Nostr notes by knutsvanholm

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2026-09-16T15:29:03Z

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Beautiful!

2026-09-16T05:35:25Z

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Beautiful!

Have you heard the album yet? ...

2026-09-16T04:49:46Z

Have you heard the album yet?

https://fountain.fm/album/zNS8tQX8ZgESOV520lfN

Nostr first! “That Which You Can Do Without” is a collection ...

2026-09-08T13:05:26Z

Nostr first!

“That Which You Can Do Without” is a collection of what I view as the best nine songs I’ve written in the past five years or so. They’re deeply personal stream-of-consciousness compositions, and now I’ve finally found the time to record them. The songs represent what I was going through emotionally as I became more of a public person, and the insights and feelings that came with that. It's a dreamy album about hope, forgiveness, and letting go.

In an era where AI keeps taking over every creative process, I decided to go in the opposite direction. I recorded all the songs live in my home studio, so these are one-take versions, with me singing and playing guitar simultaneously. Honesty was the goal, as I believe the main purpose of music is to communicate feelings honestly, in a way mere words simply cannot.

After I was done recording, I gave the tracks to my brother Erik, who is an excellent composer and musician (currently the only formally educated one in our family) to let him sprinkle some magic of the project. Erik then added orchestration (strings, organ, mellotron, electric guitars, etc.) to the songs, and then mixed and mastered them properly.

The result is a truly original sounding album, and Erik managed to elevate the songs to heights I didn't know were possible.

For an optimal listening experience where you hear all the details, use headphones!

Available on fountain_app (nprofile…5gem) only, for the moment. Coming to the fiat platforms soon.

https://fountain.fm/album/zNS8tQX8ZgESOV520lfN

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2026-09-07T08:27:55Z

Clusterfuck around and clusterfind out

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2026-09-02T11:06:52Z

Soon🇹🇲

I don't agree with your Bitcoin fork proposal, but I will ...

2026-08-27T19:50:52Z

I don't agree with your Bitcoin fork proposal, but I will fight to the death for your right to fork it

Let's just say I'm not under the illusion that I have a ...

2026-08-21T21:26:56Z

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Let's just say I'm not under the illusion that I have a right to speak using those other peoples' relays

Happy Bitcoin Infinity Day, Nostr! Freedom of speech is ...

2026-08-21T09:52:10Z

Happy Bitcoin Infinity Day, Nostr!

Freedom of speech is downstream of property rights. There's no such thing as a right to speak on someone else's platform, on someone else's terms.

That's why we're here.

👀 #nevent1q…hxsx

2026-07-15T18:54:25Z

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Really excited for the launch of Orange Juice today. Been working on this for over a year and think it’s going to be a great way to bring Bitcoin to main street.

https://jeffreybooth.com/articles/the-case-for-sound-money

Done

2026-07-07T13:16:50Z

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Done

My interview with Dr. Kruse is out. It doesn't get much more ...

2026-06-29T16:16:04Z

My interview with Dr. Kruse is out.

It doesn't get much more controversial than this...
https://youtu.be/SXtU8Oo-ZE8

Mamma mia! Tutti frutti calzone! #nevent1q…etx5

2026-06-24T10:59:08Z

Mamma mia! Tutti frutti calzone!

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Che cos’è la prasseologia?

Abbiamo provato a spiegarlo con uno sketch teatrale: Robin finisce in terapia dal prasseologo dopo un’avventura fatta di banane, monete d’oro inutilizzabili, capitale, scambi e valore soggettivo.

Lo sketch è stato presentato al bitcareforum (nprofile…gdtw) 2026 per introdurre "Prasseologia – La mano invisibile che ti nutre" di knutsvanholm (nprofile…3hw8), tradotto in italiano da Riccardo Biffi e MarJJhodl.

Incuriositi? Per saperne di più sulla prasseologia, in italiano, questo è il libro fa per voi: https://amzn.eu/d/00bnoEAT

https://youtu.be/uoqM3dMskag

#prasseologia #bitcoin #austrianeconomics

And to a certain extent, they're right.

2026-06-18T08:30:26Z

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And to a certain extent, they're right.

I, picture of pencil. Few.

2026-06-15T08:22:16Z

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I, picture of pencil.

Few.

Read this book! We can all improve our security! #nevent1q…vv09

2026-06-15T08:21:38Z

Read this book!

We can all improve our security!

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Defending Bitcoin is out!

It's available now on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, and ebook editions. Pick up your copy today!

This is Bitcoin cybersecurity through the industrial lens I've spent the last decade working in. Defense for your Bitcoin and defense for the network. From custodial failures to quantum computing, the full threat landscape is here.

Huge thank you to everyone who helped with this massive project. I couldn't have done it without you!

Bitcoininfinity.com

2026-06-05T13:12:40Z

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Bitcoininfinity.com

No, the subject just never came up. This was primarily about ...

2026-06-03T11:32:34Z

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No, the subject just never came up.

This was primarily about Max's book.

Aaaawww

2026-06-02T08:59:59Z

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Aaaawww

Maxxing out with @nprofile…8p0e Don't miss! ...

2026-06-01T15:22:16Z

Maxxing out with Max (nprofile…8p0e)

Don't miss!

https://youtu.be/FX5Ae-GGZ7Y

Now lookie here! 👀 #nevent1q…fmc6

2026-05-22T06:40:42Z

Now lookie here! 👀

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I’m pretty excited to say that I’ll have copies of my first book
‘The Beautiful Balance of Bitcoin’ in Prague and Warsaw 🧡
Come check out The book corner at BTCPrague (npub167n…zu3r) ! lukedewolf (nprofile…y2ht) knutsvanholm (nprofile…wglz) and
Ioni (nprofile…qywd) will all have their books available too!

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2026-05-19T15:20:21Z

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My interview with @nprofile…yc8n #nevent1q…kt2r

2026-05-18T20:20:51Z

My interview with BitcoinUniversity (nprofile…yc8n)

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#nostronly

Ha! A second me for trading purposes! #nevent1q…y00k

2026-05-18T13:03:33Z

Ha!

A second me for trading purposes!

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nevent1q…y00k
Needed to take a deep breath and Based Trading Cards (nprofile…78xf) were at hand to give that moment’s peace.

Very happy with a james (npub1cj9…0efa) CrisCyborg (nprofile…kx42) and a second, but base knutsvanholm (nprofile…az88) for trading purposes. The courage and economic hitman and my chase card from the WEF are all first class. Good work Asanoha (nprofile…5j2e)

This is YUGE! My former padawan has long since shown himself to ...

2026-05-11T13:24:02Z

This is YUGE!

My former padawan has long since shown himself to be a true Jedi, but is now a fully fledged Jedi Master!

DEFENDING BITCOIN is, imho, already the Bitcoin book of the year, and there are a lot of good ones coming, believe me.

Watch my interview with Luke here:
https://youtu.be/BegIPFYAt6w

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I've been a bit absent from Nostr for the last little while, but that's about to change. For the past few months, I started focusing on a new project, and I'm finally ready to announce what I've been up to.

I've written a book. Defending Bitcoin: Industrial-Grade Cybersecurity for the Monetary Grid.

6 months ago, I realized how I could apply my cybersecurity background to Bitcoin, with a perspective grounded in the world of critical infrastructure and industrial control systems.

In Defending Bitcoin, I make the case that Bitcoin is critical infrastructure, and I mean that technically. Critical infrastructure is everything essential for the modern world to run the way it does, and I assert that Bitcoin meets the threshold of that definition.

Defending Bitcoin is grounded in the industrial cybersecurity principles that I use on a daily basis. The framework I've built is based on ISA/IEC 62443, the most widespread industry standard for industrial cybersecurity, and applies universal cybersecurity principles such as defense-in-depth, risk management, and threat modeling. And in all cases, there's always something you can do to improve your security or that of the network as a whole.

I wrote the book for two audiences at once. The first is bitcoiners who want to improve their security posture. The second is technical professionals who may be skeptical about Bitcoin and want to understand it better. I build a base of vocabulary for both sides to understand each other, then cover the threat landscape over the course of 10 chapters.

Launching today is the accompanying website, https://defendingbitcoin.com/ where you can get a preview of the book, read endorsements from Mikko Hyppönen (the foreword writer), Jeff Booth (nprofile…w2ua) , LynAlden (nprofile…u7e3) , Lawrence Lepard (nprofile…h4hk) , Max (nprofile…8p0e) , and V4BTC (nprofile…cqdh) . I've also built a threat modeling tool where you can check how the book applies to you (fully local, we don't collect any data except your email address, if you want updates).

Defending Bitcoin will be available for purchase online on June 15th, right after BTCPrague (nprofile…py4c) where I'll be debuting the book physically. Use code DEFENDINGBITCOIN for your ticket, and come see me in Prague to get your signed copy!

I'm thrilled to be releasing this book because it's truly the best possible contribution to the space that I can make. I managed to find a way to bridge the two worlds I live in, those of my day job in cybersecurity and Bitcoin. I hope you find the book to be a helpful guide to improving your security, and that it makes a positive impact for Bitcoin as a whole.

I'll be posting more often about the Bitcoin cybersecurity topic, and hopefully that's valuable as well.

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think!

The dream is the raw material. Reality is merely a refined ...

2026-05-09T13:40:37Z

The dream is the raw material.

Reality is merely a refined product.

Miss you too, Ralphie!

2026-05-03T04:21:23Z

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Miss you too, Ralphie!

I am counting on one or two goats to sing along, yes

2026-05-02T17:48:35Z

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I am counting on one or two goats to sing along, yes

No

2026-05-02T07:10:58Z

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No

Good songs

2026-05-02T06:05:38Z

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Good songs

Why?

2026-05-01T16:55:27Z

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Why?

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2026-05-01T14:55:10Z

Ten songs recorded

I've spent the last ten days or so recording songs for an ...

2026-04-16T15:17:45Z

I've spent the last ten days or so recording songs for an album.

In the age of AI, I've decided to go 100% in the opposite direction. Just me and an acoustic guitar, recorded together. I might add some background strings here and there, but that's it.

These are all very personal songs that I've written over the last 5 years or so. The ones that stuck.

I haven't recorded music in a long time. The software feels familiar, but just the right amount of outside my comfort zone.

I'll be sharing this with the world in a couple of weeks. Might try to do a thing on @fountain_app. Might press a few vinyls if people are interested.

Looking forward to hearing what you think about the songs!

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2026-04-15T10:27:52Z

Recording music

2026-04-13T10:37:19Z

Recording music

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2026-04-12T10:10:30Z

I've recorded three songs today.

Thank YOU, Efrat! #nevent1q…anx9

2026-04-08T06:14:41Z

Thank YOU, Efrat!

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nevent1q…anx9
I recommended knutsvanholm (nprofile…xsj0) to interview Nick Hudson (who was a guest on my show but also a dissident friend from Covid days), because as I intuitively knew - this combination would be great - and indeed it was. I think that once they understood where each one is coming from, the conversation became deeper, more nuanced and profound and I found it fascinating.
So many great intersection there of real life scenarios with theoretical wisdom.

Nick is such a smart good guy and I believe he can be an amazing addition to the bitcoin space should he choose to go deeper. We should def get him more involved - bitcoinekasi (nprofile…8ln9) 😉

Thanks Knut!

https://fountain.fm/episode/EgZzj8w5EmQZWjJQMbER

https://youtu.be/eUOTOWCxoxM?si=aWlUA5LitMhBo1yL

Thank you, Jeff! Very glad you liked it!

2026-03-29T21:17:27Z

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Thank you, Jeff! Very glad you liked it!

👀 #nevent1q…7drj

2026-03-26T22:41:06Z

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This week’s episode about the incredible book by knutsvanholm (nprofile…kvun) - “Bitcoin: Everything divided by 21 million” is here!

I don’t know if there is a more simply-put, down-to-earth read pertaining to Bitcoin and the issues of our current monetary madness than Knut’s work.

I got so excited about it, seeing the potential of increased orange-pilling rates among my friends and family who would get to read it, that I bought ten copies straight away.

Suffice to say, it’s a definite 100% recommendation for you to read it, if you haven’t already!

Check out the episode on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/kO4XWvArvE50vj4l26Au

#readingrecommendation #bitcoin #wspodcast #Readers

What are you afraid of? Bitcoin is supposed to be decentralized. ...

2026-02-23T02:04:48Z

What are you afraid of?

Bitcoin is supposed to be decentralized. Its very core idea (pardon the pun) is that no individual or group controls it. That and that it changes as little as possible, which is what makes it good money.

The choices of individual network participants is what makes it tick, tock, next block. What hardware to buy, what software to run, what books to read, where and when to spend it, if ever.

It was always a binary bet. Either it fails, or we enter hyperbitcoinization.

♾️/21M

If that is not what you hope and believe that this will inevitably lead to, you're missing the point.

This is a global revolution, not a gimmick. And the only ones that can keep it that way are you and me. If we can reliably say that it's captured by one or a few entities, it's game over. There is no point anymore.

We're here to protect it from the throngs of people that are playing different games. Fiat minded larpers who exited too early, were scammers all along, or were to inpatient and lacked the conviction to wait for N to g the f**k U.

How each individual chooses to do that is, of course, up to them. But we are the nights watch, guarding the great wall of blocks immortalized in cryptographic amber.

Choose wisely. Do your part. Don't let fear dictate your actions.

/End of rant

P.S. no fkn ai was harmed (or used) during the production of this text.

Team America perfectly described the current conflict in Bitcoin: ...

2026-02-15T12:26:20Z

Team America perfectly described the current conflict in Bitcoin:

See, there are three kinds of people: d**ks, p**sies, and a-holes. P**sies think everyone can get along, and d**ks just want to f all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your a-holes. And all the a-holes want is to shit all over everything. So p**sies may get mad at d**ks once in a while, because p**sies get f**ked by d**ks. But d**ks also f a-holes! And if they didn't f the a-holes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your d**k and your p**sy all covered in shit!

We, the plebs, are d**ks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid d**s. And the developers are p**sies. And the spammers are a-holes. P**sies don't like d**ks, because p**sies get f**ked by d**ks. But dicks also fuck a-sholes. A-holes who just want to shit on everything. P**sies may think they can deal with a-holes their way. But the only thing that can f an a-hole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with d**ks is that sometimes they f too much or f when it isn't appropriate — and it takes a p**sy to show them that. But sometimes, p**sies get so full of shit that they become a-holes themselves... because p**sies are only an inch and a half away from a-holes. I don't know much in this crazy, crazy world, but I do know that if you don't let us f these a-holes, we're going to have our d**ks and p**sies all covered in shit!
#BIP110

Bitcoin didn't crash. Paper Bitcoin did. #nevent1q…eeuc

2026-02-06T09:05:30Z

Bitcoin didn't crash.

Paper Bitcoin did.

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Just because you’re a paranoid crypto anarchist, don't mean they're not after you! 🤘

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2026-02-01T07:43:25Z

I have an E-scooter. I'm taking it to Costco.

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2026-01-29T08:20:12Z

https://www.knutsvanholm.com/product-page/bip110-hat

Morning poetry: The taxman cometh and kindly asketh: "it puts ...

2026-01-25T09:18:33Z

Morning poetry:

The taxman cometh and kindly asketh: "it puts the lotion in the basket!"

The bankster cometh and chimeth in, "it puts the lotion on it's skin!"

What makes you think "monthly salaries" are even a thing ...

2026-01-21T14:49:55Z

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What makes you think "monthly salaries" are even a thing post hyperbitcoinization?

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2026-01-20T15:23:07Z

Imagine, everything there is and everything that will ever be, ...

2026-01-18T12:25:03Z

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Imagine, everything there is and everything that will ever be, divided by 21 million.

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2026-01-13T19:03:39Z

🧡

2026-01-12T05:13:39Z

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The Vacuum Cleaner Paradox: It sucks if it doesn't.

2026-01-11T12:04:03Z

The Vacuum Cleaner Paradox:

It sucks if it doesn't.

Potential Nostr attack vector: Since Nostr has a higher technical ...

2026-01-11T08:42:02Z

Potential Nostr attack vector:

Since Nostr has a higher technical barrier to entry, its users will consist solely on people of the right side of the the bell curve.

This may sound like a good thing, but here's what could happen:

The lack of the "shotgun redneck" left-side tail-end of the bell curve can skew political opinions on Nostr to favor the middle-of-the-bell-curve people. You know, the people who pushed for censorship on the legacy platforms.

Add to this that the illusion that one can "delete" posts simply doesn't exist in most Nostr clients. The perceived permanency of Nostr-posting could incentivize people to self-censor more.

In the long run, this could lead to suppression of unpopular political ideas and, following that, people with more "extreme" political views leaving.

WDYT? Legitimate concern or is there another angle here?

Yes, I do. I might even dye my hair.

2026-01-07T15:42:01Z

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Yes, I do. I might even dye my hair.

All nationalists. All socialists. Every single politician ...

2026-01-03T07:15:47Z

All nationalists.
All socialists.

Every single politician believes that the state is legit and that taxes and inflation can be morally justified.

Every. Single. One.

Collectivism IS the problem.

#nevent1q…6v6y

2026-01-03T06:21:59Z

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I finished the second version of my book!

## The Praxeology of Privacy
### Economic Logic in Cypherpunk Implementation

Austrian economists theorize but cannot build. Cypherpunks build but lack theory. This book synthesizes both traditions into a unified strategy for making the state irrelevant.

Three axioms. Twenty-one chapters. One conclusion: cheap defense defeats expensive attack. When theft becomes unprofitable, the state withers.

Public Domain. v0.2.0. Published on Nostr.

Thanks a lot to Stephan Kinsella and Eric Voskuil for their tough feedback on the first version, please join them in demolishing the logic of this second edition and help me make the arguments better!

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Table of Contents

Preface
Austrian economists theorize but cannot build. Cypherpunks build but lack theory. This book synthesizes both to make the state irrelevant.
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Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Nature of Privacy
Privacy is selective disclosure, not hiding. Breaking adversary observation through the OODA loop is strategic defense. Cheap privacy defeats expensive surveillance.
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Chapter 2: Two Traditions, One Conclusion
Austrian economics and cypherpunk practice converge independently on privacy's importance. Theory explains why; code demonstrates how. This book synthesizes both traditions.
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Part II: Philosophical Foundations

Chapter 3: The Action Axiom
The Action Axiom proves privacy is structural to human action. Deliberation is internal; preferences are subjective; information asymmetry is inherent.
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Chapter 4: The Argumentation Axiom
Argumentation ethics demonstrates self-ownership through performative contradiction. Denying it while arguing presupposes it. Privacy rights follow directly from self-ownership.
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Chapter 5: The Axiom of Resistance
The Axiom of Resistance assumes systems can resist control. Mathematics, empirical evidence, and similar systems support this well-grounded but non-self-evident assumption.
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Part III: Economic Foundations

Chapter 6: Information, Scarcity, and Property
Information is non-scarce and cannot be property. Privacy is protected through self-ownership, physical property rights, and voluntary contracts, not intellectual property.
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Chapter 7: Exchange Theory and Privacy
Privacy enhances exchange by protecting deliberation and enabling negotiation. Surveillance distorts prices and chills transactions. Better privacy means better functioning markets.
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Chapter 8: Capital Theory and Entrepreneurship
Privacy infrastructure is capital requiring present sacrifice for future capability. Entrepreneurial discovery drives innovation. Markets coordinate heterogeneous privacy tools most effectively.
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Chapter 9: Monetary Theory and Sound Money
Sound money emerges spontaneously from markets, not decrees. Bitcoin implements digital soundness with fixed supply and censorship resistance; privacy requires additional tools.
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Part IV: The Adversary

Chapter 10: Financial Surveillance and State Control
Financial surveillance enables state control through observation. CBDCs complete the architecture. Privacy breaks the OODA loop at observation, making theft unprofitable.
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Chapter 11: Corporate Surveillance and Data Extraction
Corporate surveillance extracts behavioral data for prediction products. State and corporate surveillance are deeply entangled. Markets are responding to growing privacy demand.
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Chapter 12: The Crypto Wars
The Crypto Wars pit states against privacy technology. Mathematics ignores legislation. Developers face prosecution. The fundamental conflict is permanent and intensifying.
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Part V: Technical Implementation

Chapter 13: Cryptographic Foundations
Cryptography provides mathematical privacy foundations: encryption, hashing, and digital signatures enable trustless verification. Implementation bugs and human error remain the weakest links.
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Chapter 14: Anonymous Communication Networks
The internet leaks metadata. VPNs help locally. Tor distributes trust through relays. Mixnets defeat global adversaries. Choose tools matching your threat model.
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Chapter 15: Bitcoin: Resistance Money
Bitcoin solves double-spending without trusted third parties. Sound money enforced by code. Base layer privacy requires additional tools like Lightning and coinjoin.
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Chapter 16: Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Zero-knowledge proofs enable verification without disclosure. SNARKs, STARKs, and Bulletproofs make different tradeoffs. Deployed in Zcash and rollups; broader adoption developing.
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Chapter 17: Decentralized Social Infrastructure
Nostr solves identity capture through cryptographic keys users control. Relays compete, moderation is market-driven, and the protocol extends beyond social posts.
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Part VI: Praxis

Chapter 18: Lessons from History
DigiCash, e-gold, and Silk Road failed through centralization and poor OPSEC. Bitcoin succeeded through decentralization, open source, and properly aligned economic incentives.
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Chapter 19: Operational Security
Operational security prevents adversaries from gathering compromising information. Threat modeling guides defense. Human factors are the weakest link. Perfect OPSEC is impossible.
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Chapter 20: Implementation Strategy
Start with honest assessment. Build progressively from basics to advanced. Find community. Privacy is not a destination but ongoing practice. Progress matters.
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Chapter 21: Building the Parallel Economy
The parallel economy grows through counter-economics. Cheap defense defeats expensive attack. When theft becomes unprofitable, the state withers. Build. Trade. Resist.
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Boom!

2026-01-03T05:00:31Z

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Boom!

Glad you like it!

2025-12-22T07:49:12Z

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Glad you like it!

We've been marries for 15 years today! 🧡 ...

2025-12-18T19:34:20Z

We've been marries for 15 years today! 🧡

Knut Marley - Consensual Sats ...

2025-12-15T13:38:43Z

Knut Marley - Consensual Sats

The Separation of Money and State, 2021 ...

2025-12-11T12:43:38Z

The Separation of Money and State, 2021

Not in this sense, no.

2025-12-11T04:38:16Z

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Not in this sense, no.

Pippi Longstocking showed us the way. Astrid Lindgren, a woman ...

2025-12-10T12:26:49Z

Pippi Longstocking showed us the way.

Astrid Lindgren, a woman whose tax rate hit an absurd 102% (yep, over 100%), once penned a satirical takedown exposing the obvious theft of progressive taxation, which actually led to a rewrite of the absurd tax laws.

One of the main reasons for this absurd tax bill (aside from the regular old Jante-Law-type Swedish envy) was the enormous success of her most beloved book character, Pippi Longstocking.

Pippi is the ultimate fearless anarcho-capitalist icon, embodying self-ownership, voluntaryism, and resilience against institutional overreach.

Born to a seafaring pirate king (her birthright as heir to adventure and independence), she inherits a chest brimming with sound money gold coins. No fiat funny paper for Pippi. Only hard assets that can't be inflated away by central banks.

Using her cunning and raw physical strength alone, Pippi fiercely defends her property, Villa Villekulla, against would-be attackers, such as nosy neighbors or bumbling cops trying to "civilize" her, on a daily basis.

Pippi spits on authority at every turn, refusing public schooling and politely telling the people who want to put her in an orphanage to go f themselves. She educates herself through real-world exploits, trading stories and skills voluntarily with her normie friends, Tommy and Annika.

Always taking matters into her own hands, she barters, explores, and innovates without permits or regulations. She never initiates force, yet she’s never afraid to defend her inherent right to be left alone.

Her unlicensed pet monkey and horse are her sovereign companions.

She's an agorist living completely off-grid, and a one-girl revolution ready to debunk the involuntary nature of statist bullshit at every turn.

In conformist Sweden, where fitting in is held in higher regard than anything else, and folks avoid conflict like the plague, Pippi is the ultimate anomaly. She flips the script on passive obedience, inspiring kids and adults alike to question all rules to this day.

No wonder she’s popular there...

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2025-12-08T09:13:13Z

Not your platform, not your definition of "free speech"

Not your keys, not your coins. True then, true now.

2025-12-06T16:31:37Z

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Not your keys, not your coins. True then, true now.

We'll look into it!

2025-12-03T15:38:46Z

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We'll look into it!

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2025-12-01T08:07:56Z

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2025-12-01T04:24:33Z

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How did you like it?

2025-11-28T14:26:59Z

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How did you like it?

Thanks! We're very proud of it!

2025-11-28T14:25:56Z

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Thanks! We're very proud of it!

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2025-11-27T08:26:33Z

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quoting
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You can subscribe to our episodes now if you'd like to support us, with ad-free episodes one day early!

We also forward 21% of our value for value to our guest, because we couldn't do it without them.

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2025-11-25T07:17:00Z

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You can subscribe to our episodes now if you'd like to support us, with ad-free episodes one day early!

We also forward 21% of our value for value to our guest, because we couldn't do it without them.

Excellent video! https://youtu.be/wD-c4jwJ0pw

2025-11-10T12:13:05Z

Excellent video!

https://youtu.be/wD-c4jwJ0pw

Loved the first two episodes!

2025-11-10T02:47:14Z

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Loved the first two episodes!

El Salvador! Nice to be back!

2025-11-10T02:46:41Z

El Salvador!

Nice to be back!

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2025-11-07T14:15:16Z

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2025-11-07T07:23:22Z

If you love humanity, you hate the state.

When we have the time...

2025-11-07T07:10:58Z

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When we have the time...

Congratulations, Avi!

2025-11-07T07:07:30Z

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Congratulations, Avi!

Congratulations!

2025-11-03T06:05:43Z

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Congratulations!

Have you ever seen Nevermined live? ...

2025-10-29T14:03:30Z

Have you ever seen Nevermined live?

lukedewolf (nprofile…se08) Excellion (nprofile…pykq) Sirius (nprofile…gud9) Lugano Plan ₿ / @LuganoPlanB (RSS Feed) (nprofile…urae)

Nevermined - Breed @nprofile…mey0 @nprofile…nq3e ...

2025-10-29T02:28:03Z

Nevermined - Breed
lukedewolf (nprofile…mey0) Sirius (nprofile…nq3e) Excellion (nprofile…prka) Lugano Plan ₿ / @LuganoPlanB (RSS Feed) (nprofile…urae)

Nevermined - Smells Like Teen Spirit Live from @nprofile…urae ...

2025-10-28T09:05:54Z

Nevermined - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Live from Lugano Plan ₿ / @LuganoPlanB (RSS Feed) (nprofile…urae)
Guitar/vocals - Yours Truly
Guitar - Excellion (nprofile…prka)
Drums - Sirius (nprofile…nq3e)
Bass - lukedewolf (nprofile…mey0)

New @nprofile…k3zk show with Chris Guida out now! ...

2025-10-13T15:23:18Z

New BitcoinInfinity (nprofile…k3zk) show with Chris Guida out now!
https://youtu.be/Ma4LfIzzNaw

GM! I take not taking myself too seriously very seriously. IMHO, ...

2025-10-07T04:03:44Z

GM!

I take not taking myself too seriously very seriously.

IMHO, more people should.

Thank you @nprofile…a2xp!

2025-10-07T04:03:13Z

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Thank you lyuda_kozlovska (nprofile…a2xp)!

Had a great time with Tim Allen on the Free Cities podcast during ...

2025-10-03T11:02:31Z

Had a great time with Tim Allen on the Free Cities podcast during the Baltic Honeybadger Conference in Riga earlier this year.
Check it out! 👇
https://youtu.be/F1z2nSd8tZY

The biggest hurdle to human civilizational progress is, by far, ...

2025-10-02T13:37:38Z

The biggest hurdle to human civilizational progress is, by far, monetary inflation.

This is the main problem Bitcoin solves.

The reason the problem exists in the first place is that humans cannot resist the urge to debase money.

History clearly shows evidence of this.

From the coin clippers of old to the Federal Reserve, people in charge of money issuance all had one job, and they all failed at it spectacularly.

They couldn't resist enriching themselves at the expense of others.

In Bitcoin, there is no way to increase the money supply.

There are, however, other ways of enriching yourself at the expense of others within the system.

At least as long as there are gullible morons around.

You can pretend that the data involved in a specific transaction has some other value than the value of the sats themselves.

This notion is, of course, absurd, since public data cannot be owned. Everything in the timechain is available for everyone on Earth to see, at all times, forever.

Selling "rare sats" is the equivalent of selling stars in the Andromeda galaxy.

In fact, you cannot even own the sats!

However, you can act as if you own them, since you have access to a Private Key, and realize how implausible it is that someone else also has access to the same key.

Additionally, it is implausible that the 21M cap will ever change.

This is what makes the sat special!

Bitcoin is humanity's best shot at fixing the inflation problem because no one has access to a printer, and everyone has the ability to verify everything in the system for themselves.

Which is why people run nodes.

The sat is the system's internal value-signaling system. Miner fees and rewards are paid in sats.

Whenever someone puts arbitrary data on-chain to fool a gullible moron, they make the entire system a little bit worse, since every full node now has to store that data forever.

Coin clipping didn't change the face value of the coin, but burdened the entire system since there were now more coins in circulation.

Shitcoining on Bitcoin doesn't change the face value of the sat (1 BTC still equals 1 BTC), but it makes nodes more expensive to run.

Increasing node costs does burden the system.

People who make money selling arbitrary data on Bitcoin do so at the expense of every single other bitcoiner.

They are as bad as coin clippers and central bankers.

You don't hate them enough.

Shitcoiners act against the best interests of their fellow human beings.

They are immoral thieves and scammers. Make no mistake about it.

What makes the behavior even worse is that you need a considerable amount of knowledge about Bitcoin to execute these scams.

For more than a decade, they've had the chance to study and understand why Bitcoin is humanity's best chance to solve its own worst self-inflicted problem.

Still, they choose to fuck people over. It's disgusting.

Bitcoin will survive them, but we need to weed them out.

IMHO, shitcoiners shouldn't be allowed anywhere near Bitcoin development.

Their actions clearly show that they're the least qualified people on Earth to influence the future of this value-language.

Before forming an opinion on the current Core vs. Knots debate, ensure you understand the anti-Bitcoin ethos nature of shitcoining.

Especially when done on the timechain.

Scamming is bad enough, but damaging humanity's best shot at world peace in the process? Unforgivable.

So, what can you do?

Call out scams and scammers when you see them! Attack bad ideas, not people.

Don't ever like or retweet a shitcoiner! They love attention.

Block bad actors!

Run a node and refuse to relay shit!

And most importantly - use sats as money.

/End of rant

New @nprofile…k3zk Show out now! This time, I'm chatting ...

2025-09-29T19:56:58Z

New BitcoinInfinity (nprofile…k3zk) Show out now!

This time, I'm chatting with wonderful human rights defender
lyuda_kozlovska (nprofile…a2xp)!

Give it a listen to learn more about the disastrous new EU Chat Control initiative, and much more!
https://youtu.be/6RxxD70yOjA

We are not the ones who want to change things.

2025-09-26T19:05:57Z

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We are not the ones who want to change things.

I'm super proud to announce that I'll be returning to El ...

2025-09-18T12:50:42Z

I'm super proud to announce that I'll be returning to El Salvador in November to speak at the spectacular https://bitcoinhistorico.com event, held in San Salvador's Centro Histórico (including the national palace)!

This one will be something else!

Many thanks to Jeff Booth (nprofile…w2ua) and nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqpqpq2ll9l7qdmxsfqyrd5w9gul8c7ftqy9yepcqvc8a2l2ys9zhd6s7kadj2 (nprofile…adj2) for making this happen!

Our pleasure!

2025-09-18T12:37:28Z

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Our pleasure!

The first episode of a series I made about ♾/21M in Naples, ...

2025-09-18T07:27:18Z

The first episode of a series I made about ♾/21M in Naples, Florida, back in June, is out now!
https://youtu.be/uKg7D13zU1M

A new episode of the Bitcoin Infinity Academy is out now! This ...

2025-09-11T18:11:12Z

A new episode of the Bitcoin Infinity Academy is out now!

This one covers the first chapter of my second book, "Bitcoin: Independence Reimagined"

Check it out!
https://youtu.be/TQeif9jdCn0

Sure!

2025-09-09T08:52:39Z

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Sure!

The Internet's most beautiful clusterfuck

2025-09-07T05:45:10Z

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The Internet's most beautiful clusterfuck

The second course of the Bitcoin Infinity Academy is here! This ...

2025-09-04T20:06:46Z

The second course of the Bitcoin Infinity Academy is here!

This course explores the ideas of my second book, Bitcoin: Independence Reimagined, written in late 2019.

First episode out now!

https://youtu.be/a69x9IHrKnA

Find out more about the project here:
https://geyser.fund/project/infinity

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2025-09-02T09:35:35Z

Which way, Western man?

Super excited to have @nprofile…w2ua back on the ...

2025-09-01T16:36:26Z

Super excited to have Jeff Booth (nprofile…w2ua) back on the BitcoinInfinity (nprofile…k3zk) Show!

lukedewolf (nprofile…se08) and I had a chance to sit down with him and have a deep chat during BTCHEL (nprofile…nzfe).

Don't miss this one, people, this one's a banger!
https://youtu.be/T5oNkf3spZc

😉

2025-08-29T07:02:28Z

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