2026-07-03T14:56:31Z https://nostr.now TheBitcoinBattery https://nostr.now/npub1kl8aguhljq6yrmrv64dm2phew3pprfhx3ef9yh2zg3gkn0dq8adqzfq497 https://m.primal.net/JhCl.png https://m.primal.net/JhCl.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs04wwqpaxrs40n2ypnz7qggclhkjt09tmtdlagvfqsce65xz20r9qzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45xyqszw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqzusmxfsedv8h4v6vyzf44hx22pkfx0kaucx6x6t8ckkr83lql6tm8v'>nevent1q…tm8v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just tried <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsgha3fk023ng8c4quszdayghqwkt6l9d9ga4c3280gnqz3aqqx7ycppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7vtj33t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>routstr</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…j33t</span>)</a></span> and I&#39;m getting errors. I connected with nwc and deposited 2000 sats before withdrawing them again in frustration. Here&#39;s some screenshots of what I&#39;m seeing. No provider selected for model, no options to select a provider it just says &#34;all providers&#34;. Frustrating. <br/><br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/03b976dfc8f458a3ab19c24f68694fc5d431f8ee4f40f8a8a33bc52cfe00067d.png"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/be931188166b8735e9f33b52f37db26704cb73ab9a42ab4f13205e7cdb264bd2.png"> 2026-10-12T15:35:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyrs8jf2w6pkcygftwuu05dwzu4l3asd7nngv3mh5k3qmdh3alzhqzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql4558atrl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9n8z9ljuu5sqg7tr2p8dwh4qda3u5vzctupnuk5xgnq4va4w2ukq7umk7h'>nevent1q…mk7h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;re not planning for bitcoin&#39;s end, but your own. <br/><br/> 2026-10-07T15:12:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxf9djg5ascmp9glhsf6xkhwpwrnwlmyv7gdy95j4k7hde3wah05gzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45k5xkml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw83k8m8hsvkjuupvuxa4qu6h4asrd9t7935zwx7yrgye2kwyhv0gagrk2h'>nevent1q…rk2h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Part 2 here;<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsqckh8u330e7rl2hxt5nvx2s5muxkpdc0gtq89jw5jefgn59mu6wczyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45qcyqqqqqqgr34gfj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…4gfj</a></span> </div> But the thing is, if networks fail then you are left with only the value the units themselves materially contained since there's no more network value at all. When the Dollar failed people still have the value of the Gold and Silver within the coins, the current network is effectively a ghost of value and trust wearing a printed sheet that says "Dollar" even though you cannot trade them for dollars anymore.<br/><br/>There is a non-zero chance that Bitcoin fails, or like with Coldcard your setup fails through no fault of your own, there are always unknown unknowns and they most be considered. If your stack disappeared tomorrow, you lost your keys, your device was unknowingly compromised, your government demands surrender of your funds, or the unlikeliest event that the Bitcoin network itself collapsed, what would you have left?<br/><br/>You must build value in a variety of aspects, build collections of physical things that were produced in the real world. Buy land, collect physical media, upgrade appliances, collect coins, anything. You must use the abstract immaterial value you have accumulated to build wealth in the physical world as well. But slowly, not all at once.<br/><br/>The Dollar system is gone, only the fiat ghost remains, but in it's time of life it produced billions of units of physical value that had consistent measure and quality that can still be trusted to hold value across time today. The legacy of the dollar network are the coins which will last for millennia, transporting value across time from one hand to another just as the legacy of the Denarius and Aurius networks have done for thousands of years. You could say the dollar network is never really gone as a result, it just moves slower now and there's no longer a fast moving network that enables economies of scale.<br/><br/>You must use Bitcoin to leave a footprint of value in the world, only you can figure out how to do that and with what, but making value real is the only way the Bitcoin network can ever truly be alive. If Bitcoin never moves, if value is never exchanged, then what was it all for in the end? You could die tomorrow, what have you built with Bitcoin that you will leave behind for the future?<br/><br/>End of Part 2. <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsw83k8m8hsvkjuupvuxa4qu6h4asrd9t7935zwx7yrgye2kwyhv0gzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45qcyqqqqqqgwcamv3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…amv3</a></span> </blockquote><br/><br/> 2026-10-07T13:05:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqckh8u330e7rl2hxt5nvx2s5muxkpdc0gtq89jw5jefgn59mu6wczyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45zueg7q But the thing is, if networks fail then you are left with only the value the units themselves materially contained since there&#39;s no more network value at all. When the Dollar failed people still have the value of the Gold and Silver within the coins, the current network is effectively a ghost of value and trust wearing a printed sheet that says &#34;Dollar&#34; even though you cannot trade them for dollars anymore.<br/><br/>There is a non-zero chance that Bitcoin fails, or like with Coldcard your setup fails through no fault of your own, there are always unknown unknowns and they most be considered. If your stack disappeared tomorrow, you lost your keys, your device was unknowingly compromised, your government demands surrender of your funds, or the unlikeliest event that the Bitcoin network itself collapsed, what would you have left?<br/><br/>You must build value in a variety of aspects, build collections of physical things that were produced in the real world. Buy land, collect physical media, upgrade appliances, collect coins, anything. You must use the abstract immaterial value you have accumulated to build wealth in the physical world as well. But slowly, not all at once.<br/><br/>The Dollar system is gone, only the fiat ghost remains, but in it&#39;s time of life it produced billions of units of physical value that had consistent measure and quality that can still be trusted to hold value across time today. The legacy of the dollar network are the coins which will last for millennia, transporting value across time from one hand to another just as the legacy of the Denarius and Aurius networks have done for thousands of years. You could say the dollar network is never really gone as a result, it just moves slower now and there&#39;s no longer a fast moving network that enables economies of scale.<br/><br/>You must use Bitcoin to leave a footprint of value in the world, only you can figure out how to do that and with what, but making value real is the only way the Bitcoin network can ever truly be alive. If Bitcoin never moves, if value is never exchanged, then what was it all for in the end? You could die tomorrow, what have you built with Bitcoin that you will leave behind for the future?<br/><br/>End of Part 2. <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsw83k8m8hsvkjuupvuxa4qu6h4asrd9t7935zwx7yrgye2kwyhv0gzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45qcyqqqqqqgwcamv3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…amv3</a></span> </div> "Money" is a network of trust, including false trust, more than anything else.<br/><br/>Sound money is simply when the units of that network are difficult to make, like when dollars were made of Gold or Silver. The precious metal provided a strong check on supply expansion due to their natural scarcity and difficulty of production, but they were not money without the overlying network. Gold and Silver are just commodities that hold value longer than any other physical good, they are no longer money, because they no longer have a trusted network of which they are a part. Gold and Silver are still worth owning IMO, because they are free market trade units now. I can buy privately produced "rounds" and offer them for payment, I just have to make clear that they are not legal tender and not recognized by the banks.<br/><br/>FIAT is "money", or "currency" some might say since there's no foundation of value anymore, not because it's good money but because you can take it to the local diner you've never been to before and exchange it for a sandwich and fries without saying another word to the employees. You cannot do that with bits of Gold and Silver without first discussing what value and money actually is with the person you hope to exchange.<br/><br/>Bitcoin is money without substance, without physicality, it is money in its purest form. At the end of the day money is trust, and Bitcoin created a network of trust with no trust in any individuals or isolated groups required. Trust that the supply won't be debased (to pay for violence and dishonesty), trust that new units are hard to create, trust that you can save for the future, trust that your money is actually yours, trust that you can use it when you need it and it's value will largely trend up over long enough time periods.<br/><br/>End of Part 1. <br/><br/> </blockquote> 2026-10-07T13:05:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw83k8m8hsvkjuupvuxa4qu6h4asrd9t7935zwx7yrgye2kwyhv0gzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45vvdxza &#34;Money&#34; is a network of trust, including false trust, more than anything else.<br/><br/>Sound money is simply when the units of that network are difficult to make, like when dollars were made of Gold or Silver. The precious metal provided a strong check on supply expansion due to their natural scarcity and difficulty of production, but they were not money without the overlying network. Gold and Silver are just commodities that hold value longer than any other physical good, they are no longer money, because they no longer have a trusted network of which they are a part. Gold and Silver are still worth owning IMO, because they are free market trade units now. I can buy privately produced &#34;rounds&#34; and offer them for payment, I just have to make clear that they are not legal tender and not recognized by the banks.<br/><br/>FIAT is &#34;money&#34;, or &#34;currency&#34; some might say since there&#39;s no foundation of value anymore, not because it&#39;s good money but because you can take it to the local diner you&#39;ve never been to before and exchange it for a sandwich and fries without saying another word to the employees. You cannot do that with bits of Gold and Silver without first discussing what value and money actually is with the person you hope to exchange.<br/><br/>Bitcoin is money without substance, without physicality, it is money in its purest form. At the end of the day money is trust, and Bitcoin created a network of trust with no trust in any individuals or isolated groups required. Trust that the supply won&#39;t be debased (to pay for violence and dishonesty), trust that new units are hard to create, trust that you can save for the future, trust that your money is actually yours, trust that you can use it when you need it and it&#39;s value will largely trend up over long enough time periods.<br/><br/>End of Part 1. <br/><br/> 2026-10-07T12:53:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswzughql24nt4x698q4metkt66c9tfmz73s4ydk3lnjhdms3dgtagzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45cvzgyk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg47kqpzrnn6zss3slm0hrelr2f7p04dyfvuvvxhqqepgjjfsnkwgptwvsd'>nevent1q…wvsd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All we can do is clean the area around us, I picked up three 13 gallon kitchen trash bags of litter 3 days ago from one small strip of my street. Does it change the world? No, but it changes a little bit of MY world and that&#39;s all that really matters. <br/><br/> 2026-10-07T12:24:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0smkmtmm6ln9y8nxd7w8jq6hcm28gsh092p0ftf0yztrn24llw3gzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45n5m497 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2n3wjz9z36shs9e5e7n67y3n46760uqfl3g53mq6qqnfs4lks3g2u2d62'>nevent1q…2d62</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don&#39;t threaten me with a good time of collapsing the Fiat economy. <br/><br/> 2026-10-07T12:20:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspk9azsvenlt5l44lhg8jwp2fszzwyrgrp8qz9h65scz6tjezhdhqzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45nxjgah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq4u8fhaypw847stzve53c3q5jh8n4nrn6x8am982vz2atekqcyaqlm0u85'>nevent1q…0u85</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Looks delicious! <br/><br/> 2026-10-07T12:18:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz9r53wprtaplfg4mu86dcrx2g5puk4y5mupecxv6r3kyj6nxul9gzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45ed5sxl Kinda feels like there&#39;s two digital value philosophies at odds right now.<br/><br/>One is a system designed to reduce value input requirements, IE costs, the other is to produce more value.<br/><br/>AI is able to make a passable to some copy of anything (including the appearance of good work). This reduces the need to pay people for original productions and reduces cost but also reduces quality of the businesses own output.<br/><br/>The only thing AI really offers is doing the same things similar but worse than a professional and creative person could.<br/><br/>Compare that to Bitcoin mining; rather than creating something that copies well, Bitcoin miners create something that cannot be copied. Instead of finding ways to reduce quality and input costs which only leads to reduced output quality, Bitcoin miners create something that is able to itself facilitate the creation of value in the free market through honest free trade.<br/><br/>Bitcoin grows the economy, AI shrinks it, only one survives in the long run. The AI economy is the latest shitcoin that captured the traditional fiat economy that only cares about relative input/output fiat growth of business and not about the end result.<br/><br/>If a business with $1000 of expense and $1050 of income can reduce their expense by %5 then even if their total income dropped the relative income (profit) will have grown. <br/><br/>$1000 expense / $1050 income = $50 profit. <br/><br/>$950 expense / $1030 income = $80 profit. <br/><br/>Profits can grow 60% yoy while the actual economy of the overall company fell by almost 2%. One could argue that you could use the extra profit on growing the company in other ways, but why would most companies do that when they can just reinvest that money into more AI cost cutting within the company or in the stock market within other companies doing the same thing?<br/><br/>This of course is all happening while the dollar itself is continuing to shrink in value.<br/><br/>Am I missing anything? Cause it really seems like the fiat economy + AI bubble is an accelerating economic cannibalism debt spiral. While Bitcoins cost to produce is going to double in less than 24 months. I think the next decade will be very interesting to say the least. <br/><br/> 2026-10-05T20:55:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswz8k7tgfshjcmj6zm44395x3dr300lv0uzsjf980szmruj856v8czyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45wwcd5a Lost my YouTube premium discount so I get to see what normal YouTube has become. <br/><br/>It&#39;s all AI slop shoved in your face now? &#34;Ads&#34; have really gone downhill, now I actually miss seeing the same high quality ad 5 times in the same video. <br/><br/> 2026-10-04T13:25:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8tng25nwedl6n645pjf4nk5jkdkmwvqspjsds95mglgm82wuq92qzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45d3q38j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpphv5eezkaxw3squ28yrjlwz0rdsvvww3p73r0l9ksxmntevs7nphqx'>nevent1q…phqx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s nutty buddy bars in the other side of my house... Why did you remind me!? 😂 <br/><br/> 2026-10-03T21:58:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy4xlyrjcryn246j9e7sdt3uapaug3mt89fvum6paqwunu844jthczyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45qmxur6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfk5msmyre58wld9ydafsfqmvdqw3ccgs0ktrpk7h492tcd6chracxaa6nw'>nevent1q…a6nw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don&#39;t worry, they&#39;ll just &#34;borrow&#34; (&#34;cough&#34; PRINT &#34;cough&#34;) all the money they need no problem! <br/><br/> 2026-10-03T21:57:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszzphkrrcp80nca3jht3fzywah6w85a32dgcjffskz8tjxywquu3szyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45rqjyaf I don&#39;t care how much Bitcoin you have, using Bitcoin at all is revolutionary. <br/><br/>Bitcoin isn&#39;t even old enough to be considered an adult, and it&#39;s already changing the worlds of everyone who chooses to mine it, save in it, and use it to support them in hard times. <br/><br/>Fixing the entire world&#39;s monetary system won&#39;t happen overnight, but you don&#39;t have to wait to fix YOUR world by fixing YOUR money. That happens the moment you understand and decide that holding sovereign money is preferable to holding the money of slaves. <br/><br/> 2026-10-03T19:32:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd8hfj0ecyy3eh5hat2dxay6dvaf97zr69j83s8e6uhky08kt4t2qzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45auhkux In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqqrtmprva9n4yjzp24lh6dcnyhsac4fqj9hgpha4xemfflkus9kqy4l'>nevent1q…qy4l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mainly care if there&#39;s sugar of HFCS, organic is just as plus to me. <br/><br/> 2026-10-03T12:38:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2zdvlrszleppn548kkmklzs64pedmz0ad33kmmf5pq0gxe90fnmczyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45negxkn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp42vhqdt049vukjn2guzsnpck50tvqp2l6p9fteaxhqx285gnp3qh290le'>nevent1q…90le</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s actually not. Nobody I know has ever ran for office on the idea that the monetary system itself was completely broken and that there&#39;s no meaningful resistance to overspending and debasing the money supply to the suffering of all regular people who hold dollars. The closest I can recall was Ron Paul but he just wanted to audit the Fed and talked about the Gold standard.<br/><br/>The entire system is meaningless and has been for generations. Voting is great and all if all voters have equal access to quality money but they don&#39;t. Sure I have the same vote as a billionaire, but if he can spend $10,000,000 he gets out of thin air through connected low interest loans and uses that money to support his favorite candidate are our votes actually equal when I don&#39;t have easy access to debt-backed money like he does? Money is it&#39;s own type of vote in the economy, and with bad money too many people have too many unearned economic votes and there&#39;s no way to solve it from the inside once it begins. The only way out is building parallel systems while the original crumbles and shrinks into irrelevance. <br/><br/> 2026-10-02T13:01:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstrpjn6zan3yqpmu9gmq93ewa7uax2t8438jq6l7xz9gptc7fzrcgzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql45wa7quv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqzr3vxkfr42gkdegz0fazyqeqd5hk9gh07mfrmj59puzakt6dsqj62h9'>nevent1q…62h9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good morning to you too man. <br/><br/> 2026-09-15T00:34:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx3nyaergmkk9mrnr6nanyl54dx4kqad2rnuddwexdfxaercneu3szyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql450ea7l3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkr9yltaxhyqktyp4nngdgl0vjcfh0jnwlqgdhln0zx62zm206dqpzemhxue69uhhxetpwf3kstnwdaejuar0v3shj4ljsdf'>nevent1q…jsdf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In my view the privacy issues in Bitcoin are only a problem in the Fiat world where Bitcoin is a minor player, that&#39;s the world we&#39;re leaving behind. In a world on a Bitcoin standard the lack of privacy on layer one means the bigger the wallet the more eyes are on it and any activity.<br/><br/>In the new world of a Bitcoin standard, those who are the most wise and patient will be the most wealthy as they outlast those with high time preference who spend what they accumulated.<br/><br/>I&#39;ll take 20 years of questionable privacy for thousands of years of honesty. <br/><br/> 2026-02-08T15:04:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06r307ge8t3pnehdvx6s5nr88kekl6lfrykttg69k587ujg0uhwgzyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql4553h59m Converted some Bitcoin into Silver yesterday. It&#39;s nice to have a matter-based value store that I can hold in my own hand, just in case I can&#39;t access Bitcoin for whatever reason and need some spending power.<br/><br/>Highly recommend.<br/><br/>#silver<br/>#Bitcoin<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/27750aae35654d0f3cb1151e72476ad4a08e9d7af35003c105d659601ca1c5e9.jpg"> 2025-05-14T14:46:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf42p2mgntqxckazj22q78g9adrte74g9ssuaxtze673r24dshrxczyzmul4rjl7grgs0vdn24hdgxl96yyydxu689y5jagfz9z6da5ql453v7c5q GM ☀️.<br/><br/>PSA: If you&#39;re not working stop wearing a watch.<br/><br/>Wearing a watch is symbolic of you being a slave to the clock when it&#39;s just a tool. I stopped wearing watches recently and the days feel longer and more relaxed. I can&#39;t check my wrist every few minutes compulsively, for the time or for notifications, if I really need to know them I can just check my phone.<br/><br/>It&#39;s very freeing. ❤️ 2025-02-13T14:59:05Z