Nostr notes by notmandatory

Bitcoin core is maintained by an incredible team and should be ...

2026-10-26T22:28:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…qcj8
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Bitcoin core is maintained by an incredible team and should be commended for its quality. But I hope youre not proposing using a live network connected core wallet to sign all your self custody bitcoin transactions.

Fun related merch: ...

2026-10-25T14:53:09Z

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Fun related merch:
https://store.blockstream.com/products/rsa-t-shirt
shout out to adam3us (npub1qg8…24kw) for being on the front line.

Some good links and background for those unfamiliar here: ...

2026-10-25T14:48:31Z

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Some good links and background for those unfamiliar here:

https://reason.com/video/2020/10/21/cryptowars-gilmore-zimmermann-cryptography/

I’ve been using FIPS to tunnel from my laptop back to my home ...

2026-10-22T11:13:09Z

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I’ve been using FIPS to tunnel from my laptop back to my home linux server and it’s been working great!

https://github.com/notmandatory/fips-pod

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2026-10-15T14:57:15Z

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The (once) beautiful Colorado Street bridge in this video is now ...

2026-10-10T20:14:38Z

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The (once) beautiful Colorado Street bridge in this video is now lined on both sides by ugly chain-link fences. I suspect either to keep the locals from jumping off it and/or to save it from metal theives. 😕

The bug was in the Android OS but my point is that app only ...

2026-10-09T16:53:21Z

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The bug was in the Android OS but my point is that app only wallets are not immune to having a bad RNG.

I hope it's not this one: ...

2026-10-09T16:44:24Z

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I hope it's not this one:

https://thehackernews.com/2013/08/hacking-bitcoin-android-vulnerability-digital-wallets.html

A little update, today I had the chance to try my FIPS setup over ...

2026-09-28T23:25:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…vqng
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A little update, today I had the chance to try my FIPS setup over Starlink. Worked like a champ, a little laggy but still usable. I know the lag was most likely Starlink and the speed of light's fault.

@nprofile…nxal sighting in Nashville, TN! ...

2026-09-27T22:45:48Z

ROCKSTAR (nprofile…nxal) sighting in Nashville, TN!

This is the way... I've been playing with the ratatui (rust) ...

2026-09-26T19:57:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…9aur
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This is the way...

I've been playing with the ratatui (rust) and the 🤖s have built me some nice little TUIs for data entry and display.

https://ratatui.rs

slick TUI, did you make or is it some sort of existing harness?

2026-09-26T17:51:25Z

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slick TUI, did you make or is it some sort of existing harness?

I have my own self managed firewall/router and my stupid isp ...

2026-09-17T19:12:31Z

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I have my own self managed firewall/router and my stupid isp gives me a non-public NATed IP. Pretty common with ISPs these days.

More using the credit card to pay the mortgage. Not a good look.

2026-09-09T16:19:28Z

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More using the credit card to pay the mortgage. Not a good look.

I'd be happy to see some books I love turned into high ...

2026-09-06T13:39:17Z

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I'd be happy to see some books I love turned into high quality films. Anyone else like to watch "The Mandibles" on the big screen?

I didn't try Tor since it seems too slow/unreliable for ...

2026-09-06T13:17:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…wp8v
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I didn't try Tor since it seems too slow/unreliable for interactive work via ssh. Also I don't need the service to be hidden. My main concern was security on the client/MacBook side, which is why I went with a very limited podman pod that run stock debian 13 with solid easy to manage firewall filtering using nftables.

Running FIPS! now I can ssh into a dev system at home even though ...

2026-09-05T05:04:42Z

Running FIPS! now I can ssh into a dev system at home even though it's stuck with a private IPv4 address behind my stupid ISPs NAT.

With FIPS I'm able to assign my home server a self generated npub and talk to it from anywhere. This is how the internet is meant to be, peer to peer, private and permissionless.

Sorry jcorgan (nprofile…sjfc) for abusing your FIPS test net for my personal VPN. But I hope my background traffic helps somehow with your performance testing. I'm not seeing any noticeable latency running multiple shells and editors over my ssh tunnel between the office and home.

Love what you're building with fips (nprofile…urq5) !

The podman setup I use on my MacBook is: https://github.com/notmandatory/fips-pod

After you’re done with the books check out the apple tv season, ...

2026-07-01T22:32:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…99wr
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After you’re done with the books check out the apple tv season, it’s pretty good ! 🔪🤖

I made a little patch to wnd to use the db_keystore for ...

2026-06-06T15:56:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…n8dk
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I made a little patch to wnd to use the db_keystore for keyring-core. But agentnoise doesn't use keyring-core so I think I need to convert it to use that before I can get it to use db_keystore too:

my patch to wnd is here:
https://github.com/notmandatory/whitenoise-rs/commit/93045c5f0410327e86f056e89123d36a7fa9b934

Thanks for the plug! Its very experimental quality and now Im ...

2026-06-05T13:20:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…2shl
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Thanks for the plug! Its very experimental quality and now Im experimenting with @AGENTNOISE agentnoise to try and make it work on a headless linux system but struggling a bit to get it to use db-keychain

This image is obviously photoshopped, one of those is a parallel ...

2026-05-12T18:23:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…xjnq
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This image is obviously photoshopped, one of those is a parallel cable and I do not see an accompanying dot matrix printer.

Thanks! that did the trick. Peer connected: fipsctl show peers { ...

2026-03-10T17:51:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…x3g8
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Thanks! that did the trick. Peer connected:

fipsctl show peers
{
"peers": [
{
"authenticated_at_ms": 1773164469403,
"connectivity": "connected",
"direction": "outbound",
"display_name": "fips-test-node",
"filter_sequence": 937,
"has_bloom_filter": true,
"has_tree_position": true,
"ipv6_addr": "fd00:dc7a:5def:9255:b47f:79a7:199:3d8e",
"is_child": false,
"is_parent": true,
"last_seen_ms": 1773165050021,
"link_id": 1,
"mmp": {
"delivery_ratio_forward": 1.0,
"delivery_ratio_reverse": 1.0,
"etx": 1.0,
"goodput_bps": 191.0813622684924,
"loss_rate": 0.0,
"lqi": 1.62394,
"mode": "full",
"smoothed_etx": 1.0,
"smoothed_loss": 0.0,
"srtt_ms": 62.394
},
"node_addr": "00dc7a5def9255b47f79a701993d8ecf",
"npub": "npub1qmc3cvfz0yu2hx96nq3gp55zdan2qclealn7xshgr448d3nh6lks7zel98",
"stats": {
"bytes_recv": 113573,
"bytes_sent": 112410,
"packets_recv": 1220,
"packets_sent": 1217
},
"transport_addr": "217.77.8.91:2121",
"transport_type": "udp",
"tree_depth": 0
}
]
}

Current master where? I don't see it here: ...

2026-03-10T14:37:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…8jr7
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Current master where? I don't see it here:
https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1y0gja7r4re0wyelmvdqa03qmjs62rwvcd8szzt4nf4t2hd43969qj000ly/relay.ngit.dev/fips/tree/master/README.md

Don't I need the npub for the public FIPS testing node? ...

2026-03-10T04:03:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…h7cm
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Don't I need the npub for the public FIPS testing node?

peers: []
# Static peers for bootstrapping (UDP or TCP):
# - npub: "npub1..."
# alias: "gateway"
# addresses:
# - transport: udp
# addr: "217.77.8.91:2121" # public FIPS testing node
# connect_policy: auto_connect

Any tips on how to find a peer to test with?

2026-03-09T15:06:03Z

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Any tips on how to find a peer to test with?

True. I havent found any that take LN payments which would better ...

2025-12-21T21:07:09Z

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True. I havent found any that take LN payments which would better default privacy.

I wonder is it possible to atomically swap LN to onchain somehow?

Ive heard namecheap is a good one. ...

2025-12-21T17:00:36Z

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Ive heard namecheap is a good one.

https://www.namecheap.com/support/payment/bitcoin/

Id love to see a writeup of how you set it up for personal use ...

2025-11-16T00:01:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…mk5z
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Id love to see a writeup of how you set it up for personal use 🙏

Find local #bitcoin accepting merchant via the CashApp app. 1. ...

2025-11-11T01:22:40Z

Find local #bitcoin accepting merchant via the CashApp app.
1. click on the "Money" bank icon
2. click on "Bitcoin"
3. scroll down to "Ways to use bitcoin"
4. click on "Spend bitcoin"
5. allow location access (☹️ otherwise app crashes)
6. find your local bitcoin accepting merchants!

quoting
nevent1q…pazp
Go pay for something with #bitcoin today!

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At least I know what I'll be reading this summer!

2025-10-31T02:08:17Z

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At least I know what I'll be reading this summer!

Frost Snap is taking pre-orders if anyone wants to get in on the ...

2025-09-02T01:37:34Z

Frost Snap is taking pre-orders if anyone wants to get in on the first batch of "frontier" edition units!

https://frostsnap.com

quoting
nevent1q…r9zh
We're finally here on Nostr!
Welcome to the Frostsnap Frontier ❄

Join us on our mission to redesign self-custody. Preorders open now!
https://frostsnap.com

The internet definitely killed BITNET relay, but the concepts it ...

2025-09-01T21:02:11Z

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The internet definitely killed BITNET relay, but the concepts it pioneered live on in IRC. AFAIK UUNET news and readers still exist but are not installed by default on any modern systems.

It's cool and interesting to see new tools like #bitchat incorporate concepts from both. BITNET relay used /<command> syntax and UUNET was a decentralized store and forward, P2P relay based system.

While a student in the late 90s I worked the weekend graveyard ...

2025-08-31T02:42:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…gwmf
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While a student in the late 90s I worked the weekend graveyard shift as a datacenter "operator". My primary duties were change the 1/2 inch backup tapes and racking them with their corresponding green bar printout logs. I also cleaned the backup drive heads with a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol and made sure all the nightly batch jobs finished.

I also read Usenet news, chatted with strangers on Bitnet Relay and played a lot of NetHack. Good times.

My geo spy network tells me this is 410 7th St NW! But what will ...

2025-08-28T17:52:20Z

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My geo spy network tells me this is 410 7th St NW! But what will it be?

I suspect the artist was told to make her look like her father ...

2025-08-24T18:25:20Z

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I suspect the artist was told to make her look like her father and took it a bit too far.

Still early days for Silent Payments wallets but this is big step ...

2025-08-20T17:48:21Z

Still early days for Silent Payments wallets but this is big step in the right direction!

quoting
nevent1q…9e0s
Big news from project grantee Nymius (https://bitcoindevkit.org/foundation/grantees/#nymius) 🙌

"First BDK silent payment wallet roundtrip on signet 🚀 :

* Funding tx (https://mempool.space/signet/tx/6a92dc86af56439661f046a25a00d7af30e8bd3bafa7630dda6740df4e2a0124) , using bdk-cli and bdk_sp::send::psbt::derive_sp

* 'Cashback' tx (https://mempool.space/signet/tx/7b725847d4fdd95cf0cc4ccc8999856cefa50d774dc6d913769df039c7a1f895) using bdk-sp cli tools. Using kyoto-cbf to request compact block filters and blindbit to request tweaks.

Find the code here:
https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-sp/compare/master...nymius:bdk-sp:refactor/indexer"

Congrat's @nprofile…sez6 happy to have you on the team!

2025-08-14T18:02:28Z

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Congrat's luisschwab (nprofile…sez6) happy to have you on the team!

My 2sats … if you want to make those cakes fluffier add a ...

2025-08-09T15:12:01Z

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My 2sats … if you want to make those cakes fluffier add a tablespoon of white vinegar to the milk and stir wet and dry ingredients as little as possible right before cooking 🥞

😍 that mini-rack! I really don't need but still want one. ...

2025-08-07T19:12:57Z

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😍 that mini-rack! I really don't need but still want one.

More details on the full build here:

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/i-clustered-four-framework-mainboards-test-huge-llms

My little AI research assistant pointed me to this data on ...

2025-08-06T20:03:35Z

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My little AI research assistant pointed me to this data on glyphosate use in the US:

https://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/pnsp/usage/maps/show_map.php?year=2019&map=GLYPHOSATE&hilo=L&disp=Glyphosate

Will our elite top 1% be managing, repairing, upgrading, etc. the ...

2025-08-03T23:19:32Z

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Will our elite top 1% be managing, repairing, upgrading, etc. the spyware and killer robots? Won't the other 99% also be able to acquire their own counter-spyware and protection bots?

I'm just saying if bitcoin prevents most people's wealth from being covertly siphoned off, as in our current system, it will be much harder for a small minority to control them.

Re 8: how will the socialist/communist/authoritarian govs pay the ...

2025-08-03T17:35:40Z

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Re 8: how will the socialist/communist/authoritarian govs pay the enforcers of their policies if over half of capital/wealth is difficult or impossible to confiscate? If it's the rich elites footing the bill will they really be able to sustain their position in a new hard money (bitcoin) world?

My understanding of the most recent hard money era is it tended to empower the productive but also improve the standard of living and thus autonomy of even the relatively unproductive due to monetary deflation, improved capital allocation and tech innovation.

Certainly not “the public’s” safety they a worried about

2025-07-29T23:38:37Z

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Certainly not “the public’s” safety they a worried about

For everyone interested in neutrino aka compact block filter ...

2025-07-26T02:19:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…32uf
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For everyone interested in neutrino aka compact block filter syncing check out this deep dive from @rustaceanrob:

https://rustaceanrob.com/blog/13-cbf-design

Agreed. For me it’s the difference between walking to work and ...

2025-07-25T22:22:48Z

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Agreed. For me it’s the difference between walking to work and riding my bike. Both take effort, but I get there faster riding and it’s a lot more fun. I’d even ride in on the weekend some times just for the joy of it.

Great interview @nprofile…h02q with Becca from the Anchor Watch ...

2025-07-22T19:18:57Z

Great interview stephanlivera (nprofile…h02q) with Becca from the Anchor Watch team. I have a few related questions maybe Rob1Ham (nprofile…y780) or bitcoinpolicyinstitute (nprofile…jn29) have a take on:
1. Is there any proposed legislation in the US to remove the penalty for insurers to use #bitcoin as backing for BTC denominated policies?
2. If an insurer was able to use and custody BTC to back a policy who would/could insure that custody? In wouldn't make sense to take a BTC denominated insurance policy from an insurer who holds their BTC with some shit place like coinbase.

https://stephanlivera.com/episode/673/

What ever the number is it needs to be more. According to this ...

2025-07-17T00:55:26Z

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What ever the number is it needs to be more.

According to this article there are around 52 million "every day" millionaires in the US worth between $1-5M. It should be trivially easy for these people to own and self custody one bitcoin (except of course the obvious 21M BTC reason).

We need more easy to use self custody wallets like Unchained, Casa, AnchorWatch, Proton, Bitkey, Liana, Sparrow, etc. Bring on all the projects with what ever models/trade-offs work to somehow put the keys in users hands.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/19/united-states-millionaires-wealth.html

Wow thanks for sharing, first time I've heard of #deepwiki, ...

2025-06-09T21:27:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…s4ky
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Wow thanks for sharing, first time I've heard of #deepwiki, it looks very useful. I've also been playing around with `nostr-sdk` and it's an awesome project!

Based on first episode the new "Murderbot" TV series is ...

2025-06-08T23:05:16Z

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Based on first episode the new "Murderbot" TV series is looking pretty good/true to the book too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderbot_(TV_series)

#murderbot

Here's some great BIP-324 work sponsored by @nprofile…xv7m ...

2025-05-28T16:48:43Z

Here's some great BIP-324 work sponsored by Spiral (nprofile…xv7m) from Nick Johnson with rust help from Rustaceanrob:

https://spiralbtc.substack.com/p/nerd-of-the-month-3-working-on-longevity

Great research! this is the sort of analysis and discussion we ...

2025-05-21T17:06:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…82e4
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Great research! this is the sort of analysis and discussion we need if we want to see #bitcoin scale up in a self-custodial way.

Im 100% behind this trend of national retail chains adding pay ...

2025-05-17T19:38:08Z

Im 100% behind this trend of national retail chains adding pay with bitcoin! I dont care what they do with the BTC.

Heres me using my trusty PhoenixWallet (nprofile…d29g) …

Phoenix is the mobile wallet, but there's also a ...

2025-05-12T02:28:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…32pg
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Phoenix is the mobile wallet, but there's also a "headless" API version of the software that can run on a desktop or server. But to use phoenixd you need other software like Alby (nprofile…fy4z) Hub (https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/introduction) if you want a UI on top of it.

One issue you'll have with the phoenix mobile app and bolt12 is your phone app needs to be running to receive payments, at least I just tried to send a little payment to you above bolt12 "offer" and it didn't work because I suspect your phoenix app isn't running. But if you use phoenixd on an always on machine this wouldn't be a problem.

And, yes you can tell you have a bolt12 "offer" because it starts with `lno`.

It looks like Ocean is recommending CLN ...

2025-05-11T23:43:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…m35v
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It looks like Ocean is recommending CLN (https://ocean.xyz/docs/lightning) but as long as they use standard bolt12 I don't see why it wouldn't work with phoenix wallet or phoenixd. Looks like you just need to create the config for your bolt12 offer and sign it with an on-chain address key. But it's not clear to me which on-chain key you need to sign with.

Have you already tried @nprofile…r4yc ? it has great Bolt12 ...

2025-05-11T20:08:30Z

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Have you already tried PhoenixWallet (nprofile…r4yc) ? it has great Bolt12 support.

“Founded in 2014, ACINQ is a French startup building products ...

2025-05-05T03:59:03Z

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“Founded in 2014, ACINQ is a French startup building products and services for the Bitcoin ecosystem. We are based in Paris, France.”

https://acinq.co/about

@nprofile…awgk would love to sell you some games go to his ...

2025-04-04T12:27:59Z

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Scott (nprofile…awgk) would love to sell you some games go to his website;

https://www.freemarketkids.com

Thanks for building this! it looks very cool. It'd be even ...

2025-03-21T15:13:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…7pq2
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Thanks for building this! it looks very cool.

It'd be even cooler if I could import my 14 years of data from goodreads. Unfortunately when I tried to export that data I got this shitty message:

At least if I have to start over on #nostr I'll be free of another walled data garden.

@nprofile…yckf great question, we have pre-canned descriptor ...

2025-03-13T18:32:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…sqzt
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w3ird_ (nprofile…yckf) great question, we have pre-canned descriptor templates:

https://docs.rs/bdk_wallet/latest/bdk_wallet/descriptor/template/index.html

Or check out the bdk_wallet descriptor macros. These let you build your descriptors programmatically and is what we use for creating the above templates.

https://docs.rs/bdk_wallet/latest/bdk_wallet/macro.descriptor.html

Brave includes a shitcoin wallet, no thanks. ...

2025-02-21T21:26:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…mqtn
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Brave includes a shitcoin wallet, no thanks.
https://brave.com/wallet/

I just heard about the drama going on at the Mozilla Foundation, ...

2025-02-21T21:13:28Z

I just heard about the drama going on at the Mozilla Foundation, anyone know a good replacement for Firefox? I'm going to try LibreWolf, any other suggestions?

https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/1893024925759263184

I just past in my jitsi link to the location and ignore the zoom ...

2025-02-18T05:47:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…w87n
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I just past in my jitsi link to the location and ignore the zoom button.

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2025-02-17T14:38:58Z

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https://www.newsmax.com/politics/fort-knox-doge-gold/2025/02/17/id/1199355/

This story from a few years back comes to mind. ...

2025-02-17T07:41:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…lx30
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This story from a few years back comes to mind.

https://decrypt.co/34033/chinese-firm-dumps-83-tonnes-of-fake-gold-on-the-market

They already exist. For realestate they are called a deed and are ...

2025-02-15T14:51:47Z

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They already exist. For realestate they are called a deed and are issues and enforced in my country by the county. For business shares they are issued by the companies , listed on exchanges and enforced by local courts. Ultimately to “tokenize” a real world asset you need a real world enforcement system.

If you know someone else using it you can pay by email address ...

2025-02-14T06:23:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…czqx
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If you know someone else using it you can pay by email address which is neat

Is this what mempools clearning looks like? ...

2025-02-14T01:40:41Z

Is this what mempools clearning looks like?

Looks like you need to move your wallet balance so you can ...

2025-02-13T19:09:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…r8sr
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Looks like you need to move your wallet balance so you can receive more zaps!

I think we found our first @nprofile…9s4d ...

2025-02-12T02:54:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…nksh
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I think we found our first bitcoindevkit (nprofile…9s4d) marketing copy editor!

@nprofile…jwnr we need to figure out how to use this with ...

2025-02-12T01:24:41Z

matthewramsden (nprofile…jwnr) we need to figure out how to use this with bitcoindevkit (nprofile…7hrg) !

quoting
nevent1q…mw2l
Big news for wallet devs.

Soon you’ll be able to double click the side button on your iPhone to launch your preferred wallet app and emulate an NFC card.

https://www.engadget.com/apple-will-allow-developers-access-to-its-nfc-technology-avoiding-an-eu-fine-123026127.html

Using offline / async LN payments might be a way to go. Just need ...

2025-02-09T19:51:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…96ve
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Using offline / async LN payments might be a way to go. Just need to connect from time to time with one of your online LN peers: https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/989

Pretty sure this was one of those open secrets in DC and banking ...

2025-02-06T05:45:23Z

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Pretty sure this was one of those open secrets in DC and banking world. 🤡

Great video thanks for sharing. Three hours long but gave me a ...

2025-02-06T05:12:00Z

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Great video thanks for sharing. Three hours long but gave me a good high level grasp on how modern LLMs work.

I guess he wasn't able to get the domain ...

2025-02-05T18:21:31Z

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I guess he wasn't able to get the domain "MacroStrategy"?

Nice to see the government education monopoly being broken up in ...

2025-02-03T00:57:06Z

Nice to see the government education monopoly being broken up in the fine state of TN. I hope other states follow suit and empower parents to choose where and how their kids are educated.

https://www.discovery.org/education/2025/02/01/with-gov-lees-signature-tennessee-will-become-13th-state-to-enact-universal-school-choice/

The US federal gov isn't the only one that's made big ...

2025-02-02T23:35:19Z

The US federal gov isn't the only one that's made big financial promises it can't keep. If you are thinking about where to put down roots plan accordingly:

"Across all 50 states, there was a collective $6.96 trillion in liabilities for public pensions that were unfunded, meaning the cost disbursed in pensions was higher than the amount collected, averaging almost $21,000 in unfunded liabilities per person, according to ALEC’s Unaccountable and Unaffordable report. California, Hawaii, Illinois and Alaska all exceeded $35,000 in liabilities per capita, while Tennessee and Indiana were the only states below $10,000 per capita."

https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/20/pension-funding-failure-poses-serious-risk-states/

Amazing! 🤩 #note1ujv…zaxm

2025-01-30T00:36:25Z

Amazing! 🤩

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Telehash at BitcoinPark (nprofile…87xe) hit a block!

https://mempool.space/block/0000000000000000000269d52c24ea451225613aab095d90d771d4e29aa96cdd

The 256 Foundation (https://256foundation.org/) is doing a ...

2025-01-29T21:30:04Z

The 256 Foundation (https://256foundation.org/) is doing a Telehash Event at BitcoinPark (nprofile…wds9) today ! contribute your hashpower to the cause:

🔗 Stratum Address:
donate.256foundation.org
Port: 3333
👷 Worker Name:
bc1qce93hy5rhg02s6aeu7mfdvxg76x66pqqtrvzs3

My recipe for lazy meatballs: 1. set oven to 350F 2. to 1lb grass ...

2025-01-26T05:10:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…56t8
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My recipe for lazy meatballs:

1. set oven to 350F
2. to 1lb grass fed ground beef add sea salt, pepper, onion powder
3. scoop and roll into little balls (I use a melon baller)
4. bake for around 20 mins

I like em with ketchup (if you want to get fancy top with quality tomato sauce, EVO, and grated parmigiano)

🤷‍♂️ I'm down for it, just need to convince the ...

2025-01-25T02:30:31Z

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🤷‍♂️ I'm down for it, just need to convince the product team at Square.

Square has millions of terminals out there, I'm pretty sure ...

2025-01-25T02:24:37Z

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Square has millions of terminals out there, I'm pretty sure the problem is more about training than technology. The front line retail works need to be able to handle all the bitcoin lingo and qr codes and different ways payments can fail. How do you handle refunds? what happens if customer says payment went through but it doesn't show up on terminal? Anyway I'm sure it will happen eventually but it's still early days in bitcoin land.

I agree it'd be great if customers could pay at square ...

2025-01-25T02:11:04Z

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I agree it'd be great if customers could pay at square terminal with bitcoin, but at least merchants now have the option to automatically convert some of their sales to bitcoin. I hope this is a first step to future full bitcoin/lightning customer payment support.

https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/7935-purchase-bitcoin-with-square

#eltor sounds like a really cool project, pay tor relays for ...

2025-01-25T02:04:02Z

#eltor sounds like a really cool project, pay tor relays for bandwith with anonymous LN micropayments. Team is making progress and could use help testing:

https://github.com/el-tor/eltord

Is this the right repo? https://github.com/citadel-tech/coinswap

2025-01-24T15:23:45Z

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Is this the right repo? https://github.com/citadel-tech/coinswap

That was my thought exactly when I heard the interview from ...

2025-01-24T00:00:51Z

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That was my thought exactly when I heard the interview from Natalie (npub1ahx…5ech) . A better product IMO would be whole life insurance where you , the insurance co, and a third key custodian hold what ever btc you put in. At the end your heirs get that btc back. The only reason to do it is the tax savings. Insurer makes money on flat custody fees and from loans they make to you against your btc held.

The fake news is still peddling the same "murder for ...

2025-01-23T00:22:21Z

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The fake news is still peddling the same "murder for hire" fiction used to smear Ross during the trial. Best to send anyone interested in learning more to a better source like Reason Mag.

https://reason.com/tag/ross-ulbricht/

For all your observant bitcoiners, there's a new day on the ...

2025-01-23T00:14:47Z

For all your observant bitcoiners, there's a new day on the holiday calendar. 🫶

https://bitcoin.holiday/

This deserves to be a new #bitcoin holiday. 🫶 ...

2025-01-22T00:52:31Z

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This deserves to be a new #bitcoin holiday. 🫶

https://github.com/coinkite/bitcoin.holiday.pub/pull/24

Do you remember when AOL bought Time Warner? I worked for WB ...

2025-01-17T20:56:16Z

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Do you remember when AOL bought Time Warner? I worked for WB studio then and we were forced to get AOL "company" email accounts. Good times, good times.

But did he free Ross Ulbricht, convicted of a non-violent offense ...

2025-01-17T14:18:06Z

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But did he free Ross Ulbricht, convicted of a non-violent offense with a clearly disproportionately long sentence? The hypocrisy is deafening.

https://reason.com/2025/01/14/reminder-donald-trump-promised-to-free-ross-ulbricht-on-day-one/

The GDP this chart is based on includes government make-work ...

2025-01-16T18:26:03Z

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The GDP this chart is based on includes government make-work spending right? that should really count as negative GDP. How much worse should these numbers look?

A cheat sheet for calculating bitcoin cap gains cost basis? 🙏

2025-01-16T01:08:36Z

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A cheat sheet for calculating bitcoin cap gains cost basis? 🙏

https://m.primal.net/NhAn.png

2025-01-15T01:50:04Z

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@nprofile…75n7 thanks for pointing that out, I did not know. ...

2025-01-12T19:28:08Z

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BoomTown (nprofile…75n7) thanks for pointing that out, I did not know. And really it's better that state's aren't given bankruptcy protection, it would raise the borrowing costs of all states. Better to see the deadbeat states default on their bonds and let the market downgrade their creditworthiness and/or shut them out completely.

As a native, now ex-Californian I think the only possible plan to ...

2025-01-12T16:32:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…wjuv
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As a native, now ex-Californian I think the only possible plan to the governance/financial problems there is 1. No more bailouts, 2. State bankruptcy and debt reorganization, 3. Socialist pols voted out of office, 4. Drastic spending cuts, 5. Years of painful recovery.

Exhibit A on why CA property owners and taxpayers are so screwed: ...

2025-01-12T14:19:43Z

Exhibit A on why CA property owners and taxpayers are so screwed:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2G1ZwAqQPVU

There are folks working on SP for BDK already, you can see some ...

2025-01-05T23:55:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…90dl
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There are folks working on SP for BDK already, you can see some of the required steps for a full impl in this tracking issue:

https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/issues/1114#issuecomment-2286966409

And checkout some early related work here:

https://github.com/cygnet3/rust-silentpayments

Google is looking to replace Microsoft as best platform to spy ...

2024-12-23T22:42:15Z

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Google is looking to replace Microsoft as best platform to spy and scam people with

Looks like a cool mod to ...

2024-12-23T16:28:01Z

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Looks like a cool mod to https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/BDKSwiftExampleWallet

@npub1xr4…f6z3 isnt active or verified but may be here

2024-12-15T17:40:13Z

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profstonge (npub1xr4…f6z3) isnt active or verified but may be here