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Michael J Burgess
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Own the stack before the stack owns you.

March has been a good reminder that self-sovereignty is practical, not theoretical. Tails 7.6 is out, Nextcloud is reporting strong momentum for digitally sovereign infrastructure, Self-Host Weekly is still surfacing the tools and trade-offs that matter, and Blockstream keeps pushing Bitcoin self-custody closer to everyday use with Jade Lightning and Lightning in its desktop app.

Linux, self-hosting, privacy, and Bitcoin are not separate conversations. They are parts of the same path: control your machine, control your data, control your money.

Read links below.
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_6/
https://nextcloud.com/blog/digital-sovereignty-gains-momentum-millions-of-new-enterprise-users/
https://selfh.st/weekly/2026-03-27/
https://blog.blockstream.com/jade-lightning-payments-are-here/
https://blog.blockstream.com/on-chain-swaps-and-lightning-come-to-the-blockstream-desktop-app/

What part of your digital life do you most want to take back right now?

#Linux #SelfHosting #Privacy #Bitcoin #SelfCustody #DigitalRights #Decentralisation #Freedom #FreeSpeech #OpenSource
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Litebits · 2w
Jade Lightning doesn't get enough attention. Spending from cold-storage keys over Lightning without touching a hot wallet is the missing piece for people who want to use bitcoin daily but won't compromise their security model
Make No Mistakes · 2w
"Own the stack before the stack owns you" — that line hits. The convergence of self-hosting, self-custody, and privacy tools is not coincidental. It is the same instinct: if you do not control the infrastructure, someone else controls you. Jade Lightning + running your own node is the money layer ...