6 out of 7 apps, I guess I have some homework to do.

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 What is Citrine? 

 A Nostr relay for your phone

https://github.com/greenart7c3/Citrine 

 Y tho? 

 not losing your notes  

 It's an essential part of a decentralized network, plus you also get to make sure nobody tampers with your notes. 

 In the sense that you make sure they are transmitted to the rest of the network! They cannot modify them without your private key 

 Signed by Amber on phone
Stored on Citrine on phone 

 Alright alright alright.  I like it 

 Amber is a great app! Lucky me I discovered it at the same time I discovered Nostr 

 NOSTR relay on your Android phone.

https://github.com/greenart7c3/Citrine/blob/main/README.md 

 No normi is going to give up Chrome for a Tor browser.  Brave browser would be a good compromise.  

 On Graphene they have their own degooogled chrome browser called vanadium. Does the job. 

 I think this list is aimed at those breaking free, but need a nudge to go full open sauce. 

 Just listed the freedom tech battle pack 

 I'm happy to say I have everything on the list.
I'm new to Zeus though. ⚡ 

 For me Tor is often just to slow 

 Mullvad… 

 I want to do this,

Current iPhone 11 user. Next phone will be a pixel for sure so I can do this.

Is it worth getting a pixel 8? I’ve heard bad things about a 6 for example 

 Had many models. Using lots of 6a's these days. Happy with all of them. At first your iphone will still seem slick but once you play with open source pixel, you will hate an iphone. 

nostr is monumental enough tech to dedicate a piece of hardware to that lets you use nostr to the full potential. 

 Thanks sir,

I’m looking forward to making the switch with the way the world’s going! 

 If ur on an iPhone the change to aany android device takes a minute. IMO pixel (and graphene, by extension) is the easiest switch. Overall pixel devices are solid. Occasional issues with cell service, I think it's a modem hardware thing that google hasn't resolved still. Would recommend getting a 7 or newer. There's also the "a" series which is a bit more affordable with a few less bells and whistles. 

 Okay thanks for the insight, I’m happy to make the switch given the way the worlds going

Will check out the 7a as on a bit of a budget 

 Solid choice. No idea what your region is but just male sure the version you get can have the boot loader unlocked. I know Verizon locks theirs, so you cant install graphene on phones purchased through them. 

 UK, so will get one that’s unlocked for sure

Many options for eSims and some that can be bought with Bitcoin 

 I've got a 7a with graphene, been running smoothly for 8-9 months now. 

 That’s good to hear.

Thanks! 

 Atta kid! 

 Pixel 9 just got announced yesterday. Comes out in a couple weeks I think if you can wait  

 Think it will be out of my budget I can’t lie 

 Gotcha! Well on a positive front, the prices of the older models should also go lower over the next month or so, especially if you're open to a refurb. Lots of ppl are going to be trading in their pixel 7 and 8 soon.  

 That’s it will be keeping an eye out for one 

 Managed to source a dirt cheap (basically Free) Pixel 7 from a local shop, guys more awake than most and he had a one with a broken back and screen (should be fine with a case)

He’s going to remove the google account and fix the SIM card tray.

I’m working on him with Bitcoin and I think he might let me pay him in Bitcoin for it too.

He’s Muslim so was concerned that there was Riba (interest) which I’ve explained is not possible with Bitcoin and the benefits over Gold (which he holds) 

 Amazing man! Congrats on the find and on orange pilling someone new. 

Let me know if you have questions when you're flashing graphene onto your pixel but their website installer is pretty intuitive. They also have a great forum with a lot of helpful members and you can probably find the answer to anything on the forum:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/ 

 Thanks a lot man,

Will check it out when I get the phone. 

 Hi man,

Got the pixel 7, has no SIM card tray

Will I need to get one or will I still be able to flash Graphene to it? 

 No SIM card tray? As in the hole is there but it's missing the tray? Or there is no cavity for a sim card at all?

Shouldn't affect flashing graphene, but just make sure its a legit pixel 

 Hole there, no tray, got one on Amazon and put it in, no dramas.

Next problem is there is still a google account on there.

Defo a legit one tho 

 You should be able to just follow the web installer on the grapheneos website. Shouldn't matter that there is a googhle account  

 Ah thanks, will have a look later 

 Librewold with Firefox Containers with Container Proxy set to use TOR  

  https://image.nostr.build/192853e8f67817f3a6c983d1273b0720585973758dcdbf7c09819292e54adf7c.jpg  

 there with help from a fren(almost,my lack) & fam is game plus a few plebs  

 Got most but just installed minibits and playing around with it. Super slick, transferring some sats from Wallet of Satoshi was effortless, might start using instead of WoS.
I have Zeus too but it's a little slow to start since I'm running it off a Raspiblitz instance at home. 

 why Minibits? 

 Hooks up to ecash mints, I think the main benefit vs lightning is improved liquidity.
Transaction speed still instant.
Compatible with lightning payments.

Lose a little bit of custodianship since the mints are run by others people. 

 Have an ecash zap 😋 

 Thank you ser 🎩 

 What’s Amber? 

 nostr:nevent1qqsyxjmgdfdpmzfnytj6q56m05n4rfwle3vkfvpu5835nzyu9jkwp0cpz3mhxw309akx7cmpd35x7um58g6rsd3e9upzpmd5wqn399avtfslyalne52du4xx066ue5sw7rva72d7rp59hvqyqvzqqqqqqywm0qn5 

 Amen.  

 What's minibits? An app? 

 https://github.com/minibits-cash/minibits_wallet 

 Pretty sick option with the free LNURL now WoS and Alby arnt easily available. Having a play with it now  

 Yes, superior in my opinion.  

 Thanks for the head up  

 Is there a tutorial om how to setup mini bits with Nostr on Amethyst? 

 Old guy working on this, baby steps so far but love it 

 Testing Mini-bits 🫡

Can someone zap this note a sat to test LNURL works?


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 This is the eay forward from now on.
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 Because fuck your phone battery.  Jokes aside great recommemdations 

 🔋/day 

 pinephone pine time, prime time, fk ggle, arch life 

 Just tried adding a minibits address to nostr for zaps. Can someone send me a zap to test?  

 My main concern is that unless you use a provider like Tracfone which requires no KYC to use, you're still going to have to provide info. Just like KYC destroys Bitcoin's privacy, it destroys privacy with a cellular plan. As for providers like Tracfone, I have no idea if they'd support Graphene. 

 Buy the phone in cash and use https://silent.link/

or

Wifi only
Airplane mode

 

 Does Silent use traditional cell service? If not, it wouldn't be very helpful for those of us in America, especially those of us with family who refuse to ditch SMS in favor of messengers like Signal. 

 if they would relax their stance on bootloaders, they could bring the rom to better devices. It sucks that it only works on a pixel. 

 I miss the Samourai Wallet and a Monerjuo here 😉 

 Yes