A lot of it is probably down to weird accounting practices in the US - Up until spring this year you had to account BTC as a intangible asset. This basically meant you could only write it down on paper, never up. That was of course really stupid and now you can just account it at fair market value. But this probably hampered corporate adoption quite a bit while it was still a factor.


Just had a look at my actual screen time stats for today, and I actually underestimated it quite a bit.
I've been using Coracle on mobile as well since a few days ago so it was actually 2 h 23 min. 83 min Coracle, and even 60 min everything else.
The "everything else" is all a few minutes per app like I mentioned, but it still added up to an hour which is more than I'd have guessed.


Mostly utility stuff - Taking down grocery lists, checking my calendar, checking the time, setting alarm clocks, using 2FA. These all take like <= 1 min each so that's why I'd guess the number is pretty low.

I also listen to podcasts pretty often - But if we're counting screen time I don't look at the phone except to start the episode though.

So basically I interact with my phone pretty often but not for very long at a time.


Oh, not very high at all, like 10-20 minutes a day or so. Don't ask me about my overall daily screen time though. 😅


GM!


For me the nostalgia zone is the X-Men '97 intro theme - Unironically hype AF even as an adult! 🔥😤

https://youtu.be/7L7fNV296h0


Both are soft fork proposals but that's the only point of similarity.

CTV is a way to do covenants (lock up coins in more interesting ways). This can be useful for some layer two ideas, and vaults among other things.

CISA is basically a optimization on use of block space. It'd mean batch payments and coinjoins become smaller and thus cheaper on chain.

https://bitcoinops.org is a good resource to learn more but it's also very technical.


Amber exists: https://github.com/greenart7c3/amber


It'd be cool if you added more discovery to the app - There's already lots of good apps on there, I'd like to be able to find stuff more easily. Even more so if you add more apps.


is this real or a meme?


These institutions should be avoided like the plague.

The IMF didn’t give a shit about El Salvador when they were destitute and the country was falling apart, because they were doing it with IMF debt.

Then when they shun IMF debt, and adopt Bitcoin, and the country is 100x improved, NOW suddenly it’s a very important concern to “stabilize the economy” and “provide growth” and “remove risk with Bitcoin.”

They are running a racket. It’s a scam and they KNOW they destroy countries with it. Anyone who doesn’t see it is just asleep. nostr:note16ayv2lwgr2uhf6g3lyklan4gugvjpnyame949l6ms8xvpk5xw98sx42qdx


Right, you basically give them an address, and deposit fiat, and as soon as they get the money they send you Bitcoin.


Ah so just an exchange that instantly pays out your Bitcoin to self custody? Yeah there's a couple of them that do that. Relai and Pocket Bitcoin for example.


I'm not sure I understand what you mean by locking sats for orders, but I don't think it matters. The problem is you can prove that your list of deposits / orders is complete and you didn't delete a entry.

Let's use a simplified example: Let's say you and I both have 1 BTC deposited on Kraken. Kraken in turn publishes a list of deposits stating they owe account A and account B 1 BTC each, and they have a list of addresses that have 3 BTC. Then it looks like they are 130% reserved, because they need to provide up to 2 BTC on request but have 3.

However Kraken actually has one more account C that is owed 2 BTC - Meaning they're actually 3 / 5 = 60% reserved, not 130%. Now if everyone takes out their BTC at once the last person will be rugged.

 The problem is basically you can prove how much Bitcoin you have, but not how much Bitcoin you owe. Because you'd have to prove a negative, I.E "prove you don't have more deposits than you published".


Runes are still like 90% of the Mempool tho. Plenty of  🤡s  around.

https://image.nostr.build/6cc78fc58190512c643f35018c3c8d5954fb41623899d047279fac7a89fa4b62.jpg


In order to for the custodian to be solvent liabilities have to be less
than reserves, so for every Bitcoin "claim" I have there must be one
real Bitcoin on chain able to be redeemed.

It's not too difficult to prove how much Bitcoin you have on chain actually - You can just publish your addresses somewhere. Several exchanges and ETF:s already do this. For example Bitwise, Fidelity, Kraken.

The sticky part is proving liabilities, I.E how much Bitcoin is owed to your customers. This info is not on the chain itself so it's harder to prove. The best way at the moment to do this is a 3rd party audit, but then you have to trust the auditor is not colluding with the custodian to hide some liabilities.


I've burned 75 k sats on being an eCash early adopter - Most of it I lost in Mutiny, I was trying to sweep out to my cold storage wallet and the transaction bugged out. I still have a GitHub issue open about it, not sure if I'll be able to get any help with it now since Mutiny is shutting down...


IVPN is now on Nostr.

Following a conversation at Baltic Honeybadger with  nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 regarding the pros and cons of 'company operated accounts on Nostr' + hearing talks on the future of free speech online, we are convinced that this is the right place (or rather, protocol) to be for us.

We've maintained a reserved, low-key presence on other social channels for many years. We as a team and as individuals prefer not to shout louder in a cacophony. While some companies thrive on oversharing for engagement and treating social communities as marketing funnels, such tactics don't align with our straightforward, no-bullshit approach.

For Nostr we are trying something different, without any compromise on these values. Expect more posts with direct opinions, in-depth analysis, privacy/VPN consultation and anything else that contributes to the community.

To anyone we've met at Bitcoin and other conferences over the years - hello! Nice to see you here. We are ready to continue the hundreds of conversations we had around trust, transparency, sovereignty, open-source ideals, LN merchant adoption, circular economy for Bitcoin and new radical ideas.

Reach out in public or private if you have any questions, ideas or suggestions. Let's do this!


Having a national intelligence agency speaking out in *favor* of E2EE is a nice surprise


I use Cromite, it's good. Native ad block and easy button to clear browser data.


These guys call themselves the "intellectual dark web" by the way 🤡


You're welcome James😂

The numbers just kind of make one glaze over at some point. You may as well have said the deficit is a gazillion bazillion dollars and it would have meant as much to me.


Just occurred to me this could be misinterpreted as dumping on Eliza. 😅

I was referring to Elon's proclaimed free speech maximalism.


1/n

Group chats with end-to-end encryption can be designed in many ways, each tailored for a specific number of participants and level of security.

If we regard the security of one-on-one chats in Keychat as perfect, scoring 100, and the security of large group chats without end-to-end encryption as nonexistent, scoring 0, we can map out where the five identified end-to-end encryption group chat models fall in terms of group size and security on a diagram as shown below: https://image.nostr.build/bf1fba2fd9576cb7f4f16c1d6b0722c51d6e8c628146330b0afd3eb42f6a545f.jpg


Talking tough in public but bending the knee in private.  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx was right again.


No comment necessary. https://i.nostr.build/82gI65rUqMV0eb9h.jpg


WoT Relay v0.1.12

 - Ability to disable archiving reactions (saves a lot of space and compute)
 - Ability to prune old notes (you pick how many days to prune)
 - Various performance optimizations and bug fixes

Please update your relays and feel free to use these new features!
https://github.com/bitvora/wot-relay

Updated list of WoT relays:

wss://wot.utxo.one
wss://nostrelites.org
wss://wot.nostr.party
wss://wot.sovbit.host
wss://wot.girino.org
wss://relay.lnau.net
wss://wot.siamstr.com
wss://wot.sudocarlos.com
wss://relay.otherstuff.fyi
wss://relay.lexingtonbitcoin.org
wss://wot.azzamo.net
wss://wot.swarmstr.com
wss://zap.watch
wss://satsage.xyz
wss://wons.calva.dev


I've had some minor success with people such as this pointing out cases were we all know the experts either got it wrong or where outright lying / malicious.

A couple of my go-to examples of this are either WMDs in Iraq or bank bailouts. Nobody likes to defend these.

Just point out that they people they're outsourcing their thinking to may not know themselves, or have the best intentions.

But yeah, it's very difficult with people that think like this. 😕


Central planners down bad 🔥🔥

https://video.nostr.build/24f954e0b16dca9056d363d398fe3e449b39cf42751d07e77c4bd8e82341fe9c.mp4

Via Peter St Onge twtr nostr:npub1xr4duv928lxxkl8ease7elutw77zmagph387az2fcg5clr2e43zq6sf6z3


I was a unique case of homeschooling because I was homeschooled through 8th grade then went made the decision to go try high school because I was worried I might be stupid compared to other kids who I knew through sports, clubs, community, etc… My parents made it clear that it was my decision to make, so I made it.

Turns out I was not, in fact, stupid relative to the other kids… I was able to skip through math classes in high school and graduated valedictorian while being a three-sport athlete all four years. I discovered that public school is absurdly easy, because everything caters to the lowest common denominator. The focus was on time spent (in your desk, doing homework, etc) vs deliverables. Put another way, it was an “hourly” mentality instead of a “salary” mentality.

That said, I had some really great science and math teachers in high school that I am still very grateful for. They were also the type of teachers who thought administrative mandates were bullshit and just wanted to focus on teaching.

Things I liked most about being homeschooled:
- I finished all my work in 2-3 hours in the morning and spent the rest of the day outside — I was outside constantly.
- I was done when I was done. There was no “homework” because it was all at home.
- I could do my work from anywhere, or work ahead a few days bitcoin if needed. There were no arbitrary constraints.
- It taught me to work on deliverables.
- I read a shitload.
- I was never uncomfortable around “adults.” They were just bigger people to me. I showed everyone respect, but I was perfectly comfortable and happy hanging out with adults even as the only kid (plus my sister).
- I got to do a bunch of random shit because I my schoolwork itself took very little time.

On the subject of random shit, one of my favorite memories is when my mom set me up with a legit blacksmith to apprentice for a day. He’s the first person who taught me about Fibonacci. Seriously brilliant and badass dude. Made a huge impression on me and I will never forget it.

I also just played in the woods constantly. Started fires, built forts, used knives and axes and guns from a young age.

In terms of things I disliked, the only real thing was the worry that I was not going to be as smart as my peers at public school. Benchmarking was hard. It’s the whole reason I decided to go to high school, only to find out that a lot of people are complete morons, with zero initiative, drive, or grit.

I also spend a day a week at a Montessori school for a year or two. That was neat. Zero “schoolwork” was done. We just built shit and cooked shit and played outside.

My parents also helped found a small charter school (about 10 kids). We would get together once a week and had a couple tutors who came in. I had an awesome Mennonite algebra tutor named Edith. We got on swell.

Anyway, highly recommend homeschooling, and will be doing it with our kid(s). There are infinitely more online resources available now than there were when my parents did it.


Today some neighbouring villages celebrated Alpabzug to welcome autumn.
https://v.nostr.build/lT0JtkHuuBUZrOcV.mp4


Simple, sharable steps to adopt a Proper Human Diet

1. Eliminate anything containing added sugar from your diet.
This sugar provides no benefit to your body and leads to high blood sugar, high insulin levels & chronic inflammation. This includes fruit juices which in many cases contain more sugar than a Coke.

2. Eliminate all grains & legumes from your diet. Wheat, rice, oats, corn, soybeans, etc. These have very little in the way of meaningful nutrition and contain 2 things to avoid; i. starch-long chains of sugar that break down into sugar in your body & ii. gluten-like inflammatory proteins that lead to chronic inflammation.

3. Eliminate seed oils from your diet. Canola, soybean, corn, peanut, sunflower, safflower, etc. These oils are new to the human diet and contain too much Omega-6 fatty acids that research has shown to lead to chronic inflammation in some people.

*** These 1st 3 steps will remove 100% of ultra-processed food from your diet and will give immediate results (in weeks) for 80% of people.

4. Make sure each meal contains meat, seafood or eggs. These foods were eaten by your ancestors for millions of years and are very nutrient-dense. Although many main-stream sources claim that these foods are inflammatory, we've seen bloodwork from 10,000's of people whose inflammatory markers go down on meat.

Carbohydrate Knob theory: Some people can tolerated more carbs than others. People who fatten easily or develop diabetes easily need to turn down their carb intake knob closer to zero. Young, active people can tolerate more natural carbs in their diet. Remember, there is no Need for carbs in the diet. As you turn down the Carb Intake Knob more & more you will be eating more meat, eggs & seafood...

Snacking: Snacking is never healthy, regardless of the snack. Eat discrete meals during the day separated by periods of not eating. Eating due to boredom or stress is never a healthy choice.

Plant Toxins: All plants use chemical defense chemicals to protect their parts, this is inarguable. Some plants are more toxic than others. Some people can tolerate these toxins more than others. Anyone suffering from inflammatory or auto-immune disease should try 90 days of Carnivore to see if they are reacting to the plant chemicals.

DAIRY: All mammals (you) can tolerate dairy as an infant. At about age 4-8 years most people (70% +/-) become lactose intolerant. That is not the only problem with dairy. Many people also become sensitive to the Caseins & Wheys in milk. This manifests in inflammatory conditions of the skin, joints, gut, mental... Dairy also contains caso-morphins that mimic morphine in the brain and can make dairy addictive to some people. This is good for keeping babies interested in mother's milk, but can cause adults to over eat/drink dairy for the good feeling. Some cheeses actually concentrate the caso-morphin content...

OK, that a good beginner course, I will answer every good question you ask here...


Great work nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmp0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqzpa5rapcrtaadfazwpwvvl0v4xlskg4df9nfcem7yevcaka2h7hhj7r38t6 , this is a must read. Implementing WoT well is critical for making nostr live up to the promise.

One takeaway in particular I appreciated was the distinction between direct propagation, transposition, and co-citation as different ways to build out a trust graph. Coracle only uses direct propagation, but each method has different characteristics that can add nuance to recommendations.

Read it!

nostr:nevent1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmp0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqzp3j5nn50xe93dlx2k20lnmhe5ddu8h45xnykavunzzufpwskf0anhwt2pt


The money in your bank account is not yours!

You often hear or read this on social. This week, I also experienced it myself.

My bank blocked access to my bank account because they didn't understand that I work for a Swiss company but get paid by a local business.

Compliance saw this as a risk. They checked my socials and saw one of the 'This Week in Bitcoin' videos.

Instead of calling me up and allowing me to explain the situation, they just blocked access to the account.

Luckily, I have #Bitcoin to opt out of this madness and don't need to trust a third party.

Get off zero, folks, and own enough sats! This is the best hedge against a failing system we have, period!

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


Lots of debate about the Saylor / Saifedean conversation

I thought it was really interesting

No one really knows what credit will look like in a Bitcoin Standard

They both make good points

I tend to think that (young, less capitalized, etc) people will of course still borrow to buy a car or or a home, to Michael's point

But I also agree with some of Saifdean's points about the inevitable decline in value of government debt

People seemed to hyperlock onto a short clip of it on X and spit takes instead of listening to the whole thing which is unfortunate

There's way too much 100% agreement in this space so a 2-hour animated conversation with two people who do share a lot in common but really disagree strongly on some stuff and aren't afraid to push back is very refreshing


Not much to explain: It's spam. No clear point to it, most likely just someone trolling.

Relay and client devs are working on better spam filtering tools to get rid of it as we speak.

Primal works pretty well to get rid of it for me. Amethyst can also work if you mute the username of the bot "replyguy on wss://"


360 connections to my relay and only about 2mbps of bandwidth being used

My little pc and home Internet can handle 50x more traffic than this

Nostr scalability will never be a problem so long as 1 in 15,000 people runs a shitty relay at home


You can have credit in a full reserve banking system, but it'll be very different to how credit works today.

Credit as it is today is fiat subsidised and backed. So it is artificially cheaper, it causes the boom-bust cycle, and it rewards insiders.


The biggest issue I'm having right now is that the web app has stopped hiding mutes altogether. Please fix this ASAP, it's extremely aggravating. 🙏

https://github.com/PrimalHQ/primal-web-app/issues/87


Sparrow v2.0.0 released with:

SLIP39 shares recovery
Trezor Safe 5 support
Ledger Stax and Flex support
Update to Java and JavaFX 22

And more: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/2.0.0

https://sparrowwallet.com/download/


Here’s my report from the courtroom on what happened in the status conference today for the #Samourai case.

#newstr #freesamourai #freedomtech

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/samourai-developers-appear-together-in-court-for-first-time-at-status-conference


GM #gmprotocol


protip: If you are seeing spam in your notifications, you can enable this option which hides notifications from those who are not friends or friend-of-friends. Its a bit subtle so you might have missed it 😅 https://image.nostr.build/c27cbdbcec5ca6680b796e53fef0c02ef94ae76c36616c4e2728488ec537afc8.jpg


Peer to Peer vs #Nostr.

I love the idea of a fully peer-to-peer (p2p) networks, and have played with a couple. The problem with p2p networks is that they suffer from connectivity issues, particularly with mobile.

If I text you, and you are offline, I can't send the message. Then later you go online, but now my phone is off-line, it doesn't get sent either.

#Nostr is great because you can run your own nostr relay if censorship gets extreme. If I am running my own relay, and you are running your own relay, then we are peer to peer. #nostr can morph into p2p.

Even better, #nostr does this dynamically only for those who need it and are willing to host their own relay. For everyone else, they can utilize the performance enhancements you get from using relays.

#nostr can adapt and route around censorship obstacles.

Additionally, I believe the really important #nostr innovation to fight censorship is onboard users to having their own public-private key pair. This is a super-power. Once you and I have public and private keys, we don't have to utilize relays. We can use UPS, ham radio, carrier pigeon, or lasers bounced off the moon.

Practically speaking, I don't think that #nostr can be stopped.

nostr:note1ltl9n730rcgz2kvhttqvtslawg476kvaz4c38c6llywxzaz3uymqqrtwz9


It's amazing that bitcoin exists, and that it continues to work. It's amazing that nostr exists, and that all the stuff that we only dreamed about a few short years ago is being built out before our eyes.

Zaps and splits and eCash and self-sovereign infrastructure and streaming sats and swarm highlights and zapraisers and marketplaces and secure chat and and and. And this is just the beginning. "It's as bad now as it will ever be."

Grateful to be part of it all.


How much do you actually know about intellectual property (IP)?

Did you know, for instance, that nobody has ever proven that IP is a net positive for society?

https://image.nostr.build/41db5a48bf880865404f1a184856ed9a6b9fbb643d184cf0e77a6988a558a6c0.jpg

Logics dictate that this artificially created privilege is a net negative for humankind.

In economics terms, IP blocks many of the positive externalities that comes out of ideas.

To say it in plain language, good ideas are more valuable for society the faster they spread and the cheaper they are to put into use, but IP slows down the speed of dissemination of ideas and forces people to pay before they can use them.

As an author, I think it's extremely sad that the mechanics of society mean that I depend on copyrights.

I clearly see how it corrupts peoples' minds and hearts, just like all other political priveleges do.

Below you get a glimpse of how detrimental IP is to people living in developing countries, and how it corrupts countries once they have been industrialized.

Up until the 20th century, the U.S. government had lax enforcement of IP, particularly concerning foreign creators.

The legal framework allowed for the widespread piracy of foreign works, as the 1790 Copyright Act explicitly excluded protections for non-US authors.

This led to rampant appropriation of foreign designs and publications, with little consequence for infringers, as the government prioritized domestic interests over foreign IP rights.

Officials believed that strong IP protections would mainly benefit foreign creators, raising costs for domestic consumers and hindering local innovation.

The prevailing view was that the U.S. economy needed to develop its own capabilities through imitation before it could afford to protect foreign IP rights.

This perspective was influenced by a "frontier culture" that prioritized individualism and innovation over strict adherence to IP laws.

Calls for better protection from figures like Charles Dickens largely went unheeded, reflecting a broader culture of IP violation during this period.

The US changed its position dramatically in the 20th century, when itself became the strongest economic nation in the world.

While many developing nations, including India, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico, resisted stringent IP standards, and argued IP favored developed countries at the expense developing countries, Uncle Sam, the former pirate protector, became the world's most aggressive enforcer of IP, pressuring developing countries with the use of trade sanctions.

I want an end to all artificial priveleges.

This first and foremost includes monetary monopolies and intellectual property rights.

Monetary monopolies centralize power and wealth.

Intellectual property legislation blocks the decentralizing effect of ideas.

Both corrupt society at high speed.

Abolishing these political instruments dramatically changes society for the better.

In the meantime, I'll just have to live with the fact that copyright is the way an author today earns his money.

But I'm not going to let it corrupt me.


Aaron Swartz would have loved nostr.

Effectively the culmination of his life’s work.

1999: At the age of 12, he co-authored the RSS 1.0 specification, which is a format for syndicating web content.

2000: Swartz became a member of the Creative Commons organization, which aims to expand the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally.

2002: He founded the Infogami platform, which later merged with Reddit.

2005: Swartz joined Reddit as a co-founder after a merger with Infogami.

2006: He left Reddit and began working on various projects, including the development of the web application framework, "Open Library," which aimed to create a web page for every book ever published.

2008: Swartz was involved in the development of the "Demand Progress" organization, which focused on issues related to internet freedom and government transparency.

 2010: He played a significant role in the campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), advocating for internet freedom. He also developed a tool that allowed users to download large amounts of data from PACER  (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), which was typically behind a paywall.

 2011: Swartz was arrested for downloading a large number of academic journal articles from JSTOR with the intent to distribute them freely.  The U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts pursued the case against Swartz, and he faced the possibility of severe penalties, including up to 35 years in prison.

 2012: On January 11, Aaron Swartz tragically passed away at the age of 26. He allegedly took his own life due to the pressure of government prosecution.

https://cdn.satellite.earth/43780cc29e73f0ac8a226aba6e3ca93422a9022c4b27422995e5b99127d8d900.mp4


Soon, in Australia, criticizing the banks will soon be considered a ‘serious harm’ and subject to prosecution. https://image.nostr.build/59f922deb361ab74e7657af79a0554138cd9813cd2e753d86fbdc3383f73eaab.jpg


There were a lot of books that were informative or changed my mind on certain topics, but for what changed my life the most I'd have to say "Getting Things Done" by David Allen.

Actually putting what that book taught me in practice really did change my life for the better. First I got all the day to day stuff organized, but the really cool part was what happened after that: I started being much more stoic about "stuff" in general, and way more strategic about what I want.


Learning by touching the stove.


GM NOSTR ☀

Nothing I love more than seeing Bitcoin used to break through barriers 🤙

nostr:npub1kmwdmhuxvafg05dyap3qmy42jpwztrv9p0uvey3a8803ahlwtmnsnhxqk9 and nostr:npub1m7r9aayrqjtt2q0whkyrwlys75s5d828c5uewvqwyfd2kxefkfjqgeny2w are showing the world the power of sound money in action!

https://video.nostr.build/09c7211b9504128764e2afeee8b483f78e386db4faf5e710d01bde26540882e4.mp4


Kraken Germany removed support for the Lightning Network due to "new regulations that came into effect on September 10th".

The only problem: German banking authority BaFin says it doesn't know anything about new regulations taking effect on that day.

Full story:
https://www.therage.co/kraken-germany-lightning-support/


I’m actually a person who didn’t care about bitcoin in the slightest before nostr. https://i.nostr.build/sxOBhFUM3LoHP02n.jpg https://i.nostr.build/fkXtekGGVdgVTFUx.jpg https://i.nostr.build/YMDYpVaiEnEBP9Ek.jpg


OpenSats is proud to provide long-term support for Jason Donenfeld, a pivotal figure in developing essential cryptographic and networking tools.
https://opensats.org/blog/jason-donenfeld-lts-grant


Kraken drops support for Lightning Network in Germany

They don't want you using encrypted money

https://stacker.news/items/681879


There are dozens of Bitcoin "layer 2" projects with millions in VC funding and huge followings on X.

None of the Bitcoiners I know has even heard of them. These projects don't go to Bitcoin conferences, they go to shitcoin conferences.

Layer 2 is this cycle's scam. Be safe.


How to make unconfiscatable money confiscatable.
 https://image.nostr.build/1241a525aa7ca8e4a9d04b14ca3bfe5a712e2f6bad73e364b3970e68c82e536a.jpg


🚀 BR075 - Bitcoin Core, COLDCARD, BitKit, RAMBO Attack, Chinese Hardware Backdoors, Nostr Censorship?! + MORE ft. nostr:npub1p4kg8zxukpym3h20erfa3samj00rm2gt4q5wfuyu3tg0x3jg3gesvncxf8, nostr:npub1mxrssnzg8y9zjr6a9g6xqwhxfa23xlvmftluakxqatsrp6ez9gjssu0htc & nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8

Listen to the episode:
➡ Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/iUJfWvpxPGjm6Z7AUsy0
➡ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2fmcw2ak
➡ Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/5yzjc8yt
➡ Apple: https://tinyurl.com/yz6fc9tf
➡ YouTube: https://youtu.be/xl-hyGGaLmM

Shownotes:
➡ Website: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-75
➡ Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/bitcoinreview/p/bitcoin-review-podcast-br075-bitcoin

Is the dawn of nostr censorship here?! NVK and guess discuss the recent development of nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs  being tagged for hate speech on nos social. And ask the important question... when Commie Meter™? 👇
https://m.primal.net/KnHJ.mov


Just said “nothing stops this train” on Fox Business live. ;)


GM

 nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f is a unpaid 100% passthrough volunteer organization.

The whole team genuinely cares about the mission.

We have extremely very diverse opinions and backgrounds and very limited operational resources for the volume of applications.

No application is decided by a single person. We also have committee of also volunteer peers who also opine and vote. Once the committee votes with soft ACKs. We have a minimum of 5 positive votes by the board for approval policy.

Everyone and their applications are considered! But we are not going to fund everything. After careful volunteer time is used for reviews a vote is made.

There are many orgs with different methods.

No one is entitled to be funded. Pro tip, be graceful. Aside from being extremely unprofessional to shit on OpenSats in public, you are shitting on unpaid ppl who are trying to do their best and are not perfect. We simply don't have the time and resources (and shouldn't waste money) on giving each and everyone a very detailed feedback. we are talking about hundreds of applications and a dozen ppl here.

Criticism is very much always welcomed and encouraged. We need to know what we can do better.

If you truly care about improving, send a fucking EMAIL. Bitching in public only hurts the ppl who are doing the work.

The FOSS funding will continue until freedom improves ✌


GN
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Today’s status conference on the Samourai trial was pushed back to September 17.

I’ll be at the courthouse to report on the conference next week.

#newstr #freedomtech #samourai


// “The Damage Of Digital Technology To Our World" - The Censorship Machine Keep Grinding //
My new article on Substack

Are the UN, the CIA, and other organizations behind the censorship beast that's spiraling out of control? More about Telegram CEO's arrest, Brazil X ban etc. - as part of the "war on free speech"

https://open.substack.com/pub/efrat/p/the-damage-of-digital-technology


The leading #free #WasabiWallet coordinator is now facilitating larger CoinJoins than the now-defunct zkSNACKs coordinator. 🟢 Check out this massive transaction: https://mempool.space/tx/07f97698ac6b6aaac99b60b7ad49be3154e65d7031e071f20efda87cdd76c7d8

#Bitcoin #Privacy #CoinJoin


Apparently Nostr did grow ~25% right when Twitter got killed in Brazil: https://cdn.satellite.earth/52a154bd99e488ee2e23563517be75f0c93c7683d2c89c9fc9393bd19d7e7017.png


Today we celebrate Arminius, the rebel.

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On the 9th of September in 9 AD, he led a coalition of Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg ForestTeutoburg Forest against three Roman legions.

It was David's fight against Goliath, and in just three or four days, Arminius and his men dealt the Romans such a blow that the empire was forced to give up its ambitions to rule the Germanic people.

Arminius was born around 18 BC into the Cherusci tribe.

The Cherusci were an early Germanic tribe inhabiting northwestern Germany during the first centuries BC and AD.

They are noted for their strong inclination towards peace, which, as described by Roman sources, sometimes led to their downfall.

This was viewed as self-deception in a region populated by more aggressive neighbors, resulting in the Cherusci being labeled as cowards by their adversaries, like the Chatti, who were more martial in nature.

Arminius' family was part of the tribal nobility.

At this time, it was common that the Roman empire held young nobles from conquered or allied territories hostage to serve as leverage against their home tribes.

Arminius was therefore sent to Rome to serve as a hostage during his youth.

He received a thorough education.

This was part of the empire's strategy to integrate and assimilate elites from conquered regions.

Arminius was granted Roman citizenship, a significant honor.

He was also given the equestrian rank, which was a social class just below the senatorial order, indicating his high status within the Roman system.

Upon reaching adulthood, Arminius received a thorough military training and became an officer in the auxiliary forces.

Auxiliaries were non-citizen troops from the provinces who served alongside Roman legions.

These units were often used for frontier defense and were crucial in Roman military strategy due to their local knowledge and combat skills.

Arminius's service likely included campaigns against other Germanic tribes or other threats to the Roman Empire's northern borders.

His role would have given him firsthand experience with Roman military tactics, organization, and discipline.

Around 7 AD, Arminius returned to Germania, serving under Publius Quinctilius Varus, the Roman governor of Germania.

His position allowed him to gain Varus's trust.

While serving Rome, Arminius secretly began to organize a coalition of Germanic tribes.

His skills in organizing and leading the Germanic tribes were remarkable.

They were often at odds with each other, but Arminius, who was a charismatic leader, managed to forge a coalition.

He had to handle the egos and ambitions of various tribal leaders, and his diplomatic skills were essential in maintaining unity among tribes like the Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, and Bructeri.

His own background as a Cheruscan noble who had served in the Roman military gave him credibility both among his own people and with other tribes.

Arminus effectively communicated the common threat posed by Roman expansion, rallying the tribes under the banner of freedom from Roman rule.

This shared goal was crucial in overcoming tribal rivalries.

Organizing a large-scale attack on the Romans required foresight and patience.

Arminius spent time building alliances and planning the logistics, ensuring that the tribes could strike when the Romans were least prepared.

He chose the battlefield wisely.

The Romans typically fought in organized formations like the testudo (tortoise) or in legionary lines.

The dense forest and marshy terrain of the Teutoburg Forest negated the Roman advantages in open battle formations and heavy infantry.

Under the pretense of leading Varus to quell a local uprising, Arminius lured Varus and his three legions (Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, and Legio XIX) into the Teutoburg Forest.

The route was narrow, with dense woods and marshes.

The weather was awful, with rain and storms.

The Romans were totally unprepared for battle, when the attacks started around September 9.

The first assault came suddenly, with Germanic warriors attacking from all directions.

The combination of  terrain and terrible weather conditions made it almost impossible for the them to maintain anything resembling their preferred formations.

Over the next few days, the Romans attempted to march through the forest, but they were continuously harassed by Germanic warriors.

The Germans used hit-and-run tactics, attacking, then retreating into the forest.

They attacked from cover, using javelins, arrows, and engaged in close combat when advantageous.

As the Romans tried to push through, they were funneled into even narrower paths where they were easier targets.

The Germans also blocked paths with felled trees.

The continuous attacks, combined with the depressing weather conditions, led to exhaustion and demoralization among the Romans.

Constant harassment and the inability of the Romans to form effective battle lines, wore down the Roman's morale.

On what is believed to be the third or fourth day, on the September 11 or 12, the Romans attempted to fortify a position, but they were overwhelmed.

Varus, seeing the inevitable defeat, took his own life.

Around 15,000 to 20,000 Roman legionaries were killed.

Additionally, there were significant losses among auxiliaries and camp followers, possibly bringing the total Roman and allied casualties to around 25,000 to 30,000.

It's generally believed that the Germanic losses only were in the range of a few thousand.

The legions' eagles, symbols of Roman military honor, were captured.

The defeat shocked Rome.

Emperor Augustus is said to have wandered around his palace, banging his head against the walls, crying "Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!"

The loss was not just military but also a significant blow to Roman morale and expansionist ambitions in Germania.

Rome abandoned its plans to conquer and directly administer the Germanic territories east of the Rhine.

The frontier was stabilized along the Rhine and Danube rivers, marking a significant shift in Roman imperial policy.

The victory boosted the morale and unity among various Germanic tribes.

Arminius's success in organizing the tribes wasn't just about military strategy; it was a blend of political acumen, cultural understanding, and personal charisma.

His ability to turn a collection of often-warring tribes into a cohesive force against a formidable enemy like Rome makes his achievement particularly noteworthy.

But it was Arminius' rebellion against a state that held him as hostage from he was a young boy and which tried to brainwash him and turn him against his own people, that should impress us the most.


Good evening.

My September newsletter is out. It's an update on the fiscal dominance view:
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https://www.lynalden.com/september-2024-newsletter/


Why don't we make buildings like this anymore 😭 https://i.nostr.build/ZHqnkFsiaClQDyHx.jpg


Turns out I was mistaken and nos.lol is not associated with the commies over @ nos.social

Not malicious.

Nos.social however is a malicious client run by extreme leftist ideologues. Avoid at all costs.

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Ordinals will run out of customers like every other shitcoin. There's no reason to risk compromising #Bitcoin Core to "kick them out".


Inspired by nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx & nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy  I joined forces with nostr:npub1tp6w7td3sjnphrrsd9hacam4pqhudc5ylj6v5g2akcu4cl2pl49smp5hhr here in Paraguay to organize a monthly Bitcoin meetup…

Tonight is Meetup #3… high hopes for tonight🚀  we had 80-90 people show up to last month’s meetup, which was overwhelming but we managed…

The local brewery hosting us is accepting bitcoin for the first time tonight… 🍻

Cole / Southern Bitcoiner nostr:npub1u8uyh2gzpjdpy3xwtrh25vw886zx6gcaz8vl5lncgtpz70ugj27s3yqgum
Is giving a self custody presentation… 🫡

we have a local Spanish & Portuguese language round table for Bitcoin basics… 🇵🇾 🇧🇷

Tonight we are sponsored by Blink Wallet and used the funds they provided to make materials to distribute to our pleb army & launch our efforts to onboard local businesses here in Asuncion as well as give the plebs some stickers… 🫡

Just finished cutting stickers by hand and rushing to get everything ready… got that nervous energy going every time I get in front of the #plebs 🚀🚀🚀

Going to hit the gym and grab a pump before we ROCK THIS THING 🚀🙌🏼🌽

https://lu.ma/pj23rd6g

#plebchain #coffeechain #bitcoin #meetup #hodl #plebs #orangepill #nostr #growstr #introductions #paraguay #asuncion #btc #LFG https://image.nostr.build/9be31e45433b977b9ee24888e60abeaa9315b410f8afe582b55ca02cdc7f7a38.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6c76579fe293fd2104ca9be9044571878f8ee49d6181b853e97fcdff5c3b20ed.jpg https://image.nostr.build/166785633c6855813a9951d6c5625cce2b6592952d8e1c208cc85d9df97dd260.jpg https://image.nostr.build/5f20c0c74350dc9161222796835d9eb1e46a3ecd2632cf0d02da47acf7553d53.jpg


The official opening of the new Bitcoin space in Chiang Mai has been an exciting milestone, and the energy from the community has been nothing short of inspiring. It's clear this space is set to become a vibrant hub for innovation, collaboration, and growth within the Thai Bitcoin ecosystem. We're thrilled to see where this journey takes us!

#Bitcoin
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I’ve disconnected from the nos relay.

Will be treating it as a malicious relay until further notice.


lol apparently the nostr:npub1pu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqswtfch client considers this post intolerance and hate speech.

Pathetic. I will be avoiding this client like the plague. https://image.nostr.build/7994b2b051ff8df3e0d0db41971e59c0aaa02703c6887e0db2c2e9086f119b18.jpg  nostr:note1n65749vamq9qtrsh8j7xgclpt7qym5yzssta5s233p3cnp2g0fqqjk872p


You just can't make this stuff up... Aruba's central bank cites the Nigerian experience as a model to follow for introducing a CBDC and reducing cash use.

The Nigerian government created a cash shortage so bad it led to protests and riots!

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

At the time, I explicitly wrote that this experience was a cautionary tale about why CBDCs should be avoided. Yet, the central bank of Aruba seems to see the opposite.

Stuff like this is exactly why the  nostr:npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as CBDC Tracker is here.

https://cbdctracker.hrf.org/home


The IRS is horrible.  It's a long story, but I have a business and was paying payroll taxes to the state and the IRS.  I hate licking envelopes, so I used a glue stick.  The state envelope seems to have stuck to the federal envelope and gotten mailed to the IRS.  They opened the envelope not addressed to them (mail fraud) and stamped "Department of the Treasury" over "Wyoming Department of Employment" and cashed the check (check fraud).  Then I spent 2 years and over 100 hours trying to get things fixed and being treated as a criminal trying to get my money back because they misapplied the credit, so it looked like I hadn't paid my taxes even though I'd overpaid because they stole my money.

One of my goals in life is to abolish the IRS.  They are criminals and incompetents.  There is nothing good about the organization.


Each autumn, we migrate south to Patagonia – not just for its untamed beauty, but as a testament to sovereign living.  The unspoiled wilderness speaks a language our souls understand.
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We've established our own 'node' along a deep blue river there. It's more than a camp; it's our proof-of-work for harmonious, self-reliant existence. Where nature and personal sovereignty intersect.
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Everything we have onsite needs to be floated in across the river.
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Water, the lifeblood of any camp. With the help of a great friend, we built running water systems and reservoirs to sustain all the water needs of our camp.
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In this digital age, even the wilderness needs a connection. We bridged worlds by setting up Starlink internet access for remote work and communications purposes. Starlink = Game changer
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We built a crow's nest hideaway nestled in the trees. Yoga spot, thinking perch, great spot to chill after a plunge in the river.
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Our crown jewel: a geodesic dome tent. Light enough to float across the river, yet durable enough to withstand Patagonia's temperamental weather.
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We sourced materials locally and repurposed what we could.
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The milled oak was beautiful but heavy. We pivoted to galvanized steel framing for the base, a reminder of staying flexible and to search for solutions through technology gains.
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Most of our interior beams came from river driftwood, collected and floated to camp. Nature's discards became our treasures.
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https://v.nostr.build/MlPX9BKlwhAYv9sV.mp4
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A wood stove for warmth, electric wiring for light, and running water for comfort. Simple luxuries that make a world of difference in the backcountry.
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This project is our commitment to a new way of living – one that respects both natural law and individual sovereignty and a “camp” that is robust enough to host our friends, family, and more!
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Even assuming Tucker is not just full of shit (big assumption), all you really know is they somehow got wind of that interview. NSA have a lot of ways to wiretap people, so he's just speculating it's through Signal.


The actual E2EE conversations are secure: The encryption is Open Source and well audited, and the apps have reproducible builds on all platforms were that's possible. If anybody claims Signal can read your messages that's BS IMO.

That said, Signal have copped some criticism that they still need a phone number for sign up. IIRC they said want Signal to be a drop in replacement for WhatsApp and to have easy onboarding via SMS. But the paranoid take would be that it's also a easy metadata id for everyone on the app, so you can see who is talking to who, even if you don't know what they're saying.

Personally I'm fine with the tradeoff for being easy to use and normie friendly though. Like, if you are personally targeted by a alphabet agency it's probably not safe for you to use a phone at all regardless of what app you're using.

If you're really concerned about this you can switch to SimpleX, but personally I feel like that's overkill in most people's threat model. Just don't go to Telegram instead, they cast a lot of FUD on Signal's security even though they're worse in every way.


Uh, yes. Many times.

https://ooni.org/post/2021-how-signal-private-messenger-blocked-around-the-world/
https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/onvcw0/list_of_countries_who_banned_signal/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/9/24217008/signal-blocked-venezuela-russia


Bitcoin wealth holders are growing, in numbers and in wealth!

According to Henley & Partners‘s most recent report, these are the numbers:

-85,400 fiat millionaires (1 year growth 112%)

-156 centi-millionaires (1 year growth 100%)

-11 billionaires (1 year growth 83%)

The implications of #bitcoinaires supplanting today's fiat cantillonaires is something most people do not give enough thinking power to.

With #Bitcoin increasing in price, much of what we take for granted today will change. This change will be driven by the ones arbitraging the understanding of Bitcoin's ascent.

Here are a few thoughts:

-Banking and financing landscape will change as financial institutions will increasingly align their products with the demands of bitcoiners.
-Regulations will change in many different areas as bitcoiners will have the power to lobby successfully. Because of their influence (financially and culturally), politicians will increasingly suck up to bitcoiners.
-Global Power dynamics will change as the influence of wealthy Bitcoiners will have geopolitical consequences across the spectrum of nations.
-Money funding innovation will be channeled into the areas that are dearest and nearest to bitcoiners. Study their values and ethics to anticipate where this money is headed.
-Architecture and sceneries are going to change in accordance with the long-term, low-time preferences of bitcoiners.
-Wealth inequality between the top 0.1 % of bitcoiners and the recent will increase as information disseminates and information distribution is not equal, leaving too many Bitcoins for the ones stacking today!

Would love to hear, what others think. Anecdotes and concrete examples showing us a glimpse of the future would be very much welcomed!

Link to report: https://www.henleyglobal.com/publications/crypto-wealth-report-2024?adname=XPostCryptoReport


meanwhile on mastodon…

https://media.x0f.org/fe67e58d44675357cad58d0a0241cac327d56cf314c264a07b84147e95a9ef31.png

everyone is a nomad here ! not as big a deal if a relay shuts down
(also, relays are cheaper to run than mastodon instances)


crypto spaces
https://v.nostr.build/I5nvWTOxj6NX3LEZ.mp4


NEW TUTORIAL:
Using Wasabi Wallet for #Bitcoin coinjoin/privacy 🕵
+ Choose your own coordinator using #Nostr! (shoutout  nostr:npub1u4rl3zlfa2efxslhypf4v6r8va5e0c9smxyr5676pxkyk0chn33s0teswa)

ALSO:
-Coinjoin directly to your  nostr:npub1wu4aye7ll0lnrrg638e90sehzsgpzx5t39t3mwl05aa0d0ap08esdz3vw0 Coldcard
-Connect your  nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll node
-Verify your download using Sparrow Wallet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52pSd3I1nac

Coordinator used in this video:
https://kruw.io/
Download Wasabi:
https://wasabiwallet.io/


As a #macro investor, it's hard to express how happy this bullish divergence between #bitcoin price and global M2 monetary supply makes me.

It supersedes all other macro data and TA nonsense.

In short, it is the primest of prime stacking opportunities for the coming 4-5 quarters.

Recall that, among other things, the #Bitcoin monetary network is the Great Absorber of Liquidity.

I doubt that these fire sale prices will last much longer... 🔥 🚀

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Isaiah's Job is such a banger. 🔥

Can you use that term for a monogram? Whatever, I just did. 😄


https://mises.org/mises-daily/isaiahs-job

"The line of differentiation between the masses and the Remnant is set invariably by quality, not by circumstance. The Remnant are those who by force of intellect are able to apprehend these principles, and by force of character are able, at least measurably, to cleave to them. The masses are those who are unable to do either." - Albert Jay Nock nostr:note1lrdyf3vxkdxuek8tq33ynsf6eeuw7s40y4tkgn05ssg0gv6u8q4sg9svvy


The majority of what today calls itself 'journalism' has largely submitted to the left-green Davos agenda of a control society whose centripetal force is hypermoralism (climate psychosis, covid etc.). Once again, the media industry teaches us that its function is the synchronization of the masses and their discourse spaces, not enlightenment. Its guiding principle is the slavish, stupid state dependent and not the free-floating sovereign individual.

#media #msm #wef #socialism #libertarian #freedom

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When Coinbase ever gets hacked, this industry is going into an economic depression of its own:

- All the BTC held in the ETFs gone
- All of $MSTR BTC gone
- BTC held by Public companies gone
- BTC held by US Mining companies gone

🍿
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GOOD MORNING.
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A simple web of trust can solve the bot problem, eg. by connecting friends of friends. We can establish multiple degrees of connections and prioritize them.


Here is a list of the freedom tech products and services  nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m recently shared to help you stay connected, stay anonymous, transact freely, and get protected from electromagnetic waves.

SILENT LINK ANONYMOUS ESIM
https://silent.link
Get global mobile 4G/5G Internet access and burner phone numbers instantly and privately on any modern eSIM-compatible smartphone.
Pay as you go international roaming in 160+ countries
Worldwide coverage at low prices

MULLVAD VPN
https://mullvad.net/en
A free and open society is a society where people have the right to privacy. That’s why we fight for a free internet.
Free from mass surveillance and censorship. Free from big data markets where your personal information is up for sale. Free from authorities mass monitoring every click you make. Free from an infrastructure mapping your whole life.

OLLAMA LLMS
https://ollama.com
Get up and running with large language models.
Run Llama 3.1, Phi 3, Mistral, Gemma 2, and other models. Customize and create your own.

SIMPLEX CHAT
https://simplex.chat
The first messenger without user IDs
Other apps have user IDs: Signal, Matrix, Session, Briar, Jami, Cwtch, etc.
SimpleX does not, not even random numbers.
This radically improves your privacy.

PROTON BITCOIN WALLET
https://proton.me/wallet
Proton Wallet is a self-custody wallet, meaning we use end-to-end encryption to ensure that you are the only one with access to your wallet's encryption keys.

OHMNI TIN FOIL HAT
https://www.ohmni.com/product-detail/tin-foil-hat
This reversible Tin Foil Hat features a premium black cotton on one side, and a glistening silver on the other. Made with pure Copper Nickel shielding fabric, this is the Tin Foil hat you have been waiting for.

With its unique atomic structure, Copper offers exceptional electrical conductivity, deflecting electromagnetic waves such as Wi-Fi & 5G with up to 99.999% shielding effectiveness.


Talking with nostr:npub1j5mp526z5fkz9wkrk6mt5nzu43xndyrwkr8mnqngdqwytgcpc5vqcnsd5c today on nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8 about #Bitcoin development and whatever else comes up.

Let me know if you have any questions for Murch 🤙

https://bitcoinpodcast.net/podcast


Signal


Telegram was never private.
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A Socialist’s nightmare. Loosing your rent-seeking job in the government and having to find a real job in a free-market economy!

¡Viva la libertad, carajo! 🔥
🇦🇷 🌞 #milei #nostr 💜 https://video.nostr.build/2af6df9b0913ee20434b9c58dac258dbc728075c7d31793876442e8a0027fd4a.mp4


Delete your platform accounts. No fuss. No spectacle. No grand finale, no great exit. Leave their houses, leave their prisons, leave the golden cages behind. They all benefit from the noise that you make, so do the one thing that they can't censor. Be silent. Leave. And leave the noise behind.
https://image.nostr.build/aa509b35ba1d3223953fc94ef29693d0a35359e6c7b4fd3de9ebf959b040b3f5.jpg


Propaganda exists on all sides.

You can’t find truth while cucked by power, regardless of which leaders you simp for.


#GoingGalt

Join us.
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Hello.

The US government now pays over $3 billion of interest on its debt per day.

Have a great Thursday.


NO ONE KNOWS WHAT BITCOIN PRICE WILL DO

Cleanse yourself from doom and hopium, ignore the chart bros, everything comes at its own time.


Never underestimate the power of GM.

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Sounds like the next court appearance has been moved to September 17th for both devs. Keep showing your support any way you can 👊

https://p2prights.org/donate.html nostr:note1sqkpeuxea4pkznj4uyhj29jwhptczgzc0dvj76twdxcdg04r8h3szf4klp


First self-signed APK on zap.store ✨

Alby Go!

This is awesome nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqgnwaehxw309aex2mrp09skymr99ehhyecusqvd6 nostr:nprofile1qqsv695mmraa29u792x5nrlux8f6urjqsf0l9w9gt634n3z9tgg8e2qpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcz6hpj6 nostr:nprofile1qqsrq7p2sv3m0jvtzuk952hhyp4ms2puv4d7dhwwzyfnvydq8403zacpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3vamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wve5kcmthv43zuurvqy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddaks0l6wfs

(We'll fix the missing icon)

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As Craig Wright sits in a closet somewhere in Asia, prompting chatgpt into wild delusional rants, his thoughts sometimes wander to the glory days.
https://m.primal.net/KclY.mov


In today's #privacy (or lack thereof) news:

"A new report from 404 Media that cites documents leaked to its reporters reveals "Active Listening" #software that, unsurprisingly, uses a form of artificial intelligence to "capture real-time intent data by listening to our conversations". The leaked documents cite a pitch deck from Cox Media Group (CMG), a TV and radio giant that is one of Facebook's alleged marketing partners."

I think we've all known this has been happening. It was way too common for me to talk to someone about something and then start seeing targeted advertising knowing I never did any sort of cursory web searching on the topic.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/100282/facebook-partner-admits-smartphone-microphones-listen-to-people-talk-serve-better-ads/index.html


Bitwise publish their addresses IIRC


nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a has inspired me to do more long form stories on nostr.

It was a random thursday, the summer between junior and senior year of high school.

Me and three of my buddies were getting high in the back of my friend Dave’s mustang, when someone decided we needed to go on a beer run.

For anyone who isn’t aware, a beer run is very literally what it sounds like. You grab a case of beer and run 🏃 out of the store before anyone catches you.

Conversation then turned to who was going to do the beer run. (You only need one guy) My friend Dave was driving so he was out. I had turned 18 recently and I didn’t want to risk big boy jail. Which left my friend James and my friend Brad. James didn’t want to do it because he was wearing flip flops. Brad made up some bs about how he twisted his ankle skateboarding (which was a lie). So ultimately James was like “fine I’ll do it you fucking pussies” and he got out of the car.

So we watch James walk into the grocery store from the car, the plan is to pick him up around back when he runs out.

Here’s where things get crazy. The grocery store is next to a target and as James walk into the store a police helicopter pulls into the sky above the parking lot we’re in.

“Fuck, this is bad. Ok quick call James 📱 let him know that the beer run is off.”

I dial up James on my phone and as it’s ringing I see him bolt out of the store, two angry grocery clerks chase after him. He’s running so fast that his flip flops come flying off behind him and he’s now running barefoot on 130 degree asphalt.

He turns the corner and the police helicopter sees him, and starts yelling at him through the bullhorn to get on the ground. He throws the beer in the air and puts his hands up. 70 cans of beer going rolling down the hill.

We’re in the back of the mustang stoned. Watching all this play out, freaking the fuck out.

We decide we better split, so we quietly drive off and go to my friends house.

A few hours later we get a call from James, the cops are letting him go with a ticket and a court appearance and we can come pick him up from the target.

We go to pick him up and we learn that there had been an armed robbery at the target at the exact time we were pulling off a beer run next door. Two masked men with guns were robbing the registers. They were both being apprehended precisely at the moment we were pulling off a stupid beer run. Talk about bad luck lol

The cops saw him running and assumed he was part of it. They put him on the ground and had the K-9 unit guard him.

After the dust cleared and they realized he was just a dumb kid on a beer run they decided to cut him loose. They had bigger fish to fry that day.

My friend Dave and I still get together and tell this story at least once a year and always compare notes to make sure we remember it correctly.

We joke about how everyone thinks we’re embellishing or outright lying when we tell them about the helicopter interrupting our beer run.

I’ve been telling this story so long it almost doesn’t seem real to me either.

But it definitely happened and was one of the craziest things I’d ever seen in my life lol 😂


Buh who is going to run the #Nostr relays, has the same vibe as buh who is going to build the roads...

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However much you hate the legacy media, it’s not enough… nostr:note1hxuy3tyherwmzlc8drhymucf4cet86kajxr9ts3ll28ssvz9ynjqn823a3


The state of things this week. In case you missed it, the Constitution is one of the “biggest threats to America’s politics,” having more children us propagating a Ponzi scheme, and taxing unrealized gains is good.

Orwell said “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”

Disempower this nonsense with #bitcoin and #nostr. https://image.nostr.build/57c20bb48303648e1d3ae1cd7ac735c4874aa1e47d83966be7c20d56098eebc2.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7066758976dbf691b9ca8503a65bd84457c3c57058d0e545e40ae13ad64910ef.jpg https://image.nostr.build/712574a5ba0d78f615ca4ac1e330e3e2e2111f2255f4945649bca91391bbd7c3.jpg


The withdrawal of the fines for the use of a VPN in Brazil by the Supreme Court was probably a false report from the Brazilian news that was widely circulated. This must be corrected; the court has once again emphasized that the fines will remain in place for the time being. So the fight goes on

#x #brazil #vpn


Said another way: “The citizens using their freedom of speech on social media sites are more powerful than our propaganda and we can’t have that.”

These despots are really going to hate Nostr when they finally figure it out.

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Brazil's Supreme Court Reverses Daily Fines for VPN Users—A Win for Digital Freedom

Brazil's Supreme Court has revoked the hefty daily fines of $8,900 previously imposed on citizens using VPNs to access the platform X. This decision marks a significant step back from the nation's stringent internet controls. The court’s move suggests a recognition of the impracticality of restricting access to global digital tools, despite the country's ongoing efforts to regulate online activity. Brazil's tech-savvy population, refusing to be cornered by outdated policies, continues to find ways to bypass restrictions, showcasing the resilience of decentralized technology in the face of state intervention.

#DigitalFreedom #Brazil #VPN #InternetRights #Decentralization


I've set up a Tor hidden service with a local Citrine relay running on my phone and added it to my DM relays.

You can now message me on nostr through Tor by directly connecting to my phone.


There's a change in the making.

"Now people receive their information via unstoppable, decentralized freedom networks like Nostr, share encrypted messages over programs like Signal, and hold their wealth in unstoppable, decentralized monies. Additionally, people increasingly acquire their sustenance from local growers and tell the IRS squat about it. More people than ever—somewhere between 5% and 10% of American schoolchildren—are homeschooled. The new world unfolding is slowly making the legacy one obsolete."

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nostr:npub1jt97tpsul3fp8hvf7zn0vzzysmu9umcrel4hpgflg4vnsytyxwuqt8la9y

https://mises.org/mises-wire/review-bitcoin-inverse-clown-world

#politicstr #nostr #plebchain #livefree #grownostr #mises #bitcoin

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Imagine where we would be without nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6

Isn’t it wild how the universe releases ideas exactly when the world needs them most?

With #nostr at this time and from the country that needs it most.


I did a thing today.

#Nostr is now my only social media account.

Decentralize.

All in.

Onwards.

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The Google Archipelago


nostr may replace tiktok or instagram but more importantly it represents the evolution of wikileaks.

distributed. unstoppable. wikileaks.

nostr is a distributed truth protocol.


The moral of the story is the “experts” are total retards. https://image.nostr.build/3348cf7015ceeda4a0e961246b0dada02f0118b4b0c2a9b31bb5b23839c69423.jpg


the nostr revolution will be led by nyms, with strong verifiable reputations, not public figures that can be jailed or otherwise pressured in meat space.


EU on the Brink of Mandating Mass Surveillance: Privacy at Stake

They are moving fast these days, very fast. One has to assume that, just as at the end of 2019 when Covid was introduced to inflate the currency, we are again facing a massive liquidity crisis in the financial markets, so quickly and at breathtaking speed, these socialists and elitists will now have to set up a surveillance state.

The European Union is inching closer to a controversial regulation that could end the privacy of digital communications as we know it. In a move framed as a safeguard against child sexual exploitation material (CSEM), the EU Commission is pushing a proposal that would mandate automatic scanning of all private chats, messages, and emails for suspicious content.

If passed, this legislation would transform the digital landscape into one of mass surveillance, where every conversation is subject to scrutiny. This goes beyond the current voluntary measures, which already allow providers to scan communications to combat CSEM. The proposed regulation would make such scanning mandatory, leaving little room for personal privacy.

As of now, 19 EU member states support the proposal, 5 have abstained, and only Germany and Poland stand in opposition. The matter is slated for discussion in October, with a final decision expected in December.

We need to stop the EUSSR: www.chatcontrol.eu

#MassSurveillance #DigitalPrivacy #EURegulations #TechFreedom #EndToPrivacy #EU #Bitcoin


It’s glad that #0xchat v1.3.1 is now available on the Apple and Google Play stores.

This release incorporates changes from previous beta versions. Compared to v1.3.0 release, the complete change log is as follows:

### New Features:
- Microphone access is now only requested during voice calls.
- Added an "Always Use Relay" option for voice/video calls to protect IP addresses.
- Voice calls can now continue in background mode.
- Multi-account switching is now supported.
- Added tips for auto-deleting conversations.
- Improved the experience of sending images and videos in chats.
- `@` mentions are now supported in relay groups.
- Added a join request entry for groups.
- Merged groups and channels in the contacts list.
- Added push notifications for group messages, likes, and replies.
- The discovery page now supports searching for groups by group ID, relay host, or naddr.
- Group admins can now delete messages for everyone.

### Performance Enhancements and Bug Fixes:
- Optimized database access to boost app performance.
- Improved badge display speed.
- Enhanced coin selection algorithm for faster ecash transactions.
- Fixed issues where images and videos in chats were not displaying.
- Resolved a bug with custom NIP96 servers.
- Fixed issues with replying to or liking group notes.
- Addressed incomplete loading of reactions and zaps in messages.
- Fixed incorrect hashtag display.
- Resolved issues with group join/leave notifications not refreshing.
- Fixed several UI issues in light mode.
- Fixed a crash when sending videos on Android.
- Reduced app memory consumption and optimized performance on certain Android devices.
- Optimized encryption and decryption event lag.
- Enabled single-click on a tab to scroll the list to the top.
- Displayed a default background while images and videos load.
- Improved the experience of sending images and videos.
- Fixed issues with push notifications not disabling after logout.
- Fixed user badge refresh issues.
- Resolved loading issues with the follow list.
- Corrected wallet balance display after switching accounts.
- Fixed duplicated mint lists after switching accounts.
- Addressed app freezes and disconnections when switching accounts.
- Resolved mixing of secret chats with regular DMs.
- Fixed issues with deleting conversations with strangers.
- Corrected group QR code scanning problems.
- Fixed Nostr scheme parsing issues.
- Resolved push notification settings not taking effect.
- Fixed profile picture setting issues.
- The "Always Use Relay" option now defaults to off.
- Fixed database backup and restore failures.
- Addressed various message reaction issues.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/0xchat/id1637607169

Google play：https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxchat.nostr

iOS TestFlight version: https://testflight.apple.com/join/AjdJFBmU

Android APK version: https://github.com/0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main/releases/download/v1.3.1-release/v1.3.1-release.apk

Download it with zap store: https://zap.store/download


Everyone is sharing the worldcoin video, but I won't.

Look. Not everyone is going to make it. The point made by 1984 is the same point made by Ordinary Men: most people will love the regime. Most people will do anything to comply, to not stick out, to do what everyone else does—no matter how ridiculous.

The solution is deceivingly simple: don't try to change other people. Focus on yourself and how you spend your time.

Opt out. Don't feed the beast. Concentrate your time, energy, and attention on the alternatives represented by #bitcoin and #nostr. Become as resilient as you can. Become un-ruggable. Ignore the noise.


Guess who REALLY likes #nostr? https://i.nostr.build/7DuYBXI3QaFTogJu.jpg


Meet the Streisand effect


Lol, Brazilians are heavily searching for "VPN" right now according to Google. One does love to see it:

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UK. Lost its damn mind.

France (and the EU). Lost its damn mind.

Brazil. Lost its damn mind.

Happy to see so many new faces here on Nostr but I’m sad to see freedom of speech being attacked so vehemently worldwide.


Societal maturity follows a similar path to individual maturity.

Censorship stunts the learning process.

I see the argument for protecting small kids from harsh reality or lies. That same argument cannot be used for adults.

At a certain age you have to teach kids that people lie. That politicians, advertisers, historians, salesmen, scientists, journalists and even AIs lie.

You have to give them the tools to discern truth from lies, wherever possible and to keep a healthy scepticism in general.

Importantly let's not forget that censors are the biggest liars of all. They primarily censor anyone exposing their lies.


Threat models and Dark Skippy

Source: @reardencode on X

The world of hardware signing device security was given a shake by the announcement of the Dark Skippy
 method for a signing device to leak secrets. It has been known for years
 that a malicious signing device could potentially exfiltrate secret data from the secure, offline device via the signatures it produces, but this new method improves on the state of the art in 2 important ways:

    Dark Skippy enables the attacker to extract the secret data in just a few signatures rather than approximately 64.
    Dark Skippy enables the attacker to extract any secret data, not only the secret key specifically being used in signing.

That sounds pretty bad. Surely this requires immediate attention of all hardware signing device makers! Not so fast. In order to decide how important this new attack is to us, we need to model the threat.
First, to use Dark Skippy, the attacker must have their code running on a user's signing device, in the portion of the device with access to the secret keys. All reputable signing device manufacturers (except SeedSigner) require signed firmware images, so an attacker would either have to compromise the device's signature verification or modify the hardware to install the attack code. The level of difficulty here varies widely from device to device, but in all cases, the attacker must compromise the supply chain to install the attack. This is not an attack that can be performed remotely either. The attacker has to physically intercept devices and reprogram or modify them.
Second, the sad reality of the bitcoin space is that attacks such as the one publicized by Junseth
 are effective ways to steal people's bitcoin. These attacks do not require cryptography and do not require physically intercepting device shipments. Beyond these social engineering attacks, malware on a user's general purpose computer (laptop) is the next best way for attackers to steal users' bitcoin from the comfort of their own home. Even more sadly, the other likely way that a user will lose their bitcoin is through their own error in setting up their wallet or transferring bitcoin to that wallet.
Third, hardware signing device manufacturers employ a wide array of techniques to protect against exactly this category of supply chain compromise. From tamper evident packaging, to serialized chips that can be cryptographically verified with the vendor, to epoxy potting or ultrasonic welding, cross-component verification, and more.
The rewards of this category of attack must be much higher than easier attacks for the significantly higher costs and risks to be justified. This limits the applicability of this attack category to the likes of organized crime (both governmental and extra-governmental).
Next, we need to talk about the target, you. You have some bitcoin, and you secure it using some (or some combination of) hardware signing device. What is the likelihood that your specific device was compromised by this category of attack at the time that you bought it? How can you personally protect yourself from this attack?
Am I safe?
If your device is any of ColdCard, Trezor Safe 3/5, Ledger, BitBox02, Keystone Pro 3, BitKey; and it arrived directly from the manufacturer (or a trusted reseller) on time and in the expected condition, your device is not compromised.
There are 3 commonly used devices for whom this threat is more material:

    Trezor devices without a secure element (SE)
    Blockstream Jade
    SeedSigner

These devices are more vulnerable because an attacker can install malicious firmware without physically modifying the device.
With any reputable device other than SeedSigner that was not physically modified, if you have installed upgraded firmware (whose signature you verified) since receiving your device and observed the expected change in behavior from the new firmware, your device is not compromised.
What about SeedSigner?
SeedSigner was used to demonstrate this attack (rather than Trezor w/o SE or Jade) because it requires no hacking of any sort to swap the firmware on the device. It is fair to say that SeedSigner is therefore the most vulnerable reputable device to this type of attack. However, even with SeedSigner: if you assembled the device yourself, and have installed firmware whose signature you verified, you are very likely safe.
I cannot make a confident assertion that you are not compromised even if you did assemble your SeedSigner yourself because SeedSigner uses more 3rd party software than others and (if you are targeted by organized crime) the SeedSigner board includes a sufficiently complex embedded firmware (that you do not replace when you install the SeedSigner software on the SD card) that the embedded firmware itself could implement this category of attack.
What do I do now?
If you are concerned that your device may have been compromised, my primary advice is to review the "Am I Safe?" section and put yourself into a posture that is safe from this attack before broadcasting your next transaction. As long as you do not publish any transactions produced from a potentially compromised device, your secrets remain safe.
However, there is one other way to gain near perfect confidence in your current device. Because all of the devices mentioned herein use RFC6979 for ECDSA signing and many of them use deterministic nonces for BIP340 signing as well (despite BIP340 recommending adding auxiliary randomness), you can compare signatures from your device with another implementation of their specified signature algorithm. Producing a random number of signatures for random sized fake UTXOs and various transaction topologies is recommended to overcome attempts to hide the exfiltration behavior. This should be considered an advanced mitigation, so do not attempt it if this sounds difficult.
Other risks from a compromised device
The other detail that was often omitted from the discussion of this vulnerability is that a malicious signing device has many other ways to attack its user. Some of these are pretty easy to mitigate, others are not.
A malicious device could produce weak seeds that the attacker is scanning for. This is harder to detect than Dark Skippy, but may not target as high value of wallets (as those wallets are more likely to bring their own seed). You can fully mitigate this type of attack by producing your own seed using some form of physical entropy and a verifiable algorithm (dice rolls, word picking, etc.).
A malicious device could leak secrets in other ways - it can emulate other USB devices and attempt to open a URL that includes the secret, it can post QR codes or NFC messages that include the secret and which host devices are likely to kindly offer to open for the user, it can include a wifi or cellular chip to directly transmit the secret, and probably more.
My point here is that Dark Skippy does not materially change the threat landscape. If you have a malicious device, you are in trouble. Find a way to ensure that you do not have a malicious device.
Conclusion

    FUD sells - while this attack is exciting from a cryptography / security nerd point of view, it does not really shift the threat landscape for hardware signers. Everything I wrote about device safety applied equally before this attack.
    The best hardware signing device for you is the one that you have and use. There are many different devices that can all be used to increase your security, especially when used in a multi-signature setup.
    Using a Raspberry Pi based SeedSigner with high confidence is difficult. When ESP32-SeedSigner is available, it will be in the same security class as Jade (or possibly slightly higher due to supply chain risk mitigation).


TECHNICALLY SPEAKING THE BRAZIL X BAN IS TRIVIAL TO CIRCUMVENT.

THAT IS MOSTLY IRRELEVANT.

WILL LIKELY STILL BE EFFECTIVE AT SILENCING BRAZILIANS WITH LARGE AUDIENCES. LARGE KNOWN X ACCOUNTS. THEY WILL RISK PUNISHMENT IF THEY POST.

NOSTR DOES NOT FIX THAT.


And zap.store is everyone's, unruggable app store.

Why? Because it's based on nostr events for each app and release, cryptographically tied to actual packages/binaries.

So even if they make feijoada with nostr:nprofile1qqs8y6s7ycwvv36xwn5zsh3e2xemkyumaxnh85dv7jwus6xmscdpcygpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9ekh2arfdeuhwctvd3jhgtnrdakj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qxvpy4 's head for having VPN apps, the app store will just keep running.

It's also open source and you can fork it (we'll make it easier though, and let you manage your relays)

Super early days, but freedom and UX will only go up from here.

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Gm.

It seems that it will be very hard for Brazil to identify and enforce the fines on VPN usage for Twitter/X. But it’s a powerful scare tactic.

When the United States banned gold ownership in the1930s (which lasted for four decades all the way into the 1970s btw), they didn’t really enforce it at the household level. They just had large prison terms that were rarely ever applied, which effectively dried up liquidity in the gold market.

Some people have pointed out that Nostr relays could be blocked by Brazilian internet providers if Nostr was big enough to matter. However, more relays could spin up, so they’d have to keep adding to the list.

Brazil’s government could then say it’s illegal to use VPNs for any Nostr app around internet censoring. The defense against that is to make Nostr as ubiquitous as possible. The more apps that tie into Nostr in some way, the harder it is to ever ban it in practice. Some people might not even know their favorite app uses Nostr. Imagine if everyone’s favorite short form app, long form app, podcasting app, reviews app, wallet app, recipes app, picture app, music app, and tons of other stuff are tied into Nostr, and how hard that would be to ban.

If Nostr becomes big enough to really matter, it’s because it’ll be tied into so many different things. That’s super powerful. And the devs keep building rapidly.


Nostr : TCP/IP

Whatever they're building over there : OSI

Let's keep things weird folks cause this stuff going on over there is... uh... disturbing

https://block.xyz/inside/block-partners-with-commerce-department-NIST-to-accelerate-development-and-adoption-of-digital-identity


Broken Money was published a year ago this week

Thanks to everyone who read it, shared it, and reviewed it! 🙏

I resisted writing a book for years since it’s such a tedious process, until finally a book formed in my head that I felt needed to exist, and that was too distracting for me *not* to write. And then I poured everything I had into it.
https://m.primal.net/KTlY.jpg


Keep thinking "should I switch to iPhone" but the second I look at this (Obtainium) I immediately go "naaaah". The freedom of Android is too sweet.

Obtainium is a tool that manages releases and installed versions of apps directly from GitHub.
 https://image.nostr.build/d482391f9f6c21db1b11cb4e508ecbc9a13ae4937f7a5adc48df1c2af5dae997.jpg


A place where you can't get censored or banned is mostly people just being nice to each other

Censorship maximalists in absolute shambles


Dishonest shitcoin shills, ranked from the most to the least annoying, as of now, top 10:

1) XMR
2) KAS
3) LTC
4) BCH
5) ETH
6) BSV
7) XRP
8) SOL
9) BNB
10) DOGE

ETH and BSV shills used to be on top of the shortlist 2 years ago. XMR & LTC used to be on the bottom 8 years ago.


There is a real lack of understanding in just how fucked up the algos are, and how much power we gain in not being manipulated by them. We could be using the internet to do something extraordinary, and instead it is being used primarily to sell us shit and keep us scared. The whole of humanity is being fed lies and distortions through centralized social media that is designed to keep everyone asleep and unaware of their real power.

Now that there is no longer gatekeepers to what can be said to a global audience we have the power to shape a real unadulterated narrative; also known as the truth. The power of censorship to have molded a false global narrative is one of the pillars of the power structure that keep people divided over petty and impractical differences that can now be shown for what they are: manipulation tactics through the algos to keep everyone disempowered. We now have the ability to reclaim our voices in a way that no one can stomp out. What is to come and the changes that are to be ushered in will surprise all of us in the most remarkable of ways.


It amuses me to no end to see Bitcoiners acting like Buttcoiners with regard to nostr.

I do wonder how much of this can be attributed to maximalist culture making people more close minded and pessimistic.

I'm not interested in all the ways nostr can fail.

I'm interested in all the ways it can succeed.


I appreciate your perspective.

And Tor is indeed the adjacent network that I think about critically and economically here as a first glance when I put my critical hat on for Nostr. Which is why, in multiple of my recent posts, I purposely brought to attention critical Nostr relay economics from Peter Todd and then quote-posted Odell about how questioning the economics is rational behavior.

I do think that Nostr has stronger ethical incentive mechanisms than Tor, as a starting point. Open socials and open data combined, is a stronger selling point than open data alone. I think the ecosystem needs to improve key management and some details, but assuming we hit product market fit and decent UX for big scaling, I think there's a lot of broad support here. Or if we fail, from whatever emerges better from our ashes could do decently.

Imo, unlike Tor, the biggest relays will be run by businesses as a loss-leader for their other business activities. In other words, data availability is a cost of doing business. It's more economic, given the broader audience.

Power-users of a given social app would indeed pay $10/month or $100/month or in some cases way more as a sizable business. Advertisements aside, they do so in order to reach an audience with minimal frictions of impersonators or data availability. This covers many free users.

I admittedly partly kept my post incomplete for a humor punchline, and commented elsewhere on my full thoughts. I don't just think "psychopath hobbyists" will run the relays. They are the relay runners of last resort. To the extent that Nostr grows users in any significant way (still a big "if"), I think businesses in multiple jurisdictions will run the big relays, and then there will be many smaller hobbyist ones to fill the gaps, as far as I can see currently based on how early this tech is.

If Nostr has trouble with relay economics and there is no better option on the market, I'd be willing to donate five figures per year in support assuming my own income-generating businesses are running well enough. And there are others that might be willing to 10x or 100x that kind of number. That number only increases as freedom is impaired by more jurisdictions.

When I was in my early twenties, not rich, overworked, and put like a thousand hours of voluntary work into that forum in my post that you referenced, I was earning like $40-$50/hr. That was like $40-$50k cumulative labor hours that I provided for free to a forum I liked in my early twenties. Like a psychopath. I earn multiples of that now, and am still a psychopath. Any ecosystem that gets a few whales on its team, and a few people that are willing to work for free part-time or work for scraps part-time, can keep a network running.

And as a partner in a venture capital firm that puts seven or eight figures into a company depending on its stage, including various freedom-tech if it's economical, I'd say we're indeed looking at Nostr for any economic angle should it materialize to our criteria, and all of us as partners support it conceptually.

Bitcoin itself is a combo of 1) voluntary donations to Core devs and its associations and 2) companies building on Bitcoin for expectations of economic gain. I expect Nostr to  be similar. It relies on economics for big scaling, but donations for the cypherpunk margins, for which there are legion.

And these things tend to be responsive to input. If a network is running fine and everyone is engaging happily and without big pushback, people contribute less. If the network starts to be impaired by internal or external forces and there is no better solution available, people wake up and contribute more, and influencers wake up and convince people to contribute more.


We reject kings, presidents and voting.
We believe in rough consensus and running code.


Welcome back Bitcoiner. A lot has happened since you came here with the last flock of new users. Nostr clients have matured a lot and we have so many more people posting diverse content. Here are tips for you.

## Diversify your client use

It's fine to start with Primal but don't stop there. We have a gazillion different clients and they all need users. Do not stick with the first thing they give you. You are in control. Act on it. I for example love to use coracle.social or iris.to

## Follow many

Nostr clients don't shove content into your face. That means it requires a little more effort from you to curate your own experience. Follow more people than on Twitter. Also, use this as an opportunity to follow completely different people than you did before. I for example follow nostr:nprofile1qqsp4a2f2kfkh6qyl9gpqer75kk6t3mz0mwlqu6207qnhwswx8hdjcqpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchs8h80dn for rug inspirations.

## Run a relay

Are you a gangster who can step up and provide for his community or not? Are you a net consumer or a net producer? That's basically the question. Run relays, seed torrents, install nodes, set up mints, open PRs. Be a gangster.


SATS FLOW - z16a KILLER

https://m.primal.net/KQzb.mp4


Trump just released his *4th* NFT drop, but this time it’s on Ordinals so it’s totally not shitcoining, right? https://i.nostr.build/yUHAQAzrXuSBL5A9.jpg


Today for the first time in zap.store , a developer has published their own app 🤩

That is ngit by nostr:nprofile1qqs2qzx779ted7af5rt04vzw3l2hpzfgtk0a2pw6t2plaz4d2734vngpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7hycrvd (a CLI package)

We'll be reaching out to more CLI and Android devs to follow suit!

https://image.nostr.build/4f83d806d4845def6d0eff8e0c4006fa439cd92e929826a58eb057cd82e7e7b3.png


The Mempool Open Source Project® v3.0.0 is here!

Over 5 years in the making, 10,000+ commits...and available for you to host on your very own server.

Major new features include:
- Mempool Accelerator™
- Mempool Goggles™
- RBF timelines
- And more!

Coming soon for 1-click installation on nostr:nprofile1qqsw5t3us9xs3gmclzjm37hvk2yy6pv9t96utjjttsj794hexc5x79qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhs4njjxr, nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq5xamn8ghj7dnvv45xs7tywde8g6rpvakkjuekw46nvar4vdhxgan6wumkxatzwpckk6rk0puhjdm2da5k7ce5x4kkkumjx3jkzepwdahxjmmwqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wd9hxvmckqw0xz, myNode, RaspiBlitz, RoninDojo, and nix-bitcoin.

As always, Docker images are also available if you want to DIY!

https://image.nostr.build/6ba12c52d96024d465b6b34b5374bfcf3d1a8465501af8690345a6cb2eaa3e14.jpg


Margaret Thatcher on climate change
https://m.primal.net/KPWm.jpg


I’ve been off Twitter and all social media except for Nostr for a month now, and the results are hard to argue with.

I’ve started reading real books again (4 this month) and have noticed both my patience and attention increase noticeably. I also feel less angry and anxiety daily, along with being committed to my workout routine.

I found that Nostr has met my social media needs, most importantly, my own ability to self-limit with it. Nostr is a bit ‘boring’ compared to traditional social media because ITS NOT TRYING TO KILL YOU!!!

Controlling your own data isn’t nearly as important in terms of ownership, as it is about allowing that information to be used against you. All of your most intimate thoughts and feelings are data mining by massive corporations specifically to find emotional triggers for you, so they can sell you shit, or force thoughts on to you.

Fuck these people that run these companies that farm our emotions to sell us shit, and to work with corrupt government to censor our speech, sell out dissidents, and destroy our internet.

We are much, much, much more powerful than they will ever be because we don’t need force, corrosion, or permission to run these systems of social connections that they cannot destroy.

My month of social media detox has really lifted the veil from the hate industry complex that are all social media companies today. Stop prostitution your content, thoughts and powers to these shitty companies that enrich the scum of the earth, and empower illegal, unconstitutional and immoral government agencies from their dragnet surveillance.

I’ll make one last tweet explaining this and then nuking my account in the next few weeks. Then I’ll be Nostr only.


France really out there requiring cryptography licenses. What a joke country.

http://at-ica.com
https://m.primal.net/KOSn.jpg


Charges against the ceo of telegram.
https://m.primal.net/KOQr.jpg


Coming soon to a free country near you https://image.nostr.build/7c5cf8c5bc6f6c7cb46198803479c3887115b7dec8dde92f6dfb8f3c33a8e82e.jpg


Fiat can only be sent via credit rails. Credit requires KYC, which brings friction and deplatforming.

In the long term, #value4value for non-mainstream content can only work via something that isn't credit, ergo bitcoin.

https://dergigi.com/2022/12/18/a-vision-for-a-value-enabled-web/#credit


GM Nostr. 🌞

It's been an amazing week in Riga. The response to my messaging NIP has been really quite overwhelming. 😊 I have really appreciated all the time many of you took to ask questions, give me feedback or ideas, introduce me to people who can help, or to just say you enjoyed one of my talks on the topic.

I'm headed home today with a lot of gratitude and a ton of motivation to get this right. Very much looking forward to the day when I can delete telegram from my phone once and for all.


CEOs are central points of failure.


Many client devs have gotten together to this week to discuss building out and implementing NIP-104. This will give Nostr a truly private and secure messaging alternative to Telegram. Based on recent news, the timing is perfect. It's going to take a lot of time, development, and funding, but I have faith in their drive and their passion. I also have faith in nostr:nprofile1qqspwwwexlwgcrrnwz4zwkze8rq3ncjug8mvgsd96dxx6wzs8ccndmcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtc9qeg9l 🤙🏻💜🫂


The ability to move your money and identity globally offers some protection due to escapism via Bitcoin and Nostr, in the really rough scenarios. Like Venezuela.

Locally, we should note that it’s not like Telegram users are arrested. That would be unworkable. Only the CEO was. The more individual a policy gets, the more expensive and unpopular it is to enforce. There is no CEO of Bitcoin or Nostr.

The1930s gold ban was brutal, but hardly ever enforced. Going after individuals was both expensive and unpopular. That applies today as well. And information travels faster now. We should use it.

Structural debasement requires obfuscation in order to secure unaware seigniorage from its public. The more that it’s brought to public awareness, the weaker it is.

What you can do: make money honest again.

Make them tell us our laws.
Make them tell us we can’t hold sound money.
Make them tell us we can’t transmit digital money to our friends like we would with cash. And then ask why.
Make them tell us they need to tax us, because they can’t quietly debase us.
Make it more transparent. Shine a light on it and ask people if it’s just.


-Treat the arrest of the Telegram CEO as an emergency.

-Advocate for his freedom and for all freedom tech providers.

-Support and build things that function without a CEO, like some aspects of Nostr. When authoritarian Europe or the US arrests you, be able to say, “I literally can’t control it, it’s already out there, and we are legion.”

-Tell me and others, as capital providers, how to accelerate this.