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Unchained QA Engineer. Honolulu BitDevs host.

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2025-12-03 17:46:04 UTC

mcp_agent_mail + nostr relay = networked local and remote agents 🤔
https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/mcp_agent_mail

2025-03-03 00:28:46 UTC

Now it's just going to be a constant stream of "Can you add my shitcoin to the crypto reserve next, Trump?" Because we're apparently opening that can of worms and de-legitimizing BTC as the only viable reserve asset, there's no reasonable line to draw now.
The grifters will keep grifting because that's the only chance they have to get rich off meme coins. A constant stream of weak-willed justifications for how PoopCoin is basically the same as Solana, which is basically the same as Ethereum. And they're basically right.
Everything could have been so much simpler if we'd just stuck to common sense principles and formed a BTC-only reserve. 🤷‍♂️ I guess nation states will have to touch the stove like everyone else, but I hate that my tax dollars are funding it.
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/president-trump-confirms-strategic-crypto-reserve-with-bitcoin-and-altcoins/

2025-01-28 21:42:40 UTC

I waited too long to buy into the Red Rising hype. Great series so far.

2025-01-20 05:56:19 UTC

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@npub1yfg…v6vg is probably the best music-focused UX for more decentralized distribution/payment.

2025-01-17 00:13:43 UTC

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Watch this video together: https://youtu.be/YtFOxNbmD38?feature=shared

2025-01-02 23:55:03 UTC

I appreciate that @RabbitHoleRecap + No Agenda cover all the news I need to care about.

2025-01-02 23:44:46 UTC

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For custodial, River or Strike can serve this purpose better than Coinbase. You don't have to leave funds with the custodian for long but can instead use them as a pretty seamless "swap" service to get in/out of Lightning.
For non-custodial, Aqua is probably the simplest. Requires a couple steps because you have to peg in or out between Liquid <> on-chain BTC. Funds at rest are L-BTC, but you can pay Lightning invoices, which happen via a Boltz swap under the hood.
Blockstream's Green wallet also makes it pretty easy to receive on-chain BTC to automatically open new channels and enable LN payments.

2024-11-06 18:47:57 UTC

The squirrel shifted the timeline back.

2024-09-03 19:15:12 UTC

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Banana chips in coconut oil sound bomb. Will have to try that. Maybe with a little cinnamon sprinkled on top

2024-08-21 22:18:17 UTC

https://youtu.be/47BxsqDrLkw #music

2024-07-29 19:59:51 UTC

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I don't have any ad/marketing graphics on hand for a meetup like that, but if you're trying to build a presentation of some sort, I think these resources are pretty good. Might be able to pull some useful stuff.
@npub14hn…a32x has some of the best graphics, so check these out:
https://anilsaidso.gumroad.com/
There are also some good graphics, points, and charts in this Fidelity report:
https://fwc.widen.net/s/fkvbv7ph9k/fidelity-digital-assets---revisiting-persisting-bitcoin-criticisms
If you're looking for quick bullet points refuting various FUD lines, this website is pretty good:
https://safehodl.github.io/failure/
Learn Me A Bitcoin also has some nice beginner graphics/diagrams:
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/beginners/

2024-07-26 20:15:05 UTC

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I was going to suggest this too! Very interesting book in audio.

2024-07-20 21:36:23 UTC

I'm organizing a bitcoin-focused panel discussion at the Honolulu Tech Week conference in mid-September (https://www.honolulutechweek.com) and am looking for 2-3 more bitcoiners to participate.
This will be a great opportunity to expose people to the #bitcoin rabbit hole and inspire them to start adopting it in their daily lives.
If you or someone you know might be interested, please shoot me a DM!

2024-07-09 23:28:06 UTC

After listening to @npub1dtg…up6m and @npub1guh…6hjy on TFTC, I can't wait for a copy of @npub1zf8…7888.
We need more second-order #bitcoin content like this. Yes, bitcoin is going to make us all rich, but then what? Today's hodlers have a massive responsibility to reshape the future and be stewards of the virtues we want to see in the world.
https://m.primal.net/JLpo.png

2024-06-13 21:54:16 UTC

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This is dope

2024-05-31 18:18:55 UTC

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I'd love to get one of these or some battle ropes, but I need the space for it first.

2024-05-10 23:35:47 UTC

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I've honestly had a lot of issues with it. I want to like it because I like the roadmap and ethos, but I have payments fail all the time, the fedimint integration hasn't worked once for me, routes constantly fail for the LN Address, etc. I pay for Mutiny+ to support development, but Zeus is my daily driver to self-custodial LN right now. Just works more reliably for me.

2024-05-10 23:28:45 UTC

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I was trying to test out Mutiny's LN address, but I guess it's not working. Swapped to a different one, so I think it'll work now.

2024-05-10 22:59:16 UTC

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😁

2024-04-29 22:27:31 UTC

meat sweats🫃

2024-04-26 01:27:46 UTC

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* @npub1cwn…raju
If you go the BTCPay route, I'd probably do it through @npub15kl…4m73 to reduce a lot of the friction.

2024-04-26 01:25:05 UTC

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BTCPay is incredible if you put in the work, but there are simpler options. @Zaprite might be worth checking out.
Or maybe https://swiss-bitcoin-pay.ch/

2024-04-24 22:42:23 UTC

The Feds don't want you to know this, but you can just add scrambled eggs to whatever meal you want. It doesn't have to belong.

2024-04-16 01:13:27 UTC

Japan was beautiful
https://m.primal.net/HvjP.jpg

2024-03-27 19:22:11 UTC

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Still chasing that high

2024-03-20 19:40:52 UTC

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+1 on Arc. Mobile and desktop are great. The summarize and "browse for me" features are actually really useful.

2024-03-20 19:35:00 UTC

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Great explanation. Thanks for demystifying it a bit.

2024-03-08 20:27:56 UTC

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GM - still in the AM here in Hawaii 🏝️

2024-03-01 21:59:54 UTC

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Until what you want to purchase now is worth more to you than the potential upside later.

2024-02-28 23:43:00 UTC

mood
https://youtu.be/5qiC3HArEkU?feature=shared

2024-02-24 22:55:17 UTC

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🥜

2024-02-13 17:20:13 UTC

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the next step is to just put a pool of canola oil in the middle

2024-02-13 17:18:50 UTC

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"Let's circle back to that" for eternity

2024-02-12 18:07:43 UTC

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*with medium-to-high signal

2024-02-10 21:44:45 UTC

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Liquid is federated, but it's an interesting way to consolidate UTXOs cheaply before you settle on-chain. Aqua itself is a good tradeoff balance for some people - interoperable with Lightning without requiring liquidity management. I consider it a decent onboarding tool for people that aren't yet ready for self-custodial LN like Phoenix, @npub1mut…23vg , @npub1xnf…lpr5 , etc. Avoids the upfront liquidity cost to establish a new channel.

2024-02-04 07:31:11 UTC

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@npub1w69…zltw has some great content on this
https://graduallythensuddenly.xyz/pay-me-in-bitcoin-theory/

2024-02-04 07:28:38 UTC

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a classic

2024-02-04 07:22:15 UTC

Raw milk + raw honey is the elixir of life

2024-02-04 01:38:45 UTC

“Like our stomachs, our minds are hurt more often by overeating than by hunger.” — Petrarch
https://media.tenor.com/_qVkYotde0gAAAAM/real-smartphone.gif

2024-01-16 19:53:40 UTC

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I've been loving Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series. Very deep & rich storytelling. Also very long.
https://www.brandonsanderson.com/the-stormlight-archive-series/

2023-12-18 20:41:36 UTC

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exactly what a co-conspirator would say 🤔

2023-11-16 23:11:04 UTC

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https://vimeo.com/731755923
Best simple explainer on the concept of Chaumian mints.

2023-09-23 20:29:06 UTC

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neat

2023-09-08 00:05:52 UTC

“Operator roles: Life stages in the saga of a PSBT”
New blog post just dropped.
Great work @npub1y9v…3ykn 👏
https://unchained.com/blog/operator-roles-life-stages-in-the-saga-of-a-psbt/

2023-08-10 19:57:55 UTC

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@npub1tq7…xzxp has written some great articles on this very topic.
Check out the latest:
https://unchained.com/blog/bitcoin-signing-mass/

2023-08-09 21:42:35 UTC

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Definitely unlucky timing for your visit! Over here on Oahu, it’s been windy enough to cause some damage, but nothing too crazy.

2023-08-07 21:33:16 UTC

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@npub1evv…mf9f is a great example!

2023-08-07 21:30:10 UTC

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Have you checked out @npub13ql…qcg7's new Boostagram Ball music radio podcast? He highlights a couple other success stories on there!
https://fountain.fm/show/aQkLhuRJEITMaGtG5P40

2023-08-06 02:23:36 UTC

Fantastic convo between @npub1h8n…rpev and Dhruv! Several concepts I hadn’t considered before. 🤔
https://fountain.fm/episode/4dTzJJgLxwJMcdwhfDg2

2023-07-20 20:48:53 UTC

👀
https://www.kennedy24.com/becoming_a_defender_of_democracy https://cdn.nostr.build/i/217aafe9ad2efe64548617ae0bd33c5fea0a11a06fbe24652f0e54478843f760.jpg

2023-06-27 18:33:45 UTC

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Fat, lazy, rule-following tax cattle

2023-06-16 22:08:52 UTC

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Nice 🫡

2023-06-16 22:06:25 UTC

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How is it?

2023-06-15 19:50:06 UTC

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🙋‍♂️

2023-06-15 18:44:31 UTC

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Oof 10 min is tight. Good luck!

2023-06-11 02:36:38 UTC

“As Americans today, we are truly privileged people in a privileged land. But with our blessings come responsibilities, and with responsibilities come risks. The challenge of our time is that we must accept both the responsibilities of our blessings and the risks involved in defending them for ourselves and for future generations, and we must do this without hesitation if we are to be worthy benefactors of that precious heritage of freedom passed on to us through the epic sacrifices of those who have gone before.”
Fantastic new (and free) documentary about communism, encroaching tyranny, and the globalist agenda.
https://plandemicseries.com/

2023-06-10 23:24:15 UTC

https://nostr.build/i/dec80e48bd27d41cfdf921ae4d1f2324e6abc15438af30f4737c7b92023425f2.jpg

2023-06-10 23:16:34 UTC

It’s so easy to waste a ton of time messing around with Midjourney https://nostr.build/i/94687d99a009d43ef7a5ecf2300b233e0e77babdb4d7035781cfc4ce12883d1c.jpg

2023-06-10 07:55:04 UTC

https://nostr.build/i/83f21b9ca682a7953ca008006bc78263d8913024ded311c5c961bd933f482750.jpg

2023-06-09 02:09:58 UTC

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npub1m72pdynrlmrpstrxu49k828r5xjlqc9hgtz9zfmy4m30u40uqxgsgkjxux
primal.net/robby
🙏🤙

2023-06-03 07:05:38 UTC

https://nostr.build/i/4e83c1c676b7dbf66379d2f2c7616fe7929eae9431f8c284b50c10fe3fa44f09.jpg

2023-06-02 19:46:39 UTC

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As a note app nerd, I am incredibly excited for this.

2023-06-02 19:02:33 UTC

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This is a recurring post in the Unchained chat every week 🕺

2023-05-30 18:33:25 UTC

How long until I can generate a podcast transcript and share highlights from it on nostr with links back to the specific timestamp of the audio? #note1wza…dyr7

2023-05-30 18:30:42 UTC

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Next step is to plug the transcript into some LLM and get auto-generated summaries on-demand.

2023-05-29 06:44:54 UTC

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This was great. Thanks! 🙏

2023-05-28 01:08:05 UTC

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Perfect!

2023-05-27 23:17:37 UTC

Reading through Burak’s www.arkpill.me again trying to prep for HNL BitDevs https://nostr.build/i/466bee4defdaa1e4eaaa9f6cb6b740a99a9d8dd28dddd86c574c1de496088b1d.jpg

2023-05-27 00:05:27 UTC

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I can’t wait to test out an MVP of this. Sounds so cool

2023-05-26 01:02:01 UTC

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I think data-intensive stuff like video and decentralized apps will move to Holepunch, and punch links will get shared around via nostr.

2023-05-26 00:23:49 UTC

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Why even ask? Did he expect anyone to prefer closed source?

2023-05-26 00:20:22 UTC

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Surprised I’ve never seen that one

2023-05-26 00:18:58 UTC

🏝️ Honolulu BitDevs is next Monday (5/29) for any #nostrplebs that happen to be on island
https://www.hnlbtc.group/bit-devs/events/socratic-seminar-22/

2023-05-24 17:53:23 UTC

Who needs a Pomodoro timer when you’ve got a pet that cries for attention every 20 minutes anyway?

2023-05-20 01:06:44 UTC

https://nostr.build/i/1179767e4a7504e543d9e83c6a1c251d287d0c1784275ac7d840380a719cfde2.jpg

2023-05-17 20:47:34 UTC

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Everything’s about trade offs, and it sounds like your team is working hard to balance them. I’m sure it’ll check the boxes for quite a few people, and I’m excited to try it out myself!

2023-05-17 19:35:32 UTC

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Setup multi-vendor multisig, and then you don’t have to worry as much about each hardware wallet. One could be compromised without you losing everything.

2023-05-17 19:32:53 UTC

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I thought Jack had reposted their article from yesterday about seed phrases (https://bitkey.build/seed-phrases-are-sharp-edges/) and responded before I saw it was a new article about hardware device screens.
I don’t agree with all the reasoning in that seed phrase article. Ultimately, someone has to control the seed. If the user doesn’t keep a copy themselves, then they’re deferring trust somewhere else.
“Seedless” custody generally puts a lot of trust in the device securing that seed. Without a seed backup, hardware failures are catastrophic for singlesig setups. I would never do seedless unless it were multisig. But even with seedless multisig, losing a device means you have to deal with a more complicated key rotation process, rather than just recovering the same seed into a new device.
In Block’s Bitkey setup, it sounds like it’s seedless multisig “until you need to export the seed”. It’s yet to be seen how sovereign that recovery can be or if you’ll have to ultimately get permission to access a seed or move to a different multisig coordinator. It sounds prone to lock-in, but I’d need to read more about the technical details to know.
There are trade offs to various approaches, and I don’t think their seed phrase article properly highlights those trade offs.
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But like I said, the article Jack linked in the OP is a different topic - hardware device screens. It seems pretty well reasoned, but I only skimmed it. I don’t know if I agree with all the listed attack vectors and risks associated with over-reliance on device screens. I prefer a screen on the device, but screenless might work well enough in their setup, since it’ll have a server-side component to help verify data.
Regardless, it’s a unique approach, and I’m interested to see how it develops. Will probably be a good onboarding option for less technical people.

2023-05-17 18:50:36 UTC

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Not a fan of the seedless approach myself.

2023-05-17 18:40:46 UTC

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https://nostr.build/i/4f00deb66fa5566a09b78f361357124adbe27367a700007e4e251f38cafe5022.jpg

2023-05-17 18:35:18 UTC

Flush niacin is the best preworkout

2023-05-17 18:26:17 UTC

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Yeah I expected to hear more about Holepunch since the docs were released, but I’m only aware of Keet. Holepunch definitely seems more complicated than nostr to develop on, but both have overlapping use cases.
From what I understand, it’s basically a way to create direct data streams between peers. So it seems like a great way to efficiently move around large amounts of data. Almost like BitTorrent but for dynamic data instead of static files.

2023-05-17 03:34:51 UTC

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I’d like to see something like this but with Holepunch instead of BitTorrent.

2023-05-17 01:32:24 UTC

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I’m really gonna give those telemarketers the runaround now

2023-05-17 01:30:23 UTC

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The interoperability is what blows my mind. Totally different micro apps can all tap into a shared data stream of all your Nostr interactions to create really personalized user experiences that all build off of each other 🤯

2023-05-17 01:16:23 UTC

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Sparrow is the best software wallet available. Deserves way more adoption

2023-05-14 23:23:14 UTC

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I keep waiting for projects other than Keet to pop up, but I haven’t really heard anything. I’d like more concrete examples of how to use Holepunch for different use cases.

2023-05-11 19:11:58 UTC

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You store the markdown files locally on your machine, so you can manually version control/backup however you want. I use periodic git backups for mine, but I also use their Sync service, which I think lets you restore old file versions too. 🤔

2023-05-11 19:10:13 UTC

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It’s self-hosted md files on your machine

2023-05-11 18:42:59 UTC

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Not officially. I’ll get invites up soon though. It will probably be 10/23 because I’m going out of town on the 30th.

2023-05-11 02:00:56 UTC

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I took some creative liberty to make it a bit more nostr-esque 😁 https://nostr.build/i/e2520a2f0e141123e2a1a614ad1da83ca15a7292880bee91ff2ada34ba0218ea.jpg https://nostr.build/i/b240645df12c7995a6b8ede7e398d69532a99d4fdb16b1b2e907d8755a84a123.jpg https://nostr.build/i/52beedcc9e5c6cd23a7095ae957f18786ad04957a4e3bd8de1c50a050fc0ac5b.jpg https://nostr.build/i/e24ac1205937a02327adc7f22ea8fc237dc121dfb15dee44c57b8a5120639701.jpg

2023-05-11 01:59:10 UTC

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Midjourney prompt: A profile picture of a robot that is sleek and modern, with clean lines and a minimalist design, black and white color scheme, professional and efficient vibe --v 5 https://nostr.build/i/aef8158cc4288f69ed90646dc4dfbce38e9123954dd7bd095b5b7f610da6b931.jpg https://nostr.build/i/ad0b1ba9306213ad87ae8e93f516b47fe44495d5b1ea4b91cf9f437812793f7c.jpg https://nostr.build/i/b16a05503751f920198d93732e719d5cc79db7b7a1f08f57d1b578823a91157a.jpg https://nostr.build/i/f9b1f888f3145e1953bfe94047cf067de5b5797a90ca200908889856eddc819c.jpg

2023-05-10 20:40:39 UTC

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That should line up with HNL Bitdevs at the end of October 👀

2023-04-21 17:45:21 UTC

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Guy’s reading of Gigi’s Purple Text, Orange Highlights. His commentary discussed a lot of the same note-taking tools I’ve tried, and I’ve had similar complaints. And Gigi’s article itself has been turning around in my head for days.
https://fountain.fm/episode/14970529440

2023-04-21 02:11:07 UTC

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https://nostr.how/en/get-started

2023-04-20 05:20:44 UTC

#[0]‘s Purple Text, Orange Highlights and #[1]‘s #[2] have really got my mind spinning.
It’s a no-brainer for existing reader apps to integrate #nostr, especially once we have value splits in place to give them a cut of the sats.
Now I’m trying to think of how I could build an Obsidian plugin to pull in these highlights as part of my typical note-taking flow 🤔

2023-04-20 05:08:48 UTC

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Sounds like a pretty cool guy

2023-04-20 02:30:31 UTC

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Guy Swann ASMR

2023-04-20 02:05:16 UTC

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_2e4fd8bb4ed23abf1c3f978f738c18eae699c2cc7a78627d4826e42e6ae56a1c.jpeg

2023-04-20 02:03:53 UTC

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This is peak aesthetic