All the best for the future


There’s 2 types of plebs. https://i.nostr.build/NDDOQawioWWvq1uU.jpg


Still early days


Thrilled to launch the world’s first cartoon that teaches kids about Bitcoin vs CBDCs in 2 days!

We’ll post the whole episode on every platform (can nostr support 22 min videos?)

Thank you to nostr:npub1ahxjq4v0zlvexf7cg8j9stumqp3nrtzqzzqxa7szpmcdgqrcumdq0h5ech , nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak , nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx , nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8, Stacey Herbert, Max Keiser, nostr:npub18p63njhaxftx3m8luk2h0umj8p3cmfx09kv9hqhext7gr5ea585qsc0k8k and nostr:npub1tftc33ttam85wraffce62cgtvvjrmttquqlv6a0agtfm5nl4vues82xar5 and many others for lending their talents to this episode!
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Thanks for the advice


It’s human nature to be greedy, shallow minded people


My animal friends - why would you want to eat them ? Are you a Canibal?
You choose

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That’s a really intuitive observation😎 sometimes the people we are closest to are the worst critics


“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.”

-- Aldous Huxley


Really love your nature photos


Never thought of it like that but it’s true because it immobilises us


Is that the sea in the background?


It has become clear to me that aging itself does not bring wisdom. It often brings regression to childishness, dependency, and bitterness over lost opportunities. Only those who are still intellectually, emotionally, spiritually growing inherit the richness of aging. ~James Hollis https://image.nostr.build/72cd85e052ba53ae0e38fccfecf91a5d4e1b96c7026251c2942f62ce0b79e3a3.jpg


Yeah it’s taken me a lifetime to learn the value of time. I wish  Austrian economics was taught in school when I was there. Still it’s never too late to learn


Loved it


Here but download it though not sure how long I'll have it up
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Is Amerhyst available on the App store


Yeah but it’s a no brainer that it will happen


Love this idea


☺ There’s a little coffee shop where two people walk up to the counter.
“Five coffees, please. Two for us, and three hanging.”
They pay, take their two coffees, and leave.

Curious, I ask the barista, “What’s a hanging coffee?”
“Just wait, and you’ll see,” they respond with a smile.

A little while later, two girls come in. They each order a coffee, pay, and go on their way. Then, three women order seven coffees: three for themselves and four hanging.

My curiosity deepens. What’s with all these “hanging” coffees?

Then, a man in worn clothes, who looks like he’s fallen on hard times, approaches the counter and asks, “Do you have a hanging coffee?”
“Yes, we do, sir,” the barista replies, handing him a hot cup of coffee.

I finally understood. People are paying in advance for coffees that will be served to anyone who can’t afford one.

This heartwarming tradition began in Naples, but it’s now spreading to cities and towns across the world. In some places, it’s not just hanging coffees—you can leave sandwiches or even a full meal for someone in need.

Imagine if we all embraced this simple act of kindness in our own communities. A small gesture like this could make a world of difference to someone’s day, or even their life.

Let’s start bringing this tradition to every city and town. One small act of generosity could ripple out and touch countless lives in ways we can’t even imagine. #Nostr #Bitcoin #coffeechain #kindness 🧡💜 https://image.nostr.build/9ecd005411247d6c41bc6aea78b995fe64089d12f37f1ea6fc626572e00f187c.jpg


George


lol I’ve watched a couple of your Docos
I wish it was that easy to Orange Pill here in Australia. I do feel encouraged by your enthusiasm though. It’s great to be part of a paradigm shift that bitcoin is at my age.
Look forward to your next doco


Sorry about your loss


My dinner 🍲


Yea cool😀


Yea I went to the amazing flower market  years ago - saw a lot of Tulips


Thanks  I’m listening to to Unlimited Hangout episode 57 called Plundering the Crisis Economy with John Titus


Watching my Austrian Economics lecture while eating dinner

I think it’s called multi-tasking 😎
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Wow


Yea I’m going to take a listen😎


I’m new at stacking Sats and want to know more. Where can I find you article that contains “Stack Sats Stack Time” please


It’s a beautiful City
I spent a lot of time there in early 1990s and other parts of the Netherlands


What about baby boomers — I’m pleased I had splinters -took me a while to become a Bitcoin enthusiast


Collecting Sats


Beautiful


@jarstar


How do I tag a friend


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alt Evolution on how couples met over time

Why Nostr Matters.
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It can also depend on where you live  and who you hang around


Great comment
I have a friend who just started his own beekeeping business in NZ


I really love Nostr
It saved me from aimlessly scrolling of Facebook
Instead I can enjoy a coffee here at 62 degrees, scrolling Nostr
Onwards and upwards😎
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Very grateful to be at the beginning of a paradigm shift in my Bitcoin journey
Learning about Austrian economics on th Michael Saylor website 😎


Yea it is definitely thought provoking
Really wish I had learned this at school!


Yea me neither, it’s Austrian for me now

Lesson number 1

Value is subjective 😎


I started the free course  on  Australian Economics on the  Michael Saylor website!. It’s amazing


I like zaps because it  motivates


Thanks for the say’s
I’m learning every day about self sovereignty and hodling


That’s fantastic. I’m also new to crypto and excited to learn more about the lightening network


It's getting worse:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7yel28rx6o


Wow where can I get your book?


My journey from North Korea to freedom taught me that true freedom is more than escaping physical borders. It’s about breaking free from systems of control. So I see Bitcoin as a tool to help people regain their freedom, not as a matter of being a "Bitcoiner," but as a way to empower individuals to protect their fundamental human rights.


Send some to me please


Free markets are more productive because more ideas compete to provide value to you.

A global free market equals faster deflation with every person in the world becoming wealthier as the productivity gains flow to them in the form of lower prices.

But, that comes at a direct cost to those extracting value from the world through a control system that gains its power…..by stealing ours.

Our world and each of us in it makes perfect sense.
Just a mirror reflection of two different operating systems with the system you give your energy to, reinforcing your reality.

The one based on coercion, control, and scarcity! An extractive model, preying on fear while the majority make it stronger (in their minds) by their actions within it.

Or

The one based on truth, hope, and abundance. A cooperative model - where we see that we are all connected.

#Bitcoin and freedom tech.

Choose wisely!


Yea I’m struggling with those thoughts too


I now understand what UX means. If you have any advice for a beginner please share


Good question. I have played for a couple of years now so my pelvis is pretty stiff


Congratulations, time is precious so we need to prioritise and  learn more about Bitcoin


Nice to meet you


Thanks for the reminder


Really enjoyed your podcast -debt for dummies - and your explanation of  a Zombie company


I’m happy using that name because it’s true.  I am old and love Crypto.  I always knew the financial system was corrupt but had no idea how corrupt
The penny dropped when I read The Bitcoin Standard and Lyn Alden’s “Broken money”


Freedom, free markets, and individual rights are the pillars of a prosperous society."
This resonates with me and why we need Bitcoin


Great post. I checked out the speech he said at the UN recently


Yes what a lovely photo. You are an inspiration


Evil


Privacy and learning


Orange pilling with Rick.

We talk money, time, energy and why #Bitcoin is one of the best tools we've ever created.

The harder our money, the better we are.

Time and #Bitcoin are the only assets where no amount of demand can create more supply.

https://youtu.be/hW36zox-xR8?si=GP-OSoU6CbF41DO6
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I like using Strike for sending peer to peer seamlessly to friends


I must be becoming a Bitcoin evangelist
Today I mer a 77 year old man who told me he was sent 129 Bitcoin in 2009 !
Sadly he lost it all because he didn’t take it seriously
I commiserated with him because I heard about Bitcoin but didn’t know how to buy it
Better late than never though
I told him to read  the two most influential book of 2024

The Bitcoin Standard
broken money


Just love that it is decentralised and nobody owns it


Thanks for the tip.  I appreciate all the posts here that can help increase my knowledge in this space


Every problem contains the seeds of its own solution


Same


Come on Ozzie cmon, common oi oi oi


Sorry for the loss


Congratulations keep up the hard work


Learning about Nostr


I need to learn more about the VPN tools. Have you any suggestions where to start


Well I guess I’m an old pleb bitcoiner. Excited to onboard and get carried along with the most disruptive technology in the world. And I hope I have a “redemptive moment “  especially facing my doubting peers.


Where are you based?


I am subscribed to your channel 😎


Dream job


Stick to what you do best😎


Extreme fear? Nah.

Super bullish! 😎

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Getting back into Nostr and wanna zap AT LEAST 25 people 50 sats each.

✅ Follow me (if you don't already)
♻ Boost the post so others see it
💬 Comment below why you're awesome so I can zap you 50 sats

⚡ Ready to ZAP ⚡


I’m  an old baby boomer new to the bitcoin space facinated by this opportunity to learn and share. It’s never too late to learn


Junk food


I’m glad I broke free, better late than never


The book is an apocryphal book - a story widely circulated as being true but is of doubtful authenticity or questionable origin


Need more knowledge


It was because of “The whistleblower” book by an Australian journalist that made me thinks - and then I fell down the Bitcoin rabit hole


A major advantage seeing   Btc and Crypto can be bought and sold 24/7


I’m hodling 😎 because Bitcoin is King


Read Matthew, Mark , Luke, John.


What a beautiful place to wake up to


#Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/5436eb1cf78fced3a2e79ab8928a830a42d6319cbe717326dd60e97f53270b83.jpg


Imagine
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In 1923, during the hyperinflation in #Germany, some kids found a wonderful use for fiat banknotes (aka cheap toilet paper): they made kites out of them. #inflation #centralbank #bitcoin https://nostrcheck.me/media/863f2c555276e9ed738933b0efee6b021042f16e1529dd755704885b87fee183/5ec9bc956508f4f42ad73606f8b5efc4d8e02976a90caa36bf926191ee24ce7d.webp


Yes definitely


Can someone explain why a VPN dosnt represent freedom?


Fix the money, fix the world
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So I just got DEBANKED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE 🥲

They asked me to re-KYC my account, after using it for 3yrs.
Then 2hrs later, they send me THIS email.

"Sorry we can't give you banking services, and we can't tell you why."

Husband sent money there to pay our rent, and now they're telling me they can't send the money to my Brazilian account (even though I've been doing that for months).

So no account AND they're holding the money hostage 🤡

Thank GOD my savings are in Bitcoin.
It's times like this you realise how crazy this world is. https://image.nostr.build/896709b792cfa66c445982cafac19ed01edb951fd9e87dbf180632a37d649901.jpg


Yea I would like to try that lifestyle too next year


Nostr has oddly freed me from the constant pressure of social media.

I no longer worry about algorithms punishing me for not posting regularly. On Nostr, quality and effort are genuinely appreciated, and value flows regardless of how often I post. It's liberating to focus on real life, knowing my work will still be valued when I share them.

Plus I now have the time and space to experiment with new tools and learn new topics! 🧑🏫


Thanks Lyn, now I know what the giga -liquidity bazooka is - it’s simply the turning on of the money printing  machine😎


Broken Money was published a year ago this week

Thanks to everyone who read it, shared it, and reviewed it! 🙏

I resisted writing a book for years since it’s such a tedious process, until finally a book formed in my head that I felt needed to exist, and that was too distracting for me *not* to write. And then I poured everything I had into it.
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Welcome new Nostriches! Welcome to Nostr! Nostr has a large and passionate community with an equally diverse and thriving ecosystem. Use this note to help navigate this decentralized and censorship resistant communication protocol.
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Videos:

Watch why social media is broken and how we aim to fix it by nostr:nprofile1qqs0ulmtcmmn8zmkh0uqmdqz4hn9j5lzpvhj8enw3xpqfd3ucsjnngcpr9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucm9wf3kzarjdamxztndv5qs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9h8qmr9vfejuer99jegvc
https://youtu.be/aA-jiiepOrE

Take the Nostr 101 course with nostr:nprofile1qqsqqx9hacelkffcgd3ecchzjtlvwq9xn2fmprhrwnzmm2t3exee2eqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqrswwax
https://youtu.be/_jrkUXDReqI

Learn about Nostr's permissionless nature with nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9uhxtnyd9nkwmm09e3k7mgprpmhxue69uhkvet9v3ehgu3wdehhxarjxyhxxmmdqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytndd9jxgmrfdenjumtev3h8xtn2wqergaw8
https://youtu.be/t-40158eRqo

Tear down your technical and social silos with myself and several Nostr developers https://youtu.be/SSFVR5ZXOuA

Podcasts:

Listen to nostr:nprofile1qqstsw3gkljwt5stm9svt7htvcjlj4ffze4chkcyt4pxxj30xkgeg5qpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdux3wqdz and nostr:nprofile1qqs9kqvr4dkruv3t7n2pc6e6a7v9v2s5fprmwjv4gde8c4fe5y29v0spr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t08zskr9 on Plebchain Radio. Many of their episodes are Nostr focused and very informative.
https://fountain.fm/show/0N6GGdZuYNNG7ysagCg9

Take a more technical approach to Nostr with nostr:nprofile1qqsf03c2gsmx5ef4c9zmxvlew04gdh7u94afnknp33qvv3c94kvwxgspr4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mf0adfqrk on the Thank God for Nostr podcast. https://fountain.fm/show/vnmoRQQ50siLFRE8k061

Articles:

Discover the basics of Nostr from nostr:nprofile1qqsrtv3u6qkj6a09tnhr3l0wy67g9uw3t57ftqyqpvztpk3wmd6306spzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0tsdfc0
https://river.com/learn/what-is-nostr/

Take a thorough deep drive and learn all about Nostr from nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6mpd4czuumfw3jsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsq3yamnwvaz7tmsw4e8qmr9wpskwtn9wvql3tqm
https://www.lynalden.com/the-power-of-nostr/

Guides on Nostr:

Browse the #HOWDONOSTR hashtag on Nostr and follow my notes explaining several Nostr concepts and features.

Ask your questions with the #asknostr hashtag.

***NEW***
These are from my recent presentations at Nostriga and Baltic Honeybadger 2024:
Nostr 101: https://drive.proton.me/urls/JVV955JXRM#auCM2PWcCBuC
Being your own algorithm: https://drive.proton.me/urls/1NQPW740V8#Lqm46NkK3Pzz

Browse the ecosystem:

Visit https://nostr.how and explore all the ins and outs of the protocol yourself.

Nostr has dozens of other applications and use cases beyond Twitter like social clients. Nostr gives us a portable digital social identity that we can take with us and hop from app to app across the ecosystem. Find your next social app here https://nostrapps.com


Hi!

I just got back from a breathwork retreat in Hawaii and learned that @jackmallers shared the story of how I became a Bitcoiner through introducing me to @primal.

Jack’s right, I’ve never been very interested in money (or at least I thought I wasn’t). What I am interested in is people, our integrated health, and the implications it has on collective society.

Nostr helped me to understand Bitcoin not only as a superior monetary technology, but an unparalleled humanitarian tool. Here’s why I’m so bought in:

- It’s been proven over and over that safety is the foundation of integrated health

- Centralized unsound money = collective lack of safety

- Decentralized sound money = collective safety

- Collective safety = better integrated health & healthier society

It’s really as simple as that for me.

I’m grateful Jack shared my story because it perfectly illustrates how change happens. By making it matter to people in a way that sparks their fire. Jack is really good at that.

My spark has been lit. I look forward to lighting my neighbor’s through honesty, connection, and freedom - three tenets of bitcoin that make me a believer.

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Yeah I get it now😂


What’s the movie called?  I think I watched it. Is it really you?


Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France…

If there is a throat to choke, it will be choked.

If there is a head to cut off, it will be cut off.

Platform owners that bend the knee to totalitarianism will censor and deplatform you.

Platform owners that do not comply will be arrested and threatened with the full force of “The Law.”

Nostr is a Hydra. You cannot kill Nostr. There is no single throat to choke, no one head to cut off. Succeed in cutting off one head and two will grow in its place.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-france-tf1-tv-says-2024-08-24/


😂 👍 😉
https://v.nostr.build/O40wj.mp4

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Great post making it clear that we need an anti deflationary means of exchange like Bitcoin


Want to understand how inflation impacts your purchasing power?

Let's look at The New Yorker, which publishes the price of each copy right on the front of the magazine.

1925: 15 cents
2024: $8.99

What the heck happened to make The New Yorker so much more expensive?
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It's important to understand that technology is naturally DEFLATIONARY.

Everything should be getting cheaper over time, including The New Yorker.

Think about it: printing, writing, & editing technology has improved tremendously since 1925.

So, why is the magazine more expensive now?

From 1925 to 1971, The New Yorker increased in price from 15 cents to 50 cents, an increase of 233.33%.

That's pretty dramatic, but not THAT bad...

But from 1971 to 2024, price increased from 50 cents to $8.99, an increase of 1698%.

So, WTF happened in 1971?

In 1971, Richard Nixon "temporarily" suspended the convertibility of dollars to gold, ending the Gold Standard.

This meant that the Federal Reserve could now print dollars out of thin air without restriction.

Increasing the money supply by creating new money out of thin air is literally "inflation."

"Prices rising" is the result of inflation.

When more monetary units are created, the purchasing power of the monetary units that already exist decreases.

When the government/central bank prints money out of thin air, they are STEALING your purchasing power.

Here's The New Yorker over a few decades:

1971: $0.50
1980: $1.00
1990: $1.75
2000: $3.00

The magazine did not become more valuable, our MONEY became LESS valuable.
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By looking at this example of The New Yorker, which cost 15 cents in 1925 and costs $8.99 today, we see that the U.S. dollar has lost approximately 98.33% of its purchasing power in less than 100 years.

This is what happens when you print money out of thin air...

When money is controlled by the State, you are powerless to stop the destruction of your purchasing power.

Technology should be making everything LESS expensive over time, but even something as simple as a magazine gets more and more expensive over time.
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So, what can you do to protect yourself from the government/central bank printing money out of thin air and destroying your purchasing power?

Study #Bitcoin with  nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8

There will only ever be 21 million bitcoin and no government or central bank can print more.


Thank  you for sharing this and to ChatGPT for helping me pronounce his name😎


REPLY AND GET ZAPPED. LET’S KEEP IT SIMPLE.

AND YES, A QUOTE POST IS A REPLY. 😎 https://image.nostr.build/d68adb7ce0d5336cceb8b3cc4bc0e04de754ba1bebf90af840ab6711d8c86d5f.jpg


Sometimes people ask me, “what if American bans bitcoin like they did for gold?”

1) That’s why it’s useful to engage politically. To prevent that draconian tail risk. And it’s working. Prevent any sort of anti-Bitcoin supermajority.

2) America had a supermajority in Congress when they did that for gold. They could override every check on power. That’s uncommon. We became highly collectivist for a period of time.

3) America literally put Japanese Americans in camps back then. But not German Americans. Because we were outright racist. And this was all pre civil rights for Black Americans too. Terrible.

4) This was all pre-internet. Centralized media. Few memes. The slow speed of communication was relevant.

The meme-work makes the dream work.


🤣😂
#Repost for #followers
the modern version of 'I'll trade you a cookie for your friendship!
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⚡⚡500 SATS for REPOSTS

Bitcoin and Nostr embody TRUTH in its purest form.

Revisit the pivotal moments in human history that have led to our current state. The invention of language and the printing press enabled the widespread dissemination of information, unlocking massive human flourishing. The advent of the internet took this to the next level, freeing information from geographical constraints and facilitating global connectivity.

However, our current system is inherently flawed. It relies on humans trusting one another, often from a distance, without any guarantees of authenticity. Humans are notorious for their self-interest and propensity to deceive others when it serves them. This fundamental weakness has led to the proliferation of misinformation, manipulation, and control.

The game-changer lies in the emergence of uncorruptable value transfer protocols, such as Bitcoin. These systems allow us to transcend the need for human trust, instead relying on cryptographic proof and decentralized verification. For the first time, we can follow the value to determine TRUTH, unencumbered by intermediaries, biases, or agendas.

Nostr, as a social protocol, takes this concept further. By incentivizing the creation and dissemination of high-value information, it fosters an ecosystem where truth is rewarded and falsehoods are penalized. This paradigm shift has far-reaching implications, as it enables individuals to make informed decisions, free from the influence of manipulated narratives.

Imagine a world where information is no longer controlled by centralized authorities, and individuals are empowered to seek truth without interference. The potential for human flourishing is boundless. We're on the cusp of a revolution that will redefine the fabric of our society, and it's exhilarating to be part of it.

So pumped to be here with you all ❤❤

#GM #Nostr #asknostr https://image.nostr.build/6e7cd418a872733058229a7211d7e26de6bd006222018bbd3d8f6a455fa7709b.jpg


T-Deck Plus: An #ESP32 Handheld Device with GPS and #LoRa Support

https://linuxgizmos.com/t-deck-plus-an-esp32-handheld-device-with-gps-and-lora-support/

#meshtastic


Another day is nearly over
I’ve just been reading more Nostr stuff. Looking forward to learning more 😎
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Well nobody mentioned The Man who knew Infinity. A story about a genius mathematician from India


Here's my profile for Reason on Nostr and why it could very well change the world

Pasting a few paragraphs here, you can find the rest at the link

Feel free to spread far and wide 😉

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Can Nostr Make Twitter's Dreams Come True?

Twitter's founder says Nostr is “100 percent what we wanted”—an open, ownerless network

Alex Gladstein | 8.13.2024

Virtually everyone agrees that social media is broken. On Facebook, X, Instagram, and TikTok, people fear out-of-control algorithms, fake news, state actor censorship, and propaganda. Google and Meta collect vast troves of personal information on their users and receive hundreds of thousands of requests every year from governments around the world to access that data. YouTube has become arguably "the most powerful media platform in the history of humanity," yet its algorithm is an ever-changing black box to the creators that populate the platform with videos. During the pandemic, federal officials were in contact with every major social media platform, coercing them to remove content.

The problem is centralized control. We can't trust companies to run our primary communications infrastructure. Government regulation only makes matters worse because it creates new legal barriers to entering the industry, which protects incumbent players and stifles innovation.

What if there were an alternative, not owned by Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, or the Chinese Communist Party? What if there were a way to control your own data to prevent companies from harvesting and monetizing it? What if you had granular control over what you see in your feed, with the freedom to choose your own algorithms? What if you owned your identity, which could be accessed seamlessly across different clients? That way, if you disapprove of the changes that Elon Musk brought to X, instead of closing your account you could take your handle and followers elsewhere.

That alternative exists. It's called "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays"—or Nostr.

The Decentralized Solution

Invented by a pseudonymous programmer and overwhelmingly funded by grants from non-profit foundations, this decentralized, free, and open-source protocol has been quietly evolving for the past three years. Like bitcoin, Nostr is a community-run digital network highly resistant to censorship and corruption. It has 40,000 weekly active users and a growing ecosystem of clients and applications ranging from social media to long-form publishing to payments.

Nostr is only necessary because our existing internet is so broken.

Fifteen years ago, social media seemed destined to decentralize the world and give power back to the people. In 2009, we watched as Arab Spring activists used Twitter and Facebook to organize, coordinate, and help topple several long-standing dictatorships. The promise was that these new social platforms, designed by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, could help liberate the masses.

It was intoxicating—but turned out to be a mirage. The Arab revolutions stalled out when brutal military regimes cracked down. These platforms became tools for spying and censoring their users. X and Facebook have helped journalists and human rights activists reach bigger audiences, but they haven't fulfilled their revolutionary promise.

Jack Dorsey's Shift from Bluesky to Nostr

This was a major theme at the 2024 Oslo Freedom Forum, which is put on annually by the Human Rights Foundation, where I serve as chief strategy officer. At this conference for democracy and human rights, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey told the audience that the problem was, actually, guys like him: The very fact that Twitter, now X, has a CEO makes it a single point of failure. Governments routinely pressured Dorsey to censor content; once the company's offices in India were raided. Dorsey says that under the new Musk regime X complies with whatever governments want.

The X network is proprietary. Known as a "silo," this construct traps a user's identity, followers, and data. X also has the power to evict anyone from the platform and delete what they've written. Several years ago, when he was still running the company, Dorsey became convinced that Twitter should become an application instead, where users could post content to an open, ownerless network. This would make it similar to how bitcoin works, where you use an application called a wallet to interact with the network, but the network itself is neutral and open.

Building a non-proprietary architecture was Dorsey's original vision for Twitter, but over time the need to maximize revenue to build a business and serve shareholders undermined that goal.

Nevertheless, in 2021, Dorsey encouraged the creation of Bluesky—an initiative bootstrapped in-house to create that open neutral base layer. But after Musk bought the company, the managers of Bluesky were afraid they would run out of money and started raising funds from venture capitalists, which undermined the vision of building an open platform. Dorsey grew disenchanted and left the Bluesky board.

At the conference in Oslo, Dorsey explained what happened next:

I asked a question: What open source initiatives should I be funding that would be helpful to the public internet? And people kept tweeting at me that I should be looking at Nostr. I found the GitHub that described it and it was 100 percent what we wanted from Bluesky, but it wasn't developed from a company. It was completely independent. Its paper diagnosed every single problem we saw and had. But did it in a grassroots and dead simple way, that felt like the early Twitter where any developer could get on and really feel it.

Escaping the 'Golden Prisons'

Nostr was created in 2020 by the pseudonymous Brazilian programmer fiatjaf, who describes it as "the simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global 'social' network once and for all."

Though nobody is in charge, Nostr works as promised and is thriving. "It is the solution we've all been looking for," says Miljan Braticevic, founder of Primal, one of the two dozen plus clients now available for the Nostr protocol. "Nostr is not a Twitter competitor or a Mastodon competitor. This is the biggest misconception at the moment. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Nostr is nothing less than the foundation for the new internet. Meaning almost every conceivable app we have today will be built on Nostr."

Braticevic's prediction is echoed by at least a dozen other prominent developers. Martti Malmi, the first coder to work on bitcoin alongside Satoshi Nakamoto, is now a Nostr developer. In a recent talk, he said he had started to work on similar ideas around decentralized identity in 2019, only to come close to giving up. But then he found fiatjaf's invention, which he called a "godsend."

"Bitcoin is freedom of money, and Nostr is freedom of everything else," Malmi said. "I was there" in the earliest days of bitcoin, "and Nostr is even more intense."

For something that could be world-changing, Nostr is quite simple. To join, you sign up with a mobile or desktop client, which helps you to create a public and private key pair. The public key (or "npub") is used as your identifier, and you share it with clients and other users so that people can find your posts or pay you for your content. The private key ("nsec") is hidden by the user, stored safely (just like a bitcoin seed phrase), and is your way to log in to different services. Unlike platforms like X or Facebook, no other information is required to set up and use Nostr.

This gives users a powerful range of sovereignty. You can use a client, for example, that has strong hate speech controls. Or you can choose one that doesn't have any at all. You can use a client with aggressive algorithms, just like the ones X uses today. Or you can use one without any algorithm at all. Today, when you log in to an app like Primal, you can sort your feed by what's the latest, by what's most popular, by what's most zapped, or by customized keywords. It's up to you.

Last month, the macroeconomist Lyn Alden, author of one of the best books on bitcoin, published a long essay about Nostr's potential:

[Nostr] is a simple set of foundational building blocks that, if widely adopted, could gradually reshape "the Web" as we know it. Instead of a separate set of siloed social ecosystems, we could gravitate toward a more interoperable set of ecosystems, with more of the power dispersed to the content creators and to the audience, and away from the middlemen corporations.

The Nostr network is constructed like a spider web that can morph and regenerate, making it almost impossible to censor. When you set up a client on Nostr (perhaps, Primal or Damus on iOS; Amethyst on Android; or Coracle on the web), you choose from a variety of relays to connect to. This architecture ensures no single point of failure: If you are connected to seven or eight relays, and half of them choose to censor posts, your feed remains censorship-free, as your app will display the net sum of everything broadcast from each relay. If the Chinese government decides to attack your relays—as it did in 2023 when Damus launched on the Hong Kong and mainland app store—then more can be spun up. "The enemy," said Damus creator Will Casarin, "is too numerous."

Prominent bitcoin developer and educator Gigi—who switched to Nostr and deleted his X account—says that what helped it become so resilient is that it has zero exit cost. If the Chinese Communist Party bans YouTube, its domestic users lose everything. There's no way to get back their profiles and followers. The same is true if a user voluntarily closes an account.

Gigi calls these corporate silos "golden prisons" with no escape. Nostr's spider-like architecture makes escaping easy. If one client goes down, or you fail to connect to one relay, you just find another client or connect to another relay. You keep your posts, photos, preferences, contacts, and even algorithms of choice. If you use X, you are an X creator. But if you use Primal, you aren't a Primal creator, you are a Nostr creator.

https://reason.com/2024/08/13/can-nostr-make-twitters-dreams-come-true/


Don’t let them hijack you right to choose what’s best for your child. Consider home schooling seriously


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“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” - Aldous Huxley


thats so true : history repeats over and over again


Taking  time out
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https://m.primal.net/JwhI.png Kiwi meet Nostrige


Love this graphic
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Just watched The Man who knew Infinity : about Srinivasa Ramanujan


This is where I come to dream about bitcoin : a short walk from my home.
Hope you all having a relaxing Sunday too
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It’s a helicopter


You certainly inherited the adventurous spirit though like your mother.  The hippy movement was The beginning of  a massive  social paradigm shift in thinking following the Vietnam war and the Second World War.
Bitcoin is also a paradigm shift like movement but will have a more positive impact on society


#Bitcoin hat 32 Halvings.

Wir haben nur 4 gesehen.

Du bist ein Early Adopter. https://nostpic.com/media/80043aa9b23b0d1511b49618cfc48be1ab4b7df95a13a2289b9336df7c1be3b6/2ba43e64ca6eb4649c83d959df5976e7608f8cb1b1ab0e03fd16c457e9a6d8c8.webp


Yes it is good to keep this in mind : but for me there is no alternative as fiet does a slow death dragging billions down with it.  Even a blind man can see it


Looking forward to learning more about Nostr


Broken money by Lyn Alden


🧡 Stack sats and study  #Bitcoin #Nostr #success 🚀
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You always need luck, yes. But Bezos wasn't just lucky. He had a real, deep insight.
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BITCOIN PARK FIRESIDE:  nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m X  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx

https://cdn.satellite.earth/335e33f9115378783d1cc7d7d18874503d548e35fd57ca4baa72bf8afa293d40.mp4


Thank you so much😎


I’m very new to Bitcoin but after reading a couple of books, in particular “the  Bitcoin Standard and Lyn’s book “Broken Money, it convinced me completely that this is what is needed for everyone. Was very happy to send Sats directly to friends in Africa where hyper inflation is plunging millions into more poverty 😐


Nostr progress 2022-2024
https://video.nostr.build/fe6e8817df3b4cdbe71628db79d837e023c510fb5020e2b30ba35541616e9d07.mp4


This was a stunning video of the true value of Bitcoin to the world


The number one must watch talk from Bitcoin 2024.

https://youtu.be/24waV3Fwvow?si=mB3zJfbCcrousDd8


It is indeed exciting  being part of the new wave not just for the financial benefits. Seeing bitcoin reach areas in need like poor countries in Africa and provide hope


Great research. We also know what the Buddhist Monks influence is, how they caused the Rohingya people to flee


Most people who I know that think the CIA invented bitcoin, are not very familiar with the pre-history of Bitcoin including work by Back, Szabo, Finney, etc.

I'm not saying that certainly no intelligence agency created Bitcoin, but rather, I'm very skeptical of the certainty that many people have around that topic.

Because, when you are somewhat familiar with that pre-history and look at it from an engineering perspective, you can clearly see the pieces gradually falling into place. In the1980s there was work by Chaum about how to build a database run by mutually suspicious entities. In the 1990s there was work by Back for proof-of-work. As things moved into the 2000s, there was Szabo's Bit Gold, which is very similar to what Bitcoin ended up being, and Finney's Reusable Proof of Work "RPOW" tokens. Finney hadn't solved the centralization issue, and Szabo hadn't solved the issue of better computation causing supply inflation over time, but they were collectively within shooting range of the solution. Others as well. Meanwhile global bandwidth was getting better, encryption in general was getting better (and there we've got an actual intelligence agency contribution), etc.

And then Satoshi added to that work, including the difficulty adjustment in particular and many other details, with a full implementation.

Basically, if someone thinks that Bitcoin just kind of magically came out of nowhere, then it's pretty easy to see how they'd be inclined toward a conspiratorial assumption.

However, if one sees that, just like any other industry, there was a series of engineers building on each others' work until someone finally got it over the line, then it looks a lot more organic.


Bitcoin doesn't need governments to win. It doesn't need governments to stack it. It doesn't need to ask for help.

Instead, the bar is much lower. Bitcoiners, in their preferred jurisdiction, would benefit by not being hassled by their government. They'd like to be able to buy it without problems. They'd like to be able to pay for energy and equipment and mine it in peace. They'd like be able to write open source code without facing legal problems. They'd like to be able to operate reputable businesses related to it. If they can't, then some of them will move as necessary.

It's helpful for the ecosystem to have non-hostile jurisdictions in the world. And for those that can't move without great sacrifice (i.e. most people), it's helpful for them that whatever jurisdiction they are in, is non-hostile.

So it's good that bitcoin is getting into the Overton window. The industry has some power now. Bitcoin benefits from builders and educators and advocates. It benefits from those who do their best to prevent the worst legislative outcomes against self-custody, against privacy, against running a business, against mining, etc.

But Bitcoin doesn't need to pander to them to proactively support us, and bitcoiners should recognize the sliminess of politician incentives when they come to pander to us. While it's in their best interest to build national reserves if they actually figure this thing out, we don't need them to build reserves.

I think that's the helpful line. That's where the signal is. To the extent that we minimize how much we are tread on, and build multi-national accepting footholds to pivot around, we gradually build what we want to exist.

We ask to be treated fairly, we use our resources to help ensure that we are, and to the extent that we are not then we adjust as necessary.


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GM 🌞

The sun is shining. The volcano is puffing steam and it's not absolutely freezing. 😅

#nostriches whats the best way to find out how many people are using zaps here? And things like average zap amounts, highest zaps and lowest zaps? Is there anything like this compiled somewhere?

Feel free to point me in any direction. I'm just doing a bit of research 😁

And thank you so much for the #help. I really appreciate it. 🙏🏼🫶 https://image.nostr.build/88bf7782ab68e2e364cdacefc198cf48985c1cc444201e946ace60973ef48a9d.jpg


Must be White Island, near Whakatane


Broken Money was the second book I read following Bitcoin Standard.
The 30 minute video really summarises the book and solidifies my understanding and faith in why we need Bitcoin


It’s a bat. We have fruit bats where I live. They hang out by the river


Heres my two Sats worth
I Life is so precious because it give you opportunities to ask questions
What is an OG
WEll Ive been asking quesstions for a long, long time so could I be an OG
This is a ChatGPT description"OG" stands for "Original Gangster." It originally referred to someone who has been around for a long time in a particular community or field, often with a sense of respect or authority. Over time, its meaning has broadened to refer to anyone who is considered an original or pioneering figure in any context, not necessarily tied to gangster culture. It can also be used more loosely to describe someone who is highly respected or admired for their contributions or experience.


Looks like Jack Boots that Hitler wore


How do I get Zapps


I think I will see where I can find a meetup group near me


A very thought provoking post worth thinking about. Life dosnt have real meaning till you are prepared to make decisions involving calculated risk


Shocking statistics. How can a young person ever realise his dream of owning his own  house


I’m new to all this so any tips to help me learn how it all works?


Playing Golf is better 😂


I just join yesterday. What must I do with my LN address to receive zaps ?


Very good advice. Currently I’m reading as much as I can about the space. I love the peer to peer system especially to be able to send sats instantly to friends in countries where they suffer from hyperinflation such as Venezuela


An Ant😂


A catch with this is many of us OGs never dismissed Bitcoin. I certainly thought it could work the first time I read the white paper.

Problem is, what are people like myself missing in other topics due to ego?

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Hi everybody, I just joined after hearing an YouTube interview with Lyn Alden who I think said Nostr is as important as Bitcoin. I read her book Broken money which I highly recomment if you want to learn about money and why it is broken
So I did some more fishing in her website and read an article which talked about what Nostr is (but now I cant find the article)😐
I guess i'll have to keep digging😂