If you're looking to learn to code for the joy and empowerment, I highly recommend bash script.

It helps you to be great at maintaining your computer, and following guides to install things with Linux.

Anything you might execute from the command line is code.

Here's how you start (works on Linux or Mac)...

1) create a paranoid crypto anarchist directory and go into it

cd ~
mkdir pca
cd pca

2) make a file
touch GFY.sh

3) edit it with nano (vim later when you're getting skilled and seeking efficiency). This makes step 2 redundant, everyone relax, I know.

nano GFY.sh

4) on line 1, very important, put...

#!/bin/bash

This turns the document into a program.

5) Let's print something. Add these 3 lines

echo "GFY World!"
sleep 10
clear

This will print to screen, wait 10 seconds, then clear the screen, then the program ends. Notice, each new line is a new command, and they can be sequentially typed in if you want. All these lines of bash code work manually too.

6)
Make the program executable...

sudo chmod +x ~/GFY.sh

This is superuser do (elevated privileges), change mode function,   add executable option, and the path to the file (~ is shorthand to the home directory of the current user).

7) now you can run the program like this...

./GFY.sh

Or

~/GFY.sh

In the first example the full stop stands for the current directory. So whatever your directory you're in, the computer knows to replace the full stop with the current path, and then it adds on the rest. You have to be in the same directory as your program for this work.

In the second example, you don't have to be in the same directory because you're specifying the path fully, although in shorthand with ~

This might seem very trivial but it is the basic building blocks for building more and more complex things, such as Parmanode .

You can actually read the Parmanode script and see what it's doing.

Maybe I should do a video one day explaining the code.


GM


:Kek Laugh:


Tuesday's are days I have to drive into the office for work and technically get paid to sh!tpost on NOSTR

Also new nostr:nprofile1qqs9g69ua6m5ec6ukstnmnyewj7a4j0gjjn5hu75f7w23d64gczunmgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qzxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eeks6t5vehhycm99ehkuegprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezucm0d9hxvatwvshxzursz8gjrz update today... Running Android 15

GM fam

https://image.nostr.build/1a9b30a8a485fe07498fc62718268e801d60f9ae3afbee897537cf6bdda447ad.jpg


Archive.ph


INTJ


:groove:


:LMAO Pepe:


:PepeWhy:


#saunastr

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


:Gigachad:


:PepeLaugh:


I'll make fun of your PFP


Someone in real life also recommended it, will be checking it out


Diagonal, more aesthetically pleasing


Why would he be suspended for that? 😂😂😂


Now I wanna see the footage...


Fair enough. The only advice I could give you is that you're probably better off finding those connections is real life than behind a computer


For me, sometimes it's enough to just get my thought out. Whether people resonate or care enough to respond is not up to me


Finished Count of Monte Cristo, great read and would definitely recommend...

Next up: Bitcoin Is Venice

Let's see what's good nostr:nprofile1qqs9336p4f3sctdrtft2wlqaq5upjz9azpgylhfd3dplwf005mfrr9spzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj7spz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kueg6g89xw


Go deeper though, do you need them to see it for validation?


PSH


Seems like you're a little hard on yourself... Just because people don't respond doesn't mean that you aren't saying truths or your opinion doesn't matter


There's a word for those people...SIMPS

What are you trying to talk about?


Is your goal to become an influencer? Why does this matter?


I like your blunt/unapologetic takes, but as a general principle, I started unfollowing people with Monero in their profile

Keep doing you


Forgot about using faaack as a substitute for the f word... Going to bring that back 🤌🏼🤌🏼


GM


:vibePls:


Wait as a PWA?


:PepeLaugh:


Bought something off eBay... Left this as my feedback

https://image.nostr.build/47c602f5e75d2d038310c43c895b2371bbad3398aed186df27094e8ba26bb9dd.jpg


BASED


:Kek Laugh:


Let's go! Thank y'all for the work 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻


nostr:nprofile1qqstnr0dfn4w5grepk7t8sc5qp5jqzwnf3lejf7zs6p44xdhfqd9cgspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qgawaehxw309ahx7um5wghxy6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcnv0md0 is this the stable Android 15?


I have the same approach with orange piling... Initially was super zealous but realized that everyone gets bitcoin at the price they deserve


:Gigachad:


:Laugh Cry:


GM, a meeting got pushed to the afternoon 🤷🏻♂


So let me get this right, Chainalysis's (who work with the government) code is free speech but Tornado Cash's isn't? Got it

https://media.tenor.com/muhYNAcrPikAAAAC/heard-em-this-guy.gif


YouTubers getting into the fight game?

https://media.tenor.com/3EsLlQSj4dwAAAAC/jonah-hill-no.gif

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:peepoDJ:


:yes:


GM


🔴 #Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has confirmed that "discussions are ongoing" over a new contract to keep him at Anfield.

📝 The defender’s current deal expires at the end of the season, but sporting director Richard Hughes is leading negotiations with the player’s agent over an extension.

#GSC360 🌐 #Sportstr


In light of the latest Bitcoin thing

#tunestr #Clipse #KeysOpenDoors

https://song.link/us/i/204866806


And with your spirit


Testing ecash payments with bearer tokens stored on a physical card. You can see the card being topped up with one phone and pay the other. It feels incredibly fast and smooth.

Tap to pay UX with ecash is as good as it gets for payments. You're literally handing over the money.
https://video.nostr.build/41b9c7bb2306a6b21249a80f1e4d986b4c5663df3f9c60e8fc84ba33abf2ca46.mp4


Cold stored, geo distributed multisig... yes


😂😂 GM


:Big Brain:


And did forget to say, good alpha effort...NOSTR needs alternatives and progress


 - Chronological is tough to beat, still found some influencoors in the feed that i'd rather not see (but that's going to be hard to get past)
 - I did find a few plebs that I didn't follow so that was definitely positive
 - Yes, did find a couple post I hadn't seen before!
 - Don't really know the logic behind the algo so can't really comment on whether I was confused or not. Overall, I thought it was a nice switch from chronological ordered notes, but I think chronological would always be first place for me
 - Didn't see any user that appeared too often
 - If there was a way to maybe input some hashtags you're interested in and somehow incorporate that into the algo? I donno, just spitballin


:PepeLaugh:


Bitcoin difficulty all time high incoming in ~29 hours

https://image.nostr.build/841d15681a98dbfc62cc7c3b14e329f7b0bb81be4c1b967b6517df6c8b7fb277.png


Hasn't happened yet... In a little more than a day though


🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 GM


Good morning fam!


#GrapheneOS based on Android 15 will reach the Stable channel later today. It's very stable already and we've fixed a bunch of upstream bugs including several impacting the stock Pixel OS. We've made 7 official releases based on 15 already and the 8th is going to reach Stable.

We normally would have had it in the Stable channel already. We've been quickly fixing all the significant issues as they've been reported, but people kept reporting new ones afterwards and they've been past what we consider significant enough to delay the release until today.

An AOSP keyboard app layout issue was reported today where in landscape mode the right side is slightly cut off but still remains usable. We could push out the current release to Stable, but we've resolved this and we're building another release so we'll very likely wait for it.

We're capable of pushing out a fix for the keyboard app issue via our App Store. We're currently considering which option is best while we build the release. It's too bad this didn't simply get reported yesterday in which case the release would already be in the Stable channel.


F*ck sh*t ! I tried to have a break then I see Saylor talking more sh*t !

I’m pretty much the same age as Saylor. I’m not a multi billionaire, I’m a standard Pleb, of which I’m very happy to be alongside many of you, and Bitcoin to me is THE alternative to a vile corrupt warmongering system of theft.

HOLD YOUR KEYS
STACK HARD

This whole BS take that we all need f’ing Fink and Saylor is crap.

I was stacking before them and I never wanted them.

We create our own narrative, fuck being force fed this constant fiat version of the best sound money ever created. Yes they’re here, yes they’re buying loads but that’s it. It was always going to be that way.

Never give up your keys  … EVER !
🤙


:Kek Laugh:


GM


:Gigachad:


"but in the end everything is good for bitcoin"

☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

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Things I don’t lose sleep over:

- What central bankers think of bitcoin.
- What politicians think of bitcoin.
- What billionaires think of bitcoin.
- What anyone on X thinks of nostr.


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Last one for today... They're closed today but I think we'll gets some clicks

https://video.nostr.build/eca02bf802e818407a863505fdd82194ce7c541d9a9ca48bf39e64c0de39a726.mp4


nostr:nprofile1qqsrmqhg7mxxczt9gjln8ey8tgpl2cq2elm7c3n7z59pe3m395s5mjgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj72m6cdz

Strip mall on Convoy St, San Diego https://video.nostr.build/d1c531e361cc89449b50146743386b4af6a35491ad6e5187355b8af6058bdb55.mp4


nostr:nprofile1qqsrmqhg7mxxczt9gjln8ey8tgpl2cq2elm7c3n7z59pe3m395s5mjgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj72m6cdz

Crosswalk/intersection by some fast food
 https://video.nostr.build/3bbd3443a57aca3f1e939927f49e8c9fccb413703f40f9183643cade40d7845e.mp4


nostr:nprofile1qqsrmqhg7mxxczt9gjln8ey8tgpl2cq2elm7c3n7z59pe3m395s5mjgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj72m6cdz

Busy intersection/crosswalk by a mosque
 https://video.nostr.build/fe22ff57d6f981cc4e5302d5af35d294c69af3ecb6e556135fdc9cb46753afe8.mp4


5/9 signs deployed nostr:nprofile1qqsrmqhg7mxxczt9gjln8ey8tgpl2cq2elm7c3n7z59pe3m395s5mjgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj72m6cdz

https://media.tenor.com/yfc7QjbinkQAAAAC/bitcoin-bitcoiner.gif

Bus stop at the exit of a local community college

https://video.nostr.build/95f74dad5052484e809bf9377154186b93e1a6a47a9fbcdd2da5b945efa5170b.mp4


:MJ Stop It!:


:PepeLaugh:


I thought Fidelity self-custodied?


Did you DIY or buy premade?


Mines ok... Maybe clear your cache?


Have you front ran Wall Street today, anon?

#plebchain


When dad passed away from cancer, I was 35, but my brother-from-another-mother was only 11.

He’s an adult now and recently asked me if I had some life advice.

I wasn’t ready for his request, so didn’t say anything very useful. But then I reflected more on this. What would I say to a brother young enough to be a son? What can I share that may be valuable to others?

I wrote to him and told him I wanted to put the effort into my response that the sincerity of his question deserved and that I would share 7 things that came to mind. I just shared the first one. It’s helped bring us closer across different sides of the world. He also said what I wrote has been helpful and so with his consent I’m sharing it.

1. Selfishness is self defeating.

I’ve always tried to make decisions based on the principal “what’s for the greater good”. I’ve found that this generally ends up being for our greater good too.

The first time this principal was tested was 25 years ago. I was leading a software team. One of the developers wanted to work for the R&D team. This would mean we lost our top developer which would mean the performance of our team would go down. But it was his dream and I could not hold him back. I worked together with him and others in the company to map out a path for him to transition into the R&D team. Far from hurting me, somehow in some way I do not understand still my career only moved ahead. I took another developer into my team that no team wanted and who the company wanted to fire because if an incident when he upset a customer with his direct manner of communication. I sat down with him and was able to work out what the issue was and coach him. Because we discovered the root cause, he went through a complete shift in his mindset and we never had another issue with him on customer sites. 6 months later I was running two software teams.

When we behave selfishly, we act against self because all things are connected. God, life force, energy or consciousness moves through all things. When we act selfishly we are saying “I am not connected to this universal consciousness” in that moment. The seed of this action is disconnection. The seed of the thing becomes the thing. We cannot plant a lemon seed and expect a mango tree. So a disconnected action can only yield more disconnection in our life. The reverse is also true: as we take actions that are generous, we feel more belonging and connection to everyone and everything.

Guidance of “how I should act” comes directly from our understanding of the nature of reality.


:groove:


Touch grass

https://image.nostr.build/0890fc5cb1d94402f6f321a522826398c4262c6a999c889908c6c4be7779c6d5.jpg


:Gigachad:


https://media.tenor.com/yt29VsjjA7sAAAAC/sheeeeeit.gif

https://media.tenor.com/5Gr15Zqa8p4AAAAC/joey-joey-tribbiani.gif


You talking about Man City? Yeah they got lucky


:PepeCoke:


🌟 #Liverpool Curtis Jones shines as the Reds edge past #Chelsea 2-1 at Anfield, reclaiming the top spot! 🏆

🎯 Mohamed Salah converts a penalty, Nicolas Jackson equalizes, but Jones' timely finish secures the victory!

📉 Chelsea drops to 6th, 7 points behind Liverpool.

⚽ The beautiful game at its finest. #EPL

#GSC360 🌐 #Sportstr


First major test for Liverpool this season...Slot making some changes

#UpTheReds #Liverpool #LFC #PremierLeague

https://image.nostr.build/af8fd090fea111493357be889e2691824543301bd178e40a734a75cfea7573ef.jpg


Was a strike, I'll give him that


WOLVERHAMPTON 👀👀👀

#PremierLeague

https://media.tenor.com/x0k3jHO41aoAAAAC/eating-popcorn-nom-nom.gif


GM


GM Tuvok


GM Bold


GM node


GM Jeff


Main events coming up on the Murtazliev Tszyu card... It's streamng on Prime Video for all the flight freaks 🥊🥊🥊

#boxing


Every time nostr devs meet in person...
https://video.nostr.build/8f1c43a3ceda07a47b8e41895de3df110a87994433036ecf0693744fe674b7fe.mp4


:LMAO Pepe:


*low time preference


Use a Ledger, get your balls blown off

I don't make the rules

nostr:nevent1qqsdsxte4lzju2xe52w9y2g7a9x9y4kd2cypcqx8ayht8fhkk2nn33cpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qq8w7u2ymrghfpp6v5dpg57jpgaj2djk340a2npwzq8n64ksk6wxqxpqqqqqqzr0wn2j


7/10, minus points for the veggies and bread


:Kek Laugh:


CC: nostr:nprofile1qqsw9n8heusyq0el9f99tveg7r0rhcu9tznatuekxt764m78ymqu36cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuat50phjummwv5hszymhwden5te0wahhgtn4w3ux7tn0dejj7qg4waehxw309an8yetwwvh82arcduhx7mn99uuwx66a


Tsyzu is in trouble #boxing


Main events coming up on the Murtazliev Tszyu card... It's staying on Prime Video for all the flight freaks 🥊🥊🥊

#boxing


Main events coming up on the Murtazliev Tszyu card... It's staying in Prime Video for all the flight freaks 🥊🥊🥊

#boxing


For what it's worth, the Catholic tradition has quite a long history of arguing that certain things which are immoral should not therefore also be illegal.
I am drawn to the moral agnostic quality of the Bitcoin protocol, as you are. It presents a certain set of trade-offs that are very compelling in our present cultural and political setting, as well as in relationship to the weaknesses of human nature in general. But where I would draw the line versus where a true maximalist would draw it is at the point where this agnostic stance is used as the basis to order my own life and the life of society as a whole. I believe this is to commit the same error as those who subscribe to scientism. The scientific method is true and powerful, so far as it goes. The problem is when it is misused an exhaustive explanation of all of reality.

The two cases you describe above are objectionable to many, agreed. How would you address a third case, namely: Those who are incapable of deciding for themselves whether or not pornography or marijuana are things they can enjoy without being enslaved or damaged by them? The difficulty is to recognize that some people, in the act of trying these things so as to determine whether or not they can enjoy them without abuse, will be compromised by the very act of trying them.


Lurking 👀👀👀


Public intoxication


I like naps


:Gigachad:


:peepoClap:


What client are you using? Nostrudel works really good. Also try ditto.pub


GM


:LMAO Pepe:


:Simp Pepe:


Having a couple of nostr:npub1s3ht77dq4zqnya8vjun5jp3p44pr794ru36d0ltxu65chljw8xjqd975wz document-updating days.

We've been picking up steam on #Alexandria, lately, as we get used to Nostr and the various libraries. Showing up years after everyone else, has been a hurdle, but I think we've successfully jumped it. I just had to quit my day job and do nothing else, for half a year, and we all had to give up our social life. No biggie.

Switching from Markdown to Asciidoc markup caused us to pull half of the next two releases forward, which slowed the MVP down, but it makes everything smoother and simpler following that, so that was a big win, for the project, and worth the delay.

We're essentially being forced to recreate some functionality that other web clients already have, in v0.2.0, to ensure quality and reliability for our users, but okay, whatever. "Then build your own client, bro," is what it is.
We might have a use case for #hypernotes, so we'll be looking into that some more, after the slide into 2025.

Got the new work breakdown structure for Alexandria up on the wiki page.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ShadowySupercode/gitcitadel/refs/heads/master/plantUML/Alexandria/Alexandria_v1.png
And the road map has been actualized.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ShadowySupercode/gitcitadel/master/plantUML/GitCitadelRoadmap.png
As always, these are generated PlantUML diagrams, so you can see the full data set in the repo folder, if you're curious.

TL;DR
We now plan to have v0.1.0 released and hosted on https://alexandria.gitcitadel.eu (and .com), by Christmas. Then, we're going to spend the holidays relaxing and fixing any problems y'all might find, and kick-off v0.2.0 after the holidays.

Peace out.


I generally appreciate your signal

Also
https://media.tenor.com/4K21fPrT_V0AAAAC/irony-jackseptic-eye.gif


Good morning, not a coffee drinker... Might do some tea though


:PepeLaugh:


Recently saw a repost about saying good morning... Now I'm a GM maxi... Wasn't really a debate though


If you ever feel stupid, just remember there are people who spent 5+ BTC to buy jpgs on ETH that were just links to Google drive
https://i.nostr.build/1B8O9GX61UZbFIfV.jpg


Good morning... Let me get back you you 😅😅😅


It's a great social lubricant 💯💯💯


Good morning sir


GM

Alcohol is a sh!tcoin... I'm hung over and should have bought sats


:Kek Laugh:


MERGED: NUT-18 Cashu Payment Requests

This NUT introduces a standard format for payment requests that supply a sending wallet with the information necessary to make an ecash payment to the receiver (e.g. a point of sale).

Here, the payment is transmitted via Nostr.

https://github.com/cashubtc/nuts/blob/main/18.md

https://video.nostr.build/29fd7b89b0118fe392f6c0d04c65a7c1871180d8163272712acac59781db0034.mp4


nostr:nprofile1qqsvf646uxlreajhhsv9tms9u6w7nuzeedaqty38z69cpwyhv89ufcqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj70v5n7z is the only CEO that has ever reached out to me personally for customer support


Broooo 🔥🔥🔥 🎣🎣🎣


You too bro!


GM


Count of Monte Cristo


No bears 😂😂 but good to know


Got this in the mail 😍
https://m.primal.net/LaPP.jpg


:Gigachad:


Will also be checking this out, appreciate the rec


GA


Who's this guy in the sweater vest that you always post?


Introducing: AlgoRelay

Build your own nostr algorithm!
https://i.nostr.build/XPRvfXEpnW3C37k3.jpg

AlgoRelay is the first nostr native relay capable of serving personalized, algorithmic feeds without the use of external or proprietary APIs or DVMs.

It prioritizes surfacing content from the people you care about, based on your personal interactions.

For new users, it solves the "who should I follow?" problem by surfacing popular content in a global feed with our best content.

Clients can easily add personalized feeds by  displaying notes from a single relay, using the same REQ parameters we're already using - simply perform an auth handshake.

Coracle is the first client to implement it, you can see it in action here:
https://coracle.social/relays/wss%3A%2F%2Falgo.utxo.one%2F

Don't like the way my relay is surfacing content? You can easily adjust the weightings in your own relay by changing a few numbers - no coding required!

I look forward to seeing a blossoming market of algorithmic relays putting choice back in the user's hands. This is a big step forward for nostr, giving the masses what they want using open source, transparent algorithms.

This relay is released under an MIT license, feel free to use it however you see fit.

To run your own relay, get started here:
https://github.com/bitvora/algo-relay


:PepeLaugh:


:LMAO Pepe:


:Laugh Cry:


:PepeMoney:


:PepeWhy:


:Kek Laugh:


Can't wait to watch this with my nieces


Appreciate the recs bro...I'll be looking into them


Appreciate the advice


TY

I'm in Cali so I dunno if I'd want to go through the process to get CC and was definitely thinking for home defense. I'm a larger human being so maybe I go full size? 🤔


Blessed feast day of Saint Luke the Evangelist to those who celebrate #Christian #GospelofLuke https://image.nostr.build/49f89bc8abbdee14a8bd22d439110af963cbef2c38f527a9221c5aec195a9705.jpg


GM


TY


Starting to think about my Christmas wish list... So far I got:

1. Sats
2. 9 mm pistol
3. Meshtastic node

Any hand gun recommendations for a first timer?

#asknostr #gunstr #plebchain


:MJ Stop It!:


TA is financial astrology


:peepoClap:


Run your own Lightning node and be truly self-sovereign


THE HWW REVOLUTION IS HERE

A DEVICE YOU CAN ACTUALLY TRUST WITHOUT INSECURE SE’s LIKE THE ATECC608B MEANT FOR A SMART LIGHT BULB

AND MADE TO BE ACTUALLY SECURE

REGISTER NOW FOR EARLY ACCESS nostr:note1gwvldxqwf3wfjvt8x86vlzc4h872csqpv925ewqjg3wpjf5kue6smprq0h


No


GM Eternal


GM Lotta


:Kek Laugh:


You'll be in my prayers #prayerchain


GM Tico


I want to see nostr:npub1ymt2j3n8tesrlr0yhaheem6yyqmmwrr7actslurw6annls6vnrcslapxnz do a rendition of this 😆
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Nope.

nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueq555fk2 there is no second best


GM daomah


GM


GM Jordan


:PepeLaugh:


GM Derek


:LMAO Pepe:


OpenSats funding your idea does not make it a good idea.
OpenSats refusing to fund your idea, does not stop it from being a good idea.

Think for yourself.
Build for yourself.
Advertise for yourself.
Let the free market decide.

Do not put your faith in kings.


GM node


GM NVK


GM Swift


GM Maria


GM Dawn


GM Paul


GM Shawn


GM Filou


GM utxo


GM TK


GN

https://media.tenor.com/yXO-sm6oS30AAAAC/be-gone-get-out.gif


GM Daniel


GM Adarnit


GM Dan


Morning IG


GM, TGIF


GM


Good morning


nostr:nprofile1qqsfrjd9ux5hgsg5cmlz6cdwfh5zv2024g8m2t6g9zqf83l8uqm0svspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezu7nzvshxweczwanqt reposted this yesterday and since then I've changed my mind... I'm now a GM maxi

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“Hodlonaut, who has previously won a defamation case against Wright in Norway, criticized Wright’s latest legal action. In a statement made to Forbes, he said, "When no reputable law firm is willing to keep representing his torrent of lies and forgeries, it is very much in character for Mr. Wright to start using ChatGPT to represent him in ever more delusional legal antics. It will end badly for Mr. Wright, of course.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/18/craig-wright-who-is-not-satoshi-launches-bitcoin-core-legal-battle/


Well said, goodnight!


:MJ Stop It!:


:Kek Laugh:


Why stablecoins and stablechannels are dumb

https://stacker.news/items/728609


:PepeLaugh:


Don't trust, verify with men (and women)... BUT absolutely trust your Creator

Easier said than done


Only God's will


:Gigachad:


Miles Plumlee played at Duke, which is gay


Or chicken?


That pork loin looks juicy!


Nope


So $500,000,000 in around 15 years 🤔🤔🤔


F Dook!


Most people think they are paying $150-$200 for an HWW.

What they are paying for is an overpriced gimmick with a very small amount of security added.

All the major HWWs, including their latest revisions, use insecure SEs or ones which a viable attack exists for.


Leader of Hamas is supposedly dead


:Laugh Cry:


NGL, I don't really try anymore. Everyone gets bitcoin at the price they deserve


future nostr login?


:Clap:


Any chance you can raise the volume?


Gm. I’m Italian. I am not looking for a country that is pro-bitcoin because I knew from the beginning that bitcoin was born to turn the tables and that governments would do anything to stop it.

I am not deluded, I know what it is like to be David against Goliath and to lose everything in the face of power.

I am not afraid that my state is against bitcoin, I know it is a state of mobsters and corrupt people, but hey, it’s all there: it is obvious and it is clear.

I know I don't have to trust anyone and I have to protect myself and my family if I want to live in the country that I deeply love. That’s why I bitcoin.

Now. As long as everyone is giving us mockery I would like to say that I would be more afraid if my state was 'pro bitcoin.' That's where bitcoiners become boiled frogs.

Careful my friends, choose your enemies well.
https://m.primal.net/LYXX.jpg


Biggest test of the Liverpool's campaign this weekend 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #UpTheReds


The Eucharistic Prayer

Priest:
The Lord be with you.

People:
And with your spirit.

Priest:
Lift up your hearts.

People:
We lift them up to the Lord.

Priest:
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People:
It is right and just.

Priest:
It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.

For by his birth he brought renewal to humanity’s fallen state, and by his suffering, canceled out our sins;
by his rising from the dead,
he has opened the way to eternal life,
and by ascending to you, O Father,
he has unlocked the gates of heaven.

And so, with the company of Angels and Saints, we sing the hymn of your praise, as without end we acclaim:

All:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. https://image.nostr.build/64c4b72a01fbfc880d92f9400b403175e4e12f37550b0f7398b95743b8b03cde.jpg


SREAM!


BECOME UNGOVERNABLE


#saunastr

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


If he did his homework he'll have stacked enough where he doesn't have to work anymore


nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcewvzaw surely #Amethyst can't not have a feature that Damus will have?? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼


+1, we just got to force ourselves to trust more


Sounds like someone's jealous 😉🤣😭


Good point but there's fried turkey though...


Oooof, that's exactly it... Did not get the memo 😢

Appreciate you


What happened??


nostr:nprofile1qqs2t0mx5nzctcj8jaw6fynj6puxtdmpx0j9yajk5rqdt7qtsj60dfgprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3jamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjv96xjtnrdakj7zp28vy do you all plan on bringing back online your Voltage Flow 2.0 node? Our channel has been offline for 3 days 😥

#noderunners #Bitcoin #Lightning


I don't think people (including bitcoiners) realize the gravity of the current situation... You have the ability to buy one of the most scare assets ever discovered for under $1.0 M

#plebchain #bitcoin


https://media.tenor.com/vjcfR5KBqtIAAAAC/d-phil-oh-my.gif

Almost $2 more on the West coast


🤯🤯🤯 this is amazing! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼


I've definitely tried orange piling priests before


Three new nostr:npub1s3ht77dq4zqnya8vjun5jp3p44pr794ru36d0ltxu65chljw8xjqd975wz affiliated bots will commence publishing tomorrow:
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nostr:npub1r0r9c7upagp9s5vmxqkcjymj4mqwqw2g8m029j7pgthr2u2yl5dsn9a3r6

Building them with this:
https://github.com/SilberWitch/Nostrbots


Update re: Nodelou🐈

As many of my peers already know, the node suffered a catastrophic hardware failure and after initial investigation and troubleshooting it looks like I will have to use SCB to close all remaining channels– only two weeks shy of our three-year nodeiversary. 😿

While we were away for a few days, during the night of October 6th at approximately 12:43am EDT we experienced a power loss and then a large power surge of some kind, likely due to a wind event in our immediate location. This somehow led to the loss of *both* NVME system drives ☠ which were configured in ZFS (RAID1)– Those drives sadly also housed the .lnd data directory for Nodelou🐈.

While I do have a fully working copy of the VM, including all LND data, that backup dates from a few days before the incident, so it would be unwise to come back online with out of date channel states– meaning we will have to close all remaining channels and rebuild the node completely.

Any channels with pending HTLCs have already been automatically force closed, but any other channel peers with Nodelou are welcome to close whenever they wish. I will issue the SCB sometime later tonight or tomorrow, depending on mempool conditions which should close any remaining channels at that time.

Thank you to all my solid channel peers, everyone that reached out during the downtime, everyone that has ever offered help and support over the past three years– So many great people in this community! I apologize for all the FCs (DM if you’d like reimbursement for fees incurred). Nodelou🐈 will rise again (with PostgreSQL and replication!)– But for now I need to focus on family and a number of important IRL commitments and worries that require my attention and mental space.

So long, and thanks for all the cats! 🐈🐈⬛🐈

https://mempool.space/block/00000000000000000008c396939b6984c5b5a655240bfb8dc290700a3a61de1a
https://image.nostr.build/d7ee3c0af256e534204081a0c158b4b75704ebc47d10cbe0cb227c6252575670.png


bolt12 fixed by nostr:npub16anjdksmvn5x08vtden04n64rw5k7fsjmedpw8avsx8wsh8ruhlq076pfx nostr:npub1yxp7j36cfqws7yj0hkfu2mx25308u4zua6ud22zglxp98ayhh96s8c399s

https://alexlwn123.github.io/Lightning-Welder/


Bro, please say your joking 🙏🏼


Maybe a warmongerrer, definitely not retarded


Must have been Beterbiev's last few rounds... Honestly I thought the winner was Bivol... Class acts from both of them though


International break bro


Proof of work! Looks great


Did you make the changes subconsciously or keeping the trip's experience in the back of your mind?


So basically have high expectations for things you like and have low ones for everything else... Then profit?? 😅😅😅


Not at fan?


Real life

https://media.tenor.com/i3PR09V-CjsAAAAC/nba-jam-nba.gif


No, been searching for a while. I think it has something to do with Bitcoin though 💯💯💯


The fact that Satoshi wasn't a professional coder gives me hope that'll I'll be able to contribute to the space one day... Now to just put in the work to learn


What does it mean on Tik Tok?


NGMI HFSP

https://image.nostr.build/8452b90cc2cabf2a54ce0f90bcd714a582fcf38eb63f5bcde68c29775fc1eb82.jpg


#tunestr #RÜFÜSDUSOL #BeWithYou-FriendWithinRemix

https://song.link/us/i/1127182548


They're about to crush those SATs


Ooof, reality check


I'd recommend getting a UPS back up power supply for the blackouts. This will help prevent corrupting SSDs...

Having high up time is important for Lightning nodes so if blackouts/ISPs go down then you're risking losing bitcoin because of force closures... Something to think about


If you have hist.nostr.land as a relay, you can recover your follows list


Oooof, though call... Going with the power and chin of Beterbiev


Their core business tanks


nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z  is based


nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z  are you ever concerned about doxing your face to the internet?


it seems better now


stream choppy for anyone, or is it just me?


Signs have arrived 👀👀👀

nostr:nprofile1qqsrmqhg7mxxczt9gjln8ey8tgpl2cq2elm7c3n7z59pe3m395s5mjgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj72m6cdz

https://image.nostr.build/5576fb29059829facdcb8c72b1ec37ee8f906bf8bf1c72437a32510c16b0b42d.jpg


Currently on Chapter 68 - A Summer Ball

Great read


:PepeMoney:


:Big Brain:


Clark, totally random but I'm going to ask anyways... Are you related to the Moody brothers that played basketball at Carolina?


:Kek Laugh:


if you switch from core to knots, do you have to do an ibd?


Surprised that the dude who slapped the kid didn't get his @ss beat


Truth


Me about to venture into Global feed looking for more signal

https://media.tenor.com/rmI1ctwSSvAAAAAC/confidence-baby.gif

#grownostr #plebchain


Yeah vvveeerrryyy chill


🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 ooooo just turned this on, let's see what's good


Not many posts on the BTC price this morning... Progress

https://media.tenor.com/ugqABRny2OMAAAAC/alright-okay.gif

#grownostr #plebchain


PSA: Always be curating your follows list


Looks like you have a bunch a dry powder that needs to be converted

https://media.tenor.com/LLBiG9c0XG4AAAAC/judge-judy-times-up.gif


We just had our first #GitCitadel quarterly project meeting this morning. It was great to hear each other's voices after text chatting about the project on and off Nostr every day for several months.

We've got some exciting things on the way, but the running theme of the meeting was Stability. Our project supporters want it, and we think Nostr desperately needs it. Reflecting that theme, our testing strategy for Alexandria and Aedile was our biggest point of discussion. FOSS code is cheap, but reliability is valuable, and reliability is what we'll deliver.

Our first priority for Q4 is to deliver an alpha version of Alexandria with basic writing and viewing functionality for people to begin to explore. Once y'all have a chance to try it out, we'll begin to collect feedback and determine what features to prioritize next.

As Alexandria begins to mature, we'll turn some of our attention back towards Aedile, our Nostr Development Kit. Aedile will be a fast and reliable product built by developers, for developers, and we're excited to give it some attention again.

Thanks to everyone who has supported us thus far, and stay tuned! I'm stoked to see what our team can create.


No offense ma'am, it was just my first reaction 😅


What a beautiful Rottweiler 🤌🏻🤌🏻


:Simp Pepe:


PSA‼⚠: for those of you who have already seen the prebuilt binaries for download for Bitcoin Core v28 (the impending latest) and have LND v0.18.3 (the latest), do not upgrade to Bitcoin Core v28, as this will cause LND not to start.

Either wait for the LND v0.18.4 prebuilt to be released with the fix or compile LND from the source instead.

Context:
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/9053
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9154

Summary: the impending Bitcoin Core v28 breaks LND v0.18.3, DO NOT UPGRADE to Bitcoin Core v28 until LND v0.18.4.

This only applies to those using Bitcoin Core + LND, not only Bitcoin Core

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


:Gigachad:


Yeah and no Diaz, Szobo... But Kostas, Cody, and Cujo have slotted in seamlessly


Slot starting to rotating the squad with a busy upcoming schedule

#LFC #Liverpool #PremisrLeague

https://image.nostr.build/a3a1d1ec4da2926801d607cca895f8234b0b99071331ba14a1ed440781fa470c.jpg


A man with an itchy butt, wakes up with a smelly finger


Yes, you are


Give us a hint?


That's true... Missed opportunity


HOT TAKE: While we're at it, can we rebrand NOSTR'S ostrich logo?

NOSTR is more than a Twitter clone and has more depth than cringe, AI dad joke

Could have been an octopus or spider. Multiple tentacles (clients) pulling notes from the same "brain"

#grownostr

nostr:nevent1qqsrh5nu405h8dahjrllx63fcp42rkhqdf3llsc8ph26qgwr56s39xcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsf03c2gsmx5ef4c9zmxvlew04gdh7u94afnknp33qvv3c94kvwxgsrqsqqqqqpx2j2le


nostr:nprofile1qqsrmqhg7mxxczt9gjln8ey8tgpl2cq2elm7c3n7z59pe3m395s5mjgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj72m6cdz is great for noobs


:Kek Laugh:


These political activists on Twitter and Reddit mouth off,

But if people were using PGP arbitration, Monero/lightning, Nostr/Bastyon, Arweave websites, YaCy search engines, Self-hosted emails & docs, Linux, and XMPP/SimpleX/Session, then:

What does it matter whose in charge?  Governments would have no way to control the population.  The printing money would be meaningless.

Given this technology already exists,

Then:
The main obstacle is cultural.

Therefore:
If you refuse to use freedom technology, or even worse try to haze it, you aid the oppressor in the war for our minds.


It's something relay related in my opinion. I've experienced the same behavior in the past


Cane Corso?


That sounds beautiful


Congrats!


No homo, I'm trying to see some before and after pics of people doing the #100pushups challenge... Y'all got to be ripped by now

#plebchain


What's the symbol mean?


LFG! #YNWA https://image.nostr.build/d1eaa7309bc7f9c76aa518226181bba65023b71549905ec83db9d8f69cd98d55.jpg


What's your gripe with him? He speaks truth even if it hurts


+1, hasn't there been less hurricanes this year than on average?


He's a 🤖 but when Virgil is marking him he'll be average


United fan?


Man City dropping points

https://media.tenor.com/gs59zxSVz8AAAAAC/aww-yeah.gif


Had a question about your name for the longest time... Doesn't Ben Gunn squander all his treasure at the end of Treasure Island?? Are you diamond hands with your BTC stack?


:MJ Stop It!:


nostr:npub1sezcjzjjm40cyyxkchwc4y9l4yr8pzfx3xm39qk0zrff90qmgkks549jht  no


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar glasses


Sorry, what *type* of cut?


What your of cut?


Cryptography, the Commons and Proof of Place

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp384u7n44r8rdq74988lqcmggww998jjg0rtzfd6dpufrxy9djk8qq2nya2z2akk6j60w9jz6vpeweg4vn2g8pvrq6c73gs

Best viewed on [Habla](https://habla.news/u/nathan@btcmap.org/2uBWmmKOqd-09vQVMH8X0), [YakiHonne](nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp384u7n44r8rdq74988lqcmggww998jjg0rtzfd6dpufrxy9djk8qq2nya2z2akk6j60w9jz6vpeweg4vn2g8pvrq6c73gs) or [Highlighter](nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp384u7n44r8rdq74988lqcmggww998jjg0rtzfd6dpufrxy9djk8qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qq2nya2z2akk6j60w9jz6vpeweg4vn2g8pvrqzwws2x).

# TL;DR

This article explores the links between public, community-driven data sources (such as [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org)) and private, cryptographically-owned data found on networks such as [Nostr](https://nostr.org/).

The following concepts are explored:

1. **Attestations**: Users signalling to their social graph that they believe something to be true by publishing Attestations. These social proofs act as a decentralised verification system that leverages your [web-of-trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust).
2. **Proof of Place**: An oracle-based system where physical letters are sent to real-world locations, confirming the corresponding digital ownership via cryptographic proofs. This binds physical locations in [meatspace](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meatspace) with their digital representations in the Nostrverse.
3. **Check-ins**: Foursquare-style check-ins that can be verified using attestations from place owners, ensuring authenticity. This approach uses web-of-trust to validate check-ins and location ownership over time.

The goal is to leverage cryptographic ownership where necessary while preserving the open, collaborative nature of public data systems.

[Open Data](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data) in a public commons has a place and should not be thrown out with the Web 2.0 bathwater.

# Cognitive Dissonance

Ever since discovering [Nostr](https://nostr.org/) in August of 2022 I've been grappling with how [BTC Map](https://btcmap.org/) \- a project that helps bitcoiners find places to spend sats \- should most appropriately use this new protocol.

I am assuming, dear reader, that you are somewhat familiar with Nostr \- a relatively new protocol for decentralised identity and communication. If you don’t know your nsec from your npub, please take some time to read these excellent posts: [Nostr is Identity for the Internet](https://hivemind.vc/identity/) and [The Power of Nostr](https://www.lynalden.com/the-power-of-nostr/) by [@max](nostr:npub18lzls4f6h46n43revlzvg6x06z8geww7uudhncfdttdtypduqnfsagugm3) and [@lyn](nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a), respectively. Nostr is so much more than a short-form social media replacement.

The social features (check-ins, reviews, etc.) that Nostr unlocks for BTC Map are clear and exciting \- all your silos are indeed broken \- however, something fundamental has been bothering me for a while and I think it comes down to data ownership.

For those unfamiliar, BTC Map uses [OpenStreetMap (OSM)](https://www.openstreetmap.org) as its main geographic database. OSM is centred on the concept of a commons of objectively verifiable data that is maintained by a global community of volunteer editors; a Wikipedia for maps. There is no data ownership; the data is free (as in freedom) and anyone can edit anything. It is the data equivalent of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) \- FOSD if you will, but more commonly referred to as [Open Data](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data).

In contrast, Notes and Other Stuff on Nostr ([Places](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/927) in this cartographic context) are explicitly owned by the controller of the private key. These notes are free to propagate, but they are owned.

How do we reconcile the decentralised nature of Nostr, where data is cryptographically owned by individuals, with the community-managed data commons of OpenStreetMap, where no one owns the data?

# Self-sovereign Identity

Before I address this coexistence question, I want to talk a little about identity as it pertains to ownership. If something is to be owned, it has to be owned by someone or something \- an identity.

All identities that are not self-sovereign are, by definition, leased to you by a 3rd party. You rent your Facebook identity from Meta in exchange for your data. You rent your web domain from your DNS provider in exchange for your money.

Taken to the extreme, you rent your passport from your Government in exchange for your compliance. You are you at the pleasure of others. Where Bitcoin separates money from the state; Nostr separates identity from the state.

Or, as [@nvk](nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8) said recently: ["Don't build your house on someone else's land."](nostr:nevent1qqsf493dryeqzrsfjq938hpjg3jf3yd8cv70a9ggzlts5p29tasawkqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qaz9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgsxpqqqqqqzajen2k).

https://i.nostr.build/xpcCSkDg3uVw0yku.png

While we’ve had the tools for self-sovereign digital identity for decades (think PGP keys or WebAuthN), we haven't had the necessary social use cases nor the corresponding social graph to elevate these identities to the mainstream. Nostr fixes this.

Nostr is PGP for the masses and will take cryptographic identities mainstream.

# Full NOSTARD?

Returning to the coexistence question: the data on OpenStreetMap isn’t directly owned by anyone, even though the physical entities the data represents might be privately owned. OSM is a data commons.

We can objectively agree on the location of a tree or a fire hydrant without needing permission to observe and record it. Sure, you could place a tree ‘on Nostr’, but why should you? Just because something can be ‘on Nostr’ doesn’t mean it should be.

https://i.nostr.build/s3So2JVAqoY4E1dI.png

There might be a dystopian future where we can't agree on what a tree is nor where it's located, but I hope we never get there. It's at this point we'll need a [Wikifreedia](https://wikifreedia.xyz/) variant of OpenStreetMap.

While integrating Nostr identities into OpenStreetMap would be valuable, the current OSM infrastructure, tools, and community already provide substantial benefits in managing this data commons without needing to go NOSTR-native \- there's no need to go [Full NOSTARD](https://fountain.fm/clip/48noGYA7bRXNP96dqsOP). H/T to [@princeySOV](nostr:npub1hghnjjpnvkz8t6gkszuf37d7puwc2qtxc65rnklqsngzv6kkug9qhhfyz2) for the [original meme](nostr:nevent1qqst7609zyuy92q655mzls5trdv8u6h8d4v7myjc3t6gvxs68qrtp6cpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wszka25g).

https://i.nostr.build/ot9jtM5cZtDHNKWc.png

So, how do we appropriately blend cryptographically owned data with the commons?

If a location is owned in meatspace *and* it's useful to signal that ownership, it should also be owned in cyberspace. Our efforts should therefore focus on entities like businesses, while allowing the commons to manage public data for as long as it can successfully mitigate the [tragedy of the commons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons).

The remainder of this article explores how we can:

1. Verify ownership of a physical place in the real world;
2. Link that ownership to the corresponding digital place in cyberspace.

As a side note, I don't see private key custodianship \- or, even worse, permissioned use of Places signed by another identity's key \- as any more viable than the rented identities of Web 2.0.

And as we all know, the Second Law of Infodynamics (no citation\!) states that:

> "The total amount of sensitive information leaked will always increase over time."

This especially holds true if that data is centralised.

Not your keys, not your notes. Not your keys, not your identity.

# Places and Web-of-Trust

[@Arkinox](nostr:npub1arkn0xxxll4llgy9qxkrncn3vc4l69s0dz8ef3zadykcwe7ax3dqrrh43w) has been leading the charge on the [Places NIP](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/927), introducing Nostr notes (kind 37515\) that represent physical locations. The draft is well-crafted, with bonus points for linking back to OSM (and other location repositories) via [NIP-73 \- External Content IDs](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/744bce8fcae0aca07b936b6662db635c8b4253dd/73.md) (championed by [@oscar](nostr:npub1unmftuzmkpdjxyj4en8r63cm34uuvjn9hnxqz3nz6fls7l5jzzfqtvd0j2) of [@fountain](nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5)).

However, as Nostr is permissionless, authenticity poses a challenge. Just because someone claims to own a physical location on the Internet doesn’t necessarily mean they have ownership or control of that location in the real world.

Ultimately, this problem can only be solved in a decentralised way by using [Web-of-Trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust) \- using your social graph and the perspectives of trusted peers to inform your own perspective. In the context of Places, this requires your network to form a view on which digital identity (public key / npub) is truly the owner of a physical place like your local coffee shop.

This requires users to:

1. Verify the owner of a Place in cyberspace is the owner of a place in [meatspace](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meatspace).
2. Signal this verification to their social graph.

Let's look at the latter idea first with the concept of Attestations ...

# Attestations

A way to signal to your social graph that you believe something to be true (or false for that matter) would be by publishing an Attestation note. An Attestation note would signify to your social graph that you think something is either true or false.

Imagine you're a regular at a local coffee shop. You publish an Attestation that says the shop is real and the owner behind the Nostr public key is who they claim to be. Your friends trust you, so they start trusting the shop's digital identity too.

However, attestations applied to Places are just a single use case. The attestation concept could be more widely applied across Nostr in a variety of ways (key rotation, identity linking, etc).

Here is a [recent example](nostr:nevent1qqsx8qu64xpnqaqkcqtrm4ly4l6xdqk9g2wkcaxxm3hzcc2p3hcz2ugzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057y5k93z) from [@lyn](nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a) that would carry more signal if it were an Attestation:

https://i.nostr.build/lZAXOEwvRIghgFY4.png

Parallels can be drawn between Attestations and transaction confirmations on the Bitcoin timechain; however, their importance to you would be weighted by clients and/or [Data Vending Machines](https://www.data-vending-machines.org/) in accordance with:

1. Your social graph;
2. The type or subject of the content being attested and by whom;
3. Your personal preferences.

They could also have a validity duration to be temporally bound, which would be particularly useful in the case of Places.

[NIP-25 (Reactions)](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/25.md) do allow for users to up/downvote notes with optional content (e.g., emojis) and *could* work for Attestations, but I think we need something less ambiguous and more definitive.

**‘This is true’** resonates more strongly than **‘I like this.’**.

https://i.nostr.build/s8NIG2kXzUCLcoax.jpg

There are similar concepts in the Web 3 / Web 5 world such as [Verified Credentials](https://developer.tbd.website/docs/web5/verifiable-credentials/what-are-vcs) by [tdb](nostr:npub10ckt8dne8lahkwxwevtxf3rlvgttf2lvqrqc4rg7h8mdhsx6rcpqsg7muq). However, Nostr is the Web 3 now and so wen Attestation NIP?

https://i.nostr.build/Cb047NWyHdJ7h5Ka.jpg

That said, I have seen [@utxo](nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8) has been [exploring ‘smart contracts’ on nostr](nostr:nevent1qqswm26c4s4h56zwkk47w40mhsqqn66jk6lfas8r07w67h69474kkfgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qgsw9n8heusyq0el9f99tveg7r0rhcu9tznatuekxt764m78ymqu36c0kd565) and Attestations *may* just be a relatively ‘dumb’ subset of the wider concept Nostr-native scripting combined with web-of-trust.

# Proof of Place

Attestations handle the signalling of your truth, but what about the initial verification itself?

We already covered how this ultimately has to be derived from your social graph, but what if there was a way to help bootstrap this web-of-trust through the use of oracles? For those unfamiliar with oracles in the digital realm, they are simply trusted purveyors of truth.

Introducing *Proof of Place*, an out–of-band process where an oracle (such as [BTC Map](https://btcmap.org/)\) would mail \- yes physically mail\- a shared secret to the address of the location being claimed in cyberspace. This shared secret would be locked to the public key (npub) making the claim, which, if unlocked, would prove that the associated private key (nsec) has physical access to the location in meatspace.

One way of doing this would be to mint a 1 sat [cashu](https://github.com/cashubtc) ecash token locked to the npub of the claimant and mail it to them. If they are able to redeem the token then they have cryptographically proven that they have physical access to the location.

Proof of Place is really nothing more than a weighted Attestation. In a web-of-trust Nostrverse, an oracle is simply a npub (say BTC Map) that you weigh heavily for its opinion on a given topic (say Places).

In the Bitcoin world, Proof of Work anchors digital scarcity in cyberspace to physical scarcity (energy and time) in meatspace and as [@Gigi](nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc) says in [PoW is Essential](https://dergigi.com/threads/pow-is-essential):

> "A failure to understand Proof of Work, is a failure to understand Bitcoin."

In the Nostrverse, Proof of Place helps bridge the digital and physical worlds.

[@Gigi](nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc) also observes in [Memes vs The World](https://dergigi.com/threads/memes-vs-the-world) that:

> "In Bitcoin, the map is the territory. We can infer everything we care about by looking at the map alone."

https://i.nostr.build/dOnpxfI4u7EL2v4e.png

This isn’t true for Nostr.

In the Nostrverse, the map IS NOT the territory. However, Proof of Place enables us to send cryptographic drones down into the physical territory to help us interpret our digital maps. 🤯

# Check-ins

Although not a draft NIP yet, [@Arkinox](nostr:npub1arkn0xxxll4llgy9qxkrncn3vc4l69s0dz8ef3zadykcwe7ax3dqrrh43w) has also been exploring the familiar concept of [Foursquare](https://foursquare.com/)\-style [Check-ins on Nostr](nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp68dx7vvdlltl7sg2qdv8838ze3tl5tq76y0jnz966fdsana6dz6qqxnzde3xqungv3jxq6ngvp52f3mja) (with kind 13811 notes).

For the uninitiated, Check-ins are simply notes that signal the publisher is at a given location. These locations could be Places (in the Nostr sense) or any other given digital representation of a location for that matter (such as [OSM elements](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Elements)) if [NIP-73 \- External Content IDs](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/744bce8fcae0aca07b936b6662db635c8b4253dd/73.md) are used.

Of course, not everyone will be a Check-in enjoyooor as the concept will not sit well with some people’s threat models and OpSec practices.

Bringing Check-ins to Nostr is possible (as [@sebastix](nostr:npub1qe3e5wrvnsgpggtkytxteaqfprz0rgxr8c3l34kk3a9t7e2l3acslezefe) capably [shows here](nostr:note1wjf6x9a5xehzr3z0hm8fgdyenznf6hxlmswldhmhsgk7fc9e86cscmsnve)), but they suffer the same authenticity issues as Places. Just because I say I'm at a given location doesn't mean that I am.

Back in the Web 2.0 days, Foursquare mitigated this by relying on the GPS position of the phone running their app, but this is of course spoofable.

How should we approach Check-in verifiability in the Nostrverse? Well, just like with Places, we can use Attestations and WoT. In the context of Check-ins, an Attestation from the identity (npub) of the Place being checked-in to would be a particularly strong signal. An NFC device could be placed in a coffee shop and attest to check-ins without requiring the owner to manually intervene \- I’m sure [@blackcoffee](nostr:npub1dqepr0g4t3ahvnjtnxazvws4rkqjpxl854n29wcew8wph0fmw90qlsmmgt) and [@Ben Arc](nostr:npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm) could hack something together over a weekend\!

Check-ins could also be used as a signal for bonafide Place ownership over time.

# Summary: Trust Your Bros

So, to recap, we have:

**Places**: Digital representations of physical locations on Nostr.

**Check-ins**: Users signalling their presence at a location.

**Attestations**: Verifiable social proofs used to confirm ownership or the truth of a claim.

You can visualise how these three concepts combine in the diagram below:

https://i.nostr.build/Uv2Jhx5BBfA51y0K.jpg

And, as always, top right trumps bottom left\! We have:

**Level 0 \- Trust Me Bro:** Anyone can check-in anywhere. The Place might not exist or might be impersonating the real place in meatspace. The person behind the npub may not have even been there at all.

**Level 1 \- Definitely Maybe Somewhere:** This category covers the middle-ground of ‘Maybe at a Place’ and ‘Definitely Somewhere’. In these examples, you are either self-certifying that you have checked-in at an Attested Place or you are having others attest that you have checked-in at a Place that might not even exist IRL.

**Level 2 \- Trust Your Bros:** An Attested Check-in at an Attested Place. Your individual level of trust would be a function of the number of Attestations and how you weigh them within your own social graph.

https://i.nostr.build/HtLAiJH1uQSTmdxf.jpg

Perhaps the gold standard (or should that be the Bitcoin standard?) would be a Check-in attested by the owner of the Place, which in itself was attested by BTC Map?

Or perhaps not. Ultimately, it’s the users responsibility to determine what they trust by forming their own perspective within the Nostrverse powered by web-of-trust algorithms they control. ‘Trust Me Bro’ or ‘Trust Your Bros’ \- you decide.

As we navigate the frontier of cryptographic ownership and decentralised data, it’s up to us to find the balance between preserving the Open Data commons and embracing self-sovereign digital identities.

# Thanks

With thanks to [Arkinox](nostr:npub1arkn0xxxll4llgy9qxkrncn3vc4l69s0dz8ef3zadykcwe7ax3dqrrh43w), [Avi](nostr:npub1hqaz3dlyuhfqhktqchawke39l92jj9nt30dsgh2zvd9z7dv3j3gqpkt56s), [Ben Gunn](nostr:npub1lt8nn8aaa6qa63wjwj8gz2djf5nlhg3zfd0v6l45v8zhvuyh0p3s5zzt5y), [Kieran](nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49), [Blackcoffee](nostr:npub1dqepr0g4t3ahvnjtnxazvws4rkqjpxl854n29wcew8wph0fmw90qlsmmgt), [Sebastix](nostr:npub1qe3e5wrvnsgpggtkytxteaqfprz0rgxr8c3l34kk3a9t7e2l3acslezefe), [Tomek](nostr:npub1t30xvk4f3h86lhxazadwx6f2namer9yzgl70kfljfhr556g7su0qwg0lmp), [Calle](nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg), [Short Fiat](nostr:npub1md39ua3h2s7204a7v5p9sdxmxx9qc7m4kr3r6naeuwfznad6d7nsxpctp9), [Ben Weeks](nostr:npub1jutptdc2m8kgjmudtws095qk2tcale0eemvp4j2xnjnl4nh6669slrf04x) and [Bitcoms](nostr:npub18s6axkw94d57sg438rp7pzf94vn8la4axyvd5f6wnjrgudtw54ps53eqxk) for helping shape my thoughts and refine content, whether you know it or not\!


:Kek Laugh:


#Amethyst v0.92.0: Tor and NFC-hosted transient accounts

This version ships with a Tor service enabled by default to access .onion urls and untrusted relays from the Outbox model. It also offers NFC-hosted transient accounts: accounts that log off as soon as the app goes to the background, deleting all traces of the account from the phone.

Write your ncryptsec to an NFC tag and hide it in your clothing. When you need to use Amethyst, tap the tag, insert your password and login. Lock the screen to delete everything. If you are an activist and if your phone is confiscated, they will never find anything on the phone. Not even your public key. Ncryptsec is a NIP-49-based password-encrypted nsec. If you need, you can destroy and dispose the NFC tag.

Features:
- Adds tor node
- Adds multiple settings for the use of Tor
- Adds privacy presets to simplify Tor choices
- Adds support for NFC-hosted transient accounts
- Adds button to take and add pictures from camera by nostr:nprofile1qqs827g8dkd07zjvlhh60csytujgd3l9mz7x807xk3fewge7rwlukxgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghx6mmd9usjfpck
- Adds Uncompressed option when uploading media by nostr:nprofile1qqsv4zwtz8cuwh2mvc3zdrl5853g365t9j6mn25edlul7uz0eyzt0zcpg3mhxw309a3hs6ts093n27t90p6xxan8w5mk5dtjda3nyamxxsmkxmt2xv6rwdtyvu6kgvnedeuk7e35v448y6ncxdjk6mn809jzummwd9hkutcd36mke
- Adds support for Bloom filters
- Adds zapstore yaml setup
- Adds mempool api to verify OTS via Tor

Bug Fixes
- Fixes the zap options available for the Zap the Devs button
- Fixes edit draft not working when using the quick action menu by nostr:nprofile1qqs827g8dkd07zjvlhh60csytujgd3l9mz7x807xk3fewge7rwlukxgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghx6mmd9usjfpck
- Fixes opengraph url preview tags from substack by nostr:nprofile1qqsv4zwtz8cuwh2mvc3zdrl5853g365t9j6mn25edlul7uz0eyzt0zcpg3mhxw309a3hs6ts093n27t90p6xxan8w5mk5dtjda3nyamxxsmkxmt2xv6rwdtyvu6kgvnedeuk7e35v448y6ncxdjk6mn809jzummwd9hkutcd36mke
- Fixes the parsing of d-tags with colons in them
- Fixes back button not working after opening a nostr link from the web
- Fixes push notifications when using amber by nostr:nprofile1qqs827g8dkd07zjvlhh60csytujgd3l9mz7x807xk3fewge7rwlukxgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghx6mmd9usjfpck
- Fixes NIP-47 implementation to force relay for the NWC connection.
- Fixes OTS web calls via Tor using mempool's api
- Fixes the loading of localhost urls using Tor
- Fixes .onion urls not using tor even if available
- Fixes show buffering animation when loading videos
- Fixes folowing icon position on chat user pictures

Performance
- Starts to build all OkHttp clients from a main root client to keep the same thread pool
- Caches OTS web calls to avoid pinging the server repeatedly for the same event.

Code Quality Improvements:
- Updates navigation compose, lifecycle, fragment, activity, composeBoms and AGP to 8.6.1
- Improves OTS Verification error messages

Updated translations:
- Czech, German, Swedish and Portuguese by nostr:nprofile1qqsv4zwtz8cuwh2mvc3zdrl5853g365t9j6mn25edlul7uz0eyzt0zcpg3mhxw309a3hs6ts093n27t90p6xxan8w5mk5dtjda3nyamxxsmkxmt2xv6rwdtyvu6kgvnedeuk7e35v448y6ncxdjk6mn809jzummwd9hkutcd36mke
- Dutch by nostr:nprofile1qqs82l74z7g3x8j3avpn2wrjrwn855nyvmpxa4v5pftfvtv5lrvrc5cpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7tk0drp
- French by nostr:nprofile1qqs8av5uzf4nv2q80chrmp3mj9a9dd6zjw4fmz56hsn2gzar72rxhtcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qg3waen5te0w4kkyun9dsargwp58qhsnxcg72
- Polish by nostr:nprofile1qqsdyfz0ewdhmgp3a4r3pxvezx5r8yalrgvjn38v2ml5qrusnv7yywg25ynng
- Chinese by nostr:nprofile1qqsyxnuhnymz0u0xru2watmqe25vlh8vzzje9jhlsfgvsff9942gc9gpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmnt9uq3kamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwajhxar9wfhxyarr9e3k7mf0ey7g93
- Slovenian by nostr:nprofile1qqsqqqqqqp0fmkspg7w8d305ln96a0jw0ptwqtuwskkm5pddv2kkjfcpg3mhxw309ahxvun9d3shjdnnv9hks6mdd9cxj6m3w4m8ym3kvsmrger60p5hv6rdvdjxx635vs6kjdmh0p5hxdph0pmhxunf09jzummwd9hkutcpgamhxw309ac85enhx36hgetgvymry6thddax6vmv093kzcntx3cxyarrwgmrwcm8x4uk6up4dyehsamjwp6rxapjx3knvar6v9jzummwd9hkuw3cxyhsz3rhwvaz7tmzd96xxmmfdeerver9x4kxkancx368qamyd4a8yerxv3cxccf4wdukzvnpvemhqcmpvf482upj0pcxjdtyw4kxycty9ehku6t0dchsxh36jv
- Thai by nostr:nprofile1qqsxdhmq2cke8xk6scfyxeyfj3dyancavg6xk0v50r023gec7vsrceqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmc25yu8l
- Bengali by nostr:nprofile1qqsgs9hgjw87vz36jf2r83m5zree2q87zvs8s7kty9jljdz7wprytyspg3mhxw309a3hs6ts093n27t90p6xxan8w5mk5dtjda3nyamxxsmkxmt2xv6rwdtyvu6kgvnedeuk7e35v448y6ncxdjk6mn809jzummwd9hkutcjxev40
- Hindi by nostr:nprofile1qqs88dt78wgnzvaph6fcstfvsd98xc2qs8eg8tllwv2zlutu8ehec2cppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhx6mmnw3ezuur4vghscrwkdn
- Spanish by nostr:nprofile1qqs07tjpyvvlq9ugdpax8h3jfrpwn7kr72k3tc7ky83tggn4et9eangprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcfj7wzt
- Hungarian by nostr:nprofile1qqs88rmfrp9wmfn4qq4kslly0j8futmmrgn86mu3gkc3jvcjl97p3mcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsz8nhwden5te0dehhxarj94c82c3wwajkcmr0wfjx2u3wdejhgtcqngjsj

Download via http://amethyst.social


:Gigachad:


GM,

If anyone knows a company or has a company that would like to sponsor this project, please send me a DM, I’ll gladly take feature requests.

I’ve been bleeding sats instead of stacking them for almost a year now and **really** need help.

While the idea of V4V is great, it really isn't sustainable and hasn't even covered a single month of expenses


I use my dishwasher as a drying rack 🤷🏻♂


My Cashu wallet project. Any funds gratefully accepted and will be used to offset travel costs so I can meet the other Cashu devs in person
#nostr #safebox

https://geyser.fund/project/nostrsafebox/


:Big Brain:


Any tips for people who are naturally pessimistic? Or maybe viewed another way would be considered realists


Hurricane?


US government pressures Great Britain into selling the company and USDT becomes a CBDC


Fermented Hot Honey made with Raw Honey and Fresh Chili Peppers. The addition of Garlic and Red Onion adds a complexity and mellowness, while the fresh thyme elevates the finish.

## Chef's notes

Amazingly tangy, firey hot, but still mellow and bright.

I use this on everything– Use it to dress salads, dip (honey mustard) for fried chicken, elevate your taco nights, heck a spoonful first thing in the morning will wake you up better than coffee!

Don't forget to use up those delicious chilis and garlic, they are so good!

## Details

- ⏲ Prep time: 20 min
- 🍳 Cook time: 1-2 weeks
- 🍽 Servings: 4

## Ingredients

- 16oz fresh chili peppers
- 8oz red onion
- 8oz garlic
- 96oz honey
- Fresh thyme

## Directions

1. Thinly slice peppers, garlic, shallots and fresh thyme
2. Add chopped ingredients to the honey
3. Leave to ferment (loosely covered) for 1-2 weeks
4. Drizzle that amazing pungent firey gold liquid over EVERYTHING. (Don't forget to use up those amazing chilis and garlic too.)


#tunestr #PesoPluma #Spiral

https://song.link/s/17UuYgFcpwbvomTtIX54i4


:MJ Stop It!:


Anon giving us a history lesson today?

#bitcoin #plebchain

https://image.nostr.build/67f681217c369167c05908fdba899b174f0717d61899584ed813ac2071e40648.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/2e6f4af09e979f4f7d0a7e8842352cc88d6d492028565302d71fecf18ae80bfd.jpg


:LMAO Pepe:


Nodeless?


Gotcha...when I read "earns generational wealth" to me that implies you're making more than your cost. There's a big difference between revenue and profit.

I think it's important to level set for noobs thinking about setting up a Lightning node with the sole intent of being profitable


:Laugh Cry:


Here's the thing Jack, the whole reason why I quoted Derek's post is because I think the picture tells only half truths. I could be wrong. nostr:nprofile1qqsr7acdvhf6we9fch94qwhpy0nza36e3tgrtkpku25ppuu80f69kfqpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmnt9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef03vj0dj is your node profitable?


Definitely agree with the sentiment nostr:npub1rcr8h76csgzhdhea4a7tq5w5gydcpg9clgf0cffu6z45rnc6yp5sj7cfuz

#Noderunning is not passive income. It's not earning 'yield' on your sats. Most nodes will never be profitable. But that doesn't mean they can't be with some effort and patience. Most important factor overall is stability; That includes running on decent hardware (not raspi) and offering a clearnet connection rather than TOR-only. These two points alone will eliminate a very large percentage of avoidable forced-closures, which is *by far* the #1 biggest cost in maintaining a public routing node.

#Nodelou🐈 is currently a month short of its 3-year nodeiversary, and is earning sats consistently every day. Many others earn multiples of this in far less time and/or with smaller nodes, so this is just an example.
https://image.nostr.build/7aa592ce7cfe7421510da42a88404f373f7401f53660578f0a7c2f4a33d85bab.png
~MORE IMPORTANTLY~
My node is my sole banking/checking account and has allowed me to #optout entirely of fiat banking. It's my privacy layer on top of #Bitcoin. It hosts my own nostr:npub18d4r6wanxkyrdfjdrjqzj2ukua5cas669ew2g5w7lf4a8te7awzqey6lt3 instance and my personal Bitcoin Core verifies my own txs. It also runs my nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg that powers nostr:npub1sweetl0gskmka0n5qevt7v2wj9q56ntwkmaeywffw4ftaucmcakquhns6h, our farm webstore, and also functions as our in-person POS at farmer's markets connected remotely via nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5. I use it to buy products online, pay bills, and send/receive self-sovereign zaps. I can travel anywhere in the world and access my funds with no intermediaries or restrictions. Even if it cost me to keep it running– the services and utility it provides in my daily life are absolutely indispensable over the costs of using traditional banking services. Not to mention tons of highly-valuable education and skills acquired, and a couple good #norderunner friends along the way! 🤓🤙

I never set out to earn from my node: I just aim to provide a stable connection hub for my peers with high uptime and low-latency, good channel connections, and try to set the lowest fees possible while maintaining flow and channel balance. The rest is just patience. #runanode

Connection URIs:
03641a88d80a2a85bbecd770577aca9b5495616e9fef63d66ef2631b7cca1d395d@198.46.217.205:9735
03641a88d80a2a85bbecd770577aca9b5495616e9fef63d66ef2631b7cca1d395d@zteyygsobjvm32qkusrvq4clebfbb4b2iso2jto23kzxohfxkwedynqd.onion:9735

nostr:npub19tcpurtt6xulhw0r6sc404j9jraj0h8me2lzs7z2tqewz7l0hpas59nlea: https://amboss.space/node/03641a88d80a2a85bbecd770577aca9b5495616e9fef63d66ef2631b7cca1d395d

h/t nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx nostr:npub1hxfkcs9gvtm49702rmwn2aeuvhkd2w6f0svm4sl84g8glhzx5u9srk5p6t

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq8sx00a43qs9wm0nmtmukpgagsgmszst37sjlsjne59tg8835grfqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqstnas6h3862ehqapld4spc760p57phe98nazp9ffduvpjxcax2wdgmu0g0g


:Kek Laugh:


First real look at Chisea today 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

#LFC #Liverpool #CarabaoCup

https://image.nostr.build/943d5b96f827f5f6c8459f7b1111fa36316f5470aafcf7ddd9e37846c22eeffe.jpg


I love it when iOS users talk about features that #Amethyst has implemented for months

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcewvzaw


Bitcoin's Protection under the First Amendment - Ross Stevens

https://nydig.com/research/bitcoins-protection-under-the-first-amendment


Any tips?


Watching y'all cry about spam is starting to amuse me

https://i.nostr.build/myuiGX5GrY4ifp1a.jpg


every day is election day.

you vote where you spend money.


:PepeLaugh:


In good conscience I have to chime in on this post. It's awesome the revenue that Derek is making, but for anyone thinking about standing up a routing node, the majority of nodes won't be profitable. There are cost associated to open channels, rebalancing, and most of all, force closes.

Here are my routing stats for approximately 5 months. What it doesn't show is that I'm around 150,000 sats in the red. Running a lightning node, in my opinion, is a great education in Bitcoin and contribution to the resiliency of the Lightning network. But save for the really large nodes, many won't be profitable.

Take that for what it's worth. I'm my mind the sats that I've "lost" aren't a loss at all but the best education/experience I've had in the space.

https://image.nostr.build/fc6f35558e418da206a12416b525a5c4a0ebd00184f90918f626351d741ffbe0.jpg

nostr:nevent1qqsgd0mty3cyt8mqauwqvzq2tfdt7kaw6akqg07queqft58uzap7npgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3q8ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqxpqqqqqqzctgdjx


Like this? Try #Amethyst

https://image.nostr.build/f92ece4a570a09579c34deb094e88060a122228eea1862cf9461a5fd6cd9e712.jpg


:Gigachad:


:Cross Pepe:


💚Say hello to Privacy Index: a guide of guides for all things digital privacy.💚

I started working on Privacy Index in the beginning of the year because I was frustrated by the one-fits-all solutions I was being sold by other privacy projects.

Privacy Index is the opposite: it's a resource for resources, so you can choose what tips, tools and tricks best fit your needs.

I would love for this project to grow and encompass all content others have found helpful on their own privacy journey – be it stories that inspired you, books that you read, tools that you use, or guides you found helpful – some of my favorite additions are highlighted below.

Privacy Index is by no means complete. But it's free and open source, so anyone can contribute on github. And the more people contribute, the better it will get 💚

s/o to @HRF
 for funding this work 🤝

http://privacyindex.net
https://m.primal.net/LBAV.jpg


You can either have a favorite candidate or understand #politics.

You can't do both.


Didn't show up, but it's the thought that counts


When I should be working but actually getting paid to post gifs on nostr:

https://media.tenor.com/8_nzGDMSSMoAAAAC/air-airs.gif


I feel you and read it 🫂


Close, you don't have to cover up the "a" and "p" so it'll still read zap.store but with the logo incorporated


Close, you don't have to cover up the "a" and "p"


big news 🗞 today: BOLT12 has officially been merged into the lightning bolt repo and is now considered part of the official lightning specification!! ⚡

there’s currently three implementations that support the official spec and are interoperable: core-lightning, LDK, and eclair/phoenix

this is the first new BOLT to be added since 2017 https://video.nostr.build/ceecbd82c2d7a23f5ae2ef650e77cd96cdfbaa8e511b6217284b654aa677177f.mp4


I really like the metaphor of bitcoin as a tree.

The leaves are UTXOs. They express the current state of all spendable coins. Over time these leaves bud, grow, & die as the UTXO set turns over.

The trunk is the blockchain. It slowly grows one block at a time. It's purpose is to take resources from the roots and carry them to the leaves where they can be put to productive use.

The roots are miners. They absorb resources from the real world and funnel it up to the trunk where it can be used to extend the blockchain and reshuffle the UTXO set.

We think of a tree as a single organism but really it is a collection of cellular automata working together towards a common purpose. When viewed from the cellular level a tree is a swarm, a superorganism. Each cell runs a program. It expresses its DNA (source code) when interacting with the other cells.

Unlike living trees, we take an active role in shaping the DNA of this tree. We need to ensure it has the best DNA possible in order for the whole tree to flourish. And human civilization with it.

I think we have a lot of work left to do with the roots. Our root cell DNA is 10 years behind the curve. We need robust and free (as in speech) hardware and software for all roles in bitcoin mining. I'm going to do my part to make it happen.

https://image.nostr.build/3e6864b122c7336d7a8cd03ca4b724bba5938bb9354e249b6bfbc5a95a054f93.jpg


We did it! Number four! 🙌🔥
https://image.nostr.build/2fb238e706ee77a0143b63f6f80b577187d749d9523beb219a33baae711f1b4a.png


Just an idea... Rotate the logo counter clockwise a little and replace the "z" in zap.store with the logo


:LMAO Pepe:


:PepeLaugh:


#Carolina #UNC #Tarheels #GDBATH

https://video.nostr.build/eab851ae62d3edde2de2e1b6360826c85ca8fe185b7c3a829ca495634efd8da9.mp4


I felt like the animation was classic Miyazaki but the plot line was disjointed... Couldn't understand the overarching themes in contrast to some of his older ones


Graphene?


💯🎯...although didn't enjoy the latest one, The Boy and the Heron


:Gigachad:


I will be glad to help anyone set up a channel in their lightning node. Or I would be happy to help anyone setup a lightning node.

I might seem difficult at first, but I can help anyone, then it is easy to do.

The sovereign way is a great way.

#growbitcoin


Thank you for testing!


I see it on my end, appreciate the test! Followed back


Thank you sir!


Yesss, was about to say I see it on my node... Appreciate you


Just installed nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vfwde3x7tnpdenkzmnf9e3k75xqss4 Hub on my node and updated my lightning address... Would any plebs care to zap me to test?

#plebchain


Running HAVEN


Introducing HAVEN - The Ultimate Relay For Sovereign Individuals
 https://i.nostr.build/eB85EFdyAIOQzeyU.png
HAVEN (High Availability Vault for Events on Nostr) is the next evolution of personal relays that take self sovereignty and decentralization to the next level.

https://github.com/bitvora/haven

It's a 4-in-1 Relay with:

 - Private Relay - for your drafts, ecash/nutsacks and anything else only you should be able to see

 - Chat Relay - for your web of trust to be able to send you DMs or to host private group chats.

 - Inbox Relay - for people to send reactions, zaps and likes to your notes. It also pulls these notes from other relays in real time. Protected by web of trust

 - Outbox Relay - for others to read from. This will contain all the notes that only you publish. Anyone can read, only you can write. Every note sent to your outbox relay will be BLASTR'd to other relays.

It also has many SMART relay features, including:

 - It imports all your old notes to your outbox relay, and imports any note you're tagged in to your inbox relay
 - It protects your relays using your Web of Trust
 - It automatically backs up all your notes to a 3rd party cloud (currently only AWS S3 support - more soon™)
 - It blastr's your notes to other relays

Amethyst users will love this relay because it gives you every relay you need to complete the relay configuration.

It is my hope with this relay that we can significantly increase the decentralization of Nostr by giving people an extremely powerful and reliable personal relay that gives them control over the longevity and privacy of their notes. With more people running personal relays, clients should be more inclined to implement the outbox/inbox model.

You can see HAVEN in action on my personal relay:

 - wss://relay.utxo.one/outbox
 - wss://relay.utxo.one/inbox
 - wss://relay.utxo.one/chat
 - wss://relay.utxo.one/private

I am extremely excited about this release and can't wait to see what the nostriches think of it!

To get started, follow the instructions in the README here:
https://github.com/bitvora/haven


There's an android release, definitely isn't as polished as #amethyst


I don't need to be hosted on your node but could I get an invite code? Is this to Alby Hub?


INB4 DuE PRoCeSs

#plebchain

According to a Gallup poll:

https://image.nostr.build/63f89f0aa3e94860808a0d53da88b7df0aabc27d831ec13be42389a1f77f35ef.jpg


Where can I read more?


1. Build in the open.
2. Ship and iterate fast.
3. Create a community around it.


Father, you won't be able to run Bitcoin Core on a 120 GB hard drive...I have mine using 1 TB and they're almost around 800+ gb full


Like everything in the universe, there are no solutions, only trade offs.

WoT relays are not a magic bullet, there are one way to fight spam that come with trade offs.

Some relays will fight spam with WoT, with NIP05, with PoW, with a paywall, with pattern matching, with AI etc...

Decentralization is messy and we will likely net out with some mosaic of relays that all use different techniques.

But one thing is for damned sure: relays must fight spam otherwise their hard drives will eventually explode. The idea that relays should just store and distribute every single note and let the client decide how to filter all spam has to be one of the dumbest ideas I've heard from people on nostr so far. Maybe this seems feasible since we only have a few attackers right now, but eventually we will have hundreds.

If you really believe this, I invite you to run a completely open relay and see how well it goes for you.


“Through the Holy Spirit we come to know God most intimately, because he is not God above us, the Father ‘who dwelleth in light unapproachable,’ nor yet God over yonder, the Jesus of history, but God within us.”

— Alan Watts, Behold the Spirit https://image.nostr.build/aae7c562097c3056ddeba2a47e46e0b3337cc17e79d2ec793f2cd96c1e31e01b.jpg


:PepeLaugh:


The meme's about privacy potential using LN versus a L1 service

And regarding cost, you're saying that when it's only 2 sats/vbyte


Paywall free.

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/19/earth-temperature-global-warming-planet/


What happened? I'm using the free tier 😅


Actually a good point, there's nothing on their GitHub besides a donate page


Blimp advertising hasn't been around in some time. Would be badass to bring that back for bitcoin and nostr.

The bitcoin blimp.


I've been asking for this myself for over a year but ever since I spun up a node exclusively on tor, I find that it's not a major difference in terms of reliability and force closes


:Gigachad:


Como falar com uma feminista
https://m.primal.net/Kxbg.mov


SEC has just granted accelerated approval for the listing and trading of options on $IBIT.

And you think they are not controlling bitcoin?

- First they created cash-settled futures (Fiat), which made it possible to create paper bitcoin.

- When they already had a huge futures market with the CME, then they gave way to ETFs to be able to control the price, ETFs are also cash settled (Fiat).

- Finally they have approved options, also not redeemed with the underlying, redeemed with Fiat.

You must understand that the three Bitcoin institutional instruments, Futures, ETFs and options all revolve around Fiat and not Bitcoin, they are all cash settled. The only one that affects Bitcoin volume are the ETFs and even then they are not redeemed on the underlying.

They are trying the same play as with gold.

The money changers, i.e. the old bankers (Rothschilds) knew that to get into power they simply had to have as much gold as possible and create the loan/interest system.

This is what they are doing now with Bitcon, taking Bitcon away from the people.

Saifedean explains very well in his book Patron Fiat that in a Bitcoin system it won't make much sense to lend Bitcoin for interest.

What can you do?

 - Never deposit Bitcoin in a bank.
 - Create circular economies, black market, grey market, counter economy.
 - Never pay taxes on Bitcoin.
 - Never give Bitcoin to a government, before they are lost.

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

https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/sro/ise/2024/34-101128.pdf


:LMAO Pepe:


Was up at 5 am but just took a nap... Naps are good


Rothbard 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻


Ooohh I thought you meant lightning node, my mistake


Last three weeks I've been working on improving payments. Critical to this are five things:
1. Better payment routing, a-la min-cost-flow.
2. Better low-level payment injection API
3. Simpler, more reliable implementation.
4. Better simulation and realistic testing.
5. Better gossip maintenance.

For the first, I took the heart off renepay to make "askrene" the payment oracle, which provides "getroutes" for other plugins to use. A primitive version shipped in the current release, but it's already getting better as I start to use it.

Today I finished "injectpaymentonion" which takes incoming payments the same way we deal with incoming HTLCs, unifying things that were previously difficult, like self-pay and bolt12 blinded paths that begin at our own node.

Tying these together is a new plug-in called "xpay". This calls getroutes then injectpaymentonion, then iterates as results come back, feeding back information to askrene as we learn more about the network.

To figure out how well this actually performs, I've got a new format for representing topology, with minimal information (no node names, just channel capacities, details and topology). A simple tool compresses this from a node's gossip store (and decompress back for use). The result is small enough that we can include graph snapshots on our repository for testing.

Then I have written a fake "channeld" which simulates payments through this graph (it knows all the secret keys). This needs to be enhanced with simulating capacity of the channels (deterministically, based on a seed value) and realistic network delays, but it already does MPP timeouts and checks fees and cltv delays.

This should allow me to test this system's performance in a way that mirrors what people actually see, and also measure it against what we have now. It may uncover bugs, but even better it will let me know where to optimize (min cost flow can definitely be a CPU hog!).

And nostr:nprofile1qqsx533y9axh8s2wz9xetcfnvsultwg339t3mkwz6nayrrdsrr9caagpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsdqzu7w is working on ideas for more aggressive gossip gathering: if we're missing part of the map we cannot expect to have reliable payments!


That pitch looking 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻


Darwin sighting 👀👀👀

#LFC #Liverpool #PremierLeague

https://image.nostr.build/454b67ed5737da3406c7398e9e221a316dc7d3663571881a81f2a0f941675e20.jpg


Did not know and had to look Darkfi up... But first impressions:

https://media.tenor.com/siq9EUf-wx0AAAAC/boondocks.gif


Sleeping BITCOIN woke up after 14yrs on the move
miner spent coinbase outputs from block 2247, 2401, 2455, 2486, and 2690. yup thats 2009 era CPU mined coin
 https://image.nostr.build/c99a0f3305e6040a85c424ef5ccc40f4147637a02a30e12c049a4f46e7d84cbb.png


:PepeLaugh:


I want more sophistication...what are you doing exactly?


Geyser Fund has shut down the crowdfunding project Bitcoin for Palestine, citing regulatory uncertainty.

Let this be your reminder that you cannot code faster than the state can invoke arbitrary penalties. Permissionless money is under massive threat by the global AML regime. It's time to wake up.

Full story:
https://www.therage.co/geyser-bitcoin-for-palestine/


#pleb status confirmed

#plebchain

https://image.nostr.build/c70ff60fbbd6b548438e77daab124481e4306566473f6ac2f5366c0481db834b.png


Yes, an yet ironic coming from Xitter

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqqwaac5fkx3wjzr5eg6z3fayz3my5m9dr2l64xzuyq084tdpd5uvqqs0a3c49upwfyvdp5gte055uhmn857tmy33ww0zpfz57qz20lks6msxrsqrt


Going to be pirating the Liverpool game today since I don't have the USA Network subscription

https://media1.tenor.com/m/18peQO6upVwAAAAC/pirate-laughing.gif


🫡 https://image.nostr.build/6e1cc38c81bdeea89e6a55fb1f3832b4e785c3beed5ee686f4c2ee88072087c5.jpg


The legend grows...


:Gigachad:


That wasn't Saif's point. Saif envisions a world where you're exchanging your bitcoin for equity.

IPOs are not borrowing. It's an initial public offering meaning you pay money for equity in the company.


:LMAO Pepe:


Plz buy space on nostr.build or satellite.earth and post your video there so we can watch it within nostr clients


What are your thoughts on this:

https://dnyuz.com/2024/09/20/the-power-of-a-smaller-breast/


@QW I added Andre from with nest so sounds about right


looks like nostrnest nuked my relays?


Did FREE Madeira have a major donor backing the program?


Switch to a bank that reimburses ATM fees?


:PepeLaugh:


° degrees character, for latitude longitude?


Completely understand.

My point was at the time when bitcoin is appreciating yearly in the a low, single digit percentage rate, I wouldn't worry about making any yield because the purchasing power of my stack would outweigh the marginal gain from any interest rate.

If I did want to potentially make returns (and to Saif's point), I'd rather exchange my coin for equity with people I deem reliable.


Completely understand.

My point was at the time when bitcoin is appreciating yearly in the a low, single digit percentage rate, I wouldn't worry about making any yield because the purchasing power of my stack would outweigh the marginal gain from any interest rate.

If I did want to potentially make returns (and to Saif's point), I'd rather exchange my coin for equity with people I seem reliable.


nostr:nprofile1qqsw3znfr6vdnxrujezjrhlkqqjlvpcqx79ys7gcph9mkjjsy7zsgygpr9mhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjd93kztnrdaksz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ekk7um5wgh8qatz7tvu4p just a suggestion...for the Funds, ETFs, and similar section, would you be able to add the market premium % compared to bitcoin Current Value?


As long as you didn't sell any of your stack for it

https://media.tenor.com/-ZHWEUFI6qUAAAAC/ill-allow-it-sombrero.gif


INB4 "you're a statist c***"

So here's my take on the whole Saylor Saif debate:

Saif's take is long term where we're headed towards. However, credit and debt markets aren't going to completely vanish at a flip of the switch.

Present day -> Saylor's Vision -> Saif's Vision

Here's the thing though: in a world where the risk returns to loan out your bitcoin are comparable to real returns on bitcoin price appreciation, I wouldn't do it. At that point, I'm not going to have to worry about making some extra bitcoin because I've done my work stacking today

#plebchain #growstr


Me when I'm using gifbuddy.lol

https://media.tenor.com/l1fTQixBIMoAAAAC/avengers-thanos.gif


:Gigachad:


Symptom of the fiat world when teams now have to play more games, UEFA/corporations get more money, and players get more injuries


:Eye Pepe:


Saw Carolina 🏈 play Norte Dame back in 2006


You could skate bowls? 🔥🔥🔥


Goldeneye maxi here

https://media.tenor.com/_cx5KiMUQPcAAAAC/goldeneye-james.gif


Hello from Coracle Android


My vote is nostr:nprofile1qqszv6q4uryjzr06xfxxew34wwc5hmjfmfpqn229d72gfegsdn2q3fgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qg6waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8g6r9wdsk6etrv96zu6t09uq3yamnwvaz7tmwdaehgun4v5hxxmmd9u94dpxx's nostrudel.ninja


Looks tasty


nostr:nprofile1qqsr9cvzwc652r4m83d86ykplrnm9dg5gwdvzzn8ameanlvut35wy3gpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qdwkdtx Damus Android 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

https://media.tenor.com/LLBiG9c0XG4AAAAC/judge-judy-times-up.gif


Public opinion on the best Nostr client shifts every 4-6 months, with no client staying at the top for long.

Expect for Amethyst, of course. 😎


ILY 🫂


Running WoT relay at wss://wot.swarmstr.com


https://media.tenor.com/lgmgz1eYs-EAAAAC/side-eye-squint.gif

Don't know if that's an actual Odell quote without caps


Thanks! Didn't even know that was possible from Amber🤯

I did try to reply from Coracle Android but didn't go through


Same, got this error:
 https://image.nostr.build/7db091e1fa8b4923c83c07cb6b08e97301d2a459703d88831d0052da253ce379.jpg


Quarterly? That's dope


Someone posted a note yesterday showing that Microstrategy is able to borrow money at like 0.86% or something like that. Their access to capital markets allows them to issue debt and buy bitcoin at a pretty cheap rate. That exposure may have a large upside.

With that said, the Bitcoin maxi would never recommend it, but for my 401k that's tied up, I've done it and had great returns. DYOR


:Gigachad:


ILY


:PepeLaugh:


:LMAO Pepe:


Underrated feature, just recently started using listr.lol


https://media.tenor.com/qO9Gx8WTAGYAAAAC/get-some-help-stop-it.gif

TA is financial astrology


You have some money tied up in a company 401k and you want to take a leveraged position to Bitcoin


Tower #3 if I remember correctly


Will Sasso's Kenny Rodgers was one of my favorite characters on that show


Have you tried magnesium supplements to help sleep?


What's ILY?


The amount of cringe bullshit i see about trump buying burgers at pubkey is fucking hoelarious. Trump didn't buy anything,  his "aides" did everything, he just stood there like when youre showing you 6 year old how to wash his hands. Stop giving this non event undue attention. Fuck trump,  fuck biden, fuck anyone who advocates for state sanctioned violence.


BR  and fink will say bitcoin is censorship resistant or whatever….

But they won’t talk much about confiscation resistance…. Because they would like to have the option to confiscate… aka hold your keys

Or let coinbase do it for them

Problem is they can confiscate from you and then the state can confiscate from them…

So like ya microstrategy may seem to have lots of corn

But don’t be jelly silly

All their shit can be taken away

Mine can not

Saylor will preach store of value but not confiscation stuff

Bc his whole stake can be easily seized lol

I’d rather have my small humble stack that can’t be taken away


How do we help?


Time to start running your own Lightning node...


You know what, I want this exploding technology in my signer devices.

Make it happen nostr:nprofile1qqsw3znfr6vdnxrujezjrhlkqqjlvpcqx79ys7gcph9mkjjsy7zsgygpr9mhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjd93kztnrdaksz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ekk7um5wgh8qatz7tvu4p


Nostr is a step towards the finished version of the web, bringing it back to its decentralized roots.  Nostr is not that new (taproot aside) pretty much everything that is done on nostr could have been done 10 years before.  What's new is that people want it and have noticed it.

But nostr is not the finished version of the web.  The finished version of the web will include nostr, and what exists today, but also have some key features:

- innovation will be 100% permissionles.  No need to go to the NIPs, a new project will be as simple as starting a website

- massively scalable full data model, that includes text strings (nostr) and JSON (developer favourite) with powerful databases

- native paytments though lightning, zaps, and on chain, including all layer 2 and uxto solutions

- sub 100ms response and paint times so that everything looks fast and instant

- every person can have a piece of the web, their own storage, their own idea, their own apps, maybe a section in a game, a shared space with friends, private messages -- this will not require new projects or tech, just what exists

-- humans and machines working together, virtual assistants to help people and protect that, find them the best bargains, show them what is safe, automate their lives, in control of the user, not a company

-- removal or control of the algorithm, you pick what influences you, according to your tastes, you are not bombarded with advertising

We have a chance to get to this world.  Even if we dont make it all the way, part of it might be enough ...


GrapheneOS version 2024091700 released:

https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024091700

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/15819-grapheneos-version-2024091700-released

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security


Ahhh, one of my favorite days of the year

 https://video.nostr.build/e33f4066fbee081890b7fad4baadd86ee50abeed1415ac70c91533615d44523e.mp4


:Gigachad:


You deserve to know your bitcoin is safe. That's why today, we're announcing River Proof of Reserves.

Our Founder and CEO Alex Leishman walks you through how it works in the video 👇
https://youtu.be/53UqZsLBP1M

Proof of Reserves is not just a new feature at River, but a commitment to transparency.

Many Bitcoin custodians ask for your blind trust, and deflect concerns around solvency by telling you to withdraw or reassuring you they're audited. But not every Bitcoiner is ready to self-custody, so it's time for our industry to do better.

The Bitcoin protocol gives us the tools to provide unprecedented transparency to depositors. This drastically reduces the risk of insolvency going undetected.

We will be performing proof of solvency attestations monthly, and encourage all clients to validate our attestations themselves at https://river.com/reserves


:LMAO Pepe:


:peepoDJ:


:PepeLaugh:


Soccer==football... footy is short for football


Nothing too special but San Diego after a footy sesh
 https://image.nostr.build/a9af5f817018e98509e124c8daa859d16afa2db6808bdbee4860d8c7db8f9ddd.jpg


Congrats! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼


Incorporate Hokusai wave vibes?

Someone made a mashup with a bitcoin boat a while ago which was pretty cool
 https://image.nostr.build/c2cf2772cffb098bea63eb8619114346bab0667f973ebe0b022d4d837aeb9066.jpg


:Big Brain:


That second goal though 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻


Left: iOS user creates a pool for 2 peers
Right: Android user joins the pool

Coinjoin Tx: https://mempool.space/signet/tx/feb7ed47f5a71d77cf0ee61943e4f7d085fb1f12482a52410f5aba9a9fec651c

Repository: https://gitlab.com/invincible-privacy/joinstr-kmp

https://video.nostr.build/6795561a167f7e87e308f27a0719ee36761c086e5f17c42d61b817cf356e2ada.mp4


https://image.nostr.build/e7949b579023f501f460a4c397c466ea24b781b604f335a4f9632b132a1b3c6b.jpg

#GameTime Daily Sports Snap 📸

https://buzz.npub.pro/


v0.1.10 of WoT relay just released

This version allows you to set your . env

ARCHIVAL_SYNC ="FALSE"

Which will stop the relay from archiving every note in the WoT and instead just filter notes that are sent to it

This will save massive amounts of space and hardware requirements, but won't be suitable if you want to use a single relay on your client

It should also continue to encourage clients to implement outbox model instead of having a single relay serve everything

I am now running this mode on my relay

https://github.com/bitvora/wot-relay


Yes


:catRAVE:


:PepeMoney:


How cheap we talkin bout?


:Gigachad:


Same here...I do see it in the Activity section but doesn't reflect in the balance https://image.nostr.build/df622892cf8211c702a44cb53275e987096befde2c4ad88a79514ebdc7d68e3d.png


The Daily Stoic is a great book, and today’s reading REALLY hits me in the #HODL
Highly recommended book
Aaaand spilled my cranberry juice 🤦🏻♂ https://image.nostr.build/4ac1aa01a4b4937ac888e4e46b5c7e8a58805ac3f9f751192e4840704cff3383.jpg


:PepeLaugh:


:LMAO Pepe: