If it's this hard, then you're doing something wrong.
Buy yourself an UmbrelHome device, run your nodes there. Use #BitBanana or #Zeus to connect to and manage the CLN node. Those two wallets will help you open and close channels, send and receive payments and sign stuff if need be.
Have a cold wallet — Coldcard, Bitbox, Jade — to store the amount you're holding instead of spending. On and off ramps only through true p2p environment: for EU, there's Peach and Robo sats with decent liquidity EUR payment methods.I advise gags isn't using SEPA transfers if you're selling #BTC as the rules around chargebacks are against you, use payment methods like Wise if you're on the fiat receiving end. Everything is done through the phone app, no need to host anything on top.
The effort is minimal, the sovereignty of the setup is excellent.
The epitome of "Don't trust, verify".
nostr:nevent1qqs2ylg2uv7u69s2uvvf3ldtcesdg632e72gg7cq7vp5yk7kcej6qpqy7kz0q
GM folks.
I know that when I post this kind of content here on Nostr, I usually get crickets at best, ocassionaly some DMs ("Oh, you're so aggressive and bursting my cool Nostr vibes!"... Yes, I know. That’s the point.) Sometimes I even piss someone so much that I get my relays DDoSed and a crew of annoying bots sent my way. But here it is regardless.
https://youtu.be/CqKZhYsjw6M
Weekend warriors vibecoding stuff, installing random extensions, random npm packages (yes, 99.9% chance you’re using JavaScript or TypeScript), plugging in random AI models that can easily be injected, and running random MCP tooling bootstrapped by random templates... I really hope you’re not getting these tools anywhere near wallets holding more than 1k sats. I hope you're not running the tools near your nodes. And I really, really hope you’re not releasing software that could act as an infection vector for others without a review of both the codebase and its dependencies.
To clarify what I mean by "nowhere near your wallets and nodes":
If you’re going to play with this kind of tooling, I hope you're doing it inside an ephemeral private VM, on a private VLAN, with zero access to your infrastructure, even if the tool manages to escape its sandbox.
If none of that makes sense to you… then please, just don’t use the tooling until you understand how to do it safely.
Tool popularity can be faked. Marketplace reviews aren't perfect. Your favourite influencer with a cool catchphrase is, 9 times out of 10, a paid corporate shill with anything but your best interests in mind (or even worse, a dimwit trying to make a living mimicking the corporate shills).
That "trustworthy" dev you’ve never met, the one that has strong opinions about things you don’t understand, and credentials built on releasing (or not releasing) software that’s barely used by anyone. None of that will protect you from the script kiddies coming for your Bitcoin.
And trust me: there are many, many, many people making a living out of this. To them, you’re the equivalent of a 60-year-old grandma falling for a phone scam. You're a prime target, and they’re making a killing off it.
I'm not even that into crypto or BTC myself, but I care more about you not being scammed than all of the above people combined. This is why I'm so "unpleasant". Please, keep your hard-earned crypto safe.
PS: I'm not telling you not to learn. On the contrary, I'm telling you to learn.
#Nostr #CyberSecuriy #OpSec #CryptoSafety #BTC #PlebTech #CurmudgeonRant
🟣 Not only the federal government owes $37 trillion. America is drowning in debt.
In 2025, they'll run a $1.9 trillion deficit (more than 6% of GDP) and pay over $1.11 trillion just to cover interest. More than the entire U.S. defense budget.
By 2035, the Congressional Budget Office projects U.S. debt will hit $58 trillion, or 130% of GDP.
Moody’s has already stripped the U.S. of its last AAA credit rating.
Their warning? Debt is no longer a long-term issue. It’s now a strategic liability.
Even worst: M2 is expanding again → Up 4.2% year-over-year as of March 2025.
That’s the fastest pace since 2022. We’re watching inflationary pressure return, while real yields evaporate.
#Bonds, once the gold standard of safety, are now melting ice cubes.
And still, #Congress continues to shovel more fuel on the fire.
The latest round of extended #Trump-era tax cuts, wrapped in the ironically named “One Big Beautiful Bill,” will gut federal tax revenue by $4.5 trillion over the next decade, while offering just 1.1% additional GDP growth.
I don’t see this as #policy, but arithmetic failure.
→ As trust is dying, #capital is flocking to #Bitcoin.
The new hedge against political incompetence.
With a fixed supply of 21 million and no central issuer, Bitcoin is structurally immune.
When fiat collapses, code doesn’t beg for bailouts.
Look, we’re experiencing a coordinated, institutional repositioning: 👇
🟠 Over 59% of institutional investors in the U.S now allocate at least 10% of their #portfolios to BTC and digital #assets.
🟠 #BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust crossed $50 billion in AUM in less than a year. #Fidelity is right behind. Total spot ETF assets are projected to hit $80 billion by end of Q2 2025.
🟠 The latest #Coinbase / #EY-Parthenon survey is crystal clear: 83% of institutional investors plan to increase their #crypto allocations in 2025. 59% of them will go beyond 5% of AUM.
🟠 Nearly 100 publicly listed companies now hold BTC on their balance sheets.
🟠 #Treasury management firms are spinning up Bitcoin-specific advisory practices.
👉 Now, sovereigns are entering the game.
🟠 In March 2025, the U.S. #government consolidated seized BTC into a newly designated Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
I see it as an admission. #BTC is no longer a threat. It’s an asset.
🟠 European central banks are buying too. Quietly, but with intent.
What was once ridiculed as “internet money” is now treated like digital gold.
#Nostr, I’m not writing about a “crypto story” here but about a capital allocation story.
The old model of relying on bonds is broken.
Real yields: gone.
Trust: gone.
The “risk-free rate” now carries systemic risk.
And we’re watching the global risk-free asset quietly shift from Treasury bonds to the hardest money ever.
𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵.
The world’s largest asset managers are already on it.
The next move is fully strategic.
Yours could be too.
https://blossom.primal.net/2edac2cb1d274e8b9e311dcc713b610fc8ea0e9b674fa06f95881c427df56811.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/9032f1a653efd96cce60cbc7eeef6ddc8570b3ad44cbb7398c79eb0f01291f27.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/80d8f51f81a6b531f48be189ce10790afa1f961041b266ab548bd88e1f6aa95e.jpg
🍊 orange update 🍊
Update on the air quality testing with the miner running in the sound proofed unit. I used an electronic Air Quality testing device to do this.
In summary, after an hour of running the miner, it actually improved the air quality by a small margin. This is good, no nasty stuff coming out when the miner is running. Also, it increased the room temperature from 21.6 to 24.9 degrees Celsius after 1 hour of running (standard size living room with furniture).
Things done to control the testing environment.
1) Closed windows and doors so there is none or very little airflow coming into the testing room.
2) Let the testing device run for an hour in the room to get an accurate starting reading.
3) Placed the testing device around 1.5 meters away from the warm air vent. Above the unit and to the side of it where it would get some of warmer airflow.
4) No movement of anything in the room.
After 1 hour of letting the testing device settle in the room, I took 3 readings 2 minutes apart to get an accurate starting reading. (This is before the miner is switched on)
PM2.5 = 4.4, 4.1, 4.2 (Average = 4.233)
PM10 = 7.8, 6.8, 6.0 (Average = 6.867)
HCHO = 0.02, 0.02, 0.01 (Average = 0.0167)
TVOC = 0.02, 0.02, 0.02 (Average = 0.0200)
Temperature Degrees Celsius = 21.6, 21.6, 21.6 (Average = 21.60)
After switching the miner on, I took 3 readings every 20 minutes (20min, 40mins and then at 60mins).
PM2.5 = 3.4, 3.1, 3.2 (Average = 3.233)
PM10 = 5.8, 5.2, 5.6 (Average = 5.533)
HCHO = 0.01, 0.02, 0.01 (Average = 0.0133)
TVOC = 0.01, 0.02, 0.02 (Average = 0.0167)
Temperature Degrees Celsius = 22.9, 24.1, 24.9 (Average = 23.97)
I will do some more extended testing when the weather gets cooler.
#DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Airquality
Showing page 1 of
272 pages
