Adam

In an unhealthy codependent relationship with Nostr.

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npub17lm4jpjrstzawtj6sya4rhja26776uxf9wesgkaet8ddrhlwuk8s388t66

NIP-05 Address

emeraldorange@iris.to

NIP-57 Address

alluringgossamer371589@getalby.com

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nprofile1qqs00a6eqepc93wh9edgzw63mew4d00dwryjhvcytwu4nkk3mlhwtrc7xtl88

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2025-06-01 14:00:44

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Is that something you (or someone) can just vibe code?
Months back, I saw a post with a funding link which I believe redirected out of Nostr to a website with a zapping tool for a school. Don’t know if that was proprietary to them, however.

2025-05-15 05:02:42

When you touch grass matters.
https://fountain.fm/episode/DSY9Obfvtz4e6M5zyI6G

2025-05-13 13:06:46

So is Nostr usage volatile or is it dying?
https://stats.nostr.band/
#nevent1q…fp6k

2025-05-12 00:33:41

Help me out with my logic. I’m sure it’s flawed:
I don’t believe Bitcoin “influencers” are serious people if they are not active on Nostr, or not on Nostr at all.
#asknostr

2025-05-10 16:00:24

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If I may provide a more positive interpretation of your comment: This is a Feature not a Bug. Bitcoin is winning the more Bitcoiners look and sound like the general population.

2025-05-09 14:04:29

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I thought about your comment a few times over the last day. Most Bitcoin maxi’s I know came through considerable studying- books, podcasts, going hands on with it. If most of them are confused by what the true value is, what does that say about the more popular Bitcoin content that’s consumed along the way to, and informed, their maximalism?
What would you suggest as required reading that actually gets it right?
In my own experience, it’s better to listen to one’s internal voice than any content or expert whatsoever. The reading and research that is so advised is great for people of little conviction. But for the independent minded who have no problem formulating their own opinions about anything and everything, studying Bitcoin content can very well be a detriment.

2025-05-07 13:14:15

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What's the TL;DR on this?
GM, FYI

2025-05-06 12:49:39

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It's important to keep a safe space in this crazy world for toxic Bitcoiners and shitposters.
Just doing our small part.

2025-04-29 13:31:41

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Which button is a boost?

2025-04-26 16:19:56

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https://media3.giphy.com/media/1iTH1WIUjM0VATSw/200w.webp?cid=4ea4f8d5d4ksp3rgiqvisfnh8r0t3nrh9omaryryzddaqn0q&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.webp&ct=g

2025-04-26 03:19:07

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You know the answer to this. These sound like people with much love to give but they were robbed of the means to provide.

2025-04-25 21:00:01

#asknostr
Anyone here familiar with web3 or working in it? I never understood what that is.

2025-04-23 20:28:06

Stacking sats, stacking sets, stacking friends. Productive day.

2025-04-23 15:19:57

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Listening to Citadel Dispatch, the latest one with @npub19kv…e2qd mentions there’s variations in channel speeds as well because of trade offs in what channels offer. That may be contributing to the transaction speed as well.

2025-04-20 16:31:52

My Nostr to X/Twitter ratio of time is at least 10:1. I know people say there's not enough Nostr users, but what they're not saying is how bad the quality of content is on X. How can anyone spend a reasonable time on that platform and not feel pissed at the world.
It's quite simple really:
Live on social media, continue to be pissed, but do nothing.
Or
Live on Nostr and make irrelevant and obsolete whomever or whatever is upsetting.

2025-04-15 19:11:08

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I was unaware zap time could be measured. This is insightful, thanks. Is that a hardware issue, or internet speed issue?
Is running a cloud based node custodial?

2025-04-15 16:40:45

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I did help someone sign up for Megalith.

2025-04-15 16:37:26

I setup my Alby Hub last week. Had all sorts of technical issues in part to my own ineptitude and in part to my underpowered hardware.
I called in this week to a community onboarding session, and ended up being the fucking tech support.

2025-04-15 15:09:51

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And as Bitcoin wins, people will get more weird

2025-04-10 16:32:55

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Israel has conscription. Doesn’t this just mean Meta hired Israeli citizens who are over a certain age? Am I missing something or is this headline attempting to make something polarizing that is actually quite boring?

2025-04-10 16:22:30

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Most of us are not in the inner circle. WTF is this all about?

2025-04-10 15:00:08

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Chef’s kiss level of toxicity

2025-04-02 19:48:42

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The creators of this show have to be Bitcoiners, right?

2025-03-30 14:44:59

If hell or high water, one stays humble and stacks sats regularly, what is the value proposition for attending Bitcoin conferences?
#asknostr #bitcoin

2025-03-29 21:27:36

I’m bored. Looking to zap posts from plebs who don’t have many followers who keep Nostr weird.

2025-03-27 16:45:23

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Damn lack of editing. Correction: by Peter McAllister THAT questioned…

2025-03-27 16:39:33

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I recall reading a book called Mathropology by questioning whether modern Man is better, stronger, faster than our ancestors. A fun read.
https://a.co/d/brxnFeT

2025-03-26 02:20:09

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You said autistic twice.

2025-03-26 01:29:12

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Not here. This place is full of psychopaths and autists.
They’re weird. But beautiful is a bit of a stretch.

2025-03-21 02:27:46

∞ / (21M - L) is how to accurately measure Bitcoin.
There’s a fundamental misunderstanding of its supply. It’s not a limited supply of 21M, it’s a declining supply from 21M.
No more than 21M will ever be made, but that means the coins that are lost (L) forever, are never replaced.
This means Bitcoin isn’t deflationary, it’s hyper-deflationary. Everything doesn’t get cheaper measured against Bitcoin, everything gets much cheaper.
∞ / (21M - L)

2025-03-18 12:09:14

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1) Happiest place on the internet. Even the toxicity is out of love. GM, GN, GFY.
2) Easiest way to find and pay someone. A global directory for Bitcoin Lightning Network.
3) Alternative economic model to the exploitive gatekeepers for content creators. Musicians can be paid directly by their audience (Fountain/Wavlake). So can podcasters, content creators, etc.
4) it’s uncontrollable. Can’t be censored. DYI algorithms. No shadow banning. Can’t be bankrupted.
5) Growth is in the value/user rather than eyeballs. Even if user count remains flat, the value of the zaps go up infinitely in the long run.
Bonus: It’s the only place to go to for a social network. Everything else is social media.

2025-03-17 03:08:46

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#Nostr isn’t a fiat site. Grow-or-die isn’t applicable. It can be sustainable by replacing users it loses to attrition. X/Twitter needs the eyeballs for its advertising business model. Nostr doesn’t have a business model. The closest thing to it are zaps, which increase in value over time, even if use count doesn’t.

2025-03-16 10:58:25

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Umbrel has a variety of problems. That one being the biggest head scratcher. None of the apps speak with each other and it’s been impossible to connect 3rd party apps to the Umbrel apps.

2025-03-15 18:29:18

Beautiful voice
https://wavlake.com/track/2015777b-0066-4a4e-9466-911c2a3cbe7a
#nevent1q…em9h

2025-03-13 02:35:40

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My first set of air filters just arrived today. I sneeze constantly in my climate. I’m looking forward to some life changing air quality

2025-03-13 00:22:35

I don’t even recall reading about presidential emergency powers being in place #naddr1qp…l0jc

2025-03-12 20:30:07

Lefties rejoice! Apparently the world has been optimized to give you superior brain function over righties!
#nevent1q…26uz

2025-03-11 17:00:18

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You’re making them sound pretty appealing to someone who has never gone. Why’d you stop?

2025-03-10 15:44:55

A well respected Bitcoiner was talking about launching something called “Another Shitcoin Podcast”, and it’ll focus on everything you need to know about cryptocurrencies that are not Bitcoin.
No guests. No host, in fact. Just static.

2025-03-06 12:38:04

One of my mental models is whether my life will be predictable based on a given decision. If it is, and I’m not excited about what that future looks like, I’ll make a different choice because I don’t need to live that version to know the outcome. I much prefer making a choice where my future is unknown because of it, but the outcomes could be asymmetrical. I choose adventure.
I’m grateful for decisions I made eight years ago and six years ago.
Me five years from now better be fucking grateful.
Adam 2035
#note1sw4…fyh8

2025-03-06 12:07:28

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I’ve not read the article so this comes from a place of extreme ignorance: I wonder what cells, and how much power it takes to compute. A human brain takes much less power than a toaster, and some of us are considered smarter than said toaster. V4V.

2025-02-23 17:34:31

Is Nostr scalable if it were to ever grow? Can the relay structure scale?

2025-02-21 15:13:04

I wonder what GFY measures
#note1kz5…06s6

2025-02-21 00:56:31

Nostr has consistently maintained the same number of users for years. Not growing and not shrinking. Though there is certainly turnover. Find one thread of an abandoned account, and you can weave a whole outfit of a bygone social graph.
So it has me wondering, must Bitcoin systems and organizations grow or die? If it’s able to replace lost users, is that sufficient for sustainability? Fiat forces growth-at-all-cost mindsets. But why must that be necessary for things on Bitcoin? Why can’t sustainable be an accepted outcome?

2025-02-07 18:49:17

What about building a wallet that automatically creates a Nostr account?
The process of creating a Nostr account AND THEN having to create a wallet in Nostr, AND THEN linking it to other wallets in Nostr and out of Nostr, is pretty clunky.
Reverse uno the process seems smoother.
#asknostr #wallets #zaps #bitcoin @npub18am…p424

2025-02-07 16:24:02

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That’s what I liked about your post. I thought it was cool to see someone have a different take to both those things. Makes the world a more colorful place. Memes are totally stupid, but that’s why I enjoy them. Saylor’s comments about Bitcoin reaffirms Bitcoin’s strength, BUT it has be questioning why to pursue other ventures, instead of just simply stacking sats and living life.
https://media.tenor.com/sU2JpfJmf44AAAAC/beautiful-different.gif

2025-02-07 16:08:11

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Strange, it’s the opposite reaction for me.

2025-02-06 06:30:42

Fucking brutal.
#note1njr…xeqx

2025-02-05 05:47:41

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Screw all that stuff everyone is posting.
Don’t worry about connecting Bitcoin (the sats and zaps) at this point. Just enjoy Nostr. Consider the wallet an add-on feature to Nostr. You have an account, so you’re set.
Don’t even worry about the wallets for at least a couple of months. Get comfortable to posting and engaging for now.
Just save your 12 words and have fun!

2025-01-29 07:05:57

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As a layperson your comment comes across sounds like a back door. Do you mind expanding?

2025-01-28 14:54:09

Orange Pilling suburban mom’s- exactly how you’d expect it to go.
https://x.com/bitcoin_teddy/status/1883664463590822215?s=46
#bitcoin #orangepill #funny #moms #savings #retirement

2025-01-27 01:09:00

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This explains the background expressions so much better.

2025-01-26 19:57:13

I love that Bitcoiners are talk nearly as much about health as they do ₿. If your financial situation limits how much you can stack now, longevity allows your bag to not only grow, but compound.
I recently completed a series of health tests. I haven’t been this fit since 2017. What’s similar between 2017 and now? The amount of time I’ve been able to focus on Bitcoin. It encourages a low time preference, greatly simplifies life thus reduces stress, and creates focus (fixation perhaps) creates space for clarity on life.
https://media0.giphy.com/media/cl3BFzZtoushaJRRGo/200w.webp?cid=4ea4f8d5e4sdwqht4fe2zzjnmcepxgtptmnkhef8iv3sg2fw&ep=v1_stickers_trending&rid=200w.webp&ct=s

2025-01-26 02:21:13

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They should also move the goalpost for the cap gains exemption to any crypto started three days before inauguration.

2025-01-23 04:09:23

I realize I’ve never written an introduction, though I think I am still within the statute of limitations to do so.
Until Nostr, I hadn’t been active on a social network since probably around 2017. This place is chaotic, messy, changing fast, and totally euphoric vibes. I love it. #Nostr is what the internet should have always been.
Being offline for as long as I had, it’s still strange to post, share, and discuss ideas so openly.
I’ve been fortunate to check off a pretty ambitious bucket list early in my life, which is liberating. Faced death… more than a few times, did interesting things, met interesting people.
I Benjamin Buttoned my career, starting off managing billions of dollars in institutional assets in my early 20’s, receiving all sorts of awards and recognitions, then worked towards progressively reducing my responsibilities over time until firing myself completely.
Since this is Nostr, I feel obligated to add that yes I do think about #Bitcoin constantly. No, I do not know why.
Please don’t hesitate to say hi! My life is pretty obscure, which means you’re probably going to be interesting, no matter how typical it may be to you!
#introductions

2025-01-22 20:39:22

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With any centralized organization, who is running it absolutely matters. I am not interested in discussing specific organizations, but I seem to recall Caitlin Long and her own valiant efforts being treated unfairly by the current system as well.
If you want to dive into the subject, I can merely point you into the direction of the many, many talks from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger on the challenges and follies financial institutions have with remaining honest in the present system.

2025-01-22 19:27:04

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I will rephrase: I suspect there is a higher ratio of people on Nostr than on social media platforms who would like to see fewer laws about what one does to themselves, as well as the enforcement of laws that disincentivize harm caused to others, and banks are likely viewed to be a consistently bad actor in the eyes of a community that reveres Bitcoin.
Also, a gun is a tool, such as a bank account number. A bank, however, is an organization. Organizations are more likely to have systems and processes which reduce agency and accountability of individual employees, which make it easier for each one to partake in actions and decisions that would go against their own personal values. So it’s actually more likely for a bank to be evil than the common person.

2025-01-22 16:48:04

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This may hit different on Nostr. There’s not an insignificant portion of Nostriches who would believe 1) drugs should be decriminalized, 2) banks should be criminalized, and 3) would want to hear more about how governments are criminal organizations.

2025-01-22 02:25:47

The #shoeonhead trend has me absolutely convinced we live in a simulation. Over a decade ago, my wife and I attended a Buddhist temple a couple of times on an island in the Pacific, and would often joke that enlightenment was found through accepting subtle absurdity into our lives. Our chosen path? Shoe on head.
This was around the same time I learned of Bitcoin. Now that I’m connecting back to the Bitcoin community, of course the subtle absurdity has returned, too.

2025-01-21 03:16:18

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Why is that? I’ve not heard it and some apps don’t give an option to use an extension. How do you get your nsec into Alby if not pasting?

2025-01-21 01:30:37

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It’s my personal favorite. It’s used in some countries where journalism is known to be censored, and used for more long form articles. I appreciate the uncensored/less censored insights.
If you’re exploring other Nostr clients, check out the #wavlake app and #fountain app for music and podcasts. The economics are much better for musicians than Spotify and others. If artists earn more, they of course have more time to dedicate to their music and we as listeners then benefit from higher quality music.
You’ll hear about the most popular mobile apps but also download #testflight which gives you access to iOS apps that aren’t yet in the App Store, like #olas
And #nostur.
On the desktop, check out #nostrudel which has one of the coolest UX for accessing different types of information on Nostr. Or #iris which not only has a good layout for doom scrolling but also provides a verified address for free. I don’t know what other clients do that.
There’s of course more clients out there but at a certain point there’s diminishing returns in subjecting yourself to so many choices.
I should make these their own posts to help others…

2025-01-21 01:15:23

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I hear you. When I first raised my hand saying the same thing, I was pretty much told 'yup, it's complicated,' and then crickets. Ok, so as a non-technical person here's what I figured out as the easiest path:
1) Copy your private key called an nsec to your clipboard,
2) go to yakihonne.com on a desktop,
3) Login with your nsec,
4) Go to settings,
5) Go to wallet,
6) Create a NWC Yakihonne wallet,
7) Copy the NWC address (this is why you have to load the desktop version of the site. This won't show on mobile)
8) Go to your Alby portal
9) Use the NWC you just copied from your new Yakihonne wallet to Connect.
10) Now you can use your Alby extension to login and your wallet will follow you everywhere that accepts it. If you're using Primal on iOS, NWC doesn't seem to work, but otherwise there's plenty of apps that will.
Here's another thing you can do later, now that you have a Bitcoin lightning wallet, which is what these wallets are:
1) In your Alby portal, go to Connect again
2) Get your LNDHub credentials
3) Download a Bitcoin wallet like Blue Wallet phone app
4) Click on add a wallet or the plus button
5) Click on the three dots in the upper right and select Lightning
6) Add your LNDHub credentials as Your Node Address
Now you can send and receive Bitcoin outside of Nostr as well.

2025-01-20 04:45:34

Watching new Nostr users flood in today is like a sneak preview play out in real time of when the traditional financial system fails the regular person.
Welcome, we’ve been expecting you. Yes, you deserved to be treated better by the other systems, but it’s their loss, not yours.
We’ll make this transition as seamless as possible. Don’t worry, almost everything is already in place.

2025-01-19 17:41:15

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Singapore reigned in domestic control over its media to minimize outsized influence of foreign countries such as China and America, not for some planned dystopian future, but so the country can develop its own mores and sense of self.
Cutting off an algorithmic social engineering platform that is influenced by a foreign government with questionable human rights records of its own population, which it should hold in higher esteem than the population of a challenging economic power, could perhaps be another legitimate reason?
The U.S. still has access to RT, al Jazeera, BBC, and other foreign news sources, so it is hard to accept this scare tactic on its surface.
Oh, plus there’s Nostr. U.S. hasn’t banned any of its clients has it?
Knowing what TikTok shows its domestic audience versus what Americans are fed from the app’s algorithm in this country, claiming censorship is hypocrisy.
Note I am not arguing in favor of the American ban, but against this video’s argument.

2025-01-18 19:52:09

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How did they define ‘communication channel’? Could they ban email? Nostr?

2025-01-09 23:13:34

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Isn’t that the interdimensional being from IT?

2025-01-05 21:41:59

If workers are paid in fiat and inflation rises faster than wage increases, on a Bitcoin standard, will workers get paid less over time but everything else depreciates faster than wage decreases? #note1mzr…lu2h

2025-01-04 15:27:46

Shower thought:
If an economy is on the ₿ standard, would companies still be faced with the daunting task of ‘grow or die’?
GM Nostr

2025-01-03 01:35:59

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Got it. I don't know the solution to #2. For #1, Lava apparently offers loans against self custody BTC at a reasonable rate. If someone is ok with custodial, might as well also consider just holding some BTC ETF's and borrowing against that from a large brokerage house- their rates can range from 6%-13%.

2025-01-03 01:17:14

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Isn't gap insurance what makes that possible for home and auto loans?

2025-01-02 06:35:23

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I used to serve on local government, and self driving cars came up multiple times in planning. I’ll attempt to share my observations with impartiality:
-young urban planners I’ve spoken to can see a future where cars become as expensive and impractical in modern life as horses.
-cities outlast empires because they create opportunities for unexpected opportunities when people of different backgrounds have impromptu, unexpected interactions and share ideas. When life is fully automated and planned as soon as you step out the front door, how are random interactions going to happen?
-a lot more infrastructure is necessary for this technology to be prevalent in order to handle the computational and communications requirements. Specifically edge computing data ‘centers’ and 5g cellular. Most forward thinking cities aren’t built out for this yet. Imagine freeways and smaller communities.
-see point above and look into the FCC mandates. Your local officials are legally COMPELLED to vote in favor of this infrastructure. We could not vote against certain 5g infrastructure proposals.
-the cost of transportation will diminish so much, it will improve the lives of those with limit economic opportunity.
-these vehicles will be expected to driver safer at faster speeds than humans. This means people could access more affordable housing farther away from their work, play, and necessities, without sacrificing commute time.
-parking could go away, since autonomous electric vehicles could just constantly be in motion rather than parked. Parking space is the largest obstacle to density on a property.
-the status quo is unsustainable to too many people disenfranchised by the current fiat system. But cities don’t have control over monetary policy. The levers they do have are in urban planning, local policies, and development ordinances.
-cities will fundamentally change.

2025-01-01 17:36:09

Nostr represents the best of what ₿ has to offer.
It’s never too late to join.
There’s no HFSP.
There’s no ‘everyone gets Nostr at the free speech they deserve’.

2025-01-01 17:17:15

When I was a younger less learned man, I saw Bitcoin was freedom.
Then I grew wiser and thought it was about money.
As my hair grayed, I saw it more as an asset to preserve.
Now, I see it is indeed freedom.

2024-12-31 23:41:57

I’m undecided if Bitcoin has a higher concentration of hippy capitalist or of atheist conservatives.

2024-12-31 22:21:40

Great line from the Odell/Hodl year in review: “if you have more Bitcoin, you don’t have more power over the network.” An under appreciated point. One’s place in the Bitcoin community has nothing to do with their bag size. And with Nostr, one doesn’t even have to own ₿ to be part of the community.
#note1vu7…ymmp

2024-12-19 15:36:38

Imagine being some regular Joe W-2 at a company that recently adopted a ₿ treasury practice. Your compensation historically is probably meh compared to big tech because of stock options. Then your boss comes in and says what ever stock options you have, are now going to essentially be tied to a volatile asset there’s a good chance you hate. Oh yeah, and he’s going to lever the shit out of it.
Days like today must be fun.

2024-12-17 13:14:54

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Glad I visited once. Learned that NFT’s are not unique images, but rather unique links to essentially a Google Drive where an image is held.

2024-12-17 13:12:00

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Can you explain this one… for those of us without shades?

2024-12-17 08:38:44

I rolled up an Umbrel server onto an old memory card plugged into a 10 year old computer. Tomorrow, I try it out on a mid-2010 Mac Mini. I am excited about the prospects of owning more of my own data, and ‘quitting’ the unpaid worker role with the big tech.

2024-12-15 17:54:59

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I love the energy of this post!
#nevent1q…thj8

2024-12-14 19:35:54

https://apple.news/A7LqRPLsITAWvtbiqx6wDGg
AI will make life easier, they say. It will help you, they say. AI can’t solve for receiving bad inputs and human bias.

2024-12-14 15:26:06

American Express’s salad oil scandal 60 years ago is such a good metaphor for fiat debasement.

2024-12-13 18:16:08

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I dig it

2024-12-13 17:50:52

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Cool background

2024-12-13 15:32:13

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The Nostr clients all seem to have different wallets for sending zaps. Why are wallets for sending the one thing non transferable between clients?