David Spil ⚡️

Dutch Bitcoiner, Class of 21, Entrepreneur, noderunner. npub1j45yhvns7cuusrjs3vfjvdkd5kpphef7ud4z0xf257jlnk24e49sdxqw5p

[Bitcoin Brabant @BitcoinBrabant]

It’s finally here. After a long journey we want thank the open source community for progressing to this point. Last year we asked a Noderunner who did a lot of development work on the Seedsigner plus, if he could create a battery version of the device including smartcard.
It ended up being one of the most amazing team efforts where @xmrstreet and @Printer_Gobrrr teamed up to create something that is ultimate for many. 🧵

[Bitcoin Well @bitcoinwell]

Martti Malmi was the second person to commit code to Bitcoin.

He answered Satoshi on the cypherpunk mailing list in May 2009 and built https://t.co/2KGpmPQieh. He stuck around through 2011, then moved up the privacy stack and never stopped building. Working on Iris, contributions across the Nostr ecosystem, and a steady output of open-source privacy tooling.

Today he shipped a new version of Nostr VPN. Open-source mesh routing. No company you have to trust. No country whose laws you have to obey to connect to the internet.

Same architectural pattern as Bitcoin. Replace the company with a protocol. Replace the gatekeeper with math.

Every traditional VPN routes your traffic through a server owned by a corporation that filed paperwork in some jurisdiction. That corporation can be served, sold, or coerced.

Sovereignty is a stack. Bitcoin is the money layer. Nostr is the speech layer. A mesh VPN is the network layer. The same hands have been building all three for fifteen years.

The work continues. Quietly. Without permission.

[Brinkie Noderunner @onthebrinkie]

I guess it’s official now..
First Noderunners block

[Bitcoin Brabant @BitcoinBrabant]

Over the past years we’ve added this nice leaflet to every little miner we sold. A little instruction how to setup your miner with Noderunner’s pool.
We just hit our first block. 100% of the proceeds went to the miner.
Zero dox. Nobody knows who mined it.
Congratulations and thanks to the Noderunners who made this first block possible!
Now you for sure want to attend the conference :-)

[nvk 🌞 @nvk]

Just made $1M using just Claude Cowork.

No team.
No office.
No employees.

Gave it full desktop access once.
It’s been running my entire business ever since.

$20/month > most humans in 2026.

The solopreneur meta just broke.

Thread: how I actually did it 👇

[Jos Lazet | Blockrise @jos_lazet]

I don't buy Bitcoin because I want more euros.

I buy Bitcoin because I don't want euros.

If you still have an exit strategy back to fiat, you haven't got there yet.

[Brinkie Noderunner @onthebrinkie]

The Noderunners 2026 Bitcoin-only Conference is coming.

The full program is still being built, but the signal is strong.
Last year was a big success, this year we’re going bigger.

Builders. Miners. Noderunners. Privacy. Freedom.

Get your tickets:
https://t.co/jmPFyxbScN

[⚡BitBuyer313⚡ @BitBuyer313]

Day 6 mining for Bitcoin @Parasite_wtf pool with my lottery miners and some rented hashrate.

My only regret is not discovering them sooner as its hybrid set up gives you the best of both worlds.

Which is the fact that you're still lottery mining to a great extent, while also supporting a zero fees mining pool that has no expiratory rolling windows, and helps to further decentralize the global hashrate which pushes back against the growing centralization of mining which is a growing issue that we face today.

Check them out at https://t.co/diUJuVnFcS

I'll link an article in the comments that goes into an in-depth explanation of what sets parasite pool apart from other mining pools and solo lottery mining.

[⚡BitBuyer313⚡ @BitBuyer313]

I had never heard about @Parasite_wtf until they mined their first block last week.
After further research and discovering that they're a hybrid mining pool I decided to aim my Bitcoin lottery miners at their pool instead of going full blown solo.

I like the concept of the miner who solves the block getting 1 whole Bitcoin as their reward, while the remainder of the block reward gets distributed to the rest of the contributors in the pool.

Still feels like solo mining to an extent, while having the added benefit of contributing towards the further decentralization of global mining hash rate as a group in a smaller but growing pool.

Check them out at https://t.co/diUJuVnFcS 🪱

[Solo Satoshi 🇺🇲 @SoloSatoshi]

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[//Bitcoin 𝕵ack 🐐 @bitcoinjack]

The whole world is laughing at The Netherlands for their insane stupidity to tax unrealized gains at 36%

Literally everywhere you look, people with a brain are asking how to short The Netherlands

NL media are silent. Most people are not even aware.

By design

[Max Keiser @maxkeiser]

Capitalism started in 1602 in the Netherlands with the world’s first stock exchange.

Capitalism just died in the Netherlands in 2026 with the first unrealized gains tax.

Neofeudalism is here.

We are all serfs now.

[Max Keiser @maxkeiser]

Let’s get this to 500,000 views today.

[Cory 🦢 Real Bitcoin @ Swan.com @CorySwan]

You just survived the 9th worst crash in Bitcoin history. Congratulations!

[₿TC-GUS🧡🪢 @Scavacini777]

I've said this at 20k

I'll say it again

I'm buying Bitcoin,
And HODL'ing forever,
FOREVER.

This is why it isn't going to 0

There are millions like me

[Natalie Brunell ⚡️ @natbrunell]

I’ve had more people reach out to me shaken in this cycle than even in 2022 (when Bitcoin went down 75% from $68k ATH to $16k!) saying they’re panicked, they sold, or they’re suddenly “not sure” about Bitcoin.

Some bailed into gold because they still want to stay on the hard money train. Some are convinced quantum computing is about to “break” Bitcoin. Some tell me I’m reckless for being so undiversified with my life’s savings.

I understand the fear. Drawdowns aren’t fun. They can mess with your confidence and your timeline…especially when the mood is this dark (and when your income is tied to the same asset you’re holding!).

But here’s where I’m at: Bitcoin is still the only life raft worth holding and helping other people find.

My mom gets $900 a month in Social Security. Who can live on that? That’s not a retirement plan - it’s a slow economic strangulation.

So no, I’m not in Bitcoin because it’s some thrilling get rich overnight scheme. I’m in Bitcoin because I don’t see another path that gives everyday families like mine a real shot. I didn’t get in early enough to be “set.” I’m still building. Still working. Still trying to protect the people I love in a system that keeps making life more expensive!

I haven’t lost faith….not because I’m numb to this volatility, but because the problem Bitcoin solves hasn’t gone away.

If you’re shaken right now, you’re not weak. You’re human. Just don’t confuse a bad market mood with a broken thesis.

Keep going. Zoom out. Do the work. Take care of your family. I’m doing the same. We’ve got this.

[Asanoha @asanoha_gold]

⚡️ Bitcoin Art ⚡️

Someone gets a free limited edition archival serigraph print 🍊

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[Bart Mol @Bart_Mol]

Reflections on this bill from a Dutch citizen who has closely followed this process for years.

First: the old system. It was pretty simple: the government assumed that you make ~5% return on your assets per year. That return is then taxed (~35%). Assets include savings, stocks, crypto, etc. There is an exemption of ~€55.000 per person. Assets are measured on the 1st of January every year.

Imagine you hold one bitcoin worth €75,000. Subtracting the exemption leaves €20,000 taxable. The government presumes a €1,000 return (5%), resulting in €360 tax (35%).

In summary, this system is:
- Very simple to understand
- Low administrative burden
- Advantageous to investors where ROI >5%
- Disadvantageous to investors where ROI <5%

Savers fall into that latter group. Years of sub-5% interest rates led the government to overestimate savers' returns.

In 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that this was unlawful and that this needed to change. The government should calculate taxes based on the actual return on investment instead of the assumed return.

At this point, I want to make a few things clear:
- I don't mind paying taxes
- I think the Supreme Court's decision was correct

What I do mind is:
- Tax on paper gains
- Added administrative complexity for tax filings
- The Government is not listening to the advice of the Netherlands’ highest advisory body on legislation
- That the Tax Authority is pressuring the legislative process to make a quick decision
- Making obviously bad legislative decisions

And these are exactly the things that are happening.

For some reason, the Government decided against a capital gains-like system and chose an unrealized capital gains system.

This means that you pay tax on the paper profit you made during the year.

Let's say you have one Bitcoin on January 1st, valued at €70.000. On December 31st, Bitcoin is at €115.000. A return of €45.000. Taxes to pay: €15.750 (35%). No exemption in the new bill.

The problem: all your money is in Bitcoin.

But that is not a problem! That is what I want! That is why I stacked every single Satoshi I could since 2016. The same goes for stocks, gold, silver, or real estate: the goal is to have as little fiat as possible!

But in the short term, I have to pay €15.750 in taxes. In this example, it means I have to sell some of my Bitcoin (0.137 BTC, to be precise). After the tax, I'm left with 0.863 BTC (€99.245).

So on paper I'm doing fine (from €70.000 to €99.245 in a year). But my underlying assets are diminishing (1BTC to 0.863 BTC). The amount of Bitcoin, stocks, and gold in my portfolio is decreasing each year.

This creates a dilemma: I don’t want to sell. I expect bitcoin, stocks, and gold to rise over time. But I have to, because the Government demands it.

The obvious better choice was to tax when people decide to take a profit. I don't really have a problem with paying taxes on my realized profit. When I decide to sell, instead of being forced to sell when I don't want to.

I'm not the only one who thinks there are better options. The Council of State (the Netherlands’ highest advisory body on legislation):

"Don't do it. It's too complex (for both the tax authority and the citizens). Look for alternatives."

And still, the government marches on. And the House of Representatives 'reluctantly agrees'. What the fuck does that even mean?

"Yeah, we also don't like this bill, but we still are going to sign it into law."

It's batshit crazy. But it's where we are. That's what the quoted tweet is about.

Not all is lost, though:
- House of Representatives (2e kamer) still has to approve this bill (quote tweet is wrong here).
- Senate (1e kamer) still has to approve.
- The Tax Authority is unable to comply with this bill (too complex)
- Complexity makes this bill filled with loopholes

So, to sum it up: hopefully, Parliament comes to their senses and stops this monstrosity of a bill, and chooses one of the better options instead.

[Romano @RNR_0]

All you can do now as Dutch citizen is to sign the petition
https://t.co/LDCImhNFZR

4148 signatures right now

[David Spil ⚡️ @SpilDavid]

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