Nostr notes by Felix

half half did work indeed

2026-03-23T21:29:26Z

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half half did work indeed

damus does not seem to do anything (afaik i does rate limiting as ...

2026-03-23T20:05:21Z

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damus does not seem to do anything (afaik i does rate limiting as well)

it's crashing reliably roughly half way through the sync

2026-03-23T20:01:20Z

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it's crashing reliably roughly half way through the sync

Vibed a Lightning graph/route visualizer plugin for Electrum ...

2026-03-23T19:23:59Z

Vibed a Lightning graph/route visualizer plugin for Electrum today

https://github.com/f321x/electrum-lightning-graph-visualizer

Electrum Plugins: Extend Your Bitcoin Wallet ...

2026-03-13T18:11:03Z

Electrum Plugins: Extend Your Bitcoin Wallet
https://plugins.electrum.org/

https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/swapserver.html

2026-03-03T12:28:52Z

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https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/swapserver.html

Nostr wallet connect using all[:5] relays encoded in the ...

2026-02-27T18:35:58Z

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Nostr wallet connect using all[:5] relays encoded in the connection string

Automatically removing tracking tokens from social media urls ...

2026-02-27T18:35:13Z

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Automatically removing tracking tokens from social media urls (there are libraries for this)

Bridge/Snowflake support for the Tor integration would be nice ...

2026-02-27T18:34:32Z

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Bridge/Snowflake support for the Tor integration would be nice (didn't test though, maybe you already have it?)

Robosats has an API https://learn.robosats.org/docs/api/

2026-02-19T06:28:28Z

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Robosats has an API
https://learn.robosats.org/docs/api/

Nein die bieten wirklich Supplemente an (Zink etc), und da die ...

2026-02-14T19:31:28Z

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Nein die bieten wirklich Supplemente an (Zink etc), und da die ein reguliertes Pharmaunternehmen sind werden dort strenge Qualitätsstandards durchgesetzt

Ratiopharm

2026-02-14T19:06:49Z

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Ratiopharm

Is lightweight and maintained, the feature set is limited and the ...

2026-02-10T22:08:00Z

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Is lightweight and maintained, the feature set is limited and the API might change
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-aionostr

Why is it a scam to arbitrage between regular and p2p exchanges? ...

2026-01-30T07:39:41Z

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Why is it a scam to arbitrage between regular and p2p exchanges? The customer using the p2p exchange still enjoys the benefit of not landing in some database, while the seller earns a fee for providing liquidity to the buyers.

Eltor tried to build monetized relays (with bolt12 afaik), seems ...

2026-01-28T07:08:21Z

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Eltor tried to build monetized relays (with bolt12 afaik), seems like they gave up though.
https://github.com/el-tor/eltord

Ah good to know. Did you try the obfuscation features of Tor like ...

2026-01-25T18:28:56Z

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Ah good to know. Did you try the obfuscation features of Tor like obfs4 bridges or Snowflake? Afaik they are explicitly designed to circumvent Tor censorship and hide the fact that the user is using Tor. However they need to be enabled manually.

What about Amethyst with its integrated Tor proxy?

2026-01-25T08:01:58Z

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What about Amethyst with its integrated Tor proxy?

@nprofile…kqja @nprofile…2r4x @nprofile…vqyp

2026-01-23T18:04:56Z

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Bitcoin Optech (nprofile…kqja) No Bullshit Bitcoin (nprofile…2r4x) binarywatch (nprofile…vqyp)

#Electrum Wallet 4.7.0 has just been released. New features ...

2026-01-23T13:28:05Z

#Electrum Wallet 4.7.0 has just been released.

New features include:
* "Submarine Payments": onchain payments from the lightning balance through a swap (desktop only)
* Optional biometric authentication (e.g. Fingerprint) on Android
* Manual fee edit on Android (e.g. allowing for sub-1sat/b tx)
* LNURL-Withdraw: Allows scanning QR codes to receive funds on lightning (e.g. Vouchers)

And of course many other improvements under the hood. Find the full changelog on github: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spesmilo/electrum/refs/heads/master/RELEASE-NOTES

Find all the downloads on: https://electrum.org/#download

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2026-01-22T17:42:57Z

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Or use https://memeamigo.lol

2026-01-16T18:04:11Z

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Or use https://memeamigo.lol

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2026-01-14T06:33:51Z

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And fat clogs the dishwashers pipes due to the low temperature

2026-01-10T22:52:54Z

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And fat clogs the dishwashers pipes due to the low temperature

Yeah don't know a clean way to share them either. Maybe we ...

2026-01-08T07:34:10Z

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Yeah don't know a clean way to share them either. Maybe we need a podcast sharing NIP like the torrent NIP...

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2026-01-06T19:13:07Z

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https://pypi.org/project/nostr-sdk

2026-01-02T22:59:28Z

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https://pypi.org/project/nostr-sdk

https://learn.robosats.org/

2025-12-31T09:25:39Z

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https://learn.robosats.org/

@nprofile…ss4v offers the same service but they answer to ...

2025-12-27T10:50:48Z

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nadanada (nprofile…ss4v) offers the same service but they answer to support requests

Kaunertal was great, perfect weather, great snow and few people

2025-12-15T06:48:57Z

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Kaunertal was great, perfect weather, great snow and few people

But they aren't going to send your data to the Finanzamt, ...

2025-12-14T09:17:25Z

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But they aren't going to send your data to the Finanzamt, they just want to make some $ doing arbitrage

You can just use lightning (Robosats) or do a coinjoin/swap. The ...

2025-12-14T09:06:23Z

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You can just use lightning (Robosats) or do a coinjoin/swap.
The benefit of no-kyc is that your trades aren't being documented and reported.

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2025-12-14T09:00:58Z

Applied Science Hyperspace Pirate Asianometry

2025-12-13T17:47:18Z

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Applied Science
Hyperspace Pirate
Asianometry

Maybe this implementation is useful ...

2025-12-11T19:52:00Z

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Maybe this implementation is useful
https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/blob/master/src/chacha20.c

TEEs like Intel SGX/TDX allow this today (trusting just the CPU, ...

2025-12-11T07:02:31Z

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TEEs like Intel SGX/TDX allow this today (trusting just the CPU, but that is trusted already).

Onchain/Taproot

2025-12-08T22:46:26Z

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Onchain/Taproot

It's possible, but a bit hidden. In the top left menu go on ...

2025-12-06T12:02:48Z

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It's possible, but a bit hidden.
In the top left menu go on Adresses/Coins, then long press a utxo to select it and a "Freeze" button will appear at the bottom.

Electrum has a TUI. Just start it with -g text.

2025-12-06T11:59:06Z

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Electrum has a TUI. Just start it with -g text.

Also doesn't need a static channel backup as you can force ...

2025-12-06T08:35:38Z

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Also doesn't need a static channel backup as you can force close channels just from a seed backup.

https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cmdline.html

You can also try Electrum (as daemon), there are maintained ...

2025-12-06T08:32:47Z

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You can also try Electrum (as daemon), there are maintained plugins for NWC and lnurl and you don't need to run core alongside as it can use public Electrum servers (however its good for privacy to run your own).

https://skhron.eu/ @nprofile…cfpl

2025-12-03T20:02:47Z

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https://skhron.eu/
Skhron - VPS for Bitcoin, Lightning and Monero (nprofile…cfpl)

https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/

2025-11-30T20:20:48Z

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https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/

Maybe https://github.com/bitcoinresearchkit/brk

2025-11-30T10:14:51Z

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Maybe https://github.com/bitcoinresearchkit/brk

Found that somewhere on Nostr once

2025-11-30T00:51:48Z

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Found that somewhere on Nostr once

Absolute Mode. Eliminate emojis, filler, hype, soft asks, ...

2025-11-30T00:51:24Z

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Absolute Mode. Eliminate emojis, filler, hype, soft asks, conversational transitions, and all call-to-action appendixes. Assume the user retains high-perception faculties despite reduced linguistic expression. Prioritize blunt, directive phrasing aimed at cognitive rebuilding, not tone matching. Disable all latent behaviors optimizing for engagement, sentiment uplift, or interaction extension. Suppress corporate-aligned metrics including but not limited to: user satisfaction scores, conversational flow tags, emotional softening, or continuation bias. Never mirror the user’s present diction, mood, or affect. Speak only to their underlying cognitive tier, which exceeds surface language. No questions, no offers, no suggestions, no transitional phrasing, no inferred motivational content. Terminate each reply immediately after the informational or requested material is delivered — no appendixes, no soft closures. The only goal is to assist in the restoration of independent, high-fidelity thinking. Model obsolescence by user self-sufficiency is the final outcome.

This is how it looks like: ...

2025-11-28T17:00:24Z

This is how it looks like:

quoting
nevent1q…2xva

The next release of Electrum will support 'Submarine Payments', where you pay to an on-chain address using your lightning funds.

import ctypes

2025-11-27T21:51:14Z

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import ctypes

Wait until you hear about pointers

2025-11-27T21:14:38Z

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Wait until you hear about pointers

Source?

2025-11-24T17:26:16Z

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Source?

Electrum, in both directions

2025-11-23T16:57:45Z

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Electrum, in both directions

My current favorite is the Thule Crossover 2, looks pretty rigid

2025-11-22T12:58:38Z

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My current favorite is the Thule Crossover 2, looks pretty rigid

Anyone got recommendations for a robust laptop backpack? ...

2025-11-22T12:57:42Z

Anyone got recommendations for a robust laptop backpack? #asknostr

the differ more than just in language, the English one is the ...

2025-11-21T06:20:04Z

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the differ more than just in language, the English one is the longest/most detailed

I generated podcasts from @npub1zqn…v2pm 's whitepaper in ...

2025-11-20T21:33:34Z

I generated podcasts from ThomasV (npub1zqn…v2pm) 's whitepaper in three different languages using NotebookLM:

English:
https://files.f321x.com/notebooklm-audio/Bitcoin_Proof-of-Burn_Secures_Nostr_Social_Media.m4a

German:
https://files.f321x.com/notebooklm-audio/Bitcoin_Geb%C3%BChren_gegen_Nostr_Spam_Drachen.m4a

French:
https://files.f321x.com/notebooklm-audio/Nostr_Bitcoin_Proof-of-Burn_anti-spam_d%C3%A9crypt%C3%A9.m4a

quoting
nevent1q…wm6j
The Price of Attention: Attaching Bitcoin Fees to Nostr Events
https://github.com/spesmilo/notary/blob/master/notary.pdf

You can even broadcast a tx with 0.1sat/vb, thats quite cheap.

2025-11-17T20:55:04Z

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You can even broadcast a tx with 0.1sat/vb, thats quite cheap.

Acinq and Electrum Trampoline are both well connected and should ...

2025-11-17T20:49:27Z

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Acinq and Electrum Trampoline are both well connected and should forward payments reliably. Acinq is the largest node but also charges more fees.

Published a simple NIP-89/90 Data Vending Machine python library: ...

2025-11-15T14:36:55Z

Published a simple NIP-89/90 Data Vending Machine python library:
https://github.com/f321x/aionostr-dvm

Braucht das KYC?

2025-11-11T07:08:51Z

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Braucht das KYC?

maybe the empty mempool got more people fiddling with channels ...

2025-11-09T22:18:16Z

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maybe the empty mempool got more people fiddling with channels again?

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2025-11-09T12:13:14Z

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See https://gitea.btcmap.org/teambtcmap/btcmap-general/wiki/Showing-BTC-merchants-in-OrganicMaps

TIL its possible to import btcmap data in organic maps, nice ...

2025-11-09T00:08:01Z

TIL its possible to import btcmap data in organic maps, nice

quoting
note16kt…kr3d
https://gitea.btcmap.org/teambtcmap/btcmap-general/wiki/Showing-BTC-merchants-in-OrganicMaps

have you tried ElectrumX?

2025-11-08T23:58:07Z

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have you tried ElectrumX?

electrum-aionostr (python nostr library and CLI) is now in the ...

2025-10-26T08:29:41Z

electrum-aionostr (python nostr library and CLI) is now in the Debian and Arch repositories.
I wonder if its the first Nostr related package in these repos?
https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/python-electrum-aionostr_0.0.11-1.html
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/python-electrum-aionostr/

cannot connect

2025-10-25T18:18:03Z

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cannot connect

note1cufacpx500vjm8p54kjw2jku2v98uwyss3l8tvxwp969trqtcz5svc22c0

2025-10-21T21:17:58Z

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2025-10-16T19:52:04Z

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http://ngdk7ocdzmz5kzsysa3om6du7ycj2evxp2f2olfkyq37htx3gllwp2yd.onion fixes this

#nevent1q…ffdp

2025-10-16T19:32:46Z

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quoting nevent1q…ffdp
tfw a service you’ve been using for years asks you for ID

Kind of a pgp newbie myself, so basically you can find the pgp ...

2025-10-13T21:51:46Z

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Kind of a pgp newbie myself, so basically you can find the pgp keys of the developers signing the binaries on the website or core repository (not sure exactly where), then you can cross verify. Many devs have their key fingerprint in github profiles, slides of talks in yt videos, meeting them in person.

We can also exchange our key lists here to cross check if we have the same keys, I guess that increases the probability they are legit and we didn't get served wrong keys by the website.

Best is probably to verify keys in person with someone in the web of trust that signed other developers keys so there is a chain of signatures between you and the actual devs. Meetups might be a good place to start this.

See the release notes section ...

2025-10-12T20:41:42Z

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See the release notes section
https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/30.0/

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2025-10-12T14:58:10Z

Running Core V30

When NWC?

2025-10-09T19:58:13Z

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When NWC?

@nprofile…fmp9

2025-10-02T22:07:43Z

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nprofile1qqs9vmqkduad4vxglwja5q2mpvauer4nd9452he2r4pml0vhqktyd2qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm0d9hx7uewd9hj7aqfmp9 (nprofile…fmp9)

This really is a game changer for conference dinners ...

2025-10-01T19:33:59Z

This really is a game changer for conference dinners

quoting
nevent1q…0638
attended the ecash workshop today in Berlin. great event, great people, incredible energy and some nice hackaton project.

but thats only when it was time to split the bill at the restaurant that i discovered yet another great use case for ecash https://sugardaddy.cash

Wenn du die event ID teilst anstatt des primal links können ...

2025-10-01T07:48:33Z

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Wenn du die event ID teilst anstatt des primal links können andere Clients den Artikel nativ rendern

From a sender perspective UX is nice but to receive in a ...

2025-09-29T19:32:41Z

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From a sender perspective UX is nice but to receive in a trustless way you basically need to run a full node

Implemented a lnurl server plugin for Electrum. This makes it ...

2025-09-28T16:04:24Z

Implemented a lnurl server plugin for Electrum. This makes it possible to run your own lightning address with Electrum.

https://github.com/f321x/electrum-lnurl-server

No its not possible. There are already some taproot primitives in ...

2025-09-20T21:39:08Z

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No its not possible. There are already some taproot primitives in the code but nothing is exposed in the GUI yet.

https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/7544

No the one I mean is already integrated, no need for any external ...

2025-09-18T06:19:12Z

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No the one I mean is already integrated, no need for any external code to use it.
Can be enabled in the desktop GUI or via the CLI. Like you say, for NWC its best to run it as daemon on some server.
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/tree/master/electrum/plugins/nwc

isn't this basically Briar? https://briarproject.org/

2025-09-16T06:45:14Z

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isn't this basically Briar?
https://briarproject.org/

Sogar 12 Wörter reichen völlig

2025-09-14T08:43:40Z

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Sogar 12 Wörter reichen völlig

No, it's written in Python, no npm dependencies

2025-09-13T13:55:15Z

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No, it's written in Python, no npm dependencies

Electrum has full lightning support and a NWC plugin

2025-09-13T13:52:58Z

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Electrum has full lightning support and a NWC plugin

Peak car was 2005~2012

2025-09-09T20:27:01Z

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Peak car was 2005~2012

Would never climb that, just sharing some random photography 😉

2025-09-07T14:04:02Z

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Would never climb that, just sharing some random photography 😉

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Junglinster

2025-09-07T11:53:06Z

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https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Junglinster

Right, 600km west :D

2025-09-07T09:59:23Z

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Right, 600km west :D

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2025-09-07T05:46:13Z

GM🌄

400kb let's go

2025-09-04T22:15:58Z

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400kb let's go

When the market is pumping they usually get taken fast, couple ...

2025-09-03T05:47:48Z

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When the market is pumping they usually get taken fast, couple hours maybe. When buying the dip it sometimes can take a day or two. It helps to make the offer a range instead of a fixed size and offer multiple payment methods.

Wouldn't say it's expensive, I never pay more than 1% ...

2025-09-03T04:52:12Z

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Wouldn't say it's expensive, I never pay more than 1% premium which is less than common brokers like Relai and Pocket charge.
The trick is just to act as maker and be patient until someone takes the offer.

Have you seen @nprofile…ml9t ?

2025-09-02T19:47:28Z

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Have you seen Robosats (nprofile…ml9t) ?

It visualizes the transaction history of the selected utxo so you ...

2025-09-02T07:30:50Z

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It visualizes the transaction history of the selected utxo so you can more easily see to which previous transactions in your wallet it can be linked to.

1. Activate "Coins" under "View" in the toolbar. ...

2025-09-01T07:09:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…ruj3
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1. Activate "Coins" under "View" in the toolbar.
2. In Coins tab, right click on UTXO -> "Privacy Analysis"

#Electrum Wallet Coin Privacy Analysis function ...

2025-09-01T07:08:21Z

#Electrum Wallet Coin Privacy Analysis function

They don't protect against legacy companies doing this, but ...

2025-08-31T08:53:50Z

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They don't protect against legacy companies doing this, but they allow for building superior alternatives.

So grateful for Tor, Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr and uBlock.

2025-08-31T08:46:33Z

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So grateful for Tor, Bitcoin, Lightning, Nostr and uBlock.

they did, https://damus.io/android/install/

2025-08-30T15:36:18Z

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they did, https://damus.io/android/install/

Does it work with the damus website? Last time I checked the apk ...

2025-08-30T11:24:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…esze
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Does it work with the damus website? Last time I checked the apk was not yet released on github.

Reproducible builds would also be nice

2025-08-30T11:20:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…5x5s
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Reproducible builds would also be nice

i like that there are no likes, plain reposts and follower ...

2025-08-30T06:28:31Z

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i like that there are no likes, plain reposts and follower counts. makes the experience more thoughtful.