That's a lot of points.


Much luck to be wished your way.


Only trade hard assets for other hard assets.


@npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg

Could you please refer to the abo email question? I don't know enough about the different implementations.


See above?

nostr:nprofile1qqs9pk20ctv9srrg9vr354p03v0rrgsqkpggh2u45va77zz4mu5p6ccpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9thwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2a30qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7xph5zr


I'm also concerned about their custody. Currently they hold all bitcoin with Coinbase. I'd like there to be at least one and ideally several custodians holding their bitcoin.


Do you have any hope of a GME reversal to peak 2020/2021 share prices? Would be very curious to hear your perspective and analysis, especially given all the research you've put out regarding bitcoin.


The man can fucking write. I love hearing his perspective and use of language the average pleb can both understand and relate to.


Ecash is a lot simpler than lightning due to the differences in technologies under the hood.


Going live on zap.stream as well?


There's always a pullback, because people always think there won't be a pullback.


17 days.


Stay humble.


Smash buying 10 billions for the plebs, brb.


Bitches.


What was the tastiest or most unexpected thing you ate there?


Remember to stay humble. People get bitcoin at the price they deserve.


Nerdy badass* dad.

Fixed it for you. 🫡


Meh. I'm staying humble, stacking sats, and zapping.
Plus reading your substack. 😉


Roman Sterlingov, the alleged operator of the Bitcoin mixer Bitcoin Fog, has just been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.

The government is now seizing the little Bitcoin he has left (hint hint that's how your strategic bitcoin reserve gets built), while the Billions of Dollars he allegedly made operating Bitcoin Fog continue to remain unaccounted for.

Here's a primer on the wild story of his prosecution and why it shook the chain analysis space – full story coming when more info on the sentencing is available.

https://m.primal.net/LxGX.png
https://www.therage.co/bitcoin-fog-sentencing/


Just shit-posting and zaps.


Likewise.
Thank you for the sacrifices you've made, and all the hard work you put into building a better tomorrow. 🫡

Mallorca
Vienna
Prague
Paris
Geneva
Taipei
Tokyo
Kyoto
Osaka
Manilla
Bangkok
Chaing Mai
Salt Lake City
Moab


"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers"

— Carl Sagan nostr:note12pk8qt2zy7dgge55k7j0m7kxaarghxdasrwwr3e9sha3meg692wss09g0r


Not if I corrupt it first.

*snorts more cocaine*


Great for slow roasting large meat. I use mine weekly.


Really enjoyed this podcast. Was also a bit of an idealogical echo chamber.

Would be curious to hear you talk with some people in the bitcoin space who voted Democrats, to see how they could steelman their position. Similar to how one of the guests mentioned democrats should steelman the positions of people who are pro Trump.

Thanks as always for the great content.


Do you have a timeliness on when this will be accessible to the public?


Just sent 100K sats, keep up the hard work, I hope it helps. 🫡


Don't worry, they'll think of some.


Nothing has changed, freedom tech and being the change we want is how we move forward.


I can see your address, but it doesn't work when I try to zap a post, or when I try to manually zap you directly.

https://image.nostr.build/6103548753c32a3362b6953bfd7b0eb0f18758f0b30ce1fc1d182c26ee69dfc0.jpg


If you setup zaps, I'll send you some more stats!


They wouldn't let us vote if it mattered.


Where is Coinos most popular?
We explain here on stage at the Victoria Bitcoin conference.

For free, we set up businesses to accept Bitcoin as a payment option.

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


They cannot stop us. 🫡


Zeus wallet.


Do you have lightning? I'd like to zap you for your contribution


Dave Smith on his Part of the Problem podcast often says this. Courage is being able to stand against the mob in the moment, not once a topic has been deemed safe.


Repost if you like Nostr 💜


Hoe's cost time and money.


Ok bruh.


"Sell me this preimage."

You can verifiably purchase the solution to any NP-Complete problem using Bitcoin (and Lightning), combined with zero-knowledge proofs.

- Buy the solution to a sudoku puzzle
- Buy the prime factors of an RSA key
- Bridge HTLCs with PTLCs
- Buy a valid proof-of-work
- and more...

https://conduition.io/bitcoin/zkpreimage/


Thanks for the detailed breakdown and explanation. I really enjoyed this article and hope PTLC's can eventually get implemented.
It also gives me an extra reason to keep my node up to date, and with taproot enabled.


Have you looked into this at all?
Would be curious to hear your thoughts on the weekly newsletter.

https://conduition.io/bitcoin/zkpreimage/


Or take our money??


GM.
Bought bitcoin today so I can zap more.

https://image.nostr.build/fa0b0c600f5d86315985c4af15828c15af1ad147445946b8e5306585ec5aa744.jpg


That's amazing. I'm doingvthe sane, while also focusing on growing and improving the community around me.


And thence once you've done so, start zapping.

nostr:nevent1qqsqy5lt8pcfm2wc2t0mw84pfnhgasqhs7yh3x7s69l7gd4v9g6mymspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygyuuu032pkv7jue7g627jdavgptazp6sru4592ud6dpcdha0euqcupsgqqqqqqs5kk9el


Seems more like a unintended criticism of GDP as a metric, than a argument that canada has a strong economy.


Hey nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6mpd4czuumfw3jsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsq3yamnwvaz7tmsw4e8qmr9wpskwtn9wvql3tqm, any interest with making an appearance on my podcast to discuss the failing economy?


Same, using an external SSD to store the block data.


Yep, 8 months.


The crazy ones are also fun. 🫠😉


Amethyst. nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qythwumn8ghj7anfw3hhytnwdaehgu339e3k7mf0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tch2deau


People don't zap enough.

https://www.nostrzap.com/npub1aul5auzh9e4hvhcm5r9lwqct59qj93hpm0md2lnfazwve2ayhx7qpscxl3


Just keep stacking and living your best life. Even if they don't understand Bitcoin, if you are happy and have purpose they will accept what you're doing.


This is a great chart.
Thanks for all your content, your latest article on gold as a liquidity leader was awesome.


When will this version be relea https://image.nostr.build/69b83cc1673d67fb629f77b0f9ac09f15c3d4c3da6403558e754282fbe8da093.jpg sed to zap.store?
I'm still only seeing v0.9.1


Buenos días, por decir algo.

El mundo tiene que saber lo que ha ocurrido en valencia y la dejadez de los políticos de este Pais hacia el pueblo que los mantiene.

https://video.nostr.build/06adf607c52ba8e339a186fe1f84d72a1c4c4d115dfa53430b612db139c4b3d0.mp4


Woot!


I just zap, cause that's the content I want to see.


This has been my go to spot for buying used books recently

Also has new books as well but it’s known for used, rare, and out of print books.

#books #reading #usedbooks #knowledge

Check it out if you are a reader 👇🏽

https://www.abebooks.com/


Be the cha ge you want to see.
No one can stop me from sending future generational wealth to strangers for shitposts.
This is true freedom. 🫡


It's because you provide value. 🫡


Another bounty

https://stacker.news/items/748026


Bian Lian is an ancient Chinese dramatic art.

Typically, performers change from one face to another almost instantaneously with the swipe of a fan, a movement of the head, or wave of the hand.

https://video.nostr.build/ee2b98388207bd8d8a80414c72923314bc0cd1398694f1420cdaec9a2c981ac7.mp4


Can confirm.
If you have a spare laptop, you can run a node.
Tools like nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueq555fk2 make it even better, but Phoenix wallet is the best for those taking their first steps.

nostr:nevent1qqspywza9u3q8076qp6ruemvnd5etaeednd3ngu56dq2e6x6wapaq4qppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgs9pk20ctv9srrg9vr354p03v0rrgsqkpggh2u45va77zz4mu5p6ccrqsqqqqqpadp97m


Yea, I tried zapping you just now, and was unable to.
That's annoying, I hope you're able to resolve it. The joys of being an active hobbyist in the space. 😅🙃


One of my most complex murals I have ever created, and in 2 weeks!  2022, Miamisburg, Ohio ✌❤🎸

#artstr #murals #muralist #artist #travelingartist #muralstr #art #painting #spraypaint #streetartist #nomad#
* I am a #nostr newbie, if anyone has ideas for artist hashtags, or any other tips on here, they are welcomed😊
https://m.primal.net/LoJl.jpg


Are you running start9 on a custom server or one of the pre-built ones? I've been running a pre-built option for the past year and so far its been pretty stable! However, I just have lightning stuff on it, nothing too fancy.


Same. I think we won'r hear much until bitcIun crosses 100,000 USD.


I don't disagree, but will be curious to see what route the SEC would attempt to take. I think #MSTR will be much harder to stop via regulatory measures, given the recent ETF approvals.


Just in the past 24 hours.


I just zap people. Mostly with nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueq555fk2 https://image.nostr.build/43a2f9355cd8cd68e11175fb66683bb395290b0419d993473845c16eb33633e4.jpg


Running a bitcoin full node is one of the defining features of being a bitcoiner.


#MSTR Quadbilliling down, by announcing they plan on issuing $42 billion in convertible debt over the next 3 years. 🫨🫡👀


$MSTR Quadbilliling down, by announcing they plan on issuing $42 billion in convertible debt over the next 3 years. 🫨🫡👀


Great episode. I disagreed a lot with what Mike said, but enjoyed hearing his poorly articulated points and interrupting you. Gave me perspective on how some people view the world and how to have conversation about politics.
Keep up the great work.


Unedited. Give me that raw pod.


How I start my day:
Wakeup
Read GM posts
Send money to strangers on the internets


GM!


Also please setup zaps, so I can send you some satsssss!


I had the same thoughts when I read up on Kinjal Shah and her work.
Thanks for the detailed breakdown.


Android's openness goes hand in hand with Nostr's openness.

nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0e2p4dj to download my apps 👇🏻
Amber to manage my Nostr private key
Citrine to store my Nostr content locally
Amethyst to interact and experience Nostr
nostr:nprofile1qqs9ajjs5p904ml92evlkayppdpx2n3zdrq6ejnw2wqphxrzmd62swspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuvrcvd5xzapwvdhk6qgdwaehxw309aukzcn49ekk2qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8x6tpd4ehgu3wvdhk6ynf30t to chat with Nostriches
nostr:nprofile1qqstxwlea9ah3u6kjjszu6a7lrnhqkfh8eptp2z6v0e9558tlkkl2rgpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59u4kl3vp to send ecash to Nostriches
nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueq555fk2 to send and receive Zaps
Pokey to receive notifications from Nostr

You don't need a third party to use any of the above apps. You don't need permission for anyone.

🥹


This article assume a Blackbox ecosystem actually has 13 million users, when it's never neen verified.


I already use Amber, it's great. However for someone who is new to Nostr, it might be another barrier to entry. "I need to download TWO apps?!"


Start9 and Tor!


I suspect a true end to fiat is still many decades if not centuries in the future.


Apparently I follow myself on Nostr. Why???


Bryan@zeuspay.com

I'm not sure how to tell if I qualify, but I'm using Zeus v0.9.1 to get the above address.


Good article/summary.
I use both Phoenix and Zeus as my daily lightning wallets. Phoenix is waaaaaaaay better, despite the privacy trade off.


Setup zaps and I'll send you some stats to buy a better tent.


Comfort is easier than growth.


I also found the volume was quite low on the last pod.


Big Business dehumanizes you.


What's your node ID?


This is the way.


Switched back to stacker.news until I can get Zeus working when I'm not at home.


People don't zap enough.

https://www.nostrzap.com/npub1aul5auzh9e4hvhcm5r9lwqct59qj93hpm0md2lnfazwve2ayhx7qpscxl3


Money printer always goes brrrrr, regardless of who is in office.


Updated my LN Addressess to use nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueq555fk2 !


Thanks for the heads up!


Despite your best efforts, I stayed awake the entire time!


I especially liked the part where you told the AI summary to stop recording.
Thanks as always for your hard work, I greatly enjoy these group therapy sessions sprinkled with techno-babble and strong opinions loosely held.


In a society where people are force-fed opinions, few have the conviction to stand behind their own thoughts.
Never give in. 🫡


Bitcoin not Crypto

https://image.nostr.build/cb0b19e098c283004338cd950525dc81c5625f77579352d434fcd660a53ce895.jpg

#bitcoin #nostr #zaps #zap #zapathon #btc #plebchain #lightning #coffee #freedom #money


rabbit hole recap podcast, what is money podcast, tmand the bitcoin podcast are all good sources that cover lots of different elements.
Welcome to the community!


There was also that one caveman drawing dicks on the side of the cave.


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


It's brutal.


Pretty buildings.


Update your lightning settings so I can zap you! Thanks for all the harr work.


You post, I zap. This is the way.


1 hour. Strictly for watching porn.


A convicted fraud.


GM.


Why pity, when you can buy it? Mutual win for all!


Self-improvement is Grinding. Growth is never easy.


Having just done the same thing a week ago, can confirm it's great getting back into the routine.


Glad to see you being more active on nostr! Thanks for all the content, and loving the rebrand.


Also, I just tried zapping you and ot didn't go through. :/


Sounds good, thanks for the suggestions!


I tried bolt12 with Phoenix, but it seemed to not receive during my testing.


Any advice on getting zaps received to show up as notifications?

I'm currently using Amethyst with a stacker.news wallet to receive, which works, but doesn't register as a notification.
I know Primal has a built-in wallet, but I want to avoid providing any KYC details.

#asknostr


Great work, thank you for your service!


Especially the credentialed one. Real credentials are granted by Proof of Word via real investigations, not belonging to a captured and corrupt organization.


They are the mouth piece of the cathedral. While there are exceptions, the majority of them support the state without realizing they spread it's propaganda.

Real journalists would have leapt to release the Snowden leaks, asked follow up questions about Epstein's death, or investigate how Ghislaine Maxwell can be sentenced for child trafficking without knowing who she trafficked to.


Just zapped! New comfiguration seems to be working.


GM GG


Zaps are the future!


Great podcast!
nostr:npub1k7vkcxp7qdkly7qzj3dcpw7u3v9lt9cmvcs6s6ln26wrxggh7p7su3c04l what data are you looking you/influenced your opinion on the forevasted improvement in US manufacturing? Would be very curious to learn more, and appreciate all the knowledge you share.


Why do you prefer knots to core?


Great summary, looking forward to part 3!


While I wouldn't recommend everyone trying to do this, but in this instance it seems like a low risk form of leverage to gain more BTC.


Close the channel and send the funds to an address on chain.


Growth is never easy.


GM.


Love this, thanks for always putting out great content between your weekly emails and the pod.


Testing my profile's LNURL update, please try to zap me if you can!


Live free, become unruggable.


People get nostr at the price they deserve.


Be the change you want to see. Thanks for setting such a great example. 🫡


Gm abd welcome to nostr!


Try water only. It's a viiiibe.


GM!


They ask:
"Hey you're doing security, is this 2FA secure for my banking?"

Me:
Don't use fiat banks.  The government is typing a numbers on a screen, it's purely propaganda that it has value.

They ask:
"Is this anti-virus secure?"

Me:
Don't use Windows, Linux doesn't need anti-virus.

They ask:
"Is it a good time to buy cryptocurrency?  Can I make a lot?"

Me:
Don't buy to just hold it, use it for cash, instead of credit cards.

They ask:
"What's your phone number?"

Me:
I don't use SMS, it costs money and is completely unencrypted and insecure.  So you're paying to get less, while as there are many free and easy-to-use encrypted messengers, I can show you one.

They ask:
"You really think people will adopt this?"

Me:
Where's the candles? Where's the horse & carriage?  Where's the bucket to take a shit in?  Oh you accept technology changed the past, but you are pushing for fiat banks, windows, or SMS because you're married to the network effect of yesterday?


how would you describe the overall safety of Ukraine currently?
I was in Kiev 2021, and would like to go back to visit but have been hesitant due to the  ongoing war.


I just shit post.


nostr has no global source of truth, and that is a good thing

Out of interest, I follow the progress of a lot of other projects similar to nostr, and a couple links surfaced today:

BlueSky has a big "firehose" connection that streams all updates (new posts, reactions, etc) to subscribers. Unsurprisingly, this is difficult to process except on beefy servers with lots of bandwidth. So, one proposed solution is to strip out all that pesky cryptography (signatures, merkle tree data, etc): https://jazco.dev/2024/09/24/jetstream/

And over on Farcaster, keeping their hubs in sync is too difficult, so they want to make all posts globally sequenced, like a blockchain. The details are still being worked out, but I think it's safe to assume there will be a privileged global sequencer who decides on this ordering (and possibly which posts are included at all): https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions/193

In my opinion, both of these issues are symptoms of an underlying errant philosophy. These projects both want there to be a global source of truth: A single place you can go to guarantee you're seeing all the posts on a thread, from a particular user, etc. On BlueSky that is https://bluesky.app and on Farcaster that is https://warpcast.com .

Advocates of each of these projects of course would dispute this, pointing out that you could always self-host, or somehow avoid depending on their semi-official infrastructure, but the truth is that if you're not on bluesky.app or warpcast.com, you don't exist, and nobody cares that you don't exist.

nostr has eschewed the concept of global source of truth. You can't necessarily be sure you are seeing everything. Conversations may sometimes get fragmented, posts may disappear, and there may be the occasional bout of confusion and chaos. There is no official or semi-official nostr website, app, or relay, and this is a good thing. It means we are actually building a decentralised protocol, not just acting out decentralisation theatre, or pretending we'll get there eventually and that the ends justify the means.

Back when computers were primitive and professional data-centres didn't exist, it was impossible to build mega-apps like Twitter. Protocols had to be decentralised by default -- there was simply no other way. We can learn a lot by looking back to protocols of yesteryear, like Usenet and IRC, and still-popular protocols like email and HTTP. None of these assume global sources of truth, and they are stronger and better for it, as is nostr.


Because they can't stop it.


Best*


Nest episode you've put out yet for the new show! Keep up the great work.


"Obviously, they're retarded and wrong and I love them" this applies to so many people tbh.


Nice run!


Always a great day when you buy some BTC, especially if they are KYC free.


He was still there when I scrolled notes from the past few hours.


Playing with different nostr clients really drives home the idea that reality is whatever you perceive.


Great article.


But what if Steve is cute???


Who would guessed from a society that detonated their own nuclear power plants.


Based AF.


no, thank you for the share!


Recently, I've been trying to decipher a question that seems simple: "Did Satoshi write these emails?" There are three emails in question involving two people (other than Satoshi):
- Wei Dai (two emails)
- Jon Matonis (one email)

For the back-story, I wrote about this conundrum at https://stacker.news/items/691013 The upshot for my ponderance is that the NakamotoInstitute.org (BTC-friendly) does *not* include these emails, but the NakamotoStudies.org (BCH-friendly) site *does*. I wondered, "What's up?" Is this a BTC-vs.-BCH blockchain thing? A block size thing?" Frankly, I don't care. I just want to know if Satoshi wrote them.

Regarding Wei Dai, the general consensus in the SN comments linked above was that I should go to the source...go to Wei Dai and ask. If real Satoshi-emails, then either he or Satoshi released them "into the wild" at some point and then they started to appear on various websites. 'Til maybe now, I hadn't seen that release point.

The Dai/Satoshi emails mostly pop up in two places in a search: bitcoin.com and gwern.net. I was familiar with bitcoin.com (and thus was a bit skeptical), but was unfamiliar with gwern.net. Was it just another bitcoin website? Anyone can make one. Was there an agenda? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So, going to the source, I reached out to Wei Dai via email today. We'll see.

Digging around, Wei Dai's site https://weidai.com says any questions can be posted publicly at https://www.lesswrong.com/ as an AMA. I went there. The "release point," evidence of Wei Dai sending out those emails may well be recorded there.

Here is a message from gwern timestamped March 16, 2014 to Wei Dai asking about the Wei/Satoshi emails:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YdfpDyRpNyypivgdu/aalwa-ask-any-lesswronger-anything?commentId=hGuDqrpRTYiBsRB5Y

Screenshot of the Wei Dai to Gwern reply:
https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crrdlx/23uFsVjJLZjzHuUTEFa5wX3p6CCwWGv6DNVnbqQUPKzKgPhE2xw9FB7cg6gB6QXJfFfax.png

Gwern's response to Wei Dai a couple of weeks later:
https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crrdlx/48JBGdhjZuTLKgTeAUXKuyaMikD2Kvh4HPK7vdiqpfvo24L4TshWkH4NRaqWuY5yJi.png

The page on gwern.net is still live at https://gwern.net/doc/bitcoin/2008-nakamoto. Being healthily skeptical, I looked for that page on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Unfortunately, that page is only first archived [in 2023](https://web.archive.org/web/20230208163356/https://gwern.net/doc/bitcoin/2008-nakamoto). But, gwern.net does go back to [2010](https://web.archive.org/web/20101011153322/http://www.gwern.net/) and the first bitcoin mention there seems to be [July of 2011](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723141839/http://www.gwern.net/), so, it was early.

The bottom line here, to me at least, is that Wei Dai's emails seem legit. Assuming the timestamps are legit, and that the emails being discussed from Wei Dai are indeed the same ones that gwern has on his site, then they're legit. It would take quite a bit of foresight to plan this out, starting 10 years ago, for this to be fake. The fact that the timestamp is pre-BCH, pre-block size wars is a big plus in my view as to the emails being legit. Those were the main reasons a question even arose in my mind, that and the NakamotoInstitute.org vs. NakamotoStudies.org exclusion/inclusion.

My next question, then, is back to NakamotoInstitute.org. Why, actually, are the Wei Dai emails not there? There must be a reason, and if a solid reason, why not share that reason publicly?

I reached out to NakamotoInstitute.org asking effectively, "Why are the Wei Dai and Jon Matonis emails not included? Not judging, just honestly curious." We'll see.

Regarding the Jon Matonis emails. I'd never even heard of him until this week. If you need a program to know the players, like me, he's apparently the former Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation (see [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_Foundation)). It seems a bit hard to pin down what he's up to today. I will say one of the top hits when searching for his name pops up with [cypherpunkholdings.com...](https://cypherpunkholdings.com/about-us/board-of-directors/jon-matonis/) under "board of directors," complete with "cyphepunk" misspelling (screenshot below) What's more, that link forwards to a Solana DeFi project. Hmm.

https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/crrdlx/EoCpNqtJuquEMYKwV9jgpeuURM44eSaUSxSPSCoeyfqPaSShz8prMYeeQ4c3yv2bTcT.png

I reached out to Matonis via his hushmail.com email. We'll see.

That's all. Summary:
- three Satoshi emails (to two people) are in question
- the Wei Dai emails seem legit to me
- the Jon Matonis email, I'm not so sure
- would love to hear back from NakamotoInstitute.org

We'll see. :)

nostr:npub1wfvjajv0336mpxhdk6xvlafp20p8mch5083wyjd6xxnerlaxf5kqhsvx9a - tagging you here because I thought you might be interested in the Wei Dai part of this


Great summary, thanks for investigating. Very curious to hear what results you get back!


We have a winner!!


After running a node for a year and dumping liquidity into it, I also failed to find the sauce.


Not your keys, not your coins. Stay unruggable.


Great rip, love it when the boys talk for over two hours!
Stay, humble, stack sats, pump the coin.


Switching back and forth between Primal and Damus, the global/universe feed of Damus is such a killer feature.
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Seems like Trump getting into office is becoming less likely.


This is very cool.


Hope you feel better soon!


Same has been happening for me.


Do you prefer Barbell or Hexbar deadlifts? nostr:npub10vlhsqm4qar0g42p8g3plqyktmktd8hnprew45w638xzezgja95qapsp42


Great rip, enjoyed tge Nostr roasting (Nostroasting?) at the end.


Glorious morning.

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


sup.


Listening to the nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg podcast on my morning run. You guys killed it, thanks for the great content.


good morning.

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


Primal.


would love to see more of your story, this is very inspiring.


https://image.nostr.build/2a8753311ef5afa9803d92716b039eb8a6b2ee69867dab6ff3dc955b80431ca3.jpg

#NostrMemes #Memes #WoT


The downside of getting popular.


welcome to the club.


He did another one for the members only that was also great, would highly recommend.


When I see something like the below text, I assume its because the client I'm currently using (Primal) doesn't support it?

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lies


Best lightning meme ever

-Seedor https://video.nostr.build/22222b97833e77bda116338375fb84c7fe2aebac39df52f67174976e8ae47776.mp4


BRB, going 1000x leverage long.


Any update on getting this posted for the freaks that missed the live stream? Appreciate all the work you do and knowledge you provide! 🫡


#Taiwan

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


Weren’t Turing complete contracts originally part of Bitcoin via Miniscript and then later removed due to increased complexity?


What city is this? Great photo!!


Bitcoin brings hope. With hope you can find motivation to grow and improve yourself. That’s how I see it at least.


Always subvert the state. The rest will come naturally.


Who’s the artist? Would love to see and support more of their work.


Pure gold, thanks for the lawlz.


Shit posting for freedom!


Talk shit, stack sats.


#PacificBitcoin https://image.nostr.build/cdb9585f2a314dc41a0a8c45c63f35f2580d4fd846a7449bb0e700d88b57c03b.jpg


Sup. https://image.nostr.build/cdb9585f2a314dc41a0a8c45c63f35f2580d4fd846a7449bb0e700d88b57c03b.jpg


Attended my first Bitcoin conference!


Looking forward to mingling with my fellow plebs at Pacific Bitcoin tomorrow!


1 & 6. Anything else is pure fiat.


And they love you. 🍏


Distract you r mind with interesting but meaningless podcasts. I personally prefer one that cover different sports since I don’t care if I fall asleep but am interested enough to not have some thoughts keeping me awake.


Freedom tech and open protocols only.


That would be a nice incentive. However, You already run a lightning node with a full node to get fee’s that way, though it’s defies more involved process than just running a full node.


I suffer, therefore I grow.


It’s all about the incentives, this why Bitcoin wins.


Super sus.


Keep up the support of builders and freedom tech!!


The state is the mob with better PR. Freedom tech and the willingness to stand up for ourselves is how we win.


A designer and advocate in the 3D printed gun space.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/10/12/jstark-passes-away-following-police-raid/


Freedom fighter technology.


Melissa Fleming, the Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications for the UN.


Build & support free tech that cannot be stopped.


'The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the artists, who are self-selected, for being able to journey into the Other, if the artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.'

Terence McKenna

https://media.giphy.com/media/f4jVSpmwGMW2lA48Ia/giphy-downsized-large.gif
#wisdom #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #poetry


Saw something today that definitely made me think. Ive never been a believer in some kind of entity or deity of higher power of creation of any kind. But this (if there ever was one) i feel like would be how that one thing would be.

When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the recurring question that students asked him most was:
- Do you believe in God?
And he always answer :
- I believe in the God of Spinoza.

Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, all ng with Descartes.

(Spinoza) : God would say:

Stop praying.
What I want you to do is go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you.

Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you.

Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. Sex is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything they made you believe.

Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes... ➤ you will find me in no book!
Stop asking me "will you tell me how to do my job?" Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry, or bothered. I am pure love.

Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you... I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies... free will. How can I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How can I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that?

Respect your peers and don't do what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life, that alertness is your guide.

My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, nor a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now and it is all you need.

I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record.
You are absolutely free to create in your life. Heaven or hell.

I can't tell you if there's anything after this life but I can give you a tip. Live as if there is not. As if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist.

So, if there's nothing after, then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask. Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?...

Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea.

Stop praising me, what kind of egomaniac God do you think I am?

I'm bored being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me.

Stop complicating things and repeating as a parakeet what you've been taught about me.

What do you need more miracles for? So many explanations?

The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wonders…✨


Reject the blue checks.


Freedom tech only.


The mainstream pushes the absurd notion that people who have earned value and want to keep it, are a detriment to society, but counterfeiters who contribute nothing and buy up all of our resources, are doing a noble deed by consuming everything on our behalf & protecting us from the dangerous, everyday prudent saver.

#fiat is such an obvious scam when you break it down to its core concepts.


That sounds like an awesome time, I am jealous and happy for your experience.


The circle of (bitcoin) life.


That’s why I only teleport places.


Anyone else notice they if they unfollow someone, that person still shows up in their feed?
Maybe delayed propagation of the unfollow event through different relays?
🤷♂
#NotANostrDev


(Posted on Twitter because it’s more relevant there, but I won’t link to it so you don’t have to experience that place 😂)

The great insanity of our time has been:

The idea that facts cannot be shared or discussed, if they don’t support “the correct conclusion.”

People who want to discuss a major topic or problem honestly, are met with extreme hate and vicious denouncement if the truth or facts they find aren’t perfectly aligned with The Narrative.

• Are deaths and injuries from all weather and climate related issues plummeting and projected to continue? This is “dangerous” and makes you a “denier” and must be censored. Not because it isn’t true, it’s because it questions the “final solution” that has already been decided by the political class.

• Are there 10s of thousands of reports of deaths and extremely serious injury associated with the vaxzein? If you say anything at all other than “safe and effective” or even talk to someone who has been injured, you are a literal murderer of innocent old grandmothers & you’re probably racist too.

• Does a woman have a vagina? This is so profoundly evil that each utterance of it is literal genocide of trans people.
The words literally slice through the air like crazed dementors on the hunt and cut down trans people like word demons, blood flying everywhere. The horrors of such a grammatical tyranny can never be recovered from. It’s instant death to 1000s.

EVERY issue seems to be met with this same stubborn and narcissistic box that is riddled with lies, twisted statistics, & half truths. And it’s being used to excuse the most horrible forms of censorship violations of individual rights.
Step outside of the approved box with even the most utterly basic of facts, and you’re an evil, racist, treasonous conspiracy theorist (or literally any other disgusting label they can conjure)

This does SO much damage to the discussion because not only are people not allowed to hold a sober, nuanced position on anything, but when you hear someone spread blatant lies and then they start screaming like a lunatic when you point it out and call you a murderer - then what remotely intelligent or sensible person would believe absolutely anything that person says again?

It has led to the total breakdown of trust in our institutions that is so bad that people will literally believe *any* crazy story for no other reason than they are certain they are being lied to with the “approved narrative.”

The establishment losing their minds over people believing anything they find on the internet, need to look in the mirror. They have been pouring gasoline on this fire for *years.*

The establishment has made it perfectly clear, over and over again, that truth is subject to any change necessary so that it aligns with “the good guys’ [insert approved conclusion]”

Problem is, as I see it, knowingly lying, censoring the truth, & viciously attacking - even putting people in cages - for speaking the truth, has never been what “the good guys” do.

Hope you have a great day 😁👍🏻


Yeaaaa, but biceps.


Good morning PV!


Great advice. (And choice of band)


just got paid... https://image.nostr.build/0342a47fc3cec15a33718e587727bf68c16db58ebd1e5410d2873aae8cc5b0b8.jpg


Become unruggable.


 In cryptography, we find liberty.

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Great rip.