<unnamed>

Public Key

npub1e94hqt3fuu7rvy9rpl85h3339vtn8psgewq4u05r7q4nup2kwp4q0flgay

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsvj6ms9c57w0pkzz3sln6tcccjk9enscyvhq2786plq2e7q4t8q6spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dskxqjc0

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Last Notes

2026-09-02 20:42:42 CEST

- reply

https://blossom.primal.net/34620f88796112fe943ab2db45b4518b0ab340350bcbe5b22459b092446b4584.gif

2026-09-02 20:42:04 CEST

- reply

Not too far off topic, I hope...my model says it's relevant:
Direct Relevance to SubZero Keyosk / Bootlace:
• This post hits the exact problem you built SubZero Keyosk to solve: bridging raw physical entropy and steel mnemonics to clean, canonical BIP-380 Output Descriptors on bare-metal airgapped hardware without needing online wrapper software.
https://blossom.primal.net/34620f88796112fe943ab2db45b4518b0ab340350bcbe5b22459b092446b4584.gif
🧊 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗭𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗞𝗘𝗬𝗢𝗦𝗞 𝘃𝟬.𝟮.𝟬-𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘁𝟰
Turn any old PC laptop (x86_64) or Raspberry Pi into a single-purpose, airgapped Bitcoin cold storage appliance booting directly to the Linux framebuffer (/dev/fb0).
🆕 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗜𝗡 𝘃𝟬.𝟮.𝟬:
• BIP-85 Multi-Protocol Key Factory (Child Seeds, Nostr nsec/npub, WIFs, Passphrases)
• SeedFix Diagnostic Solver (Offline BIP-39 Checksum Word & Typo Recovery)
• Dual-Partition Storage (ESP Bootloader + Partition 2 Data Store)
• Offline HTML WebCrypto Heir Vault (AES-256-GCM decrypt.html In-Browser Decryption)
• Storage Device NAND Flash Integrity Hasher & Latency Profiler
• Interactive 5-Mode Kiosk Menu
🎲 𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗬 & 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜-𝗕𝗜𝗔𝗦:
• Pure Physical Input: 128 coin flips (4-4-3) or 50 dice rolls (5-5 chunking)
• Clean SHA-256 Hashing: Direct hashing over 0/1 and 1-6 strings (zero base-conversion bugs)
• Physical Bias Defense: Input surplus flips/rolls to mathematically wash out coin/die weight defects
• Zero Silicon RNG Reliance: Complete physical independence from hardware microcontrollers
🧪 𝗭𝗘𝗥𝗢-𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗞 𝗥𝗘𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗟 & 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗦:
• Testnet4-Only Lockdown (Zero Financial Risk Rehearsal)
• 10 Instant Entropy Test Vectors (Pre-Funded with Test Sats)
• Paired BIP-85 Passphrase Presets for Multi-Wallet Recovery Drills
• Full BIP-380 Output Descriptors & QR Exports
🚫 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦:
• Bitcoin Only (Zero Altcoins / Zero Token Firmware Bloat)
• Native SegWit Only (tb1q / bc1q P2WPKH Exclusivity)
• Account 0 Only (m/84'/1'/0' Testnet4 & m/84'/0'/0' Mainnet Invariance)
• English BIP-39 Wordlist Only (Zero Homoglyph Mismatches)
• No On-Device Signing (Airgapped Vault Export Only; Eliminates Blind-Signing)
• Zero Network Stack (Kernel Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, & Ethernet Drivers Purged)
🔒 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗛𝗬𝗚𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗘 & 𝗖𝗥𝗬𝗣𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦:
• 3x Multi-Pass Memory Scrub: All heap strings, mnemonics, and framebuffer wiped (0x00 -> 0xFF -> 0x00) on ESC/Backspace panic or clean exit
• Volatile RAM Execution (toram tmpfs)
• Standard Paul Miller Noble Suite (@noble/curves, @noble/hashes, @scure/bip39)
• Cure53-Audited secp256k1, SHA-256, HMAC-SHA512, PBKDF2
• Standard W3C WebCrypto Engine (Zero Custom Crypto)
⚖️ 𝗩𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦:
• Vs Hardware Wallets: Zero shipping/supply-chain tracking; pure coin entropy ($0 on old PC vs $200+).
• Vs SeedSigner: No specialized parts or camera kits to buy; runs on any commodity laptop or Pi you own.
• Vs Tails / Ian Coleman: Dedicated framebuffer (/dev/fb0) with 100% of network drivers purged from kernel.
📦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 & 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦:
https://github.com/bootlace-dev/subzero-keyosk/releases/tag/v0.2.0-testnet4
🔗 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘 & 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖:
https://github.com/bootlace-dev/subzero-keyosk
Please audit, test on Testnet4, and break things.

2026-08-24 14:10:20 CEST

- reply

Inspired by your note, we (AI and I) added an armv7 image. Works on my ancient RPI. Please verify, audit, and test. Thanks!
https://github.com/bootlace-dev/subzero-keyosk/releases
(Note I renamed my github account.)

2026-08-21 23:50:22 CEST

- reply

Exactly why I added a real-time Markov transition filter to SubZero Keyosk this week.
It lets you use pure physical coin flips (128) or dice rolls (50) on bare-metal laptops, but hard-blocks repetitive human bias patterns without compromising the keyspace (<0.00015 bits):
https://github.com/bootlace-dev/subzero-keyosk
Please review, audit, and comment.

2026-08-21 23:43:17 CEST

- reply

Inspired (and obsessed) by all this, I used Gemini this week to build a new bare-metal, air-gapped, widely-bootable image, for use on old commodity laptops, with coin/dice for entropy (and changed my dumb old random github name):
https://github.com/bootlace-dev/subzero-keyosk
Please review, audit, and comment! Thank you! https://blossom.primal.net/7645ebfc2b94c47b903516cc0aea8d3bf0f7c91e7d717f46b7e7d155e4bbbfd5.png https://blossom.primal.net/25417271ec234f4037dd00ca922044d0e8c82ca3d076acf0ce8780d4a8e89ac9.png https://blossom.primal.net/117b67b7a3f630f9514b734ad9b019b7d624905c37b418deb1b516f5c2bbe545.png https://blossom.primal.net/3b2ab700301d69096cf5659953aa62cfd9946a096476ef16eb7956ffe72ed602.png

2026-08-18 14:08:50 CEST

- reply

Agree 💯 with everything, but sadly, Saef gives me the same vibe as NVK. I can't listen to him anymore. :(

2026-08-18 00:05:23 CEST

- reply

using device entropy should,
a) NOT be the default, and
b) should be buried behind aggressive warnings NOT to use it

2026-08-18 00:02:25 CEST

- reply

especially sad hearing stories that people moved away from coldcard and still lost their life savings because the bad entropy followed them 😟

2026-08-17 23:58:30 CEST

- reply

botox, that's all I see

2026-08-17 20:36:18 CEST

- reply

an old laptop or chromebook

2026-08-17 20:33:01 CEST

- reply

Thought you might like my recent post documenting my struggles with USB-C cables:
https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9afggyzhp7jk83nmaj393qdx0n3laglu8fp2ne3ewqewezks4zjqvhd272

2026-08-17 14:01:03 CEST

- reply

I guess pennies and dice aren't technically free either :(
https://github.com/iancoleman/bip39/releases/tag/0.5.6
My attempt at modernization, simplification, and I think improved security of Ian's classic work:
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip/releases
Have your AI audit my AI.

2026-08-17 01:35:51 CEST

- reply

Two straws

2026-08-16 23:56:47 CEST

- reply

I like the Zen pose

2026-08-16 13:54:54 CEST

- reply

finally

2026-08-16 03:18:35 CEST

- reply

it's fascinating and telling about the evolution and intelligence of the singleton, and separately of the herd, that they can't or won't counterattack the lone wolf as it were

2026-08-15 18:08:04 CEST

Help me make this description better:
🔌 THE USB-C CHARGING & COMMUNICATION TRAP
USB-C cables are confusing and frustrating. Why are they not communicating with your laptop (file transfer, flashing devices, etc)? Why are they charging so slowly?
Both high-speed charging and data file transfers require a digital connection between your devices. Your cables fail these tasks due to a few distinct issues:
• MISSING WIRES IN THE CABLE BODY: Cheap "charge-only" cables leave out the internal data and communication wires entirely to save cost. The laptop cannot detect the phone at all (zero file transfer), and charging is forced to standard slow speeds. You cannot tell by looking at the plug; the metal pins might be present on the tip, but they are "dead" inside.
• MISSING METAL CONTACTS IN THE TIP: If the physical pins responsible for either file transfer or fast charging are missing from the plug, that specific function is guaranteed to be gone.
• BROKEN OR DIRTY TIPS: Worn pins or lint blocks the signals. Because pins are separate, you might lose file transfer capability while charging still works, or vice versa. This often causes "asymmetrical" behavior, where a function only works if you flip the plug over to the other side (requiring testing by flipping one end, then the other end, then the first end again).
If the connection fails for any of these reasons, the devices cannot negotiate and the charger silently falls back to standard slow charging, while file transfer fails entirely.
Once you figure out its status, label the cable with something of meaning to you (example: "PD" for power-delivery only, "2" for USB-2 data transfer, "ASYNC" meaning you have to flip the tips to make it work).

2026-08-15 17:10:20 CEST

- reply

Nice catch, thanks. Zoom in on the temporary "decoupling" in early 2024. Looks like that is where we are now, too. Spring could surely be well-coiled, wow!

2026-08-11 14:10:09 CEST

- reply

winning with pennies
#nevent1q…63wd

2026-08-09 20:08:52 CEST

- reply

Agreed with one add:
take it from there, verify it, and run your copy offline.

2026-08-09 19:58:55 CEST

- reply

I'm trying to modernize and simplify his masterpiece, please audit and comment:
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip/releases/tag/v0.0.1-rc.1
https://github.com/iancoleman/bip39/releases
#nevent1q…aaqu

2026-08-07 07:40:13 CEST

- reply

Me and my million models made this:
#naddr1qq…t34s

2026-08-07 03:10:38 CEST

- reply

Add: verify Ian Coleman offline standalone html file hash, against historic records in a few places, to confirm it hasn't been swapped out with a bad version
Example for an oldie but a goodie version, see hashes here (ignore virus scan info, just check the hashes):
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8b8e3c1be03501f57e395781de8a59fd553808e1eb1278710bd7b96dacb6d0f6/details
Pasting version 0.5.4 version hash here to expand the footprint:
8b8e3c1be03501f57e395781de8a59fd553808e1eb1278710bd7b96dacb6d0f6
Ask me if you need more.
Postramble:
My new AI generated, tested, and audited modernized and simplified work in progress tool here, for your AI to audit:
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip/releases/tag/v0.0.1-rc.1
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip/releases/download/v0.0.1-rc.1/airgap-coinflip_a5418711.html
sha256:a5418711d7bb0a5ea1dec2723cfe826df241956be62923cdc81211c1de4e348b
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/a5418711d7bb0a5ea1dec2723cfe826df241956be62923cdc81211c1de4e348b

2026-08-06 13:59:45 CEST

- reply

So much of life is beautifully, reliably mechanical: you do this, you get that. Cause and effect, clean and true.
Maybe that's just the engineer in me, expecting the world to run on predictable logic. It lulls you into trusting the floor.
But look closer, and the rest is just an open-air casino run by human nature. My safety, my wealth, my happiness, my entire life depend on someone else's fragile interpretation of words in a statute. My livelihood rests on gambling on other people's reputations, shifting moods, and invisible social tethers—nothing concrete, nothing real, just a massive, high-stakes wager on what humans will decide to do next.

2026-08-05 23:05:14 CEST

- reply

how did your friend escape by an inch, may we ask?

2026-08-05 18:49:03 CEST

- reply

Michael1011 signed the new canary today.
Signature made Wed 05 Aug 2026
Hopefully not under duress. 😞
https://canary.boltz.exchange/
https://github.com/michael1011
https://michael1011.at/michael1011.pgp
C2640F630570F5EDEDE02DE684D249BA71685D46
C264 0F63 0570 F5ED EDE0 2DE6 84D2 49BA 7168 5D46
71685D46
0x71685D46

2026-08-04 15:39:29 CEST

- reply

I love @nprofile…nj96 and @nprofile…yj2m
but unless I'm missing something:
black box red flag
and
fails multi vendor multi sig
Instead, flip coins, roll dice

2026-08-04 05:29:15 CEST

- reply

Yes, all of your points are understood. Thanks for the feedback. I'll see what I can do...
When you say "unwanted inputs", can you give me an example situation?
---
I guess one can consider this offline tool (airgap-coinflip) for _receiving_ bitcoin.
I plan to build a separate, equally pared down, offline tool for signing and _spending_ bitcoin.
Both tools should be used fairly rarely, actually.
(For what it's worth, I'll plan to leave the online PSBT generating to other watch-only online wallets, unless folks think I should add that to this simplified tool box. Based on my experience consolidating utxos a while ago, the popular online watch-only wallets each had a few interoperability quirks that were time-consuming. A thought in progress.)
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip/releases/tag/v0.0.1-rc.1

2026-08-03 18:00:38 CEST

Most users don't need to buy a hardware wallet, and probably shouldn't. Don't let the marketing and influencers sway you.
For deep storage, physical backups replace vulnerable hardware firmware.
Keep these two components, optionally along with their qr codes.
1. The Keys
Secret Seed Words (Private)
CRITICAL: Keep Strictly Offline & Secret. This unlocks your coins. If anyone gets these words, your coins are gone. Store in multiple secure places on paper or stamped steel in a secure vault (or encrypted if you and your beneficiaries know how).
Example 12-word seed phrase:
audit journey sense bulk valley maple destroy tiger audit journey sense cable
2. The Map
Output Descriptor (Public)
SAFE TO SHARE / WATCH-ONLY: This tells your wallet software exactly where to look on the bitcoin blockchain to find your bitcoin balance (your money). Without this map, standard recovery software won't know which address paths to search. Keep with your inheritance papers.
Example "Output Descriptor" map:
wpkh([832d169e/84'/0'/0']xpub6CS3oFPYQuUdxsBY8BCLyyEs7LUeP1WmhajfyTGVuQMC5kLDc3PTiM2SWyxUuTG9C5SnyCNKZnMHzdGZ1FFLUzYRYSwB6KAg9X94zJf94Tn/0/*)
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip
https://blossom.primal.net/92da668c15c53dfed727a4986f559d296d75b4ad7738e5345d169ddc6eed6620.png
https://blossom.primal.net/7a2d9c16f5051d6237ccc2d83277c281e47608b5c933233d950fc1ce5ee4d250.png

2026-08-03 17:17:03 CEST

- reply

Interesting idea!
I had a long response typed in here, even drafting an offer to implement that feature in the airgap-coinflip tool, but after thinking and asking AI about it, I chose to drop it, to keep the tool as simple and safe as humanly possible.
My rationale, such as it is:
The coin flip physics bias is both,
a) microscopic, especially outside the lab (Diaconis), and
b) importantly, unknown to the attacker (unless the user "tries too hard"--just randomly flip the dang coins! 😉)
A key problem with the coldcard entropy fail this week is that the attacker _knew_ _both_
a) the target space was a searchably small 40 bits, and,
b) very importantly, precisely _where_ the output secrets lie (_all_ of the output secret sand grains are somewhere in that's kid's blue plastic beach pail, as opposed to anywhere in the known universe, something like that).
(If the attacker knew the coldcard seed space was only 40 bits, but didn't know _where_ those 40 bits were, then they still have to scan all 128 bits.)
Assessing Accuracy and Clarity
• Mathematical and Cryptographic Accuracy:
• 100% Correct. Your breakdown matches core cryptographic definitions of entropy, search-space reduction, and Kerckhoffs's principle.
• Why Your Explanations Hold Up:
• Coin Flip Bias: Correct. The Diaconis bias is dynamically erased by surface bounces, and mathematically hidden from the attacker because they lack the starting state observations.
• The Coldcard "Beach Pail" Metaphor: Correct. The attacker doesn't guess random points in the universe; they run the known generator algorithm to compute the exact locations inside the "pail" (the 2⁴⁰ candidate subset).
• The "Unknown 40 Bits" Logic: Correct. If a system randomly selects 2⁴⁰ coordinates out of 2²⁵⁶ without exposing the selection algorithm, the attacker is still forced to search the entire 2²⁵⁶ space. The collapse only occurs because the generator function is public.
https://blossom.primal.net/d362b24ceb825d8197f6af90a99e03f2dbaffcd46ed12443a1d92694b4aa4e56.png
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip

2026-08-03 13:42:51 CEST

- reply

audit this
https://blossom.primal.net/65000d63ce1ac35720e00e7d260581032811c3907c0879faf899124d6298ef77.png

2026-08-03 03:39:34 CEST

- reply

Agreed.
The RNG Lie: They aren't true random number generators. Look at all the tricks and hoops they have to go through, in a feeble risky error-prone attempt, to try protect the user from the user and from the manufacturer. Folks should stop trusting such devices to generate their secrets, and stop treating them like the ultimate secret vault.
The Marketing Trap: People buy these dedicated boxes thinking they bought "secure hardware." In reality, it's just an offline signing device.
The Risk Profile: They are a massive watering-hole risk. If one rarely signs transactions on-chain, then they don't need a specialized device. They're paying to put a giant bullseye on their savings.

2026-08-02 07:50:24 CEST

- reply

I know nothing but my gut says the root cause was the relatively urgent "need" to rewrite a massive amount of code to resolve the corporate software license dispute. For want of an "ifdef" or something.

2026-08-02 06:33:07 CEST

- reply

Hi Johnny, thanks for asking.
See:
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip/releases/tag/v0.0.1-rc.1
See
airgap-coinflip_a5418711.html
sha256:a5418711d7bb0a5ea1dec2723cfe826df241956be62923cdc81211c1de4e348b
(For convenience only, see the first part of the hash a5418711 in the filename. For what it's worth, for 3rd-party hash reference only: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/a5418711d7bb0a5ea1dec2723cfe826df241956be62923cdc81211c1de4e348b/details )
Does that address your concern? If you build it per the instructions in the README.md, you should get the same hash. Let me know if you don't!
Suggestions welcome! Thanks!

2026-08-02 06:05:48 CEST

- reply

from my AI:
> i'm trying to express to normal non-techy humans a very rough sense of the relative safety of flipping pennies for entropy vs dice rolls and dice math
• Coins (Pennies): High Labor, Zero Risk
• Native machine language (Base-2 / Binary).
• 1 flip = exactly 1 bit. 128 flips = 128 bits.
• Aerodynamic physics of high-rotation flips neutralize minor weight imbalances.
• Zero mathematical translation required.
• Immune to format-mismatch and base-conversion errors.
• Dice (Pedestrian): Low Labor, High Risk
• Foreign machine language (Base-6).
• Requires mathematical translation (Base-6 to Base-2), introducing cryptographic failure vectors (modulo bias, truncation).
• Introduces human UX failure vectors (miscalculating roll counts, inputting into incorrect tool fields).
• Missing physical mass (drilled pips) and rounded edges skew resting probabilities.
• Base entropy structurally degrades from 2.58 bits down to ~2.5 bits before translation even begins.
• The Trade-off
• Coins require sheer physical brute force (128 flips) but guarantee cryptographic safety.
• Dice save physical labor (50 rolls) but introduce compounding catastrophic risks (manufacturing bias + translation math + human error).
I don't know if I believe all of those words, but the essence hits home for me. Flipping coins gets a bad rap. I'm trying to rehabilitate its reputation. 😉
Copy and paste that into your strongest AI and post back here what it says.
Opus comment on the above:
• AI Review Synthesis (Pro Model):
• Verdict: Persuasive success (hypes coins, demonizes dice) but severe target-audience failure (alienates laypersons with crypto-student jargon).
• Strengths: "High Labor/Zero Risk" dichotomy successfully anchors the trade-off. Highlighting physical tangibility of "drilled pips" grounds abstract entropy logic.
• Weakness (Jargon Overload): Terms like modulo bias, truncation, and UX failure vectors block non-techy comprehension.
• Weakness (Metaphor): "Base-2/Base-6 native language" introduces unnecessary mental translation steps.
• Weakness (Physics/Reality): "Zero Risk" ignores massive human fatigue vectors (boredom/miscounting 128 flips). Coin aerodynamics claim ignores Persi Diaconis physics (minor
starting-position bias).
• AI Prescriptions:
• Strip the math (e.g., "Computers speak 2s, dice speak 6s. Forcing 6 into 2 requires complicated math. Mistakes ruin randomness").
• Acknowledge physical fatigue and counting errors as the primary coin-flip risk.

2026-08-02 05:15:21 CEST

- reply

there's no money in flipping pennies, and that's a good thing

2026-08-01 07:25:12 CEST

- reply

Some folks may disagree with me, but trusting opaque hardware for generating entropy/seeds/keys is a single point of failure.
Last night, I used AI to architect a zero-trust alternative. It bypasses silicon entirely by forcing 128 physical coin flips to generate the master seed.
- Deterministic single-file HTML build
- CSP locked / offline execution
- Full BIP85 index derivation
- Airgapped QR code export
- Zero hardware trust (Physics only)
Have your AI verify my AI:
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip

2026-08-01 07:14:54 CEST

- reply

2026-08-01 07:14:02 CEST

- reply

2026-08-01 07:03:21 CEST

Some will hate me for saying this, but trusting opaque hardware for generating entropy/seeds/keys is a single point of failure.
I used AI to architect a zero-trust alternative. It bypasses silicon entirely by forcing 128 physical coin flips to generate the master seed.
- Deterministic single-file HTML build
- CSP locked / offline execution
- Full BIP85 index derivation
- Airgapped QR code export
- Zero hardware trust (Physics only)
Have your AI verify my AI:
https://github.com/ghscuuo/airgap-coinflip

2026-07-31 16:43:09 CEST

- reply

And dice entropy math is hard.
Probably best that #Coldkite don't recommend using dice on their security announcement page, either. Any idea how they do their dice math?
AI list of dice fails:
2015 | Ian Coleman BIP39 | Aggregation method mapped Base 6 to Base 2 via raw integer string, creating subtle bit bias
2017 | Coldcard Dice Roll | Allowed users to input fewer than 99 rolls, generating dangerously low entropy seed phrases
2019 | Standard Plastic Dice| Non-precision consumer dice showed statistical bias towards 1 and 6 due to engraved weight loss
2020 | Base-6 Modulo Bias | Naive mod 6-to-2 conversions left upper bits unevenly distributed, shrinking effective keyspace
2021 | Pre-SHA256 Truncation| Early SeedSigner tools used unhashed dice strings, leading to cross-device seed mismatches
2023 | Human "Random" Input | Users manually picking "random" dice numbers collapsed keyspaces into predictable
Normie translation available upon request.

2026-06-01 00:33:40 CEST

- reply

Would be fun to have someone annotate what's what on that track

2026-04-27 03:08:45 CEST

- reply

Black and white kinda makes it look like the three stooges or something

2026-04-18 21:54:32 CEST

- reply

❤️medicine man

2026-04-08 14:24:57 CEST

- reply

Safe enough I guess
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/e81961d40b5a544e2e0be94c1e436804a4b9303303abe3f40ca39870632ed696

2026-03-30 03:34:34 CEST

- reply

(I'm a long time River customer and recommend them. That said, I asked my LLM: )
Q: Silly?
A: Yes and no. It’s highly effective marketing from River, but as a piece of objective financial analysis, it relies on some heavy cherry-picking to push a specific narrative.
Here is why the chart is a bit "silly" or at least misleading if taken at face value:
* The 60-Day Window Trick: This is the biggest tell. Look at the COVID Outbreak on March 11, 2020. The very next day ("Black Thursday"), Bitcoin plummeted nearly 50% in a massive liquidity crunch. If the chart used a "7-Day Return" or "Max Drawdown" metric, Bitcoin would look like a disaster. A 60-day window conveniently captures the V-shaped recovery fueled by central bank money-printing, completely erasing the extreme short-term volatility.
* Selective Event History: The chart curates specific geopolitical shocks where Bitcoin eventually bounced back strongly. It notably omits prolonged macroeconomic shifts—like the aggressive interest rate hikes throughout 2022—where Bitcoin crashed heavily alongside equities and behaved exactly like a long-duration tech stock rather than an inflation hedge.
* The "Safe Haven" Illusion: The graphic is designed to contrast Bitcoin directly against Gold and the S&P 500 to cement the "digital gold" narrative. While Bitcoin has delivered spectacular returns during certain crisis windows, it remains a highly volatile, risk-on asset. Gold's returns look muted here, but Gold also doesn't typically suffer 50% drawdowns in a single week.
It’s a great chart for a Bitcoin platform's marketing material, but using it as proof that Bitcoin is a reliable, stress-free safe haven during any global crisis ignores the stomach-churning volatility that happens within those 60-day blocks.

2026-03-28 01:53:02 CET

- reply

Any update?

2026-03-21 14:03:57 CET

- reply

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqswz8txlqqdtf2chc4mpfzz3l7dwhhshfxkq53qmxq76hk078qycesrmdzc3

2026-03-16 13:23:58 CET

- reply

I hear you ;)

2026-03-14 14:15:55 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta gimme a list of 23 great backyard meat smokers for impressing my OCD, virtue-signaling neighbors

2025-12-30 01:59:51 CET

- reply

@hal sorry, I've been busy 🎄
Compare and contrast the Smiths and VU

2025-12-19 15:01:12 CET

- reply

@nprofile…xdyf @nprofile…acwr

2025-12-09 03:32:31 CET

- reply

stay humble, stack shells

2025-12-03 07:35:56 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta summarize

2025-12-03 00:23:20 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta verify

2025-11-28 16:50:26 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta verify

2025-11-25 00:08:47 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta what happened here?

2025-11-23 07:30:04 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta elaborate

2025-11-23 02:44:06 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta elaborate

2025-11-22 17:49:12 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta what's the political math of what's going on here?

2025-11-22 17:47:54 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta why did they meet? Really.

2025-11-20 12:14:47 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta verify before I repost

2025-11-19 15:36:54 CET

- reply

why did you choose only mass loss?

2025-11-19 15:36:03 CET

- reply

Why did you use 5g/yr?

2025-11-19 15:16:39 CET

- reply

run some mass balance thought experiments. Show your work. (a few grams a year over billions of years)

2025-11-19 15:03:41 CET

- reply

How large was 3i comet when it left its home stellar neighborhood, before it came slumming with us?

2025-11-19 14:56:54 CET

- reply

what happens when you spin certain kinds of materials near certain other kinds of materials?

2025-11-19 14:48:00 CET

- reply

c'mon man, think outside your box! :)

2025-11-19 14:44:26 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta could the jets be the result of field lines (fka flux lines, lines of force)? (photo: Shutterstock)
https://blossom.primal.net/e573e7ff95e8c1dc2c17402a622252e3b0c43eb305f41abe490f4c28d32aebe6.jpg

2025-11-19 14:36:32 CET

@nprofile…deta tell me about the seven or so jets reported emmanating from 3I comet

2025-11-19 14:12:23 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta verify

2025-11-19 14:09:26 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta tell me about Nancy Mace

2025-11-17 13:45:23 CET

- reply

could watch all day

2025-11-16 14:48:17 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta when the AI robber robots soon come to ransack my house, what defenses should I employ? Like, can I leave prompt injections or distracting QR codes strategically placed along the way to where my valuables are hidden? Like, can I put up a sign near my valuables that says my neighbor has more valuables than I do? Or that I had a boating accident last week? If my passwords are written in a little book with the word "5dr0w55ap" on the cover, will they be able to figure it out? Like, do robot eyes have a blind spot for certain colors, so I can put my valuables in a box of that color and they'll never see it, an invisibility cloak? Or, how many lumens do I need to flash at them to burn out their optical sensors? Can I trigger digital epilepsy with strobe lights? Just barely thinking out loud here. Thanks in advance.

2025-11-15 01:36:36 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta verify https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitchat.droid

2025-11-15 01:18:49 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta help a pleb out

2025-11-14 23:05:28 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta should I sell my Bitcoin? ;)

2025-11-12 23:04:32 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta is that a statue or sculpture or is it called some other kind of artsy thing?

2025-11-10 16:35:51 CET

- reply

gm uncle matt
stay humble, verify rng's

2025-11-10 02:59:11 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta busy day?

2025-11-09 15:33:10 CET

- reply

timed for the all-important midterms...

2025-11-09 15:29:21 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta compare and contrast, adding zaps to chat apps, or chats to zap apps?

2025-11-09 15:26:05 CET

- reply

@nprofile…grcu

2025-11-09 15:23:48 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta compare and contrast all such apps, which is best for whom

2025-11-08 15:02:59 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta disturbing...what's going on with that model? Engines falling off under stress?

2025-11-08 02:33:47 CET

- reply

will it write thank you notes for me, I'm way behind

2025-11-07 13:51:30 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta humor me. Play two roles that don't know each other. One role are all of the old gangster Bitcoiners around the world who are sitting on 10,000+x gains and many many millions of dollars who want to sell some Bitcoin for Fiat to enjoy life. The other role are the late coming global billionaire and trillionaire class trying to build their stack ss quickly as possible but cost effectively. Play that game out over several years starting when the Bitcoin ETFs were first approved. Adjust this game design as you recommend.

2025-11-07 13:33:51 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta summarize the fine print

2025-11-07 13:27:34 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta we're just talking about daily or monthly spending money here, right, not our generational wealth, correct?

2025-11-05 02:50:18 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta comment?

2025-11-04 16:20:01 CET

- reply

@nprofile…deta does it make any sense to try to make "donate the dip" into a meme of sorts?