ForrestHODL

Happy Bitcoin Whitepaper day.

Biggest hack in history. Bitcoin down only 7%. If this isn't signal I don't know what is.

Spreading the word.

How to setup a yubikey and what security keys are and how they work.

Stablecoins on Bitcoin will be a footnote in the history book of money and it's pointless to even care about it.

We are all using these right? 😬

The standard for self custody improves when we see massive failures like we have in the past few months. These are terrible events for the people affected, but they are overall good as they raise the bar for everyone.

50 BTC in 2012: $619 25 BTC in 2016: $16,274 12.5 BTC in 2020: $107,522 6.25 BTC in 2024: $406,215 3.15 BTC in 2028: $600k+

What's your guess for the last of this epochs block reward?

What kind of video content is the Bitcoin space missing? I've got some ideas for tutorial and series, but would love to hear from you guys too.

Bear market exposing a lot of scams and bad infrastructure. At least one more decently big one is going to hit before we're back.

How it started vs how it ended.

I wasn't kidding

Ordered an old Thinkpad laptop, Will be flashing linux on it, installing a few pieces of Bitcoin software and showing people via tutorial videos how to use it as an Air gapped signing device.

If Bitcoin went to $1m tomorrow, how confident would you be with your self custody setup? Build a robust setup today for all future scenarios.

Things I plan to spend less time and energy on from here on out. Discussing Failed low support forks. Unpopular and not happening tail emissions. Unsubstantiated claims of unnecessary back room talks between pools.

These things are entertaining. But our energy feeds them.

did your bitcoin node stop working 81 minutes ago? Here is how to fix it by reindexing. Works for umbrel and Start9

BIP 110 watch party! We will watch the two different node implementations at the time of activation. Will be joined on the livestream by a bunch of great bitcoiners. But the bell and tune in.

https://www.youtube.com/live/eE9aZk91hKI?si=5u-arCBJWk6xSyqv

The Jade has a very unique offline way of using dice rolls to generate a seedphrase. Here's a video tutorial I made on the process.

Lots of people moving Bitcoin. BE CAREFUL! I just did a call with someone and they were moving to a Jade, and they downloaded a fake Jade app on their computer. Luckily they thought something was off, called me, I confirmed that it wasn't the official one, and we did it properly

A lot of people are rushing into passphrases. How do you know your passphrase is secure enough? and how do you generate a random long passphrase completely offline? With dice.

Turn your phone into a hardware wallet (dedicated signing device) This could be a fast solution for those affected by coldcard who have limited options without a backup hardware device.

I just recorded a tutorial on how to turn an old phone into a hardware wallet using the cupcake from

This could be a possible solution that is available to those affected and better than a hot wallet or an exchange at least. Publishing tonight.

Insanely busy day helping Bitcoiners move serious amounts of Bitcoin and secure their wealth. Thank you all for trusting me and allowing me to guide you through this. Going to spend a couple hours with my family and then im back to calls. Tomorrow is 90% booked. Monday is busy.

opened my schedule up for tomorrow to help people one on one. Usually I take weekends off but this is serious.

https://pathtobitcoin.xyz/

Reports of entropy being as low as 32 bits (1 second to hack) for mk4/mk5/Q. Coinkite says as low as 72 bits (1500 years to hack) Personally I don't trust what coinkite says right now and would move my Bitcoin to a secure setup. Especially if you have no additional passphrase.

It looks like this mk3 hack is happening because of insufficient randomness using the device itself. Unless you add your own entropy you will be subjected to some level of trust in their rng devices. Here's how to dice rolls your seedphrase.

A small stop gap recommend for those affected by the mk3 hack is to move from a seedphrase only wallet to a passphrase wallet. This is only a solution if you don't have another hardware wallet, and should only be seen as secure as the passphrase you correct. Video how to below.

I'll be doing a Live BIP activation watch party on my youtube channel on the 8th. What Bitcoiners would you like to see join me on there?

I'm part of two Bitcoin communities and I provide access to a node for members to connect to who aren't running their own node yet. One is Bitcoin core, and one is Bitcoin knots signaling for BIP 110, and they can decide whichever they prefer to use. https://blossom.primal.net/54ac4441121e4fa406d36426d5d1a3c405acf878226e3078af9522c1d6bc3a8c.png https://blossom.primal.net/37176f7fb2b41c7b260f3d3cb1c266389691daa440a1a5581d6f632966711f00.png

The easiest way to make money in Bitcoin continues to be to trick plebs. Use this as a cautious lens when you are new to or under educated in a realm of Bitcoin and it will help you protect yourself.

Today is another great day to be stacking sats. Market emotion at 31 (fear) Long term holders increasing Near realized price (+22%) Near 4 year SMA (+7%) High probability short term price target at $67.3k & $62.9K It's been cheaper, but It's been much more expensive. https://blossom.primal.net/51c6a505ede408fef9e4af434e55aeea65a526395bbb0e99acde7d5eb560b36c.png

Hot take. When a bitcoin implementation changed the default policy in a way you didn't like. Switching to and supporting an implementation with different defaults was an adequate response.

Bitcoin isn't about being right in the short term, it's about being right in the long term.

How valuable it is to have money that is not within the current financial system?

Bitcoin is the most powerful weapon we have to fight fiat, and everyone has a different opinion on how it should be used to win that war.

Bitcoin moves violently when it moves, and then it trades sideways for longer than the bears like and longer than the bulls like.

Some leverage at $66.2k. We might go there. Either way my metrics are still flashing a strong accelerated buy signal (3x DCA)

https://blossom.primal.net/41e3040eb56e9988cd76d6af0bdb431496c3726c15e1c77f5e28554473c29d6f.png https://blossom.primal.net/e7b3198e7f79ef60323e91d6a907affb9f6d2d235311769189738e69c13cfff2.png

You should have a plan in place for yourself if BIP 110 creates a persistent Chain split.

Get your comment read at the top of the show next week by boosting on fountain. The HODL Report

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I'll be breaking down Bitcoins most relevant news and going through this weeks numbers that matter, all in only 30 minutes. Live on Youtube and NOSTR with The HODL Report at 10am PDT (1 hr from now.)

https://youtube.com/live/juA2LeDKssE

I'm interested in going on other peoples podcasts. If you have one and want a guest, hit me up.

does anyone have the new Radar chat messaging and bitcoin app downloaded made by the team at @cakewallet I'm looking at recording a video and need someone to message and send some bitcoin to for testing and as an example

Bear market discount on my 1 on 1 coaching services and self custody packages. 10% or more off.

https://pathtobitcoin.xyz/

Coldcard spending policy is a game changer when it comes to securing your Bitcoin.

Come check out my stream on zap.stream! https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjrwdmrv43nqeny95cxvvmz956rgdnr943rzcnp94snswpcx3snyetyxuurzqghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctczyr85tf46zd366lkjzws83ecs6fq3ttnjrjd500g7haz936h0knp22qcyqqq8vec6kr5vz

The HODL report. Everything you need to know about Bitcoin this week in 30 minutes. Last week it was trending on fountain. Comment, like, and boost it this week to get it up there again!

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The HODL Report going live in 2 hours! Everything you need to know this week that is happening in Bitcoin in only 30 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/live/5JCBsugBjrg

Once you see Bitcoin you can't go back.

I can't wait to go live on Monday with The HODL report. So many fun things have happened with Bitcoin this week, and I have added so many insightful tools to the website to cover.

The downside risk at this point in Bitcoin is too low not to be personally accumulating as much as one possibly can.

Sats are cheap, time to accelerate the DCA

https://pathtobitcoin.xyz/the-hodl-report/

Some shorts liquidated. lots of long leverage at 57k

Middle of the summer is the perfect time to get into heatpunkery right? Excited to get this old S9 humming again

A friendly reminder that most bitcoiners don't simply lump sum in. They exchange fiat for Bitcoin regularly when they have extra. If you lump summed in at the 2021 bull market top you would be down around 13%. If you DCA $100 a week since then instead you would be up 44%

Cut through the noise, 30 minutes of bitcoin news a week. That is it. The HODL Report Live!

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The HODL report is everything you need to know about Bitcoin summed up daily. No more hunting around for information. https://blossom.primal.net/a27388c223808651834afe841493e3d3c0c1c92f7fa2988ec8ccb1c379e90ea3.png https://pathtobitcoin.xyz/the-hodl-report/

Unfortunately the plebs continue to make big mistakes in Bitcoin. Buying and holding Bitcoin for the long term remains one of the hardest things to do. If you are doing that, remain doing that. If you have done that, congratulations.

Yes there are only 21m Bitcoin, but there is only 1 Elon Musk. This is why his networth is more than the entire Bitcoin market cap. This what true scarcity looks like.

Having a lot of fun making this series. It follows my journey of using AI to create new things with the goal of earning $1m

Thanks for coming out to the Bitcoin valley Bitcoin meetup. It was perfect that someone who sells things for Bitcoin came to the one where we were teaching people how to pay for things with Bitcoin.

https://fountain.fm/episode/FOILwAt23UrlGsVW7SF9

Using AI I built a graph of connection for a documentary project. This doesn't just help me find connections between pieces of content, but it also helps the AI look up context and connection as well when I am working with it to develop next steps and planning for the film. https://blossom.primal.net/8ba19577d0331b1afbfc0e4bc628df79c989b69f2a06d888e293a618c68c1ca3.png

I buy Bitcoin at any price. I buy more Bitcoin at lower prices. It's an 80 IQ strategy that works.

Video clippy is public. It's a program I built that edits clips from long form videos using AI. Tell the AI what style you want, give it the video and it will cut short form clips for you.

https://github.com/ForrestHODL/video-clippy

If you ever wonder why crypto influencers promote the terrible wallet tangem, it's because 1. They don't know better and don't understand the many flaws of the wallet. Or 2. They get highly compensated.

Messing around with the new Bark wallet on

Who has an ark wallet I can send some sats to for test purposes? https://blossom.primal.net/795701573a18439790d6e46b8459a4a308b1449b107cf1bf3990ffd7d30e7226.png