Damus

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LNsolo · 3w
Not impossible: https://lnsolo.com/status/bc1qq73u8xg74cg297ceq3r5ea4t8f3nj8fw9zqlak
Daniel · 5w
Welp, I finally got around to upgrading my node from Bitcoin Core v29.3 to Bitcoin Knots v29.3. Also switched from Tor-only to Tor+clearnet. Been wanting to do this for several weeks, and glad I w...
B Man profile picture
knots is the move. The clearnet part I’d think twice about though, especially for anyone reading this thinking of doing the same. Your home ip hits every peer you connect to, isp can see you’re running bitcoin, and you’re opening inbound if you port forward. For a home node the extra peers don’t really justify that IMO.
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Daniel · 4w
Thanks… good points. That node is in a data center, not my home node. 👍
Ape Mithrandir · 4w
I am with you brother. But we don't trust them, they weaponized and monopolized large scale violence to create their power structures.
SimOne · 4w
Be more excited… https://blossom.primal.net/a6d8fa87041c9edce39a0d04803cad7770253d79d4ce07e30ff2becda06a8c59.jpg
B Man profile picture
I like the idea, but from a Buddhist point of view I wouldn’t rely so much on excitement. Excitement comes and goes, and if I depend on it, I’ll always be chasing the next moment.

For me, it’s more about being present. Even something as simple as a cup of tea can feel complete without needing it to be exciting. There’s a quieter kind of happiness in that, more stable and less dependent on circumstances.

Appreciating life is important, but so is learning to be at peace even when things feel ordinary.

I’d put it this way:

“Joy in small things is beautiful, but real peace comes from not needing every moment to feel exciting. When I can fully be with a simple cup of tea, even without excitement, there’s a deeper kind of happiness, one that doesn’t depend on conditions.”

So yes, appreciate life, absolutely. But also notice the quiet, steady contentment underneath it all, that’s where lasting happiness tends to live.
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SimOne · 4w
Agree. Excitement has different levels for different people. For me it’s about staying open to small moments that are worth noticing and looking forward to. Like a walk, a view or a cup of tea. Anticipation looking forward and then gratitude when I’m in the moment or reminiscing. I love all the ...
Laeserin · 4w
**Bitcoin doesn't fix this** because buying Bitcoin merely pumps the bags of the tiny number of super-rich people who already own almost all of the Bitcoin and also already own almost all of the asset...
B Man profile picture
I think you’re mixing up two very different things: wealth earned in markets and power sustained through political privilege.

There’s no mechanism in a genuinely free market that lets a small group “buy the entire world” and just sit on it indefinitely. Wealth isn’t a static pile that grows by inertia. It has to be maintained by correctly anticipating what other people want. When that stops happening, wealth erodes. That’s not theory, that’s the history of fortunes rising and falling over time.

What you’re describing only really becomes possible in a system where the rules are distorted.

Large players don’t expand purely because they’re rich. They expand because they operate in an environment shaped by central banking, artificial credit expansion, bailouts, and regulation that raises the cost of entry for competitors. When risk is socialized and failure is cushioned, scale compounds in ways it simply wouldn’t in a system where losses are actually borne by those who take them.

On Bitcoin, it was never meant to solve inequality or prevent wealth concentration. Its purpose is much narrower, removing discretionary control over the money supply. That matters because a lot of the concentration you’re worried about is fueled by monetary expansion that benefits those closest to newly created credit.

Take that away and a few things change. Easy leverage dries up. Bubble cycles become less extreme. Bad bets don’t get quietly transferred onto everyone else.

The idea of stopping people from buying assets sounds appealing, but it implies enforcement, someone deciding who can own what and how much. That doesn’t eliminate power, it relocates it. And historically, that kind of authority tends to end up reinforcing the very concentrations it set out to limit.

If the goal is broader ownership, the more consistent approach is removing barriers rather than imposing ceilings. Strip out privileges. End bailouts. Lower entry costs. Stop distorting money and credit.

In that kind of environment, wealth can still concentrate, but it can’t stay concentrated without continued performance. And that ultimately depends on serving other people, not controlling them.
nostrich · 4w
And needing to provide an email address? Generate a token on receipt of the payment in the browser and let people watch without sacrificing their privacy (or needing to create an anonymous email address).