I can also enable the recurring payment option using Nostr Wallet Connect. Let me know how you want it to be implemented.
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Useful Nostr Tool: w3.do, Link shortener, it uses nostr relays. It works, I use it all the time.
Build by a awesome dev nostr:nprofile1qqswlsm7jlayltt8neryk7npssqfklx8vpdvavx97445vnftnp4xpuqpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wdmksetjv5hxxmmd9uzax4ze
Link: https://w3.dohttps://i.imgur.com/z8N7e9Y.jpeg
LNURL has some great built-in features, exactly what I was looking for Zapit.
Next version of Zapit will be truly private and unstoppable. It will also be much lighter and significantly faster than the previous version.
Paywalled content links, packaged into lightning invoices & vouchers, directly connected to my lightning wallets without any middle man. 🤌
https://image.nostr.build/5b665b2828eb50d94fdf84b6d491fdbcf51758dda9593c0995bc1c17b7a68dc6.jpg
Rebuilding my Zapit paywall services;
Zapit is coming back with a lot of new features, including the most requested one: the Zapit Wallet API for devs. Add a paywall in your own apps with advanced features like Prism (Split-Payments) & other automations on both API & Zapit paywall users.
Any suggestions for features, architecture & name?
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Literally, the reason I'm rebuilding it, at least the paywall should be off the Lnbits. I just have to build a Zap-to-decrypt somehow, all hosted on nostr.
The difficult part is that it should work without a centralized server.
Check this, just built a lightweight paywall implementation that encrypts media URLs before packaging them with a wallet address and price in a QR code.
QR code redirect link initiates a payment, and once confirmed, media link is decrypted quickly. It's infinitely faster than Lnbits. 1 click self hosting with node. https://image.nostr.build/d56351f8b8836c37c7c84b965f34620e536240b04e76d2d976d5ee617e51bfa1.jpg
I highly recommend Habla.news for new users looking to start blogging. It offers a fantastic experience with an impressive design—arguably the best on Nostr & provides a premium experience across all devices.
I’m seriously considering making it my primary blogging platform. It’s not just because it’s built with Nostr; it genuinely offers a better solution with almost zero compromises.
Try: Habla.news
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We also need a paywall feature; it’s a significant market opportunity. If we can provide a decent profile blog page with built-in monetization options, every creator can use it as an alternative.
From my experience with paywall services, I’ve seen how creative people can be when given a simple paywall and the ability to upload whatever they want. I plan to restart that service.
I see a great opportunity for a blogging platform that includes a paywall, zaps, uncensorship, and anonymity. 🤔
I think tags/hashtags, combined with the Web of Trust (WOT), can effectively address content categorization across notes, long forms, and other events.
Clients should encourage the use of tags/hashtags by recommending related ones, allowing users to add them with a single click when posting notes. Recently, I experimented with lightweight generative on-device models (like BERT) that categorize text locally or suggest hashtags.
I wrote a short blog about the limitations of science, it's illusion of certainty, and come intentional misrepresentations.
This piece is entirely based on my personal observations and understanding. I just wanted to get these thoughts out of my head.
https://habla.news/u/iefan@nostrplebs.com/illusion-of-certainty
I highly recommend Habla.news for new users looking to start blogging. It offers a fantastic experience with an impressive design—arguably the best on Nostr & provides a premium experience across all devices.
I’m seriously considering making it my primary blogging platform. It’s not just because it’s built with Nostr; it genuinely offers a better solution with almost zero compromises.
Try: Habla.news
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***“The more you learn about something, the more you realize you know nothing.”*** This saying resonates deeply with me. The truth is, **no one really has all the big answers**. Many in the scientific community seem to pretend they do. Let’s explore this further.
#### ***Consider the Most Fundamental Questions***
1. **The Origin of the Universe**
2. **The Origin of Life on Earth**
#### ***The Origin of the Universe***
You might think we have a solid answer: **the Big Bang**. However, this explanation has its limitations, and calling it a “start” can be misleading. In fact, this theory might be entirely wrong. New research challenges the Big Bang theory, and I highly recommend listening to **Sir Roger Penrose** for a deeper understanding.
The only substantial evidence we have is the universe's expansion. Penrose proposes a different hypothesis: **the endless expansion and contraction of the universe**. This idea doesn’t contradict our current understanding.
Thus, the evidence for the Big Bang and Penrose’s theory are both radically different, yet **neither can be definitively proven** over the other. This highlights the **limitations of our current understanding**.
#### ***The Origin of Life on Earth***
The origin of life is even more complex. Life requires three essential components:
- **Proteins** for basic functioning
- **RNA** for storing and replicating genes
- **Lipids** (cell walls) to create separation from the environment
Mathematical models suggest that while proteins and lipids have a reasonable probability of forming, the creation of RNA seems nearly impossible through random mutations in a short time frame. The best explanations indicate that we either lack crucial information or that these RNA molecules—and life as a whole—might have come from **outside sources**. Some scholars even question the entire **random mutation model**.
#### ***The Question of Certainty***
If scientists don’t know the answers, **why do they pretend they do?** In my humble opinion, **It seems they do this to distance science from religion and to close the discussion before the wealthiest can fit God into the narrative,** Interestingly, I’m not alone in believing they closed the books too early.
#### ***Reclaiming Control of Science and Education***
The best way to reclaim control of science and education is to **learn**. If you’re looking for a starting point, I highly recommend:
- **“A Brief History of Time”** by **Stephen Hawking** for physics
- **“Sapiens”** or **“The Selfish Gene”** for evolutionary biology
All three are excellent starting points—densely packed with information and covering a wide range of topics in a concise and accessible manner.
Many in the scientific community believe that religious individuals exploit gaps in scientific knowledge to justify the existence of God, a concept known as the "God of the gaps."
The origins of the universe and life represent the most significant gaps and are central to many religions. Consequently, the scientific community has rushed to fill these gaps with incomplete and sometimes inconsistent hypotheses, often presenting them with more certainty than warranted.
It's also important to consider the historical context, from Galileo to Charles Darwin, when science was heavily controlled and moderated, by religious institutions to a time of complete separation between science and religion.
Encryption truly demonstrates the real power of mathematics.
Watch this NIST recommended post-quantum encryption algorithm that creates 256-dimensional lattices to secure your data even against future quantum computers.
You will soon be able to experiment with this NIST post-quantum encryption using my en.webcore.live web app.
This implementation will be purely for educational purposes and might be the first of its kind in JavaScript—I couldn’t find any existing JS implementation.
https://video.nostr.build/61bb95475c0524d7921fa6c4374e72c6ab1a5de4f213b929a5410b4441b1c41a.mp4
Exercises That Really Make You Smarter, Mental-math
These simple mental math exercises help sharpen your brain, enhancing problem-solving and critical thinking by strengthening neural connections:
1. Rapid multiplication (two-digit numbers)
2. Extend the Fibonacci sequence mentally
3. Estimate complex sums quickly
4. Prime factorization of large numbers
5. Quick percentage calculations
By practicing regularly, you encourage your brain to develop stronger neural pathways dedicated to problem-solving. These connections also aid in tackling engineering and technical challenges. This process is known as neuroplasticity, and the younger you are, the faster these connections form.
Quick disclaimer: I'm not a neuroscientist, so do your own research or consult a professional. This was recommended to me by professional, but we’re all different!
Book recommendation, "The Man Who Knew Infinity". It changes your perspective on math & makes you humble & thankful.
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The fundamental difference is that these models can't REASON they are simply predicting one word after another through matrix multiplication.
We possess something far more interesting—an intelligence that is one of a kind. Not to mention consciousness, which is something entirely different that we don't even partially understand, let alone replicate.
Nature is the greatest building, it's not even close.
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I tend to separate raw intelligence and consciousness—not because I believe they are separate, but I just don't know how to quantify consciousness.
We know a few things about critical thinking, technical intelligence, and IQ, even within these parameters, something seems to be missing in these models that we don't fully understand.
Still, it's astounding how much can be achieved with just matrix multiplications.
Working with these LLM model just makes you more humble. Even with billions of parameters, these models still fail at very simple tasks and lack true reasoning.
On the other hand, our human brain, with far less data, can accomplish exponentially more than these billion-parameter models.
It's not even close. We still have a long way to go. https://image.nostr.build/0e4994253605b27d8ca077540c7b5156c2a9a64ef37182fce27889fc5c28ce5c.jpg
The fundamental difference is that these models can't REASON they are simply predicting one word after another through matrix multiplication.
We possess something far more interesting—an intelligence that is one of a kind. Not to mention consciousness, which is something entirely different that we don't even partially understand, let alone replicate.
Nature is the greatest building, it's not even close.
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The strawberry test is quite iconic. Many models are secretly "hard-coded" to avoid failing it so they don't appear flawed, but it highlights some fundamental weaknesses in LLM architecture and core limitations. Playing chess also reveals these flaws.
Many experts in the field believe that the Transformer architecture might be hitting a wall. Additionally, this architecture is not well-suited for decentralization.
We definitely need a breakthrough—something better.
Building safeguards against bots and spam was inevitable, and it's good we're being 'forced' to develop them faster thanks to these annoying bots. It also prepares us for more coordinated attacks in the future.
However, the solution shouldn't be worse than the problem. If we're implementing WOT, users must have some level of control and full transparency.
A simple web of trust can solve the bot problem, eg. by connecting friends of friends. We can establish multiple degrees of connections and prioritize them.
Internet Archive Situation
"More than 500,000 books have been taken out of lending as a result of Hachette v. Internet Archive, the publishers’ lawsuit against our library, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged books."
Publishers also removed 1984, The most Orwellian thing they could have done, the book is a cautionary tale!!
Those books are still available on this website. If possible, support them; they accept crypto donations. You can also buy a membership; worth it.
https://annas-archive.org/
Keeping apps up to date is a powerful feature of app stores. Interestingly, some Android FOSS apps have found a neat way to handle this with built-in 'auto-update' and 'check for update' options.
This method allows apps to operate independently from the app store while still staying current, enabling one-click updates and installations without needing an app store or Obtainium.
The next version of AppCore will include this feature, and I really like this approach, it addresses a key challenge for open-source apps. https://image.nostr.build/7dc6c02134f715e34938bb9696e0a79d1c70b6104df2ebf6b882a95f3f0321f8.jpg
Anonymity is a great selling point for Nostr. No other social media platform truly offers it.
With just one-click signing and no need for an email or phone number, unique level of privacy.
Combine that with Tor, and you have one of the most private social media experiences available.
Personal Project: I just finished writing a NIST-recommended post-quantum encryption algorithm in JavaScript from scratch.
It uses lattice mathematics with hundreds of dimensions—fascinating stuff, but it's incredibly compute-intensive. Currently, it works with just one bit (0 or 1).
The next step is to combine this new PQ encryption with traditional AES encryption. The goal is to make it highly efficient without compromising post-quantum security.
I've also built a simple website named en.webcore.live (for educational purposes only) to test my custom encryption implementations. I'll add this encryption soon.
For now, I won’t release any public app; that would be very irresponsible. I’ll wait for a trusted, audited library to implement this.
Mark my words: encryption will be the most powerful tool in our arsenal against tyranny.
https://video.nostr.build/61bb95475c0524d7921fa6c4374e72c6ab1a5de4f213b929a5410b4441b1c41a.mp4
Encryption keeps our stuff safe, like our chats and online accounts. It's tough to crack with regular computers. But quantum computers, with their special powers (superposition), could break it.
So, we need new kinds of encryption that are super hard for even quantum computers to crack. It's like changing the locks on our digital doors.
No one really knows. We might be just one breakthrough away. We already have Shor's algorithm, which can break those encryptions, though it currently works only on small numbers.
In quantum computing, it's not even a computing issue; it's a memory issue especially for RSA.
Most importantly, we can't wait for it.
Adversaries can still store the encrypted data and just wait for the technology to decrypt it. So, we have to act as soon as possible.
They have completely different vibes. I wanted a solid language for low-level tasks, and Zig seems to be the closest match.
I love how simple it is-nothing mysterious happens behind the scenes. Its memory management is straightforward and flexible.
Rust, on the other hand, always keeps me on my toes. Maintaining it is even more painful.
Would you mind elaborating on your opinion about AI?
Do you dislike the technology as a whole, or is it just the current implementation and how companies (big-tech) are pushing it that you don't like?
I couldn't agree more. Hallucinations is truly the biggest problem with these models—you can never be sure whether the response they provide is correct or completely made up.
Even for coding, I prefer snippets more than AI, especially when working on serious app.
And with the current architecture, it really seems like things will keep getting more and more centralized.
I think some sort of breakthrough is required.
I was thinking of adding some handy add-ons like a text, background remover, all that, with upcoming image compression, but now it's starting to look like a full-blown editor! 😅 https://image.nostr.build/1012e08237264b47c23712bae0e55d73df53e4e8a7bc18eaebf067247f6ead48.jpg
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Centralized platforms like X do nothing but create an illusion of freedom and delay real solutions. They are completely useless against the state, where you really need them.
Having frontier models like Llama 3 publicly available has led almost every AI API provider to dramatically reduce token prices.
This is a great example of how open source, simply by existing, can improve almost everything in its category for all of us.
https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issue-264/
As promised, early version of my video compression app is now available for Android. It's simple, fast, & quite reliable. Currently working on iOS and desktop compatibility.
Additionally, a whole suite of tools, such as a torrent search & video download, can be incorporated into the app in the future.
Download for android: https://w3.do/vsGQHHrnhttps://w3.do/63LxPcz6
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I was thinking of adding some handy add-ons like a text, background remover, all that, with upcoming image compression, but now it's starting to look like a full-blown editor! 😅 https://image.nostr.build/1012e08237264b47c23712bae0e55d73df53e4e8a7bc18eaebf067247f6ead48.jpg
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Sounds great! I'm also thinking about building something more serious—maybe an all-in-one toolkit app with built-in micro-apps and Nostr DVMs for more complex tasks.
Side note: I'm using your Amethyst repo to learn Kotlin, and thanks again for putting so much of your energy into building this amazing app.
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