Nick Neuman
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I write about self-custody, cybersecurity, and building a #Bitcoin company | CEO & Cofounder of Casa @CasaHODL , the safest way to store your bitcoin
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DON'T LET YOUR BITCOIN DIE WITH YOU 💀 ⚰️
Yea look, nobody likes to admit it but we all have to die one day.
As I've been talking to people about their self custody lately - both Casa members and not - I hear the same thing over and over.
"What happens if I die?"
Many people
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Just realized people with open borrows at low collateral ratios on Celsius are having to choose between getting liquidated due to market crash or depositing more collateral into a service that has frozen withdrawals and is potentially insolvent.
Woof.
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The Fed wrote a post showing the price of eggs in USD and Bitcoin, comparing them over the last year, showing Bitcoin as more volatile and unpredictable.
Only problem was they forgot to zoom out
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Does every announcement about some new person in the world thinking about bitcoin have to start with "BREAKING"
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Huge day for
#bitcoin
and the Lightning Network with Twitter adding tipping. Congrats to
@jackmallers
and the whole
@ln_strike
team on the integration.
Now the next question, when is Twitter going to let bitcoin companies start advertising? Bit of a weird double standard
@jack
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Ahem...Coinbase holds more than 10% of all bitcoin. Subject to seizure if they go bankrupt.
You know if Coinbase is saying this, it's true of all exchanges/custodians.
This is why Casa's mission is so important (and why it's bigger than just Casa).
Not your 🔑 not your 🧀
1) $COIN included new language in latest 10-Q warning crypto investors what might happen to their coins should the company file for bankruptcy
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Alleged leaked balance sheets from FTX showed they had zero bitcoin in custody.
Does that mean they sold their users Fake Bitcoin? If so, that artificially inflates the total supply of
#bitcoin
.
Holding your own keys is now part of protecting bitcoin's 21M supply promise.
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Get ready for years of bankruptcy proceedings before any customers receive even a fraction of the bitcoin they held at Celsius.
This is why we hold our own keys 🔑.
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I’ve been amazed at the number of people I talk to that are unaware of the financial censorship going on in Canada.
It’s a non-partisan issue, but isn’t being treated as such in media.
To allow it unquestioned (or to cheer for it) is to enable its future use on yourself.
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It’s important to us at Casa that we help create a welcoming and diverse community within Bitcoin. Our community is building a new money for the world - to do that successfully we need to be representative of the people in the world. 1/
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Within the last few weeks, we’ve seen the problems with financial censorship and devaluation take center stage in the world, from Russia and Ukraine to Canada.
Nothing has highlighted more the need for Bitcoin as independent money enabling individuals to be their own bank 1/x
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Excited to announce Casa's first new product in a long time: the Casa API.
We've also raised a $21M Series A (because duh it had to be 21M) to fuel the growth of private key management adoption globally.
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I sent this email to Casa members yesterday about our concerns with what's going on at Binance. We typically aren't ones to spread FUD about specific companies in our industry, but after what happened at FTX last year, we thought it was worthwhile to lay out the publicly
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FTX has Miami Heat Arena.
Crypto[dot]com has LA Staples Center.
Today, Casa comes off the sidelines and into the sports sponsorship game with our support of the one and only
@realbedford
.
To share more about why this is so important, a quick thread:
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Today, we announced a huge update for
@CasaHODL
members, our most requested feature for a long time — we are adding support for ethereum in Casa.
This is a major expansion in Casa’s security capabilities and a big step toward bringing private key management to the world. 1/
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This was a fun one, thanks
@PrestonPysh
for having me!
This week,
@PrestonPysh
sits down with
@Nneuman
and they talk about
#Bitcoin
security and self custody. They also discuss the importance of taking multiple security measures in keeping one's Bitcoin safe, and the basics of Bitcoin encryption.
Listen here:
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@zackvoell
Couldn’t you consider the Luna > Celsius > 3AC contagion a black swan?
That said making price predictions that involve the word “never” usually doesn’t work out well in bitcoin
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Lot of people talking about Trump's flip to supporting
#bitcoin
.
The thing that immediately stuck out to me?
"I will support the right to self-custody."
TMK, this is the first time a US President has said the words "self-custody" in a speech. Huge implications 👇
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The systemic fintech meltdown Bitcoiners aren't talking about:
A solvency crisis has been overshadowed by all the regulatory news this week- the Synapse bankruptcy.
Up to $150 million in user money has been frozen for days, and unwinding the web of IOU’s has become a mess. 👇
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I’m incredibly excited to be taking the helm at Casa, and we have a big year planned for 2020!
This year, we’re fully focused on bringing easy to use, amazing security to Bitcoiners everywhere.
In 2020, we’re fully focused on the problem we started Casa to solve: helping you secure your bitcoin.
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@TheBlueMatt
👏
Building bitcoin into a useful tool with a positive supporting narrative will be significantly more effective for adoption than constantly yelling that everything else is bad/a scam/sinful
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💰 Bought the dip
📡 BTC beamed straight to Casa
🔐 Where only I hold the keys
🍻 to that
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Yesterday FTX submitted a proposal to reimburse customers for their bitcoin held on the exchange at the dollar price of $16,871 per bitcoin.
2.5 TIMES LESS than the current price.
When people choose to leave their assets on an exchange, they're taking both security risk and
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A poignant reminder ONCE AGAIN...
There is no "liquidity crunch" or halting withdrawals when the system is built around holding your own keys, where the individual users have full control of their assets.
This afternoon, FTX asked for our help. There is a significant liquidity crunch. To protect users, we signed a non-binding LOI, intending to fully acquire and help cover the liquidity crunch. We will be conducting a full DD in the coming days.
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The
@yugalabs
TwelveFold auction will likely result in some incredibly valuable inscriptions, and could be an inflection point for ordinals on bitcoin.
While wallet tech for ordinals is super early, we jumped on it this week to define the safest way to store ordinals with Casa👇
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@pete_rizzo_
So many Bitcoiners I know learned about bitcoin through Andreas, and we give Mastering Bitcoin to every new Casa employee. Great educator.
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Recently
@CasaHODL
, we've been talking about how we can celebrate special client anniversaries like 5 yrs, 10 yrs of being a Casa client.
It struck me - this is not something most software businesses think about. We are truly building for lifetime client relationships.
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My latest op-ed in
@FortuneMagazine
about the importance of financial freedom as a fundamental right, and how Bitcoin enables it.
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We take action to back up our beliefs, so we’re giving free coworking space at the
@bitcoincommons
and resource/mentorship time with the Casa team to women and people of color building on Bitcoin. 2/
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If you want to self custody your bitcoin but are worried you’ll make a mistake - this is literally why we built Casa.
We will personally help you move your funds off custodians and eliminate your exposure to systemic risk caused by the ongoing issues at lenders.
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This will keep happening. As more and more people own
#bitcoin
, exchanges become a bigger honeypot for hackers.
Your bitcoin is not safe on an exchange. Here's a beginner's explanation why - 🧵
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Self-custody is anti-bank run technology.
Having true control over your money has never been easier than it is today.
Credit Suisse Craters To Record Low After Revealing Staggering $88 Billion Bank Run
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@JWWeatherman_
@AMERICANHODL3
Surprisingly, we don’t pay
@AMERICANHODL3
a single sat. In fact, he pays us to use our product. Crazy!
I believe it’s a business concept you may not be familiar with called “having a happy customer”.
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This is bullish for Bitcoin AND self-custody.
With "real banks" holding bitcoin for their customers, the average person will view bitcoin more like money, and
The differentiation of being your own bank becomes even more clear.
BREAKING: U.S. regulators have given national banks the green light to custody cryptocurrencies on customers' behalf.
@nikhileshde
reports
@USOCC
@BrianBrooksOCC
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You thought we were done after we announced Casa Inheritance last week? Got another one for ya.
Announcing Casa's acquisition of Chamber, which will accelerate Casa's vision of making it simple and safe to use private keys for securing the most important things in your life,
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I did this yesterday and it took literally 3 min. If you're in the US, call your senator and make a difference with your voice!
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Last week, Casa took a significant leap forward by introducing support for Tether and USDC in our multi-key vaults. Casa is now the only place to secure bitcoin and stablecoins with multisig - all in one app.
This update is more than just a feature addition; it's a crucial step
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I'm excited to share this major milestone for the Casa team!
This is a huge win for self-custody and personal key management, which will unlock a more private and sovereign future for individuals around the world.
short thread 👇
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We’ve received a lot of questions about the US DOJ’s recent actions against non-custodial wallets & devs - specifically in the Tornado Cash case and Samourai Wallet indictment.
To help answer the questions and provide an expert point of view, we’re hosting a Space tomorrow with
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I’m hearing from other founders that their Russian employees are being forced to convert 80% of foreign payments into rubles (when they can receive money at all), so they can’t protect themselves against the devaluation. People are asking how to start paying employees in crypto.
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Casa client advisor calendars are PACKED right now with people getting help moving bitcoin to self-custody.
That can be you too. Jump on the personal sovereignty train 🚄 - we'll answer any questions you have about holding your own keys.
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@MichaelBennet
&
@Hickenlooper
I'm CEO of a CO based
#Bitcoin
company that promotes digital security & personal privacy rights.
Please support the Wyden-Toomey-Lummis amendment to the infra bill. It prevents unnecessary surveillance & promotes innovation by companies like ours
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For context on the Bitcoin Commons, we partnered w/
@UnchainedCapital
,
@Swan
, and other Bitcoiners on a coworking and event space in Austin.
We’re dedicating the Casa portion of the space to this initiative in an effort to help bring more diverse builders into our community 3/
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This is one of the most interesting things we’ve worked on at Casa - Bitcoin inheritance when you self custody is a huge blocker for mass adoption.
Knocking down those barricades one at a time!
Announcing Casa Covenant!
A Bitcoin Inheritance Service that solves the question:
“What happens to my bitcoin when I die?”
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The fact that there's 1,500 people listening to this room with
@nic__carter
shows there's significant demand for/interest in a "Bitcoin Moderate" position in our community
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The internet has consistently pushed access & control to the edges of civilization and cut out central middlemen.
Blogging/social - cut out publishers
Rideshare - cut out taxi unions
Homeshare - cut out hotel chains
Self custody - cut out banks
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We’re also offering resources directly from the Casa team for your project. Security advice, technical opinions, help with go to market plans - no cost except working on making Bitcoin better. Whether you’re starting a company or doing open source Bitcoin work, we'll help. 5/
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Our community has increased in diversity in the last few years, which we’re happy to see! We want to support that trend continuing with our own actions. This is one small step we’re taking, and we plan to take many more like it in the future.
/end
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Jk who do you think I am,
@SBF_FTX
?
We’re excited to support a killer team operating on a
#Bitcoin
standard and helping educate the world while they’re at it.
See you in the Premier League
@PeterMcCormack
(in +/- a few years)
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Now that we’re done with this ETF nonsense, we can finally turn our attention to the truly important question.
Is the halving priced in?
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No funds were able to be stolen from his Casa account, where he kept the majority of his assets. He had set up a properly distributed 3-of-5 multisig, so it was impossible to steal the majority of his bitcoin in this attack. 4/
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If you’re interested in this, you can apply here. There will be an interview process involved so we can get to know you, understand the work you’re doing, and see how we can help.
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Overcoming man’s greatest fear today-
Cleaning out my Box of Unknown Cables.
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Excited to be joining the team
@CasaHODL
to lead product...taking what we learned with KeySplit to the next level of private key security & UX.
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9/ The juxtaposition to Bitcoin couldn’t be more stark. As an independent cryptographic system with a public ledger, Bitcoin eliminates this IOU confusion. There is zero question about who owns what money. When you hold the keys, you can move the bitcoin.
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@adam3us
@udiWertheimer
I do think Udi has been doing a good job of publicly calling out the problematic attitude while maintaining general respect as a bitcoiner, which is something not many people have accomplished (and many are afraid to attempt)
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Bitcoin 2021: number go up
Bitcoin 2022: number of builders go up
Truly feels like the most people building real things on top of Bitcoin I’ve ever seen.
See you next year, Miami ✌️
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Multisig is not hard.
Those who say it is are doing it wrong.
Those who write guides that take hours to complete a setup are doing it wrong.
Come do it right.
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Only
@CasaHODL
investor
@nic__carter
can go on TV and use words like exogenous and endogenous with a straight face
"I don't think the halving had a meaningful effect on the price of bitcoin."
A bold statement from Castle Island Ventures Nic Carter to
@TheStalwart
@CarolineHydeTV
&
@romainebostick
as they discuss bitcoin, inflation & the push back to record prices
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The Bitcoin Commons offers a space to work around other Bitcoiners, and easy access to the Bitcoin events happening there. 4/
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Other important note: if he had seed phrases at home, even bitcoin in self-custody would be gone. Attacker was able to persuade him to give up his master passwords, why not hand over paper seeds?
We don’t just make up the Casa security model- it works. 8/
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Every once in a while we lose a client and the reason is "Sold all my BTC", which is kind of a bummer.
Then sometimes, the next sentence is "to buy a house" or "to pay off my debt".
And that makes me incredibly happy.
Good reminder that money exists to make real life better.
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This is a massive update from the Casa team!
Huge app and website redesign. Subaccounts in app, letting you separate your bitcoin into buckets that don't touch each other. Plus a Platinum membership giveaway (check the thread).
Casa just keeps shipping 🛳️
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This highlights an important point when using exchanges to store funds. The likelihood of a reputable exchange getting hacked is low. But your *personal account* on the exchange can get compromised in any number of ways. And then your money is gone. 5/
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Here’s the problem- while Genesis only really serves institutional clients, they are the backend for for a bunch of yield and lending products serving retail users (which might have to freeze soon).
Get your bitcoin out of all platforms that offer yield and into self custody.
JUST IN: The lending arm of
@GenesisTrading
plans to halt customer withdrawals. The unit discussed the matter with its institutional customers in a call on Wednesday morning. By
@NelWang
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You know you built something good when everyone who considers themselves your competitor is sub tweeting you for the next 24 hours
🚀
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We’ll run this similar to a grant program, so it will be time bound with the opportunity to extend through multiple periods as long as you need our resources and continue to do good work for Bitcoin. 7/
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Oh, and the team is securing their bitcoin treasury using Casa, because the best offense is a good defense.
When we heard
@PeterMcCormack
bought a football (/soccer) team and he was operating it on a Bitcoin standard, we hit the gym immediately.
We needed to be in the best possible shape for when we got the call from
@realbedford
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We’re also creating a tip line for people to share their stories anonymously. Many stories of loss/theft go unreported, which means others don’t learn from them. This will be a channel to help spread that education.
Email incidents
@team
.casa & we’ll publish w/security tips. Fin/
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$10 a month to save 10-15 years of savings in sound money.
A Casa client had his house broken into, his seed phrase (on metal plate) and hardware wallet stolen. Without
@CasaHODL
, his bitcoin would be gone. Check out the video, & here's a 🧵 explainer 1/
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The most under-appreciated part of Casa's offering by non-customers is our Advisor team. And this is pretty hard to convey in traditional "marketing"; you have to experience it to understand it.
Casa was the first self-custody company to offer hands on, high touch advisory.
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Our Client Service & Security teams then walked through next steps to take to protect himself & his keys, including notifying emergency contacts in case of a repeat attack.
Side note: you don’t get this with a DIY multisig. This is why people pay for Casa service. 7/
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Today is the best Bitcoin holiday: Bitcoin Pizza Day 🍕
As a lover of all pizzas, I want to buy pizza for new Casa members.
If you've been thinking about using Casa, give it a try today and I'll send you enough bitcoin to buy a pizza.
Instructions 👇
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Does anyone use Twitter’s Bitcoin tipping feature frequently? I haven’t seen many people talking about it after the initial launch.
Feels like I would maybe use it more if you could tip directly from someone’s tweet rather than going to their profile.
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Luckily, this was not an attack that caused major physical harm. He was drugged by a date he met on an app, and was unable to function lucidly for an estimated 24 hours. 2/
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@cz_binance
It is quite sad.
The difference with self custody is that unlike an exchange, self custody risks can be mitigated by taking action yourself. You are in control.
An exchange is just a black box that you hope works correctly.
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Casa is growing! We're looking for engineers who are passionate about building products that set a high bar for security AND user experience. If you're experienced in DevOps or Android development, check out the postings at
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I just published “Casa Product Update — August 2018”
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✅ Just opened your new Casa Node
✅ Ready to play like a kid on Christmas Day
❌ Not sure who to connect with on Lightning? 🤔
We got you covered - read our guide to making a Lightning payment with your Casa Node.
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10/ People shouldn’t have to navigate a Spider-Man finger-pointing meme to access their own hard-earned money. This is the exact problem that self-custody solves, and everyone in the world should have the option of securing their own money as an exit valve to systemic risk.
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In a world where Coinbase alone holds more than 10% of the Bitcoin supply, the last thing we need is more centralization toward custodial services.
Enter the Casa API. A simple, secure way for developers to integrate Casa self-custody into their products.
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But the world won't adopt private keys unless we make it simple and safe to do so. Casa remains laser focused on that mission, and Casa API is a big step on that journey.
It's now basically a tradition, so I have to say it again-
@lopp
let's get to work!
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