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"smat" 😂

2026-05-15T17:23:36Z

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"smat" 😂

I have a deep love/hate relationship with it

2026-05-14T17:13:46Z

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I have a deep love/hate relationship with it

Rip

2026-05-15T12:58:05Z

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Rip

However you reframe the question you still have to change ...

2026-05-14T19:45:14Z

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However you reframe the question you still have to change people's minds

In theory, but actually executing something like this depends on ...

2026-05-14T17:59:20Z

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In theory, but actually executing something like this depends on all the tangential concerns involved in making any decision. Leaving aside taxes/accounting, doing this assumes a high level of consensus in the leadership or entire church over something that is not a core competency of the church. It's also a narrowly articulated version of a broader proposition, which is just "churches should invest in assets", which isn't universal either. The technical dimension is a barrier for sure (understanding multisig, what hardware to buy, how to sign things), but so are procedures for handling hardware devices and signing transactions, when and why to liquidate or rebalance into another asset, etc. I think if a church is already investing in stocks or something the barrier to entry for adopting bitcoin is way lower.

It worked now, they stopped after I sent a comment "hello ...

2026-05-14T17:51:03Z

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It worked now, they stopped after I sent a comment "hello from wisp" which never showed up on zap.stream. Maybe that publish failure blocked something

I'm also not getting comments streaming in

2026-05-14T17:30:57Z

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I'm also not getting comments streaming in

Also my phone wants to fall asleep while the stream is open

2026-05-14T17:28:23Z

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Also my phone wants to fall asleep while the stream is open

@nprofile…3aqw joining the RHR stream on Wisp worked. Just ...

2026-05-14T17:21:20Z

utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 (nprofile…3aqw) joining the RHR stream on Wisp worked. Just wanted you to know. But also, you should allow scanning a NWC QR when connecting your wallet.

I realized today that one difference between AI-generated code ...

2026-05-12T21:29:12Z

I realized today that one difference between AI-generated code and human-generated code is the story implicit in it.

Code is linguistic, not merely mathematical. Its meaning is more than its function — code has a purpose and a meaning outside of itself. An LLM might write "correct" code based on some validation function, but there is no "story".

Consider:

```
function doY() {}
function doX() {}
function doZ() {
doX()
doY()
}
```

The inconsistency in how the function definitions and invocations are ordered will cause no trouble to an LLM. It transparently sees the semantics, and isn't bothered by concerns unrelated to function. But this is confusing to a human, because it interrupts the structure of the narrative.

Structuring code is a discipline by and for humans, based on human aesthetics and mind. Machines need an index; humans need concepts, meaning, and purpose. It just so happens that our conceptual boxes work well as indexes, but the converse is not true — it would be very hard to navigate a codebase indexed by functionality rather than concept.

Relationships exist in the spaces between things, and are therefore mostly implicit. Likewise, the purpose of a system is embodied by the system, but is essentially external to it. LLMs cannot code in the same way humans do, because they cannot tell a story. Telling a story means caring about what is told, for its own sake as well as its purpose.

@nprofile…2w7z has, I only give bitcoin to my church, although ...

2026-05-14T17:13:09Z

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jmb (nprofile…2w7z) has, I only give bitcoin to my church, although they immediately convert to fiat. Speaking from some experience doing bookkeeping involving bitcoin payments, bitcoin is a nightmare both operationally and in terms of accounting. You have to worry about:

- lightning channel management
- ecash <> lightning <> onchain <> exchanges
- key management (bonus points for multisig)
- hardware signers
- per-wallet capital gains tracking and IRS' shifting rules
- short term gains related to drift between invoice amounts and actual exchange rates (or override capital gains exchange rates based on invoice amount)
- invoicing in a non-native currency

It's just not worth it, even if you do the lamest possible thing and hold your bitcoin on an exchange. It makes me incredibly sad. The cost of accounting for bitcoin in any normal business or church massively outweighs any benefits.

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2026-05-12T18:29:21Z

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Coracle 0.6.32 and Flotilla 1.8.0 are out — both releases ...

2026-05-11T18:22:03Z

Coracle 0.6.32 and Flotilla 1.8.0 are out — both releases include a fix to welshman for NIP 46 login (another switch_relays bug). Thanks to LeoWandersleb (nprofile…lx9y) for the report.

Changelog for Flotilla:

* Fix relay badge overflow
* Suppress programmatic scroll when user is scrolling
* Fix vertical alignment of emoji and overflow buttons in shared event action row
* Use type=email for signup/login email inputs, validate password
* Improve toggle switch placement on settings screens
* Fix relay auth privacy toggle
* Improve field layout
* Add progress bar to signup flow
* Bundle emojis properly
* Rework hosting page
* Fix padding on pages on small screens
* Add richer link preview support
* Fix pasting into event summary
* Publish fewer join/claim requests
* Fix new messages not rendering in safari
* Avoid capturing stale cleanup function in chat
* Hide keyboard on app resume
* Add email rendering support
* Fix bunker login
* Fix undefined chat draft key
* Allow sharing to chat without a message
* Make sure to show date on calendar events when embedded
* Improve space search

Thanks to all the contributions by Summer of Bitcoin participants!

I recently started using https://nostrarchives.com/ by ...

2026-05-11T16:50:10Z

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I recently started using https://nostrarchives.com/ by utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 (nprofile…64sm) for this

@nprofile…056v getting a cert error for cdn.zapstore.dev: ...

2026-05-11T16:39:09Z

franzap (nprofile…056v) getting a cert error for cdn.zapstore.dev:

Error: failed to upload file: upload failed: Put "https://cdn.zapstore.dev/upload";: tls: failed to verify certificate: x509: certificate has expired or is not yet valid: “cdn.zapstore.dev” certificate is expired

The way I'm handling this is to ask nip 29 relays to push ...

2026-05-09T23:56:17Z

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The way I'm handling this is to ask nip 29 relays to push events to user (client)-selected push servers. This keeps the events off of public relays, allows nip 29 community relays to choose not to support notifications if they prefer privacy, and supports fcm/apns push. See below for the nip:

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2194

Not again, you have a problem

2026-05-08T02:02:40Z

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Not again, you have a problem

It's an interesting tradeoff

2026-05-06T17:06:03Z

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It's an interesting tradeoff

A diversity of implementations solves Hyrum's law, in which ...

2026-05-06T16:18:48Z

A diversity of implementations solves Hyrum's law, in which implementation details are transformed implicitly into interface guarantees. Nostr has some gross conventions (like error: prefixes on OK messages), but the compensation is that every implementation chooses different wording, and so clients have to be pretty ambivalent about relying on how messages are parsed. This reduces reliability, but improves compatibility.

https://lawsofsoftwareengineering.com/laws/hyrums-law/

Just watched Redline. What a wild movie. Thanks to ...

2026-05-02T23:49:28Z

Just watched Redline. What a wild movie. Thanks to LynAlden (nprofile…6rfd) iirc for another great anime recommendation.

I fully believe it, that movie must have been so expensive to ...

2026-05-03T13:16:57Z

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I fully believe it, that movie must have been so expensive to make

Coracle renders custom emoji but doesn't have a way to add ...

2026-05-02T23:05:51Z

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Coracle renders custom emoji but doesn't have a way to add them to notes

Sorry for the slow reply, I had surgery yesterday 😅 From your ...

2026-05-01T20:26:19Z

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Sorry for the slow reply, I had surgery yesterday 😅 From your previous note it sounds like welshman isn't authenticating, you'll want to run:

```
import {defaultSocketPolicies} from '@welshman/net'

defaultSocketPolicies.push(makeSocketPolicyAuth({sign: event => signer.sign(event), shouldAuth: socket => true})
```

If that doesn't work, maybe send the message log from the devtools.

If you don't take a vacation, eventually a vacation will take ...

2026-05-01T14:35:18Z

If you don't take a vacation, eventually a vacation will take you

Good questions to which I don't have the answers. The ...

2026-05-01T18:03:57Z

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Good questions to which I don't have the answers. The simplest thing would be to use a separate relay, since zooid enforces relay membership. If you used it for signing it could create chicken/egg scenarios where you couldn't sign AUTH events to prove you are a member of tge relay.

Just had surgery for a 3-4 cm diameter abscess in my neck. So ...

2026-04-30T20:06:19Z

Just had surgery for a 3-4 cm diameter abscess in my neck. So that's how my Thursday has been. Appreciate any prayers that they got everything and it wouldn't recur.

The reason it works with card numbers is that they're just ...

2026-04-29T22:53:59Z

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The reason it works with card numbers is that they're just opaque identifiers interpreted by a machine. Private keys have to be held to be used, and aren't passed around directly and so can't be linked by the non-existent server. By definition something that can directly create valid signatures on behalf of another key is that key. Keys are cool and weird.

Bolting is tragic

2026-05-02T19:45:37Z

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Bolting is tragic

A bluesky-integrated github alternative is getting some attention ...

2026-04-29T17:18:44Z

A bluesky-integrated github alternative is getting some attention on hackernews. Upvote my comment mentioning ngit:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47951360

Anyone have opinions about Jolla? I never heard of them until ...

2026-04-28T21:49:11Z

Anyone have opinions about Jolla? I never heard of them until today.

https://jolla.com/

It's because the LLM gamed the benchmarks and wrote an empty ...

2026-04-28T20:58:41Z

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It's because the LLM gamed the benchmarks and wrote an empty function body

lol

2026-04-28T20:29:44Z

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lol

Mastodon minus identity, minus client. It's significantly ...

2026-04-28T16:08:28Z

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Mastodon minus identity, minus client. It's significantly less centralized/controlled

Honestly think that probably would have been a better choice

2026-04-28T16:06:55Z

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Honestly think that probably would have been a better choice

You guys are going to get me in trouble 😂

2026-04-28T15:27:50Z

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You guys are going to get me in trouble 😂

This is a pretty good heuristic. I put reference stuff very low, ...

2026-04-28T20:29:08Z

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This is a pretty good heuristic. I put reference stuff very low, and books that I want my kids to pick up when they're bored on the second shelf from the bottom. Other than that, I try to organize by topic: theology, literature, technology, etc. But my shelves are a disaster at the moment.

Got it, sounds like everything is working as designed but there ...

2026-04-25T12:51:11Z

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Got it, sounds like everything is working as designed but there are some documentation gaps.

First of all, the url to make requests against is the one in the config file, not the one printed when zooid starts up. That's where it's listening, but you have to proxy other ports (or hostnames) to zooid in order for it to serve those. This is probably why your nginx setup helped.

If you want to run without a reverse proxy, then the `host` in your config file should match the host/port that zoooid is running on. So, by default it's `localhost:3334` - you need to include that exact value in your config:

```
host = "localhost:3334"
```

You should then be able to make requests against zooid using nak:

```
nak req -k 1 --auth localhost:3334
connecting to localhost:3334... ok.
authenticating to ws://localhost:3334 as npub10x…kge6d...
ws://localhost:3334 CLOSED: restricted: you are not a member of this relay
```
`nak event` and `nak relay` should work in this setup too. Docker is fine, podman and docker have the same API. Caravel is still a work in progress, hopefully we'll have it up next week, and then it will include a dockerfile (and built image).

Let me know if this clears things up for you!

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2026-04-28T12:50:50Z

The QR in QR Code stands for "quantum resistant"

Here I am, and I see your PR on zooid but I haven't had a ...

2026-04-25T03:30:52Z

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Here I am, and I see your PR on zooid but I haven't had a chance to look yet. Happy to take any other contributions/answer any questions

Yeah, flotilla doesn't connect to relays without ssl. This is ...

2026-04-23T23:41:34Z

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Yeah, flotilla doesn't connect to relays without ssl. This is a long standing bug deep in the stack. Use ngrok or a self signed cert or something if you can

Reminds me of Richard Heart

2026-04-20T19:52:38Z

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Reminds me of Richard Heart

Nostr is a bubble of cutting edge tech. I just talked to some ...

2026-04-21T17:08:50Z

Nostr is a bubble of cutting edge tech. I just talked to some people working at my former employer and mentioned agent factories in passing. They had never even heard of them.

Pasting keys is poor security hygeine, so we don't support ...

2026-04-19T02:49:49Z

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Pasting keys is poor security hygeine, so we don't support it. Try Amber if on android, Aegis on ios, or a nostr browser extension on web

Is there even that much content on nostr

2026-04-18T03:55:26Z

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Is there even that much content on nostr

A lot of people think they are using AI in a meaningful way

2026-04-18T03:53:21Z

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A lot of people think they are using AI in a meaningful way

Doing it well takes an incredible amount of discipline. Writing ...

2026-04-17T17:46:08Z

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Doing it well takes an incredible amount of discipline. Writing code is easy because it keeps your mental model in sync with the product. Agentic coding is hard because you have to deliberately slow down to maintain your mental model, when the entire reason you're using the tool is to speed up. I haven't been able to strike that balance myself yet.

Flotilla 1.7.3 (and 1.7.4) is out — this one is mostly quality ...

2026-04-17T15:15:23Z

Flotilla 1.7.3 (and 1.7.4) is out — this one is mostly quality of life improvements (with the addition of polls).

The big change protocol-wise is the addition of kind-9 wrapping of non-chat content types per a discussion with VitorPamplona (nprofile…t65r) and verbiricha (nprofile…7tvu). This prevents missing context when sending non-chat messages to NIP 29 rooms, but also allows for adding stuff like polls etc to chat. You can read the NIPs PR here: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2310

Much of the work was done by contributors coming to nostr via the Summer of Bitcoin program. So thanks to all of you!

https://www.summerofbitcoin.org/

Full Changelog:

* Add native share support for space invites
* Stop sending duplicate requests per room
* Add more robust thumbnail url generation
* Make space reordering discoverable with smoother drag animation
* Improve relay member list
* Add room mentions and clickable room/relay refs
* Support native clipboard image paste on mobile
* publish kind 9 quote after room content creation for cross-client interoperability
* Improve feed pagination logic and performance
* Support Aegis URL scheme for NIP-46 login
* Various UI and bug fixes
* Raise message size limit in chat
* Fix realtime updates for room members and admins
* Add video to calls
* Remove follow graph building
* Add start chat FAB
* Add drafts
* Redesign toast notifications
* Remove room/space leave indications
* Hide report badge for non-admin users
* Add polls
* Add search to recent activity page
* Fix notification badge on mobile nav
* Change audio devices in call

Thanks for the reminder, used it today to look up a note by ...

2026-04-16T22:13:36Z

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Thanks for the reminder, used it today to look up a note by nprofile1qy08wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wwa5hyetydejhgtn2wqhsz9nhwden5te0dp5hxapwdehhxarj9ekxzmny9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd3skuep0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqzqhzs3s60tzrxa3e5r2h3pnq675hfyv4mn7zeeqgref0v724f80mc7t8yl7 (nprofile…8yl7)

Literally overhearing some college students telling each other ...

2026-04-16T18:27:23Z

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Literally overhearing some college students telling each other about it right now

And we wouldn't want them to be

2026-04-16T18:22:19Z

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And we wouldn't want them to be