131: The Value of Community

We celebrate five years of the show, chat about self-hosted Lightning, and why Alex loves his NanoKVM. Plus, it is a self-hosted replacement for Amazon Wishlists and more.

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• ⚡ Grab Sats with Strike Around the World — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries.
• ⚡ Bitcoin Well — Empowering sovereign ownership with free automatic self-custody 🔒
• 🎉 Boost with Fountain FM — Fountain 1.1 with Nostr support, upgrades, and super simple Strike integration for easy Boosts. You can also Boost from the Web via their site.
• Deplatformed by PayPal, Antiwar Journalists Speak Out — According to the two organizations, the PayPal ban remains in effect. PayPal had also frozen the outlets’ funds, including $9,348.14 in Consortium’s account, and threatened to seize the money as “damages.”
• Patreon Policy Updates — The Community Guidelines have been rewritten to be clearer and more uniform in terminology, tense, and tone. Trust & Safety moderators have also been equipped with new support language to ensure that their interactions with creators are more educational.
• New Patreon policy updated on tuesday
• 30% fee on Patreon payments through iOS is cause for concern
• Patreon issues are causing paused payouts and canceled subscriptions — Some Patreon creators have noticed a dip in subscribers, and fans have gotten notices that their payments are being flagged.
• 🚨🚨PAYPAL HAS ALL MY MONEY AND BANNED ME!!!! 🚨🚨
• Bitcoin Mining Council Survey Confirms Year on Year Improvements in Sustainable Power and Technological Efficiency — The results of this survey show that the members of the BMC and participants in the survey are currently utilizing electricity with a 63.1% sustainable power mix. Based on this data, the global bitcoin mining industry’s sustainable electricity mix has improved marginally to 59.9% and remains one of the most sustainable industries globally.
• What is the Lightning Network? — Essentially, the Lightning Network is a way to transact bitcoin