Dikaios1517

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│Christian│Husband│Father│Presbyterian│Bitcoiner│

In that order.

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2024-11-16 19:53:03

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Leave it to the wife to dox me. 🤣

2024-11-15 18:45:39

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I think the point was to do it using Zeus's self custody service WITHOUT having to run a node separately.

2024-11-15 18:27:23

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Some of us already run lightning nodes at home (Start9 or Umbrel) and would like to use it as our daily driver for zaps, as well as host wallets with little fuss for our family, who aren't interested in learning how to do self-custody lightning for themselves.
Also, has @npub1xnf…lpr5 solved offline receiving for their node-on-the-phone option?
Alby Hub, even in the cloud, lets you do all of the above very easily. I don't think Zeus currently has any way to be an Uncle Jim for your family.

2024-11-05 18:51:50

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That brings back some memories!

2024-11-05 03:58:55

Payday is the day after election day for me. Hopefully it's a "sell the news" event and I can pick up some cheap sats.

2024-11-04 03:53:27

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Before @nprofile…qss4 Hub, I only really used my Start9 for on-chain stuff, so relatively infrequently. Now I use it for everything I do with Bitcoin. On-chain transactions, mempool searches, mining using Datum, and all my Lightning transacting.
It's incredible!

2024-10-31 20:49:59

https://i.nostr.build/lmYkvCLNFLFmb5Hv.jpg
It's time for the annual reminder:
October 31st, 1517 Martin Luther nailed his "whitepaper," the 95 Theses, to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg Germany, sparking the #Protestant #Reformation.
October 31st, 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto released the #Bitcoin Whitepaper to the Cryptography Mailing List, sparking a movement toward sound, independent money in the digital age.
The first date marks the beginning of the separation of church and state, and the second marks the beginning of the separation of money and state.

2024-10-30 23:34:52

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Ever thought of doing it as a long-form note instead?
Already following you, by the way. 😉
Lots of great information!

2024-10-30 20:40:58

Equation checks out.
#nevent1q…ntnx

2024-10-30 20:39:37

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I just learned about wildcards and the remove command, so I'll be putting that advice straight into the round file.

2024-10-30 20:38:14

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Well, I originally installed Ubuntu and a good friend was like, "WTF man! Install Mint!"

2024-10-30 20:35:54

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Thanks! Now I am going to knuckle down and finally learn to use CLI.

2024-10-30 20:33:00

Running #Linux on my desktop, finally!
Went with #Mint.
No, I am not soliciting opinions on which is the best distro.
Yes, I know you will tell me anyway.

2024-10-29 23:05:35

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You would need to set this in your Amber settings.

2024-10-29 23:01:54

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Any client that supports long-form notes.
Habla
Yakihonne
noStrudel
Amethyst
Blogstack
Nostr is incredible...

2024-10-29 05:49:18

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Yes, I have. Very cool server. It's where I first heard @nprofile…3hjy playing on their in-game radio.

2024-10-28 21:43:29

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I do. I'll DM it.

2024-10-28 21:28:24

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I LOVE this art style you were able to get from Midjourney! Be willing to send some sats your way if you can get something similar for my D&D character's weapon of choice.

2024-10-28 15:23:23

Say it again for the people in the back.
The amount of #Bitcoin you own does not give you any corresponding control over the network. The most control anyone ever has is over the code they run on their own node, which will get them forked off the network before it will ever cause Bitcoin to be changed.
#nevent1q…yysm

2024-10-27 16:25:03

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You've lost me here. I am not interested in anything from apocryphal books. I am only interested in what Scripture teaches on the matter, as that is the Word of God we are called to pattern our lives and beliefs after.

2024-10-27 16:23:43

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I'll have to check that documentary out. I have no doubt that governments often have been and are antagonistic against the church.
1 Samuel 8 cannot be thought of as ending the debate. It is only regarding the dangers of monarchy, not the dangers of civil government at all. In the end, God turned even the monarchy into an expression of his covenant promises, establishing David's throne as an everlasting kingdom, which would ultimately be fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
"At best, a state is minimally harmful, minimally... not zero..."
100% agree! However, the same can be said for EVERY kind of institution where a fallen human being is involved, whether that be the church, the family, the government, or free enterprise. The Devil has ample room to creep in to all of these institutions so long as they are made up of men. This is no argument that the institutions should not exist. Only that they should have checks on any one of them having too much power.
Voluntarism is NOT the standard of morality. It can certainly be a factor, but it is not the end-all/be-all of what is right and wrong. How do we know this? Because in the end, every knee will be made to bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord; even those who hate him. God has the right to impose his will upon us, and Scripture tells us that he has ordained the existence of civil government for the restraint of evil.
So... What is it that then restrains the evil of civil governments? I believe it is sound money. Hence, not long after governments broke their last tenuous ties to sound money via the gold standard, God gave us Bitcoin.
"so, in no case does the authority of God come second to any man made authority, ever"
Again, 100% agree! Paul's framing in Romans 13 clearly puts the civil magistrate under God's authority as his "servant" (verse 4). That means, whenever the governing authorities go against God's authority, we are under zero obligation to obey. We must obey the higher authority and oppose them.
All laws are an expression of morality. The question is whether they are an expression of God's morality or someone else's. The only true morality is God's, and therefore civil laws ought to be based on God's moral law. Insofar as civil laws conform to God's moral law, (such as laws against murder, theft, etc) we ought to obey them. Yes, obey, not meek evasion. But insofar as they do not reflect God's moral law, we are under no such obligation. To that extent, the state is no longer acting as God's servant, and we are therefore compelled to submit to the greater authority rather than the lesser.

2024-10-27 07:51:23

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I would definitely be a proponent of sphere sovereignty, so you have me pegged there, but only because I believe it is biblical. I also don’t think Kuyper would have denied that the world can be divided between the Kingdom of God/heaven, and the kingdom of Satan/darkness. I think he would have readily embraced those categories and recognized that there are professing members of the church, who are actually part of the kingdom of darkness, and that the civil government is a mixed bag of both members of the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan. It is not possible to say that anyone who is part of the temporal sphere of the civil government is surely a member of the kingdom of darkness any more than it is possible to say that anyone who is part of the visible church is surely a member of the Kingdom of God.
Now, you seem to be assuming a very different definition of ἐκκλησία than Scripture itself, and then stating that Romans 13 is speaking of the leaders of this voluntary assembly that supposedly referred to a “local body that governed cities in Paul’s day.” However, let us take a look at how Scripture actually uses the term ἐκκλησία.
We could look at how the word was used outside of Scripture, and there you might have a point, since it did refer to the governing bodies of Roman cities. However, we are interested in what Scripture means when it uses that term, and Paul is almost certainly using ἐκκλησία in the same sense as the Septuagint, which was commonly in use at the time of Christ and the writing of the New Testament. Many of the places where the New Testament quotes the Old are direct quotations from the Septuagint.
There are 96 times that the Septuagint uses the term ἐκκλησία. This will already be effectively a long-form note, so we will only look at a sampling to get a good handle on how it is being used.
We see it used in Deuteronomy 4:10, where Moses relates how God had instructed him to “Gather the people to me [at Horeb], that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and they may teach their children so.” The word translated to English here as “gather” is ἐκκλησία. To whom is it referring? The leadership of a city or even of the Israelites? No. To the people of God gathered at a particular place; namely Horeb.
Another significant usage we see in Deuteronomy is as part of a phrase, “day of the ἐκκλησία,” which is repeated in Deuteronomy 9:10, 10:4, and 18:16, all of which are referring to when the people of God gathered at Horeb and received the moral law written on tablets of stone.
We also see ἐκκλησία used at the dedication of the temple by Solomon in 1 Kings 8:14, where it says the king “turned around and blessed all the ἐκκλησία of Israel, while all the ἐκκλησία of Israel stood.” Again, we don’t see this term referring to the voluntary leadership of a city, but to the people of God gathered together.
We see the term used by the psalmist in Psalm 22:22, where he says, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the ἐκκλησία I will praise you.” Here ἐκκλησία is referring, as a parallelism, to the psalmist’s brothers, those “who fear the Lord,” who are “the offspring of Jacob,” the “offspring of Israel” (verse23). So again, not referring to the leadership of a city.
When looking at other uses of ἐκκλησία in the Old Testament, it becomes clear that it can refer to any gathering of people together, for good or ill, whether they be people in any kind of authority or not.
With this background in mind, let’s look at the usage of ἐκκλησία in the New Testament and see if any of them support this idea that the voluntary leadership of a city is what is in mind.
We see Jesus himself use the term in Matthew 16:18, when Peter confesses “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus responds saying, “...and I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my ἐκκλησία, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Now, is Jesus speaking merely of a group of leaders, or is he speaking of his people as a whole here? Given how his disciples would have understood the usage of the term ἐκκλησία in the Old Testament, I would wager it is the latter.
We see ἐκκλησία again in Acts 2:47, speaking of the results of Peter’s sermon at Pentecost. Remember, about 3,000 souls were saved as a result of that sermon, and then we see that they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, and prayer (verse 42), and other evidences of vibrant faith and love of the brethren (verses 43-47a). The chapter wraps up saying, “And the Lord added to the ἐκκλησία daily such as should be saved.” Who is ἐκκλησία referring to, here? To the 3,000 who came to faith through Peter’s preaching. It is to their number that God was adding daily those who were saved afterward.
In Acts 8:1, it speaks of “great persecution against the ἐκκλησία which was at Jerusalem,” which resulted many early believers scattering “throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria.” This is most certainly not talking about the leadership of the city of Jerusalem, but rather of the persecution against all of the Christians gathered in Jerusalem.
Again, in Acts 16:5, we see that after Paul and Timothy delivered the decision of the council at Jerusalem (chapter 15) to those in Derbe and Lystra and other cities, “...the ἐκκλησίαι were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.” This is speaking of the Christians gathered in those cities, not the voluntary leadership of those cities, who were often at odds with Paul and his preaching.
How about we get out of Acts and look at how Paul himself used the term ἐκκλησία?
Paul addressed his first letter to the Corinthians saying, “To the ἐκκλησία of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ…” Was Paul writing to the leadership of this city? No. He specifies that he is writing to all believers in that city, and who are united through their faith to all believers in “every place.”
A particularly interesting usage is in 1 Corinthians 11:18, where Paul says, “In the first place, when you come together as a ἐκκλησία, I hear that there are divisions among you.” Then he goes on to describe how they were dividing by socio-economic class when taking the Lord’s Supper, and treating it as a regular meal, such that some went hungry while others got drunk. This is clearly speaking of coming together for worship when Paul says “when you come together as a ἐκκλησία.”
In Galatians 1:13, Paul confesses that he “persecuted the ἐκκλησία of God.” In Ephesians 5 we see Paul speak of the parallel between husbands and wives and Christ and his ἐκκλησία. In Colossians 4, he encourages the Colossians have the epistle read also in the ἐκκλησία of the Laodiceans. In 1 Thessalonians 2:14 he tells them that they have become “imatators of the ἐκκλησίαι of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea” by way of their persecution from their own countrymen. In 1 Timothy 3 Paul asks, “if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s ἐκκλησία?”
In none of these passages is there any indication that Paul is referring to any kind of voluntary leadership of a city, or even just to the leadership of the Christians in a particular place. It always refers to a group of believers who gather together for worship.
Now, let’s see if this definition fits with applying Romans 13 to this group, or even the leaders of this group.
First, Paul refers to those to whom the reader is to submit as “governing authorities” or “higher powers.” The words here are not used anywhere to speak of ecclesiastical leaders. Indeed, one of the only other places we see the word governing/higher (ὑπερέχω) is expressly referring to civil authority, rather than ecclesiastical. 1 Peter 2:13 and 14 says, “Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.” This sounds very similar to what Paul is saying in Romans 13, does it not?
The next word Paul uses to refer to those he has in mind is found in verse 3, where he says, “For rulers (ἄρχοντες) are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad.” This term is never used to refer to ecclesiastical leadership, either, but is most commonly translated as ruler, prince, or magistrate.
By contrast, the New Testament uses a couple of terms to refer to ecclesiastical leadership: elder (πρεσβύτερος) and overseer (ἐπίσκοπος). Neither of these terms is anywhere to be found in Romans 13.
Finally, Paul speaks of these higher powers and rulers as “not bearing the sword in vain.” It is assumed by the Apostle that the rulers he speaks of have the authority to use violent force as they carry out their duty. Is the sword something God has given to ecclesiastical leaders? Should the pastor and elders be performing capital punishment? Either we must conclude this is the case, or we must conclude that it is some other form of authority Paul is referring to, and all evidence points to civil authority.
Now, your article rightly points out that civil governments often fail to uphold the purpose for which God ordained them. You have erred in believing this is proof Paul must not be talking about civil authorities, though. It is simply a matter that we only have a duty to obey them in so far as they do uphold this purpose, and we should do what we can to influence them toward that goal, including voting, or even running for office ourselves.

2024-10-26 19:03:50

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I see you and I raise you. This was the first desktop PC in my house as a kid:
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The Tandy 1000. I still remember playing Battle Chess on this thing.

2024-10-26 17:15:17

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To apply this to all governing authorities seems like a blanket statement that is not supported by Scripture. The Apostle Paul clearly taught in Romans 13 that God has ordained the existence of civil authorities of some form, and explicitly given them the sword "who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer."
Paul was not speaking of some idealized government when he said this, either. He was speaking of the corrupt Roman empire.
That being the case, I would much rather have a government structure that involves the people voting for their leaders than one that doesn't.
Jesus rules over his church, throughout the world, and he rules over all else, including civil authorities, via his sovereign providence. Ruling over all things through his church is something we look forward to when he returns and we can finally beat our swords into plowshares. That day is not today.

2024-10-26 02:11:49

The installation service for our new pastor at @nprofile…25qt is live now.
https://data.zap.stream/stream/21d26acf-9507-443c-aac3-723316246742.m3u8
#biblestr

2024-10-25 20:50:32

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There is certainly a case to be made for voting being a participation in tyranny, but I am not sure I would use that verse to support the claim. I also think it depends very heavily on who you are voting for, and why. Not even a red vs blue, thing. I would not say that there is one objectively clear answer for who would be more tyrannical such that someone could have any leg to stand on by saying, "If you don't vote for Trump, you're voting for more tyranny!" Fact is, you may have just as much tyranny, just of a different brand.
Rather, it depends on the individual perception of the particular voter. If they BELIEVE that a particular candidate will not be tyrannical, or will even be less tyrannical than the others, voting for that candidate is not morally wrong, even if they are 100% incorrect in their perception. Much better for them to actually be informed and have an accurate expectation of what that candidate would actually do in office, though.
Circling back to that particular verse; the "unfruitful works of darkness" mentioned in Ephesians 5:11 is almost certainly referring to the specific examples Paul gave in verses 3-5. That is, sexual immorality, impurity, covetousness, filthiness, foolish talk, and crude joking. I don't see voting, or anything at all to do with our relation to the civil magistrate, mentioned. As always, a text without its context is a pretext for a proof-text.

2024-10-25 01:31:15

Live now, streaming #FinalFantasy I for #ThrowbackThursday!
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#gamestr #streamstr #zapstream #retrogaming #RPG

2024-10-25 00:53:12

30 minutes until #ThrowbackThursday streaming #FinalFantasy!
#gamestr

2024-10-24 22:35:57

Tonight is my weekly #ThrowbackThursday stream, continuing with #FinalFantasy at 6:30pm Pacific Daylight Time.
Come hang out as I make my way to the Earth Cave and hopefully get the first of the four crystals lit back up!
#gamestr #streamstr #zapstream #retrogaming #RPG

2024-10-23 23:01:59

Live for another bonus #Minecraft stream. Just hanging for a couple hours before I have to head out for the evening. Trying to get more iron and DIAMONDS!
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#gamestr #streamstr #zapstream #Minecraftstr

2024-10-23 22:46:39

Going live for another 2 hour #Minecraft bonus stream in 15 minutes!
#gamestr #streamstr #zapstream #Minecraftstr

2024-10-23 21:44:43

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Hey, glad you dropped in! Looking forward to seeing you stream, too!

2024-10-23 20:21:38

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I am using a webcam and OBS. Pretty straightforward setup. Just need to add the webcam and game as a media source in OBS, then plug in your stream key from zap.stream and you are off to the races.

2024-10-23 19:23:15

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Not today. Usually on Mondays I stream on the Sovereign Craft server, which is a Bitcoin Minecraft server.
Today was on a single player world.

2024-10-23 17:04:20

I'm live! Streaming early game #Minecraft on a new world!
https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjrxefsvcunyce495ur2eny956rgcfh95urqvtp943xxwrrxg6nwdrxvdjnzqg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hsygx0gknt5ymr44ldyyaq0rn3p5jpzkh8y8ymg773a06ytr4wldxz55psgqqqwensujtams
#gamestr #streamstr #zapstream #Minecraftstr

2024-10-23 04:22:47

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Datum is software recently released by the guys at @nprofile…ckyu that allows you to construct your own block templates from the transactions in your own node's mempool, but still receive pool rewards. It helps mining be MUCH more decentralized if more pools implement it.

2024-10-23 04:20:20

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I figured that's what happened. I am always paranoid that people have been chatting and I am just missing it because it stopped refreshing, so I manually refresh from time to time, only to find out that no, everyone's just lurking.

2024-10-22 21:36:33

Mmmmm, sourdough @nprofile…0qjn.
#nevent1q…qk4n

2024-10-22 21:31:45

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Resolve the differences about whether we should ask Mary or various saints to pray for us, about which both sides have adamant convictions. Resolve the differences about whether only professing believers should be baptized or also their children. Resolve the differences about whether Scripture alone is the standard of truth, or also tradition. Add to that the vast number of other theological convictions that prevent organizational unity.
And make sure your resolution is not coming from a centralized human authority structure. Would you take away the right of these Christians to hold a wide variety of convictions, all based on their belief that their view is what God commands of them? Only Christ has that right to set things straight when he returns, not any organizational structure made by man, which can and has often been corrupted.
Until then, freedom of conscience and denominationalism is the way forward.

2024-10-22 20:43:01

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@nprofile…kr9n?

2024-10-22 20:41:34

Multiple denominations is a feature, not a bug. It is the only way freedom of conscience can be maintained.
#nevent1q…3vcj
#biblestr

2024-10-22 20:36:26

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Maybe the guys at @nprofile…0pev can get you sorted? They are usually pretty responsive.

2024-10-22 20:25:20

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Christianity is not like Bitcoin, though. It does not need to maintain a single, uninterrupted chain (denomination) that everyone agrees with and is a member of.
It only needs to maintain consensus around one fundamental truth that all Christian denominations agree with and can therefore continue to call each other "brother" despite other differences of lesser importance that prevent them from maintaining organizational unity.
Namely the gospel of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord to all those who have faith in him as the Son of God and in his atoning work on the cross for forgiveness of sin.
That's the only consensus I need to consider someone my brother in the faith, even if our other theological differences would prevent us from realistically worshipping together until Christ's return, when he will correct all of our errors and misinterpretations of his Word.

2024-10-22 20:01:35

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Of course, the caveat is to stay away from the mainline denomination (PCUSA) which has fully bought into the woke BS.
OPC, BPC, URC and a few others out there are the way to go.

2024-10-22 19:57:33

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Check out Presbyterianism. All of the historical roots and reverent worship, but none of the top-down, centralized BS of the RCC. There is no higher office than Minister/Teaching Elder.
The entire church government is based on the premise of decentralization with organic unity.

2024-10-22 19:53:24

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Yeah, some of the big corps around here tried to get compliance, but Idahoans are an independent thinking lot, for the most part.

2024-10-22 19:51:01

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We should have you out for a meetup some time. We have a decent amount of Bitcoiners out this way.

2024-10-22 19:47:33

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Not all Christianity is modern or woke. Some of us still hold to the ecumenical creeds and reformed confessions and are based AF.
Check out @nprofile…25qt if you have a chance. We stream to zap.stream for Sunday worship.

2024-10-22 19:44:09

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I'll hang for a couple hours, before I have to go wrangle a bunch of teenagers.

2024-10-22 03:30:51

Live! Streaming Sovereign Craft SMP server for #MinecraftMonday!
Probably not as crazy antics as @npub1hte…sw3d got up to with his cow farm, but come hang out anyway!
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#gamestr #streamstr #zapstream #Minecraft #Minecraftstr #V4V

2024-10-22 02:33:23

Speaking of #Minecraft, I'll be going live for #MinecraftMonday on the Sovereign Craft server in just under an hour.
Come hang out while I clear some land and maybe get around to some Terra forming.
#nevent1q…rgj4
#gamestr #streamstr #zapstream #Minecraftstr #v4v

2024-10-22 02:04:50

Watching @npub1hte…sw3d try to get cows to cooperate in Minecraft is the content we needed.
https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjxyvenvvekzdrz95erwwrr956rqc3k95unjctp95mkycecxpsnycenv5exxqg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hszxthwden5te0wfjkccte9eekummjwsh8xmmrd9skctczyr85tf46zd366lkjzws83ecs6fq3ttnjrjd500g7haz936h0knp22qcyqqq8vec8g56a8

2024-10-21 18:48:06

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Sheer number of nodes running forked code doesn't matter. What matters is the number of nodes actually being used to facilitate transactions.
For instance, if I have 1000 nodes, but only use one of them for broadcasting transactions, then it doesn't really matter what code my other 999 nodes are running, the only node I am actually using is the one that counts.
Same thing goes for mining. Say those two pools both agree they think the forked code is what they want Bitcoin to be, and so they move ALL their hashrate to the fork. Doesn't mean jack if there aren't enough actual users broadcasting transactions from nodes running that code. It would make blocks come in slower on the non-forked nodes, but that's about it. And I doubt these pools would be so rash as to move all of their hashrate. Rather, they would hedge their bets. And since the miners on each of those pools may not agree with their decision, they may lose a significant amount of hashrate to pools that aren't supporting the fork, unless they provide an option to continue mining on the non-forked chain.
Bottom line is, whoever is behind the fork will have to convince a majority of actual users to run the forked code and consider it to be the real #Bitcoin for their transactions. Additional nodes that don't have real users attached to them are meaningless.

2024-10-21 17:06:28

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I think the danger of this statement is in extending "childhood" into adolescence, and then exiting adolescence into adulthood.
We put a relatively arbitrary number of 18 years as the age of adulthood, and treat everyone under that age as effectively a child. However, the transition from child to adult, when we as parents should be guiding them to take on more responsibility and real consequences for foolish actions, should have begun at least by age 10, in my opinion.
They should already BE adults by the time they are legally declared so, not just starting to learn what that means.

2024-10-21 04:37:13

Running #BitcoinKnots
Running #Datum
#Mining is actually mining again, not just hashing!

2024-10-20 19:42:48

Back from the woods.
Took my daughter out deer hunting the last few days. Didn't get anything, but the time with her was well spent.
https://i.nostr.build/7kK6ovsDEp9JJr1Q.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/eBnKtzFb05JsmPdM.jpg

2024-10-18 16:54:59

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Can't go wrong with either, if you want a full-size, hammer-fired.
I am just partial to the compact and striker-fired handguns.

2024-10-18 16:35:35

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Confirmed can see.

2024-10-18 16:32:15

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Glock 19 - Tried and true. No end to available accessories. Some folks don't like the blocky grip, grip angle, or stock sights.
Sig P320 - Similar size to the Glock 19, but a bit more natural grip angle and less blocky.
Smith & Wesson M&P Compact 2.0. Another option in the same vein.
All of these are striker-fire, compact 9mm handguns that are very reliable.
The compact size is ideal, in my opinion. Small enough it can still be carried concealed, but large enough to be comfortable to shoot.
If you need something a bit more concealable, I would recommend the Sig P365.

2024-10-15 18:22:28

GM #Nostr. My contribution to #Coffeechain this morning.
This is my backyard for the week.
https://i.nostr.build/KDYzjOO3BlIy5Saq.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/jO4t8zC32VH9QsXI.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/zly9ySd9La4CVWE7.jpg
https://i.nostr.build/VQmAF47gfGMjgfiU.jpg

2024-10-12 20:55:29

Going dark for a week or so. Will be out in the mountains touching grass and hopefully getting some meat to fill the freezer.
See y'all when I return, #Nostr.

2024-10-11 19:34:06

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IMO, it is the best ecash mobile wallet out there right now, with built in lightning address, nostr contact list, and Nostr Wallet Connect support. The new theme also makes for a much cleaner and more attractive UI.

2024-10-11 01:00:00

Tomorrow Night! If you are anywhere near the area, would love to meet you!
#nevent1q…sfux

2024-10-11 00:30:36

Live! Streaming Final Fantasy I, Pixel Remaster. The game that made me fall in love with fantasy RPGs.
https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjrwdphx9nr2dfk95crze3n956x2ves95urwcec95enwdn9xgersefex4jrwqg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09upzpn6956apxcad0mfp8grcuugdysg44eepex68h50t73zcathmfs49qvzqqqrkvud05nua
#gamestr #streamstr #zapstream #retrogaming #FinalFantasy #RPG

2024-10-10 23:59:28

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I was unaware there was a difference between FFO and the pixel remasters for FFI and FFII. It is the pixel remaster version.

2024-10-10 23:53:59

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OG Final Fantasy from the NES, but with slightly updated graphics. It was re-released several years ago with FFII and packaged as Final Fantasy Origins.

2024-10-10 23:29:53

Throwback Thursday stream this week will be a bit earlier this week. Stream starting at 5:30pm PDT.
We left off in Final Fantasy at the elven city, ready to embark and confront Astos.
Hope to see you in the chat!
#gamestr #streamstr #zapstream #retrogaming #FinalFantasy #RPG

2024-10-10 20:42:16

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Didn't go far enough.
It's not just about "flaws and shortcomings." That terminology downplays the seriousness of our estate. It is about our sin and rebellion against the one true and holy God, by which we justly deserve nothing from him but infinite and eternal wrath.
Yet, he is gracious in sending a mediator to atone for our sin by his own blood, so that we may receive mercy and forgiveness instead.

2024-10-10 20:21:09

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@nprofile…je4n
https://fountain.fm/episode/VCK7BTSHsvy7eYEHvGWH

2024-10-10 20:13:01

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This is interesting, and a great tool for finding reliable mints!
I would hesitate to call it an auditor, though, since it isn't really confirming that the mint has enough sats to back all the tokens it has issued. It's only really confirming that the mint is online and honoring Lightning invoices, right? It's more like nostr.watch, but for eCash mints, if I understand it correctly.

2024-10-10 19:23:10

I see you and raise you.
📷: Samsung S22
https://i.nostr.build/3oDuhLjAzqzGn68W.jpg
#nevent1q…pqhw
#blooming #BloomScrolling

2024-10-10 19:13:59

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OK, I see I can extract it from the njump.me link. Thanks!

2024-10-10 18:16:53

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Where can I get my nprofile on #Amethyst?

2024-10-09 17:33:10

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Strongly agree.

2024-10-08 20:39:35

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I have, but it is agonizingly slow compared with other NWC enabled applications.
I think this is due to the fact that when you zap someone, the invoice is being sent first to your mint, who then has to reach out to your phone, wake it up, get the approval to burn your ecash to send the payment, and only then send it out to whoever you paid. But I could be entirely wrong. All I know is, my Alby Hub on my Start 9 pays invoices via NWC in just a couple seconds, while Minibits takes 10-20 seconds at least via NWC.

2024-10-08 20:28:42

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This is great! I am also guilty of using the passive voice more frequently than I ought.
That said, it should be used intentionally at times. When the subject is unknown or less important than the object, the passive voice can be appropriate. Just use it sparingly.

2024-10-08 20:21:20

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Interacting with others goes much farther than posting your own notes, in my experience. It's a value-for-value sort of thing. If you want engagement, you first have to be the engagement others are looking for.

2024-10-08 20:15:36

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This is actually a documentable phenomenon, even in how polarized voting patterns for actual bills in state legislatures have become. All of one party lines up for a bill, and all of the other party lines up against it, with very few exceptions.

2024-10-08 20:01:55

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Not only this, but we also happily kill chickens to eat them AFTER they hatch. You know... Because they're animals, rather than humans made in God's image.

2024-10-08 03:08:41

Live! Streaming the Sovereign Craft server for #MinecraftMonday!
Come hang out and see what it's like to have #Bitcoin via #Lightning integrated into #Minecraft as a #V4V circular economy.
@npub18t3…9756 stream on zap.stream! https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjxgcfcvf3nzvnr94snzd35956x2den94skvcf3943rwvekxenrjcnyvejrwqg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09upzpn6956apxcad0mfp8grcuugdysg44eepex68h50t73zcathmfs49qvzqqqrkvujwmymw
#Minecraftstr #Gamestr #Gaming

2024-10-07 20:40:39

It's #MinecraftMonday again, so I'll be streaming this evening at about 8:00pm PDT on the Sovereign Craft server. Hopping over to Sataria and brewing up some beverages for my inn/tavern. Might do some shopping on the Lightning integrated ItemX market, too.
Come join in and see how seamlessly lightning can be integrated into #Minecraft.
#Minecraftstr #Gamestr #Gaming #Lightning #v4v

2024-10-07 15:30:00

This Friday!!
There is nothing like hanging out with #Bitcoiners and #Nostriches in person!
#nevent1q…sfux

2024-10-06 18:09:20

Greetings to all the saints of Christ's church!
https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjrjv3cv9skxvnx95erwepc956xxdr9943rxden95ekxvpnxyexze34vd3nqqg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09upzpn6956apxcad0mfp8grcuugdysg44eepex68h50t73zcathmfs49qvzqqqrkvuf28wur

2024-10-06 16:50:48

I think there is some validity to both of these points.
It is often not terribly difficult to get around paywalls. However, some folks have moral issues with not supporting creators for their work. Those are the ones who actually pay the creators in V4V, even when it isn't required.
That said, paywalls that have less friction and less cost than trying to find a way around them can work. A paywalls of 1,000 sats for a piece of content is easier than hunting for somewhere it can be found for free, and it results in more than just the generous souls supporting the content creator.
#nevent1q…nnal

2024-10-06 14:25:36

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Coracle is a web client at coracle.social, but there is also a recently released native Android app. You can find it on zap.store.

2024-10-05 01:29:05

Just gonna throw this out there.
Satoshi dropped the #Bitcoin whitepaper on 10/31/2008.
Martin Luther dropped the 95 Theses on 10/31/1517, which led to the Protestant Reformation.
The Protestant Reformation resulted in the separation of church and state.
Bitcoin is in the process of separating money and state.
On the Irish flag 🇮🇪, green represents Roman Catholicism and orange represents Protestantism. Bitcoin's color is orange. The centralized shitcoin BCH is green.
The parallels man!

2024-10-05 01:02:39

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White paper was released on Reformation Day (Halloween) 2008, but Bitcoin genesis block wasn't until January 3rd of the following year, so that's what I would consider Bitcoin's actual birthday.

2024-10-04 23:18:45

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Anecdotally, I use Nostr every day in various ways.
As best as can be estimated, about 32k-40k active weekly "trusted" users, per stats.nostr.band.

2024-10-04 22:09:48

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In that case, it's even easier. Get Tor Browser for desktop here: https://www.torproject.org/download/

2024-10-04 21:53:00

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I enjoyed watching it spam the folks who add a bunch of random unrelated hashtags to their notes.

2024-10-04 21:47:28

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"Open Wallet" doesn't appear to be reaching out to Alby extension on Firefox or Chrome.

2024-10-04 21:44:09

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Is there a way to have the LNURL QR disappear and turn into a green check when payment is received? On lower resolution screen and it was not immediately apparent that both my wallet and your service confirmed successful payment.

2024-10-04 21:32:13

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Steps:
Install FDroid via their Github here: https://github.com/f-droid/fdroidclient/releases
Open FDroid and go to Settings>Repositories, then tap the + in the bottom right to add a repository.
Navigate to the Guardian Project repository info on another device here: https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/
In FDroid, choose the option to Scan QR Code and scan the code on the left on the Guardian Project site.
Navigate back to the Categories tab in FDroid and search for Tor using the search icon in the lower right.
Install and browse privately.

2024-10-04 21:24:11

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Can get it via FDroid, if you add the Guardian Project repository.

2024-10-04 20:43:35

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All web clients have a Tor only mode when accessing them on Tor Browser.

2024-10-04 17:55:05

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Well, I am on Android, so I primarily use #Amethyst and #Coracle, both of which work very well with Amber.

2024-10-04 17:36:37

Impromptu Walker and Guy Swann stream FTW!
@npub1cj8…rz4u stream on zap.stream! https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjrgvp4v5cngce595mrscfe956rscfj95urzwph94jkzvmxvycnxdejxvuxgq3qeaz6dwsnvwkha5sn5puwwyxjgy26uusundrm684lg3vw4ma5c2jsxpqqqpmxwswm246

2024-10-04 16:51:14

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Again, it would be better to use Amber to store your nsec, if you are on Android. Amber does not send your nsec anywhere. It just signs events for you locally for whatever Nostr client you are using, and the client sends the signed events to your relays.

2024-10-04 16:48:20

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I can't speak to all local apps and how they handle your nsec. However, if they are keeping your nsec local to your device, and not sending it anywhere, then being connected to a VPN is not going to allow that VPN to see your nsec.

2024-10-04 16:29:27

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Proof that throwing money at the problems of society through a third-party payer like the government will NEVER work.