Banger.

GrapheneOS a great private alternative Android, if you have a Pixel device although it of course has tradeoffs. I've been using Graphene for a year or two and love it. Although I got a new phone, the Pixel 10, and it's not yet available. I've been using linux for a couple of decades, literally, and love it. Linux Mint is a great starting point. Protonmail and their entire suite is fantastic. They now even have a word processor and spreadsheets similar to Google. Plus a VPN, password manager, calendar and drive. LibreOffice is great, although not as refined as MS or Google. I use PayPerQ (ppq.ai) for my AI queries. You pay with bitcoin and have access to most of the top models (it not all) and as the name implies, pay sats per question. Also more private since there are no accounts.

I'm bullish on merchant adoption! LFG!

Viva le Revolution!

I think you're wrong on this one. They live hand-to-mouth. The debt increases by the minute. And if enough people start staging a tax revolt, they will act quickly to squash it. This is a very slippery slope. But if enough people feel empowered enough to stop paying taxes, there's nothing they can do. Maybe they'll start printing more, but that just plays into our hand.

Hey, when the merch is good, you gotta drop some sats to support the cause!

DM me too. 😉

Love the mug! Where's it from?

I really enjoy my bitcoin wallet setup. Each person has a different set of needs and what works for one may not work for another. I think of mine a stack; starting from the most secure and cold to the most hot: 🔒🔒🔒🔒 Multisig vault ❄️ 🔒🔒🔒 Seedsigner singlesig ❄️ 🔒🔒 Nunchuk singlesig, secured by a Tapsigner 🔒 Phoenix lightning Coinos custodial The multisig vault is collaborative custody. You might be able to guess the institution. This is here for inheritance purposes and to make it easier for my family in case of my demise or incapacitation. I feel very confident in the security model. My Seedsigner (I love their approach!) is for my non-KYC funds and is the next layer down. Completely cold storage. Nunchuk + tapsigner might be my favorite part of the stack. Having a physical device to secure bitcoin while enjoying convenience of just tapping an NFC card to the phone to spend is a great UX. I consider this to be my hot on-chain wallet to spend and convert to lightning as needed. Phoenix is a great lightning wallet. Although I don't love their fees, their UI/UX makes up for it. I'm always looking for a better solution for this part of my stack, but Phoenix is pretty hard to beat. I don't understand how Coinos makes money. They run a great on-chain and lightning service with low fees. Since it's custodial, I minimize its use, but it has NWC built-in so it works great with nostr. I consider it to be my hottest wallet and don't keep a lot of funds here, but you can't beat the convenience! Use as a PWA but with full app features. I'm happy to discuss! Tell me what I'm doing wrong!

And therein is one of the main problems with politics.

Make sure Tapsigner works with Phoenix - I don't ont think it does. 🫤 I use mine with Nunchuk.

Did you know you can #3Dprint furniture? This fun project was in response to the wife wanting a riser for plants. It took nearly 10 hours and made for a great time lapse! It's all one piece and printed with PLA. And it's surprisingly strong. I don't know that I'd use it as a step stool, but great for kids... and plants. Happy New Year! 2026 LFG!

And so it goes.

No, that was my misconception too. The tapsigner holds your private keys. So it's cold storage in a way. To sign on-chain transactions you tap the card to your phone and the signing happens via NFC. I keep my Tapsigner with me, so that wallet holds an intermediate amount of funds. I can author a transaction to my Phoenix wallet and tap to send, for example.

The Somali childcare scam is a PsyOp. It's a misdirection to direct your anger at the wrong thing, the wrong people. Go deeper. Think about where that ire should be directed. Follow the money and incentives. Who set up the system and who is the ultimate beneficiary? Who gains more power and control from it? Pull your attention and time away from these thieves and looters. Politicians don't deserve either. Let them whither on the vine. Opt out by storing your time and energy outside of their control. #bitcoin

We agree then. =) Although I don't think it would take many to have the desired effect' Even if a few thousand vocally said 'fuck it' and stopped paying there's not much they can do. What will they do? Prosecute 1000s in the legal system and lock 'em up? I don't think so. Their system would grind to a halt. And if 1000s are doing it vocally, 10s of 1000s more will follow. Nobody wants to be extorted. The dam would break.