And it’s totally cool to disagree! (isn’t nostr weird?)

I have close family friends, whom I love and respect, who would agree with your opinion here. And it’s true that he’s willing to broach subjects that many others won’t touch.

My issue is the incentives. I can’t shake the feeling that his motivation is “off”. And he frequently promotes a point of view where the powerful, rich, and deeply-entrenched incumbent is the first entity to profit from people buying Carlson’s arguments. As a bitcoiner, my first instinct is to be skeptical of this.

There’s a school of psychotherapy called NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) where you re-train your psyche and form new internal narratives.

The scary thing is that many politicians and pundits (left and right) employ these techniques in order to promote their party’s view. But the most adept/skillful of anyone is Tucker Carlson. He uses textbook “modern hypnotism” methods and makes it appear like he’s just a curious skeptic.

 That shit can’t be good…


I can’t listen to Carlson without feeling at least a little nauseous. It sort of feels like “just tasting” poison to see what it tastes like - not enough to get seriously ill, but poison is poison, and I’m pretty sensitive to that kind of vibe.

He doesn’t bring anything to the table that we don’t all know already. And he chooses “talking points” that many people would agree with on paper and then twists them to push a very specific agenda. One that’s ripe with fear, divisiveness, cynicism, and sometimes bigotry.

I completely empathize with those who want a “popular tv persona” to speak up about the corruption and bullshit in our society. Would be nice!

But it’s so stupidly obvious that someone like Carlson is being paid to shill the “America is fucked” narrative without ever offering a real solution. The KGB actively and publicly developed strategies intended to discredit science, facts, culture, and consensus in American discourse. For YEARS. This is just another iteration of that strategy. What’s scary is that it still seems to be working. I need a cat or a puppy or a cigarette. Damn.


Completely respect that.

Whenever I try listening to Carlson I come away feeling sick and like I need a shower. I’ve learned over many years to trust my gut, and I always feel that there’s an insidiously manipulative quality to everything he says, and it scares me.

But that’s my opinion 😉


“We haven’t murdered enough people or conquered enough of our neighboring country yet, but if you all would just stop supporting the humans we’re trying to obliterate, we might consider killing fewer of them, and we may even stop torturing your person if we can get a few of our own guys back”

FUCK THIS WARLORD AND HIS BULLSHIT PROPAGANDA.

FUCK HIM FOR GOING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AND SAYING THIS SHIT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE LIKE WE SHOULD ACCEPT HIS TERMS.

FUCK CARLSON FOR GIVING HIM AIRTIME.

You know, I’m typically a big believer in nuance.

There isn’t nuance here.

He’s feeding evil. It’s that simple. nostr:note1mrfgvak9slf92jxe92mjjm4hljkc3maaeetj7430pe2v82plt0nse3c2ve


Love you buddy, be careful out there

nostr:note137u87pl0flpfjv4k2pg7v0k52eg56g6enh5feaqplzxpp29da6yqsxp9rk


😂

Fwiw, I’m not apologizing for shitcoinery. The scammers who launch all the tokens are snake oil salesmen, through and through.

But I have a lot of compassion for (and can relate to) the newbie who wants to improve their financial situation, and learns through trial and error that bitcoin is the way


Right!

I was green but excited to learn. I was lucky to have had enough influences point me in the right direction, that I didn’t waste too much time or money on “crypto” before I built a strong foundational understanding of why bitcoin

Grateful every day for that


I’ve tried listening before. Bitcoin Twitter was in ecstasy over the Carlson/Bukele interview

But Carlson is so tangibly dripping in manipulative toxicity, it completely undermined any “good points” that we all already know.

People worry about liberal “brainwashing” and sure there’s a fair share of that. But the insidiously divisive, relatable “Everyman” act is honestly terrifying. Because of how easy it is to get sucked in.

When did American conservatives start simping for Russia’s KGB agent-turned-president. Wtf? It’s almost like their propaganda worked.


Contrarian take

The “crypto” industry’s promise of “the next Bitcoin” is a major attracting force, bringing in new people. A significant number of them will start by buying (and losing money on) shitcoins, but in the meantime they will fall down the Bitcoin rabbit hole.

How many of us got here in a similar way?

Come for NGU, stay for the revolution. It f’ing works 🫡


Should I write one for nostr.how?

Zapping wallet instructions merged, note tutorial in process. Looking for ideas for the next article….


Thats high signal right there 🤙


Phase Three + Other Half collab 🔥

I don’t drink many IPAs these days, but damn I’d drink this any day.

Fluffy, creamy texture. Integrated alcohol. Balanced bitter grapefruit.

Yum 🤤🍻 https://image.nostr.build/ba6219d30ec944db55ad9019c1aeb78d8a6d354f4087dc803eaf56bad72f5a7a.jpg


🤣 I try sometimes


New coworker started this week.

Used to work at Prime Trust.

He told us today, “they did crypto stuff but I was in the fiat side of the company.”

Teammate: “what does that mean? [Boston], please translate.”

Me: hold my 🍷

Ok. Imagine you’re carrying an ice cube in your hand. It’s cold, but it’s melting. Then the government arbitrarily decides that they need to turn up everybody’s heat, and your ice cube starts melting faster. It’s not as hot as Turkey, where the ice has almost entirely melted and the water is evaporated. But your ice cube is melting, and it’s the only water you have to live on.

That’s fiat money.

Needless to say, it got the conversation flowing 😂


IF I HAD WRITTEN THAT IN ALL CAPS, nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx WOULD BE FOLLOWING ME BY NOW nostr:note1akcawgfkwm2q4vsv0addlc2k2rllczmeasnjmxdscgmh58qwh4qsf0q907


On a full Bitcoin standard, it would be easy to see who bankrolls which TV personalities, and easier to deduce their incentives.


Don’t get suckered in by the planet’s most proficient propagandist and the country’s most famous fear-monger.

Just because they point out valid problems doesn’t mean they’re on your team.

It’s easy to plug into peoples’ fear and insecurity with hypnotic language and half-truths.

That shit is dangerous.


I particularly enjoyed the lasers blasting that blue crystal apart lol


14islands whoever that is https://image.nostr.build/f6a21df42e085576a6751dac2f27ff08ead489b68334673adc53eba43b7107fa.jpg


😂😂 did you scroll through the whole site?


This is the inspiration for Mutiny Brewing.
nostr:nevent1qqswmvwhyym8d4q2kgx87kklu9t9pllupdu7cfednxcvydm6rs8t6sgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsyg9gq32hxt2mlfuj7fuszx5vsuv9xxpfwxv5w54eeugkjcgllyd90qpsgqqqqqqsw7smev


Lollll yes I found them in Alby but didn’t receive any notifications in my client


I like popsicles


Sick. I was thinking about the sort of insights that a business might want to pay sats for without doing their own comprehensive data analysis of major relays.

Trending notes, most zapped users, most prolific posters, memers, artists. High follow counts made up of active users versus probable bots.

The kind of stuff you’d use to make advertising decisions, only with a focus on v4v or whatever new marketing models end up being built for nostr


Ooooh yes I’ve been wanting to see it


Testing nostr:npub17304velluajf6lylvjynpj2f3ndg396w063gj2gef5qk0nwtcyjqfj9yky a bit more tn.

Hey nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8,  can these models be trained on zap data from nostr.band or zaplife.lol, and nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg's (open source?) trending algorithms?


Take it easy 🤙

https://youtu.be/ZFn-wxC1XP0


Craig can ead


*somebody who hasn’t spent the last 90 minutes at a wine tasting 😏 nostr:note1dzevgjsqxdddht6886j024v9n2e6s2c909f9gupnly0dktc706pqx55kss


BE NELLY. OR ME. BE SOMEBODY nostr:note1gwwx2pu8j5wv7693x990g56dczhdt09sugzmgvpr79jf0v42prasjf2fqf


BE YOUR OWN ALGORITHM

Derek just officially won Nostr.
Forever, game over, well done. nostr:note1pa8qd36p05x3smnvfjm372n3ldlfpjsaz5vnhcma57wfleczf6uqhzv3s0


Fingers crossed


Agreed. I believe most people — even those I disagree strongly with — are probably well-intentioned and trying to do “good” (although whether that’s good for the world, or their community, or family, or self, is a gray area).


Follow the money follow the money follow the money did I mention follow the money


In the context of Bitcoin, where a small group of advocates is pushing for a systemic change against a powerful incumbent, it will be crucial to foster grassroots adoption on a scale never seen before.

Less than half of the American colonists were in favor of the American revolution. Nearly a third even fought FOR THE BRITISH. The rest were undecided or neutral.

We’re so early. If this is going to be a peaceful revolution and global transformation, it will require an enormous push, from a minority of actors, to simultaneously convince the world of Bitcoin’s value-proposition while also demonstrating its power and inevitability.

Challenge: how many flies can we catch with honey? nostr:note1mxrnn34xt8t5th0pmw4yxamqqn4klsy20zjlfjjsmyjc5xhnmfuqf5tmmc


There would be, if I didn’t also have strong conviction in the solution 🫡


I almost think it’s not even that malicious. Just short-sighted, self-interested individuals with access who easy money and a lack of meaningful exposure to (or care for) the downstream impacts of their greed


At least I hope that’s how I come across 😂 nostr:note1u2ldp5ps0jrzzqr9tptwtgd6rv6udyx4nau9dvtskwznrvppcpxswhg8v0


It’s rare that I rant 😇


So let me get this straight. In a democracy, un-elected government officials print money for free, to spend on pet projects and give to their friends and special interest groups. By printing more dollars, they devalue the existing dollars, making my savings worth less, meaning that the money they printed wasn’t actually free and was in fact extracted from the value of my savings account. Then I’m expected to put my savings into a risky portfolio run by obviously untrustworthy executives, just so that the value of my savings might keep up with the constant and nonconsensual reduction of its worth in dollar terms by politicians that I didn’t vote for. And then, if that risky portfolio grows successfully and I want to trade those assets for dollars so that I can spend my savings when I need them later in life, I pay a tax to those politicians on the assets’ increase in dollar value, despite the fact that they only appear to have increased in price because of all the extra money that was printed between when I started saving and now, making every dollar worth less and thus requiring more dollars to buy the same asset in the future!?

First of all, what a fucking scam.

Second, where do I buy Bitcoin?


If everyone’s wealth increased equal the money supply inflation rate, then at least “GDP growth on paper” wouldn’t come at the expense of the majority of a nation’s citizens.

But that’s never gonna happen. Not while corruptible leaders (read: any human) is in charge of monetary policy.


lol I’m usually pretty mindful about prose/flow and appearance

But I can’t rant in stream-of-consciousness and also craft in paragraph form 😉


And yes I did already know all of this.

But sometimes putting it into words helps to crystallize the absurdity of it all, and reinforces my conviction that we need a better system. nostr:note1akcawgfkwm2q4vsv0addlc2k2rllczmeasnjmxdscgmh58qwh4qsf0q907


This is the way, friend 🫂


Few people realize how under-utilized power generation in the world is. Power generation MUST be built for peak loads, even though most of the time they don't see anywhere close to that level of consumption.

Think about that for a moment. It's like having a business that has to build a factory capable of producing multiples more product than it can sell at any given moment.

This is part of why our power infrastructure has been slowly degrading and why there has been so little new investment in the space. It's just a very tough business model.

Bitcoin change this. The ability for Bitcoin miners to be installed anywhere with an internet connection and rapidly turn on and off in response to demand makes it an ideal load balancer and gives power generators the possibility to monetize all that extra generation capacity, which can be reinvested into infrastructure and new generation capacity.

It's a beautifully virtuous cycle that helps to raise the average load, and the margins of power generating businesses and gives us all more access to power, at cheaper prices.

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


Good morning

I don’t have enough Bitcoin

Working on it 🫡


No worries brotha 🫂💜🤙


Truth will out


🎯 agreeeeeee

I’m low-key exhilarated to see where this next year takes all of us


GN - I think… we’ll see… not that tired, but tomorrow is an early one

✌


I want it to get enough traction that our developers can make a good living in exchange for building these amazing tools. But yes 💯 I love the close-knit friend circle vibes 🫂🫂


Testing the same high res photo that failed this morning. Worked 🤙 https://image.nostr.build/0a28fb543b35c3958bc9e0453af6b671f81b8d007d5e934fdb8e9c440b623061.jpg


Grapes, ostriches, and some Lightning is all 🫡


Did you purple today, anon?


Cold storage should have been called Chilly Willy

What a missed opportunity


Woooo you guys are amazing 🔥🫂⚡


The stars are stunning tonight ✨ https://image.nostr.build/ba9bd54ca53bbb69118a4b6c461ea0a7df04410ccba153d6528f68419d903f41.jpg


What’s weird is that the first attempt at uploading a 2.3MB photo (taken on iPhone) in Damus failed. Took a screenshot of that (2.2MB), and it loaded into my note just fine.

Loaded the original to nostr.build directly (no issue) and pasted the hosting link into Damus; image rendered nicely

Cc nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s to keep it all on one thread


That would be a nice value add!

I’m not sure it’s just a nostrbuild limit though.

I tried uploading an image within Damus and it failed, so I uploaded it directly to nostr.build (free/no account) and it worked.

Then I pasted the hosting link into my good morning note, old-school, and it rendered in Damus normally


Was wondering the same thing


Good to know!!


😂😂 don’t restrain the 🍆 too much buddy


#asknostr nostr:note18h0w52j7fx5rn4nprg3kexthp4u8a9uvxurh8fpq02m4eyafm8nqadvm7s


What is the file size limit to upload photos and videos to nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 directly?

Been getting more “failed to upload” errors lately nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s nostr:npub1zafcms4xya5ap9zr7xxr0jlrtrattwlesytn2s42030lzu0dwlzqpd26k5


*woke, not “work”, of course


I’m not advocating for work policies, don’t get me wrong. (I’m nearly as “allergic” to the hardcore left rhetoric as I am to much of Trump’s vibes). Communism is predicated on theft, but so is fiat-based capitalism.

Issues like transgender rights are deeply nuanced, and ultimately every individual’s circumstance is going to be unique, so I’m not writing this to argue for a specific policy approach.

I’m looking at it from a much more “grassroots” and “peer to peer” level. I haven’t experienced the things a trans person has, so I’m aware that my perspective is necessarily limited.

But when someone tells me they are suffering deeply, or feel like something is very wrong, my inclination is to listen, and to try to understand. I try to imagine if they were my brother, a friend, or (someday) my child. How would I approach their vulnerability, their trust in me, in a way that I would look back on and know I acted from love.

Policies aside, to me it’s easy to believe someone who says they were born in a female body but felt like a boy/man their entire life. I’ve never lived that - how could I presume to know otherwise? My best move is to be compassionate towards that person, and start from there.

There’s hateful, divisive rhetoric throughout our society. But I find it exists far more on digital platforms than in the real world. Because most people are genuinely good.

The left-side cancel culture and the right-side culture war (to overgeneralize a lot) has put these conversations into a hypersensitive, existential overdrive: “if you don’t agree with X then you’re a terrible person and don’t deserve to exist, because you must believe Y” is promoted everywhere. Because it gets reactions and clicks, and because clicks generate ad revenue. Follow the money right?

To me, the reality is more nuanced, but also simpler:

- Love your neighbor.
- When someone tells you who they are, believe them (which is perfectly compatible with “don’t trust, verify” by the way).

If something makes me react strongly, with discomfort, or the type of outrage that comes from “that voice I heard somewhere but it didn’t originate within me”, it’s usually because I’ve internalized a viewpoint from the cultural influences around me, and it’s time to get curious about why I trust that perspective and whether I genuinely believe in it, or I just heard it enough to assume it’s true.

Again, this goes far beyond right/left disagreements. This is a facet of my lifelong work, spiritually and psychologically. The reason I responded at first was precisely because your posts have motivated me to do a fair amount of that work.


Noooo looks scammy AF dude

Have them email you the link from a Blockstream email address (and even ask them to cc their manager or whomever you’d meet with)

Not a guarantee but it’s a higher bar than Twitter DMs


😂😂 lol well thanks for learnin’ me


Understood & accepted as such 🫡

I have biases of my own, and I am gradually de-conditioning from them, as I unlearn some of the things that we grow up being told are truths.

I’m doing this with ingrained ideas from across the range of the socio-cultural-political spectrum.

Not asking you to change or agree - I  am simply offering my perspective in order to foster the ideals of compassion and love that give me faith in people.

Nostr allows for this and it’s beautiful.


Thank you! Learned this yeaaaaars ago but didn’t remember the details


Organic adoption story:

So many psychopaths asked to pay in Bitcoin to rent surfboards on the beach during the festival and after...

Yesterday, the owner (who I see everyday) walked up to me and asked if I happened to know anything about accepting Bitcoin.

I said si 🤙

Great job psychopaths


 ̶n̶o̶s̶t̶r̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶c̶o̶v̶e̶r̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶

nostr is the discoverability layer


lol yes

I connected with their support team - inbound Lightning gets autoswapped to liquid so the wallet was awaiting a confirmation.

Very cool concept but it wasn’t clear what happened so a little text indicator would be helpful there


Ahhh I see. I hadn’t swiped to the second image. Very cool concept.

I have a very mild red-green colorblindness, so I sometimes see colors as more their “ingredient” colors than the complete color.

So like if you make a gray paint, it’s usually a mix of white + black + color. (I think that’s called a tone? We could ask #artstr ). I often see the gray as the color of its tone instead.

For example, my last apartment had light blue walls (they were light gray, according to my wife) and our bed’s duvet/comforter is silvery-green (it’s dark gray).

I actually love this and kind of consider it a superpower lol 💪


Awesome man! Glad I could help. Thanks for the zap ⚡🤙


Good morning 🌇
Happy Tuesday ☀
Pura Vida 🤙

Stack sats and seek sunlight 🫡

https://image.nostr.build/150c65d3586255445ae22d4309d884aa1868536c6ebe9d5554772e8271d5c458.jpg


Is this like that “what color is the dress” meme from years ago??


GN 🫂😴


G’night buddy


Sign me up


Are you following any hashtags?


Sweet! I’ll try it out on my laptop this evening 🤙


It’s also not happening every time, but I haven’t isolated the flow that causes it yet


It’s an 11 with 17.2.1


Mine


Snagged it


Error on iOS/Safari https://image.nostr.build/d09453af478a2f8ee9f981b77d38667d9ba01b04dfb3f4dc89a0e8eb51a3e9de.jpg


Those look heavenly


Damus 1.7(9) bug report

When I start a note or reply, then go to another app, and return to Damus, the app restarts and loses the draft

On previous builds, the relays would drop and need to reconnect, but the screen’s content didn’t change while reconnecting

Now it’s like you restarted the app

Cc nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s nostr:npub1zafcms4xya5ap9zr7xxr0jlrtrattwlesytn2s42030lzu0dwlzqpd26k5


Bruce Hornsby - Circus on the Moon


Gm 🤙☕🤙


I think of it as “outside of my Lightning setup, what will I spend these UTXOs on, “someday” and what’s my best guess for the value then.

If your bull case is that 100K or 1M sats will buy you a car, maybe that’s a good increment. I would keep a range, some smaller and some larger, for various future uses.

It’s hard to know the future, though, and may require multiple iterations.


Good morning ✌


Good morning, nostriches

Happy Monday LFG 🤙🤙🤙


Good night good vibes 🫂🤙


Was following 2/3 of them - now all three. Thank you!


#tanelhasnt but #tanelshould !

Republic of Tea makes some nice white tea, if they ship to you 🤙


Depends but black tea is definitely more than green. I thought the averages were more like 30mg and 50mg but of course it depends on the weight of leaves in the bag.

Black tea leaves are smaller and weigh less, so I’m pretty sure you end up using more tea leaves for black tea, regardless whether you measure the tea by weight or volume.

Most brands of black tea that I’ve have are around 50mg per bag or cup, and I love tea 🫖

White tea is even less than green (10-20mg per serving) and it has a very delicate, nuanced flavor. If you don’t like herbal teas, it’s a nice option


Not really! Song recs, uploads of “hey I learned this on the guitar”, hidden gem videos of musicians’ live performances — anything 🤙🤙


Not on Nostr it ain’t nostr:note1j9ft472enqh96txe3etkqp33vk2yu0pctr0jv7xr6mhq0w3xkfqshuwrtv


More music


Bringing back #Bitcoin #SkepticismSundays 😎

One of the things that showed me the intellectual honesty of the Monero community and helped to force the community to stay grounded in reality and always laser focused on their core ethos was their weekly "Skepticism Sunday" Reddit threads. These threads allowed the community to come together, ask hard and skeptical questions about the design of Monero, the privacy provided, the economic approach, and much more.

In my time in Bitcoin I've never seen anything similar, but the nuanced and high-signal crowd on Nostr seems like a perfect fit to fire things up and see how it goes.

The goal of this thread (which I'll post weekly on Sunday's) is for discussing the uncertainties, shortcomings, and concerns some may have about Bitcoin. Things like what makes it difficult for you to use Bitcoin, what pain-points you have, etc.

NOT the positive aspects of it.

Discussing things with a critical thinking approach and level-headed discussion helps us learn where Bitcoin and its community can improve and go from there.

P.S. -- I try to take a break from social media on Sundays so I will follow up and reply whwre I can tomorrow!


This is brilliantly funny. Laughed aloud 😂👏👏👏 nostr:note1rnsz85tnuwyl2eezt08fvqdhs3zt5g09e7y77zx0rllzzgl4pvts63ce23


Can’t wait to see the whole project 🤙


👀 #[1] https://image.nostr.build/d654f33d372e530b888cf4c09b91cb1a8da476d931f795b8112b40cc741545af.jpg


Looks 🔥 dude, this came out great 🫂


LFG

Writing notes and zapping sats are on my agenda sir 🫡


Hey friend 🐝🫂


Not ready to leave 🤣 gm Dan!


Gm Jay!


Good morning, here’s an ocean rainbow

PV 🤙

#coffeechain https://image.nostr.build/3a4f491064e248b216b1454aa101f08eeb2d099abb22803996e2ab04c6be1fb3.jpg


Laughing way too hard at this 👏😂


Thanks for the rec! Feel like I tried that a year or so ago and it would never load. Maybe time to give it another shot. Def prefer desktop of course 🫡


Great episode about the facial recognition stuff:

https://fountain.fm/episode/QTSqGRKNb4PN2j861CNs


Sooooo Orbot + DDG to view robosats onionsite on iPhone is not great then?


One would think so! These guys were just roaming around. Talk about free range 😂


A little island getaway, short trip but very relaxing 🤙


Made a few new frens 🐥🐓

#birdstr
#nature
#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/f18e8f276c443ef037f74ff658a55da707e0c3d352ea1572a7b8a002b0d6a8ff.jpg https://image.nostr.build/4fccd024b6ed191062fbda1d4c51aea7a911d303a1bfc8878c96c07c9217ce9b.jpg https://video.nostr.build/2174f6bd72e4bf9dc1ebcae3c6cbb3ec75759a554fb755a6eaf1d2e8c71786a1.mp4 https://image.nostr.build/4177d83e5c38893d6b56d51b43780cb5ae2ea59a7a7f53d1e45940023878f9ef.jpg


Gorgeous. I enjoyed some seaside sunset beauty as well this evening 🤙 https://image.nostr.build/619fcfa804b6509ae16b645b206f7cb87934d8a83d55d7045e0b00214ee0d66d.jpg


Congratulations!!


#showerthought

Bitcoin is simultaneously the currency of a digitally-integrated, globally interconnected future, and the money of patience, peace, truth, and simplicity.

Tie those together and the future’s looking bright 👍


Quick and easy!


Good morning Nostr

Big, beautiful sky today ☀

Storm’s a-comin though https://image.nostr.build/8b8fd3962950bf626a17f55cd98bb6ed9d677910d5a985fad317f67337c2e03a.jpg https://image.nostr.build/4d3b48e23b0b853c9e3d7348509cfbdeae194cdbe7842b156ebec3a0a5a7ff84.jpg


Also gn 🫂


Water crashes
into stone
as the Ocean makes Love
to the Earth https://video.nostr.build/05eaa17c8215d9e1ca3e4d676995bf277150749147756f3ea971ba0b1d8e7cdb.mp4


Pretty sure they missed one


I especially appreciated, “How we show other humans compassion will decide how we answer these hard questions and more.” 🎯🎯🎯

I also admire and respect you for sticking around in a community which is in some ways so tolerant of people’s differences that it includes some who are incredibly intolerant of people or ideas that make them uncomfortable.

Ava offered the live-and-let-live reminder (and I agree). And it got me thinking…

Sometimes, libertarian philosophy — which in its pure form I find to be very compelling philosophy — is abused by selfish people (or rather, is co-opted by lobby groups and used for propaganda) in ways that ultimately reinforce an incumbent power/structure, to the detriment of the individuals the ideals are supposed to support.

But that happens with nearly any political approach.

For example, imagine that you steel-man the communist/socialist perspective, and give Marx the benefit of the doubt that “he saw the problem and wanted to bring human society to a better place, but got the solution wrong”.

We again find that well-intended philosophical ideals get abused and corrupted by those people with the wrong incentives, and you end up with every failed communist state in history.

Back to “why I Bitcoin”, I guess. It gives power to individuals, whether they call themselves “sovereign contributor” or “proletariat producer”. Bitcoin fosters individual autonomy and responsibility within the context of a massively communal activity: a global monetary network and asset that everyone can contribute to, participate in, and benefit from.

To me, it’s that first “handshake across the aisle” that opens doors to remember each others’ humanity. It’s acknowledgment that we agree on a major (if not the biggest) problem in our society — broken money — and on a workable solution.

I’ve had that experience on Nostr frequently. And I think it’s a first step in moving beyond the divisive rhetoric of the most hardcore activists and manipulative politicians, into a social environment where people learn to respect each other again.

I’ll close with this oldie: https://image.nostr.build/0824947f5e32fe8a69d950ee68efe3873b0c0e622502e78517e97e21084d42c7.jpg


Congratulations! Glad you’re here 🫂


If you haven’t gotten a chance to read nostr:npub14qz92uedt0a8jte8jqg63jr3s5cc99cej36jh883z6tprlu354uqqe2q26's thoughtful engagement in a nostr thread yesterday then I hope you track it down.


Angela you’re the best 🫂💜🙏🫂


That’s a lot of squats


🫂☕ enjoy your row!


Awesome - keep it coming!!


Howdy 🤙


Good morning! and thanks my friend 🫂


Won’t be easy lol


Gm 🫂☕🎯💯


I haven’t, but never hurts to share a screenshot (with your personal info redacted of course)


Hello! Welcome to Nostr 🤙


Welcome! What brings you to Nostr?


Morning Connie! Well at least we’re awake 😂


This is a wonderful account!

Is it an RSS feed or is there a lovely nostrich sharing all these videos?


Morning buddy ✌


Gm what has two thumbs and not enough sleep?

https://media1.tenor.com/m/zhdIdnY6E94AAAAC/the-office-excited.gif


This is why I’m here too 🫂🤙


lol a communist

You seem to be pretty angry and are making a lot of assumptions

My intention here was (and is) only to bring a little more compassion into a nuanced and polarizing discussion.

But I also know a troll when I see one.


3.5 hours of sleep? Sure, that’ll be plenty 🫠

G’night, nostriches. Big love. All of you 🫂


Well then. 😁💜🫂


I sincerely appreciate having concern for adolescents — a notoriously malleable and unhappy demographic, but it also sounds like you’re regurgitating rhetoric that you heard somewhere else.

I will gladly assume the best of you, and believe that you care for and fear for young people with shrunken frontal lobes, making life-altering decisions in a society where no matter what one chooses, they will be judged harshly for being different.

Again, I just suggest that people slow down, and recognize that unless you’re personally living it, you probably have no idea what it would feel like. As a result, our lens of understanding is inherently limited. It’s blurry - clouded by all the other “opinions” we’ve heard.

Factor in a limited (but evolving) scientific understanding of human psyche, hormonal development, etc., and the most rational “conservative” scenario is that it’s too soon to know anything.

So I return to the systems that drive me. Compassion. Patience. Listening. Curiosity. Love. If someone is willing to tell me what their life is like, the least I can do is listen.


Like a pendulum. Extreme to extreme until it settles in balance


Well you might wake up to a zappy phone. Depends how busy the airport is and how many alarms I snooze 😂


Love you homie 🫂


Lololol try me in 5-6 hours. Then you may be right 😂🔥⚡


Appreciate you, Angela. Thanks for the shoutout 💜


Haha def not sir. Waking up at like 4:30 to catch a flight 😂🫂


Favorite

Have you read Ender’s Shadow?


THIS IS AN AMAZING BOOK

THIS IS MY FIRST ALL CAPS NOTE

THIS IS BECAUSE THE BOOK IS SO GOOD


Good twang song 4

#songstr

https://youtu.be/LDy3rG6hQSQl


Rex, man. Of all the nostriches here, you’re one who has made me dig deep and think a LOT about people, politics, nuance, etc.

Sometimes the stuff you share is loving, wise, and compassionate, and I appreciate you for it.

Other times (like this one) I’m afraid it comes across as cruel and ignorant. And it’s hard, but also kind of amazing to have a digital space where one can organically appreciate that kind of complexity without algorithms and all that.

I’ve never had the experience of feeling like I’m in the wrong physical body. I can’t imagine how difficult, distracting, and complicated it must feel. But the fact that so many in our society refuse to even try to offer compassion or acceptance toward people living such a unique and often hard experience is discouraging to me. Because I love people, and seeing suffering makes me sad. It’s why I Bitcoin.

It’s of course true that tiny, extreme factions can and do act horribly, on any end of the cultural/political spectrum. And I’m not here to make excuses for anyone’s bad behavior. (It’s obvious when it occurs, ‘nuff said).

But if we get hooked by that divisive culture war rhetoric, then we’re failing - in that moment - to bring about a better world.

When a minority of people in our culture have overwhelmingly been the recipients of scorn, abuse, and violence, it feels wrong to me to take any approach other than listening. Because I just don’t know what it’s like, but keeping an open heart has never failed me before.

I didn’t read this thread in detail, but my sense is that it got pretty hostile. For my own well-being, I’m not going down that rabbit hole (and I still have to go get ready for a trip).

But since it’s nostr, where I have gotten to know the two humans having this conversation, I’m not just scrolling on. I respect you enough to say, I believe you’re a good person but I think you’re wrong about this, because if we haven’t lived it, we can’t know. I hope you’ll consider that.

Again, culture war BS is just not something I’m interested in. Red blue white black rainbow whatever, I’m in this for all the other humans and want to listen to and honor anyone willing to share their experience of this life.

Okay that’s all I got for now. Hope this note ultimately acts to bring a little more love to every side of the scale ✌


Hot DAMN I’ve missed you people 🫂

Mad busy workday, before a long weekend, and some travel, starting early tomorrow.

Finally mostly packed 😅

Wifey is… still working on it.


Any time!

It’s all about their individual level of comfort with tech, motivation to learn, etc., so you can tailor your approach based on that


Big love 💜🫂


nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 gets into a couple of options on a recent nostr:npub1a3hrd4wfawr578d5y5l0qgmh7lx8q6tumfq0h7eymmttt52veexqkcfg37 episode as well as a recent nostr:npub1qdcakl75gd7wv0nqmmwrz09ddm5tzl7xj8lq2gclng2qzd8up5yqjpzclt

Both great episodes 🫡


Morning Christopher!


That’s what I’m sayin 🔥🔥🔥


Good morning February 🤙


I’ve heard that before

I mean GN 😂🫂


I know yo, having so much fun. Moar soon 💜🫂🫡


G’night 🫂🫂


😂😂 another favorite, damnnn

Okay wifey is calling me to bed, so despite how hard I’m laughing rn I’m afraid I must depart ✌

Love you two, gn frens 🤣🫂🫂👋


I’ve heard that. Wild because it’s so zany and layered. But also makes sense


Start here 🤙🫡

https://damus.io/purple


Favorite. What a brilliant show 😂


Mmmmmebbbe

https://media1.tenor.com/m/fk8nL4JAetAAAAAC/vibrating-shaking.gif


But it has such a nice ring to it


Agree.

Can we just call it Damus 🍆

Please nostr:npub1h50pnxqw9jg7dhr906fvy4mze2yzawf895jhnc3p7qmljdugm6gsrurqev please?


🫂 ‘bout that time for me too. Sleep well


Gn Ava 🫂


I’d say same is true for a man embodying his deeper self as well

Clenching never helped no one

Let go and flow and it all just works


I thought as much


That can be arranged

#purpskurp


Butter. Just saying.


I love okonomiyaki ✌


Aw I love that

It’s a beautiful song. That’s really nice


Good twang song 3

#songstr
#grownostr

https://youtu.be/1gX1EP6mG-E?si=NT8Q8PmXB1xCtxH4


Did it hurt?


Wait sats are Bitcoin???


There are more nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 devs than I realized 🤯

No wonder it’s fucking fire.

Got purple?

https://damus.io/purple

#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/bc12087bca72a199dfc6284172eb746ac0008048060b05503313eddc688336a6.jpg


Here is today’s music cheat sheet 🫡 https://image.nostr.build/0bf0c7c981ee628e39ee282f6c8e0692e1c954513a042eb34d343158b4f6ddbe.jpg


I’ve been in an uncharacteristically twangy/bluesy/folksy mood. U mind?


Damn homie I have tunes to share

But okaaaaay

I’m on today’s purp skurp TestFlight if it helps


How do you get a YouTube link to render a preview in nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 ?

#asknostr


Nope wtf


Good twang song 1 second attempt with a hopefully better link tbd

https://youtu.be/lPgNbFni0oI?si=bc2TSW-PphWnotIG


Good twang song 2

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hQeg3dd-XM0


Yay life is right


Good twang song 1

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lPgNbFni0oI


😁 this made me smile like a dumbass 🤣 songs coming soon lol


Someone asked me today who my favorite philosopher is. Socrates.

People thought he was annoying. But I believe he was near enlightenment. He was humble. He felt moved by a higher power to help humanity find truth, by questioning what people thought they knew.

He was executed for it, but his first disciple (Plato) told his stories in ways that remind me of saints from both the east and the west.


Yay stay tuned


Two good things I did today:

1. Created a short music playlist titled “good twang” and it’s 🔥🎻

2. 🟠💊’d colleagues with “Bitcoin fixes” ranging from corruption to global warming to systemic oppression to inflation

Should I share the songs here?


Damoose gets it ⚡🫡


You will zap ze devs and be zappy


GM #nostr! Today the Damus team is celebrating one year on the App Store! We are so excited that you're here, having fun while supporting freedom! Our dear friend l nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz  has summarized the last 365 days with the help from many of you sharing your memories! Thank you so much!

https://cdn.jb55.com/s/damus-frens-2023-720p.mp4

We are also pumped to announce the launch of Damus Purple! You can be part of the roadmap for the year to come and beyond, by supporting our team with this optional membership. Currently it’s open to TestFlight users only but will be on
the App Store shortly. Thanks for joining us on this wild ride 🤙 https://damus.io/purple


Huge congrats. Purple enabled.

https://media1.tenor.com/m/0-e7d7ct3G0AAAAC/shut-up-and-take-my-money-futurama.gif


Suuuuuuuure Trey 😂


lol it will remain a mystery for the time being


Good morning nostr ☀


Ok ok gn fr 🫂🛌😴💤


😂 checks out


They do. Is super weird

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9c/fa/46/9cfa4650c27062d8176fb8b5d2ed169c.gif


Night my friend 👋

Btw, we have three Aussie interns in my office this month. Thought of you because well ya know being upside down and all

🫂


Welp, I tried. But like nostr:npub1p4ynv22z9hvf8teze4xxz9agudy8g54c6278xl9w539jzsve3mgsdaqye9 said, perhaps a drop too much hot sauce this evening.

Sometime though, I’d really be curious to see how fast someone can “organically” sweep a seed.

Bedtime for Boston now, I think 🫂

G’night love you all 💜 nostr:note15svw06ezagr93tjg8nc6wgxf34y98qmy7p3v358rjsmcds9t2whq7xjvey


Well deserved sir


Perhaps a drop 👀


It’s a nice view I’ll say that


Oh I forgot to mention: whoever sweeps it has to share what method they used to be the fastest! nostr:note15svw06ezagr93tjg8nc6wgxf34y98qmy7p3v358rjsmcds9t2whq7xjvey


Let’s play a game…

I just created a new seed and sent 20K sats to the first address at high priority.

If 20 nostriches zap this post (any amount idc just say hi) before the transaction confirms, presumably in 828197, I’ll post the seed in a reply here.

🍻⚡LFG https://image.nostr.build/91e64f3cd28b3ef23e83176db19fb58747b9fb59c63dd012c52980745aaee9a5.jpg


Also dying 😅😂😂


I’ve blacked out laughing at that tweet before so I think this’ll do nicely


Stay tuned


Gn 🫂


Somebuddy’s about to start writing up robosats tutorials 👀


Mine are in my backpack, awaiting the right moment.

I’m in one of the cities with the most CCTV surveillance in the country soooooo maybe stick to restroom stalls for now 😂🥷🥸


Another 32 free sticker packs + 9 meetup boxes are on their way across America! Put these stickers in public and I'll zap you some #bitcoin
https://voteforbetter.money/img/nostr/vfbm-sticker-ship-4.jpeg


You might be able to use the fee accelerator on mempool.space

I’ve never used it before and it looks a bit pricey compared to actual fee rates, but if you really need to get the channel settled it should do the job


Is it possible to bump a fee rate on a channel I force closed in LND? The fee rate is sitting at 16 sats/vbyte, so who knows when we might see fees get that low again.

This was a channel I had opened to a buddy who had just started running his node and I wanted to help him out with some inbound liquidity, but his node went down last year and he lost interest in trying to get it running again, so I finally decided to force closed the channel after several months.

This is on my Umbrel, if that helps.

#asknostr


Few understand *deez


No shit! I’ll see if I can come by earlier then. Nostriches are great but I’d love to meet both of you in your human forms


Two reply options:

1) “awesome can I help beta test?”
2) “I love you”

😂 bring itttt


Assuming it’s more a lack of info than an intentional lie (but I’m an optimist about people).

I stopped using Twitter last March. So when blue check verification came to be, I assumed “requires credit card and ID” or some variation thereof, and had already detoxed.

But many of us “X-emigrants” probably haven’t actually tried or tested it out.

For me, I’ve made a full transition to nostr because the vibes on Twitter largely suck (as they do on any large scale social media platform), whereas here I’m actually connecting with people in meaningful ways.

If you’re delivering valuable content to people who would benefit, then it makes sense to use a flawed platform with a large number of users (h/t nostr:npub1lr2zzf989mvf393y0tv39ara6a4vddkd6y87z784up9vl6ks6j3qtudl6a and your TikTok vids 🫡).


Start with a couple drops. Then dive in 🤙🤙


THANK YOU

😂😂


He's a sovereign individual and can do what he wants!


Heading out Friday am - maybe grab a beer tomorrow?


But they’re so yummy that way


Fun hidden fact. nostr:npub1key55ax33gkl50uqemvl4khrtqrhzm7wzpc7fhseutt5ddkcwcrqgxlt3h has a top notch hotsauce game 🔥🔥🔥

Take it slow but these are delicious 🤤

Cc nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx (if you’re working tn, come say what’s up. I’m the guy sweating from the hot sauce) https://image.nostr.build/5b32c9467334acf5012be2995c54795ddc1f267ded9eaaf647951182092d3c76.jpg


Ha. Yes. Also that 🎯


ॐ शान्ति शान्ति


nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955  feature request:

Follow a note/conversation and receive notifications for replies regardless of whether or not you were tagged or if the replies are on your own reply.

Example: someone asks a good question, I don’t know the answer. I repost. I quote with #asknostr hashtag. I never see if there’s an answer unless I bookmark and then go check it a week later.

Please 🥺

Cc nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s nostr:npub1zafcms4xya5ap9zr7xxr0jlrtrattwlesytn2s42030lzu0dwlzqpd26k5


Fifteen minutes in. So far, this episode is a pure nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle rant (sermon?) on Bitcoin, fiat, and not taking any more shit.

I’m so absolutely here for it. Hat’s off to you, sir 🫡

https://fountain.fm/episode/597cU7nDqwXov0tcvrUQ


Agree that Twitter users have a more urgent need for your content than the average nostrich

I do miss your hard-question-Sundays here, though…


I love nostriches


Too purple


Right answer ☕


Thinkin bout it

Gm 🤙


Morning Mark!


Morning 🫂


Good morning 🐸🫂


Gm 🤙


Good morning 🫂


Morning!


Gm!


Gm #coffeechain

Is four ☕ too many?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b6/16/ed/b616edfeb184c7496353404118c39910.gif


10-15 years. Then between 5 and 35 years of full/spectrum social credit scores.

And I’m a culturally-left-leaning, freedom-oriented, politically moderate optimist. nostr:note1hnc7jf4tn3pm2pk9r3pxe4wlpqn34frk0hpurm83g7sadnxhq6mqzlm6rf


Bubcoin finches thus


I’d be curious to see what this looks like with a zero-to-max Y axis and a past-six-months X axis


Morning Ally ✌


GM & PV

Happy Monday 🤙

This is the way to start the week. nostr:npub168euw93e4cam59llcmydav0akwjk2p4nfy3p85pn22xv9y2jxuzq4s9uaw is absolutely SLAYING these subway ads. And a big billboard outside the train station 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

#privacyisahumanright
#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/ae1a1d81db7fc059064f2306487ca77fb8357c7c62374f0ab0caf5d1fad3673d.jpg https://image.nostr.build/1425999af47443cf71d4ea8dc94ab6c35af15d4f8bd54bf92cd58d5976c17f47.jpg https://image.nostr.build/5c82880a6e23989fe43f76a073faa5312786ca3e2f59a96e092cdb59c6b10479.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6e460deab1b9b25b3f534770688ebec94227a258412a9b97b2ee28536fe27f8f.jpg


What’s a hardware wallet ?

https://media1.tenor.com/m/ogV4u0cMUk8AAAAd/family-guy-boat-accident.gif


11:11 goodnight ✨


Thanks Nela!


Yeah for sure! The Isabella Stewart Gardner museum has a similar vibe but not so medieval


NYC, believe it or not 🤯


Thanks!


Thanks 🤙


Went to the Cloisters (monastery/ castle), took some photos, saw some art. Nice rainy Sunday 🤙

The focus on the first photo was weird so it came out looking a bit like a watercolor 🎨

#artstr
#photography
#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/47fabf0f13335086f0ba3a963d7ec3c61adc018f6daa6ac9feefc8be606ea705.jpg https://image.nostr.build/ce2f0f94505b3fd8372220594569263b3ab20b7b727ed102d49fc5a6124d33bc.jpg https://image.nostr.build/8a9312b8fa979aff67a502c518947d8a73f42137a65db630f41894bcbb4f94bb.jpg https://image.nostr.build/cb2fe1de0dd51e5e97380689febd15a502321c63f46232408a3f90dcea41e2bf.jpg https://image.nostr.build/20d3af4419171ffe3efd1d48bb152f54fdd7393790177a4d5a28d04595922ecc.jpg https://image.nostr.build/98c2141e891097cd0e88f503284a082fc246f1c5c27a3dfa789611aec4cb6487.jpg https://image.nostr.build/77dbee6af1f21becbf6db256c6deebbfaf4ab378cdbf54c8af99e05d4c4ced53.jpg https://image.nostr.build/d4580bb227c5dcd7f323c416daaf7e9c12144b179995d3af943c43d3899121c0.jpg


Good rainy morning #coffeechain

Feels like a perfect day to eat some bacon and stack some sats 🥓⚡ https://image.nostr.build/aaacc536254c4df39445e57b0e9e24d217db74a9fe434a2e0b964d1b1c67434f.jpg


The definition of PV 🤩


Good night, nostriches

You’re a special bunch 🫂


They’re gorgeous instruments. My “baby” is a black strat, but I’ve always wanted a PRS too 🤘


Gn!


For now 🫂


PRS… Nice 🤙

(Sounds great, also)


Wild! Looks like it’s getting great reviews


Can’t atm but sending zappy love nonetheless ⚡🫂💜


Hey homie, too much to do this evening, but I’ll be in and out 🫂


Nooo what is that?


Good eye!


I hear there’s a pretty cool bar in the village where you can spend Bitcoin 😉


Warning: even though it looks like the beach, at night in January it’s cold AF and going barefoot is absolutely worth it 😂


Mo’ tech mo’ solutions


TIL that NYC has sand… and Pokémon ⚡😂 https://image.nostr.build/bffe2a9960649ce1595bd6b8893d4d707b1f92e11a7150e5fcf9ef50e787af16.jpg https://image.nostr.build/527cc6c9aebcef0b3a0c8021873872465f71ca68223bb6ad17ab56e7db9fd143.jpg


Tbh glad you did


Yes-ish. It swaps into liquid automatically when you receive via Lightning, and swaps from L-BTC back to Lightning when you pay a Lightning invoice


Beautiful — but now you’ve got me trying to calculate how many years’ worth of rent in Boston or NYC would count toward a chateau 😂


I just got my disclosure and barring service (DBS) report back and I'm officially all cleared to continue supporting vulnerable homeless people in my home city 🎉🥳

I only started this work because the lockdowns ruined me and I didn't want to revive the bitcoin work I'd been doing prior to '20, I want to build something else...it turns out that I really enjoy it, and it challenges me so it's fun 😄🥳

In the mran time I learn and study and experiment and build, coz my commitment long term is still #Bitcoin


Mornin 👋


Thank you!!


Morning Jin!


Same https://image.nostr.build/e20efda9bba4b76fe78ce3bb4bab104e3d64ea576073919b3e5a4f8dd822e23a.jpg


Morning 👋


😂 gm and nooo just a weird sleep lol


Morning friend ✌


Good morning 💜


Hey Eshara 🤗


Good morning 🥱☕☕☕


Outstanding movie 🤙


This x 21000000


A way to filter threads in and out of your notifications without actually muting the entire conversation


Gotta say, Unleashed.chat is an excellent AI chatbot 🔥

Quick and thorough replies to anything you ask, including questions you’d never trust Sam Altman with.

Funny thing is, the only time it couldn’t answer was at the end of the conversation, when I simply said “thank you” 😂

Robots be robots 🤷♂

Thanks for another great tool nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8

Cc nostr:npub17304velluajf6lylvjynpj2f3ndg396w063gj2gef5qk0nwtcyjqfj9yky https://image.nostr.build/788bd3b008d1e2440363c293001c406e36cb57332d301696be11a7d53747bf2d.jpg


You most definitely should


Holy fucking notifications nostr:npub1el3mgvtdjpfntdkwq446pmprpdv85v6rs85zh7dq9gvy7tgx37xs2kl27r 😂🤯🤯

No matter how down far I scroll it’s hellthread

I love it 🤙🫡 nostr:note1cacjp5r7ga2xp4ktry229dd5xgl7mcfjk6yyu4fs776pucztn2vs2gxnyt


Love you homie. Happy first anniversary — glad you’re here & it’s a pleasure to know you 🫂🍾💜🤙


Neither have I, tbh


Good morning ☕

Beyond bullish on nostriches 💜🫂


Sweet dreams 💤


We're giving away a BLOCKCLOCK mini from nostr:npub1wu4aye7ll0lnrrg638e90sehzsgpzx5t39t3mwl05aa0d0ap08esdz3vw0

This awesome #Bitcoin art piece can show you live stats from the Bitcoin network. See things like block height, sats per dollar, mempool fees, and much more!

How to Enter:

1. Boost / repost this note
2. Follow nostr:npub1kns8r25ppwc2vpsv5cvhlpk94nfad76k64pkdzfnn704th2hmcksgq3582

We'll pick 1 random winner on January 31 and announce it here on #Nostr
https://bitcoin.rocks/img/nostr/giveaway-blockclock-mini-jan-24-2024.png


This is a brilliant idea. Demonstrate that the law (bill, whatever) doesn’t fit the reality nostr:note1uw2tuhmp455k488f7fjmllmz0wj9tnhmu4le6mu93fkhffe7ygsqs0tp63


Loooooong day

Finally dinner 🍔🍷


Right on 🤙


Good morning. Appreciate you all.


Be Here Now by Ram Dass


Please, want https://image.nostr.build/7967d6d08b8c535e101e22a1a407d763d3511f0ce2eb762c71329ecf5333a737.jpg


Nostr Report turned one today! Exactly one year ago we started the Nostr Report with one goal in mind—To be the human algorithm that brings the best news and updates to the users of Nostr. We set out to capture the many changes and developments rapidly occurring on this new censorship-resistant protocol. The protocol was changing daily, with new features such as zaps, communities, and more being added and standardized in new NIPs. New apps, relays, and “other stuff” projects were also emerging at a rapid pace. We saw influential people like Ed Snowden joining, conferences and meetups being planned, and yet there were no algorithms to help capture and share all of this. That’s where we set out to make a difference.

Since then, we have produced a variety of content to make sure you don’t miss anything important. This includes over 350 daily reports which served to keep everyone up to date with the daily pulse on Nostr. We have appeared weekly on nostr:npub14kw5ygpl6fyqagh9cnrytyaqyacg46lzkq42vz7hk8txdk49kzxs04j7y0 📻 in more than 40 episodes to deliver a roundup of each week’s Nostr news. We’ve written articles and welcomed guest writers to publish blogs on various relevant topics. We started a weekly tech newsletter to take a deeper look into Nostr’s tech developments. Our on-the-ground reporter nostr:npub1y67n93njx27lzmg9ua37ce7csvq4awvl6ynfqffzfssvdn7mq9vqlhq62h covered some incredible events, such as the first Nostr “Unconference” at Nostrica, as well as BTC Prague, Baltic Honeybadger, and Nostrasia.

And now we’re working on new formats and methods of keeping you informed about what’s happening on Nostr. As we reflect on an amazing 1st year, we have taken your feedback and suggestions to make some changes to the Nostr Report, which we announced last week and are in the process of developing. While the Daily Report was initially an effective tool, it became clear based on declining engagement, and your helpful feedback, that it was not the best content format moving forward. In addition to new content, we are also exploring new ways to sustain our efforts. We have learned a lot from operating solely on a V4V basis this past year, both in its potential and its current limitations. Our commitment to V4V continues, along with developing additional ways to support the time and efforts of our team members and contributors.

Thank you for an amazing first year! We can’t wait to see what the next 12 months have in store for all of us.

Stay Classy, Nostr.
- The nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk Team


Yooooo can I send you MY Lego wishlist? Or should that go straight to nostr:npub1h50pnxqw9jg7dhr906fvy4mze2yzawf895jhnc3p7qmljdugm6gsrurqev

Lmk thx Dad


I think I have a spending problem.

I spend all my fiat on #Bitcoin 🧡🤙


I chuckle every time I open Damus notifications now nostr:note1jrphyn3s4dyul9nus7lt8t5dxhy4m6r57045jq5rlgqq5acxt0lqrq7dlv


Yup. https://image.nostr.build/e9e6efb6ff8e59228e8c73346668efb4cad213db0d120c4ea2a0c4bedd340e4b.jpg


Gm!


Gm Maria!


Thanks for the thorough feedback, Ava 🤙

I’ve found mixed feedback on Nord (the first VPN I had tried). Mostly benign and then the occasional word of caution - how come?

My threat model is minimal - reducing the number of companies and aggregators that have my data, and telling my ISP to mind their own business, are my primary goals.

My bank seems to have no issue with VPN. I had to “train” my mobile banking app to accept traffic from my vpn servers until it stopped giving me errors, but now it works fine.

Appreciate it 🙏


Good morning 🌇

It still amazes me that we can easily exchange nearly-worthless pieces of paper for a pristine permissionless globally valuable asset in seconds.

Cliche or not. It’s so early and very fucking few 🔥


11:11 so sleepy GN 🫂


Thank you!!


There is definitely more civil discourse on Nostr when comparing to the bird turd app.

Thanks frends for making a protocol where you aren't incentivized to be an asshole.

#grownostr


Alby has been down today so that may be part of it


Seems down for many users

Cc nostr:npub1xv8mzscll8vvy5rsdw7dcqtd2j268a6yupr6gzqh86f2ulhy9kkqmclk3x

Does Alby use LND? Another service needed to reset theirs today, so maybe same issue if so 🤷♂


This guy makes our lives easier 🫡 nostr:note185c4j2x0469k0h8jhcmmh627v9rvhgdl769d4xnh24xd5ucdpmzsufvrvk


What LSP do they use? nostr:note1mr6jk6tmvyvzy2spvzmg3nr2zwja220ss8n4qffqzprxqgru0vxse8xwdj


Is nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm not working for anyone else? #asknostr


Any chance you have a link to the full vid?


Morning Paul!


Tryna find a link to this #asknostr nostr:note1vfda7l0494cx9qd4t2nmyp98r59sug5c0cjr2pf6h0haztltvqfs42kkr2


🫡

Of course appreciate a h/t to my npub or original note 😉 but anything I’m posting here is also free to be re-shared


People that hate toxic #bitcoin maxis always have a referral link or a special project at hand.


🤣🤣🤣 “he makes regular money 😞” 😂


GM that stuff’s no joke!!

nostr:note1k89lmmtcsh5c9vqrnvmmpwnpjlrpgz45atw5hzvrhk3kxt3xw2lqm629hs


Hell yeah 🤙


Let me know when you do 😁


#handstr and #footstr are two hashtags that go together hand in hand

Er, wait nostr:note1hzxmtmwh40e7m3wylqz9zdw4ghs7mupu7zpurz09cxda0dxzrm6qrlwydv


🤣🤣🤣 GM Connie!


Good morning

Look my hand is famous 😂 nostr:note185v9qm0e8r7mf6p68u0zc6lajmqe0zjkdut2rnr9qsw2xfgggpnq0jqlkz


🤣🤣 that hand looks very familiar

nostr:note1qwwssxww72ue4smjx6fpagavkl0ca3htvmgzs4mc77xkm80kw7dsq9ahgr


Sounds perfect 🤤


Good read, thank you


Is 11pm too late to drop this into my team’s slack channel? Idgaf full send https://image.nostr.build/c5f1d794cbd399a578f2a75e5e59247cda42e324866eb388412c9a991f238351.jpg


Ooh yes. Great answers.

Infrequent consumption often means that those special occasions might allow for a slightly enhanced budget, compared to the same monthly spend for a regular drinker.

So, next time you have the opportunity — a nice restaurant, or cooking up something savory like steaks or portabello mushrooms — go for a bottle of Brunello di Montalcino.

It’s a Tuscan red made from Sangiovese (the same grape in Chianti), but the harvesting and aging processes makes the finished wine incredibly dense, smooth and rich (liquor & ice cream questions) while retaining Sangiovese’s signature light, bright, high-acid/mouthwatering notes (beer & coffee questions).

If you hate it, I’ll buy the rest of the bottle from you 😂😉🍷


1. How do you take your coffee?

2. If you like beer, do you prefer light and hoppy or dark and rich?

3. If you like liquor, do you prefer something rich and sweet like bourbon/tequila, herbal like gin, smoky scotch, or clean crisp vodka?

4. Do you prefer ice cream or pie?


Good idea


Absolutely. Slow and steady.

Also. Imma get you to enjoy wine one day. You’ll see

https://media3.giphy.com/media/VFSexwZVYCeuDwqRF5/giphy.gif


Totally. Also interesting the dynamic between urban and rural — in the case of prohibition, it was urban centers pushing for more freedom. Whereas now the urban concentrated areas are often more focused on control and surveillance, while rural areas have more of a “gfy and let me do my thing” vibe


The idea that plugging the device into a laptop or other data-capable device creates an attack surface that doesn’t exist if all its electricity comes from a battery

This is as air-gapped as it gets!


Man I wish we did. Or even just getting some of our clients to want to accept Bitcoin. I’ve tried. The consensus is that when enough clients ask to be able to accept “crypto” (🤮) we’ll build a solution for it.

Holding Bitcoin in the company savings account is an easier sell, especially after the SVB nonsense. But very much a work in progress.

In the meantime, imma just do me and keep dropping orange-flavored hints to my colleagues whenever I get the chance 😂🫡


The ColdPower is, to-date, one of the coolest Bitcoin-adjacent things I’ve ever seen. H/t nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8

Tin-foil mode activated 😂🫡 https://image.nostr.build/eb55afc3f58edd96f4f3d510ebf23ede5824f8097f0b722c319af70fb6a59e29.jpg


I just realized that 100 years ago, I would have been an outlaw for my entire adulthood 😳😬😮💨😂🖕🫡

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States


I’m all for people fucking around 😂 that’s always my initial assumption whenever a “brand” joins nostr

Great pointer though for social media teams in general.

I keep hinting to my CEO that we should have a nostr presence, but he feels like it’s honestly too early…

Our clientele are beverage alcohol businesses, and this industry has long been behind-the-curve on eCom. Feels like Bitcoin and nostr are still a ways out for us.

Unless there happens to be another prohibition, of course 😂🫡


True that!


That’s a great idea (but it’s nearly 11pm here lol)


It’s intense!!


Love this answer. I ate it by itself and let it melt into my tongue. Very bitter but also super complex. Not gritty but very tannic/drying


🤣 i really about it


Well played


Hey Pepsi, welcome to Nostr!

If you’re the real deal, that would be pretty awesome. You can “prove” that you’re the real Pepsi account by setting up a NIP-05 identifier with your domain Pepsi.com or by posting this npub from your official Pepsi Twitter account

If you’re legit, I promise every bitcoiner will stop drinking coke and join the dark side 😂 nostr:note1jw2tryh2jcmrjtvt8qeekclfx7lg7dzt7detn265de77qhtf2fesak9fyf


It’s such a classic. Many great songs. Highly recommend enjoying a couple of drinks along with it - or even just going for a run - to get extra pumped up 🥂


Okay, as a relative newbie, here are my takeaways from these threads. Am I indeed getting the right picture?

1. Mullvad is a superior VPN for multiple reasons, and is worth switching from another provider like Proton or Nord

2. Running Tor - for any viable usage - through a VPN is fine, because you’re really just evaluating whether your VPN provider or your ISP knows you’re using Tor, and while neither can see the activity, you’d rather a quality VPN service be aware of Tor usage than a “definitely captured” ISP like Verizon or Spectrum

3. If you’re aiming to cover the lowest-hanging fruit, but aren’t ready (or feel it’s currently necessary) to make the full shift to a de-googled Graphene phone and TailsOS, then simply running an always-on VPN like Mullvad for benign web activity should gain a significant amount of privacy with minimal inconvenience.

For the tech-familiar and privacy-conscious beginner, would you say the above is a decent start? Any glaring holes?


Yooooo I listened to this whole album yesterday 🤘🤘 first time I’d played it start to finish in years. So good ⚡⚡⚡


Just tried a piece of 100% dark chocolate.

I don’t know what to do with my mouth


Fixed it for ya 😂 https://image.nostr.build/d897cf260bd1571f71d59a8e0eee8e5565dd0a39ed5b07f6422cf8efc3eab40d.jpg


Self awareness 🤣🤣


*tastes corn*

Could use a little salt


Thanks GOODNESS

I talk about Bitcoin ALL the fucking time and now at least I can mute my notes nostr:note1zazaa6u9m28fh2rmuwf0tef54vvuyxpjv0j0m8q99j0a3lj84dpq05k406


I have no question what’s going on here 🤣🤣🤣


Slathered


Only double?


Cheap corn tastes better with butter

What type of butter, you might wonder


But does it dance? nostr:note12hyyhr9fftj029rdgamk95n9qzhsqcv8d52658cjwla4mwh9a6ks8ez2uq


#privacytechpro tip: provide anonymity for yourself and others. use tor more often, not just for mission critical "secret" stuff.

the anonymity tor provides comes from blending in with the crowd. i.e. more traffic is better.

use it for everything that supports it and makes sense based on your threat model (probably not your bank, financial institutions, or netflix).

if your email supports tor (like proton etc), start checking your email over tor, read the news over tor. use tor with https sites that don't ban tor, especially use them when they have an official hidden services onion site.

even facebook has a hidden services onion site where they can't see your ip (they can over clearnet) even without a vpn.

note: i do not recommend using fb...ever.

show companies that blacklist tor that tor is for everyday legitimate privacy and anonymity purposes not just for "suspicious activity".

normalize using the tor network.

p.s. malicious exit nodes cannot see your traffic if it is encrypted ex: tls (https sites) or .onion sites. http sites are not encrypted and should be avoided whever possible.

#cybersecgirl #privacytechpro #tor #privacy #infosec #opsec

https://www.torproject.org/

https://proton.me/blog/tor-encrypted-email


Such a busy day I didn’t have a chance to say good morning

Good afternoon/evening

And well also happy 4:20 😂🌱


Crazy 😂


There’s a reason it says “tin foil mode” lol 😂😉


If the phone charger and cord are both capable of transmitting data, then you have a new attack surface for a device that has otherwise never been plugged into another computer.

Ex: USB phone charging ports in airports are notorious for being modified by bad actors to steal your phone data when you plug it in.


Beautiful!!


Are they asking you to report all of your active social media accounts?


Still awake 😎

Wifey’s asleep now 💞

I could use a cigarette 😮💨

I don’t smoke ✌

#NostrAfterDark 😏


Goodnight 🌙💜🫂💤 https://image.nostr.build/44550a005a70147fce355b0070501574f6cbecb5516ebbe1d5f4d9400a04a18b.jpg


Yes sir! Looks like this 😉 https://image.nostr.build/e4e0700712e35b792b3ced9df664f2ffb78cc8cec1d6d347556c732f5ec9773c.jpg


I respect Micah’s perspectives. He’s one of the few Bitcoin skeptics who has actually studied it deeply.

He’s great at steel-manning some of the risks to bitcoin’s success. Doing this helps make Bitcoin stronger.

But if ETFs kill Bitcoin, it was already a lost cause. Bullish as ever, LFG 🤙

https://achimwarner.medium.com/bitcoin-is-dead-long-live-ibit-e420b99eb32e


When reusable receive addresses on Cashu?

Is this even possible, nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg ?


Always careful but the reminder is good 🫡


True, but I trust Coinkite more than I trust miscellaneous Chinese company


Emergency charger 🤯 what a great point!!!


The ColdPower is, to-date, one of the coolest Bitcoin-adjacent things I’ve ever seen. H/t nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8

Tin-foil mode activated 😂🫡 https://image.nostr.build/eb55afc3f58edd96f4f3d510ebf23ede5824f8097f0b722c319af70fb6a59e29.jpg


Gm Luna!


Good sunny morning #coffeechain

Sunday means cleaning, reading, projects, and family time 🧡

With plenty of nostr sprinkled on top https://image.nostr.build/01cafa2edfe7a080d739a1cd3202a870b5ba5a3f3031b82fef5c0143da01afbd.jpg


GN 🫂


🤔 wonder why that is… are you hitting different vpn servers from different devices?


Kinky


Any time brother 🤙🤙


👀 nostr:note1qlxn3dnesu67nne80chdqjl7wpj8dtaqsrgxqtzz23n3lx4gssns90pgvj


Good. World needs more of that energy 😇😂


Interesting! At least from the text - the images aren’t loading for me lol

But I’d assume if I weren’t on a VPN that it would show my local weather (from the weather related post, for example)?


This is you 🐸 when you get your Bey on

https://media1.tenor.com/m/rrBByGw6d08AAAAC/sun-pepe-the-frog.gif


Exactly. A more thoughtful actor could have generated DMs to the relevant individuals, at least


🤣🤣🤣🤣 I step away for twenty minutes and you go and write me a song?

The only thing I must ask though is whether it hit you like a ray of sun? That’s how most people describe it so I’m wondering if amphibians experience it the same way


I knew it dude. It’s written all over your face


Definitely.

I just don’t love the idea of a bot publicly announcing this info, of course.

If someone built it solely out of concern for other users’ privacy, they could have configured it to DM people rather than revealing information to everyone that would have otherwise required intentional digging


Doxxing is always a shitty thing to do.

Hopefully, however, this unfortunate situation can improve awareness, pushing nostr users to become more privacy-conscious, and developers (if/when possible) to build stronger privacy defaults into clients, relays, and NIPs.

#grownostr nostr:note1cazun6u0x6033qg02dxn04h333k26vulg6j97vpz98ntshj8zxss6vu7hn


Definitely recommend ✌


Very nice ✨

Have you or nostr:npub175hdheqn0arfdgywe9n2rze5eaf0j2mlz0xp5kq30vy57jqsncdqy2tpe9 ever read the collection of Vedantic poetry called the Upanishads? I have a feeling you both would connect with them, if you haven’t already.

The writings land somewhere between ancient creation myths and profound meditative insights. Eknath Easwaran’s translation/exposition is absolutely sublime, if either of you go looking for a copy.


Fuck you’re gonna make me coinjoin.


Nothing compares to the good feeling of being zapped while you are asleep! 🐶🐾🫂🔥 nostr:note10wcymyqtn946t2pnqywdmncssmfaa9e826pt203k2h7u6lr4rs7q8m2j5j


We've just crossed 300k "fresh" bitcoin made private thanks to Wasabi Wallet.


Birbs 🪶

#birdstr
#nature
#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/2c4375f7f4a6ba5d7263d4894bcb8b462f6ef13be81e1b6afa33ba6b3889d876.jpg


“Orange beer-cicle” 🍺😂

Tangerine ipa, vanilla vodka, fresh OJ, and vanilla. Shockingly DELICIOUS 😁

Oh and some fire steak and eggs with Bearnaise sauce

Happy weekend 🤙

#foodstr
#beerstr
#yumstr
#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/c6efec5f7bff3ad5e048c85363ef0e5818d309f5cb86e5214bd9a9827362f581.jpg https://image.nostr.build/287f085cfcaaf0dd7c4398e330a88f91dcc1f6554cebf23d0eb862c850041725.jpg


Users of Umbrel, MyNode, Lighting in a Box, Start9, Trezors, Ledgers, Coldcards, Passports etc...

Please be cautious in Telegram and Discord groups asking for help if something is not working.  There are scammers and teams of scammers that monitor these groups and will DM you to try to solicit information about your node, seed words, private keys, accounts etc under the guise that they are support or the lead developers on projects.

DO NOT EVER ENTER SEED WORDS INTO A WEB SITE, no matter who you think you are talking to
DO NOT UPLOAD wallet files
DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL "REPAIR" SOFTWARE that isn't in common use, verifiable etc.
DO NOT TRUST NAMES AND AVATARS to be who you think they are. VERIFY.

There is really no reason to ever immediately go to DMs for support.  Issues can and should be solved in public where possible so that others can search for the same solution, and chime in if something is nefarious.

https://i.nostr.build/2WR5.png


Good morning 🌇


Zapt ⚡🫡


😁⚡zappitty


Have a great day!


GN Artur 😴


Night Luna 🫂


G’night Ava 🫂


Goodnight purple team 👾


Deez what!??  I need to know!


Paid 🤗


Expired because I’m slowwww lol please send new 😂


I got distracted! Expired please send new invoice 🧡


Deez nutters doin what we do best
nostr:note1dfchte9u9993n23jfh0eapu5kef8fl94979u32jn7z2pcjzhzjjq7h49c7


100% 💜🫂🫂


1234. First 3. Old-school only. Iykyk.

⚡🧾👇 x 🥇🥈🥉


I love opening up these ridiculous threads after dinner 😂 ceaseless entertainment.  I thank you


Are you familiar with Gridless?

https://gridlesscompute.com


?

I scanned the thread. I saw a couple of people acting like jerks toward someone I care about.

I’ve nothing against you personally, but I would never act that way toward a woman, in person or behind a nym.


Some dudes haven’t matured past middle school and think that every woman’s breasts exist solely for his stimulation. Boobs are awesome but I’m not arrogant or solipsistic enough to think that people post their internet selfies for my enjoyment.

🫂


You’ve got this 💪


Say more https://image.nostr.build/5994fd85ab5d2696ae748ae502d38a59d4451aa9b489f956e0d15dce04a96439.jpg


I feel like I learned some metaphysical argument to get around this paradox years ago, but I don’t remember how it worked 🤔


One of these days https://image.nostr.build/a1574fbb2637b2b687262de39001e70c4a01ab91dd97bc6b6d2c3033c178a836.jpg


Is this like how platypus have those ankle spikes? How frog use scissors?


Didn’t know frogs had toenails.

Ya learn something new every day on nostr! nostr:note1p0f3hjqnjevpej2g83nx2zfa9cx650t48avsun3y96w0gj8e086s5pmtw6


Off to a great start nostr:note1y4xcnu9xt4ug2p7ysves76rs9d0z70tcunckddr3axcsgwqwxz8sulpaev


😂😂 this is amazing dude


It’s just math 😂


Coming soon 😂


Morning 🤙


Love that


🤔 I doubt any in recent years but would be cool to know


Fax


Cool 🤔 nostr:note1trn3aj6ywjfmqryucnnpj27hxffl8zavh0drfxl5u4pj4z584zds2kez3a


Love this 💜🍷🤙🤙


🫂 you’re most welcome! birthdays are special and nostr makes it that much easier to celebrate 🙌🙌


Gm ✅
Nostr ✅
Frens ✅
🫡✅

You’re doin just fine! All you’re missing is the Shaka 🤙 and maybe a hug or two 🫂🫂


Thanks Monali 🙏


Gm Jay!


Morning Elsat 👋


Good morning 😁🫂


Morning Luna 👋


Morning my dude! 🫂🐸🍷


Good morning and happy Friday!

Still cold and still cozy ☕ https://image.nostr.build/e0204ca68c955957ef48831362cd988d3c6152b13a981fd91986771d8684ffe6.jpg


It’s cold out but we cozy 🫂🫂

Goodnight nostr frens https://image.nostr.build/26ab992fb2ac87cdb6e5a59e08e755bfa3b373d25072f1314f9b2a3107d41e9d.jpg


Welcome to nostr! You’ll find we’re generally a pretty friendly and engaged bunch.

Bitcoiners on Twitter may get a bad rap (but then again, Twitter incentivized everyone to behave badly). On nostr, we’re here to build and play and share things we care about — Bitcoin included.

Many of us have dabbled in (or been repeatedly wrecked by) “crypto” stuff, and have spent hundreds of hours studying why Bitcoin specifically has the potential to help solve some of the world’s most systemic issues.

So if we sometimes seem curmudgeonly, know that it’s usually coming from a place of wanting to fix the world and just wishing everyone else would get on board a bit faster.

Perhaps more than you were looking for, but for an introduction it felt fitting.

Enjoy nostr, and let’s get you set up with a Lightning address so you can experience the awesome feeling of strangers on the internet sending you Bitcoin ⚡⚡⚡


Hey Lina - would love to buy one. Love it 😂

For sizing, since they’re unisex… I normally wear between a men’s medium & large, slim fit when available. What size would you recommend, if still available?


Congrats


Brilliant 😂


Our old friend nostr:note15px0l98wfmlmz8mvvdnwx8lql4xe23xm58pda8gkqmp75tsrethq0ukftn


She probably found whatever it was she was looking for on the floor, and went back to her day job as a high profile lawyer 🤷♂


City moon 🌖

#photography
#artstr
#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/ab12097ed042864c4dd95889a8687c54a59ce748b8418ec2a1a5c8a511218fc5.jpg


Thinking of starting a crypto podcast. Help me find the perfect name. Current ideas:

1. Shitcoin Only
2. Why are we bearish
3. The Shitcoin Standard
4. Shitcoin Audible
5. What Shitcoin Did
6. Shitcoin Stories
7. Shitcoin.Review
8. The "What is shitcoin" Show
9. We Study Shitcoins
10. Shitcoin Magazine Podcast

Which do you like? Other ideas?

#bitcoin #asknostr #podcast


Well played ser


Good morning 🤙


Good morning and happy 11:11


😂 lfg


I didn’t know any of this! I noticed the river in the old image and wondered if it was something commerce/port related. And also noticed the water is no longer there


Seriously tho so cool


Woah 💜🫂 gorgeous indeed


😂❤ just too great of an opportunity


Also

https://media0.giphy.com/media/Zgo2A2oOpbGhQdf09T/200w.gif?cid=6c09b95272kun3r9m8mph6ip5s6r6v7aiql72cbwaylkusdy&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g


Would love to see someday


If you need to learn about some cool stuff you didn’t know was a thing (and I’d probably related to St. Louis in some way) I recommend my friend nostr:npub1csamkk8zu67zl9z4wkp90a462v53q775aqn5q6xzjdkxnkvcpd7srtz4x9 for the task

I thought this sort of stuff only existed in South America (and maybe Egypt but kinda different) https://image.nostr.build/ba879b2ecd05e1ed0e7f4c6509f05f493285bcec0b9a1d2d7cf642281f857136.jpg


Woah 🤯 didn’t even know this existed. Beautiful 🙏🫂


Zap ze plebz


I love pyramids. Who else is in? https://image.nostr.build/a57bd395481adc579818f7fb3ec60340772e01eb50d60e197adba98472c96fb5.jpg  nostr:note1jmlt5j9mrrkgfvm37mnydvquzz6yrjyxh7y5d8m4ca2tknjl348stwf355


This and this and this and this nostr:note1l5z8an3r5efcjwqc2avw99g66twn9r5uycpnr6qllmfn9tz4mnqq8xn7vs


It’s one of those things where it would begin to satisfy demands on both sides of the discussion. Sovereignty and safety. Freedom and restrictions. It’s a step in the right direction.


If they open source it and everyone can verify that the code only stores your “identity” locally and doesn’t/can’t share the data, you get pretty decent privacy protection while preventing your kid from using a firearm without permission/supervision. If you zoom out 30-50 years, I bet most firearms employ this tech.

The right move - in my opinion - is getting it implemented in a way that respects the rights of the average person, and also has a measurable impact on reducing the horrific stuff that happens when powerful weapons fall into the wrong hands.


pet rocks
https://i.imgflip.com/8cpnwe.jpg


Whyyyyy 😂


BITCOIN IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

BITCOIN IS GOOD FOR THE WORLD. 🫡


‘Murica 🤣


This is amazing 😂


It is DAMN cold out 🥶

And I grew up in the woods in New England. Must be going soft. https://image.nostr.build/68df285dbba1a5beceeb851378b0e121794f80b88e88a4f151daf8d794728a06.jpg


Ffs just realized they were all anon. That’s a relief.

Ok goodnight for actual real this time frens byeee


GN buddy 🫂🫂🥷🍷🐶🐟🫂


😂😂 it gets me sometimes 🤯

Time for some slow breaths and bedtime fr this time lol

https://64.media.tumblr.com/3f2bc55abf4709bea2bd0999f8958c2a/tumblr_o38ewlkDby1stqu4mo3_540.gif


😆 truer words, my friend. It’s baffling


I got a incredible desire for normalcy


😂😂 fffffffffffff


Of all the idiotic conspiracies, I gotta say that “emitting Bluetooth because of a vaccine” is waaaaay up there.

Grumble grumble grumble 🙄 https://image.nostr.build/a939ec47fd2438f7a13b769792ab9b102406d8f1014ebade8bef06e81489d0cc.jpg


Wait wait wait I’m not on the zapper board? Is it because I f’d with my username and everything or do I owe one of you a bunch of sats 😂 I ended up pretty even where I started but making sure we’re all square lol

Yes I know I’m not asleep yet


PV brother 🤙


GN PV 🫂

https://25.media.tumblr.com/93a036773d2513e38366e68ef2f0e7fe/tumblr_msvaxiAV6M1rnvc1co1_500.gif


Y’all are fucking crazy and I love you for it. G’night 😂💜🫂


Guess that explains the price dump last week 😂 nostr:note1u9wqkdufuls2kmyqy50d0cpx5fpaeypfem7mcslpsyrhawdhhmnqng0lrs


I lol’d https://image.nostr.build/9a4f70630d1c3c76a2e0c1bc70560b78ab0a64c53ed633d36dea64138c73c177.jpg


Epic


Perfect 😆


I love pasta


😂 it’s a relatable feeling that’s for sure


😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 beautiful


Right!??


😂

I’m sure he’s smart. Probably chillin something like this

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59597242e58c62244f526876/dc21828b-93eb-4e72-a59f-cde4222178bb/giphy-17.gif


But if he needs help from a tutor I can recommend someone

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/27/a5/b427a5513be77bcc7f2d70166a8e8efe.gif


Dude’s gonna need one of these fo sho https://image.nostr.build/7ea9b1778015a2c0160c44d35177d10a83cc9d30bbb30945fa06a2a57a5ac0ff.jpg


Right back at you fren 🫂

Think our friend nostr:npub1m6gvtkek5sq3l82cfh7p3hs62ujxs6r8npre8m6jvvcm28utg05sde2e6g froggy went to bed ✌


Good point. It’s been on my list. Thanks for the tutorial vid 🙏🫂🫡


Had to step it up a notch 🖕😂🫂🫡


Oh, the clowns I meant to mention https://image.nostr.build/eaa17798b51f832ea2e21e41c53fdbaf0f7f445fd6b2ca3bffeed6d153232933.jpg


Safe to say there are at least two clowns 👀👀

But I’m starting to confuse myself here 😂

Thanks for playing 😂💀 this was wonderful 🫂🫂🫂


I’m ducking loving this 😂


Weird well I will gladly admit as the official frog account that I give up


Marie are you Boston now?


Which frog


You’re me


Weird can’t figure out why my laser eyes only work sometimes 🤷♂🤷♂


Ok I give up gotta put the kids to bed


I know I know you’re a dreamer and all that. It’s adorable


U hear that 🐸 think she special 🤣


I can smell fear


I’m sure it was already melting because we’re all so hawt


Too busy dropping ⚡💣s


Sorry couldn’t hear you


🤣🤣

I’ve missed those. Fat zaps SLAP 🤣


Hahaha

Zapzapzap


Wait no only 1 person is allowed to anon zap in a zap war otherwise it gets ffffffd 😂😂😂

Let the degeneracy commence 🫡


👆 lol she can dream


Ruh roh


Thank you, that makes a lot of sense


Lol. Didn’t say I’m holding it. Asking out of intellectual curiosity


Why is it a higher percentage markup to verify a small amount of gold’s authenticity, if small coins are more likely to be legit?

Using nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a's example of a $100 gram coin costing $150 versus a $2000 ounce coin costing $2100…

Is it that the verification process costs around the same regardless of the gold’s weight?

#asknostr
#gold


Just got a crunchy roll trial to watch Akira 🤙


Ah yes, gm, another week of staying humble and stacking sats is here


Cheers ☕


Bon matin!

Italy and France are two of my favorite places in the world. Maybe someday 🫂


Morning Jonathan!


Gm Paulo 🤙


Morning!


Morning Betty!


Good morning #coffeechain

It’s snowy and slushy and cold, but this bar is open for breakfast and checks every box for Italian cafe nostalgia 🥹☕🇮🇹💜 https://image.nostr.build/dadae515133bf8765050c8a8776fe27b13b24af7af09419e5b9b26195ee0e9d7.jpg


G’night

Feed the good

🫂


Here for u


Paging nostr:npub158qesjv52ysz2vnl2trmd5apgd9r07ah5vvrsr9tfqe03k4vhdfqcl4xtl


😁 gm Uno!


That’s a great week!

For me — fiat mining, family, nostr frens, and a project I’m working on ✌


Thank you! You too 🤗


Volume up, thank me later🫡

nostr:npub1khd34txqv7s9vdgvfl925r6ytj8j4janalpq08z342ap7dwds3jskny9x4

https://youtu.be/-w07gtl4m2w


Sounds great! DM’ing you


Good morning 🙏💜🫂


GM Jay 🤙🤙


Good morning Ally 👋


Good morning 🫂


Morning Rasha ✌


Happy Monday morning, friends 🌇

What does this week have in store for you?


Excellent series. Have you seen the Bitcoin version 😂 h/t nostr:npub1nw5vdz8sj89y3h3tp7dunx8rhsm2qzfpf8ujq9m8mfvjsjth0uwqs9n2gn

nostr:note15eku089q0ujqyzrjz5lxkun2cu9940z7wvvh74mqeak3p70j43rqrsq897


🥱🥱🥱
Goodnight 🫂


Soon is good 🫂


I’ve been well - lots of traveling/visiting family around the holidays, and settling back into routine. Focusing on some internal growth and some projects as well. How about you?


Those eyes 🥹🫂🐈⬛


Hey brother, been a while 🤙


& followed!


Appreciate you 🙏


Welp, I’m taking the simplest route and using the default website builder from namecheap. (Is it blasphemy?)

Reasons include:
- It was right there in front of me
- I pretty much only need pages/text
- My primary focus needs to be compiling content for the time being

Backups will be saved and I’ll redo it in a more independent and private when I have 1) more time, 2) more experience, and 3) enough of a thing going for it to really matter. Soon™ nostr:note1deq3v5e6cdd5y087w8d779y6ndykpc8uypnzw4xfn90pak27mhvqens5ly


I’ve been exploring this too. It looks like netlify requires some CLI and/or GitHub familiarity, no?


Looking into Concrete5. It’ll be a simple text based site with 10-12 pages, at least to get started. Won’t need much beyond the pages, a decent navigation menu, and hyperlinks to a few external sites.

It looks like the full platform is online (not downloading a program or using CLI), right?

So build the design there and then point a domain at it, essentially?


Thanks!


Thanks 🙏🫡


Pretty simple site with about a dozen pages, mostly text. Maybe a contact form or Lightning plug-in down the road


True, I’ve used Shopify before. But isn’t it only for eCom?


Trying WP. nostr:npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka recommended Hugo as well, in tandem with netlify.

Do I understand correctly that “static hosting” means that Hugo would publish the site and netlify would be the tool used to design it?


That’s where I started, but it seems to have way more functionality than I need. Might still use it though 🤷♂


What is the easiest and simplest website builder/CMS for someone comfortable with tech but who is not a web designer or dev?

#asknostr


Here’s my “commissioned” portfolio 😉😁

https://stories.hitchhikersguidethroughthemetaverse.info/#/story/TheMetaverseImagined

H/t nostr:npub132vp7xhrl2enqz65338jqe2vkrcax5zf339kdpymw059gcqpmjsq6fm80g


Not an expert but it’s fun to play with. Watcha looking for?


Atta boy 🤝🫡


Great book 🫂


This guy gets it nostr:note172yte5xh6vzame3zl39p5vzcsjfylk52a0d5jyxm8sg9fpjtzteqkdyl62


Thanks! ‘Twas


Expect it to be


It’s such a thrill


Good morning #coffeechain https://image.nostr.build/0f47f30d82f6b60151f39e6350e2a5fd7b0ff51a347dfc762445be1e1bcf0d5a.jpg


GN have fun 😂✌🫂


Goodnight 🌙


No iOS?


GN 🙏


Night 🫂


GN & feel better bro


Hmm 🤔


For what it’s worth, it’s a very tiny fraction of the left (in America, at least) that look up to this guy.

Most of us think he was whack, or at best, well-intentioned but terribly misguided.


My submission/proposal for the nostr logo contest… https://image.nostr.build/7523e6fa0f7cf42c81095baa71130acf51bb09823245168cfcef69833cb9fb21.jpg


We should all help Timmy out and make sure he’s got the right reading material. https://image.nostr.build/6facd394893f2087cfc7a8fd62441aff2a44989aa5c429e16f4ad0b3ca7ba72a.jpg


Yeah, as long as you’re not vomiting and super disoriented, just take it easy and idk maybe eat some salty chips


I think you’d need 2-3 gallons to do real damage


This wouldn’t happen to be this new thing you’re working on, would it 👀

If so, DM me 😂


Did that once. Fucked me up bad. Pretty sure it dilutes your blood too quickly or something. I was nauseous and dizzy as hell


But I’ll say this. I have a whole new level of respect for designers 🤯

https://hookagency.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/throw-away-the-computer-graphic-design-gifs.gif


🤫 still needs a lot of work


Working on a little Bitcoin thing 👀


Perfect ty 🤙


Thanks!


What are the details of the two ETFs who are supporting Bitcoin devs and open sats etc?


Thanks! The site I’m working on will be more informational than eCom but that’s great to know 🙏


Thank you so much, Ava, this is extremely helpful! I’ll explore the options this afternoon and definitely hit you up with questions 🙏⚡


It looks like both namecheap and bitcoinwebhosting.net offer a Wordpress site builder and accept sats.

Now to decide between a very new (but Bitcoin focused) business, or a well-established “name brand” platform 🤔

Re: Hugo/netlify - does that markdown function go both ways? (Ie I could build the site with wysiwyg and then flip it to markdown and learn more that way)?


At least for the moment, the site will be pretty static. Simple/informational with text, images, external links, and maybe a feedback form.

My familiarity level with MD is extremely basic. So part of this is me debating whether to get the website up as quickly and nicely as possible, or to use it as a skill-building exercise. But with limited time in my day to day life, I’m leaning toward a drag and drop builder.

And also trying to figure out whether I can pay for the CMS within the domain registration plan all with sats — it would defeat the purpose to get the domain privately and then give WP my credit card lol


Paging nostr:npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka not sure if this is exactly your wheelhouse, but thought you might have some ideas or pointers, in terms of setting up a new website with moderate privacy and security (with limited technical know-how)?


I like your thinking


Thanks! Any chance they also offer a site builder for non-devs?

Seems like all the mainstream ones only take fiat


Also, are there any website-building platforms (wix or wordpress style) that accept Bitcoin?

With extremely limited coding background (ie a single course in html and markdown) I think I’ll need to rely on one of these tools. But I’d also be happy to take expert advice if there’s a better way?

#asknostr
#askadeveloper nostr:note1g6cch53kl4wq0rhcv7c6vm4hgtpv096zk9h79ugszm999auk4haspf7e9c


Any recommendations on who to follow that isn’t mostly about bitcoin or nostr?


A few additions, nostr:npub17amtesfzwxl8nlr3ke2l8jl7kw52z60n8msnxh7vps3g9xgpmf9qx5nldk and nostr:npub1fv9u4drq4hdrr7k45vn0krqy7mkgy8ajf059m0wq8szvcrsjlsrs8tdz3p have some lovely art/photography

nostr:npub1el3mgvtdjpfntdkwq446pmprpdv85v6rs85zh7dq9gvy7tgx37xs2kl27r, nostr:npub137c5pd8gmhhe0njtsgwjgunc5xjr2vmzvglkgqs5sjeh972gqqxqjak37w, nostr:npub1m6gvtkek5sq3l82cfh7p3hs62ujxs6r8npre8m6jvvcm28utg05sde2e6gwill always give you a good laugh

nostr:npub1f6ugxyxkknket3kkdgu4k0fu74vmshawermkj8d06sz6jts9t4kslazcka is your go-to girl for all things cybersecurity

Memes (Bitcoin or otherwise) are 🔥 from nostr:npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5, nostr:npub1jk9h2jsa8hjmtm9qlcca942473gnyhuynz5rmgve0dlu6hpeazxqc3lqz7, and nostr:npub1tvqc82mv8cezhax5r34n4muc2c4pgjz8kaye2smj032nngg52clq0rkrq4

I know I’ve missed many wonderful people, but this should be a nice place to start.

Follow as many accounts as you can! It’s the best way to have an interesting & diverse experience.

You can also follow hashtags of topics you’re interested in, which will help you discover more users to engage with.

And I’m gonna go through the other replies and find myself a bunch of new follows now 🤝🤙🫡


Which domain registrars, other than NameCheap, accept payment in Bitcoin? Lightning?

#asknostr
#makingplans


nostr:npub1zwulrffp23wle3tl25dt0jr2q376k0k8vhe9xzjl5jnxnag5tc2sr2hjds
nostr:npub17nd4yu9anyd3004pumgrtazaacujjxwzj36thtqsxskjy0r5urgqf6950x
nostr:npub13kwjkaunpmj5aslyd7hhwnwaqswmknj25dddglqztzz29pkavhaq25wg2a
nostr:npub1qspus6smkn8mcdxg5jflh50s69vdgtwsd5p74gmjpzp2qekn5duqfv5afj

There are plenty more but these are a recent few who come to mind 👍


On nostr, you mean?


Morning 🤙


Gm


Does saying GM before going to bed at 5 count for yesterday or today?

In any case, good morning

https://y.yarn.co/efa8d0c8-7579-40b2-9000-2c6df89693a8_text.gif nostr:note1hkph70l62d3j4jaxf077s73cmq2u7xlfx6phatff4w7g3un4lpdqxeymlf


Yes this is hysterical and all to accurate!

How did you find the full clip? I tried sharing recently but it was stuck in the stupid embedded Instagram format. How fix?

nostr:note1s8ghl68r20hlkulxg6umavkjwjf2r74957dta4palvcaqny772ksgf9ygt


Ca c’est une très bonne ideé


A damn shame. Is it because of the UK’s recently updated encryption rules?

Cc nostr:npub1lr2zzf989mvf393y0tv39ara6a4vddkd6y87z784up9vl6ks6j3qtudl6a nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx nostr:npub16le69k9hwapnjfhz89wnzkvf96z8n6r34qqwgq0sglas3tgh7v4sp9ffxj nostr:npub1alexvqqjlfk6fczkwmqwku3umka9wntrpc5qarz57v35favg7g9sp92xlt


Hey Luna 🤙


Non, je suis dans Les Etats Unis, mai je n’ai past dormir 🫠


Morning 🤙🤙


Good morning to you sir!


Good morning, Europe & Africa 😂☀🤙


Somebody stayed up too late

Okay it’s me


Maybe 😏


I can’t wait to 🫂 you all in person some day


Welcome to nostr!

Looking forward to hearing some new tunes 🤙


Forgive my whining. Long Amtrak ride. Bit drunk. Please save P’s coldcard 🙏


Rodolfoooooooo we need you


nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 works real nice in NYC ⚡😉


No shit. Welcome, TJ 🤙🤙


Gm ✌


Welcome to nostr!


Bring it.

Has a comedian immigration already begun?


Needs more corn


Agreed. Handheld AI is a cool concept, but the one that gets widely adopted will either be inside the phone, or will replace it entirely


Welp that’s a firmware update I might skip 😬


So it seems that after upgrading the firmware on my Coldcard now the device is unresponsive and it does not let me enter my PIN to unlock it.

Has anyone encountered this? If so, what’s the way to fix this?

#asknostr


No I use a way smarter one. 123456.

Hide in plain site and they’ll never find you


Welcome!! How did you find your way to nostr?


I know


Hello!


Like I said
👇👇👇👇 nostr:note15fmv8sf9duafyk2h7djrj32ummr3pq62v2477p9ppkgge5tqptysynjm4k


Depends on the relay, but the general idea is that it creates a baseline filter against spam and bots. If there’s a cost (even less than $0.01) to publish a note somewhere that users will see, there’s a significant barrier to spam compared to when it’s free to spin up a hundred thousand bots

Different relay operators also offer different features. Filter.nostr.wine, for example, aggregates notes from various popular public relays, and then filters most bot spam beyond just the cost of publishing to the relay. It does all this while being fast af to load and deliver content⚡

And I like the wine reference 🥂


Appreciate you both 🫂💜🫂


This superb subscription service remains superlative, as one of the smartest subscriptions I have ever subscribed to ⚡

Thanks as always nostr:npub18kzz4lkdtc5n729kvfunxuz287uvu9f64ywhjz43ra482t2y5sks0mx5sz & nostr:npub1qlkwmzmrhzpuak7c2g9akvcrh7wzkd7zc7fpefw9najwpau662nqealf5y https://image.nostr.build/2105ce6cddf2f0fa8ef98e80b446dccd0bb32a6628204b2142259dc9a009a78b.jpg


Oops 😉


To be less ambiguous, the last line should read, “sats replaced with frens”

First time I’ve wanted an edit button on nostr 😂 nostr:note136yeke5tlqsxcxaxkzjuq46nul46vquaqs8djx45wquhzedgdjxsw5d0f0


#Onlyzaps - a haiku

One time I had sats
Then I discovered zapping
Sats replaced by frens


Full send


Excellent in low fee environments. Terribly expensive in high fee environments… point them to Phoenix or Mutiny or Zeus


You mean UTXO consolidation?


Happy happy days 😂😂


Just you today miss 🦘


Nobody will ever know I’m a 🥷 so please zap Marie


I think not 🫡


Hehehe


Familiar territory, Marie?


Ok


Apple AirDrop leaks user data like a sieve

Comments ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38972638 )

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/hackers-can-id-unique-apple-airdrop-users-chinese-authorities-claim-to-do-just-that/


#asknostr nostr:note1lzjaa8jnuqanuv0tjkqgecypjdthawurcvqyftgs5c4grhexyc9qs3l5l2


What a beautiful song - never heard this live recording though 💜🔥


Related to the bug related to where the introductions hashtag is auto-added to new users’ posts but caused other tagging issues?


Big if true


Finally listened to the Lionel Shriver interview on nostr:npub1cpem4gceylcr56ym4nx7dt6g0caadlu8dmvuluhrqfvymdgsrgtsgdq62p 🔥

The Mandibles has been ordered.

Did she ever let you set her up with a Bitcoin wallet, nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx?


Love it. Love them. Love the album. Both sides


Gm brother


😂

The default-provided gif link on imgflip is something like imgflip.com/gif/gifID

But if you press-and-hold the gif itself and copy the url, it’s more like imgflip.com/gifID.gif

The latter (ending in .gif) renders better in clients - or Damus, at least -  without the linked-video window 🫡


Stupid links

Try again

https://i.imgflip.com/8c4sl0.gif


Does nostr:npub1eaz6dwsnvwkha5sn5puwwyxjgy26uusundrm684lg3vw4ma5c2jsqarcgz  take forever to start playing (or never fully load) for anyone else on mobile?

Tried safari, chrome, Firefox

#asknostr


They’re amazing films 🫂 true masterpieces


I’m stoked to see The Boy and the Heron soon as I can


Cheers ☕


Good morning #coffeechain

Sipping on some very average train car coffee today. But it’s hot and caffeinated and I’m grateful.

PS. Sun your everything https://image.nostr.build/8a709dcf78f35a58f059a2f47b9a07db15278ecb59a42de571fbdcb6cc741812.jpg


Weird day

Goodnight friends 🫂


Totally respect any skepticism of policy implementation. Especially when there’s wealth and power on the line — which there usually is.

I’m always a bit wary of charts like this, because there’s so much context excluded. Which of those periods would have been tolerable for human life, agriculture, etc.? Were there insane storms and fires or was it placid and chill? Also dinosaurs 😉

My general understanding is that measuring carbon over periods of millions of years tends to yield a much more vague picture, compared to what we can learn from carbon deposits (?) from recent centuries.

As I tend to be more likely to mistrust the incumbent powers-that-be, if I had to pick, I’d say it’s more likely that there’s more misinformation coming from oil/gas-producing countries, companies, lobbies, than from your garden-variety (pun intended) environmentalists.

But media is broken, money/incentives are broken, and sourcing reliable information is tough nowadays, (mostly) regardless of viewpoint.

At least there’s one thing we know of that continually churns out consensus-based truths every ten mins


That’s a much better mantra 😂🤝


Absolutely! And it makes sense that after putting in a ton of effort and emotional investment into what’s really a humanitarian movement, someone else’s anti Bitcoin sentiment can feel insulting

Patience is definitely key. There’s so much I have yet to learn, and I’ve found that the times where I steel-man some piece of FUD and start to question Bitcoin’s potential, I end up thinking it through more deeply and the result is even deeper conviction than I’d started with 🤙


Agree and agree!

I get why people end up feeling jaded after trying again and again to get people they care about “onto the life boat”.

But I’ve always been a believer in the mantra “don’t be a dick” and I think it applies nicely here.

Everybody will get Bitcoin ✌


someone who's been very very meh ab nostr has dm'ed me what clients id recommend 😏


I mean sure - someone who is vocally anti Bitcoin and refuses to learn… that’s on them.

But many people simply haven’t had the exposure, luck, or intentionality to pursue this study, and to claim they “deserve” to hfsp just strikes me as arrogant and often cruel.

I know it’s not usually intended that way, but also bitcoiners can be a grumpy bunch lol


I’d say almost nobody gets the government they deserve.

Parking spaces though, yeah, I’ll give you that. Should have woken up sooner 😂


nostr is so alive again

makes me so happy


While we’re busy proposing stuff, I’d like to petition the Bitcoin CEO to do away with the trope “everyone gets Bitcoin at the price they deserve”

It’s as far as it gets from staying humble and stacking sats.

Be better, us


Makes sense - thanks. Will wait for real machines 🫡


This isn’t “generic” enough for something as open-ended as Nostr

But it’s pretty slick 🤙 https://image.nostr.build/30621c59f56182f74a69855ad94c887fca91c223df3c02c1027e094a7ced9441.jpg


Hawt


Long since subscribed 🫡

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It’s rarely easy. People have so many assumptions and it’s hard to know which way is the way “in” for a given individual. The more you listen to their objections/concerns, the more you may find areas to offer insight or answers that are meaningful to that person.

Also, I enjoyed this meme I saw (stole) earlier. A bit premature, but I think it will age beautifully 🫡 https://image.nostr.build/8bdc9edcf3e58d181647fa521db5dccc153b71cc7b5f11a10acddc2f445d4ae1.jpg


100% will do 🤙


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Thanks for the thoughtful dialogue.

It makes it clear that the layers of nuance around the entire discussion are not typically fit for social media blurbs and media soundbites.

People can agree that human activity (specifically, the rapid addition of carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere) is increasing global temperatures, and then still disagree about what to do with that information.

Draconian, top-down regulations are (as usual) more likely to hurt average people than to help solve a problem. And as bitcoiners, we all know that “follow the money” reliably sniffs out corruption — and few groups are better funded than the oil lobby (or have such an existential incentive to fight for their industry).

But pure business self-interest doesn’t always lead to efficient outcomes either. The oil lobby funded some of the anti-nuclear environmentalists, creating massive inefficiencies in energy markets and reducing the potential for human flourishing that continues to this day (see Germany).

I can hold this while also acknowledging the ESG funds are often complete bullshit, and many of the panic pieces in mainstream media are often little more than clickbait.

All of this is one reason I’m insanely bullish on Bitcoin. Stranded/renewable/sustainable energy sources are often cheap and perfect for miners, yet disregarded by public utilities because (until now) there’s been no efficient way to monetize that energy. See Africa/Gridless.

It’s yet another of Satoshi’s perfect consequences (whether intended or not). The pure self-interest of energy companies — renewable or otherwise — can and is being used to reduce atmospheric methane releases, support cheap renewable energy to power entire villages, and so much more. (Landfill mining!!!)


It would definitely be client dependent. At least if the clients are fully open source, it’s much less likely that a dev is sneaking something in to steal your keys.

But it’s always best practice to not enter your nsec into various/random clients, but use an extension like Alby if you want to log into different clients with the same profile