My name is Tony and I’ve been educating the curious minds on sound money, censorship resistance, freedom, privacy, and security since 2019. This page is meant to highlight what I believe my greatest achievements are and connect with like-minded people to collaborate on exciting projects and bring value to the society. All materials I produce are distributed freely, never paywalled or hidden from the ones craving for knowledge, and will always remain that way. Information must be set free and I’m doing my best to make it happen!
Reach out:
- Nostr:
npub10awzknjg5r5lajnr53438ndcyjylgqsrnrtq5grs495v42qc6awsj45ys7 - Telegram: Tony Lightning
- Mail: lightning_tony@protonmail.com
My native language is Russian and most of my work is focused on educating the Russian-speaking community, however I am working on a few projects in English:
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BitCal – a calendar of the most important historical Bitcoin events. The website already hosts the historical events and my next goal is to prepare a calendar that everyone will be able to download to their smartphone and a Nostr bot that will be notifying the Bitcoin history geeks by relays.
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Nostr Guides – I am a resident on Habla News, where I post concise guides on how to best interact with Nostr and corresponding apps and tools.
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Bitcoin Herald – an experiment of mine that allowed me to practice covering tech news while trying numerous approaches of lurnig readers from traditional patforms to Nostr. Currently in hybernation.
My work in my native language is much more vast:
21ideas
21ideas is an educational bitcoin-only website launched in 2019 that provides fundamental materials for a multinational Russian speaking community. Everything shared by the project is freely available and will always remain that way. Materials on the website include my own work and translations of dozens of articles, books, videos, podcasts and more. Among the authors are Alex Gladstein, Giacomo Zucco, Robert Breedlove, Nick Szabo, Jameson Lopp, and many more.
I’ve translated (or took active part in translating) and shared a number of books:
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Inventing Bitcoin by Ian Pritzker;
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Sovereignty Through Mathematics by Knut Svanholm;
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The Sovereign Individual by William Rees-Mogg and James Dale Davidson;
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In Defence of Deflation by Philipp Bagus;
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The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier.
The project is being maintained for the people of 🇷🇺, 🇺🇦, 🇰🇿, 🇺🇿, 🇦🇲, 🇬🇪, 🇦🇿, 🇰🇬, 🇲🇩, 🇹🇯, 🇧🇾, and many more… 🧡
New 21ideas
The original 21ideas is now being moved to a new open source platform, Hugo, with a goal of making the platform community-driven, open and more functional. See the GitHub repo here.
Bitcoin for Everyone
“Bitcoin for Everyone” is a Bitocin-only course, inspired by Saylor Academy that I’ve prepared for the Russian-speaking community. It is meant to provide a newcomer with all necessary knowledge and tools to interact with the greatest invention of our time in a secure, private, and efficient way.
NOSTR FILES
NOSTR FILES is an educational Nostr resource that holds all the vital info on Nostr – basics, guides, articles and podcasts, prepared and categorized by yours truly. It aims to bring the understanding of open and free communications protocols to my fellow comrades, which I find vital considering current circumstances.
Bitcoin Herald
Bitcoin Herald is a weekly Bitcoin-only newsletter, aimed to keep fellow comrades in the know of the most important events in the Bitcoin world and warn them on the dangers of shitcoining.
1008 Blocks Later
1008 Blocks Later is a weekly podcast based on Bitcoin Herald, where we invite prominent Russian-speaking bitcoiners and discuss the most important (and sometimes dangerous) events of the past week. It aims to raise Bitcoin awareness and push adoption in the region.
I find sharing Bitcoin knowledge in the Russian speaking community important, as residents of Russian speaking countries are in need of censorship resistant tool (even though many are still not aware of their need).
My other resources
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YouTube channel: dozens of educational Bitcoin videos including translations of works by Reason TV, Swan, Alex Gladstein, Nic Carter, Brandon Quittem and many more
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21ideas podcast: dozens of audio materials from articles to books and podcasts.
Support
Please support my work, so I can continue spreading the Bitcoin word:
LN address: tony@21ideas.org
LNURL: LNURL1DP68GURN8GHJ7MRW9E6XJURN9UH8WETVDSKKKMN0WAHZ7MRWW4EXCUP0XPUX2EPJXUERXCTRV3JXXDTZXCMKX7SFZRP
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Onchain: bc1qc887nzvf9ed08k2lfz2rx6l8ccyxrtzanhg989
PayNym: +lingeringband391 or PM8TJZD98dvG1aVYRj46t2dAT4nYrQ6GZ1wN5da21WDaMeba9i5fAFUag7A2xNuHhEfnTn7MJBidmTKbpeCkjtL54zjvxuWdoZWajZoWMDyEFwEZRNww