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Timechain@stacker.news

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2023-11-24 07:59:22

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I wonder if a bunch of people in your situation gave WoS their Gmail which is basically light KYC

2023-11-24 07:36:03

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Is he? I mean he expected a shotgun KYC first I think, but he never saw this lasting.

2023-11-24 06:36:01

It was always going to happen. @npub1qny…95gx
https://image.nostr.build/d6096cc6a530dd19de0732caeb17ca88f687db3e8bee0ca2dbff48e5dabd2aef.jpg

2023-11-02 02:47:26

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Agreed (that's been even more clear than ever after this last week). I will say Bitcoin "was always meant to have" a covenant opcode though, and once did. It will eventually come.

2023-11-01 23:19:23

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That it did, that it did. But I meant no changes from the Bitcoin people use today. Not the version from pre-August 2017, over six years ago.

2023-11-01 22:22:27

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GitHub and whitepaper at Durabit.org

2023-11-01 22:20:19

Yet another whitepaper drops (which doesn't require a change to Bitcoin.) This one, Durabit uses Bitcoin backed E-Cash to incentivize filesharing through torrents. This has been a CLASSIC altcoin project remember BTT (BitTorrent token on Tron)? I would love to see sats become the native currency of filesharing.
Someone from the Monero community commented on one of callebtc's posts, something like "let me know when you have significant DNM use with E-Cash." He has a point. But maybe filesharing could be the first real use case for Bitcoin E-Cash.
https://image.nostr.build/0392673d62c32406f311328fffce55c893a7fb78d9b54c2ff161a97944fe271c.jpg

2023-10-18 04:18:07

https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/ there ya go. Not about killing bots. About deanonymizing people. Usually when you pay for stuff, no ads. On Twitter, you still get ads, because those ads are worth more to a deanonymized person, which will be more people soon.
@npub1qny…95gx (was right)
https://image.nostr.build/0341534a4db0a64f21f58a9dc3bf0cd67e36225a3f82fe9f5326ecde7817bba9.jpg

2023-10-05 04:33:55

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Honestly, it was supposed to be here already, but it got put on hold for supporting Ukraine.

2023-10-05 00:22:35

Why Nostr exists: New "Elon making his garden wall higher" just dropped. Another move to make it less pleasant to click off platform. This, will likely be pretty ridiculous come election-time as people try to guage retweeting an article or not (because we know many do *before* they read) on only looking at a picture.
@npub1qny…95gx
https://image.nostr.build/b86a727831347ec342746b47264782cb83d97d1fce70b0c0507e6c3c70f90bf6.jpg

2023-09-25 23:50:57

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You know, nvm, that's only for when I send, you can make LNURLS go to nodes though, they need the 100% uptime. As for noncustodial receiving of zaps without a node, still waiting on async payments (or something like greenlight (a virtual node on the cloud, obviously not the best direction, but a better direction than WoS, since people hold the keys.)
Sorry about replying to this one, your reply disappeared for me, lol, nostr.

2023-09-25 22:35:27

With all the PWAs I've been seeing lately (Mutiny, all the Cashu stuff, Nostr), there should be a Bitcoin and Nostr-centric progressive web app store.

2023-09-24 22:26:51

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Yeah, I'm happy to see it. Honestly, the only other community I wouldn't mind having around. But Lightning has some limitations that are (very) slowly being solved. Async payments is a (very) big one (being able to recieve payments when not online) Nostr took the path of not waiting for the right way to do something, and just using any way to do it. (Probably the right move. Its been great having zaps at all.) LNURLS can't be entirely trustless, but you can make it go to something you hold the Bitcoin keys to, your node, or a Phoenix Wallet or something like that.

2023-09-24 05:20:51

https://youtu.be/prNvJWILkoI?si=tecb4RrAnVkvA5Of
Luke Palmer, at Monerotopia23, a little after the 13 minute mark starts talking about Nostr and how to implement Monero for zaps. I have heard of other ecosystems implementations using Nostr (mostly Monero and Minds) But I'm sure we will see other ecosystems end up here. I don't really mind, I think the biggest community here will be Bitcoin. The only thing that can ruin that is a well-funded a16z coin. Any other community that joins nostr will just be making nostr (Bitcoin's platform) bigger, even if that particular community isn't a Bitcoiners community.
Note: At one point he refers to a "Lightning improvement proposal" I guess the phrase would be either a NIP or a BOLT. Probably a NIP, that doesn't sound like a problem with the Lightning network in general.

2023-09-23 01:07:29

Any blink 182 fans out there, a new song with the original lineup. They got back together for the kids. Great vid. https://youtu.be/fSKQRDq3RkM?si=i0bDIGEW2FeN8fMg

2023-09-20 04:50:26

If you haven't taken a look at Spiderchains, a proof of stake Bitcoin sidechain, yet, might be something here. Would be a gamechanger if it worked out. Could be Bitcoin's first permissionless 2way peg. And unlike a certain controversial topic, (Drivechains) no fork necessary. It is an EVM chain, which I can see how maybe that was an easy funding pitch. "Let's bring to Bitcoin the Ethereum stuff that Bitcoin can't do!" But, I am more hopeful of this security model working in the future than an EVM (Ethereum-y) sidechain becoming popular and hope to see different spiderchains pop up.
It has certain obstacles. Stakers get paid with ONLY transaction fees. (No base reward fee seigniorage.) But you need users to pay the stakers. And you can't have users without having stakers first. So, chicken or the egg problem. Will transaction fees be enough to keep stakers happy? Rootstock only pays miners with transaction fees, but it's mergemined with Bitcoin, an activity they do anyway. So staking will have to compete against rates on other chains. Apparently they will have an initial fund that will start staking and will slowly phase out of this.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/spiderchains-a-proof-of-stake-second-layer

2023-09-15 01:50:12

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Thanks, will check this out.

2023-09-15 00:36:22

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Certain people are FREAKING out right now, I assure you.

2023-09-15 00:33:40

NGL, I was REALLY into this Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Original Buffy cast new Audible series about Spike. Starting Oct 12. With James Marsters, Charisma Carpenter, Anthony Head, Juliet Landau, Emma Caulfield Ford, Amber Benson, James Charles Leary and Danny Strong.
https://variety-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/variety.com/2023/tv/news/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-cast-reunites-spike-series-1235722897/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16947057709939&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2023%2Ftv%2Fnews%2Fbuffy-the-vampire-slayer-cast-reunites-spike-series-1235722897%2F

2023-09-06 15:13:02

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Good idea.

2023-09-06 15:12:30

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Nope, lol

2023-09-03 20:55:53

I'm trying to study from my dystopian digital textbook that disappears from my clutches 18 months from now, but I can't,, because they are having server problems or whatever. "You will own nothing, and be stupid."
"We are having trouble retrieving your access code. Please wait a few minutes and try again."
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/eb42bc6bdb3af9401e21d95c2d9f3888f06049979f8e864b231b6b92e79808a1.jpg

2023-09-02 03:12:12

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Sorry, crazy week, I just started school (for the first time in 18 years. My brain is cobwebs!)

2023-08-27 02:27:20

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Looks great! Does Nostree allow you to login yet, or is it just me? I'm clicking Log In, but nothing is coming up/usually my extension pops up and asks for me to authorize.

2023-08-27 02:16:47

This guy hopped on my knee when I was drinking my coffee on the porch and then hopped away. He had some POWER behind him. Probably the length of a US $1 Coin (the Sackagawea/US President (Golden) ones)
Cricket? Grasshopper?
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/ursjvhCAsNwPEeQmiCIF.jpg

2023-08-10 22:51:05

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"Wish politicians would look out for miners and not just minors on an island somewhere" 👀

2023-08-04 17:25:35

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Rough. Maybe give them a period of time to think it over, and (hopefully) do the right thing, if they don't, they should make it public who it was. I have the same identity across multiple platforms, they might too, and perhaps they don't want the cost of losing that identity.

2023-07-31 01:29:51

https://mempool.space/block/00000000000000000003cae28581cde89dccdd9b37d043e4a7a2448234b2d8b4
Pretty interesting post from Super_testnet.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/3rlTxBUKgdIiIkpSSot4.jpg

2023-07-28 02:31:54

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Looking forward to the ecash stuff. It's custodial, so I'll only want to deal with verrry small amounts, but they're promising a wallet of Satoshi-like experience.

2023-07-28 02:28:56

I'm checking out Kiwi. No, not the browser, Nostr.Kiwi a browser based nostr client.
As far as things that stand out... Communities (like Amethyst, but some different ones from eachother and a few the same) Also "Lists". In your feed, you can click on the user's profile picture, get a dropdown menu, and add the user to a list, without having to go to their profile. Nice flow!
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/qL65u0Xp7Ty5kcEsXGbR.jpg

2023-07-28 02:04:51

Pledditor posted this post of this Instagram influencer with over 2 million followers being paid to shill the orb.
Of course she's only faking getting it. Why? She's AI generated.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/MOU3v8CxNev7ZEAif9TP.jpg

2023-07-28 00:25:33

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Omg, I forgot to drop the link. https://stacker.news/items/189754

2023-07-28 00:24:39

This unlikely cultural crossover reminds me of a piece of writing I saw on Stacker News. It's a on John Perry Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist, digital right group EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) co-founder, and generally seen as an early member of the cypherpunk movement.
Highly recommend you give a read to someone that seemed to "Forrest Gump" himself into a couple of completely unrelated counter-culture movements.
#nevent1q…wsy5

2023-07-27 23:53:46

@npub1t0n…jgqv from @npub1mut…23vg on @npub1pzu…l6hp podcast!
https://fountain.fm/episode/209pa9hUnimYGWMS9okb
"Tony Giorgio is the co-founder and CEO of Mutiny Wallet, a self-custodial Lightning wallet that runs in your web browser."

2023-07-27 01:38:34

Here, you can own things. They are yours. Which means they are yours to give, or sell, such as your keys or Nip-05.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/nwXIMR2VLJzuFSQqsHE6.jpg

2023-07-25 13:26:43

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I do have a bank account, but I use cash-money a lot. And will as long as I can, which really helps anonymise my daily spending habits.

2023-07-25 01:45:58

@npub1qny…95gx check out this actual review of the Worldcoin app. (Everyone is totally going to accept the cbdc)
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/C96HfB2iZ6EuXe0pAgzC.jpg

2023-07-24 00:56:28

Nostriches on Mars.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/MBlw40pzEEawok2J246P.jpg

2023-07-23 22:04:13

Some news on the enemy's position: Also, X logo is expected to replace bird logo today. Purple bird will be only bird in town.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/erkBgeT6v0GqxoWIaC3W.jpg

2023-07-22 03:55:51

@npub1qny…95gx new blue check/unverified dystopian bifurcation of society just dropped.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/OMgjEpJtUqBqgMvPYbuU.jpg

2023-07-20 00:56:49

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Hey there, great episode! you mentioned Mostr, a Mastodon-Nostr Bridge when talking about Soapbox. If you see any profiles ending in "@mostr.pub", they are using it. A crazy thing would be, (if Instagram's Threads actually gets around to adding their ActivityPub interoperability) perhaps Threads profiles can eventually be bridged onto Nostr.
(Not me, random mostr user.)
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/UeD61nUT2aoHw72VTDiC.jpg

2023-07-19 14:59:39

Lol, what?
Anyway, link to cointelegraph article:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/pre-mined-ethereum-worth-116m-resurrects-after-8-years
(I can't believe the article is "the importance of hodling themed," as opposed to a critique on pre-mining)
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/sphhlba9hYZRmJOncfVQ.jpg

2023-07-16 06:17:35

Something I haven't heard anyone mention (in relation to Instagram's Threads app) is that Nostr has a Mastodon-Nostr Bridge (Mostr). When Threads does add Fediverse interoperability, it can likely be interoperable with Nostr, too and Threads users can be zapped.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/n6TCIalVSurQ505Y8X2W.jpg

2023-07-15 18:49:46

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Threads moderation example:
#nevent1q…7wpu

2023-07-15 18:42:09

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Hey there, I found on Stacker News a piece of writing regarding Instagram's Threads. It draws parallels to how Google (all but) killed an instant message standard (called XMPP) by becoming interoperable with it, and suggests that this is perhaps what Zuckerberg is doing.
Step 1. Become interoperable with open network (but OVERWHELMINGLY most users use Big Tech version.)
Step 2. Make it suck for people using non-Big Tech version. Slowly fall out of interoperability.
Step 3. Cut off interoperability.
Anyway, it's a good read/theory. Thinking adversarially has paid off for us as Bitcoiners, so it's something to watch out for over here at Nostr too. Being wayyyy smaller than the Fediverse, we are even more vulnerable to this.
It is also a "Twitter killer" the fact that they released it before having ANY ActivityPub interoperability shows they would rather take the opportunity to kick Twitter when they are down (ratelimiting) than actually be decentralized. However, it has a stricter moderation policy than Twitter.
https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

2023-07-10 01:37:26

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Maybe an account you can ask about fee rates mempool conditions, that kinda thing.

2023-07-09 22:09:46

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It was a pillar of the SOV narrative, which pre-lightning was at odds with the circular economy mindset, since pre-lightning, the circular economy was so associated with big blockers doing coffee transactions. What's kinda rough though, is I still hear Jimmy say this kind of stuff. The situation has changed, because the tech has changed. Lightning is here, and circular economy doesn't mean changing block size. Also, things are starting to get weird, we are approaching the "then they fight you stage." Eventually the on/off ramps will become fewer, more limited, more surveilled. Time to start building the parallel economies and drop the "HODL-ONLY" mindset.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/6TmquEeTQq89YSSYqYr1.jpg

2023-07-09 21:38:59

Man a big difference between Bitcoin Twitter culture and Nostr culture is circular economy vs HODL ONLY. Look at this fiat-loving nonsense.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/Tdl5QtI8pLIZI2OJ9BoL.jpg

2023-07-09 18:21:29

Have you noticed Twitter is displaying YouTube links fully again? For a while they weren't, and only the shortened link showed. (My assumption was this was to discourage any leaving of the platform as you don't know for sure where the link really would take you.) I wonder why they changed their mind.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/1bBYfOeRtVs8jfOux2Hw.jpg

2023-07-07 19:43:57

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(Opinions held by the Unverified, (which happened to feel opposed to this) were wayyy at the bottom and nobody scrolls that far to read what those conspiracy theorists think anyway.)
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/NGq0EMUqqIriMiIDKfur.jpg

2023-07-07 19:38:40

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Reactions from the Verified to move in the direction of making being Verified mandatory were positive.
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/jMci9tlCnt4Xg99HM6ic.jpg

2023-07-07 19:35:43

Twitter moving to "primarily a subscription model" @npub1qny…95gx
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/9EqygW58hcN8aXk4hqNy.mp4

2023-07-07 18:57:20

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We are already on track to have Energy priced in sats. Computation should be next.

2023-07-02 21:30:18

@npub102c…zyfp Imagine photo of a cyberpunk young woman, blonde hair blue eyes, tattoos on arms, smoking a cigarette, wearing a black tee shirt with a big orange Bitcoin logo on it. Sitting in a cluttered cyberpunk futuristic computer repair shop, fixing a computer. Partly assembled computers everywhere with screens lit up. This windows reveal this room is in a tall building in a cyberpunk city with holographic billboards and advertisements. It is night time outside.

2023-07-02 20:29:53

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People did this in 2014. Back then Apple slowly removed EVERY SINGLE BITCOIN WALLET on their App Store. Only after enough protests did they bring them back. They might be starting their old shenanigans again.

2023-07-02 01:49:56

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Kinda near the place where you put your bio, there should be a place where you can put your Lightning Address. It should either say "LNURL" or "Lightning Address" or something like that or maybe just a Lightning bolt sign. Just copy the thing that looks like an email address ending in wallet if Satoshi, and you can receive zaps! Let me know next time you are back if you need more help.

2023-07-02 01:45:05

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After downloading the app, press "Receive" in the bottom left, and then the "Copy" button to copy your LNURL to your clipboard. (Yours will be different than mine)
Your LNURL will look kinda like an email address. One that ends in @ walletofsatoshi
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/y0XxIANqB4bu08FQy8CL.jpg

2023-07-02 01:39:24

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Ok, zaps, are mini-tips of Bitcoin over Lightning. They can be as little as 1 Satoshi. 1 Satoshi is 1/100,000,000 of a Bitcoin or currently $0.00031 (USD)
All clients have the ability to zap profiles. All you need is an LNURL. (Short for Lightning Network URL.) Easiest way to get one is download Wallet of Satoshi.

2023-07-01 23:02:05

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BTW, let me know if you want help setting up your zaps.

2023-07-01 23:01:19

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Yeah. There's definitely some work on that. There's a chess game that runs on nostr, a Bitcoin coinjoin protocol that uses it, a chatbot thing, Twitter clones were just the first usecase, but this is really cool stuff. One of the coolest things is the fact that your account (your npub) you can take with you to anywhere in the network. So it's like the non-evil open source version of "log in with Google or Facebook." I think this part will be huge.

2023-07-01 22:50:25

It's a little communist, but 🤷‍♂️
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/nK7lQFIXGFHosSMkw8aP.jpg

2023-07-01 22:34:36

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No rolling dice either! Or any entropy generation!

2023-07-01 21:38:22

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Lol, you guys can hop on a web client like Snort ANY TIME YOU WANT

2023-07-01 21:35:54

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I reached out to a few people that just joined right now and offered to help walk them through the process of setting up their LNURLS for zaps. Every one didn't answer me, and probably thought I was going to somehow try to scam them.
Oh well.

2023-07-01 21:30:48

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https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/RHSYZPbrn2lOdXpNziMQ.jpg

2023-07-01 21:12:57

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Awesome! Thx!
Here is some info. Let me know if you need any help. I can also help you set up your zaps too.
https://nostr.how/en/what-is-nostr

2023-07-01 18:48:09

I found this pretty impressive. I know trading is frowned upon, but it's a great example of Bitcoin picking up usecases that people said it couldn't do; *real* Defi. Perpetual Futures Trading using Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs) in a noncustodial, open-source wallet.
https://10101.finance/
https://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/c2u1GKIoX9DDqKHcOZwl.jpg

2023-06-30 17:19:22

I made this because I believe this.
http://nostrfiles.dev/uploads/zbRJY9cCjelVdnvAVyK2.jpg

2023-05-07 17:28:02

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Lol, only supports Solidity? Whatttt? Did they just copypasta'd ALL of Ethereum inside of Bitcoin's Witness Data?
https://i.imgur.com/w2nG6SN.jpg

2023-05-07 17:26:20

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Another place to check out is https://trustless.computer/ it's how I first heard about it. I follow a bot here that gives me things people put in Bitcoin op_returns, and one was the url to this website. I was.... so confused. It looked really developed already. They are trying to not only make shitcoins, but also do actual dapps. Whatttt?

2023-05-07 04:46:33

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Most inscriptions aren't images anymore, as they might be starting to get priced out, or at least be getting replaced by this craze. As you can see, it's big business.
Also check out this: First Liquidity Pool for a Dex on BTC Layer 1 https://twitter.com/TO/status/1653570686751834112
https://i.imgur.com/XFzx3dE.jpg

2023-05-07 04:38:05

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Brc20s is a "protocol" lol, a really hack way of emulating erc-20's and making tokens by using jsons inscriptions. Creating them looks like this. He created them with the ticker "ordi", he created 21 million maximum of them, and you can only claim 1000 at a time.
Sooo, basically you make them for free, and only pay a transaction fee. And grab some yourself. Others grab some at the limit you set and hopefully value it, because crypto, now the tokens you own have value like a premine.
https://i.imgur.com/LMAuGnd.jpg

2023-05-07 02:23:05

Avg fees as a percentage of total block reward right now is over 16%. Pretty awesome, numbers like this usually only happen when the NGU starts to cook more. I know a lot of people like to say inscriptions don't pay their share (and maybe they don't) but, it has caused this to happen. And because of them, we likely won't really have empty blocks anymore. These things make me more confident than ever when people try to fud us about the long-term viability of Bitcoin's security budget WITHOUT a tail-emission policy. 21 million is non-negotiable.
https://i.imgur.com/Vs1dG6l.jpg

2023-05-07 01:40:15

In case you missed it, supertestnet 'broke' the inscriptions numbering system (different than ordinals numbering system, and has broke once already) by inscribing a 0-value utxo. This caused an off-by-one situation. it was a non-standard transaction so it was submitted to a miner to include in a block. He also released it to anyone else who wants to try it. The inscription said "you will use soma and you will like it" being a reference not to the brave new world drug but a implementation of a spacechain a kind of one way peg-in Bitcoin sidechain.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/breaker-of-jpegs/

2023-04-30 03:08:15

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Idunno, this is pretty interesting. In the Bitcoin op_return data, is a link to this website. I checked it out, and people are using Json scripts in inscriptions to to emulate Ethereum's ERC-20 (tokens) and ERC-721(NFTs). Called BRC-20s and BRC-721. I mean, it's shitcoiny, yes. But goes to show everything you can do elsewhere, you can also do on Bitcoin.
#nevent1q…6emk

2023-04-23 01:31:49

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There is actually a very widespread misconceptions about privacy benefits Lightning. If you use custodial, you have no privacy (from your wallet). If you use noncustodial, the receiver has bad privacy. For the sender, you may have good privacy, but there may be an active surveiller if they are doing active routing surveillance.
It's definitely a good thing to have around. No need to keep money in e-cash form though, but it's there if you want to, let's say donate to something really sensitive, get some e-cash, send it to them, (through signal or Nostr DM,) they cash it. I guess that's the thing, you text message or nostr post or email someone a cashu note. There's no chainanalytics or off-chainanalytics (Lightning surveillance) that can be done on it.

2023-04-23 00:03:04

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Cashu is an implementation of E-Cash, or Chaumian E-Cash, named after David Chaum, because, in the 80's he invented it and made it into a company in the 90s. Of course his company used US $ as the base, instead of Bitcoin, but it's a way of issuing 'tokens' or 'note' which are long strings of numbers, issued by a mint, In exchange for, in this case, bitcoin. The string of numbers exists not in a blockchain on the web, but ON your phone when you possess a cashu note. The mint doesn't know who you are, but they are sure that they issued it, and how much the note is worth. So, if someone gives you a note, the first thing you do is make sure it hasn't been used before by checking with the mint, if not, you give it to them, and get a new one. This way, you don't have a note anyone knows you have. You can pass it to someone else or you can give it to the mint, who will give you sats. The mint knows nothing about you. You got your sats, but the mint doesn't know who you got it from.

2023-04-19 23:29:11

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Oh man. Turns out I was wrong and they don't have a separate Nostr coin. They use Lightning Bitcoin. So I picked up the rest of my money in that.
https://i.imgur.com/9C7Tplj.jpg

2023-04-19 23:23:06

I put all my money in this Nostr thing I keep hearing about, and I am ready to start zapping!
https://i.imgur.com/aRVPqJc.jpg

2023-04-18 03:06:40

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Welcome to Nostr!

2023-04-17 18:13:49

I'm try to connect my alby account to Amethyst's Wallet Connect. The first box, wallet connect pubkey, what do I put there?
https://i.imgur.com/RXrh487.jpg

2023-04-17 00:44:29

Oh wow. Amethyst has hashtags you can follow?! Sweet!
https://i.imgur.com/YX2FLVs.jpg

2023-04-11 22:22:28

So I know I JUST posted a link to https://bitcoinfax.net/ but although the price shows. 20 cents for one page, someone who tried it alerted me it's showing alot more at checkout. Perhaps there is a minimum? Idk.
https://i.imgur.com/w4CJJRV.png

2023-04-11 21:34:37

https://bitcoinfax.net/
Saw This on Stacker News. Upload a pdf, pay with Lightning and send, without signing up or needing to reveal your email address like email to fax services.
https://i.imgur.com/vZAJ5Bq.jpg

2023-04-10 20:17:58

Saw this on Twitter. Pretty cool, right? (Coinjoin implementation using Nostr as a plug in for electrum wallet)
https://i.imgur.com/8EtEVGZ.jpg

2023-04-09 15:47:27

It's kinda clear. For now, the US government (Executive Branch) is cracking down on cryptocurrency.
Unlike the SEC's Gary, who taught a Blockchain course at MIT, they do not make any distinction between Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Actually, Bitcoin's censorship resistance compared to other cryptocurrencies' lack of such is just another reason to fear it.
Swan is debanked in Texas (TX is also facing trouble from an anti mining bill now that like 1/3 of the world's hashrate is there. Not really, but maybe 1/4, what gives TX)
Anyway, so how are we gonna buy? Peer2peer local Bitcoins-like sites? They are going to face a liquidity crisis and the US will be like Nigeria where we are paying wayyyy over 'normal' Bitcoin price.

2023-04-08 04:34:34

BTW, this comes to $106.32. I am so pumped about this. I can't describe how much of a shitshow Twitter was today with Elon banning linking to the free speech blog, Substack including the ability to 'like' Matt Taibbi's, who released the Twitter Files' Substack.
https://i.imgur.com/IwZ9oHp.jpg

2023-04-07 23:18:29

Matt Taibbi released the Twitter files, (causing the Left, which has been his audience to hate him) because it was the right thing to do.
Elon just banned links to Substack.
Matt spoke up.
Elon then unfollowed Matt.
These 'dictators' have too much power over content creators and their ability to support themselves. People having a Twitter account with daily engagement that links to Substacks that can accept money for content have been how many get by, including Matt, who had alot to do with Elon's popularity due to the Twitter Files.
Of course, Nostr and Lightning can fix this. We have a ways to go though.

2023-04-07 15:31:24

Crypto/Web3 is evil.
I give you Exhibit A:
https://i.imgur.com/rkOAsMs.jpg

2023-04-02 05:02:06

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Yeah, Jack is kinda a big target. Block (formerly Square) is basically a bitcoin company now. And CashApp is definitely how the most Bitcoin are sold to Americans.
It's like how Saylor got sued for tax evasion. It's time to start to DDoS Bitcoiners.

2023-04-02 04:51:09

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Swan actually lost their Texas banking partner this month. Don't think they got it back yet, last time I checked.
Cashapp ran into trouble too, but they have more resources to recover faster.

2023-03-29 03:00:13

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I'm worried that it's way worse.

2023-03-25 22:42:19

I was playing Bitcoin Blocks and this ad came up, I investigated, and it's NOT a fitness plan that just tells you to lift, barely cook meat on cast iron, no seed oils, don't use sunscreen, and sun your balls.
Just a normal gym.
https://i.imgur.com/5qKKSSU.jpg

2023-03-25 05:18:17

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Maybe we can have miners in space. It's pretty cold up there. There's no air to blow through them, but would there need to be? Cold enough.
Reminds me of an old theory of the most logical thing to do is build a sphere around your galaxy and absorb all your galaxy's energy, upload your body into computers wait for the universe to die, then turn on when it gets cold, because the computers will run the most efficiently.

2023-03-23 00:52:15

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Cky-96-quite-bitter-beings .mp3
https://i.imgur.com/yYnmALB.jpg

2023-03-23 00:39:52

On a Bitcoin standard, your boss has to negotiate a pay cut with you. A raise may be just keeping the same salary. Either way, you have the upper hand, since doing nothing results in your salary becoming more valuable over time.

2023-03-20 04:24:36

I was thinking this should be a thing for Twitter accounts, but eventually for Nostr accounts too.
You put in a username (npub) and the app/bot gives you a percentage chance that the account is human.
A Nostr Account Turing Test.
Of course that bot will always need to be upgraded to outsmart the bots trying to outsmart the test.

2023-03-19 02:21:59

Anyone remember this blast from the past?
https://i.imgur.com/zQjfKVI.jpg

2023-03-19 00:16:23

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Selfish mining is risky to attempt. Sometimes you win big. What I am worried about is collusion with selfish mining (which is basically 2 pools added together being more than 50%) (like foundry and antpool) which can frequently win selfish mining attacks. They would get caught pretty quickly and it would be an industry scandal and tank the price for a bit. But it would definitely shatter mining pools into tiny bits.

2023-03-19 00:11:26

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Sometimes collusion may be involved. Right now Foundry + antpool is just over 50% of network. So on paper they are separate pools, but who knows if there's communication.