MK_Fain 💜
MK Fain

https://marykatefain.com

Team Soapbox. Freedom advocate. Plant and animal lover. Reader and writer.
#Ditto #Vegan #WomenOfNostr #Bookstr

Public Key

npub1jvnpg4c6ljadf5t6ry0w9q0rnm4mksde87kglkrc993z46c39axsgq89sc

NIP-05 Address

mk@henhouse.social

NIP-57 Address

donate@soapbox.pub

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsfxfs52ud0ewk569apj8hzs83ea6amgxunlty0mpuzjc32avgj7ngprdmhxue69uhkwmr9v9ek7mnpw3hhytnyv4mz7un9d3shjqgcwaehxw309acx7um5v4ezuurvv93k2tmjv4kxz7gcpgtq0

Publishing to

gleasonator.dev/relay

poster.place/relay

henhouse.social/relay

Author Public Key

npub1jvnpg4c6ljadf5t6ry0w9q0rnm4mksde87kglkrc993z46c39axsgq89sc

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Last Notes

2025-04-04 23:57:14

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Wow that's awesome! #bookstr

2025-04-04 05:09:28

#bookstr
https://npub1jvnpg4c6ljadf5t6ry0w9q0rnm4mksde87kglkrc993z46c39axsgq89sc.blossom.band/8dcd4ea7e135c66005493f7995e4abec16fb698b576f3eb45aa84a40fd8aeee9.jpg

2025-04-04 05:04:01

More media testing! #bookstr
https://npub1jvnpg4c6ljadf5t6ry0w9q0rnm4mksde87kglkrc993z46c39axsgq89sc.blossom.band/2aebb8325cc43dc34cbef1165372c266e6ed63ae4dfe764bc1b7d039ac76072f.jpg

2025-04-04 04:05:18

Testing client tag from #bookstr

2025-04-04 03:40:34

Testing video uploads on #bookstr
https://npub1jvnpg4c6ljadf5t6ry0w9q0rnm4mksde87kglkrc993z46c39axsgq89sc.blossom.band/3a6cf6e121ecfa0a6e82e3ac6cf93b699bee646bafe4b4c253a93d0d99811595.mp4

2025-03-28 01:11:19

#Bookstr is coming together! 📚
There's still a long way to go, but I'm happy with the recent improvements.
#VibeCoding #AI #GrowNostr
Try it: https://bookstr.xyz
https://media.ditto.pub/bccb298d4fe8a6726663885938add38ac195d80562bb62f1151cfdcc893bf951.mp4

2025-03-21 13:54:10

Presenting... 📚 https://bookstr.xyz, a simple Goodreads alternative built on Nostr!
This is an extremely basic prototype that only barely works (user beware!). However, I think it highlights what is amazing about building on Nostr. I was inspired by this post, and then able to build a client in 3 days almost entirely with AI.
The opportunity to bridge social behavior with "other stuff" (in this case, books via Open Library API) is huge. This concept could work for any type of content, not just books. Music, Movies and TV, games, etc. — all on Nostr.
The process of building on Nostr with AI also demonstrated a few gaps in the ecosystem where AI-ready tools were missing or failing, so there is definitely opportunity to grow there.
Shout out @nprofile…llke who had many of these ideas first, helped me with lots of the Nostr event specifics, and solved a couple bugs!
Overall, I'm extremely impressed by what can be done with AI on Nostr and all the doors this will open! I'm excited to keep working on this. #bookstr #GrowNostr #AI #Nostr
#nevent1q…tezp

2025-03-17 19:59:26

I agree. Bots should serve a specific purpose, and that does not include "pretending to be human for fake engagement."
#nevent1q…n4ad

2025-03-15 03:21:53

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Yes, assuming there's a return flight 🪐

2025-03-10 19:40:07

I've started adding self-hosted #Ditto communities to the Soapbox @nprofile…r5rp website.
It's so awesome to see how people have already started to build Nostr communities around their shared language or nationality!
- Arabic community on Nostr: https://seewaan.com
- Croatian community on Nostr: https://cvrkut.com
- Brazilian community on Nostr: https://cobrafuma.com
(If you are hosting a community we don't know about yet and want to be featured, let me know! )
https://media.ditto.pub/2560a06d66330af62224d4ece15cfeed7747d4f0285982de0958c775a76b755b.png

2025-03-04 23:54:54

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Interesting, I bet what Alex is working on this week with fetching related events will help! Thanks for sharing

2025-03-03 21:55:16

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Passport!

2025-02-22 21:09:28

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We don't have marketplace or events *yet* but I'd love to tell you more about Ditto if you have a specific community of people you want to move here!
The main community function is the self-service NIP-05 username feature, which allows people to all get a username on the same domain (ex. user@mybtccommunity.com)
Then Ditto displays a local feed of everyone from that community to encourage interaction with each other while also allowing them to connect to the boarder nostr network.
https://soapbox.pub/ditto/

2025-02-22 21:02:09

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It's all relative to when your first post that started the streak was, and then it counts 24 hour increments from there. This is because it's basically impossible to know the user timezones across the decentralized proto.
So if your first post that started the streak was in the afternoon, your timer will click over in the afternoon 😅

2025-02-22 20:49:50

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Alex is refactoring the entire #Ditto backend as we speak to better support profile fetching and get closer to outbox support. Give it like two weeks 😉 🙏

2025-02-22 02:35:29

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Don't tell me what to do. 👀

2025-02-17 03:11:59

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@nprofile…us9x did you receive my zap on this note? It looks like it went through on my end. We use AlbyHub 🤔

2025-02-17 01:50:35

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It was what I needed to learn the importance of owning my own content, I guess! 😅

2025-02-17 01:47:27

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Great point. The most I ever made on a centralized platform was just over $1k per month on Medium, writing articles with clickbaity headlines.
Then the next month after the high, I got banned 🤣

2025-02-15 20:05:59

Updated the @nprofile…r5rp FAQs to include hardware recommendations for self-hosting.
Thanks @nprofile…r68m for the suggestion! #Ditto #GrowNostr
https://soapbox.pub/faq/#hosting-ditto-2

2025-02-13 04:31:55

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👋 checking in from Henhouse, a #ditto server for women!

2025-02-12 23:04:41

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That's great! I'm glad overall it's working and it's cool to hear your progress and feedback as a self-hoster! Keep us updated.
ps. Alex is working on outbox support, which will do that account fetching for you 😁

2025-02-12 22:37:28

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I second Ghost. Been using it for years. You can publish articles and also send them to your mailing list at the same time. Easy to self-host with Mailgun.

2025-02-12 19:19:54

"Bootstrapping brain bytes..."
"Weaving wisdom wavelengths... "
"Designing data dreams..."
Shut up and tell me how to fix my shitty code 😭😭😭
#Goose #AI

2025-02-11 02:58:12

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Thank you for rescuing this poor baby! 🫂

2025-02-11 02:41:15

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That's bc we were Mastodon/Fedi devs for half a decade before getting on the #Nostr bandwagon 😁

2025-02-11 02:36:26

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Thank you!! I really appreciate you being a part of our community! And I totally agree, of course! 😉 😂

2025-02-11 02:20:15

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Yes! Like "domain:primal.net"

2025-02-11 02:16:28

🪐🚀🔥
#nevent1q…c77z

2025-02-07 21:51:19

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Hope you don't mind me using your exceptional streak as an example @nprofile…us9x 😂 💜

2025-02-07 01:05:19

I need to know what all of the top minds of Nostr were up to together on August 9, 2024... 👀
https://media.ditto.pub/a4a24f182f653092f7da842e2e46d349a1dfba5066e49ed64c8e9de14b306472.png
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2025-02-06 18:17:46

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Can I jump on the shill bandwagon? 😁
https://ditto.pub/@ditto@ditto.pub/posts/eb5ee6cf8f1d6a32dddc914a0516f7151e41b5d9373729f13cc5ec859c6ddcaf

2025-02-04 23:17:01

Lazy library vibes with the book guardians ✨ #bookstr
https://image.nostr.build/c4b054970613c5e02e4c05cc51e0a06cec7bad854c17dd043d886622c0a19e33.jpg

2025-02-01 03:23:02

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This is great! Nice work to all involved. 🚀

2025-01-30 20:48:08

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Ohh The Vegetarian is on my TBR! I should prioritize it! I'll have to look up Ernauz, I don't think I'm familiar with her. Thanks for the recs! 💜

2025-01-29 20:21:30

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Ohh sounds fun!!! I used to go to Sly Fox all the time when I lived around there, they have an awesome annual fest too with goat races. Great memories! 🍻🐐

2025-01-29 20:17:22

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I miss Sly Fox 🥺

2025-01-29 02:43:29

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This looks interesting! #bookstr

2025-01-29 02:42:34

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Hi and welcome! Love to see more women in Nostr 💜

2025-01-29 02:28:37

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Gorgeous Lantana 💛

2025-01-28 18:55:50

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Probably :(

2025-01-28 16:58:05

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I appreciate this post is helping me find vegans to follow! 💜 🌱 🐮

2025-01-28 16:57:00

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More Nostr vegans??? 😍 🌱 🐮

2025-01-28 16:39:42

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Honored to be included! 💜🥰

2025-01-26 16:43:04

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Because something is apparently broken in my Alby account I haven't fixed yet 🙃

2025-01-22 19:07:30

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This is very interesting, thanks for sharing.

2025-01-21 19:22:11

In this phase of #Nostr growth, I think it's okay if people who join in response to various censorship attacks don't always stay (although I'd prefer it if they would!). Now they know Nostr exists and where to turn when they need it again. It's all about educating people and planting seeds 🌱 💜
#FreeSpeech #TikTok #TikTokBan

2025-01-21 19:09:41

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Same 😂

2025-01-21 16:20:54

Just a girl from Pennsylvania thrilled to see real snow for the first time in 5 years! ❄️ #Texas
(And we haven't even lost power yet!)
https://image.nostr.build/c4ffd3b70b8f15121e0389ed9e08685b7eb93aa02178a60823b44e1188100853.jpg

2025-01-21 16:07:13

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Hi and welcome! I'm so glad you are here!! 👋 💜

2025-01-21 04:02:54

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Welcome! Would love to hear more about your gardening ☺️

2025-01-21 03:59:03

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Hi and welcome!! Glad you are here! You've already started using it! Just find some people to follow if you like their vibes and go from there ☺️ 💜

2025-01-21 00:01:06

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Thank youuuu 😅

2025-01-20 23:58:07

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Hello and welcome! 💜👋

2025-01-20 23:57:49

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Not yet, apparently I need to update something in my Alby account

2025-01-20 23:22:49

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Hello and welcome!! So glad you found your way here!!💜👋

2025-01-20 18:21:12

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Hello and welcome! 👋 🌱

2025-01-20 18:19:35

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Hello and welcome! 👋

2025-01-20 18:15:11

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Welcome! 💜 👋

2025-01-20 17:50:45

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Hello and welcome! Glad to have you you here! 👋 💜

2025-01-20 16:13:49

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Hello and welcome!! 💜 👋

2025-01-20 15:06:49

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Hi!!! I just woke up and I'm so excited to see people joining here! Lmk if you have any questions! 😍 👋

2025-01-20 15:06:04

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Welcome!! I'm glad you are here!! 😍 💜 🌱

2025-01-20 15:05:32

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Hi and welcome!! I'm so glad you are here! 👋 💜 📚

2025-01-20 15:04:34

GM and welcome to all the #TikTok refugees! ☀️

2025-01-20 14:51:16

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I'm glad you are here! Lmk what you think of Ruthless Vows 👀

2025-01-20 14:49:26

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Welcome! I'm glad you are here now! 👋💜

2025-01-20 14:48:42

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Ah! Hello my fellow MK!!! 👋💜😍📚

2025-01-20 05:25:51

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Welcome!! 👋 🌱

2025-01-20 03:38:13

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Yeah I made a post on TikTok promoting Nostr to try to migrate people here! Don't know if any came from there yet but figured it was worth a try given a the upset about the TikTok drama

2025-01-20 03:10:00

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Welcome! This sounds really interesting!! 💜

2025-01-20 03:09:22

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Welcome! 👋🤩

2025-01-20 03:08:38

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Welcome! 😁 💜

2025-01-20 02:57:21

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Hello also from Texas! 👋💜

2025-01-20 02:57:05

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Welcome to Nostr! 👋💜

2025-01-20 02:56:03

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Welcome!! 👋💜

2025-01-20 02:55:23

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Hello and welcome! 👋💜

2025-01-20 02:53:31

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Welcome! Glad to have you!! 💜👋

2025-01-20 02:52:57

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Hi and welcome!! 💜🤩

2025-01-20 02:52:03

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Hello and welcome!! 💜

2025-01-20 02:43:32

If anyone came here from my #booktok video, comment on this thread so we can find each other! #Tiktok #TiktokRefugee
📚💜

2025-01-19 23:16:17

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Ugh thank you for confirming! I will bully Alex into looking at it later

2025-01-19 23:08:21

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Damn you are the second person to tell me this today! @nprofile…6wnk and @nprofile…llke - help? 😫

2025-01-19 22:59:03

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Welcome! Glad to have you! I start by finding a couple of people whose content I like and then look at who they follow and engage with to find others who are like-minded. 👋 🌱

2025-01-19 22:56:56

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Welcome! I'm also into nature and was an anthro minor back in the day. Glad to have you here! 🌱 🐝

2025-01-19 22:53:00

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Welcome! I like nature, gardening, animals, and reading too! 🌱 🐝

2025-01-19 20:09:41

I tried to post this on the #tiktok refugee subreddit 10 minutes before the app came back on in America. My goal was to help people connect the dots and make their way to Nostr instead of other alternatives, while not talking down to them or being unsympathetic.
The post immediately got removed 🙃
#censorship #america #nostr #decentralization
https://www.reddit.com/r/nothinghappeninghere/comments/1i552h1/an_app_that_cant_be_banned/
https://image.nostr.build/5ca7cf5aa32e819c0fc5df77bad46d46986ce587f5840adce9473fcf389848b1.png

2025-01-19 15:43:27

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That's weird, idk why that would be... 🤔 Thanks for the heads up!

2025-01-19 06:31:30

Check out the new sub r/nothinghappeninghere with 60k #TikTok refugees who are FURIOUS at Meta, Zuck, Musk, all corporate Big Tech.
I know a lot of you guys think everyone on TikTok is too braindead to be worth investing in, but there are A LOT of Americans who are getting peaked as we speak on big tech. They may not yet understand that centralization and proprietary software is the source of the problem, and they definitely don't know about Nostr. But these people are ready to get purple pilled if we can just get the information in front of them!
https://www.reddit.com/r/nothinghappeninghere/
https://image.nostr.build/4fb9d91f2fcde227342a24761d1df5db3c6b6a9a3ddd1302cf7e9e9cdce5485e.png
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2025-01-19 06:08:40

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Yup. I can't even get own best friends to join here because they look and say... for what? We'd be lucky to absorb have even a fraction of the creators TikTok has.

2025-01-19 06:04:54

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I searched on TikTok today before the ban to see if anyone was talking about Nostr, and I did not one recent post about Nostr, let alone one that looked well made or got any traction.
I think those of us who understand the cultures and communities in other platforms should get used to promoting Nostr if we ever want it to be seen as a viable platform for the mainstream. I see often the culture on Nostr is that we are "better" than the users of other apps, and I don't think that's a recipe for growth.
To be honest, looking at the state of Nostr vs other decentralized platforms, I don't think we can afford to skip our on these major opportunities to take in new users.
That being said, Nostr clients I've used do not currently excel at video content, so it was always going to be a hard sell anyway.

2025-01-19 04:40:38

I've been watching the TikTok ban happen and taking note of what people say they will miss about the app in hopes Nostr can learn from it:
1. The algorithm's ability to find a community where you belong, often based on shared topics of interest ( @nprofile…r5rp?)
2. The way that the comments section is actually enjoyable (and funny!) compared to other apps where the comments are more often mean
3. The content feeling more "authentic" and less polished and perfect than apps like Instagram, again with a focus on the humor of the creators and willing to be "weird"
4. Feeling like it was easier to monetize on TikTok than other apps (Zaps can help with that!)
Unfortunately I saw practically ZERO discussion of Nostr as an alternative to TikTok, so I don't know how many refugees we will be able to absorb. I hope we can make a group effort to welcome those we meet and maybe do some outreach as well!
There is an obvious argument for how Nostr solves the problems that allowed this act of government censorship to happen, we just need to get that story out there! 💜
#Nostr #GrowNostr #TikTok #TikTokBan

2024-11-11 23:43:12

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Spinster mentioned 💜

2024-10-31 19:09:06

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Thanks 😀

2024-10-31 19:05:29

Happy Halloween! 💜 🧡 💀 🎃
@nprofile…llke
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2024-10-04 19:04:33

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Welcome!!

2024-09-30 23:00:22

Crossing streams a little to post about my day job: advocating for #freespeech IRL.
This library in Massachusetts has unconstitutionally canceled an event on women's sports, putting out an absolutely wild press release basically proving that they are engaging in First Amendment viewpoint discrimination.
I hope to see this story blow up in the next few days. Libraries are an important battleground for free speech in America.
Follow @npub19sl…havm across the #MostrBridge for more.
https://womensliberationfront.org/news/tewksbury-public-library-cancels-webinar-violating-free-speech

2024-09-23 20:50:56

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Pretty zinnias!

2024-09-23 04:09:27

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It's okay! I was just throwing shade anyway 😂
But yes! Lots of devs for both relays and clients have attempted multiple layers of solutions with various degrees of success. I use @npub10qd…arpj and I can't see any of the spam from that guy or his army of bot accounts anymore after Alex added NIP05 + Proof of Work filtering.

2024-09-23 04:01:39

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Sorry, I'm referencing something very specific - I'm definitely not talking about people who genuinely want to help and don't know where to start!
There is someone who is going out of their way to write scripts to attack the network for weeks without ever communicating to devs, and only claiming after the fact (when he feared he was about to be identified) that it was "just to help".