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 PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE WHO COMPLAINS THAT WE SHOULD ZAP DEVS DIRECTLY RATHER THAN FUND THEM THROUGH OPENSATS ZAP DEVS LESS THAN ME.

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. 
 The hypocrisy has to stop

By running both a VC fund (1031) and Open Sats a 501c you create a bia... 
 > Let me paint scenario where an open source dev is looking to make a 1031 funded company obsolete, would open sats fund it? I have a hard time believing open sats would especially since Odell would be liable for damages for breaking his fiduciary responsibility. 

WE FUND PLENTY OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE SEEN AS COMPETITORS TO TEN31 PORTFOLIO COMPANIES. THE LIST IS PUBLIC. CHECK FOR YOURSELF. OUR INVESTMENT STRATEGY AT TEN31 FOCUSES ON COMPANIES THAT BENEFIT FROM A ROBUST OPEN SOURCE ECOSYSTEM.

> The biggest problem is that Open sats doesn’t fund anonymous developers. That means if Satoshi had come to Open Sats for funding he would have been denied. 

WE FUND NYMS AND TAKE THEIR PRIVACY INCREDIBLY SERIOUSLY BUT YES AS A 501C3 WE HAVE TO KEEP RECORDS FOR TAX AUDITS. WE MAKE EVERY RECIPIENT AWARE OF THIS RISK.

> Open Sats would be better off creating a list of devs / projects for people to zap / crowdfund instead of being a middleman.

GREAT IDEA. YOU SHOULD DO THAT. 
 THE MOST ACTIONABLE WAY TO PREVENT SLAVE TECH DYSTOPIA IS TO FOCUS A SHIT TON OF MONEY AND SUPPORT ON OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTORS. THEN USE AND PROMOTE THE TOOLS THEY BUILD.

OPENSATS IS ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS AT A SCALE AND EFFICIENCY NEVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE.

GOOD MORNING. 🫡 
 YES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 130 GRANTS OUTSTANDING. MOST PAID MONTHLY.

https://opensats.org/apply 
 HAVE SPOKEN TO LUKE AT LENGTH ABOUT THIS. WE ARE ALIGNED. HE IS GOING TO SEND ANY DEVS THAT NEED SUPPORT TO APPLY WITH US.

https://opensats.org/apply 
 DO BIG THINGS WITH GOOD PEOPLE. 🫡


https://m.primal.net/IeLi.jpg 
 FINISHED NEXUS BY RAMEZ NAAM. GREAT READ. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

STARTING SEQUEL NOW. 
 YES. 
 MORE THAN EVER. 
 RHR IN TEN MINUTES.

https://rhr.tv 
 “WHOEVER FIGHTS MONSTERS SHOULD SEE TO IT THAT IN THE PROCESS HE DOES NOT BECOME A MONSTER. AND IF YOU GAZE LONG ENOUGH INTO AN ABYSS, THE ABYSS WILL GAZE BACK INTO YOU.“ 
 Who will build the roads?

Honestly why do we care? What if no one build any roads and then sudde... 
 TRUCKS ARE GOOD. 
 RAQIB HAMEED NAIK - INDIAN JOURNALIST AND ACTIVIST - ON TWITTER CENSORSHIP BEING USED AGAINST HIS REPORTING OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED HATE CRIMES.


https://m.primal.net/IYOr.jpg 
 "PEOPLE WILL COME TO LOVE THEIR OPPRESSION, TO ADORE THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT UNDO THEIR CAPACITIES TO THINK."

- ALDOUS HUXLEY

GOOD MORNING. 
 CARLOS CHAMORRO - NICARAGUAN JOURNALIST IN EXILE - ON PRIORITIES WHEN OPERATING IN ADVERSARIAL ENVIRONMENTS.


https://m.primal.net/IXHE.jpg 
 What’s the name of the woman that just spoke at #OFF? We must get her in nostr; that’s the so... 
 100%

AGATHER ATUHAIRE, UGANDAN JOURNALIST AND ACTIVIST 
 “IT SEEMS TO BE A LAW OF NATURE, INFLEXIBLE AND INEXORABLE, THAT THOSE WHO WILL NOT RISK CANNOT WIN.”

- JOHN PAUL JONES

GOOD MORNING. 
 Who’s the best woofer on nostr 
 GOOD DOG. 
 Best advice you’ve ever received? 
 LEAD BY EXAMPLE. 
 Best golf course in Nashville? 
 GOLF CLUB OF TENNESSEE. ROD IS A MEMBER. TOO RICH FOR ME. 
 Who is your most interesting follow on nostr currently? 
 What’s your lowest round of golf? 
 82 
 LONG TRAVEL DAY.

AMA. 
 SITTING IN THE AIRPORT. GET IN TM. LOOKING FORWARD TO KICKING IT BROTHER. 
 PROBABLY NOT BUT ON MY WISH LIST. 😂 
 INADEQUATE 
 MUSIC + BOOK. 
 2
3
1 
 CONFUSING ANSWER.

THE SECOND CONCEPT WOULD BE MY PRIORITY. 
 SOULLESS BUT LUCRATIVE FIAT GIG. 
 IT IS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK CLEARLY. 
 CD107 
 EVERYTHING IS CHEAPER AND EASIER AFTER YOU LIVE IN NY. 
 GRADUATION KANYE 
 2008 FINANCIAL COLLAPSE + SNOWDEN LEAKS.

NOT RADICALIZED. FREE. 
 NOPE BUT I TRAVEL LIGHT. 
 NO IDEA BUT I BROUGHT MY TRAVEL MIC SO THERE WILL BE MANY DISPATCHES. 
 BITCOIN. 
 CAREFUL ABOUT THE DATA POINTS I PUT OUT THERE IN REGARD TO MY PERSONAL LIFE. 
 NO NEED TO MEASURE. 
 WELL PLAYED. 
 WE NOTE IN CAPS.
WE LIKE THE COIN.
WE STACK THE SATS. 
 PRIVACY IS CHEAPER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE.

NO PROTOCOL CHANGE REQUIRED. 
 MAYBE. WE NEED TO HIRE A FULL TIME EVENTS PERSON. I AM TIRED. 
 HAVE MOSTLY BEEN A FAILURE IN THIS REGARD. OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

TIP BARTENDERS WITH BITCOIN THOUGH. 
 THIS IS THE WAY. SURPRISED CLIENTS DO NOT OFFER THE OPTION YET TBH. 
 IT REALLY IS A GREAT AIRPORT. 
 JERKY 
 5H 
 NOPE. COOL CONCEPT. 
 NOPE. 
 MY CD FLAG WAS A GIFT FROM @hsromaine 
 HIGH. LETS FUCKING GO. 
 UNBOTHERED. MOISTURIZED. HAPPY. IN MY LANE. FOCUSED. FLOURISHING. 

TWITTER IS A PSYOP MACHINE. 
 Yes. Any app that doesn't allow you to change from their default servers is bad.
nostr:nevent1qqs... 
 IS IT OPEN SOURCE? LINK TO REPO? 
 TELEGRAM IS SPYWARE. 

DELETE IT. 
 DOES NOT EXIST YET BUT  @JeffG WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

UNTIL THEN SIGNAL / SIMPLEX / MATRIX / THREEMA ARE SOLID. 
 android fomo

is there any way to play with this on emulators on iOS/MacOS?

nostr:note1sccjfdjey... 
 JUST BUY A PIXEL TO FUCK AROUND WITH IMO. 
 IF YOU ARE ONLY USING A SINGLE NOSTR CLIENT CONSIDER SPREADING YOUR WINGS AND TRYING OUT OTHERS.

SO MANY SOLID OPTIONS AT THIS POINT. ALL OFFERING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTORS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO BUILD THEM OUT.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. 
 DAMUS - IOS ONLY
AMETHYST - ANDROID ONLY
GOSSIP - DESKTOP ONLY
PRIMAL 
SATELLITE EARTH
CORACLE
HIGHLIGHTER
ZAP STREAM
SNORT SOCIAL

IF YOU LISTEN TO CITADEL DISPATCH I HAVE HAD RIPS WITH MOST OF THE DEVS BEHIND THESE CLIENTS. STILL NEED TO GET VITOR ON. 
 SEEMS LIKE A CLASSIC CASE OF DEVELOPER BURN OUT. 
 Knowing about and being deeply convicted in bitcoin in 2015 was like having a magic wand that cou... 
 STILL TRUE. 
 TRUMP JR IN EL SAL FOR BUKELE INAUGURATION 👀 
 I’m trying to understand the best thinking/knowledge at the moment on how we might serve censor... 
 INCREDIBLY BULLISH ON BLOSSOM. 

CONSIDER WATCHING THIS RIP. MAY BE HELPFUL:

nostr:note13h9uwmy9w7dqgcdv58nlc0nt43pla3upczrsrdzd06vzqgvkeasqklk5xc 
 YOU ARE THE REASON I ADDED IT TO MY LIST A FEW MONTHS BACK. THANK YOU FOR THE REC. 
 Using PGP for verifying software doesn't work and it is often counterproductive. Users don't unde... 
 I LIKED HOW YOU GUYS IMPLEMENTED BUILT IN VERIFICATION OF UPDATES IN WASABI.

MORE SOFTWARE SHOULD DO THAT. 

DOES NOT SOLVE THE ISSUE WITH FIRST INSTALL BUT STILL MITIGATES RISK GOING FORWARD.

LONG TERM NOSTR SIGNING + WOT COULD SOLVE THIS - @  @Zapstore LEADING THE WAY. 
 DEVS DO NOT DICTATE BITCOIN PROTOCOL CONSENSUS.

USERS ULTIMATELY CHOOSE WHETHER THEY UPDATE THEIR NODES.

THE PROTOCOL IS INCREDIBLY RESISTANT TO CHANGE BY DESIGN.

EMBRACE IT. GOOD MORNING. 
 YOU HAVE LOST THE PLOT IF YOU THINK THE ABOVE IS COPE.