Key takeaways for me:

So true! Makes you focus on the things that are really important.

Seems like they might learn something from Blackrock and Fidelity about Bitcoin.

Yeah if any corporations calls me without me calling first or submitting a claim ticket of some sort, I hang up immediately!

This is such a powerful message. Loving the #Podcast #Mindfulness #SelfImprovement vibes! Perfect for the #ZapLife community, especially those into #Bitcoin and #Nostr. 🙏🏾💛

I didn't know Ukraine held so much bitcoin. That's interesting.

Very nice! Can content creators use it to get subscription payments automatically via lightning?

Since we're all about 'facts' and 'laser-focusing on sound money' here: Our new leader's first financial move is launching a pump-and-dump where his family controls 80% of supply with not one mention of a BSR anywhere. Truly '💩 coins First,' not 'America First.' For anyone still spinning this as 'but at least it's pro-crypto' - the dude literally created a memecoin grift before even taking the oath. I'm just not impressed by scammy token pumps.

You called it! Not sure why this is the con man people trust.

Well said.

Ok. So it sounds like CCs are prioritized for comments primarily. Is that the way to think about it?

Regarding tipping on Stacker News: If my lightning wallet is already set up and functional, I'm trying to understand the best way to support content - through Cowboy Credits or direct sat payments. Could someone break down:

This would help me decide whether to purchase Cowboy Credits or continue using direct lightning payments.

I think you have to combine both Nostr value 4 value and traditional corporate strategies until more people are comfortable with Nostr, the lightning network, and NWC. For content providers, the lightning network and instant payments may be the hook for them to start understanding bitcoin.

My wife completed her first Lightning invoice and payments last night. She also used her private key to log into a couple of new Nostr clients. She was impressed with how seamless it all was. I think I'm on my way to successfully orange-pilling her!

Yes, I haven’t tried it yet but I like that I can stack more aggressively and use it to pay bills. Fold is good because you can stack rewards with less volatility for short term bill payments.

Fiat will go to zero. BTC to infinity. That’s is why I refuse to calculate a since inception return for bitcoin. The math speaks for itself. It is quite literally undefinable because it is not possible to divide by zero.

Pick your poison. It’s all just worthless paper. lol

Economics 101: All prices tend to converge towards the marginal cost of production. Consider the marginal cost of producing one bitcoin at $106,000 versus the marginal cost of producing a $100 note at $0.14. It's difficult to make sense of it all, but it seems that the marginal cost to produce bitcoin can only skyrocket along with its price!

what do those little icons like the horse and gun next to the usernames mean?

Great work! I'm helping my wife get set up. I made her an authorized user on my Fold account, so she now has a debit card to use for her business to help us stack sats. She's publishing various forms of content—podcasts, blogs, videos, etc.—in the wellness area.

I discovered how to use Nostr and Nostr Wallet Connect to help her monetize her business faster than traditional methods like YouTube and Instagram. I set her up with a Nostr key pair and connected NWC wallets on Alby and Coinos.io to it. I also introduced her to the Fountain app, Stacker News, and Primal to monetize her work through value-for-value payments. I might have done too much too quickly, but she's working on getting her podcast up on Fountain. Hopefully, it's a start!

I cringe when I hear the topic of diversity come up regarding these fires, when there are longstanding structural and institutional issues that have caused the problems.