The 2007 Elie tornado was Canada's only F5. Shown below is a 2-story home swept off its foundation and tossed 75 feet. The twister was unusual for its narrow diameter and path: it looped on itself two times and struck the same flour mill twice. Remarkably, no one was hurt.
https://video.nostr.build/e402c3a56cbf388eaf5fb60d19ff2d2e314ea8d91db96a3ee10a6b71d3e64718.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=912x688&blurhash=%23iP%3F%2CS_4%25ND%25t6ofWBofaxE1xtoJt7WBWBoeaya%23D*xtaxj%5Dj%5DWVoeWBj%5Bt7RjogoJayj%5Bazj%5BaxocWVWBofayaxj%5Dazj%5BWBofaeWBofofWBj%3Fj%5Bj%5Baya%7Dj%5Bayj%5Baya%7Day&x=e0afd00b548a3f787d63b67be5ee17b658e1c1b4f8eedc3a8fbe0dce592de7f0


This makes me like 15% less neurotic
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New nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a public newsletter just dropped 😋 https://www.lynalden.com/january-2024-newsletter/?mc_cid=23f5160e3c&mc_eid=3109b79a1b


And how does that Ordinals "fix" work, exactly?

That's like saying we can't develop better space flight until we fix this gravity shit first.


Trying to convince the managing partner we need an office cat


My follow list gets deleted every time I try a new client. I'm scared to try another one tbh


That's awesome. I've used Bisq, but with the fee market lately I should really look into Lightning-enabled solutions like Robosats.


I hope it doesn't make me a terrible person that I still enjoy Twitter.


We hold these truths to be self-evident
* that developing, maintaining and protecting a system of accurate weights, measures, histories, and ledgers is a good work
* that protecting the freedom of conscience by preserving the freedom of expression is a good work
* that developing, maintaining, and protecting a public marketplace for the peaceful exchange of goods, ideas, and services is a good work
* that developing, maintaining, and protecting a neutral system of payment is a good work
* that ensuring that these payments and exchanges can be transacted anonymously is a good work
* that it is nobler to give than to receive, but to deny the laborer the fruits of his labors is theft.

Let it be written.


The highest wind speed recorded on earth was 301 ± 20 MPH by Doppler on Wheels radar. The infamous May 3, 1999 tornado devastated Moore, Oklahoma for 85 minutes.

Eerily, the last recorded EF5 tornado also struck Moore and followed a similar path on May 20, 2013.
https://video.nostr.build/bfcbe33a28b98aabd353f18b46a0b49d218b9072a9c7aa387a818b66261659c7.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=864x656&blurhash=%23PBg0n%7Eq%3Fb%25MofRjM%7BM%7BRjt7t7oLaxWBWBWBWBayIUIoRjayoft7t7ofj%5BM%7BM%7BRkoft7xat7t7ofM%7BM%7BRiRjRjWBj%5Boft7%25Mxut7fkWBRjWBWBayxuxut7ofoffRayayay&x=efa7c87beb265576bc7435b306955bfa7aae3061ff9f51f9c86a15e2ac1a98c8


It was SO LONG omg


I refuse to open emails with "Action Required" in the subject line. Don't come at me with that attitude.


My presidential campaign's promise would be "a steam shower in every home"
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Guys... Just stop with the ear rings.

No, bejeweled ear lobes don't make you look attractive. They make you look like a they/them/their.

I'd rather look at painted nails (still gross) than your mutilated ear lobes.


The best footage of a violent tornado came from Kris Lancaster on November 17, 2013. The Washington, Illinois tornado was on the ground from 10:59 a.m. to 11:47 a.m. With peak winds of 190 mph, this EF4 tornado injured 125 but miraculously killed only 3.

https://video.nostr.build/20fe698641d11903ec980db76eadf9766bf0d3caa9df5c125b99eaff850fffa8.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=960x544&blurhash=iTE%7BOi%7Eqx%5DWXRjaxRjf6WV%5E%2C-%3Bt8ofofj%5Bayj%40ay9GM%7BRjfkt7ofofa%7Cj%5BRiRjRjRjWBaxazayj%5Bj%5Dafj%3Fayj%5Bj%5Df7fPay&x=a0a0d7ac0303392b08c65bc25b5d4ef9149e0ffcbddb400f6bf5fcf48c6d3851


This tennis ball is like catnip for him #grownostr #dogst #husky
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Good morning and happy Friday!


Lmao love this. Thanks for digging this up.


Just some thoughts on various monetization methods nostr clients can explore now or down the road.

1. Pro tiers. This is the route Snort is going with some features being available only to pro subscribers. As a side bonus, you can focus the product around the feedback from paying members which increases the signal from every feature added. Cheap feedback is... well... cheap.

2. Zap pools. Snort is doing this now. This is basically an option to set aside a pre-determined percentage of every zap into a pool that is then zapped out every hour automatically to anyone who is added to the pool. To enable, add a checkbox to each zap modal to support the client. When checked, a percentage slider is visible and adjustable. Allow user to save their preference so they don't have to go through this every time.

3. Zap Splits. Instead of zap pools, you could code the modal in such a way that toggles a zap split when a box is checked. The split could go to one developer account instead of a pool. Keeps things simple.

4. Fees. Grow your client by empowering users to be creators. This would probably mean building marketplace features and taking a fee from every product listed, every song streamed etc... etc... The fee could be optional, could be "streamed" in real time in the case of music playing, or charged on every sale of a digital product. This monetization method would likely work very well in the Adult Industry and clients that were focused exclusively on that.

5. Zapscriptions. Pablo is doing this well with Highlighter. Enable users to zapscribe to other people. You could create pro tiers and ask for zapscriptions, or allow anyone to possibly zapscribe partially to you (the developer) when a person supports someone else. Not sure how feasible this is technically - just an idea at this point.

6. Donations. These could be coupled with badge or physical merch rewards. If user contributes over X amount, they get this exclusive thing, unlock exclusive merch or something else. Create a tier system where higher donation unlocks better recognition. The point of "unlockables" is purely for recognition and not financial gain of any sort - that defeats the purpose.

7. White labeling. If some company wants to have their own version of your client, you could white label it for them as a service - help them get set up, remove any of your own branding and add theirs. OR, you could turn this into an automated process where they can do it themselves. Charge a monthly fee perhaps?

8. Fiat subscriptions. The same as all of the above, but allow people to pay with cards, Apple Pay, etc... Kind of like Current is doing with their iOS app.

A combination of some or all of these.

Whatever you do, if you wish people to use various functions to support the client, make sure those functions are visible or easily discovered (not hidden behind a menu). What's focal is vocal. If it's not visible, it doesn't exist.

What other strategies have I missed?


It's 42 degrees but Woofgang loves it
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## Let's start with the anniversary

Nostr.build turned 1 year old a few days ago and a lot has happened in the last year. From a few hundred media uploads to 2500+ a day, now hosting over 1 million unique media items. From a simple, free UI, to advanced personal accounts, NIP98 and NIP96 integration, CDN, redundant load balanced servers with all media backed-up on multiple locations, full integration and automatic uploads with apps like NoStrudel, Damus, Snort.Social, Amethyst, Coracle.Social, Iris.to and more. And of course, none of this is even remotely possible without partnering with a world-class developer, Fishcake.

Original           |  Today
:-------------------------:|:-------------------------:
![](https://image.nostr.build/bfb55d33e153632fcbff8ac75f2f673475b1eff8ab83ea30db8c67c19f59206a.png)  |  ![](https://image.nostr.build/887129a205a71edde34026d85068eb9ef631f71995437344b97b61ef36a95251.png)

But it's the people that are making this journey special. Everyone with their own unique story. Everyone supporting nostr, supporting each other, helping to build something we all know is special. The amount of support nostr.build has received is unbelievable. From donations to account purchases, troubleshooting and code contributions, I never knew people could be so generous. The generosity amazed me so much, I wrote a [blog about it, here](https://habla.news/u/nostr.build/1685286199879)!

To hear some of these stories, to drive creativity and use other apps on nostr, to give back a little, we thought to hold a nostr blogging contest, so here it goes!

## How it Works

On January 1st, 2024 we will post a note calling for blog entries. Contestants will need to respond to the note adding a link to their blog. The blog with the most legitimate 'likes' will be the winner. Rules are below:

- The blog must be written in a nostr blogging app (ex. yakihonne.com, habla.news, blogstack.io, flycat.club)
- It must contain media (images, gifs, videos). It can be 1-2 images, or 99% mixed media. It does NOT need to be hosted on nostr.build
- It needs to be a new blog, can't be something from before the contest
- Anyone can participate

![](https://image.nostr.build/dd29c4ece94179baba5111943dbc70a25cb4e0c72298b355e9d67d8e11a3befa.png)![](https://image.nostr.build/e8407d8bff7191b3f46f792b2fa72e510d7e20f24513b98dd26d69a21f9bac63.png) ![](https://image.nostr.build/f13f85f6fc2103a47f8d9de576984be15ec34ede8dac96472d83317fe2abcd81.png)![](https://image.nostr.build/a660252dcb160a9395662788bde6b0e2ed62d904b32d8eb64de360d9756ee556.png)

## Prizes

- 1st Prize will be a Bitcoin hardware wallet of your choice (ex. Coldcard, BitKey, Passport, Jade, Trezor)
- 2nd Prize will be nostr.build Creators accounts given to two people. If you already have an account, you will get a renewal for the next year.
- 3rd Prize will be a Bitcoin / Financial / Art book given to three people (ex. Bread, Bitcoin Standard, Broken Money, Fourth Turning)

In total there are 6 prizes.

## The Goal

There are a few things we wish to accomplish:
- Drive adoption of more nostr apps, and the nostr blogging apps are really good
- Share your stories so we all can hear them. Find out more about what interests people, and to bring out everyone's creative side
- Drive Bitcoin self custody and cold storage

That is it! That's the contest. Remember, it can be about anything.

Have fun and 'may the odds be ever in your favor'!

![image](https://image.nostr.build/07f9b8c2c55683e8fc1710ed2123982dbb96a30cad5138fc9243ac5861175ef6.png)


Don't worry about your law school's "ranking." About five years into practice, no one seems to care where you went. It's all about what you've done since then.

Besides, it's not as though you learn how to be an attorney in law school anyway. The real learning starts after.


The State wants to control and monitor everything you do.

There's a reason they hate #Bitcoin
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While my normies wouldn't get how reasonable this actually is, I'd certainly be willing to try it!
Even making this a voluntary option on #Damus and #Amethyst would be a start/test.
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She thinks the government has the right to monitor every financial transaction you ever make from cradle to crave.

Fourth Amendment be dammed.
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I asked an identical twin if his brother is less flaky or if they're about the same. Haven't heard back yet.


The U.S. must never have more than 50% of the hash power.

Serious problem should that occur.
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$7 million


On Twitter this got over 10k views but at least I got  28 on Nostr 😂
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"Elizabeth Warren screaming at bitcoin" in Midjourney v 6.0. It's so real.
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I can't even convey how wild this video looked on shrooms
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This Christmas would've been 10x more tolerable if I had someone to bone


My brother-in-law is mining some "crypto" I've never heard of. He has no interest in bitcoin. I think it's called Octopus? Ngmi.
https://video.nostr.build/78213f003eb7558f525db2bd5ff836b2037a49854aa23766c2e1f66d5af97d6e.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=1088x1920&alt=GPU+miners+and+an+ASIC+mining+crypto+shitcoins.&blurhash=%5D12rT%7E5-%5E4A%3A%3DKRQbus%3AS5xZ%24y9u%24jI%3Brs9%5E%3Dd9%5D%2B%5EE%7CSxwdS%7E%24*OEAs%5E5AD%3DdFcafW%3AjYRkayRjWBRkozV%5B%2CtFw%3DHAC-A&x=8dc5cb05be3d7ab76e6a9af50f043f9d4bf343534befb3c66e947f0ddc2aa52d


Communicating with my nephew feels like chatting with a small, open-source large language model. A bit slow, but promising tidbits here and there.


Look at all this energy that could've gone to bitcoin mining.

Such a waste.
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Jealous


Dire Dire Docks, from Super Mario 64 (1996).
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Normies are asking me about bitcoin again
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It wasn't bad tbh. I enjoyed it. This Chaikalskee guy seems pretty gay though. Ain't no straight guy composing "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
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This guy took me to a symphony and it's 90 minutes and I'm completely sober please rescue me somebody please


I should've screenshotted Representative LaLota's post on regulating "hate speech."

What a fucking idiot.
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I'm afraid to try a new Nostr client because every time I've done that my follows got deleted.


I'm already going to hell anyway


I saw a commercial for St. Jude Children's Hospital so heartbreaking it finally motivated me to get YouTube Premium to skip ads.


I'm working on inventing a new gender that's immune to taxation. Will report back soon


I'll listen to your TED talk 🥺


The U.S. sent $400 million of taxpayer money to Hamas, but Elizabeth Warren says nah Bitcoin did it.
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Some Tinder guy ended our convo because I didn't really want to go to church with him every fucking Sunday.

I said I'd be willing to politely smile and ask him how it went.

I never get these kinds of demands from Jew boys. Just saying


What did they do this time


So not Bitcoin podcasts??


Wondering if drugs would make the gym more tolerable 🙄
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Emails partner: "I can revise as soon as you check in the document."

Emails partner again: "Hey, just wanted to let you know you're still in the link."

Calls partner: https://image.nostr.build/1a9a6a836813b4c93de7e312f570ffdc13a90baeef55a9609f77ee65423781b1.gif#m=image%2Fgif&dim=200x200&blurhash=UC3%2C%2C%24L%7DtpVqo%25Vop1V%5BVoj%3AejbJp3V%3Fo%23WF&x=7b531aa71b591891ea41b2d067614b0dfa4b682e7a7ca3910f978f34ae8f9320


This is my most liked Nostr post, and it's deliberately crappy AI art lmao
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Intuit finally locked me out of Mint, and now I have no idea how much money I have 😭

GnuCash looks interesting, but I liked having access to my finances on my phone. I don't always walk around with my Linux computer.


Believe it or not, this image was actually generated by a computer #Bitcoin
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When I was young, I found the Grinch to be the most compelling character from the works featuring his name. I wanted to meet other members of his species.


BitFury, BitGo, Bitmain, BitPay, Circle, Ledger, and Coinbase all supported the big block hard fork. https://blog.bitmex.com/the-blocksize-war-chapter-18-new-york-agreement/


If we had spot BTC ETFs in 2017, would shareholders have ended up owning claims on Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash?


I'm sorry but I'm not going to jump up and down for cash-create ETFs. I can hardly grasp the point of it.


IMO attorneys usually don't help their clients by being aggressive assholes.

Based on my observations in this field so far, cooler heads tend to prevail.


Well it would've been cool if it actually worked lol


Do you think he's okay


Countries that Googled "Bitcoin" the most over the last year (USA is #27).
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This is impressive and exciting IMO
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This footage of the 2022 Andover EF3 tornado is kinda crazy https://m.primal.net/HUjY.mp4


If there's a recession, it's not in legal. I'm getting emails from recruiters every day now.


Google "has started using large language models (LLMs) to experiment with 'building faster and more adaptable' censorship systems that will allow it to 'take action even more quickly when new threats emerge.'"

Google will also censor responses from Bard. https://reclaimthenet.org/google-faster-adaptable-censorship-2024-elections


Although it's clear that Bitcoin isn't yet equipped to scale to the needs of 8 billion people, proposals for enhancing its scalability frequently encounter substantial resistance. This cautious approach is understandable, but it begs the question: why does Bitcoin need to be on the brink of a crisis before adopting improved scaling solutions?


Good morning Odell


I'm puttin' in all the leg work but my posts hardly get any likes
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So horny


Where are the Nostr twinks?


Ten years from Snowden revelations – what's next for Tor and privacy online?
L: https://blog.torproject.org/tor-in-2023/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711007


Jfc these people... I told them to just bring fentanyl to the office next time.
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They don't deserve you.

Any way I can marry my way in? Do you have any hot single cousins?


Well. This should really liven up the discourse for the next few days.
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Four months until the next halving.
https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/ https://image.nostr.build/4af3a8a9daea78a3db759c3346c59e8f6e59466c7f02b3380de01f81fb1fde9e.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=849x340&blurhash=Z1429s%25M_3WBMxM%7BM%7BRjD%25Md%25MRjt7xuRjRjRjt7R5IUIUt7WBxuxuoft7%25gD%25WBIUWBxut7%25MWB&x=6c93ef3eec50d6dd4c1d97fa45cb5368ab85bf786c95ac3c9c6170dc0e1da58f


George Santos is literally the gay Joker. It's kind of amazing.
https://video.nostr.build/b78667b2ea6a9d887accdab625d42471f579336f0310f69acc6bae4ae32d9751.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=886x510&blurhash=iA7%5EA1-nJ%7EtO%24%23w%5EXROERl%7D%3D%24%7ES%7Cxt%24%25xFbuX8WCxDxZbukV%250%24%25X7SfjbI%3Doft6ocxYt5S3j%5Bs%3AWDW%3DShbHn%2BWES4bIs.&x=756f9db8c2f036a7becf159175ef4294e9edbe4e7ab3d4432c3ed19bac501cb6


I don't see how this survives a Supremacy Clause challenge.
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If someone can deliver Circles on here, I can deliver all the gays. We used Circles more than anyone for clandestine bitching and horny posting.

I'm still sour Elon took it away for no reason.
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I didn't know there was so much controversy over C++
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I'm shocked. Nostr was mentioned twice in this article. It wasn't mentioning very positively, but it was mentioned.

https://www.theverge.com/23990974/social-media-2023-fediverse-mastodon-threads-activitypub


Ooh pretty!


"Draw bitcoin as an innovation consisting of three elements: the block chain, proof of work, and the difficulty adjustment."
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I hung out with a reasonably okay guy over the weekend, but he never laughed. Ever.

Context: I'm fucking hilarious, so this behavior is unsettling.


I hope Nostr fixes this.
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There are peacocks just roaming around in South Florida
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Just a weekend, but it was all I needed. #miami
https://video.nostr.build/f0c51194cecbd654b536cbafb0a0b57d819d674638cf5a8800a0411205dbfded.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=1088x1920&blurhash=%5DEFiZ50Mt7xtRj%3FwE4RkaxofIqt8ayoLof%3FcNGxaV%40WB-%3DD*xuofRj%25MIUt6RjRjM%7BV%40t7Rkj%5D9FoJofRkofIAxuayj%5Dt7&x=0324edcd0535f2369cd365a385b77cdc38a49f3dcd46dd9c130d703260ab536c


Wow, paid $40 on fees for transaction today 🚀🤩
bitcoin IS digital gold (with commodity use cases we may not agree with), secured deep in a Swiss bunker with guards. Onchain being expensive to move should be expected. Just because we had a time with low demand, shouldn't skewer expectations.
The sooner Onchain low fee enviroment ends, the better. People need incentives to work on actual scaling solutions, LN, Liquid, swaps will work great for now.
Futures bright 🔥


It's 77 degrees down here in Miami and sunny. I needed this so bad.
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One problem that people face is that they box themselves into narrative corners and echo chambers.

"Not your keys not your coins" is a good one-sentence explainer to tell people to be careful about custodians, especially in such a nascent industry. It's powerful and memorable. Couldn't be said better.

But then some people take that to mean nobody should ever use any custodial service under any circumstances ever. You got $200 in a custodial Lightning app because it's faster and easier than alternatives? You've failed the purity test. You're in a developing country and want to save $100 worth of bitcoin? Better do it on-chain, otherwise it's not yours!

But then some of the same people resist a block size increase to keep the network decentralized (a good thing, imo) and also say that bitcoin will fix the world (I think it can).

But while all reasonable statements on their own, the issue is that statements 1, 2, and 3 don't add up when taken to their extreme.  It has been written about since the time of Nakamoto and Finney on Bitcoin Talk forums that Bitcoin would need to scale in layers.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2500.msg34211#msg34211

So any statement about "Not your keys not your coins" has to be paired with an alternative solution, or a spectrum of alternatives. What if someone can't fit into the one of the only tens of millions of on-chain transactions per month? What if $35 fees is high for the $200 in bitcoin they want to save?

Is holding your bitcoin on an 11-of-15 multisig (Liquid) okay, in exchange for lower fees, faster block times, better privacy, and some additional features? Depending on the amount, I would say yes. It has trade-offs, though, which have to be made clear.

What about a Chaumian mint? What if an app lets a community in South Africa set up a 5-of-9 multisig run by well-known people in the community who would face consequences if they break trust? And the same app can let a smaller community in Guatemala set up a 4-of-7 multisig? And a bigger multi-country 6-of-11 multisig can be set up as well? It's private, interacts with Lightning as seamlessly as Wallet of Satoshi, and can make in-person payments even when the internet is out briefly. Plus, it can be customized via open source add-on modules by the community running the specific mint so that it can also store private data for users, monitor reserves, monitor health of the multisig keys, run applications like Chat GPT payable in bitcoin per usage, run private DMs and group chats, run apps that show you local merchants that accept bitcoin, etc. And what if a user could, within the same app, seamlessly spread their funds out among a handful of different mints that they know pretty well to avoid having all of their eggs in one basket, and then pull into self-custody when above a certain amount?

Maybe there will be more softforks in the future. More flexible scripting to allow more share-ability of UTXOs, for example. But those require consensus, and they tend to come with some trade-offs or code risks, and so they take time.

Bitcoin is an engineering marvel. But it's not magic. It has limitations, and it has a spectrum of solutions for those limitations at any given time. The best solutions solve multiple problems at once: they add scalability, they add speed, they reduce fees, they add privacy, and they add flexibility/programmability all at once, while still being more distributed than trusting some centralized KYC entity.

Bitcoin is peer-to-peer open source money. But it's not infinitely scalable on the base chain. If it were greatly scaled up on the base chain to fit everyone, then only institutions would be able to run nodes and it would be greatly centralized and thus useless. So the solution, known from the start of the Bitcoin Talk forums, is to build additional peer-to-peer open source layers on top of it, allowing for a range of transaction sizes, a range of speeds, a range of privacy, and a range of programmability, all to serve different users' needs, and without compromising the decentralization and security of the base chain. That's the type of statement that needs to be provided along with "not your keys not your coins" for the full context to make sense.


Do you want to copyright it? Lmk. You might like using the blunt cudgel of the State to quash infringers 😈


I just wanted to buy a cup of coffee man
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I made it one minute before the door closed. Peak efficiency.

God I'm sweaty. Also fuck TSA.
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Today a TSA agent took out a ball gag from my bag, held it up, and furrowed his brow.

"It's for sex," I added.

I might've been embarrassed if everyone here weren't so damn ugly.


Help make Nostr better. We're putting together a pool of nostr and non-nostr users to talk to as part of a series of customer development and user research.  Please share this around or sign up.

nos.social will be conducting numerous rounds of discovery and user research in the coming months and we're seeking people who would be open to sharing information about ANY of the following topics:

- Your current social media use including what you like and dislike

- Your experience using or trying out federated platforms like Mastodon, Nostr, Bluesky etc.

- Your experience using nos.social

- Your experience as a content creator

- Your experience working in the advocacy / activist space as it relates to social media.

All sessions will be remote and hosted over Zoom or equivalent video conferencing tools. We will need you to join on a computer as there will often be times where we need you to share your screen.

If interested, please tell us a bit about your social media use and experience below.

As opportunities arise, we'll reach out to coordinate scheduling.

https://forms.gle/11BReHn5NGq32UiR6


This staffer used the Senate hearing room to film porn. #bidensamerica
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Oh my body really does not like 0 mg. Withdrawal hit me like a ton of bricks today. I'm experiencing "brain zaps." It is jarring.
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He's hot


An Uber driver randomly volunteered to me he had a gun.

I just said, "Omg me too! We're gonna get along so well ❤"


I asked an elevator repairman how he liked his job. He said it has its ups and downs.


Maybe we should stop citing the Stanford Prison Experiment nostr:nevent1qqspwgpp2cdqm33q4gym2g4xex0g8e3gkkpkdy05tg4z65kva2kfjngpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtczypp487ste0d6agnpuqumqee6dw2wn5nudxnp8x8fhydfn65pmx72uqcyqqqqqqgpdevqg


Tapering off Lexapro: Over the last 3 weeks I went from 20 to 10 to 5 to 2.5 to now 0 mg. I think the worst is behind me. I'm dizzy, but I can feel good anxiety again. My thoughts are sharper. And best of all, I'm losing weight (weight gain is a classic side effect of SSRIs)


Hate them so much. I really want to see them in pain.


Why you gotta crush my dreams like that.

What's next? I can't be a sugar baby either?


Which of you nerds were doing online dating in the 80s?
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I totally forgot about Threads. Does anyone use it?
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Welcome to Nostr. I love you.


I went on a date tonight but was slightly late because I saw a cat in the parking lot and went after it to pet it even though it didn't want to be petted.

The date was great, but I really wanted to pet that cat


Me when I think about Nostr #growstr
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Works now for some reason


Tbh I'd like to see more porn, drug sales, and copyright infringement here. Otherwise how can we know if it's censorship resistant?


Holy crap that's a lot of bitcoin


I'm probably too horny for Nostr


I'm part of nature touch me 🥺


This is what the birds want you to think. Well I'm not falling for it. I see them out there, chirping and scheming. Plotting. They think they're on to me, but I'm on to them.
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Kinda sad
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Oh so the hot girls have no reason to join nostr:npub1ve8qwrlztemdmnh62jffcr0y9m9dpqgqjdg8ufx7gc3qw5wdk74qyv9ka6? Got it 👍


Maybe it's Amethyst or something else on my end
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Same. My list is very short but fuck she is awful


Elizabeth Warren needs to fucking die.


“Just using #Bitcoin as data storage, I don’t think that’s a problem. The economics work themselves out… if you’re going to be using Bitcoin as data storage, that data better be pretty damn valuable.” - nostr:npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp  weighs in on inscriptions and Ordinals with nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u on THE Bitcoin Podcast

https://youtu.be/qOfD6fptkEo


I can't zap you 😭


Wow respect. https://image.nostr.build/70992f7415b2eb2e6a02b0b58ead25befa1fb5f84c321915a860ec9b1c0c6900.jpg


The best selling android phone in 2023 was the samsung galaxy a14, its only $147 on amazon right now, but many times you can get it even cheaper or even for free on many phone plans. This is incredible!

Going to optimize damus android for the cheapest phones and the lowest bandwidth conditions. We need to be optimizing for people with limited data plans. negentropy v1 is going to be vital for this, which is why I’m so excited for it. Many of these same optimizations will be in damus iOS and notedeck as well thanks to #nostrdb.

Billions of people have yet to be onboarded onto freedom tech. 2024 is going to be an exciting year for nostr: More clients, more use cases, more algorithms, more choice, more freedom. Lets get to work 🫡


"you'd need to patch the vulnerability" - I'm asking how. How would such a patch function? It's unclear to me how software can identify whether or not witness data contains spammy NFTs. I'm very confused about that.


Yea, basically this. It makes it incredibly difficult, and possibly impossible in practice. Let alone with the available resources for this kind of thing (which is not much).


I've had this thought as well, but wouldn't that make achieving consensus extremely difficult or impossible? I believe Peter Todd pointed this out to me. We can have multiple implementations of Lightning, I understand, but the base layer is different because everyone must agree on every transaction. And apparently fundamental limitations of computer science (inevitable bugs) make accidental forks from multiple implementations all but guaranteed.

But maybe that's all nonsense. I've no idea.


I understand (vaguely) the mechanism that enables ordinals/inscriptions. I'm asking how they can be stopped. I haven't heard anyone set forth how they can actually be stopped without a hard fork or other disastrous consequences. But perhaps I missed it.


Oh this is a good point. I think this phrasing is more persuasive.
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That's interesting. I wonder if the framing of inscriptions/ordinals as a taproot issue is mistaken then


Would you describe inscriptions as a "bug" introduced by taproot? I.e., could we have gotten taproot without inscriptions? Or is it conceptually impossible to have one without the other?


"Missed an exploit" - what is technical fix to this "exploit"? Images have been encoded on bitcoin since before segwit


WHO DID THIS


Getting off of Lexapro doesn't feel great, but I can feel my ambition and drive surging


When I was a child, I thought it was really fucking weird my parents lied to me about Santa Claus. And then I was expected to keep the lie going by not telling the other kids too stupid to figure it out.

Like how tf is he supposed to visit every house on earth in one night?


I am determined to find and marry a hot guy on here just so I can say that "we met on Nostr."

Also sounds classier than Tinder or Grindr.

GM


According to Lukedashjr, someone can take your bitcoin if they really want to.

No, he didn't make a mistake. Cold storage is broken, and hackers can telepathically access the seed phrase you etched into steel.
https://image.nostr.build/79be72f8051f25f9929bbb9d9f9f3f2289c90f32fdc1592622ccf8b75d12536f.jpg


Another angle of that stunning explosion
https://video.nostr.build/f7157f0020d3aaa34e5848d8596a43e8c696f654ffa64d0a26108675c61b3c6a.mp4


An incredible shot from today's storms in Tennessee
https://video.nostr.build/5fd7c866780d57488e239df6069a049bbdee3884fd35c263d5b23b185f20f8d6.mp4


Strong December tornadoes are not unheard of in the southeast
https://video.nostr.build/e9c2f26981384a3c05d471dce824606356efbb0c0279611ad413d06981a88e6f.mp4


Apparently F-Droid is riddled with security vulnerabilities.

Is nothing sacred?
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The disappointment stems from the pool's decision to actively censor transactions that displease Lukedashjr. The age of the pool is immaterial.


Sad how disappointing Ocean turned out to be :/


Doing a deposition training program this weekend. Can't wait to use these skills to crucify someone 😋
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I'm tempted to download Orange Pill App to look for hot guys


Everyone should have access to duck ponds.
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At the gym because I must outlive my enemies
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I think I know people who think about Taylor Swift for about 50% of their waking hours.


Turbo Tax come thru


IMO people who unironically use the term "sheeple" are usually sheeple


LightningTipBot works for zaps! Thank you ❤
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I just set up LightningTipBot on Telegram to replace Wallet of Satoshi, and it's very cool! If anyone wants to zap me 1 sat to test it, I'd be grateful 😋
https://image.nostr.build/d821b46674c14cf85eeb9a24049ea2617268b2655e829528f43342a8a42c55c0.jpg


If you have a hot tub can we be frens?
https://video.nostr.build/9b406749248e9021bf264b685b24f244bdf563ce68d5103774508a8d160afbd9.mp4


I'm not sure if Nostr is the right place to talk about how fucking horny I am


I've never told you this, but I have a porn Twitter account with nearly 20k followers. I'm considering starting a porn Nostr account to spread the word of decentralized social media and permissionless money, but I don't think y'all could handle it.


Going off of SSRIs because being unable to feel anxiety doesn't seem right. Sometimes anxiety is helpful.


We are so back
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Some guy who blocked me in 2021 because I'm unvaccinated just accidentally killed himself from autoerotic asphyxiation.

I'm not that sad about it tbh


Announcing the Start9 Restart Program and its first refurbished device.

Starting at just $329 for 2TB. Backed, warrantied, and supported by Start9!

https://blog.start9.com/the-start9-restart-program/


Glad to see Ocean.xyz's hash rate continue to sharply rise. More decentralized mining pools are good for Bitcoin.

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


Thank you! At least in can zap you with Phoenix


Wondering how to receive zaps without WoS


There are no silver bullets. Only trade-offs.


Don't ever let magical thinking replace adversarial thinking.


I'm so sorry, Jack. This is heartbreaking.


This concerns me.
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Woofie even knows to shit at the Federal Reserve! 😍
https://video.nostr.build/77f5f38ad8bc9e0c59d998f596dc3d2d4781650261ef03b69db7117a09d49fc8.mp4


I love mine.


Gm
https://video.nostr.build/f890edd0a55e0df0ba4d4646e2f1a8d30f6a8a80d1320a12684c6c0909974735.mp4


IMO, the ONLY instance where it's appropriate to type or store a seed phrase on an Internet-connected device is to test if your machine has been compromised.

Put $50 of BTC in there, and you'll know you've been hacked if it goes missing.
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New office, new view.

*shuts blinds*
https://image.nostr.build/854f35e4df6b1c50f102c9481c59616e2bf216608e59870f7168a74fbdbb86ac.jpg


Please don't crash before Thanksgiving.
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As a lawyer I really hate the "lawyer" words. Seriously please stop with the "aforementioned," "wherefore," "heretofore," and "theretofore" 🤮

Simple, plain English benefits everyone.


I'm 6'7". If you try to recline your seat in front of me, you will not be reclining lol.
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Hypothetical: If a home intruder kills half my family and flees into a dense crowd before vowing to return, do I have a right to throw a grenade into the dense crowd to neutralize the threat?

If not, and if you find Israel's intervention justified, where does the analogy fail?


I would've voted for Joad Cressbeckler in 2008 tbh

https://video.nostr.build/d4486654e823e7b3d80a814ce00f51a42869d6574a643cb92a97c5a7b981e54a.mp4


It's weird that Intuit Mint is removing the option to pay for no ads.

Is there any other software out there that automatically categorizes transactions so I can see what I'm pissing away my fiat on?

https://image.nostr.build/d96f5fb6336da5bf38b4212814f9eaa0cd044eef3d9a0c85f3421898bea4e64c.jpg


This pisses me off tbh. At least BlueSky is absent on the list.

Holy shit I can't believe how many people use Pinterest.


WEEPING IN THEIR GRAVES


How can I stay humble when all the evidence confirms I'm a fucking genius?

https://image.nostr.build/91c0441fe40020ca400a5f261e73db652ea2b4f073acd9ac176a391968b631f6.jpg


Bitcoin's revenge.

https://image.nostr.build/cf770ea3707ffbe36e2b31f61699a6d57b0dd95d5a05b1557b8f4155ac9351ab.jpg


FinCEN's disastrous rule has now been published in the Federal Register. federalregister.gov/documents/2023…. Comments are due January 22, 2024.

Comments are an important way to develop a record to show that an agency's rule is "arbitrary and capricious" and therefore invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Thus, to help defeat this grotesque infringement of privacy, it's important that FinCEN receives comments with specific facts or reasons why the proposed rule would harm or unnecessarily burden innocent parties, why the proposed rule would be ineffective, why any of FinCEN's assumptions are erroneous because of flaws in chain analysis, why FinCEN is overstating the illicit use of bitcoin, etc. Ideally a lobbyist would do this for us, but we may need to decentralize this effort.


ChatGPT does a better job than Midjourney imo. "Man who gets sent to hell for selling bitcoin."

https://image.nostr.build/618e53a5b3c34113a1a2ae2ff0fdb4cd3b90c0dbf00d4ec97085c0f102650162.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/31afe2f746206909335f1004ffd3b5a9b90e7de7b869f17e34aad5de32302baa.jpg


I've been using my Start9 a lot more since they added Stable Diffusion. It's kind of complicated tbh but it's a very interesting technology.

And very freeing using an uncensored AI art generator on your own machine.
https://image.nostr.build/6843e499b0044724f4f31afbe9ae40bcd3715dd5c89f61e1535d637cb9509834.jpg


Nature is healing.

https://image.nostr.build/2cfd8dda1b034053229c44bd060adb2c7abe67c65071688b637df61465298c2b.jpg


Tinder on Nostr?

I don't see why dating apps should be closed networks.


Does this relate to the phenomenon wherein using a new client can delete your following list?


Finally a real catwalk 😍

https://video.nostr.build/3cad333cf8bd33fa0c4579cdabdb49025a8433580eae5d1ac101a5cc7fc2cb8e.mp4


Sundays are for gym and bitcoin podcasts.

https://image.nostr.build/4d2466380da5028fcd605393252d8561a3a3e43a19e277fa82fbffa7b2f26623.jpg


I love how Stable Diffusion won't censor your prompts.

https://image.nostr.build/2b6a7776652ffd600135775a56759f75a55df6212f0415016270ad7b3a2de342.jpg


THANK YOU for acknowledging this. I feel like whenever I mention Nostr friction points I get attacked lol. I tried to tag Lyn Alden a few weeks ago and couldn't do it (even though I follow her).


Would like to see a Nostr powered marketplace where I can buy the above.


I'd like to see more drugs and sex here, tbh. That's how we'll know if Nostr is actually censorship-resistant.


Yes welcome to my life

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Is giving someone bitcoin an effective orange pilling technique?


This caracal has his own pet cat 😍

https://video.nostr.build/fe7f63cd54a1f54945aef7294309e003b4789b3359f98afa54113f3059c9e20c.mp4


I hadn't heard of this but in my defense I went to public school https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War


Bing AI sucks

https://image.nostr.build/070c52b089c768e48925bf6741a1690d56543c3cb93ae7e343d4117341c219c3.jpg


Omg I want a caracal cat

https://video.nostr.build/a9e1d2f05de97e5feb554815d98c5d7d93b060d95698a1fbc3e393ff2316a5c8.mp4


ChatGPT refused to help me create a cult. LLAMA 2 on my Start9 server was much more helpful!

https://image.nostr.build/70f53517aa9ea853c106766fff4cdfdf168e93f3a8ef1162527a5a8032fd1856.jpg


What's the best Bitcoin wallet for iPhone users? Preferably something simple? I need something to recommend to my iPhone normie friends.


Testing Bing AI's drawing capabilities: "Satoshi Nakamoto: The Legend of Bitcoin"

https://image.nostr.build/c5b7dd49c27ab0cdb29f22fe15b0ff2a1e5dbb1012d3c0d25cf92ab8b6f498b1.jpg


I want a caracal 😍

https://video.nostr.build/282b80ce85997e9434ed4d8e90ad6f5bef9e8b6f0285bc19d1497d95efe178d3.mp4


Getting rugged from twitter was the best experience, because it forced me to quit and detach cold turkey, and it also gave me a unique understanding of the importance of Nostr; owning my own social graph, not being afraid of being cancelled and testing limits, not being manipulated or addicted.

#freedom


I haven't orange pilled anyone in ages. Feeling like a failure.


Test


The Sentinelese (India) are one of the last uncontacted tribes.

For centuries, they've essentially immediately killed any outsiders. In 2018, an American paid fishermen to take him there to preach. The fishermen observed the islanders drag and bury his body later that day.

https://image.nostr.build/aa47ccaf72768afdb3302e17f4d36c0f251c34feacccc3dbdfa22f9b06e8f101.jpg


Bitcoiners will never forget Ross Ulbricht. He will forever be a #Bitcoin political prisoner.

#FreeRoss https://image.nostr.build/ab171abbee949ccf13aa457e0a506ed6afb9c628a022d2331ab2d68003254bdc.jpg


Wait can I please be next?? 🥺


Remember when nostr:npub1lh273a4wpkup00stw8dzqjvvrqrfdrv2v3v4t8pynuezlfe5vjnsnaa9nk lost his bitcoin, claimed it was "stolen from cold storage" (🥴), and called the FBI to complain?

https://image.nostr.build/42d2977fb10201f51adaf4b11da4644e3544dfb99b8e02f5421ef876bb51679c.jpg


My boss accidentally impregnated his wife a 3rd time so he had to get a vasectomy and I'm kinda glad I'm gay atm tbh


How does this keep happening

https://image.nostr.build/fe47d8af7f90efafb7a2446d88d123488be7f5f837d8e47dc51752993e8e4e64.jpg


Anyone having issues connecting Phoenix Wallet to their Start9 Electrum server? I can connect my server to Sparrow Wallet and Blue Wallet but not Phoenix Wallet.

I emailed Phoenix Wallet a few times over the last three weeks but haven't heard anything 🙃

https://image.nostr.build/6b586c17730527cd653ffffd66d17f3b9eb483ab0c772b0ba9c328624d7378de.jpg


People who wear masks need to be shamed. Irrational behavior must have social costs.


Tinder guy: "Don't ever discount someone because of distance."

Me: "Would you be mad if I told you that your distance discount coefficient was 0.7?"

Tinder guy: *unmatches*


I sold SU and CNQ today to realize some profit and decrease my exposure to equities. Hopefully I won't regret it. Even though I'm bullish on oil this decade, the dramatic spike in bond yields is making me nervous. A crash in Q4 or Q1 wouldn't surprise me.


Pretty sure this is just for Chase UK


The number of guys into "car play" is shocking to me.

What's next? Sex in a bathtub?

Newsflash: IT DOESN'T WORK


Wait how did you do this


I don't trust it


Be ungovernable

https://image.nostr.build/84140971bfe32597295a59bbdd84ac2ddaef7d85fcc6cf3ef6af69fe3e7679a9.jpg


These birds are so persnickety. I don't think they're as smart as nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a's either

https://video.nostr.build/c8ede4c808b387da0d3b2de473768ab051d6e3f19e9d64a8aa20a710ecd42d1b.mp4


Running LLAMA 2 on my Start9 Embassy Pure. It's very slow, but it works.
https://image.nostr.build/85b5fc3bc26347f926a8b66c5c7e70eb389a17f7d2d3c34b0ae72f6f8e2837ca.jpg


When was the last time anyone used ChatGPT?

Haven’t seen anyone tweet about it in months.

That fad lasted like 10 seconds


It definitely killed the mood. I do not know how I allowed myself to become intertwined with abject poverty.


I went on a Tinder date, and this was his bathroom. At that moment I realized money might be a relevant consideration for dating purposes

https://image.nostr.build/f42a2ca81a6f316c22fa2c874446b9c0c72940e6525a39f7f8ceff4b939b25b6.jpg


Oh, wow! This is awesome!

Source: https://x.com/start9labs/status/1704199417329516570?s=46&t=DnrDIZeRWYnryFLzs6ztzg https://image.nostr.build/47c562ccb4c02c3f742e92c528c6ddc7904d70f143e61d294dd31306e296a319.jpg


I use Instagram as a tool for bitcoin propaganda. I aim to be subtle: I recite anodyne facts rather than attempt to convert outright.

Repetition is a powerful tool of persuasion. Simply placing bitcoin in the normie's view over and over again, I contend, accelerates hyperbitcoinization.

https://image.nostr.build/d40194ccc9716705ea70e4ff4498c184fbb6ac6fdba696e278751c8c6c2513cf.jpg


Her: He must be cheating on me.

Man: Splitting the continents 💀
https://video.nostr.build/5cf26919ee4c1413cd49cf7deb152a9b4a21e568012b7fb05263c6f2cfabe513.mp4


Quantum Resistance and the Signal Protocol
L: https://signal.org/blog/pqxdh/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37571919


"Public health" 🚩🤢🤮

I still prefer the guy with 57 speeding tickets tbh
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I need to raise my #footstr budget tbh I didn't put much effort into it


#footstr size 15 cmon make me rich 😈

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I like that my old notes get deleted I'm literally trash tbh


"neural cores" - goddamn that sounds fancy


I got most of my signal back by copying nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a's follow list. nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr pls don't take away my follows again :)

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That's hot


Wow... They don't make ads like they used to!

https://video.nostr.build/6962ea0a6dec22e23ffe0409f2775c04fa409747e6b4448bc6ab85c9795f1429.mp4


Gm Nostr

https://image.nostr.build/ea364a6b19bac610823cac5c7bc22c3e2dd284e96a9998d3b19e7683b94be038.jpg


I just lost all my follows when logging into Primal for the first time. I'm scared of new clients now


Cmon man gimme your crypto insights


Idea: a dating app wherein an AI ranks all users' attractiveness and wherein users must pay a monthly subscription fee in amount proportional to how ugly they are


Umm this sounds bad

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This really is the worst. Instagram started the trend with their hideous "log in or else" flow. Then Twitter and reddit went to insanely privacy-hostile API changes instead of simply requiring a proof of work or anon payment. Even some major nostr relays seem to be doing Tor blocking now (damus? Not sure, but I get a ton of errors connecting to certain relays via Tor.)

Platforms have become so fearful of bots/spam/scraping (or rather pretend to be fearful, so as to justify blatantly commercial and anti-social decision-making) that they've totally destroyed the open access model that a functioning freenet depends on.

This is the main reason I want to see "unowned" protocols succeed. Jack has it right: we're at a turning point.

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Hey.

Good morning :)


This dystopia is killing me. https://reclaimthenet.org/google-wants-to-use-peoples-browser-history-to-target-them-ads


How do I monetize them?

https://image.nostr.build/4bd9d84fbdf764194777582b09098024a1a71f660c5bffac46b5a959da805fff.jpg


Has anyone else ever had all their follows deleted?

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Primal ruined everything: https://iris.to/note1z89mpult4wgkw9uvk33hsajxuene2d02ks08vxef59jkkrp44f5qq5dteq


Edit: Primal ruined everything actually. https://iris.to/note1z89mpult4wgkw9uvk33hsajxuene2d02ks08vxef59jkkrp44f5qq5dteq


HOLY FUCK Primal deleted all of my followers. They're gone from Iris, Amethyst, all of them. How the fuck is this possible? How am I supposed to find everyone again?


Ugh for some reason none of my follows carried over from Iris or Amethyst over to Primal. Primal doesn't think I'm following anyone.


First time posting something with the Primal client! My God it looks and feels amazing. I just can't believe how fast things are moving.


Grindr guy had a great pussy

https://video.nostr.build/98ebda201a35d94ca2f711641678108d88fb3c4ff62520176f610d8e1bb49a61.mp4


I know of an attorney who paced so much he wore down the carpet of his pacing area in his office.


I reinstalled Grindr and it's a fucking leper colony.


The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 and anti-money laundering laws generally need to be abolished.

Financial privacy isn't a crime.


Unauthorized advice not to buy bitcoin? That calls for a citizen's arrest


SERIOUSLY. That is why you buy Bitcoin 😂


It will outlast ordinals.


Muun also needs Google Play 😿


Why don't you just tell Lightning to go fuck itself