A lot of people are suddenly realizing that their orgs or communities need digital security and privacy training. If you are a person with a technical or teaching background and you think you might be the right person to give such a training, you should check out the Security Education Companion for teaching materials and tips: https://www.securityeducationcompanion.org/


nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnszynhwden5te0wahhgtn4w3ux7tn0dejszxthwden5te0wdjkuerfwshxummnvekxzun99e3k7mgrcp7e2 still humble after all these years


One more thing I'd suggest is to inspect your surroundings. Often, men with low self-esteem are in environments that rely on them staying that way - they might face criticism or be asked to tone down when they take bold steps.

If your surroundings are supportive, it's a completely different ballgame, especially if you have a few true friends with whom you can honestly talk when things aren't perfect.

So, definitely go out and do things, but if you're still struggling - for instance, feeling depressed because you don't have anyone to share your wins with - it might be time to upgrade your surroundings and build up a bit more support for yourself.


Hello 80K gang; Price going up is a good reminder to always secure your #Bitcoin as if it was 10x what is worth now. It will move that much in a blink of an eye, and until it does it is 10x more secure than you could have hoped for. 👉 BitcoinSecurity.guide

Don't FAFO.


SO excited to wrap up 2024 at the LEGENDARY Antone’s Night Club in Austin, TX✨🩷
.
I’ll be playing Adam Curry’s Boostagram Ball Live! with some of my favorite friends, nostr:npub1a377f258tzafuzdgezwjw4aplg8ze3suyzm40t6j4czcjvwp5vls5d5r4w, FM Rodeo, nostr:npub1ucgf8qyuxpqrkape9mqc20qmcs9nxe8axy069edfr8hkcl5tlhssueflfw, and even more special guests you are going to DIE over 🤩
.
Get your tix to the show, AND the Nostr Panel we’re holding the day before (on Sunday 12/15) at Bitcoin Commons at https://www.satsbysw.com

See you 🔜 Austin ⭐
.
#livemusic #austintexas #austin #concert #liveontour #liveinconcert #ainsleycostello #adamcurry #boostagramball

https://i.nostr.build/ZD0Co91czKSbNeNn.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/Jk0WtPlwxzwKrFaw.jpg


Who’s got their tickets for the first ever nostr:npub13ql75nq8rldygpkjke47y893akh5tglqtqzs6cspancaxktthsusvfqcg7 Boostagram Ball IRL live show?

Austin, TX - December 16.  👀

https://antonesnightclub.com/tm-event/adam-currys-boostagram-ball-live/


This nostr:npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 post about keeping a suspense file - a term and concept new to me - expresses one of the most important things I've learned in my career and organizing. People need to be reminded of what they said they would do with you, and if you don't help them remember, inefficiency and uncomfortable feelings/situations will arise. It's an art to keep up with others' commitments and kindly hold them accountable, and Cory has shared a great way to do it. https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/26/one-weird-trick/#todo (1/2)


Casa, Jameson nostr:nprofile1qqs0w2xeumnsfq6cuuynpaw2vjcfwacdnzwvmp59flnp3mdfez3czpspzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0q6vjal is the best


Maybe the Democratic party should try value for value v4v model instead of the sponsorship route, for better alignment of incentives

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big church also wants more slaves


tell us about the wires


or not 250, what was the question


We have so much work to do and the only thing that gets me through it is that I’m side by side with people who have done it before.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/2024-us-election-over-eff-ready-whats-next


Whatever else you read today, don't miss this from Ken White:

https://www.popehat.com/p/and-yet-it-moves


I don't know anything, but I swear BitTorrent has got to be able to help in some way.


not even sure they even know where the baby came from...


wtfu! :)


GM & PV frens!
https://video.nostr.build/8212f2077b1774da358517c2ba4e0ed120261b39963d425184f79224837d65f4.mp4


salt


my bad


perplexing


Seal Team 6 getting awkward this week


let's take advantage while we can


I'd pay a few sats to be able to undo some posts


my first reference to lame duck, fuck


Perhaps not what you were looking for... But I think all such Google apps work while offline, and on Linux. Docs, Keep, etc.


gm


What I miss last night?


neighbors'll love that :)


feature request: double cap


my eyes hurt


nice


how do we get that audience on Bitcoin and nostr


looking for non fatal citadel defense ideas


one more prompt!


I don't even know who I am anymore


bizarre


GM Derek!

If nostr is going to the moon like we think it is, then we're going to have to generate and protect and bequeath our private keys, and our nostr xpub equivalents, as securely as we do our Bitcoin bits. What do you think?

Thanks for your soul.


I know nothing, but have been told the one-third rule.  That is, plants, trees, shrubs, lawn grass maybe, can tolerate cutting one-third of their green away. Something like that.  But the story never included how often one can do that... :(


ha ha facade you are!


I'm not smart enough to decipher sentences like that


Key phrase: record them too...


Guillotines separate people


Wouldn't it be nice if they signed your public key so that you could conveniently reuse that authorization elsewhere within some realm


I just realized, there's not just _one_ winning nonce, there's an _unfathomable_ number of winning nonces


would be kind of an IP whackamole I think


US$10 million is an awful lot of money to one dev. What am I missing? I'm afraid to click any links in fear of supporting the doxxers.


Especially when it is so easy to prove that you know the secret without revealing the secret. Those who know and care will know you know and care.


Let's start a list of the many things that we take for granted now, that were once illegal. That is, the things the Resistance criminals fought for on our behalf.


I heard it here first, thank you!

I trusted, but then verified. :)


nostr:npub1v2sycpx32th4h4aude3jq4g0kgj0p2t5062059l0fx0vcn8njs8spcmqq5 Look Donny got ALL the votes!!!!


Bragging right!


generational wealth in bitcoin only, ever

fast and cheap spending money in...I don't know yet, but seems like plenty of options at the moment


but not _that_ orange


relying on a transnational crime syndicate for my economic security and freedom doesn't feel right for some reason, not sure why


Daaaad!!!


Thanks for all your hard work and generosity.


Can one use WOS in the US over Tor by forcing your Tor exit node to be in a country that WOS accepts?


urinals are shitcoins


Probably best not to install graphene on my old pixel(1) and pixel 3a, correct? Not daily drivers, just rare special purposes.

Lineage is working ok, but getting old in the tooth on the old pixel 1--setting up a build from source rig for that one just for fun.


Will there be deep inspection of the pod at the border?


I was thinking it would be nice if my country's leaders could privately contact the family and say something like, we have our differences, but we wish this in no one, we are very sorry for your loss. Maybe they have.


Maybe math-pilled first?

Entropy is, well, key.   As is public key encryption.

Without understanding those, and others, it's all just kind of NGU.


What do you click on?

1, 2, 3 or 4?

Title idea is:

“I visited a remote island and took this exam about Bitcoin”

(Yep, title needs work)
https://m.primal.net/IIzs.png
https://m.primal.net/IIzr.png
https://m.primal.net/IIzt.png
https://m.primal.net/IIzu.png


1 is cleaner


Exam-in-Nation


fake blues


it's Sunday night somewhere

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great video and happy for the owner of this device but also, this is why I don't have electronic cold storage devices.

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Feature request?: Encrypt only to npubs of non-blockedmuted followers?


Equip. Educate. Empower.
This is the mantra for the new age of Bitcoin meetups.
Blockstream Local embodies this spirit.
https://blockstream.com/local


Like when I'm driving down the highway and I think about all the 1000s and 1000s of people in all the other cars, on both sides of the median, all somewhere on the spectrum from joy to despair, and my universe is utterly irrelevant to any of it.


Castellfollit de La Roca, Spain The basalt crag where the town is situated is over 50 meters (160 feet) high and almost a kilometer long. It was formed by the overlaying of two lava flows https://image.nostr.build/1c491df15508f05c3618d186099525da520e62ca3cdde866179ea915df86609c.jpg


Looks pretty, and had good contrast. Test with low screen brightness and in sunlight.


It's Sunday night, sometimes a good time to consolidate utxos.


gm again uncle matt, stay humble, consolidate mom's utxos tonight


I can put your pub key in my ssh authorized_keys file... Send the"hello" thread to me, the "world" thread to another.


Makes me think of Tahoe-LAFS.


Happens to me much on amethyst over Tor on my phone.  I turn off tor, sends immediately.


When desired, can a highly-followed-sender app encrypt their notes to each of their very many followers?


The sender and/or the reader will need to pay for longevity, somehow, somewhere.


A double coincidence of wants? I want to type. You want to read. I send to our relays. Relays' delete-timers start. Your client needs to pull from our relay(s) before deleted.  The shorter the relay delete-timer, the lower the relay costs, and the more constant your client needs to be online and pulling. You wake up in the morning and read my notes, long after they've been deleted from our relays. So we'll either have to pay the relays, or have an always-on client? Something like that?


gm uncle matt, stay humble, thank moms


Let's create a hello world and go from there.


Are you using Tor?


I wanted to make a shareable overview video that people can point their family and friends to about money, banking, and bitcoin.

“Read this 500 page book” doesn’t always go over well, but “watch this half hour video” is more approachable.

So, hopefully it’s helpful:

https://youtu.be/jk_HWmmwiAs?si=-8Okyee-gqeaPdvm


I worry that billionaires and nation states are not motivated by bitcoin's incentive structure and game theory. They could overwhelm the network that is securing my generational wealth with a flick of the wrist.


It must be Sunday night


was gonna try to zap you some testnet sats for your troubles ;)


What's been going on with testnet recently?

I explain my shenanigans in today's post.

https://blog.lopp.net/griefing-bitcoin-testnet/


lift and write heavy things


and a clue


reminder, fees are generally lower Sunday nights, I think


good reminder to (fairly dramatically) slow down dca withdrawal rate (take on a little more theoretical custodial risk, but lower the actual current tangible utxo size costs and risk)


someone check on adam


gm uncle matt. stay humble, orange pill bipoc


i'll take all the palindromes you got


Can you please do a quick simple abbreviated bullet list of the mechanics of the bitrefill use-case? Thanks.


Have you seen this yet?
Have you shared it with a friend?

💜

https://youtu.be/C1_MJ1loP-U


save a few percent for prevention


spam impersonator


I’d be happy to contribute to and use my public platform to bring attention to legal defense funds for people who build open source privacy tools, or for legal attempts to push back on unconstitutional government financial surveillance.

I just need to know that they are credible from people I trust.


keep an eye out for low-bridge signs...I almost forgot one time...


Sparrow wallet has a new tool


upload to virustotal


NEW SIMPLY SESSIONS:

Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested!
Site seized, apps removed, DOJ indictment.

LIVE at 6pm ET with @`NICO⚡`from @`Simply Bitcoin`

https://www.youtube.com/live/Auc-_1TA8oY?si=PgsLVRlJQGxTVCW_


we need some good billionaires to fund some non-profits with the mission to add thousands of relays, nodes, onion sites, exits, miners, pools, community meshes, for tor, bitcoin, and nostr, among others, something like that


we all could use a little more moxie these days, I hope he's well


Saw this coming. The Feds and CEXs do not like coinjoins.

Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service (Samourai) Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses

"Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill Are Charged with Operating Samourai Wallet, an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business That Executed Over $2 Billion in Unlawful Transactions and Laundered Over $100 Million in Criminal Proceeds"

https://i.nostr.build/jYEwr.jpg

"In coordination with law enforcement authorities in Iceland, Samourai’s web servers and domain (https://samourai.io/) were seized.  Additionally, a seizure warrant for Samourai’s mobile application was served on the Google Play Store.  As a result, the application will no longer be available to be downloaded from the Google Play Store in the United States."

"RODRIGUEZ and HILL designed Samourai to offer at least two features intended to assist individuals engaged in criminal conduct to conceal the source of the proceeds of their criminal activities.  First, Samourai offers a cryptocurrency mixing service known as “Whirlpool,” which coordinates batches of cryptocurrency exchanges between groups of Samourai users to prevent tracing of criminal proceeds by law enforcement on the Blockchain.  Second, Samourai offers a service called “Ricochet,” which allows a Samourai user to build in additional and unnecessary intermediate transactions (known as “hops”) when sending cryptocurrency from one address to another address.  This feature similarly may prevent law enforcement and/or cryptocurrency exchanges from recognizing that a particular batch of cryptocurrency originates from criminal activity."

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-laundering

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"The company that owns Wasabi coinjoin is partnered with a blockchain analytics company so it is possible the analytics company could know where your coins came from and where they end up, where as Samouri whirlpool is afawk not partnered with such companies."

This is likely why the Samourai founders and CEO just got arrested and charged with money laundering and (unlicensed money transmitting) offenses.

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Never mix KYC coin with Non-KYC coin.

Coinjoin does not break your KYC links and the output UTXOs have a distinct obfuscated appearance. The only way to clear the KYC record is to sell KYC coin back to the exchange you bought them from. Mixing only gives a degree of plausible deniability, but can carry offramping risks. Many exchanges refuse coinjoined coin due to "suspicious activity."

"Bitcoin is often touted as a fungible and private asset and digital cash alternative, when in fact it is technically non-fungible. Each bitcoin in circulation has a distinct history attached to it ensuring that 1 BTC is not equal to 1 BTC. While coin histories can be somewhat obfuscated with tools like CoinJoin, the fungibility of Bitcoin remains distinctly lacking. This lack of fungibility imposes an immense burden on those using Bitcoin as a method of exchange (MoE), introduces a permissioned and centralized layer to the network, and destroys the confidence of everyone accepting funds in Bitcoin."

Coinjoined BTC is often blacklisted on exchanges and other services because it's considered "suspicious acrivity" that interferes with KYC compliance. Here are some examples.

https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/fungibility-graveyard/#wasabi

(Monero does not have this issue.)

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#cybersecgirl #samourai #bitcoin #coinjoin #monero


Everything actionable you need to know about what this indictment means for you as a Samourai Wallet (SW) or Whirlpool user 👇

As a Samourai Wallet user (no Dojo)

Unfortunately, the architecture of SW meant that your xpub (a master public key, allowing anyone holding it to derive all your past/present/future Bitcoin addresses) was at some point in time held by Samourai, and could now possible in the hands of the DOJ.

Though it's a worst-case scenario, you should assume that your xpub was compromised, and thus all previous mixes you have done have been unwound and are now traceable. You should also assume that the gov can now derive all past/present/future addresses of yours and track movement of funds if so desired.

In addition, Samourai's coordinator and backend sync server was seized, and so SW will no longer sync, show received funds, or allow sending funds out. As such, you have to migrate funds to another wallet like @SparrowWallet following the docs here:

https://docs.samourai.io/wallet/restore-recovery#export-to-external-wallet

In addition, I would recommend migrating funds to a new seed phrase to prevent anyone holding the xpub from seeing all future received/spent funds.

You should also disable automatic updates in the Play Store (if used) to ensure no malicious updates are pushed.

As a Samourai Wallet user (using your own Dojo)

Thankfully, you avoided having your xpub potentially compromised. The worst case scenario for you is that your previous mixes may not have the full anon set you expected if non-Dojo users xpubs were compromised.

You will still be able to sync/send/receive from your Samourai Wallet app, but should also migrate funds eventually as no further updates will come out for Samourai Wallet. If you want to migrate, use the docs below:

https://docs.samourai.io/wallet/restore-recovery#export-to-external-wallet

You should, however, disable automatic updates in the Play Store (if used) to ensure no malicious updates are pushed.

As a Sparrow Wallet user

Thankfully, you avoided having your xpub potentially compromised as well. The worst case scenario for you is that your previous mixes may not have the full anon set you expected if non-Dojo/Sparrow users xpubs were compromised.

There is no real need to rotate to a new wallet etc, and Sparrow is still an excellent option. Unfortunately you will no longer be able to mix in Sparrow as the Samourai coordinator was seized.

Next steps for privacy

If you (like me) relied on Samourai Wallet for privacy on Bitcoin, it's time to look elsewhere sadly. As of today I have two recommendations:

Use Monero for spending, keep using Bitcoin for savings

Yes, this isn't Bitcoin, but its by far the most used and most practical privacy coin out there with strong (and growing) ways to swap in/out of it without a centralized, KYC exchange. My recommendation is buying enough to cover your normal spending of Bitcoin for a month at least, and spend out of that lump sum as needed.

Learn more:

getmonero.org

Where to get Monero:

bisq.network
Trocador.app
In Cake Wallet's exchange feature

Wallets:

Feather Wallet
Cake Wallet
Monerujo Wallet

Merchants that accept Monero:

monerica.com

cryptwerk.com/pay-with/xmr/

Use JoinMarket

JoinMarket is a decentralized Coinjoin protocol that brings together peers to mix funds together, gaining strong privacy without relying on a central coordinator, without giving fees to a central entity, etc.

The best way to get started today is using the new UI built around JoinMarket, @jamapporg:

jamapp.org

Have any more questions? Drop them below and I'll do my best to answer them.


That Reynolds website might be the weakest website I have ever seen. Am I missing the joke or something?


Fake Lyn


Allow markdown or something?


Do you know any Iranian painters on #Nostr? Please tag them with me. I'm going to introduce them to someone💜

Boost please🫂maybe someone knows them.


Done, based on your prior work. Couldn't figure out how to watch it first.  More coffee...


welcome home


epic epoch to all


Some additional thoughts on #cancelspotify 😍 for those that may not already know: Try nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5  or nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg on iOS or Truefans.fm on web⚡We need A LOT more music in these systems for people to really move away from Spotify but it’s a start. Send artists to nostr:npub1d9a94klcx90k073pmlc606q9gyhtmg4p4h0jrzs0j0s34whjlzxq2sw3fp  or nostr:npub1t6njrhtc9q3f5wdrwfrhpypq3kes5mpdx4u4rw9w2pxjanuxcpkqveagv3 at phantompowermusic.io they can help explain, educate and understand new promotional ideas. Combine those tools with NOSTR social tool and its #musicdisruption on par with Napster in the 90’s 🚀 buh-bye 👍 (likes) hello ⚡(lightning)

nostr:note1y0vfn64ayv46pk08u65zg7cmvumsr4ye5wau69dzn0fs936hutjsazsyn4


I have half a mind to do the same


gm uncle matt

i'm more of a ride or hide type, but, yeah, lfg!

stay humble, stack twice as many sats


aspirational


stay humble, orange pill people of color


CITADEL DISPATCH 125: THE FUTURE OF NOSTR WITH  nostr:npub1ye5ptcxfyyxl5vjvdjar2ua3f0hynkjzpx552mu5snj3qmx5pzjscpknpr AND  nostr:npub1lunaq893u4hmtpvqxpk8hfmtkqmm7ggutdtnc4hyuux2skr4ttcqr827lj

https://cdn.satellite.earth/cf4361e97251d58bab3786dbd5775c7ff42bc7a92ca107502a38dd90fa310ed5.mp4


that blood-draw thing's a little sus


agreed

can't quite verbalize why, but it was different

stay humble, uncle matt, you hereby have 21m-1 followers


need one-tap blocking


offline chromebook users are revolting


total eclipse of the dollar


I think maybe a kind of BitTorrent model might work, where you can post the same number of gigabytes that you host for others.  Could increase s/n.


Consider configurable faster, though reasonably acceptably situationally specific tiny bit less secure, verification algorithms?


First-coffee thoughts:

Sole-practitioner devs depending upon grants may work sometimes but is unsustainable and problematic in several ways, as we've seen.

Suggest we inspire and support new dev model:

Some devs have other primary streams of income.
Some devs F.I.R.E. (retired).
Devs focus only on passion projects, focus only on core competency.
Devs use free open-source online frameworks to teach, mentor, informally lead small diverse team of individual part-time contributors (product management, doc, sec, devops, dev, test, qa, et al.) (invest in growing a diverse sustainable community).
Normalize aggressive diverse micropayment monetization.
Market decides.


Or a lightning node that is on a network that is silently blocking Tor.

Don't leave zaps on the Tor table.


Amethyst over Tor
 https://image.nostr.build/052b939aa893bed639c48eefd7b00c1b90c530f2bb1884fde5c930a30f62f5a6.jpg


Relay operator using #cloudflare proxy, please do this to let people connect to your relay over #Tor.

Go to your site settings
Click in "security" -> "WAF" -> "Create Rule"

Fill the fields like this:

Field: Country
Operator: equals
Value: Tor

Action: Skip

Scroll a little and click in "more components to skip" and select "Security level".


I would like to separate those that I follow on amethyst into separate groups, one way or another


A master's thesis in every byte.


Great question. Any updates?


and the visual and musical arts


I refuse to join any list that would have me as a member


catch and kill variant


Including against COTS. Follow the money.


the compulsive giggling vibe


Encrypting secrets before pasting into bitwarden... After the lastpass debacle...


Tor in the way?


gm uncle matt, stay humble


that's a wrap

funnier puns incoming below...


billionaires should fund networks of full nodes

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I have more than enough drama in meatspace.


Not sure, but I think I'd rather the billionaires funded 1000s of nodes.


gm uncle matt. stay humble, turn off tor so one can zap their dev


Sunday evening #utxoconsolidation

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the cesspools one had to wade through to discover the gems in facebook and twitter in the end just weren't worth it


Thalidomide


Many or most of my zap sends fail because my Tor is blocked by the recipients wallet. (Amethyst)


My Tor got in the way


thanks for another year of free convenient #cashapp taxes


good morning, uncle jack. stay humble, deep dive supply chains


Block 837629

7 - high priority
7 - medium priority
7 - low priority
6 - no priority
3 - purging

#bitcoinfees #mempool


gm uncle matt, stay humble, ask billionaires to fund node farms


Can we bring these back? asking for a friend
https://i.nostr.build/RmLXZ.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/XVRXB.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/mlryj.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/En7JP.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/J6eJW.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/roByV.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/Z5VX8.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/GeRJk.webp
https://i.nostr.build/dwye3.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/O4YdE.jpg


An opinion made about hardware/seedsigner generated using nostr-opinion-plugin.

Opinion about SeedSigner (hardware)
<!--HEADER END-->
The SeedSigner right now is subject to some drama as hackers [managed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIdHBDSQHyw) to "abuse" the board used in the SeedSigner(?) to connect to a "commercially available" [LoRa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa) receiver 120m away even if the board with the no radio components is being used.

While this is a good wake-up call to those who blindly trust the provider's marketing that goes about like this: "With no radio and with companion apps being able to [detect key exfiltration](https://bitbox.swiss/blog/anti-klepto-explained-protection-against-leaking-private-keys/) and no state that somebody could extract when finding the device, this device is super secure. Can't steal what's not there.", those jumping to the defense of SeedSigner make good points, too: If your device can be compromised with some evil software at your home then it's probably also possible to just solder an RF chip there, too or swap the whole board with one that talks to cellphone towers.

But I'm worried about another attack than an evil maid patching your SeedSigner. What about the software distributed by SeedSigner themselves? I have not audited it but I have compiled it and I have verified that following their build instructions I got the same binary as the one they distributed and with that being the case and with keeping the SeedSigner as secure as the actual seed - yes, with this device you keep your seed on a piece of paper unless you want to remember 12 words which is a good way of destroying bitcoin when you get hit by a bus - your funds should actually be pretty secure.

You can always use a passphrase with your seed, rendering the paper backup less of an immediate key to your coins but of course that again opens the door to forgetting the passphrase. Keep it safe somewhere.

Other than that, the SeedSigner is an air-gapped device that comes with a tiny display and a camera to use for signing transactions. You can use it for example in a multi signature setup with the Sparrow desktop app.

All in all it's a bit more a hands-on device with many nice features and as long as you understand the implications of it not magically keeping that paper with your seed secure, I can recommend it.
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#WalletScrutiny #nostrOpinion

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Planning to show this setup tonight:
https://m.primal.net/HpGD.jpg

Truely FOSS Satochip javacards https://github.com/Toporin/SatochipApplet initialized with an airgapped, stateless  nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl .
The cards act as a hardware wallet without a display, but with a PIN protected secure element. Mess up the PIN 10 times and the card is bricked. Blanks cost ~2 dollars with chip, ~5 dollars with NFC support. Can compare with #TapSigner, #BitKey and alike.

Find the modded images supporting the smartcard readers here:  https://github.com/3rdIteration/seedsigner/releases

Parts:
- a generic smartcard reader (here ACR39U https://a.aliexpress.com/_EzkLWc9 + microUSB adapter)
- can use the same cards as the SpecterDIY

Notes: https://gist.github.com/openoms/510b2876cab19e15c4190456ea8aad82

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boxing lions


i don't need to outrun the lion


intelligence is fatal


Sleater-Kinney at a jam-packed Palace
Theater.
#tunestr https://image.nostr.build/20e9a293da4709d85d4bc373e64482ee61d57900cc928ba567b362c728061cd6.jpg https://image.nostr.build/5f2f06df30db50898b463f9b4dff8035eb5b4927b7ef7baa03ea3652ad6302e5.jpg https://image.nostr.build/8c346d426338243890f928910e911ab3bf1e45d150332d3b608ad9909738f135.jpg


lmaitfy :)


Put the word out to all your meatspace family and friends that you want all of their old COTS phones and laptops.


For transacting "small" amounts privately, quickly and cheaply, though much less securely, we need a similar but completely separate blockchain.  Store one's generational wealth and monthly spending money in one or both chains as one wishes or needs.  Envision it something like "Pretty Good Bitcoin" (PGB) or "Leather Wallet Bitcoin" (LWB) or something.  Define "small" as something like <100x Bitcoin fees.   Something like that.


100% agree with Craig Raw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL2eOaIP-W4


follow the money


gm uncle matt, stay humble, trust no rng


In a nutshell, I just want the attacker to have to spend 1,000,000 sats to get my 1,000,000 fast and cheap spending sats.


On March 6th  Rashida Tlaib introduced the Living Wage for Musicians Act.

James Blake also partnered with Vault
 to launch exclusive music for a tax on his listeners.

Both of these solutions are fundamentally broken.

Modern creators need a way to monetize faster, easier, and with a direct connection to their audience.

No more middlemen like Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music

Well the solution is functioning today.

And artists are earning 2-10x more than on Spotify.

BUT HOW?

 nostr:npub13ql75nq8rldygpkjke47y893akh5tglqtqzs6cspancaxktthsusvfqcg7,  the inventor of podcasting is leading the way with a new movement called VAlue4Value #V4V where artists and podcasters can have a DIRECT CONNECTION with their audience.

Platforms like  nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg and   nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5
 are the two best executing this in the real world now.

How it works?

1. Upload my song/podcast
2. My fans can support and send value
3. My fans can also comment and connect
4. No middle men taking 30-40%
5. Funds go directly to your wallet, in REAL TIME.

If you are a musician, podcaster, or content creator, I encourage you to explore Podcasting 2.0 and Value 4 Value.

If it would be helpful to do a screen share and walkthrough on how to get set up, I am happy to take some extra time and break that down as well.

Support my music on  nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg at:  https://wavlake.com/bobby-shell.

Any zaps help me create more content like this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7takdeidBo


Wow!  What the "f" is that all about?!  :)   Congratulations!


Any progress?

Does the pi have different kinds of USB ports or are they identical in all ways?


Me:  Bitcoin is an awesome store of value of generational wealth. But it is not a currency or medium of daily exchange. Lighting and Liquid are trying to be equally secure, and much faster, than Bitcoin mediums of exchange for daily spending. I'm looking for a proof-of-work public ledger protocol, that isn't as secure as Bitcoin, but is reasonably secure for daily-spending amounts of cash, but that has a nearly instantaneous settlement speed. Perhaps litecoin? Perhaps Monero? Are there any other protocols that might meet that need of reasonably secure and very fast settlement?

ChatGPT4

The characteristics you're looking for in a cryptocurrency—reasonable security with very fast settlement speeds for daily transactions—highlight some of the trade-offs in the blockchain space. Bitcoin, known for its security and decentralized nature, does have limitations in terms of transaction speed and scalability, which projects like Lightning Network and Liquid are addressing.

Litecoin and Monero are two cryptocurrencies that aim to provide faster transactions than Bitcoin, but they each have their unique features and trade-offs:

Litecoin (LTC): Often referred to as the "silver to Bitcoin's gold," Litecoin was created as a lighter version of Bitcoin, aiming for faster transaction times and lower fees. Litecoin uses a different proof-of-work algorithm (Scrypt) and aims for a block time of 2.5 minutes (compared to Bitcoin's 10 minutes), which can provide faster settlement times. However, the security of Litecoin is generally considered to be lower than that of Bitcoin, due to the network's smaller size and hash rate.

Monero (XMR): Monero focuses on privacy and anonymity, using advanced cryptographic techniques to ensure that transactions are untraceable and unlinkable. While Monero's block times are similar to Litecoin's, its emphasis on privacy adds complexity to the transactions, which can sometimes affect transaction speeds and fees. Monero's security is robust, especially in terms of privacy, but its specialized nature means it might not be the first choice for simple, daily transactions for everyone.

Other cryptocurrencies and protocols also aim to balance security with speed and usability for daily transactions:

Dash (DASH): Designed for fast and inexpensive transactions, Dash implements a two-tier network with miners and masternodes to provide functionalities like InstantSend for near-instant transactions.

Stellar (XLM): Stellar focuses on facilitating cross-border payments and aims for high throughput and low transaction costs, with settlement times of around 5 seconds.

Ripple (XRP): Often used by financial institutions, Ripple aims to provide fast and reliable cross-border payments, with settlement times of 4-5 seconds.

Each of these alternatives has its unique trade-offs between security, speed, decentralization, and other features. When choosing a protocol for daily transactions, it's important to consider not only the technical specifications but also factors like network adoption, ecosystem support, and the specific use case you have in mind.


"CandyGram"

/snl


dmesg?
/var/log/messages?
lsusb?


Looks like Bogi has the good link.


Use something like the "Disks" app or "gparted" or other partition manager.  Check under "System Tools".


Yeah, not necessarily, because I guess 99.9% folks just want a portable storage device, but don't want to boot from it.


I’m repurposing a former full node: Raspberry Pi 4 8GB + 1TB USB SSD. I’ve updated the EEPROM image to ‘latest,’ and I’ve used Raspberry Pi Imager to write Ubuntu 22 LTS to my SSD. It will not boot. The same image written to an SD card boots successfully. Anyone have tips? 🙏🏼

#asknostr


Check the SSD partition boot flag?
Check the bios boot sequence?


I'm looking for a compact premium camera to take candid no-flash stills at parties in low light.

I'm kind of the family and neighborhood amateur photo-documentarian, informally taking 10,000s of never-flash never-posed candids with my Pixel 3a and now 7a phone at all of our events over many years, cleaning the photos up afterwards and posting them in Google Photos as shared albums for the events.  Folks seem to appreciate it.  Lots of great memories.

The only problem is low-light action; live music at dimly lit small clubs, or little dance parties in the basement or backyard, or chit-chatting with a couple of wines in us at the beach at sunset.  Many gems are captured, but many great shots are lost due to using the phone camera without flash (though I do manage to yield some artsy stuff out of some bad shots once in a while).

So, I'm in the market for a compact premium that hopefully can take great stills of people walking around in very low light.  Needs to be very portable, unobtrusive.  I want to be able to pull the camera out of my pocket and shoot something cool very quickly.   Not interested in zoom or video or stylish design or bluetooth or wifi. I don't want to be afraid to use it on a windy beach or in a light rain.  I'll still use my phone for 99% of the time, but I'll bring this new camera along when I know it'll be a low-light event worth capturing.  I think I know what an aperture and depth of field and ISO and shutterspeed are, but nothing about f-stops.  Not making any poster enlargements, just 4x6 prints, laptop slideshows (and casual slideshowing in ambient mode on my 40" tv).

ChatGPT4 and I have narrowed it down to these four:

Sony RX100 VII       US$1200
Ricoh GR IIIx   US$1100
Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II       US$900
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX10    US$500

I think the Lumix is best for me to start with, with it's low entry price and great reviews.   But I'd like to make sure that it can meet my use-case.  Can anyone comment or give examples of some good low-light moderate-action still shots from the LX10 (or LX15)?     I need a really good excuse to drop another $500 on top of my $500 phone.  But, I don't mind splurging the $1000+ of my generational wealth if it will really, really stunningly meet my need for entertaining family and friends.

Other suggestions welcome!

Thanks in advance!

#photography
#cameras
#camera
#photostr
#BTCPhoto
#streetphoto
#photogstr ?
#photographstr ?


gm uncle matt. stay humble, consolidate sats on sunday nights


gm sensei uncle matt

as an entry-level yellow-belt bitcoiner, i use lowercase as a sign of respect

someday i hope to be promoted to mid-level red belt, at which time i would be honored use CamelCase

i will then work so very hard on my top-level orange belt so that i may respectfully use...{patience, grasshopper, patience}

🙇🏽♂


Trey for Pres!


#utxoconsolidation

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Dear nostr,

I'm breaking out.

I've been an ASL interpreter for over 22 years - much of this time has been in the belly of the government "education" beast.

But once I became a bitcoiner in 2019/2020, everything changed:

My paradigm, my path, where I focus + use my skills.

And so, I've developed a comprehensive American Sign Language online learning program - what takes over 4 yrs in Legacy Ed, I've distilled into 1.5 yrs.

🚀If you or anyone you know wants to learn ASL (or is an ASL teacher + is looking for a curriculum), check out my website:

                   ASLTerpAndTeach.com

⚡I accept Bitcoin⚡ - contact me for details
💥 Bitcoiner discount codes avail: Find on my recent video: "10 Tips for ASL Students"
 https://image.nostr.build/9c1610060028b18713eb4764d89e476f7e6e2eb949aead2eaf9d19bfc550dc7a.jpg

#plebchain #introductions #bitcoin #homeschooling #education


The post about SimpleX Chat v5.6 release with quantum resistant end-to-end encryption and also about how SimpleX network protocols will be moving to nonprofit governance:

https://
simplex.chat/blog/20240323-sim
plex-network-privacy-non-profit-v5-6-quantum-resistant-e2e-encryption-simple-migration.html

Esra'a Al Shafei has just joined SimpleX Chat team to help us deliver these goals - welcome!


STOP


VW should be cool


savor that space between external stimulus and your response, that's where your spirit lives

meditation helps

Or repeatedly slap both your ears and say "I'm not listening!"


#nostrdesign

Maybe receiver can have preference-ranked failover receiving wallets?


I think tor messes with many zap attempts. Receiver probably blocking my tor exit node. Not much client side can do, except maybe try different temporary anonymous route? Receiver can maybe reduce tor exit node blocking for verified or sanitized zaps?


When I zap, it opens my wallet app, sends the zap, then leaves me in the wallet app screen. Not sure how to close the wallet to get back to exactly where I was. Swiping from left side takes me to phone home screen.

Amethyst, any wallet I think


I've heard good things about immich but never tried it myself

https://github.com/immich-app/immich


inflation-adjusted?


abandon zoo


this is how bots army and click fraud take place. your uniq mobile id means nothing. Here is How they build the 3rd gen, 20 mobiles into a server chassis? 3rd generation click farm fraud involves mobile device servers, centralised and operated by one.

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/144/693/355/296/791/original/b08a735b74cd0084.mp4


And when one does, one may learn about undocumented limitations and bugs in their tools. For example, some tools behave slightly differently on testnet and mainnet, or over qr code and file transfer.

#utxoconsolidation

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gm uncle matt, stay humble, zap your dev


nor could gold


Nutshell needs contributors.

Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy

Please join us.
https://github.com/cashubtc/nutshell


gm uncle matt, stay humble, tie the suits all up in a bunch


whats up #nostr fam!

A few weeks ago I posted about offering some free mastering or mixing for the first 5 people to comment.

well being as I'm fairly new to nostr, I just wanted to let yall know that the offer still stands!

I am a full time bachelor's student for audio production and need some good material to add to my portfolio

COMPLETELY FREE TO YOU!!! all I ask is permission to use your artist name and a sample from your song as an example of my work. (I will not use sample for my own creations!)

2 people commented on the first post (you know who you are) you are still in line! this is not a limited time offer, just until I get 5 volunteers!

let's exchange in V4V!
help me get my name out there by letting me help you get your art out there!!

#music #artist #master #mix #editing #plebchain #bitcoin


guilty until...


awkward


got my vote


Inspired by your note, I just reset my tor identity, and my feed and search changed, I'm pretty sure. A few minutes ago, I searched for nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and got nothing, now it works fine. n=1


how's it going these days?


fiat tire


follow uncle matt's journey with his lightning nodes
@ODELL


Uncapped Internet at R99pm on a meshed network for South African low-income communities

https://image.nostr.build/9900ee7375f9d07554e0b4e22b7167417e88faef69baef19bcf0ced3e38b8276.jpg

Maintaining cabled infrastructure in many informal areas is a nightmare (costly to deploy, dangerous, and sometimes damaged/stolen) so a meshed network does really solve this type of challenge, where each core node relays off the next one, to cover a wide area. In the example given in the linked article, a third of a township that’s home to an estimated 80 000 people is served.

Combining this with a commercial model where the core node hoster is earning 15% of the monthly cost from the surrounding leaf nodes, it is a real win-win.

It's no coincidence, either, that this type of meshed network is proving popular, as we have seen active decentralisation along identical lines with social media, and also with the Meshtastic unlicensed radio that I featured a week or two back.

This type of approach is perfect where a high-cost service can be shared in a cost-effective way across a community who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford such a service on their own.

See https://techcentral.co.za/internet-revolution-in-olievenhoutbosch/241698/

#technology #SouthAfrica #meshnetworks


#utxoconsolidation

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looks awesome! can we use our own entropy or seed phrase?


#utxoconsolidation

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Bitcoin fee estimation can be very tricky.  Someone paid 34,146 sat/vB for a transaction - $1,222 ?!?!?
 https://mempool.space/tx/3fd32ef4d95c12c88238a2c1e850a16af1c204863803ae76fa54d1c855064bb6

Why would anyone overpay by so much.

I took a deeper dive and discovered it was a CPFP transaction pulling a 2.8sat/vB transaction along.  So effectively they paid 52.8 sat/vB, which is about right for the fee at the time.

What's CPFP?  It's child pays for parent - a fee bumping technique that allows you to add extra sats to a fee for a transaction (child) that depends upon the original transaction (parent) and thereby get transactions in a block sooner.

Miners look for combinations of transactions where even if a given transaction has a low fee,  by including it and higher fee transactions that depend on the 'parent' low fee transaction they can earn more total fees.

So much to learn about Bitcoin!!!

#bitcoin #bitcoinfees #mempool #cpfp #rbf


gm uncle matt, stay humble, zap the underrepresented


honey, bitcoin is on sale today, I think I'll go shopping


gm uncle matt.  stay humble, set up a node.


we need a good hashtag...


Fee rate	54.0 sat/vB   Overpaid 2x


Please add fee rate


stay humble, and test sats succession plans


Sorry, I replied too quickly, but the book is still a great listen also


I've been listening to it this way

https://fountain.fm/show/dqYmpfWuMQ10OXOsNvyv


build a ladder of different levels for different purposes


gm uncle matt, stay humble, lead with testnet


How about:

what are minimum fee rates that are getting confirmed in each of the last many blocks?

how long ago was the last time a transaction with fee rate of 2,4,6,8,10,12,14... confirmed?


"barter bags" and "rounds":
https://youtu.be/b2OmTB0ZvlM


Is this even technically possible?:

Each miner establishes a list of say 10 or 100 bitcoin charities that they support, and assign each charity a bitcoin address.

We send our utxo dust (<~2000 or 3000 sats?) to the miner charity address of our choice, with a 0-sat fee.

At their discretion, miners smelt the dust into million-sat ingots and send ingots to charity address.

Something like that?

#UTXOConsolidation
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some mercury dimes or similar might come in handy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_dime

https://void.cat/d/PjDz74YKsguR8ErCgQfS2t.webp


uncle matt, wouldya tell us a bedtime story of value? wouldya?! please!?

nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx


add link to how calculated?


Avg. 24h TX Fee: ⚡11,226 | $7.69
Median 24h TX Fee: ⚡4,390 | $3.01

I'm not sure, but I think I'd like to know, what was the _minimum_ fee rate (and minimum net sats and US$) it took to get into the most recently mined block (or few blocks).

Say I want to consolidate my utxos this evening, and I don't really care how long it takes for first confirmation (a couple few days is fine), but I do want to minimize my costs.  What's a reasonably low fee rate that should I consider?


generational health


Block 833739

13 - high priority
13 - medium priority
13 - low priority
6 - no priority
3 - purging

#bitcoinfees #mempool


if you're a Nostr and/or Bitcoin company that needs an API for Bitcoin infrastructure, Lightning payments, global on/off ramps, etc. just let me know

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Couldn't agree more nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac. And it is available to everyone. We use nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9.
 nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle and his team have been amazing to work with. I'd love to see more implementations; LFG! 🚀

nostr:note1vz53zaq2d96jqe7ps4yt40cm2658wlzp98xxy3fqms5hcult2xsslyzynx


stay humble, consolidate sats


‼ https://image.nostr.build/6813eecd1750996e18443f8e5b35a34a8bd606c9b346930d1cfb0f2e5393d5d1.jpg


lucky for us


that was really weird


🚨🚨🚨 #BTC #Transaction #Alert 🚨🚨🚨
1,150.00 BTC worth $77,256,009.00 have been moved.
Fee: 2,976 sats ~ $2.00
Block: 833,679
Transaction: https://tinyurl.com/25c6o54g
 #whalespotting #whalewatching #btcwhales


phew


and why the depth-perspective parallax thing?


we know what they _should_ have done...


vibrate higher. 💫 https://image.nostr.build/36c39c55208fdab6635ada22d10b974012929ab157bacf2ee82f70a162a8dbc2.jpg


It's the price of anonymity, literally!

The fees will still be lower than Lightning.


Nothing Phone 2a review: A budget phone that's packed with personality

https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2024-03%2F5283a570-da67-11ee-bfdb-8e36133d1a03&resize=1400%2C840&client=19f2b5e49a271b2bde77&signature=1f8a10fae96dc76b55248f628b5e18de678796ea

Nothing says its latest device – the Phone 2a – is a mid-range handset. And just going by its specs, which include a 6.5-inch 120Hz OLED screen, up to 12GB of RAM and a big 5,000 mAh battery, that seems right. But starting at $349, it’s positioned more like a budget offering which makes it even more appealing. That’s because in a category where device makers often cut corners to hit a specific price, the Phone 2a combines solid components with a unique design to deliver a handset that looks good and is big on value. So while there are a couple of hiccups for potential buyers in the US, Nothing has created an engaging option in a sea of boring budget phones.

Design and display: Definitively distinctive
Nothing’s aesthetic is unmistakable. It’s inspired by ‘90s retro gadgets with translucent plastic like old Gameboys but remixed with a more modern and cohesive finish. This lets you see a number of its components like NFC antennas (which is the disc surrounding the rear cameras) without it becoming distracting. That said, on the Phone 2a, Nothing switched things up by moving its cameras to the middle, which gives the back more of a face while a small red accent provides a pop of color. It’s available in black and white color schemes, with the former sometimes making me feel like I’m looking at Wall-E’s emo cousin.

Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget

Another departure from Nothing’s previous handsets is that the Phone 2a features a polycarbonate back instead of a glass one. Now this might seem like a bad thing, but this device is a reminder of how nice plastic can be when it’s done well. Nothing says the phone’s subtly rounded edges wouldn’t be possible to do with glass. While I’m not sure that feature is a bona fide selling point, it does feel good. Additionally, the choice of material results in something that feels a lot lighter than it looks, which is nice compared to traditional glass bricks. The Phone 2a weighs just 6.7 ounces (190 grams), which is less than a Pixel 7a (6.82 ounces/193.5 grams) despite the latter boasting a significantly smaller 6.1-inch display.
As for the screen itself, the 6.5-inch OLED panel delivers punchy colors and surprisingly good brightness of around 700 nits during normal use with peaks of up to 1,300 nits. The only thing I struggled with was the in-screen fingerprint reader, which took a few registrations to get it dialed in before it would unlock every time.
Performance: More than good enough for the money

Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget

Nothing is bucking conventional wisdom by opting for a Mediatek Dimensity 7200 Pro chip instead of something from Qualcomm. Memory starts at 8GB, though in the US, the only config features 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. And while its Geekbench 6 scores (1,123 single-core and 2,603 multi-core) were a bit behind what I got from a Pixel 7a (1,442 single-core and 3,639 multi-core), it felt speedy and responsive during normal use. The only small issue is that sometimes scrolling through websites or social media wasn’t quite as smooth compared to more expensive rivals. But unless you’re hoping to do some serious mobile gaming, the Phone 2a has more than enough oomph to go around.
Cameras: Better than your average budget handset
A challenge for both budget phone makers and smaller companies like Nothing is keeping up with big names like Samsung and Google. But unless you’re a real stickler for image quality, the Phone 2a is good enough. It did a fine job during the day of producing pics that you won’t be embarrassed to post on social media. Both the main and ultra-wide cameras are based on 50-megapixel sensors that capture warm tones and produce color saturation that’s a touch richer than what I got from a Pixel 7a. That said, if you zoom in, you’ll notice that Google’s phone delivers slightly sharper photos with more detailed textures. At night, when budget phones tend to struggle a bit more, the Phone 2a’s images were slightly darker than similar shots taken with a Pixel 7a, as expected, but they were still more than serviceable. Sometimes, Nothing’s pics were actually less grainy than Google’s.
Battery life: 5,000 mAh goes a long way

Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget

Thanks to its large 5,000 mAh battery, the Phone 2a turned in one of the best times we’ve seen from a budget handset. On our video rundown test, it lasted 23 hours and 47 minutes, which is just shy of the Nothing Phone 2’s mark of 24:25 and way better than similarly priced rivals like the Pixel 7a (17:41).
When it comes to charging, though you don’t get support for wireless power (which is understandable on a phone in this price range), the Phone 2a does support wired charging at up to 45 watts, which is faster than some flagship phones like the Pixel 8.
US availability and carrier info
One of the biggest bummers about the Nothing Phone 2a is that while it will be readily available online in Europe, folks in the US should know that there are a few extra hurdles to jump through. The first is that in order to buy one, customers will need to sign up for the company’s Developer program. Thankfully, this can be done for free and as soon as you do, you’ll get a link to purchase the Phone 2a directly from Nothing. Additionally, while the handset does support 5G on T-Mobile via the N41 band, you won’t get any 5G on AT&T or Verizon, which severely limits the appeal for people on those networks.
Wrap-up

Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget

On paper, the Phone 2a has pretty much everything I look for in a good budget device. It’s got a solid build including IP54 water resistance, a bright screen and excellent battery life. While its performance isn’t earth-shattering, it still feels snappy even when compared to slightly more expensive rivals. But what really elevates the Phone 2a is that it accomplishes all this without erasing its personality in the name of cost-cutting. There simply isn’t another handset in this price range that looks this good. Nothing also pays attention to small details like the phone’s crunchy pseudo-analog sound effects that help marry its distinctive design with its custom UX and dot-matrix-inspired widgets. I just wish the Phone 2a was easier to buy and had better 5G support in the US.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/nothing-phone-2a-review-a-budget-phone-thats-packed-with-personality-123040337.html?src=rss

https://www.engadget.com/nothing-phone-2a-review-a-budget-phone-thats-packed-with-personality-123040337.html?src=rss


Please send any issues you find on Amethyst to https://gitworkshop.dev/repo/amethyst

We are trying to move out of GitHub and use a Nostr-native GitHub alternative.


Your hourly dose of #Bitcoin facts

http://btcclock.shrtct.site/img/eebf5082-10c0-4528-8cb9-da7ad086af8b.PNG

💵 PRICE:
  • Binance: $67,292.25
  • Coinbase: $67,379.29
  • 24h High: $68,686.80
  • 24h Low: $63,263.53
  • Change last 1h: $-894 (-1.31%)
  • Change last 24h: $3,706 (5.83%)

http://btcclock.shrtct.site/img/7f8eca50-6f4c-4b6a-8fc3-113e39df1d54.PNG

📈 MARKET:
  • Bitcoin Market Dominance: 54.35%

🕒 Moscow Time: 14:86

⛏ MEMPOOL:
  • Transactions in mempool: 149,734
  • Block queue in mempool: 252
  • Time since last block: 2m 12s

💰 MINERS RECEIVE (BTC):
  • Last block: 0.493
  • Average last 24 hours: 0.687
  • Average last 30 days: 0.324
  • Average last 90 days: 0.927
  • Average last 365 days: 0.504
  • Current block reward: 6.250

http://btcclock.shrtct.site/img/0dea6747-07cb-476d-a5c3-344bfbba7b52.PNG

🔗 BLOCKCHAIN:
  • Tx Volume (24h): $76,256,212,409.00
  • Number of Inscriptions: 63,770,565
  • Hashrate: 555.63 EH/s
  • Current block height: 833,201

http://btcclock.shrtct.site/img/bd35dfd8-04be-47e9-829a-3d944a4e8f41.PNG

⚡ LIGHTNING NETWORK:
  • Capacity: 4,558.51 BTC
  • Nodes: 14,128 (10 new 24h)
  • Channels: 55,318 (131, new 24h)

🗓 HALVING:
  • Days until next halving: 47
  • Halving date: 2024-04-21

DM for feature suggestions, #zaps to support server cost, Share/Boost/Quote to help spread.

Time: 06:00 CET - 00:00 ET - 23:00 CT

v.1.1.07


Saw a discussion on Reddit about ath USD/BTC, vs ath BTC market cap.


The past two years of bitcoin conferences I have been at have been bear market conferences.

And funnily, the energy was still really high at all of them. Pacific Bitcoin in 2022 occurred literally during the FTX dump to $16k and we were having an amazing time regardless.

Bitcoin Atlantis in Madeira has been the closest thing to a conference in a bull market for a while.

My single favorite thing at conferences is meeting people from so many countries. Within one example hour I met a woman from Saudi Arabia, a whole group from Bulgaria, someone from Bolivia, someone from Columbia, someone from Spain, and someone from South Africa. A woman from Malaysia really stuck out too and it was a great conversation.

There is no other asset that brings out so much hope and unity from people with such different backgrounds and experiences.

Open source global money. 🫂


Been spending hours upon hours upon hours listening to Guy Swann reading your amazing audio book. Truly amazing story telling, wow. He did a great, great job. So glad I bought it. Thank you.


A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants

"...the technology company left one of its internal databases exposed to the internet without a password, allowing anyone to access the sensitive data inside using only a web browser, just with knowledge of the database’s public IP address."

One more example of how people are usually the weakest link in pentesting and cybersecurity.

#cybersecgirl #privacytechpro #cybersecurity #infosec #opsec

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/leaky-database-two-factor-codes/


perpetual coffee machine


old school is the new school


#binarywatch
https://binarywatch.org/
nostr:npub1qz2usdlga5msmejstskxx9234uyvzyy98dgeq4wseheanqw6ttps9gm8hf

https://samouraiwallet.com/download/sentinel

sentinel-signed-5.0.1.apk

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ef6842d97a2367f538840b1765553abf8325cb08251922e73d832fb3f23280b2

ef6842d97a2367f538840b1765553abf8325cb08251922e73d832fb3f23280b2


#binarywatch
https://binarywatch.org/
nostr:npub1qz2usdlga5msmejstskxx9234uyvzyy98dgeq4wseheanqw6ttps9gm8hf

https://samouraiwallet.com/download/wallet

sw-signed-0.99.98i.apk

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/910da8c86a211e83b0d98d38d2ba7eec74b94c05dbf7f4ac2ff0a2694eb9ece5


NOSTR ONLY 🫡

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


 nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 thanks to you and your team for making nostr:npub17304velluajf6lylvjynpj2f3ndg396w063gj2gef5qk0nwtcyjqfj9yky. I went asking ChatGPT and Google Gemini for basic medical advice for my son's cold and they censor all medical diagnosis responses. Thankful that we can route around these guys with FOSS solutions.

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


Unleashed.Chat v 0.1.16

- You can now log in with your Nostr npub if you have a NIP-07 browser extension!
- Those with existing accounts can connect their npub on the Account page, accessible from the left navigation menu.
- bug fixes

https://image.nostr.build/a44df165c767516e6ff54d26a2dfec1395699ce0b2754b8e9feb1e4b007c2130.jpg


How computer storage works. Love videos like this.

https://media.gleasonator.com/a1a22d918f76a4acb6eee4b218420b93ebf5e0493d5b925a2b875a70cee31088.mp4


something missing, can't quite put my finger on it

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


ANIMATED QR CODES AND ECASH - THIS IS AMAZING FOR TRANSACTING OFFLINE - THIS IS COMING TO EVERY CASHU WALLET

You can try it on cashu.me (beware: this wallet has no seed phrase backups yet, only use it very small amounts).

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


💯

nostr:note170v0tktxfc5gxgj0fkq468hdr0zcwkv260zw5qwtd7y203h39z9s273w2c


get ready for apps to add "login with nostr", absorb data from it, and call themselves "built on nostr"

these are DINO apps that will try to lock you in into their legacy-thinking, while pretending to empower you and speaking empty words of decentralization


🇳🇬Nigeria Investors, a new era beckons! 🚀 With the suspension of centralized exchanges in your country, embrace the decentralized revolution with Bisq. No centralized control, no disruptions. Your trades, your terms. Secure, instant, and truly yours. Explore Bisq and reclaim your financial freedom! 🌐

#dex #decentralized #bitcoin #nigeria #btc #nokyc #stacksats #xmr

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


for better anonymity, consider adding a paraphraser/rephraser, with a case normalizer; a deidiosyncrasyizer


perpetual money machine


the only winning move is not to play.

nostr flies over all of this mess.

https://youtu.be/vSg_Gl49br0


I just published Announcing Strike Africa

Today, we are launching Strike Africa, expanding our full suite of #Bitcoin services into Gabon, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia with more markets to come in the future.

LFG! 🌍🫡

https://strike.me/blog/announcing-strike-africa/

https://youtu.be/Oahb-XVYdDU


Reminds me of my favorite XKCD. Everyone's ignorant of stuff, and it's an opportunity to discover something, not a flaw.
 https://m.primal.net/Hfmt.png


Announcement. 📣

While in Malawi checking out Gridless Bitcoin mines, I met a hard working kid who is the primary provider for his family. His name is Vincent.

I showed him Machankura and paid for his guide services in BTC.

Times are very hard right now in Malawi as the people are suffering from massive currency devaluations.

Vincent reached out to me in desperation a few weeks ago asking for money to help him.

I sent him some funds to help him with food for 2 weeks. It was about ~$30.

Today I decided to put his LNURL in my nostr profile so now if you Zap me Vincent will receive the sats.

He still needs to find ways to pay for his university and support his mother and younger siblings. If you want to support Vincent directly you can send him sats to his Machankura account.

Here is his LNURL: lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7wpnxvejumt0vf5j7tnhv4kxctttdehhwm30d3h82unvwqhnyd348yunwwfexs6nwvgrkhd9d https://image.nostr.build/f27559025141fbcf4293d887f92a05ca48f2a949b43b55831402364caa715018.jpg


Michael Saylor: “Trading Bitcoin is a sign of lesser intellect.” What do you think?
https://video.nostr.build/efefb8c83494568f4904ebd136abb6ba289b0602771f0302a683cf9da767a808.mp4


shrimp scamper


agreed

not sure, but I think Al Capone and El Chapo and Putin and Jeffs built schools and churches and hospitals and ballfields and theatres and stuff


he has been sufficiently punished, and deterrence has been made clear


, aided by our global adversaries,


and fast, too


nostr21.com is now a paid relay AND It's only 21 sats.

In an effort to combat the super annoying spam bots, this has been a long time coming.  Anyone who I've followed is already on the allow list.  To sign up just visit the site and hammer my lightning node so that I have some reason to run it.

I'm excited to see these bots GTFO.  Fuck spam bots and trolls.  In a world based on value, they bots will starve out and die off because they are 💯 fucking useless!!  🌱🦜🎉👨💻💥🤖🍕🏆🏴☠🏴☠🏴☠

#grownostr


nostr:npub1j4u5gjzjyggr3h96x3gjy4akdgwxuk7mgvumv72gym2qyje7fn5s47d6x9
https://image.nostr.build/bc36ad2d2444ff61e6a04e89efd7f4e7734a5bdbdd1d5209919856b35ef9eb46.jpg


persistence


a rum fast makes it a bit more enjoyable, and a conversation piece, and no less effective


a walk-on part in the war


https://i.nostr.build/X35B.png  nostr:note1c9h69zftrc5nt8xz2nv7r7drjwngpdxlf55u4k7xjzrmkynyt2wq74djmd


People ask me for my financial strategy and I'm like:

-I'm so bearish that I'm bullish. Short fiat, long real assets, permanently.

-But be aware of counter-rallies, valuation, and sentiment. Don't get over-leveraged and rekt.

-I'm risk adverse and have a dozen people that depend on me financially in two different countries, and thus I mitigate the possibility of financial disruption via diversification up to a point.

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


uncle matt, any reason we can't use something like a reasonably-secure-for-modest-amounts super fast version of a litecoin-like thing as a layer-2?


wanna make one of these

https://video.nostr.build/212832bf7f54ab3a822783fe5fe4a190a05ceb50322d295a4861210e8378e03a.mp4


miniaturize for edc and under the matress?


One thing I really like about technology is that in the long arc of time it isn't politicized. It just *is*.

In the emergent stage it's often politicized. But then eventually it just wins.

Electricity was a topic of political opinions until it wasn't. Same for cars. Same for Bitcoin. Same for everything that changes things in a big way.

Politics are powerful, but they are local and temporary. Technology is global and permanent. It either works and spreads, or it doesn't and fades.


Do you have a long-form Lyn on Putin we can read? Would be fascinated by your angle.


People are like, “There are only 1000 people on Nostr and they only talk about bitcoin.”

Meanwhile I’m watching a livestream indie concert from Phoenix in my living room where the artists are paid directly by the audience in real time. 🤘🔥⚡

GTFO. 😂
https://image.nostr.build/065f4313c8b79b8866233341a4f3427de50ed535585374afe453a52aac58b8e0.jpg


GOOD MORNING NOSTR, IT IS IMPORTANT TO RENOTE GOOD NOTES AND FOLLOW MORE PEOPLE ON NOSTR SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE A SLAVE TECH ALGO FOR DISCOVERY 🫡


electro-positivity


India banning Proton Mail is why we are here


🇺🇸 TOMORROW EVENING AT 6 PM 🇺🇸

PubKey welcomes Human Rights Foundation for an important discussion on the status of CBDCs around the world. 🏦 👀 🗺

Speakers: Nick Anthony and nostr:npub1cf3zeytdnwgwzz5pk2ax0vvmmlzad03xcft4d50ejrfhsh8pxcdsefx7gk

And a very special commemoration for the 15th anniversary of #BITCOIN.

#cbdc #freedomtech

https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/298770778/


My Feb 6th talk at Princeton about Broken Money is on YouTube now.

https://youtu.be/soGXgiGoMRU?si=fE_NkY2atDFTGkdq

Includes:
-My talk/presentation about Broken Money.
-Discussion with Carolyn Wilkins, former #2 at Canada’s central bank.
-Audience Q&A

Major themes:
-History of monetary tech
-Bullish case for Bitcoin and somewhat stablecoins
-Opening up monetary monopolies and allowing people’s choice for money
-Criticism of crypto VC’s that rely on fast exit liquidity
-Importance of financial privacy


When I was at Princeton, I talked about how many applications don’t need statefulness and are better without it.

It’s not the easiest discussion, but the TLDR is that I shilled all the work you folks are doing on it.

If you are near Princeton in early March, they are hosting a decentralized social media workshop that now includes Nostr. 😎 https://image.nostr.build/83a54dbc226aca0f02d16fd0096902e326a7281b4f71a2341c4b3371d73e3e69.jpg


uncle matt, how should america's poor and indigenous best stack sats?

i  think gridless should mine on american indigenous tribal-controlled lands, better for the spirit than gambling


wow, what a coincidence! me, too!


Everything you need to know about Super Bowl in one photo https://image.nostr.build/cb32e3e1b1ca9085333ba9746b2a7ebf7878a7d1267e692e1d84845b0714fc33.jpg


what a hoot!


BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 830,138
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 12Feb24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
__________________________
BLUF: Israel Rescues 2 Hostages, Find Servers Under UNRWA / US SECDEF in Hospital, Transfers Power / BTC is Worlds 10th Largest Asset Now / Satoshi Trending on X

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $48,031 USD, 23.68 oz Gold, .11 Median US House
24hr Hi: $48,798 / Lo: $47,745
Vol: $20B (Up 6%)
Mkt Cap: $949B (Up .6%)
HashRate: 713 EH/s
Avg Fees: 14,283 sats/tx (Down 8%)
Nodes: 17,814

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Israel Rescues Two Hostages Held by Hamas in Gaza: Raid and airstrikes, which health authorities in Gaza say killed 37 people, come as Israel prepares for larger operation in Rafah. Israel rescued two hostages held in Gaza in an overnight raid, as the military prepares for a larger operation to enter what it says is the last bastion for Hamas, where more than one million Palestinians are sheltering. (WSJ)

2. Tunnel complex with rows of computer servers discovered under UN aid agency HQ in Gaza, reports say: In a post on X the IDF said its soldiers had found the entrance to a tunnel near a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It claims that this was connected to a tunnel underneath the agency's main HQ in Gaza City, where its forces came across "electrical infrastructure" with rows of computer servers that it said were using power from the UNRWA's building. (BizInsider)

-US Events-
1. Defense Secretary Austin hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy: At about 2:20 p.m. Sunday, he was transported by his security detail to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center “to be seen for symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue,” Pentagon staffers said. While Austin initially intended to retain the “functions and duties of his office,” at about 5 p.m. Sunday he transferred those authorities to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. As of Sunday evening, he remained hospitalized. (AP)

2. Shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Texas during Sunday services: A woman’s motive for opening fire in Joel Osteen’s megachurch was unclear Monday, a day after the shooting sent worshippers rushing for safety in between busy services. Police say two off-duty officers working security at Lakewood Church, one of the largest megachurches in the U.S., shot and killed the suspect. Two other people were also shot and wounded, including a 5-year-old boy who entered the church with the shooter and was taken to a hospital in critical condition. (AP)

3. Biden Sports 'Laser Eyes' Following Super Bowl, Fans Connect It To Bitcoin: Biden posted a photo on his personal accout on X adorned with a laser eye with the caption, "Just like we drew it up." Although the laser-eye profile image seems to be an extension of the “Dark Brandon” meme—a representation of Biden's online persona celebrated by his supporters—it’s interpreted by many in the cryptocurrency space as a nod to Bitcoin. (Bezinga)

-Regulatory and Legal-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bitcoin Soars To 10th Largest Asset Globally, Leaving Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Behind: Bitcoin has secured its position as the 10th largest asset in the world, surpassing stalwarts such as Berkshire Hathaway, Tesla, and JPMorgan. (Bitcoinist)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Philippines may introduce non-blockchain CBDC in the next two years: The Central Bank Governor explained the details behind the BSP’s plan to develop a CBDC. The central bank will not use blockchain technology in the project, according to its head: Instead, the CBDC will operate on a payment and settlement system owned by the central bank. The BSP will focus on a wholesale CBDC, which will be mediated by banks. (CoinTelegraph)

-Economic Indicators-
NSTR

-Technological Updates-'
1. From Missouri to Texas: Southern US Becomes Bitcoin Mining Hotspot: Missouri's new bill aims to equalize power rates and location access for Bitcoin miners to foster industry growth. State Rep. Christofanelli proposes protections for Bitcoin mining against restrictive local noise ordinances. CleanSpark expands with new Bitcoin mining sites in Mississippi while Riot makes progress on new $333M Texas facility. (BeInCrypto)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. UN Investigating Crypto Attacks by North Korea Hacking Groups Totalling $3B: This investigation, overseen by an independent UN sanction committee, delves into 58 cyberattacks targeting crypto-related companies between 2017 and 2023. The stolen funds, estimated at $3 billion, reportedly play a crucial role in financing North Korea's WMD development, raising international concerns about their nuclear and missile programs. (Yahoo)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Here’s Why Satoshi is Trending Today: At yesterday’s Super Bowl, the Founder and former CEO of X, Jack Dorsey, was spotted wearing a Satoshi t-shirt. He also wore the same t-shirt in the last year’s game on 12 Feb 2023. (CoinGape/X)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 70/100 (Down 2 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

Follow us on NOSTR:  nostr:npub1qktts9naunvjdwsktq5xjdhwh539xt4x0mqj4yxq0q9dvm03ljvs6sms0r
____________________
Analyst: BV2A
END REPORT
NNNN
*NSTR-Nothing Significant To Report


consider adding food (protein) and energy (electricity, oil?) to "market data" section


Fascinating conversation about software integrity verification on the latest bitcoin.review pod

There is a huge issue with phishing specifically with apps like nostr:npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2's Sparrow Wallet.
 nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx suggested adding a known set of hashes in a trusted place and enforcing TOFU (trust on first use: all versions have the same signer) to Sparrow which would help mitigate attacks during updates.

Shout out to nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft for bringing up zap.store in the conversation! I'm building it to fix this exact problem:  verifying packages stored anywhere using webs of trust. Trust is inherently social so the nostr social graph is a perfect fit.

And agree with nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 that current app stores do serve a purpose, curation and reputation will always be important, but having a free market for it is just as important.

For those interested I wrote about this topic at length:  https://stacker.news/items/404908


gm uncle matt, to reduce new utxo dust, I dramatically slowed down my dca auto withdrawal rate. i'm more allergic to dust than rugs.  one of those tradeoffs you frequently mention--appreciate you


I’m bullish on nostr:npub1exv22uulqnmlluszc4yk92jhs2e5ajcs6mu3t00a6avzjcalj9csm7d828 even if it’s glitchy sometimes nostr:note1r8jydw8ry0fsf3fsq689zcx793pydeucm6k3dd95tenzv4a9pnmqzh58tf


SOFTWAR AUDIOBOOK - Chapter 3 Part 3 (Sections 3.10 - 3.12) Released

https://i.nostr.build/65Rz.jpg

Here's the final section of Chapter 3, outlining the dangers of domestication to the beauty of antlers. Hope you enjoy it!

Zap or comment to get notifications when I release new episodes.

Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/JxWcNmd1Ykt9CVfi54mO
Podcast (Apple, Spotify, etc.): https://rss.com/podcasts/softwar/1318226/
Wavlake: https://www.wavlake.com/episode/f7d6e4b9-fe8b-44ee-a186-654f61f8dfc2
Flare: https://www.flare.pub/w/naddr1qqrhvvrwgd3z6mczyrtkqaryyfwg4dssm2v5jk78pj9r53dq879z922lqm7tt0zzretn5qcyqqqgtwc2uj273
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Ki-o52rN4&list=PL5MbCqTAnvl9N_meijUAhRu0nb1J2K3t5&index=6
Torrent (mp3): https://dtan.xyz/e/nevent1qqsz340k0snma7lv22nr5rn2kyxxw7l8jn54uyvlfjdwrr3gwp3wsnsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsdwcr5vs39ez4kzrdfjj2mcuxg5wj95qlc5g4ftur0eddugg09wwsrqsqqqp7n59y0vy
Torrent (wav): https://dtan.xyz/e/nevent1qqsdhn5vtvxqu7xmznpqql5pz6dxza8kn7rkcsea2gdx5hlwvj5t4vqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsdwcr5vs39ez4kzrdfjj2mcuxg5wj95qlc5g4ftur0eddugg09wwsrqsqqqp7n9plhkz

You can also look up "SOFTWAR Audiobook" on most podcast apps or on Youtube to find it.

Download the SOFTWAR PDF: https://mega.nz/file/D0hzgCpb#qo07-vUqP-0YkjUKt92ioPNzo08ayEu3RwvWfsXRH8w

#bitcoin #nostr #grownostr #plebchain #softwar #audiobook #podcast


Softwar. https://image.nostr.build/f9f6027f5e5026aedb9e161ec7b9f002b6a2e724f1c1f81b888dad4698424855.jpg


?: https://cryptoslate.com/jason-lowreys-softwar-removed-from-circulation-and-mit-library-for-unknown-reasons/


Edward Snowden explains the very important distinction between right and wrong, and legal and illegal.
https://video.nostr.build/4ea215f8f68964c867b0d01d55515d7701652ce6db52a7cc699e0dd70ed4a506.mp4


"The road to serfdom is working exponentially harder for a currency that is growing exponentially weaker." —Michael Saylor


GOOD MORNING NOSTR, WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A FREEDOM SUPER APP ON TOP OF NOSTR AND BILLIONS WILL USE IT BECAUSE IT WILL SIMPLY WORK BETTER THAN THE SLAVE TECH ALTERNATIVES 🫡


uncle matt, how can we simpletons help?


NEW TUTORIAL: nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg full walkthrough - setup, create & interact in your feed, buy sats in-app, zap posts, send/receive via external wallets (shoutout nostr:npub13ljnkd633c7maxatymv3y2fqq8vt3qk7j3tt0vytv90eztwgha9qmfcfhw), and even migrate to other apps (shoutout nostr:npub1nz64zngcqm8vj8nhrdkcjpfwn2rcaqysnxec88tqfclp5afrpglsqm0w5y as an example).

Share this one around to your noob friends. It may be the easiest first exposure to decentralized social media & money in a single solution!

https://youtu.be/Qd4Po4i7wvc?si=Oe94qadFiTI9g-pZ

Don't forget to subscribe and help me hit 100k in 2024!
https://youtube.com/@BTCSessions?sub_confirmation=1


i can't find the "consolidate utxos" button on my wallet


bitcoin relies on math and physics, not mal-incentivized and corrupt humans.

if you believe 1 + 1 = 2, then you believe in bitcoin.

if you believe 1 xor 1 = 0, then you believe in bitcoin.


You don’t have enough sats.

And by you, I mean me.

And you.


Bitcoin literally needs you.

We need more people writing code, experimenting with it, just having fun. You don't need to start a company. You don't need a brilliant idea. If you don't know how to start, read the code and submit bug fixes for the software you're already using.

If you're a dev and you're on the brink of joining or would like to but  you don't know how, my DMs are always open to you. Even if I take a bit to reply, I'll help you find a task or a challenge as best as I can.


GM ☕🐶 #Nostr #Dogstr #Plebchain🐕💜
https://v.nostr.build/4KoG.mp4


Every day I'm grateful #Nostr exists

Thank you nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6


GOOD MORNING NOSTR, I HAVE NOTHING WITTY TO SAY BUT IT FEELS IMPORTANT TO SEND THIS POST EVERY MORNING, ONWARD 🫡


please, no duckbutt pics this early in the morning


consider a witticism about utxo consolidation; we small fry with hundred-sat coins have an urgent and vital opportunity, i think


yeah, the tape just holds your lips together just enough to convince or remind your body to breathe through your nose.


Is there a way to make a chart like this that shows the growth of the total global money supply (liquidity? M1, M2, eurodollar?) over time, compared to the prices of homes, S&P 500, gold, etc?  That is, the causes and magnitudes of the actual decrease in purchasing power over recent decades.  Like, my index fund looks like it's going way up, but it's not really, is it?  I was surprised how this chart flattened out. You can rephrase all that to make it make sense.


Yesterday I did a long-form lecture in a class at Princeton about the history of money through the lens of technology.

The nice thing was that it helped me figure out what to include in my upcoming larger talk, discussion, Q&A, and book signing at Princeton about Broken Money. The talk portion of this event is shorter, so I need it to be as concise and impactful as possible, and I've been thinking about what to emphasize and I really have a good outline for that now.

If you're in the PA/NJ/NYC area, consider coming to the event on Feb 6th. It's open to the public but requires registration:
https://gceps.princeton.edu/booktalk-lynalden/

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Mouth breather here, always waking up with desert dry mouth. I've been mouth taping for a couple years now, including a couple of hay fever seasons. Love it. Even with my allergies, somehow your body knows to keep one nostril open, or knows to breathe out of a corner of your mouth.  https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/

I think they are a virus that flares when immunity is weakened. Good, real, sleep, and healthy gut, are underrated keys to strong immunity. I've never done it, but maybe try a sleep tracker app?


I'm a light user, didn't see it, I follow too many, my feed too long.  Following is flat, would be nice to have ranked follow or something, so the posters that I like, like you, are more prominent in my feed. Just zapped you some.


I'm new and a very light nostr user, but love it and support it and would love to support it more. Has the discussion been had to make funding automatic, like pay to engage (like, reply, repost, attach, zap;~1 sat? ) or just pay to zap (~1 sat split to app)?  Something like that.  I'd gladly do that, but I don't have the time or interest to keep track of who or what app I zapped how much when.


Yesterday at the Minneapolis Bitcoin meetup, we launched The Minneapolis Fed, which is a Fedimint for our community. I think this is one of the first mainnet community-lead federations and I'm excited to see more federations pop up over the coming year.

We on-boarded attendees using Fedi and nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg and even had a contest to see who could redeem a 100000 sat ecash note the fastest (shout out to Collin for winning).

Fedimint is still pretty early software so it was made clear that this is still somewhat #Reckless and to use with low value but given that v0.2.1 is the first stable release, we were eager to test it out with some real funds.

It was pretty cool to see federated ecash in action. I know we had an IRL ecash transaction for Real Bedford merch and some attendees reimbursed others for Keeper's Heart Old Fashions. Unfairly cheap too, our federation has no fees!

Given that this Fedimint is for the Minneapolis community, we will be keeping it small and mainly share invite codes during in-person gatherings. So if you want to try it out, be sure to attend a Minneapolis Bitcoin meetup or Minneapolis BitDevs https://bitdevsmpls.org

We are working on a guide that other communities can follow to setup their own federation. And over time this will get easier as we build tools to automate the deployment process.

Very fun meetup last night, thanks to everyone who attended and tried out Fedimint!
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US Department of Energy Announced an 'Emergency' Data Collection Initiative Targeting US Bitcoin Miners

"Beginning next week, we will survey identified commercial cryptocurrency miners, which are required to respond with details related to their energy use. The Office of Management and Budget authorized the survey on January 26, 2024, as an emergency collection of data request."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/us-department-of-energy-announced-an-emergency-data-collection-initiative-targeting-us-bitcoin-miners/


Not sure, but I believe a watch only wallet has only public keys, not private keys, and so can only generate and look up balances of receiving addresses, and thus cannot sign and thus cannot spend.


not sure where I have more dust, my wallet or my house


I really want to see two massive AI labeling bots in Nostr:
- Labels on what each post is about (e.g. Bitcoin, vacations, food, NSFW, etc).
- Resulting labels of sentiment analysis (positive or negative post, etc)

Each Nostr event should be labeled.


creeps and freaks me out so much, I disable laptop camera at the device manager level


SHA-256 is very strong.  It's not like the incremental step from MD5 to SHA1.  It can last several decades unless there's some massive breakthrough attack.


need to make muting, blocking, reporting, filtering single-click


I like it.   Kind of like a round-up program. Maybe draw up some markups to address the others' fears?


Random thought on UX idea for non-custodial lightning:

Automatically remove 1% (or maybe 0.5%, whatever seems to map out properly) of every transaction as a fee, but just allocate it toward a hidden "fee balance" in the interface, even though the sats are still available in the wallet.

So whenever on-chain fees are needed, it comes from this hidden balance instead of as a huge fee for one of the payments being received (of course until it runs out)

In the case of the person closes out the channel or withdrawing everything, and they have like 50k sats still in their fee reserve, they can get it back as a "refund on future fees not used" or something.

Basically have it automatically try to balance the expected fee costs but only do it *visually* in the wallet, and have it so you can see the amount in the advanced settings or something. And also have it be tapped into in the case of a payment that needs an extra 100 sats or something and notify the user that it was "pulled from the fee reserve" (or whatever best wording would help inform that)


rhymes with worcester


"sophomore"

motorcycle instructor said, most accidents happen in the second year of riding


i'm addicted to stayin' humble and stuff


Hi Bitcoiners, I am a Senior Product Leader with 15 years experience delivering value to users through digital products. I am currently working for a business intelligence company in London, but the call to Bitcoin is strong and I’d love to have a quick chat with you if you are looking for Product Management skills in your Bitcoin company (no altcoins please). Please feel free to share this or reach out to me. Many thanks. #plebchain #jobs #bitcoin


"We are privacy activists who have dedicated our lives to creating the software that Silicon Valley will never build, the regulators will never allow, and the VC’s will never invest in. We build the software that #Bitcoin    deserves.” – SamouraiWallet / RoninDojoNode

https://image.nostr.build/50c2baaf0fb49a6ae3d0e05348d17213b9ec5a5788e3589f873b2260f73e3efc.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=752x1000&alt=Samourai+&blurhash=_SE%2B.VEzACw%7BS2w%7BWp%7DFSLS2o1jtj%5BWVJ7soxFn*o2S2WVoLWVS2soo1jtjtNusojuS2oLWpoLNujtw%7BjtWVS2jtoLjtjtjta%7CWVfQWVo1soWVa%7Cj%5BjtS2S2sow%7BS2a%7Ca%7C&x=66f4678e069920c9f762a6f92f98ce06551bc031a6de8036204e784ab23efd3b

https://ungovernablemisfits.com/shop/samourai-privacy-defenders/

#bitcoin #


borken money


We’re very much looking forward to this. Hope to see some more familiar faces in sunny PHX 🌞🌵 nostr:note18sqj8f87zp57xrfthvtlekglaqrqfwsdcfa2800q5pkd43272avslaf3ap


i think one can buy a phone and the plan and refills in person with cash at many different mom and pop resellers, including immigration lawyers and liquor stores i think


on tor, I think


nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z

persistent issue (since amethyst inception) on non-play version of amethyst using gos:

issue: when composing a post, when a user swipes up (on grapheneos) to go to another app, it's a crapshoot if the post edit will still be there when the user returns

happens ~ 30/ 40% of the time and seems completely random

expected behavior: user starts composing a post, swipes up to go to another app to grab a link or search for a photo to download and can return to the app and the post draft will still be there.

seriously, i have to save my posts to a notepad because this issue happens so often

looking forward to your reply and a resolution. this doesn't happen with other apps.

#cybersecgirl #privacytechpro #amethyst


You don't need a hww. A Samourai Wallet on an airgapped Android device in combination with Sentinel is enough. Your seed never touches the internet, you create offline transactions with Sentinel, sign them with your offline Samourai Wallet and broadcast them with Sentinel. Done.

https://image.nostr.build/f64219371ae950827f4607e669fccc25855cf7780108b21319d199da5106fb71.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1024x1024&blurhash=UIFqqLT0%3AP%23R%7C%5En%2BODf6Hrn%24OYW%3BKPX8b_bb&x=d5b9118ac32698915526157dcfe593d452fdc1279f69791415d6a5fd0b26091a


I missed this, so maybe you did too! nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg is now available for the world's largest operating system! Android users, rejoice! Value for value music powered by Bitcoin and Nostr is here!

Join the beta here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.wavlake.mobile

You'll have to login with your NSEC as the app does not support Amber (yet?). From there, you can Zap from your default wallet or you can enable one tap to zap with NWC and you can even update your status!

Happy jamming with your favorite artists! nostr:npub1fnn2h0tgm2mwnl0kar5ez25wztum2w0q0rrrf326n0ljn999znwsqf4xnx nostr:npub1a377f258tzafuzdgezwjw4aplg8ze3suyzm40t6j4czcjvwp5vls5d5r4w 🔥🔥🔥

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Honestly the Primal app with easy buys is super slick... probably needs a video for the noobs. Added to list.


If you enjoyed nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu ‘s most recent article about bitcoin in Africa as much as I did…

..Then here’s some “don’t trust, verifyl evidence of Machankura in action!

Shoutout to KG and @machankura for building Africa-centric solutions 🌍

https://v.nostr.build/Jmqz.mp4


My lawyers have just confirmed that Craig Wright has had his final appeal denied by the Supreme Court.

It is over, I won, welcome to law Motherfucker!


wrote 12 words in a teenager's birthday card


Gm Nostr

What’s the oddest thing you’ve done for #bitcoin ?

Please share this around, zap, and work your magic! 🌞 🇿🇦

#BitcoinEkasi
#NostrFirst

https://v.nostr.build/LJam.mp4


Need invite code? Or want to meet most interesting projects in #bitcoin/#nostr ecosystem?

Get ready for the next Alby Community Call... tomorrow!

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As usual, we're meeting online for an hour with our friends, users and teammembers, to discuss building on #bitcoin, presenting what's evolving in our ecosystem.

⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

Tomorrow we're visited by Cypher.space nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg #Cashu nostr:npub1zv7d9l5ac0zdzeh5mzfyaegcdgcwn8m2uaxdpsj93hgp4nqjmd0s6k82ke@`peer` #CalCom

... and you!

#AlbyCommunityCall is open to join, come over, ask us anything, watch demos or present your project!

📅 Thursday 24.01
🕑 3 PM UTC

☎ https://cal.com/getalby/communitycall ☎

PS Also streamed on #ZapStream


GOOD MORNING NOSTR, AS GBTC BAGHOLDERS CONTINUE TO ESCAPE FROM BARRY'S TOXIC ISLAND, HUMBLE STACKERS ABSORB THE CHEAP BITCOIN - WE STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS - RELENTLESS ACCUMULATION - FOREVER 🫡

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Please come back Sean 💜


I am thrilled to share my new essay

"Stranded: How Bitcoin is Saving Wasted Energy and Expanding Financial Freedom in Africa"

I was profoundly moved by what I saw on a recent trip to Kenya and Malawi.

If this essay can show you even 1% of what inspired me, that's a win… here’s an overview:

We begin in Bondo, a small town in Malawi, a country where only 11% of the population has access to electricity.

The nation suffers 6-8 hours of blackouts a day, but the power in Bondo is consistent because of Bitcoin mining.

The town got its first electricity in 2016, and now is expanding its grid, thanks to Bitcoin, which is buying 100% of the electricity that the micro-hydro stations cannot sell, and giving precious capital to the power company so it can expand operations.

At night, demand dwindles, and in remote places like Bondo, there’s no one else to buy the consistent hydro power.

Enter Bitcoin, powered by internet services like Starlink. A datacenter from Gridless now saves the wasted energy and is powering the community forward.

The big realization: virtually all power generation, especially in rural places, wastes energy.

Bitcoin fixes this.

We are told Bitcoin is a waste of energy but the truth is the opposite.

NOT Bitcoin mining is a waste of energy.

And the kicker: Bitcoin miners create heat.

This heat will be used for productive uses.

General heating in cold climates, and in a place like Bondo? Drying tea, fruit, or cocoa.

Profit from mining won’t just be profit - cost, it will be (profit + profit from externality) - cost.

For context: Malawi is a country that just suffered an IMF-led 44% currency devaluation.

Already one of the poorest nations in the world, where most people save in cash, now citizens can only afford 56% of what they could a few months ago. Per the IMF, more devaluation is on the way.

The kwacha is a disastrous wage technology. Once again, enter Bitcoin, a vastly superior savings mechanism.

The first Bitcoin meetup is happening in the Malawi’s capital this month. We are very early with adoption in this region—2020 in El Salvador terms—but this adoption will turn from a trickle into a torrent.

Up north in Kenya, Gridless has geothermal mines, too. I visited one.

It’s a remarkable site: a humming hut on the site of a lake with a Starlink on top, eating all of the electricity that a water pump does not use: perfectly solarpunk.

Kenya is the world’s largest exporter of cut flowers. There are tons of sites like this, generating power for irrigation, all over the country. All of them waste energy.

Geothermal is beautifully consistent, but the demand is not. Bitcoin fixes this.

Gridless operations like these are generally profitable within the first two years. Now there's biomass, where the company has just launched data centers at sugar and sisal processing factories which before couldn't find buyers for excess electricity.

But now Bitcoin is buying.

This sounds great so far…

But for the hundreds of millions of Africans who don’t have internet access, how are they supposed to benefit?

Enter KG, whose company Machankura provides Bitcoin access to people with no internet.

This is done through USSD — a SMS-type protocol.

The user texts a number, then gets a decision tree, and can send, receive, barter, and purchase a variety of things, all without data.

This is a custodial service for now — but KG and team have plan to make SIM cards signing devices and even Lightning touch points so that people can self-custody and be their own bank without the internet.

A true civilizational leap forward.

Critical: there are 700 million women in Africa, but very very few use Bitcoin.

Marcel Lorraine aims to change that.

A Kenyan entrepreneur who has fearlessly helping schools in Kibera, two years ago she launched Bitcoin Dada, a program to educate women and girls about Bitcoin.

Marcel runs classes every week, with several cohorts per year.

The task is huge but she insists on pushing forward.

She argues Bitcoin can give macro freedom for communities and countries, yes, but also micro freedom at home for women who traditionally take a back seat in finance.

Finally: independence from dependence is a key concept

Femi Longe, director of BTrust Builders, is trying to make that happen.

He’s running a program to train African developers and help them contribute to Bitcoin, to take careers in the industry or become contributors to core.

As Jack Dorsey says, if Bitcoin is going to be used around the world, it has to be made around the world.

Femi refuses to accept a future like today, where cars are made in the West and bought by Africans.

The Bitcoin infrastructure needs to be made in Africa.

The way these pieces could fit together is astonishing.

Unlike in the West, where adoption might mean centralized pools and ETFs, in Africa adoption will mean off-grid mining and potentially millions of self-custodying users, powered by SIM cards.

Africans need Bitcoin, yes.

But Bitcoin needs Africa.

That was blazing clear from my visit last month.

At the end of the day, who is going to help bring electricity and high-quality currency — the building blocks of progress — to hundreds of millions of Africans?

Bill Gates? The UN? The World Bank?

No, they won’t.

But Bitcoin might.

Read the full story at Bitcoin Magazine:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/check-your-financial-privilege/stranded-bitcoin-saving-wasted-energy-in-africa?new https://image.nostr.build/c5da77c09bea43b86a45ce22880dac783a055274b045e5be3b6aa29c41383762.jpg


If you want to welcome new Nostriches to Nostr, you can add the welcome.nostr.wine relay and set it to be your global feed relay or you can follow the #introductions hashtag. 💜🫂🤙🏻 We don't have the greatest onboarding experience here on Nostr (yet!), so it's up to all of us to fill that gap.