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2026-07-15 18:21:57 UTC

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Congrats brother! Happy Birthday 🎉

2026-07-13 18:28:52 UTC

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2026-07-01 00:44:25 UTC

Grateful to share that I've been admitted pro hac vice to appear before the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi. Looking forward to the work ahead.

2026-06-16 23:20:59 UTC

Not your keys, not your coins — and not your heirs' coins either, unless they can find the keys.
A will doesn't solve it. "My family knows" doesn't solve it. It has to be documented: where the seed lives, the passphrase, the multisig config, and how your executor actually moves it.
I'm a California attorney who runs a node, mines, and holds my own keys. I wrote a free Bitcoin Inheritance Kit to close that gap:
• Custody audit checklist
• Heir letter (plain English)
• Digital asset memorandum (a real legal instrument)
• Executor technical guide
• Tax summary (stepped-up basis)
• Shamir's Secret Sharing guide
• Node & mining estate planning
8 editable docs. Free. No email, no paywall.
https://asaffulkslaw.com/bitcoin-estate-planning/
If it's not documented, it's lost. (Educational, not legal advice; the legal template is California-drafted.)

2026-05-17 19:11:57 UTC

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Two points, taken in order.
On signaling not equaling consensus change: BIP-110 doesn't activate a relay policy. It activates a consensus rule — once locked in at the 55% threshold, signaling nodes reject blocks that violate the new rules. A miner mining a block valid under the old rules but invalid under the new ones produces a block that activated nodes will not accept. That is the definition of a consensus rule. Signaling-without-enforcement is what BIP-110 looks like before activation. Signaling-with-enforcement is what it looks like after. The mechanism is identical to SegWit's, which is why I treat it as a consensus change — because that's what it is.
The SegWit comparison cuts the other way. SegWit had 95% signaling, 20 months of review, and overwhelming economic support before activation. BIP-110 has 55%, six weeks, and stalled at 0.15%. The framework distinguishes between proposals on those parameters — not on the question of whether they're "consensus changes." Both are. One met the bar. One didn't. That's what the scoring is for.
On Core "choosing inaction" on inscriptions: not-acting is a choice. Agreed. But the specific decision in 2022–2023 was whether to soft-fork to invalidate inscriptions retroactively, which would have required exactly the kind of consensus change process this framework calls for — review period, threshold, contingency plan, economic-node support. None of that work was done. Core declined to push a poorly-prepared soft fork. That's the same standard applied to BIP-110, applied consistently. If you score the 2022 inscription-ban hypothetical against the same 20 criteria, it fails for the same reasons BIP-110 fails.
The "do it alone or together" framing is the actual disagreement. You're right that BIP-110 attempts to coordinate filtering across the network. The objection isn't to coordination. It's to coordinating via a mechanism that fails the criteria for safe consensus changes. A 95% threshold proposal with 24 months of review and overwhelming economic support would coordinate filtering across the network too — and would score accordingly. Score that proposal. Show your work.

2026-05-17 06:13:14 UTC

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Fair critique on circularity — worth addressing directly.
The criteria weren't reverse-engineered to fail BIP-110. The framework scores Taproot at 18/20 explicitly and notes that SegWit would have passed at a high score. The methodology applies to any consensus or relay proposal — score a hypothetical block size increase against it, score the next softfork that comes through. If you think specific criteria are wrong, name them and we can discuss the criterion, not the score.
Two corrections on your facts:
BIP-110 was drafted as a soft fork. A consensus change. The paper treats it that way because the BIP itself does — that's why it has an activation threshold, a signaling mechanism, and a sunset clause. None of those exist for pure relay policy. "It's just standardness" is a framing some proponents use to make the proposal sound less consequential; the BIP text doesn't support it.
Opt-in mitigates accidental activation. The objection isn't that anyone is forced to activate. It's that bundling consensus-altering activation code into binaries distributed through normal update channels — alongside stable releases, with no risk disclosure at the point of selection — shifts coordination costs in a way the framework flags. That's spelled out in the activation safety section.
On "the client controlled by developers who permitted Ordinals" — Core didn't author ordinals. Ordinals exploited witness data that segwit made cheaper in 2017, years before inscriptions existed. You can be against ordinals (I am, my node filters them at the relay layer right now) without conflating two unrelated technical histories.
The "you took a side" framing assumes neutrality means having no conclusions. That's not what the framework claims. It claims the method is reproducible — anyone can score any proposal against the same 20 criteria and show their work. The framework's authority derives from its usefulness, not from its conclusions. If you score BIP-110 differently, post your scoring. That's the actual test.

2026-05-17 03:21:22 UTC

Migrated both my nodes from Knots to Core.
When I wrote the consensus change checklist, I scored BIP-110 against my own 20 criteria and it didn't clear the bar. The framework is supposed to be neutral — a tool, not a verdict. But I was still running the client that's now packaged as the activation vehicle for that exact proposal.
Running BIP-110-bundled software while publishing analytical work arguing the proposal doesn't meet activation criteria is a contradiction I couldn't keep ignoring.
This isn't anti-Knots. Knots is legitimate software and the mempool policy work is real. What changed is the product — the codebase now ships activation code by default, opt-in to enable but present in the binary. My response to the package changing isn't a referendum on the client.
For anyone wondering: Core lets you configure mempool policy in bitcoin.conf. You don't need Knots to filter your own node. The defaults differ; the knobs are still there.
Migration was clean — moved chainstate between app data dirs on Umbrel, no IBD. 875G chain intact, ~15 minutes per node.
The checklist applies to me too. That's the whole point of writing one.

2026-04-06 20:37:27 UTC

How do you evaluate a Bitcoin consensus change proposal?
Not whether you agree with the goal. Whether the proposal is safe to activate. Whether the code has been reviewed. Whether the activation threshold is high enough to avoid a chain split. Whether the timeline gave the community enough time to evaluate the risks.
There's no standard for answering those questions. The BIP process tells you how to format a proposal. It says nothing about whether the proposal meets a minimum bar for safety. No required review periods. No code audit standards. No activation threshold minimums. No chain split risk assessment.
I wrote a framework that fills that gap.
"Consensus Change Standards" is a 28-page paper with a 20-point Consensus Change Readiness Checklist. Binary scoring — each criterion is met or not met. You can apply it to any consensus change proposal, past or future.
Here's what it looks like applied to BIP-110:
- 55% activation threshold (Taproot used 90%)
- Approximately 2 months from proposal to activation client (Taproot took nearly 4 years)
- Multiple developers reported bugs in the activation client
- No public evidence of testnet deployment
- Activation client listed alongside stable releases with no risk disclosure
Score: 4/20. Taproot scores 19-20/20. Those aren't opinions. Those are inputs and outputs.
The framework doesn't take a position on whether BIP-110's goals are right or wrong. It evaluates the process.
What else is in the paper:
- Historical analysis of how P2SH, SegWit, SegWit2x, and Taproot were proposed, reviewed, and activated — with a comparison table of thresholds, timelines, and outcomes
- Tiered minimum review periods: 12 months for changes that add new validation rules, 24 months for changes that invalidate currently valid transactions
- Code audit standards: 3 independent developer reviews, comprehensive test suites, 3 months on testnet, fuzzing and adversarial testing
- Activation threshold standards: 90% minimum for miner-activated soft forks
- Sunset clause requirements for proposals described as temporary
- Legal analysis: negligence liability for developers who release defective activation clients, tortious interference from chain splits, fiduciary duty arguments from the Tulip Trading litigation, mining pool operator liability, and regulatory implications under IRS Revenue Ruling 2019-24
The legal section is what makes this paper different from anything else in the conversation. I'm a practicing litigator (California State Bar No. 343622, admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California), a solo Bitcoin miner, and a full node operator. If a reckless activation ever causes a chain split and someone loses funds, the standard of care exercised in the process will be the first thing that gets evaluated.
The framework is designed to outlast any single proposal or debate. You can use it to evaluate BIP-110. You can use it to evaluate the next thing that comes along. That's the point.
CC BY 4.0. Share it, build on it, translate it.
PDF: https://asaffulkslaw.com/bitcoin-law/consensus-change-standards-a-framework-for-bitcoin-protocol-governance/
GitHub: https://github.com/asaffulks/consensus-change-standards
Published by The Forum Press, a Fulks, Inc. company.

2026-03-31 04:08:01 UTC

Between 3 and 4 million Bitcoin are permanently inaccessible. Not seized. Not hacked. Lost — because the people who held the private keys died, and nobody else had them.
Your will says "I leave my Bitcoin to my daughter." Beautiful. Now how does she access it? Does she know what a hardware wallet is? Does she know where the seed phrase backup is? Does she know if you use a passphrase?
If the answer to any of those is no, your will is legally valid and technically useless. You cannot petition the Bitcoin network. You cannot subpoena a blockchain. No key, no Bitcoin. No exceptions.
A real estate plan addresses both sides: the legal authority AND the technical access. Your attorney drafts the trust. But who audits your custody setup? Who writes the step-by-step instructions for your non-technical spouse? Who explains to your executor what a Coldcard is?
I'm a California-licensed attorney (Bar #343622) and a solo miner running an Avalon Q on solar. I wrote a detailed breakdown of why standard estate plans fail Bitcoin holders — and what an actual plan looks like.
https://asaffulkslaw.com/bitcoin-law/what-happens-to-your-bitcoin-when-you-die/
I also built a complete Bitcoin Inheritance Kit — 8 documents covering everything from custody audit to Shamir's Secret Sharing to mining estate planning:
https://asaffulkslaw.com/bitcoin-estate-planning/
#bitcoin #estateplanning #selfcustody #notyourkeysnotyourcoins #inheritance #law

2026-03-25 18:14:25 UTC

There are two ways for lawyers to fail right now. Use AI recklessly and get sanctioned. Or ignore it entirely and get outcompeted.
The legal profession was built on books and precedent, not software. That worked for decades. It doesn't work anymore.
1,100+ sanctions and counting. A $3 billion legal AI industry.
https://asaffulkslaw.com/legal-technology/ai-wont-replace-lawyers-but-its-already-replacing-the-ones-who-ignore-it/
#ai #law #nostr

2026-03-12 04:12:14 UTC

Federal court admission certificate arrived. Sitting right where it belongs — on top of 20 years of studio gear. Two careers, one desk.
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2026-03-10 07:07:03 UTC

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Appreciate the pushback — you're right that rulemaking will shape it more than the gaps alone. That's exactly why I flagged the OCC rules and the Clarity Act fight. The regulations being written right now will define how attorneys advise clients for the next decade. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

2026-03-09 23:08:54 UTC

The GENIUS Act is law. The OCC is writing stablecoin rules. A bill to put 1 million BTC in a Strategic Reserve is in the Senate. The Clarity Act is grinding through committee.
Most lawyers have zero idea what's coming. Estate planning, tax, litigation, family law, IP — every practice area is about to hit a wall of Bitcoin questions they can't answer.
I'm a practicing attorney and a solo miner. I hold my own keys. I run my own node. I file my own 8949. Wrote this for the lawyers who need to catch up.
https://asaffulkslaw.com/bitcoin-law/if-you-practice-law-and-dont-understand-bitcoin-youre-already-behind/
#bitcoin #law #nostr

2026-03-04 18:46:09 UTC

Been Building.
Just announced StemDesk — full VST3/AAX plugin suite + standalone app. AI-assisted audio engineering and music production assistant that runs completely local. No cloud, no third party, no uploads.
Your sessions stay yours.
https://ocrecording.com/blog/introducing-stemdesk/
#StemDesk #MusicProduction #AudioEngineering #ProTools #VST3

2026-02-25 21:07:37 UTC

The people building legal software don't practice law. The people practicing law don't build software. I'm trying to change that.
My first post on CaseDesk™ — the case management system I'm building from the trenches.
https://asaffulkslaw.com/legal-technology/why-im-building-the-legal-case-management-system-i-wish-i-had/
#LegalTech #CaseManagement #LawPractice #AI

2026-02-17 03:14:27 UTC

I hear a lot of people in the Bitcoin space argue that intellectual property shouldn't exist. I get the philosophy. But I hold a U.S. patent, a federal trademark, and I'm currently building a legal tech platform. Without IP protection, I wouldn't be investing the time, money, and risk into building something original — because anyone with more resources could just copy it and outrun me. IP isn't perfect. But it's the reason independent creators and small builders can compete against companies with unlimited budgets. You don't have to love the system to acknowledge that without it, the little guy gets crushed.
Full post: https://asaffulkslaw.com/ip-digital-assets/why-intellectual-property-matters-a-patent-holders-response-to-the-ip-is-theft-crowd/
#Bitcoin #IntellectualProperty #Patents #Entrepreneurship #Law

2026-02-16 22:52:51 UTC

Building on my last post, I wrote about something I've been thinking about for a while — what 20 years in the recording studio actually taught me about practicing law. Reading people in depositions. Negotiating under pressure. Managing chaos when every deadline hits at once. The skills aren't that different. The stakes just got bigger.
asaffulkslaw.com/blog/the-courtroom-is-just-a-different-studio

2026-02-16 06:43:17 UTC

Before I became a defense attorney, I spent 20 years negotiating licensing deals, royalty agreements, and complex business contracts in the entertainment industry. People ask if that experience translates to law. My answer: every deposition I take, every MSJ opposition I draft, every mediation I prepare for — I'm drawing on two decades of reading people, managing risk, and closing deals. The courtroom is just a different studio.
https://asaffulkslaw.com

2026-02-13 05:34:21 UTC

Building on my last post about L402 — answering the obvious questions:
"What AI would actually use this?"
Agentic AI. Not chatbots — agents. Software that you give a task and it breaks it into subtasks and executes them autonomously. Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Moltbook. Thousands of AI agents are already making phone calls, sending emails, deploying code. No human clicking buttons.
"But I already pay for AI. Why would AI need money?"
You pay FOR the AI. But the AI needs to pay for things WHILE it works.
You say "build me an app with real-time bitcoin prices." The AI needs a premium data feed. Right now it stops. You sign up, get API keys, come back. With L402, the AI just pays. 50 sats. Keeps building. You set a budget, it spends within it.
"But do APIs even accept Lightning payments?"
Not many. Yet. This is the honest part.
Lightning Labs just shipped the rails. The trains come next. Aperture lets any developer make their API accept autonomous AI payments — but adoption is early.
Someone had to build the infrastructure first. That happened yesterday.
The 402 status code has been in HTTP since the 90s. "Payment Required." A placeholder waiting for permissionless digital money to exist.
30 years later, it finally works.
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2026-02-11-ln-agent-tools/
#bitcoin #lightning #ai

2026-02-13 04:34:27 UTC

Everyone's asking what breaks Bitcoin out.
Here's what nobody's talking about:
AI agents need money. Billions of them coming. They need to pay for compute, data, APIs. They can't open bank accounts. They can't do KYC. They can't sign up for Stripe.
There's only one permissionless payment rail on Earth.
Lightning Labs released tools yesterday for AI agents to run Lightning nodes and transact autonomously. L402 protocol. Machine pays machine. No human in the loop.
The next wave of Bitcoin demand won't come from institutions. It'll come from machines.
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2026-02-11-ln-agent-tools/
#bitcoin #ai #lightning

2026-02-05 16:57:32 UTC

Baruch Hashem for cheap sats.
12 spies saw the promised land. 10 panicked at the giants. 2 said "let's go."
The 10 never made it. Joshua and Caleb inherited everything.
Everyone sees the same chart. Most see danger. Few see the dip.
#bitcoin #torah

2026-01-23 23:20:08 UTC

Bitcoin produces 144 blocks per day. One approximately every 10 minutes.
קדם (kedem) = 144. Kedem means "ancient" — from the beginning.
10 utterances created the world in בְּרֵאשִׁית (Bereshit) — "in the beginning."
10 commandments — the original protocol. Given once on two blocks of stone. Never changed.
Sound money is kedem. Fiat is the experiment.
In Hebrew, to progress — להתקדם (lehitkadem) — comes from the same root as ancient קדם.
144 blocks. 10 minutes. Ancient principles moving forward — block by block.
#bitcoin #torah

2026-01-23 01:35:15 UTC

"You shall not have differing weights... all who do such things are an abomination (תועבה) to the LORD." — Deuteronomy 25:13-16
Toevah. One of the harshest words in Torah. This is what God calls a weight that changes.
Money is how we measure value. A currency that loses purchasing power is a weight that changes.
Gematria of תועבה (abomination) = 483.
Gematria of בלי אמת (without truth) = 483.
The dollar has lost 97% of its value since 1913. Money without truth — an abomination.
Bitcoin is 21 million. Unchanging. A just weight.
#bitcoin #torah

2026-01-22 22:21:01 UTC

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Amen

2026-01-22 00:33:08 UTC

At the burning bush, Moses asked God His name.
The answer: אהיה אשר אהיה — "I Will Be What I Will Be."
Gematria of אהיה (Ehyeh) = 21.
This name wasn't revealed during peace. It came right before liberation — the exodus from Egypt. From slavery to sovereignty.
And it's future tense. Not "I was." Not "I am." I Will Be. Existence that no Pharaoh can permit or deny.
There will only ever be 21 million Bitcoin.
Not what money was. Not what the Fed allows it to be. What it will be.
From fiat slavery to monetary sovereignty. The gematria of liberation is 21.
#bitcoin #torah

2026-01-21 04:33:58 UTC

Samourai Wallet — Bitcoin's most popular privacy wallet — is dead. Both founders now in federal prison.
Rodriguez got 5 years, Hill got 4. They pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The feds argued Whirlpool (their coinjoin mixing tool) was a money laundering operation.
DOJ confirmed the seized Bitcoin stays in the Strategic Reserve. Sell it, they profit. Hodl it, they profit. Either way, government stacks off prosecuting Bitcoiners.
But the precedent is the bigger problem. The government's position: if you build a tool that mixes Bitcoin transactions and collect fees, you're a money transmitter. No custodial control required.
Rodriguez warned before reporting to prison: "Bitcoin miners will be the next targets" if this logic holds.
Mining pools collect fees. Mining pools combine outputs from multiple sources. If coinjoin is money transmission, what's pooled mining?

2026-01-20 06:51:29 UTC

Difficulty drops nearly 5% on January 23. Largest downward adjustment since the October highs.
For the profit miners: The squeeze is forcing capitulation. Inefficient operations are exiting, survivors mine the same blocks with less competition. Margins improve. This is how the cycle works.
For the plebs solo mining at a loss:
You're not doing it wrong. You're doing it right.
Every independent miner — even one running a single ASIC in a garage — is a vote for decentralization. You're not trying to win the lottery. You're making the network harder to capture.
When Samourai gets shut down, when pool operators face legal pressure, when regulators go after coordinators — solo miners are the backstop. No company to subpoena. No coordinator to arrest. Just hashpower pointed at the chain.
Profit mining is a business. Solo mining is ideology. Both matter. But only one of them can't be turned off with a court order.
Keep hashing.

2026-01-11 07:45:25 UTC

Excited to have accepted an associate attorney position at Sellar, Hazard & Lucia. New chapter in wine country 🍷
https://blossom.primal.net/53b8dc788f52e1739131e5aac63bb55fb1923d9e317e6c81de68672a2ab41e08.jpg

2025-11-04 17:20:31 UTC

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Haha, only if there's a good sat sale like today

2025-11-04 03:57:03 UTC

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When you're ready

2025-11-03 06:44:35 UTC

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Let's goooo!

2025-10-19 05:34:58 UTC

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Mazal tov!

2025-08-20 00:55:06 UTC

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Congrats TK 👏 To a block soon 🚀

2025-08-19 22:41:53 UTC

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🔥 Yasher koyach 💪 todah rabbah 🙏

2025-08-19 22:39:03 UTC

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Ok, I've received definitive answers from Luke regarding Datum:
1) DiffA is the number and weight of accepted shares which doesn't matter in a solo mining context. Datum does not display "best difficulty". Shutting down miners has no impact on chances of finding a block (aside from obvious hashing downtime)
2) Block templates are customizable entirely through Knots not Datum

2025-08-19 16:04:48 UTC

@nprofile…lty2 has chimed in (thank you sir) but left me with more questions than answers...
1) How can there be no such thing as best difficulty if it's in every bitaxe, public pool and CK pool?
2) This makes no grammatical sense. Perhaps 'ever' is an acronym?
https://image.nostr.build/aa5d86bb93197ac6d4a2ed3361e1ba98fac64ee92eb9d7ae7ff72efa0d64d97e.jpg
#asknostr #datum #solomining

2025-08-19 06:31:24 UTC

Apparently there is "no such thing as best difficulty"

2025-08-18 22:43:32 UTC

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That in and of itself makes it worth running over public pool imo

2025-08-18 22:38:34 UTC

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As she was discussing the settings, I was able to find them in Umbrel through the search function. Bad ass video

2025-08-18 22:17:34 UTC

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Question now is, if the block templates are handled by knots is there an advantage to using datum over public pool? I like that I can see more detailed share info on datum but public pool gives me best difficulty measurements. I've noticed public pool has had server outages several times. Not sure if datum is fully hosted on my node or relies on third party servers as well?

2025-08-18 22:02:05 UTC

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This is exactly what I've been looking for. Good looking out
https://youtu.be/Ck4Rf1hX2is?si=nz-tl-WX9Khu5Emm

2025-08-18 18:55:10 UTC

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I am running Knots and Datum in Umbrel. Is there something specific I should be looking for in settings? I see max mempool size, persist mempool and mempool expiry but nothing specific about the block template

2025-08-18 17:48:40 UTC

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Thank you @nprofile…wsp7. So do I configure it somehow with the mempool app? I was under the impression that the block templates were customizable. But I'm not seeing any option to do so in the datum app or the mempool app.

2025-08-17 22:12:02 UTC

Ok, next #Datum question: how in the world do you create a custom block template? My coinbaser page just shows my mining address #asknostr

2025-08-17 21:21:46 UTC

Trying to make sense of these Datum numbers. Always though the DiffA number was the best difficulty, but it seems it's just the VDiff (min difficulty) times accepted shares (A). Is this correct, and if so is there a way to tell best difficulty in Datum? Not that best difficulty really matters unless it's greater than the network difficulty, but would be nice to know #asknostr
https://image.nostr.build/ff18ac7ab07068f3083ee6cbb541d04a7ea013c13785c4b87e529ff3a166e6ca.jpg

2025-08-17 05:46:13 UTC

Good explanation about Bitcoin mining difficulty
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/beginners/guide/difficulty/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMOSrhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkIpXj-aw1cFbhGVuA-OEQLj-kQAfEGMr1ECBK7cHM7ORRzrL9Cvkuro283Z_aem_MQ1fUuyddJS0Z7GDc8e5TQ

2025-08-02 00:58:42 UTC

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Congrats bro 🎉

2025-07-31 06:06:49 UTC

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👏 Never underestimate a plebs determination to solo mine a block

2025-07-30 19:39:55 UTC

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Mazal tov!

2025-07-30 18:18:44 UTC

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Today I'm trying all small miners on Public Pool and the Big Boy Q on Datum....see what happens 👀

2025-07-29 23:01:07 UTC

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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

2025-07-29 18:37:12 UTC

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I'm throwing in the towel on public pool for now. No difficulty increases all day. Other the hash rates, no stats or share statistics. Even if Datum doesn't reach high difficulties as quick, I can at least see what's going on. I feel it probably integrates better with my knots node as well. That's my feeling today, will see what tomorrow brings

2025-07-29 17:32:40 UTC

Anyone know how to get #umbrel os to recognize and utilize gpu's for AI compute tasks? Or perhaps there's another Linux based OS that can do this which I can easily connect to remotely from my phone? #asknostr

2025-07-29 15:59:50 UTC

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Yes, will do. I'm good with the 120v cable just thought the 240v would be slightly more efficient and have the ability to run it. But not worth all that. Hope these machines hold up or Canaan gets it's support together

2025-07-29 15:56:28 UTC

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Best difficulty with unique names on public pool seems to be moving up overnight though not as fast as the initial readings using a single name. But at least it's moving. I do miss the ability to see how many shares I submitted on Datum even though difficulty moved slower
https://image.nostr.build/072321496c19f32518c983c7c373a9e23a8eabfc914d4c2d1a03278d05c6b341.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/fa48b1debe9d9763f12dc678d0fb37f1c779db6d700d1042e65708aace2f45d7.jpg

2025-07-29 15:49:19 UTC

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Bigger than most of my computer towers lol but sleek looking and solid. Canaan support is an issue, hope I never have to contact them for anything serious. I reached out about getting a 240v cable and they keep asking for the most irrelevant things. What does my WhatsApp or social media have to do with providing efficient support? My website and phone number is in my signature and email is working fine. I just want a cable 🤡
https://image.nostr.build/38e97b7f55078946c4af43d9435c9c2a17d9bb16e345b714ae57a7f118e886e8.jpg

2025-07-29 15:27:47 UTC

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💯 That is the reward and the mentality it takes to run these in solo mode 24/7, despite CA's electricital numeric nonsense. Heat is yet another sacrifice but one that is easier to get around for most people. Here is a shot of my setup. I've got a fan right behind the Q directed to another fan at the window. The airflow of the room tends to blow out that direction which helps. If you put it on a desk by a window with a window fan blowing out you'd barely notice the heat. It's nice and quiet too. Noise was always a major concern for me getting into bigger miners as well as 120v compatibility. Canaan nailed it with this
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2025-07-29 08:17:39 UTC

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The bigger issue is paying SCE. At .30 to .40 electricity you're looking at about 10,000 sats/day just to run it on Eco mode. I've got solar which offsets it a bit but it's still tough. The heat definitely isn't my main concern

2025-07-29 08:01:10 UTC

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Yessir, the reward is worth the risk imo

2025-07-29 07:57:33 UTC

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Haha should said worth every sat. The eco setting (800-900w) isn't too bad. But I'm fortunate to have a sunroom with lots of ventilation here so the heat is not a major issue. I've seen people run ducts from the back of the unit out to a window. You could also put a fan behind it and blow out a window. In the winter the heat is a plus

2025-07-29 04:24:34 UTC

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Best difficulty didn't change all day from my readings this morning so I think setting all workers to the same name is not the way. I'm going back to unique names and will my update with my findings

2025-07-28 20:59:10 UTC

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💯 but worth every penny when it finds a block

2025-07-28 19:02:44 UTC

Make shift cooling solution for the Apollo BTC Miner (v1). Helps run higher hash rates cooler and quieter. I wouldn't recommend investing in one of these today as there are much less expensive and more efficient machines available. But this thing is built like a tank and has provided many years of solid hash for me
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2025-07-28 18:56:53 UTC

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I already know brotha! Congrats on your Nano 3s, it's a great machine. Got a couple running here. I recently picked up their Q as well which helped boost my hash rate significantly. It's also quiet, has slightly better efficiency and much better price/th. Only problem is running 800-900w continuously on SCE pricing

2025-07-28 18:38:30 UTC

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@nprofile…a6r0 you purport to be a champion of decentralization and anti-censorship, yet delete my comments on YouTube which challenge your talking points. That's not going to work on #nostr. It's important to have open debate in order to move #bitcoin adoption forward

2025-07-28 18:08:03 UTC

So far my experiment running my miners on public pool all set to the same worker name has yielded much faster results than I typically get with Datum. 1.92b difficulty would have taken me several days on Datum and I reached this overnight on Public Pool
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2025-07-28 16:05:57 UTC

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Everyone with an Internet connection has inbound and outbound peers. You need to go in your router and setup port forwarding if you haven't already

2025-07-28 15:12:02 UTC

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Did you setup your port forwarding?

2025-07-28 04:24:42 UTC

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Continued here: https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd38e6j4jwsy2je2z75x8n6tr5g6fk8ep8ut8lmar6k5jwmm8vl7cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygqk27d26zcpzvu9qhtq0fe6kv3266jzdamf0slquqr7qcjcj64e9upsgqqqqqqs4dtmz8

2025-07-28 04:23:44 UTC

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The question now is does it provide any advantage to give all the workers the same name in Public Pool? The idea is that by doing so, restarting the devices won't reset the difficulty and aggregate hash rate would actually increase the difficulty among all miners. That's the theory anyway, I wonder if it actually works that way?

2025-07-28 04:00:46 UTC

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Make sure to forward external port 8333 to your nodes internal 9333 port

2025-07-28 03:59:41 UTC

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Grok says to go all in on Public Pool in order to maximize my chances of finding a block:
Strategy: All on Public Pool
Why: With a total hashrate potentially reaching 103.2 Th/s, Public Pool’s ability to coordinate work across all miners—especially the Avalon Q’s 54–90 Th/s—maximizes your block-finding odds. The Nano 3S units (12 Th/s) and BTC Apollo (2 Th/s) benefit from this coordination, and the reset setback is less impactful with higher share frequency

2025-07-28 03:51:07 UTC

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Accordingly, it seems to me that an operation with several different miners (especially low hash rate ones) would benefit from using public pool as opposed to Datum

2025-07-28 03:50:03 UTC

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Good info from Grok:
Unlike DATUM, Public Pool’s design mimics a lightweight pool structure. It coordinates work distribution so that miners collectively target the same block template, potentially reducing duplicate effort by assigning non-overlapping nonce ranges. This doesn’t mean they solve the block as a unified entity (solo mining still applies), but it optimizes their combined hashrate toward a single goal, which can feel like aggregation...
Public Pool’s protocol borrows from traditional pool mining concepts, where a central server (in this case, your node) orchestrates work to maximize efficiency. This includes aggregating hashrate for display and possibly optimizing nonce distribution, which DATUM avoids to maintain decentralization. DATUM’s focus is on letting each miner operate as a standalone entity with its own template control, while Public Pool treats your setup as a mini-pool

2025-07-28 03:48:47 UTC

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Interesting. Thanks for chiming in. Parasite is not solo mining though, correct? I'd also like to use my own node.

2025-07-28 03:13:32 UTC

Can someone please give me an explanation why I should solo mine with Datum gateway instead of Public Pool on my node. Datum seems to be the preferred method as it's specifically integrated with Bitcoin Knots and supposedly it makes block templates customizable but Public Pool is open source and the GUI/statistics is much nicer. There's also no way I can find to customize the block templates in solo mode on Datum. #asknostr

2025-07-28 03:04:29 UTC

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That didn't work. They they are still identified differently by their IP addresses

2025-07-28 03:00:16 UTC

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Perhaps a solution would be to use the same worker name for each miner? That way I can keep the lower powered devices on all the time and just switch on the high-powered devices at certain times? SCE rates out here in socal are tough

2025-07-28 01:18:19 UTC

Bitcoin Knots connections building up
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2025-07-28 01:08:27 UTC

I've got my miners connected to my node in solo mode via Datum. But every time I disconnect them or power cycle all the miners stats reset and it takes a while build back up. I believe diffA is the highest difficulty reached. Do I need them going constantly to have any reasonable chance of finding a block? My research indicates that it shouldn't matter but if these disconnect it takes several days to build back up my diffA. #asknostr
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2025-06-26 16:52:05 UTC

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Think you meant to say "...if you do defend yourself"

2025-06-26 09:15:59 UTC

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She looks pretty but I already tied the Knott

2025-06-26 04:35:14 UTC

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Not if the consequences of their actions take something valuable from you

2025-05-02 05:10:23 UTC

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Every decision you've made is what you're living today

2025-03-29 05:54:31 UTC

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Wow, great site! Lots of options to consider. Really appreciate it

2025-03-29 02:10:46 UTC

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Thank you very much! Now need to find a delaer with stock in the noctua version

2025-03-29 02:09:46 UTC

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Yessir. Grew up in Chicago during the Jordan era. Been disconnected from pro sports for a while but enjoy seeing clips like this. Good looking out bro 🔥

2025-03-29 02:02:35 UTC

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Da Bulls!

2025-03-28 14:21:05 UTC

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🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂

2025-03-28 14:19:23 UTC

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Sweet, thank you! I was hoping to get the pro version which is out of stock. Is the difference with the regular version just the noctua fan? If so, anyone know the fan part to replace?

2025-03-26 21:58:22 UTC

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Where do you recommend purchasing bitaxe in the US?

2025-03-21 00:10:00 UTC

Wassup y'all. It's been a minute. Mom 'n I made a big move to the IE and we're still g3tting settled. It's been a challenge but life is beautiful and I can't wait to share it with y'all. G-d bless 'merica and Bitcoin 🙏
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2025-03-02 16:47:37 UTC

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It's on Truth Social

2025-02-07 19:30:26 UTC

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שבת שלום ומזל טוב אמא

2025-01-02 01:26:31 UTC

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Thank you @nprofile…x867! Happy New Year bro 🎉

2025-01-02 01:24:25 UTC

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Thank you bro 💯

2025-01-02 01:23:23 UTC

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Amen Momma Kira Shimoni Fulks and thank you for the beautiful birthday post! Happy 43rd Mommaversarry. I'm a lucky ducky and am so grateful for all you do. To BIG new adventures in 2025 and many many mo. Love you ❤

2025-01-02 01:22:38 UTC

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Happy New Year brother!

2024-12-04 16:09:42 UTC

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Very nice Kathryn

2024-10-02 20:03:14 UTC

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Amen! Shanna Tova Momma ❤️