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Yeah because you can't really monopolize FOSS by nature. You don't have exclusive use of the thing you're trying to use to monopolize things.
I'm sure the counterargument to this would be Android, but Google is making it more and more closed in order to secure a monopoly.
Android as an open source project is something anyone from GrapheneOS to Amazon can use to fork their own operating systems.
The same principle applies to any FOSS.
So the main risk of a corp doing FOSS is the (logical and healthy) suspicion that they won't actually stick to FOSS principles in the long term because it doesn't benefit them, with Google being a prime example.
The other side of this coin however is that genuine community run FOSS projects can force big corps to embrace them when they gain a market share. For example, Microsoft has had to increasingly embrace Linux in recent years. I'm sure they really hate doing that because they spent decades trying to force FOSS competitors out of the market and failed. Now they have to play nice to stay relevant.
I guess the only conclusion I can come to is it's a complex issue that can go many ways. Corps getting involved in FOSS can be problematic in many cases, but in many other cases it's neutral or good for the consumer. Depends on the dynamics at play.
But maintaining a monopoly through software that is by definition open for anyone to fork is quite a difficult thing to do - you don't really have a market advantage from adding new functionality since as soon as you do, your competitors can straight up merge your implementation into their own codebase.
But Amethyst isn't a mega corp, it's more analogous to Linux. Linux absolutely has a monopoly over servers for instance, but this isn't problematic because there's a million different distros.

2026-08-21 08:49:42 UTC

We back boys
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/a685ef22b3170d5fbd32f21e9f2bb8eb766ef62fdec6e50d524fe94bc40a6725.jpg

2026-08-09 17:07:47 UTC

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Oh that's sick. What classics are your favourites?
Have to admit I don't have much knowledge when it comes to American motors beyond thinking muscle cars are really cool. Especially those classic Mustangs.

2026-08-09 17:02:19 UTC

Man people are getting hostile over BIP-110. Is there some context I'm missing or is it just a case of people revelling in drama?
Guy had an idea he thought would improve Bitcoin.
Not enough people agreed.
It failed.
Why we fighting each other? We have different visions for how Bitcoin should be developed but we're all on the same team at the end of the day.
I don't get the hate. The system worked as intended. Why's it gotta be toxic?
Seems to me bro had good intentions and wanted to improve Bitcoin because he believes in it as we all do. Isn't that why we're all here?
Fwiw, I run Knots on my node but it's the pre-RDTS version. Didn't wanna risk a soft fork on my personal node.

2026-08-09 16:43:15 UTC

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Ime it's a mix. There's definitely some people who are like that for sure. But there's people I've met at Bitcoin meetups who are chill af.
I wouldn't be put off going to meetups just because some people are obnoxious. If I lived by that rule I'd never leave my house haha.
It will depend heavily on where you live though ofc. If you're somewhere rural there's a lot more cliques, or just hardly anyone there. But if there's a city nearby it's worth a shot at least once.
Just my two sats.

2026-08-09 16:39:08 UTC

Any car enthusiasts here? Thinking very strongly about buying either an E22 or G42 M240i for the B58.

2026-08-09 16:07:18 UTC

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Luckily I never bought one. But I have BIP39 even on my hot wallets. Can never be too careful out there.

2026-08-09 15:58:07 UTC

The first two Fast and Furious movies truly are peak 2000's action movies

2026-08-09 15:42:39 UTC

Also: use a strong BIP39 passphrase.
Obviously still able to be bruteforced, but at the very least acts as a buffer to buy you time in exactly this type of situation. And an opportunistic attacker wouldn't have reason to keep trying to brute force it once they're in the main wallet to begin with.
Even in the case of an attacker who knows you have one, if you have high enough entropy, e.g. multiple words, that can be the difference between being vulnerable or not.
#nevent1q…gn3x

2026-08-09 15:26:54 UTC

If Coldcard taught us anything it's that you shouldn't blindly trust something is secure just because the code is on GitHub.
Feel bad for any plebs who had their wallets breached though. And I hope the Trezor guys compile their firmware correctly...

2026-08-09 15:11:29 UTC

That is simply not acceptable at this point!
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/d56345bc2f3df4211b479406e37e8e0fbd41516afff7df214514ef024fb61434.jpg

2026-08-09 15:10:22 UTC

"The British state has definitively become the enemy of the people."
"Reverse statism and bring back individualism."
That's what I wanna hear.
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/0e88621c551f0f8fd0cf82f33ba27f68c81614128695973114de06cedc91149f.mp4
#nevent1q…4jsl

2026-08-09 14:54:46 UTC

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SHA-256 is an industry standard. And in 2009 it was one of the strongest cryptographic algorithms available. It was a very logical choice.

2026-08-09 14:52:14 UTC

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That's a pretty niche proposal. You should legit email it to Rupert.
I read the entire PDF and it sounded like the words of a man who has a solid understanding of Austrian economics. He explains his logic and reasoning clearly, he doesn't just throw out soundbites.
Don't get me wrong, it's obviously entirely possible he's a liar. But I didn't come to that conclusion from the policy paper or the many interviews I've watched with him.

2026-08-09 14:47:57 UTC

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Lowe has specifically called out BlackRock in interviews and he wants to ban kosher slaughter. I see no evidence of him being a Zionist.
A company owned by a holding company he was invested in made PCR tests and claimed forlough. He didn't make those decisions unilaterally and he didn't just pocket all the money. Iirc, he didn't even have oversight of the company's day to day operations.
And the reality is the company has a fiduciary duty, you can't just tell shareholders "yeah we're turning down money because of Rupert's moral beliefs."
Also I'm pretty sure the claim about the government contract is misinformation. They were sold to the private sector. There wasn't an NHS procurement contract.

2026-08-09 14:32:53 UTC

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Farage is 100% controlled opposition for sure.
Lowe on the other hand, I actually think he's for real.

2026-08-09 14:29:43 UTC

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Why not? I'd understand the concern if it was a corporation trying to monopolise everything but this is an open source project. It's all FOSS.

2026-08-09 14:28:39 UTC

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If you're already familiar with git you can work out how to use it.
Happy to write tutorials once I'm done with my GrapheneOS one though!

2026-08-09 14:27:35 UTC

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Amethyst is Android only I'm afraid. Damus is the main iOS Nostr client. Wisp looks promising too. But they don't have the massive wide range of functionality Amethyst does.

2026-08-09 11:03:33 UTC

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I gotta keep up some level of hope for the future man. I'm not a naive idealist but good things can happen. Milei hasn't been taken down yet after all.

2026-08-09 11:00:25 UTC

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I have the same fear unfortunately. I'm guessing you're familiar with the Titanic Federal Reserve conspiracy. I get you.
But even if he only gets to do a small fraction of what he wants to do in terms of economic policy, he will massively improve the country.

2026-08-09 10:56:40 UTC

There's so much added to Amethyst since the last time I looked around it, PoW for events and BOLT12 support are great, but I was not expecting an integrated git client!
Props to @nprofile…vhl6 and the many contributors to the project, this legitimately is an "everything app."
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/aa34484e8936a1a8178a33b0b75585765d789a258b1644f846e876940f39c762.jpg

2026-08-09 10:47:04 UTC

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I've linked the PDF so you can see for yourself. He's increasingly been talking about sound money even in his mainstream social media posts and videos, and in the PDF he specifically calls out the issues with fiat currency and proposes a return to the gold standard. This bloke is the real deal.
"Sound money is one of the essential foundations of a prosperous free society."
Rupert Lowe

2026-08-09 08:48:24 UTC

Latest Amethyst update has a UX update for foldables and tablets, love it.
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/56a52626fda2e15dc2e212064cb2c2bb7bb48134978f76e5c1a3ca0883664d85.jpg

2026-08-09 08:46:11 UTC

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It gets a lot better, well worth watching

2026-08-09 08:44:14 UTC

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It's a shame Banksy turned out to be a part of the system in the end

2026-08-09 08:43:21 UTC

Holy fucking shit I had to read this twice to make sure I wasn't dreaming... Rupert Lowe wants to end fiat currency and bring back the gold standard.
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/e6750132ca53258fc5f8e935313cc728ab3492203f26a4fa9d752f7d79aea928.jpg

2026-08-01 22:14:04 UTC

Operation Hail Mary is legitimately a great movie, no in your face ideology just a human bro and an alien bro doing science shit in space

2026-07-12 13:00:52 UTC

If I can put a Bitcoin wallet on this I legitimately might buy one. That's so fucking sick.
#nevent1q…k3e2

2026-07-12 12:51:42 UTC

What do you guys use for posting long form content on Nostr these days?
Habla News seems to be dead. I used https://write.nostr.com last time which tbf is very clean and works well as a basic markdown editor but for images and media I had to upload manually somewhere else and paste links in.
Anything else you guys use and would recommend?

2026-07-12 12:42:43 UTC

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Works now after restarting my Tor connection. That's weird since it isn't set to load media through Tor just the relay connections. Maybe because it's a Blossom server the initial resolution is done over Tor or something. Anyway it was definitely an issue on my end.

2026-07-12 12:38:15 UTC

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If there wasn't such a crazy heatwave over here I'd give it a go as well 😂

2026-07-12 12:32:02 UTC

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It's on the sidebar under feeds if you scroll down about half way. Look how many other things there are as well!
https://npub17rlc0emedw5xljztfqrmykjaacsx6ujvdas64zznjadrnhhwlavq4jjtgg.blossom.band/1505eca66595f71ff068dfd125c65d2c50be68049fcd37d1f99a9fcd7a967d4b.jpg

2026-07-12 12:27:19 UTC

Funniest relay domain I've seen so far 😂
https://npub17rlc0emedw5xljztfqrmykjaacsx6ujvdas64zznjadrnhhwlavq4jjtgg.blossom.band/23491bdd45ea520096ce61c2d7d91286c9f7380dd2cff4c0bb7bb6e940236553.jpg

2026-07-12 12:17:04 UTC

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Maybe the CDN is blocking my VPN or something 🤔
https://npub17rlc0emedw5xljztfqrmykjaacsx6ujvdas64zznjadrnhhwlavq4jjtgg.blossom.band/21edada9c000cd0b5982752a612149b6275dab540bdda22e16139df7395888a9.jpg

2026-07-12 12:14:45 UTC

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Agree completely. I run Knots on my node. If someone wants to write arbitrary data to the blockchain, they can go use a shitcoin and waste blockspace there.
Bitcoin is for separating money from the state, not being a database for random bullshit.
And I've never ever sold Bitcoin for fiat in my life and I never will.

2026-07-12 12:06:36 UTC

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Image doesn't work for me. Domain seems to be down.

2026-07-12 12:02:00 UTC

I did not know Amethyst let you track workouts and walks. Nostr really can just do anything.
https://npub17rlc0emedw5xljztfqrmykjaacsx6ujvdas64zznjadrnhhwlavq4jjtgg.blossom.band/dbc14b1898877487772ee3f621e8916dce7c7f82e54955dd224eba5112c86260.jpg

2026-07-12 11:58:13 UTC

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If someone has a history of scamming I assume their views of Bitcoin are "whatever benefits my own self-interest." That's logical to me, you don't usually get scammy people who are driven by ethics in other areas of their lives.

2026-07-12 11:50:03 UTC

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Of course, do your own research and form your own opinions, but there's nothing I've seen about the Cardones that isn't shady personally

2026-07-12 11:47:52 UTC

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They're talking about the Covid lockdowns and vaccines now too.
I fucking love Rupert Lowe man, not a single thing he's said in this interview so far I disagree with.

2026-07-12 11:41:49 UTC

"From adversity comes success."
Rupert Lowe

2026-07-12 11:40:44 UTC

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Gary Cardone is a straight up scammer
https://npub17rlc0emedw5xljztfqrmykjaacsx6ujvdas64zznjadrnhhwlavq4jjtgg.blossom.band/1279a1cfa3b21a84aaca896f11a91e62503e3ccb0a29a5e2386c5a999f8674f4.jpg

2026-07-12 11:29:08 UTC

Sorry for the delay with the GrapheneOS guide. I have been very busy and stressed at work so by the time it gets to the weekend I just wanna turn my brain off.
And I don't wanna post a shit half arsed version. I want it to be high quality content.
Working on it today. *Hopefully* it'll be posted this evening. It **will** be posted soon.

2026-07-12 11:22:57 UTC

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Now he's going into the Fabian Society 👀

2026-07-12 11:17:59 UTC

Brought some stickers with me last night
@nprofile…5qyh
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2026-07-12 11:02:57 UTC

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Important point to distinguish for sure.
However, one is simply a first step to the other.

2026-07-12 10:38:35 UTC

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Oh and multiculturalism, of course

2026-07-12 10:36:42 UTC

Watching this right now. Not even five minutes in he's calling out statism, the WEF, collectivism, and globalism.
#nevent1q…mc9d

2026-07-11 20:49:05 UTC

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If it's running on your Umbrel node it's likely a port forwarding issue

2026-07-11 20:32:07 UTC

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Can see this note. Can't see the video.

2026-07-11 20:18:14 UTC

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I think Hungary does something similar to this. If you have a certain number of kids (I think it's four) you never have to pay income tax for the rest of your life.

2026-07-11 20:13:13 UTC

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That's because of the political compass test, it gives libertarian socialism as one of the results even though it makes absolutely no sense 😂

2026-07-11 20:01:35 UTC

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Add Demolition Man to the list as well, trust me.

2026-07-11 19:32:21 UTC

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I'm usually in agreement with you, especially when it comes to obvious con men like Farage, but it's worth looking into Rupert Lowe a bit. He's not a career politician and his actions show he's willing to have a backbone even when he gets enormous pushback from the mainstream. He even donates his MP salary to a different local charity in his constituency every month. I honestly think he's in it because he believes what he says.
Time will tell if I'm correct or if I'm in being naive, but he's the best chance we have by far.

2026-07-11 19:16:49 UTC

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More info here, there's a very real chance his party Restore Britain will beat Farage in his own seat in an upcoming by-election.
#nevent1q…e9c9

2026-07-11 19:04:08 UTC

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Millions do yeah.

2026-07-11 19:03:21 UTC

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Head of the fastest growing political party in British history. Veey big on Austrian economics, small state, basically minarchist nationalists.

2026-07-11 18:56:52 UTC

What a fumble 😢
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/97d9c8182659993047eb74151d808392aba2e8900122ec2622aab9f18ebc5640.jpg

2026-07-08 19:15:06 UTC

Holy shit! Rupert Lowe did Joe Rogan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k29cMrVtVXY

2026-07-08 11:57:11 UTC

Massive things happening in UK politics right here. Farage resigned after a financial scandal. He's trying to get ahead of things by voluntarily resigning and running again in a by-election. So that way he can spin the situation in his favour and move the attention away from the scandal.
Rupert Lowe is saying nah we're not helping you rehabilitate your image like that. We're gonna wait for you to get kicked out then we're gonna run against you.
Other parties are doing the same thing: refusing to run against him in the by-election he's set in motion himself so he has to run again after being forced out of his seat, making him a disgraced former politician.
This is pivotal. If Farage loses his seat as an MP, he cannot be leader of Reform anymore. Reform will be dead without Farage just like UKIP.
This leaves Restore Britain as the only viable right wing party in the UK at a time when the country is moving to the right in a big way.
So come the next election, there will be no vote splitting on the right. This boosts the chances of Rupert Lowe becoming the next PM significantly.
Rupert Lowe is hugely in favour of Austrian economics and is a supporter of Javier Milei. He frequently quotes Hayek and is a self-proclaimed libertarian.
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/506e6e93e2b9ec9148db9e42c61f7573b7b2159c99bb18064c927e129abd87c4.jpg

2026-07-08 10:57:56 UTC

I just lost the game 😭

2026-07-08 07:14:57 UTC

Farage has resigned. If he loses the by-election and is gone for good, Restore Britain becomes the only serious right wing party on the UK. Reform will die without its dear leader just like UKIP did.
Rupert Lowe is actually serious including in regards to Austrian economics. Trusting a politician is foolish sure, but Lowe is far from a career politician and is much more of a serious guy than snakey Farage.
Basically, if Farage loses the by-election, that changes everything and Restore's hopes of winning the next election have just increased immensely. In fact it becomes almost certain given the strong right wing sentiment in the country right now.
That gives a chance of real change away from the rapidly growing influence of globalist statism.
I watch with great interest.

2026-07-07 23:07:55 UTC

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Nope doesn't need a port to be open if you use StartTunnel or just run it as an onion service which is what I just did. Using it in Amethyst without any special configuration right now. I just turned on the spider mode.
Feel like this could be extremely useful when you're on mobile data.

2026-07-07 23:04:20 UTC

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Got it set up right now. This actually looks really useful for when you're using Nostr on mobile data if it works well.

2026-07-07 21:34:41 UTC

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Addy.io is really good. They accept payment in Bitcoin (including Lightning) and Monero. They also will PGP encrypt the emails they forward to you and let you use your own domains.

2026-07-07 21:32:08 UTC

If you use StartOS it's definitely worth checking out the official and community app registries. Lots of new stuff has been added including a new Nostr relay that's apparently 9x more efficient than strfry and has a "spider mode" that archives notes from people you follow (similar to Chronicle it seems like), an NSec Bunker, a Karakeep alternative that has better local LLM integration (including the ability to ask things like "what was that article I saved a week ago about XYZ?"), and an aggregator for Nostr long form notes, media, YouTube, Rumble, and RSS feeds in one.
The relay is called Wisp but unsure if it's any relation to the client. Doesn't appear to be from the GitHub page.
Speaking of which I was thinking of firing up my own Gitea instance so I can self-host my projects off my Start9 machine too.

2026-07-07 20:32:19 UTC

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🫡
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/7a6959312c1152b56fcfa4f7dd5aa3a173b3647e98a7eb6842663546a93d01c0.jpg

2026-07-07 20:28:20 UTC

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It won't stop at the EU either.

2026-07-07 20:24:07 UTC

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Fair enough, it's a statechain rather than a sidechain.

2026-07-07 19:52:25 UTC

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I gotcha. Actually makes sense, back when BTC fees were crazy high I used LTC for converting to XMR too.

2026-07-07 19:47:21 UTC

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Spark isn't an IOU like wrapped BTC. It's backed by actual Bitcoin that's been pegged in on the native Bitcoin blockchain. Very similar to Lightning itself.
Personally I'd only hold small amounts on it. But I also treat normal Lightning the exact same way. In both cases you hold BTC in an L2, backed by real BTC locked on L1, but with a different network and trust model.

2026-07-07 19:11:48 UTC

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Monero is honestly great, I'm a Bitcoiner but I'll admit XMR is literally the only altcoin I use and it clearly has genuine advantages for privacy. I literally used it just a few hours ago in fact.
But Lightning is so much better suited to this use case (instantly sending through a messaging app) and Bitcoin is better sound money.
Lightning provides decent privacy itself as well - not Monero level, but enough for most people since there's no public blockchain and transactions use onion routing.
And fair enough if you don't send fiat via messaging apps but a lot of normies do, so making it just as easy to send Bitcoin is seriously a big deal.

2026-07-07 19:01:46 UTC

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The Breez + Spark SDK isn't custodial. Spark is a sidechain that does real time submarine swaps for Lightning so the user doesn't have to deal with managing channels and liquidity, so it's not strictly speaking a "true Lightning wallet", but it's not custodial. You hold the keys.

2026-07-07 18:53:55 UTC

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I like keeping in contact with other plebs and I'm always trying to get friends and family into Bitcoin. Nostr DMs are so shit for the former and the latter is always a challenge.
This bridges two gaps for me personally:
1. I can chat with my fellow Bitcoiners securely and reliably
2. Since most of my friends and fam already use Signal it's a perfect way to introduce them to Bitcoin Lightning and show them how easy it is.
Number two is especially strong if I just point them to @nprofile…hf7c as well.
Literally it's "yo I can send you Bitcoin just as easily as sending fiat on other messaging apps and you can go into the real world and actually spend it."
This can seriously be so powerful for adoption. No need to tell your normie friends they have to set up a wallet and explaining how everything works. Just being able to send it on a Signal chat.
I'm seriously so psyched for this.

2026-07-07 18:40:49 UTC

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Lmk when you do, I have sats waiting! I'm so happy someone finally made this fr.

2026-07-07 18:24:44 UTC

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Btw trying to zap you but Wisp tells me you don't have a lightning address set up. Is this a Wisp bug? Looks like others have zapped you so must be. Or relay mismatch or something.
https://npub17rlc0emedw5xljztfqrmykjaacsx6ujvdas64zznjadrnhhwlavq4jjtgg.blossom.band/b425b253b86f34d84ad163cedb5f4af760e6a5f5154b6301a6523276c3ecfe82.jpg

2026-07-07 18:13:33 UTC

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If I'm reading the site correctly this is a fork of Signal that's compatible with regular Signal, similar to how Molly works, right? So I can just replace Signal with this but if one of my contacts uses vanilla Signal we can still message, just not send sats?
This is really amazing work man fr.

2026-07-07 18:05:55 UTC

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@nprofile…3vf2 broooo I think this might be the one

2026-07-07 18:04:11 UTC

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Funnily enough I was literally just talking about this.
#nevent1q…anmd

2026-07-07 17:59:36 UTC

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Fuck yes this is amazing bro. Will absolutely check this out.

2026-07-07 16:56:36 UTC

This is SICK. This is what Signal should have done instead of making a shitcoin.
#nevent1q…lnrq

2026-07-02 07:44:06 UTC

Ohh Claude Fable is back 👀

2026-07-02 07:40:19 UTC

Time zone bump - you can now get Bitcoin transaction alerts via Nostr!
#nevent1q…pc29

2026-07-01 21:06:49 UTC

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I love how he doesn't even get mad he just drops truth bombs and laughs as the retards stutter 😂

2026-07-01 21:00:33 UTC

**WWG now has Nostr support.** It acts as a watch only wallet utilising your own node to notify you of transactions. It can also be configured to send automatic balance updates on a periodic basis.
It uses NIP-17 DMs with NIP-44 encryption and NIP-59 gift wrapping to send these notifications via Nostr.
You enter your relays as part of the config to ensure the DMs are delivered to you. WWG generates its own npub it sends its DMs from.
The watch only wallet works by checking your xpubs via your own node. The xpubs are only ever stored locally and are encrypted at rest.
More notification providers and other functionality will be added soon on an ongoing basis.
https://github.com/xannythepleb/bitcoin-wallet-watchguard/releases/tag/v0.2.5

2026-07-01 20:36:46 UTC

Holy shit Caleb Hammer absolutely fucking destroyed this woke socialist. Most based shit I've seen all year not even joking.
"Your morality is cheap. You've never sacrificed anything ever. You're a performative poser."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT02_pqmbeM

2026-06-30 13:53:34 UTC

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Fix this so I can zap you! https://wot.nostrcloud.com/33692ec13f789ffa2b1d5a962cc7e0ad604ed49e8eed21951714f5d978e98717.jpg

2026-06-30 13:51:55 UTC

Been stacking sats like crazy this week, we at $58,411

2026-06-26 22:47:07 UTC

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Unsurprising except for Litecoin... what do people use Litecoin for? It does have an opt in privacy layer without the difficulties of Monero (not available on most exchanges etc) so perhaps that's a factor?

2026-06-26 22:42:49 UTC

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It's back we all good.
Was worried there for a minute, I just made a deposit 😅

2026-06-26 22:19:05 UTC

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Broken on desktop too, without even being signed in, so looks like it is just down even though the status page doesn't reflect it currently
#Strike
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/aa302455a2df01af7630d6db58c708128c60a5a2432e3269db196596f1a1e3ea.jpg

2026-06-26 22:03:17 UTC

Just me?
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/4f52927c62f0a763cb21762ed5ca8b3953ea13e5ff6a8588212670ef390ad66b.jpg

2026-06-26 17:14:50 UTC

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Yes, since only Pixels allow secure verified boot for third party OS's. Basically Pixels let you run custom Android with a locked bootloader.
You can get unsupported third party GrapheneOS builds for other Android phones on sites like XDA but they won't actually be as secure because of this. They're also unofficial forks, although they are usually open source, still personally I always buy Pixels so I can run proper GrapheneOS.
I will say as well, Pixels are genuinely good phones. At least five of my friends switched to Pixels from other Android phones and they all love em.

2026-06-26 17:10:28 UTC

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Yeah I saw that as well. Fuck sake.
Btw when you zap sats out it does ask who it's for but you were right, you literally can just select "myself" and zap like any other wallet, it's all good. Lightning works very well too.
Obviously I'm zapping to a non-custodial wallet before I zap to anyone else anyways.
Fees are a little high to zap into a Spark Lightning wallet like Cake (~20 sats) but are much less zapping into a normal Lightning node with good channels.

2026-06-26 17:01:33 UTC

Really cool new multitasking feature in Android 17 specifically for tablets and foldables that's also included in GrapheneOS 👀
Running Amethyst like this right now, works very well.
Works with any Android app, lets you bring it up in the corner and use it anywhere in the OS.
Very close to desktop level multitasking on a phone actually executed well. It's genuinely a more pleasant UX than the windowed multitasking Apple put in iPadOS imo.
Anyway, I'm going to be posting that GrapheneOS guide I've been promising this weekend!
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/ec87e33828e209ea24ef16358c5524b706149ddedd28a447a5d8dc1dd841fc2a.jpg
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2026-06-26 14:15:39 UTC

Lost a shitload of weight which means I can fit into my Bitcoin t-shirts again 🔥
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