The level of idiocy on Bluesky is absolutely hilarious.

Seeing some insight' from my own presentation pop up here and there. Two slides from the 'digital life' presentation:

Blogpost 7/12 about Bitcoin Food for Thought: "Strategy is in Vogue" https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzppn35mj33rmnua6xencd695m7jn8s4pckukpy8urhllaqnugr9x3qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcpzemhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uqpk5m5wfshget80ykkjuedd9hz64n0va6k2tfjw34rwv3en059av

If the only thing you’re known for is hustling a referral link to a conference, that’s honestly kinda pathetic. They don't promote things (unless it's their own little niche club, and even then it's rather mute). In the end, it's all a way to score some free tickets to a conference where the same 10 people will stand on stage probably... (more people in bitcoin should call out stuff to better the space instead of applauding anything that just promotes itself and has no substantial impact) just my thought

Bitcoin books are getting out of hand. This week, I've got like 3 ppl with some limited btc experience and/or nothing more to say other than "hard money is good" and "buy my stuff" are to publish "a bitcoin book". The #deminishingreturns will be hard hitting.

Precoiners is such a stupid word.

https://fountain.fm/show/6r1env8YjTCvlIHWsJP8 EPisode 162 : We hebben het over Saylor, de Plasma USDT brug, Japan, Amsterdam, subsidies , coding, AI en veel meer.

"Say le clock" (an audio timechain clock) Feel free to check it out and see how it ticks for yourself! Tick-Tock next block!

Say-Le-clock | Bitcoin Live Counter with Sound

I make podcasts, do interviews, review stuff, blog for years, do presentations, and build tool you can actually use. This week I got 78 sats in rewards, and 2 people clicked a thumbs up somewhere. In the meanwhile: a notorious bitcoin-hater like Peter Shiff is raking it in from generous bitcoiners. 😉 I'm going to have fun speaking my mind from now on, the 12 food for thought writings will get more poisonous, because complacency has begun to creep in.

I’m excited to share a sneak peek of the "Say-le-clock" with you all. It’s a little tool I built for myself to track the Bitcoin timechain purely through audio (I needed that)... it plays a sound for every new block, a quote every third one, and a status update every five minutes, all layered with some background tunes for those who want. It’s a handy way to “hear” a pending transaction land when you’re waiting on a block or just hanging with the chain. Plus, it’s also great to use as a chill background clock or even stream to your phone’s lock screen for that always-on Bitcoin connection. Feel free to check it out and see how it ticks for yourself! Tick-Tock next block!

Say-Le-clock | Bitcoin Live Counter with Sound

(the super-simple non-audio version is here:

Say-Le-clock | Bitcoin Live Counter

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You write a blogpost: censored by X in the algorythm, since it's on substack , almost no one sees the post. You share the same content on highlighter / nostr platform : no one clicks it nor reacts. Since it had no nice picture in it. You share it again, this time with a nicely generated picture you've made with a paid servive for better results: 2 people click it. No reactions. You buy a sub. to a podcast engine and you create a podcast with two voices and a new bullitin. +80 downloads, no reaction. You release it on a podcast v2 platform, but no one listens through that platform in Belgium, they don't get it. And in their mind, that's the only platform you're on ... so they don't know Fountain app and they don't click it. So you share the links to all the other platforms as well, and you create a separate page where you share all the links to spotify and so on... No one cares. So you write another blogpost and since it's "too long" (it's a long-read format), you add a professionaly made audio recording of the podcast/blog so people don't have to read and can just listen to it on the go. 9 people open it. The reach on nostr, X and BluseSky together is always under 10 hits. So... people tell me "hey man, why don't you make youtube videos in English". "Because I have a podcast, not a youtube channel or so. I do audio only for a reason: if people want to listen to the content anyway, they can do so without seeing me sitting behind a microphone". So... here we are. 3 years podcasting for the Belgian audience. And I can safely say that the 100 or so of core audience is reached. And I won't be a reply-guy spammer either. It is what it is. A dismal state of affairs in a country where you're a pariah whenever you try to do something independent.

Je ziet toch wat kwieten in deze space. Mensen die er nog geen 2 jaar in zitten, zelf toegeven nog niet echt veel te weten (vooral technisch) maar dan wel "consultant" komen spelen. Vraag mij echt af hoe die contacten leggen met bemiddelde mensen en daar die mensen dan wijsmaken dat ze waarde hebben. Ik zou zelfs na al die jaren niet durven me als bitcoin expert uit te geven om ergens iets te gaan regelen voor anderen hun holdings. Maar ok, sommige mensen hebben nul schaamte.

The moment I realized this bitcoin community was f'd, was the moment a hardware hawker asked me "So, what do you sell?" Something has to change. The 4 things we hear these days are: - bitcoin is great! follow me back, get a referral code, I'm important - get your security through buying my stuff (like hardware wallets you don't need), and click my code and link please - get some extra money from these middlemen I'm in bed with: click it - and keep it quiet, but here's how to trade some shitcoins, get my paid newsletter and I'll tell you all about it, oh and follow me on telegram and instagram, I have a book and speaking gigs as well, all paid Let's start a new movement of people who don't need your cash, the kickbacks, the little incentives in order to tell you variants of the same 4 things: - bitcoin is scarce, hard money - you can get a seedphrase securely and keeping it offline at all times - fiat is a scheme of power and greed, shortsighted and repetitive - build, advance and innovate with your talent

On april 2 th 2022, the first episde of AVBpdcast was released. A lot of time has passed, a lot of things have happened. I'm still standing behind the idea of keeping this podcast for the Dutch audience only. In the past 3 years however, ZERO other podcasts worldwide showed any interest in what was going on in Belgium. I got zero questions on that, ... stange. (maybe interviewing the same 10 people over and over again is more 'safe' , I don't know) =-

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Alles voor Bitcoin • EP161 - News update 22 03 2025 • Listen on Fountain

EP161 - Dit is een korte nieuws update aflevering, volledig met A.I gemaakt, puur als experiment. We hebben het over de Deribit overname, ecash en ...

EP161

Experimental episode (in Dutch, English version will be out soon, I plan to release these in parallel in the future if it gets some traction or appreciation). The bitcoin news items are being present by two A.I co hosts.

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Alles voor Bitcoin • EP161 - News update 22 03 2025 • Listen on Fountain

EP161 - Dit is een korte nieuws update aflevering, volledig met A.I gemaakt, puur als experiment. We hebben het over de Deribit overname, ecash en ...

A new podcast episode had 1 like and zero retweets after 10 hours. Posted in 3 groups You are the marketing team... Yeah Right Maybe it's time to just do nothing and wait, see how many months it would take before they'll notice I'm gone. Or just, well ... Belgium.

Wrote a new part of the Food for Thought ... 6/12 "Orange pilling has become a mental issue"

Orange-pilling has become a mental issue

a long-read / deep dive on post 2018 Orange-pilling

I just published a new read on Nostr! Orange-pilling has become a mental issue a long-read / deep dive on post 2018 Orange-pilling Check it out: https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzppn35mj33rmnua6xencd695m7jn8s4pckukpy8urhllaqnugr9x3qqh57unpdenk2ttsd9kxc6twvukksctn943x2cm0d4jj6cfdd4jkuarpdskkjumnw4jj6a3hv9aryegzsp9wg #bitcoin #orangepilling #BitcoinWhispering View article → https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzppn35mj33rmnua6xencd695m7jn8s4pckukpy8urhllaqnugr9x3qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qqh57unpdenk2ttsd9kxc6twvukksctn943x2cm0d4jj6cfdd4jkuarpdskkjumnw4jj6a3hv9aryegdsdg9z

ep160 - (in Dutch) - De digital Euro en u find it on:

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Alles voor Bitcoin • EP160 - De Digitale Euro en U • Listen on Fountain

EP160 - We hebben het over De digitale Euro, u en uw houding, activisme (nog maar eens) en mensen die graag in de zon liggen.