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melvincarvalho | 3 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +5 
 People have yet to figure out that a nostr account gives them ownership rights on the bitcoin blockchain.  And that this is a super power.  Everything else is noise.
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Ronin | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Or the other way around, bitcoin wallets already give you a nostr account, and they all should have ux for it.
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melvincarvalho | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Another super power
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Bitcoin Apostle | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I’m listening 👂 https://image.nostr.build/799d3b036200a0925f8d36448870a6dde060948d340ed6e4b38b8a7511060647.gif
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melvincarvalho | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Bitcoin accounts and Nostr are exactly the same thing.  One just has an npub prefix, and the other has a tb prefix.  But that is for DISPLAY purposes only.  This being the case, nostr has best-in-class property rights via the bitcoin block chain.  Nobody is using this yet.  But when activated, it is a super power.
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Bitcoin Apostle | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 So are you saying npubs can receive Bitcoin??
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melvincarvalho | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes, of course
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Bitcoin Apostle | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 How come this isn’t being used or widely known??
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melvincarvalho | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I dont know.  It's been central to the protocol since the beginning.  I think the main focus is to reach feature parity with twitter, right now.
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TheWildHustle | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I've been freaking out about this for a few days now.
I think the wallet supports liquid, and I saw  @Alby going around asking people about liquid zaps.
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Bitcoin Apostle | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 👀👀👀