marcan0
Pete Marcano

👨‍💻 Freelance web developer
🟠 Bitcoin hodlr (’18), miner (’22), and node runner (’23)
🍻 Host of Jersey Shore Bitcoin & Beer meetup
🟣 Tinkering on a #Nostr library for Rails
🤌 relay.jerseyplebs.com

Public Key

npub1marcan0laywmjprf4m8d34dr8m724a6jxxa56a5wwygcgj23q7nskfwmfg

NIP-05 Address

_@marcano.io

NIP-57 Address

marcano@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsd73uwehl7j8deq356ankc6k3nal927afrrw6dw688zyvyf9gs0fcpz4mhxue69uhkg6t5w3hjuur4vghhyetvv9usrsss0j

Publishing to

ditto.pub/relay

Author Public Key

npub1marcan0laywmjprf4m8d34dr8m724a6jxxa56a5wwygcgj23q7nskfwmfg

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Last Notes

2025-05-21 02:35:18

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Op_returns are provably unspendable thus, pruneable. If it’s in a block you have to accept it or you’re out of sync with the rest of the network.
To win your war you need to fork bitcoin. Or you can just ignore it and let your node prune it.

2025-05-21 01:12:03

OP_RETURNING bitcoin to all time highs

2025-05-21 01:02:55

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$85B of military equipment left there?!
I guess our next order needs to be AT LEAST $100B so our enemies don’t out gun us!

2025-05-21 01:01:05

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I’m gonna own a whole bit (100 satoshis)

2025-05-15 13:21:08

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I don’t know what that is. I just want all miners to have access to the highest paying transactions.

2025-05-15 12:55:00

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Would be so much cheaper and I’d actually use it…
Unfortunately I don’t think their regulators would appreciate the lack of censorship

2025-05-14 12:38:24

Saying “Bitcoin is not a database” is like saying “Gold is not a metal”

2025-05-13 20:11:54

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I don't trust. I verify

2025-05-13 19:25:41

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I updated right away. I think I've finally arrived in the "nobody understands consensus" part of my technical bitcoin journey.

2025-05-12 15:19:44

Centralized nuclear power plants vs decentralized space heaters
#note1zc4…lv4k

2025-05-12 15:14:38

The final mining battle will be energy producers vs. energy consumers.

2025-05-07 15:51:29

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Makes sense! I guess if it were *specifically* designed for censorship resistance you'd hold onto all older valid transactions, even if they have low fees, and broadcast them to other nodes more than once.

2025-05-07 12:54:56

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I believe they did the right thing in the most wrong way possible

2025-05-05 22:51:25

Knots team has a better marketing team than core

2025-05-05 22:45:08

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What percent would you estimate?

2025-05-01 17:02:24

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Yes. And its participants need accurate fee rates to keep it functioning as such.
#nevent1q…avhl

2025-04-30 13:36:40

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Genuine question that I’ve heard asked but never answered:
While I’m all for financial-only transactions — and running whatever mempool policy you want — doesn’t censoring consensus-valid transactions encourage the degens to send and pay miners directly through back channels?
How does my wallet do fee estimation properly if it can’t see the real cost of what it takes to get into the next block? You’d need third party apis from the top 10 mining pools to get an actual estimate.
To my understanding this would be troublesome for wallets and lightning nodes, but if I’m misunderstanding something I’d love to be corrected.
Cheers

2025-04-29 11:38:10

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Who did you write this post for? Who was the audience in your head while you were writing?

2025-04-29 11:35:30

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You made content tailored to x algorithm (attention seeking threadboi shit) and expected it to do well on a protocol that demands authenticity, trust, and real connections.
It’s a learning curve, my man. But just because these two things can look the same doesn’t mean they are.
Nostr is a different beast.

2025-04-28 22:16:54

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Don’t know for sure until we try. Let a thousand clients bloom

2025-04-28 21:56:34

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Looking good in my unfurnished apt! Is there a reason for the border around the stream?
https://image.nostr.build/231c332d71ad68599b881bf7910c198fb1b7b742106d69183736ac7c6c03cd4a.jpg

2025-04-27 02:19:24

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But actually, what is buzzbot? I’ve never seen it.

2025-04-27 02:05:41

Back on onlyzaps. Reactions are fiat engagement farms

2025-04-27 02:02:42

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MOAR TOSHI

2025-04-24 23:45:00

@npub1xts…kk5s how do I disable the wallet warning in TestFlight @npub18m7…q955 saying my lightning balance is too high?
I hate being told what to do with my money lol

2025-04-24 14:23:51

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I think I get what you're saying. So if I'm to summarize in my own words:
We can't really *prove* censorship resistance because different groups have different censorship capabilities, but we can think it through a bit and game theory it out.
Nostr was created to combat *platform* censorship, like Twitter/X banning a sitting president or dissidents. This works well because platforms are only really able to censor within their own infrastructure. They can't reach out and control the rest of the TCP/IP network at large.
But if a *state* wanted to censor, like China and their great firewall, they could crawl the network, assemble a massive list of nostr relay IP addresses, and carpet ban them all at once. Making it very difficult/unrealistic for Nostr users to reconnect and communicate.
If Nostr is to become censorship resistant at the state level, we need relays more like TOR that can be truly anonymous (both location and operator). But the trade-off is that they are slow, low-bandwidth, and not great for the use cases like social media.

2025-04-24 13:53:11

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send me 3 idgafs plz

2025-04-24 13:23:19

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so a bit is 100 sats?

2025-04-24 13:21:15

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First they laugh at you

2025-04-23 15:06:21

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You can always crash on my couch, bro

2025-04-17 14:04:25

I used to see links to X content posted on Nostr
Now I'm seeing more and more Nostr links posted on X
Bullish

2025-04-04 13:43:40

I met someone last night that said he likes Bitcoin but thinks all the innovation is happening in stablecoins.
I could not compute.

2025-04-04 12:32:39

Day 1 of reposting this until hangout happens.
@nprofile…zx3h , @nprofile…zj6n , @nprofile…3xg2 any of ya'll know Meredith?
#nevent1q…u5e9

2025-04-03 19:44:23

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I'm gonna repost this once a day until it happens.

2025-04-03 19:31:01

nostr lightning vibe code job board

2025-04-03 02:17:17

Nostr won’t win if we can’t even get the Bitcoin devs to move their mailing lists here…
https://image.nostr.build/2e938bfb1f3046f7c30c365be3f8360a98e36d7329fba4490bb147803052fa41.jpg

2025-04-01 16:03:24

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> Vibe coding lowers barrier to entry for every idea
> ideas get out into the real world and get real usage and feedback
> entrepreneurial opportunities emerge
> more people find other avenues to make money than their 9-5

2025-04-01 15:55:03

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The amount of people who will vibe code themselves out of their 9-5s will be huge

2025-03-30 04:38:49

open source crypto currency
open source crypto communication
open source crypto cash

2025-03-30 03:28:44

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That’s the thing I can’t get over, it’s now stupidly cheap to try again.

2025-03-30 03:19:53

The people who truly understand the problem the most, and care the most will vibe code the future.

2025-03-30 03:16:59

He who vibe codes the right abstraction shall inherit the earth

2025-03-30 03:12:31

I can’t wait for someone to vibe code a BIP

2025-03-30 03:02:09

Who out there is vibe coding group chat via nostr?

2025-03-18 14:29:57

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Aight, thats pretty cool.

2025-03-08 03:20:44

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It is what it is. Can’t control everything

2025-03-05 13:23:43

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What’s it called?

2025-02-16 00:39:39

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You have indeed confirmed that nostr is in its geocities era. It’s where/when I learned html. Bullish.
Will take a look at this when I’m back from vacation 🤙

2025-02-16 00:34:12

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Has nostr entered its Geocities era?

2025-02-05 22:27:48

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alright thats pretty badass, not gonna lie.

2025-02-05 22:16:11

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Whats the coolest thing you've bought?

2025-02-03 18:49:25

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Yup, thats what I assumed. Nodes don't automatically rebroadcast transactions though, right?
If I had a 1sat/vb transaction that hasn't been confirmed for over a year chances are most mempools would have dropped it, and those that didn't wouldn't rebroadcast it automatically, I'd have to rebroadcast?

2025-02-03 17:38:04

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I'm surprised those 1sat/vb transactions lingered around mempools for so long.

2025-01-28 21:41:41

Does anyone know why LLM apps are designed to talk to LLMs in a pure linear way? Can't the LLM give me a response, then let me ask three different follow-up questions and fork the conversation three different ways.
Then I can get clarification without having to pile on tokens when I continue the main thread... Am I missing something?

2025-01-17 21:47:26

Rust is kicking my ass. How long do people use it before they start liking it?

2025-01-17 15:13:54

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I get what you mean, but I have a hard time imagining nostr evolving to just one place with a single vibe.
It feels that way now cause we're small, but I think nostr will scale out and feel more like the internet in general. Choose your own adventure with portable identities and data. Just like real life.
We'll always find ways to avoid the noise.

2025-01-17 15:05:25

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I have no doubt this stuff will be on nostr...
... just not on any relays I'll be visiting.

2025-01-12 15:31:23

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I propose “asymmetric identity functions.” Then pitch decks everywhere can use AIF as their go to three letter acronym.
Way better than DLTs

2025-01-11 01:43:38

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What’s the lightning equivalent of an overdraft fee?

2025-01-11 00:59:42

I’ve managed to make bitcoin deflationary.
https://m.primal.net/NbJe.jpg

2025-01-04 19:07:08

TSA just saved my aircraft from my normal sized toothpaste. These heroes don’t get paid enough.

2024-12-27 15:50:01

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I just used vim, like a boomer. It’s not smart enough to analyze my code.

2024-12-27 14:38:02

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Nice! Did mine yesterday. GitHub actions took a while lol

2024-12-27 14:20:13

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We’ll figure it out together, bro. It’s been a minute since I touched C++ as well.

2024-12-25 17:09:32

$98K on Christmas Day 🎄
Merry Christmas, Nostr!

2024-12-22 02:29:36

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Maybe if they earned real money they wouldn’t mind selling more gas

2024-12-22 02:22:40

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Found the problem bro
https://m.primal.net/NCxo.jpg

2024-12-19 17:42:48

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I totally forgot to update my team after I first set it. I can’t believe I’m not last 🤣

2024-12-17 15:08:59

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I thought I was lactose intolerant before having raw milk. Now I drink it every day with no issues. Wild stuff

2024-12-16 19:12:23

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How many blondes and brunettes on that matrix window?

2024-12-12 18:26:08

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Thank god

2024-12-12 18:24:38

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How quickly can you grow that stache back?

2024-12-06 19:41:07

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😳 https://image.nostr.build/650f999c44cd414634ad01c65ad9eac66201fedfb4b53480a527c67e4c1f5ec3.jpg

2024-12-06 19:27:24

I’ve probably spent a year of my life scrolling on Damus, closing it to open Primal, then scrolling the exact same feed again.
Does it stop?

2024-11-23 14:59:19

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Zaps aren’t on the blockchain. And they’re also not verifiable 😞
Still would be interesting to see though!

2024-11-23 02:32:11

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People don’t care where feeds come from. Just make it fast and interesting

2024-11-18 16:03:11

If Bitcoin is “crypto currency”, nostr is “crypto communication”.

2024-11-18 03:05:23

https://m.primal.net/MZec.jpg

2024-11-07 18:01:42

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What a radical fascist!! How dare he protect our kids

2024-11-07 17:46:18

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I’d love to see this prompt 🤣

2024-11-07 16:45:51

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Haha this definitely needed to be addressed. All bech32 stuff should be used for verification purposes only. UIs should not have to show them unless it’s absolutely necessary.

2024-11-05 13:08:35

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So you’re saying he’s not Satoshi?

2024-11-01 02:49:28

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For a hww: security and performance
For a blockchain: security & affordability

2024-10-31 13:45:36

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Has anyone compiled a list of prototypes that we could build with CAT, good and bad?

2024-10-27 04:55:27

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Bro but I paid for verification 🙃

2024-10-24 11:34:16

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I have a paid account yet no invites.
Honestly I think we should just make our own on nostr

2024-10-22 20:35:26

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I opened up coinbase for the first time in a long time and found some sats in there.
Lightning support is new, so you can only paste an invoice. Trick was making an invoice big enough to send the stack but not so big that I can't cover the fees lol

2024-10-22 20:31:12

I'm tech savvy enough to run my own lightning node
but not enough to figure out how to get btc to it from coinbase

2024-10-18 14:27:16

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It’s the simplest kind and most complicated at the same time.

2024-10-12 15:50:47

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Most public companies don’t have founding CEOs. No leadership teams with appetite for risk.

2024-10-11 04:08:58

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My cardinal sin is that I buy domain names first. So I’m sitting on about a dozen or so now…

2024-10-11 03:55:30

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Mine is acts of service. Nothing more scarce than time

2024-10-08 18:43:45

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Agreed.
I’m very grateful to those putting in the work, with or without funding.
At this stage, I think it’s more important we tinker and discover new use cases than make polished copycats of things that already exist.
But if the goal is mass adoption, user experience will be most important.

2024-10-08 18:16:27

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I think this hurts because it’s true.
Good software takes a lot of time and effort. Needs to be able to financially sustain itself so it can go the distance.
There’s just not enough funding so we have a lot of half-complete hobby projects.

2024-10-01 21:11:53

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Holy shit how did I miss that?

2024-10-01 21:07:52

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#minerporn could be a thing

2024-09-26 02:10:21

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That’s awesome. I like my Mac but realizing that one day I’ll have to leave the ecosystem.

2024-09-26 01:55:10

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How do you like the framework?

2024-09-25 14:21:01

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That’s a pretty building! :(

2024-09-23 02:15:12

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I too would like to know!