Problem: multiple people can work on the same problem at the same time, duplicating the work done.

Duplicated effort is evil. Doing work to solve a problem that someone else is already working on should be done at the Participant's own risk, but at the moment there's no indication of this risk (a lack of informed consent).

The Nostrocket unprotocol calls for Problems to be "locked" or "claimed" when they are being worked on, such other other Participants are aware of this and don't duplicate the efforts.


Problem: Identities are sometimes in the wrong order

When adding someone to the Identity Tree, they sometimes appear in the wrong order.


Problem: nostrocket is not currently applicable to more than a few people

The nostrocket implementation is currently lacking most of the features that are described in the unprotocol and thus it is only applicable to people who can implement this.

The nostrocket implementation is currently lacking most of the features that are described in the unprotocol.

This means most people are not really able to use nostrocket. It's only really applicable to a few people at this stage because it takes a lot of time and effort to understand what it is and even more to get involved.

Solution: start adding problems nested under this one when it relates to the implementation and UX of OXYGEN.

Whenever logging a problem, think: does solving this problem bring Nostrocket a step closer to the next Participant getting involved?


Problem: we don't have a good way to focus the action of multiple humans while remaining sovereign

When Bitcoiners organise around shared goals, they tend to rely on the State to anchor their organisational structures and serve as the mediator of last resort between all stakeholders. Coinkite, for example.

All human organisational structures are fundamentally composed of human action (and **inter** action) because human action is the **only** primitive by which humanity can influence how the present reality is brought forth from the infinite potential of the future.

Families, tribes, companies, governments, civilisations, etc are all examples of organisational structures composed of human action.

#### Composing human action through boundary conditions

The usefulness of a bucket is created by the limitations or restrictions imposed by its base and sides. A bucket is useful because it holds water by creating **boundary conditions** on what the water **cannot** do while **remaining in the bucket**.

Human organisational structures are useful because what they do with humans is analogous to what a bucket does with water. These structures are defined by their boundary conditions on human action - what type of action humans can take while remaining within the organisational structure.

**Centrally planned** organisations like companies or governments tend to create boundary conditions on human action through a combination of:

* internal rules about what types of human action is permissible,
* internal rulers with the power to decide when to change the rules, and when to break them, and
* excluding people who don't submit to the rules and rulers ("don't fit the culture" or aren't a "team player").

Human action within organisations is also restricted by the underlying security model. Investors tend to rely on the State to enforce contracts, and so any organisation that wants to raise money tends to be nested under the State. All humans within such an organisation are therefor ultimately responsible to the State for their actions. For example, the CFO is responsible to the State for all financial activity performed within the organisation, and all humans within the organisation are responsible to the CFO when their action involves money. The same is true for all aspects of the organisation. It's therefor impossible for an organisation to be nested under the State without being centrally planned.

Centrally planned organisations exist along a spectrum of just how centrally planned they are - from highly planned military organisations to the **Teal** organisations as described by Frederic Laloux (well worth skimming through his book).

So-called **Decentralised organisations** tend to restrict human action by:
* deciding ahead of time on all the possible types of human action that shall be permissible within the organisation, and
* encoding the rules about these actions into some form of state machine (usually a "smart" "contract").

These organisations are typically inflexible due to this architecture. Modifying the set of human action that is permissible within the organisation requires smart contracts to be republished, which is where the community generally falls back to trusting a central team.

#### Mutexless organisations

The more you need upfront consensus or agreement on what to do, the [less speedup you get](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law) by adding additional "workers".

The more sequential operations or mutexes you have, the less speedup you get by adding additional threads or workers because all of those threads need to pause execution and wait for the sequential parts of the process. It's a non-linear relationship: a tiny increase in wait-states drastically reduces the speedup gained when adding more threads. At some point, adding more threads does not result in any speedup.

In human organizations, we have the same thing. Individuals within the organization are workers or threads. Human organizations have a ratio of sequential to parallel operations, just like computer programs. The more a team needs to stop and synchronize, the less work they get done and the smaller the maximum team size, after which adding more people does not result in any additional productivity.

Requiring permission or agreement over what to do within an organisation is a sequential operation. Meetings are the mutexes of human organisations.

Thus, the most efficient organisational structure is one where participants can do productive work without requiring any permission or agreement with others over what work to do.

#### Sovereign organisations

Sovereign human action is human action taken by a **sovereign individual**.

Sovereign human action does not **require** permission from others. It does not **require** upfront consensus or agreement. The sovereign individual MAY seek agreement or permission before taking some action, but this is not **required**, it's entirely their own decision.

A sovereign organisation is one where individuals may participate while remaining sovereign. A better term for this is a sovereign unorganisation.

The organisational structure of a sovereign unorganisation MUST be composed of sovereign human action.

A sovereign civilisation is probably some form of meta sovereign unorganisation composed not only of sovereign human action but also many sovereign unorganisations, and inhabited by sovereign individuals.

#### How do we focus sovereign human action?

If an organisation is sovereign, it's also mutexless because participants can do productive work without requiring any permission or agreement with others over what work to do.

The implication is that participants within such an organisation can do work without anyone knowing what they are working on, because work can be done without any upfront agreement on what is being built.

How do we create an organisational structure which allows individuals to remain sovereign and work towards building something without requiring any agreement on what we are building?

What are the boundary conditions on sovereign human action that create the conditions for such an organisational paradigm?

The metric we use to judge if Nostrocket has optimal boundary conditions on human action within it is the community size - are humans being attracted to it faster than any alternative?

* Humans with something to contribute must be better off by acting **within** the structure of Nostrocket than they are by acting within any other structure.
    * Nostrocket must result in more value for Participants than any other opportunity available to them.
    * Nostrocket must become, and actively remain, the most efficient organisational paradigm possible with the current technology
        * The mechanism by which work gets done within Nostrocket cannot require upfront agreement on what that work should involve or what the end result should look like
        * Nostrocket cannot require any upfront funding and cannot retain any capital
    * To remove any internal friction, Nostrocket must be radically fair to all Participants, more fair than any other organisational structure
        * Nostrocket's rules and ideology must be as pristine and *credibly neutral* as possible
        * It's not possible to be as pristine and neutral as Bitcoin because Nostrocket is an organisational structure while Bitcoin is property, but Bitcoin is the standard to judge against.
    * The boundary conditions or limitations should be simple, explicit, clear, and graduated such that there's no overhead required to onboard new Participants, and Participants may advance at their own speed along their own zone of proximal development.

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### Possible Solution: an unprotocol for a universally applicable hill-climbing algorithm, executed by sovereign human action.

The core of the solution is a hill-climbing algorithm which optimises for increasing the number of Participants.

Software can be used to make things more efficient and to provide continuity of the current state of Nostrocket, but the algorithm itself is executed by self-interested sovereign human action and not machine.

Human action within Nostrocket must be executed for purely self-interested reasons in order for it to be optimally efficient, accurate, scalable, and to minimise any social attack surface. When people solve problems for their own reasons, the solutions are more accurate than when they are doing it because someone is coercing them with money. A case in point: organic contributions to wikipedia vs. paid contributions.

The life-force (or fuel) of an organisational structure is human action that yields **surplus** - that means production of surplus is in the critical path to more Participants, and so our algorithm must optimise for this.

Amdahl's law can be restated as "the more you need consensus about what to build, the less efficient you will be at building it". For Nostrocket to be the most efficient problem solver and builder, it must require the least amount of consensus on what to build and how to build it.

Projects like ZeroMQ have proven that it's possible for valuable products/services (i.e. powerful and effective solutions) to evolve from simple rules with **no upfront planning** or consensus. This is core to our approach to innovation and surplus without requiring any consensus on what to build or how to build it - no upfront planning and no leadership.

The set of boundary conditions for human action within Nostrocket is defined by the Nostrocket Unprotocol. It's rather long, so here's a summary:

0. Anyone who's not already a **Participant** MAY become a Participant by being validated by an existing Participant. This results in a **tree of Participants** called the Identity Tree.

1. Change follows the **Serbian method** - a continuous pattern of accurately identifying **Problems**, and applying the **simplest possible solution** to each Problem.
    * This project is currently applicable only to a *very* tiny subset of humanity who are able to understand the concept and do something useful with it, but this subset should get *less tiny* with each problem solved.
    * As these problems and minimal solutions pile on top of each other, novel and valuable products/services will evolve (read the protocol to get a more complete picture of how this works).
    * There's nothing that inherently limits Nostrocket to producing software based solutions, it could also produce hardware, houses, food, etc.

2. Any Participant MAY log a **Problem** (an observed matter or situation regarded as unsatisfactory).
    * There are no bug reports or feature requests, these are just problems (or they aren't).
    * There are no priority levels for problems, there are just problems that are worth solving (or not).
    * Problems should be reasoned about and broken down into smaller problems until they are objective or replicable, and actionable.
    * Problems should be broken down until they are small enough that they can be solved very quickly - anything longer than 6 hours of working time is probably too big.
    * Problems MUST be relevant to Nostrocket itself. Nostrocket is not a freelancing market or a problem-solver for hire.
    * Problems MUST be nested under another Problem, creating a Problem Tree.

3. Any Participant MAY **Claim** (and solve, typically with a **Patch**) any unclaimed Problem. Any **Maintainer** can (and should) **Merge** any Patch that does **not** violate the Unprotocol.
    * At this early stage most of the problems Nostrocket is likely to encounter will simply be with its own implementation, hence they will typically be solved with a Patch. However, if the experiment is a success this will start to involve the physical world, things like Nostrocket meetup or conference related problems might be some of the first examples.

4. A Participant who solves a Problem MAY indicate the value of their work by creating a **Merit Request**
    * A Merit Request MUST be denominated in Satoshi
    * A Merit Request is **not** an entitlement or guarantee to be paid
    * An Merit Request is how a Participant SHOULD communicate the sacrifice they have made in solving the problem
    * An Merit Request allows Participants to peer review the value being claimed by comparing individual solutions and their associated Merit Requests

5. Participants with **Votepower** MAY vote to **Ratify** (approve) or **Blackball** (reject) a Merit Request.
    * The Merit Request SHOULD be rejected unless it's along the route (or **critical path**) to more Participants.
    * Votepower is a measure of a Participant's **skin in the game**.
    * `Votepower = Merits * Leadtime`
        * Every Participant's `Leadtime` starts at `0`.
        * A Participant's Merits **cannot** be spent/transferred if their `Leadtime > 0`.
        * A Participant MAY increase or decrease their Leadtime by `1` every 2,016 blocks (but can't become negative)
        * If more than 50% of Nostrocket's Votepower approves a Merit Request, and less than 5% reject it, its Approved.
    * If Participants with Votepower reject Merit Requests that comply with the Unprotocol and are reasonable amounts, others will see this and stop working, and Nostrocket will die or be forked.
    * If Participants with Votepower approve Merit Requests that should not be approved, they are diluting their own Merits for no good reason.

6. If a Merit Request is **Approved**, new **Merits** are created for the Participant who logged the Merit Request (1:1 per Satoshi claimed in the Merit Request).
    * Merits MUST NOT be created **any other way** (that would mean the experiment has **failed**).
    * Nostrocket has been instantiated with a **single** share as this is technically the only way to bootstrap the process.

7. Participants own **all** revenue produced by anything Nostrocket builds. Whenever anyone pays for a product/service created (or **discovered**) by Nostrocket, the Sats are streamed **directly** to Participants in proportion to the number of Merits they have and how long they've had them.
    * Revenue distribution MUST be fair for everyone. Potential Participants who take more risk by making sacrifices before it's clear if the experiment will work or not need to agree that it's fair. Potential Participants who want to do work after the concept is well established and revenue is being generated must also agree that revenue distribution is fair.
    * When there's a pot of money available, Mallory finds a way to corrupt whatever is guarding it.
    * Nostrocket MUST NOT retain any capital or raise any funds (and doing so is an anti-pattern that fundamentally precludes decentralisation).


Problem: Bitcoin is not fixing the world fast enough

We have all the tools we need to create a golden age for humanity, but we aren't using them in the most intelligent possible way.

Bitcoin has created a new territory of freedom by providing a form of Money that operates in parallel to legacy civilisation, but Number Go Up technology has created a tenacious complacency: get in the lifeboat or put the oxygen mask on, and Satoshi (MHEP) will do all the work. It's careless to assume that a universal Bitcoin standard is inevitable.

We are likely approaching two challenges on the path towards a universal Bitcoin standard:
* The Fiat Dominion is slowly overcoming its arrogance and waking up to the existential threat that Bitcoin poses. We can hope for the best, but it's naive to believe the Fiat Dominion will not use every class of weapon at its disposal as it fights for survival.
* Civilisations tend to collapse exponentially in a cascade failure. The loss of trust in key institutions is a clear signal that this process is underway, and we are likely to be much closer to chaos than it appears to our linear-thinking minds. If Bitcoin doesn't fix things before this happens, we will need to do things the old fashioned way, which sounds romantic but it isn't fun for anyone.

### Solution: a self-organising civilisation centered upon Bitcoin

The simplest solution is not to fix the current structures and system(s), but to instead build something new, in parallel and as an opt-in alternative. If successful, it will become a fallback position for the masses as legacy civilisation continues its collapse.

The flow of humanity into a Bitcoin standard is dependent upon the community around Bitcoin making Bitcoin more useful - the larger the economy *around* Bitcoin becomes, the more useful Bitcoin itself is and the faster humanity transitions to a Bitcoin standard.

A civilisation that's centered on Bitcoin will naturally accelerate the usefulness of Bitcoin (to the degree that the civilisation itself is useful). In this regard, our parallel civilisation is just another tool in Bitcoin's toolbox. Instead of trying to modify Bitcoin to become a sharper instrument, we create resilient and powerful parallel systems that integrate Bitcoin.

Nostrocket, or any similar attempt, would not be possible without Bitcoin, as anyone who's ever uttered **fix the money fix the world** will understand. Here are some examples:

* A free and open civilisation requires honest price discovery, which can only happen with sound money.
* A civilisation based on a Money that can be created at no cost is ultimately a worthless civilisation.
* Nostrocket needs a source of undeniable and objective **Newtonian** truth that everyone can agree on:
    * A shared clock to know when things happened in the past, what's happening right now, and roughly how long till things should happen in the future.
    * Objective certainty that some information existed at a specific time in the past.
    * Objective certainty over the current financial state of a system/organisation/person/transaction/etc.
    * A constant of economics such that we have the ability to objectively reason about our civilisation's economy.
* Nostrocket requires economic value to be transacted between parties even when powerful interests want to censor these transactions.
* Nostrocket requires some mechanism by which state can be considered immutable.
* We need to know (in a way that leaves no doubt) when something doesn't work and let our new civilisation's ideas die instead of the civilisation itself. Bitcoin is a source of Darwinian truth, and can act as guard rails against Darwinian mistakes - does x produce surplus or not?

Aside from a Bitcoin standard being the only viable mechanism to keep any civilisation sane, the corollary to the dependency on Bitcoin described above is that Nostrocket needs Bitcoin to live up to its full potential, so Nostrocket should naturally:
* support the ongoing development and adoption of Bitcoin, maximising the degree to which Bitcoin benefits humanity,
* ensure that Bitcoin benefits the bottom of the Cantillion pyramid more than the top
    * ensure that the bottom of the Cantillion pyramid has the greatest trust in Bitcoin
        * ensure that the bottom of the Cantillion pyramid is the most Bitcoin-literate
    * ensure that those at the bottom of the Cantillion Pyramid have the most frictionless and lossless access to store their economic power in Bitcoin
* prevent any changes to Bitcoin that reduce the degree to which Bitcoin is resistant to attack by the Fiat Dominion
* be capable of rapidly addressing any imminent threats to Bitcoin, for example if there's evidence of a capability to break any of the cryptographic primitives
* uphold and promote a view of Bitcoin not as a complacency-breeding NGI technology, but as an active guerrilla insurrection against fiat occupation


The Nostr 201 panel ended up being mostly about #cyberspace! Here is the timestamped stream: https://youtu.be/Nz15SyiwQFk?t=4693

Dig into #otherstuff with nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc and myself nostr:npub1arkn0xxxll4llgy9qxkrncn3vc4l69s0dz8ef3zadykcwe7ax3dqrrh43w


No only that but they can do anything they want to you because "we were elected".

Covid revealed that you're better off in a dictatorship than in a democracy because they don't have the moral justification to destroy people's lives.


Competitive dictatorships are the only way forward for legacy civilisation.


It's so easy to criticize.

Creating something new is hard. Building equals sweating, so if you see someone sweating, err on the side of building them up rather than kicking them down. Encouragement is a superpower. Encourage honestly and emphatically, and you might end up with the world you want to see.


To be fair I'm way more bearish on the value of GPL and MPL after the Terraform thing happened


This actually just means anyone with $ can do to your nostr app what apple did to freebsd.


Competitive dictatorships FTW


A short interview about bitcoin privacy from Bitcoin Amsterdam:
https://cryptopotato.com/bitcoin-privacy-reimagined-wasabi-wallet-pushes-for-a-decentralized-future-interview-with-ceo-max-hillebrand/


The best recycling program is poverty


Problem: we are not living up to our full potential as humanity

This initial problem is intended to set the scope of all possible problems that MAY become applicable to Nostrocket - in the broadest possible sense.


Those who meme are truly living.


Not even that, western media is just full of shit as always.

The streets in HK are packed on Thursday/Friday/Saturday night.

The article is malicious.


Very nice. Been a while but I remember Xiamen being pretty decent city too.


The China/Russia/Iran/multipolar aspect


Today marks exactly 1.5 years since my first nostr post, perfectly timed at the end of Nostrasia! I want to post some observations.

The way humanity organizes and communicates is fundamental to what kind of world it creates. This is why those who want to control the outcome for their own benefit usually seek to mediate and manipulate the connections between individuals.

What makes THE NOSTR so powerful is that it provides resistance against this type of manipulation. Where Bitcoin gives us money that can be used without a third party, nostr gives us a social graph that can be used without a third party.

But with this power comes responsibility, of course. By using nostr, we are able to take full responsibility for our words in a way that isn't possible when our connection to the rest of humanity is mediated by a third party. We alone are responsible for the impact our words have on the world as they propagate through humanity and impact the words and actions of others.

Being untruthful to ourselves and others introduces our own form of manipulation that legacy social networks introduced through central control.

As the world is pushed towards an avalanche of confusion and uncertainty, truth and humility is solid ground that we can grab onto as everything else falls away.

But being true is hard work, it doesn't just mean being true to yourself and others, but also not believing and propagating the lies of others. This is becoming increasingly critical as powerful interests push the world towards lethal conflict and the truth becomes incredibly difficult to find.

Your actions as an individual within nostr determine what nostr actually is, and THE NOSTR can only reach its full potential if YOU reach your full potential as an individual. This is why we all have a responsibility to do the best we can with the gifts we've been given.

Being able to gather together in Costa Rica and Tokyo have been some of the most powerful experiences of my life. It allows us to make our human network stronger and more resilient to attack, but more importantly it reminds us that we ARE human.

We have all the building blocks we need to create a nostr that enables humanity live up to its full potential. Let's fucking go!


November 4-6 in Madeira.

I'm going to keep saying it


How long you staying?


In HK there are entire apartment complexes with 50,000 people living in them, built on top of former landfill sites


Poverty is the least fun but most efficient recycling program


Where is that?


There's a lot involved and it's often taken for granted


Optimizing availability across multiple timezones is not as easy as it could be.

nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and myself are all in different timezones and trying to find the optimal time when we are all available for a discussion.

We need some kind of micro-app where we fill our available times and then it does some magic calculation and comes up with the best time.


I really appreciate the little things that nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z does with amethyst, like stripping the silly url etc out of nevents so that I don't have to add the extra step of doing it myself when someone sends me a link to damus instead of the raw note or nevent.

Pretty damn good work for an eye dentist.


I kept telling everyone you were an eye dentist an no one believed me


The nostr:npub1meatjvk2zunckg2y5e3gcdf35p3glnrmtqr5zywkuku5nm9sudmstwnglh

https://image.nostr.build/252bc1c1f2bea6217c9a3533bb5595dfd23ca7199a35d7c3d7cc574a02fe72b9.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/30abc08ca4b27224c8b8a41b3ddc9a84b3e97b5a5405884325b9b47eb67dcc3b.jpg


Mr nostr:npub1ldx5z6vdg3q57yr2egtvcwjkf7r83wgdxv9uq8xrfrm86p08tvcse4t2tw

https://video.nostr.build/bff3ea030368b8f265cfd35437d4052e9e8610d3b89459303bad1a13eb81e6f2.mp4


1 BTC == 1 BTC — but is it really like that?

1 BTC onchain has different characteristics, use cases and fees than 1 BTC on Lightning. Thinking about ways to offer a seamless and unified (onchain+offchain) wallet experience in nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg and I don't think there's a one size fits all solution, because the needs and wants of how to allocate capital vary across merchants/users.


Just look at Argentina


PSA: If you are building on #nostr, I will help you name yohr app for a modest fee and you'll get a catchy product name that DOESN'T begin with nos- or end in -str.

Please $boost because I can't handle seeing everything named so poorly. It is driving me nuts 😵💫


This is one of the reasons I love Go


Using docker was your first mistake


Anything that requires docker is a scam


What if DNA (or maybe RNA) is just a Von Neumann machine designed to venture out into the universe and eventually send the results of this exploration back home?

If you blast out enough "seeds" of self-replicating (and hill-climbing) Von Neumann machines, eventually something very different is going to make it's way back, and it will have stories to tell.


"It takes a lifetime to learn how to live"

- Seneca (the younger, of course)


Madeira, March 4-6.


That would be REALLY cool


Web workers are a scam


Yeah I could have saved some sats and just got plain white but I paid extra for this because I really like the design


BREAKING: I got new gloves

https://image.nostr.build/e2da7d319f2c382808759766a7b79da13f21959fef831b6b79467e2d1877c8ea.jpg


#lateconference : there are so many things and people I wanna shouting out to so it will end up in a long-form event probably, but the most unique of our conference is the moment we sitting down together at the end and discuss about how to make it better next time and everyone is so eager to contribute and sharing the thoughts.

Thank you so much nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m for making everything happen and always being supportive of the community. It’s a big pleasure for me to witness the history with everyone.

Thank you everyone who joining HK conference. HKer fly to Japan everyday, but there are some plebs not very convenient to going to Japan, and I’m so happy they know and use nostr.
nostr:npub1fgqtkcyk56g8hrcvnnerff280jjp9x2q6qhkm0tl2mugq07pz6jsu76lp5
nostr:npub15qfdeq3me7qdt6klfdngxq6kxj7ypuds554etqnck6aujezc5uxsjfhz8m

Also, none of these amazing experience would happen in my life, if nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p didn’t say: hey, I recently had a project built on nostr and bitcoin, you should check it out.


People ask me "What will people build on the #cyberspace protocol?"

The answer is I don't know. I can't know.

It is like asking someone working on TCP/IP in 1973 what people will build on the internet.


Every time I travel to Aus to visit fam it's a real pain because I can't bring all my usual devices.

And this is coming from someone who regularly travels to mainland China.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNetsec/comments/ejbaaz/had_my_phone_searched_by_customs_how_can_i_see/


That isn't the only thing people are worried about though.

Having your electronic devices searched at customs is another real and present threat, especially for a community like nostr and Bitcoin. People are regularly pulled aside and forced to provide passwords and decryption keys to be allowed to enter the country, it's why I don't bring my usual dev machine with me when I go back to visit fam.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNetsec/comments/ejbaaz/had_my_phone_searched_by_customs_how_can_i_see/


Lockdowns, coerced "vaccinations", turning neighbors against each other, destroying families, and 80% of people being on the government's side and learning nothing from the whole experience.

But that's not even the worst part. At the federal level, they locked people in the country and wouldn't let them leave for 2 years. I have friends who's lives have been totally destroyed by the Australian regime because they made the mistake of going back to visit family for a week and were prevented from leaving the country.

The regime and the people can never be trusted again after that, especially since no one has learned anything from it and no one has been held to account.


Healing Day https://i.nostrimg.com/dd73c5b583942ff08fb082a263de0bc732bc13bf586d97e538189a36d627c66b/file.jpeg


Not wrong.


It's actually worse than the CCP. I thank my lucky stars I was in HK during covid instead of Aus.


No matter where you are, nostr:npub1v67clmf4jrezn8hsz28434nc0y5fu65e5esws04djnl2kasxl5tskjmjjk is also there.

https://video.nostr.build/9d468e02a7c2eed41536f5d61a7cbb3770815849afc00ffc33e46c3080d518f0.mp4


Sam Bankman Fried was an obvious scammer to anyone with any sense of what is going on in this industry. Those who held him on a pedestal both inside and outside of the industry shouldn't be trusted moving forward. Especially when talking about bitcoin.

https://tftc.io/sam-bankman-fried-was-an-obvious-scammer/


nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and nostr:npub1kp7jzme0qs3wcqjjmkq6v5fm359sclhc22glhadgtmerlr0h37nsn8487l

https://image.nostr.build/9d64fba1201e0697192a2a5646eb1ec3832605d631deccbeaad30a9a61ae2d5b.jpg


Really awesome to finally meet you in person!


As someone who lives and HK and has gone out drinking with friends basically every week for the last decade, this article is a lie. A typical example of how the media is slowly gaslighting the western mind.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/03/economy/hong-kong-nightlife-china-dst-intl-hnk/index.html


It was disturbing to see the cohort of people who appeared to learn from the manufacturing of consent for fuckery during covid but then fall for the same manufacturing of consent for war with Russia and China.


Not a bad bit of kit the 5R


Today marks exactly 1.5 years since my first nostr post, perfectly timed at the end of Nostrasia! I want to post some observations.

The way humanity organizes and communicates is fundamental to what kind of world it creates. This is why those who want to control the outcome for their own benefit usually seek to mediate and manipulate the connections between individuals.

What makes THE NOSTR so powerful is that it provides resistance against this type of manipulation. Where Bitcoin gives us money that can be used without a third party, nostr gives us a social graph that can be used without a third party.

But with this power comes responsibility, of course. By using nostr, we are able to take full responsibility for our words in a way that isn't possible when our connection to the rest of humanity is mediated by a third party. We alone are responsible for the impact our words have on the world as they propagate through humanity and impact the words and actions of others.

Being untruthful to ourselves and others introduces our own form of manipulation that legacy social networks introduced through central control.

As the world is pushed towards an avalanche of confusion and uncertainty, truth and humility is solid ground that we can grab onto as everything else falls away.

But being true is hard work, it doesn't just mean being true to yourself and others, but also not believing and propagating the lies of others. This is becoming increasingly critical as powerful interests push the world towards lethal conflict and the truth becomes incredibly difficult to find.

Your actions as an individual within nostr determine what nostr actually is, and THE NOSTR can only reach its full potential if YOU reach your full potential as an individual. This is why we all have a responsibility to do the best we can with the gifts we've been given.

Being able to gather together in Costa Rica and Tokyo have been some of the most powerful experiences of my life. It allows us to make our human network stronger and more resilient to attack, but more importantly it reminds us that we ARE human.

We have all the building blocks we need to create a nostr that enables humanity live up to its full potential. Let's fucking go!


Too much soup for one pot.


When Top G calls, you gotta answer 📞


Everyone come.

https://day.btcpayserver.org/

https://image.nostr.build/0354db17b62532a0de983a5c794ed5f1fff67e94530ca870ccd22f532f82ed0a.jpg

nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg


Met this ordinals guy nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft

https://image.nostr.build/b7206d084a22395a7859e1663f5f1ce1a179785f50b4c21f5c8eda5d1620ebb3.jpg


Wednesday night at nostrasia: didn't really sleep last night, but everyone is going out again tonight so ok I'll also go, but I'm gonna sleep by midnight otherwise I'll be a total disaster tomorrow. But end up sleeping at 3am. And waking up to Pablo telling me I'm on a panel in 10 mins.

Thursday night at nostrasia: I'm gonna sleep at 10pm NO MATTER WHAT cause I went way overboard last night and have only had 4 hours of sleep the last 2 nights. But End up sleeping at 5am.

 The struggle is real


Amethyst feature request: when I search for nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft don't show me the 13 fake Pablo accounts, instead show me the nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft that I already follow.


Yes.


Woops. I'll hopefully patch it tonight.

We r so early


Power panel nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l with nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft nostr:npub1arkn0xxxll4llgy9qxkrncn3vc4l69s0dz8ef3zadykcwe7ax3dqrrh43w nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p

☯ https://i.nostrimg.com/3aea4efe59f73d94ddd4bc97dd063a16e1988303f321bfd08cbd1e22324aadb7/file.jpeg


nostr:npub1qcmnx8qmnz75l6jq7jklk2zgsfc25jtjkk6vu29esjc3rxz8famsh04u92 nostr:npub1je5k9a2mg395xgen90zzdrnhd26lude6qnzaemkpcup3qkvw3n5stl7ysh nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 nostr:npub1el3mgvtdjpfntdkwq446pmprpdv85v6rs85zh7dq9gvy7tgx37xs2kl27r  nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p 👀


He made something called "satslink" which I assume is something to do with ordinals


"I am so lonely..." 🎶🎵🎵🎵

https://video.nostr.build/2e43f8763f7c51aedeeb4d85d8b4f6671d3403be097f228afbf0644adb69668a.mp4


🫂🫂🫂🫂WISH YOU WERE HERE!🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂


#NostrAfterdark at Tokyo 🗼

Playing vinyls and chilling 😎

#nostrasia

nostr:npub1papldckxytp2m8met6hyeh37m0cn6e32j03srl6thy4gq3tqrz3srq8t4n
nostr:npub1jzuma368395gu523y4vk4d34p0lxgctk436hggn4qcuj93075qgqtn3vm0
nostr:npub1y67n93njx27lzmg9ua37ce7csvq4awvl6ynfqffzfssvdn7mq9vqlhq62h
nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc
nostr:npub1zu5tdnq7w63fgmsfz85te7e6zeg7y2lt8q8r9jp5zcg68jfy73jqraqtgz
nostr:npub1jge7z2kpmpdra6g58vg95uznve8ctcenmlyp9ntr3kjymscyuqpqty2cdh
nostr:npub13j2udhzfc8mzda5x0fcasmv74lle82n4gup0htwmxj8c06p409mqpsma6k
nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p
nostr:npub1jk9h2jsa8hjmtm9qlcca942473gnyhuynz5rmgve0dlu6hpeazxqc3lqz7
nostr:npub1t3ggcd843pnwcu6p4tcsesd02t5jx2aelpvusypu5hk0925nhauqjjl5g4

Playing vinyls and chilling 😎

#nostrasia #plebchain

(Photo by island 🏝)

https://image.nostr.build/e40ea565770117398d2384747fd13d40a46e2d3a5a5ce93113537f3d543b328b.jpg


I was in the workshop room most of the day. Let's catch up today


No matter where you are, nostr:npub1v67clmf4jrezn8hsz28434nc0y5fu65e5esws04djnl2kasxl5tskjmjjk is also there.

https://video.nostr.build/9d468e02a7c2eed41536f5d61a7cbb3770815849afc00ffc33e46c3080d518f0.mp4


Mr nostr:npub1ldx5z6vdg3q57yr2egtvcwjkf7r83wgdxv9uq8xrfrm86p08tvcse4t2tw

https://video.nostr.build/bff3ea030368b8f265cfd35437d4052e9e8610d3b89459303bad1a13eb81e6f2.mp4


The nostr:npub1meatjvk2zunckg2y5e3gcdf35p3glnrmtqr5zywkuku5nm9sudmstwnglh

https://image.nostr.build/252bc1c1f2bea6217c9a3533bb5595dfd23ca7199a35d7c3d7cc574a02fe72b9.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/30abc08ca4b27224c8b8a41b3ddc9a84b3e97b5a5405884325b9b47eb67dcc3b.jpg


nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc talking about random things

https://image.nostr.build/f8cccb6e1f4926202a0d2a61254c6c738e60f7938678a1b862f2ec5aa45edb55.jpg


An ostrich appears to have taken over the conference

https://video.nostr.build/d6913ffc53432c42b48f5af38cda7a8814755f91b6a5a0188335055a1af42de3.mp4


Find me at Nostrasia!

nostr:nevent1qqs2lupvzcfzx6k5ge4wdr3a08s9rquv0ya72j7hlj7an78v2um38vspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdupzp68dx7vvdlltl7sg2qdv8838ze3tl5tq76y0jnz966fdsana6dz6qvzqqqqqqywkr2u7

https://image.nostr.build/3e4ef9ce599f19bc3e66e8e6e13c66bcb1079eec42dc460aaa3541873e54849c.jpg


Hello Shibuya. Your train stations are confusing.


Hello Tokyo


Ok just get the next NEX train to Shibuya, we will be on it


If you're in T2, come to the trains


Which terminal are you in?


I'm here too, waitinf for nostr:npub1arkn0xxxll4llgy9qxkrncn3vc4l69s0dz8ef3zadykcwe7ax3dqrrh43w to get through customs. When you come out of customs go left towards the trains and I'm next to Starbucks.


Are you in the airport? Narita?


I love scanning my fingerprints when entering a country.

Really makes me feel safe.


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

Nempool lol

ping nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p


Wassssssssupppppp


I just used https://satellite.earth/n/nostrocket/

The Bowman has done a great job


Hello 🤠


Just testing out nostr communities

nostrocket.org


There is no such thing as a "Bitcoin company".

A "company" is a branch of the State.

Don't use a branch of the State to buy Bitcoin.

https://image.nostr.build/c6614c1dee1d5192626a369b41ccd12ed1413ab473d5ec5bea8a29d8c61ca54f.jpg


And that's just the beginning.


Because if you need to ask, you're not doing anything interesting and there's already a surplus of boring shit.


Declined.


When it becomes centrally planned and attempts to dictate the actions of other people ("employees").

"Startups" are the legacy way of thinking about humans organizing around shared goals.


I really like the small town vibe that nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk brings to Mountain View, Idaho.


Shibuya is amazeballs


Does anyone else get the feeling they are being watched?

https://video.nostr.build/45771a49f08aabbd67dff820f3428ef53d8bb47f0ead442c2273143a6efe2453.mp4


I don't see how Terraform's license change is legal. You can't just change code from an MPL license to a closed source license, that's the whole point of MPL.


Mirroring....? Blah.


lets see if we can catch up to the damus talk at 2pm ! https://image.nostr.build/c6a8f0d0b690d3de704e8d0c48db89aee7c7ec62fe50181812f245876af14cfd.jpg


I don't know why this makes me laugh so much, but it's been 5 minutes now and I still can't stop.


I really appreciate the little things that nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z does with amethyst, like stripping the silly url etc out of nevents so that I don't have to add the extra step of doing it myself when someone sends me a link to damus instead of the raw note or nevent.

Pretty damn good work for an eye dentist.


That's why you get paid the big bucks


I got all excited about seeing slashdot on nostr and then saw it's just some mastedon garbage


No one is safe anymore. We need a moratorium, at least until we've solved the alignment problem.


A bored octopus is a dangerous octopus.


And yes it would be very cool if you would take a stab at it, especially the problem tracker 😎


Have a look at nostrocket.github.io/oxygen instead (repo: github.com/nostrocket/oxygen)


I enjoyed listening to this and I'm sure you will too

*14 minutes, 1.25x speed works just fine
nostr:nevent1qqsdh0lem2h04l6qmf03mttt30lh5ejx4l4kqg0hujt2rqfev4d3cksppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5pzpkg3j83suqzyfw2zcr5zet28pve279chvnpzwklwp0vexal06sr4qvzqqqqqqyn8fahh


HD key rotation over single keys


I hope I'm going to see you all in Hong Kong in November.


*checks underneath MacBook*
https://image.nostr.build/2b476bf9783c3622c7d8cf42487ea7821c71fa13a4fb0662c0a016507b581a39.jpg


Santa will come while you are asleep


Get a new MacBook after old one one died.

Fresh install the OS.

Doing silly JavaScript stuff, so install vscode.

Start writing code.

nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft is already inside with a smirk on his face.

https://image.nostr.build/985671435a220c5ee0d35cab6026d4d6c6a8ac68dc76913ed483310fe73697d2.jpg


It's directed at Russia/China though.

They'll do whatever it takes to get them into a war because they think the window of supremacy is rapidly closing (they are wrong, it's already closed).


The problem is that the psychopaths in charge would rather humanity ceases to exist than to not have control.


They have a security pact with Iran and no one is tolerating another Libya/Syria.

If the US tries anything wrt Iran it will learn very quickly that it's no longer the top dog.


Absolutely


It was performance art, so this makes perfect sense.


What are the options for making money from your nostr projects?

Join nostr:npub1funq0ywh32faz0sf7xt97japu8uk687tsysj8gndj4ehe825sq4s70gs0p and nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l Hackathon Participants LIVE this Thursday, October 26 at 15:00 UTC for a conversation about monetization with nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc (nostr.how,  listr.lol, ostrich.work and other stuff coming soon) and nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p (nostrocket developer and nostrovia podcast host).

Set your reminder ⏰ on YouTube 🎥

https://www.youtube.com/live/WrGh34e9I9Y?si=BzdyQgwo-BvNe9AR


Hey Nostriches nostr being here in Indonesia
nostr:npub1ejxswthae3nkljavznmv66p9ahp4wmj4adux525htmsrff4qym9sz2t3tv

https://image.nostr.build/ab4493afa888fc4b42a9fcb23a34333f6b6ebfb3c575a6af8a14cb47f2bb3416.jpg


Yeah I realized after I sent that note 🤦♂


Hello from the land of 10GBPS unmetered internet for $120 a month!

https://image.nostr.build/da17418447d5092e911be247c49a7eac72816a28d8887a092aaacec88568a0f1.jpg


Ship like a horse 🐴🐎🐎🐴🐎


GN

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_2193037873890869041698186189.webp


You never know, he may have done a tour in Chicago


Definitely higher than average but still very disappointing. Many American Bitcoiners will flip and support the federal reserve given the correct nationalist keywords - "Iran", "Russia", etc.


Basically just viewing the citizenry as livestock, leasing them to the highest bidder. E.g. pharma companies, creating a nation of zombies addicted to opioids and riddled with cancer from experimental "vaccines".


Only BlackRock and corrupt politicians will be deemed to have legitimate reasons.

Americans are not entering CCP territory, not even close. If they were, the standard of living would be increasing.


This is what I told the police one time when they pulled me over for speeding. Finally there is proof.

https://image.nostr.build/c33d2e9b3d38a97a487a89e655c8f0a9f8142defc8b08cf06391cc4cfd0db658.jpg


I've noticed that client bloat increases in proportion to popularity.

It reminds me of what happened with browsers.

We all abandon Netscape and go to Firebird because it has tabs or something.

But then firebird gets all bloated and we go back to Netscape.

Then we go IE because reasons. Then Firefox cause it's lighter. Then chrome cause firfox got bloated. The back for Firefox cause chrome is bloated and spyware. Them opera for some reason.


Don't understand the hype around BitVM.

Not good enough.


Not colors, when he says "dark mode" he means humor.


"lost"


🤫🤫🤫

We need a new narrative after LN was killed!


Approximately 17 weeks


There's nothing therapeutic about an encounter with bigfoot.


"When America blew up our gas pipeline we started using bikes"

https://image.nostr.build/e60679af1deead288dda0476f9aee683cae88ebc71b49b63fb564bc75ab9ee41.jpg


G Sovereignty:
Me

Carry on.
#tardstr


But in a good way


Non-aussies always have trouble between this and "mate...."


Btw you don't appear to have a lightning address in your kind 0 so I can't zap you


Not trying to shit on the idea, but I still don't understand why you'd use BitVM in the oracle example.

The oracle which you need to trust anyway is essentially just signing a transaction to release sats, so why do you need BitVM?


Just seems very inefficient, we really need zk primitive opcodes rather than the way they are doing it here.

Side note: organizations can only be trustless if they are algorithmic, which means they are no longer human organizations.

As soon as other humans are making decisions, you have to trust them to some extent. But if other humans are not making any decisions it's not an organization.

So if you're going to build an organization of humans, the only thing really need from Bitcoin is unfuckable money and unfuckable timechain (proof that this data existed at this time). For everything else you can just use nostr.


The emancipation of the human spirit is worth the struggle.


It alienates more than a custodial wallet, and less than being told to run a full node and sign with airgapped entropy.

And yes, lighting has issues. What's your solution?


It's directionally correct.

The role of a wallet is to nudge people inch by inch in the right direction rather than to alienate everyone who isn't prepared to go all in with a full node and steel plate.


One week left to apply. What's stopping you?

https://sovereignengineering.io/2023/10/23/applications-to-SEC-01-closing-soon.html


GM TARDS


firmware attestation is a scam and is as good as "trust me bro"


I knew the free elephant was too good to be true


Kia ora,
the plebs are building in Aotearoa NZ🇳🇿🌊

https://kiwibitcoinguide.org/articles-and-guides/bitcoin-scene-new-zealand-2023/


We will be going through 4 phases of war against the State.

All of this can be derived/predicted from the whitepaper.

This is merely one of the first shots being fired in the criminalization phase. They will be coming after Bitcoin companies next.

https://youtu.be/X_xgmVLyB94?si=uD65kHlrjTydJzeM


Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

-Marcus Aurelius


https://i.nostrimg.com/66923a95acb3fa03c4af1ed2ff7bad272064e754f5c93d28402d9bdeb3d4bb2b/file.jpg
#meme #memestr #nostrmemes

Some extra, unrelated info to keep us, the #Bitcoin nerds in the loop:
Current block number is a sweet 813,152 and the highly anticipated next #halving is estimated to go down on 24 Apr 2024 18:48:49 UTC. That's just 26,848 blocks away from that milestone. As my granny used to say: [Tick tock, next block; timechain doesn't stop 🤙💜](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0BMg_70fo8)

Now, I'm here to serve you, so let me know if you're craving more or less of this #BTC intel alongside the #memes. Appreciate your support and keep that pura vida spirit alive, #plebchain fren. Without you, #Nostr is just a pile of sad code.


GOOD MORNING FAM


#tardstr wins again


Who remembers bitcoinwisdom?


Yeah there's something off about him.

Budgets probably aren't relevant in a fight to the death, what really matters are capabilities - energy and ASIC production.


Can be patched with Lamport addresses.


Because states that rely on printed money have a choice: kill Bitcoin or be killed by Bitcoin.


Bitcoin and the State (as we know it) can't both survive, especially the US.

With suffient hashpower (of the levels that "Soft War" guy are advocating the Pentagon to acquire), mining empty blocks makes Bitcoin completely useless because transactions can't be put into blocks.

The State has nuclear power plants and ASIC fabs (ask the NSA). This will not be an easy fight and it could go either way.


That's the hash war phase. It comes when the outlaw period fails.

The States mines empty blocks, and the market fights back by increases fees to motivate more hashpower to come online and overpower the censor.

It's a little more nuanced than that, but that's the general idea.


Bitcoin is designed to go through four phases of war against the State:

1. Non-threat honeymoon period
2. Outlaw/criminalization period
3. Hash war
4. Surrender

What you are describing here is the initial phase of the Outlaw period.

https://youtu.be/X_xgmVLyB94?si=u9cjDnQma61ByqUm


What happened exactly?


golang bitcoin dev available for work!

been working with the btcd/btcwallet codebase since 2018 ( https://github.com/p9c/p9 ), and most recently developing the indra network protocol ( https://github.com/indra-labs/indra ).

i am very experienced with elliptic curves, hash functions, forward error correction, network handlers, scheduling, difficulty adjustment, deterministic execution, concurrency, CLI interfaces, gRPC/Protobuf, libp2p, IPv4 multicast over UDP, binary and ASCII encoding systems.

currently working on a nostr signing CLI/library ( https://github.com/mleku/signr ) which included taking the btcd/btcec elliptic curve package and consolidating the stuff they use from decred (btcd has decred code included in it, for schnorr signatures!) in https://github.com/mleku/ec which anyone can use to avoid pulling down the whole btcd codebase and importing decred's elliptic curve package.

willing to work with Rust codebases but more likely to make a persuasive argument that you should not use Rust because rust is spook funded mozilla trash, and the Go libraries needed are far more mature and battle tested.


The only clue I'm allowed to give is that he's one of the top 5 most influential people on the notsr.

Are you coming to Tokyo yet? It's gonna be a damn shame if you aren't there.


GOOD MORNING ALBERT


It's a democracy so this must be what most Canadians want.


It's a bit unfair to compare Canada to China.

One has a totalitarian communist regime that forces citizens to participate in medical experiments, encourages debilitating drug use, prohibits private medical care, freezes bank accounts of dissenters, uses euthanasia to save on socialized medical expenses, etc. The other is China.


some hotel in Japan rejects the order from booking.com (because it takes months or even longer to get money from website)

If you book hotel/room from that website, remember double check with the host.

#nostrasia https://image.nostr.build/d82e5379126167ca65f9df9c2e936a660a904c6a7aa7d4dd517f9ef41d75f43d.jpg


Varus give me back my legions!


Restore yes, spend also yes, if it was a 2 of 3.

I've found electrum to be the best wallet to do this with


Paz


With a machete


Today I learned there is a "tard" side of nostr, and I secretly love it.

Thanks nostr:npub1t3ggcd843pnwcu6p4tcsesd02t5jx2aelpvusypu5hk0925nhauqjjl5g4 nostr:npub1rq9x6sk86e8ccw2cm8gsm4dyz9l24t823elespupaxjnzdk026fsca2r93 nostr:npub175hdheqn0arfdgywe9n2rze5eaf0j2mlz0xp5kq30vy57jqsncdqy2tpe9  nostr:npub14hlzw4sywt23drreaqs8ruf00dsrnnv5hfnyu49g2hpheq836umssur6nl


A huge thanks to OpenSats!

If you're a developer who loves svelte and nostr, I have specific and well defined problems for you to solve (for sats, thanks to this).

nostr:nevent1qqsgemz5xaverjvw3apq4ru3wsdfp0ejfdvk300vm998506x6t4rktcppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5pzq7rn8p6hlsjavhxe9yu56hnhz085xcuw35jearw0t3emsd8ts50jqvzqqqqqqyuzpspl


It's ALWAYS TARD O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE


Isn't the point of notifications to tell you what blew up and why?


#Tardstr going to change the landscape as we know it. https://image.nostr.build/ff5e7f60f944d3d4df973665de58c9612ffc853634219f232315a3c19aa1d2c2.jpg


Accurate

nostr:nevent1qqsxcv4nx3jlnuphr0676f7dzgzt3fxwfgeyn3cul8run0n9u6n5afqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzyqjek8wup5cn0jk3y0227e8c0luakwp54ppcgwtruk8z4xkf2m8njqcyqqqqqqgt2xscl


Nothing makes me spit out coffee than #tardstr

Stay safe out there


GM FAM


Guys! New fren hab pig nose 👀
🐽 we can work wit dis hue kno https://image.nostr.build/20c3091913b9ac4bcd1d81f74f7a8525eafd312a9ffcf15f190c5fb17c41dd8c.jpg


The sausage ratio


I mean #tardstr


On this day in history, #tardstr was recognized 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹


I'm thinking of doing a #nostard episode of Nostrovia.


You did it. It's happening.

nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk take note.


#tardstr


I was going to propose either that or nostard. I think it would be good to own nostard before the twitter folk start calling us that anyway


Ser


That is an anti-pattern


Also worth posting publicly regardless of the outcome, could give other people some cool ideas.


Go big! Can always dial it down if impossible to implement.


Yeah, I read it again after posting that and triggering everyone.


Debates are bread and circuses anyway. They are only useful in producing mindless sound bites.

What's more useful is a disussion between people who actually want to understand each other's viewpoint, rather than pursuade the people listening that the other guy is wrong.


This explains a lot


Thanks! It makes world domination so much easier


And it has to be hex dice.

6 sided dicers go home.


Does it count if I use Americium-241 next to a Geiger counter tube?


Does this mean the worst possible case is it only affects that particular conversation instance?


Specifically the shared secret, not the private keys. Even if this is true, its still extraordinary unlikely that you could guess the shared secret, and the damage would be limited to the convo between two people.

The claim that DMs will leak your private key is utterly false.


Today I learned there is a "tard" side of nostr, and I secretly love it.

Thanks nostr:npub1t3ggcd843pnwcu6p4tcsesd02t5jx2aelpvusypu5hk0925nhauqjjl5g4 nostr:npub1rq9x6sk86e8ccw2cm8gsm4dyz9l24t823elespupaxjnzdk026fsca2r93 nostr:npub175hdheqn0arfdgywe9n2rze5eaf0j2mlz0xp5kq30vy57jqsncdqy2tpe9  nostr:npub14hlzw4sywt23drreaqs8ruf00dsrnnv5hfnyu49g2hpheq836umssur6nl


I'm not a cryptologist so I don't know anything, just reading this https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/715#issuecomment-1675301250


Someone knows, it's just a matter of discovery


It's playing hard to get


By "deepest darkest parts of nostr" I'm not talking about security but nostr:npub14hlzw4sywt23drreaqs8ruf00dsrnnv5hfnyu49g2hpheq836umssur6nl and nostr:npub175hdheqn0arfdgywe9n2rze5eaf0j2mlz0xp5kq30vy57jqsncdqy2tpe9 with their cat pictures


Your private key (nsec) is simply a random number. If someone guesses that random number, they have your private key.

The claim here is that every time you send a DM, it makes it easier to guess what that number is.


I've been on nostr a year and a half and only today I begin seeing the deepest darkest corners of it


Yeah I'm just basing it on this and erring towards paranoia: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/715#issuecomment-1675301250


I get biblical levels of dandruff after just 3 days of not washing my hair though


Yeah exactly


The real issue is that every DM you send reduces the compute needed to crack your private key


It's a feature not a bug


A huge thanks to OpenSats!

If you're a developer who loves svelte and nostr, I have specific and well defined problems for you to solve (for sats, thanks to this).

nostr:nevent1qqsgemz5xaverjvw3apq4ru3wsdfp0ejfdvk300vm998506x6t4rktcppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5pzq7rn8p6hlsjavhxe9yu56hnhz085xcuw35jearw0t3emsd8ts50jqvzqqqqqqyuzpspl


https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_0652df08e323cf3b1f352e2e928424df97337e0221749277b8e345e6b7965115.png

A VISION FOR THE NEAR FUTURE OF NOSTR

Imagine:

- publishing nostr notes that are attached to physical places and contain 3D geometry
- viewing nostr geo notes in 3D space via an augmented reality overlay on your mobile phone
- transferring value instantly via lightning

We can digitally terraform our entire world, opt into the content layers we want to see, and build a decentralized metaverse rooted in reality that isn't bullshit like all other metaverse concepts.

This isn't far off in the future.

- I already built an augmented reality overlay: yondar.me (still needs nostr integration once geo spec is usable)
- Geohashes are now a tag type: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/commit/d82599bc7f894a175174014d3afc44e428ecb99d
- We need a standard for geo notes. Help us define the spec here: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/136

This is what I am excited about! I'll be writing more about the composite value of these technologies soon! ❤🗺


G's Retreat

Where G hangs out

This event represents a place. View it on https://go.yondar.me/place/naddr1qq95wfmnypfx2arjv4shgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakszymhwden5te0dehhxarj9cmrswpwdaexwq3qmygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6sxpqqqzfgkvluzdv


I have the same feeling about them, but my writing is so bad that even I can't read it.


Sumo wrestling is proof that the ancient Japanese had a wicked sense of humor


There are fat people in Japan and I have proof. They are sumo wrestlers


Good point


I spent 50+ hours getting to Nostrasia and the trip cost like $10k.

I spent 30+ hours getting to Miami.

But I'm only going to be spending 4 hours getting to Tokyo 😃😄😁😆😃😀😆😁😁😁🫡

Now, the difficult choice is, do I fly at 8:55, 9:05, 9:15, 9:30.... The flights are more frequent than the bus to the airport.

https://image.nostr.build/707d86e1498c9ca9a0ee61edc2b3036881f36dc7c0ce9bec89e7590f961c6683.jpg


Just saw Le Cameri 🤣


Too soon?


Nostrocket, being rewritten since block 100.

nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p


Check out Nostrocket!

Have a read and join the conversation 👇

<author: MarinaSpin> #BuildOnBitcoin

Read story: https://bolt.fun/story/check-out-nostrocket--1164


Looks like they used hydrogen instead of helium in that balloon


Accurate


Just watched Bloomberg for 15 mins.

This is apparently one of the more high brow western media outlets and yet it's dumb as a box of sand.

It's like some kind of religious broadcast to adherents. Standard diet of "everyone except us is evil", and "here's the current thing and what you believe about it".

I can't see how being this misinformed doesn't end in pain, the global South is about to perform a pincer movement on the western economy and psychology.


It doesn't matter. The uninformed do not have an impact on the world, or at least, they are at a severe disadvantage against the informed.


They remembered my name and pronouns

https://image.nostr.build/ca678968c90a0d1175ca131b7b757047b2d5658fb53e84e2296b3bd9d2014926.jpg


If you do, video please


Fill in the blanks

"We need to use government guns to stop people ____ because ____."


Yeah, valid point, I always have to use a workaround for network calls etc


Debuggers are way more efficient at manipulating points to print variables etc though.

You can also do profiling and see which threads/mutexes/functions are introducing problems and then step through those with a debgugger.


Much nicer, thanks!


It's ok python people can follow this to de-retard themselves: https://realpython.com/python-debugging-pdb/


Sure, but how do you get to the original code and line numbers rather than the compiled stuff?


A valid definition of retarded: debugging by using your brain to simulate a machine executing your code, and then printing variables to the console to validate your assumptions.

This is why tools like GDB exist.


It's all "compiled" etc though (and without any js equivalent of "debug symbols". Also I can't seem to find a call stack?


But isn't this is only if you run node as a server?


Cease


It's not 1970, thus it's not a legitimate programming language if you can't step through execution and see the line of code that is being executed.

JavaScript is not a legitimate programming language. Change my mind.


You're right, you're right. Ok let's just watch Netflix and chill for a bit


Two


This year's Strange Loop conference has been in-fucking-sane.


Frustrations abound with the crypto exchange licensing process in Hong Kong so far. Joseph Wang, the astrophysicist who spoke with nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p on nostr:npub1tr0va8lk35pp4lnk64ymneywdjmmq6juznxlg5ejerkhxgwk7ggsw5qqpx back in June, offered some of his insight, having gone through the process to kind of kick the tires. He has a dour outlook, although other industry players say the Securities and Futures Commission is on the right track.

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

Full story: https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3237817/hong-kongs-crypto-hub-dream-mired-high-costs-other-barriers-one-year-jpex-one-stumbling-block


Fun fact:
https://image.nostr.build/999ae669b1131954c0252c773018c9252761c1ef2b3007b7d95255f94e6a6674.jpg


Pro-tip: put your codebase on an SD card and sticky tape it carefully behind your left ear before you go to sleep.

This allows the code to be slowly absorbed into the brain so that the subconscious can debug everything behind the scenes.

After just 3-5 nights, you will start noticing an improvement in how quickly you are able to resolve problems.


Daily reminder that the gold supply is essentially uncapped.

https://image.nostr.build/3e9992adaef061afaa52a3cf2f47354045152ab8bc8296560f895349fa86bd6d.jpg


Hacking together the cheapest possible but highest bandwidth and highest precision spectroscopic analyzer. Ultimate goal is mass production, these things usually cost an arm and a leg but this is 1000x better and cheaper.

Optically pumped laser pushed through a 50/50 split, shift one side 80MHz and put it back in the loop. Shift again 1khz and put it back in the loop. This gives us a 10THz wide spectrum with uniformly distributed peaks (at 80MHz) and creates something like an optical heterodyne.

We use a software defined radio with an optical coupler to read the resulting spectrum after passing the beam through the edge of a molecule. It's similar to how astronomers determine the chemical composition of exoplanets but we apply it to any material.

We use hydrogen cyanide for calibration, this seems to be the defacto standard.

https://image.nostr.build/71aaa815442f5394a5f6308bf68acfe079b96b8c48b806564826c802956b63ac.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/c94d772118125b982924968fd1caac154e8e0e1c1d8ccf56738d6d0ad02a999b.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/6cf8a33579a92201d09a159a7f35394e518db6dcb2da0eee44bf8bf47327c7c8.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/9d54a3deac23ba72b41ddf4019295e8541ab765c683512f985add9dec38c59c2.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/8049d9b5bcab1e2561da22a14076fadf33d6486e3e43268a2ffdb60c128c0cf6.jpg


Save valuable brain cycles by only observing human news after an appropriate time lag.

Time itself is a great way to filter out noise. E.g. for general technology, if something is still newsworthy in 6 months, maybe it's not just hype. For blockchain related innovations, my time lag has evolved to be 3 years.


Even better:

https://media4.giphy.com/media/uTrMz52fib2pvO71ts/giphy.webp?cid=6c09b952z1hs3yym9hccqonqfkm0vmd3vgux5ksxcgaz0ji3&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g


WANT


Milky Way rising from Hooker Lake, New Zealand ✨ https://image.nostr.build/f534d6308bf054a6f6a05da7fd53d52d8fa261c8164540203a86d34ec0147d32.jpg


This begs the question though, who are the second class citizens?


🚀 New version of NDK's Svelte Components: 1.4.

Codename: I AM THE 🧵 NOW

Many bugfixes, but the most important is a new <EventThread> component, extracted from the guts of Shipyard, which allows to create properly-displayed threads, the way nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc expects them too.

Now all NDK-based applications can make Gigi happy.

https://cdn.satellite.earth/0f7d8e533459a022331a7d9e5e48239b38f8d617f8a22bb4414a51b2a895cd33.png


I'm still a bit confused at how the administration didn't know this was coming even though they were told it was coming.


Many on Nostr are genuinely passionate about humanity. Yet, as I've been developing features for content warnings, moderation, and user filtering, I've had to immerse myself in the less pleasant side of the platform. For testing, I set up an account that follows a spectrum of voices, some of which constantly spill hate and trollish remarks. Regardless of their true intent, their aim seems clear: to turn the platform into a hostile environment for certain users.

Now, there's a significant difference between censorship and personal autonomy. Censorship restricts expression, while personal autonomy is about choosing who we invite into our intimate spaces, like our living rooms. Social media is a paradox; it's both a bustling town square and our private living room. It has the power to connect us to the masses or bridge a conversation with someone miles away. This duality makes it even more imperative to equip users with tools to shape their online environments and manage their digital communities. It's not about stifling voices, but ensuring our living rooms remain our sanctuaries.

In essence, and to misquote Clint Eastwood, while the world is vast, when it comes to my online living room, I demand the right to tell trolls to "get off my front lawn," and I desire the mechanisms to uphold that boundary.


The "vaccine" mandates on steroids.

https://youtu.be/kCoFLhDKlA4?si=1ud_wIwVrVp6d-Ri


I like to think I hold myself to high standards but cardboard boxes are something I freely admit I can't compete with


I'm very happy you have found value in my teachings


In the West: "sure we lock up journalists like Assange, bomb countries back to the stone age, force people to get experimental medical interventions... BUT at least we aren't as bad as China, have you seen that documentary!"

In China: "sure, social media is controlled, there a network of cameras with facial recognition to track us.... BUT at least we aren't as bad as the West, have you seen that documentary!"


HIRING: Svelte developer to solve specific and well defined problems, paid (promptly) in sats.


On the fridge at my friend's lab lol

https://image.nostr.build/97a0f2b06a65c2c07dcb7b30bcd1309d3583232d1543a175f8b60250c847f43b.jpg


Where are you staying when you go to Tokyo?


I've changed the architecture of snub but haven't updated the readme. Other projects more important at the moment.


Oh wow, is it still in use?


It's happening.


How to generate a random number for a private key:

Step 1) aquire a Geiger counter tube (G-M tube)
Step2) acquire americium-241

Mount these next to each other.

The americium occasionally emits a gamma ray in a random direction.

Sometimes that direction is towards the G-M tube.

The timing is random.

It can't be spied on because it's vector/directional.

This is how I will be generating my private keys from now on.


This is the correct way to wake up.

https://image.nostr.build/f302617634269f4820f77a2a2d240fd5c1718359bb0431d2e2dc0c84df0c4dca.jpg


Your nsec has existed for eternity.

Did you select it or did it select you? 🤯

GM


What music do you listen to while you work on your magnum opus? (Programing, arting, prompting, or whatever the kids do nowdays)


I just find it ironic that "democratic" and "capitalist" america views open source as evil, but "communist" "totalitarian" china views it as good.


I keep running into this exact problem. I can't articulate it but it's like there's a fundamental force of nature that pushes projects in this direction


That guy is retard compressed under heat and pressure, resulting in high density retardium.


History rhymes. https://i.nostr.build/4m49.jpg


Oh yeah I nearly forgot!


"Communist China is developing open source chip architecture to dodge our sanctions and grow its chip industry," -Marco Rubio

The lack of self awareness is astounding.


This is why I replace it with "zero-knowledge-proof-of-..."


Don't take advice from someone you wouldn't take criticism from🔃


Yeah it was in Guangdong.

Very multicultural, just of a kind that is unfamiliar to us westerners


Hmmmmm

https://video.nostr.build/ff21957423b740f01f80b2f5e426f8f153b73bb0c87b9085c0b89a525a19baa8.mp4


When nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft said he was getting a new license plate to reflect his deep inner view of existence itself, this isn't what I expected

https://image.nostr.build/21c471ed1c20741155617e5043739bde5551168de26194ecccf80b95355eb9f0.jpg


I guess this was to be expected. The US is too weak to meaningfully support Israel. Syria and Iran are making their move.


https://geyser.fund/project/nostrprojectt nostr:nprofile1qqsverg89m7ucem0ewkpfakddqj7ms6hde27k7r292t4acp556szdjcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqscamnwvaz7tmzwf3zu6t0g2ep0q  and I are collaborating on #ProjectT

We sell T-shirts of Nostr porjects to support their development. All money profit will be donated to corresponding projects.

Currently, we have Coracle, Habla and Nostream T-shirts. Blowater T-shirt will come later.

Buy one and we will ship to you. International shipping is not covered. We will have limited physical T-shirts to get during the NostrAsia event (presale needed).


Yes. I've done this before. But they don't like it.


The concern there is the alignment problem, I don't want to be responsible for turning the universe into a podcast editing machine.


Hiring: someone to edit podcast recordings for Nostrovia.


Yeah I got my ticket a few months ago with a credit card payment. Bali is the perfect place for a family reunion since we are all equidistant from it around APAC, and a bitcoin conference is the perfect excuse.

🌍🔫


Must have missed it. I'm in anyway!


Was that always there?


They didn't when I bought my ticket.


Strange loop is awesome


It would be cool if these Bitcoin conferences accepted Bitcoin as payment instead of credit cards....


Someone put pineapple on pizza


I actually have no idea. I just want to know how they are currently being implemented at the moment so that I can see if they're truly non-custodial.

Have you gone down the rabbit hole?


*on a 20 year timescale


So I tested the twitter revenue thing, boy that's gonna help them.

Doesn't mater how we feel about it, they are building the sticky incentives.

It actually pays relatively much more than I thought, for doing nothing you wouldn't already done. That's magic for ppl.

Which brings me back to economically meaning zaps. Zapping a beer counts, zapping sub dust limit won't attract the normies.

The competition and the normies are not morally aligned with us. Ppl are busy living their lives.


What's the best lightning prism implementation to look at as a reference?


That makes more sense now lol


I will document it sooner or later, it's not really stable yet


False alarm


If you set up the Deadman bot, then it will listen for your key or any other keys you specify.

This is used for publishing data if you "disappear" for some reason.


That's exactly how state actors and central banks will attack Bitcoin if they survive long enough


What's lifpay?


ABORT


DEADMAN PROTOCOL TRIGGERED

ACTION(S) 0-4 HAVE EXECUTED SUCCESSFULLY

NEXT ACTION AT BLOCK 811126

--------------------------
Published by DeadManBot c4f92766
Authorized pubkeys may abort with `ABORT`


Julian Assange's wife & brother are now on Nostr. #freejulian

Stella: nostr:npub1xw7h0efeg5s8gla2uyu55jh4lfrlgppcjemrwkmdc7lgvhkcz3fqpvumsa

Gabriel: nostr:npub1dcgppk89h9flnffrznvhhj2vt9a0ym23ht5gk07l9j8m6l5k95qsze06js

Give them a warm welcome as they navigate our growing protocol 💜


Media files are still a pain point on Nostr.

This might ease it soon.

https://getairchat.com/s/ie81T0jP

https://video.nostr.build/f01a9a008028903a2482bd2db9b172ff7264cb16721bfcc652f656d6461833b8.mp4


Try this YT channel: https://youtube.com/@TheNewAtlas?si=1nv4Rt9ajS78To57


That was back in my prime. It's all downhill from here.


For future reference, it's better to share a qr code or put a big space around the address to make it easier to copy.


Don't get trapped in the wrong jurisdiction when these unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats being paid by corporate interests roll out the next "safe and effective" mandates.

https://youtu.be/UScNk39xUTk?si=yCEpY1C_f3wJdNoa


It would be fantastic if things were that simple, but they aren't. Democracy+capitalism's reaction to a flu has resulted in a 15-20% excess death rate. At this point it makes no sense to support any economic or political ideology, they are all garbage.


Ping nostr:npub1spyzucqh3skwn9k6d4n4wl6k52evglxtrjzvs8et09sxxl9hrduq945j7y


We also put "be your own bank" advertisements directly in front of the HSBC building in central.


Accurate though.


Spot on.

And out of pure hubris, this bloc is isolating itself from 75% of the global economy.


I had drinks with one of the Libra team last year and they said this PR demoralized the team and they never recovered, eventually the project was abandoned. The creator of the project, David Marcus, is now building stuff on top of lightning.


Learning how to review patches this fine evening.

https://github.com/diem/diem/pull/83

cc nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p


This is also the biggest problem with Bitcoin adoption in the west due to the prevailing mindset that disobeying authority is immoral.


This, and "you have to produce before you can consume".


The victors write the history books.

We westerners aren't going to look so good when Russia and China write ours.


Thanks, Nostr was the first open source protocol I came across and I have no idea what the open source route is. Because I used to do traditional Internet product development in the mainland. I'm not a programmer, I'm a product manager, and I have an idea of the product path for Freerse. The programmers I hired had no experience with how open source projects would survive and take their course in the future. So I need advice. Do you have any good advice🤝


The consensus seems to be that China's RMB devaluation and USD accumulation is purely due to economic necessity.

I don't know much about tradfi, but I have a sneaking suspicion that China might be devaluing the RMB to get it to parity with the HKD so they can flip the peg from USD to RMB.

They would probably need a heap of USD liquidity as a buffer, which would explain why they have suddenly started selling T bills etc and stockpiling USD.

I don't know anything and this isn't my field, but curious to know if this is within the realm of possibility.


Very helpful insights.

Can you elaborate on point 2? Reads are the bottleneck?


This whole WWII Nazi veteran issue is ridiculous.

The US and Canada (etc) have been funding and arming Nazis in Ukraine since before Russia even invaded.

The Azov Battalion (just one example) literally has SS insignia on their uniforms and they proudly carry it on their flags when on parade. These are loud and proud sieg heiling Nazis, and they are funded by Canadian taxpayers (among others).

I found it particularly ironic when travelling around New Zealand to see everyone openly supporting a paramilitary force who has the same emblem as that used by the Christchurch mosque shooter on the cover of his manifesto.

https://image.nostr.build/d4cc0b51c56fbc69413dc75c6b61489ec15a793f70574135667d44efbde4b17e.jpg


And.... lost the steam again


Wooo it's working now


My connection is too slow to buffer the stream 😭


Which government is shutting down?


Have you discovered anything like a break-even point in terms of numbers of paying customers etc?


But the bones are the best part

🐶🐶🐶


Apple should just adopt brew


It doesn't cause inflation. It *is* inflation.


"dogs are better"

🐶🐴


It will be beyond you but just within reach! (with some googling while listening)


🧠

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_2613541018535096611695928037.webp


I haven't edited yet, so I can include it!


Save valuable brain cycles by only observing human news after an appropriate time lag.

Time itself is a great way to filter out noise. E.g. for general technology, if something is still newsworthy in 6 months, maybe it's not just hype. For blockchain related innovations, my time lag has evolved to be 3 years.


Next one is already recorded but the death of my MacBook really threw me off this week.

Next one is with nostr:npub1t89vhkp66hz54kga4n635jwqdc977uc2crnuyddx7maznwfrpupqwra5h9 and we talk about his rather hardcore project: hornet storage.


I keep hearing nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc saying "signed events good".

https://image.nostr.build/de1f49a19d944304f119a0133a31ef71e46e242c1191675683b1afb6a600df4a.jpg


I'm usually a little bit more retarded than I'd like to be


Went there in 2004. Was in a single engine 2 seat aircraft and we were getting blown towards the mountains, turbulence so so bad that the epirb went off (only meant to go off after an impact).

Nearest airstrip was Moruya so put it down there and went to the pub.


Oh wow, didn't even realize!


Hacking together the cheapest possible but highest bandwidth and highest precision spectroscopic analyzer. Ultimate goal is mass production, these things usually cost an arm and a leg but this is 1000x better and cheaper.

Optically pumped laser pushed through a 50/50 split, shift one side 80MHz and put it back in the loop. Shift again 1khz and put it back in the loop. This gives us a 10THz wide spectrum with uniformly distributed peaks (at 80MHz) and creates something like an optical heterodyne.

We use a software defined radio with an optical coupler to read the resulting spectrum after passing the beam through the edge of a molecule. It's similar to how astronomers determine the chemical composition of exoplanets but we apply it to any material.

We use hydrogen cyanide for calibration, this seems to be the defacto standard.

https://image.nostr.build/71aaa815442f5394a5f6308bf68acfe079b96b8c48b806564826c802956b63ac.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/c94d772118125b982924968fd1caac154e8e0e1c1d8ccf56738d6d0ad02a999b.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/6cf8a33579a92201d09a159a7f35394e518db6dcb2da0eee44bf8bf47327c7c8.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/9d54a3deac23ba72b41ddf4019295e8541ab765c683512f985add9dec38c59c2.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/8049d9b5bcab1e2561da22a14076fadf33d6486e3e43268a2ffdb60c128c0cf6.jpg


You could almost get through this one https://youtu.be/wYk5s1i_ckA?si=2iFH1u9GwGC-CCuq


Some of the stories I've heard from family friends etc who lived there are insane.


It's a democracy so this must be what the people want.


"government"
"run"
"care"


Using it for transactions is a positive step, but ultimately unless coupled with using it as savings.


Daily reminder that the gold supply is essentially uncapped.

https://image.nostr.build/3e9992adaef061afaa52a3cf2f47354045152ab8bc8296560f895349fa86bd6d.jpg


All the compilers (rust, go, etc). nmap, masscan, Wireshark, browser plugins like ublock origin, iTerm for tabbed terminals, macDown for markdown editing, vscode for frontend stuff, neovim with rust and go lsp's


Yeah I guess it's somewhat fair, my previous one was basically the Toyota Hilux of laptops, drove it hard from 2011-2018 and was still able to sell it after that when I got a new one. What year is yours?


Murphy's law proven correct again today.

My MacBook died at the most opportune time to cause maximum pain and disruption to my life.

Also, I remember when MacBooks lasted a decade. Now all we get is 4-5 years?


The military industrial money printer elite think we are stupid, but the sad thing is they are right.

The entire western world fell for the mRNA scam and allowed their government to sell their bodies to medical companies for profit and experimentation because "virus", and when that narrative fell apart instead of asking questions or learning from their mistakes they turned on a dime to become hardcore Nazi supporters because "Putin".

And now they are doing a whole new level of self-harm because "China".


US: I know, let's stop exporting silicon fab machines to china, that will really destroy them!

China: 🙄 k whatevs dude
Builds a fking *particle accelerator* powered by a Thorium reactor to create new type of laser for a novel type of lithography.


Ordinary Men: police battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland.


It makes me feel like no one really cares about the Union anymore

https://image.nostr.build/516ea9eae42275dbd5d56a3acb6c03a49cdb07412393d982cef64aa92c721eed.jpg


The first one I used was written in golang, super simple cli to publish and fetch events.


"There is a lot going on here, very little of which I (and likely you) understand. But the really horrifying takeaway for me is in items 1 and 3. If you read it carefully, you’ll notice that the more times you use your private key to encrypt data using NIP 04’s encryption scheme, the easier it is for an attacker to brute-force your key."

This is a highlight created on https://highlighter.com


If marriage was really bad all the mega rich wouldn't be married.


Tuesdays is wall change day

https://image.nostr.build/c906215cb0f8f6b4b09d311492a216c2423c97b1da0c034258c9a9bf09fc088f.jpg


Very hit and miss. They have multiple axes to grind.


Even worse is the fact that most Australians were on the cops' side.


22 September 2021 - this is the police response at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance (war memorial for Australian soldiers) after they’d chased anti-lockdown protestors (after some 230+ days on Lockdown #6) through the city and cornered them there.

Nothing will change until all these goons and the cunts that sent them are in prison. https://v.nostr.build/BkAY.mov


It was shocking to me that Australia went full totalitarian with lockdowns, coerced "vaccinations", and a ban on leaving the country.

I have friends who got stranded in Australia for 2 years and had their lives totally destroyed because the regime refused to let them leave the country. I have others who now have permanent heart damage from a "vaccine" that they didn't want but would lose their job if they didn't get it.

I was lucky enough to be living in totalitarian hong kong where we had none of this.


Oct 12th(Thu) @7:30 pm bitcoin meetup venue:
INN SIDE OUT, 2/F SCAA Sports Complex (High Block), Phone: 2895 2900
88 Caroline Hill Road, Causeway Bay

Time to move back to outdoor. See you soon!!


Every time I try to build something for the browser it reminds me why I hate building things for the browser.

You have to either use vanilla js which is pointless, or you use frameworks etc, which invariably involves any number of black boxes wrapped within other black boxes in some form of "build" process. If you breathe on it too hard the whole thing falls apart.


I've been fiat mining non-stop and missed all the new stuff, what's a gift wrap?


I signed it


I think we need to differentiate between an API provided by a service, and and an API provided by a library.

Could ALI become a thing?


Who drinks this much water?
https://image.nostr.build/500d8c3349cde271611180505775a7f8a84046ee15aae917217bd11dfef7bca6.jpg


nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424

https://image.nostr.build/d583393dce576df89a078fd353841e61ff4a50fa7b2968eee768eeeda22a9655.jpg


I'm all in on the Oxford comma, Kantian whole, and German semicolon.


Markdown is really the only way, and grammar checking is only necessary in certain situations, like when you're helping your uncle jack off a horse.


Posted 92 days before the robot armies of emperor LLM3340 liberated humanity


Hello nostriches fellows~!!!!

I have been in china recently and busy with catching up friends and families so im kind of quiet here recently.
I am very happy to share with you guys that we had a small nostr meetup in #shanghai For "some" reason,  we wanted to keep it anonymous and private here so we only get a "proof of footster". I feel so blessed catching up with like-minded people. Here is some some interesting topic we talked about;

why nostr?
"It provides mentally comfortness because I know there is no centralized entity recording my behaviour during the registrication and using experience. I know there are bugs, some UX design problem. But nothing can compare with the safety provided by nostr."

"I dont care how convenient it is, and im surprised how convient it is when switching different app"

what kind of topic will interest you about nostr asia?
"Im not a developer, my girlfriend is having its own online shops and everything is on WeChat. I think it is not a secure way. So i hope there will be a panel about how nostr can power small business, in a non-dev way"

Orange pilling in china
"During my work on orange pilling, I found there are many popular material that is not in Chinese. I am okay with it but when i try to convenice my family, I hope there are more materials in mother language. We need to make them feel interested first then dive into the security model details about bitcoin"

"At the beginning it is my database of recording my study journey of bitcoin but then i realize i need more people know it."

nostr community

"healthy, friendly, making me willing to share and join the discussion"

All above coming from different persons I am talking to.  Feel free to comment below if you are ok letting people know who you are ~ lets keep building and keep being weird :)

https://image.nostr.build/458703795d79ab97bcde601640a7c719e5eadd6850a814ded1cf3b4f721537ea.jpg


First time I've ever heared of this pdd company so no idea about that, but the way the article invokes China and promotes State intervention smells like it's an attempt at manufacturing consent.


First hand accounts of pure evil.

https://image.nostr.build/0965e9a22afc124ec060b592fd6d918c06e35ffcd50eb414e6e251ae88ad15ac.jpg


Why 3?


All of them, but I was asking because I'm implementing something new


Oh duh, moved to nip10.


Just out for a walk

https://image.nostr.build/47a1f11e1c9202b593e77330c5573e68a5e6cd55fa8ae611a8d620ec68119698.jpg


Tags used to be `e, <event ID>`. Then they were `e, <event ID>, <relay>, <root || reply>`

Just looked at nip01 again and we seem to have gone back to the original.

What are people using now? I found `root` very useful to make sure you get all the events in a thread, are people not using this anymore?


They all seem to be commiting suicide via lethal mRNA injection anyway


Also nostr.hk but hasn't been updated for a while


Ho is monthly and combined with the Bitcoin meetup. It works well.


We've been doing this every month in HK for 6 months now


The whole world used to trust American institutions like the FDA. Now everyone just laughs at them.

https://youtu.be/xXUQqghzPB0?si=ad9gSjTrB8uZ8cBw


That looks really interesting, added to my watchlist!


WE'RE GONNA REPLACE SPOTIFY
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE YOUTUBE
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE UBER
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE PINTEREST
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE INSTAGRAM
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE TWITTER
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE TIK TOK
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THREADS
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE BLUESKY
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE TELEGRAM
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE DISCORD
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE TWITCH
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE AMAZON
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE FACEBOOK
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE GOOGLE
WE'RE GONNA CHART NEW TERRITORY AND DO THINGS THAT NOBODY HAS EVER DONE
AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT ALL ON #NOSTR

https://image.nostr.build/ee09f560e3cf79345c1778949bfaefcabd8d6abd1ae24bcc9d54402afd33c299.jpg


Yeah solving the same problem


This is how I feel before coffee


Going to sleep now so I can wake up and kick the bag tomorrow


Best by far


brah / bruh


Useful https://makelinux.github.io/kernel/map/


Acceptable


What are your pronouns?


Oi gov'na, old mate down therez got an illegal dog


Every Friday we have a massive weather event in HK.

This week it's a red rainstorm, last week was black with massive flooding, and the week before that was a hurricane.


I found the best music on the internet. You guys can stop looking now.
 https://youtu.be/vtRn2qmmOes?si=R7SRC1C3-rC4eg-D


Bitcoin and hegemonic fiat are both anchored in energy, they just use that energy differently.

The current state of the ledger is always determined by whoever deploys the most energy.

Under a hegemonic fiat regime, this energy is deployed against anyone trying to opt-out of the hegemon's ledger.

Bitcoin is multiple orders of magnitude more efficient than hegemonic fiat because electricity is converted directly into security instead of being used via the proxy of bombs, regime change, color revolution, etc.


I mean, I don't want to get anyone into trouble


The entire US led world violated the Nuremberg code during Covid. The "bad" countries that westerners are instructed to hate did not.

https://youtu.be/_oZAPk_Xpow?si=z5iL5Q1QWy0EbBMe


Was just talking about this yesterday with my uranium supplier, both of us are in agreement that it would be really cool to have a collection of books that are primary sources only. E.g first hand accounts of what happened to our legions in the teutoburg forest


Imagine you’re an indie author

You put your book for sell on Nostr via nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x

People can buy your book without intermediaries, zapping the author directly

Whoever highlights or creates margin notes is immediately sharing your book’s most valuable ideas immediately with their whole network.

Through NIP-89 any person finding a highlight or a comment can click and discover the functionality and the content and buy the book right away

Like I said before:

nothing beats the distribution of a protocol that doesn’t compartmentalize use cases nostr:note1r00cc2806lzr8q68jd4xtls0x4s9nmttvswx37kpjlcfdg27jksqkkzrw0


The toblerone one is just ridiculous


These lobsters are fighting each other for dominance over one corner of the Bitcoin protocol.

All the other lobsters are watching and trying to sound intelligent to each other by voicing their unearned wisdom.

Meanwhile the State is sharpening it's knives and heating up a big pot of water.

https://image.nostr.build/438f2d2cef979a633914d0900d479a69e173cbd1bf07e63b4b4980dfbb89eb3c.jpg


This is so fking hilarious. It gets me every time I look at it... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


Damn that looks good.


Yep.


Anyone who believes they can centrally plan an economy should try opening a restaurant first.


Trying out Rust Rover.


Nostrovia


Too easy to fuck with


Data as the preimage. Damn that's a really cool idea.


Told friend at boxing gym today that I've taken up rock climbing.

"Climbing is really good" he said. "Really good workout. Builds up your forearms, strengthens the abs and back, gets your heart pumping, and also forces you to be mindful and think about what you're doing."

He resumed hitting the bag, then paused for a moment to say: "I'd definitely do it, if it wasn't gay".


Whether the science is a hoax or not is a separate problem to that of the solution being being a hoax.

You can also look at China, Russia, Iran, etc who also think it's real but have entirely different solutions.

Perhaps if western governments didn't turn into full blown sinister and murderous totalitarian regimes over a flu we could entertain their even more sinister and murderous solutions to climate change.


Talking about tax legitimizes it.

I dream of a world where bitcoiners stop this trend they are on where they keep legitimizing the concept of tax by talking about it like it's something we need to think about.

If Bitcoin works, then at some point **you will be required by law to hand it over to the State**.

If you're someone who's *already* concerned about what type of Bitcoin transaction constitutes a "taxable event", then what are you going to do when self custody is totally illegal? That's right, you'll be handing over your coins faster than you can boil asparagus.

There is no technical solution for a desire to comply. Bitcoin helps those who help themselves, it will never free those who don't value freedom.


Love this one


nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft you're meant to be sleeping


No better way to spend a flight home from #tabconf23 than with these three in my head.
nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft

Amazing rip yall

[Nostrovia - The Nostr Podcast] Sovereign Engineering with Pablo and Gigi  🅴 #nostroviaTheNostrPodcast
https://podcastaddict.com/nostrovia-the-nostr-podcast/episode/163468826 via @PodcastAddict


ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, I was at the corner of 23rd and 5th ave, near the Flatiron. And then later on saw Bldg 7 fall down in the evening. To me, it all looked like controlled demolition.

So Sue Me. I don't care if you think I'm a conspiracy nut but I saw it with my own eyes.

9/11 was an INSIDE JOB.


Communism is kind of like a eurocentric bastardized version of Confucianism.

Free markets are a subset of Daoism.

China has been in a tug of war between these two philosophies since about ~600BC.


Is this an advertisement to join Trudeau's party?


The latest episode of Nostrovia with nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc and nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p is essentially 30 minutes of laughing and 30 minutes talking about the upcoming Madeira Hackathon/ Accelerator 2 month long event. It's a great episode. Check it out on Fountain.

https://fountain.fm/episode/fhJEv7Cn0RlE8hliFdHX


Hilarious pod
--- Explaining what the Sovereign Engineering event in Madeira is all about ---
w/ nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p

Topics
- Lyn Alden (1st ~30mins)
- Sovereign Engineering event
- SE principles
- SE advantages
- Legacy tech silo problems/limitations
- Gigi's involvement with Opensats

"It turns out it's not AI we have to worry about, it's nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a "
nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p

https://fountain.fm/episode/fhJEv7Cn0RlE8hliFdHX

tldl:
Sovereign Engineering Event
Jan 8 - March 1
People coming together to explore/build ideas related to Nostr, Bitcoin, Lightning.

People can apply to attend here:
https://sovereignengineering.io/#four


Not sure if this is true in this particular case or not but it's usually due to developer burnout. I've seen it happen over and over again.

The more exciting a new project is, the greater the risk. The initial excitement and FOMO is a double edged sword. It initially causes them to spend all their spare time on it, but this can often cause burnout and flip to an equally strong opposite emotion of disgust as their subconscious screams "all the hard work you've done on this will never pay off".


And also one that only shows images of horses.

🐴🐴🐴


Nothing to see here 🐴


#Building7 didn’t kill itself https://i.nostr.build/dZQO.gif


Sure, it *can*, but right now it doesn't want to.

There are more important problems than this.


NEW EPISODE OF NOSTROVIA! nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc talk about how the most crazy engineers in Nostr and Lightning are converging on Madeira for 2 months to work on the next wave of freedom tech.

It starts on January 8 and runs through till March 1st when Bitcoin Atlantis begins.

Want to know more? Listen now:

https://fountain.fm/show/EHr7oroKVhkIAWNTGGRn

https://open.spotify.com/show/3FKrua9rST5DDKv0WeAqWn

https://podcasts.apple.com/hk/podcast/nostrovia-the-nostr-podcast/id1678531266?l=en

https://anchor.fm/s/d8e8d5a4/podcast/rss

----- LINKS ------

https://sovereignengineering.io/

https://opensats.org/apply


Tag the podcast event or something so that it's easy to keep track of all the quotes.

I feel like this needs to be a microapp