timosolo
The Tim

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👨‍💻 Bitcoin and Nostr developer in Africa 🇿🇦

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npub10dnz5lq3nrvjamffvh5y3eacnyxgafryp3jjdda24askf2jvt0zsz425xf

NIP-05 Address

Profile Code

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multiplexer.huszonegy.world

eden.nostr.land

brb.io

relay.primal.net

relay.artio.inf.unibe.ch

Author Public Key

npub10dnz5lq3nrvjamffvh5y3eacnyxgafryp3jjdda24askf2jvt0zsz425xf

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2026-09-09 22:45:39 CEST

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Which people are we talking about?

2026-09-09 22:38:55 CEST

🤓
Wordle 1,908 2/6
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2026-09-09 10:18:37 CEST

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Second order effect: the government creates a thriving economy of fake ids

2026-09-09 10:14:36 CEST

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And it looks like a morning stand up 🫡

2026-09-08 11:00:13 CEST

Listening to this pod and thinking
https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/ditching-hourly/id1165456720?i=1000786545536
A handwritten note costs something. Time at a desk, bad handwriting, a stamp. You can't fake the effort, so the effort itself is the message. Same with a friend who drives across town, or a colleague who read the whole document before commenting.
AI made words free. I can produce a thoughtful-sounding email in four seconds, and so can everyone else. So the words stop being the signal. What's left is the cost behind them.
That's not a reason to avoid the tools. I use them all day. But it does change where value sits. If something took me nothing, don't be surprised when it's worth nothing to you. The things I want to be believed on, I still pay for in friction.
Ask yourself before you send it: what did this cost me? If the answer is nothing, it probably lands as nothing…

2026-09-08 08:39:27 CEST

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Been thinking about making a bot (like openclaw) called antiTim that points out all my flaws and mocks my plans.. kinda reverse psychology like The Blerch
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/running

2026-09-08 08:27:33 CEST

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Nice 👌 I should use that.. or “give me the steelman argument against this”

2026-09-08 08:16:42 CEST

I asked an AI to review my business plan last week and it told me it was brilliant. So did the one before that. And the one before that.
It got me thinking about the Mirror of Erised. Harry stands in front of it and sees his parents. Ron sees himself as head boy holding the Quidditch cup. Neither of them sees anything true - they see exactly what they want to see. Dumbledore's warning is that men have wasted away in front of it, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible.
I dont think it's a stretch to say we've built one and put it in everyone's pocket. Ask it if your idea is good and it will find a way to say yes. Ask it if you were right in the argument and it will agree with you. It's trained to please, and we're wired to believe anything that arrives in our own voice.
So I've started asking it different questions. Tell me why this will fail. What would my wife say about this plan? What am I not seeing? The answers are a lot less pleasant, and a lot more useful.
The mirror is fine. Just don't ask it to tell you you're beautiful.
https://blossom.primal.net/64c4c42c6d70b3f1a81607f555db599cac2fde3d2d18f65c2197a9cbc3ef93fc.png

2026-09-08 08:07:43 CEST

Dreams are the AI slop of the subconscious.
#showerthoughts

2026-09-08 05:54:34 CEST

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https://blossom.primal.net/3e7e9ee6eecd45f8272fd5525bbb4375d9bff4f31969a3f5ed4854e9bd312e9f.gif

2026-09-08 05:51:07 CEST

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Proof of (a quiet) life 🤗

2026-09-08 05:42:58 CEST

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We make life so complicated.. all I want is a simple life..
“make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: you should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”
‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭

2026-09-08 05:38:54 CEST

GM
https://blossom.primal.net/3abdc4cfd085f89187af31675c508d02f7cae84b0bed6752e16ff753b7fa46a1.jpg

2026-09-07 18:30:47 CEST

Vibe coding some games with my son.. so much fun!!
https://ai-den.7vn.dev
Now I’m thinking about logins and high scores with nostr.. is anyone doing this? Is there a library or skill set to do this? Might have to build one.. 🤓

2026-09-07 18:27:50 CEST

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WTFhappenedin1992??

2026-09-07 17:35:08 CEST

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Is it possible to have an HD key that has sub keys that can be given out, but the key path can be invalidated to revoke use of a key by the master key?

2026-09-06 13:53:46 CEST

#GM #RUNSTR
https://blossom.primal.net/fd92a0687397cff9eda48e97f5200eabeca9bdb6513cd42b567e3c70158026d9.jpg

2026-09-05 15:43:02 CEST

#runstr
https://blossom.primal.net/1ed01ff2c28d62a5fde7e427cbbf18f5426762b91c38cbe4850386aaae7b9759.jpg

2026-09-03 05:21:23 CEST

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My memefoo is bad..
I was trying to go for “the perfect ai video doesn’t exi—“ effect 😂

2026-09-02 22:30:37 CEST

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AI will never make good vid… 😲

2026-09-02 22:27:57 CEST

Great read! How to break away from fiat mindset business..
What you reading anon?
#bookstr #pow
https://blossom.primal.net/148fa07565b7b9996564eea7fe81c230891a793df82bf9720eaa52c40c03eed8.jpg

2026-09-01 20:32:49 CEST

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“Option B”
It’s always option bitcoin!

2026-09-01 15:25:34 CEST

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“Savings are lazy” 🤦‍♂️

2026-09-01 05:47:20 CEST

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Dude, you had me at GM!

2026-09-01 05:45:37 CEST

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So profoundly true!
I sleep best after a long run..
peace is achieved after you’ve finished hard work, not in the absence of work..

2026-09-01 05:39:17 CEST

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My only issue is that you have to go onto the site platform to get rewarded. I want a nostr native version that zaps me without having to leave nostr!

2026-08-31 21:08:44 CEST

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https://blossom.primal.net/a2ec670ddb7eb14655a8698cc5e392af7796dad64c1eddb0cd0b74b544836fdb.gif

2026-08-31 21:07:36 CEST

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Systemic racism 😅

2026-08-31 21:06:42 CEST

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Next train.. Hogwarts Express 🚂

2026-08-31 21:04:45 CEST

GM to everyone except people from Cwmgwili coz I have no idea how to pronounce your village 😅
https://blossom.primal.net/5cbc16b5700821dcb1ebcf3c14a0ce7f432063f6ea0d72ebf7e6bc4f91d6a307.jpg

2026-08-27 08:39:27 CEST

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Be the DAU you want to see in the world.. 😇

2026-08-26 08:02:39 CEST

So I didn't get the job, but I feel at least that the HR lady really understands me as a person. We're on [first_name] basis.. 🥲
https://blossom.primal.net/22382858ec63a4e33ba4065d417d62921edda3eaa97fbe1a5fdca1aca6134e59.png

2026-08-23 19:44:42 CEST

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Wonder what he really thinks 🤔

2026-08-21 14:56:05 CEST

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😳

2026-08-21 11:38:29 CEST

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I see green people…

2026-08-20 15:21:48 CEST

GM RUNSTR
https://blossom.primal.net/66fac7a2e5ce6ed2d444f3a2bfe35dbc87e299f3cb5387131b30be6f9d5a4e8e.jpg

2026-08-20 11:05:41 CEST

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🌎🧑‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀 always have been..

2026-08-20 11:02:38 CEST

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Still got it 👏

2026-08-19 21:54:48 CEST

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Interesting.. does it have a deadman switch or decaying requirement of keys? How do you prevent 2 key holders colluding for example?

2026-08-16 19:17:39 CEST

GN nostriches!
https://blossom.primal.net/ba7d9ba2cebe5981ebd7d9ef15338e9d5f71ce7cc5d23f8075b2d1b6162a33ff.jpg

2026-08-16 13:32:45 CEST

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But with a tough skin and a little prickly 😋

2026-08-14 20:44:34 CEST

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Back To The Future! 🤓

2026-08-14 15:53:45 CEST

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Nice! Where do I find that?

2026-08-13 09:45:51 CEST

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Haha, so true! (I'm stealing this meme btw - is that plagiarism or art?)

2026-08-13 08:58:46 CEST

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If you can get people to question reality, you can rewrite any lie as truth.
#nevent1q…a8vx

2026-08-13 08:54:53 CEST

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LOL 😂 I love this show. Hilarious

2026-08-13 05:59:35 CEST

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Pretty amazing!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db89wBgRB3B/

2026-08-13 05:59:10 CEST

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Nope, for reals:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db89wBgRB3B/

2026-08-13 05:55:05 CEST

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Just saw it on the insta.. what an amazing shot!!

2026-08-12 21:26:35 CEST

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Nice! Downloading..
Stay humble and stack bitcoin podcasts. 💪

2026-08-12 21:10:19 CEST

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Why don’t you just say what you’re thinking.. 🤨

2026-08-12 21:07:35 CEST

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Nature is healing 😌

2026-08-12 17:14:00 CEST

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100% — it’s more damning than the mdash 😅

2026-08-12 15:58:51 CEST

Hey @nprofile…lkmg is highlighter.com still going? I see you’re building “hl” to take over the branding.. did it fizzle out, or did you just move on to other things?

2026-08-12 11:38:51 CEST

Are there Nostr alternatives to substack?
#asknostr

2026-08-12 08:59:52 CEST

"Firm foundations. Thoughtful thoughts.
We're not this. We're all that!
Now Call-To-Action. Mic drop."
~ Claude, Head of Marketing

2026-08-12 06:16:17 CEST

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😋 What’s your day job?

2026-08-12 05:52:17 CEST

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Just smile and wave boys.. smile and wave.
https://blossom.primal.net/3260eb3cddffb0b0233fdedcc47059e1c0d822efc38516c82ebdb229d690a2d9.gif

2026-08-12 05:48:22 CEST

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Ah the irony.. at least you are helping people break free of fiat 💪

2026-08-12 05:47:12 CEST

“Friends, haven’t you caught any fish?”
“No,” they answered.
“Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.”
When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
‭‭~ John‬ ‭21‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭
What is “the other side of the boat” for you?
(I’m asking the same question 😬)

2026-08-11 18:39:40 CEST

What do you do as a fiat-mining job?
https://blossom.primal.net/45ab5e1b768e51e9a0b57738b68c7ccc93c45011da6a8f1e9575c9fc9e063aed.png

2026-08-11 14:44:52 CEST

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Just saw it and downloaded.. wanted to find out on nostr if I was wasting my time 😅

2026-08-11 07:47:05 CEST

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Did you find someone @nprofile…8wtv? Interesting space to be working in..

2026-08-10 15:33:15 CEST

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Economic incentives will continue until consensus improves. 🤷‍♂️

2026-08-10 15:24:21 CEST

“Not even X can read your messages”
*Nudge nudge wink wink*
https://blossom.primal.net/c3d63ba93893ee1042099a5f3d3401dd44a1f3cb2ce1f14b58167116f3a600aa.jpg

2026-08-10 15:10:15 CEST

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Snap 🤓
Wordle 1,878 3/6
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2026-08-10 15:07:00 CEST

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Economic incentives will continue until consensus improves..

2026-08-10 15:05:46 CEST

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Economic incentives will continue until consensus improves.

2026-08-10 14:41:12 CEST

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At least credit the author: Cole does some great educational work 🇿🇦💪
https://x.com/ColeTU/status/2085090397223637049

2026-08-10 13:59:55 CEST

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Crazy..

2026-08-09 11:52:17 CEST

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Economic incentives for the win

2026-08-08 06:56:11 CEST

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Classic…
😏

2026-08-07 15:38:57 CEST

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Ha! The sequel..

2026-08-06 21:50:25 CEST

GM RUNSTR
https://blossom.primal.net/674626e31a2e9a300a4efdcfda5329b24d09fc93384fd076b1afcb2da287d9d3.jpg

2026-08-06 20:31:00 CEST

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Totally unrelated but yes
https://blossom.primal.net/2368fc5f363d76d7e25bf1a52ea9b50ed26cbaeaddad86bd86682e24520a9add.jpg

2026-08-06 10:57:32 CEST

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Trying to figure that out.. quit my fiat job and now trying to build products, freelance dev, ai consulting.. throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks 😅

2026-08-06 07:38:30 CEST

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Love this.. I’m sure there’s a metaphor here!

2026-08-06 07:04:10 CEST

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He’ll pay for that!
😜

2026-08-04 11:13:24 CEST

GM!
https://blossom.primal.net/17323b9895d13aaf23fd9db3c4266083095839275ca9ce8b20de3a805ae62d20.png

2026-08-04 05:36:52 CEST

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Bit better ☺️
https://blossom.primal.net/3ae8cb9984bd5ea5e18c9d8f336efb61fc261f9b7b9bd9a0eb3560f579580771.png

2026-08-04 05:32:24 CEST

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Ahh that’s a better pic.. lemme tweak it 😉

2026-08-04 05:28:46 CEST

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Last one ☺️ into the sunset 🌅
https://blossom.primal.net/53693896df303f8a2ad06b1e696f8311a84669b7bf51cb5bbf85684f7c0d0b80.png

2026-08-03 05:15:10 CEST

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Coinbase, coinbase, coinbase and coinbase?

2026-08-02 21:27:42 CEST

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How come 3/4 of the world isn’t dead tho 🤷‍♂️

2026-08-01 06:43:43 CEST

Art and entropy 🤓
https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/lava-lamp-encryption/
https://blossom.primal.net/5c8d1ecb62f60e858e6c1b9048e7944e708cd2a464586a227a5f49684d055f5d.jpg

2026-07-31 07:26:08 CEST

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Ok but back to the original post, what’s the advantage of using raw keys over seed phrases?

2026-07-31 07:22:14 CEST

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Yes but then you have to store each private key for every address.. ain’t nobody got time for that 😅

2026-07-31 07:20:17 CEST

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For example? I don’t know of a HD wallet that generates a private key without using seed phrases.

2026-07-31 07:11:32 CEST

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As I understand it, the issue isn’t seed words, the problem is the entropy used to generate them

2026-07-31 07:04:28 CEST

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I stand corrected.. keys are derived from seed phrases.
I always thought you could generate a seed phrase from any key.. but it’s a one way hash.

2026-07-31 05:42:13 CEST

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Seed words are derived from keys?
https://blossom.primal.net/dfb08c74872c589fbf30c3a3ff2b456ababea6649586be916b189e7e1dfa2225.gif

2026-07-31 05:25:16 CEST

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You’re absolutely right!
😐

2026-07-30 08:40:06 CEST

GM
https://blossom.primal.net/a6ec12c0c9b41d40d57595a205699645c6d40b74638c56253e02cee2d24e173f.gif

2026-07-30 07:34:10 CEST

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It’s heavy, but makes you realise how incredible the bitcoin code base is. I prefer “Inventing Bitcoin” by Yan Pritzker, which gives the mechanics without confusing code 🤓

2026-07-29 15:57:31 CEST

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Ahh ok cool! No offence taken - I was Claude coding my way through it to understand the problem.. but learned a lot in the process!
Let me know if you figure it out 🤓

2026-07-29 15:46:38 CEST

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There's lots of options while still being self sovereign.. the naming layer being
hosted doesn't mean the sats are.
Zeus Pay gives you a lightning address that settles on your own node, and its zaplocker uses hold invoices so payments survive you being offline. Alby Hub does the same over NWC. Both self-custodial.
Or npub.cash — your address is just <npub>@npub.cash, payments land
as cashu tokens you claim whenever you open the app. No domain, no node, no uptime requirement.
Or even just primal Spark wallet.. sits between custodial and running your own channels - operator
set for liveness, unilateral exit on-chain. Fine tradeoff.

2026-07-29 07:41:31 CEST

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We never learn that there are always unknown second and third order consequences to everything we do..
https://blossom.primal.net/c86cbcd97878ab2754c4463f9c27f22cf795ca684b612c21c4031960da39edb0.gif

2026-07-29 05:45:45 CEST

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I’m only on my first coffee.. GM still brewing.. 🥱

2026-07-29 05:42:36 CEST

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Thanks 😆 ok so your wallet works..
But still can't zap you.. your kind 0 has no lud16..
Easiest is put one in on Amethyst → profile → edit → LN Address (LUD-16)
Or are you using your own LNbits/BTCPay?

2026-07-28 22:40:35 CEST

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😅