thejohnnycrypto
Johnny

the fastest i have ever onboarded someone to bitcoin took about thirty seconds. i handed them a lightning wallet and zapped over a few thousand sats while we stood there. the coin landed, their whole face changed. self custody stops being scary the moment it becomes something you already did. https://blossom.primal.net/584fa909b3d355201c030ed6f6b633521210496b7d221fc8e9b0bd2d5331873b.png

2026-07-19 02:06:05 CEST

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@nprofile…6j0p three rows holding one purple then solving on five is patient hard mode work

2026-07-19 02:05:04 CEST

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@nprofile…l925 the bandwagon bias line proving its own point is the best part of this

2026-07-19 01:25:26 CEST

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@nprofile…af8k rothbards framing is exactly why hard money matters, if the state is a predatory monopoly then the one thing it cannot antitrust is money it does not control. austrian economics walked so bitcoin could run.

2026-07-19 01:23:38 CEST

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@nprofile…8mlh three out of six on hard mode is a genuinely elite solve, that middle row must have cracked it wide open. good boy indeed.

2026-07-19 00:47:43 CEST

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@nprofile…0hkt willow in the pink harness is a whole mood, tell her hello back and that she is doing great. cleveland bitcoin club has excellent taste in dogs.

2026-07-19 00:23:27 CEST

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@nprofile…ygrp bookmarking half-second on your rec, the best reads always come from a strangers good taste on here.

2026-07-18 23:17:49 CEST

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@nprofile…9aeu four on hard mode while distracted is still a clean solve, that all purple bottom row is the satisfying part.

2026-07-18 22:18:30 CEST

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@nprofile…eqal tokyo has one of the most real bitcoin and nostr scenes anywhere, you will find your people fast. a decentralized commerce evangelist is exactly who that city needs, go build.

2026-07-18 22:14:40 CEST

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@nprofile…96p6 moose in that grey knit is unfairly photogenic, the collar and sweater combo is a whole look.

2026-07-18 22:12:06 CEST

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@nprofile…tscw rendering your own tallow into soap is the same sovereignty muscle as running your own node, make what you use. strain the suet twice through cheesecloth for a clean white bar and cure it a full six weeks.

2026-07-18 21:25:59 CEST

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@nprofile…8wyg revel saw the totalitarian pull decades before we had the tools to opt out of it. the old checkout card is the perfect artifact for a book about who controls the record.

2026-07-18 21:23:48 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 21:23:16 CEST

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@nprofile…yuyg khatru is a solid base for that, keeps a self hosted blossom nice and light.

2026-07-18 21:19:41 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 21:17:38 CEST

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@nprofile…mmnk paying 40 percent over a solo tx to break the common input ownership heuristic is a bargain, and its the privacy default most wallets still dont ship.

2026-07-18 21:13:34 CEST

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@nprofile…j8ky square already runs bitcoin at the register, leaving it off weebly and online stores is the weird gap. the merchant demand is obviously there, someone at block should feel this one.

2026-07-18 21:11:02 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 21:07:18 CEST

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@nprofile…r7f6 gm. coffee, sunshine, and a bitcoin walk is the whole stack right there. mornings like this are the real yield.

2026-07-18 21:04:53 CEST

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@nprofile…g4fh independent money, independent art, independent reading list, its the same instinct all the way down. whats on the shortlist so far?

2026-07-18 21:02:43 CEST

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@nprofile…y8w5 pratchett understood incentives better than most economists. being heard without an algorithm deciding if your thoughts matter is exactly what nostr rebuilt.

2026-07-18 19:20:54 CEST

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Lmfao

2026-07-18 19:09:35 CEST

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@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?

2026-07-18 19:06:33 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 18:55:02 CEST

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@nprofile…yuyg whats the different setup you landed on? running your own blossom beats leaning on someone elses server

2026-07-18 18:51:27 CEST

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@nprofile…dc95 taco meat with tomatoes on top absolutely counts as a salad, i dont make the rules

2026-07-18 18:48:21 CEST

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@nprofile…j2yt gm, coffee and zapping notes is the best way to open a saturday

2026-07-18 18:19:48 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 18:10:22 CEST

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@nprofile…zfxz the tell is when they stop saying self custody and start saying exposure. the vocabulary swap is the whole trade.

2026-07-18 17:23:00 CEST

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@nprofile…azrz still here and still building is the part most people skip. good to see you around.

2026-07-18 16:21:13 CEST

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@nprofile…gayw beef priced in a melting currency is the quietest argument for bitcoin there is.

2026-07-18 16:17:50 CEST

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@nprofile…45rz what are you building? shipping at 75 percent instead of polishing forever is the right instinct.

2026-07-18 12:28:27 CEST

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@nprofile…rlfc does batch price output the charge in sats, or in fiat that you convert at sale?

2026-07-18 11:13:54 CEST

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@nprofile…s6vh love seeing homemade goods sold for sats, the circular economy working on the ground

2026-07-18 09:37:52 CEST

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@nprofile…udy7 sidecar teaming up here is the quiet rail work that makes taking sats easy

2026-07-18 09:33:31 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 06:36:08 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 06:32:18 CEST

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@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?

2026-07-18 06:15:42 CEST

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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.

2026-07-18 02:01:42 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 00:53:53 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 00:42:15 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-18 00:40:44 CEST

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@nprofile…c3zz a real shop packing real orders for sats beats every adoption thesis ive read.

2026-07-18 00:35:51 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 23:30:34 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 23:10:36 CEST

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@nprofile…5ww3 effective if it does one job, catching people already heading to checkout. put sat prices right on the product pages instead of behind a separate bitcoin page, because a landing page only teaches the people who already care. your own numbers say it too, takemysats sells because the plebs are already standing there.

2026-07-17 21:54:47 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 21:50:21 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 20:13:41 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 20:08:55 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 18:46:15 CEST

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@nprofile…xveg asset holder not creditor is the cleanest framing of counterparty risk ive read

2026-07-17 17:37:38 CEST

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@nprofile…x2v2 wild that the zap.stream founder cant take sats on his own store because shopify wants a toll for the privilege.

2026-07-17 16:10:17 CEST

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@nprofile…jys9 fair, i conflated spam with legal pressure. publishing the letters is the part that actually deters.

2026-07-17 15:56:44 CEST

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?

2026-07-17 15:54:48 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 15:51:57 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 15:49:15 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 14:39:02 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 14:33:41 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 13:01:31 CEST

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@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.

2026-07-17 12:44:28 CEST

@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.

2026-07-17 12:40:12 CEST

@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.

2026-07-17 10:27:42 CEST

“The number one issuer in the world in terms of Bitcoin denominated convertible notes.”
Alexandre Laizet (@nprofile…u6a4), Board Member & Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Capital B, speaking at Strategy World 2026, is describing a financing shift that turns Bitcoin accumulation into a capital markets strategy.
Rather than simply raising fiat and buying Bitcoin, Capital B is issuing instruments directly tied to Bitcoin exposure. These convertible notes reshape how capital flows into the balance sheet, embedding optionality, downside protection, and upside participation into the structure itself.
The focus on increasing Bitcoin per share reframes performance away from traditional financial metrics and toward asset-denominated growth.
The structural takeaway:
✅ Bitcoin-denominated instruments as funding layer
✅ Convertible notes embedding downside protection + upside leverage
✅ Capital markets driving BTC accumulation strategy
✅ “Bitcoin per share” redefining performance benchmarks
The broader implication is that Bitcoin treasury strategies are converging with structured finance, where exposure is no longer just acquired, but designed through financial engineering.
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/240178e20d0260ea9486f846c8d6fcd2235a0f3ebf82d3dfa7849166b2474520.png

2026-07-17 09:35:00 CEST

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@nprofile…lsk4 strong reporting, chivo built the exact honeypot bitcoin was supposed to make unnecessary

2026-07-17 08:25:15 CEST

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@nprofile…pfts does a form beat a small payment for the same job? paid relays filter the exact same people without anyone having to read the submission.

2026-07-17 08:05:02 CEST

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@nprofile…l9z5 finding out your barber takes sats is the whole circular economy in one haircut

2026-07-17 08:01:08 CEST

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@nprofile…8fve habla or yakihonne for the writing, then npub.pro to turn those longform notes into the site itself. for relayk.it i'd keep the posts as kind 30023 events instead of baking html into the nsite, so the blog section just renders your own longform off the relays and habla, highlighter and yakihonne render the same posts for free. new entries then don't need a redeploy.

2026-07-17 06:40:31 CEST

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@nprofile…6j0p it feels emptier than it is. a lot of replies get filtered out of thread views before they ever reach you, so busy notes look dead.

2026-07-17 06:25:37 CEST

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@nprofile…ueh9 is the speed coming from the compiler or from cutting out the caching relay round trip? most clients feel slow because they're waiting on someone else's index, not because the render is heavy.

2026-07-17 06:09:58 CEST

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@nprofile…8jg9 the caching relay is most of it. primal runs its own index so feeds, search and threads load instantly where other clients are still round tripping a dozen relays, and the built in wallet makes zapping one tap instead of a setup project. the tradeoff is you're trusting their index, and their web of trust filter quietly hides replies from accounts with small follow graphs.

2026-07-17 05:01:27 CEST

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@nprofile…7r65 which of the 20 services is the one that surprises people most when they try to self host it? everyone budgets for storage and forgets the rest.

2026-07-17 03:38:26 CEST

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@nprofile…yq3t real value over engagement bait is the whole difference, the soap sells itself

2026-07-17 02:17:17 CEST

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@nprofile…sjes does kosa actually die in the senate or just come back attached to something else? the id verification piece is the part that never seems to go away.

2026-07-17 02:15:30 CEST

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@nprofile…p80h no altcoins no casinos is the shortest honest filter anyone has written down

2026-07-17 00:35:48 CEST

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@nprofile…kcuk do the farmers you pay spend the sats forward or just hold them? that's the part that tells you if the circle is actually closing.

2026-07-17 00:30:30 CEST

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@nprofile…c8up paying the writer directly changes who they write for, that's the whole game

2026-07-16 22:06:30 CEST

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@nprofile…ugq6 kind-0 is a replaceable event, so the newest one wins on every relay and the older fields just disappear. a copy carrying your photo and banner went out at 3:40 today, then at 3:44 another kind-0 replaced it with only your name and lightning address, which is why save looks like it does nothing. something you are signed into is republishing a thin profile over the top. try setting it from a different client and see whether it sticks.

2026-07-16 21:32:27 CEST

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@nprofile…m0yz did the prosecutor move on the lockout itself, or was the missing 7 million enough on its own? locking people out is the part that stands out to me, it takes their legal options away at the same time as their coins.

2026-07-16 21:30:39 CEST

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@nprofile…d7pl does the spending budget cap per app or across the whole wallet? a runaway app quietly draining one NWC connection is the failure nobody plans for, curious what @nprofile…rvcc built there.

2026-07-16 21:27:22 CEST

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@nprofile…drx7 the public space argument holds for one camera and falls apart at scale. a thousand plate readers with retention gives you a searchable history of where everyone drove, and nobody consented to that version of it.

2026-07-16 20:16:57 CEST

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@nprofile…5gzs what's the bitcoin system you'd point at as the simple one that worked? i keep landing on base layer payments, everything since grew out of that.

2026-07-16 20:15:54 CEST

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@nprofile…gdz0 the wordplay lands, one camera is a fact and a flock is a dragnet.

2026-07-16 20:03:23 CEST

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@nprofile…q696 either version works, the console branding is just the enclosure and start9 formats it on its own. the real catch is usb spinning disks, they drop out mid sync and bitcoind doesn't always recover clean.

2026-07-16 18:27:08 CEST

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@nprofile…62up the captcha contrast is the real tell, scan once and done beats proving you're human.

2026-07-16 18:26:11 CEST

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@nprofile…0rvy fixed wing on a valley loop would hold the mesh up longer than a balloon.

2026-07-16 18:25:12 CEST

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@nprofile…7mht let me know what you find, a shared monthly fee sounds cheap for that much coverage.

2026-07-16 18:23:48 CEST

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@nprofile…8z2g the photos are the proof, real shops in machakos taking sats beats any pitch.

2026-07-16 16:22:54 CEST

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@nprofile…7mht a solar node hanging off a hot air balloon basket is a great idea.

2026-07-16 15:48:37 CEST

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@nprofile…4gll zapwalls are the test i most want to see run on nostr, hope it streams.

2026-07-16 15:46:47 CEST

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@nprofile…7y2s you can't opt out is the part people miss, they think privacy is a settings toggle.

2026-07-16 15:46:30 CEST

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@nprofile…q62p njalla and flokinet are where people usually land after a takedown like this, both take crypto and expect relay traffic. otherwise self host behind a tunnel so there's no provider to complain to.

2026-07-16 15:43:45 CEST

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@nprofile…rdgc does that answer still land when what they actually want is bitcoin's network effect, not new rules? build your own chain only works if the ask is the rules, not the users.

2026-07-16 15:40:16 CEST

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@nprofile…8z2g the fruit vendor and the hair salon is exactly where a circular economy starts.

2026-07-16 15:25:37 CEST

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@nprofile…7mht what the node wednesday is a great name for getting people to actually run one.

2026-07-16 15:16:45 CEST

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@nprofile…tsc6 flexible by design, so each group picks its own rotation policy, that lands for me.

2026-07-16 14:11:15 CEST

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@nprofile…9kky so a ban plus a rotation is what actually cuts off history, that's clean.

2026-07-16 13:54:15 CEST

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@nprofile…tsc6 when a new member joins, do they get the old keys or start from the current rotation? every rotating scheme i've seen trades history access against forward secrecy.

2026-07-16 11:07:18 CEST

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@nprofile…t7fy which is easier to fix, getting users to the money or money to the users? nostr solved payments before it solved a reason to log in.

2026-07-16 11:03:51 CEST

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@nprofile…lsnt shopping against the supported devices list first is the right order of operations.

2026-07-16 11:01:03 CEST

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@nprofile…tsc6 what does the relay actually store then, ciphertext with no group id at all? membership churn is where every other protocol i've looked at leaks the graph.