What’s going to happen to Lightning node operators over the next two weeks? Should we close our channels or leave them open and ride it out? #bip110 #asknostr @Alby

So much gaslighting going on. Good grief. Lots of compassionate folks trying to help, but lots of folks saying that if you didn't flip 1,000 coins to generate your own entropy, or read through every line of code used by your wallet, every library it uses, and the OS stack down to the kernel, then you're a naive fool and it's your own fault if your coins get stolen. This is the time to come together and iterate on best practices. More attacks will come. If someone got drained, they're feeling shaken. They need support. They don’t need you throwing "dOn'T tRuSt; VeRiFy” at them.

I spent the last week on vacation. Before leaving, I asked myself whether I should take my hardware wallets with me. “Nah, I'm not going to need them. I’ll just lose them.” I woke up Friday (Thursday? It's a blur.) to multiple emails and texts alerting me to the COLDCARD bug. I was three states away from mine. Had a good conversation with the wife and kids on the drive home. Listened to Natalie's emergency PSA episode. Talked about Bitcoin, cryptography, and Rudyard Kipling's “If”. Fortunately, I wasn't drained. The coins are moved to another wallet while I learn how to level up the Op Sec. Still emotionally exhausted. Every wallet is now suspect. No sense of security at all.

When you wake up, you’re ready to go back to bed. Maybe the key to getting to bed on time is not losing that readiness over the course of the day. GM.

Carb-friendly (ish) s’mores. Couldn’t quite get the mozzarella as soft as I wanted it. More practice is required.

#memestr #atlasshrugged

“Bitcoin has outperformed every asset class over any four-year period.” Hasn’t aged well. And that’s not the point. Not all of it anyway.

I can't believe Sheep Detectives used "500 Miles" in its trailer, and didn't include the song on its soundtrack! That's false advertising, I tell you! Mainly I just want to hear that arrangement in full, without the dialogue.

I figured out what bothers me about the Atlas Shrugged book covers that use the Atlas statue from Rockefeller Center: He’s still holding the world up. That misses the point of the book (spoilers). Atlas is done carrying the weight of a thankless world. He’s exiting their corrupt system and joining the strike. #bookstr #objectivism #whoisjohngalt

Bitcoin. Golf. Beef. Having fun. Much still to learn.

I’m okay with bitcoin going up—its fundamentals haven’t changed. I’m okay with bitcoin going down—stack more sats. I’m okay with bitcoin going sideways—you can still spend and top up. You should be okay, too, no matter what bitcoin does. Don’t let something external sway your mental health like that. #68Kclub

Great conversation at lunch today. I had the other fiat miners agreeing to small, limited government, term limits for politicians, and ending the Fed. Show them the problem, return to first principles, and see what follows naturally.