Nothing beats left-side LaGuardia approach on a clear day/night.

(This is a wide-angle lens, you’re really right over Manhattan) https://image.nostr.build/75c7c981ea09f36adf001e0d5f8db8d47e914710036fa255d84ad3599dc269b1.jpg


Good night hodlers
https://m.primal.net/JmXO.jpg


When does this law take effect?
https://i.nostr.build/Wb6MedgaEDLxB2iU.jpg
#memes #funny


Life is hard. Harder than my liver.
https://i.nostr.build/3xXC8gvDS5PKwHYT.jpg
#memes #funny


Occam’s Razor is that a human rights activist invented Bitcoin :)


🎯
https://image.nostr.build/49da2f70788fe32cbc948ec2534b4fde009393b961b93589e8efe4ce14e68144.jpg


yes we need more governments creating social media platforms
https://m.primal.net/JmGQ.jpg


Important to always remember this https://image.nostr.build/8449157eaf9a77f1b7dea029d8e679bbd65ca9bc94e0fb66f834fdfc5a81ac8e.jpg


One day some noob is going to say that I got lucky because I bought Bitcoin before it reached 1 million. Then I’ll remember these days squeezing out every drop of toothpaste and say you’re damn right I got lucky.


It was nice knowing all of you! ☠🤣 https://image.nostr.build/93a60d88f6911b86688a0b5a8bceab6ac0f3cd5037afddfee4bc763130622810.jpg


Nope


I noticed I don't post on here half as much as the I do centralised algo apps. I couldn't figure out why.

And now I know why.. I pick my phone up, doom scroll, then 20/30 minutes later I'll put my phone down. Within about 30 seconds the centralised algo app will buzz me with a notification to say "You might like this from Karen"

So my stupid monkey brain is intrigued. Picks the phone up again (like it's a banana) and I'm not even interested in what Karen is doing. I notice 'Tony' has a new role at work and click on his page with my monkey paw. Then suddenly an hour has gone by. I notice an article, I'll read that. It was rubbish (most of the time) - I'm frustrated.

But keep going back.

And I've not even thought about Nostr once, even though I think I know it's value - it represents what i think i represent - freedom, self sovereignty,  Bitcoin etc.

I'll sometimes even flick through the other centralised algo apps before I put my phone down and not once go through my Nostr feed, even though I love it.

The other apps are like crack (i imagine). But the crack is not even good. And I keep chasing the cheap dopamine hits from them. Like a social media junkie.

I've quit so many things before, like smoking and drinking. Toxic women. Shitcoins. Social Media is one thing I truly struggle with.

So I'm going to wein myself off it - one day at a time. I read somewhere that it takes 3 weeks to form a new habbit.

Or 21 days.

So here it goes #21daysOfNostr

Posting everyday. 🫡🧡


Truly fascinating theory. The finacialization of future block space much like we've financialized crop futures. Seems pretty logical to me 🤔

Solid listen 👉 https://fountain.fm/episode/gRDtwF09yyO7XTAONdKA

CC: nostr:nprofile1qqsg2zqd8wkhpnxu6lm5c2dyfa2mhpwte57apjae2ldp6g2mmwf3ypqprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0penhwa


:keks:


this is my official petition for someone to add a spanking emoji to a client. will zap 10,000 sats. #nostr  #design  #clients  #spank

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Is there a market opportunity to invent and sell a skin-toned tattoo ink?
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😂😂😂😂 you just reminded me of something super funny

in the digital sex worker space this is a thing looool where the girls will block and mute men and then have a known fee for them to pay n send to them with a note attached saying to unlock them & their username

it’s a loop they’ve created n I find it hilarious


First they fight you. Then they zap you. Then you’re frens.


How many betting degens do we have on nostr? nostr:note1ayerndh7thmtm4xk82aayrqhngyulgumc8fesn8425mgr2h9xtrshkjtk7


TUCKER POSTED THIS TO HIS YOUTUBE YESTERDAY FROM TRUMP JR'S SHITCOIN EVENT.

CALLS SIGNAL AND BITCOIN HONEY TRAPS WHILE PROMOTING TELEGRAM AND X...

https://cdn.satellite.earth/25d3068dd43853456e7655e5f3b89bcd59fc53461d6bab9548b7656c28010a70.mp4


Nobody gives better speeches. It's really tremendous how you all play with your bitcoins. I love Bitcoin, everybody lives bitcoin. More and more people are saying this. You know who doesn't love Bitcoin? China. We're going to mine all the Bitcoin, and they'll be so sad over in China when they realize they can't have any Bitcoin. There's no more Bitcoin.


Web3 Devs                      Nostr Devs
https://image.nostr.build/da3e202d0ae0fc69d639c2054f732c075f64cf77ba9fc9b5ef5dbac62c09502c.jpg


No such thing as a free relay. 🤙🏼


Best Trump impression I've seen in a while 😂

https://blossom.oxtr.dev/f481f9c2a7b86eb5e9ea011a219cccca776b3f838f2eecd02f14261f8f768af6.mp4


I just yoloed into buying $300 trump bitcoin sneakers.

Yes I’m very stupid.

AMA 😂 https://image.nostr.build/09a3abadfc1c496dd5bb4d494bf4c7612a1535f755296bc2a899f753913387f5.jpg


Lately the arms race has been moving fast, so i've been having to use the yt-dl nightly build.


“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.”

— Frank Herbert, Chapter-house: Dune


Expect 6102 either way. Be ready.


I’m gonna give X a break for the next month and focus my social media intake only on nostr.

I feel like I already know it’s going to be a healthier choice, but I really want to compare what it’s like, as I’m pretty sure X and all the other SM companies are harvesting our data to elicit emotions that are designed to make us feel unfulfilled and craving more doomscrolling.


Embrace being cringe. It’s the only way.


:pointguy:


I really think Coinbase sucks so much


:keks:


Some should go back and curate a “best of” podcast playlist from pre-2020.

Would be wild to listen to who got what right / wrong and see how far we’ve come


I think I know something about a thing... no wait, nevermind.


Test burn. Leather & wood pins!

Brown Pueblo leather on round metal pin blank

Curly maple veneer on round metal pin blank

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https://image.nostr.build/6dd7ca3151dfffb78e3b806d7f0596b31868384ae2eb42edfda54f4be7815310.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/b98342674c68fdfe9dda446a7896250448c5fba024ad74fa59be7da0c2ddf8c0.jpg


With no privacy, there's no freedom 🎯
https://v.nostr.build/xUL5Sa2rrfuTcrs6.mp4


By nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak

It's nice that politicians are pandering to bitcoiners, but promises are cheap. There is a major insurmountable obstacle to the US govt buying bitcoin: The US govt does NOT own or control the US Federal Reserve, which is a cartel of private banks. The US President can't just tell this cartel what to do with their reserves. The US dollar is the sacred cow of this cartel, and it's how they rob the entire planet. They're not about to give up this racket because some politician made a promise whose implications he doesn't understand. They're not going to buy a million bitcoins, because a commitment to purchase bitcoin will just encourage everyone to dump their dollars and buy bitcoin, and destroy the value of the dollar and their ability to rob the world with it. If you think they managed to build this century-old cartel while being stupid enough to fall for this or powerless enough to stop it, you're going to be disappointed to find out they're actually just evil.

But can't the US government buy bitcoin itself, without the Fed? With whose money exactly? The US government is fiscally irresponsible and its biggest expense is debt servicing. There are good reasons your irresponsible debt slave friends never get bitcoin and keep laughing at you when you bring it up. Irresponsible high time preference people and institutions don't understand the concept of long term savings. More importantly, the US government needs the Fed to buy its debt and keep its Treasury ponzi going. Buying bitcoin in spite of the Fed's opposition is a full-on declaration of war by the US government against the Fed and the fiat dollar, and that's just not something that Trump, or Kennedy, is up for. Trump has repeatedly praised the Fed. Kennedy wants to implement some ridiculous low interest rate subsidized home lending scheme only possible with the Fed creating cheap money. These men are not Andrew Jackson, nor are they even trying to be him.

The real enemy of bitcoin, and humanity, is the Fed. The US government is just its tool, and politicians are interchangeable actors that haven't mattered in decades. You're not going to destroy the Fed by promising to vote for one actor over another. Your only chance of destroying it is for bitcoin to grow larger than the dollar and Treasury bonds, and for dollar users to continue to get impoverished into oblivion while bitcoiners thrive with their superior technology. I humbly suggest you not waste time and sats on the politics circus, and work hard to stack sats instead.


You wouldn't walk around carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash on you.

Yet a ton of you are walking around with that much Bitcoin readily accessible.

This is a danger not only to yourself, but to the rest of us. We must stop teaching criminals that wrench attacks against Bitcoiners have an insanely high ROI!


GM https://image.nostr.build/667da0d1a4ac614a39c25b2d784da96208274583fb7abe60f682c17c65ecbd15.jpg


Calling yourself cypherpunk is a little bit like calling yourself wise. It's sus.


A catch with this is many of us OGs never dismissed Bitcoin. I certainly thought it could work the first time I read the white paper.

Problem is, what are people like myself missing in other topics due to ego?

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Nostr bitcoin conference panel is up and on nostr natively.

Thanks for your service nostr:npub1jk9h2jsa8hjmtm9qlcca942473gnyhuynz5rmgve0dlu6hpeazxqc3lqz7 nostr:note17ks704u2mqsxuqce0w6xjfd595zuq47zndwwtczfp4g0fedv2yzqd9ygpc


https://i.nostr.build/XAPojzySuqc5O4R2.jpg
#memes #funny


device.🙏🏻😀💜🫂💖😆🚀🎇

While in Nashville, I had the privilege of meeting nostr:nprofile1qqs09jtvjlmyrxjn37zv70a89csegcz7rpyqjmnw29cveedhv7vagqqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0pyt0kr in person and expressing my deep and sincere appreciation for the work he and his team have done and continue to do on the spectacular air-gapped signing device.🙏🏻😀💜🫂💖😆🚀🎇
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Thinking of starting a bitcoin media publication side project for more technical and industry topics.

Are you a very entrepreneurial Editor interesting in running such thing?

Example Topics; New products, New services, Bitcoin Software digests, Understanding new technology releases, New Hardware developments in security/mining/etc..., Memepool analysis, Privacy technology review. Things that people who want a bit more substance want to read. Definitely a small overlap, but It will never be as broad and as consumed as Bitcoin Magazine. They are playing at a different level.

I'm thinking more of a polite, utilitarian and closeted cypherpunk vibe. Not interested in emotional response. Don't worry i can probably find a good domain. Willing to provide many resources. Maybe could be a profitable non-profit type thing. So we can fold in profit to make it bigger better.

Our industry has grown alot, so there is probably a opening for an industry publication.


No one in Bitcoin should be engaging with the current administration at all until they #FreeRoss and #FreeSamourai

This should be non-negotiable.


You guys really get nostr. Not all of you, but most of you. Many of you.


"Do not cringe! Cringe is the mind-killer"
- Reverend Mother Meme Jesserit

https://m.primal.net/JhpZ.png


What is it? Clicked through and around and it's pretty mysterious.


Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Retards


This note earned me 150k sats I fucking love nostr LFG!! Appreciate you nostr:npub1gz7uczyg3kvdf8grlwfmllguc3kehrcc05yvnlypkjklptgql5kqa0zkqj 👀

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That's fair.


"Capitalism" is a word created by socialists to tar free market supporters as worshippers of capital itself.


I said you "seem" certain. I think i've made everything pretty clear, but you're responding as if i've been opaque and unclear.


Holy shit, I think I just realized a direct and concrete way that I’ve personally experienced to how #Nostr completely changes the social incentives:

• Rage and hateful posts on Twitter get the most attention.
• Positive and happy posts on Nostr get the most zaps.

It really was just monetization all the time.

When attention is the currency, negativity and hate rise to the top because the platforms need people arguing.

When sats directly from peers are the currency, value rises to the top.

(Anyone else feel they’ve had this same experience?)


I'm not sure what you're asking. I'm just seeing a lot of posts from you hyping one very specific, pretty out-there hypothesis. Nothing about the secret service, nothing about multiple shooters, nothing about "the flinch", nothing about the gunshot sounds.


The "trump never got shot" hypothesis. You post about it a lot.


Can anybody on here explain the pros and cons of NOSTR vs the DID spec from TBD ?

Seems like the over arching ideas are similar. Just different implementations?

Perhaps the TBD guys have spent more time architecting something cleaner?

But Nostr clearly has a much more active community & actual users?

What else ?

https://developer.tbd.website/docs/web5/learn/decentralized-identifiers/

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https://m.primal.net/JhQF.png


#bitcoin #nostr #meme

https://image.nostr.build/715608a0c8bb84f37affa6677354645444d3956d1414cb70271a28e7ada8feb3.jpg


You seem certain about a thing you saw on screens


:keks:


Playing with my Bitcoins https://image.nostr.build/746698ac776bbec8a4f9b77235950716b0f84c6bd6dab80cbf6f592cfd434beb.jpg


The moment bitcoiners realized the crowd was 95% “crypto” people. Bitcoiners couldn’t care less about gary. nostr:note1xvfdc03e6tpy5mgc075mz9kjje0n07n07y8845qfej75y56ttemsrm4fhg


Is there any simple note Nostr app?


Satoshi https://image.nostr.build/b27d92fef57f120dc5a4d751e149e579dcbc042b2a626222e034938e2fe8f583.jpg


https://m.primal.net/JhEm.jpg #quote #Nietzsche


Bitcoin 2024, summarized: cheering on politicians wanting to confiscate private property and build Billion dollar bitcoin reserves financed by your tax money. Who's the communist now, dumbfucks.


FUCKING NOSTR PANEL BRO https://i.nostr.build/mjBblGOogJPKbkcI.jpg


Pls ser, mi familia


“Regular people are going to have to get comfortable with cryptographic signatures.” — nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs


Today was funny af, haven't seen so much activity on nostr in a long while.

Live long and nostr ✊🖖


You get nostr at the censorship you deserve

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PSA https://video.nostr.build/e4f6325bb892ec6d38f505f7227a06b83aef07a7b39604a438cf044ea4675bd3.mp4


This is definitely one of the speeches of all time.


Some of ya'll need to read this a couple of times

https://blossom.oxtr.dev/f3fa47ce9af0ee2aa44d00d676a7699fe28d5f3ecb3845aeb147e6a8e90c7af1.jpeg


Ran into two of my nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg frens.
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#nashville #bitcoin2024
https://m.primal.net/JgLc.jpg


Printing money also does the job


Pv
https://image.nostr.build/4bb9d5b79fb98da5e4b7a1260bca41dcf2149111b6b472ae68b61958e94738ab.jpg


We are the Bitcoin people nostr:note1yrxvlwmedj0aty2x65tdpr5vyvdu3svedpz6axtkeey77xhumkuq99x7dl


#Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/73298059d1266262aad07bdd16aabcbd3b07e86d7f721eba845d49952b4bf380.jpg


:keks:


When I am President I shall instruct the Treasury Secretary to buy 20 million bitcoin!


Banana hammocks for Bitcoin


advice for people new to bitcoin?
"download a meta mask account" spoken on main stage at #bitcoin2024


:leotoast:


When I was younger and surrounded by losers. People used to constantly say I was “so opinionated”.

It always confused me.

Like you’re a person too, don’t you think about the things around you and also form opinions?

Then I realized the answer was no they don’t.

That brought it into focus for me.


Orange-pilling is great and all but you know what’s also worth doing? Paying people in cash.

I was using cash at the bar the other weekend with some friends and I might as well been paying in gold fillings with the looks and jokes.

Make Cash Great Again


Was not bitcoin created to protect oneself from those who would not leave him alone?
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Satire


Money touches everyone, does it not? Maybe it's time to have a conference focused on the philosophy of liberty?
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:dogedance:


ActivityPub

https://m.primal.net/JfKA.mp4


TapAss


And Breedlove smelled of rich mahogany


https://i.nostr.build/GkUVJviXj3uIQbAd.jpg
#memes #funny


I'm not clicking on that fucking link, I'm a nostr:nprofile1qqsv2kx8e35mhk3uyutc9dekh27xftxjmgjck98n2mdu49nvkzmm38spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq3samnwvaz7tmhv4kxxmmdv5hxummnw3ezuamfdejs6cvma8

Friends don't send friends tracking tokens. Friends remove them from links before sharing it.


Bitcoin Mattsimalism
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Congrats, you've made it


:cheemssuperactivated:


Bitcoiner:

Someone who'll spend 100 hours learning lightning to avoid getting rugged $8 worth of zaps


"Late stage gradually" 😂🔥😱
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In some Nostr posts from a while ago, I vented about how I hate YouTube's algorithm and how it incentivizes people to make sensationalist headlines and images.

Like, I'll do a serious macroeconomic interview with a great and well-informed host, and then when it gets published I see that the headline image is like a picture of the dollar exploding with me smiling next to it, along with a sensationalist text description, for the algo.

I hate that.

So I'm going to aggressively shill an example of the opposite. Someone doing it right. I did an interview the other day with an institutional investor and bitcoiner, who doesn't do that. He has normal headlines, and normal pictures, to talk about serious things. Robert Dewey.

Bob has basically gone out there and told YouTube's algorithm to fuck off. He has a small subscriber base, despite being a more informed interviewer than most, as a gray-hair institutional investor who also gets bitcoin at a really deep level. I've met him in person, and he's great.

So my shill for today is, go check out Bob's channel, and consider giving this interview or any of his other interviews a thumbs up.  Let's be conscious regarding shitty algorithms, and highlight things that push back on them.

We are the fucking algorithm.

https://youtu.be/b5QvYC8cHEQ?si=ePPcB78NX_aapD1C


:keks:


I’m gonna be on stage at the conference sort of representing nostr users.

I have my own thoughts, but as an average nostr user what’s important to you about nostr?

What do you get out of being here?

What keeps you coming back?


:leolaugh:


All right people, i'm gonna put my reputation on the line and make a bold prediction:

64k by conference day.


I thought you were gonna say something like:

"Bidets rule:

1. Sit on the bidet before you turn it on"


Selling all my sats immediately 🖕🖕


I still don't understand what kind of specs I have to have to run the new Llama 3.1 models. RAM, GPU, diskspace, etc. Any good setup guides for AI noobs like me?


There will be price controls, unburdened by basic understanding of economics that has been


I’m thinking more and more about writing essays on “forbidden topics” under a pseudonym mostly because it’s want to dive into these taboo discussions and see if I can put my finger on the nerve of why exactly they are forbidden and cannot be openly spoken about.


:jacknod:


Remember that there are likely to be many Bitcoin Whales in Nashville, making its prime target. Leave your keys at home. Assume your laptop will be backdoored if you leave it alone. Be aware.


Looking for cleaner, non-toxic alternatives to:

- toothpaste/toothbrush
- dishwasher tablets
- laundry detergent
- hand soap
- body wash
- shampoo
- deodorant
- shaving cream
- moisturizing cream
- fragrances

(asking for a friend, of course)


Which one of ya set #bitcoin on pause?

https://blossom.oxtr.dev/fbb956aea9b89c61a0836fdc62ee8f0847e326492bc1dc8050e14f014af4a784.png


One of the most important attributes of a good network, ironically, is that it's hard to measure. That means it actually has some serious degree of decentralization and privacy.

We have trouble measuring Lightning, and we have trouble measuring Nostr. This is a feature.

At best we can establish lower bound estimates by observing a subset of the network in question. And since it's possible to run isolated networks with the same protocol for these systems, there isn't even necessarily one Nostr network and there isn't even necessarily one Lightning network, even though there are majority networks for each of them.

Powerful tools.


This post belongs here

https://m.primal.net/JbOW.png


Is there any public information on what hardware, processes and procedures top #bitcoin exchanges are using for their custody solutions? I remember long time ago coinbase was publishing some information on their keys generation ceremony, and cannot find this article any longer... nostr:nprofile1qqsw3znfr6vdnxrujezjrhlkqqjlvpcqx79ys7gcph9mkjjsy7zsgygpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9ekh2arfdeuhwctvd3jhgtnrdakj7qgkwaehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshspg7dju


New meme variant

https://image.nostr.build/a58abaf0416ecc361bc6a9955884ec8f0f9d7d7d025311b450158ea23fa75e24.jpg


#memestr https://i.nostr.build/5WAflGbJfakW3iAE.jpg


Interesting study of #Bitcoin holders from nostr:nprofile1qqsfccf03dms7r3l6dwd4s4u2l7waptpu4s9qn4ztj9ealuwqdgjk0spz3mhxue69uhkummnw3erxtnpvd6xutnfduq3camnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9euk7atvda6zummjvuq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwd36k66twvyh8ymmrddesfpqtr8

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1815491534550417525.html


💭
https://video.nostr.build/96ecc9eebf761b4bbb08de0f42b79a781b2c53e9fc17771f9cf8f50f2c0484c5.mp4


:keks:


Division of labor FTW


Step 5 is wrong

It’s Bitcoin, not bullets

The collapse (or fading away) of dollar hegemony is inevitable but doesn’t mean chaos

Ending the fiat currency caste system will usher in a new age of global peace and collaboration ✌
https://m.primal.net/Jacf.jpg


Pysops abound. Stay humble, stack sats, touch grass.


Dan didn't quite take off hard enough


Biden (or "they") could post the letter on whitehouse.gov , a site with TLS.

(He hasn't.)


THERE IS NO WAY TO VERIFY IF A TWEET IS REAL.

PRETTY BIG BUG. DEVS SHOULD FIX IT.


:jacknod:


I got a couple comments today on Twitter saying “Nostr needs a killer app.”

Bro the killer app is that you can’t get banned.

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https://i.nostr.build/ftbnJCOllhwzumub.jpg
#memes #funny


DO NOT ASK WHY SOMEONE WAS BANNED.

ASK WHY IS IT POSSIBLE.


Ok so umm, what I meant to say was...

Kamala Harris is the candidate this country needs...


It is, after all, the GOAT


Not your keys, not your coins.

Not your server, not your data.

Self-host.

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The CrowdStrike Global Outage Shows the Serious Dangers Of A Centralized, Digitized World
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/crowdstrike-global-outage-shows-serious-dangers-centralized-digitized-world


https://cdn.satellite.earth/5aff9ddbb32601799e558e53bf0ed4081572637d37b76f9c1f7c98f20bc5d730.jpg
#meme #memes


By 1972 standards, my car is amazing.


Stacking sats is easy. Staying humble is the hard part.


i frequently imagine satoshi sitting back somewhere and laughing at it all


Accurate
https://m.primal.net/JYRG.jpg


Dat vibes tho


:keks:


The left side of this chart looks vaguely familiar
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Something something never goes down https://image.nostr.build/0da99bb1990e8b68ddf4d66964a88aaa072dbde806b0612d82fdae669e09202c.jpg


2.0

https://i.imgflip.com/8xnkz7.jpg

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I am both retarded and happy


Mastery is something to behold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FssULNGSZIA


This really is one of those weeks where decades happen frfr


Well a few caps were busted


Tru stori
https://m.primal.net/JWkG.jpg


Quoting a zap
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I heard you were looking for a Nostr commercial: nostr:nevent1qqsylracc7fkjmwujleq0279wdrdqw4ltzhxvnz3zecd6lja7ne6ckgppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9u729amu


Wise words from a world-class warmonger


https://www.anarchonomicon.com/p/assassination-war-and-the-death-of
Another insightful article from Kulak. (Written before the Trump assassination attempt.)
cc: nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucnfw33k76twwpshy6ewvdhk6qg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2aq93vhd7


"It would (or will?) not be easy for me now."


This


Have you tried unleashed.chat ?


Is 14 enough?

How would you get word?


P.S.: How much do you know about the relays you use? Who runs them?


There will be, and may already be, information warfare on Nostr. It is not a shelter, it is a battlefield.


Try .86'ing them?
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https://i.nostr.build/6egKmgDpPxiXqJ34.jpg
#memes #funny


:balenod:


I must not add complexity.
Complexity is the code killer.
Complexity is the little death that brings total stagnation.
I will refine my code.
I will embrace the abstractions that emerge from the complexity.
When the complexity has gone, I turn the inner eye to see its path.
Only clean code will remain.


Dear Devs 🫶🏽

I’m happy here.

Thank you for building ways for me to interface with this protocol.

I appreciate you 🥹🙏

⚡Steve


Today, people work the same 40-hour workweek as they did in 1970, and the average worker’s productivity has soared, suggesting they should be better off than before.

However, quality of life has plummeted as the purchasing power of the dollar falls. https://video.nostr.build/b33fa71962493f1096125dcd00c585aa6b6c9d2b218a04d1c6aa1fea8ae0dd49.mp4


Craig’s tweets are starting to make sense!
https://m.primal.net/JUBl.jpg


https://i.nostr.build/vC8e6oegWogB6G8V.jpg
#memes #funny


GM Nostr ☕

Recording the next monthly show for nostr:nprofile1qqsfvzdsjdzsm4lq47ecjcv6ekhju6sddqtujd2j7wg3upd4ptnnu0gpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue06rnawm on Friday morning and would love some audience participation. What questions or topic suggestions do you have for us?

Multisig, nodes, privacy, Nostr?

Have a good one 🧡⚡


:pointguy:


:keks:


Germany after confiscating bitcoin from criminals https://video.nostr.build/95733942d3e4836d61804267c992f8d903ecf7bc7de48124a1232d3a136084e0.mp4


You are opinion shaming the opinion shaming


Loving Craig’s website right now.

And it stays like this for 3 months.

https://craigwright.net/
https://m.primal.net/JSxk.jpg


It may have even fully reversed the fallout from the Harambe divergence


I've never witnessed a clearer multiverse divergence point than the attempt on Don


nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll coming through with the tech support! If you looking for an easy out the box bitcoin node please consider nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll


DNS is so much less complexity/attack surface than HTTPS. HTTPS/TLS are terrible protocols that should be constrained to web browsers. nostr:note1rqz20lqj03r54k880tg4tw5hg3peyr8wy6lw7zm5xfwp62yznx5q58kqc7


I literally just got on nostr 20 minutes ago and my mind is seriously blown right now.


Convicted felon Donald Trump is a terrible businessman. He's only rich because his father gave him a million dollars, and he doesn't pay his workers. He's definitely not a patriot because he doesn't pay his taxes. Everyone needs to pay their fair share, in my opinion.


I know that deep down inside you're really just a racist


:balenod:


You gotta be grillin meats man.

Smokin meats

Charring those meats

2-3 times a weak minimum

It ain’t enough to eat other peoples meats

You gotta cook em over the fire

It does something to you

Cook the meats

Walk around all day smelling of hickory

Life’s good


"The twin pillars of Bitcoin's value proposition: (1) It's possible to secure and transport your wealth without anyone's permission (2) Your wealth cannot be debased. Everything else is noise." —Vijay Boyapati


I'm sorry, but you're wrong on this one.

The leader America needs is not a divisive egotist who damages our democracy and lies about everything. The way he acted on January 6th was disgusting and should disqualify him from the presidency. That's why I'm going to vote for Joe Biden. Yes he's lost a step, but he can bring this country together. And i have deep respect for his VP, Kamala Harris, who would be a very capable leader in case anything happened to Joe.


Everyone welcome Pura Vida Dave to NOSTR! 🤙🏼

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How long does the flash memory in a hardware wallet last without being plugged in? USB drives and flash memory usually fall prey to bitrot. Any numbers that we can reasonably go by?
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:keks:


I agree with Naval's take. And this is a thesis I've been investing with for some time.

In the long run, privacy is super important for working capital. Sending and receiving with high velocity, privately.

But then once you gain a significant surplus, you want to be able to pull that capital onto a supply-auditable base layer for longer-term savings. The supply-auditable base layer isn't as private, but since it is pseudonymous it inherits some of the privacy from the fact that you've pulled it down to that layer from private working capital.

There are different trade-offs for spending wallets and savings wallets, when it comes to privacy, security, etc.

Wallets that use the open-source Cashu protocol are great for private working capital. And Nostr has been great at integrating them recently.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false."  - William J. Casey, CIA Director (1981)


Yeah i saw this


"Sometimes the people who think they are the most 'awake' are the most psyopable."
-Whitney Webb


You think more than half of every single thing they say is false?


No but i would put a high-ish probability on it.


I think he believes people depend on him, and he has a big ego about it. Liars don't typically lie about literally everything.


Thinking about the Trump thing.
If it would have been some serious actor like the deep state, banks or other such entities, the attempt wouldn’t have failed. He’d be dead.
Just saying.


"There might be another angle that I haven’t thought of. It could be a senseless act of violence from a triggered antifa member"

This wasn't the first and most obvious hypothesis? You literally thought "Trump staged it" before you even thought of this?


Would you trust anyone to shoot you in the ear from distance?

Wouldn't you try and come up with a different plan?


"Trump’s reaction after also doesn’t make sense... And no trump is not a bad ass and doesn’t have huge balls gtfo."

Bravery is a parsimonious explanation for everything that you say "doesn't make sense" about this. People often take risks in the face of their own fear response, especially when they think it's important and they feel like others are depending on them.


nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 two days ago on nostr:npub10uthwp4ddc9w5adfuv69m8la4enkwma07fymuetmt93htcww6wgs55xdlq.

Insane times. Stay peaceful, freaks. It will be important to keep composure through all of this.
https://m.primal.net/JPoW.mov


Nostr serves as the credible backup plan for when governments seize or ban X.


So basically we’re waiting for a centralized platform to rug its users. When not if 🫡


:jokerclap:


Between custodial lightning and custodial ecash, custodial ecash wins.

The question is can we add custodial services without building incentives to never self-custody anything?


#bitcoin #plebchain
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Powerful thieves and powerless honest people


Crypto is a cesspool filled with affinity scammers and frauds fronting as visionaries.
https://m.primal.net/JPUo.jpg


:jacknod:


:keks:


If you're talking to idiots who think trade & profit are evil, just call it sustainable reciprocal altruism. They'll think you're a genius.

#Bitcoin


Painting of Vincent Van Gogh becoming alive. "Cafe terrace at Night".
#painting #vangogh
https://video.nostr.build/24f08811e652e97426a6e3417bd090c4cd7a6ae8efc352f1dae4a1c066316d6b.mp4


Left curve and Right curve UNITE! https://nostrcheck.me/media/34a223a283e0dc48516c1ec0f619844c22625939e4c76a5e086dd24713b05525/d4ad1a745d03a811ae0bb00daa8b17d8c3dec065d85bf776de66f46dec09902b.webp


Hey anon, have you logged in to the Clark Moody Dashboard with nostr yet?

https://dashboard.clarkmoody.com/


"Nostr" means Nerds Online Shitposting The Revolution


What?
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Not trolling at all hahahaha
He is real https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast


We got a lotta fine people up here, a lot of amazing folks here who love the bitcoin. A lotta freedom lovers on all sides. They love crypto, they love the bitcoin.

Michael Saylor, what a guy. Here’s a guy that really loves bitcoin. You know I love it too, but Saylor over here, he really loves the stuff. Billions and billions worth of the stuff. What a guy.

Cathie Wood, what a lady, am I right? I mean I wouldn’t, but you know there’s a few guys that would. Not my type, but we love Cathie, what a lady, what a classy lady. So smart. So bright.

Russell Brand. I mean what can I say. This guy used to be mister Hollywood.  I guess we have that in common. Big stars. Big, big stars. A lotta women, am I right Russell? No, no but we love what he’s doing. What a guy.

Then there’s Edward. Mister Edward Snowden ladies and gentlemen. A lot of people don’t like Edward, can you believe that? But I gotta say, he showed us a lot of bad things that a lot of bad people were doing. You talk about draining the swamp. When I get elected, Snowden is gonna be secretary of the plumping. No seriously, this guy. What a guy.

(You can skip the conference now. You’re welcome.) https://i.nostr.build/0qsgj0Pexyjjvq1g.jpg


I want to see how effective "purple pilling" really is. I think it's not, but prove me wrong.

If you came to nostr because a specific person pitched it and "onboarded" you and you're still here 1 month later, prove me wrong and tag that person.


Snarfdoodle


https://i.nostr.build/Si8KlQb2wT4GKQY0.jpg
#memes #funny


if you see an ostrich, you’re nostr-brained https://image.nostr.build/30e91824a2c11508e59b421463abb790e90e318b2be427f114467323bd90b7fd.jpg


"The most common error of a smart engineer is to optimize a thing that should not exist."

- Elon Musk


https://i.nostr.build/P1oG6zR6TkFcgi7b.jpg
#memes #funny


I haven't been there yet, but it's on my bucket list. How about you?
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Get zapped.
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Your bank could already be insolvent. It’s not like they’d tell you.


Meetup dot com is nearly doubling their fees. A few Bitcoin meetup hosts from across the country are discussing what to do about it in a signal group. If interested, Signal message
@sandiego.21

Please repost for visibility.


"Fuck" is obscene but selling your children and grandchildren into slavery is apparently not obscene.


Personally i'm a half caff maximalist. All the flavor of coffee with the perfect dose of caffeine.


Wow, the resemblance


GM https://image.nostr.build/d0d4bef4f2e69700c64b1da3ca55d796cce29d1ce08fd2cd75baf1efd32147e1.jpg


There’s been some chatter about Signal desktop recently, so let’s clear the air. Three points:

1. The reported issues rely on an attacker already having *full access to your device* — either physically, through a malware compromise, or via a malicious application running on the same device. This is not something that Signal, or any other app, can fully protect against. Nor do we ever claim to.


This is surprisingly a really good strategy game.
I never thought tic-tac-toe could be interesting
https://github.com/Kirkezz/rttt
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.kirkezz.rttt


Wow, very cool


https://image.nostr.build/ca62043061e64a9567c70c8da77a434a6958c56a9a43f03b6d24594074c3cc3a.jpg  nostr:note1pr8agz62040ruw42xcgs4gdzurm3ly3l2k4fwrq8rpww45465nyq0wfq89


What happened to impervious.ai? Are they still in business?


In Russia, normalcy broke down in a series of steps.

First, people stopped being afraid to speak their minds.

Then, they stopped taking the authorities seriously.

Lastly, the authorities stopped taking each other seriously.

- Dmitry Orlov


2012
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There's a lotta commie millennials


Bitcoin | Asaf Fulks https://wavlake.com/track/46e75128-22e9-44fd-8ff2-fb3243b4288d


:keks:


My best friend advised me to talk more about a socially acceptable hobby and not just about privacy, bitcoin and freedom.

I think he is right 😅


:pointguy:


:funkycat:


#bitcoin #plebchain
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Oh i think i get it now. You're saying the celibate scientists are indeed still just trying to get laid.

So in that case you didn't move the goal posts.


The scale of the unfunded pension liabilities globally is almost incomprehensible. Hundreds of millions of people around the world expecting to retire comfortably will see their pensions worth pennies on the dollar or their currencies completely debased. https://image.nostr.build/21e54a608c833f3d20339a5bf8752ad5f2b9177b7fed0a783b59e672907a2456.jpg


most people don't donate their time and efforts for free, for extended periods of time. everything in this world has a cost. developers and infrastructure operators of nostr are no different here. zap the devs and congratulate them when they receive funding too. when they succeed, we succeed.


Do you know who you are? https://image.nostr.build/b33be875a42705a7b910805a0f112094c35bc9804d88c6829b4c6efb215599fe.jpg


I LOLed at this.

Anyway, goodnight. https://v.nostr.build/kZGmA.mp4


Plan in motion
 https://image.nostr.build/799de722a320f014cb5c0bfa358817c243382a9935c88f3af176887c3e03e832.jpg


My mom is interested in joining #nostr. I was going to set up her own node and relay but prefer not to go to the trouble until she's had a chance to get into it and see how she likes it. Is it possible to setup a basic primal account for her then later migrate her npub to her own lightning node? Or perhaps there's a better way I'm unaware of. Preciate the feedback!


How do you protect yourself from these people?
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"Asked if they would favor “rationing of gas, meat, and electricity” to fight climate change, 89 percent of Ivy Leaguers said yes, as against 28 percent of regular people. Asked if they would personally pay $500 more in taxes and higher costs to fight climate change, 75 percent of the Ivy Leaguers said yes, versus 25 percent of everyone else. “Teachers should decide what students are taught, as opposed to parents” was a statement with which 71 percent of the Ivy Leaguers agreed, nearly double the share of average citizens. “Does the U.S. provide too much individual freedom?” More than half of Ivy Leaguers said yes; just 15 percent of ordinary mortals did. The elite were roughly twice as fond as everyone else of members of Congress, journalists, union leaders, and lawyers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, 88 percent of the Ivy Leaguers said their personal finances were improving, as opposed to one in five of the general population."

https://www.thefp.com/p/were-all-soviets-now

#plebchain


:cheemssuperactivated:


One of the many reasons to avoid KYC unless you feel it’s necessary. nostr:note10qg0a5ge42l00dhne0njez54apwhlaf9ledf5qukaacl66fgk4wqv8lwem


X, Coinbase User Data Potentially Exposed As KYC Provider AU10TIX Left Admin Credentials Open for 18 Months

- The leak occurred in December 2022, and it is believed that malware accessed the admin account. The account details have been shared in Telegram hacker communities since March 2023.

- The exposed admin credentials provided access to a logging platform containing links to identity documents, including user names, dates of birth, nationalities, ID numbers, and images of uploaded documents.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/x-coinbase-user-data-potentially-exposed-as-kyc-provider-au10tix-left-admin-credentials-open-for-18-months/


My attitude;
https://video.nostr.build/64151fe7046c1b37efd9540ad6cb5dd1e391c62e8bc1c3275b2ea2a2ab2df358.mp4
🤣


:jacknod:


Seriously considering deleting ALL my centralized social media accounts and rebuilding everything on #nostr
 https://image.nostr.build/a1372d04828ea61a497313c1ef9d0e3c43c7b4d156a055bc7a652125c4742e17.jpg


Happy 4th!

Enjoy the fireworks tonight and remember https://image.nostr.build/1f5ef30e880da6a7c102cb15e5c64dff0feb6efa1c7cf4a279c2bcf436dfd76a.jpg


:handshake:


:jokerclap:


LIVE FREE. 🫡


What if some of us just like being pedantic? 🤙


No.

I'm saying you jumped from proximate cause to distal cause.

When the above commenter brought up scientists "who do science for the sake of science, not to impress anyone", you were like "oh i didn't mean they were doing it because they themselves were trying to get laid - i only said exactly that, but i didn't mean it."


“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.” - John Adams 1777

Happy Independence Day, everyone! 🇺🇸


"Every [technology/war/bridge/battle] was all in the hope that a beautiful woman would look at the man who accomplished the feat in this way. Precisely at the moment he entered her."

became

"Everything we do relates back to survival and evolutionary fitness in one way shape or form."

so yes, you absolutely moved the goal post like 100 miles


Such a HODL goalpost move


Could it be that someone is stop-loss hunting while all the based Americans are out having fun?


Today's a great day to declare your independence from custodians.


When I go to the grocery store, look at the top ramen, and say "no."


If #bitcoin is "opt out" money, when are you going to opt out?


:jjjlaugh:


Unburdened, then burdened, then unburdened, then burdened again


GM.

It is remarkably important to be friends and acquaintances with people who think very differently than you.


:leotoast:


GM https://image.nostr.build/d1a4d1d726e6bd70e38523e7ff3147311473ac364479e50e8ce79db881067eec.jpg


#Bitcoin crashed.
https://m.primal.net/JHlo.png


Americans are more likely to go to war with their own enemies than with someone else's enemies


Use RSS feed readers


For people that say they need twitter for daily news. Just stop

I mostly get weekly news from weekly money matters podcast with nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle and dollar bill at the beginning of the week
And finish off with RHR with nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy every week

nostr:npub1hxjnw53mhghumt590kgd3fmqme8jzwwflyxesmm50nnapmqdzu7swqagw3  during the week

Get off twitter

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😆😆😆
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THE REAL ENGAGEMENT IS THE FRIENDS WE MAKE ALONG THE WAY


The best hack for saving money is realizing you don't need to impress anyone.


That was what first drew me in also, even before Twitter became Xitter™ https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_cfcbe59769e8dc73aa7349c6a1e13844ea49ba3b38dd5fa1423789107d9152c7.jpeg


me after implementing multiaccount on notedeck

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Why are people so excited about staying in the matrix using matrix money?
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mood https://image.nostr.build/743c06386ab2e13554ce10fbee485e91abbed60a4fc43cb18b4c409196749496.jpg


Rugged
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:justright:


Everyone => communism
Anyone => voluntary

Get your terms right 😂


When you finally start to improve yourself you’re going to make the people around you deeply uncomfortable.

Because up to this point you’ve had an unspoken agreement to be losers together.

You start winning?

“Hey man that wasn’t part of our deal?”

You become a mirror.

A mirror that people don’t like looking in.

Because it reflects their choices back at them in opposition to yours.

You’re gonna have to go it alone.

None of those people from the past are coming with.

Not a single one.


:jokerclap:


it’s all theater.

walk out.


“We cannot have a society in which if two people wish to communicate the only way that can happen is if it’s financed by a third person who wishes to manipulate them”

Oh, but we can though. We absolutely can.

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:keks:


GM https://image.nostr.build/8d025403f61aef5a4858508422855f78641e7b41d84930a04c2d02bddff33136.jpg


Pardon the interruption, but UTXO's are on sale!

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:funkycat:


I also read YANAG back in the day. I often don't like or don't agree with Lanier's weird framings but i find them very valuable anyway.

Recently i heard this discussion. It was pretty good.

https://youtu.be/qbLSlzTp-Jc?si=I_FI9axiath24Ibs


#asknostr

My dad, my older twin, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Anyone traveled this road and have advice? He's 81 and otherwise healthy.

This did not just "suddenly" happen. I suspect it has been manifesting and now he's at a tippimg point.

Frens take care of yourself.


Damnit I’ve never had a twitter or Instagram so I’m never gonna have one of those pump up moments on nostr for deleting them.


Oh look. #Bitcoin price is making its way back up. I'm shocked.


Stupid. Should they not be offering you a discount to entice you to part with your bitcoin?
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:jacknod:


Steam has Half Life: Alyx on sale for $20.

4 years after its release, it remains the greatest virtual reality game of all time.

If you're a VR gamer, this is a must-have.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/546560/HalfLife_Alyx/


You dont like me pointing out that there is a node option that works way way better?


My Start9 is running smoothly


:cheemssuperactivated:


Do you know people that trust Facebook?
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I TELL ANY CONTRACTOR I PAY THAT I WILL ADD 20% IF THEY ACCEPT BITCOIN.

SIMPLE. WORKS.


:jjjlaugh:


:keks:


Hyperbitcoinization: After saving up for years, the plebs go out and buy a bunch of nice stuff and end up saving more money.


https://video.nostr.build/357cfb0c2f51821cb87dbae92257db2f18a2cff230caca8cb09393918107b21d.mp4  nostr:note1at0n6sqs3tzht9vum5m8c0l6r96zvjf5x2g9zcpj9zhw9s7nwk6q5f9u40


Suicidal


There are some big Telegram accounts claiming to be me. They are impersonators, so be careful.

While I do have a Telegram account, I only use it for very limited purposes in small groups, and have not posted from it in many months.

On my homepage sidebar, I link to the four active socials I use. Anyone claiming to be me from other than those four is likely an impersonator.
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GN https://image.nostr.build/e909e15b0f793dfb09219c504f55f6117f152223f58d22b1ed6affe28a3a42ac.jpg


My made this with spray paint.

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#artstr


A shocking number of people email me and ask about bitcoin price predictions over the next 3-9 months or so.

They’re generally along the lines of, “Okay, but what do you think the odds are that we have a big recession, get a liquify shock, and bitcoin retests $30k? I read this article by [insert macro permabear] and he said that…”

I’m going to start replying with nothing but my pictures of beaches or something. Very few people build wealth by trying to catch every twist and turn of the market. Focus on long-term trends. https://image.nostr.build/f6e7b51bb4c552e9c405ccdee42dd792e214f42a22184d18479e8b1c9b1a8dc7.jpg


Good question!
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we can build it. we have the technology https://image.nostr.build/7353cee4a84110b66a22cb5a1b5a215b8e74cebe839e201baebf7c888af586f2.jpg


Guys, calm down. Seriously. https://image.nostr.build/1778c52832bfb965769a5b42095ff9dcafa9c2a4625075adba44083a9a1ecf6a.jpg
#bitcoin #plebchain


Damn. I just realized I have over a hundred articles on nostr

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Ehhhh... a few rubes maybe


:funkycat:


Chevron Deference is dead. The Administrative State just took a massive blow. So incredibly bullish right now.


I like both candidates but I think we need somebody older


FYI this is "life expectancy at birth." The older you get, all other things held equal, your expected total life span gets longer because "life expectancy at birth" includes the probability that you will die at age 1, at age 2, at age 3, etc. A 50 year old person has a total life span expectancy of around like 80 or so. (There are calculators online that factor in age, smoking, weight, etc.)


lol Mutiny Wallet. "Nice." 😂🤙
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To sum it up: https://i.nostr.build/zdjvZ.jpg


:keks:


:justright:


TL;DR Over 3,000 words to explain why we focus on bitcoin only.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqadlydf3460e333fjkaqwxg7fz82636ew5m36c7hml2xhhsml2y4qqgkgmmwwskhgun4wd6z6an9wf5kv7ge7eaws

Don't Trust, Verify
A few months ago, I  watched the Madoff documentary on Netflix. According to the documentary Madoff was a respected, founder of the NASDAQ stock exchange, and ran the biggest Ponzi Scheme in history. He also happened to be of Jewish descent. (This is an important detail to the story, no anti-semitism intended). Because of his ancestry, Madoff befriended prominent rich people within the Jewish community. He leveraged his religion, culture, and esteem to his advantage. Steven Spielberg and Elize Wiezel were among his victims.

Spielberg is one of the most famous directors, but Wiesel was best known for his memoir, Night, a book about his experience at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He told the story of waving goodbye to his mother and sister as they stood in line for the oven. Oprah interviewed him. Bernie Madoff made promises. He promised to invest his client's money. I would bet his victims spoke highly of capability given his high returns. He was Jewish too.  Most people tend to like other people who share the same cultural values as they do. This is not unique to Jewish culture, it's a hypothesis of every culture.  Who could understand the investment needs of Jewish people better than someone who observed Chanukah and understood the struggles Jewish people had to suffer? In other words, some smart people found Bernie Madoff easy to trust because his cultural heritage matched their cultural heritage. There was just one problem. All cultures include a certain percentage of untrustworthy people like a bug in computer software.

Bernie Madoff was a crook and although he did not cause the Great Financial Crisis, he became the poster boy. When things go bad, good people look for a scapegoat. Bernie did not make his money off of these plants but stole some of the money from a Holocaust survivor. I'm not saying drugs are good, but Bernie Madoff deserves the hottest room in hell.

He didn't have anything to do with the collapse of Lehman Brothers though. He didn't cause the bank runs. He didn't buy or sell Mortgage-backed securities and derivatives. Almost nobody went to prison during the great financial crisis. Most people involved got a bailout of almost one trillion dollars. Bernie, founder of the GOAT Ponzi died in prison.

The Anatomy of A Ponzi
The word Ponzi comes from the con-man, Charles Ponzi who is credited with inventing the scheme. It works like this. The scammer tells Paul, "I've been getting 21% returns in the stock market. Do you want in on this?"

Paul thinks..."That sounds too good to be true, but I know Charles. He's a good guy. He also belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster just like me! 👍"

”Sure. Here's $100,000. TO THE MOONBEAM!"

Charles takes the $100,000. That's it. He doesn't invest it.

"Yo Peter! I got this hot investment tip. I've made 21% for 5 years.  It uses 'blockchain technology.’ You know what that means?

"TO THE MOONBEAM! Here's a check for $200,000,” Peter says.

Charles doesn't invest Peter's money either. He calls Paul instead. "You're not gonna believe this. Video games on a blockchain already went to the moonbeam. I can give you $125,000 or you can let it ride."

"Doood...That's awesome. I'll take my chips off the table," Peter says.

Charles pays Peter $125,000. He made $75,000 off this scam.  What if Peter wants his money back? No problem.
Mary just called. "Hey! I ran into Paul at the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. He tells me you made his money Moonbeam. I have $400,000, my life's savings. Can you make it moonbeam?"

"Of course. TO THE MOONBEAM!"

Video games on a blockchain are an obvious scam-coin Ponzi scheme. Ponzi schemes come in many shapes and sizes, but you've heard this story before --Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Ponzi schemes are another way to describe something we've been over before -The double spending problem. That's all a Ponzi scheme is. Peter gives Charles money. He spends this money on Paul and keeps some for himself. Meanwhile, Peter thinks Charles  did not spend his money and still believes that money is still there for him to spend in the future. We have an idiom in the United States. "You can't have your cake and eat it too." If you eat the cake, it ceases to exist. Therefore, you no longer have it once it is consumed. Paul gave Charles his piece of cake with the expectation of eating 1.21 cakes in the future. Charles already ate Paul's cake though, so he had to give Paul Peter's cake.

The same is true of money. You can't have your money and spend it too. You also can't have your money if Charles spends your money unless Charles robs Peter to pay Paul. Then, Peter can't have his money unless Charles also robs Mary. When there's no money left to rob the entire system falls apart.
Fractional Reserve Banking Is A Ponzi Scheme and bitcoin fixes this.

"A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution." -- Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin: A Peer To Peer Electronic Cash System

"I've developed a new open-source P2P e-cash system called Bitcoin. It's completely decentralized, with no central server or trusted parties, because everything is based on crypto proof instead of trust. Give it a try, or take a look at the screenshots and design paper:
Download Bitcoin v0.1 at http://www.bitcoin.org
The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust. Banks must be trusted to hold our money and transfer it electronically, but they lend it out in waves of credit bubbles with barely a fraction in reserve. We have to trust them with our privacy, and trust them not to let identity thieves drain our accounts. Their massive overhead costs make micropayments impossible."
--Satoshi Nakamoto, February 11, 2009 P2P Foundation post

"Hey, Paul. Are you interested in a blockchain? Look at my charts. To the moo.."

"Nah, man. I got this new thing. Here's how it works. First, I write down 12 words. Then, I tell you to go fuck yourself."

Now Paul holds his own keys. His money becomes valuable by doing nothing. Nobody can guarantee this, but those who accept the quantity theory of money expect bitcoin to get this as long as more people adopt it. Almost every other asset on the planet requires permission to own and must be held by a trusted third party. Your stocks can be confiscated. Most people need permission from a bank to buy a home. They don't print money for everyone. Many people may never qualify for a mortgage, but the value of their savings will degrade faster than house paint. We will learn later that all other cryptocurrencies suffer this same fate.

This money goes down because the government is incentivized to print money, but they can't print steer. Therefore, more dollars chase more ground beef. Ground beef, as well as everything else, goes up in price when compared to dollars. This is why Dollar Tree no longer sells anything for less than $1.25 and many items cost much more. This is also why so many people young people saving in dollars will find it so difficult to buy a mortgage now.

Paul saved fiat to put a down payment on a house for five years. Then the pandemic happened. Peter stayed home. Paul stayed home. The government gives Paul $1,200 and a cushy unemployment check. They also cut a $1,200 check to Peter plus an additional $80,000 "loan." When the loan is forgiven, Peter buys a second home and rents it for 40% more than he could have gotten before the pandemic because the house is worth 40% more.  When Paul begins working again. He had $20,000 saved for a down payment, but can no longer compete with $80,000 down payment Peter has. He is priced out of the market and has student loans to pay.

People blame capitalism, but this is not capitalism. This is the Cantillon effect under a socialist monetary system. Adam Smith wrote about capitalism in 1776 in The Wealth of Nations. He described it as an invisible hand. The baker, the brewer, and the butcher all work to make life better for themselves. The baker sells his bread to the butcher, the brewer sells beer to the baker and they all prosper based on their proof of work. The free market is the invisible hand. The modern financial system is something else, not capitalism as Adam Smith described. There is no more "invisible hand." There is a hand that picks winners and losers and everyone can see it like a trick a bad magician attempts.

The point is, that you cannot trust the government. You can verify every sat you own with a $400 computer and about ten minutes of competition. You cannot verify the amount of Social Security you will receive or what age they will give it to you. (if at all) Say you make $40,000 a year. This means about $100 of your paycheck goes to social security. If the government bought bitcoin with that money for nine years, you would have $1,656,380 for your retirement at the time of this writing.

If you retire at 65 and expect to live to 100, you could spend 47,325.14 every year for the rest of your life. Of course, this assumes bitcoin ceases to go up in price. That is capitalism. That is capital. Social Security is socialism. What other context do you think the word "social" means?
Bitcoin is real capitalism. The economic regimes of the world are not capitalism. They are a Frankenstien-esque amalgamation of socialism, capitalism, communism, and fascism. Natalie Smolenski says this new economic system is being called a controlled economy by modern French economists. This is the best definition I've heard, [dirigisme(]https://www.britannica.com/money/dirigisme) h/t Natalie Smolenski

### Bitcoin Is Hope

That's why Bitcoin is hope. This is not the glittering generality you might see on a presidential campaign poster. My mom remembers buying mayonnaise for a nickel. In End The Fed, Ron Paul says he "learned the value of a penny," as a kid. A few weeks ago, while in my office, my 14-year-old son screamed, "Dad! Get down here!”

I thought he was bleeding. "Wh...Wha..What happened?!!!"

”These cheese and pretzels used to have 6 pretzels and now they have 5! It's shrinkflation!"

Before the pandemic, 6 pretzels and a gob of cheese product cost $1.00. Now 5 pretzels and a smaller gob of cheese product cost $1.99. When teenagers notice inflation like your grandparents, there's a problem. Another way to put it is there is a double spending problem. Do you see it?

That is the hope of Bitcoin. We hope the technology that solved the double spending problem fixes this. If it does, Peter can hold his own money. He doesn't need to keep it in a savings account that pays 0.01% interest. He doesn't need to hand it over to an investment banker, a corporation that buys all the houses, or the next Bernie Madoff.

He just needs to hold Bitcoin himself. Bitcoin will do what it is programmed to do. He runs a node. He stamps steel. He learns how to use passphrases and multi-signature. He stacks sats.

#### What If Bitcoin Is The MySpace of Money?
I never heard FTX until about 2016 blocks before the collapse. I heard SBF paid politicians like a Wiseguy, had nerd orgies, paid for commercials with Tom Brady on the Superbowl, and gambled customer bitcoin away. Bitcoin had a88n immaculate conception. It wasn't worth anything for two years.
I haven't watched the Super Bowl in over a decade. I don't know why people scream when someone scores a touchdown. I know American Football players are notoriously bad with money. I have no idea why anybody would take investment advice from someone who spends as much time learning about football as I have spent learning about Bitcoin.

I suspect it's an old-fashioned affinity scam. Tom Brady plays for "my team," whatever that means. He's a winner and I want to be on team winner. He's betting on FTX so I'm betting on FTX. People trust Tom Brady like they trusted Bernie Madoff. Humans are hard-wired to trust people who have a lot of money, claim to believe the same religious stories or wear a nice suit. We have a motto to protect us from this tendency.

**Don't trust, verify**

Ronald Regan once said, "Trust, but verify." Bitcoiners modified this to highlight the fact that Bitcoin is math and can be verified the same way a high school freshman verifies algebra. It's all math on a computer network. Therefore, if you run your own full node, you can verify you retain control of every sat you owe.

* The centralized fiat debt system has:
* Bank bailouts
* National debt
* Unfunded liabilities
* Inflation
* Multi-trillion budgets
* Stimulus checks
* PPP loan forgiveness
* Soverign wealth confiscation

In the United States, we pay a 6% Social Security tax. Your employer pays another 6%. Therefore 12% of the cost of your salary goes to Social Security. Will that money be there when it's time for you to retire? Nobody knows, but will you be able to buy a bag of groceries with those checks? We don't know, but we need to trust them.

##### There Is No Next Bitcoin

"Absolute mathematical scarcity achieved by consensus in a sufficiently decentralized distributed network was a discovery rather than an invention. IT CAN NOT BE ACHIEVED AGAIN since the very thing discovered was resistance to replicability itself"]
(https://x.com/knutsvanholm/status/1321312150137278464)
--Knut Svanholm. Independence Reimagined.

This book is titled after the first sentence of the bitcoin white paper. Now it's time to peruse the second sentence. **"Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to prevent double-spending."**  Digital signatures are cryptography. Cryptography is math. Cryptography is useful. Nostr is an example of a digital signature. It uses the same cryptography bitcoin uses to sign transactions, but the similarity stops there. In other words, signing a nostr note and signing a bitcoin transaction share one attribute: The same type of digital signature.

A Bitcoin key is not much different from a nostr key. When we posted a note on nostr, we were digitally signing that note with our private key and broadcasting it. We will also do this with bitcoin transactions, but we broadcast these transactions to the peer-to-peer bitcoin network instead of a relay. According to Satoshi, digital signatures are not the only thing required for a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. Cryptography is only **part of the solution**, not the end all be all like many crypto pump and dump bros would lead you to beleive.

Digital signatures have utility. They are great for PGP, holepunch, bittorrent, nostr, and secure websites. I hate to admit it, but **even banks use cryptography**. The three digits on the back of your credit. card are also a private key, but the problem is, you need to give this private key to every merchant. Cryptography is useful. The cypherpunks thought it could be used to achieve freedom. I tend to agree. Credit cards leave metadata. If you attend a protest, leave American Express at home. If you don't want to see ads for things you just bought on your social media feed, use cash. We live in a world where banks levy billions of dollars in penalties and sell your information to the highest bidder so you spend more money. **Bitcoin fixes this**.

Although cryptography has utility, this does not mean there will ever be the "next bitcoin." Don't fall into the trap, like so many shitcoiners, of thinking Bitcoin is the MySpace of crypto. Bitcoin is a protocol. It is the https:// of https://www.myspace.com and https://www.facebook.com. **Maybe MySpace died, but it didn't kill https**. Maybe Congress can ban TikTok, but it would be difficult to ban https. If you did, you wouldn't be able to pay your credit cards.

**Bitcoin is the only viable alternative to central banking**. There is no bitcoin alternative. There is no "next bitcoin." As Knut Svanholm says, it's our one shot. There are some digital signatures that are useful, but there is no way to re-discover absolute mathematical scarcity. [Dogecoin is dumb](nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqadlydf3460e333fjkaqwxg7fz82636ew5m36c7hml2xhhsml2y4qqxnzd3cxqunvv3cxvurxwp42mnegp), but it is the only top ten coin listed on coinmarket cap that uses proof-of-work other than bitcoin.
![bitcoin vs. bullshit](https://i.nostr.build/VwkVJ.png)

**All the other coins in the top ten use proof of stake.** That means someone can change the rules. Therefore, proof-of-stake coins have rulers. Bitcoin, as Andreas Antonopolis says, is "rules without rulers." No one person can change the rules of bitcoin. It takes about a 95% majority to change the rules, and it will not happen without a damn good reason.

Therefore, none of the other coins or tokens are a viable alternative to central banks and Ponzi schemes. But...what about Shibu Inu, NFTs, xrp or...?  Don't be a dolt. Anyone who says you should invest in or save any cryptocurrency other than bitcoin is *confused* or *lying*. What if someone with 700k twitter followers says you should buy an NFT? It's a scam! **Do not trust someone because they have a lot of followers.** Verify.

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**Bitcoin Has No Interest**
Most people care more about the dollars they can put in their Financial Institutions than purely peer-to-peer electronic cash systems. Some companies take advantage of this tendency by giving fiat loans to people to give them control of their bitcoin. Some of these are legitimate businesses, but you should avoid lending your bitcoin unless you know how to assess risk.

Every bitcoin loan involves risk of loss. You can mitigate this risk by never loaning your bitcoin. Bitcoin has no interest. It goes upnon value relative to dollars that go up in circulation. They print more and more fiat. Bitcoin prints less and less sats. There is no such thing as a free bitcoin. Earning yield requires gambling and cetralized exchanges are full of gambling disasters. **BlockFi bought ad space on the most popular bitcoin podcasts**. People trusted Blockfi because they trusted the podcasters. BlockFi rehypothicated, in other words, traded customer bitcoin to make more fiat to buy more bitcoin. The trouble is, they lost the bitcoin. The same thing happened with SBF.  People trusted SBF because he looked autistic and said he followed Will Macasskill's philosophy of [effective alturism](https://www.effectivealtruism.org/). Not all affinity scams are religious in nature. SBF used the same playbook as Madoff, using his beliefs to gain trust of wealthy people. These people must have never read the bitcoin white paper.

”A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but the main benefits are lost if a trusted third party is still required to prevent double-spending. We propose a solution to the double-spending problem using a peer-to-peer network.”

Bitcoin solves the double spending problem. Russia thought the money it kept in a Belgian bank would be there for Russia to spend. Russia thought this money would be spent by Russia in the future. This money was spent on the Ukraine instead. Your opinion of Russia or Ukraine does not change this fact, but **it is easier to achieve peace when everyone plays by a set of rules that cannot be changed without the agreement of everyone involved**. That's what makes bitcoin such an important discovery.


It had a good run https://i.nostr.build/oM5Qv.jpg


:jacknod:


Target is pumping out bullish vibes https://i.nostr.build/WGaDk.jpg


Q: I have 10 guns. If the government seizes 10 guns from me, how many do I have left?

A: 20 guns, because I lied to the bastards!


And https://wikifreedia.vercel.app/


That's why i'm gonna watch 🍿


British accent jokes will never not be funny 😂

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EVERY BLUE CHECK BITCOINER WILL USE NOSTR EVENTUALLY.

UNTIL THEN LETS ENJOY THEIR ABSENCE.


OC Bitcoin Network is having  a Bitcoiner Breakfast Bowl Bonanza!
Be brave by bare brass bullocks believing brawn barriers burning bordeom by bribery of breakfasts!

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Beautiful blather, Broseph


BREAKING: TikTok floating head over Wallmart reorder button from 2022.

https://m.primal.net/IzmD.mp4


What the internet has become:
We need to change that.
#Nostr
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:balenod:


Who is "they"?


:keks:


Just look at that face you're making in the picture. That dude's gotta go.


Made a bet today with a skeptic that Nostr will have more than 1M weekly active users by Jan 31, 2026

We are at ~35k today

That’s about 18 months from now

LFG 🚀


Yes -- thanks!
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For exposing these US government massacres against civilians Julian Assange was put in jail.

The state and the bankers are the devil himself, don't forget that.

https://m.primal.net/IydM.mp4


:popcorn:


The movie will try and make you think Doomberg did it. He's the red herring.


MNDBLS!


:jacknod:


Don't needlessly make yourself a target 😬
https://image.nostr.build/e98ef7e61321c1238caf66033fe27a7836f442c4074b96a46c991111fe82979f.jpg


Used to be a decentralized cypherpunk communication protocol.

Used to be.


https://i.nostr.build/aQWXB.jpg
#memes #funny


:leotoast:


https://i.nostr.build/AaAeR.jpg
#memes #funny


https://i.nostr.build/WG2L3.jpg
#memes #funny


GN https://image.nostr.build/b90abe8bf29e227490ada0afeb0a0fb145f1570121bed8147b0b406db7d2eff1.jpg


#bitcoin #plebchain #assange #freeassange
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lol, #LockBit released the 33 TB of hacked Federal Reserve data today and now their infrastructure is kneeling under the heavy load from everyone trying to download it


I'd also like to know what's the best Assange book.
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A TRULY GOOD MORNING.

STOP ASKING WHAT JULIAN WILL DO NEXT. HE HAS DONE MORE FOR FREEDOM THAN MOST OF US WILL EVER ACCOMPLISH.

NOW WE MUST MAKE HIM PROUD AND PUSH THE MOVEMENT FORWARD OURSELVES. 🫡


Many such cases


"Julian’s travel to freedom comes at a massive cost: Julian will owe USD 520,000 which he is obligated to pay back to the Australian government for charter Flight VJ199. He was not permitted to fly commercial airlines or routes to Saipan and onward to Australia. Any contribution big or small is much appreciated."

What the actual fuck? There is no way in hell that anyone else other than the US or AUS government should pay for this. The man is tortured for 12 years in an embassy and in a high security prison and then you ask him to pay for the jet he needs to take to get to the final court hearing or whatever it's called? The nerves on these motherfuckers..

https://blossom.oxtr.dev/18b47ea5c8bb0cd74736397dd5bd52829b52712aed1428dd788f0268491d013d.png


:keks:


:cheemssuperactivated:


Calle speking facts here. They exploited him to the fullest. Fuck you🖕 nostr:note1wk7sgv3lwnuvzt6vvlrmgtpqnsj383ljtqkt576svgpmy5u7slfshumx06


😂 nostr:note1k9a8g074zz5hwyt6v48a60aldvph7vnszkmvccme6rqhljhav8zqewg4hw


If you buy the dip, don't forget to secure it too  🫡


:confusedgirl:


:justright:


Is that amazing or what?
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:handshake:


:balenod:


The $69,420ing will continue until HODLing improves


Bitcoin is the best alarm system in markets today. This price dump is probably less about Mt. Gox coins being sold and more about some liquidity crisis on the horizon that is metastasizing behind the scenes.


Crazy


https://i.nostr.build/BRnJw.jpg
#memes #funny


Keep in mind that there are a lot of scammers on Nostr, just like any social media.

All of the Lyn Alden impersonators with links to “trading signals” and stuff are scams.


Biden Admin Asked Amazon To Hide Vaccine-Critical Books During Pandemic
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/biden-admin-asked-amazon-hide-vaccine-critical-books-during-pandemic


https://image.nostr.build/ff85d62db5761f9831baf2796f9148f6229165afd13a377c3a53342a8630d09a.jpg
 https://video.nostr.build/516b7064abd39a074acbe41aa58d5a00cbbd12b139029b9d87b171ea63abbd6a.mp4


Can believe I've only just discovered nostr:npub14kw5ygpl6fyqagh9cnrytyaqyacg46lzkq42vz7hk8txdk49kzxs04j7y0

Also H/T nostr:npub1cn670f663n3ks02jnnlsvd5y88zjnefy8343ykaxs7y3nzzketrsrjwt8a and nostr:npub1864jglrrhv6alguwql9pqtmd5296nww5dpcewapmmcazk8vq4mks0tt2tq

https://fountain.fm/episode/oslbbuXMarsX7HYbLo0t


👀
https://image.nostr.build/81bd76e3647adb7afd26cd7985f9ebc5d8a8cf4419236fd59bff4c745639bdce.jpg


The best software has websites like this http://www.w1hkj.com


I tell them about my startup, Avi A' tho


:pointguy:


This is what I did today: nostr:nevent1qqsd8sk7h2kagpvynshlj9t6vsug0rf73a5kl5a284wfhl39d8s0mdcprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuam9wd6x2unwvf6xxtnrdaksp2zsfu


:keks:


Show greater interest in your family holding Bitcoin, and less about what billionaires are doing.


The state has become omnipresent, this is a much more serious battle than you think, it's not just about Bitcoin, freedom is at stake.


#Amethyst v0.88.4: New Reactions Panel

This is a small release to gather user feedback on the new reaction panel. Are the icons too big? Too small? Just right?

Download via [Obtainium](http://amethyst.social) or [Zap.Store](https://zap.store/)


:jacknod:


6 months ago, on my birthday, we got the news that my wife had cancer.
I made a choice then, to believe that in spite of how things appeared, that there were deep and valuable gifts to be found in what we would walk through next.
What happened over the next 6 months was a deepening of our marriage and love for each other that is hard to express. We also experienced the tangible presence of God showing up at every significant medical event, and miraculous provision to pay for them.
My wife also had some deep realizations about how she wanted to live differently.
Both of us did.

My wife returned to work today, cancer free. Tomorrow is her birthday.


#cbdc sounds like a lot of fun!! 🤩
#centralbankdigitalcurrency
👁 📸 👮

Study #bitcoin
via #einundzwanzig 🧡 https://video.nostr.build/f029aa3b3395ccb85e53752c2eff0802fe5841461c89d645db8f6c405c18341f.mp4


What’s up amigos. Does anyone have a #getalby invite code they are able to share?


:funkycat:


Marty probably started doing it because Joe Rogan's show used to start "hello freak bitches"


Vitor is one of the reasons that Nostr is usable today. He consistently iterates and brings novel ideas to the space.

For #Zappy21st I'd like to blast him with zaps. Tap on his v0.880 release note and show him some love.

nostr:note19g6vhtwsxgfvs93wrlufdwsjvsvzzzy29mydteqd2j4gpsz3pqqqglll7p


https://i.nostr.build/EnLll.jpg
#memes #funny


:balenod:


Hi y'all !

Long time lurker, first time poster, I am very pleased to finally annonce Satonomics (https://satonomics.xyz) ! 🎉

Which I've been building full-time since November 2023 and started looong before

In short: FOSS Glassnode (https://glassnode.com)

In long:

Satonomics is an open-source suite of tools that computes, distributes, and displays on-chain data, making it freely available for anyone to use.

While mempool.space gives a very micro view of the network this tool is the exact opposite and very complimentary by giving you a more global/macro view of the flow and various dynamics of the network.

It doesn't matter who you are and what you want to do with the data, I strongly believe and it is very important that anyone should have a full and free access, be able to verify and visualize any kind of data from the network. And so you'll find many many charts (and soon dashboards), or routes through an API (if you prefer it raw) to do anything; from doing a health-check, gain insight into the current or past state of the network or even trading, I don't care, do what you want !

I realize it's not as exciting as ecash and nostr/bitcoin tools but it is something that needed to be done. We can't have fiat-minded 700$/m closed tools like Glassnode being the go to.

Warning: very early and very alpha, things might break and the data might be false (and I'm 100% positive that some datasets are)

Anyway, enjoy and let's keep building ! 🔨


:handshake:


Can we get an AI to generate a video of this?
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GM https://image.nostr.build/ab1d96a6c98d953908e22628f7f4d510ec2e88490a68f4aa5db2a341c2fe8590.jpg


#asknostr If you are using smaller relays, we’d love to know:
- how did you discover them?
- are they with people you know IRL, topical, local or something else
- what do you like about using a smaller relay?
- what if anything would you change or improve about using a smaller relay?


seed phrases vs. passwords

a classic i still send to friends
https://image.nostr.build/9320d457432613ffa579f677a54ce9050f46e24554af55e14aeb9cd85855ff93.jpg


Why not tip in cash?
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https://i.nostr.build/AaAxL.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/nWMrd.jpg
#memes #funny


I vote we vote on voting tomorrow


:keks:


OMG i can't believe people would vote for a guy without a nose. We must stop them by voting for the other guy


So are we raging against the existence of ecash over here? Or is there actually a measured appreciation?


Mostly positive over here


The rise of far-wrong extremism is worrisome


Does Mutiny Wallrt have an API? #asknostr


:jacknod:


You should see my surprised face right now, it's super surprised
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I feel like Nostr doesn’t have enough cat pictures yet. That’s how the internet won after all; it reached a critical mass of cat pictures and thus people couldn’t resist. Or something like that.

My friend took in three rescue kittens off the street several months ago, who are now around seven months old, so we went over and played with them yesterday. https://image.nostr.build/397c1d31d16fc9d6d658b43d0baa8b945ff632b3e1496164fd9cb5de9f8191d1.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0af270e5661cba774044f179b2f2da8a29292241c80dfd1c55eab457e349d80f.jpg


They always invent new words for it. https://image.nostr.build/281e7baef6744234427ae301fec636cf2f7123484e9a133df695ff060db7ab46.jpg


:cheemssuperactivated:


https://i.nostr.build/5GL6y.jpg
#memes #funny


Ladies, the current economy makes it hard for a family to survive on a single income, so go ahead and make sure your husband has 2 jobs.

Follow for more financial tips.


:jjjlaugh:


HODL just posted all of his seed phrases. Dude's gonna get so rekt.
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:dogedance:


Not even a whole trilly.


It was saying something else. The idea was that DIDs do not use numbers, they use words, and it causes all kinds of serious problems. The author said that having kinds as numbers was a great strength of nostr.

I went looking for the post and i could not find it. I'm not sure whether it was vitor or someone else.


Every time you think that these huge centralized platforms have too much power, remember that almost none of them provie direct services anymore.
Facebook doesn't create its posts
Uber doesn't drive its customers around
Airbnb doesn't wash the linens in your rental
Youtube doesn't film their video library

All of these platforms only have the power of the content and engagement that WE give them. Without us, they are worthless.

Never forget that the simple act of leaving and taking our creations, media, engagement, and our value somewhere else, will turn them into nothing overnight.

This is why decentralization is the only path forward. There is no alternative.


Recommeded reading:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
Also read by the one and only nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev
nostr:nevent1qqstspx5peyyzn5fjlme3u7v4dqzsghu287k4p7w4cct08h08ht6lqcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qqqqqqqyz0la2jjl752yv8h7wgs3v098mh9nztd4nr6gynaef6uqqxpqqqqqqzznt2ah


nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z Had a post about this, i think.


:leotoast:


What cashless really means:
https://m.primal.net/IoxK.png


:keks:


#Beerstr

The marketing got me. Solid brew though. https://image.nostr.build/e708a19495e11df9fe4630c4a751438553a3561391b5f5bf281055e27f392d08.jpg


Imagine if everyone was as frugal and careful with sharing their opinion as they are their bitcoin.


Mega Hollywood producer to me last night:

Of course I voted for Garcetti, Newsom and Biden; I'm a Democrat.   But something must be done because LA is a shit hole and PR has gotten too expensive because of all the 'Cryptos'.".

Typical.  People vote for what they don't want to pay for and then complain about getting what they voted for and having to pay for it.

I vote No.


Well look who's on Nostr! 👋


2026: the house sells for $26 million


https://i.nostr.build/vGJK7.jpg
#memes #funny


And if we want, we can totally have a Dudes Only Club.

We could call it Brostr


:jjjlaugh:


:jacknod:


:dogedance:


GM https://image.nostr.build/083d6e2235056e3e4ccc10a62cb726342b9a7719674d107b7cf978e808e8c748.jpg


A rare, physical NFT from back in the day...
#Minnaar #bitcoin #art
https://image.nostr.build/6cd1662256dc0d190b7f48408e3f7770c8e6b1b4ce4fc4ed69dba39be2b403c2.jpg


Is there a tool that makes it easy to pull your kind 0 events from every known relay to figure out which ones are serving out-of-date profile data?


What else can you say?
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This will be in the audio podcast feed, right?


Happy Father's Day!

Enjoy this dad joke from Craig Wright:
https://image.nostr.build/08836b4b4793b85d00130c973edfe65762de6dddf592efdcd9e62717c2851370.jpg


:funkycat:


https://cdn.satellite.earth/0475922ffeedc92c6415fe3feb985841d0a9eb932f0fdba2b0314d13c09e87f2.jpg
#meme #memes


artist
https://video.nostr.build/3fa5fd98453eaf30485113ee933e31660d537df2fb4f49ed759795ce0fd0bad8.mp4


Hit me up, fren


I scared the grill. https://image.nostr.build/97705a3a3c24728b3538e69fe6ea992288d5e138a5e557f0240cce390acda95b.jpg


Alright AxiomsofLiberty  is back up on ALL  podcast platforms. Sorry it took me so long to notice and get it back up and running for you fountain.fm users and other open source platforms. It was quite the pain on my end to reign it in from spotifys shenanigans.


Have a great weekend Nostr!
https://i.nostr.build/WGWLY.jpg
#memes #funny


My single 'Bitcoin' is now live on decentralized music sharing platform Wavlake!

Yo check it out… Here is the release of our new single BITCOIN 🎵🤑🎶

Experience an electrifying fusion of Hip Hop and Rock N Roll in this groundbreaking single ‘Bitcoin’.

Fatell, Asaf Fulks and Momma K address the financial revolution sweeping the free world, which confronts the entrenched power of traditional banking systems and government manipulation of currency. This hard-hitting anthem will motivate you to reconsider the safety of your funds in banks and to bank on Bitcoin.

The US is facing a staggering debt crisis, with debt totaling $35 trillion. Despite this, there’s a disconnect between the seriousness of the crisis and public perception, with little action being taken to address the growing deficit. With fiscal trends worsening, the US is on a collision course with a fiscal collapse, and the only uncertainty is when it will happen 💵

#produced #recorded #mixed #mastered by Asaf David Fulks at The OC Recording Company

https://wavlake.com/album/bbcd4b27-8e7a-4d12-9ee2-14a5f5690bc7


:cheemssuperactivated:


F**k around and find love


Is there a site our profile posting about recent Nostr developments and apps?


:jacknod:


Modusb.com/nym


Normalize anons. Reboot your identity. Delete your accounts. Start from scratch. You'll find your friends again, don't worry about that. The freedom and the privacy you'll gain is with everyone else.


Is Liquid not custodial?
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Land of the Free*

Footnotes:
*This is false.


:kermittea:


Who remembers social bookmarking such as del.icio.us? It was killed by Yahoo years ago, and currently I am using raindrop.io which is not that social. I hope to see a Nostr social bookmark some day soon. #wish #asknostr #social #bookmark https://image.nostr.build/28b445a4b97525fce68de558c3c4f66ec5f4b568195e1f704ece912e1951d038.jpg


:keks:


the life of me and nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424
https://image.nostr.build/7273a59a65e3ebc028a52433c7f42e73173ce795fc3738b7d5937ab7d7e71adc.jpg


Someone's got to take custody of your bitcoin. Why not you?


:dogedance:


Do you really "own" a home? How easy is it to pick up and take with you if the locals become hostile?
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Why do I question everything?


https://i.nostr.build/O4ayo.jpg
#memes #funny


https://i.nostr.build/M5ad4.jpg
#memes #funny


:balenod:


But can he zap?


I hope Trump loves bitcoin a little longer than he loved Stormy Daniels.


What is "the constitution?"
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What will they do when bitcoin is on fire?
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I always knew deletes were not very well supported, but trying to go through the efforts and realizing that it barely functions at all makes me not want to post at all here anymore.

Something about going through the efforts and being powerless with relays that ignore your delete requests.

I'll be significantly lowering my social media usage from here on out. Don't DM or message me here if you expect a response. Peace ✌

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I feel this


:cheemssuperactivated:


Is there such a thing as a "Store of Value," or is it simply just an inaccurate way to describe something that is broadly valued?


I provide something of value in exchange for gold, i hold the gold for 20 years, and afterward i can still get something of value for it.

So yes, there is such a thing as "Store of value."


:pointguy:


:leotoast:


These are fun and can only be obtained on the secondary market or by trading with me in person. Each is a unique and original doodle.
https://image.nostr.build/03426b18fafc355aad5a4ddbc4fb56aa5f9e8ffa50bbbdee326baebad0539500.jpg
#Minnaar
#bitcoin
#art


🤣 I don’t remember who made this one but it’s one of my favorites
https://cdn.satellite.earth/81b7662b772fffb1d6ec74b3cdb9ea8ebfde3cbb11c169a3bed531a9dd122bed.mp4


So fucking bullshit


For influencers, they profit by complaining. They don’t want a real solution because then their midwit audience revenue would dry up. Tons of big names are susceptible to it. Brand, Rogan, Greenwald, Tucker, JBP, Weinsteins, on and on. Instead it’s all about “rebuilding institutions”.

For general public, they also don’t want a real solution because of extreme nihilism. Hope is vulnerability. Easier to be paranoid schizophrenic.


stevenminnaar.com/a-way-to-be-free


:keks:


This article helped me refine my views on these things, and also contains a pretty solid prediction about the coming decentralisation of the US.

https://www.anarchonomicon.com/p/after-the-state-the-coming-of-neo


I don't ever find the idea that "we need government" compelling. What i always get stuck on is that warlords can gain from enslaving/taxing people, and the only thing that has ever stopped them is either 1) other warlords, 2) unusual technological situations where rag-tag defensive groups have a temporary advantage, or 3) areas where the targets are too spread out, for example a few random mountain men scattered in the wilderness.

In the future the Soveriegn Individual thesis might play out, but until that happens, a highly populated anarchist societiy ("Ancapistan") is unlikely to last long.

This does not mean the state is good or just in any way.

And none of this denies that it's possible for an individual to do a lot to free themselves.


Apple has an ad platform as well. Every Facebook ad user is using an Apple-made identifier to correlate interests instead of a Meta-made one. That apple made identifier so that they could control the ad space and sell their own ad platform: https://searchads.apple.com/

Don't fool yourself into thinking that Apple is much different than Google. They are all selling your data. Google is just upfront that they are selling it.


you’re average android phone is likely 100x worse than apple privacy wise. Apple makes money on hardware, not user data. They wouldn’t put so much effort into secure enclaves, e2e encryption, and private ai clouds otherwise, as all of this makes data collection harder.

Unless you’re using grapheneOS, the anti-apple pro-android privacy crowd is a larp and misinformed. Android is built by google, a company who could care less about your privacy.


We are not in that thread, we are in a different thread.

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I've looked back in the thread and i don't see anything about "5 minutes."

The "take over and enslave/tax" thing has happened many times in history, so i dont see how you can brush it off.


I don't understand what you're saying here


Instead of burning everything to the ground, they could tax or enslave you


Which part is the response?


But what's the alternative?


https://i.nostr.build/nWA7M.jpg
#memes #funny


Think there would be a market for some Nostr tumblers? These are purple with black-ish metal under, that would show through after engraving.  https://image.nostr.build/4e250d74e18dd2e5baa83dfe1f68fb7aba0a39da01955e78026a23783924aa1e.jpg


"Cypherpunks for three decades have been trying to create cryptographically secure webs of trust, and what nostr figured out is we just need people to shitpost to bootstrap them" - nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx on the latest RHR

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PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE WHO COMPLAINS THAT WE SHOULD ZAP DEVS DIRECTLY RATHER THAN FUND THEM THROUGH OPENSATS ZAP DEVS LESS THAN ME.

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.