”Russia’s war is not about NATO, or borders, or the balance of power. The Russian dictator Vladimir Putin intends to absorb Ukraine into a new Russian empire, and he will eradicate the Ukrainians if they refuse to accept his rule.

Europe is in the midst of the largest war on the continent since Nazi panzers rolled from Norway to Greece, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine is by far the most important threat to world peace since the worst days of the Cold War”

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/02/if-russia-wins/677398/


”The FDF will also conduct logistics exercises and activate so-called production reserve agreements with civilian companies that keep extra capacity in place for the defense forces’ needs in crisis and war — akin to a war economy lite. In this pre-conflict period, sufficient availability and production capacity of everything from food supplies to machinery is tested with sustained warfighting in mind, as seen in Ukraine.”

https://cepa.org/article/the-nordic-baltic-region-an-example-for-nato/


Feels like damus iOS v0.1 😅 this took half a year of work. This is powered by a custom database and relay written from scatch in C. The UI is all Rust and works on all platforms.

I’ve officially built three clients and a relay now 😅

All this offline and instant loading tech is coming to iOS as well soon! nostr:note10fskrqjyrk27zclzz8t0rd4ndqqump5ul67mmq75pjuxluntan4s43t6uz


Damus on iphone, macos, linux, android, android tablet, and ipad. All native. No web.

https://cdn.jb55.com/s/damus-everywhere.mp4


The lesson here is that core privacy products you use should be only true open-source or this happens?

”As we begin to shift focus to our shared efforts with Notion, we will be closing down Skiff's product suite after a 6-month sunset period”

https://skiff.com/data-migration


Guess what happens to the world’s chip production capability when Russia attacks the EU?

”ASML is the only maker of a key technology - extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography - needed to manufacture the most advanced chips…

Koch's own calculations suggested it would only become cost effective to switch over from the older technology around 2030-2031….

"This means ASML is likely to have excess High-NA capacity between their factory ramp in 2027-28 and full adoption in leading-edge logic a few years later," he added.”

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/asml-s-next-chip-challenge-rollout-of-its-new-350-million-high-na-euv-machine/ar-BB1i2MTE#


nostr:npub1tyrpvy9cuakwdgcx4nq8nya97qegct74qgwa032xufg8lzkhvsaqgw2es9 works for posting if you use iOS. Not sure about two-way bridges. At least via Mastodon there should be ways to do it.


”It's going to take years for Europe to build up the arms and ammunition production capacity needed to both aid Ukraine and reequip national forces, Belgium's former deputy chief of defense said.
“It’s not a joke, we’re in deep shit,"

The industrial fabric in Europe isn’t strong enough to support Ukraine."

https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-arms-production-is-in-deep-shit-says-belgian-ex-general/


"Do you think that if Russia establishes a puppet regime in Ukraine, like the one they have in Belarus, and Russian troops are on the Polish border, will we get out of trouble, or will we have bigger problems?" Borrell asked.

https://kyivindependent.com/borrell-we-need-to-explain-to-europeans-what-it-means-to-have-russian-army-at-the-door/


While using Nostur, I see only Nostur (and Nootti) as clients.


it’s for entertainmant purposes only content:

”In 1983, as part of a legal argument, the Times stated that the list is not mathematically objective but rather editorial content.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list

There are some interesting points in this (they talk about RSS etc.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nIQztk5KWY

Happy birthday 🎉


Looks like Chris Dixon had friends bulk order tons of copies of his book in order to game his way on the New York Times best seller list. Kind of like how he games the system with A16Z crypto investments.

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”Other platforms only make RSS feeds available for listeners, whereas YouTube takes episodes from an RSS feed and turns them into YouTube videos.

This benefits audio-first podcasters since YouTube automatically takes an uploaded RSS feed and creates videos with the podcast’s show art as a static image”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/08/podcasters-can-now-upload-their-rss-feed-to-youtube/


Most people confuse the technical feature of verifying events regarless of their status - once the event has been sent, anyone that stores it can verify it forever - to the semantical need to "delete" or disapprove your own signed events. Even expired events can still be verified.

1. The technical feature will always exist (you can't stop people from verifying events in Nostr).

2. The semantical need wil always exist. We can resolve that need with Delete Requests, expirations and even NIP-32 labels. But it doesnt mean that the information has disappeared.

The hardest part is building a UX where users trully understand that difference.


”Gemini Advanced is clearly a GPT-4 class model. The statistics show this, but so does a month of our informal testing. And this is a big deal …

…it is roughly equivalent, though it has its own strengths and weaknesses. GPT-4 is much more sophisticated about using code and accomplishes a number of hard verbal tasks better - it writes a better sestina and passes the Apple Test. Gemini is better at explanations and does  great job integrating images and search”

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/google-gemini-advanced-tasting-notes


”Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) have been demoted from standalone apps that use the whole screen to shortcuts that open within the default browser…

This appears to solely affect users in the European Union, though your mileage may vary.

…the breakage of PWAs is deliberate. The Register understands Apple's change will cause users to lose local data in existing web apps, because web apps and Safari have different storage locations, and it will also break notifications, because there's no way to enable notifications without app installation.”

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/08/apple_web_apps_eu/


Want to send a quick note to Nostr?

Stay in your app either on Slide Over or Split View on iPad.

https://nootti.com/wp-content/uploads/website_tiles.007.png

Nootti supports media attachments (NIP-96) on Nostr posts.

https://nootti.com/wp-content/uploads/ios.gif


https://twitter.com/IlvesToomas/status/1755484149572354229

https://twitter.com/dszeligowski/status/1755463887426666800

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation


It’s not just Russians but Carlson et at. Russia is one of the best it manipulation. They have centuries of practise.  Lots of useful idiots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

Every country has their compromised MPs, politiicans, influencers, academics etc. Some very visible and evident like Schroder but it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Most of the Western media repeats Kremlin propaganda as news.

https://vatniksoup.com/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/russian-professor-arrested-in-estonia-on-espionage-charges

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1755248582741864721


”A Russian disinformation campaign is deploying everything from high-ranking lawmakers and government officials to lifestyle influencers, bloggers, and powerful state-run media outlets to stoke divisions in the United States around the Texas border crisis.”

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-disinformation-campaign-civil-war-texas-border/


Meta shares how the Threads feed algo works.

https://transparency.fb.com/features/explaining-ranking/ig-threads-feed

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/23b75e5aec4611d3ef8f62f81b7f19504692de098fa656c3e1f8fef3b5beb7b2.webp


Nostur is the best all-around reliablity and feature wise. It has UX inconsistencies and a lot of features that add complexity and not always working as expected.

A huge achievement for a one-dev app 🤙

PS. I wrote this already once with Damus but for some reason only two of my relays show online. Not sure why. It just eats my notes (no notice that they are not sent). Happened for a few days and for a few notes (I haven’t changed settings).


I have a YouTube channel with almost 11,000 subscribers and they have paid me about $14 a month in ad revenue for the exact same videos I share on NOSTR with only 2k followers.

NOSTR zaps on the other hand have made me an average of $30 a month, and it's all in sound money.

What platform is more rewarding for creators 💪?


The Dec spike can be also the unlocking of the EU region that was kicked out since the summer ’23 till Dec.


Rabble’s vision for nostr is priceless. nostr:note1cclyfnuvkal29vjle779jnc6lz8jhf8zuneq8g4dr8eerwum8n9qmnydsm


The Nostr boom was a year ago. Now, it’s Bluesky and Farcaster.


The team haven’t slept much. The server load is too much at the moment.


”Bluesky has gained almost 800,000 new users (or, “newskies“). Now, the platform is slated to break 4 million total signups later today, whereas it hit 3 million only last week.”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/despite-outages-bluesky-gets-nearly-800k-new-users-in-its-first-day-open-to-the-public


You can cross-post to Mastodon, Bluesky and Nostr simultaneously.

If you add https://connect.nos.social/ to the mix it can auto-post your Nostr posts to X.
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You can do that with Yubikey or TOTP. It saved me from the IG hack that exposed the passwords from the backend.


Welcome 🤙


Confirmed! Welcome 🤗 nostr:note1yajj6f03sxnxzkwgp2hng7wvg38fh9ufpgz3er3ckg45uxmtajusmgd6l5


Is this becoming a thread

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”They have prioritized graphics fidelity and responsiveness, and taken the hit on battery life, weight, and heat. Given how important the experience is to Apple’s AR experience, this is probably the right choice for a first generation device.”

https://www.ifixit.com/News/90137/vision-pro-teardown-why-those-fake-eyes-look-so-weird


”The platform has about 3 million sign-ups. Now that anyone can join, the young platform faces a challenge: how can it meaningfully stand up to Threads’ 130 million monthly active users, or even Mastodon’s 1.8 million?”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/06/bluesky-is-now-open-for-anyone-to-join/


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


Local sqlite db by nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49 is great. So much better than IndexedDB. Iris & Snort can now store a lot of data locally, sync only what they don't already have (negentropy & nip-114) and eventually do p2p over webrtc. Works offline.

Iris now features a "for you" feed which uses the local database. It scores events by recentness, author favoriteness (top authors reacted by you) and amount of reactions from users who often react to the same notes as you.

Recentness is randomly weighted to occasionally show older events as well. Recent notes from all followed users are also mixed in.

Events are marked "seen" when they've been in the viewport for 1 second and not shown again in the "for you" feed. I've found it actually pleasant and interesting to use now. New feed every time.

It's not extensively tested yet, and might not show great results before your local database is populated with notes and reactions. Also, it's unfortunate that sqlite wasm persistence (origin-private filesystem) requires some http headers that broke youtube and some other embeds.


Automated algos make no exceptions to founders

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/617f1b926eff91cfaffd158921633920113c639f0a19b22574cec28492a4ba1d.webp


Wherever you get your Nostr

“being able to say, "wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. Because what it represents is the triumph of exactly the kind of technology that's supposed to be impossible: open, empowering tech that's not owned by any one company, that can't be controlled by any one company, and that allows people to have ownership over their work and their relationship with their audience.”

https://www.anildash.com/2024/02/06/wherever-you-get-podcasts/


The age of innocence is over.

https://media.tenor.com/v1d19t_dUIQAAAAC/the-prisoner-tv-series-intro.gif

nostr:note107cahyt3wet8xphgp9kphtlc574xfmgfvcdt8g9a8wqgl52yt9fs2r4rt7


”Throughout 2023, some 5.2 million barrels of refined petroleum products that had been produced from Russian crude oil were imported to the UK.
Most of the fuel imported - 4.6 million barrels - was jet fuel, which the group's researchers suggested was used in one in 20 UK flights…

the so-called loophole indirectly provided the Kremlin with more than £100m in tax revenues.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68018660


The US builds and, the EU regulates

”The Gemini app…will be available in Japanese, Korean, and English globally except for the UK, Switzerland, European Economic Area countries, and associated territories.”

https://gemini.google.com/


👺 a web course, and 1000x

https://media.tenor.com/32eOQe2WF0oAAAAC/mike-myers-austin-powers.gif


“Rather than painstakingly crafting a fake ID by hand—a highly skilled criminal profession that can take years to master—or waiting for a purchased one to arrive in the mail with the risk of interception, OnlyFake lets essentially anyone generate fake IDs in minutes that may seem real enough to bypass various online verification systems. Or at least fool some people.”

https://www.404media.co/inside-the-underground-site-where-ai-neural-networks-churns-out-fake-ids-onlyfake/


“Google will no longer be keeping a backup of the entire Internet. Google Search's "cached" links have long been an alternative way to load a website that was down or had changed, but now the company is killing them off.”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/google-search-kills-off-cached-webpages


Something exciting today. It's now possible to zap on the Fediverse! ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ You can zap users on Nostr! You can zap users on Mastodon/Pleroma/ActivityPub! Let the sats flow!!!

https://soapbox.pub/blog/mostr-zaps/

Check it out and get set up to send and receive MONEY across the Fediverse for your shitposts.

This works thanks to the Mostr Bridge + Zapple Pay, an amazing result of Apple banning zaps on Damus. Who would have thought?

Enjoy!


”Yang’s blog was critical of Beijing and promoted ’practising law, fairness and justice, social justice, freedom, and democracy’”

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/yang-hengjun-sentenced-to-death-with-a-two-year-reprieve-20240205-p5f2hr.html


This is bad

If you have a Spoutible acccount change your password, 2FA etc immediately.

https://www.troyhunt.com/how-spoutibles-leaky-api-spurted-out-a-deluge-of-personal-data/


gm but is pv so '23


Btw, this is a beautiful implementation of link preview by Warpcast

https://warpcast.com/v/0x8c9213af

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/9cd53fef08385783935a45d945331e987fb89ac94765ef72587b4f5888b62e4e.webp


If you wanna check it out here’s my invite link to sign up:

 https://warpcast.com/~/invite-page/4907?id=278606e5


Interesting benefits of apple vision pro while working:

- can work in natural light environments
- better laptop ergonomics
- can stand walk around while working

https://youtu.be/jCD3IbMffug?t=858


You know when you get traction and in FC’s case it’s Frames

https://cointelegraph.com/news/farcaster-daily-active-users-warpcast-frames


”Of the 19,500 cases for which Ukrainian authorities have names and data…

…the authorities believe the real number is probably 10 times that, while Russian officials have even boasted of moving 700,000 Ukrainian children to Russia.”

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/04/they-told-me-were-all-russians-re-education-of-ukrainian-children


Farcaster is getting record traffic

https://farcaster.network/

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/fcb24de3e2a264665a52ff15578c35ece69218e85322477a4cef76e80a8bb748.webp


Prime Video's X-ray is a feature that Netflix should consider adopting.

Prime should  have the playback speed option.

Perhaps they could explore a potential trade?


For context re: Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre and why there should be no mercy.

My life changed completely on March 29th, 2019. Almost five years ago now.

I had made several tweets, warning people about Craig Wright, and making my opinion about him clear. A matter of very public interest.

I was sent a legal letter on twitter DM, where it was made clear that I either had to apologize and acknowledge Craig as Satoshi, or they would file a libel case against me in UK.

When I didn't comply, Craig and Calvin put a public $5000 bounty on my identity and then firmly doxxed me after finding out who I was.

They proceeded to put private intelligence surveillance on me, that have tried to gain access to my social circle, both online and physically. Presence in 100s of groups. Monitoring my house. Producing regular, detailed reports on all my activity. Travelled where I travelled and so on. And god knows what else. This is still going on today.

I have been continuosly smeared and lied about on social media and in Coingeek, the publication owned by Calvin.

Threatened directly/personally with bankruptcy and worse by Calvin and his followers on twitter, with my real name, on countless occasions.

Anonymous phone calls with indirect threats.

My dad was fighting against cancer when this all started. I was dealing with constant legal pressure and threats throughout his fight. When he finally died late 2020, the legal pressure was at a peak and my funding situation was uncertain.

I've had to give up tons of private communication in discovery, to prove I had not been behind "an organized and vicious campaign against Craig."

I've had to turn down professional opportunities, since a good percentage of my bandwidth has been continuously occupied with defending myself legally. The amount of legal letters, hearings, appeals, judgments etc are beyond belief.

I've lived since 2019, with the constant knowledge that my house and belongings are on the line, and Craig's stated goal of bankrupting his enemies would be reality if I lost.

All the while I've tried to, and largely managed, to shield my child and family as well as possible, but I know all of this has put stress on them as well.

No mercy for these people.
Only Welcome to Law.


#nostr is not about nostalgia. It's about picking up the pieces of the internet that are great and moving the whole thing forward.


The end of Hollywood


They have landed🛬  Big thanks to those who cracked the coordinates. They got a bit lost but made it!

Time to get down to business!

🗓 Aug 22-23

Sign up here ➡ https://tally.so/r/wbdMlL

Heads up: Nostriga doesn't cover Baltic Honeybadger entry—get your ticket here 👉 https://baltichoneybadger.com/buy-tickets

Dive deeper at: www.nostriga.com or nostr.world

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


”JRE now has more than 2,200 episodes available, and that the podcast is the No. 2 most-listened-to show for women over 13 in the U.S., per Edison, as well as the No. 1 show overall as of Q3 2023.

Since joining Spotify, overall podcast consumption has grown 232% and ad revenue grew 80% from 2021 to 2023. JRE ad revenue grew 45% in 2023.”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/02/spotifys-podcast-exclusive-days-are-over-as-joe-rogans-show-expands-to-other-platforms/


HBD 🎉


Does not look too nice but your back will thank you later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjUUE-D0qs4


The pic by the leading American company

(its spin-off European competitor has not launched in the EU)

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/eefc8cbbac977ee4710c4c3f860abc332eccce167a1a62c3920b388d72e90a46.webp

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/d908664316c4e26e337c864eb05cd6577d111fe0797e8c49c49968c2b1345e2d.webp


And who said Nostr does not have a merkle tree 😁
nostr:note1zw6372m4jz6a8w2n8uprcx5dqnmgp94a9u692fnnurxhnv2k2w6spnsw84


Not the same buzz as a year ago on Nostr

Any theories on why things have slowed down?

I have noticed the same on X and Bsky. Haven’t spent enough time on Masto to say anything.

https://stats.nostr.band/

https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/e66e5c0fa34bdd10c6f0fa4d7ff2cabb02d95576845d2c991c92d1b6df53b78f.webp

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/06c164f4b61299b1a98ebc734cb522c8468cd0715db4ecbf57e9471fe38457a8.webp


Here’s the latest addition:

https://www.inverse.com/tech/apple-vision-pro-lightning-connector-battery-pack-explained
nostr:note1ef6lcx5j5yzclt2cesxs45l2stdgpknsx0q7yymwdlntrzzky2cs8jd6av


I was puzzled at first after your 100 push up post

https://media.tenor.com/HVa3Wh0CD8YAAAAC/funny-burpees.gif


We've got a new version of nostr:npub1pu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqswtfch out! Help us test it.
nostr:note1gfafma58l7t07jzlyd0jntk3s3d8re4au0l7t37k0mgv8waukpushxt4el


Ok, Everybody wants Amethyst Purple now. But hold your horses.

I want to first try a release-based donation model that goes straight to the devs/designers/translators who helped in that specific release. It's similar to what we do today in my release notes where your zap splits go straight to the devs.

The goal of the model is to align the right incentives with the finances: we only get paid when we have something new. If we don't ship, nobody gets anything. That will keep the wheels turning and avoid the usual product stagnation.

On top of that, I don't want to make Amethyst a company. At least not yet. Companies are too centralized and complicated for my current taste. I want to see if we can stay as a humble open-source project while collecting the same amounts a company would but through your direct payments/donations to what would have otherwise been employees.

Basically, an extreme version of value 4 value.

We will see if the idea works. It's still early and we already collect a good amount per month (~$1700/mo combined). So, it should be possible. Fingers crossed.


Transcription is also blazing fast:

https://x.com/reach_vb/status/1752434666659889575

https://www.takeargmax.com/blog/whisperkit

https://github.com/argmaxinc/WhisperKit


GM #nostr! Today the Damus team is celebrating one year on the App Store! We are so excited that you're here, having fun while supporting freedom! Our dear friend l nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz  has summarized the last 365 days with the help from many of you sharing your memories! Thank you so much!

https://cdn.jb55.com/s/damus-frens-2023-720p.mp4

We are also pumped to announce the launch of Damus Purple! You can be part of the roadmap for the year to come and beyond, by supporting our team with this optional membership. Currently it’s open to TestFlight users only but will be on
the App Store shortly. Thanks for joining us on this wild ride 🤙 https://damus.io/purple


”A particular surge has been registered this month in an area stretching from Finland to Poland to the Black Sea region.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-31/russia-behind-spike-in-european-gps-jamming-baltic-general-says


Subs on Damus 🤙 nostr:note1wy7sy00lgakmu0xnk6samq24ggstdk24nnd0ltelng6xh0d6gqcqxcx574


Surprisingly good review: https://youtu.be/hdwaWxY11jQ?si=xKccWDgKV_HTfd7d

Glad I couldn’t afford it 😂


“We are convinced that Ždanoka is not an isolated case,” the three Latvian MEPs wrote, citing concerns over suspicious “public interventions, voting record[s], organised events, as well as covert activities.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-spies-european-parliament-latvia-meps-eu/


# Nostr: a quick introduction, attempt #1

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/format:webp/0*TyaSRBLhkTNgEoIJ)

Nostr doesn't have a material existence, it is not a website or an app. Nostr is just a description what kind of messages each computer can send to the others and vice-versa. It's a very simple thing, but the fact that such description exists allows different apps to connect to different servers automatically, without people having to talk behind the scenes or sign contracts or anything like that.

When you use a Nostr _client_ that is what happens, your _client_ will connect to a bunch of servers, called _relays_, and all these _relays_ will speak the same "language" so your _client_ will be able to publish notes to them all and also download notes from other people.

That's basically what Nostr is: this communication layer between the _client_ you run on your phone or desktop computer and the _relay_ that someone else is running on some server somewhere. There is no central authority dictating who can connect to whom or even anyone who knows for sure where each note is stored.

If you think about it, Nostr is very much like the internet itself: there are millions of websites out there, and basically anyone can run a new one, and there are websites that allow you to store and publish your stuff on them.

The added benefit of Nostr is that this unified "language" that all Nostr _clients_ speak allow them to switch very easily and cleanly between _relays_. So if one _relay_ decides to ban someone that person can switch to publishing to others _relays_ and their audience will quickly follow them there. Likewise, it becomes much easier for _relays_ to impose any restrictions they want on their users: no _relay_ has to uphold a moral ground of "absolute free speech": each _relay_ can decide to delete notes or ban users for no reason, or even only store notes from a preselected set of people and no one will be entitled to complain about that.

There are some bad things about this design: on Nostr there are no guarantees that _relays_ will have the notes you want to read or that they will store the notes you're sending to them. We can't just assume all _relays_ will have everything — much to the contrary, as Nostr grows more _relays_ will exist and people will tend to publishing to a small set of all the _relays_, so depending on the decisions each _client_ takes when publishing and when fetching notes, users may see a different set of replies to a note, for example, and be confused.

Another problem with the idea of publishing to multiple servers is that they may be run by all sorts of malicious people that may edit your notes. Since no one wants to see garbage published under their name, Nostr fixes that by requiring notes to have a cryptographic signature. This signature is attached to the note and verified by everybody at all times, which ensures the notes weren't tampered (if any part of the note is changed even by a single character that would cause the signature to become invalid and then the note would be dropped). The fix is perfect, except for the fact that it introduces the requirement that each user must now hold this 63-character code that starts with "nsec1", which they must not reveal to anyone. Although annoying, this requirement brings another benefit: that users can automatically have the same identity in many different contexts and even use their Nostr identity to login to non-Nostr websites easily without having to rely on any third-party.

To conclude: Nostr is like the internet (or the internet of some decades ago): a little chaotic, but very open. It is better than the internet because it is structured and actions can be automated, but, like in the internet itself, nothing is guaranteed to work at all times and users many have to do some manual work from time to time to fix things. Plus, there is the cryptographic key stuff, which is painful, but cool.


If you post first to Nostr then https://connect.nos.social/ can post it automatically to X.

There’s this that takes the tweet url and posts but it does not have Nostr support: https://github.com/eramdam/tweet-forker

As Fabian mentioned I have been building in this space: www.nootti.com

X API approach is hostile to third parties so it’s not included.


”There are an estimated 160 million Threads users…”

X: ”In December, the app had only an estimated 8.5 million installs”

vs. 54m for Instagram

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/30/instagram-threads-triples-downloads-in-december-reaching-the-top-10-x-falls-to-no-36/


Why comment with your youtube account when you can comment with your nostr account
https://media.utxo.nl/wp-content/uploads/nostr/e/e/eee82b6515d6e6b65c6e5e935050990299a16cd7cfab7b716d4fc5f81eee0efd.webp


We’ve been been doing user research to understand nostr users and where we should go in building a new social media future. nostr:npub1ey39gym4zlppcsvquqhv0cujnsn6uwuu9z9f4sxkzp5vjy8gfa9sprdq23has our first report of the research results.

nostr:note1h8d8zh3m5q0jq2jq83sdnyrs76j0ng8e3qay3r809phx5dtnys4qdv9x25


What about the old ones?

”We do not have to live in the world the new technocrats are designing for us. We do not have to acquiesce to their growing project of dehumanization and data mining. Each of us has agency.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/facebook-meta-silicon-valley-politics/677168/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3yFFdSdMTHtQqUhmlYn8eRE


What should you think when a German corporate is looking for a Win 3.11 admin 😂

https://archive.is/CKNYJ


”It will take two years for western defence manufacturers to make enough ammunition so Ukrainian soldiers are as well-supplied as the Russians. Taiwan is still waiting for much of the $19bn of weaponry it has ordered from US manufacturers. Wars could erupt, unfold and be lost because we lack skilled factory workers.”

 https://www.ft.com/content/82df3e5a-f899-4ba9-aec7-e33069b06843


GOOD MORNING NOSTR, AS CENTRALIZED PLATFORMS BUILD WALLS AROUND USERS NOSTR WILL BECOME THE STANDARD 🫡

https://i.postimg.cc/wBBKk1kd/nitter.jpg


Brave should get rid of them automatically: https://brave.com/privacy-updates/21-blocking-cookie-notices/


I’ve been building a cross-posting tool for the last few months.

Here’s a quick screen capture demo of how I did the below post. It works on iOS, iPad and also M-series Macs.

It’s still an early build but if you want to test here’s a Testflight link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/LDJGX8QV

https://www.petrikajander.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nootti_demo.mp4

note1vzz6r22xntz6lqyg98j53ynzyj6hpkqnzl8xj8xa9nd09edtd26s26dmzs


Are you posting to multiple social media sites at the same time?

What if there were a way to post at once and customise the message for each social network?

I have been building a tool for that purpose. Reply if you’re interested in testing it.

”A lot of people are moving away from Twitter at this point. You can use this as a chance to restart elsewhere or just expand your network to new territories.

Fragmentation is evident and you cannot prevent it from happening. You can only adjust your behaviour.”

https://www.petrikajander.com/from-twitter-to-farcaster-and-mastodon/


”'using Copilot' is strongly correlated with 'mistake code' being pushed to the repo…

…the current implementation of AI Assistants discourages code reuse.

…The better question for 2024: who's on the hook to clean up the mess afterward?"

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspx


”A Swiss quantum algorithm startup, Terra Quantum, and a research lab at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil claim that they have discovered a form of graphite that superconducts at ambient temperature and pressure.”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/28/terra-quantum-superconductor-skepticism/


Thanks so much for the great reports ❣


Any other European countries doing this, and already for how long?

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/655823e8a2de4822b41d7f746360fd0f772615ce8524b4d3da650b2a1f4dfdb8.webp


Haha. just posted this before reading yours

note1p66veahwx2xz3kwd82uadl5v6lx2evg7h4xyc5eafg9e6734aftqxj0cu7


Brazil was one of the early adopters of Google’s Orkut (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut) back in the day.

Nostr getting a real boost in recognition by Brazilians?


But we are free to choose the platforms we engage with? And here we are.

”If everyone had a say, less personal data might be harvested, fewer creators might be shadow-banned, content feeds might be crammed with fewer ads, product searches might yield the best-matching results instead of the most profitable ones, and so forth.”

https://www.wired.com/story/a-last-ditch-plan-to-save-the-crypto-industry/


Something for the EU to think about:

Wealth is the set of possible physical transformations. It cannot be quantified as a number.

If you solve the right problems you become wealthier in knowledge and resources.

Are we building or consuming?

https://overcast.fm/+Q4m4nXMXA/50:27

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1751330591524495360/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/QpLY_08Z7iKbRFkk.mp4?tag=12


Free will and how it changes everything

https://overcast.fm/+Q4m4nXMXA/44:29

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1751322204271255552/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/MmXWAbvkqpu7BWZd.mp4?tag=12

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1751322204262858752/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/6A6E2OBhRoq_B5Bj.mp4?tag=12


”That the Gulf Stream is responsible for Europe's mild winters is widely known and accepted, but, as I will show, it is nothing more than the earth-science equivalent of an urban legend.”

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-source-of-europes-mild-climate


AI ecosystems always fail at the end. We don’t know how to create an open-ended one.

https://overcast.fm/+Q4m4nXMXA/20:04

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/4b20fd4e605626159ef85c3fd46aaf65a81384fbc1557beea2830ac64bb400c5.mp4


”Labin supplies Russian arms manufacturers with European-made coordinate-measuring machines, a high-tech machine tool critical in the production of the Kremlin’s hypersonic Kinzhal missile. The sanctions-busting operation has become a family business”

https://theins.press/en/politics/268669


Built a simple tray app that effortlessly runs a Nostr Relay on your computer. 🚀 #nostr #relay #devstr

https://github.com/CodyTseng/nostr-relay-tray https://image.nostr.build/c479c78f4e1e23533c32de7eb196ea923c488a428a327a9d00327416b28aa6cb.png


”Mixtral 8x7B quickly gained popularity and usage among the developer community since its December release. Mixtral 8x7B currently outperforms ChatGPT 3.5, Claude Instant, Llama 2, and many others”

https://brave.com/leo-mixtral/


Changes coming to the App Store are coming to all of Apple’s platforms, while changes to the iPhone are coming only to the iPhone, even if iOS shares a lot of the same codebase as iPadOS.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/26/ios-17-app-stores-and-more-ipad-changes/

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/b6d67f3d4090ebde4e5780c15b1620be754d5c3bee903912245e4aaf07717897.webp


”We’re currently in a scenario where Russia is spending 40 per cent of GDP on this war - that’s more than health and education…

We need to recognise the fact that Russia has succeeded in firing up its military-industrial complex and adjusted to a wartime economy”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/26/russia-arming-itself-faster-than-nato/


”Developers have frantically plugged in their businesses’ numbers into Apple’s online ‘fee calculator’ only to see their worst fears confirmed. Apple has the control and they are confident that the European Commission will let them keep it.”

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-01-26/apples-proposed-changes-reject-the-goals-of-the-dma/


AI renders search engines useless in distinguishing real content from rubbish

”SpinRewriter, lets users create 1,000 slightly different versions of the same article with a single click and automatically publish them to as many WordPress sites as you want using a paid plugin.”

https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/


”The strategic partnership between TotalEnergies and Russia’s Novatek, which sends its own mercenary forces to the war in Ukraine, has allowed the Kremlin to export liquefied natural gas to world markets and receive billions of euros annually to finance its war of aggression in Ukraine. ”

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/26/russian-tanks-in-paris-are-possible-if-france-continues-prioritizing-profits-of-totalenergies-over-human-rights-and-environment/


Sean Carroll’s books are good. He has also a podcast.

https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/


Media file number 60,000!🥳🥳🥳🥳

Uploaded to nostrcheck.me, an instance of nostrcheck-server 🤓💪

nostrcheck.me is just one more of the thousands of servers that will exist in the future, but I am excited that it will grow little by little.

Thank you very much to everyone who has supported me in one way or another 💜💜💜

https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_4740730694103672821706271678.webp


And it has resulted that things will escalate more in the future. Russia is not stopping but already in a full war production mode

https://news.yahoo.com/running-time-build-defences-against-190429216.html


”If it was serious, Europe alone could give Ukraine the kind of military force that could enable a Ukrainian victory—and if they move fast, they might be able to do it before the war is over.”

https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/what-happens-europe-after-america-ukraine?utm_medium=web


”Russia imported more than $1 billion of advanced US and European chips last year, despite restrictions intended to stop President Vladimir Putin’s military getting hold of technology to fuel its war in Ukraine.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-25/russia-s-war-machine-powered-by-chips-from-intel-amd-infineon-stm


”New APIs enabling developers to use NFC technology in their banking and wallet apps throughout the EEA; and new controls that allow users to select a third-party contactless payment app (or an alternative app marketplace) as their default…

new APIs enabling developers to use NFC technology in their banking and wallet apps throughout the EEA; and new controls that allow users to select a third-party contactless payment app (or an alternative app marketplace) as their default…

iOS apps distributed from the App Store and/or an alternative app marketplace will pay €0.50 for each first annual install per year over a 1 million threshold,” per Apple.”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/25/apple-dma-changes/

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/ced2799f0d27c404ae935dd44e3082f00a0bf38157d56d34544e6b259244d19c.webp


Remember that need for a Google Search for Nostr? Well, https://noogle.lol/

By nostr:npub1nxa4tywfz9nqp7z9zp7nr7d4nchhclsf58lcqt5y782rmf2hefjquaa6q8


”The company has been developing a mass-producible drone that uses artificial intelligence for visual targeting and can function in zero-comms environments created by GPS jamming.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahemerson/2024/01/23/eric-schmidts-secret-white-stork-project-aims-to-build-ai-combat-drones/


Didn’t know Oracle offers some free server instances

https://josh.is-cool.dev/running-a-mastodon-instance-entirely-free-forever/


Where is all the creativity and breakthroughs now when we have supercomputers in our pockets?

https://overcast.fm/+_cBetdJpA/1:52:51

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/c2c085ce69bde6d76e024d73aec14222905c525f098f6f81be264105c8d4b071.mp4


A-players and the Bozo effect

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/aa41fe6d0ea4b4967de3caebce173f43e673103ae7735486bd6d0af81ece0eae.mp4


Builders vs. maintainers

https://qz.com/36720/marc-andreesen-explains-the-difference-between-apple-ceos-steve-jobs-and-tim-cook

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/a40fbb8c1df21dc8942b13c22dabf99e7eafad618263e694b650a76f767b7232.webp


”Hundreds of thousands of ordinary apps, including popular ones such as 9gag, Kik, and a series of caller ID apps, are part of a global surveillance capability that starts with ads inside each app, and ends with the apps’ users being swept up into a powerful mass monitoring tool advertised to national security agencies that can track the physical location, hobbies, and family members of people to build billions of profiles”

https://www.404media.co/inside-global-phone-spy-tool-patternz-nuviad-real-time-bidding/


”OpenAI’s reports to US tax authorities have from its founding said that any member of the public can review copies of its governing documents, financial statements, and conflict of interest rules”

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-scrapped-promise-disclose-key-documents/


Yo. Today, I've made a brand-new RSS Bot for Nostr, it's extremely simple and fast, called "Sentinel".

Features:
- Powered by Bun and Rust Nostr
- Support multiple RSS sources
- Auto publish new post from RSS
- Auto clean content, strip html tags, add line break,...
- User can use bot as normal account, which mean they can totally control profile, follows,...

I'll start running a lot of bot account per specific topic to enrich content for nostr.

You can run and test it here: https://github.com/reyamir/sentinel

https://video.nostr.build/1d6787c29d1234f484aef00f7bec8afd3613fa960984629ee04e00fcd6c104bd.mp4


Still a work in progress but the new damus.io share links actually work now and have an iOS button for opening the note in the app.

They also generate cool note previews in pretty much any app! Check it out:

https://cdn.jb55.com/s/21ed3be3645676eb.png

https://cdn.jb55.com/s/48fb04db23d1bf62.jpeg

https://cdn.jb55.com/s/20103e8b2b025195.jpeg https://i.nostr.build/3QWm.jpg


How the Spotify app will look in a few months in the EU with Apple’s restrictions to in-app purchases lifted

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-01-24/the-dma-means-a-better-spotify-for-artists-creators-and-you/


”…its unit costs leave considerable margins to spend on some AI processing it outsources, like understanding user intention via ChatGPT. (Their own analysis finds the heaviest users would run about $15/month in billings to OpenAI, which Rabbit will cover.)…

If Rabbit were simply an app, Apple could see his code, which Lyu feels would equate to sharing his company’s IP.”

https://www.fastcompany.com/91013196/how-design-drove-10m-in-pre-orders-for-rabbit-r1-ai-hardware


”The car will use what is known as a Level 2+ system, the people said. That’s a downgrade from previously planned Level 4 technology — and, before that, even more ambitious aims for a Level 5 system.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-23/apple-car-ev-set-to-debut-in-2028-with-limited-autonomous-driving


Alby is currently experiencing some downtime. Alby accounts and lightning addresses are currently affected. We're working on resolving this issue.


”Satellite-to-smartphone technology is generally seen as a supplement to cellular networks in hard-to-reach areas…

In September 2023, AST SpaceMobile said it made "the first-ever 5G connection for voice and data between an everyday, unmodified smartphone and a satellite in space" and that it achieved a download rate of 14Mbps.”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/google-and-att-invest-in-starlink-rival-for-satellite-to-smartphone-service/


”Nowadays, many are wondering what happened to Russia and how to solve it. Let me explain to you that nothing happened to Russia. You are witnessing “normal” Russia. Russia has always been like this and will remain so as long as Russia is Russia.”

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/a-letter-from-a-russian-friend/


Bluesky has multiple clients. For example, this is the one I use: https://graysky.app/

The rest is a bit matter of definition. If you consider that it’s a protocol then you can be only kicked out of an instance but you still have your social graph, posts etc.

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/5-19-2023-user-faq


What would be today’s version of this?

Hard to imagine Apple doing anything like that.

https://stratechery.com/2024/the-apple-vision-pros-missing-apps/

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/b5d5feed896a5c956e1725846225c28369955d55bc46f062755a3826feacb0fe.webp


And, Poland is in Nato.

https://nostrcheck.me/media/petri/41299b4ef829642c1e8b958bda92cad9df401ed4820e7c2d0d161694eedba6fe.webp


”The UK has become the world’s biggest insurer of shipborne Russian oil, and that the Russian oil trade “remains highly reliant on vessels insured in the UK”, which have transported a third of Russia’s ocean-going energy exports (by volume) since sanctions were imposed at the end of 2022.”

https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-report/2024/01/revealed-city-of-london-vladimir-putin-oil


”Ukraine will still manage to keep Putin at bay, he predicted, and has already proved that “the whole legend of [Russia’s] power is a soap bubble”.

https://www.ft.com/content/98c005cd-7def-44b5-a938-5243c77520a9


”Microsoft didn’t detect the breach until January 12, exactly a week before Friday’s disclosure. Microsoft's account raises the prospect that the Russian hackers had uninterrupted access to the accounts for as long as two months.”

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/microsoft-network-breached-through-password-spraying-by-russian-state-hackers/


Can we get the nostr:npub18mmgvu4457x8yrsr3djhhnfp8uhp5swj6fed6jyrd3cpu0vwfcfs3mwg7n directly on nostr?

nostr:note1w94kdvkvxvej0wn8hyf7j8v5h034q7haxvprtpxq7064awprv7vs26ftka


10 years. 10% to FOSS. This is the way.
https://image.nostr.build/1ea8de5344eaf822347d36098219a1ce67d16ecbcdbc81f3772db75ebb1802a6.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=716x1246&blurhash=%5D6S6PlIA_3WB%3Fb4nt7-%3Boft74noL-poft7IUWVxuj%5Bt7RjWBofWBofM%7Bofofaej%40_3jYM%7BjsRj%3FbogWCWCRj%7EqoKRiofM%7B&x=c719a5112c89dfeb8c19b3325f6901c87ad733de8f6180a7a85de06cc4064e91


Nothing says "Broken Money" quite like a central bank that is operating at structural losses now and has negative capital.

For the first time in modern history, the central bank of the world reserve currency is just structurally unprofitable.

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


Running lightning nodes is too complicated for 99% of people

To do non-custodial lightning on your phone it needs to be online when you receive the payment and requires an initial onchain tx to receive.

This is terrible ux, so you are forced to use custodial solutions like wallet of satoshi, and privacy is terrible.

fedimint is a third option: the mint can provide a lightning address for receiving and sending out zaps even when you’re offline. This is private, temporary custody.

When the phone comes online it can choose to sweep fedimint funds into its non-custodial phone wallet (a future non-custodial ⚡ wallet in damus as an example). In the UI this would be simplified as your custodied and non-custodied balanced summed to your total balance.

Damus’ fedimint would be federated with other guardians such as mutiny, so I can’t unilaterally rug the custodied balance. This is implemented as a multisig bitcoin wallet behind the scenes.

The use case is killing non-private lightning custodians who can unilaterally rug you. nostr:note12yd075f9un56nlmmh6dk6ehxnatjg5kf35wcevx8rwa8kstzt5rqkv8n9m


Any clients need fresh look at things? Maybe you're not sure what to work on, or what to prioritize?

#nostrdesign is open for business. We dish out all sorts of advice, even non-design! The couch is soft, come tell us your problems... and by us I am mostly volunteering myself at the moment.
https://void.cat/d/XDYxMbndxoxuTypDiXmfoY.webp


Is Rabbit the new Raspberry Pi?

”Perplexity will be providing up-to-date search results via Rabbit's $199 orange brick — without the need of any subscription”

https://www.engadget.com/the-rabbit-r1-will-offer-up-to-date-answers-powered-by-perplexitys-ai-031313883.html


A good question.

If it’s irrelevant it can avoid but might be the case of deplatforming some of the nostr apps/tools  depending on what happens and whether something is targeted for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network)#Dissenter)

How much that may affect the whole nostr remains to be seen in that case.

Relays and apps will see push back if nostr becomes more mainstream.


”We're currently training our next-gen model Llama 3, and we're building massive compute infrastructure to support our future roadmap, including 350k H100s by the end of this year -- and overall almost 600k H100s equivalents of compute if you include other GPUs.”

https://venturebeat.com/ai/meta-is-all-in-on-open-source-agi-says-zuckerberg/


Is the coder the new plumber?

You know how stuff works, and you can build things.

The rest ask AI to do something.


The old features are the new features.

Gab had this, and they were not the first one to invent it.
nostr:note18mwk56e6xsfuh8u5sh8qxxf0jwkdmguqz4q8vjcg55w7849xxp6sj5qmqf


You people on Nostr would have zero health points

"The 6-tiered rating system, officially called "health points" in China, came into effect this month after being piloted for nearly half a year.
On the first day of the system rollout, nearly 5,000 live streamers faced punishment and restrictions on access to certain app functions."

https://image.nostr.build/c6c8068536b7352e0595ed2a60f251d62727245a3d4c5e2b3af3252a0e1216fe.jpg


”On average, more than 2,000 companies shared data with Meta about each participant, with some volunteers' data being shared by more than 7,000 companies. ”

https://www.thestreet.com/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-privacy-consumer-reports-study-tracking


The Internet never forgets
nostr:note1dueajxxz6zacfvj04g3p6ya8gm5uswpwftq8utkf2z5nwpfr6x0q2kh4vk


”Assuming a cost of $15 per Terabyte, a 30TB drive would cost about $450 which is a steal, putting the cost of 1PB storage capacity, capable of storing more than 30,000 Blu-ray movies, at around $14,000.”

https://www.techradar.com/pro/seagate-launches-biggest-hard-drive-ever-30tb-exos-mozaic-3-hdd-can-store-more-than-1000-blu-ray-movies-and-yes-everyone-will-be-able-to-buy-them


Simple "for you" algorithm at https://beta.iris.to/ . It first checks who have reacted to the same posts as you, and then shows posts that those people have reacted to.

It's building the feed using IndexedDB in a web worker. When you open the page, it loads some events from relays into IDB, but the more events you have there the better the results. It rebuilds the feed every minute, or you can hit refresh.

I find the feed more interesting than plain timeline, but it should also include recent posts by users whose posts you react to, and some randoms. Ordering by score instead of time would be interesting to try.

nostr:npub1dcl4zejwr8sg9h6jzl75fy4mj6g8gpdqkfczseca6lef0d5gvzxqvux5ey was experimenting with logistic regression algorithms already last year. That might produce better results. https://github.com/adamritter/light-nostr-client/blob/master/src/lib/logistic_regression.ts

Some of you don't like algorithms, but don't worry; the CEO of Nostr has promised to not make them mandatory.


Proof-of-life by Nostr

Just do something!
nostr:note179zqkswstzzx72gw2clehzsl6xvrwjrvsvpkznzt5xqyzlgc4k2qxhw8w3


THE NOSTR REPORT

THE RUGGENING
Jan 15, 2024
Block Height: 825,904
Moscow Time: 23:64 ⚡/ $

—--------------------------
🚨 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
—--------------------------
TL;DR - Daily report rugged.

We can’t believe The Nostr Report is approaching its 1-year anniversary next week! We want to take a moment to reflect, and to make you aware of some coming changes. The year has flown by in a whirlwind of protocol and app development, unexpected hurdles, multiple conferences and meetups, and amazing new friendships. We began with a simple goal—to help you keep up with what’s happening on Nostr. If there’s one thing you quickly learn about Nostr, it’s that things can move fast here. You can blink an eye and miss a major announcement or development in your feed, and we’re here to help make sure you catch it.

Our team believes that #Nostr , #Bitcoin , and #FreedomTech in general, are crucial tools for humanity in the world today. Our passion is to learn about them, use them, and help inform you about them, and we believe that passion shows through the countless hours that each of our team members pours into The Nostr Report every single day bringing you daily news, articles and newsletters, interviews, cartoons and memes, and the Lightning Round each week on #PlebchainRadio.

A week ago, we posted a survey asking for your feedback, and we appreciate the nearly 40 responses we received. We are grateful and humbled by the overall positivity toward our efforts, and we are incredibly thankful for the sincere criticisms and suggestions for improvement. We also appreciate the ongoing feedback we receive each week from our readers. Your honesty and candor will help us ensure that The Nostr Report can serve you even better moving into the future.

One of the most obvious and immediate changes you’ll notice is that we are moving away from publishing a single comprehensive daily report. As the ecosystem and variety of Nostr client apps continues to broaden, it is difficult to ensure a consistent user experience when reading our daily report. Also, as we look to broaden our topics of interest, a single daily report continues getting longer (much like this announcement, haha) which we recognize makes reading it a challenge in some clients.

Instead of a single daily report, look to our Nostr feed and our Telegram channel ( https://nostr.report/premium ) for ongoing news and updates throughout the week, and a weekly recap of important news. The #NostrTechWeekly newsletter will continue bringing you the latest tech updates and conversations. The #MarceFiles interviews, #Rita cartoons, and our #LightningRound on Plebchain Radio will also continue. And memes. Gotta have the memes.

The Nostr Report is just getting started. As we look ahead to our next year, we are excited to continue creating great ways to keep you updated and aware of the amazing things and people on Nostr, as well as exploring how we can do our part to spread the good word about Nostr and bring in new users. Stay tuned for more to come, and as we close in on our 1-year anniversary, be on the lookout for some year end updates and highlights.

As always, stay classy, Nostr.

https://nostr.report/premium (psst…it’s free)


Rob @ Bitsaga: Deplatformed for selling Bitcoin mining hardware https://image.nostr.build/ddbd71ee9027b1934a8aeb930713057f5b7d42d0438c3cbd21b25f78e12ba2e1.png


"YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used. A new wave of slowdowns is hitting users, with the only resolutions being disabling the ad blocker or upgrading to premium."

https://9to5google.com/2024/01/13/youtube-new-wave-slow-downs-ad-blocker/


"South Korea unveiled plans by leading firms such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. to spend more than $470 billion establishing the world’s largest chipmaking cluster, joining a global race to safeguard domestic supply."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-15/south-korea-lays-out-470-billion-plan-to-build-chipmaking-hub


This explains a lot. Your peers matter more than your opinions, and it’s all in your actions.

 https://overcast.fm/+S_7nr27Cw/16:51

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1747128015102812160/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/rDszM0llwsym2tB2.mp4?tag=12


”The fact that rebuilding Ukraine could end up costing $1 trillion – more than three times the assets’ value – might mollify those who are still reluctant to use them to fund the reconstruction effort.”

https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-seizing-russias-frozen-assets-is-the-right-move/


This is a really cool solution. fedimint provides a lightning address so you can accept zaps while your non-custodial phone wallet is offline. the mint is taking on the role of wallet of satoshi here. The wallet then can automatically sweep your mint funds into your wallet once its back online. This is great ux and fixes a lot of concerns around depending on custodial lightning wallets for onboarding. nostr:note14hffcxz8caevxsmzl4rr3l3t2xnschpp22r7gggez5as0lykjq8qe5wksh


There you go https://image.nostr.build/b8639cd88908dd34aceb0f932a705db51d274a963e64a17acb67938d17e33414.png


”Europe is more food dependent on Moscow now than we were before the war, with the bloc replacing energy dependency with fertiliser dependency”

https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-increasingly-food-dependent-on-russia-fertiliser-company-ceo-warns/


What I like about this logo:

1. It's simple
2. It's bold, it looks great when scaled, small or large, unlike some ostrich logos with tiny legs.
3. It's not generic or boring - think "N" or nodes... those are easily forgettable.
4. It works on any color
5. It works in reverse. If you put this on a glass, you can make out the logo from the other side and still be able to tell what it is.
6. It's quirky, nerdy and a bit humorous. I find this close to the attributes of Nostr - a nerdy name with nerdy concepts but still represents fun and great people.
7. It's a bit playful - fitting for a social protocol
8. Easy to visualize and remember. Nostr = Nerdy bird. The O's could symbolize (O)strich, and once people connect Nostr + Ostrich = Nostrich, it's even more fun.
9. It doesn't take itself too seriously. Some logos try too hard imo and are easily forgettable.
nostr:note1n7uuwg4env77wf0m7gvpxltnats42wgq08e3ac22y3d6q6hgajfsw4v777


THE LOGO
https://cdn.satellite.earth/c0c272abf73da1c4598a5280d07b39f4af901d9464b71a114ecb79a46f98a9e8.png
I'm going to start promoting this because people keep asking for something that:
- is simple & recognisable
- literally anyone can draw in 3 seconds
- is NOT an ostrich
- shows that we're talking about a network
- fits nicely next to our competition's icons (Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, Google...)
- Pairs up well with the Bitcoin "B"

This logo has been doing the job for me for months and I still like it.

SVG files of several versions here 👉 https://w3.do/L6ZV6jBo
#nostrdesign #logo #branding
nostr:npub1s0veng2gvfwr62acrxhnqexq76sj6ldg3a5t935jy8e6w3shr5vsnwrmq5
nostr:npub1zach44xjpc4yyhx6pgse2cj2pf98838kja03dv2e8ly8lfr094vqvm5dy5 nostr:npub1ye5ptcxfyyxl5vjvdjar2ua3f0hynkjzpx552mu5snj3qmx5pzjscpknpr nostr:npub1wf4pufsucer5va8g9p0rj5dnhvfeh6d8w0g6eayaep5dhps6rsgs43dgh9
nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc


🚀 I like the nodes idea that tells about Nostr 🤙


Here’s the Christmas edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN6W4sSHKQY

It’s a Finnish company which explains the snow drifting scenery.


About doing the right thing, how the public opinion can flip in a moment’s notice, and the opinions of elites & academia

https://overcast.fm/+Q4m6Ylp5U

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1745522611428216832/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/nJ2MoFBT_odIJice.mp4?tag=12

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1745522611403034624/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/9ZVwFLcz2yeOs0na.mp4?tag=12

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1745522611394686976/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/8QD2e4afknLL6L07.mp4?tag=12


The West sides with Russia

”Putin’s nuclear brinkmanship had gained him time — not just to prevent a military collapse, but also for indispensable military aid to Ukraine to get caught up in the United States’ own domestic politics.”

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/09/ukraine-war-win-chance-west-lost/


Nos already supports disappearing notes in nostr by letting users set expiration timestamp and only pushing to relays that support expiring notes. https://image.nostr.build/753e0dbb615f93f22a8518e1ae3b959c2a6ae520798e8263ce4d53c42ea7e645.jpg


”There are now about 200 companies in Ukraine making drones, and approximately 70 local firms have now signed contracts to supply drones to the state.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-producing-more-drones-than-state-can-purchase-minister-says-2024-01-09/


Some thoughts about this topic late last year

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Devs: want to make a yuge impact for #nostr?

Wordpress runs over 40% or about 800 million websites.

Per discussion with nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac and nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s there is alignment that a nostr comment box plugin for Wordpress could be a useful way to do marketing for nostr, and drive new users.

Announcing a name your own #bounty for a dev or team of devs to create a Wordpress nostr comment plugin. I hereby volunteer nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac for design. Tag nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s for the bounty size in sats you would like.

cc nostr:npub1a7n2h5y3gt90y00mwrknhx74fyzzjqw25ehkscje58x9tfyhqd5snyvfnu nostr:npub1h50pnxqw9jg7dhr906fvy4mze2yzawf895jhnc3p7qmljdugm6gsrurqev nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg


”An oligarch who has supplied building materials to the Russian military machine and for construction in occupied areas of Ukraine is being assisted by Morgan Stanley and Allen & Overy in his attempt to gain control of a huge Russian oil asset”

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/08/morgan-stanley-allen-overy-helping-oligarch-efforts-seize-russian-oil-firm-sergey-kolesnikov


Bluesky hit 3m users

https://bsky.app/profile/jaz.bsky.social/post/3kijxsrsfk32t


Nice 💪


The parody called EU has dropped a few new episodes today

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/09/openai-microsoft-eu-merger-rules/


Yeah - I get it and makes total sense.

DId you ever measure the difference between coredata vs. nostrdb when considering to build it?


"With capacity of 8,212 megawatts (MW), the plant has been offline since 2012 after the Fukushima disaster a year earlier led to the shutdown of all nuclear power plants in Japan at the time."

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/worlds-biggest-nuclear-plant-japan-resume-path-towards-restart-2023-12-27


The only downside with old iPhones is that you don’t get security updates. 7 is in the older iOS version basket where they don’t batch even some of the critical ones anymore.


”The Beijing institute developed the technique to crack an iPhone’s encrypted device log to identify the numbers and emails of senders who share AirDrop content”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-09/china-says-cracked-apple-s-airdrop-to-identify-message-sources


A lot of those items are working on Nostur 🤔

Curious to see the performance difference though.
nostr:note1gh77azc93d8dx6y9xcxagyptl3n7nzg9n7r6uhws6mxn377pl49saegar3


56989 multimedia files have been uploaded to nostrcheck.me. A total of 7GB have been used.

Find me a more optimized server 😎

https://nostrcheck.me/public/


The EU version will be brief: ”Due to regulatory oversight, you are not allowed to chat while in a vehicle.”

The rest of the world: "Here's an example of a simplified route but make your own for accurate driving experience."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/08/volkswagen-is-bringing-chatgpt-into-its-cars-and-suvs/


”A lightweight electric personal aircraft that doesn’t require a pilot’s license to fly…

…more than 20 miles of range and a charge time of about 75 minutes from 20% to 100% battery using a 240V charger.”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/08/pivotal-kicks-off-u-s-sales-of-its-lightweight-electric-personal-aircraft/


The Nostr Report's "Nostr Tech Weekly" is a weekly newsletter covering interesting projects, protocol updates, and other technical advances in the Nostr-verse 🌎 Written by Greg White.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/nostreport/Nostr-Tech-Weekly-2024-01-07

Happy Sunday Folks!

Here’s your #NostrTechWeekly newsletter brought to you by nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk written by nostr:npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2.

The #NostrTechWeekly is focused on the more technical happenings in the nostr-verse.

Let’s dive in!

## Recent Upgrades to Nostr (AKA [NIPs](https://nostr.com/the-protocol/nips))

#### 1) (Proposed)  [Update to NIP-07: Nostr Browser Extension](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/940)
[monlovesmango](https://github.com/monlovesmango) is proposing updates to the capabilities of the Nostr Browser Extensions. Currently, browser extensions are primarily used to enable usage of Nostr clients without giving that client your Nostr private key.

Since [NIP 44](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/44.md) was adopted, there are a few new Nostr actions creating encrypted content over Nostr that clients will want users to authorize without requiring users to input their private key. This NIP adds those new Nostr actions as something browser extensions should support going forward.

#### 2) (Proposed)  [NOSTR Decentralized Advertising Network](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/955)
[ionextdebug](https://github.com/ionextdebug) is proposing creating a marketplace for advertising that runs over Nostr.

For those unfamiliar, there’s a constant bid and ask process for advertising space on platforms like Youtube or Google Adsense. The sell side is offering up ad space (for example 5-25 seconds at the beginning of a Youtube video for users within a specific demographic), and the buy side is bidding to put their ad in that spot. The highest bid wins the spot. This all happens in milliseconds every time you see an ad online.

This proposal outlines how this could be coordinated over Nostr instead of in Google’s walled garden. The use case would require Nostr to operate in ways it wasn’t designed for, so it may struggle to work in practice, but the NIP is early in the process of development.

## Notable Projects
#### [nsecBunker Update](https://w3.do/HuO-UVum) 🔐
nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft announced an update to nsecBunker that allows users to an OAuth-like experience when logging into Nostr clients.

Bunker providers are able to provide account creation to Nostr users that feels a lot like signing up for any legacy tech service (username, password, control over what each Nostr client can do on their behalf, etc). This creates a set of Nostr keypairs which are necessary to operate in the Nostr-verse, but they’re stored in the bunker.

When a Nostr client wants a user’s permission to read or write with those keys (e.g., to pull their timeline or help a user post something), the client asks the bunker for permission, which then asks the user if they want to grant that permission. Users are also able to have their bunker remember their selections of grant/reject permissions for a given Nostr client so that things are easier with fewer popups the next time around.

Additionally, users that are created and managed via nsecBunker have a lightning wallet and lightning address created automatically. If nsecBunker could also help folks manage their full Nostr profile (Kind 0 data like profile picture, name, etc,) this could be an out-of-the box solution for clients looking to add a simpler signup/login experience to new users that don’t mind giving up some control.

From what I saw in the code, the data (including Nostr private keys custodied by the bunker) are encrypted at rest, but currently that’s one key to encrypt all keys in the bunker. It may make sense in the future to extend the functionality to give users the ability to encrypt their keys with their own password, but there are downsides to that which may make self-custody the easier option.

There’s no lock-in for users since bunker providers can help users download their keys if they want to self custody or move to another provider.

This could be a foundational tool that allows an ecosystem of bunker providers emerge. Bunkers may be offered as part of Nostr clients, or independently; they may be offered for free, or for a fee. But the opt-in and interchangeable nature means that users will be able to choose what works for them, including moving to self-custody once they see the benefits. And self-custody may even just be a self-hosted bunker. 😉

![Rita in bunker](https://i.nostr.build/v8xl.png)

#### [Faaans](https://getfaaans.com/about) 🎨
This is another project from nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and although it’s still pre-launch, it has been teased as a Patreon replacement built on Nostr.

It seems like this project is one whose purpose and value is clear, but requires many capabilities that are novel to Nostr to be built first. From what I can see Faaans has built:

1. Oauth-like flow using new nsecbunker functionality from 👆
1. Ability to gate content until a Nostr user pays for it
1. The presence of uploads and NIP 98 HTTP Auth makes me think that there’s a non-Nostr backend for handling uploads (maybe to also help with gating the content?)

Anyway, I’m excited to see how it turns out. Cutting out middlemen and giving creators full control over their relationship with their audience could be the killer app that brings a flood of usage and business to the Nostr ecosystem. 💪

#### [Relay Auth to support privacy](https://w3.do/qZOxIUwk) 🤫
[NIP 42](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/42.md) allows relays to require clients to authenticate the user before the relay will take a requested action. This is useful, for example, for keeping DMs private.

By default all Nostr events can be queried by anyone that can connect to the relay. This is part of the magic of Nostr. But there are some kinds of Nostr events that likely should only be readable by a few folks. In the case of DMs, it makes sense to restrict who can download DM-type Nostr events to only those people involved in the DM.

This can be accomplished by relays requiring the user to authenticate with the relay before it returns DM-type Nostr events for that user. This announcement is that Damus looks to be adding support for Relay Auth, which may help with any number of features that can benefit from more privacy.

## Latest conversations: Web of Providers
The culture of Nostr currently highly values self-custody, decentralization, and “don’t trust, verify” which is very admirable. It’s woven into the protocol itself. There are downsides to operating on these principles, but most of us judge it to be worth it.

It’s usually possible to have our cake and eat it too (have a nice experience and maintain our values), but it requires technological advances and building products based on those advances. This takes time.

In the interim, devs may build something that’s less self-custodial, less decentralized, but far easier to use. Most of the time this middle ground is far better than using some legacy system that’s completely custodial, centralized, and locks users in. But that’s only the case if it’s a stepping stone to a solution that is everything we need.

#### Example: Custodial Lightning Wallets
When Wallet of Satoshi stopped operating in the US, I definitely felt how vulnerable the zap ecosystem was to some overzealous bureaucrats. But I was able to switch providers in a matter of minutes and get back to sending and receiving zaps.

I definitely considered moving to Zeus or Mutiny or reviving my own Lightning Node on my Bitcoin Node, but it’s all still too difficult to manage a reliable experience passively.

On net, I’d argue that using custodial lightning is better than using Venmo or something to send and receive zaps. At least we’re operating in Bitcoin and not fiat.

#### A must have: a competitive ecosystem
The trade offs of a middle ground are easier to live with if there’s a robust and competitive ecosystem.

In the case of custodial lightning wallets, we’re encountering the issue of a lack of robustness. There are only a handful of providers that are able to handle zaps. Losing Wallet of Satoshi was a significant blow. We definitely need more lightning wallet providers in order to be robust against nation-state attack.

The ecosystem must also be competitive. People need to be able to switch providers or move to self custody with little or no cost.

#### NSecBunker
NSecBunker is an excellent example of a middle ground solution that maintains manageable trade offs while working to discover a more perfect solution.

If Nostr users want to use bunkers, it’s trivially easy to spin up a bunker and provide it to them. Existing clients may spin them up, or people looking to start a business in the Nostr ecosystem may create bunkers (maybe with some extra features) and charge for them.

At the end of the day, this technology is built in such a way that interoperability is easy and users aren’t locked in. The lift for Nostr clients to support bunkers is small, so bunkers may soon be as widely used as the Nostr browser extensions. Since users aren’t locked in to any bunker provider, it’ll be easy for a web of providers to pop up and serve users in unique ways to discover what works best.

#### Build tech to enable a web of providers
Building Nostr tech that has interoperability top of mind supports the Nostr ethos and enables the ecosystem to develop incrementally without giving up our values. Luckily, the protocol itself encourages interoperability with its very architecture. 🫡

Let’s reward devs when we see them doing this important work, they’re building an immense amount right now and it’s an incredible privilege to witness and beta test. 🍻

## Until next time
If you want to see something highlighted, if we missed anything, or if you’re building something we didn’t post about, let us know. DMs welcome at nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk

Stay Classy, Nostr.


”Russia has increasingly deployed EW to push off-course Ukraine’s western-supplied, precision-guided munitions, such as Himars rockets and Excalibur artillery shells.”

https://www.ft.com/content/a477d3f1-8c7e-4520-83b0-572ad674c28e


”The Russian navy is the only navy that can’t manage to grow mostly because it keeps losing ships in combat…

The Ukrainian navy, which has no large front-line ships, keeps sinking and blowing up Russian vessels.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/01/06/the-ukrainian-navy-blows-up-as-much-russian-naval-tonnage-as-russian-shipyards-manage-to-build/?sh=7c577f2b652d


It was disappointing to find out.

It sounded a great project at the time: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/audius-with-ceo-roneil-rumberg


Wrote this for client copy paste / modify faq section. Let me know if I got anything wrong. Will add more about zaps later nostr:note1dg2jj64j70z2vd0wsjkwtmd08df6jzvq9kcff6gmsp7d5848f64ss98e6g


Somebody on Meta forgot to renew the license for the music on those regions?


🍄 New Coracle Release: 0.4.0

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

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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


You can still see it on the playlist as greyed out: https://audius.co/petri/playlist/talks-with-petri-episodes-82519

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

Here’s the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKvUhKLNZIU


https://audius.co/ removed repeatedly my podcast episode of Darude.  It has no music, just my content. They did not inform me about it but the episode link tells that it was taken down by the copyright owner.

They never responded to me. My guess is that they just remove everything that has a musician’s name on it proactively. https://image.nostr.build/794bd26271251f1969b85acfd170bd17a985a9c1faf3874cfb993ddf218d81a0.jpg  nostr:note1lwyfxf5ngl76j7k6qadcanlxna568wemk2tzmc0r000rk6tcna7qwnmy2q


Welcome🤙


What’s the proper term for being a hostage of a subpar product but cannot stop using it because of network effects (hard to message when others are not switching)?

Wapp for iPad is so bad that that’s the view I’m staring at the most.

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1743606796160204800/pu/vid/avc1/922x558/J_uWAQaWVLiZVzBE.mp4?tag=12


”There are "tens of thousands" of outdated rockets of various types that Ukraine could fire from HIMARS waiting to be destroyed”

https://www.newsweek.com/us-atacms-missiles-cluster-munitions-expiry-date-1857108


”Poisoned data samples can manipulate models into learning, for example, that images of hats are cakes, and images of handbags are toasters…it requires tech companies to painstakingly find and delete each corrupted sample. ”

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai/


”Fidelity has marked down its investment in X holdings — the parent company of X (formerly Twitter) owned by Elon Musk — by 71.5% from the original valuation of shares, according to a new disclosure.”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/02/fidelity-marks-down-x-to-almost-a-third-of-the-investment-price/?guccounter=1


Caught in the act (Shrinkflation)

Same price but one is almost a third less product. https://image.nostr.build/51e01875597b18a2f4b94b608eabdf6f354e5190ce51607485783d15539dc993.jpg


My conversation with David Deutsch.

We talk about free-will, Taking Children Seriously, anarcho-capitalism, and much more.

https://x.com/arjunkhemani/status/1741754570814914783?s=46


X is not a platform for content creators

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCvYFrcW4AAtycT.jpg


A DDoS attack on Primal’s infrastructure started around 8pm Belgrade time on New Year’s eve.

We are back for now, but our services might get disrupted again in the coming days.

Two take-aways:

1. Nostr is never down 💪
2. Primal will come out stronger after this, I assure you

Happy New Year everyone!! 💜✨


https://i.postimg.cc/fb17Xgb7/allocation.png

https://i.postimg.cc/1XQp7nwf/grantees.png

https://i.postimg.cc/d3jGbsjn/lts-grantees.png

https://i.postimg.cc/Y9g6xf45/nostr-distribution.png

https://opensats.org/blog/2023-year-in-review


By popular demand, "ODELL MODE" has been added to Flare!

Just press shift + o to convert all text to Lowercase 🫡
https://m.primal.net/HVzY.mp4

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This time last year I was pretty down, I had a major surgery and unexpected health issues which took 8 mths to fully recover but I loved how healthy folks on Nostr are and I was so inspired to get better and back onto that 10k walk. I have never been healthier today than I have been for the past few years. Man, so many other crazy things happened this year - did a major expose that had cops in my home, wrote 2 books as a ghost author and 3rd one starts next week, created an accelerator module, migrated manufacturing to a country I know very little about yet it's better than lingering on to what was not working for years. And many more things are planned out for next year that I am both nervous and excited about.

It's the little things that make a big difference on Nostr. It's the people who are genuine and kind. It's the raw passion and love to build that is infectious.  It's being able to be comfortable with yourself, and that brings out the best out of you.

The sad part is, we likely won't have the same vibes that we did in 2023, and that tends to happen when the community grows. But even when Nostr becomes this super huge digital freedom universe, it will always have the little tendencies and traces of what it was.

I think Nostr is really special. And it's only going to get better. To devs, creators, designers, entrepreneurs out there, let your imagination flow, try many things, fail, learn, improve, try harder. And keep going.

It . will . get . better!

This girl is checking out for the bday, New Year weekend. Hope you’ll have a wonderful New Year wherever in the world you are and see you next year!

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


Won’t take long and we will have pop. Then it’s just a short leap to have a mom and pop shop and nostr is complete.
nostr:note197la8dyty05ewj7s72gdq05zq8dtttrqye4g8h83y92dplafh4lq835t6f


The Nostur Report: 2023 in review
along with some of my favorite bookmarks and thank you’s.

On Jan 4th I clicked on this button and it would eventually become Nostur:
https://nostur.com/screenshots/create-xcode.jpg

Few know it started because scrolling in Damus was buggy (back then):
nostr:note1l3hjzjk2qhud4e5nqr6wrw99705yk6dpf6zhefsg0fearzrwap5sa9we5j

After some progress I made my announcement and first post on nostr: nostr:note1tcs2aj6m8hf3fxgp3k83200n3mw7ywnmm9wnmvram96awu45fmrshq2hcy

I had been quietly posting updates into an empty void for some time until I got a repost from nostr:npub1hw0s9g0u0jpcfezfvcyn86k0k9v0m3x8uj5cr7va478lksysyj6qzl59hh
nostr:note19vzu7juak7rhrca85pujh34ndcruw0rt484vkzag7eqv6x4l2mrqfnd8nc

then Jack mentioned Nostur once, but then never again 🥲 nostr:note13ytg2xe66a8wn5087gxhc7j230eq3p5c02g6eprux45xqfnkescqwruye0
still grateful for indirectly supporting through nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f, thank you nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m

Pablo said Nostur is fantastic and Nostur started to gain some traction
nostr:note1mkecyeqjzfnmk5p8hxpe5wz02h66565pg72cvpdvz79gz5uearhsaef8zk

This was at the time when Nostur was still very buggy, so thanks for the encouragement nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft

back then some of the UX was so bad that if you die on Nostur you die in real life: nostr:note1y37wrgev9g5r2mh6y6l2qd6v7mcpr5pdlz3s8q6j7y5p379s6hvq37euy4

We saw Apple ban zaps and I wrote a Nostur mission
nostr:note1dd3zsnd8jpk4l5jrxpv2606vd3ffkv2gfw9j5wgykxv7shlpv8aqrq8zsv

nostr:npub1xlam7ac8uu9g5au8ukcmwhe7jal8p2457swa77eupuuv4mwcwh2qgjgrrk was the first to discover some sly roundabout way for zaps and share it nostr:note1fq2ee4gygz72hhvzuncst2hwacdqhphuve6qccsqlrwtuy96kalq696mrf

People kept losing their follow list in other clients and nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx kept informing them over and over that they can restore with Nostur: nostr:note198rm2s0u7d8vwv2m2cw53xn058m49xdxgzkvwrjqs47w29q0x0ksrpmmhn
nostr:note1z2mw5q8afav072aljp7nfrtl9km2ymufpa3qk0xhf4rq0hvp0nmsedz0cq

nostr:npub138s5hey76qrnm2pmv7p8nnffhfddsm8sqzm285dyc0wy4f8a6qkqtzx624 informed me about NIP-96, a spec for hosting media files and nostr:npub1ust7u0v3qffejwhqee45r49zgcyewrcn99vdwkednd356c9resyqtnn3mj suggested to use WordPress for this. With some help from ChatGPT Nostr Media Uploads for WordPress was born:
nostr:note1np9j3g2sy9qxfafppe8qxhhchygu9dfh8snewjzq3jk346hw498qeg2ms6
https://github.com/fabianfabian/nostr-media/releases/tag/0.7-beta

The spam problem got solved, with some caveats, which I wrote about in Nostr and the accidental Web of Trust:
nostr:note1sy8zw9clylarq732czftdyp59nmh77pv4uuas2fja4c75m7ag98skqslhj

And I haven’t posted about this one much yet but it exists: a Swift package to start building your own nostr client:
https://github.com/nostur-com/nostr-essentials

Finally special thanks to nostr:npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5, nostr:npub1cdak4q4f3h3k3sgyh0rd5dj4w8k95f3mquzh6z3ew76vqkh60e3slyczgz, and nostr:npub1ust7u0v3qffejwhqee45r49zgcyewrcn99vdwkednd356c9resyqtnn3mj for pushing Nostur to the limits, finding bugs, suggesting improvements and showing demos like: nostr:note1pmctdvtswxd404ps0rfhzqpdz5glgwc6fy0argm0qgucp832n70s6ewlh2

I know I missed some, I have many bookmarks and I also lost a few migrating to a new system.

I’m not much of a marketeer so I rely on all of you to describe your experiences, thank you all!

BTW: if some of the embedded posts are not loading, consider adding an archival relay to your relay settings: wss://relay.nostr.band and wss://a.nos.lol should get you all the posts you need.


The grants have been huge for getting nostr going but it can’t ever be the long term path to sustainability.

I think the easiest path is either a recurring in app payments for SaaS services. The SaaS model doesn’t need massive scale to sustain the providers.

People think that pro or paid features need to be really valuable to cause people to pay but that’s a mistake. It’s more like giving people something special so they’re appreciated or relieves an annoyance. Slack has tons of features for paid users but it’s really just being able to see and search your past conversations that causes people to pay. Plus things businesses need that individuals don’t, like more control and compliance.

We don’t need huge sums of money to support our current ecosystem, but we do need models that work with thousands of users per app instead of millions.


It’s been 9 months since I joined nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk and putting it together is one of my favorite things, we are all running getting our day started. A mix of getting some hilarious kids ready for the day, running around the fiat mines, me jumping in and out of meetings that most of the time could be emails. The moments we share in that group, the conversations that are born daily to make sure we stay true to our mission, make the start of my day irreplaceable… Can’t think of a better way to drink my morning coffee than in the company of this team!

nostr:npub1xy54p83r6wnpyhs52xjeztd7qyyeu9ghymz8v66yu8kt3jzx75rqhf3urc nostr:npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5 nostr:npub1t2wy3j850q34zy6amzw9mzfsl66eedcx2tlaxlv3v7leytedzp5szs8c2u nostr:npub1v6xwae25wh6etmqw3m6yce9lnk5dnhtqpzk9fhxjfvjsryctjc8q2kxk5t nostr:npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2

nostr:nevent1qqsqka77zwaa3vaqcqcpclluhs2rfva0v4sg8j3g03jruwwmmjwylnspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmnyqgszak7w562dzerznp222fvrgk8adkt9k9s783yt2lf6luqegp2c3pqrqsqqqqqpzju92j


This will likely be the last year of damus. Will try my best to make this thing sustainable, but nostr clients don’t make money and I once funding runs dry its over as I can only burn saving for so long. Glad I was able to help play a small part in this regardless of what happens. Going to give it my all next year to try to keep the dream alive. Thanks for coming along for the ride ✌


THE NOSTR REPORT

MIRACLSTR
Dec 26, 2023
Block Height: 823,045
Moscow Time: 23:61 ⚡/ $
V4V: 16 zaps ⚡15,413
Top Zapper: nostr:npub1clk6vc9xhjp8q5cws262wuf2eh4zuvwupft03hy4ttqqnm7e0jrq3upup9 and nostr:npub1s07s0h5mwcenfnyagme8shp9trnv964lulgvdmppgenuhtk9p4rsueuk63  (⚡5,000 each)
Nostr Report is committed to V4V, thank you to our supporters.
https://nostr.report
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🎙Quote of the Day🎙
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“Life is a miracle.”
Welcome to the world nostr:npub107ru69ty2jtnxp7vlqsyze35hylv8ngf4wjedggs9kf6juphw4ksq9zpem
nostr:note1jcvgrhfqy73hcqva9l2kd486d9p88lrjeg468x3ul3tpwt782qhq0u8kxk
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🚨Headline Nostr News🚨
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nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk We took a pause from our normal routine this week to say a big thank you to the dev community. Take a moment to read our note in nostr:npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 ‘s latest #NostrTechWeekly and go zap your favorite dev to say thanks.
https://w3.do/0tqT7F2d
nostr:note12fzxxqavths6p7y9au4lc8qkv9ngwx3ywglwdpfz67t603n8xpdq4rdd7w

nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f announces long-term support for Tobin Harding for his important work on developing and maintaining rust-bitcoin 💪
nostr:note1c2fnn5mvmtwngxz23auq8hmemwhlsms9ae6k4stel9utn4qjxgjqtd9h4h

nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s Highlighting the importance of Nostr, Will shares a screenshot showing that news outlet Diario El Salvador’s Instagram profile and content is inaccessible in Canada due to the Canadian government’s pro-censorship policies.
nostr:note1cmsrsndegg52fca7n7awaf3ad83arut3uacfk0ncmzmer737ywxqhyzrqs

nostr:npub14j7wc366rf8efqvnnm8m68pazy04kkj8fgu6uqumh3eqlhfst0kqrngtpf Users warned to uninstall LNBank plugin from BTCPay Server due to another vulnerability. nostr:note1ec2dm5herf89rx47eg6pzlq5ka0yzj3k5rgvcxu6jlmvee6muw5q66urxz

Soon after, #LNBank v1.9.2 was released which completely disables the sending functionality. This will be the last version of LNbank and everyone using the plugin should phase out its usage.
nostr:note1de49nnzw66tfktyajf39a8e9u8z8ffjknssvum97qrdsggu02qqsmr7rww

nostr:npub1nxy4qpqnld6kmpphjykvx2lqwvxmuxluddwjamm4nc29ds3elyzsm5avr7 is running a writing contest with some great prizes! Submissions are due January 1st.
nostr:note1gmpl9xulk5pnpz53prqakgysy8ah44xcef45jwekjczarcxy83pq8eqnan

nostr:npub1jk9h2jsa8hjmtm9qlcca942473gnyhuynz5rmgve0dlu6hpeazxqc3lqz7 announces the migration of Frog Talk from Nostr Nests to Corny Chat.
nostr:note1jhd0yux4yj5d37s3a9vkdnpeq20ja9n7s27qa60fgg69zp46gazq49jz50

nostr:npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 announces he has unlocked the Mostr Bridge, Spinster, Neenater, and Poast from Threads.
nostr:note1n6nkje8g82adv6hg27j0ehjtgmdtvn0qj5ut5rjk2kvn3eaafpfs29v6jf

nostr:npub125rd8ye7kslwyg5cu8v2majyjfyyyffyufvmjnwk5u30mywvhgmsltj6ky NostrAlps: an event to promote the Nostr protocol, which aims to attract a diverse audience, including developers, users, researchers and policy makers. https://nostralps.org
nostr:note194gsshyn35s80pptszqzg05jle8zct4n5s3htje6ydae00r6mh6skkfglx
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💻nostr Tech💻
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nostr:npub1ntreess3vmprp84nx896uf4mt777fw794aanvdyl0v0cgdycp6xq0zxcpf New updates to Nostree.
nostr:note178cty39n87zrahts4szs2rf0pfxdyxpx7nxp6suy7ttzufs73y2skd8gpd

nostr:npub1cmmswlckn82se7f2jeftl6ll4szlc6zzh8hrjyyfm9vm3t2afr7svqlr6f NostrNet Tabs are coming to PC and Mac.
nostr:note1mjr74yt05zrng3affs24mpzkda76r8t0uyp45l0hxrzsnmrx24js60rhsj

nostr:npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy Performance update for Spring v0.14.
nostr:note1r3xepzk02tc0r7p3w0629szke8ww285jz6d6wqv0lyhcsxxl8dfqnkddq3

nostr:npub1zfss807aer0j26mwp2la0ume0jqde3823rmu97ra6sgyyg956e0s6xw445 discusses current and ongoing work on Lume.
nostr:note1v9fvuycl24sppfczah0mksa8gy99kgzacy9c58jhvl80ejtmycuq3rf2kh

nostr:npub1q5un2zq6d93ygesrg3rwmgehfkg9v5kah7pp0jy8pqvzdparxpnqkk6dh3 Rot13Maxi releases the Bitcoin Purifier, to reject blocks containing inscriptions 👀
nostr:note146axa6ge0rw4e0yrqans9z4hjgynjqe6valxdp9hhwqp4a9p7zrs4k5ses
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⚡nostr Business⚡
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Barry Silbert resigns as Grayscale Chairman as of Jan. 1, Grayscale said in an SEC filing without giving any reason for the changes. https://w3.do/mCObANsL

nostr:npub1yaul8k059377u9lsu67de7y637w4jtgeuwcmh5n7788l6xnlnrgs3tvjmf shares his reflection on a year's worth of Nostr, the purpose it brings and how quickly development went.
nostr:note1h6zk0hpppxr0uhwq45zwq25g2zemsmsaxrq2ke6dzqhsamax3yssp3reyd

nostr:npub1clk6vc9xhjp8q5cws262wuf2eh4zuvwupft03hy4ttqqnm7e0jrq3upup9 reminds everyone that despite any compatibility “features” Threads/Meta privacy practices are “incompatible with freedom.”
nostr:note1x5kjs4j20da09yexe29yaylrupundw7gc3fsklzy2vz4e8mm86rsclr9na
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🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥
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Merry f-ing Christmas 🎅
nostr:npub1l5pxvjzhw77h86tu0sml2gxg8jpwxch7fsj6d05n7vuqpq75v34syk4q0n
nostr:note15xr5hyt5fepk7tq7h95dgr3pg7h2q0d6k0sc4e0lmw6m9e8kmg8qxezyxl
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Stay Classy, Nostr.


Canada forces companies to censor news unless it’s from pre-approved sources, apparently that includes entire countries.

This started happening when there was a surge of non-government funded media which was getting more attention and saying not so nice things about trudeau.

His ideas are so bad he has to give billions of printed and stolen dollars from the pre-approved CBC just so they can say how awesome he is. It’s literally their job to say nice things about him otherwise they would lose funding.

This country is a clown show.

This is why we need nostr. https://i.nostr.build/VYnA.jpg


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!


What happens if the top 5 relays on this list go down?
https://void.cat/d/JKzEqGZefxynigQPe2XWex.webp


Bluesky content is now open and no logging in required

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/12-21-2023-butterfly


Due to an unfortunate error we lost current registrations on our Nostr-to-Twitter crossposting service. If you had already registered, please visit https://connect.nos.social/ and log in again. And if you haven't and this sounds interesting please check it out and let us know what you think!


this is exactly what early/pre 5000 users Twitter felt like. But better.


Yes, I think we don’t acknowledge enough the tremendous injustice of Colonialism and the way it’s shaped the world today. France in particular never really gave up its empire. There are lots of colonies who were just redefined as ‘part of France’ without an restorative justice for the past. Others like French Africa were given independence as long as the former colonies agreed to use a Central Bank owned and controlled by France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Central_African_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bank_of_West_African_States

All this discussion on here amongst folks who care about the corrupt influence of central banks, there’s not enough looking at the way France imposed a central bank on it’s colonies in order to keep control.

In the case of New Caledonia there’s real tension between the indigenous Kanak people, the European French, and other ethnic groups. The Kanak want independence but aren’t a majority so when it’s come up for a vote, a narrow majority has voted to remain part of France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_New_Caledonian_independence_referendum

Friends who’ve visited New Caledonia say they felt the tension of this being a segregated colonial society.

Anyway, it’s part of France.

Tahiti on the other hand has a much lower percentage of it’s population of European descent and only recently elected a pro-independence political party.

https://www.politico.eu/article/french-polynesia-oscar-temaru-france-overseas-territory/


Cannot rely on it to work so cannot use it.


.nostr:npub18zp26zywmr39dk0yzq6t9cml2tvmflh8alrcyke5htpmf5z3gmcs3def7g is a very different kind of company:
→ They make tens of millions in profit each year
→ With fewer than 80 employees
→ No investors, no board
→ No growth goals
→ No experiments
→ No sales, no marketing spend
→ Teams are two max 2 people (1 eng, 1 design)
→ They prioritize gut over data
→ They prioritize profit over growth
→ They've been profitable for 24 years straight

In my conversation with nostr:npub1csxjyep54nqters2vve27p4hv3ndmpmdmty5u273668cunlea20qlfyg93, we explore his contrarian approach to building a company:
🔸 Prioritizing profit above all else
🔸 Why work should not feel like war
🔸 Why, and how, to foster a gut-driven culture
🔸 The “Shape Up” framework for building products
🔸 The downsides of raising VC
🔸 Advice for bootstrapping your business
🔸 A peek at Once, their new product line
🔸 Much more

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1736447655461765120/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/qgfjSSqV_lpRjzB0.mp4?tag=12


Are the new nostr users from yesterday technically eXes?

https://media.tenor.com/geCp90uHTXoAAAAC/crowd-cheering-south-park.gif


My favorite reads in 2023 (so far):

- Philosophy and the Real World: An Introduction to Karl Popper by Bryan Magee
- Science and Human Values by Jacob Bronowski
- How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty by Harry Browne
- An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West by Konstantin Kisin
- The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist by Richard P. Feynman
- The Machinery of Freedom by David D. Friedman
- How to Think about the Economy: A Primer by Per Bylund
- Principles of Economics by nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak
- Profit and Loss by Ludwig von Mises
- Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market by Murray N. Rothbard
- Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less by Alex Epstein
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson


Minimum qualifications:

Minimum podcasting playback speed: 2x (recommended > 3x)
Netflix: 1.5x
Youtube: 2x

nostr:note1ntzj9n3jzugwml24uawkd6cg6qhjhptlwzwpdha58x6mq0eljl9s2t4gz4


“Every child that gets dragged to school against his will is an impairment on the growth of knowledge of civilisation, and who knows what has been destroyed thereby.”

— David Deutsch


”The assassination of the warlord was two months in the making and approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s oldest ally and confidant, an ex-spy named Nikolai Patrushev”

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-patrushev-plan-prigozhin-assassination-428d5ed8


Here’s a prompt test I did in a few minutes:

https://video.nostr.build/e8fdc32634d2005e38a27b101c0a8b299102bdec815ad48cd902d085a4f0702a.mp4


pika.art can get you a few seconds that you can chain together: https://pika.art


whats one image that sums up your year? I’ll start. https://i.nostr.build/ByWD.jpg


”Information entropy…trends towards “compressing” or discarding information over time in the name of optimization. This could be why..we see so much symmetry in the natural world—these symmetric patterns are a way to minimize and optimize information.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9k8a/new-law-of-physics-could-mean-we-really-live-in-a-simulation-physicist-proposes


”We’d also need to replace American aid to Ukraine — €71.4bn in the war’s first 21 months, according to the Kiel Institute, or €40.8bn on an annualised basis. That’s €70 a year per European citizen of Nato. We could find that if we wanted.”

https://www.ft.com/content/a788b749-c94c-4d9e-99e4-47300b0c6ea8