2026-07-08T08:57:31Z https://nostr.now Taurus https://nostr.now/npub1n3f5skzf2x86g2wv4q2t5y8w49vehh6wrq7cyqk98w6twx2z057qmycztc https://blossom.primal.net/2be3bbca0ed262b70c91432d47c4cb0ff17afdf843b83988b1fd781428c4c599.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/2be3bbca0ed262b70c91432d47c4cb0ff17afdf843b83988b1fd781428c4c599.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw5pcu8qgmngarvlth5k92v49gjdwe6vqykftx9j2ydfq79hqw0cczyzw9xjzcf9gclfpfej5pfwssa654nx7lfcvrmqszc5amfdcegf7nc5tsczm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzawkeqjmw93wevlwecsphl4ff7kj3qanh040fqgen72pwzejnlgpdwyp0'>nevent1q…wyp0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yesterday I flipped a coin. I produced my 23 words offline. The 24th word is the problem. I don’t have a device to help me find it. So I used the Ian Coleman tool. I followed all the suggestions. Downloaded the HTML from the GIT. Checked the signature. Turned off the internet. Opened it in a browser. Entered my entropy and got my 24 words. “Centuries to break”. But. I just can’t bring myself to use it. I had to use a tool that I downloaded and ran on a computer that has and will be connected to the internet. Unfortunately there is not many easy options to get the 24th word. You could try and guess it but that could be frustrating and long. The tool is meant to be trusted. It’s probably very safe. But it’s still downloaded onto a device that is connected to the internet. I hope there are easier ways developed. 2026-08-02T00:53:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy8mt7r75j2sw7wx33yqntqsgtxal5penf4z8ap9keda7fwmwj72czyzw9xjzcf9gclfpfej5pfwssa654nx7lfcvrmqszc5amfdcegf7nct79rhk Visa and Lightspark are building credit-card rails for Bitcoin, across 100 countries.<br/><br/>Not crypto ATM withdrawals. Not &#39;we accept it at checkout.&#39; Actual credit-card infrastructure, powered by stablecoins and Bitcoin, for everyday spending.<br/><br/>This is the shift from trading to transacting. From Bitcoin as an asset class to Bitcoin as payment infrastructure.<br/><br/>When your morning coffee can settle on Bitcoin rails, without conversion friction, without bank delays, across borders, the use case changes completely.<br/><br/>Payment veterans aren&#39;t building this for speculation. They&#39;re building it because it works.<br/><br/>The plumbing is being laid. The question is who gets there first.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/e9ccb4d1a96ad08be15b5698c2cff99f92bc76315a41e8efbbb6246066e5b5ea.png"> 2026-05-04T04:48:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxg8lf4h58x5v9e3t25lpw22z0kf8t8gwpcgvu5s546rdlwmz70uszyzw9xjzcf9gclfpfej5pfwssa654nx7lfcvrmqszc5amfdcegf7nchkazfq Ten billion payments a day. $5.5 trillion. And no Gmail equivalent.<br/><br/>That was David Marcus&#39;s opening line at Bitcoin 2026 Las Vegas.<br/><br/>He launched Grid Global Accounts, a dollar payment layer built on Bitcoin. Lightspark became a principal member of Visa. One wallet holds dollars, stablecoins, and Bitcoin. It moves through Lightning, settles on Bitcoin.<br/><br/>Most people will never see the Bitcoin part.<br/><br/>That is the point.<br/><br/>The world does not need to understand TCP/IP to use the internet. It does not need to understand Bitcoin to use it as infrastructure. Users see dollars and Visa merchants. Underneath, Bitcoin is running the rails.<br/><br/>A creator in Mexico receiving five thousand dollars from a US platform. Spending at Visa merchants globally. Converting to pesos in real time. Sending to a friend&#39;s Brazilian Pix account in seconds. All from one wallet address.<br/><br/>No correspondent banks. No Swift delays. No waiting three days for a wire.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/303ebd07f5b8a8707a60e787bb84e1e0fbfbc966b53442baebcc12e960cedd1f.png"> 2026-04-29T08:01:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2scl4v7t7ppafv2d7lmu7sug5rny2nxs8c5u9etyh4tvdrxnux0gzyzw9xjzcf9gclfpfej5pfwssa654nx7lfcvrmqszc5amfdcegf7ncd2me0m Tether just open-sourced the infrastructure Bitcoin mining was missing.<br/><br/>They launched MDK, the Mining Development Kit. A full-stack, open-source framework that gives mining operators unified control over their entire infrastructure. Hardware-agnostic. Scales from a single home miner to gigawatt facilities. JavaScript SDK plus React components.<br/><br/>For years, proprietary vendor lock-in fragmented the mining stack. Closed systems that do not talk to each other. Expensive vendor switches. Scaling that hits a wall.<br/><br/>MDK replaces that with one open framework. Standardized interfaces. Central orchestration. New hardware and services can be added without modifying the core.<br/><br/>Paolo Ardoino put it plainly: The next generation of mining will be centered around automation and optimization, and MDK will serve as the backbone driving this shift towards autonomous agents and workflows.<br/><br/>Tether is not starting a mining operation. They are building the open infrastructure layer the industry needed.<br/><br/>Self-sovereignty through full control of the stack. That is the play.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/0b04fc89c019747b4aea56ca50345bb04629498a6baa34ae1b7ce90a1b984926.png"> 2026-04-28T12:40:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgv83kd4pgljkj4l42ss8qrunzgvfhe5fr9euyxgwt736d6hv44lszyzw9xjzcf9gclfpfej5pfwssa654nx7lfcvrmqszc5amfdcegf7nc6rn20d North Carolina lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 327, the North Carolina Bitcoin Reserve and Investment Act. Would allow up to 10% of public funds allocated to Bitcoin as part of the state&#39;s long-term financial strategy.<br/><br/>Already passed first Senate reading. Cold storage with multi-signature authentication. Bitcoin Economic Advisory Board for guidance. Monthly audits and quarterly public reports. Liquidation requires two-thirds approval from both legislative chambers. Can back bonds as alternative financing.<br/><br/>This is part of a growing trend. Texas, New Hampshire, and Arizona already enacted BTC reserves. Maryland, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, South Dakota, Illinois, Tennessee, and Missouri have introduced legislation.<br/><br/>North Carolina is positioning itself as the next state-level Bitcoin leader. When a state commits 10% of public funds to Bitcoin, it is not speculation. It is financial strategy.<br/><br/>This is what state-level Bitcoin adoption looks like. Cold storage, multi-sig, audits, and legislative checks. The framework is being built as we speak.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/4bdd4637f7b52190474018f18bddd70aa17493065d723ff350a8292182a1038b.jpg"> 2026-03-20T00:56:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswgw7etvwya4upyvrecyhn7pslanlut8k7rpwwcfxlxc0t7hmfmpqzyzw9xjzcf9gclfpfej5pfwssa654nx7lfcvrmqszc5amfdcegf7ncams40a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyz2qaqrpkjrjzwvhemtg9aa37n8w8nu2krx6wpqp70pmp670p39g7knu98'>nevent1q…nu98</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We need many more people to run a Full Node. #Bitcoin 2024-05-18T08:37:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspd6h6thkktz8k36k32p3khh4mqnzdl29zw65n443jgv2wvjsst2gzyzw9xjzcf9gclfpfej5pfwssa654nx7lfcvrmqszc5amfdcegf7nc4yhtuw Running my own Bitcoin node as well as my own Lightning node was quite liberating. #Start9. #Bitcoin. #Lightning. 2024-04-20T05:20:01Z