#Bitcoin is truly one-of-a-kind; nothing else even comes close.


Over the last few years I've been assisting to deliver cultural immersions throughout the Northern Territory and South Australia, taking high school students to remote indigenous homelands to experience what it's like out on country, spend time with traditional owners and ask all the questions they might have been to afraid to ask.

There's been plenty of special moments on those trips, this one taken in the East Daly river region.

#photography
#artstr
#art
#grownostr
#australia
#Austrich
#AUStriches
#noicemag
#nature
#birds https://image.nostr.build/d4740fb703eb9ccfd5f148d8859754c81320a8bbd2877a5f14c3811c85f12d18.jpg


This is the official #Bitaxe 601 Gamma giveaway!

How to enter:
•Like this post
•Share this post.
•Follow us on NOSTR.

What you’ll receive:
•1- Bitaxe 601 Gamma.
•1- 5V, 6A power supply.
•1-Solo Satoshi Bitaxe stand.
•1- Bitaxe “Anarchy” t-shirt.
•1- Limited Edition PEZ dispenser.

This package will be shipped anywhere in the world completely free of charge.

•One winner will be randomly picked 72 hours from the time this is posted.

The winner has 24 hours to claim the reward. If the package is not claimed, another person will be randomly picked.

#Bitcoin #SoloSatoshi #BTC
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good morning 🌞🫡 have a lovely day


that’s awesome! welcome 🫂


Hello nostr! #introductions

I’m Henriette and I live in Norway. We run a farm with a stable and a riding school. We have 30 horses and a top-ranked Fjord horse breeding stallion.

I’m a teacher in equine studies as well as a riding instructor trained at the Norwegian Equestrian School. Trainer 2 certification in show jumping and dressage from the Norwegian Equestrian Federation and certified Trainer 1 in driving.

Twice county champion in show jumping, trained and competed horses up to Prix St. Georg level in dressage. I have competed with the national team in both single and pair driving. My apprenticeship as a rider was at Los Alamos Dressage Center in NJ.

I love horses! From gentling them to be quiet and soft, to their first carriage or ride undersaddle, and beyond. The hope is to give horses a solid calm start, and then a safe journey in life. I hope to share my experiences with you and contribute value to you.

I’ll be posting my content on nostr going forward! If you like what you see, please give my channel a follow!

https://www.youtube.com/@Horsewise01


have a lovely day Dan 🌞


have a good day 🌞🫂


good morning 🌞💜

video from saint emilion, france

#photography #videography #travel https://video.nostr.build/834d11baed55272bd187750f4f6dbf5deaebe6497067cae21a16dc6f17ef6c7a.mp4


safe travels ✈


thanks again!
i will definitely reach out again when i’ve started planning and know exactly when i’ll be going 😊


thank you so much! all this information is so useful coming from people first hand. it gives me a sense of what i should look for when trying to figure out and plan for where i want to go 🙏


good morning 🌞🤩


To all my Scandinavian friends. Here comes what you all been waiting on!

https://fountain.fm/episode/I3O7CPokuNJGdRGVo417

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpq8na36ekgfck4xysz6m3ypaxf3m9tc27kdwawgrepzxcwtn696zcuz67y


Congratulations to both of you 🥂


Time is the scarcest asset


thank you 🫂


good morning 🌞 have a good day


have a lovely day 🌞


have a good day! 🫂

photo was taken a couple of weeks ago. just found it on my phone haha
would love to go back tho


good morning & happy sunday 🌞💜

📍place de la bourse, bordeaux

#photography https://image.nostr.build/e2a1258689e9a3bcb6682074739e2fefbb6231f0931ea58468f42cb21db0f1a6.jpg


I am still processing the NPC trend that happened on TikTok...
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqpxfzhdwlm3cx9l6wdzyft8w8y9gy607tqgtyfq7tekaxs7lhmxfqqs8pcn0ajkjd6j54zlk5cujqvfs7jxrxkw8j337uumrxazzpdn483q38z8tm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q_mCPd5nIU


gm 🌞


yummy 😍


also, do you think me (female) travelling alone should be okay? and are there places i should take precautions and think twice before going to?
so far i’m considering the caribbean side (maybe north) and the nicoya peninsula


thank you for all this information!
i’ve been looking at both flying into San Jose and Liberia. so far Liberia seems like a better option for me in terms of where i want to go. but i’ll look more into the places you recommend that is all the way south. i guess if i’m going there San Jose will be a better option


Some artists, myself included, create primarily for themselves, as a personal expression or inner need.

However, exhibiting works can be a way to share that vision or communicate with the world, without necessarily seeking approval or recognition.

Exhibiting does not always mean that the artist creates for the public, but rather that they are willing to make a part of themselves visible.

And if you want the work that represents that part hanging on your wall, I'm sorry but it can't be free. 🫂🎨


Watching the sunset https://i.nostr.build/7NCXMviAkNJ2aUQ6.jpg https://i.nostr.build/Fvt1IMhbzgYaMnVK.jpg


gm 🌞

i hope to visit St. Louis one day


gm
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good morning 🌞


nice! are u planning on going back sometime between february and april next year?


So true😢 https://image.nostr.build/76e3d33c82fafc830d60ff876d2dbd8fec006dc486c467cf2e0b32d61ebe8ea5.jpg


i wanna travel around a bit. i have a couple of weeks.

i do love nature and landscape photography, so somewhere remote and wild would be epic. don’t mind a good hike 😂
also wanna do horseback riding and maybe try surfing 😅


considering it 👀 are you there now?


When you fly through the northern lights. https://image.nostr.build/e91185cf787ae3c3148711feb58f35222f1a96bdef5341004b8e72be18ebcaa2.jpg https://image.nostr.build/efcf7a5a456e4f1c7609339ef0fdf75fa8aae996f6903693f503d8f7b24d3011.jpg


kinda wanna fly in n out of Mexico City 🤩 dream place to visit


i would love to 😍


thank you! 🙏🫂


haha i’ll be your biggest supporter


yes please! 💜 i need something more tangible 😂


i’ve wanted to visit for many years now. maybe it’s time


that’s so cool! i do line not too far away but not in norway atm 😢


I’m thinking about visiting two of these four countries—Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, or Suriname—early next year. Any recommendations for places to go and activities to do? I’m also open to exploring other nearby countries.

#asknostr #travel


A perfect reflection of Mt Fuji in Japan 🇯🇵

[📹 kinchan_kinchan39]

https://video.nostr.build/e6c8d9c6833bab184c670495c045cd2c77dcee8a512a56cd7a3e972ad0d0ba29.mp4

#bullishbounty


15 years ago I gave the website ogp.me to facebook.  It stands for Open Graph Protocol.  Every time you see a link preview on nostr, or whatsapp, telegram, facebook, twitter and so on, it uses that technology, which is based on the original Web 3.0 aka the semantic web.  It has probably created several billion dollars in value accross the internet.  It's sort of nice in a way.  When a technology just works, it stops mattering who created it.  Maybe in future people will stop using the term Bitcoin, and it will just be called "payments".


If I hadn’t discovered bitcoin, I might never have found my way to nostr.

#nostr #bitcoin


Aurora Australis tonight https://i.nostr.build/koRbTQTcJOD26wvx.jpg https://i.nostr.build/QSkwjj48iVbnAQLD.jpg


We live in a magical world
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have a good day! 💜


have a lovely day 🫂💜


haha 😂💜


good morning 🌞🫂


good morning nostr happy friday 🌞

#photography https://image.nostr.build/2062589905bee3590bbc3117666d7203e08c025a990d5b834e4ce603017ed416.jpg


good morning! 🌞
damn that’s one crazy and fun dream


Beautiful https://i.nostr.build/RFHsdQOb0CCPA0un.jpg


💯 nostr:note1ducwr4v6ywuzt05aceytez5myw2j9zpuxpe3ljr7cnjyz495sv8qd35p0e


It's weird to see external people that are aligned with Nostr's goals and even the overall design to complain about petty bugs or small details -- well, even big issues.

"Oh, I like the idea of Nostr, but it's so bad because I tried a random client and the search button doesn't work, therefore I will assert that Nostr is retarded and will never succeed."

The thing is: to whom are you complaining? Nostr isn't an organization trying to sell you anything, and if you are aligned with the goals then that supposed "Nostr problem" is also your problem so start trying to solve it. Or maybe you have a better alternative?, otherwise the tone of the complaint doesn't make sense.


i love this 😍


🐦🔥📕🐦🔥

My soul, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak, I call you - are you there? I have returned, I am here again. I have shaken the dust of all the lands from my feet, and I have come to you, I am with you. After long years of long wandering, I have come to you again.
Should I tell you everything I have seen, experienced, and drunk in? Or do you not want to hear about all the noise of life and the world? But one thing you must know: the one thing I have learned is that one must live this life. Do you still know me? How long the separation lasted! Everything has become so different. And how did I find you? How strange my journey was! What words should I use to tell you on what twisted paths a good star has guided me to you? Give me your hand, my almost forgotten soul. How warm the joy at seeing you again, you long disavowed soul.
Life has led me back to you. Let us thank the life I have lived for all the happy and all the sad hours, for every joy, for every sadness. My soul, my journey should continue with you. I will wander with you and ascend to my solitude.

C.G. Jung, The Red Book: Liber Novus


#nostober challenge 11
Mug

Around this time a year ago, I was busy preparing for Nostrasia. This mug was a rare, one-of-a-kind item.

https://i.nostr.build/7RDd0nR594XtvGnw.jpg


Berlin is a great place to talk about how to build better p2p bridges between people and take down the financial walls that separate us

Stoked for the ecash conf! https://image.nostr.build/083a6f107f4dfb07e45daeacc62479ec2cc72cbafd2508399a3d5712fe4adbeb.jpg


Autumn mornings 🍂

https://v.nostr.build/5mCs7aRySUi9Yln9.mp4


#photography https://image.nostr.build/bb28df9e88ce6b2da6043732fe60ce21dba69d1f307c96ff816620d78c6f29e2.jpg


good morning queen 🌞


gm 🌞


Self portrait from the Victorian High country 🗻

#landscape
#photography
#artstr
#art
#grownostr
#australia
#Austrich
#AUStriches
#noicemag https://image.nostr.build/e0414d19d3769daaf2478e2732b3f884fb223eafddb7894365919361bc1f204c.jpg


🐏☁ #bloomscrolling #photography #noedit

https://media.mstdn.jp/media_attachments/files/113/281/070/065/682/522/original/2701a4d5f935e34a.jpeg


FOR SALE!

Selling my beautifully custom-painted Canon P by Shuiedo Camera, CLA'd at the time of production.

This is the best alternative to owning a #Leica. It's a rangefinder, but I think this has a cooler design than some of the leica bodys. It's much slimmer.

It’s in excellent condition and works flawlessly. There’s a small bit of wear on the film advance lever (see photos), which adds to its cool, vintage vibe.

The camera comes with an early 1950s Canon Serenar 35mm f/3.5 lens, along with the original leather box and hot shoe viewfinder — a rare find!

If interested, please leave a comment or send me a dm and I'll coordinate a deal with you. I accept sats!

✽ Help me by resharing this post and I'll zap some sats to you for your help ✽

https://m.primal.net/LQJz.webp
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https://m.primal.net/LQKI.webp

#photography #photostr #artstr #forsale #v4v #plebchain #noicemag


“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
—Maya Angelou

Wisdom for the ages.


Confirmed 🌞
nostr:nevent1qqs2djdw32ppuvaxl0n85fen8l7m5yx97rqjy7ycwwvqur2693g73espz3mhxw309ucnydewxqhrqt338g6rsd3e9upzph7y9zewyxet9g8q5mulpex4f2pwafpt74q4mkn4xd43rjzz0t2rqvzqqqqqqyxf2am5


ikr. of all the places i visited Bordeaux and its surrounding areas was the most beautiful


Photo from Cap Ferret, France 🌞🌊

good morning!

#photography https://image.nostr.build/0aa162ba1a0f8f3c79daa81490efcd07ae3d93d1762918d590edf6d664f42cde.jpg


gn


Nostr at Bitcoin Amsterdam with nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s, nostr:npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk and nostr:npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va.
https://m.primal.net/LPlp.jpg


Karijini National Park, Western Australia

#landscape
#photography
#artstr
#art
#grownostr
#australia
#Austrich
#AUStriches
#noicemag
#westernaustralia
#karijini
https://m.primal.net/LPCD.jpg


People criticizing nostr apps for their quality are making multiple category errors:

- Individuals (or very small teams) can't produce the same level of quality as large teams, but teams can't exercise as much creativity as individuals
- Optimal UX comes from a need for growth, stemming from a need for profit. Grantees and hobbyists do not have this motive. But for-profit businesses won't be principled about putting the protocol first, while grantees and hobbyists may be.
- Good UX partly comes from experience, and existing best practices. Very little of this is established yet for nostr, both from a design and engineering perspective. We're making it up as we go along.

If you want something new, you have to take the bad with the good. When I started this, my expectation was that it would be a ten year project with a 0% chance of success. Two years in, I'd say we're doing extremely well.

I don't care about growth, and won't for a while. I'm not in it for user numbers or zaps, I want to use software to give my kids a better life. Drop the high time preference, and dig in, because this is going to be a long ride.

With all that said, I do feel a new wave coming in the next year or so, as best practices crystallize, and as existing projects reach a point of maturity where their developers recognize their own limits and need for help. I look forward to seeing teams coalesce to push forward what the creatives started.

This might take the form of more for-profit businesses, but I hope that devs (including myself) will be able to swallow their ego and pitch in on projects that don't belong to them without having to get "hired". The difficulty of this on nostr is of course that the scope of the protocol leaves so many tantalizing possibilities to work on.

For myself, I remain focused on my original mission of serving real-life communities. However, the longer I work on the problem, the larger it becomes. It turns out that there has in fact been decades of work in the space, and there continue to exist many unsolved problems, even without introducing decentralization. It would be hubristic to think that my first attempt at the problem would be either correct or successful. Iteration, exploration, and education are all necessary.

It's very likely that it's impossible for a single developer to cover even a single use case of nostr satisfactorily. We'll all eventually need help. This is just the nature of the project we've set for ourselves.


WHY NOSTR MATTERS IN TEN MINUTES. 🫡

https://cdn.satellite.earth/8de427b037d581c91db189541d1827278649384d467c87810691afc70f989818.mp4


#Bitcoin doesn’t care who Satoshi is.


thank you! it’s a gorgeous place 🫂


have a good one 🌞🙏


hahaha 😂😂🌞


have a lovely day 🌞


Morning light

📷 2024
#photography #architecture #minimalism #artwork #artstr #photostr

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


good morning 🌞

photo from Dune du Pilat

#photography https://image.nostr.build/77fbc347cbfd334de656baa3e91e86dd67cb67ab21fffbe35874286b4fb37526.jpg


Looks like a day in front of the fireplace 🪵🔥

https://image.nostr.build/89a175390106cebc9738adbd36615f020e6db05bf7df9a343c9bba1a90df772b.jpg


GM 🕊

#Barcelona #Streetphoto #Photography #Photostr #Grownostr #Nostr #Artstr #Plebchain #NoiceMag
https://image.nostr.build/61b2f41f5988e8848c3ff6b20cc0eb7dedc852c4a71c34bff7d6d2e3451eb371.jpg


gm 🌞😍


these photos are absolutely stunning 😍😍


goofed around with my sony alpha 85mm 1.8 in #amsterdam. Reminder me to add multi photo upload in nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 😩

gn nostr 😴 https://i.nostr.build/7lskOSDsAH8s17jv.jpg https://i.nostr.build/uf7CXITINu8TNOLt.jpg https://i.nostr.build/Uj7EeFqdlhHTepWe.jpg https://i.nostr.build/T477QYBuuqFkCAIe.jpg


pretty 😍


Built a nostr client (Open Librarian) that is a book tracking/reading app. If you’d like to try it out visit www.OpenLibrarian.com 📚

Currently it is just MVP with these features:
- Find books and add to shelves
- Manage shelves (inc. hidden books)
- Manage profile
- View Friends/Foes (import from another npub)
- User profile for sharing (Library Card)
- Add interests
- Manage relays
- Login with NPUB/NSEC/Seed

For now I highly recommend spinning up a new NSEC. I’ve added the ability to import your existing friends/foes, will add cloning profiles asap.

Everything is stored client side in cache. Built using django framework, rust-nostr and on the amazing work of Open Library. Feedback and issues on the GitHub very welcome.

https://github.com/RydalWater/OpenLibrarian

Very aware that I have a lot to do and the current nostr implementation I have is sub optimal. Work in progress…

#bookstr #books #readstr #reading #OpenLibrarian #introductions


Good reminder that bitcoin was designed to help ppl you don't like, do things you don't like with it.

Learn to like that, or will be a rough ride.

Nostr too 🫂


Can’t wait to be on the road again! 🚒Love the coastline and feel free again. Can you spot my little friend in the bus? 🐶
https://m.primal.net/LNyX.jpg


good morning 🌞


same here. it’s also hard being excited about it and trying to explain it to others without sounding crazy


Bitcoin excites me on so many levels. But I am completely alone in my day to day life with my love for bitcoin. Everyone around me is deeply embedded in the fiat matrix and thinks I am just a bit touched.

My wife is kind enough to let me share my excitement about bitcoin with her even though she has barely any idea what I am talking about.

Bless her heart.


GM https://image.nostr.build/eff35e45645f6e43aa50c381bdf4bf44d1be7463f693f0efb3c61326415d5867.jpg


good morning 🐦🔥
with citibikeboyz - ny 2024

https://image.nostr.build/5b2debff2d69dca56cea50e945999dabc227693147ab194a8bdacc0d073fd18d.gif


good morning 🌞🤩


New Telegram update just dropped

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


good morning! flying back home today after travelling Europe for the past two weeks 🌞

#photography https://image.nostr.build/5ea3717f816832624d6e19862442b812f2fb37c236f2e182a5e9dc9b2feab07d.jpg


Congratulations 🥂


💯 https://image.nostr.build/8ea9dcb00e377c0447ca0ac9a87dfcdd7bc9be24ffb4703f54ef7eec75ae4460.jpg


#photography nostr:note1qd0652a69u0w7jyl9f4wlf8jmgcpkmngwretpau4amv9fgluvnjskn8nf6


rose garden in parque de El Retiro in Madrid🌹 https://image.nostr.build/8ae8c4b0da17bed484db39b0729f8bed533762fa46729f18b043d117c6d98237.jpg


This is Floki, my best friend. Living his best life in the Firetruck 🚒!
#dog #vanlife #offgrid
https://m.primal.net/LMCi.jpg


gm 🌞


At the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, my heart has belonged to Real Madrid ever since I was a kid

#football #photography https://image.nostr.build/3a0d9133ff3ce30e9ab5922adb807eca9f514ee2aac70e6093ea6451d396871c.jpg


GM

https://i.nostr.build/J7e39lYhlphdTSkG.jpg


good products are variations. french ones as well.
norway has great ones too but ireland 👎


welcome 🫂 so cool!


dutch grocery stores are 🔥


oh my so adorable 🥺


buenos dias 🌞

#photography https://image.nostr.build/d9e3e834014dbd015f9a894f8f7650cc04f5ff2963672d0e9d17799ed7f8d497.jpg


gm 🌞😍


gm 🌞🐦🔥


Tectonic Under Blue Lid

Solid, stable, brutal, harkonnen. But the sky is still blue.

owner: gigachadpepe.eth
📸 2021, New Zealand
https://art.kolindin.com/tectonic-under-blue-lid
#photography #architecture #minimalism #artwork #artstr #photostr

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


Auckland urban environment

New Zealand Houses collection
collage, 2023

#photography #architecture #minimalism #artwork #artstr #photostr

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


Pretty intense sunset. Tried to capture it with highlighters 😂

#dailydrawing #artstr #sketchstr #🖼
https://image.nostr.build/061699c73bc097b242bb76d26adc2337d24e0502f39feefc1c8ce23e4633f46e.jpg


Season of cosmos flowers. Peaceful to see them blooming.

#Bloomscrolling Mobile #Photography

https://media.charcha.cc/bca91fc5f79b067d244c46d5b1a412d742e098ea68c1b108fd5d1ed562554a92.jpg

https://media.charcha.cc/390cb02c5059c2e4b0a843fad130dee60ea10509e403e981aef8959153fdfeda.jpg


Gm! 🌞

Empty lefts, Indonesia 🇮🇩

#photography
#artstr
#art
#grownostr
#noicemag
#surf
#lineup
https://m.primal.net/LKOQ.jpg


hello madrid 🇪🇸


Who are the artists here on Nostr?

Need more soul on my feed.


I hear from a good source that Julian Assange thinks nostr is interesting 👀


#nostober challenge 04
The Netherlands

I met nostr:npub17plqkxhsv66g8quxxc9p5t9mxazzn20m426exqnl8lxnh5a4cdns7jezx0  this week and was thinking about the Netherlands 🇳🇱
https://i.nostr.build/INu3NtJbASAwayL3.png


bye bordeaux i’ve had the best time 💜


nah im living the single life 😢


gm 🌞 looks gorgeous 😍


Gm my wife took this the other day, her photo skills are better than mine

#farmupdate https://i.nostr.build/i5lQ6x5KeUSRD5OZ.jpg


it’s gorgeous out here


good morning 🌞

#photography https://image.nostr.build/a3e3a3b9f91170b6aa8d440dada73d17a23da5cbd013545f7aa1ea0d5974e32a.jpg


A Case of You - Diana Krall


good night 💜

Photo from Saint Émilion, France https://image.nostr.build/775813c59de17f4a97aafc0e478f4856398561d4502cb77e76d6028c6f0f4fd6.jpg


I saw these payphones and wanted to take a photo using leading lines. Unfortunately, none of them work.

https://i.nostr.build/qulxWerHH6e0Khzt.jpg

#photostr #photography #artstr #plebchain


good morning 🌞

#photography https://image.nostr.build/dc50bb518bfde1a0381bf2921b239d1d31aa005d3146520004cde627ed7ace37.jpg


Dune de Pilat outside Bordeaux


🍸 https://image.nostr.build/10b905a7a9e4ba27c90787966746cb75c4b4a04e4486379223e5c0ea9439b60f.jpg


gm 🌞


I’ll be showing / selling some of my prints tomorrow. Here’s a few that I have left on hand. All are 11x14” and I print / sign them myself.

#photography #photostr #artstr #noicemag https://video.nostr.build/3715153d584d1d6f23fb0b5040736e52f362cad4f0b3ccb43eb9ee5d47eec1c3.mp4


GM!

#Barcelona #Streetphoto #Photography #Photostr #Grownostr #Nostr #Artstr #Plebchain #NoiceMag
https://image.nostr.build/8bd64256b9dfd95f9befbc35f0695fedff86ae0b6677243b130ef379ca66855e.jpg


gm 🌞🐦🔥


Bordeaux


thank you 🙏


gm 🌞🤩


good morning 🌞 https://image.nostr.build/0095e251e33d54213bc0d02799dd5c3ce6babc178eb92282273152565d56991d.jpg


Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

~Khalil Gibran

Gate to Eternity by Mac Baconai https://image.nostr.build/e6582059c4f780d7baf3085dc96dbc0c2f3c7b01a094a0755e57719bce1adb36.jpg https://image.nostr.build/fd58a6e70e4581b0e6677bc165da42e21b84b8c581303bed523fcc82e4263de0.jpg


#photography https://i.nostr.build/ifMDlu52yOUpYAEB.jpg


gorgeous 🤩🤩


good morning 🌞

#photography https://image.nostr.build/05b3f3857c9678ca8138aabdd94d10f2470fc6b790d8fcce5d66a1a351a2c6b2.jpg


gm Will 🌞 have a good day


Treat your ability to choose what you give attention, the same way you treat your private keys.

Make sure to sovereignly control it, don’t let anyone or anything custody it for convenience or yield.


#architecture from my walk https://i.nostr.build/1InUof2eeC5wnDjC.jpg https://i.nostr.build/KSKAiYGfaIiltRh0.jpg https://i.nostr.build/T3lEm7UuU6zPr89x.jpg


i just left Paris, but maybe another time we can make it work


GM
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Cap Ferret 🌞💜 what an amazing place

thanks nostr:npub1p5hf8xuymlnrx5aswscs6qxyjn0vdf97h6a2q5a04ws04tdt3qlqmtkrzd for the recommendation https://image.nostr.build/9c78f62a7a6e17d4d1976c771c0971c600c9e34dab19c6719202608d97c9f736.jpg


This is my RADICAL approach to how I would build a community-first Nostr client:

First of all: remove access to the entire ecosystem once a user logs in. (I know this sounds counterintuitive, but hear me out).

This is a community-first approach. Once you're onboarded by a creator, you don't want random Bitcoin or footstr content on your timeline. You came to interact with the community. In the beginning, give users as little choice as possible when it comes to interacting with the protocol.

All they see and feel is the core function of the client: COMMUNITY!
They didn’t come to grow their own community or make new internet friends—they came for the artist, the YouTuber, or whoever it is they care about.

So give them time to slowly get used to the new interface and focus on enjoying their first experience. How do we do that?

From a product and UX perspective, this means thinking about how users interact with the platform and designing an intuitive, engaging experience.

Based on conversations with my friends, here’s what they need:

User-first approach (duh): Users own their data and private keys but don't know that at first. The experience starts as a simple username-password login (NIP-07).
Onboarding: There needs to be a paywall (both fiat and BTC), with as little friction as possible.
Forum-style discussions: Organize content into threads/topics so users can easily participate in conversations.
Threaded discussions: Each thread allows for nested replies, much like Reddit or traditional forums, enabling deep, organized conversations.
Tagging system: Let users tag content by topic or interest to make navigation easier.
We don't want to overcomplicate things—just keep it simple. Make it a basic forum where they only see content from their community.
Voting/Engagement system: Introduce upvoting, reactions, or comments on posts—this is easy.
Now comes the magic of Nostr... with zaps (tips) or the ability to send money back and forth, users slowly realize that this is actually different. (You see? We’re getting there gradually.)
Moderation tools: Yeah, I know this sounds lame, but some creators wouldn’t want their forum spammed with footstr pics (sorry, guys). Allow some users to moderate discussions, flag inappropriate content, or create private spaces within the community.

This is the basic community client mvp. It would be enough for some creators who care about freedom and want to build a community on a self-sovereign level. The rest comes later down the road.

Private and public spaces: Offer both public forums and private groups where users can control membership and discussions—more options for the user.
Leaderboards: Show the most active or helpful members based on engagement, contributions, zaps, or participation.
Reputation: WoT, yes baby—now we're getting closer to the full Nostr ecosystem.
Achievements: Gamify the experience by rewarding users with badges or other forms of recognition for their engagement.
User-controlled feed: Implement a home feed based on the relays and topics the user follows - this is where I would open up the whole nostr ecosystem (how? I have no clue yet).
Analytics: Give admins and group leaders insights into community engagement, most active users, and popular threads.
User feedback system: Allow users to provide feedback on discussions, groups, and content, enabling continuous improvement for the content creator / community owner but also for the client.

These are my first thoughts.
After brain-dumping all of this, I realize that this almost works as a white-label solution for creators.

So… does this make sense? What do you think?

I know it’s radically different from opening up the whole Nostr ecosystem to users, but I want to experiment with this. Based on conversations I’ve had, people would be overwhelmed by too much too soon.

This also solves the problem of onboarding people and letting them follow random accounts. Here, they follow people with similar interests and those they already trust, which reflects trust onto the protocol as a whole.

I’m not sure if this will eventually lead to users discovering the full beauty of the Nostr ecosystem, but hey—that’s for later down the road. At least this is running on nostr in the backend.

Also, I have no idea how to code any of this. But I want to make it happen. This is me starting an open conversation.

Let’s see where this takes us and how we can make it happen together. 🧡


that’s lovely to hear 🌞 enjoy the rest of it


Guys this is why "censorship resistance" aspect of Nostr actually does matter. Even if it doesn't win for the initial sell, it matters for the long term of it actually working.

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I believe providing artists, content creators, and merchants with the tools they need to connect with their audiences and publish/monetize/sell their work on nostr is where devs have a good chance of becoming more financially sustainable. Most people aren’t going to flock to a new social app to support their favorite devs (as much as I love and admire you devs, think how ridiculous that sounds anyway), but I believe many people would flock to a new social app to connect with and support their favorite artists/creators/writers. Provide an easy and streamlined way for creators to do their work and monetize it, and charge creators a fee, or take an agreed-upon split of zaps/payments, to access those premium features and analytics geared toward helping them with their business. Nostr is preferable to traditional content platforms because it mitigates the risks of middlemen having too much control over your content or seizing your “means of production” so to speak by banning or shadowbanning you, and coupled with bitcoin payments it further mitigates the risks associated with centralized payment systems. There are good generic social clients on each OS, but I believe there needs to be more specialization by enabling/empowering creators and entrepreneurs. This ought to become the primary focus of these social apps, because that in turn can drive more economic activity and user growth.


im good, thanks for asking 🫂 how are you doing?


good morning 🫂🌞


oh man. i would love to do that but im leaving today.
however if you know about any bitcoin places in either Bordeaux or Madrid please let me know 🙏


Found the sign! 🧡

#bitcoin #freedom https://i.nostr.build/qXAsFKuPQ0MHGBQJ.jpg


thank you 💜


im doing great 🫂 im so happy i have some days off work 😅


thank you beautiful 🫂💜


good morning! 🌞 beautiful


thank you! 💜 how are you today?


merci 🫂


good morning 🌞 https://image.nostr.build/31675023d9a03059819c244dc44632b7fb960056ab2289858ee36bfa70493c39.jpg


An update on our Mining Development Kit beta https://www.mining.build/blog/mdk-beta-update/


thank you 🫂🐦🔥


🫂🧡

Amsterdam, Paris, Bordeaux and Madrid


gm 🌞 happy friday


nice! i hope you can share some of it one time. i love your work 😍 we’re patiently waiting for your gm post again🐦🔥

i’m good. i have some time off from work at the moment (very nice). currently travelling a bit in Europe.


gm 🌞


how are you? 🫂


yummy 🤤 i miss Japan


a lovely cup of tea ☕


how are we today?


good morning 🌞 https://image.nostr.build/63db07587f753558f83eef9c18e3b0c571da6e4e9e30776cbc42e0c83ebe2f6c.jpg


""The total amount of sensitive information leaked will always increase over time.""

This is a highlight created in https://habla.news


The dark sand beaches of Piha, New Zealand

#landscape
#photography
#artstr
#NZ
#newzealand
#aotearoa
#art
#grownostr
#noicemag https://image.nostr.build/ded18c176cb497c1da4a879bc6f6c005ce4ab514ade5fda0cba9a1a34734f078.jpg


If you’ll be at #Bitcoin Amsterdam, please join us at the Orange Stage at 15:00 on October 10, where I’ll be speaking with nostr:npub1h0fd5xu8rfhwdkkjr78ssdhm7rdjyf97hhjqr9acwv77ux0uvf8q23kvcg, the pro-Bitcoin Presidential candidate in #Suriname.

(And if you still need tickets, use my discount code “FRANKTHETANK” for 10% off.)

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my first time back in Paris in over 10 years and my first time visiting Versailles https://image.nostr.build/e150ef02bb0d4133ab451d3f6d498bc30e8390216b826faa467c70049dece3f3.jpg https://image.nostr.build/b28d266e77054c95b63e2fbd63860128b14d71fa0e45bb404a77eaca3427f8d4.jpg https://image.nostr.build/1f213c161157c2f96842a43c51bc6070a9843d0e5c6d8eab0721f0ab2a8d9b7e.jpg


gm Ewelina 🫂💜 stunning photos & enjoy the day 🌞


🚀 New Case Study

During Riga Bitcoin Week, #Bitcoin shined as the payment method of choice, with €27,582 in revenue from 2,998 Lightning Network transactions at both  nostr:npub1yul83qxn35u607er3m7039t6rddj06qezfagfqlfw4qk5z5slrfqu8ncdu The Baltic Honeybadger & Nostriga conferences! ⚡🇱🇻

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This case study explores the collaborative efforts of the conference organizers  nostr:npub1yul83qxn35u607er3m7039t6rddj06qezfagfqlfw4qk5z5slrfqu8ncdu Nostriga, BTCPay Server, together with  nostr:npub13ljnkd633c7maxatymv3y2fqq8vt3qk7j3tt0vytv90eztwgha9qmfcfhw, Bitcoinize, MyPlebTag and  nostr:npub1mayqdaq0sd5f4uexa6aky3agr982vhqs3rw7qwm6yr9h5zetdg4q4shl50.

📗Full case study:
https://blog.btcpayserver.org/case-study-bhb24-nostriga/

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Merchants and customers loved the experience, and 100% of merchants are ready to accept Bitcoin again next year, with 75% open to using it beyond the event!

Download a nicely looking PDF 🔗
https://btcpayserver.org/case-studies/bhb24-nostriga.pdf

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The star of the show? BoltCards. Attendees used these NFC-enabled cards for tap-to-pay transactions, making Bitcoin feel just like using a credit card. These cards processed a whopping 86.8% of payments at Nostriga! 💳

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The experience also underscored that Bitcoin adoption goes beyond technology - it’s about building relationships, abstracting technological complexities through familiar UX, and supporting merchants through the process.

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Big thanks goes to our supporters who are ensuring our FOSS work is sustainable and are helping us make this tech available to everyone! 💚

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BaillieGifford
Tether_to
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LunaNode
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Unbank

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was thinking about that too. kinda crazy how massive the place and chateau is


lovely flowers 💜🌸


just be you.


9 principles of nature

1. Nature runs on sunlight.
2. Nature uses only the energy it needs.
3. Nature fits form to function.
4. Nature recycles everything.
5. Nature rewards cooperation.
6. Nature banks on diversity.
7. Nature demands local expertise.
8. Nature curbs excesses from within.
9. Nature taps the power of limits.


Metta meditation

May I be filled with loving kindness
May I be well
May I be peaceful and at ease
May I be happy

First year: "l"
Following years: "we"


hot water with lemon and honey


"Bitcoin is freedom of money, and Nostr is freedom of everything else," Martti said during a recent bitcoin conference in Prague.


Feel the light be the light


Bitcoin is speech. https://image.nostr.build/134da347b15e9cd4adbc3de774cf34eaac4f76eb7383b187bd8189e036377d8d.jpg
https://nydig.com/research/bitcoins-protection-under-the-first-amendment


my motto for photography 💜

#photography #quotes https://image.nostr.build/ebe1f6a2ec90b3e59c782a4d7d5e534311bc0791cfeed036d6bc9aa04454a09e.jpg


In 2023 I got the idea to orange pill an island, four months later I moved to that island to do what I said I would do.

And now, I decided to share my process and document the journey.

Making a #bitcoin circular economy doesn’t happen by night. There are a ton of setbacks, obstacles, and many many small wins.

Here is BTC Isla: raw + unfiltered.

https://x.com/isabellasg3/status/1838944000369177003


Argentina is moving up my bucket list of places to visit. Quotes from Milei’s speech at UN today.

“The UN has become a multi-tentacled Leviathan that seeks to decide how each nation should live."

"We reject the 'Pact for the Future'—it is nothing but a socialist blueprint for control."

"Freedom is the only path forward for nations; we must resist any system that curtails it."

"Socialism designs a world it can't achieve, and when it fails, it represses the people."

"Argentina will lead an agenda of freedom, not submission to globalism."

"We must empower individuals, not centralize power in bureaucratic institutions."

"Freedom, free markets, and individual rights are the pillars of a prosperous society."

"We reject the collectivist agendas that destroy wealth and enslave nations."

"Austerity and economic discipline are the only roads to true independence."

"Long live freedom!"


I collaborated with Sam Callahan to analyze bitcoin’s correlation with global broad money supply.

The result was that it had higher directional correlation to money supply than other asset classes, at 83%.

We also looked at indicators for when bitcoin is more likely to deviate from liquidity. In other words, what’s usually going on in that other 17%. The answer, generally, is that the asset is coming down after major periods of extreme sentiment.

You can check out the full report here:

https://www.lynalden.com/bitcoin-a-global-liquidity-barometer/
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thank you 🫂💜


Bonjour Paris 🇫🇷


7th wave.
8 more projects.
Free and open-source.
https://opensats.org/blog/bitcoin-grants-september-2024-7th-wave


ORANGE PILL UPDATE

Over the last 7 days, 188 people took their first steps down the #bitcoin rabbit hole.

How? By scanning the QR codes on one of the #bitcoin stickers or #bitcoin signs our community put in public!

I zapped you all 1.07M sats as a thank you for helping to orange pill more people!

YOU ALL ROCK!
🧡🫡

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Want to get zapped for putting stickers or signs in public? Check the links in my bio for a free pack!
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Not. Skipping. Autumn.
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Good night from 7000ft 🤙 https://image.nostr.build/3c52b6b7fcd6a8a7f6d36d5792a6a6f8508d347687fa009d5c40f3aeefbe16ad.jpg


Don't do something because another person says so. Think for yourself. Make your own choices.
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welcome 🫂


try https://beta.iris.to for a replyguy-free experience


You are unique.
Just like everyone else.
Said the black sheep.
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I think a lot of this comes down to the fact that bootstrapping network effects is hard.

When someone says Nostr is too small, or they view it only as social media, part of what they are implicitly saying is that its network effect is not sufficiently scaled to be of interest to them, which in a busy person's life is reasonably valid.

So then it depends on the builders to make a product so interesting to them that it breaks through and solves one of their problems in a way they can't ignore.

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Amsterdam 🌞🌸

#photography https://image.nostr.build/9af689c79a67a8775166c65b9302f8413b1867b2a150f20ab9d739441f9ab0b7.jpg


- Robbie Williams https://image.nostr.build/dae1881742ae455fd3a9b17f5eb8fcacf085da3babc7c83ede78df7fabf7bdac.jpg


gm 🌞🫂 you too


A series of sunrise images from California and Utah, featuring Mesa Arch, Half Dome, Dead Horse Point and the Colorado river, Bryce Canyon, and Mt. Whitney.

I enjoy capturing beautiful landscapes, as true to life as I can capture them. Using traditional dodging, burning, and masking techniques applied to the digital format. #photography and #art on nostr. #sunrise

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6037dc7e9626c14f76be58dd/fb002be2-b635-4c3c-83ae-72c56819285d/MesaArch_Sunrise-2.jpg?format=1000w
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6037dc7e9626c14f76be58dd/9fa69933-303f-478b-abdd-4b7cd6d0bd88/_MG_1587.jpg?format=1000w
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6037dc7e9626c14f76be58dd/b4a24204-dd69-48e1-82f8-f198ceca207f/DeadhorsePoint_Sunrise.jpg?format=1000w
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6037dc7e9626c14f76be58dd/1e0be682-20cd-48df-8bfb-1f2edde197ce/BryceCanyonYovimpa.jpg?format=1000w
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6037dc7e9626c14f76be58dd/d3297742-fda2-4ed8-8a1d-49dbcf3b5b41/FirstLightonMtWhitney.jpg?format=1000w


thank you 🙏


Does anyone know of places that accepts Bitcoin in Amsterdam?

#asknostr #bitcoin


https://image.nostr.build/66fc8265b4f9e0d9c89a10e0471d4c30f2be04febcd8dac4cd4377a62bf814ee.jpg #BitcoinTokyo2024


I hope you feel better soon 🫂💜


GM
Be unapologetically yourself 🫂🧡
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agree


Beautiful morning in Amsterdam🌞🫂 https://image.nostr.build/4904ce651ea3431ba795d56add210432f8db1653bc27987e80b3b7ee935a1d0e.jpg


thank you 🫂💜


got myself a #bitcoin bracelet ⚡ https://image.nostr.build/0e6ad9a349f66c95b8e71dfc6bd80914ddba8a7e7e3e9f63e9a178fe0a2186aa.jpg


Orange pilling with Rick.

We talk money, time, energy and why #Bitcoin is one of the best tools we've ever created.

The harder our money, the better we are.

Time and #Bitcoin are the only assets where no amount of demand can create more supply.

https://youtu.be/hW36zox-xR8?si=GP-OSoU6CbF41DO6
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If Diddy is found guilty it will serve as another example that those in positions of power can abuse. Diddy is a business man, he’s a media mogul and actually invested in X (I don’t blame Elon or X for that but it’s the truth.)

In cases like Epstein the media and the intelligence agencies worked to keep the story quiet. Weinstein, Larry Nassar, members of the royal family, politicians, law enforcement etc, abusers come in all shapes and sizes. In some cases they are extremely powerful people.

This week a CIA officer who drugged, sexually abused multiple women got a 30 year sentence.

Survivors used to have to pray that a journalist would cover their story to be heard if law enforcement wouldn’t take them seriously and to an extent social media and new media changed that but there was one big problem, if they published their story online it wasn’t censorship resistant. The powerful still had the upper hand.

Nostr empowers the individual and has the potential to serve some of the world’s most vulnerable. Nostr evens the playfield. 💜


good morning 🌞 https://image.nostr.build/e92581f891efe5d93234dd0ffdbcf17a222f3962fa8d7891a30e5b59e25fd4dd.jpg


thank you! 🫂


gm 🌞


As we struggle with spam and other trust, safety, and moderation issues in Nostr folks might find looking at what’s happening in Bluesky to be interesting. Lots of similar problems, different solutions.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/09-18-2024-trust-safety-update


nostrpunk


have fun🫂


mmm https://youtu.be/yh0mD3B2Uug


Thank you Ava! 🫂
I hope you have a good day too 💜


gm 🌞🤩


“If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.”

Epictetus


have a lovely day Dan 🫂💜


have a good day 🌞🫂


good morning 🌞 https://image.nostr.build/1c87e1faa71dd17145bc9f8eb7686e421828cf46e72657f85e551a5085761188.jpg


good morning 🌞


adorable 🤩🫂


okay fair. i can see your point. i guess it depends on how you look at it


I can relate to that. Honestly, sometimes I find it easier to color grade films than images 😅


Check it out, HRF just announced their list of grantees, and Coracle is on it!

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/hrf-bitcoin-development-fund-grants-10-btc-to-20-projects-worldwide/

Related: I'm looking for a contractor to help me push Coracle's development forward. Please get in touch via my job posting if you're interested in working together!

https://bitcoinerjobs.com/job/1561575-web-application-developer


gorgeous 🤩


Getting as far away from it all as possible 🏕

#landscape
#photography
#photostr
#artstr
#art
#grownostr
#australia
#Austrich
#AUStriches
#noicemag
#westernaustralia https://image.nostr.build/c1d2115e7fccec19457452d6984ea36cc72af0ea8ece80f6705d177585c9a023.jpg


beautiful 🤩🤩


gm 🌞


"We can't entrust our primary communications network to a handful of corruptible humans. And now we don't have to."

I had the pleasure to work with Reason on this Nostr explainer video this summer

Happy to see it in the wild!

https://m.primal.net/KsvE.mov


Chimera
📍 Piedmont, Italy

#landscapePhotography #landscape #photography #trees #mountains #nature #italy #mirage

https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/153/357/989/210/312/original/91582cce80f837f9.jpg


🐲  Gunung Kawi, Bali #photography

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🧵 NEW: HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants 1 billion satoshis to 20 projects worldwide!

The grants are focused on global education, privacy, decentralizing mining, and empowering human rights groups with private financial solutions 🌍🌏🌎🎁

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/human-rights-foundation-grants-10-bitcoin-to-20-projects-worldwide

📝📲 African Bitcoiners is helping to onboard Africans to Bitcoin through a “Bitcoin for Beginners” course, free Lightning payment routing for merchants, and the ability to buy airtime & data with Bitcoin. The grant will support operational costs, educational materials & more.

Stratospher, a Bitcoin Core developer working to enhance the P2P network privacy, reviewing critical pull requests in the libsecp library, & mentoring new talent. This grant will support their full-time development efforts 🔒⚙

Jeff Gardner is working on bringing end-to-end encryption to Nostr Direct and Group Messages without centralized servers. Funding will support ongoing development, allocating bounties to community contributors, and conducting a security audit of the project 🛡💻

🔐🌐 @Coracle, a Nostr web client, developed by @hodlbod. Recent and planned updates include customizable & shareable feeds, improved DMs for privacy, and encrypted public & private communities. Funding will support the hiring of a full-time developer.

Harbor, an open-source #eCash wallet started by the @MutinyWallet team but now an independent project led by Ben Carman and Paul Miller. Harbor incorporates multiple mints, is Tor-only, & automates fund management. This grant will support the development of Harbor’s 1.0 production release 🕵♂💸

The 256 Foundation's mission to make Bitcoin mining free & open starts with the #Bitaxe initiative. Bitaxe provides an affordable entry point for home mining. This grant will support improving Bitaxe with an aim of making the Bitaxe available with more ASICs manufacturers. ⛏

👩🏽💻🌍 Kiveclair led by Gloire Wanzavalere in the Democratic Republic of Congo, hosts monthly meetups & training sessions for activists, journalists, & developers around Bitcoin and provides shelter to refugees. Funds will cover the cost of meetups, equipment, and space rental.

Silentium Wallet, a self-custodial, privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet built by @TheSingerLouis, brings privacy preserving Bitcoin donations to activists via Silent Payments. Funds will support the wallet’s infrastructure, including a full cloud node, web server, & hiring a developer. 🛡📱

BTC Shule, by Belyï Nobel Kubwayo, educates Burundians, in Kirundi & French, to use #Bitcoin for uncensorable payments under Burundi’s authoritarian regime. The grant will support the development of a digital learning platform & educational materials. 📚🏫

🌍💰EttaWallet, an open-source, self-custodial mobile #Lightning wallet built by Collin Rukundo with improved usability & accessibility for Africa. This grant will support further development of the wallet, improve localization efforts, & foster growing a community of users. #Bitcoin

The Tor Project for relay operators to increase network reliability and performance. Funding will allow relay operator to deploy nodes that improve the stability and reliability of onion services and increase network robustness against DOS attacks 🌐

Rikto Xonghoti is developing a Bitcoin circular economy in Assam, India. The project offers online Bitcoin education in Assamese & plans to establish a physical Bitcoin center. The grant will support teacher salaries & acquisition of Bitcoin nodes & mining equipment 💡

Yes Bitcoin Haiti led by @HaitianHODL, empowers Haitians in political & financial crisis with Bitcoin education.  The team translates educational materials into Haitian Creole & host workshops. Funding will support salaries, equipment, & producing educational materials 🇭🇹📖

Bitcoin Indonesia is building an education platform in Bahasa Indonesia, hosting the largest local Bitcoin conference & connecting local talent with Bitcoin companies for jobs. This grant will support content creation, community outreach, and operational expenses.

Bitcoin++, a Bitcoin-only dev conference organized by @niftynei featuring long-form lectures & workshops. This grant will cover travel expenses for developers from authoritarian countries to attend the upcoming Bitcoin++ mints ecash conference in Berlin

🛠 TABConf, a Bitcoin conference hosted by Michael Tidwell in Atlanta, which creates a forum for protocol and application developers to debate and collaborate on Bitcoin. Funds will cover conference expenses & travel costs for developers in need of financial assistance.

🔐 BalticHoneybadger, a non-profit #Bitcoin conference hosted by Hodl Hodl. With its cypherpunk roots, the conference fosters discussions on technologies that support financial freedom, security & privacy. The grant supports travel expenses for activists & conference costs

🇦🇷 LaBitconf, hosted by Rodolfo Andragnes, is the longest-running #Bitcoin conference in #LatinAmerica helping #Argentines explore Bitcoin as a tool for #financialfreedom. Funds will cover travel expenses for software developers and keynote speakers

🇦🇷 Descentralizar, is a one-day #Bitcoin event held in three cities across the #Argentina, offering debates, workshops, and networking opportunities for attendees. The grant will support travel expenses and conference equipment ⚡

🛠 Satsconf, the largest #Bitcoin-only conference in #SouthAmerica, connects the local community with educators, advocates & developers shaping the future of Bitcoin. Funds will support travel expenses for speakers, event logistics & the hackathon.

Solidarity Summit, Standing with Political Prisoners, an event organized by Hager Eissa will include a #financialfreedom component & a documentary produced on these issues. Funds will cover venue & event logistics, program development, speaker costs, & film production 🎥📢

🌎 HRF is committed to supporting human rights and financial freedom with Bitcoin.

If you are working on a #Bitcoin or adjacent freedom tech software (Nostr, eCash etc), education or adoption project that meets our mandate, submit your application at http://hrf.org/bdfapply 💪


Moon tonight
#moon #photography https://i.nostr.build/BSRNnTwc7eHXOmOH.jpg


step out of the 🫧


GM! ☕ How are you today? 💜🫂
A few days ago Poland was hit by terrible flooding. The south of the country was particularly badly affected, and people are being evacuated in many places. The situation is slightly improving now that the rain has stopped. In my home town it poured for two days, but everything is OK.
I heard that the Czech Republic was also affected by the floods and that Prague was not spared.
In Austria, a lot of snow has fallen and the situation also looks bad....
I hope you are safe. Have a great week.
#plebchain
https://image.nostr.build/e74605a248d5229e8305ef5f842db60d8a37a2c4863a102c91f81d5b4526f264.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/b5dbbee2e63935a3a5a05cc923e9437718184e20416a9260f822e8c3e17f8294.jpg


Own goals everywhere
Clown world on full display

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/norway-bitcoin-mining-facility-shutdown-leads-to-20-higher-energy-bills-for-town-residents/


The first couple of Aha! moments using Nostr.

1. Receiving a zap from a stranger. Straight up nothing else like it on the net. Beats a ‘like’ by far.

2. Logging into a different client and finding all your data there. This is the future, so good not having to respond to messages across many different platforms.

3. Every time you’re using Nostr you’re strengthening the BTC network through shared experience. Secondary layers on top of sound money make sense.

4. It feels like the early days of BTC, still a little clunky and there’s a bit of tech involved, but that’s how you know you’re early. With bitcoiners behind it you know it will only get stronger ⚡

#landscape
#photography
#artstr
#art
#grownostr
#australia
#Austrich
#AUStriches
#noicemag https://image.nostr.build/96ed65ca92b461d1d9dbe782d05982ed5e48895b94b4fa13e777223e776675d6.jpg


Lost by sea 🌊

#photography #nature https://i.nostr.build/dlEtlSrgt9UlEKPn.jpg


have fun 🤩🫂


🇸🇻

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it may be bc iPhone 16  and 15 are almost the same. the only major the difference is the Apple Intelligence part and better camera. Besides that everything is the same more or less


camera Olympus μ[mju:］
film kodak TRI-X400
#photography https://image.nostr.build/8c0d3d7880f8d34373e2505116e9e7ec8a72bebc81f6dacb554e8aa61325d254.jpg


I honestly think nostr:nprofile1qqspwwwexlwgcrrnwz4zwkze8rq3ncjug8mvgsd96dxx6wzs8ccndmcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qtxwaehxw309anxjmr5v4ezumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tmwwp6kyvt6w46kz6nyxa6nxumc8pu82wfj09shvwt2wau8qu3cxvukxuesdd3nxufkws6nvanyx46njufsxvehsmtgwd4nvcejw43n7cnjdaskgcmpwd6r6arjw4jszxrhwden5te0dehhxarj9enx6apwwa5h5tnzd9az77vr4lw Telegram alternative is going to quickly become the worlds most used nostr client. There's a billion tg users happy to jump ship, particularly if someone can make a bridge for transitioning groups, and a bot father alternative.
https://image.nostr.build/b5176b84612e0fcb88d89304a14a57f14b989c192c0cf3a66e3423482dacc551.jpg


The best skincare product:

Sunlight.

The best gut biome supplement:

Fasting.

The best fat loss tool:

Walking.

The best way to create happiness:

Presence.

We’ve known these things to be the case for hundreds of thousands of years;

Nothing will ever compare to them…


nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f will probably turn out to be one of the most impactful organizations in history with respect to human flourishing.

We’ll just have to wait 40 or so years to find out.


gm 🌞


good morning! just a photo to brighten up your day 🌞🫂 https://image.nostr.build/a748fdf3fb09f325c1949097f5c0e974284a121f810398a040d9656d0a6f4116.jpg


pura vida 🫂🌞


pura vida 🌞🌸🫂


welcome!


Hi everyone, thought it’s about time for a proper introduction here on Nostr!

My name is Riddy, I’m a photographer, sailor and surfer from Australia.

As a photographer, I’ve always felt slightly uncomfortable sharing my content on traditional social media. Largely because I don’t want to feed the beast but also because I know that my audience is being tracked and manipulated.

After listening to quite a few @Jeff Booth interviews, the message of putting your time and energy into the systems and networks you believe in hit home.

I’m not a developer /coder but I can contribute my photography to this growing community! Hoping to connect with other  creatives and artists out there ✌🏽

Cheers,
Riddy

#introductions
#grownostr
#photostr
#photographer
#australia
#austr
#photography
#art
#artstr
#plebchain
#introduction
#surf
#sailing https://image.nostr.build/8ee6bab7b337b2d01a5b2dcc5bc5a9de02144af71aa6dd48c1733617a6e2fa1a.jpg


WE CAN ALL DO BETTER.

LETS DO BETTER.


yooooo nostr!

im looking for a video editor and/or a video animator to collab with me on a wide range of Bitcoin stuff i wanna do.

i believe Bitcoin is the best money in human history and both myself and Strike are here to push its adoption forward not only with technology and products but also education and orange pilling.

so far everything i’ve done content wise has just been me on my personal laptop with QuickTime. part of me feels i could make new or even better content to educate and orange pill the masses with folks that have more skills than i do

if you’re passionate about Bitcoin, have related skills, and want to work with me on this, drop me a note at jack@strike.me

much love!


GM

 nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f is a unpaid 100% passthrough volunteer organization.

The whole team genuinely cares about the mission.

We have extremely very diverse opinions and backgrounds and very limited operational resources for the volume of applications.

No application is decided by a single person. We also have committee of also volunteer peers who also opine and vote. Once the committee votes with soft ACKs. We have a minimum of 5 positive votes by the board for approval policy.

Everyone and their applications are considered! But we are not going to fund everything. After careful volunteer time is used for reviews a vote is made.

There are many orgs with different methods.

No one is entitled to be funded. Pro tip, be graceful. Aside from being extremely unprofessional to shit on OpenSats in public, you are shitting on unpaid ppl who are trying to do their best and are not perfect. We simply don't have the time and resources (and shouldn't waste money) on giving each and everyone a very detailed feedback. we are talking about hundreds of applications and a dozen ppl here.

Criticism is very much always welcomed and encouraged. We need to know what we can do better.

If you truly care about improving, send a fucking EMAIL. Bitching in public only hurts the ppl who are doing the work.

The FOSS funding will continue until freedom improves ✌


actually tried it after watching your talk at festival of the sun. can confirm that it’s the best thing i’ve done for myself in a long time


im 50/50. i love my still but also my sparkling


🌴 Madeira: The Bitcoin Paradise in the Atlantic 🌴

We have reached a remarkable milestone +100 merchants have now embraced the future by accepting Bitcoin. This achievement marks a transformative step towards integrating Bitcoin into everyday commerce in our beautiful archipelago.

Madeira, the picturesque Portuguese archipelago, isn't just known for its stunning landscapes and wine anymore. It's rapidly becoming a beacon for Bitcoin enthusiasts and innovators. Here's why:

Growing Merchant Adoption: Madeira's approach to Bitcoin isn't just about technology; it's about creating a new economic model that could serve as a blueprint for other regions. Whether you're a tourist, investor, or just curious about Bitcoin, Madeira might just be the next destination on your list.

Circular Economy Vision: Madeira isn't just adopting Bitcoin; it's aiming for a circular economy where Bitcoin can be used seamlessly for everything from booking accommodations to dining out. This vision could make Madeira one of the first places where you can live entirely on Bitcoin.

Community and Events: We are actively working to educate and integrate Bitcoin into the local economy, hosting regular meetups and conferences, further cementing Madeira's status as a Bitcoin-friendly zone.

Tax Incentives: Madeira offers a unique advantage for Bitcoin holders. If you hold Bitcoin for over a year, spending it incurs zero tax. This policy not only encourages Bitcoin adoption but also positions Madeira as an attractive destination for digital nomads and investors.

#BitcoinAdoption #BitcoinCircularEconomy #Madeira

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


only for US folks?


looks delicious 😍 imma add this to my list of places I need to try when going back to the US


A reminder sent to the European Parliament and the European Council: this is what Chat Control and the Going Dark initiative will result in – total surveillance and the end of secure and private communication.

You can read the articles at mullvad.net/why-privacy-matters

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absolutely! i love that you still go the old school way even tho the technology is amazing these days 🫡


Damus


same here, and it’s been like that for a while now


do you design it by hand or only using an iPad etc?


Got a new relays page with some helpful tips on uptime / relay numbers:
https://files.v0l.io/a6f0491d0a7ed5bf91868c855b689eb0949614333db8cca4d8ca250374a3cd45.webp


You should hold your own Nostr keys.

You should hold your own Bitcoin keys.


recommend taking some time to read this by the nostr:npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as

https://hrf.org/el-salvador-the-false-tradeoffs-between-security-and-democracy


pura vida 🌞


let’s do it


yes


good morning! great advice 🌞🫡


i wanna buy a catamaran and sail around the world⛵


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

GM Nostr! Here is another one of my favourite photographs and the story behind it.

It is moment like these that make me love hiking and camping in the wild. The solitude and time to reflect. Just myself alone with nature. It is raw, at times it is tough, just as tough mentally as physically, but most of all it is beautiful. This photo is taken at sunset by my camp for the night on the shores of Lake Cochrane in the heart of Chilean Patagonia.

https://buymeacoffee.com/pilgartexplores/extras

#Photography #Artstr #Nature #Patagonia #grownostr #plebchain #coffeechain #art


agree! sometimes it takes a couple of minutes. damus is actually faster in that sense but can also be quite slow at times


that hair tho 😍😍😍🫂


#Tao Te Ching: Chapter 22

If you want to become whole,
let yourself be partial.
If you want to become straight,
let yourself be crooked.
If you want to become full,
let yourself be empty.
If you want to be reborn,
let yourself die.
If you want to be given everything,
give everything up.

The Master, by residing in the Tao,
sets an example for all beings.
Because he doesn't display himself,
people can see his light.
Because he has nothing to prove,
people can trust his words.
Because he doesn't know who he is,
people recognize themselves in him.
Because he has no goal in mind,
everything he does succeeds.

When the ancient Masters said,
"If you want to be given everything, give everything up,"
they weren't using empty phrases.
Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself.


the courage to be disliked


For years, I was a silent creator, my art unseen, my voice unheard.

But now, on Nostr something beautiful is happening: my art is finding its way into the world, carried by the hands of those who believe in both my vision and the power of the new.

My paintings, once overlooked, are now being embraced thanks to Bitcoin.

It’s a journey from the shadows into the light.

Proof that creativity, when intertwined with innovation, can break boundaries and create something extraordinary.

Thank you all 🫂🎨

#art #creatr


good morning 🌞🫡🥺


not sure you can ban but you can mute it in some clients


I had the honor to interview María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, about how fiat money was weaponized against the Venezuelan people by the Chávez and Maduro regimes

She says Bitcoin is a "lifeline" and "vital means of resistance" and said that a future democratic Venezuelan government will use Bitcoin to rebuild the national reserves that the Chávistas stole and put Venezuela back on a path to peace and prosperity

I've put out a lot of content in the past few years but I think this is the most important thing I've done -- the implications are vast considering a) Venezuela is one of the world's largest energy exporters with some of the world's largest oil reserves and b) María Corina Machado is not some rogue leader or dictator but a US ally

I hope you can watch 🇻🇪
https://m.primal.net/KfiC.mov


“IF BITCOIN IS SUCCESSFUL APPLE WILL BAN THE APPS. WE SHOULD JUST USE APPLE PAY.”

“IF NOSTR IS SUCCESSFUL APPLE WILL BAN THE APPS. WE SHOULD JUST USE X.”

BOTH TAKES SHOW A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF OPEN PROTOCOLS AND OPEN SOURCE CLIENTS.

DO BETTER. BE BETTER. FREE MEN DO NOT ASK PERMISSION.


recommend it strongly. absolutely gorgeous place


Bitcoin is the best teacher.


good morning 🌞

took this photo when i was 17 roadtripping around Norway. it’s from Hoddevika which might be familiar for all the surfers here on nostr 🏄

#photography #surfing https://image.nostr.build/018e811ca1ee7043811e9b632869e32cb7d20db65118b6abad8f9595d28a0e7e.jpg


good morning 🌞🐦🔥🤩


This was a very fun read from Strike about their BOLT-12 implementation process. It's cool to see companies share publicly about their implementation process, and for them to work with and contribute to open source software.

https://strike.me/blog/bolt12-offers/


gm 🌞🌸


gm 🌞🫡🤩


i like that idea 👀 where tho?


gm 🌞🫡
cute dogs 🥺


This is the sixth in a series of weekly(ish) updates detailing progress on bringing MLS protocol DMs and group messaging to Nostr.

## Previous Updates

- [June 28th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1719562889267)
- [July 6th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1720256910765)
- [July 12th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1720778880538)
- [July 19th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1721419437737)
- [August 16th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1723802138254)

## Progress this week

Sorry about the very late update this week. Catching up on everything after a week in Riga for Nostriga and Baltic Honeybadger took a bunch of time, every other moment was spent coding. 👨💻

The response at Nostriga to NIP-104 and my two talks on the subject were overwhelmingly positive. It was very helpful to spend time with other devs going through the spec in detail. We found a few minor improvements and clarifications but no major issues surfaced. Thanks to nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49, nostr:npub1lunaq893u4hmtpvqxpk8hfmtkqmm7ggutdtnc4hyuux2skr4ttcqr827lj, and nostr:npub1ye5ptcxfyyxl5vjvdjar2ua3f0hynkjzpx552mu5snj3qmx5pzjscpknpr in particular for the lengthly interrogations and nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 for the introductions.

Last week, I started work on a reference implementation of the spec. It's still early but going quickly.

My PR adding support for secp256k1 was also merged into the hpke-rs library yesterday. That's one more step in the right direction towards having secp256k1 ciphersuite support.

### The NIP

If you haven't already, check out my talk; [The Past and Future of DMs and Group messaging on Nostr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWKd9aoZ-Cg). This was a basic overview of the various DM and group messaging schemes and talks a little about the progress on NIP-104. I _believe_ there is a recording of the technical talk on the spec but it hasn't yet been released. I'll link it up when it is.

At this point I've been discouraging anyone from trying to implement the NIP quite yet. As I mentioned above there are a few adjustments that need to be made and a few open questions that I'm working on answering with my implementation (which I'm very happy to have contributors on). My plan at the moment is to do this first implementation with the default ciphersuite that MLS already supports while I continue to work on the dependencies to get secp256k1 support across the board.

### The Implementation

I've started on a cross-platform native client that will run on Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. Think of it as Signal or Telegram but over Nostr. I hope that this will not only become the reference implementation for other client developers but also will be one of the most secure and privacy focused clients in the Nostr ecosystem. Building it has already been helpful in clarifying some of the more complex implementation details in the NIP. It's still early but I'll have more to share on this in the coming weeks.

### HPKE-RS

My [PR](https://github.com/franziskuskiefer/hpke-rs/pull/66) to add support for secp256k1 is merged!

## Onward and Upward

Thanks again to everyone for the support and feedback on this stuff at Nostriga. It was hugely motivating to hear the kind words, have you introducing me to people that could help, and spending time giving me feedback! This community is the best. 🫂

The sixth in a series of updates on the progress of bringing secure messaging to Nostr

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzq9eemymaerqvwdc25f6ctyuvzx0zt3qld3zp5hf5cmfc2qlrzdh0qqxnzdejx56rxveexqer2vfnmv5lc0


HBD 🎉🎂


gm 🌞 stunning photo


good morning! seems like an amazing place 🤩🌞


pretty 🌸


gm 🌞🔥


so cute 🥺🤩 i love them both


gm 🌞🤩


thank you!
you tol 🫂🌞


yes 🥹


buenos dias, que tenga un buen dia! 🌞🔥


holà


good morning 🌞 https://image.nostr.build/11e0dea104ec4a0a8897697d6ffa9ab5a2c1a47fd3d2c31c9e534786867b889a.jpg


Bull trout and big skies. Room with view, for weary thighs. https://image.nostr.build/05fccfea2de1ff59a7137944da1f0eb60835c1888000d128402c66073151babb.jpg https://image.nostr.build/de17aaa7a847dc2a8bf5f9596c98124ecbf5d4bf8c3c499811ff9b98ce53c7da.jpg


made this - deep imo.

free speech is a human right.

https://image.nostr.build/031911bb683768c2657807cdb10b540748b9bcc829cecd008c8317997f9f657a.jpg


good morning 💜
HBD 🎂🎉🫂


good morning 🌞🔥


nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz nostr:npub1hx23cylx8svputuezal2ur5d7wz2r4lvvjudk2q2j33u8f3rge3slc9t6a  nostr:npub1e2yuky03caw4ke3zy68lg0fz3r4gkt94hx4fjmlelacyljgyk79svn3eef

would recommend checking out photography & film hashtag


I'm looking for more photographers, filmmakers and other creatives to follow here on Nostr. Tag any creatives you know below and share some of your work!


Lol, Brazilians are heavily searching for "VPN" right now according to Google. One does love to see it:

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


mullvad


gm 🌞💜


pv 🌞🌸


Between two ferns

Omaha, NE. August 2024.

#Omaha #OmahaStreets #Photography #Wandering

https://assets.federated.press/media_attachments/files/113/057/276/236/317/589/original/dcdb821463563c00.jpg


pretty 🤩💜


welcome 🫂


nostr is a place where we can be ourselves


thank you 💜💜


nothing to be sorry for they brighten the day


That's a wrap!

What a crew to close out the last show, shoutout to  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx,  nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle &  nostr:npub10cxz2h7n6rumfpuf49zt4uvm7skzqk5u25vesp0tzdtnkvsnwjyqaffcj3.

Appreciate you all, & we go again  nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx

https://youtu.be/chRpbV2_6cI


gm lfg 🌞🤙


welcome. nice to have you here :)


have a good day beautiful 🌸💜


gm 🌞


nostr can’t go down nostr:note1je4k0j9wtduqz675u0pun8pa02h6kken53hcsu4e8ksvheymz7ess58lkc


SORRY FOR THE DELAY. RHR FROM LAST SATURDAY IN RIGA HAS BEEN UPLOADED. WAS A GREAT CONVO AND STILL HIGHLY RELEVANT. 🫡

THIS WEEKS RHR WILL BE LIVE TOMORROW AT 1500 UTC.

https://fountain.fm/episode/kLgSrLljwlEULRFaDHgp


i was thinking the same thing


#bitcoin is everywhere.


everything


damn was gone for a little bit and nostr:npub1tsgw6pncspg4d5u778hk63s3pls70evs4czfsmx0fzap9xwt203qtkhtk4 has entered the conversation


in other words, you give people the tools before they need it.


i enrolled myself into a subject in university without really knowing what it was. turned out to be positive psychology. that subject changed my life in so many ways, and i ended up going down the rabbit hole of it but also psychology.
i really love the concept behind positive psychology - the fact that it’s based upon giving people tools to conquer the everyday life, and to handle bad days or even depression and anxiety is powerful


it’s a powerful one 🫂


If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.

- Lao Tzu


i resonate with this a lot. breathwork in the form of meditation works well to calm down and connect with the now.
i’ve also found that being present in the moment and connecting with the small things around us - like how the sun or the wind touches your skin or as small as how the wind takes hold of the trees.

have you looked into positive psychology?


Don’t underestimate the power of instilling confidence in others. Help people understand that they have power and agency. Bitcoin and Nostr are tools. Confident people leveraging these tools is what we need.


how different is it from iOS 17? what’s new?


Happy Hal’s Day ❤


If you’re new to #nostr:

Did you run into any issues?
What do we need to improve on?
What do you really like?

The beauty of nostr is that we can still build the future of this protocol and you can actively participate and influence some of the developments happening.

So feel free to drop any feedback and first impressions here 👇🏼👇🏼


nostr 🤝 AI 🤝 bitcoin
-------------------------

- open permissionless interoperable protocols for money and communication will become the standard way to interact with AI

- machines need to communicate without centralized third parties - nostr is ideal

- machines need to be able to receive and send payments without centralized third parties - bitcoin is ideal

Few understand this but it will be incredibly obvious in hindsight.


Falling down the Nostr rabbit hole means that you end up with a folder on your phone like this. https://i.nostr.build/dv1zef7dIrAy4AEJ.jpg


Here is my talk, "A Bitcoinized Africa," from last week's  nostr:npub1yul83qxn35u607er3m7039t6rddj06qezfagfqlfw4qk5z5slrfqu8ncdu Baltic Honeybadger '24 conference #BH2024

This year, I decided to give a more concise presentation, based on a lot of feedback and requests, on why Africa will continue to play a significant role in Bitcoin's overall development and future success.

Share this presentation with anyone curious about "what material benefits Bitcoin brings to humanity" or "what Africa's role is in the future of Bitcoin."

"Africa will not only continue to show what Bitcoin can do but, more importantly, it is going to show what we can do with Bitcoin" 🔥

Full video 🎥 (15 mins)

https://v.nostr.build/23YW9Ad3A0SIP223.mp4


i also went to film school so i do know quite about that as well.
however over the years, i’ve realised i like stills photography more than filmmaking


💯

i’ve tried most categories except studio and event. However, i feel myself gravitating more towards nature, animal and landscape photography.

i’ve actually never thought about how much btc changes the way you can do what you love without worrying too much about the economical side of it. Btc really changes the way you think about these things


awesome! how did you get into photography?


Hello!


thank you! 🙏

right now i have a regular in office job. wanna do something that im passionate about.
how hard will you say it is to go in the direction of nature and landscape photography?
i understand you may have to be open to shoot everything in the beginning.


thank you :) likewise

how did you get into photography and filmmaking full-time?


Hola! how r u?


absolutely 🤩
i have so many questions 😅 i’ll dm you


thank you Marie 🙏💜


gm 🌞🌸


is there anyone here at nostr who are full-time photographer?

i would love to connect and learn more 📷

#asknostr #photography


wencke

BITCOIN ⚡

travel & photography is my hobby


Some ways to earn sats on nostr:

1. Be helpful
2. Post memes
3. Share media content (funny, inspiring, interesting)
4. Analyze current developments and share your take on them
5. Share useful tips
6. Live stream on zap.stream
7. Upload interesting content to flare.pub
8. Post recipes to zap.cooking
9. Hold audio meets at nostrnests.com, cornychat.com, hivetalk.org
10. Sell stuff on plebeian.market, shopstr.store
11. Create music on https://stemstr.app/
12. Highlight high signal content on https://highlighter.com/
13. Share exclusive content on https://creatr.nostr.wine/
14. Curate content and add it to https://pinstr.app/
15. Create clips on fountain.fm (now integrated with nostr)
16. Make someone smile
17. Shitpost
18. Just be active and be yourself


some of you may notice that i was a bit critical of nostr.

take two things under account

i am not technical and new to nostr, my terminology and understanding is that of a retail observer and participant

secondly i firmly and strongly believe that this technology is important yet remain a believer that TOFU will be a huge problem and that the network effects of the platform will be limited by it

look forward to everyone building the things that prove me wrong

nostr:note1jd6wkdkt0964xgjjrxsfgajhhyn9kty9gxd7cfdx6m4ryv43xw3s7mjs08


this is interesting to read. why suddenly now?


nice! mine are bitcoin, travel and photography


These waves of new users are such a valuable opportunity for us to gather important feedback! Pls share your experiences new folks! #introductions


books on nostr:

Highlights can reference sentences or paragraphs. Highlights and pages can be shared to social feeds. Pages and highlights can be quote reposted, zapped and liked.

Nostr could enable a new way to consume “open” books via nostr ereaders.


Welcome new Nostriches! Welcome to Nostr! Nostr has a large and passionate community with an equally diverse and thriving ecosystem. Use this note to help navigate this decentralized and censorship resistant communication protocol.
https://i.nostr.build/8w4atcThBIhAkYNS.jpg

Videos:

Watch why social media is broken and how we aim to fix it by nostr:nprofile1qqs0ulmtcmmn8zmkh0uqmdqz4hn9j5lzpvhj8enw3xpqfd3ucsjnngcpr9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucm9wf3kzarjdamxztndv5qs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9h8qmr9vfejuer99jegvc
https://youtu.be/aA-jiiepOrE

Take the Nostr 101 course with nostr:nprofile1qqsqqx9hacelkffcgd3ecchzjtlvwq9xn2fmprhrwnzmm2t3exee2eqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqrswwax
https://youtu.be/_jrkUXDReqI

Learn about Nostr's permissionless nature with nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9uhxtnyd9nkwmm09e3k7mgprpmhxue69uhkvet9v3ehgu3wdehhxarjxyhxxmmdqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytndd9jxgmrfdenjumtev3h8xtn2wqergaw8
https://youtu.be/t-40158eRqo

Tear down your technical and social silos with myself and several Nostr developers https://youtu.be/SSFVR5ZXOuA

Podcasts:

Listen to nostr:nprofile1qqstsw3gkljwt5stm9svt7htvcjlj4ffze4chkcyt4pxxj30xkgeg5qpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdux3wqdz and nostr:nprofile1qqs9kqvr4dkruv3t7n2pc6e6a7v9v2s5fprmwjv4gde8c4fe5y29v0spr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t08zskr9 on Plebchain Radio. Many of their episodes are Nostr focused and very informative.
https://fountain.fm/show/0N6GGdZuYNNG7ysagCg9

Take a more technical approach to Nostr with nostr:nprofile1qqsf03c2gsmx5ef4c9zmxvlew04gdh7u94afnknp33qvv3c94kvwxgspr4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mf0adfqrk on the Thank God for Nostr podcast. https://fountain.fm/show/vnmoRQQ50siLFRE8k061

Articles:

Discover the basics of Nostr from nostr:nprofile1qqsrtv3u6qkj6a09tnhr3l0wy67g9uw3t57ftqyqpvztpk3wmd6306spzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0tsdfc0
https://river.com/learn/what-is-nostr/

Take a thorough deep drive and learn all about Nostr from nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6mpd4czuumfw3jsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsq3yamnwvaz7tmsw4e8qmr9wpskwtn9wvql3tqm
https://www.lynalden.com/the-power-of-nostr/

Guides on Nostr:

Browse the #HOWDONOSTR hashtag on Nostr and follow my notes explaining several Nostr concepts and features.

Ask your questions with the #asknostr hashtag.

***NEW***
These are from my recent presentations at Nostriga and Baltic Honeybadger 2024:
Nostr 101: https://drive.proton.me/urls/JVV955JXRM#auCM2PWcCBuC
Being your own algorithm: https://drive.proton.me/urls/1NQPW740V8#Lqm46NkK3Pzz

Browse the ecosystem:

Visit https://nostr.how and explore all the ins and outs of the protocol yourself.

Nostr has dozens of other applications and use cases beyond Twitter like social clients. Nostr gives us a portable digital social identity that we can take with us and hop from app to app across the ecosystem. Find your next social app here https://nostrapps.com


Nostr is a movement. No question about it.


welcome 🫂 glad to have you here


Hello, I'm a developer from Finland and joined few days ago. I'm quite impressed about nostr and impact it could have on how we approach social media, privacy and censorship. I'm getting similar vibes when Bitcoin first clicked for me.

#introductions


Hello, welcome! 🫂


this is awesome 🫂🫡


Hi!

I just got back from a breathwork retreat in Hawaii and learned that @jackmallers shared the story of how I became a Bitcoiner through introducing me to @primal.

Jack’s right, I’ve never been very interested in money (or at least I thought I wasn’t). What I am interested in is people, our integrated health, and the implications it has on collective society.

Nostr helped me to understand Bitcoin not only as a superior monetary technology, but an unparalleled humanitarian tool. Here’s why I’m so bought in:

- It’s been proven over and over that safety is the foundation of integrated health

- Centralized unsound money = collective lack of safety

- Decentralized sound money = collective safety

- Collective safety = better integrated health & healthier society

It’s really as simple as that for me.

I’m grateful Jack shared my story because it perfectly illustrates how change happens. By making it matter to people in a way that sparks their fire. Jack is really good at that.

My spark has been lit. I look forward to lighting my neighbor’s through honesty, connection, and freedom - three tenets of bitcoin that make me a believer.

nostr:note1psgvr2ns00u3dpae0ddweu35qyrynetzjvr8fk5kr7xz7dysf6eqqlz94y


PUSH FORWARD.
NEVER STOP.

nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle nostr:npub18ukvmtrnk8e56g600r0vv8wvhvacgd452jajnws5gpttkglzttgqe0quqm

https://youtu.be/Xmm_2O0Us48


Nostr is having a growth spurt right now.

As censorship and state violence against freedom of speech increases, nostr will grow faster and faster.


I’ve been off Twitter and all social media except for Nostr for a month now, and the results are hard to argue with.

I’ve started reading real books again (4 this month) and have noticed both my patience and attention increase noticeably. I also feel less angry and anxiety daily, along with being committed to my workout routine.

I found that Nostr has met my social media needs, most importantly, my own ability to self-limit with it. Nostr is a bit ‘boring’ compared to traditional social media because ITS NOT TRYING TO KILL YOU!!!

Controlling your own data isn’t nearly as important in terms of ownership, as it is about allowing that information to be used against you. All of your most intimate thoughts and feelings are data mining by massive corporations specifically to find emotional triggers for you, so they can sell you shit, or force thoughts on to you.

Fuck these people that run these companies that farm our emotions to sell us shit, and to work with corrupt government to censor our speech, sell out dissidents, and destroy our internet.

We are much, much, much more powerful than they will ever be because we don’t need force, corrosion, or permission to run these systems of social connections that they cannot destroy.

My month of social media detox has really lifted the veil from the hate industry complex that are all social media companies today. Stop prostitution your content, thoughts and powers to these shitty companies that enrich the scum of the earth, and empower illegal, unconstitutional and immoral government agencies from their dragnet surveillance.

I’ll make one last tweet explaining this and then nuking my account in the next few weeks. Then I’ll be Nostr only.


lol 😅 wouldn’t shock me


How a zap led to nostr:npub1hdhgkagu5j5qs5yz7kydvt9e86skxpn6ggdxysspsrw3ns2rra8scc37y7 reading The Bitcoin Standard with
nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle
https://m.primal.net/KNeZ.mov


The old adage “if you build it, they will come” does not work anymore.

People are too distracted, and there are simply two many options for them to choose from in literally every area of their lives. You need to remind people that awesome shit EXISTS, or they will never know or care. You have to repeatedly tell them about Nostr, and do so on centralized platforms where they go every single day.

Yes, yes, I know what you’ll say “ALL OF US WHO WERE ON NOSTR ALREADY DIDNT NEED TO BE SPOON FED!! WE ARE DIFFERENT!! WE FOUND NOSTR FOR OURSELVES!!”

But actually, you’re NOT different. Most of you DID need to be spoon fed. Most of you joined after nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m or nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 posted on Twitter about Nostr. Personally, I joined Nostr before Jack and Snowden, but ONLY because nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s posted about the nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 Beta version on Twitter… the first time I heard about Nostr was the summer of 2022 when I randomly read about it on fiatjaf’s github. Thought it was neat, but I ignored it until I read about it AGAIN on Twitter thanks to Will.

It takes multiple touch points to get people over to Nostr, and like it or not, every person here was once a potential user of Nostr who was converted to an actual user of Nostr thanks to a post on a centralized social media platform.
This is why I talk about Nostr on X. This is why I talk with almost all of my guests on nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8 about Nostr.

And guess what? It works.

In the last few days alone, I’ve had a bunch of people let me know they decided to try out Nostr because they saw my posts on X or heard me and nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe or nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a talk about Nostr during our nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8 episodes.

The point is, centralized social media platforms are still the top of the funnel to #grownostr

That’s a good thing, not a bad thing. Disillusioned centralized platform users are low hanging fruit.

Let’s go out and pick ‘em. 🫂

https://x.com/walkeramerica/status/1827462248685519136 nostr:note1csfs6et7aajhqlgv0p4fe67wq7672fg8tf9ep4kwx58k78xmamqs8alv7e


Set your goals high

Dreams come true all the time

Just not to people who don’t aspire


Port Douglas would be amazing. One of my favorite places.
But also Tasmania


why not explain 👀?


My talk on the past, present, and future of nostr is online.

https://youtu.be/XUsk7cqZyKU


nostr needs to stop shoving bitcoin down everyones throats and just make it another subtle and useful tool in the nostr toolbox. People should feel comfortable coming to a nostr conference without being a bitcoin maxi. nostr:note1u3w3dwy57p88ecgrkgr0ujacag0jnmctltunxw0p96heu2veh8jqh9m3vw


doesn’t look like it. if so this a new level of ai


When platforms start to fall, protocols will remain. you can’t arrest email, http, or nostr.

X, telegram, rumble, *can’t* have free speech in a world where governments can compel to censor by threat of imprisonment.

The world may realize they need nostr sooner than they thought. https://image.nostr.build/1a5d6409a896956801ef8bee6720600b91bf92d7893b9ae844eb88e5d2c0f495.jpg


must watch for anyone who feels anything about social media: https://youtu.be/XUsk7cqZyKU


Next nostr unconference should be right before the Oslo freedom forum instead of a bitcoin conference.


GM! 🌞

My talk from day one at #Nostriga is already live. If you’d like to know more about messaging on Nostr, this one is for you!

https://youtu.be/PWKd9aoZ-Cg


that’s interesting. why hand-picked?


thank you 🙏🫂 gonna check it out


is primal the only one?


Is there a nostr client that starts the onboarding process by having you select topics or interest, and then recommends people to follow based on those preferences?

#asknostr


New users need to find people and content that interests them. They need to be able to find it easily. This is the biggest problem we face in growing Nostr.

nostr:note12zfxve859v036y5g2apjk6dj7fmy2xlhmtqmazh5s54makfj02hqszmrlm


nostr:nprofile1qqsr9cvzwc652r4m83d86ykplrnm9dg5gwdvzzn8ameanlvut35wy3gpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuegpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqcu9929: I just want to protect freedom. #nostriga


Nostr project funding.
#nostriga
nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx nostr:npub1szpa7cypmyd59083qs3pte9lez22lzfu6pl2guhgqx7q09x68y6qquh3td nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy
https://m.primal.net/KJNy.mov


Killer panel with nostr:npub1h50pnxqw9jg7dhr906fvy4mze2yzawf895jhnc3p7qmljdugm6gsrurqev nostr:npub1yaul8k059377u9lsu67de7y637w4jtgeuwcmh5n7788l6xnlnrgs3tvjmf  nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 and nostr:npub1spdnfacgsd7lk0nlqkq443tkq4jx9z6c6ksvaquuewmw7d3qltpslcq6j7 ✨ https://image.nostr.build/e1cc1990b2a96c7f4c90720d645a0881456277f1685b6fcc48d29d26b4bfd7d4.jpg


Most online relationships are superficial.

People confuse followers for friends. We don’t have as many friends as we think.

Very easy to test by leaving your favorite social network.

Followers don’t mean anything. The only thing that matters are the people you get to know irl.


good morning 💜🌞 enjoy day 2 of nostriga


lol 🤣🤣🤣


Added a FAQ to nostr-resources dot com. What's missing? #asknostr
https://image.nostr.build/bbb58d93df3de023541e704c000d060e37092c3546e025b8746d92b4cc8f1cf0.png
https://nostr-resources.com/#faq


did notice that it got cut off so extra sus since zap.stream works 🤔👀


sus 👀


lovin the nostr zap lamp nostr:npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm  💜🧡


exciting to see something new and different 🤩


#Nostriga #Hornet-Storage

HOLY! This looks amazing.  nostr:npub10npj3gydmv40m70ehemmal6vsdyfl7tewgvz043g54p0x23y0s8qzztl5h - some screengrabs of the GUI for a new nostr relay by Colby Serpa!
 nostr:npub1t89vhkp66hz54kga4n635jwqdc977uc2crnuyddx7maznwfrpupqwra5h9

https://i.nostr.build/MqUo8GI13JaqUzBS.png
https://i.nostr.build/gvDydRWgr61H3fL0.png
https://i.nostr.build/L1HMXS8wNuwoag9g.png

#nostr #grownostr #devs


NOSTRIGA LIVE STREAM:

https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjxgwtyvs6ngefs943xzvty956rxe35943xycfs956r2etrvvukzvf4xyunqqg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09upzpn6956apxcad0mfp8grcuugdysg44eepex68h50t73zcathmfs49qvzqqqrkvu5nf6uu


Why we’re going to win.
https://m.primal.net/KHjP.jpg


#nostriga 💜


Primals new granular feed marketplace is sick 😍 https://image.nostr.build/04e24f76eb902f5eb2e6cda68cf20515439780dc569e30e59a0826505111caf3.jpg


oh noo that sucks


zap.stream works great


Some masked guy is ranting about revolutionary stuff.
nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg
#nostriga https://image.nostr.build/01dd716f11ac41f5932fea33169a0af4dc1f50c089603d47479f83e09e542a45.jpg


Come check out nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l stream on zap.stream! https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjxgwtyvs6ngefs943xzvty956rxe35943xycfs956r2etrvvukzvf4xyunqq3qeaz6dwsnvwkha5sn5puwwyxjgy26uusundrm684lg3vw4ma5c2jsxpqqqpmxwhztyk0


good morning! enjoy nostriga and Riga 💜


good morning 🌞🌸🫡 have fun at #nostriga


#Nostriga livestream

https://www.youtube.com/live/9p6mfqcP9Ic


thank you 🫂💜


Enjoy & have a fantastic time in Riga 🫂


Fountain 1.1 with #nostr is now live on iOS and Android!
https://m.primal.net/KGni.mov

Why Nostr?

We regularly hear from both listeners and podcasters that the social features in Fountain are a great way to discover content that’s worth listening to.

When you support a podcast, or comment on an episode, your message is surfaced to your followers in the Fountain home feed and anyone that sees these can add the content to their library.

But this came with a few problems. When you first start using Fountain you wouldn’t have any followers so your posts wouldn’t get seen. If you wanted to share something you were listening to, you had to choose between leaving a comment on Fountain, or sharing on another social platform.

Today we are excited to announce a massive update to Fountain that solves these problems with Nostr:

- You can bring your existing profile and followers to Fountain
- Your boosts and comments will be surfaced in other Nostr clients
- Posts shared from other Nostr clients relating to audio will appear in your feed
- Conversation and interactions now flow freely across multiple apps

Read more about the new Fountain nostr features here: https://blog.fountain.fm/p/1-1

Please let me know your feedback!


gm 🫂💜🤩 have a lovely day


good morning you kind soul 🫂💜


auto-following on account creation is a mistake. especially for nostr clients. takes a bunch of agency away and puts the person in a defensive position of “why am i following this account?”

trending, search, and topics are far better leads to a follow.


Primal, just because i feel like they have opted for an easier onboarding experience.
However, i do mainly use Damus myself tho 😅


The #UK apparently arrested an independent journalist named #Richard #Medhurst after he landed at Heathrow in London under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000: "expressing an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation".

https://blossom.oxtr.dev/5541cb39930f3f4ecd1d7169bf3b49964731179258f71b4690653340f67add94.mp4


im excited for it to lunch publicly so i can try it out 🤩


Welcome Tony


👀
i wanna know how it is


Thank you for sharing! Really inspiring hearing about your journey and how you ended up at where you are.
These stories matters because you realise no one have a easy road to get the where they are. This is real life!
Thank you, and I wish you and Laura all the best ✨