Just wrote an article about Blossom Drive. a new nostr app I'm building for file sharing and censorship resistant file hosting

If you want to give it a try its hosted at https://blossom.hzrd149.com/

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# Nostr is not decentralized nor censorship-resistant

Peter Todd has been [saying this](nostr:nevent1qqsq5zzu9ezhgq6es36jgg94wxsa2xh55p4tfa56yklsvjemsw7vj3cpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddaksz9rhwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2aspzfmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82cspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmnyqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfnsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wspzpn92tr3hexwgt0z7w4qz3fcch4ryshja8jeng453aj4c83646jxvxkyvs4) for a long time and all the time I've been thinking he is misunderstanding everything, but I guess a more charitable interpretation is that he is right.

Nostr _today_ is indeed centralized.

Yesterday I published two harmless notes with the exact same content at the same time. In two minutes the notes had a noticeable difference in responses:

![](https://blob.satellite.earth/53b3eec9ffaada20b7c27dee4fa7a935adedcc337b9332b619c782b030eb5226)

The top one was published to `wss://nostr.wine`, `wss://nos.lol`, `wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com`. The second was published to the relay where I generally publish all my notes to, `wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com`, and that is announced on my [NIP-05 file](https://fiatjaf.com/.well-known/nostr.json) and on my [NIP-65](https://nips.nostr.com/65) relay list.

A few minutes later I published that screenshot again in two identical notes to the same sets of relays, asking if people understood the implications. The difference in quantity of responses can still be seen today:

![](https://blob.satellite.earth/df993c3fb91eaeff461186248c54f39c2eca3505b68dac3dc9757c77e9373379)

These results are skewed now by the fact that the two notes got rebroadcasted to multiple relays after some time, but the fundamental point remains.

What happened was that a huge lot more of people saw the first note compared to the second, and if Nostr was really censorship-resistant that shouldn't have happened at all.

Some people implied in the comments, with an air of obviousness, that publishing the note to "more relays" should have predictably resulted in more replies, which, again, shouldn't be the case if Nostr is really censorship-resistant.

What happens is that most people who engaged with the note are _following me_, in the sense that they have instructed their clients to fetch my notes on their behalf and present them in the UI, and clients are failing to do that despite me making it clear in multiple ways that my notes are to be found on `wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com`.

If we were talking not about me, but about some public figure that was being censored by the State and got banned (or shadowbanned) by the 3 biggest public relays, the sad reality would be that the person would immediately get his reach reduced to ~10% of what they had before. This is not at all unlike what happened to dozens of personalities that were banned from the corporate social media platforms and then moved to other platforms -- how many of their original followers switched to these other platforms? Probably some small percentage close to 10%. In that sense Nostr today is similar to what we had before.

Peter Todd is right that if the way Nostr works is that you just subscribe to a small set of relays and expect to get everything from them then it tends to get very centralized very fast, and this is the reality today.

Peter Todd is wrong that Nostr is _inherently_ centralized or that it needs a _protocol change_ to become what it has always purported to be. He is in fact wrong today, because what is written above is not valid for all clients of today, and if we [drive in the right direction](bc63c348b) we can successfully make Peter Todd be more and more wrong as time passes, instead of the contrary.

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See also:

  - [Censorship-resistant relay discovery in Nostr](nostr:naddr1qqykycekxd3nxdpcvgq3zamnwvaz7tmxd9shg6npvchxxmmdqgsrhuxx8l9ex335q7he0f09aej04zpazpl0ne2cgukyawd24mayt8grqsqqqa2803ksy8)
  - [A vision for content discovery and relay usage for basic social-networking in Nostr](nostr:naddr1qqyrxe33xqmxgve3qyghwumn8ghj7enfv96x5ctx9e3k7mgzyqalp33lewf5vdq847t6te0wvnags0gs0mu72kz8938tn24wlfze6qcyqqq823cywwjvq)


Latest Citadel Dispatch with nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg, several mind blowing moments... #ecash brings a welcomed  injection of innovation in a space that started to sound like a broken record to me

https://www.youtube.com/live/RvxSmnxcyQA


The mempool cycle
https://m.primal.net/HUXD.jpg


this is nuts


ok can you guys stop shipping


GM☕

Slowly coming to a sad realization that I really don't need 3 poorly managed Lightning nodes. 😂


Be humble. Stacking sats doesn't make you a genius or excuse you from using your brain, lest you find yourself on the wrong side of a fork:
 https://image.nostr.build/e318cdaa4b1db965fb8ab98751f4e55bad5688b1b40d90a36c4a8f2e95009a71.jpg


1000 times yes

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GM ☕

I hate it when people say 'I wish I believed in Bitcoin as much as you do.'

It's not a belief. Bitcoin is not some sort mythical creature like unicorn or Santa. It's an actual means to an end, like making use of gravity or electricity when building things. It's physics, math and verification.

Belief is a fiat construct. Bitcoin is complete opposite of that. Bitcoin is knowing.

https://i.imgflip.com/7lawfu.jpg


#music sounds better with #Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/e1fa8c47dd5bb990458dbc1b2b040dc7da87f182a56bd51f957ef47edd393048.jpg


#tiktok users be like https://image.nostr.build/14cfdc9660a425709544816f1a21b1eeb49ccc095a98e623965cdab76a946523.jpg


Had a shitty day but freedom tech people are a neverending source of inspiration.

GN 💯


Nostr may become the gateway to Bitcoin instead of the other way around as it is now.


🤡 🌍  intensifies


THE TIKTOK BAN BILL GOING THROUGH CONGRESS RIGHT NOW WILL GIVE GOVERNMENT INSANE POWER TO RESTRICT SPEECH.

AT THE SAME TIME SECTION 230 PROTECTIONS ARE ABOUT TO BE NEUTERED BY THE SUPREME COURT WHICH WILL ADD AN INSANE AMOUNT OF LIABILITY TO CENTRALIZED PLATFORMS - INEVITABLY INCREASING CENSORSHIP.

RESTRICTING FREE SPEECH IN AMERICA HAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AMONG OUR CORRUPT POLITICAL CLASS.

NOSTR IS ABOUT TO HAVE ITS MOMENT TO SHINE. WE NEED TO BE READY FOR BILLIONS OF NEW USERS.


GM ☕

SLAVE TECH MUST BE MADE IRRELEVANT AND COMPETED OUT OF EXISTENCE.


Tom Woods is my favorite stand up comedian


"For all of these reasons, the Court concludes by a preponderance of the
evidence that—at least as used in this case and as confirmed by the
other evidence before the Court, including Sterlingov's own pretrial
testimony—Chainalysis Reactor is reliable."

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-dis-col/115886148.html


China: “Remove all VPNs”
Apple: “Sure thing”

China: “…and podcast apps”
Apple: “Can do boss!”

China: “…and also hand over all iCloud data for our citizens”
Apple: “I mean why wouldn’t we? Here you go!”

EU: “Allow alternate app stores, and do it fairly”
Apple: “Ahhh hell no! This is so unfair you guys are bullies! Malware! Privacy! We have standards! Unlike you we care about our users!”

Fuck #Apple


I’m too am seeing a $0 balance on my #Bitcoin exchange account...Because I don't keep any Bitcoin on exchanges.


😂

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I can already tell that X is going to be insufferable this bull market.


I'm afraid to say this but it seems like editing CHANGES EVERYTHING 🤯

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1. Be a central bank established to make your country and citizens prosper
2. Miserably fail your mandate
3. Get countrywide protests as a result
4. "BLAME THE FOREIGN AGENTS"

We'll see only more of this

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Fake news


Now that we have forks and edits, we can do pull requests between users. It's time to bring some collaboration to social media. 🚀
https://video.nostr.build/794e30873eb53b59fd8a3be078064cb8ede28a9820c8e74044a1b7c7cc38fea6.mp4


CENTRALIZED PLATFORMS ARE SHITCOINS.

BITCOIN PROTOCOL DISCUSSION SHOULD HAPPEN ON NOSTR.

https://stacker.news/items/440692


O universo acredita na criptografia.
É mais fácil criptografar informações do que descriptografá-las.
- Julian Assange.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_7303085621805607621709035666.webp


no coiner friend: you got lucky

you: 🤨

- read 50 books on bitcoin, austrian economics, and the history of money
- watched every single video andreas antonopoulos has ever made
- listened to 1k hours of bitcoin podcasts
- passed the lightning torch with your own node
- stacked in the trenches with the #stackchain crew
- sold all of your chairs to stack more sats
- did 100 pushups every day
- stayed humble and stacked sats


Makes sense, thanks for sharing


NIP 90 Search request


Profile Search request


GM


No forks until there's a full block on Liquid 🤣


I have so much more respect for engineering solutions that can exist within current limitations. Push the boundaries before opening them up, and I think we still have PLENTY of maximizing to do within current limitations.


I can't see the text over the overbearing amount of SALT in this article, I think its trying to communicate 🤣

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2024/html/ecb.blog20240222~0929f86e23.en.html


At this point I'm fairly certain that everyone pro-extradition is a govt paid spook playing their role in a desperate last ditch psyop attempt


As currencies decay, so will everything else


Our roadmap for the next two quarters is looking crazy.

Exciting times ahead


GM ☕

FUCK THIS DYSTOPIA

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One of the best 👏🤙💯


- What's Bitcoiners' favorite day of the week?
- Sat Ur Day.

I'll see myself out.


RIP Alexei Navalny.

The US/UK should free Assange, free Ulbricht, pardon Snowden, and double-down on freedom as a contrast. They won't, but they should.

Russia is way more politically controlled and censored than their western counterparts, but if the western counterparts were smart they would emphasize this fact rather than lean more into being even half-like Russia.

Kudos to builders of various freedom tech.


BULLISH

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGZF8LIXAAAgjLP.png


Signed by the saffers? This is gold 😂


enough internet for me today i'm done 🤣 🤣 🤣

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/elizabeth-warren-pivots-on-bitcoin-honors-nakamoto-with-flag-over-capitol-


Ladies and gentlemen, builders and enthusiasts, this is the day you all been waiting for...🤣 🤣 🤣

TRON HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

https://image.nostr.build/89616c1b4b25124dd13530470d04096c3c36cce77f79a3342e4171d488931d1d.png


Difficulty Epoch 413
Difficulty ⬆8.24% increase to 81.73T!
Another alltime high…
https://m.primal.net/HczQ.jpg


Up 30% in 4 weeks. nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs

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multiple pens writing on a purple cloud in the sky


GM ☕

Words are magic, software is spellcrafts.


red lightning bolt and blue lightning bolt colliding with each other


two different lightning bolts, red and blue, colliding with each other


Aaaaand another one! nostr:npub1jfujw6llhq7wuvu5detycdsq5v5yqf56sgrdq8wlgrryx2a2p09svwm0gx just integrated #NWC 🔌

https://stacker.news/items/423928

Now you can easily attach your self-custodial wallets and zap posts


📣 Announcement time! 📣

As you might have guessed (from the photos I keep posting, mostly), I really love the place where I'm fortunate enough to live. It's a small town in northern Italy. We're surrounded by 3000m peaks, Lake Como is a short drive away, and the people are warm, welcoming, and hard-working.

My wife and I moved here 14 years ago with no more expectation than trying to figure out how we could live in the alps to climb and ski right outside our backdoor. Over those 14 years, Valchiavenna has become our home.

For a long time, I've been plotting and scheming about how I could give more back to this community that has given me so much and over the last few months, with the help of many local friends, all the pieces have started to come together.

Bitcoin Chiavenna is aimed at building a stronger Chiavenna using Bitcoin but; more broadly, it's a project focused on exploring how small, often marginalized, rural communities can benefit from adopting Bitcoin.

Chiavenna is the perfect petri dish for experimentation. We have local hydro power generation (run by a local coop). We are a stone's throw from Switzerland, which brings both tourism and shows local government how sane (and very minimal) regulation of digital assets can be beneficial. And, unlike many small towns in Italy, we have a large population of young entrepreneurs who haven't bailed for the big city and have started dozens of local businesses.

My hope is that our education and our learnings will be beneficial for other towns across Europe and North America. Many of whom, facing the death of their traditional industries, are having to find new ways to thrive, and do so without becoming wholly dependent on the central government for handouts.

I grew up in a small town. I live in a small town. I want to see tens of thousands of vibrant, wealthy, interesting, weird small towns across the planet. And I want them all to run on Bitcoin.

If you're with me, I'd love your support. We've just launched a Geyser project to raise funds for the first phase of several projects. We've got some cool rewards listed there, with more coming in the future.

And if anyone is coming through the area, let me know. I'd be happy to show you around and help you leave a few sats behind at local businesses!

Onwards and upwards! 🏔🚀

https://geyser.fund/project/bitcoinchiavenna


Bitcoin nostr is the best Bitcoin Twitter out there, always has been


After almost 4+ years, 487 comments from 19 reviewers...

the spec proposal for adding v2 opens (aka dual-funding) to lightning is officially merged as spec in LN!!

huge thanks to Bastien Teinturier, Rusty Russell, Dustin Dettmer,
 Matt Morehouse and countless others for their review and input on the spec.

doing spec work is a really long process, that requires so much work and input from lots of different stakeholders. it's probably the hardest type of work a programmer can do, and i'm so so thrilled that we got this over the finish line!

what's next?  splicing and liquidity ads!

https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/851


We can do it

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GM ☕

Every disadvantage has its own advantage.

Every advantage has its own disadvantage.


https://video.nostr.build/e7393a69ebc6beeb8546b30be0ff617ef8b6b8f0f37ede3cc4403c5ff873cd23.mp4

https://image.nostr.build/31e8c81cfa905b08b9a21ba161dc8cfbe7eaf97cff4b75411537e0496285a10b.jpg

#FreeAssange #NowOrNever
#FreeTheMoneyFreeTheWorld
#Plebchain #Nostr #Bitcoin


GM ☕

He's ready to stack your sats

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Introducing nsec.app and nostr-login!

I've shown the prototype of https://nsec.app in December, and it's essentially an nsecbunker in your browser. It is non-custodial - your keys are stored locally in the browser, and apps can get access to your keys using NIP46. We've now turned that prototype into a real thing, and I invite you to try it. Shoutout to nostr:npub149p5act9a5qm9p47elp8w8h3wpwn2d7s2xecw2ygnrxqp4wgsklq9g722q for the designs!

Now how do we help Nostr apps adopt NIP46 for remote key access?

That's where nostr-login library comes in. If your app uses NIP07 to talk to a browser extension, then with just two lines of code you can make it talk over NIP46.

Both of these tools support the new OAuth-like flow proposed by Pablo. Below you can watch a demo of how nostr-login (added to my fork of Snort) works with Nsec.app (or would work with any other nsecbunker).

What this all means is that people could join Nostr on the web, without installing extensions or mobile apps, with their keys stored non-custodially in the Nsec.app, and then could log in to other Nostr apps without copying their private keys.

Demo: https://void.cat/d/JSWwYMTtbWxTDTLpe132Kr.mp4

Links:
Snort+nostr-login: https://snort.nostrapps.org
nsec app: https://github.com/nostrband/noauth
nsec app server: https://github.com/nostrband/noauthd
nostr-login: https://github.com/nostrband/nostr-login


https://image.nostr.build/d23d7319aec8806a89d17fea56b5229827fad6e507454a7aed2a6ee614ed0b2a.jpg

#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes 829,711 🤙💜


GM

https://image.nostr.build/0181bc51f2130c16c1d2d383de33e70e59c9a9ec30c99d6e578e85f1eaddc27e.jpg


Accelerate!

https://image.nostr.build/158e992bc8d3e206171c208bbd87e5cd27c1295e2f5f211f6fe35987d28a475d.jpg

cc nostr:npub1ql2zzp3g6yndgz05js7wdc4qkr88wkyne5nw2cc7csrtzqs0yeesgwrxya


Peter McCormack To Interview Kim Jong Un And Xi Jinping To One Up Tucker Carlson
https://www.bugle.news/peter-mccormack-once-again-picks-wrong-hill-to-die-on/


https://image.nostr.build/405da713ef8fcca6434c427d14c1c7ea1d2e5ef59a4a244d58392bd36de68372.jpg

#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes 829,385 🤙💜


Feels like it's been awhile I suppose, maybe it's just me


It feels like some big bullshit is about to happen somewhere


Things we do in life echo in eternity


beautiful

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It's still amazing to me how you can take any Onion news sketch from 15 years ago and it's as if you're watching actual news of today.

Even in the comments you can find dozens of confused people calling it dangerous fake news that need to be taken down.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4Ha9HQvMo


💯

 basically applies to the whole 'crypto industry' and even central bankers who still believe their money is 'public'

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Thanks for the pushups reminder🤝


HAS IT EVER BEEN ANY DIFFERENT? BITCOIN FIXES BITCOIN.


The people with no stake in the future, the ones without any children, should not get to make them pay for their excesses now.


Bias is just a quick attention filter for all one deems irrelevant


GM ☕ Bitcoin fixes Bitcoin.


exciting times


Running nostr


This is your periodic reminder to install Amethyst (and all other Nostr clients) through Obtainium instead of Google's PlayStore.

You not only receive faster updates (the PlayStore is currently 4 versions behind) but you also start the process of freeing yourself from your invisible digital overlords.

Just follow this video: https://cdn.satellite.earth/2bd7e308c1797d64fca09b1d61e9bde24c68dd45e501c7383eff1e85392df11f.mp4


💯
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The pod intensifies


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

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Spoiler alert: we don't either way


Imao people are getting more distracted and less capable of dealing with increasing stress due to bad nutrition, poor habbits and deteriorating state of the world


Reject fiat orthodoxy

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"it’s literally a global freedom money virus."

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


Fuckin Americans are behind the EU Chat Control initiative 🤦♂

https://image.nostr.build/87172cb13a65a3f8604fc8d083569feeece62a8e2db67f07ea5f8f5ed9ba5e5a.jpg
"In the course of the chat control gate we discovered that a foreign intelligence-industrial complex is behind the EU Commission’s attempt to destroy the privacy of correspondence and secure encryption." - EU Pirate Party

Thorn is a US-based foundation set up by actors Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.

https://european-pirateparty.eu/chatcontrol-network-suggests-undermining-encryption-for-other-purposes/

https://www.ftm.eu/articles/ashton-kutcher-s-anti-childabuse-software-below-par


The medium is the message, hence everyone here on Nostr already has a more interesting message.


New in v0.3.51…

Presenting the Timechain Calendar Gallery!!

A curated collection of #Bitcoin  art and literature on the blocks of the app’s interface.

To access the gallery, visit timechaincalendar.com/gallery or simply press the gallery button on the right side of the circles.

From the gallery you can browse the current selection of pieces, each numbered with the block height that each piece was completed on.

Clicking on any piece will take you to the respective block where you will see a thumbnail placeholder of the piece embedded in the UI.

Click the thumbnail to enlarge the piece and find out more details about it.

Click “LEARN MORE” button to find out even more about the artist/author.

The motivation for this feature was simply to bring awareness of some great Bitcoin artists and authors to the users of the app. These individuals use their talents to amplify the ideas that make Bitcoin what it is.

All of the participating individuals agreed to be included in this gallery. More pieces from these folks plus new artists and authors will be added over time.

FAQ: No! The pieces are NOT on chain and this gallery has NOTHING to do with Ordinals or inscriptions.

🍻 https://video.nostr.build/1c5833704dabaaf0892730e6adf82a1ef12482d9b8b1e9854faf02b0af8ee8f1.mp4 https://image.nostr.build/7f93b718057f73c84584a86db7c6c21bef951b589b79895287f7e0c7189d35ee.jpg https://image.nostr.build/cb3c59d817f06f047736a6624a6e20be4395f8e76154f9b8fd83980b7bd25c13.png https://image.nostr.build/f45145e36fad7205f55f78c79b1bb8f4e19fafc8831ccb8c9dc4c9dd09dfac0f.jpg


PEOPLE DONT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT BITCOIN AND ARGUING WITH PEOPLE IS A WASTE OF TIME.

SHOW, NOT TELL. BITCOIN, NOSTR ENABLE UNIQUE AND CUSTOM EXPERIENCES AND TOOLS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

THIS IS THE ERA OF THE BUILDER AND THE INNOVATOR. THIS IS OUR TIME.

MAKE IT COUNT. 🔥


Scamming in the name of adoption be like:

https://i.makeagif.com/media/4-28-2016/dPx01P.gif


Steve Jobs would be liberating mankind from the shackles of fiat debt slavery via a native #Bitcoin wallet and node on every iPhone.

Instead, we get Tim Cook trying to strap a screen directly to your face. https://image.nostr.build/80d82fbbb6f859a6d0472de6495b5757e762b10b9beb5a085f79c7f057ccbfb0.jpg


Source: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=139121001

* it was actually uploaded on Jan 24


In a statement on Jan 26 they said they identified 82 companies


BULLISH

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If you are an operator in the bitcoin mining industry in the US it is imperative that you ignore this survey and tell the EIA, the Department of Energy, and the current administration to fuck off.

Here's what they have in store for you.

https://tftc.io/eia-bitcoin-mining-survey/


Welcome to Covenants 101, with a focus on CTV.
What are they? Is this an attack on bitcoin? Can the government lock up all our coins?

Without an accurate mental model of what's actually going on, it's hard to reason on what they can and can't do.

So let's walk through it. 📩👇


GM ☕

here's a timelapse of reality-check penetrating fiat-infested human conscious

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


So I fasting-pilled my wife and now we're doing quick fasts every 10 days or so, which essentially is great because we used to argue about food a lot (she's a cook).

PROS: we finally share common ground on food and health.

CONS: my next meal is scheduled to happen on Friday.

💀


👀

https://image.nostr.build/7879849b52329fa9d287b34245a7a4baa8129e58d6c894a2da20b92afa2f7420.png


I'm thrilled to announce the launch of #0xchat v1.2.5 beta! Here's what's new:
1.Introduction of the Cashu wallet feature.
2.Fixed bugs and some crashes reported by users.
-Issue with Android unable to open link using the default browser.
-Problem with Relay: added '/' and cannot request
-Issue with Amber login: sats payment options do not appear.
-No FaceID prompt when copying private key.
-Messages sent by oneself are not received after uninstalling and reinstalling.
-Messages with '@' in chat are showing loading.
-Auto-login issue after log out.

Please note, the wallet feature is still in its beta phase. We strongly recommend using small amount of sats for testing. Additionally, we've made the cashu-dart repository open source:

https://github.com/0xchat-app/cashu-dart

This could be helpful for Dart devs who wish to integrate the Cashu wallet into their apps.

APK download: https://github.com/0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main/releases/download/v1.2.5-beta/v1.2.5-beta.apk

Testfilght: https://testflight.apple.com/join/AjdJFBmU


Sats flow is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn't, burns it.


/photo data harvesting, illegal surveillance


https://lightning-poker.com/ is a lot of fun


GM ☕

Lots of to catch up with today. Let's get at it.


Dissapointing to see freedom tech enthusiasts turning to slave tech


I trust this guy more than any politician https://image.nostr.build/4026686fc8344442a1d3dd07bed0017d01ea053c9be02336da3c77b128eb8e22.jpg


GM ☕

Excited for our first bitcoin-only meetup today 🇱🇹


GN 🌌🌠🌕

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Perfect, just in time for sleep. GN!


https://image.nostr.build/9d260468c551ed5b252e03ce0e0f1e0e9f01bcc928a246410dbe09cb63879f0e.jpg

#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes 827,369 🤙💜


Software development as act of activism.


builders build, opinionators opinionate


Big facts


Why is everyone hating on secretary Janet Yellen? I've been following her here on nostr nostr:npub1grk0tx6kqzvp86jvxzqmr8va2f0hdklj2xj6qwymf04z0saxhx8svlelrn for quite some time and she seems cool.


Bullish


BREAKING: Bitcoin Bugle Launches Campaign To Get
Dennis Porter As Speaker At The Bitcoin Conference in Nashville 2024

Please sign the petition:
https://chng.it/spPBNWjCSs


Everyone is considering Bitcoin use cases based on personal needs


As someone who worked with shitcoin news media, this is not surprising one bit.

No one does their homework for Bitcoin, as if it's some relic of the past that's about to become irrelevant.

It's bad, really bad, but not surprising as they make most of their $$$ from shitcoins.


GM ☕

https://image.nostr.build/b36d57a573752e0a09a7e3d89cfa6e36d6cbb7bd83ba91e084f4141d84f3969f.jpg


How come nostr doesn't have community notes yet when we're literally a COMMUNITY OF NOTES 🤔

It's probably still early but it would provide an unparallel way to earn sats by illuminating bullshit which is (at least for me) one of the key value props of Nostr.

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


GM ☕

https://image.nostr.build/78f925ef082776e592263206fa591aa72c85237542b03554990e5a766249fb72.jpg


GM ☕

Bitcoin is the ultimate bailout of the failed fiat system.

Most banksters are just too detached from reality and too arrogant to admit it.


Introducing Nutband – a post fiat apocalypse Cashu client working over Reticulum

A demo of Reticulum, Cashu and my project Nutband that combines them,  in order to use a Cashu mint over Reticulum mesh network – in this case  over long range radio, and without internet.

Finally made the demo video

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX8GFn5uCI

Shownotes: https://hackyourself.io/2024/01/19/nutband-a-post-fiat-apocalypse-cashu-client-working-over-reticulum/

Project: https://github.com/jooray/nutband

Cc: nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg


Do the surveillance maxis own your data, anon? https://image.nostr.build/65815cbefa0e7e119169ae6955a4a59e229d419a2c64a03072f49de4d7eb395c.png


GM ☕ PV

We're fasting today 🧘


CPFP is better for your on chain privacy because RBF (Replace by Fee) can use a UTXO which wasn't included in the original transaction and which can be linked to you. In short RBF degrades your entropy of your transaction.


The freedom to transact is the most essential right for the foundation to any working society.

You take that away, you take away society.

There's no fucking if's.


FREEDOM TECH PROJECTS THAT WORK TOGETHER WILL DO BETTER THAN THOSE THAT DO NOT.

FREEDOM COMPOUNDS. 🫡


When I listened to this episode of Joe Rogan with Andreas Antonopolous in 2016 it made sense because I was new to #Bitcoin

But now in 2024 we all can see that Andreas was 100% right. This is exactly what's happening in our society right now.

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


Dead internet theory in action on twitter right now

https://i.poastcdn.org/cbd9e237b8283d48ad35aa2c7cbfaf1c52e5df76281968f1922045ff5564eca0.png

https://i.poastcdn.org/3c03c7332eb9038862cc608595117bf24544af2521fc38d63b0b3ff4e45d9cc8.png


True 😂
https://m.primal.net/HXgC.jpg


GM 💀 A decent take by SEC's Caroline A. Crenshaw who voted against the ETFs.

Greater pumps = greater dumps = more people REKT along the way.

I understand the need for NgU but much like with ordinals, onboarding people for the wrong reasons will always come back to bite you in some way.

At the end of the day, everything is good for bitcoin, more people will fall down the rabbit hole, and adoption will grow. But brace for volatility.

Don't just buy bitcoin. Study bitcoin.

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


So basically:

High-time preference = tragedy
Low-time preference = comedy


Bitcoin ETF trading day 1

https://video.nostr.build/b782922b2baefc420ea3498fb5944a5e49899f01ae08221f623810bb3851d58e.mp4


Privacy?


The state of mainstream Bitcoin discourse.

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


apparently they announced this last Friday and were undercut by Bitwise today 😂


The most botched and milked announcement, maybe ever. 😂


Probably


The funniest thing would be if Bitcoin ETF approvals don't move bitcoin price at all.

I don't think that suits who would buy such product know or understand bitcoin at all.

But again, let's see.


This is going to age well.
https://i.nostr.build/xB4z.jpg


ELON CAN SEND A TWEET FROM THE PRESIDENT'S ACCOUNT IF HE WANTS.

CENTRALIZED SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR OFFICIAL COMMS.

POSTS SHOULD BE CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SIGNED.

THE NOSTR POST YOU ARE READING NOW WAS SIGNED BY MY PRIVATE KEY AND VERIFIED BY YOUR CLIENT.


I think it was a legit hack. The SEC twitter account also liked some random crypto accounts replies, something that definetly would not have happened if this was just a scheduling issue.https://m.primal.net/HXKr.png


This is Bitcoin content that's trending on YouTbe 😂

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hp6OJXSA3NI&pp=ygUHS2l0Ym9nYQ%3D%3D


W e a p o n i z e d
A d b l o c k I n g

https://adnauseam.io/

https://image.nostr.build/d32fcf1339103171c2254c4348d03fbd433a69f2d2f04c1e834dc18e3f24d105.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=864x1920&blurhash=%5B78Dn%3As%400vxVr4WCOis.9%3AX1xcNLG3fz%23%5DWEk6n%3A%23%5DxVt5akr%7Ct2I%2BW%2Bs%3DR-NEk6X2NK%2C%7DjKNVof&x=cba6e0c63417be82aadb7306053179c07169341b9cd941971f4b7fe567c2c981


🍄 New Coracle Release: 0.4.0

This is the big one — Coracle now has private groups! Read more below for details:

nostr:naddr1qqxnzdesxs6rjvfjxqurqvesqgsf03c2gsmx5ef4c9zmxvlew04gdh7u94afnknp33qvv3c94kvwxgsrqsqqqa28zalvec

A ton of work went into this release — many months of iterating on groups, as well as several new and refined features. You'll also notice that Coracle has a new look — I've started work on a new design created by nostr:nprofile1qqs8hhhhhc3dmrje73squpz255ape7t448w86f7ltqemca7m0p99spgpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgcwaehxw309anxjmr5v4ezumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tchfhljx .

Here's a list of the highlights in this release (look at all those NIPs 👀):

- [x] Add NIP 44 encryption support
- [x] Add NIP 24 chat support with NIP 04 backwards compatibility
- [x] Add NIP 72 community support
- [x] Add NIP 87 closed community support
- [x] Add NIP 51 calendar event support
- [x] Add NIP 99 classifieds support
- [x] Support cross-posting
- [x] Limit number of replies shown on feed
- [x] Search results sorted by relevance weighted by WoT
- [x] Add anonymous zaps
- [x] Strip hash from media urls
- [x] Start on @daniele's redesign
- [x] Add bitcoin connect support
- [x] Remove Apps page, move NIP 89 support to note info dialog
- [x] Publish NIP 89 client tag
- [x] Remove Explore page, move NIP 32 support to profile collections
- [x] Replaced `FORCE_RELAYS` env variable with `FORCE_GROUP`
- [x] Warn when a user might be publishing their nsec


For the first time in quite a long time I actually feel amazing today.

 Super grateful for all the incredible people I got to meet in this life. 🙏


IN THE WORLD WHERE  99.945% OF EVERYTHING IS FIAT AND ITS DERIVATIVES, AND ONLY 0.055% OF EVERYTHING IS BITCOIN, EXPECT 99.945% THINGS TO BE BULLSHIT, AND 0.055% OF THINGS TO BE SOUND.

THANKFULLY, THAT 0.055% OF THINGS IS ALL THAT WE NEED.

nostr:note132yzf8rk7dvuwp7075rda59vlgy6njncrhppsuw5ldvdjflf0cnsvcsxqg


Getting close to Dashboard v2 beta launch. Rust on the server will be so much better than Node 🚀


IRS Seeks To Manufacture Tax Revolt In 2024 By Making Paying Taxes Impossible
https://www.thebitcoinbugle.com/irs-seeks-to-manufacture-tax-revolt-in-2024-by-making-paying-taxes-impossible/


They want cheap corn badly

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this is my bitcoin and freedom tech prediction for 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsPekezuric


if you haven't experienced a bull market while hodling #Bitcoin ...

prepare yourself mentally. Get your self custody in order. Whatever you're anticipating will probably not be the case.

A good goal is to end the cycle with more BTC in COLD STORAGE than you began it with. The euphoria of 5-10k candles will test your conviction.

Proceed with caution. Don't succumb to high time preference scams & don't leave your BTC in someone else's hands for illusory "yield".

When you self custody BTC, life is yield. Where we're going, nothing is worth the security trade off of 3rd party custody.

Don't get reckless. Security is not one and done solution. Spend time setting up a node and self custody solution that works for your situation.

Set stacking goals & don't let off the gas when things start to go parabolic.

Patience & diligence can set you free.

PS. the laws that will make us all criminals haven't been written yet...

Have you considered a remote citadel in another country anon?


Until Nostr clients offer UX that can rival all sorts of centralized platforms, the main users of Nostr are going to be people for looking to monetize their content.

nostr:nevent1qqsgqy3kkxgknj576g7m2p3uw78xu3p0htut8jvlxuyax4llgtjzyvqppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5pzqwlsccluhy6xxsr6l9a9uhhxf75g85g8a709tprjcn4e42h053vaqvzqqqqqqytvk480


Not sure what's the least-resistance way for people to realize this


In the digital age, voting is happening with your software usage and capital, ballots are meaningless.


Bitcoin Dragon year LFG

https://image.nostr.build/9f415ea2bfaacdd420b7ed9685e2b47277eee035aaf88b78f64837c753fd2264.jpg


Just some thoughts on various monetization methods nostr clients can explore now or down the road.

1. Pro tiers. This is the route Snort is going with some features being available only to pro subscribers. As a side bonus, you can focus the product around the feedback from paying members which increases the signal from every feature added. Cheap feedback is... well... cheap.

2. Zap pools. Snort is doing this now. This is basically an option to set aside a pre-determined percentage of every zap into a pool that is then zapped out every hour automatically to anyone who is added to the pool. To enable, add a checkbox to each zap modal to support the client. When checked, a percentage slider is visible and adjustable. Allow user to save their preference so they don't have to go through this every time.

3. Zap Splits. Instead of zap pools, you could code the modal in such a way that toggles a zap split when a box is checked. The split could go to one developer account instead of a pool. Keeps things simple.

4. Fees. Grow your client by empowering users to be creators. This would probably mean building marketplace features and taking a fee from every product listed, every song streamed etc... etc... The fee could be optional, could be "streamed" in real time in the case of music playing, or charged on every sale of a digital product. This monetization method would likely work very well in the Adult Industry and clients that were focused exclusively on that.

5. Zapscriptions. Pablo is doing this well with Highlighter. Enable users to zapscribe to other people. You could create pro tiers and ask for zapscriptions, or allow anyone to possibly zapscribe partially to you (the developer) when a person supports someone else. Not sure how feasible this is technically - just an idea at this point.

6. Donations. These could be coupled with badge or physical merch rewards. If user contributes over X amount, they get this exclusive thing, unlock exclusive merch or something else. Create a tier system where higher donation unlocks better recognition. The point of "unlockables" is purely for recognition and not financial gain of any sort - that defeats the purpose.

7. White labeling. If some company wants to have their own version of your client, you could white label it for them as a service - help them get set up, remove any of your own branding and add theirs. OR, you could turn this into an automated process where they can do it themselves. Charge a monthly fee perhaps?

8. Fiat subscriptions. The same as all of the above, but allow people to pay with cards, Apple Pay, etc... Kind of like Current is doing with their iOS app.

A combination of some or all of these.

Whatever you do, if you wish people to use various functions to support the client, make sure those functions are visible or easily discovered (not hidden behind a menu). What's focal is vocal. If it's not visible, it doesn't exist.

What other strategies have I missed?


It's a madhouse


MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. LOW WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG HOURS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS. SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOUR AND RECOGNITION IN EVENT OF SUCCESS.

damus.io/devchat https://image.nostr.build/c8f7d2a077c4ffd4bb0f47a6237ad266596fadec43e9bddba1619c7548867a01.jpg


You can publish long-form content from Obsidian to Nostr using Obsidian Nostr writer

https://github.com/jamesmagoo/nostr-writer


I agree.

In case of Nostr clients, there seems to be plenty of room for charging a value premium.

One can provide a free client version (for marketing and reach) but premium services can encompass anything from VIP relays, note backup services, data storage (images, video, audio), nsecbunker onboarding and support for businesses, note scheduling and more.


likely referring to EU Cyber Resilience Act:

1. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/eus-proposed-cyber-resilience-act-raises-concerns-open-source-and-cybersecurity

2. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/eff-and-other-experts-join-pointing-out-pitfalls-proposed-eu-cyber-resilience-act


there's also another way to put it lol

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


PV ☕

One secret to effective messaging is the ability to explain things to people using their own words.

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


Nostr is not the problem.

OUR STENCH IS THE PROBLEM 😭

https://image.nostr.build/56f281e909fbc2f49bd4ba3f46f462d4bca9e9d70ad193c5c1e7606dceef3594.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1440x956&blurhash=r7R3WYM%7B-%3Bt7-%3Bxu-%3Bxuxu-%3BRjRjWBRjayWBofWBayayWBj%40ofj%5BoffQj%5BD*t7oft7j%5BWBoeRkj%5B%7EqRjM%7BofM%7BayRjj%5BWBM%7Boft7fQj%5BWBWBayfQ&x=427df703e984cdf7cfbd631e22776f7e945bed41e2ac3a5bdb7f022c1d521099


Hey everyone, Merry Christmas!

I'm pleased to announce that I have unblocked the Mostr Bridge, Spinster, Neenster, and Poast from Threads. Read more here: https://soapbox.pub/blog/threads-server-blocking/

This Christmas, let's make the world more open and connected.

Enjoy your freedom!


Freedom tech is hope, clown tech is a joke.

nostr:nevent1qqsvf2v2ln3kvyygftlp4xlvtc3cx3k4h6qzpk0cqdme95u8y4frdacppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5pzq7el0qph2p6x7325zw3zr7qfvhhvk600xz8jatga4zwv9jy396tgqvzqqqqqqyad8dju


I've actually ordered some in the past to entertain my pets (cats) during winter, keeping them in the acquarium is relatively simple but requires active daily maintenance for them to live a full cycle and reproduce. Also, depending on a place where you order, most of them come with some (genetic?) paralysis virus which makes it somewhat difficult to make them reproduce as most of the population dies off after reaching adulthood. Or maybe it's just not for me but I generally would not recommend that as resources on how to deal with that are relatively sparse at the time it seems. It's weird that they have been approved for being added to food in the EU though ( https://www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/eu-institution-news/novel-foods-house-cricket-becomes-third-insect-authorised-as-food-ingredient-for-the-eu-market/ )

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8670987/


“Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.”

https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence nostr:note1cnqjwgtn58ggxeuh2lyafzyquxkw7ap2wmr0pkvmuvy39av962usn9lmt5


Live view of people demanding the immediate reinstatement of price controls because they always work and that's why Argentina doesn't have any economic problems

https://i.nostr.build/2Vm8.jpg


Blockstream Invests Millions Into Taproot Wizards As Hail Mary To Get People To Use Liquid
https://www.thebitcoinbugle.com/blockstream-invests-millions-into-taproot-wizards-as-hail-mary-to-get-people-to-use-liquid/


GM ☕

You will be bullish and you will be happy.


Help test OrangeClock v0.2.0-beta!

Features:
- BTC Price in USD and Euro
- Halving Countdown
- Nostr Zap Counter
- Moscow Time alternative icon (sat/USD)
- Setup UI redesign

https://github.com/marc3linho/OrangeClock/releases/tag/v0.2.0-beta

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


Most (hyper) inflationary authoritarian countries are stuck in a loop of government employees continuously paying themselves inflation-adjusted salaries and hiring increasingly more people for new policy enforcement.

Bitcoin fixes this.


GM 💜 We should purple pill MySpace Tom #buildonNostr

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


Seems like 2024 is going to be the craziest year.


GOOD MORNING NOSTR, NO BULLSHIT BITCOIN HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR FIVE YEARS WITHOUT BULLSHIT.

https://nobsbitcoin.com


Bare Multisig Outputs
-----------------------

Blocks are getting filled with bare multisig outputs and it's an obvious troll from people that hate Bitcoin. Let me explain.

Multisig currently can be done in many ways, but before p2sh (BIP0013), the only way to do multisig was through putting the many pubkeys on-chain. As ECDSA doesn't really let you aggregate keys, outputs had to specify something like "3-of-5 of these pubkeys." The normal UTXOs have the following number of bytes:

p2pkh:25
p2sh:23
p2wpkh:22
p2wsh:34
p2tr:34

By contrast the n in the k-of-n bare multisig determines the number of bytes and it's 5 + 34 * n (my math might be off, but around there). So for 3-of-5, it's upwards of 170 bytes. But that's using compressed keys. For uncompressed keys, you it's 5 + 66 * n or 335 bytes+, and worse, you can put in illegitimate uncompressed keys (keys that are provably have no private key) to add data to the chain

Why does this matter? Because these bytes stay in the UTXO set, which is what Bitcoin software optimizes for because that's how you validate that a transaction is a not double spend and satisfies the conditions of the smart contract that locked it.

What's worse, if the pubkeys are unspendable (uncompressed keys that are not real points on the secp256k1 curve), then they'll *never* be pruned. So the UTXO set grows larger and requires more resources for your typical node runner.

Interestingly, this was how the whitepaper was embedded into the Bitcoin blockchain by putting pieces of the whitepaper pdf in 64 byte chunks through uncompressed pubkeys. Luke's Eligius pool was one of the first to ban such transactions because they were clearly bloating not just the blockchain, but the UTXO set.

That's what these trolls are doing. They're adding to the UTXO set that's not easily prunable, though now, I'm guessing some people will add pruning for UTXOs with multisig outputs that don't have any legitimate keys.


zero composure


Why so few gun deaths in Switzerland compared to the US - when we also have many privately-owned guns? Johnny Harris did a video on it. And he nailed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnBDK-QNZkM


test


your joke would have hit the mark if you said that L stands for losing. Don't hesitate to roast Ledger


lol no


Fun fact: Ledger logo is just a big L.

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


is there a client that turns all notes in your feed into uppercase?

call it the ‘odell mode’


GM ☕ There's only one social media 'super app' and that app is shaping up to be noStrudel.ninja by nostr:npub1ye5ptcxfyyxl5vjvdjar2ua3f0hynkjzpx552mu5snj3qmx5pzjscpknpr 🫡


GM👏PV ☕

If it ain't broke don't fix it but there's a reasonable argument here.

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


26:16 820928

https://youtu.be/v6KZzMBbFsA?si=kWDJS-rYNk-NM1N0


 With the recent spike in Liquid #bitcoin usage we managed to give you a rare glimpse inside Blockstream HQ with nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw
https://video.nostr.build/f33be57f572cccad0c39212fe7940824f128da5562e9d60632aa73b43b14da34.mp4


Dead 😂 https://video.nostr.build/c28b50f311464410cba9ff4bed779ff4ab1a407af06039caa94b44b439d18f79.mp4


Nostr meme economy is getting better and better with every day.


GM ☕

https://image.nostr.build/660e8effbcec52cc2db1157ff155be974b7c920291e0840e973a507dcf00f25d.png

#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes


Sometimes I find it hard to keep going but then some politicians propose a scheme to regulate the use of Bitcoin and open source software so retarded that it makes my day. Thank you Elizabeth Warren.


Remember when ''know your customer' was merely an effective sales and marketing strategy instead of a gateway into government-mandated surveillance hellscape that it is today?


https://image.nostr.build/ec8aabb5d9ca2e046e561e5cf4e8b3ae62053de62ec6b7da416d2679b2e555d8.jpg

#meme #memestr #nostrmemes #memes 820,687 🤙💜


nostr:npub1cjw49ftnxene9wdxujz3tp7zspp0kf862cjud4nm3j2usag6eg2smwj2rh over the target per usual. https://image.nostr.build/a25358f0ca8cda9f0c79fc7044b7481889c0fa94e70ea0d6a40765091db392ca.jpg


When you lose weight by burning fat, where does the fat go? How does it get out? Most people think we sweat it out, but no: we **breathe** it out.

Your body uses carbohydrates for energy, and when you dont eat enough, your body burns fat. Fat is stored as triglycerides, which are made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and metabolized into carbon dioxide and water. When you lose 1kg of weight, you literally breathed out 840g of weight as CO2. The remaining 160g turns into H2O and is peed out.

GM.


ledger nano s device with eyes on screen


angry eyes of big brother watching, surveillance poster


big brother is watching, surveillance, close up eyes


FREEDOM TECH IS HOPE 🫡
https://m.primal.net/HTCE.png


True use case for it is criminals, drug traffickers, anti-money laundering and tax avoidance. Break it down.

https://video.nostr.build/fab89f588fc617fbb7e0ee36901491edc9c281530602e85f6fcbb905b275bda6.mp4

Turn it up!

😂


They gave Noriega a 40yr sentence & let him out after 17yrs on good behavior…..

They gave Ross Ulbricht 2 Life Sentences.
#FreeRoss

Extra Footage from filming #DeathAthletic discussing Ross Ulbricht’s unjust sentencing. https://video.nostr.build/dc00b6260256d3f11bcac198e1e60ae5e1b66ea488f66167bce3d003d32472c4.mp4


Isn't proof-of-work itself a spam filtering mechanism


feature auctions should be a thing


These are off by default, seems like a workable way to harden them before they become 'non-experimental'


PSA: “Inscriptions” are exploiting a vulnerability in #Bitcoin Core to spam the blockchain. Bitcoin Core has, since 2013, allowed users to set a limit on the size of extra data in transactions they relay or mine (`-datacarriersize`). By obfuscating their data as program code, Inscriptions bypass this limit.

This bug was recently fixed in Bitcoin Knots v25.1. It took longer than usual due to my workflow being severely disrupted at the end of last year (v24 was skipped entirely).

Bitcoin Core is still vulnerable in the upcoming v26 release. I can only hope it will finally get fixed before v27 next year.


Auto-approved one tap zaps (it's actually two taps if you consider choosing the zap amount) with nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg and NWC feel like magic. 🪄✨


⚡ 820000 ⚡


Every time a person writes this sats symbol, the are writing "21". #Bitcoin

https://image.nostr.build/a4440f60f8f7f10b55c65bf7c2eb3baa0e905169c0c372470567452cc5c17b12.jpg


Brian is positioning himself for the biggest Bitcoin rug ever, 6102 style.


WoS has been dethroned https://image.nostr.build/8798730fac7b6fe8bebfa9e573f337587de82ff18ee7ebdffb7ce28148f78d0e.jpg


etc: Do not fear a man who has read 1000 books, fear a man who has read 1 book a thousand times, especially if that book is Mises's Human Action.


Help me finish this sentence:

Do not fear a man who has read 1000 books, fear a man who has read 1 book a thousand times, especially if that book is... [insert title here].


Self-sovereign social media is super cool but I mostly end up onboarding people to Lightning and Nostr due pay per querry AI stuff.


minimalistic blog logo, raspberry with sheep's head


minimalistic blog logo, sheep that is a raspberry


professional company logo, sheep raspberry hybrid 2D


professional company logo, sheep with raspberry body 2D


professional company logo, sheep with a wool made of raspberry


When someone asks you how building during the bear market is going

https://livepkassets.pechakucha.com/slides/31ea3d7c-0400-4751-9049-36091006e756/padblack_noborder_1600x900/rambo-5-sylvester-stallone-1537200358.jpg


What remains.
https://video.nostr.build/49a17313bd2f29fbdd75616802c8881b34b733705ca79733e1c68f15237889c0.mp4


Usually this only happens when you are trying to demonstrate how quick and easy lightning is.


have to admit, the cucking of WoS came sooner then i expected. combine this with binance and the picture is clear: U.S regulators started to move

everything bitcoiners anticipated is correct and is happening in real time. now is the time to build the actual alternatives

suddenly mutiny wallet experimenting with PWAs isn't just nerds larping. the work that phoenix, breeze, and fedi are doing is critical. covenants are critical

every single-point-of-failure that can be captured will be captured


Always been a big fan on this letter, use it almost everyday. #G


Like it or not, regulators are the greatest freedom tech enthusiasts, thoroughly committed towards advancing the cause.

nostr:nevent1qqsdlecyhd0j9sce6sl3rnqvrkejvhry4sunnfmv0a5u9man3tl2degpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qhxjnw53mhghumt590kgd3fmqme8jzwwflyxesmm50nnapmqdzu7sxpqqqqqqzfctv6w


🐶🐾🫂😭 https://i.nostr.build/OjKY.jpg


Hopefully that's sufficient but wide adoption of self-custody, nostr and more private communications wouldn't hurt as well


NgU without the widespread adoption of freedom tech is more or less meaningless.


I'm so bullish I don't even see the need for ETF for this to happen at anytime now...

Maybe a bit tipsy, too, but that's not the point


Get you a man as unreasonably bullish as Samson. nostr:note1m2j4dkv33e2jax8wpys2r99h3zfqgavfysu8xl3w35xkn59eqadqn2pewd


be the decentralized exchange you want to see in the world https://image.nostr.build/d1ade3cfe65496dd1c0b835946d5462826a665c4811d68c9d4ef874903e88e8e.jpg


'Pretty sure beer is there.'

An acronym used to direct confused people towards beer at Bitcoin conferences.

Example:

- Hey, where I can get a drink here?
- PSBT.


Sparrow is one of the best #bitcoin desktop wallets ! Thanks nostr:npub1hea99yd4xt5tjx8jmjvpfz2g5v7nurdqw7ydwst0ww6vw520prnq6fg9v2 for your hard work 🫡 https://image.nostr.build/9ee5c41d984085ee25ea7e298815dce00da8007b301e98f4c4222cd0a52de41f.jpg


good morning nostr, bitcoiners cheering this on are part of the problem
https://m.primal.net/HQxG.mp4


Not merely a wrist slap but an attempted punch indeed


It's DOJ, Treasury and CTFC, SEC lawsuit is still on the table it seems


This sucks but it's never too late to ditch stinking shitcoins and go all in on Bitcoin.

https://image.nostr.build/2bcdb66eeda534f18badfbfda6c6c033a848920266ef28eb10000e589f9e7bce.png


Best. Bear Market. Ever.

The only thing that could possibly top this is all the CBDC shitcoins imploding in the next one.


👉817718👈 https://video.nostr.build/4ee243594b58a42e66190c745c333e35546badfe50718c7411cb9855b2f8a199.mp4


ordinals are a distraction.

tokens on bitcoin are a distraction.

stablecoins on bitcoin are a distraction.

sats are the standard money of the world. nostr will be the standard comms of the world. so much important work to focus on, will not waste my time on bullshit.


💯 freedom tech is hope, clown tech is a nope

nostr:nevent1qqsz735s8r45ck0lxpzhv9936jqazmh2rt2az374fgdk675lgnnxv3gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgrqsqqqqqpvcsu0g


PV ☕ Bitcoiners are solving the hardest problems. It's a tough road but this is precisely why Bitcoin is going to win.


Self-host and make your own rules


If your wallet channels get force-closed and charged on-chain fees (in a high fee environment) for zaping someone 10 sats it's sort of irresponsible to leave the feature on, at least for now, it seems


There is a Nos2x version for Firefox too


“There is no teacher until a student arrives; no problem until a question is raised.”

— Alan Watts https://image.nostr.build/df3c309f24f4f510a0b3c27faa5a48f4dfea8e7cac9657592607bee9f09a6843.jpg


Just finished listening to Out of Your Mind with original audio recordings. What a fascinating teacher.


I know there's a creeping surveillance state  threatening to break about every aspect of our modern lives, as well as looming sovereign debt crisis and potential WW3 but eversince we got nostr.cooking in our freedom tech arsenal I'm not afraid of anything.


The 30-year Treasury auction today went terribly. Huge price tail; basically a half-failed bond auction. There hasn’t been an auction that bad in many years. Some people chalked it up to a cyberattack on China’s largest bank, which interfered with their ability to do Treasury transactions, while others contested that this was the main issue and instead argued it was a lack of demand for duration. Treasury market liquidity is really weak.

And then like an hour later Jerome Powell was interrupted in an IMF talk by eco-protestors, and he dropped the f-bomb on a hot mic.

Fun stuff.


Marshall McLuhan envisioned WW3 as a vast online conflict very similar to what we  are currently experiencing. A conflict between the new identities and thinking patterns spawned by rapid technological change and those still clinging to traditional identities and patterns.

This frame creates two sides. A group of people who would attempt to dominate the emerging centralized construct and those who would disrupt it - in an attempt to preserve existing autonomy/individuality until another technological medium less hostile to it arrives. The integrators and disruptors.

https://www.azquotes.com/vangogh-image-quotes/80/85/Quotation-Marshall-McLuhan-World-War-III-is-a-guerrilla-information-war-with-no-80-85-51.jpg


Can we expect any livestreams coming out from the park anytime soon or in the future?


GM ☕ Bitcoin is the American Dream exported globally, available for everyone.


Good on them but can they do zaps?


PV ☕ I need more hours in the day so I'm starting my 4:30 AM daily routine again. LFG.


PV ☕

Source: nostr:npub1glqqq2czzjlzc4rqq5lsccllk3xq3q00l76yu3j28hednk7yvdmqlq7jxa

https://video.nostr.build/9639583deae6e07c08739302f880ce6dc72b966608b9be7e75fd9bfc06a27881.mp4


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

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


rip gulag


rip regulatory moat


When nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m  asked nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 about ways the public can help bring him home, Snowden wasn't optimistic about his chances but used the opportunity to speak about the importance of #freeassange.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1070445764045705307/1169547422440095744/trim_632CCEAA-FBC8-41B5-AFB7-EC8F127D01C8.mov?ex=6555ccea&is=654357ea&hm=d6a5ce1d9ca3600c33b30326fb97bc3e523eb588751367dfe45b6d6b30b7ec64&


Is there going to be a nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l livestream?


Bitcoin culture, if such thing even exists, is rooted in disagreement, as we're all different and come from various walks of life.

Bitcoiners have to agree on one thing only, and that is 21 million.


GM ☕ Bitcoin is a small part of crypto, and 'crypto' is just a small part of bitcoin.


fml I need to make some fiat asap

in order to not starve in Japan

& in order to make it to nostrville

somebody hire this frog for somethingg

I can do a lot of nothing if that’s useful to you lmk jk I’m decent at memes.. decent at making logos (with ai) ish.. can make badges for nostr (basically any design) can test your app (& write up a paper on it) I’m forgetting things but yeah just ask me if I can do it n I’ll see

(Some context: i was expecting payment from fiat job which got delayed for a 3rd time, some client bs)

Goal is 500k - 1M sats.

Hire me as ur first paid intern pls

#AskNostr #HireMe


The creature from Jekyll island with tentacles, a big city in background


the godess of wisdom protected by cyberhornets vs the creature from Jekyll island with tentacles, a big city in background


the godess of wisdom protected by cyberhornets fighting the creature from Jekyll island with tentacles, a big city in background


the godess of wisdom vs the creature from Jekyll island


a swarm of cyber hornets serving the goddess of wisdom, feeding on the fire of truth, exponentially growing ever smarter, faster, and stronger behind a wall of encrypted energy


the creature from Jekyll island with tentacles reaching into every house of the city


Main Lightning node SSD dead :[


Notes on the Bitkey:
- Easiest setup experience of any wallet I've used
- Hardware feels really solid, nice build quality
- 2/3 multisig with no seed phrase
- Mobile app and server key can authorise small transactions (dollar amount is user configurable)
- Mobile app and hardware device is required to authorise larger transactions
- Email is required during setup to facilitate recovery if mobile phone / hardware device is lost
- Phone number is optional (from memory)
- Can integrate Cash App / Coinbase for direct purchases to the wallet
- Block can see your transaction data

The app / hardware device is still in beta, however the simplicity of the setup process is near perfect.
While most of us will still prefer a Coldcard, Passport or Jade, those devices aren't for everyone.

I suspect Block will advertise via Cash App and sell a ridiculous amount of these devices, which is great for self-custody but comes at the expense of privacy.

Most importantly, this is not a wallet for your KYC-free corn.

https://image.nostr.build/3e8472b8bf8e5e0841c20c6189e1b6b6b9902fb9db3c90649d46b944ffc26215.jpg


My first thought was that's its natural state of being in daily life but if you need something more formal it's also defined in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights


PV 😂

https://image.nostr.build/d18ea4bc6eaff4a86cee1e3064cfe4d516c24d98ab1c38f6670b9d684a691cf8.png


I learned this from an apple with a mustache 🤓

https://image.nostr.build/41d36820ea162b2e839343284f2ef5e21b7840523ece38a8ebecb058cceaa7b5.jpg


No matter what happens, more surveillance and control is always the fiat world's go to solution.


If you type "nostr.com/nip/<nip-number>" it will be redirected to the correct NIP document on GitHub.


GRAPHENEOS ENABLES DISPLAY PORT ON 8TH GEN PIXELS:

Our next release for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will have DisplayPort output enabled now that we've tested it. The next release for these will also no longer be considered experimental but rather will be part of a regular production release alongside the other supported devices.


1. humanity's natural state is chaos.
2. power brings stability.
3. centralized power breeds tyranny.
4. distributed power cultivates freedom.

https://www.discreetlog.com/chaos-order-and-freedom/


Was laying on the beach and thought to myself..

Did nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m and team make the #bitkey a BlackRock to be funny? https://image.nostr.build/2f02b0da269e3e8870f4422280698403555a86f75b462b4866fb2c5340dc55df.jpg


crazy times


rain on window, rain clouds and lightning visible through the glass, moody


#noStrudel post


Way to go!

nostr:nevent1qqsp5552ax995vhme0numwm4px53ktcyd6h7ms4x90x0tjzwx2445lspzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7q3qqny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysxpqqqqqqzxvx4xh


Still a long way to go


PV ☕

- USD price of Bitcoin is likely the next major attack vector.

- Real BTC price discovery will move to P2P circular economies.

- 1 BTC = 1 BTC.


nostr:npub1hxjnw53mhghumt590kgd3fmqme8jzwwflyxesmm50nnapmqdzu7swqagw3 reports stuff like this, follow to keep up to date


Bitcoin = Hamas funding narrative is beyond retarded as Hamas stopped accepting Bitcoin donations early this year.

Meanwhile, EU sent at least €145M to Palestine in 2022 alone.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/hamas-to-stop-accepting-bitcoin-donations-due-to-privacy-risk-for-donors/

https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/european-neighbourhood-policy/countries-region/palestine_en#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20the%20total%20EU,the%20food%20and%20resilience%20facility).


Nostr cannot compete against the big platforms on the same field. If you try to make Nostr apps exactly like Twitter they will just be an inferior copycat. Nostr's competitive advantage is the fact that it is an open protocol, trying to hide that from users is the asking for defeat.


GM sir

https://media.tenor.com/WuNVvDyaauAAAAAM/salute-see-ya.gif


As a PV maximalist I have to admit that I'm warming up to GM ☕


We are not prepared for peak clown world precisely as much as clown world is unprepared for peak bitcoin


Highlighter but with the ability to embed zapable highlights anywhere on the web


I need to post more on Nostr


Congratulations Sir, you are now the nations leading economist


interogated for eating meat


hamas got way more money via fiat than crypto


great intonation 😂


Coinjoin


Basically risk free


Nostr is the integration of free speech and free trade.

It’s a world changing idea.

- nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9


GM #plebchain https://image.nostr.build/33abf0b8cdaa68562327df57e3a809cf5bc6a70842a9ef3146f6bcf3ba6cbf83.jpg


lmao the cyborg bot is here


backdoor money


People who use the words 'conspiracy theory', 'misinformation', 'disinformation', 'malinformation', etc., etc., to dismiss ideas they don't want to consider (because the implications are too scary to even contemplate) are going to find it increasingly difficult to make sense of this world.

I'm not religious, at least not in the traditional sense of the word, but I do think we're living in a sort of 'end-of-times' scenario, where great 'revelations' are imminent.

(Except the world doesn't end and there's a bright future ahead.)

Two things are blatantly obvious, if you pay any attention whatsoever:

1.
Potentially true information is being suppressed (in various ways by various people) if it does not serve the dominant narrative.

2.
But, eventually, truth always prevails.


PV ☕

Social media without apps, algorithms without rulers.


Silence isn’t always empty. Sometimes it’s full of answers. https://image.nostr.build/80228255144a04c0621b72f8e2175b178e4a646106e8a7b3532e375dd48c8840.jpg


Excited to announce the release of the #Freerse App, I’ve been deeply in love since first joining Nostr on February 1stBeing fascinated by Nostr and meeting wonderful people, Nostr was just the place I was looking for. After using Nostr for a month,I decided to make my contribution to building #Nostr, I firmly believe that the combination of Nostr and Bitcoin will change the world.

Value Rewards Creativity

I believe in it, and I will build it and make it come faster.

Bitcoin lets you own your wealth,
Nostr lets you own your mind.
Bitcoin + Nostr = freedom

-Publish and browse posts
-Publish long articles and subscribe to browse long articles
- Preview function before publishing posts and long articles
-Zap connects to NWC wallet, Alby wallet, mutinywallet
-Notes and pinned chat functions for chat partners

download:
iOS TestFlight：https://testflight.apple.com/join/IbJTYBAa

Google Play：https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apps.freerse https://image.nostr.build/30075f55654188d45a8b2177266e8557a491d4761c0338437b7c5d959260af5c.png https://image.nostr.build/f6188546e0726ac914ed35d1ebf4f89d2c7d90bd1eaa143afab5c064204f6c59.jpg https://image.nostr.build/4a25c1bea2be12430d0efebac3bc841f5bdc9ddbb5a78e710748bc0a4881665e.jpg https://image.nostr.build/21d3256950b20aa81994ad70373a6e034dcf37f5520b4c0529744eab963c703b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/16e7d6552f32509ff64b49a924b152c791860cff9345855bc1b29c634b966307.jpg https://image.nostr.build/145affa268cb3a9724ca02fc0e938e8c73c4acb1234db86bf3c803facdb51061.jpg https://image.nostr.build/23fdcccd7eeb2a16b9256eaca51649503ef2f735e679f896e03ec639b40f2b55.jpg https://image.nostr.build/4d13b99c02deb08d5ba92e16eb9d105b766f1a7b0a7760689e9d4286fe37ddf5.jpg


The most fun bear market SO FAR.


Introducing https://nostr.cooking A new #nostr client that allows you to share and exchange your recipes for zaps 🧑🍳 ⚡

Developed by the talented nostr:npub1q7klm2w94hyq3qdm9ffzpahrrq0qcppmjrapzhz0rq6xgq3fdrnqr6atmj we created a new experience on nostr where we marry the age old art of cooking with #nostr and #bitcoin 💜🧑🍳🧡

Present your culinary masterpiece,  your cherished family recipe, or that experiment that turned out great and connect it to the community who values authenticity 💜 🤗

Don’t just like a recipe, zap it as a token of gratitude ⚡ 🙏 ⚡

Food transcends culture and connects people across the world. Now we have a place to share these experiences on #nostr 🫂💜⚡🥗🍕🥪🍱🍲🍛🍜🍝🍣🍤🍿🍳🥞🍩🧁🍨🍰🥯🥩🥦🥒🥖🍯🥨🍚


I’m excited to announce the launch of $prism.

Nostr is many things, but most importantly, I believe that Nostr is Bitcoin’s first layer three technology. Bitcoin solves money, Lightning solves payments and Nostr solves identity and coordination. Similar to the Bitcoin and Lightning protocols, the Nostr protocol is permissionless and decentralized.

Nostr solves identity using a simple public key that works across any client. Nostr solves coordination by directly connecting Lightning wallets without intermediaries via Nostr wallet connect (“NWC”) and Lightning address (or ideally a future Nostr native equivalent).

There will be many incredible bitcoin experiences built with Nostr. We are making prisms.

Lightning prisms without Nostr are hard to coordinate and execute. It requires figuring out each address, a way to coordinate payout amounts, and someone taking custody of the bitcoin for a period of time to manage payouts. So we’ve seen almost no one making prisms.

Now with Nostr, they are incredibly easy. Want to create a prism on Nostr right now? Type $boost into the text of your next post on any client and we’ll make a prism with the first 10 people that repost it. We’ll post the prism on nostr:npub12u7xgzak939jlap3fnev05eky6d4ntwr4lrs03kgnnfd9njmtvrsr9jjmt and you can zap it with any client that supports zap splits like Snort.social or Amethyst. Want to limit your prism to a smaller group of people? Create a listr on listr.lol like #friends and type $boost #friends. We’ll only create a prism with users that boost your post and are on your #friends list.

With NWC, payments all complete wallet to wallet, no intermediary necessary and we never touch your bitcoin. The possibilities are now endless for building new consumer experiences on top of Lightning and Bitcoin.

We started $prism to push forward the bitcoin experience on Nostr. We’ll be launching more prism products over the coming days. Follow nostr:npub1arcweuxy0zkdcg08sljh058qp02ytrgnpzh4csa3ar42szyfgrpsw6ggtw or go to https://makeprisms.com to learn more.

A special thanks to nostr:npub1ce7d8cdg8k49dnl3da34mvhah8kevxfsq2vdguq6trngapqfsdzsnv3d7m who has been an early thought partner and the first contributor to $prism and nostr:npub1s9etjgzjglwlaxdhsveq0qksxyh6xpdpn8ajh69ruetrug957r3qpklxzl who is our newest contributor.


I've never witnessed anything like Nostr.
This is nuts.


Ok what is it going to be next this time


We should stop and take an enormous appreciation for the total lack of control and censorship of the RSS protocol.

Its easy to forget when things work really well, but holy fuck through all of this, through the social censorship, through the advertiser attacks, the video hosting platforms, the search engines, and every other damn thing under the sun... if you have the RSS feed of the podcast you trust or value, you can always find that fucking show.

Imagine how much worse all of this would be without that avenue still open to us to share ideas?

The reason I bring this up is simply to remind us that this CAN work. It has worked. #Nostr could be the backbone for the social world.


Ignore please. Just testing new app in #Canada
#memestr
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/c543e301d2e09968b8fa05307d349f214d485bfa7b434de7bdf11df8862e99cf.jpg


📢 NDK 1.3.0 released!

* Massive user profile speedup with an aggressive LRU cache; apps using NDK Svelte Components will have the profile information available before the page is loaded (no flickering!)
* Enables zap splits
* Improved partial-EOSE logic
* Ignores displayName and other bugfixes


it's on the wallet devs to implement minsicript compatible firmware. If I'm not mistaken, these are the only ones with miniscript support, I saw somehwere that Jade will launch public beta soon, too


STATEMENT REGARDING MY TWITTER/X ACCOUNT

Today, my Twitter/X account was permanently banned and my appeal to have it overturned was denied.

There was no warning issued, no 2 week suspension, no option to delete the offending tweet. Just straight permanent deplatform.

My offending tweet?

"Bring back the guillotine."

I quote tweeted this sentence to the video presented here on 3rd September.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1698249077061009496

Someone reported the tweet and my account was irretrievably shut down on the basis of violating rules against violent speech.

The vaccines (and vaccine mandates) caused so much harm to people all over the world. Many lost their livelihoods, incomes, businesses, marriages, families, confidence and will to live. Some lost their good health and worse, some lost their lives. The coercion to get vaccinated was immense, and to be told "it was a choice" is a kick to the teeth. Today, many regret having taken the vaccine.

My crime? I dared open up the conversation on how best to hold decision makers accountable for their decisions.

Meanwhile, other Twitter handles are able to post these and keep their accounts. The inconsistencies and arbitrary nature of these suspensions is ashtonishing.

https://image.nostr.build/a1b456c03a938e3bbe2f89e6eccad0424088aae132844053fd519e80a853ba0c.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/a8ef0f9b25fb2d18cd870fdeb5dfa4de5d6b023004680d4e44ff52c5c2d1978b.jpg

Having said that, I fully accept the consequences of my actions.

On a brighter, more productive note, I'm proud to have educated thousands on my YouTube channel (Ministry of Nodes) on how to hold their own keys and run their own Bitcoin node such that these arbitrary decisions can't be made with people's money. I'm convinced it will get worse, and that we need Bitcoin more than ever.

As part of my educational content, I also sell plug & play Bitcoin Nodeboxes to those who want to quickly get up and running without the steep learning curve that goes behind it. Have a watch of how easy it can be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RdftQywN6A

I'm offering 10% off to those who purchase a Nodebox with the discount code GUILLOTINE for a limited time.

shop.ministryofnodes.com for details.

https://image.nostr.build/4efeffd13a3c954f242196c10c6d810386f22398ac0485fe19dfe8a1d6e7611f.jpg

Thanks for reading, nostriches.


People still really haven't appreciated how bad the car thing is. Or the phone thing. They think they do, but they don't. The full range of capabilities has yet to be used routinely — companies and states are both trying to keep it beneath the waterline. The public is intended to be unsure what it is that they're looking at, and why it matters. It is the news report playing in the background of a disaster movie. It is the half-glimpsed monster from a horror reel — implied, but never fully shown.

History is still going to look back at this period with enormous bewilderment that we did not do more to stop what is coming. The signs were there.

nostr:nevent1qqsq6m0f306aeph5s7xdndz77gcfr3cwyztnvh67g436mc09j429rtgpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqygqmcu9qzj9n7vtd5vl78jyly037wxkyl7vcqflvwy4eqhxjfa4yzypsgqqqqqqswc2w8f


haha I first learned it here as well


bitcoin / BTC


The biggest innovations in history are the ones where you don’t know how you lived without it

#Bitcoin is becoming one of these https://image.nostr.build/cf01440a0e76f277c1951bcc35905b6d6fce2cc51086b4a17cd59268acbc4c50.png


Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.  -Bruce Lee


Introducing accelerated Instant Backups, brought to you by nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj

If you want your backup instantly, literally lightning-fast, you can use this:

https://new.nostryfied.online/

Thank him for this.


GM Derek, is nostrplebs email service still fuctional?


It's not just some lines of code.

https://image.nostr.build/a687958b44817dde7dd20429b06396130b862339fe2166097996ff0538060d76.png


PV ☕ The Great BlackRock rug is coming but with Nostr, we'll have our own big media, and it will be glorious.

https://image.nostr.build/f28660df50b9af8fc8a5a31071c5614ae6791a965b8e879b58e0fa27e50ac2b0.png


lmao


last time I checked they weren't on nostr yet


Step by step everything is falling into place.  💫


My laptop dies within 120 minutes if I don't bring a power bank - what sort of magic is this?


When nostr backups?


nostr:npub13wfgha67mdxall3gqp2hlln7tc4s03w4zqhe05v4t7fptpvnsgqs0z4fun can you roast nostr:npub1earna05hx6ax38r33h3atmecjzdu547m8suw87w70aw6mlyga4hsqcja5j ?


to bring manufacturing back to the west we must sacrifice 1 ‘all-in podcast’ member to the lathes


PV ☕

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F54APU4WoAASJed.jpg


ordinals 🤝 drivechains


On this evening of September 11, I am pleased to announce that I have tagged a Ditto alpha1 release and deployed it to https://gleasonator.dev

Ditto LIVES. Here's what you need to know:

- It's Soapbox on Nostr.
- Ditto pretends to be a Mastodon server while using the Nostr protocol.
- You can use Mastodon apps other than Soapbox (but you need to obtain a Nostr private key first).
- ActivityPub is not supported yet, but it will be. It's part of what makes Ditto, Ditto.
- Ditto is about building communities on Nostr, similar to ActivityPub.
- Nostr uses private keys. There is still a lot of work to do in Soapbox to improve this experience.
- This is not optimized. Please excuse any slowness or glitches. If something isn't working, try refreshing the page. I will improve this.
- It's still a demo. This is just for poking around, so don't get too attached.

This is just the beginning. alpha1 is just BARELY usable. But I want to get the ball rolling. Things are going to change a lot in both Soapbox and Ditto. These things take time, but we will win. Thank you all for your patience, enthusiasm, and support!

Follow along with #ditto here: https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/ditto/-/issues

Enjoy!


The fact that Bitcoin isn't yet accepted everywheree and for everything really underlines for me how few people have actually used Lightning. Whenever I show somebody how it works, there's always that "wow" moment. But why was it a surprise?

The problem is that normal people still understand BTC from the one half-remembered opinion piece they read in 2017, and are operating under the belief that transactions still take an hour to settle, rather than being instantaneous and irreversible — money transmission without the Paypal Problem. The public mind needs a cache refresh.


I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed


Get yourself off the fiat diet!

https://image.nostr.build/b50bbb2bd3252c656c07ef4cfcef3766866a7db0350294f6d5877fe30fa16a08.jpg


Nice t-shirt!


awesome, thanks! #plebchain could show nostr:npub1lx0k06kf9wjc396fterx6qg4n9kw3y0lhj7c5sjksrek0ufmt9pqfvg4pq some more love!


A because I like seeing latest transactions by default


Jury cancelled my Twitter Blue Check. Had an honest conversation with nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx regarding it.


Phoenix wallet adds splicing

https://twitter.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1678781368309018624


mood

https://i.imgflip.com/7p3lqi.jpg


primal.net/ez

npub1s07s0h5mwcenfnyagme8shp9trnv964lulgvdmppgenuhtk9p4rsueuk63 🙏


The grift intensifies.

Freedom accelerates.

Bitcoin wins.


Weekend treat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnz2n1OQCao


PV ☕


This week in Bitcoin

https://media.tenor.com/eMw1OAbrX_oAAAAC/aynepotter.gif


nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg is excellent for navigating nostr content but like, boosts, and follow buttons often become unresponsive after awhile


From hero to zero.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fx8Q-4ZWYAAylbW.jpg


uh oh

https://media.tenor.com/1eIPPqxxn7UAAAAC/brooklyn99-brooklyn-nine-nine.gif


This person supports the fundamental right of using money privately.


Holy fuck the fees these guys are paying is getting REALLY close to flippening the block subsidy. 👀

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_0ccc37c8614e4722e2e98f965e3e43a523f85e453b7d52abb34413a6b54da9c4.jpg


Open Source AI Will Outcompete Google & OpenAI, Leaked Document Claims

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/open-source-ai-will-outcompete-google-openai/


note embeds and embedded highlights have a huge role to play here, especially when displaying zapped amounts, too


Quick News Recap - March 2, 2023

https://stacker.news/items/146026


zap bots are the real communism


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrTWjrYYxBU

Keep on building, legends 🔥


Here's a news roundup from the last 24hrs, let me know if anything's missing:

https://stacker.news/items/145523


Lost access to my Twitter account yesterday but the timing for #marchofftwitter couldn't be better! PV☕


Like watching Kodak or Blockbuster in real-time


The Bitcoin Matrix continues to deliver


⚡🌎 Daily Bitcoin and related news breakdown, enjoy:

https://stacker.news/items/145049


PV ☕

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_142cc1cdf9ce658d5e5e13ab28dbb287721f874135414374fb1981670f0ec5d7.png


https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_4609bb05aa16c1fc0640a550f842d53405925cd9284fe3086be4465ea1f51464.jpg

🧠🧠🧠


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⚡Monday news recap:

https://stacker.news/items/144583


PV ☕ How will people mitigate the risk of exposing Nostr private keys for company accounts? Any ideas for shared setups?


I guess Nostrbator doesn't make the cut


PV ☕

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_30c5ab6bca309b6b466769f38d27bd0d981091d28b758c444b07c71ad6b06272.webp


I asked my anti-coiner friend how he likes using his CBDC, he said he can't complain.


mandibles


How did you celebrate block 777777


That's odd, I can't see it as well


Iris Nostr search works great ♥


PV☕

Something to listen to while drinking your morning coffee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAeYCvyjQgE


Twitter still has great search, useful for both research and discovery when looking for specific things


yessir


What's the optimal number of Relays one should stay connected to?


PV☕

Active BTC addresses have increased by 7% last week  (per moving 7-day average), mostly due to the activity generated by Ordinals.


PV ☕

https://iiif.micr.io/PoVJv/full/1280,/0/default.jpg


They're good, hard to tell the difference


the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything


What's pv? Asking for a friend


Video post test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ZUklq0LWU


Hamstr.to works great


that godness that most of your degens are either technically illiterate or highly regarded so this will take ages


THE experts


😂Soon...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FnezzM1WIAUEgFx.jpg


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exchange the world, bro


he's going to make his own bostr that will be connected to binance and you will be able to exchange shitcoins as you make posts. Each character will burn one single smallest unit of BNB.


sales/marketing people are incentivized to oversell their product as they must be excited about it, pointing out legit issues or alternative options must be causing some sort of cognitive dissonance

it's a bit like talking about shitcoins with shitcoin people


short for bullshit


Will dig into it, thanks


Optimized for distraction, shows you more of any BS that you react to just to provoke you into meaningless arguments, terrible for productivity and overall well-being.


#[2] asking for a friend


GM☕ What is Nostr official launch date? Is there even such a thing? All I found so far is devs talking about it back in late 2021.


that's so good lmao


is there a way to implement global message/keyword search to some of the clients?


Nostr stands for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”  but in Latin, "nostr" is the first person possessive pronoun, meaning "ours," used to indicate possession or ownership by the speaker and at least one other person, indicating something belongs to us.

What a clever way to name the thing.


ChatGPT is killing the planet


What are the ways to do a global message/keyword search on nostr?

This has been one of the best and somewhat underrated feature of Twitter imao.


nostr + bitcoin = new age of citizen journalism

Imagine getting paid for all the useful information without the risk of censorship, compromising privacy or financial repression.

This may truly be the beginning of the end for the clown world.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1049314472545747035/1068117224314904616/ez21_a_purple_bitcoin_book_41ab6821-1939-49ef-adb6-79e7f5946a05.png


Feels like a new dawn for citizen journalism. Imagine getting paid for sharing exclusive information, reports or even risky yet crucial leaks. A small yet critical adjustment for the information space.


Q: What are the best practices to manage your nostr keys?

Is alby still a go-to option for onboarding new web users? How do you switch between web clients and mobile clients without typing it or unnecessarily exposing it in other ways on other devices?


gm 🦤 ☕

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1049314472545747035/1067148099044261919/ez21_nostr_purple_ostrich_hacker_on_computer_in_matrix_style_32_257b9ca9-c4ba-426b-b414-2efe89a4d4ba.png


I explained it last weekend to a friend, it went something like this:

Ability to be your own social media with your preffered interface (like Facebook, IG, Twitter or TikTok) host and curate your own feeds and log in into everyone else's social platform with the same account


sorry


#[0] Verifying My Public Key: "eimze21"


I wanted to write a bitcoin joke but only few understand it.


we'll this surely be interesting...lfg!


where can I read more?


that's just as random as removing the 280 chars limit


Hello