Ps - I think they already have it figured out. Fidelity is holding their own keys and will have their reserves audited. It’s so easy to audit, and people think they won’t, but it’s to their advantage to.


Good luck!


On days like today, I am once again thankful for the abundant natural gas that we use to power and heat our homes. I am thankful for all of the men and women who extract our resources, in one of the most environmentally responsible jurisdicitons in the world. I am thankful for the people who have built the infrastructure that stabilizes our grid.

My nipples are perky, my thighs burn when I walk into work, and I can't find my testicles, but I know I'm not going to freeze today.


Pat! Welcome back!


Good morning Dawn. High of -25. 😂😂 Bring it on!


Morning!


Easter is at the tail end this year


Two weeks.


That’s not too far off! We’ve got Spring Break at the end of March.


Going back is always the worst


I didn’t know you are from Cuba originally. I would love to hear that story!

That would be awesome!


Dooo it! Check out Nicaragua and Costa too. Both amazing places!


Belize is close to you. You should make your way down there.


Yeah same with me. I’ve only gone twice while traveling In Thailand and Belize. Goals!


Very cool! Have you ever been diving?


That* 🤷♂


It would be pretty dark. Or I guess if it was only 10m deep they would be cool. The ocean life would be amazing.


Nope 🤗


Close 😜


🍬 and 😚💨


Lmao!

🍻🤙☕Sergio☕🤙🍻


🍻🤙☕Sergio☕🤙🍻


Morning doggo!


Thank you! I forgot to save this one last time :):):)


Right on!


On foot, or from a helicopter :)
Obviously, Youtube has taught me what I know about hog hunting!

🍻🤙☕Sergio☕🤙🍻


I've never hunted hogs. Good luck!

🍻🤙☕Sergio☕🤙🍻


Fees are not correlated to the price of bitcoin. Fees are related to how much data is in a transaction and the competition to get that data included in a block.

If you have to combine 15 utxos into a single transaction, instead of having the same value in one utxo, you are going to pay more in fees, becuase you need to include more data.

This is why everyone should consolidate their utxos, during times of low fees. It's better to spend one large utxo, than 10 or 15, as it contains less data.


What are you hunting for?

🍻🤙☕Sergio☕🤙🍻


Love this. Shel knew what was up:

Masks

She had blue skin
And so did he.
He kept it hid
And so did she.
They searched for blue
Their whole liife through,
Then passed right by-
And never knew.

I'm thankful that we don't have to wear our masks.


I guess I should have said, tired of pretending to be normal :)


:)
It's the monotony that gets me;  the constant demands of others to conform to their understandings of what is "normal".   I am tired of being normal.


Round, and round we go.....where we stop no one knows :)


:):):) Boulders, we are.


Worth your time.


Delicious!


Volatility always equals opportunity......with a lot of risks.  Checks state of testicles....yep steel :)


Ostrich


Everything has been set in motion. The town criers will continue to bellow and blow their whistles, as they steer the apathetic and unaware towards a damp, airless hole, devoid of natural light, with nothing below it, but the hell they are surely to visit.

It is up to us to shine a light, to gather our brothers and sisters. It will take honour, courage, and steadiness.

I lay awake, with doubts that I will be ready for what will surely come.


Good night Dawn.


*with us


In a world full of lies and deception, i seek truth again with the Vienna Philharmonic and Bitcoin.

I seek truth again in music and code, and it is clear as day, there is hope.

[825077]


I find this same truth in the land, in the snow, and the wind whispers its secrets. Their panicked faces betray what we all know. The power resides with, as it always has.


Potholes are speed holes 🤔


Bring on the volatility !


Wouldn’t selling, be like throwing away your only weapon?


Math and English Language Arts 😀


No, I’m a teacher 😁


I can't even quote a poem properly :)

*Life is a barren field


Dreams
by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken winged bird
That cannot fly

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams go
Life is barren field
Full of snow

https://image.nostr.build/c64389db8904c6ca9eed834809839b5f5eb5db541d9f77992f64dc3c16cd0521.jpg


:) it's not that beautiful. It's just a path behind our school, I happened to be walking on when I read your note. If you want to see pretty, I can take you places :)


Best time for one. I’ll go on one with you. https://image.nostr.build/d75f261094b258211c14c8efeb3d1b08e0f38464b1649016ed060dcf3cc2fed2.jpg


Sorry, I am not following you.This sentence doesn’t make sense to me:

“the value of UTXO goes up so does the value of fees but you pay the same fees regardless of the UTXO size”


Of course!


Isn't more about what percentage of the utxo you would have to pay in fees? For example, if my 1mm sats is now worth 5000$ instead of 500$, I would be much more willing to pay 50$ to transfer it, as it is lower in % terms?


Thanks!


Curious as to what you believe the ideal consolidation number is? 1mm sats? 7mm?


Chi-Townster


You’re doing a great job selling it. Is there BLM land close, or is it mostly state parks?


Congrats! I love seeing the power of our network in high gear!


Yes, but I can’t change it to any other amount.


On unleashed.


My kids don't even go outside if it's below -15. At my school it's -30.

Bullshit.


Also, if I put in a budget for "one-click" payments in settings, I get a "bad arguments, error 404" message.


No worries. Commonlit.org is also amazing for literacy.


Unfortunately, not all teachers are created equal. If it is any solace, I would never do that, and I would say that 99% of the people I currently teach with, wouldn't either. Seems like you have a few bad apples and I know how much that sucks, as I have had the same with my own kids. If you want, I could provide you with some excellent online resources (free) that could keep them busy. I just need to know what ages they are.


Yeah, I’m the same. I save it for special occasions.


Mine has a lot of toilet paper. I can send you some if you need it😜 https://image.nostr.build/62a3b3b467aec4d90a6bde540243d160548e05df88782a59fb9e4a82b0c554b0.jpg


Muting words, or acronyms, is extremely useful :)


good morning!


Good morning Node


On desktop, I click on "open wallet" under the QR code, and it takes me to the approve payment, and I can't change the amount.
https://image.nostr.build/dd605b12fe9d7a4cef7f6b8ff595752a596f2118bcb99400bf67c4c86c841cb2.png


3 hours gets us to the rink to play hockey


At this point neither do I


Sure you don’t. 😜


Is that a kiwi with gonorrhoea?


Shop update incoming! 4 new Bitcoin Beanies!
I'll be listing them one by one over the next few minutes. If you think they're cool, please boost! 😎
https://image.nostr.build/e19fc573f431c369a0bf84fd8651d31ea108a21fb9aca7d22a51fa3544bb2cf7.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=843x1054&blurhash=_AFFEMESxCxt%3Dut7ogI8E2M%7CxuNGjEbc%7D%3Ft6M%7CjFSiRkof5Z%3D_xsM%7Ct7kXnN%23%25xZx%5EM%7BMxa%7BM%7C%25KRlIoR%2BxZa%7BR.t6WBIVt7R%2Cj%5Bt6t7R%2Bs%3As.WBM%7Bt6IqoLs%2Bayozays%2C&x=455c3b82fcbb6932e7c2bec73421be2618c866314e1b6a5140bfea4b3e7fb269
#bitcoinbeanie #nostrmarketplace #proofofwork #bitcoinmerch #handmade #shopstr


🤙 right back at you!


Dan and I are just being Canadians, flexing our useless terms 😂😂.

Beanie is pretty popular!


Beanies? Never heard of them?


Ah, okay. Thanks for letting me know. 😁


My doctor said I should wrap my corn. I told him to GFH.


But I can’t see the conversion rate? Is that something that you think will change when out of beta?


#nostr #artstr

Day 3) https://image.nostr.build/3ef08ff11d6f14598edb747ef9bb39122e05a2cd84d972318412e61d68d571a6.jpg  nostr:note1jtzf3qda48ude8snjrwd2aydqvqlc4tqpdpcq9ewzurnj4tr9grsc57j3n


nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49
nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac
Is there a way to collapse the trending notes feed, or remove it from Snort?


It’s not because they’re scared. It’s because there are different layers that every institution must go through to get approval to allocate funds to bitcoin. Most times it doesn’t make it past committee, and then the final nail is usually legal, due to liability risk.

I guarantee if these “suits” as you call them hold btc personally, it’s in cold storage.

Where’s the nuance?


Ps - when trying to top it up with Alby, I am not able to enter a value in the field.


That you are using?


When topping up my account, btc is converted to usd. What is the typical spread? Or is there a way I can see the conversion rate?


How dare you harvest gains!

:)


Ah, that’s why no one can seem to find it. They’ve forgotten how to follow the stars.


Could you provide a map please?


I love people too.


But it makes taking a shit harder. Literally.


Pulling out. It’s broken.


All the time. I also feel like they separate us and continually distract us from what is really important in our life. Love, purpose, family, and community.

We are in the process of removing everything from our lives, so that we can live.


So much easier.


Lol. We can just unplug them at night and then they won't start in the morning :)


Ice fog and square tires 😂🤙


Going to be -40 this week.

I have been wearing a lot of green lately.


I read “I download farts” …..back to work, it’s way too early 😂


Whatever floats your boat 😜


Thanks!


😂 exactly. Screw this multitasking, let’s get back to a world where things and people do one thing well.


They do, but I’m not sure they would ship internationally. There are some ranches in Montana, Wyoming, and northern Oklahoma too.


Ah, so if I was to explore this genre, this is where I would start?


What is this?


I prefer my doctors to be illiterate.


I order it from a Ranch. Are there any near you?


Sooo good!

But have you tried Bison tongue?


Exactly! Hell ya!


One of my faves. The leg kicks at the end and purple jumpsuit…..🔥

https://youtu.be/QzgJIF00Xdw?si=Kz5RPiagG3jkImYs


Van the Man!


Thank you! This will come in handy soon!


More fun than a lottery ticket 🤙


I love them too. A lot of people complain about how their prices have gone up, but when I compare them to similar priced watches, they present a lot of value. The AD I buy from always gives me 20-20% off retail, so that helps too.


Seiko always keeps their best ones for their domestic market


This is the dream


It does……..


Good night!


Thanks! It seems to be a tank too. 6 year warranty, lasts ten months on a full charge, drilled lugs for easy strap replacement, and pretty good price too!


Are you going to say you keep time in btc? 😂

If not, and it’s a watch, let’s see it!


Ordered from Japan, so it may take a few weeks to get here!

Seiko SBDN 069: https://image.nostr.build/307948258ea81e744bb84de6c1f0aaa005d3672fcc5eabef59bbdc613e2aafd0.jpg


I bought a watch. Does that count?


Hey, I’m waiting too!


Let’s talk about what is really important 😂😂


*Buffet


Sure, I could totally be wrong. Won’t be the first time 😂🤙.


Sure there are subsidies, but the majority of costs are borne by private entities.

It’s coming.

I’ll take Buffer on this one.

Agree to disagree.


They are not investing billions of dollars into this technology just to prove it’s too expensive.

https://www.investors.com/news/warren-buffett-carbon-cutting-play-just-made-a-10-year-deal-with-amazon/#:~:text=Meanwhile%2C%20the%20Warren%20Buffett%2Dbacked,across%20the%20world%20by%202035.


Costs to governments?


I see a ladybug. You?


For sure. People have to have their livelihoods threatened before they take notice.


The rhetoric of our current government does not represent the majority of our population.

Carbon tax won’t make it, natural gas production is a provincial matter and the federal government can pound sand, and carbon capture is actually a relatively cheap and easy way to make targets, and is supported by the oil and gas industry. It’s one of the main reason Buffet is buying up so much OXY stock.


For sure, he’s been a good measuring stick to use 😂.

As an example of the stupidity  of Canada’s current government, on December 20th my grocery store was no longer allowed to provide customers with compostable bags at the checkout.

However, they could still sell them in the aisle.

So, when I forget my reusable bags, I have to buy the compostable bags, hand them to the person bagging the groceries, and have them unwrap each one individually, and bag my groceries.

When the uselessness of your government becomes this visible, it’s only a matter of time before the masses extrapolate this type of policy to other areas of governance.


Neither have I. There’s a line, and they are getting pretty close to it.


Resources in the ground though. If we could get only get them to market.


Will


Well I’m not much better off.😂


Yes, in the meeting, it makes us all feel good 😀.


When I meet with parents of my students, I always celebrate the work the parents are doing to set their kids up for success. They are always so dumbfounded when another adult compliments them. No one ever tells me I’m doing a bang up job raising my kids. I would assume it’s probably the opposite.


Verified


Literal quote from Hal:
"Actually there is a very good reason for Bitcoin-backed banks to exist, issuing their own digital cash currency, redeemable for bitcoins. Bitcoin itself cannot scale to have every single financial transaction in the world be broadcast to everyone and included in the block chain. There needs to be a secondary level of payment systems which is lighter weight and more efficient. Likewise, the time needed for Bitcoin transactions to finalize will be impractical for medium to large value purchases.

I believe this will be the ultimate fate of Bitcoin, to be the "high-powered money" that serves as a reserve currency for banks that issue their own digital cash. Most Bitcoin transactions will occur between banks, to settle net transfers. Bitcoin transactions by private individuals will be as rare as... well, as Bitcoin based purchases are today."


#nostr #art
#nostrart #artstr

Before sleep painting https://image.nostr.build/929d39ef7db5554b2af09b721d5a6e24aa3894dc35c31fdaf2f9d36e5335b414.jpg https://image.nostr.build/8c94605407ffa4d2740bd9ab9a212eb2714cb7df8c851db6138ca4f9b8a99198.jpg


We’ve picked some ridiculous battles over the years 🫂😂


😂 best note of the day.


I haven’t got the chops to understand what he’s doing, but he makes me happy. Just a solid person, I’ve been lucky enough to come into contact with over the last year.


Actually your pic was after my note, so I’m not fully challenged 😂


I should look at your posts 😂😂 fml


Dude it’s a type of comb


Welcome!


Wet cardboard


So you mean the keys are like keys to your house? 😂😜

If you lose them, someone can enter your house, they could even move in and pretend to be you, so you need to get new keys made and change your locks?

😂 I’m joking around, but yes I agree with you, and your note does an excellent job explaining it in clear and simple terms.


Maybe try to look at cooking as a painting for your stomach 😂


Wow, nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn the community feature, being private, with a calendar and market are mind-blowing options, on coracle.social .... I want a world that has these options.... Thank you! Looks awesome!

Keep on keeping on!


Mornin!


Too confusing, where’s my password and how can I reset it?

😜


Teach’em young! There are too many squirrels 😜🤙


Unleashed.Chat V0.1.2 live

- Frontend performance improvements.
- Fixed bug where scrolling up in the chat window was impossible while the bot was streaming.
- Comms improved privacy between servers and GPUs. nostr:note1jzl7plppdszvkdzhmtsjat2yq0gsrq64n08mh97g5q67myt0wclq64mhsh


😂 yes I remember those days too


Patience and acceptance of who you are, who they are, and what you’re able to give.


Good night


It’s the map of Marie’s  life. Not her fault. You should see the wrinkles on her palms.


The sphincter is Hyder,Alaska. Spent some time there. Got hyderized.


He’s pissed that we have all the caribou and he has to use those donkeys with janky antlers


Marie started a clothing line:

Threads: Covered in Semen.

Huge hit down under.


Guess there isn’t a Santa Claus


It’s what happens when my bubbles burst


Damn it, they found another plane. I thought my Christmas wish had come true this year.

https://apple.news/ALHuAFgMZQziqmmCOqfYNJg


😂😂😂😂

Ah fack, I miss these threads 😂😂


😂😂 if I had skills I would create a meme with a wolf with a frogs head and a kangaroos tail


A tailless sperm? Or a tadpole?


Fuck Marie, stop working, Frog is here and we’re taking about using our sperm to grow nostr!


😂😂 that’s one interpretation……moooooar babies!


No, but every cup of coffee has a little taste of Crown Royal 😂


So proud of him!


Oh shoot, I thought those were tailless sperm. 😂😂


She definitely deserved it. She gave my kids free stickers, erased all of our overdue books, and flirted with me. Hellion.


How we will know when nostr has made it?

When a note like this doesn’t trend 😂😜🤗 nostr:note1efajake0rrllkfv42v7gs2gk7x5v96qd2w5h9qcmk4mvned50aaqmrpv4z


😂😂

My seven year old just discovered he is double jointed in his middle fingers. Buddy was flipping the bird to the nice lady at the library today.


They’ve caught me a couple of times  😂


Wow, you’re actually a woman.


She hasn’t made sense in months.


Nice!


Ah, we are still funny as shit!


Rec centre was packed tonight 😂


Good night Dawn


Beautiful!


It’s karma


It’s worth it.


Canadian Proud 😂😂


Kids……..


It’s a cruel summer. Look whatchya made me do……


I guess, if you think of me as a 12 year old girl 😜🤗


There’s no coming back


Today marks the biggest release so far in Coracle's history. There have been many good days, like when I introduced Coracle to the nostr telegram group, or when I got my fellowship with FUTO, or when I got my grant from OpenSats, or when I got to speak at Nostrasia. But in terms of realizing the vision I've had for the software - for over two years - today is the day.

Coracle now has private groups.

This means you can now send almost any nostr event over an encrypted channel to the rest of the group's members. This is substantially different from group chats, in that it uses rotating shared keys to provide weak forward secrecy, better scaling, and dynamic member access. This more closely approximates one of the most popular social media products in existence - The Nostr is now a direct competitor of The Facebook.

I built this for my community. I wanted something "good enough" to entice people to leave the advertising-fueled surveillance honeypot that is Facebook. In order to work, it needed to at least support notes, events, and marketplace listings. Although support is still quite basic, Coracle has checked all three of these boxes.

Before I get into the details though, it's important to mention that these groups should not be considered "private" any more than Facebook groups or Mastodon servers are (although privacy is substantially better). A better analog might be WeChat, which uses encryption with the same set of trade-offs. So don't post anything to private groups that might get you in trouble!

With that said, it's possible to run a highly private group. The backbone of this spec is e2e encryption, but relay selection can play an important part in hiding metadata from the rest of the network. If you have a relay you trust to protect notes and not share metadata, your security is significantly increased.

# Prior art

Nostr-compatible group products aren't a totally novel thing, as it turns out. In fact draft [NIP 112](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/580/files) has been around since June, and is already implemented in [ArcadeCity](https://arcade.city/). So why am I creating a new standard? I'l get into the positive benefits of my approach more below, but the quick answers are:

- The new [encryption standard](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/746) is going to break compatibility anyway. If we can end up with a better spec, now is the time.
- ArcadeCity development seems to have stalled.
- NIP-72 communities already have a ton of traction, and match what I'm trying to achieve with encrypted channels.

Of course I'm highly indebted to the project, the design of which is still visible in my final design.

Another product that exists to do something similar in a nostr-compatible way is Soapbox by Alex Gleason. This is a great project, particularly since his Mostr project bridges the ActivityPub world and Nostr. ActivityPub works well for highly centralized communities, but the architecture suffers from this centralization too. In particular, not even DMs are e2e encrypted, and just like regular notes are protected only by authentication enforced by servers.

Finally, there's NIP 29, which is fiatjaf's competing groups project. This has some interesting properties, for example the ability to "fork" a group by linking events together. However, similar to ActivityPub it relies exclusively on relays to protect user privacy, and in a fairly non-standard way. You do get to take advantage of nostr's multi-master architecture though, and signatures are also stripped from events in order to discourage propagation through the network.

None of these solutions quite satisfied me, so I built my own.

# How it works

One of the coolest things about a NIP 72 community-based group spec is that is supports a spectrum of privacy requirements. A group admin might choose to publish group metadata privately so that it's only visible to the group, publicly so that other people can find the group and ask to join, or leave off a private component entirely.

Likewise, since private groups are backwards-compatible with public communities, it's easy to add a private component to existing groups. This can be useful especially for groups run by a business or content publisher, since public exposure is a good thing but certain group members might have more or less access. This could be used to support a patreon-type model, automating group membership based on subscription tier, for example.

An important aspect of the design that makes automation possible is the concept of a dedicated administration key. By decoupling this key from the original creator of the group, ownership can be shared as simply as sharing the key. This allows multiple admins to manage the group simultaneously either manually or using automations built into the group relays or special purpose bot-clients.

This of course raises the issue of admin access revocation, which isn't possible - that is, until we have a solution for key rotation for normal accounts. Once that's in place, the same process can be used to rotate group admin keys.

In the meantime, it's also trivial to reduce the exposure an admin key gets. You wouldn't generally want to simply paste the key wherever it's needed, but luckily that problem has already been solved as well. Instead of giving every admin or admin bot the key, it's trivial to set up an nsecbunker that authorizes each admin client - and can revoke access as needed.

This level of administration is of course fairly complex, but I think it's important to think through the requirements businesses and other advanced users will eventually impose and anticipate them as we're able, not through over-engineering, but through simple concepts that can be reused.

One other neat feature of this NIP is the definition of invite codes, which are essential for running a private group at any kind of scale. When requesting access to a group, a user can send along a "claim", which can be anything - for example a static invite code, a payment receipt, or an explanation of why they want to join. This claim can be validated by hand by a human, or processed by a bot to instantly admit the new member to the group.

When a new member is admitted to the group, the admin can either share an existing access key with them, or they can rotate the key for the entire group. If relays expire access keys after a certain amount of time, this can create a weak form of forward secrecy, where attackers won't be able to access old content, even if they gain access to the admin key.

# Limitations and Future Work

The bar for new nostr clients has risen significantly since I first put Coracle out there. The new groups component is far more mature than Coracle was for much of its early life, but it has its rough edges. Many of these just need to be smoothed out through further UX work, but some are more technical in nature.

- The groups spec relies on NIP 44, which isn't yet available in most signer extensions. That means that unless you log in with your private key (please don't), you won't be able to create or gain access to any private groups.
- Hybrid groups (public groups with a private area) aren't really tested yet, or fully supported in Coracle's UI. It's an open question whether this is even a good idea, since it becomes pretty hard for users to know if they're posting publicly or privately in every context.
- Moderation is not implemented, so if you're creating a public group there is currently no way in Coracle to approve posts. Also, groups created in Coracle don't show up in Satellite for some reason — this is something I'll be working on improving.
- Whether this approach actually scales is another question. It's very hard to build member lists of hundreds of thousands of people, and without a relay helping to filter events, it might become prohibitively expensive to download and analyze all the events posted to a group. We'll see what develops as the design matures and the implementation undergoes stress testing.

# Conclusion

Something I like about both nostr and bitcoin is that it empowers the users of the software. The corollary of this of course is that it's important to exercise this power with care - real damage can be done with this group spec, just as real damage can be done to bitcoin holders through low entropy key generation or poor key handling practices. So please, if you're going to implement this spec, communicate clearly with your users its limitations, and encourage them to run their own relays.

Nevertheless, I am stoked to be another 1% closer to my goal of helping my community - and anyone else who uses nostr - to exercise individual sovereignty and protect their freedom and privacy. Let's keep at it.

Coracle now has closed groups! Read about why I built them the way I did, what's possible, and what's coming.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzdesxs6rjvfjxqurqvesqgsf03c2gsmx5ef4c9zmxvlew04gdh7u94afnknp33qvv3c94kvwxgsrqsqqqa28zalvec


See a dev, zap a dev! nostr:note1fcp7xgp5234860jrz0kl6rutw7tte70mpjpdzrsh50psfxwxdetq4zxyy7


Need something to keep the ladies around. FCs wit and my charm can only do so much 😂


Yeah you can’t really see it on your glasses.

Yeah, we’ve backed out of our garage a few times and clipped the side mirror.

The mirror part, not the casing, and I was able to glue it back in. Has held for about three years and can still move it from the controller inside.

🤙


He’s just tryin to grow nostr! 🤙


Damn, missed this post. Looks good!

I’ve reattached a few side mirrors with the stuff!


I love nights like these. Like a kid on Christmas Eve, waiting for Santa to arrive.

Happy Tracks!


I agree with you, we always have to challenge the ideas of others, and point out inconsistencies, so that we can make informed and individual judgements for ourselves, on the evidence that is presented.

But, in this case there hasn’t been any evidence to support these claims, other than a feeling.

People seem to believe things said by certain individuals because they have been right about things in the past. Ironically these are the same people who slag influencers.

I guess I’m looking at this situation from the outside, as someone who has never had any social media before nostr, so I don’t have any reason to trust anyone.

I’ve only heard of these people since joining nostr last year, and based on what I have read here, I have not been given any reason to trust either party 🤷♂.


You often speak in riddles, which confound and confuse the uninitiated 🤗


Same thing happened in Canada during WWI and WWII. Much of our transportation infrastructure was built by the hands of imprisoned men during this time.

“Just because it’s a law, doesn’t mean it’s moral”
- Somebody


Definitely not a bot, at least in my mind anyway. Which is not verifiable proof of his humanness, as it is more likely verifiable proof of my madness.


Bondic plastic welding is amazing stuff


There you go again 😂 if that was an option I would’ve picked it!


Nigiri


This is awesome!


I have a problem with people making accusations without any evidence to back it up. Sure be skeptical, but if you are going to accuse somebody of something, you better have some hard proof of it. I don’t care who you are.


The skepticism here is healthy, imo, but I'll share my thoughts on all the goings-on/drama with Swan recently...

On the first issue of being associated with ten31: I personally didn't have any perception that Swan was trying to associate with Ten31 or that people thought they were related. I also don't really get any messages from people on this sort of thing so I could just be hanging out in completely the wrong social groups, so honestly don't have much useful to share on that one.

As far as revenue, one thing that seemed clear over the last couple of years (which I felt iffy about anyway, i hate suits) was that they were targeting legacy finance bros in Cali and pushing Swan Private really hard in that market. I assumed this was their big capital inflow since they seemed to have been pushing it so hard. (no details, just had been my thoughts)

No idea about the investment numbers at all. But they say they will release in Feb (i think that's right if someone had more info) so i assume we will know then. If they don't release like they say, then obviously that's not a good sign.

Aside from the recent published numbers and whether they are accurate or not, I have found a ton of the drama over the past year or so around Swan has been a lot of making mountains out of mole hills. Maybe it's a "if you shoot 10 times you are bound to hit the target once" sort of thing, but the only thing that seemed like a legitimate concern to me was obviously the whole Prime Trust debacle. However this wasn't a direct issue with Swan (at least in the sense that Swan didn't invest customer funds in LUNA or some dumb shit), but that a crypto adjacent partner had made dumb decisions and Swan had to exit with client BTC. But all the service and withdraws I have had with them during that period and since then, have worked fine (doubly reason to ALWAYS withdraw tho) aside from a week or two that got paused while they were migrating.

I generally think things are overblown because some people just don't seem to like Cory's attitude on social. Which is fair for those to consider that as a concern if they don't get straight answers. Even if they or @`ODELL` are wrong, i don't think that's a bad perspective to entertain. Arguably it's the more robust view to take. Even if they are wrong, it would still have been a smart choice in largely any situation.

Scrutiny and skepticism are usually the most prudent attitudes for pushing to get information available when it isn't forthcoming. But in other situations Swan has been pretty open about when things go wrong (I have mostly just read their emails to find out what's going on, and it doesn't seem to have ever been contradicted when more details come to light later on unless someone has an example of this) - and when issues arise or when their partner actions affect their customers. Taking the third party email leak and recent banking partner policy changes as examples. (ie. I have no doubt every other company with a banking partner involved in bitcoin is dealing with those same policies about coinjoins, but we only got a memo from Swan.)

Just my thoughts. I don't have much to add on the latest info that is being contested though. Wasn't even aware of it until a couple of days ago.

(disclaimer: Swan started sponsoring my show again recently, so I have more incentive to defend them, but this has also been my feeling during the time we were not partnered as well, i didn't stop using Swan during the last year or two.)

nostr:note10cam8hkf6m667h43um64vx7fyfukkk4836wtc2tyep9n64th8snq22q6p6


Always have been.


That can be your training


The best is that it’s been there for months and you’re the first person to ask


Of I could change it, I would 😂


😂😂😂it’s continued to drop…..like my aging scrotum 😂😂🤷♂🤷♂


I think there was a client that gave you a score out of 10 based on your follower list and their followers etc. etc, I don’t really know how it worked, and it’s name ended in “ity”

So I made fun of it by rating myself on the noodity scale……I deleted that ages ago 😂😂😂 doesn’t show in my client……ah well, duck it I guess 😂🤷♂


Ah. I see!


😂 I have no idea what it is……so I won’t be any help!


Oh, is that what my status still shows?????


What’s that?


Congrats!


I second this.


NSFW 😂😂🤷♂


Do you not see the problem if doctors are not paid for what they do?

Good luck finding a doctor the next time your sick. Or, if you do find one, it will most likely be an IMG that isn’t properly trained to perform your surgery.

If we want proper care, we need to pay for it. Doctors are not the problem. The litigations, bureaucracy and administration are.

You have no idea what they sacrifice, unless you are one, are the child of one, or are married to one.

Sorry if I’m wrong, but I’m guessing you’re none of these.


Imagine spending 14 years in school, giving up your life for a 4-6 years of residency, then a fellowship and then having the stress and responsibility of someone’s life in your hands, then you’re asked to run your own business, and you’re constantly worried about getting a sued.

You can’t just pivot.

Everyone thinks that doctors are overpaid until they’re the ones laying on the table.


In Canada lots of docs are closing shop, retiring early, and/or locuming.


It's the same for a lot physicians in Canada too. Overhead is killing them, dues are ridiculous, but at least they don't have to worry as much about liability. They still pay for insurance, but not nearly as much.


Just can’t let it go 😂


They kicked the shit out of the Bulls and then Scottie became a man, and Horace showed up.


I’ve been watching a lot of old basketball games from the late 80s (pistons) and 90s Bulls.


The legitimate role of government in a free society. Great talk by Walter Williams, 2013.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zT7dN4tNzvg&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D


This shows up as a regular note in Damus?


And VC funds are going to talk down their competition, under the guise of altruism.

🤷♂ it’s all a game. Even bitcoiners can’t avoid it, as they are chasing dollars like everyone else.

Best to focus on what we can control and let them duke it out. In the end, bitcoin still wins.


New wallet pages check it out!
https://void.cat/d/VEFS4pmAZzef8jRcRD7Txd.webp


Shit, you’re right!


I wonder who puts in on first? I’m guessing the spanks first, then the mask.

Or maybe it’s a like a nuclear weapon and they both have to put it on together, at exactly the same time?

Actually, I bet the submissive one in the rear has to.

But are they the submissive one?

So many questions…….


Gas mask?

Rim brim?


secret? https://community.snort.social/


No capital gains taxes, will be a huge motivator for many people. I’m not sure how your accounts work where you live, but an etf can be held in a registered account in Canada and withdrawn at any point without paying a capital gains tax.

I’m not saying it’s smart, or that it’s better than holding your own keys, but it will be a huge reason people will choose to hold an etf.


Penis butter and jelly balls……😂


Isn’t this true in all aspects of life until it isn’t? There’s only ever been a small window of time when the ruled become the rulers, and then they are usually supplanted by those more fit to rule. And on and on, the cycle continues.


I still see an anus. This one is just a glowing one.

This may be a me problem, and not a you problem 😂.


Did your prompt read, pretty girl chased by massive starfish anus?


I’m going to default this decision  to the originator of the thread. I’ve got no dog in this fight. Just stirring the pot.


😂
I gave up being perfect eons ago.


But isn’t that cheating? It’s like asking the genie for more wishes. There has to be parameters! 😂


And we are all better off as a result.

Humour can educate and alleviate some of the pain we are all going through.

We all came here with our burdensome bags, and it’s the knowledge of our similarities that forms our bonds.

The best part is that we are proving proof that you can still connect with people in an authentic way, without knowing anything about them. Just their words, their memes, and their thoughts are enough.


I bet, knowing you 🤙. I was hoping I would understand it 😂.


The only one I’m worried about it, is the one that may be supported by an apathetic and nihilistic majority.


Well, that was a let down.


And super easy to “harvest”.

In your scenario, I guess it comes down to whether we are “allowed” to. In many countries during communism it was illegal to raise animals for one’s family.


For sure! Raising rabbits is never off the table either 😂. They breed like rabbits.


They are and abundant too.


Thanks.
Huge vagenes


Someone who is humble, can laugh at themselves, doesn’t take things too seriously, and when the occasion does call for it, is curious, respectful and courteous in their dialogue and in the presentation of their ideas and worldview.

They are authentic, principled, and are able to place themselves in the shoes of others, to gain knowledge and an understanding that may have not be accessible before the interaction.

Basically, just a good human being.

Penis.


Evil creatures 😂


😂 I find optimism in the darkest places.


Gn


Marinate in pickles, batter, sourdough bread with chips, jalepenos, sharp cheddar, apple, and arugula

I’ll report back 🤙


Those who dance in the shadows
Are considered insane
By those who cannot
See or hear, the drums playing


Cost me 4K sats to learn this lesson.


Damn that sounds good. Marinate before dipping in batter? For how long?


In a meeting at work, I feel as though we are leveraging our collective intelligence when we all don’t ask any questions, so we can all go home earlier.


Another tidbit of info:

Gold market cap before etf around 1 trillion.

Gold market cap in 2021 - 11 trillion.

In isolation, these numbers don’t really mean anything, but I thought I’d throw it out there too.


It already exists in Turkmenistan:

“The Door to Hell”

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/entering-door-hell/


Another reason to disappear


It’s a digital refugee camp.


Top five for sure


Oh, Margaret…

“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones. This is the kind of thing you see if you sit in the darkness with open eyes, not knowing the future.”

―Margaret Atwood, “Cat’s Eye”


I’m a buyer of, “it is what it is”. The rest is just squawking chickens.


“I’m boring, no one cares about me”


Yes, yes it is!


Good morning!


Gn Derek 🤙🫂


😂😂my favourite owl


Knew it.


Arrogance


I ran a crew with five Phish Heads (? Not sure what you call them) on it. They listened to them everyday in the truck and they could play themselves. A hell of a summer musically, but the boys couldn’t work for shit 😂


The Wager


Nah.

See you in a bit.


One of the best!


Point Break or Roadhouse?


Nobody puts baby in a corner


He doesn’t want any part of it 🤙


BS


Good night Amine


What did he do😂?


All of it……have loved it since I was little.


Love it


Hell of a line 😂


💯🎯. Not all moderation is evil and I believe some people will always choose to outsource the moderation to someone they trust. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this, if the user is given choice and everything is transparent.


We have two universal languages: mathematics, and music. One to describe the
universe, and one to describe how we feel about it.
	-Alfalfa_Centauri, Aug 2016


Fantastic. I just pulled out my waistband, and let it smack the underside of my belly, in boisterous agreement with our plan!


I believe coracle is heading in this direction? nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn ?


Can’t wait to see it come to fruition.


I’ve been in sweat pants for a week and a half and have been devouring my MIL’s cooking. Don’t feel bad.


Still enjoying the holidays with the pups. We all head back on Monday.


I think you should combine them. Best of both worlds!


Having a good one?


Love it!


Not a bad ideal to shoot for


Thinning the boundaries between oneself and the world. Voluntarily removing all the things that get between us as individuals, as a family, and larger community.

It’s been a long process.


“Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.”

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Screw the citadel, the road will be our home. Getting close now.


“Superficial doom-circle-jerk analysis.”

😂😂 nostr:note1sghuzq7wgg78x00wd7tmm7ntfls8v0ax6d98e7dxt07kgeczp2xs73kr95


Hello!


I believe so.


Helllllls no! She’s way too stable and flat to be a girl on nostr.

On here our girls are all over the place, funny as all hell, don’t ask questions, instead give answers, and don’t take shit from anybody.


😂 no hormones whatsoever 😂and asking “dumb” questions waiting for a man to give them the right answer. Oh, my gosh, emoji emoji emoji. Thanks, I never thought of it that way before emoji
Emoji emoji


It’s the way they write that is the biggest tell.


The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder.

Just started it, so it’s top of mind.


Happy New Year Fish!


Good morning!


I haven’t had an original thought in weeks…..


Not for his antics off the court.

He was all hustle, could run up and down the court for hours, and then he would run on the treadmill or stair master for an hour after the game.

He didn’t care about scoring, didn’t care about being the alpha on the team, or having the spotlight. He just wanted to win. He could change the entire game in the most unconventional ways, by taking a charge, diving for a ball, or getting 30 rebounds.

Lastly, he could guard any player on the court, and not just off the switch. He could literally shutdown anyone in any positions and prided himself on being a defender.

I have too much time on my hands……another week of Xmas vacation before schools back in 😂🤷♂😜.


Dennis Rodman


😂😂 gold 😂😂


It was early days too though. Dudes were so happy to see a young flirty girl on Nostr. 😂


Perfect!


I remember trying to sell fake RFK a bridge, for a pic of his boobs 😂


I had a Labrador that would eat a cheeseburger and the wrapper it came in. He never threw up, but man, he could crop dust a room 😂.


Buffet keeps on buying OXY. He just loaded up on some more on Dec. 11. He’s playing it for the carbon capture, but I think you’re right about prices too.


This may be the hardest part of life.🤙


Yeah


Ah, too bad. Good luck acclimatizing


Perfectly! Yours?


Dyson air wrap


Yes 😂 game changer 🤙


Fellas. Get your girls one of these. You can thank me later. IYKYK. https://image.nostr.build/c682c8f429c5a9e0f0b2ca96b196a92b1c2e803f14bbaba8a01def6a32290d60.jpg


I bet. Thinking of you and your family.  🫂


Morning! Everyone okay over there?


Top of the morning!


We’re in this together


😂
That’s what I thought, but knowing you, I thought it would be an obscure reference to something I had never heard of.


Gorgeous


Why?


Never heard of it…..until now.

An onion, man. An onion :)


I’m sure you’ve already bought the domain :)


One can only shuffle so much before needing a reboot


From Wikipedia:

Modeled after the "air stations" in polluted downtown Tokyo and Beijing, the first oxygen bar (the O2 Spa Bar) opened in Toronto, Canada, in 1996. The trend continued in North America and by the late 1990s, bars were in use in New York, California, Florida, Las Vegas and the Rocky Mountain region. Customers in these bars breathe oxygen through a plastic nasal cannula inserted into their nostrils.[4] Oxygen bars can now be found in many venues such as nightclubs, salons, spas, health clubs, resorts, tanning salons, restaurants, coffee houses, bars, airports, ski chalets, yoga studios, chiropractors, and casinos. They can also be found at trade shows, conventions and corporate meetings, as well as at private parties and promotional events.


Didn’t a bunch of companies try this in the early 2000s?


Me too 😂


Here you go: https://image.nostr.build/0c4a65c425a981b78b3af55b2a931eea8449368daa8857d43720ba0718fe1c8d.jpg


Has to be whiskey.


Men need friends just as much as women. Loyalty, support and physical attraction are very important, but equally important is finding a best friend.

I always tell younger men to look for women who they can do things with. Have a laugh, watch a movie, play sports, travel, whatever it is.

I’ve never understood the guys who only do shit with their guy friends, or women who only have a laugh with their gfs. In my experience these are the relationships that often end in ruin, once the initial passion fizzles. And it will. But when it’s your friend, and she becomes the mother of your children, the passion seems to intensify.


Irish coffee sitting just right.


Imo, humour and satire are a winning strategy.


Well shit, I’m not any of those four men. 😂


Good to hear! 🤙🫂


Morning doggo! Everyone okay over there?


Or perfected you! 😀


😂

Wasn’t sure if the joke would be well received, but said screw it. She’s got brothers 😂🤗.


It’s what I read first, and then had to re read it to counter my disbelief.


Well said.

I wrote this below post in early 2022 as an attempt to systematize a few key differences between free markets vs rigged markets or central planning, in relation to Covid and similar authoritarian medical overreach.

https://image.nostr.build/f8c2a5714142bac2648cee653f5f93a3d71e54f991aef603ec1a6be2ad004165.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=524x693&blurhash=_4Ryvm00-%3Da_-%3Ba_-%3B_3M_Rjogj%5BofRjIURiWBxuayRjj%5DxbofWAt7ofayay%25MRjxut7aej%5DRj%7EqM%7BRjt8j%5BofWB%5E%2CWBIUt7a%23ofj%5DM%7BofazWBxuR%25WBD%25M%7Bxuj%5Bj%40WVWB&x=f8a3b61d1458c1b565195e02253ace779259b1d51db5ba7bd4716c110914fa8f


😂 haven’t ever met one of those


Maybe your dreams spelled “ducks” wrong? 😜😂


Not quite


Safer than a lightbulb


It was my first map to somewhere safe.

Happy New Year!

🤙


Nostr is a better place with you around Stella 😂💜🫂

Happy New Year!


She’s a distraction. Has she ever passed a bill?


I don’t know what this is, but it doesn’t sound like fun


Gngfy


😂 it is.


Okay…….this was in high school.

My buddy had a cat who had a chapped ass, so his parents used chapstick on it. Vet said it helped.

We were all over at his house, playing basketball outside in the driveway, and our friend pulls out his chapstick and puts it on his lips. There was a red sticker on it.

My friend whose house we were at, looks at him and says, “Dude, where’d you get that chapstick?”

Buddy answers, “Oh, shit, sorry I grabbed it off your counter to use. Is that gross?” (Side story, this guy was a mooch, would always steal our razor blades etc.)

“It’s gross that you’d borrow my chapstick, but it’s even more gross that you borrowed the chapstick that we use on our cat’s asshole.”


😂 moar!


Did I ever tell you the story about the chapstick, a cat’s butthole, and my friends chapped lips?


Yes


😂😂

Well now I know where your line is…..I suspect it’s always moving though.


You’re such a great influence. Thank you.


You posted a massive dick pick and didn’t put any tags on it!!!!!
😂😂😂😂


How could you miss this? It’s touching 36 notes!


Hahahaha. Yes, my great vision quest of 2024. Magic mushrooms and my MIL’s 83 year old arse.


Yes, cause that’s the most emabrassing thing you’ve done this year


Xiaolin and Marie make the best company!


There ain’t nothing magic about it….


That’s hilarious. I thought it was only the 3 of us.


😂😂😂😂 I don’t remember asking for a visual…….😂😂😂🤙🤙


Every time I look at a mushroom now……thanks!


That’s how my wife wakes me up 😇


😂😂 I walked in on my mother in law changing yesterday……very similar look


😂😂 forgot about that!


I’m starting to worry things won’t grow in the shade


😂😂🤙
Tis the season!


That was easy


😂😂 kiss my arse!


We may need Derek’s wife to knit a bigger one!


😇

https://open.spotify.com/track/4xwRtK6tfMp4yZwcDvY0gT?si=RZmkx02sQ_KkjGmYa4MULg


Bullshit, you were making water boil, in those little dishes at the front of churches 😂


😂 fuckin Eh!


That’s what they told me when I got onto the short bus to go to school


Yes! I’ve been trying hard all year to make this list!

💜🫂


Ah, the great poop emoji throwing incident of 2023. 😂😂😂😂💜

I’ve never heard a woman, other than my wife, swear that much in a span of four minutes.


Nice!

Here’s one that gets a lot of play in our house. I think my kids could watch it everyday!

https://youtu.be/tYf0BoFe9D8?si=j8y3b5_cwMYWj44n


Thanks, you too!


Daughter’s Bday in the morning, then taking kids to local Rec centre for dancing, bouncy castles etc, and fireworks. The ball drops at 7pm 😂🤷♂.

Then my wife and will celebrate, low key, after they are sleeping.


Beauties. Sounds perfect!


Yeah, definitely not.

Gearing up for the night?

How did the festival theme on Christmas?


Good luck!


I always thought they scavenged, but only when they were desperate?


Happy New Year Marie!

This is the ideal I strive for.

I didn’t know they didn’t eat corpses? What does that mean?


So do I!

Damn it, I can type 11 characters!

🤝


Ser, my tongue was firmly implanted in my cheek 😂😜

Love the video 🤗


I think it’s the best piece of nostr mkting I’ve seen.


Those are the best


Honourable mentions:
Homeland
House of Cards


The Wire
Friday Night Lights
Band of Brothers
Breaking Bad
Weed

The golden age of television, imo.


Hell of a series.


I remember 🤙💜🫂


Yes


Yes sir!


I’ll never learn.

I always try super hard to figure out what I did, but fuck me man, sometimes it’s some obscure shit 😂😂


I don’t know if it’s the same where you are, but my buddies are making a killing. They are their own bosses, taking only the jobs they want, have all the toys, and vacations.

Dirty hands, clean money.


Fear not everyone! Me and nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m are starting a marketing campaign in 2024!

nostr:nevent1qqsgkgl8g54rpceze5m02kzjf8taxekukjl2nmzfpe2hcl45hxr0xwcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsfeg9aw3g8gtt2yqcecr3af3nee8syd2wuwr5w74wzjp0zgpfrgzcrqsqqqqqpqm4546


Oh no, I said I didn’t do anything, then she told me what I did…….and she was right 😂


We could learn a lot from him. The world doesn’t need smart men. They need doers.


Nothing……or so I thought 😂


Damn straight 🤝


😂 yep. Mine demonstrated it this morning! I still have my tail between my legs.


There’s a lot about this world I can’t understand.

🤷♂😂


My wife makes men quiver, with a sideways glance

😂


I think a big problem is that people are always debating this topic from the extremes. As if you can’t have one without the other. For a man to be masculine, the female must be subjugated. Or if the female is strong, than the man must be weak.

My wife earns more than me, she’s completely independent, has a much higher social standing, but she still wants/needs/respects my role as a masculine figure in our household, and in the larger community.

You can have your cake and eat it too.


If any of you were wondering what unleashed.chat is all about.

🤙 nostr:note1gkp9rvup9g9eyjgwlvmrgr2jcstthm2693r7754j3rurzxq3l4xq5kq4qp


That’s exactly what I was hoping for, when I asked. Thank you NVK.


Got to keep the peace 😂🤙


Very cool! Thank you for the explanation!


Woof 😜👊


Mine is staying with us, and she makes me rinse and reuse the zip lock bags.


Thank you. Pardon my ignorance, so it specifically scours nostr, learns, and then answers questions related to notes?


Because you WERE TOLD TO?


Because you’re on primal’s recommended follow list?


HILARIOUS nostr:note19k2ml4uygdulm70e4ll9m6eugdyjuenwh99arlnpqm6sq7rnq0lskl6mdp


The grants have been huge for getting nostr going but it can’t ever be the long term path to sustainability.

I think the easiest path is either a recurring in app payments for SaaS services. The SaaS model doesn’t need massive scale to sustain the providers.

People think that pro or paid features need to be really valuable to cause people to pay but that’s a mistake. It’s more like giving people something special so they’re appreciated or relieves an annoyance. Slack has tons of features for paid users but it’s really just being able to see and search your past conversations that causes people to pay. Plus things businesses need that individuals don’t, like more control and compliance.

We don’t need huge sums of money to support our current ecosystem, but we do need models that work with thousands of users per app instead of millions.


Welcome!


More books ,less fear https://image.nostr.build/2c2b7d2671a1f5f5013213a3daef1238fadc2681bd9f6ff3f7ecb267e8625705.jpg


Wassup everybody, I’m an artist/producer from Cuba, living in Miami, Florida and my friend nostr:npub1jk9h2jsa8hjmtm9qlcca942473gnyhuynz5rmgve0dlu6hpeazxqc3lqz7 just put me on to this decentralized social media in the hopes of reaching other artists and music lovers that think alike and value freedom.

Once he told me about nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg I instantly wanted to publish my music there and thats just what I did.

My new EP “CASAO CON EL CHEQUE” is out now.
This whole tape is in spanish, pa mis #latinos en el mundo entero !
Even for those who don’t understand it I hope ya’ll enjoy it ! 🚀

https://www.wavlake.com/album/d248710d-79a1-4003-bc92-a83c35437c27
https://m.primal.net/HVqH.jpg


https://image.nostr.build/5eb40d3cae799bc572763b8f8bee95643344fa392d280efcb0fd28a935879e2a.png

Nostr is not dying.
It is just a physiological and healthy slowdown on the part of all those who have made this possible in such a short time, sharing extraordinary enthusiasm. This is necessary to regain a little energy, it will allow some things to be cleaned up and more focused goals to be set.

It is like the caterpillar that is about to become a butterfly, it has to stop moving, acting, doing all the time; it has to do one last silent work and rest, letting time go by. And then a new phase of life can begin.

We have an amazing 2024 ahead.
Thank you all, who have given so much and believe in Nostr.

PS: an interesting cue suggested by this image, you cannot have both silk and butterfly, you have to choose: a precious and sophisticated ornament, or the living, colorful beauty of freedom.


I’d create an account, but the landing page doesn’t explain what it is, and I haven’t read an explanation on nostr?


Definitely Charlie Sheen 😂


Hooooooooooooowl!


Ditto


Much better! 😂


😂 that’s a exactly what a 12 year old boy, peeing into milk jugs, in their auntie’s basement would say 😂😜


Thank you! I’ll take a look!


My wife finds it very strange that I have as well. It’s much harder to meet like minded people when you get a bit older.

She still thinks you’re all 12 year psychos living in your aunties basement, but I assure her you’re not 😂

Time will tell, I suppose.


Me too.


It’s not like I remember it 😂


I’m not sure how the reason I am here can co exist with an advertising model.


It will.


Or I guess I’d be paying not to see it. Then I’d be doing a cost benefit analysis of using that client.


I’d be gone


Doesn’t solve the problem of client capture by advertisers?


There’s always tomorrow 😂


Exactly. With the same justification, “Who cares, I’m boring, I don’t do anything wrong, they can find it all anyway if they wanted to.”

🤷♂


Even if they are, most people will just say, “I scroll past it. Who cares?”


Yep, they don’t have any idea or care that they are “paying” in other ways.

If we could educate them about how they’re paying, they probably still wouldn’t care.


Define free 😇😜


Well, this made my day!!!!

💜💜🫂🫂


You too!

🤙


Looking forward to reading your collaboration!


In my estimation, being cynical is a safer bet than being naive.


It will be.


Yes, thank you for your summary and you are correct, as far as I understand it.

Can an etf just change the way they are structured?


I don’t think I ever said trillions will pour into the spot etf?

I just speculated that there will be offerings that differentiate their products by holding btc 1:1.  For example, Fidelity plans to self custody, unlike other players. It will be the same with 1:1.

Why are people untaxable?

No I will not accept that every person who holds bitcoin is going to mix, and break the law. Nor do I accept the boating accident or hacking defense either.

Millions will hold it in an etf and our governments will take their cut. Millions will also hold physical btc and pay capital gains taxes, as they won’t know how or won’t learn how to break the law.

Ps - I don’t want to debate how these laws are unjust or that taxation is theft. 😇😀👊


Purpose has 2.1 billion in their btc spot.

You’re right it’s pittance, but it still can be used to test.


Most times new financial products get tested in small Capital markets.


The current spot ETFs that are offered in Can, Aus, and Europe all hold btc 1:1.


😂 you’re probably right.


Okay, now I’m out. 😂😇


Post a pic 😜


A spot btc etf that holds btc 1:1 is very different than a gold etf that holds paper.

They are not one in the same and can’t be compared.

My view is that none of us know shit, and it’s fun to speculate, but to claim things that are untrue, and project them as guarantees is tiresome, boring, and at worst disingenuous.


It’s a lot of fun! 😂


Climb a tree


Sounds like you have a moist undercarriage.


😂 still waiting for mine to end.


Dragged me in again 😂

I’m out. 😂👊


Why would an institution, sovereign wealth fund, or nation buy a btc etf that holds fractional when there are others that hold 1:1?


Why are you so sure?

I feel like I was in this thread yesterday.

Who the heck is going to buy a spot btc etf that doesn’t hold 1:1?


Yeah, me too. Working undercover, using pens and paper, meeting by rivers, under overpasses. The dialogue and performances are off the charts.

There is no way Scorsese could make the same film now.


Let me know what you think.


I didn’t think you would have, as it’s from 2006 I think.

It’s worth a watch, especially if you like crime/drama genre.


I just rewatched The Departed last night. One of my favourites.


I may have to quote this three or four times over the next couple of days.

🤙🤝 nostr:note178a7qmq6s0mmx3mt5622r8ss7uetkf5k2egz3e5egzefnd45udcsq4ut5c


I suppose I should:

nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f I am wondering how your board remains unbiased when deciding which projects to fund, when your board members vc fund competing clients?

Do you plan on continuing to fund nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 ?


But members of their board are vc funding competing clients? Why would they?


So the final say comes from someone personally invested in primal. I feel much better.


Happy birthday Will! nostr:note1n2ksxjzzrhnz74hpcuqk39py537na7t0lt420jxnsee489jts95swz5ezl


Legend, where do you find the time?

😂🤙


Somethings are worth fighting for, and if you stick to your principles and lose, so be it.


Everyone on the board of opensats, is funding a competing client through their own vc funding?

I’m surprised too.


Thanks, it was!


Can someone explain how ten31 and opensats are related? So ten31 funds primal and one of the board members of opensats is also one of the managing partners for ten31? So they fund primal but then won’t continue to fund Damus?


Yes, this image made me smile.


It was a good place to spend the day. Now the long drive home. https://image.nostr.build/5bcc0e1701c94bf23d4230955df64b05e76e53ffc49021b42d69d5536da6a75f.jpg


I do not believe that I said anything in this thread in opposition to your points above.

As you have said, I would be in support of any policy that enables people to be less dependent on the state.

I guess the only place where we may disagree is that I believe that there will always be a group of people who do not have support, who can’t provide for themselves, and the generosity of other people would not suffice.

I believe in supporting these people, and believe our institutions and government still has a role to play in this. I agree with the sentiment that it should be as small as possible.


Well, then we disagree.

Taking away one’s means of survival because they don’t agree with your policies is morally abhorrent, regardless of how one “earns” or achieves said survival.

I wasn’t looking to get into a debate about ending welfare, I was simply pointing out the similarities of strong arming protestors.

For me, there isn’t a difference.

We can save the debate about how best to support people who are less a fortunate for another day.


In an ideal society?

How is that any less contrived than my scenario?

Your ideal society doesn’t exist.


A roofer falls off a roof. He doesn’t have a medical plan and ends up paralyzed. He is dependent on social assistance, but wants to protest the climate change policy. Govt threatens to take his assistance away.


I’m confused. The Argentinian president threatened to take away welfare payments from protestors, to get them to stop protesting.

How is that different from freezing the bank accounts of truckers?


Which is okay?


I suppose you agreed with the freezing of truckers bank accounts as well?

What happens when they freeze the accounts of people who are protesting a cause that you believe in?


Tax Free Savings Account. Not spending.


Sorry, I’m speaking from a Canadian perspective. We have tax free spending accounts, which make a lot of sense. I don’t know anything about the US, or IRAs.


And for old people with high net worth. Avoidance of cap gains is huge.


We will see.


But it’s not completely unknown, as Canada, Aus, and Europe all have them?


😂
You want to end protests? Wtf? Might as well invite the government to come over to your house and fuck you with the lights on.

Or, shit, do you believe in ending all governments and institutions?


It’s why I said maybe, no?


Wall Street loves volatility.

I didn’t want to seem too bullish, so just threw out 10T 😂


But he still threatened to take away the welfare payments of protestors, didn’t he?

There are no heroes. Just you and me.


One thing I forget to mention, when btc’s market cap is 10T the price volatility will decrease significantly.


Maybe.

I agree with the statement not your keys not your corn, but it’s not as black and white as that.

There are tradeoffs and risks with both.

The point I think that gets missed a lot of the time is that it’s presented as mutually exclusive. Either this, or that.

Like I stated earlier in the thread, it really depends on your risk profile, what you’re willing to take on, and what you are most comfortable with.

The more people buying bitcoin the better, imo. And a lot of the world will never hold physical btc, and to believe that they will is not something I currently ascribed to.

If it takes the approval of a spot btc etc, that holds 1:1, to get my 75 year grandmother on board, I have absolutely no problem with that.


And it really depends on how the spot etf is structured.


That’s fine. Every investment comes with a risk assessment. For some, the tax savings that can be had by placing an ETF in a registered account is worth that risk.

Also, I think a lot of people conflate an unregistered exchange, or other custodial situation, with a btc spot etf.

They are two very different things.


It is. Fun to speculate though.

👊🤝🤙


You may be once you can put it in a tax free education account, or a tax free savings account. Not sure what those are called in the US?

And no I won’t take legal advice from you and have a boating accident, or hacking episode 😂😂

I like to spread my risk, like a wet fart in a grocery store.


😂
Two dudes who don’t know shit about dick, probably got some of it right!


Unlike you, I didn’t guarantee anything.

The facts are in relation to the spots which are currently offered and the application that fidelity put forward.

My belief is pure conjecture, and a guess. I don’t know shit about dick.


Read their application.

Why are you sure?


I don’t deal in guarantees.

I’m basing my statements on the facts as they are right now.

I believe Fidelity will hold btc 1:1. Why would anyone buy a spot that doesn’t?

And once again the spots that already exist around the world, only exist because they are required to hold 1:1.


An open ledger is hard to audit? Wtf?


Fidelity will do it right.


It’s not as bad as the YouTube headlines tell you 😜.

But yes, there is a lot of shit they need to figure out.

They’ll get there.


It’s settled daily.

They’re required because it was the only way for them to get for approved.

They’re audited like any other etf.


Forgot, world revolves around US 😂

Same for spot in Aus and Europe.


Well, tbf your questions implied that BTC ETFs don’t hold btc 1:1.


1:1

I’m not sure of the prospective ETFs in US, but in Canada the spot holds 1:1.


That’s not true.


Check out the prospectus for the Purpose Bitcoin Spot ETF in Canada. It’s not as nefarious as some would like you to believe, and has tax advantages, especially for those with high net worth, and combined spousal  tfsa assets in the six figures.


Okay……I guess….maybe….


You found the notes! I was being lazy and didn’t copy the note ids. Sorry.

Great idea and tradition!


Slippery thighs? Always.


Damn it, you have those too?


Those are just genital warts


😂 love the Aussie sense of humour!


No thighstr…..didn’t happen 😇

Loving it!


Merry Christmas!


Good night Dan


5k to nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn
5k to nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49
5k to nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s


No, I was saying that I have a bag of dead batteries and pretend that the annoying toys are broken, so that I don’t have to listen to them anymore.

Fuck, I should stop trying to meme. Out of my element 😂


It’s a ways away.


Hahahaha. It’s a lazy term for sure, with a thousand different definitions.


Matt Tabbi tried. Just not enough of an audience yet. I was excited he was here are sent some decent zaps. Many did. Hard to do scale.

I also think Nostr is for everyone. My view is that people need to change for Nostr, not the other way around though. They need to learn to value their freedoms. They need to learn how easily those are taken. Basically, they need to be awake to reality.

We *should* build good software, and offer good services, but the biggest turn off to Nostr for a lot of people are the things that make Nostr Nostr. We can’t (and shouldn’t) fix or ice over those things. We shouldn’t pitch as being as “good as” or a “alternative to” MSM services. We’re not.

We’re something different, right? We’re *better* than YouTube or Twitter. But we’re also harder to use and require learning new things. Nostr is not an alternative, it’s a new paradigm.


The elves did a really shitty  job this year. Only a couple of toys still work 😜😇


Outdoor rink, on a lake. Fuck. All lakes are outdoor.


We’ve been hunkering down all morning playing with the kids. Youngest is napping on me at the moment. It’s when I nostr 😂.  When she wakes up we will head out to go for a skate on an outdoor lake.


Gm!


Some people have mistook our friend’s views as arrogant, and have tried to label him as someone who doesn’t care about freedom, or about helping others.


Really sad. This would’ve been better discussed in a community maybe where the whole context of this nearly year long argument could’ve been referenced or the people involved would’ve known it. I’ll take responsibility for that part anyways. But I’m not retracting my statement in its original context:

We should not be worried about recruiting non-privacy/freedom people onto Nostr. Those are my “normies.”  This is not the platform for them, and the value proposition of Nostr (which is high and why I’m here) does not resonate with them at all.

Those people will be plenty motivated to learn how it all works when they’re persecuted for the first time on a MSM site. *THEN* we should be on fire to help and support them in that learning.

Nostr should not experience exponential growth by appealing to the non-pilled. I even wrote an article on this.
( https://blog.thesamecat.io/exponential-growth-is-cancer/ ) It should be building the best tools for those who are already pilled and focus almost solely on them. There are enough people on Nostr who are not devs to make sure the learning materials are there. That’s their role. We all have one.

This was a cart and horse conversation that’s been ongoing for a long time. My stance is we should absolutely not be appealing to these people because they are not ready, nor are they motivated. For those who become so, we should be ready.


You need to type in caps for that to happen.


You need to read the thread. Why are you so hung up on the term “normie”?

As humans we use language to categorize things to make them easier to understand.

I’m a normie, by some people’s definition. There’s no exclusion or intention to separate people into a group for any other purpose than to communicate about a certain group of individuals.


Why do you think he’s not interested in freedom?

Have you spent any time on nostr?

Or, read any of his notes?

As far as helping people, he’s been one of the most generous people with his time.


Thank you!


Glad we are on the same page lol.


Yes, for sure. It has potential for sure. I’m not smart enough to know how you would decentralize a video client on nostr? Who stores all the videos? Where are they stored?


I completely agree with this.


I was very happy to have them respond to one of my notes yesterday.


I agree with what you’ve said. With this same thinking then, for these content creators who need a large network to consume their content, how the hell can nostr compete with legacy platforms? If these same people are willing to make trade offs in the areas we’ve identified, why would they go to a smaller network? It’s not because it’s too difficult, it’s because they’ve already decided to make those tradeoffs.

So then it becomes a question of what is the goal of nostr? Or goals, I suppose?

I guess then it’s about choice of clients etc, but if clients take the route of carbon copying legacy platforms why would that group switch when the network they are after is already there?


And then all that comes after that….freedom of expression, freedom to transact in ideas and money anonymously etc.


When I refer to “normie” in this context, I am defining it as someone who doesn’t really care about online privacy, centralization, and control over one’s data online.


Yes, and I am a technological dimwit, and I figured it out last year, when it was much more difficult. I was motivated to learn, because I could see the writing on the wall. I live in Canada and it’s apparent that we are a testing ground for what is/may be coming.


😂 evil space man.


Exactly


Normies won’t give a shit until their livelihoods and freedom depend on it.

I have no idea if, or when that will happen.

It’s easy enough to use as it is. If people can’t, or won’t put the work in to understand it, then they don’t deserve it.


😂

Merry Christmas Dawn 🫂.


Safe and happy trails FC!


To you, yours and that wonderful fish. Yum!


Who are you????

Merry Christmas!


I put dead batteries in some of them and tell the kids they are broken 😂


Karnage, we’ve got 9 of these! We got one for our first daughter and she loved it, so we have the tradition of buying one each year. Fml 😂😂


It was the same in our house too. I’ve continued the tradition.


Yes!


Morning!


Merry Christmas Fish!


Bob appetite!


Merry Christmas Stella. All the best to you and your family!


Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas


😂
Just some peace and quiet please!

I got this in my stocking:

Timer for Toilet, Funny Hourglass Art Craft Decor Desktop Timer for Men Dad Toy Gifts (B) https://a.co/d/2AFW8WQ


Done


Morning Fishcake!


There was a group of us who stayed up all night verifying each other 😂🤷♂


Will notabot be making a come back too 😂


This brings back fond memories of eating geese and always being careful not to bite too hard on a shotgun pellet.


Delicious! Such wonderful photos and presentation!


I’ll zap it until it dies!


Been saving this one? 😂😂


Merry Christmas Frogger! Wishing you and your family all the best!


Merry Christmas Boston, to you and your wife. I’m happy you are here and that we’ve got to know each other.

All the best in the New Year!


😂 can’t too that


Merry Penis to you and yours!


😂

Merry Christmas Dawn.

I think your jokes are funny😁


Merry Christmas Bevo! Go Cards!


Merry Christmas Stephen! Nice in rip you posted on the muni! Looked like a power fade, up the right side?


Merry Penis butter doggo!


We all shit from the same hole, as my grandfather would say when we got too big for our britches.


Merry Christmas Buddha! Thanks for all of the laughs over the past year.


Sleep, feed, poo…..sleep, feed, poo

😂🤙


Yes, Na zdravi!


😂  love it.

Merry Christmas to you and your wife!


Node!  We’ve been on different schedules lately.

Merry Christmas! I hope the little one is letting you sleep. 🫂💜.

Wishing you all the best in the New Year!


Ever since I was a little boy 😂

Merry Christmas Anonymous!


😂

Merry Christmas Zach!


Merry Christmas #nostr:

You allow me to test my beliefs and understanding of the world, amongst an open, respectful, and thoughtful community.

You enable me to connect with people who share similar values and goals for the future.

You have provided me with access to something bigger than myself, and in some way have allowed me to promote the ideals of this protocol.

You have given me a map to a place where authenticity is still valued.

You have given me space to laugh, to think, and to be.

Penis.


Why I use nostr:

To test my beliefs and understanding of the world amongst an open, respectful, and thoughtful community.

To connect with people who share similar values and goals for the future.

To be part of something bigger than myself, and in some way maybe help promote the ideals of the protocol.

To find a place where authenticity is  still valued.

To laugh. To think. To be.


Merry Christmas Kieran! Thank you for making this year a special one!

Have a wonderful day and I am wishing you and yours an amazing New Year!


Merry Christmas Derek! I’ve sent my nephews some corn!

Wishing you and your family a wonderful New Year!


No thanks, I don’t own a gecko.


Merry Christmas Fishcake! Wishing you all the best in the New Year!


😂😂😂 brilliant


Balling


Good morning Marie! I hope you have an amazing Christmas Day. I wish you and your family all the best in the New Year, and I want you to know that I have really enjoyed our friendship over these last months.

I am looking forward to another wonderful year! 🫂💜


Merry Christmas Tanel. Wishing you all the best in the New Year.


Beautiful!


Merry Christmas Jon! I wish you and your family all the best in the New Year!


I doubt anyone can have enough sex 😜😂

Merry Christmas Eshara!


Looking good!


Good night.


PS I have absolutely no idea how tall medieval men were. My guess is around 5’6, on average?


Under 5’6.


Well put 🫂🤙


😂 yep and I love that Derek loves it too 😂


That’s what I was hoping!


Good night 😇


We do the same. Fancy dinner, fish, and presents on Eve. Day is spent opening gifts from Santa.

What is festival dress??


There is that


It’s a perfect template 😂😂. Nice one!


True, and it was little people using them too.


Morning and Merry Christmas! Do aussies celebrate on Christmas eve or day?

Kitchen is full of bakers right now, which will result in an exhausted mil and wife drinking wine, whilst I dust off some scotch.


I try to walk around it. Swords are heavy.


I would venture to say that the majority of one’s life is spent wading through the bullshit of others.


Wow. Beautiful.


That’s very cool!


Dude sweats cocaine.


Or he’s tipping his buddies for some insider trading. Plausible deniability.


1. A major independent journalist will publish an article on Nostr first, before anywhere else (ie nostrleaks)

2.  Popular relays will get censored in an European country.

3. Many many more streamed concerts, and as a result small record labels will start to use the protocol to promote their stable of artists.


Yeah, it’s one of the best. 😂

It’s a great book so far.


One of those great poems you stumbled on https://image.nostr.build/3126a23230c68fa165e55a307b71e0dd6e5a2b25c5c333d6b63b9736503ae5c8.jpg


Beautiful


I laugh everytime. Without fail. 😂😂😂😂


The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island


Classic. Loved it then. Still love it now 😂😂😂


Yes, my man!


Is low data Damus on the roadmap?
#asknostr


😂

We were out for dinner for our anniversary and I kept ordering the “Silk Road” and “Honeybadger” cocktails. She thought I was smiling because of the liquor…..If they had a purple cocktail our bill would have been massive 🤙


Beautiful shot!


Morning!


“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things.

Don't wish to be thought to know anything; and even if you appear to be somebody important to others, distrust yourself.

For, it is difficult to both keep your faculty of choice in a state conformable to nature, and at the same time acquire external things. But while you are careful about the one, you must of necessity neglect the other.”

Epictetus


You mean Iran, right?


Ah……..no comment.


Who’s that?


There’s always got to be an “other” for the in group to fear, or to be fighting.


😂😂

Even Putin isn’t scary enough to mobilize national “fear”

I’m afraid for what the next “emergency” is going to be.


I agree, but through the suffering there will be a resurrection.

My kids will be ready for it. I hope.

And I hope it won’t be as bad as it has been in the past.


😂 it gets more and more obvious and extreme.


Yes, and I’m up for it!


Yes, smoke and mirrors. From up here it seems like every president is going to be impeached for the foreseeable future.


The prairies and Quebec have always had a contentious relationship with the federal government. Thankfully, the provinces still have a lot of power and are relearning how wield it.


And it doesn’t matter what the protests were for. It’s the principle and the precedent that was set.

It’s the knowledge of something you know exists but haven’t witnessed, so you can kind of convince yourself that it would never happen. Then to to see it play out in front of you, in real time, vindicates what you have always feared.

Same shit will happen when the conservatives are in power and the eco terrorists protest.


Yes, it saddens me so much.


That and they know they were wrong. All the “crazy” mfers in trucks from Alberta were right. Hard for people in the Laurentian corridor to admit.

Nothing scares me more than an apathetic majority.


More than enough .


No one in Canada gives a shit. People don’t even talk about it or bring it up. They all just try to forget and sweep it under the rug. Like one big country of codependents with an alcoholic father. If we don’t mention it, no one will notice. It’s normal. It could be worst. He’s a happy drunk. He wakes up and goes to work. Everyone does it.


No brown sugar in the grocery store yesterday and limit of one package of other food items.


You know the rest of the despots were watching it with bated breath.


Trudeau’s government one successful policy. Mfer.


Congratulations?


Gentleman’s purple thong


Girls playing tag


Guys punting thinking


😂 nailed it


🫂💜take care of yourself.


😂 that’s what my gf in Uni said too 😜


The symmetry he has created in nature, which often feels overwhelming and chaotic to our eyes, is be beautiful.

I guess it goes to show you can take random, or things that appear to be random, and use them to make something beautiful.


Whoa. Very cool! Thanks for sharing.


😂

https://youtube.com/shorts/kGDQRX4W4VI?si=k1gQ78ZCR2KSx5X_


Oh ya! 😂


Surveillance. Blackmail. Control.

It’s a ton of fun in our house!


Merry Christmas Smuggler!


I’ve got four, and yes, my wife says I have more work to do. 😂


Getting married did it for me 😜


Excellent! Happy packing and safe travels 💜🫂🤙


Wicked! That place you’ve posted pictures of, with the horse and champagne?


Sometimes we have to throw all caution to the wind 😂

I


Sweet! Going for a while?


You’ve made my quote list on many occasions!


Went shopping today. The stress in the parking lot and mall is palpable 😂


It’s funny how it has to spelled out on social media, but in real life it’s obvious. Merry Christmas Corn!


Marie! Merry Christmas!


Tai-Pan is excellent too.


One of my favourite historical fiction novels.


Yes


Thom always knew.

https://youtu.be/n5h0qHwNrHk?si=x-xAgkQso5wU9rs6


You make your choices.

A nuanced topic argued from the extremes.

Tiresome and boring.


😂
It’s good for high net individuals who trade.

Have your forever money in cold storage and your play money in a tfsa. Win, win.


😂
If this is the case, so be it.


Ps - Gm!


In Canada, you can hold it in a registered account. Rsp, tfsa, and resp. If held in a tfsa there aren’t any taxable capital gains.

It has some advantages for people.


Amen


The power of an open protocol: People are watching a live value for value concert on Nostr via Zap.stream, Tunestr.io, Amethyst, Nostrudel.ninja, Wherostr.social, and any other client that supports NIP-53.


Trend stter 😂😂


She was getting screwed early in her career too


No


Merch and live shows


Ah okay thanks derek


No video?


Before she came on there was music playing


Huh


There was music in pre show


Good to know 😜


Hey!


In the back, evacuating the dancefloor 🤣


Gathering our strenght


Hell ya


I've got some dry powder!


Lets go!


So good!


Karnage drops the mic!


She's kicking ass!


I have a baby on me can't type


Fuk ya Karbage!


The euphoria of zapping an independent artist directly on nostr feels like posting invoices last year. We are sitting the paradigm and makime history mfers!


Missed it earlier 🤣


Thats what it says at top of chat


So zaps go to the artist who's on stage when zapped


Why are people on fountain and not here????


Nice Derek!


KARNAGE!!!!! FUCK YA!!!!


They split all zaps no?


Karnage can't let the boosters win :):)


boosters?


very cool


no


WE are all zap addicts :):):)


BOOK IT!


yes gol


Could you whitelist npubs for the stream too?


Oh.....


t realize it was a fork


Oh, I didn


It could get quite extreme with punk bands


It will happen!


Hahaha. The more you zap, the bigger the flames


Reminder: Tomorrow night nostr:npub14kw5ygpl6fyqagh9cnrytyaqyacg46lzkq42vz7hk8txdk49kzxs04j7y0 on nostr:npub1us9uc0sjjg0vyvh7vefgu2a96hx5up5gujl6pqays65hlk4de6hsnwq4g0 will be doing a Nostr Recap 2023 show. I'll be joining nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk nostr:npub1hqaz3dlyuhfqhktqchawke39l92jj9nt30dsgh2zvd9z7dv3j3gqpkt56s and nostr:npub1tvqc82mv8cezhax5r34n4muc2c4pgjz8kaye2smj032nngg52clq0rkrq4 to talk all things Nostr.

I will also have a special announcement about Nostr Nest 2.0 - the full fledged Nostr native client that's being built from the ground up to decentralize Nests and give you the best audio experience around :)

See you there!


Hello!


See you there!


Thank you


Thank you 😁


Twizzle McGiggles is pretty good too


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Can’t forget about that one! 😂


Yes! 🤙


I hide my growth in the pleats of my pants.


GM! 🫂


I think the better advice would be to do both.


Morning BB! Trying this whole meme thing. Seeing if it fits 😂


You deserve to own:

- Art that belongs in museums

- Books that belong in libraries

- Money that belongs in treasuries


😂 nailed it


Yum!!!!!


Yep, with the mantra, why do I care?, I’m not doing anything wrong, playing in the back of their heads


Just blows my mind. There’s nothing more private than one’s medical records.


Takes it to another level


Wtaf


Nice evening with the wife and kids looking at Christmas lights, followed by a re watching of my favourite rom com, Serendipity, and then this thread for a night cap.

A perfect way to end the evening.

Fucking love this place 🫂💜😂😂


🫂 Happy Birthday!


All in the name of progress eh? Bastards.


😂😂so needy 🤣


Beautiful! Great work!


Fuck people, plant ideas.


Yes, this is how I feel too. Equally important is the success of protocols such as nostr, so that alternative views and education can be communicated, and utilized, to provide a counter to the incessant lies.


Just the utter contempt for people’s level of intelligence, lack of accountability and responsibility, and shifting of blame, boils my blood.


Yeah, you’re right. That’s why I’m thrown off.


I think it’s a Maserati, but I thought only their earlier versions had flip up lights?


Maserati


It’s a Porsche no?


Wow. We all knew they would have to inflate away the debt, but to try and “re educate” the masses that it’s good for them is eye opening.


It is no longer an “ear” of corn 😂


It’s funny, and I don’t know if you’re the same, but she has always preferred having male friends and often has way more male friends than girlfriends. It may be a result of growing up with brothers?


Brilliant quote


You’re a good man Derek. You can shit post, laugh at yourself, you’re a great educator and you can  be serious when the topic requires it. I believe you’re committed to your principles. The epitome of nostrich, as I would define one.
💜🫂


😂 my wife says the same thing about hers. I am also grateful for them.


Cancer is being kind.


Semi, too, obviously.


When I started out on nostr, about a year ago, yourself, nostr:npub1tvqc82mv8cezhax5r34n4muc2c4pgjz8kaye2smj032nngg52clq0rkrq4 and nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s were the first three individuals that made an impression on me with what you were building.

Thank you!


Good morning


Good night Fishcake


Gn


Raising and eating rabbits is cheap and easy. There will always be meat, you may just have to grow it, hunt it, and butcher it yourself.


Insurance premiums will skyrocket for buyers.


In Canada, there have been a lot of cases of arsonists setting fire to homes that have just been finished, or are near completion, with valuations that are underwater 🧐

https://www.greaterfool.ca/2023/12/17/the-burning/


I was thinking this exact same thing this morning, after reading a note.


😂 nailed it!


Rabbit stew and soup is actually quite good.


My wife appreciates my quick release 😜


Yeah, I guess in retrospect you should’ve built up your dares for a few months and then climaxed with the eggplant. You took your shot too early 😂


Full frontal to this…….Marie, I expect so much more!


🫂 hope you’re feeling better.


It’s not even yellow!


Busy time of year at our house 😁🫂


I can hear the stories of my people, carried on last breath of the day. https://image.nostr.build/dd87d8af143935e47317e58e787eb724bf714f8c4f146f152d1c48329b26663f.jpg


You said young and hip……..


Big fan of Pilot and Sailor pens. They both have great entry level options.


You need thicker paper.


Congratulations!


Love it!


Only if they are painted with fish guts, or soil.


"Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think and talk and act for myself, and I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty."
- Heinmot Tooyalaket (Chief Joseph), Nez Perce Leader https://image.nostr.build/e906e5d15f8b7fa3326e6641921b8256407e9533a690c7349d04ae0fcde439a0.jpg


Morning!


Called in sick.
Took the kids out of school.

Soon, today, will be everyday. https://image.nostr.build/7fa7282e9dcb43b2f1d0e13fbe4706b7273eda13083d179b2fc8e0a4e4278275.jpg


Thanks. See you tomorrow!


Barely…..


Pretty soon 🫂


Enjoy!


Here we go! Around the world , around the world!


It’s gone…..all of it….canceled

💜💜💜

What a beautiful thing this is. This life.


Great choice! 9:21…..we dance!


Well done  Cyborg! 😂😂


9 pm here. We dance! You pick the song!


Let’s cancel it all and dance instead.


Just a banker at the teet of the US government, begging for them to cancel btc. Same old, same old. 😂


I see your pfp


😂🤷♂ maybe too much……


Freeze them cooked.


The hair, the suit jacket, the condescending school marm, the utter dryness of her being and soul, makes me want sew her ass closed and feed her peppermint candies until she bursts.


Lmao!


My wife’s been in the nutcracker all weekend with my daughter, so we have a date setup for tonight…….she already knows what to expect 😜😂


There’s a 90 day rule?


Doesn’t take much 😂


I won’t be surprised if my wife says she’s pregnant again 🫂


Well, I don’t regret getting involved with this thread 😳


Homemade baba ghanoush 😜


Happy Birthday!


I decided to roast some egg plants lwith dinner instead 😂 a little bit of olive oil and some parmesan.


😂😂 I thought it was only me!


Gn Derek


And the streets don’t change but maybe the names
I ain’t got time for the games


He’s just one man and he won’t bother you. There are many places you can go, where no one will find you.


It’s a good reminder 😳😂


Ah, it’s fine. No one cares. I probably would have forgotten to add the hash tag too. We all know you. 💜🫂


No thanks necessary. Zaps are intended to show you our appreciation.


Tasteful 😂


Good man Xiaolin! Good fun!


There’s a lot of room up here 🤫


Well Marie. I can always count on you to escalate things 😂.  Good on you!


Requires roads.


There’s a lot of room up here.


Im here for it 😂🤷♂😳


Those were the days


Good times! 💜🫂


The hand prints of our kids would drive me insane.


Well, I appreciate a good show and I know Marie is up for it!  😜


No apology needed 😂. I respect the work that went into it 😜


Yeah, I love the US too. Many of my relations live south of me, just across the border. My question was more, why limit yourself to just that?

There are many commonwealth countries that are easy for Canadians. NZ, Aus, UK, etc.

You’re young, without a family, hit the road man.


nostr:npub1el3mgvtdjpfntdkwq446pmprpdv85v6rs85zh7dq9gvy7tgx37xs2kl27r in case you missed it!


😂😂 saw this reply, so I thought I’d check the thread. 😂😂


Yeah, I know. Why the US? I’m making an assumption, but can’t you work from anywhere?


😂 I’ve got a long tail


I may knock it, if I try it 😜


“Breast milk is best” has been the recommendation for a few decades.


I think he’s talking about bats


What’s Notedeck’s timeline?


I think he’s listening to Cat Stevens


Dude, move. Your family will understand.


Sorry wrong thread.


You’re right. People don’t like to pay for the things they use. I feel like I’m pissing into the wind, when I suggest it.


Base subscription, with payment for new features would be highest signal, in your opinion?


What would that 55k earn in another vehicle, during that decade?


What if it’s just a small part of the model, coupled with other things like subscriptions to use a client?


Same in Canada. Many people will be refinancing at much higher rates. Massive ticking time bomb.


Canadians are financially illiterate and have spent two decades earning unrealized gains on their houses.


What a shitty note


It’s been so warm lately.


Doesn’t surprise me. I owned a yellow ‘81 westfalia.


I think it reminds me of the dwarves. Each vehicle has its own personality etc. hi Ho hi Ho …..


That would’ve been great! Loved that movie!


Why does this make me think of Snow White?


I didn’t ask to elicit a response. I was asking to hopefully further the conversation and maybe have those who were reading the note think about what we were discussing.

In my books, it’s much harder to keep the sword sheathed, keep a level head, and respond proportionally.

Agree to disagree? 🤙


Yes, but think about communism in the eastern bloc, or the Kmer Rouge in Cambodian, or Nazism in Germany. Think of what “regular” people were willing to do. They were driven by emotion. Hatred, fear, and jealousy. Emotions that were fanned into a frenzy and used to direct people to participate in horrible acts and policy.


Have you ever fired a weapon at another human being, with the intent to injure them?

I ask, because when you make that decision, there’s no going back.


I don’t know about that. A quick look into the not too distant past, brings a lot of examples to mind.


State propaganda has always targeted the emotions of their populace.


Have you shot a gun at another human being, with the intent to injure them?

They can have my polar express puzzle.


The art of doing one thing well. Why do we need things to do everything?


I believe in open inquiry, individual autonomy, free speech and scientific skepticism. I’m a horrible person.


You’re going to shoot someone over an Amazon package?


Seems like some have an axe to grind, or some bad blood, or maybe financial incentives to argue one point over another. I like your idea a hell of a lot better.


Yep, just got to swallow it.


I’ve only seen it once


😂 always up for a Marie Boston Frog four way


Has it progressed to ligma yet?


Good night Dawn


Most people don’t even realize they’re doing it


Yes, and the bad children get taken away in the Cert's sack in chains :)


Right back at you, hodlbod!


I zap every update. I pay for what I use and I will continue to do so. The advertising model does not live in the world I want to see, or the world my kids will grow into. nostr:note19nukp3hf0mmga2md50au83xjlmuq84jdk8zp0an89xrz4mn3nlfq633ad2


Sent ours on Tuesday! 🫂


Happy Hanukkah Duchess


Thank you. I will!


“Algorithmic Radicalization”

“The rivalrous “checking” of facts must give way to a more collaborative mutual understanding of facts. With a focus on education, this approach requires that individuals seek earnestly to evaluate the complexity of factual claims. Working together, individuals engage in a collaborative process to understand the implied significance and meaning of the facts in question, including all the associated complexity and nuance.” nostr:note1k9vln6gn6zu5qx3jsuwtg3davshg4knhqtnmljka8c0g2h2hrxksa0x4jq


Thank you! Great article.


Confusion, disorientation, and not being able to make sense of the world is stressful and disheartening. It weakens opposition and keeps people silent, due to apathy and a sense of impotence. When looked at from the outside, it’s a brilliant strategy for control and domination. One in which single shot does not need to be fired.


Fan of the updo!


And then our local politicians can point and say, hey it could be a lot worst. Yeah you’re right we answer, and we all shuffle on towards the cliff.


The secret was all the candy hidden in the bottom that I didn’t ever pay for 😂


Did the same with slurpies growing up……all the flavours is the best flavour…..


Stupid is, as stupid does 😂


😂 not what I was thinking….but always appreciate a joke about an arse


I can’t tell. Too stupid.


Stupidity, I believe.


I’m sure there’s a few that have already put in their orders!


We all shitpost from the same hole


Well packaged 😂


I second this motion!


Diapers for some eh?


Nope, nothing. Everything is as it should be.


😂
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😂

nostr:note1fds6pm9208r6krc98mft0qv8qp2s3k838pcq24nt4q7ez3fqz7lszlry67


Blockstream Green Wallet.


I agree, my question was directed more towards the acquisition of a new user of a cold wallet. I’ve helped educate a few people, and the demonstration of anymore than two wallets, and they are often overwhelmed and find it hard to understand the tradeoffs between each. Choice is paramount, but too much choice becomes another issue. I was just wondering if he had insight into this, as a product developer himself.


Agree, but at what point does decision paralysis become an issue?


No, I wouldn’t 😂


Fine. Smack on the butt on the way out, or boot to the arse?


Best to be one then, eh?


I come into your living room, with a stack of wood in my arms, fireplace is already started. You have a glass of champagne and you come up close, put your arms around my waste and say, “Baby, it’s cold outside?” I smile and say, nah.


You didn’t answer?


Stones


Confirmed - by a 9 year old who has heard it once…..I’d trust her.


Definitely a question.


Hold on, I’ll ask my daughter


How deep is your love?


Paint it black?


Baby, it’s cold outside?


Call me, maybe?


Dude, welcome!


😂 I hate you on Thursday and love you on Sunday.


And printers? Wtf?


You’re a good man, and I believe I would attempt to do the same. I truly hope you are right about the rest. 🫂


Exactly. I knew we were on the  same page 😂


Curious as to what makes you believe whales would be inherently prone to do this? Why wouldn’t they buy yachts, Bugattis, and fly themselves to the moon?

Many of them, after years of being told their crazy, that they were nuts, may seek their “revenge” by rubbing their new found “wealth” in the face of all their naysayers?


“Seem to be” is what keeps my eyes open. But I agree with your sentiment, which, if I am interpreting it correctly, is that if the incentives are right and if we demand more from those with power, or from those who run our institutions, then we would be better off. And I think you’re equating being early to bitcoin as being in line with those incentives.


This rests on the assumption that these earliest individuals, do have bitcoins best interests at heart.


You know exactly what I’m talking about 😂


It’s how I killed the goose


Moose knuckles and feathered birds aren’t your fancy?


Triggers my zapper 😜


This brings me such joy


I’ve killed both.


Happy Hanukkah Daniel!


Yep 😳


Good morning Karnage. Have a great day!


Gear down.