The Avalon Q is the most powerful miner I've run at home for heat. About 15x my Nano 3S. I tripped my breaker testing it on Super and had to drop to Standard.

So I ran the numbers: payouts vs what it adds to my power bill, compared with the space heater I'd be running anyway. On Standard it pays back about two thirds of its power. Over a Calgary winter that's roughly $574 CAD back on heat I'd pay for regardless.

Also covered three ways to get paid: OCEAN to my own address, Braiins over Lightning, and lotto mining on my own Umbrel.

Full walkthrough: https://youtu.be/wkbVM1O4kSg

@Léo

Been using PPQ for AI lately and it's exactly how I want AI to work. No account, no subscription, top up with sats and pay per prompt. Hundreds of models, uncensored ones included.

The best part: I plugged it into my Hermes agent on my Umbrel, and Alby Hub tops it up automatically over NWC with a monthly budget.

Thanks @npub1pdntq... and @Alby for building this stuff.

Full walkthrough: https://youtu.be/Er1MIpJ8uHw

Want to try it? My link gets you 5% off open-source models: https://ppq.ai/invite/75bad525

I've been digging into the latest Bitchat updates for my new video and honestly, they're awesome.

You can send sats right in the chat with Cashu ecash, share the app phone to phone with no internet at all, and wipe everything with a triple tap. I grabbed it from Zapstore since it keeps getting pulled from app stores.

Huge respect to @jack, @calle and everyone building this.

Full walkthrough: https://youtu.be/2YoJLrGBJNQ

My Umbrel Media Server tutorial was almost immediately removed from YouTube. Luckily blossom servers are a thing. Here's the same content hosted on Nostr.

Replace Netflix, Hulu, Spotify and more with torrents and Jellyfin on your Umbrel!

I need a crash course in hosting a tutorial using Blossom. Where's the best place to look?

YouTube didn't like my Umbrel Media Server video and instantly removed it.

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I tested out the @BitBox 02 Nova - and really wanted to dive into their lightning wallet integration.

Check out my full breakdown here.

https://youtu.be/dTQNZ4E6xS4

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Just made a video on setting up Hermes agent on your @Umbrel ☂️ - either using cloud/frontier OR using local models via something like Bionic.

This will give you an agent on your own segregated machine, but with new updates to Umbrel it also gives you a way to control the Umbrel remotely for literally anything you want to do.

I YOLO'd into some of the permissions just to see what was possible. You should maybe be a tad more cautious than I was 😄

https://youtu.be/8r7B0gmMxGo

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