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Hearing Borges speak soothes the soul. youtube.com/watch?v=bNxzQS…

1. You generate Seed Words (12 or 24 words). These are your backup DNA. Never ever enter them online or into any app. 2. Your Bitcoin wallet turns these words into a Master Seed that is 512 bits of 1s and 0s. 12 or 24 words makes no difference (other than more entropy). Either set ultimately produces the same 512-bit Master Seed. But words are much easier to write down and backup than 512 random digits. 3. That 512-bit Master Seed is run through one more secure hash using the standard fixed phrase "Bitcoin seed". Yes... really! The exact phrase "Bitcoin seed" (along with the space) is part of the algorithm that every Bitcoin wallet uses. This creates a new set of 512 bits of 1s and 0s, which are split right down the middle: First half - 256-bit Master Private Key Last half - 256 bit Master Chain Code 4. Chain Code? The chain code lets you generate as many addresses as you want so you can receive or deposit Bitcoin. 5. These two halves together make your: - Master Extended Private Key (xprv), which then generates your... - Extended Public Key (xpub). Math makes this one-way. You can go from private to public, but never the other way around. 6. Your xpub generates unlimited addresses and child public keys to go with them. So every Bitcoin address has its own child public key (and thus its own matching child private key as well). 7. Your Bitcoin wallet ONLY uses your public keys and addresses to display the balance. You don't have to memorize all of this (obviously). But the flow of what creates what is important as you see that the SEED WORDS sit at the tippy-top. They make everything! And thus can re-create everything. ******* TAKEAWAY: The original seed words and all private keys (master and derived child keys) are the hidden 1s-and-0s that control your money. They are your private and secret signature that no one else should ever be able to access. Otherwise they can just sign for your Bitcoin. Your hardware device (Coldcard, Trezor, Ledger, etc.) prevents these private keys from ever leaving it. That's why we call them "signing devices." They hold the secret, magical pen you use to sign transactions. You don't want anyone else to impersonate you. The xpub and public addresses are the only safe parts to put online or into software (privacy aside). If a malicious actor or fake app gets your seed words, it gets everything. If it only sees your public addresses or xpub, it gets nothing.

@ick_real If you're not doing something that either: (1) makes you wealthier, or (2) makes you healthier, or (3) makes someone you love happy, or (4) creative, or (5) makes you grow, then you are wasting time. Also, sometimes wasting time is not a bad thing.

I’m 22. Give me oddly specific life tips. No general ”surround yourself with positive people” tips. I want the most random, specific advice possible.

@Interlinked444 False dichotomy.

If you're smart you'll choose a highly intelligent disagreeable woman, this will aid in the sharpening of each others souls and achievement of ones life purpose, the alternative is a slow oozing drift towards a melancholic demise.

@ErikVoorhees You could apply the same principle to Bitcoin!

“Before a function is fully developed and mature it constitutes a danger for the organism, and it is good if during the interval it is subjected to some tyranny. Thus consciousness is tyrannized—not least by our pride in it. One thinks that it constitutes the kernel of man; what is abiding, eternal, ultimate, and most original in him. One takes consciousness for a determine magnitude. One denies its growth and its intermittences. One takes it for the “unity of the organism.” This ridiculous overestimation and misunderstanding of consciousness has the very useful consequence that it prevents an all too fast development of consciousness. Believing that they possess consciousness, men have not exerted themselves very much to acquire it; and things haven’t changed much in this respect. To this day the task of incorporating knowledge and making it instinctive is only beginning to dawn on the human eye and is not yet clearly discernible; it is a task that is seen only by those who have comprehended that so far we have incorporated only our errors and that all our consciousness relates to errors.” -Nietzsche on AI

The world doesn’t realize this yet but AI will finally make philosophy a highly marketable skill

@elonmusk True friendship means being able to tell you you're wrong.

True currency is steadfast friendship

@JDVance Manufacturing consent much

⁨⁨We’ve been extremely clear on our redlines. Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. At the same time, if it gives up its nuclear program, it can gain a lot from these negotiations. I hope they choose wisely.⁩

With @PM_ViktorOrban losing the elections, we’ve lost our strongest fighter. Orbán built things that the rest of Europe can only dream of, and he was willing to pay massive fines to defy the EU’s replacement migration policies. Do we really think the new guy — who claims to be a nationalist — will magically continue the same path while receiving 17 BILLION Euros in EU funds and joining the Eurozone? Yeah, I don’t think so. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

@carlabitcoin Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

I need a beautiful movie. Just like an excellent, no notes, well executed, left you feeling impressed type of movie, any genre.

@BarackObama Any election where the vote is respected is a victory for democracy. What is this nonsense virtue signal? Instead, please worry about what the US is doing in Iran. It is not a victory for anything

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world. Most of all, it’s a testament to the resilience and determination of the Hungarian people – and a reminder to all of us to keep striving for fairness, equality and the rule of law.

When I was 13, I hoped that one day I would have a girlfriend with big tits... When I was 16, I got a girlfriend with big tits, but there was no passion, so I decided I needed a passionate girl with zest for life. In college I dated a passionate girl, but she was too emotional. Everything was an emergency; she was a drama queen, cried all the time and threatened suicide. So I decided I needed a girl with stability. When I was 25, I found a very stable girl but she was boring. She was totally predictable and never got excited about anything. Life became so dull that I decided I needed a girl with some excitement. When I was 28, I found an exciting girl, but I couldn't keep up with her. She rushed from one thing to another, never settling on anything. She did mad impetuous things and made me miserable as often as happy. She was great fun initially and very energetic, but directionless. So I decided to find a girl with some real ambition. When I turned 30, I found a smart ambitious girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground, so I married her. She was so ambitious that she divorced me and took everything I owned. I am older and wiser now, and I am looking for a girl with big tits.

@DrJStrategy HAHAHA

For the record. The 2‑week ceasefire between the US and Iran echoes Trump’s April 2025 “tariff pause”, a temporary truce that triggered a violent repricing after Wall St had already priced in disaster. Markets are again misreading macro risk: this is not the 1970s, however pedantic the commentary. The US now sits at the centre of the global board, while Europe and NATO absorb the fallout, and China and Russia quietly lose leverage in the Middle East. Trump’s playbook is clear: threaten war, monetize fear, then sell “peace” at a premium, make a deal. As I’ve suggested, sell war, buy peace. If the deal fails, Kharg Island and the Strait of Hormuz remain on the table. Are you getting Trump’s peace through strength strategy yet? Have a nice day.

After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children. They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal.What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full circle. Don't correct them harshly. Don't rush them. Care for them the way they once protected you. This is not a burden. It is repayment.

"I wish I hadn't worked so hard." Dr. Gabor Maté opens up about his biggest life regret:

@elonmusk So right. We should stop bombing Iran

Exactly

@michaeljburry YES. A relief. Now STOP THE WAR

To the people of the United States of America

Gaze on this and fucking weep

Francesca Albanese's latest report on the systematic, ubiquitous, soul crushing, permanent torture of Palestinians by Israeli authorities, soldiers and settlers is one that we can only turn our eyes away from at the price of losing what is left of our souls. END THE GENOCIDE. NOW!

This is how a child loses trust in their parents; - Asks a genuine question. Gets dismissed. - Shares excitement about something. Gets mocked. - Comes home with a problem. Gets lectured instead of heard. - Cries. Gets told to stop being dramatic. - Fails at something. Gets compared to someone else. - Achieves something. Parents barely look up. - Tries to talk. Parent is on the phone. - Learns that home is not a safe place to be honest. - Starts hiding things. - No quality time. Only correction. - No "I'm proud of you" without a condition attached. - No listening without an agenda. - No apology when the parent is wrong. - No curiosity about who the child actually is. - Child raises themselves emotionally. - Grows up. Moves away as fast as possible. - Calls home out of obligation, not love. - Becomes a stranger who shares blood. And the parent wonders why their child never opens up. To raise a child who actually trusts you, do this; - Put the phone down and look them in the eyes when they talk. - Ask questions about their world without judging the answers. - Apologize when you're wrong. They're watching everything. - Celebrate who they are, not just what they achieve. - Make home the safest place they know. - Listen to understand, not to respond. - Show up to the small moments. Those are the big ones. - Tell them you love them without them having to earn it. - Be the person they run to, not from. NON-NEGOTIABLE.