takinbrrrr

👨🏾‍💻Bitcoin Developer and Evangelist

Public Key

npub1de50rpyafejdfdjl2ml93umqgmdvdpcrgskykggj0xctp2cmg4ksvrjkrm

NIP-05 Address

takinbrrrr@nostri.ng

NIP-57 Address

npub1de50rpyafejdfdjl2ml93umqgmdvdpcrgskykggj0xctp2cmg4ksvrjkrm@npub.cash

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsxu683sjw5uex5ke04dljc7dsydkkxsup5gtztyyf8nv9s4vd52mgvhwdpe

Author Public Key

npub1de50rpyafejdfdjl2ml93umqgmdvdpcrgskykggj0xctp2cmg4ksvrjkrm

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Last Notes

2025-03-28 11:10:42

for something as important as verifying binaries for bitcoin software, it's a wonder that very few people do it.
1. few developers sign their binaries
2. few users verify those binaries
we can do better and for those developers who sign their binaries, unless you suspect your master key has been compromised, there's no need to rotate it. that's what subkeys are for.
gm!

2025-02-24 05:55:42

one of my favourite features of uptime kuma (https://uptime.kuma.pet) is definitely certificate expiry monitoring. as much as you can automate renewals, some setups require manual handling.
#note1249…tnqs

2025-02-21 09:05:36

I bit the bullet and switched to #NixOS a little over a year ago. After spending a year with #Nix, I’m attempting to nixify all the things and wondering why I can use Nix on my phone! 😐

2024-10-20 06:10:37

I remember ad blocking extensions being a niche thing. Now realizing that Google going after ad blockers means that ad blocking has gone mainstream - to the point that it’s directly affecting Google. It’s a clear signal that users consider ads as being an impediment to their use of the web and want something better.
#privacy #browsers #google

2024-10-14 03:51:53

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There are two ways the blocking could be happening.
1. At the dns level: you can verify this by attempting a dns lookup at the command line
2. At the IP level: even if your computer resolves to the correct IP, your machine won’t connect to it. This would require more investigation.
Are you using some kind of firewall on your computer?

2024-10-03 23:07:02

For the longest time, I had my watch and search histories turned off on YouTube; technically it is referred to as “paused”. It occurred to me that despite this setting, Google might still be storing this data and there would be no way for me to prove otherwise. I (obviously) haven’t fully read the terms and conditions of use for YouTube so it’s hard to tell if there’s a sneaky sentence in there allowing them to do this despite whatever it is they wanted me to believe.
Now YouTube significantly limits the usability of the service if you have your search and watch history turned off and I figured that since I cannot determine for a fact that they honored the setting, I might as well turn the feature back on. I was not ready for what I would see next — YouTube was making suggestions based on things I had recently searched for and seen! What ever happened to “pausing” search and watch histories‽ The only way that this could have happened was that Google never honored the setting! “Pausing” your watch and search histories does nothing to keep Google from storing and then using them to make recommendations on what to show you next.
As we often say, #donttrustverify #privacy

2024-09-17 12:46:20

I struggle sometimes between which terminology to use when trying to describe the process of acquiring bitcoins: Is the right term “buy bitcoin” or is it “buy bitcoins”?
Here’s my thinking: when you’re describing acquiring the individual units of bitcoin (say in a trade or in comparison with another asset), I should use “buy bitcoins”; it’s kind of akin to saying “buy houses”. However, if the reference is not only to acquiring bitcoin units but also the ideology of bitcoin or the asset class, then it should be “buy bitcoin”, similar to saying “buy real estate”.

2024-09-06 01:35:15

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Freeecash? Of course!

2024-01-25 04:57:30

Here’s a counterargument for #filters. The whole premise of #consensus is that all participants agrees on the same set of rules. Your node, your rules is not how #Bitcoin works. The network already operates under a set of rules that have been publicly agreed upon. By running a node, you help to make sure these rules are followed, contributing to their collective implementation. You may as well fork off the network if you think it’s your node, your rules.

2023-12-15 19:49:13

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Thank you @npub14j7…gtpf. Appreciate all that you do for Bitcoin.

2023-09-12 02:38:49

https://twitter.com/ghostofwhitman/status/1701318064749400385
"basically risk-free”

2023-08-24 03:06:23

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Every “upgradable” smart contract has a back door that allows the author to change the code. So it’s a fair assessment to claim that they did have control.

2023-08-24 02:26:59

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I started out using [Bear Notes](https://bear.app) and when I learned of [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md), I promptly switched to it. Obsidian is a rabbit hole on its own but you can have syncing issues if you’re switching between platforms.
I’m currently investigating [AnyType](https://anytype.io) as I’ve heard really good things about it. I would self-host as a rule provided the convenience does not suffer much. There are levels to this self-sovereignty thing.

2023-08-22 04:31:10

#TIL: Shuudan Koudou - the Japanese art of precision walking
https://youtu.be/LU6dsVpZCSc

2023-08-21 22:23:12

Most people don’t realize how broken the Internet is unless you live in one of these “undesirous” locations. #note1laz…fkh0

2023-08-17 10:21:34

😅 https://cdn.nostr.build/i/ff7b90c0a9b48011ac84c66c38ca98dc89ca5d5897d44a85cdb80f022fe7f894.jpg

2023-08-17 04:23:48

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Not enough privacy with one?

2023-08-17 03:44:19

“You can’t change politically, that which exists culturally.”
— Olavo de Carvalho

2023-07-22 13:47:11

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That must be torturous - your stupidity forever preserved 😝. I thought those things were called “block erupters”?

2023-04-28 21:50:54

Spent the afternoon grokking Stable Diffusion. Here’s one of my first AI generated images. https://nostr.build/i/5087a466711aea692759c43659386df66b1fe854e1bba11550d05fd00f373df2.jpg

2023-03-17 00:24:41

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Also: No! It doesn’t mean you’re poor. You just don’t have any need for anything on display at that moment.

2023-03-17 00:19:24

Too big to fail

2023-03-09 10:05:45

Stray Kids - CASE 143 - Japanese ver. - / THE FIRST TAKE
My wife is the K-pop aficionado but I’ve had this song on repeat for a while now. My first introduction to Stray Kids was with MANIAC.
https://youtu.be/g8h2KMnRQDo

2023-02-26 09:57:26

I’ve been musing over the best strategy for uploading media to #nostr. Most people can already host a relay but I doubt they’ll want to host their own media, not to mention doing it for others.
Services like nostr.build allow you to upload and will serve your media but I get nervous about it going away one day and losing access to all my uploaded media.
This is where a protocol like #ipfs might be useful. Without doing much in the sense of a media server, you can run the ipfs daemon and pin files you intend to share and use the url of a public ipfs gateway to serve your files.
I’m going to experiment with hosting future media content on ipfs and see how it goes.

2023-02-22 22:32:41

#nostr may not be censorship-resistant but it is censorship-agnostic.

2023-02-21 17:31:48

Did #[0] silently deploy NIP-57 support or do I have to sacrifice my firstborn in order to join the whitelist?

2023-02-18 08:26:22

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Agreed. There are so many people whose access to the Internet involves the use of NAT and shared IPs. It would be a shame for them to be blocked from using certain relays because someone else abused it.

2023-02-18 00:19:44

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I used it once with nostr.directory

2023-02-17 12:25:53

WTF is this? And it’s enabled by default?
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_d1f28993bba4b4ed82edff3cdfc80140d4ec1d1050424fa5615607a0fbaf3b42.jpeg

2023-02-15 08:18:20

It’s mind-boggling to see some Bitcoiners calling for censorship of #Bitcoin transactions just because they contain #inscriptions. Inscriptions are not the attack on Bitcoin; you are!

2023-02-12 00:41:09

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Ray, is there a reason you don’t have a lightning address to receive tips/zaps?

2023-02-10 09:20:42

Have I mentioned that The Path to Bitcoin by #[0] is one of the best Bitcoin podcasts available right now? It literally has infinite SNR! https://thepathtobitcoin.com

2023-02-04 05:35:24

Implemented NIP-05 verification on nostri.ng using CloudFlare Workers. It looked like a perfect use case for CF Workers and a good first project using the technology

2023-02-01 01:57:34

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2023-01-27 08:13:16

What are posts on Nostr called?