Single use emails, strong passwords, 2FA, and segregation of data. — I’ve spent the last several years scrubbing away at old accounts to increase my privacy and limit the impacts of a data breach. …

You listened to your favorite influencer or friend and finally set up a Bitcoin or Lightning node, now what? Increase your privacy — Connect your wallet to your node The first thing you should do is connect your wallets to your node. When you open your wallet or plug your hardware wallet in, you are taking the xpub of your…

The mempool as a concept There are plenty of good mempool sites but for the purpose of this, I’ll be looking at mempool.space. I’ll also go over what you see on this dashboard, and how to use this information to save money, increase your privacy, and understand Bitcoin better. What is a mempool? The mempool is a queue that…

Taproot, Bitcoin’s biggest upgrade since Segwit in 2017, activated last night. It has taken years to get to this point but this upgrade opens the door for multiple other innovations to occur that are being worked on in parallel. Taproot Taproot is actually three upgrades in one that have been under…

Every September in the 1980s until 1993, there was a culture clash among regular usenet users and nubes who were logging on for the first time. Usenet as some of you may be old enough to remember, was the precursor to the modern internet that we know today. …

I’ll start by saying, do what is right for you. This is written in a step by step manner that can be evolutionary. You don’t need to do all of these right away and you can certainly expand upon your solution over time. The other thing to keep in mind…

When you get your new device, you’ll see a device, a USB cable, three pieces of paper numbered 1–24, and some keyrings for a lanyard. Grab the device, the USB cable, and 2 of the pieces of paper that are numbered 1–24. Download Ledger Live which is their application to…

If you have enough Bitcoin where you would be upset that it is lost in an exchange hack, get a hardware wallet. If you are buying some new coin that no one has ever heard of because you think it can 10x in price and that becomes meaningful in value…

Fold is service that allows you to buy gift cards and gives you cash back on each purchase but pays you out in Bitcoin. You can buy gift cards at top brands such as Amazon, Uber, Starbucks, and many more. You can download Fold here and get 20,000 sats once…