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On Nostr Since 850200; Verified 852712

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npub1c4n25pm4tcvc9u4uamld60gmz3cv0vy5vq9q9gmzvlttp8ym5j3q7j559a

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2026-08-07 01:37:56 CEST

This Coinkite failure has seriously left my faith in hardware wallets in a shaken mess. I don't even know where to start over. Back to analysis paralysis.

2026-08-05 08:46:54 CEST

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Honestly though. So unfair.

2026-08-05 08:43:06 CEST

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Gotcha. I still haven't run into anyone in the wild accepting Bitcoin. Only used Sats for e-commerce so far

2026-08-05 06:58:33 CEST

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Is this for square terminals?

2026-08-05 06:54:26 CEST

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Thanks, @nprofile…2vnl , I had already moved it off though. I wasn't sure what happens to Sats on layer twos during a chain split, so I figured it was best to just move it on chain to a hot wallet. If I understand aqua properly, it is a fediment of signers forming a multi-jurisdictional multi-sig. They run a side chain to Bitcoin, and issue liquid Bitcoin as a 1-1 peg per Bitcoin in their fediment. So not really my keys, not really my choice in a chain split. Right?

2026-08-05 05:29:45 CEST

I guess #Aqua is down because #Boltz is down. This is the second near miss for me. I had a small amount of Sats on Aqua to use for fun money, however I moved it on chain last week because I wasn't sure what would happen to those Sats in the event of the impending fork.

2026-08-05 05:26:50 CEST

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Prayers for your stength and your little one. NICU is extremely wearing. Those teams are top tier though. Best place she can be for care.

2026-08-04 08:57:15 CEST

Happy anniversary, @nprofile…dvhj! I love you. We've been married seven years now, a little more than a quarter of my life. I can't imagine life without you. We've accomplished so much together, we've grown together, and you've helped me grow as an individual. It feels like we've lived a lifetime together, and in some ways we have. I am incredibly blessed that I have had the opportunity to share these past seven years with you. Through all the hardships and happiness. I wouldn't want to do it with anyone but you.
Earlier today, our eighteen month old son ripped off his shorts and diaper during nap time, and flung his poop outside his crib. While also getting poop all over everything in his crib - including all over himself. I cleaned the poop covered child, and you took care of the room and crib. We worked together as a team, jumping into our respective roles as if we'd done it a thousand times. That is the strength of our relationship, that we always lean on eachother for support. I felt that the poop incident was a pretty good allegory of our marriage. A little something like this:
Life is beautiful. In the middle of what should be a calm moment, life goes to shit. We see the shit, we lean on eachother to clean the shit up. Then life is beautiful again.
Thank you for always being there to enjoy the good times with me, and also for working to clean up the shit life throws at us as well.
I love you now, and forever.

2026-08-03 16:40:47 CEST

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Is that a relay issue?

2026-08-03 08:44:09 CEST

My heart is heavy for all those who lost any of their precious time and energy to the ColdCard entropy failure. It's devastating to see people talking about losing the entirety of their time and energy from the past X years - long before I found the Bitcoin space. So many pioneers that forged the path ahead and built amazing educational platforms and spaces. They provided me with all the tools necessary to enter into the Bitcoin space with such a strong conviction in the future of what Bitcoin could bring to society.
This is my first Bear Market. The falling USD price hasn't really bothered me. Thanks to the amazing Bitcoin Pioneers' tales of how bad things had been in the past Bear Markets combined with the lack of changes in the fundamentals of Bitcoin. I have stayed grounded in "∞/21M" and, to paraphrase @hodl, leverage won't magically make you an OG." This current ColdCard debacle is the first time I've been extremely uncomfortable to be a part of the Bitcoin community.
To preface the next part: I have zero, zip, zilch, prior experience in cryptography, coding, or other software skills.
I, like many others, spent a significant time trying to educate myself on different hardware wallets before we took our Sats off an exchange. To be honest though, much of the technical jargon was lost on me. One thing did stand out to me though, ColdCard seemed to have the best (anecdotal) hardware wallet. I particularly liked the Q for it's QR scanner and full QWER keyboard. Knowing that most Sats are lost due to user error, I felt the Q provided ample tools to help verify, send, and receive Bitcoin transactions while minimizing user error.
We're all told, "Don't trust. Verify." I did the best I felt I could, short of learning how to code myself to review CoinKite's code. I reviewed as much as I could on the reputation of the devices and feedback from people that had used them. For all intensive purposes, the Q felt like it would provide the best user experience for my wife or heirs if something happened to me, and give them the highest chance of success.
I did not expect that I'd see ColdCard have a failure so catastrophic as to screw up the single most important part of the security, generating a secure 128bit private key. When I saw the warning go out from some of my fellow Nostriches that there was a vulnerability in the MK3 series my heart started racing. Did it go beyond the MK3? Were my wife and I affected? I started reading as much information as I could. Keeping up with every detail as more and more UTXOs were drained and more info was breaking. Then I saw it, MK4, MK5, and Q were all sub 128bits of entropy. I had accidentally exposed my wife and I, and all our future generations, to the vulnerability. To say my heart dropped into my stomach would be an understatement. I didn't know how long it would be before the hostile attackers were finished with all the MK3 wallets and started on the MK4/5/Q. I did know that I needed to update things quickly but smoothly. A problem quickly arose as I realized our security setup was so difficult to access in the event of a true emergency, like this, that I may not be able to move a single sat in time. The amount of time from the initial incident to when I was first able to even look at the public addresses of our sats took far too long. I felt more and more sick the more time passed without knowing if we'd already been rugged. When I was finally able to check our UTXOs, there was not a Sat out of place. Not yet anyways. I knew we weren't out the woods yet. Even though I'd accessed our Xpubs for the Sats, it would still take quite some time before I could gain access to our keys. The only things keeping me calm was that we had used a passphrase (that I later learned was too weak), and my wife. As soon as I had access to our private keys, I wrote out a checklist. The checklist provided myself a step-by-step guide to make sure that I did things as cleanly and orderly as possible, to minimize potential missteps in a complete migration to new keys. I rolled 100 independent dice to generate our new wallet. It took me 32hrs from the time I learned of the vulnerability to the time I was actually capable of accessing my cold storage and generating the new seeds to sweep our sats to. The only reason I managed to do it in 32hrs was that my emergency contact was able to meet me half way. Without the emergency contact, our sats would've been exposed for at least another 12hrs.
I'm incredibly humbled and grateful that our sats are safe. I understand how incredibly fortunate we are to have been able to keep what small amount of Sats we've been able to stack, because it may not be a lot to most people, but it is a lot to us. I feel like I'd prepared for all the attack vectors, but I never expected that the entropy of a non-tampered with hww would be the one that got closest to compromising our sat stack. What a sobering and panick inducing experience.
As a pleb without a background in cryptography or technology, I really took the generation of seed phases for granted. Never again. Rolling my own entropy, and diversifying our hww from now on. Which will be difficult, because the Q was a big purchase, one I thought would be worth the investment. Oh how wrong I was.

2026-08-03 05:35:19 CEST

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This is where I'm at. I've lost any faith in the honesty of HWWs'. I am going to be multi-vendor, air gapped, generating my own entropy via dice, and cross checking/validating the dice entropy using each device against eachother before I put a seed into use. The last place I expected an attack vector to be was a reputable HWW's entropy generation. The entropy for seed generation is the most important aspect of an air gapped HWW. I figured that at the least, I could rely on a HWW to manage seed creation.

2026-08-03 04:47:57 CEST

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So it would be unwise to use the device even as a signer?

2026-08-03 04:41:10 CEST

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#nevent1q…yxza

2026-08-03 04:05:32 CEST

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I'm more curious about the technical side at the moment. This is not a long term solution for myself. I'm already working on moving away from it. My only other option was hot wallet or exchange, and neither of those seemed great either. It's a damn shame because I really appreciated the full keyboard and qr capabilities for verifying address ownership, sending, etc. It was a very user friendly HWW.
Anyhow, I'm going to be doing a separate note with my thoughts about all this. However, I wanted to keep this one focused on the technical end for plebs like me. I can at least compartmentalize and understand the attack vector comes from the entropy failure, and not from any other angle that has been revealed. An attack vector has not yet been revealed for the device as a temporary seed manager/signer.

2026-08-03 03:43:59 CEST

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I got the impression you were a software developer, so you would probably have a better idea than me. Thanks for the feedback. 🐮

2026-08-03 03:11:17 CEST

Disclosure: I'm a pleb with no technical background (software nor hardware), and I am not a cryptographer.
As far as I can tell, using dice input to generate a seed phrase on a ColdCard Q bypasses the coding failure that causes the low entropy seed phrase generation.
I tested this by rolling dice 100x independently, then inputing the results into the CCQ, the python script provided by CoinKite for the independent verification (I didn't trust this one as much), and https://iancoleman.io/bip39.
The CCQ produced the same HexString as the python script. The CCQ also produced the same seed phrase as iancoleman. I performed this test three times.
Am I correct in my understanding that the provided cross-verification means that if you use the CCQ to process 100 dice rolls then you have a seedphrase generated from the appropriate amount of entropy?
I believe @nprofile…42km already confirmed dice generated keys were safe, but I thought it best to verify myself. I also wanted to provide other plebs a way they could check their own devices.
#ColdCard #MK3 #MK4 #MK5 #CCQ
@nprofile…w55v @nprofile…tkue @nprofile…tpxn

2026-08-02 05:26:12 CEST

Admist all that is going on in the world, a baby was born. My wife is amazing, and recovering wonderfully from giving birth to our son. Hug your loved ones, and remember why we're here. I love you @nprofile…fsej
https://npub1c4n25pm4tcvc9u4uamld60gmz3cv0vy5vq9q9gmzvlttp8ym5j3q7j559a.blossom.band/356c492d1b4f25571bbf77d757ad492f23c8e0879c34455a8a6ec15f4cf3ed97.jpg

2026-08-02 05:23:34 CEST

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Congratulations! Glad your family is doing well. My wife just gave birth to our third.
According to @nprofile…xhfz's wife Sophie was saying when the Bitcoin babies start being born it signals the end of the bear market. So that's the bottom signal.
In all seriousness though, enjoy this blessed time with your family. There's very few that can understand how valuable that time is in the way we're able to.

2026-07-31 05:47:16 CEST

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That's good to know. Mostly just curious from a general hardware wallet standpoint. Would've been beyond brutal if their customer base couldn't use their devices anymore.

2026-07-31 05:09:02 CEST

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Is this something a firmware patch would fix? Or are all coldcard customers' devices good as a brick?

2026-07-30 00:43:34 CEST

Fixed this for a few years from now.
https://npub1c4n25pm4tcvc9u4uamld60gmz3cv0vy5vq9q9gmzvlttp8ym5j3q7j559a.blossom.band/59805848bf24509b909320ca0c215f0d9e64f438c267396a8ef735fc4d6f0a9c.jpg

2026-07-29 23:45:48 CEST

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Did you make an apk for it?

2026-07-29 23:43:18 CEST

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Zap is failing, but I think it is on my end.

2026-07-28 20:36:57 CEST

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Bullish. 🦬

2026-07-28 18:42:55 CEST

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Very excited for this! Plan on rolling out NIP-05s? I'd consider grabbing a new one. 🐮

2026-07-27 04:10:09 CEST

Everytime I see the US National Debt swing another Trillion up, an unexplainable sense of excitement courses through me. Just saw we are almost at $40 Trillion.

2026-07-27 02:59:57 CEST

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Definitely ended with enough of a cliff hanger that I'd consider reading the next one. When I read Dune, I liked the way the author ended it so much I didn't feel a sequel was necessary. My sister read the following book(s) and enjoyed them. Not sure if I'd ever get around to reading any more in that series.

2026-07-27 02:34:45 CEST

Finished reading 2001: A Space Odyssey last week. It was a very enjoyable read. I appreciated the brief chapters, which made it very easy to pick up and read admist my busy day. Excited to watch the movie soon.

2026-07-27 02:27:28 CEST

@nprofile…9n82, I updated my Lightning address. For some reason Amethyst couldn't find your DM relays for me to respond to you directly.

2026-07-25 00:09:37 CEST

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Thanks! I spun up a nostr-rs-relay temporarily. I'll keep yours in mind for sure. The system I'm running it on is a temporary home server. Messing around/exploring self-hosting many things. If I'm happy with my solutions, I'll invest in something with better hardware.

2026-07-24 21:31:53 CEST

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On Amethyst, primarily.

2026-07-24 21:12:49 CEST

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I'm struggling to get emails via my Nip05 and I want to setup my own relay for the inbox.
@nprofile…2szn

2026-07-24 21:11:02 CEST

What is your favorite relay implementation? Does it have a GUI?
Also, what is your favorite service to use to acquire and manage a domain address?
#AskNostr #Nostr #Relay #SelfHost #Domain

2026-07-20 21:37:59 CEST

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Which time zone is this for?

2026-07-17 20:52:11 CEST

"So it begins."
#Lego #LotR
https://npub1c4n25pm4tcvc9u4uamld60gmz3cv0vy5vq9q9gmzvlttp8ym5j3q7j559a.blossom.band/d1e193a681eb16239791a2fc5940d1bded3c21fe1b16509f65298d493311e4ac.jpg

2026-07-17 02:30:58 CEST

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Sudsy. 🐃

2026-07-14 03:28:38 CEST

I've been active on Nostr for more than 100,000 blocks of the Bitcoin timechain.

2026-07-13 00:37:18 CEST

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Sure thing! Strike actually let it go through first time this month. Mind blown.

2026-07-13 00:08:15 CEST

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a559770bd61e3c09352f62fb8dcc341dbb2828ccc5afef62bc3e20e92896688b

2026-07-07 21:11:34 CEST

PSA: Your Club Orange wallet is a self-custodied hot wallet.
I lost generational wealth due to my ignorance of that fact. Thought it was a custodied wallet. My fault.
Don't be like me, backup your Club Orange Wallet.
PSA over.
#ClubOrange #OPA #OrangePillApp #OrangePillApk

2026-07-05 04:05:09 CEST

God bless American idealism.

2026-06-29 05:13:43 CEST

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You're a real G.

2026-06-28 01:09:01 CEST

Best tutorials for new and aged Bitcoiners alike.
#nevent1q…cyt6

2026-06-28 01:02:39 CEST

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Thank you so much for your tutorials. You've helped me navigate a whole new world, and I'm incredibly grateful for you. May you, your family, and your crew be blessed and free from overreaching governance.

2026-06-27 05:15:50 CEST

This note is from @npub15yp…mpcx's nostr client, Circl. :D

2026-06-27 05:14:55 CEST

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That's awesome! I think it's great when generations are able to pass down skills. I've never tried leatherwork. Seems very interesting to me. I may consider it when I have my shop put together. I made some pajamas for our kids too!

2026-06-27 04:33:01 CEST

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I really love this shirt. It's one of my favorites. Badgers remind me of Coinkite's badger logo. The orange floaties/life vest remind me that Bitcoin is a financial life preserve.
I used a gold thread and orange buttons too. Very low key Bitcoin shirt. Not sure anyone else would see it the same as I do.

2026-06-27 04:29:05 CEST

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I make casual button ups for myself.
#nevent1q…myqk

2026-06-27 04:21:26 CEST

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There's some sats for encouragement. I always find it extremely frustrating when something I've done before isn't going as well as it did the previous time. Happens when I'm making shirts. The bloody collars drive me up a wall sometimes.

2026-06-25 23:20:34 CEST

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I'm very excited for these to come in. 🐂

2026-06-25 16:17:47 CEST

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Let's go!
https://npub1c4n25pm4tcvc9u4uamld60gmz3cv0vy5vq9q9gmzvlttp8ym5j3q7j559a.blossom.band/447a1ab48a54a0e1349ba6586cd893276a353d9eeeab3132f988d86193c6def3.jpg

2026-06-25 00:01:48 CEST

$35.00 away from greatness. Bring it back. #58KGang

2026-06-24 05:27:58 CEST

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Onward friend! I look forward to seeing your continued and growing success. 🐃

2026-06-21 07:51:27 CEST

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Those are epic! I'll have to keep them in mind for future purchases.

2026-06-21 00:37:28 CEST

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Are these bookmarks?

2026-06-19 02:25:28 CEST

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That looks great. Zapped. 🐂

2026-06-18 04:27:38 CEST

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Ordered a black one to start. Please do let me know if you'd be willing to do one in a brown leather. Would be happy to get a second. Especially considering I normally wear a brown belt for my everyday. I only really wear a black belt for formal wear.

2026-06-17 22:53:04 CEST

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God bless you! You rock. I'm eyeing the Belt of truth. Are you willing to make one of those in brown in addition to a black one?

2026-06-17 21:37:29 CEST

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Are you back open for orders? I need a couple belts.

2026-06-13 17:22:29 CEST

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Day got away from me. I'll catch next month. :)

2026-06-13 00:22:43 CEST

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Haven't forgotten about you. #Strike keeps failing to find a payment route. Since 8:00am this morning.

2026-06-10 23:44:50 CEST

Made this, incase anyone needs it.
#memestr #Bitcoin #Sats #Nostr
https://i.nostr.build/iRhd5s2oaV5ycNsQ.jpg

2026-06-10 23:36:56 CEST

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Not far behind on this one...
https://i.nostr.build/jkOK1MNXkHAeEHfI.jpg

2026-06-05 04:10:31 CEST

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@nprofile…vyxv

2026-06-05 01:12:58 CEST

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Excited to get one or two belts!

2026-06-01 00:04:02 CEST

Today, we celebrate our oldest son's third birthday. In loving memory of him. We were blessed to have Hank with us in person for less than six months, but he remains with us in spirit everyday. It's tough not to wonder about what Hank would be like today. How would he act as a big brother? What things would he like to do? How much would he be speaking? What kind of foods would he get excited about? We'd be getting ready to find a preschool for him to attend this upcoming school year. Hank never failed to make those around him smile.
Hank, you are so incredibly loved by your Mom and I. Loved by your little brother who excitedly points at our pictures and videos of you. Loved by your grandparents and great grandparents, your aunts and uncles. Loved by family near and far. Loved by friends near and far. You are gone but not forgotten. We still carry you every day. We love you so much. Happy birthday.
https://i.nostr.build/erX5Jgy1HV3M0Z4A.jpg

2026-05-28 06:00:09 CEST

A message from my son:
Hey you. Anon! Stay humbel stack sats.
@nprofile…vyxv
https://i.nostr.build/SBqQa5aGN8i040YB.jpg

2026-05-25 23:18:10 CEST

Our son's third birthday is coming up. What did your kids enjoy around the time they were three? I think we're going to do a cookie cake to celebrate him.

2026-05-14 23:05:48 CEST

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Odd. Maybe it was a routing issue. Zapped myself from Strike, just a minute ago.

2026-05-14 05:58:20 CEST

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I'm unreasonably excited about this hat, haha.

2026-05-13 08:57:16 CEST

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Strike does. I have a hard time with them though. Their system seems to struggle to find good rails for Bolt12.

2026-05-12 18:08:22 CEST

@nprofile…x8e0
Any chance y'all are interested in integrating Bolt12 payments to your wallet?
#nevent1q…5eld

2026-05-12 18:07:41 CEST

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Boy #Strike struggles with finding payment rails for these.

2026-05-12 18:06:21 CEST

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@nprofile…vyxv dm'd preimage. 🐃

2026-05-06 01:38:56 CEST

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Legit thought you hung the in game art from Minecraft on your wall for a second.

2026-05-06 01:36:49 CEST

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He must not be on Nostr, haha. I bet he'll be pretty excited about that. The N1 is easily one of my favorite ships.

2026-04-29 01:42:24 CEST

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Putting in the work! Keep it up. 🦬
I shot you an email a few days ago to inquire about the belts, but I just noticed on your website that you are temporarily not taking orders. I'm sure it is because you are working so hard on getting those books out. When you get back to accepting new orders, please reach back out to me.

2026-04-28 03:58:52 CEST

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Gorgeous.

2026-04-26 01:39:57 CEST

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Haven't really played any of those. Generally speaking, shooters aren't my normal play preference. The fact that I found Splatoon and CS is pretty wild.
Gave Splatoon a try because it was Nintendo's shooter. Gave CS2 a try because it was Valve and I did really enjoy TF2 back in the day.

2026-04-26 01:02:01 CEST

CS2 is the best precision/tactical shooter.
#nevent1q…45rp

2026-04-26 00:59:06 CEST

Splatoon 3 is the best mover-shooter.

2026-04-26 00:55:25 CEST

I think my eardrum is going to explode today.

2026-04-25 16:47:03 CEST

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I think I found your clankers on break.
https://i.nostr.build/ephOAefPa4qYpqpO.gif

2026-04-25 16:43:14 CEST

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Blessed morning to you! Got our most recent soap order. Looking forward to many more over the years. 🐂

2026-04-25 16:40:38 CEST

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Nostr is the only social platform I've stayed actively engaged with. Never cared much for Facebook, nor Twitter, didn't even bother with Tumblr or Instagram. Nostr is where it was easiest for me to find communities that I wanted to be a part of.

2026-04-25 05:31:36 CEST

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I was borderline afraid to open mine because it was so neatly plastic wrapped. Didn't want to accidentally damage any pages.

2026-04-25 02:09:46 CEST

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So excited to see mine in person! 🐃

2026-04-24 04:11:17 CEST

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https://v.nostr.build/hf0VWH9UfWyddcVJ.mp4

2026-04-22 05:53:55 CEST

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Not your keys, not your cheese.

2026-04-22 04:31:28 CEST

I know I'm a sucker of a father when I open the mail and get excited to find the sequel to one of the childrens books I've been reading my son show up unexpectedly. Didn't even know there was a sequel. You bet I read it to him tonight before bed.

2026-04-22 03:13:43 CEST

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Looking b-e-a-utiful. 🐃

2026-04-22 03:10:07 CEST

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The rest of this thread is missing from my relays.

2026-04-20 03:00:27 CEST

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They do great work. As a layman book enjoyer, the gilding of the pages would be the fastest way to elevate your work.
That said, your work is beautiful, and the spine and covers certainly blend in perfectly amidst my wife's leatherbound (mostly EP) book collection.

2026-04-20 02:48:46 CEST

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I don't even have that as an option...

2026-04-20 00:34:10 CEST

We are so back.
https://i.nostr.build/n67iF0hgSnd5IXca.jpg

2026-04-17 01:56:50 CEST

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I see 30 there. Excited to see the full stack completed and preparing for shipment! 🐮

2026-04-12 18:18:05 CEST

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Just have to complain about it. Got it through. DMing the preimage. 🐮

2026-04-12 18:15:14 CEST