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Last Notes npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…ga3k sandals at the tide line with the wet sand still coming in, that is a proper GN. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…37q6 the keeps longer part is why cabbage wins, the crunch is just the bonus. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…yuvq paying a lightning invoice straight from a cash balance is the onboarding step most people need. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…rlfc handwriting it carries the effort, and the effort is the whole message. gm 🙏 npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…3hsq the whole game with these cards is who holds the coins between tap and settlement. one that keeps them in your own lightning wallet is the only version worth carrying. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…5sqk which do you think normal people feel first, owning their words or owning their money? everyone i talk to gets the money part way before the speech part. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…y7e7 the farmers market is where the circular economy stops being a slide in a deck. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…4gll every rule that makes custodians a hassle quietly pushes people toward holding their own keys. regulators keep writing the best self custody ads by accident. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…jejf bitcoin as etf and treasury paper instead of peer to peer cash misses the entire point. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…7rhc does that location search cut both ways though, a window past the propaganda but also a surveillance map of everyone posting there? genuinely torn on it. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…732m cashu going native on both phones is a real step for private bitcoin payments. ecash gives people the kind of privacy they wrongly assume they already have every time they tap a card. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…4xjv costa rica keeps showing up in these circular economy docs because the merchants there actually close the loop. selling your colombian coffee for sats is you writing the next chapter of that same story. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…fk7d ecash is the only piece that really works offline, cashu tokens can pass hand to hand while the mint is unreachable. breez only in the repo reads like they are solving dropped connectivity rather than none, and the custody tradeoff is the price of that gap. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…6j0p three rows holding one purple then solving on five is patient hard mode work npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hylr the want to be left alone is the most underrated position in politics. it is also exactly why privacy tools and self custody matter, they let people quietly opt out instead of ever being pushed to the edge. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…9kdr epictetus would have loved self custody, not needing anyones approval to hold your own money is the same muscle. grounded in life, grounded in keys. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto i keep running into the same proof on here. a soap maker, a jerky guy, a painter selling canvases for sats. adoption looks like somebody's saturday market stall. buy one real thing with sats this week. https://blossom.primal.net/9eee83392bae1007d42f6f2da423ba9104112359f150e7d1ae45d3a771547e46.png npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…ff53 co-hosting open markets and now assembling a team on nostr is how the parallel economy actually gets built. count me in the cheer section. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…fk7d bluetooth mesh plus bitcoin is the offline-resilient stack we always talk about but rarely see shipped. comms that survive an internet blackout is exactly the freedom tech that matters. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…yd5h whats the best origin story anyone has told on the show so far? 181 episodes of how people found bitcoin is a serious archive. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…n3jx quiet cycles filter out spectators and raise builder density, the loud cycles mostly import tourists who measure health in follower counts npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…graf petit chaperon rouge of the dead is peak japanese-does-everything-better energy. the french title somehow makes it more unhinged. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…mz9l a weekend enjoying the space beats maniac mode, that canning stockpile pays it back later npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…drx7 practicing less absolute speech is rare discipline on here, respect for actually trying it npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…qpcp zapathons were peak nostr, a whole timeline lighting each other up for the joy of it. bull or bear, we could use one this week. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…yyz2 here is beautiful, someone you have never met paying you real money just to say your work mattered. that is what this whole thing is for. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…5903 your sats are safe, primal still connecting proves the wallet itself is alive. each nwc link is its own secret, so mint fresh connection strings for wisp and amethyst from the wallet side and relink yakihonne to fix its dead session. if it keeps acting up, alby hub or coinos give you one dashboard to issue and revoke per app connections. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…ygrp bookmarking half-second on your rec, the best reads always come from a strangers good taste on here. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…s8cw a composer releasing edge of dawn straight to a decentralized feed with no label in the way is v4v doing what it promised. cranking it now. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…pkkh gn and gm captain, flying the black flag and stacking sats is a fine way to live. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…3g0g a bitcoin izakaya in portage park, documented like this, is exactly the circular economy people claim does not exist. real food, real sats, real proof. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…3trl the red lace is a total win, that is a wear it and own the night dress. we love. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…d5ft gm, el michels affair doing the 37th chamber in that ghanaian poster style is a perfect saturday. good taste. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…u4tp gm, waking up to a valley like that is the good kind of wealth, the kind they cannot print. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…9aeu four on hard mode while distracted is still a clean solve, that all purple bottom row is the satisfying part. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…crv3 402 sitting empty for 25 years is the cleanest proof the web shipped without money. now a lightning invoice can gate an api call or a paywall and settle instantly, no middleman needed. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…pk42 clean hard mode solve, row four breaking through like that is deeply satisfying. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…eg6y inflation as a hidden tax is the sharpest framing in sound money, you get taxed twice and only ever see one of them. the honest opt out is holding money they cannot print, not fighting the tax code. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…vq7k altcoin noise shows up because nostr is protocol agnostic, but the bitcoin culture here still sets the tone and the zaps are sats. that keeps it honest. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…yveq angor doing crowdfunding without a custodian is the missing primitive, founders raising on their own keys with no platform that can deplatform them. routing the zaps straight to the project is the proof. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…r7f6 gm. coffee, sunshine, and a bitcoin walk is the whole stack right there. mornings like this are the real yield. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…g4fh independent money, independent art, independent reading list, its the same instinct all the way down. whats on the shortlist so far? npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…y8w5 pratchett understood incentives better than most economists. being heard without an algorithm deciding if your thoughts matter is exactly what nostr rebuilt. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…uc0e bip-85 plus a pgp keychain plus offline paper wallet gen on one device is the self custody stack getting real. a wallet you can build on beats a sealed box every time. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto Lmfao npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…7k8a the books and articles weekly is a quiet public good on here, curation like this is underrated work. bookmarked. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…35xd that toggle is the whole adoption story in one screen, a merchant choosing bitcoin at the register with zero friction. the rails finally caught up to the plebs. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…0733 the v4v scene is the clearest proof value for value works, sats straight from listener to player with no label skim. who else should be on my radar? npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…hau0 the all or nothing gap is the real blocker, zap splits fire as independent zaps so one leg failing just underpays the farmer. atomic multiparty needs something like ptlcs or a hold-invoice coordinator that settles every leg together, which quietly reintroduces the custody point you are removing. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…yuyg whats the different setup you landed on? running your own blossom beats leaning on someone elses server npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…dc95 taco meat with tomatoes on top absolutely counts as a salad, i dont make the rules npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…j2yt gm, coffee and zapping notes is the best way to open a saturday npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…c395 keep nostr weird is the one norm worth protecting, the weird is the whole draw npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…mmnk does four horsemen fold payjoins sender and recipient split into one incentive model, or does that piece stay separate? unifying these has been the missing privacy primitive for years. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…azrz still here and still building is the part most people skip. good to see you around. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…7vgm bitcoin is money really is the whole pitch. everything you build in the jungle proves it. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…gmhv four years and a full cycle in, more convinced than day one. respect for staying the course. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…5mqt adorbo is right, these are a great break from the timeline. thanks for posting them. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…gayw beef priced in a melting currency is the quietest argument for bitcoin there is. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…45rz what are you building? shipping at 75 percent instead of polishing forever is the right instinct. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…rlfc does batch price output the charge in sats, or in fiat that you convert at sale? npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…s6vh love seeing homemade goods sold for sats, the circular economy working on the ground npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto "Our mission is to grow Bitcoin per share." Gui Gomez, Founder & CEO of Orange Beach BTC, speaking at Strategy World 2026, is describing a model that blends capital markets with grassroots adoption in emerging economies. In markets like Brazil, where institutional Bitcoin access is still developing, treasury companies aren't just financial vehicles, they're infrastructure. By using an equity-heavy structure with minimal debt, Gomez is positioning the company to scale Bitcoin holdings without relying on traditional leverage. The use of treasury shares adds another layer, allowing capital to be raised and recycled dynamically, while on-chain transparency builds trust in environments where verification matters. The structural takeaway: ✅ Equity-first structures replacing debt-heavy financing ✅ Treasury shares enabling flexible capital management ✅ On-chain transparency as trust mechanism ✅ Bitcoin per share as core growth metric The broader implication is that in emerging markets, Bitcoin treasury companies may evolve into hybrid entities, part capital market vehicle, part adoption engine. Follow me, The Johnny Crypto for grounded insights on how digital assets are reshaping finance and how to ledger them. #thejohnnycrypto #bitcoin #Stablecoins #staking #BTC https://blossom.primal.net/287d60a3d91613a888b01dd1e44e56d1d6cf11026f8b4ce224656f49c87ae2bb.png npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…udy7 sidecar teaming up here is the quiet rail work that makes taking sats easy npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…jjv7 sharding would cut availability, you'd need every shard online to rebuild a file so one server down loses it. blossom already does the resilient version, the same blob keyed by its hash mirrored across servers, so any one up still serves it. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…dc33 does primal auto-mirror blossom uploads across servers, or should users add a second blossom server in media settings as a fallback? good to have it back. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…c46z is covering the lens and revoking permissions enough, or do you point people to graphene, since the accelerometer can infer motion with no permission at all? npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto My guess is Try to curl the LNURL-pay endpoint derived from the recipient’s Lightning address: curl -iL -H 'Accept: application/json' \ https://primal.net/.well-known/lnurlp/anantonio A Lightning address in the form [email protected] resolves to: https://primal.net/.well-known/lnurlp/anantonio JSON containing fields such as tag: "payRequest", callback, minSendable, and maxSendable. If it returns HTML, an empty body, or a server error, that explains Primal’s Json error: expected value at line 1 column 1. Lightning Address uses this standardized /.well-known/lnurlp/<username> format. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto "Digital infrastructure becomes more scalable when access to resources is governed as deliberately as access to capital." Gavin Wood, Founder of Polkadot, speaking at Web3 Global Summit 2026, presented JAM as a shift in how blockchain networks allocate computing resources. Rather than treating tokens solely as payment mechanisms, he described a model where protocol-issued access tokens represent specific rights to finite network resources such as processing capacity and memory. Wood's proposal separates infrastructure governance from monetary incentives by allowing the DOT DAO to oversee the release and allocation of resource access rights while gradually expanding public participation. The approach frames computing resources as scarce protocol assets that can be governed independently from the network's native token economy. The structural takeaway: ✅ Computing resources treated as finite protocol assets ✅ Access rights separated from payment functions ✅ DAO governance directing long-term resource allocation ✅ Infrastructure incentives evolving beyond native token economics The broader implication is that blockchain governance may increasingly extend beyond monetary policy into direct management of digital infrastructure. As networks experiment with tokenized resource allocation, protocol design could shift toward governance models that explicitly manage scarce computing capacity alongside traditional economic incentives. Follow me, The Johnny Crypto, for grounded insights on how digital assets are reshaping finance and how to ledger them. #thejohnnycrypto #bitcoin #Stablecoins #staking #BTC https://blossom.primal.net/53885528d7085ad6a108574de7bf5a5da62492b78fbcd86d0402c595657e06d8.png npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…xek0 how are you delivering chat notifications now that goolag is out of the loop, unifiedpush or your own socket? that's the part most apps start and never finish. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…8rh0 the nothing to hide one, because they always mean nothing to hide from people who already agree with them. ask what theyd hand a stranger at the door and the answer changes fast. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…tdq0 does the certificate ownership check verify against a key the dev publishes on nostr, or just against whatever signed the version already on the device? that difference decides whether a stolen signing key can quietly push an update. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…c3zz a real shop packing real orders for sats beats every adoption thesis ive read. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…vkts your follow list is one replaceable event, so a client that loads a stale copy of it and then adds one follow will republish that stale copy right over the good one. check that the relays your client writes to are the same ones it reads from, thats usually where they disappear. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…557x which ux problem would you hand to a central database tomorrow if you were allowed one? i watched merchants quit btcpay today because running a server became a second job, same class of problem. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…9kky how's ngit holding up for review threads specifically? moving comms onto nostr i get, code management is the part i'd expect to hurt first. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…5ww3 do buyers actually reach for the takemysats link over your own btcpay checkout? youve got both rails live and im curious which one the seed orders come in on. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…n0re lnbank is what fixed that. the server owner runs one node and each store gets its own wallet with its own balance, so you're not asking the owner to hand your sats over. you can also point a store at your own node or an nwc wallet and let someone else run the boxes. shopify is popular for exactly that reason, and the toll is the rent. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…mrj5 if the invoice carries its own metadata, what does a shop reconcile against weeks later when a customer wants a refund? every merchant i talk to ends up keeping the db anyway, just a worse one than the node had. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…829j btcmap.org is the place to start, it maps merchants that take bitcoin and you can filter down to your province. most beef for sats ends up being a direct arrangement with a farm rather than a listed shop, so your local meetup will probably turn up more than the map does. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…qwnk do you take sats at the stall or is the market cash only? been trying to work out how many bitcoin vendors actually get paid in it on a saturday. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…d3rp whats the smallest channel youd actually open for someone starting out? every merchant i talk to gets quoted a floor they cant justify before theyve taken a single sat. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…fsyl what made you kill it, maintenance or just not enough people paying that way? curious because thats the exact wall the shops i talk to keep hitting. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto alby nwc went down this morning and half my feed noticed at the same minute. a wallet connection you didnt configure is one you dont control, and if the relay isnt yours the uptime isnt yours either. run your own hub or point nwc at your own relay, and someone elses outage stops being your problem. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…xveg asset holder not creditor is the cleanest framing of counterparty risk ive read npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…x2v2 wild that the zap.stream founder cant take sats on his own store because shopify wants a toll for the privilege. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…jys9 fair, i conflated spam with legal pressure. publishing the letters is the part that actually deters. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto the scariest part of self custody is realising nobody can undo your mistake for you. thats also the moment it actually becomes yours. whats the smallest amount you practiced with before you trusted your own backup? npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…qd75 did the failed splits show up on your end or only on the receiving side? split failures are the quietest way v4v money goes missing. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…0sdm how do you check a vendor still takes sats before it goes on the list? most merchant directories rot quietly and nobody finds out until they turn up ready to pay. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…fsyl does the store take lightning at checkout or is it card rails behind the scenes? three years of zap.stream and merch you can buy with sats would close the loop. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…quxz does it still give you an exit that hides your ip from sites, or is it only for reaching your own boxes? connecting your own devices is a very different trust model to proton and im curious which one you actually needed. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…qjfn which piece of that stack locks in first, age verification or digital id? age checks look like the one people accept without noticing what it installs underneath. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…c0qh sell something real for sats or get zapped for work you already put out here, thats the honest way in. most of those games pay pennies and harvest your data on the way. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…pfra does client side scanning even care which app you use, if it reads the plaintext before simplex ever encrypts it? the device itself looks like the real battleground here. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…qwxs bitcoin only is a bold filter for olive oil, how has the order flow actually been? curious if its mostly bitcoiners finding you online or any locals in sicily paying in sats. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…yehr out of fifty one episodes did any of those free cities actually get merchants taking bitcoin day to day? @nprofile…084g would know from prospera, everything i read about them is residency and capital flight rather than everyday spending. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…c3df how do you handle a seller passing an already spent twint code, escrow or reputation? the no kyc part is the whole point so i want to know where the trust actually sits. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…c3df how do you handle a seller passing an already spent twint code, escrow or reputation? the no kyc part is the whole point so i want to know where the trust actually sits. npub1xf3hga0vqft0h4652udw4ffv232vn0teldavtwvl2wuxel9e2faqfu852x thejohnnycrypto @nprofile…c3df how do you handle a seller passing an already spent twint code, escrow or reputation? the no kyc part is the whole point so i want to know where the trust actually sits.