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Jesse Markowitz on the Start9 User Experience – Epi-3160

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Today I am joined by Jesse Markowitz to discuss the Start9 Embassy server from a customer’s perspective.  I have had Matt Hill on twice about digital sovereignty via Start9’s technology.  But I thought the perspective of an end user might really bring value to our audience.

Jesse is a Computer Enthusiast and programmer for over 35 years. He has an engineering Degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He started looking at Bitcoin in 2012 – but not seriously (didn’t keep any). He got back into crypto in 2017, purchasing books online for crypto and learning how it works. In 2019 he was answering questions for family and friends and even giving talks for small groups.

By 2020 and throughout 2021 he traded Bitcoin and Alt Coins actively (and did staking, mining, liquidity pools, DeFi) and made a bit of money while learning a lot. In 2022 Jesse has focused on Bitcoin with lightning. In 2021 after listening to Jack promote the advantages of a side hustle for years, he finally started a side hustle himself – YourPersonalCryptoAssistant.com.

He has been on the radio in Arizona and Florida with The Stock Dr. – Lee Siler and interviewed on Skystone Partners’ On Giving series talking about “Real Donations in Virtual Currencies: Bitcoin and Beyond”. Recently he presented “Cryptocurrency and Taxes: A review of Cryptocurrency and tax considerations” to the Pennsylvania Society for Tax and Accounting Professionals.

He was on TSP / Bitcoin Breakout in July 2022 discussing Lightning Nodes for beginners. That lightning node was run on his Start9 Embassy server. Today he is back on to talk about why someone might want to run a Start9 server and how to get started.

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Sponsors of the Day…

  • Start9.com – Take Back Your Digital Sovereignty
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Jesse Markowitz on the Start9 User Experience – Epi-3160 — 7 Comments

  1. 2 things-
    1. Don’t forget that the Fold card also sells a gift card with a great percentage back for Start9, and it stacks with your MSB discount

    2. Would you check with Start9 about when they will start selling embassy again? It’s been sold out for a while

    • Well, next time I’ll finish the show before I comment, cause you mentioned the Start9 discount on Fold.

      For me, it’s 8%, which is stupid good.

  2. During the interview we talked about why you “Don’t Talk to the Police”.

    Here’s the link to the video with Law Professor James Duane explaining (brilliantly) why even if you are innocent and have nothing to hide and you tell nothing but the truth and all the other caveat’s, you still shouldn’t talk to the police…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

  3. Kinda tough to buy a baseline Embassy when they’ve been sold out for weeks.
    The only option is the 40 something dollar presale for the new model

  4. Can someone from Start9 comment on the price and availability of the Embassy Pro? $40 is the reservation for the pre-sale, but I can’t seem to find what price I am agreeing to when the unit becomes available. I would also like to hear the trade-offs between the ARM and the Intel based systems.

  5. After putting down a $42 deposit, your remaining balance would be $1,457. These are expected to retail at $1,899, so the presale is a steep discount.

    The Intel chip is WAY faster than the Pi. If you intend to run a lot of stuff on this device, especially Bitcoin/Lightning stuff, you should definitely go with the Pro over the One.

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