Oddbean new post about login | logout I feel sad for all the people who recommend Bitcoin wallets and Nostr clients to friends and family very enthusiastically over the years only to have these things blow up in their faces every single time.
The rugging never ends…
It's not even the rugging, but wallets get abandoned, new incompatible technology comes, nice little custodians close shop, onchain stuff gets unusable, Lightning stuff breaks and so on.
And now even the ones that actually work are leaving, at least when it comes to the US.
It really sucks gifting someone some Bitcoin and then have to come back to them 6 months later and tell them then need to move their bitcoin. At least if I set them up with seed words, that will endure.
Opendime or Satscard work too, they can swipe the sats when they are ready!
All the Monero wallets I ever recommended are just fine. What's wrong with BTC wallets?
because Monero isn't a threat to the State
But a transparent public blockchain that can be surveilled by any government on the planet is omegalul
No, it's exactly the other way round. The state isn't a threat to Monero. While the state embraces and extinguishes the unique properties of BTC through KYC, taxation and criminalising the ownership of non controlled fiat money through money laundering claims.
What a fragile generation. This happens when you step out and try new things. Don’t crumble and cry because something wasn’t perfect first try.
My obligatory disclaimer for orange pills: "Remember, we're doing things on the cutting edge, so it's more than likely we'll eventually end up bleeding."
It’s not pills and edges. It’s just normal life.
Sorry to hear that.
I'm much more conservative now in my recommendations.
But if it's only posting tests or images and reacting to posts, it's okay after spending some initial effort finding people who post stuff you're really interested / people who post frequently on random but entertaining stuff. The initial month is a hurdle 😅 Basic notes and replies (and maybe 60% threads) is fine. It's the other stuff that's all over the place 🙈
it's a long game. at some point it will just be 'go to this site' or 'download this app' and individual will just use it. the idea of it being Nostr or Bitcoin will just fade into the background and it'll become Internet and Money. that's the future I'm waiting for.
What should we recommend in a decentralized world? What would a recommendation engine look like?
I mean.. bluewallet dropped lightning support. Phoenix and wallet of satoshi backed out of US. samourai wallet..