Npubs.pro sent out a zap the Devs message.


He probably forgot he said that


Its pretty cool


Compared to gold backed banks, definitely. But it only works if you can afford some UTXOs and incoming liquidity.
If that is only other banks, banks that are dishonest can buy market share like FTX and Celcius did.


I gave my daughter Rhyming Bitcoin for Christmas 2022 when we were at the inlaws. I wrote the Bitcoin price in a note in the front cover. The rest of the family though it was a bit conspiracy theorist and scary.

I think I will pull that out again this year.


Its just vested interests thinking they are protecting their interests, but really they aree just failing to engage, creating isolated bubbles.


Can't agree with this enough


Next buy MSTR will increase their average price and join the 58k gang.


What would you recommend instead that supports nos2x


The lucky country #AUStrich https://image.nostr.build/42315730655ac1f7be283240b2474a8ece1a681a4cc0f7861aea3911920c956e.jpg


People are cheering MSTR like they are champions.

They are increasing the amount of money without increasing productivity. That either ends in massive losses or inflation.

Saylor is betting that the central banks and governments will choose inflation rather than raise interest rates to what they should be.

Either way, by taking advantage of the cantillon effect MSTR can create chaos and get away with it. Plebs are cheering the very game they are trying to destroy.


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Saylor is exploiting the unfair fiat system. As a company he has access to very low interest rates, he takes loans against the stock and buys Bitcoin. As long as Bitcoin increases in value against the loan, he can buy more Bitcoin with more loans. To wreck him, they would have to raise interest rates to a level that would crush the economy. As long as the fiat Ponzi continues MSTR keeps growing.

Plebs don't have access to interest rates as low as MSTR, so will be priced out.

This is the current fiat system for all assets. Saylor a exploit, especially if it catches on hastens the end of fiat, but will result in Bitcoin being accumulated disproportionately by the current oligarchs.

I prefer a gradual transition away from debt based money to equity by holding Bitcoin without debt.


Really, transactions have been $0.5 to $2


Bitcoin is about freedom to do what you want in the world. The price going up means it is winning. That's worth celebrating.


He is taking advantage of being able to get close to the spigot of the money printer and exploiting the infinite money glitch. By launching a speculative attack on the dollar he is making himself and Bitcoin a target. But as long as his borrowing is low enough that jacking up interest rates to wreck him will destroy the whole economy he can get away with it.


There is something about bagpipes thatake you feel like loosing a war tragically, but with dignity.
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Soon


When login with Amber


If by early you mean class of 13 to 21. Most of the very early bitcoiners, who came before it had a price are pretty committed to freedom


:keks:


This is my playlist for when #Bitcoin is pumping. What do you think I'm missing? No Creed https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xL0r6NJjlk1YLo1ks9Epb?si=2XdjQ1D8QmC57Eu8BpTxVg&pi=pY_uHKwdRzy3Y


That's on my Bitcoin is pumping playlist
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coming soon


Yeah, it had real promise.


I'm still sad about Mutiny Wallet shutting down.
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You will get another chance in 2 years. Probably when MSTR gets liquidated. 58k gang is too strong.


Let's go 🚀
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I went to sign up 12 months ago, but there was no nostr login. Still waiting


This is my playlist I put on every time #Bitcoin is pumping. No Creed
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I haven't been able to find a robosats buyer in days. Today I had a connection issue with Tor and lost my bond 😭.

I didn't know Tor was optional and can be turned off in settings


What I find fascinating about politics is how people end up supporting the opposite of what their political ideological values are. Like leftists supporting the authoitian state, censorship of speech, war.

In Australia a conservative government introduced gun laws, GST, marriage equality and increased the money supply by 40% during COVID.

Bitcoin consensus is primarily a social movement. But it is seen as right wing 🤷


Or a temperature inversion from the water absorbing sunlight and heating the  air above it.

I live in the tropics and often boat on very calm mornings where the water and land temperatures are the same. I played around with that horizon calculator and the observations that I see, when I can expect to see the beach on islands as I approach, when I can see small fishing boats. The calculator matches what I see


There is a lot of heat haze.


Its on land.


🤣🤣🤣 you nearly made me thinking these people are serious. The image shows more of the far away platforms hidden than the closer ones. Overlay the actual drawing of a platform showing the stilts and you can see the curvature of the earth.
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Tail emissions is the least of it. They enable variable block size so you can do bank runs on custodians.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to shill monero. I'm saying that what Bitcoin needs is going to change as it gains adoption to ensure it continues to freedom money. Maybe being vulnerable to takeover of custodians is the carrot that banks and nation states need to adopt Bitcoin and win the NGU race. Once it absorbs a significant amount of the global capital gains will diminish. It then needs to compete with cheaper, faster, more private coins that have growth potential to take market share off Bitcoin. This is when it will be important that Bitcoin has smart people making improvements to remain dominant and resist capture from banks who can offer economy of scale services but not really offering the real freedom of Bitcoin.


I did the same thing by accident. I knew there was a 3 hour window but fell asleep before pausing my order.
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Yes please


The current yearly supply inflation rate for monero is 0.47%, this will always decrease as a percentage as the tail emissions are fixed.

Compare that with inbound liquidity fees for lightning, and it's insignificant if you use is for regular transactions.
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Like languages, but where they need to interact one eventually tends to take over.

If Bitcoin is not useful for real money purposes it might not be the one that wins.


Because it's a massive liability for people to know how much money you have. Not just from people extorting you with violence, but also social expectations and business adversaries. The more information people know, the more that can be figured out. This means, what could be considered as unanimous could be considered transparent in the future when the chain analysis gets more information.


What do you mean?  If you draw a straight line from the 5 foot height to the water line you can see the height of objects that are hidden.

Do you go out on a boat much? That's exactly what you observe. Short fishing boats will pop up as you approach, sandy beaches on islands coming into view where from further away you couldn't see the sand despite being able to make out smaller objects that were higher on the island.


Bitcoin needs to become what monero is


I was agreeing with you. Blocks too small have the same effect as blocks too big.

If they are too big, people can't afford the hardware to run a node.

If they are too big, people can't afford a utxo, so there is no point running a node. In this case people are forced to use custodians. Custodians centralise to large entities due to economies of scale, particularly at high fees. Since the custodians are the ones paying the fees, they are incentivised to run miners. This gives them control of the network for the same cost as paying the fees. They can run a slight loss on mining to force out miners who can't subsidies costs with fees they charge for being custodians.

They are then incentivised to spam the network with additional data to price out all but the largest custodians. This is revenue neutral as the mining rigs pick up the revenue from the fees paid.

This seems to be the Microstrategy play book.


You mean like watching boats sail over the horizon? That's an every day occurrence that anyone can observe. Watch boats sail into port. You can see the tall ones coming first then the shorter ones pop up in front.


Lol, A is a level structure, B is a straight structure.


I don't get it?


Sorry to hear mate. 🫂


There is no way they don't understand Bitcoin.

 They do and are lying to everyone's face, keeping them ignorant and enslaved in the system.
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alt People in positions of power have a vested interest in lying to me


👀 There's more then 21 million Bitcoin!


Explain it to me in the least amount of words

Our VPN lets you stay private, even when the website wants to prevent you from doing so.

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Explain it to me like an Elevator Pitch

On the client,
Simplified Privacy lets you manage different undetectable browser fingerprint identities

https://simplifiedprivacy.com/content/how-vpn-works/images/school-moldova.png

On the server,
Simplified Privacy uses small 1-country "underdog" datacenters, that AVOIDS situations where the website you're visiting, uses the same large datacenter router as your VPN

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Together,
By splitting up your traffic up to different underdogs, combined with using different fingerprints, it presents a realistic, yet easy-to-use solution, to the rising threat of AI surveillance

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Explain it to me like a TV commercial

QubesOS is a pain in the ass to manage.  Do you hate setting up new virtual machines?

Well unlike virtual machines or containers which slow down performance during use, are slow to load, and suck up storage space,

With Simplified Privacy, in a single click, and with zero performance drag, you can create multiple realistic identities, which each have their own graphical display screen size and isolated filesystem, which are then routed to different countries, have the timezone match, and with different $1 burner VPN billing codes.
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That's right, try it out for just $1/month in Monero or Bitcoin Lightning.
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No Email required.  Fully open source from day 1.  And they didn't even print shitcoins!

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Explain it to me like I'm exiting the Matrix

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Neo, You think there are all these different websites,

But they are all Cloudflare.  And Cloudflare trains AI to recognize you based on your browser fingerprint.
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Neo, You think there are all these different VPNs,

But they all use the same large providers, like M247 and DataPacket.  Mullvad, IVPN, Proton, Nord, TorGuard, and others all use M247 for many locations such as New York.

And even worse, the WEBSITES you're visiting often use the SAME providers as your VPN.  So it goes:

You -> M247 VPN -> Cloudflare -> M247 VPS

Can you handle the truth Neo?

Because you're passing through the same providers with the same browser fingerprint to Cloudflare, nearly everything you do is surveilled, even if you're using a VPN.

What if I told you that the very people who you're trying to evade, designed the systems that the most famous provider uses?

But now that you know this Neo, you have a choice.

If you take the blue pill,
You can keep using Mullvad's government-browser and feel safe.

Or you can take the red pill,
And try Simplified Privacy.

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Explain it to me like a Teenage Girl

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My school banned Chat GPT!  I could lose my upcoming college scholarship if they find out I’m using it! So you know how VPNs hide your IP address or where your traffic is coming from?

I learned the websites don’t just see this IP address.

They also do browser fingerprinting, which is analyzing everything about you. It’s got the Screen size, browser version, time zone, probe for relevant cookies, and even some complex AI stuff to make a unique identifier of the browser. You thought Cindy was a loud mouth? LOL They sell the fingerprints.

Before I thought it was like totally anonymous.

But even though you are sharing this IP address with other people, you might be like the only one coming out of that British VPN IP with a Miami clock, with 1280x800 resolution, and that exact browser version or whatever. Totally insane right?
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/content/how-vpn-works/images/deviceinfo.png

OMG like if we login with that same browser to our school Gmail, or anything tied to our real names, even though we’re using a VPN, it like brands the fingerprint to be tracked. But then my boyfriend showed me Simplified Privacy.
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Explain it to me like a Crypto-Anarchist

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These corrupt government thugs want to track our every move like dogs with a collar.

All these VPN companies are lying assclowns, they use the same cloud providers, like M247 and DataPacket.  The NSA can't tap every router on the planet earth.  So they focus on the routers and switches of the largest providers in each country, and then the same provider is both the VPN, and the website you're visiting.
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For example, Discord is hosted on DataPacket.  So if you use Mullvad for Discord, then DataPacket sees your real residential IP and ALL Discord data.  It's a pure conflict of interest to hide from the company with that same company.  Plus it's a one-stop shop for global court orders.
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Speaking of which, by using large international providers, the country of the VPN doesn't matter anymore.  For example DataPacket is Mullvad's Mexico exit, but it's a UK/US company.  So you ain't hiding in Mexico, you're getting a UK or USA court order.

And even worse, when you do an audio call on SimpleX, XMPP, Signal, or anything it uses WebRTC.  WebRTC is connecting you and the person you're talking to peer-to-peer.  This means there's a good chance M247 is seeing the IPs of both people, since every other VPN also uses M247.  And then you're doxxing BOTH SIDES of the conversation by these large providers, even if it's SimpleX.
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Mullvad is lying bro.  They mouth off about being in Sweden, but M247 is all over the US, with the web panel going through Cloudflare.  US Cloudflare is seeing Mullvad's customer panel and communication with M247, and Mullvad even rented servers using a Gmail.

Even worse, CIA contractors like Oracle buy and sell Browser Fingerprints tied to our names and data.  Some weak script kiddie clowns try to evade using:

1) "user-agent spoofing", aka lying
2) blocking access

The issue with user-agent spoofing is that you're essentially bullshitting with your words only.  The website asks you, "hey what's your screen dimensions?", and you just straight up lie in their face.  This is shockingly ineffective, because websites will test you by having you render graphics, or access the browser via JavaScript.
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Google Captcha and Cloudflare both have AI to spesifically identify your bullshit.  So with "user agent spoofing", your fingerprint sticks out even more, because you got your regular fingerprint combined with the bullshit user-agents.

For example now you're really 1080x800 resolution with a Miami clock, Swiss IP, Brave v1.7 but LIES with a 800x800 bullshit resolution, bullshit UK clock, and bullshit Firefox user-agent.  That's even more unique you dipshit!

In fact, user-agent spoofing is so worthless, that the "Chameleon" browser extension, which relies purely on user-agent spoofing, literally white-lists Google and Cloudflare.  In other words, the most popular user-agent spoofer literally GIVES UP and doesn't EVEN TRY to deceive the MOST COMMON AND POPULAR tech companies.

The other common technique is blocking.  This is what LibreWolf, Brave, and the government-created Tor-browser that Mullvad leeches.  Weak Mullvad can't even develop their own tech, they lease it from the US military.

The issue is you're blocking technology many websites use.  So most websites break, or are an epic pain in the ass to use.  In fact, Brave's newer versions stopped even offering "Strict" mode for fingerprinting, because it broke so many sites.
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Some turn to virtual machines to deceive websites.  The problem with this is that it consumes massive time to set up the virtual machines, time to start them up every day, and wastes system resources.  Because it wastes CPU and RAM, it's not only slower to use, but also slower to load.  And it prevents you from having many open at once.

Instead, I've been using Simplified Privacy.  At first I thought they were just a bunch of assclowns mouthing off obvious stuff for SEO to sell Graphene phones.

But then I saw their new VPN.  This thing creates a second new lightweight graphical environment, that realistically hides from browsers your actual screen size.  While having instant load and zero resource consumption or disc space.
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/content/how-vpn-works/images/screen-size.png

Unlike Mullvad-Tor Browser, where you accidentally make it full-screen and the jig is up. Simplified Privacy even puts this 2nd new graphical environment in a virtual cage, so you can’t fuck up. And to the website, it doesn’t appear to be spoofed.
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Then they isolate the filesystem in this fake environment, to control what files that application sees and uses in order to improve privacy.  And finally establish an exclusive, secure, connection for the browser to hide your actual location.

Cloudflare ain't got shit on me.

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Explain it like Cloudflare

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Hi, I'm a Junior Communications Analyst for Cloudflare Inc.

SimplifiedPrivacy is trying to abuse baseless conspiracy theories to paint our AI detection as nefarious.  In reality, our AI can protect your website from DDoS attacks.  Our AI already assigns a trust score to every IP address, and someday every device.

https://simplifiedprivacy.com/content/how-vpn-works/images/cloudflare-global.png

SimplifiedPrivacy claims using our service is quote "joining the borg".  But if you're doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide.  And we delay or block Tor users to deal with rising cybersecurity threats.

While SimplifiedPrivacy's rhetoric is harmful misinformation, their service actually HELPS us.  Because they offer Tor -> Socks5 proxy routing.
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/content/how-vpn-works/images/tor-proxy.png

This enables end-users to enjoy the privacy of Tor, while allowing us to easily block SimplifiedPrivacy's IP addresses, IF they refuse to stop DDoS coming through them.  So if you're complaining about our treatment of Tor users, then go use SimplifiedPrivacy.
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Explain it like a Mullvad fanatic

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PrivacyGuides-org recommends Mullvad.  Yes Mullvad used Gmail to buy servers and do customer service, but as PrivacyGuides-org responded on their forums, it was a paid account so Google doesn't scan it.

While I dislike their marketing, I like that Simplified Privacy uses different datacenters and providers than Mullvad and the other VPNs.  This way, I can continue to use Mullvad for my system-wide traffic.  And then use Simplified Privacy for just the browser, so I know have two completely different hops.
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/content/how-vpn-works/images/browser-systemwide.png

Because Simplified Privacy hates Mullvad so much, I know they aren't colluding.  And this is much easier than Qubes.

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Explain it like Qubes

https://simplifiedprivacy.com/content/how-vpn-works/images/qubes.jpeg

I'm Joanna Rutkowska the creator of QubesOS and author of InvisibleThings.

SimplifiedPrivacy is obsessed with my blog post from 2011 that:

There's a huge flaw in Linux, that ALL programs can see the display for ALL other programs.  This means ANY software you run, can see your password manager like KeePass.  Visually looking at all your KeePass entries, to know about your whole life.

Even worse, all programs share the keyboard, so it means a non-sudo program can capture the sudo password.  Or even see what's going on in a sudo terminal.

Linux still has this problem a decade later.  Qubes protects you against this, and that's what you should be using if you're worried about running untrusted software.

I'm not endorsing them, and I didn't audit it.  But SimplifiedPrivacy claims to protect against these problems, since they create a 2nd graphical display, but it's more-so targeted at browser break-out.

But why don't you stop using my name, and stand up for your own project?

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Explain it in my own words

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Mullvad executives were born in Sweden.  Fine, good for them.

I'm moving countries to do this.  Goodbye to my family dude.  Learn a new language.  It's fuckin real.

I told the girl I was dating, I can't marry her.  It's not fair to her, I don't have the time to devote to her.  This project is my child.

I sold the shirt off my back to make this happen.  We're running on PGP-debt now.  The engineers took a fraction of what they can make in the fiat corporate world, doing it for the love.

But now that debt is coming due, and with 10 servers running, I've got to persuade enough people to:
a) Use Linux
b) Use Cryptocurrency
c) Use this on Linux with Crypto

Or we will go bankrupt, and my dream will die.  But regardless of if it succeeds, I am so proud of the team for making it.  And if I'm crazy enough to start it, I'm crazy enough to think it might work.

So if you want to see this happen: Smash that repost, and let's spread the knowledge to our Nostr family.


This is great. A nice simple UI explaining it as it happens and why it's necessary to own your data would help.

It would be cool if the invitees can suggest follows


What user friendly multisig?


> It follows that there are absolutely compromised and paid bad actors who larp as sanctimonious toxic maxis with this overarching aim, at all levels of the community and dev hierarchy. They have taken advantage of the leadership vaccume  you described to destroy meaningful progress through basic social engineering.
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But after visiting the site, A is better. B has better screenshot


B


Your profile looks borked to me. https://image.nostr.build/4caa2c6f5bb0e9ff40eb9e4a67919d1a73910d7f7c24caa03df69752ac281ff9.jpg


I'm a chemical engineer In heavy industry 🤝


Different apps, same content. However, if you just use the default relays your feed might be slightly different.


Is this legit?
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As the block reward decreases, banks will run miners at a loss. This will centralise mining further.


My wife is looking at buying a refurbished phone. She is slowly turning into a bitcoiner.


This was literally me last weekend
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The block size is fine for now, but needs to scale with adoption and better technology.

Without the ability to conduct bank runs, custodians are free to fractionally reserve Bitcoin.

I'm not suggesting to give up on Bitcoin and go all in on monero, but it has a place to challenge complacency and force Bitcoin to be competitive.

The optimistic game theory for Bitcoin is that nation states will preference Bitcoin and suppress privacy coins. Once Bitcoin grows it will strangle the money printer and diminish the power of nation states. The powerful are then the wealth, who will desire privacy to avoid popular uprisings.

The wealthy will desire the rest to be dependent on their banks and resist attempts to increase the block size. The block size could be increased by the majority of nodes and miners reaching consensus, but with a small block reward keeping mining from being profitable, mining could be captured by bankers who run it at a loss to control the network.

This could be Moneros advantage. Tail emissions keep mining profitable. Variable block sizes allow increased transaction throughput allowing bankruns on any custodian. Without a large custodian control the incentives between miners and users are stronger.

Moneros future is to keep Bitcoin accountable. If Bitcoin gets captured and used as a weapon of control, monero will grow as the coin of the people. By the time Bitcoin reacts, it may be too late.

I'm buying Bitcoin for me and some monero for my grandkids.


Happy birthday. Enjoy the party


Every four years, thanks to Bitcoin, a new group of people discover the ideas and works of these men. https://image.nostr.build/04d4e23506023164bc7769e1a94a151d724e1eb5624a536b639e39fdfe9cbcf4.jpg
It's not a 'red pill' or an 'awakening'.

It is merely the rediscovery of reason, something every human being is born with.

It is the ignition of the flame of liberty.

It is enlightenment.


When your chair breaks, but it's not the seasn to be buying chaors. https://image.nostr.build/deb3c88a0f1f84af9a8989eb39a0fa54fc9dc1a49f64861414b159b049f9fc6a.jpg


GN, thanks for sharing 🫂


#Welcome


Hear hear
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A lot of early bitcoiners are into monero.


Anyone get gout eating like this?


alt Who the hell is Michael Saylor anyway

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Yes, it would be great if njump rendered like that


I go WoS to strike then strike to cold storage, low priority. Only downside is the KYC to cold storage. Looking for alternatives.


No


I had a mate ask me about Bitcoin. He told me that all the girls he got talking to on online dating were into crypto. 🤦


:keks:


That's why I like electric cars in principle. Can charge off own solar, can power house for 3 days. Low maintenance (if they can get battery tech right)


#bikestr #meme https://image.nostr.build/f571d9e332cb2396bc5e5941f4b6bb8b431bf98dd3b0598f74f253d2ccfe9752.jpg


Also in Australia


I have the same issue. Couldn't use it


GN


I love cake wallet


I can't see your pfp or name 🤣
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I had the same until I cleared the local cache.

Click on setting and scroll down to tools.


I did a few external subjects from Moore Theological college. They offer a preliminary theological certificate aimed for lay people. They were great.
https://moore.edu.au/courses/preliminary-theological-certificate/


I'm the same, been injured for a couple of months and totally out of form.


Have you been tested for celiac? That's an auto immune disease.


Saturday afternoon pool and pizza
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#AUStrich #puravida #pizza #foodstr


I have had allergies to mould, dust mite and grass for years. For a long time I thought it was wheat and dairy, but those things seem to just exasperate rather than be the cause. If you can afford it I recommend desensitisation treatment. It had reduced my symptoms significantly.

Interesting to hear about the fasting (starving in your case) this is something I need to look into.


Argentina?


Yes. I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD at over 40. For me I think it is rejection sensitivity and being very perceptive and analytical and noticing most people are arseholes.


A bit or privacy would be good.


Yeah. Also necessary to keep Bitcoin adopting the best tradeoffs to maximise it's usefulness to the most people.


80 IQ

Cashu or any custodian requires users to be able to do a bank run to keep them from running fractional reserves. If the blocks are too small it limits this run and the banks that are required for people unable to afford a utxo can get away with it.


Been here consistently since boxing day 2022.


What wallet is that?


I have a Nativity set from these guys that I bought when I went there a few years ago. I can confirm they are great quality.
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There was something Derek Ross posted about one of the old images hosting places going down and taking people's profiles. The pfp would still show for the user if their client cached the file. The strange thing is that I can still see your pfp.


Same


What he means is that Israel owns the banks that control the reserve banks in all countries in the rest of the world. For Israel to fall, it would require the central banks to print their currencies into oblivion, until there is no wealth to extract to fund Israel's defence.
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That Feeling When


Look like Merve Hugh's playing in the Australian one day cricket team.


There is often not a lot of liquidity. If you put it out there you might get lucky


The US government is a $6.8 trillion economy, the 3rd largest in the world. Government spending is up 50% this decade -> the world's 3rd largest economy growing 9% annualized this decade, faster than India or China.  And all funded by debt. https://image.nostr.build/b30209223a1cd23c52d139e93eac16bd07fda169c9e693daea330335c594af60.png


Monero needs more people to get behind it to put pressure on Bitcoin developers and the Bitcoin community. Eventually even the most conservative statis Bitcoin holder will adopt improvements to prevent their investment going to zero


In Bitcoin, you need to be ready to kill your heros.
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Monero needs more people to get behind it to put pressure on Bitcoin developers and the Bitcoin community. Eventually even the most conservative status Bitcoin holder will adopt improvements to prevent their involvement going to zero


It means that nostr is interesting. The content I have increased my screen time for is better.


Increase


Just had shitty governments


Shitcoin sweeper, it has a cool nostr leaderboard integrated https://bitcoin-explorama.com/cryptos-3#


Thanks for taking the time to reply. To play the devils  advocate, why should pleasure be maximised, and for who?

This article explains the is-to-ought fallacy better than I can. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem


Both are necessary, you can't get an 'ought' from an 'is'. Philosophy by itself is meaningless.

What we do need is to ensure that governance in religion is aimed at serving the individual rather than those in power. There is a 500 year tradition of Protestant reformation, but this is a constant battle against state interest control. The decentralisation ethic of Bitcoin is equally important in religion.


A good wife is not just something wonderful to have, she is your other half and the person who will help you have a happy family.

She will be the one you have the most conversations with, your companion and life witness. She will be the person with whom you will have children and who will help you raise them well.


Deniminations are more akin to Bitcoin developers. The actual faith is akin to Bitcoin. The problems with the mediaeval Catholic church and state capture show the risk of having only one group developing Bitcoin. Having diverse development teams maintains decentralisation and avoids bad incentive structures


I'm keen to try primal, but not until I can log in with Amber.


"we work to guarantee your right to pay with the euro and to preserve its value."
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Following


**# Introducing the Robosats Alert Bot for SimpleX**

Hey everyone,

Glad to make my fist post here! I am 🏛TempleOfSats🏛, a Robosats coordinator.

I'm excited to introduce a new tool for those using RoboSats—a SimpleX bot that notifies you when an order meeting your specific criteria (currency, premium, payment method, and amount) is posted. This project is designed to uphold the privacy philosophy of RoboSats by leveraging the security features of SimpleX.

## 🚀 Overview
This bot monitors RoboSats for orders that fit your requirements and sends notifications via SimpleX, ensuring your privacy. The bot checks for matches in the background and alerts you instantly when a match is found.

## 📖 User Guide
**1. Connect to the Bot**
Click [here](https://simplex.chat/contact/#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FPQUV2eL0t7OStZOoAsPEV2QYWt4-xilbakvGUGOItUo%3D%40smp6.simplex.im%2F1hxVU2uzv58rmvUTWbzwqYzNwK1xHTjQ%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAdmTemke6RDWl1PS3RoHMkJ7U773pXb1o1HnlQ24wT3k%253D%26srv%3Dbylepyau3ty4czmn77q4fglvperknl4bi2eb2fdy2bh4jxtf32kf73yd.onion) to connect to the public instance of the SimpleX Chat Bot.

**2. Getting Started**
Upon connection, you'll receive a welcome message. Start by typing `/help` to see how to interact with the bot.

![](https://m.stacker.news/45925)

**3. Create an Alert**
Just type `/new` and follow the prompts to set up your alert. The bot will guide you step by step.

![](https://m.stacker.news/45928)

**4. Receive Notifications**
The bot monitors for new orders that match your criteria. When it finds one, you’ll get detailed info about the order, including an onion link to place the order.

![](https://m.stacker.news/45931)

**5. Manage Alerts**
View your alerts by typing `/list`. You can enable, disable, or delete them as needed. Alerts have a 7-day lifetime by default, but you can extend this with `/extend` command.

![](https://m.stacker.news/45932)

## 🛠 Self Hosting & future of the project
Everyone is encouraged to self-host this bot, following the guide on the Github repo: https://github.com/lft3t8bx/Robosats-Orderbook-Alert-Bot-for-SimpleX-Chat !

Self Hosted version of the project could further extend the capabilities of the project.
For instance, an integration with the excellent [roboauto project](https://github.com/jerryfletcher21/roboauto) could allow users to make/take orders and automatically pay bonds / submit invoice through the self hosted lightning node.

## 🥚 Easter Egg
For those who made it this far, type `/satoshi` to get a random quote from Satoshi Nakamoto!

---

This bot is a great way to stay on top of RoboSats orders while maintaining your privacy. If you’re interested in self-hosting or have any questions, feel free to reach out!

Happy trading!

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/649204


No wonder the 70s and 80s were wild, all those people were on the streets


Facebook, because of legacy connections.


Strip back the rhetoric and propoganda, this basically says that you can't protect yourself from others holding a harder money than yourself, and it's not fun staying poor.


My fitness effort has fallen off a bit too 🤣


Why the different npub?


The HBO documentary was really good for Bitcoin


This would also work for other endeavours #weedstr
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https://image.nostr.build/0fa190db205b128f22103dfa7a21c4113ed3fbd7e5a9fa22b84791fb7b3c9ac1.jpg


Wrong order, it's 3, then 4, then 1 and then 2.


Just watched this. Thanks for the recommendation. Very hard hitting.
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I posted about Bitcoin on Facebook and it logged me out. I've never had to log into Facebook on my phone before.


Ethereum is peak Blackrock. Own the biggest stake, own the rules.


I noticed that too. Wasn't sure if it was just me. They must be shit scared of it


Thanks


Where can I watch this?


Are there plans to add login with Amber?


Is the one with the big hair meant to look like nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsqgpjuxp8vd29p6ancknaztql3eajk52y8xkppfn7au7elkw9c68zg532eyqk


If it weren't so dangerous to accuse someone of being Satoshi, it would be a good documentary about Bitcoin https://odysee.com/hbo-money-electric-the-bitcoin-mystery-docu-2024-10-08:f


There almost needs to be a parent and child apps. Otherwise discoverability decrease


"It was now spring, the time when kings go to war."


When NIP for dating profiles?


Haha, I have spent an order of magnitude more in mobile data then I have on paid relays and zaps.
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My 4 year old: "there was a new kid at daycare today"
Me: "cool, where did he come from
4 year old: (looks at me as if I'm stupid)

"His mum!"


Only have access to a small stack on your person or in your home. This has the benefit of protecting others, because if this is the norm, then there is no point in a physical attack. Hide part of your recovery (multisig) in a jewellery box in a safety deposit box, or somewhere secure that someone can't take you to with a gun to your head.

The people who are most keen to see the price rise, and are the most vocal advocates, went in at 58k last cycle and need to see it keep going up.


In other words, their message is a distillation of numerous more intelligent people that is being communicated in a fun and engaging way. That's so much better than just another podcaster who is high on their own importance.


Can you do that on the app? I can't see how to search or add playlists to my favourites.


i added nostr login to wavlake playlist party for easy access to
 your nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg playlists. you can actually load anyone's playlist cause i allow you to login with just an npub. you can even login with many different accounts and switch between them. 🤙

https://i.nostr.build/z4G9DNysFcUSG698.png

https://i.nostr.build/hjmv9w7SySZZoNGk.png

https://wavlakeplaylistparty.vercel.app


This is awesome. This is what wavlake needs. I find it hard to find good music, or to find music that fits the vibe I feel like listening to. A way to see friends who have play lists and to fork them would be great.


Bullet point journal


The only thing that matters is the demand for use as money. Everything else is speculation. Bitcoin has the network effect and the biggest onramps. Monero has had onramps shut down and faces regulatory pressure.

 No one wants others to know exactly how much money they have. Its a liability because it allows enemies to calculate the cost of overcoming you. Even (especially) Blackrock will demand privacy eventually.

The Bitcoin price probably assumes that it will achieve an acceptable level of privacy eventually. If it doesn't then it will fail as money.


You can make Amber remember your choice


Vlad is legit.


It only needs someone to buy a few sats at that price and no one to sell and that is the price.


My understanding is that Bitcoin would need to increase the difficulty of the encryption.


What about this one? 🙏


Yeah, I misinterpreted that as fixing the problem of follows getting nuked.


On nostr, this is a legitimate achievement. #nostr #meme https://image.nostr.build/263935bdc93300a83e31a0bc5a254f793e874e73f1f78588e08affae1de9ac13.jpg


A place you read about in books


I can see dangers of mining pools coordinating to prioritise transactions. It could end up being a white list of KYC accounts.


Bitcoin’s lack of privacy is not an accident & it’s not the result of negligence.

It’s a deliberate choice, as cowardly devs & sellout community members deliberately ignore a decade of research & experimentation.

This is why I’m making a magazine about privacy. To change the culture, remind readers that there’s still a chapter 10 in the Bitcoin whitepaper, and explain how we can learn from projects such as Monero, Zcash, Litecoin, Nym, Firo, Zano, and more.

I’m not doing this alone: more than a dozen of writers are joining me to explain to you why privacy is important, why you should desire it, and how you can currently use it.

I expect this magazine to get launched on time for nostr:npub1j0yy96lj8cye7wu9ycezudnng363ymtguwc0t97xvvw8xlss25jstf0hd9 next month. So stay tuned! And if you want to sponsor the project, DM me and you’ll get a full page ad.

Hope you like this front cover: it combines the origins of a popular meme with the realities of Bitcoin privacy. Pepe cheers for the pumper in chief, but surrenders his privacy and cypherpunk ethos for some NGU.

And before you jump at me and say that adding privacy to Bitcoin is premature and might lead to hidden inflation, remember that even Dandelion++ (a protocol which hides your wallet’s IP address from the rest of the network, which was built for BTC but adopted by Monero) is currently not part of the software client.

Think about it! And watch out for this magazine next month when it gets released! https://image.nostr.build/312bdc49fc9d54182da9c99f841b5710428c379d7c7d07ed5f6253da2492a80c.jpg


Thanks


I had no idea this mattered. Where do I learn about this?


Yeah, green wallet. Not sure. They are a BIP32, but I thought that if you put the master key in another wallet it would find all sub accounts.


I played around with a few Bitcoin wallets to test them and recover via seed phrase in different wallets. When I tried a  nostr:nprofile1qqsfy229w70e8lgtxavlz9t78k06yrel6fxyhreteafqet8kfxhhwmg2c6av2 Jade, I could add another account but when I put in the seed phrase in another wallet the sub account is not found. I've tried blue wallet and nunchuck. What am I missing? #Asknostr #Bitcoin


Yes, me too. I refuse to try anything that doesn't support key bunkers


I had a similar experience when I was trying to show someone nostr. There is zero tolerance for errors with new users.
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Its an anomaly for governments to have so much power.


Tried to get my sister to use nostr. I have set her up with Amethyst previous. I sent her a DM, buy Amethyst kept crashing when she opened it.

No worries, all the data is on all the clients, open the zap store and download coracle. Zapstore doesn't sing in with npub. Nevermind, you can trust the signer. Downloads Coracle, error hash doesn't match file may be malicious!

Forget that. Download Primal. Cant copy text from DM, this is frustrating as they are npubs to copy paste. Realising the difficulty of writing down and typing npubs, gives up.

Attempts to send DM in Primal. Fails to send.

#nostr #fail


Businesses are only disincentived while they are under the boot of the government.

Everyone wants privacy for themselves and transparency for others. Whether they realise it or not, everyone wants what monero offers. Game theory suggests that Bitcoin will adopt privacy rather than perish to something else like monero. I think the need for privacy will become apparent before it's too late for Bitcoin. Bitcoin will adopt privacy while it's still the dominant cryptocurrency and maintain its network effect. However, if the USD is still too strong and Bitcoin becomes captured, monero could grow in dominance in the alternative economy and be the currency to topple the USD.

The other threat is fractional reserve banking. Everyone wants the most secure store of value. Again, game theory suggests that every coin will be fractionally reserved as much as possible, until the risk vs reward balances. Variable block size helps prevent fractional reserves by lessening friction on bankruns. This would require tail emissions and abandoning the 21 million cap, which is not going to happen on Bitcoin.

Honestly it's hard to know so far in advance what the better tradeoffs will be. By the time it becomes apparent it may be too late. That's why I think that variable block size may be the deciding factor in a contest for dominance.

I think Moneros poor performance comes from being pumped initially, and Bitcoins dominance in the discovery of cryptocurrency as a store of value phase. I expect monero to strengthen as the transition to medium of exchange phase takes place.


The advantage of monero may come from the variable block size. In a future where both monero and Bitcoin have eCash banks connected by lightning. The ability to do a bank run to private self custody dictates the extent that fractional reserve banking can occur.

Bitcoin could theoretically have the same size blocks as monero, but the ability to increase the block size during high demand allows for more people to put a run on the bank.


Is there a low data model for #Amethyst ?

I have used 165 GB since June! And that's just from using it when not at home.

I have image preview and video playback off, except on wifi. I sometimes show images but rarely video.

https://image.nostr.build/1b25ac96c47b737005b84b90c535bccf09540367b983c6ff551da2e39af52c6f.jpg

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The relays will need to be upgraded but not everyone needs to post to every relay, so relays can serve a small or large number of people.


Now AI has my attention 🤣


My 4 year old wishes me well by saying "goodbye dad, I hope you don't go through any traffic lights"

She understands the program.

She also refuses to sleeting a room with a google home.
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If you are Australian, send the senate a letter to voice your opposition to the Misinformation bill.

https://freespeechunion.au/misinfo/?twclid=23es9vvi1u5c1w6fi42yhadh2y

#freespeech #AUStrich #Australia


Needs some brushed aluminium


I will be glad to help anyone set up a channel in their lightning node. Or I would be happy to help anyone setup a lightning node.

I might seem difficult at first, but I can help anyone, then it is easy to do.

The sovereign way is a great way.

#growbitcoin


This is the way


... consumers in other countries.


In these two notes I show that the Rothschilds have a stake in the Federal Reserve and that the Federal Reserve is a private entity, I do not say it, a legal court says it.

Now search about this information in the different “artificial intelligence” engines, they will tell you that the Rothschilds participation in the federal reserve is a conspiracy theory and that the federal reserve is not a private entity (mixed model blah blah blah).

Artificial intelligence is an opinion maker, it will only show you one version of history, don't use it to learn, it is a tool of mass control.

https://primal.net/e/note1xdt47pkdvt88wy2l67nu7mhf5d2nt9gv33chuyyc27krhnyjzkfsk99tv8

https://primal.net/e/note1neplgapvtlyfal3fnl4z0wwm2jsrpcxsmgxqrn72m8k5xsrdc0dq65s48x


Awkward as


Just kill the relays that spam guy is using and it's cean


Yes


I am not seeing any reply guy since killing off a few relays


Wife is third? 🤣


Pura Vida Friday. Another week at the fiat mines finished. Time for a mango margarita #PV


I forgot that I was scrolling your page and started to think that nostr had great content today, then I realised I was still on your profile. Followed 🤙


The Chainalysis talk to the IRS breaking down privacy coins, specifically Monero (XMR) is live on nostr.build in case anyone needs it. https://v.nostr.build/D4Nzp22vRF35IRnz.mp4


This week


You need to run a node to use blue wallet as a lightning wallet.


Would be nice is njump could render the note better


eNuts


“The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments.”

-Ludwig von Mises


I don't think we need clients that run different currencies. We need a NIP that expands zaps to allow multiple currencies.

Users should be able to select what currency they accept and send. When sending a zap it should identify what the receiver accepts and allow atomic swaps if it's different.


Creator of app for criminal underworld arrested and charged

"Commander Paula Hudson is head of Operation Kraken and spoke exclusively to 7.30 about the AFP's ability to infiltrate the Ghost app in March this year, which gave them access to 125,000 messages sent by users."

"The breakthrough in cracking Ghost came from a technical branch of the AFP affectionately referred to as "uber nerds".

Commander Rob Nelson is head of AFP's Covert and Technical team and he told 7.30 that the AFP will allege the Narwee-based man regularly pushing updates to devices with the encrypted app provided his team with the opportunity they needed.

The technical solution created by the AFP used to infiltrate the app is world-first and is a process that could not be replicated in countries like Sweden where the app Ghost is also used.

"Now we have to put what we've done before [an Australian] court and demonstrate to them the method which we've employed and give them confidence that was lawful," Commander Nelson said."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/104362678

#privacy


"Commander Paula Hudson is head of Operation Kraken and spoke exclusively to 7.30 about the AFP's ability to infiltrate the Ghost app in March this year, which gave them access to 125,000 messages sent by users."

"The breakthrough in cracking Ghost came from a technical branch of the AFP affectionately referred to as "uber nerds".

Commander Rob Nelson is head of AFP's Covert and Technical team and he told 7.30 that the AFP will allege the Narwee-based man regularly pushing updates to devices with the encrypted app provided his team with the opportunity they needed.

The technical solution created by the AFP used to infiltrate the app is world-first and is a process that could not be replicated in countries like Sweden where the app Ghost is also used.

"Now we have to put what we've done before [an Australian] court and demonstrate to them the method which we've employed and give them confidence that was lawful," Commander Nelson said."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/104362678


To get a message from person A to person B,
1. Person B needs to know they want to hear from person A
2. There needs to be a channel to achieve this.

With privacy, person B needs to be listening for person A through a communication channel that is inconspicuous to those trying to disrupt communication

Censorship resistance is about person B   discovering person A. The communication channel needs to be unstoppable.


If it's private you don't want your information everywhere, which hampers censorship resistance.


I don't think that is Melvin's real account
https://image.nostr.build/41bfa19690ae0690d3b046812382307cecd41bf26e27c92f1f6aff665d8e7871.jpg


But a bot can spin up infinite npubs. But you could do it in a paid/ web of trust setting like a community membership.


Should go to relays to fund them. Although I think a higher once off is better spam deterrent


When he made the $1,000,000 in 90 days prediction, it was the end of the run. Bitcoin price didn't increase any more for 6 months.

Now he is predicting a crash, it probably means that this is as tight as things will get right now.


SATs are sats


You can upload an image in a client like Amethyst or Primal but instead of publishing the note, copy the URL that was created.


I wish there was a way to use QR codes to sign with Amber


I think everyone should hold a bit of monero as a hedge against Bitcoin not getting decent privacy.

The neat part is that by holding (and using) monero it puts pressure on Bitcoin to implement privacy. This prevents governments creating a white list of known Bitcoin addresses in order to prevent unregulated permissionless use of Bitcoin.


I think everyone should hold a bit of monero as a hedge against Bitcoin not getting decent privacy.

The neat part is that by holding (and using) monero it puts pressure on Bitcoin to implement privacy. This prevents governments creating a white list of known Bitcoin to prevent unregulated permissionless use of Bitcoin.


I think everyone should hold a bit of monero as a hedge against Bitcoin not getting decent privacy.

The neat part is that by holding (and using) monero it puts pressure on Bitcoin to implement privacy. This prevents governments creating white list of known Bitcoin and prevent unregulated permissionless use of Bitcoin.


I listened to the audio book too. But would like a text version to search for quotes. So many rabbit hoes to go down further. Its probably a good thing I didnt have that or I might not have finished it.


Luckily Bitcoin went to 1,000,000 last year so we're safe


You are the hardest person on nostr to follow 🤣


Thanks


The cheapest way to get SATs I have found is to buy at set price on Bitaroo, 0.15% maker fee. Then send to Wallet of Satoshi, 1000 sat fee. Then to strike, about 100 SATs, then send low priority to cold storage for no fees in excess of the on chain fee.

Its KYC, but you jump between companies in different countries via lightning.

Is there a cheaper option?

Is there a lightning non KYC custodian that can send on chain for cheap?

#asknostr #AUStrich


Its true https://image.nostr.build/565e03450f4136e490635e8dd13e4ed999e870b2673a415a7102cb9c8ee0d09c.jpg


Make sure you check out my new single “Miss The Days” trending  on nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg

https://wavlake.com/track/62e2a5e1-f0c5-4693-b981-f14cbe198299


I once worked in an open plan office with a guy who would habitually say "ya know what I mean?" at the end of every sentence.

If he genuinely asked if the person knew what he meant, he would repeat it twice, "ya know what I mean? Ya know what I mean"

He was oblivious that he was doing it.


That would be great


Well said 🫂


If you can’t laugh at yourself, don’t worry, other people are doing it for you.


Pay with zaps


Followed


Where was that caught?


Yeah, it's good for other people.


Proof of reserve is good for first movers as a flex of power.

In general it's a liability. Consider a war, if your enemy knew how much your defence cost it could estimate the cost to overwhelm you.

Even if you successfully fend off one attacker, other enemies could calculate your vulnerability


Strike


No, it's being pushed by all msm to protect kids.


I came here to post that but was beaten


Why not use Amber?


Why?


Clients that offer web of trust will show a score that is harder to fake.


That's when you pay attention


Yeah, put it on zap cooking


Glad we fixed our interest rate in 2020


Got back from Bali and went straight to the butcher and bought steak.
#proofofsteak #foodstr
https://image.nostr.build/a59165dfe0e9518ad61621a8c4ca3a6a8a101c3bc20d14ae41a1f9a965e6cd0d.jpg


Are manifestos still a thing or did Marc Andreessen ruin it for all us lone nutters everywhere?

Regardless...

My One Man Mission Against Spotify.

Spotify has killed music

Daniel Elk isn't a real Elk

AI Ed Sheeran everywhere, all the time, forever and ever.

If the cost of production is close to zero, then musical merit should also be set to zero. All music on streaming platforms to consist of a single note performance by the year 2030, produced by Universal Music's AI engine. Every musician you know will be dead.

This is their vision of the future. A future where Daniel Elk controls everything to see and hear. He will beam the hottest Joe Rogan takes into every withering neuron in your decaying skull.

Spotify has no listeners. Zero. You think you heard music on Spotify? Well you didn't. The sound emitted is in a negative feedback loop. It does not exist. You do not exist. Nothing exists.

There is a better way...

Who am I? I'm that motherfucker with a second hand ThinkCentre in a shed who will single highhandedly destroy Daniel Elk, one listener at a time.

We currently have 8 listeners. Next will be 100 listeners. 100 listeners who enjoying listening to an aging honky playing music he likes in a shed, talking through a beat up Unidyne mic going through a Space Echo effect pedal.

Next billions and billions and billions and billions will be tuning in to hear a weird bleepy record I bought in 1990 and have no extra information on at all.

We will stream to extra-terrestrials in far off universes just as soon as I get my new router and broadband package from Zen.

Music will be started at 45rpm when it's supposed to be 33. Other music will be started at 33 when it's supposed to be at 45. Records will get stuck, you will hear crackle. You will be alive. YOU EXIST.

What we experience, what we feel, touch, smell and see. Who we are, who we aren't. Who are you?! What are you? What is this? How is what?

We are the music, we smell like music. Our bodies are covered in billions and billions and billions of tiny tattoos that say MUSIC.

We are the people with sheds and no accounts on X. We do not go viral. We are the underground. We move like mycelium beneath the forest floor. There is no Instagram, no like buttons are smashed in our world. We chat, we post Phil Collins emojis. We are the future.

We self host shit and buy shit we like in a format where the musician gets paid. Bandcamp, Mirlo, Wavake, record shops and GIGS.

We are humans on the internet!

I did think of paraphrasing Andreessen's work but then I reread bits of it and remembered how shit and coked up it sounded. Plus he looks like an actual penis and is a total scammer.


Can you log into this with nostr? Am I too simple to see it?
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All he has to do is convince ignorant that gold is more valuable. I had a friend bemoan fiat money, so I started talking about Bitcoin, then he excitedly said he heard someone trying to attach gold to a blockchain 🤦


Gradually, then suddenly.


I only just realised that. 58008 forever


Lol


There's something relaxing about watching the sun set over the water.
https://image.nostr.build/8d3793986adb4fabdb1203a4705750ebc677555d25758ca19380206f632a6ded.jpg #travel #Bali #sunset


I'd put a small amount in, like cash in a wallet. Mints can pay lightning invoice so you only need one mint. Multiple if you want to limit the rug risk. At the end of the day the exposure is about a carton of beer or so. Its not a big deal, but opens up a true free market of content creation.


Streaming services, but being able to pay per view directly from the creator. News, being able to pay journalists directly per article read. File storage, pay as you go etc.

Subscriptions create monopolies because users have to allocate a chunk of money to a service, limiting their ability to pick and choose. Eventually the service shows content it wants users to see and less of what they want to see.


Yet


I would love a nostr Strava. Not sure I want my location broadcast publicly though. It would be good to have layers of privacy.


Get it through your head, those of you waiting for a debt crisis will die waiting.

The system was created to run on debt, money itself is debt, the more debt the more the system is entrenched, why would a debt crisis happen?

The system will fail because people will opt for hard money, money that is not debt, like Bitcoin, but it will not fail because of the amount of debt, the system is designed to grow debt.


I hadn't heard of Podverse, i have just used Spotify in the past because it's convenient.


If there are a chain of channels with 10 Bitcoin liquidity. I think its unlikely to work. It would be cheaper to do a single on chain transaction for that.


How does it compare to fountain with RSS and nostr integration?


Batman is Elon muck, Superman has actual powers


Does Amethyst have this?


#GM American nostr, #GN #AUStriches Heading to bed but wanted to share this video of dolphins at Lovina today.
https://video.nostr.build/6400e8bb0973ee470ad06ca9efdf81af6f94e634fcd666b531dad57d00d6602a.mp4
https://video.nostr.build/24802435fb1bbb45233fbcb7af64f3f6df9c5e245480d4977804b8f5f6fe5b32.mp4
#Bali #travel #dolphins #nature


Yeah, I was pretty thrilled


Swimming with dolphins today at Lovina
#Bali #travel #dolphins #nature
https://video.nostr.build/24802435fb1bbb45233fbcb7af64f3f6df9c5e245480d4977804b8f5f6fe5b32.mp4


#GN nostr
https://image.nostr.build/8d97402451bdb30466cb6269efcd1b65ba91f25e72011f9809822f33dedd780d.jpg


Snorkeling at Armed #travel #Bali #snorkeling #diving https://video.nostr.build/9d8c73e18e1ccd9cae352470bcc1b3fa698b90b98ab2e058064c975dc9b4a1f8.mp4


Its pretty amazing. Will post a sunset pic later.


#GM nostr, from Lavinia Bali.
#travel #bali #footstr https://image.nostr.build/5d9e14f8315c1c563759831275c875a1d741a1b0e45c7a4c531bb5a6324bfd31.jpg


Yeah, with NWC it could be seamless. It is a bit of a barrier for non bitcoiners, but it would help relays to be profitable.


Any takers? #asknostr #grownostr
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Of course not. Legal posters only 😉


Tag a post #introductions , don't forget the s. And follow hashtags.

Interested in the nature of belief? Have you read Alvin Plantinga's, Warranted Christian Belief?
#bookstr
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:6f1a7c7a-dc1d-4cb3-8c67-319791317936


What is a fair rate? 1000 SATs per poster? Post proof of work and an invoice, keep going until invoices stop getting paid. I could probably contribute about 50k SATs to the cause. #gorillaadvertisingbrasil #Brasil #Brazil


Proof of work could be funded by zaps.


Oof…this is a VERY good mental model.

Take note / save / bookmark:
https://m.primal.net/KczY.jpg


Lots of people talking about bitcoin

Lots of influuuuencers out there

Just like the food you eat and the people you hang out with... pay very close attention to what you consume

1. What kind of sponsors do they have on their show?

2. Do they do the show live or is it all edited and filtered?

3. How much time and energy are they putting into freedom tech tools like nostr, zap stream, etc

The internet is a wild place and it's getting wilder by the day

Find the real ones
(if that's your thing)


#welcome


26th December 2022


I wish I took a screenshot of it. At the time I was more interested in the advancements than appreciating what we had.


Amethyst


#welcome fellow #AUStrich


Close 🤣


Yeah, I think so


#footstr
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Yeah, liquid is a good test place for Bitcoin scaling.


Liquid is custodial, enough political opposition and it breaks


North Queensland?


Can keychat use nostr npubs to initiate conversations or does this compromise security? The idea of public global ID system with eCash to prevent spam is great, but I don't see contacts in keychat.


Bali


What beach is that?


#PV nostr #travel #Bali
https://image.nostr.build/8d2ff0cbe81b5ad576fa70812133dcf1c6be52c7cb1f12fb14f7f5ebca38c558.jpg


Then it becomes a bandwidth problem. These are theoretical problems while crypto has little adoption for day to day transactions


Not sure if I understand correctly, but spent transactions affect the block size in perpetuity. It doesn't solve the number of unspent transactions that need to be included in each transaction, hence data size of each ongoing block.


There is always a minimum utxo size. eCash allows fraction of a cent transactions, pay per click. This is necessary to disrupt the subscription monopolies and decentralise online material


I filmed a traditional parade in Ubud before realising it was a funeral procession 😬 #travel #fail #Bali
https://image.nostr.build/13a33b8c1f6f71e9c1427c2ea67849dae29a2139a91b27cedf434fe995348fd0.jpg https://image.nostr.build/e3b97a7116f6852409a51fcf82b4d1a5f5e0f96585b92c38712c390f34cee651.jpg


Because everything is being funded by open SATs, not Coinbase.


I think by the time it goes mainstream initial setup will probably include a nsec bunker and the user will be mostly unaware of what their nsec is.


“Werd‘ ich zum Augenblicke sagen:
Verweile doch! du bist so schön!
Dann magst du mich in Fesseln schlagen,Dann will ich gern zugrunde gehn!” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Study #bitcoin

https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ https://image.nostr.build/495e35cb57031de6e0650011f3aac79aa6b5a0766daab7c9531e753cab2a6080.jpg


Astral ninja


What are your thoughts on key chat? Do you think the integration of eCash to pay makes it more sustainable?


https://image.nostr.build/ea590f36c341ef147acbd3d263d6e80c807570193ffa84cd10950561fcaa6a0d.jpg #memes #meme


Couldn't the AI have a key bunker that is local to the device?


No, I could tell from the question you had. I don't think there is anything available. I could be wrong.


I only know of nos2x, which it seems like you already know about 😝. Amber is good for android, it woutbe great if it could sign web events too.


Punters gather on the street outside a temple to bet on cock fighting. Although cock fighting is illegal it's quite common. There was little effort made to conceal this. Warning distressing content. https://video.nostr.build/6d36ab8a505b62b6b0f6d6de4511d837556dc331486dde10272332f37f61fd96.mp4  #Bali #Ubud #travel


Punters gather on the street outside a temple to bet on cock fighting. Although cock fighting is illegal it's quite common. Therewas little effort made to conceal this. Warning distressing content. https://video.nostr.build/6d36ab8a505b62b6b0f6d6de4511d837556dc331486dde10272332f37f61fd96.mp4  #Bali #Ubud #travel


Welcome


Punters hather on the street outside a temple to bet on cock fighting. Although cock fighting is illegal it's quite common. Therewas little effort made to conceal this. Warning distressing content. https://video.nostr.build/6d36ab8a505b62b6b0f6d6de4511d837556dc331486dde10272332f37f61fd96.mp4  #Bali #Ubud #travel


Not much meat only. That would be hard to find


Ubud is cool, but there are too many vegan restaurants. #travel #Bali #vegan


I scored 43 in the snake game! #snakegame


I think it will work better with nostr. I remember playing arcade games as a kid and finally cracking the top score board, but could only put my initials. I wanted to prove to my friends that it was me but all I got was initials on some  random fish and chip store device.


No blockchain scales to micro payments. Lightning needs liquidity, which makes one off micro payments difficult. Although, moneros scalability helps the cost of opening channels.


A global high score board based on nostr login is very cool. Facebook got a lot of its initial growth from people playing games with friends. The ability to login with browser extension and prove the high score is really you adds to the scores meaningfulness. This has lots of potential. #otherstuff #grownostr #games https://image.nostr.build/e93f1eadce6fed68992b7531705fb9ec4c45258a32aec0cf4ce16db7783ef504.jpg

nostr:nevent1qqs9vgdnrgcukmt3adzsg5tykkv4dfaaek473ecnju7f0w0vuqdx2lgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygrnzlu38s77ww0g82edm3nsp284et69ltz6qtr23p44tmum0c6dgypsgqqqqqqsuaglr2


Can you expand on that for the on technical?


This is pretty cool with nostr login and high score list. I could have done better but waited to score 69 seconds 😉  https://bitcoin-explorama.com/cryptos-3#
https://image.nostr.build/f22c9fa249832e56794bc44141939b898b0eb8566555373ea2bf4983613401bb.jpg


Nice work. This was mine before nostr login. https://image.nostr.build/898fad6d8deba08e1f46d35aebce6d1255de8fe4342e1a8119d8b7cd3e42d365.jpg


Ubud Bali #Travel #Bali #Indonesia
https://image.nostr.build/bff6c4cae0fe4ce2dad898f8002c7d1d4a135cbd161eda9dba1d6e02f2c4d7a3.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/3ec5fd7c0fe023ac2bd39d5d00fc651ba5497d3e98cb83bdff2119fc0ffa4d6d.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/4bd51b37984242c3a0168867dd9d598877cb500cf377b57cb520e00337a0f5e0.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/845f4e9b32be971eab646ba812b8d150dcb0af0989cca4caa00b2085d1eb729d.jpg


Ubud Bali #Travel #Bali #Indonesia https://image.nostr.build/845f4e9b32be971eab646ba812b8d150dcb0af0989cca4caa00b2085d1eb729d.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/bff6c4cae0fe4ce2dad898f8002c7d1d4a135cbd161eda9dba1d6e02f2c4d7a3.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/3ec5fd7c0fe023ac2bd39d5d00fc651ba5497d3e98cb83bdff2119fc0ffa4d6d.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/4bd51b37984242c3a0168867dd9d598877cb500cf377b57cb520e00337a0f5e0.jpg


I dOn'T cAre ABouT pRivAcY. IT dOEsN'T maTtER. i'M nOT dOiNg AnyThiNg wRonG.

Your phone is spying on you. Your apps are spying on you. Your websites, search engine, fitness tracker, smart watch, IoT device, EVERYTHING is collecting anything it can and sending it off to be stored, cross referenced, and sold.

Data is the new oil.

So what? I don't care if Google knows I like motorcycles. By itself one data point isn't a big deal but once you start bringing everything together...

Who are you talking to? When and how long did you talk to them? Where did you go? How often do you go there? On and on the profile starts to become overwhelmingly invasive.

Right now it is extremely cheap and easy to collect and store the data but it's hard and expensive to cross reference and tabulate the data down to the individual. But in the extremely near future using AI and faster processers, data profiles for sale go from white men between 25 - 30, with this education level, and background like XYZ to -> John loves motorcycls and steak.

Suddenly your insurance premiums are way higher than your friends because you partake in dangerous activities and eat too much red meat. You get denied that loan because you invest in risky assets and it raises your risk factors to pay it back. That job that you applied to never responded because they already ran you through the algorithm and you don't fit the culture.

Protect your data and privacy now before its too late.
#privacy


Monero will need eCash eventually for micro payments. Monero does give users greater privacy from the mint though. This might be it's biggest advantage over Bitcoin eCash.


I was today old before I learnt that. Thanks


Its kinda just there


#GM #coffeechain
https://image.nostr.build/8981012438a039ade9380b0386ac3ded1e462012b5998a6587bd976aa2853c89.jpg


This is the way


I'm in Bali right now.


Yeah, sorry it's a bit of an info dump. In your own time 🫡


#PuraVida, Just checked in to our accommodation for the next few days. #Bali #footstr https://image.nostr.build/ad84ca7b1a5d4a48bac518eddd3f303325c8a3c91b03628c1522e9df32fdbd7f.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/14efe5f314ea653121305ec3b0df9fe5780ced269286f14d4976625d10252d9f.jpg


I think it works with cake wallet too


Citrine


Custodial is becoming KYC, but you can use Minibits without


There was someone calling themselves nostr Tom


Dont


🤣
nostr:nevent1qqsffnus34l0qxqmu0ts5nstgcdqq8837wyqp5aut820wtv7fjqpymgpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qrr3678k7ajms2sht0cqqeawy86sdd5ahn6akfj8zex9ng82zuh0sxpqqqqqqzlr642c


Ok I’m here. Completely noob. What now? #asknostr


Follow lots of people. Find them in replies to conversations. There are no Lagos by default. You need to follow a couple of hundred accounts for a raw feed to stay vibrant.

There are some algorithms you can use, they are relatively new and I haven't tried them.


#welcome


Yeah, doesn't needs special relay because marketplace stuff is its own kind


Amethyst has a marketplace


I still find myself waiting a lot of time on nostr, but it is much more rewarding.


Happy birthday. What were the original lyrics?


2 to buy. One said yes but I don't think they took action.


This song is great. It deserves more zaps. nostr:nprofile1qqsprxslwydwl37e4tchd5xmm0jd952f5rygmd95yczgnfl97ulu3mspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7jaf8xk #music https://wavlake.com/track/5e2774af-1e11-4386-86cd-be27338584dd


What about initial discoverability?


Isn't that what #citrine does? Puts a node in your phone?


Good morning ☕ ☀ 🌊  you wonderful Nostr people 🫂💜

#Bitcoin #Coffeechain https://video.nostr.build/743cce4fd2001777c13572ffe87cf8c3506493f7a8b5644db5afe434c97f7c4a.mp4 https://image.nostr.build/4583a0d0444cdec711d005f12bbc3612764937ab1f4741eaa635964ae5ab78be.jpg


:keks:


I agree. Clients should support a number of currencies and give users the choice of what they use.

By insisting on Bitcoin only we are doing the same thing that web 3 projects do - Building something to bootstrap their coin. It looks hypocritical and this perception is holding nostr back.

Bitcoin doesn't need this nostr to be Bitcoin only. It has the network effect, it needs nostr to grow a network effect bigger than Bitcoin.


Press the arrow to see. Open strike to see your zaps https://image.nostr.build/3816fe7e2440cbf9ed7b00313c9a2571dfbf24a5bca794cab630b0e01f46d0f8.jpg


If you dismiss Antonopoulos because he shitcoins, you are more of a treat to Bitcoin than a help.

Bitcoin must remain dominant because it makes the best tradeoffs for the most people. It can do this because it has the first mover advantage of the network effect. Any othercoin that copies Bitcoin too closely gets absorbed by Bitcoin. Any coin that differentiates too much, makes compromises in some regard and only fills a niche and lacks liquidity.

The free market competition is essential in ensuring that Bitcoin adopts the best set of tradeoffs. If we cancel shitcoins and worship Bitcoin as perfected we open it to attacks.


About 500k SATs minimum is my guess


Is there anyway to cancel this?
I don't even think I swapped to lightning. I tried to go back because I meant to send on chain. nostr:nprofile1qqsd79ejwuvz7v246danxqs3hgw7f2q4qrqz6x27je8er0nhfmykwzqpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uc7z6tv https://image.nostr.build/022415736dab84210e38231166b949158fd93a45a5e7f216a4f47c48e671393c.jpg


Welcome


"not for human consumption"

Its illegal to sell unpasteurized milk in Australia. So it is marketed as bath milk.


I was one of those voices 🤣. Its great. Thanks.


Good to hear from you again. Take care.


It was a great way to build community


Awesome


I love npub.cash thanks for your work.


Dooming on the day that fountain integrates nostr will not age well. All the best tho, take a break and focus on your priorities 🫂. Nostr will still be here.


They consistently have some great content


Amber


I used Amber


Azz

Christian. Bitcoiner 🇦🇺 #AUSTrich

Silent payments
sp1qq05897wj9atx9l0d0k3u8zdygljwqw0z66hxcwwszegfc5z647z6squn3azn0ul0xcdrc02pvn0wz3wnytq2v8h8y9k4ykx9tvydy85lmchfnha2

Monero
47tSH5HGARmYk5mTdZAfwyZH3zeGbGL841SgtQiQ2xArLjVXre8uLrhbUqMLUvmhiN3pbWFnGfpm392fdNYe5Dr29aQKZjJ


I once bought a beer at Singapore airport and was charged 30 euros.


Private debt vs sovereign debt


Is it possible to sign into primal using an extension? I can only see an option to use my nsec. Not even an option to use npub.


As ashes after the consumption of wood remain a short time, so the reputation of man passes away quickly after death.


Same here


Yeah, I see your point about not wanting to promote scams. At the end of the day the user has the responsibility to decide what they determine to be a scam. It's not the responsibility of the devs. Giving choice is not necessary promoting scams. I'm thinking of something like linking an open source wallet like Cake Wallet.

I disagree that nostr is a Bitcoin thing. Bitcoiners built it, but it's bigger than Bitcoin. If it is limited to Bitcoin we limit its network effect and compromise it's ability to be adopted. It will become a niche network that withers as a similar, more open protocol gets adopted more widely


Yeah, but for people who don't get Bitcoin, there isn't really any way of paying for relays. Most people associate Bitcoin with scammers and are going to stop listening as soon as it is mentioned unfortunately. These people may be interested in freedom of speech or the ability to own your own identity and following, but dismiss nostr because using it required them to also be interested in Bitcoin.

The same is true for people into crypto. Nostr is a killer for most niche shitcoins because it can do what most token projects try and achieve using Bitcoin, which has better stability and network effect. Bitcoin would naturally come to be used if we allowed a free market. But by insisting on Bitcoin only, we are doing the same thing that shitcoins do, but with Bitcoin. But making clients that can use multiple crypto currencies we would undermine them by exposing to Bitcoins network effect.

The former group is more important but the second is a good thing to do on principle to demonstrate that nostr doesn't care what monetary unit it uses.


Bitcoin is friction, Bitcoin only is more friction. The beauty of nostr is that it isn't token dependent, yet so much seems to be Bitcoin only. As much as I love Bitcoin, I think to grow nostr needs to make Bitcoin an option rather than the only choice. This would show case nostr as the open protocol. At the moment it's understandable why people think it is just a web3 token dependent platform.


I reject the idea that people shouldn't care what others think about them. We are made to be social creatures. Without honor and shame society wouldn't function.

Ironically, those who say you shouldn't care about people's opinion of you often resort to name-calling, demonstrating that social esteem is inescapable.

And this is a good thing. Communication is given to us so that we can have an effect on the world around us. The serenity prayer does not mean we ought to give up and isolate ourselves, quite the opposite.

The solution to being hurt isn't to withdraw into stoicism, but to realize that God has offered a seat of honor at his table to you, an undeserving sinner.

"For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ."

This is the only escape from the tyrrany of others' opinion - not to give up caring, but to know whose opinion actually matters.


I've got to figure out my #bitcoin #lightning plan now that Mutiny is shutting down. Started researching wallets, but it's a lot of info and variables. I'd say my bitcoin-IQ is at the 6/10 level, on a good day. Open for wallet suggestions.

Got some helpful feedback from Stacker News at https://stacker.news/items/651096 but figured I'd also #asknostr
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Following


Awesome


I rode one of the best roads in Australia today. The Gillies range. I didn't think to take any photos at the time as I was in the moment. But here is a glimpse. https://image.nostr.build/6a6fe83b6d9b5aab6ef88afbd23615eb2147e53421eb46d317aebc6850b950ee.jpg

263 corners, 800meters of elevation in just 19km.

#athertontablelands #yungaburra #cairnstablelands


Enjoy


Not a bad day for a ride https://image.nostr.build/8a723a26aeaaf8d0f76918665cf4d6c04ae9382168e77e50700e5f5833e41234.jpg


Hahaha 🤣 I tried to save them as I came across them. here’s the best one I’ve found so far

https://cdn.satellite.earth/b7425a7a8f628d59a00cd5c7ee65f382a6d1b2770c8e15972952b2ac2e81e27f.mp4


How do you unsign a note once someone has a copy?

Isn't it like un-telling a secret. You have to trust the person you told when you tell them that you don't want to tell them anymore and can they please forget.


Bitcoin wins because the network effect of it's first mover status gives it the ability to make the best tradeoffs. This ensures it maintains its network effect.

Privacy is important. Bitcoin needs to do better here, when it does monero will trend to zero. The only threat is ignorant node runners believing a lack of privacy is a good thing, blocking protocol enhancements.
There are lots of bankers with lawmaker puppets coming for Bitcoin, aiming to capture it like gold.


Yes. The belief that conservative parties are good economic managers is a lie. They are all playing Keynesian games.


The more arguments I read against monero, the less convinced I am that it's a shitcoin.


That's why using clients that support the outbox model are important.


The only thing better is for every computer on the network to have a copy of your shit post, like on a blockchain. But is your shit post important enough to require such a data inefficient storage solution.


Notifications


What are you interested in? On Amethyst you can search keywords to find conversations and follow people from there.


You can use minibits


Then post them to multiple relays. The chance of every relay blocking your notes is low. If that happens run your own relay.


You sign the notes with a cryptographic key. It doesn't matter where they are stored, they can't be tampered with. You can store them on any relay and your followers can verify they were yours.


Maybe taking the piss is not the right term, but it's a uniquely Australian take on breakdancing.


Let's give Memes Elite some fat zaps as thankyou for their service.
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You were the best. Don't go forever. Fight the good fight.


Who else thinks the Australian breakdance is the best thing from the Olympics? Channeling Flight of the Concords energy taking the piss on the world stage.
https://youtu.be/Ly0jsIg6mKs?si=eSOKoV1zwPtHy3oP
#olympics #AUStrich #breakdance
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Isn't there a hack that can make a google drive a private nostr relay? You could then keep a copy of your notes for free and re-broadcast when you want to share again?


I would push back that Bitcoin lacks privacy and eventually scaling. I think Saylor has a conflict of interest in Bitcoin not developing so he can offer a banking solution to scaling. It's in his interest for Bitcoin to be state sanctioned to minimise regulatory risk. It's also in his interest for society to be highly governed to provide security for his billions.


Not sure if this is what you mean but npub.pro turns notes into a blog site


They are winding up
https://blog.mutinywallet.com/


Someone explain the difference between Cashu and fedmint like they are talking to an IQ80. Cashu mints can be federations right? #Cashu #fedi


Kinda leaning the same way.


I'm still grieving for the loss of Mutiny Wallet.


Australia has raised the terrorism threat, citing online conspiracy theories and economic grievances as contributing to the increased risk. The writing is on the wall to clamp down on social media.


People tell me I would make a good therapist, but I'm not so sure. #meme https://image.nostr.build/f78044d2f68ebf6205c600a9f1c7e36df33eed6c605b504a131b88675dfdc6cf.jpg


Yeah, it's going to take a while.


Wow, I was not expecting this. Mutiny was my go to daily driver. It was a bit glitchy at times, but in terms of the wallet I wanted to work it was everything.


Yeah


There definitely needs to be a nip for a dating profile. Mainly for the nip puns, but also because the financial incentives for dating apps are broken. They make more money if you stay single and keep paying for greater access levels. If they show you the perfect match first up there is not much scope to make you pay more. Algorithm competition could solve this. Also, zaps to the developers as spam deterral aligns incentives for quality, genuine matches.


To God be the glory.


https://i.nostr.build/OEjetrfsTdd3cTey.jpg
I've considered myself Christian for a while but today I was saved.

I made the commitment in front of a local pastor and he's committed to guiding me as I go. He gave me this Bible and signed and dated it.

It feels good man.

I wanted to share this with my Nostr frens. 😊

#christisking #saved #ibelieveinjesus


Half marathon casualties, two toenails. #footstr
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First up, I want to recognize that this is an uncomfortable topic!  Bitcoin is inevitably changing towards user-pays, and that's not all positive.  But facts we don't like are still facts: can't engineer a solution if we can't think about the problems.

There are three kinds of bitcoiners.
A. Those who can afford any fee.
B. Those who can afford a UTXO, but not often.
C. Those who can't afford a UTXO.

Nobody worries about the A group (and in the early days, that was everyone).  Obviously Lightning (my area!) caters to the B group, and we want it to be as large as possible.  To do this we can (1) make lightning as resiliant as we can so onchain spends are rare, (2) make bitcoin as efficient as possible so we can cram as much as we can into what we have.

(1) Making lightning more resilient and reliable is engineering.  Lots of people working on this, even before we get soft-forks which could help further.

(2) More efficiency has two benefits: obviously if your own onchain spends are 20% smaller, that's 20% cheaper.  But if *everyone's* onchain spends are 20% smaller, that means fees are lower *for everyone* too (and it's non-linear).  So we really care about all Bitcoin usage!  Some things are obvious wins: Taproot so you can avoid even putting the script onchain in many cases, FROST so you can cram your 2 of 3 or other scheme into a single key and signature.  We know we want to get more aggressive with sharing one signature across multiple inputs (Cross Input Signature Aggregation), but that needs a lot more research, and a soft-fork.

But even with all these, the math is clear: some people, even if you somehow gave them their wealth in a UTXO, it couldn't afford its own fees to spend.  The C group is real.  Spoiler alert: we don't have an answer for this!  But let's look at some approaches people have tried.

Firstly, there are attempts to move these people into the B group: give them long enough that maybe fees will reach a point they can afford.  This seems unlikely to me:
1. As fees increase everyone will start doing the work to take advantage of low fee times, and that itself means that low-fee times won't be so low.
2. These schemes tend to increase onchain footprints, so they need fees to drop a lot to overcome that (typical is 2x the transaction size, so you need fees to halve to gain anything).
3. If you really can't afford the fee, you probably also can't afford to wait.
4. You still haven't actually dealt with those who really, really can't afford the fees.  Ever.

Another suggestion is that someone (e.g. a lightning service provider) will lock up funds which would cover fees, in case something goes wrong.  This doesn't work economically, because nobody is paying $100 for a $5 user (not at scale), but it doesn't even work mathematically: the reason some people will have small UTXOs is because there are not enough sats for 10 billion people with any realistic distribution.

There are two basic approaches left:
1. Group people, so they fall into the B category (i.e. onchain tx is possible, but expensive).
2. Trust someone, but rely on incentives.

1. Grouping people is possible, but they need to work together if somenthing goes wrong.  So grouping inside a community is probably better than grouping with randos.

For example, there are various tree-of-transaction schemes where you go onchain only if the coordinator fails/goes rogue, and how much it costs you depends on whether anyone near you in the tree pays to get themselves out.  These are basically free if nothing goes wrong (one UTXO required for thousands of users!).  But this is subject to ghettoization, where the coordinator makes sure all the C people are grouped together, knowing none of them can afford the transactions they need to get their funds back.  It's particularly bad because the coordinator can insert its own fake "whales" to make it look like it's not ghettoized.

You can play with incentives here, too: more research needed.  The details matter!

2. Relying on incentives.

As a simple example, lightning-connected e-cash mints.  They can't rug individuals very easily, they have to rug everyone together (or go fractional and rug the last ones to exit).   Maybe with enough anonymity and reputation, these would be Good Enough.

More ambitious would be a single UTXO held for multiple people by a coordinator.   Can we make it so that if a coordinator is dishonest, you can force them to burn your funds?  Maybe burn more than your funds (ie. a bond)?  Won't get your money, but it aligns incentives so they're not motivated to rug you.  The details here really matter!

There's a cute scheme which has been proposed where the coordinator pays a temporary bond, and asserts that they actually have everyone's signature to transfer the funds.  If nobody challenges within a week, they get the bond back and the funds move.  If someone challenges, all the signatures are put onchain, and if they're not all valid, the bond gets half-burned and half-given to the (successful) challenger.  This is hard to make work, though.  Someone needs to get the money to challenge (hard if you don't have the money in the first place, plus it's hard to prove to someone you *didn't* sign something!), and then make sure nobody gets the challenge bond before them (in particular, a dishonest coordinator, seeing the game is up, completes the successful challenge *themselves* and gets half their bond back), and make sure someone can't grief and delay the settlement indefinitely or bankrupt the coordinator.

More research needed, here, too.

Summary

A longer post than I had expected to write.  And it's buried in the middle of a thread nobody will read.  (I do this sometimes.  I suck at marketing I guess!)

Sub-fee bitcoin amounts will have tradeoffs, involving trusting someone who has more money than you (at least, in someone's competence, even if their *financial* incentives can be made to match yours).  This is difficult to build well, and not a very exciting thing to build today, so it hasn't really happened (custodial things are much, much easier!).

This is also a key reason I believe we need to make Bitcoin more expressive: if we can do *more* with our own UTXOs, we can build better solutions.  And by "we" I mean "someone smarter than me" of course!

Feedback welcome!


My first ever half marathon and longest run ever. #proofofrun
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That's cool


Welcome, birth tourism? What is that?


I'm 100% in Bitcoin and agree with the network effect thing, but am becoming concerned at Bitcoins lack of privacy. Monero was issuing 50 coin blocks every 2 minutes up until the beginning of last cycle, that probably explains the price crash better than lack of use. Bitcoin and crypto in general is in a price discovery phase. When it comes to adoption and spending, privacy is a 10x improvement. I anticipate Bitcoin will adopt sufficient privacy, but I'm starting to doubt.


nostr:nprofile1qqs9qp2dql3vmuetzq6hw77eeaeej2j2ughers22wch0m2jm7c05w4g7fd4xj is a great Bitcoiner, his podcast is very informative, he knows what he is taking about and isn't afraid to ask the hard questions. You should listen to him.
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**#CakeWallet the only mature wallet out there that I know of that is doing anything rn to further the privacy of Bitcoin transactions with full send, receive, and privacy preserving scanning support for Silent Payments**

**Silent Payments**

Silent Payments (BIP-352) is a protocol for static payment addresses in Bitcoin without on-chain linkability of payments or a need for on-chain notifications.

This protocol protects the receivers privacy by automatically having the sender generate a new Taproot address on chain only the receiver can know is theirs and spend from everytime a transaction is sent to their Silent Payments address.

For a more detailed explanation on how Silent Payments works, please visit https://silentpayments.xyz/

One major difference of Silent Payments is in order to fully protect the privacy of the user and not have the server know which Silent Payments transactions belong to them, we opt for on-device scanning of transactions instead of having a light wallet and making the node do all the work for us. This incurrs greater synchronization time, device power consumption and hardware utilization, but protects the privacy of the user much more.

Silent Payment addresses start with ```sp1```

**Scanning**

In order to enable Silent Payments, tap the switch on the “Silent Payments” card to start scanning blocks for Silent Payments.

https://guides.cakewallet.com/docs/cryptos/bitcoin/silentpayments.png

The wallet will start scanning from the height of when you first opened it after installing 4.18.0 or higher, or continue where it left off. Silent Payments scanning will automnatically turn off once it has reached the current blockheight. If you would like it to automatically scan for Silent Payment transactions on new blocks, please toggle an option under Menu -> Silent Payments settings -> “Set Silent Payments always scanning” to on. Silent Payments scanning will automatically toggle on if there are new blocks to scan and toggle back off when it’s finished.

https://guides.cakewallet.com/docs/cryptos/bitcoin/menu.png
https://guides.cakewallet.com/docs/cryptos/bitcoin/alwaysscan.png

**Receiving**

In order to receive a Silent Payment, you must give the sender your Silent Payments address, which can be found by switching the address type to Silent Payments following the instructions at the beginning of this page. When you want to receive the transaction in the wallet, you must enable Silent Payments scanning.

**Sending**

You can send Bitcoin to an existing Silent Payments address (```sp1xxx```) using the same flow. No extra work is required to send to a Silent Payments address, the wallet will handle the unique address generation in the background before sending your transaction.

Learn more here:

https://guides.cakewallet.com/docs/cryptos/bitcoin/#silent-payments

https://silentpayments.xyz/

https://silentpayments.xyz/docs/wallets/


I just started using it. Thanks for the info.


This is actually terrifying. They will use AI to analyse who is spending money and how they can prevent it. Then they can print money and put controls in place to make everyone collectively poorer so that inflation doesn't happen.


Set up npub.pro njump doesn't render well for sharing.


What BIPs do you think should be implemented to give Bitcoin base lever privacy?