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 Phoenix has become the go-to wallet for me and many others. The new splicing feature makes things... 
 Have you tried @ZEUS embedded node w/ Olympus LSP? 
 It’s really good. Startup times are a little slow but it’s running LND on device, and does all pathfinding on device as well. 

And if you have channels to the LSP, all generated invoices by default (but can be disabled) are wrapped to provide better privacy by not exposing your nodes pub key to the payer.

And there’s lots more coming. Evan is cooking up some next level stuff. 
 Dashboard v2 (Rust Edition) is coming along nicely

Feature requests? Data requests? 
 That would be amazing. 
 I’m in class right now and we have an angry speaker telling us about how we live in a xenophobi... 
 Lol brutal 
 Haven’t found the right API call for it yet but I’ll keep my eyes out and for sure create a w... 
 Thank you for this!! 
 What will make you excited?

If you can only list two answers 
 Orthodox baptism? 
 Highly recommend you read St. Cyril of Jerusalem’s Catechetical Homilies. It is a series of sermons given to those who were going to be baptized in the early church (4th century) in the 40 days leading up to Pascha (Easter).


https://stanthonysmonastery.org/products/catechetical-homilies 
 do you have a tiktok account? 
 Nope, never have, never will 
 Missed opportunity to make the SD card label “B” a Bitcoin “B” logo 
 Nostr is a protocol of protocols 
 Simply stop using Twitter/X

Not sure why this is so hard for some people 
 Exactly 
 I was a nearly daily user since 2010, quit cold turkey a month or two ago. Haven’t looked back. 

Some people are just too obsessed with their socials lol 
 I love being out of the loop. Let’s you see how retarded and pointless the drama really is. 
 I think Primal has something similar 
 It will improve. But tbh we all need less news streamed into our brains anyway. 
 Right. But pretty much everyone on this side of the internet understands this very well and continues to let it control their life. 

Meanwhile they’ll do ridiculous things like live completely on bitcoin even though playing fiat games is also highly addictive. 
 Not all of us are addicted to attention 
 The problem is when ppl come to nostr to larp about how bad Twitter is yet they keep using it. 
 Oof. Dial back that IG screen time my man 
 Fasting is key for 10hr flights. When i eat airplane food i feel 🤮 
 I prefer to call it a father figure 
 Basically I’m looking for the number of blocks in the mempool, secondary metric would be number of transactions. 

In this case, it would include the data from the left most block in the pic and all other blocks to the right that have yet to be mined.

I’ll look at the API docs in a bit. Also @wiz might be able to tell us how to get this info easily https://image.nostr.build/b131a2c85acaebfdd420d42c6a45c2f1c5648fd7c33d9d12562be51e65a4fa08.png  
 
## Chef's notes

You can substitute mussels with clams, or do both, and even add shrimp if you l... 
 getting serious nostr:note15auakxc45n05ufre60wxqjuerduxcd8ehezcrjn0py0w3a8aa2tssh2mtw 
 They’ve already had this for a while if you’ve been using it within Edge/Bing. It works well 
 should I give marty shit on RHR tomorrow since his TFTC account still has a blue check? 
 Then ask him if he wants to bet on mempools clearing again 
 Lol watch them clear by end of year 
 1) curry 2) Kobe 3) mj 4) bird 5) shaq 
 Who answered this poll 😂 CNBC viewers are apparently not very bright.. 
 The hype behind generative Ai seems to have died down. Humans still superior. 
 Hype is definitely still building in the Microsoft world. Copilots (soon to be released across M365) will raise the ceiling in terms of expected employee output. Those who can’t keep up will be cut. 
 Idea: 3D printed guillotines

Discuss. 
 The blade wouldn’t be. Only the frame. Similar to a 3d printed gun with a metal barrel 
 A guillotine for ants! 🐜 
 We failed JStark. Dude had amazing opsec. German police figured out his identity due to him not u... 
 We did not fail him. Sure, we could have made it easier for him, but ultimately saying it was our fault removes any element of personal responsibility from him. 

If you are told that bitcoin is anonymous, and you know you need to have great opsec, you cannot trust and you must verify that claim. 

Still incredibly sad, he did not deserve to get axed by the government. Sometimes, there is nothing you can do to prevent a totalitarian regime from murdering dissidents. 
 Kinda crazy that nostr still works great 
 fuck twitter, it's a straight dystopia and getting worse 
 What for? 
 Elon seems to be ramping up the censorship. Glad I nuked my acct, seems like no point in having one anymore if you are against the status quo 
 “Both Humanism and Protestantism continue the work of Scholasticism and Francis of Assisi — the search to improve Orthodoxy, to improve on Christianity as it has been handed down in the tradition. So they are continuing this work of Dostoyevsky’s Grand Inquisitor. Both Humanism and Protestantism are stages in the destruction of the Christian world-view.”

- Fr. Seraphim Rose, Orthodox Survival Course, Lesson 3: Renaissance 
 I haven’t heard of that particular series. 

What did you think of the service? Was it a Divine Liturgy? 
 What do you most want to see from Zeus next? 
 Is it possible to have the embedded node synced to multiple devices? (For example, iPhone and iPad/Mac) 
 listening to blind melon. 
ama. 
 Golden Beeliever 
 Glory to God in all things. 
 Would you be able to add a new widget that shows how many blocks are currently in @wiz's mempool? 
 we’re not *the* mempool but we’re *the best* mempool. and there is no second best.

h/r nostr... 
 Correct 
 I still think they’ll clear by end of year. Regardless, I look forward to teeing it up with you 
 I have been open and honest about everything I have worked on in this space for 5+ years.

Strong... 
 More like a modl 
 Today’s reading material. Some heavy, but very important stuff. Highly recommend. https://image.nostr.build/300777e9812dd4ce3820ea59ba888e4da9849a926928520414f1771a91cc10a3.jpg  
 There’s an 1100 page extended edition for those wanting a deep dive on the subject. 
 Similar subject yes - the tollhouses. 

This is very focused on showing teachings and writings of the saints on this topic, as well as tollhouse iconography and prayers for the departed. 

It is the shorter version of this beast of a text: https://stanthonysmonastery.org/products/the-departure-of-the-soul?_pos=1&_psq=departure&_ss=e&_v=1.0 
 It also completely contradicts the second law of thermodynamics. An explosion from chaos cannot create order. 
 hey Standard Notes users
they changed the license to a CC nonFOSS a few weeks ago.
No more update... 
 Switched to Notesnook recently. It’s good. 
 I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and i... 
 Unfortunately, the Filioque is a heresy. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father only.

Recommended reading: https://uncutmountainpress.com/shop/product/apodictic-treatise-on-the-procession-of-the-holy-spirit/ 
 My new puppy (4 months old) has been taking liquid dumps 5 times a day. Any advice? We are going to try different food. 

Thanks in advance 
 His food that seems to be causing issues has chicken primarily in it. Any alternatives? The rice is a good idea 
 Will try, ty 🙏 
 I was not aware of this! Turned On and this zap ⚡️ is so fast than the previous one we ve bef... 
 The iPhone 15 pro looks sweet. Glad I waited 
 Only the telephoto - primary and ultra wide are the same on both 
 Which one you going with? 
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 I completely reject the claim that we are on a spinning ball. 
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 It breaks traceability on chain (if done properly), but doesn’t remove the record from the institution that you bought X amount of bitcoin on Y date.