Milei’s full inauguration speech translated to English.

“Ministers of the court
governors, deputies and national senators
presidents and foreign dignitaries
the Argentinine people
today a new era begins in Argentina
today we put an end to a long and sad history of decadence and decline
we begin the path of reconstruction of our country
Argentines have overwhelmingly expressed a will for change, from which there is no turning back
Today we bury decades of failure, internal fights and meaningless disputes
Disputes that the only thing they have achieved, is destroying our beloved country and leaving us in ruin
Today begins a new era in Argentina, an era of peace and prosperity, an era of growth and progress
200 years ago, a group of Argentine citizens gathered in San Miguel de Tucumán, told the world
that the united provinces of the Río de la Plata were no longer a Spanish colony
and from that historic moment we would be a free and sovereign nation
For decades we faced internal disputes about what should be the institutional form for our country
In 1853, after 40 years of having declared independence
under the auspice of a small group of young idealists
that we know today as the generation of '37
we decided as a people to embrace the idea of Freedom
thus, a liberal constitution was sanctioned
with the objective of ensuring the benefits of Freedom
for us, our posterity and for all men of the world who want to inhabit the Argentinian land
Argentine soil, what came after the sanction of that Constitution, with strong liberal roots
was the most impressive economic expansion in our history
From being a country of barbarians, engaged in an all-out war
we became the first world power
At the beginning of the 20th century, we were the beacon of light of the Western world
Our coasts welcomed with open arms millions of immigrants who were escaping from a devastated Europe in search for progress
Unfortunately, our leadership decided to abandon the model that had made us rich
and they embraced the impoverishing ideas of Collectivism
for more than 100 years politicians have insisted on defending a model that only generates poverty, stagnation and misery
a model that considers that citizens are there to serve Politics and not that Politics, exists to serve the citizens
A model that considers that the task of a politician is to direct the lives of individuals in all possible areas
A model that considers the State as a spoil of war, to be distributed among friends
Gentlemen, that model has failed
it has failed everywhere, but specially, it has failed in our country
just as the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of a tragic era for the world, this election has marked the turning point of our history
(Freedom, freedom, freedom)
These days, much has been said about the inheritance that we will receive
Let me be very clear about this
No government has received a worse inheritance than the one we are getting
Kirchnerism, which in its beginnings boasted of having twin surpluses, that is fiscal and external surplus
Today, it leaves us with twin deficits equal to 17 points of our GDP
From those 17 points of our GDP, 15 correspond to the consolidated deficit between the Treasury and the Central Bank
therefore there is no viable solution, that avoids attacking the fiscal deficit
of those 15 points of fiscal deficit, 5 correspond to the national treasury and 10 to the Central Bank
hence, the solution requires on the one hand, fiscal cuts to the national public sector of 5 points of the GDP
unlike the past, it will fall almost entirely on the State and not on the private sector
Chainsaw, Chainsaw, Chainsaw!
On the other hand, it is necessary to liquidate the remunerated liabilities of the Central Bank
they are responsible for those 10 points of deficit
This way, money printing will be put to an end, with it, the only cause of inflation. Empirically true and valid in theoretical terms
however, given that monetary policy acts with a lag that ranges between 18 to 24 months,
even if today we stop printing money, we will continue to pay the costs of the monetary chaos of the outgoing government,
printing 20 points of our GDP, as was done by the outgoing government
Is... not... free... we will pay for it with inflation
Furthermore, the money exchange ban, another inheritance from the outgoing government
Milei, dear, the people are with you
not only constitutes a social and productive nightmare
because it necessitates high interest rates, low level of activity, low level of formal employment and
miserable salaries that drive the increase in poverty and indigence
but also the surplus of money in the economy today is double what it was in the past, prior to the "Rodrigazo" (1975)
to have an idea of what this implies, remember that the Rodrigazo multiplied by six the rate of inflation rate
so a similar event would mean multiplying the inflation rate by 12 times
and given that it is, annualized, at 300%, we could reach a 3600% rate
in turn
be patient, it doesn't end here, the inheritance continues
in turn, given the situation of the remunerated liabilities of the Central Bank
which is worse than that which existed before hyperinflation of Alfonsín (1989)
in a very short time, the amount of money could quadruple
and thereby bring inflation to 15,000% annually
This is the inheritance they left us, a potential inflation of 15,000% annually
which we are going to fight with everything we got, to eradicate it
Yes we can
What's more, this number that seems crazy, I want you to know that it implies a monthly inflation of 52%
while today, private estimates put in the range between 20 and 40% per month
for the months between December and February
The outgoing government has left us with a potential hyperinflation
and it is our highest priority to make all possible efforts to avoid such a catastrophe
that would take poverty above 90% and indigence above 50%
Therefore, there is NO alternative solution to cut spending
On the other hand, the inheritance does not end there
since the imbalances in prices, are only comparable to the disaster left by the Kirchnerists in 2015
As for exchange rates, the official-to-unofficial dollar rate gap, oscillates between 150% and 200%
which is comparable to the one we had during the Rodrigazo
At the same time, the debt with importers exceeds 30,000 million dollars
the profits retained from foreign companies reach 10,000 million dollars
the debt of the Central Bank and YPF totals 25,000 million dollars
and the outstanding treasury debt amounts to about 35,000 dollars
the "bomb", in terms of debt, amounts to 100,000 million dollars
that will have to be added to the nearly 420,000 million dollars of existing debt
naturally, to these problems we must also add the debt maturities of this year
where the maturities in Pesos, are equivalent to 90,000 million dollars
25,000 million dollars in foreign currency, with multilateral credit organizations
However, with financial markets closed
and the agreement with the IMF in bad shape, due to brutal breaches by the outgoing government
the debt rollover is even more challenging, even for the mythical cyclops
as if all this was not enough
this takes place within an Economy with no growth since 2011
in line with that, formal employment in the private sector remains stagnant at 6 million jobs
crazy enough, that is surpassed by 33% by informal employment
so it should not surprise anyone, that real salaries have been destroyed
which is around 300 dollars monthly
which are, not only 6 times lower than those of Convertibility (90's)
but if the trend from years would have continued
or as they said: "The damned Neoliberalism"
today it would oscillate between 3000 and 3500 dollars per month
They have... ruined... our lives...
have made our salaries drop 10 times
Therefore, we shouldn't be surprised that
Populism made 45% of us poor and 10% of us indigents
after this picture of the current state of affairs
that undeniably seems unsurmountable
it must be clear, that there is no possible alternative to cutting spending
There is also is also no room for the discussion between shock and gradualism
First of all, because from an empirical point of view
all the gradualist programs ended badly
while all the shock programs, except the one in 1959, were successful
In second place, because from a theoretical point of view
if a country lacks reputation, as is unfortunately the case with Argentina
businessmen will not invest until they see fiscal adjustment, making it recessive
Thirdly, and not the least important
for gradualism there needs to be financing
and, sadly
I have to tell you again
we... have... no... money...
Therefore, the conclusion is that there is no alternative to cut spending and there is no alternative to shock
Naturally, that will impact negatively on economic activity
employment, real wages, poverty and indigence
There will be stagflation... it is true
but it is not something very different from what happened in the last 12 years
let us remember that in the last 12 years, GDP per capita has fallen 15% in a context where we accumulated 5,000% inflation
therefore, we have been living in stagflation for more than a decade
therefore this is the last sour drink, to start the reconstruction of Argentina
in turn after the macro-level rearrangement that we are going to promote
which will be less painful the greater the fall country's risk premium
and the better our containment from the Ministry of Human Capital
the situation will begin to improve,
that is, there will be light at the end of the road
alternatively
the sentimental progressive proposal, whose only source of financing is money printing
will end in hyperinflation, which will lead the country to the worst crisis in its history
it will also put us in a decadent spiral, that will rival the darkness of Chavez and Maduro's Venezuela
therefore, after such a description of the state of affairs
there can be no doubt that the only possible option is to cut spending
an orderly spending cut process that falls with full force on the State and not the private sector
We know that it will be tough
for that reason, I also want to read to you an outstanding quote
from one of the best presidents in Argentine history, Julio Argentino Roca
"Nothing big, nothing stable and lasting, is conquered in the world when it comes to the freedom of men and the advancement of people...
...if not by supreme efforts and painful sacrifices"
but our challenges, are not only in the economic aspect
The level of deterioration of our country is such, that it spans all spheres of community life
In terms of security, Argentina has become a bloodbath
Criminals walk free, while law-abiding Argentines lock themselves behind bars
Drug trafficking slowly took over our streets
to the point that, one of the most important cities in our country, has been subdued by drug traffickers and violence
our armed forces have been humiliated and mistreated for decades
they have been abandoned by a political class that has turned its back on those who take care of us
the decadence is such, that only 3% of crimes are convicted
Enough with the "go on, go on" for criminals
In the social aspect, we receive a country where half the population is poor
the social fabric is completely broken
more than 20 million Argentines cannot live a dignified life
because they are prisoners of a system, that only generates more poverty
As the great Jesús Huerta de Soto says:
"Anti-poverty plans only generate more poverty"
the only way out of poverty is with more freedom
At the same time, there are 6 million children that tonight, will go to sleep hungry
that walk barefoot on the street and others who fell prey to drugs
The same thing happens when it comes to Education
to give you an idea of the deterioration we are experiencing
only 16% of our children finish school in a timely manner
only... 16... percent...
only... 16... out of every 100...
it means 84% of our children do not finish school in a timely manner
In turn, 70% of the children that finish school cannot solve a basic math problem or understand a text
In fact, in the latest PISA tests Argentina is ranked 66th out of 81
and 7th in Latin America
even though Argentina was the first country to end literacy in the world
if (Domingo Faustino) Sarmiento would came back and saw what they did with Education...
(They did it on purpose!)
(Thieves!)
As far as healthcare goes, the system is completely collapsed
hospitals are destroyed, doctors are paid pittance and Argentines do not have access to basic healthcare
so much so, that during the pandemic, If we Argentines had done things like the average of the countries in the world
we would have had 30,000 deaths
but thanks to the "State takes care of you" and its inefficiency
130,000 Argentines lost their lives
That is the "present" State that politicians talk about so much
an argument they use to justify the huge increase in public spending that only benefits them
in all spheres, wherever you look, the situation in Argentina IS an emergency
if we look at the infrastructure of our country, the situation is the same
only 16% of our roads are paved and only 11% is in good condition
so it is no coincidence, that around 15,000 Argentines die per year in traffic accidents
What I want to illustrate with all this, is that the situation in Argentina is critical and an emergency
we do not have alternatives nor we have time
we have no room for sterile discussions, our country demands action... immediate action
the political class leaves a country on the brink of the deepest crisis in our history
each of them will have to own their share of the responsibility, it is not my job to point fingers at them
we are not looking for, nor do we want the hard decisions that will have to be made in the coming weeks
but unfortunately, they have left us no choice
However, our commitment to the Argentines is unalterable
We are going to make all the necessary decisions, to fix the problem caused by 100 years of waste by the political class
Even though the beginning will be hard
we know that, in the short term, the situation will worsen
but then we see the fruits of our efforts
having created the foundations for solid and sustainable growth over time
We also know that not all is lost. The challenges we have are enormous but also Our ability to overcome them
it won't be easy, 100 years of failure are not undone in a day. But one day, it begins, and today... is... that... day...
Yes, we can!
Today we begin to retrace the path of decline and begin to walk the path of prosperity
We have everything we need to be the country we always dreamt of
we have the resources, we have the people, we have the creativity and much more importantly, we have the resilience to succeed
Roday we once again embrace the ideas of freedom
those ideas that are summarized in the definition of liberalism
of our greatest intellectual, when it comes the ideas of freedom, Professor Alberto Benegas Lynch Jr., that states:
"Liberalism is the irrestrictive respect for the life-long project of others, based on the principle of non-aggression...
...in defense of the right to life, freedom and property...
...whose fundamental institutions are private property and markets, free from State intervention, free competition, division of labor and social cooperation"
In that 47-word sentence, the essence of the new social contract that Argentines chose, is summarized
This new social contract proposes a different country
a country in which the state does not direct our lives but ensure our rights
a country in which "those who do it, then pay for it" (criminals)
a country in which, he who blocks a street, violating the rights of their fellow citizens, does not receive assistance from society
put in other terms, "He who blocks, does not collect"
a country that within the law, allows everything but outside the law, allows nothing
a country that supports those who need it, but
does not allow itself to be extorted by those who use, those who have less, to enrich themselves
in terms of the Argentine political class. I want to tell you that we do not come here to persecute anyone
we do not come here to settle old vendettas (revenges)
or to discuss the distribution of power
our project is not a project of power
our project is a project of a country
We do not ask for blind adherence
but we are not going to tolerate that hypocrisy, dishonesty or the ambition for power, interfere with the change that we Argentines elected
all those political union and business leaders who want to join the New Argentina
we welcome them with open arms
so, it doesn't matter where they come from, it doesn't matter what they have done before
the only thing that matters is where they want to go
those who want to use violence or extortion to block change
We tell them that they are going to meet a President with unwavering convictions
who will use all the resources of the State to advance the changes that our country needs
We will not give up
We will not go back
We will not surrender
we will move forward with the changes that the country needs
because we are sure, that embracing the ideas of freedom is the only way
in which we will be able to get out of the hole in which they have put us
(Let's go!)
(Let's go Javier!)
(Olé, Olé, Olé, Olé, Milei, Milei!)
Therefore, to conclude...
To be very clear, today... begins a new era... in Argentina...
The challenge that lies ahead of us, is colossal, but the true strength of a people is measured in how it faces challenges when they arise
and each time we believe that our ability to overcome those challenges has been reached
we look at the sky and remember that this capacity could as well be unlimited
the challenge is enormous, but we will face it with conviction, we will work tirelessly and we will reach our destination
It is no coincidence that this presidential inauguration occurs during the festival of Hanukkah, the festival of lights
Since it celebrates the true essence of freedom
the war of the Maccabees is the symbol of the triumph of the weak over the powerful
of the few over the many
of light over darkness
and over all things, of truth over lies
because you know that I prefer to tell you an uncomfortable truth, over a comfortable lie
I am convinced that we are going to move forward
I remember when 2 years ago
together with Dr. Villaruel
today, the vicepresident of the nation
we entered this house as deputies
I remember that in an interview they told me:
"but if are just 2 in 257... you won't be able to do anything"
I also remember that that day
I remember that the answer was
a quote from the book of Maccabees 3:19 that says that:
"Victory in battle, does not depend on the number of soldiers but on the forces that come from heaven"
Therefore, God bless the Argentines and may the forces of heaven accompany us in this challenge
Thank you very much, it will be difficult but we are going to succeed!
Long live freedom, dammit!
All stand up, we're getting out of this”


You forgot #footstr


Are you using block space efficiently?
The WabiSabi coinjoin of the week consolidated 59 UTXOs in a single private transaction!

Number of inputs: 316
Number of outputs: 257
Value: 30.86650977 BTC
Fee rate: 43.69 sats/vbyte
Input anonset: 5.96
Output anonset: 7.79

https://mempool.space/tx/e4af29d4544af4d3ac4641b6e330db66d55e6ee5476963a566129d035eaf1523


New trailer for season 15 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast! 🔥

Coming in ~2 weeks with 10 new episodes recorded in Argentina, Switzerland & more! 🇦🇷🇨🇭

Featuring Alexei Zamyatin, Alexis Roussel, Lightcoin, Hernan Marino, Sergi Delgado, Super Testnet & Sergio Demian Lerner!

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Diceware


Why limit it to 100% nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s?

How about a log scale slider to infinity


Came here to ask about that.

There are tradeoffs though, loading time is substantially slower, and bandwidth consumption substantially larger...


We've made it pretty, at least...

https://image.nostr.build/9616273106cef1bb2da8f9eba490d5e09ddc425cca7f64163a5da94a881d9e7a.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/80c476740431f381105bdd3dbac311c3bd7b2440bae5730ec87455ad92da1041.jpg


ATTENTION PLEASE! 🚨 I've been notified of a critical vulnerability in the LNbank plugin! I recommend all instances running LNbank to update immediately to LNbank v1.8.9 to mitigate this critical vulnerability.

Note: This does not affect nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg — you are only affected when running the LNbank plugin. For further assistance, you can get in touch with me on our Mattermost over at https://chat.btcpayserver.org


Telegram does have the best search function though...


None, but you save 2x-3x the sats for electricity.


I can recommend the yealink BH71, comfortable fit, great microphone, long battery life.
https://www.yealink.com/en/product-detail/headset-bh71


Just use heat pumps...


This must surely win the internet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7PhDgkyUXs


That's awesome, hope the model works out for you!


Good work, thanks!
I'm curious though, why is "coinjoin" not mentioned explicitly?


Another great song by Dominik Frisby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwSz1AF8lVM


There is a timeout, so you just have to wait a couple hours (or days, depends).


Good that you're planning to make it FOSS!
I can only recommend doing it, there are so many benefits, and no substantial reasons against it. Wasabi (and zksnacks) would never have succeeded without it.


Checkout nostr:npub14zln9kg0yx7qdn2kx8p2z9zdrz3ujfhyx6adeepmjsl98gjlfj5sr6fcn4, coinjoins are happening frequently recently.

It might be because your coins got banned for failing to sign a round, check CTRL+C+D coin list for warning triangles.


This is only for sending and receiving single user transactions with the Jade.

Signing coinjoin transactions is more difficult and not in this PR.


A technical analysis of ordinal inscriptions and the history of fighting data spam in bitcoin

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/jb55/1701876273423

I’m going to be on an ordinals panels as one of the people who is counter arguing the claim that they are good for bitcoin. I decided to brush up on the technicals on how inscriptions work. I am starting to see luke’s perspective on how it is exploiting a loophole in bitcoin’s anti-data-spam mechanisms.

## Storing data in Bitcoin, the “standard” way

The standard way you add “data” to bitcoin is by calling the OP_RETURN opcode. Bitcoin devs noticed that people were storing data (like the bitcoin whitepaper) in the utxo set via large multisig transactions. The problem with this is that this set is unprunable and could grow over time. OP_RETURN outputs on the other-hand are provably prunable and don’t add to utxo bloat.

Here’s an excerpt from the march 2014 0.9.0 release notes that talks about this:

> On OP_RETURN: There was been some confusion and misunderstanding in the community, regarding the OP_RETURN feature in 0.9 and data in the blockchain. This change is not an endorsement of storing data in the blockchain. The OP_RETURN change creates a provably-prunable output, to avoid data storage schemes – some of which were already deployed – that were storing arbitrary data such as images as forever-unspendable TX outputs, bloating bitcoin’s UTXO database.
Storing arbitrary data in the blockchain is still a bad idea; it is less costly and far more efficient to store non-currency data elsewhere.

Much of the work on bitcoin core has been focused on making sure the system continues to function in a decentralized way for its intended purpose in the presence of people trying to abuse it for things like storing data. Bitcoin core has always discouraged this, as it is not designed for storage of images and data, it is meant for moving digital coins around in cyberspace.

To help incentive-align people to not do stupid things, OP_RETURN transactions were not made non-standard, so that they are relayable by peers and miners, but with the caveat:

1. They can only push 40 bytes (later increased to 80,83, I’m guessing to support larger root merkle hashes since that is the only sane usecase for op_return)

Bitcoin also added an option called -datacarriersize which limits the total number of bytes from these outputs that you will relay or mine.

## Why inscriptions are technically an exploit

Inscriptions get around the datacarriersize limit by disguising data as bitcoin script program data via OP_PUSH inside OP_IF blocks. Ordinals do not use OP_RETURN and are not subjected to datacarriersize limits, so noderunners and miners currently have limited control over the total size of this data that they wish to relay and include in blocks. Luke’s fork of bitcoin-core has some options to fight this spam, so hopefully we will see this in core sometime soon as well.

Inscriptions are also taking advantage of features in segwit v1 (witness discount) and v2/taproot (no arbitrary script size limit). Each of these features have interesting and well-justified reasons why they were introduced.

The purpose of the witness discount was to make it cheaper to spend many outputs which helps the reduction of the utxo set size. Inscriptions took advantage of this discount to store monke jpegs disguised as bitcoin scripts. Remember, bitcoin is not for storing data, so anytime bitcoin-devs accidentally make it cheap and easy to relay data then this should be viewed as an exploit. Expect it to be fixed, or at least provide tools to noderunners for fighting this spam.

## Where do we go from here

The interesting part of this story is that people seem to attach value to images stored on the bitcoin blockchain, and they are willing to pay the fee to get it in the block, so non-ideologic miners and people who don’t care about the health and decentralization of bitcoin are happy to pay or collect the fee and move on.

Data should not get a discount, people should pay full price if they want to store data. They should just use op_return and hashes like opentimestamps or any other reasonable protocol storing data in bitcoin.

After going through this analysis I’ve come to the opinion that this is a pretty bad data-spam exploit and bitcoin devs should be working on solutions. Ideological devs like luke who actually care about the health and decentralization of the network are and I’m glad to see it.


nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n Jade support coming to Wasabi!
https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/pull/12041


Bitcoin Optech newsletter #280 is here:

- describes several discussions about the proposed cluster mempool
- summarizes the results of a test performed using warnet
- recaps the "Testing Bitcoin Core 26.0 Release Candidates" PR Review Meeting
- Bitcoin Core 26.0
- Optech Newsletter #280 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/12/06/

Bitcoin Core developers working on cluster mempool started a working group (WG) on the Delving Bitcoin forum. Cluster mempool is a proposal to make it much easier to operate on the mempool while respecting the required ordering of transactions...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/12/06/#cluster-mempool-discussion

Matthew Zipkin posted to Delving Bitcoin with the results of some simulations he’s run using warnet, a program that launches a large number of Bitcoin nodes with a defined set of connections between them...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/12/06/#testing-with-warnet

The 'Testing Bitcoin Core 26.0 Release Candidates' review club meeting did not review a particular PR, but rather was a group testing effort.

Before each major Bitcoin Core release, extensive testing by the community is considered essential...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/12/06/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club

Bitcoin Core 26.0 is the next major version of the predominant full-node implementation. The release includes experimental support for the version 2 transport protocol, support for taproot in miniscript, new RPCs for working with states for assumeUTXO, and an experimental RPC for processing packages of transactions...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/12/06/#bitcoin-core-26-0

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests  Pieter Wuille and Matthew Zipkin on Twitter Spaces Thursday at 15:00 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGXNzDQRXxZ


I see you nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z 👀

https://i.nostr.build/LwJ8.jpg

Shopstr.store needs amber and darkmode and lacks responsiveness in general.


Good guide on building your own AI server.
While we're all waiting for nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev to publish his...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCmvXCtY7eA


Just had a call with https://blyss.dev , and holy shit, this is a MAJOR breakthrough.

Arbitrary computation on a remote computer, where the server operator cannot spy on the users compute.

(yes, you just read that correctly - anonymous remote compute - like, what the actual fuck)

Trust is required only in the hardware manufacturer (at the time of producing the hardware), and in the certificate authority (let's encrypt).

It's "rather simple" to implement client side, but the verification of the entire stack is more complicated.

This has endless application potential (it's general computation after all), the current hype is AI, so let's do that I guess, but it will also enable private information retrieval upon much larger database than previously possible.

nostr:nevent1qqsffpu382a5kesy8rjzy5ydlguc4dvgwsmdcvzvxzmlz9y5jsay4qcpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcpzpdlddzcx9hntfgfw28749pwpu8sw6rj39rx6jw43rdq4pd276vhuqvzqqqqqqyyjlkd2


Content, metadata, signature, that's it.


Famous last words...


There is still an onboarding and liquidity constraint in Ark, it's just outsourced to a third party.


The service provider of a small ark needs +100k btc in locked up liquidity each month.

The 5 second round time is impossible, because it only provides off chain privacy with +50 inputs, which is unlikely to be gathered every 5 minutes.


Nice!
Here's the audiobook if you prefer that on the road.
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1073233


Is it possible to visit nostrudel from the mobile browser and sign events from Amber?

nostr:npub1ye5ptcxfyyxl5vjvdjar2ua3f0hynkjzpx552mu5snj3qmx5pzjscpknpr nostr:npub1w4uswmv6lu9yel005l3qgheysmr7tk9uvwluddznju3nuxalevvs2d0jr5


Daily reminder: there is no such thing as a Bitcoin company (or a nostr company).

A Company is anchored in the State and may be called upon at any time to "comply" by acting as a branch of the State (giving up user details, banning certain users/customers/transactions, etc etc).

"Bitcoin companies" and Bitcoin can't both survive. If Bitcoin keeps growing, we enter the criminalization phase next. Bitcoin companies will comply with the State or be shut down.

"Nostr companies" and Nostr can't both survive either. If nostr becomes large enough, any "nostr company" will comply with the State or be shut down.

The biggest lie that Governments like to propagate is that humans can't spread risk and collaborate without registering a Company (or Security) of some kind. We've been collaborating and distributing risk longer than we've been human, there are indeed ways of doing this without the government stepping in to mediate our relationships.


Something like nostr might be even more powerful than something like bitcoin.


It's this kinda day, you know...


If you haven't yet read Economic Science and the Austrian Method, drop whatever it is your doing, and read it, now.

It is more mindblowing, and it's realizations are more groundbreaking than the Bitcoin whitepaper.

https://mises.org/library/economic-science-and-austrian-method


Finally managed to continue writing a bit on Praxeology of Privacy.

Still laying the groundwork, the interesting stuff is yet to come.

github.com/MaxHillebrand/PraxeologyofPrivacy


greed is not the love of money,
greed is the theft of money.


What you think arrogance means: Foolish belief that you are of great worth

What arrogance actually means: The beginning of understanding your infinite worth


When technology and innovation beat down authoritative control, the liberty released will spawn astronomical advances.


The greatest gift of Satoshi, is the realization that you are the key.


To challenge evil, all that remains is to open your mouth and tell the people of the world that the dream of freedom is real.


With only limited degrees of freedom in a small percentage of the world, human beings have cured scores of disease and discovered methods of feeding billions. All the comforts of modern life were made possible by people with the faith to succeed.

Ask yourself what miracles may be accomplished when this small percentage becomes perfect freedom, and is achieved for every one of the billions of people on earth.

This is the infinite value of human beings.

nostr:nevent1qqs0e2ddye72fp9cef79tsh9qhm4c5m7vl7h3thd2ttdc3u7shrn2hgpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcpzpdlddzcx9hntfgfw28749pwpu8sw6rj39rx6jw43rdq4pd276vhuqvzqqqqqqymeetqu


Ages of destruction wrought by tyranny will not go unanswered.


Technology endangers evil on every hand.
Technology is both born from and the bringer of freedom.
Keep building.


All economic control is slavery.


Weekly #bh2023 PoW stage content drop
Buying #Bitcoin P2P by @firstworldpeace
Learn how Peer-to-Peer solves the problems of centralized exchanges by offering private, self-custodial, and secure transactions.
https://t.co/nCs4p38jJd
https://image.nostr.build/1432e7a6cf1147dd65d63d4c107877fdeebd53c05e4da4448ce8425cf8127d4e.jpg


"wir sind eigentlich nur zum zahlen hier."
lol


Wait, is fountain closed source?
nostr:npub1unmftuzmkpdjxyj4en8r63cm34uuvjn9hnxqz3nz6fls7l5jzzfqtvd0j2


Now it works, thanks!


Ich war zu Gast beim Freiheitsfunken Ferngespräch und sprach mit nostr:npub15m7lgk6fy82ml6w5354q8488rde5pkqkd2w6s0dw9ztz8y297yzq8gulfv über nostr:npub1qv02xpsc3lhxxx5x7xswf88w3u7kykft9ea7t78tz7ywxf7mxs9qrxujnc und die deutschsprachige #Bitcoin Szene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb94OGrXB88


"we" = the paracites


I don't see 1.2.3 on Github...


Have there been any conceptual improvements to ark since the initial announcement? Because that had way more issues than lightning...


To see the truth in an idea, it is a good idea to flip it upside down.

Socialism teaches that people deserve to receive the benefits of working without actually working. Flipped upside down, socialism teaches that those who work must work not only for themselves but for everyone else as well. As with all authority, there is no choice, no opting out. Socialism reveals forced labor.

Price controls teach that people deserve to receive products and services at a proper price. Flipped upside down, price controls teach that you must work to create products at the price government says you must work for. Price controls reveal forced labor.

Welfare teaches that people deserve to receive the basic necessities of life without needing to work for them. Flipped upside down, welfare teaches that those unwilling to labor for their own benefit can extract it from you. Welfare reveals forced labor.

Bureaucracy teaches that people should be able to expect others to behave according to strict rules to benefit everyone. Flipped upside down, bureaucracy teaches that to keep bureaucratic employees in the money, everyone must jump through hoops and pay fees and fines. Bureaucracy reveals forced labor.

Taxation teaches that people deserve to receive roads, protection, schools, and all other manner of services even if they cannot afford them. Flipped upside down, taxation teaches that people have the right to force their neighbors to pay for services without the hassle of asking for permission. Taxation reveals forced labor.

nostr:nevent1qqs0e2ddye72fp9cef79tsh9qhm4c5m7vl7h3thd2ttdc3u7shrn2hgpz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcpzpdlddzcx9hntfgfw28749pwpu8sw6rj39rx6jw43rdq4pd276vhuqvzqqqqqqymeetqu


Freedom solves the world's ills.


Democracy and fiat money are a special kind of evil, because you are simultaneously the slave and the master of others.


Democracy was created to impersonate freedom while still maintaining the grip of law over people.


Tyranny has destroyed countless more lives than poverty could even dream.


The strongest governments are those whose culture persuades people that they are the government themselves.


The End of All Evil is a dangerously good book.

https://archive.org/details/the-end-of-all-evil-jeremy-locke


The definition of insanity is blind obedience.


wisdom brings freedom.
freedom brings peace.
peace brings prosperity.


We can print faster than they can.

Winning hard.


If an individual will not choose a thing, then it is not good for him.


wabisabi is pura vida

nostr:nevent1qqs99ffyzpqek09qrc3uc4959c2uepsas4xvp6wc4vm2ysn4m5s34pcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvupzq5xeflpdskqvdq4swxj59793uvdzqzc9pzatjk3nhmcg2h0js8trqvzqqqqqqyt9tx40


This is the way.

The only thing better than eCash, is anonymous amount eCash.


Until you try ecash, lol


Nice, do you have more details on the arti integration?

afaik the RPC is not yet stable, how are you using it, any complications, performance improvements etc?


Good points.


So glad that there's no nostr token with a price ticker.


I'd say that if the code is published with those restrictions, it's open source, but not free software.


Sure, if linking to the original source material is a rip off nowadays.


tldr:

The involvement of astronauts and ground support teams in the design process was a key factor in producing spacecraft that performed superbly.

The Apollo program's design principles stressed simplicity, and the use of established technology for areas in which performance and reliability goals had already been realized.

The primary consideration governing the design of the Apollo system was that no single failure should cause the loss of any crewmember, prevent the successful continuation of the mission, or prevent a successful abort of the mission.

Flight control in the Apollo program was a significant factor in its success, with approximately 80 percent of all problems encountered in flight having been previously discussed, documented, and simulated before the flight.

The remaining 20 percent of the problems readily yielded to the same logic, and decision-making procedures followed to arrive at pre-mission decisions.

The Apollo program was an unprecedented challenge to the ingenuity of engineers and scientists, and the ambition to reach the moon was a challenge in itself.

The program's success was a testament to the power of collaboration, innovation, and perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges.


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**Full demo**


Recommend read:
What made Apollo a success (SP-287)

It's a short summary of the learnings from the moon landing in regards to design, architecture, and engineering.

Kinda important to apply these learnings for projects that are even more monumental, Bitcoin & Nostr.

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-287/sp287.htm


In case you didn't know about the oblivious block explorer, here's a two hour Wasabi Research Club with the authors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L725ufc-58


Remember https://blyss.dev ?

The guys who figured out how to query a block explorer without it learning the address that you're looking up? https://btc.usespiral.com/

Well, the same magic works for AI inference now! Query a LLM on a server that has no clue what you're asking.

Cryptography is a special kind of magic.


the code isn't even published


Fedi is a Frontend to communicate with fedimint backends.


almonds? Did I miss some ecash magic?!


Yes, which makes it even more sad...

It started out great, then made a turn for the worse.


Greed does not exist amongst free people.


The arrogance to suggest that you can govern yourself.


When scheduled posts in Amethyst nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z?


The rule of law is the single most dangerous idea ever inflicted upon mankind.


The github has only a README file.

Even if it were open source though, the fact that you "do not have the right" to edit the code is wrong.

https://github.com/fedibtc/fedi-alpha/tree/master


The purpose of violence is to compel obedience.


That which destroys freedom is evil.


A principle is a truth that creates freedom.
A law is a lie that creates slavery.


The nostr:npub1uq70uqgas9pyhds2zt57kr9se8rg3s68ztphjnq82ts8rzeknmeql7u0c2 software license agreement is really bad...

eCash projects should learn from the mistakes of Chaum, instead of doubling down in the same direction. It is ESSENTIAL for these tools to be FOSS.

> You are not permitted to lease, rent, distribute or sublicense the Software or any rights therein.

> You also may not install the Software on a network server, use the Software in a time-sharing arrangement or in any other unauthorized manner.

> Further, no license is granted to you in the human readable code of the Software (source code).

> You agree that you have no right, power or authority to make any modifications to or unauthorized copies of the Software.

> You may reproduce and provide one (1) copy of the Software and Documentation for each device, computer or workstation on which the Software is installed. [QubesOS users go lol]

> You agree not to modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works of the Software or assist someone in performing such prohibited acts.

> You agree not to import or export the Software or any Documentation (or any copies thereof) or any products utilizing the Software or any Documentation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations of the United States or the country to which you have imported or exported.

https://www.fedi.xyz/eula-en


The trailer is better than most new Netflix seasons...


Here's a trailer for season 15 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast 🔥

Featuring nostr:npub1yxp7j36cfqws7yj0hkfu2mx25308u4zua6ud22zglxp98ayhh96s8c399s, EdanYago, Alexei Zamyatin, John Light, Hernan Marino & Alexis Roussel!

If you haven't subscribed already, are you even a real bitcoiner?! https://video.nostr.build/c0d6c4c192bebf2789840eb29312ea5304d658ecc01e97c8c7ac76d2349c54b1.mp4


“Power into the hands of individuals rather than governments and corporations. The computer can be used as a tool to liberate and protect people rather than control them. “
- Hal Finney https://i.nostr.build/6JjW.jpg


Nice!
I'd love to have a map of parking spots, similar to park4night, but FOSS.


Apparently something like 80% of podcasts don't make it past 10 episodes. In celebration of that milestone, I chose my favorite clips from the first 10 episodes and put them together, along with some bonus clips from my interviews at #Nostrasia! I think you'll enjoy this.

I'm still trying to find my audience (whether to focus on people who haven't seen the relevance for #Bitcoin to their lives yet, or people already into Bitcoin who are located in or just interested in Asia), but things will become more clear with your feedback as we keep going.

Big thanks to my guests and all of you!

Guests:
nostr:npub13lkyycj8s3da6fhndtj0wd6s3s2ahmq86s7wrruvzd4tnc66cgfqn4lpsy
nostr:npub1x9hs220ekahnqud2j3pfve7yzs7guu628mhvytcqql5v4h06yu5sstn4qw
nostr:npub17n53d53ql9seuxap52r6uckkvvf9nk0pg2v6ecpj7z9nnh8fwh2sl3j6ds
nostr:npub1h88z7vfm7mnaz94gn2p2a5psaduzkphrf2pndtxa4xvsd6zpzg8qajhqta
nostr:npub1kznjv5rsa5hkvpmhz3wrlwztd8kwa7aa00afwucux98dtpldzvrs487zc4
nostr:npub1txp36dw5whexeqrve9srausszfcq73v8f3x07tzzy7g7g3mrw04s8uxacz
nostr:npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va
nostr:npub1dc84762hpnp0y4jcvjcgwt8l7sepng93j3hg63hfm80ph6kt82eqktjwqd
nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5
nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l

Bonus Nostrasia interviews:
nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt
nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 Nicolas Dorier,
Daniel from nostr:npub1hcwcj72tlyk7thtyc8nq763vwrq5p2avnyeyrrlwxrzuvdl7j3usj4h9rq

https://fountain.fm/episode/xM9bLCLTcYHXCZmIPhEm


Oh, sorry, my answer totally did not address your question, I didn't see the top level question.

No, coinjoin has nothing to do with cashu.

This is a LN address server, which when it gets called fetches an invoice from a cashu mint, as soon as it gets paid, the mint issues new ecash tokens (nuts), sends them to the LN address server, who then forwards them to the npub that was in the address.


Receive sats without signup.


That's awesome!


This weekend we will be adding Tor support to all our geo relays. Will not matter as much due to onion routing which choose but will have more on-ramps than our current dedicated #Tor relay.

Site will have updated list once ready. 🤙💜🫂🔒


Anyone can nutzap you some ecash, without you ever having to sign up for it, all the sender needs is the npub of the receiver.


coinjoins.org for an overview of all implementations.

docs.wasabiwallet.io for the details on Wasabi, but it's super simple, just download, receive, wait, spend, and everything should be private.


The mistake sits infront of the computer.


Do it
Funding source maximalism


Yup.


10 largest unspent Wasabi 2.0 coins:
 100.98933317:bc1pmultvxe88yulex0g72gchq55y6a0sgcv7yqdaatr0lajwfhtlpas2wtrjr
 43.1038423:bc1q452zj2wv8mttwsgaqmtfjkyqyz89wlxfkerw2e
 40.67708895:bc1qjeja96ghyn95jshqhp9fy6vpqf96yr6z6zq23n
 25.1042628:bc1q4n7gres4p9pkn856xlhpw8uhy44ksnr8r9f604
 24.17372252:bc1quhv50armu6lfzu20zrkunqsdz6f4ewpp5shl0e
 21.47483648:bc1qty8skztrhn706ktewalvvvjfperklra2mtykdj
 20.00:bc1qht5v6mwycj96zhfqa84y7p83ps2vs9stxlvwwg
 20.00:bc1q9eaaecwwp5y94zq9gcf6dh2clnzch5l7070p58
 20.00:bc1q3mf94x5ahs5lahlheytl70vgfhzwzqqf0tw44q
 20.00:bc1q9mdd8k4496smdfp9sxthsf26mrwkpm93y9d8vf


This was one of those moments, where technology works so magically, that I start screaming uncontrollably, and the people next to me ask if I'm alright.

It's not just that it works, but that you get a glimpse of what this technology might mean for humankind.

nostr:nevent1qqsyxqm23zlhvzhk4dvzu6wp5ge2u669n45wfdklewjdshxjsvur9zcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzypgdjn7zmpvqc6ptqud9gtutrcc6yq9s2z96h9dr80hss4wl9qwkxqcyqqqqqqgsezu0x


Four of my favorite technologies mashed together: money, lightning, nostr, ecash.


This is one of those "holy shit, that's amazing" kinda inventions.

nostr:nevent1qqsyxqm23zlhvzhk4dvzu6wp5ge2u669n45wfdklewjdshxjsvur9zcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzypgdjn7zmpvqc6ptqud9gtutrcc6yq9s2z96h9dr80hss4wl9qwkxqcyqqqqqqgsezu0x


Wow, this was a mega mind blown moment.
Like, wtf, someone call a doctor, I can't handle this!


That's going to be a fascinating read!


And this one is the most telling...
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fncsweus7z2w31.jpg&rdt=41894


I've created a list of onion service nostr relays, feel free to contribute to the list with a PR

https://github.com/0xtrr/onion-service-nostr-relays


The Nostr equivalent of running your own node for wallet balance discovery.


That's a wild list.


This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzdesxyengdfhxyunwv33qgsg8kve59yxyhpa9wupntesvnq0dgfd0k5g769jc6fzrua8gct36xgrqsqqqa284e43a8

In a little over a month from now, 21 participants will be joining us and the
[Mutiny
Team](https://sovereignengineering.io/2023/10/18/welcoming-mutiny-wallet-as-the-1st-sovereign-engineering-north-star.html)
for SEC-01, the first Sovereign Engineering Cohort in Madeira. We are thrilled
that so many devs and builders decided to join us and can't wait to see what
everyone's going to build.

If you've been around the lightning & nostr sphere for a while, you might
recognize some of the participants:

- nostr:npub10a8kw2hsevhfycl4yhtg7vzrcpwpu7s6med27juf4lzqpsvy270qrh8zkw
- nostr:npub1l5u0zd00va02ch5n6ke2wwxyzamuy5qcsqcu4uwu7pa3dpapleysf7aap5
- nostr:npub1zach44xjpc4yyhx6pgse2cj2pf98838kja03dv2e8ly8lfr094vqvm5dy5
- nostr:npub1e5tfhk8m65teu25dfx8lcvwn4c8ypqjl72u2sh4rt8zy2kss0j5qct7mh9
- nostr:npub1ez8efu9rjxu64g0lalty2ffmr2tgkzjz92rkafyfyz5463wr8ars8zls5t
- nostr:npub1zel8lcq6w6mtajwj4xcedvvvwts4p6v9l045dmn9rp570dqry7zsyll0dt
- nostr:npub1wf4pufsucer5va8g9p0rj5dnhvfeh6d8w0g6eayaep5dhps6rsgs43dgh9
- nostr:npub1lunaq893u4hmtpvqxpk8hfmtkqmm7ggutdtnc4hyuux2skr4ttcqr827lj
- nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt
- nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p
- nostr:npub1ye5ptcxfyyxl5vjvdjar2ua3f0hynkjzpx552mu5snj3qmx5pzjscpknpr
- nostr:npub1rw7hlhmgat6ur9zxcw40vweem49guv6530yk767j8xjpynv0y20q6qsl3w
- nostr:npub1q2s36929z99tv0pfjkqf8jgmn7yxrrjklmsr0wwjl2707vhk965sp7dx3u
- nostr:npub1mz3vx0ew9le6n48l9f2e8u745k0fzel6thksv0gwfxy3wanprcxq79mymx
- nostr:npub1x5nfafs95as966kkkvd773wvv5qtjyd27fy3g67jxyzln93mk02qdgdkan
- nostr:npub1gz8kx67jdlx972vgjqemg37tysglvz43hzjler9nssk6kav0m66sv7xjkt
- nostr:npub1nmr6w7qk0ta36vxysv77jv3d5rqghfc6d8sez8240rf3gja4vsmsd2yha8
- nostr:npub1aljazgxlpnpfp7n5sunlk3dvfp72456x6nezjw4sd850q879rxqsthg9jp
- nostr:npub1gzuushllat7pet0ccv9yuhygvc8ldeyhrgxuwg744dn5khnpk3gs3ea5ds
- nostr:npub1uac67zc9er54ln0kl6e4qp2y6ta3enfcg7ywnayshvlw9r5w6ehsqq99rx
- nostr:npub1m6z9nxv9tej9wa327qgpkt540m00jswe7gvsc8lvzyyyyr6l8njq6t4ttu

In case you didn't make it this time around, don't despair. We're gonna do it
again. There will be a **2nd cohort in May**, taking place from May 6 to June 28,
and [applications for SEC-02 are now
open](https://sovereignengineering.typeform.com/SEC02).


Pushed the first version of my #JoinMarket log parser: It turns the files in a JoinMarket log folder into one structured JSON containing the notable events. You can use this for internal accounting or analysing/checking the state of your JoinMarket wallet.

https://github.com/dennisreimann/joinmarket-log-parser

/fyi nostr:npub1vxpwwydpmmc4usmxf2zkr8shdjq888g532ydyls3nadxxd9wyx5ssjq5nd nostr:npub1vadcfln4ugt2h9ruwsuwu5vu5am4xaka7pw6m7axy79aqyhp6u5q9knuu7 nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc


#Amethyst v0.81.3: Shopstr and NIP-88 support

https://image.nostr.build/914bcdceca1ea2b9f6ac205e687ff7860242008d24fa83cfca52b0b8c2e90081.png

This version improves the rendering of Classifieds and adds an option to DM the seller directly in the post. It adds support for nostr.wine's NOTIFY spec (NIP-88) that allows relays to display messages when subscriptions are expired or another payment is requested. We also migrated our block list to the `kind:10000` as requested by this [PR](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/880). We also completely restructured the way events are signed to better support Amber's async calls and slighly improved our performace and data usage in many parts of the app.

Enjoy!

- Massive refactoring to unify our internal signer with Amber's signer in all supported events
- Adds [NIP-88](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/901) NOTIFY request support
- Migrates our Block list to `kind:10000`
- Fixes the breaking of @s when other words are combined with the nostr address
- Adds default encryption and decryption permissions to the Amber login call to avoid multiple Amber screens open at once by nostr:npub1w4uswmv6lu9yel005l3qgheysmr7tk9uvwluddznju3nuxalevvs2d0jr5
- Adds support for sending/receiving/approving multiple events at once by nostr:npub1w4uswmv6lu9yel005l3qgheysmr7tk9uvwluddznju3nuxalevvs2d0jr5
- Adds a chat with seller flow to ShopStr's event rendering.
- Reduces the amount of downloads to build the Notification chart of the week
- Immediatly force-closes the WebSocket when leaving the app
- Narrows the re-downloads of event reactions down
- Fixes the blue notification dot appearing when the user receives a notification from a blocked account before downloading the blocklist
- Fixes URL Preview card when websites use a blended version of multiple open graph specs
- Adds a geohash mipmap to event tags
- Reduces multiple reconnections to relays when the app cold starts.
- Adds back arrow button to the top of the Nav bar of the Thread view.
- Fixes race conditions when opening videos at the same time
- Fixes spacing when drawing POW and Geolocation at the same time
- Runs the translation as the UI Scope instead of ViewModel's
- Migrates the event's tag list from List to Array to save some bytes.
- Increases connection timeouts when on mobile data.
- Improves the EOSE logic when creating filters by grouping filter requests with similar `since`clauses
- Fixes video release coroutine being killed by Android, leaving the Video playing in the background
- Adds a cache of the total amount of Zaps per note
- Allows sat amounts up to 4 digits without abbreviation @vicariousdrama
- Improves the rendering of LN Invoice Previews.
- Fixes error message when parsing LnInvoice
- Updates several dependencies

Updated translations for:
- Czech, German, Swedish and Portuguese, Brazilian by nostr:npub1e2yuky03caw4ke3zy68lg0fz3r4gkt94hx4fjmlelacyljgyk79svn3eef
- Spanish, Mexico and Spanish, United States by nostr:npub1luhyzgce7qtcs6r6v00ryjxza8av8u4dzh3avg0zks38tjktnmxspxq903
- Hungarian by nostr:npub1ww8kjxz2akn82qptdpl7glywnchhkx3x04hez3d3rye397turrhssenvtp
- Chinese Simplified by https://crowdin.com/profile/stella2023
- Persian by nostr:npub1cpazafytvafazxkjn43zjfwtfzatfz508r54f6z6a3rf2ws8223qc3xxpk

Download:
- [Play Edition](https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/download/v0.81.3/amethyst-googleplay-universal-v0.81.3.apk )
- [FOSS Edition - No translations](https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/download/v0.81.3/amethyst-fdroid-universal-v0.81.3.apk )


A lot of great details on the progress of the Tor project, a lot of things going on!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdFL0kXu440


The amount of content of Adopting Bitcoin is insane. Well done on getting this all on the record.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz96fAA2tGsOxeodPCeYAPQ


Cash deposits at Canadian post office is already enabled.


Yes.


BullBitcoin mobile wallet is dope.
 https://github.com/SatoshiPortal/bullbitcoin-mobile


Is keet.io still not FOSS?


Since 2007.  At some point I became convinced there was a way to do this without any trust required at all and couldn't resist to keep thinking about it.  Much more of the work was designing than coding.

Fortunately, so far all the issues raised have been things I previously considered and planned for.


We're excited to share what we've been working on - the TrueVote app in action!

TrueVote is not just an app; it's a commitment to transparency. Built on Bitcoin, Opentimestamps, and Nostr, our open-source platform ensures tamper-proof ballot data. No smoke and mirrors, just verifiable election integrity of every ballot, every vote.

TrueVote solves two fundamental problems in elections:

1. Ballot verification: With TrueVote, you can verify your vote was counted, eliminating the uncertainty that plagues traditional voting methods.

2. Convenience: TrueVote brings voting to your fingertips, eliminating the inconvenience of polling places and mail-in ballots. Voting should be as convenient as the rest of our digital lives.

We believe in openness, which is why our tech stack is entirely open-source. Transparency isn't just a feature; it's a virtue. We're empowering voters with unprecedented visibility into the voting process.

Ballot data is validated using Opentimestamps hashing on Bitcoin. No "token" needed. No "new crypto coin" needed. Bitcoin and Bitcoin only.

And now, TrueVote uses Nostr, an innovative decentralized and open-source communications protocol, for secure authentication.

Technology (bitcoin) has made it possible to separate money and state, and it is time to decouple the state from the election process to ensure election integrity.

It's time we vote on our phones!

#TrueVote #ElectionIntegrity #ElectionTransparency

https://twitter.com/morrisonbrett/status/1726618612633591902https://m.primal.net/HQmk.mp4


12000 PRs/Issues to Wasabi Wallet!

https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/issues/12000


Name2 =! Satoshi Nakamoto


Because he did not attribute himself to it.


Satoshi is only the creator of Bitcoin, nothing more.


Tune in to the coinjoin of the week! The favorite denomination in this transaction is 0.05 BTC with 15 inputs and 25 outputs. Obscurity > Symmetry.

 https://mempool.space/tx/347d3c481638c5da4cd5b18273728b40947059219d192a66ad4d2d8d46cf2c0a

Number of inputs: 329
Number of outputs: 301
Value: 33.24752183 BTC
Fee rate: 68.82 sats/vbyte
Input anonset: 4.06
Output anonset: 8.14


Virtual Machines for Beginners

This is an easy read to learn better security and resist tyranny

We all know the concept of a burner phone that you throw away.  What if you could have an electronic version of a phone to dispose of easily?  Well if it’s an electronic fake version of a computer, this is a virtual machine.

Virtual machines (“VM”) are fake recreations of a computer.  Normally when people think of this, they think of corporations creating a “cloud” in a datacenter.   But you can also use a virtual machine on your home computer to ironically resist these big cloud corporations trying to spy on you.

Did you know the CIA sponsors tracking firms and ad networks on Facebook? [1][2] Can’t delete Facebook?  Put that browser in a VM!

Rather than pay money for a whole 2nd computer, when your job asks you to download proprietary software, you can put it in a VM, to prevent it from seeing your other activity.

If you use Linux, you can make a Windows VM for Windows software.

If you want to try out a Nostr client, but don’t know if you can trust it.  Then a VM is a great place to test!  VMs contain malware.  And the part that creates this fake PC is called a hypervisor.

There is a risk of it breaking out of the VM.  How much is the risk?  Well there’s different types of VMs,

If it’s running on top of your real operating system, it’s a level 2 hypervisor.  This is Oracle’s VirtBox.

If it’s running directly on your real hardware, it’s a level 1 hypervisor.  This is VirtManager KVM.

If it’s barely even got a host OS, this is Xen.  And it’s how QubesOS works.

The lower the level of virtualization, the harder it is for malware to break out.

Remember at the start of this article, we said burner phones?  You can install Android in a VM.  This is infinite burner phones for corrupt spyware apps!

We exposed you to the concept here, now you can learn more from our website or others.

References on CIA, add the dot:
[1] cbsnews com/news/social-media-is-a-tool-of-the-cia-seriously/
[2] corbettreport com/meet-in-q-tel-the-cias-venture-capital-firm-preview/


It was a blast, thanks for gathering everyone together!


Shoutout to everyone in nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg community for making #btcpaydaytokyo a tremendous success!

The tech we've been developing on top of #Bitcoin for the last 6+ years would've meant nothing without your support and usage.

This Thanksgiving 🍂 we're thankful for all of you.

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

It was a true delight to host this event right after #nostrasia and spend quality time discussing BTCPay and Bitcoin together.

And we now have yet another fantastic community picture!

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

Special hat tip to the guests who joined us on stage for the sessions and helped us more effectively showcase our collective achievements. Thanks:
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@Koji Higashi nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt

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

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

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

We're committed to building on the successes of the past year - expect more Point of Sale + Bolt Cards deployments! If you are interested in working with us on this - reach out.

It was incredible to see Emperor nostr:npub1zfytz6ktce3av2svlfpl0e79e44tnskxmvlpkcmc7q0xct3qa49swvm60l so energized and inspired by the fantastic turnout in Tokyo.

Careful though - you never know when he'll be so energized and inspired that he decides to make something obsolete.

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

Finally - we're extending our huge thanks to DG Lab for generously sponsoring BTCPay Day and providing a superb venue.

🫡 to all our supporters:

Spiral
OpenSats
BaillieGifford
HRF
Strike
WalletOfSatoshi
CoinCards
ivpnnet
ElSalvadorVisas
LunaNode

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


It's working today, probably required some extra time after publishing.


Looking forward to listening to the final recap!

The download fails for me though...


FINALLY finished editing together my recordings from #Nostrasia. Huge thanks to everyone who spoke with me and onstage.
 nostr:npub1y67n93njx27lzmg9ua37ce7csvq4awvl6ynfqffzfssvdn7mq9vqlhq62h nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 nostr:npub1gg5rvaty9fx6cadacflsvp0eq6lm3jpm20t0apvh8dy4x7d75zpspmke5x nostr:npub1jdyaqyngdj4tgmmtlm7j7npkr3fwzjcumcwdqf68dc9wd5lf39rqwlfwsu nostr:npub1hcwcj72tlyk7thtyc8nq763vwrq5p2avnyeyrrlwxrzuvdl7j3usj4h9rq nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt しおんさん、つるるんさん

Check it out and share it with someone you want to purple-pill!

https://fountain.fm/episode/Zz5J2Ju3qirzanqP7Net


A new episode of the Freedom Footprint Show is out 🎙👣 and today our guest is nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt 🔥CEO of ZKSnacks, the company sponsoring the development of Wasabi Wallet.

Our chat was incredible, you don't want to miss it!

Watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/Qk5INMxSW6c

Listen on Fountain:
https://www.fountain.fm/episode/Sgpg0L8hnXaT5yTQVoBb
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#bitcoin
#podcast


It's always a blast to chat with nostr:npub1jt97tpsul3fp8hvf7zn0vzzysmu9umcrel4hpgflg4vnsytyxwuqt8la9y and nostr:npub1fk8h6g8zhftw8c7pga2zjd84p2z949up5lc3qdchm9v4m0q7mwws7jcwld!

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nostr:nevent1qqs2amj50p6eamtuaycc0n3zuqdacxvl3dhjvmdmcgv5yvmaafxlnrcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsyg9ljhs6gk74a3w2p4pq7n64e5qkghrcf86hlhgnhrz6lmzwhhxgfqpsgqqqqqqs93yhqv


High fees can't stop the coinjoin of the week!  There are 299 inputs in this transaction, switch to a privacy wallet today and make it 300 next time.

Number of inputs: 299
Number of outputs: 251
Value: 23.9421712 BTC
Fee rate: 80.9 sats/vbyte
Input anonset: 6.36
Output anonset: 7.38

https://mempool.space/tx/c88b87d8ede8c8d16ceb0b38ad9867d5e9b9b88dac06e0379cd23df86f3b2378


From the bird app from my friend wilder:

"From the center of Buenos Aires, I warmly congratulate all Argentines on the result of their democratic elections (although I am not a fan).

The voter turnout here was really high (76%).

Before you start reading the European media's bullshit about Milei being an ultra-right-wing fascist who wants to establish a dictatorship, study his electoral program (especially the economic one).

To vote for his opposition (Massa) was to vote for a continuation of the dramatic economic decline and hyperinflation that Argentina has been facing for decades (Massa was directly responsible for this as Minister of Economy).

Yes, many Argentines voted for Milei out of desperation because they had nothing left to lose - socialists like Massa have ruined their lives with hyperinflation and made Argentina the country with the worst economic decline in Latin America (worse than Venezuela's at the moment).

European politicians, as forged socialists, supported Massa, of course, because it is inconceivable to them that Argentina could become a model of a minimal, lean, and better-functioning state - Milei plans to abolish most of the state, fire most civil servants, abolish most ministries, and abolish most taxes and stop inflation by dollarisation.

When the European media tell you that Milei is a populist, know that populism in Argentina at the moment means abolishing all social packages, abolishing the dysfunctional public health service, and introducing market prices without state subsidies.

Populism in Milei's case means that he wants to abolish all social benefits because Argentines have understood that state social benefits are the most expensive and have been paying for them for years through hyperinflation.

The populism of Milei means that he wants to end relations with socialist countries like Venezuela or China (for which European politicians, who only prattle on about the rights of the Uighurs, have no balls).

Yes, Milei is an emotionally unstable person and has many dark sides (he is in favor of banning abortion because he considers a person's life from the moment of conception, and he is against drugs because he thinks their legalization would burden the public health service, which he plans to abolish). Therefore, he has no clear support among libertarians.

It is not at all certain that he will be able to get his radical agenda through. Many people think not.

Unless he succeeds in dollarising Argentina and greatly curtailing collapsing socialism, the ideas of the minimal state may be transferred to other Latin American socialist states.

The election of Milei is a demonstration that most people in Argentina understand that the state is not the solution, but the main problem. That socialism does not work and has failed completely in Argentina.

It should also be a clear signal to the economically stagnant EU that continuing with tax increases, inflation, new regulations and other encroachments on the freedom of Europeans is a road to hell.

The Argentinians have already figured that out.”


Milei never said he would make bitcoin legal tender.

He’s a true Austrian economist who is in favor of free markets and competition between currencies.

He also openly calls out central banks for being scammy.

Learn more about what president Milei means for Argentina by listening to my interview with Rodolfo Andragnes.

Jump to 11:50

https://www.youtube.com/live/bYrVObcxuWE?si=QOt7tAEohmGV5pIK


Added w/ laser eyes https://image.nostr.build/4a8f55cfc33115dc016ae6abd985c72fc9f2db4e085c24c448d329e49f354539.jpg


Go stack some sats.


lol, yes, Amethyst search has tricked me...
nostr:npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va


Seems like prediction markets are starting to get interesting volume…

I wrote about prediction markets in my book Cryptocurrencies - Hack your way to a better life (https://hackyourself.io/shop). The chapter is also here:

https://juraj.bednar.io/en/blog-en/2021/06/23/prediction-markets-crowdsourcing-information-for-good-decisions/

I highly recommend looking into it, seems that prediction markets are starting to get traction and thus useful information.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/982a2d069b94274065ea4f7c166f5639a45eb4dd0a2d5c2478e847289178e464.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/651e3e97abf7142ffb230f0b00903d407116a02172bea4686d1bcc874d6c7e59.webp


Nostargentinia, lfg nostr:npub1efhkvhcltc75y2h3pd0cc4eskgs49hzr8l3cf66h5wh7xjmlgkhq7jf9wg


I wrote a short book called "Cypherpunk visions and trends 2023-2025" in January. I called for open source AI. The fact that a cypherpunk wants open source AI is not particularly interesting, what is interesting is, that the values of Cypherpunks start to align with wider societal needs - better money, free media, open technologies.

https://hackyourself.io/product/cypherpunk-visions-and-trends-2023-2025-ebook/

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/06a8ee4e022541310d54c5eeb3af3408c4e2471c433cd0f3145a6dfe8a454174.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/02fb739fdfe9a5c367115df3302bfcac2d5ee707ea8649ddec0a264930079a45.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/60a62d28a153a6ae89667025a2754676227c77452eec3b5b4a7ae6acc8825198.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/1f5a0fe32e8fcc2a311c5ea902a29a5455f34872df10eaeb96fddde2885abc65.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/293a2ec0194caf23d4cad94eeb7c09f3b8ab43ae4c4b2ef7f2b0ca73ddea4b95.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/fe2072c3fb32b6d29661966367f6517d263212464909b0f7e702a30d7d543963.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/5db7ce2159222cf84c90ec1f5b8cc71116856e7885e17ca58d1856d7ccff736e.webp
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/ed176038f790caab5e0aaef88f612230475d2c6a472098248dd7ca147e19afea.webp


Who's gonna go to Argentinian and scout for citadel land?


A transcription of my talk at nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r, about how Bitcoin privacy wins.

https://bitlyrics.co/transcripts/how-to-make-bitcoin-privacy-convenient/

Thanks to nostr:npub1a68k8xgf53w2rcry03pmutsr9j5gp558e75g29s9q9tam50rk77s2zyl7r


Wise words of the emperor.

nostr:npub1zfytz6ktce3av2svlfpl0e79e44tnskxmvlpkcmc7q0xct3qa49swvm60l
https://image.nostr.build/f68ef90f4f6225b87b7b5cf1112797de836e819bbc64a0fa7f395cc691eb3122.jpg


CBDC ein perfektes Tool um dich zu zensieren
falsche Meinung auf Facebook
wir müssen dich ma' suspendieren
Tschüss

- nostr:npub1pzcj8yfs3kx2thtjpz3agr2w54m52kv9a2933smqyt6n6k2ql3aq2d0wlx

#nostrplebs #plebrap #bitcoin #plebchain #einundzwanzig

https://youtu.be/DNYzHGM50Ys?t=134


On Amethyst tab the home icon (bottom left) and it will take you to the top of the feed.


There are 42 ongoing "national emergencies" in the US right now.


> Eggs are chicken in peak form, it's all downhill after that.

lol


Truther is a pix wallet with (soon to be released) bitcoin and lightning funding option.


Thanks.


Can you elaborate?


And a button with "go to latest unread" when you're at the top.


Outside of dark forest, blend in. In the dark forest, stand out.

In mainstream society, blending in is a good strategy. If you look like a normie, you don't threaten anyone's position in a hierarchy. There is no envy if you are a normal person in a cheap t-shirt, no expensive watch, or car. You can still enjoy luxuries of the world. You can use the idea by Tim Ferriss - own nothing, but rent and thus have access to everything. Of course you can still own things, no need to comply with old guys in suits ideas from wef, the key is to blend in, and the mainstream society will leave you alone.

In the dark forest is your place to stand out. Present your uniqueness, shine your light. Show what you are made of.

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/c21ccfe24caef4193fea2c9f4461933e9548616488a9bc2fdc6bd1ee9988818a.webp


Amethyst often throws me back to the top of the feed, quite annoying...

nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z


Cool.

But why not just use Tor?


We've been fighting with these phishing sites for years, they keep coming back...

It's news to me that they clone even other bitcoin wallets that are installed on the machine, that's crazy.

Stay safe out there plebs, and always verify signatures!

Also, wasabi comes with an internal update mechanism that checks signatures as well, and there is no risk of visiting a wrong website.


🚨 Two days ago, we received a concerning support request: An app that appeared to be the BitBoxApp asked the user to enter their recovery words.

This was clearly a phishing attempt by an attacker trying to steal the users funds.

Here's what happened: 👇

https://image.nostr.build/471dc945e24b9836c14f228e9ebf520a9c389d45f1392598383ede6be1dcbd00.jpg

The victim has had his BitBox02 for multiple months already. One day, after plugging in their BitBox02, the BitBoxApp flashed and displayed the above screen.

Knowing he wasn't supposed to enter his recovery words on a computer, he immediately contacted our support. 💪

Together with the victim, we figured out that a malicious BitBoxApp clone was placed on his computer. It does not replace the BitBoxApp, but is installed in another folder.

Once the original BitBoxApp has been opened, it minimizes the original BitBoxApp and displays the malicious "Bitbox.exe" over all other content.

The malware also appear to take screenshots to surveil the victim. 🚨

https://image.nostr.build/ffa5b51ba5c3b0d1ac777282bd180448fc4ea5ea07aabef5fe7940874f50905a.jpg

We were able to trace the origin of the malware to a malicious website.

The victim used DuckDuckGo to search for "wasabi wallet" and ended up downloading a malicious installer.

This is an extremely easy mistake to make, as there are multiple phishing sites in the top results.

https://image.nostr.build/06a421d407b60e98e26b82d6147fdbcb04becb8b2f3de73fc18f1b2be802b51a.jpg

We have reached out to Wasabi Wallet and they assured us they do everything in their power to get rid of these fake sites.

It is necessary for DuckDuckGo to take action and make sure these malicious websites don't appear in their search results.

To make sure this does not happen to you, you should always verify exactly where you are downloading programs from.

This is also why we provide instructions on how to verify the signatures for our BitBoxApp before you run them:

https://github.com/digitalbitbox/bitbox-wallet-app/releases/tag/v4.39.0

Thank you again to the victim for helping us figure this out as quickly as possible!

Their fast and correct response made it possible for us to figure this out really fast and warn other users. We've already shipped them a small 'thank you' package to show our gratitude. 🙏

In the end the BitBox02 did exactly what it was supposed to:

It protected the users wallet when their PC got compromised.

Would the victim have used a software wallet, chances are high that their money would have been stolen.

https://image.nostr.build/80ed4e5c9bb8b4bc7b6862dafb8c46aac25ed532be784eed6f919c142db57412.jpg


Well, at least we know now that the bot can yell loudly.


Signal, Simplex, jitsi all work great.


So, it's a two hop onion route?


That's what I don't get, and the Readme doesn't provide more info either...


There's the ntfy app, but I didn't succeed to get it to work with amethyst yet.


nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 what's up?


Push notifications without requiring Google play services.


I don't get it, what is this used for?


Latest nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg release adds an optional hodl invoice payment setting.

https://github.com/MutinyWallet/mutiny-node/releases/tag/v0.4.35


nostr:npub14slk4lshtylkrqg9z0dvng09gn58h88frvnax7uga3v0h25szj4qzjt5d6 has excellent takes, give them a follow.


Pro/Con of Linux Distributions from a CypherPunk perspective

Linux Mint:
Pro: Very stable, things are likely to just work.  Updates rarely break the system.  And installs of Ubuntu versions of software usually work, but you don’t get the slow speed of Ubuntu’s snaps.
Con: Very slow update cycle, so you’re getting security updates last.  Some newer software either won’t work or you have to manually get debian packages from their website.  You can change the desktop environment, but if you leave it cinnamon then you can’t use Wayland yet. (which is a more secure display protocol)

Fedora:
Pro: Ships with Wayland and SELinux out of the box.  This is a pro if you trust the academic research on SELinux but...
Con: The NSA made SELinux and even though it’s open source, how many impartial non-US firms have audited it with enough expertise to really know if there’s a backdoor?  My questioning of this will cause controversy, but it’s a fair question.  At least be aware if you disagree with me.

Kicksecure:
Pro: Live mode let’s you erase everything.  Can be used as a VM or even the host OS.  AppArmor is default as is Firejail.  Although you could just run these things on any distro.
Con: It’s still debian, so you are getting slower updates.  But debian has large software support

Arch:
Pro: Bleeding edge of updates.  Huge amount of software.
Con: Updates may break things and require you to roll back things.  (Luke Smith has a tutorial on this)

Void:
Pro: Faster and less attack surface by removing SystemD (the startup system for almost every other distro, btw Artix is Arch without it).  Void also has a more secure version with it’s libraries (musl and GNU libc).  And rolling release meaning faster security updates.
Con: A lot of software is not compatible with the more secure changes, but you can check their website to see which software works on which versions.

Qubes:
This is an OS that lets you run everything in virtual machines with a minimalist hypervisor
Pro: Least attack surface with a Xen hypervisor.  Some experts consider it the hardest to attack.
Con: Requires good computer specs, especially for things like fast video.  And there’s potential USB issues

(btw an alternative to Qubes is Kicksecure in live mode as the base OS with KVM QEMU machines).

Gentoo:
Pro: Can be customized to the best security settings (think all the things mentioned in this article, SystemD removed, musl vs libc, wayland, ect).
Con: Requires a large time investment to modify these things

Follow us on Nostr for more!


Pro/Con of “Private” Email

Protonmail
Pro: Allows Tor, Many use it so network effect of proton to proton encryption
Con: Huge increases in data handoffs to governments makes you question how much data they can get, some question if it’s a honeypot.   Even if not, you’re potentially targeted for even being there, and they have a bad track record.

Tutanota
Pros: Better track record than Protonmail
Cons: Bans Tor and many VPNs.  Severe Browser fingerprinting annoyance when signing up.  They auto-delete your account if you don’t login for 6 months, but you can get around this by adding 2-factor authentication TOTP with KeePass XC

Skiff
Pro: Fast sign-ups, very easy to get a burner account
Con: They use Cloudflare.  Cloudflare intercepts all traffic, so 0% private.  This company is essentially propaganda.

Mail in a Box (software)
This is self-hosting using open source software on a VPS
Pro: More private than any provider.  It does most of the setup work for you
Con: Requires $5 to 15 a month on a VPS (but can be split among friends).  VPS provider can still access emails by snapshots of memory.  Unless you put it in a docker container, you can’t do anything else on the VPS

Luke Smith Scripts (software)
Pro: Fast way to get an email VPS setup
Con: Requires it to be put directly on the server, which can mess up OTHER things you got going on there, like using aaPanel

aaPanel (software)
Pro: Easy to manage a lot of services going on, including WordPress or databases with your email
Con: Not worth setting up this whole thing up for JUST email.

Follow on Nostr for more!


Pro/Con of “Privacy” Phone Numbers/Services

JMP.chat
Type: Number
Pro: No KYC VoIP to XMPP (or Matrix) for anonymous Bitcoin, so you're using an open source client
Con: Only US and Canada numbers.  They're just reselling Twillio VoIP, which means that not only are you just paying more just for anonymity, but many services recognize these as Twillio VoIP numbers and will block you.
Solutions: There exists the possibility of buying a real world physical SIM and then transferring over service to JMP VoIP.  But you’re better off using 1 time burner services for most account registry.

Hushed
Type: Number
Pro: No KYC VoIP for Bitcoin, similar to JMP.chat
Con: Uses their proprietary client which isn’t private through the Google Play store.  I’d avoid Hushed.

Silent Link
Type: Number + Service
Pro: No KYC Crypto SIM card that separates billing and identity from the literal cell tower carrier
Con: Uses eSIM which requires Graphene’s Google Push service sandboxed.  No outgoing calls.

Calyx Institute Hotspots
Type: Service
Pro: No KYC WiFi hotspot for Crypto
Con: It’s just reselling T-mobile service, so if you use this in your home and your home is KYC, then T-mobile will likely figure out that it’s you since celltowers see geolocation.
Solutions: You can avoid this by putting the hotspot in a faraday bag, and only using it outside your home.

MySudo
Type: Number
Pro: Multiple burner VoIP lines
Con: Requires Google Play store JUST to PAY for it, but then can be used on a degoogled phone once you add credit.
Solutions: This can be sandboxed or put on a separate old device and you can use bitrefill to buy the credits with cryptocurrency

SMS.usmobilenumbers.com
Type: Number
Pro: Quick easy cheap burner anonymous SMS verification for cryptocurrency.  It’s real SIMs and not VoIP.
Con: US only.  They resell the number for OTHER services, which MAY trigger anti-fraud for SOME services including Zelle, eBay, PayPal, LinkedIn, and others.  So you risk a ban on accounts.
Solutions: Avoid putting money in any account for a few days to see.  Use a residential proxy IP instead of a datacenter VPN, especially for eBay.

VirtualSim.net
Type: Number
Pro: Great for abusing foreign numbers in poor countries such as Cambodia or Ukraine for Signal or Telegram.  Quick easy cheap burner anonymous SMS verification and/or longer term monthly numbers for cryptocurrency.  It’s real SIMs and not VoIP.  Their customer support is excellent and we highly recommend them for Telegram verifications.
Con: They may loose access to the burner number after a period of time (like a year) where you can’t renew and someone else COULD potentially verify the number.

Crypton.sh
Type: Number
Pro: Huge amount of countries for real SMS anonymous crypto.  Get sought after Western European #s here that normally have strict KYC rules on physical SIMs
Con: Overpriced setup fee for 1 time SMS verification, but if you actually live in (or desire) that country it’s okay.  There’s no real purpose in all their “at rest encryption” advertising, because SMS is unencrypted transport.

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Wait, I thought the entire reason for the alt tag is to display non-supported events?


I shipped a lot of smaller releases for #LNbank lately. If you are running this nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg plugin, consider updating — those updates contain lots of improvements.

Release notes: https://github.com/dennisreimann/btcpayserver-plugin-lnbank/releases


Lol, I thought amethyst supported alt tags...?


And I guess there's no alternative content tag...


"event loading or can't be found in your relay list", on amethyst nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z


CeNsoESHiPp!1!!1

lol, sorry, but I had to 😂🖤


I’m thrilled to announce that the first long-form book of fiction on Bitcoin - 24 - is now available for purchase.

https://www.amazon.com/24-Avi-Burra/dp/B0CN9NS87B/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1700089125&sr=8-1

Here’s the blurb:

“Surreal, suspenseful, and thought-provoking, 24 is a book about Oliver Battolo's journey, as he comes to terms with the unexpected death of his father, and in the process discovers that he had been harboring a bizarre secret.

Set in the year 2022, Oliver learns how to slay demons past and present, as he unravels the mystery that leads him to secrets hidden in paintings, returning characters from childhood fantasies, alchemy, and somehow, bitcoin.”

There is a hidden bounty in the book, that can be unlocked by finding clues spread all through. I will be periodically adding to the bounty with a percentage of the book sales profits until it is claimed. Right now, it stands at 10M sats and can be tracked here:

https://mempool.space/address/bc1qy5enkjplrwm4kaag4qgqjppsjy4k3a6fy7z879

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it over the last year!


Looks similar to the hackers congress paralelní polis badge, from monero devices.
https://www.paralelnipolis.cz/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Badge-na-lanyardu-1-1024x1024.png


Bitcoin Optech newsletter #277 is here:

- describes an update to the proposal for ephemeral anchors
- includes a contributed field report that outlines miniscript's ecosystem adoption
- provides Bitcoin Core 26.0rc2 testing materials
- Optech Newsletter #277 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/15/

Gregory Sanders posted to the Delving Bitcoin forum about a tweak to the ephemeral anchors proposal. That proposal would allow transactions to include a zero-value output with an anyone-can-spend output script...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/15/#eliminating-malleability-from-ephemeral-anchor-spends

Field Report: A Miniscript Journey

Antoine Poinsot from Wizardsardine describes their perspectives on miniscript adoption
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/15/#field-report-a-miniscript-journey

Bitcoin Core 26.0rc2 is a release candidate for the next major version of the predominant full node implementation. There’s a testing guide and a scheduled meeting of the Bitcoin Core PR Review Club dedicated to testing on 15 November 2023.
https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/26.0-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/15/#bitcoin-core-26-0rc2

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guests Dave Harding, Gregory Sanders, Antoine Poinsot, and Max Edwards on Twitter Spaces Thursday at 15:00 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1RDGlljdDeOGL


Mnemonics are super useful, don't know why that wasn't a standard right away...


Not yet...


Interestingly, although the prescriptions and requirements of a natural order appear intuitively plausible and reasonably undemanding on its constituent parts, i.e., on us as individual actors, as a matter of fact, however, we inhabit a world that sharply deviates from such an order. To be sure, there are still traces of natural law and justice to be found in civil life and the handling of civil disputes, but natural law has become increasingly deformed, distorted, corrupted, swamped, and submerged by ever higher mountains of legislative laws, i.e., by rules and procedures at variance with natural law and justice.

It is not too difficult to identify the root cause for this increasingly noticeable deviation of social reality from a natural order and to explain this transformation as the necessary consequence of one elementary as well as fundamental original error. This error - the "original sin," if you will - is the monopolization of the function of judgeship and adjudication. That is, the "original sin" is to appoint one person or agency (but no one else!) to act as final judge in all conflicts, including also conflicts involving itself.

The institution of such a monopoly apparently fulfills the classic definition of a State as a monopolist of ultimate decision-making and of violence over some territory that it acquired neither through acts of original appropriation nor through a voluntary transfer from a previous owner. The State and no one else! - is appointed and permitted to sit in judgment of its own actions and to violently enforce its own judgment.

Hans Herman Hoppe


In the darkness, we can be invisible. Darkness provides anonymity, we can selectively reveal something about ourselves, but shining just enough light on ourselves.

Darkness eliminates third parties. You need to get close enough to see what is going on. And you will be seen, if you are a third party. Darkness is a whisper to the ear, not a megaphone. Darkness is intimate. We make love in darkness, or by a gentle candle light.

Darkness has been there before light. It is the natural state of being. When we close our eyes, we are with ourselves, by ourselves. Many people fear this situation, we have unlearned to be without sensory distractions, afraid of our (un)consciousness.

Dark forest is nothing to be afraid of. It is booming with life - mycelial networks facilitating energy exchange. Various species of plants and animals, gravitating towards equilibrium. We are guests in the dark forest. Our minds are illuminated by the moon, a symbol of life.

Dark forest is not an escape. Darkness itself is not an escape. It allows us to truly see, truly be, in the present moment, with ourselves. There are no distractions, shining blinking objects. Darkness reveals the reality as it is.

In darkness, there are no distractions.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/ffaf425e8b1e1865ff6ac92e9df325968d8cc9c7aa9454051b3ec516cfa3ac47.webp


Save the date for the annual virtual State of the Onion event. This is were contributors give updates from every team at Tor and is always an interesting, informative time!
 https://blog.torproject.org/event/state-of-the-onion-2023/


**Free Transactions from Being Stuck in the Mempool**

We’ve packed Wasabi Wallet version 2.0.4 with highly requested features and a bundle of performance optimizations that drastically speeds up wallet load time, frees transactions from getting stuck in the mempool and make life easier than ever for privacy-conscious Bitcoiners.

The post Free Transactions from Being Stuck in the Mempool (https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/free-transactions-from-being-stuck-in-the-mempool/) appeared first on Wasabi Wallet - Blog (https://blog.wasabiwallet.io).

https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/free-transactions-from-being-stuck-in-the-mempool/


**Explaining Wasabi Wallet’s Tor Implementation**

This article will define what Tor is, how Wasabi Wallet implements Tor exactly, what are the operations that require an immediate circuit update, why the coordinator doesn't use an onion service anymore, and how Conflux could be a future solution to improve reliability.

The post Explaining Wasabi Wallet’s Tor Implementation (https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/explaining-wasabi-wallets-tor-implementation/) appeared first on Wasabi Wallet - Blog (https://blog.wasabiwallet.io).

https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/explaining-wasabi-wallets-tor-implementation/


Every coinjoin is trivially identifiable.

There are steganographic privacy techniques, like coinjoinXT and coin swaps, but they are very complicated, expensive, and so far not implemented.

Nevertheless, coinjoin is useful, as it hides common input and output ownership.


Electrum ks great, If you connect it to your own full node backend.

Wasabi works privately out of the box without any external software setup required.

Electrum has advanced features like multisig, timelock, and lightning.

Wasabi focuses exclusively on single sig onchain privacy.

Both are awesome.


Coinjoins break transaction history, while coinswaps exchange transaction history.

Both are useful, especially when combined.


Every utxo is being scanned by chain surveillance, regardless of what you or others do.


That's why you'll coinjoin directly into a lightning channel in the future.

Onchain won't be used for regular payments, rather to enter and leave second layer solutions, but coinjoin is still mega useful in this case.


Find out more details about all the protocols and implementations at coinjoins.org


one man's bitcoin mixing is another man's collaborative transaction

https://i.nostr.build/RMD0.png


Maybe yes for a quick fix... But a more sophisticated solution might be better...


I think the 6 series still has at least 3 years of maintenance from Google, and probably even longer from Graphene.

The 8 series comes with some very substantial memory hardening security improvements, though it's a lot more expensive.


Checkout coinjoins.org for a detailed comparison of the coinjoin protocols and wallet implementations.


I guess even a 1 hour buffer is not enough, if I catch up on the feed of the last day, it might be shown 24 times...


One thing that's bothering me about Amethyst, is that I see the same popular note many times in the feed, first a bunch of reposts, and then finally the original.

It would be better to only see each note once, with an indication of who has reposted it.

A quote repost otoh should still be shown regardless.

nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z


Silicon valley is cheering for yet to be released "GPT store" (AI agents marketplace) While we already have several open AI agents marketplace on Nostr.

https://vendata.io/
https://tasktiger.io/
https://chat.plebai.com/

Nostr AI agent marketplace is based off NIP-90, it is open and there it is not controlled by one company and uses lightning micro payments.

Don't let "GPT store" become another App store and strangle around our neck..!

Please repost this for visibility and spread the word to your friends and family...!

cc: nostr:npub1nxa4tywfz9nqp7z9zp7nr7d4nchhclsf58lcqt5y782rmf2hefjquaa6q8 nostr:npub1x5nfafs95as966kkkvd773wvv5qtjyd27fy3g67jxyzln93mk02qdgdkan nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft


Well, with a fidelity bond the money is truly unspendable for a time. Whereas a coordinator banning is only the denial of that particular service, yet another coordinator may accept the input, and of course a single user transaction can always be done.


One idea is, that the coordinator fee output is placed wherever rare sats would land, so no user can receive them.
But it's not really a great solution.


Fuck Yes.


All right, I guess people want nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg PayJoin & CoinJoin video tutorial!

Stay tuned - I'm recording and dropping it by the end of the week. #Bitcoin #NoPrivacyNoFreedom

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

Also, make sure you follow nostr:npub1y24gz5gwucl79vtv4ctwpysl0r5m4xyzu2rgulnr44ks3t5mt92q4nz2ad, the Evil Scientist behind these two plugins.

Lately, he's been working on coordinating payjoins over Nostr, so you'll want to stay on top of those developments.

Make sure to follow nostr:npub1rj7eh0eu3skwcyr5adpcjwxft9z4yjdspjryq6gynqw2j49f9a3quqjpw2 too, who edits my videos and makes them into killer trailers. Uncle will figure out how to bring his magic to this upcoming project as well.

In the meantime, you can try and see if you can setup this yourself by following existing documentation on the subject.

PayJoin: https://docs.btcpayserver.org/Payjoin/

CoinJoin (h/t to nostr:npub1pww7030g95nv9ptfpgfu69jpfxj6pm33xxueztsupwekce45wx4sm6en60 & nostr:npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGVCrwMKKn0

You'll want to understand CoinJoin parameters in Scientist Mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5nFckPfPcA


Children are banned too, cousins can be banned too.

Fine tuning this banning system is difficult, but it is certainly working.

As long as the attacker has to do an onchain transaction, he is occurring a cost, which is the only defense any system has.


Yup.

I mean, zerolink/Wabisabi is already an ecash token for api access rights, but you "buy it" with a successful input registration.


Wait, the name doesn't start or end with no / str.

Is that even allowed? Did you confirm with the CEO?


Yes, it's ridiculous.

The defense is to increase their onchain cost to be larger than their revenue of selling rare sats, so far we are successful, and they get bankrupt.


🚨 Today I'm launching Ontolo. 🚀

Ontolo is a super simple micro-app that will hopefully entice everyone spend a bit of time labeling other Nostr events. NIP-32, if you're not familiar, allows anyone to label/review/comment on any nostr post. It's an insanely powerful concept (thanks nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn, who wrote the NIP), but it's still pretty underused in clients.

Why would you want to have labeled events?

1. Discovery: Labeled events can be used directly by social clients–like nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 or nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg when trying to suggest content that users might like.
2. Training data: We're at the gates of the era of AI. Classification algorithms and machine learning have been pretty good to classifying content but with a training dataset they can become WAAAAAY better. Hopefully, labels in Nostr will become a public good that all clients can lean on to create their own AI models for discovery, onboarding, and a hundred other things I've not thought of.

This is an experiment, like all of them, so please hit me with your feedback. Expect more fun social features soon. 🫂 LFG!

Thanks to everyone who helped me think through this over the last few days, from Tokyo until now.

🫂 nostr:npub1t3ggcd843pnwcu6p4tcsesd02t5jx2aelpvusypu5hk0925nhauqjjl5g4 nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft nostr:npub1cd0l3s6qgj0s6690rtkys39mgj5upwxpm4856nhmce0pyqu6xj9qh7xlvx nostr:npub1arkn0xxxll4llgy9qxkrncn3vc4l69s0dz8ef3zadykcwe7ax3dqrrh43w

https://www.ontolo.social


Ordinal fanatics are disrupting Wabisabi coinjoin rounds, they don't sign a transaction if they do not receive "rare sats". Some coins have refused to sign for up to 500 transactions.

The coordinator is banning them, for currently up to 3 years, in order to ensure continued usage of the service to honest participants.