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Max Hillebrand recommends Wasabi Wallet for CoinJoin and Tor-based synchronization, with Lightning as another option for private payments. Ben Perrin adds peer-to-peer marketplaces such as Hodl Hodl, Bisq, and RoboSats, plus mining or selling goods and services for Bitcoin as non-KYC acquisition routes.
HODL notes that Bitcoin is only 2.5% away from a green year based on its January opening price of $88,000, with a move to $100,000 requiring less than a 20% increase.
HODL cites data showing individual Bitcoin adoption is at 5% compared to 8% nation-state adoption, though Jeff cautions that governments often acquire these holdings through asset seizures rather than active market purchases.
HODL warns that dominant AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic are lobbying for universal compute governance under the guise of safety to restrict individual read-write access to code and establish a government-backed duopoly.
HODL explains that because open-source AI models from 12 months ago can now run locally on a 16GB Mac Mini without subscription fees, the commercial value of centralized frontier models will face intense pressure.
RevHodl21 uses a Bitcoin mining hash board submerged in canola oil to heat maple tree sap, improving the efficiency of his reverse osmosis filtration system during cold weather.
Bitcoin miner RevHodl21 rewired a 220-volt miner to run on a standard 120-volt household outlet. He submerged the mining rig in canola oil to capture the heat, using the thermal energy to sous-vide a farm-raised rabbit.
Peer-to-peer marketplace Hodl Hodl implemented and then immediately disabled an automated transaction risk scoring system after intense user backlash. Privacy advocates argued the compliance-driven system would inevitably flag legitimate users of privacy-preserving tools like coinjoins.
Kurt Wuckert Jr. photographed the pseudonymous blogger Hodlonaut in open court during the 2022 Oslo trial because the judge ruled there was no expectation of privacy. Wuckert Jr. has since publicly apologized for his initial dismissive comments about Hodlonaut.