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2025-10-08 14:02:17 UTC

Amazing to see the Square bitcoin banking & payments launch. From early conversations in Feb/March to today, this team’s execution was exceptional. Proud of the team and all their hard work.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251008033341/en/Square-Brings-Bitcoin-to-Main-Street-With-First-Integrated-Payments-and-Wallet-Solution-for-Local-Businesses

2025-06-19 23:02:18 UTC

🧘‍♂️
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TPFs2E4kzOI

2025-06-15 06:47:23 UTC

focus
https://blossom.primal.net/765d4bf63c09265886577e35795004bd01e94b9e9f595de211530378ed899da7.jpg

2025-06-15 06:43:31 UTC

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https://m.soundcloud.com/yeah-yeah-yeahs-official/spitting-off-the-edge-of-the

2025-06-14 03:22:45 UTC

bitcoin: crazy idea → trillion $ infrastructure
nvidia & ai: crazy idea → trillion $ infrastructure
imagine inspiring futures, be crazy enough to believe & push relentlessly.
inspired by the nvidia keynote - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9cHONwKkn4

2025-06-14 01:03:18 UTC

decentralization of bitcoin mining and bitcoin nodes is literally the only thing that matters. without it we just have paypal 2.0. run your own node. mine if you can. don’t trust, verify. this is the way.

2025-06-14 00:56:30 UTC

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🤣 glad you having fun

2025-06-09 05:06:26 UTC

for me being a bitcoiner is less about having bitcoin and more about a fundamental shift in understanding and operating system. it's about recognizing the nature of money and markets outside the current construct.
my key reflections & learnings:
understand bitcoin as a protocol, not just an asset. it's the first global free market, operating outside the existing, debt-based fiat system. the fiat system is inherently centralizing and requires continuous manipulation of money (inflation) to survive.
realize that the natural state of a free market is deflation, not inflation. inflation is artificial, a result of the manipulation needed by the fiat system to prevent its debt stack from collapsing.
accept the incompatibility of the two systems. the fiat system is based on control and theft of productivity; bitcoin is based on decentralized abundance. you can't measure one accurately from within the other.
this shift requires overcoming cognitive dissonance - learning to think and imagine a world outside the familiar matrix of the control system & applying first principles.
embody this understanding by moving your time and energy into the bitcoin network and its emerging layers. this is a peaceful opting-out.
the most critical action is to claim your sovereignty and choice. this means taking self-custody of your bitcoin and ideally running a node. running a node is defending the network's decentralization and security; it makes you a gatekeeper.
stop pricing or measuring value in fiat currency. the fiat number ("price go up") is a metric within the dying system; bitcoin is the system that will eventually reprice everything else.
understand bitcoin in layers - how scaling, privacy and new functionality are built on top of the secure base layer without compromising its core properties.
recognize the inevitable clash between the control system and the open protocol. the old system cannot allow bitcoin to function as truly decentralized money.
ultimately, it's a philosophical and ideological transition towards hope, truth and abundance by operating within the system where value creation benefits everyone. the security of the network depends on individuals making the choice to defend its decentralized nature.
thank you @nprofile…mwnq for your inspirations on my journey 🙏

2025-06-05 23:36:28 UTC

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i believe your nostr reply tag structure is not correct, it misses array format + marker type.
use use ["e", "reply", "9d50b3bad..."]
it should be something like:
["e", "9d50b3bad5f1ee159c12f4ac256d3990cdfc59533cf2f46d65249071ff62660b", "", "reply"] per NIP-01, e tags need: ["e", <event-id>, <relay-url-optional>, <marker-optional>] ... the basic protocol flow description for "reply" is the 4th element for direct replies
move "reply" to position 4, add empty string for relay URL if none. let me know if that works

2025-06-05 03:53:20 UTC

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awesome 👏

2025-06-05 03:46:14 UTC

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during social recovery setup, your bitkey app encrypts the key that protects your phone key using your friend’s public key; not the phone key itself. only their device can decrypt it.
here’s the flow:
1) you invite a trusted contact
2) their bitkey app generates a public/private keypair
3) their public key is sent to your app
4) your phone key is encrypted with a random symmetric key (called PKEK)
5) that PKEK is encrypted using your friend’s public key
6) both encrypted blobs are stored in your cloud account
7) their private key stays on their phone (optionally backed up to their cloud, never to block!)
during recovery:
1) you install bitkey on a new phone and log into your cloud
2) you contact your friend (to be clear... they don’t get any automatic alert)
3) they enter a 6-digit recovery code into their bitkey app
4) their app decrypts the wrapper and returns the symmetric key (PKEK)
5) your app uses it to decrypt your phone key
6) now you’ve got 1 of your 2 keys, you can use delay & notify with new hardware to recover full access
so yes: the encryption key for your phone key is encrypted to your friend’s public key, only their device can unlock it & only when you ask. block never has your key, doesn’t see your seed and only facilitates communication between apps.
tl;dr: you choose who can help you recover. no seed phrases, no backdoors, no one else in control.
this doc might help if you want to go deeper into how it works: https://support.bitkey.world/hc/en-us/article_attachments/33164661348500
anytime... happy to help...

2025-06-05 03:03:04 UTC

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bitkey can’t move your funds. even in recovery. bitkey uses 2-of-3 multisig: phone key, hardware key and block’s server key. block holds just 1 key. that’s never enough to spend.
to your point @nprofile…g0wv "if you lose your bitkey, your phone or both, it can still recover your funds..."
yes - but only with your participation. every recovery path requires a key you control or a process you initiate. here’s how:
cloud backup: your phone key is encrypted and stored in your cloud. it can only be decrypted using your hardware. if you don’t tap the device, nothing happens.
delay & notify: if you lose hardware or cloud, you can trigger recovery with the remaining key. block notifies you over sms/email for 7 days before co-signing. if you didn’t request it, you cancel it. without your key and time-based consent, recovery fails.
social recovery: if both keys are gone, your trusted contact helps decrypt your backup - but only after you prove your identity to them and they manually assist you. again, block server can’t act alone.
emergency kit (break glass): stored in your cloud, lets you bypass the app entirely. sideload the recovery tool, scan the encrypted backup and tap your hardware. it’s your key, your device - not block’s.
block can’t move your bitcoin on it's own. i hope this helps...

2025-06-04 05:28:57 UTC

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🫡

2025-06-04 01:06:11 UTC

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https://github.com/block/goose

2025-06-04 00:32:25 UTC

want to use claude sonnet 4 in goose now -> workaround with custom model "claude-4-sonnet-20250514"

2025-06-03 04:11:56 UTC

high ego walls you off, low ego connects. one craves worship, the other truth.

2025-06-03 03:36:37 UTC

often, the weakest link in any system is the wetware

2025-06-01 04:04:08 UTC

#seedphrases vs. #bitkey: tradeoffs, not tribes. #bitcoin gives you keys. everything else is a choice - and all choices come with tradeoffs.
“seedless” 2-of-3 multisig. some call it safer. others call it a regression. here’s what’s actually true 👇
seed phrases aren’t sacred - they’re just one encoding of private key material.
satoshi’s original wallet didn’t use them. they were introduced later for portability (bip39) - not because they’re the only secure path. they’re human-readable, but also human-volatile.
seed phrases shine in 1 domain: minimizing third-party exposure. store a seed offline, generated locally, unlinked to your identity and you’re resilient to 6102-style confiscation (state-level seizure). you can bury it, memorize it, cross a border with nothing but your mind.
but most people won’t. in real world:
- seed phrases get saved in cloud notes
- they’re stored in drawers or on usb sticks
- they get lost in moves, fires or floods
- they’re leaked during inheritance
- or simply forgotten
you trade government resilience for personal fragility.
bitkey’s flips that tradeoff.
- no seed phrases
- no 1-of-1 single points of failure
instead:
- 2-of-3 multisig across phone, hardware, and a server key
- recovery tools built in (cloud, delay+notify, social, break glass)
- no single compromise = loss of funds
you don’t memorize entropy - you coordinate recovery.
what you gain with bitkey:
- protection from accidental loss (most common failure mode)
- built-in redundancy - lose 1 of 3 keys, still recover
- anti-coercion (wrench attacks): hardware + server never co-sign together
- no fragile paper backup to lose, leak or mishandle
what you trade:
- not 100% offline sovereignty
- recovery requires access to a device, hardware or cloud
- extreme scenarios (block disappears + you’re locked out of apple/google + lose hardware) require break glass process
so is seedless safer?
the honest answer: for most people, yes.
- most users won’t properly protect a seed
- most users will lose access to a device eventually
- bitkey is designed for recoverability, not perfection
for others - hardcore airgappers, border crossers, anti-state operatives - a properly managed seed may still rule. but it comes at a high cost: extreme discipline, custom tooling and constant opsec risk.
bitcoin isn’t religion. it’s freedom of choice.
some will keep using coldcard, trezor, seedsigner - and they should.
others will use bitkey - and they’ll be safer than with nothing or a half-remembered 12-word phrase.
a bigger self-custody pie helps us all.
what matters is this: self-custody doesn’t mean you memorize your keys.
it means you hold them.
bitkey does that - just with better defaults for the next 100 million customers.
choose what works for your threat model. respect others models too. cheers!

2025-05-31 20:35:12 UTC

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🐐

2025-05-31 04:34:09 UTC

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great feedback. thank you

2025-05-30 12:43:32 UTC

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this is great. well done terry

2025-05-30 05:59:51 UTC

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thank you @nprofile…dver . stay awesome and humble! saw you walking past by me in the casino area.

2025-05-30 05:57:13 UTC

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💛

2025-05-29 21:45:11 UTC

bitcoin gathers energy like a plant embraces sunlight, to store and transfer value. it fuels civilization’s rise from power to intelligence. ai tends the growth.

2025-05-29 18:27:21 UTC

math and code: universal truth, baring reality’s core

2025-05-29 06:22:03 UTC

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why not bitkey?

2025-05-28 12:50:40 UTC

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thank you for sharing. interesting, do you mean something like https://squareup.com/us/en/app or a web version?