"This is it." Author @npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd | Dev @npub1fjh05rc223et4emdwex3ec34qya339szfe2w6yf8vcguuqrclh6s8us2yr
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The whole point, in every myth, heroes who take strange journeys must bring back a feather of the fabulous bird, a claw of the dragon, or the beheaded head of the villain that they slew saying: See, here it is.” npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt God bless @nprofile…4sn5 and Sparrow npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt How it feels to be a Bitcoiner npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt “We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end. And the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing. And you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.” npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Citadel state of mind npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt ZenOut is now on Android and Zapstore, in addition to the Apple App Store. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Yes it is. Just launched on there this week actually. Here is the link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperboreanpress.zenout npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt It can be done. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt “Disbelief” is my favorite stage of the market cycle npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt HODL long enough by the river, and you’ll see Bitcoin’s enemies float by. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Bitcoin is the canary in the fiat mine. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt To the moon npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Thanks will check it out npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Review of Jurassic Park Series by Michael Crichton (1990-1995) npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt “The only zen you’ll find on mountaintops is the zen you bring up there with you.” npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt https://zapstore.dev/apps/com.hyperboreanpress.bitcoinmememaker npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Now live on Zapstore npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Now live on Zapstore. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Bitcoin Meme Maker (@nprofile…0w47) is now available on Zapstore. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Have a blessed Sunday. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Posting one classic Bitcoin meme per day on @nprofile…h3xq, all made in the app npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Coming to Zapstore soon npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Coming very soon. Likely next week npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-meme-maker/id6782519474 npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-meme-maker/id6782519474 npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Bitcoin Meme Maker is now live on iOS and Android. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Debuting today npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt The bull begins his run npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt The face you make when someone tells you they sold all their Bitcoin npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt “He sold? Pamp it.” npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Pump it up npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt https://blossom.primal.net/c2266a5d200ef29522d9dbc09c44b9db3605452a9c1dfa80cd7e01cc9cf1f17c.jpg npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt https://blossom.primal.net/c2266a5d200ef29522d9dbc09c44b9db3605452a9c1dfa80cd7e01cc9cf1f17c.jpg npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Satoshi helps those who help themselves. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Bitcoin has a gravitational pull npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt One word: npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Levels of Bitcoin self-custody op-sec npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Ally with the machine elves npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Bitcoin op-sec npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Bitcoiners learn about energy, work, electronics, computing, entropy, and order through the Bitcoin rabbit hole. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Have a blessed Sunday. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Fitting to be reading Bond novels while rolling dice, fighting entropy, and tightening up one’s operational security. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt 🤝 npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt The Coldcard hack was a wake-up call for many in two respects: npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt The way out is through. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Sounds like a sh*tcoin. BCash, BSV, all the other sh*tcoins started with the same logic npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Yes. Squandering 20% share of nodes for a fork destined to failed would be a massive blunder. It’s akin to losing a battle and then rather than regrouping, charging your last men into the enemy hordes with no chance of reinforcement. Maybe noble in a misguided sort of way, but tactically idiotic npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Yes. 100% npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Don’t think that’s his motivation npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt The best thing Knots can do is continue to offer a viable alternative to Core on the longest chain. Forking off into irrelevance accomplishes nothing. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Stay humble. Stack sats. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Steve was spot on about this. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Bitcoin is hard to change. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Check your hubris. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Tick tock, next block. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt There is only one Bitcoin network. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt “Things are as they are.” npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Touché npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Touché npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt My nodes will be following the longest chain via non-RDTS Bitcoin Knots. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt My nodes will be following the longest chain via non-RDTS Bitcoin Knots. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt The longest chain won. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Good read https://www.citadel21.com/the-paranoid-wallet npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Well, after this week, nobody thinks Bitcoin is boring. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt https://x.com/btcpayserver/status/2085755643659522240?s=46 npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Either the miners flip the bit, or not. Agree the ball is in their court now npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt PSA npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt If BIP-110 activates smoothly or gets rejected smoothly. A chain split is possible but the least likely of those three scenarios in my view. Could of course be wrong. We shall see. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Wouldn’t be surprised either way npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt “The Coretards have a deep roster but the Knotzis have some serious talent” npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Yep. Check your local mempool npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Super Bowl this weekend for Bitcoiners. Non-Bitcoiners entirely unaware. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Good ep https://youtu.be/-or58xeQeXU npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt 🤝 npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Here’s the standard way which is quite robust: 1) Roll 5 dice. 2) Mark down what numbers those dice are (eg. 12345). 3) Look up the corresponding word in the EFF Word list (https://www.eff.org/files/2016/07/18/eff_large_wordlist.txt) 4) Repeat that until you have 7 words. 5) Your final passphrase is seven words long, all lowercase, no spaces (eg. wordwordwordwordwordwordword). Full guide here: https://www.eff.org/dice npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Better to think of them as “signing devices” than “hardware wallets” npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Good ep https://youtu.be/hXQGKGVSf-4 npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt “Can you speed it up a bit!” npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Congrats npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Link to the X post from Seed https://x.com/sesi_the_man/status/2085157698975195556?s=46 npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt FYI for those who need assembled SeedSigners https://btc-hardware-solutions.square.site/ npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt 👀 npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Monero has no lightning network. The hard cap isn’t verifiable. It’s fairly centralized. Hardly anyone runs Monero full nodes. It hard forks all the time. It is not Bitcoin. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt This clip from @npub1fft…6sxp on WBD from November 2025 was prophetic npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Fair. Most may end up using custodians for their coins. Still, better to have several thousand Federal Reserves (ie self custodying sovereign Bitcoiners who run their own node) than one. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Yes Bitkey requires some level of trust in Block, and in the state not coming after you and your stack knowing that you own Bitcoin via subpoenaing Block. But it’s better than keeping it on an exchange. For those who are maximally paranoid and security / sovereignty focused, seedsigner with dice seed generation is still within reach. The silver lining of this coldcard exploit is it’s causing Bitcoiners everywhere to harden their op-sec. Have a feeling that when the dust settles those who do harden op-sec will be rewarded as AI truly takes off. Bitcoin is getting its act together early enough in the AI takeoff, which traditional finance / other types of digital attack vectors have not. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Yes. Bitkey is better than keeping it on an exchange. So better for normies. But you do give up privacy as Block knows about your stack. So not ideal if your concern is adversarial governments. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt 😆🤣 npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Moreso concerns about the company Blockstream’s cloud mining scandal / ties to Epstein, and Liquid being perhaps not as sound as it appears, than concern about their signing device itself. The Jade is a solid option but it does lack a secure element and persistently stores the seed, so is potentially vulnerable to an evil maid attack. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt I have my hesitations on Jade. Love SeedSigner npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt For those prone to error, or forgetting their seed, or overwhelmed by technicals, it’s a good option (ie for normies). That said I agree i wouldn’t recommend it to someone capable of safeguarding their seed. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt This isn’t for everyone. If it sounds intimidating, something like a Bitkey is a fine solution. But for those who want maximum security and sovereignty that is still practical, This is The Way. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt This isn’t for everyone. If it sounds intimidating, something like a Bitkey is a fine solution. But for those who want maximum security and sovereignty that is still practical, This is The Way. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt The more you learn about Bitcoin security, the more you become a SeedSigner (or more broadly a general-purpose air-gapped computer) maximalist: generate the seed entirely offline with dice or other analog entropy, and ideally never load it onto a device that remembers or stores it. npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt Good ep https://youtu.be/jIVx2o9khnU?is=c5jCun1wpUh_sJMv npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 alanbwt “He sticks to his guns
