Book club anyone? #healthstr

I remember hearing that there’s a way to change default zap settings (amount, message, emoji), but not sure how. Is there anyone that can help with this?

💭 Thought Experiment: Financial Privacy in 2025 If cash is disappearing, banks offer no privacy, and privacy tools are being prosecuted… is financial surveillance becoming unavoidable? And if so — how does someone protect their privacy without becoming a criminal? Because today, the landscape looks like this: 📜 Legal Reality • Bank Secrecy Act (1970) + Patriot Act (2001): Banks are legally required to report your financial activity (SARs, CTRs). The Supreme Court (U.S. v. Miller, 1976) ruled you have no constitutional right to privacy over your bank records. • Using cash? Still legal — but increasingly impractical in a digital economy. Many countries are actively reducing cash use or setting limits. • Using privacy tech? Developers of tools like Samourai Wallet and Tornado Cash are being charged under unlicensed money transmission (18 U.S.C. §1960) or money laundering statutes, even if they never held customer funds. 📍 Financial Privacy — Two Paths 1️⃣ Comply with the System • Fully legal (banks, exchanges, future CBDCs) • No real financial privacy — all transactions monitored • Banks are required by law to report activity (Bank Secrecy Act, Patriot Act, SAR/CTR reports) • Supreme Court case U.S. v. Miller (1976) — you have no constitutional right to privacy over bank records • Clear message: “You can use money… but only if you’re willing to be watched” 2️⃣ Use Financial Privacy Tools (self-custody, mixing, non-KYC Bitcoin) • Offers higher privacy and true ownership • But increasingly treated as suspicious or criminal • Developers of Samourai Wallet, Tornado Cash, etc. charged under 18 U.S.C. §1960 (unlicensed money transmission) and anti-money laundering laws • You can be legal, but appear on a radar — or be accused of “facilitating crime” • Implied message: “If you want privacy, you must accept legal risk” ⸻ 🧠 The Real Question: If one path means surveillance and the other means potential criminalization… Do we still treat privacy as a right — or just a permission the state can revoke?

📜 Happy White Paper Day. I’m currently listening to The Creature from Jekyll Island, and in Chapter 3 — Protectors of the Public — Griffin lays out a pattern we’re never taught in school: when large corporations and banks fail, the Federal Reserve steps in as the “lender of last resort”. But that phrase has a cost — money created out of nothing, paid for by the public through inflation. 💸🔥 Here are several examples he lists: • 📉 1970 — Penn Central Railroad: $125M in guaranteed loans • ✈️ 1970 — Lockheed: $250M in guaranteed loans • 🗽 1975 — New York City: $2.3B in federal loans • 🚗 1978 — Chrysler: $1.5B loan guarantee • 🏦 1972 — Commonwealth Bank of Detroit: FDIC rescue with $60M • 💰 1979 — First Pennsylvania Bank: $325M loan — interest free for the first year • 🏙️ 1982 — Continental Illinois (Chicago): FDIC absorbed $4.5B in bad loans and took 80% ownership • 🏚️ 2008 — Mortgage crisis: “Too big to fail.” Congress approved a $700B bailout for the largest banks Griffin ends the chapter with a mic-drop worthy quote 🎤👇: “We must remember that the phrase ‘lender of last resort’ means the money is created out of nothing, resulting in the confiscation of wealth through inflation.” In October 2008, the same month the Federal Reserve executed the largest bailout in history — at the expense of the purchasing power of the American public and beyond — Satoshi Nakamoto released The White Paper. 🧡🧠 History changed forever. For the first time, the everyday person had a peaceful way to opt-out. ✌️🛡️ I’m so grateful to be part of this revolution. 🙏⚡ Happy White Paper Day. Stay humble. Stack sats. 🧡🟧💊

Do you ever start vibing with someone and think they’re based af then see them put on sunglasses?😒😎 #sunstr

Does chapstick make your lips chapped? #asknostr

Surfing is a metaphor for life 🌊 This week in the @BitcoinJungle 🏝️ I’ve been learning so much about the deeper lessons surfing teaches me about life itself. Our instructor said something that really stuck with me: “Surfing is a lot of feeling.” Feeling the water — knowing when it’s time for me to paddle out, and when it’s time to catch the wave. Feeling where I am on the board 🏄‍♀️ Feeling the wave moving beneath me — powerful, alive, energetic. Out there, I can’t control the waves, the weather, the current, or the people around me 🌬️🌊 But I can control my training, my preparation, my mindset, my attitude, and my approach. 💪✨ That’s life too — I can’t control what comes my way, only how I meet it. 🌅

Food tastes better when it’s paid for with sats. @Bitcoin Jungle Featuring local red snapper

We’re so back. #bitcoinjungle

I don’t watch Netflix much tonight I’m glad I did. Resurface is a short film (<30 minutes) released in 2017 that depicts the story of a non profit in Santa Cruz, CA helping veterans heal PTSD through surfing. Highly recommend. Maybe they’ll join nostr and start accepting donations in BTC. #surfstr

Watch Resurface | Netflix Official Site

A suicidal war veteran finds like-minded souls in a surf therapy program that helps traumatized soldiers heal while riding the waves.

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Find a place that will make the latte without the milk and bring your own raw milk. S/O to Billie’s Grocery in KC. Natural focus latte - reishi, chaga, maca, cinnamon, honey 🍯 🥛 lfg #rawstr #milkstr