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2026-10-10T01:38:07Z

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Interesting. They were quoted very differently in this article ...

2026-10-01T10:44:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…23v3
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Interesting. They were quoted very differently in this article for the Tunick case.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/grapheneos-says-duress-password-legal-180418700.html

If I remember correctly it doesn't wipe anything. It just ...

2026-10-01T10:37:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…aqw7
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If I remember correctly it doesn't wipe anything. It just securely deletes and writes over the encryption key. But yes, dummy mode would be a great feature.

We need to have a grassroots level campaign of warning neighbors ...

2026-09-28T23:17:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…8vvc
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We need to have a grassroots level campaign of warning neighbors about the panopticon being built and analyzed by AI. Then offer to assist them adopt more sovereign tech. From GrapheneOS to PostmarketOS to Linux Mint or other easy to use distros.

I don't think there's much that can be done outside of that or tremendous pain when the overlords clamp down harder on speech and freedom of compute.

That means evolution worked and gave you good genetics. Only ...

2026-09-23T02:39:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…lzml
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That means evolution worked and gave you good genetics. Only prepared people survive bad situations. Better to be prepared rather than hope you're lucky. As long as you keep moving forward you're doing good.

Forgot your front camera cover but I'll forgive you.

2026-09-11T21:22:15Z

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Forgot your front camera cover but I'll forgive you.

Option 1: Only buy old dumb TVs or dumb computer monitors and ...

2026-09-11T07:03:30Z

Option 1: Only buy old dumb TVs or dumb computer monitors and accept no 4k or no big screens

Option 2: Keep your LG TV. Hook it up once to a temporary network or vlan, install homebrew web OS and ssh in. Install scripts to disable all the bullshit telemetry. Tape over any pin holes showing with multiple layers of thick tape or physically rip out mics. Then change password to this network or just delete it as it should only be a temporary network. Now even if it finds someone else's network to try and upload the bullshit you will have removed its ability to collect it in the first place (and hopefully you have blocked the network from even being able to initiate any network connections without doing a factory reset first.) Plug in something else like a raspberry pi etc. for watching your media.

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Makes sense. Thanks for explaining 🫡

2026-08-19T11:17:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…zksm
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Makes sense. Thanks for explaining 🫡

Does this OS run on any hardware that has no WiFi or Bluetooth?

2026-08-19T01:20:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…fuae
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Does this OS run on any hardware that has no WiFi or Bluetooth?

When the enemy of bitcoiners is the state, we have to assume they ...

2026-08-18T10:58:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…h0a6
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When the enemy of bitcoiners is the state, we have to assume they are constantly trying to penetrate and backdoor all the curcuit boards they can. It's unfortunate but true.

Build a seedsigner. Also they're cheap so build a few. Also ...

2026-08-18T02:30:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…dp5a
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Build a seedsigner. Also they're cheap so build a few. Also check out foundation passport core. Other than the seedsigner hard to trust pretty much anything. Also there's no secure element but I am pretty sure trezor model T is all open source.

I would still roll dice and convert to binary then to bip39 words yourself. No matter what you have to use some kind of offline computer to calculate the checksum to get the final 12th or 24th word.

That's your opinion 🤙

2026-08-12T19:26:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…39u0
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That's your opinion 🤙

You're making me question whether I am wrong to not want a ...

2026-08-11T12:12:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…7gv8
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You're making me question whether I am wrong to not want a POW change.

Maybe it is actually the only way.

Hard to not feel discouraged after this past weekend.

I have a a feeling that one day, years from now, core supporters ...

2026-08-10T20:55:07Z

I have a a feeling that one day, years from now, core supporters will look back with a different perspective on BIP 110. If miner centralization stays, good luck maintaining the principles you hold.

I sure hope we can find a way to convince every single bitcoiner (meaning someone who actually holds their own keys) to run one or two solo miners at home even when it means they aren't making money with them.

Honest question. Do you think the BIP 110 folks raised any good ...

2026-08-10T06:00:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…8aln
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Honest question. Do you think the BIP 110 folks raised any good points outside of the obvious spam is bad?

No disrespect intended by this but some people can't grasp the level of evil in the world. As far as I know it you still don't believe the Coldcard bug was maliciously inserted despite all the evidence and coincidences.

You strike me as someone who is at least in this narrow aspect naive to the level of evil us bitcoiners face. The level of fiat corruption being presented as bitcoin project grants. The nature of removing incredibly small amounts of liberty so slowly that eventually you have no 4th amendment rights left and very little 1st or 2nd amendments left relative to a hundred years ago. This is the slow boilg frog attack we face in bitcoin as well.

From the perspective of someone who was on the side of BIP 110 the core devs are mostly corrupted with some of them not even owning bitcoin, opensats is corrupted, companies like blockstream are corrupted, Adam Back literally went to Epstein's island and has completely ignored the issue rather than providing a clear explanation which makes him appear guilty of horrendous crimes, no one I know wanted default 100kb op return defaults for config, core restricted peoples ability to question the change on github, coinkite apparently has 10 employees shipping thousands of hardware units and yet you still don't think there was a nation state involved. I mean I could go on and on and on. I could talk about citrea or this new bitcoin security consortium. Miner centralization. etc. etc

To be clear I don't support a POW change. I reverted back to an old knots version. But I am legitimately curious if you think the 110 folks raised any good points and made you reconsider any of your views.

I don't think there are many BIP 110 people that want POW ...

2026-08-09T22:59:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…vn38
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I don't think there are many BIP 110 people that want POW change. I include myself in that category.

Just roll dice folks

2026-08-08T04:08:58Z

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Just roll dice folks

I'm sure Google just accidentally messed up the easiest url ...

2026-08-08T04:05:16Z

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I'm sure Google just accidentally messed up the easiest url trezor.io

Whoopsie 🤷

Walker has the opinions of his owners. Sorry I meant to say ...

2026-08-07T15:38:55Z

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Walker has the opinions of his owners. Sorry I meant to say sponsors.

How have they not added airgapped transactions? Like please man ...

2026-08-07T15:20:59Z

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How have they not added airgapped transactions? Like please man give us qr codes or microsd or something.

That's your first mistake. Don't outsource your ...

2026-08-07T14:53:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…eeqx
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That's your first mistake. Don't outsource your sovereignty to experts. Make a seedsigner man. It will be a fun project and you'll learn along the way. Roll dice. Add a passphrase. Call it a day.

Not looking forward to the day we all discover the main dice ...

2026-08-07T04:23:45Z

Not looking forward to the day we all discover the main dice manufacturers built a latent exploit into the dice and the entropy we generated was far less than we imagined. 😟

Its not larp. You didn't generate your own entropy. Which is ...

2026-08-07T03:00:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…856c
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Its not larp. You didn't generate your own entropy. Which is why you had to urgently move your coins. Why not generate your own entropy then keep 10-15 super private utxos on multisig seperated from your non private utxos on single sig/passphrase? Then you will be covered for all sorts of different situations.

So I do have experience with multisig although it was years ago ...

2026-08-06T22:19:25Z

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So I do have experience with multisig although it was years ago the last time I created one. So I do know what to back up and have encrypted USBs and drives for that. My only thing is I don't like taproot and I will support removing it in the future if a fork comes along. I'll have to continue reviewing my options. Thank you!

At this point coldcards should be treated like pagers in the ...

2026-08-06T22:09:49Z

At this point coldcards should be treated like pagers in the middle east

Ohhhhh duh. That makes sense. Thought both statements were ...

2026-08-05T09:35:28Z

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Ohhhhh duh. That makes sense. Thought both statements were relating to coldcard. Thank you 🙏🫡

Maybe I'm dumb but can you explain what he means by privacy ...

2026-08-05T08:48:22Z

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Maybe I'm dumb but can you explain what he means by privacy info from transactions being leaked? Do you mean from people who actually had thier funds swept because that means the attacker has the keys therefore knowing all transactions? Or is someone suggesting coldcards had some sort of radio component??

There are so many dice methods but I know some skimp on the ...

2026-08-05T03:45:49Z

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There are so many dice methods but I know some skimp on the entropy and aren't the best choice, others are too complex or take too long. Do you have a preferred method?

Or do you use something other than dice?

Any recommendations for how to calculate the check sum if you don't have airgapped machine your willing to destroy at some point? Other than RAM only Linux distros or trusting a hardware wallet to calculate the last word, some of which only turn on when plugged into a machine (pretty sure trezor are like that which is so dumb).

Curious on your opinions for all those questions 🙏🙏🙏

When I hear OpenSats is giving a grant to a open source program I ...

2026-08-05T03:34:03Z

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When I hear OpenSats is giving a grant to a open source program I like it pisses me off so bad. Like noooooo please please don't ruin it 😂

Brother. Same some creativity for the rest of us. Your meme game ...

2026-08-05T02:57:17Z

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Brother. Same some creativity for the rest of us. Your meme game is absurd.

Give the fbi a call to doxx yourself! We prooooooooomise ...

2026-08-04T08:05:56Z

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Give the fbi a call to doxx yourself! We prooooooooomise we'll get you your coins back anon 😁😏

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2026-08-04T06:57:28Z

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An AI had this to say when I asked who Udi was... Udi Wertheimer ...

2026-08-04T01:07:31Z

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An AI had this to say when I asked who Udi was...

Udi Wertheimer is an Israeli entrepreneur, software developer, and influential figure in the Bitcoin community, best known as the co-founder of Taproot Wizards, a project dedicated to revitalizing Bitcoin culture through art and memes. He began his career in the Israel Defense Forces before working as a developer at companies like eBay, PayPal, and Colu, later transitioning to independent consulting and angel investing in Web3 startups

Bruh....... the more I learn the more it seems intentional. ...

2026-08-04T00:37:35Z

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Bruh....... the more I learn the more it seems intentional. Highly doubt if they are that they are ever brought to justice though.

Oof. So many people learning extremely hard lessons right now. I ...

2026-08-04T00:25:01Z

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Oof. So many people learning extremely hard lessons right now.

I swear I swing back and forth from 'this will teach so many people how to secure their stack! Nice!' to 'fuck this is devastating. Imagine all the spouses that were told hey this is the most valuable thing on the planet and its completely safe don't worry I will protect us. Now they're financially ruined.'

Doesn't feel good does it? 🫂

2026-08-03T22:15:32Z

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Doesn't feel good does it? 🫂

I certainly hope we don't ever have to find out.

2026-08-03T03:19:19Z

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I certainly hope we don't ever have to find out.

Fuck. That's a good question. @nprofile…0gj5 was right. AI ...

2026-08-03T01:28:20Z

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Fuck. That's a good question. Sunny Penguin (nprofile…0gj5) was right.

AI combined with robots that were ever not aligned perfectly with humanity would most likely not like sovereign humans. One large attack against sovereign humans is destroying their money.

Ben trying to save bitcoiners from total loss... ...

2026-08-02T22:13:20Z

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Ben trying to save bitcoiners from total loss...

So you don't want to try my setup?? It's only a few ...

2026-08-02T22:10:32Z

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So you don't want to try my setup?? It's only a few hundred thousand dollars to create...

FYI rolling dice isn't enough anymore. Real bitcoiners use ...

2026-08-02T22:05:25Z

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FYI rolling dice isn't enough anymore. Real bitcoiners use the far corners of space to generate entropy from gravitational waves.

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If you don't use entropy you collected on your own from pulsar timing arrays, please, lose my number.... Just kidding, here's a beginner friendly guide to take you through each step while holding your hand.

Ok, so first you need a large dish (≥15m), a cryogenic low-noise amplifier (LNA), and a Software Defined Radio (SDR) with high bandwidth (tens of MHz).

Now, your local clock must be synchronized to UTC via GPS. If your clock drifts, the "randomness" you record is just your clock's error, which is predictable. SO DONT OVERCLOCK YOUR CPU. Sync the clock over a fiber internet connection first before turning it into a permanently offline computer. And also download PINT or TEMPO2. These are the standard open source tools used by astronomers. Now you need to turn your hardened Linux computer into a permanently offline machine where you desolder the WiFi adapter from the motherboard. Simple. 5 minutes at most if you're not braindead.

Ok now, point your dish at bright millisecond pulsars like PSR J0030+0451 or PSR B0329+54.

Now record your data for a while. The raw data contains a predictable "model" (the pulsar's steady spin) and the "residuals" (the random variations you want).

Ok sweet. Put in the raw TOAs and the pulsar's "ephemeris" (its known position, spin rate, and orbital parameters).

The software subtracts the predicted arrival time from the actual arrival time.

Now you will have A list of Timing Residuals. These are the tiny deviations (nanoseconds to microseconds) caused by gravitational waves, interstellar medium turbulence, and intrinsic pulsar noise.

The residuals are not yet uniform random bits; they have statistical bias. You must "distill" them in order to extract the entropy you want.

First we need to scale the residual values so they fall between 0 and 1.

Quantization:

Simple Method for beginners to self custody: If a residual is above the median, output 1; if below, output 0.

Advanced Method for experienced plebs that have seen a thing or two 😏: Use Gray coding on the decimal expansion of the residuals to capture more bits per measurement.

Extraction (Crucial Step): Pass the raw bits through a cryptographic extractor.

This step mathematically guarantees that even if your measurement has some bias or correlation, the final output is indistinguishable from perfect randomness.

Copy this data to a USB drive and transfer it to another internet connected device. Compare your extracted residuals against a second independent dataset (e.g., compare your observation against the EPTA public release for the same timeframe on that same pulsar). If they match in their statistical properties (but not exact values, due to different noise floors), your source is genuine. Ask AI for help if you're new to bitcoin. Don't be embarrassed. We all started somewhere.

Statistical Testing: Run the final bitstream through the NIST SP 800-22 test suite. Pulsar-derived random numbers have been proven to pass these tests, confirming the entropy is a high enough grade to hold your 2 million sats so that one day you can have all the chairs and lambos you could ever want.

Once you finish this step repeat the process on a new pulsar since you sent the last data you collected over the internet and it is now ABSOLUTELY USELESS.

See? Easy peasy. Now you have your first private key for your new 3 of 5 multisig that you will eventually add a 200 (minimum, best not to mess up your security now that you've put the work in) character passphrase to. You still need to convert this key into a seedphrase but now you know how to get started.

Once you have done this 4 more times without ever revealing the data to anyone else, boom, you're ready to whip out sparrow on your offline machine and start constructing your secure 3 of 5 multisig wallet.

Make sure to now stamp everything into steel and spread it out to the far corners of the earth. Good luck! You got this! 💪

Oh! One last thing. If you really value security. You need multiple dishes because you need to record data for 6-12 months per pulsar. So grab a big UPS for making sure you don't lose power to your machines for the next year. Maybe even a whole house battery system you link to your computer and dishes only. Make sure it kicks on in under 3ms to avoid total loss.

For the extra paranoid I recommend discovering new pulsars so that no data exists on it for years to come. Do this 5 times and your golden.

Feel free to comment and let me know how it worked out for you!!

utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻🍁 (nprofile…jejf) You're much more technical than I am. How did I do? Can you rate my setup? 🙏

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2026-08-02T21:53:13Z

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How many more zaps until we shake hands and let bygones be ...

2026-08-02T21:47:23Z

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How many more zaps until we shake hands and let bygones be bygones frien?

Your comedy genius inspires me each day.

2026-08-02T21:31:58Z

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Your comedy genius inspires me each day.

Add a lightning address to get zaps please! 🤙

2026-08-02T17:08:42Z

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Add a lightning address to get zaps please! 🤙

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2026-08-01T22:37:07Z

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2026-08-01T13:56:29Z

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Words are not defined by governments. I'm not arguing you ...

2026-08-01T00:20:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…dryk
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Words are not defined by governments. I'm not arguing you would not be arrested. Relax man. From one bitcoiner to another. Just simply stating that bitcoin is in a sort of in between state in regards to property. Just an observation.

By not believing the official story.

2026-08-01T00:16:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…nx76
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By not believing the official story.

I'm talking about generating high entropy in the physical ...

2026-08-01T00:15:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…35yt
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I'm talking about generating high entropy in the physical world.

I could also get struck by lightning 37 times walking to a ...

2026-08-01T00:13:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…rmyh
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I could also get struck by lightning 37 times walking to a friends house. I doubt it will happen though.

If you could travel to 1930's Soviet Russia and tell the ...

2026-08-01T00:12:05Z

If you could travel to 1930's Soviet Russia and tell the average man throwing a handful of dice at a wall and writing down the results for an hour he could maintain his purchasing power, cross borders with his entire net worth secretly, and no one could easily take it from him, do you think he would be excited or would he say that's too much work?

What you're really saying when you claim no one will ever roll dice to secure their money is that life is actually pretty nice right now for most Americans and you think that won't change.

Fiat is going to fuck people pretty hard too. And when they get fucked with bad enough, playing dice to keep their wealth will sound incredible.

I'm not confident people will have higher purchasing power and income in 10 years. The AI tech overlords have no desire to share. People will claim their freedom, but only after it gets really, really bad.

The one way I can see that not being the case is if either local llms or decentralized AI networks compete well with centralized AI. In that case who knows how long it may take for bitcoin to catch on.

Its extremely hard to generate random information and secure it. But I'm still hopeful. Perhaps people will invent devices or contraptions that generate entropy with far less effort than dice or cards. But I'm just saying I'm not ready to give up on getting people to self custody. The alternative future is too dystopian for me to accept.

Damn you're calling me out bro 😂

2026-07-31T22:15:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…lg8c
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Damn you're calling me out bro 😂

You definitely don't want Cyborg coming by when her ...

2026-07-31T22:05:54Z

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You definitely don't want Cyborg coming by when her seedsigner gets brute forced ☠️☠️☠️

Thank you for elaborating your views. As you can see I am ...

2025-09-21T05:43:25Z

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Thank you for elaborating your views. As you can see I am enthusiastically pro human.

I agree that this is not the first time and like everything else in the universe, things happen in cycles.

I understand your concern but I think with bitcoin, countries governments can shrink and we can get back to more free markets and stronger property rights.

After people use money to save instead of houses, and we get back to real competition, the cost comes closer to the marginal cost of production. People can then afford to start moving out of crowded cities and start owning their own plots of land again.

Perhaps I am wrong but I think there is a good chance of that happening assuming bitcoin stays decentralized and secure.

"The idea that we need to start having more babies is ...

2025-09-21T05:19:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…028q
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"The idea that we need to start having more babies is misguided"

I think people, including myself, were mainly pushing back when you said that line. Also it seems incorrect to make projections about a 10 billion carrying capacity when there is so much room for efficiency gains. Whether that be from robotics, nuclear power etc.

Be fruitful and multiply seems to be the right attitude in my opinion. We will solve the problems as needed. Of course there will be challenges. Thats why we need sound money and the right attitudes. To solve problems.

Also, mens testosterone levels in America have dropped somewhere around 25-40% since 1970 last I saw. Combine that with other environmental factors and I think people do need to be worried. Just my 2 satoshis 🤙