has published a post-mortem on the September 19 attack, describing what happened and how they handled the crisis:

https://www.blink.sv/blog/sept-19-attack-postmortem-and-bounty

Warsaw keeps walking, relentlessly... ⚡ If you're in town, come walk with us! Every Saturday at 11:30, Saxon Garden, next to the Great Fountain.

#proofofwalk @BitcoinWalk

Is Bitcoin a Captured Project? Reflections After the BIP-110 Fiasco

The most important question in Bitcoin right now is whether it is a captured project. The short answer is: we do not know yet.

On the one hand, miners managed to ignore a change proposal that did not undergo URSF. Whether they colluded or not does not matter. The crucial point is that three mining pools could decide the fate of the network. That is scary as fuck.

On the other hand, BIP-110 was a minority soft fork supported by approximately 20% of nodes. Would miners have behaved differently if BIP-110 had managed to convince a majority of the network? We do not know, but that is also scary.

At this moment, I think a hard fork is a premature idea. Before unleashing this demon, we should figure out how to test the network and answer the question above: do nodes control the network? Would it matter, for example, if a majority of them supported BIP-110?

To do this, we need a BIP that can convince more users.

Apart from this, we should focus on:

1. Supporting the development of competitive and conservative node implementations. We have Knots. We have the Production Ready idea. That is a start.

2. Supporting the decentralisation of mining.

We should also thank the Roughnecks. They have fallen in battle, but they will remain legends.

For now, we should all return to the legacy chain and work on putting it to a new test. One that will allow us to find out whether node runners are at the wheel or not.

Bootstrapping Vicious Circle 💀

No one offers products/services for sats → because no one accepts sats for products/services → because no one offers products/services for sats.

The goal is to break it.

Start offering your products or services for sats even if: • there seems to be no market yet • it costs you something • it feels inconvenient right now

Play the long game. Bitcoin is here to stay. Those who build the Bitcoin economy early will be rewarded later. ⚡

⚡ To all Bitcoin book authors

Too many of your books are only available for fiat on Amazon.

This is disappointing.

You expect people to adopt Bitcoin, yet you don’t make it easy for them to pay you directly in sats.

Keep Amazon for no-coiners. That’s fine. But why not offer both?

Your Bitcoin readers want to pay you in sats without feeding the big tech behemoths. Make it possible. Practice what you preach.

⚠️ Please SHARE this post with a Bitcoin book author if you happen to know one.

Bottom of the bear and Warsaw still walking. Great talk as always.

#proofofwalk

Writing is a form of thinking. If you want to learn to write, start by learning to think with a pen in your hand.

The Network Theory of Ethics

Here is the thesis I’ve been working on for some time. It deserves a treatise, and I am currently working on one. Still, I am posting it here on NOSTR because I know many of you will challenge it. And that is exactly what I need.

I’ve dubbed it "The Network Theory of Ethics". It claims the following:

1. Morality can be derived from physics.

2. More specifically, it is an emergent property of the social network structures that exist within a reality governed by the laws of thermodynamics.

3. Moral values arise when individuals (nodes within a social network) create and maintain the social fabric in a reality in which energy dissipates and in which the expenditure of energy is required to temporarily reduce entropy within the network.

More to come.

Please share this with anyone you think may contribute to the discussion.

Our CWO is on leave, but the show must go on…

Warsaw keeps walking

#proofofwalk

Everything is happening on its own, including your perception of you.

#meditaton

LND Recovery from Backup (exact UI flow)

I’ve analysed the LND recovery process on Umbrel step by step, based on the Lightning seed + Static Channel Backup (SCB) recovery model used by Umbrel.

I’m attaching notes covering the two main scenarios:

1. recovery on an existing Umbrel install, and
2. recovery after a full reinstall or sudden, unplanned hardware retirement.

If your Umbrel decides to stop cooperating one day, this is exactly what will happen during recovery — including the intentionally force‑closed channels and the wait for funds to reappear on‑chain after timelocks.

Knowing this in advance should make it much easier to prepare properly and spare some unnecessary stress.

Orange‑pilling central bankers is a thankless job — but someone has to do it 😅

Running Knots 110

First media reaction...

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie

https://comparic.pl/standard-bitcoina-w-polskim-parlamencie-polscy-poslowie-dostali-ksiazke-o-btc/

Bitcoin Standard for the President of Poland 🇵🇱

As a follow‑up to the "Bitcoin Standard in the Polish Parliament" project, Polish Bitcoin community

has sent an open letter — and a copy of The Bitcoin Standard by

— straight to the President of Poland.

📎 Open letter attached (EN translation included).

More signal coming.

Stay tuned. 🔥

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie

LFW 🚀

Warsaw

10.01.2025

Proof‑of‑Walk 🫡

–10°C in beautiful Warsaw. Cold air, warm company, and even warmer Bitcoin conversations.

GRAND FINALE! The Bitcoin Standard Arrives at the Polish Parliament 🫡

560 copies of The Bitcoin Standard were delivered today to the Sejm and Senate, together with an open letter from the Bitcoin community.

On behalf of the OC, huge thanks to the Polish and global Bitcoin community for making this happen 🧡

Shout‑out to Freedom Publishing for helping us scale this with a solid discount, and massive respect to

for writing a book that has orange‑pilled millions.

This isn’t the end. More coming.

Stay tuned. 🚀

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie

UPDATE: Bitcoin Standard in Polish Parliament 🇵🇱

560 copies of #TheBitcoinStandard by @saifedean — packed and ready to ship! 📦📚

They’re heading to every MP in the Polish Parliament next week when the new session begins. Each book includes an open letter from the Twenty-One Community highlighting Bitcoin as the first inflation-resistant, censorship-resistant monetary network of the digital age, outlining Poland’s growing Bitcoin ecosystem, and calling for thoughtful regulation.

(Polish original and English translation of the open letter attached.)

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie

UPDATE: Bitcoin Standard in Parliament

Remember? We’re bringing Bitcoin education to Polish lawmakers!

Each of the 625 copies of “The Bitcoin Standard” by Dr. Saifedean Ammous will carry a unique seal of the Polish Bitcoin community (Dwadzieścia Jeden) and the note: “This copy has been purchased with bitcoin.”

Who knows – these might become collector’s items someday. 😉

Tomorrow: printing, stamping, labeling, packing. Next week: delivery to the Polish Parliament.

Stay tuned – big steps ahead for Bitcoin education in Poland!

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie https://blossom.primal.net/1ff8e00e3c18104368527b074d62f205f290f963946dc7856043faa018e41d00.jpg

I played around with

. It allows you to:

• Browse profile information, including stats like the number and amounts of zaps received and sent,

• Recover followed profiles (requires signing an event – on mobile, you can do this via the

browser if you’re already using it),

• Find out how many reactions, reposts, and replies you’ve received.

Each profile also gets a ranking based on data from several sources.

Nice 👍

https://profilestr.com/

Cultivate a bias toward heresies, but never forget about evidence and falsifiability.

Desire is a misery factory. Clinging to money, status, power, pleasure, possessions. Learning to let go of it is the deepest act of self-compassion. It’s how true peace emerges.

#meditation

UPDATE: The Bitcoin Standard in Polish Parliament

625 copies of The Bitcoin Standard by

have landed!

In early January, 560 will go straight to Polish MPs. The rest will help amplify the mission — we’ll get them into the hands of media outlets and, if any remain, public libraries.

Huge thanks to everyone who made this happen 🧡

The community crushed it 💪

We’re just getting started. Next steps soon 🚀

Stay tuned 🔥

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie

Hey Nostriches,

We’re almost there! 🔥 Our mission to fund 560 copies of The Bitcoin Standard—one for every Polish MP—is nearly complete. We’re just a couple hundred thousand sats away from the finish line.

Why now?

Right now, Poland is in the middle of a heated debate about a new law on “cryptoassets.” Most of the political class is still clueless about Bitcoin. That’s where we step in—with education, not speculation.

Here’s the plan:

✅ Books funded by the Bitcoin community via Geyser ✅ Purchased directly with bitcoin (no selling bitcoin to make the purchase) ✅ Each copy will include an open letter stressing the importance of understanding Bitcoin ✅ We’ll promote the project in Polish media to spark a public discussion about Bitcoin

📌 Project details:

https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinparliamentpl

🫵 Ways to contribute:

➡️ Zap the project’s nostr profile:

➡️ Send sats anonymously to LN address: [email protected]

(Note: Geyser requires a minimum of 1,000 sats per contribution.)

💡 Let’s help educate Poland’s lawmakers about Bitcoin. Every sat counts!

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie

The ego is a stubborn illusion that can relentlessly defend itself and even fight back.

#meditation

Bitcoin is a language. The best way to become fluent is to use it.

Hate is self-harm.

#meditation

Michael Saylor’s playbook directly attacks the financial system’s ability to co-opt and extract rent from base money. That’s why legacy banks began treating him as a mortal enemy.
 Remarkably, the state itself has largely stood back — and now appears to be choosing sides. That choice will signal whether the transition is smooth or tumultuous.

📚 Polish Edition of ‘Broken Money’ by

just got nominated for Business Book of the Year 2025!

The award is organized by Puls Biznesu — one of Poland’s leading business and finance media outlets. Pretty cool to see Bitcoin ideas making waves in mainstream business circles.

If you’ve read it, you know this nomination is totally deserved. Big props to Lyn, and to Freedom Publishing and Stanisław Wójtowicz (translator) for the Polish edition. I’m stoked I got to contribute to the Bitcoin chapters for the PL version.⚡

If you haven’t read it yet… what are you waiting for? 🚀

Zap this and we will deliver... the Bitcoin Standard to the Polish Parliament! 🔥

👇🏻

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie

Bitcoiners are an incredible pack! 🧡

Two days after the announcement, we’re already at nearly $1,000—a fantastic start! 🙌

To make this campaign a reality, we need to reach $3,500 in total, and I’m confident we’ll get there with your help.

📢 Please keep spreading the word. ⚡ Every sat counts.

👉 Geyser Project: https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinparliamentpl ⚡ LN Address: [email protected]

Thank you for your support—and stay safe out there!

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie

My Fellow Nostriches,

🚀 Dwadzieścia Jeden - the Polish Bitcoin community - has just launched a #Geyser project to purchase 560 copies of “The Bitcoin Standard” by

.

🎯 The mission is to gift one copy to every member of the Polish Parliament.

Why? Because we believe:

➡️ Education changes minds—some lawmakers may rethink their stance on Bitcoin.
➡️ Knowledge shapes policy—especially as Poland prepares new crypto asset regulations.
➡️ Visibility matters—this initiative could spark media coverage and boost Bitcoin awareness nationwide.

This is a global, Bitcoin-only campaign, and every satoshi counts. If you believe in Bitcoin’s future, help us plant seeds among policymakers.

You can support the campaign:

⚡ On Geyser: geyser.fund/project/bitcoinparliamentpl
⚡ Via LN address: [email protected] ⚡ By zapping the campaign's profile on NOSTR: njump.me/npub1jmfc0zs27qq2kpj47hel0aclsj4qf665yvd36v655ft4zddt4xrqv38t5a

Big thanks to 🙏🏻 Freedom Publishing 🙏🏻, the Polish publisher of The Bitcoin Standard, for backing the campaign! Thanks to their support, we’ve secured a solid discount—and yes, we’re paying in Bitcoin.

💪 Let’s make this happen together. Follow, donate, zap, share—and help us orange-pill the Polish Parliament.

Happy stacking, and thank you for being part of this!

#BitcoinStandardPL #BitcoinWSejmie

Happy ATH, everyone! 🚀

LFW 🔥

Let go of desires, grow aspirations.

#Meditation

I’m hooked on Abundance Through Scarcity by

. A mind-bending take on how scarcity sparks creativity & growth. Read it for psychonaut-level insights.

#bookstr

For Polish Nostriches:

Hej, nowa odsłona niebanalnego projektu bitcoinowego po polsku. Daj

swój follow i wesprzyj go zapem. Za sterami the one and only...

We've been chained to reality and conditioned to fear it. But as chaotic, noisy, and fearful as reality may be, it is also constantly underpinned by silence. Meditation helps us find that silence and spend time in it. This dissolves the chains and uproots the fear, allowing us to be free and happy.

#meditation

Happy Bitcoin Infinity Day, everyone!

Be loving, kind, and forgiving. It will protect you from yourself. Call it enlightened selfishness.

#meditation

Everything we perceive is a hallucination rendered by our brains, pinging reality’s server for sensory data, letting us map and navigate the network of existence. Dreams are such hallucinations too, but the brain runs them offline, generating output without pinging reality’s server.

Pneuma is breath. In Stoicism, it is the spirit—the very seed of all life. 'Become pneuma' is perhaps the most powerful meditation instruction. Focus on breath to become breath.

Enjoy...

#Tool #tunestr #meditation

The foreword by

made me curious about this book. I’m ready to enlighten myself again.

#bookstr

#BFF2025

Bitcoin Age is a brief marvel—highly informative and engaging. Thank you,

.

#BitcoinAge #bookstr

'The Ethics of Liberty' by Rothbard is a great read, even if you don’t agree with everything he writes. Although I am personally closer to Mises, Rothbard’s talent for rigorous logical reasoning is truly impressive.

#bookstr #Rothbard

🧘🏻‍♂️ A few meditation instructions for those who practise daily 🧘🏻‍♂️

Disclaimer: I apologise if this sounds like gibberish. Language is a blunt tool.

What is happening now? And now... And now... And now... Second by second. Meditation is about the relentless noticing that all contents populating consciousness (images, sounds, sensations, thoughts) remain in a state of continuous change, whether we want it to or not.

Where is the silence?
Even in times of unrest and chaos, stillness is present and permeates everything. Seek out this silence, find it, and try to spend time within it. Use the silent space as a vantage point for observing and noticing whatever is happening now. And now...

Where am I? What am I? Who am I?
In the silent space, you may notice that, among other things, the Self is also present. It’s that feeling (contraction?) that you are you. It’s the part of you that wants or doesn’t want things, that desires and protests. It’s the part that refuses to let go. Notice it and return to the silence. And again. And again.

Everyone’s inner space is different. Please share your tips on how to practise.

With metta.

Get your tickets, misfits! See you all soon. ⏰🚀

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Running knots

I'm thrilled to report that I now have the Polish edition of "Broken Money" by

in my hands! I'm hopeful it will soar to bestseller status in Poland.

#bookstr #brokenmoney

Wersja z wizją

The weekend has arrived and I’m readying for the fallout.

#21Futures

The trailer is dope, by the way.

https://m.primal.net/PoMP.jpg https://m.primal.net/PoMR.jpg https://m.primal.net/PoMV.jpg

Yesterday's performance by Trump and Vance was not a display of power. It was a theatre for the crowd, underpinned by narcissism and helplessness. To be honest, it was quite pathetic.

(Art by Matylda Damięcka / Radek Łukasiewicz)

I understand realpolitik and the transactional nature of international relations. Still, using an invasion and the threat of existential destruction to force a country to surrender half of its rare resources in exchange for protection is nothing but racketeering. It is morally reprehensible.

I didn't know the story; it's a great one. Thank you!

Soon, the Polish edition of the book "Broken Money" by the brilliant

will be published by Freedom Publishing. I had the great pleasure of working with the publisher as a consultant on the Polish version of the book.

The book doesn't need advertising here on nostr, but I am glad it will reach a wider audience of Polish readers. You can also become a patron of this edition today, which I warmly encourage. More information can be found on the publisher's website:

https://wydawnictwofp.pl/zbiorka-zepsuty-pieniadz/

#BrokenMoney

Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs addresses Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the UN General Assembly today. Thoughts?

I’ve been waiting for this moment—I just started reading The Big Print by

I've taken my first steps into the territory of Podcastistan. It was a pleasure to talk with

and

about the threats to privacy in the fiat world.

https://www.fixthemoney.net/p/why-bitcoin-needs-to-be-protected

Finally, reason prevails.

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This is a significant pivot. I'm pleased to see Zuck's change of heart. Nostr paved the way, X followed, and now Meta is joining the free speech renaissance. The others will either follow or be left behind.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEhf2uTJUs0/

Kudos to

. Zap the note from

if you can.

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Thanks for the Alby Hub’s Friends & Family feature! I used it today to set up a sub-account for a family member, which I connected to Alby Go. It’s perhaps the easiest way to onboard close contacts without relying on third-party custodial services.

That said, I would appreciate the following additional capabilities:

— A separate balance for the sub-account in the main account’s UI (currently, payments to the sub-account are merged with those of the main account and are indistinguishable)

— For the main account owner to spend from the sub-account’s balance, it should require deleting the sub-account (in this case, the balances should merge)

— An LN address for the sub-account

Additionally, I have not found a way to reconnect an existing sub-account to a new Alby Go instance. Is it possible to display the secret code again when the sub-account is already set up and running?

Anyways, great stuff! All the best.

👇🏻

I think I’ve found it—my Ikigai.