Marc

I've had to put it on pause because of family stuff. I also have been working on marketing because...Well I suck at it. So far, I've read three books though and got some ideas.

2026-09-11 11:51:51 UTC

Good morning.
My laptop is dead. 😱

2026-09-10 22:45:12 UTC

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I can't find the referral link for the $50 frontier AI credits. May I please have it Bitkarrot?

2026-09-10 14:52:55 UTC

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Im using Zorin now, but I like Ubuntu too. I'm not sure what kind of hardware I need.

2026-09-10 14:32:39 UTC

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Anyway, let me know if they get it in about an hour. 😃

2026-09-10 14:25:07 UTC

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Okay cool. I set up a recurring payment for both wallets. I'll stop it in about 8 hours. :)

2026-09-10 13:18:03 UTC

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What time zone are you in?

2026-09-10 13:06:47 UTC

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Must listen.

2026-09-10 13:05:05 UTC

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Is that a good or bad return from a flat perspective?

2026-09-10 01:44:03 UTC

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That's the plan.

2026-09-10 00:41:04 UTC

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I can't believe I haven't seen any emails this week. I'm surprised.

2026-09-09 21:06:16 UTC

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Yeah, if that's not what I mean.

2026-09-09 17:32:09 UTC

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That's pretty funny.

2026-09-09 14:17:50 UTC

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You can just make a wallet that uses atomic swaps to pay 4 million merchants on Square terminals using the lightning network and atomic swaps. I don't follow many monero wallets, but if it can work with the Solana fiat chain, it can work with monero.
I doubt Square can achieve permission required to accept monero directly, but I'm not a lawyer.

2026-09-09 14:13:38 UTC

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Cheap.

2026-09-09 14:12:56 UTC

I use AI almost every day and I still don't know what the fuck an em dash is.

2026-09-09 13:33:59 UTC

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Its true. I don't get it. How can you spend 12 hours a day working for shit you don't understand.

2026-09-09 11:31:16 UTC

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Too shell shocked from trying to sell my bcash.

2026-09-09 11:27:43 UTC

Good morning. https://blossom.primal.net/0b330e08d16cd024c4f0e66bc166235b7a0cbe30d8aeffdecf4747cf010c82c8.jpg
Can we go back to calling Liquid a shitcoin again?
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

2026-09-09 11:23:01 UTC

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POS is easy to reverse. ETH was able to fork off Ethereum classic after the DAO hack and it was still POW.

2026-09-09 03:28:15 UTC

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Found this on hacker news.
https://kylezhe.ng/writes/crafting-qr-codes

2026-09-09 03:05:57 UTC

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The QR code scans to my favorite Abraham Lincoln quote.
#artstr
#naddr1qq…4jue
https://blossom.primal.net/0a70d776d5c5acc710dc33130b8339b4c020c1ff87b483cdef667005cf91232b.jpg

2026-09-09 01:08:26 UTC

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I didn't even know it had books.

2026-09-08 12:59:22 UTC

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What changes are massive?

2026-09-07 19:29:04 UTC

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This is incredible.

2026-09-07 18:22:07 UTC

Crypto means cryptography.
https://blossom.primal.net/c55dfbf28c2a920e985cf897097d739388157615e6926445bda9f499541e341b.jpg

2026-09-07 13:39:46 UTC

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#naddr1qq…lts8

2026-09-06 22:38:31 UTC

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#nevent1q…5ux8

2026-09-06 21:35:53 UTC

RIP my 27k sats on the Liquid network.

2026-09-06 21:32:33 UTC

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Fuck.

2026-09-06 00:26:57 UTC

The government made a papers please clone using AI.
whitehouse.gov/arcade/

2026-09-05 20:25:16 UTC

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Thats what I thought. Thank you.

2026-09-05 19:30:52 UTC

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Do you use the white ribbon for the camera?

2026-09-05 17:54:22 UTC

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Best argument for monero I've ever read.

2026-09-05 17:01:35 UTC

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Nice framing.

2026-09-05 15:52:08 UTC

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Good morning.

2026-09-05 13:58:16 UTC

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I've outgrown my minicomputers. What rack would you recommend?

2026-09-05 00:55:38 UTC

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This is the conclusion I have also reached. They cite bullshit numbers, then revise. There is no voting away 🤡🌏 .

2026-09-04 13:11:17 UTC

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Good morning. Calling the post 1971 late stage capitalism instead of communist money is a PSYOP.

2026-09-04 12:59:06 UTC

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In A Cypherpunk's Manifesto, Erik Hughes wrote "Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world."
If I reveal a Monero address I do not selectively reveal it to the world. I must always reveal my monero address to the world. What are the second order effects of this?
The Bitcoin maxis will get pissed off and call me a "shitcoiner".
I must call the Bitcoin maxi a "retard"
Now we're back to a tribalistic, closed society. This is just the nerds fighting. If a cop finds your phone with a monero address the cop will assume you sell crack, not buy pecan butter.
A lightning address looks like an email address. It does not reveal what chain where my UTXO's exist. There are exceptions, but most people outside of the NSA don't know how to exploit those exceptions.
My preferred UTXO chain is not revealed. Maybe I am a stable coin accepting idiot, but you'll never know.

2026-09-04 01:12:49 UTC

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Thanks for sharing. I haven't read it all yet. I'll listen to it on Boris tomorrow.
This makes me want to write my own article about stablecoins now.
Basically, #bitcoin is the invisible hand Adam Smith wrote about.
Stablecoins are the debasement Adam Smith wrote about(visible hand).
I don't think the invisible hand is about markets. It's about the money behind the markets.
Most people will prefer the government stamp of approval stablecoins represent, the visible hand.
People who are aware of the correlation between money printing and hyperinflation will choose bitcoin. That's just not many people. We just need to accept that. I don't like it. I kind of feel sorry for people who trust the government(regardless of which team is in power) but that's out of my control.

2026-09-03 23:50:57 UTC

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Weedstr?

2026-09-03 23:49:57 UTC

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No lies detected.

2026-09-03 23:42:52 UTC

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I agree, but you can't just keep talking to bircoiners you met in real life at a conference and expect to see any new people.

2026-09-03 23:40:12 UTC

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I just learned about it recently, but the lightning network has always had this capability. Elizabeth Stark talked about atomic swaps in 2018.

2026-09-03 19:45:11 UTC

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The thing is you can just accept stablecoins with a lightning address. The national debt was a huge reason I got into Bitcoin, but some people seem to think this is a good thing. Don't ask me why.

2026-09-03 19:42:40 UTC

I don't think adding any on-chain addresses is conducive to an open society.
The lightning network offers privacy. An XMR address, Bitcoin address, stablecoin address, etc. is not private in my opinion.
You could use liquid to hide your stablecoin balance and I'm not claiming that anyone can track monero.
An XMR address signals that you accept monero.
A stable coin address signals that you accept stable coins.
A lightning address is like an email address.
You can theoretically accept monero with a lightning address.
You can use https://breez.technology/glow to accept stable coins.
The difference is nobody needs to know you're a USD stablecoin maxi if your zaps get atomically swapped to electronic fiat.
Adding on chain addresses signals that you accept monero or whatever. That causes tribalism, mystical thinking, arguing, and a closed society.

2026-09-03 19:21:26 UTC

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I don't mind as long as they're called US National debt bucks.

2026-09-03 11:32:33 UTC

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Have you posted any videos on Divine like Taco Bell 🌮?

2026-09-03 01:34:05 UTC

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What was this?

2026-09-03 01:20:57 UTC

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Not gonna lie. I miss the Chicken Club Burrito.

2026-09-03 01:17:07 UTC

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Sounds like The Mandibles.

2026-09-03 01:03:11 UTC

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I see it as sort of a fractional reserve system. To be fair, Cashu has the same potential. There are so e promising developments that might help, but it's too early to tell.
That's not my biggest problem with adding a Monero address to a nostr identity though.

2026-09-02 13:07:21 UTC

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Really? That's interesting. :)

2026-09-02 13:05:24 UTC

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Future Zap Cooking recipe?

2026-09-02 12:58:44 UTC

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"Just let them go to zero," is great advice.
Don' t fuck around and find out you sent your stack to a Luke coin address on accident.

2026-09-02 12:56:33 UTC

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This is what I don't understand about billionaire worship.
Most billionaires are billionaires because the government gave them permission to sell paper.
Satoshi is the obvious exception Bitcoin is permissionless if you know how to store it properly. It's difficult to explain that to people with the trad-fi mindset though.

2026-09-02 12:49:24 UTC

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Anyway, it's not a good idea to fill that kind of shit out.
https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/fraud-alert-fake-irs-letters-target-cryptocurrency-holders

2026-09-02 12:48:07 UTC

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No, but I remember they asked for addresses on my tax form.

2026-09-02 11:14:31 UTC

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What happened to the shipping container? I thought you lived in one of those for a while. I always thought that was a great idea.

2026-09-01 23:39:37 UTC

Wow. That works.
I only used the free version of Claude.
https://blossom.primal.net/0d9f86c94cb39d1604ed0cbd69e68f8ad68ddf1247823a533cd1a4b2374ed29c.jpg

2026-09-01 19:13:47 UTC

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Is there a way to atomic swap all shitcoins to sats yet?

2026-09-01 17:56:27 UTC

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Do you have a better solution?

2026-09-01 17:06:34 UTC

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I'm also considering Patreon connected to Strike.

2026-09-01 16:45:50 UTC

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It's something I have wanted for 6 years.
It's amazing I can even do it now.

2026-09-01 16:39:14 UTC

This is awesome!
https://npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0.blossom.band/42e314824bae6e80cf4e9d461dcf3d45051e6f1466f93c08582a90bd7a56a22a.jpg
#nevent1q…vav6

2026-09-01 16:03:56 UTC

I'm working on a monthly subscription webpage that uses ZapPlanner to create subscriptions paid in sats.
I don't want X bucks.
I don't want Zuckerberg bucks.
Pay me in #bitcoin.

2026-08-31 22:21:01 UTC

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You guys are on fire.

2026-08-31 20:44:04 UTC

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This kind of blew my mind. I run gitea on a server, but it's useless if my electricity goes out.
Now I want to try this.

2026-08-31 16:23:54 UTC

#artstr
https://blossom.primal.net/3aefd08938783c731ebe4a78d94e954ed07d302e01a157975bf84560ae6fcc67.jpg
https://media.divine.video/2ed99404196d58039ae765a69829c6aaca9eb171f8e75c52dcdde2b6f03dfb95

2026-08-31 14:57:10 UTC

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I'm gen X and my daughter is due to give birth to my second grand child next month. That is cool, but it also makes me feel old.

2026-08-31 13:39:10 UTC

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I bet that domain is still available. 🤔

2026-08-31 11:47:00 UTC

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That's a great way to look at it.

2026-08-31 00:47:50 UTC

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Did you mean grandparents?

2026-08-30 23:07:50 UTC

Square is doing some serious #bitcoin as a medium of exchange marketing. I've been waiting for something like this for a dozen years.
https://youtu.be/r6kEoQPGRoc?is=ssrMsATzEZviSnAE

2026-08-30 22:27:05 UTC

#artstr https://npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0.blossom.band/72b706bb64d972d8322d23532d36a98c95e036fb3e213500e34809fefa103cf0.jpg

2026-08-29 19:30:29 UTC

We buy coffee ☕
Micro buys fiat💵
#nevent1q…68af

2026-08-29 17:35:04 UTC

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I did see a bitcoin writer sing @npub12ez…afkm Shanties in 2022 though. That was interesting.

2026-08-29 13:06:48 UTC

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That song sucks. Sorry, not sorry.

2026-08-29 11:43:42 UTC

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I made one of these with a lightning QR code I called it the sat swear jar.

2026-08-29 03:33:55 UTC

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Legend.

2026-08-28 19:53:37 UTC

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What's next? Commode of America?

2026-08-27 23:39:23 UTC

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When dumb shit like this gets reported I check the AP News To See what they don't want anyone to know.
https://blossom.primal.net/169842561e77edec1a0aeb7933886a2c9f3bab289df318e749e630e5d64905b9.jpg

2026-08-27 20:13:07 UTC

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I don't think I could even name one great lake. If the names can be changed on a whim, I'm glad I didn't waste any time memorizing them.

2026-08-27 20:07:04 UTC

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That's a pretty gnarly threat model though. The NSA would really need to be pissed off at you to pull that off.

2026-08-27 19:51:13 UTC

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Thanks for reminding me.

2026-08-27 11:45:05 UTC

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The aeropress is my favorite way to drink coffee. I want a burr mill. Never thought about a hand powered one.

2026-08-27 00:42:21 UTC

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Hot air balloons are neat.

2026-08-26 23:46:41 UTC

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Me too. This gives me the heebee jeebees, but I don't quite understand why yet. WTF is X money? That sounds like a dystopian monero.

2026-08-26 18:02:27 UTC

Napster was my introduction to p2p. This is awesome!
#nevent1q…qt2u

2026-08-26 17:56:06 UTC

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In 1999, I had a Napster T-shirt and bumper sticker. 🤟

2026-08-26 15:08:14 UTC

I don't talk about it much, but this is one of the biggest reasons I use nostr, to ...check notes...
✅ Protect the children
https://blossom.primal.net/a0977f15d511c97d88b99dba5e230e37831bf7b5be24d4ae62dd05334725c3d4.jpg

2026-08-26 14:44:27 UTC

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Oh. It's such a bad con, I can't even see why people fall for it. 🤷

2026-08-26 14:10:23 UTC

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Thanks for sharing. I went to the conference that year, but didn't catch this. I also had no idea that people think debt backed bucks is a good idea, especially when the national debt is already bigger than the entire gold market cap and Bitcoin marketcap combined.
Given that, what the hell are they going to pay it back with?