BitcoinSilverFox

I was totally surprised. I thought that multisig was so overdue, but from now I have all in multisig with different vendors. And the big thing is. It isn't difficult.

https://fountain.fm/episode/WVZstxZT2IeBlWExpgJl

Thank you. My Coldcard Q was the "mother" to all my other wallets and had seedfraces from the Q, luckily with passwords. Every sats is now mowed, and I'm good

https://fountain.fm/episode/D24j5CW1EOLb7pRfCAnV

https://fountain.fm/episode/AH2BwWxQirjEOtBJVgfq

🌸 My dahlias are blooming in the summer sun — deep burgundy and orange against the pine forest.

But it wasn’t sunlight that kept them alive this winter. It was the heat from my Bitaxe miner, quietly protecting the tubers through the cold. ⚡️🔥

That’s how it works with Bitcoin too: miners work in silence, securing the network and keeping it warm through the winter — no matter how cold it gets.

Summer is coming for Bitcoin too. ☀️₿

#Bitcoin #Nostr #Dahlias #Mining

Vacation 🐝🌞😎🏖️

GM A good place for morning prace

Asking for a friend 👀

If we start changing the code so we can filter out transactions we don’t like — what stops someone from filtering out you one day?

Isn’t the whole point of Bitcoin that no one can be excluded? A permissionless network that starts judging which transactions “deserve” space has already given up something fundamental.

Spam is expensive and temporary. Censorship is permanent precedent.

Gm. It’s vacation

Under water with this one, but who cares. This price will look cheap in five years

The reward is near

Born in ’65.

I remember the day I got my license — the freedom of a road with no end in sight, no one to ask permission.

I remember the first time I dialed into the internet — landing at a university in Australia, the other side of the earth, from my living room.

Same feeling both times. No gatekeeper. No one to say no.

Bitcoin gives me that feeling again. Money I carry with me anywhere — borderless, permissionless, mine.

Be proud, brothers, who are still fully stacked on Bitcoin. According to the power law, only the real Bitcoiners are left. Everyone else has fled and is planning to buy back in when it drops to 40,000, but they’ll get FOMO and buy back in at 100,000 instead.

The good thing is. It’s to late for panic 😱

Bitcoin is for plebs. The recent dip is just another opportunity to get in and stack some Sats

Bitcoin has beaten my Lizard brain 🍾🥳

I’m living on a bitcoin standard (sort of). I work for fiat, but sending most of my Salary to

and change my fiat to Bitcoin. I use my Xapocard for daily payment and have a daily account for tax. If btc is below power laws fairprice I take a loan on Xapobank for my usage. Is it over I pay down on my loan. That is my way to handle volatility. I asked Grok how many people lives on a Bitcoin standard like me or even heavier. Grok answered between 10 and 20.000. Hopefully Grok is wrong. It should be way more people doing that. It is pretty easy with these apps like Xapo, Bringin , Bull bitcoin and Strike.

It is a game someone is playing. Stay safe and stack sats, and the waves can’t reach you.

Don’t need to say more

This is the time when investment funds panic, while real Bitcoiners buy what they can afford.

Fire sale

Peaks are for the fiat crowd who want to get rich quick. Troughs are for the Bitcoin crowd. HODL on! #Bitcoin #BTC #HODL #BitcoinRainbow

Winter

It is a good da to buy bitcoin. Today approximately 75% of my salary went in to Bitcoin. Happy day 🎉🥳

Impressing with Lightning payment in South Afrika. Look at this Europe

https://fountain.fm/episode/QMpGyNifZM37FW3P1a7x

This isn't a complaint against those who don't use Bitcoin, but rather those who only hoard it instead of stocks, gold, or real estate. Nevertheless, if the rest of us don't start using Bitcoin for daily purchases, it may eventually lose its value. We can use Bitcoin as daily currency via Lightning, Liquid, on-chain (for larger transactions), gift cards like Bitrefill, or credit cards such as Xapo Card, Bringin, Bitrefill, and more. Volatility is not an issue if you frequently convert fiat to Bitcoin and hold it for the long term. It even presents lending opportunities when Bitcoin has a deep dip. A great alternative to credit cards.

As you see, my Xapo Mastercard is well used

Use Bitcoin as money. Convert from fiat, save some, and spend the rest directly with a Bitcoin-linked debit card, Bitrefill, gift cards or similar. Don’t let the rich convince you Bitcoin is an “asset”. It is money – fair money. This is not financial advice, it is an ethical advice. 😊

Lita of wisdom in this episode

https://fountain.fm/episode/dJ7ZquoosBLcmhamuBAv

When you stack BTC hard, you also need to send some back to your fiat currency account or pay with a credit card. For Europeans, Bringin.xyz is a good solution.

https://fountain.fm/episode/1xh3hkmvf6vUiXQ46yz7

Yesterday, I finally did something I've been thinking about for a long time. I deactivated my X account. I opened it many years ago to read news, but I ended up leaving because it's a platform that has a lot of fake news, so X is out. Now, I'm left with Nostr, where at least there are real people (I think), and traditional news channels that, despite everything, are easier to filter out what's fake and what's manipulated.

God has given us a paradise here on earth, but we humans are destroying it with our wickedness and selfishness. I am deeply despaired about the world as we have shaped it – with war, pollution, and foolishness. Can we ever break free from this self-destructive path, or is the Earth already exhausted from all we have done to it?

Reference: Psalm 104:14 (NIV) - "He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate—bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart."

It is important to be less independent on fiat and pay more directly with bitcoin and then of course Lightning. I pay tax on my bitcoin gains when I pay. But this is control. What is next?

What DAC8 Is

DAC8 (Directive on Administrative Cooperation, 8th amendment) is the EU's framework for reporting crypto-asset transactions to tax authorities. It's based on the OECD's global Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and applies uniformly across all providers serving EU residents.

Bringin is built on regulated infrastructure. Our partner Striga (now part of Lightspark) holds the required MiCA license for crypto-asset services and customer protection. DAC8 is a separate framework that requires the collection and reporting tax data to authorities. MiCA happens behind the scenes; DAC8 is what requires action from you starting January 2026.

Here’s what this means for you as a Bringin user:

January 1, 2026 – Data collection begins. From this date, all regulated providers (including Bringin's infrastructure partners) must start tracking reportable transactions and collecting tax identification details from users.

May 2026 (in or around May 4): You’ll be prompted in-app to add your Tax Residence Country and TIN (one-time, quick update).

July 31, 2026 – Deadline to provide this information.

After July 31, 2026: We're required to pause bitcoin transactions for accounts missing tax information. Your euro services stay active. The services resume immediately once you provide your Tax Residence and TIN.

• Only bitcoin–euro conversions and your account info are reported. Transfers between your own wallets (onchain and Lightning) are not. Note - You don’t have to file anything yourself. Our regulated partner (Striga) handles all reporting.

I've fallen down the rabbit hole twice in my life. The first time was 20 years ago when I was saved by Jesus. I spent the following couple of years solely on reading, listening, and understanding God. The second time was Bitcoin, which I truly discovered in 2022. Jesus is the foundation I stand on, and Bitcoin is the only currency I care about.

I would like to be a member of

with my new node alphafox. Please approve me 🙏

https://amboss.space/communityRequest/79ae733a-2d49-45eb-88bd-b095b6e04da4

Bitcoin is for the people, not for tradfi

Buy Bitcoin, save Bitcoin safe, learn to use Bitcoin (don’t sell , but use). Learn to have your own node, learn and have your own lightning node. Remember why Bitcoin was created.

https://www.youtube.com/live/MPG8unwxB1g?si=bVDn89cf1ZbqvnxI

I would like to have a discussion with Lightning node operators.

I currently have three Lightning nodes myself:

1. Loudplow – A small Lightning Core node, essentially just to receive my mining rewards from Ocean. Just enough channels to ensure this payment goes through every day.
2. Bitcoin SilverFox – Up until now, a combined usage and routing node. Connected to Alby and works perfectly for private use. Routes okay, but nothing extraordinary. I’m thinking that in time, it will become an account primarily for my incoming and outgoing payments, a sort of personal bank. There will be routing on this one too, but it won't be the focus.
3. AlphaFox – A pure routing node. Brand new, and this is probably the one I'm most excited about. The goal is 1% ROI, but the first milestone is just to break even. So far, the channels on this one are around 5 million Sats and i have 7 channels open at the moment. Instead of using Magma or similar to pay for inbound liquidity, I have emptied channels via Boltz and sent funds to my Liquid account to decide whether to forward to a cold wallet or return them to open new channels. I think this is a relatively good method to achieve a private transfer between my accounts.

My question to you is: How do you do this? Are you making a profit?

I have used autofee and autorebalance, but I find it difficult to get it working well. Maybe it is better to have fewer channels and do it manually?

#Bitcoin #LightningNetwork #NodeRunner #PlebChain #AskNostr #LightningRouting

My Lightning node, BitcoinSilverFox, is running smoothly. However, to mitigate risk and make node running even more fun, I spun up a fresh node today called "AlphaFox". 🦊

The plan is to make this my main routing node over time. Feel free to connect! ⚡️

#Bitcoin #LightningNetwork #LND #NodeRunner #Plebchain

My New Year’s wish for 2026 is that Bitcoiners also use their Bitcoin. There is one place where I disagree with Michael Saylor — when he says “never sell your Bitcoin.” I understand what he means, but a Bitcoiner who truly understands what it means to be a Bitcoiner also spends Bitcoin. I agree that there are still not many places in Europe that accept Bitcoin directly. But we do have good tools, like Bringin and Wavecard, that make it possible to use your Bitcoin through Lightning. Stack hard — and spend a little less carefully.

https://fountain.fm/episode/dBJrOC8m0UXtOFrd1AHN

Remember why you hold Bitcoin. It is not to be rich in fiat!

https://fountain.fm/episode/lo9RZ2VpPzzwdDpinBPJ

Just pulled a mini-Michael Saylor move with my one-man company:

• Collateralized my BTC
• Borrowed USD
• Bought a new miner
• And oops… "accidentally" stacked even more sats with the leftovers into the company treasury wallet

Now officially running a one-man Bitcoin Treasury Company ₿

There are no brakes on this train. 🚂

#Bitcoin #StrategyForSingles

Peter Schiff predicts Bitcoin will fall to $10,000.

If that happens, I would agree that Bitcoin is dead. Why?

Bitcoin is a network of people. Over time, more and more people understand the concept and choose to participate. At the same time, many people invest in Bitcoin purely to get more fiat. They drop out during bear markets and often lose fiat as well. But those who truly understand it keep going — they continue to save in Bitcoin and invest time in understanding it even better.

That is why the power law, and especially the bottom price, works so well. It is simply the result of how many people are dedicated to the network and understand what this is really about.

Today, the bottom price is $50,215. Historically, Bitcoin has never traded below this power‑law bottom. Will the price go down to that level? Unlikely — but never below it. There are simply too many dedicated Bitcoiners for that.

https://charts.bitbo.io/long-term-power-law/

Christmas dinner conversation:

Relative: You can’t keep all your money in Bitcoin. It’s way too volatile.

Me: It’s not volatile at all. If I own 1 Bitcoin, I own 1⁄21 million of all the Bitcoin that will ever exist. That doesn’t change.

Relative: But the price has dropped a lot lately. You must be paying much more for things now.

Me: True—I pay about 30% more compared to the peak. But I also earned about 30% more Bitcoin from my December salary than I did in September.

Perspective matters. Bitcoin is volatile in fiat terms—not in supply.

Why do I have all my money in Bitcoin? It would be far easier to keep it in my local currency and invest in funds instead.

I choose Bitcoin because I no longer want to participate in the fiat system, where a few enrich themselves at the expense of the many.

That is why I don’t just hold Bitcoin, but also run a node, mine Bitcoin with my “space heaters,” and operate a Lightning node for transactions and routing for others.

I do this to contribute to a decentralized system that no one owns.

I just participated on a triangle liquidity swap on ln+. Participate? On spot left

[https://lightningnetwork.plus/swaps/23341%5D(https://lightningnetwork.plus/swaps/23341)

All I want for Christmas is one block

Jurassic World Oslo

I have a confession to make.

This year, I fell hard for the altcoin temptation.

It started with the idea that anything I invested in should outperform simply holding Bitcoin.

I started following an investor who really understood Bitcoin but was also deep into Solana and AI stocks. His arguments were convincing, so I began copying some of his plays. I even subscribed to TradingView. Early on, everything looked golden—I was printing solid gains and started fantasizing: “If this keeps going, I could quit my job and trade full-time.”

But as always, the market reminded me of its nature: almost everything pumped through summer and into early fall… then the music stopped.

I’m the exact type who lights up during FOMO and panics hardest when fear sets in.

That’s when the promise I made to myself—deep down the rabbit hole—came rushing back:

Bitcoin is money. It’s what I should save and live on.

I already have a great job I’m good at and enjoy. Why jeopardize everything trying to out-trade the market? It’s exhaustively documented that nearly everyone loses money trading long-term, simply because the professionals are better than the amateurs—just like in every other field.

Bitcoin is money that appreciates over time for one straightforward reason: there will never be more than 21 million of it.

I began stacking in 2022, and in that relatively short period my holdings have nearly tripled—doing nothing more than consistently saving.

I’m etching this lesson in stone so that next time the trader delusion creeps in, I remember who I actually am.

#bitcoin #trading #altcoin #shitcoins

I currently run a Lightning node with 68 channels, and if I’m going to open more channels, I’d like to do so with people I can collaborate with — for example here on Nostr.

If you have, or are planning to start, a Lightning node, send me a message here on Nostr and we can start collaborating. Feel free to share this message.

I’ve tried trading both Bitcoin and stocks, and I’ve failed at it. Not because I don’t understand markets, but because I understand myself. Too much reptile brain. FOMO and fear push me into irrational decisions.

So I stopped trading.

Now I save in Bitcoin instead, and I’ve built a simple model that works for me.

I use the power law as a rough guide. When Bitcoin is below fair value, I convert as much fiat as possible into BTC and use Bitcoin‑backed loans for expenses. When Bitcoin is above fair value, I pay down the loan and spend directly from my stack.

This way I stay close to a Bitcoin standard, reduce fiat exposure, and remove most of the emotional decision‑making.

I’m not claiming this is the way — just one way that fits my psychology. Curious to hear how others think about saving, spending, or living on a Bitcoin standard.

I believe in money that cannot be shut down. I believe in a network without owners, without permission, and without central switches.

Bitcoin is the foundation: the most robust and resilient network humanity has ever built. It has survived every attempt at control, censorship, and destruction. Every block is proof that decentralization works.

Lightning builds on this foundation. It makes everyday payments fast, cheap, and global — without sacrificing freedom. Not because it is convenient, but because it is necessary.

I run my own node not out of fear of collapse, but out of respect for the principle. Freedom lasts only as long as people are willing to carry responsibility for it. The more power that accumulates in governments and institutions, the more important permissionless systems become.

Bitcoin and Lightning are not about speculation. They are about sovereignty. They are about the choice to participate in a system no one can take away from you.

Yesterday was all about Bitcoin Lightning.

I feel like I finally have a solid node. Now the real work begins: polishing it, tuning it, and making it shine for the network. This is not a quick win, but a long-term process to turn BitcoinSilverFox into a node people want to use—and one that can generate steady yield.

This is very different from trading. It’s about putting my capital to work for the network itself, and in return receiving sats back.

Right now there are around 17,000 “banks” on the Lightning network, helping move money seamlessly from point A to point B, even when there’s no direct channel between users.

The Lightning Network is a powerful example of how small, simple plebs can each contribute something that may seem insignificant alone—but together form an unstoppable network. ⚡️

Our cat fell from the terrace of our apartment last night. I realized she was gone when I woke up and she didn’t greet me with her usual meow. First, I searched the entire apartment, then I went outside to look for her. We live right next to an old-growth forest and thought she might have been easy prey for a fox, but then I went out again around lunchtime, and there she was. She’s limping a bit (a 10‑meter fall), but otherwise in good shape.

A cat has nine lives — how many have you used up now?

Are you running a Lightning node? Let’s connect! Open a channel to my node and I’ll balance it to 50% or open a channel back to you. You can find my node by searching for BitcoinSilverFox. Drop me a note here on Nostr, and I’ll get back to you quickly.

Remember that those who were your salvation yesterday can quickly become your enemy tomorrow, but the people themselves are the same.

King crab and Northern light. A good day in the north

In the North and looking at the Northern light

Is LNDg every Lightning Node owners best friend?

The problem with the world isn’t communism, capitalism, or any other -ism. The problem is greed. That’s why we need an economic system that prevents the ability to take from others. I only know one thing that solves this — Bitcoin.

One evening with good friends, nice food and wine. It is any better way to spend an evening?

Why do people go short or long with perps or similar. They should know that they will be liquidated.