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 I really think #helium was a good idea.  #decentralized #wireless #mesh networks in general are. Giving incentives within the network would be a game changer.
Unfortunately a shitcoin is a pretty bad incentive. 
Anyhow I am sure we could build something like that on top of #BTC / #lightning / #nostr

Do you know any projects like this?
#asknostr 
 What if we had on chain zaps?  
 Idk
Higher fees?
Maybe use it for „ultra-zaps“ because they are more legit and secure?
Maybe we could build an on chain payment system on top of Nostr? 
 Stopped using shampoo 30 days ago. 

10/10 would recommend. 
 Well I am surely not pro modern shampoo. Anyhow soap has been invented about 4500 years ago and today people get much older and are healthier, one of the key aspects is a better hygiene. 
 If enough people take self-custody of their Bitcoin we win no matter what they try to do. 
 BTC already won. No one can stop it anymore. 
 How to use nostr as a telegram alternative? Do you have any client suggestions?

#asknostr 
 Who on here got orange pilled because of nostr? 

Drop a comment below 👇🏼👇🏼 
 I guess there are more got purple pilled because of BTC 
 #asknostr would you use a #Ledger Nano X to save #bitcoin ? 
Serious question 
#btc #hardware #wa... 
 I am using one, because I still have one from my shitcoin time. And well it is secure after all…
Anyhow I will never ever support this company again.
For now it is not just a hardware wallet but also some kind of a symbolic reminder for me. 
 What‘s the safest way to create a new nostr account? #asknostr 
 There is no dippiest dip…

This one would not even be a recognizable dip of the dippity dip dip on a chart in a few years 
 What has #Nostr taught you ???

#ask #askstr #asknostr 
 It’s pretty weird to pretend to be normal. 
 Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by... 
 Actually it is not just about the words. 
 And also about words we don’t utter 
 Yes!!! Now I use #Damus once again… 🎉⚡️💰⚡️ 
 Awesome I was looking forward to this since I am on nostr!! 
 The Truth of Suffering (Dukkha): Life is inherently filled with suffering and dissatisfaction.

T... 
 Any recommendation where to start? 
 We can complain that we have too many things to do, 

OR

we can be happy that so many awesome th... 
 Happiness is all in your mind 
 Slack must die.

I'd prefer it were a horrible, screaming death, with lots of gore and the lament... 
 Teams itself is hell. Today I was wondering why my laptop is that busy with nothing running then background apps. 
Teams used 30% of CPU and 1,5 GB RAM with nothing todo (5 mins after a fresh reboot).
WTF 
 Still blows my mind that Signal has an integrated shitcoin.  
 Same for Paypal 
 Don’t work. 
Build!! 
 We're calling it "Alexandria" because it's going to be the new, greater library. And we're starti... 
 Ok that thing might really be huge 
 Did the same yesterday with my two years old. I explained the different crops to her. It‘s inspiring how interested small kids are in nature. 
 Anyone has experience using #orbot with a #nostr #client on #ios ?
When connection to tor network via orbot is anything I do with my #damus app automatically transfered via tor?
How can I verify? 
I really like the integrated interface in #onion browser. Would be awesome to have sth like this on damus or another app

#asknostr #nostur #onionbrowser #primal 
 If we think life before and after Bitcoin will be basically the same, why do we bother?

Like... ... 
 In Fiat Depts win, in BTC performance wins.
We all want the best for ourselves and become richer. 
But in BTC we have to improve others standard of living to get richer.
So in the end we all win. 
 With the entry of large institutions buying #BTC, how whales can control Bitcoin’s prices, in o... 
 Time 
 15 years is not a long time in this context. And it’s market cap is already higher than silver in this short period.

We don’t need to be Addressed. New use cases an users will push the price and there will be corrections in short term but they will also be the reason to stabilize the price in long term.

The only way for a financial institution to use BTC to earn money is by arbitrage. And arbitrage will also stabilize the price.

I think it will still take a lot of time.
If we want to shorten the time we can stack, build or do marketing/education. 
 Don‘t hype the buzzwords blockchain/dApp and SmartContracts to much. It is not about them.
Every IT network is „interconnected“ and has „participants“, developers.
SmartContracts are just if/then functions
DApps are just apps and don’t require Blockchain do be decentralized or are even decentralized just because they are using blockchain.

Interoperability is also another buzzword. Every protocol is just build to enable communication between devices what is basically nothing else than interoperability. 
 Socialism and communism are nothing more than a buzzwords. No matter if pro or contra. 
 Am I right #wikinostr #wikifreedia and #wikistr are 3 „wikipedia like“ clients for #nostr ?
Are there others as well? Maybe not just web-based clients?
Or can I find wiki articles in clients like #nostrudel
#asknostr 
 My thought of the day:

I was watching a dog and her human family and wondered about dog life. Th... 
 I would say the „language“ most animals are using is only triggering instincts of each other.
Also humans do this:
E.g. a smile that is universal 
 If you have at least 0.01 #Bitcoin, this makes you a satoshi millionaire. 

Remember this next ti... 
 Every year it gets easier being a fiat millionaire.
Every year it gets harder being a Satoshi millionaire 
 Wordle 1,088 6/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟨... 
 I did not even knew this conjunction before, but got it after 4 tries…
Only luck of course, usually it takes me 6 (or more 😂) 
 I think comments on a note should be sorted by zaps.

After, sorted by replies.

Lastly emoji rel... 
 I guess this is a client setting. But is there any client the end user can select the sort option of notes? #asknostr 
 “Far right” has been diluted to the point where it’s no longer a useful term in any practic... 
 Left and right, socialism, capitalism. These words are ALL not well defined. They can be used to explain moral concepts or political strategies. But then it still will be vague. Most times these words are just used for finger pointing/ finding an enemy.

If you want a real discussion, just don’t use this words and explain your though with words that are not charged with emotions.

And discussing the definition of these terms is just a waste of time. 
 Nazis named themselves socialists and political right oriented, so that is a fact for sure. 
And I agree often we have to find terms we can use as a reference to describe complex ideas. 

Anyhow these terms are often used in a lot of different situations and often pushed into a new framing for „marketing“ without being specific.

That’s why these terms alone are imo not „ideal“ for describing things. You always need to add information or references to explain what you really mean.

E.G. terms like „socialism is is the opposite of right“ (what is often the current political situation) and „extreme right is socialism“ (what was the situation for political parties in the „Deutsche Reich“) are both wrong in general, but can be useful if you add the specific context. 
 Language is evolving. Not I am changing the definition, society does. 
If you want to avoid misunderstanding, it is important to add precise references (Like in physics when we say „according to xy“) or explain the context, when using vague terms like left or right. There is no precise overall definition for them. 
 Ok I must admit on first view #nostrudel was a bit complex for me. But after lurking around for a while I must say it’s awesome what have been built here.

#grownostr #nostr  
 Telling your girl she looks like a million dollars doesn’t work as well with inflation these da... 
 Hey my girl looks like all the bitties 
 Hi all, 

in my wider circle of acquaintances someone sent me a call for donations for a young family with a few weeks old baby girl. They had a cruel stroke of fate. The father died in a car accident (proven no fault of his own).

The brother of the dead guy opened a call on gofundme.com. 
What is quite easy to use (via paypal). You can even choose to have very small amounts and 0 fees (for gofundme).
But this process needs a lot of middlemen
You->Bank->Paypal->gofundme->donate requestor->donate receiver
And gofundme is financed by donations only.

So I am wondering if nostr/BTC/lightning won’t be a better way for such calls.

What if I want to open a donation call for them via nostr? What would be the best approach to reduce middlemen, required trust and fees?
(They are nocoiners/ precoiners)

#asknostr 
 🤣 “we’re all #fiatjaf now.”

nostr:note1lsexxr9gc0trldesx46v02at9z365wvrj8fc6gpfuw2dhsrt... 
 I think this will never get old.
Sth like a nostr insider 
 Do you talk about the band gap?
It is basically the energy that is required for a to metalliod to be conductive (measured in electron volt eV).
It is dependent to the direction of the current. In a diode it the band gap is high in one direction but low in the other one. So the band gap is a energy gap. 
 Be aware that is not a really proper description. 
 Doxxing an anonymous developer is a disgraceful act and has no place in investigative journalism.... 
 Looking forward to a society where noone accepts such behavior.
Where doxxing people get in real trouble not the doxxed one. 
 The "I can teach you how to get ...." fuckers is now going into post-replying branch after global... 
 I can teach you how to get broke 
 Wtf… every day here I see something new what makes me think „btc and/or nostr is gonna change everything“ 
 Awesome. Even if I have no idea how badges work, where I can see them or how I can create, send or receive them 
 I made it to the top of the trending list with all of my clothes on. 
 Reminds me that I was flooded with nude pics when I came here for the first time. Blocked some hashtags, since then they are all gone. 
Tried such things on X, but I failed.
I love nostr 
 Tomatoes grow incredibly well in our new tomato house (since 14 says) and it saves a lot of water (what I haven’t expected) 
I am already excited about next year when I use it from beginning.

#grownostr #plant #gardenstr #grow #tomato https://image.nostr.build/5416e41ba04da3cdcb257ca6bdfa0880fdb5b7b4d6779a770754acf6b277a93a.jpg  
 Companies are nothing more than centralized and privileged networks. Do you agree?

#asknostr 
 Ok I maybe my thoughts are just a way to look at companies.
But looking at it this way I would say:
The rube goldberg things are the rules to interact with the network (not in all companies they are ineffective/complex) 
And coordination is done by people the company is connecting the coordinators with the workers. (Not all companies have coordinators) 
 Where my thoughts come from:
Today companies (and governments) run this world and people identifying with them.
And I heard the idea that AI might own and run companies in future. People I talked to are most times afraid about this idea. 
So I was wondering what impact this has and what it means for the future of companies and people… 

I think seeing companies as networks might take away power from companies and bring it back to people. 
 On first look I thought you build a BTC table game.
Would love a BTC monopoly version where no bank is required. Everytime you pass go, you get a mining reward. 
 Can one eat to many eggs? 
 „Price should not be a barrier to knowledge access, which is why we are providing you the PDF version of Too Many Eggs for free.“ - much appreciated 
 Keeping borders tight means more power to the government. 
You really think this would haven been a solution?
Nations and borders are the very reason for this kind of hate and radicalization. 
And how „tight“ can these boarders even be. It’s a joke in my eyes, they won’t keep radical people apart, but rather will radicalize people already here. 
 But the magic is, if your child really loves to play music it is more emotional / sounding better than the professional orchestra. 
 My little kid has been throwing up for a couple days, and now I am too 😭 #parenting  
 A few days ago my wife and my kid threw up within a few minutes… we have been on a boat trip 🙈

I know not one of the usual boat incidents that happen to nostriches. 
 I hope you get well soon 
 You can disagree with my choices, but don't let that be the reason you stay trapped.

Twitter  ->... 
 Wikipedia-> wikifreedia 
 Won‘t you still require a SIM card to connect your GLinet Travel Router to the internet?