Nostr notes by Marc

eyeglasses.

2026-10-13T21:52:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…7lc8
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eyeglasses.

Agreed. That pager explosion attack was the first thing I thought ...

2026-10-13T19:21:11Z

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Agreed.

That pager explosion attack was the first thing I thought of when I saw this story.

This is worse than the Cold Card hack. You basically need to make ...

2026-10-13T19:12:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…jwt3
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This is worse than the Cold Card hack. You basically need to make your own hardware wallets now. Remove Wi-Fi cards and hard drives and calculate everything in a metal shed with candlelight. 😳

There's a download button. No right click needed.

2026-10-13T19:08:52Z

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There's a download button. No right click needed.

I don't have any evidence, but this seems like the most ...

2026-10-13T19:02:37Z

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I don't have any evidence, but this seems like the most plausible explaination.

I published a nostr app on the zap store today using open code on ...

2026-10-13T03:20:08Z

I published a nostr app on the zap store today using open code on my phone. That's wild.

I used to think Winnie Cooper was hot when I was a kid. Now my ...

2026-10-12T18:44:04Z

I used to think Winnie Cooper was hot when I was a kid. Now my wife watches lifetime movies with her.

me. I also think there is a non zero percent chance the same is ...

2026-10-12T17:11:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…3r4v
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me. I also think there is a non zero percent chance the same is true of the cold card hack.

Nowadays, the supply chain attacks are unbelievably ...

2026-10-12T12:06:18Z

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Nowadays, the supply chain attacks are unbelievably sophisticated.

That's a ton of views. What is this, Linux on an Android?

2026-10-12T02:07:04Z

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That's a ton of views. What is this, Linux on an Android?

You mean it's a fake bill or it's fake because it's ...

2026-10-12T01:08:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…g3hc
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You mean it's a fake bill or it's fake because it's fiat?

Can you edit?

2026-10-11T23:14:58Z

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Can you edit?

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2026-10-11T14:39:01Z

#artstr

Nunchuck.

2026-10-11T14:12:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…hwv7
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Nunchuck.

Thank You.😁

2026-10-11T14:09:57Z

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Thank You.😁

I'm thinking Tails on an air gapped computer, coin-flips, ...

2026-10-11T14:08:30Z

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I'm thinking Tails on an air gapped computer, coin-flips, dice, and seedpicker.net.

Good Morning. #gm #naddr1qp…ugwf

2026-10-11T14:04:36Z

Good Morning.
#gm

quoting
naddr1qp…ugwf
Good Morning.

Why?

2026-10-11T12:41:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…z5xr
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Why?

That's probably somewhat true.

2026-10-11T12:35:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…pzf3
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That's probably somewhat true.

No...I just saw they had a Square terminal so I asked. The ...

2026-10-11T12:32:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…ws53
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No...I just saw they had a Square terminal so I asked. The cashier tried to "convince me" to pay with bitcoin. 🤣

good morning.

2026-10-11T12:28:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…n0xh
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good morning.

I'm surprised it's accepted by as many places as it ...

2026-10-11T12:26:49Z

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I'm surprised it's accepted by as many places as it currently is. The fact that I can just buy milk down the street with Bitcoin blows my mind.

Seriously. 😁

2026-10-11T00:36:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…sgvk
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Seriously. 😁

Painted the bathroom. @nprofile…d5tl's redacted tallow(with ...

2026-10-10T23:16:35Z

Painted the bathroom. SoapMiner (nprofile…d5tl)'s redacted tallow(with pumice) works great! 💪

https://soapminer.com/product/redacted-tallow/

I feel like I went viral on #nostr ...

2026-10-10T18:49:05Z

I feel like I went viral on #nostr

Damn.

2026-10-10T15:41:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…t2ka
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Damn.

Yeah. I used to listen to this song back in the day. ...

2026-10-10T14:22:02Z

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Yeah. I used to listen to this song back in the day.

https://youtu.be/iqn9bUc751E

It's interesting to see it go mainstream.

I've been asking people if they accept Bitcoin since 2014. ...

2026-10-10T13:21:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…hgnr
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I've been asking people if they accept Bitcoin since 2014. This is the first time someone seemed excited about it. It kinda threw me off. 😁

I think it's US only, but I've never verified this.

2026-10-10T12:29:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…mmlv
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I think it's US only, but I've never verified this.

Good morning. I picked up some milk at a little market down the ...

2026-10-10T11:49:16Z

Good morning. I picked up some milk at a little market down the corner.

I asked, "You have Square...Do you accept bitcoin?"

"Yes, it's much better. It's way faster than credit cards."

🤯 I think that dude tried to orange pill me.

They're baby bombers. It's not that far of a stretch.

2026-10-10T10:40:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…x3t4
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They're baby bombers. It's not that far of a stretch.

I feel the same way. Even though I can't predict the future ...

2026-10-10T02:40:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…582s
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I feel the same way. Even though I can't predict the future I'm a little concerned. College is expensive and intelligence is cheap.

That national debt thing is already causing problems and I don't see it getting fixed any time soon.

Handing them over to authorities? WTF?

2026-10-10T01:52:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…rnvl
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Handing them over to authorities? WTF?

cool.

2026-10-10T00:41:02Z

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cool.

Nah, I think most nostr nerds are preppers with freezers in the ...

2026-10-10T00:40:24Z

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Nah, I think most nostr nerds are preppers with freezers in the garage.

Agreed.

2026-10-10T00:38:18Z

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Agreed.

me too.

2026-10-09T21:10:44Z

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me too.

What ever happened.to @nprofile…9s8u?

2026-10-09T20:45:57Z

What ever happened.to PABLOF7z (nprofile…9s8u)?

I thought dinasour, but I guess that's the same thing.

2026-10-09T19:43:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…mlv3
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I thought dinasour, but I guess that's the same thing.

True.

2026-10-09T17:53:38Z

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True.

The earn Bitcoin stamp is 🔥

2026-10-09T17:48:10Z

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The earn Bitcoin stamp is 🔥

I would never call someone who is intellectually disabled ...

2026-10-09T17:47:02Z

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I would never call someone who is intellectually disabled retarted, not would I ever call a gay person gay.

I don't really use the word gay as an insult, but I also don't pay attention to word police.

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2026-10-09T17:42:03Z

#artstr

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2026-10-09T15:44:26Z

#artstr

AI + Expensive electricity is a disaster waiting to happen.

2026-10-09T15:39:48Z

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AI + Expensive electricity is a disaster waiting to happen.

I prefer the nerdy nostr too, but I also like seeing nostr grow.

2026-10-09T15:36:48Z

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I prefer the nerdy nostr too, but I also like seeing nostr grow.

Very few people use apps like Primal and Damus. It's mostly ...

2026-10-09T15:22:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…23uh
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Very few people use apps like Primal and Damus. It's mostly PHd's and people who have used applied cryptography for over a decade.

I'm seeing a ton of new people making videos on Divine now though.

Awesome.

2026-10-09T15:19:52Z

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Awesome.

Seeing it and understanding it are two different things, but ...

2026-10-09T13:44:08Z

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Seeing it and understanding it are two different things, but that's cool.

Does this friend know what a digital signature is? I still Divine ...

2026-10-09T13:27:58Z

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Does this friend know what a digital signature is?

I still Divine now because people know what Vine was without degen crypto gambling knowledge.

Each video is like a little work of art signed with a nostr key. That's how I explain it, not real estate or some other esoteric metaverse bullshit.

And Good morning.

2026-10-09T13:25:06Z

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And Good morning.

Space Needle?

2026-10-09T13:24:54Z

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Space Needle?

The government prints money out of thin-air. More news at 11.

2026-10-09T13:23:19Z

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The government prints money out of thin-air.

More news at 11.

Spot on. #nevent1q…q0uj

2026-10-09T13:20:00Z

Spot on.

quoting
nevent1q…q0uj
Elon certainly gets credit for ambitious and “thinking big” but neither of these is the same thing as “economically viable.” Nor does that scale of ambition or vision mean that a big idea will be viable at some point in the future, or at all.

My issue with SPCX is that Internet and phone calls are things that have already been solved - they just feel shitty in the US being hamstrung by legacy regulation and infrastructure. Go to any major city in Asia or Africa and you’ll find a competitive market offering of blazing fast unlimited internet and cellular service for a few dollars a month.

There are places in the world where internet access is lacking but if we really care about human flourishing the issue in those places is more often access to power (and therefore refrigeration, clean/modern cooking technology, nocturnal lighting, etc), which SPCX does nothing to address (I do not consider this to a “fault” of SPCX, just a statement that challenges that assumption / narrative around product market fit)

Fundamentally I question the logic of hundreds of billions of dollars of investment to deliver satellite internet to places where either a) internet is already solved or b) the would-be rural customer base has far larger problems while also lacking the money of SpaceX kit. Especially when we already have a globally scale supply chain to deliver internet and cellular to places at very low cost. A technology being new, does not presuppose that it is actually better.

Also most, or really all, of Elon’s moon shoots have yet to pay off in terms of free market economic viability. Tesla is not a viable company without subsidies. SpaceX is not a viable company without subsidies. Humanoid robotics are simply not economically viable. What does the Boring Company even do and where is the hypertube, or whatever he’s calling it now?

Also, that Musk’s companies are not at the forefront of agitating for broad and rapid American nuclearization, is very telling to me. This is a fundamental base input all of his companies would benefit from massively and that is required for the logical extension of all of his “vision”but he’s happy to sell us all stories while sucking up our tax dollars.

And China IS nuclearizing so I wouldn’t be surprised if Elon is living in Beijing come 2035 once he’s conned America for all he can get.

Congratulations.

2026-10-09T13:11:43Z

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Congratulations.

Humble brag: I used to fit a lot of stuff from Costco in my ...

2026-10-09T03:15:35Z

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Humble brag: I used to fit a lot of stuff from Costco in my compact Prius. 😁

Where do you find the stars?

2026-10-09T03:08:39Z

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Where do you find the stars?

This is fantastic! #nevent1q…4nqd

2026-10-09T03:07:54Z

This is fantastic!

quoting
nevent1q…4nqd
Dear Satoshi,

It's been a while.

You missed a few things.

First, your internet money worked.

This has created enormous problems.

The dollar still exists, but now half my friends measure their net worth in sats and their self worth in follower count.

Speaking of followers, we built a decentralized social network called Nostr.

It was designed to eliminate gatekeepers.

Within six months we had influencers.

Within twelve months we had celebrities.

Within eighteen months we had people posting screenshots of engagement metrics while explaining why engagement metrics don't matter.

Progress.

A guy spent 10,000 BTC on two pizzas.

Every year we celebrate this event to remind ourselves that we're all financial geniuses.

The celebration consists primarily of calculating how much the pizzas would be worth now and suffering.

You'd love it.

The banks eventually adopted Bitcoin.

Not because they were convinced.

Because there was a fee involved.

The same people who said you were dangerous now offer Bitcoin exposure in a retirement account.

The same people who said "never trust banks" own it through those accounts.

Everyone claims victory.

A software company borrowed billions of dollars to buy Bitcoin.

Then more companies borrowed billions of dollars to buy Bitcoin.

Then investors bought the stocks because they couldn't get enough Bitcoin.

Then those companies borrowed more money and bought more Bitcoin.

A generation of MBAs now believes debt is a mining rig.

We call this institutional adoption.

You probably called it something else.

The block size war ended.

For about six minutes.

Then we discovered new reasons to fight.

We fought over ordinals.

We fought over inscriptions.

We fought over spam.

We fought over filters.

We fought over software clients.

We fought over whether fighting was good for Bitcoin.

At this point the fighting is one of Bitcoin's longest-running consensus mechanisms.

Nobody has changed their mind since 2017.

The arguments continue anyway.

Your whitepaper was nine pages.

Bitcoin podcasts now require seasons.

The Monero people still tell us Bitcoin is surveillance.

We still tell them nobody can audit their supply.

Both sides believe mathematics is settling the argument.

Both sides post about it every day.

Neither side appears confident.

Quantum computers are supposedly coming.

Depending on who you ask, they'll arrive next Thursday or sometime after the heat death of the universe.

The proposed solution is to move old coins.

Which brings us to you.

A surprising number of people would like to secure your coins by confiscating them.

For safety.

Bitcoin governance has matured considerably.

My node validates every transaction on Earth.

It sits in a closet making tiny blinking lights.

My family believes it's a router.

I've decided that's close enough.

I memorized twelve words to become my own bank.

I immediately stamped them into titanium, engraved backups into steel, created encrypted copies, distributed geographic redundancies, and developed a disaster recovery plan.

Being my own bank has become a part time job.

Nobody knows where their seed phrase is.

Everyone insists they know exactly where it is.

These are not contradictory statements.

On Nostr, strangers send each other tiny amounts of Bitcoin called zaps.

This is revolutionary because we've finally monetized agreeing with each other online.

People now earn money for posting pictures of coffee and saying "stay humble."

Some make a living doing this.

Capitalism always finds a way.

Also, there are now AI versions of you.

Several, actually.

They all sound confident.

Which means they're probably realistic.

As for me, I don't care about price.

I checked it this morning.

Then after breakfast.

Then after saying I don't care about price.

Then one more time to make sure I still didn't care.

Bitcoiners have become exactly what they feared: A global network of paranoid optimists with hardware wallets, strong opinions, and twenty browser tabs open.

And somehow...

you were right.

It's still running.

It's still 21 million.

Nobody has managed to print more.

Trust us, many have asked.

Thank you for disappearing.

Had you stayed, we'd have blamed you for everything.

**P.S.** If you're still around, send 21 sats from one of your wallets.

You would instantly settle thousands of arguments and create millions more.

**P.P.S.** Please don't send 21 sats from one of your wallets.

We finally got the arguments organized.

Truly Yours, Contra

I've never leased a car. I had buy and basically drive them ...

2026-10-08T13:45:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…wkex
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I've never leased a car. I had buy and basically drive them until the engine falls out.

I totally admit I miss the point. I never understood it.

2026-10-08T13:43:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…4sfu
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I totally admit I miss the point. I never understood it.

I agree, but it's not worth complaining about.

2026-10-08T13:41:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…06y8
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I agree, but it's not worth complaining about.

That actually make sense.

2026-10-08T13:39:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…erv6
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That actually make sense.

Wait...You can sell these things?

2026-10-08T13:11:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…wnsu
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Wait...You can sell these things?

I don't think most people will care until the dollar ...

2026-10-08T13:08:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…3qlg
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I don't think most people will care until the dollar hyperinflates.

Im probably one of those folks.😬

2026-10-08T12:56:51Z

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Im probably one of those folks.😬

Beautiful sunrise.

2026-10-08T12:47:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…dvsm
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Beautiful sunrise.

I heard Jesse Posner talk about working on cyber security there. ...

2026-10-08T11:40:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…kpgp
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I heard Jesse Posner talk about working on cyber security there. They have Faraday cages. I don't have a faraday cage. I'm considering using my metal shed to make a new wallet, because I don't really want to spend a ton of data on a faraday cage.

That makes sense. O always wondered why those ugly G Wagons are ...

2026-10-08T11:33:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…mtta
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That makes sense. O always wondered why those ugly G Wagons are considered a status symbol. Must be the debt. 🤔

I've been thinking about ways to integrate scarcity into art ...

2026-10-07T17:22:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…vc3f
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I've been thinking about ways to integrate scarcity into art with cryptography for almost a decade.

This allows me to implement some of those ideas without poluting the time chain.

NFT minted with Cashu, no blockchain required. ...

2026-10-07T16:41:36Z

NFT minted with Cashu, no blockchain required.

https://nonfungible.cash/p/df478568479de26b4a83c1bdc4dbab61b5cc82e1a312e2b28bc815a12a951e67?nft=390e745c5c474305836d39ed131fa02e

Wow. I disagree with the fork, but this is still terrible.

2026-10-07T12:16:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…wp65
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Wow. I disagree with the fork, but this is still terrible.

It's getting to the point where we pay taxes to the ...

2026-10-07T11:15:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…x6ns
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It's getting to the point where we pay taxes to the government so they can make us less safe. What a ridiculous system.

Happens to the best of us. This is a really cool project though.

2026-10-07T11:10:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…v2rk
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Happens to the best of us. This is a really cool project though.

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2026-10-07T10:59:17Z

Good morning #nostr.

Cashu wallets > Bank Accounts

2026-10-07T01:29:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…ajng
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Cashu wallets > Bank Accounts

It's pretty slick.

2026-10-07T01:15:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…cr3h
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It's pretty slick.

Sounds like a good idea to me

2026-10-06T23:54:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…r5lz
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Sounds like a good idea to me

@nprofile…l9w2

2026-10-06T20:45:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…4kht
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Marc (nprofile…l9w2)

How do I discover these group chats?

2026-10-06T19:17:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…xpa9
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How do I discover these group chats?

People with a picture of a baby asking for money for a funeral ...

2026-10-06T19:14:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…ve0p
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People with a picture of a baby asking for money for a funeral every week.

I like them too. My friend's asked if I was a lesbian. 🤣

2026-10-06T17:36:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…2js2
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I like them too. My friend's asked if I was a lesbian. 🤣

Why that car? I just bought a Suburbu Forester because my wife ...

2026-10-06T14:00:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…44vs
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Why that car? I just bought a Suburbu Forester because my wife picked it out for me. She said I'm terrible at picking cars, she's known me for 12 years, and thinks she can pick a better car for me than I would pick for myself.

She was totally right too.

Yeah, I don't think I did a very good job explainibg it. That ...

2026-10-06T12:57:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…qetd
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Yeah, I don't think I did a very good job explainibg it. That was like a shitty first draft. I need to work on that. 🤣

Before the pandemic, it felt like $8,000-$10,000 forever. And ...

2026-10-06T03:05:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…f796
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Before the pandemic, it felt like $8,000-$10,000 forever. And that was a lot of money to me.

Maybe I should have said they print "near-money." ...

2026-10-06T01:19:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…jz7t
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Maybe I should have said they print "near-money." That's the technical economics term.

SonIf I start a business that loses money, what do you think the ...

2026-10-06T01:16:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…stc2
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SonIf I start a business that loses money, what do you think the chances are the government approves my IPO?

They sure spend a lot of time talking about this group for some ...

2026-10-06T01:15:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…ycjz
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They sure spend a lot of time talking about this group for some reason. Maybe it's just a way to distract people from the sovereign debt crisis.

It seems like the fiat system is breaking. The left blames AI and ...

2026-10-06T00:05:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…ev49
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It seems like the fiat system is breaking. The left blames AI and billionaires .

The right blames immigrants and transgender people.

I blame 50 years of bad government.

How would you describe and IPO? Can I just make my own IPO?

2026-10-05T23:30:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…kx5t
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How would you describe and IPO? Can I just make my own IPO?

It sucks that the government can just print stonks for some ...

2026-10-05T15:39:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…v05x
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It sucks that the government can just print stonks for some people, allow people with over $1,000,000 to become accredited investors capable of achieving 1,000X returns to dump on retail plebs while the government debases the currency and ducks over the little guy.

Good Morning.

2026-10-05T15:34:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…3wp2
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Good Morning.

I'm starting to listen to audiobooks and music. The podcasts ...

2026-10-05T15:27:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…0pta
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I'm starting to listen to audiobooks and music. The podcasts are getting lame. Some dude was talking about shitcoins in the last What Bitcoin Did pod.

What are people vaping there, meth?

2026-10-05T15:19:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…uh87
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What are people vaping there, meth?

I thought about this when I did junk removal during COVID because ...

2026-10-05T15:18:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…wnvp
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I thought about this when I did junk removal during COVID because I saw how much methane was released. I just didn't know how to go about implementing mining with methane.

I haven't seen him in a while. Hope he's okay.

2026-10-05T12:20:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…n4um
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I haven't seen him in a while. Hope he's okay.

It's fun, huh?

2026-10-05T11:48:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…k7z9
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It's fun, huh?

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2026-10-05T11:44:29Z

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What happened now?

2026-10-05T11:43:00Z

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What happened now?

It's nothing new. Nation states do nation state stuff.

2026-10-05T01:49:59Z

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It's nothing new. Nation states do nation state stuff.

I expect more fiat hacks too. Money printers will brrr to bail ...

2026-10-04T21:52:00Z

I expect more fiat hacks too. Money printers will brrr to bail out victims, but that will make inflation worse for nocoiners.

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⚡️🚨 NEW - Polymarket reportedly failed to detect a massive $10 million fraud attempt on its U.S. platform.

According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, fraudsters allegedly used stolen debit cards to fund Polymarket accounts, place bets, and then attempt to withdraw the money to “clean” cards or accounts.

At one point, more than 80% of deposits processed by its payment processor, Checkout_com, were reportedly flagged as fraudulent—compared to the industry average of about 1%.

The most explosive aspect concerns the internal handling of the incident. According to employees, CEO Shayne Coplan reportedly instructed the company to continue prioritizing growth despite compliance warnings, even if it meant “paying a fine” later.

Polymarket disputes the claim that it ignored its obligations and asserts that it has since strengthened its anti-fraud controls and compliance management.

The matter doesn’t end there: another breach that occurred in July reportedly compromised nearly 500 accounts.