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 Vault warden is being forced to shut down. Technology laws are getting draconian. 

https://vaultwarden.us/ 
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 During nostr bible study I chuckled because there is a narrative out there that the only types of... 
 I just don't want to be told what to think. 
 I'm new on nostr.
I actually made this account 2 or 3 months ago, I don't remember exactly, but I... 
 Cool story..We're so early, you're key is safe. 
 Lol can't watch anything on YouTube without signing in. What a joke this has become 
 Try invidious.  
 Someone asked me why I think bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency I'm into. I told him it was the only viable currency that has no inflation. 

He said that was a good answer.  
 I am a mathematician by education and this is my first social media post. Glad to learn about the... 
 welcome. 
 Here's a picture of me flipping off the Federal Reserve. 

https://i.nostr.build/dSum5oYNzPp6uygi.png 
 So if I just replace my relays with your relays, will this fix the reply guy spam? 
 By the way, the bitcoin infinity show was great. 
 You guys remember burning CDs? The good ol days.  
 I had a Napster t-shirt. 
 Nostr is moving so fast for me that I don’t even know where to begin. My head is still spinning... 
 I made one a couple years ago, but it's outdated now. Check out new clients at https://awesomenostr.com/ 
 John Steinbeck once said, that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselv... 
 That's what I say. 
 ‘Let’s make #nostr easier for the general public to understand and use’….devs: WOT, POW, ... 
 I think this is something I can do, at least get started. 
 This is great. 
 How do I uncle Jim a wallet with alby go/ get Alby? #asknostr 
 That's a good idea.  
 Alby Go is awesome, unless you choose light mode. 
 Works for me. 
 Testing nostr wallet connect on minibits. Please send a small zap. 🙏  
 Thanks. It doesn't seem to work anyway.  
 How do you connect the coinos wallet to minibits? 
 Yeah. I don't know how to add NWC to coinos yet. I don't see the option i. The settings.  
 Thanks. I see it now! 
 How do you move your sats from a LN wallet, like Alby, to a bitcoin wallet? 
 Wallet of Satoshi is the easiest way if you don't live in the United States. Just send through sats to a WOS wallet. Then send the sats to a Bitcoin wallet from wallet of Satoshi.

Aqua Wallet is another option, but it has more fees. 
 
 You should probably send a million sats for UTXO management.  
 One of my favorite scenes in is in the Citizen Four documentary:

Edward Snowden cloaks himself with a blanket to mitigate the risk of an over-the-shoulder attack as he types his passphrase into TAILS. 
 Right, but that will be a federal property tax on my 4 bedroom home for my grandchildren. 
 GM,beautiful people! ☀️☀️☀️
I woke up naturally at 6am and couldn’t go back to slee... 
 It's been unusually cool in Southern California. 😎 
 After cleaning up my office and lab space, for the first time in years I actually look forward to... 
 I know the feeling. Congratulations. 
 Yes, but think of all the people who talk about bitcoin on nostr vs. the people on nostr.

I'm pretty sure the nostr nerds like us hold their own keys, but I suspect most of the "Twitter/X BTC" people leave their sats on an exchange. 
 I tend to agree, but he's only been around for 4 years so I give him the benefit of the doubt. He might not be an Agent Smith. There's a good chance he's unaware of this threat. 
 In light of the terrorist attack by Israel, pre-2024 electronics are now worth more than those pr... 
 Cold card needs to make clear pages and walkie talkies. 
 Bought new iPhones for wife and myself instead of soldiering on another year with cracked 3 year ... 
 Yes, but you're short bitcoin. 😉 
 How useful would it be in terms of local community resiliency to encourage local businesses to ta... 
 It would be useful to me, but I 've been trying to get businsses to accept bitcoin for 10 years.  I've only had like 3 people say yes.

There are tools that make it easy nowadays like the Strike plugin on BTCpayServer and Nostr Wallet Connect on Coinos.

Coinos is the easier option, but businesses that really want fiat can use the Strike Plugin to automatically convert the sats to USD(but I don't recommend this). 
 I’m writing this because I keep getting asked to comment on Saylor/Saif video even though my po... 
 Great take.
- Don't loan your sats for 6.102% interest(paid in dirty fiat).
- You don't need to sell your bitcoin when you can spend it.
 
 Good post. Nostr.Build also strips EXIF data from uploaded media. 
 This is one of my favorite features. 
 If you don't think Bitcoin is the most interesting thing happening in "CrYpTo"...

Keep some lube... 
 Nostr is an interesting use of cryptography. 
 How does the six degrees of Kevin Bacon play out on nostr? 🤔 
 I forgot about shower girl. 
 I didn't get into this to loan my bitcoin to a bank for 6.102% 
 Maybe Amy is how we win?

I'm going to have a big sad if Amy doesn't make her Nostrich debut in a... 
 Who is Amy? 
 This is the most fucked up hack I've ever seen.  
 Where do people download mp3s these days? #asknostr 
 New pipe.  
 Poverty is very simply just having the wrong ideas in your head. 

You can replace the ideas and ... 
 Agreed, but don't "fight the system." Find a new system. For me, that was bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. 
 Just watched "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin"

My Takeaway:
- It's amazing how much is still the sa... 
 I watched it like 10 years ago. I should watch it again. 
 A book that help with depression was Alcoholics Anonymous. This book isn't just for Alcoholics yo... 
 That's how I quit nicotene. 
 I don’t care about nominal returns. Fiat is an error term, a poor to useless denominator. 
 This is a great take. 
 Which of these sounds like a threat to Democracy?

Candidate A: Installed by the regime without r... 
 Candidate A & B were both plants.

Our leaders are not chosen by "The People." 
 My node had been stuck synching. Could someone send me a small test zap to confirm it’s working... 
 Worked for me. 
 It's been a few weeks since I used Coinos. It's gotten 10X better. I've been trying to get a Brewer who uses Aqua Wallet to use a Point of sale for months.

He didn't want to use BTCpayServer with the Strike Plugin because he likes to see the sats go to his Aqua Wallet.

Is there an atomic swap (like boltz) if he chooses to auto withdraw to a Liquid address? 
 The aurowirhdraw did not seem to work with my lightning address either. I'm not sure why. 
 We could totally turn the 12 words of a keet ID into an npub. 

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https://i.nostr.build/mlYV7.png 
 Um...What is this room about?