I saw the rug pull that is Elon Musk most clearly when he went along with the Turkish dictator's demand to suppress political opposition.

He's a utilitarian to the core and will sacrifice anyone to any cause to get what he wants.

This was a defining moment for everyone to see the kind of man he truly is. He's actively working to build a dystopian world while claiming to care about humanity. I don't see it. All I see is a guy who chooses shitcoins and authoritarians over freedom tech and humanity.

This is why #Nostr and #Bitcoin are so important.

Fuck X. Odell was right. nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy


Sorry, I should pay better attention. I'm just not going to repost these sort of notes anymore (even though I actually have seen legit people give away sats).

Fucking scammers ruin everything.

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Hopefully someone finds these non-KYC sats useful.
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Two completely different products for different users.


Selling.
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You can show them the dude saying it and they'll still make excuses. Trumpists are Emotionalists. There's no reason or logic to be found.


These are the people history forgets.


What the fuck are you talking about?


Yeah, theft vibes. You're a scumbag if that is what you're doing.


So you're just stealing books for zaps? Lol


Is that a setting in Alby or the name of a different service? Might just become a real man and start using Phoenix every time I zap 😂


Does anyone know what this means? I'm seeing it a lot when I try to #zap.

I can't tell if it's an issue with #Amethyst or Alby. I have sufficient funds and my wallet is connected. No internet connection issues. https://image.nostr.build/231a9b03b6a4afa73791c5afa54cde809d20c9865b62233e11c557c62fd05b59.jpg


Amethyst has an unmute option.


Would you expect a football player to help the other team get access to the ball? Would you expect a player to block their own team from scoring while helping the other team score?

Business is a competition. Developing software and hardware only to give it to your competitors is ridiculous if winning a competition is your goal.

Companies can and do work together for mutual gain all the time. It's a natural part of business, as no business is an island (not for long, anyway).

But to expect a company to help it's direct competitors with no benefit for itself is insanity.

All interactions should be voluntary. I would love it if Apple made open hardware and software. I'd probably buy it. But they don't and they don't want to.

It's immoral to steal from them simply because other companies can't do what they want Apple to do for them.
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That's a broad statement. It's not good if you don't want the phone company (and anyone else who can have access as a result) having a complete record of every conversation you have through messaging.

It's not good if you want some features offered by modern messaging clients.

It is good that it has been adopted as a standard.

If you just want to tell someone hey in a standard way and don't give a damn who sees it then sure, it's good.


Frankly, Signal is more mature and we would be better off if the industry just adopted it's model. I'd want to see the ability for servers outside of Signal's control that can still communicate with those on their servers though.

Signal also has a better governing structure in my opinion as far as open protocols go. Having Google at the wheel doesn't scream security and privacy to me given their entire business model.


It doesn't appear to in my opinion either. I don't think it's a replacement, but I also don't think Signal is THE solution. I dont like how centralized Signal is right now.


I don't think RCS is the end solution, just as Signal isn't. Both are hopefully just gap fillers for a more decentralized way of communicating securely and privately. But I agree that RCS appears to be better than the current model.

The problem for me is that I haven't found a decent FOSS app that supports it on Android, meaning I don't use it now even though I could be. Back to the same problem unless it becomes decentralized enough that I'll use it. I'm not using Google's closed messaging app just to have RCS. I'd rather just not text or hardly do it.

I'm right back in the same boat. That's why I think the best solution is to have a standard, decentralized protocol that is compatible for all of us and easily available for FOSS use.

Maybe RCS will become that in time. It's relatively new compared to standard SMS.


I am listening to a good podcast episode with @ODELL and he seems hesitant about Saylor, which I get. I am too in some ways.

But I think the miracle of #Bitcoin is that it has such beautiful incentives that it attracts pretty much all types of people, even those who want to destroy it in the end.

Maybe Saylor and Odell are talking to different people. Odell resonates more with me. Maybe that's okay.

Bitcoin is winning. Freedom is winning.

Saylor can keep his building in New York and I'll keep sending tiny pieces of mine as #zaps.

It's all good, fam.

Stay proud and stack sats.


I just want to stay proud, stack sats, send #zaps, create, and be left alone.

The only thing missing is for government and nanny staters to fuck off.

#Bitcoin and #Nostr are my virtual middle fingers.


But there are also many opportunities we have now that even my parents didn't have (#Bitcoin and #Nostr, for example).

We have hope now. Even better, we have a chance.
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Truly. #Bitcoin and #Nostr make me feel like a kid in the 90s and early 2000s again.

Of course, many things were fucked then too, but it seemed like people at least had some hope. Maybe it's just that I was a child. But things feel different post 9/11 for me.
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Primal is good and simple, but Amethyst bends toward principles that I value. Primal is willing to compromise more for convenience, but I've decided not to. Probably not worth switching if you're rolling in Amethyst already.


Sure, but if you're going to still have fiat, cash at least offers some level of freedom within that context. Purely digital fiat would just be worse.


Most of this story is 'Yeah, okay, not a real friend. Create some distance.' The 2024 section highlights the evil that comes from envy.

That seems like an attempt to destroy a man and his family out of spite.

People who you think are friends will gut you when envious. Envy is an evil virus and we should never allow it even a moment in our minds.

Stay vigilant and stack sats.
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Just want to also point out that cue and queue aren't the same thing. Even people who can be a little retarded can manage to not fuck up Bitcoin, yet so many do lol


Yeah, I've been getting that message loud and clear already. Thanks for hitting it home.


I'm not trying to be mean... Well, maybe a little. But what exactly was the opportunity proposition? Hey, leave the good looking rich guy for me, a dude who can't afford to go to the zoo? Gotta use your noggin lol


Probably shouldn't be taking a trip at all if you can't afford a zoo lol


I haven't had this experience since I'm only class of 2021, but given my trajectory, I'm confident I will. Hopefully I can use your story to avoid bullshit like this. Tragic.

I actually offered a friend a free hardware wallet by mail, help setting it up on a call, AND free #Bitcoin sent to his address after setup.

All he had to do was set it up and stamp his seed on steel, which I also offered to advise on.

Crickets. That was my queue to fuck off. I wonder if it would have somehow just turned into your story.

Few will make it and the many who don't will be envious (including the ones we tried to drag to the top with us).


Given the product and philosophy surrounding it, I think it's safe to assume most of them would agree. If not, they're idiots who shouldn't be using something like Mutiny. Lol


I think most people would rather you guys take your time and get it right. Otherwise, there's no point in you doing it at all given your general philosophy.


NOSTR IS A MEMEOCRACY


I hope people got some consolidation in.


Where can we zap him?


I hope I can connect it as simply soon. This is great.


You'll have to look that up for your specific device and Nostr client. It somewhat depends on those factors.


Perhaps. There could be tradeoffs I'm not aware of that they aren't willing to make.


My one week #Amethyst challenge (using Amethyst only) ended yesterday.

I had to go back and confirm the date because I completely forgot.

I was wrong about some things and still feel the same about others.

Conclusion:

I've fallen in love with Amethyst and plan to keep using it.

I appreciate all the work that goes into it and can't wait to see how it improves.


I don't have a solution. All I can do is complain and contribute my small subset of strengths and knowledge. It'll take years and many people to improve.


Honestly, I'd like to start the fuck over with all of it. Lol It's hard though with all the legacy systems that are currently 'working'


Also, this is pretty much what happened for me to get people onto Signal. Spent two years working on people and lost all the work with one update. But to be fair, this is proof that I didn't convince them on the principles but just got them to do it because there wasn't really any benefit in not doing it at the time. Or at least they didn't ultimately value their privacy and security more than convenience. Same result.


Yeah, I've just settled on telling people and then limiting my comms with them. Frankly, if they hear me out and still don't care, I think that just shows a misalignment in values and a relationship that isn't worth developing further, in my opinion. No hard feelings, just not putting in a lot of work with people who don't value my principles or even their own privacy and security for that matter.


I don't think there's ever going to be perfect communication, social media, etc on an imperfectly designed internet.

Most of this shit is cobbled together and it's a miracle that any of it works. Start trying to make it perfectly secure, decentralized, etc and you quickly realize how broken the web and internet are.

We're really just making the best of an awful situation until we update the underlying infrastructure/protocols, and I don't see that happening any time soon.

Maybe I'm wrong, but this is the conclusion I've come to after years of studying this stuff. There's always an imperfection or tradeoff hiding somewhere.

#Bitcoin is the best attempt made so far in my opinion and even it has issues.

All of this IS getting better with time. My point here is that we have to be patient, maximize the tools we have, and support developers who are trying to make a difference (like the #Amethyst developers, for example).

#Nostr #Privacy #Security #Cybersecurity


Unfortunately, I have to agree. I think I'll just shift my focus to younger people. At least I can try to influence them for the better.


Thank you. 💪 But this only gives me hope for the future. I don't think my generation gets it and they probably never will.


How much of it is going to social programs?


This was always going to happen. I'm most surprised by the fact that so many people are so surprised. It is going to come down to people standing up and saying no.


Not really. A bunch of people are doing things that they think will benefit them. It really isn't that complicated.


Lol Or it'll have a stupid touch bar or something that no one asked for.


I tell people 21M. If they figure out the joke, I tell them it's like asking how much money is in my bank account.


I won't even install things like WhatsApp, so there's nothing for me to ignore unless I just delete my SMS app. That's how people reach me since I don't even have accounts for the apps they use (mostly SnapChat, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger in my age group.)


Yeah, it mainly only mattered for Android which is used by 95% of the people I talk to. Setting it as the default SMS app essentially resulted in a net gain for them without doing anything else. As a result, almost everyone I messaged was using Signal with me.


I think the issue is that they AREN'T concerned about privacy. Convenience is their focus, which is the only reason they agreed to install Signal for me (it was a better SMS app and cost them nothing). That isn't true now so none of them use it anymore.


I'm considering deleting my SMS app and letting my actions speak lol I'd talk to almost no one in message format and maybe that's okay.

The main thing holding me back is the garbage companies still forcing SMS as a 2FA on a few of my accounts. I suppose I could just silence the app until I need it.

This seems nuclear though considering how often people text me.


They use SMS with me because I don't use Facebook messenger or SnapChat with them. They simply aren't willing to install yet another app for just me. It isn't that they are all using SMS, they're just using the messaging apps they already have.

Signal wasn't as inconvenient because it just replaced the default SMS app for them. So the people they do SMS would work all in one app, making it hardly any work. Now I'm a lone wolf asking that they keep an app for just me. It didn't happen.

I actually had a couple people today tell me "Just use Facebook messenger with us."

That's what spurred this thought.

Is your entire circle using end-to-end encrypted messaging with you? If so, well done. I haven't been able to do it since they dropped SMS.


Sorry, I don't know how to make what I mean any clearer.


I used to do that too. The number is zero now because no one is willing to anymore. They all went back to SMS with me after it no longer worked as their default SMS app.


So did I, before they dropped SMS support. Now none of them do anymore.


Wish I could say the same.


Yeah, I think a lot of people did. I wish they were more transparent about metrics so we could see if use dropped after.


For the record, the most common response I get now is "Why don't you just get Facebook Messenger and talk to us there?"

This response makes total sense now that I'm asking all of them to have an app just for me.

And no, most people don't care about privacy and security in real life. It's just a sad reality that I used to have a loophole around.


I have been able to convince exactly 0 people to use #Signal after they dropped SMS support.

Most of the people I convinced to use it only used it mostly with me. BUT, the selling point was that they could just set it as the default (better) SMS app and not just have another fucking messaging app just for me.

About 90% of MY communication used to be encrypted on Signal, even if theirs wasn't (it didn't matter to them).

Now? All of them are back to sending me SMS. This erased about two years of work I put into converting people.

So great, Signal is now more secure. Except no one in my life uses it with me anymore. Where exactly is the benefit we were supposed to see?

This is an old topic at this point, but just wanted to call out the fact that what many of us predicted is now a reality.

The interesting thing is that overlapping people in my network (friends, family, etc) were starting to use encryption incidentally without even knowing it.

A network effect that took a lot of work was completely destroyed by one decision.

Signal is dead in my life now and it's truly sad. I'm putting an end to my fruitless attempts to convert people. Sad.

#Security #Cybersecurity


Exactly.


I'm not sure I give a fuck what anyone outside of Nostr has to say anymore, but this is pretty awesome for those who do. Quite a technical marvel to say the least.

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How does one even know if they have enough to secure a place in a citadel? Lol Where are the citadels?


Not really. Some countries just shoot people for certain speech. Social fabric comes nowhere close to law. That's why the US Founders enshrined it as the first thing in our Constitution. People can get pissed at you and that indeed has power, but not as much as a bullet to the head or the rest of your life in a prison camp.


I like Sparrow quite a lot. Blockstream should just fork it and replace Green with it lol I didn't realize how wonderful Sparrow is until I used Green. Good lord


That's a ridiculous expectation and not a solution at all.


If you're building a password input field that has input requirements: List the requirements.

This is particularly annoying for people who use password managers to generate complicated passwords.

I have to sit and either tinker with the password until I figure out the hidden requirements or use a far less secure password than I would have just to get something accepted.

I can't believe this is even still an issue in 2024, but it is.


Uh oh. #Bitcoin is taking it's last breath for the 21,000,000th time.


I love #zaps, but this gets annoying and it happens frequently.

#Bitcoin #Nostr

 https://image.nostr.build/24ae8f27a9d477fe83dc3b55566840ac2a28c3e33dd8ea066cce57c7d3d13877.jpg


This is the kind of shit I mean when I say that just being a business is becoming impossible.

I can't stand Apple or their products. So I don't buy them.

Government should not be involving itself in the affairs of a voluntary technology company.

Don't buy their products if you don't want what they're selling.

#LeaveAppleAlone

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When I see a solid meme outside of nostr. #zapathon

https://cdn.nostr.build/i/4c5491e85cf34391fddb4a924d081c4039b18d840eef4d1403c7bb9a16a59126.gif


FOR REAL.


Using SMS for anything related to security in 2024 is a disgusting tragedy.

#cybersecurity


Already started.


For real.
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Consider yourself zapped.

Also, tell NY to fuck itself by checking out Phoenix wallet and Bisq.


Bot daddies lol


Not for long lol


#Zapathon huh? Lol Why not


I tried and failed to zap you.


Probably someone from TikTok lol


Nice.


I am unable to zap anyone with a #Primal address. What's up with that?


JPMorgan is overbought.


They can be.


Fuck the EU. Stack sats and send zaps.


Gm. I'm stacking #Bitcoin and chilling. Fuck all the noise.


Please share your experience if able/willing. I'm interested in FOSS AI. My guess is that it will become the norm as the big players realize they need more people working on it to keep making progress.


Thot bots will only get worse as NGU.

#Bitcoin #Nostr

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Welcome! Consider setting up a Lightning wallet if interested so we can zap you. 😁


The worst part of working nights in the US (from a Nostr perspective) is being unable to read about half of my feed on my nights off.

Maybe it's good for me though. 😂


This is interesting. I live in the US and work nights, so I'm pretty much always interacting with people who are presumably on the other side of the world. I don't think I've experienced Nostr during the day in the US.


Now I'm going to have whole countries of people sending me jokes 😂


USD was failing long before Nixon. That's why he was forced to end the charade of a gold standard at the time. #Bitcoin failing would leave humanity with pretty much no hope at this point.


The extremely low IQ ones maybe lol


Nah, I usually just shake my head in disbelief that such losers exist in the world.

I'd actually give them sats if they were honest and said they need money and posted a joke or something educational. Anything except being a scammer really.

Sad.


Thank you for calling out scammers.


Where does the yield come from? Risk. That's what I always tell people. You're better off just stacking and chilling. The whole point of #Bitcoin is to end the yield madness.


You absolutely can cry about someone using it while being able to do nothing about it. 100%.


I'm was referring to what they should do, but I'm glad you left if this is the bullshit you had to deal with.


It doesn't matter what you want. That's the whole point of Nostr.


I think the more meaningful question is how does one become a good or great artist. At least that's more interesting to my philosophical mind.


Sounds like a great opportunity to educate the interns. That's the whole point of an internship. They aren't supposed to be left to steer the fucking ship into a storm. You'd be better off just shutting it down.


Yeah, I see absolutely no chance of them doing something like this without essentially becoming what exchanges are now. Their reward would just be even more bullshit from governments than they already have to deal with.

To be clear, I 100% believe Apple should be left free to do anything that doesn't violate the rights of others.

That isn't reality. We need to change governments first, or get used to decentralized products that are far less convenient.


Yeah, I see absolutely no chance of them doing something like this without essentially becoming what exchanges are now. They're reward would just be even more bullshit from governments than they already have to deal with.

To be clear, I 100% believe Apple should be left free to do anything that doesn't violate the rights of others.

That isn't reality. We need to change governments first, or get used to decentralized products that are far less convenient.


Yes, Apple could do many things. But have you ever looked at the regulatory nightmare of just running a business these days? Governments have involved themselves in basic software and hardware decisions.

They aren't just going to sit back while Apple facilitates payments in something that triggers a taxable event in most countries when sold. It would be tax and regulatory hell on a level they probably haven't had to deal with yet.

The users would have to deal with the tax implications too.

A lot of innovation will be stifled by tax law until those laws are removed.

It's subtle, but I think the issue is that most people put far too much focus on companies (usually in the form of blame) rather than governments that control almost every economic decision everyone makes.

Apple could do this, but only if governments are removed from economics. I don't see that happening any time soon.

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#Bitcoin, #Nostr and other freedom tech has taught me many lessons.

One of the most depressing lessons I've learned is that freedom will likely always exist on a spectrum, and that not everyone (in fact, few) will value freedom at the level I do.

Sadly, I'm afraid that many people will never experience the joy that comes with freedom.

On the other hand, they'll also never have to live with the burden of being constantly vigilant to defend one's freedom. It's exhausting but worth the effort because I have no reason to live without freedom.


They don't have a fucking clue what's going on, just like all of the rest of us. All this piddly trading shit is such a waste of time and energy. Stacking and holding has me up 100% right now. It's the most simple strategy.

Most of the stuff coming from "analysts" is vague nonsense.


It looks like they have a non-free version with the same proprietary Google stuff as Signal. Confusing, and makes me wonder why they wouldn't just have the FOSS version since that seems to be the selling point.

I only point this out so people realize that before installing.


This is a contradiction. If I have a right, it can't be a privilege. If one group is denied rights, that doesn't make my rights privileges. It just means their rights were violated.

You can't solve the problem of rights violations by claiming that the unaffected group has privilege. That would mean that no rights have been violated, as they're all privileges.


A pension fund considering research to consider is not the same as considering.


It's important that we have people who aren't.


Seems reasonable. Can't wait to see where we go.
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How does one keep them small? Run our own?


Degenerates.


I'm still trying to figure out relays. Is the ultimate goal/solution to just have many more people running their own relays? If so, running relays would need to be A LOT easier, in my opinion.


Why don’t I like cherry picked cases about #Bitcoin being involved in illicit activities?

Because it’s always blown out of the water.

We never hear stories from mainstream media about people being decent and prosper.

And it’s not a coincidence that a majority of my family members get a concerned look when I bring up #BTC.

There’s an unbalanced perception of this technology, and I believe that creates a lot of asymmetry in favor of believing in #Bitcoin. If it fails things continue as they were in a slow implosion of doom. If it succeeds then humanity will know no end to the fruits of their labor.

#Bitcoin empowers the individual, promotes financial inclusion, and is an effective alternative to both domestic and international trade.

Intellectual skepticism is about to make a lot of people look real dumb. Study #BTC, you might thank me later. https://image.nostr.build/9c7b4233d72f94cf87d9fdc90f7ebce11849be76e21fd39343c7e8f8d95081be.jpg


Orangepeace


Fuck em


Same. I'm not using any of that fucking trash so it always ends up being cash. Thankfully, most people have learned to not even ask me lol


Do you have a link to the original? I couldn't find it. Perfect for the ole gif bank. So many uses


Lol 10/10 gif
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Censorship resistant doesn't mean censorship proof. We need an actual definition of what we mean by resistant if we ever hope to achieve it.

I wouldn't want to force relays to host something like child porn, for example. That would be censorship proof. The question then becomes how resistance we want to be, which requires a specific definition.


I'm okay with making Peter wrong on this and I'm sure he is too. Nostr is very young. People tend to forget that.


Yeah, it's something I'm working on as a personality trait. My goal also is to actually provide feedback instead of bitching and ditching. Will likely be submitting bug reports, etc since I'm becoming so invested in it.


Sure, if they're smart. Unfortunately, I think many will just dumbly fade away without realizing what happened.


Lol for real
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I was referencing how to safeguard one's time. I've saved a lot by avoiding dipshits on X.


Cool image.


Don't use X? Lol


I don't do reactions. Zaps only. But yes, I figured out the zap settings. Many unintuitive things have been figured out. Most of it I don't use and wish I could disable, but it is what it is and what it is happens to be growing on me.


#Bitcoin is dumping the weak hands lol


I'm down to +100%. RIP.


Me too. Hate them.


They'll likely get rekt by buying high and selling on the way down. I always add 5+ year caveat when talking about it as an investment, although I make it clear that I'm never "selling" (getting out) because it IS money for me.


I think we are both #Bitcoin extremists. Lol I don't think housing goes to zero, because we all need shelter, but I think it goes to utility value, which effectively is zero from an investment perspective. However, there will always be some demand for renting for those who don't plan to stay in a place for long, but the profits will be lower since they'll only reflect utility demand and not the current bullshit that gets passed on to renters.


I don't even think charity is the benefit. I think it'll force honestly and transparency at such a broad scale that everyone will benefit by default. Particularly in the areas of government, economics, and banking.


Stick around a while and figure both out. It'll be your loss if you don't. Welcome.


I think it will indirectly benefit even those who don't use it.


Probably. It's impossible for me to keep up with everything being worked on. It's bananas in the best way.


I don't tell most people to do what I do in #Bitcoin. I may share what I do, but I'll never tell others they should keep just enough fiat for one month of expenses and put everything else into Bitcoin (my strategy).

That said, if you don't have at least 5% of your total networth in Bitcoin... I don't think your future will be too bright. And that's my opinion for people who are mid/high net worth.

I don't see how I could have much of a chance without Bitcoin. That's why I'm so deep. I don't have a better option. The tech and freedom are excellent, but I'm speaking purely about my financial reality right now.

I can see how a hedge is better than nothing for wealthy people, but to be lower class sitting on nothing is fucking bananas to me if you have the ability to work more, cut expenses, etc.

I just don't see how these people will make it, unfortunately. It's a sick reality created by the fiat system.

I'm telling my friends and family to STUDY Bitcoin and offering to help once they choose to free themselves. I don't tell people to buy it. I tell them to study it, and the difference matters.

People need to choose for themselves. Many won't make it, but I'm doing everything I can to remove their excuses for them.

Good luck.


Easily. BMAC had it's place and I appreciate it I guess, but time to move forward. Although, they could become zap friendly and stick around I think.


Shhh... Just let the zaps flow into you...


Yeah, I discovered that the other day. It's cool changing those around to fit my current mood.


I'm a #Permabull, so it's always a bull market for me. However, I see your point. But we are only seeing the shadow of the bull right now in my opinion. Later this year will likely be bananas compared to now.


I'm getting there myself after starting my one week challenge to use Amethyst only (4 days in).


That came to mind, but I didn't mention it since #Nostr hasn't really overtaken that yet as far as I can see, but I think it will over the next several years. Locals, however, offers a use case that has essentially been obliterated by Nostr, in my opinion. I see no point in it now, especially if people can create paid only relays/communities on Nostr.


I feel kind of bad for the people who invested in alternative tech right before #Nostr.

Locals, etc.


We all have our own pace. 👌


Read this if you haven't already.

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Going #Nostr only was the best decision I've made as far as social goes. I'd gradually started deleting it all before Nostr.


I think #Nostr will eventually be so broad that most people will use it and have no idea what it actually is.

People already do this with other technology; banking, email, messaging, web browsing, etc.


I'm even free to write my own client, run my own relay, etc if I want total control over my experience. I think that will get easier too over time. We have so many possibilities that we will never have on legacy social media. Fuck em.


I think it's more than just number of users. We have the possibility of infinite clients, each with their own ability to cater to our needs. With X, you get what they feed you whether you want it or not. You have merely an illusion of control. They will ultimately feed you whatever pays the most in ragards to THEIR goals.

In theory, I can choose to the smallest degree what I want to see on #Nostr. And I think it will only get better with AI tools, more clients, etc.


They probably won't exist at some point if they don't lol


Gm Nostr 🌅
Did you sign the petition?

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Sure as shit did. The crypto emoji that looks like a Bitcoin emoji isn't justice.


I felt that way at first too, but consider this: the information we really need will make it to us. That has 100% been true for me. If anything, I was experiencing information OVERflow on X. I don't think our brains are meant to handle everything from everywhere.

Plus, I'm making positive improvements in my general feeling of anxiety and have shifted to an overwhelming positivity lately. Algorithms don't tend to feed me things that are good for me (in my experience). It doesn't pay.


I don't use TikTok but I'm guessing that's what the video section is aiming for. Cool.


Holy shit. I'm 4 days in and only just clicked the buttons for Live, Community, etc. #Amethyst deepens.


I'm still up about 100% lol


We don't need them. 🫡

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Fuck LinkedIn anyway. I have legit never been asked for my profile by anyone in real life.

Checking if I still have an account now and deleting in your honor if I do. 🫡


No idea what that means yet. Having it easily visible in the UI would be my next point then.


Lol I'm fucking stupid sometimes. I was so focused on finding a button that I completely missed the link. Primal has spoiled me from a simple UI perspective. Amethyst is growing on me though. Just takes a lot longer to learn (for me).


I can't wait for North Koreans to be free. It's happening very slowly due to information control failures. It turns out that people want to be free once they understands what it means to be free.

A #Bitcoin node in every North Korean home, and total destruction of those who would ever again even suggest oppressing them.

I want that for all humans.

#Nostr has a role to play.


I didn't specify, but I'm imagining all of this functionality being available in a social way rather than going to a different app. The reason being that we already connect with people and organizations on social media. We already have zaps. It only makes sense to bake this in for birthdays, gifts, donations, etc, in my opinion.

As for the technical considerations of actually doing this, that's beyond my current knowledge. I'm just cranking out ideas as I go and hoping something good sticks out to the devs at #Amethyst, #Nostr, etc.

I will look at that in the meantime though. My current way is tedious.

Thanks!


Is there a way to zap on the profile page in #Amethyst. For reference, #Primal has the feature. You just click a button and zap like you would on a post.


It would be really cool if people could automatically reroute zaps to an address of their choice (or multiple addresses).

For example, say I want to automatically send 10% of my zaps to the Amethyst team, OpenSats, etc. Sure, I could do this manually, but it would be tedious vs setting it up once.

In fact, I could zap myself once and have all my donations automatically split and sent out in one go. This would be a weird UX at first, but it could easily be split out into its own feature that makes more sense to users.

This is something I would do right now if able.

#Amethyst


Will do. I've proposed an option for people to reroute sats automatically.


How come the American socialists aren't risking their lives to defect to Cuba, North Korea, and China?


Getting an error when I try to zap you 😥


For real.


Yep. I was there.


There can be only one global reserve asset.
I am become #Bitcoin, destroyer of currencies. https://video.nostr.build/94e82b17a19acbced329d660e72900d057f01a06f1e248ab082ce3711a722299.mp4


I did some technical analysis and concluded that none of this shit matters and no one really knows fuck all anyway. Stack and chill has outperformed everything else for me.


Was really hoping for an Oppenheimer clip, but I'll still give you 10/10 😎💥


I'm getting far more signal on #Nostr than I ever did on Twitter/X. You don't realize how much bullshit noise there is until you leave. It feels like walking out of a room filled with smoke and breathing fresh air.

Feels good.


Bitcoin Bandit is a cool name.


"The real patriots, the men I would first go to when the manure hits the ceiling, are on Nostr." - George Washington

#Bitcoin #Nostr


Not my #Bitcoin...
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Agreed. I've encountered error messages as well that are a little too developer focused. I suppose there could be a developer/advanced mode for those who want these, with the standard being plain language for average users.

#Amethyst
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Me. I'm so bullish that it had to pull me back.


👌
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Really cheap and a lot stronger, for anyone interested. https://image.nostr.build/19b2176e8968465400a37b696c2563ef69c65a9029979f3bd5b227425b316a5b.jpg

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I won't touch anything that can't work entirely on it's own with just a power bank. That's my personal way.

I'm moving to a SeedSigner, if you want an example of what I mean.


Well, whatever would normally be displayed on the device screen is going to be displayed on a different device. I'm not sure how you'd generate your seed phrase without whatever is on the other device potentially recording the screen somehow. Fingers crossed or try your best to workaround? It's just added complexity that I would personally avoid.


Love to see Adam Back grill Roger Ver and mention Cashu as an example of the good things we have now.
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Probably because, at least in the US, most people go to public schools as children. There, we were taught how to be mindless drones. It was a waste of my life. I hope we see more small homeschooling pods and things like that going forward.

#Bitcoin should be in the curriculum for every child today, but it isn't.

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I tend to have a dark sense of humor, and working in emergency medicine has only reinforced that. I also encounter some of the worst parts of humanity. Death of children, pain, suffering, sorrow, and even abuse from those I'm trying to help.

But I often have to remind myself that humanity is beautiful. Humans are worth it. We are valuable. We are worthy of freedom and prosperity. We deserve to exist and the universe would be pointless without us. We give life meaning.

#Bitcoin reinforces these ideals for me.


This is wonderful. Saving humanity one beautiful human at a time.

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Nice!


Microsoft will never stop being Microsoft. Lol

Consider using Gnu/Linux if it meets your needs. You can also try adapting your needs. I've found such exercises useful.

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Which clients meet these requirements for you?


For those who don't want to use Windows or MacOS anymore:

Give Fedora a look. Consider installing one version behind (still gets updates but tends to be more stable in my experience. Update to the next version right before the next new version is released for the sweet spot).

Debian is also cool, but could have more challenges depending upon your use case and hardware.

There are MANY Gnu/Linux distributions. I recommend sticking with the major ones.

#Linux #Gnu/Linux #Windows #MacOS #Microsoft #Apple


I wonder every day how self-proclaimed #Bitcoin maxis are missing #Nostr.

They were all in on being early in Bitcoin, but seem to have no interest in extending the same principles to online speech.

It's baffling to me.

What am I missing? Maybe X is an addiction?

There aren't enough people here? UX is bad? (You could argue the same for early Bitcoin days).


Be careful. Those allergies can progress and become more dangerous in some people. Might be a good idea to get an epi prescription even if it is mild.


Would love to zap you for sharing. Consider setting up a wallet to at least receive.


That's where we are now. Feels fucking great. In my mind, we've already won. It's just a matter of how long it takes to onboard average people. Lots of work to do on making tools easier to use.


I'm a night shifter (emergency medicine) so most of my interaction is with people who are on the other side of the world.

It's been interesting, but it is sad when my US peeps are saying GM when I'm going to sleep.


I've been trying to orange pill a friend for several years.

Finally offered to mail him a hardware wallet, setup a call for helping to set it up, and send him some #Bitcoin once we are done.

All he has to do for this is put his seed onto steel and secure it somewhere. That's it.

I can't do anything more for friends and family. This is about as clear of a test possible for who will make it and who won't.

This, in my mind, is how I will be able to sleep knowing I truly did everything I could for the people I love.


Why must you give me such a tough choice?...


One side of effect of controlling money is that government can run wild and prosecute and imprison as many people as it wants with no concern for cost.

A sound money budget would limit government to prosecuting only the most important things (murder, theft, etc - you know, legitimate stuff).

An unlimited budget for government negates the entire concept of rights and justice because we don't have the same ability. Government can just buy whatever it wants whether citizens agree or not.

This is where government becomes ruler of the People rather than government for and by the People.

#Bitcoin fixes this, and #Nostr helps us fight in the meantime.


I only wish more people would have figured this out sooner. It is sad to think how many people will drown when the wave finally hits.


Agreed. Although they can try #Nostr without zaps, sending my first zap is actually what made Nostr click for me. I had an overwhelming holy shit moment when I realized what it meant.

They could use Primal, but it uses Strike as the provider.

I tried using Phoenix and it worked, but it was far more tedious than using Alby. You can do this with other external apps and it seems like a great option for people who rarely zap, want to maximize privacy and self-custody, or will deal with the tedious nature of it for whatever other reason.

I'm sure they have a good reason for the invite requirement, but it is annoying for on boarding.


Great idea if it isn't already a thing.


Done. Great general idea.


Anyone who loves humanity, respects property rights, and promotes human flourishing will be welcome in my Citadel.

I'm not interested in the version of the idea where everyone else is locked out without the chance to come inside and live a better life.

I want everyone to benefit from #Bitcoin.


It's the foundation of the entire Citadel. Not weird at all.


There are so many ideas floating around nostr, hard to keep up with all of them! Feels like the wild west here.


Just how a free market of ideas is supposed to be. ❤


Cashu is an open-source protocol with many independent implementations. It's not one single app or product but rather dozens of apps and projects that are all interoperable.

Open protocols set us free. Not platforms.


And #Obtainium is REALLY cool if you haven't heard of it.


90% of my communication with friends as a millennial is composed of GIFs, memes, and emojis.

To finally have GIFs work on my #Nostr client (#Amethyst for my one week challenge) is huge.

Amethyst is hitting the right cords even if there are many things it could do better. Which mostly comes down to making it clear just how many wonderful features are packed in. They can seem like roadblocks when you don't know that a certain 'issue' is actually just a cool feature that you accidentally found/enabled. I seem to have a talent for enabling features by accident and thinking there's a problem. 😂

I appreciate the people who are working on it and I'm already thinking (3/7 days in) that I'll likely stick with it even with the things I don't care for.

Vitor has the right principles and should be supported, in my opinion.


Zap settings for the default zap button behavior would solve this for everyone, but it would be a lot more logic I think.


But I'm operating under the assumption that most people also zap the same default amount most of the time. I would be surprised if most people type a custom amount every time they zap, but I don't know for sure.

I use the zap button like the heart icon on X, for example, 99% of the time. It's essentially a 'like' button for me.


In my opinion, it would be more efficient to have single tap zap a predefined default amount (since I almost always do the default amount and currently have to tap the icon, then an amount for two clicks instead of one), and have long press/double tap either be combined, or break the wallet connect and default zap amount settings off into a zap section under the app setting menu.


Probably never would have figured this out if I hadn't seen this comment serendipitously lol Thanks!


Do you think they leave them all in for compatibility reasons? I can't see why you'd want to do something in a worse way, unless there are other tradeoffs I'm missing.


Gn #Nostr fam 🫂💜

Beware the hogs 😏
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Lol nice.


I'm starting to rethink my idea of winning when it comes to #Bitcoin.

I figure we have to convert about 15% of the population to make a meaningful change (this depends upon where you are). I think we will probably exceed that within my lifetime. Great.

What I doubt is that we will convert the entire world, at least within our lifetimes. I think the time horizon is longer than most of us believe.

Frankly, few humans are willing to resist. Most probably won't until it's likely too late for most of them.

I think Citadels (Galt's Gulch, pockets of freedom, whatever you want to call it) are probably what will be considered success in my lifetime.

Maybe I'm wrong. I HOPE I am. Bitcoin is already 5-10 years ahead of my expectations when I went all in during 2021. Maybe it will surprise me exponentially. It has a way of doing that and already has done that for the people who came into the fold before me.


Good points.

#Nostr doesn't necessarily prevent the current social media regime, it just prevents the regime from black holing you if you decide to opt out.

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Holy shit...

GIFs work on #Amethyst 😭

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Makes me wonder what safety one would have on Twitter


I only just realized:

Snort
Nostr

😒


Sats to me are primarily a self-defense weapon in a war that has been waged against humanity; a way to fight back. But sats can also be a daisy in a rifle barrel.

#Bitcoin is unique in that it can fill many roles for a person. It has shaped me but has also been shaped by me to fit my needs. I think that's just what a free market is supposed to be.

Sats are a taste of freedom for me.

They also make payments as easy, fast, and permissionless as they should be in 2024.

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Yeah, I was in the backup mindset at the time and didn't consider restoring. Slow moment. Thanks❤


For context and so others may learn:

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This depends on the client in my experience (which is something I failed to consider), but see my follow up note.


Some thoughts after reading some of the replies:

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Maybe not, but my way of communicating often misses because I'm too quick on the draw. It's a problem I'm acutely aware of and need to work harder on.


Calling things I find useless or disagree with fiat is unproductive and reflects a poor attitude toward communication.

I'm going to work on that.

Shame is usually not the best tool for most jobs. Shame is a weapon that can very easily wound unintended targets and should be used sparingly, if at all. It can also be used without necessarily realizing it, so caution must be taken.

I don't like being shamed either.

Complex topics should probably be addressed in a form that isn't a short note on a phone.

Lesson learned.

It's best to think through statements and how others may interpret them. What I think I am saying may not be what others hear/read.

Saving a draft for a cooling off/thinking period is probably smart.

Having an opinion is okay, but it's probably not very effective to automatically dismiss other opinions by using judgemental language.

This is a big one for me.

Much to think about on the topic of communication (especially short form).

I'm a very flawed human. Working on it.

#Nostr #Communication


I've more than cleared up my meaning at this point in other replies but:

Yes, I could probably have been more clear, but I thought I was at the time. It's hard to know until you get feedback.

Yes, I agree that not everyone fits the bill that I tried to make clear in this post, but may have failed at.

No, this post is not for a specific person. It's a general post.

Yes, I think the like button is useless. No, not everyone must agree.

Yes, people can use both, but they also wouldn't fit my intended audience.

No, not EVERYTHING I find useless is fiat. That's an over the top meme that should go away. I'll grant that (someone else mentioned it). Totally own that one.

No, my intention was not to shame people who aren't essentially engagement farming. I could have made that a lot more clear probably, but I thought I did.

I'm going to take some time away from this topic since I'm frustrated by the miscommunication (which could be my own fault, admittedly.)

Thanks, Karnage. Take care.


You keep misrepresenting me in every reply I've seen. I'm not talking to any of the people you keep bringing up. I'm saying that people are larpers IF they use zap hype for engagement yet don't actually zap. That's literally the definition of larping.

I'm not shaming anyone other than people who meet THAT description. You are projecting your own meaning onto my post.

Yes, I think the like button is garbage. No, I don't think everyone else has to agree or be shamed UNLESS they are larping for engagement.


That's not what I said and you continue to misrepresent me.


You can disagree. That doesn't mean the post was for you if you didn't meet the other criteria. They're fiat in my opinion, just like everything in this note is my opinion.


#Amethyst, per my current one week challenge to use only Amethyst.


Then the note doesn't apply to you, as stated in the note.


I'm starting to wonder how much of the note you even read. It was a general post to anyone who meets the criteria I laid out. I added an exclusion for literally everyone else.


You can show them you saw their note with the zap button too. But that's really beside the point of this post. You're ignoring most of the note where I made it clear who I'm talking to here.


Who?


It isn't directed at you then. But I'm happy to explain whichever part you don't understand. The note is addressing multiple issues.


Exactly what the note says.


I personally agree, but this post is really directed at the people who post zap memes/content for engagement yet hardly ever use them.

I thought I made that clear enough by even writing an exception statement, but I guess not given some of the responses already.


Slow moment. Thanks!


What is a read receipt?


You can zap such little amounts that it hardly constitutes value. So you can't like it all that much if all you are willing to do is tap a useless like button.

You can set different zap amounts to different levels of liking something.

If you read the entire post, then it probably wasn't made for you.

If you run around posting about how great zaps are for engagement, then it is for you.


No it doesn't. I made an exception for people who don't use zaps and don't go around exclaiming how revolutionary they are.


Isn't all that data public? If so, why does it need a private key to create a backup?


You are larping if you rave about #zapping and still use the like button instead.

You could even set it to 5 sats or whatever minimum works. I've gotten 1 sat zaps from people (probably using custodial products).

If you don't zap and don't post about how great zapping is (while hardly/never zapping), this post isn't for you. Keep using that fiat like button. No problem.

For me: #Zaps only. Fuck the like button.


All regulation of #Bitcoin is overregulation.


They were right about gold too before #Bitcoin existed.


I like MIT because it's concise. But the GPL licenses are good too. The Free Software Foundation has a list of permissive licenses they support. They're all decent enough, but not as concise as MIT.


Try following hashtags too


You sure have been testing a lot...


I'm not sure how one reconciles a movement based upon theft and collectivism with the antithesis of both. I can imagine it does feel weird.


Filthy fuckers.


Setup a Lightning address for zapping too. 😎


They're the reason all other shitcoins exist.


The horror... Lol


1. Setup a Lightning address for zapping
2. They can go fuck themselves


Following hashtags is really helpful too.


Unfortunately. I think this time I'm just going to fuck them off myself. I won't feed them here. Mute mode engaged.


Pass.


#Nostr only.


A couple lessons. One of which is to not ask someone a question they already answered. You gave him #Bitcoin for a reason. You already answered his question.


One potential problem I see is using statistical averages of where people are and concluding that this is where they should be.

Being the average, or even above it, does not necessarily mean that one is where they should be or that they're in a good place.

It could be the case that the average person is significantly lower than where they should be. I suspect they are in the US at least.


Good. State owned media is a ridiculous concept that's begging to be abused.
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I'm not sure what this will accomplish, if anything, but I signed it anyway.

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In which currency?

In USD, it was only nominally. It hasn't with inflation accounted for. I assume the same is true in most currencies.


They won't sell it if anyone with a brain still works in government.


Which calibers is yours rated for?


It could be that our colleges haven't done a good job of keeping up with technology. For example, using a library to write a paper was far more challenging and limited than using the internet. We can access a lot more information faster. Schools would need to adjust their structures to achieve a similar rigor.

They also accept a broader set of people now, some of which perform better academically than others (statistically).

But yeah, it could also be that standards have lowered. It's hard to tell without more data.


Good morning, #Nostr.

I did a bunch of yardwork yesterday and slept like a baby.

My body has that good ache feeling.

It's nice to get out from behind the desk and do some physical work at times.


I'd also add that this is a good thing. I don't want every relay to be forced to host child porn, for example. They should have the ability to preserve their principles while running a relay. The same can be said for objectionable things that are legal, such as adult porn, etc.

Dealing with such things legally would be easier too since not all relays will allow illegal content. This reduces the chances that governments go after #Nostr as a whole vs particular relays that promote such activity. In my opinion, of course. I can't see the future.


At least I have #Nostr this time around lol #Class2021


Well, it's not true that data is never removed. Relays are free to prune data (delete) if they wish and some do exactly for space saving.

We will likely see paid relays, where users get something in return (forever storage of data, storage of larger forms of data - video, etc)

A company could even run a lot of relays and provide a service similar to social media companies now. The difference is that they can't completely remove you from the network, just their own nodes. You could run your own relay for your content or simply move to a competitor without starting from scratch if your content still exists on other relays.

It's a misconception that you can't be censored or deleted. A client or relay absolutely can black hole you. The truth is that they just can't black hole you from the protocol, since anyone can run a relay.


I'm only allowed to use #Amethyst right now, per my challenge, but I should specifiy that I'd like to see a client-side culture shift in general. Meaning all clients offer the option to move to zap only. That's the best way to promote value-for-value in my opinion.

I'm not saying people should have to zap me, only that I get no value from their likes/emojis so they can save the tap. I think a lot of people probably feel this way deep down, unless likes are an addiction for them. That's an issue that deserves it's own separate attention. Many ideals get promoted (and encouraged) because a lot of idiots liked a post. The result is an incentive to like seek rather than post things people are actually willing to send value for. In my opinion, of course. I don't know everything. It's not a simple topic and I'm probably oversimplifing it.


To be clear, I don't want others to see a like button on my posts (in the same client, #Amethyst for example), nor do I want to be notified of likes from people using other clients. I want it deleted from my world as a concept.


I'd like to see a client-side option to delete the 'like' button from all posts I view and create.

The whole concept is ambiguous and useless for ME. Do you like the content of my post or the fact that I posted it?

For example, I could post a story about kitten torture. Kitten torture is awful. Person A likes the post. Do they like kitten torture? Do they like the fact that I posted the story? Do they like both? Do they like something mentioned in the story, such as the fact that the perpetrator was punished? Do they like that they weren't punished and got away with it?

I have no idea. The data (a like) is totally useless to me.

#Amethyst at least let's people choose an emoji other than a heart, but it's still largely ambiguous and unhelpful to me.

A zap, on the other hand, is unambiguous. Someone sent me a specific amount of value for my post. I know that they got a specific amount of value from my post, even if it still isn't clear what they actually valued. I have something tangible rather than an emoji that could mean anything.

It costs nothing to press a heart button. It costs something to press a zap button. A zap is real, specifc data on how much others value what I'm posting.

People paying money for your novel, for example, is a much more valuable signal than your friends and social circle telling you it was good after reading the free copy you gave them.

I believe the same is true for the content you share with people in your social circle. Will they zap you real value (which shows how much they actually value it), or will they only tap a meaningless heart as a free pat on the back?

I've moved to hitting the zap button instead of like buttons, and want to just turn off the like button. If I don't actually find zap worthy value, I do nothing and move on.


Satoshi and we have a deal.


Shorting dollars has been for me. 😂

#Bitcoin IS the money in my house.


Unrelated, but is there value I'm not aware of in adding a hashtag more than once?


Yes, we've been conditioned (especially in government schools) to believe that being stolen from is the default human condition.

In reality, you should be able to work and store your excess without constant fear of it being stolen.

Slavery isn't the default human condition. Teaching people that is so hard because the conditioning begins in early childhood.

It's unfortunate, but I'm thankful we have #Bitcoin now. I'm all in and hope it succeeds because I have no hope if it doesn't.

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Yes, we've been conditioned (especially in government schools) to believe that being stolen from is the default human condition.

In reality, you should be able to work and store your excess without constant fear of it being stolen.

Slavery isn't the default human condition. Teaching people that is so hard because the conditioning begins in early childhood.

It's unfortunate, but I'm thankful we have #Bitcoin now. I'm all in and hope it succeeds because I have no hope if it doesn't.


My ultimate dream is a decentralized internet with a decentralized web on top of it.

Decentralizing every application on the web wouldn't change the fact that a few ISPs and governments control the internet they live on.

Doing this globally is probably impossible with current tech, but I think we could start at community and state levels to slowly start hacking away.

I'm imagining mesh type networks that communicate between 'nodes', but still connect to legacy internet rails to fill the ever shrinking gap of connectivity.

I want the internet to exist with every human rather than between a few centralized parties.

The only practical way I can think to do this today is using devices most people have. Phones, routers, etc.

There are MANY technical issues that would need to be worked on by many experts in different areas.

Ultimately, I don't see how we can avoid it if we really want decentralization. Again, a decentralized web is cool, but it doesn't solve the problem of the internet. China and North Korea are excellent examples of this issue in the real world. We are probably all subject to this to some degree and don't know it.


I went #Nostr only and never looked back.


And then end up in prison for creating and running a service that you only used lol

We have things to fix.


Old phones (stripped of every app/service possible for efficiency) would probably make good always connected #Lightning wallets.

Obviously, doing this with large amounts of #Bitcoin would be a bad idea since the phone firmware/software would be more vulnerable without updates. But keeping large amounts of Bitcoin on any connected device is a bad idea.

I will be thinking about how outdated, common hardware can be repurposed this year.


Why did it used to be so hot? And then so cold? And then so hot?

We are technically still in the end of an ice age. Of course it's warmer than it was.


This statement is vague and will be true no matter what happens.


It's the illegal non-adult stuff I'm mostly worried about. I want to run my own node, but I'm in the process of considering the possible legal implications of doing so. Lots to learn. Thanks!


I'm comforted by that, but it also makes me less bullish on the idea of regular people running nodes, which in my opinion is the whole idea of decentralization. I have concerns about potentially storing or relaying child porn, for example.

Maybe social media companies deserve a slight break in this regard. It's a big job to police such things and I've had a difficult time figuring out how to run a node even for myself without screwing up and accidentally ending up with bad stuff in my computer. That's the full context of my post.

Maybe I'm over thinking it, but over is usually better than under.


Landlord: We're going to replace your water heater in a few months.

Me: Cool.

Life: One week later, water heater floods kitchen.

Landlord: *Angry* Damn! We should have just replaced it, but we wanted to wait until money was in the account... Well, there's money in the account. That's not what I mean.

I think that's exactly what he meant. He slipped in his anger. Most people are leveraged to the hilt and standing on a fiat ledge. They're one gust of wind away from going over at all times.

This is why I save in #Bitcoin and avoid #fiat traps.


I think you're expanding their intended message unfairly.


I'm wondering how they technically handle it. I doubt a human is manually combing through all of it. I've wondered if they apply existing filter technology or something. I've had a difficult time figuring out relays in general.


Anyone seeing this should block the poster and hold #Bitcoin only. They're just trying to pump and dump on the tail of Bitcoin. It's not the same. Avoid.


How do #Nostr relays deal with obscene content? Thankfully, I haven't seen any, nor do I think Nostr necessarily lends itself to sharing illegal material quietly.

But I expected to at least occasionally run into something horrific and haven't yet.

Are we just early and mostly all good people? I've noticed that #Amethyst let's us apply warnings, but that appears to be completely under user control.


It just occurred to me that right now could be a great time for creators to get in early on #Nostr. Building something here is probably faster and easier than YouTube, etc since you won't have as much competition yet. No fucky algorithms or hiding content, etc at a protocol level.


I do see some people's points regarding the primary material on #Nostr being #Bitcoin circle jerk content.

But stick with it and add your unique perspective on other stuff. I'm really into #cigars, for example.

I'll follow my own advice and start posting different stuff too. Maybe having multiple nsecs (like multiple social media accounts) makes sense for multiple types or content. #Amethyst makes multiple 'accounts' really easy (thank you!)

Bitcoin is about maximizing my life so I can enjoy the time I have. I love Bitcoin, but sats on a screen aren't my entire life. They protect my life from being stolen, and that's enough for me.

Something for us to think about.

Make hashtags great again!


I didn't use Google, but I had the same experience when I first started looking into it. In fact, most of the info I got came from people in the #Bitcoin space that I already followed on X. I then went to YouTube to watch their videos.

You're right. This will need to change if we want to reach beyond Bitcoiners.

I vaguely recall hitting a normie list with Mastodon, Bluesky, and Damus. I think they were presenting Damus as if it were a social network rather than a client for Nostr though. I think that was right around the time all the political left were talking about ditching Twitter because Elon bought it.


Why do you need a separate phone just for #Bitcoin and #Nostr?


This is our way. Not everyone is going to follow any one particular (the) way.


That's why I find it odd when people using Nostr have a problem with data scraping for AI training, etc. This makes it a lot easier for governments, companies, etc as far as I can tell. That's why I treat it like I'm speaking in a public place. I also don't trust it for sending secure data. Lots of misconceptions indeed.


Yeah, I agree. It's important to choose an Oncologist that focuses heavily on all aspects of the fight (diet, medications/therapies, mental, etc). I would be concerned if a physician only ever focused on medications or just one component though. I think the focus on diet has been growing over the past several years. Listening to only some dude on the internet without consulting professionals is probably a recipe for disaster though.


Agreed. It's not really privacy violating either, which is important. It's open about what it does and how. We can run #Amethyst, for example, over Tor and use fake info, protect our nsecs, etc if we want, which is good enough for me. I agree that people should explain that instead of calling it privacy respecting. It's closer to privacy neutral in my opinion. The user has to choose. I use my real image and name, so I chose zero privacy. But I could have chosen privacy.


You'll find lots of arbitrary amounts like this, and I think it comes from people based mostly on what they have been able to achieve. It's probably a security mechanism. I saw 0.001 earlier today. I use it for savings and spending, so I'm always stacking. My reasonable retirement goal was 1-3. Reasonable meaning while I'm young enough to enjoy it. So I went all in on that goal.

0.1... That's pretty low in my opinion and it's probably coming from people trying to make themselves feel better. It's great if that's all you can do (I doubt it, but okay). But telling people they'll be okay if they hit that as a goal could be misleading. For example, #Bitcoin would need to be $50M (US dollar terms) per coin for me to retire by 40 (my goal, which is 10 more years) on 0.1btc. It would need to be about 1.7M per coin at my current goal of 3btc. It could hit 50M in ten years, but I'll just be even wealthier since I aimed high.

So it really depends upon your current age, goals, etc. There is no single answer for most people, but I'd say shoot for 1btc as a minimum. Aim higher just in case. It won't hurt. The opposite could.

But if you can't get to one, get to whatever you can in a smart way.


It didn't take me long to learn Phoenix. Zeus and Mutiny are cool.

For custodial, Strike is dead simple.


Lol Some people just don't want humans to live on earth.


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Bullshit.


I hope your grandchildren have no concept of $.


Good idea. At some point, people will just have to drill into it on their own if they want. Two usually looks manageable. More than that, and it starts losing me.


I'm calling it post inception. It sometimes gets out of hand.

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This is what I mean when I say #Amethyst has a cluttered UI. This is very unhelpful and confusing (in my opinion). https://image.nostr.build/fae05d58181f95b08c052bb6bf2a871d4c3ebf54a44605ad99227c985c73dd2b.jpg


There's a reason cancers are fed sugar to light up on scans. I choose to limit what cancers love most in my diet. To each their own.

I've seen stories of some cancers responding to high fat/protein diets. It's not a huge leap to just listen to your Oncologist AND not eat a diet rich in what your cancer needs to survive

This doesn't have to be an all or nothing approach. I work with many physicians. They have very little training on diet. Anything they know comes almost exclusively from their own research.


Go donate.

Proof-of-work: https://image.nostr.build/0e96685455b240ae049e4fd08513d34311cb6a00fc4a3c5972a2bd7ccb083c18.jpg

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Some of you waited for the weekend to buy the dip. Congrats.

I dumped a lot of extra fiat I got this week right before the #Bitcoin dip.

Still got it cheap.


I'm a couple days into my #Amethyst only challenge and I'm being reminded of a view I once held sacred: freedom > convenience

I'm human and sometimes lose my way. I always find the path again though.


Decentralized humanity is the path forward.


They're making excuses. They didn't want it then and they don't want it now. Why? I don't know, but human actions tell a story. They probably just don't understand it.


This may have some relevant information:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qn-Zp491t4Y&pp=ygUSQlRDIHNlc3Npb25zIG5vc3Ry


I am. Just dumped some fiat yesterday. Hahaha 😒


I wonder if there is a correlation between inflation and the length of the giga-noodle.


I hope you didn't tell her to store the keys on her phone.


Not to me.


Comparing the stability of a 15 year old emerging money to gold is bizarre, and the elasticity of gold could very well be it's downfall as time and technology progress. Imagine.


I love kitties. This is very nice of you.


You know who used very little energy? Cave people.

I don't want to be a cave man. I want to be a civilized human with technology and prosperity.

Human life has improved steadily over time because we are using more energy to improve human life.

This isn't complicated.

Yes, #Bitcoin uses a lot of energy, but it also does a lot of good. It improves my life by protecting my time, which is my most valuable asset as a human with finite time.

#Fiat is theft. Less energy is for cave people.

Stay proud and stack sats.

P.S. GFY and HFSP if you disagree.


I started following hashtags in #Amethyst and it has worked out pretty well. A great feature indeed.


How much energy does the U.S. government use collecting and storing the data of U.S. citizens and those living outside the U.S.?

How much energy does the U.K. use for tracking and surveiling it's own people?

How much energy is used by fiat and banks?

Why don't people ever bring up how much energy is spent on abusing humans?

They have no problem declaring how much energy #Bitcoin uses to free humanity, yet have nothing to say about all the energy that's used for hurting it.

Hypocrites.


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I am posting here on nostr again before I post on X. Trying to transition all to nostr. Maple Syrup for bitcoin is ready for this year. Message me. Prices are in my profile bio. Also if you want homemade tallow soap from my sister, I can take the BTC orders here. If you get syrup and soap I can put them together to save on shipping. $6/bar. Check what scents she has at https://sarahs-soap.square.site/ and  let me know what you want.

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Give me a boost to get it out there.

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Converting X to a #Nostr client would probably save a lot of money, among other things.

I'm partially glad it isn't yet so all the cool clients out here get the attention and funding they need to compete on the things X would probably still be horrible at.


Good start, but this is an indication to me that you already know what you should do.

I made a final (pinned) tweet saying I was going #Nostr only so other people could potentially see it and do the same. My goal is to encourage others to take the leap.

Just do it and don't look back. I don't regret it.


Well, your environmental claims have been thoroughly debunked as bullshit. #Bitcoin has many environmental (and others) benefits that you could easily find if you wanted the truth.

But no, you don't have to use sound money to use Nostr on free relays. You can also run your own relay.


I know it was a challenge for Satoshi to stay anon even 15 years ago. I'm not convinced it's even possible today if the right group wants you exposed. And if it is possible, it'll probably take a lot more work than Satoshi had to put in.

I think what will ultimately be more important is distributed development. By that I mean developers living in many jurisdictions around the world. And yes, being anon to the extent they can will only help the mission.


Focus on living a meaningful life that brings you fulfillment. It sounds like you're living to fulfill others after your death. Tragic.


There is no social structure without sound money; only chaos and misery.

I'm not interested in suffering along with those who do nothing to end their own suffering.

I chose to fight with #Bitcoin. I'll die fighting. I have nothing worth living for without freedom.


People who experience freedom tend to be really happy and want others to experience the same feeling.

You can always tune into whatever other bullshit keeps people distracted and complacent. There's plenty more of that.


Stay proud and stack sats.

#Bitcoin


Are lifetime memberships really more sustainable?


It's funny that Rust is being used to make Python quicker.


3-5 year time frames and I'm laughing.


Just take ten minutes to read it.


I don't know why so many people struggle with reading it. It didn't take long to read and the language was clearly meant to address the average reader.

The only hang up might be the math, but you can't really do anything about that. Math is what it is.

I don't think it's as relevant now as people make it seem. It's a historical record, but Bitcoin has changed quite a bit since it was written and the paper is only covering the double spend problem anyway.

There's a lot more to #Bitcoin now. But yes, it's worth taking ten minutes to read it if you want to understand the time chain.


This is a good point. Something tells me that certain interests don't want a $100 solution. We could probably down them for even less than that if the right people weren't making so much money on those missiles.

Frankly, I'd just turn them all to dust and be done with it. But we like to be as inefficient, ineffective, and expensive as we can be when it comes to war. It turns out that's where the money is.

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Developing skills and knowledge has led to me working harder.

But I'm also wealthier and more accomplished than ever before.

Maybe there's a correlation?


You can usually find hardening guides for specific OSs. I only have experience with RHEL and Debian. I've used scripts on RHEL based that go through and check all the common points of entry for attackers and provide recommendations. Unfortunately, it takes time and research for some of the recommendations, but well worth it for a long time server. You can even compile all of your settings into a script for the future if you want.


You don't speak for all of us so don't pretend to.


Is it possible to see posts from only people I follow in #Amethyst? Kind of sick of all the rando shit memers I've been seeing since I started my week long challenge. All Follows doesn't help.

I only want to see the people I explicitly follow.


I did some calculations and this adds up. Good prediction.


People should be left to choose their own food. Government has no business preventing people from eating lab meat if they want it.


#Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/600dca50b7f3c5e6b1188a16c5295b987ce462f2e2d60846efed27b7147d64b4.gif


GET TO THE #NOSTR

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The terrorists should be converted to ash.

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Buying #Bitcoin hasn't solved the issues with doing taxes for me.


The link lists Blockstream as a safe device. I'm not sure if using multiple devices with multi-sig would help or not, but something to look into.


#Bitcoin
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Every time.
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#Obtainium is the shit. I've moved many of my apps to it. #GrapheneOS is good too.


My point is that keto may fit your taste more if carnivore isn't. Couple that with one meal per day and you'd probably achieve your goals anyway.


I don't eat meat at all, so not exactly relevant, but I found it easier to lower my carbs by increasing fats. I think they hit similar spots in my brain. And then I upped my protein in whey for survival since I don't exactly enjoy it as food lol


Goteem

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I somehow overpaid quite a lot in taxes last year. It felt really good to smash that buy button today when the return settled.

Give me #Bitcoin or give me death.


It is possible to send a delete request to relays, but you have to give your private key and the delete is a request, not guaranteed. You also have to do it for every post. It isn't worth the time or risk of handing over your key, in my experience (it doesn't really work anyway).

Consider just accepting it and understanding that everything here is permanent. It's a permanent record and that has benefits. I've gotten A LOT better at thinking before posting, which is probably a benefit for society.

No one is going to judge your test posts. You're helping Nostr grow. Welcome.


Lol No way. I think this should be based more on where the most development and mining are happening, and that is most definitely not in those places.


Get rekt.

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#Nostr only for me.

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They look like meth heads.


Sounds like a good old government caused disaster waiting to happen.


First 100 people who repost this will get total of 10,000 No-KYC sats.

#Bitcoin and #Nostr are winning.

Early reposts will get more.


#Ethereum ETFs probably will take some of the #Bitcoin ETF pie but...

ETHEREUM IS DOG SHIT.

It doesn't do what Bitcoin does, and will probably get worse at scale. It'll ultimately be another fiat dumpster fire that loses to Bitcoin entirely. Bitcoin will eat Ethereum.

We still win.


Or just don't use Google's OS. Something tells me #GrapheneOS isn't going to let this stand.

At least we can install alternative software. Having an Apple device pretty much just leaves you with whatever Apple tosses at you as far as I can tell.


I never felt freedom until I went all in on #Bitcoin and #Nostr.


Zap splitting on #Amethyst is really cool.


Fuck it. I'm all good just holding #Bitcoin. To each their own.


Viewing a feed made up of a mute list is an interesting feature I just discovered in #Amethyst. I'll likely never use it, but I can imagine use cases.


I doubt Obtainium would ever be a lower version than any other app store since it's pulling directly from the got repo. Thanks for the advice though.


The confusion mostly comes from not knowing I pressed some button to get that popup while I was typing. It happened as I was typing, and grayed the post button out like Twitter does when you hit the post limit.

This caused me to think it was somehow length related. Long pressing or condensing some of the buttons in the UI would probably help. I'm not used to having so many icons right above the buttons I'm using to type.

It makes more sense now that I understand that the action was tied to an icon press. It could help to move the buttons away from the keyboard as well, or just have a post options menu. This would also clean up the UI.

You can also see in the attached screenshot that the message isn't even visible on my device until I happen to scroll down. It just looks like I can't post the note for some reason.

Thanks!


Scrambled Exif may meet your needs.


Hopefully this is actually the end of the madness.


I'm going to use #Amethyst for one week (starting with this post) and see what happens.

No rage quitting or switching back to #Primal during this period.

I just zapped someone using my Phoenix wallet, which was certainly more tedious, but it was also really cool and makes me think that maybe I'm bitching out for convenience in a world of convenient slavery.

I will definitely be looking for ways to maximize convenience without sacrificing what Amethyst is trying to accomplish though. 👌


Bullish > Bullshit

Probably just desperately trying to pump and dump.


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See how NOSTR has the power to fix our broken social media landscape.
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We used to prank our parents so badly. I feel bad about some of them even now. Learning the way of the prankster already.


I think having to explain it as a developer highlights the point I'm trying to make with my feedback/experience regarding the UI. It often isn't clear at all what's happening in the UI. At least not as a new user. I have an experience like this every time I use the client.

Not every client will be for everyone, but I keep wanting to like Amethyst and end up getting frustrated trying to do basic things.

It has many cool features, and this is one, but it isn't cool when it's acting like a roadblock with no explanation. It could be just cool if the features made sense. Maybe an explainer the first time they are used? An intro on first launch?

Thanks for the response.


The zap options in Amethyst (once I figured out how to get to them and what they mean) are pretty good. I particularly like the privacy options.

It's becoming clear the more I use it that the main issue is that features, which turn out to be really cool, just don't make sense at first and get in the way as a result.

This issue usually arises when certain settings aren't in the settings at all, but exist somewhere else in the client that doesn't immediately stand out as a setting (or feature). Ex: Adding default zap amounts. It wasn't immediately apparent that holding the zap button would open a setting for this. And even then, it wasn't clear that I was adding defaults. I thought I was inputting the amount to zap for the post.

I think explaining what's going on in the UI would greatly improve UX by not wasting time and causing frustration.

Every time I happen to figure something out, I think that it's super cool. However, other clients, such as Primal, just show me what I can do without making me dig.

My personality is not one that likes to dig. #Amethyst is good, but could be much better if it stopped accidentally hiding features by making them obscure and annoying.

Currently, the app seems to be geared more toward people who want to tinker with a social media client. Cool, but I don't think most people do. I suspect most people just want privacy and security with a simple UX/UI.

I believe it's possible to have both, and Amethyst probably will achieve both in time. I'll continue trying it, sending sats to devs, and providing feedback in the hope that I can eventually love using it.


In my opinion, making it simpler would be a good starting incentive.


Yes, you do. And I would probably if I cared to tinker as much as I used to (limited time). This whole issue for me comes from people telling me and brand new users to start on Amethyst. Cool, but good luck keeping them around when their only frame of reference is proprietary social media platfoms (like TikTok). I usually just stop using Amethyst and quietly step away, checking in over time to see how it develops. But I've been seeing a lot of people telling new users to start there. I see it more as an advanced client vs something like Primal.


I actually installed it using Obtainium. This is only one example of such popups, but it grayed the post button out at a certain point in the note. I thought it was a length limit or something like on Twitter/X, but it doesn't seem to be from the wording. It wouldn't let me post until I closed the post and repasted my comment again.

That fixed the issue in that instant, but stuff like this happens every time I use the client and it just annoys me enough that I stop using for a while. Rinse and repeat.


The best policy is simply to not answer questions you don't want to answer. The concealing of that fact always has worse consequences.


I see. I would argue that relays should just delete data when a delete request is signed. I've seen arguments with merit against that though. I suppose the client method is the only real option unless we do have all relays delete. I'm not sure that's possible if they really don't want to, unless users only post to relays that honor delete requests always.


Why? Clients aren't the ones hosting the data. They could only hide data, not delete it.


I just made a post about it, actually. There's always something popping up and distracting me from doing whatever I'm trying to do. The UI is also distracting and cluttered. Drives me nuts. The UX is weird. Just don't want to spend more time figuring out how to do things that other clients just do. And I'm not taking the usual blame that comes from many in this space regarding bad UX. These are the things we should openly discuss and admit before the masses come in.

I love the good stuff about it, but I really hate the bad stuff so much that I never use it for more than five minutes. I love the devs too, but they need UI/UX help in my opinion.


I wish it wasn't so awful for me to actually use.


Cool. I do. Every time I use it I get some annoyance that doesn't make sense. Cool concept, cool devs, just not something I care to keep dealing with as it is.


And I've had a similar experience using Amethyst. It sucks to use and gets in my way constantly. Just another opinion based on experience.


Okay, I'll grant that there may be issues, but that doesn't change my perception. I'm a highly technical person and I got sick of fucking around with Lightning. So we can go on and on, but the demographic you're referring to aren't going to deal with it either. Yes, I want devs to make things easier, but principles and what I want don't negate current reality.

It was really easy to give Primal some fake info and start zapping.

It wasn't easy trying to not do this (which I did). It sucked ass. We aren't ready for the masses from a non-KYC perspective. That's my opinion based on my own experience and it isn't going to change with talk on Nostr.


This is the reason I stop using Amethyst about five minutes in every time I give it another shot. What is this (randomly grayed out post button to show me this popup)? I'm constantly hit with requests for dev support, sats for some relay, or stuff like this where I'm not exactly sure what the client wants from me.

I just want to fucking zap/post notes and Amethyst so far makes it annoying to do so. People can stop telling me to use it. The UI is cluttered and the UX is awful in my experience.

Yes, I can always find ways around the interruptions to complete my task, but I get sick of being distracted like this when using the client.

I appreciate the devs and that some people like Amethyst, but telling new people from TikTok to use Amethyst instead of Damus or Primal is probably more likely to send them back to TikTik than to keep them around on Nostr.

Primal has issues, but it at least doesn't constantly annoy me while doing the one thing the client is supposed to let me easily do.

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


I wish. lol


I agree with the problem, I just don't think Amethyst is going to fix it for people you claim don't even understand that they can create fake names and emails. Amethyst is more likely to discourage TikTok users than keep them around.

I appreciate their work, but the UX is not great for the people you're describing. Not everyone is going to do the work to be non-KYC, nor will they want to. Shitting on the options being built for those people will be more of a disservice than the way Primal uses Strike.


Well, self-custody Lightning is a nightmare, and they can't exactly tell people to enter fake data in legally mandated data collection. People are always free to enter any email they want on every other service. I don't see why Primal is the one that's supposed to somehow be any different.

Give us a way to easily use Lightning without something like Alby or Strike and I'll use it with Nostr. Of course, #Primal should make it explicitly clear what's going on if they don't already.

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No it isn't. Strike is. And you can enter fake info. It doesn't force verification, nor are you required to even use their Strike integration.


Welcome.


There is no logic in government gatekeeping food, but it isn't like people werent getting really fucking sick from the raw milk at the time. Cleaner manufacturing can solve that today, but just disregarding the problem is ridiculous. Times and technology change, but you're still taking a greater risk.

That's fine if you accept that. Denying the risk is not fine in my opinion.


And cooking allows for easier digestion and probably results in better nutrition as a result, even if the food does lose some when cooked.

This is the leading thought behind our smaller digestive systems, different teeth/jaws, larger brain sizes, and even our social structures.

Animals likely became man because they cooked.

Anyway, I'm glad you're happy. That's all that matters really.


Or it's just reality and has nothing to do with money at all. Microorganisms are real. You do you, but saying you aren't taking a risk is total bullshit.


Being a top notch farmer, whatever that even means, doesn't just magically stop all microorganisms from existing.


It also removes some of the things that can make you really sick lol


What an annoying problem.


That is weird. GIFs don't work at all on some clients, but maybe it's an autofill setting that has to be enabled on your device. I'd check and see if there are any permissions not enabled for the client on your device.


I'm not sure what that means, but I hope it starts working again


I don't support iPhone first software so I'll never know unless someone else tells me lol


Even if it was, I'd thank them for doing such a good job.


Mute words is a really cool feature that I wish all clients had 😳


Didn't know about nostrapps.com. Cool


I don't know too much about how that would work, but I imagine it consuming resources that most wouldn't live with. And you'd have to deal with the issue of relays going offline more frequently than having dedicated hardware. It would be a weird UX I think


I still have to figure out how to run a relay. It looked a bit ridiculous the last time I skimmed a guide.


Yeah, but I want to see other stuff too.


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Stay proud and stack sats.


#Nostr only.

Everything else is noise.


That's one reason (of many) I went Nostr only. I'm more interested in building the future. I'm so fucking sick of hearing about the ETFs and how this or that has X as much as Michael Saylor in X time. I don't give a fuck. Institutional interest is only surprising if you're not confident in the value of #Bitcoin and its incentives. It was interesting for a week. Time to move on.


Yeah, that's why I added the qualifier. You can have boundaries even with a mother.