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I haven’t use Phoenix Wallet much, but it seems like their “exit” from the US market right now is just removing new app downloads from the Apple and Google apps stores. I deleted the Phoenix app from my phone and I was able to download in the US via App Store (because I’ve downloaded it before). I’m not really interested actually spending sats opening a channel, but nothing indicates in the UI that it wouldn’t work (unlike WoS, you can’t receive at all). This seems like the softest “exit” possible. I guess time will tell.

Third year catching tadpoles in a nearby mud pond and putting them in our tiny backyard pond. These suckers grow like crazy and eat up the algae in the pond. Water ends up being so clear.

Might actually get a decent pickings of blueberries this year.

Last bitcoin meetup I setup 2 individuals with @OpenSecret. They got to experience their first lightning send and receive ever. Only hiccup was someone else tried to send to Mutiny from Strike (which doesn’t currently work because of some LND bug?).

I love buying everyday things with bitcoin. @Mapletrade sells great tasting Maple syrup at very reasonable prices. I highly recommend. What else should I buy with bitcoin?

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I kind of hope the first block mined after the halving is an empty block.

Mutiny team getting shit done! 🫡 View quoted note →

I think I’ve been rugged by my first fedimint. I haven’t been able to spend or sweep these “sats” to self custody. I’ve been trying for multiple days. No bueno

Receiving zaps via mutiny.plus LNAddress feature has worked well for me. I tried to use @OpenSecret for sending zaps in Damus for a few days and gave up. Mutiny NWC auto approve didn’t work and the manual approval process is painfully slow. The best self custody Damus experience I’ve had is using @ZEUS with my own node. Zaps with Zeus take 1-3 seconds. Zaps with Mutiny take like 10-20 seconds each (if they even go through). I love the work the mutiny team has done. I just want to give honest feedback on my experiences so far.