THE NOSTR REPORT

Uneventful Friday
Feb 10, 2023

Block Height: 775,924
Moscow Time 46:06 ⚡/ $
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🎙Quote of the Day🎙
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#[0] giving us the sound moral by translating the famous Evelyn Beatrice Hall quote she attributed to Voltaire.
#[1]
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🚨Headline Nostr News🚨
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#[2] warns of security vulnarability! Relayrunners please update your Nostream relay to 1.22.2 ASAP
#[3]

🐙 #[4] Kraken agrees with SEC to immediate stop of sale of unregistered securities and pays $30MM 🐙
#[5]

#[6] waxing philosophical on paid relays. Are they a 💩🪙 shitcoin? Derek thinks not. TLDR: we are early.
#[7]

#[8] Next Amethyst update to support connecting to Umbrel relay app. ☂☂☂☂
#[9]
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🏝Nostrica Update🏝
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🏝🏝 #[10] Bitcoin jungle is working to create lightning capable off-ramps and kyc-free on-ramps with businesses in Uvita for Nostrica next month.
#[11]
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🖥nostr Tech🖥
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#[12] adds a way to tell paid vs free relays in Damus. 🧭🧭
#[13]

#[14] working on a paid Damus relay. Also hints at Damus Purple premium service that would include access to paid relay. 💟
#[15]

#[16] provides latest updates on Nostrgram client.
#[17]

#[18] Updated list of paid relays. 📖
#[19]
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⚡nostr Business⚡
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#[20] announces a bitcoin only store powered by BTC pay offering 9% off, free international shipping, and auto deletion of data within 30 days of fulfillment. On their was to a Bitcoin Standard. 🔌⚡
#[21]

#[22] Lightning ⚡ as a service? Breeze SDK promises to allow anyone lightning payments on any app with with fiat on-ramps. Big if true!
#[23]

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🎩nostr Lifestyle🎩
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#[24] gives us the friendly advice not to spend our #Bitcoin on ordinals this weekend, please do what the man says.
#[26]
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🩺Nostr Health of the Network🩺
Nostr.IO/stats appears to be down.  Todays stats can be found at https://nostr.band/stats.html
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🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥
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#[27] #[28]
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Stay Classy Nostr.


Mystic Mountain - Carina Nebula

This is a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula known as the Mystic Mountains. Originally taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, this specific image was remastered by Judy Schmidt, who also goes by GeckZilla online

https://i.imgur.com/xEoXj0U.jpg


You know what I like about nostr so far? It’s just people talking to people, posting about what they care about.

So much of social media now is broadcasting a brand, hot takes, and trying to make a statement.

My feed feels so wholesome, I love it.


Have questions about #nostr ? 🤔

Check out this up to date guide (updated just a while ago) 📖👇

https://uselessshit.co/resources/nostr/

You’ll learn how to:
- set up your profile 😎
- manage your keys 🔑
- upload images 🌄
- drop an invoice ✅
- allow others to send you sats at anytime⚡
- get a check mark ✔


People are going to look back at this period the same way they look back at bitcoin faucets.

Like, “Wait, what? Strangers were just zapping satoshis around to each other? And I missed it?”


A thought on your relay list:

I find it of high utility to keep a document on my computer of all the relays I follow. One relay name per line (with a full line break).

Keep 2 versions. One with just the relay.name and the same list with was://relay.name.

This will make entering your relay list into new clients that pop up easier. Also, keep paid and public relays in separate sections.

https://media.nostrgram.co/i/63/media_63e467e7b3458.jpg


Nostr is about to pass 900,000 total pubkeys and 500,000 pubkeys that have bio information. NgU!

https://void.cat/d/Xr4oqqipQuunmat2p7MdtJ.webp


Update: The following IDs have been suspended.

basketball@nostrplebs.com
foxconn@nostrpurple.com
tsmc@nostrpurple.com
asus@nostrpurple.com
largan@nostrpurple.com
inventec@nostrpurple.com
quanta@nostrpurple.com
blockchain@nostrpurple.com
biology@nostrpurple.com
physics@nostrpurple.com
security@nostrpurple.com
lamda@nostrpurple.com
visa@nostrpurple.com
trivago@nostrplebs.com
trivago@nostr.fan
trivago@nostrich.zone
trivago@nostriches.net
bard@nostrpurple.com
samsung@nostrpurple.com
asml@nostrpurple.com
index@nostrplebs.com
index@nostrpurple.com
index@nostriches.net
pi@nostrpurple.com
english@nostrpurple.com
pizzahut@nostrpurple.com
dunkindonuts@nostrpurple.com
lion@nostrpurple.com
bear@nostrpurple.com
gold@nostrpurple.com
vr@nostrpurple.com
ar@nostrpurple.com
toto@nostrpurple.com
toyota@nostrpurple.com
toyota@nostrplebs.com
donut@nostrpurple.com
godiva@nostrpurple.com
dunkindounts@nostrpurple.com
warcraft@nostrplebs.com
tutor@nostrpurple.com
snowcrash@nostrpurple.com
harrypotter@nostrpurple.com
wallstreet@nostrpurple.com
surgeon@nostrpurple.com
pediatrician@nostrpurple.com
surf@nostrpurple.com
nivdiaomniverse@nostrpurple.com
ominiverse@nostrpurple.com
omniverse@nostrpurple.com
oasis@nostrpurple.com
odysee@nostrpurple.com
ark@nostrpurple.com
nvidia@nostrpurple.com
amd@nostrpurple.com
optimus@nostrpurple.com
teslaoptimus@nostrpurple.com
coingecko@nostrpurple.com
bybit@nostrpurple.com
sofa@nostrpurple.com
nba@nostrpurple.com
prometheus@nostrpurple.com
bank@nostrpurple.com
sothebys@nostrpurple.com
christies@nostrpurple.com
hermes@nostrpurple.com
domain@nostrpurple.com
thedomain@nostrpurple.com
isbe@nostr.fan
isbe@nostrpurple.com
adidas@nostrpurple.com
nike@nostrpurple.com


Dearest Chinese Spammer,

50+ Nostr Purple accounts equates to a lot of sats. Bitcoin is a scarce asset. You should probably stop. We thank you for your sats, but please stop registering IDs! I am starting to feel bad taking them from you. 🤙

As I was typing this you bought 2 more. Sigh.

-Derek


**NostrPlebs.com surpasses over 2,200 registered users**

The major milestone of hitting 2,000 registered users was actually a couple days ago, but we've been so busy blocking spammers, scammers, and providing support to an incredible amount of new users that I missed this event. Oops!

Over the past eight weeks, we've seen continual growth, providing Nostr NIP-05 IDs, Nostr services, and support to the Nostr community. Thank you for making us the *largest* and one of the most respected service providers in this space. Without your incredible support, we wouldn't be here.

Thank you to all current users and a **pura vida** to all upcoming new members. 🤙

Visit https://nostrplebs.com for all your Nostr services.


Sooner or later we will be at direct war with trillion dollars corp & several govt, little do they know how ready we're:

https://i.imgur.com/W4JQNNY.jpg


They can ban you from participating on their centralized social media which is not cool. So you just leave quietly and join the freedom network.


We now have a profile badge spec. NIP-58

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/93ccf1da0b6cf50b1043be632e5454376cb4403d/58.md


Connect to relays that have low latency for your location and you should be golden

Nostr.watch is your friend.


Poverty is not by default it’s by design.


Straight life no chaser.


Just a gentle reminder DON'T CLICK ON RANDOM LINKS here


These spammers and name-squatters are relentless. They just do not care about giving us bitcoin. We block IPs and pubkeys and they just come back with different sets of them. It's incredible.

Part of me thinks that they just do not understand what they're doing. They don't understand what NIP-05 means or how it works or why a multi-million or billion dollar brand would ever use a domain that isn't their own.

That said, the amount of DAO, NFT, MetaMask, etc. IDs makes me think it's scammers and shitcoiners looking to do their thing.

Just complaining out loud here, transparency and all.


nostr pleb follow starter-kit 3
Plebs together Nostrong edition

SecYellen – #[0]
Leto – #[1]
MitchKlee – #[2]
Poppz – #[3]
mrhodl – #[4]
Adam Curry – #[5]
Francis – #[6]
Freedom man – #[7]
Martti Malmi – #[8]
matata – #[9]
Yegor petrov – #[10]
nostr report – #[11]
MainStreetChungus – #[12]
Carla – #[13]
walker – #[14]
Jack Mallers – #[15]
Ragnar – #[16]
leonardodicatbrio – #[17]
Lily – #[18]
Shawn – #[19]
Briggs – #[20]
chewie – #[21]
NickGiambruno –  #[22]
imthemoney – #[23]
Thiago – #[24]
Lommy – #[25]
Codeologist – #[26]
Derek Ross – #[27]
Odell – #[28]
PocketCow – #[29]
hodlonaut – #[30]
imnuso – #[31]
cleus – #[32]
American Hodl – #[33]
JULIAN – #[34]
Alana joy – #[35]
Metamick – #[36]
Umbrel – #[37]
stupleb – #[38]
BRocketMiner – #[39]
boldmouse – #[40]
Maple – #[41]
Bitcoin jungle – #[42]
gubi – #[43]

if you're looking after someone specific from Bitcoin twitter, check out #[44]
https://bitcoinnostr.com/directory/

Previous lists:

@note1gendervu5y34nattkv9lg2h9csxm737wql6pz7z6pf43vw3ez3mqadd3dw

@note1hlc0t9jk7agrapurfgsvemxgwwr8qzmqa8vr9k3z5awx2twy7wqsmyhcc9


Automate, delegate, elevate.


The internet was meant to be free, open, censorship resistant and decentralized.


Based on Umbrel's latest tweets, I'm guessing that tomorrow Umbrel's app store will add Nostr relays and Nostr clients. That means, those of you that have been wanting to run local clients and private relays will now have a simple few button clicks to accomplish these tasks. This is great!

That said, from a security standpoint, I wouldn't co-mingle my Nostr services and my Bitcoin services on the same hardware. In fact, I don't. Just because it's easy to do, doesn't mean you should do it. If you absolutely have to do it, I would say it's probably *okay* to run a Nostr client on your Umbrel device. I would not run a relay that's open to the Internet though.


“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

                              - Arthur C. Clarke


Thank you for the sats kind stranger. It's my hope that these will be Zaps in the near future.


Now that my relays are coming back under control, it's time to get back to my Nostr roots and talk about Bitcoin, Nostr, decentralization, open source software, building, and value for value.

**Paid Nostr relays will be the next piece of our value for value puzzle here on Nostr.**

Value for value refers to the idea that creators and consumers of content should exchange value in a fair and equitable way. This can take many forms, however since we’re on Nostr, the easiest and integrated methods are by sending Lightning tips or Zaps for content and for accessing and utilizing relays.

The core principle behind value for value content is that content should be valued and respected, and that those who create it should receive some form of compensation for their efforts. This helps to ensure that high-quality content continues to be produced, and that creators are incentivized to continue their work. By recognizing the value of content and supporting those who create it, we can help to sustain a thriving and diverse creative Nostr community.

Likewise, the core principle behind value for value services is that services that are paid for should provide their users with a higher tier of service for maintaining the integrity and security of their service. Paid relays help ensure that the relay operator continues to provide relay services to the Nostr community as servers and hardware infrastructure are not free and can become quite costly as the number of users on a relay increases. In this exchange, the relay operator provides value to the users, by providing a fast relay with low spam activity, and users pay the relay operator for access to that experience.

Sending people Lightning tips and Zaps for great content just feels right. Paying for relay access makes sense. We understand this as Proof-of-work fans.

The next piece of the "paid relay puzzle" will be the criteria that we use to differentiate and scrutinize them.


nostr pleb follow starter-kit 2

Bitcoin Beach Wallet –  #[0]
Galoy Money – #[1]
Nunya Bidness –  #[2]
Eric Cason – #[3]
Excellion – #[4]
Grubles – #[5]
SusieBdds – #[6]
Bitcoin Cam – #[7]
Rabbinstein – #[8]
World Of Rusty – #[9]
BitcoinNostrich – #[10]
ICOffenderII – #[11]
mandrik – #[12]
Humble bitcoiner – #[13]
GHOST – #[14]
Tanksen – #[15]
Kanuto – #[16]
GregZaj – #[17]
Corndalorian – #[18]
QW – #[19]
Wealth Theory – #[20]
Davito – #[21]

Merrcurr – #[22]
Kman – #[23]
ZEUS – #[24]
BitBurn – #[25]
402PaymentRequired – #[26]
bitcoinaz – #[27]
BitcoinComfy – #[28]
chowcollection – #[29]
cipherhoodlum – #[30]
Czino – #[31]
itsLiran – #[32]
McShane – #[33]
TeamBTC Rick – #[34]
The Last Satoshi – #[35]
girevik – #[36]
Nikcantmine – #[37]
radixrat – #[38]
Tetsu – #[39]
marcodecunha – #[40]


#Bitcoiners 🧡 Welcome to Nostr!

Here are some resources to help you spread your Nostrich wings:

🧐 Learn how #Nostr works:
• https://nostr-resources.com by #[2]
• https://uselessshit.co/resources/nostr by #[3]

🌄 Share images:
• https://nostr.build by #[4]
• https://nostrimg.com by #[5]

🔍 Find stuff:
• https://nostr.band by #[6]
• https://nostrum.pro by #[7]

🧡 Find Bitcoiners:
• Go to my profile and check/copy my ‘Following/Follows’ list (all accounts have been verified)
• Use the hashtag #plebchain to connect with thousands of #Bitcoin plebs, initiated by #[10]

✔ Get a check mark:
• DIY guide: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ha6t5 by #[11]
• Free (basic) option: https://bitcoinnostr.com/free-id by yours truly ;)
• Paid (advanced) option: https://nostrplebs.com by #[12] and #[13]

📊 Check network and relay stats:
• https://nostr.band/stats.html by #[14]
• https://nostr.io by #[15]
• https://nostr.watch by #[16]

If you found this useful, please share it with other new #Nostriches 💜


Even though we're still early here on Nostr, our value for value economy is thriving and it's only going to get better as more clients implement Zaps. Soon, we'll be able to see just how valuable individual pieces of content are as they provide true signal over likes and reposts.


Nostr pleb follow starter-kit

arbedout – #[0]
Arrow – #[1]
asanoha – @npub1m99ry568jatr5y8dgwk58gvwke87dz5uu32m6q0tnru3zw9ypjtsmm5skp
averyhodl – #[2]
Chadam – #[3]
AARBTC – #[4]
Alan ₿ Watts ⚡ – #[5]
JapanHODL – #[6]
barto – #[7]
believethehype – #[8]
BitcoinLiotta – #[9]
BitcoinLizard – #[10]
bitcoinsandy – #[11]
bitcoinshaolin – #[12]
bitkarrot – #[13]
italic bmaxi89 – #[14]
BTCminstrel – #[15]
chiefmonkey – #[16]
dandarkpill – #[17]
PrinceySOV – #[18]
Dergigi – #[19]
DickWhitman – #[20]
djbooth007 – #[21]
Dr. Robert A. Malakas, III – #[22]
Druid – #[23]
giacomozucco – #[24]
hampus – #[25]
ivar – #[26]
jsonbits – #[27]
Karl.gfy – #[28]
LeoFernevak – #[29]
mutatrum – #[30]
namcios – #[31]
openoms – #[32]
pedro – #[33]
pretyflaco – #[34]
privacymatters – #[35]
rootdude – #[36]
satstonight – #[37]
signal_and_rage – #[38]
SilentLam₿ – #[39]
smolgrrr – #[40]
spoonman – #[41]
StackHodler – #[42]
italian stallion – #[43]
tahinis – #[44]
TheKoodge – #[45]
TIP_NZ – #[46]
TK / tikawamoto – #[47]
Vikingarna1990 – #[48]
Vikingo – #[49]
Vlad / BTCTKVR – #[50]
Zen – #[51]
Plan_Marcus – #[52]


Nostr starter pack

If you’re new to Nostr (regardless of which client you use — Damus, Snort, Iris, etc.) it’s helpful to follow a few quality/active accounts to get a feel for how it all works and to find conversations you can participate in.

Since a lot of apps don’t have good discovery hubs I thought I would write a note for people who are new here to help you find some quality/active accounts to bootstrap your feed to begin your journey.

Tap any of these and tap “follow” on the profile pages to start building your list:

fiatjaf - #[0]
jb55 - #[1]
jack - #[2]
snowden - #[3]
nvk - #[4]
rijndael - #[5]
grubles - #[6]
odell - #[7]
martybent - #[8]
leishman - #[9]
bitcoinjungle - #[10]
mags - #[11]
susiebdds - #[12]
derekross - #[13]
corndalorian - #[14]
adamcurry - #[15]
0xtr - #[16]
shawn - #[17]
max - #[18]
dk - #[19]


We had our first company contact us regarding ID impersonation at Nostr Plebs. After verifying the information received, the account in question was suspended. The company then asked us how to setup their own NIP-05 ID on their own domain. 👀 They're coming.


**How to: Run a Paid Relay on Nostr**

#[0] has written a fantastic guide for those looking to run a paid relay using #[1]'s latest version of Nostream. Check it out.

Nostream is the relay software that I've been running for the last 6 weeks.

You can also use this guide and just not follow through with the paid settings to setup your own private relay at home.

We are winning.


“A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he was meant to be.”

                                 - Frank A Clarke


Who’s on a TOR enabled client? I want to test something I just released.

https://github.com/garyray-k/nostr-rs-relay-wrapper/releases/tag/0.8.2

#[0]
This is coming together nicely.