Marc

I use art and crafts to teach people how to use Bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system online and in the real world.

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2026-07-23 03:23:25 CEST

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Thanks. That's interesting.

2026-07-22 14:04:47 CEST

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Maybe I'm just an old, grumpy man now, but I'm concerned with the amount of teenage drivers I see laughing at their phones on the road. It's one thing to waste your life away on your couch, but that puts other people's lives in danger. That's nuts.

2026-07-22 13:34:12 CEST

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Did you draw this?

2026-07-22 02:50:23 CEST

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How does that work? Do you write music, lyrics, both?

2026-07-22 02:48:23 CEST

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This is one of the coolest parts about nostr few people understand.

2026-07-21 20:03:55 CEST

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I bet it's good.

2026-07-21 15:10:20 CEST

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**Earn more than you spend** is more realistic. To be honest, Saylor is still kind of a Noob so I'm not too mad that he used to say "never sell."

2026-07-21 15:06:09 CEST

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Got it. Thanks.

2026-07-21 15:05:51 CEST

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I don't really pay. Much attention to politicians, but I'm not surprised.

2026-07-21 14:16:30 CEST

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I could see that. I know this is a little weird, but as a teenager, my favorite snack was American cheese on a graham cracker. 😋

2026-07-21 14:14:38 CEST

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Is that the dude with a brother who works for CNN that had some sex scandal?

2026-07-21 01:33:11 CEST

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She did. They were invited to the show because they made the local brea. The team made it to the second round so that was neat.

2026-07-21 01:30:04 CEST

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My niece was on a dance team that went on American Idol. She rehearsed a ton.

2026-07-20 15:47:42 CEST

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A cashu payment terminal app @nprofile…afdc built. https://numopay.org/

2026-07-20 14:39:43 CEST

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I was one of those purists for a while until I realized it is impossible for everyone to control a UTXO.
The stable coins were bumming me out a little as well there for a while. I'm also not too keen on digital credit 🐂 💩 either, but I'm still optimistic.
This dynamic creates a tale of two cryptocurrencies.
- One currency is absolute mathematical scarcity.
- The other currency is backed by almost 40 trillion monopoly bucks worth of national debt...And growing. 📈
Gold coins that can be transmitted over a communication channel vs. digital slave beads. Most people will want the digital slave beads until they become worthless. That's where self-custody wins. That's where writing down 12 words to create a Spark wallet wins.

2026-07-20 13:27:11 CEST

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Does it work with numo? I mean, I don't expect to see it in the wild any time soon, but it would be fun to try it on an old phone. 🤔

2026-07-20 04:42:48 CEST

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Public Key Infrastructure, sorry. 😳

2026-07-20 04:42:07 CEST

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That one works for me. I have also been able to use the phone app, but not the other various payment terminal styles.

2026-07-19 23:50:46 CEST

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Congratulations! 💐

2026-07-19 22:18:32 CEST

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I know what you mean intellectualky, but it'd difficult to "un-train" myself.

2026-07-19 21:14:30 CEST

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Yeah so that's great for PKI like nostr. Block space is scarce though. We can only do so many UTXO's per minute.

2026-07-19 06:49:37 CEST

I changed the logo on my website and added a lightning message board that I got from @nprofile…m7rj .
Messages cost at least 1,000 sats.
Try it out.
https://funwithfreedomtech.com/

2026-07-19 01:54:38 CEST

Someone tried my tip jar!
https://lightningtipjar.funwithfreedomtech.com/
#nevent1q…pm6y

2026-07-19 01:28:37 CEST

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I listen to Pete's pod sometimes, but missed this one. I'll definitely check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.

2026-07-19 00:09:51 CEST

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Man people will make a shitcoin for anything. That's nuts.

2026-07-18 16:09:09 CEST

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I like them all. The stuff you do with light is spectacular.

2026-07-18 16:04:57 CEST

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So far. The joke is, "your mama is so fat." 😂

2026-07-18 16:00:11 CEST

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Unfortunately.

2026-07-18 15:59:46 CEST

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Great answer!

2026-07-18 15:58:13 CEST

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Nostr is not dead, but only the doe-hards are left.

2026-07-18 15:57:35 CEST

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That's the scariest part. Half the people I talk to in real life refuse to use AI because it poisons the water, creates images with six fingers, it makes electricity too expensive.
I'm scared for those people. 😨

2026-07-18 03:13:03 CEST

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I tried acting in college. I suck. 😉

2026-07-17 22:49:23 CEST

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I'm glad to see you're a little scared too. I'm surprised at some of the stuff I've been able to do. I never even finished JavaScript on free code camp, but I can just hire Claude to do it for like 10k sats.

2026-07-17 17:17:00 CEST

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Seriously. That's way better that arch Linux thing on Umbrel.

2026-07-17 17:13:13 CEST

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Autum Rhythm?

2026-07-17 16:53:48 CEST

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It's a podcast where people tell.stories. My wife and I went to a live event once in L.A.
https://www.themoth.org/

2026-07-17 16:52:22 CEST

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This is a great story. You should pitch it to The Moth.😂

2026-07-17 15:54:38 CEST

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Thank you. It's good to know I'm not the only one who thinks it's cool. 😂 I subscribe to the timechain calendar app. It's buggy, but I like it. I've met the developer a couple times. He's a cool guy.
https://timechaincalendar.com/en/app

2026-07-17 15:09:57 CEST

Good morning. 🌄
https://npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0.blossom.band/24c31f671a361f44173524a42c170157676b22915afa87daa346c6cc790e05a2.jpg

2026-07-17 13:34:19 CEST

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2026-07-17 13:14:35 CEST

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Damn I'm old.b😂

2026-07-17 13:02:16 CEST

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2026-07-17 05:41:13 CEST

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This was excellent. Makes me want to publish a hardcover, but take my time and not half-ass it This self publishing physical books is something I thought of, but his marketing is amazing. That's something special.

2026-07-17 01:17:22 CEST

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Bigger keyboards are worth the sats.

2026-07-17 00:38:37 CEST

Macroeconomics is popular but if your goal is to stack sats, microeconomics are more important.

2026-07-16 19:54:57 CEST

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I agree with that it's more succinct. I don't really have a good definition yet. Ice read some philosophy about aesthetics, but meh... 😂

2026-07-16 19:44:18 CEST

I've been waiting for this for a peer to peer file sharing app for a long time. It's the first release so expect bugs and be nice about it, but this architecture makes it so much easier to transfer videos from one computer to another.
https://github.com/peardrive/Peardrop

2026-07-16 19:36:36 CEST

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How do you define art? I've been on a Seth Godin kick. He describes art as creating something that didn't exist before. He tells a story about how Charles Pollack painted exactly like his teachers told him to paint, but you never heard of Charles Pollock, but you never heard about Charles Pollack before. You have probably heard about his brother, Jackson Pollack.
Sett Godin os an excellent story teller.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Pollock

2026-07-16 19:23:12 CEST

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That's why I don't like spending a ton of time on X. It looks like the Matrix. BIP110 is the new woman on the red dress.

2026-07-16 17:30:17 CEST

Breez is doing interesting stuff for circular economy infrastructure.
#nevent1q…z53d

2026-07-16 15:17:57 CEST

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I mean I need to read the docs. I didn't realize there was drama. 😊

2026-07-16 15:00:43 CEST

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I haven't even thought about this stuff because I put such small amounts on these wallets. I have no idea how they work.

2026-07-16 14:55:39 CEST

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Same. I have a hard time understanding why sports make people so emotional.

2026-07-16 14:13:45 CEST

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I love this idea. Discussed it with a pleb in real life at a having party. Tere's some real potential here.

2026-07-15 23:11:11 CEST

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What features does it have? Any fancy stuff like BIP85 or seed XOR?

2026-07-15 23:10:32 CEST

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Same. Dinners with family are more important than money, especially during the holidays.

2026-07-15 23:02:03 CEST

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I'm hot AF right now.

2026-07-15 21:11:51 CEST

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In don't consider myself a professional. I tinker, but I learn a lot from devs using AI because it makes them so much more productive. Nostr handles much of the backend and the templates remind me of programs like AstroBlog.
I like front end development so I like to change the index.tsx files by hand. I theoretically could manually change the CSS too, but it's boring to me so I have the AI do it. I could also spin up AI slop art super easy, but AI prefer drawing by hand because the Internet is inundated with AI slop images.
I am not a trained artist. I used to draw cartoons as a kid. I'm no @nprofile…wzj7 . My logos are goofy AF, but they aren't AI Slop. :)

2026-07-15 17:39:54 CEST

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It's not that Bitcoin backed loans are necessarily bad. The simple fact is most people who sell goods and services are fiat maxis so they everyone needs some form of fiat.
We just need a way to prevent fractional reserve lending (A.K.A. rehypothication)
I'm not saying LEDN is doing this, but I find technological solutions fascinating. Cashu has some interesting ways of approaching this that are too early to use, but look promising.
I also think fiat backed by sats on the lightning network is an interestibg idea.
Imagine if a Treasury company had 20% of their stack in such a product. Instead of "selling low" to perform financial wizardry, the could pay the 11% dividends or whatever based on the 20% stablecoin stack. They can even pay with stablecou did they wanted to.
Of course, this does not eliminate counterparty risk or 6102 confiscation. It also would require some sort of proof of reserves.
Source: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/stablecoins-are-coming-to-bitcoins-lightning-network

2026-07-15 15:11:58 CEST

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I ran into some people in Vegas that were really into these Bitcoin card games. They don't wear wizard costumes, so I prefer the physical NFT's. :)

2026-07-15 04:56:12 CEST

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Everyone can make their own software now. One vibe coded app did not have a feature I wanted. So I forked it, changed the color theme, and added the feature I want.
I know how to code a little, but this is no longer required. Complaints are now prompts. 😄

2026-07-15 04:48:51 CEST

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I still have no idea why this war began.

2026-07-15 02:43:14 CEST

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The X overlords let the bitcoiners talk to each other again.

2026-07-15 02:38:38 CEST

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They also sell chicken breast.

2026-07-14 22:51:46 CEST

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Sorry to hear that man.

2026-07-14 21:17:19 CEST

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This was great. I love listening to these dudes talk.

2026-07-14 20:22:23 CEST

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Neat.

2026-07-14 15:22:46 CEST

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This CBDC talking point bothers me too. The fact that money is programmable is. Or the problem. Fiat is programmable. CBDC's are programmable. Credit cards are programmable.
The thing that makes bitcoin unique is that only Gary can program his Bitcoin. I can only program my biitcoin.
All the other payment methods mentioned above are programmable too, but not buy the supposed owner of the currency or FICO or whatever. Those payments are programmed by someone else.

2026-07-14 15:15:48 CEST

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I've played with it. It's sexy.

2026-07-14 15:14:10 CEST

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Nice. Stamps are fun. I have a uy Bitcoin one, but I need to add this to my collection. 😊

2026-07-14 15:10:25 CEST

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Love the stamp.

2026-07-13 23:25:05 CEST

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That's awesome. This is now my favorite news source.

2026-07-13 16:25:38 CEST

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I'm doing well. I've been vibing a lot of stuff. I made a website that prints a QR code for a lightning tip jar, a personal webpage, todolist. I'm working on a fork of Presstr that adds the ability to post and display blogs. :)
I also happened to be listening to you on Ungovernable Misfits. I've been using Shakespeare quite a bit. It's making me rethink about my writing. :)

2026-07-13 14:11:44 CEST

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Good morning.

2026-07-12 19:53:28 CEST

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Yeah it's kind of a pain in the ass. I vibe coded my own NIP-23 client to post things easier, but it needs work.

2026-07-12 19:24:02 CEST

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I think the app is broken. I'm still able to add photos to a blossom server on amethyst.

2026-07-12 18:49:08 CEST

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@nprofile…3uf3 uses cryptography to help verify the video is not AI generated. It's better than the shoe 👠 🙂‍↕️ thing. 😂
Here's a video I made at the Henry Miller Library.
https://divine.video/video/9b25d85babe75aa1dc4b12b19ae7efe9c2e2a12ddd9c25e406b52c44bc7ab47a

2026-07-12 18:36:16 CEST

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Agreed. I've used it in some of my vibe coding adventures. 😄

2026-07-12 17:55:20 CEST

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Looks delicious.

2026-07-12 17:51:59 CEST

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It requires taking responsibility for keys in a world where 80% of people forget their password.

2026-07-12 15:18:30 CEST

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The keys determine the owner of the reserve, not Washington. That's the part most people don't seem to understand.

2026-07-11 21:57:34 CEST

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I love the uh-oh sound.

2026-07-11 19:36:30 CEST

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Damm, it's as if they inspired to write this law after reading 1984.

2026-07-11 03:38:43 CEST

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I dont know much about it. Where can I learn more?

2026-07-10 17:43:26 CEST

Not your keys, not your exposure.
#nevent1q…k7j6

2026-07-09 18:47:25 CEST

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BTC pay server has an extension.

2026-07-09 17:16:05 CEST

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Didn't notice that but there's no other way.

2026-07-09 17:10:33 CEST

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I remember reading books that used PE ratios. About 15 years ago, I came to the conclusion that this method didn't work anymore so I began looking for alternatives.

2026-07-09 01:22:27 CEST

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Those numbers are surprising.

2026-07-08 17:24:29 CEST

Good morning. My son printed this bad ass mask.
https://npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0.blossom.band/0d5194a8e61a30c939173dd9f2754a59e6ae376e1859bf6f2f38036a90114eff.jpg

2026-07-08 15:49:02 CEST

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Yeah, but Godfather part II is the greatest sequel of all time. 😊

2026-07-08 02:46:25 CEST

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💯

2026-07-07 18:24:01 CEST

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https://soapbox.pub/armada

2026-07-06 21:34:06 CEST

Re-liking is a terrible U|X.
https://blossom.primal.net/fecc878ef3fdc80559f85b968b804d154e0424abc3a8af4dd7c4bf213bfe6a44.jpg

2026-07-06 15:43:25 CEST