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 RIP, my channel got force closed a month ago so I finally swept everything off as well 
 When #frost becomes a viable multisig-style tool for nostr private keys, does the cryptography in... 
 In theory you can split a key but it kinda defeats the purpose because someone will know the original private key. 

You can't use an existing nsec as a sub key, everyone needs to generate keys together 
 Inside out 2 was good 
 nostr:npub1u8lnhlw5usp3t9vmpz60ejpyt649z33hu82wc2hpv6m5xdqmuxhs46turz nostr:npub1p4kg8zxukpym3h20... 
 You can use any nostr relay. Nothing special about nwc 
 Waiting for checked bags is a humiliation ritual 
 This is what I normally do. Had liquids in my bag though so I needed to check it 
 So far the pizza and pasta in Italy has been a let down lol . My expectations were too high in ge... 
 Just did Rome, bologna, and Florence. All had good food, but nothing that blew America out of the water. 
 I'm in spain now, back in states next week 
 You too dude 
 If you have a force closure, you just need to wait a few days 
 Has it been confirmed? 
 Yeah you have to get it from the logs 
 If you send it to me I should be able to find it. 
 Email me ben@mutinywallet.com 
 Americans: “oh, joy! Monday is a holiday! Finally, a three-day weekend! I’ll probably still a... 
 I'm on vacation in Europe and everyone here feels more on vacation than me 
 What is the highest PoW note?
nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqqqqpwwv8ggugsv82s84zpwh6uzvvkhsa3wrvt5y5neqfzex... 
 Lol this is more work than the entire bitcoin chain 
 “If its free, then you’re the product”

Does this remain true for nostr? Discuss 
 No one is making money on nostr 
 DVMs aren't that interesting to me for algo feeds because it requires some external party to do s... 
 hmm what if there was a dvm that ran wasm code

https://github.com/benthecarman/wasm-dvm 
 So anyone can make a dvm without all the needed overhead 
 Been thinking of making myself unzappable again. 

I've never been a big fan of receiving tips. 
 Just make your ln address the one for open sats 
 I think an ecash mint could be a really good randomized game oracle. Especially with DLCs.  
 Yeah definitely, you already are trusting the oracle, gives you way more functionality 
 Project Hail Mary was such a good book 
 Yes, my favorite series 
 Could any Rustaceans out there explain:

I have a package (toy-rpc), if i enter its version in Ca... 
 Check your cargo lock, it might be giving you a newer version when you put it by the version number. 
 It might make sense to support OP_CAT if Luke's filters get added to the core client at the same ... 
 Filters have no effect on the network. 
 If it's a consensus rule it can work, mempool policy means nothing 
 Hey nostr:nprofile1qqswrlemlh2wgqc4jkds3d8ueqj9a2j3gcm7r48v9tskdd6rxsd7rtcpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2u... 
 Shitcoining on bitcoin has existed for over a decade and isn't going away. OP_CAT doesn't uniquely enable anything more, its just a scripting proposal that enables covenants and lots of other stuff.

Current bitcoin is moving towards custodians as scaling solutions which is the opposite of what we should be doing. Covenants are a good option for trying to scale this and OP_CAT is probably the most general covenant we could get.

OP_CAT was removed from bitcoin because there was no limits on it, that could have caused DoS vulnerabilites. Bringing it back with a limit (or with GSR) would be great imo. I don't think bitcoin would be dead if satoshi instead added a limit to OP_CAT instead of disabling it. 
 Lightning is basically the only layer we can do with current bitcoin. Soft forks are needed to do more scaling. Not scaling on chain but with new layer 2 designs 
 Liquid and Fedimint are not layers, they are custodial solutions. Ark has lots of problems without covenants

I've never seen someone say concatenate is a powerful technology 
 The easiest way to do it is to just use custodial systems, which is the way everyone is going today. 
 They have a pretty terrible dev experience 
 Forgot how funny superbad is. Movie holds up so well and man do I miss the high school / college days of house parties. 
 Yo @2d9873b2 cigs in the porch 
 It's a force close, not much we can do there. If you click on it, it'll give you a reason 
 I'm secretly hoping that the reason I keep seeing ads for HIV drugs and Alzheimer's drugs is a si... 
 At least you know that you keep seeing them 
 Yo  nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg, is Harbor available to... 
 Need to build locally and only works with signet for now. Hopefully have it mainnet ready sometime this year 
 I still don’t get why people say gm at nighttime.
is that some sort of running joke?

If so, it... 
 Gm 
 What if when your Nostr client translated a note it would also publish the translated version?

O... 
 That's the point of dvms 
 No, apple broke this, nothing we can do about it 
 Just don't put your phone in lockdown mode 
 Would require to rebuild everything lmao 
 And figure out how to bind our backend to native apps 
 It’s so frustrating how Ledger chooses to shitcoin, track everything, etc. because they have so... 
 Their bitcoin team is separate from the rest, and their bitcoin team is absolutely cracked 
 Yes, running ZEUS makes you feel godly, but have you tried building Core Lightning from source? 
 One time I tried to do this and had to reinstall my os. Python environments are impossible 
 I can’t believe how rare it is to have a naked iPhone 
 I'll drop mine in the street to show people how it doesn't break 
 I’m cursed with strong memory.

I recall many peripheral and extemperaneous details of commenta... 
 also means you'll vividly remember the best parts of your life, your children growing up, etc 
 New mutiny update going out today that fixes some bugs and will enable us to start testing a new LSP. 

Need some beta testers for the new LSP! If you're interested please dm me and I can get you set up. 
 signet-app.mutinywallet.com