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Hands down, The Beach Tower Okinawa has the best breakfast buffet I've had in Japan. The unlimited Wagyu beef (literally ate so much) plus the DIY sashimi rice bowls with raw egg and natto are incredible. The hotel itself is a bit older but the 270° ocean view from the room is insane. They even do free ramen after 10pm but I was always too full to try it lol. Honestly, I'd fly back just for this morning steak fix. #Okinawa #Japan #Travel

Reporting for duty. #Bitcoin #FullNode #SelfHosted

Honestly, I'm kinda blown away by how usable Lightning is these days. Phoenix is probably "safer" with full self-custody, but Wallet of Satoshi is just ridiculously frictionless. I get it—"not your keys, not your coins"—but I'm not stashing my life savings there anyway. That's what cold storage is for. For everyday pocket change? Totally fine with the trade-off. Living in a place where fiat-based QR payments are literally everywhere (and the whole narrative is tightly controlled), I honestly had no idea BTC payments had caught up this much. I can't even imagine how seamless Strike or Cash App must feel. This is legit innovation. One question though: Since BTC is clearly the harder money, why would I ever want to spend it? Shouldn't I be dumping my melting fiat first? #Bitcoin #Lightning