Josef Tětek

I should post on Nostr more…

Plant those orange seeds!

“Stablecoins are CBDCs in disguise.”

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The state is the most successful parasitic entity on the planet, having convinced its host (the society) that it is necessary for its survival.

Just announced:

built a new Bitcoin/ecash app for the freedom fighters around the world.

Conference Bitcoin Afrique kicking off!

State is a cancer of society.

The

just concluded. My highlights:

-South Africa in my eyes is the real Bitcoin Country. It’s a unique blend of a failed state where public goods are increasingly provided by private institutions, and super high human capital; SAers simply don’t give up but rather find way to make stuff work. That’s why we see unique bitcoin solutions like

, the Sparrow Wallet, the newly launched Orange, the Pick n Pay bitcoin integration, or the

; SA bitcoin scene should be a major inspiration not just for other African countries -KG nostr:npub1773r2y5zl3sa7xufmye96un3hf02rse8j82hkd45ps0wvk2hrkasslesjt as always killed it on stage; his comparison of the bitcoin movement with early hip hop scene was spot on; bitcoiners should take extra care to set up for major success so that it doesn’t destroy them (sadly the hip hop history is full of early deaths of major talents) -speaking of HH, I was super happy to meet nostr:npub1fnn2h0tgm2mwnl0kar5ez25wztum2w0q0rrrf326n0ljn999znwsqf4xnx; we definitely need high-energy bitcoin artists like Kweks 🤙🔥;happy to hear he’s diving in full time now -honored that we (Trezor) sponsored the conf this year -Vexl getting a lot of interest, I think we’ll see a boom in local p2p bitcoin across Africa this year -met amazing bitcoiners from the continent, Trezor Academy will expand soon!

Chinese bitcoiners on Nostr

GM, happy White Paper Day!

GM paranoid crypto anarchists!

🇨🇿Blíží se nám White Paper day, máme tu další akci na Stackuj Shopu! Až do půlnoci 31.10. získáte 16% slevu po zadání kódu "whitepaper". Nad 1000 Kč doprava zdarma!

🇨🇿Premiéra nového Stackuj Podcastu již za pár minut! Se Štěpánem Uheríkem, CFO firmy Trezor, probíráme: 👉Bitcoinové cykly a řízení financí 👉Kdy přijde ten pravý bull market? 👉Hypotéka vs. nájem a přebytky do bitcoinu 👉Pozitivní stránky regulace MICA 👉Proč by si firmy měly držet bitcoinovou rezervu

I bet Peter doesn’t even like pineapple and jalapenos on his pizza.

Kids born after 2009 are Gen ₿.

That feeling after a proper workout, sauna, steak & good coffee…

Alex

recently had an AMA on Stacker News. Good read.

https://stacker.news/items/683717

Really nice cake from fellow Slovakian plebs. Dvadsat jeden = Twenty one

Chaincamp 2024 klepe na dveře! Víte, že na první

v roce 2020 jsem odmítl jet? Název mi neseděl, nějakýho Kuchaře jsem taky neznal, tak jsem to zazdil. Další rok už jsem jel. A další a další! Ostravská konference se stala jednou z mých nejoblíbenějších a už bych si ji nenechal ujít. Loni jsem na Chaincampu pokřtil novou knihu. Letos si připravuji workshop o dědictví bitcoinu (s Radimem Kozubem), panelovku, a samozřejmě se těším na setkávání s bitcoinery! Uvidíme se tam!https://m.primal.net/KmCU.jpg Níže link pro 5% slevu na lístky 😉

https://www.chaincamp.cz/?promo=STACKUJ

🇨🇿Dalším hostem Stackuj Podcastu bude Luboš Valík, finanční poradce, zakladatel firmy Diverzo, a stage director české scény na

. O čem bychom se s Lubošem měli pobavit :)? 👂

We seem to have entered a parallel reality where the 58k Gang and Forever Laura memes have become one.

Current S2F price $224k.

Some models are useful, and some models are retarded.

I deleted the Twitter app from my phone a few weeks ago and only use Nostr on the phone now. Feels much healthier.

Hell yeah

Buy the dip

True

The world becomes much more understandable once you accept that governments are simply organized criminal organizations. Some have better public relations and some worse, and that's basically the only difference.

🇨🇿Nový díl Stackuj Podcastu! S Kamilem Vedralem z Vivobarefoot probíráme: 👉jak (ne)fungují fiatové peníze 👉svoboda peněz 👉svoboda chodidel 👉proč volit barefoot obuv 👉jak se žije na Costa Rice 🦶🦶👇

🇨🇿Nový díl Stackuj Podcastu! Tentokrát sólo o Bitcoinu v Africe. Záznam ze včerejšího livestreamu. Díky všem kdo se připojili!

🇨🇿Již zítra bude Livestream na téma Bitcoin v Africe! Probereme proč by v Africe měli chtít bitcoin, a jak to s adopcí reálně vypadá. Připojte se a pokládejte dotazy!

https://www.youtube.com/live/i72bhS0ygSc?si=-OMlSsqRASBv2mgI

The whole crypto industry is just scammers extracting value (bitcoin) from gamblers.

On #TrezorAcademy.

For the past ~16 months, my main focus has been bitcoin education in the global south, mainly Africa. How does that work and what have we achieved through the Trezor Academy initiative?

Back in 2022, I was greatly inspired by

's book Check Your Financial Privilege and the Oslo Freedom Forum conference. Also later that same year, the first pan-African bitcoin conference -

- took place. Suddenly it seemed that the dream of many a bitcoiner was becoming a reality: bitcoin was finally helping the poor, unprivileged, forgotten. I immediately wanted to get involved, which is how the Trezor Academy program came to be.

Education is tricky. Especially so when the subject is something as elusive as bitcoin - as Satoshi said, “Writing a description for this thing for general audiences is bloody hard. There's nothing to relate it to.” Yet, I have found that explaining bitcoin to people in countries where fiat money doesn’t work for the majority of population is easier than doing the same in the Global West.

What is the best way to learn the basics of bitcoin? What worked for me and most bitcoiners I know are in-person meetups, where everyone has a chance to ask questions and discuss the subject for hours. So that is precisely what Trezor Academy is: a series of physical meetups, led by a local bitcoiner that understands local contexts. In three consecutive meetups, the participants learn the Whys, the Hows, and the Whats of bitcoin.

As of June 2024, we ran the Trezor Academy meetups in following places: Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Burundi, Botswana, South Africa (Soweto, Khayelitsha), Namibia, Benin, Mexico, Venezuela, and Bali. Around 500 participants got a chance to learn about bitcoin, self-custody, scam awareness, and general financial literacy.

According to our survey results, 58% of the participants did not know about Bitcoin before attending Trezor Academy, but 92% indicated that they will use Bitcoin more in the future and 97% will continue to study Bitcoin more.

Here are some examples of the feedback we received:

👉“I learnt a lot at Trezor Academy. The course that caught my attention the most was what bitcoiners should do. I learned several things and I'm applying them now” (Benin) 👉“This was amazing. I hope more of these session will come happen in Botswana” (Botswana) 👉“The Trezor Academy is more important for me because I have been taught about Bitcoin and I learned so many things that I didn't know before.” (Burundi) 👉“I learned that bitcoin is borderless and can be used worldwide.” (South Africa / Khayelitsha)

We are well aware that 500 participants may seem like a drop in an ocean. It would be very easy to play the numbers game and run a broad & shallow program and report thousands of graduates. But the impact of doing so would be negligible. What we’re aiming to do is plant seeds - spark the interest in individuals that can further spread the word to their friends and families. I believe that is the only way to truly “orange pill” the global south - through viral, bottom-up adoption that serves the needs that are very context-specific.

If you’re interested in the Trezor Academy program, you can learn more at https://academy.trezor.io. You can also apply as a local organizer! The slides for the meetups are available here: https://academy.trezor.io/resources. I am always looking for valuable feedback!

Onwards!

A deserved praise for two recent conferences, Oslo Freedom Forum &

. -Both absolutely amazing events, top tier in their respective fields. I love both of them and hopefully will visit them (along with my family) for years to come. -Oslo Freedom Forum is a major learning opportunity to understand the world of today. Our world is still quite a nasty place in many forms (oppression, torture, genocide, slavery...), but there is always hope. It is so amazing that OFF has the Financial Freedom track as part of its program, and freedom fighters get to learn about #bitcoin . Also,

&

on the main stage made it clear why we need technologies like #Nostr to defend ourselves. I'm quickly becoming a Nostr maximalist! -BTC #Prague is absolutely killing it in terms of pure signal, bitcoin-only events. It is the best bitcoin conference out there, considering its size. It's very hard to stay pure while organizing a conference for thousands of people. But the Kuchař brothers are managing to do precisely that. This year's motto was Building Bridges, and it was accomplished. American bitcoiners met European bitcoiners met African bitcoiners. Already looking forward to next year! Special praise to Amity Age booth/stage/recording studio😅. Amazing job!

Book your schedule for next year, both events are a must-go!

EU is sliding into totalitarian superstate fast.

Shooting a documentary with

on the architecture of #Prague and the relation of sound/fiat money and architectural styles!

Satlantis presentation at Opero #Prague

Prague is on Satlantis!

Only hodl as much fiat as you’re willing to lose.

Rockstar & Avi discussing Nostr and open source business models on the BTC Prague VIP stage.

BTC Prague kicked off with the Industry day!

#prague #bitcoin

Orange-pilling is a self-driven journey. Just like fixing the diet or exercising regularly, we cannot do the job for others. We can show the way, but ultimately it's everyone's personal responsibility.

https://cdn.satlantis.io/1718116049333-foto_rohlik_2_scaled.jpg Apps to use in Prague: Rohlik.cz. Rohlik is a grocery delivery service, with a great selection of goods (including grass-fed meat & organic produce) and perfect reliability. You can specify 15-minute delivery windows, and these are usually kept (unless a traffic jam happens etc).

In fact, some people in Prague (like me) never go to physical groceries anymore, as Rohlik is so convenient & reliable.

Very useful if you're staying in an Air BnB and want to cook for yourself from high quality ingredients.

Courriers accept cash (or cards).

GM, the

week is here!

https://cdn.satlantis.io/1717939325764-vexl.jpeg Apps to use in Prague: Vexl.

Czechs are quite privacy-conscious, so it's only natural that one of the most ambitious p2p KYC-free apps emerged here. Vexl is a phone app giving its users a simple way to discover peers for buying & selling bitcoin locally, in a private manner.

Vexl works through a social graph based on imported phone contacts, is end-to-end encrypted, has no escrow, takes no cut of the trades. It is an open source public good.

Vexl is simply the best way to buy & sell some bitcoin in Prague, with privacy (cash-for-sats recommended to maintain the highest level of privacy).

Check it out at vexl.it

https://cdn.satlantis.io/1717834908718-img_1496.jpg Apps to use in Prague: Qerko. You can pay in many restaurants & cafés with bitcoin through the Qerko app. When you see the logo & QR just like on the picture, you can pay with bitcoin (LN) in that place. Though one recommendation: don't ask the staff about a bitcoin payment, they might not even know that Qerko allows bitcoin payments! The way to do it is you set up the bitcoin payment option in the Qerko app on your phone, and then you can proceed with payment (the restaurant receives fiat on their end). Here are the links for App Store and Google Play: -https://apps.apple.com/cz/app/qerko/id1363182258?l=cs -https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.itispaid&hl=en

Lyn

opening up the Financial Freedom Track on Day 3 of Oslo Freedom Forum #off. For the first time in history, we can match the transaction and settlement speed without centralization.

Greetings from OFF!

Poslední šance na koupi lístků na BTC Prague!

Why visit Prague in June? I've lived in Prague, Czech Republic all my life and still I'm blown away by its beauty. As some bitcoiners rightly point out, you can usually tell apart the sound money vs. fiat architecture pretty easily.

And in Prague, there's plenty of examples of the sound money architecture. Here's just a few photos of my favorite residential buildings from late 19th/early 20th century that I took on my morning walk. Beautiful and functional as well (people still live in these buildings and to this day, it's some of the best real estate in the city).

June is one of the most beautiful months to be in Prague. Around 25C, sunny, almost no rains, everything is green and fresh. And since last year, there's also @BTCPrague. The largest bitcoin-only gathering in Europe. With continuous massive bitcoin adoption, Prague is returning to its sound money roots. With bitcoin, we will not only preserve the beauty of Prague, but also bring back the low time preference culture embodied in buildings such as these.

If you're still hesitating whether to visit BTC Prague, I strongly advise to do it. Both the conference and the city is amazing beyond words.

Here's how you get the best deal on the conf tickets:

1. use code STACKUJ (-10%)
2. pay in bitcoin (-5%) 👉https://btcprague.com/ticket-types/ See you here soon! https://m.primal.net/ILTn.jpg https://m.primal.net/ILTp.jpg https://m.primal.net/ILTo.jpg https://m.primal.net/ILTr.jpg

The largest European #bitcoin gathering is here in a few weeks! Do you already have your ticket? If not, this is how you get the best deal:

1. use code STACKUJ (-10%)
2. pay in bitcoin (-5%) See you there!🫡 👉https://btcprague.com/ticket-types/

The only way to long-lasting freedom and prosperity is to separate money from the state.

https://braiins.com/books/bitcoin-separation-of-money-and-state

There’s no-one from BTCPay in Cape Town, so I took the task of representing my favorite FOSS project!

Bitcoin: Návrat zdravých peněz je už skladem! Nyní přednistně odbavuji předobjednávky, příští týden odesílám nově objednané!

https://stackuj.cz/Shop/knihy/108-bitcoin-navrat-zdravych-penez-podepsana.html

This is a very useful view on things when dealing with state goons. Pay appropriate respect like you would with (private) mafia members else they burn your house down, and don’t expect any benevolence.

I find it incredible that so many adults believe the fairy tale of a benevolent state. The state is an organized crime syndicate and does whatever it can get away with.

FYI my account on Twitter got suspended a few days ago (no real reason given).

I dreamt of nostriches tonight. Literally purple ostriches running around in my dreams.

Any solid book recommendations?

PSA: save your sats from Blue Wallet if you use it custodially; they’re discontinuing the support for custodial LN wallets. I just found out I still had 16k sats in there! That’s like a monthy rent couple years from now :-D. Every sat counts!

Fingers crossed for Nigeria. This is where the CBDC x Bitcoin war begins. Any Nigerian plebs here?

#[0] Verifying My Public Key: "@SatsJoseph"

Bitcoin wins because fiat fails. It’s as simple as that.