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2025-04-28 12:39:17

GM, I think I fixed my hot water heater this morning 🤞 hot water is back and no leaks detected after roughly 8 hours of being pressurized again

2025-04-20 11:39:40

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The simple answer is because fiat is dying. The deeper answer is that this entire statement is misleading. While Lightning does have routing and liquidity mechanics under the hood, those aren't issues a company like Epic would ever have to deal with directly. Epic would likely use a payment provider, like @nprofile…x85g that I mentioned above with Splitgate, that abstracts all that away. And to say fiat has 'no such problems' ignores the real world issues with fraud, chargebacks, fees and settlement delays that fiat rails still deal with on the daily. So the comparison doesn’t hold.
Also, the part I was saying was wrong wasn’t about fiat vs. Lightning. It was your blanket claim that Lightning is 'jank' and can’t scale. That’s just not grounded in reality. Lightning is already handling microtransactions in live gaming environments today. Even my Rust server, running with just a handful of open channels, has no issue routing sats instantly and reliably. Lightning payments at scale isn’t theoretical, it’s happening right now, in the wild.
As for Zenon, calling it a 'Lightning successor' is pure shitcoin marketing. It’s a speculative project with no real adoption, no meaningful developer ecosystem and no demonstrated ability to scale in production plus it includes the need for a shitcoin. Meanwhile, Lightning has global reach, developer momentum, enterprise interest and actual users. Don’t let a buzzword filled whitepaper distract from a protocol that’s already working. Hype doesn't scale, working code does.

2025-04-18 15:30:24

I was listening to @nprofile…raye last night and was excited to hear the start of the show talking about Bitcoin gaming. There are parts I fully agreed with and parts that I'd love to debate. The full show isn't about gaming but here's a clip on the conversation around this post:
https://fountain.fm/clip/uLScC0fjdv78OXLZyiE3 (Timestamp 3:03 to 4:30 of The Coinbase Rugs Continue in case my Fountain clip won't load for you.)
@nprofile…zx3h mentions early on that Fortnite with sats has always been a dream of his and I couldn't agree more. I think gaming has the potential to make Bitcoin way more mainstream while offering gaming experiences that just can't happen in a fiat world. When done right I even think it's enough to make @nprofile…l2yj find the time to game! 🤣
Matt goes on to say that Epic Games will never do it because it has to be a challenger to make the move. I think this was a bit hyperbolic because once Bitcoin gaming becomes the standard, Epic will have to do it to keep up with the Joneses. On the other hand I completely understand his point that they may be one of the last to move.
We've already seen smaller studios, like 1047, adopt Bitcoin as a means of bringing users back in when they teamed with @nprofile…x85g back in 2023 to have Bitcoin added to Splitgate. ( https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/zbd-launches-bitcoin-prize-pool-for-splitgate ) I saw first hand how this invigorated a community around that game for players that had never played it in it's first 4 years of being on the market.
Then came the part that really inspired me to write this post. I've had chatgpt reword the following two paragraphs given my critical view of the project.
Matt mentions that he helped convince Satoshi Games to launch Lightnite with Bitcoin and that it was a massive development sinkhole. I was deeply invested in SG's vision, purchasing an early copy of Lightnite, their original Liquid-based NFTs and even created web properties to promote their game because I strongly supported their mission. Unfortunately, they eventually shifted their focus and moved entirely to Solana.
In my opinion, the move to Solana was not because Bitcoin itself created insurmountable development hurdles, but rather due to business decisions that favored an easier issuance of tokens. As someone who passionately supported their Bitcoin-centric mission, I was disappointed and publicly expressed my frustrations, leading to being blocked by their team on Twitter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3I9CWMRf4Y
@nprofile…wlck is a complete antithesis to the concept of Bitcoin in gaming being tough to develop. They launched a modded server on Rust years ago and have continued to build and enhance the experience. Supported by the community through @nprofile…f2t4 ( https://geyser.fund/project/orange ), they’ve consistently delivered sats directly into players' hands simply for participating.
Remarkably, they initiated this with virtually zero traditional development. Instead, they creatively repurposed existing in-game assets to represent Bitcoin and utilized @nprofile…5rqe vouchers dispensed from in-game vending machines. This innovative setup provided a Bitcoin earning experience without any significant development overhead. Their vision and dedication directly inspired me to invest thousands of hours into Rust.
Inspired by Orange’s mission, I've since developed multiple plugins for Rust, including Orangemart.cs. This plugin allows any Rust server to integrate seamlessly with an LNBits server, enabling players to easily move sats in and out of the game via Discord-sent lightning invoices or payouts with nothing more needed than a lightning address.
Creating this plugin was far from a development sinkhole, it was essentially "vibe-coded," before that was even a term. Leveraging prompts fed into chatgpt, I was able to learn enough about Rust’s modding framework to integrate Bitcoin directly into the game. I completed the first working version with just a few weeks of my spare time, clearly disproving the notion of Bitcoin gaming as inherently difficult or resource-intensive to develop. (I'm certainly no real game developer!)
I've since launched my own Rust server in collaboration with Orange to offer a unique take on the Rust experience. I've incorporated virtual Bitcoin mining that let's players use in-game Bitaxes to "hash" and turn those hashes in for rewards similar to a FPPS mining pool. This then determines the rewards they can claim at the end of the wipe based on the number of shares they turn in. I've found managing a Rust server more work than integrating Bitcoin into the game.
TL:DR - Bitcoin is likely the future of gaming. LLMs will continue to reduce hurdles for development and market forces will eventually push teams to focus on the hardest money as players demand real rewards for their time and effort. This will make cash grabs around issuing your own currency less valuable and further entrench Bitcoin into gaming.

2025-04-17 06:19:45

Planning to watch this after Tucker's interview with Curt Weldon https://archive.org/download/1.CallingOUTbravo7.finalcut/1.CallingOUTbravo7.finalcut.mp4

2025-04-12 03:57:10

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I completely agree but I guess if we've never met him we aren't allowed to talk about it 🤣
(Reference to Smith/Murray on JRE)

2025-04-02 02:45:11

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👑

2025-04-02 02:18:35

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https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html

2025-04-02 02:06:36

Disappointed I didn't know Grassroots was coming up...

2025-04-01 16:49:19

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I hate April 1st, I see cool stuff and always have to wonder if its true.

2025-04-01 03:44:06

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Unrelated but ever use the old BitBond site for P2P loans?

2025-04-01 02:40:44

Anyone played inZOI yet? Love to hear your review #asknostr https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456740/inZOI/

2025-04-01 02:11:14

https://relay.patrickulrich.com/610cfbbbb4a2d64ab2c19a02e77c192129b3f821cc3a4260e1bce945baa056ec.png

2025-03-31 15:59:04

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Not to mention, how do we know that even Coinbase has the Bitcoin to back up their stated holdings?

2025-03-31 12:36:02

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ETF but are they actually buying Bitcoin to back their claims or has the legacy system once again introduced paper claims as they've done with gold in the past? All that demand from the spring and this is all we got feels fishy.

2025-03-31 05:43:30

I believe ETFs were a scam to pull money out of Bitcoin. 🤷‍♂️

2025-03-26 06:58:31

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If SoapMiner will accept it straight to a lightning address then sure. We don't yet work with bolt11 invoices until the full GUI is finished.

2025-03-26 06:54:12

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Send it to the lightning address you want it to go to?

2025-03-26 06:08:19

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https://archive.is/MEtsR as an alternative

2025-03-26 06:01:42

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Happy to see you on nostr!

2025-03-26 05:38:43

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Orange expanded to offer a second server called Mandarin that is PVE based. I then launched Tangerine that is a middle ground between the PVP style of Orange and the PVE nature of Mandarin that has PVP zones around high value monuments but still allows players to live a safe life in the PVE areas.
Tangerine also launched a slightly different rewards mechanism. Instead of finding blood, players need to build a computer station and then search out Bitaxe models from across the map. As they put their miners in the computer station they create Hash. Players then take that Hash to the major safe zones (Outpost & Bandit Camp) and deposit it in a special box that removes the Hash from the game and credits their account. At the end of the wipe we reward players based on their % of deposits with the equal % of the wipe rewards pool (similar to a FPPS mining pool). During the next wipe they issue the command /claim to get a deposit of blood that they can then trade with other players or withdraw to their own lightning wallet.

2025-03-26 05:29:45

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Slightly. We are a part of their community but since you probably last seen it I developed a new plugin that allows a more interactive way of playing on the server. Players can now send and receive sats directly inside the game using chat commands like /buyblood to put sats into the game as the in-game asset blood and /sendblood # lightning@address.com to convert that in-game asset back into sats via lightning. The plugin is live on all of the servers now. Tangerine also has a direct market where everything in the game is tradeable against blood. If a player needs a gun they can go a NPC vendor and deposit sats that allow any other player to trade their guns for those sats. Next big goal is changing this from being a chat command to using interactive GUIs built inside the game to give it a more natural feel. https://code.rustysats.com/rustysats/orangemart.cs

2025-03-25 21:11:53

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#nevent1q…ten4

2025-03-25 15:46:46

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Interesting, time to wipe and see if it fixes it cause this is what I get right now https://relay.patrickulrich.com/21e27eb37b75ebbf9c9c3f30dbd7261786edd76db6d018dd6f88e8b825ad47c3.png

2025-03-25 13:24:41

Does anyone else not show any Note Discovery bots on #Amethyst these days?

2025-03-25 00:31:00

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Same! Many years of listening to TWiG on the regular.

2025-03-25 00:24:17

When you hear the name Leo, who comes to your mind? #asknostr

2025-03-24 23:40:23

Watching some unethical life hacks and wondering if @nprofile…q70e is ready a challenge at Tabconf https://youtu.be/CZd6fL4EHCw

2025-03-24 22:08:26

Can @nprofile…8ntf pick up a crown? https://www.twitch.tv/peachyhodl

2025-03-24 01:19:49

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Both Cashu mints and custodial exchange wallets are backed/banked by a single entity. I can slightly see the point of part two though because the protocol could be easier to swap from due to the mint not having as much information to limit redemption. They could still limit redemption by other methods like where the withdrawal is set to go. Similarly you can usually move via lightning based on very similar voluntary market forces if you realize the custodian isn't reliable.

2025-03-23 04:27:58

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Congrats man! Here's to day 888!

2025-03-23 03:34:17

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Tbh I actually disagree with my argument here. I don't believe ecash is custodial; I believe it's a shitcoin akin to the dollar being backed by BTC. The issuer can determine how much they back the token or make any rules for how they'll give out Bitcoin against it. There's also nothing that ties your original deposit to the ecash you receive. It has no tie to Bitcoin anymore than something like liquid.
I actually made this argument in an unsent opinion letter to the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions when we were planning to launch a Fedimint. I believe that when someone gives you money that they're actually performing an economic transaction of buying a totally different asset. The asset has no ties to Bitcoin and as long as the mint doesn't make claims to be backing or custodying then they shouldn't be regulated as such.
I don't think this is necessary a bad thing as long as it's an understood element. I think there's a lot of value to mints in our current base layer situation. The tech could still allow scaling for a wide range of new functions that aren't possible/feasible on base BTC. That being said I look forward to more advancement that doesn't necessitate us living in an ecash world.

2025-03-23 01:04:04

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How are we defeated by realizing we're all the same? Viewing some as elites seem to immediately give their view more credence than the plebs. We all have the same job. Unfortunately some just aren't doing their part and taking the easy route towards KYC / SoV only.

2025-03-22 21:05:55

We need AI based refs in sports. It's clear the human element changes games way too much.
#nevent1q…eypg

2025-03-22 20:27:10

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If we're talking Bitcoin terms then Cashu is very much custodial. The mint is the custodian of all sats and can refuse to back them at any time. You might be self-custodial with your Cashu tokens but the underlying value is held by the mint.
That being said I agree that we'll continue to see improvements to base layer that allow TX to scale to the global level. There's so many proposals that can bring advancements to Bitcoin for this that will eventually make it to base that I have no worries we'll be good.

2025-03-22 19:52:59

Refs in St. John / Arkansas game going to get someone hurt not calling obvious fouls

2025-03-22 19:41:13

Meijer kinda trash for having one of their workers arrested for eating some fruit cups and chickens. https://relay.patrickulrich.com/74a37a84c5c9ca5655e8131a854569f24a70790e588f9f4d3841217a1d3585a6.mp4

2025-03-22 16:46:56

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This is actually an excellent comparison. We might not be the most optimized platform but our ability to connect far more functionality will give us far more adoption as experiences get more refined.

2025-03-22 02:41:31

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https://relay.patrickulrich.com/cc914d51851a79e1eb67fdcaf4cc185dfe61ce9ea0c1e9d9faa5ba7535e93e1b.jpg

2025-03-22 02:17:40

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Good to see you here! @nprofile…8ntf still keeps your bracelet safe.

2025-03-22 01:12:40

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We need Amari from the SEC tournament; my guy is playing weak tonight

2025-03-22 00:13:04

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Solid game plan in first half. Poor planning on my part for dinner to go with game. https://relay.patrickulrich.com/a072d82c64b0081eace4cc0b0ae4616c3a60ae503a0f61369a670ad5303a7158.png

2025-03-22 00:05:12

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I like the game plan of wearing them down. I wish we could play better ourselves at the fast pace but it'll work. 2nd half we should really start to peek ahead.

2025-03-21 23:40:30

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Ok I've missed a good portion ordering some food but what I've seen hasn't been a team playing together. Defense looks great though.

2025-03-21 23:28:16

This will be my ranting thread for tonight's #Kentucky game. Go cats! #BBN

2025-03-21 17:13:16

Didn't realize how cold it was supposed to get last night and let my node get a bit to icy I'm afraid. Crossing fingers we resync and I'm back online to my peers in a few. Sorry for the downtime.

2025-03-21 04:12:44

Rick Pitino is one of, if not the, best coaches of all time.

2025-03-20 22:55:52

Is there a setting on the BTClock to resume normal mode after say 30 seconds from stealing focus for a zap without hitting a button? @nprofile…jz96

2025-03-20 17:24:02

This morning I found out well be able to get water installed on our new property. Huge relief!

2025-03-20 00:01:30

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Key rotation 🙏

2025-03-19 06:09:33

Protect your gut

2025-03-19 03:54:04

Today I asked Manus to identify Rust (game) plugins to help with cheaters. While it didn't bring anything new to light for me, I really appreciated the way it reasoned through the question and displayed it's thoughts along the way. I didn't find this particular use anything to write home about but still impressed with it's CoT, looking forward to more ways to challenge it.
#nevent1q…sc3q

2025-03-17 17:29:43

Unexpected but excited to try it out https://m.primal.net/PjLq.png

2025-03-17 17:22:21

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It was more a joke back to the old days of JWW always posting his CDs

2025-03-17 17:20:34

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😀 https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71c-E4VNF7L.jpg

2025-03-16 03:55:27

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Thanks for the suggestion! Trying to stick with works they can read without purchase for this project though.

2025-03-15 12:11:05

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Interesting - it lets me on Amethyst but not Primal. I was afraid I was having issues getting to Strike from my node which would be a problem.

2025-03-15 12:04:13

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Good idea! I wasn't thinking of that but it'll be a great deep dive for players to find.

2025-03-15 12:03:23

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I really like idea of including Bitcoin Obituaries https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituaries/ in this! Wasn't front of mind but a great suggestion!

2025-03-15 11:59:52

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A classic. It will definitely make the cut especially since there will be lots of shitcoiners that stop in.

2025-03-15 11:58:27

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Agreed! It will be the center of the room.

2025-03-15 11:41:47

GM! If you're building the library of Bitcoin and wanted 10 documents to be linked to as the pillars of the library, what would you link? #asknostr

2025-03-15 03:20:27

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What are you having?

2025-03-14 15:46:36

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I didn't know that! Our local location is just way friendlier and better organized than any Sbucks I've been to. Plus their beans taste way more smooth to me.

2025-03-13 16:08:26

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Desire for wanting the government to be involved vs it being permissionless are totally different things. Satoshi didn't want Gavin going to the CIA; didn't mean he didn't understand they could learn regardless

2025-03-13 13:40:30

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and we want them to have more Bitcoin to stay in business...

2025-03-13 12:36:34

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I'd like to see them stay listed in case someone needs a copy of the old version for some reason but definitely should be removed from recommendations. The warning could be beneficial but you guys already do a good job of informing users of release notes so it's easy enough for users to research how active development is.

2025-03-10 17:27:32

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Same here 😄 I'm pretty sure @nprofile…vgwa was one of my earlier lightning channels back in the day.

2025-03-10 01:31:40

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I need to eat lol

2025-03-09 23:22:40

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If you know anybody that might get use of it, please connect me! I've built an early version and have some refinements to make off of some user feedback, but would love to find more users to make it as robust as possible.

2025-03-09 23:04:30

Discord Admins
Would you get use of a Discord bot that manages roles for users based on them paying a lightning invoice?

2025-03-08 21:20:47

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Yeah in no way a knock on the work that Brian has done. I really hope it didn't come off that way especially after this week's boardroom. All the respect in the world for Brian.

2025-03-08 18:40:34

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If it's on Hive there's only one copy, whatever the Hive witness say is the copy. As Hive continues to centralize around the few people interested in continuing to buy it (it's dPos after all) eventually you're down to nothing different than a single VPS hosting because it's already to a point where Blocktrades controls the chain for all intents and purposes. (tl:dr Hive isn't distributed now and is only getting worse)
If it was on a nostr relay that was hosted by Podcast Index then everyone would likely just sub to PI for their updates. If you did want to keep your own copy for some reason (maybe you want to backup PI and keep them sound) you could just sync those events to your own relay for safe keeping.

2025-03-08 16:07:10

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Yeah I'd love to see someone fork podping to store on a relay instead of Hive.

2025-03-08 00:32:48

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Call me naive but please explain how any intelligence agency is going to locate math being done somewhere in the world.

2025-03-07 16:20:55

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People start following these accounts and that leads to the spammers being added to WoT relay trusted list and thus making on relays.

2025-03-07 12:40:22

GM, waking up enjoying the thought of the government trying to seize Bitcoin from exchanges and finding out most are fractional reserve anyway.

2025-03-05 02:56:06

Comical how bad Hollywood does at representing Bitcoin

2025-03-03 13:32:56

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How does she go from gun to her head to shooting them and defending herself? Also multisig is king for this reason alone.

2025-03-03 10:33:11

The worst feeling is helplessness.

2025-03-02 15:02:01

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That'd be a really cool model!

2025-03-02 14:12:56

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It all would depend. Easy way would be match wagers but I don't think that gets lots of traction because who really wants to risk the hardest money in the world on a CNC match. The real goal would be inserting advertising into the server to support a rewards balance that could be offered to top players who perform on those sponsored maps.

2025-03-02 14:10:21

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Come check out @nprofile…gs7l! https://youtu.be/m3I9CWMRf4Y

2025-03-01 17:44:01

https://youtu.be/yfFeNTcmGPY

2025-03-01 14:44:22

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Yeah I was immediately looking to see what possibilities there'd be until I seen that part. Facepunch, behind Rust, seems so far ahead of all other game devs by letting people be free to do what they want.

2025-03-01 13:20:59

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I was excited to see this but https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/modding-faq makes me feel like you wouldn't be allowed to add Bitcoin into the game 😞

2025-02-27 19:02:26

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#nevent1q…lv3j

2025-02-26 20:55:25

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Why not let the AI write out updated documentation instead of omitting altogether?

2025-02-26 19:50:20

For months I've been waking up to between 1-5k sats being deposited into my Minibits wallet each morning. I couldn't understand where these payments were coming from and just been squirreling them away. Today I went to withdraw the sats I've mined over the winter and found I had set up lightning withdraws to Minibits 🤣
#nevent1q…3dfe

2025-02-25 23:17:02

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Yeah I think the most immediate reasons for most users are going to be tied to data needs. I could see this same thing as users start to use nostr for events with healthcare or other deeply sensitive data. That being said we're seeing more and more specialized event relays like NIP-29 that could be a driver for some that need those extra community features in a private setting like you mentioned or maybe providing cool features like delivering algo feeds. So many opportunities for relay operators to carve out their niche these days.

2025-02-25 23:00:54

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Control over what's on that relay and a better user experience for your users. That may be by supporting niche event types or proper spam mitigation. In more general it means you know you have a copy of your data; not your relay, not your events.

2025-02-25 16:47:11

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You're very kind sir, I will happily sell your chair for some extra sats today!

2025-02-25 15:47:50

Anybody have any of those McDonald's applications laying around?

2025-02-25 15:42:59

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What's the 34 month driver though?

2025-02-25 15:36:57

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2025-02-25 03:24:03

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Interesting that my old npub from two years ago is indexed but my current keys aren't https://relay.patrickulrich.com/f64e55cac8242b40691d1c6249f76f3408e82cca25e0fbedd81a06a54531c483.png

2025-02-22 17:09:39

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I refuse to add other amounts to #Amethyst so I can enjoy the one-click life of 21 sat zaps

2025-02-22 14:50:41

GM, did you know Jesse from Breaking Bad, appeared on the Price is Right? https://relay.patrickulrich.com/84462858cd62602828b7ba628447255f5492979ddbd5ac6aa6525902976c7fe8.mp4

2025-02-17 17:31:09

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👀

2025-02-14 02:52:25

https://youtu.be/-CxKA1uETxE

2025-02-12 10:49:28

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Thank you for sharing this. I haven't been traveling as much last few years but audiobooks and pods used to help me consume so much info. Having this as a tool back then would have been amazing!