Sometimes when you stop searching so hard for something, it just shows up - when least expected.

I see many people waiting for Bitcoin price to moon so to buy xyz, but I'm doing the opposite—craving and digging ancient knowledge so that I can MAKE my own things ( the most practical and beautiful possible ) and, ofc no longer need to touch all the chemical or plastic fiat things, and that's the ultimate win for me: being self-sufficient. guess what I'm playing with:)

Part of the freedom is being able to create whatever you want, instead of buying from what's available. 👀 can't wait to show everyone what I've been making/playing with.

The future of e-commerce ⚡️ 1. a simple site built-in with sats 2. a Nostr account to deliver goods or contact - No need to register any companies - No need to apply for bank accounts - No need to beg for licenses or certificates What really matters is POW and web of trust, and of course your knowledge of Bitcoin.

It still amazed me how a tiny amount of programmers can come up with something to fight with all the banksters and the rooted system - does it mean the people are way more powerful than anything else once united? Hmm, that's why the rulers are playing different tricks to separate people...

anyone know what's this flower? 🤓

Playing around in the terminal last night, I feel I just started to learn how to really use the computer. 🤯 If you also want to learn about GPG, the best thing you can do is not use any tools but start right from the terminal - all the tools bring more convenience but also take away some of the important leanings! I prefer taking baby steps, learning things one by one instead of skipping, and then later taking advantage of the tools. Otherwise, there would be many missing pieces to pick up later on if you don't have a solid foundation. The same in Bitcoin - many people skip learning how to protect and restore the seeds due to the liking of convenience, but hey, not your keys, not your coins! The better direction is to learn how to self-custody first and then figure out how to take advantage of the custodial wallets instead of depending on them.

Learning and creating bring deep happiness, yet consuming brings shallow happiness and is mostly short-lived. Many people keep consuming all day yet thinking why are they still unhappy? Because you've been lied to and trained to chase the engineered desires, which are unlimited - there will ALWAYS be something new, and whoever gets to control those gets to control you.

Running your own bank is an ongoing journey - once you have figured out how to do simple deposits ( receive ) and withdrawals ( send ), decide how you would like to save your vault in cold wallets and spend with LN wallets ( with swap in and out in between ) then you also need to think how to be better equipped to deal with emergencies, and continually improving the operation: - do better labels - do better coin control - do better fee management - do better UTXO planning And the most important part: learn how to protect your seeds and how to restore them in different situations, from a simple cold wallet to nodes with different types of seeds - as long as you keep the seeds well, your Bitcoin NEVER leaves you. 🧡

Cleaning up some old UTXO today, the lesson is ALWAYS remember to add labels for any onchain transactions, your future self will really thank you for that. And for the ones that you don't remember, use the LN washing machine is the way. 👀 https://blog.geoarbitrage.com/swapping/