Using this standard, what is decentralized? I'm not convinced that either end of the spectrum actually exists in reality or even can exist. You start getting into philosophy the deeper you dig, but even the most centralized systems aren't entirely centralized. Consider Twitter. Yes, that's pretty centralized, but Twitter doesn't own the ISPs required for it to exist, etc. Something like BitTorrent is pretty decentralized, but the peers are still owned by people who can therefore have some control over it. Someone still has to seed things on controlled hardware for it to matter. And the networks for transmission must exist (internet, etc).

I think the important thing that tips the scale toward decentralization is the ABILITY to run your own relay, not necessarily that people choose to. I just fundamentally disagree that decentralization means no centralization, at least outside the realm of philosophy or theory. It's just farther from the centralized end of the spectrum. I believe this is why massive regimes always fail as they try to reach peak centralization. On the other end, some things tend to centralize for efficiency. I think Nostr will have the same pendulum like cycles. Obviously, we should try to be more decentralized where we can and when it makes sense.

What would you use to transmit notes that absolutely no one can have any influence over? Because that's what you'd need to have zero centralization as far as I can tell.


You may indeed be using fewer relays now, but does the death of those four mean that others weren't created? I've seen a lot more people posting about running their own relays than I did earlier on. I'm even investigating how to run my own relay. What you see in your client relay list may not necessarily indicate the overall relay numbers. Am I missing something here?


I anticipate 75% of all new people will bounce back to X because they are hooked on the doomscrolling. It takes a good amount of time and deleting your account cold turkey to shake the addiction.

But, they’ll be back in 5 months wondering why they left in the first place.


This was my exact path to Nostr only, for what it's worth.


I certainly will. Thanks! ✌


Well, I'm not nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft, but that is something to aspire to!


Great post, Mike. I'm glad to see your warnings regarding key management.


Some basic concepts for new frens joining us from X

First,

Key management.

When you “created” your NOSTR account, what you actually created was a cryptographic key pair.
This consists of a private key, which starts “nsec” and a public key which starts with “npub”.

As the names suggest, your “nsec” key is private and you should never reveal it to anyone.
Your “npub” key is your public key, feel free to share that everywhere.

Your “npub” key is used by others to verify your identity, through the signature added to your messages.
It is also used by others to encrypt private messages to you.

We don’t have perfect key management yet and because of the limitation of smart phones and various eco systems, it often becomes necessary for you to copy and paste your private key into apps in order to use them. This is less than ideal, but until we have ubiquitous cross platform key management devices, this situation will remain necessary.

For the moment, consider using software key management options, some of which are listed under “signers” here:
https://nostrapps.com/

N.B. We do have projects like Seedsigner that provide more secure hardware key management, but this isn’t for the faint hearted:
https://nostr.cxplay.org/nprofile1qqs09jtvjlmyrxjn37zv70a89csegcz7rpyqjmnw29cveedhv7vagqqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhssu7403

Secondly,

Lightning wallets.

It is common for most people to link a Bitcoin Lightning wallet to their NOSTR profile

N.B. Your profile is stored on relays and signed by your private key, which is verified by others through your public key.

You are not tied to any specific wallet for sending payments (called zaps), but you do provide a specific incoming LN address for receiving payments. This could be something like a wallet of Satoshi Address i.e. “randomname@walletofsatoshi.com” or could you be your own node with a connection to it via “Nostr Wallet Connect” a free plugin that connects a lightning wallet.

Enabling this allows people to “zap” any posts or content or even send you payments directly at any time or for any reason. N.B. It is called freedom money for a reason….

It also allows you to send small micropayments to posts or people you like.

Thirdly,

Paid Services

As you go deeper into the NOSTR ecosystem, you’ll notice there is no advertising being pushed at you and there are no algorithms manipulating the content you receive. This is because there is no company behind NOSTR, it is a protocol. Because of this, while all the ecosystem is free to use and will remain so for the foreseeable future, most of it is run by enthusiastic volunteers or developers and incurs a cost to them. For that reason many of us choose to support these #devs by paying for services. This can also enhance our experience, giving our “npub” greater reach and discoverability.

I, for example choose to pay for the following services:

https://nostr.wine/ - 120,000 Sats for 2 years relay
https://relay.tools/  - My own relay - https://nortis.nostr1.com/ 12,000 Sats a month
https://nostr.build/ - Media storage - 69,000 Sats for 1 year

Total: 22,750 Sats per month
Approx $15 per month

This is not strictly necessary, but I decided to support the various developers behind these projects.

Do not feel any pressure at this early stage to pay for any service, but if you enjoy the freedom NOSTR brings, you may want to consider supporting the projects that become important to you going forward.


I am. And it excites me. I'm glad others are thinking about this as well. I may explore this as a computer science project class. Will depend upon the scope and time required. I'm skeptical about me doing it within 10-12 weeks, but maybe. It's about as simple of a client as I can imagine.


Ha. I was just thinking about doing something like this once I'm done with school to learn the basics of Nostr development. Honestly, there are a lot of times when I'd like to just have a minimal read experience. My vision is a feed app that maximizes privacy for those who don't necessarily want everything to be public (as mentioned here). I imagine this could be modified to be embedded in a web page too and have custom parameters (like only showing notes from a specific npub(s)).

This may also be beneficial for those who have lower end devices or slower connections. I haven't used Nostr with such limitations so I'm not sure.

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But even if it did, you could exclude it when updating I'm sure. Umbrel didn't seem to be about what I wanted when I tried it out. It was also goofy in other ways. A lot less stable too.


I'm using StartOS as a node right now and it's cool. I am finding that having access to a full OS like Parmanode would indeed be useful sometimes. Both were shit easy to setup on a mini PC I had sitting around. Install both if you can. More nodes on the network. I'm going to install Parma again as well once I get my new PC. I tried Umbrel and really hated that it would autoupdate my node. That's not a feature when it comes to nodes in my opinion. I like to see if any debates or issues are happening (etc) before updating. I'm not sure if Parmanode updates with the base OS or not. nostr:npub1ltt9gry09lf2z6396rvzmk2a8wkh3yx5xhgkjzzg5znh62yr53rs0hk97y


Ah. The scheme where everyone who joins doesn't have their wealth stolen over time. What a scam.


Some of them have tried to scam me lol

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Sharing an npub in case you get banned from a given platform is a good indication that it's time to start removing yourself from the platform.

I'm thankful for the people working on Nostr.


Damn. Memories. This is where I first learned how much I hate web pages that autoplay audio/video 💕


Enjoy.


THE ONLY WAY TO FIX NOSTR IS TO FIND MYSPACE TOM AND MAKE HIM BE FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE


I was talking to someone about Bitcoin the other day at a cigar lounge and he said he thought it would be a good idea for him to get some and learn about it. It turned out that he holds silver and gold currently. I shot my inner Bitcoiner and encouraged him to hold mostly metal with a little Bitcoin if that's what HE thought was best. I sent him my resources document that I maintain and went on with life.

Not everyone is going to be all in at first. I used to be 50/50 gold and Bitcoin with a very brief shitcoin phase before that. I've found that planting and nurturing seeds is better than trying to create a garden out of nothing. Most people are smart enough to find their own path once they are encouraged to start.

Frankly, I'd rather someone buy gold if that's what it takes to add another nail to the fiat coffin.

It's been quite a relief to shift my focus from convincing to educating (when asked).


I don't really see the point anymore either. People are going to do what they want to do, as they should. Also, I don't think we really need them to get it anymore. The train is already gaining speed. I'm not trying to convince people anymore. I just tell them what it's done for my life, share some resources if they want them, and then move the fuck on. It's a calmer life, and I've actually convinced more people this way than when I'd carry on about how stupid fiat is. Bitcoin speaks for itself once curiosity is sparked.


It seems that Nostr has something similar to Bitcoin cycles. Maybe that's just the natural path of these things.


If you run your own Bitcoin node, why not also store your own Nostr data? You can with Parmanode, easy AF.


Nice.


Maybe France should spend more time securing its own shitty websites and less time attacking the ability of private people to secure their data.


A few helpful nostr tips:

- Follow many people for a lively feed

- Re-post notes you like. Don’t just like and scroll by. We don’t have algos other than popular notes, you are the algo.

- We’re not big on follower counts, some clients won’t even show it by default. Post for people, not for growing followers

- Saving profile info can be buggy and seem like its not updating, but it probably is. Just give it time.

- Use #asknostr often to ask your questions, we all started like you, with many questions.

Welcome 🤗


Is there an official list of standards that one must meet to earn the right to have an opinion on Nostr development and practice?

I currently spend time testing and reporting issues as I find them (admittedly, I do need to get better at doing this using repo reporting tools in ways that developers prefer). I'm educating others about the benefits of Nostr and related tools as often as I can. I donate what I can monthly or purchase products from developers to support them financially. I'm studying computer science and related topics to contribute in ways I'm interested in. I buy books and build things like nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl to give them to people who want to learn about securing their assets.

What am I missing? Contributing code? If so, how much? What must we users do to matter or not be offensive? What must I do to never irritate developers? Think the same? Ignore what I see as potential problems and never speak of them? Communicate in a specific way? Never make mistakes?

Please just give me a list and I will at least know where I stand and what I must do. Tell me exactly where I'm going wrong and how exactly I can fix it. I genuinely want to know the exact standards I have to meet to matter as much as developers.

I can't figure it out. Maybe I am the problem, but I can't fix a problem without knowing what the problem is.

IS there a standard that will please every developer? Most? Some? One?

I'm frustrated as a user, tester, supporter, and someone who wants to see Nostr succeed. Some developers seem to be frustrated by people like me. What should we change?


None of the most popular applications I've used make it clear that using a signer is even possible. They all just asked me to paste my nsec. I know not everyone values this as a skill, but it is possible to consider people who aren't as knowledgeable as you are about a given topic and the consequences they may face from doing a particular thing. I know I can use a signer. My problem is that the dominant culture currently is to just paste an nsec as if there is no risk to doing so. I have an issue with that and share my opinion, just as you do on things you care about. My issue isn't with nsecs, only with how we are failing to make it explicitly clear to newcomers how dangerous they can be if handed out to anyone who asks for it. My goal is to persuade others to think with security in mind sooner rather than later.

Also, I have most of the major signers that average people are likely to buy (for my own research and education) and none of them are Nostr focused yet (or at least don't make it clear if they are). Hence why I'm so concerned about encouraging everyone to use the benefit of one nsec for so many apps and services. The already technically knowledgeable are the only types likely to use something like a hardware signer or bunker with Nostr at this point. I want to influence people to consider the consequences of that. Fuck me I guess lol


But to answer your question, yes, I put in a lot of time and work researching and educating others on information security to the best of my ability. Sometimes, that involves sharing my opinions on dangerous trends I see. I'm sorry that you don't value my work and effort, but that doesn't mean it has less value than yours.

In this case, my efforts could make some people think twice about the consequences that come with what is marketed (rightly) as freedom. It could just be the case that some people decide to use a different nsec for each application to reduce their own risk, even at the expense of seamless data integration. Freedom to do a thing doesn't mean it's the best thing to do for everyone, nor does it mean that everyone should be encouraged to do it.

Again, thank you for what YOU do, but I'm not going to stop doing what I care about just because you're sick of it. That's on you.


I'm not telling you how to do anything. It sounds like you have some baggage that you're taking out on me. In fact, you're the one who even replied to me. I'm simply sharing thoughts that were spurred by a note that wasn't even posted by you. If you're sick of hearing other people's opinions then don't respond to them with your own. You don't get to respond to someone's opinion and then expect to be shielded from a counter.

I am more than happy to discuss this topic with those who disagree with me, but you don't get to tell me that I can't have an opinion without meeting your arbitrary barriers. The work I put into Nostr may not be exactly like yours, but that doesn't mean you somehow have more of a right to an opinion than I do. You're also using things that you didn't build.

You seem to think that the world would be a better place if everyone who isn't writing code just shut up and never shared thoughts on the matter. Using your Signal example, they have made the software better and other solutions have improved as well. You don't have to care what others think, but you don't live in a vacuum where your work is the only thing that matters.

I appreciate your efforts, but you're the one choosing to take this personally. There is a desire shared by many people to put everything and everyone onto Nostr with no regard for the consequences that may have. I think people who research issues like security and share opinions are just as important as those who build software.

The goal shouldn't be perfection, but it shouldn't be stagnation and self-insulation from criticism either. My only point is that adoption should not be accelerated at the expense of all else. I just want to minimize risk to those who use software. If you wish to condemn me for that, then so be it.


This is what memes are made of...

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A+ meme.


"Don't bother with Nostr, dude. I accidentally pasted my private key into what I thought was Some_App and got scammed. Now everything is controlled by someone else and I can't recover. We were told not to use the same password everywhere but I thought this new system was safer. I guess centralized legacy systems weren't so bad after all. At least I could recover lost accounts and attackers had to work to figure out where all my accounts were. Now they have everything I use on Nostr instantly."

Thankfully, work is being done to address some of my concerns, but there are many who have a careless attitude toward security. Paste and pray should be discouraged by developers and certainly shouldn't be the default model.

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Only to those who are completely clueless regarding cybersecurity or don't really think Nostr will ever be used seriously.


I'm not interested in feelings or theory. I'm interested in reality and security. Having a culture that encourages giving a private key to whatever asks for it is awful security and will have terrible consequences if Nostr catches on and gets used more broadly. My issue isn't with the ability to connect different apps, but with the current model of just giving a private key to apps. I don't take any of it seriously right now and won't until there is a more secure model by default.

The encouraged model should be to keep private keys offline if one's entire identity is to be connected to a single key. That's not what I see currently, but work is being done.


Sure, until one of those apps inevitably reks them. I'm afraid the freedom of movement is currently way too insecure and will eventually damage the brand if not addressed.


Not your keys, not your social media.

I am totally flabbergasted by how many Bitcoiners aren't even using Nostr alongside Twitter.


This is the main reason I'm convinced that technologies like this need to be maximally decentralized without figureheads that can be used to send a message. Unfortunately, that isn't always a simple task.


Well, not craziest, but most interesting to me. There were certainly crazier and more sinister devices than a walking radio station.


The spy shoe is one of the craziest I've read about. Most of my surprise with these things comes from how small and low power some of the devices were at the time.


Sure. Do Nostr clients integrate with BitTorrent so people can more easily access such media? I think the issue is that some people want everything baked into Nostr, which probably won't end up happening and perhaps shouldn't if one values decentralization.


Tuta Users:

Be alert for emails pretending to be from Tuta security. I just got one and avoided the bait by following my no trust policy.

Mine said that a Facebook ads account had been linked to my Tuta email account and to click a link if it wasn't authorized.


I've never understood the appeal of it compared to alternatives.


I tried it with friends for some months and it was a pain in the ass. We couldn't get normies to use it either. Signal is way better in that way. Hopefully self-hosting Signal will become more practical at some point.


I don't get it either.


Some day they'll pay to have dinner with me. Unfortunately for them, I'd rather have dinner with producers than leeches.


Oddly, I find shooting to have some of the same benefits for me. I have to focus on what's in front of me, control breathing, clear my mind.


I don't fully understand gravity either but I can measure it and predict that I will fall if I jump from a bridge. Stepping on an earth scale will yield a different number than a moon scale. It isn't just in my mind either. We have to invent ways to measure and express nature (clocks, scales, math, etc), but that doesn't mean we invented nature.


I don't need to precisely define it to know that it exists outside of my mind. We have performed experiments that demonstrate that time is real, even if we don't fully understand it. A clock is indeed a concept we created to represent or act as a measurement for what we experience and call time. You can tell that time is real because forces (space and gravity) can act on it as demonstrated by the Hafele-Keating experiment. Time is certainly relative, as predicted by special relativity, but that doesn't mean that time isn't representing a real experience outside of the mind. Try unscrambling an egg or firing a bullet back into a barrel. Our perception of time in the form of Action -> Reaction is clearly real, even if we don't fully understand the mechanisms at work.


And I actually think federal courts and crimes should be A LOT more limited than they are. Frankly, I think federal courts should be mostly for issues between states. It's a power that does get abused.


We also have federal courts here with something called dual sovereignty. I assume that's what is meant here.


Time is not a mental construct.


Most online relationships are superficial.

People confuse followers for friends. We don’t have as many friends as we think.

Very easy to test by leaving your favorite social network.

Followers don’t mean anything. The only thing that matters are the people you get to know irl.


I didn't say you could. Only that your premise isn't true for all of us. Some of us can't handle things like that for various reasons and I would be just as pleased having the option to turn it off. I wouldn't really care in that case, which is why I clarified "if it couldn't be disabled."


It hasn't really seemed to matter in my experience. I have a lot more interaction with people here than I did on any of the platforms I once used. I'm more focused on just doing what I want. I would be okay with removing the counter at this point.


Price in paper? lol


I don't need them.


That would encourage me to not use it if it couldn't be disabled.


Death penalty cases are a lot more expensive than life in prison. It makes more sense to just use prison for cost, but also because false convictions are real. You can't unkill someone. You can sometimes at least release innocent people from prison though.


That's not the same thing as just making an announcement.


I need to finish my lottery miner project.

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💯 Did you build a social media company at some point?


Yeah, that's fucking annoying.


Maybe not as many as Nostr, which could be their point. But I don't know because there's no scale or source in this image anyway. I didn't watch the video this was taken from. I have no opinion one way or the other without the necessary data.


Not wanting to is a rejection of one component of Bitcoin that is absolutely necessary for its success (medium of exchange). nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe convinced me of this.


I think it's trying to show relative scale, not individual people. A source and scale would have been nice though.


I agree with this sentiment, but Fathom Analytics is a better model than Google for those who still do want to use analytics.


Shit like this is exactly why marketing isn't what Nostr needs right now. It needs to just work without some irritating issue popping up with every use. And I don't say that to be mean. It just isn't ready for mass adoption yet. Big marketing would just draw a lot of people in only to piss them off enough that they never come back. I only keep using it because of my fortified support for freedom tech. Most normies won't deal with the problems Nostr and clients still have unless they value freedom more than convenience. Most people don't and don't want to be beta testers.


I guess number of likes is the measure of a somebody.


This was a really good discussion that clarified some issues I've been thinking about.

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The ability to create disposable subkeys would be cool too.


As it should. I'd like to see more focus on not having a culture that teaches people to slap their nsec into whatever new app is asking for it. There should be an option for neutral, offline hardware devices similar to Bitcoin. Work is being done thankfully.


I think many normies will use Nostr indirectly, meaning they won't hold a private key and probably won't even know it exists. A company could hold private keys and attach ownership to an email and password just like legacy platforms do now.

This sort of model is one I would consider if I were Facebook (etc) and wanted to stay relevant. For one, it would more or less free them from the threat of government. "So sorry, senator, all we can really do is hide them in our client, at which point people can just use another client 🤷." I doubt most companies care as much as they claim to in the interest of avoiding the stick.

This could also allow companies to capitalize on the benefits users get from Nostr without forcing people to learn an entirely new protocol and leave their platform as a result. Facebook could theoretically do this today without even telling users.

Basically, one outcome could be that the major social media companies just become competing front ends/relays for the new social protocol. I don't see another option if more people start falling into this rabbit hole. I think their days are numbered.


This is cool, but you should really focus more on aligning with the people most likely to use your service before adding new features.

Closed Source: Pass
Google Play: Pass

I see what you're doing and it looks neat but I'm not actually going to use it. Maybe I'm a minority, but that seems to be changing. You can add all the features you want, but it won't make a difference to people like me.


This is my conclusion as well. I generally like him outside of intentionally deceiving people so they will remain in gold.


But in fairness, I buy vehicles based on design choices related to the engine, transmission, and other engineering designs that may matter less to you. The body design is literally the last thing on my list and really only comes into play if two vehicles meet my standards in the aforementioned areas. Storage compartments even come before the body. Some brands and model lines cater to my type better I think.


You could say that for anything, but the line has to be drawn somewhere, especially in something like the vehicle market where margins are already razor thin. This looks quite nice to me though for a Prius. Again, looks wouldn't be the scale tipper for me if I was buying a Prius. I just don't care and the people I know who drive a Prius don't either. Slightly higher cost matters a lot when the margins are so slim.


I tend to become very dedicated to people who don't use bullshit tactics and have regularly viewed channels for 8+ years. People who fall into clickbait traps probably aren't going to be the brightest or highest quality people to have around. Basically, I think clickbait is fucking fiat trash that won't last long, even if it gives the illusion of progress for a bit.


Well, all I can tell you for sure is that I never stick around long for those who use clickbait. I have almost no tolerance for it. It's scummy and annoying.


It's a Prius. Lol I don't think design (if you mean aesthetics) has ever been their selling point. The design in things that matter for reliability and cost seem to be spot on. And to be fair, it did catch your eye.


You're so fucking disgusting.


McCarthyism was destructive too, which is the result of using fear to rile people up. Collectivism is always dangerous regardless of the mission. Ayn Rand had the correct approach to this issue. I'd rather teach people to think than be afraid. Reason is better than fear.


Stay proud and stack sats.


Quick morning rant:

No matter what...

1) anyone else does with their node, (whether it's -the version they have; the fork they have; if they run one of those sexy Parmanodes all the cool kids have, or the quantity of nodes spun up)

2) or no matter the number of bitcoin others might have...

...if you stay strong, no one can do ANYTHING to change the node you run, which is effectively YOUR CHOICE of the money you have adopted and accept as payment to your wallet.

If no on agrees with you, it affects the quality of the money you've adopted, but it can never affect your choice.

If the rest of the world adopted a shitcoin (fiat, gold, Bitcoin Finks Vision - doesn't matter which), it would mean the true Bitcoin adoption has gone backwards, not that Bitcoin has changed. They all will have to come back eventually after they get diluted to poverty by whoever the rulers of that version are.

No one agreed with Satoshi at the start by the way, but true adoption of a money that no one can control has, and always will, continue to go up, until everyone in the world who hasn't perished, WANTS Bitcoin (not "has", as some will become Bitcoiners beginning in absolute poverty).

I didn't make the rules, Satoshi did.


I have used Alby exclusively, but practical currently comes at a cost, unfortunately. I'm trying to come up with the most practical way of not relying on something like Alby.


It turns out that this is an okay solution for receiving larger, intentional payments (like a friend owes me for a round of golf or something and I don't want to screw around with an invoice), but there were some quickly apparent issues that negated the point of the setup vs what I already have setup on my daily phone.

I appreciate everyone's help in testing. The unattended self-custody Lightning saga continues. 💀 For the record, my goal is to come up with a setup that people of average technical knowledge can deploy on something like an old or cheap phone.

On a related note, having other people help with testing uncovers things one may never figure out without help. It's a good idea to let other people poke holes in your systems to avoid costly blindspots later on.

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All things I was hoping to learn in testing. Testing myself wouldn't reveal something like a Minibits delay since I don't use it. I appreciate your time and effort. It's looking like this isn't the solution I was hoping for. Self-custody Lightning is still kind of a pain to be honest.


It's making me manually 'redeem' zaps in the app for some reason. Not sure how to get it to just accept anything that comes in. nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 I appreciate the test.


Testing an always-on Zeus setup for receiving zaps. Using an old Pixel phone with CalyxOS and Obtainium. If this goes well, I'm going to look into improving the setup in various ways.

Would appreciate small test zaps and feedback on whether errors occur. 🫡

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I imagine he will stand on the 11% utility value of gold (about 89% is purely SOV) per usual, but this will be interesting to see anyway. Maybe he is looking for a way out. I doubt it, but why else would he be focusing so much on something that is allegedly useless?

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“I've got 12 words. You can't take my money! That’s the beauty of this system. We finally got a weapon that allows us to actually destroy their system... and by the way, it needs to be destroyed."

https://v.nostr.build/WlPxfllozWilG1sa.mp4

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It *could* be done voluntarily in a way that isn't a scam, but that just doesn't happen when government gets involved.


Social Security is 100% a scam


Social Security is a scam in my opinion, but if you're going to have such a scam, you should at least avoid using the unique ID for fucking everything else that has nothing to do with social security.

Bitcoin is my social security now, but I still have to worry about bullshit being opened in my name (I have frozen my credit at all bureaus, but that is not 100% safety for me) because my data is held outside of my control under piss poor security models. The only moral option is to allow people to publicly opt-out of this shit show and be done with it.

I don't want credit. I don't need AT&T to front me a month of service. I don't want to pay into government Pozi schemes. I want the government, companies, and criminals-the only people actually benefitting from this system as far as I'm concerned-to take my social security number and shove it right up their asses.

*End quarterly social security/data breach rant.*


Consider supporting nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl. They are doing crucial work.

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Convince them to dump their entire networth into a shitcoin so they lose everything and can't afford to buy crap for anyone. Checkmate.


And their content is mostly just complaining about Bitcoin and Nostr content. They're all fucking complaining yet not really posting anything different.


Don't worry. They'll be around to tell you how lucky you got at some point.


the algorithms are getting to the point where they are sending the same content to everyone. almost every platform. copy of a copy of a copy only to maximize ad impressions.

straight programming, just like the programming of radio, tv, and cable.

i want to be able to create, choose, and share my own algorithms. only way out of the bubbles being created. 🫧


Isn't it already?


Pretty cool.

https://geyser.fund/project/gitcitadel


"social media" is following the same patterns of "legacy media."

what's next?


A better way to live.

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Sorry to disappoint, but they will find me here telling them to go fuck themselves under my real name and photo. I'm okay with having all types at the ready.


My tolerance for clickbait is close to zero these days. It's just so scummy and annoying. Sure, it may indeed increase your follow count or whatever, but what sort of followers are being attracted? Are people who tolerate or fall for clickbait really the types you want in your corner? I'll pass, and I'm muting the people who use this bullshit tactic. Sadly, I'm starting to see it from people I used to respect.


Nice fallacy. Government can be funded without force or coercive tactics. This topic has already been covered by others, such as Ayn Rand. Weak.


You must think you're very important to tell someone else what not to buy, what their objective is, and which web browser they should use.

I hate ads as much as the next guy and certainly agree with preventing cross site tracking (Firefox Containers, for example), but YouTube isn't free to run. They offer me a way to avoid ads so I take it. I'm not going to be a thief while still using their product.

People bitch and moan about ads yet aren't willing to pay either.


Welcome.

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One key thing to understand is that Nostr isn't a platform. It's a protocol, and that's what sets it apart from something like X or Facebook. Those are platforms.


I'd actually say it is better because it is good.


A thing being better than something else doesn't make it good or just. I have no doubt that the surrounding states are awful, but that doesn't mean that anarchy is good. That's a fallacy. I would agree that a state should be minimal and unintrusive (prevent men from using force against one another, or provide mediation before or after they do). But that doesn't mean that having no state is somehow better. That's a false dichotomy. It's entirely possible to have a moral state. I define that as a state that exists only to defend my property rights. That to me is far better and more realistic than just having everyone do whatever the duck they want simply because they have the bigger gun.


Writing a book doesn't make a subject complicated, nor does it mean that you're correct or that everyone will agree with what you write.


Premium solves that.


Arguments with anarchists are always fruitless because they mistake rebranding of government for original thinking. "Protocol" is the bullshit rebrand for the day.


You need one. How exactly do you think rules are enforced in the real world? You can dance around it all you want, but there is no protocol or rule without an enforcement mechanism. That's what anarchy is. Rules and protocols are order. Anarchy is the absence of order. This really isn't complicated.

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Some wallets are allowing Nostr connection so your follows are integrated into the wallet. I've sent people sats without actually using a Nostr client. It's pretty cool.


The profit margins aren't even keeping up with inflation. How long before the charity ends?

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The N64 was dope, but so was the GameCube. Last things I cared for from Nintendo except for some of the GameBoys


Lol I just need to tuck in an orange dress shirt and go door to door on a bicycle.


Well, this issue wasn't a PIN issue. I'd be okay with it having a brick feature for security, but it allowed me to login and started having issues when I was using it THEN turned off and bricked itself. It has the green blessed light and everything. No one else touched it. Probably a weird hardware issue, but not one I've seen on any other device.


I always tell people that I prefer preparation over paranoia. One is productive. The other isn't. Of course, I often have to stop and check myself and realign with what's healthy for me. I look forward to seeing more from you.


Every government is a reflection of the people and culture from which is came.


I'm making a general guess that those who find it hard to hold #Bitcoin meet one of the following criteria:

-Has no fucking idea why Bitcoin exists - just a fiat maxi who doesn't even understand assets at the level of a midwit

-Didn't plan for dips and/or levered in some way that has become painful

I reserve the right to be wrong. Maybe I'm the midwit for storing my extra creative energy in Bitcoin so I can live my life without worrying about how to keep up with the fiat theft machine or the rats racing to spin its gears.

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It's only hard if you don't know why you're doing it.


Bitcoin gave me a better life the day I embraced it. I'm not waiting for any promises of tomorrow. I'm already better off than I was.

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Protocols may enforce some rules across the internet, but try that theory out in some of the places in Africa where these silly ideals have played out in the physical world. Not everything in life happens behind a keyboard, nor can a digital protocol enforce all rights.


The point of sale feature in #Zeus is really cool.


Zooming out, we get a temporary dip worst case. Either way, government is essentially giving away power for something it can already create for free. Fuckem. Joke's on them ultimately.


To be clear, you can't "fix" these problems. But you can mitigate them or make it easier to recover from mishaps. That's all I'm saying. The current model is pretty much as bad as it can be in my opinion. But we are still early, which is why I think it's a bad idea to start using Nostr for critical things right now. I think people should only use it for non-critical things until it's more mature and secure.


Especially when you start involving things like password managers or people in positions of power like presidents. Imagine having White House nsec just being tossed around into whatever client asks for it. Not a great idea. We at least need better security options for such cases before we start trying to pile on critical people and systems.


Stop training people to give applications their private key for one. A system that allows for a private key with sub keys would be useful. That way you limit the losses at least. It would be even better if sub keys could be burned and recreated, leaving the lost sub key useless. Ultimately, I would have people store their private key offline like Bitcoin cold storage. Nothing should ever have access to the primary private key. Ever. I've given mine to a couple Nostr clients already which is awful. I think SeedSigner allows for signing notes now, but I believe I'd need to generate a new key first. I still have research to do on this topic. But as it stands, piling people onto Nostr, especially with lots of cool services and apps available, would be an unmitigated disaster with heavy consequences.


Posting notes on #Primal has gotten really slow for some reason.


How private are #Nostr direct messages?


It's pretty cool if posting on a particular relay can be totally private though. I'd definitely be interested in using that with people I'm closer to in real life.


No, I just didn't fully understand what you were talking about. 'Hanging out in cozier spaces' is a bit vague, which is why I asked if you meant paid relays. I assume now that single-use anons means people who only use the social media use case. I didn't get that at first. I see myself using it in multiple ways. For public and private use cases, if privacy ever actually happens (I don't know enough about Nostr to know if any of it is private or not).


I think we'd actually have much larger amounts of rape, murder, war, and theft without broad governments like we have now.


So a bunch of little governments everywhere. Lol That's even worse than what we have now. That can't work without an ultimate arbiter. You essentially end up with the warlords that result anytime anarchy actually occurs. There is no actual anarchy in the real world. Humans will always form governments because there will always be humans that don't play by the fantasy rules. Should government be extremely limited? Yes. But having none with this many people is just fucking retarded. We still have rape, murder and theft even with a government. That isn't going to magically go away by having a bunch of micro groups all over doing things their own way. And there will always be groups looking to grow and impose their ways.


To clarify the last bit, an attacker would need to know which specific password manager, email, bank etc that I use in order to go and login to those accounts. That is a lot harder than having instant access and control of any application I could be using on a single protocol like Nostr.


The main problem being what it already is for Nostr apps: getting completely rekt if that key gets compromised. Nostr has to fundamentally change and mature before I'll ever use it for more than a low value social media use case.

I only enter my password manager password in one place. Entering it into a bunch of different apps creates the same problem of using the same password everywhere. You'd need to create a different nsec for every app to avoid this, which is fine, but that isn't what most people will do. They'll just paste that sucker into anything that asks and eventually get rekt everywhere just like people do now. The main difference is that there is no recovery under the current model. You can't just contact Nostr customer support and prove your identity to reset your nsec and take back control of everything you used the key for. It's gone forever. That's why I think it's more dangerous than the current legacy model for the average person. It's also an instant take over. Whoever has the key can access any Nostr app instantly, without even knowing which service the owner uses. Currently, an attacker would need to figure out which services I use to access them if I use the same password everywhere, and that takes resources. Nostr is just one protocol.

Things need to get better before more people are encouraged to use Nostr for everything.


Discoverability would be a challenge though.


Yes, I mean paid for in part in some way by those who use a particular relay. Either by virtue of being an important person to the relay owner who covers their part financially, or by a monetary fee that is large enough to filter out undesirable people.

We can end up with a segmented userbase with relay discrimination of some sort, which is why I asked if that's what you think will happen. I don't think this would be a bad thing. I would certainly spend SATs to not see a bunch of thirsty zap seekers posting nothing of value.

But this can also be partially solved by clients only showing me content from those I explicitly select.

Maybe we'll see this in a combination of ways.


I should say that isn't the spirit of what I added to the post.


Well, they're paid for by someone. That isn't really my main point. Being allowed on the relays ultimately requires some form of payment, whether in social status, meeting some other arbitrary requirement, or money. Otherwise, there would be no discernable discrimination and we'd be right back to the starting point. Therefore, 'paid relay' is just a simplification that means limited access to some people meeting some standard set by the relay owner. Yes, some relays can be paid in full by an owner with no restrictions on who uses it, but I don't think that's the spirit of the post.


Anarchism doesn't allow for the organized defense of property rights by definition. Otherwise, you're right back at government. Using licenses and legal systems to protect products or property rights is a pretty shitty example of an anarchist. You don't even own products under anarchism for the aforementioned reasons. There's no real way to enforce such a concept as product ownership.


With no recourse when people ignore you. So what exactly would be the point of a license? The entire concept exists because legal systems exist.


I didn't say it was harmful. The more important question is why use Play Protect at all if your philosophy is that any app you allow to be installed is safe and should therefore remain? Things like PP aren't designed for people who know what they're doing. It's a lowest common denominator system designed to technological morons who may be tricked into installing things outside of Play. I'm merely speculating that RS could be meeting some arbitrary standard that unsafe apps commonly meet in the eyes of Google.

Google can't be expected to analyze every app closely after every update to avoid ever having a false positive. It's much easier to just play it safe and remove apps that don't meet their definition of safe. Like it or not, a Bitcoin trading app installed outside of Play probably isn't something their average users are installing.

I've also stated that users SHOULD be able to disable this if they really want to. This default behaviour probably is safer for the average stock Android user, even if some apps end up getting falsely accused and removed. Even being advanced enough to discuss this issue indicates that you just shouldn't use systems like that in the first place. It wasn't made for people like us.


I think Nostr, better than anything else, will serve as a reflection of what's happening in the real world. This is especially true given the free market approach and lack of centralized algorithms.

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Do you think the cozier spaces will be paid relays?

On a side note, I've been thinking this about societies in general lately. That seems to be the general direction of humanity. I don't agree with the citadel concept necessarily, but I do think a divergence is happening broadly. I think we will see a lot of weird stuff in the coming years as the soft collapse continues, and people like us (those who saw it coming early and will therefore benefit greatly) will have to work together.

What you describe for social media is probably just a reflection of what's happening in the real world in various ways.


They are probably using certain flags to determine potential or likely maliciousness. I doubt this is as insidious as some of you are making it. Don't use Play Protect if this is really that big of a problem. Systems like this will never be perfect in a world with so many applications and bad actors. Some good software will inevitably be caught up in the net like this.


I also use GrapheneOS, but isn't this the whole point of Play Protect? I'm assuming it was installed outside of Google Play, which is likely a red flag to this software. The average user probably is better off with this behavior. Although, users should be able to disable if they can't already.


Using the MK4 as an example, that's almost $200 down the shitter for several months of almost no usage. If the SS tanks, I at least have multiple reusable parts for building another at about a quarter of the cost. The same can be said for the others I've tried.


Trezor (Model T and Model One - These have actually been the most reliable of the ones that aren't the SeedSigner)

Blockstream Jade - the software was total dogshit.

ColdCard MK4 (just had one brick for no good reason during normal use after only several months of owning it).

ColdCard Q - This one has had issues with cameras picking up the QR code on the screen due to the poor backlight quality. The SeedSigner has worked every time with ease. I have to resort to micro SD transfers with the Q. The QR scanner works great, just not the reverse. One of the PIN entry features also completely failed when I tested it. So much for the best in security.

I've spend a lot of money on this shit and the nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl has been the only one to not get in my fucking way and make using hardware signers annoying.


The more I use expensive hardware signing devices (most have been shit quality), the more I appreciate nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl


I hadn't thought about it until now, but I don't worry about a central authority hiding what I say on #Nostr like I do on YouTube (etc). I intentionally obfuscate certain words on YouTube, which is absolute trash. I'm not about it.

Fuck.

Word blocking is totally possible on Nostr, but it's at least decentralized. Besides, I'm never going to have a meaningful relationship with someone who can't handle the word "fuck." We just won't vibe and that is cool.

Peace and fuck.


I never thought about this. Hilarious

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That would be a cool concept. Would the client convert the voice to text or do you mean audio notes? Both?


Or maybe they are smart enough to realize that living in a politically favorable environment is better than living in a politically hostile one. I agree that government should be massively reduced, but it makes no sense to not vote for the least offensive person (whoever you think that is) when the vote is happening whether or not you participate. That said, I never vote with any level of enthusiasm. But sitting at home with my head up my ass lost in an unrealistic anarchy fairytale isn't useful either.


Start with yourself. Remove the legal restrictions from using your code, for example (code licenses are SO government) Until then, you're LARPing. You don't support anarchy. For the record, I'm not an anarchist, but I also don't pretend to be or ask others to be for cool points.


Relying on Google for something like this seems odd. There's no other way? #Phoenix

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What is the incentive to audit and build on code if it has a license like the nostr:npub1wu4aye7ll0lnrrg638e90sehzsgpzx5t39t3mwl05aa0d0ap08esdz3vw0 ColdCard?


It was sort of a joke, but I'm in favor of a halving cycle for government as a wind down method.

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The WHO can go fuck itself.


This is the South American MO. I'm not really surprised and my guess is that they're just using "illegal operations" as an excuse to steal.

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AlmaLinux is pretty cool as a desktop OS. Fedora is great, too, but I've slowed down with age and don't want rapid change in my software anymore. This is a great option for those who like RPM but want more conservative updates.


Leave nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx 's hat alone!

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People have worn hats, wigs, head garments for centuries. Are you more old fashioned than that?


I don't think a guest wearing those socks really gives a fuck about his hat. And even if he did, it's  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx 's show. He could have passed


I went ahead and froze my credit with the US Bureaus. Fuck 'em.


I recently changed my default zap from 21 sats to 73 sats.

'73' has a meaning in ham radio that is rooted in tradition and history.

It's not just a number — it's a time-honored way of saying 'Best Regards.' Originating from early telegraphy, this shorthand has been used by radio operators for over a century to sign off with warmth and goodwill.

So, next time you hear '73,' or get zapped 73 sats remember, it's more than a farewell — it's a friendly wish for the best.

If you haven’t been zapped 73 sats by me yet, post some radio comment.  It will help me find it if you use some radio related hashtags.  You might even get zapped for bringing radio content to my attention by replying to it with nostr:npub1ya20ep3dd0qt0suhzprxztv5y43arqwps73ercvqa44sp7qw0edsp4x9ty .

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #73 #radio #morsecode #cw #telegraphy #bestregards #highlyregarded

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Assholes are everywhere, and the ability to spin up new 'accounts' with little effort will only make the problem worse. Hang in there. We are early and my guess is that better filters and tools will develop.


I won't regret stacking sats if it catches on, but I almost certainly will regret half of my notes lol


After years of frustration, I'm convinced that the laws of physics do not allow for a smooth Nextcloud update.


I think we all do. I feel this way about my vehicles too.


Beautiful bottle.


The world is fucked so assholes on laptops can 'trade' in a global fiat casino.

I'm ready to see them all get rekt so humanity can finally move past this nonsense.

Lots of pain coming for those not involved directly, but I think the other side is the brightest we have ever seen.


Indeed.

I sometimes give myself a break from Nostr as well. It's good for the battery, soul, or whatever you want to call it.

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Working on it.


I'm glad the world has nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle


Classical. Specifically, Chopin.


The whole point of #Bitcoin is to free people to live life and do the things they're best at. I tend to forget that and get too wrapped up in shit that doesn't really matter. It's exhausting. #Nostr is becoming exhausting; a place for people to fight about purity standards in the Bitcoin space (myself included at times).

I agree with the people who say we need more variety in content and will once again commit to posting different things after my break. Hopefully more people will do the same.

Peace.


It is in some people's minds.


#Bitcoin doesn't send me ads in the mail that are designed to look like important bank correspondence.

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I see your point.


I love visiting this site these days 😂

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I understand that most don't, but most also aren't verifying downloads...


Do wallets need to be distributed by Google? It seems like people who want to avoid this issue would go directly to the repo.


There is a difference, which is why she makes it explicitly clear in this video that she wants everyone to end up in the same place via equity. Equality of outcome is the stated goal. You can't have that in a free society.


You can call it whatever you want, but you're using semantics to skate around the fact that she wants to steal property from some people and give it to others (equity, everyone ending up in the same place). I don't really give a shit what you want to call the violation of property rights. The principle evil remains.

You can't have a society where everyone has property rights AND everyone ends up in the same place. There will always be those who achieve more and earn more. The only possible way to achieve (in theory) what she claims to want IS communism.

I consider Trump a mixed-economist with socialist tendencies, but I don't hear him saying that the government should make everyone exactly the same, which really means to reduce everyone down to the lowest common denominator in the interest of 'equity.'

You're trying to use terms as a distraction from the actual issues at hand. She's absolutely a socialist, and her ideas could only be serious pursued under a communist regime. Otherwise, producers wouldn't go for it.


Chadette.

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Fair enough.


'Individual right' is redundant. No other kind exists.


Chopin


I hate when people unnecessarily use more words than necessary.


How is the equity she speaks about being implemented? Where does the more given to some people by the government come from? How can everyone end up in the same place without government force and control of property and economics?


Because Washington leeches should be running businesses. That will fix everything.

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Buy the streets and the blood running through them.


Is anyone taking over Mutiny development?

It seemed like a nice wallet UX-wise and a lot of effort went into it.


I'm not a zap traitor. I just can't get an external wallet to actually connect to #Primal.


It looked like it was a full shutdown situation. That's the most confusing part for me. I suppose funding could be an issue but would like to know for sure why it isn't being taken over if that is the case.


I was starting to like it and always thought the web first approach was smart. That's actually what attracted me to it. Frankly, I treated it like beta software but wanted to use it and help grow it in my own way. I am confused as to why having a different team wouldn't be the first option, assuming it wasn't.


I also know nothing about their financials. I just  meant in general from what I've seen with grants


I'm saying it would be fair if that were the case. I don't think it's fair for investors, grant donors, etc to just be shafted and left with nothing unexpectedly. But that's on those parties for not having an agreement if they don't have one.


To clarify, I don't have anything against the team wanting to do something else and they clearly put in a lot of work. I just don't understand why the entire concept has to die. I'd like to understand why, if not, bringing in a new team wasn't considered as an option.

I also hate to see people fall out of love with Bitcoin and would like to know more about how we can change that for developers. I don't know much about the team, but I would like to start changing the culture (starting with myself) if that's the issue. Do you need more support? More developers?

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Most grants I've seen are paid in stages exactly for this reason. Quarterly, monthly, etc. I doubt there are any strings attached if that's the case here. It's likely not worth pursuing regardless, other than maybe to take ownership of the project and branding to appoint new people. I'd like to see that here. They shouldn't be able to take and have the sole choice in closing the project entirely. The grant holder should be able to take the project over if they choose to.


I had the same thoughts. I just switched over to Mutiny because I liked their general philosophy and direction. I'm left wondering what the point was.

It's cool that they want to explore other products, but I won't bother with any of them (assuming they're relevant for me) out of fear that I'm just going to be rugged again.

It's so bizarre and unexpected. I also don't understand why the entire project had to die because one person is burned out.

I'm glad I didn't convert anyone over yet. Shit like this makes onboarding people really painful and risky for me.

The team should have been more transparent and made it clear that the project was a toy. I understand that people sometimes need to leave a project, but stuff like this impacts those who provide support financially and by helping others with adoption.

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You don't have to say anything, but it might hurt you in court if you don't. Lol 🤡🤡🤡


Right on. Hardware devices instead of just OTP or phone number/email, I hope.


You'd think that Switzerland would be one of the easiest places to offer a financial product.


The ability to add a self-hosted server in Signal (#Molly in my case) is the only way I can see Signal having a sustainable future.

You can build a server, fork the app, and make it connect to your server, but you're not going to be able to communicate with people using Signal servers as far as I can tell.

There should be a way to add your own server in the client and allow friends to add your server to their client. The client would then route messages to the appropriate server based on which servers the users have added and any associated settings.

My thinking is that Signal is currently too centralized to remain as it is forever. There's eventually going to be a problem that causes a mass rugging or some forced nonsense that defeats the purpose of the app. The ability to EASILY self-host would go a long way in preserving Signal as a product.

I don't think #Signal will do this and I don't believe Signal as it is would survive even minimal state pressure. They will have to bend the knee immediately because there really isn't a plan B. It's too centralized.

Am I missing something?


Which type of client would it be though? The best possible version for what use case?

It makes sense for a protocol to have a dedicated web page for developers and people who want information on the protocol. The protocol likely won't have just the social media use case, so making the protocol website a client (I assume you mean social media client) doesn't make sense in my opinion. It's possible to have clients that use Nostr in ways that don't necessarily look like social media (like a music only website, or something like Medium for publishing). Client UI/UX can use Nostr without the bits that make the client 'social.'

It could make sense to have a section on the protocol website that highlights the most popular use cases though. The protocol team could even create/endorse an official web client for the social media use case and link to it on the protocol website. That makes more sense to me.

As an example, I have visited Bitcoin.org for information on the Bitcoin protocol/project. Having it open a web wallet instead would not make sense, but having links to an official web wallet would (like the Monero website).


Mine is worst when I'm excited or passionate about something. Although, I've embraced it at this point in my life.


I can understand that some people don't want to mix money and social media or whatever use case, but that's just hippie bullshit. Money has to be involved somewhere. The difference is that some Nostr clients just make it explicitly clear and give users a way to support one another instead of the dominant model of centralized control that turns users into the product. I use the zap button instead of a 'like' button to support things I get value from.

No client is forcing people to adopt the value for value model. The bigger issue seems to be that certain people don't like that many Nostr users are Bitcoiners. Sorry, but those principles and people are what have fostered this. It certainly wasn't the fiat and Twitter maxis.

I don't buy that Bitcoin is keeping people off of Nostr. Most people simply don't value freedom or at least don't show it in their actions.


I find it interesting that one could allegedly be for those things and then be the exact opposite on money. And if you just mean that you support Monero or some other alternative that isn't fiat, then it doesn't really matter. Just substitute that and my points remain the same.

If you support Fiat then you simply hold irrational contradictions. Fiat is not FOSS, decentralized, nor pro-free speech by nature of the aforementioned and force to implement it.


I found some dry powder today and fired my #Bitcoin buy canon proudly. Fuck 'em.


Nostr is doing just fine. I'm quite proud for the developers who have built all of this stuff. I don't think Nostr needs every normie using this stuff before it's in a suitable condition for them. It honestly may never be. It could be the case that people will need to make themselves suitable for Nostr. Maybe that's just how freedom works. People will ultimately need to do things differently because this world is different by design.

Hiding the principled people and features so the normies will come completely loses the narrative in my opinion. But the beautiful thing is that no one can stop developers from building tools that do that. Go for it. I won't use or support them financially and that's fine.

Bitcoin and #Nostr are great companions. It makes sense that we have so many Bitcoiners here and I'm not hiding that for people who want to stay on Instagram and Twitter. Fuck 'em. I'll keep supporting devs who support freedom money (#Bitcoin, #Monero, etc) and value-for-value.

Peace.


We haven't even convinced all Bitcoiners to come onboard yet. That doesn't convince me that normies will deal with the headaches and learning curve at this point.


I think that could change depending upon what the users are doing. In my experience, most Bitcoiners are mostly using text. A lot of normies are expecting Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc and that gets really expensive quickly. Number of relays isn't necessarily the important metric. It's the resources required to keep all of this up. You say 'just like' as if someone is just going to pay that for millions of people for nothing. We just end up right back with centralization, spying, ads and the old world bullshit if people don't understand the principles that got us here. At which point we just end up with a segment of Nostr that's probably smaller than we are now and a segment running relays owned by Facebook. Is that better? Maybe, but we need a better financial model and a lot of kinks worked out before trying to dump millions of normies onto Nostr. Most people aren't even using password managers. Lol Understanding, protecting and using private keys is just going to rek and frustrate a lot of people. And there are other kinks and things people just won't understand. Nostr was never going to replace everything in a couple years.


Creed is...

garbage.


I understand burnout and it happens in every space.


I'm also curious as to how you think a lot more users will be paid for. People aren't exactly conditioned to pay for relays or even know what relays are. It isn't clear to me what the experience would be like if a lot of people hopped on quickly. Especially if none of them understand Bitcoin values like paying for freedom tools, private keys, etc.

Overloading the free relays doesn't seem like a sustainable alternative to slow growth while the entire model is figured out.


Most people who think #Bitcoin is stupid aren't going to put up with the shit I put up with as a Nostr user. That's just reality. I only get Nostr because I get Bitcoin. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't be using it either. Maybe growth in numbers in an arbitrary timeframe isn't as important of a metric as you think. The whole point from my perspective is opt-in freedom software. Not everyone cares about freedom, and those who do may never make it here unless certain big names do after being booted from most/all of the centralized platforms. People don't tend to make changes or deal with things like Nostr until they have to. It isn't even ready for average users in my opinion. It would likely cause more damage than good for the average Joe to use this stuff with how buggy and relatively complicated it is for them right now.


I look forward to a day when most people use Nostr and have no idea what it is or at most a vague idea. The reason being that I likely won't have to see STR after uninspiring names for apps and what would otherwise be normal words.


Lol Inverse Cramer usually is correct, so good choice.


I don't know what this means.


Lol Yes, that's what my pun was intended to mean. The buck has ended at me. Of course, I'm still forced to use it but I don't buy into the scam systems and I minimize my exposure to it.


It also wouldn't be technically true if you zoom out.


These fiat fuckers are incapable of seeing before or beyond today.


The only downside to minimizing my fiat exposure is that I always have to scramble to find dry powder when there's a #Bitcoin dip.

The upside is that I am periodically forced to review my budget and find excess fat to cut.


Buying and running #Bitcoin.


The instinct to panic sell is indicative of how bullshit our economy is now. Everyone knows it's all bullshit, but they stick around for the good times as long as they can. The buck has to end somewhere. I've opted out.


The more important question is: what difference does it make?


I don't see why so many people get spun up in this. Assuming they did, the only thing that changes is that the CIA actually did something good in it's history.


The cleanest picture of what's going on. Thank you so much.


How much are people zapping on the other platforms?

Your frustration has nothing to do with zaps. It's just a tech for transmitting value.

You seem to actually be frustrated with what people are valuing most, and that just doesn't make sense. Did you think that everyone would zap what you value?

There is no 'we.' It's actually a feature that an artist can get on a platform and get zapped for  notes, whether they're art or not. It's okay that some of their following values some notes more than art. Income is income. Value is value.


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Fuck the game.


Where? lol


American tax law is fucked so I gave up on trying to keep up with DCA accounting, unfortunately. It's been easier for me to do large buys once a month. Hopefully things change, but we seem to make all the worst decisions before we do the right thing.


DCA can be done with or without credit. When I say cashflow I mean paying up front for any I buy using excess cash from my income sources. How you choose to make buys is a separate issue from whether or not you use credit.


Correct. It mainly just frees up my time to do what I'm best at rather than spend time worrying about how to stay ahead of the latest plans to rob me.


I'm so glad I made the decision to cashflow my Bitcoin. To each their own, I just value not stressing over leverage. Cashflow, hodl, and chill has been a winning strategy for me, even if it is less sexy. I guess it's like investing in water or something boring to some people out there. Sadly, many will get rekt in the coming years.


Syncronizing and using #Bitcoin across vast distances is going to be interesting.


The following excludes people who want to be physicians, attorneys, etc.

I'm telling most young people to skip college, or to go to an associate granting tech school that will teach them skills that can be immediately applied.

That's what I did in my early 20's and I don't regret it as much as I regret finishing my BS in Computer Science at 30.

I'm paying like $1,500 per course and I'm on Udemy right now watching a course to accomplish what my professor just didn't do. It's a fucking scam. They essentially make you buy a book (usually shitty ones) and copy pasta some assignments between semesters. There are no lectures. The feedback and 'help' is garbage. The assignments are isolated and don't really translate to anything meaningful for me.

It's not that universities can't be useful. For me, it seems that professors are just lazy as fuck and put no effort into the courses anymore. It could be that the some schools are giving them too many courses. Either way, it's been a big waste of time and money for me because I am still spending money and time on outside resources, making me question exactly what I paid the school for.

I'm getting more out of sub $100 Udemy courses. That doesn't add up. A degree may get eyes on your resume, and you simply won't get hired for certain positions without it. But you definitely won't keep a position if you graduate knowing fuck all because of how shitty many colleges are now.

Just expect to spend $30k plus for a checkbox at most colleges.

Obviously, not all universities will be this way. If you do want to check the box, at least take a year to research schools that aren't there to just take a check and leave you flapping in the wind. I didn't do this and lost a lot of time and money that I didn't need to lose.

For the record, I do have a more solid understanding of engineering and fundamental CS concepts now. I just didn't need to give a college thousands of dollars for it. I literally would have been better off using open textbooks, Udemy (and other course platforms), and putting the savings into Bitcoin.

Peace.


Pretty cool. Makes a lot of sense from a business perspective.

I think it's important that we all keep supporting at an individual level so developers have income to fall back on if these companies start getting too pushy. A 'Fuck You' fund could be in order so developers can apply for funding if they ever find themselves in such a scenario.


Dip deez nuts. Every dip is a good dip for buying.


The whole "move fast and break things" concept has merit when applied to pushing boundaries in a healthy way (which I think was the intent).

However, the developers in tech seem to have taken this to mean that new features should be constantly added before the old ones fully work. The result has indeed been broken in my experience.

Software has always had bugs, but it seems like everything now is in a constant state of beta in the best cases, leaving me feeling more like an annoyed lab rat than a user.

What good are new features when the basic stuff hardly works? Why keep adding in half-baked features? Why not build solid, reliable foundations before adding in new parts? It feels a lot like adding onto a house while the other parts are collapsing.

Something to think about.


But security and protection of a politician isn't really political, so I only threw that in because I was left to infer what he meant by the statement. Those are the two biggest events I can recall.


I wasn't surprised that someone would attempt to kill him. I was surprised that the shooter was so close under the circumstances. I was surprised by the incompetence of his protection more than anything else. People miss targets. I wasn't necessarily surprised that he survived since people don't usually die from ear injuries.


Big brained economist blindsided by the will to be free and economically stable.


Who watched the Biden shit show for the last four years and fell over in shock when they couldn't contain him anymore? I was only shocked by how long it took them to boot him.

Trump getting shot at wasn't really surprising either.

What exactly has been unpredictable? lol

I don't put much value on this dipshit and his ability to predict things.

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So am I. That doesn't just negate the physical differences in muscle mass, bone density, etc between us. There are even subtle differences in things like our hips. The male hips just aren't as forgiving in certain positions (they don't really need to be). We are fundamentally different creatures physically and to some degree psychology. I don't think it's correct to say none of that matters just because we look about the same size.


Exactly. There has always been a price. Free is an illusion.


Then it will align better with reality. 'Free' is kind of what got us here. None of it is really free and never was. The price was our fucking souls. Pass. I'll happily pay money instead.


The way #Amethyst initially implemented them was heinous, not hilarious.


What a bear.


I think it because you have made it clear with your own statements.


Does anyone else have issues with StartOS HDMI? It'll work right after a boot, but it seems like the OS sleeps or something after awhile and the HDMI won't find a signal when the display is connected.

I have the machine connected to my TV and will periodically switch to that input, but I can't get anything to display unless the machine is hard restarted, which obviously isn't good. Trying to use the keyboard and mouse doesn't help.

The system is running the latest OS.

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I'm not being hostile. I'm posing a question with the intent of making you think. Yes, you did ask a question, but you framed it such that there's a suggestion of problems in fertility caused by being vaccinated that isn't true. It's a biased question with a premise that isn't true and a study is misrepresented as part of the implication. It doesn't matter whether you believe it, only that you framed it as if it could be true based on an image that you attached. There is no long term difference between the vaxxed and unvaxxed, and other infections and immune responses cause the same issue in men, so why ask the question at all? Because you want to imply something that isn't true. You're being intellectually dishonest and I'm calling it out. That isn't hostility.


It's rude to ask someone about their private medical history, but I chose not to get the Covid-19 vaccination. I did some digging to find the study referenced here and you've misrepresented the results with what you implied with your post.

The results found a temporary reduction in semen concentration and TMC decline, likely due to the immune response invoked by the BNT162b2 vaccine. You left out the bits about recovery after the immune response. For all we know, people who got covid infections or other types of infections could have the same temporary reactions. In fact, this is a side effect of Mumps (and other viral infections) for men except it can cause permanent infertility after a full on infection. Being vaccinated helps reduce that. I'll take a temporary reduction over permanent.

Most medications and treatments have risks, and I agree that Covid and the vaccines were handled completely wrong. However, spreading bullshit doesn't lend credibility to those of us who are concerned and want the general public to be aware rather than dismissive because of stuff like this. Just be intellectually honest.

Sources:
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9580820/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/andr.13209


An image of part of an opinion piece in a newspaper is enough evidence for you?

What other things do you believe that has evidence this weak?


The "you have to do it properly" is kind of where things start to break down for me. The alleged benefits of privacy by default break down once you realize that people don't have an economic incentive to stay in Monero, for various reasons. You can clearly see that now. So we are right back to not having privacy by default since people are expected to do things a certain way. I'd rather just have Bitcoin bound tools for people to use if they want to that doesn't require them to use an entirely different currency that they may or may not be able to get in or out of when they want to.


Yes, swapping would be short term, which is why I'm concerned that such an incentive will ruin any of the privacy benefits from Monero. There is no incentive to stay in Monero for long unless you're okay with decaying purchasing power. I'd rather have something that is tied to Bitcoin so I don't have to constantly worry about moving in and out of something. Keeping small amounts with a custodian like a mint still seems safer than moving in and out of Monero to me.

For the record, I ran Monero at one point and held some. I rarely had a chance to use it because hardly anyone does. Frankly, I'd rather build out privacy tools for the superior asset (without ruining Bitcoin) than sit around waiting for a completely different thing to never become mainstream. That's just my reality. All the talking points sound great, but it isn't getting widely adopted and I don't think it ever will outside of niche products like Mullvad and stuff like that.

It just seems more logical to have Bitcoin adjacent options for those who want them than to focus on an entirely different thing that is totally separate. If they somehow tied it to Bitcoin without me having to hope someone is there to swap with me then fine. I will give it another look. I don't speak for everyone, but these are the main reasons I gave up on Monero and support Bitcoin projects instead.


It's fun to see all the cool stuff being made, even if I don't use all of it.


We are all just offloading pain onto different bag holders at this point.


Maybe, but buying up Bitcoin in the short term using the fiat that caused all the problems is still going to lead to other problems in the short and long term. You can't have it all. Someone is going to get burned, and I imagine it will be the usual suspects (probably not the types of people involved in markets).


I find it odd when older people think they're too old to learn something. Did you get dumber with age? I'm probably still a dipshit, but I'm definitely a lot 'smarter' (experienced) than I was at 20.

Having the ability to reflect on whether you can learn at your age almost certainly means that you can. And you'll have the benefit of experience as you do.


The name for a persona can come from anything. Other people long before and after this did goofy stuff with money. How does this prove any connection between the Japanese and Bitcoin specifically?


An API that allows the client to post to that service on your behalf will probably be available at some point. It would most likely have to be built by that service though.


Your belief about atheists is actually a pretty well studied bias, by the way. Here is just one example: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0151

And you also say 'God' and 'His rules' as if that is some clear definition or morality. Which god? There are thousands. Which rules? There are many different rules, even amongst the Abrahamic religions alone. Much rape and murder has been committed in the name of god. There are examples explicitly in the Christian Bible saying it is okay to kill people for reasons I and many Atheists would say is wrong. I think you're just biased like most people.

You also say there are some sane atheists, as if sanity is at play. Do you also think most Atheists are insane? I haven't seen any evidence suggesting that Atheisism or religion is an indicator of sanity. Insanity doesn't really accommodate things like morality, religion, or reason. You can't really measure the beliefs of an insane person due to the detachment from reality.


What are you basing this on? You're making the claim as if it's fact, but haven't cited any evidence. Studies of inmates in the US, for example, disagree. Most of them are not atheists.


Is privacy leaked when moving Bitcoin into Monero?

My speculation is that you'd be seen going in and out of Monero, but not the stuff in between (which is still very beneficial). Can a similar outcome be achieved using tools already built for Bitcoin? (Lightning, Cashu, Coinjoin, etc). If so, why not just use those instead of abstracting farther away from your SOV asset?


Nothing to shoot at. You're giving me blue zaps right now.


I don't fear god and don't even believe in one, yet I don't think rape and murder are acceptable. One doesn't need to completely sell out intellectually to be moral.


That seems to be the kind of setup that makes me most happy, but things are declining everywhere. It's mostly drugs and property crimes in our smaller towns. A lot of it is actually perpetrated by people who come from the cities, interestingly enough. It's a way of reducing the odds of being caught or convicted for smaller crimes in the US due to how our jurisdictions work (my incentive theory).


I seem to use mute a lot less these days. Probably because I can more easily control the people I encounter on Nostr. #Primal seems to do an especially good job at showing me what I want to see from people I explicitly follow. Other client feeds have been like landfills in my experience and I definitely had to live by the mute sword.

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I ended up deleting Twitter, but I also benefit from taking time off Nostr too.


Yes, my city has them and healthcare workers have become social workers as a result. Fortunately, I live kind of outside the city amongst the farms, but I'll have to move in a few years. I like having a mix of the good from each. Things are getting worse everywhere, I'm afraid.


For comparison, Elon chose to censor political opponents on behalf of a dictator to avoid doing what Rumble did, which is far worse and can't just be circumvented with a VPN. It was an entire election at stake. Both suck, but one is clearly better in the context of the variables.


It isn't, but that doesn't have anything to do with the reality of the current problem. It won't matter until there is a viable alternative to things like YouTube and Rumble. Rumble picked the best of the only two options they really have given what they are.


Rather, it would be unfair to say that parents can or should necessarily do anything differently. It could be that you're already doing the best you can within your ability and in accordance with the tradeoffs you prefer.  There are disadvantages to the good old days or locations like where I grew up that get romanticized away by posts like the OP. Being way out in the middle of nowhere indeed meant I could stray father and be safer than in Atlanta, but we were also extremely poor comparatively.


I'm not sure if you think we disagree on something, so I'll just make it clear that we don't in case I've given that impression. Every place is different and therefore there is no one strategy for how to best live or raise children. That's the only point I was ever trying to make. I'm glad you feel safer in your town vs the local fields, but safety is relative and has more factors than just humans. I carry a gun everywhere, but that isn't for everyone (like children, maybe you or others, etc). Different places, cultures, laws, etc. I never meant to say that your woods are safer, only that mine were, which is why it's unfair to say all children should live the same way everywhere.


Unfortunately, this is a growing concern in many places. I see all kinds of goofy stuff in the emergency department related to issues like this.


That is it's business though. I do wish they had non-binary privacy options (rather than all in on tracking or nothing).

But really, most of their tracking methods rely on you browsing their site while using a web browser with a logged in session. Check out Firefox Containers if you use Firefox. Super cool tool.

I suppose we could use prepaid cards and bogus profile data too. I created my account years ago but I probably should look into reducing some of the stuff discussed here. I rely way too much on Amazon these days.


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And I strongly defend the right of women (and men) to put a bullet into anyone doing shit like that to stop the attack. We don't all get that right, unfortunately.


Sure, but that wasn't a problem where I grew up. That's my point. The whole issue is contextual. There isn't a place on earth where humans have no safety concerns and there never has been. There likely never will be. The only thing we can do is minimize our risk based upon our individual context. Unfortunately, that means kids can't do some things in some places that other kids in other places can. Or women, etc. I hate that anyone is harmed anywhere, but that has always been an issue to some degree for everyone everywhere. I'm losing track of the original topic now, but fuck the men doing that in your area.


If it makes you feel better, blocking JS scripts hinders a lot of the creepy tools websites use. Some websites just break though. Or browse in a separate container/browser that doesn't have login data stored and then copy and paste the item link into the credentialed browser or container when you want to checkout. I wonder if they have a guest checkout option.


This does remind me of some of the crap that I was turned off by when I was a web developer. Heat maps, pointer tracking, etc. You can learn a lot about a person from their keyboard and mouse usage.


To be fair, would you like it more if it recommended things you've never looked at and have zero interest in? It may be creepy, but that's kind of why you use it. It learns what you are most likely to want/need and feeds it to you. In fact, what you call creepy is an advantage in other contexts. For example, marrying a person. The advantages are actually very similar if you think about it. Now compare that to dating a different person every week. Amazon is your shopping spouse. lol


Meh. They can use a VPN. This is far better than what Elon did with Twitter in Turkey. They can either comply or do this. It's a centralized company. Those are the only two options I know of, and they chose the more principled of the two (and least harmful).


Just because you learn something once doesn't mean it's going to be easy to retain forever. Also, "math" is a very broad term. Being able to add and being able to solve complex calculus problems are clearly very different things. Math complexity isn't binary (easy or hard). Math has always been challenging for me and that's okay. Having a CS degree doesn't mean that all the math I learned is somehow easier for me just because I got a degree that included math classes. What the fuck even is "a math person?" I'd expect you to know since you think I should be one for going to public schools and college. I can use more complex mathematical tools than many, but that doesn't mean it comes easily or that I remember every single thing I covered in school.


Ayn Rand wrote a lot about this. There's no way around this other than removing government from business, which would naturally remove business from government. Businesses were historically bullied into buying regulators. Of course they're going to use government as an economic weapon when given the chance.


Exactly. There are extremes on both ends. My environment was hazardous, but not in the way some parts of Alaska, for example, would be for even trained adults. I don't think there's ever truly been a universal glory days when children everywhere could just venture off safely. It always has and always will be relative. Some people tend to romanticize the past as if everything has only gotten worse. Some hazards have merely been replaced by others, while some have been mostly eliminated. People who grew up in areas like mine decades before me had to worry about diseases caused by malnutrition while I didn't because of modern technology. Tradeoffs have always existed.


I remember buying certain shitcoins because I thought Bitcoin was old and crusty. It took me about six months to figure out that the scam tokens were fiat generators for scammers.

Learning and accepting that I was wrong about Bitcoin was what Dr. Phil calls a defining moment.

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I think location matters. I was allowed to walk multiple miles and disappear for a couple days, but we usually just told our parents to expect that and rhe general place we would be (the woods camping, a friend's house, etc). We lived in rural Georgia and Alabama in those years. There were few people around. A kid wandering off for miles/days in a place like New York City obviously has a completely different set of concerns compared to a kid in the rural south who grew up in the woods with guns, knives, fire, etc. I didn't worry much about getting kidnapped, raped, etc in the woods with my friends. In a city of millions of people, probably. But we also had other dangers to learn about (snakes, animals, etc). It's contextual.


I mean no for me, not that I don't think it would be a good option to have in general. It would be.


No, because it is coming directly from them. I want to see what the people I follow think is important, regardless of the actual source. What I don't want is a feed that is full of shit I explicitly don't want to see. Primal has actually done a decent job here. Amethyst was absolutely terrible. I would probably want more specific options here. I want to see their reposts, but maybe not everything they like, zap, etc.


My point is that you don't get to tell me what is more important to me and the money use case is directly related to the prevention of all kinds of tyranny, cyber or otherwise. You're trying to rank the use cases as if you're the arbiter of what is and isn't most important. All of the components are directly related. You can't have one benefit without the others. Otherwise, it wouldn't be Bitcoin. I don't need to read a thesis to disagree with your statements, but I am familiar with it and Lowery. I own a copy that I have not finished yet.


Be me (or don't)

Don't have a house.
Don't have kids.
Don't fly.

You don't have to have any of it, folks.

Have whatever YOU value, and ignore everyone else.

But if you do want all of this, listen to Hodl.

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You can't just rank value in a hierarchy like that.  The value of each feature is entirely contextual. The security of it and the monetary aspects are linked for me. I value both equally. What a state values may indeed be different, but that doesn't make my values secondary or tertiary from my context.


These are good suggestions. I'd like an option to see notes and other activity only from the npubs I explicitly follow. Yes, I want to create my own echo chamber. I've found that I find the people worth following organically without everything from everyone being crammed into my screen.


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It's nuts.


If you are into GNU/Linux, Fedora runs really well on ThinkPads in my experience.


Yes, but my point is that it's only feasible because of how relatively few people are actually using Monero. The space required to store the necessary data would be quite large if Monero reached the popularity of Bitcoin. The Monero privacy benefits aren't free. It's not like Bitcoiner's don't want privacy by default, we're just willing to admit that it comes at a huge cost, which a lot of Monero people seem unwilling to acknowledge from atop their high horses. The darker reality of Monero is that it's pretty centralized and would be more so as more people actually used it. The Monero fantasy, as far as I can tell, dies as it becomes reality.


I consider the two linked. Freedom go up must include number go up. You can't have freedom in the current system without also becoming wealthier. And enough of us have to get a seat at the table to make any real change, unfortunately. But yes, I also get the intent here. Free Ross should be more important than which goon is in charge of the goon squad.


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What are the tradeoffs for those privacy gains though? Because on a global scale, "freedom grade money for the people" would become impossible for the average person to store. I'd love for Bitcoin to be private without me jumping through hoops, but I value running my own nodes realistically more.

I'm game for hearing the proposals.


Same, but there are obvious overlaps in fundamental principles. I get why a lot of the early users are also Bitcoin and Monero types. I'm happy to see that Nostr is outgrowing us though.


I'd wear it and I don't even eat meat lol


He's Bitcoin's bitch now.


Not your keys, not your encryption lol


A fresh start is justified.

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Do they really encrypt them at all? Hard to tell given how closed it is.


Who?


GrapheneOS.


We would be better off if both parties were competing on who can be the most radical supporter of Bitcoin. Certainly more so than either of them actively fighting against it. Politics isn't as irrelevant as people want to pretend. People die from this shit.


Trump's speech was the part in a movie where you feel pretty safe taking a piss break.


No, but this is a bit reductive. Your life will absolutely be much worse if it's illegal to use those words for anything. Sure, I can remember 12 words, but that hardly matters if some dudes with guns will throw me into a cage for remembering them.


Just build and educate. That's all we can do.


There were probably many. The shitcoin was a human on a stage though.


Trump is spewing a bunch of buzz words. I guess I just haven't forgotten how Republicans did nothing to end the administrative state when they had near total control of government under Trump. He doesn't even understand Bitcoin, which is why he has to shift to his usual talking points when the buzz words run out.

Proof of work. More blabbering and executive orders at best isn't it.


The Connect Mutiny Wallet option in #Primal opens the Mutiny app, but does nothing to make a connection. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do in Mutiny. Has anyone else had this issue?


They can identify the shape of deez nuts.


Chopin was a genius. Music rarely invokes in me the feelings I have when listening to his music.