I'm most bummed about leaving Phoenix Wallet when I go phoneless next month. @k00b convinced me to try running phoenixd so that I can get a non-custodial AND Bolt12 compliant lightning node. Here's to setting up 2 different self hosted lightning configurations in 2 days. #privacy #lightning #bitcoin

Fruit Tarts w/ gluten free cookie crust and vanilla bean custard. My french is showing. #foodstr #grownostr

Just discovered Libre Relay, Peter Todd's fork from Bitcoin Core node. Looks promising: "While Bitcoin Core's mempool policies have been loosened over the years, there still remains some paternalism in what kinds of transactions Bitcoin Core allows. For example, Bitcoin Core maintains the pointless OP_Return size limit, even though it's just one of many ways to publish data in Bitcoin transactions; Libre Relay doesn't. Additionally, there's been constant pressure on Core to block more types of transactions for various reasons, such as censoring "spam". Libre Relay is a fork of Bitcoin Core that does two things: Removes paternalistic transaction filtering. Peers with other Libre Relay nodes to ensure transactions that would have been blocked by Core can reach miners such as F2Pool and MARA anyway. While this is of course good for people whose transactions are being blocked by Core, it's also good for Core itself: by having an alternative, when people try to pressure Core into blocking more transactions, Core can always point out that censorship doesn't work. Finally, Libre Relay is also being used to develop Replace-By-Fee-Rate, a transaction pinning solution that mitigates pinning attacks on L2 protocols in a simple and effective way." #bitcoin

Today, I prepared myself for going phoneless next year: -Set up AlbyHub so I can have a non-custodial desktop lightning wallet -Made sure to transfer any necessary notes/information to my pc - Made sure I had backups to all my 2FA's -Setup SimpleX on PC -Decided on a Nostr web client -Validated my VOIP works -Deleted all my other apps to start getting use to not having a phone to look at all the time Tomorrow, I will begin texting people my new VOIP number. I'm only sad about leaving Phoenix wallet and my podcasting app behind. I had a time suck game on there (Brawl Stars), it's definitely in the top 10 reasons I am getting rid of my phone before I throw it in the pool (fu buzz lightyear). My goal is to go at least a month phoneless, and in February, I'll sit down and figure out if it's doable long term. #privacy #grownostr

Best lightning desktop wallets? -Non custodial -bolt12 compliant

My secret santa ACTUAL got me bitcoin for Christmas. Real mvp.

I'm trying to edit some profile fields that most clients don't have field options for. Anyone know how i can edit and broadcast kind 0 metadata? #asknostr #nostr

We celebrate Christmas with the kids a day early as tomorrow is a stressball day where we have to visit all the families. Anyways, this is the coolest gift. A 3d printed functioning ocarina

Y'all remember when, last year, there was a huge push to host your own lightning node and everyone seemed to parrot that it was so simple that noobs should do it too? Everyone was bashing Alby when they went down for like 5 minutes that one time which just reinforced the propaganda to own/run your own node and "custodial wallets bad"? And today, we voluntarily trust ecash mints and say that's ok? Pepperidge farm remembers. Just weird how on such a free protocol, the culture takes such defined views that change on a whim so quickly. Anyways, just ignorantly sipping on my imaginary tea acting like I know what I'm talking about.

I replaced the screen on a pixel 6 that was given to me. I was very tempted to use it myself with grapheneOS, however....my wife really needed a new phone, so I gave it to her as an early christmas present. Instead, I'm full speed ahead in my commitment to go phoneless starting next year. Everything I want to do on my phone, I can do on my laptop. It's going to happen yall. Finally going to break out of the matrix.

My longtime friend asked me how to buy bitcoin

Boom Kids christmas gym

Spent all day building the kids a new playset with monkey bars, ninja rope, punching nag, swing, cargo rope, etc. It's even bitcoin colored. I'll take pictures tomorrow, too dark now. #proofofwork

"Rather than trying to live an impossibly difficult life of 100% anonymity, you should identify the one or two thing you want 100% anonymity in and focus on that." - @Juraj I pulled this from a talk he did at MoneroKon and did a bit of word magic. Sometimes you hear someone say something and wonder, "....why tf didn't I think of that!" Totally makes sense. #privacy #opsec

Props to the person who discovered cheese. Taking a bite of something you're expecting to taste like milk and just going with it? Savage.