Tim Bouma

More simplification.
I realized the target market has a large remittance requirement, so it's not really about payment it's more about sending funds to your loved ones.
#nevent1q…69aa

2025-05-13 22:32:14

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We will show them the way...

2025-05-13 15:38:11

People nowadays expect data in the wilderness.
Should be the same with your cash.
#nostr #safebox
https://image.nostr.build/94ced396218890eecb455ec5de993fbf1424ea07163d185a290cab3a01e32963.jpg

2025-05-12 22:17:00

Pics from my ride.
https://image.nostr.build/eefe1131bfb7c477c826d0e7a053d05990d2ec41d35fcc8bc8db462a5da5b7d9.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/f2c40d877b88e88b09b2246b6c07074f3301581ef51aa6c81c0fcdec43302a01.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/613e0bac78ee4723ec097136f3145ae4b80115541f27a0d56fb2ad4a16d3032a.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/fdae4b12ac12e9a657b43cbd7a282604c4ff7e77d52edfbbf486e5a9ef6c9502.jpg

2025-05-12 14:44:11

“system prompt” takes on new meaning…
$>_
#note1n8a…5ury

2025-05-10 20:02:49

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This branch
https://github.com/trbouma/safebox/tree/credentials/docs

2025-05-10 19:39:27

The Pope has a math degree.

2025-05-10 13:32:19

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I’m Protestant. We do it the reverse way. We delegate authority upward to Synod. All authority comes from the members and their direct relationship with God. No centralized dude.

2025-05-10 13:24:15

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Not sure I follow you.

2025-05-10 13:09:33

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Thanks. I keep surprising myself with what I can do with #nostr.

2025-05-10 13:06:39

Nobody, but nobody should be able to track your network. https://image.nostr.build/f23527671a9b2333026aa34d0896b01eac9495a2d0c620d69f0578f6382c8c68.jpg

2025-05-10 13:00:06

This is what a #nostr #safebox onboarding flow would look like for a campaign identified as “campaign1”
https://youtu.be/QkoU4W_ndrA

2025-05-10 11:22:34

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I was talking about this with my Gen Z son. He wants a manual transmission car without any unnecessary electronics. Says he has enough electronics in his phone, doesn’t need it in the car, too.

2025-05-10 01:20:56

Grand Maman at night.
https://image.nostr.build/18c689c1afced93ff03e2f4de4bbe6636ef6735e10363c72d9dc81901e8221a6.jpg

2025-05-09 21:45:58

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It’s a backend API thingy. Eventually, it will disappear into the background. Thanks for being so early!

2025-05-09 19:41:18

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@npub1zuu…c2uc is building

2025-05-09 19:01:51

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What is specified in NIP-44

2025-05-09 17:57:53

Now I have in place the basic scaffolding to hold any type of credential in #nostr #safebox
Apple and Google Wallet here I come!
https://video.nostr.build/cd55ec2877b1e6867c68a95bd3bcb37ec4d604faffcac4748088abf7b47f6197.mp4

2025-05-09 17:18:12

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The core requirement is access to the private key for signing.
There are many ways to do this:
- in local client
- in local enclave
- in remote service
- in remote enclave
- in hardware device
- multi signing
- delegation
- ….
I don’t think we’ve begun to explore the possibilities!

2025-05-09 14:57:18

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It could be. I don’t understand the architecture well enough yet, but I see the vision. Someone will come up with Signal for npubs or NIP-05 so eventually everyone can decouple from their phone no.

2025-05-09 14:54:35

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‘Safety’ is co-opted. ‘Safebox’ is about as exciting as that safebox you have in your hotel room.

2025-05-09 13:50:15

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Oooh, I like that! But it might imply to a really scared normie that there is danger out there, especially to a normie who doesn’t want to be branded as a KYC-avoiding criminal, because they want some privacy. Unfortunately, the word ‘Safe’ has been co-opted by the AI community. So maybe ‘Simple’?

2025-05-09 12:33:38

I've crunched the value proposition of #nostr #safebox to this. Though, for the normie crowd, I would use the word 'Private' instead of 'Sovereign'.
https://image.nostr.build/7f4518a59e7335950c48a871b12dae85730160a7acd98ddd6c812dabd325463e.jpg

2025-05-09 01:51:07

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The web app stores an encrypted session cookie on the browser. Only the app server can decrypt. The browser can't do anything with it.

2025-05-08 22:07:26

Integration of church and state.

2025-05-08 20:12:02

consensus rules > committed code

2025-05-08 18:45:27

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Dang, I wish I could be there!

2025-05-08 18:38:50

Yes.
This is what is happening on my #nostr #safebox project- signed JSON events for inter-app communication, https/JSON/API for web app client only.
#nevent1q…jrln

2025-05-08 13:02:53

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That’s the challenge I have. With what I’ve learned from #nostr , I honestly don’t know how I would conduct myself at these types of conferences. I’ve concluded that one of the key protocols #OAuth2 as a base protocol is the core problem, but the industry is too far along that path for any useful debate.

2025-05-08 12:58:25

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That’s the whole point. You’re supposed to pay someone so you don’t have to understand it.

2025-05-08 12:53:02

This is what is being presented (today) as ‘state of the art’ at the identity conferences.
From what I have learned what I can do with #nostr, this is unnecessarily complicated because they are not using a cryptographic protocol at its core (like nostr).
Plus there are some very problematic components, namely, the ‘Orchestration’ and ‘Authorization’ components.
You can wipe this complicated architecture cleanly away with signed events with kinds and relays.
https://image.nostr.build/75f0b038e833732bc73dabd3bd44c0328a8d54fe8c7ac63a8b9fff7d9f8e55b6.jpg

2025-05-07 23:31:30

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A really good book, actually
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Math

2025-05-07 20:34:24

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Very cool. Love this.

2025-05-07 15:17:28

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We’re vibing. See my next post.

2025-05-07 15:06:54

Take 2 - to eliminate a stupid typo and incorporate some great feedback from @nprofile…0h0z
https://image.nostr.build/90fab23d7aa069f724579e1a15aa98b030ccaec642e384418632e3f12bea2a49.jpg

2025-05-07 15:04:22

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Eventually, Signal could just bolt in what I am building. I am not aiming that high right now. Just getting the guts to work.

2025-05-07 14:30:36

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I was thinking of going with #NoAuth, but too much code to change for now.

2025-05-07 14:12:32

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I remember when corporate intranets were the innovative thing. Same vibe.

2025-05-07 13:43:16

Leaving #OAuth in the rearview mirror with #nauth
https://image.nostr.build/fd2cb33fd723648efc56d7f777fc049c3920def811c56d8b8e806d0dc7a3594c.jpg

2025-05-07 12:54:48

I could access #nostr #safebox all throughout Rajasthan, India, but the WiFI at the local dentist's office?
No.
My Amethyst client works fine. The key finding for me? I need to build an Android app that doesn't touch https: at all.
https://image.nostr.build/ba90e3a741047193ba7178cd94f49cb23893a5934ac9b37609260db874323ab0.jpg

2025-05-07 11:34:29

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Yes, I also keep toilet paper beside my RS-232 terminal.

2025-05-07 10:55:46

Bitcoin is the ledger.
Nostr is the register.
Registers and ledgers are the two core functions of building any type of enduring organization.
The authority lies in the keys, which nostr and bitcoin have placed directly into the hands of the users.

2025-05-06 17:43:34

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Here https://www.jpmorgan.com/technology/technology-blog/open-letter-to-our-suppliers

2025-05-06 17:34:21

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We only have ourselves to build us out of the hellhole we’re in.

2025-05-06 13:29:13

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They come from my training as an engineer and the obligations to which we were bound.

2025-05-06 13:17:27

This is probably better...
https://image.nostr.build/00aed31dc0184e6356001b7e69c5909cdb6dbc3884b7263ef63c6b4a9ec89d4b.jpg

2025-05-06 13:12:56

Trying to come up with a slide to communicate to normies who don't care about the underlying tech - only what it gives them.
Whaddya think?
https://image.nostr.build/cb86a728c9b6d96323a1f303948279fdc90347b105d8d5522850ebf843ff5c40.jpg

2025-05-06 11:35:09

In its early days I was excited about Ethereum about its promise of a global state. But now we know that there is no global state, except what’s needed for a global currency.
Fast forward a decade, we now have what we need with Bitcoin + Nostr - a global way to securely interact and transmit value.

2025-05-06 11:27:03

If you are looking for a deep dive on how #nostr #safebox hangs together and how it is used, here is the video,!
https://youtu.be/Q7nhgmGtemk

2025-05-06 10:32:10

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I lived through that web phase shift which happened in 1996. I worked for a company that sold the search engine software for the backends of AOL, Compuserve, etc. The web hit like a storm in early 1996 when Bill Gates decided to pivot. I was on the Microsoft campus at the time and saw the internal memo. Within two years, we saw our market disappear for search engines to be replaced by webcrawlers. Then Google hit with their PageRank algorithm.

2025-05-06 10:22:46

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d4869c578c13766569b3d3bc3a007b6e20ccb9f600c6b7d46f2586c931f5b374/35AVYWSV45DNTLXHIZ6ESXXO7I

2025-05-06 01:25:11

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Thx!

2025-05-05 21:34:41

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I can make all that detail disappear under the hood. That’ll come with user acceptance testing. I will likely need to create a concept called the floating fiat balance - as the value of bitcoin goes up, so will their floating fiat balance.

2025-05-05 20:33:30

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You just calculate the rate exchange at the point of transaction. See me buying a coffee. All in euros but sats underneath
https://youtu.be/rRX6p0Oy584

2025-05-05 17:50:09

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Yup. Totally same situation here:
#note1zfj…63et

2025-05-05 17:14:01

Nostr, more likely by accident than design, made the conceptual shift to signed events. That’s why it’s so powerful.
#note1pg2…a39v

2025-05-05 16:38:23

https://medium.com/@paul_15561/rethinking-identity-why-digital-identity-no-longer-fits-a-data-centric-paradigm-6bcde807756a

2025-05-05 14:56:31

Hypermedia apps with Nostr as the inter-app backend communication is the way of the future.

2025-05-05 14:34:51

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sometimes you have to hold your nose to get the useless stuff out of witness data. If it means less utxos to track, it’s a good trade off.

2025-05-05 14:21:18

A video of #nostr #safebox being demonstrated in real-time via Zoom and with real users. Thanks, @nprofile…udmj for being such a great demo user!, receiving, presenting, verifying credentials, and of course, receiving a payment.
All inter-app communication securely done via #nostr - yes, all of it.
Also, thanks to the #nostfarbrica folks, without their support and interest, this would have never been conceived and built.
Onward!
https://youtu.be/Q7nhgmGtemk

2025-05-05 14:01:48

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lol. have cold wallet will podcast.

2025-05-05 13:19:52

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I think that is the case already. I believe that some Bitcoiners will begin supporting initiatives with Bitcoin that they don’t actually need over above their own well-being.

2025-05-05 11:44:14

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No. We’re not there yet. Not by along shot.

2025-05-05 11:43:23

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I’ve seen this movie before. I was a product manager early in my career, used to dealing with devs who thought you were fucking retarded, and marketing folk that could only Bluesky and PowerPoint. It’s meeting in the middle - combining the wildly aspirational with the overly technical into product that someone actually understands, values and buys.
Nostr is still a land of devs and ideologues, but what I see here gives me hope and excitement, the same I saw 30 years ago before the internet dam broke into the broad public and commercial domain.

2025-05-05 11:24:25

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Lol

2025-05-05 11:20:32

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I feel so old-fashioned, hand-coding, thinking ‘how the fuck do I make this simpler?’

2025-05-05 11:10:18

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I tried this a few months back. I have a dangling code branch. Keen to give it a try again!

2025-05-04 22:25:05

189 sats/banana
#satsbanana

2025-05-04 03:59:34

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I made the salad. That’s work.

2025-05-04 03:28:38

How non-negotiable is the 21 million hard cap?
#note1edj…rd7k

2025-05-04 03:27:02

Son 2 came for an unexpected visit. He had day pass from basic training. I put him to work grilling steaks on the barbecue.
https://image.nostr.build/c5ef9ae8a5953f50d95ff98e2ac3675e25780753c0ae7cd696cdc32837fde542.jpg

2025-05-04 03:14:33

Still too complicated for me
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/05/03/simplel1.html

2025-05-03 23:52:52

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Here in Canada https://image.nostr.build/29b66e3ccf6e94b4d680640e7f2e3f0667c452b73bd70a17fac5c280ed3f26e2.jpg

2025-05-03 22:22:50

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What kind of fillers?

2025-05-03 16:54:43

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stop using ChatGPT to figure out acronyms

2025-05-03 16:51:13

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#note1dky…4s4v

2025-05-03 16:41:37

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Just the caffeine hit if you are in the U.S.

2025-05-03 14:24:39

nostr is afwmd
(anti-fuck with my data)

2025-05-03 12:42:53

Centralization versus decentralization is just sheep’s talk, while the wolves talk about authoritarianism versus egalitarianism.

2025-05-02 22:26:17

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I was looking at Open Timestamps, but a tx with the event id in op_return does the job!

2025-05-02 22:24:13

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This is stupid simple. I love it.

2025-05-02 22:18:47

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Simpler than an OTS?

2025-05-02 21:14:24

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The vibe cave?

2025-05-02 13:30:17

The ruthless pursuit of simplicity takes courage.

2025-05-02 11:22:29

… and Satoshi figured out how to link energy and information…
#note1g4y…lfhx

2025-05-02 11:03:24

The universe is made up of energy, matter and information.
Einstein figured out the relationship between energy and matter, but there is still no credible theory linking matter and information.
We, as conscious agents, that this linkage for granted; we experience it everyday, but science has not yet come up with any theory to explain this phenomenon.
Like a brief candle burning brightly, enjoy your unexplained consciousness while you can!

2025-05-02 10:43:45

‘It’s just another payment and proof wallet, but you can give one to your friend. And, oh yeah, no banks or governments are involved.”
#nostr #safebox
https://youtu.be/nxTBgffyssQ

2025-05-02 09:54:15

I can do everything DIDs can do with a npub and kind 0 event.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dids-dud-jan-vereecken-w30pe

2025-05-01 15:22:19

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Python has no int limit. I might try an 80 digit prime number for fun.

2025-05-01 14:59:49

nostr lets you do what's right for your community.

2025-05-01 12:14:33

Rule of law could be encoded in signed JSON events.

2025-05-01 11:33:08

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Totally.
It’s not dissimilar to what Martin Luther went through, and then her used the printing press for religious shitposting (they didn’t call it that in 1517).

2025-05-01 11:30:47

A demo where Nostr is completely invisible but crucial.
In the back end I’ve replicated the OAuth2 protocol, but with nostr. If you are aware, OAuth2 is the apex predator of authentication (delegation) protocols, used by all of the major platforms and governments. It’s centralizing by default.
Where nostr really shines is a decentralized authentication and delegation protocol (more so than a social media alternative) and it’s my aim to displace OAuth2 with nostr to make world a freer digital place.
#nostr #safebox
https://youtu.be/nxTBgffyssQ

2025-05-01 11:21:08

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That’s the irony. I need to hire a human to make a serious one.

2025-05-01 11:15:54

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AI-generated, though. I was too lazy to ask a human.

2025-05-01 11:14:56

Bitcoin is not a mystic thing, it’s a math thing.
One of the big traps I see people falling into is making Bitcoin more than what it really is - it’s a technological innovation, not a religious innovation.
This does not take away from Bitcoin; I’m obsessed with Bitcoin because of what it can enable and more importantly, make obsolete.
As for Bitcoin becoming a mystical movement, or ‘religion’, I want no part of that.
While in India, I learned that history is repeating itself. The Jain religion, which values life and total non-violence, was never intended to be a religion. But because of their inviolable values, the Jains ended up being the storage and clearing houses for the traders, along the many tributaries of the Silk Road route. Using the architecture of the time, they built ‘temples’ to house the administrative processes, and before they know it, ‘poof’, it became yet another religious destination, and by association, became a religion. The traders liked it, but there was nothing better to back your promises and IOUs than a religion.
Bitcoin is on a similar trajectory. That’s ok, but I avoid anything that treats Bitcoin as mystical, and just focus on Bitcoin as technical.

2025-05-01 11:01:57

https://image.nostr.build/4d2562cc785aaf10127035cad0d484ca95fbce23308bf8ee79894fe6a5868008.jpg