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časoprostor se mění, ale bitvy k boji zůstávají
don quijote na provázku
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
@nprofile…x83c up to the right
In 2026, the question is no longer "Who do you trust?" but "What can you verify yourself?" 🛡️🏦
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My "Digital Fortress" has reached full maturity. What started as a hardware recovery experiment on a 2017 Acer laptop is now a mission control for digital sovereignty. 🚀
But the real lesson of this journey isn't about hardware. It’s about the power of Open Source.
Everything I’ve built exists thanks to open, transparent, and verifiable code. It’s the result of thousands of people sharing their knowledge for the benefit of everyone.
This is the polar opposite of the Big Tech model. While corporations design systems to decide what we see or do, Open Source gives us the tools to become the sole owners of our digital lives.
As a famous cypherpunk saying goes: "If you want to change the world, don't protest. Write code!"
Here are the pillars of the Fortress, built on transparency:
✅ Operating System (Debian 12): I stripped away the GUI (GNOME) and went Headless. By removing telemetry and commercial bloat, I reclaimed 1.5GB of RAM and dropped CPU load from 21% to 0.0%. The laptop is now a pure server: cool (39°C), silent, and efficient.
✅ Sovereign Banking (Bitcoin Core & LND): My node has crossed 70% synchronization. I’m currently validating 2024 blocks, mathematically verifying every transaction via Tor. ⛓️💥
✅ Privacy Layer (AdGuard & Vaultwarden): I manage my own DNS and passwords in a closed circuit. Thanks to Open Source, my home is tracker-proof, and my keys no longer live on Silicon Valley servers—they reside in an encrypted database on my own 2TB drive.
✅ Control Tower (RTL via Docker): I manage Lightning liquidity with a professional dashboard (Ride The Lightning), accessed securely through a Tailscale tunnel. Zero exposed ports, zero compromises.
The Role of AI in this Ecosystem 🤖🤝
During this process, I’ve had a valuable ally: my AI (Google Gemini-CLI) in "Driver" mode. Irony at its best: I used a Big Tech LLM to help me dismantle my dependence on Big Tech. 😅
Digital sovereignty can’t be bought in a corporate store. It is built by studying, learning, and choosing software that respects the user. Preferably Open Source.
2026 begins with a certainty: the keys to my world are finally, and exclusively, in my hands. 🗝️🛡️
#Bitcoin #Sovereignty #OpenSource #Debian #SelfHosted #Nostr #Cypherpunk
I don't think hull council are playing 4d chess here, anything is possible I suppose. They've taken it down too lol
Thanks for the ELI5! Now I’m interested!
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From a man who knows it well.
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It’s interesting how tempting the sunk-cost fallacy is. There are very few who are willing to stand up to the accepted and willing to say no to the defaults.
#nevent1q…gxat
The second one is better absolute insane
Holidays status: Sovereignty achieved. 🏰🛡️⚡️
My 2017 Acer laptop is now a full-blown Ninja Fortress. 🥷
1) GNOME killed, Headless Mode active.
2) RAM optimized, CPU running cool at 43°C.
3) Bitcoin Core @ 70% and climbing (validated 2024!).
4) Lightning Node (LND v20) up and running.
5) Dashboard (RTL) deployed via Docker.
6) ISP is blind. Big Tech is out. My keys, my nodes, my rules. 🏦⛓️💥
Massive shoutout to my AI Mentor (Gemini on Google AI Studio) 🤗🤖 for driving me through the CLI trenches, fixing JSON bugs, and turning my security paranoias into a rock-solid infrastructure.
Don't trust, verify. Stay sovereign, plebs. 🤙
#bitcoin #lightning #nostr #grownostr #selfhosting #plebs #privacy #linux
Fascinating.
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I can finish my steps without leaving the building💁🏻♀️💁🏻♀️
#hola #hispano
Plata en CONTANGO
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my friends on the way to my house:
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There are indeed some exceptions
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You have obviously never read Six dinner Sid.
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Our apartment is blacklisted by many delivery services. They cancel our orders because we live on the 7th floor and there is no elevator :))))))
The taxation/humiliation is best case scenario too obviously, as a form of "non-compulsion" lol
Hm not so sure. I think the increased taxes/jizya ("there is no compulsion™") would be easier as an atheist to say 'sure I believe in Muhammad, give me a tax break' than for a Christian.
I suppose we can look at the treatment of the Egyptian Christians as a concrete example.
But I get your point.
Welcome both 🙏
Together we can all drain Shredders wallet 🤗
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#photography #norway #laughter
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@nprofile…vchq HIGHER. I refuse to be bearish.
If the Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs, expect Trump to fight back.
These tariffs are his main bargaining chip and pivotal to his agenda.
#tariffs #trump
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#catstr #aiart
My privacy stack for 2026 and onwards:
VPN: nym
Messaging: simpleX / Q
Encrypted BTC: Monero
Receiving crypto: fluidkey
Docs and Sheets: fileverse
Password Manager: KeepassX
Anonymizing crypto: Monero
Nice. So even abandoned software may become unabandoned, which is great!
As a user of both making and taking trade offers I can attest that BitBlik does work as advertised. BLIK is basically everywhere and that makes living on Bitcoin Standard a breeze.
And BLIK as a payment rail is expanding to EURO countries.
Shhh, but this combo may be massive 🤞
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#Bitcoin BTC/SEK hourly price
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1 BTC: 877,805 sek | 24hr: -0.14%
1 SEK: 113 sats
Market cap: 17,533,911,869,390 sek
Updated: 2026-01-18 | 19:02 CET
### Bitcoin Network Hourly Summary ###
Blocks: 932825 to 932827 (3 blocks)
Price: $95,222.50
Total Txs: 8,635
Total Fees: 0.079 BTC ($7,549.09)
Total Outputs: 17715.474 BTC ($1,686,911,732.29)
Time Range: 17:30 - 17:53 UTC
AI Analysis:
8,635 transactions processed and 3 blocks mined in the last hour.
The average fee per transaction is $0.87, with a total value moved of $1.69 billion.
I have a dream: design research labs find Nostr and stop theorizing decentralization from a distance, start building inside it, and watch how power reorganizes when there is no algorithmic and centralized power structure of platforms, and users begin to create, exchange, and earn real, direct value.
Yeah I agree, I used to buy the motorbike brake line stuff for gardening as but its harder to find it in pure copper now the money printer had been pushing the price higher. I get a lot of the free copper from people throwing away copper pipes.
I spent a few hours browsing a subgenre of design research focused on co-design and co-creation and I swear, they’re all basically talking about Nostr, they just don’t know it yet.
I could eat even in hell🥹