bitcoinplebdev

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npub1s9etjgzjglwlaxdhsveq0qksxyh6xpdpn8ajh69ruetrug957r3qpklxzl

NIP-05 Address

bitcoinplebdev@bitcoinpleb.dev

NIP-57 Address

bitcoinplebdev@stacker.news

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsgzu4eypfy0h07nxmcxvs8stgrztarqksen7etaz37v437yz60pcspr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqpz4mhxue69uhkg6t5w3hjuur4vghhyetvv9ussl6fya

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nostr.bitcoiner.social

ditto.pub/relay

relay.nostr.band

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npub1s9etjgzjglwlaxdhsveq0qksxyh6xpdpn8ajh69ruetrug957r3qpklxzl

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Last Notes

2025-04-23 14:44:14

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With FROSTR (today) I might have a third share in a 2/3 that I give out to other clients.
This would allow these other clients to communicate with my other shares (requesting signatures / responding to signatures) however these clients could not recover my nsec or rotate my FROSTR keyset.
At any point I can rotate into a new keyset (orphaning these clients old shares) or I can just stop the signer I’m running and the client cannot complete requests

2025-04-12 13:15:46

I just realized if anyone has locked ecash to my pubkey I haven’t realized it?
Unless I got “NutZapped”????
Help me kids…

2025-04-12 13:12:36

Awesome thanks using it and thanks for the suggestions!
I definitely will add NWC soon for instant zaps. I want to think about how to best do persistent identities for chats to write to nostr relays (currently anon zap is only scenario where we write rather than read)
This will take:
- better anon keypair persistence and handling (for chat sessions)
- nip46 support (pass a chat your connect string eek)
- FROSTR support (cause I don’t wanna give an LLM my whole ass private key / signer)
#note1ukm…hdzw

2025-04-12 12:56:10

Amazing! Thank you for trying it out!
Yeah loading in (unlocking) a share in igloo is basically taking it from being cold to hot so I try to make it pretty explicit in the UI but I can see how it’s a tad confusing
More improvements, updates, and new signing clients coming soon!
#note1vfq…t7ny

2025-04-10 21:30:16

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You need to load in a share from the keyset and start the signer in igloo!
I walk through everything from scratch in this demo video: #nevent1q…dwer

2025-04-08 20:34:43

Woah people are using my software, thank you @npub16g4…kv4h !!
Just added anon zap tool!
Works for any note / profile format :)
https://video.nostr.build/f84647dc0f081c317cebae41fcfb8a0b812bf41cefd696034f5a2e5f3a48490d.mp4
#note1etw…ww9y

2025-04-08 19:36:07

Thank you TGFN!
Check it out for a full technical deep dive into FROSTR!
#note1gct…yly4

2025-04-01 23:26:30

Frost2x Extension is now on Chrome web store!
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/frost2x/gpbndcgoaehgeckcfmmbmaaaeljnaiof
Reminder you can also find Igloo Desktop App release here: https://github.com/FROSTR-ORG/igloo/releases/tag/v0.0.4
#nevent1q…dwer

2025-03-27 16:43:17

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No I haven’t sorry! Am still down though! @npub1gg5…ulq3 ?

2025-03-27 15:39:10

Goated
#note1dpq…02u7

2025-03-27 13:25:15

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Thank you 🙏

2025-03-27 03:09:06

I just rotated haha

2025-03-27 03:00:13

Apparently video doesn't play on some browsers..
BUMP
#nevent1q…jh4a
https://m.primal.net/Puef.mov

2025-03-27 00:35:04

FROSTR RELEASE!  https://frostr.org
So excited to announce we have signed releases for:
- Igloo: Frostr keyset manager and signer (Desktop App)
- Frost2x: Frostr Signer Extension (Browser Extension)
This is a secure & minimal setup for operating a 2/3 multisig for your NSEC 
Please give it a try, be extremely cautious, and give us any feedback! @npub1gg5…ulq3 @npub1s9e…lxzl
https://plebdevs-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/videos/random/frostr-demo-3.mp4

2025-03-25 23:36:58

Been 1 day away from a huge FROSTR release for the last week lmao
TOMORROW!?!?

2025-03-25 14:12:24

For u nostr is hugs, for me it is violence!

2025-03-24 02:05:39

You can pass in relay param...
Also give me a break I literally built it this morning lol
https://image.nostr.build/b4e169a62c4573fd5850a07593c3133906ac303c2ba92ae0f4a7bbdaf7f9224d.png
#nevent1q…lem7

2025-03-23 21:07:39

Claude can talk to nostr relays
https://github.com/AustinKelsay/nostr-mcp-server
https://video.nostr.build/af8b06c8f1e732fb729c017c5fe8b9b5ed4a6b13dd390bd576212f280952ed9c.mp4

2025-03-23 20:18:43

I'm going goblin mode

2025-03-21 00:38:15

Testing cool shit

2025-03-15 21:25:03

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1. Correct
2. Correct
3. Correct on FROST (not sure about BIP32) 
Frost and BIP32 are both “key management” schemes but I see them as serving different kinds of usecases. 
BIP32 is good for the manual backing up, manual management, and manual transferability of a mostly “cold” private key.
Frost is good for the active use and management of a private key between a quorum. 
I would not really want to use FROST shares for my private key cold storage nor would I want to use BIP32 for an active quorum.  
Frostr’s benefits are:
- You can split existing nsec into t-of-n threshold of shares
- You can do this multiple times (still signing for the same npub)
- You can sign, encrypt, and decrypt with a quorum of shares
- You can recover nsec with quorum of shares
- You can rotate by creating a new keyset and orphaning old shares
- You can sign/encrypt/decrypt in a single round of communication
- Rounds of communication happen over nostr relays allowing client applications to effectively act as "remote signers"
@npub1gg5…ulq3 I miss anything?

2025-03-14 07:45:51

https://image.nostr.build/b643018f14880f6716fa6615c101e6e2c608308ef946407d1926d22a8a18fb9d.jpg https://image.nostr.build/5c620fa804322d05afe2dbcb5b1af34b8853ef460a25834760bc01e223c3ec9f.jpg #note1hfc…gky2

2025-03-14 07:25:20

My edge is that I worked in fast food for 10 years
You can’t make me suffer more than I already have, you can’t imagine the life I lived before bitcoin lol

2025-03-06 16:55:54

FROSTR DEMO 2
Showcasing the updates to our two signing clients and turning my personal nsec into a Frostr multisig keyset  
SKIN IN THE GAME @npub1gg5…ulq3
https://plebdevs-bucket.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/videos/random/frostr-demo-2.mp4

2025-03-03 18:45:11

How do we keep nostr from centralizing?

2025-03-02 15:41:01

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I’ll spend some time with promenade this week! Will try and get a simple comparison between our two approaches

2025-02-27 17:38:30

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Yeah I’m down, might need to be next week though.
@npub1gg5…ulq3 ??

2025-02-25 23:48:58

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I haven’t looked into promenade so not sure on that.
if I’m understanding your question correctly with Frostr you can configure basic permissions on a given share within signing client (send / receive / both) meaning it has permission to either send a request to another share for sig, only receive requests, or both.
This effectively allows you to have a “third-party“ share (receive only) that you could give out to different clients/services for signing
@npub1gg5…ulq3 I get this right?

2025-02-25 23:20:44

Ok so access control, specialized services, access/gateway to exclusive networks, communication efficiency (if I’m understanding correctly?)
These are all interesting possibilities but it feels to be a bit of a stretch still, where are examples of such use cases? Most importantly what is the BASE case for running a relay? #note1vpk…wx8e

2025-02-25 23:07:16

Solid answer
For context I run a relay for plebdevs.com for the reasons of data availability and data backup for my notes. All of my courses and workshops are in notes on my relay (and many others)
STILL I am incentivized to keep this relay private, use it for my own selfish means of backup, and continue to abuse the large relays to take advantage of wider distribution. #note19l9…pjum

2025-02-25 23:03:31

1. I don’t understand? My client signs and broadcasts my notes to relays, how does running my own change that?
2. Other relays already store my data?
3. What am I even selling, what benefit would I be selling to others!?!?
4. Education on what? Running a server? #note15y9…8tth

2025-02-25 22:57:40

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Or using / providing a paid relay *

2025-02-25 22:57:01

Ok so relay as a service, but why even pay for a relay when I can use the biggest relays for free? What advantage or unlock does running my own relay give me?
#nevent1q…gqsu

2025-02-25 22:51:57

So I should?? Why not use top relays like everyone else?
There are dozens of highly available fast VC funded relays. What is my personal incentive?
#nevent1q…e75q

2025-02-25 22:41:09

Why run a relay?

2025-02-25 19:09:25

Notes and other stuff transmitted by retards

2025-02-25 00:58:57

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A rotation will invalidate the old keyset (effectively same thing as revocation)

2025-02-24 23:49:17

To rotate simply collect threshold of shares
Or fully regenerate from nsec (effectively a rotation) #note1lgz…jmu4

2025-02-24 22:24:07

TURN YOUR NSEC INTO A ROTATABLE MULTISIG WITH FROSTR
This is a demo of our first two signing clients Frost2x & Igloo converting an nsec into a Frostr keyset and signing a note in nostrudel
FROSTR IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT, ALL CODE IS OPEN SOURCE, PLEASE POKE HOLES IN IT AND BE ADVERSARIAL https://frostr.org
https://m.primal.net/PJze.mov

2025-02-24 00:00:06

Well I guess this is out 😅
https://frostr.org #note13kh…0mlm

2025-02-22 15:42:05

What is nostr’s biggest problem?

2025-02-21 22:14:09

What is one feature you think would improve nostr by 2X?

2025-02-18 21:04:57

How can you say you own your data on nostr when you just send it to a relay someone else controls?
AND THEN I can pull it and train AI on it without your knowledge or permission!?!?
Not trying to be dick, I just struggle with these narratives.
#nevent1q…yq3d

2025-02-17 20:58:47

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https://github.com/FROSTR-ORG

2025-02-17 20:49:15

CANT BELIEVE THIS WORKS
COOL SHIT COMING SOON
#nevent1q…r9fg

2025-02-12 23:58:32

Fiat devs play on easy mode.
No need to protect users privacy, no need for self custody, no need to decentralize, or keep yourself from becoming server admin, or choosing between growth and principles.
Fiat devs also NEVER move money with their code.
Fiat code asks for permission.
My code asks for forgiveness.

2025-02-10 23:29:32

The ambiguous fear behind imposter syndrome is that you will be “found out”
Therefore the best strategy is to publicly out yourself as an imposter, a retard, genuinely don’t know what I’m doing, going with the vibes lmao, just stoked to be here haha

2025-02-07 20:41:24

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I agree! But a shocking number of nostr users I talk to are not aware of that and assume that nostr is either private and or somehow their npub (that they cross verify with kyc platforms themselves) will magically protect them from censorship, targeting, or coercion.

2025-02-07 20:16:40

I know of multiple entities who are storing / attempt to store every note in existence. Anyone can do this with little bit of capital.
#note1adv…wdzy

2025-02-07 20:12:21

Reminder that Nostr is basically a surveillance tool that you opt into.
There is a plethora of data / metadata that anyone can query, collect, and mine from multiple independent sources.
Be adversarial, this is permanent.

2025-02-05 15:58:40

NWC is amazing!
I use it in plebdevs to build automated recurring Lightning subscriptions and easier zaps/payments
Let’s grow this ecosystem map in 2025 🤙
https://m.primal.net/ORho.jpg

2025-01-20 23:05:51

FLOUNDER MODE ACTIVATED

2024-12-01 20:22:56

In conversation: “Yeah I’ve had 3 exits” (laid off twice, fired once)

2024-10-31 13:43:37

3 public messages from nick (who refuses to use nostr):
- nostr sucks
- men who say running a lightning node is too hard are pussies. Men who refuse to run a lightning node are pussies. We need to make it clear that they are pussies. Men do not like being called pussies.
- bolt12, blinded paths, hidden services, el tor.

2024-10-26 15:36:27

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

2024-09-24 21:48:00

Me and the boys arguing about state management

2024-09-13 19:33:45

IMO most if not all of the UAP phenomena is just from the U.S. backdooring our own military tech and sensors to be able to produce anomalies and projections

2024-09-11 13:44:47

AI devs: good code bad idea
Plebdevs: bad code good idea

2024-09-11 13:41:34

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Yeah it’s a new time and tougher than ever for juniors but at the same time an individual has never had more power / opportunity for learning and leveraging code
As it is with everything the people who truly care will stick

2024-09-11 13:33:45

All of the AI influencers spreading fomo around the latest LLM coding tools just want you to be a worthless drone.
They wanna sell the idea that you don’t need to think hard anymore or figure out how to solve hard problems, just refer to the “experts” or AI if you ever don’t know what to do.
These tools can save you time and trouble but keep your mind strong, the future we all want won’t be built with lazy prompts.

2024-09-09 13:18:04

All the Bitcoin builders silently, consistently pushing code. I see you, you inspire me daily!
Happy Monday let's keep pushing 🫡

2024-09-05 16:04:56

Nostr isn’t just YOUR social media network it’s MY network of free databases

2024-09-05 16:03:11

Nostr has changed the way I think about building apps and the trust trade offs that can be made.
Just the simple insight that I can ship client side apps with server side logic WITHOUT myself being in control of the servers (or needing to) is endlessly inspiring and powerful

2024-09-04 15:57:34

Men will literally wait years for bolt12 w blinded paths but only minutes for their girl to get ready

2024-08-31 02:56:00

The most important author of the 20th century
https://m.primal.net/KWRa.jpg
https://m.primal.net/KWRc.jpg

2024-08-12 16:45:19

Checkout Voltage Tipper!
A simple, free and easy to deploy Lightning tipping page with built in Lightning Address that works on any LND node.
Do an easy and free 1 click deploy on vercel from the github repo: https://github.com/austinkelsay/voltage-tipper
There is also a replit version that's easy to run and just as simple to deploy: https://replit.com/@voltage-cloud/voltage-tipper
Use it for an easy tipping page or as a template project to learn and build with 🫡
https://m.primal.net/JxSV.png

2024-06-29 23:41:34

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

2024-06-27 13:55:17

I turn 30 today, what is your advice for me?

2024-06-08 16:41:08

Whereth doth the yield come?

2024-05-18 17:50:04

You know what is incredibly BASED!?!?
diffie-hellman key exchange 🤝

2024-04-26 00:47:35

TIMES ARE GOOD: CHAINSMOKE
TIMES ARE BAD: CHAINSMOKE

2024-04-15 16:52:42

PLEBDEVS WORKSHOP
BUILDING YOUR FIRST LIGHTNING APP
STOP LARPING AND COME GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY 🤝
https://youtu.be/kFUIfaCpXzA

2024-03-21 00:50:38

Are there any nip-99 clients?

2024-02-27 03:56:55

Devs know this one easy trick to mine100 bitcoin in a single command
Now you can learn too!
#note1jka…xv0e

2024-02-11 16:44:52

boys are we really getting a 4/20 halving?
time to pull out
the 51% hash
the dificulty bong
the cighash

2024-01-11 21:01:03

the opposite of based is debased

2024-01-10 15:42:55

GM
I've been reading the gulag archipelago again and found this great documentary on the gulag system
understand history cause it repeats
https://youtu.be/P4DYysKV-bE?si=Rd1vjxNwyg3M9M2t

2024-01-05 22:57:10

Come join me tomorrow to learn about LNURL / Lightning Address and build your own FREE Lightning Address server 🫡
Let's go!
#note18k4…3yeh

2023-11-27 16:33:01

The first plebdevs course has reached about 430 students across 50+ countries and 13 different languages
This is a response that has absolutely blown my mind
The need is there, the hunger is there, the plebs are ready to become plebdevs, the time is now! 🤝
https://plebdevs.com
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_9ABzEXwAIXHHJ?format=jpg&name=medium

2023-11-27 15:12:44

The PlebDevs Backend course is here!  In this comprehensive and beginner-friendly 13-lesson course, we'll transform you from a JavaScript n00b into a proficient backend developer, with a special focus on Lightning App Development.
 We’ll pick up from the simple frontend custodial lightning wallet that we built in the first PlebDevs course and make it fullstack and self custodial by creating/hosting our own server, API, Database, and Lightning node!  Purchase with Bitcoin on Emeralize: https://emeralize.app/course/purchase_detail/47/ Purchase with fiat on Udemy: https://udemy.com/course/plebdevs-backend If you don’t want to pay all of the code/slides are available for free here: https://github.com/pleb-devs/plebdevs-course-2
Checkout the Plebdevs community on discord: https://discord.gg/t4NkDKRCK8
Also check out https://plebdevs.com for links to everything  Let’s level up together 🤝 $boost

2023-11-09 23:01:04

Checkout the latest PlebDevs Workshop if you're interested in building Core Lightning Plugins!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJj4EUuBekw

2023-11-04 20:20:28

The next PlebDevs workshop is happening tomorrow at 3PM CST!
The legend @npub1ce7…3d7m will be hosting the second part of the CLN plugin series 🤝
Catch it live on: https://twitch.tv/plebdevs
Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRPvdcPYyWAXF7cOjW_dJCA
Plebdevs Community: https://discord.gg/67JDDF2RzJ https://image.nostr.build/2f4b25b9a8583cce02b36d83e523b077d1d47a452d713c3b42452437340acf27.jpg

2023-10-27 23:09:13

The next PlebDevs workshop is happening this Sunday at 1PM CST!
We'll be going over the basics of LNURL and implementing and LNURL Pay endpoint in NodeJS
Catch it live on: https://twitch.tv/plebdevs
Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRPvdcPYyWAXF7cOjW_dJCA
PlebDevs community: https://discord.gg/MbdvbzMUYH
🤝

2023-10-17 16:54:41

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$updog

2023-10-10 17:42:08

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Prism creation is made possible through this often overlooked part of the zap spec https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/57.md#appendix-g-zap-tag-on-other-events
This part of the spec allows you to add multiple zap tags to a single note, each with their own relative weight split.
This is essentially a prism, our service simply coordinates the creation of these zap split notes.

2023-09-28 16:35:48

Hey nostr, you’re smart. Is there a way I could broadcast a note offering a video for sale. The note would contain all of the metadata about the video but the .mp4 url itself would be encrypted (or else someone could take it without paying) I would want it to be a flat price and would want there to be no interaction required for someone to pay for the video (perhaps by zapping the note) and then receive the decryption key to decrypt the url?
I think it could be possible with lnurl LUD-10 success action potentially if the seller pregenerates a preimage that acts as the encryption key for the url in the note?

2023-09-27 20:02:00

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AFAIK they only support the zapping of notes with multiple zap tags not the creation of of those notes (let alone logic around who gets to become one of the zap recipients in the prism)

2023-09-27 19:44:00

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Ideally, it will incentivize engagement by giving those who engage with a note a split of the zaps that note receives
Right now we have to do it via proxy through another note though.
We want to find a way to build this natively in the spec, but this is our first iteration.

2023-09-27 19:16:57

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Yeah need to add a more technical explanation.
Basically we have a server that listens for any of the $prism tags (only have boost at the moment) and after 10 reposts or 12 hours it will post a new note with the reposters included in the zap tags
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/57.md#appendix-g-zap-tag-on-other-events

2023-09-13 22:33:02

Didn’t someone recently release a relay that you can easily run locally for testing? What was it called again?

2023-09-04 20:14:00

Sad to report I had to part ways with Fold.
With that being said I’ve never been more excited to start looking for a new opportunity to work on Bitcoin/Lightning/Nostr
My skills are sharper than ever and I’m super motivated to work on something I truly care about
No updated website/resume yet, but the proof is in the work: https://github.com/AustinKelsay
Onwards 🫡

2023-08-22 01:03:24

GayYC / GayML

2023-08-04 17:23:10

How determine legitimacy in both hip hop and bitcoin?
Longest chain

2023-07-10 19:44:26

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I just read the spec, and I want to build a simple implementation but I’m thinking to myself why hasn’t this been done more? it seems pretty simple. Am I missing something?

2023-07-10 19:43:15

Why isn’t nip26 implemented in more clients?

2023-07-07 16:38:27

Everything I like to work on I actually think kinda sucks
Lightning, nostr, JavaScript

2023-03-03 01:16:23

Austin Bitcoin Club what’s zappening?

2023-03-01 23:12:19

What’s zappening my plebs

2023-02-17 19:43:45

Someone already zapped me 😂 I literally just enabled it and haven’t told anyone yet

2023-02-08 20:14:18

Checkout my nip5!
A simple, ready-to-deploy Flask application to serve your NOSTR verification for NIP-05 compatibility! Get your own custom domain and server up and running in no time and deploy for free on Vercel with no extra configuration needed
https://github.com/AustinKelsay/my-nip5