Consensus narrative forming that the government should be entitled to steal at least 50% more every year from dollar savers. Time to opt out -- 'cause their dollar ain't shit.

Just want to thank Bitcoin Magazine for extending the Open Source Contributor Ticket Program to Bitcoin Amsterdam. Our contributors, as well as contributors to other select FOSS projects, are eligible for a GA ticket. More info at: https://b.tc/conference/amsterdam/opensource I know of no other conference with a comparable program to reward FOSS contributors, big credit to #[0] for this gift to the larger FOSS community.

Any solid non-bitcoin podcast recommendations?

For those who don’t know, I have a small side hustle where I sell signers and other printed items to help fund my work with the SeedSigner project (see: https://btc-hardware-solutions.square.site/). I’ve been tinkering with #[0] ’s OrangeClock b/c its an interesting concept that I think has a ton of potential (see: https://github.com/marc3linho/OrangeClock). If anyone has an interest in building one and is in need of an enclosure for the internals, shoot me a DM. Just keep in mind that the project is still green and you’ll need some minor technical chops to get the firmware loaded. I’m refraining from the enclosures or kits to build the device to my online shop until the configuration process is a less less technical, but the code seems solid and I’ve had mine running for several weeks without a hitch. It’s $30 for the printed enclosure w/ screws, that includes shipping within the US; $5 of the purchase price will go to Marcelinho & #[1] for the work they’re putting in to grow and develop this thing. Feel free to be in touch if you have any questions.

You won't hear a lot of influencers talking about SeedSigner, but the plebs get it. It's just a useful tool you can discretely build yourself that will teach you a lot about L1 *and* help you secure your corn for the long term. View quoted note →

There were several fun entries posted on Twitter, but the winner ended up coming from someone here on Nostr... Congratulations to @TheWildHustle who reminds us that Jay Powell is the most important "evil maid" to worry about when it comes to your savings being stolen. Thankfully bitcoin really does fix this. View quoted note →

For everyone out there with mad mid-journey skillz, I've got 50k sats for the best private key stealing evil maid graphic art you can come up with; please keep it "safe-for-work". Best piece between both Twitter & Nostr takes takes the prize, winner chosen tomorrow morning.

Really appreciate this, Matt has been a supporter of our project just about since the beginning. 🙏 View quoted note →

"...SeedSigner + this group has really pushed that FUD to the side..."

View quoted note → Agree!

Hot take: v4v isn't going to take off until some brave & talented content creators require a minimum number of sats per minute to access their material.

This is not ideal. View quoted note →

So many stores and restaurants say they can't hire enough help, and at the same time I've never seen this many homeless people panhandling at highway exits and intersections where I live. Some important aspects of our culture are fundamentally broken.