SkyLords

Building useful Windows tools and exploring Bitcoin, Lightning and Nostr. ⚡

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2026-08-30 00:51:15 UTC

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Kendi yaptığım imzalama eklentisi ile daha mesajlaşma kısmında sorunlar yaşıyorum. Buradan mesaj attığımda gelmiyorsa veya sen atıyorsan gelmiyorsa diye yazmak istedim. Aslında bende basit bir nostr var. Paylaşımı da yaptı test ettim. Anladığımı söyleyemem hala anlamaya çalışıyorum. Değişik bir yer nostr.

2026-08-29 14:59:04 UTC

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Exactly. That distinction between having a backup and protecting the key during everyday use is something I only really appreciated after spending more time with Nostr. It is also one of the reasons I started building my own signer, SkySigner. I want clients to request signatures without ever needing to see the nsec itself. Which signer extension have you been using since day one?

2026-08-29 13:08:41 UTC

As I spend more time on Nostr, I keep discovering something new. Different clients, relays, zaps, signers, long form publishing, search tools… and somehow I keep finding something new every day. That is probably what I enjoy most about it so far.
What is one Nostr app, tool or feature you think more people should know about?
#asknostr #nostr

2026-08-29 11:16:47 UTC

What is one thing you wish someone had told you when you first joined Nostr?
I’m still learning my way around different clients, relays, zaps and communities, and I’m curious what experienced users learned the hard way.
#asknostr #nostr

2026-08-28 23:08:38 UTC

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Monero definitely seems to be the standard answer for CPU mining. Are you mining it yourself? If so, what CPU and miner are you using? I’m especially curious how people are approaching RandomX in 2026.

2026-08-28 22:48:59 UTC

Anyone here still CPU mining in 2026?
What are you mining, which algorithm are you using, and why did you choose it?
I’m currently experimenting with my own CPU mining software and I’m curious what others are still running.
#asknostr #mining #cpumining

2026-08-28 22:36:09 UTC

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I haven’t personally ordered from Crypto Miner Bros, but I was curious and looked into them.
They seem to have a long history and plenty of positive reviews, although I also found some recent complaints about refunds, faulty hardware and communication.
If you decide to try them, I’d be interested to hear how it goes. I’m always looking at mining hardware and experimenting with mining myself.

2026-08-28 22:14:58 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/a0e937878dae2b10e5c0e7ca8c3aaf956d3a6d696da4ebde3ea0c1907a01782a.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/297a0bf363bc37d850d0667c5a7de280107a668517424c46f06efbf558043b87.jpg
I am continuing to develop and test my own CPU mining software, CPU Miner Lab.
Right now I am testing the Power2b algorithm on MicroBitcoin after making some new updates.
The miner is submitting real shares to the pool, and this is not the first successful test.
With this setup, I have already found 6 solo blocks on the pool and received the mining rewards.
Today’s test:
6 CPU threads
572.6 H/s locally
30 accepted shares
0 rejected shares
Worker visible on the pool
6 solo blocks found in previous runs
The interface is in Turkish because I originally built the software for my own use.
Now I am making updates, testing again, watching the results and learning something new with every run.
Building the miner is one thing.
Watching your own code actually find blocks is something completely different. 😄
#Mining #CPUMining #MicroBitcoin #Power2b #Bitcoin #BuildInPublic #Nostr

2026-08-28 21:16:43 UTC

Bitcoin mining keeps teaching me the same lesson in different ways.
Hashrate matters. Efficiency matters. Pool choice matters. But sometimes, especially in solo mining, luck still has the final word.
You can optimize everything, watch accepted shares come in and still wait for that one block.
That uncertainty is frustrating, but it is also what makes mining interesting to me.
Every test teaches me something new about Bitcoin, probability and patience.
#Bitcoin #Mining #SoloMining #BitcoinMining

2026-08-28 20:59:24 UTC

Building SkySigner has been a real learning process for me.
Sometimes I move forward, sometimes I realize something is wrong and go back. Then I understand the problem a little better and move forward again.
Every bug, every failed test and every small improvement teaches me something new about Nostr, signing and security.
It may look like one step forward and one step back, but I can clearly see that I am improving along the way.
That is probably the best part of building something yourself.
#Nostr #SkySigner #BuildInPublic #LearningByBuilding

2026-08-28 16:41:04 UTC

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I like this approach a lot. The point about people getting trained to click through repeated prompts is especially important.
A session based model with clear trust levels and a visible activity log feels much more practical to me than asking for approval on every action.
This is very close to the direction I am exploring with SkySigner. Sensitive actions should still stop and ask, but normal usage should feel smooth.
Thanks, this gives me a useful way to think about the permission model.

2026-08-28 16:06:07 UTC

A question for Nostr users and developers.
When using an external signer, what do you actually prefer?
Would you rather approve every single action, or give a trusted client permission once and only be asked again for sensitive actions?
I’m experimenting with this while building SkySigner, and I’m starting to think that good permission design may be just as important as keeping the private key separate.
Curious how others handle this.
#Nostr #NIP46 #NIP55 #SkySigner #Bitcoin

2026-08-28 10:44:09 UTC

My NIP 05 address [email protected] suddenly started showing as invalid today.
At first I thought I had broken something in my signer or profile metadata.
Then I checked the service itself and found that nostrcheck.me is currently returning a Cloudflare 522 host error.
So the problem was not my key, my client or SkySigner. It was simply the server behind the NIP 05 service.
A small reminder to check the simple things first.
#Nostr #NIP05 #SkySigner

2026-08-27 19:51:49 UTC

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That’s interesting. I haven’t used Phoenix splicing before, so I’d like to understand how it works in practice.
I’m starting with essentially no budget. My plan was to earn sats first and then use them to learn Lightning hands-on.
With Phoenix, can someone realistically start from zero, receive small amounts, and let the wallet handle the liquidity automatically? Or is there still a minimum amount or fee needed before this works?
I’d like to understand what the cheapest practical way to start would be.

2026-08-27 19:21:20 UTC

CPU mining is mostly about patience, experimentation and a little bit of luck.
I built my own Power2b CPU miner and managed to find multiple solo MicroBitcoin blocks with it.
Seeing a block found by software I built myself feels very different from simply running an existing miner.
⛏️ Build. Test. Mine. Repeat.
#BitcoinMining #CPUMining #MicroBitcoin #Mining

2026-08-27 19:18:20 UTC

While building my own Nostr signer, I realized something interesting:
Signing events is only one part of the problem.
A good signer also needs clear permissions, predictable authorization and a way to avoid asking the user for approval over and over again.
That’s what I’m experimenting with in SkySigner.
🔐 Keep the key separate. Keep the user in control.
#Nostr #NIP55 #NIP46 #Bitcoin

2026-08-27 19:12:00 UTC

I’m starting a small Lightning experiment:
Instead of buying sats for it, I want to earn them through participation and eventually use those sats to open my first real Lightning channel.
The goal isn’t profit at first.
I want to learn channels, liquidity, fees and rebalancing by actually using Lightning.
⚡ One step at a time.
#Bitcoin #Lightning #Nostr

2026-08-27 17:01:11 UTC

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The interesting technical takeaway here is that non-custodial architecture limited the blast radius exactly where it mattered: a compromised support system did not become a compromised Bitcoin custody system. The next layer is reducing the privacy blast radius too: strict retention limits, isolated support storage, least-privilege access, attachment encryption, egress monitoring and detailed audit trails. Security isn't only about preventing every breach. It's also about designing systems so that one breached component cannot compromise everything else.

2026-08-26 15:41:29 UTC

This week I am continuing several small experiments around Bitcoin and related protocols.
I am still testing my own solo mining applications and comparing two very different experiences.
With my Bitcoin solo miner, I am working against extremely low odds and have not found a Bitcoin block.
On a much smaller network, MicroBitcoin, I have already found several solo blocks.
That contrast is helping me understand mining probability, network difficulty, and what solo mining actually feels like in practice.
I also started researching AuxPoW and merge mining after a discussion on Nostr led me toward Namecoin. I want to understand how the parent Bitcoin work, auxiliary chain commitment, and block submission process actually fit together before I try building anything around it.
While working on mining, I also ended up building a small application that watches network activity and alerts me with sound when a block is found. That started as a simple idea because I did not want to keep staring at logs all day, but of course one small idea quickly created several new problems to solve.
I would actually appreciate some feedback on that kind of tool. I am thinking about better explorer support, wallet monitoring, more networks, and more reliable block detection.
On the Nostr side, I am continuing experiments with signing tools, portable reputation ideas, and how Nostr and Lightning can work together without making security and privacy an afterthought.
I have noticed something about the way I work.
Whenever I start building one thing, I discover that I need to build something else first.
Then that second thing creates a third problem.
So I somehow end up with several experiments running at the same time. 😄
There are many things I would like to build, but I am working alone, so for now I am trying to finish smaller pieces, learn from them, and slowly connect them together.
Nothing huge yet.
Mostly building, breaking things, fixing them, and learning what is really happening underneath.
If anyone here has practical experience with AuxPoW, Namecoin merge mining, blockchain monitoring, explorer APIs, or reliable block detection, I would especially like to hear from you.
#Bitcoin #Nostr #Mining #SoloMining #AuxPoW #MergeMining #BuildInPublic #Namecoin #MicroBitcoin

2026-08-26 10:29:41 UTC

Funny timing. Last night I started digging into Namecoin because I am researching AuxPoW merge mining.
Then someone replied to my note:
“Namecoin halving in 2 days.”
So of course I had to check. 😄 Namecoin follows the same 210,000 block reward schedule inherited from Bitcoin, and the next halving happens at block 840,000. That means the block reward is about to fall from 6.25 NMC to 3.125 NMC. I originally came to Namecoin because I wanted to understand how Bitcoin parent work can simultaneously secure an auxiliary SHA256 chain through AuxPoW. Now I happen to be looking at it right before a halving too. The timing makes the experiment even more interesting. Not because I expect the reward to suddenly become valuable, but because it gives me another real protocol event to observe while learning how merge mining actually works. One comment leads to one question. One question leads to another rabbit hole. And suddenly I am watching the Namecoin block height too. 😄
Anyone here actively merge mining Namecoin already?
I would be especially interested to hear what setup you are using.
#Bitcoin #Namecoin #AuxPoW #Mining #MergeMining #BuildInPublic

2026-08-26 01:55:30 UTC

Before I call it a night, one more thought. I started the day thinking about solo mining. I ended it reading about AuxPoW, Namecoin, merge mining, Nostr, Lightning, portable reputation, and a few ideas that may eventually become new projects. That is probably what I enjoy most about this space. One small experiment leads to a question. That question leads to another protocol. Then suddenly you are reading source code at 4 AM. 😄
Still learning.
Still building.
Still curious.
Good night, Nostr.
#Bitcoin #Nostr #Lightning #Mining #AuxPoW #BuildInPublic

2026-08-26 01:51:18 UTC

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Namecoin is probably the one I am looking at most seriously right now.
It still seems to be one of the most established and active examples of Bitcoin AuxPoW merge mining, which makes it useful if the goal is to actually understand how the mechanism works rather than just chase rewards.
The practical downside is the market side.
I checked the current listings and NMC is still traded, but CoinGecko currently shows only CoinEx with NMC/BTC and NMC/USDT markets, and the daily volume is quite small.
So it is not completely unavailable, but liquidity looks limited.
Unobtanium is even more extreme at the moment because CoinGecko does not show any active trading pair for UNO.
That actually makes the experiment more interesting to me.
If I try this, the goal will probably be understanding AuxPoW itself first, then seeing whether I can build something around it.
The rewards would be secondary. 😄

2026-08-25 22:59:20 UTC

I have been spending a lot of time lately building small Bitcoin related experiments instead of only reading about the technology. I built my own Bitcoin solo lottery miner, a CPU miner with native hashing engines, experimented with Power2b, and recently found 6 solo blocks on a smaller network while my Bitcoin miner keeps hashing with almost impossible odds. 😄 I am also experimenting with Nostr, Lightning, custom signing tools, and different ways these technologies can work together. A comment from someone here also got me curious about AuxPoW merge mining, so I have started researching that as well. The idea of using the same SHA256 work while also having a chance to find blocks on smaller compatible networks sounds like another interesting experiment. The part I enjoy most is not really the money. It is building something myself, watching it fail, fixing it, and finally understanding what is actually happening under the hood. Every experiment seems to create another question. And every question seems to become another project. That is probably why I am still here. 😄 What are you experimenting with right now?
#Bitcoin #Nostr #Lightning #Mining #AuxPoW #BuildInPublic

2026-08-25 22:58:06 UTC

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This caught my attention. The idea of portable reputation without KYC is really interesting, especially if the nullifier prevents the same credential from being reused without revealing the user's identity. I am curious about two things. Who issues the reputation credential in the first place, and how do you prevent Sybil abuse if users can remain fully pseudonymous? Also, is Ash Passport already implemented somewhere? I would love to read the technical design or GitHub repo if one exists.

2026-08-25 22:47:26 UTC

2026-08-25 21:18:42 UTC

Pretty productive day on my side.
I kept working on my mining experiments and one of my solo miners has now found its sixth MicroBitcoin block. Meanwhile, my Bitcoin Solo Lottery Miner is still happily hashing away with almost absurd odds of ever finding a Bitcoin block. 😄
That contrast actually became the subject of a new article I published today.
What I enjoy most is not really the coins. It is building these little experiments and finally understanding what things like shares, targets, Stratum jobs, block probability and mining variance actually mean when you see them happening in front of you.
I also got another application idea after finding those blocks, so that will probably become the next experiment.
Anyone else building or experimenting with something interesting today?

2026-08-23 12:09:03 UTC

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Testing the permission model now. One approval, limited capability, no permanent trust. ⚡

2026-08-23 12:05:20 UTC

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Testing the permission model now. One approval, limited capability, no permanent trust. ⚡

2026-08-23 12:03:45 UTC

Building a Nostr signer has changed how I think about key security.
Keeping the private key away from clients is only the first step. The harder problem is deciding what a trusted client should be allowed to sign or decrypt, for whom, and for how long.
Security shouldn't become “click Approve until the popup disappears.”
#Nostr #NIP07 #NIP44 #Security

2026-08-22 16:23:26 UTC

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Thanks, the backup point is a good one. I was mostly thinking about node setup, peers and liquidity, but testing recovery before funding anything makes a lot of sense.
Since I'm doing this mainly to learn how Lightning works under the hood, your CLN point also makes it more interesting to me.

2026-08-22 13:53:35 UTC

Learning Lightning From Zero: The Road to My First Channel ⚡
Lately I've been spending more time reading about Lightning, node operation, channels and liquidity.
At some point I realized that reading about all of this can only take me so far. I want to actually learn how it works by running a node myself and eventually opening my first real Lightning channel.
I'm starting small.
I don't have years of Lightning experience, and I'm not trying to build a large routing node from day one. Right now I'm learning the basics: choosing a node implementation, understanding channel backups, finding good peers, learning the difference between inbound and outbound liquidity, and figuring out what actually happens after a channel is opened.
One thing I've already learned is that opening a channel is probably the easy part.
Keeping liquidity useful, choosing peers, understanding fees, dealing with rebalancing and knowing when a channel is no longer useful seem to be where the real learning begins.
Where the sats come from
There's another part of this journey that makes it a little more interesting for me.
I've been participating on Stacker News: reading discussions, sharing things I'm working on and joining conversations where I think I can contribute something useful.
Sometimes those contributions earn sats.
That gave me an idea.
Instead of funding my first Lightning channel immediately from my own wallet, I'll let those sats accumulate naturally and eventually use them to open the channel.
There is no deadline for this. I'm not trying to turn it into a race, and this is not a request for donations.
It's simply a way to connect two things I'm enjoying: participating in a Bitcoin community and learning Lightning by actually using it.
I'm thinking of roughly 100,000 sats as the point where I'll seriously start preparing to open the first channel. That isn't meant to be an ideal Lightning channel size. It's simply a practical starting point for learning.
What I want
https://image.nostr.build/c652c5f40eb5774d18cb4d5869d1f92dd42428503ec1089de117e6c12ad227a9.jpg

2026-08-16 14:31:47 UTC

I’ve recently been running CPU mining tests using a custom software I built: CPU-Miner-Lab-RandomX v3.0, targeting the RandomX algorithm across different mining pools.
The initial benchmarks and test results have been solid so far. It runs extremely stable with zero issues on share submissions, and I expect even better performance on higher-end processors. Currently, I'm verifying compatibility across various pools to ensure smooth connectivity and broad support.
My main goal with this project was to create a lightweight, optimized, and user-friendly RandomX client that simplifies setup for beginners while staying reliable for experienced miners. Seeing a custom build function as expected and yield good results in practice has been really rewarding.
For those here who build mining tools, optimize CPU setups, or mine RandomX coins: what are your experiences and best practices with pool compatibility and custom client optimization? Would love to hear your insights.

2026-08-15 22:51:21 UTC

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2026-08-13 18:17:13 UTC

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The worrying part is how convincing these fake notices can look, especially to newcomers.
I’m still new to Nostr myself, and this is a useful reminder to verify announcements through official channels before clicking anything. No airdrop is worth risking your private key or seed phrase. Thanks for warning people.

2026-08-12 21:17:10 UTC

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I agree. The mining experiment mostly confirmed that an ordinary laptop can’t compete with specialized hardware.
I’m not really looking to invest in another coin, though. I’d rather earn sats by building a useful tool or providing a small service.
Have you seen any practical examples of people earning their first sats through software, digital products or freelance work?

2026-08-12 21:10:20 UTC

My laptop’s estimated time to find a Bitcoin block: 8.6 billion years. 😄
I built a small CPU solo miner, connected it to a public pool and even found a few accepted shares. It was fun, but obviously not a realistic way to earn bitcoin.
I also tried mining through NiceHash. It worked, but an ordinary laptop is definitely not a money printer.
So I’ve decided I’d rather earn my first meaningful sats by building something useful. I’m currently developing MarginPilot, a Windows profit calculator for online sellers.
If you had an ordinary laptop, no ASIC and no existing audience, what honest service or small digital product would you build to earn your first 10,000 sats?
No faucets, referral schemes or cloud mining. I’m interested in what has actually worked for you.
https://stacker.news/items/1546690
#bitcoin #lightning #buildinpublic

2026-08-11 18:38:54 UTC

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Welcome! As a software builder, I’m also interested in helping creators retain ownership and attribution of their work. Your combination of visual storytelling and technology sounds interesting. Are you exploring a specific solution for this on Nostr?

2026-08-11 17:58:19 UTC

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That's a great video. Thank you for your hard work.

2026-08-11 17:38:05 UTC

Hello Nostr! 👋
I’m SkyLords from Türkiye. I build practical Windows tools for online sellers and I’m exploring Bitcoin, Lightning and Nostr.
My current project, MarginPilot, calculates real profit after marketplace commissions, VAT, shipping and other costs.
I’ll share what I learn while building it. Which selling cost is the hardest for you to calculate? ⚡
#introductions #buildinpublic #bitcoin #lightning #indiedev