I've been following Bitcoin for a while, and one thing I like about it is the idea of having more control over your own money without depending entirely on traditional systems.

But lately, I've been thinking about another kind of financial independence: being able to make a living from your own skills.

I'm a freelance creator and developer working on 2D animation, apps, games, and websites. Things have gotten pretty tough lately. AI tools are getting better every day, and it's becoming harder to compete and find clients when so much work can now be generated automatically.

I'm not against AI, but honestly, it feels like some of the work I've spent years learning is slowly disappearing.

I'm still trying to adapt, improve my skills, and find people who value human creativity and custom-built products.

Anyway, I'm curious how other people here see this. Do you think Bitcoin and the broader crypto ecosystem could create more opportunities for independent creators and freelancers, or will AI make it harder for small independent workers to survive?

Would love to hear your thoughts.

We are going to 100k in November this is true look at the uptrend for bitcoin the bears are running scared

If you realise this you are smart we have broken a new high again. (New edit new high for this month ) And we were back at this price range a month ago and now we're back up to it it's going to be 150k Bitcoin by the end of the year get ready for the new bullrun

This is going to be AMAZUN we are going to the top and Bitcoin everyone will be buying it to make tons of money I have about 10k it Bitcoin I want to double that and we will see a top of 200-250k this bullrun get ready people this is where we're going in the next year or two the bears are scared and calling for 40k like the idiots they are but it will never go below 80k again celebrate my precious people and keep DCAing

I keep reading about how bitcoin miners are just turning into data centers for hyperscalers, what happens to btc then? Doesn't the network require miners to maintain it's security?

Also how come the price of btc is going up when the market has been shody lately?

With all the hacks and so many people loosing their bitcoin i was wondering what the general consensus is with Trezor?

I havent herd anyone have any issues with it, is it worth looking into better ways of custody?

wrong address, wrong network, seed phrase "safely" stored in a file called seed_phrase.txt, sold at the bottom and bought back 10 minutes later. what's yours? the more painful the better, so the rest of us can learn without paying for it.

What do you think? Kinda huge liquidation on future markets today.

(keep shorting or wait for the bottom lol)

The more I learn about Bitcoin, the more I wonder what success really means for it.

Is it about more people using it for everyday payments, more businesses accepting it, or simply creating a financial system that doesn’t depend on trusting a central authority?

I am still learning about bitcoin and i find decentralized design really interesting. What aspect of bitcoin do you find most worth learning about and why?

Funny when its useless shit like this that get posted, people upvote and comment lmao

any personal tricks? drop them! i respect the paddle btw. helps clear my head and take my mind off things lol

I’ve been stacking it since it came out. The 40% yearly dividend paid monthly has been great. I’m loving it for my bitcoin exposure. Super tax efficient too

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for a clean, simple net worth tracker that lets me see my entire financial picture in one place.

Ideally, it would support:

• Crypto: manual transactions or exchange/wallet sync, similar to Koinly.
• ETFs and stocks: holdings, purchase dates, cost basis and performance.
• Cash and savings
• Real estate and other assets
• Historical net worth chart: ideally going back to the date of my first transaction, including transactions entered manually after the fact.
• Overall portfolio performance: separating actual gains/losses from money I've added over time.

I'm happy to enter historical transactions manually if needed. Automatic syncing is a bonus, not a requirement.

I'd prefer something with a clean interface, easy setup and a reasonable price. I don't need budgeting features or a complicated financial planning platform.

What are you using that does this well? Ideally something with a free or affordable basic plan.

Thanks!

Node.js put out security releases on October 20 (24.22.1 for the 24.x line): https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2026-security-releases

The published mempool backend images (mempool/backend v3.3.1 and latest, both from April) still bundle Node 24.13.0. There's a PR upstream to bump it, but it's waiting on the maintainers, and no rebuilt image is out yet.

To check yours:

docker exec <backend-container> node -v

If your node platform packages the mempool app for you, it may already ship its own build, so check before changing anything.

If it says v24.13.0 and you build your own stack, this is what we're running until upstream ships a fix:

    FROM node:24.22.1-bookworm-slim AS node
    FROM mempool/backend:v3.3.1
    COPY --from=node /usr/local/bin/node /usr/bin/node

Same Debian 12 base and the same native-module ABI, so the backend's Rust addon loads fine. Build it, point your compose file at the new image, and restart only the backend. It's been running normally on our instance since the 21st.

the AI is giving me The Price of Tomorrow, is it a good one?

Bitcoin now has >60% of the total crypto market cap.

It has been the largest cryptocurrency since inception in 2009.

What would it take to challenge Bitcoin's #1 position?

Nov 2012: sats overtook cents. Aug 2020: the printer went brrr and took it back.

Since then, M2 kept running ~6% a year. New BTC supply? 0.8%, and it halves every 4 years. By late 2021 there were already more cents in M2 than sats will ever exist.

They can print cents. Nobody can print sats. Tick tock, next block. No more humble, stack sats.

I kept running into the same problem: most estate attorneys and CPAs don't know what a seed phrase or multisig is, and finding one who does is mostly luck.

So I built BitcoinProFinder, a free directory of professionals and companies that publicly say they work with Bitcoin holders. Right now it has 90 listings across 15 categories: estate attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors, custody and inheritance tools, insurance, mining hosting and more. Every listing links to its public source so you can check it yourself.

What it is not: it's not an endorsement, there are no referral fees, and it's not advice. Always verify credentials before hiring anyone.

https://bitcoinprofinder.com

Two asks:

- If you've worked with a Bitcoin-literate attorney or CPA you'd recommend, tell me who and I'll check them out.

- If you're a pro who serves Bitcoiners, you can submit or claim a free listing.

Disclosure: I'm the one who built and runs it.

I kept seeing photos of the "disappearing" Satoshi statues and couldn't find one place that listed them all, so I built one: https://www.satoshistatues.com

What's on it:

- A map of all 12 known statues (Lugano, Budapest, Vienna, Tokyo, Hong Kong, El Zonte, Miami and more), with photos, exact locations and current status

- Trip guides for each one: how to get there, best time to visit, what's nearby

- A passport: check in when you're actually at a statue and collect stamps (there's a printable version too)

- A leaderboard for people who've visited the most

- Upcoming Bitcoin events near each statue

No sign-up, no ads, no tracking cookies.

If you've visited one, I'd love a photo for the site, and corrections are very welcome. Some of these are hard to pin down (Lugano's current status, for example). Anyone here been to more than one?