Looks like an update today fixed this.


Why is it that many modern projects seem to prioritize whatever new feature they're working on over the stability of the staple features people use the most?

This has been an annoying trend in my experience for some years now. It's like the teams are always chasing something new and shiny with no fucks to be given about the stability of existing features.

Key features should never be broken by new ones. Maybe we should go back to having stable and beta releases instead of everything being infinibeta.

Being agile really just pisses me off when shit is constantly in a state of half-functional.


#Primal is crashing every time I click the zap button.


Trump pulls his usual populist stunt of saying whatever he thinks will get votes and many #Bitcoin supporters are already getting on their knees.

The guy is an authoritarian snake. He lies and says whatever is necessary to win. He doesn't care about you or Bitcoin.


Doing the most with the least is probably just good engineering anyway.


Getting the signal out... lol

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


I'm not bullish on #Bitcoin nodes that run on operating systems that auto update everything by default.

People should be seriously considering upgrades, not just accepting whatever is fired out to them.


Blah blah. Don't use it if you don't agree. I don't really give a shit and I doubt anyone else on Nostr does either.


sCaLe BiTcOiN

Few ever define what they mean by scale, and if they do, they usually describe solutions that have already been tried in #Bitcoin forks that have crashed and burned. Go use them.


Sure, second layers.


Alternatives that probably set out with a different goal than just creating a rug pull. That's probably the difference.


People at some point, maybe in the future, will get burned by plugging their private keys into things.


More specifically, his cells are using fat as a primary fuel base. Since he is also fasting, the fat has to be coming from his fat stores rather than dietary fats.


She was spot on for the security stuff. Encryption with a backdoor isn't encryption at all.


Can't blame them for being fans of the best money ever created. Also, it's still really young. People forget that


For anyone curious, this is the display. I got an older model on Newegg at a huge discount.

These things seem expensive, but they are built to be on for 16/7/365. They aren't made to be consumer TVs, but that's the price you have to pay for freedom now.

But getting a model behind massively offset the price. I paid about $600 instead of about $2200 (I think is the usual price.)

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


No, they don't have an OS in the sense that smart TVs do. They just have the basic software any display has for controlling brightness, color, etc. It's just a good old fashioned dumb TV when you use it like I do. It's incredible how that's a lost concept now. A sign of aging I suspose. Unfortunately, remembering freedom and respect seems to be one of the signs of aging now. Even our TVs abuse us.


That's the concept, but these are a better experience and funny enough, it was cheaper than a Pi when I bought it.

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


Running Android puts you back with the same problems. Software updates and data collection out of your control. I prefer a display with the only software being for basic display settings (color, brightness, etc). It's really just a massive computer monitor for retail displays. But it looks and functions just like a "dumb" TV.


I use a mini PC running Fedor. Specifically, this one

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


Now we just need to get you on Fedora and CalyxOS.

Might take a couple centuries, but I'm here for it.


It's easier if you stop looking for a TV and instead get a display. I like NEC. They are designed to run in retail but they work great in place of a TV.


This is the reason I bought an NEC retail display. No bullshit.


Fuck Elizabeth Warren (no relation)

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


Beware of scammers. I wish I could say I earned a follow from npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a , but I haven't.

Stay safe and stack sats.


This could have happened to most people on any system. Having a freedom doesn't mean one is necessarily going to exercise it, and not having the freedom certainly doesn't make one safer.


For sure.


mETH heads won't care.


Feeds on Primal consist of many notes that are completely out of context. It's actually kind of annoying to see a bunch of replies that make absolutely no sense unless I dig deeper for each one to see what is being replied to.

At least display the original note above it, like a partial thread.


Legacy media. Corporate media isn't necessarily a bad thing. Legacy media universally is bad, in my opinion.


The greatest trick the Devil ever played was convincing the world that the global economy needs to be micromanaged by academic economists who manipulate interest rates and the supply of money and that sound money is bad for the economy.


Oof.

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Ice cold.


I'm a pretty happy midwit I guess.


I'm not yet sure what I did, but done lol


Anyone else getting repeat notifications in #Primal for really old notes that have no new activity?


Almost nothing, relative to the technology we have today, existed before the industrial revolution. 1. They've existed in some form since at least 500 BCE, so you hardly have any history to support your claims, and 2. the explosion of technology and innovation happened shortly after the concept started making it into major country laws around the early 1700s.

People, in general, don't just go out and create shit unless they'll benefit from it. Bitcoin miners don't mine for free. Inventors, largely, don't invent things just to get nothing from it. And they certainly don't spend money on research and development just for no reason. So get out of here with your easily debunkable communist bullshit.


Hey, at least fees are low

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lol

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


Scale to what?


Does Nostr have any #cigar people yet?


ReReTruth for ReTruthing a ReTruth?


No it isn't. It's a basic incentive to create most of the shit we have today.


It's the Bitcoin of pretty much everything else. lol Why the fuck wouldn't you talk about it a lot? Why aren't they talking about it more?


I think it's clear enough what I mean.


To fight against overregulation is to accept some regulation. How does one objectively define "overregulation?"

"No regulation" is easy. It's defined by 0. Fighting for no regulation makes sense, because there is an objective goal that can be measured by everyone with the same result, like 2+2=4.

"Overregulation" has no objective meaning. KYC may be overregulation to you, but not to someone else. And how could you even debate your position when your metric has no objective definition?

Fighting "overregulation" is to fight a battle with no concept of winning. When exactly have you won? What amount of regulation is below "overregulation?" Where is the line, and how does one know when it's been crossed?

Fighting for rights with the goal of preventing "overregulation" or "too much violation" is not a long term strategy for success, if defending rights is the goal. You're already accepting a level of rights violation, which means you're accepting that you don't actually have a right; you have only that which is being granted to you.

Only taking 50% of a slave's labor by force doesn't somehow make him free. The only moral stance is to protect 100% of a man's labor from being taken by force. Defending him from "over enslavement" (is that 25%? 50? Define it...) is to accept that he has no right to not be enslaved. The line can always be moved. Zero tolerance can't be. It is zero or a violation, which must not be tolerated.

#Bitcoin should have zero regulation. No regulation on possession, transfer, or mining. There is no acceptable level at which my right to sound money may be violated. Otherwise, I have no true right to sound money. I'm right back at fiat, whereby I'm told how much freedom I have. That's not freedom at all.


My freedom in the US was the direct result of people who decided to no longer allow any involvement from the king. They didn't become more free by negotiating with him and settling for not having "overregulation" (whatever that even means). Starting with an undefined definition of success is not a winning strategy. I'm not sure how you're getting that I dont want to fight for freedom out of anything I have said. I've said the exact opposite. You will always end up with more tyranny by allowing any regulation of Bitcoin. They will only ever want more. The only chance of winning long term is to start from the position that you have a right that can't be violated. Allowing any level of violating will only result in future violations. I can't make that any more clear so, again, take care.


125-250k would be boring/underwhelming for me this year (not just cycle). That said, none of us know for sure what is going to happen, so what's the point in going back and forth about it? The people who get #Bitcoin know 1M is still cheap. The people who don't are still waiting for some arbitrary lower number (as if 50k isn't dirt cheap).

You're not a winner simply because you think you'll win. You're a winner only after you've won, and Bitcoin hasn't went over 250k yet. I don't see how it won't, but it hasn't.


Your responses make absolutely no sense relative to any of my points so I will go ahead and end the conversation. Thanks, and take care.


You should use procedure to remove government entirely. But you only have noncompliance as an option if procedure doesn't work.


I'm not saying you shouldn't defend freedom, I'm saying you should accept NO regulations at all. Maximum freedom. Your post said you were fighting against overregulation. That implies that you are accepting some regulations. My point is that allowing any involvement will always trend TOWARD less freedom, not more. Government has no business AT ALL in Bitcoin. Not in mining, custody, or trade. None. Allowing any involvement at all will eventually make you lose.


I don't think you are getting my point at all.


Enough people have to either fight back, escape, or deal with not being free. Sorry, but compromising and allowing regulation will only result in creep toward more regulations. Abusers never stop unless you have a zero tolerance policy. Besides, what is and isn't overregulation is subjective, which is why the creep always happens. Zero is objective.


I'm not seeing how you would prevent such a regime from over regulating or banning anything then. You have nothing to gain by making requests of authoritarian regimes to respect your freedom. Taking it (which was my point) is your only option. That's why we call them authoritarian. There is no asking or compromise. They do what they want.


You don't have to ask permission. You can absolutely choose to not comply. That doesn't mean there won't be consequences. We will have to choose between definite slavery or potential consequences.


Any regulation is overregulation. This is why you'll ultimately fail. Your stance must be ZERO. Any amount of compromise will mean you've ultimately lost. It will never stop.


I should have specified Primal, but I was curious if it does actually serve a purpose at a client level.

And that's actually my point. It's an obscure concept. I have no way of knowing what it means to you. The zap is pretty clear. You sent me value. A heart icon, as you demonstrated, can mean anything. I've always thought it was a useless metric.

An example is hearting a post about kittens being tortured. Does someone like kitten torture or did they just like that the post was bringing awareness to the fact that the kitten torture is happening?

I guess it's cool for those who don't zap, but it means nothing to me.


Pirates don't have wealth, they have loot. They're thieves.
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Pirates don't have wealth, they have loot. They're thieves.


Does the heart button serve any functional purpose on Nostr or the client? Is this up to the individual client?

If not, I'd prefer to be able to turn it off for the notes I see. I just use the zap button if I "like" a post. In fact, I'd be okay if my own notes didn't have it. It literally serves no purpose for me unless feeds are somehow using it.


Tagging people in Primal is not good.


Will #Bitcoin scratch offs become a thing? lol


bItCoIn Is VoLaTiLe

I've been, in a volatile way, getting wealthier since I started saving in #Bitcoin.

GoLd Is StAbLe

I was, in a stable way, becoming poorer when I saved in #gold.


Fartstr


In a goofy dumb ass way.


It's immoral even it weren't illegal. My word is my highest value. Can't imagine selling out like that.


All else aside, the guy is funny.


THEY CAN HAVE A HEARING ON DEEZ NUTS.

I WON'T COMPLY WITH ANY VIOLATIONS OF MY BITCOIN RIGHTS.


Interestingly, I don't care about rewards programs for the most part anymore. I order a lot of cigars so I do use the points they give me, but I don't go into debt for them (even if only temporarily) like I used to. I just bought sats with points I got toward the end of my credit card days. Do the same with the interest I still get on my fiat bill/job checking account.

Either way, it's all going into #Bitcoin. I don't know if that ultimately matters or not but it makes me smile.


I say the same thing. I'm not making the same mistake today I made ten years ago. I don't know why people draw the arbitrary line of "missing it." It is far from over.


Pleb reporting for duty.

I'm not fucking selling. Goods and services only for me.


Pass.


Yes, that's the best way to penalize and deter them in my opinion.


Blâmez Google Translate si c'est mauvais. Donner la responsabilité de quoi que ce soit à la France est probablement une mauvaise idée en général (je ne sais pas comment dire cela d’une manière qui ne soit pas offensante). Je doute qu'Elizabeth Warren (aucun lien de parenté) ait changé son point de vue sur Bitcoin. C'est probablement un faux bruit.


I probably have a 10000:1 receive to send ratio. The people sending me all those emails are already paying for mass email services. It would be like receiving Bitcoin. It's similar to sending a letter. I don't pay postage as the recipient. And reducing spam would probably save everyone money in bandwidth, storage, time, etc.


Email isn't free. Someone is already paying for it. And most people are receiving far more than they send today, so most of the payments would come from the companies sending emails. They are already paying a lot for email anyway.


A worthy post anyway


Backdoored encryption isn't encryption at all. It defeats the entire point.


What are you using to do this?


Sats based email is the way. Break the spammers.


Thinking of going by:
 EveryNationStateRegionTerritoryProvincePlanetStarSolarSystemGalaxyHODL

MilkyWayHODL is in play too.


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N.

I THINK YOU MEAN MEAT MARKETS. I WILL STAY WHOLE AND STACK SATS.


Why did the Bitcoin Dev mailing list need to move to a Google service?


But Nostr is also very young. I think it's perhaps been adopted much faster than it should have. That is, in my opinion, how tech will be moving forward. 2-3 years is the new 10 years. It is important that developers start getting serious about Dev standard operating procedure in general if we ever want to see real freedom in our lifetimes. The stakes are higher than games now. End philosophy rant.


I can, but I won't. Or as you say my work will just be at the most basic level, which is unfortunate.


Breaking other people's work willy nilly isn't working together, and that's the point here.


It's called backward compatibility.


Just being real, I wouldn't keep developing in this sort of environment. I'd just bounce. I've considered developing on Nostr but this concerns me. I simply won't do it.


Keep an eye out for politicians who claim to be pro-1A and 2A, but who aren't pro-Bitcoin.

They are either liars or too stupid to be in a position of power.

Vote accordingly and learn how to self-custody your #Bitcoin.


Government should be so boring and have such little involvement in our lives that most people have to take a moment to recall the president's name. We shouldn't be living at the mercy of a bunch of little dictators in Washington.


Yeah... that's from being early though. Eventually, people will work for Bitcoin. Humans need valuable work anyway. The difference is that people won't be robbed of their effort. That's a big deal, but it's not going to prevent everyone from having to work. And working for a wage you agreed to isn't slavery. That's insulting to actual slaves.


#Bitcoin can pack up and go home. We were all wrong. It's shrinkflation and greedflation. It's not the government's fault. Inflation has nothing to do with it. Thanks for this revelation, Joe Biden.


Quit years ago. Quit Instagram too. Never did TikTok.


Both are disgusting.


Agreed.


I ALREADY AM, CAP'N.


You don't have to trust BlackRock. It also doesn't matter if you don't like them. Bitcoin is for everyone and we couldn't stop them from using it if we wanted to. If we could, the whole point of Bitcoin would be invalidated.


Naming projects by adding 'str' to the end of common words is becoming too predictable. Shake it up a bit.


'Ability to multitask' is one of the most ridiculous job requirements that has been a requirement for every job I can recall applying for.

Very few humans are actually capable of multitasking. Employers are expecting every employee to do what very few are actually capable of.

I've tried multitasking and I'm always left feeling exhausted and unfulfilled, as if I didn't accomplish what I could have or did subpar work. Frankly, I think this is the reality.

Employers should stop expecting the impossible. Maybe people would be happier.


Unstoppable Money And Free Speech (Nostr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwbyKIFzmS0&ab_channel=BitcoinUniversity


If you absolutely won't use Firefox, Chromium is pretty good. But I also cut as much Google from my life as possible, so you may not like it if you want all the proprietary parts. I actually used Ungoogled Chromium even


Sorry, I have a habit of replying to myself for some reason.


DoN't PuT aLl YoUr EgGs In OnE bAsKeT

There are no eggs other than #Bitcoin. All of the other 'eggs' are just empty shells trying to look like eggs.


Unfortunately, we will all literally pay the price of whatever happens. Same old story.


I can easily believe it. Government should stay out of farming entirely. I remember watching a video of Milton Friedman (1980s  I think) talking about the US government subsidizing tabacco farmers while also funding all of it's own anti-tobacco campaigns. His point was that shit gets ridiculous fast when government subsidizes things. Farmers are kind of getting what they had coming by being so cozy with government in the first place. I'm speaking from a US perspective, but I imagine it's similar in even more socialist countries.


And thanks for posting this. I've been thinking about building my own (larger) home server and this is a beautiful case.


Turn it into a node/miner.


No, they don't. Anyone with a 90 IQ would realize that an even bigger and more complex issue is introduced when god is invoked; Where did God come from?

And the argument for god typically rests on the claim that nothing can exist without a creator, except the creator, of course (trust me, bro).

Not having an answer for something doesn't automatically mean god. In fact, the concept of god has been constantly shrinking as we explain things that were once explained only by gods.


I believe the USDA has more employees than all of our farms combined.


I never see farmers protest all the subsidies and protections against competition they enjoy in many countries.


The same people who do now, just without the involvement of thugs who take a cut.


Shoutout to nostr:npub126pll3ll3fej2egnt2k4dn0ljn46ekdxzmgnzwh23t2g53rtl6vs5ca7vm for teaching everyone how to get on zero.

https://tftc.io/how-to-live-on-bitcoin/


Imagine looking around, taking everything in, and concluding that the lives of a football player and pop singer are worth even one second of your time.

I can't imagine having such little self-esteem or purpose. Truly sad.


They will have to offer me goods and services like the rest of have to do for their dirty fiat. I'm not fucking selling.


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N!

MY WATER HEATER FLOODED MY APARTMENT'S KITCHEN LAST NIGHT. I CHOSE BITCOIN OVER REAL ESTATE SO IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM.

STACK AND CHILL.


It will also scale as more people move to Nostr based alternatives. It's easy to forget how young Nostr actually is. I'm blown away by how mature it is already.


Gm 🌅

I made over 5,000 sats ($3) on the Nostr and Botev Bitcoin video ⚡ ⚽ 🇧🇬

Thank you kind Zappers 💜

I am going to buy a coffee (about 5,000 sats) and drink it very slowly to celebrate.

#Value4Value #BitcoinJournalism

Please watch, zap and share 💪

https://youtu.be/AfBU4k3CRMw


Have another on me. You're doing good work putting the signal out. Peace.


Bro, we will look back and laugh at the amount of sats we fired off. I'll drop several thousand on a good post like it's nothing. It pleases me though because this is a long game. A coffee is small, but still proof-of-work. This thing works and will scale in time. We are 90% there.


Less than 1% even at the most expensive. Not bad really.


Nihilism is fiat.


Don’t give in to nihilism. You matter. Your life matters. Your values are meaningful. Your actions are important.


Don't give Wall Street a single fucking sat for their dirty fiat. It's going to be tempting, but it's a ploy to rob you of real value.

Make them offer you goods and services you want and/or need like the rest of us have to do.


GOOD MORNING NOSTR, LISTENING TO THE WORLD WAKE UP WITH THE SUN RISE IS THE BEST WAY TO START THE DAY 🫡


THE SECOND BEST WAY TO START THE DAY IS BY STACKING SATS AND FIGHTING THE MACHINE.


I get not wanting to pay 20% more (the usual ATM markup I see), but honestly it may be worth it if they are KYC free sats and/or you have no other choice anyway. It's far better than just getting none, because a 20% markup on today's price will be chump change at some point.


I won't keep wasting my time on the same people. You can, but I'd rather focus on people who want to find the truth. The right people see my example and come to me. At least that's been my experience with the only people who have actually taken my advice to study Bitcoin.


They have been for 15 years.


All of those are made for large numbers of normies to use though. The base layer simply won't be. I don't see how the value will outweigh expanding the code and complexity. I'm not saying isn't there, I'm just not convinced.


I'M ONE OF THE ONES YOU SAVED.

I INCREASED MY STACK 10.5X. I'M STILL STACKING.

NOSTR IS GREAT.

ONWARD.


Don't work for a money that someone else can create for free. Value your time and energy.


It'll be fiat on steroids. I wish them the best. Not everyone will come aboard the lifeboat. Just the way it is.


Is this important on a layer that most normal humans won't transact on?


I've had the opposite experience. Interesting.


Why? I believe there are many other projects that do mailing lists without using Google. I'm sure one could essentially copy their way. Seems odd.


I'm about to try this too. It's just too negative over there. I find that I'm able to tune out the noise better here, even if some of the same people are on here as well. I don't feel like I'm being manipulated by some algorithm to just be reactive and angry all the time. Feels really good. Might just delete it.


I just tried to zap someone on X and it took my brain a couple seconds to figure out why the zap button wasn't there...

Nostr is working.


Don't underestimate how many stupid fucks exist. It likely is coordinated, fake even, but that is an argument I've seen IRL and it melts my face.


This is true. I was telling my wife the other day that I simply posted something and made X sats (which I had to break down as about $2.80 for her - she isn't sat brained yet). That isn't much to me, but imagine someone in India or if I scaled up. It's a game changer. No one can exclude anyone anymore.


I'm referring to additional development, not blocking transactions.


The other solution is to keep a culture of simplicity to avoid the issue in the first place.


It's perfectly okay to condemn one person without also having to run through a list of everyone else and whataboutisms. This post wasn't about Obama.


I never said that, dipshit. Learn to read.


Yeah, so it isn't journalism. That's my whole point. It isn't really a search for truth, it's a farce. You can't get to the truth by avoiding the questions that lead to it. People like Putin don't need to be interviewed to show what they are. He's a murderous liar. He's a dictator. That is reality. What other truth is there to find? What could be worse? What could make such a person better? It's futile and only serves to get attention for the interviewer and promote the propaganda of the authoritarian.


I've posted about Putin and interviewing him in Russia. I don't see the relation at all to Obama and Assange. Take care.


Are you trying to make a point? Because if you are it isn't very clear. Assange is still alive after leaking a ton of sensitive information that put American lives in danger. That's a bit different than questioning Obama and he would be dead under Putin.


Leave Bitcoin the fuck alone. We don't need a bunch of shit built onto the base layer. Leave it as it is and build other systems for other things. I'm not interested in Ethereum 2.


I'd rather leave Bitcoin as money and use other systems for other things. Putting too much complexity increases the odds of bugs, security problems, and attack vectors. We need to accept the gift we have and not try to make it "better" in ways that will likely fuck it up.


I used to wonder what all the bear market talk was about. I was always bullish on #Bitcoin . That's why I bought it. I now know I'm what's called a permabull. Frankly, I like the term. Could be worse.


I certainly wasn't arguing that CNN is trustworthy, only that anyone going to Russia to do an interview isn't trustworthy as a journalist. We all know what Putin does to journalists who openly oppose him.


Then we come back around to my original point anyway. There's no point to watching it if you're actually seeking truth, nor is there any real point in doing it unless you're just doing it for yourself. It isn't trustworthy. It's a farce.


I'm guessing they didnt plan to do it in Russia. There's simply no way you can trust an interview with Putin in Russia. I don't trust that questions of any difficulty would be asked. Carlson got it because he wasn't going to actually ask tough questions. That's why he is being challenged. It's a farce.


For real. I get so annoyed now when I have to


Shocked they didn't call it Google AI


The problem with RTR is many want things that weren't part of the original sale, including access to proprietary schematics, data, etc.


This is the age old philosophical question regarding what art is and isn't.


This is very interesting. I experience this at work. I can walk out of a room where a patient just died right over to another where someone asks for a blanket, sandwich etc. My brain can instantly shift from the previous room to the new one almost like a reset. My day is just blocks like this. I hadn't thought about it like that until now though. Thanks for sharing.


Every attack is theoretical until it isn't. How do you think attackers come up with novel attacks? Imagination and tinkering.


But doing something and having the ability to do something are different issues. Most people probably don't because they know fuck all about electronics, kernels, etc.


Verification is important, and most people probably don't do it, but making things more difficult to verify doesn't make the situation better. The fact that something can be verified if likely a deterrent or at least makes attacks more challenging. That's my view on FOSS software. For example, very few people have audited the Linux kernel. Even the people working on it are working on parts. But I trust it more than something like Windows because it CAN be audited.


He's a dictator... Of course he alone runs the country.


Interviewing an authoritarian murderer and liar in the country he dictates isn't journalism. There can't be journalism when one lives under the threat of violence. It's all a pathetic show meant to create masturbation material for the authoritarian right, which is how Tucker makes his money.


No regrets.


What amount of time is worth giving to an authoritarian murderer and liar?


Do this and you'll be more cybersecure than most people on the planet right now. Enjoy.

0. Use Bitcoin (self-custodied cold storage - use a FOSS hardware device or SeedSigner)

1. Stop exposing your home IP (Tor, Mullvad VPN)

2. Use Tuta for email

3. Make sure your router is updated and secure

4. Switch to Fedora for desktop/laptop

5. Use CalyxOS for your phone OS and segregate your apps. Try to use as few as possible.

6. Use Bitwarden to create and store random passwords. Don't store 2FA in it. That's ridiculous.

7. Use a hardware key for 2FA when possible or the highest 2FA offered (FreeOTP+ for mobile OTP authenticator (F-Droid) - Google Authenticator alternative)

8. Web Browser: Firefox with the fewest possible extensions. Tor Browser is cool too.

9. Use separate web browser profiles for segregation and log out/clear cookies often (or automatically). -Firefox Containers helps with this.

10. Download only what is required and trusted.

11. Privacy.com service for online fiat payments.

12. SimpleLogin for creating unique email addresses for your major accounts. Email is very often one of the login components. It's best to not use the same one everywhere in cases of breaches.

13. Nextcloud for encrypted, self-hosted calendar, contacts, files, etc.

14. DAVx5 for syncing contacts and calendar with Nextcloud on mobile

15. F-Droid and Aurora store for Android apps

16. Briar and/or Matrix with Element for encrypted messaging

17. AntennaPod for private podcast app

18. Floccus Addon for syncing browser bookmarks with Nexcloud

19. Orbot for Tor on Android

20. Syncthing for local file syncing between devices

21. Island app for Android - app segregation (personal and work profile type setup for potentially dirty apps - consider just removing them)

22. Browser extensions: Ublock Origin, Floccus, Firefox Containers, Bitwarden, Privacy Badger)

23. Search engine: Qwant is my favorite at the moment

24. Support Bitcoiners and other freedom lovers like @ODELL


It gets better every day.

nostr:note1kpf53gx9sqq2m4a32gmdf5y9nrdynv4syf36c0lnag8utta9dlsshv587w


GOOD MORNING CAP'N.

IT'S ALREADY BETTER THAN WECHAT OF THE WEST. FREEDOM WILL ALWAYS WIN.


#Nostr and #Bitcoin are Galt's Gulch. Not everyone will come. That's just the way it is.


Online arguments are a shitcoin. What I've gained from them: Anxiety, lost time... Yeah, that pretty much covers it.

I've also considered that a non-zero percentage of them are probably with bots anyway. I came to this conclusion when I was thinking about how I would control or influence others given the tech we have today.

AI bots and generated content was my top pick. It's coming if it isn't happening already. Imagine the CIA with this technology. Of course they will use it.

Anyway, I'm looking to be more positive and avoid anything that harms me or wastes my time. Life is too beautiful and fragile.


Yes, but we have phone numbers. Phones have been around long enough that you don't need to draw a picture of a phone next to a phone number for people to understand it. That isn't true for a public key for most people. Some keys can look similar and provide little context as to what they are for. For example, my username on most social was @mattkwarren. Cool. Where? Most people will recognize the Bitcoin logo more easily than a Bitcoin address. Yet Bitcoin is also a protocol.


Squatters, socialists, and graffiti. Do you work in sales? You're really selling it.... lol


449 DAYS.

BARRY CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF.

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Edward Snowden explains the very important distinction between right and wrong, and legal and illegal.
https://video.nostr.build/4ea215f8f68964c867b0d01d55515d7701652ce6db52a7cc699e0dd70ed4a506.mp4


I guess it's better to have fiat (no funny business) that only ever trends toward zero.


Which one of you is dis?
https://video.nostr.build/d035ee66c706e14efd9582388b0feb0cf6f2167f77649fb97f5d1823f068c622.mp4


Lol Exactly what it feels like for sure. CalyxOS for me though.


Primal. Search is pretty bad. Typing has annoying bugs. Tagging people is difficult since I need to remember the exact tag instead of a popup list.

But it has been getting better with time. I expect most of the bugs will be worked out this year. It's pretty solid.

A general Nostr gripe (and I have no idea how to solve this) is that I have to give a client my private key. I think people will be rugged this way if Nostr goes mainstream. Yeah, I could give it to Alby or something but that's only slightly better. Admittedly, interacting on the platform is simpler this way.


What are the real problems and how would you solve them?


We NeEd MoRe FuNdInG fOr EdUcAtIoN

Most people can access free information on almost any topic, yet the majority sits on Netflix and does nothing to grow. Government schools are a scam. I'll be glad when they go extinct.


GOOD MORNING CAP'N.

THERE ARE MANY RANKS OF BAD ACTORS.


At will relays.


Paul Rand introducing the NeXT identity to Steve Jobs and colleagues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUTxtvlyJDc


Pretty cool. You can definitely tell that his work inspired a lot of others.


I ran my bank and never looked back lol #Bitcoin


The problem I have is searching for people, even with the npub. I made another key for a project and still can't find it. I could find this key from that one though. Had to send myself a message and click the message to get to the profile of the other key. I've had this issue with finding keys posted on X too, but not for all. Maybe some of us are missing settings somewhere?


You are if you buy something you don't really want because you think there aren't alternatives and then run to government to have them force Apple to change their products.

I was talking about software respecting users anyway. I don't even know you and never mentioned you.


That makes a lot more sense. Thank you.


Maybe I am a moron. I didn't realize it's letting the user input the location of the repo. It looked like it was only using GitHub at first. That's pretty cool if it's handling updates from wherever the repo is.


A FOSS app on GitLab is as centralized as the Google app store? It seems odd to take that strong of a position and then think Microsoft's GitHub of all things is the answer. I think it's cool. It's just confusing and contradictory. I don't see how centralization is being solved here. That's why I wonder what the goal is. Because if this is the entire goal then I'm either a moron or something doesn't add up.


SOME PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES ARE PARASITES.

IDENTIFY THEM. GIVE THEM A FEW CHANCES TO IMPROVE. THEN CUT THEM OFF.


F-droid is pretty mature. What's the goal here?


Gitlab us a thing. You can self-host it if that's what someone wanted


SATS FLOW 100K MAKES YOU A WHALE ON THE ZAP STREETS


It certainly has had that effect on me.


I've hidden long enough.

I'm Satoshi.

I lost my private keys and was too ashamed to admit it publicly. I stacked my way back up, so you Nostr fucks are on notice. I'm about to start suing everyone.


Hopefully the judge is just giving him as much rope as he wants to hang himself.


But I also chose to skip real estate for Bitcoin because it simply isn't worth it. They are hated for giving people housing and tenants are hell. Looking back, I'm glad I chose not to.


I was modding Android on some of the first in existence. It's easier than ever. Times were ROUGH back then for anyone who wanted anything close to tech freedom. Same with Gnu/Linux. It's pretty damn easy now.


I used GrapheneOS before most people even knew what it was. I liked it, but it wasn't very friendly with a lot of apps back then (by design, so not a knock). CalyxOS, in my long experience, has been far easier for most people to settle on since it is a little looser. Again, since I last used GrapheneOS. Haven't used it for awhile at this point. Will put it on my Dev device though.


For what's it worth, I love my landlord. Solid guy but he's independent with his son. Totally different experience from the more corporate ones I've had.


Honestly, I have many complaints about Google's Android too. It took using CalyxOS to realize how bloated Google's version actually is. So much of the device is dedicated to spyware bullshit.

GrapheneOS is probably too tight for many people. CalyxOS offers a good mix if you just want a cleaner version of Android. It's the FOSS stuff without all the Google crap. Of course, you can install the FOSS implementation of Play Services at setup and install those parts that you want if you absolutely want some Google apps or apps that require play services for whatever reason.


I used to do electrical work on high end new builds and there are some great quality stick builds from highly professional people, but notice I said high end lol These were multimillion dollar houses. The sub 500 builds from lower end builders were largely cookie cutter trash and 200k of it was for a lot in some areas.

There's no doubt a lot of people benefit from all the fiat distortions. I'd be one of the bag holders getting dunked on if not for Bitcoin (since I stay out of debt and leverage).


It's probably better quality than most of the houses being built today. A lot of them are total shit. I'd rather live in a structure made of these containers.


Why pay a 30 year mortgage when you can just live in a shipping container. Only $20k!
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I would lol


Expressing a fact or opinion doesn't mean someone has pissed in my Cheerios. I just tend to be direct with what I think or how I feel. I don't mean anything bad by it, and people should probably do it more often instead of beating around.

I don't fold simply because someone else is afraid to tell the truth, which in this case is that they want to consume something that isn't great for them while hiding behind bullshit arguments.

I smoke cigars and eat pizza. lol But I'm not going to beat around about it, and it seems you don't either with pasta. I'll just tell people to fuck off and light my cigar.

But going on about prehistoric humans eating berries to justify a liking of sweet fruit annoys me. I just like the taste of berries and know very well that there are better foods with the same benefits. Protein and fats are better for us than carbs and sugar. The evidence of that is very clear to me.

I just want people to be honest. Enjoy your pasta.


Probably unpopular opinion: Bank bail-ins would probably be better long term than bail-outs.

Taking directly from the average American does several things. 1. It's more efficient because government isn't doing it. It probably costs less long term, since we'd pay all the politicians in between the transaction. 2. People are more directly confronted with reality.

Printing a bunch of fiat and slowly debasing everyone's currency doesn't quite hit like waking up to a 0 balance and wondering how the hell you're going to make it.

Shit would change very quickly if people had to actually face the consequences immediately. So many people don't understand Bitcoin because they haven't been forced to. People in other countries have, which is why I think they are figuring out Bitcoin right now.


I don't care what you or anyone else eats around the world. I care when people push bullshit arguments simply because they like a food. You can like pasta all you want. I like pizza. That doesn't mean it's good for me and doesn't increase the risk of disease.


I may not have been clear enough. I mean the Apple users who are bitching. There are obviously many happy ones who don't complain and run to government while still buying the products.


That's for you to decide, not the EU. Why should you and Apple be forced to change simply because other people are buying products they don't really want?

They don't for me, so I don't buy their products. It wouldn't make sense for me to buy them and then bitch and run to government to force them to change.

I am far happier with other products. The Apple bitchers and government are the problem to me.


My biggest issue isn't even with Apple. It's with the people who buy their shit knowing the deal and then run to government to target Apple. I think Apple should sell whatever it wants. I hate their products, but I would never have government come in and force them to do things differently just because I want a port that is on pretty much every other option (for example). The EU should be told to fuck off and anyone who doesn't like that should stop buying products they don't really want. We see it with Right to Repair too.


I never said Apple users absolutely hate Apple. I said they bitch while continuing to buy their products. I see it frequently online. I've seen it in person.


Yeah it's totally non apple users complaining about the Apple app store, the ports they use for charging, etc. lol


Ask all the people complaining about their app store, charging ports, etc.


It's okay that you like berries. So do I. But that doesn't mean it's the best source of the nutrients in them. Sugar is bad for us. Carbs are bad for us. You can moderate them and reduce the odds of complication, great. But that doesn't mean that early human diets are necessarily good, and not every group of humans would necessarily benefit. Cancers feed on excess sugar. That's their food. They don't really like fats and protein. This isn't a huge jump in logic. They are eating what we eat.


You can doubt whatever you want. I never said they did, for the record, only that your argument was nonsense. Everything I've said is known fact. You're speculating about something we dont even know for sure as an argument supporting a particular food. That isn't evidence that something is good for humans. People have historically done lots of things that weren't good.


Apple users are the one's constantly bitching about their superior experience. Funny how that works.


Apple users would much rather keep paying Apple and bitching year after year. I hate Apple, but I'm glad they gave the EU the middle finger.

Apple has done a wonderful job convincing their sheep that good alternatives don't exist.

I'm pretty happy on CalyxOS and my FOSS app stores. Most apps now are unnecessary anyway. I use my web browser for pretty much everything I once used an app for.

But I also value freedom and respect more than a convenient closed system that I'm going to constantly bitch about.


I'm also not convinced that every human should have the same diet. For example, I'm of European decent and pretty white. Dairy was important for my ancestors. Most Asians would be harmed by my diet. So it isn't quite as simple as some people make it.


You can get everything in fruit from other foods without the sugar though. I love cigars. I know of a dude who made it over 100 smoking like 8 per day. I'm still going to limit my consumption because I know that risk percentage is what really matters, not individual results. Biology has so many factors that it's essentially a lottery. At least you realize the bias though. And I love to have fruit sometimes, and pizza. But I do so knowing that it's not the best source of nutrients. I just don't like that we push the antioxidant and nutrients of fruit without also stating that you can get all of that without the sugar and high carbs.


Lol Thank you for your hard work.


Your argument isn't better. Humans eating something early on doesn't mean that it is therefore healthy for us. Something may have life sustaining nutrients but that doesn't mean it won't lead to disease or earlier death.

 We look for cancers on PET scans by sending a sugar (Fluorodeoxyglucose) throughout the body for cancers to metabolize and light up on the imaging. It stands to reason (in my mind) that getting your nutrients from something not full of sugar/carbs (cancer food) is probably a smart choice.

So yeah, early humans probably at a lot of things, but we have something called science now that can allow us to optimize what we eat based on biological processes. So not live just long enough to reproduce and die.


If you mean magic, then no. But internal dialogue can certainly have an impact on the results we have in life. Imposter syndrome is a common example. I quit jobs when I was younger because of it and lost great opportunities. I could have instead changed my internal conversation and 'manifested' a better outcome. Alas, I was younger and dumber.


Replaced by something better...


Many of them are doing a fine job making a mockery of themselves. There are still some good bits out there though.


@SeedSigner and the Parma from @parman_the (there may be others), are important primarily as a proof of concept. I've proven that I can build a signer even if governments start targeting the makers of the more difficult to build hardware wallets (secure element, etc). Important work.


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N.

FEAR NOT, WE HAVE THE WIT TO MATCH YOUR WIT, TO WIT: STACK AND CHILL.


Well, something somewhere will have to give if we want the world to use Bitcoin as money. It can't and shouldn't scale for coffee payments, but it seems to me that almost no one is going to use self-custody anything tied to Bitcoin once fees go way higher. Custodial Lightning would probably work but I don't see how most people will afford self-custody Lightning. We will either have to choose shitcoins allegedly tied to it or custodial options. I'm still learning, so maybe I'm wrong.


Looks miserable to me, but to each their own I guess.


Yeah, punish the companies that are adapting to the problems caused by you and the clown gang in DC. You're a useless leech. Crawl back into whatever cesspool you came from. We don't need you or your lies. We don't need your Fed or central planning. We need producers.

#Bitcoin

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


This is really cool. Love wine and #Bitcoin. Perfect combination.


Is that the real Jack you have tagged?

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Fuck that guy. I hope they are both destroyed.


What's impressive is the decay occurring in what was once an icon of American success. Vandalism isn't impressive.


Really hope the scumbag suffers for the suffering he has caused.

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Wow, another attempt at being witty. Nostr is open source even if every user doesn't give up their privacy and ownership. I don't have to let everyone have access to my laptop for my OS to be open source. You sound like an idiot.


Actually, #Bitcoin and Nostr are open source. That doesn't mean all users should lose their privacy. Totally unrelated concepts.


Me either


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N.

I APPRECIATE YOU TOO.


Women are a reflection of the men in their lives. Dig deep and you'll see it. Most men are simply getting what they put out. Blaming women is the most pathetic position of all.


Take a second to analyze the men they have to choose from, bro.


I'm not sure why everyone must be the same. My wife and I chose not to have children and both work right now. If we had children, she would certainly not be (unless she wanted to, of course). In which case we'd figure out how to split things to meet both of our needs.

There are many different ways to structure your life and not everyone needs or wants the same thing. Good for you and your wife!


I canceled my X premium and send what I was paying plus some to builders as zaps.

Feels really good.


Math is what landed me here.


This is pretty cool. Have some sats.


The antidote isn't the toxin.


Calling me a #Bitcoin Maxi as an insult isn't an own. All you're saying is that I'm someone with integrity and you aren't. I have no interest in the opinions of scumbags.

#BitcoinMaxi


Aqua Wallet is pretty cool.

It should immediately prompt the user to backup their seed though. The user is already installing the wallet, it makes sense to have them backup as part of the install process. They could have the option of doing later with frequent reminders.

It would probably be even better to force acknowledgment of backup before funds can be received. Most people will need hand holding to grow adoption and prevent rugs and loss of funds.


I'm considering this too. WeChat of the west isn't offering a future I care for and Elon is clearly most interested in utilitarian philosophy. I don't trust him.

He's doing some cool things, but it's apparent that he'll bend to authoritarianism (he literally did with Turkey) if it's what's required to get his way (utilitarian).

He benefits from the status quo and I doubt he's going to resist in any meaningful way, especially as time goes on. His knees are for bending.


Nostr is a bizarre place... But I love it.

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That's a handsome island.


A simple life rule:

Anyone who wants to disarm you shouldn't be trusted. They should be promptly ridiculed and defied.

This applies to Bitcoin, defensive tools, knowledge, etc.


A government of the People, for the People, by the People should be told how much it is allowed to spend. Currently, government tells us how much we're allowed to keep and spend (and taxes us on it perpetually through inflation and property taxes).

#Bitcoin


You're not a real man until you earn your brown belt. I'm sure he's earned several stripes on his. I have and I'm only 30 lol


Capitalism isn't failing. The absence of capitalism is failing. The U.S. came close to being Capitalist early on, but that quickly died away. Ayn Rand was right.


I wouldn't doubt that they could cause noise problems, but even if they did, it seems like there could be barrier solutions to reduce it. Either way, I'd rather sleep with a Bitcoin hum than a fiat shriek.


All these years later and I’m not sure we’ve topped this moment in bitcoin culture. https://image.nostr.build/4048ad6b290e40613270ffe1d6920147ba2a0d51ad7597f6360f3b31893ecd18.jpg


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N!

LEAD BY CAPS


Discovering old films as a millennial is interesting. I'm familiar with a much less technical way of life and also a highly technical one. It's a weird split in identity that others have experienced before me. Horses to cars, letters to the telegraph, etc. (Fiat to #Bitcoin)


I quite enjoy my stand/sit desk.


Calling Apple a walled garden is misleading. There are walls, but the walls have exit points that people are free to go through at any time.

Apple users place themselves into the "walled garden" and complain as if they didn't pay Apple for exactly what Apple is giving them.

You chose Apple. You knew the rules of the game and still decided to play anyway. You incentivize Apple's piss poor attitude toward freedom. Stop complaining if you're just going to keep buying it.


THEY ADDED A CAPS KEY FOR CAP'N @ODELL


Phoenix is great, but it took me some time to figure out liquidity. I'm probably in the top 5% of humans technically though, so I think you may be right. Most people will not get Phoenix. The question is whether they will purchase liquidity without understanding why they need to at a technical level (assuming Phoenix implemented a walk through guide for setup). Probably not when there are custodial options that can handle all of that for them. I think the whole point of all of this is to give people the option of self-custody. Some people can't accept that most humans will simply not do the work to be free. At least those who put in the proof-of-work will have a chance.


Fuck off is right.


They can fuck off.


ALL CAPS @ODELL SOLVING ALL THE PROBLEMS. WHAT AM I EVEN DOING WITH MY LIFE


It's incredible how often I've tried to support certain projects and giving them money was difficult or impossible for me. I've had this happen a lot.


I agree. I don't see a problem nor goal. The answer to the question is yes, because it is possible. But that doesn't make it a good idea, which is my point. I just don't see how it does anything other than create more technical and security problems than current options.


All of these issues are why storing a seed phrase for example as an image on a phone is a dumb idea.


Encrypt what though? If you're encrypting a key then that means you had it in plaintext. Same security problem I've outlined. And they are still decrypting on a potentially insecure device, making rugging more likely if the tech were widespread.


I think the short answer is that you can definitely encode a private key into an image. Doing that securely and in a trustless way is beyond me though. I don't see how you could or what the point would be over just sending them a key or Lightning invoice.


It was always going to be more difficult as essentially an EU island. I think it'll be simpler once more do it. Decentralization has benefits, but usually more so in numbers.


You'd need some way of generating an image key that you don't have access to and that their client can somehow use. I don't see how to securely generate a key on your device that is still secure on theirs. You'd only be able to do this with people you trust absolutely, who use reasonably secure devices. So that's a very small list for me at least.


It may not be if you're both using E2E encryption. But if they just leave it on an image that has other security problems. They'd need to immediately send it to a key that hasn't been digitally exposed for it to be secure (and that assumes that their device is secure). E2E encryption isn't enough if something malicious is on the device. It just seems like more work than sending invoice QR codes or something for Lightning payments. I think an encrypted file containing the key makes more sense. But that doesn't fix the problem that you were exposed to the key as well. This could create a double spend issue. You send an image that you already got the code from, paid someone, got something, and then rugged it. That's one of the security problems with hiding it in an image.


This seems similar in concept to an opendime except as an image and a lot less secure. You could probably conceal a private key in an image. Making it a standard for something like a client seems super insecure to me though.


The EU is a fucking cancer.


How do you get addiction from monthly active users? They also included messaging apps.


I feel like a moron for taking so long to understand the name. Super clever. lol


This is very interesting to me. Glad to see it.


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N!

THE EARLY WORM GETS THE BIRD


That was my first thought when I saw it. I predicted there would inevitably be a token and the usual dump and run.


Unless I'm missing something.


This is why I don't see how Nostr scales the way some people seem to think it will without an incentive for relays. It's only going to get more expensive, even if it's just limited to text and images. No incentive will leave a void where companies are needed to centralize and fund the services.


I wonder when Social.Gov will become a thing. For saving Democracy, of course.


However, I live in a place that has super hard water and the Berkey didn't like that at all. In fairness, I believe the product info warned of that. So it may actually work well for some people.


My RO filter has an insert that adds them back in. Inefficient, but it filters much better than these. (I've tried both)


Lol They don't even realize they've lost on so many fronts.


AquaTru seems to be okay. Lots of bullshit in water.


Maybe Takata just isn't that good at making airbags.


>Apple doesn't want to do it
>Apple users use government to force Apple
>Apple side steps government
>Apple users complain and keep buying Apple products.

Typical.


As with anywhere else that's accessible to everyone.


Exactly.


Privacy (less transparency) for the central banks? They certainly won't be more private for users.

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I had this happen once for using too much data on my unlimited data plan. lol And I remember being perplexed because it was only 30GB. Yeah, probably high(?), but it didn't seem unreasonable for a plan that touted how great it was to stream, etc on their unlimited plan. Phone plans are mostly scams like this anyway. I'd be happy to be rid of them.


Would be good to know if the new drive is larger to save you some time, because a fresh install may indeed be less complicated. I'm not sure Clonezilla or Rescuezilla have a simple way of expanding a cloned drive onto a larger disk. It likely will just leave the extra space as unusable by the OS. Sorry, should have asked to begin with.


Good. It saves one step and about a third of the time. You'd want to be using it on the same machine though. I dont know how Macs work, but cloning one drive and using it on a different machine will usually cause problems, if it works at all. If you plan to use the drive on a new machine then you probably should do a fresh install. New drive on the same machine is good unless you're using a larger drive. That does get more complicated.


Well, except for some of the confusing options that aren't as clear to less experienced users. That's where Rescuezilla is better in my opinion.


It's a matter of preference and knowledge. Rescuezilla has a more modern GUI that is easier to understand for people who aren't used to something like Clonezilla. Clonezilla is just fine though.


Rescuezilla is even simpler and only requires Balena for flashing it to a USB drive. It's like 3 steps


It's really easy with Rescuezilla. I use it to backup my entire drive before major updates, etc.


It's not really a surprise that the smaller, worse off states are the ones adopting #Bitcoin first. They are the ones being harmed the most by central planning and fiat shenanigans.

They are front running the bigger states just like I did the institutions. The next decade will be interesting.


GUATEMALA BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO IMPROVE ITS ELECTION PROCESSES USING BITCOIN.

1) VOTES STILL CAST AS NORMAL.
2) VOTE TALLIES IN EACH DISTRICT ARE THEN NOTARIZED AND TIMESTAMPED USING BITCOIN.
3) THIS PREVENTS TAMPERING AFTER THE FACT AND MAKES ELECTIONS MUCH EASIER TO AUDIT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O0wVcd8Vzk


YES. THIS IS THE WAY TO SAVE HUMANITY.


Correction: We have CAP'N @ODELL


I was a blue check for like a month. Overrated. KYCed myself (rekt) so I could make longer tweets. And use bold and italics apparently.

Nostr is the way.


Fuck... lol True.


Also shits on Bitcoin for privacy while using a platform that has less privacy than Nostr. A lot less. I can create a Nostr key with no other information. X collects all kinds of shit when signing up on their centralized servers.


TFW A BLUE CHECK POSTING ON WECHAT OF THE WEST GETS WORSE ENGAGEMENT THAN MOST OF MY NOSTR POSTS

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The #1 thing I learned from 12 years of working in engineering and engineering management was: "keep it simple, stupid".

Somewhat related: this week when going through a 30-year old dusty/mildewy storage locker, I found an old cassette player that works like new. Kind of like how those hold Nintendo systems can basically survive a nuclear apocalypse and keep working.


I don't think the "then they fight you" stage has started for #Bitcoin. I expect Bitcoin to be historically compared to the American Revolution applied globally. I think the worst is still to come. Prepare accordingly and draw lines now.


And there are times when you have to actually try an idea to figure out that it was a bad idea.


They should be hesitant. I'm not a fan, but I'm not sure how to fix it without needing a hardware device to sign everything I do.


Tick tock...


Fuck CSW and his pedo pal Calvin Ayre. These clowns are going down!

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STACK BOIS OUT IN FULL FORCE 🫡


I'm likely going to be moving to within an hour or so of Nashville this decade. Can't wait to meet you and other Bitcoiners.

STAY SATS AND STACK HUMBLE


Which of these has been your favorite to use?


My cat is a SeedSigner maxi now. She always listens to my rants like a champ.

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


It's incredible how many self-proclaimed #Bitcoin maxis don't use Nostr. Bro, do you even freedom tech? lol


Noncustodial Lightning is... a pain. It took me way too long to onboard a noob (Phoenix), and most people simply wouldn't have figured it out. He was shocked that he didn't need to provide any info after installing. I quite enjoyed that too.

I think a tutorial would go a long way in solving some problems with onboarding (explain liquidity, etc). Lightning is pretty complicated when using it in a sovereign way. And annoying at times, to say put it politely.

Frankly, I may not introduce someone using noncustodial again, and that saddens me.

But he has some sats now and is asking questions, so I'd say the experience was a net positive.


So weird, I use Bitcoin to opt-out of fiat debasement.

I can't believe Jeff's banker said that at Davos...

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He uses fiat credit cards. I assume he then converts Bitcoin to USD every month to pay the balance. I currently keep a couple months of fiat for fiat bills around, but he is skipping that step by just using their dollars instead. I also assume he earns in Bitcoin given his company. That's a lot simpler than getting paid in fiat, converting to Bitcoin, and converting back to fiat to pay a credit card.

Frankly, if you plan to pay taxes, using his method is a lot simpler. You have one taxable event instead of many like with the cards that convert to USD every time you get a charge.


Central banking is a tool of control. We don't need them. Their existence is built on a foundation of lies and slithering in secret. Ayn Rand was right, central planning is evil and leads only to destruction and suffering. Fight back with #Bitcoin


shitcoiners just want your bitcoin

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That has nothing to do with shitcoin trading, which is the topic of discussion. And there are Bitcoin privacy tools. I was referring to producing value anyway. I wasn't talking about literally being paid in Bitcoin. Read post...


Fuck 'em. There is plenty of room for everyone in the lifeboats, but we have to accept the fact that most people won't hop in. Teach, stack, and chill.


Seems like actually earning Bitcoin would be more fulfilling that degen shitcoining. At least that was the case for me once I figured out Bitcoin. Stack and chill is so much better.


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N.


Nostr changes everything, in my opinion. It's weird to me that so few see that. You'd think they'd get it given Bitcoin's history.


Beautiful.

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The benefits of credit cards for most people are perceived benefits, which is exactly what the industry spends so much money ensuring; perception of benefit.


No, they've been fooled. Credit card companies have spent a lot of money on research and are smarter as a result. Most people spend more on average when using them. That far exceeds the ridiculous points. And the merchant does pay the fee, but they bake it into the sale total. So the consumer still ultimately pays it. Credit card companies aren't just giving away free money. They use research and statistics to convince people like you that they're a net gain when the reality is that they aren't. The whole points system plays on a reward mechanism to make you use them more. And they are a privacy nightmare. I'm sure they monetize that data somehow too.

I never said charge backs weren't incredible for some consumers, but they also lead to higher prices for the rest of us. Companies don't just eat the cost. Besides, my actual point was that final settlement isn't fast. That doesn't sound like final settlement to me.


#Bitcoin allows us to be as sovereign as we wish to be. This isn't the most convenient, but it's the most sovereign I've been.

Thanks for helping make this a reality, @SeedSigner. They're finally done. 🫡

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Just guessing, but container overflow could be the issue for the keys sections, and the basics container could be set to a percentage view width that looks okay on desktop but not mobile. A mobile rule that sets the view width to 100% could help.


Cool site, but it has some issues on mobile.

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I see. I didn't realize it was custodial. Thanks!


Yep. There's always too much fluff and bullshit. I'd rather just zap some sats and get what I need without having to dig.


People can charge back Visa for like 6 months I think. It is not instant settlement. And that 3-5% isn't free, and it's usually more like 1-2%. And you're paying an extra 3% to use it at stores. So it's not as great as you make it seem. People have been fooled.


I'm not a fan of the information required. Why do I need to provide a name, email, and country? Sure, I could lie, but why make me?


GOOD MORNING NOSTR, STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS 🫡


good morning.

joining Yahoo TV in 45 minutes to talk bitcoin

i dare these motherfuckers to ask if we give a shit about what jamie dimon thinks about bitcoin

dare them
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I don't give a hot fuck what that dinosaur thinks.


I sent you 69 sats to start your day off right.


I can't believe I ever lived without Nostr now that I've used it. Zapping changes everything. Imagine being able to send your grandson a birthday gift just by zapping his post on social media. Tons of use cases.


I just had this happen after discovering Primal. It's the first time I've enjoyed using Nostr.


MORNING, CAP'N.

STAY SATS AND STACK HUMBLE


I don't understand the colors of the words.


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N.

NICE TO SEE MORE SAILORS ABOARD USS BITCOIN.


I just zapped a Nostr bot for entertaining me. What a time to be alive.

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You should run for president.


Here's one now.


I've met bots smarter than many politicians.


To be fair, there is a difference between having open source code and setting terms for how others use their computers.

The source isn't open, but even if it were, it would only guarantee you the right to use it how you wish on your own machine. It wouldn't grant you free range use of machines they own.


Distributed AI compute with Bitcoin integrated...

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Also, you just missed out on 69 zaps because you don't have an address setup.


I've made this point too. Saying "only x% is used by criminals" will backfire if the number happens to increase. Besides, I won't concede even if the number is 50%.

It's much better to argue from the start that rights aren't forfeited by all simply because some are criminals.


Auto playing videos on page load should be criminal.


When states start ignoring federal energy policy like Texas is ignoring the DHS at the border right now we’re going to see an expansion of human flourishing like we’ve never seen before in human history. The vibe is shifting. We’re going to win.


There's a lot of talk in the cyber security space about doing away with passwords in favor of biometrics.

These people can't even secure password databases, and they want my fucking fingerprints and other biometric data?

No, but thanks for the offer. I can change a password or email (use something like SimpleLogin) when they inevitably lose it, but my fingerprints and eyes are pretty hard to switch out.

Say no to biometrics. We can use password managers (Bitwarden only for me), 2FA and hardware devices. They're going to fail to secure whatever we give them anyway, so we might as well not give them elements of ourselves that we can't change when they inevitably do something stupid.

There's also the privacy invasion and potential for more government control in general if we accept this.


Good morning, leave Microsoft and Apple behind.

Switch to GNU/Linux for laptop/desktop (love Fedora one release behind!).

Switch to CalyxOS or GrapheneOS on mobile.

Bitcoin isn't the only freedom tech.


Bitcoin is the money. That shit flowing in is credit, theft, and blood.


Thinking back to the Covid stimis and how my coworkers told me I was wrong when I explained, mathematically, how much they'd suffer for those checks in the coming years.

They were right. My math was wrong. It ended up being worse than I calculated. lol So glad I bought Bitcoin with it.


Time for country living and...

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*for us autistic Bitcoiners lol


Mr. Mean makes some good points, but it clearly isn't done yet. It's good enough if you only want a handful of Bitcoiners using it, but it certainly is not good enough to replace the Big Bois for most people.


It's clearly still under heavy development. Honestly, it has issues typing and editing in English for me. It's still beta in my opinion, but it's coming along.


Support told me they plan to add it, but have no ETA. Mildly disappointing, but paying for 6 months instead of one month dispersed the cost enough that I was okay with it in the meantime.


I love Mullvad. Just renewed in Bitcoin. Support said they are planning to integrate Lightning but have no ETA.


My issue is with using their software ecosystem more than the hardware, but they intentionally wire the two together pretty tightly, making it a lot more difficult to use freedom software than alternatives. Ethical hardware is being built but it's still less common/available than open software. I don't think perfect is yet possible, but Apple is as bad as it gets on this issue.


I think there is a difference between a Bitcoiner and someone who owns Bitcoin. I can totally understand why fiat chasing Bitcoin owners wouldn't give a fuck about Apple shitting on Bitcoin and people fighting for freedom.

What I don't understand (and I'm not saying either of you two fit this description) are the Bitcoiners (the distinction being that they hold Bitcoin as freedom tech - I have no issue with wanting to also get wealthier by being early) give money to a company that has proven that it doesn't support them or their value of freedom (which they believe Bitcoin will help achieve).

If you fit my description of a Bitcoiner and buy Apple products then you're just a larper. There are alternatives that better support freedom and some people are choosing to contradict values they claim to have.

That's my main point here. I see it a lot and find it odd that people proclaim how much they love freedom and FOSS Bitcoin while using the exact opposite in all their other tech, especially when better (even if not perfect) alternatives exist.


I love freedom more than hardware. Maybe that's why I can't understand it.

They screwed over Chinese protestors, they bowed to China by removing Nostr apps from their centralized store, all of their products are closed. They give the finger to Bitcoiners and freedom fighters almost every chance they get.

It's quite a puzzle for me. But yeah, enjoy that hardware I guess.


I wonder if it'll allow me to see why any Bitcoiners still support that company.


Most people don't understand or care about Bitcoin because most people have little to no value to preserve.

I think the best case is that a few of us will understand Bitcoin and act accordingly, while the vast majority will use and work for Bitcoin, whether directly or indirectly. This is really how life has always worked. Average people are average because they aren't exceptional. We can't change that, and statistically, they won't either.

Most people won't self-custody. Most people won't be sovereign or even seek to be. The whole point, in my view, is to build systems that give people a choice. Until recently, there were no choices for most people.

There was never much chance that the average person would choose sovereignty (they rarely do), but I think most people can sense when they have the option and when they don't. I believe society can only function if choice exists and just enough people choose to be free and protect freedom. It doesn't take as many as I used to believe.

There is hope. The future is bright. Bitcoin will win, even if the average person doesn't choose to maximize their own freedom.


Nothing 69 zaps won't fix.


Are you using Google's stock Android?


I downloaded it a couple weeks ago as my first Lightning wallet and have used it to make two online purchases. It's pretty easy to use.


Exactly. In time...


I'm becoming spoiled. I'm so disgusted by having to sign up for accounts now. I just want to land and zap sats, you know?


Consolidate UTXOs when fees are low enough and/or probably send it to Lightning or some other layer 2 if I'm honest.


Fantastic.

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


69 is the magic number. Thank you.


Shorting dollars not only feels good, but it's also just mathematically smart.


A weight lifted off my shoulders...

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My guess is that banks will eventually use something like Fedimint or Fedi itself. It seems like a good fit for how banks work from what I can tell. And I do think most people will gravitate toward custodialish solutions like that.


There really is no good way to determine a single number.


It would probably be more impactful to display it in terms of percentage left of the $100. Particularly with how stupid Americans are with math. Many would see this as a good thing. lol


EVERY DAY THE BLUE CHECK TWITTERATI PICK A NEW THING TO ARGUE ABOUT.

NONE OF THAT MATTERS.

EYES ON THE PRIZE.

FAMILY. FRIENDS. FREEDOM. 🫡


YES, CAP'N.


Capitalism, if more than 1% of humans actually knew what Capitalism is.


"You clearly haven't"
I've spend hundreds of hours on this topic plus thousands more treating real fucking patients, my dude. I opted to not get the vaccine for Covid after doing my research, but that doesn't mean Covid isn't a real issue for people.


Rolling in and telling someone they've been brainwashed and need to find things to study is indeed asserting that I haven't already. I have. Again, you're assuming there is some knowledge you have that I don't. As if believing in something I see and treat every day is some how less valuable than whatever you've seen online. It could quite possibly be that all sides of this issue contains a lot of bullshit. I worked directly with Covid throughout, and there was a LOT of bullshit in healthcare, but there was a lot also from people like you who seem to think they have it all figured out.


You can go fuck yourself, buddy.


None of that has any bearing on the fact that Covid is a real virus. You're the one who seems to be a victim of brainwashing. Acknowledging the mere existence of the virus has absolutely nothing to do with anything else. And you certainly have no idea what I study or don't.


Yes there is. lol And acknowledging that doesn't mean that one is brainwashed or agrees with killing elderly people or destroying children.


The tragedy here is that I often test people for Covid, RSV and Influenza A/B using one swab.


I think it needs to increase at a healthy pace over time to be successful. There is little point in owning something that fails. Too low for too long in terms of fiat will mean failure.


Alternatives exist!

@GrapheneOS
CalyxOS
F-droid

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Nostr is getting out of control in the best way. Super bullish for 2030.

Not eating the bugs.
Not buying the CBDC rugs.
Not bowing to the central planning thugs.


No, it sounds beautiful.


MORNING, CAP'N.

STAY CAPS AND STACK SATS


I didn't want to shame all the other potential Nostr logos, but I figured the world deserves to see mine.

CAP'N nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, what do you think? Your opinion is the only one I trust. https://m.primal.net/HXyR.png


I did choose to use my own email when contacting their support once, but they never asked for my account info. They are a paid service so it isn't like they really need to know if you are a customer or not (like companies that may offer free accounts without support)

Plus, I could have used a burner, other measures, etc. You can and probably should pay privately and generate a new account number every renewal anyway. You could also do this before contacting support and then go back to your actual account number if they did need one for some reason.

There are too many options for Mullvad that I don't know of for any other provider. They allow you to be as secure and private as you care to be, or as convenient if that is your choice.


GOOD MORNING.

CAP'N @ODELL HAS THE BEST PODCAST/STREAM INTRO. I WISH I COULD HEAR IT MORE OFTEN.

DON'T FORGET TO STACK SATS AND SEND ZAPS TO THE BITCOIN BUILDERS.


Body-worn cameras are probably a net good right now, but we would hardly ever interact with police if they weren't primarily enforcing state violations of rights.


Incredible. I was able to send sats in about 30 seconds. Times are surely changing!


It's getting out of control. HAHAHA

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lol

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@ODELL and Simply Bitcoin are good. G'Day Bitcoin is pretty good for more news based content.


Splinter the CIA, NSA, and FBI into a thousand pieces and scatter them into the winds. https://nostr.build/i/82f8fbcf3beabf3a816b2e8da470cc86cfad92b61c0739c17147bad83b8cbeaa.jpg


These days I just use a Nextcloud notes app that is synced to my Nextcloud instance. Same for calendar and contacts. I can access them on all devices easily. Or more often I just send myself a message in my Note to Self Matrix space


Good point. He could have easily close sourced it or used a non-permissive license if he wanted to. Scammer.

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🤡

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For some reason it went through the second time.


You aren't getting my zaps either.


Nostr is just better. I get on here and have hope for the future. X makes me sad. Truly. Maybe it's the people on Nostr. Maybe it's the absence of algorithms that are built to make me feel awful.

I'm pretty close to just deleting X and saying to hell with anyone who chooses to not use Nostr. There is little excuse to not be here anymore. Nostr makes me want to build.

Maybe Nostr is the Galt's Gulch of social media/communications.

And zaps are just fucking cool. I feel deep excitement every time I smack that zap button.

@ODELL had the right idea I think. Fuck it (X).


This is the perfect way to get nothing from me. The PayPal non-account option always wants my phone number, email, etc just to make a payment. No thanks. There are much better fiat payment options even.


And nodes on the network could compete on price. Some could promise eternal storage/robust backups, etc while others charge less but delete emails frequently to save resources, etc. Seems like there are many possibilities here.


Ah, I see. Like you could "follow" or add their key to your contacts. I actually do think that decentralized sats based email in general would be a better system. Email isn't free as it is. People don't realize that. Zapping a couple sats for every email would probably cost less in the long run (because the servers are processing mostly low quality or spam email as it is)


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1. Use something like Simplelogin instead of whoring out your main address to anyone who asks. That's probably what caused this.
2. Get a provider with better spam detection. This one clearly isn't it.
3. I agree though. Sats per mail would fix a lot of this, but good luck getting everyone else on board with paying to email you.


Bitcoin will eat the store of value premium of gold and real estate. Both will normalize toward utility value.

People like me are going to thrive. Unfortunately, most are going to be destroyed. This has inspired me to educate as many plebs as possible.

Most will ignore us, but I think humanity will ultimately flourish after learning the lessons taught by the pain.

We are running out of time.


Has anyone considered the implications of being able to buy Bitcoin with fiat? All Bitcoin is first held by someone (when it's mined). There is no buy without a sale.

Very few of us are dumping a shit ton of fiat for Bitcoin. People like me work and buy Bitcoin with fiat. Miners mine and earn Bitcoin (and probably sell some for fiat to pay expenses).

All this fiat is going somewhere.

There are going to be a lot of fiat bag holders and it's going to be heartbreaking if Bitcoin takes off too quickly. Time may not even prevent it. The smartest and wealthiest are already dumping, leaving the fiat piled up at the base of society.

Trickle down fiat is happening right now. Much compassion will be necessary in the coming years. I love to be right, but a lot of people are going to get destroyed in the transition and it is sad.

Alas, human destruction is the result of central planning, government schools, and bad money.


We probably all were at one point. We should be compassionate. We've been conditioned from birth to think in terms of centralized custody and permission.


You say if he'd kept it in cold storage, but I think we need to start saying "if he'd owned it." Ownership is ultimately all cold storage really is. Anything else is at worst not owning it at all, and at best letting someone else access your keys (hot storage, ownership can change in an instant).

I think the hang up for people is that they aren't actually used to owning their money. Any meaningful amount of wealth before Bitcoin required centralized custody (permission). He probably has no concept of ownership here, nor did I before Bitcoin.

He probably viewed the exchange as a bank, when it actually made exchanging easy (what he did) instead of ownership.


Essentially, he never really did anything with Bitcoin. He never owned any. He never held any. He never touched any. All he really did was shift fiat around on an exchange and they ultimately owned the Bitcoin AND his fiat once he gave it to them.

Stuff like this happens only when you play with fiat fire and never take ownership of what you buy.


I'm also of the opinion that the fight is only just beginning. And I suspect we will see more government involvement as it becomes apparent that too many plebs will have a seat at the new table.


Speaks for itself.
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Don’t work for a money that someone else can create for free. Value your time and energy.
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#BitcoinTwitter
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😂👌
https://video.nostr.build/c3336b23d41a2464d4646c649dfbc7d8ad6ed75195a98ffb44710d1ee272a3f0.mp4


Nostr fixes this lol

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GOOD MORNING, CAP'N! BITCOIN GIVES PEOPLE MY AGE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.


Hi this is my first post on nostr, I am new to btc, small stacker, work a minimum wage job, but try my best to save whatever i can and stack sats, orange pilled by nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy, I want to learn more.


SOMEONE GET THIS MAN INTO A ROOM WITH CAP'N @ODELL

HE HAS POTENTIAL


You're right. It requires more effort than I care for to zap people. I'd rather just stream it somehow and treat zaps more like tipping. I pay my set bill automatically and then zap when I'm Bullish AF™

All of this being optional makes it pretty noncontroversial in my view.


Or at least have a setting that combines the like and zap buttons, sends a set amount of zaps when sharing, etc. I tent to pick one action if I do anything, meaning I've pretty much just been using the zap and/or share buttons. The heart is useless for me. But combining them would preserve both functions if liking has any effect on the platform. Besides, one is unlikely to zap something they don't even like. There are many options for improvements here.

I'm also concerned about the seeming lack of economic incentive for nodes. The protocol fails if it becomes too costly to run nodes for free.


Having setup and used the @SeedSigner I built... I am bullish AF™. The security features are brilliant. It removes as much trust as I can imagine from the process of using Bitcoin. Truly incredible work.

Support them. I have a feeling SS will be critical in the coming years.


You're in the right place. @ODELL is the real deal too. My advice, for what it's worth, is to spend time building skills too. So you can stack higher!


You can't expect fake dairy to not have goofy ingredients. Use cream.


I don't think so. I think they are just going to be too late. People become complacent and stop keeping up with technology (funny since they teach it). Most of what I'm learning is 5 years behind. I'm on time. They will be late.


I'm currently a CS student near the end of my BS. Not a thing. I haven't heard a single thing about it, but I have written papers and other assignments on it.


I'm a CS and Mathematics undergrad planning graduate school and I love it. Things are changing. Please standby.


Sure, I'm not advocating for disregarding it. I have just seen people acting as though it's the last thing preventing Nostr from taking over the entire space.


I had enough USD to pay off my student loan and decided to buy Bitcoin instead. Every gov stimi goes straight to Bitcoin. I won't take on any new debt though. But I do get joy out of fucking the government back in my own way.


I doubt most people will know or care what Nostr is for quite a while. Unfortunately, things would need to get pretty Orwellian in my opinion. Most people will probably make associations with whichever client gets a lot of seed money and appears to be just another big social media platform with cool features. I suspect such a client will custody keys as well for users.

On the flip, I hope I'm wrong. But this seems to be the case for Bitcoin, which is similar.

It's an okay logo. I just doubt it will matter as much as some people think. Client logos will probably get more attention.


Trust the central planners @ODELL. They'll never hurt you.

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Taxing a right contradicts the concept of rights.


... It isn't difficult to buy #Bitcoin  directly... I didn't even know what an ETF was until recently (and still don't care). I've held Bitcoin for years.

It certainly isn't more difficult than buying gold, which also has ETFs.

This dude went from mildly annoying to pathetic.

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I hope it's never mandatory. It's awful. Cool, but not something I want for more than a few seconds of novelty. Like maybe with a large zap or something unusual.


I do take issue with 'hoarding' as a term though. The same excuse was used for gold confiscation. Buying and using property legitimately shouldn't have nasty terms attached in the opinion. They have just as much right to buy and hold as we do. Defining hoarding is problematic and always leads to rights violations for everyone.


Admittedly, I sometimes wonder if Bitcoin won't ultimately be a stepping stone to something even greater. Money seems to have an element of evolution to it. Maybe Bitcoin itself will evolve (it already has) or be replaced entirely in 200 years. I think the accumulation will accelerate as the glass hands fall for the fiat bait they offer in the coming years. 100K, 500k,1M BTC is going to be irresistible for many, but I think it's just a grand rug pull. We will never be free of those, I'm afraid lol


Totally comparable environments and situations. Thanks for the brilliant insight.


I was a bull dragging nuts the size of smart cars during the 'bear market.' You should see them now.


Cool, then you can probably take advantage of better seed generation techniques instead of trusting the manufacturer's entropy. I believe CC has the ability to use dice. SeedSigner does for sure.


How do you manage all the tax implications of doing this? I want to as well but taxes are holding me back.


I don't generally recommend Trezor anymore, but I still use the ones I had before I stopped promoting them (for now). That said, they do have Bitcoin only software and make self custody dead simple. It's better than having it hot while you learn @SeedSigner or something else if you choose to.


Proof of work (broadly) is a beautiful thing. My gratitude to all those here who have had it on full display.

#Bitcoin
#Nostr


Wait, it IS a fiat currency. Tying a fiat currency to the price of something else doesn't just negate the fact that you have fiat currency. You don't hold it, you don't own it. You own a fiat IOU. You've also created a false dichotomy that is really only one option.

Buy fiat ETF that is only tied to Bitcoin price or fiat in some other fiat instrument. That's still just fiat.

The alternative is eating the taxes and just buying actual Bitcoin.

You're risking 100% to 'save' 30%(?) instead of directly controlling an asset that is expected to increase in the 1000s%...

You do you. Someone has to fill the honeypots when the beasts need feeding I guess.


Because you're just filling a potential honey pot with empty fiat for relatively small tax 'savings?' What will you have saved if they decide to nationalize 'your' account? You do you, but 30% or whatever in taxes isn't worth it to me. I'd rather control my assets and not feed the starving beast when the time inevitably arrives. The US has a history of doing exactly this with gold and Canada doesn't exactly have freedom bells ringing either.


Once I finish school (paying cash) in a couple years, my wife and I will be roughly half time in our early 30s. I think you have the right idea. Working to consume really just isn't worth it. I'm okay with my 11 year old truck and used phones!


Interesting perspective. I took a different approach. I've increased my income to put every spare cent into Bitcoin and increasing my skills. I chose this path (and paid more in taxes) to increase my odds of having a seat at the table in the future. The hope being that I can play a bigger role in ending the issues that caused your discomfort. This is a war to me, and I don't see how being poorer is really going to win the war for humanity. I could be wrong, but more people like me having more wealth can only be good for freedom. I want to destroy the oppressors completely and without mercy. That requires more of me (and you) than is right, but justice is worth it to me. And the funding for fiat wars is happening regardless.


You'd probably be better off eating the taxes and buying actual Bitcoin in the long run. Only time will tell.


That's the thing. You aren't maxing it out with BTC. You're maxing it out with fiat that is tied to the price of BTC that you don't control.


GOOD MORNING, CAP'N!


I don't have a problem. I have an opinion. There is a difference.

The number of Android clients is irrelevant. My ability to create a client is irrelevant.

My issue is that the philosophical claims don't match the company actions. I demonstrated pretty well what my issues with that are. I literally broke each issue down in a note.

It's okay that someone other than you has an opinion about something. It doesn't mean they have a problem.

What isn't okay is to make contradictory moral claims and expect to not have the contradictions called out.

Have a good day and stack sats.


Nostr growth in popularity will necessarily increase the hardware requirements for nodes. What are the economic incentives for running a node?

Nostr is great, but it's mostly used by Bitcoiners and devs. What happens when Nostr succeeds at replacing the major centralized services? Many more people will be storing a lot more data.

Users have economic incentives if they desire (zaps, marketing, etc).

Currently, I see only philosophical incentives for nodes.

What am I missing?


Giving Nostr clients direct access to the private key concerns me. It wouldn't be difficult to create a malicious client that accepts the private key in a login prompt only to send the text to an attacker on submission.

I predict that many average users will become victims of this type of attack when Nostr is more popular. Spam is the most obvious simple motive.

Placing a hardware device between the key and client would be less convenient, but more secure.

Am I missing something?


I may be able offer some time for the web development stuff, but not the entirety. School and work have me swamped. Compiling/updating the data (and confirming accuracy) would be the biggest challenge in my opinion.


Sure.


It's quite interesting that Damus is developed exclusively for iOS and macOS.

Their own website highlights how little Apple cares about Damus and the people who want and need freedom tech (Bitcoin, Nostr, FOSS).

Apple has backed China on multiple occasions in it's mission of oppression and domination. It spit in the face of Damus specifically.

Meanwhile, projects like CalyxOS, F-Droid, Fedora, and many others exist and are better aligned with freedom tech. Yet I can't use Damus on them.

People who use and promote Apple products at this point are probably the most offensive larpers.

Google's Android has many similar problems, but at least the Android Open Source Project is available with many freedom technologies available for its users. CalyxOS is a freedom focused alternative to iOS and Google's Android.

Fedora and many other Gnu/Linux options exist for desktop/laptop.

I just can't make sense of being all in on Apple while claiming to support freedom tech. They have proven a loyalty to the CCP and clearly have no problems with sacrificing their own customers outside of China. What makes you think they will stand by you if they won't stand up to the CCP?

Damus:

"You are in control"

Except when your government or Apple decides you aren't.

"No registration required"

No phone number, email, or name required. Unless you want to access the platforms required to use Damus.

"Free speech meets Free money"

You just have to use oppressive (literally) Apple products to access it.

Access to Damus is also limited to the highest earners on the globe, which excludes the worst off people from the freedoms Damus claims to support.

I'll finish by highlighting the poetic fact that some of the people who build the Apple devices/components that Damus larpers use can't even use the app themselves since Apple banned it in their country (China) on behalf of an authoritarian government. (I learned this on the Damus website, where it is prominently displayed).

Don't use Damus or Apple products if you actually care about freedom tech. There are no perfect alternatives, but there are options that are a much closer and working to close the gap entirely.

@ODELL


It's one thing to prefer gold, but to say #Bitcoin has no utility is a lie. I protect my wealth with it and bought something online p2p today. I didn't need the permission of a bank or processor. Enjoy your fall into irrelevance, Schiffty.

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There's no way to mean for something like Bitcoin to only be for certain people. And big money managers aren't the problem. There's nothing philosophically wrong with being an investment manager. I only take issue with benefitting from fiat slavery at the expense of others. Most of them are just people working within a system they never chose. The most evil is done by the central planners in government. None of the rest would exist without them.


I'm not excited about the #Bitcoin ETF for it's own sake. In fact, I find it rather boring and antithetical to Bitcoin. However, I have considered that the replacement of fiat in a sly, roundabout way will likely require that traditional financial instruments embrace Bitcoin.

Sure, some people will get rugged, but that's exactly what will push more people toward self-custody, second layers, etc. Exposing more people to Bitcoin through ETFs will likely be a net positive in the end. I'm all for that.


I think video (and probably photos as Nostr grows) will ultimately require more centralized (due to cost) providers. Or at least some sort of aggregate funding which would still be centralized.


Great work. Are there plans to runs ads? Not sure I'd trust the major platforms to let it fly unhindered, but maybe it's worth a try. Would donate sats to any marketing efforts being put together. Would be a good addition to OpenSats @ODELL


BITCOIN TWITTER IS JUST LINKEDIN AT THIS POINT.

THAT ERA IS OVER. A BETTER ERA HAS BEGUN.


That's indeed the problem. I'd assumed (as most people probably will) that connecting the wallet in Primal setup both ends of the zap ability. Thank you so much.


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Nice. Glad to see you're on Nostr.


I'm not selling shit to the fiat clowns. They can try offering goods and services like the rest of us have to for survival. I don't need their toilet paper, and they have nothing real to offer me. Let them and the central planners go broke. Hodl and fight.

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I can't figure out the issue, unfortunately. It's weird because I'm able to zap others and see it leave my wallet.


SOMEONE ZAP ME TO CONFIRM IT WORKS. IM THIRSTY FOR THE ZAPS.


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