Stop asking business you patronize to take #Bitcoin, start choosing to patronize the ones that do and telling businesses why you chose their competitor instead. Your money is more powerful than your words and pleas. Doing this is easier, doesn't depend on someone you don't control doing what you ask of them, and shows merchants you will vote with your sats. Activate their FOMO. 80% of my business expenses are paid in BTC, every year I get closer to 100%. Those who do not adapt will be left behind. Too bad so sad.

There's a bright spot in all the news this week. I've been watching the comments section of MAGA politicians and influencers. Their customers ain't buying the bullshit they're peddling. The party line isn't working. They saw the video, they know what they saw: a senseless murder of someone trying to film the police and exercise his constitutional rights. My MAGA peers IRL are on the same page. National gun ownership groups are clapping back in their statements too. Turns out, if your justification for killing someone is merely that they had a gun, the gun lobby might take some kind of offense to that. On the other side of the coin, I see my liberal friends coming around on the second amendment. Turns out when you have a tyrannical government insisting they can enter your house without a warrant, pulling people over and brutalizing them for no reason, and telling you that any resistance will result in more beatings or worse and that they should have "total immunity".. The purpose and need for the second amendment becomes crystal clear. The founding fathers may have been some hot shot lawyers, but they had an impeccable understanding of human behavior, incentive structures, and the mechanics of power. Haven't seen America this united since the first two weeks of COVID. Freedom dies in darkness and partisanship, and yet when I look around, I see people putting aside their differences to stand up for it. Freedom has no alternative Our rights over partisan concerns Liberty over everything God bless America. God protect the streets. Public servants serve at our leisure, the consent of the governed is revocable. Glad to see the government getting reminded who really runs shit. Big love to you all, stay safe out there #alexpetti #ice #politics #freedom #minnesota #immigration #maga #2A

Bitcoin is saving lives today by fighting a winter storm. Let me explain Apparently the snowpocalypse has knocked about 30% of the global Bitcoin hashrate (miners) offline. Pretty crazy to watch it in real time, and good to know the US is a leader in this space. One of the benefits of having Bitcoin miners on your grid is that they soak up un-used electricity, which means 100% efficiency on the generation end. Miners don't "compete" with normal electricity users, as they can only afford to buy the cheapest electricity (which is produced as excess during times of low demand). Miners help increase the size of grid capacity by ensuring no generated electricity is a loss for the power company, allowing for greater amounts of generation. Yet mining can also be turned off instantly in emergencies, ensuring that even in peak demand like a snow storm, there is enough capacity for everyone. And because miners were there before, the total capacity is larger than if they never existed in the first place. Because of Bitcoin, people can keep their heat on in a deadly storm. Systems like energy generation, sewage, and traffic are generally designed to meet the expected peak demand over a certain time period (100 year flood etc). You don't size for infinite capacity because capacity costs money to keep online. While that 100 year metric works 99% of the time, it also means that once you hit that 100 year event, the system will be overburdened and fail. But Bitcoin mining fundamentally changes this calculus and allows you to scale beyond the normal limits. Cool to see how resilient this network is. 30% of hashrate can drop offline and coins will keep being issued and transferred just as scheduled. Imagine what would happen if 30% of the US banking system went offline. International finance would break. #bitcoin #snowpocalypse #texas #storm #mining

Absolutely murder. Fuck ICE. View quoted note →

Just completed my 21k for the @Running Bitcoin Challenge, got in a great view. Someday we will beat ALS. Thank you Hal for your contribution to the human story ❤️

Fuck ICE. At this point it isn't even a partisan issue, even amongst the MAGA people I know, people are PISSED. ICE is out of control and the evidence is a mountain high. This isn't about immigration at this point, it's about basic civil rights. You know you done fucked up when the "no step on snek" crowd actually gets mad about you stepping on the snek instead of just blowing hot air or encouraging the government to step on the snek harder when a conservative is office. God bless America God bless the streets God watch their steps Freedom has no second best alternative Even if it is expensive There is nothing more American than resisting government tyranny Hold the fucking line

When you have the federal government saying ICE can enter your home without a warrant, even the most die hard liberal understands why the founding fathers gifted us the second amendment Fuck ICE Freedom flows from the barrel of a gun Always has been 👨‍🚀 God bless America 🇺🇸 #politics #ice #trump #secondamendment #2a #humanrights #liberty #freedom #immigration

Nostr what are your best ai covers from hip hop artists? Love when it transforms to soul, country, etc. Love #birdman #lilwayne #drake #youngmoney #nickiminaj #youngjeezy #tupac #drdre #kanye #bunb #paulwall #chamillionaire Would love some good covers from the like father like son album, haven't found any of those #asknostr #question #music #hiphop. #rap #ai #covers

Is it possible to put a large sticker/decal on a car long term and not have difference in paint fading when it's finally removed? #asknostr

For US users, aside from strike, is there any other custodial service that allows you to receive BTC via lightning AND automatically convert incoming funds to USD? Looking for hands off options that don't require making an invoice for every payment, like how strike has LN address/lnurl support. #asknostr #bitcoin #strike