Oddbean

Welcome to #Nostr https://image.nostr.build/e0206a2731377fd7abdbed70b0aff7f04b350ac5022f73eb4e2b096223c5b575.gif Suggestion to find whom to follow: Follow topics using hastags, click on this hashtag: #_rockclimbing, and you will have the option to follow it if using the right mobile or web browser client. A good one to follow is #_introductions and #_askNostr (one you can use as well to ask questions to the community, remove the space after the hastag, I added a space to avoid spamming the community) Suggestion for Nostr Clients: If on Android: nostr:nprofile1qqs24yz8xftq8kkdf7q5yzf4v7tn2ek78v0zp2y427mj3sa7f34ggjcpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj703s8dt is an excellent choice, feature rich, supports privacy, tiktok like feeds, multi user, supports #Amber (more security), #TOR, private chats, excellent look and feel, it is ahead of most clients by far. nostr:nprofile1qqs9ajjs5p904ml92evlkayppdpx2n3zdrq6ejnw2wqphxrzmd62swspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuvrcvd5xzapwvdhk6qgdwaehxw309aukzcn49ekk2qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8x6tpd4ehgu3wvdhk6ynf30t is a good alternative, more like Telegram, including chat groups, channels and voice and video calls, all encrypted e2e. It is powerful with privacy as well, it has secret chats and it supports Amber, #TOR in the settings "Use SOCKS proxy" (just install Orbot and in the settings be sure it allows background starts you don't need to have it running as VPN). It has a wallet built in and interesting features of its own. Suggestion for Wallets: Depends on your technical level and how much time are you willing to spent understanding and setting them up: 1. The inpatient with no time to waste and who doesn't care to use custodial wallets: Go for Wallet of Satoshi (https://www.walletofsatoshi.com/), add it to your profile, it doesn't have the NWC (network wallet connect) setup, but you really don't need it. When you try to zap someone, the wallet will open and the invoice will load, easy and setup free. You are set. (they don't work in USA, unless you use a VPN) You may try as well https://coinos.io nostr:nprofile1qqst4qyeqenw7zm0fwjsty68h6cnys5jre2xd8ngqpjv5a2j26s78fspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm0d9hx7uewd9hj75a0pev , rich with features and web based, you can receive emails every time you are zapped too. Very cool wallet, the dev team rocks, they are doing the good work creating more Bitcoin awareness and helping businesses to accept it. Recently started to support #Bolt12, just missing #Amber support to be my favorite (it would make it optional to be non custodial) 2. The curious one with not much technical expertise but eager to learn: You have few options here to play that are interesting: 2.1. nostr:nprofile1qqstxwlea9ah3u6kjjszu6a7lrnhqkfh8eptp2z6v0e9558tlkkl2rgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshszxnhwden5te0wfjkccte9ekkjmnfvf5hguewvdshx6p07xr4s5 (mobile app, you can buy from them your own address like yourname@minibits.cash) 2.2. nostr:nprofile1qqsxn2q9vlnek6umcu5z44v42yklpwqy0prpd0kmvg7pytadgg9zvdgeldk34 (eNuts, mobile app, the app is reliable, clean and with cool themes, has a message tab, for you to check your private messages, someone may have sent you sats with cashu and you can redem them directly from the app, supports #LN and #Cashu, no #Bolt11 support) 2.3 http://sovereign.app (mobile app, the dev is active in #Nostr , responsive and professional, give him a follow too nostr:nprofile1qqsxkxud4s60l3sagexlamcquj5y5czwzuh0vwglkc5jj0t0zenpfrqprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuum0wejhyetfvahzuctswqhs9mnsng). You get free your own address, yourname@svrgn.app, I expect this app to keep evolving, perhaps with support to #Bolt12 as well, I follow it closely since it looks quite promising. Three good options, all support #Cashu and #LN⚡, start learning about #Cashu, IMO a game changer for small payments. Sovereign app offers novelty features I consider a must have, wait until you learn about CLANs and the way sovereign does the recoveries, mind blowing... 3. The tech savvy 3.1 GetAlby running AlbyHub (a bit pricey unless you do all yourself, not my cup of tea, but people in the community loves them) 3.2 Sovereign running your own mint with your own Clan (mind blowing as I wrote above) 3.3 npub.cash - get your npub followed by @npub.cash and use it as your wallet address to receive anonymous private LN payments and cashu payments, use Minibits or Soverign for zapping using NWC. You can pay in the web site of the wallet for a custom address as well, meaning, yourname@npub.cash (cool) 3.4 nuts.cash - same as above, just not an option to buy an address, meaning no #Bolt11 support if on iOS: https://media.tenor.com/-SP6MqFnCBEAAAAC/but-why-nevermind.gif Enjoy Nostr!