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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:keks:


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


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
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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

🎯


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.


An excerpt from Hoppe:

Many libertarians hold the view that all that is needed to maintain a libertarian social order is the strict enforcement of the non-aggression principle (NAP).  Yet... it does not hold and apply, or rather it is insufficient, when it comes to people living in close proximity to each other, as neighbors and cohabitants of the same community.

A simple example suffices to make the point. Assume a new next-door neighbor. This neighbor does not aggress against you or your property in any way, but he is a “bad” neighbor. He is littering on his own neighboring property, turning it into a garbage heap; in the open, for you to see, he engages in ritual animal slaughter, he turns his house into a “Freudenhaus,” a bordello, with clients coming and going all day and all night long; he never offers a helping hand and never keeps any promise that he has made; or he cannot or else he refuses to speak to you in your own language. Etc., etc.. Your life is turned into a nightmare. Yet you may not use violence against him, because he has not aggressed against you. What can you do? You can shun and ostracize him. But your neighbor does not care, and in any case you alone thus ‘punishing’ him makes little if any difference to him. You have to have the communal respect and authority, or you must turn to someone who does, to persuade and convince everyone or at least most of the members of your community to do likewise and make the bad neighbor a social outcast, so as to exert enough pressure on him to sell his property and leave. (So much for the libertarians who, in addition to their “live and let live” ideal also hail the motto “respect no authority!”)

The lesson? The peaceful cohabitation of neighbors and of people in regular direct contact with each other on some territory – a tranquil, convivial social order – requires also a commonality of culture... multi-culturalism, cultural heterogeneity, cannot exist in one and the same place and territory without leading to diminishing social trust, increased tension, and ultimately the call for a “strong man” and the destruction of anything resembling a libertarian social order.

And moreover: Just as a libertarian order must always be on guard against “bad” (even if non-aggressive) neighbors by means of social ostracism, ... so, and indeed even more vigilantly so, must it be guarded against neighbors who openly advocate communism, socialism, syndicalism or democracy in any shape or form. They, in thereby posing an open threat to all private property and property owners, must not only be shunned, but they must, to use a by now somewhat famous Hoppe-meme, be “physically removed,” if need be by violence, and forced to leave for other pastures. Not to do so inevitably leads to – well, communism, socialism, syndicalism or democracy and hence, the very opposite of a libertarian social order.


https://libertarianism.uk/2017/10/20/libertarianism-and-the-alt-right-hoppe-speech-2017/?amp=1

cc: nostr:npub1zt8u9mz68x3e6qhey8mhuuqahst4kc587gka7qj84uuhq6t878vsn7yx9r


#NoticingThings
https://image.nostr.build/321a1b123282af9e0ad413e148ba1d51e6e5ebe27f8c11c9c26bb45b99a1cdda.jpg


Happy to have you along for this journey, Highsselhoff 🤙


This conversation is peak #nostr 🫶


This is true and i agree with this.


:handshake:


to be selfish is to be motivated by concern for ones own interest this requires that one consider what constitutes ones self interest and how to achieve it, one cannot be concerned with one desire that of which one does not know.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/axiomsofliberty0/episodes/EP-63-Isnt-Everyone-Selfish---The-Psychology-of-Pleasure-by-Nathaniel-Branden-e2knj0j


Privacy Is Necessary For An Open Society In The Electronic Age

This is an article that explains some of the motivation behind the quest for anonymous digital cash that began with Eric Hughes'  Cypherpunk's Manifesto published March 9, 1993.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqadlydf3460e333fjkaqwxg7fz82636ew5m36c7hml2xhhsml2y4qql8qunfweskx7fdd9ej6mn9vdjhxumpwfuj6en0wgkkzm3ddacx2m3dwdhkx6t9w3uj66tw946xsefdv4kx2cm5wfhku6tr94skwegux9qgg

"If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them."

-Karl Popper, The Open Society And Its Enemies

In the last chapter, Satoshi Nakamoto embedded a secret message into the bitcoin genesis block, "Chancellor on the Brink of a second bailout. 15 years earlier, Eric Hughes wrote A Cypherpunk's Manifesto. This document marks the beginning of the Cypherpunk movement and the quest for private e-cash. It is a short essay and I encourage you to read it. It is only 12 paragraphs. You can also listen to [Guy Swann read it on Bitcoin Audible](https://bitcoinaudible.com/a-cypherpunks-manifesto/).

"Privacy is necessary for an **open society** in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world."

This is a strange concept in today's world because we are now in the electronic age. At this point in history, the open society might be all but gone. People often take the attitude, "I am not doing anything wrong, so I have nothing to hide," but that's not the main problem. Doing something wrong might not be the only reason you want to hide. You might want to stop getting ads for things Google hears you say or baby clothes from Facebook because your cousin just had a baby.

What if your identity becomes a reason for suspicion? Yesterday, you were an average law-abiding citizen, Today, you are ordered to report to a nearby horse racing track. You and told your family will stay there until further notice. Your property is confiscated. This is not the conjuring of a paranoid fictitious story, this is what happened to people of Japanese descent after the government of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. History is full of examples like this. Peaceful countries go to war, they become totalitarian. One day you live in a fun, free open society. The next day, you are put on a no-fly list, sent to Auschwitz, or become an illegal alien because you left a country dealing with hyperinflation. Maybe this will never happen in your country again, but you can bet bitcoin something like this will happen somewhere, sometime, someplace. What if one day you and some man with a gun and uniform tap your shoulder and say, "Papers please?"

What will you tell him?

**I'm not doing anything wrong**."

Hughes also writes about financial privacy in this essay. Many Cypherpunks have argued financial privacy is even more important than e-mail privacy. Financial privacy is not just about your bank selling your information to advertisers. The surveillance system gives governments and corporations super-villain powers. Centralized payment systems can be weaponized so they will and have been weaponized. Examples of financial weaponization include [Executive order 6102O]9https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102) [Operation Chokepoint(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_Point), [Canadian Trucker Protest](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/freedom-convoy-cryptocurrency-asset-seizure-1.6389601).

Cypherpunks like Hughes were ahead of their time. In A Cypherpunk Manifesto, Hughes writes, "Since we desire privacy, we must ensure that each party to a transaction know only of that which is directly necessary for that transaction. Since any information can be spoken of, we must ensure that we reveal as little as possible. In most cases, personal identity is not salient. When I purchase a magazine at a store and hand cash to the clerk, there is no need to know who I am. When I ask my electronic mail provider to send and receive messages, my provider need not know to whom I am speaking what I am saying, or what others are saying to me; my provider only needs to know how to get the message there and how much I owe them in fees. When my identity is revealed by the underlying mechanism of the transaction, I have no privacy. I cannot here selectively reveal myself."

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Since most digital tools such as email and financial transactions are not private, there appears to be a government-corporate partnership between email, and all financial transactions. Many places no longer accept cash. The government is becoming more intrusive. Governments censor Twitter, shut down social media controlled by China, and many places no longer accept cash. Bitcoin is not 100% private, but we can achieve relatively decent privacy even though the government does not want to lose the power of surveillance.

Bitcoin was not created by what disenfranchised normies call "capitalism," the rigged Wall Street system, that allows hedge funds to short assets they don't have but turn off the buy button when the little guy figures out how to beat them at their own game. Traditional finance is a system where the central bank can just print money out of thin air, loan it to the banks, and allow the banks to print more money to pay back the loan. This system is a far cry from the "invisible hand" Adam Smith wrote about in 1776. There is a hand, but it is not invisible. This is not the laissez-faire capitalism that Ayn Rand wrote about in *Capitalism, The Unknown Ideal*. It's a mixed economy, with parts taken from dead economic systems like capitalism, communism, socialism, and fascism. It is all of these, yet none of these, a Frankenstein like amalgamation of various economic ideologies. The Federal Reserve is modeled after the fifth plank of the Communist Manifesto:

"**Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly."**

Financial surveillance we are subject to is a fascist wet dream that was technologically infeasible to achieve 80 years ago. In the dystopian novel 1984, Orwell couldn't conceive of a world where people paid for surveillance tools with their own hard-earned, easy money. No, this is not capitalism, fascism, or communism. Governments around the world have created something some French economists are calling [Dirigisme](https://www.britannica.com/money/dirigisme), an approach to economic development emphasizing the positive role of state intervention. [H/T Natalie Smolenski](https://x.com/NSmolenski/status/1786129515359371284) **Bitcoin fixes this**.

### Centralized Electronic Cash

Bitcoin was not the first attempt at electronic cash. There have been many predecessors. [Hashcash](http://hashcash.org/) is more akin to a digital postage stamp than cash, but the underlying mathematics behind this stamping system is the backbone of the [bitcoin time-chain](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoins-blockchain-is-the-timechain).

Before bitcoin, there was:

[DigiCash](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/digicash.asp)

[https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/digicash.asp]

[b-money](http://www.weidai.com/bmoney.txt)

[bitgold](https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2005/12/bit-gold.html)

[RPow(Reuasable Proof of Work](https://nakamotoinstitute.org/finney/rpow/index.html)

### Bitcoin: A Peer-To-Peer Electronic Cash System

The Bitcoin [white paper](https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/bitcoin/) was sent to the Cypherpuink's mailing list on October 31, 2008. It is only nine pages long and has a lot of math. When I first read it, I did not understand much of the math, but I could tell this was a historical document because of its significance. You get the feeling you're reading something like the Rosetta Stone. In the calculations portion of the paper, Satoshi even translates math to c code like the Rosetta Stone translates Greek to Egyptian Hieroglyphics.

![convert to c code](https://i.nostr.build/q62Kn.png)

Don't worry, you will not need to learn any of this math to use bitcoin. This guide is only concerned with the first few sentences of the Abstract,

"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**."

Contrary to what much of mainstream media will tell you, bitcoin is not useless. It allows one party to send payments to another party without going through a financial institution. Despite all the financial surveillance, almost nobody saw the Great Financial Crisis coming. Nobody was arrested. You might think Bernie Madoff was arrested, but his Ponzi scheme had nothing to do with the Great Financial Crisis. He probably would have gotten away with it for much longer except people panicked and when they panic they want their money. Nobody noticed Bernie Madoff never had any of their money until the panic set in.

The double spending problem is not one you hear of often, but maybe it is more accurate to describe it as counterfeiting. If I spend a hundred dollar bill for a bicycle, it is a fair transaction because it is only spent once and received the bicycle. Maybe you use the money to buy a scooter, but it's the same money being circulated into the economy. If I print a copy of my hundred-dollar bill, I can buy the bicycle and the scooter. If I print more copies, I never need to spend the original hundred dollar bill and can buy all the two-wheeled vehicles in town. The problem is you can no longer buy the scooter for $100.00 Now you need to buy a scooter that will cost $200 because I reduced the available supply of scooters in the economy and the laws of supply and demand explain the rising prices. Printed money allows privileged people the ability to purchase more property and who has more privilege than the money printers?

If you replace the word bicycle with a single-family home and the counterfeiter with a bank using fractional reserve--You have the same dynamic on a larger scale. The Bitcoin Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash system is a 100% reserve system. Nobody can create more bitcoin than is pre-programmed to be released. In other words, the bitcoin on the bitcoin system cannot be double spent. If you keep your bitcoin in another system like FTX or an ETF, "the main benefits are lost" because a "trusted third party is still required to prevent double-spending."

It's not that I am afraid of Wall Street changing the rules of bitcoin. I don't believe they will ever make bitcoin increase the supply on the network. I don't even necessarily think they will sell paper Bitcoin. I think they might be able to play games like this for a little while, but will eventually get caught by people watching the network.

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(If "there" means "in the same country" not "in the room with my family")


But it is not to their head. It is there, but not to their head.


Epic rant from  nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs about the challenges millenials have faced.

Imo Bitcoin Matrix is one of the most underrated #bitcoin podcasts out there.

#coffeechain #hodl #based

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


:funkycat:


THE MOST ACTIONABLE WAY TO PREVENT SLAVE TECH DYSTOPIA IS TO FOCUS A SHIT TON OF MONEY AND SUPPORT ON OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTORS. THEN USE AND PROMOTE THE TOOLS THEY BUILD.

OPENSATS IS ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS AT A SCALE AND EFFICIENCY NEVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE.

GOOD MORNING. 🫡


:jacknod:


You said it wasn't a metaphor.

I'm sorry i dont hallucinate guns I guess?


I see my family regularly and there are no guns out.


Fucking troll


I see my family regularly and there are no guns out.

It literally is not the case.

Just as with your "everything is my responsibility" bullshit. You seem to think falsehoods are cool or something.

(PS. You rule though. May the big titty bitches be with you.)


It's not FOR you. It's part of the ever-growing dog whistle communication protocol


Does it, though? I mean, it's not something that one really wants to fuck around with, but, like, it's not literally the case.


The state has a gun to your families head.

Act accordingly.


Real interoperability without a reusing a central implementation is so rare that I consider the current state of Nostr Clients a miracle.


Servers have stopped serving - time to nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll

👇🏼👇🏼Read below👇🏼👇🏼 nostr:note1f0tyyc4tvghvxlm8zjmw7e5rul7kp54w4cfmav64sn3phuddyt8sdr3khw


Finding out will continue until the fucking around improves 😂


:handshake:


We do I put a Reply Anonymously button?

It creates a new nostr key, replies with that key and deletes the key forever.

Maybe we need a "Posting as .." label in the new post dialog. 🤔


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


Haha she got community noted and told she was unethical 🤣 https://image.nostr.build/193ae95744390a68eaa31cca61a30bcb7ca5903973efd8b87a3de0e150be01b2.jpg


https://i.nostr.build/9zX0v.jpg
#memes #funny


:balenod:


When we get fiat rich in the upcoming bullrun, stay strong kings 😂

https://blossom.oxtr.dev/d51162f8221d8d1b94dfd0976c17e796e6caa5e844fe6cef788b5f21d4989912.jpg


If you’re making above market returns it’s imperative to know why.

In the case of Bitcoin many people think we were outperforming because we were smarter, more risk tolerant, had more vision etc…

Really we were being paid to secure the Bitcoin, which was and still is an incredibly difficult thing to do.


Map of the Nostr ecosystem:
https://cdn.satellite.earth/4138b7eea8d93a817fe28f09a105123183d4959878e1281004af11054a53e495.jpg


Why #Bitcoin is superior to #RealEstate as a store of value in two paragraphs. Nice work nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy
 https://image.nostr.build/d53d21696187a554030d39c59925567f42ea59ff657d99fd49f4769c8f04288a.jpg


:pointguy:


'sup


Get ready people
https://i.nostr.build/8G5Z4.jpg
#memes #funny


:rickastley:


:funkycat:


If you're reading this, you are the control group.


Went to an estate sale today to buy some furniture and came across this clock. Its an old wind up clock and I thought it would be nice to have on the wall.

well... I got home and found out this thing has 5 initials and dates on it. I assume they are from the previous owners
The earliest one is 1907... This thing is over 100 years old and still ticking 😀

Needless to say I love this thing now. it feels awesome to have something so old and that has been taken care of by so many people
http://cdn.hzrd149.com/ef1b76ef416060c83e715431c87dddec4a3ee312ef49dfe56e4c80943bca77c6.jpeg
http://cdn.hzrd149.com/9e66a24782636c153d6621c6c9d92cd4bb15658cccaf64da3b9812c340cecdca.jpeg

So now its hanging on my wall. a 100 year old method of keeping time sitting right next to the most modern way of keeping time, the block clock 😀


:leotoast:


“CYPHERPUNKS FOR THREE DECADES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE WEB OF TRUSTS. AND WHAT #NOSTR FIGURED OUT IS WE JUST NEED PEOPLE TO SHITPOST TO BOOTSTRAP THEM.” — nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx
https://m.primal.net/IcHf.mov


Bitcoin defunds the state. Pass it on.
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nostr:nevent1qqsfrgfqh3mrlpd078pyxw3rc6j308y99cfgfckrd2mkqpzzaq5uttsprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj730qgsdzc498sash76u867hsltmprl2kgrtzy3k9m9zt23fzfgu6u87yfgrqsqqqqqptyueqj


Some Friday #art
https://image.nostr.build/a69fce0d1eb0b08789365fa24aecdcf7720c0a389b68bf4f5a55c54eb76739cc.jpg

StevenMinnaar.com
#bitcoin


The sacrament of penance is underrated.

Now, we're all expected to discuss everyone's past failings in the newspapers and hound them with everything they've ever said or done, forever. And then they're expected to make a dramatic, international altar call to the Gods of Right Speak and wail and tear their clothes and cry about their sins, when nobody actually gives a fuck and every is tired of hearing about everyone else's business.

This is what they took from us.


:balenod:


:handshake:


avoid directing too much energy to ppl who make a living from engagement


GM https://image.nostr.build/9d94dc85341eb342db4a02967dc2abd36b383dafbc8cdfa53bb1c362e77805bd.jpg


https://v.nostr.build/yq8Yk.mp4
#Nostr We are all ...💜🫂🔮🔊✨🎶


https://i.nostr.build/RmY9v.jpg
#memes #funny


As shitty as it is, there wouldn’t be hit pieces on nostr if nostr wasn’t doing something right.

That’s how you know you’re over the target.


Nostr is for everyone. Doxxing is unethical. Doxxing an anonymous developer in an effort to smear Jack for donating his money to a cause he believes in is pitiful. Sorry nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 - you deserved better. We’ll keep building and there’s nothing they can do about it. nostr:note1nxyzjpf0ajdy3m28z5w0yc58qpzduxgr9aerrxfqkcctv2tl93mq25szku


:justright:


I stand ready to hug any uncle fiatjaf dans and share foot pics 🫂🦶🫡


Oh fuck were all fiatjaf now? Are we uncle fiatjaf dans? Or fiatjaf uncle dans? Or Dan's uncle fiatjaf?


A bunch of people are gonna spam katherine long with aggressive profanity and threats of violence

I do not recommend this, it only supports her ‘case’


Wow. They doxxed nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6. Hey Business Insider and Katherine Long. You can go fuck yourself.


no one gives a fuck katherine


Bitcoin passphrase vs. multisig: Which is right for you?

Two approaches people often consider to gain additional bitcoin security are a passphrase (a one-word secret) and multisig (secures your bitcoin with multiple keys). Let’s see how these two approaches compare. 👇

Singlesig + passphrase
By adding a passphrase to your singlesig wallet, you add a 13th or 25th word of your choosing to your seed phrase, which generates a wholly separate and unique wallet from the default wallet generated without a passphrase. You can create an infinite number of passphrase wallets associated with a single seed phrase backup and hardware wallet.

A passphrase adds some protection in that it distributes your risk across three critical items (your device, seed phrase backup, and your passphrase), but it still has a major single point of failure. If your passphrase is ever lost or forgotten, your bitcoin are gone forever because you no longer have the key to the bitcoin wallet.

Multisig
Multisig is a bitcoin custody model where you construct a wallet using multiple bitcoin keys instead of just one. Multisig is very flexible, allowing wallet developers and even users to set the total number of keys used to construct the wallet (n) and the number of those keys required to spend (m). This creates what’s called an m-of-n quorum. There are practically infinite ways to approach multisig, but the most popular approaches are 2-of-3 (three keys total, with any two keys required to spend) and 3-of-5 (five keys total, with any three needed to spend).

Comparing passphrase with multisig: 7 points to consider

1⃣ Convenience - SS + passphrase is more convenient than DIY multisig but similar to collaborative custody multisig

2⃣ Ease of backup - It’s easier to back up a single hardware wallet, a seed phrase, and a passphrase than back up all the keys and seed phrases necessary to properly store your bitcoin in a standard multisig wallet.

3⃣ Availability - To understand the differences between passphrase and multisig for availability of access, you have to consider multiple possible scenarios: singlesig with and without properly secured passphrases, standard multisig, and collaborative custody multisig. Each of these has different availability of access profiles.

4⃣ Transaction costs - Mining fees in periods of low demand for block space are very cheap, leaving this category often irrelevant. However, it remains true that multisig transactions are more expensive than singlesig transactions. Using a passphrase with singlesig doesn’t add anything additional to the mining fee above standard singlesig; the mining fees are directly correlated with the number of keys involved in the transaction.

5⃣ Fault tolerance - Multisig shines against singlesig with a passphrase and singlesig in general when it comes to fault tolerance. That’s because the nature of multisig (and, again, proper key storage and seed phrase backups!) makes it very difficult to lose enough keys (and the necessary wallet configuration information) to lose access to your funds.

6⃣ Resisting attacks - Altogether, multisig has the slight upper hand for attack resistance. In 2-of-3, an attacker would have to physically compromise at least two physical locations without your knowledge and have specific knowledge that the discovered keys are used in multisig and compromise your multisig configuration information.

7⃣ Financial services - Collaborative custody multisig opens the door to financial services done in a trust-minimized way, such as collateralized loans (where three parties can share custody of funds so that all parties have transparency as to the state of the funds on the blockchain). It also uniquely solves for the problem of bitcoin inheritance.

Can you add a passphrase to multisig?
Yes, you can add passphrases to one or more of the keys used in your multisig m-of-n scheme. But should you? Most bitcoin users set up multisig wallets without passphrases because multisig already eliminates a given hardware wallet or seed phrase as a single point of failure. Adding passphrases can add unnecessary complexity, and unnecessary complexity diminishes security rather than improves it.

=====================

Every decision you make regarding bitcoin custody involves trade-offs. Perhaps multisig helps you sleep better at night, but you might have to drive several hours to get to that second key if you want to benefit from geographically-distributed keys. Or maybe you have to wait for your collaborative custody partner to verify your identity to sign with their key.

Choosing between singlesig (with or without a passphrase) and multisig isn’t an A or B choice; the answer for you might even be both! Maybe you want to secure the more significant portion of your net worth in a multisig collaborative context for peace of mind while keeping smaller amounts for easy access available in a software wallet on your phone.

It’s all about looking at your situation and finding a balance of trade-offs that work best for you and your family or organization.

Check out the full post on the Unchained blog 👇

https://unchained.com/blog/bitcoin-singlesig-passphrase-vs-multisig/ https://image.nostr.build/cf2db3453f0a0fad5412a0c19038cffa84d9bc40ff145c4de682818a738843ef.jpg


An ounce of execution is worth a pound of ideas.


Being on nostr is great just for the simple fact that you aren’t running up against pentagon level psychological and brainwashing operations from global corporations and nation states.

It’s very calm and quiet.

I expect one day that will change, but for now it’s blissful.


https://m.primal.net/Iaoz.jpg
https://m.primal.net/IapB.jpg


Seize the moment and take it prisoner ❤
https://i.nostr.build/Ge5lX.jpg
#memes #funny


GM https://image.nostr.build/ec53947ca1d7c216e5bae4bbcd5149b972bd75fb1fe2bc311563cd86e52d3db9.jpg


The banks are insolvent.

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The best of times lives inside of you.
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:leotoast:


Do you know about this bitcoin treasure search? Fun!
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Perfect for election season romance
https://i.nostr.build/gZqw7.jpg
#memes #funny


:keks:


:balenod:


I knew nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll would impress you one day. With your skills i think you can see what a special thing they have created.

They have a lot of amazing features on the way as well.


:jacknod:


#asknostr does anyone have additional insight on the NIP-04/NIP-17/NIP-44 discussions?

nostr:note1jjcjewn6awfx5hpvgcz9pjf37nypqkg6gwq2vfw9us645dfh6efsyr946l


Macroscope posted this back in September. Same thing nostr:npub1yrf6e774ggeylt7e7s784jv9ydawv5c4z5zj4arvvs04q7lkulvqdgkaz3 is always talking about. It’s been extremely correct in my opinion. We’re maturing and the fast money fly by night casino days are behind us. Many of us addicted to the dopamine (myself included) are going to have to adjust. Bitcoin is going to bore us to 10 million per coin. https://image.nostr.build/ff50852456b2a6faaa59a68789b9cb034739e1c114f7ebbbebcd5e3334e09d1e.jpg


“The Day The Dollar Die” - Peter Tosh
https://m.primal.net/IZqO.mov


:cheemssuperactivated:


Expect bitcoin to harden around 75k, pump repeatedly up to 78k, and then squirt up to 80k. Afterward price should soften.


My technical analysis has been guaranteed correct 99.99% of the time.

Based on the current support levels, a bullish DOUBLE penis shaped pattern has formed. This is the most bullish pattern that you can ask for. But the resistance at current prices is concerning and could mean there is more downside. Expect bitcoin to go up, down, or trade sideways in the near future based on buy and sell pressure. Refer to TA chart below.

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nostr:note1l3c5fpwcqvwewg9gnxs08l6245yvd2ms4tghteu0nusdyavgvvts7znuuj
https://m.primal.net/IZoa.jpg


:popcorn:


:dogedance:


Ok, this is the best/simplest demo of Web-of-Trust I’ve seen. All software/information should work like this. nostr:note15xtj9kn0ste2z46t934ja3jqm9fvva0k9xj595e5n6n9c89rm2asanrm4f


And now your wives are stuck with that decision


KFC is the illicit activity.


It works both ways.

#cybersecgirl

https://i.nostr.build/Z5lE9.webp


I own so many sats. Thousands, nay, tens of thousands.


Every 144 Bitcoin blocks the Nostr pubkey that is closer to the block hash becomes the Nostr CEO.

nostr:nevent1qqsp64xqwp6q7k2lsv9jyy8wytc306hessfsfa4dkgku4r8z7g9z4rqpzpmhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0dshsz9nhwden5te0vfjhvmewdehhxarjxyhxxmmd9uq3wamnwvaz7tmzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9uh97kkh


:funkycat:


“I’m a Bitcoin Core contributor.”

“Oh, so you’re a developer?”

“No, I run a node and I share my feelings with them.”


GN https://image.nostr.build/62081874dde1cb7cb4c18c7f80d6442edb5fd06136a446d9754b6d7e79192b56.jpg


:jacknod:


Look in the mirror. https://image.nostr.build/08117ce92307731ca9b1df23626c96c0bd1898a94487132b399b125602c7eaea.jpg


nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx Citadel Dispatch topic request: Web of Trust


Coracle.social by nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn has some WoT functionality.

Also
nostr:npub1u5njm6g5h5cpw4wy8xugu62e5s7f6fnysv0sj0z3a8rengt2zqhsxrldq3
built
https://github.com/wds4/pretty-good
He did a presentation about it:
Bitcoin Park: Nostrville 2023: Nostr, Lists, & Web of Trust https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinpark/episodes/Nostrville-2023-Nostr--Lists---Web-of-Trust-e2cvi12


Web of trust


There's a lot of really good mobile clients for #Nostr, but the Web clients we've tried so far have left us wanting. For those of you who use Nostr on Web, what are your go-to clients?


https://i.nostr.build/BR5e0.jpg
#memes #funny


:leotoast:


Make sure people can write into your "inbox" relays, people. For both, private and public inboxes.

If you add relays that require payment from other people to send messages to you, you are going to miss a lot of DMs, zaps and likes.


Okay, but you made one trade. It was a bigass trade, but it won't last forever.

After hyperbitcoinization, do you think you can still win this hard at the financial game? Personally i think this was probably a once-in-a-lifetime win for me.


:dogedance:


THE BANK RUNS CONTINUE.


:jokerclap:


TIL there's a fish called "drum"


:cheemssuperactivated:


:rickastley:


Nuked my TG. Such a honeypot.

There was maybe two groups worth keeping but that's where they get you.

nostr:nevent1qqsfqr92ze0082pdahh64ynmtnjtlnfc2lq38g967nccrvxqahem44qprpmhxue69uhkc6t8dp6xu6twvaex2mrp0yhxxmmdqgsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgrqsqqqqqp7nx3hu


:keks:


Rereading nostr:npub1hk0tv47ztd8kekngsuwwycje68umccjzqjr7xgjfqkm8ffcs53dqvv20pf's Cryptosovereignty. Masterful.
https://m.primal.net/IWeQ.jpg


Philosophy... https://image.nostr.build/07734b01438889f096078b65fa2639cdb0b159ea6c1f1da4258a53b3226b65a2.jpg


“I want AI to do my dishes and laundry so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.” – Joanna Maciejewska
https://m.primal.net/IWZR.jpg


:jacknod:


:balenod:


The content that nostr:npub1w9wuqc3s6lr25c4sgj52werj3tngvt43qrccqrher4wvn7tjm32s2ck403 & nostr:npub1uuxnz0sq60thc098xfxqst7wnw77l0sm3r8nn48yspuvz4ecprksxdahzv have been publishing on Nostr is great.

Please share this with more folks so they find an audience on Nostr.

I think we can get more publications on  Nostr. Especially as we get full length articlrs and allow paywall subscription, pay per article, zaps, etc….


TELEGRAM IS SPYWARE.

DELETE IT.


Have no concept of time. Carry a sack of wampum shells. Leave your buffalo blow horn at home. Head out into the land like this once a week and enjoy life without any analog bullshit. Thank me later.


:handshake:


nostr:npub1tgmtyrks7c6eqj3qstfhzrhqrg6rt5rtlu75mhapryzn2t3gwdjq8t7a29 👀


Join OC Bitcoin at our weekly meetups!
Meetups are at SteelCraft, in Garden Grove, CA. The venue has food available or you can bring your own food.

About Us
The purpose of the OC Bitcoin Meetup is to help Bitcoiners in the Orange County and So-Cal area connect and get to know one another. Everyone is welcome, whether you are new, an OG, a maxi, toxic, a normie, or whatever, we look forward to meeting you!

When: Thursdays at 6:15 PM
Where: SteelCraft
12900 S Euclid St, Garden Grove, CA 92840

*BE ADVISED: We are a BITCOIN focused group*

Event page:
https://www.meetup.com/oc-btc/events/300817140/

SteelCraft Garden Grove, 12900 S Euclid St, Garden Grove, CA 92840, USA


GN🐶🐾🫂💤😂🤣
https://i.nostr.build/nWnvE.jpg


DEVS DO NOT DICTATE BITCOIN PROTOCOL CONSENSUS.

USERS ULTIMATELY CHOOSE WHETHER THEY UPDATE THEIR NODES.

THE PROTOCOL IS INCREDIBLY RESISTANT TO CHANGE BY DESIGN.

EMBRACE IT. GOOD MORNING.


The money was taken. Third nipple now installed nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8

https://i.nostr.build/5Ggxy.jpg

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqqmp9v8t4c8v35cqx8zypwsg0lum693fvt0lhf9kuqs7cjhawyskqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsqgqhnufd84nnwp225m3lq3aws0dv4q5j08z42le4jj8vpsl2nkvzzga59q38


If we want ecash to have any hope of working out, we need anonymous mints, but anonymous mints are likely to get stolen. Instead, we need anonymous mints that are operated by one of N well-known and trusted parties. Mint operator(s) should take N public keys known to be from N well-known and trusted persons in the bitcoin space, then create ring sig(s) across those N to reveal that they are one of those N parties, but not which one.

Given many long-timers at one point or another had public donation addresses or some other key that is known to be theirs, this should actually be relatively doable, just don’t put too much money in the mint :)


:cheemssuperactivated:


https://i.nostr.build/BR05Y.jpg
#memes #funny


Voting doesn't legitimize government. They would still govern by force even if nobody voted.


😂
nostr:nevent1qqsxk5xk96nc2gzq8x5y5x47wnxr2072vwtq2pazj7el64yl85r9z6cpzamhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuegzyr75n62th0xl247t2mnmaq9wr77qv7jjh9ns4qp0gwzwrfdzv7995qcyqqqqqqg6uhar3


🤓
https://image.nostr.build/962bdbf88e7128eff83a7ea97a247f303db39388e157add159c413818519174d.jpg


Firefly taking flight https://video.nostr.build/27c5bbbf9f81be0085bcafdf29b8d6e8c08da14962f0facbbecf7c758d9e09e4.mp4


From wikipedia:
"...minarchy, whose proponents are known as minarchists, is a model of a state that is limited and minimal, whose functions depend on libertarian theory. Right-libertarians support it only as an enforcer of the non-aggression principle"

So a minarchist "police force" or "military" would just be a "violence prevention force."


You spelled yesterday wrong


Not fair to minarchism


Announcing: Harbor, an ecash desktop wallet for better bitcoin privacy.

https://blog.mutinywallet.com/harbor/

Privacy for the common person is a value worth fighting for. When we see a lack of freedom tools, we must build them into existence. They don't appear on their own.

Much has been said about privacy at the Bitcoin protocol level. For now, we build it on higher layers where we can be more nimble.

Ecash is a tool available today that combines with Bitcoin to bring new levels of common privacy. Cashu and Fedimint are two existing implementations we're interested in.

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

Harbor Privacy: All communication runs over Tor. Mutiny is not in the middle of any connections or transactions. Funds in the wallet get a Privacy Score to show how the mints provide privacy over time. More to come on this in the future.

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

Harbor Multi-mint: Instead of relying on a single mint with your funds, spread the risk over dozens or more. Harbor manages this for you, showing you a single balance while connecting with mints for you. A mint can go offline with minimal impact on you.

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

Harbor Automation: Running as a desktop app unlocks ability to do long running processes in the background. Move money in and out of mints on your preferred schedule to maximize your desired level of privacy. Harbor makes suggestions, but you are in control.

Move money in and out of Harbor using Lightning or on-chain. We love Bitcoin, and we love privacy. We hope Harbor gives everyday people more privacy and peace of mind.


Graphic designers, here is a challenge for you: create a set of SVG assets to replace the Robohash images we use today when users don't have a picture.

1. They should generate many versions of Ostriches.
2. SVGs for each part should be minimal in size.

There is some instruction on how to generate your Set here: https://github.com/e1ven/Robohash

No need to worry about coding stuff. We just need the SVGs for each part. :)


GM https://image.nostr.build/0f4d689833fb5a4680322d64a7af392c7b9fc4ea87d7d5f027aebebe355009c2.jpg


:jacknod:


I recently learned that legislation has been drafted on Capitol Hill to classify *not re-using Bitcoin addresses* as "mixing"

There are also efforts to force "unhosted wallet providers" to collect user info for taxes

As well as to give power to Treasury to sanction any address (even Americans)

And a whole lot more bad stuff

IMO Coin Center does vital work to fight this and to protect privacy tech

They are a compact team and do a lot with the resources they have

They sue the OFAC and Treasury

They consider the Bank Secrecy Act unconstitutional and act accordingly

I just spent some time with their leadership team, asking questions, and came away impressed, I would strongly suggest a donation today

coincenter.org


Feels like a dumb question but anyone know how I can query my electrum server through a terminal? Ive been using my mempool instance but wanted another option.


:dogedance:


Anything generally then?

Or just nothing at all?


nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx I just finished Dumb Money, and I think I finally get your energy.

LFG.


A classic.
https://m.primal.net/IRTx.mov


Sorry
https://i.nostr.build/Rm2KA.jpg
#memes #funny


G-E-N-I-U-S
Seriously. Fucking Genius.

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


Don't worry, it's going to get worse.


Now I'm just waiting for the Fideli-ppening


BlackRock flipped Grayscale in #BTC Holdings.
https://image.nostr.build/40e9c2ea34ffac1bb5d1c4b97e5916b08bbee8430fa6adbad1fe252a2aed8c0c.jpg


Plz don’t link to Twitter without copying pasting contents of the note unless it’s a thread.

Prefer not to open those links 🔗

🙏 🙇♂


:kermittea:


Your phone could be made of magic, but it's still gonna leave a record of your movements with the cellular towers.


It's information.

It's not a good idea for them to ask if she minds. It's bad game.


2021 social media was wild

https://blossom.oxtr.dev/81135d394084e26a2bf361942a408d0313bd4f03341cbe1e7ef6edf3ad419481.png


New Productivity App Just Turns Your Phone Off https://t.co/nnR8ypQyUW https://t.co/zyU7JiTPSK https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOrOYHYW8AA7LQL.jpg


Mine too


:funkycat:


Are the telephone lines down?


I said this before and will say it again: The most underrated feature of Nostr is the event kind as Integer and not a String.

That simple choice alone is the reason why Nostr apps are MUCH more interoperable than any other signing standard.

I worked for 3 years with Verifiable Credentials where schemas and types are strings. There is no real interoperability between Verifiable Credentials. Everyone just creates their own names/types and fuck everybody else. There is no effort to reuse names somebody else is already using and/or to standardize what values those names take. You can verify the signature, but you don't know what the signed payload means or does unless you go talk to the issuer directly.

String types create the false impression of documenting what the type is without having to write it down somewhere else. Nostr's integer kinds require you to explain what you are doing in some other place than the type name itself. And that creates a possibility to explain the entire sematics of what your type is doing.

It's just a better "system" for real interoperability.


Wait, why?

A US dollar is not useful to me in 100 years, but it is useful to me (or someone else) tomorrow.


GM https://image.nostr.build/febaf8d7b2f7e3a0321bc1d74de0240ea49c23f3f6c247ba1a70b4db691c2358.jpg


Here's another good tool for nostr discovery: on coracle.social you can see other peoples' feeds by logging in as their public key.


Asking a million people can be tiresome too. I think your views might be a little skewed by your attractiveness.

Also, some guys enjoy game and don't find it tiresome. (I am definitely not one of them.)


Different guys need different types of game. The more attractive you are, the more straightforward you can be. If you're rich and you're cool with gold diggers, then same. Or if she happens to be into you already.

But a lot of guys can do better with women by using "game", not like pick-up artist stuff but just social subtlety and humor. Women are attracted to guys who can mack in a sly roundabout way.


It’s ok to admit when you’ve failed.

In fact it more than ok, it’s actually very strong and brave.

Today I failed at being a big loser who doesn’t have any bitcoin.

I’m man enough to admit that.

I just have to sit here a handsome winner with bitcoin in cold storage knowing that I failed…


OC Bitcoin Pizza Day 2024 https://image.nostr.build/9e322a11db9a335e6f82f18d8ded395981c5de014524384ed4e99e3534fc2fc2.jpg https://image.nostr.build/fb523ad2a9619538947a835788b7e2c3b416fdb6e5f6e77e305524b3f6ff2262.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7cf5d216641412056f0472a8b1d7fe3f3343a3b858363a6dc663dd58979ef485.jpg https://image.nostr.build/453c8b0ebe8d3dac0447799ece11fb1620c633f6be8559fcf2a14c661e7cd648.jpg https://image.nostr.build/93250fd1f25f26f752030b58b61fa321c0ae020fc459b8b9cb11fbcd4eb3cdaa.jpg https://image.nostr.build/39a8469b0749f8e69e688aedf8a7bc63be6e2086279f3ffa45abe32d68f3c83c.jpg


It's never sarcoidodis... until it is


thanks nostr:npub1dxs2pygtfxsah77yuncsmu3ttqr274qr5g5zva3c7t5s3jtgy2xszsn4st! great list, feeling energetic about getting back on Nostr after dropping off for a few months

nostr:note1c2p0jawjktfkp0uwupzwt0g6k4j6hnd68tjfykdzy8nusjpp3ptq68rzec


:jacknod:


GN https://image.nostr.build/dab12a389e16149ac4b12ab2b95fb5ffd5d46ae420ea9218fd38f70bb4bcf7fa.jpg


Your relay list looks solid. I searched for you in Amethyst and you came right up. Not sure why you wouldn't come up for Blee... early days.


Ok here's my briefest possible rundown, I'll try to exclude people you already follow. afaict you haven't been on nostr for a hot minute. I can barely keep up myself. Also, I'm running out the door right now so there's probably a bunch of typos and mistakes, but here you go.

every few days or weeks there's some random wildfire meme event, like one day I logged in and everyone was named Dan

I like the consistent trend of pointing to nostr "problems" are actually features indicating how decentralized it is. like follow like or counts can fluctuate, or you can't gaurantee a post has been deleted. Did you know Mastadon stores like counts in a sql record? anyway, seen a lot of posts like that

Two web-based nostr clients you gotta try if you haven't already are nostrudel (tons of features/customization, I particularly like how it handles relays) and

nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn is working on coracle which has the best in class WoT functionality in nostr afaik

nostr:npub12hcytyr8fumy3axde8wgeced523gyp6v6zczqktwuqeaztfc2xzsz3rdp4 is streaming music on zap.stream 24/7

nostr:npub1yxp7j36cfqws7yj0hkfu2mx25308u4zua6ud22zglxp98ayhh96s8c399s posts here occasionally. Always a treat to hear from him.

Some of the grapheneOS folks are on here, like nostr:npub1c9d95evcdeatgy6dacats5j5mfw96jcyu79579kg9qm3jtf42xzs07sqfm

nostr:npub1yxp7j36cfqws7yj0hkfu2mx25308u4zua6ud22zglxp98ayhh96s8c399s is prolific and working on cool stuff in golang like REPLICATR

nostr:npub15c88nc8d44gsp4658dnfu5fahswzzu8gaxm5lkuwjud068swdqfspxssvx is publishing about privacy and working on freedom.tech

nostr:npub1jk9h2jsa8hjmtm9qlcca942473gnyhuynz5rmgve0dlu6hpeazxqc3lqz7 is always keeping the vibe light

You already follow nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac but I just wanted to say he's definitely the best cat these days.

nostr:npub1ye5ptcxfyyxl5vjvdjar2ua3f0hynkjzpx552mu5snj3qmx5pzjscpknpr is working on a file sharing protocol called blossom (he was on Citadel Dispatch talking about it recently if you want to catch up on that)

all the usual suspects like odell, the jacks, etc. are all still holding it down influentially. divisive and incisive. all of them have been called out and challenged in one way or another, and they're all still going strong. the stakes are high, so good on'em.

There are some folks on here that have sharp technical views on things, I always love seeing them comment on topics:

nostr:npub16r0tl8a39hhcrapa03559xahsjqj4s0y6t2n5gpdk64v06jtgekqdkz5pl
nostr:npub17q5n2z8naw0xl6vu9lvt560lg33pdpe29k0k09umlfxm3vc4tqrq466f2y
nostr:npub1w4uswmv6lu9yel005l3qgheysmr7tk9uvwluddznju3nuxalevvs2d0jr5

You cannot overestimate the need for good vibes so follow nostr:npub1gvlgps2077uwzmshnn8vxh64sv7l0h26tgrr6gc30d9srdhew9cqxcnhgv

Offset that with the proper antagonism from nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj who will probably save us all in the end.

nostr:npub1ejvhdkt8ppefezgz0sgnwdqrn8l4z8muws2k8dz2tv0a57ac2z9st56q8x (yes)

oh nostr:npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy also built nsec.app which is pretty cool too

nostr:npub1xv8mzscll8vvy5rsdw7dcqtd2j268a6yupr6gzqh86f2ulhy9kkqmclk3x is still tearin' it up. he's like the benevolent king that conquered lightning, but he's giving it all back to us in the end with nostr:npub19hg5pj5qmd3teumh6ld7drfz49d65sw3n3d5jud8sgz27avkq5dqm7yv9p

NWC will be in everything one day

nostr:npub1t0nyg64g5vwprva52wlcmt7fkdr07v5dr7s35raq9g0xgc0k4xcsedjgqv is scheming up ways to fix lightning (save the money, save the world)

nostr:npub1nxa4tywfz9nqp7z9zp7nr7d4nchhclsf58lcqt5y782rmf2hefjquaa6q8 also built satdress which I continue to use every day to zap people and continue to aggressively recommend

nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg building wild ecash stuff

I think you already follow me, but you should know that if I was a language model they'd probably just delete me for having terrible inference quality

btw I searched for you in Amethyst and couldn't find you even though I follow you. nostr is SO DECENTRALIZED


:keks:


"ish"

This is the Cypherpunk way.


One million mints cleared by bitcoin fixes-ish everything.


Bitcoin Twitter rn https://m.primal.net/IPUK.png


:dogedance:


There is yet to be a silver bullet scaling solution for cryptocurrency. Instead, what we have for now, and possibly for a long long time, are many solutions each with distinct tradeoffs that will match different user needs.

The secret sauce to making this all work is LN.

nostr:note1an99hwm4lgpesgmvl0jn7zf55z2tamyq8vg758rgy2h4l6ydrkkseejy4g


the saddest part of all this is that anybody cares what saylor thinks in the first place  🤦♀


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


We should stop making fun of Google's AI for occasional inaccuracies. In general it's been a highly reliable source of quality information ever since it was invented in 1953 by the astronaut Keanu Reeves in Tokyo, Belgium.


You're using the fact that OP CAT isn't activated yet as evidence that it's a marginal idea. Ok.

Saylor's trying to explain why he pushed against ARK ETF funneling money to OpenSats, which Odell called him out for. He's saying that a constant waterfall of money with no strings attached will CREATE Big Protocol, and busybody developers will find ways to tap into that cash flow. This is a very real concern and this type of things happens often in the corporate/nonprofit world. He made a solid argument and a clear explanation for it. I think OpenSats is probably not so easily gamed, at least for the time being, but ETF profit donations may be hard to turn off, so forethought and caution are warranted here.

Still I think people should donate to OpenSats.


Shelve your ideas, you might use them later.
https://m.primal.net/IOVD.mov


:elmofire:


"Literally everyone already agrees with the slow and steady changes"

This is so wrong. I don't know where you're getting this. People are pushing for OP CAT.  That's not slow and steady.

Core devs THEMSELVES are deeply concerned about the amount of power of they have. Saylor didn't come up with his ideas himself, he got them from core devs.


https://i.nostr.build/0jB89.jpg
#memes #funny


OPENSATS FUNDS DEVS BASED ON THEIR PROOF OF WORK ON OPEN SYSTEMS.

WE HAVE PROVIDED OVER 120 GRANTS. NONE OF THEM ARE WORKING ON “SHITCOINS ON BITCOIN.”

IRONICALLY SAYLOR’S OWN IDENTITY PROJECT RELIES ON INSCRIPTIONS.

GRANT RECIPIENTS PROVIDE QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS TO THE BOARD. THESE ARE USED TO ASSESS RENEWAL REQUESTS.


GM https://image.nostr.build/297caead01bf50ae5860aca6228b0697051785a5f5bf80a2cc29cfa91af2d02a.jpg


:balenod:


69,000 even.

Nice.


Disagree. The analogy to government was imperfect but it made sense in context. The thing about adding numbers was actually making a pretty good point. And some devs (like ones pushing OP CAT) actually are hoping to make risky changes.


:keks:


Reading Hal Finney's "Protecting Privacy with Electronic Cash" after a discussion with nostr:npub1w69ya7xs697hk3hky3gllryz8rwverfa0ylz89chf9qnhfcskc2s64zltw and nostr:npub1j4u5gjzjyggr3h96x3gjy4akdgwxuk7mgvumv72gym2qyje7fn5s47d6x9.

I think Hal would have liked the combination of bitcoin + Nostr + eCash as a creative way to describe the problems he talks about here.

https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/protecting-privacy-with-electronic-cash/

https://m.primal.net/INDE.jpg
https://m.primal.net/INDF.jpg


I’m really struggling with the idea of nuking my twitter but I’m 50% more likely to do it this month than I was last month.

The more breaks I take from Twitter, the more I realize was a toxic cesspool of mind poison it is.

It is a source of unhappiness.


:jacknod:


Tremendous. Trump is gonna have our back, big league. More and more people are saying this.


Peak music was definitely in the 70s. I do loves me some 90s jams and 2000s nu metal, but 70s music was glorious


:chadyes:


This quote from The Matrix feels relevant:
"You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it."


:funkycat:


:dogedance:


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


https://i.nostr.build/zdgj0.jpg
#memes #funny


Very unfortunate boating accident we had yesterday. So many lost bitcoins


Ok, new NIP:
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1256


"I post nudes for money."
"What IS money?"


Ok maybe it's not true
nostr:nevent1qqsddxzz58zs9znyuf59afl64w262d545lhq6qgrv6fqwfsluyzaavgpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqzyz8ealj7tdd3875kw450qduprcwcl28vuvgp4rr945996atxtlnd5qcyqqqqqqg9why2y


The delete button is one of the greatest lies by every big tech company. None of your data is ever deleted by any of them, they just flag it as deleted in their database so that it doesn't show up on client applications.


:kermittea:


We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again:

Custodial wallets have superior UX until you get shotgun KYC’d or rugged. nostr:note1q4hgz6yxqlh2zy62t8du2yhqzq8ymu0ehyakmegrnspnxtjxh0qshche4d


Can do both with minibits


:jacknod:


*chef's kiss*
 https://image.nostr.build/0d99719cb5e570415caeed023fa88d751ac0a06e090ee8de57143fa145d759ed.jpg


Normalize the term 'tax cattle'


GM Nostr and fellow single sat/vB mempool enjoyoooors ☕

Great day for some UTXO management and ⚡ channel opens.

 https://image.nostr.build/87890a7650265116efa5df3ad73215cef440edc5bff761d0a93f6acea89850bc.jpg


:keks:


:elmofire:


Bluesky announced DMs today. Yikes. https://i.nostr.build/6G2YW.jpg


Bitcoiners are still hangin' out every Thursday in OC. Love these guys. 🤙

nostr:naddr1qqyrvcny8yurvwfcqgsxng9qjy95ngwml0zwfugd7g44sp402sp6y2pxwcu096gge95z9rgrqsqqql9nfj4ar4


https://i.nostr.build/q6Yod.jpg
#memes #funny


:chadyes:


I just called the local radio show and talked about Nostr for several minutes. The host is stoked, and I think he's going to make an account. His response was, "Big Tech won't hand you freedom. Freedom has to be made."

Promote Nostr to locals! No one else will!


And I prefer to use "lying Chat GPT" because nobody I talk to knows it lies


Is there a nostr version of final message yet? I can hack something together, but it won't be pretty.


:balenod:


:dogedance:


:funkycat:


Only if you spent 10,000 Bitcoin


:jacknod:


:cheemssuperactivated:


2013 👀


MANDIBLES THEN BITCOIN STANDARD.

STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS.

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


:feelsgood:


Happy Bitcoin Pizza 🍕 Day! https://image.nostr.build/da4828211f8a7c695b362c24993ec369597d8004e410182e2bbd7e619183b7a0.jpg


"GM, GFY" t-shirts available now at BitcoinMint.com
 https://image.nostr.build/7907b60851f9dc86b1aae2cc609dac711864f5ceabfee3dfab1a5a52cf67d739.jpg


Nice.
https://m.primal.net/IKCo.jpg


The Cypherpunks had a strong ethos around the idea that asking the government for privacy protection was a waste of time. I wonder if that was actually true. Perhaps it was a mistake.

In the United States, there might be a few people in leadership who understand history well enough to know that the "free United States" they claim to fight for cannot exist going forward without privacy, particularly cryptography and online privacy.


The broad crypto industry rallied hard soon after the White House threatened to veto the bill that would let banks custody digital assets. And now it’s making a big difference, with Congress voting strongly for it, the White House pulling their veto threat, etc.

While it’s right to pass that bill and let banks custody them if they want, it’s sad to see that the crypto industry response to that was like 100x bigger than the response to all of the anti-privacy stuff that has been happening.

The desire of people in the industry for banks to help pump their bags is way bigger than their desire to pave a way for freedom tech in general.

Much love to all those building and supporting real freedom tech.


I'm wearing my favorite from BitcoinMint.com :
 https://image.nostr.build/7907b60851f9dc86b1aae2cc609dac711864f5ceabfee3dfab1a5a52cf67d739.jpg

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I’m sorry but steak and carnivore is a psyop.

Pizza is a cultured food. Full of flavour and creativity. It tastes 1000 times better than bland ass steak.

Plus it’s way healthier. I’ve been training for 2 decades now and always looked best when eating pizza.

I’m sorry if you’re just part of the  twitter herd who just follow memes & trends (as if twitter is real life) instead of trusting your own taste buds.

Also sorry if u live in America and are stuck with glyphosates. Maybe you should come to Europe or elsewhere and eat real food.

https://m.primal.net/IKAY.jpg


:handshake:


:elmofire:


Don't donate to any of these current presidential politicians.

They will turn on #Bitcoin and Bitcoiners whenever it is politically expedient for them to do so.

Until one is Bitcoin-only (no other cryptos), holds Bitcoin, and eliminates capital gains tax, it's nonsense.


:balenod:


...yet.


69420 incoming.

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:jjjlaugh:


Overheard: “If you want privacy in a digital world, use pen and paper.”


:funkycat:


I'm even more bullish on nostr:nprofile1qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytndw46xjmnewaskcmr9wshxxmmd9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyctwvshsqgzk56m4xu7g77unc5au46rd3la6h20j5xeczgs9flxm0ualv3dhyu0ueq2l  after listening to this.

If you're running a DIY node please consider donating to them.

https://podverse.fm/episode/RmbIu-D1x


Palindrome Block 844448 👉👈


I was in stonks when the degen stuff first started happening years ago. It was all new to me but I actually bought one called naked before it pumped hard with all the WSB stuff. I made a nice return then saw them remove the buy button the next day. I was fucking pissed; I realized the whole system is rigged and they don’t even need to hide it. I remember paying a crazy fee to transfer everything off TD Ameritrade and into fidelity because they were one of the few brokers that didn’t restrict trading. But it still didn’t feel right. All my assets and my financial standing were at the mercy of these 3rd party middlemen. Fidelity could just as easily remove the buy button. But at the time I didn’t understand Bitcoin so I never considered there might be other options. NGU in shitcoins is what eventually got me into crypto and then eventually down the rabbithole to Bitcoin only.


WE SHOULD START CALLING INFLUENCERS “DRUG PEDDLERS”.


VC "spray & pray" AKA stochastic malinvestment

Based on what I can tell from Farcaster, their hearts are roughly in the right place but they fail in their adversarial thinking. A common problem among shitcoiners. The good news is, when they're working on THEIR project, they're NOT working on OURS.


:frysquint:


:chadyes:


Growing daily addicted users


GOOD MORNING

https://video.nostr.build/f4cce4f9024aa1ffda9796b276dee83f70d24852a75746a2c6d4b9f30c7129c9.mp4


So good.

Crank this one at the gym 💪


:cheemssuperactivated:


:jacknod:


All Bitcoin wallets should contain a direct p2p network fallback for tx broadcast

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WE SHOULD START CALLING PRISONS “WALLED GARDENS.”

WE SHOULD START CALLING DRUG ADDICTS “DAILY ACTIVE USERS.”

WORKS FOR BIG TECH.


Stop giving your corn to wealthy people. Stop it. Better to zap someone from a different country that is gonna buy milk.


:elmofire:


:keks:


377k miles on my Toyota Stackermobile


SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TIME TO REVISIT THIS ONE FROM nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx 🫡

https://capsodell.vercel.app
https://m.primal.net/IJFa.jpg


Blossom is one of the most intriguing projects at the moment. Huge ramifications on decentralizing internet media and hosting if successful. #Zappy21st nostr:note1jn27hm09k23hv9chtvm0v09hvp8paxmrz5tnxphz3frlktrjkf3sxhj2ul


:popcorn:


:feelsgood:


:funkycat:


Release the Creed.


#TIL
https://i.nostr.build/KGrEy.jpg
#memes #funny


nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z Does amethyst enable viewing nostr through someone else's follow list? It would be nice if I could add other people's follows into the drop-down at the top.


#Bitcoin
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:cheemssuperactivated:


what's the vibe on nostr these days? who should I be following?


Also there are hashtags you can check out. #bitcoin #plebchain #footstr etc


Primal.net has trending posts if you want to see that. Also I repost a lot, so you can look through my posts for people to follow.


Nostr is what Bitcoin Twitter was always meant to be.


https://i.nostr.build/M5kXk.jpg
#memes #funny


Anyone from Oxide Computer Company here on nostr?


JUST IN: Peer-to-Peer Rights Fund Launched to Protect Open-Source Devs, Starting with Samourai Case

The P2P Rights Fund will provide resources to subsidize defense counsel and sponsor amicus briefs in pivotal cases, support and finance affirmative impact litigation to secure crucial legal precedents, and offer free or subsidized regulatory advice to developers of non-custodial Bitcoin tools.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/peer-to-peer-legal-defense-fund-to-defend-samourai/


:keks:


A micronation with a few rules. #Slowjamastan
https://youtu.be/7_9MM8hF9Es?feature=shared


:dogedance:


Number of gm posts, only one per day measured in UTC time will count to the total 😂


:gunpoint:


:pointguy:


:funkycat:


ONWARD 🫡

https://cdn.satellite.earth/18f289391708ad9bbd50d4024098c4b4fbdcd8e36792a047eba90ba420a1205d.mp4


:popcorn:


Today is the day of the Zoo Trip. About 2 hours until we depart. Thanks to all who donated the kids are excited to go stay tuned for more pictures of the trip also shout out to nostr:npub12z5nym0qkxhdrvmyhup2llzp98lryr38gw8ywxktkps9eqdts7asjj9k9c
For donating the pins to give to the kiddies! And nostr:npub1ej2rwvt46908z65w80wt6dd0s74ehyve8zv97n9cxdgrpld5pwjs0h5jr0 for his monkey design!

https://image.nostr.build/5c250ea0636ddcad1f767139d8c59ba680d8a950d3d995aecf1ee009c13601ee.jpg


:jjjlaugh:


GM 🫂☕🧉💜
Buen inicio de semana, les dejo un hermoso tema de METALLICA: Nothing else matters
 https://video.nostr.build/04950367ca1c71b9cb904e20b7c136f76c9e277f1c8bdf327145d8a4b7896299.mp4


Although Assange got a win today, his health is apparently really bad and he is continuing to deteriorate in the UK prison system. He should be released today. #FreeAssangeNOW
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Halving effect materializing. #Bitcoin
https://image.nostr.build/a30c59b52d2b039be90265485042d6bd68c7a24bf0c9aaf595525f01e95120a2.jpg


Why is everything falling apart?
The wrong "plan?"
The wrong "leaders?"
Not enough "funding?"

It's actually far simpler and more fundamental than most realize...

https://v.nostr.build/zdRXY.mp4


I think we should invert it. If we can REDUCE these addiction measures across platforms, that's a win.


#FreeAssange https://i.nostr.build/Z50Yl.jpg


GM https://image.nostr.build/6f5ab1286272616b904e5fad7dc86da5333fa525563194463edb25ce725fd8b7.jpg


Your daily reminder to not put all of your eggs (backups) in a single basket.

If there's not three distinct copies of data stored in different places, consider it gone.

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Who is funding #Amethyst?

Who is the Influencor that shills it constantly?

How come Amethyst has very likely the most number of unique features on #nostr and nobody talks about them or push other famous client to implement them? Like..

- zapstrem visible in client
- zap pools
- sensitive content flag when creating note
- split zap when creating note
- scrollable feed only image/video like TikTok/Instagram
- so many other features I forgot and really don't have time to put all them down since they are so much..

#Amethyst, the most underrated client, will keep saying it, since others are sleeping on it, for a reason or another.. 👀


:jacknod:


Modus

Host of "La Cosa Nostr" podcast. https://archive.org/details/LaCosaNostr2023


Not yet. They're working on it


Most people don't spend #Bitcoin  till they have nothing else to spend. That's why the Medium Of Exchange adoption curve lags the Store Of Value adoption curve.

By 2035 you'll be able to buy most goods and services in most places around the world denominated in sats.
https://m.primal.net/IIQe.jpg


:funkycat:


:chadyes:


:handshake:


:feelsgood:


:elmofire:


Someone told me that extolling the virtues of nostr sovereignty won't help adoption and the only thing that matters is UX.

I think they're right when it comes to mass adoption. But I believe that in order for mass adoption to happen, we first must build a base of ideologically motivated early adopters who won't mind rough UX.

It's the fringe early adopters who will be willing to put in the work necessary to get us to mass adoption.


How much experience do you have with start9? I can't imagine putting in the work to use Umbrel when I could just use start9


You can watch a lot of sex. Doing it is physically demanding. They didn't have TV, so watching was a form of entertainment.

Also you first said "an" average person, I take that differently than "the"average person. I don't think MOST people watched so much


Just a random estimate of how long before it breaks and you decide it's not worth the effort to fix it


If you do end up running both, I give the Umbrel 6 months, tops.


If we're talking about all of human history, I don't think it was just elites.

Anthropologists have found tribes with all kinds of practices that you would not expect


I'm not totally sure it would be the first time in history.

Lotta people been gettin down all kinda ways for a long ass time.


IDK


Trefoil Torus Knot no.1

#blender #geometrynodes #perfectloop

https://v.nostr.build/jY3q5.mp4


Great choice of photos


We have another leader of a country on nostr. President of Suriname.

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for years I've been mistreated and ridiculed by some on the basis of "you don't use your _real name_"

now "they fight you" stage is in and these same people are posting "hOw dO we protect DEVS in FOSS?!"

pathetic


it's incredible how most people follow stuff blindly BUT AT THE SAME TIME most people can't follow simple instructions


:jacknod:


:dogedance:


#🌝 girl in da house


:elmofire:


Idk who needs to hear this, but you can't fight criminals via the channels they set up for you to fight them.


A few tracks to check out:

Science album:
New Skin
A Certain Shade of Green
Favorite Things

Make Yourself Album:
Privilege
Out From Under (👀 lyrics)


:chadyes:


Many good gym tracks on the first four incubus albums, but some people do not dig that stuff for various reasons.


Lots of good gym tracks on the POD Satellite album


The Clincher by Chevelle
SS Recognize by Alien Ant Farm


:balenod:


ETHBTC quietly making new cycle lows today.

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


This is exactly why so many devs take their pseudonymity extremely seriously, and why their privacy should always be respected. nostr:note1q5ytak8k4ety4r6e27wzjgqwcy4mg9e70stk2f8ty5rhex9vmpzqtnqj0w


If your wife is both, does it mean she’s bipolar ?

😆😆😆😆
https://m.primal.net/IGuZ.mov


Would be nice if they put some information on their webpage about wtf is the point of them


:funkycat:


https://i.nostr.build/Geo3e.jpg
#memes #funny


If the “smart” money is so fucking smart, how come it go here after us?


:cheemssuperactivated:


Don’t buy sats from government regulated entities. nostr:note1cwsegjaqz2pjr7zfhwzv8euwflde2227a92wflnlmqngxf7jl3mq04dt4c


#SoundMoney 👀

#Zitadelle2024 #BTCZitadelle
https://m.primal.net/IGhi.jpg


gm NOSTR 🤙

Code is unstoppable, NOSTR is unstoppable, Bitcoin is unstoppable.

https://v.nostr.build/En6yJ.mp4


10 moos out of 10
🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮


:dogedance:


In other news: Blacksmith sentenced to 48 months jail; his knife was used to stab someone. This follows the incarceration of an automobile manufacturer, as one of his cars was used for a bank heist. https://image.nostr.build/e752e49812e7ca4fa733e1858dda24192deaf733ef261d7de26e120111f21fa6.jpg


This is completely fucking insane.

https://x.com/valkenburgh/status/1790367445720445421

 https://image.nostr.build/524aad979dbb49eed1a661a449b8707841125a4af9fd765fa37b56157c038835.jpg


This tyrannical level of KYC/AML is causing more market demand for privacy.

Demand is the mother of all inventions.


"Building and deploying something unstoppable is also a decision" is deffo going on a t-shirt.


https://www.wired.com/story/tornado-cash-money-laundering-case-crypto-privacy/ https://image.nostr.build/4b97ef3be917e117c18aed545a61d1df3a89f6f6048e4225e40505c7c0bfe3c5.jpg


:elmofire:


A “liberal democracy” that relies on theft from others in order to survive is “monetary imperialism” dressed up in a words that disguise what is really happening.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Get sats instead.

I'm using a Pixel 5 and driving a car from 2006 with 377k miles on it. The alternative is fewer sats, which is unacceptable to me.


Or actually you might be able to just take the private key that you have and put it into primal. It might handle it properly.


There are different private key formats. You may need to convert the private key to an nsec from hex: https://nostrtool.com/


Down here in Southern California we have this mysterious pseudonymous Bitcoiner who travels to Bitcoin events a lot, so you may have met him. He comes to Bitcoin meetups with raw steak and eats it with his hands. The man is a legend.


¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://m.primal.net/IGWp.jpg


The US is a freedom affinity scam


How do you even pronounce it? "GPT four oh?" 🤮


Meatspace needs more of this.
https://image.nostr.build/08a720adcda0e9d43a3b6836ca89db8cb466bb7baf9d0c2e85c9677932851c93.jpg


New favorite game with the kids:
We mute the audio of prescription drug ads and read the closed captions, then everyone shouts out the funniest side effect they see.

Lessons Learned:
- Everything comes at a cost
- We don’t have to accept things as truth because they have a catchy song
- Don’t take yourself so seriously
- GFY


City State: The smallest kind of state in existence today
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😂🫡

https://image.nostr.build/33fb9ec9750a0efdd547cf585cb7a69b0477253c0147fafd0fbf1edbd2f3a4e8.jpg


:cheemssuperactivated:


:funkycat:


:chadyes:


If only there were some sort of asset with a limited supply that we could hold to weather the storm


https://i.nostr.build/4oDYW.jpg
#memes #funny


They have proven themselves incapable of cutting spending. They have spent more than they took in every year for a long time, except for a short blip in the 90s.

It's a leadership problem.


Why can't 4.9 trillion be right?


:elmofire:


Bitcoin fees are currently only a dollar, but niche programmers are suggesting to change the fundamental nature of bitcoin and increase its attack surface to make it more scalable… for people who don’t necessarily know or understand the trade offs of that scaling.

Scaling is an important discussion, but everything is a trade off. I like many of the scaling discussions, but rushing them is another matter.

It costs me $100 to buy a 1oz gold coin by mail, or to send signed documents internationally in a few days. Verification is expensive.

The idea that global monetary verification should be super cheap inherently comes with security trade offs.

All ideas should be evaluated carefully and come to major consensus. Otherwise change proposers risk a fork war.


Coldcard Q might be good for this


Coming to a nation near you


:popcorn:


🤷♂ Contribute?


Chapwoodindex.com

Here's a complete list of all the items in the index: https://chapwoodindex.com/chapwood-index-items/


The two hard problems in Computer Science:
2. Cache Invalidation
1. Naming things
0. Off-by-1 errors


:jjjlaugh:


How does it suck? Is the experience any worse than whatsapp?


The Dynastic Cycle and the Fourth Turning are all basically the same thing. It's built into civilization, regardless of era or culture.

There are debt/money growth cycles, law/bureaucracy growth cycles, and periods of reset for both of them.

During the growth phase, debt accumulates, and laws build upon laws as bureaucrats become bloated and detached. Even well-meaning people in power can't fix it; every attempt to fix things just adds another layer of debt and legal complexity.

And then after a long enough time, it blows up. It could be slow or it could be fast, but it gets fucking rekt. It could be a lost war, a major internal revolution, or a slow massive decline and then a major populist democratically-elected landslide pivot.

The new government emerges, as order out of chaos, with elements of authoritarianism. The ideal scenario is that this newfound unity is enough to create change in the right direction, and then decentralize itself to re-establish rule of law and individual rights. The more common scenario, however, is that this newfound unity is not let go by those who claimed it, and it leads to authorianism/communism/fascism and decades of problems. In other words, the revolution against the decaying chaos is easy, but sticking the landing toward the re-emergence of freedom and productivity is the hard part.

That's why nothing stops this train. We're in the debt cycle rotation/reset, and eventually the bureaucratic rotation/reset as well. It takes billions of dollars to build a thousand feet of high-speed rail in the USA. Europe flails around on energy optics. Politicians become satire. Japan is stuck in yield curve control. This can last a long time, but the tailspin is nearly irrecoverable.

Incrementalism doesn't work at this phase. The event horizon is passed. Rather, the focus becomes on what order will emerge from the chaos. Is it rational order, or is it even worse than what came before?

The answer to that question, is what people have a big part in shaping.

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


a fun sunday read

https://blog.lopp.net/the-untold-story-of-ditto-b/


wow https://x.com/SpencerKSchiff/status/1787903277067075943


:cheemssuperactivated:


:keks:


They finally just responded with this:

"Cryptomus Support Team: Hello. Thanks for waiting.

An AML block has been triggered on your transaction

Can you please let us know if this transaction has been paid? If payment has not been made, please block the application on your
side. This payment will be held.

To confirm the origin of the funds, please answer the following questions in full:

- Through which platform did the funds come to you? If possible, please provide screenshots of the sender's wallet/platform withdrawal history, as well as a link to transaction in the explorer;
- What service you received the funds for;
- The amount of the transaction and the date and time it was executed;
- through which contact person did you communicate with the sender of funds? If possible, please provide screenshots of the correspondence with the sender where we can see the confirmation that the funds were sent.

Please request the following from the person who made the payment:

Screenshot of the output of the platform from which they transferred funds, showing the details of the transaction."

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App Images are not working on my new Ubuntu instalation. I click the run as a program button. Is it the $PATH?

#asknostr


:elmofire:


Worry is the traffic of the soul.


These next few years are as existential for bitcoin as the Blocksize Wars.

Back then it was about who got to decide what bitcoin was, now it’s about what bitcoin is.

https://bluematt.bitcoin.ninja/2024/05/11/bitcoins-precarious-position/


Might be visible to us tonight


I can see the northern lights from California right now
https://m.primal.net/IFaT.jpg


A long time ago, I heard Phil Zimmerman was a nuclear activist before he wrote PGP.

Has he ever talked about this publicly? I would like to learn more about this subject.


Terminology matters.  Words mean things.  There is no such thing as a "custodial wallet"; that is an "account" you have with a custodian.

When you say "non-custodial wallet" you are playing the tyrant's word games.  "Non-custodial" implies that "custodial" is the norm.  It is not and never should be.

Because there is no such thing as a "custodial wallet," there can be no such thing as a "non-custodial wallet"; that's just a wallet.


This.

Please tell us what we can do.

There's a whole group of people who are ready to pitch in 🫡


Bitcoin hasn’t felt like it’s been in this much of an existential crisis since the block size wars. And this time there’s no mobilization in the community in its defense.


Maui

https://www.gohawaii.com/islands/maui

Traveling to the Maui for the first time soon. Any advice? Staying in the cheap area in a condo. Will be there a week and have a car rental. I know Lahaina is still closed, since the fires. Definitely want to respectfully enjoy the natural beauty of the island. #travel #asknostr


:gunpoint:


It’s ok to leave social media completely behind and move on with your life.

It should never have been a major pillar of human existence to begin with.

#Nostr can remain casual and still be there to publish the important stuff when needed 🤙


:chadyes:


:handshake:


My friend once posed this question to me…

“What if we can’t have a libertarian society unless everyone is 130+ IQ?”

I didn’t have a good answer, because I think he’s right. https://image.nostr.build/396426b206d69fdc7bfaa21019b7bd23f0b7d5d885f09473b0e66fbde4b900be.png


You, sir, are clearly not one of the initiated


:jacknod:


The word capitalism was invested by socialists. Why should anyone support the "-ism" of capital itself? I'd rather talk about free markets, voluntarism, or respecting other people's property.


Telegram is notoriously insecure and routinely cooperates with govs behind the scenes while talking a big game about speech and privacy. Even their limited opt-in (roll their own) encryption is sus. The more you know 🌈


I don’t understand how the crypto community trusts Telegram which is closed source, has substandard encryption, and actively cooperates with police. Signal isn’t perfect but it’s a hell of a lot better than Telegram. Transparent open funding from the US government and California tech money donations is a hell of a lot better than sketchy Russian and Middle Eastern funders.

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This is far and away my favorite feature of nostr lately. Custom reaction sets. I added it Jay's once and he just keeps improving it.

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