MolonLabeVC
Nikos

BTC PoW - $0/KWh/THs
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2026-02-24 08:26:03 UTC

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Ok all, Nostrit was worth a try!
Wake me up when it starts working and one can actually get any sort of engagement/interaction. This is a daily monologue ! Not a single grown up technical discussion dialogue!!
#nevent1q…sh30

2026-02-24 01:04:22 UTC

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2026-02-23 21:02:20 UTC

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2026-02-23 20:16:21 UTC

bitsatrelay test 3

2026-02-23 20:12:21 UTC

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test 2

2026-02-20 13:42:36 UTC

Necessity is the mother of invention

2026-02-20 02:57:04 UTC

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2026-02-18 15:09:19 UTC

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The only bot you get from me is the @nprofile…shvs bot doing he's freedoms coms work. off grid relaying our messages and quotes without centralised ISP Mafia intervention

2026-02-18 10:45:48 UTC

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well , making a valiant effort to move of X but Nostr isnt really pulling its weight in my opinion.. not enough people building or putting the time in

2026-02-18 10:43:04 UTC

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nowhere in particular.. still only use nosrt and x for my social.
tbf both have their own issues..

2026-02-18 08:32:14 UTC

Nostr is really dead.
I don't feel it deserves any more of my engineering time.

2026-02-15 22:26:46 UTC

building bitcoin

2026-02-14 07:55:04 UTC

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Those who love you will accept you for whom you are. Prove nothing just make yourself and them proud.

2026-02-14 06:51:12 UTC

https://x.com/i/status/2022225106701836633

2026-02-13 08:54:37 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/d1c886e03c3441f74e6a23c40cb1fdab3e4eef72c7d153625b17d9aded4092cf.jpg

2026-02-13 08:30:46 UTC

GM builders
Yesterday we set new hashing records 10.948TH out of 4xbm1370 asics and validated that the NerdQaxe ++ rev 5.1 circuit design cannot take more than 320w . Confirmed twice. Twice failed at the same spot - same 320w. No matter volts / amp adjustment. That's it for the foreseeable future on firmware and OC testing. Think we blown up enough hardware and collected valuable insight and data.
https://blossom.primal.net/d325d92331efd701e890bb290c44fb2db6f886bf32f411cb8e56341ccb2a4086.mp4

2026-02-10 09:59:19 UTC

Testing BitSatRelay

2026-02-01 10:07:39 UTC

Stacking SATs
https://npub18cel6ufy7960c5632xfhlpccvdxankzkzs75ema45yxa4uhkzhqqsrulqe.blossom.band/c150df339aea8d5de1fb1df9648cb65f54d5f2a715f151e8da4c9c750985ac4b.mp4

2026-01-27 07:42:19 UTC

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Welcome

2026-01-26 10:56:21 UTC

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It is personal, you don't understand!! these are tools my offspring will need available to remain sovereign. I'm not here to compete with anyone , small or giants in the tech space in any commercial front. Accumulating paper or hot kyc storing is of no interest to this family.
We are cold and use our own tools across the entire BTC Tech stack. Mining , pool , node , wallets , payment channels. The entire stack is built inhouse.
We are wired differently pal!
Yes it's worth every second of my effort and cost. 🫶

2026-01-26 09:12:50 UTC

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Just buy Bitcoin ? You want me to stop advancing the r&d tech for sha256 calculation performance and go buy Bitcoin ? Where did that Bitcoin to buy come from ?
I'll rather stick to the mines where POW happens. You can go sit in the air conditined Sales room with paper Bitcoin idols .
We are so far apart in our belief when you answer to a miner to go buy Bitcoin.

2026-01-23 15:13:51 UTC

The Harsh Realities of Self-Funded Hardware Engineering in the BTC World
As a self-funded hardware engineer diving deep into the realm of Bitcoin (BTC), there are days that hit you like a brick wall. Today is one of those days—demoralizing, frustrating, and a stark reminder of why hardware development isn't for the faint of heart. In software, you can tinker endlessly, hit "recompile," and iterate without much consequence. But hardware? One wrong move, and you're staring at a pile of expensive scrap. This is the gritty reality that very few people outside this niche ever witness. It's not glamorous; it's a grind filled with costly lessons.
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This week alone, I've wrecked a second miner. Yeah, you read that right—second. Earlier this week, I blew the power regulator on a board while writing new firmware for the voltage mapping. And it's not from some catastrophic failure or external sabotage. No, this latest one stems from a deceptively tricky task: attempting to remove a heatsink after a botched thermal epoxy application. Unlike thermal paste, which is forgiving and removable, thermal epoxy is designed for permanent bonding—it's not meant to come off without a fight.
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All of this is happening as I'm building an immersion cooling system for the miners. The goal? To cool them more effectively, drive up efficiency, or even overclock for higher hashrate. But to get there, I need reliable thermal interfaces, which led to this epoxy experiment. The setup involves SHA256 ASICs—the workhorses behind Bitcoin mining—bonded to a heatsink with thermal epoxy. The aim? Efficient heat dissipation to keep everything running cool and stable. But things went south during the application. Out of the four chips on the board, three were humming along at a comfortable 40°C. The fourth? A scorching 80°C. That's a red flag screaming inefficiency, potential damage, or outright failure if left unchecked.
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In my attempt to salvage it, I tried peeling back the heatsink. Spoiler: it didn't go as planned. The hot chip didn't rip off entirely, which is a small mercy, but the damage was done. If you look closely (imagine a photo here with a green circle highlighting the culprit), you'll see the thermal epoxy layer. Right in the center of that problematic chip, there's a glaring gap—a missing patch where the epoxy failed to adhere properly. That void was the root cause of the temperature spike, trapping heat instead of wicking it away. It's a classic case of "now we know," but hindsight comes at a steep price in hardware land.
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This isn't just about one ruined miner; it's emblematic of the broader challenges in self-funded projects like this. I've built a million things in BTC hardware over the years, pushing boundaries in every direction. But funding your own R&D means every dollar counts, and mistakes like this can set you back weeks or months. BTC mining hardware is unforgiving and expensive—pushing the limits of efficiency, power consumption, and durability in a decentralized ecosystem.
Why share this? Because the Bitcoin and Nostr and hardware communities often glorify the wins—the successful prototypes, the efficient rigs, the innovative integrations. But the path is littered with failures like this. It's demoralizing, sure, but it's also fuel. Each wrecked board teaches something invaluable: better techniques, more precise methods, or even redesigning interfaces altogether. If you're out there grinding on similar projects, know you're not alone. Press on, iterate (carefully), and remember: in hardware, the "recompile" button is your next prototype.
It's been five years of this solo grind, pouring a fortune into it all while navigating setbacks that leave me feeling utterly drained and overwhelmed on days like today. The truth is, building at this level can't remain a one-person effort forever—the vision is simply too expansive, and the challenges too daunting to shoulder alone. Yet onward we go, trying to find spare parts for this one or eventually sourcing new ones, because in the world of BTC, true advancement requires more than solitary determination; it truly flourishes when compassionate supporters step in to share the load and help turn these visions into reality.
On a lighter note, does anyone have 8 spare Bitmain BM1368 ASIC chips laying about?

2026-01-22 15:44:42 UTC

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Test hash cluster is Operational
https://image.nostr.build/a821791120e82a20cc7a4cc16d3f661339933c3adc8f9e15210bbdd95adbb157.jpg

2026-01-12 16:12:29 UTC

@npub16c9…acfm @npub1c03…yrnw @npub1hw6…65gr Great Talking to you all earlier !
Look forward to deploying more Hardware at SEC-07

2026-01-10 08:22:31 UTC

Good morning
My 11 year old brought me coffee in bed ! Wow . That called for a 1000Sat tip. Love it when he shows up with his wallet of Satoshi QR code ready to receive !! Made my morning

2026-01-06 18:11:34 UTC

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UK , north Kent. Appreciate the input. My son said a few of them walk back from school together and pretty much every day after school they will grab a coke, some crisps and some sweets. X a few kids im sure it add up to an extent. its family run business from what i know. I did pop my head in the other day after my son mentioned it to me to gauge them , i did ask the young man at the checkout .. you know anything about BTC .. hes reply was yeah that Online digital money. I have never dealt with any of this payment POS stuff.. square or any of these.. they work on both lightning and Onchain ?

2026-01-06 18:00:37 UTC

#nevent1q…mcsd
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2026-01-06 09:14:33 UTC

My 11y old son asked me today if I can "make" the local convenience store accept BTC/LN so he can spend his SATs ( he gets most of his pocket money in SATs.)
The shop is in-between home and school and they pop in after school for some sweets/ snacks/ drinks!
This is the best Project Brief ever give to me but also the most daunting for me. I can build tools for BTC but how to I even start to try and convince a local business to accept BTC/LN
Calling on all reinforcements for this one ! All tips are welcome

2026-01-04 10:44:30 UTC

GM
Finally
the touch screen driver loaded in the buildtoot air gapped mode
https://blossom.primal.net/a7fb412beaefc2293f323148a0298a86b74ca4bdaba533f4dcfbeb8df9f33943.jpg

2025-12-23 15:09:33 UTC

test

2025-12-22 12:46:10 UTC

internet is do broken..

2025-12-21 21:34:00 UTC

GN
https://npub18cel6ufy7960c5632xfhlpccvdxankzkzs75ema45yxa4uhkzhqqsrulqe.blossom.band/b6679ab50f3e8346d1da2e635e8569272d06356e97e0ccd77a0aa6b011377647.png

2025-12-10 08:23:37 UTC

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That's what happens when you exclusively depend on your centralised ISP infrastructure.
I will keep making noise until you all wake up... You can FOS code all day long but how about some hardware infrastructure ? I can't stand coders who pretend to dev freedom tools only to host them on bill gates centralised GitHub or run the code on a dam Bezos centralised azure. Have you coders lost the plot ?

2025-12-05 00:30:41 UTC

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cheers , i have build a few things my self : https://www.molonlabe.holdings/
I was asking particular is anyone has tried StrFry Relay on Raspberry hardware

2025-12-01 18:48:33 UTC

horrible storm weather test for Sat uplink and downlink ! Heavy rain , storm , 45mph winds

2025-12-01 11:48:22 UTC

Very few of you will ever understand,
the euphoric feeling 6kbps of freedom coms gives me!

2025-11-28 20:11:51 UTC

You mega funded devs , you know who you are .. how's the Bluetooth chat range looking ? 100meters decentralized off grid link serving you well ?
Hey @nprofile…shvs my precious what's your range and footprint coverage look like ?

2025-11-26 02:46:46 UTC

@nprofile…ekml maybe I have to type a longer message so the message doesnt look this badly syntaxed

2025-11-25 21:22:47 UTC

Calling from off grid Nostr via a Bitsat satellite terminal
Can you hear me world ?

2025-11-06 00:37:44 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/f00222b6c2c3e15da12fdccb9f53048af25ff4261db1ef37bcf8ee70aff7b4c7.jpg
#nevent1q…r6ev

2025-11-06 00:15:00 UTC

Final test - Nostr satellite off grid relay
Testing message and recording backend video showing this message arriving at relay via Internet being converted to audio via the satellite modem, transmitted to a Geostationary satellite via BitSatHQ transmitter and then received on the BitSat (off grid portable ) which captures the satellite downlink , decides and saves this message in a txt file.

2025-09-19 11:22:26 UTC

$BTC Tech Nerd Army !
Proof of work on the first hardware distributed system that comes out of this FAFO BTC
Solarbit ☀️ providing ⚡️ to ⛏️miner internally and ⚡️ externally to 📡🛰️BitSat.
sovereign⚡️+sovereign 📡= Perpetual sovereignty
https://blossom.primal.net/bfe4a02728169a85e230a96b0cc9accda5c1595d29cb89ae36bf0f224cc90d12.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/3800a6eb08a44c58c543420c3b72fe309f630a2de9cba2caeabf0f601a85f826.mp4
https://blossom.primal.net/81969bf4df6249876f3c43349a21556753c494479f920d885342b6e4f7668b18.mp4

2025-09-11 10:09:00 UTC

@nprofile…jl3u @nprofile…3nc4 @nprofile…nxal
thank you for bringing this to my attention....
hey
@pete_rizzo_ on X
here is your "Someone" PoW
You can control your audience ... but you CAN NOT control my Freedom Coms ⛏️📡🛰️📡🤓
https://blossom.primal.net/a3cabf1178cbd0d67fecce526c98fb74284c67cecd1ffb1aeb24569e666900b6.mp4
https://blossom.primal.net/151c3e860b81d0362fbf381b0e4b69c81bc94f79881b91f4d688e067659a0bbb.mp4 https://blossom.primal.net/f1a28614348eb36ecdeca3448f1dfe347012c4510c50a4b9c79bd7fe714df1dd.mp4 https://blossom.primal.net/b426143c41fd3b7a309c3b45d2166d837a8aeb5d6dcbd6216bea901d83f54d11.jpg

2025-08-21 21:00:34 UTC

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End of satellite test transmission
#nevent1q…3ajl

2025-08-21 14:07:02 UTC

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Hell yeah mate !! At the moment I focused on sorting out the software side. The modem is set to 1200BPSK BE 1300. But will move it up to one of the following for more bandwidth
https://blossom.primal.net/7080dfb31207fdfe59e2baa192a85a7003c265312a084d347d3d9544d7b42d3b.jpg

2025-08-21 12:40:32 UTC

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Bro it's freaking working !! @nprofile…jv54
@Nathan Day ready to get your mind blown ??
Phone -> to my Nostr public relay -> to my Linux machine capturing messages -> satellite modem -> satellite transmitter -> to 3/4 planet nip17 Global DM
🤓
Next to build the receiver side .. who wants to be my receiving 📡 mesh tester ?
#nevent1q…qhdd
https://blossom.primal.net/eb240edbfdc28a81c5540108fc6c643c2cbc16396773b3195a704545c4e8c9ca.jpg
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2025-08-20 10:42:42 UTC

$BTC Tech Nerd Army 🪖!
Freedom coms are progressing
WIP
Combining my POW
https://github.com/CryptoIceMLH/BTC-Node-Satellite
&
https://github.com/CryptoIceMLH/BitSatRelay
https://blossom.primal.net/842c6d40f66733f24a017fc6aaffb5b01d3cbf712b2266b55cb36b8e78a05626.mp4
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2025-08-20 07:06:01 UTC

GM $BTC Tech Nerd Army !
R&D has never been a cheap affair !!
SolarBit XL dev FAFO is no exception.. and that's only just a gearbox gear upgrade 🫣
https://blossom.primal.net/8cba4d4d8209ab54f5783ec821f54e042e6df2794c7e5b62b8f3b5e358a20836.jpg

2025-07-26 08:26:52 UTC

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It's fully autonomous. Day ops only. When nature provides power you mine. When no power it will auto stop. It will rinse and repeat daily. Wakes up east.. tracks to dusk. Then resets east sleeps waits for sunrise. Rinse and repeat

2025-07-26 02:38:59 UTC

$BTC network just got a little more secure.
The first SolarBit unit hosting a BitAxe Gamma 1.2THs $BTC miner, is now officially deployed off-grid and operating fully autonomously in the Mediterranean.
Decentralized deployment in progress....
https://blossom.primal.net/225935c51f9aa44dbfd96811f487a2f865886cd826843bf55eadfdb094f8db1c.mp4

2025-06-11 07:27:23 UTC

GM $BTC
https://blossom.primal.net/2f940a09cb0aa0da8f43db524445b13e4e5476d1ea3ec2e4375dae5c13fa0fee.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/926933c7f8b2a8e13bf88a2979af475805291aee7333d27cc0a7d0b763820bef.jpg

2025-03-19 15:39:38 UTC

$BTC Tech Nerd Army !
https://m.primal.net/Phjd.jpg
https://github.com/CryptoIceMLH/BTC-Node-Satellite

2025-01-11 14:34:19 UTC

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love the enthusiasm! I cant wait to get it finalized. would love to take some funds to help expedite the build with extra support but it's still in bits and all the wiring / PCB main board are still a prototype mess .. I'm just starting on the PCB schematic
https://m.primal.net/NbwK.mp4
https://m.primal.net/NbwN.jpg

2024-11-10 10:43:15 UTC

how do we delete DMs in Primal android app? no delete button anywhere

2024-10-05 08:12:34 UTC

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thanks for the kind inspirational words. building freedom tech in the form of home BTC mining using solar and BitAxe
https://m.primal.net/LLne.mp4