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2025-12-08 16:25:08 UTC

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La gran pregunta para mí es cuánto volumen se puede mover de entrada/salida, por banco individual y en total, antes de que Hacienda venga a investigar.
Personalmente he visto gente descargando hasta 25.000€ en un año a través de varios bancos y muchas transfes y no han recibido notificaciones de Hacienda.

2025-02-03 12:35:35 UTC

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You might want to look at trymaple.ai.
It's not local, but its privacy friendly, which I'm guessing might be your root concern.

2025-01-26 19:33:18 UTC

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Leer tu artículo en su día me ayudo mucho a organizar ideas, y es uno de los factores que me alejo fuertemente de tirarme a comprar inmobiliario.
No creo que podamos llegar a tener regulaciones mucho más estúpidas y asfixiantes que las actuales, de forma que especulo con que en un futuro no muy lejano la construcción volverá a coger fuelle.
Combinando esta idea con el previsible encogimiento demográfico, creo que el ladrillo no será en 2030-2060 lo que en 1990-2020.

2025-01-20 10:17:23 UTC

A brief thought on twitter from Paul Graham on 2009.
https://paulgraham.com/twitter.html
Fun to see what the private company part he was observing has turned into.
Wondering how Nostr will play out.

2025-01-14 21:32:36 UTC

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Preparant les catifes per estirarles...

2024-12-14 18:34:57 UTC

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Aquí tienes una lista de providers que aceptan Bitcoin: https://bitcoin-vps.com/
Hay muchos que aceptan lightning, pero no me consta ninguno que acepte ecash.

2024-11-12 12:44:59 UTC

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Mi momento favorito es cuando cruzan la frontera con Nevada. Esa escena es una fabula bellisima sobre como el Estado no es todopoderoso, y gran parte de su influencia viene del miedo de la gente y no de la capacidad de control del propio estado.
El viaje personal de Willing hasta ese momento me parece una madriguera por la que mucha gente en Bitcoin todavia tiene que caerse: el darse cuenta de que se pueden desobedecer muchas normas de muchas maneras, sin que haya consecuencias.

2024-11-04 15:37:48 UTC

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A cada dia que pasa, mas se parece todo al tercio final de Atlas Shrugged.
La crisis de Valencia me recuerda a ese momento tan triste en el tercio final del libro cuando todos los trabajadores, tanto de la red ferroviaria como de otros servicios, llegan a ese punto en que se la sopla todo. Cuando deciden acatar las ordenes sin sentido de los bureaus centrales, aunque puedan ver perfectamente las consecuencias terribles de seguirlas, y cual seria el camino correcto. Porque lo unico que importa es salvar el cuello politicamente, no hacer que nada funcione.
Lo de la semana pasada en Valencia es la punta del iceberg. Cuantas decadas y hordas de funcionarios han seguido ordenes estupidas, cuando tuvieron claro como el dia ante sus ojos el camino correcto? Como serian las cosas si hubiesen tenido espiritu propio?

2024-09-05 06:34:08 UTC

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If you are so kind to answer... I'm surprised by the arabs bit of text. Is it normal in Canada for comms like this to have that?

2024-08-23 22:26:18 UTC

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Toda la situación con Renfe, Talgo y el impresentable de Oscar Puente parece una caricatura de Atlas Shrugged.
Por como iban las cosas en el libro, creo que dentro de poco tocará que se hunda un túnel, y luego el Gobierno ilegalizará que la gente cambie de trabajo.

2024-08-06 12:30:17 UTC

Ayn Rand debe estar descojonandose en el cielo viendo como a los socialistas no les van los trenes.
https://cincodias.elpais.com/companias/2024-08-06/renfe-pedira-compensaciones-economicas-a-talgo-por-las-graves-incidencias-en-los-avlo.html

2024-07-24 17:01:58 UTC

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Funny. Will the Swiss Central Bank have to open source their backend?
Perhaps it might be easier to just go ahead and switch to an open source currency instead 😁

2024-06-03 05:33:26 UTC

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Funny that we haven't seen anyone making ChatGPT play Jeopardy yet.

2024-05-31 10:29:44 UTC

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Such a shame, you might need to get some fresh debt to buy more BTC.

2024-05-30 07:15:00 UTC

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Gracias, te debo un entrecot.

2024-05-29 20:29:34 UTC

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Did Cathie Wood find the fountain of youth?

2024-05-29 20:20:04 UTC

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Que bonitos, tienes el nombre del modelo?

2024-05-28 20:49:11 UTC

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Congratulations, your path is admirable and your future is bright. Wishing you the best of luck, and keep enjoying along the way.

2024-05-21 14:37:38 UTC

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Seria interesante que publiques el sha256 de la grabacion y dentro de 4 años subas el original y que la audiencia lo pueda verificar.

2024-05-15 13:25:15 UTC

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Why not both?

2024-05-08 11:27:14 UTC

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Perhaps a tech savvy papa should run a relay for them and make choices and filtering there?

2024-05-07 16:18:14 UTC

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Awesome stuff.
Any ideas on pricing? Would happily pay you already to book one if the pricing feels fine.

2024-04-24 20:52:18 UTC

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Tiene un caso de uso peculiar que yo no he visto en ninguna otra plataforma o app.
Alice tiene euros en Strike. Alice puede pagar un invoice de LN o una TX onchain con su balance de euros, sin tener Bitcoin. Strike se encarga de hacer el cambio y enviarlo.
Alice podria tener 100K€ en Strike y mandarlos a una address onchain que ella controla. Nadie excepto ella sabe que es ella quien ha recibido el Bitcoin. A efectos prácticos, ha comprado Bitcoin sin KYC.
Yo no conozco otra forma de pasar de € a BTC sin KYC a esta escala y de un golpe.

2024-03-28 21:01:28 UTC

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You should try kagi.com if it's still not in your radar. I think you would love it.

2024-03-27 14:05:21 UTC

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The emergence of more solid ecash implementations and the following lowering of costs to adopt them will put a lot of pressure on custodians, which is great.
In a world were adopting ecash in your custodial service is easy, not doing so makes it evident that you want to know what your users are doing.
It will be great for consumers. We will be able to know who's willing to comply with KYC and who likes spying their users just by looking at whether they provide their service with ecash or not.

2024-03-23 07:04:35 UTC

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Would be curious to hear opinions on @npub1226…grkj's criticism here.
I've run and I'm planning on running LNbits, but stuff like this scares my balls off.
#naddr1qq…t8wg

2024-03-19 12:24:28 UTC

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Desde luego lo ideal es autocustodia.
Supongo que mis preocupaciones vienen de un elefante en la sala que veo discutirse poco: que haremos cuando una transaccion onchain tenga un coste en fees equivalente a un mes de sueldo medio?

2024-03-19 12:04:47 UTC

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Que opinas de una banca libre basada en Bitcoin? Crees que lo veremos? Crees que es deseable?
Todo el mundo le tiene alergia a los custodians, y no faltan motivos. Pero sera siempre asi? O tendremos un mercado libre de custodians que proporcionaria servicios fiables y profesionales gracias a la competencia que se deriva de que cualquier hijo de vecino puede interactuar con Bitcoin, en contraste a los walled gardens de tradfi?

2024-03-04 15:51:05 UTC

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Muchos se pierden con purity tests y repiten las opiniones de otros como loros.
Las wallets custodial son herramientas. Tienen pros y contras. Lo importante es entenderlas, entender las diferencias con las non-custodial, y actuar de forma consciente.
El finger pointing de algunos libertarios cuando alguien se sale de su dogma mas estricto es acojonante.

2024-02-22 10:52:06 UTC

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Que tengan los santos cojones de referenciar su articulo de Noviembre del 22 donde erroneamente pronosticaron el declive de Bitcoin es... patetico y gracioso a partes iguales.

2024-02-18 07:16:43 UTC

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If I may ask, do you use any kind of leverage/borrowing to go short fiat? If so, what is your strategy around that?

2024-02-12 14:23:19 UTC

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No rest for the wicked, we have an entire 21st century global economy to take out of the governments and back to the people. It's gonna take some nuts.

2024-01-26 10:26:03 UTC

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A ver si te sale mejor que GPG, que esto es un chocho.
Y para cuando HW y mnemonic phrases pero para gpg/npriv? A mi me fascina que no exista.

2024-01-26 10:17:05 UTC

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What, where, how?!

2024-01-26 08:20:05 UTC

A todos los que dijeron que Bitcoin no valia para pagar cafes, les dedico esta foto que he sacado esta mañana en un coworking.
https://image.nostr.build/6a17e6563d0a98e522dd80d74c79f76a4ef4ec14ab727bf5446bf6ff7619a7dc.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=868x868&blurhash=UILNlNt7%3Fds%2Cs8a%7BbcWBE2ays-bHRjfkoff6&x=f52e6cf8ca3f0975993b08a8c04f7085ded3929870ba24a508b752f1616ba77f

2024-01-22 10:05:26 UTC

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I saw quite a few of them when I was over there. Always put a smile on my face 😁

2024-01-21 20:37:15 UTC

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Thanks for stating things loud and clear. The wording of that post was terrible.

2024-01-19 06:28:37 UTC

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Interesting. What would be the differences?

2024-01-19 06:28:03 UTC

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Are you using us for Rubber Ducking? 😁

2024-01-16 11:59:26 UTC

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Aviso para navegantes: la idea es fantastica, pero la experiencia es terrible. La pantalla es demasiado pequeña y no hay forma de escanear los QRs.
Fuente: tengo uno.

2024-01-15 11:07:00 UTC

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Si buscas conocimiento: Capitulo 4 de mastering bitcoin.
A nivel de herramienta: iancoleman.io/bip39

2024-01-04 12:56:39 UTC

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Bravo, buen trabajo. Mucha suerte y a seguir asi.

2024-01-03 11:54:01 UTC

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Alguno tiene en la agenda a algun Bitcoiner Leonés que se pueda unir a nuestro compadre para seguir haciendo crecer la red de meetups?
Suerte @npub1y8s…sd3u
#nevent1q…7ajh

2023-12-28 17:01:12 UTC

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Cuando arrancas la tienda de espadas para Bitcoiners?

2023-12-20 11:33:04 UTC

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Does this mean some ETFs will actually allow BTC withdrawals to external BTC wallets?

2023-12-03 07:04:59 UTC

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Works beautifully. It's a great product. I typically recommend it for clumsier, non-techie people, over a Coldcard. Think the kind of people who use a Mac because they like the UI.

2023-12-02 10:19:58 UTC

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Estos ejemplos son maravillas para hacer que los panfilos alarmistas vean la incoherencia de sus afirmaciones. Gracias!

2023-12-02 07:25:29 UTC

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Disculpa Cypher, pero no entiendo que son estas "nurseries". Son criaderos artificiales de peces?

2023-11-17 08:25:49 UTC

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Y a lo mejor por el camino hasta te das cuenta de que eras tu el que estaba equivocado...

2023-11-17 08:24:00 UTC

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If you like Tip's work, you might also enjoy this Lyn: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XcdQG43Ee2I

2023-11-16 16:13:03 UTC

https://www.pricedinbitcoin21.com/landing

2023-11-14 13:17:51 UTC

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Una idea que he madurado hablando con mucha gente: la medula espinal de la domesticacion y sumision de los ciudadanos en occidenta es la cuenta bancaria.
Si no tienes una cuenta bancaria, eres extremadamente mas dificil de castigar por parte del estado. Si una parte minuscula de la poblacion consigue vivir sin cuenta bancaria, se vuelven ingobernables por la falta material de recursos por parte del estado para perseguir y castigar a todos.
En muchos paises con tasas bajas de bancarizacion se puede ver libertad que en Europa no existe.
Si conseguimos construir una sociedad paralela, donde uno pueda subsistir sin cuenta de banco, podremos empezar a poner en practica todo los elementos de tu lista en masa.
Y dicho esto, ya seguire la chapa otro dia que tengo que ir a pagarle al carnicero con lightning...

2023-11-10 10:02:33 UTC

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Donde ha quedado el Gracias Mama. La juventud no respeta nada.

2023-11-09 10:30:54 UTC

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Normalmente procuro ser medido en mis respuestas. Pero el liston esta bajando tanto que hoy lo voy a dejar en un: Paloma, vete a tocar los huevos a otro lado.

2023-11-06 07:04:59 UTC

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Really looking forward to paying again and checking things out ✌️

2023-10-30 06:56:35 UTC

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I love using random forests and using all the outcomes of the individual leaves to make a distribution instead of simply voting/averaging them and making a point prediction. It leads into such interesting outcomes when done right.

2023-10-26 13:43:43 UTC

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👀

2023-10-26 13:41:10 UTC

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Esto me suena. Como si lo hubiese vivido.

2023-10-26 13:40:30 UTC

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The FOMOers are at the gates.

2023-10-24 11:23:58 UTC

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Doing the Lord's work, good job!

2023-10-24 11:23:12 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/d0a069472b1b19386186feaa9b77ca39179d0bd6975976726897a5e7996426d3.gif

2023-10-24 09:34:08 UTC

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No te habras tomado unas pintad con Ben Arc?

2023-10-23 22:26:47 UTC

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I'm looking forward to see it as well.
Seeing the prints from your original that I have in the office always fills me with some comforting hope that we can make art great again.
https://image.nostr.build/5409a98c45d6f62d0eed2fbeb05716f36650a42ea2d8d812be75de472b8731fa.jpg

2023-10-19 10:55:52 UTC

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Que no te tengan cogido por los huevos.
#nevent1q…pgzl

2023-10-18 15:55:40 UTC

Los gloriosos servicios públicos atacan de nuevo. Y ésta es la cara visible de la moneda, pero hay otra más discreta e igual de dañina: todos los profesores de disciplinas sin demanda que estarán cobrando artificialmente más que lo que el mercado libre les pagaría deben estar contentos de pasar desapercibidos.
https://www.xataka.com/otros/hay-alumnos-que-quieren-estudiar-informatica-que-universidades-no-encuentran-profesores

2023-10-18 15:43:28 UTC

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Esto lo hacen antes o después de decirte que eres un desalmado deseoso de ver indigentes muriendo en la calle sin atención sanitaria?

2023-09-27 22:08:34 UTC

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Soon™

2023-09-27 06:03:36 UTC

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Felicidades campeon, eres una maquina

2023-09-26 10:28:19 UTC

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But we are trading off increased privacy for centralization on the mint, which becomes a SPOF and a target for entities with censorship ambitions?
They can't censor individual TXs, but they can try to blow up the mint entirely.
So... we need to make a joint mint with Nancy Pelosi to make sure the US government will not destroy it.

2023-09-25 08:36:22 UTC

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Imagine you run a barr. Sometimes I go there to have a beer. You also happen to hire me once a week to clean it.
Everytime we pay each other, the bank charges us fees. So, when I get a beer from you, we pay a fee. When you pay me for cleaning your bar, we pay a fee.
After doing this for some time, we feel a bit stupid, and we decide to do things differently. Instead of paying each other on every single interaction, we simply keep tabs on each other, and settle whenever we feel like it. This way, we save a lot on fees.
So, the LN is this:
- For Bitcoin
- Without having to trust each other (neither you nor me can run away with an open debt)
- And if I have a tab with Alice as well, you can pay Alice through me even if you guys don't keep a tab between each other
That does the trick. From this point on, I either show the beginner how to use it practically, or if he's curious about the technical bits, we jump from the metaphor to the actual implementation details.

2023-09-24 06:52:25 UTC

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La pelicula me parece una obra maestra, y el comic tambien. Yo te sugeriria que leas tambien el comic. La pelicula es fidedigna pero no al 100%, de forma que leer el comic enriquece. El comic es mas crudo y tiene mas foco en las ideas anarquistas.

2023-09-21 14:51:42 UTC

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Just do it
#nevent1q…a4wj

2023-09-18 12:59:03 UTC

Fuck the banks
https://stacker.news/items/257437

2023-09-15 11:26:24 UTC

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Eres Bitcoiner y todavía no tienes una camiseta chula de Bitcoin? Sigue a @npub1cam…43mj
#nevent1q…gery

2023-09-10 10:14:36 UTC

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I agree with you on the belief that we should stop demonizing custodial options. They are an option. It comes with trade-offs. That's it. I am afraid that we are doing a disservice to adoption by ranting over purity of certain LN wallet options.
And I am very much looking forward to seeing all the custodians using cashu.

2023-09-10 06:26:25 UTC

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No veo el momento de tener rides P2P, tanto larga distancia como dentro de ciudad.
Un verdadero Uber sin entidad central donde las persones se llevan felizmente unas a otras y el coste del transporte se reduce drásticamente por la productividad y el libre mercado.
Creo que con esto, seria perfectamente viable cruzarse una ciudad como Madrid o Barcelona por 5€.

2023-08-23 15:49:39 UTC

A post I liked from stacker news (https://stacker.news/items/233174).
I know everyone recommends this and that wallet for XYZ reasons. I'm here today to briefly shill Phoenix Wallet as a hot onchain/LN wallet for noobs or even lazy power users. This might be interesting if you have never used it OR you used it anytime before a couple of weeks ago. If you are in the latter group, your experience is now outdated.
Okay, you might have heard a lot of noise recently about Phoenix and the new splicing stuff and how awesome splicing is. It is, but I'm gonna skip the technical bit today and present stuff from the user POV.
Okay, so what's the deal? Since Phoenix 2.0 started to use splicing, this is the cool stuff:
You can send and receive onchain sats. You simply pay the miner fees when sending. That's it.
You can send and receive through Lightning. Usual LN fees (the proper super low ones, not the stupid high ones from Muun and the like). I can pay a 10,000 sats (~3$) beer through LN and the fee will be around ~40 sats (roughly, one cent).
You only see and have one balance. Everything you have is both spendable onchain and through Lightning. No need to juggle to balances and go around swapping like an idiot.
The backup is a 12 word seedphrase. You know the drill. The wallet is noncustodial and you hold your own keys.
Feels like nothing? Well, to me, it feels like a gift from God. Giving a complete noob a wallet in 2023 before this option came around was a drama. You have to deal with a monster matrix of feature combinations, onchain vs lightning, custodial vs noncustodial, normal seedphrases vs crazy recovery schemes, etc. And no wallet crossed all the checks. Muun was the wallet that so far came closer to having it all, but it had its issues (weird backup approach, crazy fees for LN, lack of transparency on how certain features worked).
Now Phoenix has finally done it. The noobie installs it. Writes down 12 words. You send him his first sats through onchain or LN, whatever you prefer. He can then send it out again through onchain or lightning with reasonable fees for each option. All non-custodial and with a great UX.
I'm dramatically pumped about this. It's going to be such a great tool for onboarding people. And also as a personal wallet, even if you are an experienced node runner.
I would like to leave with a call to action. If you haven't tried Phoenix 2.0, please, do. And once you have, spread the message and show it to newbies so that they avoid other worse options (Muun? Already discussed. WoS? Custodial. Bluewallet? Two different balances for onchain and lightning).

2023-08-14 12:34:53 UTC

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Glad to see you building Darth.
Would love to pay a visit if opsec allows. Perhaps a meetup even?

2023-08-13 21:15:21 UTC

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Far right idea, me descojono.

2023-08-04 22:10:07 UTC

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Looking forward to see the day when the CEXes dissappear and we only have P2P.
And eventually, not even those... once there is nothint to exchange for.

2023-08-03 18:37:21 UTC

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Circular, private economy. Let's take things back into our hands, and let's get rid of the leeches.

2023-07-11 16:34:45 UTC

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Awesome.
Is anyone looking into a multimint wallet where the user picks its mints and then afterwards the fact that there are different mints is hidden?

2023-07-11 16:22:39 UTC

Después de un mes intentando solicitar el carnet internacional a la DGT por todos los canales disponibles y siendo incapaz por problemas técnicos y la falta de citas crónica, me rindo. Conduciré por el mundo con una mano delante y otra detrás.
La administración se cae a trozos.

2023-07-03 11:27:09 UTC

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Gracias por compartirlo. Procuramos tener actualizados los comercios de Barcelona en btcmap. Este bar no esta alli todavia porque esta quedada sera su bautizo de fuego. Si todo va bien, lo añadiremos a btcmap para que los bitcoiners que busquen alli lo puedan encontrar.

2023-05-28 15:12:07 UTC

Es un placer gastar un domingo en cosas productivas mientras la sociedad enloquece con el reality show de las elecciones municipales.
Veo información sobre ello por el rabillo del ojo cuando la gente enciende televisiones y lee periódicos a mi alrededor, y no puedo evitar pensar que, desde una cierta distancia, cuesta distinguir todo este espectáculo de Humor Amarillo o La Liga.

2023-05-28 12:35:57 UTC

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Debemos construir la economía privada al margen y dar ejemplo. Quizás así logremos ir sacando a ovejas del cercado.
Y si no lo conseguimos, al menos habremos disfrutado de hacer lo que teníamos que hacer.

2023-05-28 12:31:28 UTC

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Last week I was giving a workshop on using Bluewallet onchain to nocoiners and I showed them tanglesheep.com during the break just for fun.
They left the workshop knowing how to use Bluewallet onchain... and a thousand questions on lightning.

2023-05-28 12:28:35 UTC

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While I don't disagree with the explained points, I find it surprising in a bad way that airgapping is not discussed.

2023-05-26 13:41:04 UTC

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I get happy thinking how excited he would be with Bitcoin if he was still around.
It would also be fun to see him bashing shitcoiners.

2023-05-26 12:58:08 UTC

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Witnessing such displays of long time preference fills my heart with joy.
The other day I talked with some young entrepreneur whose business plan assumes no benefits during the first 5 years. Not in the VC, get the money and run way. He's self funded and simply going for something that will take time to cook, and he's happy to take the risk and wait for it.
It makes me optimistic. And the contrast makes me appreciate how stupid and short sighted is the big corporate obsession with quick results and hitting quarterly numbers always in green.

2023-05-26 12:26:39 UTC

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I guess when we are talking to less knowledgeable people, it's fine to talk about "the" mempool as if there was only one.
But between those of us who have dug a bit deeper, I think it's best to always keep in mind the lack of single point of truth in what respects to unconfirmed transactions.

2023-05-23 20:38:40 UTC

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Wait whaaaaat, you are the guy from the Early Retirement blog?!?!
This is the biggest crossover ever. I've followed your blog for years. And also your content as Carl B Menger.
Congrats on your DCA. It's a great story. I show it to noobies regularly to give them something to aspire to.

2023-05-23 13:07:34 UTC

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Every actions will generate a reaction with equal intensity in the opposite direction.
The harder they regulate and destroy the economy, the more people and companies will start taking steps towards operating outside of the state's walled garden.
After all, it makes sense. Once tax costs are high enough in your business' P&L, evading tax and regulation becomes worth the risk. Bitcoin native companies that operate under the anarchist mindset will be more competitive that the fiat-slaved ones cost wise.
The issue is that, the harder the enforcement and violenece of the state, the higher is the risk of operating in such manner.

2023-05-23 12:37:20 UTC

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These things fill my heart with joy. I can't wait for this kind of events to happen at an exponentially increasing rate.
Make sure to share the guy's details with the local bitcoin community so he can get plenty of Bitcoin paid gigs.

2023-05-22 12:32:41 UTC

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With great power comes great responsibility.
Wielding a tool like Bitcoin without knowledge is like giving a shotgun to a monkey.

2023-05-22 12:02:31 UTC

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Happens all the time in economics as well. Many theories sound great and reasonable by leaving out the shady bits.
Bastiat presented this idea beautifully: https://mises.org/library/which-seen-and-which-not-seen

2023-05-22 11:58:30 UTC

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Middlemen are not a problem. As you point out, they aggregate information and improve markets by removing friction.
The problem are oligarchic, greedy, evil and imposed-through-violence middlemen.
We must build systems that allow removing middlemen so that we can send these type to hell.
Honest and value adding middlemen will continue to exist and to make markets better.

2023-05-22 11:55:42 UTC

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The amount of resources and human time that gets wasted in sensless and suboptimal public infrastructure makes me want to jump a cliff some days.
I'm talking about stuff like this: https://www.elespanol.com/espana/20160211/101490191_0.amp.html

2023-05-22 11:09:51 UTC

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https://i.imgur.com/0pHcc3E.png

2023-05-22 10:20:26 UTC

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Regulations and fiat money are like a wire connected to every interaction you have with others. This wire spies and constraints you and the people you interact with.
Pay for your groceries? That's wired. Go to the hospital? That's wired. Buy a car? That's wired. Send your son to school? That's wired.
As long as you play in their field, you are wired. You can choose the game you play, but you can't change its rules.
So if you want to get unwired and be free, you need to drop fiat money and you need to ignore regulations.