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<p>This Thursday Homelab Brisbane is meeting at Carindale Library at
6.30 p.m. </p>
<p>Baz from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.meetup.com/en-au/bitcoin_brisbane/">Bitcoin
Brisbane</a> and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.meetup.com/en-au/bitcoin_brisbane/events/315569287/?eventOrigin=group_past_events">BneBitDevs</a> is
presenting. He is a co-ordinator for both these groups and is passionate
about building a community that values hard money that can be
self-hosted and managed independent of fiat monetary system. </p>
<p>Modern software stacks like <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://umbrel.com/?country=AU">Umbrel</a> and <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://start9.com">Start9</a>
enable you to be your own bank; to hold and to store your own
money; and to spend it privately and conveniently. Baz will cover
how Bitcoin compares to current monies (AUD, USD, Gold...) but go
a little deeper on the functions of Bitcoin Core, <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://github.com/romanz/electrs/blob/master/README.md">Electrs</a>;
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://lightning.network">Lightning</a>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://getalby.com/alby-hub">Alby
Hub</a>; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://getalby.com/alby-go">Alby Go</a>; <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://nostr.org">NOSTR</a> and <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://blog.fountain.fm">Fountain</a>.</p>
<p>For the homelabber adding Umbrel to manage your money is just
another node on your network. Come Thursday night to see how to
enable it. </p>
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