PictureRoom

HealthAndFitness

Morning Meditation

It does, yeah. Do you eat breakfast first, or after your workout? 
I'd maybe try doing a 10 min meditation first before anything. I also do cold showers first in the morning, and seeing the morning sun.

During my morning meditation, I had a realization. Meditation can be utilized in a multitude of ways - to connect with the higher self, to focus on a particular problem you wish to resolve, or anything in between.

Over the past two months of consistently meditating for 20 minutes each morning, I discovered an evolving ability - a new mental muscle, if you will...

When my mind starts to stray, I've found that uttering a nonsensical word (murrang), devoid of any specific meaning, can bring me back to the present moment. It helps me catch myself when I deviate into random thoughts about the day, future plans, or trivial matters. 

This ability to self-guide is a beneficial trait to cultivate, as our minds often veer off course, thinking about things other than our current task. This constant wandering can lead to a sense of distraction and unnecessary anxiety. 

Meditation can help train the mind in staying where we want it to be. Freeing oneself from unwarranted thoughts, and doing so with control, appears to be a significant aspect of meditation. Developing this ability to stay mentally grounded is, in my opinion, the ultimate purpose of this practice.

Curious to hear if anyone else practices morning meditations?

Photography

Valentines Day Sunset

Spent the evening at the dock last night with a friend and his wife. Always love winter sunsets - there’s something about the colors this time of year that just hit differently compared to other seasons. Nothing overly eventful, just one of those calm, beautiful evenings. 

Used my leica m262 / edited in Lightroom + Dehancer Film

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Today is my birthday

I know of Supabase and Firebase, but I am curious if there are any other back end data storage applications that I could look into using. 

The thing I am building is for photography submissions. I will need something to store images, but also artist statements, first name / last name, and a few other text fields. 

Cheers

What is another good backend data storage application?

Thank uuu

What would be a good first gun to look into? I'm illiterate when it comes to guns

I think I'm more of a navigating the tides of life kind of person.

AskSN

What's your most underrated stacker news post?

jasonb

https://stacker.news/items/1422419/r/PictureRoom

Celebrating another full trip around the sun today.

Every year that passes deepens my gratitude for simply being here and experiencing this life. The older I get, the more I see how much beauty exists not just in the easy moments, but inside the struggles and uncertainty too. 

There’s a strange humor woven into life’s challenges, and learning to recognize that has been one of the greatest gifts of growing older. More and more, it feels clear that the real path forward is learning how to embody love, expand awareness, and stay curious enough to keep learning.

Finding Bitcoin reshaped how I see the world in ways I never expected. It didn’t just change how I think about money - it changed how I think about value, community, and responsibility. 

I’m deeply grateful that I found it when I did. Being even a small participant in this movement, especially alongside people on Nostr / StackerNews, feels incredibly meaningful. I truly believe we’re part of something that will benefit many people long into the future.

Keep moving forward. Keep searching for what is good, true, and beautiful. Photography is one of many ways of finding that. 

A few photographs from the evening. Using my Leica M262, edited in Lightroom.

Much love.

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bitcoin

CoinJoin (worth it or not?)

muteness11

Send it back via lighting channels and you'll be alright

Best Practices for Wasabi CoinJoin and Cold Storage UTXO Managementstorage

I dont see where I am able to do this in wasabi though. How do I find this feature? Is this someting that is not released yet?

Brilliant, thank you for the insights @Scoresby

Can you explain a bit further on this? Thank you!

Wasabi Wallet Stuck on Loading Screen

Brilliant. Thank you very much @MaximumSats. I just restarted my computer, opened wasabi again and it seemed to resolve.

It seemed to finally resolve itself... I am connected to my own node btw.

I have a question about utilizing Wasabi Wallet and performing CoinJoins. From what I have been gathering, it seems that performing Wasabi CoinJoins is best done by sending non-coinjoined funds from my Lightning channels, accruing a decent amount to then perform the CoinJoin, achieving an anonymity score of at least 30+, and then either spending those coins directly from Wasabi or sending straight to cold storage.

My main confusion is about the withdrawal process to cold storage:

1. Should I send multiple CoinJoined UTXOs in a single transaction to cold storage, or make separate transactions for each UTXO?
        - I understand that combining multiple mixed UTXOs in one transaction links them on-chain (similar to consolidation), which could reduce privacy.
        However, sending many small separate transactions seems inefficient and expensive.


2. What is the recommended approach for balancing privacy and fee efficiency?
       - If I want larger UTXOs in cold storage for future spending, is it acceptable to combine several private coins (anonymity score 40+) into one withdrawal?
       - Or should I strictly keep each CoinJoined UTXO separate, even if it means many small transactions?


3. Regarding UTXO consolidation in cold storage:
       -  If I've already consolidated CoinJoined UTXOs in my cold wallet, would it be worthwhile to send them back to Wasabi for another round of CoinJoins to restore privacy?


4. When spending from cold storage later:
        - How should I think about the trade-off between maintaining privacy (keeping UTXOs separate) versus managing block space efficiently (consolidating during low-fee periods)?

I'm looking for practical guidance on how most privacy-conscious Bitcoin users handle this workflow. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

Not exactly sure what is happening here, but Wasabi doesn't seem to be processing data from when I open the application. I've never had this issue before. I went to try and send out a transaction, it then closed with an error notification (didn't take a screenshot), I went to try and reopen and now it seems to be stuck here. Its been about 25 min now. 

Any help would be appreciated. 


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