Nostr notes by Trainer Dan

Depends on what you’re trying to do. If you’re trying to ...

2026-10-12T17:31:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…mjgv
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Depends on what you’re trying to do. If you’re trying to stack sats, it makes sense to spend the fiat. In which case, you might reasonably take out loans against a portion of your stack and short the fiat. Also, paying in fiat for Cashback in sats, such as with Fold.

If you want to spend from your Bitcoin directly, that’s harder but not impossible. It’s easy actually but “hard” if you factor in taxes and KYC. It’s best if someone you buy from simply accepts sats. Next best might be purchasing a gift card through Cake Wallet, Fold, Bit Refill etc. since it minimizes KYC and tax reporting to a certain extent.

I think the way to avoid violence is to make it prohibitively ...

2026-10-12T17:23:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…js5a
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I think the way to avoid violence is to make it prohibitively expensive for others to commit violence against you. Sounds like agree. 👍🏻

You’re not wrong and I do consider private production of the ...

2026-10-12T17:19:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…cyw2
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You’re not wrong and I do consider private production of the means for defense to be freedom tech.

There is no place geographically where freedom is assured. We do ...

2026-10-10T16:52:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…2qrq
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There is no place geographically where freedom is assured. We do the best we can where we are with what we have, to steal a phrase. Running away ceased to be an option when all land worth living on came to be considered by governments as theirs. Freedom tech is our only escape if we don’t want to fight a war.

I agree it’s useless except in very limited circumstances and ...

2026-10-10T13:12:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…zgxz
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I agree it’s useless except in very limited circumstances and then only temporarily. As for mass refusal to vote, I think we’re already at a point where a lot of people don’t vote and it doesn’t seem to significantly diminish the apparent legitimacy of the system. Also, any approach that requires “enough people to…” is doomed to failure. I have my sights set on achieving a personal escape. I want to be able to enforce my sovereignty against any aggressor. I think that’s more doable than saving the country. And perhaps if enough people did like I do, the country wcould indeed be saved. But I don’t need that to happen in order to be free or at least freer than the average American.

I agree; let me clarify. When you opt out of voting, you ...

2026-10-10T13:02:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…2555
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I agree; let me clarify. When you opt out of voting, you haven’t isolated yourself from the system. You’re not necessarily choosing violence. You’re merely choosing to not participate in the ritual of voting. But if opting out of voting is part of a broader choice of opting out of the system (not paying taxes, not obeying law enforcement, ignoring regulations, etc) then you are acting in a manner that the system is designed to direct violence against.

In other words, you can choose to disengage from the system but that doesn’t mean it will let you do so peacefully. You must have the capability to defend your choices by making any act of violence against you as expensive as possible to your attacker.

Several things can be true in this context. 1. We are not voting ...

2026-10-10T12:07:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…l9f0
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Several things can be true in this context.

1. We are not voting our way out. The incentive structure is such that nobody can fix the system from within the system. Any politician who promises to do that is either lying or will inevitably fail. Either way,

2. Voting can slow down, speed up, or even briefly and temporarily reverse the rate at which liberty is lost. Libertarians getting involved politically can influence this process to a degree.

3. The system is made stronger by certain kinds of violent resistance such as terrorism, assassination, sabotage, etc. When the masses feel unsafe, they will permit faster erosion of liberty by their rulers in the name of feeling protected. Again, note that the masses can’t prevent erosion of liberty; they can merely influence the rate at which it erodes because

3. Violence CAN destroy the system if the violence is sufficiently widespread OR precisely targeted. This worries the elites and those who depend on the system. It’s why the mood of the masses matters to the rulers. However, mass violence offers no real promise for replacing the system with anything better. Probably the replacement would be far worse. Targeted violence could, theoretically, replace some elites… with other elites. And the incentive structure of the system would remain unchanged, but with more political violence now woven into the social fabric.

4. This why in the Freedom Tech community we choose a different approach to change. By providing the potential for peaceful opting-out of the system, we create a new and better incentive system for people to interact cooperatively. When coercion is ineffective from a physics perspective, society no longer needs to rely on laws or social norms to protect liberty.

5. Violence - or the threat of violence - is and will always be necessary to protect liberty. We are not pacifists. And when the losing Elite factions come after us in a desperate attempt to save their system, all options are ethically open to us for defense. If we make violence expensive but cooperation inexpensive, we win.

I’ll say that again.

Make violence expensive.

Make cooperation inexpensive.

That’s how we win.

I agree with your sentiment about sovereignty but feel the urge ...

2026-10-10T11:40:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…skk5
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I agree with your sentiment about sovereignty but feel the urge to say that as Lysander Spooner pointed out, voting ≠ consent. It can reflect consent, sure, but it can also be an act of self defense in a system with severely limited options. Sovereignty - to your point - is stepping outside the system to play by the laws of physics rather than the artificially restrictive laws of man. This is why we Freedom Tech.

Web of trust

2026-10-10T11:32:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…ewwe
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Web of trust

NGU is critical. BTC is for my generation in a failing fiat ...

2026-10-06T12:30:28Z

NGU is critical. BTC is for my generation in a failing fiat economy what this silly looking orange suit is for submariners on a sinking boat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_Escape_Immersion_Equipment