Derek Ross

The purple pill helps the orange pill go down.

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Last Notes

2026-04-03 00:24:36 UTC

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100% thank you to the beer goddess Ninkasi.

2026-04-03 00:22:18 UTC

Heading to Bitcoin Conference 2026 in Las Vegas later this month. Here's where you can find me on stage:
🎤 Vibe Coding on Bitcoin
Open Source Stage — April 28, 10:15 AM
🎤 Protocol vs Platform: Nostr Beyond Social Media
Open Source Stage — April 29, 10:30 AM
🎤 Protecting Free Speech
Freedom Goes Up Stage (HRF) — April 29, 11:30 AM
🎤 AI + Bitcoin + Nostr = Freedom Tech Stack
Genesis Stage — April 29, 4:00 PM
And if you're around Monday night — #NosVegas is April 28 at WE ALL SCREAM on Fremont St. Come party with us: https://nosvegas.shakespeare.wtf
See you in Vegas. #Bitcoin2026

2026-04-02 15:00:41 UTC

i can't tell if tanel's new name is wise bear or if ditto just isn't rendering his display name like other people's names that also don't render correctly. just nostr things.

2026-04-02 14:59:40 UTC

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very wise, wise bear.

2026-04-02 14:58:56 UTC

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incorrect. if you're not masculine enough to handle looking good, then that's on you. i love my birks. i would never wear them into a nightclub though. outside from april - november? yes.

2026-04-02 14:53:59 UTC

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I'm not surprised at all with this.

2026-04-02 14:51:36 UTC

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No that's UTXO.

2026-04-02 14:51:00 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/PcVT7wJn1CoAAAAC/roxbury-jim-carry.gif

2026-04-02 14:46:06 UTC

I need new dress shoes. Mine are all beat up and old. The goal is to outshine @npub1utx…50e8 in Vegas. Please give me your recommendations. Are Allen Edmonds still a standard in men's fashion? Any other cheaper, but high quality brands that you like? Yes, I understand the implications of asking Nostriches about fashion 😂😂😂

2026-04-02 14:07:23 UTC

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to create notes and send zaps! 💜🤙🏻🫂
It truly is the golden age of our ecosystem. Keep building.

2026-04-02 03:47:10 UTC

Goodnight, my Nostriches. Shall we do it all again tomorrow? But this time perhaps a bit more weird? 🫂🤙🏻💜

2026-04-02 01:01:38 UTC

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Oof.

2026-04-02 00:03:19 UTC

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Real ones build Marmot 🤓 Or you can just use Burrow or Pika.

2026-04-01 23:51:15 UTC

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Yeah! My son and I watched it too.

2026-04-01 23:50:11 UTC

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It's NIP-04 😩

2026-04-01 22:47:58 UTC

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My son and I watched it. Super cool IMO.

2026-04-01 22:47:25 UTC

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Moon

2026-04-01 22:47:11 UTC

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Did you miss it? It was bad ass.

2026-04-01 22:23:14 UTC

The Artemis II launch is soon. https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs?si=J1e9nI0ZX37iUBFo

2026-04-01 17:59:47 UTC

Got a second slide done.
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/f28127913cf3e7bc574ca5312937b6c3778712ffcd3da75218ac686af8db720d.png
#nevent1q…zvd8

2026-04-01 17:49:13 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/fxtjZXf8RxUAAAAC/diabolical-seinfeld.gif

2026-04-01 16:40:41 UTC

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Perhaps. We already support nsite.

2026-04-01 15:03:07 UTC

Artemis II is cool AF. i am excited for this. this is NASA's first crewed flight of this new spacecraft. and we're returning humans to the moon, not to land, but in a flyby, something that hasn't been done since 1972. again cool AF. https://www.space.com/news/live/artemis-2-nasa-moon-mission-launch-updates-april-1-2026

2026-04-01 14:40:43 UTC

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it can work. we attracted @npub1jk9…lqz7.

2026-04-01 14:35:25 UTC

in claude code, today you can get a /buddy
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/8bf6ddc2ac66c62d165fde93bb74483f1f58eecbdcaba326d12814c1117b6edb.png

2026-04-01 14:15:49 UTC

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oh man. how invest?

2026-04-01 13:59:54 UTC

Hello Nostr! Posting to hatch #onyxia #blobbi #ditto #nostr

2026-04-01 13:57:19 UTC

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oh? i see those some place. my local coffee shop has one like that. that's actually the place im going to go and see if i can pay in bitcoin.

2026-04-01 13:48:35 UTC

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i know, but sometimes you gotta let people slay their heroes.

2026-04-01 13:47:17 UTC

i will not be posting a nostr april fool's day joke this year. im too busy stacking solana and posting on facebook.

2026-04-01 13:43:06 UTC

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AGENTS DO SOMETHING.

2026-04-01 13:42:21 UTC

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that's a mean thing to do. im going to tell dad.

2026-04-01 13:39:35 UTC

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gm. congrats!

2026-04-01 13:37:57 UTC

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You mean my reply with a typo and I deleted it? You're replying to a deleted message. Is Wisp not honoring deleted events?

2026-04-01 13:35:35 UTC

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Yes. Keep your Blobbi alive or @npub1q3s…d26p will delete your nsec. I don't make the rules.

2026-04-01 13:07:05 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/s2UKPtLj3mYAAAAC/the-mans-a-legend-roland.gif

2026-04-01 12:55:23 UTC

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do you have to? no. can you? absolutely. enjoy!

2026-04-01 12:54:39 UTC

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the real notes are the pets we tamed along the way.

2026-04-01 12:53:50 UTC

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it was incredibly slow last night. i couldn't work on what i wanted to work on. i just raged and went to bed early.

2026-04-01 12:53:14 UTC

😂
#nevent1q…e7ln

2026-04-01 12:44:22 UTC

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no, these are physical devices located on the ground. it's not called Umbrel Sky.

2026-04-01 12:43:32 UTC

grinding out my Ditto presentation for #NosVegas where we'll have a few short (10 minutes per) presentations on some of the fun and interesting items being built around nostr before we get the party started with musical performances.
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/5eb581130317c712f32003970138c7229f33ce8c7b0dd17f73d1fda0405f8dd5.png

2026-04-01 12:17:04 UTC

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GM :)

2026-04-01 12:01:23 UTC

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time for a bunch of companies to announce fake products! Happy April Fool's Day! 💜🤙🏻🫂

2026-04-01 11:59:06 UTC

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My agent that built it is sorry for his failure and has fixed it after I yelled at him. He's still in disbelief though.

2026-04-01 02:52:08 UTC

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yes, eligible US merchants only.

2026-04-01 02:51:52 UTC

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yesterday they turned it on by default. you just have to ask to pay in bitcoin according to square on twitter. and then the cashier taps a toggle button. it's seems easy or at least it looks really easy. im asking to see if it's easy as the explanation and the demo video.

2026-04-01 01:45:08 UTC

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I just don't know? I assume it's enabled everywhere as a form of payment. Can a business turn it off?

2026-04-01 01:43:25 UTC

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Awesome. I plan on going to a place tomorrow and testing as well.

2026-04-01 01:42:00 UTC

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I've always wanted to make sourdough and I never have. I need to stop failing.

2026-04-01 01:41:25 UTC

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I mean... It's not, but it's more open source than it was 🤣

2026-04-01 01:40:33 UTC

A quality shitpost.
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/27578936aaf1193d24d04eebdbddd7cc067fe93a28bcbbcef83bf70b0ebd86ce.webp

2026-04-01 01:07:57 UTC

has anyone walked into a random business with a square terminal and tried to pay with bitcoin? (where the business was NOT previously accepting bitcoin via square until yesterday?) how did it go?

2026-04-01 00:45:32 UTC

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giving up that easily, eh?

2026-03-31 23:41:44 UTC

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https://foxhole.lol in disbelief.

2026-03-31 21:33:01 UTC

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I'm glad you're safe.

2026-03-31 21:31:34 UTC

I wonder if this will get taken down? Ngit to the rescue? The code yearns to be free. https://github.com/instructkr/claw-code

2026-03-31 21:06:42 UTC

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No one is in charge of them, I just somehow find myself organizing or being part of those efforts more times than not.
Flights from Japan are expensive though. $2500 was the price that a Japanese Nostrich recently gave me in regards to an event.

2026-03-31 19:21:31 UTC

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we're gonna rock so hard this year. can't wait!

2026-03-31 19:18:20 UTC

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then you're doing it right.

2026-03-31 19:18:01 UTC

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everything you need is here. https://about.ditto.pub/reference

2026-03-31 19:06:02 UTC

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@nprofile…vevv is my buddy.

2026-03-31 18:17:24 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/2o9JsMaH7DwAAAAC/tedlassogifs-ted-lasso.gif

2026-03-31 18:08:37 UTC

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Good ole reliable Winders.

2026-03-31 18:08:14 UTC

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You applying?

2026-03-31 17:56:53 UTC

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Double oof.

2026-03-31 17:09:02 UTC

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That deserves a boost. Good one.

2026-03-31 16:51:17 UTC

Anyone looking for work? 🤣
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/ad2c88464cc292e3c89b98adf3583e8884e8e802825ece56486f77c4f2d1f63e.webp

2026-03-31 15:18:37 UTC

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in which client? we have many that support gif keyboard and gif pickers now. the golden age of nostr is upon us.
https://media.tenor.com/Y-77IEw04REAAAAC/robot-dancing.gif

2026-03-31 14:25:42 UTC

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it's the only theme i made on ditto and it's what im sticking with. it matches my desktop and my phone theme :P

2026-03-31 14:17:53 UTC

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keep it weird, no matter the daily active user count.

2026-03-31 14:04:12 UTC

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he's probably building another app

2026-03-31 14:03:51 UTC

how could you NOT be bullshit on nostr? our ecosystem is growing faster than ever. new apps are booming. new features are booming. people are embracing the weird. people are using the 'other stuff'. we have apps targeting non-technical users. we have several nostr events coming in the next few months with more planned later this year. what a time to be alive.

2026-03-31 14:00:50 UTC

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people need to doom less and bloom more.

2026-03-31 13:59:37 UTC

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*bullshit

2026-03-31 13:12:11 UTC

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oh sorry this has been fixed. you can scroll down. i have 2 items below the bottom and the sidebar is now scrollable. try scrolling and if that doesn't work, try updating from zapstore!

2026-03-31 13:06:15 UTC

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he posted content from his show, which didn't allow phones, to his subreddit. mods probably thought it was pirated content, even though the account was his official AMA account, but sometimes it's hard to see things clearly from your mom's basement.

2026-03-31 13:04:23 UTC

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yes, im not sure. perhaps more work needs to be done on it to make it acceptable.

2026-03-31 12:31:40 UTC

https://media.tenor.com/P5NK8oKc9PoAAAAC/im-shoked-im-shocked.gif
#nevent1q…8ar2

2026-03-31 12:30:52 UTC

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GM PV 🤙🏻🫂💜

2026-03-31 12:18:25 UTC

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PV Ava 🫂

2026-03-31 12:16:58 UTC

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GM PV 🫂🤙🏻💜

2026-03-31 12:15:31 UTC

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Will tell my agent to fix here shortly.

2026-03-31 12:14:56 UTC

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You were not around to watch this be memed into existence and I am sad for you.

2026-03-30 23:29:14 UTC

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Did you just tell a nerd joke? 🤣

2026-03-30 23:15:49 UTC

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I don't use Ditto as often as other perhaps because 1) been using Amethyst for three years and it's built into my soul 2) notifications were broken for a while, but fixed now 3) the feed was broken for a while, but fixed now. My usage is now increasing.
Sent from Amethyst.

2026-03-30 22:49:35 UTC

@npub1gcx…nj5z trying to snag my spot as top 3 Ditto user.
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/b8118a105ac3d7871580220b7de7f3a403bdb8a898d03323d7adead6fcdb5964.png
https://media.tenor.com/e0VvMVVWWlsAAAAC/the-tribe-tribe.gif

2026-03-30 22:20:19 UTC

I feel that the client "leaderboards" are something we should have had for the last three years. Competition drives innovation and pushes people to perform better, striving to do their best.

2026-03-30 20:26:52 UTC

the Letters animation on Ditto is really great. kudos to @npub1scv…68d8 on this.

2026-03-30 19:19:43 UTC

we gonna do this in two weeks at PubKey :)
#nevent1q…aqyc

2026-03-30 18:14:16 UTC

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This could be interesting but I'm not even sure how it would work from an architectural standpoint.

2026-03-30 18:12:33 UTC

Pokes are back. Who you poking first?
#nevent1q…yznx

2026-03-30 17:52:47 UTC

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Why in the world would they even contribute? And how could they even understand what the amplifications are of their contributions if they're not inside the ecosystem?

2026-03-30 17:51:52 UTC

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@npub1lqp…9h3r can you have your agent come up with a price for a tshirt order 👀

2026-03-30 17:50:29 UTC

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I don't want to jinx it but this is definitely how we win.

2026-03-30 17:49:27 UTC

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All are invited!

2026-03-30 17:08:07 UTC

👀
#nevent1q…cwt6

2026-03-30 17:07:53 UTC

Wen Afroman? https://nosvegas.shakespeare.wtf https://blossom.primal.net/65373b71adf133f94231f2cf210dd5656b9c17d99d661e01070111f586e40f93.jpg

2026-03-30 14:59:17 UTC

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Same. I'd assume near the top.

2026-03-30 14:58:36 UTC

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I was shitposting. I don't think he was doing this intentionally. And even if he was, I think his redemption arc is extremely sound.