult to source growing stock for.

We need to build a parallel internet.

First stab at making beef broth. I’ll likely keep a couple quarts in the fridge and pressure can the rest for shelf storage. I bought a huge bag of beef bones (with sats no less) at the farmers market a few weeks ago, along with some killer ribeyes and ground beef.

SSH key importation is unforgiving #linux

My employer came to me today and asked me if I could square him away on “Bitcoin stuff”. He was pretty blown away that I already had a Bitcoin educational website built that I linked him to, and a full curriculum developed for teaching people about BTC acquisition, custody, transaction and security. In five minutes I gave him enough material to easily keep him going for a couple of weeks, while he waits for his first signing devices and key storage hardware to show up. I’m stressing the need to really understand the asset. And the need to stay current on best practices for the technical side of self custody. It’s not for everybody. Especially for people conditioned to using custodians for all of their investing and finance. So many people can’t even manage their passwords without relying on 2FA means of regularly recovering them. I hope he knows what he’s in for, becoming his own bank…..manager, teller, head of IT, and head of security. I shudder to think. I hope he doesn’t rug himself by taking this responsibility lightly. In a few weeks I’ll test his knowledge and whether or not he’s taking things seriously or not by offering to punch his seed phrases for 100k sats per set lol. Maybe make him number 3 on a two-of-three. Just because I care. Lol 😂 #bitcoin #grownostr

You don’t have to be a math savant or a supercoder to make a huge difference in the fight against a pending dystopian technocracy. #bitcoin #hodl #anarchism #cryptography #agorism

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. 🤙🏽

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

Today’s soup project finally done. Just have to cut these in half once they are fully frozen flat, vacuum seal them and tops them in the deep freeze.

Ubuntu 24.04.1 install complete on an encrypted volume with long term support till 2034 🤙🏽 Wish me luck connecting to my node and my Start9 file server. I shudder every time I see the acronym SSH or have to import a root cert. Goodbye Windows #linux #ubuntu #sovereigncomputing #windowssucks