Happy Father's Day to all the NOSTR dad's. Remember, most men a capable of being a father to a child, but not everyone gets to be a "dad." This world needs more dad's and less father's. 🫡

Daughter-in-law was a Barista before she became a mother... #coffeechain 🫂🤙🏻☕️

Does this make you happy or sad? If you're sad, it must be that your out of fiat. I will understand that scenario, but any other scenario means your in the wrong frame of mind. ₿itcoin requires patience or you will get wrecked. 🫂🤙🏻

GM Nostr... @The Marie ⚡️🦂 Hellthread on fire as always. @Damus muted the original and crashes when I try to respond in the original thread. 🫂🤙🏻

GN, tomorrow we 🌕🚀💥

Just finshed reading up on how to set my ProxMox server up to gracefully shutdown when my UPS runs out of battery. My Server is growing up will get a NUT soon. GN 🫂🤙🏻

I forgot how cool @npub155m2...dcvg is. If you didn't know, when you run a BTCPayserver, you can create custom lightning addresses on the fly and the address store dependent. So each store you create can have its on lightning address. I'm changing my tip wallet address and see how well it works. Test it out if you feel the need. GN friends.🫂🤙🏻

@jack mallers knows....BTMFD plebs

Have you helped secure the network today? Node up,,,for your security and mine. ✊🏻👊🏻

@Dimi looking for a little help on ProxMox. Trying to migrate from VM on old hardware to a VM on new hardware and having trouble mounting old ssd. found something suggesting to setup a USB Passthrough on the new VM and restart the vm and it should see it. You got any thoughts or suggestions. Want to use the Start9 transfer utility so my Lightning channels don’t close.

@BitcoinSilverFox looks like you AphaFox Node has shutdown. You okay friend?

Could this bring “Pay with ₿itcoin” to Uber Eats and Uber?! I think this could be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

This is why Bitcoin Wins..... Congress passed a law (in the *One Big Beautiful Bill Act*) that adds a **1% federal excise tax** on certain **outgoing remittance transfers**—basically, when someone in the U.S. sends money abroad **using cash or similar instruments**. The IRS is now proposing the detailed rules for how that tax will apply. --- ### 💵 When the 1% tax applies The tax applies **only** when the sender funds the transfer with: - **Cash** - **Money orders** - **Cashier’s checks** - **Traveler’s checks** (newly added in the proposed regs) - **A check that the provider cashes** and then uses to fund the transfer (the IRS says this counts as a cash transaction) It **does NOT apply** when the transfer is funded by: - A bank account (checking, savings, credit union, etc.) - A U.S.-issued debit or credit card --- ### 📌 Key points the proposed regulations clarify - **No small‑provider safe harbor**: Regulation E normally exempts small remittance providers (under 500 transfers/year). **The IRS rejected that exemption.** Even tiny providers must collect the 1% tax. - **Tax base**: The 1% is calculated on the **amount sent to the recipient**, including: - Promotional bonuses or incentives added to the transfer But **excluding**: - Service fees - The excise tax itself - **Who pays and who files**: The **sender** owes the tax, but the **remittance transfer provider** must collect it and remit it on **Form 720** quarterly. If the provider fails to collect it, **they** become liable. - **Effective date**: Applies to transfers **after 12/31/2025**. Taxpayers can rely on these proposed rules until final regulations are issued. - **Public comments**: IRS is accepting comments until **June 12, 2026**. --- ### 🧠 What this means in practice If someone walks into a store or money‑transfer business and pays **cash** to send $500 to another country, the provider must charge an additional **1% excise tax ($5)** and remit it to the IRS. If the same person pays using a **bank account or debit card**, **no excise tax** applies. --- If you want, I can break down how this might affect specific businesses (e.g., check cashers, convenience stores, money transmitters) or how compliance works for Form 720.

Block 94385…i became a grandad. 🎉🎉🎉