fa097 - 10h
I got mine today and it's delicious. Never had pecan butter before. Shared with my boys at D&D night and they loved it. Great product! #asknostr #btc nostr:nevent1qqszh5vtsjz3gmd7m449jvz6cl5n48qa8s6jwarj7mcunkvquehmh6qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsyg9yfk7f4234w9m20484cvgxs3h2p94kdhst2rhrntl4fw4td39lfvpsgqqqqqqs5nq223
fa097 - 2d
Ready to buy... with #btc
16854 - 3d
๐ orange update ๐ https://image.nostr.build/e442b7fdbf6bbd9710de5d53ffcefaac1efb085f3302356ed8c6b5d2180c4730.png https://image.nostr.build/2b75621b4beedeec6019edc0f0cc03971c0f87388bc0673995b9ef73a07c7ce7.png Did some test resin work on a scrap piece of wood. From an earlier post you will know that I Fvcked it up because the resin leaked out from the sides (forgot to clamp down the gaps with plastic ๐คฆ). I tried to take as much wood off from the sides but the wood is like a sponge and it absorbed the resin. You can see the difference of what the leaked side looks like (1. Bad) vs. what the untainted side looks like (2. Good). The side with the leakage is almost black and the resin has discoloured the wood (Yuk). The good side has a nice natural colour to it which is where I did the resin work again and had no nasty resin leakage(attempt #2). I learnt from my experience and also later from a YouTube video that before doing any resin work, you should seal off the wood with a small amount of resin. This stops the wood from absorbing too much and prevents the discolouring seen in the pictures. I also made an attempt to chamfer the edges to give it a 45 degree look. Fvcked it up on the first few attempts but did it almost perfect after that. I used a planer tool to do the chamfering. This is all just testing and getting some experience before I can finish the actual table top to a good standard. #DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Wood #Woodworking #Hardwood #Paint #Art #Artwork #Epoxy #Design
Sandrek @Sandrek - 3d
Gm! "District internet MIA for 48hrs?" No sweatโplugged my lightning node into a phone hotspot via USB-tethering & kept every channel alive. 0 closures, 100% uptime, and a minor victory for node resilience. ๐ #Bitcoin #BTC #LightningNetwork
82bbe - 4d
#asknostr only positive #BTC news... Why is the price not budging? I fear games are actually being played here & we're not too far off a black swan.
b8851 - 4d
๐ฃ 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. Moodyโs has already stripped the U.S. of its last AAA credit rating. Their warning? Debt is no longer a long-term issue. Itโs now a strategic liability. Even worst: M2 is expanding again โ Up 4.2% year-over-year as of March 2025. Thatโs the fastest pace since 2022. Weโre 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 โOne Big Beautiful Bill,โ will gut federal tax revenue by $4.5 trillion over the next decade, while offering just 1.1% additional GDP growth. I donโt see this as #policy, but arithmetic failure. โ 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 doesnโt beg for bailouts. Look, weโre experiencing a coordinated, institutional repositioning: ๐ ๐ Over 59% of institutional investors in the U.S now allocate at least 10% of their #portfolios to BTC and digital #assets. ๐ #BlackRockโs 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. ๐ 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. ๐ Nearly 100 publicly listed companies now hold BTC on their balance sheets. ๐ #Treasury management firms are spinning up Bitcoin-specific advisory practices. ๐ Now, sovereigns are entering the game. ๐ 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. Itโs an asset. ๐ European central banks are buying too. Quietly, but with intent. What was once ridiculed as โinternet moneyโ is now treated like digital gold. #Nostr, Iโm not writing about a โcrypto storyโ here but about a capital allocation story. The old model of relying on bonds is broken. Real yields: gone. Trust: gone. The โrisk-free rateโ now carries systemic risk. And weโre watching the global risk-free asset quietly shift from Treasury bonds to the hardest money ever. ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต. The worldโs 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
16854 - 9d
๐ orange update ๐ 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
๐ orange update ๐ https://image.nostr.build/fef7679752ae29020bf8c2e85d2047189758ccb58a8ab153aafd35f2c9911fc7.png https://image.nostr.build/f485bfe9e461eb8494942a945e83d59e4f79f2bbd86f22ba236252e3be4f059f.png Just doing some testing here with epoxy on some scrap wood. 1) Thought some black glass would look interesting so I sprinkled that into the gap in the wood. 2) I mixed some epoxy resin and added a small amount of orange and black dye to give the resin a slight tint. 3) Poured the resin slowly into the gap. Used a heat gun to remove any air bubbles from the resin. There were quite a lot of bubbles because I mixed the resin too fast. 4) Covered it to stop dust falling on top while leaving enough room for airflow. I fvcked up because I came back to check in on it after an hour and the resin started leaking out of the sides. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Had some mess to clean up and put the spilled epoxy back into the gap and clamped down the plastic bits so there definitely will not be any more leakage. โ Before doing any of this you need the temperature to be around 22-23 degree Celsius otherwise the resin won't cure properly. So I got some electronics to keep the work room at a steady temperature while the resin cures. Also, it's very humid today so I'm also using a dehumidifier to decrease the humidity in the work room to help the curing process. Will check back on it after a few days after it's fully cured. #DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Wood #Woodworking #Hardwood #Paint #Art #Artwork #Epoxy #Design
16854 - 12d
๐ orange update ๐ Did some air quality testing with the miner running in the enclosure for a few hours. Tested for PM2.5, PM10 and VOC. Looks safe and good to use. Not surprised because I made sure to tune down the miner so temps are low (warm air, not hot), added extra fans and the internal materials that are exposed to heat are designed for HVAC systems. Will provide exact readings and testing conditions later. #DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Airquality
16854 - 14d
๐ orange update ๐ https://image.nostr.build/a05ebef115778bba3fd07d05a82db2e6f0abba4bbb884a053caa4b4e6fc73953.png https://image.nostr.build/c43a8d9e00cd0798bea3e94b1df33028cfa1155c47a7b9bf87edad6b50fb7731.png https://image.nostr.build/9f6e338d23fd6c4ce2874ab29b9d07f280724720e65ac5e262c84caf4f8ee30c.png https://image.nostr.build/ee01ba61b865de54bc7c5b33d7e4b806a29d40489b8ab20014035dd34bbf85dc.png https://image.nostr.build/909d274d1c00b83c299b7ebc3d47994185629b5817365217921c64772b60464a.png https://image.nostr.build/5303b07aac54dc3c54fc0d4f27e86c8a333336c1b0b813ccbcd5238d3568971b.png https://image.nostr.build/d82ff70bc925822d8e95ed94920a62d04e394234708ef686de94bf5f850264eb.png Following on from the last post, I am tidying up this scrap piece of wood for some paint/epoxy design testing. 1) Glued some low grit sand paper to a file (file was awful) and used that to sand down the middle bit. Also just used sand paper without the file. Made the middle section reasonably smooth/level. 2) Cut some pieces of plastic and sanded down any sharp edges. Taped to the end of the wood gaps. When I pour in the epoxy resin, the plastic pieces will prevent it from spilling out. 3) Taped off areas prior to applying paint in the middle. 4) Did two coats of white paint in the middle bit (acrylic paint, can't use oil based paint because the epoxy gurus say not to). Did one coat of black on the middle bit sides. 5) Orange was too bright so I tried to dull it down to a pumpkin orange by mixing in some black. Fvked that up and it looked like squashed bird shit. ๐คฃ 6) Take 2 on the orange mixing... and it looks much better. 7) Did one coat in the middle and then used a fine paint brush to blend in the edges a bit. Still need to remove some of the white paint from the top. Next I'll do the epoxy.. thinking of going for clear epoxy with a slightly black tint. All of this is just testing, trying to get a feel for what can be done and what can go wrong. #DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Wood #Woodworking #Hardwood #Paint #Art #Artwork #Epoxy #Design
16854 - 15d
๐ orange update ๐ https://image.nostr.build/2cf490cffd246b8e4ed4e51eb6776c94c7a0df0de2dd5ec2e399e73cb7c15cf6.png https://image.nostr.build/b8683e9bb36db79dd75b6ebc0b366e182c0468cc4544a9662a8809df4ca1400c.png https://image.nostr.build/6132d5c5ac75b35d2e3b512e75d90be92e709671808eba63272f0ef84f3aa9d4.png https://image.nostr.build/2f35280fc8d7da36eb0cab50beeaa6773411a0c23d47d03f05789875b573684f.png Next I'm using some scrap wood and carving out some gaps to test out some artwork on the inside (paint & epoxy). Running tests on this scrap piece of wood so I get enough experience to do the table top to a good standard. (Have not done this before) 1) Marked off the wood in the middle vertically and horizontally. Remarked it from the middle but with a 1cm gap. 2) Clamped wood down and put a cloth under the clamps to avoid damaging the wood. Used a small fine tooth saw to cut a few mm deep (acts as a guide rail for the next part). Next I used a bigger saw (longer and bigger teeth) and went full force to cut through the wood. Only want to go halfway deep here. (used a hand saw) 3) Saw someone on YouTube use saw dust to fill in small cracks in the wood. Could be useful later if I need to do that, so I put some clean saw dust in a bag. 4) Luckily found a chisel the right size to remove the middle bit of wood. I guess most chisels come around 1cm wide. Used a hammer and chisel to slowly knock the middle bit of wood out. Yup, I smacked my hand with the hammer a few times by accident. ๐ Still need to sand down the middle bit, clean it, test out the paint and epoxy. Then cut the other way across using the method above and do more paint and epoxy testing. Lots of testing to do! Curious to see what this scrap piece of wood will look like after I am done with it. #DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Wood #Woodworking #Hardwood
๐ orange update ๐ https://image.nostr.build/31fbc6a4f6944fe6b864b79408f5510bb97b8281cf70f5f57aadce549407db8e.png I ordered x4 Black American Walnut boards for my table top. You never know what you are going to get because each board can be so different! It can either make your final product look terrible or great. ๐ Luckily the boards look quite good. I spent a few hours flipping the boards around to see which way looks the best. I got some feedback from family and friends and decided it looked great as shown in the picture. Now I need to get these joined up. I won't be joining them myself because these boards are expensive and I can't afford to fvck it up and redo it. While waiting for the boards to arrive, I spent a week or so working on designs for the table top. Got something super cool lined up on the design front so stay tuned! ๐ #DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Wood #Woodworking #Hardwood #Design
16854 - 16d
๐ orange update ๐ After many hours of learning about wood finishes I found a product and technique that seems to work and one that is relatively safe and idiot proof. https://image.nostr.build/e138b4cdb112d73a8e75ca126794875a65817727bee2e8706b35de9369c903ae.png I used some sand paper and gently sanded down this block of wood in one direction (along the wood grain). I did a couple minutes with different sand paper grit levels 60,100,120,150. Between each level I vacuumed it, wiped it with a cloth and used some pressurised gas to remove any dust. When I get round to doing the table top I will also use 80 grit sand paper since I did not have it available right now. https://image.nostr.build/0769173ca0513005bf3c220d5b079af7d39a4b97ee2d511e4824fd9d6e5d71ff.png After removing all the dust with a cloth, vacuum and pressurised gas, I then evenly sprayed the wood with water and wiped it down. I let the wood dry then sanded it very gently by hand with 150 grit sand paper. Followed the same procedure as before to remove any dust. Sprayed with water again, let the wood dry. I did it twice because it felt a little off after the first round. https://image.nostr.build/caa7973edc29d38a512a8a15df8ff9cb6e543f2e578f1b478d4f66cd58386b47.png Soon after the water dried, I applied an almost clear finish to the wood (Rubio Monocoat) with a foam brush, let that settle in for around 8 minutes, then wiped off any excess liquid with a soft pad. I then waited 24hrs for the next part. https://image.nostr.build/107212f77ef59ab097f333682631de87595ba42a035903dc04ce34a57d199b18.png After waiting, I used 320 grit sandpaper and gently sanded down the wood, used a vacuum, cloth and pressurised gas to remove any dust. Then I applied the second coat of the finish, waited 8 minutes and wiped off the excess. It should take around 1 week to fully cure, at that point I will do some durability testing on it. Some notable YouTube channels that helped with this finish method was "Lincoln St. Woodworks" and "Bent's Woodworking". #DIY #Bitcoin #Mining #BTC #Wood #Woodworking #Hardwood #Finish
5143c - 18d
Honestly, what did you expect? You gotta pay taxes on that shit, declare every penny and invoice accordingly. You thought nostr:nprofile1qqsvf646uxlreajhhsv9tms9u6w7nuzeedaqty38z69cpwyhv89ufcqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm4wfex2mn59en8j6gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0t25cfd was building an app for this kind of cash-only business with all these #KYC in place? It's all a scam to have you pay hefty commissions and still be fully controlled by uncle Sam. Better to use non-custodial #btc or #xmr solutions than run with these guys. They fuck around with guys like yourselves in the name of #AML but have the letter agencies lounder money and finance hell knows what. It's a sad fuckin state and these pseudo cypherpunks are long bought by these twats running the show.
Sandrek @Sandrek - 22d
Gm! Time to open more channels on your node! #Bitcoin #BTC #lightning #start9
Joshy ๐จ๐ฆ @Joshy ๐จ๐ฆ - 1mo
When watching the guys weld the seam on this vessel I was reminded that the UTXOs I create for my two lil girls are encapsulated for the future .... And the future is โฟ #grownostr #Bitcoin #Zap #cranelife #Nostr #โฟ #Nostriches #BTC #Plebs #Lightning
Mapletrade @Mapletrade - 1mo
Sats for syrup SOLD OUT for 2025. If you want on list for next year PM me. If you bought this year you are already on the list. I still facilitate the sales of my sister Sarah's homemade tallow soap for bitcoin PM if interested. #BTC
Making connections in โฟ is the surefire way to strengthening your innate understanding of why it fundamentally exists to begin with. #grownostr #Bitcoin #Zap #cranelife #Nostr #โฟ #Nostriches #BTC #Plebs #Lightning
Joshy ๐จ๐ฆ @Joshy ๐จ๐ฆ - 2mo
When we help spread the awareness of another way, another system thats superior to the current failure of fiat.... The heavy lifting of individual burden becomes lighter .... โฟ #grownostr #Bitcoin #Zap #cranelife #Nostr #โฟ #Nostriches #BTC #Plebs #Lightning
Acquiring more SATs is easy as long as you trim away the excess .... Stack more, spend less ..... โฟ #grownostr #Bitcoin #Zap #cranelife #Nostr #โฟ #Nostriches #BTC #Plebs #Lightning
