I like the idea that the bubble will burst and we will be flooded with cheap hardware.

I feel like a lot of AI hype is threatening open source.

Linux thrived because you didn't need permission to use it.

We need to promote the use and development of local models.

I know some of the team working on it. I volunteered at the booth at BTC Prague.

Its grass roots. Vexl themselves is a non profit.

They depend on Bitcoin communities to spread the awareness.

I heard of people opening buy and sell offers not because they need to trade, but to build the community.

For me personally it's the only way I get fiat. (I get paid in BTC).

Some of the vexl team have done podcasts, look up vexl on YouTube.

Because Apple won't let them list on the app store. Apple literally said that trading Bitcoin P2P is 'reckless'. Now try and compare that to Tinder.

Also in vexl you will have contacts in common with to verify the counter party.

Being unkind to any child is beyond words.

Sure, if you don't care about routing.

I concur with @f_marek.

It's very tempting to run as a routing node.

And maybe I'll get back into it.

But running a node with unannounced channels is actually bliss.

It is a real life node. But it's yours for personal payments.

I actually do this for Bitcoin Fax and Bitcoin Payments. I only care about inbound liquidity.

Invoices have routing hints and it all just works.

No one getting Internet Explorer vibes ?

You just don't realise it yet. You have human agents :)

Also, the links in the footer of this site are totally my jam.

Reminds of when I asked an AirBnb host in Vancouver for tips what to do in the city and got handed a sloppy pasta response.

A buddy was always keen into diving into the antenna's a normal phone has and see if any could be jerry rigged to other frequencies.

Local AI models is a fun idea.

First thought is they are power hungry. And worst case is power my be scarce.

My favorites though related to this: Being your own bank requires you to think like a bank.

The amount responsibility the ordinary pleb has outsourced to 'trusted entities' is huge.

Going down this road is a continual slap in your face reminding you 'whatever happens, you are on your own'.

I got that from here https://passphrasemagazine.io/images/covers/pm3.png

But you are right, that is the block height of my copy. Which was June 2025.

My point is, it didn't just come out as OP mentions

The block height of issue 3 is 868384. The current block height is 939102.

And I have the issue sitting on my coffee table for months.

The quality of the content is much to be desired. But I appreciate the effort. But not this low quality post/shill.

Eyeballs.