85 lol


Boys, 77


😂
https://m.primal.net/LwMd.jpg


The salt mines on Reddit right now...
https://image.nostr.build/bcfe99378ecb4e60256322c0f628522db708a55d7fc501001587552990e604d8.jpg


Have fun with your voting, democracy, and everything else that you're playing with.


If you voted based on any aspect of a comedy routine, you might be an idiot. I hope those stories are fake.


Pulling the lever changes the color of the trolley from blue to red


Fact: Squirrels can fall from any height because the terminal velocity they reach is not enough to kill them on impact.


Do it for peanut the squirrel. https://image.nostr.build/5d00cd7193e6e045a3f18ec7b04125943a8c4e38f240a94d38de0c745eb559e1.jpg


New York City just legalized jaywalking.

Pedestrians should note that the laws of physics still apply.


Hm https://youtu.be/1IrDrBs13oA?feature=shared


Yeah...there's something off about how YouTube is treating the Joe Rogan episode of Donald Trump.

I didn't want to believe it, but I just tested and it took multiple queries to come up, which is nuts.

Streisand effect.


The government has gone too far. https://gizmodo.com/feds-say-you-dont-have-a-right-to-check-out-retro-video-games-like-library-books-2000516767


Is it possible yet to not have drafts in Amethyst?

I saw somewhere to not enter a relay. I haven't, yet I still see drafts.

I don't want drafts. I never wanted drafts. I don't want to request deletion for drafts. I simply want them to never be recorded anywhere. A complete disabling of the feature.

I gave Amethyst another chance after seeing some people say it was being remedied, but I'm not seeing how.

I still think this issue is needlessly complicated from a user perspective and should have been strictly opt-in from the start.

What am I missing?

#Amethyst


20 years ago The Pirate Bay went hard
https://image.nostr.build/abc3edd720cffed205577097a09b0b37538964be0ef4b9fbedc2f84698f938db.jpg


everyone asking who is satoshi? no one asking how is satoshi?


9 principles of nature

1. Nature runs on sunlight.
2. Nature uses only the energy it needs.
3. Nature fits form to function.
4. Nature recycles everything.
5. Nature rewards cooperation.
6. Nature banks on diversity.
7. Nature demands local expertise.
8. Nature curbs excesses from within.
9. Nature taps the power of limits.


https://i.nostr.build/gJHzdGBeFjbPJW5o.png

It's so pathetic and really happens every year, doesn't it?

Sorry for the Xitter link but I don't know where to get that video elsewhere ...

https://x.com/i/status/1838399902516416646


RFK wrote a letter to the editor in the economist today.

archive.ph/AO4un
https://m.primal.net/Kuqo.jpg


I attended the status conference for the #Samourai case today on behalf of nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu.

Here’s where things stand:

#newstr #freesamourai #freedomtech

https://v.nostr.build/3epxfHxjhTq0plnD.mov


Picture this:
1. You type on Google "laptop won't turn on"
2. Google now knows you have a broken laptop and can estimate how desperate you are to fix it.
3. Because it knows how desperate you are, it can increase shop prices proportionally.

You are going to pay the maximum they get you to pay.

That's algorithmic pricing.

The more companies know about you, the more they can predict and sell how desperate you are to other stores out there.

An internet-connected car knows much more about you than you realize. A smart TV also knows what you like. Your Alexa knows if there is a problem in the home.

Privacy is much more than just sensitive data.

It's about not giving leverage away.

Because algorithms will use it against you.

Be safe out there.


Stress = | reality - expectations |

Such a b*tch formula of mankind’s. 😏


yes nostr:note1aqt9h2sfmtfpwxw2sukdtm5dxkwkn7cgcsdwlaj6w3mye6klc2xs87xc98


we aren't losing anything to bluesky...

nostr:note1qqqxz5u5t0gx5zrmmyrme2xxvcpavfqtaksuetlxvdw4jecw2yeqwl0ymv


Provide value
Spend less than you make
Save in bitcoin
Repeat


3 decisions shape your life.

1. Who you marry
2. When you finally decide to prioritize your health
3. When you get into bitcoin


Can't wait for smart refrigerators refusing me another beer.


As promised, early version of my video compression app is now available for Android. It's simple, fast, & quite reliable. Currently working on iOS and desktop compatibility.

Additionally, a whole suite of tools, such as a torrent search & video download, can be incorporated into the app in the future.
Download for android: https://w3.do/vsGQHHrn
https://w3.do/63LxPcz6
nostr:nevent1qqs0fjrfkv8pul8u9tqr3hp0nzaaecdvxzzukpnjak8f2rrrahvss2gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsvdac80utfn4gvly4fv54la0l6cp0udpptnm3ezzyajkdc44w53lgrqsqqqqqp56qjxe


Olá, Brasil


Are we hatching Brazilian Nostriches? 🇧🇷


lmao, apparently the bluechecks on Elon hub can be funny too!

https://blossom.oxtr.dev/8397b6d5c92e2cbcc43350117de2a12ad2fa8e0d0e903f2a34a9fea302931759.png


REPOST IF YOU’RE SAVING IN #BITCOIN FOR YOUR KIDS AND LEAVE A COMMENT TO GET ZAPPED GENERATIONAL WEALTH. 🫡
https://m.primal.net/InGQ.jpg


Overton window shattered.
https://m.primal.net/Ihdm.jpg


Android Auto/CarPlay


GIMP users unaffected

https://www.gimp.org/ nostr:note1glz5ncdul0cf6nva0s9tavkx8mpmcs654ppdkcgumxp8k2ra9vrsalgple


We are building a future where people will have the CHOICE to select from an open marketplace of feeds.

#FreeWill on #Nostr
https://m.primal.net/IYnQ.mov


staying humble


Sovran Systems Now Offers Two New Custom Add On Options For Your Sovran Pro!  💚 💚 🚀 🚀

1. Jitsi Meet

Now you can have video conferencing completely in the private all running off of your Sovran Pro for up to 5 people! Ditch that big tech spyware!

2. Bitcoin Knots

Now you have to option to run Bitcoin Knots instead of Bitcoin Core!

Let's keep building to make big tech obsolete! Thanks to the NixOS devs and Nix-Bitcoin devs!

I have included the code that will be installed for those of you who are curious in the last link to our gitea instance.

https://sovransystems.com/#custom

https://bitcoinknots.org

https://jitsi.org

https://git.sovransystems.com/Sovran_Systems/Sovran_SystemsOS/src/branch/main/custom-add-ons.md

#nixos #bedigitallysovereign #sovranpro


They want our vote. I guess we are winning.
https://v.nostr.build/gZ6OY.mp4


There’s a relatively small number of Bitcoiners with their necks out on the line in the latest privacy/regulatory battle—with real personal exposure and risk. You know who you are.

I appreciate you, and I respect the hell out of you. 🙏🏼


Most of the action is in the twitter-style notes section. Discovery is still manual so find a good person to follow and check who they follow.


Since changing my zap address several weeks ago, I've noticed an odd quirk.

Some folks are still zapping my old address, presumably because they are using a relay that didn't didn't receive my profile updated event.

Rather annoying!


Some people think Nostr cannot work with things like a "universal consistent like count" and other basic social media malignant tumors.

Even if we ignore the bad psychological and societal effects of such practices and assume they are good, and even if we assume that Nostr is all running in a single server that has all the events (a Bluesky-like unavoidable requirement for such universal consistency) these people are still completely oblivious to the fact that anyone can create a bazillion keypairs and spam like counts.

So when they ask for a "universal consistent like count" what these people are really asking for is for a centralized KYC barrier at the doors of Nostr that ensures only a single keypair can be created by each human.


block's entire shareholder letter was dedicated to why we're focused on bitcoin, not crypto. the internet needs decentralized digital cash. we will do our part to help make it accessible, make it secure, and make it usable every day.
 https://s29.q4cdn.com/628966176/files/doc_financials/2024/q1/Shareholder-Letter_1Q24_Block.pdf


What crisis?


The US bailing out Japan in an attempt to prevent them from dumping their US treasuries is a signal that you should be paying attention to.

https://www.tftc.io/us-bails-out-japan/


BREAKING: Congress approves $50B in aid to Drake, saying without the support he will lose the war #kendricklamar


Kids, dumb and happy is tempting, but consider accepting the challenge to become smart and happy.


"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."

- Erica Jong


Are we going to lose the plot?  Heads up folks in the EU

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

https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1785998817264906745


Deleting your Twitter account can actually make a difference.

Every time someone opens a link or searches for an old thread in which you participated they will not see your tweets, the entire experience will be broken and they will hate Twitter for that.


coinjoins are now called collaborative transactions. a totally different and legal thing.


Privacy is normal and good.

There has been an effort among authorities to make “money laundering” and “financial privacy” the same thing. That is, the mere act of moving money privately itself becomes a crime. That’s not okay.

Money laundering is when money that is obtained through crime is concealed by obfuscating it with clean money. The actual crime is the initial non-financial crime (say, mob stuff), and historically money laundering involves manual activity to work with the criminals.

Now that open source tech can make certain transactions private, authorities increasingly equate all private money transfer with money laundering, even if the developer of the open source tech had no direct involvement with criminals. Authorities target them regardless, and sanction the technology itself. Financial privacy becomes synonymous with crime in their minds, and in the minds of the public.


We have all been programmed by our corporatist environment to think we need "important, famous rich people" to collect and throw money at us, so that code can be written.

But we can just work at a restaurant
or farm potatoes
or have a boring office job
or work the IT help desk
or be a housewife
or a college student,
...and code.

This is a real thing.

We don't need their money to build.
We don't need their permission to build.
We build for ourselves.
On our own time.
On our own dime.

We are sovereign coders.


Reported for misinformation


I’ve entered some kind of low probability multiverse wavefront where alex jones is a  reasonable sounding person in my x feed https://i.nostr.build/nWk0q.jpg


We have Docstr and now Sheetstr. We just need Slidestr and we have a Google Docs / Microsof Office replacement. Toss in a Blossom drive and we can stop using my Google and Microsoft altogether. This smells like winning.
nostr:nevent1qqsq0px97dfxckmfwt525cdgpcf2zkm8p6nd9927awghdyzydpu2epspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygzxpsj7dqha57pjk5k37gkn6g4nzakewtmqmnwryyhd3jfwlpgxtspsgqqqqqqs6a2tv8


So little time.
So many tyrants to fuck with.


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

# Halving Fee Chaos

The Bitcoin halving is an anticipated event, one of those Bitcoin holidays that happen every once in a while. Along with Soft Fork Activation and various financial instrument introduction days, it's one of those not-quite-predictable days that occur every few years which give Bitcoiners reason to pay attention and mainstream media to speculate.

This year's halving was much anticipated, as halvings usually are, but we had a bit of an incident that requires some further explanation. The block subsidy decreased from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC on block 840,000 as expected, but what wasn't expected was the 37.626 BTC in fees that came along with it. To give some context, that's easily the highest ratio of fees to block subsidy that Bitcoin has *ever* had. [One transaction](https://mempool.space/tx/152b928e97bb9e874da1bd4abdf766ae0cdc7a2f260dad5542967cb414c58489) paid nearly 8 BTC in fees by itself.

## More Fees

It wasn't just block 840,000 that had high fees, over the next 5 blocks, we had fees of 4.486, 6.99, 16.068, 24.008 and 29.821 BTC respectively. The fees are the highest it's ever been. This situation in Bitcoin is unprecedented.

Up to this point in Bitcoin's history a block whose fees were higher than block subsidy were pretty rare. There were a few in the 50 and 25 BTC eras, but these were mistakes by the user (usually forgetting to put in a change address) and almost all of the fee came from a single error transaction. In the 12.5 BTC subsidy era, there were a few transactions toward the end of 2017 when the cumulative fees exceeded the 12.5 subsidy. In the just-ended 6.25 BTC subsidy era, there were many blocks during the ordinals craze which exceeded the 6.25 BTC subsidy.

Still, these were relatively rare, and most blocks even in the most recently completed era mostly didn't exceeded 1.5 BTC. Yet in this new era of 3.125 BTC subsidy, every single block as of this writing (block 840018) has had fees exceed the subsidy, some by many multiples. So what happened? Why was the halving block getting so much in fees?

## Runes

The reason has to do with a new protocol called Runes. It's yet another colored coins protocol on top of Bitcoin that Casey Rodarmor designed back in [September of 2023](https://rodarmor.com/blog/runes/). The main idea is to allow coin issuance on Bitcoin that uses the UTXO set natively.

Now to back up a bit, colored coins have been around for a long time. The main idea is that you can "color" certain Bitcoin transaction outputs as meaning something in addition to the Bitcoin amount in the output. It could be another "asset" and issued as a token. The first implementation of such a protocol happened 11 *years* ago in 2013 and there have been many attempts since, including MasterCoin (renamed Omni), CounterParty, and more recently, RGB, Taro Assets and BRC-20.

As Rodarmor states in his blog, his motivation for making another protocol is to bring some of the asset issuing from other chains to Bitcoin. To make the launch of this protocol more interesting, Rodarmor decided to start the issuance on block 840,000, leading to the chaos we saw.

## Simplification vs Game Theory

Casey Rodarmor is also the creator of ordinals, and he took one of the concepts, which was to name assets using the capital latin alphabet on Runes. This is a normal fine choice, but what happens when there's a conflict? If two assets have the same name, how do we distinguish between them?

To simplify things, the protocol just looks up what assets exist already and if the name conflicts with something that exists, then the new asset isn't issued. This indeed simplifies the client and gives a global unique name to each asset. Unfortunately, it also makes for some terrible incentives.

## Sniping Asset Issuance

The first incentive problem is that if the transaction issuing the asset is sent out to the Bitcoin mempool, then as that transaction is gossiped to nodes around the network, other observers can snipe the name by getting the transaction in earlier.

Now "earlier" in Bitcoin is a strict concept. Blocks are ordered and transactions within a block are ordered. Whichever comes first gets the symbol and the asset issuance. But if you want to squat on a good symbol name, you can just look for mempool transactions that are attempting to create a new asset and create your own with a bigger fee. That's the essence of sniping.

What's really terrible about a situation like this is that *both* transactions will likely go into the block, but only the first will successfully issue the asset. The second will not issue the asset but *still pay the fee*.

Miners generally order transactions by fee rate, so a higher fee likely means that they'll get to issue the asset. I say likely, because there's a second incentive problem here I'll discuss later. But game-theoretically, both participants are incentivized to increase fees continually to one-up each other. The dynamic is similar to the [One Dollar Auction](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_auction), where participants end up making rational choices, but end up with an irrational result (like paying $1.50 for $1). Every loser pays lots in fees for nothing.

## Second order Game Theory

Now given this first-order incentive playing out, it's not a surprise that a lot of issuers purposefully put in a very high fee initially to discourage anyone from trying to snipe the symbol. After all, if your sniping attempt fails, then you lose out on the fees you tried to snipe with. There's also a significant uptick in the usage of RBF for this reason, so that you have the option to one-up the sniper and the sniper to do the same to the issuer.

Note that RBF isn't useful here to *get out* of paying the fee, as a replacement transaction has to pay more than the previous transaction in fees. Either way, the miner ends up with the fees.

Now back to the miner's role. The miner can, if it so desires, give preference to the *lower* fee transaction by including it earlier in the block. Indeed, the incentive is to give miners off-band fees if possible to order transactions in such a way as to win by not revealing how much you've paid. Miners in this protocol have a lot of leverage.

## Conclusion

Runes have resulted in some really high fees, though it's hard to know if the design was intentional or unintentional. What we do know is that Runes have been hyped up for the last few months and have been anticipated for a while, and certainly being one of the first assets issued under the protocol has some marketing value for the eventual goal of getting them listed on an exchange.

Sadly, in addition to the normal scamming of altcoins being completely centralized, there is a deeper cost in terms of block space congestion, where fees of 1000 sats/vbyte are currently not enough to get into certain blocks. The Runes asset issuance has overridden almost every other use case at the moment.

That said, the current rate of Runes issuance is completely unsustainable. Just in the first 18 blocks, there's been over $20M in fees spent, most of that in Runes issuance. At this rate, Runes issuers would be spending $150M a day or $1B a week. I honestly can't see them doing this for much longer than a month or two. In the meantime, it must be great to be a miner finding these blocks.


“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs https://image.nostr.build/03175253866109d7326197aa5ba193e9a013a546f62ac2a5055190d78bdc2663.jpg


Tf you guys doing with these transactions


LOVE YOU ALL. ONWARD. 🫡


Another fantastic cycle complete 🥂

Thank you Satoshi for the best monetary policy that the world has ever seen.

The era of 3.125 is here.

https://m.primal.net/HxcT.gif


69 blocks to go!
#bitcoin #halving nostr:note1p8mxtmuzlf5grf6c2qqnf3vrhlckflja2znmw3kqlfglr5tdh76qaeg9fv


The Halving is Coming. #Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/4737de0552ab3e63401acef227854c1393c54202ffdf4acfd75c83ca0c662820.jpg


For normies: "Bitcoin becomes even harder to mine."


Let me be clear, I don't believe in harassment, and I don't believe the 1st Amendment in the US Constitution gives anyone the right to throw something into the faces of people who don't want to see it.

I support  nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 in his quest to give people tools to build the kind of feeds that they want to see. Creating a reporting tool that looks at PUBLIC posts and then does something with them is what this development platform is all about. It doesn't take down the post, it doesn't subtract to anyone's experience unless they choose to take action.

At this early stage, doing this with the existing tools that we find in most apps is easy enough. But when we have actual trolls on here, or people building bots that interact with the relay layer and try to push content like ads or pull content like algorithms, we need tools to prevent them from taking away our own agency to control our feed and how the communities that we build and interact with perceive our posts and content.

I want Nostr to be for everyone, ESPECIALLY people that I disagree with and who may disagree with me. Because at least having that level playing field of being able to post what I want is going to be there for me and everyone else. And we should all be willing to take responsibility for and be held accountable for whatever it is that we post.  I don't want this to be a limited community where only people who handle communication in one specific way are welcome. Nobody should want that.

I've read the back and forth, I can see both/all sides, and I made my post above because ... Well, because it just became a tennis match and the communication part of things sort of fizzled out.  Who stopped listening to the other side first?  I'm not sure.

If you're just joining Nostr, build your own network, your own feed. No algorithms. No advertisements. No corporations. Just people being people, whatever results that brings.


Any good dashboards showing block reward vs total block fees? #bitcoin


Bitcoin Core 27.0 is now available. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/tag/v27.0

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc%2Frelease-notes%2Frelease-notes-27.0.md


Actually the micropayment for spam prevention shouldn't be offensive right? I thought this was a potential for Nostr in the future as well, if relays find themselves overwhelmed.


More apps should strive for this and more consumers should demand it. https://image.nostr.build/b9b23cb06e5db05a12b502b64db393ebb19722a47ad170f5aa09fa1f935f83b8.jpg


If I had given the people what they want it would have been more horse carriages

- Henry Ford


Buy bitcoin before they start talking about National Debt Forgiveness


As valid as this is right now, there are centralized solutions coming to fix most of these logistical problems, and they may even provide better UX than bitcoin.

Don't lose the plot. Fiat money fundamentally sucks. Even when it is more convenient.


baseball,sports,football,fifa,cricket,nfl,sport,twitter,birdapp,elon,elonmusk


idk who needs to hear this today but you have food at home


bytor

Bitcoin evangelist. Engineer. Campfire enjoyer.


Every system has its costs; self-custodial Bitcoin just shows them to you up front so you can skip the heart (+ wallet) ache down the road.


If a financial service offers cash back it means they've skimmed extra from you (in fees or data) and decide so graciously to give some back for some psychological benefit. That's fiat mindset IMO.


Cash back is fiat thinking. Rather have transparency for each service and minimal fees. I will buy bitcoin with the money I save.


The apk versions available at https://protonapps.com are pretty far behind those available in the big tech snooper stores. Or I'm doing something wrong.
 https://image.nostr.build/a9dcddb19d60db5e95909cabfb7466388d574ca5f7be31b10e3c54bcf19b6f5c.jpg

#proton #obtanium #grapheneOS


Agree. Working on it


I have been able to convince exactly 0 people to use #Signal after they dropped SMS support.

Most of the people I convinced to use it only used it mostly with me. BUT, the selling point was that they could just set it as the default (better) SMS app and not just have another fucking messaging app just for me.

About 90% of MY communication used to be encrypted on Signal, even if theirs wasn't (it didn't matter to them).

Now? All of them are back to sending me SMS. This erased about two years of work I put into converting people.

So great, Signal is now more secure. Except no one in my life uses it with me anymore. Where exactly is the benefit we were supposed to see?

This is an old topic at this point, but just wanted to call out the fact that what many of us predicted is now a reality.

The interesting thing is that overlapping people in my network (friends, family, etc) were starting to use encryption incidentally without even knowing it.

A network effect that took a lot of work was completely destroyed by one decision.

Signal is dead in my life now and it's truly sad. I'm putting an end to my fruitless attempts to convert people. Sad.

#Security #Cybersecurity


Is ‘fediverse’ Nostr’s ‘crypto’? 🤔 nostr:note1l95yg4xkh8r0m4sg2yzkf86hqaahhuypcvu52c9vd0kag9qpjd9saclqu4


Announcing Strike BLACK, Strike's suite of products and tools for developers looking to build on #Bitcoin

Easily integrate and offer bitcoin buy, sell, send, receive, hold, withdraw, onboard, cash in, and cash out.

 nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg was one of Strike BLACK's earliest customers and greatly influenced what it has become. Really awesome.

If you need Lightning, Bitcoin on-chain, on/off ramps, fiat-over-lightning, etc. you can get started for free today: http://strike.me/black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A88mhL27O0&ab_channel=JackMallers


"I've been in Bitcoin since 2013"

"Oh so you must have a lot of coins then!"

Me:

https://c.tenor.com/8TpCHYs-9r4AAAAd/tenor.gif


"Everybody wanted to know what I'd do if I didn't win. I guess we'll never know."

- Kanye West, accepting a 2005 Grammy for Best Rap Album (College Dropout)


Bisq 2 now available  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T583ogprpkM


Here’s one of the tiktok videos that has brought a ton of new adopters to #Nostr today

https://v.nostr.build/AaxRE.mp4 nostr:note104kgd9vrvt7zpu5asnx2syktf78xdgxdyrqtn34jl6dy5d6zwfqsfunuy7


to all the tiktok’ers

set up your zap wallets. fastest way to feel nostr.

primal client on ios or android is probably the easiest way to do so at the moment.


You can't just make your own currency and believe it has value!!!

https://image.nostr.build/fc56096dcecfca9b27d41c49fcf2fed14d97878325577a6680c1a0fc2a918099.jpg


“The hardest thing is usually the best. If it’s easy, leave it to somebody else.”


If I wrap Ethereum on Bitcoin, am I a shitcoiner or still pure in Satoshi’s eyes? 🤔

Help me, folks. I’m trying to understand how to virtue signal to my fellow non-conformists.


Everyone sold at $69,420 lmao


GitHub about to become obsolete ...

https://image.nostr.build/feb1405a28c66cbddadcf6340da74952945f2bd0e3092698aaa86b434d41f53d.png


Amazing to see; congrats to the nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg team! 💪

If you are a Mutiny user, please take a minute to write a quick review and give them a 5-star rating in the App/Play Store. Those things really help with app visibility.

nostr:note125hlxq6u9umkca5jpm848yav0zcmaucjjvg4868mpg7dn7cxyxnqkr4g6u


Honestly I was missing this roller coaster 🎢 We are so back


Strike and Cash App will always have #bitcoin  for sale

Wake us up at $100k
https://m.primal.net/Hheh.jpg


67 😶


We must develop and define our own filters. The Derek filter beta 1.87 is quite effective. Never stop building and critiquing.


Breaking!
https://m.primal.net/Hgga.jpg
https://m.primal.net/Hggb.jpg


NOSTR ONLY 🫡

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


THERE'S A RIGHT WAY TO BUILD IT
THERE'S A WRONG WAY TO BUILD IT

https://sovereignengineering.io/assets/images/men-wanted.png


“If you have something that’s the best performing asset over 5, 10 and 15 year periods it’s a store of value. I’m ready to say that.” - Joe Kernan, bitcoin podcaster

https://m.primal.net/HfsI.mov


60.  8-)


Bitcoin has reached an all-time high for three of the top twenty global currencies, the Japanese yen, the Norwegian kroner, and the Turkish lira.
https://m.primal.net/HfkW.mov


Apps should reflect the wear and tear of their use to bring more awareness to the human cost of a tap. More use in a day, more worn and degraded. Each app icon resets at the end of the day. https://image.nostr.build/a3f51080b6985c0168c111f186e91e165721178509183622eee1917471e06477.jpg


Gen-z is now using deepfakes to teach each other calculus.
https://video.nostr.build/884ea61d8b479ffd4d5fef41112a947fce62d8acf693bb7107582c5478c976d0.mp4


Surveillance != regulation


Primal for iOS 1.2 is now live on the App Store. 👀👀

We bring you a much nicer wallet, now with support for on-chain payments, along with several social media features and fixes. Primal has become equal parts social media client and bitcoin wallet app. We will continue to expand both feature sets in ways that integrate them naturally, offering you the best of both worlds. Primal can serve as both your daily spending wallet and your social media client. Let us know how you like it! 🤙💜

Wallet Features
- Bolder bolt!
- Start in wallet
- On-chain transactions
- Send via keyboard/paste
- Scan QR code from image
- Faster transaction display
- Fiat currency display

Other Features
- Video uploads
- Smart contact list

Fixes
- Keyboard issues
- Rotated photos (sorry about that one!)

https://primal.net/downloads


What's this email confirmation required to activate wallet about?


Primal iOS v1.2.44: On-chain Wallet, Video Uploads & More

"We bring you a much nicer wallet, now with support for on-chain payments, along with several social media features and fixes."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/primal-ios-v1-2-44/


https://m.primal.net/HeKn.jpg
Idaho becomes the latest US state to introduce a bill to protect the right to custody and trade #Bitcoin 👏


great (and, finally): https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/


RIP Alexei Navalny.

The US/UK should free Assange, free Ulbricht, pardon Snowden, and double-down on freedom as a contrast. They won't, but they should.

Russia is way more politically controlled and censored than their western counterparts, but if the western counterparts were smart they would emphasize this fact rather than lean more into being even half-like Russia.

Kudos to builders of various freedom tech.


Bump https://image.nostr.build/2c8d9a78f853e1286eb60d513e49b572b6c3a4989957a5c535da66f8430468b9.jpg  nostr:note1r8wsy99d35n3nqgstcgfxgff2th9tpursrrq8fnsq04u0yq6wmmq0azhsf


I am a freedom maximalist, therefore I am a:

🔸 #bitcoin maxi
🔸 #nostr maxi
🔸 #grapheneOS maxi
🔸 #linux maxi
🔸 #torrents maxi

Fuck shitcoins. Fuck Twitter. Fuck Apple. Fuck Windows. Fuck Netflix. Does that make me sound like a toxic freedom maxi to you?


India banning Proton Mail is why we are here


IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT PEOPLE ON TWITTER ARE FRUSTRATED THAT I TALK ABOUT NOSTR "TOO MUCH" ON RABBIT HOLE RECAP.

NOSTR WOULD BE A GREAT PROTOCOL FOR THEM TO VENT THAT FRUSTRATION. WILL MAKE SURE TO REMIND THEM NEXT WEEK.


I'm just sayin' to get paid in bitcoin


AI is about to take over the world

Meanwhile Ai: 🤦♂
https://image.nostr.build/7a309cea9dee1ace1f1a8cb29f43202b0eb23fb351585dbf5b0d8c3a31805b89.jpg


Borrowing without consent is stealing.

Learn about #Bitcoin for the sake of your descendants. https://image.nostr.build/260b8898e104679a6e480e998ace1c4d973fadc79537a7f780cc8e47b1fdbe26.jpg


This is your periodic reminder to install Amethyst (and all other Nostr clients) through Obtainium instead of Google's PlayStore.

You not only receive faster updates (the PlayStore is currently 4 versions behind) but you also start the process of freeing yourself from your invisible digital overlords.

Just follow this video: https://cdn.satellite.earth/2bd7e308c1797d64fca09b1d61e9bde24c68dd45e501c7383eff1e85392df11f.mp4


Something exciting today. It's now possible to zap on the Fediverse! ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ You can zap users on Nostr! You can zap users on Mastodon/Pleroma/ActivityPub! Let the sats flow!!!

https://soapbox.pub/blog/mostr-zaps/

Check it out and get set up to send and receive MONEY across the Fediverse for your shitposts.

This works thanks to the Mostr Bridge + Zapple Pay, an amazing result of Apple banning zaps on Damus. Who would have thought?

Enjoy!


The nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg coinjoin plugin now supports automated, private coin consolidation during low-fee markets.
https://void.cat/d/Cd8y8XNRyvTYhLRztZcBkG.webp


Don't think this is how math works


This #ChangeYourPasswordDay, we challenge you to use a unique password for ten of your most important accounts.

To make things easier, use #ProtonPass to generate and store strong passwords for free. Comic by nostr:npub1e5262u48rmu9h9urcvlzj37rxsx3a8ctkk75kzgh73357q9a4awqnjtt3u https://proton.me/pass/free.

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/856/628/925/305/899/original/f447371ded6900c1.png


Holy shit it's February already


There are two ways to express power: voice and exit.

For example, the citizens of a country may respond to increasing political repression in two ways: protest or emigrate. Similarly, employees can choose express their concerns in an effort to improve the situation or quit their unpleasant job. Disgruntled customers can choose to talk with the manager, or shop elsewhere.

The choice between using voice and exiting depends on which method has the least amount of costs and most benefits. The greater the availability of exit, the less likely voice will be used.

When voice is no longer sufficient, you have one option: exit.

Exit fiat and use #bitcoin.
Exit twitter and use #nostr.
Exit big-tech and go #self-host.
Exit iphone and use #grapheneos.
Exit consent to be governed and become #sovereign.


Priorities


Do you know gail.com?

In '96, a woman named Gail got this as a birthday gift from her husband. Now, Gail's website is buzzing with traffic due to people misspelling #gmail.

Ironically, Gail is a proud #ProtonMail user. 💀

Here's why: https://proton.me/mail/proton-mail-vs-gmail


Now that was a podcast. LFG!


Two ways to express power: voice and exit. When voice is no longer sufficient, you have one option: exit.

For the first time in human history, we have an alternative financial system fixed in supply, accessible to all, and controlled by no one.

Exit fiat. Long live #Bitcoin

This is our first Mailbag Monday episode. Every Monday we shoot the shit and answer the questions you send in. This week we talked about not owning dollars anymore, the #Bitcoin ETF, Epstein's Banker, ETH isn't money

Also, incredibly important that everyone on the internet ignores my hat hair.

Hard to fathom Dylan let me record a podcast with winter hat hair like this. Cruel. Not what friends do.

Appreciate your cooperation and having my back here, internet.

https://v.nostr.build/PBL8.mp4

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZZ7780b-w
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/money-matters-with-jack-mallers/id1695949365
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5BmPNh1DDWSfnG2S1EcGMW
Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/597cU7nDqwXov0tcvrUQ


Kids these days with their bit-coins and their pocket phones


Someone commented that they were disappointed the Taylor Swift deepfakes aren't making rounds on nostr since it's a good test of censorship resistance. Challenge accepted!

Note that I'm marking these images as "sensitive" so your client ought to blur them by default. I'm also spreading the files across multiple hosts for redundancy.

Personally, I find it ridiculous that these particular deepfakes are what caused an uproar, because they're simply not believable due to the crowds in the background. When I was searching for Swift deepfakes I came across MANY older images that are far more realistic. But it just goes to show that you never know what will go viral.

https://image.nostr.build/5363fcd221746f520eba1f3eef85ec4adadb7c27a1a151f1aca2cf5c361fc529.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=643x599&blurhash=%3B8EA%5B%24wwK7TJJT%7EB%3Dyi%7BNwYPSe%23qnO-A-US%23J7%24i01bb5k9t-VE1ay-Ba%7D57xHx%5B%251FKNbozNbS%23%2C%5Brr%3Dy%252IpkDS2WVW%3BrDNGaKIowIIpM%7CsANG9tO%3FNaWUxtNGbHj%5BnitkozXSxuX8kWt7oys%3A&x=636ebca7541272de5d0515be8fa52701f7a831bab4d99c42134b7b4331dc84e1

https://nostrage.com/media/public/6800ed2b6901e820c1912b3563b906f90f517491a29589ec3f199220434fc380.webp#m=image%2Fwebp&dim=1280x1232&blurhash=%7CFH0eW9tKN9%5B-V%5E6IVEMkV%7B%2CEyIVR*%3Dx-BNuI%3Aba%5EiJ7%3DxxGR*RjS4bHw_%5D.RQtkofRjniofW%3Bnix%5DVsS%7EjFRQt7%24%25NaM%7BOri_xanOX7XRs9V%40V%40tRe.nOnixGX7NGWBs%3ATIV%5BR%25r%3Ft7S%23nOaej%5BX8s%3ARjniX6W%3BsUn%25W%3B&x=8efd6ff5f8001a56a0f05f0ceb4b86f5fc15c9abaca5eaf79d1806ca2ee363b9

https://sove.rent/media/public/31bd2e6f7bc8832e8fdb2b1dee5e65c16da3f28a47cf76dba03279bb0f61f1a5.webp#m=image%2Fwebp&dim=680x680&blurhash=U8J%3DsB0%230_0fD*E%7B%5Dqxt0dwg%3Fb-pUa%5E69ta0&x=a0bcb9015f0e3ca49f9d2ee72acf089a283d4f504b7eff52a44e5cb99a54b3b2

https://files.sovbit.host/media/public/5465e1dbe96af7bff240b561bbf892a6310ae7485785c8c23dc840e9b2740d29.webp#m=image%2Fwebp&dim=1280x1232&blurhash=%7CfI%7CF4xaM_ocogNGoLSgn*.mt7VsWBozWAbHoLjsu4Sen%24fksoWUofWBaetmxFxaWBNas.a%23aebHtlxZozs9WUWVj%5Bo0W%3BxaS1bvj%5BsmofaebFoMNaaetRkCayofWVn%25fkRjWUt7oLaej%5Dayj%5Baze%3AWBf*oLWVt6n%25bHj%40&x=b0f35782552afea8896de87b43caf9cae4275852c91b6d00aa04d2f9f6761ccc


Know your enemy
https://m.primal.net/HZmQ.jpg


This is essentially a summary of all the rap music released in the past decade.
https://video.nostr.build/66b99b4569ef14599f7b44d07ea1248866488a131e3bcddd862f992e0a474c8c.mp4


I don't think that bounty should apply and I don't think we should try to replace GitHub, just step by step build the tools for doing code collaboration without a big central server.


🎉Congratulations, Pete! https://image.nostr.build/a67b0ce93ee1e668342846bfed0e0bbc9e4dd1c945fa9cbbe46369fbaf06bab3.gif


good morning.

joining Yahoo TV in 45 minutes to talk bitcoin

i dare these motherfuckers to ask if we give a shit about what jamie dimon thinks about bitcoin

dare them
https://m.primal.net/HYtR.jpg


Anyone have a good explanation on how the details of this well?


"'Market failure' is an oxymoron"
- Javier Milei, World Economic Forum 2024 Davos Switzerland


Just wrote 30 lines of code in an hour that obsoletes all the code I've written in the past 2 weeks.


Reporter: “Are the airstrikes against the Houthis working?”

Biden: “Well when you say ‘working’—are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes.”

This might be the most concise summary of U.S. foreign policy available
https://video.nostr.build/854c21ba2a2fa2a2f325534500f9b145201fcf78106d35071074350320b904fd.mp4


Lmao 🤣
https://m.primal.net/HYQs.jpg


Running lightning nodes is too complicated for 99% of people

To do non-custodial lightning on your phone it needs to be online when you receive the payment and requires an initial onchain tx to receive.

This is terrible ux, so you are forced to use custodial solutions like wallet of satoshi, and privacy is terrible.

fedimint is a third option: the mint can provide a lightning address for receiving and sending out zaps even when you’re offline. This is private, temporary custody.

When the phone comes online it can choose to sweep fedimint funds into its non-custodial phone wallet (a future non-custodial ⚡ wallet in damus as an example). In the UI this would be simplified as your custodied and non-custodied balanced summed to your total balance.

Damus’ fedimint would be federated with other guardians such as mutiny, so I can’t unilaterally rug the custodied balance. This is implemented as a multisig bitcoin wallet behind the scenes.

The use case is killing non-private lightning custodians who can unilaterally rug you. nostr:note12yd075f9un56nlmmh6dk6ehxnatjg5kf35wcevx8rwa8kstzt5rqkv8n9m


sounds familiar 👀
https://video.nostr.build/ad74da3815a6f1962a0c5d4139ac2003cadd2c6a3279e1772b72142ff1050f71.mp4


This fedimint primer was helpful. Starting to think this will be a big deal…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4iclApJL0c


It's on F droid too


I just installed Debian 12 on my desktop and it got every single peripheral right in the first try. #linux


Tissue paper hands


🚨 BTC FLASH SALE


Ostrich? Check.
Purple? Check.
Nostrich? Double check.
nostr:note1lzpjegezdjaujnzn88pmysenet7ceqqqthr2m0mkcwe9kt873ppqktwnqj


“The first wealth is health.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson


I'm not an artist, but personally I think the emphasis on the unassuming animal (silly ostrich) better aligns with the open protocol ethos than a decorated letter, which I usually associate with a brand or an enterprise app.


How do they track the price? Are the custodians trying to keep up with inflows by buying btc in real time?


Starting to like it. I think it could work. Credit to whoever made it, hopefully they created it from scratch.

https://void.cat/d/3k6ZmbTufhMNUiSRkKHUUn.webp
https://void.cat/d/N5azK8nyT324qTqU952htP.webp
https://void.cat/d/ALQ1U5anDEdN2rUGd7inRc.webp


Back to work


48k 🚀


Yeah and then goes on to act like the SEC account being hacked (reality) would be ridiculous. Sad that these agencies are now less reputable than meme platforms.

"An SEC spokeswoman said that an unknown party had accessed the agency’s X account for a brief period after 4 p.m. " - WSJ


The good news is that we don't need any approval to spend bitcoin, receive bitcoin, mine bitcoin, or denominate your savings in bitcoin.

Things are working as intended.


LOLOLOLOLOLOL


I heard there was a bitcoin shortage


Feelin cute.
Might write some BIPs.


Good morning. 45.


If ... In order to help authorities catch criminals ... We must give up our fundamental right to privacy in all of our affairs, including financial - Then we have given up more than Criminals could ever take from us.


I AM CONVINCED THAT A MAINSTREAM NOSTR CLIENT SHOULD HAVE AN INTEGRATED BITCOIN WALLET.

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


Starting tomorrow, NostrNet New Tabbed feature and Universal search, will be available to everyone.

The Tabbed feature allows you to run different apps simultaneously inside NostrNet App like a browser.

Universal web search, it includes Nostr, Reddit, Brave, YouTube, and more.

This update also brings a significant performance boost.
https://image.nostr.build/12bcfa146be963713ebc6372af53d9313d23e83cbcb8ef31f751ffaa50ce13fc.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1263x1554&blurhash=_79t7W%24k9XM_D%25NaIC0KNL-%3Bn%7D%25LxtR%250Jb%3BV%7Cxvt7RR%25K-q%251baNyIURPsVoJRSxrngs%3Do%7CIq_NScIBs9t3WZWB9GXS%25NNZxq%24enf%25Jr%3BM_t7M%7EJAbdDisAxtf%2BWFawof&x=cfa05bdec9a0a1fd7408009514773ea5f5c0d17f4bc05ee6b77b8634033e034a


Nostr will be the social glue that holds all of our most used applications together.


ETF CANNOT BE PRICED IN BECAUSE MOST SUITS ARE TOO SCARED TO HOLD PRIVATE KEYS.


2nd:
- Low time preference and consumerism
- Incentivized financial engineering over working and saving
- Distorted incentives around risk management and leverage

3rd:
- Loss of faith in capitalism and the meritocracy
- Calls for revolution


Here's why there are deep incentives for a Bitcoin fork with the Ordinals people.

Ordinals/BRC-20/Inscriptions are now VC funded. And they're going to be pressured to keep growing, no matter what. Yet the hype around their stuff will inevitably fade. And whatever profits they had will dry up. So what will they do?

There are two paths. One is to increase revenue, the other is to reduce costs. The first will be very difficult to do without some new narrative. And they might try that, but it's going to be very difficult on Bitcoin... At least as it currently stands. They could move to another chain, but then, their whole reason for existence, being built on Bitcoin will be no more. Hence the incentive to create new narratives around their stuff and to add "features" to generate interest means some sort of fork.

The other path is to reduce costs. The most obvious cost is the fees being sent to miners. And to reduce that, you need to increase block size or make the blocks more frequent. Either way, this is incentivizing a fork.

The point is that once VC funding entered the picture, the path was set. There will be a conflict of visions and a "peaceful coexistence" was never going to be the outcome.


WE'RE GONNA REPLACE SPOTIFY
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE YOUTUBE
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE UBER
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE PINTEREST
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE INSTAGRAM
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE TWITTER
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE TIK TOK
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THREADS
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE BLUESKY
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE TELEGRAM
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE DISCORD
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE TWITCH
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE AMAZON
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE FACEBOOK
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE GOOGLE
WE'RE GONNA CHART NEW TERRITORY AND DO THINGS THAT NOBODY HAS EVER DONE
AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT ALL ON #NOSTR

https://image.nostr.build/ee09f560e3cf79345c1778949bfaefcabd8d6abd1ae24bcc9d54402afd33c299.jpg


Introducing the Ghost Address! 👻⚡

A Ghost Address is a Lightning Address for every lightning node, eliminating the reliance on custodial intermediaries to obtain a Lightning Address.  Ghost Addresses enable easy lightning payments directly to self-custody!
https://amboss.tech/_next/image?url=%2Fassets%2Fblog%2Fghost-addresses%2Fhero.webp&w=1920&q=75

What's a Ghost Address? 👻

It's the fusion of Phantom Payments first described by nostr:npub1spralxq6jlw5rdy0249vqr5sh43rfrlx2wzv3rhjjqedw559w9psrs8s72 with the simplicity of Lightning Addresses from nostr:npub1rvg76s0gz535txd9ypg2dfqv0x7a80ar6e096j3v343xdxyrt4ksmkxrck . It's all about making lightning transactions as easy as email. 📧⚡

Getting started is easy. Update to the latest Ghost-enabled Thunderhub.io , claim your Ghost Address, and step into the new era of self-custodied lightning zaps!
https://image.nostr.build/05bd50be440908dede1aa9527d95135bd31a016a5307d99a87462bde45fd7254.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=662x259&blurhash=Z04B%7CSo%24_3%3FbIT%25gITM%7BIA%7Eq-%3B%25M%3FbWBt7ofIUWAD%23%7Eqxu%25g-%3BRjxuM%7BWWRN-%3A_3Rj%3FbazIUxuIU&x=d23ba8a784c77403aae841466756a6d86031ef08960d5260825c42f54060a467

Dive deeper into Ghost Addresses, how they work, and their impact on the Lightning Network in our latest blog post: https://amboss.tech/blog/ghost-addresses .

Lastly, Merry Christmas from the Amboss team! Now we can be sure that you'll be getting into the Christmas Spirit! 👻🎄


That bitcoin has established itself as a serious asset seems to be the source of the latest surge.

Why bitcoin is up by almost 150% this year

"bitcoin has established itself as a serious asset"

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The world is not anymore the way it used to be. No no no!


It would have to be from a miner or pool with a large enough share of the hash power to actually be confident in finding blocks in a given range. Unless a coordinator buys futures from many different miners to give the same effect.


Waiting for this for years but of course no Linux distro 😠

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/14/24000696/proton-mail-desktop-app-mac-windows-encrypted


LDK Node v0.2.0: Pre-flight Probes, API Improvements

LDK Node is a self-custodial Lightning node in library form. Its central goal is to provide a small, simple, and straightforward interface that enables users to easily set up and run a Lightning node with an integrated on-chain wallet.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ldk-node-v0-2-0/


It's a sad state of the mobile industry that we cannot have a modern mobile experience without utilizing Google and Apple services. You can run a de-Googled Android phone and use all FOSS applications, but the fact of the matter is this mobile experience will never be as seamless or as smooth as fully playing inside these centralized ecosystems. If you want a less than optimal experience and don't want to feel like you're using a modern mobile OS, then you absolutely can abandon them. There will be trade-offs though. It's up to you to decide if they're worth it or not.


Did you try using https://flash.android.com/


Is there a place to see fee schedules for all services before signing up?


WE WILL LAUNCH A NEW MINING POOL THAT DOES IT RIGHT.


Did he say anti money laundering?


Is it Bread? or #bitcoin read?


When accept bitcoin via lightning for pre-orders?


we are live 🪨 https://bitkey.world/en-US


This will be an open platform. We won’t be the only game in town. Anyone can build on the spec and provide the hardware or services.


Bitkey pre-orders launched today #bitkey #block #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/33d2c22415abe646a9327272d006ea654f7792dfda761bb6becfb6c04b8ed552.jpg


The landscape of building products and companies in the tech industry is undergoing a significant transformation, moving away from the era of vertically-integrated, walled gardens. The pendulum is already on it's downward trajectory and the future of tech looks brighter than it has in years.

## The End of Vertically Integrated Tech Giants

Over the last 20 years, the tech industry has been dominated by vertically-integrated companies. These companies controlled everything from hardware to software to user data, due to the complexities and costs associated with running large-scale data centers and infrastructure. This control allowed them to create powerful monopolies that continue to dominate the industry. However, advancements in technology and changing market dynamics are leading to the erosion of this model. Companies can no longer solely rely on their integrated structures to maintain market dominance. Users are increasingly seeking alternatives that offer more control, more privacy, and more freedom of choice.

## The SaaS Model: Losing its Edge

Another aspect of the tech landscape that is starting to show it's age is the sofware as a service model. The appeal of the SaaS model, once a groundbreaking approach, lay in the simplicity and scalability it offered, both for providers and users. Why own, run, and maintain software when you can rent it by the month? But, increasingly high subscription costs, lack of data ownership, and a one-size-fits-all approach have led to accute customer dissatisfaction. Furthermore, parabolicly rising customer acquisition costs and challenges in user retention amid intense competition are making it difficult for SaaS companies to sustain profitability and growth.

## The Return of Self-Sovereign Solutions

Companies like 37signals, Start9, and Umbrel are examples at the forefront of a movement back towards a more user-centric, decentralized internet.

1. **[Once](https://once.com)**: This initiative by [37signals](https://37signals.com/), one of the originators of the SaaS movement and makers of [Basecamp](https://basecamp.com) and [Hey](https://hey.com) is a direct response to the limitations of the SaaS model. Once aims to offer a line of software products that users can own permanently after a one-time purchase. This model revives the notion of software ownership, privacy, and security, allowing users to host and control their own IT infrastructure. It signifies a paradigm shift from renting to owning software, granting users more autonomy and control.

2. **[Start9](https://start9.com)**: Start9 is democratizing access to private servers, making it feasible for average users to establish their own server infrastructure. This approach is a significant departure from the cloud computing model, which often compromises privacy and involves high costs. Start9’s StartOS enables users to easily install and use a variety of open-source software, empowering them with greater control over their digital footprint and reducing their dependence on large tech companies.

3. **[Umbrel](https://umbrel.com)**: Umbrel provides an operating system for personal home servers, enabling users to manage their data, run private networks, and even engage in cryptocurrency operations from the comfort of their homes. This model places a strong emphasis on privacy and data control, challenging the traditional cloud-based models. Umbrel's offerings, including ad-blocking across the network and automation of home devices, represent a shift towards more autonomous and self-reliant computing.

## Rearchitecting the Internet

This shift goes well beyond innovative companies reimagining the experience of buying and using tech products. The emergence of decentralized publishing protocols, such as [Nostr](https://nostr.how), exemplify the shift towards a more open, user-controlled internet.

Nostr, which stands for "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays." is an open protocol designed to enable censorship-resistant and global value-for-value publishing on the web. Unlike traditional web protocols, Nostr is not a specific app or service, but rather a standard that allows for the creation of various applications and services, all of which interoperate using the same data.

One of Nostr's key strengths is its resilience, stemming from its independence from a limited number of trusted servers for data movement and storage. The protocol is designed to be robust against the disappearance of relays, allowing users to connect and publish to numerous relays that can be changed as needed.

Another espeically important feature in the age of AI is that accounts and messages on Nostr use public-key cryptography. This allows anyone to verify a message's origin and that the message's contents haven't been tampered with.

The rise of protocols like Nostr represents a movement away from centralized control of publishing and data storage towards a more distributed, user-controlled approach. This decentralization not only enhances privacy and security but also promotes freedom of expression and information sharing, aligning with the early ideals of an open and free internet.

## The Return to an Open, Decentralized Internet

This shift is not just a technological change but also a cultural one, where users demand more transparency, control, and ownership over their digital lives. The rise of these new protocols, products, and companies is a clear indicator of this transformation signaling a return to the early principles of the internet – openness, decentralization, and freedom.

The pendulum of technology is swinging back to it's roots as protocols and companies spring up to deliver products that promise a more open, free, and self-sovereign vision of the internet.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzdesxymnsdp48qurxve4qgspwwwexlwgcrrnwz4zwkze8rq3ncjug8mvgsd96dxx6wzs8ccndmcrqsqqqa28l4zfz3


What is the alternative?


As much as I dislike the closed-source, anticompetitive walled garden and overpriced, hard-to-repair devices, #iPhone and #Apple services are kind of neat. And they went to a lot of trouble to encrypt a lot of stuff end to end. And this is easier than #grapheneos Somebody talk me out of it. #Android #iOS #Google


Zaps represent the only fundamentally new innovation in social media.

Everything else is a distraction.


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TIL. Thank you. Why would they not come up with a different name for that?


So the Post action didn’t close the prompt…


Trying out #Damus now


Trying out #Damus


Trying out #Damus

#introductions


What Open source project should i fund for Christmas?

Thanks.
Sharing is caring.


Is Fastmail the best Gmail alternative? Starting to think Proton is overkill. #privacy


What are the absolute best web services that accept bitcoin over lightning?

In the market for email/calendar/contacts, cloud storage, and VPN.


The law of large numbers is a theorem that describes the result of performing the same experiment a large number of times.

According to the law, the average of the results obtained from a large number of independent identical trials should be close to the expected value and tends to become closer to the expected value as more trials are performed.


What does bitcoin have to do with Apple stock?


Is this satire?


The funniest video on encrypted email you will ever see.

https://youtu.be/iH626CXyNtE?si=T8U8blYytDT-5sO5


Maybe I'm uninformed but it seems a little unfair to lump CZ in with cryoto fraudsters. Binance was a gateway into digital currencies for so many people, and despite the regulator attack, funds are still allegedly safu. #binance #cz


Holy shit Milei did it #Argentina


PSA: Study multisig carefully before attempting to implement it yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjS5qF65Yos


get yourself some thicc cardboard

https://video.nostr.build/594517175508b822cbc5f117c1b68a19b4276f41467bc500769c522d58492afe.mp4


If America needs to ban and censor social media to keep its own youth from sympathizing with terrorists, the country may be fucked. #tiktok #nostr


Google has promised to support Pixel 8 for 7 years. Will GrapheneOS be able to match or exceed that?


Obviously Killer Queen for the guitar solo #classicrock


Study bitcoin


Didn't you also see the same open lane space that he did? It's actually most efficient to wait until close to the merge point.


US has sanctioned China from getting EUV tech from ASML, but there's more than one way to skin a cat. #semistr https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-aims-to-use-particle-accelerator-to-build-chips-and-evade-euv-sanctions


900g T-bone cooked to perfection, Buenos Aires
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IDF confirms ground operations in progress


Distributed Power Cultivates FreedomNew technology that empowers individuals provide us the ability to rebuild societies from the bottom up. Strong individuals that can defend and provide for themselves will help build strong local communities on a similar foundation. The result is power being distributed throughout society rather than held by a select few.

"New technology that empowers individuals provide us the ability to rebuild societies from the bottom up. Strong individuals that can defend and provide for themselves will help build strong local communities on a similar foundation. The result is power being distributed throughout society rather than held by a select few."

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#bitcoin #vibes https://image.nostr.build/b3f513ab6f7d5c628671cbeb9109baad999862fc77ff71766e16deb5a8d16435.jpg


$34k already. Did you buy enough?


GOP self immolation. Wow.


nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle this really resonated with me. I have these conversations with young people all the time, they know what they are doing is not working but they won't take the personal responsibility in their own lives to make changes. Thank you for the podcast man!

https://video.nostr.build/287f59da0e7d4848150be8f84e57132d905a6f4ab3144cdba6eafbe5e5321233.mp4


"Bitcoin will never work"

https://media.gleasonator.com/032907cccb5ce12353131ecd3f4086786d5cf7dbe6be5b9b032cf95dcc9588d2.mp4


Before you get a cavity filled, try switching dentists


this is how you talk to school kids about 9/11, you tell them all of it nostr:note1f68lxey4y3mva60uhyjwj7h5pf4msj6xhvaquzmr2wqmt90fyxeqgl0w2z


I’m in Lebanon orange pilling an NGO called Rebirth Beirut.

With the collapse of the energy grid they raise money to restore street and traffic lights.

Do me a solid and send some sats to this QR code to show them how badass #bitcoin  is.

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Mood https://cdn.nostr.build/i/0430722d12d8e3cf89de152121197e08ae41a9614afb63406f1d9de81b4cd1b6.jpg


Money doesn’t change a person. It only brings their true character to light.


This really is the worst. Instagram started the trend with their hideous "log in or else" flow. Then Twitter and reddit went to insanely privacy-hostile API changes instead of simply requiring a proof of work or anon payment. Even some major nostr relays seem to be doing Tor blocking now (damus? Not sure, but I get a ton of errors connecting to certain relays via Tor.)

Platforms have become so fearful of bots/spam/scraping (or rather pretend to be fearful, so as to justify blatantly commercial and anti-social decision-making) that they've totally destroyed the open access model that a functioning freenet depends on.

This is the main reason I want to see "unowned" protocols succeed. Jack has it right: we're at a turning point.

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If you are new and don’t get the hype about nostr, here is a quick recap of why it’s a big deal:

1. Network effects - when everyone builds into the same protocol without permission, you get all sorts of interesting interactions. All of them are then easily discoverable by your followers. Example: start streaming >  access the entire nostr network without lifting a finger. Without the walled gardens, information travels further and faster to reach more people. This is probably the most powerful aspect of nostr.
2. No need to keep re-building your audience. They follow you no matter where you are, which app/client you are building or using. The moment a new app comes online, you have access to those new features plus your entire audience and their broader sphere of influence. This is massive for startups because one of the biggest challenges of startups is reach. Nostr makes reach much easier not only through the follow functions, but also due to the nature of the broadcasted note.
3. Cheaper infrastructure - the cost to host things is spread across relays. Instead of paying for massive server infrastructure, you can spread your costs to relays. They are still paying for it, and you can even pay for it yourself with a private / hosted relay, but you always have the cheaper option.
4. Ability to add nostr functionality to existing apps. Want exclusivity on your customers and data but the ability to tap into nostr? You can do that. A good example is Fountain podcast app - a hybrid model that works. Now, most apps that benefit from social interactions can also benefit from Nostr.
5. Zaps - yeah, not even first on the list! Frictionless, one tap payments (or no tap payments? - stream on budget), to anyone, anywhere, across client, across OS, across everything. 🤯
6. No need to identify yourself. No emails required, just sign an event with your private key and nobody has to know who you are. Relays will have your IP unless you mask it, but otherwise you limit your exposure to hacks. As long as you don’t share anything you’re not willing to be seen out there, you’re fine. Can’t have identity theft without identities 😂
7. No deplatforming. A client can ban you from using their services, but you can just use another client. There’s literally no way to stop anyone from accessing nostr short of taking down all relays and all clients. This will slowly become an impossibility over time as the number of clients for each use case explodes in numbers. The only thing they CAN do is limit you from their audiences - like Apple wanted to do with Damus because of zaps.
8. Entirely new use cases never before seen - with this level of flexibility, you can create services that have never existed before because they were literally not possible. The sky is the limit, go wild with your imagination!

There are probably so many other reasons, but these are my top 8.


Okay now it's making a complete sense. 🤔

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"Users are leaving, and new users are not joining because we post about Bitcoin." I hate this argument.

Then why are users who are interested in Bitcoin leaving? You posting about Bitcoin is not the problem.

I think we already know the problem, and that problem is very well understood in the traditional social media space.

I think, The biggest problem when users join today is content discovery. It's way more complicated on nostr.

For new users, turning an empty home feed and spammy global feed into a decent, relatable feed without  proper search feature is way more difficult. I have seen no new user doing it right in the first few days. Most of the users just give up. I have seen it again and again.

I know you are going to hate me for this, but the best reliable solution we have is to create a topic-based algorithmic feed. We have this feature already on Nostr, but it's not properly implemented.

Even as a regular nostr user I don't know how to discover content and people with specific interest. I think topic based feed will solve majority of problems including user discovery and make nostr much more fun. 🤙


Institutions will never protect our rights - they are too easily corrupted.

We must defend them ourselves - open source tools that empower individuals are the only real path forward.


Anonymous is also paying for twitter blue 🤡

Anonymous submitted their phone number and credit card details for blue tick. 😂

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The WEF posted a positive story about bitcoin mining’s ability to soak up stranded energy and capture otherwise-leaking methane.

But they made sure to call it “data centers”.

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_e8424fd34cabd41a7d7026244a540e0c378542ff07610dee1e82053e32a42a8b.jpeg


REFUSE THE BLUE CHECK.

https://i.postimg.cc/W4nYw9Rf/bc.jpg


Some of the more cyclical parts of the US labor market have been slowing for a while.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_2269476772cf3bf602c7956b63ebe22e9a5d2c38bd0e1fb40babbd7140b5b752.jpg


Why should Nostr apps be banned when Signal and Mastadon clients have been on these stores for years?