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Udi Wertheimer 🧙‍♂️

https://taprootwizards.com

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Public Key

npub137lghaz3q3850343kupy2mx67r03qf6ccjvnpyjual6mkw436xlq3hkxgf

NIP-05 Address

udi@taprootwizards.com

NIP-57 Address

urbanfly1@primal.net

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsgl05t73gsgn68c6cmwqj9dnd0phcsyavvfxfsjfwwladm82car0sqyksgv

Author Public Key

npub137lghaz3q3850343kupy2mx67r03qf6ccjvnpyjual6mkw436xlq3hkxgf

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Last Notes

2024-07-04 04:18:33

generally i agree that nostr is superior to twitter, in fact i think laser-eyes should leave twitter and never come back, nostr is so much better trust me, just leave twitter ok you’d be better off that way just don’t login again

2024-01-07 02:31:38

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it’s just a funny video. what you infer is up to you ser

2024-01-07 02:28:49

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ok so why did you infer that?

2024-01-07 02:18:13

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sir what’s the dishonest claim? it’s a real clip from a real video, i didn’t make it

2024-01-07 01:29:13

fascinating video of @npub1s5y…6q7z trying to use lightning on air (bad idea) https://video.nostr.build/e34aa580d419d22e7c56dc7d160fbfaadad71ba03266c28033bdbfbec60517e2.mp4

2023-12-25 14:23:45

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> How many referrals did you send to FTX ? Thousands ?
3 lol

2023-12-25 06:14:51

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what about people who followed jimmy’s advice? https://image.nostr.build/8b04e36645f925f4fbeb8cc0f9f64bfadcf5d2418009fdee23dd2124e427836c.jpg

2023-12-25 03:42:02

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wait
i thought you liked ordinals https://image.nostr.build/28384ea441afb3253a3a4b3afc5747f85dd5b7cf0dce40e8afe2c240ee81aeeb.jpg

2023-12-04 06:15:27

🤣 🤣 🤣https://m.primal.net/HSSL.jpg

2023-08-02 12:40:30

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sent you a follow request on threads 😇

2023-08-02 12:34:01

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🤣

2023-07-24 04:25:35

To celebrate Twitter’s rebranding to X
I think you guys should rename nostr to L

2023-07-15 19:21:49

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Yes! If you’re building products and services targeted squarely at the very specific niche that’s on nostr, then it makes sense to promote it here!

2023-07-15 18:09:14

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🤣

2023-07-15 15:36:01

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Where did I mock anyone?
I think this is an issue and I was wondering what people’s thoughts about it are

2023-07-15 15:08:50

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I’m very much a btc person :)

2023-07-15 15:08:03

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Do we have stats on that?

2023-07-15 15:05:56

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Getting people to take action is manipulative? I don’t think so

2023-07-15 15:04:01

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I don’t know what is or isn’t good for the world. It’s a complex equation imo. Some things they do are bad. I think some other things facebook has done have been intensely positive for many people’s lives. For example many small businesses have been transformed.
That aside, of course I support the idea of making nostr bigger. The point that I’m trying to allude to is that for that to happen it would have to somehow compete better on reach, imo
Chicken and egg, I know, but also many in nostr seem to think reach doesn’t matter at all, and that’s a problem imo

2023-07-15 14:59:12

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I really do care about reach. It’s the only reason I use social networks, to reach people from outside of my network.
When I communicate with people within my network, I prefer encrypted messaging apps.
That said, I’ve always been an Uncle Bob fan and really happy that I was able to reach you here, so maybe nostr is useful to me for reach after all! 🧡

2023-07-15 14:52:51

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As I tried to allude to in the original note above, as far as I’m concerned engagement is a good way to measure one’s ability to drive people to take action
Of course likes don’t carry monetary value, but the ability to get your message across and have people act on it is valuable. Very valuable!

2023-07-15 14:42:18

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I use and enjoy both of these apps. I like them personally. I also think they stand 0 chance of hitting even 0.1% of the usage stats of threads

2023-07-15 14:40:56

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That’s ok and understandable, I was never expecting a lot of engagement here for my public account
What I’m saying is that even as a small account on threads, I get more engagement than @jack does here (and he’s the largest account on nostr!)

2023-07-15 14:39:43

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So far the it has been trending the opposite way. Twitter and Threads are growing, adding more users every day than the entire user base of nostr

2023-07-15 14:36:36

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Oh no they don’t like me? 😅

2023-07-15 14:33:48

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Great approach man

2023-07-15 14:33:21

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Yeah, agreed. Makes a lot of sense to me to use a combo of twitter and threads (and other apps!) but I still can’t find a real usecase for nostr
Only thing it’s good for so far is for triggering maxis, and frankly I can do it without coming here

2023-07-15 14:31:41

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You’re literally following me
And it took you 2 minutes to say exactly what I wanted you to say

2023-07-15 14:29:45

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I guess? But if you want to drive people to take action… shouldn’t you take advantage of the best tools available to you?

2023-07-15 14:28:24

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jiminy christmas you guys are MAD

2023-07-15 13:15:50

I get more reach and engagement on threads with 3,000 followers than @npub1sg6…f63m gets here with 150,000 followers
When I want people to take action I have no reason to come here
Thoughts?

2023-07-15 03:47:16

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@npub1u8l…turz is horrible but i’m sure the other two are fine

2023-07-15 03:41:08

Just got my @npub1mut…23vg subscription! https://cdn.nostr.build/i/211efa8a1182bfa261d83b5a850f3dfe0f9c41219fe36982cdb3b28b7db0bd77.jpg

2023-07-15 02:12:47

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global feed here is basically porn?

2023-07-15 01:36:26

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Should’ve tried threads

2023-07-15 01:08:43

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Why so triggered man? I’ve been here for more than 4 months
What is the issue you’re experienceing?

2023-07-06 06:08:47

see you on threads guys. it was a good run.
(btw threads is interoperable with activitypub/mastodon/fediverse so it’s really not that bad)
https://threads.net/@udiwertheimer https://nostr.build/i/23a9f2737b12cefaad7d2118fb54777c6deac7fed1ebc636bb4728d57cf53345.jpg

2023-07-05 16:16:38

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the need to manage keys is one of the worst aspects of bitcoin, but it’s the only way we know to make it work so it’s worth it
taking the worst aspect of it and applying it to social networks for no good reason is not my idea of good design

2023-07-05 16:05:10

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it’s worse than passwords in 2 major ways:
1. if you lose access to your password manager it’s over. all of you’re social graph is gone
2. if someone steals your password manager is over. you can never remove their access to your social graph

2023-07-05 15:32:47

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🫡

2023-07-05 15:32:32

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sure but using email is way more approachable for most people than managing keys
i’ve been managing keys for a decade and i hate it. i really don’t want do have to do more of it. and I’m an “expert”, what would normies think?

2023-07-05 14:51:17

game over nostr https://nostr.build/i/aebb43b21ee36cbe9e8670cde34d6a945d2682ebe401629064a6c8fe0436985c.jpg

2023-07-05 01:32:40

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What are you even disagreeing with lmao

2023-07-04 23:09:33

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i mostly use damus

2023-07-04 23:09:18

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where did i claim to be a victim? i'm having a good time, i'm just saying i'm not sure nostr is very useful to me

2023-07-04 22:49:46

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Friendly

2023-07-04 22:42:18

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That’s why I’m exploring it. We’re pretty good at mobilizing our community. But we need to be sure of it first. I’ve also tried Bluesky, mastodon, and I’ll be trying Zuck’s new thing on Thursday too. We’ll see

2023-07-04 22:39:41

My favorite thing about nostr is that you have to click the button to see your follower count
And it slowly counts up until finally settling on the up-to-date figure
Very satisfying

2023-07-04 22:28:40

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Shoot me a dm if you want, I’ll send you an invite

2023-07-04 22:16:49

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Couldn’t have hoped for a better outcome

2023-07-04 20:51:17

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happy 4th

2023-07-04 20:49:34

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followed you both

2023-07-04 20:21:02

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I have fought hard for the freedom to say what I want, and not what the mob wants me to say
Been flourishing ever since
One day you’ll understand

2023-07-04 19:31:57

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And yet here you are :)

2023-07-04 18:31:22

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That’s a really neat idea!

2023-07-04 17:39:46

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hi jack will you be attending this? we got a bitcoin og to join
i think it’s an important conversation to have. always good to learn from others’ points of view
https://twitter.com/taprootwizards/status/1676260287979171840 https://nostr.build/i/2b6c300fac6724e856dbc5f2e26ed147964ef9a297845282483e8d2d8f88ffe1.jpg

2023-07-04 17:37:05

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just visiting for now

2023-07-04 17:36:12

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can you share some recommendations?

2023-07-04 17:19:05

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haha followed
gonna try to zap later, can’t from here i’m on my iphone

2023-07-04 17:18:16

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i’ve seen people promote something called nostrnests
might try it at some point but for this one we’re going to use twitter spaces because we want as many people to participate as possible

2023-07-04 17:17:13

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hmm no i wouldn’t say i’m on this app for freedom tbh

2023-07-04 17:15:17

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good idea i support this recommendation
mental health first

2023-07-04 17:12:06

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i wish i could but i can’t, gonna be hyper focused on hosting the space.
would you consider rebroadcasting it to nostrnests for us?

2023-07-04 17:09:34

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way!

2023-07-04 16:59:04

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https://nostr.build/i/711e71bd127c2174c26a2fe7b70e020a74157c7391fa91710e10d9f55e9ac1db.jpg

2023-07-04 16:41:17

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yeah but we know that already
I feel like the other side wasn’t discussed very thoroughly so far

2023-07-04 16:33:53

We promised a big Twitter Space on Thursday….
Me and @npub1wvu…mtwm will be joined by the most well-known bitcoin OG, the cofounder of Bitcoin Magazine: Vitalik Buterin!
We think bitcoiners can learn a lot from the successes and failures of Ethereum, and we want to facilitate that discussion. We think it will be a great interview, if you can handle it!
Anyone can join, even people I blocked on Twitter :)
https://twitter.com/taprootwizards/status/1676260287979171840 https://nostr.build/i/2b6c300fac6724e856dbc5f2e26ed147964ef9a297845282483e8d2d8f88ffe1.jpg

2023-07-04 13:56:52

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just tried it, it said “bad command or file name”

2023-07-04 13:38:29

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no, i love you

2023-07-04 13:37:55

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i have no idea what you’re trying to say can you try to repeat that without being triggered

2023-07-04 13:35:40

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You could spend your time on anything, but you choose to spend it tweeting 24/7 about how much you hate ethereum.
Seems like ethereum is succeeding to me *fart*

2023-07-04 04:11:20

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That’s very reasonable, thanks for sharing!

2023-07-04 04:10:07

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lmao what for? tweeting something you don’t like?

2023-07-04 03:51:22

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You’re a wizard, harry :)

2023-07-04 03:50:07

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I think that’s the thing maybe. For me, I view Twitter as a way to reach a large audience. I don’t think nostr offers me that possibility: even the largest accounts here have less reach than I can have on Twitter (and I’m not anywhere near being one of the largest accounts on Twitter!)

2023-07-04 03:14:37

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ok so it’s like a chat app for friends?

2023-07-04 03:11:36

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my brother in christ you need to click a button to slowly load your follower count

2023-07-04 03:06:20

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out of the main decentralized-ish twitter alternatives this one is the least functional

2023-07-04 02:53:19

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we’re so early

2023-07-04 02:34:01

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i’m very sensitive to maxis to be fair

2023-07-04 02:28:13

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great ux bro gonna onboard my grandma real quick

2023-07-04 02:22:12

Nostr is the laser-eyes’ attempt to prove that you don’t need a token to fail
You can also fail without a token

2023-07-02 15:41:37

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i think you're only frustrated because you didn't take the time to think this through from the other person's point of view (mine)
i have 170k+ followers on twitter, most of them are actually happy with my content (naturally, otherwise they wouldn't have been consuming it) and are mostly positive
but i'm just a person like anyone else - i do not owe anyone my time or attention. i can't reply and entertain anyone who happens to feel angry about something and furiously reply about it. i have better things to do
and it's not just about my own time and attention. when i go into arguments on twitter with the angry minority, that arguments gets viewed by the rest of my audience. i have a responsibility to broadcast to my audience the content they want to see, not arguments with haters.
so when people repeatedly take cheap shots, especially when it's related to topics that i've addressed before and have no new information to add to, i tend to just block and move on.
it's not personal, it's just something that people with large accounts tend to do in order to maintain a quality standard

2023-07-02 15:26:02

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where did i ever say that i only block laser-eyes?

2023-07-02 15:09:47

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thoughts so far: i hate it here

2023-07-02 14:40:37

My web magic skills are rusty. It took me 6 hours to correctly set up NIP-05 on our website with CORS

2023-07-02 04:15:27

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You’re just role-playing and virtue-signaling with your friends. It’s cute, but it has no meaning. Inscriptions will be hosted on bitcoin nodes forever, and ordinal transactions cannot be stopped.
This is bitcoin.

2023-07-02 04:01:17

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There’s absolutely nothing you can do about it. Have a good weekend!

2023-07-02 03:58:02

My main issue with nostr is that it seems like the people here are almost exclusively laser-eye maxis.
When I want to reach those guys, I don’t need a special app: I just tweet on Twitter with carefully selected trigger keywords, and sure enough, one of them will screenshot it and post here and make sure all laser-eyes see it.
Are there some non-laser-eyes here? Make yourself known in the comments!

2023-07-02 03:41:14

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So would you say you’re not a fan, but you’re still curious to check it out sometimes?

2023-07-02 03:28:16

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I find it ironic that you’re not a fan of Udi, but you conducted a full-blown research on Udi’s nostr profile

2023-07-02 00:31:11

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haha
yeah well just "shilling" is not enough to get large masses to take action
happy to discuss this on a nest if you want

2023-07-02 00:18:07

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⚡️ means a lightning wallet is connected and you can pay, i think
⭐️ means verified nic carter fan

2023-07-02 00:15:08

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maybe not a token
but doing SOMETHING is probably a good idea
i think it’s good to be honest about the data and look for ways to improve

2023-07-02 00:14:08

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this is a chart of nostr only and i’m not the one who made it

2023-07-02 00:12:13

nostr usage remains low:
even on a day where twitter experiences outages globally, less than 9,000 people create any data (posts, likes, dms, settings changes etc)
that is still lower than usage figures in march https://nostr.build/i/247bc63a23a279ec59f138a2e203f7b001450852c8b6127fa3a233db9ae613de.jpg

2023-07-02 00:07:29

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nostr interest did fizzle out
even today with twitter being down globally, nostr usage was lower than it was in march
and elon did hire a new ceo
looks like eric was right once again 🫡

2023-07-01 22:59:40

sigh

2023-03-05 16:30:01

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cool thread bros, just wanted to drop in and thank you both for hosting my jpegs on your nodes forever

2023-03-05 07:16:47

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Nope I always have time for triggering you guys ❤️