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 @ WebSummit in Lisbon
a lot of talk about disinformation and social media
feels like no one has ever heard of nostr

we are so ahead ⚡️ 
 I’ve watched Tenet several times now and I still don’t really understand it 🤷‍♂️ 
 have watched it 8 times now, I think I understand it
had to draw the entire movie's timeline on a paper tho 
 kinda sad that GrapheneOS is only built for Pixel phones
I have a Xiaomi, feels like building the source code for this may be difficult

#grapheneos 
 how do I recover my #alby wallet if I only have the 12 word key for it?
It's asking me for my email account associated with it, which I don't know

in the browser extension 
 thanks for the suggestion

I installed blue wallet and imported my wallet but it states that it has 0 sats. that isn't the case.
should I wait a bit or does that make no difference? 
 HRF is a proud supporter of free and open source Nostr development and we are happy to be here! 
 happy that you're here as well ⚡  
 finally finished my thesis
hello again, nostr ⚡️ 
 a massive win for everyone 
nostr:nevent1qqswzq0avzclvt9nq4lzyg8wk7azgt2xe3fsce4t0xkuw8k6nq0llvsppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5pzqak8r2hr5jglrk0wc37t59lz98x6gyf6pwaku6hpwakhvslznjh6qvzqqqqqqyemp28e 
 my echo, my shadow, and me 
 anyone familiar with BitVM? found it while browsing the web and I find it interesting. would be nice to know if it works

https://bitvm.org/ 
 that's why I wanted to post this here, everytime I read smart contracts in bitcoin I get suspicious but hopeful 
 can't stress how I love only needing to have an nsec to have access to so much

keep growing, nostr ⚡️ 
 on #amethyst 0.86.5 ⚡️ 
 just to share that i lost my Duolingo streak of almost a year
F 
 kind of a bummer that some wallets can't receive zaps under 10 sats

imo, this is wrong. I should be able to send 1 sat zaps if I want to 
 is openvibe based on plebstr? 
 great! will follow your work

can't zap you btw, from #amethyst 
 nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp4y6jq36y8d6rv7gxpk2x6dlxfpa3dzt3u9k6yvkvplhkzvsl2xlqy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcqypcjzn2lrhz6pgpamtcz9gnycw30rqzm5xpkp6ygdt4ee5srff38yup3qtw

this note brought Tor directory servers to my attention - https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/flag:authority
as @Lux points out, doesn't this centralise Tor? it seems that who has controls over these servers, has control over what can be seen on the Tor network, and what circuits are built 
 in april i had the chance to meet and hear from Roger Dingledine, The Tor Project's co-creator
he gave an imteresting presentation, reminding us all that there are no safe places in the internet

and he encouraged me to finally fix my Tor node

https://image.nostr.build/58d41da3f3d74cddae8e2720dea3e332fd5a619d9679b35f71202f54d1f18939.jpg 
 also, there's going to be a Tor community meet this saturday in Lisbon, Portugal
anyone going?

#tor #portugal 
 Any quick 5 minute cheat sheet website?  I'm interested to cross post outbound from nostr asap (a... 
 seems like a neat idea, going to try it ⚡️ 
 is openvibe based on plebstr? 
 If you use manjaro or ubuntu, I'm sorry but we can't be friends 
 what about those two distros? 
 wtf happened with ETH? price up by 20% today

ETF? 
 does nostr have any presence in New Caledonia?

France banned TikTok, and it seems they might ban more internet access (which should be under surveillance by now) 
 Checking this place out! 
 how do you know that user accessed nostr through nos? 
 indeed 
 Happy to be joining the creator residency with nostr:npub1qspus6smkn8mcdxg5jflh50s69vdgtwsd5p74gm... 
 congrats
followed ⚡️ 
 🚀WELCOME THE FIRST CREATOR RESIDENCY COHORT! 

We’re excited to amplify a mix of existing No... 
 great iniciative ⚡️ 
 is your connection to gitlab.torproject.org awful aswell? 
 Bitcoin is not trustless. 

It takes a lot of trust to move your wealth into a new system.  
 correct
and one may do so by verifying its underlying code, as it is all open-source

if you are unable to verify by yourself then yes, you'd have to trust someone. but that someone can be one who you already trust, eliminating the need to rely on people you don't trust (which is the current state of affairs) 
 the state of AI rn is absolute bonkers

nostr:nevent1qqsgdyd2z3jz6p88vsdd0z0ykmfqcu42glgts6luy3rct8nusaw802cpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzyqewrqnkx4zsaweutf739s0cu7et29zrntqs5elw70vlm8zudr3y2qcyqqqqqqg8hl6lj 
 when can one add pubkeys to lists with #amethyst?
if no one is working on it, I might do it 
 Got self-custodial zaps up and running. ⚡️ 
 what's your setup? ⚡️ 
 For me to make a living on nostr, I would need to be able to sell digital products for fiat and s... 
 I believe no one here is going to build a market that operates on fiat, and I don't think they should
you can trade sats for fiat elsewhere, transactions should only be in sats 
 any way to backup lists? can't do it on listr.lol neither on metadata.nostr.com 
 "(...) there are no ways to prevent such attacks except when the user's VPN runs on Linux or Android"
windows bad ig 
 finally updated my lists
timeline feels so much more clean now 
 yo, back after a while
been reading a lot, what have you been building? ⚡  
 Extension in chrome: nice very nice, now let's see it in Firefox...*its shit* 
 extensions are indeed the main problem trying to switch to firefox 
 What if we gave users the ability to indicate which country they are in (optionally) and from tha... 
 thinking of setting up a small relay, what made your server blow up? 
 Lol just did my first pull request. 😅 
 gotta start sometime ⚡️ 
 Miners reorganising blocks is nothing new. It's halving day and the closer we get the more likely... 
 how can blocks be reorganised? surely not the blocks that have 6+ confirmations 
 Will the halving block be reorged? 
 what? 
 happy halving day! The only holiday that is celebrated at the exact same time all across the worl... 
 ah, it must really be the only one
funny 
 migrating my node from Umbrel to bitcoind

tired of Umbrel, doing it the right way now ⚡️ 
 just finished "The Great Gatsby"
meh at best, tbh

#bookstr 
 anyone ever tried to run a full node with bitcoind, with a previously downloaded chain?

I'm migrating from Umbrel to bitcoind and don't feel like doing another IBD

#dev #asknostr  
 very cool ⚡️ 
 yes, BTC is transparent, and chainanalysis can indeed track BTC through several wallets

but Bitcoin wallets have the possibility of using a different pubkey for every transaction, making it harder to track

mixers also exist, which further obscures the origin of the BTC 
 "One thing's for sure and nothing's surer
The rich get richer and the poor get children"
- in The Great Gatsby 
 I like systemd 
 been using it more recently, it's a treat  
 NGL, Bitcoin Core devs asking to nuke Iran from existence was not on my Bingo card.  
 source? 
 Is pokemon TCG super boring or is it just me? 
 Magic is the most complete TCG I've ever played, been playing it for years now 
 also adore commander, but pauper is my turf 
 your pfp does look like a cyberpunk Jace 
 on #amethyst 0.86.4, got through obtainium 
 Is an air fryer really worth it? #asknostr 
 I love mine, way easier than using the oven
recommend if you don't like to cook 
 Pasting images into  nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg web no... 
 usually the case in software debugging 
 using Obtainium to update my apps from now on ⚡️ 
 Why are you still an active #nostr user?  
 doubt you ever will ⚡️ 
Event not found
  can't zap you for some reason, using Amethyst 
 I receive the error message "Could not fetch invoice from http://hazeem.xyz/BTC/UILNURL/pay/lnaddress/tkay"