looks great, and the machine color fits perfectly!


gn 🌒


gm!


> Reporting is free speech. Reporting a reporter for misreporting something is also free speech. And people can make decisions based on those records.

yes.
☯
nostr:note1edvzef9xfxagdcr222jjp742mqu6tcw0ket4flahnvafh2hn6essuat3xt


gm ☀
https://nostrcheck.me/media/48b50e45c1a049ab5ba0eab4381f0a3b6b21d09aaaa1aea6b1e2daf27ebdd7ab/31db35039d1744da6e291c634cab6dde1ad02de497b4306f6530671250740e9b.webp


⚡
https://nostrcheck.me/media/48b50e45c1a049ab5ba0eab4381f0a3b6b21d09aaaa1aea6b1e2daf27ebdd7ab/cc00b50e209ccc93515cca32a6776805d469133ea8fc615504890fb36d5fcc90.webp


foss 🪄


The clients that start off nice but end up nowhere tend to be by developers who are not active on nostr.

To ship a good client you have to be using the thing you’re building.

I don’t make the rules.


gm ☀


thanks for that ☀


why we sleep is probably the most impactful book i’ve come across for health and performance improvement.

any non-fiction as the fifth pick on your list?


thank you for that food for thought


couldn’t this pow concept (awesome!) be applied generally across nostr relays/ clients to fight spammers?


sorry for the confusion. i was referring to your idea that today’s economy pushes creators to copyright their ideas. if someone decided to make their IP open (noble), the options to make a living seem limited. curious if there are alternative models (value-for-value?) that could create a win-win scenario.

thanks for the sunday mind stretching:)


> good ideas are more valuable for society the faster they spread and the cheaper they are to put into use.

that’s a great insight and a very true diagnosis. it’s also why open source is so important.

do you know concepts (besides communism) trying to solve this “noble, but hungry” dilemma?


how do you define IP? do you distinguish between personal creations (art, books, music) and more corporate assets (like patents or software)?


in foss we trust


The world is being built on GitHub repositories.

nostr:npub1h6s2fyu5f08v9066ux4n8urs84mu2mngz6d5fntju9nwrfta0ywqcc3jtk

#Nostr #Web3 #Twitter #Bitcoin #blockchain #Economy #BBA #BritishBlockchain #Nostrplebs #Crypto


thanks!🙏


perceived value is THE value…?


#bitcoin and real estate - what are the opportunities/ unsolved problems? (except property tokenization)
#asknostr


banks are fat, slow, and broken, but it’s the regulators who make the mess. banks might even be happy to cut their kyc costs and increase their margin…


“we don’t need no…”
the album of my childhood


europe first☀ gn!


21 ways is really good!


ux is multilayered. it’s not only about how we use things but also how we interpret them.
nostr:note1npyyvz055z3jzzy3g8llgq90lrvm7hrzm4mhjnh8h9gqwwycu28q42u50t


usually, i use primal with its LN wallet, but testing nostur right now (with no wallet declared). zapping still work? ⚡
#asknostr


what’s your privacy setup? (email, messenger, file storage, mobile/ desktop os) #asknostr


who uses umbrelOS here? what hardware do you use? #asknostr


had the same… worth to backup a profile here https://metadata.nostr.com


good luck!


very early gm ☀☕

nostr:note1f6hne6awpsq0rtt3j5jrcq75dtwwezl0h2j60hm8dvlqra3kfensvv9lqq


don’t know the author but definitely my all-time favorite
https://m.primal.net/KBWi.jpg


no ads feature ;)


nostr is permissionless, but not effortless.
#proofofwork


love the joke 😂


Nostr has onboarded more people to using bitcoin lightning than Twitter/X ever did. Change my mind.


nostr:npub149p5act9a5qm9p47elp8w8h3wpwn2d7s2xecw2ygnrxqp4wgsklq9g722q under design


true, yes!


exactly. one stupid thing you click on, and you’re stuck in the stream for a while…


it sounds cliche, but still, there’s nothing for free – in centralized apps, we are the product. algos are optimized to push content that keeps us on the screen longer, and creators like mr. beast are exploiting that. today’s social media is no diff than old good, ad-driven cable tv.

some might say nostr is free, but that’s not true. nostr is permissionless, but not effortless. we’re in control, and we need to provide our proof of work to discover and engage.


“… and learn how to win on nostr” 😂


so glad it doesn’t work 😅 - i left centralized apps to avoid seeing „10 things that will change your life” and other bs algo-driven content 🏴☠


₿
https://i.nostr.build/HwIEvBnynVN7XLey.jpg


per client because…

nostr:note14fdy267z9zzq3ks0yd5t6d2dzhh4ujj2wkfwpysmdqtrm80lqypq0zyny2


when thinking of networks and protocols, i like to compare it to early cable phone networks. in theory, you could reach anyone, anywhere, but in practice, if your phone is fucked up, the whole network’s utility drops to zero.

that’s why user experience and retention are so critical.


nostr contributors should be obsessed with user retention – that’s the be or not to be for protocols. it would be interesting to analyze new users’ activity per client.


early projects need extreme focus. what is nostr’s focus today? what’s the bet and why? #asknostr


very early gm ☀


“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

nostr:note1qs8mr4asymyu7xzhp5zw0hleg7mht6xc92ym262dzmuypxnc7eksgxs0uy


gm ☀


Lately, I’ve been struggling to learn Nostr, and I’m starting to realize that I’m not the fastest when it comes to picking up new technical things.

It’s a slow, sometimes chaotic process for me, but oddly enough, I still enjoy it. Maybe I’m like one of those leaves that takes its time falling from the tree—moving gradually, unpredictably, but still finding its way.

There’s something fascinating about watching leaves fall from a tree—their journey from branch to ground is both chaotic and graceful. Each leaf, though coming from the same source, follows its own unique path. Some flutter down slowly, others twist and turn unpredictably, while a few glide smoothly to their destination. No two leaves follow the exact same course, yet they all come from the same tree.

It’s a simple but powerful metaphor I think for us as individuals. Just as each leaf has its own characteristics and pace, so do we.

We all come from the same source—humanity—but the rate at which we achieve our goals, and the way we navigate life, varies. Some of us take winding paths, others move forward with precision, but all of us are on our own journey, shaped by who we are and where we come from.

The beauty lies in the individuality of the process—no two paths are alike, yet they all lead to the same ground.

#grownostr #introductions #asknostr


You have awoken the sleeping bear.
nostr:nevent1qqsw38rhlxlm48xx9rzvf7m3zhelwzn3k7etvqc6xyhm0sahry54fnspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qgcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqxpqqqqqqzthsvjw


consciousness stream…


i think there’s no such a feature on nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg?


lol, does it mean e2ee „secret chats” to dissapear?


exactly

nostr:nevent1qqsgv9a75he0jdvwxs49dnl4efq6dwmptxtmqws87hl29pu8nyafadce2uf99


gm ☀
https://m.primal.net/Kgai.jpg


badass ⚡


love that!


Looks like the little prince whose lamb has grown into a sheep 🐑 gm ☀


hej! 👋


telegram’s take:

nostr:note1sctmaf0jly6cudp22m8ltjjp56akzkvhkqaq0a0752rc0xf6n6mshm7ycj


paraphrasing:
> if we don’t set up a deal with the state, we can get banned, and we’re fine with that.

end of the story. this screams the issue with centralized apps.

also, remember telegram isn’t e2ee by default, so if they’re active in a country, we can assume they’ve “established privacy balance with gov”


film rules!! ⚡📸


nostr:npub1c8n9qhqzm2x3kzjm84kmdcvm96ezmn257r5xxphv3gsnjq4nz4lqelne96 inspired me to dust off my old minox 35gt #photography
https://m.primal.net/Kfuv.jpg


#asknostr will you help?


good one 😅


you’re the boss here
https://m.primal.net/KfuT.jpg


#nostrart 👋


enjoy!
https://m.primal.net/Kfsz.png


gn warsaw, gm tokyo, gd west coast


1, 2, 4, and 5 - done 🫡 thanks


it reminds me beautiful little book “show yourk work”

> Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple. ~ austin kleon
https://m.primal.net/KfuE.jpg


there are plenty of wallets, nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg has a built in one.


thanks for sharing your work and progress 🙏


any ideas to fight this mf’er? literally, spamming everything.
https://m.primal.net/Kftc.png


set up your lightning wallet and this could be you ⚡
https://m.primal.net/Kfsu.jpg


awesome Mark!


#introductions

nostr:note1ufk5dwzktqtaahnqp4whpd6d9ff7lryr9xrqtpvc22kl307l7eqs2c0e60


#introductions
https://m.primal.net/Kfim.jpg


playing around with #nostrmarketing value propositions after some discussions here with nostr:npub1m4ny6hjqzepn4rxknuq94c2gpqzr29ufkkw7ttcxyak7v43n6vvsajc2jl and nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m
https://m.primal.net/Kfbl.png


The path of every fiat currency:

worth less,
worth less,
worth less,
worthless.
 - nostr:npub14hn6p34vegy4ckeklz8jq93mendym9asw8z2ej87x2wuwf8werasc6a32x

#BitcoinTwitter
https://bitcointwitter.web.app/images/v3/4.png


gm ☀


gn warsaw, gm tokyo, gd new york


very so!


writing is thinking, not the other way around

nostr:note1406q4q3hxh7srl9z4wnfzsvknhjs0kx00gptpaz9d3lz4nt3fusq5vfk76


“a watch tells the time; a $20,000 rolex tells people you’ve got issues.”
~ christopher ryan


NOSTR isn’t for everyone.  But it is for anyone.


sounds a little like a “global village,” but community is definitely the direction. will think on it and share some thoughts later


we had some discussion on this with nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m and my opinion circles around "being in charge".

i don't ask for permissions.
i'm not a product here.
i own the mute btn.
i choose
feeds,
apps,
ppl.

it’s a fuckin powerful thing when you consider today’s internet, and probably the broader promise that will attract normies


generally, i’m intonostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240's belief that nostr can transform from a “bitcoin meetup” into sth like copenhagen’s christiania district. people from various professions, with diff passions, but all sharing common values (and here comes the full nostr ideology side). i think that’s a key part of nostr’s identity, and why we, as strangers, have so many topics to talk about.


playing around with ai eyetracking sim, i’ve put web nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg and #twitter on a quick ux comparison 🔥

even with just sample data, primal is clearly ahead in content presentation (even though there’s a massive shoutout image on my twitter screen, primal scores 10% higher in content window attention!)

congrats nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr & co!

one area where primal could boost engagement is by giving the “say something” cta more attention. combining it with the “new note” btn, primal gets about 3% compared to twitter’s 9%. maybe here’s sth to engage more new nostriches to send notes. especially as, like someone mentioned here, “web is for content creation, mobile for consumption”

#nostrux
https://m.primal.net/KTmD.png


Honest conflict > dishonest harmony


see a grey square instead of emoji?
https://m.primal.net/Kadc.jpg


hey nostr! i’d love to hear your thoughts on the privacy side of the protocol.

#asknostr #introductions

nostr:note1srhp30nns29t03la8j3ec22xykkccde9v9sd8a9vdkcw50g0kffswe7mkj


marketing 🫡


statistics and physics lesson in one picture.

1. smoother line over time shows how distribution and regression to the mean work.

2. the line’s direction, when considering bitcoin, mirrors the 2nd law of thermodynamics and the concept of entropy. decentralization is a natural state of the universe.

nostr:note1fyqsqegtvq4g60sma23dp634px9mm62clv0dd5fpkcfz8wd06r9sxfuz5h


luckily, 1 btc is still worth1 btc!


gm! hodl your head high!


neither “10 hacks that will change your life” 🤙


gm ☀ hodl your head high this week!


i'd say the moral is academia is theoretical and guys were disbelievers, but to truly assess their opinion we'd need to know how many jeffs actually failed with similar projects. survival bias alert


zapping, value for value :) these are still unknown waters with big potential


gn warsaw, gm tokyo, gd new york. see you to -day -morrow


love it! i’ve been a fanboy of medium film mamiya, and now went completely the other direction into minox 35gt. tiny creature!


found him! seems he’s ventured into real estate these days! 🧡
https://m.primal.net/KZSV.jpg


leica 🧡


ping… #proptech


that’s really good. i was thinking of nip05s in terms of general identity proof (like my domain registered under my name), but never considered it could be part of building a broader trust system. interesting! where’s the catch though?


nostr:npub1v02emwxjn2lznkmnszltjy4c7cqzxuejkmye0zeqs62wf0shpahswdmwuj, maybe worth a shot?


nostr:npub1mznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3as8q6mak our favorite piece EU legislation is coming back for more. 🤬

nostr:note10tnerfxs5zh2nsenzq32cmvudl5myfy9ume2l3n2sycn9782hptshjxtae


nice, i’m not a monero guy, but sounds like this is the direction nostr could go


> you will whitelist trusted npubs and ignore everything else.

promising idea! seems to tackle some threats without direct control/filtering


nostr:npub1d3hrup0pe8f24c8dysc4gjh2gythrhvasyqh2wd0plvp3v3cnu5qhsfrtn thanks for that zap! thanks to it i realized even more: v4v is a pure representation of karma!


talking about kind 0's… thinking of nostr in a few years and millions of users sharing their stuff here, what are your thoughts on the risks of social exploitations of such open information? it's not a big deal today to build a social graph of nostr users, their connections, interests, political views, etc.

if one would like to target some group with fake news or propaganda, using nostr open information it's possible to identify the most active, influential hubs, etc. the more mainstream the use of nostr, the bigger opportunity in such actions.


karma is real! no magic here, just pure statistics and psychology - humans are wired to return positive actions (reciprocity theory). so, the more good we do, the higher our statistical chance of experiencing "karma" ☯

naval ravikant goes evn further, pointing out the compound factor:

"play long-term games with long-term people. all returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest."

☀


and only the long game matters


dubai is an example of commodity-to-asset transformation. they literally converted oil (through fiat) into real estate.

plus: no income tax, vat 5%, inflation 2%, generally, crypto-friendly…


> while the protocol itself is hard to censor, it’s very easy to censor an app.

nostr:note1j35kpd6czslz5mamlvgj9pd3l67y8u6sgpy9tkznzfygs9knxqkstvp883


ktw 🤙


🕳🐇

nostr:note1kw972aa4zcjwvpjgckrrv8cq0dqem2hm0mj7jawzcruxwtfecxeqxxlypj


plenty of amazing artists here! a great place for noice!


you too! ☀🍀


gm! ☀


Interesting. To date, more than 1 Million USD worth of bitcoins (19.6 BTCs) have been zapped on Nostr.

> 35 million "zaps".

> 38 million public keys (Npubs).

1677,407 Users and growing.

Peer to Peer, decentralised economy in action.

nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m nostr:npub1cjw49ftnxene9wdxujz3tp7zspp0kf862cjud4nm3j2usag6eg2smwj2rh nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx nostr:npub1nxy4qpqnld6kmpphjykvx2lqwvxmuxluddwjamm4nc29ds3elyzsm5avr7 nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc nostr:npub1hwgw0uznr49t4gullpgfz4m5xnakl5a0l88m3k382xv7ys0tfmlsd503sg

Peer to Peer economy in action:
https://m.primal.net/KWom.jpg


Nostr is like a year ahead of this right now.

We are still early. https://i.nostr.build/saOL0Poi5eR73E7s.jpg


brazilian note boom soon? 👀


My thoughts on bitcoin… nostr:note18gjq5qse37qrvkzeyp4rexp7ttlj62md9jvwnsplrku909mmd6gqhlrreu


it’s not super cool, but proves my earlier take:

nostr:nevent1qqst8hsye877nv73s6f7mscxtfgk0wwymes8zvvcq68z2h6uwu4g39q70jd9c


I am requesting you , please ask people to not use NIP 4 DMs.

Cc:  nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m


gn warsaw, gm tokyo, ge new york


speak freely, but mute button’s mine


playing around with ai eyetracking sim, i’ve put web nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg and #twitter on a quick ux comparison 🔥

even with just sample data, primal is clearly ahead in content presentation (even though there’s a massive shoutout image on my twitter screen, primal scores 10% higher in content window attention!)

congrats nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr & co!

one area where primal could boost engagement is by giving the “say something” cta more attention. combining it with the “new note” btn, primal gets about 3% compared to twitter’s 9%. maybe here’s sth to engage more new nostriches to send notes. especially as, like someone mentioned here, “web is for content creation, mobile for consumption”

#nostrux
https://m.primal.net/KTmD.png


primal, but here’s a nice overview of diff clients:

nostr:nevent1qqsfu8vrdejus7y6dt2z4jcjt3r3zalakvnv4cdudf7ls6nz6stuavcecwzp4


sometimes i think my nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg has consciousness as it decides itself what should i see 😂
https://m.primal.net/KVjm.mov


Every Bitcoin Transaction to Date
https://m.primal.net/KVAN.jpg


a great example of antifragility characteristics - the more motion on the other side, the stronger our case ☯


awesome, how many ppl around you set their nodes? what’s the reach?


🙏

nostr:note1a2jtm34mze77jqs6tauy6f9z8p9v59trqp5vjjpr7tje707vp9hsvf0gzs


so many artists here! awesome 🤩


☯

nostr:note16na53yl0gre708ex69hh752xvs9thleudd0nqfh2aygxwvk258pqdf2cw4


check nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240's nostriga talk. big picture view:

https://youtu.be/XUsk7cqZyKU


gm! 🤙


lunar crows


nodes approve this pow, collect your block’s reward! ⚡🏋


"as a central bank we can create money"

ratio, which is money, can't be created. only value, and only based on some work, has ability to create.


I’m excited to see us moving forward on nostr login options. We do need to do something UX testing on this.

nostr:note12falk6k3awmd2pw4pfx7vka5zpk7k2007gvrg6wa0f59t5j8xfxs3llxqa


mindblowing view, lucky you! 🏄🌊


gm ☀


gm! 🐇


can’t make it on sep 7, but see you next time!


beautiful!


thanks for sharing all these designs. my feed was so colorful yesterday!


gm 🫡


so far the best definition of what’s going on here!

#introductions #asknostr

nostr:note1xfq28cuzllgkud3jjtynh7f72qzhluvgn9ntyfnj7z5y6n8893lsqs3wj3


time is irrelevant, growth will come

nostr:note173rldrwqsaewt90rda634tgl4x3m8y6cyncjc2et0sr0paj35x9s9hrzwn


this doesn't have to be a place for everyone (yet). maybe it's even better. nostr is still a baby, it's fragile, learning things, still needs time to meet the big world full of traps.

just today i was thinking about nostr nests and clubhouse. what killed clubhouse was a bad strategy that worked like a magnet for quasi gurus, celebrities, coaches. the place was drained by them and left empty and sad. if i see a threat for nostr today it's getting some toxic hype. hopefully, can't happen without growth pumping algos.


what's happening here makes sense. it's foss, and we're shaping its identity, future developments, etc. there's no central chief visionary officer so we could skip this part. i think general discussion is coming. just today i met three diff, passionate guys - a bike geek, a japanese artist, and an amazing photographer. all to share their things.

we should be patient, use the opportunity to be heard, and… keep sending notes!


gn warsaw, gm tokyo, gd new york


playing around with ai eyetracking sim, i’ve put web nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg and #twitter on a quick ux comparison 🔥

even with just sample data, primal is clearly ahead in content presentation (even though there’s a massive shoutout image on my twitter screen, primal scores 10% higher in content window attention!)

congrats nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr & co!

one area where primal could boost engagement is by giving the “say something” cta more attention. combining it with the “new note” btn, primal gets about 3% compared to twitter’s 9%. maybe here’s sth to engage more new nostriches to send notes. especially as, like someone mentioned here, “web is for content creation, mobile for consumption”

#nostrux
https://m.primal.net/KTmD.png


that’s the feeling from early twitter, just a consciousness stream


chuck is satoshi


gn!


gn europe, gm tokyo


cześć than and let’s meet one day! i see you’re into design, and just today i was playing around comparing twitter vs primal ux

nostr:nevent1qqsglcqj9laqrdp9xmh4yzgm7tcfaxw6qmndmkkw4fawrzt540ccxpqs4v2y4


then it’s time for warsaw!
https://m.primal.net/KUFu.jpg


yes, definitely. clubhouse was onto something, but they failed doing this celebrity/invite-only engineering. twitter spaces are interesting, but they are more like a loud stadium, and not a meetup to actually meet and talk to people. fingers crossed! 🤞


btw. nests app is awesome, the most promising thing imo!


tweetdeck: pro tool, like a command center for multiple threads and timelines.

notedeck's usp similar? what's your bet?


i believe that’s the whole fun! 🤩 ottawa pics look amazing! my bike-obsessed friend lived in canada for 2 years. says it's the most beautiful place to ride. lucky you!


nice bike! 🚴


i’ll test damus as the next one
nostr:nevent1qqsglcqj9laqrdp9xmh4yzgm7tcfaxw6qmndmkkw4fawrzt540ccxpqs4v2y4


it seems twitter is pushing hard into premium right now. you can literally see how the attention flows to the promo box.
https://m.primal.net/KTwu.jpg


fingers crossed! the second name of this place is value for value!


don’t trust, verify


good overview! would you add your perspective on the question below? i’m trying to research what ppl like/ dislike/ which platforms they choose and why.

nostr: nevent1qqsfu8vrdejus7y6dt2z4jcjt3r3zalakvnv4cdudf7ls6nz6stuavcecwzp4


welcome!! ♟


what are you monetizing?


First day on Nostr
https://i.nostr.build/GcNmqDPxkN0JoQck.jpg


good day to you too!


“When selling to advertisers, for example, they have to convince them that people are looking. How do they get more people to look? Outrage, conflict & arguments. Better yet: make people addicted to outrage, conflict, and arguing, and they will maximize "time on site" and other engagement metrics. Advertisers love these! Who cares about truth, wisdom, beauty, nuance, or value? Who cares about honest dialogue if you can maximize clicks instead?”
nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc

nostr:note1t4qvrk2usr2pxe9xtd284rs7t0q3l9ykmjsd6fazerlcv87svhpsfyylew


🧡
nostr:nevent1qqs85a708qzkvsmla6redysffm9945unqwqjqvlqateda9gutpuyy3sp5rtd6


gm!


when lex on nostr


I wrote this about six months ago - the Nakamoto Constant

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EeTdQ46NaljC4YFeHBAMRwqMh-8MI1oRQ0w0s7d5J1g/edit


look at kids, they represt the default state - curiosity, openness, creativity, fragility. the rest is the influence of civilization, system, school


love your works!


startOS is definitely how i imagine apps in the future! awesome work nostr:npub149p5act9a5qm9p47elp8w8h3wpwn2d7s2xecw2ygnrxqp4wgsklq9g722q ⚡
https://m.primal.net/KSBx.jpg


🫡 definitely! it’s just even the most distributed networks have their hubs of influence⚡


thank you !!!


i can recognize many great devs contributing to nostr, but who’s the candidate for nostr’s chief ux officer? #asknostr


btw, are you using a diff app for mobile? i see some people have two setups, one for desktop, one for mobile


i see you’re into ux, so i’m guessing you’ve tested a few apps before settling on ditto. why this one?

btw. love your daedalus website, and great to see more ppl from #proptech!

we should definitely talk someday!


when you choose, would love to hear which and why!


assuming by your lightning address you’re using nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg - your first choice app?


i need to check 🐇!


nostr is like old-school dating and meeting new ppl. no algorithms to matchie-matchie, just the good old „gm” 🤙


hello! 👋


i’ve heard so many good things about amethyst. fingers crossed to see it on ios/ web one day!


primal web is so mich better than its ios version


there’s a great concept of extreme pmf introduced by todd jackson.

when you have satisfaction, the growth engine is within reach, but it still needs a good efficiency model. maybe it’s a bit diff with foss, as time is less of a factor than when you’re backed by venture capital, but it still matters.

thanks for the post, we definitely need more product-oriented conversations!


cool, i’ve heard amethyst is really good. have you tested others for comparison?


what's your favorite nostr client and why? #asknostr #introductions


really nice!!


fire 🔥


manipulation, nostr, and detox

nostr:note1t4qvrk2usr2pxe9xtd284rs7t0q3l9ykmjsd6fazerlcv87svhpsfyylew


ping… #proptech
https://m.primal.net/KRGh.mov


two notions here:

1. most of these techniques are a recipe for running a media business. the news industry is built on fear that keeps us coming back to check the status. and because all media are online now, algorithms prompt editors to almost live content editing to increase traffic. they don’t differ much from ad-driven social platforms.

2. speaking of social media… as these techniques manipulate and increase engagement, it must be reflected in social platforms’ algorithms. propaganda content will generate more ad revenue than our conversations here.

two things i find useful:

for 1) news detox: there’s a simple theory that you don’t need to read news, because if sth important happens, the information will reach you anyway.

for 2) switch to nostr! 😀


yes, and yes. the competition between the two was driven, among a few things, by silver’s higher utility for daily transactions.

the “accident” refers to a single decision by britain, where the fixed gold-silver ratio made gold overvalued - worth reading how this snowballed into a butterfly effect.


congrats! any 101 how to start?


entire life in warsaw and still not sure if i’ve ever seen one 😂🕷  enjoy the city!


here’s my feedback after a few days!

nostr:nevent1qqs973q8xnjdedgzksh53qfm6l9796786k0wnwdwpqgg5twmsvtv5mgwrwcu5


🏴☠

nostr:note1ea22905hfx4p4088jxk6m34t9ysmwyjgv0uvepk6srk3rejjf9nqyeyruz


great to see more creators joining in!


well, at least not blue pilled!


thanks, i appreciate it! i assume you’d agree with this picture i came across a while back:
https://m.primal.net/KPlL.jpg


correct me if i’m wrong, but i see two different characteristics in bitcoin and monero. bitcoin has the potential to store value—given its scale, transaction volume, social consensus, and sec approval. monero, on the other hand, is strong on privacy. having a global currency that fulfills both goals seems a little utopian, don’t you think? (by “utopian” i mean “highly impossible in our lifetime”)


> Is the idea of “decentralization” possible in a world where states can arrest CEOs and founders? Nothing can prevent somebody from exchanging funds with one another using Bitcoin or expressing something on Nostr, so long as enough independent people are running a network of Bitcoin nodes or Nostr relays.

nostr:note1julxmfew42m5w9ztmvtfjwfuvvxrrqncq9mlfes3w4w65ny6jajq2zf2xl


great speech, loved the comments on digital neighborhoods, the prototyper-user challenge, the concept of nostr-Christiania, and the reminder to put aside our technical bias.

ps.
nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 thanks for the “magic string” - now I know how to explain nostr to my mom! 😀


yep


click to see the full image

nostr:nevent1qqsrgmqmq365sa6fj5mcly7p7qtrmg479u9dcd2de7vzvg7z69uzazcmhua0f


beautiful art 🌒


smart guy says :
https://m.primal.net/KOYA.jpg


good starter, even better recap after a while

nostr:nevent1qqszljxlnrx604q395uj3aqvkvut7yalkhr296gsdnpapuwgjpd8svc2j4dtd


count me in


interesting, what’s the source?


gn ✨


i have plenty of highlights from the book - it’s multidimensional, layered with anthropology, history, and today’s world analysis. worth reading, packed with statistics and research.

plenty of room to form your own opinion.


history often rhymes! 🫡


“digital neighborhoods” as coined by nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 pushes my analogy beyond just foss:

nostr:nevent1qqsptgvrn89dmkh9l0lx8qep77av5sn3j22drm0kf93p0xt88lkj9uqa8w6f3


great!


yes, however, generally ppl don’t care about that

nostr:nevent1qqsvuvrlhmjtn5tmk3jmsngdqt5elftykmwfydzhrcg8j86mq3fnc5cqy4tva


> human social layer 🧡

i think the concept of frost/frens cosigning as a way to restore one’s identity could be a huge step toward broader adoption!


thanks for the clarification. just looking at things from a regulatory perspective (a client and relay server registered under a single entity)


> a gold standard won out over silver mostly by **accident**.

rereading nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a book, i’m starting to think future descriptions of bitcoin and fiat could follow a similar path…

“a bitcoin standard won out over the dollar mostly by accident.”

history shifts overnight, with small things growing big, and the once significant becoming irrelevant.

there are only two parameters we must watch: time and motion, as probability is simply the outcome of accumulated time and repeated exposure.

🧡


i think damus or primal might be vulnerable as they combine both a client and relay, making it harder to “remove some liability,” echoing nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m's recent remarks about twitter.

nostr:nevent1qqsyzanp0vq6c9zpcwys4l67eq2s5fr6p54ygpwyf2z0yfenqahhdmsqzareh


A censorship-resistent relay model is to have one professionally-managed relay and then setup a few locally-hosted mirrors with negentropy.


generally, people don’t care about privacy. they prefer a sort of social agreement with authorities that goes like this:

> gov, do whatever you want, just keep life steady for the majority.

only “steady” is defined differently depending on whether you live in the us, eu, russia, china, etc.

hobbits - that’s who we are as a society.


any new nostriches after the wedding? or at least a few orange pilled?


will the future protocol’s gravity center around relays or clients?


nostr clients don’t store information, relays do. intuitively, they seem more exposed, like p2p torrent users, but they’re also more spread out, making them harder to target. however, this doesn’t mean client creators are completely off the hook - just less vulnerable than centralized apps that manage everything - users, databases, and platforms - all in one place.

thinking about this comment from the nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx  / nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m discussion:

nostr:nevent1qqsyzanp0vq6c9zpcwys4l67eq2s5fr6p54ygpwyf2z0yfenqahhdmsqzareh


quality > quantity 🧡


works but i only see my zaps


my favorite quote

> you can’t build a company that means to serve as a town square without having sth underneath it that no single entity owns.

> that’s what nostr represents to me. you can remove some of that liability and you can get back to the idea of what twitter was meant to be, and what it ultimately is.

~ nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m


this project, right? it’s extremely promising! nostr:npub1zach44xjpc4yyhx6pgse2cj2pf98838kja03dv2e8ly8lfr094vqvm5dy5 🤙

nostr:nevent1qqszlav4jw5wxl6mpn7n4w42la42en88ttzh3a4kjmzwy5jqtjtsseqf2vum5


listening to yesterday’s nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx conversation:

> you can’t build a company that means to serve as a town square without having sth underneath it that no single entity owns.

> that’s what nostr represents to me. you can remove some of that liability and you can get back to the idea of what twitter was meant to be, and what it ultimately is.

—
is the future of twitter to become the nostr client?


in the end, is it bad or good for nostr case?


interesting that you brought up the hot wallet analogy because one of my questions is:

what’s the equivalent of a cold wallet for nostr?

i see nvault moving things forward here, but i’m still thinking about broader adoption.

imagining millions of users spread across a bunch of dominant clients. when there’s a massive leak of credentials in centralized systems, it’s somewhat manageable, but with nostr… that could be a protocol killer with no way to fix things.

but — just to confirm, clients don’t store nsecs outside of the device, correct? if not, then it makes sense that phishing or user errors are the bigger risks.

thank you!


gm!


reminds me of the substack ban, where any tweet containing a substack link was deprioritized, and blocked from being liked or rt.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/07/twitter-substack-censorship-retweet/


two nsecs into the bride and groom envelope for a fresh start? 😀


very early gm! 🥱


thank you, Chip.

i’m very into product development and design, talking to a bunch of users every week. my opener line is:

> tell me only things you think might be hard to hear. these insights will help me improve, so don’t hold back.

what i usually get in return is pure gold — as someone smart said “never let yourself end in a >friend zone< with your users.”

ps. regarding nostr feedback… maybe you guys can enlighten me on this? #asknostr wasn’t any helpful this time.

nostr:nevent1qqs0hnrq6ffqq78ftn8s68qztwqkq8awqx6tjuxdefaekqvcayyffycerkcgw


GM Nostriga. https://image.nostr.build/67ea35af9ece445e369c521f4d952599aa0eda47740c46295c17e8bb970e8798.jpg


i’d love to understand how these 100,000,000 nsecs is/ will be secured

nostr:nevent1qqstzqtwjd560vegdkzwekdem904flkxwtzzs34gdlgn7dlv4gapq3s6d9l2h


I'm Schrödingers Tester.

You don't know if your software works or doesn't work, until I've tried to use it.


usually, #asknostr and #introductions spark a lot of engagement, but not so much on this topic.

anyone willing to dive into how client apps store nsec keys? what are the risks of large-scale leaks, and how do we minimize them?


cheers Tomki!


hundreds of cryptocurrencies exist, and i get why bitcoin (first mover, broad adoption) but why is monero? i’m genuinely curious.


very early gm 🥱


after a few days, i get the sense there are basically two camps here: monero and bitcoinero. right?


> new with timeless understanding

i think that’s nostr.

i’m thinking about the first part, but, for a few days, i’m cracking my brain to find some analogies (“the old”) from other disciplines to what i see here on nostr. today’s concept of “feed marketplace” or nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 integration with nostr are just so unique.


today’s social media for obvious reasons (ad impressions) are like a crowded pub or speed dating. many faces, snap moments, next table, next scroll.

this changes though. concepts like substack and nostr’s nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x or nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 seem to introduce a more content-centric approach, where a conversation is on top of higher-quality consumption.

it feels more like reading a book in a park and meeting some friends passing you from time to time.


jump up and down


how many of these needed to realistically challenge the big players? could bitaxe act as a huge decentralized pool?


yeah, you’re right. but i think by the chart distribution it must have been, idk, around… 58k respondents? more or less, but i’m pretty sure somewhere in that range!


to take it further:

“each time history repeats itself, cost goes up” ~ r. wright


> Only 5.4% of the general population belong to these two types, but they make up over half of bitcoiners.

guess we’ll keep being the weirdos for a bit longer! 🤙


I was just walking down the street, coffee in hand, suddenly realizing how "normal" it all is already. Like most days, I went to a coffee shop that accepts lightning. Like most days, I paid directly with sats that someone zapped me here on nostr. Like most days, neither the merchant nor myself thought twice about it, or took a minute to marvel at what just happened.

So, allow me to do just that. Marvel at what just happened. While everyone is having a fantastically crazy time at #nostriga, uncountable people are using bitcoin in a myriad of ways. Some for savings, large and small; some for transactions, large and small; some for other stuff. Bitcoin is slowly but surely entering the world stage. Some commentators will tell you that this is good. Some commentators will tell you that this is bad. Whatever the case may be, it is unavoidable.

I see nostr under a similar light. As platform-based manipulation and censorship ramps up—which it inevitably will—the usage of nostr will ramp up too, and with it the usage of zaps and everything else that comes with it. And soon enough, buying a coffee (or breakfast, lunch, and dinner) with zap-based income will be normal. Just like it's "normal" to be an "influencer" today, or a "YouTuber" or whatnot... It's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's a normal thing. Anyone can do it.

Back to my coffee. I remember when I had the "oh my god, I can live on bitcoin here!!!" experience for the first time. It was in Bitcoin Jungle, a couple of months after the initiative was launched. I stayed there for 2 weeks or so, buying the necessities of daily life with sats outright. And it worked. Flawlessly. I had zero payment failures, and was exclusively using Zeus with my own node. It was incredible.

Why is this incredible, you ask? Shouldn't stuff just work? Yes, it should. But building out the tech and the infrastructure to make it all work is BLOODY HARD. I remember the first Lightning Conference in Berlin, in 2019. Everyone came, everyone had all their channels and wallets and everything prepared, and ~50% of payments failed. For... reasons.

Fast-forward to today: I go to one of the 100+ merchants in the city that accept bitcoin, a quick tap on the PoS device & QR code scan, boom, done. Is it always perfect? Of course not. Will it get better still? 100% it will. Very soon these merchants will have NFC-enabled devices, and the tap-to-pay experience that people are used to with cards & Apple pay will be normal for bitcoin payments too. If you are in Riga right now, you'll experience this first-hand thanks to Bolt cards and BTCPay Server. It's awesome, it's open-source, and it works. And it will get better still.

We are truly living in the best and weirdest timeline; a timeline where shitposting on the internet can buy you lunch and dinner; a timeline that spawns amazing technological movements like #nostr; a timeline that, every ~10 minutes, allows for a small miracle to happen. A timeline where "magic internet money" is a normal thing; a timeline that, thanks to the magic dust of cryptography, enables anyone to speak about anything, without having to ask for permission. I'm grateful.

Thank you, Satoshi. 🙏🧡


super interesting. even though myers-briggs is pseudo psychology, it’s still useful for making generalizations. was there any mention of the sample size?


in the uk, number plates act as serious value keepers. the most expensive ones go for ~600k pounds and more


🎯
https://m.primal.net/KIPf.jpg


thanks. and how about the largest nsec pools like nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 nostr:npub1nz64zngcqm8vj8nhrdkcjpfwn2rcaqysnxec88tqfclp5afrpglsqm0w5y nostr:npub1plstrz6dhu8q4fq0e4rjpxe2fxe5x87y2w6xpm70gh9qh5tt66kqkgkx8j etc?


exactly!


how are client apps storing nsec keys? are they? 🤔 what are the risks of massive leaks that could compromise sec keys (making them unusable)? #asknostr


my product mentor used to say:

> it’s never the users’ fault if they don’t use the product the way you designed it.

great product design requires extreme humility.


wow!! ⚡🔥


very true, the simplest designs are the ones that stay robust over time, if not antifragile


i’m trying to think if there are any real-life analogies to this kind of characteristic. usually, it’s not so hard to spot similar patterns, but this one’s breaking my brain


the internet’s big moments: search engines, smartphones, social media, content platforms, streaming, bitcoin, crypto, big data, and ai.

this is another big one.

first, it connects and redefines many of the above. second, it breaks down the silos and makes the internet more like real life - where we talk to friends wherever the hell we want 🤙⚡


10 down, 90 to go! nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l, make some noise out there!! 🤙


years ago, i looked into how facebook influences opinions for my psych master’s thesis. now, i’m curious to look under nostr’s hood with one question:

> how would you feel if you could no longer use nostr?

this product-market fit scoring question, developed by sean ellis, is a simple, powerful metric to assess product development over time. if successful, i will put the survey in a quarterly loop.

it’s not completely anonymous, as the survey asks for npubs (optional, but recommended). having public keys and survey responses will allow for in-depth statistical analysis to look for correlations between one’s activity, frequency of use, topics, and level of satisfaction. without that, the results would poorly reflect only where we are, without pointing to any promising directions or dead ends.

hopefully, the survey will provide clients, NIPs developers, and designers with useful, voluntary insights from users.

i’ll kick off the analysis with a minimum of 100 responses, but 500-1000 would be the sweet spot.

if you see the value, submit your response and spread the word.

https://tally.so/r/nGL5Np

cc nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft nostr:npub179e9tp4yqtqx4myp35283fz64gxuzmr6n3yxnktux5pnd5t03eps0elz4s nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u nostr:npub1dtgg8yk3h23ldlm6jsy79tz723p4sun9mz62tqwxqe7c363szkzqm8up6m


I am posting this from nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5

You are seeing this on whatever #Nostr
 client you choose to use.

Nostr will win because this entire ecosystem is interoperable.

Interoperability means optionality.

Optionality means freedom.

Freedom is good.

#GrowNostr
Freedom is how we #GrowNostr

https://fountain.fm/episode/4IhpGIgHZ4O0xd4fpyOE

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzqn3zn4t9duq064kvu4r046xvfdxknnkgh56x5auatf3w4sw5jyu2n02ann


i see your point, but aside from the protocol properties themselves, there’s also a utility side, and it’s possible for any network to die due to lack of participants, further development, no funding, etc.

if you have an idea to reframe the question, feel free to suggest it


here’s a source paper from vitalik buterin: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.06421


just launched a one-question survey to test how user activity, topics, notes and replies correlate with sentiment/ approach toward nostr:

nostr:nevent1qqsfnghvy8mx9xkwg2vpu62qzm986n6a7dethlzu47t6e5pey3yvccsgcmhjf


great read, i’ve highlighted a lot, but i think this one really captures the book’s spirit:

“We are the only species that lives in zoos of our own design. Each day, we create the world we and our descendants are going to inhabit. If we want that world to be more like the San Diego Zoo than the living tombs, we’ll need a clearer understanding of what human life was like before our ancestors first woke up in cages.“
https://m.primal.net/KFzR.jpg


reading about quadratic voting concept adapted by gitcoin, seems interesting: https://www.matthewthom.as/blog/fund-open-source/


“We the Cypherpunks are dedicated to building anonymous systems. We are defending our privacy with cryptography, with anonymous mail forwarding systems, with digital signatures, and with electronic money.”

~ Eric Hughes, 1993

https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/cypherpunk-manifesto/


many mentioned concepts on evolution are well summarized in “civilized to death”


congrats, great work ⚡


nostr:npub1sx9rmz9gdquur75sl6nf7c4s2sz5cwtaj4z3vaae3fpaqzq333usu3lkn8 filled out the survey? 😀 still a chance to be in the first five!


submit your nostr-iment response here: https://tally.so/r/nGL5Np


interesting


shitshoes


transparency marks the progress of civilization, and following the laws of entropy, it’s the final state we’re progressing toward.

nostr:note1d8ar0lapwkvp2av506k7kzvd9ywacn3c047paj5mgn65gx6kv3hqp0jhpn


💯, it's one of the properties of increased transparency - less volatility, less speculation, more value based on real, tangible things.


Want to understand how inflation impacts your purchasing power?

Let's look at The New Yorker, which publishes the price of each copy right on the front of the magazine.

1925: 15 cents
2024: $8.99

What the heck happened to make The New Yorker so much more expensive?
https://m.primal.net/KEpj.jpg
https://m.primal.net/KEpk.jpg

It's important to understand that technology is naturally DEFLATIONARY.

Everything should be getting cheaper over time, including The New Yorker.

Think about it: printing, writing, & editing technology has improved tremendously since 1925.

So, why is the magazine more expensive now?

From 1925 to 1971, The New Yorker increased in price from 15 cents to 50 cents, an increase of 233.33%.

That's pretty dramatic, but not THAT bad...

But from 1971 to 2024, price increased from 50 cents to $8.99, an increase of 1698%.

So, WTF happened in 1971?

In 1971, Richard Nixon "temporarily" suspended the convertibility of dollars to gold, ending the Gold Standard.

This meant that the Federal Reserve could now print dollars out of thin air without restriction.

Increasing the money supply by creating new money out of thin air is literally "inflation."

"Prices rising" is the result of inflation.

When more monetary units are created, the purchasing power of the monetary units that already exist decreases.

When the government/central bank prints money out of thin air, they are STEALING your purchasing power.

Here's The New Yorker over a few decades:

1971: $0.50
1980: $1.00
1990: $1.75
2000: $3.00

The magazine did not become more valuable, our MONEY became LESS valuable.
https://m.primal.net/KEpn.webp
https://m.primal.net/KEpo.webp
https://m.primal.net/KEpr.webp
https://m.primal.net/KEps.webp

By looking at this example of The New Yorker, which cost 15 cents in 1925 and costs $8.99 today, we see that the U.S. dollar has lost approximately 98.33% of its purchasing power in less than 100 years.

This is what happens when you print money out of thin air...

When money is controlled by the State, you are powerless to stop the destruction of your purchasing power.

Technology should be making everything LESS expensive over time, but even something as simple as a magazine gets more and more expensive over time.
https://m.primal.net/KEpx.png

So, what can you do to protect yourself from the government/central bank printing money out of thin air and destroying your purchasing power?

Study #Bitcoin with  nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8

There will only ever be 21 million bitcoin and no government or central bank can print more.


big props for your architecture-first approach; it’s not often you see this kind of radical thinking anymore


just yesterday, i was thinking about how feed-based social media doesn’t mirror real-life interactions. it’s more like speed dating - every scroll/ table, a new story, a new person.


cool, go with that and share! 🤙 very curious, can’t stop thinking about yours “one keypair, everything nostr, …” powerful


> The functionality is simple: "one keypair, everything Nostr, with Bitcoin"

that’s an awesome promise. think you could take a shot at the other P’s too?

nostr:nevent1qqsq5znpysav82tfuuw2h8xzf64vx72vxktm2v3qvf6tu6csc6m9drgqcx85y


hi nostr:npub1hz5alqscpp8yjrvgsdp2n4ygkl8slvstrgvmjca7e45w6644ew7sewtysa 👋😀


thank you, appreciate you sharing all these insights. i’ve still got a lot to learn - diving into nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x model next


some influence, some are excited, but what matters is that here, i’m in control


love that we’re all living across different timezones - hearing gm whenever i pop in is a great feeling!

gm to the east coast, gn tokyo


maybe what we need is some proof-of-work mechanism - no success in finding a valid hash, no feed for you today! 😁


i remember when i had a dump phone and envied reading about the release of the first iphone. today i'm asking myself - how can i reorganize my life to "afford" a dump phone again.


the problem with commercial real estate data is that it's fragmented (many players, each aggregating the same/similar information for their own purposes). as a result, there's at least a double cost - one to collect the data, and one to verify it, multiplied by the number of players. this leads to many implications, including information gray areas and institutional players exploiting insider insights.

today, our platform solves the problem of data collection (we act as an integrator), but the missing puzzle is verification.

a few years ago, I was working on the idea of "property digital passports" - we built a theoretical model, the idea that each property could have its nft-like token with its history records chained in it (so there shouldn't be a need to double verify information that has been confirmed in the past).

didn't develop it further because we needed to put more effort into the core business, but... when I came across nostr, I was very excited because the concept is very close to what we were looking for.

to answer your question if we will use nostr, i still need to learn more and understand it better, but I'm very optimistic.


would love to hear your thoughts here!

nostr:nevent1qqsfd5tkjpjxfmcftdrzg9cxcv6neyt5rkgzv7cd0uqd5d7qrkpt2qguwsu8k


i’d flip the question—it’s not about who we compete with, but who we’re delivering value to. once that’s clear, knowing the competition becomes relevant.

there’s a simple 4P framework for early startups struggling to find product-market fit: persona, problem, promise, product.

the product must deliver the promise that solves the problem for your persona.

if anyone wants to dive deeper into nostr marketing, i’m happy to help—got a good bit of marketing/startup/tech experience 🤙


thanks, i get what you mean about significance and changing the web.

i’m in that too. not just here - my company is pushing to transform the commercial real estate industry towards full information transparency. it’s a hard task, but that’s the fun part in the end.

ambitions should be high, but timing (is the market ready for my solution?) and strategy (start small, dominate, then expand) matter too. the result of these two factors is pragmatic tactics that let you keep moving forward, day by day, step by step.

about ads:

> selling stuff, and that also means ads

if it comes to that, i’ll just start my own client 🙃 and that freedom is exactly what i love about nostr!

but… i think we’re underestimating the potential impact of value-for-value. nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s created something incredible with zaps; you won’t find that anywhere else.

still looking with a fresh outsider's eye, i think vfv is a big opportunity that could lay the foundation for a new, humble, and healthy creator’s economy. in my mind, it’s an ads-free model (of course!) where clients can earn fees (like patreon, substack) and, instead of disrupting MY feed with THEIR paid content, they invest in new mechanisms to discover worthy things. and as i see these ideas are already popping up in discussions.


there’s a difference between influencing an idea and trying to sell some stuff. for me, value for value is the path to a new, humble creator’s economy.


thanks, i need to read more on bluesky.

i think the biggest challenge today is figuring out who we want to speak to.

“find your niche and then go one level deeper” is usually a solid starting point for growth. nostr is amazing, and i know exactly what promise i’m into. the trick, though, is defining a group out of the cyber early adopters (probably all of us here today).

nostr:nevent1qqs973q8xnjdedgzksh53qfm6l9796786k0wnwdwpqgg5twmsvtv5mgwrwcu5


💯 true, nostr isn’t a startup locked between investors' expectations, and that’s a big comfort. the challenge is to be patient enough


trial and error - sure, but to make it effective there must be some thesis we test


i’ll start with my personal 4p that led me here:

persona:
i’m a startup founder (in the eu) with 10+ years in proptech. i had a bitcoin story years ago, similar to what nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 described once (“old discs turned into a multi-million dollar mirror”). i’ve always been into privacy and osint.

problem:
i never had instagram or facebook - it’s just not me. i like good conversations and interesting people. i tried twitter, but hated the ads (problem 1) and even more, (p2) the algorithms serving up the same quasi-influencer content (“ten ways to this…” and “what i’ve learned from…”).

this led to a third problem - every social media platform today is a selling tool. if not through ads, then through influencing. ads are annoying, but influencing feels fake, and i don’t want that in front of my face.

product:
that’s how i ended up on nostr, probably through some article on nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m involvement. i read the paper, explored tons of websites (com, org, band, watch, you name it), and found @primal available on iOS. here i am.

nostr promise:
i see no ads and no influencers.

value-for-value and full control are the promises that hooked me.

if ads show up in my feed, i can switch clients. if i encounter annoying influencers, i can mute them.

last but not least—
i’m still short here, but i already like you guys. i enjoy reading your notes, discussions, memes. you’re a bunch of smart people, and that’s a promise hard to deliver on the web 💜

pv 🤙


if micro-decentralization is about relays, clients, etc., maybe there’s a macro view centered on the protocols themselves? growth matters as PoC, but maybe each protocol - nostr, bluesky, or others - will end up building its own village of like-minded people?

nostr:note1e8gzpmeum8tqzqg6sjkuxge7v764h9x49n7e000as0x40lpekazqfhwk8f


THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROMOTE NOSTR IS TO USE IT.


“you become detached from real life the more you are attached to the game”

powerful


agree, that’s permissionless
nostr:nevent1qqsvrtpkydulaxpeq72ledfv7gvdgqzk2sh0snruza6p86rr0ah4amcrudl8x


looks like ‘sound money’ has a new meaning!


yes, i missed the “i’m aware of being watched” type - that’s the one we should be to effectively fight for change while still having a decent life. it’s just that i’ve met a few severely paranoid guys, and hell, they’re the most unhappy ones i know :(


gn
https://m.primal.net/KBhq.jpg


wow


exciting!


there are two types of privacy guys: “someone’s watching me” and “i’m an advertising product.” being in the first group isn’t healthy, unless you’re very special.


pv 🍀🤙


idk, i’m too short here, but waiting to see the results! 🤙🤞


go with nip-05 verification, so we know it’s you 🤙 https://nostr.how/en/guides/get-verified


how about using https://npub.pro/ ?


twitter hooked me 11 years ago with the idea of a ‘consciousness stream’

nostr hooked me 22 days ago with its algo:

nostr = (twitter - 11 years) + permissionless + (weird)² + pv 🤙


cyberpunks write the code, but some centralization is necessary when it comes to physical stuff. without it, how can more people edge closer to the decentralized ‘mirror’?

image: satoshi, phil, jeff b, and me
https://m.primal.net/KBaj.jpg


sale or zaps?


nostr:note1w0rtck0crwxaewr5a7r2d6rsvfuzdcwlzeq35xad34fr8d5gqe4s3l0lhy
https://m.primal.net/KBWi.jpg


and you? 😁


strike, yakihonne — great ux/ui is entering the nostr space with full force ⚡ just keep it a little w3ird, guys 🙃


enjoy 🤙
https://m.primal.net/KBYW.jpg


after just a couple of days here, going back to linkedin feels like visiting a flashy dubai mall: shiny storefronts filled with stuff that’s worth nothing, and an even less interesting crowd.

nostr is different - it’s got this genuine vibe of the early internet i remember from the 90s 💜

nostr:note1amqjnf7mqpklwmry3hsczh9v4cmp3sc2ktcn927ng694tp42re6q3cks2q


concentration and centralization don’t always go hand in hand. if you think about the ratio of contributors to consumers, more decentralization can lead to greater concentration. take nostr: as user numbers grow faster than contributors, those contributors will have an increasingly bigger impact. yet, from a network perspective, more #nostr users mean more decentralization of information and less concentration, thanks to additional relays, clients, etc.


Bitcoin + Vegas = 🧡

Real video, not AI-generated
https://m.primal.net/JcZD.mov


achievements > ego


small circles, no power structures, contributions by choice, agility to move fast.

after reading “civilized to death,” i’m fascinated by the parallels between hunter-gatherers and open source community.

back to the roots, #nostr?


gm, nostr! “at any given moment, the strongest dream in that moment wins that moment” ~ dave chappelle


Be your own backup plan. Use #nostr


my way to handle stress comes from running - think about the next step, then the next one. a few more steps, and suddenly, stress is just something you’ve left behind 🤞🤙


back to the roots


ping… proptech 🔭

nostr:note16jn7u74uuvah6st3ayptkk8xd9vkfy39kltvuywn62qkyemt0znqdleas0


warsaw ❤


love the idea of giga galactic computer

https://youtu.be/S9JGmA5_unY?si=T9Y0XrUTWeIEriY5


yeah, “quote posts are not replies”


gm!


i’ve tried that a few times, always betting on the person (because of the skills…), but it ends the same way every time - you either lose or have to fire them, then find someone else. plus, you’re left fixing the culture and admitting to your team that you messed up.

if i’m not sure, i prefer a one-week trial with my team, then i ask for their take. it’s a more community-focused approach, imo.


nope, what you get is a decaying culture and overall underperformance


it’s hard to ban something you can’t touch, confiscate, or lock in a deposit. gold, alcohol, drugs, and gambling (even online) involve some physicality and centralization. bitcoin is different—more of a “catch me if you can” style.


going deeper into the rabbit hole, nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc hits the point: “(…) it will be very difficult to criminalize an idea which is based on the exchange of text messages. (…) bitcoin is text. bitcoin is speech.”


domains are messed up. most names are taken, not used, and just for sale.

domains shouldn’t function as empty value assets, but as ‘utility tokens,’ a digital equivalent of real estate. it’s fuckin wrong to buy them just to keep them unused.


i tried using chatgpt for acronym ideas, and after 30 mins, it’s clear this thing is a disaster when it comes to imagination.

creative minds, we’re safe.

#AI


try in sats 💸😀


amazing!


1 - 🫡
2 - test my imagination 😁


I am thinking about coining the term “nsac” to refer to a wallet-like thing that can exist on #nostr holding your valuable things, such as ecash tokens. I have already implemented a prototype #cashu ecash wallet which looks to be promising.

So you would have:
#npub - your identity
#nsec - your private key
#nsac - your valuables

Your #nsac could be the same as your #nsec but better case is to generate as many #nsacs as required.

Happy to hear feedback!

For reference, what a ‘sac’ is in the biological sense:

A **sac** is a biological term referring to a pouch or cavity in an organism that is typically enclosed and may contain fluid, air, or other substances. Sacs can serve various functions depending on their location and role in the body, such as protecting a developing embryo, facilitating the exchange of gases in the lungs, or reducing friction between moving parts in joints


#nostr, you met me at a very strange time in my life.


"Nostr is the simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global 'social' network once and for all."
  —  nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6
https://opensats.org/blog/fiatjaf-receives-lts-grant


“intelligence boils down to curiosity” ~ aaron swartz


fighting for a better world is needed, but we can't neglect the reality we live in. aspirational for the future, pragmatic for today.


you nailed it on the censorship, out-of-control algos, and gov, but i’d push more on how ad-driven models are brainwashing us with content that’s just ‘watchable.’ it’s not that the whole internet is broken - it’s that ads have hijacked it. that’s where i see the real value in value-for-value #nostr


“there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” ~ mark twain


I don't want AI spontaneously generating and synthesizing content on the fly for me.

Bring back CBs and pirate radio. Combine them with the internet.

Oh, wait. #Nostr already did that.


learned today, bit @ would be more intuitive

nostr:nevent1qqsqq0mr9gaw6cpn3qrk5fyfvkpczxr2qcz5aqkh8lrnkn47dg62vnqmrzcht


love the create only mode, kinda “writer’s mode”! ⚡


dzien dobry, love your drawings and oils 🙏


worked, thanks! 🤙


beautiful nostr:npub15ej2f9eu6glf7we45cjznam8r2azc2hx3spnzwgnkhpdwunfmyrq03p58q - you’re based in PL, right?


testing again.

nostr:nevent1qqs94nn5mq6ltptcanx942g8c6jq95n4963rne8ysespt6s26u92ercate5zk


testing.

nevent1qqs94nn5mq6ltptcanx942g8c6jq95n4963rne8ysespt6s26u92ercate5zk


what’s the best way to share a note in a comment? #asknostr


i circle around this for a while

note1ksdd5yluzmcrsgzeraeqlr0ngmr946kztcqa78xvq2gw6rvq398qcjrzxy


transparency = equilibrium ☯


beautiful design, great feature

nostr:note1dfp86hwxltxzpdg73s7v50pl2mj6tfm0xdx8xsxjgs4uel0ajzls6w8g48


“protecting eu citizens from serious harm” - the definitions of ‘protection’ and ‘harm’ have been pushed to the next level.


i like a presentation to sink in. idea, title, then outline, then a few days to think and look around through the prism of that outline. and then boom, six-hour me-and-slides marathon, and ready to roll!


the universe seeks equilibrium, a balanced state. while reducing entropy is possible, it demands energy.

bitcoin has a physics-backed advantage. it just needs time.


reading two books at the moment: “civilized to death” and “the deficit myth.”

both share some common, disturbing notions on civ, taxes, and poverty.

“since 1977, the Fed has operated under a dual mandate from Congress, that directs the Fed to pursue max employment and stable prices. basically, Congress put the Fed in charge of jobs and inflation (…) The mandate is predicated on the belief that there’s delicate balance between too much employment and too little. it also assumes that the Fed has the ability to move the economy to its sweet spot, where just the ‘right’ number of ppl are kept on the sidelines, wanting to work but trapped in unemployment for the sake of keeping prices in check. (…) to put it crudely, the Fed uses unemployed human beings as its primary weapon against inflation.” ~ the deficit myth

“poverty is a most necessary ingredient in society (…). it’s a source of wealth, since without poverty, there could be no labor.” ~ civilized to death

“the gov doesn’t want dollars, it wants to provision itself. the tax isn’t there to raise money. it’s there to get people working and producing things for the gov.” ~ tdm

“taxes are there to create a demand for gov currency.” ~ tdm


committed to building a transparent commercial real estate industry, nostr’s progress shows the way. #proptech


after watching the ai video nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s shared, i found myself diving deep into a rabbit hole.

the progress in ai video is enormous. imo, we might soon enter a (short) ‘weightless’ time where it’ll be hard to tell what’s real. this could lead to a total shift in trust paradigms, maybe even pushing us back toward face-to-face relationships, which are harder to fake.

this got me thinking about true digital identities (not just emails) and the importance of protocols like #nostr. if i can sign a note with my nsec, why not a video or photo?

but the big question haunting me: how do we confirm identity without relying on government-issued documents?


yeah, her right hand looks a little off, but that seems to be the final artifact.


leatherman rules! 😀


powerful force, once you realize it


NOSTR 🫡
https://i.imgflip.com/8zpdso.jpg


“we are the only species that lives in zoos of our own design. each day, we create the world we are going to inhabit” ~ chris ryan


what do bitcoin and real estate share? scarcity. btc's supply is locked, and so is the planet's—150 trillion sqm of land, 350 trillion sqm of water, and the entire troposphere.

where do they differ?


nostr is only partially attractive to haters. you can say what you want, but you’ll only reach those who want to listen. so, it’s just another bubble.

hate needs algorithms to artificially push content into people’s feeds to truly spread.

and that’s where nostr wins. here, i control what i see and read.


curious how many startup/tech founders own some bitcoins. there's probably no group that better understands what’s behind this chart.

so many similarities between btc and startups – pmf discovery, adoption based on trial and error, early user feedback, never-ending ups and downs, the sense of doing something important for others, breaking the status quo, ongoing passion for tomorrow, etc.

this is what drives me to be here: the sense of building the largest startup ever launched in history.
https://m.primal.net/JriX.jpg


"you deserve an open platform…" yep, agree 🤙


chopin


EM gave a quite good definition of money on lex podcast a few years ago: “… think of money as information. it’s just an entry in a database for resource allocation - a ratio of exchange”


at any given moment, the strongest dream in that moment wins that moment.

you have to be wise enough to know when you were living in your dream. And you have to be humble enough to accept when you’re in someone else’s. ~ dave chappelle


you have to be wise enough to know when you’re living your dream and humble enough to accept when you’re living in someone else’s ~ Dave Chappelle


writing is thinking


another one I like
https://m.primal.net/JmJi.jpg


nostr:npub1jutptdc2m8kgjmudtws095qk2tcale0eemvp4j2xnjnl4nh6669slrf04x circling around gratitude, this could also work well for online paid communities. i’m in two local groups, one for tech founders in europe, and another one for general tech. in both, the most active channel is #payitforward, where people help each other. this direction is also less fragile to hr/tax-related issues.


yeah, just a sec ago! ⚡


sounds like a great way to introduce zaps/nostr/bitcoin to the general business. I can easily imagine a ⚡ btn on my company’s slack!


great idea! fingers crossed 🤞


after 15 years in proptech/cre, i can say it’s the best time to get cre people involved in transparency/bitcoin. today, they’re listening.


I've watched cre/proptech for 15 years, and after decades of being almost entirely analog (phone, paper, and spreadsheets), something is changing.

The covid/office crisis was a huge lesson that even this billion-dollar industry can’t maintain the status quo.

The trick with real estate is that we build for decades, while the world changes overnight. real estate can’t adapt as fast as tech requires.

CRE 3.0 is a concept of the industry’s progress, making it robust to the world’s pace.

Transparency is the key - and that’s exactly where CRE should learn from bitcoin, #nostr, and similar innovations.


sounds like twitter ads 🙃


I was never a bitcoiner. I’m not a developer. I’m not an open source creator, more a consumer.

I’m a proptech founder solving fragmented information in commercial real estate. My goal is to unlock data and create a more transparent industry where ppl compete based on skill and exp, not just what they know. This isn’t such a big issue in the US, but it’s a huge progress decelerator in Europe.

A few years ago, I read “Token Economy” by Shermin Voshmgir and drafted an intro concept for a real estate information protocol.

Then, a few weeks ago, I discovered #Nostr, and I haven’t been this excited in a long time. The concept, even if not adapted directly, is literally an instruction for creating decentralized information-sharing protocols.

And that is something that must change the status quo.

Yesterday - finance, social media - today, information and business - tomorrow.

Thank you guys 🤙


How are the Urban Land Institute, Sam Altman, Scarlett Johansson, and real estate CEOs connected?

A few weeks ago, I gave a keynote on AI at Entralon Club's CEE Business Retreat. Many attendees found the presentation eye-opening, so I decided to turn it into a post and share it more broadly.

Here’s the first part of a three-part series. Enjoy!
https://tomogrodzki.substack.com/p/could-ai-run-a-real-estate-company

#proptech #commercialrealestate


“One of the biggest things Bitcoin has taught me is that proof of work matters and empty promises do not.” nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u


Homo quantum.
https://m.primal.net/Jilv.png


here’s an interesting piece:
“(…) This scalability suggests that an error rate better than one in one million could be achieved using a distance-17 qubit array that comprises 577 qubits of suitably high quality.”

https://physicsworld.com/a/breakthrough-in-quantum-error-correction-could-lead-to-large-scale-quantum-computers/


“bitcoin is not asking for permission. we forgot to do that”
- A. Antonopoulos


“bitcoin is not asking for permission.

we forgot
to do that”

- A. Antonopoulos


today, #nostr -like protocols are influencing the general public. one day, they will transform big industries and corporations.

open source = transparency

transparency is the measure of human progress


nostr feels like early twitter, and that’s a great feeling!


#nostr feels like early twitter - no ads, no politics, just a bunch of friendly ppl and their thoughts.


when it comes to #AI there are dommers everywhere, talking about machines taking over one day. but what I see every day at work are happy ppl who no longer do dummy copy-paste jobs.


seems like I’m the first #proptech soul in this decentralized bay 🏴☠


any proptech folks around?


hello, world!

#introductions