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I'm going to say something unpopular. Nostr should target devs and users of Farcaster. The community was low and then coinbase cut out another leg. It would require less hostility towards Ethereum, but I believe it would bring a high value set of users over.

2026-01-28 18:53:09 UTC

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Value is a intersubjective relative assessment that constantly plays out. Right now the thing held constant is the local currency, but that could easily be BTC. One benefit is time doesn't play the same trick on you of having to rebase your constant downward, in theory things will go the other direction.

2026-01-07 17:14:29 UTC

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Yeah, I'm thinking more the YNAB strategy with local files using plaintext accounting. I installed ledger-cli so just need to set up my accounts in a reasonable way.

2026-01-06 22:00:22 UTC

May use this soon. Been thinking of dipping a toe in.
#nevent1q…2sp9

2026-01-06 17:44:00 UTC

My new year's resolution is to build a budget and learn to operate under it. Anyone have tips for plaintext accounting or YNAB? I'm still learning, but it seems they should be compatible. Any suggestions are welcome.
#asknostr

2025-12-11 20:40:18 UTC

I don't know who follows Farcaster from this side of the world, but it is imploding pretty quickly and I think it is an opportunity to get some refugees. There are lots of builders there (mostly vibe coding and javascript bros), but they want to build on a twitter/reddit style social network. I'd like to hear what other thoughts about it is, scam takes included (that's mostly where I was for its life, though I did use it).

2025-11-13 20:15:33 UTC

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If you do want precise control over it, you can use the same seed phrase in a wallet and it should work. This is probably not recommended generally.

2025-11-13 20:10:20 UTC

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I would recommend separating the lightning node from your regular wallet (use cold storage etc). But you can point your wallet that has the features you want to your node and share it with lightning channels. Primarily just use the hot wallet on the umbrel for channel management.

2025-11-10 18:23:27 UTC

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This.

2025-11-06 05:00:03 UTC

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Yeah, this is to bootstrap the zapstore. They encourage devs to take over and I think they have a handoff process.

2025-10-18 00:12:37 UTC

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Projects this size usually have different "areas" of code. Some need to update often for maintenence and support. Other parts are relatively static and only change for large features or architecture changes. So it depends is the correct answer. I'd say for "normal" projects, 2 devs could handle this.

2025-10-16 22:41:44 UTC

Does anyone need some inbound liquidity? I have some free sats to open a channel. No promises on uptime, I've been having some issues keeping my node up.

2025-09-21 21:18:05 UTC

"Tradition is democracy for the dead".
#nevent1q…y8d7

2025-09-18 16:53:38 UTC

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I have a hard time seeing it, as most Christian bubbles are usually more peaceful than society at large (think Amish, etc). And the missionary and proselytizing culture usually looks to convert rather than destroy. I think the bubble matters for amplification, but the ideology is the root cause.

2025-09-18 16:39:07 UTC

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At least Amethyst supports this. When you quote a note you can set the percentage the OP gets of the zaps.

2025-09-18 16:34:45 UTC

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I think it is ideological as well. One worldview is individualistic, so self-defence is the only justified use of violence. The other identitarian and collectivistic, so defending your group may be a justified use of violence in that case. That coupled with "words are violence" and even "silence is violence" mean that the things that raise to the level of "justified violence" have a low bar.
Your point about bubbles is fair, but I also think it is a loss of status as they see defeat in their control of these institutions. This will be a feedback loop as more institutions fail because of the violence. I worry the violence will ramp up as a result.

2025-09-03 16:45:56 UTC

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Banger!
https://fountain.fm/track/oYVxfJ7YerdVX5I8dkM1
#nevent1q…37p0

2025-08-30 00:59:01 UTC

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I've found it isn't great about cleaning up after old episodes. You should be able to mostly clear them all from the menu. It could present better ways to do this though.

2025-08-27 19:07:31 UTC

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Nice, now I just need to find a geohash that isn't empty.

2025-08-26 23:27:19 UTC

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You didn't mention nostr on the podcast, she would love it here.

2025-08-26 07:13:27 UTC

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$131,000

2025-08-17 20:47:42 UTC

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https://store.ruthlesspodcast.com/products/thank-a-boomer-shirt-1

2025-08-14 21:48:26 UTC

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Circle chain, more like Circle jerk.
https://fountain.fm/episode/mjY9TxheuJ04aQRvRmX9
#nevent1q…40qr

2025-08-14 17:22:21 UTC

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Yes, but its even worse for men on bumble I think.

2025-08-12 00:00:03 UTC

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Oof

2025-08-07 21:55:34 UTC

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There are some good podcasts out there, but they mostly seem to ignore bitcoin and just shrug at tariffs (not good or bad). If you have a connection who could get you in, I'd love to hear you on the Ruthless podcast or something in the National Review universe.

2025-08-05 15:23:26 UTC

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You can create the wallet, but won't know when you've received anything. For convenience they should probably allow this (like I think sparrow does) but warn that transaction history might be incomplete.

2025-08-05 02:02:48 UTC

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Ok, I may re-sub in the future. Thanks for clearing this up.

2025-08-04 22:46:42 UTC

@nprofile…36vc is there a was to deactivate my profile when my subscription has ended? I'm getting the occasional zap but have no access to the wallet since the app is paywalling me. I don't want to have people sending sats to a black hole.

2025-07-26 21:04:00 UTC

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One appears to be using kind 23333

2025-07-26 20:23:55 UTC

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I've seen this on a per relay level, not sure which NIP it follows though.

2025-07-25 21:54:09 UTC

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Rebecca killed it on this one! I'm ready for clarity.
https://fountain.fm/episode/cQ5Co2vYrQEnVcSpmi0d
#nevent1q…2tju

2025-07-25 18:44:54 UTC

testing alphaama, pretty cool concept

2025-07-23 22:50:58 UTC

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This guy's running. Meanwhile he's slippery and wrong about almost everything.
https://fountain.fm/episode/Thv9EIAzFpZM4qgSWdOf

2025-07-23 17:04:46 UTC

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I was listening to a podcast the other day about the concept of man (read humans) being made in the image of God. The effect of this is the individuality we have today. One interesting point he made was that before this society structured themselves based more on clans or tribes where the individual as we see it was just a part of that whole. The head of that "body" might be a patriarch, or in some cases a matriarch. I wonder how much of this is a vestige from that structure where we still think in those terms.

2025-07-23 05:45:31 UTC

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Lex Fridman is a psyop and you can't convince me otherwise. I can't believe people fall for it and go on his podcast.

2025-07-18 01:56:13 UTC

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Oh that looks epic.

2025-07-17 21:13:50 UTC

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The term highest purpose isn't to denigrate other purposes, but to prioritize such that it can be assessed whether one purpose is at odds with another. This just means that if a society is oriented to make it overly burdensome for women to be mothers it is a distorted and mis-prioritized society. On an individual level you may have other goals and you should pursue them.

2025-07-16 18:00:53 UTC

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Great insights as always.
https://fountain.fm/episode/sDl5Xyeolwx9SJZM2Xsc
#nevent1q…ekhn

2025-07-14 23:37:39 UTC

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More like short bus bitcoiners.

2025-07-14 23:29:11 UTC

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I might need some baby socks for a friend in a few months. I'll keep this in mind.

2025-07-14 23:24:19 UTC

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God is the original hacker.

2025-07-14 19:53:26 UTC

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Almost caught up. Looking forward to Nextblock.
https://fountain.fm/episode/UzqRaONs1NnOBInBtcSp
#nevent1q…c5vp

2025-07-13 19:01:34 UTC

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He muted me too? I don't even know what I said. My guess is asking how there's an invite list for a permissionless platform. Lol.

2025-07-03 16:56:47 UTC

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I've held out on buying socks thus far, but I think you got me. DM incoming.

2025-07-02 15:36:54 UTC

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This is interesting, I haven't sent enough pictures on SimpleX to notice this, by it is a use case I thought of that would make sense to have much better support for. I'll definitely test this some more.

2025-07-01 15:52:55 UTC

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Kinda a lovely idea.

2025-06-30 17:05:38 UTC

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Won't you end up with either "iOS" or "Ios" here?

2025-06-29 01:08:26 UTC

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Is zapsnag a first-come-first-served thing, or how does this work. I'm interested in some #zapsnag action but unclear on the rules.

2025-06-28 18:40:58 UTC

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I think I usually say dead fuse. One could say it died a hero.

2025-06-28 18:16:51 UTC

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I just get a black screen. Is this the stark difference you are taking about?

2025-06-28 18:08:32 UTC

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Is there a DVM that can notify me when honey is back in stock?

2025-06-28 18:06:20 UTC

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No, this doesn't sound like it is backed according to any normal definition. This is like saying the dollar is backed by donuts because you can go to Dunkin and redeem for creme filled.

2025-06-27 23:31:17 UTC

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If I lived near there I would be there in an instant. That sounds awesome.

2025-06-26 21:11:11 UTC

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You're welcome. Lol.

2025-06-26 06:41:27 UTC

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I'll check it out, some wallets are underwhelming.

2025-06-25 07:34:57 UTC

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It is only my opinion and many will disagree with me, but python is not a great first language. Basically it teaches you to pay attention to the wrong things in learning a language like weird syntax and opinionated patterns. If you were looking to tackle something specific I can see the piece for python, though.
Javascript has similar quirks that also make it but so good as a first language, but it is more instantly relevant so easier to learn through application.
I don't have a good answer for what is good to start with, maybe Ruby or Lua or whatever is at the right level these days.

2025-06-21 16:36:53 UTC

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💯
#nevent1q…av5u

2025-06-19 22:50:38 UTC

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The problem with teaching Marxism in school is getting a realistic or at least neutral version of it. You were taught it, just in a subtle way so that you didn't know it. If it were taught like other topics nobody would embrace it.

2025-06-19 22:22:48 UTC

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Wow, this is beautiful.

2025-06-19 20:03:40 UTC

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It is just addressable code. So I could deposit funds which then are restricted movement based on the rules in the code. Very similar to btc smart contracts, but reusable and more Turing complete or whatever. I don't think we need similar on bitcoin, but not convinced that they everything is covered currently.

2025-06-19 19:49:08 UTC

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Rodarmor brought up a PSBT server and marketplace that could be built on nostr which would be a nice substitute for lots of smart contracts on ETH et al.

2025-06-19 17:20:59 UTC

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I'm not totally convinced yet. Many of the things you might want to do (swaps, loans, etc) require a trusted server at this point, at least for coordination. Nostr might allow for dumb relays that can perform that function without real knowledge of the underlying txs, but I haven't seen that yet. The trick to it is why do I that x blockchain more than a centralized server, you got me there.

2025-06-19 16:32:41 UTC

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I'm looking forward to @nprofile…vjlg for this type of experience. I don't know if this fits in their roadmap, but the neighborhood feature seems like a way to jump around different algorithms, be they manual curation or possibly TikTok style.
I personally sometimes want discovery where I see people I don't follow, but might be interested in based on some non-creepy algorithm. Other times I just want the newspaper (what are the people I follow up to). I hope we can support both modes and easily switch between them.

2025-06-17 15:45:15 UTC

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Nice, seems important. I'll give it a listen.

2025-06-16 20:59:59 UTC

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I think this is where WoT comes in, as new users generally have some nexus of another user. They could inherit some of the PoW of people who follow them, and the PoW can be some background process that doesn't effect UX too much. The key is making the marginal cost of a new npub higher than spammers are willing to bear. If it costs $0.10 of compute per npub, spammers might make several but will give up when those are easily filtered out.

2025-06-16 20:02:19 UTC

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PoW + WoT is a deadly combo.

2025-06-16 20:01:37 UTC

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We have the tools with proof of work to mitigate the worst of spam. There is already a NIP to add PoW to notes, but that makes UX for normal use quite degraded. But what if we only had to do it occasionally? Let's say my profile contains a reference to a note on which I included PoW. Clients then could filter out users by which have shown a certain level of PoW, which if set high enough would make these spam attacks unfeasible.

2025-06-16 01:41:01 UTC

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A good reminder that we haven't figured spam out here, it has just been less annoying for a bit. We need the default to not have this stuff so new users aren't scared away, and we can expand beyond the default at your own risk.

2025-06-13 19:42:22 UTC

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Ooh, these look pretty.

2025-06-12 23:04:24 UTC

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There was a big thread earlier, TLDR they are going to try to support pixel as long as they can, by may have to raise money for someone to build a phone to their specs.

2025-06-10 23:38:36 UTC

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As a regular podcast listener, I appreciate most the people who aren't on the podcast circuit.

2025-06-08 17:51:29 UTC

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Is this like a new standard? Sounds like a reasonable concession to our new AI overlords.

2025-06-06 19:44:59 UTC

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I haven't tried it yet, but ShoSho is on @nprofile…tdq0

2025-06-03 04:05:32 UTC

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I have a random option (closest to me) but I'm guessing we need a critical mass.

2025-06-01 16:32:07 UTC

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Fewer almonds, more pecans.

2025-05-29 22:02:20 UTC

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I just did the 25k level, but mostly just want to support a product I enjoy using.

2025-05-29 21:49:44 UTC

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I feel a bit bad tipping geyser earlier since they fell short for you. I hope you get lots of support.

2025-05-29 21:33:21 UTC

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I was a big fan of his, but he has lost sight of lots of things. The bias of people in Washington is that if you don't do things the way they've been done they aren't legitimate. I can say my eyes have opened somewhat in the last few months.

2025-05-29 18:30:35 UTC

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I actually love seeing this for two reasons:
1. It means zapstore is actually checking to protect me from github shenanigans or man-in-the-middle attacks.
2. It makes zapstore look bad to have all this, but there is nothing it can do to polish over it because it is truly decentralized.

2025-05-29 17:57:28 UTC

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Worked for me on desktop but not mobile.

2025-05-29 13:43:35 UTC

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This is looking very useful. Worth supporting.
#nevent1q…w5vy

2025-05-26 16:44:13 UTC

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Someone could make a client that pulls tunnels from the metadata and sets the event timestamp to that. There is nothing to prevent from posting whatever timestamp really. It will just be treated weirdly by some relays who may filter out old stuff, etc.

2025-05-23 15:32:08 UTC

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Amethyst separates DMs into known and requests. I ink it is just based in whether you follow the other npub, but I could see it ring some WoT threshold. Seems like a common UX pattern that could be tuned to your needs.

2025-05-22 20:35:29 UTC

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This is what I've been looking for. Perfect 💯

2025-05-15 14:19:46 UTC

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2025-05-14 15:45:47 UTC

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The issue is not witness data but putting data in UTXOs that then can't be pruned. Some metaprotocols use this as a workaround to the OP_RETURN limit. Easing this limit will remove pressure from the UTXO bloat. If you don't want spam, price it out of the market, don't play games with default filters.

2025-05-13 01:29:16 UTC

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Yeah, I agree. Some of these cool things are a bit too tech-centric still. I think khatru and haven are probably another example of this.

2025-05-13 01:26:11 UTC

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Yeah, but the fact that they aren't makes me wonder who is getting higher than market rates. Either strike is taking a high margin or the sources of capital are asking for too much. I just want transparency to which it is.

2025-05-13 00:58:37 UTC

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Rates seem high to me for overcollateralized USD loans. Similar products are in the mid single digits. I'd like to see a breakdown of the fee calculation. It seems to be high markup or lots of middlemen taking a cut.

2025-05-13 00:54:10 UTC

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I've heard people taking about khatru + haven for this. Haven't tried it myself nor sure about start9 setup.

2025-05-09 01:16:25 UTC

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2025-05-06 05:15:37 UTC

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How can I listen without the normie platforms?

2025-05-05 07:14:48 UTC

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Maybe publish to @nprofile…tdq0?

2025-05-05 00:24:53 UTC