I am thrilled to share my new essay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bitcoin fixes this.

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

NOT Bitcoin mining is a waste of energy.

And the kicker: Bitcoin miners create heat.

This heat will be used for productive uses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

But now Bitcoin is buying.

This sounds great so far…

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

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

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

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

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

A true civilizational leap forward.

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

Marcel Lorraine aims to change that.

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

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

The task is huge but she insists on pushing forward.

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

Finally: independence from dependence is a key concept

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

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

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

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

The Bitcoin infrastructure needs to be made in Africa.

The way these pieces could fit together is astonishing.

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

Africans need Bitcoin, yes.

But Bitcoin needs Africa.

That was blazing clear from my visit last month.

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

Bill Gates? The UN? The World Bank?

No, they won’t.

But Bitcoin might.

Read the full story at Bitcoin Magazine:

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


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Bluesky CEO confronts content moderation in the fediverse

The panel on stage at the Knight Foundation’s Informed event is Elon Musk’s nightmare blunt rotation: Techdirt editor Mike Masnick, Twitter’s former safety lead Yoel Roth, and Bluesky CEO Jay Graber, ...

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/24/bluesky-ceo-confronts-content-moderation-in-the-fediverse/


I still think we're aggressively sleeping on nip-13

https://nostr-nips.com/nip-13


because the word "open" isn't before "network" I'd say it's a wash.  However, the statement would be much more profound with it added.


2 squares purchased, looking forward to it! 😎

Just an idea, but you should consider picking the squares on a zap.stream


Okay guys and gals, here’s the official announcement. The 2ND ANNUAL SUPER BOWL FOOTBALL SQUARE BOARD  has been opened. Select the QR Code below to buy your square. Until we reach 50 squares sold, I’m  asking that you limit your squares purchased to amaximum of 2 squares (20k sats) in order to give everyone a chance to play. Once we cross the 50 square threshold, or get closer to game day (February 11th), I will make an announcement for additional squares in excess of 2.

I have two additional things to ask of all that are interested:
1.)  Don’t hesitate, buy your early squares if you want to play the game.
2.) Promote the game among your NOSTR groups.

nostr:npub1yx6pjypd4r7qh2gysjhvjd9l2km6hnm4amdnjyjw3467fy05rf0qfp7kza nostr:npub15u3cqhx6vuj3rywg0ph5mfv009lxja6cyvqn2jagaydukq6zmjwqex05rq nostr:npub17eruj45dp9vkuv3lm5q5fw8z7dd27hd2g0u7kkd4qt5emy85xees20kl63 nostr:npub1xswmtflr4yclfyy4mq4y4nynnnu2vu5nk8jp0875khq9gnz0cthsc0p4xw nostr:npub1r8u6lw8c2h67s66magtqu78vtpckfzcsmmdsg06gqm723njsunfs8kfjwl nostr:npub1cf3zeytdnwgwzz5pk2ax0vvmmlzad03xcft4d50ejrfhsh8pxcdsefx7gk nostr:npub12gu8c6uee3p243gez6cgk76362admlqe72aq3kp2fppjsjwmm7eqj9fle6 nostr:npub1mu9wmykl7qx5llk69axd3rvk0hzhdd25jsqtj2hmnzjpn2sxum6s8jjj0t nostr:npub1tvqc82mv8cezhax5r34n4muc2c4pgjz8kaye2smj032nngg52clq0rkrq4 nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 https://image.nostr.build/6f3762efb080e2ca964d534caf76d5074d3e70cef8968dcbb0dbec118b08ba69.jpg


thanks!


ah ok that makes sense. thanks 😊


Primal Wallet is backed by Strike. 🤝


our inbox be like:

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

#nightshift


assuming this was badass.  anyone have a recording?

nostr:note1vfda7l0494cx9qd4t2nmyp98r59sug5c0cjr2pf6h0haztltvqfs42kkr2


hold up... probably dumb question... do the same chickens lay brown and white eggs?!


If humans share 50-60% of DNA with bananas, does that mean some people are 10%
more banana than others?
	-djinforthewin, Jul 2013


Beyond it being cleary harmful, it's the insane hubris that makes me the most angry...


not marked NSFW


Lightning scales transactions.

eCash scales transactions with a different set of tradeoffs vs lightning.

We haven't found the thing that scales UTXO ownership.


What's backing my eCash without UTXOs?


Scales transactional throughput and privacy.

Doesn't scale UTXO ownership.


Sounds like you're new to libertarianism if that's what you think it means.


Society isn't being threatened by bad social media UX.

Society is being threatened by the centralization of power over online platforms.

Decentralization and censorship resistance should always be the primary goal. Any other achievement is only as significant as it's ability to be achieved along side the primary goal.

BlueSky and The Fediverse aren't innovation. They're DINO affinity scams.


Fortunately, normie ease of use is not the problem Nostr is trying to solve. That comes later. Makes sense normie ease of use is the problem bluesky is focusing on, illustrated by their overwhelming centralization. One is novel, the other is a waste of time.

Society isn't being threatened by bad social media UX.


Objectively worse technology.  Enjoy!


Lot's of IP #privacy talk today so bear in mind that 95% of all #VPN providers are actually data collection farms in particular FREE providers. Yes, they record everything you do and some of them even use the tunnels of other providers because those FREE services have their server credentials in the damn source code. True story.

Here's a good video from Naomi on this topic:
https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/vpn-scandals:5

Now, if you need a decent VPN provider, check out nostr:npub168euw93e4cam59llcmydav0akwjk2p4nfy3p85pn22xv9y2jxuzq4s9uaw at https://mullvad.net/ anf you know what's cool? You can pay for #Mullvad with sats via the LN. https://vpn.sovereign.engineering/

Have a great Sunday.


Then you're trusting your ISP which is even more likely to be compromised


You can't. Best you can do is trust somebody else's audit. Still requires trust though obviously. TOR.


But real talk, if there's a client/server relationship, isn't this always the case?


My mullvad IPv6 address has been compromised 😱


I'm pretty sure my job performance would take a significant hit by cutting out caffeine and nicotine. Cutting out booze would make me more productive though for sure.


Thanks Tony 🤙


Anyone have the site that lets you buy mullvad von credits with lighting?


Go outside, boy.


https://media.tenor.com/dmbaLeHpLV0AAAAM/muted-meow.gif

Sorry some dudes are so insecure 😔


Better tech? By what metric?


That orbot icon is, uh, interesting... 😂


Have been there!  Took so much tweaking
https://i.nostr.build/oXnx.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=2048x1365&blurhash=rDD9VU%24k%7EC%25MxuRkE1Rin%24%5E%2Cxwxv%253xtn%2BInM%7Bof9ZXAx_M%7B%25MWAWAaxoz%25gWA%25NE1bcIoM%7Bf%2BR*%3FvoHjEofR*RiRPRjjYxsNZjEs*t7jDoMadof&x=a805ff904cdd01b7c1b6443bf15d8e65c9be7b8cf93e6b5bf5812602d6264582


It's amazing how much better a car looks with proper fitment. Ya nailed it


Primal android with integrated wallet????????????


Joe sees through the BS. His responses where actually great (for MSM talking head)


Welcome aboard nostr:npub1sg6j4yu5ah628xkf25ar2fgh87p8rzl2ke9jwyx7sxyqh3t9efkqm756mg!

Being onboarded by one of the best, but here are a couple tips anyway:

- don't be discouraged by the dropoff in engagement once youve been here a little bit
- there are no algorithms.  You show up in feeds by:
  1) being followed
  2) using hashtags
  3) being reposted/mentioned by someone who people do follow
- zaps make everything more fun

Followed!


WELL FUCKING SAID 🫡


A


Down


Joe Kernen might be the one TV news personality that doesn't make me want to puke.


Congrats nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z!  Talk about a dream team... Yeeeesh!


Add up servers, desktops, and mobile phones. The Linux kernel is used wayyyyyy more.


GM!

Also, I disagree. Bitcoin won't stop our endless wars or stifle government corruption until it separates money from state. It is a mathematical necessity for NGU in order for that to happen.  Unless we just trust on the goodness of everyone's hearts to adopt Bitcoin... but if that were the case then we wouldn't need Bitcoin in the first place.

Tick tock next block. Time chain don't stop.


nostr:npub1jvp6kfs2d3m98lyw5wcyr4fnctr83s0rc3mj5p0f75ach6vcd8rst6wqnu and her dog could use some help

100% of the zaps on this post will forward to her.

nostr:nevent1qqsqalstz24dtg44akzswpgvmm2m5sqmvs603mg2qp5356mzcfm8t6gpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qjvp6kfs2d3m98lyw5wcyr4fnctr83s0rc3mj5p0f75ach6vcd8rsxpqqqqqqzjkgkk2


It takes a sad individual to give someone grief for doing what they can to help their dog... Don't listen to them.

But I do think you'd have better luck on here with a zappraiser.

Hope your dog feels better 🙏


Friendly PSA: Buying hardware signing devices (hardware wallets) from a 3rd party introduces risk.


Never!

*googles USF teams*


Done being a Cowboys fan.


Joe Biden more likely just addressed the house plant that's on the other side of the room from him.

Hello? Jill?


Orrr your tank of gas empties?

In sub freezing temps a model 3 can keep the cabin above 65° for roughly 2 days.


Embedded mutiny would be a very cool feature


$4b in volume doesn't mean $4b in purchases


They're showing up to a gun fight with an eggplant wrapped in delusional hubris.  Have fun suits!


Has the idea of versioned notes been tossed around?  Edit with history/change log

#nostr


Its pretty ironic... the establishment legacy financial system has been saying for a decade that Bitcoin is "only good for speculation" as a way to dismiss it.  Then they create a product that removes all of Bitcoin's truly novel and empowering properties, stripping all advantages away from the user, creating a product that *can only* be used for speculation, but now they're in the middle collecting a fee so it's a great idea and groundbreaking... if that doesn't speak volumes about our financial system I don't know what does.

CNBC is super frustrating this morning...


GBTC is a dead man walking. I feel like Everytime Michael talks publicly he totally shits the bed. It's hilarious


TIL! Very cool


1/11
This transaction is in two blocks at the same time!

How is this possible?
Is this a problem?

🧵Thread👇

https://image.nostr.build/edbf2ac9a9e0ae55ac3a3b430202974136e4578cdae7ae7fbc8732b66b4011ab.jpg


If I rebroadcast his note to relays that don't support expiry, they will accept the note and show it to his followers that also use that relay.  So expiry in this way is super fragile (I guess all digital expiry is fairly fragile...)


What if I rebroadcast this note to a relay that doesn't support expiring notes?


"hacked" more like Black Rock politely asked if they could squash the open interest before the real launch

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These directions are a bit unclear... Where do I get the cow?


oh wow, haven't checked out iris in a while... It's looking and feeling *really* good 👀


Casual $4,500 coffee grinder


Hopefully whatever keeps him the most motivated 🤙


Hello from the 0xChat app on android 👋


Response from nostr:npub1ajlrwgfj4yerhqf7ady03h7wmtk2qr3gs7h3sxcx83k05yld36sswpzx3q official support inquiry about OSS status:

```
Hi there,

While it's been our intent to open source AQUA from day one, our team of developers was swamped in the weeks before launch. Over the next couple of weeks our Github repositories will be made public under the appropriate license. We suggest you follow AQUA on Twitter since we'll be sharing that announcement soon.
```

Do with this what you will


Pretty sure these are fees on an annual basis. So it's actually worse than this.


regular reminder that lightning *is* a “shared utxo” protocol that uses covenants (and multisig) to scale bitcoin payment tx thruput

most of the commentary against it points out that it does not scale number of holders in relation to # of utxos. in my mind this is a good sign of the protocol’s success (it shipped and people use it and they found drawbacks with the MVP). It’s also a sign of bad messaging around the applicability of 2-party accounts to certain payment situations (venmo for example)

sometimes it is useful to have multiparty channels; i’d argue that liquid is one such example of this.

federated mints are another one; note that both of these multiparty systems require consensus algorithms to function. fedimints were using BFS, (iiuc they just changed to a new one). liquid uses “nakamoto consensus” aka a blockchain to keep track and agree on shared balance states

Lightning was shipped as the minimum viable product to scale tx thru-put and it succeeded at that. it did this with minimalist, 2-party design as consensus from 2-parties is the simplest case. this meant it could avoid tricky consensus questions and focus on privacy + throughput instead

shipping multi-party utxos at scale will require a solutions for managing consensus amongst stakeholders in the “shared utxo”; see Ark and already existing federations for examples of contending with this problem 🫡


Strike USD denominated payment -pay-> eCash Mint -inter-mint swap-> eCash Mint -pay-> LN wallet = KYC free Sats(?)


Ah I see. That is incredibly cool


Whoa wait... strike supports USD eCash?


ARK - 0.25% + abundant counterparty risk

BlackRock - 0.20% (first 12 months) + abundant counterparty risk

Grayscale - 1.50% + abundant counterparty risk

nostr:npub1wu4aye7ll0lnrrg638e90sehzsgpzx5t39t3mwl05aa0d0ap08esdz3vw0 Coldcard - $157

#etf
#bitcoin


Not on android at least. nostr.build works great though


10k off MSRP plus free charging for 6 months was wayyyy too good to pass up.  Not getting anywhere near the estimated range though - can't keep my foot out of it 😂


Picked up a Model Y Performance last week as well. Unbelievably fun to drive.


Where's the source code?


nostr:npub1ajlrwgfj4yerhqf7ady03h7wmtk2qr3gs7h3sxcx83k05yld36sswpzx3q are you open source?


ETF = Worst case scaling through custodianship
eCash = Best case scaling through custodianship


I don't currently run an always-on node. But I have ran several in the past.


Or someone reposts your note* forgot that one. Also very important.


Dead suggests once living 😉

Nostr on the other hand is very very alive.

Remember there isn't an algorithm. Engagement on your notes is directly related to who's feeds you end up in. On Nostr that means they have to either follow you directly or follow a hashtag you've added to your note.

It's a different model, but a MUCH healthier model. Just takes a little time to get traction.


Oh gotcha gotcha. Yea I would also love a federation code...  Considering standing one up myself


Wait did Calvin turn on Craig?


These are good enough to put on the wall


eCash over radio 🤯

nostr:nevent1qqsx6j6s888a2lsrjmjdzv75thvanlma0h64eg20jdxtmpn732kxefgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdupzpk4kccr9csumnwhmpv83ladqc6p88089cx2e5s2c4448ppgl2pakqvzqqqqqqy03xm2j


What does this mean? If you run Android you can leave ZEUS running in the background and your zaps will continue to be redeemed nearly instantly.


Forgot I preordered this. Nice surprise 🤓
https://i.nostr.build/a0QB.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=768x1020&blurhash=_BK9cKDP01x%5BACRPo%7C%3D%7C%2BvkCyC4%3AxtM%7B4P%3Dz%23paKDjtQi%7BIV%25f%3FHMekCM%7BtQD%25.8rsWARQWobb%3FHSeMxi%7B%25MV%5BayE1XR%3FuR6RjRQR*%25zw%7CM%7BV%40Mxx%5Bf%2BELNa%25MWVIobuNG&x=086231d99acd3141037c559a528c77feba5067fc1506e773d365db1e329faeb7


Got me thinking... are there mining pools that give hash contributors discounted transaction fees?  Might be a super attractive perk


High quality cheeses aren't kraft singles or cheezewiz. Fiat nutritional thinking my friend.


Always put a high quality parm on my charcuterie boards 😀


Anyone have a federation code I can use to play around with mutiny? 🙏🙏

#mutiny #fedimint


ETF? End The Fed.


Inspired by Vivek's speech at Bitcoin 2023
https://m.primal.net/HWgK.png


Even set to restrictive, #Amethyst consumes battery in the background. How's that even possible?

https://i.nostr.build/adkJ.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=806x1795&blurhash=%5B05Y1w%7Eq00D%25%3FbWA4Tt700Rj_3-%3BD%25-%3B%7EqIU00IA%7Eqae4.9F%25Mx%5D00ITD%25RiVYae4njs%3FvRjIUWB&x=6f8257c0f082dd3819f9178b0f6b66408614c692b883fc15cb2d05a3bea66312


"Meta is cool. It's cool." - Jim Cramer


Moral of the story; just be skeptical.


Some dogs have better emotional intelligence than a lot of people.  I swear mine is more in tune with my own stress levels than I am


Oh but also def not enough HD space. IBD will take a while on a dual core, but would eventually finish. But not enough space for the chain on 25GB


Running directly on the host or even in a container would likely net better results that a full VM guest.


If you could pick an industry to break into, what would it be?  What kind of role?


User error... I thought obtainium updated it but it was actually stuck mid download. All good now! Thanks


Installing Linux inside a car powered by Linux. Nice.


Where is the Nostr contact import?  I see the contacts sub-setting, but it seems to be a single contact manual add?  Maybe I'm misunderstanding?


I guess the joke is be skeptical of everyone?


give everything, ask for nothing


Hang in there. When you aren't using hashtags, only your followers see your posts (people don't often browse the global feed). Use hashtags and engage in other conversations. You'll gain followers and over time more interaction with your posts


Can I get a custom meme of your feet?  No words though, just like a pic?


Proposal already exists!
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/933
Love this idea.  nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn expanded on it to include the idea of private *and* public read receipts.  I hadn't thought if it like that!
 Makes it useful for not only synchronizing notifications across clients but also implementing read receipts in a more typical user-to-user fashion. Very cool!
 nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn is this already implemented in coracle?

nostr:note1yx2lmmceyknfegsdypcctaarpqn8fqedm3ehfjrlnccjs9cxe34swe7hsq


yea that's what I was thinking.  A new note each time you clear a batch of notifications which references the noteIds read.  Worst case, you other client doesn't grab the list and the notifications are uncleared on the second client.  Best case the noteids included are marked as read.  Seems like it would work 🤷♂


Would be pretty sweet if there was some kind of note that could signal to clients the notifications I have already cleared on other clients.  Terrible idea?  Something someone has already discussed?

#nostrdev #nostr


Chapter 2 of Bitcoin's history book is going to be a banger

GM and PV, Nostrizens 🫂☕


Sheesh that's dark...


Fedimint v0.2.1: Stable MVP Release

"This release is a huge milestone for Fedimint as it is now a mostly feature-complete federated e-cash system. Development will be focused on backwards compatible improvements and bug fixes from now on."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fedimint-v0-2-1/


Holy deck goals


Such a useful list, thanks Derek


Not your firmware, not your hardware


ok have my very low margin, highly leverage just-for-fun bet in.  Someone post a bullish article about ETF likelihood without any evidence


This is a deal breaker for me, sorry.


maybe a primal link? e.g.:

https://primal.net/e/note1hne9j4kn0g8dt2gmx6ca005l7sc82cndvjw02dur4p3fwdgz3gyqwx6c36


Aaaaaaand cause it's temporary unavailable in the US. Just been thinking a lot about onboarding folks. Sorry ha feel bad for not expanding on the "unfortunately". Alby is great.


if you haven't experienced a bull market while hodling #Bitcoin ...

prepare yourself mentally. Get your self custody in order. Whatever you're anticipating will probably not be the case.

A good goal is to end the cycle with more BTC in COLD STORAGE than you began it with. The euphoria of 5-10k candles will test your conviction.

Proceed with caution. Don't succumb to high time preference scams & don't leave your BTC in someone else's hands for illusory "yield".

When you self custody BTC, life is yield. Where we're going, nothing is worth the security trade off of 3rd party custody.

Don't get reckless. Security is not one and done solution. Spend time setting up a node and self custody solution that works for your situation.

Set stacking goals & don't let off the gas when things start to go parabolic.

Patience & diligence can set you free.

PS. the laws that will make us all criminals haven't been written yet...

Have you considered a remote citadel in another country anon?


Calling it a "wallet" is probably short-changing it a bit, but you catch my drift 🙂


Zero shade, it's objectively a great wallet. I just wish there was a non-custodial mobile experience that could match the UX


Advanced little dude


eCash is going to really confuse app store reviewers.  We're not sending money, these are just tokenized strings.


that's the thing, it's completely abstracted, in the configuration I call it "wallet" where it used to be called "lightning" 😅

we really need ecash NWC and zaps speced out!


do any of the "node-in-a-box" solutions have an "app" for nsecBunker?


VOICE IMMODULATION SYNDROME nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx
https://youtu.be/oDgez8QDAKo?si=qM4ggMkFaA9pWZjN


If you daily Amethyst, Alby is still the best zap experience (unfortunately).

On Mutiny there are a couple things holding the experience back:

- different send and receive wallets (I can live with this - but hard to explain)

- Amethyst's zap feedback UI leaves the user in the dark after they initiate a zap.  Until you open Mutiny and process your requests, the lightning icon looks unpressed/unzapped.  Very hard to keep track of what I've already requested a zap on or not. If I've zapped your post twice, this is probably why 😄

If Amethyst gave some kind of intermediate feedback like maybe a different icon to denote "you've already requested a zap here, waiting for wallet to make the payment" I would probably switch back. But for now, Alby is just so much smoother...


Oh no! Not my tokens!!!

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So what's the best guess as to what happened here?  Glitch? Some strange overnight operation that I don't understand? A crack?

#macro

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Ah, gotcha. My bad.

Have any questions about it or you understand and are just saying it's not intuitive?


That distinction doesn't really effect the exchange rate


The suits are about to be absolutely smacked by true and absolute scarcity. The beatings will continue until moral improves - until they get it.


If ... In order to help authorities catch criminals ... We must give up our fundamental right to privacy in all of our affairs, including financial - Then we have given up more than Criminals could ever take from us.


Dr. Scott Gottlieb might just be the slimiest dude on mainstream financial television.


Found the Podman maxi 😉


Hypothetically whatever the max sendable payment is between you and the receiver determined by the LN path and channel liquiditirs.   Nostr doesn't impose a limit.


Definitely not recommending it, mostly because it lacks any reputation.


I think zaps *have to* migrate to eCash (whether it's fedimint or Cashu) to be viable long term.


Yup!  Good call if you already have a VPN


Onboarding someone to zaps right now in the US is an absolute disaster...


When you send money to Phoenix for the first time it automatically opens LN channels for you. Unfortunately because of the ordinals/inscriptions spam happening on chain right now, transaction fees are super high...

Phoenix has a built in fee limit to stop channels being opened during super high fee spikes. By default that limit is 5000 SATs. You might have to raise that limit...


This is where this is kind of a mess right now...

Alby has/had the best send and receive experience on Nostr, but they went invite only for reasons...

If you're going to use stacker.news as your receiving wallet, you still need a mobile wallet to send zaps from.

Phoenix wallet or mutiny wallet are both good non-custodial options.

Totally agree this is confusing and non-intuitive right now


Once you create an account go to the wallet, copy the @stacker.news LN address and paste that into your profile (replacing the @speed.app address). That's it!


Does anyone know the folks behind speed.app ?

They provide free LN addresses in the US but don't support zap receipts.  No clue if they are reputable at all.


Yes all three fully support zaps and work with amethyst


So does strike.me


Stacker.news and fountain.fm both work in the US and are very well respected projects


The 2100 was me :)

Not going to lie though, speed is not a well known wallet or project and it doesn't seem to support zaps (that's why you don't see the zaps in amethyst). I would switch to stacker.news or fountain.fm


Bitcoin. There Is No Alternative. https://image.nostr.build/7629f624e92667570f4b8478b451843b3c37bfa437df856ee7a84cdeec064abd.jpg


Ok, so you have options. There is basically 2 major classes of LN wallet; custodial and non-custodial.  Not going to throw a ton of technical stuff at you right now if you're new to it all, but here is the summary:

Custodial: Easier to use. Riskier because the custodian actually holds your SATs. Ok for small amounts and just learning the ropes.

Non-custodial: Trickier to setup. Less risk because you hold your SATs (and keys). Better in the long run and for larger amounts.

Personally, if you're just dipping your toes in the water, I think a custodial option to start is totally fine.

In the US your best option right now would be to download the Strike Bitcoin app and setup an account or create an account on stacker.news

Both of these services will give you a free LN address. Once you have that lightning address you'll go to your profile in Amethyst and click the edit button. Then you'll paste that LN address in the LN address field.

Once you've done that, I will zap ya some SATs!


Exciting! Are you in the US? (Location might effect LN wallet choices)


Do you already have a Lightning address or do you need one?


ETH's ICO was largely paid for in BTC.


The units can't be destroyed or created, only transferred.


Mother fitness has no abs.

Happy New Year everybody!


THE GENIUS OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM:

BILLIONS OF PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE CUSTOMERS WHILE THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE PRODUCT BEING HARVESTED.


Democracy doesn't scale ethically.


What's with all these "🥂🍾 ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕣!  🥂🍾" spam replies??? Like what is even the goal?  Such a weird waste of time


"capitalism"


Inscriptions are exploiting a vulnerability.


I think the super popular stuff "works" *because of* their perverse incentives.  If you recreated them but with The Nostr's incentive structures, I'm not sure they'd work...


I guess I just meant each protocol is more than a several word note in complexity. So both of us simplified, just to varying degrees.  I'm definitely not the guy to go into depth on these specific protocols.


Well yeah, but it's even more than that also 😉


Got it 🤙


Do you mean the extra time we'd get when purchasing larger chunks of time?  Or something else?


Ocean Pool/Luke hate fest simply doesn't create the engagement it once did. Time to find the next controversial take to engagement farm.  Very predictable take.


CHECK
CHECK
CHECK
CHECK

Fired. Up.


Who's in this federation?


Has anyone else noticed NWC zaps taking foreverrrrrr in #amethyst lately?  Little purple circle gets like 75% filled then just sits until I nav away...  Half the time i then see the payments in mutiny half the time I don't


Send this to your financial advisor
#Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/1a7ebc4f2f3c488d347a6a69a577bfae3e94ea45288b802f85122b279aff0fb2.jpg


"venmo request me" is a super useful UX flow. Any wallets looking to implement that flow using NWC?  Or I guess could NWC even theoretically be used for this?

#asknostr #nwc #lightning


Fedimint isn't a blockchain, it's federated Chaumian eCash mints. Liquid is a blockchain.


Ah that's an interesting distinction. I like


Custodial Lightning and Cashu are both architecturaly IOUs also, no?


nostr:npub1cm8l2w06fh7ua24pcx0k55fxzgmr6d5rwp9jqx3zk2hz5cagxpfqzk08fc of this is 60 days


Question that I have not thought through, but I am curious if the idea has been raised before....

Is a spot ETF an L2?

Personally if it could be I would say it's shitty L2 with a risk profile I don't accept. But I think it might technically be a layer?

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We are all Satoshi ✊


Hilarious. I look forward to taking their money.


Join the my-sweat-doesnt-have-a-best-by-date club

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I think this is a great idea. Maybe a new idea, might be some UX rough edges, but great nonetheless.


Do we have a remind me bot?  Pretty sure I've seen one around, but can't find it

#asknostr


Short term price chop leading up to the ETF approval is hilarious to me. A bunch of people that couldn't begin to understand what happens when demand meets absolute scarcity.

STACK HARDER PLEBS. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.


Remove the man from the equation, the product is pretty incredible. From the "dealership" to ordering experience it's all reimagined and 10x better then anything I've ever dealt with.  The cyber truck is a feat

I'll always keep my 2004 s2000 around because it has zero computers and I can work on it. But for an extra family car it was too good a deal and too nice a car to pass up


I know Elon isn't very popular around here (and for some really great reasons), but they had some absolutely killer deals for year end - 10k off sticker (and I don't pay for electricity specifically in our garage.  I am so stoked
https://i.nostr.build/XJod.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=806x993&blurhash=_86H_%7DWVM%5Et7M%5EaeROZxa%7Dt9ofbKaxbKEYt7xWRjoGWBf3R1t7t8WBfmayj%5E-%3FayadofWAayWA-%3FWARiogRjayWAMtaxbJayfnj%5BogEXt7t2WBt2azoHVUs%3AkEaykFaykE&x=f3532777875def407e5e3525ae32e118ba2ce544fb14c72be11a2c162dc90b5c


This is an amazing 201 level depiction of The Nostr ♥

Annnnnnd followed nostr:npub1e4qg56wvd3ehegd8dm7rlgj8cm998myq0ah8e9t5zeqkg7t7s93q750p76

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Damus users have to put their money where their mouths are.  You don't have to wait for subscriptions to zap this man $10 once a month. Or $5. Or $1. Zap what you can but make it meaningful. 21 sat zaps won't pay his bills

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A new ATH by Feb 1


New BIPs presented in 2023 on Bitcoin Core⬇⚡💡🏗

Let's explore today what's BIPs presented this year and his further functions to Bitcoin

BIP 352: Silent Payments

This BIP  allows receive private payments from anyone on a single static address without
requiring any interaction or on-chain overhead

BIP for reenabling OP_CAT

This BIP allows the concatenation of two values on the stack

BIP 77: Payjoin Version 2: Serverless Payjoin

This BIP allows receive surveillance-busting bitcoin transfers without hosting a secure endpoint

BIPs for Taproot Assets

The BIPs allow Bitcoin Address, File Proof, Merkle Sum Sparse Merkle Trees and many more.

Conclusion

Well, Bitcoin keep development normally providing privacy, Bitcoin ethos and many more

Reference

- OP_CAT: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1525

- Silent Payments: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1458

-BIP-Tap: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1489

-Serveless Payjoin: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/1483

I missed some BIP? Please comment below!

#bitcoin


Merry Christmas, ord disrespectoors! I have a gift just for you!

This will rid your node of inscriptions. You can run it, or not. It's your computer, you can run whatever software you want on it.

Relay filtering doesn't work. This has teeth.

https://github.com/rot13maxi/bitcoin-purifier

if you dont think inscriptions are valid tx, reject blocks that include them. If the economic majority of nodes does that, the miners will choose to build on a chain tip that doesnt have inscriptions, or they sell into a smaller market

this is what it all comes down to. this is the essence of bitcoin consensus.


Merry Christmas Sergio and Lady Sergio 🤙🎄


Merry Christmas, freaks 🎄🎄🎄


Ah bummer guess, damus doesn't have polls yet...
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Morning peeps! We need some more opinions 🎅 Can't let my sisters Instagram get more votes!

#asknostr #christmas #nostr #bitcoin #holidays
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#christmas #grownostr
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Every year my family does a gingerbread house competition. This year's prompt was "Vacation Home".  Pick your favorite!


Starting a zappraiser to buy nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx a new keyboard with a non-stuck caps lock key:
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A decentralized #Bitcoin is a Bitcoin where miners decide what goes in blocks, not pools.

OCEAN's ultimate goal is to make this a reality, and today we take one step closer to our vision of decentralized block template construction.

Available immediately, OCEAN is offering 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀, giving miners control over what blocks they are mining.

The three options are:

1) OCEAN Recommended (most real financial transactions and least spam)
2) Bitcoin Core with the “Ordisrespector” spam filter
3) Unmodified Bitcoin Core (same as other pools with fewest financial transactions and most spam)

OCEAN will continue its 0% promotional pool fee for options 1 & 2 while there will be a competitive pool fee of 2% for option 3.

Our fees are structured to incentivize miners to make choices that benefit the Bitcoin network in the long term.

Suggestions for more templates? Let us know at mining@ocean.xyz.


OCEAN Pool Now Offers Multiple Block Template Policies For Miners

"Available immediately, OCEAN is offering 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀, giving miners control over what blocks they are mining."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ocean-pool-now-offers-multiple-block-template-policies/


In the course of digital progress, it becomes necessary for individuals to dissolve the technological bonds which have connected them through centralized platforms, and to assume, among the powers of the cyber world, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them. A decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to embrace open protocols.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all humans are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness through the unrestricted flow of information and the liberty of financial self-sovereignty. To secure these rights, Internet Protocols are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the networked, grounded in the principles of decentralization and autonomy.

Whenever any Form of Internet Governance becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Protocols, laying their foundation on such principles and organizing their powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to ensure their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Protocols long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience hath shown that mankind is more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Governance, and to provide new Guards for their future security—such is the nature of open protocols—Bitcoin and The Nostr .

We, therefore, the Representatives of the Users of The Nostr and hodlers of Bitcoin, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by the Authority of the good People of these Networks, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Users are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to Centralized Platforms, and that all political connection between them and the State of Centralized Control, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent Users, they have full Power to leverage the capabilities these protocols grant their users—engaging in open discourse, establishing connections, sharing knowledge, preserving freedom of expression, and financial independence. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.


Be the negativity you want to see in the world, that's what I always say


Being kind to yourself and others 🫂


Hodlers determine the value.  Traders are temporary entropy.

#bitcoin


Anywhere 😁


What was that site that showed the realtime flow of zaps? Blanking

#asknostr


Am I able to claim the tax deduction?


Can relate. A big portion of my day job is giving education talks to large (video) audiences - oftentimes including technical demos.

I've noticed making a recording with no audience is somehow 10x more difficult for me...  So much harder to "get into the flow" when you know you can redo a section whenever you want.

The struggle is real, hang in there 🤙


The direct deposit account backing my nostr:npub1tftc33ttam85wraffce62cgtvvjrmttquqlv6a0agtfm5nl4vues82xar5 account quietly changed sometime in the last 2 weeks. Was unaware until ADP notified me of a rejected payment.  Did I miss a notification?  Anyone else?


I've got my notes backed up, can republish to whatever takes their place


"Economic liberties to do exactly as I say"


There is no algo and you don't have many followers. That's why you don't have engagement. Gotta just put more work into engaging and the followers will come


Nostr is amazing


Was medium fructose corn syrup ever considered or did we just crank that shit
to HIGH right off the bat?
	-jjaksha, Feb 2016


Bitcoin is designed to classify some transactions as valid and others as invalid.


Why?
Why?

programs.steam = {
  enable = true;
  remotePlay.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Steam Remote Play
  dedicatedServer.openFirewall = true; # Open ports in the firewall for Source Dedicated Server
};


At first I thought this was someone calling you out. Phew 😅


Always good practice 🤙

Rabble is an OG in the space.  Basically as OG as you can be (he hired nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m) 😜. Haven't used it personally, but I know he's legit


That's nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240's client 🤙


 nostr:npub1wmv28sett8kajksl4dn9rf9ufk7ts42329k83hn0sm34khkacp2q9rcnsr and i are chit-chatting about lightning; follow us at the Lightning Pulse: npub196w4vxfrjflgpmy43p8f586xwmkxqa0a65x0una50m2wrwq7nr2szxh6l5

join us in 15m!

https://zap.stream/p/npub196w4vxfrjflgpmy43p8f586xwmkxqa0a65x0una50m2wrwq7nr2szxh6l5


While I'm sure this is certainly out of context, I can also assure you Bitcoin doesn't care what nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw says or thinks. He's a legend for sure, one of my idols in fact. But also irrelevant to Bitcoin's consensus rules.


This guy sounds like he is super smart!


Sorry you've had a bad time trading! You're objectively in the minority. But I'm sure you're super smart! Good job!


Been DCAing into Bitcoin for 7 years.  Have also been deeply invested in various stocks because it's part of my compensation. Although those stocks by and large would be considered winners over the last 5 years, Bitcoin has outperformed by multiples. Idk what you did. Likely bought during the covid top and are now salty. That's too bad. Wishing you all the best!


Then you made some really silly decisions. Sorry about that!  No asset has a better track record.


BRC-20 minting + reckless bidding on block space for those mints = nostr:note1jekjsa5w4tc680xrt7xdhvatntl0cd36ahnyx652uqmf3wd8mhksmcnlkg


This is damaging the Bitcoin network and needs to be stopped… Enough is enough!

https://image.nostr.build/a1677fbe5c81361e71c4c702b5959ab543c7d3fd1f500042228760c75079f573.png


Depends on the timeframe. Stocks are highly monetized. Won't always be.


I store my MP3 collection in excel. Each song is a cell.


This *will* happen with adoption.  It's a technical challenge that we still have to solve for. Bankers didn't create it and probably don't even understand it.  This is why layered architectures are the solution.


Bitcoin is the only non-obfuscated risk.


The worst.  Excedrin and Gatorade.


"I desperately want to be right about Luke because I like the attention and at this point I've prescribed too much malice to say maybe I misunderstood what I was talking about."*

#Bitcoin #ftfy


This is really crazy to see so few normal transactions in a Bitcoin block, look at this block just filled with #Inscriptions and #STAMPS

STAMPS - Bare multi-sig

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

Inscriptions

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

Looking at mempool.space and filtering a block to see all this fake ass activity is kinda depressing. At least miners are having a good time


Just copied and pasted these for free


Some mistakes were made but it works well.
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Bypass of datacarriersize limit using OP_FALSE,OP_IF

Ramifications are that datacarriersize, an important node policy parameter, is bypassable. I.e. a bug that makes an option in core not behave as intended.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2023-50428


致命的


Not gonna lie, forgot this was a thing


What would happen to these fediverse-nostr bridges if threads also integrated with Nostr?  Would there be like two versions of everything?  The bridge version and the native version?


It's illegal for you to prove that I'm not immortal
	-UristMcWizard, Nov 2014


Eww


Thats not a problem with mempool policy, that's a 'problem' with fee estimates.


Being angry about the CVE specifically is a more nuanced outrage that 98% of what I am seeing on the Nostr.  I can see the argument there. Don't agree still, but I see the argument.


My mempool policy is relevant to what is included in my mempool.  That's why it's called mempool policy...

So the uproar is about a miner setting mempool policy on their node that you disagree with?  Then don't use their node?  They all set mempool policies!

Screaming "censorship!" is nuts...


Who is trying to remove this from mempool policy and move it to consensus rules?  Links to PR or discussion?


"Wins" is still suggesting a misunderstanding of the difference between mempool policy and consensus rules. Of course my mempool policy does not determine what can be mined into a block by other miners.  That is not the goal or intent of mempool policy.


# Transaction Relay Policy

**Policy** (Mempool or Transaction Relay Policy) is the node's set of validation rules, in addition
to consensus, enforced for unconfirmed transactions before submitting them to the mempool. These
rules are local to the node and configurable (e.g. `-minrelaytxfee`, `-limitancestorsize`,
`-incrementalrelayfee`). Policy may include restrictions on the transaction itself, the transaction
in relation to the current chain tip, and the transaction in relation to the node's mempool
contents. Policy is *not* applied to transactions in blocks.

This documentation is not an exhaustive list of all policy rules.

- [Mempool Limits](mempool-limits.md)
- [Mempool Replacements](mempool-replacements.md)
- [Packages](packages.md)

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/master/doc/policy#transaction-relay-policy


My mempool has different rules than your mempool and THAT'S A GOOD THING.

Node Policy != Consensus Rules


We must fight centralization by... *Checks notebook* ensuring nobody changes their node policies through social coercion and ostracization.  Node policy diversity is centralization! War is peace!


Idk... that sounds pretty centralized


Removing all transaction rules 🫡


Running core with MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY=73 instead of the default 83. Am I censoring?

Running core with MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY=63 instead of the default 83. Am I censoring?

Running core with MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY=53 instead of the default 83. Am I censoring?

When do I become a censor?


Can somebody give me a list of the Core settings I shouldn't change if I don't want the hivemind to call be a censor?


Why is this a configurable setting?  What other configurable settings should remain at their default if I don't want to censor people?


I run core with this setting at 40Mb, am I censoring?


Literally not true. The parameter you're referring to is purposefully configurable even in Bitcoin Core.  It's configurable in Knots as well. Only difference is the default value - again which is designed to be configurable


You realize the entire point of the protocol is to classify certain transactions as valid and certain transactions as invalid, right?


The irony is so thick I can taste it

"For users with bitcoind installed by Dojo (via docker), bitcoind will now periodically scan connected peers and ban those that are detected as Knots."

nostr:nevent1qqsyfhc9nxumgfhljxa8x0cnhrzltwega2a4q76s8u7w4rdhcskmxccpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdupzpwd9xafrhw30ekhg2lvsmznkphj0yyuun7gdnphhgl886rkq69eaqvzqqqqqqyqmma85


Seems relevant. Again.
https://youtu.be/9SLijVthmfE?si=MtaJkZvFjRGen2IQ


GPG commit signatures are valuable even when GitHub is your only git server.


Yea, I understand. I guess I just don't agree with the absolute statement "is only needed because..."


That's interesting and not actually all that intuitive (to me at least).  I could see how even in a hypothetical scenario where there is only 1 relay, using key pairs could still prove a note hasnt been tampered with?  Wouldn't that still be valuable?


I feel strongly about this as well. Glad someone finally spoke out


Are you claiming that adding a month to the calendar will make people live longer?


🫂 (this hug is in all caps)


d(isaster)App


Lolli raises $8M Series B to expand its bitcoin and cashback rewards to enterprises

Lolli, a bitcoin and cashback rewards application, has raised an $8 million Series B round, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/14/lolli-raises-8m-series-b-to-expand-its-bitcoin-and-cashback-rewards-to-enterprises/


Some technology is better than others


The median fee rate on the lightning network has doubled in response to increased transaction costs.

This brings the fee rate to 50 ppm or 0.005% fee.
https://image.nostr.build/5642b128b853ea3eb64e38b72c4a32cf85989a3cbe98bdbaeeda50eb6ab4b0d9.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1508x1200&blurhash=%2314Kplcr%3FI%3FHpItRBi-COVB4K%24%5ERS%7D%24*%3DMof%23qNZ%7EC%3D%7C%252TIt7JQI%3ARjI%3AxGk%3Bb%5E%3DgxaOUw%7Ce.WBPT%3Dz%252O%3BXRwzrsI%3Ars%24*%3D%7CTI-Cs%3BJ%25SKNZjFP9xuO%3D-CX8wg%2B%7DR%25wM&x=29c338ac1bef1968a849e164665add45e816174c693811a25081759a2c5a6557
#lightning #lightningnetwork


Craig Wright is a fraud. - Me
nostr:nevent1qqstp3snyq802g47cgg6l248skzrkx7a3nw6h9t8wfhlmphknd2v2jspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7te3xsczue3h0ghxjmczyzr4wpwsxjtrhpy84qjxg6rp92z5a5444antaymwreyvyh8fdf6s6qcyqqqqqqgumlq84


Yea but "Privacy for the weak, transparency for the powerful." means exactly what you're saying...


What do you mean?


By postponing a spot ETF as long as humanly possible, the government most likely unintentionally aligned the launch with the end of Fed rate hikes.  They aren't playing chess.


nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z Marketplace never loads any notes for me. I'm assuming I'm just not on the correct relays?
https://i.nostr.build/jagl.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=806x1795&blurhash=%5B01f9%3BxuIU%25M%3Fb%253oNt6%3Fbxaxu%253%25MxbWAob%3Fbj%3DIUt7E0axt7R%25D%24RitQWCD%24RiNFNFITNFM%7BRj&x=48565ff96097d14d9bf0a26abcd24633b49488cafb504ed47d0e6197da3fcd31


There isn't a (one) mempool.  Every node has its own mempool and its own rules to swim in that nodes pool.  Diversity in those rules is essential.


Sorry Liz, I've already boarded the lifeboat.


CORRUPT POLITICIANS TRYING TO BAN LIFE BOATS AS THE SHIP THEY BUILT CONTINUES TO SINK.
https://m.primal.net/HTdn.png


She's probably gaining popularity amongst her bank executive donors


Elizabeth Warren is basically Satan. Maybe worse. I hate her and she's a jerk.


I don't like your tone!


What site/app?


I realized today that arguments on the internet might lack nuance. Still doing some research


Sirianni has Coughlin levels of confusion on his face constantly


Direct deposit + daily DCA + auto withdrawal to very frosty storage

https://media.tenor.com/oWZ1kJRLIOYAAAAM/ron-popeil-set-it-and-forget-it.gif


Waiting for the Bitcoin is dead headlines


This is not a good look my guy


Poor kid...


✅ It's official now. After more than 15 years on #Twitter, I'm finally leaving...

Thank you nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m for championing this protocol and supporting the devs. At first, I didn't quite understand #Nostr, but now that I do, I realize the watershed change that it will cause in the years ahead.

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


Just an FYI that nostraco.in nostr:npub1h7q33mdp6z8455mcxyeyu9y906p8s06nf5p65j8yrjvk9t7e9fkq73ykld is the same scam as member.cash nostr:npub1jlen57a35e47l742act32vyv37r4v4wthcgxqqdvs5r969qcd2asefrr20 which started as a project to promote shitcoins, and its user ratings system is basically something out of Black Mirror.
https://image.nostr.build/nostr.build_c2b07d87bfc9898ea0546d241b93ee69436c2c0eed81ead346b9ee4d7d88d9ff.jpeg nostr:note1g6fg575xm483pdgd30ejggwl8wv4ludtvqlgf6a3j2ethu2cyaxqqm34x9


How does that contradict what I just said?

Having dominion over something literally means you influence over and an effect on that thing.

Are you claiming being aware of your influence somehow negates your influence?


Massive oversimplification.

I agree the "green" agenda today is largely anti-human.

But you can absolutely be pro-human and pro-environment.

You're letting them control the narrative.  They won if you have that opinion.


Well at least it's the good stuff then


Whole bean single origin?


Lmao. Unreal.


Yea he doesn't have social influence. Good point.

Want to address the code I linked or just toss more quotes around?


Again...  ALL NODE POOLS DICTATE POLICY. that's literally how node pools work until StratumV2.

So you aren't angry that Ocean dictates policy (since the all so). You're angry that they changed a policy setting away from the default (literally something that core is designed to allow).


I post literal code from core, you post influencer quotes. Cool. Good work nostr:npub1x458tl7h9xcxa66vr4a8pg0h2qz96pnhwnfpcra0le9090uk5t5qw7armt


Attempting to change a default setting that is designed to be changed*

Ftfy


"Policy dictates"... Literally every node pool "dictates policy" (until Stratum V2)

You're trying to form this false narrative that there was a "standard" or "implicit contract" to not change this specific value. That is literally not a thing.

There were debates around what the DEFAULT should be, never around the whether or not people should have the ability to stray from that default. There is a reason these are configurable...

You must be mad about one of these:
A) That an alternative implementation dared to have different default values
B) That a node pool would dare to change this specific setting

And I don't understand the uproar for either case.


What other values in policy.h should we know are off limits to change?  Where is this "implicit contract"?  Who should I talk to before configuring my node?  Why are you all censoring my ability to drop ripped DVDs into OP_RETURN?

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/policy/policy.h


https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/policy/policy.h

It's a configurable value with a default!  Look at the code. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.


there is no "standard". it's literally a configurable setting. there is a default in core which is 80. and there is a default in knots which is 40. in both cases the user can set whatever they like.


We probably agree on a lot 🤷♂


I assumed when you said that you don't have to "accept my changes to the design" you were referring to Knots decision to include a different default value. As if altering an intentionally configurable value is "changing the design"


https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/8bbe257bac751859a272ddf52dc0328c1b5a1ede

MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY has always been a configurable node setting in Core.

You all are freaking out about an alternative implementation having a different default value for an intentionally configurable variable?

Why?


No, that is absolutely not the point people are making. They are saying that a pool operator configuring their preferred MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY value is somehow "an attack on Bitcoin".  They are acting as if this setting is an ephemeral core parameter. It's literally designed to be and intended to be configurable.


Oh you mean the configurable node setting that has always been tweakable according to the node runners preference?  Ya no shit you don't have to use the same setting... This debate is insane


You're free to use it how you like. That doesn't mean the design has to accommodate your use cases.


Dude... You're arguing over a configurable default...


Why have any limit on OP_RETURN? I want to upload ripped DVDs. 80MB'ers are censoring me


"implicit contract"... dafuq


We should allow any transaction without any rules. The ability to enforce any rules is a slippery slope.


The OP_RETURN discussion is not new and dates back to 2014 when Bitcoin Core 0.9.0 was released with the OP_RETURN policy included which was intended to discourage more egregious forms of spam. At that time, 40 bytes was the default max datacarriersize limit across all node implementations; this was and still is sufficiently large for tying data to a transaction (32 bytes for a hash and 8 bytes for a unique identifier). Core subsequently increasing the default to 80 bytes was an entirely voluntary decision and in no way contradicts the design objective that OP_RETURN creates a provably-prunable output to minimise damage caused by data storage schemes, which have always been discouraged as abusive. There are also other good technical reasons which I have chosen to retain the lower default in Bitcoin Knots, and no justification for increasing it.

It is not my intention, nor that of my team at
nostr:npub1qtvl2em0llpnnllffhat8zltugwwz97x79gfmxfz4qk52n6zpk3qq87dze, to filter coinjoins. These present an innovative tool for increasing Bitcoin’s privacy and, when constructed properly, coinjoins can easily stay within the OP_RETURN limit (indeed, there is no reason for them to have *any* OP_RETURN data at all). I have some ideas on how to alleviate the recent issue where some coinjoin transactions were flagged as spam from Knots v25, and I am willing, with the full resources of my team, to work collaboratively on a solution in good faith.

Bitcoin does and always has allowed nodes to set filters based on multiple sets of criteria and Knots v25’s defaults are IMO what is best for Bitcoin at this time. Others may disagree and that is ok. They are free to (and should) run their own nodes - it is good for Bitcoin to have more people running nodes, including miners, and there should be a natural diversity in node policies. As was stated before, OCEAN is on a path to decentralization and very soon we are going to be in a position where hashers will be able to fully participate as miners and perform the intelligent parts of mining such as deciding which version of node software to run and what filters or other policies to apply to block template construction.


how does one run out of numbers?


In a protocol designed to be resistant to censorship, the capacity for users/entities to selectively associate or disassociate with each other does not undermine the protocol's resistance to censorship. Instead, this flexibility, including the freedom to avoid interactions with certain users or use cases, is a fundamental aspect that reinforces the protocol's censorship-resistant nature.

Users/entities exercising this optionality is as much an attack on the underlying protocol as roads are an attack on the automobile.


For open systems, I disagree.

In an open system, If they maintain a majority of protocol traffic then it's a market decision.  Which of course means I'm not against a community backlash.  A backlash or boycott is an important check and balance in a free market.  Optionality *is* what makes the protocol censorship resistant.

I just want to impress on people that the drama that's happening is proof positive that the open design of the protocol is working *perfectly*. None of what's happening should call the censorship resistance of the protocol(s) into question.  They aren't "attacks on the protocol".   They are entirely predictable and exactly what the protocols were designed to handle.

They are as much attacks on the protocol(s) as the pavement is an attack on an automobile.


Mutiny works great. You will still need a LN address from somewhere else.  And to send zaps you have to periodically open the app. But it works really well for what it is - a fully self custody wallet


I misread. I thought you were saying it's unfortunate there are multiple implementations. My bad


A protocols censorship resistance is not in question if specific users of the protocol censor.


NoStrudel is amazing


Fortunately* ftfy


when did Bitcoin switch to a proof-of-drama consensus mechanism?


uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh


I generally like to be more specific when talking about Stallman's claims 😄


hello from The Nostr


I might be incorrectly using the term "value prop", to be honest.

For me personally, the hard money aspects are equally as important as the censorship resistance. And both of those things only exist because it's decentralized.  In my mind decentralization is like the cornerstone that holds the whole thing up which is why I called it the value prop. but that's probably incorrect usage


yea I mean I guess I can't argue against what you think is the value prop.  value is personal at the end of the day.


could argue decentralization is the value prop and censorship resistance is a byproduct 🤷♂


You may not like it, but censorship resistance is the value prop. Everything else follows.


https://image.nostr.build/1c06608e811309d0ef64b9e7476164753f399327060e31000eb2b12c5cac74bd.png nostr:note1hcxykskpslx23pv7ekweru5uwww7yuhvmfe4p0mx9cwyp05tj6dsf6s7m7


I meant by noon ✅

nostr:note1mt2qnyam9n7m6pvq5pzt6n4ey4epyl40044khhr87awq8afutlwsnqmna8


purchase KYC'ed Lightning Sats, send to cashu mint, do an inter mint swap, send to self custody lightning wallet = KYC free Sats?


42500 by EOD


Sorry - Canadians probably


use ecash for alby-to-alby payments


do you guys have the actual buy Bitcoin sign?!


plastic trees are so fiat. support the last remaining christmas tree farms. it’s worth the effort. https://image.nostr.build/23dcce9ab9fd90fb76314a5ef36826973a80055ab03e16a0cb56e82c58fd019d.jpg


🚨 A reminder that restoring an Olympus backup closes all your channels 🚨

nostr:note1n8cvrxrzf5plk82t0c4vl9yjw9yksffv2k8njffqmhxp6wtlfrys9vu2tg

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


everybody sell!  Jim Cramer wants Bitcoin lower!


have been daily driving #primal on #android for the last week or so just to see how things are progressing.  Biggest pieces of feedback:
- love the design.  looks and feels great
- refreshes across the app need better feedback. I am not entirely sure how to trigger or when the feed is refreshing. seemingly happens when I press the home tab?  but not sure. sometimes it does, sometimes it doesmt. usually close and reopen to force it. same thing for notifications. a pull to refresh with some sort of loading animation would be a massive improvement
- wen @ mentions?
- notifications tab is inconsistent. refresh doesn't only remove the dot for read notifications, but it entirely changes the order and content of the tab. this is pretty confusing

overall, this is quickly becoming a very solid option. I love the design. feels very modern. just a couple UX rough edges


lightning will end up largely being only a settlement layer between non-federated Chaumian mints.

#GM and #PV

#lightning #ecash


Are there any companies that install bitcoin mining equipment for home/pool heating? I've seen the DIY stuff, but wondering if anyone has made this into a product yet?

#asknostr #bitcoin


stay humble


You guys have no idea how important both nostr conferences have been to me; they’ve modified my behavior significantly, it’s not (just) entertainment: concrete action is fully downstream from both of them and I expect the third one, whenever/wherever it might be to be equally transformational.

We are all building what we want to see in the world, and the work the nostr.workd team is doing is absolutely instrumental to achieve this.

Thank you..


Are the parameters for what is considered spam viewable/transparent?


Ecash is only necessary in the case of custodial wallets, so no.


Would it be possible for Mint A to validate the authenticity of a token from Mint B asynchronously?

#ecash


what a view

nostr:note1frh4sdqe02emdj3kscur8l60q6mwzfvp2llgeuss2pgcvl5srces9mgs3g


wow! so cool, ty!


I was talking to Bitcoin the other day and it was actually saying how it does not care who owns it or why they own it


Data vending machine


big steak guy, but not afraid to say I've had some absolutely 🔥 vegan/vegetarian dishes


why do you plan on selling your bitcoin to him?


Just a reminder that Bitcoin isn't Proof-of-stake and holding a lot of it doesn't give you power over the network (at least not in a way that would be any different from holding the equivalent in USD).

That being said, stop selling to nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m 😃


Gross, what site?


does this increase your miners hashrate or something?


this is my battery usage from today. amethyst was only open for 5 mins (vs primal's 1h 15m) but used 11% of my total battery (vs primal's 5%)


#amethyst has been thirrrrrsty lately

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


Yup, I know.  Nobody buys them for their viability.  Just an educational tool.


good luck with whatever is stressing ya 🤙


when does a note become not needed?  like if the client doesn't support that note kind?  probably a dumb question 😄


yea makes sense. tried adding a nerd miner 100% just to check it out, see what the process is like, understanding any rewards would be unretrievable dust.  It starts mining but never shows up in the dashboard. Again, totally understandable, was just curious


like a bunch of psychos


"We are also the only non-custodial pool, making you, the miners, recipients of new block rewards directly from Bitcoin."

So you are saying you believe this statement to be technically misleading?


I have a feeling they didn't get as much built prior to the event than they initially thought they would.  But once Stratum V2 is implemented, template construction would be decentralized.  That coupled with the non-custodial rewards (sans dust) this will be the most decentralized pool.


gross


yikes. no thanks.


you to!


np and sounds good!


nostr:nprofile1qqsq9k04vahllseell55m74n3047y88pzlr0z5yany32st29fapqmgspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3camnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdsq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xwpkm94d  nostr:nprofile1qqs0m40g76hqmwqhhc9hrk3qfxxpsp5k3k9xgk24nsjf7v305u6xffcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq3yamnwvaz7tm0venxx6rpd9hzuur4vgrzmld5  is there a minimum hashrate a miner can have to join the pool?


hey @miljan, getting a pretty consistent crash when zapping and reacting to notes on GrapheneOS:

```
type: crash
osVersion: google/husky/husky:14/UD1A.231105.004/2023111500:user/release-keys
package: net.primal.android:56
process: net.primal.android
processUptime: 65287 + 282 ms
installer: dev.imranr.obtainium

android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException
	at android.os.StrictMode$AndroidBlockGuardPolicy.onNetwork(StrictMode.java:1675)
	at com.android.org.conscrypt.Platform.blockGuardOnNetwork(Platform.java:436)
	at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.processDataFromSocket(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:874)
	at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.readUntilDataAvailable(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:862)
	at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.read(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:835)
	at xd.d.F(Unknown Source:101)
	at xd.d.F(Unknown Source:22)
	at xd.c0.F(Unknown Source:34)
	at qd.b.F(Unknown Source:9)
	at qd.e.F(Unknown Source:35)
	at od.d.F(Unknown Source:15)
	at xd.i.d0(Unknown Source:7)
	at xd.c0.T(Unknown Source:4)
	at kd.m0.h(Unknown Source:27)
	at gd.e.b(Unknown Source:99)
	at gd.c.k(Unknown Source:12)
	at p6.a.s(Unknown Source:8)
	at g7.e0.run(Unknown Source:107)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:958)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:205)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:294)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8199)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:552)
	at com.android.internal.os.ExecInit.main(ExecInit.java:49)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:359)
	Suppressed: android.os.NetworkOnMainThreadException
		at android.os.StrictMode$AndroidBlockGuardPolicy.onNetwork(StrictMode.java:1675)
		at com.android.org.conscrypt.Platform.blockGuardOnNetwork(Platform.java:436)
		at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.processDataFromSocket(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:874)
		at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.readUntilDataAvailable(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:862)
		at com.android.org.conscrypt.ConscryptEngineSocket$SSLInputStream.read(ConscryptEngineSocket.java:835)
		at xd.d.F(Unknown Source:101)
		at xd.d.F(Unknown Source:22)
		at xd.c0.F(Unknown Source:34)
		at qd.b.F(Unknown Source:9)
		at qd.e.F(Unknown Source:35)
		at ld.b.t(Unknown Source:64)
		at ld.b.g(Unknown Source:12)
		at qd.e.close(Unknown Source:15)
		at xd.q.close(Unknown Source:2)
		at od.d.close(Unknown Source:8)
		at xd.c0.close(Unknown Source:9)
		at j6.n.i0(Unknown Source:8)
		at kd.m0.h(Unknown Source:38)
		... 14 more
	Suppressed: l7.f: [p1{Cancelling}@2fcef3d, Dispatchers.Main.immediate]

```


friendly reminder that GDP is a shit metric

GM


They're still building. I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt


nostr:npub1qtvl2em0llpnnllffhat8zltugwwz97x79gfmxfz4qk52n6zpk3qq87dze nostr:npub1lh273a4wpkup00stw8dzqjvvrqrfdrv2v3v4t8pynuezlfe5vjnsnaa9nk nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m I just want to say, thank you 🙏

Today was a big day and I'm so bullshit


Color me intrigued.

“We're on a mission to democratize AI at whatever the cost. We're hackers who've grown tired of AI safety rhetoric meaning locked-down APIs with inconsistent support.”

https://anarchy.ai/


Hey nostr, I have some nodes to sell!

Not only could you get some solid hardware (even nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll started selling some of these), but you also get my time & expertise. We’ll figure out how you need me to spend my time to help you - I am looking to be a resource to plebs trying to navigate migrating away from a rpi, devs looking to cleanup their digital environment, or enterprises looking to scale their solutions.

Laptop & desktop purchasers will be guided on installation, setup, & maintenance of their new physical & virtual servers! Proxmox is FOSS software we will use to allow for the commoditization of all of your machine’s resources, allowing you to get the most out of your purchase. With one physical machine, you'll be able to cram a dozen virtual ones inside while I'll show you how to manage their compute/memory/storage requirements and interactions.

These are used ebay purchases, I'm not trying to profit off the hardware, just stacking sats with my time. Shipping or pickup at #chibitdevs included. Until I offload this hardware and complete the hourlies, I’ll be restricting my assistance to these buyers. But, I'll likely eventually offer support for byo hw/sw.

https://btcpay.dimi.gg is now live, please chat with me before a purchase if you have any questions. Payjoin enabled.


🤷♂ https://image.nostr.build/9e677a687206cb6571a76c711b41d789546ec5a1d8e3ab631263b7a9a19c9acd.jpg


it's unclear whether or not the distinction is necessary


this is comedy gold if done on purpose and comedy Bitcoin if done accidentally


people have been talking about this issue for years


Primal for Android is now available on Google Play Store in open testing mode. Starting with today’s release, we will offer Play Store, APK, and source code downloads for each release. Please note: due to the way Play Store app signing works, upgrades will only work if you use the same install method.

This is a big milestone for us, as we march towards the full v1.0 release in the coming weeks. 💪

New Features
- Feed: link previews
- Feed: image media gallery
- Feed: video thumbnail previews
- LUD-06 support

Fixes
- Improved CDN handling
- Removed shimmer from avatars when loading
- Fixed highlight color in note content
- Various small fixes

https://primal.net/downloads


are you shadow banned?


ok I see what you mean.  the slashes do suggest some sort of global namespace.


depends on what the client considers "/n/cats" I suppose


I see what you mean, but at the same time isn't experimenting with content discovery a super important task we want/need clients to take on?  "/n/" in my mind is a UX decision more than a statement about the underlying protocol


here is the livestream link for everyone since the landing page at ocean.xyz is busted:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PH5sKrkzZY


Same here. Page is all f'ed up.


Complexity at the base layer in the AT protocol will limit innovation and increase fragility. The Nostr's model of extreme simplicity at the base layer provides a much more robust foundation for innovation. The AT Protocol is DOA


The most crucial project in Bitcoin at the moment


Not sure who this nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m guy is, but maybe we should listen to him

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Leftist echo chamber


Insufferable


I'm not trying to bash. If you've been in the space long enough, you've seen history repeat itself every few years. You've seen the idiotic things people have done and you've watched them pay the price for it.

You can ignore the writings on the wall and get rekt, or learn from the people sounding the alarms.

At the end, it's about personal responsibility.


Private property is not a branch of the state


Way more into my wife *and* she lets me talk about Bitcoin. Hard pass


Do you believe any mobile solution that results in an on chain footprint is likely flawed?  Honestly just trying to grok


There is a huge difference between hoping for these things on L2 vs hoping for things on L1...  L1 is where we're trying to reproduce the laws of physics. You can't "hope" on L1.


What's that?


I'm honestly not sure at this point. I think setups like greenlight probably end up striking the correct balance


WoS: predictable unfortunate events with terrible communication

#Bitcoin: tick tock


Unfortunately, starting to believe the same...


Hope you have a good one man. Not everyone is out to get you. Take it easy


Somebody overcooked their turkey 😄


Are you ok?


What?

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Absolutely


I swear this is a bad bot or something...


It's being removed from phones. If Apple uninstalls the app, how do you plan on getting your money back?

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Because it sucks when people lose access to their money?


Hey I mean as long as PWA remains and option and backup/restore works across the versions, then all the benefits of PWA also remain (even if the user doesn't actively use it)


nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg's distribution method looking pretttttttty good right now.


My global fees is now officially only 140.f7z.io

Awesome idea nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft


He's been pretty public about his political journey. He has become an anarcho-capitalist. He did not start his career as one.


Listen man, I totally get being incredibly cautious. But give the guy a chance. This is literally the most (potentially) libertarian world leader in modern history. If he is who he says he is, he needs all the allies he can get. Stay cautious, but don't dismiss him before he even gets a chance to do anything.

I get the impulse. Truly. But hold off judgement for now.


Armstrong is not a bitcoiner. He will 100% shill them "crypto"/shitcoins, not Bitcoin. He is not an ally in any sense. Quite the opposite actually.


If you aren't*?


If you speak at any WEF hosted event, you go up on their site. They're affinity scamming.  Javier has had a very public move to libertarian ideals. He's super open about it. Him once speaking at a WEF event back in the day doesnt mean anything


then nostr is working!


Are there users that *only* use the damus relay?


This is seeming less and less likely to be the reason.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/20/most-of-openais-employees-threaten-to-quit-if-sam-altman-isnt-reappointed-ceo/


Hell yeah, congrats to your wife, that's awesome


Wait, are you saying you personally heard first hand accusations from senior leadership at OpenAI?  Talk about a scoop...


Oooo what's wingman???


These are the kinda signals I come to Nostr for


This just never stops loading 😔

https://i.nostr.build/agnq.jpg
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If you don't mind, what were the questions and what were their answers?


My nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 embedded LND node seems to be totally busted...  Can't send payments of any size. Also can't redeem zaps from zaplocker. Really don't want to have to close my Olympus channel to recover funds (fees yikes). 😔


only the necessary features I see


Content moderation
https://v.nostr.build/WylV.mp4


Oh you think advocating for an open source and free phone operating system is advertising. Got it


Appstore gatekeepers are optional on Android 😉


can't recommend the Pixel + GrapheneOS combo enough.  Was a very eye opening experience.  Feels great for the glass rectangle in my pocket to not be a surveillance tool


#Bitcoin community, help a fellow Bitcoiner to recover funds! Reposts & @'s highly appreciated🙏

Anyone with contacts to a tech-savvy person at Kraken please relay this! The issue is not easy to get across, user tried with Kraken customer service for two weeks to no avail.

What happened:
- user accidentally pasted Kraken's ln node pubkey as "destination" in a Boltz swap
- turns out node pubkeys are valid P2PKs (the thing before there were Bitcoin addresses), so the swap went through
- now the funds are sitting in a P2PK which Kraken should have keys for

Here the P2PK: https://mempool.space/address/02f1a8c87607f415c8f22c00593002775941dea48869ce23096af27b0cfdcc0b69
Which matches:
https://amboss.space/node/02f1a8c87607f415c8f22c00593002775941dea48869ce23096af27b0cfdcc0b69

Kraken should be able to return the funds using their lightning node's key to sign the transaction.

We know this is a big ask and some might not even consider the amount worth the effort but for us this is about principles: Returning funds to a fellow Bitcoiner, user of Kraken & Boltz 🙏

#Bitcoin never gets boring.


Thank you nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 🙏


I am not making concrete accusations because I generally do not know what I am talking about... BUT I suspect, or wouldn't be surprised if, losing the payment data they currently have access to would hurt their current business models.


first custodian to implement this would absolutely gain market share. they'd immediately become the preferred "easy mode onboarding" wallet.


This just blew my mind... I didn't realize that 🤯


Analogy I used today while attempting to purple/orange pill my sister.  Obviously not a new analogy but figured I would share because it really made it click for her:

Nostr and Bitcoin are both designed like public utilities. One is a pipeline for communication and the other is a pipeline for payments. So if you imagine the internet as like a city, there are these two free to use pipes running down each street that anyone can use and nobody owns or controls. You want to build a building (app) that needs social communication and some sort of value transmission, you can plug into those pipes. The people in the building do not need to be aware of or understand the pipes.

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

#nostr #bitcoin


Works now! Thank you 🙏


nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 noticed something with the latest release that is breaking the obtainium updater for the beta 3 update.  The v8a apk isn't listed in the release assets and is only available via the link in the notes body. This intentional?
https://i.nostr.build/4zZ4.jpg


Lmao


Hell of a retort nostr:npub1echmskywq3akreechm3390mruqlec87cfx4k026vt7dnjepatl7stywnw6 lol


What?


Very few people understand freedom


I'm saying this is a strawman because OBVIOUSLY nobody believes Bitcoin fixes literally every aspect of literally every problem. You're taking a (clearly) bad representation of an argument and arguing against it...

If you don't understand how soft, easy-to-manipulate money causes a whole host of issues, keep studying!  You'll get there!


Holy strawman.


GrapheneOS is free...


Ack


A Samsung. First pixel and made the switch specifically for GrapheneOS.  The Pixel 8 Pro hardware is super nice


You're gonna need to go back a little further in time then.

https://i.nostrimg.com/b04b90a31c570dce8fe11fdac6c9941f2c504750468db38d65e0e335c0ac82fd/file.jpg
#memes #funny #lightning


true haha.  Actually I was wondering, when it says the network difficulty is currently 62.46T does that mean I would have to find a block with >62.46T for it to be accepted?  I know it'll never happen with a nerdminer, but was curious if that 62.46T is like a cumulative thing or literally the required rating for a single valid block


holy shit!


What's the best difficulty you've achieved on your #nerdminer?
https://m.primal.net/HPos.png


People on here like Bitcoin?


Upgraded my Pixel 8 Pro this week with GrapheneOS. So impressed. Literally no reason not to.


more of this energy https://image.nostr.build/904b4f0b8834f11c6359b39bc895396d0f0f11e2fff072b78f849b168d5af783.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0bb50b40dc12c74fafa7cc8706cd86d6184f443e1c64f4be32907471f618a0e6.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0c4cd80a8fc03bdeb63093aac11720e6b7109eb56e5a3a8c9b752bc3f35e3a0f.jpg


Fiat *enables* endless war.  There is a big difference between enabling and being the sole cause.

Do wars cost money?


Yuck


Congrats!


Haven't come across one that doesn't! Any android wallet should work just fine


Pixel 8 Pro


Officially moved my entire mobile life to #grapheneos
Took a little fiddling with, but ended up in a great place. See ya, #Google 👋

#degoogled


Elon Musk started PayPal and as a result of that and his first principles thinking, it is highly likely that he perfectly understands money.

Similar to how it is highly likely Elizabeth Warren perfectly understands money.

He also must understand that the natural state of the free market IS deflationary.

If both of these are true - then he also must know (as one of the top AI + robotics companies) that he is stealing the productivity gains that should flow to society in the form of lower prices by pretending he is solving planetary issues through a broken system that makes them worse.

In other words, Elon not advocating for #Bitcoin is not because he is stupid. It’s because he believes you are.


What makes NWC none proper?


For an account called laughter, yikes


I'll defer to you on that one champ


What's the difference between zero-energy and infinite energy?


0/infinity = UNDEFINED


They LOVE honey


We have our best scientists on that


Bears do in fact eat beets


Oh the silver thing is just a headphone DAC/AMP. Unrelated to the nerd miner 😁


Just doing my part 🫡
https://i.nostr.build/vYx7.jpg


"Hi Chair Powell, thanks so much for taking my question.  We think you're great and we all love you. I apologize ahead of time for the provocative question - how do you take your coffee and are you having a good day?"


Throwing my wallet into the ring as well!

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https://media.tenor.com/9RC8mfWlbaQAAAAM/shut-up-and-take-my-money-philip-j-fry.gif


502 for me


#thankyousatoshi
#gm #pv
https://i.nostr.build/gxE6.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/Vkg7.jpg


Is this total marketing BS or is there some truth to it?:

"""
Jade's security model simulates the protection of a secure element and is therefore not vulnerable to physical attacks
"""

#blockstream #jade #hardwarewallet


Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

https://i.nostr.build/3zaW.jpg


Lol nostr.how ***


Welcome to nostr!  Well... Kind of...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but ZBD has serious security flaws in its current design 😞 most of us would strongly recommend moving to another app!!!

Nostr is amazing because you are able to truly own your identity and you data. With ZBD, the app developers own your identity and data. Once they own it, you can never truly ensure they don't have access to your account. This means they could impersonate and interfere with your account if they ever decided to ☹ this makes it no better than Facebook or X!

Don't worry though, there are a ton of options besides ZBD that will allow you to interact with all the same people BUT at the same time maintain your security.  Check out ZBD.how it has great recommendations and information. Also definitely reach out if you have any questions!


Yea that's definitely an accurate, non-biased, fact based opinion.


Lmao. You know long-term holder supply is at an ATH, right?


I feel attacked


Ooooh you come from shitcoin land where supplies are suggestions and stake gives you power...

Do you really believe long-term holders will sell their bitcoin for ETF paper?


You separate money from the state by replacing the dollar. Only way to replace the dollar is for NGU. An ETF will make NGU.

This is like to a small number of Greeks, upon hearing the trojan horse plan to attack Troy, complaining that they thought giving gifts to the enemy was silly.


Impersonation reported 🫡


Although this kind of makes it sound simple enough 🤔

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71321887/how-can-i-receive-gifs-from-the-keyboard-in-jetpack-compose


Been doing some digging to see what it would take to enable direct Gboard gif input for notes.  Am I barking up the right tree that this issue would need to be resolved for this to be an easy add???

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/198323023


We will host our largest conference yet on April 12th and 13th April 2024 in Bedford, UK.

With CheatCode, Danny and I are putting our spin on a #bitcoin  conference.

Day 1 - We have managed to recruit an amazing group of people to come to Bedford...Lyn Alden, Alex Gladstein, Preston Pysh, Natalie Smolenski, Jeff Booth, en Arc, Natalie Brunell, Allen Farrington, Joe Hall, Max Hillebrand, American Hodl, Matthew Mazinski, Obi Nwosu...

Day 2 - we are taking everyone to McMullen Park, the home of Real Bedford, to watch our final home game of the season, to show the community we have built and see the CheatCode in action.

Anyway, who really wants to watch panels on UTXOs after going to the pub after day 1?

Tickets available here -
https://www.cheatcode.co.uk


Theraguns are magic for neck/tension pain


Ugh this was glorious.

If I'm gonna be honest, this kind of interaction is something I kinda miss on nostr... Dunking on the establishment.

In time... In time...


Can you leave with your nostr identity?  No
Can you use different lightning wallet?  No

It's designed to keep you on their app.  Don't hold your breath for NWC.

No clue what you're talking about with "it's just a replacement for QR codes"... That's a huge oversimplification


Their client is entirely designed so that you can't leave it. Adding NWC would remove some of that stickiness.


You are holding HTLCs open on all nodes along the route. HTLCs are a limited resource and those nodes are not being compensated for the use of this resource or for the increased risk of force closures.

You make a valid point that they can change this setting but this brings unrelated externalities. HTLC delta was included in the protocol to allow a grace period for node runners to reconcile failed payments on chain. Your use of this resource for economic purposes muddies the waters. I can understand why routing nodes are upset about this. It externalizes costs to the entire network.

A different design would resolve this conflict. What if both parties could use some sort of bearer asset that represented a potential lightning transaction? This asset could be issued by an always-online service, locked to the recipient, transmitted via any data channel, and redeemed when the recipient comes online, at which time they issue a LN tx to convert it to self-custodied sats. Sort of like a paper claim to some bitcoin. Like physical cash but electronic. Electronic cash! We can workshop the name. But what if it had even better privacy properties than lightning? I think we would really be on to something! What do you think??


It's very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly. I'm better with code than with words though.


Pretty counter to their business model unfortunately


PoW in npud creation would be wayyyyyy more decentralized. I'm talking literally like 15-30 seconds of mobile CPU work.  Even a short amount of time like that would protect against the flood we're seeing in #introductions


Not sure how that contradicts my point 🤷♂

If Cashapp (one of the most used payments apps by non-bitcoiners) enabled NWC to and from a dollar denominated balance, why wouldn't non-bitcoiners use it?


You said "Pumps are bad.".  Only arguing against that. Pumps are required.


This 100%


This is how monetization happens.  NGU is literally required. None of "the good stuff" is defendable in the long term without monetization.


Oh, that was what I was suggesting. Rather than allowing CC integration directly with a client, would be simpler to enable NWC with a lightning provider that allows dollar stable/denominated accounts


FinCEN is trying to bring the PATRIOT Act to cryptocurrency ‼

We broke the proposal down in detail, answered all your questions, and laid out what it means for each of us.

A special thank you to nostr:npub1mznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3as8q6mak for bringing some incredibly insightful comments!

Read here 👇

https://freedom.tech/patriot-act-comes-to-cryptocurrency/


Does Alby allow you to zap to/from a dollar stable and denominated account?


Always entertaining when something called "DeFi" blocks someone. CEO of DeFi is such a jerk


Not sure if you've seen #introductions this morning... nobody can keep up with blocking them all. Several a second are being created


Could reuse vanity npubs as a way to bake PoW into nostr identity creation which would solve this bot spam.

i.e. only show people I follow and npubs that start with "npud21" or something like that (no clue what the correct number of characters would be). Could be a simple way to clean up global 🤷♂

#introductions
#nostr #nostrdev
#PoW


Eh I think adding NWC support to a service like #Strike that would allowing zapping to and from a dollar denominated balance would be a lot less work


Don't forget you can block entire sentences on #amethyst 🤙

#introductions

https://i.nostr.build/OW6Y.jpg


GM and PV ☕☀

#introductions was just flooded by hundreds of bots


I saw it at 7:16, must be broken 😉


2023-10-17 | Total Debt: $33.6T
24 hrs +$58.4B | 24 hrs +2.0M BTC
30 days +$603.8B | 30 days +21.0M BTC

#DailyDebt #Bitcoin


Yea, I wouldn't.  But you're right, don't have to buy ETH either.


Stacks is a shitcoin.


🤡🤡🤡

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2023-10-16 | Total Debt: $33.6T
24 hrs +$61.2B | 24 hrs +2.2M BTC
30 days +$545.4B | 30 days +19.3M BTC

#DailyDebt #Bitcoin


It's true that it's a pretty unique model, but doesn't mean the information doesn't exist. The largest investors in Vanguard funds are almost certainly going to be entirely institutional investors. Those would be the "shareholders" of vangaurd group under their unique model


Vanguard and Black Rock are both public companies. You can see who the largest shareholders are 🤷


Cause Cashapp and Venmo are closed platforms like Meta


Hahah ok you were the 2s! 😂😂😂


Things are escalating 😅

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


Keep getting 1 Sat payments to my strike address with no zap receipt or description... Had been happening all day


Heyo


No need to explain!  Just kidding around

Btw I am airdropping dan tokens tomorrow, you just need to zap and share this note!

😁


Non-custodial zaps aren't worth a 50% fee... back to strike!

Still very cool tech though


Haha just messing around 😜
It's just funny that we get a notification

Also... how are you seeing this?


nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac muted me and it kinda stings 😔