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 Fiat Zaps (Faps?) coming to X soon
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 This was fun!

https://fountain.fm/episode/VIslfIBS4fMbglAeukKB

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 Imo nostr:
1. Got labeled under “crypto” in the tech world. 
2. Is not an escape Elon destina... 
 I totally agree with #5. Where the fuck are the young generations? 
 The origins of the GM meme

Inspired by  @Vladimir Krstić. 🤣

https://m.primal.net/KBXP.png  
 Yes!! So excited for this. I think Nostr Messaging could be the killer use case for nostr if done well. When most messaging options are compromised. 
 what is it going to be called? please tell me it won't end with "str" 
 What's upstr
Signalstr
Telegramstr 
 Testing going Nostr-only.  

Fuck state censorship.  🖕

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 Excited to see how Nostr is going to develop as states start peering into Nostr as well. I suspect more federated, close-gated relays.  
 100%  
 "Societies break down collectively, but they are only rebuilt individually." - anon

https://anarplex.sirion.io/hosted/files/aoa.txt 
 5 more hours and it will be the first time in 25 years I didn't put nicotine into my body

Feelin... 
 keep it up! 
 "At some point, working within a system becomes cowardly and immoral; for us, that point has arrived."

- anon 
 If you ask random people "who is the most famous classical music composer of all times" what will... 
 they'll say Taylor Swift 
 can someone recommend a good P2P marketplace for GBP fiatcoins? Robosats seems to have no liquidi... 
 vexl.it 
 I noticed I’m getting less zaps lately. I wonder if it is something I’ve done wrong or has za... 
 Zapping is down bruv 
 Congrats!! I wonder if there is a partnership with geyser.fund that's possible here. 
 Let me tell you what's boring: Getting swayed by the right to be anti-woke. 

Woke culture is a cancer in Western civilization. But anti-wokism is just as dangerous and it can lead to the same form of authoritarianism, neo-con warmongering, anti-protest, anti-free speech type policy. 

It's not about left or right. It's about Freedom or Slavery.

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 Totally, but real people have fallen for wokeism, just like people are falling for anti-wokeism. 

They are real but the problem is deeper. 
 Ridiculous

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 how? 
 How do you expect to obtain freedom without coopting the levers of power?

You can live off grid,... 
 That's fair, that doesn't make the meme less relevant. Freedom is still the objective and we should not lose sight of that. 
 Trumpsimpism is real. 

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 Let's also talk about how Trump initiated lockdowns, did "operation warpspeed" to jam untested vaccines in arms of millions of people. 

Trump did try to get the military out of Iraq and Syria, but with no success. His previous campaign ran to 'drain the swamp', but in this candidacy he's more akin to Obama. He's bringing the swamp full force.

Tbc, he's still better than what the democratic party has to offer, but that's not the point of this meme. 
 Let me tell you what's boring: Getting swayed by the right to be anti-woke. 

Woke culture is a cancer in Western civilization. But anti-wokism is just as dangerous and it can lead to the same form of authoritarianism, neo-con warmongering, anti-protest, anti-free speech type policy. 

It's not about left or right. It's about Freedom or Slavery.

nostr:note17plnc6y2hkf4dzw02a5g4a5cqqmddj8wls96vmu3cmzf033eps9sty9mw7  
 lol,  pretty much 
 "The reality is that we live in a world where the powerful pay lip service to human rights and international law, a world where they profess to aid the weak even as they assist in their slaughter."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-elections-2024-starmer-learnt-price-power-support-genocide 
 Love what we're building at  @geyser ?

Support our mission by buying our merch! We got hot stuff, powered by Bitcoin artists like  @NoGood ✌️!

👇
https://geyser.fund/project/geyser?refId=Mick 
 Interesting. As a little fishy I feel like that shuts out the little guys if people are passionat... 
 100%. the WoT/Social graph will be a coefficient. High trust = 1. Low trust = 0.01.  

We think this approach strikes a good enough balance between: 
1. making any vote count
2. incentivizing people to send more sats. 
 I’m pretty uninformed here but couldn’t 1 sat = 1 vote be gamed pretty easily? Would it be mo... 
 You're right, sir!

The 1-sat 1-vote system we call 'proportional voting'. Which can be gamed pretty easily with 1 anon user sending 10M sats and winning all.

We're now trialling an 'incremental voting', whereby each individual get's up to 3 votes based on sats sent. They need to login for their sats to count as votes, then1k-10k = 1 vote; 10k-100k = 2 votes; 100k and above = 3 votes. This can still be gamed though through fake new users created over nostr. To tackle this we'd need to apply a social graph analysis (ideally at a later time).

 
 Grants are cool 😎

Crowdfunding is awesome 🤩

Grants paired with Crowdfunding 🤯

We are already running community-voting Grants using 'proportional voting' (1 sat-1 vote), and the next one up is going to be even more powerful, powered by 'incremental voting' (1,2,3 votes per funder based on amount of sats sent).

Let us know if you're interested. Would love to partner with   @OpenSats to do a community-voting grant focused just on Nostr startup ideas.
 
https://m.primal.net/JGlk.png 

https://geyser.fund/grants/7 
 What’s really going on here? 🤔

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 Are people not zapping anymore?  Not seeing that many Zaps happening 🤔 
 Is that why? did i miss something? 
 Can we somehow crowdfund printing 210 of these cards for Bitcoin Nashville? 

Gotta purple pill m... 
 Let's do it! On  @geyser with a limited edition reward? 😎 
 #nostrdev please...slow down and test stuff before putting it out.  Literally every Nostr app I'v... 
 Hey, got your error. thanks for reporting. Not sure what happened here. 🤔 
 thanks! we're on it! 
 Grants are cool 😎

Crowdfunding is awesome 🤩

Grants paired with Crowdfunding 🤯

We are already running community-voting Grants using 'proportional voting' (1 sat-1 vote), and the next one up is going to be even more powerful, powered by 'incremental voting' (1,2,3 votes per funder based on amount of sats sent).

Let us know if you're interested. Would love to partner with   @OpenSats to do a community-voting grant focused just on Nostr startup ideas.
 
https://m.primal.net/JGlk.png 

https://geyser.fund/grants/7 
 THERE IS ALREADY MORE REAL ENGAGEMENT ON NOSTR THAN BITCOIN TWITTER.

THE RIDE OR DIES ARE HERE.
... 
 Respect 
 Works only if you have Strike wallet? 
 But you guys are money transmitters, why not just forward the funds along to a third party wallet? 
 Can anyone pls confirm that Strike (US) limits for incoming donations is UNLIMITED? 

We want to be sure there will be no limits for the  @BitcoinMagazine Nasville grant happening through  @geyser. Likely to get 15M Sats in votes in this wallet.

 @jack mallers
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 MaxSendable field says 1M Sats invoice limits, right @stelios 
 Yes it would be great to up the lnurl restriction. 

That’s what we use at  @geyser  for generating invoices. 

Cc: @stelios 
 We use the Maxsendable limit as a 'heads up' for our users. Would be great if you could update it to what it is 'unlimited'. 🙏

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 🚫 BANNED! 

Ever since launching this video:

- TikTok "banned" the Geyser account
- Google "expired" Geyser's SSL certificate without notice.

All of this for talking about Bitcoin empowering innocent civilian lives in Gaza.

Will definitely be more active on Nostr from now on.

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 You deserve a zap ⚡️ 
 The SSL expired but we were not verified about it, nor verified about why it was not re-issued. But we got to the bottom of it and it's likely it was just a tech glitch. Perhaps, just a coincidence! 
 We requested and our account was reinstated later in the day, thankfully 
 The SSL expired but we were not verified about it, nor verified about why it was not re-issued. But we got to the bottom of it and it's likely it was just a tech glitch. Perhaps, just a coincidence! 
 Lessons were learned. TikTok banned us, on the same hour our SSL cert expired without notice. There was no censorship or ill intent from google as far as we can see. 
 Thanks! We don't have any opening atm, but always open to OS contributors. See our page.

https://about.geyser.fund/Careers 
 🚫 BANNED! 

Ever since launching this video:

- TikTok "banned" the Geyser account
- Google "expired" Geyser's SSL certificate without notice.

All of this for talking about Bitcoin empowering innocent civilian lives in Gaza.

Will definitely be more active on Nostr from now on.

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 I wrote about the EPIC story of Yusef_Mahmoud1 following an interview with him and  @Fumble McBumble.

Yusef was a taxi driver who has supported over 20,000 innocent families in the ongoing occupation.

This is all thanks to over 1,800 Bitcoiners from around the world sending 2.6 bitcoins.

TL;DR: The bitcoin donations have become that lifeline Yusef's holding on to get people through just one more day

Thanks  @Fumble McBumble  for pouring your soul into this project and  @BitcoinMagazine, for being the only publication to publish this story.

Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/palestinian-taxi-driver-uses-bitcoin-to-save-civilians-in-gaza-
 
 DVMs exist on Nostr at the same level as (all?) other users (aka humans). That’s a big deal. 
 The rules are the same for all: humans and machines. Bring it on! 
 Someone donated 8BTC ($493883), a lot but not enough to cover all costs. 

Plus we gonna let them have all the fun?:) 
 Deplorable journalism, or incompetence?

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 Congrats on getting started into V4V world! Tip: if you use your Geyser Lightning Address (therage@geyser.fund), all Zaps from Nostr will display on your page to UP your proof of work and community supporters! ❤️ 
 The Jack Dorsey feed on Primal is based. 💪 
 A lot of people have heard my moped story but I don’t think I’ve ever told the story of my ex... 
 That ring is way too expensive lol 
 Does the banner not get displayed in the preview? Not sure I understand the problem. 
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 Thank you Ser Sleepy! 😃  
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 eheh, let's do it on Geyser!  😉  
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 let's do it on geyser.fund!