It is such a rewarding to build something physical.
I am building/improving my house and every gadget, every project done here is such a reword.
Once I am done here, I probably start building another one...
Anton Isidore
npub1glec...7pt6
Anarchist 🏴, ₿itcoiner, Capitalist. Interested in decentralization, sovereignty and local apps.
It is absolutely crazy how creative people are 
And this page is such a good research place.
So much has been done here! 👏
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I was planning to have a diesel generator as a backup in my household in case shit hits the fan.
Problem is, that diesel degenerates over time and has to be replenished frequently. Solution can be that you tank it into car from storage and refill fresh fuel.
But I think I found another solution: propane. It can be stored basically indefinitely and there are electricity generators that runs on both diesel and propane.
If you ever came to Sal island in Cape Verde, you MUST visit Berdiana Ice Cream Rolls!
Lovely lady with her husband are making BEST ice cream and guess what? They are accepting Bitcoin now.
OsmAnd Map
OsmAnd map
Cape Verde Is interesting country. Two currencies are used here simultaneously: Escudo and Euro.
Escudo is pegged to euro at rate 110.265.
But sreet practice is to use 1 euro as 100 escudos so for tourists it's a bit more expensive to pay with euro. But to be fair, if you get change in euros (and it's fairly common, at least in tourist parts of the Islands) it's also is this rate.
ATMs are limited to 20000 escudos per day. Bank will change you any amount but you have to show passport/ID.
Paying with card will cost you 3-4% as merchants will usually pass this cost onto you.
And finally, getting money into the country will cost 7-10% in bank/western union fees.
Using VPN to access X is threatened with draconic fines in Brazil. People will stop using it. Many can't afford to risk it. Big accounts will stop posting, content disappears.
State rules the meat-space. Internet did not changed it. Bitcoin did not changed it. Don't forget that.
Yes, both mentioned are great liberation tools, but will you risk jail-time/your family well-being for using it (too much)? Yes you can buy drugs, on black market, but what about food? What about health-care? What about insurance?
State rules the meat-space and they still can make it a hell for us all.
Anton's Test of Service Sovereignty:
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If any of follow is true, the service is not fit for sovereign individual.
- Can they shut it's servers? Will it break the service?
- Can they jail CEO or developers? Will it break the service?
- Has the service means to censor you if they are asked to?
***
Signal won't pass this test. ProtonMail won't as well. So get yourself ready, they will come for them soon.
Payin with Bitcoin is in many countries a taxable event. Therefore using your real name, phone and email address is a bad idea.
If you don't boast on Facebook, they probably won't target specifically you, but the ehop. They ask for data from it, and go for those who spend more then X in Bitcoin.
So you don't need perfect anonymity, you only need not be linked to ordrrs in that eshop. You also need to separate your orders, to make sure they are not able cluster your data and figure out you spend a lot there and that you are therefore probably valuable target (and invest more resources to identify you).
This can be done quite conviniently with 
for free. It has also pretty good app for Android on F-Droid.
1. Create an email alias
2. Order stuff online
3. Provide random ‼️believable ‼️name, surname and address. You need to blend with the crowd‼️
4. Use some delivery box, not your real address‼️
5. Use random phone number
6. Use the alias
7. Make sure the code/pass for picking the goods in the box will arrive to the email and not just as text to the phone number - you don't have it, it's random.
8. After you pick-up the goods, delete the alias, never re-use them. There is also limit of 10 aliases in free tier of Proton.
Proton
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I am off the Twitter from the begging of the year.
I REGRET NOTHING!
A friend of mine created this killer app
It is local-first expense tracker that you can sync over relay. Ideal for family expense tracking.
- End-to-end encrypted
- Zero knowledge on relay
- Works as PWA
More similar apps to come.
lofextra
lofextra - local-first expense tracker
local-first expense tracker
I really like the 
service.
But it's quite expensive: $20/mo. I understand there are some costs. But it's a quite heavy price tag.
Do you have any tips for something similar but cheaper?
Crypton.sh - Secure physical phone number in the cloud
Get a secure physical phone number, virtual number, or eSIM data plan with end-to-end encryption. 100% encrypted messages, no email required, priva...
Your phone tracks you. It broadcasts IMEI (phone identifier) and IMSI (SIM card identifier). Telco-company then tracks your EVERY move!
Here is what to do to mitigate it:
- Buy Pixel Phone
- Install GrapheneOS on it
- Turn on Flight Mode and NEVER turn it off
- Buy Mudi router and install Blue Merle addon to it
- Change IMEI of the Mudi and put anonymous SIM into it (with data tarif)
- Use Mudi as hotspot for your Pixel Phone with GrapheneOS
- Regularly replace SIM and hange IMEI of the Mudi
👉Read my article for more info and some important ‼️caveats:
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Friendly reminder: this is AliExpress 
Trezor now got an upgrade. You can upgrade your Shamir.
- Get Trezor T or Safe 3/5
- Create new wallet (you have to create new seed, it won't work with old backups for technical reasons)
- You can create any Shamir setup (3/5)
- You can later generate **additional** backup (for example 1/1, aka Single Seed) if you need to.
Upgrading to Multi-share Backup
Upgrading to Multi-share Backup on Trezor hardware wallets
I look forward to a day when Saylor will be irrelevant. Elon made it. Please Saylor do the same.
We don't need celebrities and prophets. We need thinkers, creators and builders.
Some time ago, I send some Bitcoin articles to a taxi driver who I was chatting with during a ride.
I got banned by WhatsApp few minutes after that.
That's about the e2e encryption of WhatsApp.
(There is a chance I got banned because of texting to a new user in a different country. But I really doubt it.)
GrapheneOS has Duress PIN now. Trezor has the Wipe code.
How do I remember them? How do I make sure I know them when I need them?
I have a routine to do a Backup Check drill every month.
I have a reminder with a checklist similar to this:
- [ ] Is;sync between my devices working?
- [ ] I manually check/copy long term backups.
- [ ] Is my online stash for emergency recovery working? Do I know the login & pass? I upload newest version of encrypted password managed to the online stash.
- [ ] Do I know the Duress PIN / Wipe code?
It's line an evac/fire emergency drill. You do it regularly so you don't forget how to do it.
Once I finish my Citadel my next project is migration to / building local-first apps for everything I need.
The end-goal is to never use email/mobile number for any service ever again. Maybe it's to ambitious, but If I will need my email/phone only for flight tickets and booking I will consider it success.
I desperately want to live a life where:
- I don't need an email
- I don't need a phone number
- I don't need a bank account
No-email login shall be standard for ANY service.
No-phone registration shall be standard for ANY service.
Bitcoin payment shall be standard for ANY service.
Do you want to have an identity? Use pub key.
Do you want to battle spam/sybil attack? Require some proof of work or ask money for the registration.
Do you want to get paid for you services? Use Bitcoin.