As Sovereign Engineering comes to a close, I'd like to take some time to reflect on the past few months. It feels like it was yesterday when I was sitting in a Panera Bread in NYC listening to a Nostrovia episode when these guys nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc mentioned a crazy idea to bring a bunch of hackers to an island in the middle of the Atlantic to work on Nostr stuff for two months. At this point I had only recently heard about Nostr, in fact, I was still debating between building on Farcaster vs Nostr 😅.  By the end of that podcast I was hooked, I knew I had to find a way to get myself into the Cohort and start contributing to the future of the web. So I started working on a client, learning all about the intricacies of the protocol as I did. A constant flow of Nostr podcasts streamed into my ears, fueling the next few weeks as I put together what eventually became Flockstr. (Funny enough, Flockstr was originally supposed to be a Patreon/Substack client where users could subscribe to creators and consume long-form content). Once my MVP was done I sent DMs to a bunch of the big names on Nostr to get some feedback. Luckily, despite not having much cred to my name at the time, I got some awesome encouragement from nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn & Pablo which pushed me to keep going. Fast forward 4 months and now I find myself sitting in a cafe in Madeira, writing this retrospective as I get ready to return home tomorrow.

In that time I've:
1. Turned Flockstr into the first Nostr Calendar events client
2. Built Flare.pub the first YouTube/Video sharing app on Nostr
3. Built Find Me On Nostr a fun little game to spread the word about Nostr and share some sats
4. Contributed to the Nips repo
5. Visited Bitcoin Park in Nashville to meet a bunch of Nostriches like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424,  nostr:npub1yaul8k059377u9lsu67de7y637w4jtgeuwcmh5n7788l6xnlnrgs3tvjmf, nostr:npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3, nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg, and others
6. Joined SEC-01 in Madeira where I got to work with some of the most capable developers in the space and discuss the future of the web (I could gloat more about my time in nostr:npub1s0veng2gvfwr62acrxhnqexq76sj6ldg3a5t935jy8e6w3shr5vsnwrmq5 but this is a kind 1 after all so let's keep it somewhat brief 😂)
7. Created Seeker, an Events app for Bitcoiners built on Nostr ready to onboard the next generation of Nostriches.
8. Presented at Bitcoin Atlantis where I was able to meet some incredible people like nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m, nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8, nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr, nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc, nostr:npub1jpvsahpy0vgq7gu8nfqjkeskce0gwjk8jpss590xkvjh5xxe4epsruqgsz, nostr:npub1zjx3xe49u3njkyep4hcqxgth37r2ydc6f0d7nyfn72xlpv7n97ss73pvrl, and so many more.
All of that in just a few months. I was just checking my GitHub, and my first ever Nostr commit was Oct 5th, 2023 marking tomorrow my 5-month Nostr-anniversary. It's amazing how much can happen in such a short time. Thanks to all who I've had the pleasure of meeting so far in this journey, I can't wait to see what the next 5 months have in store. 🧡


No, no it's not the Central Bank's fault :-)

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Strike and Cash App will always have #bitcoin  for sale

Wake us up at $100k
https://m.primal.net/Hheh.jpg


The Center for Countering Digital Hate has labeled TFTC and many other YouTube channels as purveyors of "New Denial" that Google must punish for calling out climate hysteria.

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

List of YouTube channels being targeted by this particular NGO.

https://m.primal.net/HhcX.png https://m.primal.net/HhcY.png https://m.primal.net/HhcZ.png

LUCKILY, WE HAVE NOSTR. THE CENTER FOR COUNTERING DIGITAL HATE CAN SCREECH INTO THE VOID.


PrivacyTechPro tip:

Your router likely has proprietary software installed from a large company that has full access to your internet connection and can "call home" at any minute.

Use a hardware firewall and a VPN on your network.

Every IOT (Internet of Things) device you connect to your home network not only announces your IP address, but also expands your network attack surface to hackers.

I recommend #Protectli Vault Pro VP242 4x 2.5G as a hardware firewall for most client's home and small business networks.

#cybersecgirl #privacytechpro #network #security

https://protectli.com/product/vp2420/


nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr primal bug report:

the zapping is too sleek and I keep sending sats to people


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

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

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

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

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

Open source global money. 🫂


 nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s is a baller for posting this. Thank you sir.

People might think there’s fierce competition between nostr clients, but that’s not the case. It’s not Primal vs. Damus. It’s Primal AND Damus AND Amethyst AND Snort AND Coracle AND countless others.

Believe me when I say it: Nostr UX is going to get insanely great. We will blow the legacy web out of the water.

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SUITS IN DISBELIEF AS WE FLIP THEIR WORLD UPSIDE DOWN. 🫡

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


I just published Announcing Strike Africa

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

LFG! 🌍🫡

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

https://youtu.be/Oahb-XVYdDU


The Ethiopian Government to start bitcoin mining. The West is being left behind!

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ethiopia-to-set-up-250m-bitcoin-mining-operations/


Phoenix just gets better and better. It's a great non-custodial lightning wallet.


There are so many things wrong with this case!

https://rumble.com/v4fxkgf-assange-case-explained.html


Me & my bitcoin.
https://image.nostr.build/8c3a441d449fd89bf136312c9f7ca5ac4085bb0b7f2f6532860fa404de7369c6.jpg


it was never a phase, it’s a lifestyle
https://m.primal.net/HfRj.png


unleashed.chat is an AI that's private and not censored

Lets fucking go!

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Seemingly the US uses more electricity for air-conditioning than the whole of Africa uses for everything


Well done Riot and Texas Blockchain Council for standing up to the EIA on this major overreach

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/eia-to-temporarily-suspend-bitcoin-miner-survey-after-lawsuit/


Primal iOS v1.2.44: On-chain Wallet, Video Uploads & More

"We bring you a much nicer wallet, now with support for on-chain payments, along with several social media features and fixes."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/primal-ios-v1-2-44/


V4V isn’t working out at all the way I hoped 🫠

3 months in I’ve made $200 ish dollars / 400k sats zaps.

I thought making nostr specific content would help but that performed poorly from a financial perspective.

One off payments from people DM’ing me have been a God Send.

To those people and - you know who you are - thank you. It truly means the world to me 🤩

I’m sticking with this but I’m also doubling down on sponsorship opportunities. I hope you can understand.

If you can’t… well, Man’s gotta eat, pay rent and crucially, pay animators and editors.

And they ain’t cheap.

Love 🧡


Get ready to use #Bitcoin for payments at nostr:npub1h493d0qgwhu95s82zd9sxrt3ckn3ttgvaf04z02neckadxw5fkvqte4cwz !

Together with Bitcoinize and nostr:npub13ljnkd633c7maxatymv3y2fqq8vt3qk7j3tt0vytv90eztwgha9qmfcfhw we are rolling out Point of Sales for all vendors at the conference.

Those new to Bitcoin will use BoltCards and be happy - tap to pay and instantly settle over lightning ⚡!

https://youtube.com/shorts/bhd8zo3KXnE

The best part: this setup is entirely FOSS!

You’re free to clone it, fork it… apply it in any way that serves your efforts to advocate and promote Bitcoin.

H/t to hodlhodl #BH2023 for being the first to deploy this setup.

https://youtu.be/mDeuHh9gqQM

We will not stop until every conference accepts Bitcoin payments.

Fiat is crumbling.
Let's make it obsolete!


MEREDITH WHITTAKER - PRESIDENT OF SIGNAL FOUNDATION - JULY 3 2023

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


Another batch of free #bitcoin resources are on their way to you!

I just mailed:
79 Bitcoin Sticker Packs
20 Bitcoin Business Stickers
14 Bitcoin Business Kits
+ more on nostr:npub1kns8r25ppwc2vpsv5cvhlpk94nfad76k64pkdzfnn704th2hmcksgq3582

Want to get involved? It's fun and free! Details here: https://bitcoin.rocks/get-involved


Ya, not released yet but it's coming!


Woah this is CRAZYYYY 😮😮

The #nostrdocumentary is being shown in universities as part of a communications degree 😨 WHAAAT

I am so immensely humbled and grateful for this.. you have no idea 🧡 never have I thought that this documentary would have such an impact 😮

Thanks to everyone single one of you NOSTR IS WINNING 🧡 https://i.nostr.build/wJaL.jpg


Julian Assange Appeals in Most Important Press Freedom Case in the World

London’s High Court has scheduled two days of hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may appeal a United States request for extradition to stand trial on espionage charges. Assange will not attend court due to illness.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/julian-assange-appeals-in-most-important-press-freedom-case-in-the-world/


“The media frame defines the political possibility… so to bring about meaningful change, we have to enlarge the media frame… You form part of the largest bullshit detecting machine the world has ever seen.” — Julian Assange
#FreeAssangeNOW https://v.nostr.build/vEX4.mp4


On?


Signal will finally enable you to use usernames instead of mobile numbers. This will make it the perfect private messaging app

https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/


Exposing crimes is not a crime.

#FreeAssange #DayX https://image.nostr.build/495cc508b87214dbc590436c73a8f43acf1d25474c2364cbee0bc213b355a8dd.jpg


WE STAND WITH YOU nostr:npub1xw7h0efeg5s8gla2uyu55jh4lfrlgppcjemrwkmdc7lgvhkcz3fqpvumsa 🫡

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


Another example of Bitcoin helping, not harming, the environment

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/marathon-digital-holdings-launches-pilot-landfill-methane-powered-bitcoin-mining-project


If some unlucky person bought bitcoin right at the very top of the cycle in 2021, they're now down less than if they had bought US Treasuries at that moment instead.

That's how awful bonds have been.

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


Boostagram Ball - Episode 20 http://l.curry.com/fJn

https://cdn.masto.host/psyopshop/media_attachments/files/111/903/368/734/483/303/original/4a1271ab6fa6c837.png


GOOD MORNING NOSTR, FREEDOM IS NOT GRANTED, IT IS TAKEN AND DEFENDED 🫡


Another day, another Cashu-Address update. 🔥

"Claim on Lightning" is finally coming to our web-UI.
If you want to use Cashu-Address as a Lightning Address for your non-custodial setup, claiming just became a lot easier! 💜 ⚡

https://video.nostr.build/f4000c0dcd16260f0e89070bf62a7a6a162bbbb0cf4ce4519276113bd45b0abb.mp4

Coming to a browser near you later today!


Great article by Alex Gladstein

http://tinyurl.com/357c7f3p

And nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev great Audio version + Guys Take of course!

https://fountain.fm/episode/p4cMwgt0SEAnA6mvQPVg


So true and we need to be reminded of this

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

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

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

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


NFC baby!

https://video.nostr.build/d44043ec8d35c5783408092ec2aca7ed127d570fdfa4de55b408f0f4df0c6218.mp4


Gigi in an interview with Odell:

„Bitcoin takes human greed and transforms it into freedom" 🦾💜

#Bitcoin nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx  #Plebchain https://video.nostr.build/cd8e76196f3c8aeae3661fc8ed63e69680e6c996c67a34d3c540b9a7fffd10f1.mp4


IF THERE IS AN ESCAPE THAT ESCAPE WILL BE USED
https://video.nostr.build/debea80281eb66e89053f50e6640fa09a37e545e64100dc5ed7071362a9f76fe.mp4


In no small way, Bitcoin is about becoming the person you were meant to be instead of the person you were taught to be.

To me anyway.


Spirit of Satoshi is a great AI project for spreading good quality bitcoin knowledge. Check it out and support it

https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/

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Another goldbug has taken the orangepill.

When you see other people whom you hold as intelligent keep banging the Bitcoin drum, sooner or later you’ll ask yourself “what am I missing?” and per Quoth here, it doesn’t take long to fill in those blanks.

He’ll flip on his gold preference soon enough, that’s just a question of how long one has spent down the rabbithole because every hour and new understanding simply compounds the conviction. https://i.nostr.build/XkrZ.jpg


2 New artworks on the streets of Barcelona.

#Bitcoin

Designs are part of Bitcoin Sticker Bonanza 2. https://video.nostr.build/037c7a27e9ee33bbcbb273f1bd920e606952b73353340b69353e4901f7379e6c.mp4


We urgently need Bitcoin to take the power away from the idiots in charge!

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Can't believe that it's been a year since i published "The Silent #Bitcoin Revolution of Africa"

Crazy what has happened since...

Thanks to everyone of you for being part of this journey 🫂
Lets get real this year 🔥

Watch the full doc here: https://youtu.be/d5AvBsxRMYk


When I listened to this episode of Joe Rogan with Andreas Antonopolous in 2016 it made sense because I was new to #Bitcoin

But now in 2024 we all can see that Andreas was 100% right. This is exactly what's happening in our society right now.

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


Without privacy you can't be free

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RoboSats v0.6.0 Pre-release: Introducing RoboSats Federation

The RoboSats Federation is a set of rules that allows multiple RoboSats instances to work together under a unified client app. This federated client app enables users to seamlessly interact with any coordinator, track the coordinator reputation, verify transparently devFund donations, and more.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/robosats-v0-6-0-pre-release/


That just makes perfect sense

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#Bitcoin is playing in big leagues now and the game is at a new level.

How I suspect it plays out: An attempt to capture as much as #Bitcoin as possible including regulation to “try” to slow self custody of #Bitcoin (Warren et all) and leverage games on paper #Bitcoin to reduce price. (ETF’s)

Which “causes” more Bitcoiners aware of the manipulation and how the game is being played to use lower prices to buy and self custody more #Bitcoin (reducing supply)

Which at some point creates a short squeeze of MEGA proportions (maybe along with halving - maybe later ) that liquidates a major financial player. (Similar to FTX)

Money has become a monopoly because of the games that have been able to be played with others assets due to the centralization and control of those assets.

But Wall Street has never seen an asset like this. It is not gold and too many #Bitcoiners know how the game is played, meaning if you don’t play by the rules, eventually you will be caught short. (And no one is coming to save you)

Or as nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx says:
Stay humble and stack sats.


15 years ago at block 170 the first #Bitcoin transaction took place 🥳

Satoshi sent 10 BTC to Hal https://image.nostr.build/c1bf4ca6dfbf47e78ee6a3d32063e6896812b842240d494030abc9ebe4c84dfa.png


Only 3 Days 🙌🏼

Limited edition fine art prints 35$
Signed & Numbered

geyser.fund/project/runbtc

#runbtc https://image.nostr.build/29cc3d8e0a3cef0a291f5862d8201f3efcb79efc1257671743d1b5c764d83228.jpg


The single day inflow record for an ETF was $2.3B

#Bitcoin ETFs just broke that record in the first 20 minutes of trading 🤯


This level of incompetence is staggering!


Now that is amusing and good use of block space!

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

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/01/10/bitcoin-etf-chaos-memorialized-on-blockchain-with-nod-to-chancellors-on-the-brink-reference/


https://media.tenor.com/jpKT7cFjb3oAAAAC/he-aint.gif

nostr:note1685vw5rn6yfmh7zfc3jnzrcr3ngkdzfrk3c2ax2rkmjhha09fplqn3aml4


LEGIT NON ZERO CHANCE THAT ELON WAS SITTING WITH THE BOYS SMOKING A BLUNT AND HIT SEND TWEET.

NOSTR FIXES THIS.


GM https://image.nostr.build/e7aa9cee7a5ec2b98beb90a3a0cbba24e644d064c9fc996d7e24a47ac22540a6.jpg


This is the way

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What Gridless are doing with bitcoin mining in Africa is amazing! Bringing power to rural communities is transforming these communities

https://youtu.be/1v7Q6SD3wjc?si=XVMnzxEyn5TptWZE

https://gridlesscompute.com/


“Tupac said, ‘They got money for war but can’t feed the poor.’ And Julian Assange, ‘the goal is to have an endless war, not an successful war.’ Henry Ford knew that an energy currency is the solution to this cycle of endless war & poverty and a way to take control of your money and build a more equitable world. #Bitcoin https://video.nostr.build/04a02fc5547e07142b059532a8aff0324d128682bb67cbccf20aed19f096f317.mp4


Visiting a village in Malawi that now has electricity because of Gridless and #Bitcoin mining was such an incredible experience.

In Malawi, the median salary is $2.00 per day and in the village we visited, it’s closer to $1.00. Worse, Malawi just had a currency debasement of 44% 3 weeks ago.

It touched my soul to meet and spend time with these amazing people, to see the laughter of the children, and to hear how #Bitcoin is changing their lives.

I would say good luck to anyone who thinks that #Bitcoin can be stopped. Because they are fighting a redistribution of power away from manipulation and exploitation of people back to them and to the free market. https://image.nostr.build/1c21ed5aaf1b8154240b8a71a2637f25581bdc2cd7c5b47c1de3d2bb4d569961.jpg


Who’s ready for a new android client this year? 🤠


AT SOME POINT THE SUITS ARE GOING TO REALIZE BITCOIN IS THE ULTIMATE SAFE HAVEN RATHER THAN A RISKY GAMBLE.

THAT PARADIGM SHIFT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING PRICED IN.

THEN THEY WILL PRETEND IT WAS ALWAYS OBVIOUS.

STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS 🫡


Researchers on Wednesday presented intriguing new findings surrounding an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones

https://securelist.com/operation-triangulation-the-last-hardware-mystery/111669


Fountain v1.0: New Design & User Experience Upgrade

"We’re excited to launch a brand new look for the Fountain mobile app. We’ve spent the last few months listening to your feedback to get a deep understanding of the improvements you would like to see that would unleash Fountain’s full potential."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fountain-v1-0/


nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 hacking #bitcoin devices https://image.nostr.build/c3b0ded03308f173c05615a5a08b76bf07b1180b93bd4dc37e3332c0597ba842.jpg


nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev #Bitcoin Audible 🎙 https://image.nostr.build/a68b026d4c3ca8e82ed74865a29f28b36a9090a86ee907646a8b48312ce3997b.jpg


#bitcoin sensei nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m https://image.nostr.build/4cabeb24a3397f4d3f46f0e59dcf1c99e05d2a3a07660e6731e076660f985ec8.jpg


nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s hacking #nostr https://image.nostr.build/f00208532f38254540d58c1bd726627a2799e1edbb6c35fe8d81f96fd53166ed.jpg


nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy ⛏ https://image.nostr.build/7eb0738464c17556c68985b258f4fcd48555ffdfebfeef855770ee6255f03589.jpg


nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx is staying humble and stacking sats https://image.nostr.build/7d15974b96424f2471d256599051ec2c21b21de386d53369a9a309f41d532d4d.jpg


nostr:npub1cjw49ftnxene9wdxujz3tp7zspp0kf862cjud4nm3j2usag6eg2smwj2rh over the target per usual. https://image.nostr.build/a25358f0ca8cda9f0c79fc7044b7481889c0fa94e70ea0d6a40765091db392ca.jpg


Ledger Live Tracks and Sends ALL User Information to Outsourced Data Harvesting Service

"The tracking code is too structural to be just counting users and downloads, like regular apps do. Ledger Live is doing analytics on everything from screen views, to button clicks, error events, installs, uninstalls, etc. It's basically tracking everything. Anything you do on that app gets tracked."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ledger-live-tracks-and-sends-out-all-user-information-by-default/


No Agenda podcast app stats. I was promoting Podverse for the month, PodcastGuru is next.  This is how we grow. Podcasters need to promote modernpodcastapps.com

https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/111/551/398/514/055/363/original/e3c5bce29abc76ae.jpg


FUCK EASY

I'm fed up with easy.
You don't want easy.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and one of said intentions is making things too easy.

Easy is staying on the couch.
Easy is not putting on your running shoes.
Easy is watching the porn, eating the junk food, binging the fucking stupid series.

Easy is not sticking out.
Easy is shutting up when you should be speaking out.
Easy is compliance.
Easy is saying the same thing, thinking the same thing, and liking the same thing as everyone else.

Easy is kicking the can down the road.
Easy is short-term gain for long-term losses.
Easy is starting up the money printer.
Easy is "papering over" failures.

Easy is "This is too hard. This is not for me. Someone else should take care of it."
Easy is not educating yourself.
Easy is not taking responsibility.
Easy is trusting a third party.
Easy is not holding your own keys.

Easy is comfortable.
Easy is not having to think.
Easy is not having to understand.
Easy is the coddling of the mind.

Doing things right is hard. Understanding things right is hard too. As is changing the status quo. But there's no improvement without change, no change without pain.

Fuck easy.


The mathematics and brilliance behind Bitcoin should leave us all in awe with gratitude. I'll try to visualize both for you with nothing but pencils.
https://image.nostr.build/79829f68256588c0a9f326e4b35bd1fd50c2a1c62dffee1da936c44264688cec.jpg


We are a society. nostr:note1p5q5geua2gv2hnggnrlve5qhqql89s5kuk6tnn2mdzjqv6pjlmqscx9szq


He’s so cool https://image.nostr.build/2fc4cdd0f488ad306b62bb8f5dac24089d4521a8f8744e17f62e91ba1351c901.jpg


fuck this dystopia

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


We've released a new version earlier this evening to help with smaller payments that were not going through. Let us know if things have not improved on the latest version.


Deflation is the natural state of the free market.
And only #Bitcoin can measure it.


The “they” in the “then they fight you camp” are going to find out pretty soon that there are far too many of “us”.

#Bitcoin.
#Nostr


FinCEN’s proposal to outlaw all crypto privacy is a huge overreach. They apply a section of the Patriot Act on a “class of transactions” in a new precedent. Doesn’t matter if it’s custodial or noncustodial- merely using certain type of code can be an illegal act.

People are caught by the potential spot ETF, meanwhile this is proposed. Now they fight you.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fincen-wants-to-outlaw-certain-bitcoin-on-chain-transactions/


A gave a talk at the New Orleans Investment Conference the other day. At 50 years and counting, it is the longest continually-running investment conference in the country, and possibly the world.

It is diminished from its heyday due to broader competition and online investment media, but it has a certain air to it. Ayn Rand, Ron Paul, Margaret Thatcher, Alan Greenspan, Milton Friedman, Gerald Ford, and Steve Forbes have spoken at it, among many others. It is mostly a boomer/gold/resource/conservative/libertarian conference, and gets the best from that crowd, but otherwise is not huge. The guy who has run it for decades took it over long ago from the original founder, and he wants to freshen it up and modernize it a bit and throw some hand grenades into his own conference, so he invited me to talk. He is a gold guy, a resource guy, an old-school conservative, and he likes bitcoin and wishes he bought it earlier. He's open-minded, objective, and growth-oriented.

My talk was "Broken Money, Broken World".

-The first theme was that there are 160+ siloed fiat currencies. I used Egypt as my main example, and held up a physical Egyptian pound and said this is basically a national casino chip; it has very low salability outside of Egypt, similar to how a casino chip has very low salability outside of the casino. The 105 million people who live there are trapped in a fiat matrix of 20% annual money supply growth, like a treadmill that they have to keep up with in terms of their wages, price increases, rent increases, and so forth to avoid being diluted, and most can't keep up with that treadmill. And there are dozens of countries like this. I held up a Norwegian krone and said even though this is from a wealthy country, it is still a casino chip because what can I possibly do with it in New Orleans? It's too small and unsalable. This is outdated tech.

-The second theme brought it back to the US. I spoke about how the past four decades had two main trends: rising public debt/GDP and falling interest rates (see included pics below). Developing market currencies suffer while those of us in the US feel that things are stable. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, people rightly freaked out about the debt and deficit. The famous NYC debt clock went up in 1989. Ross Perot ran the most successful independent presidential campaign in the early 1990s on the debt and deficit. That was when interest expense as a % of GDP was at its peak. But what they didn't or couldn't predict, was that the next 30 years would be disinflationary. China opened up to the world. The Soviet Union fell. Western capital was united with Eastern labor and resources. China became a manufacturing hub, which was disinflationary. Russia supplied cheap energy to the German industrial base, which was disinflationary. Interest rates fell structurally, allowing more debt accumulation, and for prices to increase far more slowly than money supply growth. But then we hit zero interest rates, and then we monetized fiscal spending. We're in a new world now; debts and deficits matter again. Those guys from the late 1980s and early 1990s were right but early, and now we are facing some of those consequences. Fiat currencies including the dollar have structural instability.

-The third theme was to bring up again that there are 160+ casino fiat currencies in the world... and that every one of their gates are fucking down. Pre-Bitcoin, the only way to get money in or out of a country was 1) physical ports of entry (typically limited to $10k USD or so worth of cash and gold) or 2) bank wire transfers (highly controlled by local governments). Countries could maintain their little currency bubbles. But Bitcoin and then stablecoins blew that open. You can bring a billion dollars worth of bitcoin through an airport by remembering 12 words, or writing them down and tucking them away in your baggage, or briefly putting them in an encrypted file in the cloud. Infinite value density. Same for stablecoins- tokenized dollars or whatever the market wants in terms of global fiat currency and assets. I can pay a graphic designer in Nigeria with a QR code over a video call or email or DM in bitcoin or stablecoins or whatever she wants. All of this bypasses their currency bubble and goes around their banking system, unless their country wants to be North Korea and cut itself off or get shut off externally from the internet. And I said the investment implications and macro implications of this are massive; it's a new world that, over the long arc of time, breaks all the fiat bubbles.

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


Bringing this over here because it's 🔥
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https://i.nostr.build/BQLn.jpg


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🚀 Breaking News: Geyser migrates to Nostr! 🌌

Every Geyser project now gets a unique Nostr identity (NPUB) - a big leap for the Open Creator Economy!

🧵

🆕 Your Geyser project lives on Nostr, regardless of whether you're logging in via Nostr or Twitter.  This means broader visibility and more engagement for your content on Nostr platforms!
This has several implications:

📣 Cross-Platform Freedom: Tired of content silos? Us too. Now creators can share content freely across platforms, reaching wider audiences.
Stay tuned for more exciting content features!

🤝 Stronger Connections:
Leveraging Nostr's open social graph, Geyser will enhance:
- Cross-platform follows
- Home page curation based on your Nostr network
- Seamless activity sync between Geyser and Nostr

🛡 Trust & Transparency:
Nostr's open graph helps mitigate scams and impersonation.
Plus, a creator's reputation on Geyser now carries over across Nostr – fostering a more trustworthy environment for the donation economy.

🔓 Data Ownership:
With the ability to export your NSEC using a Private Key Kit, creators maintain control and mobility across Nostr clients, reinforcing our commitment to creator autonomy and censorship resistance. More on this soon.

🌅 Just the Beginning:
Aligning with Nostr opens doors to exciting features: Nostr Posts, replies, polls, hidden posts... Imagine Patreon, but with content flowing seamlessly across the Nostrverse.

🔄 Building Geyser around Openness:
- Embracing open-source philosophy
- Building on robust technical architecture
- Enhancing product potential for creators
We're thrilled about what this means for the broader creator community!

👏 The Superteam
Thanks to the team that made this happen: @npub1jknfxfjynyc6mk3juls0vf6mas8rs747ae9m26e7jn6x56kyqt3quttcvj, @npub13v9zh6hka0heyh5w0ru0ptdyrauf3wx6w25fwxufnz9l0ptax60sg63rka, nostr:npub107jk7htfv243u0x5ynn43scq9wrxtaasmrwwa8lfu2ydwag6cx2quqncxg, @npub1epy7emnm3c6syjwwuwc4hwj6rhrnuux750w6lgrc05fgmdkqfrlq47w65v, @npub1nqe7qkvauxkyay57yxdappqusuzhz3a2gdqvlpk4alygaetege9sskzqnv

💼 Join Our Journey:
Want to start building on one of the best creator tools in the lightning/Nostr space?
We're hiring and designers! DM for details and be part of the change!


What's the weird reason we are not doing this? I mean seriously.

#Team13months
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On Nov 14 the Human Rights Foundation will launch its CBDC Tracker at the National Press Club in Washington, DC

The Tracker will go online for the first time, providing the public with a resource to examine the progress and risks of CBDC implementation worldwide

Like paper dollars or euros, CBDCs are liabilities of central banks

Unlike paper dollars or euros, CBDCs do not offer the privacy protections, neutrality, or finality of cash

Virtually all money today is already digital, but it is typically issued and controlled by private banks and fintech companies, even in dictatorships like China

When consumers use a credit card, spending is at the discretion of the corporation that issued the card

When consumers deposit money into their bank accounts, their funds are liabilities of the bank

CBDCs are an effort to:

1) Replace paper cash with government-issued, government controlled digital credits

2) Reduce the power of private banks

3) Expand state control over the economy

Paper cash doesn’t require identification, can be used by anyone with no discrimination, and cannot be easily tracked

As such, cash is a daily tool of human rights activists, dissidents, and civil society, especially under authoritarian regimes

CBDCs stand to potentially phase out this tool for human rights defenders, making them entirely reliant on currency that is surveilled and easily frozen and censored

Unlike cash, CBDCs can require ID, have expiration dates, be remotely
frozen, and abide by blacklists

HRF believes CBDCs pose a significant threat to human rights work worldwide, especially for people living under tyranny

More than 100 countries are researching CBDCs, while more than 20 have pilots, and a handful of governments have already launched some kind of retail product

Russia, India, the EU, the US, Brazil, and other major governments
have all signaled intent to pursue CBDC projects

HRF considers it important to track these activities and document what risk they pose to human rights

We are pleased to be working with the Bitcoin Policy Institute to launch the CBDC Tracker at the National Press Club in Washington at 10:00am ET on November 14th

We are excited to share the work of the project authors: Nick Anthony, Janine Roem, and Matthew Mezinskis

If you would like to learn more about the project or RSVP to the launch event, please contact nostr:npub1cf3zeytdnwgwzz5pk2ax0vvmmlzad03xcft4d50ejrfhsh8pxcdsefx7gk

We look forward to sharing the resource with all of you on Nov 14

https://cbdchumanrights.org/ https://image.nostr.build/5dcb01114749a54fb356f344bd20d936351cd18d12b3e7ab15c1a0fdcfd9a605.jpg


I’ve been on the Internet since 1994. #Bitcoin and #Nostr are taking us full circle to what it was like at the beginning. Free and open exchange of ideas without censorship, gatekeepers and monopolistic companies and governments. nostr:note1czs9f0lvdce8wc8yze2rvenpprm074mtvlxj2fu35efr8f5m45es576xgt


this is what I expect as well unfortunately- freedom tech is hope fortunately

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The fact that Elon Musk's title is "Technoking" and Jack Dorsey's title is "Block Head", speaks volumes.

One is about ego, and one is not. But more importantly we can see the difference in their actions more than titles from there.

Elon wants to build Twitter or the shitty name "X" into the next WeChat, with himself as the leader. He has literally said this. I used to be able to report bots on Twitter easily for many years, but now I have to show a drivers' ID to report someone that copies my persona even as a 600k following paid blue check, and so I don't bother anymore, and therefore bots proliferate. And if you don't pay for reach, you get devalued. Only in the past few months have I had to show my ID to report my countless bot copiers if I want to report them on Twitter/X. And so their rate of removal has decreased. If my Nym differs a bit from my name, well LET'S FILE SOME TPS REPORTS!!!! (which wasn't previously the case). And so as bots proliferate, and as Musk fails to contain bots as he promised he would and bragged about with memes, he will instead reference his own self-created bot problem as a reason to require even more ID requirements and try to build his US version of the Chinese Communist Party WeChat app. This is exactly what governments do. In my professional opinion, after careful consideration, Elon Musk can ::check notes::  politely go fuck himself, and those who worship him should reconsider what exactly they show blind obedience toward.

Meanwhile, nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m helps improve the Bitcoin network and the Nostr network and has put capital into them in various ways, and Bitcoin and Nostr have no leader. The fact that Bitcoin and Nostr have no leader, is specifically why Jack puts time and capital into them. He funds many different companies, and for bitcoin, Cash App has been among the networks to incorporate Lightning early. Yes, Cash App deals with domestic compliance issues. But they are trying, and they are early. Their network can connect to many others, like an email provider using SMTP to connect to many others. They're open, they're trying. And now they are making Bitkey, which helps with self custody. They're certainly not a directional enemy of freedom in the way that Twitter/X has been.

Companies that incorporate open networks with various levels of compliance trump companies that purposely don't adopt open networks and instead push new ID requirements, in my book.

+10 Jack
-10 Elon
Any day of the week.


“What has now become clear is that Musk’s vision of speech on X is one of the greatest dangers to democracy, especially leading into the 2024 elections… I worked with a small trust and safety team at Twitter during the last election. We were one of the last defenses to American democracy leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021 mob attack on Congress… It’s time to stop using X and participating in Musk’s immoral and dangerous failing free speech experiment.”

—
This article is interesting, considering Musk has repeatedly acquiesced to governments and removed content deemed as “illegal” in certain countries, approving ~83% of government requests to restrict or block content (e.g. India, Turkey).

It’s also interesting because I’m sure this author would be appalled at the existence of true free speech that exists on #nostr

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4287616-elon-musks-immoral-dangerous-failing-experiment-in-free-speech/


📢 Announcing Highlighter 2.0
Release name: "Sig"

Highlighter has gone through so many changes that it's essentially an entirely new nostr client.

The goal remains the same:

👉 A nostr client for your most valuable information. Your reading. Your notes. Your thoughts. A place to discover thoughtful, timeless content.

I have a lot to say about Highlighter, why I'm building it, what it is and where it's going. how it fits in the mainstream adoption of Nostr, and, to a degree, in the normalization of "keys over passwords", data sovereignty and more.

But these ideas are still rough. Very, very rough and demands a lot of filling in. This is still, very much, for the early adopters.

Let's focus on what's in this important release:

✅ Data-vending-machine support: you can now very easily highlight podcasts and video content in a text-native way.
✅ Patreon support: You can now create RECURRING subscriptions to support your favorite creators and shitposters. I will say a lot more about this and a follow up with a NIP to standardize and help other builders disrupt Patreon and bring creators of all kinds to Nostr easier and more compelling.
✅ Zap-splits: Zapping a highlight creates a split on everybody involved in you seeing that content.
✅ Curation: You can now create curations of articles and earn zap splits for your curation efforts.
✅ NIP-32 Labels: categorize highlights and "margin notes" with any category
✅ Full text support: Find what interests you across any topic in any type of event in nostr.

There's a LOT more to this release that I will be discussing in the next few days.

And a lot more to come.

Stay bullshit, my friend

https://highlighter.com


COLDCARD Mk4 v6.21X Edge Firmware Released

Edge is an experimental firmware for Coldcard Mk4, dedicated to developers and advanced users.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/coldcard-mk4-edge-firmware-v6-21x/


GM

Let’s fly to quality #Bitcoin https://video.nostr.build/7ae149b51feaa2ba1267b95bf64b793bf6ba6400c71d2ba566f87e6202d8e3b9.mov


"Stop resisting, Stop resisting!" is one of the most instantly recognizable phrases of the new American century. When you read the words, you can probably still hear them shouted in your head, the echoing memory of a generational trauma, the indelible recollection of the moment that the citizen became subordinate to the state.


A couple weeks ago the Relay for Reddit app I've used for many years stopped working because the developer added a dependency on Google Play services to force paid subscriptions. GrapheneOS doesn't play well with that.

So I begrudgingly switched to the Infinity app. Well, this week it appears they started blocking all known VPN and data center IP addresses.

I hate this recurring feeling as a Cypherpunk that the walls keep closing in.


Just move to Nostr

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/x-twitter-now-collects-more-data-than-ever-including-biometrics/


During sovereign debt crises, powerful countries have a lot of tools of financial repression available to block the exits.

But it’s hard to know how competent they will be at wielding them.

Best to plan and build for the worst. It’s always better to be surprised in a good way than a bad way.


Gary Wang, Co-Founder of FTX, Questioning at Trial :

Q. Did you commit financial crimes while working at FTX?
A. Yes.

Q. What types of crimes did you commit?
A. Wire fraud, securities fraud, and commodities fraud.

Q. Did you commit these crimes by yourself or with other people?
A. With other people.

Q. Who were the main people you committed these crimes with?
A. Sam Bankman-Fried, Nishad Singh, and Caroline Ellison.

Q. You're talking about Alameda Research?
A. Yes.

Q. Okay. We'll come back to it in a minute. When you say withdrew unlimited amounts of funds, whose funds are you talking about?
A. Those of customers.

Q. Let's talk about——sorry. And customers of what?
A. Customers of FTX.

Q. Mr. Wang, do you see any of the people you committed those crimes with in the courtroom today? You can stand up if you need to.
A. Yes.

Q. Who do you see?
A. Sam Bankman-Fried.
MR. ROOS: Let the record reflect the witness has identified the defendant.

Q. Mr. Wang, in general terms for now, what did you do with the defendant that was the wire fraud you were referring to?
A. We gave special privileges to Alameda Research on FTX, which allowed it to withdraw unlimited amounts of funds from the platform, and we lied about this to the public.

Q. When you say withdrew unlimited funds from the platform, what are you referring to?
A. It had the ability to, regardless of what was in the account, to withdraw unlimited amounts of money.


Bitcoiners will never forget Ross Ulbricht. He will forever be a #Bitcoin political prisoner.

#FreeRoss https://image.nostr.build/ab171abbee949ccf13aa457e0a506ed6afb9c628a022d2331ab2d68003254bdc.jpg


Introducing EXIT

You broke up with your ex; it wasn’t treating you well, maybe it was shadow banning you or your friends; it was manipulating you into becoming your worst possible self.

But over the years you accrued a bunch of quality shitposts, and perhaps some nuggets of wisdom.

Introducing: https://exit.pub:

The last bridge you’ll need to port over your data into the new world of decentralized freedom-tech.

1. Download your twitter archive
2. If Elon agrees, you’ll get a zip file; uncompress it and just use exit.pub to import your data into nostr

✅ original dates are used; whatever you posted in 2009 will show up as posted in nostr in 2009
✅ granular control of which tweets to import (threads, non-replies, replies)
✅ V4V, you choose how much your shitposts are worth
✅ it *should* preserve embedded images
✅ granular control of which relays you want to publish to

Try it out:

https://exit.pub


We are all Satoshi Nakamoto https://video.nostr.build/21330060e84a3953eadf94b1a72b438f405a417e2a57bb85a88d6404e560d279.mov


People still really haven't appreciated how bad the car thing is. Or the phone thing. They think they do, but they don't. The full range of capabilities has yet to be used routinely — companies and states are both trying to keep it beneath the waterline. The public is intended to be unsure what it is that they're looking at, and why it matters. It is the news report playing in the background of a disaster movie. It is the half-glimpsed monster from a horror reel — implied, but never fully shown.

History is still going to look back at this period with enormous bewilderment that we did not do more to stop what is coming. The signs were there.

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One of the most sinister lies of the establishment, is that we should be afraid of economic disaster if everything was consistently getting more affordable.

ie. Natural deflation hurts the economy, thus the counterfeit class is “saving us.”

https://youtu.be/vknNY3oTABc?si=7eSOiFqXpNn1GDgW


lol

https://image.nostr.build/7a83a8f65eea36300601c6aa6b1ffa43187a32089f5448af898bea4e76eb8961.jpg


America drifts ever closer to the plot lines of WALL-E and Idiocracy.

Fix the money, fix the world. nostr:note192vxzcv69lecw8emvyce03zhmvsg3eqhdrxwskxv50qnfz7jtpnq2h6m4e


GM.

https://image.nostr.build/5802a856911f7e6ab9d5a7c90b9882d9e183fe4f96c7f4dd70f05d32d891278d.jpg


take a walk💡 https://image.nostr.build/cc6023ab3bc903fb639a8553648f2e0b0af89fd86c50758a3b460bb5ffeda07e.jpg


Hey, is there a Bitcoin friendly analogue to 99designs?

Can’t even get a logo design without doxxing myself… crazy

Or are there anonymous prepaid cards 99 would accept?

Or can you just make us a better logo?


It was true honor participating in HRF Global Summit at Bitcoin Park!

The momentous impact of this gathering will only be realized in years to come.

Creating this note to share my favorite moments and link to what others have posted.

https://m.primal.net/HLeA.png
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https://m.primal.net/HLeC.png

The day before the summit I have shared my experiences during "Working in Bitcoin" panel (recording should soon be up on https://bitcoinpark.com)

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Global Summit was even better than I expected

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Nostr crew was there as well!
nostr:note1en23q8dxpjtzfz29pnd20tnz737d2uk05c2p0xvlamd9eelpmu5st73h45

nostr:note1n53kmfw5twwrvv2jctcnm7f7ahgdw2erzs2p0vuq5mxz0agva4ksmlvtct

nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg kept processing payments (thanks for the demo nostr:npub1v67clmf4jrezn8hsz28434nc0y5fu65e5esws04djnl2kasxl5tskjmjjk )
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1701747490255441920/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/yLDZ1U7Kuj8HPlkQ.mp4?tag=12

Organizers kept delivering
https://void.cat/d/NeLR52wwYDy4u4hx6Fjbtr.webp

As well as participants
https://void.cat/d/6TwPVxSACfjAg2YAd1yWef.webp

You can see summary threads here on Nostr:

nostr:note1dp8mhxe084zz205n55mwyn9m073exflx2rhwq3vhqhxk3j9xgpssxsxs59

nostr:note1ah9xaf7mlp4n7znpa5fhzmk42r5k9fc6an3qnddgsevx4zg0wdssdruauw

It's not a party unless Rockstar stamps Buy Bitcoin onto something

https://void.cat/d/3DWSP4jHD8T6vF5WuBgoXN.webp


Zapping is pretty easy with Nostr Wallet Connect. You zap a bunch of notes in your nostr client and then approve those zaps inside your wallet. But what if it was just a little bit easier?

Today, we're shipping "auto approve" so you can set up Wallet Connections that auto-pay requests within a limit!

https://image.nostr.build/9863c067b8852c118b50ef76990227ba3f5a9fdd26f004acd4d994d4bf0c89b6.gif

To set up a budget, check the "auto approve" checkbox, then pick the amount and the interval. You can also edit existing wallet connections. There is no need to reconnect Mutiny to your nostr client if you've already set it up.

Auto approve is a simple concept, but we wanted to ensure we could pair it with budgeting before unleashing it on the world. Expect a lot more to come in the future around wallet connections and auto payments!

https://blog.mutinywallet.com/auto-approve-zaps-with-the-power-of-budgeting/


Bitcoin fixes us, and we fix the rest. Easy.


Hal Finney - 1998

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


It begins! The early arrivals into Nairobi for the Africa mining summit are trickling in.

Full gas, no brakes, starting tomorrow! https://image.nostr.build/78e8cb394fd3321411a75ab4326eb61332bb55dd84464f78caeffcacec6a35a1.jpg


What powered the world in 2022? It wasn't Wind & Solar!

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/electricity-sources-by-fuel-in-2022/


I wonder who is benefiting from the war in Ukraine?

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/inside-arms-deals-worth-billions-ukraine-war-2620665


Another great video from nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSIJfeP4EDU


I just spent a fantastic night at the London Bitcoin Space fundraiser for a grassroots initiative to drive Biitcoin education for kids in the UK.

Your sats are going to a good cause:

https://geyser.fund/project/uksovereignstudentproject

Also, London looking isspectacular this evening 😍

https://image.nostr.build/f15226ca51c1c629ee3e67ea8492b9c6a306e7b030650fc675af0d94d21bd1ba.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/323ca484880a572413e7f51e1ee5ffb3b589821323c84fd876acf5678e376de0.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/c1db7099b648b51dc4b44cec94a2ad77258a573d78cc9c07cc6fac0e2220c9f0.jpg


👀

https://news.mit.edu/2023/system-combines-light-electrons-unlock-faster-greener-computing-0911


That was an expensive mistake

https://mempool.space/tx/d5392d474b4c436e1c9d1f4ff4be5f5f9bb0eb2e26b61d2781751474b7e870fd


Fight back by using WikiNostr

https://wikinostr.tijl.xyz

nostr:nevent1qqsgjssn9u3l3x78mfsu5cntegdq5m89ha6e2y34cz2plkj9dxddutgpzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezuenjv4hxuet59eu8j7szyrehurerm3cmc5rfyvdw97vteg4gpq3rnlng09a54k7w7u8hmpe9cqcyqqqqqqgqh32fn


Are you working on an open-source project that needs some design help? Want to improve the UX of your nostr app?

Use #nostrdesign to summon help or reach out to design@opensats.org
 https://opensats.org/blog/announcing-nostr-design


Protect your identity and move aware from Google services! Good article from Proton

https://proton.me/blog/email-is-your-digital-id


Now that is worrying. Just self custody!

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ripple-acquires-fortress-trust/


With its energy surplus and desire to diversify and modernize its economy, Oman is now moving heavily into bitcoin mining

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-mining-around-the-world-oman/


Chainalysis Denounces Bitcoin Core Contributor Bryan Bishop as 'Unqualified' to Audit Its Code

"Chainalysis attempts to evade source code audit by denouncing Bitcoin Core contributor as "unqualified", cites risk of "irreparable damage" to its business," L0la L33tz wrote.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/chainalysis-denounces-bitcoin-core-contributor-bryan-bishop-as-unqualified-to-audit-its-code/


OpenSats is proud to announce long term support for bitcoin core developer nostr:npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4c.

Sjors has reviewed almost a thousand pull requests since 2017, some of them in-depth reviews across many rebases. He has opened about 160 pull requests over the years in various areas, mostly related to the wallet codebase. His main focus is on thorough code reviews as opposed to writing code himself.

Joining nostr:npub1uaj9phu5lpxpczm3vaayt46m0yv0pduxzy7z6quwd2uggxue7fmqx9665u and Marco Falke, we are now providing long term support to three bitcoin core developers.

Onward 🫡

https://opensats.org/blog/sjors-provoost-receives-opensats-lts-grant


Bitcoin Does Not Waste Energy

I stumbled on this article by Lewis Parker today. Was written in 2019 but 100% current.

https://unchained.com/blog/bitcoin-does-not-waste-energy/

And here's nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev version on Bitcoin Audible

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-China and Brazil agree to skip the dollar and exchange their own currencies directly.

-China uses yuan to settle LNG imports from the UAE, from the French supermajor Total.

-Saudi Arabia joins the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a dialogue member.

-Saudi Aramco signs big refinery deals for construction in northern China.

It's been a pretty big few days for the anti-petrodollar crowd.


Great rip #[0]

Jesse Myers does a great job of explaining the current financial system and it’s fucked!

Very informative and interesting episode, a must listen

#[1]


CD93: Bank Runs and Macro Update with Dylan LeClair

BLOCK: 780528
PRICE: 4707 sats per dollar
TOPICS: Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank Failures, Macro Environment, Contagion, Going Forward

PODCAST: https://www.podpage.com/citadeldispatch/cd93-bank-runs-and-macro-update-with-dylan-leclair/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAwZ_h8L5vo


Brilliant, I love it


"US regulators say SVB customers will be made whole as second bank fails"

https://i.imgur.com/y0AgkYU.png

https://mempool.space/tx/9d53f14e0fe1ac9ff54154956ec1c9419b02f78f2e5a20d63f3e637976aef826


With bank failures and stock markets down it’s great to see Bitcoin pumping:-)  It would be great if it was people realising the error of their ways and moving capital out of banks into Bitcoin but people are still in denial and have no idea what's coming, it's not going to be good! In the words of #[0] Mandibles!

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_76ba4cb676beb27d699b8ac24034596409d10f4c2952648838c8d8bfe69cff8b.png


Its just wrong


You called it #[0]. Circle are in trouble

@note1k5llldlpcu776j8a8wkurlqe90p9q0mf9nczrcx7xg07xfp7c9ws75j24

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/03/10/circle-reveals-3-3-billion-stuck-silicon-valley-bank-usdc-wobbles-against-peg/


We will win

#[0]


That would be a nice addition to Amethyst


It's a shame so many people will learn the the hard way and loose their life savings


Mandibles


Most bitcoin exchanges have exposure to these banks that are failing.

Withdraw any bitcoin you have on exchanges ASAP.

Simple self custody guide: https://werunbtc.com/muun

More secure cold storage guide: https://werunbtc.com/coldcard


Wow. Lots of spammers and scammers out today. This spammer is spamming massive tag threads, LNURLs asking for free sats, and this clown shoe is also spamming badges to people. Badge A, B, C, D, E, F, G, etc.

npub1xkzj4tvgc098mxmzkjddcu3enrs4e5rkqc5fh788erdcuwg20tmqzj574d

Be careful, plebs!


Hey Lightning Wallets, you have done an amazing job integrating zaps!! 👏 Wonderful job!

What about stepping up your nostr integration?

What about allowing the user to opt-in to this integration defining his npub?

With that npub the wallet could get from nostr relays information about the user's sent and received zaps, and fetching info of the sender or receiver.
That information could be used to enrich the corresponding Lightning transactions history with the name and pfp of the sender/receiver.

What do you think?
Does it make sense?

cc: #[0] , Alby, #[1] , Stacker News , #[2] , #[3] , #[4] , #[5] , Strike(army), #[6] , etc.


Check out some useful resources

https://nostr.net
https://usenostr.org
https://nostr.com
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr
https://nostrplebs.com/
https://damus.io/