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 The only way to different you from a fraudster is to have a nip-05 that only you control IMO. Is not bullet proof but is a pretty good anchor point.  Take the verification from your old account to the new one and that will “do”. 

Ofc that means you’ll have to own your stuff, cause anybody can pay for a “@ zap.stream” or “ nostr check” and get the verification but only the real Zoltan can have “ @ Zoltan.xyz” unless that one is compromised too. In that case you’re kinda fuck 🤣 
 Instagram is now at least 70% ads 🤮 
 twitter has just one use case

to promote nostr 
 Kinda like internet explorer or edge 🤣 
 No one remembers anyone else's birthday anymore now that Facebook is dead. 
 Even forgot my own birthday… Sigh 
 Can someone send a test zap please 
 Sent 
 Set your VPNs to Brazil. Overload the censors. 
 Mullvad paid with lightning thru sovereign engineering page 
 I remember nostagram, it was a good client, kinda like nostrudle (Swiss Knfie idea) shame that the dev had to step out :/ 
 It is, and its very appealing to the eyes, specially for xitter refugees 
 “We only want to send a statement, ah… and we want money too” nostr:note1zw6m5us4ssleh5u227y9gtzs3xut9hqhtpmreapz2un6svjamq0q2amhy6 
 Twatter, Xitter, Xd.com, Xit.com 
 Save it for another trip when is worth half of its original value if you’re lucky 😭 
 Where the hell yall came from? 🤣🤣

#nostr 
 Venezuela, nice time meet you 🤝🏻🫂 
 Man, that’s a lot of bitcoin 
 Fuck ‘str’ at the end of anything. Lame ass shit 
 Once you go full purple there is no going back 
 What is #nostr for you? 
 There is something… An ancient instinct and burst of dopamine when you eat a steak beard handed ( I know what you’re thinking, jokes on you). 

Try it lol, very @primal pun intended 
 Thought I was crazy 🤣 
 I cut it, but then regret it. Next time no knife lol 
 Simply Bitcoin was banned on YT today, I always knew the day would come and have been mentally pr... 
 Ive been streaming on zs since day one. I’ve watched the site grow and develop to the nice looking layout (and still getting better) of what it looks today. 

My take on it might be kind of controversial. But I don’t think the site will grow significantly (in terms of users) in the short term. No matter how much publicity it gets, YouTube is the first one that people will go to. Slowly but surely, YouTube will drive itself out of the road, and people will come in due time, either to zapstream or other alternatives. 

That being said. The site has immense potential, if you’re consistent you can get tons of sats, sometimes might be less, sometimes might be more, so is the nature of tipping. You either need to have a massive amount of followers that tip you, or have a less followers but that are constantly tipping to turn a profit. 

IMO it will be nice to implement a revenue stream per minute (like fountain has) per each minute 10 sats will be sent to the streamer (for the sake of example) and this ofc will have to be configured by the streamer for more “premium” or “personalized” content. 

Overall, I think is a great alternative for a hobby or if you’re streaming In twitch or other sites, at least make zapstream one of those. You can even restream from zap.stream to the other platforms if you so choose. 
 YouTube seems like building on sand. In fact, all centralize media is like building on sand. 

You can grow and put 100s or even thousands of hours, but in the end is only a matter of time for you to be in the “wrong” side of the road, for the algos don’t care about you, and neither do the ones at the top of them. 
 When you get home and it looks like a 2024 thriller/horror cheap-scare movie from 2024 https://image.nostr.build/1a6e73087cd04dd2c5c1e9377cd21c4fafec2cfd98e7be653e10753cc9c2eadb.jpg  
 Ok. That’s taking it a little too far for me 🤣 
 If she wants usdt she might be living in a place that needs the short term “stability” so in that case I’d use something like people mention, aqua or blink wallet. 

If she uses something like binance or kraken, they can receive and sell bitcoin to usdt right on the spot (I’ve a friend that lives in Venezuela and for stuff like this is what I do) but I use strike. It will also send fiat through lightning so I don’t have to bother with exchanges rates. 
 I’ve heard that many times 🤣 and they know is not even the best way to do things nostr:note1vr4ynt0hydgvatsm7kg8p9t826msrc59wjxsf8r35j449nclj4qsnnts6k 
 The “I’m just use to” is so insidious and will deprive you from ever breaking bad habits, toxic relationships and overall mental stress. 

Fuck that shit, you can do better 
 https://i.imgflip.com/90mwkm.jpg

I see people complaining of why #nostr has so many shitcoiners, and other things not related to what they’re use to seeing here. 

Here is the thing, that’s a good thing, it means that the protocol is growing in content and different kinds of folk. 

If you continue to see content that YOU don’t like then you’re following the wrong npubs. The fact that diversity is introduced into the protocol should be considered a good thing, no matter if you agree with it or not. 

Of course, what did you expect from a permissionless protocol after all? Your echo chamber will be broken, if you so choose to. That’s the beauty, you have the choice to say no because you create your feed. 

A complain about people complaining gotta give you an idea 
 Indeed, there is a lot of that. I myself “sin” of talking a lot sometimes about Bitcoin and Nostr but is just because I like it. I guess on time people will bring more different views and content for different topics, is just not happening as fast as we might want 
 No ... seriously ... all this sweaty ass, neck beard, tech-porn commentary about "fuck civilizati... 
 Im a bit of a casual player/streamer as well. Have a lot to do but when I find energies I play 🤣 I guess more of a role play type of guy, also enjoy new games that go under radar tho, like supervive for example 
 Truly believe that with so much uncertainty in the world, the only thing I’m completely certain is #Bitcoin and death 
 Binance is restricted in Venezuela. Told a friend to download @AQUA Wallet. Hopefully he can get it working and pay its bills (USDT is big there). Hopefully someday he will live in the #Bitcoin standard, and if he does he surely will be ahead of many here in the US

Necessity drives innovation, sad but true https://i.nostr.build/V4MPtq44eRlGn9EI.jpg  
 I understand the implications, but in Venezuela bitcoin doesn’t work for spending, just saving. People still have the mindset of the dollar being superior, and exchanging in dollars is paramount there. 

Until perception changes, there won’t be a conversion, and for that to happens needs to be pain, and then education. IMO 
 Great suggestion, will look into it 🫡 
 If you’re new here, welcome to Nostr. We all DIYed the shit out of everything for the past year... 
 Not gonna lie, Bitwarden is hella useful until they get hacked I guess 😂😂 
 If your #nostr Nsec gets compromised and you have to created another one. What will be one thing that the real you (with a new nsec) would do to differentiate from the impostor (hypothetically speaking you don’t want to dox yourself)? 
 The impostor could do that too tho 🤔 
 Would be cool to have some sort of way inside the protocol to do this kind of thing, but it is kind of messy even to think about it 😂 
 True, just kicking the balls before they speak. Might be cool to add a trusted friend to some sort of nsec identity checker within the protocol. Like a short seed phrase for backup of your identity without exposing any details. 

Or maybe some kind of nip05 change tied to this seed phrase but all within the protocol no need to self host a website 
 Not gonna work if the impostor is weird too 🤣 
 How could you tie that with a new nsec tho?  
 Can’t believe some people take this like a joke. Of course the man is not joking at all, like… at all. Fr fr, real, reality 
 Haven’t seen any client doing this but: 

An option to show repost X times and don’t show it anymore, or hide it behind a “would you like to see the same mf post again?”, would be nice. 

It gets kinda annoying to see the timeline full of the same reposts, or idk. Maybe 1K+ following is not enough now 😂 
 Hmm, that would be a little harder to implement (maybe?) 
 No worries, I’m not literate enough in the matter either, just dropping some ideas in the #nostr hole 
 Nice. Another way to make it better is to folded in $100 bills and dip it 100% plant base protein cheese (not the real kind you know, the fake one that doesn’t say cheese in the packaging) 
 🤣🤣🤣 malditos locos 
 First step. Make WhatsApp ( a shitty spyware app for instant messaging that’s controlled by the US) illegal to use. 

Second step. Bring everyone to WeChat or telegram (another one but controlled by China or Russia, which is well aligned with the C word)or created a bananistic version of it only for Venezuelan citizens. 

You can already tell what is it that good old Maduro wants. 

People is already taking steps to message privately, ephemeral messages are gonna be huge for Venezuelans and sadly, they’ll probably go to the second best (telegram). 
 nostr ded right now. 
 Still up, but my brain is shutting down soon 🤣 
 If you ask people "who is the most famous basketball player of all times?" what will they say?

P... 
 Most likely they would think about their contemporary basked player figure that is all over the place. 

For me was MJ, kids nowadays would probably think about Lebron James or some other.

Then, it all comes down to make a PMV video with “In the End” by linkin park, making Michael and Lebron fight to see how’s the real shit 
 No idea honestly 🤣 maybe a few years down the line he will get mention second 
 The creator of megaupload and now Mega. He’s retired but he wants to pump its bags even more 🤣 
 Ight. DCA starts now 
 Life is about priorities and finding the right balance 

https://i.imgflip.com/8z7zo5.jpg 
 Last night I shared my stream’s link to a group I have with some friends. None of them know about #nostr and are conflicted with #bitcoin and CrYpTo, but nonetheless one of them saw the stream and created a #nostr npub without even knowing what an npub is. 

Good job on the onboarding @zap.stream @Kieran @Karnage and everybody involved, that’s the way to go! 

He might not even know that now he can use those same credentials somewhere else, in any Nostr client 🤭

One thing I’d be cool to add is right click (or press-hold) to copy npub for easier discovery of new accounts, since is a lot easier to tag in a post like this. https://i.nostr.build/6pmu2XHBAHqOZFIR.jpg