luke500
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Sure, Bitcoin is digital freedom. But I am sure you thought about where we're heading. By the end of this year, half of the planet could have a digital ID embedded within their OS: mobile, desktop, everywhere. Sure thing, a digital wallet will follow suit.
Fast forward 10 years from now, what happens when you can't access technology that relies on the internet or a computer? If those dependencies are gated, what then?
To be honest, I do use GrapheneOS, but my government still has guns. It seems we are moving toward a future where everyday devices and technology become increasingly limited or very hard to access. I'd love to have a genuine, curious discussion about this with you all.
https://blossom.primal.net/6c7a17977c3506f78f3ab9cd22893437c2abdd2b2c51dff156aef8524f92dc6f.png
#nevent1q…ephl

2026-07-18 08:50:34 UTC

Long before Pepe was a thing, William J. Kolomyjec (b. 1947) got inspired by his friend Charles Csuri and came up with the idea of Frog Pong.
Coded in FORTRAN on a CDC 6500 mainframe (super) computer and plotted out a Calcomp 936 drum plotter at Michigan State University during the artist's MFA/PhD studies.
🐸🐸🐸
https://blossom.primal.net/5fd822976e919c36c5ad99a9c4ca41017933977614b1f1fedb08946bfa1b2cbb.jpg

2026-07-18 07:22:34 UTC

I can't believe Simon Nixon couldn't care to get on NOSTR. https://blossom.primal.net/fa64f3471cf7141e6be7b94fa79bac43c8fec7e76eba6adcfd82731b856becfe.png

2026-07-13 14:42:15 UTC

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Yes it’s them! They just build the marketplace but everything is bitcoin native, there are no wrappers thank god 🤗

2026-07-13 08:14:08 UTC

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thank you! 🤗 you can see the series here: https://www.floraforms.io

2026-07-12 21:32:56 UTC

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Don't block me pls! 😁🌻🌸🌹
https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs0uw70cfcmkvc4n7eleupq9xwewzf8j255j68q9fff2n4fsqs24yg4ys2u5

2026-07-12 09:41:08 UTC

Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and more are the enemies.
The reason is simple: you will never know when, or most importantly what, surveillance software they may install on your personal devices or the apps you use daily.
Take iOS 26.4, the first update to introduce the Age Verification in compliance with the Digital Service Act and forthcoming legal frameworks in your country. By the time you realized, it was too late.
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger (laughable), and perhaps even Telegram and Viber cannot be trusted. WeChat and Line, no comment.
Signal, the gold standard, may not be enough but it is something even your parents could at least begin to use and is better than nothing. Privacy is an absolute human right, as fundamental as the freedom to transact.
https://blossom.primal.net/a1bf4ec438b2a59ff0f217bcf52fa458d18a9a174a03d8e61c90ed5bd17624cc.png

2026-06-21 13:57:47 UTC

The hard truth is that the majority of digital art on the blockchain won’t stand the test of time. Smart contracts will be hacked one by one, metadata will be lost, and 'alternative blockchains' will wind down their operations. As an art enthusiast, it pains me to say it, but Bitcoin is the only one that will actually endure and even that won’t be enough to preserve the culture of digital artifacts.
https://blossom.primal.net/55eaf73c795d06ceddd6cdce1ef5bdd9611edbe7fbccc59f579a26890a9a48da.mp4

2026-06-05 18:12:35 UTC

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We need more art on Nostr
#nevent1q…t8q3

2026-06-01 15:49:15 UTC

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They were indeed! 🤣 and minted everything onto the immutable blockchain. Which was one of the first L2s. And the most centralised one. Now they are on even a worse one if you ask me as they must prove themselves (GL lol)

2026-06-01 15:35:08 UTC

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I own few collectibles on veve, never understood the digital comics twins to be honest. However very little conviction to be honest

2026-06-01 15:33:14 UTC

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They were on immutable, but moved on antoehr L2 now. Whats your POV?

2026-03-29 12:17:48 UTC

Hello from my GrapheneOS.

2026-03-22 10:37:27 UTC

From the Art Basel x UBS 2025 report:
"The number of works created in the last 20 years that sold for over $1 million fell by almost a third, to 117 works in 2025. In 2021, at the peak of the market for ultra-Contemporary works, 21 recently created works sold at auction for over $10 million, including digital artworks by Beeple, Pak, and others, whereas in 2025 there were only three, and they sold at considerably lower prices. These included Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet sculpture America (2016), which sold for $12.1 million at Sotheby’s New York, and two works by Yoshitomo Nara: Cosmic Eyes (in the Milky Lake) (2005) for $11.5 million at Sotheby’s London and I Can’t Wait ‘til the Night Comes (2012) for $10.3 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong." https://blossom.primal.net/e25e2af633fe0d2f2a8e76b36beb3e68feebd32a31c34b8f778903fc0589611c.png

2026-02-20 20:48:42 UTC

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not on my node

2026-02-09 22:33:19 UTC

Goodbye Discord. Who’s next?

2026-02-01 10:11:14 UTC

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It’s been run poorly like many other public companies

2026-01-31 09:09:14 UTC

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Indeed, and I commend AirGap for being one of the best open source wallet for normal people. However, with DAC8 it is really dangerous to self custody and use centralized exchanges at this point. It requires strategy and education

2026-01-31 09:05:47 UTC

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if they decide to study Bitcoin further my next suggestion is to try a lighting wallet. EVERYTHING but the self custody (which is the last level). A year ago it would've been the other way around.

2026-01-31 09:03:45 UTC

Normie friends are reaching out as they want to start investing. I'm sorry, but within the EU there's no chance to custody Bitcoin for those who just want to buy a couple hundred bucks. That's why I tell them to buy IBIT in Europe and chill.
https://blossom.primal.net/36d86b94b0e4f753eeb7e76b583c14590dff0dff716005b73f2d2e356160305b.png

2026-01-29 13:58:30 UTC

I have a childhood friend in the States, we basically grew up together. These days we regularly talk about investing and share ideas. They’re already millionaires, yet they still refuse to seriously look into Bitcoin. So now, every day, I have Grok generate a short video that literally calls out their name and just says: ‘Buy IBIT.’ 🥲

2026-01-21 07:50:23 UTC

If you live in the States, five years ago you were using one of these. But in 1970 (some of you were already around), Americans had these Kennedy half dollars in their pockets: 40% silver, 11.5g total weight, half dollar face value. Worth $14 now. 🤑
https://blossom.primal.net/38d0c4db538c6d853af6f2b3b0b000fec2d871f7fa11b27b63bc6b95459f111e.png

2026-01-11 11:44:08 UTC

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have you tried/considered running local LLMs?

2026-01-11 09:24:53 UTC

Gm Nostr! Appreciate you very much! Some art for my feed: Death by Algorithm. XCOPY, 2019.
https://blossom.primal.net/d6e535e0ff1bd69d8e8b4d6423674cb8df750f44d8d94af6f533e4a5ab1bdb3c.gif

2025-12-14 09:22:16 UTC

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Name a museum which owns and sells art on Bitcoin. I'll start: Belvedere Museum.
https://blossom.primal.net/f1bede998f3acabd9f1ade62a3ad295e95e2c08705fb3ff28401805a8b9205c7.jpg
#nevent1q…kqpj

2025-12-08 00:06:35 UTC

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You should try! :)

2025-11-30 11:26:00 UTC

Since February 2024, every Sunday, both the artist and his community share ‘flowers’ on the timeline as a gentle ritual appreciating the art behind Flora Forms. The first Bitcoin art collection adopted by a 300-year-old museum, house of Gustav Klimt’s ‘The Kiss,’ to which the collection is inspired. #sendflowers
https://image.nostr.build/23c2cb3ab8427ffe4d9d5f11d9cfd89e8387845f50df17a432c2e61ed4558cc5.jpg

2025-11-25 17:31:06 UTC

Signed up for Audible and got 1 credit to acquire an audio book. Didn’t hesitate on my pick, and I can now listen to @LynAlden Broken Money
https://blossom.primal.net/d0c99085bc22f1450c8d0307e8ca7d949218145a5e52ed957963c1b5a8053ae7.png

2025-11-25 12:02:30 UTC

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Excited to do my part 🤗

2025-11-25 07:56:49 UTC

A new node is in town! My setup: Raspberry Pi 5 16gb, Argon Neo 5 case with active cooling and NVMe hat, 2TB SSD. https://blossom.primal.net/40636d7a4429d67c04c01b040722efa66f7c4303eecf47601fcc5957c1335308.gif

2025-11-23 09:37:43 UTC

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My setup in WIP… and I’m already sweaty 🛜🛜🛜
#nevent1q…cwvj

2025-11-19 13:37:04 UTC

The record sale of Gustav Klimt’s painting (second only to Salvator Mundi) shows that art never dies. Do you agree the same is true for art on Bitcoin? Interestingly, a 300-year-old museum that houses many Klimt masterpieces has indeed collected and promoted Bitcoin based art.
https://blossom.primal.net/7debe25fcbff90b3c73ff58fc9cc05b6ca0a78a2efb93d1140b826c68f367fa5.png

2025-11-19 13:07:07 UTC

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do you think you'd have enough to also run a Nostr relay? Just trying to understand if 8gb are enough... and I bet you had much fun assembly all together!

2025-11-18 12:51:22 UTC

It’s time to set my first full bitcoin node up. And, why not, also a Nostr relay. I wonder if a Raspberry Pi 5 16GB is too much or not. Umbrel 2TB would be my go to, but it’s to pricy. Any thoughts?
https://blossom.primal.net/6312a98b0d029fbfe5885747202ae4d95b3ac0ed934814dc68f6d3b5d620b2a6.jpg

2025-11-18 12:48:50 UTC

Nostr is up. Viva Nostr

2025-11-11 10:58:19 UTC

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Thank you! 💪

2025-10-07 20:33:55 UTC

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I mentioned the fees because this is easily replicable even with fees, making it extremely convenient and attractive. I am thinking do start this journey myself :) despite I do have different DCAs. I still find it as a completely different and much more beautiful approach :)

2025-10-07 06:48:01 UTC

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My favourite experiment! Even at a hefty 2% fee (Revolut for Europeans charges a little less than that) it still makes sense to keep going!
#nevent1q…ypjj

2025-09-20 10:58:31 UTC

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Yes!

2025-09-20 10:58:11 UTC

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Man, this is probably my fav piece!

2025-09-20 10:38:15 UTC

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Wtf

2025-09-20 07:31:15 UTC

Digital collectibles. That's it! AmEx is now into it.
https://blossom.primal.net/9615fc006c07da2a450c5ede5e0bbed2eb8de154c307007d59faa0fdabe834c0.png

2025-09-20 07:29:17 UTC

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Gm 🫡

2025-09-15 12:23:13 UTC

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Love this experiment!
#nevent1q…kph7

2025-09-14 11:21:38 UTC

Arrangements: a collaboration between the award-winning visual poet Ana María Caballero and the UNESCO Francisco Carolinum Museum, Linz. The 130-year-old institution wanted to celebrate the 200th anniversary of composer Anton Bruckner’s birth. The visuals are curated by the generative artist Harto, and (most importantly) everything is inscribed in Bitcoin for preservation.
There's a lot more to uncover about this stunning work (824 unique pieces) both on the artistic and the technical side...
https://blossom.primal.net/51901fb13f30f448a8ef4649675a5301afbce83fa3bc3921622309f680b85436.png

2025-09-09 20:35:29 UTC

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Sporadically:) too much noise to be honest

2025-09-09 06:45:47 UTC

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Let them try to censor bitcoin

2025-09-08 12:54:43 UTC

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Reading this on my phone… painful

2025-09-07 08:01:31 UTC

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This should be the collection: https://magiceden.io/ordinals/marketplace/viewfinder

2025-09-06 13:18:44 UTC

A 302 years old institution, one of the oldest museums in the world is adopting, promoting, and stewarding art on Bitcoin. The Viewfinder collection, by the artist Marcel Schwittlick (b.1989), was recently presented in a breathtaking venue: The Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria.
https://blossom.primal.net/a02ddd8a876486c5cdf05ecf9930294a20370e3d70d472ee4646ca3e708358d6.mov

2025-09-01 10:43:21 UTC

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Thanks for sharing this! In Europe we have revolut but they carry some fees

2025-08-31 17:27:34 UTC

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dope one! what platform did you go by?

2025-08-31 17:24:38 UTC

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here for the comments mostly :) I used to like Bitcoin Fundamentals by a lot.

2025-08-30 07:31:50 UTC

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Trying Damus on iPad now

2025-08-29 17:17:07 UTC

Reddit officially retires the Reddit Collectible Avatars (RCA) program. These avatars were a unique way to customise PFPs with multiple personalisation option. They onboarded over 30 million wallets (users may have multiple) without explaining the technology. Pre-IPO, the program gained significant traction, generating millions in value. Pictured: the iconic Nyan Cat by Chris Torres.
https://blossom.primal.net/831f838885772494a9fe42bb14b5cd9e53c3f80ed2ca690b3d59a1bccef4c8b2.png

2025-08-29 16:56:55 UTC

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having all the options is not on the table, I guess?

2025-08-16 15:50:54 UTC

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😍😍😍

2025-08-15 13:22:32 UTC

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Oh that’s wonderful! 😍 and you are the artist❤️❤️❤️

2025-08-15 08:51:38 UTC

My first Rare Pepe. I picked up the cheapest one with the best provenance: PEPECASH. The 11th card in first series of beloved collectibles on the Bitcoin's side chain XCP. This card was (and still is) used as a medium of exchange to buy other cards, and it had an initial supply of a billion. https://blossom.primal.net/87d45714cfa20fada16cecd4982a3c667cf49fa6212a467ae480c81cd4e7a249.png

2025-08-14 08:56:01 UTC

Digital collectibles for the masses: Pokemon Home Medals. https://blossom.primal.net/4abf1f98582f8ac0f1e19443a474be73394cae0b99a4ff21a92169d387e3000e.jpg

2025-08-14 08:50:54 UTC

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bro speaking the truth

2025-08-04 19:59:34 UTC

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EU travel rule is already in palace and does exactly that

2025-08-04 12:37:46 UTC

For newcomers: NOSTR is a protocol like Farcaster. You have login details (keys like username and password) usable across multiple apps and clients. It runs on private servers, with no company behind it, making it uncensorable. If one server goes down, another remains active. https://blossom.primal.net/131d4fb201b9643c0789543ceea8d7b4af7a66c95b2d8d750047ba8b167ea483.mp4

2025-08-04 11:29:30 UTC

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On it. 🫡

2025-08-03 13:26:55 UTC

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The easiest way to get it is having a second device with this app opened. Could be a MacBook, a tablet and so on

2025-08-03 11:53:19 UTC

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This is brilliant: https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1951923945365442858

2025-08-03 09:34:43 UTC

What is the easiest way to ramp up on lightning? Possibly via a DEX?

2025-08-03 08:23:57 UTC

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what's Erin's npub pls?

2025-08-01 10:37:01 UTC

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D O N O T C O M P L Y (I will probably do, on my personal 2007 accounts - long live nostr!)

2025-07-31 16:40:22 UTC

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It’s spreading like a disease

2025-07-27 11:24:30 UTC

I am extremely frustrated by the EU, UK, and Irish regulators. With the exception for UK, and maybe Ireland, that's all what we export.
Regulations.
The path is clear: KYC for every Social Media.
As long as Nostr and Farcaster exist (sorry but we need all the options) I am fine.

2025-04-07 23:05:33 UTC

Hey everyone, Luke here! First encountered Bitcoin back in 2010 when colleagues mined it on clunky old PCs. Dismissed it as a scam and ignored it for years. Until 2020, when it crashed to $7K. Dipped my toes in it, bought some sats, and dove into Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum’s smart contracts. That’s when I started collecting digital art. Fast forward five years, collaborating with artists and galleries. And I’m on Nostr, hooked on decentralization, innovation, and supporting artists thriving in a medium built for their generation. Still haven’t set up that Bitcoin full node, though—working on it!
https://m.primal.net/QHtF.jpg

2025-04-07 11:09:22 UTC

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Reminds me of the glorious Nokia N-Gage… it was rocking Symbian and the world was a lil bit better :)