Riba was the thing that dealt the final blow to the once-greatest empire in human history, the Ottoman Empire. They opened banks towards the end of their time, took out loans from other Western banks, and collapsed in no time due to the debts.


More bad than good overally


On LinkedIn, one of my connections writes, that he's happy to share that he has started working as an Assistant Credit Monitoring Specialist in a well-known bank.

Instant disconnect.


3 innovations, 2 of them potentially good, 1 bad.

The two good ones: Bitcoin and Nostr. Here, I expect potentially more positive effects than negative ones.

The bad one: AI. Because it will predominantly be used against us. Against our quality standards, against our way of life, and the incentives it creates, and even, in military use, against our physical well-being.


I felt like taking a step back, looking at the bigger picture, and writing about it.

https://mslmdvlpmnt.com/from-promise-to-peril-the-evolution-of-the-web-and-the-rise-of-a-new-digital-renaissance/


"You shall not confiscate. You shall not censor. You shall not inflate. You shall not counterfeit. These rules are the essence of Bitcoin's soul." —Hasu


Conflicts between WordPress and WP Engine

The main conflicts between WordPress and WP Engine stem from accusations that WP Engine profits from WordPress's open-source code without contributing enough back to the project, and that WP Engine misuses the WordPress trademark, confusing users. These conflicts have deeply impacted the WordPress community, leading to legal battles, bans, and heated debates about the ethics of open-source software and the power dynamics within the WordPress ecosystem.

- Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, publicly criticized WP Engine, calling it a “cancer” to the WordPress community.

- He argued that WP Engine, controlled by private equity firm Silver Lake, prioritizes profits over open-source ideals.

- Mullenweg specifically pointed to WP Engine's limited contributions to the WordPress.org open-source project, despite the hosting service building its business on WordPress's free code.

- He also accused WP Engine of misleading customers by using the "WP" abbreviation and offering a modified version of WordPress, thereby benefiting from brand confusion.

These accusations escalated into legal threats and actions:

- WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist letter to Automattic, claiming Mullenweg had threatened a “scorched earth nuclear approach” unless WP Engine paid Automattic a significant portion of its revenue.

- Automattic responded with its own cease-and-desist, alleging WP Engine breached WordPress and WooCommerce trademark usage rules.

- The WordPress Foundation, which owns the WordPress trademark, updated its policy to explicitly call out WP Engine's use of the "WP" abbreviation as potentially confusing to users.

- Mullenweg then temporarily banned WP Engine from accessing resources on WordPress.org, impacting WP Engine customers' ability to update plugins and themes. This action sparked outrage within the community, with many criticizing Mullenweg for using his control over WordPress to harm WP Engine's business and inconvenience its customers.

- WP Engine ultimately sued Automattic and Mullenweg for abuse of power, accusing them of extortion and threatening the open-source principles of WordPress.

The conflict has exposed deep divisions and anxieties within the WordPress community:

- Concerns over open-source sustainability: The conflict has reignited discussions about the responsibilities of companies that profit from open-source software. Many support Mullenweg's call for WP Engine to contribute more to WordPress. However, others argue that WP Engine is operating within the terms of the open-source license and that demanding payment could set a dangerous precedent.

- Criticisms of Mullenweg's leadership: Some criticize Mullenweg for his aggressive approach and accuse him of abusing his power over WordPress.org and WordPress.com to benefit his company, Automattic. They believe his actions could damage the open-source nature of WordPress and discourage contributions.

- Fears of trademark enforcement: The WordPress Foundation's trademark policy updates and actions against WP Engine have created uncertainty among developers and hosting providers who use "WP" in their branding. They worry about potential legal action and restrictions on their use of the term.

The situation remains tense:

- Automattic claims that WP Engine's lawsuit is baseless and that they are simply trying to protect the WordPress trademark and ensure fair contributions to the open-source project.

- WP Engine maintains that Mullenweg is attempting to extort money from them and that his actions threaten the entire WordPress ecosystem.

The conflict highlights the complexities of balancing commercial interests with the ideals of open-source software. It raises critical questions about power dynamics, trademark usage, and the future of the WordPress community. The long-term impact on the WordPress ecosystem and the broader open-source world remains to be seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grZg-BEhKMI


I'm getting less Sats for my fiats 😢


We need protection from the state, not the state for protection.


Jobs board sounds great


Yeah we need more content. More. Post more content y'all.

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

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You're the guy behind ZapAdd? Cool.


Need a Nostr app? I can help. Get in touch


Is it just me, or is LinkedIn full of NPCs? I mean, more than anywhere else. Even more than on Facebook. At least on Facebook, there are conspiracy theorists. They may be extreme and miss the mark, but at least they don't buy into the existing system.

But LinkedIn, man, it's full of NPCs. Or do you have to be like that to avoid being canceled in the professional world?


Make it 50 years. For the Americans, democracy was over when they killed JFK.


Fiat food


No, technically it's just a sub-domain. It's from a time where companies had their own local networks under a domain like domain.com. Typically, their intranet ran in the intranet.domain.com sub-domain and their WWW server ran under www.domain.com in the same local network. Hence where this www. comes from.


They found out it's shorter without 😀


This video is so indicative of our time. A historical technical achievement is being filmed, but it is commented on by the cameraman in the most linguistically primitive way. He says "oh shit" twice, "holy shit" once, and "no freaking way" three times.

Exemplary of our technical progress and cultural coarsening at the same time. This will also go down in history. The video of our dude here will also be archived somewhere and then occasionally brought back by historians. In the 60s and 70s, news anchors at least had an awareness of this and could express themselves more eloquently at NASA events.

But this is straight out of #Idiocracy

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


And of course I'll mention the use of Bitcoin in daily business operations.


In 3 weeks, I will be at a business conference where I might get a little time to pitch my business area. Among other things, I will likely also mention Nostr under the topic of 'Sovereign Technologies' to a group of Muslim business people and entrepreneurs inshallah. I bet none of them have ever heard of it.


How much does the system cost? When does it pay off?


The Muslim way of fasting. Every 11 months, for 30 days.


WWW was a misnomer. WW (World Web) would have been enough.


After he said that their coin is issued by "33 trustees" (lol) I doubled down on him and went full maxi. I suggested him to drop the work on this shitcoin and study Bitcoin instead.

Btw, this is their beautiful website 😂:

https://muslimrenewal.com/

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I told him exactly this this morning.


Yeah that's how high I would dare to fly in that thing also 😅


Oh right. Then straight dive into Alby Hub.


WoS or Phoenix seem to be the easiest ones, I guess.


Yes, the Sunnis, which are the majority, have these 4 schools. The Shia have their own schools.


And btw, women not being allowed to drive cars is not from one of the 4 schools. It's what some Muslims not following any school have made up. Women used to ride camels or horses in the time of the prophet  ﷺ.


Fundamentally, the Quran and the Prophet ﷺ determine what is halal (permissible) and haram (forbidden). In modern matters, scholars attempt to approach the topic through various methodologies. These different types of methodology are referred to as schools of thought. There are four of them, all are legitimate, and all are valid, even if one school permits something that another does not.

This disagreement among the schools of thought is seen in Islam as a form of ease. If a ruling from one school is too burdensome for someone, they are free to follow the school that is easier for them. As long as the schools adhere consistently to their methodologies, Allah ﷻ considers all opinions legitimate, even if one is wrong, and no one is punished in the afterlife for it.


Someone's trying to sell a new Muslim shitcoin token to me right now on LinkedIn. Not the coins itself but they want my participation in the project somehow.

They have no idea who they are talking to (the deadliest maxi in the scene).

But I will approach my counterattack very gently at first. I will sneak up with carefully chosen questions, like a leopard in the thicket, before I strike. 😀


I read that the IRS doesn't let go of you even so many years after your renunciation of citizenship and departure. You Americans have it tough, my friend.


Man some people who just joined this protocol today say, they're pioneers. What are we then? OGs? Dinosaurs? Unicellular organisms?


You should clean your screen from time to time


Yeah I know, I should assume the best of people. And for people on Nostr it holds true bc they zap at least. But I also know there are a lot of stingy-ass Bitcoiners who use it only as a savings account.


How riba (Interest) came into existence in middle Europe, even though it was prohibited by the church. They circumvented the church's prohibition by declaring different exchange rates in their lending contracts which effectively was interest.

Because remember, the definition of riba is risk-free, guaranteed profit without much effort or the generation of a counter-value. No matter what you call it.

https://en.rattibha.com/thread/1682838437366308864


Why do a few fiat Bitcoiners immediately get elitist superhuman fantasies when they go to Bitcoin events? Do they get some pushing drugs there?

Guys, most of you do nothing but buy Sats with your privileges. Because you are wealthy assholes. No reason to take pride in that.

And then you cling to your Sats and are happy that you can now call your stinginess 'hodling' and beautify it with that. You don't spend anything, don't donate anything, you buy, and hold and look forward to a better future.

GFY, you ain't Bitcoiners, you're just some boring investors.

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Thank you for your kind words.


I guess ghosting. They hate being ghosted.


I have a rather controversial opinion about them: From a purely personal perspective, I don't find them that important. I'm not particularly positive towards them. I'm not negative either, but I wouldn't miss them.

I have a lot of reservations about the 'right to be forgotten' on the internet and I don't think much of services that archive things without asking and by default (opt-out). I advocate for self-sovereignty, not for a service that undermines any efforts on my part as a website operator when I want to take something offline.

I know there is a robots.txt directive to prevent them from archiving everything. But, as I said, that's an opt-out, not an opt-in.

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Okay, then it looks like I fell for misinformation from TRT and of course I take back my words.


So it wasn't because of the flag?


That's actually a good re-definition of that term.


HFSP is such a shitty saying. As if every Bitcoiner is rich or will become rich one day. Or as if fiat savers are poor. Nothing is certain except for death.

'Have fun living bankless' is better.


Did he just crash into the rocks? 👀


Most Muslims today forget that leadership is not a desirable role. One is chosen for it; one does not want it. However, one fulfills the task if there is no more suitable candidate in sight. With humility.

Whoever leads also takes on the responsibility for the mistakes of their subordinates, in addition to their own, if they lead incorrectly. One is truly accountable in the Hereafter. Here, one can often hide behind their CEO title, but later that is no longer possible. It can lead you to ruin.

Those who do not want to lead but are chosen for it are helped by Allah. Those who have applied for it themselves or have worked towards it are alone in this. And we know what that means.


FreedomTechArchitect

Muslim, Family man, Designer, Developer, Bitcoin Maxi, Turkish guy living in Germany.


An interest-free #economy is like a river flowing freely, without the obstacles and complications created by #interest.

As Aristotle said, #money is a medium of exchange, not a #commodity to be traded for #profit.

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What documentary?


The absence of interest (riba) in an economic system is the norm, it's the default, and it keeps things quite simple and understandable. This is an economy that is close to our fitra and as we suspected when we were children and adolescents.

It's the interest and all related elements that unnecessarily complicate an economic system, adding another layer to everything and requiring in-depth study. Moreover, it runs completely counter to our fitra.


Say their names

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


Time for a commercial break

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


He's right. Take Google's approach here. One app does one thing, but it does it really good.

You can design it under one corporate identity if it's from the same author or company.

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As warfare becomes increasingly electronic, countermeasures (like EMPs) will also become more popular and continue to evolve. At some point, someone might disable all electronics for an entire region. See the Matrix movie. Perhaps there will also be no more electricity. I can't explain otherwise why we will be fighting with horses and sabers in the future.

Our growing dependence on electronics will cause our analog technologies to wither away.


Twitter users

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


Tell me that you are in this business without having truly understood the essence of it and only because of the hype, without saying that you are only in this business without having truly understood the essence of it and because of the hype.

Source: AQUA Wallet Website

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


Btw, this girl's name is Yeonah Kim, born 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. She started playing at 4 and had her first concert at the age of 6.

Here she's playing Vivaldi's 4 seasons in 2022:

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

Exceptional talent.

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It is becoming increasingly obvious why EMPs are likely to play a larger role in the future, and with that, the end-time ahadith that speak of battles on horseback and with swords become more understandable.

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


Welcome to the worst of all seasons in the West. Where people really stress out again because they are mentally fitting into the "last months of this year" mondset. Where the mood drops because the days are shorter and the weather gets worse. Where the work environment becomes more stressful because so much has to be finished "in this year." And where people allow themselves to be real assholes one last time, because from mid-December on, they can switch back to being cheerful and can reset with the new year (both supported by vast amounts of alcohol).


Looks like he posted yesterday

https://x.com/BTCPalestine/status/1842737340105568573


See chart title


So akhi, how's the McD boycott going? You feeling better at least?

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


Yesterday, some users were able to test an early version of my lightning paywall service.

I received some great feedback, already implemented a few of the recommendations, working on NWC and shorter URLs.

You can also give it a try. If possible, please share your feedback.

https://zapit-unlock.vercel.app/

https://i.imgur.com/oetjtAn.jpeg


Good topic, we should discuss this.

The best approach, although not perfect, was that of the DMOZ directory, which had volunteer gatekeepers for a topic/category. For example, 2-3 SEO experts oversaw the "SEO" category and determined which websites would be included in that category. Not all websites made it; only those with the best content were accepted. You had to apply for it.

I believe later Google bought this directory and initially used it for its own classification of good websites. But then it killed it shortly after, because apparently other criteria— and I suspect they were the same criteria that led to Google's degeneration— became more relevant.

The disadvantage of this approach was, of course, that human moderation also allowed for the possibility of corruption. But it was still better than using AI for that.

In any case, it cannot be done without human expert evaluation. A good search engine is not just a technical issue, but also a social one.

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Haha same here. I needed a few minutes to remember her name. I was like "what was this fiat pop star's name again?".


But also kudos to the pianist. He is great too.


Forget Taylor Swift, why is this girl not a superstar yet?

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


Goals


Sorry, source is on Telegram, not "Instagram". 😬 I don't Instagram.


"When the Qur’an describes the ideal Islamic relationship between a husband and wife, it uses the terms rahma (mercy) and muwadda (affectionate love). Interestingly, the Qur’an uses the word hubb (love) in other contexts, including in the story of Zulaykha and Yusuf (AS), where Zulaykha's feelings are described as an infatuated and obsessive kind of love. This distinction between hubb and muwadda is crucial in understanding the foundations of a strong marital relationship in Islam.

The difference between hubb (love) and muwadda lies in their nature. Hubb refers to feelings and emotions, a state of being "in love." It is a condition that fluctuates, coming and going depending on circumstances and emotional states.

Muwadda, on the other hand, is a deeper, more enduring form of affection. It is not only emotional but also relational, encompassing love, compassion, and kindness. It is consistent and sustained as long as the right elements- such as respect, service, care, and mutual understanding—are present in the relationship.

While hubb can be fleeting and sometimes illusory, muwadda is more stable, grounded in compassionate behaviour and mutual regard.

In today’s age of emotivism, where Hollywood and Bollywood have glorified romanticised and unrealistic notions of love, we see many marriages falter when the emotional intensity fades. Many people, after years of marriage, claim they no longer "love" their spouse, even when there are no significant issues in the relationship. This often happens because their concept of marriage is rooted in the fleeting emotions of hubb. When that emotional high diminishes or life’s challenges arise, they feel disconnected and are tempted to give up, sometimes regretting it later.

Islam offers a more profound and sustainable vision of marriage, based on muwadda and rahma. These qualities are not dependent on fluctuating feelings but on consistent acts of care, service, kindness, and responsibility towards one another. By understanding this distinction and cultivating muwadda in their relationships, couples can build marriages that endure the ups and downs of life, rooted in something far more meaningful than the temporary emotional highs promoted by modern romantic ideals."

Source: Muslim Psychologist (MP) on Instagram


You can warn, but you can't make them take action.


So you say you can't trust Muslims and Jews, who say that this life is just a testing field and the results are yet to come in a third life, the afterlife. But we should trust real Christians like you who say, this life is already the paradise, because you came to believe in God? Even though it's full of pain, conflicts, injustice, sickness and death (=tests)? Do real Christians not die? Therefor isn't their paradise limited to a life span?

And when you say we may be able to return (to paradise), isn't this a contradiction?

And what does Christianity say about your constant insults? To God, to other humans? Is that paradise-worthy? You think you gained paradise while still being so insecure that you need to resort to insults?


But that's neither hell nor paradise. Both are eternal, but here we die one day. Living is not the reward, it's the test. Those who deny this are up for a surprise. Apply some logic ma'am.


Then why this life? Why still live it? If the results are already in? Why not go to paradise directly?


That is what you Christians don't understand: The test results are still to come. Nothing is already over.


We will see.


To all Muslim scholars and financial product providers: The time that is now coming, namely the time of introduction until the general acceptance of CBDCs, is your litmus test. It can be your phase of ascent or decline; it is up to you.

If you fail to steer your flock or customers onto a secure financial path, you have messed up. You will go down. No one will trust you anymore, as the credibility in your competence will be gone. You will disappear and be replaced by more competent players. Farewell.

However, if you start doing the right thing now - and I mean literally now, because you are already late, even if it hurts a bit (in terms of pride and due to the transition), then you are on the right path and have saved your skin. You will still be in the game for at least one more round, as you have survived.


Let's try to understand this huge number that the US is in debt.

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"bItCoIn iS vOlAtIlE"

Yeah depends on how you measure the volatility.

I prefer a volatile but long-term deflationary monetary system over a seemingly stable but inflationary monetary system.

https://m.primal.net/LLAH.jpg


Right. It was the first hand reports of the Arab springs that got Twitter big back then.


Actually Nostur is a very decent client. I should use it more.

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"(The attitude of) Ribaa in and of itself is proof that someone is no longer concerned with the next life."

[From Tafsir 2:257 - 2:263]

"If we are really convinced, that Islam is a solution for modern day problems, then it should be us researching a modern day alternative to ribaa. We should at least explore the alternative. Because this is an evil that hurts all humanity."

[From Tafsir 2:264 - 2:277]

"And Allah does not love every single one of those who are excessively disobidient, excessively ungrateful and constantly in sin. Someone who engages in ribaa is engaged in an incredible act of ingratitude towards Allah. So they're constantly, always in sin (because ribaa is growing every second). What kind of dua they make will be answered to them?"


Want to know how great our galaxy is? Not the universe, just our galaxy, the Milky Way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsRmyY3Db1Y


"Chat control taken off the agenda

The EU member states continue to disagree on chat control. A blocking minority in the Council has once again led to the topic being taken off the agenda. Meanwhile, even more critics of chat control are speaking out."

https://netzpolitik.org/2024/eu-rat-chatkontrolle-von-der-tagesordnung-genommen/#!


Anna Gotlib on Main character syndrome

"Why romanticising your own life is philosophically dubious, setting up toxic narratives and an inability to truly love"

https://aeon.co/essays/why-main-character-syndrome-is-philosophically-dangerous


Idiocracy incoming.


NoStar

... stay humble 😉


Look at how many active users on Nostr and how many on X. You think, we're making that much impact?


Now that's cool: With today's update, BitBox02 has implemented SatoshiLabs' SLIP-24 Payment Request Standard (https://github.com/satoshilabs/slips/blob/master/slip-0024.md) together with Pocket Bitcoin (https://pocketbitcoin.com/) and integrated it inside their app UI.

This means, you can now sell up to 950€ worth of Bitcoin a day and get the fiat money directly to your bank account, KYC-free. You just need a PocketBitcoin account for that and you must have bought BTC at least once.

Not that I have ever sold any Sats for fiat money or that I plan to do so, but it's a milestone and somewhat reassuring that it is even possible. You know, emergencies can happen.

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


Are you ready for the future?

https://video.nostr.build/233808b107ffd96e681f097bd1300f247599c21cb2d834a20b3fa0c4b9960745.mp4


Chill bro, I've spent on McD's though 😁


What I just can't wrap my head around:

You confront specific Muslim authorities with the fact that fiat money is created through riba (originating from loans with interest), and they say nothing. I don't mean ordinary Muslims, but scholars who engage in economic issues or entire institutions and companies that have literally made the fight against riba their mission. So, authorities that should be directly concerned.

But they say: nothing.

They could argue and overwhelm me with their knowledge (I'm just a web dev), but there is nothing to argue about, so they don't. Instead, they silence the topic and continue to sell their financial products based on fiat money.

This is such a selective deafness and blindness that I would only expect from completely rotten hearts. The false vanity and arrogance of not wanting to admit that they might be completely wrong with their financial products and need to go back to square one. The main thing is to keep pushing the chosen approach and not have to revise it.

There are very few exceptions who got it right, very few. But they're not the most popular voices in the scene. But the big names just don't get it. And we need them to understand it asap; CBDCs are knocking at the doors.

How can we ever trust those scholars and institutions again, if they don't even dare to debate such important issues?


Fiat food & beverage sellers accepting sound money. Meh 😕

Bro, I have about a thousand ideas for what I could spend my Sats on. SB is not one of them. Although I have never spent a cent on SB so far (in my whole life), if I did, I would intentionally shove fiat money in their mouth. If at all.

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Okay, I don't like Eddie Murphy as a comedian that much, but his James Brown impersonation was really good.

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


"In short, the fiat Muslim is economically illiterate and is unable to  think in counterfactuals. He is somehow simultaneously arrogant,  confused, scared, and ignorant, and he puts his trust completely in the  government and central bank.

Because of these limits placed on his thinking, he is not equipped to swallow the bitter pill that all of his monetary transactions are entrenched in Riba."

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

https://bitcoinmajlis.org/the-fiat-muslim-mentality/


I mean, good! We don't want banks to be in Bitcoin business anyway. Let them fiats eat each other.


Right?

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


The point was never to get the state to accept, acquire, or even buy bitcoin. It was to leave us alone to be free with sovereign money.


Forget all the industry rappers. _This_ guy can rap. Raw talent.

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


That's very decent of you. Then I don't need to do that anymore.


Okay, then do it better now, Millennials. Build yourselves a circular Bitcoin economy; that’s the only way. Fiat's not going anywhere anytime soon. Otherwise, in 20 years, the next generation will complain about you.

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


OG 🤙


When political elites become also financial elites, that's a sign of corruption. Because these two don't necessarily belong together.

ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb's (رضي الله عنه) principles when he hired people in public office (mayor, governor etc.) were:

He would do an audit at the moment the person got hired. He asked "What are your assets right now?", "What do you own? You own a house?", "How many outfits do you have, how many clothes do you have, how many shoes?". A full audit.

Then the guy serves 10 years. And after that he's leaving office. And ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb says "Let's do an audit again."

And when the guy owned 8 pairs of shoes when he came into office and after that he owned 10 pairs of shoes, then he would say "Those 2 pairs belong to the people. Give them back."

You should leave office with the same things you came with. Because you're in public service, which means you can't be in self service. You can't go into public office looking for contracts on the side and then become a consultant afterwards. That's going to be a lobbyist, because you know how lobbying works and then you're going to make millions and millions on top ... that's not how it's supposed to work. You can't build your own assets when you're in public service. It's a sacrifice.

That's when political elites also become financial elites and vice versa. ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb saw that coming. He was a genius.

- from tafseer lesson Surah Al Muminoon


How the internet works

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


If he would leave out all the repetitions and commas in his sentences, the interview would be only half as long.


"By creating a culture that extols the virtues of self-custody, we minimize the balances held by exchanges and thus minimize the systemic risk they pose to bitcoin's scarcity. The smaller the balances held by exchanges, the fewer IOUs they can even risk issuing."

Important! ⬇

https://blog.keys.casa/securing-bitcoins-scarcity/


Right, Bitcoin - P2P - Self Custody is the way


Just coined the term "Saylorism". Describes a peak fiat mindset while simultaneously placing full trust in Bitcoin.

Now the interesting question: How many of you are saylorists?

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I don't either. They are trying so desperately to unite Bitcoin with the fiat world from which it was born to be separated. In the end, it is reduced to something that no longer does justice to its potential. Saylorism.


We can't even attribute that to ourselves. We didn't create the hands, the brain, the human body or the concept of time, life and death, our thoughts and associations that are required for making art. The things in life that lead us to the point where we made some art, even that is not determined and allowed by us.

We have a free will and wished for something (i.e. making art) and we were allowed to do so (within our capacities which were also not set by us). That's all.


#Nostr is not #Instagram

Every time I see a #selfie, it’s an #instunfollow for me.

Feed your mind, not your #ego !

#growNostr #nostriches #zapathon


No opponent is dying yet. Thanks to all the NPCs.


Man, when you read all the jubilant posts, one might get the impression that the BTC price is steadily rising every hour. In reality, it has only jumped from the 63K/64K levels to the 65K/66K range a few days ago and has been remaining there since. Nothing special, try to get a grip on your hyperventilation, fiat Bitcoiners. #Fitcoiners


There's only one Creator. We create nothing, we just assemble things based on other things that were created.


Sure. It has ruined rap, rock'n'roll and pop. And before it ruined jazz and blues.


That's how fortune 50 companies work. They pay a lot of money for a lot of 💩. And they don't care. Because they're in the infrastructure (amazon) and riba (Apple) business.

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Me too. But I don't take any medication. Men need to endure suffering sometimes.

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Played around with Penpot.app yesterday, the so called open source Figma alternative.

At first, everything felt intuitive, simple shapes, the canvas, and inserting assets were easy. But woe to you if you try to do something more advanced, like inserting a design grid for orientation or layering two images in a grid cell.

After wasting hours and barely making any progress, I gave up. If I can't create a nearly presentable piece of work after 2-3 hours, the product has essentially failed. With the Affinity products it was like that for example. I installed Affinity Designer for the first time, and after 2 hours, I already had a pristine logo ready and exported as SVG.


Subhanallah, I find it mind-blowing, that we still have a real face for one of the figures mentioned in the Quran today. That we not only need to imagine him but even have a clear impression of whom Musa (peace be upon him) had to speak to back then.

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Man, I just saw a Muslim on Twitter with a ton of followers, who is happily sharing wisdom from Surah Al-Kahf while simultaneously promoting a luxury goods seller from the Arab world. Completely useless items. Brand slippers and bags from a manufacturer often associated with Satanism. Probably it's one of his supporters, friends, or sponsors or something like that. Without any indication that it’s shameless advertising, meaning in a completely backward, primitive manner.

For those who don't know, Surah Al-Kahf mainly deals with materialism, especially in our times, and how it distracts from the worship of Allah ﷻ.

He also spreads small snippets of Fiqh but never mentions a school of thought (madhhab). It really seems to be true what is said about Salafis/Wahhabis; the Qur'an they read does not go beyond their throats and never reaches their hearts.


Ok, my WoT score has become full circle. What now? Am I being crowned as king of Nostr now? Am I the most reliable source of information now?

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Pizza Tedesco. 😀 Enough to initiate a world war.


Why is it ridiculous?


No. Something more different.


No, forum posts are also listed chronologically.


Yes. I think I need to sketch it.


Stacking Sats!


The real social media revolution will happen when we manage to break through this damn timeline-based representation. It has been a bad idea from the very beginning, since the first weblogs, and we are still clinging to it 20 years later.

We need to dethrone temporal relevance and transition to a thematic collection. Way too much good content gets lost in the advancing timeline, and far too many past posts sink into oblivion. They become unreachable for the author (because, unlike blogs, there is no reasonable search function available) but are easily accessible for any greedy, data-collecting bot that crawls information for profiling purposes.

This is posting for the moment, for 5 minutes of fame. It only shows a part of the surface of an author. Like what an ant sees when it crawls on an elephant. 99.9999% of the good, timeless content is lost this way.

Even though it may be hard for some to imagine, as they are too conditioned to it, we need to move towards a more mind map-like representation.

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Reminder for the Muslims:

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Even if the scene is a bit artistic, you really have to appreciate Bruce Lee's fighting style.

Watch his shoulders when he punches, especially from minute 2:38. They give no foreshadowing about the coming punch. His fists and forearms move first, then his shoulder, if at all. That makes it so fast and unpredictable.

You have to train that, which is not easy. Because most fighters move their shoulders first. You must keep the whole arm loose until the moment of impact to make it as fast as possible. And only in the last nanosecond the fist and the whole arm is tightened.

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


Nayib Bukele not only talks but also dresses like a world leader. I like that he's not wearing a suit and tie here. He is wearing something that could come straight out of the Star Trek series.

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


Gary Gensler repeats that Bitcoin is not a security and that "You now have a way to buy into (bitcoin) through ETFs"

Thanks Gary, but we’ve had a better way to hold bitcoin for years now – its free, safer and better

Its called a bitcoin wallet

Here’s why you should use one 👇

Bitcoin wallets are secured through unhackable encryption.

Banks are imperfect stores of value, requiring a money printer as a backstop for imperfect security. Bank funds are stolen from hackers regularly, yet bitcoin wallets have never been hacked 🙅

Executive Order 6102 reminds us that banks will aid the government in seizing financial assets.

Banks took your gold once and if the government asks them they’ll take your bitcoin deposits!

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Bitcoin wallets have more security than banks yet they are FREE!

Paying someone to hold your bitcoin will actually force you to part with a large amount of sats over time, resulting in a large value lost over time.

Compounding fees significantly limit your investment returns

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Banks are highly restrictive

You want to move a few thousand dollars? You have to file a report.

When sending bitcoin, all you need is a recipient and a network fee and your transaction is approved

Besides, its not like you can send an ETF like you can send bitcoin

Bitcoin on a wallet enables your independence

You can safely store and transact your bitcoin anywhere, anytime

Bitcoin on a wallet is the best way to store your bitcoin


How does a midlife crisis become noticeable?


A new user who is getting shadow-banned from nostr:

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How can we improve this? I think the main fault is with primal here (just because nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqs92xycp9kys8cqyx09e9pfnggaj9prjjwd67t6t7zs3ra4fyh2u4gv4c4d0  is using it), for blocking notes from its own users, and not showing relay publish failures (maybe?). But the criticisms apply to all clients.

Probably the root issue is that relay policy is hard to infer via nip 11 and notice/ok messages. It's also one of those unglamorous chores like error handling that no devs (except go devs) enjoy.


Politicians come and go; they are interchangeable, almost worthless. Therefore, it is irrelevant whether politicians have an adequate education and can perform the office they currently hold. They also change their positions every few years. Sometimes they are family ministers, sometimes defense ministers. It doesn't matter at all. Because they do not govern.

The real governance is done by the behind-the-scenes players. Those whose faces are not seen daily in the media. Those who always have the say as long as they live. They are the modern kingmakers. A politician who wants to be appointed to a position by these kingmakers must have one main talent. He must be able to sense what the agenda of these behind-the-scenes players is at the moment. Because this agenda is not openly proclaimed; it is at most hinted at, like at the WEF.

No, a politician must be able to intuit the exact agenda and, above all, the details of its implementation himself. If he gets it right, then his career will soar. But if he is a foolish idealist, he won't even become a mayor.


I'm a steal this 😁


Customer: "We want to have a membership registration form on our website!"

Me: "Membership for what? What are the benefits of membership? What do you want to do with the registered members?"

Customer: -

It's 2024. You still have to pull everything out of the customer one by one or encourage them to think.


So using Yeghro alone would suffice?


A post goes like:

"Yesterday we were informed about our daughter's terrible diagnosis that she has [some deadly disease]. ..."

The average social media user: *Like*

Seriously, do these idiots even realize what they're doing?


Twitter and Google Plus had similar beginnings. Timeline was full of webdev and blogging stuff and a lot of meta talk.

I think Nostr could undergo a similar transformation. Then today's superstars, the Nostr developers and the Bitcoiners, will quickly fade into the background, and other stars will emerge.


Yuu name your old npub 'Inactive account' or something. That's all.


More than half of Nostr gone


Destruct!


I think it makes sense. You can't delete, can't unshare, can't close accounts, can't log out of nostr. 😁


The profession of a banker is the most immoral profession of all. The higher up in the hierarchy of the banking system, the worse it gets. They earn guaranteed profits by doing nothing. They produce nothing, offer no service, and still have horrendous profits.

This is not only deeply immoral in itself, but also socially damaging to unimaginable extents, especially when considering the implications of this "profession."

Prostitutes have more honor than bankers. I would rather have dinner with a chain smoker than with a banker.


I ask myself, why are they even trying to disguise it at this point. They've already lost the majority, everybody sees through their game.

Just be real, 1%. Say, it's about control and surveillance. That I could respect at least.

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95% of hodlers are in it for the fiat yield ... said someone smart here lately. I'm of the 5%. I'm in a niche of the niche. I don't think of its fiat value, I think of it in terms of the absolute amount of Sats. More Sats, more freedom.


I just stole it from some fiat social media platform.


This may come from the fact that you have a wrong association with suits and ties. The tie was invented by the Central European nobility because these barbarians could not eat properly; they needed the ties to keep their shirts clean. It's a kind of bib, like the ones babies use, just for adults.


Is this a bait?


Because this gif is so nice ... 8 Popular Network Protocols [by Youna Chosse-Bentabed]

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Web Usability Expert: Tries to find ways to make it easier for the user to operate a service so that they can complete their task quickly and in their own interest, in order to move on to other actions afterward (i.e quickly leave the service).

UX ("User eXploitation") Expert: Tries to find ways to manipulate user behavior so that it aligns with the (mostly commercial) interests of the service provider.

The first is the user's advocate, the second is an advocate of the company.

In the case of the second, the interests of both parties rarely align, and when they do, it is only by chance. The interests of the company they work for is always at the forefront of their intentions.

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.


That these words are not said with malice seems to be the tricky part. As if these findings had already left the value system and had been established as facts. Just like the fact that pure evil does indeed exist. 😀 You know as in the saying, "say something a fourty times and it becomes the truth".


Yeah, they're the state's propaganda ministers able to shape minds at a very early age and to remove them from their fitra.

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Science, as far as we can fully master and apply it precisely, can only give us a picture of this world. Under the firm premise that there are no other worlds.

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An Alby that goes, I guess


Black hoodies! Never pink or orange or red.


"Remove all distractions," they say, the UX morons. "Don’t include headers or other page elements on registration pages and in the shop checkout," they say.

Forget it, it’s all BS. This misconception comes from a time when usability "experts" thought that internet users had the concentration span of a 3-year-old. They believed that everything distracted users from their main goals, namely registration and the payment process. Therefore, they felt the need to patronize users and take away all navigation options. As if users couldn’t simply use the back button on their browser or phone if they didn’t want to be trapped by such a crippled page. And fortunately, you can’t programmatically disable that browser button or phone function. Otherwise, these misguided UX freaks would do that too.

Present your registration and checkout pages in a completely normal way. With headers, main navigation, and everything else that’s on other pages. Don’t worry, those who want to register or make a purchase will do so. And those who don’t will find their way out anyway.

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[Registration page of Coinfinity]


Always interesting how people from seemingly higher classes call themselves 'expats,' while people from lower classes are referred to as 'immigrants.' Even though they are both doing the same thing. Particularly noticeable in the context of Dubai.


I think, today's people wouldn't even understand why the collapse happens.

But you're right, it will be painful but we will adapt. It won't be the end of the world.


You often shout 'End the fed,' but before happens, humanity must go through several painful phases.

Uprisings, civil wars (against the government), hardening of the state, dystopian living conditions, chaotic new beginnings... and probably this won't happen in our lifetimes, or if it does, it will be when we are all very old and wish for a peaceful final stage of life.

You think that the Cantillionaires will give up their magical money printer without a fight? They will use all state and military power against it.

Ready for that? Really? Then - end the fed.


Turkish #foodster => real #foodster

You amateurs with your makeshift Western kitchens can't hold a candle to that.

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Yes same here. Also I couldn't see muted people in the trending list, which changed recently.


İki-üç ay önce benim de böyle oldu. 7-8 yıl sonra yenisini almak zorunda kaldım. Apple, Google, Samsung ve Sony'nin en iyi modellerini karşılaştırdım ve karar vermekte zorlandım. Sonra karşılaştırmaktan bıktım ve bu lüks modellerinin beşte biri fiyatına bir Çinli telefon aldım ve kalan parayla Bitcoin aldım. Aslında memnunum. Sürekli düşünüyorum, eğer böyle bir saçma telefona 1000-1200€ harcasaydım, şu anki kadar memnun olmazdım.


Stay SAIF. Stay away from riba. Use Bitcoin whenever possible. Ditch fiat. Keep business clean.

That's it. That's the message.

[Brought to you by https://islamic-marketplace.com/]


Post own stuff. Post regularly. Have a bit patience.

That's it. That's all you need to do to gain some followers on Nostr.


"But who will build the roads?" 👀
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Unfortunately, RankMath, the number 1 SEO plugin for WordPress, also uses #DarkUX techniques to retain the few percent of customers who can't find a way to cancel their subscriptions.

Until recently, I had an AI package annual subscription, which I no longer wanted to renew (the hype is somehow over). So I wanted to cancel it. My expectation, fueled by other websites, was that I could cancel it somewhere under 'Subscriptions.' But no. The ongoing subscriptions are listed, but there is no cancel button in sight.

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As it turns out, the cancel option is under 'Payment Methods.' It opens in a new tab. Only when you delete your payment method does it equate to canceling the subscription. I wonder how it works if you have more than one product from them on subscription?

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In any case, they most likely did this on purpose: first, it's logically incorrect, and second, it's unnecessarily complicated. As I said, a small cancel link next to the subscription line in the list would have sufficed. It's a shame that such providers resort to dubious techniques or, at best, amateurish implementations. It ruins their hard-earned image of seriousness.

Don't make unsubscribing from your services hard for your customers! Make it as easy as subscribing to them.

#EthicalWebdesign


Better make this a list with https://listr.lol/


Great. Except the handle should be 'themike@mikehardcastle.com'


As phone identities become merged into npubs similar to services like:
https://mysudo.com/

My identity, through services like  nostr:npub1tm99pgz2lth724jeld6gzz6zv48zy6xp4n9xu5uqrwvx9km54qaqkkxn72 are now:
Email: mike@mikehardcastle.com
NIP-05: mike@mikehardcastle.com
Lightning payment address: mike@mikehardcastle.com
Phone identity: mike@mikehardcastle.com

Future:
Passport
Driving License

Bitcoin separates the state from money

NOSTR separates the state from identity

This is self sovereignty!


and it seems to be an attractant to cats, who go after the wasps 😉


Good track, even better lyrics.

I always ask myself, why aren't we revolting already? I mean, this is stuff for a worldwide revolt. Even more than the Covid lockdowns. But everyone remains silent.

I'm not in debt, alhamdulillah, and I try to avoid riba as much as I can. I personally would revolt, but a one-man revolt is not a revolt, is it?

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What nobody talks about: You will get no email or phone notifications with Nostr. Because you don't have to provide neither. Which is good.


You can install almost every Linux as dual-boot together with Windows. Ubuntu-based distros offer an option at setup to choose this. So you can keep your existing Windows installation. Then you get a boot menu where you can decide whether you want to boot into Linux or Windows at the start of your machine.

Every hardware is suitable for Linux. One year old is nothing, still considered new.


107, yoooo

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Jumu'ah mubarak!


Yeah, but these accounts are not about freedom. It's about egoism.


Good morning


I don't follow any '0 Following' accounts on Nostr. Nostr is about engagement. If you run your account as a one-way PR channel, kindly F.O. Go to Instagram.

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Wrong button. The banks are sheep in a wolf's clothing. Somehow need to up the education levels so people grasp that BTC is not just savings, but private personal under-your-own-control savings.

I'm setting up a site that is going to (subtly) hammer home the self custody, self sovereign message. It's not about being some sort of shady stick it to the state anon, but coming at it as a normal human being who understands we all have a god given right to not hand over the fruits of our labour, our energy to some wanker in a suit who tells you they know better than you.

They did know better than most of us when it came to investing, because they put the time in to trying to navigate a deliberately arcane rigged system. . But now they cant play that card  because the curtain has been pulled back and there is no merit in what they were better versed in.

We just need to get your fiat swapped into Bitcoin and then figure it out from there, with time on our hands and on our own terms. Its not radical is it. Youdont ask a banker for permission to eat your dinner. So it is weird how we accept that the banks have made themselves the arbiter of what we do with the means to buy our dinner  Ommmmmm :)


Linux. Take an easy distribution like Ubuntu or Mint.


Imagine being the Bitcoin-richest man in the world and still being in riba business 🤦♂


Some people celebrate that more and more banks are offering Bitcoin services, but it's not the same. You lose important characteristics of Bitcoin, such as permissionlessness.

Not only do banks, as state-regulated institutions, require full KYC, but the wallet you have there does not belong to you. And if you want to transfer your BTC assets from there to a self-custodied wallet, your transaction is still subject to scrutiny by the bank. For example, I wanted to transfer Sats worth only $8, and the bank promised a transfer time of about 60 minutes. Due to their 'internal review,' the entire process took over 48 hours. And the self-custodied wallet you transfer to is also doxxed through the KYC.

So it's best to forget about buying Bitcoin through banks; they are absolutely not suitable for that. Anonymous P2P, into self-custody, is still the best option.


The times when Muslim scholars said that fiat money is haram, but it can be used out of necessity because there are no alternatives, are long gone.

All of you Islamic finance advisors, you need to rethink your concepts from scratch. The foundation of Islamic finance has always been based on hard, sound money. This foundation is not present with fiat money.


Sad truth


Never had a smartphone, I leave my digital-heroin at home!
And I'm not that old.

I like that  nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 put this question, because I am playing with an idea of creating value as I am one a rare ones, it seems, when it come to never having owned a Smartphone. I get all kinds of reactions of people wishing they could stop or wondering how I manage. So if your curious to know how? Read on.

I find it funny & sad to see the world change with this tech. I am especially sad for the kids. I see teenagers growing flamingo necks and (some)parents not looking up at their kids play. I remember -more that a decade ago- seeing a little one of a couple of years do a simple trick (probably for the first time) and then looking up if daddy saw… but dad was head down in his phone. That child's reaction I still see, her smile and shoulders just dropped.  It’s becoming more and more normal on to see parents not looking. So much addiction in the open. Some people are just so lost when they have no signal or run out of power.

Here are some TIPS when going out without a smartphone:

• Just read a map -online if you wish- before you leave the house.
• Get a navigation device. It's not like you have to reject some of these awesome tools. Although knowing how to read a paper map helps you remember the way better the next time.
• Make some notes or just remember them. Perhaps bring some pen and paper along.
• Have an old-school digital camera if you like taking pictures and
film.
• Have a mp3 player if you want to listen to music.
• Look up at the sky, smell the air, feel the weather on your skin if you wish to know what to wear today, and when you're out all day, just leave prepared if you think it might rain. Or just check the weather online before you go if it's all a bit risky for you ;)

This All-In-One "comfort" is what keeps people hooked I feel.
And no worries if you do get lost or need some help to find some info, because most will never stop having one I 'm guessing.. Society has become my secretary for when I do need help. Most people are very kind to look it up when I ask.

Every years does seem to bring some more challenges for me to be able to join certain things, but I'll see how it goes. It’s not like I will reject these phones all my life if I am unable to joint (or spend btc whenever it becomes more mainstream).

SO YES, please learn to cut back and go back to a dumb phones.
I do hope some devs work on making btc payments easy without me ever needing to buy one of those black mirrors.

This tech is cool and all, but many are to stupid to use it wisely imo. It's like letting a child play with a loaded gun before it has any awareness about the dangers.

Anyway, that's my two cents.


There is Machankura, a Bitcoin and Lightning wallet using SMS. Unfortunately it's only available in a few African states.

https://8333.mobi/


#bitcoin #nostr #bank #meme

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Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services rises, eroding purchasing power.


The need for open source hardware with transparent and verifiable tamper proofing is clearer than ever.

Device detonation is beyond anything I would have thought possible. Covert surveillance through hardware is much less difficult to imagine.


Reject all unnecessary.


Has  nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 left Nostr? He's active on X though.


Great to see Shopstr evolving.

It's about time for a major UX/UI overhaul to get rid of some inconsistencies and make it look more professional. When?

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No, it's not 'Accept' or 'Manage'. It's 'Accept' or 'Reject'.

Stop applying these sleazy dark UX tactics. It speaks tons about you.

#EthicalWebdesign

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[by Faraz Adam]


"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

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Nostr is ghetto.


People, who live a hedonistic life style, who go after every urge they have, who eat whatever they want, they are compared to cattle in Surat Al Muhammad. Allah compares the kuffar to animals. Their greatest pleasure is to live like animals. They will have no reward in the afterlife whatsoever.

- Nouman Ali Khan


Haha, fair.


Not only in finances. It was common sense back then. People were generally closer to their fitra.


Why Arabs like Toyota

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


"Meta bans Russian state media networks from Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp."

I don't like state media in general, whether Russian, American, or German. I can place their fake news in context. But the height of hypocrisy is when a service that was caught influencing elections bans other services for "propaganda."


We already normalized lying, not keeping our word and spreading filth. It's not a big step to the normalization of scams.


What Islamic Finance needs first and foremost is getting rid of every dharra of riba. You can't build halal business with a currency where riba is baked in. As soon as there is a "USD", "EURO" or any other fiat currency in the core, it is rotten.

It saddens me to see, that most Muslim finance guys don't get this.

How do I come to this conclusion? I'm not making this up, I'm not in the position to make Islamic judgements. I'm just conveying, what I heard from more knowledgeable people. Namely this incident from the seerah: https://islamic-marketplace.com/ethical-website-creation/ (Part: "The reconstruction of the Kaaba in Mecca")


The point of completely exiting this fiat economy and living solely on Bitcoin will come when CBDCs and the associated social credit system are introduced and widely adopted. Supported and brought to you by banks.

Then you will have only two options: either a complete exit or the struggle with like-minded individuals in rejecting this new economic order. In the latter case, you will be faced with a bunch of clueless NPCs who will just stupidly mumble, "but it's the legal tender."

Think about it. Do you really think you will exchange your Bitcoin wealth for fiat someday and become fiat-rich? Or shouldn't you get off your ass and bet everything on a circular Bitcoin economy? It will come. The question is not "if" but "when."


Puppets come and go, their handlers stay the same. So vote for whoever you want, if it helps you to maintain the illusion.

Obama couldn't close Guantanamo, Trump couldn't even start to build the wall. Although they both really wanted to.


What comes to my mind here is, how does Nostr handle orphaned npubs? I guess, not at all, right? They simply accumulate over time.


It depends on what you find true joy in. If it's the wrong thing, Satan delights in your confusion.

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The good news: It only takes a sharp wooden stick to poke out Big Brother's eye.

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Yes,  just see a MIME type error (Mac). Does it work for you?

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You upload it one time, it shows an error message. Then you just upload it a second time, and it's done. Don't ask me why, it's weird.


Which client? On Primal (web) you need to post it 2 times, for example.


https://wherostr.social/map/

You have to geotag at least one note of yours.

https://wherostr.social/


Hello. I see you're not on the map.


Saved for historical reasons. We're so early.

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


Location tagging in  nostr:npub16elg3wf8nffkymylw9kfwecc45j9c30lufrrzx2zf5vmxjlcgkkq3xc6d7 is cool somehow. It obviously compromises the idea of partial anonymity/privacy and may not work reliably for many people using a VPN. But it's still interesting.

It should perhaps only be used in situations where the location plays a role, like in this example note here.

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

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

And appropriately, it is also provided only as an option. 👍

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


A list of nostr relays exposed as Onion services.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzpvkkwr098vnkj8qvxsqzykm9cddzd5rqjw7vg86gllr3uzg8l822qqxnzde3xserjdfjxvurjvp497akz0

This is a list of nostr relays exposed as onion services. The list is currently actively maintained on [GitHub](https://github.com/0xtrr/onion-service-nostr-relays). Contributions is always appreciated!

| Relay name | Description | Onion url | Operator |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| nostr.oxtr.dev | Same relay as clearnet relay nostr.oxtr.dev | ws://oxtrdevav64z64yb7x6rjg4ntzqjhedm5b5zjqulugknhzr46ny2qbad.onion | [njump](nostr:nprofile1qqst94nsmefmya53crp5qq39kewrtgndqcynhnzp7j8lcu0qjple6jspz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7jxrgyy) |
| relay.snort.social | Same relay as clearnet relay relay.snort.social | wss://skzzn6cimfdv5e2phjc4yr5v7ikbxtn5f7dkwn5c7v47tduzlbosqmqd.onion | [njump](nostr:nprofile1qqsx8lnrrrw9skpulctgzruxm5y7rzlaw64tcf9qpqww9pt0xvzsfmgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejszxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skct9tyup) |
| nostr.thesamecat.io | Same relay as clearnet relay nostr.thesamecat.io | ws://2jsnlhfnelig5acq6iacydmzdbdmg7xwunm4xl6qwbvzacw4lwrjmlyd.onion | [njump](nostr:npub1wtuh24gpuxjyvnmjwlvxzg8k0elhasagfmmgz0x8vp4ltcy8ples54e7js) |
| nostr.land | The nostr.land paid relay (same as clearnet) | ws://nostrland2gdw7g3y77ctftovvil76vquipymo7tsctlxpiwknevzfid.onion
http://nostrland2gdw7g3y77ctftovvil76vquipymo7tsctlxpiwknevzfid.onion (for payments) | [njump](nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj) |
| bitcoiner.social | No auth required, currently | ws://bitcoinr6de5lkvx4tpwdmzrdfdpla5sya2afwpcabjup2xpi5dulbad.onion | [njump](nostr:npub1an3nz7lczcunpdw6ltjst94hgzcxpppnk7zk3zr2nfcj4yd96kdse6twjd) |
| relay.westernbtc.com | The westernbtc.com paid relay (via Tor: hjar34h5zwgtvxr345q7rncso3dhdaryuxgri3lu7lbhmnzvin72z5ad.onion) | ws://westbtcebhgi4ilxxziefho6bqu5lqwa5ncfjefnfebbhx2cwqx5knyd.onion | [njump](nostr:npub1pc57ls4rad5kvsp733suhzl2d4u9y7h4upt952a2pucnalc59teq33dmza) |
| freelay.sovbit.host | Free relay for sovbit.host | ws://sovbitm2enxfr5ot6qscwy5ermdffbqscy66wirkbsigvcshumyzbbqd.onion | [njump](nostr:npub1gnwpctdec0aa00hfy4lvadftu08ccs9677mr73h9ddv2zvw8fu9smmerrq) |
| nostr.sovbit.host | Paied relay for sovbit.host | ws://sovbitgz5uqyh7jwcsudq4sspxlj4kbnurvd3xarkkx2use3k6rlibqd.onion | [njump](nostr:npub1gnwpctdec0aa00hfy4lvadftu08ccs9677mr73h9ddv2zvw8fu9smmerrq) |
| nostr.wine | 🍷 [nostr.wine](https://nostr.wine) relay (same as clearnet) | ws://nostrwinemdptvqukjttinajfeedhf46hfd5bz2aj2q5uwp7zros3nad.onion
http://nostrwinemdptvqukjttinajfeedhf46hfd5bz2aj2q5uwp7zros3nad.onion | [njump](nostr:npub1fyvwkve2gxm3h2d8fvwuvsnkell4jtj4zpae8w4w8zhn2g89t96s0tsfuk) |
| inbox.nostr.wine | 🍷 [inbox.nostr.wine](https://docs.nostr.wine/inbox/readme) relay (same as clearnet) | ws://wineinboxkayswlofkugkjwhoyi744qvlzdxlmdvwe7cei2xxy4gc6ad.onion
http://wineinboxkayswlofkugkjwhoyi744qvlzdxlmdvwe7cei2xxy4gc6ad.onion | [njump](nostr:npub1fyvwkve2gxm3h2d8fvwuvsnkell4jtj4zpae8w4w8zhn2g89t96s0tsfuk) |


Bubble will explode soon. They can't do it forever.


How long it took startups to launch and find their first customer.

[Source: Lenny Rachitsky Newsletter]

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


I'm celebrating my 25th anniversary as a website builder today.

25 years as a professional web developer. Before that, I was a network administrator and database developer for several years, and 2 years prior, I had my own web projects running. But on September 15, 1999, I received my first paid assignment to build a website.

The client was a gynecological group practice with a lab. Since I had already been building websites for 2 years, this website included every trend that was common at the time. Frames (but without scroll bars!), animated GIFs, hover effects with JavaScript, repeating background patterns and a completely pointless, over-the-top intro page (who remembers those?). And since there was no Google Maps back then, the website had also a hand-drawn and scanned map to the lab.

Let's see if I will still be building websites in 25 years...

https://mslmdvlpmnt.com/project/first-paid-website/


Well, where are they?


... to buy and self-custody quickly ...


Being able to buy quickly does.


Price doesn't matter.


Bin die Hälfte schon durch, sehr interessant.


They're eating the pets

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


Famous last words when immediately I stop reading posts:

„If you like this tweet/video/channel …“

https://media.tenor.com/OBMRnQmt3hMAAAAC/we-all-know-how-that-ends-walker.gif


You remember that Kangaroo girl at the Olympics? Just so you know, this is currently the holy grail of breakdancing:

https://youtu.be/t3dcqMQBhsg


Alhamdulilah, we just launched our first grant program at Bitcoin Majlis! If you're a Muslim student or young scholar studying Islam we encourage you to apply. No prior knowledge of Bitcoin is needed.

Please share it with your local Muslim communities and networks

See full announcement here: https://bitcoinmajlis.org/bitcoin-educational-grant-for-muslims/


A Whippet mix?


Go to an airport near you and see if you can travel there 😉


Don't you ever think, this law is for you. It's for the Blackrocks.

nostr:note1a0vqr0gd2grg8esuglx75n8g36e2s0rfhd2d2wdx059rv5zhrw9qrhnz3k


Not only in Australia, I guess. Sooner or later, everywhere.

nostr:note13tr9rqvnux2sg5kh3qywnj38wkwm2cdpmp30m08mrqnpg4ec0ceqlajkcg


We'll rediscover what's possible in a sound economy.


I don't know what it is but looks dope. 😎


Looks like a cross-domain issue. Can you add CORS headers?


How so? You mean, standardization = centralization?


I think, https://duckduckgo.com/?q=test&t=fpas&ia=chat translates even better than deepl.


Why?


Yeah I know, I'm a bit in a UI/UX guy mode today ...

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


With all these different representations of notes and profiles in Nostr clients, should we start again to include mandatory notices like in the days of the browser wars?

Like "This profile is optimized for Primal"?

Do we need Nostr-Client UI Standards?

One thing is certain: it cannot continue to be this chaotic forever. Once a certain number of users is reached, we will also need representation standards. Otherwise, more exotic clients will lead a completely niche existence, and we will experience a quasi-centralization around a few clients that adhere to standards, making the whole network vulnerable as a result. Because the protocol is nothing without the UIs.

Yes, yes, we could then use these clients over Tor and all sorts of tricks and yada yada blah blah and so on... that sounds good in theory. Market practice usually looks different in reality.


Bro, it would be nice if you also showed me how much it costs *after* the trial period. Don't use selective information that makes me feel like I'm trapped in a contract I know nothing about.

#EthicalWebdesign

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


I don't know why but every Iris/Snort version never show all notes of my timeline, nor half of my notifications or followers. I know I shouldn't be so strict with the numbers but Iris is always way out of touch.


2 got canceled, 2 alternative options

Anyone who has been following the scene a bit will have noticed that 2 somewhat famous social media figures were recently kicked off YouTube. One is a Muslim, the other a Christian. It’s about Dr. Shadee Elmasry and Candace Owens.

Dr. Elmasry had his live stream today; he streamed it directly on Twitter: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ynKODmapkvGR

Candace Owens' live stream will take place for the first time on Rumble in a few minutes: https://rumble.com/v5efeoy-uh-oh-i-got-fired-from-youtube.-candace-ep-61.html

I am basically a silent observer of both events, but the trend is clear: deplatforming critics. In any case, a lot is changing right now.


Apple: “We made a new button for the iPhone 16.”

Huawei: “We completely reinvented the smart phone AND the smart, self-driving electric car.”

https://video.nostr.build/2aa29c12dc8c1a1ad579d7f0178c0a624378ec35bdbafa64cf8003508adb4d5c.mp4


Maybe it's decentralized and more people need to delete it 🤷♂


Horrible


Did you know that in the SEPA region you can stack stats directly to your Alby Hub with an Alby account?

I call it:  " STACK  SATS  TO  ZAP  SATS "


Didn't know. That's cool.


Found it, it's  nostr:npub1nmq83muu5v0phkaew96amcwtqzle7u39ummz9nxg6dnnqt3zqjtse7vt4s. When you inspect the source code, you see the videos are embedded from archive.org

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


Man, banks in Bitcoin are crap. Stay away from them!

I opened an account with a provider 3 months ago (I’ll only reveal the name when they really screw up), because they also offer a crypto debit card. I already have one, but as a backup, so to speak. A friend recommended them to me because they work well outside EU countries. It costs a certain monthly fee, but it’s okay, it’s manageable.

Now they have decided to quintuple their monthly fee, and of course, I said: Nope. So I want to close my account and transfer the remaining crumbs of Sats to another wallet. I choose a transfer priority, and the app tells me it can take up to 60 minutes. Okay.

7 hours later, it still hasn’t arrived, and support says, "We are a regulated institution, and we conduct mandatory reviews." "What kind of reviews?" I ask back, "for such a small amount like $10?" "Yes, it only happens occasionally; it should be unlocked soon."

So even if the bank offers full Bitcoin compliance, you still have that regulatory crap in there. The 'permissionless' aspect of Bitcoin is then gone.


Here, it's the Germans themselves. Fiat culture.


If you want to do something good with your Sats, here’s a great opportunity with Orphans of Uganda. This is a self-managed orphanage in one of the five poorest countries in the world, and it is not under the patronage of any charity organization.

I have known the manager there for seven years and have also received confirmation from the local police that they are legitimate. So it’s not a scam.

And the best part is, they accept Bitcoin as donations; they were equipped with a Machankura wallet two years ago:

Get their Lightning address at: https://8333.mobi/OrphansOfUganda
And at the bottom there is also a button "Get Onchain Address".

This means direct donations without any middleman, P2P, and without any fees (except fees for the network), unlike what you typically see with aid organizations. Your Sats go 100% to the kids there. They also provide a breakdown of their income and expenses, which they have to deliver to my friends every month, complete with photos of the receipts and all that. If you want, you can also have a look at this breakdown. They operate completely transparently.

Check out their website, and if you have a few Sats to spare, do something good for the kids. The nice thing about Lightning transactions is that you can send even the smallest amounts in seconds to any part of the world.

https://www.orphans-of-uganda.org/


Wow. I'm kind of shocked.


I'm currently hearing that my daughter's classmates are getting something from McDonald's as their snack. Just imagine, parents drive their kids to school, stop at the McDrive on the way, and get their kids a McChicken as a snack. It will be cold by lunchtime when they can eat it, but whatever.

Man, what kind of culture has this become in Germany?


Here is a guy who posts daily movies. About 2 hours long. He seems to be uploading them to https://archive.org/upload/ and the thumb image to nostr.build. Only requirement for archive.org is a Creative Commons license.


BUILDING A BUSINESS IN BITCOIN

we don't need a million MicroStrategys

we do need a million small businesses holding bitcoin on reserve

The future purchasing power
The future influence
And the future LEVERAGE

Start a business
In an industry you care about
Make good shit
Put your profits into bitcoin
Grow slowly with no intention of selling it

https://youtu.be/FWXcy7M6BUo?si=emWafPvF3fEv20BZ


Are you on LinkedIn? You can roast a lot of people there daily. Many shitcoiners, nocoiners and fiat worshippers there, even among Muslims.


Yes, the OGs in this space. Those who used to, but not care about adaption anymore. Saying things like "I no longer care if people don't understand" or set up relays with the word "elite" in its URL.


I sense elitist tendencies in the Bitcoiner community ...
So we're not humble anymore?


Good explanation about Bitcoin's recent price volatility.

https://www.onrampmena.com/weekly-analysis/8-19-2024-weekly-analysis


"There is no doubt this system will try to hijack Bitcoin and water it down with paper printed Bitcoin."

Yes, education must go on.


مبروك


Thank you for the reminder! Deactivated mine today.


Yes, the more books on the subject are available in the market, the more likely it is to be perceived as "there's something to it."


Yes, UX obstacles apply at least to those who are willing to engage with it.


What prevents people, especially Muslims, from recognizing Bitcoin as a solution to many civilizational problems:

- They think it is purely an investment/speculation asset not what it was created for, namely to simply be sound money.

- They do not realize the monstrosity of the sin of interest/usury (riba) and have become far too accustomed to living with it (yes, I mean all three religions).

- Consequently, they do not see the urgency of escaping riba as quickly as possible and prefer to continue as usual.

- They have not understood their religious texts or cannot adequately prioritize the commandments and prohibitions within them.

- They are unfamiliar with the Bitcoin ecosystem and do not know what is already possible.

- And even if they were to become familiar with it, they are too complacent to change their habits.

- They are not open to fundamental paradigm shifts, even if it should lead them back to the roots of their religion, and feel threatened by changes (see how many people become aggressive and patronizing at the mere mention of the word "Bitcoin").

- They lack a solid understanding of economics and are still influenced by Keynesianism.

- They are not optimistic.

Therefore, people are right who say that the biggest challenge lies in education. But how can you educate people who have stopped learning?

So I now see it like Dr.  nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak . The later they learn, the less of the pie they will get. Bitcoin is like gunpowder; it is not optional whether you adopt it. The question is WHEN you will adopt it and whether it will not be too late (for you) by then.


Fiat mining is acceptable as long as you convert everything to BTC.


2 months sober now.

nostr:note19hmmt7jznvdnktf6zas9rgvnfe02e0s43lcupfpjye9ucekqqwqsy4v4hs


"In the view of Imam Malik, gold and silver were not necessarily Islamic currencies any more than they were convenient or universally valued media of exchange."

Islam & Economics -  A Primer on Market, Morality and Justice


"Public" opinion

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


Cantillionairism.


Doesn't apply to me. I had no respect for them even before.


I've created an app called Nostr Personality Analyzer!
Enter your Nostr public key, and it will analyze your personality 👀

https://nostr-personality.vercel.app/ https://image.nostr.build/b73cf3e9a73fbcfd040faa54c11b05de69dc92c32caa6842cddecfbaba7f1efa.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7b64a9a4d2ac726462872c7568b0ddcdb1519cef56fb0c2e573e5eddaf2455e3.jpg https://image.nostr.build/2d0d33357c15110499472448da8a1c8468e2ca6df5c7d4f28b0030612e3bc8ab.jpg


Good analysis. It's less hurtful when it's in japanese.


If you want your feelings hurt put your npub in this thing:
https://nostr-personality.vercel.app/


Finally I published by article on Riba and how its an integral part of the creation of a FIAT currency unit.

And offcourse I also discuss a few solutions like Gold, Local commodity backed currencies and Bitcoin and their drawbacks.

https://open.substack.com/pub/generalkhan/p/understanding-riba-in-fiat-systems

Will be writing more on FIAT and its negative implications on our humanity. https://image.nostr.build/71033a08f8f95a55d72e7d4acd7d09fbfc421cfcd555dc6371a2098c09db7dd8.jpg


We are in the midst of a peaceful revolution against central banks and their 1%-favoring fiat system and against state/lobby censorship. That will definitely go down in the history books.

In the latter case, there are only about 20,000 people worldwide who are regularly active on Nostr. And a lot of more are still searching for alternatives at the wrong places.

In the former, there are likely very few who acquire Bitcoin for these reasons. I hope that during this (hopefully) prolonged stagnation of Bitcoin's fiat price, the idiots who see it only as an investment to cash out later (in fiat) will decrease, and that the true Bitcoiners, who are building a real alternative economy with it, will remain.


They have CBDCs ready to go and want to make every escape route unattractive, blocking the exits.


They have CBDCs ready to go and want to make every escape route unattractive, blocking the exits.

nostr:note1jtf49qflf5k3hna5fd08m39ak909wkaapgulk5m7j7ynfqlpszysfhw835


Reminder to myself. Never debate with fools. Say your thing and move on. Leave the rest to Allah.

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


I know the first sentence as "... until a war breaks out"


Größenordnung stimmt ungefähr https://stats.nostr.band/


Memorize you nsec!

What bro? You can memorize 12/24 words, then you can also memorize your nsec(s). 😁


The Cantillon Effect should be a mandatory part of the curriculum in every school. It should be introduced relatively early, perhaps in elementary school, in a correspondingly simple way. Later, the topic can be explored in more depth.

The fact that such a fundamental concept, which explains many aspects of our current reality, is never covered —even in economics studies— is a huge psyop.


https://delete.nostr.com/ adapted to use NIP-66 instead of hardcoded relays by nostr:npub1uac67zc9er54ln0kl6e4qp2y6ta3enfcg7ywnayshvlw9r5w6ehsqq99rx: https://github.com/fiatjaf/nostr-event-deleter/pull/1


On yeghro it's the first step. Good relay btw.

https://nostrelay.yeghro.site/invoices


Ok, I'm at 100 now. Achievement unlocked. What's my prize?

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


Heroes

nostr:note1yfmagmdacwdnt4w6rc2auawu094lxhuqp2vcgl7xa73898ejw00srfnc8n


Brilliant idea, but hard to implement


For anyone currently suggesting Rumble as an alternative to YouTube (bc of censorship), this is the email they sent to their users yesterday. It doesn't look very promising for them either. I think they will be 'rumbling' next soon.

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

All the VC-funded, centralized service providers will gradually go downhill. Either because they sell out to interest groups for big money and then have to dance to their tune, or because they can't find a better business model. Advertising has never worked as a sole business model on the internet. The internet is simply not made for advertising. I've always said that. The dumbest job title is "Online Marketing Manager," an oxymoron.

So far, they have all survived through capital injections, partly from intelligence agencies and partly from large lobbies. But these groups are slowly becoming impatient and eventually want to reap some rewards. However, this will not happen through online advertising. So they will have to implement other levers and budgets and be able to classify it as state propaganda or generally "narrative building." Just like with X. Thus, legacy "social media" will slowly turn into the Orwellian brainwashing instrument that can at least be repurposed and somehow monetized.

In the long run, Nostr will be the only credible, grassroots social network. And, what I personally hope for, websites or weblogs will make a comeback. But for that, the final boss Google must be defeated. However, there are already faint signs that its decline has begun.


Yes, they have a toxic narcissistic mindset. Narcissists have the trait of appearing very attractive in the initial phase of getting to know them. But as you move into the next phases, it quickly becomes clear that there 's not much more to them.


Tell them it protects monitors from falling to the ground.


Unfortunately I'm not that smart. Have you edited that note directly in the json file or something?


nostr:npub175nul9cvufswwsnpy99lvyhg7ad9nkccxhkhusznxfkr7e0zxthql9g6w0
#negr0art
te ves?

https://m.primal.net/KgHK.webp
https://m.primal.net/KgHN.webp


Nah can't be. What magic is this?


1 real account, multiple anon accounts bro 😏


Yeah, looks like how Netflix would produce it.


Bro what? Someone zapped you 3 million Sats for that? 😮


I don't know tbh. I don't sync sensitive stuff over the internet, I have a private cloud in my LAN. But I guess, they have some cloud service running for the reckless?


Why? Just make some new ones and don't tell anybody it's you.


"The people who are going to hate the believers, just because they are believers, have no constitution. The have no (moral) code, they have no principles."

https://youtu.be/bj77qXrTkGs?t=1266


or "How’s the crypto market treating you lately?"


Counting follows is counting the number of contact lists you are on. Contact lists are large so relays will only allow you to pull  so many at a time. To know how many people follow you is knowing every up to date contact list on every relay. Clients can’t really pull all of this information down, so depending which relays you are counting from you will get different numbers, but it will always be inaccurate. Follow counts are a centralized concept.


I repeat this in more detail, because it is essential for Muslims to understand this.

Often riba is translated with "usury" or "interest", but it's more than that, it has a wider meaning.

We said that the basic philosophy behind riba in Islam is:

A way of making money, that's guaranteed and doesn't require any effort on your part.

Note that it is not enough for just one of the two to be the case. For example, you can enter into a purchase or service contract that guarantees you an income that contains profit when you provide a service. The written contract is binding, that's where the 'guarantee' comes from. That alone is not haram, because you make an effort to deliver value.

You can also potentially make money from something without effort. But the expected profit should not guaranteed. For example, if you invest in something (like Bitcoin or company shares), but the investment can also go wrong. This is effortless (you are just handing over money to someone), but not guaranteed profit.

Only when BOTH come together—effortless investment AND guaranteed profit (like in a loan agreement)—it is riba.

Stay away from riba at all costs, don't earn it and don't pay riba. And also don't be a signing witness to a riba contract, that's also haram and punishable. You don't need a bank loan to buy a house, you don't need to own a house. You need to stay away from riba. Stay within your means. You can pay rent until you die, no problem with that. Allah ﷻ is Ar-Razzaq and will provide.

Riba is no small matter, it's one of the 7 biggest sins and a heinuos crime in Islam and will be punished in the most severe way in afterlife, if you don't make tawba while alife.

nostr:note1g5f8lztf3480jhdfe3f72ucelhv5cd9r8jz6q48qknn7yl8rla9qe3uds8


For real? Or is this for the tax office?


This is true for 99.9% of us.

nostr:nevent1qqs8hrfu52363595502v4e42frq0z2st36hhr7vne7yvhn9twka4ltqpremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59upzqw2ya7d9ajwwnqjzyhga49ql6rrtgvxcxzwhf6lhl0l5jjx73u0mqvzqqqqqqyezgvwn


That's why Muslims like Bitcoin ⬇

https://youtu.be/-rSrEDBqwis


Uff, ağzım sulandı


I don't know. I thought it was the biggest accounts that are suggested.


The lesson here: Don't follow big accounts!

The ones that Primal suggests you should follow at initial set up. They're arrogant and mostly post crap. Take time to find your niche.

nostr:note1fs6aqgj3juxfgqerk8defjjmuymwlyzksemd6jnrsqku3k7v5nls6gjzyc


Haha, I have the same Macbook, but I made the mistake of upgrading it to the next version. Became much slower then. Must figure out how to roll back.


One of the first things she mentioned was, she wants to restrict (censor) online speech.

To be honest, it doesn't personally affect me because I'm not a U.S. citizen. But I know that such trends can also become popular in Europe.

I always think about such guys, "What the hell are you thinking? Doesn't your country have bigger, serious problems that you should maybe address? Your people are sleeping on the streets damn it. And a predominantly large portion is just 3 unpaid rents away from that. And if you should get elected, you should be tackling the toughest issues and not throw out such smoke screens."

In the past, they at least promised good things before the election and broke it afterward. Today, they already have the audacity to announce such nonsense BEFORE the election.

They do not intend to change the system, they want to change YOU. They're fine with the system because it serves them.

nostr:note1nahly0gauc2t5wtaszfarznnyghr9fpdy0sk8ywtflyvx8zdm7vs339hh2


... oder einen Oscar kriegen.


NPC says

"I got banned! I was stressed—three-plus years of hard work and hundreds of posts at risk."

But she reached out to the support team and all got resolved.

She goes on:

"But honestly, I wondered—if I had to start from zero, could I do it?

The answer was a screaming yes, and it’s all because of the community we’ve built here and across other platforms."

My reply:

"The consequence of a mistake should not be to repeat it, but to do better next time and take ownership for your own post. Have you heard of Nostr?"


Added 🫡


Correct. The safest app is not secure on an insecure operating system. Some apps should only be used on a Linux desktop system for maximum safety.


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- Endless wars at the expense of debt and economic deficits

- Diminishing personal freedoms and free time to fully realize one's potential (two-income households just to get by)

- Broken families with divorce rates of up to 50% (for comparison: 100 years ago, a divorce rate of 2.8% was already considered a catastrophe by Western psychologists and seen as a temporary anomaly due to urbanization)

- Aimless and unmotivated youth indulging in hedonism well into middle age

- Broken, unhealthy diets and a symptom-treating, expensive healthcare system

- Worship of money (money takes precedence over all meaning and purpose)

- Unrestrained public sexual acts with more than four witnesses

- Lies and devaluation of the concept of personal honor (in the past, one would lose all respect for just one lie - see hadith sciences; today, it is a foreign concept)

- Leaders completely unfit to rule, with up to 80% exhibiting pathological mental disorders (who should actually be in treatment in a mental institution)

- Miserable aesthetics and quality in engineering

... all of this and its consequential damages are caused by riba (usury) and unhealthy money as a foundation. One only needs to draw the chain of conclusions.

The straight path has not been bending for 1400 years. Human values do. Always stay on the straight path, even if you seem "strange" to everyone else.


Brothers on LinkedIn think they are running an "interest-free business" just because they haven't taken out bank loans. However, they are still using fiat money and have business accounts at banks.

Our masjids are still accept fiat currency donations while claiming that they are not involved in riba. When you point out that the Euro bills in their basket are a testament to the creation of money from nothing, bundled with the facilitation of riba-laden loans, they even react angrily.

There is still a long way to go. Brothers need to learn economy.


Yes, he already got in touch with me.


Saw it, just answered.


Yes. I don't even make a second round, paid or not. For me, it's always just one round, one interview, one decision after the interview. I don't even participate in a second round. It worked without problems for decades, but today's HR pussies want to play it safe and avoid hiring the wrong person.

After all, they can easily get rid of the candidate when he turns out to be the wrong fit. And even if not, there is such a thing as 'entrepreneurial risk' they need to get used to take in that regard also.


What do you think, should I treat myself to a British breakfast tomorrow? I just happen to have all the ingredients.

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Yes, but the execution was terrible.


Which trauma?


Found a nice website and click around. Great design and they seem to only accept Bitcoin in their store. They even have a nostr account at   nostr:npub1jcympy69pht7ptan39se4nd09e4q66qhey649uu3rczm2zh88c7s0n2890

https://ungovernablemisfits.com/

And then I took a look under the hood to see if they are really as rebellious as they claim. That's when the truth came out. Sorry guys, that's as 'rebellious' as Metallica was during the Napster days when they started dragging their file sharers to court for copyright violations. 🤷♂

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exactly


If that happens, more unemployment -> more right wing voters

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Set up your lightning too


This is generally the misunderstanding that many Muslim extremists of various kinds have with the Quran. Violence on a civil/personal level is only permitted for self-defense purposes (or the defense of those under one's protection). Any political confrontation against other groups of people must originate from a state, a nation, and occur under its control and discipline.

So, when any Muslim extremists come together to wage a so-called 'jihad' against the 'infidels,' it is total confusion . As a Muslim, one first establishes a state, raises an army, and only carries out attacks at its command, never out of personal emotions.

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This is what happens when one distances oneself too much from their religion. Such (political) matters are not handled on a civil or personal level, but on a state level. The civilian does not have the right to do such a thing here, unless they have been personally provoked or attacked.

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Freedom & Self-sovereignty > Fiat wealth


Link?


Hold a big portion, spend a small portion (zaps for example). When you got around $1,000 worth of Sats, ask again.


Meanwhile the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior posts this on X:

https://x.com/BayStMI/status/1830365019382673873

We already know these vibes, don't we?


Turkey officially applied to join BRICS.


Checking if Primal still does DoFollow links on the profile page ... it does. Few.

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Listen: Corruption starts, when these links turn to NoFollow links. Mark my words.


"Families in every other century ever" ... and Muslims today.


woke


Interesting. We said something similar back in the 2000s, when social media emerged and people flocked to it.

It was something like "If you can't manage 12-15 HTML elements and a basic CMS setup, maybe you shouldn't publish articles on the internet."

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Ditched Notion long time ago. Obsidian is better and self-souvereign. And it's just a GUI, you can keep the underlying data on the file system.

https://obsidian.md/

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People just would stop sending them links/screenshots, no?


This is the right way. But don't link between these 2 identities. Don't follow the profile with your other one and definitely don't announce one profile with the other. That shouldn't need to be said, right? And always use your anonymous profile with a TOR over VPN.

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Well, it is optimistic in that he holds Muslims in the West in high regard.


Mashallah, added 7 more since my last announcement.

We're growing. Follow each other!

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If you're Muslim and into Bitcoin and are looking to continue down the Islamic version of the Bitcoin rabbit hole, I highly recommend reading these 7 books.
👇

1. Heaven's Bankers: Inside the Hidden World of Islamic Finance by Harris Irfan

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This books goes over some of the challenges that Islamic finance institutions go through to comply with shariah, and the author gives examples from his personal experience. One of my favorite books!

2. The Problem with Interest by Tarek El Diwany

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This one goes over the effects of having an interest based monetary system on society. It also has a nice summary of the history of how we transitioned from a gold based money to fiat money. Also talks about Islamic economics.

3. Banking: the root cause of the injustices of our time by Abdassamad Clarke and others

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This book is really about usury, and it highlights its destructive aspects. The chapter on the history of usury legalization is fascinating, and there's a great chapter about its environmental impacts.

4. Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism by Benedikt Koehler

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The author makes the case for free market capitalism having its roots in early Islam in Arabia, and how that model of capitalism was adopted in Europe.

5. Islam and Economics: a primer on Markets, Morality, and Justice by Ali Salman

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Great summary of core concepts of Islamic economics. Subjects include private property, wealth creation, price fixing, trade, market regulations, money and banking, Riba, and zakat.

6. The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament by Wael Hallaq

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Hallaq criticizes the institution of the modern nation state, and he argues that the nation state suffers from legal, political, and moral issues that make it incompatible with Islam.

7. Return of the Caliphate by Shaykh Abdalqadir As-Sufi

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This book makes the case that the fall and decline of the Ottoman Empire was due to funding through usurious debt and the adoption of fiat paper money and secular governance.


Explained in a refreshingly simple way

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Wow, my WoT scrore now 94 at Coracle. That's a new record. You can so trust me guys. You could just hand over your nsecs and seed phrases to me, no problem.

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#brazilian_solidarity #funk #TimMaia https://video.nostr.build/15fcbdd2bc65d1a92709934e7db4c0b86c05f8936fc3c705fe4a6a2cea79d820.mp4


Not excuse, but it's an explanation.


That is addressed in the video. Short version: Their leaders are just tyrants who only care for themselves and their power.


Şunu bir dene:

https://archive.org/details/QuranAudioTafseerNoumanAliKhanFullUpdated2021

Hepsini birden MP3 olarak indirebilirsin.


Two opposing views on the Muslims in the West.

The more negative view:

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and the more optimistic view:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA-awBFhM1Q

I tend to assume the latter.

Because justice is the most basic good that Muslims have to defend, even if it is against themselves. And this criterion came before all worship rituals, before the Harams were even introduced. And justice is at its worst in traditionally Muslim countries.


"The signs of God can be found in His creations. In all kinds of creatures that are walking on earth. These kinds of proofs are pointless for the one, whose internal decency, their soul is lost. They can't see any of this stuff. They can look deep into the sky, they can look into the universe deeper than we can, but if there's no goodness left inside, they can't see God's work in it. None (of the signs he sees) would come to benefit them. They won't see Allah's work in it, they'll just see a 'random accident'."

- Nouman Ali Khan, Tafsir lesson Al-Jathiyah


Mullvad better. Completely anonymous payment options and fast. And no logging.


Her zaman yeniden inanabilirsin.


"Can't let plebs have a say. Must take away the main reason of creation of the WWW."

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Give them newbies time bro 😂


Ask whenever you need help.


indeed, after that news we got today i`ll be
using nostr from now on.