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GM ATH its time to jump into the ocean 🌊

GM today it’s time to jump into the ocean 🌊

GM today it’s time to jump into the ocean. 🌊

What is the best Nostr desktop client for macOS, also ok if it’s browser based. But I can’t find anything that works smoothly… Damus, Snort, Nostter all the applications don’t really work, break or have so many issues… Is anything proper available?

“Clogminer is extra bullish on hashing for heat and using excess renewable electricity for bitcoin” And as you can see I really wear them a lot… everything is proof of work.

So much to develop… View quoted note →

What is the most important thing in life? Otis Sha (anagram for Satoshi) gives us a clue. Curious what is most important for you when you see this?

I finally was able to physically pull them down the rabbit hole. Now it looks like there is no turning back. Until new years we should pack many thousands of shipments with @BitcoinBrabant. Without a solid base like them this would have never been possible. I’m forever thankful for their endless sceptic criticism and support. You’re the greatest the greats, I’m literally standing on the shoulders of giants, though they are 20cm shorter than me (my surname is the great 😂).

Every Sunday it’s time to learn more about money. But this time I just felt like rereading “anatomy of the state” by Murray Rothbard. I’ve mentioned it once as my favorite piece in the @Connect the World podcast. This podcast has way too little followers btw.

GN fellow unscrewers of the bitcoin network.

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GM @Jeroen ✅ we were spotted at some conference opening the doors apparently. Come and make sure you get a limited edition bitcoin amsterdam heater bitaxe #/121. You can reserve yours online now. Oh and dad, thanks for the Proof of Work! https://bitcoinbrabant.com/product/bitaxe-bitcoin-amsterdam-heater/

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The talk of a miner has to start with: technical problems. Hope everyone enjoyed! Thanks for the support everyone.

Been working on this for a while now. In case you’re wondering why I’m silent. With two conferences a meetup interview and a workshop coming up. In the end it’s all about the proof of work. Monday morning 4AM, starting off again. 🔥 thanks for all the support View quoted note →

It’s understanding money Sunday once again. In the Dutch financial times a nice article was posted yesterday evening. A translation in English: “Modesty is in order for central banks 20 Sep 20:00 Market participants were already hoping for it, and the Federal Reserve gave it to them on Wednesday. The American system of central banks lowered the interest rate by a large step of 50 basis points. According to Fed chairman Jerome Powell, the American economy is solid, the labor market looks good and the substantial interest rate cut 'is intended to keep it that way'. It turned out to be a difficult message to explain. After all, isn't a smaller interest rate cut of 25 basis points more appropriate if the economy is doing well, the labor market is not doing much yet and inflation is a bit too high? Do policymakers have more concerns than they say? Or is the large interest rate step an acknowledgement that the interest rate should have been lowered in July? In any case, the credibility that the next steps will be cautious and smaller has been partly undermined, now that the Fed immediately took the big step that market participants and commentators were calling for. Try to get the genie back in the bottle. Every time an economic figure disappoints, speculation about the next major interest rate cut will flare up. The Fed is thus cornering itself in a corner where it – or other central banks – should not be. Sentiment on the financial markets is back to business as usual after the corona pandemic and the inflation shock of 2021-2023. If the economy deteriorates somewhat, the central bank must quickly lower interest rates and, if necessary, inflate the balance sheet to support the economy (i.e. the markets). Where investors want to quickly return to the old situation, central banks should be more modest. So far, they have washed their hands of their own role in the inflation shock. According to central bankers, it was due to disruptions on the supply side (corona, Ukraine). Furthermore, the extent to which the inflation wave has been exacerbated by fifteen years of extremely loose monetary policy is mainly dismissed. That question is indeed relevant. The effects of the inflated policy are still seeping through the economy. The run-up in asset prices and inflation has contributed to poverty and growing wealth inequality. And liquidity is still sloshing around – albeit slightly less so. It is telling that the sharp rate hikes of 2022 and 2023 did not cause a recession, despite the energy crisis. That is both nice and strange. The effects of old policies and structural economic changes make it unpredictable how inflation and the economy will develop if interest rates fall sharply. In such an uncertain environment, restraint is appropriate. Of course, interest rates can be lowered if the situation requires it and if it is done cautiously. That message is often preached, but the Fed’s 50 basis point cut and the ECB’s routine rate steps really send a different message.

Is this the reason that Nostr is purple? In the absence of the color spectrum does our brain actually work harder for it? Would purple give us a deeper memory? Interesting color from a marketing perspective.

Interesting read from 2022. https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/a9958345-65d8-4c53-8522-eeffc4000359/content

This Saturday is going to be the best bitcoin builders party in the middle of nowhere. View quoted note →