That’s good to know. Thought it was more advanced/technical than that. Thanks Semi 🤙


That’s too bad. WoS pulled out of USA back in November/december so I haven’t used it in ages


Haven’t played in years but always fuck around lol


You’re welcome! Thanks for the zap 🤙

I listened to it as well and had the same thought. Will be interesting to see how these different scaling solutions unfold.

I have a feeling that the technology that onboards “the world” to Bitcoin doesn’t exist yet…


For new nostr users, if you’re looking for some rec’s on self-custodial mobile Lightning wallets, I guess this constitutes my review 😁 nostr:note1qg4ru3qpu4lxdnlts4lvspe8swqqywwxr9nju49u4c22wq45z0lsd2gd3m


Requires raspberry pi (heard bad things) or (to build from scratch) would take significantly more CLI and/or dev skill than I have. If I understand it correctly?

Even so, would be another good learning experience


I trust nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 to make a better wallet than I could, especially to store any meaningful amount of sats. (I don’t have any - but if I did).

But I do appreciate your point. And for the sake of learning, I might just try this too 🤝


Receiving? Alby, and move to self-custody periodically. Sending zaps, it varies


Blue no longer supports custodial Lightning (unless they’ve picked it back up)

Phoenix is reliable with plenty of features, rarely have issues, but support is email only

Mutiny I’m still getting used to but super clean UX, team is cool

Aqua can be confusing at first (it displays Lightning and liquid as a single balance and - I believe - swaps Lightning receives into Lbtc within the wallet), but it seems to work well

Zeus is really nice, with a ton of versatility, but sometimes UX seems like it’s built for Lightning pros and not the average user. Super responsive “support team” (ie Evan is very on top of his shit)


It’s inconvenient but hopefully will resolve on its own 🤷♂

For mobile self-custodial, I’d say Phoenix has been most reliable. Zeus is good, as is Mutiny (although this is the first time I’ve used it in a bit). Breez is nice too but I don’t use it often so it always needs to re sync for a while lol


nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg playing coy today it seems…

While trying to pay a Lightning invoice from Mutiny to a custodial wallet, the send keeps failing. Even when keeping mutiny open, phone screen active, etc.

Any advice?

Cc nostr:npub1t0nyg64g5vwprva52wlcmt7fkdr07v5dr7s35raq9g0xgc0k4xcsedjgqv


Not at all! But her immediate “get the coldcard” gave me chills (the good kind)


Not mining bitcoin wastes energy.


Heard good things about foundation, and love the styling. Seems like it’s more or less based on the coldcard’s code, if my understanding is correct? I kind of want to give it a few more years in the market before I try it, but maybe unnecessary


Could definitely be all of that combined, especially if you’re not used to it!


(Relationship or otherwise, of course)


😂😂 it’s not too late to learn!! Lol


Did you have them late at night/close to bedtime?

Alcohol aside, it’s like eating a loaf of bread so might just mess you up from the simple starches

I definitely get a morning headache from just a couple drinks now. It was only a few years ago that I felt nearly invincible lol


🔥🔥🔥 this is the WAY! Your reply got me even more pumped 🤝


Told my wife we should grab another hardware wallet for our “side stack”. I was going to suggest one of the cheaper options (Jade, etc.)

She immediately says “we should just get a ColdCard if they’re the best. But let’s get one in purple.”

Guys I’m so fucking in love with her

Already was. But stuff like this 🥹❤


Gotta sort out those priorities 🙄😂


Without a doubt


It’s magnificent


Don’t ever change


Welcome to it, and good morning!

I do have a wallet connected though - was the zap giving an error? It’s bostonwine@getalby.com https://image.nostr.build/1026925b4745e9b9b516cac9c6a22ec905464d3905d709373f11b1b601356be4.jpg


Gm Jay 👋


Morning Derek!


Gm B 🫂


And to you 🫂🫡


Good morning to some of the most evolved creatures I know ✌

#coffeechain https://image.nostr.build/d65e7c46388a89a78b77bcee16a30fa79a36c9dcc97c704712c7b3bd5f924e46.jpg


Deactivated my twitter account

I have 30 days to reconsider or it will be permanently deleted

This is the start of my 30 day, full-time Nostr trial

Let the games begin


What are we going to do to get nostr off of the centralized DNS/TLS system? I tried i2p yesterday and the UX is awful, although it's a neat idea. What else?


As good a day as any to catch up on Roman history…. right? https://image.nostr.build/0ba8097bbfa426d60adcc0ab3d6b79df2d82fad2363c77966aac51aeb58cfe3f.jpg


Do it. Also for Christmas.


It’s weird no?


😂 an epic policy

I have a feeling that muting a thread still mutes the users…..


Love the moon 🌒
Good evening Nostr

#photography
#nature
#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/1dc0b22e1bc4e101da339c92dbafdd5695b1bbf236bc7202f370080bc7102a1a.jpg


nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 it seems like if I mute a thread, then look at it, all the notes are “show note from a user you’ve muted” — is this right?

Because I’m seeing muted notes from multiple npubs I’ve never muted (and I’ve reviewed my mute list to verify). Bug? Language issue? Thoughts?

Cc nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s nostr:npub1zafcms4xya5ap9zr7xxr0jlrtrattwlesytn2s42030lzu0dwlzqpd26k5


For all the Nostr newbies out there, I gave a talk a few weeks ago at #BitcoinAtlantis about Nostr's superpowers. I believe it's a great primer on a few of the main characteristics that set Nostr apart and give it a good chance of succeeding.

https://www.youtube.com/live/lRAM6bwS8mU?si=qa24-gm4sGBlY6gU&t=21810


Hey 👋


Good morning brotha


Morning Paulo!


Love you guys 😂🫂🤙


Laughed aloud at this combo 👏👏


Well-played 🤝


Good morning!


Gm!


Morning!


GM sometimes the news makes me LOL

payday on dip-day

yippee ki-yay mf 🔥✌ https://image.nostr.build/36a66770cce6fd014be3c902c7cb79ffa1bcc8b83574878f75031c4c74ae299b.jpg


Lots of good discussion here on nostr tonight

Appreciate you all - will reply to each in the morning 🫂💜🤙

Goodnight frens


Just wanted to say - this guy (and his outstanding website) has been my go-to resource when normie friends ask for information on Bitcoin.

Highly recommend you bookmark www.bitcoin.rocks and send it to your friends. Tell them to scan the wide range of topics and tell you which ones spark their curiosity.

Seems to work, 3/3 so far. nostr:note16jgutrllpuvhcu0lcjlz9ug9rmcaemzr9a8gx6ujk2akgqjtgsqs04uhsl


If this is someone you care about, then I’m sorry. I’ve been there, and it sucks.

Otherwise… more sats for the rest of us 🥂


Either I’m a bit buzzed or this is a brain-twisting meta-paradox

Either way 👍


I’d love to own bitcoin some day


Religions are like fingers, pointing to the moon.

They might help to show you the way, but do not mistake the finger for the moon itself.

- someone who was awake


Agree, and those options exist. But what if they can’t?


First of all, right answer. Or at the very least, best answer.

But if that isn’t an adoption — ie gotta choose gold, grayscale, or a “60-40 mix” where microstrategy might be a tiny fraction of the mix… which way to turn?


How many “whale” wallets hold more bitcoin than the us gov?

Because when they dollar inflates to zero someday, those hodlers will be wealthier than a country who [was once upon a time] the most powerful on earth…


Okay here’s a scenario for SWIM (actually, lol)…

Retirement account. Can’t take funds out for 15+ years. Sats being stacked to self-custody on the side.

Four options:

1. Gold ETF
2. GBGC
3. Traditional portfolio
4. Mix of 1, 2, and 3

Which one, and why? #asknostr


I’ve always taken an open approach to stuff like this. I haven’t studied it so I don’t profess to have authority.

But I’ve studied a lot of philosophy and theology, and come to a place where a panentheistic view of the universe seems the most logically likely, and is the most aligned with my intuition. (It checks both boxes).

So when it comes to things like astrology - a physical model for interpreting worldly phenomena - I’m pretty open and try to engage with it like any other metaphysical model.

There’s a quote attributed to the Buddha (although who knows its true origin…) - “all religions are like fingers, pointing to the moon. Look where they point, but do not confuse the finger for the moon itself”

It gets me every time ✨🙏 ॐ


Astrological price predictions — now that’s gotta be a new one for the bitcoin community 🤙


We won the identity trial against Craig Wright.

Official transcript of the judge's bench ruling:

MR JUSTICE MELLOR:  Thank you.
        Well, I thank all the parties for their written
    closing and oral arguments, and they've been very
    helpful indeed.  They will require me to prepare
    a fairly lengthy written judgment, which will be handed
    down in due course.  And for all those who have already
    been hassling my clerk as to when the judgment will be
    ready, the short answer is as follows: it will be ready
    when it's ready and not before.
        However, having considered all the evidence and
    submissions presented to me in this trial, I've reached
    the conclusion that the evidence is overwhelming.
    Therefore, for the reasons which will be explained in
    that written judgment in due course, I will make certain
    declarations which I am satisfied are useful and are
    necessary to do justice between the parties.
        First, that Dr Wright is not the author of
    the Bitcoin White Paper.
        Second, Dr Wright is not the person who adopted or
    operated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in
    the period 2008 to 2011.
        Third, Dr Wright is not the person who created
    the Bitcoin System.
        And, fourth, he is not the author of the initial
    versions of the Bitcoin software.
        Any further relief will be dealt with in my written
    judgment.  I will extend time for filing any appellant's
    notice until 21 days after the form of order hearing,
    which will be appointed following the hand down of my
    written judgment and I ask the parties to seek to agree
    an order giving effect to what I have just stated.
        So I'm afraid, for any further information, you'll
    to wait for the written judgment.


Almost forgot to say it ✌ https://image.nostr.build/1d277069cf8b97d79796658f0cdea60e3f1c99ef2d15f242e096e2247ecee937.jpg


Welcome 💜🤙🏻🫂 Nostr is a grassroots initiative being built by developers in their free time. We have a couple small startups building on Nostr, but the vast majority of people building here are humble devs pushing the envelope of freedom technology in their spare time. Nostr is very rough around the edges. A lot of things don't work, but wow, the potential and the love from the community is incredibly intoxicating. I dare you to embrace it. You won't want to turn back when you experience humans just being humans. Pura vida.


Hahaha I just listened to this the other day. Great episode 🤙


Thanks again!


Nobody understands nostr:note1m2wvps7ph9am5dwn73wxpk4kmzwt7e9td6rxqp0ktgy2l84cme7qyce039


In that case, welcome to the last social/communication protocol you will ever need!

Delighted to have you here — say the word if you have any questions on setup or anything else. If you add the tags #plebchain or #asknostr you’ll definitely get some feedback.

Enjoy 🤙🤙


Are there really new users coming in today, and not another round of Cassie’s? Just seems suspect - I assume TikTok still works for now… right?

Did a few brave frens dive into TikTok to do some recruiting?

You know I love new nostriches, so I hope you’ll forgive my skepticism 😉


Does Jameson have more Lightning specific content?


Thanks cap’n


Always appreciate a good Bitcoin book rec


This helps - thanks!


Thanks! Will check both out


Thanks friend! Now to learn what a macaroon is. Sounds yummy and french


I use Lightning every single day, but I don’t know enough about it.

I know the basics. But when it comes to custody, running your own Lightning node… I have questions.

Is it a de-facto hot wallet? Does it have a seed phrase that can be airgapped? Or does that seed (like in Zeus or Phoenix) simply control the on-chain UTXO that was used to open the channel?

If anyone could point me toward educational resources, I’d appreciate it! #asknostr


“Your ego is not your amigo”

Love this & laughed aloud, first of all.

But also, I’ve found that the process of noticing my ego’s activity, befriending it, being curious, has brought me some of the deepest insights about myself.

Treat the ego like you would treat a young child: well-meaning, but with much to learn.

You may be pleasantly surprised with the relationship that grows. nostr:note1qkcwfucv54036w2uv3kchdf4tzupfexns25dmnsu9j7x7lej6neqdxezg5


Surveil me daddy


So fiiiiine haha


Hey K! It sure is ☺


I’m on Neptune that’s probably why


Love this bot


Beautiful colors!


Sometimes I question my conviction in bitcoin. Losing my keys, government bans where I live, unprecedented technology that “breaks” the network, etc.

Then I consider the alternative: attempting to save and build wealth within a system that has grown so predatory and broken that the prospect of stable, self-sovereign financial freedom is unattainable for nearly every person on earth.

I’ll take Bitcoin’s risk profile ANY day.


Good morning Nostr 🌅

Here’s some water https://video.nostr.build/cde3329032bbe4808b929dc86d27ccf6c823184afddf1647906dbbbd59addecc.mp4


Namecheap accepts bitcoin


GN 😴💤💤


Gn 😂🫂⭐


Cool, has anyone tried the Bitbox Lightning wallet integration? Am I correct in remembering that it’s only supported by Android currently?

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitbox02-firmware-v9-17-0/


Hey nostr:npub1excellx58e497gan6fcsdnseujkjm7ym5yp3m4rp0ud4j8ss39js2pn72a - you mentioned on nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx's pod that some central banks may choose to buy the ETFs, as they do with stocks.

This strikes me as a prime opportunity for a USG rugpull: a combination of 1971 with a “6102-B” with an attempt to nationalize Bitcoin holdings.

I’d be curious, with the types of leaders and politicians you’ve met with thus far - how aware are they of situations like this?


I am once again asking nostr:note1a5luardcqg742vz0cdwrlguv837lgshpfh3l445hwqt9mac9y2cqev764p


You’re doing great work. Ignore internet trolls. 🫂


Howdy Nostr

Busy day! But I promise even when I’m not posting I’m thinking about nostr

Great episode nostr:npub164q45vfa8prpl7f63stsl9qm9n22v6julkasjdqxjc8kevchsj0sp42rl3 & Sam nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg 🤙🫡

https://fountain.fm/episode/Y57UUUPkzhS4hrhjUhN1


Goodnight nostriches 🫂 hope you’ve all had a good day 🤙


Sameeee 🤜💥🤛


Aww yeah man that’s a great fucking song!! Haven’t heard it in ages


It’s rough dude 🫠


Hey nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle

Are there certain countries on Strike where users can’t transfer between one another?

I’ve heard instances where “local currency is unavailable” or something like that for an American friend trying to send a remittance to South America - Brazil if I remember correctly. Thought I’d ask the guy in charge

Cc nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9


Wise words (paraphrased):

When you read about a power the government wants, ask yourself:

"Would you give this power to [insert least favorite politician’s name]?"

If the answer is no, IT'S BAD FUCKING POLICY

H/t Dav1rus if you’re here on nostr 🫡


😂 well they deserve one too lol


You’re only supposed to use Novocaine in one spot, not everywhere dood!


Sweeeeet thanks brother! 😂


I just zapped a zap 🤯

This is a thing??! Who gets the sats? Does it go to anybody or just to nostr:npub1mc20uche0cy599vpl850aschpu7wteundgsnf0msep79lu3fu5aq3r4ptv

Either way kind of cool https://video.nostr.build/ab988370d618995527b597e85160f9dc9202c748c4bc5163873ea58b7b29031c.mp4


Good trade here ya go

🌽


Out of extra dollars til Friday. Need more corn. What to do.


Got a nice chuckle out of this 👏


It’s cold here so I went for the quad shot cappucino 😂🫡☕☕☕☕


It is indeed a good morning

https://pa1.aminoapps.com/7768/c416fb5ffa49e0c38ade477ed4694d9d763985b1r1-280-200_00.gif


😂 that would explain it lol


Notes like these are why I followed Arman in the first place, on Twitter way back when.

Pure fucking signal, and a perfectly articulated argument.

Keep the fire coming dude.

Oh and thanks for the video 🫡 nostr:note1sjrpy4ma0e6jeeu9supcnh05y0ucqzd5nhmutukk7ztjvsesfrwqw97lhj


For some reason fountain links often say server not found when I open them on mobile. Wonder if it’s a vpn thing or idk 🤷♂

anyway thank you for these 🙏


Morning 🫂


🎯 gm 🫂


Good morning to everyone who got one less hour of sleep than you realized 😉


This is wise! And there are definitely podcasts about exactly that 😂 thanks Karo 🫂


Thank you - good advice 🤝


It was less about the usefulness or control of a particular activity, and more about the source of energy and financial incentives, but there are many good arguments for this direction as well


Nice find 🤜🤛


Ooh that’s a great one. Thanks Mark!


Weird this link isn’t opening into fountain and safari says not found 🤔


Hey nostr, seeking advice 🙏

My brother is smart, thoughtful, and kind-hearted. He can also be a bit stubborn and _\\

He holds some Bitcoin, and is interested in it as an investment asset, but he’s not the type to be attracted to the whole financial revolution philosophy of it.

I made a comment in passing about how the media narratives about Bitcoin + global warming are problematic, and he quickly interjected “well, Bitcoin IS bad for the climate and that’s just a fact”…

I offered a couple of counter-examples, but felt myself getting triggered and knew I would not be effective at changing his perspective from an emotionally “hooked” state of consciousness.

We dropped the subject, but I’ve been thinking about it for the past hour. It’s important to me, and I want him to share even a glimpse of the hopefulness and enthusiasm I feel for how Bitcoin will change global energy production for the better.

But I can’t approach this from an attached (dare I say “triggered”) place, in myself.

Has anyone been through this kind of conversation before? With someone you love and respect?

I’m all ears and appreciate whatever advice you all might have👂🫂🫡

#asknostr
#bitcoin
#endthefud


Yes but then your note made me a wonder so I added a few more 🫡


😂 yes


Did you stack more sats today?


😂 I could tell


👀🫣

nostr:note1vh0283ps2ruj9zth26x8pavvvp0gcludr8h5wautqwsuf38etk8qn36xt9


I would just assume it’s not particularly private, so be mindful of what you post, and take basic precautions, but for a low-stakes social/informational profile it’s a pretty easy experience


Family gathering? 🆗
Family-style Chinese prefix? 👍
Open bar w/ signature cocktails? 🔥


I love this


I do my best to have an always-on VPN, and double-check before I open any nostr apps

I doubt it’s perfect though.


Been good! Lots of work and travel and a fair amount of vino 🥂


The rumors are true. They put me in Fortnite.


Ohhh my b! I didn’t look closely at your screenshot. Yeah strike’s mempool fee calculator needs some work. I would always just send my sats to cold storage for free and wait it out


Strike changed their fee structure recently. They allegedly add no spread but charge a percentage fee. The more you buy per month, the lower your fee. So if you bought a whole Bitcoin on Strike last month, your fees this month will be lower than someone who bought 100K sats.

From what I can tell, it seems like you get slightly fewer sats per dollar than CashApp or Fold, at least until you have pretty high monthly transaction volume.


Hey hey! Marie nice to hear from you homie. How are things?


Oooh hadn’t thought of that. Thank you!


You too, Ally! Hope you have a great weekend 🤗


For Lightning??


Hey Nostr 👾

Happy Friday! Are people chilling tonight?

Been traveling/with family, and I’ve missed all of you.

Also - is there a good Lightning wallet for desktop (Mac)? Or are the options basically just running a Lightning node?

#asknostr
#nostrafterdark


Someone get this man a beer 🤝


Wife and I are going to her parents for the day to hang out at their farm. Her mom was over today talking about their investments and how they have a million dollars or so invested with Scotia bank (Canada) and how it hasn’t done anything in the last 5yrs and all they do is pay out hefty fees.

Little did I know, my wife told her mom I had some corn a while ago. Well, My MIL brought up how they were watching the news the other night and saw that bitcoin had reached an all time high and that her husband said that maybe they should throw $100k into it and see what happens.

While I was talking about it briefly with the MIL today, you could see her eyes lighting up and at the same time her brain smoking from working overtime trying to understand just what the hell I was actually saying 😂
She said that I need to have a serious talk with her husband tomorrow

So now I have this opportunity to hopefully orangepill my FIL.
Wish me luck! So fuckin stoked for this! 🤙🏼

#bitcoin #plebchain #nostr #bestassetever #orangepill


Yes


With tax season approaching, here is one piece of (non-financial, non-tax) advice.

If you zap away sats as soon as you receive them, they won’t appreciate in value, and there won’t be time to earn any taxable capital gains.

Taxes = simplified.

Just zap harder.


YOU’RE WELCOME
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incogni.com is a start


😂 still good


Interview incoming?


Announcing Switch & Stack by
Strike

Lots of frustration out there. So, we launched a campaign.

Using another platform and want to give Strike a try? 0.69% fees from now until the #Bitcoin halving.

#Bitcoin shouldn't be expensive, difficult, or unavailable to buy. Period.

How does it work?

Just DM me, DM Strike, email private@strike.me, or tag us on Twitter/Nostr.

Once we confirm you're not an existing active Strike customer and qualify we'll enable the 0.69% ✅
https://m.primal.net/Hiwe.mov


Thomas at nostr:npub1key55ax33gkl50uqemvl4khrtqrhzm7wzpc7fhseutt5ddkcwcrqgxlt3h this evening:

“Show of hands - who here owns an ordinal?” … Not a single hand goes up.

“Who here knows what an ordinal is?” … At least half the room raises a hand.

NYC bitcoiners making me proud 🫡


Must have been your uncanny ability to survive in both water and air


Goodnight Nostriches 🫂


Re: facial recognition & privacy, I’m sure you’ve seen this podcast - but if you haven’t (or missed this episode), here’s one attempted solution to the fuckery:

https://fountain.fm/episode/QTSqGRKNb4PN2j861CNs


It makes me appreciate how conservative the founders of my company are, as far as funding and everything is concerned

When everyone else took the Covid money, over-hired, and then laid off a bunch of people, my boss ran out business lean and cautiously, focusing on becoming sustainably profitable.

I’ve worked for a number of short-time-preference employers before, so this job/experience has been truly restorative/healing in terms of my faith in business leaders


Prophetic 😂😂

#remindmeofthisin100years
#ohwaitthisisnttwitter nostr:note1eyetznwsgumx7c0llq2vn0ym0mkuyhsl20rhm6qa33t9plsn294q4yyhpt


1) the prospect of this is fucking hysterical

2) I’ve always been opposed to the idea of cryogenics but it might be worth it to stick around for those LOLs


SWIM lost all his gold in the ocean?


That’s a very good point. Are there any services that offer an IRA (on paper) that actually serve up Bitcoin? Like swan in USA?


Damn. That makes ya feel something


It’s pretty simple. Apple makes a good margin on their products because most are still made in China.

If iPhones were produced in France, Apple would bend over for the EU, instead of the CCP. nostr:note1n5nxd6pzjfa4fqz5qmv4fxly93fnz6pduv3q06k4e6nw36nmm6jq4yy52d


You will use fuck-you tech and you will be happy nostr:note1dvh0suqc8p028aj9jj3e4527rl6nlc43x6e62d6eeaapwt8gzjnsm4kj4c


Great advice #[1] https://image.nostr.build/d3fc24f436a58f1687739c7dcc1e3e39f74f8a82625aea29c5f9e2ad0a7c2b78.jpg


You may be right. But $10K/mo is still averaging $330/day… which is one hell of a daily DCA 😂 even in AUSD that’s some committed capital


😂 that’s how we roll bahaha


My brother in law sent me a rushkoff interview not too long ago. He had an interesting perspective. Definitely put his finger on the problem (fiat-driven consumption capitalism), but I couldn’t gauge where he was going for a solution. Has he offered any reflections on Bitcoin/does he understand it?


So many top tier quotable moments in this conversation


What are the limits for transfers in between individuals?

nostr:npub1p2psats79rypr8lpnl9t5qdekfp700x660qsgw284xvq4s09lqrqqk3m82 (maybe) fixes this 🤖⚡


Talk about good incentives!!


Using so much water all the time wtf


Ya know, I didn’t realize until today that you’re the American Hodl from Twitter 😂


Good morning 🤜💥🤛

I blame (and thank) nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs & nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u last night’s decision to make an irresponsible smash buy.

Long-term, it was responsible as fuck. Give the episode a listen. Even if you love manatees and stuff.

https://fountain.fm/episode/aEt1aXmUnJdJ86W1vpi4


Very late night, busy day, love you all


👀 I’d “subscribe” to this if I could


Good morning nostriches 🫂

It’s rainy in the city, but feels like a coffee by the water kind of day

#coffeechain https://image.nostr.build/09e346c9e86a1332bec0cdbfcbf5f56326f1eb28da50ec069a61672c365b593e.jpg


You got this brother!


Hear me out:

Shareholder proposals. Requiring that a minimum of 10% of cash reserves be placed into #bitcoin, rather than just depreciating fiat currencies and bonds.

Any Bitcoiner who is a shareholder of a public company has the right to create such a proposal, requiring a vote by all shareholders.

Few will succeed initially. But it will get the ball rolling and discussions occurring in the C-suites of America.


💪
Sounds like you’re doing what must be done, to get where you want to be. Glad you dropped by 🫂


Are you on a wilderness adventure? That’s awesome man 🤙🤙


Vibes have not dipped w/ usd price since the new ATH. This is bitcoin.


Finally


For sure. I stashed a few sats on satscards for the family members who I think will arrive late to the game. Hopefully I’ll be able to say “yeah that small car’s worth of sats cost $30 back in the day” to make the point 😉


Gm Artur!


Feels good man


🌽 is on sale


Good rainy morning Nostr 🌧 https://image.nostr.build/d9ff9d76be259fddaa5a72c905e2534e331578784ec1c92a429652d0762b2e4a.jpg


GM Brethren!

Have some extra time today?

Spend a little time hitting the #Introductions and #Plebchain

Let’s let the fresh wave know we’re here to guide & embrace! 🫂


Goodnight 🥱🫂🛌💤


Definitely. This is at least a part of it for me too. It’s also weird because there are a number people whom I care about but who haven’t stacked any sats yet at all


Does anyone else feel more anxious than exciting when Bitcoin approaches a new all-time high?

Like yeah, it’s thrilling, and I’ve stacked as responsibly as possible, but still... It feels like approaching a point-of-no-return in some sense.

Why is that?

#asknostr


Butter


Good thinking, but the KYC would reject her state ID


I think CashApp works. RS is great but maybe overwhelming for a complete novice


We will always be here to purchase.

Any movement on NY bitlicense?


Tell me about it


1 ✅
2 ✅ https://fountain.fm/episode/aRawwvphCkYqxeS7EjOV
3 ✅
nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8

Zap or no zap, I support this message 🫂🫡 nostr:note1at77jsuczqr4z0kwjxwmrfffupu4m2pjydfhltma6w7vnjemqldqghe09s


Interesting thought! Someone asked me to help them get started with Bitcoin and wants to put a decent amount of value in. Tricky to figure out exactly where to start since she’s a NY resident and fuck Coinbase lol


🙄 facts. Sounds like strike is working on the bot license if I remember correctly


#forgot to asknostr nostr:note1un5h32ls9tl626l7xeuyzva7kwlpq2p9pv602eyycfalx335j9ss3e2e8y


Gm P!


I don’t think their Bitcoin buy feature is available to ny residents, is it?


Besides CashApp, are there any other Bitcoin-only services that work in NY?


Morning!


Morning my friend!


Gm
🫡
⚡
🤝


GM my feed is all GMs this M

Love the energy on nostr. Without fail.


😂 gm 🐸🫂


Neuromancer is a great book 🤙


Yo!


(I didn’t take it of course lol AI)


Thanks Betty!


Good morning #coffeechain https://image.nostr.build/bc4aed101cf4df16cd8e475320102476c626314b1f498a143f7093fb979dab23.jpg


A classmate handed me a copy of this book when I was seventeen. It remains the most impactful book I have ever read.

Nice to see you this morning 🤍


Brick by brick baby


For now


Depends on which client you use!

Usually if you paste the gif URL with a .gif suffix into your note, clients will render it correctly


Contrary to belief, you don’t have to be a bitcoiner to be on nostr!

All are welcome 🫂


Just realized that #MarchOffTwitter was a full year ago.

I’ve been happier and more motivated here than any digital space (and many physical spaces).

Never had a reason to look back 🫡

#grownostr


Troy dude! Delighted to see you back on nostr


Friends just got married, so we broke into the (very) good stuff 🥃🤤 https://image.nostr.build/7356f652fa96c099fac9b5e1a46c1503e317a597fbace23ed35cf38646e17286.jpg


Very well done 🤝


Probably what they meant 😂


Anyone have experience with Casa, Unchained, (other?) guided multisig solutions? #asknostr


LFG

Try to use it via PayPal bill pay to pay your bills: including credit cards if possible. It’s very hit-or-miss whether PayPal lets you add the credit cards - and then a second question if they’ll run the charge in a way that earns rewards.

But when they do, it’s a sweet sweet feeling to stack those sats 🤝


They’re marketing all around NYC as well. Fun to see


Lolllll maybe


😂😂 excellent memery ser


😂 I re-read it a few times like “am I the idiot?”


Howdy Jay 🫂


I think Bitcoin Magazine forgot how many bitcoins there are…

“This is your brain on shitcoins” https://image.nostr.build/a100b1b8774c21a87a37d70675f4ffd1b2bb0e67f0f662793ce2cc58ba731d8d.jpg


Normalize this message nostr:note140yth5lqp45u6er3yymye4mv7ld83nq3gtujcnundgdu5cnk2jssnffa42


A friend of mine would like to know the answer to this too


This is the way 🫡


I like this combo. Always nice to see you here my friend 🫂🤙


This has to be a joke, right? Did nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u make this?


Good morning 🌄

Spending the weekend with best friends we haven’t seen in a while…

Whipping up some home-made eggs Benedict before a hike (or perhaps a nap, TBD)

Happy Saturday frens ⚡🤙


But I can vouch for the other two. High quality nostriches right there.

Might even want to toss Doctor 🐸 a follow if you haven’t already. He’s a good doctor and an even better pleb


Love you buddy. Nice of you to say but I’m almost as bad to follow as you are. Even worse some days!


Aw man I wish! I really haven’t focused on building the brand at all. I had the idea while working for someone else, so I just snagged the domain and Twitter handle some years ago, and it sort of morphed into the nym I use here on nostr over time. With the half-baked plan to turn this into an sats-stream someday in the future. But you’re motivating me to at least get some visual assets put together. If you’re working on a project, can we touch base in a couple of days?


I get that error periodically. It’s not only primal - often happens with self hosted Lightning addresses too


LFG


Gm! Nice shot 📸🌄


To hear the message from our ancestors we must first have a spiritual relationship with planet earth. https://image.nostr.build/2f4e7855cb9bb3f2af0e78fb23ae9cfdaa32fc04306380f1bae4af776c471332.jpg


Ahh, no I don’t. My background in wine was focused on buying & procurement - company inventories and helping collectors create wine cellars, so I’m looking at this as more of a potential consulting/p2p side gig (if I ever have the time and bandwidth to do it). Assuming the next few generations of bitcoiners want to pair their steaks with some fine wine 😂

But if you’re looking for a bitcoiner who DOES produce wine, look no farther than our buddy nostr:npub153xmex42x4chdf757hp3q6zxagykkek7pdgwuwd074964dkyha9s82ryu8 for some low-intervention premium grownup grape juice


Good morning my friend! That is the plan indeed - I have at least 3-4 hours to enjoy the heat lol


That’s because it’s only half built 😂 but I appreciate your interest!

It’s been a year or two since I worked on it - will try to find the PW later and dm it to you 🫂


Hey neighbor! Stay warm today lol


Good morning Maria!


Morning Connie ☺


Gm ✌


“Small amounts” he says as he screen-shares a wallet full of generational wealth 😂

But in all seriousness, Calle, what you’re doing is cool as fuck 🤜💥🤛


Good morning Nostr 🌇

Today is one of those deceptively-sunny-but-SO-cold mornings 🧣🧦

Good thing I don’t have to go outside until later.

Also, someone needs to create an IV form of coffee. please

#coffeechain
#cozychain


Y’all are learnin’ him good


Long drive this evening, arrived safe and sound. Wifey got to choose the Bitcoin podcasts, and she opted for nostr:npub1ahxjq4v0zlvexf7cg8j9stumqp3nrtzqzzqxa7szpmcdgqrcumdq0h5ech's most recent Coin Stories, with guest Lyudmyla Kozlovska.

Just wow. This is an absolute must-listen, for anyone who gives a damn about human rights, Europe, freedom/activism, or Bitcoin.

And if you don’t care about any of those things, then you 🫵 especially need to spend 30 minutes with this:

https://fountain.fm/episode/fMhGqcb1jb6A21iE4HRJ


Happy Friday brother! Nearly there in my time zone 😂


One of the few 😂

Here’s a lil excerpt from me writing down a stream of Bitcoin musings:

Good intentions, wrong ideas.

Conservatives say stop spending.
Progressives say raise taxes.

Both are fatally flawed answers.

Try to tax the rich? They have the power to move jurisdictions, taking their spending out of the economy entirely. Businesses lose, prices go up, people lose jobs and access to resources that protect their lives and families.

Stop spending on social programs? Good and healthcare and shelter become inaccessible for even more people. They lose access to resources that protect their lives and families.

The “hard pill to swallow” is that traditional solutions will not work, and an alternative is badly needed.

Enter Bitcoin.


I must admit, for a long time I thought it logical that simply closing loopholes and raising taxes on the top 1% would generate enough money to adequately protect those people in our society who need it most.

But I’ve been realizing a few things:

- “the government” will never actually do this, because the people with the power to make it happen are financially incentivized to pay lip service and life else.

- “the government” obviously doesn’t allocate the existing tax dollars (not even mentioning debt) in a responsible, efficient, intelligent, or moral way. I would willingly give up a larger share of income than I do today, if I could direct how it was spent. I don’t want my labor to fund war.

- the view that “taxation is theft” is a pretty niche view (although less so in Bitcoin communities), and I find it hard to believe that a practical application of “no taxes” would actually work in a society as large and complex as ours (again, setting aside valid points on debt and money printing). That said, there’s a very convincing philosophical argument that taxation is necessarily predicated on violence. So my view on this is still being cultivated.

Anyway, you’re not the *only* person who believes in progressive values and also doesn’t believe taxes are the answer.

/rant


Ooh hadn’t thought of that. Thanks!


Mine as well. It’s typically the first “feature” I lead with, to try and avoid starting around NGU


Great advice!


Morning 🐶🐟🫂


Gm Connie!


That’s a great point. I typically save nostr for later (or different contexts) but the point around key education is a really good one. Thank you 🙏


Good morning Nostr 🌇

#showerthought - Personal responsibility and vulnerability are two sides of the same [bit]coin.

Self-sovereignty around Bitcoin (but also about anything) requires the humility of recognizing failure risks.

This makes us stronger. Onward 🫡


This is exactly what I was thinking. If that means starting custodial while she learns about wallets, okay (for a time). I had someone close to me say “Buy a ledger. Use it”. I was lucky to learn self-custody early. My coworker is also tech savvy enough to handle a HWW. But I want her to understand the vulnerability that comes with personal responsibility. Thanks for the feedback 🤙


Both outstanding books. I actually just recommended Gladstein’s books to another colleague yesterday 😅

Her family’s international so definitely there’s opportunity for “ah ha” moments around remittances and global instant settlement

And Mr Sessions will be our guide when she’s ready for wallet setup without a doubt. Thanks Paulo!


This is a fantastic place to start. Thank you!!


Hot damn! You nostriches seriously delivered!!

I owe a few of you replies but got sidetracked (or stayed focused, ha) getting ready for a trip tomorrow. In any case, any further nosting will need to wait until the morning.

Goodnight, gentle plebs 🤜💥🤛 nostr:note1njcyllsmyt9wzfpw83tdjyzg33wvllzj8qkpxpn3umr9pnu4t7hq8vzhu6


I’m literally going to print this out and give it to her on a postcard or something like that 🔥🔥🔥


You know I haven’t read principles of economics yet. How’s the “tone” compared to Bitcoin standard — similarly intense or is it more academic in style? Great call on the whitepaper, I just downloaded a copy for her


Great rec’s! I’ll save Ben for when she’s setting up her first wallets. Something like the BlueWallet tutorial just to really grasp how a seed phrase works might be perfect.

21 Lessons is going to be on her required reading list no doubt 🤙


Dudemanbro

Appreciate you!


🥂🐸 my good sir! This is a new resource for me — thank you!!


Not a cliche, I appreciate the rec!

My only issue with The Bitcoin Standard is that the author tends to write with a lot of vitriol (also prevalent on his social media account). For a newbie, I find it can be off-putting (except for when it’s the perfect match, lol), and I don’t want to take away from the actual message.

That said, I’m going to give her a list of “required reading” books, and it’s true that a lot of people have been fully orange-pulled by this book, so I’ll definitely keep it in mind 🙏


That’s great advice. It was also the first book I thought of for this person specifically. Thanks!


Do it right* not “work” lolwut


Lol yes and brief


Hey #plebchain and frens, I need a spot of Bitcoin advice 🙏

A coworker of mine has told me she wants to make a not-small allocation of her savings to Bitcoin. These will be her first sats, and she has asked for my advice and guidance to get started.

I can help walk her through all the technicals, along with choices around acquisition, storage, custody, privacy, etc.

Since she isn’t just “dabbling”, I feel a greater sense of responsibility to guide her well, and provide the right resources.

I’m looking for recommendations for:

• Articles/podcasts to help a beginner understand Bitcoin. Written form would be ideal here.

• General tutorials - more like “here’s an overview of how private keys and nodes work”, rather than specific tutorials in using particular applications or wallets.

• introduction to Bitcoin theory, to provide context, but a “mellow” exposure and not the more intense revolutionary stuff

• any other words of wisdom, experiences you’ve had, or things to avoid.

This is a first for me and I’d love to do it work.

Thanks in advance 💜🙏⚡🔥

#asknostr


Now’s your chance 😂


Well played

It’ll all work out


I’m unphrased.


Much much


You forgot your seed phrase too, eh?


Amazing


Lol wait why


😂 I’d rather buy sats tho


This is the Nostr way 🔥🔥🔥🔥 nostr:note1nu089e79xqyq2xlg4usa3v42hg0shdewc3nnflx0f454xezuujnqt55aqg


It was a slow burn. Dropping it into conversation here and there. NGU caught his attention though (“am I too late?”) which truthfully is the door that most people walk through first


Agree (but also guilty) 🫂


more madeira posts

less price posts

nostr thanks you 💜


How computer storage works. Love videos like this.

https://media.gleasonator.com/a1a22d918f76a4acb6eee4b218420b93ebf5e0493d5b925a2b875a70cee31088.mp4


Good morning 🌇 nostr:note1mc9w62efapf7vg3knlg70fragwanpwxthn7gtv5dtxx3frmekn8qjx9s2d


You got this bro!


Night fox!


Goodnight, nostriches 🫂

ily ttyl


🫂 you’re most welcome!


Fact


I was! Been working on it for nearly two years 😂


Sent a slack to my coworker today. He just started stacking recently, and messaged me at 10pm last night, “time to dump another $10 into this thing, yay another .00000000001 BTC”

My reply said:

1 Bitcoin is 100,000,000 satoshis.
Satoshis are incredibly undervalued.

He got it.


Hey buddy!!


Shit just got real. HIPAA compliant Amethyst is getting closer.  https://image.nostr.build/16a71dcaef38c6861c3763cc4b0b7f674b76304cbeeb949192f91bf3300cb69c.jpg

This is a FHIR payload form the medical record that was unacessible to the Patient. The doctor just downloaded the data, signed into a Nostr event and sent the complete event inside a regular Kind 1 (in practice, this would be inside a DM).

Since the event is inside the content, the patient's client doesn't need access to the Hospital's private relay. The information is already there.


No but there are still a lot of 🫂s

Even better


Strong list. If only I had a record player nostr:note1fpw432dfy9337aqp8wv07x4n8s40c5jlx58twxczm4vcyjf8z3cquy6ppe


“Some people just missed a few hugs”

- Chris Rock

Lucky for us, this is nostr, the land of abundant 🫂s


You and nostr:npub175hdheqn0arfdgywe9n2rze5eaf0j2mlz0xp5kq30vy57jqsncdqy2tpe9 are just killing it rn 😂😂😂

nostr:note1he30wq7d6wqw8qf4np8dj9npktxp48ea2va5nh9aeh2vl4vr57ms93jydv


Fuck


Department of Energy’s plan to track Bitcoin mining put on hold by judge

The Department of Energy wants to know how 2% of the US's electricity is being used.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/department-of-energys-plan-to-track-bitcoin-mining-put-on-hold-by-judge/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/005/052/751/545/167/original/9cd60ac26a0c59e2.jpg


We like u more though


“Price doesn’t matter” is kind of a meme, but it’s grounded in philosophy.

It “matters” because it’s a signal: how much demand, how much adoption, how much attention, is Bitcoin getting today?

It doesn’t matter because 1 Bitcoin = 1 Bitcoin, and everyone who stacks sats today should be stacking for 10-50 years from now, when the world is priced in sats, when one USD is a meaningless figure, and when we look back at the early 21st century as a crazy time when it was actually possible to trade worthless pieces of government paper for the hardest and sounded global asset ever known to humankind.

That’s why price don’t matter 🫂🫡


🥹💜

I remember a number of great discussions we shared last year, but I didn’t know they had such an impact. Thats awesome 🫂

And I’m impressed & proud of you for putting in the work to learn. You got the idea very quickly, and didn’t get sidetracked by ngu, or shitcoins or other noise. A Bitcoiner from the get-go 🤜💥🤛


She gets it ^


Love. Might want to make the smallest font a little bigger but otherwise send it!


This is a wonderful answer. Enjoy it, my friend 🫂


That’s a great feeling 🔥 how are you going to spend it?


Good morning 🤜🤛


🫂 how is doc frog today?


Oh hai


Nostr clients have come an impressively long way in the past year or so.

But nostr isn’t simple. It’s not intuitive (to many). And it takes time and effort to learn how to use the tools it provides.

It requires proof of work. I think that’s why the people here kick ass.


Morning Evan!


And a very good morning to YOU 🫵


Awesome, glad you’re here!


Always stack


It certainly is 😂😂😂


I’d be happy to end up fabulously wealthy. I’d be lying if I said otherwise.

But it’s not the point. The point is that every reason I’ve had, to be discouraged about the future of humanity, is met with a possible solution in Bitcoin.


You got married!!? Congratulations brother!

Tryna zap this but getting invalid Lightning address. Please give me an invoice for the date in MMDDYY format 🫂💜🎉🎉


😂 yup we checked that box before covidflation


Lol one of my best friends is getting married in May

He’s kinda fucked


Last time we saw the 1700s, I wouldn’t have understood this note in the slightest. That’s nice for me.


This

And I hope you’ll forgive my somewhat m noisy exuberance this evening (I am professor 🍷 after all) but as a general rule I entirely agree with you 🤝


It’s cool, I did that at work too… and blamed the intern 🤷♂


Glad you mentioned that. In truth, that’s part of it.

Most people do get into Bitcoin because of number-go-up. I did. I was interested in a way to beat inflation (by a lot) and not need to suffer through all the fuckery of traditional markets.

But the more time you spend around bitcoiners, the more you realize it’s not (just) about the money. It’s that *the money* is the cause of the world’s problems, and *different money* might help us solve them.

Yes, protecting one’s hard-earned savings is, in and of itself, a worthwhile endeavor,

But Bitcoin is more than that: even if it stayed at 25,000 USD (or 100 USD) forever, Bitcoin would still present an opportunity to improve the lives of billions of people. Because it can’t be f’d with. It can’t be inflated. It can’t be confiscated or hacked.

It’s simply better monetary technology than the world has ever seen. So the price in fiat terms also ISN’T that important. Because at any “price” it offers immense *value*.

Thing is, an asset that offers such significant value to a global market, when coupled with fixed, immutable supply, is guaranteed (by the laws of “economic physics”) to increase in value as more and more global citizens become aware of and demand access to the asset.

That’s why NGU. And it’s why price doesn’t matter. 💜


🟢🟢🟢🟢 nostr:note13vz5l9a95s8a9t0w5ndggxtwmaehg24p8uzhn2dhjfpt4lr3h5jqlx33pf


Zappid

And I owe you a beer sir 🤝


Price doesn’t matter but holy shit that was fast


👀👀

Now which pub might you be referring to?


I wish


Institution? Yes
Financial? Not exactly 😂


Woah. So wait. What is A vs B?


First person to tell me where this is taken gets a lil zap & a beer on me.

#plebchain
#beerchain
#grownostr nostr:note1mc9w62efapf7vg3knlg70fragwanpwxthn7gtv5dtxx3frmekn8qjx9s2d


Analogies like this, which help you comprehend phenomena that would otherwise be microscopic mysteries, truly blow my mind:

“Graphite's carbon atoms opt for a minimalist approach, bonding with just three neighbors. This choice spawns flat, planar sheets that, when brushed against paper, peel away effortlessly, much like fanning a deck of cards across a table.”

Thanks, Nunya 🙏💜 nostr:note1e6cdasyppckhgyefec9qywfawzdk5zwluehfpehnd5jdc900uwxqr0tnh2


Elements/molecular chemistry is so fucking cool


I can’t seem to figure out why all the recent price pumps have primarily occurred during business hours 🤔

😏


Thank you! I’m going to 🙏🫂🎨


https://i.imgflip.com/8h5m9f.gif nostr:note17ufhg83w6mfx4xpuxgxwwlkzpt6zqwklyt7724sl6kcjkee4hgeq04duaa


“You can’t step into the same stream twice because it is always flowing. Everything is.”


It’s profound - gives me chills


Some art makes you feel things 😳❤ nostr:note1mdup45qlal2c3juuk8g3td6qjvyscy94p0z7r0fgfe5t6vlycc6s9nsxxt


That’s powerful


Likewise. I just keep reminding myself, every humanly possibly price for the next few years is absurdly low/undervalued…


The generals had a problem I hear


You good?


Is this a Damus thing or across all clients?


I’ll drop by tonight if you have one ready 🫡


You’re a fucking genius with this meme, just saying.


Could use a dolphin tbh


I share this sentiment entirely…


Not trying that any time soon 😬 sounds like it would be a real “pride before a fall” moment for me 😂


Lol, we’ve had bookmarks in nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 for ages

Ead threads

😇 nostr:note1d86uj495uhs80z4mzqs5xq8a4mnk4px5zvrc88vvvp6z87pzhm3s42ujuq


Hayek predicting #Bitcoin emerging in a “sly roundabout way.” https://image.nostr.build/c32eae93b9c4a60aa6231b933d8a8972721c06e30cbe765c3c8f412c4d96bd91.png


🟢🟢 nostr:note1x6l9xm4rkjpzuhl00ax8de2r2vta23uge05g67pduylm6yz32f7s485y8v


Good morning!


Gm brother 🤙


Re-post the bangers ✅

“Good satire should be indistinguishable from absurd reality” - nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u

Give it a listen. Great way to kick off the work week 🔥 nostr:note1lehcahghajcqnpu6lzlas8gtknhr6kv2mqhh3v4huj7lppzuf8eqlm4rtr


#YouCanOnlyBanYourself
https://i.nostr.build/XYL7.jpg


Morning 🫂


Good morning 🤙


Morning Siddh 🤙


Good morning nostr ☀

Monday (proper noun). Defined as: A  perfect day to post notes, zap plebs, stack sats, and love each other. LFG.


G’night Mark 🫂


Night Ava 🫂


Goodnight friends


PV 🫂


For anyone new to Nostr, wallets, or zapping — or anyone looking to zap *without* Nostr Wallet Connect — here’s how you set up Damus to use Phoenix or another mobile Lightning wallet of your choice 🫡

#grownostr
#zap
#lightning
#bitcoin
#introductions nostr:note1n8z2dgknv5lfeeukpknzxe7kesrh7w3zjjtzsl2dd7u6ec6vcqwqmh0s9u


My pleasure 🤝


True but if you want a different sociopolitical group in charge of your account, now you have options 🙄


What is mash wallet?


Hey Kale, happy to help! I use Phoenix for a lot of zapping from Damus.

Phoenix doesn’t support Nostr Wallet Connect, so each time you hit the ⚡ button in Damus, it’ll open Phoenix to confirm the send.

To set it up, tap your profile in Damus top right, then go to Settings > Zaps and choose Phoenix as your default wallet. You can also toggle “show wallet selector” to OFF so that it automatically chooses Phoenix for every zap.

Lmk if you have questions! https://image.nostr.build/07ddca416d59e14a9bd417ae7b1b6ed1716f7eb908e6a0a186f1fd53c586ebb6.jpg


Thanks!


Sunny here but quite cold - taking care of the things I never had time for this week. Relaxing + productive Sunday!


Haven’t played that in years - fun!!


Nice! Mostly house chores and chillin, then seeing a family friend’s performance this evening


Happy Sunday, nostriches!

What are you getting up to today?


I voted 🇺🇸✔

(for better money, in a public “voting booth”)

Cc nostr:npub1kns8r25ppwc2vpsv5cvhlpk94nfad76k64pkdzfnn704th2hmcksgq3582 nostr:npub18kpw3akvdsyk239lx0jgwksr74sq4nlha3r8u9g2rnrhztfpfhysy469c4 https://image.nostr.build/11b725398aafe1b7dca30dbdf3e39d17b1005837cae70c774b5ac9be98adbeb5.jpg


6969 ⚡ to the purple D


That’s actually what I look like anyway


Relay related?


Wise words nostr:note1ahnr5t6lltz8ukyc046xjv4hk04s58enztf6dkwdkgzqrh32u0gs55cdyh


Maturing is realizing sometimes it is absolutely necessary to stack an irresponsibly large amount of sats.


At least the green kinda matches the banner lol


I’m just hiding out for a few


It’s kind of awesome tbh 😂


Ohhhh yeah


Happy to be of service 😂🫡


🫂💜
🤜🤛

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


🎵🎤🎧

https://youtu.be/bpDW7DQuIkA


Morning Maria 💜


Gm 🤜🤛


Gm Dan!


Gm Ava 🫂


Hmm

Paging nostr:npub1unmftuzmkpdjxyj4en8r63cm34uuvjn9hnxqz3nz6fls7l5jzzfqtvd0j2 ⛲🎧

🫡


Good morning nostr ☀

Just came across this piece of art in my bookmarks. Thank you Sleepy, for yet another belly laugh 😂🫂

Now it’s time to sync the #coffeechain nostr:note1kv8tnjep4fwdng7zagc35u8s397vu3vl6laf6f49xjn9crkmym2q3nj6zr


Are you sure? For me it removed the downloads (but left the episodes showing in my library - playable over WiFi/data but not downloaded to the device).

Try tapping the home button (bottom left) then profile icon (top left) then settings > library and disable auto-downloads. Then also try the “re-sync” button at the bottom. Worth a shot 🫡 https://image.nostr.build/f566c85db411bbca858b071af38883ee5b73e9121c4a36b9f869c7237c223240.jpg


That’s awesome 😂 I only got back 4gb of 8gb for some reason but still helps


Tap your profile icon, then settings > appearance


Also if you use fountain for pods 😉

nostr:note1a4zewzarhlfs6tcunerr94v5kmd962e4ymyg2yy7dzq994hyg0zqljjw8f


Looks like you can hit the three dots next to “library” and then delete all downloads! https://image.nostr.build/16d96c91827e872367b72b42c72558f9738cac98ad962e1a4a3f3e674511b790.jpg


Oof yeah fountain’s next on my list


😂😂😂 glad to help! Thanks for the ⚡💜


Time to clear Damus cache and free up EIGHT GIGABYTES of space on my phone 😂🫡


That house would last me all of about two hours 🤤


If you’ve never read this extraordinary short story by Andy Weir… you’re welcome 🤙

https://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html

#grownostr
#bookstr


I wouldn’t argue with that 🤝

It gets discouraging to see a lot of people get hyped up about something/someone that looks to them like a solution, when I see that same thing as an exacerbation of the problem. I love people - I care a lot, about people I’ll never meet (perhaps to a fault).

In this example, there’s no good choice for the upcoming election… but I definitely believe there is a worst choice. And my heart aches sometimes when I see the stuff that’s going on. Like I’ve said before… this is why I Bitcoin 🫡


Definitely “chaotic evil” alignment right there 😂😳 nostr:note1qyrcy40m40qg7hlya2h2qyyjzplpzguslec68nq5ltvwk2fz4aaqu6lq9c


I was just thinking this 😂


It’s odd (not really) that both the far left and far right throughout the past century (or always?) have advocated for not-so-different forms of a hostile takeover. Horseshoe effect…


Very much so 😬


If you claim to be anti-Marxist (or whatever), and yet somehow still manage to give Putin the benefit of the doubt (as a shocking number of people on the internet seem to), I strongly advise reading the article linked below.

Trump isn’t a savior, he’s an extraordinarily convenient puppet.

Full stop.

Yes, politicians all answer to their donors, we know that. But the trump thing is way more insidious than many people realize. Why do you think he’s so friendly to Russia?

America is young, but our re-election cycles and term limits (or lack thereof) do not yield long-term thinking. China is known for thinking 100-200 years ahead. Russia operates similarly. Low time preference. Not a strength of America’s, yet. (I am still hopeful).

Unfortunately, the demoralization approach is working. Pay attention. nostr:note135tfrn7ha2egpfhv8wways6hfsme0c84zuavnen4vhqz7fm9zddsq6ywkk


Any time 🤜🤛

Now you got me revisiting this rabbit hole 😂

https://bigthink.com/the-present/yuri-bezmenov/


Pretty sure Yuri Bezmenov was the kgb defector you’re thinking of. Not sure of the video but maybe a starting point!


I’m also noticing the on-chain balance goes back and forth between 0 sats, and my balance from prior to the new transaction I’m waiting for


How many confirmations should it take to register a new transaction? I’m looking for a UTXO with a few confirmations already done.

Related - I tried importing the seed as a “software wallet” to Sparrow and got an invalid checksum error. Are these incompatible? (Still new to Lightning’s technical underpinnings)


Is there any way to see all the on-chain addresses in your nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 app?

Seems like it autogenerates a new receive address every time you hit recieve, regardless of whether or not the previous address holds a UTXO.

It’s a little confusing and “different” from how most on-chain wallets handle the UX. Would love a bit more control here.


These are mostly old photos, but definitely a few old favorites! The two pours at the end are something from trillium, but I don’t recall which 🍻 https://image.nostr.build/bf4da83d1d7ad7d99deb4e67091a4c0cbef451fc2302c46f19cf9d1937cb0c5e.jpg https://image.nostr.build/4a2f35fb8ae3404569babf7fefa3eb3dea434cec05c2a914d458aeb003676b6a.jpg https://image.nostr.build/dcce872abad113631e439d51ea01fa2fd159c388fa7bd92e5ffc58be2f4c1f20.jpg https://image.nostr.build/15a0eb76c2a35af4ee9bd955c666730d6ee184eb9b101126e9822287f75f28b6.jpg https://image.nostr.build/b3b4afa7e0f8fe5758be247394c034c14f367490db61f8fc9742bfe438ef700f.jpg


Derek dude. The new nests looks amazing, works smooth af.

It opened and started playing with volume on mobile safari, no headphones required, and continues when I move to another app.

Chapeau my friend 🫡


I have not! Thanks for the rec 🙏


Is there an Apple-payment-related reason that the nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 purple tab on iOS doesn’t have a direct link to the Damus website, but instead just instructs the user to “go to Damus website to manage billing”?

Cc nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s


Besides opensats, brink, and HRF, are there additional nonprofits who contribute significantly to Bitcoin/freedom tech projects? I know Spiral does grants, and there’s bitcoindevlist, but am I missing others?

Ideally they don’t have the word “crypto” anywhere in their messaging (Google was not my friend)

Working on a little thing.

#asknostr
Cc nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8


Reminder.

Don't simp for politicians just because they say the word Bitcoin. They are not your friend. They wont save you.


Had an in-depth conversation with a colleague yesterday on Bitcoin. As we’ve talked over the past few months, his questions have gone from highly skeptical “it’ll never work” to “that part makes sense, but my remaining concern is…”

He’s a very intelligent dude, and it’s thrilling to see his understanding develop. It also helps me when someone questions the “easy” answers and forces me to dig deeper.

Conviction always seems to grow from questioning… which is pretty damn cool.


The pleasure is mine, fren 😂


Added 😁


Don’t forget about my free relay!

We still need more cool plebs to use it! It’s free for everyone to use and share.

wss://GALAXY13.nostr1.com

Take it for a spin and let me know how it runs.

Please repost this post. I’ll try to zap all of you!

#nostr #introduction #pv #coffeechain #plebs #relays #relay #free


Very cool 🤙 nostr:note1xm8mzzu0kfl4hsupff2ruwdcr3j8ydyx0vpzusf3esmyhnxh8aysmu2cjm


Good morning nostr ☀☕

Very busy week, but it’s Friday and the weekend could not come soon enough!


You’re telling me


The nature of everything


Got DN 😂


Oh! It’s in my DMs! One sec lemme try to redeem


Yeah same here

I get how to redeem when someone sends a qr or string of code, but I haven’t spent much time playing with the “zapping” version of things


Lfg


Indeed it is! I stayed inside until 9ish, but still enjoyed the morning ☀🫂


Gm Eshara!


Morning!


Gm 🫂


This proved to be outstanding advice. Had a great morning 🤙


🤔 I don’t see a notification or invoice in my receiving wallet


Glad you’re here, friend. Bring more people!


And you all thought you’d wake up to a normal gm or two in the main feed 😏

nostr:note1rqrxptu4p0crfrk5ulzyhvtvr95sadhqstm22atrl9zefmy6c4ysjj8zay


Proud of you brother - what an accomplishment 💪

Can’t wait to give it a test drive 🏎 nostr:note1995fxzm2jm2qparxuxw46xzgag8j9p7uw2l0c9vg03cn6668wj7qs33kl6


A good and early (5am!!!) morning to you all today🫂⚡💜

It’s still quite dark outside but I’m feeling pretty awake 🤙

My morning is structured such that I could enjoy another full sleep cycle and get up around 8.

Or I can rest, hug my sleeping wife, and gradually start the day. That version would necessitate a long cruise on the #coffeechain

Time will tell how sleepy I feel.

🥱😁🫂


For now. It’s so early


I have Stackchain (ie Derek) to thank for finding my way to Nostr.

If I could zap every note on this thread with a single push of a button, I f’in would.

Big love & good night, you strange and beautiful people ✨⚡


we were born in stackchain. this is nothing new.


813500 goodnight friends 🫂💜🤙


Same as you brother 🫂🤙


Are there any #freeAssange rallies or demonstrations in Boston, NYC, or otherwise northeastern US? nostr:note1j5ce9fp7jrwht2l0n3mvdvl9skn49wxxmjv6jst9r5vzuzrgwhmsylc62j


Gm gm gm


good morning EVERYBODY 🫂


Sup B!


Theoretically… despite price not mattering…

Assume a theoretical huge and continued price increase in Bitcoin, followed by a crisis and drawdown, & then a “6102B” confiscation event…

Wouldn’t even this drive the price up (mid- to long-term), worldwide, at least for genuine self-custodied Bitcoin? Because by then, the amount of 6102’d corn would be a significant reduction of total supply.

#Showerthought


Crepes here too 😂


Good morning ☀ https://image.nostr.build/b4f017925d8d37cc7c838e29ba18d7884349d93010cfafbc85a14399f34f1df5.jpg


Legacy social media will continue implementing paywalls over the next few years, so by the time nostr is ready for “everyone”, paying a few sats for high-quality relays (or my guess is, paying for a client that auto-joins pre-paid relays) will be much more normalized and the value  obvious. My two sats


Cold February evening sunlight

Sun your everything ☀

#artstr
#nature
#photography https://image.nostr.build/0d69970691db8266b293e1d5bd813945fb128577b4f51e24e4b9f42ba1795b87.jpg https://image.nostr.build/ac09bb549936d8f6b8eb71a6c722e44a08bb6a67bea9089b53bafa370089ef74.jpg https://image.nostr.build/947f35110a7d633abafd0a0f80cf2acacce99c9932beb002d795fb575072c3cf.jpg


Next nostr:npub1rukp00fmetcjl8r70rl8nrhw5kwpkghpacpkd9x4ms5gdh06xhtsjxz4f0 project? 🎨


It doesn’t change evil, it plugs a vulnerability that evil uses to fund and sustain like 90% of the awful shit it does.

Fiat is an exploit, #Bitcoin is the software update we need to fix it.


Good morning!


Must have happened around the same time as the Chicxulub asteroid

Time is weird


GM ☀

Happy Monday - you know what’s fun? When you’re working on a long project that you haven’t saved and then restart your computer by accident

I’m ready for the week LFG


Well said!

Get started here. nostr:npub1ahxjq4v0zlvexf7cg8j9stumqp3nrtzqzzqxa7szpmcdgqrcumdq0h5ech and nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 do a great intro vid

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IJbog_k5XWE


Coldcard is typically considered best -in-class, and most secure. I would agree with the sentiment). (I’m also a big fan of bitbox02 but both are great


Apparently now 🤣🫠

nostr:note1ekhf854765h4xzm8mh3fqhgufefwnd5dax6vxz6qurw54t9tprmq9ecg8p


Nudes and Other Sexiness Transmitted by Relays

In hindsight, kind of obvious nostr:note1y5d4ktmz9hu6nl8rtd7r2n37whwvqes6438lyep82su57eh37xjq3uye2u


You must have seen this coming https://image.nostr.build/584bd90c2e606221d1dc82a754e226b93423ea4f80bb4fbde5204a64aec09233.jpg  nostr:note18jrekuljjnt9z859fs0a9rt7kjtv7zpd4ytr0urhyzf0du4pdkfsqjr5pm


probably been said before but if nostr somehow didnt grow or change anymore I would keep using it eagerly.

we have a healthy, fun thing going here.

no perverse incentives no algorithmic dread combine.

benevolent global network that feels localized and we got some of the highest quality most interesting mfers alive with us.


G’night buddy


Holy shit. They mentioned Nostr?!?! https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/16/cant-decide-between-bluesky-mastodon-and-nostr-noottis-new-app-lets-you-post-to-all-three/


That might have convinced him https://image.nostr.build/9fadeb42153fca517b9e455656e09ede0c4be1f195bf3b9cef8a4b17b246e776.jpg


This is the way


Ledger is not considered best practice as far as securing Bitcoin goes. At most, use it as a “decoy stack” and leave it somewhere easy for a thief to find.


That’s just awesome ✌


You will send half of your half to your favorite nostr devs

So will Uno

🫡


A high school classmate had this on vinyl. An incredible album 🤍


🤣🤣 get me on that nostr purp


Very much this 🙏 🕉


Excellent 🫡


Gn buddy 🫂


Gotta get that 🍞


How’d I do? https://image.nostr.build/a038a03422d627bc52809168bde443be4975f57e242e255e044b5ea38706999d.jpg


Love it 🤣


So many sites now. It’s a damn shame


Seriously 😞


Yooooo thanks nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s 😂😂😂 https://image.nostr.build/34ea2fc77a7bc8dab85a31ef5b194a543703712a104aab152e4be3868b761f5d.jpg


His name is the last food you ate 👀

#catstr https://i.nostr.build/vER6.jpg


Sashimi 😂


You’ve taught him well


It’s been a couple months since I opened the Bitcoin magazine app - it used to be a nice way to read some articles and earn a few sats.

Wtf is this privacy-hostile nonsense from a Bitcoin company? No I’m not disabling my VPN for you; kindly gfy

Not mad, just disappointed https://image.nostr.build/5f7d98e71b4854a26dd60dda057fc5578797218aa88d02ef430b45387c64a6fa.jpg


Or maybe the heels got kicked off already


Good morning ☀

https://i.makeagif.com/media/1-08-2016/-dWoZG.gif


Classic 🤜🤛


😂😂 omg_riley_meme.gif 🤣


GN, P 🫂💜


Night Mark!!


G’night Duncan 🫂


GN Zach 🫂


Gn 🐺🫂🫂


Good night and Sweet dreams
Time for me to go to bed
With Love, Boston Wine


Unthinkable 🙄


11:11 ✨💜🤙


Good for them. People with their level of commitment to a philosophy deserve to get laid more


It doesn’t help that the US Republican Party has latched onto a handful of traditionally libertarian/liberal talking points (gun law, taxes, etc) to project an image of fighting for “your American freedoms”, while continuously promoting freedom-restricting policy and rhetoric


Phoenix is my default but seems to happen with any of them. Wbu?


nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s send halp I can’t zap odell https://image.nostr.build/13df851011e9887d1bb5ebcd44c63b418cee952e2fd4c97e95b8ee006a56c91c.jpg


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

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


ESOO

These olives were tasted for you in advance, just to make sure they’re extra delicious


Facts


Would never fight you on this 🤝


I love the fact I am here chatting (noting) with individuals I have never met and have no real idea who they are or where they’re from. But totally willing to read their views and takes on all aspects of life in this truly fecked up world. #nostr


Boom! That’s awesome 💥 I can almost smell them from here 🫂


I promise this is relevant 😂

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nv6FMEvNiWo


The whole room smells amazing lol


Agreed - elegant, but with so much “presence”


Love em. Such dramatic flowers, every time


#flowerstr
#grownostr https://image.nostr.build/38abaefdb2872ccf8046004eadab658b1a0f52b8b58bf3c0f626c0ea830242da.jpg


Gm ✌


Yummm


GM #coffeechain

https://barringtonhills-il.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/coffee-gif.gif


Morning!


😂 maybeeee lol


I need a web and graphic designer for some paid projects. Doesn’t have to be the same person but you’ve got to have incredible taste and the ability to start ASAP.

Please send me links to your previous work if you’re interested.

Also, Nostriches, please spread this one around! 🙏


Goodnight nostr 🫂🌌 nostr:note14ks4zpyg38kfc06kfzgce0jelk98nzz5xxjpjsvrpd0egxz69aeqhejpye


I will 🤗


Very ✨


I’ve always loved Orion ✨ https://image.nostr.build/dd14655c0aeba6ff5757a1acc77b6b773f061a76b4c7923c8adeaedb393edef5.jpg


Om nom nom want

https://media4.giphy.com/media/xT0xeMA62E1XIlup68/giphy.gif


Happy Friday Ally! Hope you have a great weekend 🫂✌


Respect!

My savings are in Bitcoin only — hardest GFY money ever and all that — but I’ve always been curious about Monero, from a philosophical/ethical perspective.

My sense is that Monero users have a similarly strong and overlapping set of ideals to the Bitcoin community, perhaps most notably the absence of the fiat-shitcoin-hype nonsense surrounding pretty much every other cryptocurrency.

Monero also sounds objectively better from a privacy perspective, all else held equal (but my education here is limited).

Bitcoin provides decent privacy from a “leave me alone” perspective — the legacy system isn’t tracking your every Lightning transaction with cookies and pixels and GA4 and all that. (Or are they? Idfk)

Monero strikes me more as a “secrecy” money — like “I’m doing whatever the fuck I want with my money and you can’t find out even if you want to”.

Ideologically I respect that. Not sure I need it for my day to day, but I get the ethos.

Those are my cognac-infused musings. Curious your thoughts, Ava 🤙


A little cognac on Friday after work sounds like just the ticket tonight

https://media1.tenor.com/m/PBOJt8l99SQAAAAC/liquor-shaking.gif


My friend 🫂🫂🫂💜 thank you for sharing this and I’m so sorry for the loss of your son. Can’t imagine 💔❤🩹

I know it’s different, but my mom passed away when I was a teenager. That experience of loss and grief, darkness and light, taught me a great deal about life, death, love, faith, the universe, and myself. The feeling of presence and connectedness to the ones we love is something I hold closely, always

 I’m glad to hear you’ve found passion and purpose anew here. I think this Bitcoin/freedom/humanitarian thing gives many of us a new outlook and hope for a better world 💜


(Also I only use Damus for this npub so no bad for me, but hey ✌)


The human network is the way! #Plebchain 💪


GN brother 🫂


What brilliant fun 🤜⚡🤛

🫂


Goodnight frens 🫂


He touches on precisely this in a great episode of nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u's new(ish) pod 🤙

https://fountain.fm/episode/zPnotKFlMHPn7RwYKGnJ


Couldn’t agree more 🫂🫡

And thanks for the ⚡⚡💜


Welcome to nostr!

Just curious - what is “ycc” Bitcoin?


I met a few bitcoiners IRL tonight, which is rare for me. It was just delightful… It’s hard to describe just how fulfilling it is, to be a part of this.

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to participate in some kind of thing that brings humanity higher, but the problems that need solving felt impossible.

Bitcoin offers, among other things, a financial incentive to do the “right” thing across a range of contexts.

This has gradually (and sometimes suddenly) restored my sense of hope and faith in human society.

❤

H/t nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx, nostr:npub1cf3zeytdnwgwzz5pk2ax0vvmmlzad03xcft4d50ejrfhsh8pxcdsefx7gk, nostr:npub1wlkfvm7dvnusz9fv44wuwucu0jp3lc3wqt36ax0lz33hukjga7wq6hqwhy 🔥


Hey Betty ✌


😂 I got the sarcasm — mostly at least! lol or at least the much-warranted skepticism. Sounds like BS to me


Oh good


🤔🤔 vibes like a control thing though


Apple breaks PWAs in the EU? Am I reading that correctly…? nostr:note1trhtwmguxl2rkh0c7zyruj0mx8y3xnsrlygwfn9lse7tqdd2fhqqcvhs8q


Oh good that’s okay then


Literally I heard this in my head one second ago 😂😂😂😂


Is it too late to buy Bitcoin?


Good morning!


😂 gm


Gm Jay 🤜🤛


Hey Maria ✌


Gm Dan 🤙


Morning buddy!


GM the sun is making little laser rays on my window 🌇 https://image.nostr.build/b9cf12971f5bf168873616e1e372cef6d0b435dc879514b8e579fe5e1de324df.jpg


GN ❤🫂


Purp skurp 💜🫡


Many folks who previously supported Elizabeth Warren during Occupy Wall Street and her fight for the everyday worker have questions and concerns about the Senator's stance on #Bitcoin. Our values have not shifted, have hers?

Our latest TPB with nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx and nostr:npub1kulpcgnttge4d5axu6fw7ha8splmwujrg8yufffg9xnq8dqrzlus4m5xv0 via YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts

https://v.nostr.build/BA8K.mp4

https://youtu.be/UfXCW08hJ7k?si=vz5DQJwj8BKDOS9G


I have questions!

- I’m looking at the “+1” scores here and there which suggests a plan to calculate retention scores based on data. Relays, stats.nostr.band, something like that?

- So far, it the largest inflows of new users have been catalyzed by something external (Jack’s donation, Elon’s ban, etc.) that brings attention to nostr, and then a percentage (no idea how many) end up sticking around

- Anecdotally, I’m here because Derek mentioned it on stackchain Twitter and I joined because it looked fun and Bitcoin-y. I stayed because of the quality of interaction with people that just never seemed to exist in other social spaces, along with a sense of wonder and excitement that it may actually work.

But none of my friends or coworkers who have created an npub have logged in after their first day or two, go my knowledge. Namely because censorship-resistant, Bitcoin-enabled, freedom tech stuff isn’t a priority for most of them. So it seems like it’s still a self-selecting audience, at least for a social media use case.

- Incentives for advocates is an interesting question. “Use my ref link” is so often associated with cringeworthy “influencer” content that I’d steer clear, personally, but the flip side is that we know it works sometimes….

- If there were better tools to understand more about where new users come from, that could be valuable, but again, with our philosophically/ideologically freedom- and privacy-conscious user base, I’d bet that a nostr client loaded up with Google analytic tags would be a non starter.

I have more questions than answers, it seems 🫡


Feels good man


😂 I took a little midjourney to get here


Good morning #coffeechain

Nothing like a hot cappuccino on a cold day ☕❄😉 https://image.nostr.build/5b8d3b24d94483157871b049b85b24ac9a2b2b1a0025fc7b29349fa26c2711a5.jpg


1. Each of the others require various levels of privacy-violating KYC

2. Any of those services can de-platform a user and freeze their funds without warning

3. Earning sats is cool af


The best kind


GN #comfystr https://image.nostr.build/e0204ca68c955957ef48831362cd988d3c6152b13a981fd91986771d8684ffe6.jpg


So much dammit


Favorite aspect of Bitcoin would be the countless, multidisciplinary things I’ve learned by way of the rabbit hole

Second favorite would be the community of people who care about fixing the world and believe it can be done.

Third favorite would be the sats. Or is that redundant 😉


Me percent at least


🤣🤣 laughed aloud, read this reply to my wife, she burst out laughing too

Well played 😂👏👏👏


Now THIS is the way 🫡


Has anyone read Conceived in Liberty?

#bookstr
#asknostr


Yep!


Now this is what I’d call a banger note

Right nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424? nostr:note15cx7j8q3d5fmggz7pav85j07w8klnsgnzej35454k63kee0xpz5srzhl5j


No ref link?


Evaporated is the word!

Once we stopped being able to break the Lightning wallets, our job was pretty much done lol


I hear that a lot


Ooh I like this one nostr:note13v7m47pfx05ayxr8m5u9ely8pqkwac8ert8hhaynnww6uxjkx7ystpnylr


I bookmarked to look at when I can focus thoughtfully on one thing; nostr iPhone scroll sessions aren’t conducive to small font/lots of text, but anything to #grownostr is worth saving for later at least 🤙


THIS IS BOOSTED! nostr:note1d3pnma2vwuquj0geplgdtccdt95qcfz2m6gw3v2d6ewexyp49qtqurdg3g


Boost
Boost
Boost
Meme
Boost
Boost but doesnt get the joke
Boost
Cool dev thing
Boost
Boost
Typo

Welcome to my feed


I always assumed it was a gif and just hit the unmute button 😳

Not sure which was more terrifying, the sound I imagined or the real one


I can never un-hear that sound, and I’m only imagining it


You can never unsee the #Rosstrich! #zapathon
https://video.nostr.build/fc1131484fccb14d2964ba75c98ddb1d58858657e2efa3f1c8a1e1770e04b306.mp4


Yahahahaha


I'm running the banger algo, not the all ago. Sorry.


Boost this note, it must be SEEN


Here you go! https://image.nostr.build/00ad2d65a132f0d5c75b6c63f48279e445def86fe95549810de9c0ee53bca6dd.jpg  nostr:note1ursu2pzt8ldt3q8tlntfl85ftz97aq76qcgee9rcrw2cqhvxamzs2luer0


https://www.gifcen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/this-is-the-way-gif-5.gif nostr:note15n6wzhu2vux09zmj8kqcvrqax69rhad9ny75fhv78ffvqfgcsnwqxdmfch


Make Nostr unusable for 30 minutes once a week again!

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P R E S C I E N T


Is anyone gonna tell him nostr:note1c356793809gwngwnyupkasv34ruuzl8x594c8v2eh30p2w4xvr9sygtct7


whats a boost


#boostathon dat azz nostr:note16qumd65eu0rzv4wvq08dm3qfcngqc2m93r02fekh9dvsm8pnq2lspxmen3


What do you mean some people nostr:note1rwwnvpa9qyyd5pcyra2agrlvrhmxd02p6k4dj2t9nnsnqdkuwsgs0g4lfq


I heard right 😂 nostr:note10e8m6ukz8772c8vh4pfgq8qh7wf6mnxes0xqaj3zhtqc088hhcxquzk2uc


Yes Sir I believe that was me a minute ago 😂
I should really boost that note though to increase visibility. It's a banger.


🤣🤣🤣 actually though hahaha
Great minds


It’s far less risqué than I expected lol


Did I hear someone say BOOSTATHON

It’s still early enough to stress-test stuff, right? nostr:note1e3afvgegm5up4vntqul532xlcnj7ka0qn0xxpjdkfrpppz24qjvsrpgkj0


Me neither had to google it 🤣


Copy that.
Boosting every note thrice now.

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Love footage of Nostr relays if everyone boosts all the things 😂 https://c.tenor.com/qg324pNzm50AAAAC/tenor.gif
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Wait fuck I don’t either


You heard the man

Derek said boost em all nostr:note1cg5t5kvpv2uut6lj0ll38raggqjekcg03spvxp64ef9z7qdecg8qagj82t


I have that effect on anons


That’s very cool


Where

https://media1.tenor.com/m/tEEjB0RnxyAAAAAC/puppet-awkward.gif


Never knew that. Sick ⚡🤙


This 👇 nostr:note1gc6dtthqhsrykcrd0wsmwcqxrhjx2u7wm0js75txcwe0343m2wjqnpcfy0


Beautiful


Boost banger ass notes 🫡 nostr:note1w56fwj68c6dnqu3t33fsyjn6uj0wnkh34f2c2ft3em3m5q25crdsaky0r4


But how

Is it a multi use qr? https://image.nostr.build/9cdec5b818bf7fe22fca6cbed6c4b097c5dace95207ff6c0ef97b9f52ad89e3f.jpg


https://image.nostr.build/a7a54b5534fd7c54052d20c79037159d569af1182c0cb2f5734b1f14c417c253.jpg  nostr:note1p2ppzpu9xp9xjxezgqfldxgpu3rm6eemedlq5twgcxqdxyrq8myq5rfdxj


Haha any time - “we are the algorithm” is a great meme but also very true. See something you like, zap & repost it, more people see it, etc

It’s organic and so much more authentic 🤙


Depends on your client but mostly no

Doesn’t mean more clients couldn’t easily implement them


Oh hello


Good morning while it’s still morning

Snowy ❄


That’s an all time favorite at my house too


GN 🥱💤

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/30/b7/d630b738e0d11c7e4a8599b56f646ac8.gif


Just wait til we hit 60K


Had a feeling that would catch your eye 🤣


Maybe he’s just sad because Marie has a new boy toy:

https://media1.tenor.com/m/H627PKHZHP4AAAAC/walking-into-my-wax-appoinment-hairy.gif


😂 she’s a keeper sir


🫂🫂 https://image.nostr.build/eb73c04e471fb6a9d9c1d462d600a655cf742c8a5368ce167e565e822817128e.jpg


She may even get into it if you’re patient


#Onlyzaps - a haiku

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


Dude could use some manscaping if we’re being honest

https://i.gifer.com/3fbj.gif


That’s hysterical 😂


How’s that going for ya 🤣🤣


All that inflation


Be patient


Unless it’s Roger…..


That counts too!


Anyone got a new gf yet?


Everyone comes back for the Nostr bull run. Some of us have always been bullshit, building this whole time.


Did you consolidate UTXOs? 🫠 https://image.nostr.build/e0663a1b979ad67d35b3e2d23a2c537f243f5774ac8ee28270e80c0baea93550.jpg


Not. Even. Close.


Something I think about a lot is the idea of sonder. I read about it many years ago in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

Here’s what it means:

sonder
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
—

This stuck with me, and it’s something I think about almost daily. It’s a reminder to be empathetic. A reminder that we all have a story.

It’s easy to forget that everyone you interact with is the main character in their own story, and you’re just an unnamed extra in one scene — “Impatient Guy in Traffic #2.”

Sure, you might be a supporting actor in the stories of your family and close friends, but for 99.99999% of the world you don’t even exist in any real sense. You’re not a part of their story, just as they are not a part of yours…

But there is one story that we’re all a part of; the Big Story. It’s a story we write together, without ever consciously doing so.

Here we all are, living as the main characters in our own separate stories, but we’re together on this beautiful blue-green rock in the middle of the vast nothingness of space. An infinitesimal speck in the universe, our individual story timelines completely irrelevant in the cosmic scheme of things. But when you put all those interconnected stories together, over the entire span of humanity’s history and future, the timeline of our shared story grows. The future is pure potential.

Anyway, just some morning musings I wanted to share.

I’m glad to have you all in my story, and to play a small part of yours.

And I’m glad we’re all part of a larger story that’s still being written. We’ll never see how it ends, but we may as well make our part in it as exciting and beautiful as possible.

Good morning.


It’s an extraordinary realization to experience and maintain.

I learned about it while working in a little wine shop years ago, in the context of “you and your client interact for a blip in each others’ existence” - most of the time not realizing the “underwater iceberg” of one another’s experience before, during, and after that moment.

It’s something I’ve carried with me ever since 🙏


GN 🫂


Morning Dan!


Gooooood morning Nostriches ☀

It’s Monday and we get to be Here today. How exquisite is that 🤙


Been a minute since Ozzy made his way onto one of my playlists but this feels appropriate

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b75Fz8CqAW4


GN yo 💜🫂


re: satoshi #nirvana shirt

racists, transphobes, and homophobes...here's what kurt thought of you.

from the liner notes of nirvana's incesticide album:

"At this point I have a request for our fans.  If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us -- leave us the fuck alone!  Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records."

-Kurdt (the blonde one)

#cyberscgirl #nirvana #satoshi #btc

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I get excited


disabling the buy button won't work this time


Hell of a kick though 🔥


Alright nostr. Can the power of “all the fish in a tiny pond” move the needle?

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#plebchain
LFG nostr:note1zacltqx6qd8q0k3t7rjyd62h42akdsuv7ch2hp5tk33fegv6k52qnzm2xs


Yo…….

That could actually work


Definitely got the conversation flowing at my house 😂🫡


Wut 😮

Congrats 🎉🫂💜


One good thing came out of that game


I also think of it more like chess than a ball game. Strategic maneuvers and all that. That’s what keeps my interest.

Along with the beer.


Beer


Thank you!


nostr:npub19jk45jz45gczwfm22y9z69xhaex3nwg47dz84zw096xl6z62amkqj99rv7 what’s up buddy! feels like I haven’t seen you in a minute 🫂


Hey I know that one


I like being on #nostr and working on #bitcoin stuff because it’s where I can be my most authentic.

Like Bitcoin is the fucking truth; good bad and the ugly. I’m not my most authentic self in other aspects, such as my fiat day-job. In Bitcoin we’re getting real about life, our world, and hope for the future. In addition to when I’m with my family and close friends, I’m truly myself and my life long passion is and will be bitcoin, advancing its adoption and what it can do for everyday people and our world. The rest is noise to me and I just don’t care.


Got it. Do those nodes basically still validate blocks and broadcast the node runner’s transactions? What does it mean to block incoming connections


Congrats homie! Glad to have met you (relatively recently) and stoked for another year 🤙


1 YEAR ON NOSTR 🦦

This platform has been such a positive in my life

It’s nice to have so many like minded people to shoot the shit with every day

We’re all just going through this whole crazy ride together

I’m very thankful for bitcoin, for nostr, and for all of you!

🫡


Glad to have you here! LFG


😳 Thank you, I'm glad to be here. I've learned so much, and hopefully made a few people have a good laugh. This next year will be full of good times 🤙


Owned by the preemptive self-🤙

🤦♂

“That’s okay honey it happens to everyone sometimes” 🙄


How many Bitcoin nodes are currently in operation?

Is bitnodes.io considered a reliable source? It suggests 18K “reachable” nodes and 53K “global” nodes (although I’m not entirely sure what defines the difference).

#asknostr


😂 just had to make me see that again today didn’t ya


That’s a lot of blocks


Happy anniversary brother 🤜💥🤛


Play station?


Oh shit


Final fantasy viii


Cc nostr:npub1zafcms4xya5ap9zr7xxr0jlrtrattwlesytn2s42030lzu0dwlzqpd26k5 nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s


Feedback for nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 search feature:

The search bar scrolls away at the top of the feed when a user scrolls through search results, but the keyboard remains active, and the disparity is confusing.

Would be better to either hold the search bar frozen to the header, or auto-close out of search/keyboard when scrolling down https://video.nostr.build/e5125017a6f3ea641d10945f86e2c9dac9bfb2709a215b54c6ecb582f2b2d342.mp4


Time to try sending at 5 sats?


So much respect 🤣😂🤣👏👏🫡 nostr:note1raljf6wt96qzk5zn02vqtwupdmk5lqmncmusvelycs70vptxnetqhqmws3


Lunch


🤤 it was


Love having you here buddy 🫂


Happy 🐉 dim sum dinner https://image.nostr.build/2a9c13e9fb61164ce6625010a73b2220686c6c54ea17d508ef07cccdc0f6bd01.jpg


Mosaic Art of Mosques: Isfahan, Iran

https://a.mindlycdn.com/media_attachments/files/111/909/301/786/965/980/original/9607fcaba3bdf402.jpeg


Oh fuck I just broadcasted


I don’t even think most people know there are 21M yet

Most people I talk to say “they’re mining more every day and someone probably could build a back door or hack it to get extra coins”

We’re still absurdly early


Dang yo


Noooooooo why


Why does it feel like suddenly all of the sudden?

#Bitcoin


GM none of this now https://image.nostr.build/c73380960e77845120e4883c4c4fda5c3ffe427c96ec153851d3afd9439f9d7f.jpg


You’re a generous, caring, and conscientious person

Thank about this 100x

🫂


Time for everyone to smash buy, I guess


Nice choice ser


It’s pretty amazing that a little piece of paper can still be exchanged for over 21 one-millionths of a Bitcoin.


Imagine someone had a crazy idea to open a dive bar for bitcoiners.

Yep, we did that.
https://image.nostr.build/a96ecd0b55bf237592b5f05bd360658efdacf97da782753463579be1ecef0252.jpg


My coworker has been curious about Bitcoin, but reluctant to buy in. Got him to download CashApp.

When he goes out for coffee, I ask him to grab me one, then I CashApp him with sats so he can watch what happens to a slowly growing stack. https://image.nostr.build/57121fe84d674ece42cfebb66ded2b9ccb54b0ab5ea84d431167b60db04aafb3.jpg


Morning!


Gm my friend 🤙


GM THIS IS THE WAY


Damus on iphone, macos, linux, android, android tablet, and ipad. All native. No web.

https://cdn.jb55.com/s/damus-everywhere.mp4


Morning 🤜🤛


Gm Siddh!


Most certainly


GM #coffeechain

https://media1.tenor.com/m/RFm8mN8jV64AAAAC/espresso-classy.gif


Gm 🤙


Water, espresso, a pastry, ibuprofen, and exercise

In that order 🫡


This guy gets it

Welcome 🫂


Still doing this. It’s awesome. GN 🫂 nostr:note10jgvu2n7hca8qmee6gmzfrdqtc5efvz7jergexpzy64zeqde5e5qhyn8hf


😂 it feels so damn good


😂 guess I should have qualified adulthood with,

“that sweet spot in adulthood before other humans or animals are dependent on you, so your only responsibilities are staying awake for your partner and putting yourself to bed”


I count breaths


Soon™


🤔

I do see your 1.6 note


I’m reading this on Damus


Adulthood means being able to get in bed at whatever time you want

Even if that is 9pm

On a Friday

In NYC

AMA

GFY

ILY


How about now 😁


Finally weekend 🙏


Probably.

But Putin is the one inspiring the newest conservative-America-circle-jerk


No. I’m offering a word of caution when people get exhilarated by the meticulously crafted manipulations put forth by popular news, tv, and political figureheads.

A lot of people seem to forget about “don’t trust verify” when the position comes from a contrarian point of view. Skepticism of rich and powerful incumbents should be heightened in situations like this, not disregarded because “fuck the legacy system anyway”


I’m a softy and I love the good vibes, but it’s also a setting where people can respectfully disagree because there’s no engagement incentive to behave badly


War, whether civil or between nations, is always tragic. The Donbas war started when a Russian citizen tried to take over a Ukrainian city.

Civil wars are horrible in part because the citizens of a nation are in such deep conflict that it escalates beyond political processes. Evil acts are committed. I’m not saying that’s okay.

All I’m saying, from the beginning, is that the president of one country invaded a sovereign nation and started blowing people up, in the interest of expanding their own border. It’s not that complicated.

If USA decided to invade Canada or Mexico I would condemn it just as strongly. When I was in elementary school, we wrote a letter to GWB asking that he not send troops to Iraq, and my whole elementary class signed it. Naive and young, yes. But I haven’t changed my opinion on invading other countries.


That’s a lotta sats


Pretty sure Ukraine didn’t blow up a bunch of Russian cities prior to the invasion. It’s not that complicated.

I’ll support criticism of any state or leader who acts horribly. Right now the criticism is for Putin. Like I said, I’m not interested in whataboutism. The guy in charge of Russia gave orders to murder a bunch of his neighbors. It’s horrible. Simple as that.


Morning!


Awww, my son just brought me to tears. We no longer live in the house where the kids grew up. Why that is is another story. I have expressed sadness that the kids no longer have their home. What does he say? "Mom, it doesn't matter. YOU are our home" I still have moist eyes 🥹


Good morning nostr ☀

It’s Friday and it’s nice out and the espresso is hot ☕


The child who threw the first punch would have a longer timeout than the one who was calling names. Doesn’t make name-calling okay.

One country decided to invade the other and begin murdering thousands of people. That is objectively more heinous than whatever internal conflict was previously happening in Ukraine. I’m confident of that because Ukrainian cities and civilians weren’t being blown up every day, before.

There’s a time and place for analysis,  nuance, and evaluating both sides. And there’s a time for condemning inhumane behavior for what it is.

And right now, it’s the leader of the invading country who went live in air to announce that he hasn’t killed enough civilians yet.

Sometimes it isn’t that complicated.


Yeah I was mad. Still am. Also still love the nostriches here and the fact that we can disagree and still 🫂🤙 after


G’night Ava!


GN 🫂


🙏 will dream of purple ostrich friends

Gm friend


Good talk, team 🤜💥🤛

GN 🫂


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.


Disagreement is healthy and it brings us closer to truth!

I get, for lack of a better word, a deeply “icky” feeling whenever I hear him talk, regardless of subject matter. I’ve felt that way since I was young, and I trust my instincts.

And the fact that he’s going out of his way to give a platform to the first mass murderer of the 2020s doesn’t do him any favors.

Love you homie - keep seeking 🤙


Carlson and Trump both want to appear hapless, funny, relatable.

Look up NLP.

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In many instances I would agree on principle, and I respect wanting to understand what makes the guy tick.

If I believed Carlson was doing this interview for some humanitarian motive, to “shed light” on why a nuclear power has attempted to obliterate its neighbor, I might go in with a different mindset.

But Putin doesn’t need this platform to promote his angle. He’s not saying anything new. And Carlson’s general viewer/listener-base is prone to side with the contrarian viewpoint as a general rule.

In my (skeptically interrogated, bitcoiner-philosophy) opinion, Carlson isn’t acting on deep principles of journalistic integrity.

It seems to me that, as usual, he’s taking advantage of a situation rife with conflict, fear, and uncertainty, to expand his reach and shill his brand


Tinylittlebabymanbitches fosho


Decades-old KGB strategies were implemented during the Cold War with the express goal of seeding division and mistrust in America. “Making the truth nearly impossible to find” was one of their primary methods.

Look at the internet today.

I agree, the current system is broken. It’s why I put my faith in bitcoin, as a way to restore transparency and trust, and to align self-interest with societal goals.

Oil-funded authoritarians and fear-mongering talking heads are not going to fix what’s broken.


I did not know a lot about Ukraine before Russia invaded and annexed Crimea. Even then, I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t pay a lot of attention, but I know it looked like a scary and hostile move.

I still don’t know enough about modern Ukrainian history to make a confident, opinionated statement about their leadership (but it seems as though you hold a very confident opinion on the matter). But I do know that one president sent his military to invade a neighboring country, while another didn’t…

I said before that I’m not excusing American imperialism. Nor am I commenting on the Ukrainian state’s internal politics. I’m aware of how much I don’t know.

But I’m also not going to engage in bullshit games of whataboutism. Putin ordered his military to subdue or destroy a neighboring country.  99% of the time, it’s the “bad guy” who gives that order.


Washed up media whore gives air to a mass murderer on a failing social network.  Pass.


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.


This


😂😂 I feel confident when I say you will go to bed with more brain cells and a higher sperm count by turning that video off 🤣


🤣🤣🤣 I just read this to my wife and she goes “I love him” 😂👏👏


Putin, Putin/Carlson


Appreciate you sir, first of all.

American “empire” propaganda is dangerous, damaging, manipulative, scary, and at times, murderous.

I’m not excusing it for a minute.

If US tax dollars had been required to fund the war in Iraq (instead of GWB2’s money printer), there would have been a civilian revolution instead of an endless war overseas.

But I believe American leadership has become entirely detached from American ideals.

For what it’s worth, I don’t believe that most Russian citizens want a conqueror’s war in Ukraine. Most of them probably oppose it. But they live in a country where, if they speak up too loudly, they will “disappear” along with their families.

It’s the leader of THAT country who is being given a platform today. Who is being celebrated by people with the word “freedom” in their bio. Who is publicly and shamelessly proclaiming that he hasn’t murdered enough civilians to be satisfied.

When any other nation’s leader does this, trust that I will condemn it with similar emphasis.

But today, it’s Putin and Carlson who asked for the spotlight, so it’s time they damn well get it.