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 I moved Twitter off my mobile home screen.
I set a 10 minute daily timer on iOS.

I never let the Twitter algorithm tell me what to look at next. 
I keep it around for when my friends send me links to read. 
 shill me your fav linux distro

I’m setting up a new bitcoin full node and want to try playing with the ordinals software 
 Already had to block a few plebs. I honestly don't care what side you're on; if your account is m... 
 tune out the noise

#nostr 
 “Fort Nakamoto” -@BitcoinUniversity 
 human readable names are important for more widespread use of freedom tools

nostr:note16wrtmvn79er8x3dc3tx97dqxrkc93jlz83e7vt5mkn0dmdlksgvsdpe84x 
 you can literally do whatever you want today 
 how do you allocate/issue when two people want to use the same name? 
 testing nostr on primal per advice from bitcoin ollie 
 primal’s great 💪 
 Tons of progress made today.

Good things coming.

I keep saying it; freedom tech will have an un... 
 the way 🤙 
 “LIVE FREE AND SEND IT”
https://m.primal.net/JIyt.jpg 
 i’m interested in this problem:

https://spacesprotocol.org/

anyone do a pros/cons analysis yet? would this be a good alternative to NIP-05 names for nostr? 
 have you seen any proposed solutions you’re drawn to as possibly interesting directions? any strawman ideas to spitball? 
 i need to read the proposal carefully still but i worry renewals make these identities not very self-soverign 
 agreed. the ENS DAO has too much politics/centralization for my taste 
 thanks for sharing nomen. i was not aware of it. i will study it closely and share my thoughts 
 i’ve seen the satslash addition to ordinals to attempt to solve DNS routing. is that an approach you like or is there something else in the ordinals/inscriptions ecosystem i should know about? 
 what you choose to “be informed” about matters 
 i didn’t watch the fight for the money printer last night

what happened? 
 glad i saved my time and attention 😉 
 can’t brrrr that stuff i just sent! 🫡 
 everything good comes from making space for the weird 
 What sort of adversarial interop can nostr implement? 
 this sounds like an interesting concept, but i’m not sure i see what you have in mind. say more? 
 gm! 👋

today I’m planning to remove central planners 
 open wins 
 i’m patient 
 what i love about FOSS in a single message
https://m.primal.net/ItAK.jpg 
 what are the best proposals for creating a global namespace with no issuer? 
 i thought runes was for fungible tokens on bitcoin? a namespace would be for non-fungible names 
 agreed that names are just conventions. that’s why we could have such a thing. we just need a good idea that enough people agree to that it becomes useful enough

name squatting is a good issue to consider. i was assuming claiming names could be done by some sort of market mechanism. not sure the specifics, but maybe its “first come”, but involves some sort of staking of btc 
 zaps are “pay-as-you-go”

everything should be this way 
 I think we'll have CBDCs before the Bitcoin Standard. There doesn't seem to be sufficient momentu... 
 i’m talking application layer stuff to be clear. just trying to build functionality that bitcoin doesn’t support 
 stablecoins may strengthen demand for USD as Paul Ryan said, but they do so at the expense of your ability to control capital flows

just sayin… 
 historically that’s been the narrative, but boosting demand for treasuries is probably more urgent these days 
 i’m interested to learn more about this type of censorship. can you share specific examples I can read about? 
 Why do people repost themselves 3 times 😂 

No thanks 
 we could have a client that mutes that type of behavior? 
 top 1% dog life 🤙 
 whoa interesting there is a metamask login option. 

what is JoyID passkey? never seen that one 
 i didn’t notice metamask when i visited, just clicked straight to alby. good to see such experimentation

never heard of JoyID either 
 #Bitcoin can't go to 0.

I have a 21,000,000 buy order @ $0.01.

You're welcome! 
 I’d take ‘em all for $0.02

and so it goes… 
 my nostr note writing as visualized by flycat!

nostr:nevent1qy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qgnwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxtcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99uq3yamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3jxyhxxmmd9uq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwd4hhxarj9ec82c30qys8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn9d9h82mny0fmkzmn6d9njuumsv93k2tcprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezucm9wf3kzarjdamxztndv5hszxrhwden5te0vdjkcmrpwghxummnw3ezuamfdejj7qpqnsq8xdqfaqzvp7aujf7n2y7mdadz70x8hqwzu0pmpm6k45lwazws3sytq7
https://image.nostr.build/7b43766117ef175c87821d14181ea94b59a18b4ad91eaf8e1ca2e7a8b24dc843.png 
 yea, this is cool! thx for sharing 
 has anyone made a “github contributions”-like visualization for nostr note writing?

🤔
https://m.primal.net/ImOY.jpg 
 check flycat.club. they have it! 
 I want apple-quality bitcoin / nostr hardware. Nice aluminum not crappy plastic junk. 
 have you tried Bitkey? hardware gives Apple vibes 
 😭😭

lotta people visit! 😉 
 “With Ditto, users of Nostr can use Donald Trump's preferred web interface to chat on Nostr — or, customize the design of the client to match your own vibe!”

A++ trolling the haterz, @Alex Gleason 🐍 😝 
 I was introduced by a friend to a crypto guy building on Farcaster with the request to brief him ... 
 to me the namespace seems the toughest thing to find a credible path for decentralizing over time. was that core to your centralization concerns or were there other large categories of problems?

I’m not well-versed on the FarCaster architecture, fwiw, just a long-time casual observer of the project 
 Holy fuck. We talked to nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 for... 
 Rabble’s a gem! 🫂 
 If you’re just learning about https://wikifreedia.xyz it’s good to start with the structure as described by @PABLOF7z 

“Anyone can edit
Anyone can fork
There is no canonical entry for any topic
Use WoT to make sense of it”

Wikipedia: find consensus among a small group of admins on a neutral-point-of-view of “the facts” about a subject
Wikifreedia: everyone shares their point of view about a subject assembled around a hub for easier evaluation by the reader

wikipedia used to seem bottoms-up/internet-native compared to Encyclopedia Britannica, but given the complexity of the world and the nuance required to learn about any subject we need something new 
 my main motivation in life is just that I want to know the truth 
 working on it daily 
 I noticed “E-cash disrespectoor” in your bio @captain ☦️ compromised 

I’m still trying to form an opinion. I had a call with someone yesterday who shared some skepticism on eCash with me. Can you tell me more about your view? 
 Thanks, I’m following both of them now, too.

I’ve always had the assumption that a payment for a good/service always has counter-party risk with whoever you’re exchanging with.

So I would never consider eCash self-custodial, but I’ve always thought of it more like a simplified UX involving an additional party for an already somewhat risky transaction.

You could give me 10,000 sats from cold storage and I might still run away with the coffee we had agreed I’d hand over in exchange. 
 Cool, I’ll catch up on this, Car, thanks! 
 great philosophy: form opinions, but be willing to change over time 
 They never noticed nostr enough to try it. How should we reach these communities?

Would a subreddit-like structure help everyone gather?


https://image.nostr.build/dcc7536d2ea432489e11b81e2435f09096000bba4edd3fd8d900904cc0acf9c8.png 
 do you do it today on chat/email/listserv/reddit/twitter or IRL? 
 never mind so you answered already 🙏

@note13g9hg7nkafqsljfjmtqxks4cy4fdm4xquu6g8hpxyc8duqpkq4tsv72a28 
 hi everyone! 
 👋 hi, Mor!