2025-08-17T23:37:46Z https://nostr.now James A Lewis https://nostr.now/npub1nf9vm6uhs4j7yaysmjn9eqlf7et5t6hvrkdqgpd995vcc9yfjyas0pxa3x https://i.nostr.build/zdMAY.jpg https://i.nostr.build/zdMAY.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszhsm5wjhdwrzsjg76p33pc3nkam2gza7k06shx3u6twy53xqu03szyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkqahkue <a href="http://spot.fund/cf8vn5pdc">http://spot.fund/cf8vn5pdc</a><br/><br/>Consider helping this family in their plight 2026-02-19T16:15:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2e7n3j5kwhpv58nlew379haef6l833fp3d8va6pm25g6etxu3y7szyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkmwrzkd Bitcoin is monetary tech, not an agnostic decentralized database.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsfmcef6k7q7f7fdz60dqwnwccpywhunf5ge8em3uyrlgae69cakjqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtczyzzxxpmg3gy7cyffvl4s2388320g33y02pcjcw0dfy0l9dh6qxdwsqcyqqqqqqgmv3pcj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…3pcj</a></span> </div> BIP-110 Just Keeps Winning<br/> <video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/aad3542f7a6fef5e4acb3b63e51e510a718b3d17f55460bb9e0c63cbd83a1281.mp4"></video> </blockquote> 2026-01-28T18:16:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg3cxl6uw27fwu3uwacstewms6rw8uf2ghrf0txt5a4kghjmpu4rgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk4j5xph In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrf57hrxh095vl78tdedmxl93krr5ujzd93k5qhlyegmaz7pfrhqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsnh98jw'>nevent1q…98jw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Honestly 2026-01-27T12:49:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0e6rcl7s3vgkd3r8ndpdlznwfeky35am2afa6hqd4kqyetnuvftczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkzjzsp7 I knew I recognized him from somewhere! <br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/0c2cf46ff5d894749f65b08010bbe3bdc88edb4b8fdb63c2b656f624ac18399a.jpg"> 2026-01-04T00:46:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxwdxjjsjvf2wwg0lpwm8u2wvkze88wuk3je6xg8hdqltutxcqp5szyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk4keq7g The Theology of Bailey Building and Loan<br/><br/>Why It’s a Wonderful Life is the greatest Christmas movie of all time!<br/><br/>Like all good Christmas movies, it’s actually about Advent and preparing ourselves for the change that Christ brings to the world. It’s a Wonderful Life is the greatest Christmas movie of all time because it demonstrates the difference Christ makes in issuing His second greatest commandment.<br/><br/>This film demonstrates a world that would be dominated by the love of money over the love of neighbor. Pottersville is a real possibility if good men choose to not act.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/NRmv6eu1Bag">https://youtu.be/NRmv6eu1Bag</a><br/> 2025-12-02T11:33:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6pxktwh25pwexn6c9466tk6d6eycl2hynm28fswlzuqnend7alczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkdhxjp7 If trade and labor are supposed to be charity, money given in exchange is a token of thanks. Monetary exchange is, in essence, a declaration that someone did good toward oneself. In a real sense, it makes the &#34;what&#34; money is into information, yet it requires anchor in reality.<br/><br/>A proposed definition: token of thanks, abstracted trade, and evidence of goodwill<br/><br/>Another popular definition: medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value<br/><br/>I would love to hear your thoughts!<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/5PUiBXp2NIg">https://youtu.be/5PUiBXp2NIg</a> 2025-11-04T13:18:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0sy57yau0gxepfxmqeu3epth7akl39v3xfw23fsjjlckmrk5q0qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk77gyh6 Trade &amp; labor are willing the good of neighbor, but what&#39;s that?<br/><a href="https://youtu.be/04bHgLnt7b8">https://youtu.be/04bHgLnt7b8</a><br/><br/>It all boils down to Goodness, Truth, and Beauty. Each service we render and good we deliver result in some increase in goodness, truth, and beauty in or for the other. This can become our aim, and we can then better fulfill that purpose to which God has called us as professionals.<br/><br/>PS:<br/>Nothing lacking beauty can be called good.<br/>Nothing untrue can be truly beautiful.<br/>Nothing without goodness is true.<br/>Goodness makes a thing more beautiful.<br/>Truth makes a thing better.<br/>Beauty makes a thing more true. 2025-10-07T13:16:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsge060kd09q4jk8j4vlf0325g7wcnsje9cnjt8ymp5d7pn69ykmsgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkp5edzc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrwnhy8wqammyv2f5ppwqtmuhwl6mesr3wa47ujpgc354le76n42spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhs0typuc'>nevent1q…ypuc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Following 2025-10-01T13:55:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs066z6jalj9vscclkuxh7rl4ckemgd6826vcju2xz9mchaw0nfwhgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkt7rlmp <a href="https://youtu.be/HnHrNpwMnTs">https://youtu.be/HnHrNpwMnTs</a><br/><br/>Loving an enemy of this kind means to will his highest good, and that is to do our best to ensure he achieves the beatific vision, and this requires his repentance. This does not mean we preserve his mortal life but use this opportunity to bring about the deepest contrition possible.<br/><br/>For this circumstance, what would elicit contrite repentance more than an impending end of life? Anyone who cowers at the suggestion is not brave. Courage and solemn justice are difficult virtues when a man has unjustly taken the life of an innocent, and I do not envy the responsibility of the agent of the state, but it must be done. 2025-09-22T17:34:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvets3gd5j5awgdqf4ugdcm9wj8wdp6ls0vk8dx06wud53xpn67lqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnksslc0z Nearly All Wars for 150 Year Were Fought for THIS Reason<br/><a href="https://youtu.be/Q0A8nyz-2CI">https://youtu.be/Q0A8nyz-2CI</a><br/><br/>After over a century of fighting, we are hardly any closer to unanimously saying people can just keep their stuff and help out each other.<br/><br/>The reason is because people don&#39;t know trade and labor are for love of neighbor.<br/><br/>#theologyofcommerce #mutualprofit #business #personalproperty #propertyrights #bitcoinfixesthis (nearly) #podcast 2025-09-16T12:00:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfdjccdpr64j7563242xx27g2gn9w9m5l63e4qkr7eadrtrmkmveczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk7mzg8g Charlie Kirk, Trump, Aaron Danielson, children attending mass before school, young women on busses. It&#39;s getting worse and quickly. The media oligarchs, activist judges, and legislators of ill will are complicit. We are quickly approaching a hot civil war, and it is currently one-sided.<br/><br/>Was that the shot heard around the world? 2025-09-10T19:54:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstcxvtx3schdz0rmwqcmktg62p34y0tlzg4lepf36h8yt8p5fsacqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkmjtqp9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dyypgeynpsh3f4k5hyeck2lad5srkyfaj9y35khpqhfjk2ukzvqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsynwg0p'>nevent1q…wg0p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Excellent! I am also very surprised that is actually AI! It sounds so human. 2025-09-05T00:45:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0cg4thlq4n0757k3shk8yrsaz9akd9wchex7fqln6aar95wchp7qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnks4hntj <a href="https://youtu.be/DL1lnwaff8k">https://youtu.be/DL1lnwaff8k</a><br/>So good! 2025-09-04T17:40:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqudhmnetej3ng8mfe08rjskcm9mzfqr4pcw5rletp3wu8zaxml5qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkmyejaj I am of a really strong &#39;Twenty Øne Pilots&#39; kick and thoroughly enjoying it<br/><br/>Where are my fellow TØP fans?<br/><br/><a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mPRGtCKpQcAN-S9djP0uQnW43beVagM2c&amp;si=7ICpmbTfgLICKzmT">https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mPRGtCKpQcAN-S9djP0uQnW43beVagM2c&amp;si=7ICpmbTfgLICKzmT</a><br/><br/>#twentyonepilots #music 2025-08-27T14:58:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6rlj7wl583qp5mpelyeggs0djdnh9mxayhcpnmln0wcv2v5erpgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkdm8czg <a href="https://theologyofcommerce.com/blog/article/on-labor-trade-a-sacramental/">https://theologyofcommerce.com/blog/article/on-labor-trade-a-sacramental/</a><br/><br/>Getting the ball rolling on my rebrand has been slow going, but I finally have my thesis hosted at the new domain. 2025-08-17T23:38:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstd8yq6454vfnpg7qtyxcpzw97nt7edvc3cpsaya7nr8dwv0t5j4qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkdx4upc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9elygd5uewapc2dnmq5609ulca6k8k74452mmv9vjta6vnn004ag70hk36'>nevent1q…hk36</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you, brother! 2025-08-16T16:04:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0al0m47ytl4tv6mz86qu5arfgndptp9ftfv4hzkjwc6hdkg002cqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkwf0fcw Make stuff with your kids! This was more educational than days or possibly weeks of &#34;normal&#34; school.<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/bad0701fe998ade323fe73e6bfe79496fa23a28d75150c645dde6d07ca31c973.jpg"> <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/310d0f6ed03e2770d7586b1379f8a07aa11631bea2748c7fd0ed5e57f57166e0.jpg"> <br/><br/>Procedure, importance of planning, following directions (we had to scrap one part), and seeing a small project go from ideation to planning to production and to final product. Honestly, the fact that he made a mistake on a part was highly beneficial, especially when he saw the purpose later on of the feature he cut off.<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/f6bea570de5727cd25b7778727179049246654d8a22cd9149344bd581871b8fc.jpg"> <br/><br/>This tab confused him at first as he made his cuts, and so he didn&#39;t keep them, but he later saw their purpose.<br/><br/>#education #homeschooling #mechanicalengineering #engineering 2025-08-16T15:16:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8fgqh4etw2wgej95d3llru00pj5574cz4yn0e8fwwse9fd58367szyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkzm4akt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsglr8wwwysggz3sa0ldx75kagp33j6pxp8frv6yv9wcvupnvmtwyc8jjszd'>nevent1q…jszd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Just don&#39;t get divorced&#34; ... or &#34;do the sorts of things that make them *want* to stay with you&#34;? 😂<br/><br/>I recently celebrated 10 years with my wife. It simultaneously seems weird to me that we&#39;ve been mapped that long, yet also it would be more weird otherwise. 2025-08-16T05:34:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrdt5zwy76zy36k7akdlmg8cwumvsknkrg7crcvnl2gpxdhtmv0gqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkn9xcvf Does a private video chat app exist for Nostr, yet? 2025-08-15T13:14:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq9zhwefc5pzs5xpyymqkxx0rf7sdt2969k0murrj9k0apzy3rj2qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkuj3eff <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/tTjA_6HNPQA">https://youtube.com/shorts/tTjA_6HNPQA</a><br/><br/>This mind disease is viral and deadly. It&#39;s the real pandemic. It&#39;s infecting way more women than people realize. This is because women take on each other&#39;s grief and multiply it. It comes from the desire to commiserate and comfort, which are good and healthy feminine motivations, but it gets perverted by social media.<br/><br/>I&#39;m seeing a lot more of this sort of thing going around, and I want to warn you all of it. 2025-08-14T18:52:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstdzkfu7care8uedc5kuhs3jt2huzc5ze2p2j520kevf0z90ywwjgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnksqfxac In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvaz7f5j59scya6z9qkulr0wxu3zsp9tzgc8ee27d3qfafmcf4gg980s6p'>nevent1q…0s6p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like amethyst, too. Primal is nice for on-boarding because of the built-in wallet, though. 2025-08-03T14:11:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvq6xy6cwce3hwpjcezzvcvvxz2vz84nsf0qlknx4ylajd45w06aczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkgz89kh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqa9f6sdsca2m942kcj854dlllrddjmtcasm3uce95tx23rtht4fqekeszc'>nevent1q…eszc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Instead of &#34;vocation,&#34; I would call that region &#34;Day Job.&#34; Vocation means calling, and so that would be better used in the intersection of mission and passion, but it should also occupy the region to Ikigai, as well. One&#39;s calling in life is what he&#39;s meant to do, should fulfill the deepest part of one&#39;s identity, and will bring him the greatest joy.<br/><br/>A true vocation doesn&#39;t need to be a money maker, since fatherhood and motherhood are great vocations. This is in part why marriage is elevated to the status of sacrament in the Christian church, and it is called matrimony, which means mother-making.<br/><br/> 2025-08-03T14:08:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswkm3efrwnptujghsljpghxq2850cetyph3pzcpntzg8xd5u9n39gzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk9ejcts In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2spq3y6vhuun6347chlppjh7mqf7n4sk7tx4e3j0lkwzjzustrec7s7yg8'>nevent1q…7yg8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is spice preference more nature or nurture, I wonder. I love spicy foods, but I&#39;m just all kinds of European with a sprinkling of native American and a tiny pinch of Mongolian. (Who isn&#39;t, knowing the proliferation of Atilla?) 2025-08-03T13:57:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspuzynwaymfegmeh7wc5gk39d0w5xp84af8gynyq6fqlmd7thjryczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkscayqe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83hmrelgvplz62c88336ezl4s7ydyz8x9kqezttqpx7w2t39z74qwkqgp5'>nevent1q…qgp5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Makes me wonder what other things crop up in other mixes! Like, maybe Indians and Russians make funny dietary needs with many generations of herbivore from one side and near carnivores on the other 🤷‍♂️ interesting thing to think about 2025-08-02T21:32:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsynj6lswav5dpt6m9v0a95rpkp4tgtv8c6ghz7plfm92cqt2m5trqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnku0jskv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrxtnx3hs88z8rqhtrp6lufcchyruj6rkc2w8ty4352gtvcc2vfcl86x3q'>nevent1q…6x3q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some good friends of ours are interracial. It&#39;s nothing to put the marriage at risk, but there are unique challenges, a benign one being an extraordinary hair care routine. The African and European genes apparently fight each other and produce hair that needs care totally different than either parent is used to, making for a 2-hour routine needed weekly. 2025-08-02T21:17:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstvg8up0k6h0j5k9ehjaeds8ch3jfrk9lyy9q3zu504f7rqm5ad6qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk76svyt <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2025/july/documents/20250729-missionari-digitali.html">https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2025/july/documents/20250729-missionari-digitali.html</a> 2025-08-02T14:21:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvucjc82mz48s6er53dpw4v702sx45cpjanwe8wthwgyjsgl8yukszyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkhy677p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdvyetmgma99wnl58qp55uepwcmetqqrxznfase05f4lyhtw3tzqa2usup'>nevent1q…usup</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is why I refuse to buy Apple. I&#39;m just not paying into a walled garden system that hates me. That is also why I&#39;m not buying Microsoft either. Linux and Android only. 2025-07-31T12:58:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvw5upyt4zjukaju0wv3p4pyyjzpuq0q60r420m0282u4wcczfggqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkneln3p <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/xu0wKnKSKuM">https://www.youtube.com/live/xu0wKnKSKuM</a> 2025-07-25T21:25:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvldvqd9eqyxre3yzwznus0jyntd4870ekqrxt3xnpmfc8kv6aq7qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnklwmweh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qcguxhj6p75tcrw5skpsvhewk20eqqkc6pkdvtkdfdj8alzpqassspwfx'>nevent1q…pwfx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure some clients might have a process for it. You might be able to add a nostr client to the options under the &#34;share&#34; button on the other apps, like text and email are. 2025-07-25T17:00:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvm5l2eeqlv3eavw0vnu0q6hvh976zytpppah57edgs90pstkhx7qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk5yhykd Just set up a new channel via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpzemhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgkwaehxw309a3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kqs6xl8h" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ZEUS</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…xl8h</span>)</a></span>, but I can&#39;t get any payments through it. This is after restoring my wallet. Should I close the channel and start a new node? <br/><br/><br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/ea3c247b3a20eca52fb1926b61bfa110c2b288257a0c964d6836e93deeec751a.jpg"> 2025-07-23T14:11:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfgswauc700hcwr5llzq4euvctjjj8kuz4yvmnuaav6p2a4ya5spczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkxusf9h I have a conference I&#39;m attending in two days with a ton of creators, mostly YouTube and podcast. Who&#39;d like to help me orange and purple pill a bunch of them? 2025-07-22T13:09:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvx9ndsjc535r2ue8656z8uk293a6yxtfkymddfzymcdpt5a080agzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkwqt73w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqyfczu8spv527sjm9dp3y3zx2k5rt98xsayrrvvt0xqxscscuqdtmudk'>nevent1q…mudk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s always that possibility. My NIP05 has been updated, so the hacker must have got into my web hosting account, too, or else I am whom I say I am. 2025-02-22T15:49:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs96hx8nzmq6pdxxttvt4f4z9upple2z2t3u6eya35q8wchsecwxyqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk3e56uk Follow the new npub! You can unfollow this one.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsdhlq9uesgkvxqp5fk086l9wvxxsc9tn6t6506e2p6shg747pupfgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygx2cmry387jllcaehdkg55ga3j2a4ufrp7eff6t8cq2eln2mv69sspsgqqqqqqs4tf75g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…f75g</a></span> </div> Step one: let the American people keep more of their paychecks.<br/><br/>Step two: initiate tariffs to cover the lost tax revenue, but only after eliminating waste spending<br/><br/>Step three: companies raise prices on imported goods due to tariffs or choose to manufacture in America.<br/><br/>Step four: Americans have more money because of tax elimination, but spend more money because of increased pricing downstream of tariffs.<br/><br/>Step five: because of lower taxes, companies can hire more people and/or lower prices, which means greater value added to the economy and balancing down the tariff price increases<br/><br/>Step six: more people in the workforce and lower taxes means local economies see a big boost since more value, and thus more money, is made but doesn't have to leave via taxation.<br/><br/>Step seven: the greater opportunity gives young people hope, and they enter the workforce with greater zeal, further increasing the economy<br/><br/>Step eight: the greater economy makes the tariff price hikes not feel too bad.<br/><br/>Step nine: people marry and make more babies because hope is restored, and the cycle of prosperity continues. </blockquote> 2025-02-22T15:08:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszp5300netvdl3xseqttu5chh38d5jzt9slms3nyeqp382gp0l5wqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkqzshwc New npub<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs0rczq83pha9u402uykktqcp7dc2yhxduy6c2ahxdkvgf64w8avegpr3mhxue69uhkx6rjd9ehgurfd3kzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tczyr9vd3jgnlf0luwumkmy22ywce9w67y3slv55a9nuq9vle4dkdzcgqcyqqqqqqgz9ywwd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…ywwd</a></span> </div> Does Nostr have a good number of crunchy, traditional, and/or Christian/Catholic SAHMs here?<br/><br/>If we don't, what can Nostr offer them that Facebook and Insta don't? For one thing, no censorship of "vaccine hesitancy" posts. </blockquote> 2025-02-20T00:49:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd7a7q06x5rlx8xj74kjct73mfjkcd2et86zxrswutgk4f29a6yxczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk6v8p5v Follow my new npub!<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsfav2zdxv5rnghktsrcwh33qttvs3tv077glvhvy7gcrs0jmtcyfsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsv43kxfz0a9ll3mnwmv3fg3mry4mtcjxrajjn5k0sq4nlx4ke5tpqrqsqqqqqp9x7l95" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…7l95</a></span> </div> Finishing up the #blockSizeWar, and dang! This history is fascinating!<br/><br/>This clarified a bunch of things, and I am not terribly hopeful anymore that a block size hard fork will ever be possible on Bitcoin. It seems more and more that the only scaling route that doesn't get rid of self-custody is drive chains and lightning combined. </blockquote> 2025-02-14T01:10:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstyzth3v94n6v5sas057gwp2mlpqvxhtewkye0u2tmqd6nqxk3dkqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkfghfdh Alright ... So I leaked my NSEC, and I&#39;ve started a new NPUB @<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1etrvvjyl6tllrhxakezj3rkxftkh3yv8m998fvlqpt87dtdngkzqhl3zeq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Lewis</span> (<span class="italic">npub1etr…3zeq</span>)</a></span>, updated my NIP05, etc. I also re-followed everyone. What else should I do?<br/><br/>#askNostr #oops<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think re-signing my old notes is a good idea, nor probably possible. 2025-01-27T04:38:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr7t998yuyul96e47tq5nkvsu2320fltl5rvm9xdm7vxn0cc7gxsczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk8lsttv Leaked my NSEC. Oops. Moving to new npub: @npub1etrvvjyl6tllrhxakezj3rkxftkh3yv8m998fvlqpt87dtdngkzqhl3zeq 2025-01-27T03:30:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrddzaeh09z5awvgwze7vdlggumtzxd3gf9adstur9tzew0ug3pxqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkvnuylf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9mrv2p64g8hh02ej0qw7a5m26t306jx3l6w5updujcmaztt4r5fspzamhxue69uhk5umtd968g7fwvdshgtmwdaehgusrkr0rr'>nevent1q…r0rr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No way... I can&#39;t believe I did that. Time to rotate keys and update passwords... 2025-01-27T03:16:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrpkh8xhejv332uh0d5mh762tdqyrpq9ggua9c29qppzguxn9866szyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk6t2pw3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2v4nrygszhmntf2j4cu3jufv8z6pdmam43gew5z2l79cjfp4lrqgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsavhh9x'>nevent1q…hh9x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Login with Extension&#34; instead of a MS account? Yes, please! 2025-01-27T03:13:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsthtd8qdmfgvz0tqkr06d9r7fp9hzedtalz7g0vnq6vl5v7ckuukqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkhsjgwz Created my very first Rust GUI app, and it took far too long! Haha!<br/><br/>It&#39;s a simple Tic-Tac-Toe game built on Rust+Slint.<br/><br/>Also, #askNostr, why is it 213.2MB!?! It should be something like 750kB!<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/f43082d3376bc6e8c2158cd38a0467272cf8a104c6cd85d47638d95f7661f84f.png"> 2025-01-27T03:08:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ywj5ghm8d60krj5e2fn0q5ahqrqtq503asmmh47t9zmsee5gnwczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkhyr93y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdfn7yktlllnsrp5ttgjscpzjmyt3qzn5n4a7ecyqlrnu87garcfqudnvjq'>nevent1q…nvjq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Self defense or no, it was still censorship and caused the split. Like I&#39;ve said elsewhere, I&#39;m still not a big blocker, but I think I&#39;m approaching a balanced view that is no longer &#34;small block.&#34;<br/><br/>When I finish Roger Ver&#39;s book, Hijacking Bitcoin, I&#39;ll grab The Blocksize War. 2025-01-24T13:27:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrqfk5d6axejk8lat2mmhq30jn56ug0t5q8dhcae5wsmf7rcdqt5gzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnksp5f3a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqx7mx0dyyu935m6tw7m73zs0q5vxmnfvq37g0fu70t4s43cmj0hqegkyc8'>nevent1q…kyc8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Eventually, so that it&#39;s not only the financial elite that can use L1, the block size does have to increase, and I think it&#39;s a matter of when and by how much, not whether or not. That&#39;s clear from the early Bitcoin design going back to Satoshi himself. The big blockers needed to be convinced of L2&#39;s being eventually viable options, not be censored and kicked out. That hurt the community. 2025-01-24T12:54:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqx7mx0dyyu935m6tw7m73zs0q5vxmnfvq37g0fu70t4s43cmj0hqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk2tls5e If Nostr was around during the block size wars, would the bitcoin software have changed direction?<br/><br/>I learned recently that, while I was still new to bitcoin, the big blockers were kicked from the forums. No wonder I didn&#39;t really header much about it. Censorship hurt the community and caused a split on the network.<br/><br/>Unity is deeply important, and that was a bad call by the Core devs and forum mods. I think it&#39;s also bad that those two sets had such overlap. 2025-01-24T12:45:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq3hefuc0w4efgrhes0ngqlm0vne8tu2h2r0jnqfmw8zfvccazvjczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkq7755s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstr7ylknez56pzejkcjv8c8kxlchysg4nah9f74xecd6l7m4k2vqcu85q9u'>nevent1q…5q9u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Standalone web apps that aren&#39;t intended to be shared wouldn&#39;t normally need to keep keys from being hard coded. That constitutes a lot of projects on GitHub. 2025-01-24T12:14:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs964ffxlfk72z99wz9dygttz8lazvsa6y5qkmfm7pnyelpzxr5l2qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk4n5zm6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrku0ul9jq9zutfs22ynf4h3q94282fggvfcas9efnanlqvfd2uwcjhh507'>nevent1q…h507</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some people actually do store private keys on GitHub. Even if that key is configurable, their actual key is often used as a default to make testing faster. 2025-01-24T11:51:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr7ytnctqhfqpt8qjsgxq3f4433h33tqs0j7lp0veut6ygfn4g63szyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkprureh Still listening to #HijackingBitcoin. I got into Bitcoin in 2016, right as the block size war was coming to a head, but I heard almost nothing about it. I heard about BCH, but I always thought it was a spinoff that was more separate. I&#39;m learning a lot about the real history of the development.<br/><br/>I&#39;m still not a big block Bitcoiner, but I do agree that the core devs did unnecessarily prevent the block size increases that were actually intended. We still need secondary layers, too, because the use and the verifiability need some level of decentralization.<br/><br/>Who else has read or listened to the book? 2025-01-24T01:56:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvjawqzvgmkvdp5kufv0lj2pgexlmrjqltvqputfj0kjwdv9mns9gzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnktsf2sl Wow! This is an air exhaust vent, not for water. That&#39;s frozen condensation! Haha! <br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/20d9e94fc68856c3a3a4365d7ddc5ad9d4c644aa8324f2f81906296894a3c6aa.jpg"> 2025-01-23T01:17:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdtmezw3r2gmmh4tejcvkppauldemx7zscvdtsfndttn79qsnaa9szyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkg50xpt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyf2cz0pql8xp45u2sg9awp7d37q8kpquwv5w8hcjdw6ujpkjq0hg75rh8j'>nevent1q…rh8j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hahaha! Why would they want to censor that? To protect talk about their friends? 2025-01-21T12:31:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxxf0yf63vle3ur30dk5en87k0pmvh6t7mtlepghkhhhk8zete5hczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk3dxmz9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg65kdp9dfqlvhysg2cx5wm05edazdef6kxf8suc5rwc0u87mtwwgqussrd'>nevent1q…ssrd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>MAGA FUD. Not going to happen. 2025-01-21T12:27:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswhx6wh0zfhwp8pvc0f7ehc36t5kxc4eqrcaekh87yjgs4pxc622czyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkk2z8u3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxqmhg8se8yxnwkgzkpcvhvxy6u4nkzr7s7hffpx5u3pjttavuuslusaw0'>nevent1q…saw0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In terms of number of orders of magnitude, but still enormous! The last four years were weird, though. 2025-01-21T01:13:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstpgx7h9uzaxf3drf9ulx3lfy73zjrgwhscqate3mrdhqmhyeu20szyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkjwcdq8 #GulfOfAmerica<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/3780bbe1d75672904f069462371943ad2f673ca5cafd5e9e897267c3b0c17d0d.jpg"> 2025-01-20T18:08:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq47xetnst5h8ruhgxsa0almn4r0gf3d00wjwspv5jl8482jhmucszyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkhfv6yg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmxqsjrwq3ue23gn4tc646rjk6mraj492qmpkjkrtvtlt00c5puqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tc73j73e'>nevent1q…j73e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting idea! The number two correlation for repeat incarceration is financial illiteracy after fatherless upbringing, and that is likely in large part due to not having a meaningful way to contribute to the market. Could be a great way to fix the system in-part. 2025-01-19T20:48:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfepyjwh2egn879r569khmlwjv0xsljrxa9myfr2grwt2jp8hx83szyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkaduda0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs082fez52cuf9kunprdh9q8sfq09sq8mu726p4q7fjd3svklpd4esgwcvtl'>nevent1q…cvtl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not a big blocker, but nor am I exactly a small blocker either. In the far future (multiple decades, centuries), maybe we&#39;ll see giant blocks to maintain the L2s and L3s, but it&#39;s a far cry from what BCH will end up being.<br/><br/>Using bitcoin L1 has to be be more common than running an L1 full node.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsvsx9xapvgyp3qrjfudym7j80fdnc6nt9mseuz02k0huf57vxf23qpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsf5jkdawtc2e0zwjgdefjus05lv469atkpmxsyqkjj6xvvzjyezwcrqsqqqqqpxd3ayd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…3ayd</a></span> </div> Again, this is for the future, many years from now.<br/><br/>I think there ought to be more users of bitcoin that node operators. I think a single transaction ought to be cheaper than running a node. The upwards fee pressure of 8 billion people putting transactions on a 7tx/s network would make each cost possibly a years salary of an average person.<br/><br/>A metric we could use for fees is their proportion to the cost of owning and running a node for a year.<br/><br/>Trading "your everyday node operator" for "your everyday bitcoin user" is a profitable trade.<br/><br/>That's not to say that every transaction ought to be on-chain, but that users need to actually be able to set up their a LN channels in a decent timeframe.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsw0vsd8l46ewglpv7evs4vtcc87ju2772t7g8rrhsh43xky8xdymcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygy6ftx7h9u9vh38fyxu5ewg860k2az74mqangzqtffdrxxpfzv38vpsgqqqqqqs98jtjt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…jtjt</a></span> </blockquote> 2025-01-19T01:56:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvsx9xapvgyp3qrjfudym7j80fdnc6nt9mseuz02k0huf57vxf23qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkrwj3r4 Again, this is for the future, many years from now.<br/><br/>I think there ought to be more users of bitcoin that node operators. I think a single transaction ought to be cheaper than running a node. The upwards fee pressure of 8 billion people putting transactions on a 7tx/s network would make each cost possibly a years salary of an average person.<br/><br/>A metric we could use for fees is their proportion to the cost of owning and running a node for a year.<br/><br/>Trading &#34;your everyday node operator&#34; for &#34;your everyday bitcoin user&#34; is a profitable trade.<br/><br/>That&#39;s not to say that every transaction ought to be on-chain, but that users need to actually be able to set up their a LN channels in a decent timeframe.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsw0vsd8l46ewglpv7evs4vtcc87ju2772t7g8rrhsh43xky8xdymcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygy6ftx7h9u9vh38fyxu5ewg860k2az74mqangzqtffdrxxpfzv38vpsgqqqqqqs98jtjt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…jtjt</a></span> </div> How expensive should it be to run a full node? Current low-mid end hardware costs about 0.001BTC, and storage is about 10MB/sat. If the blocks are fill for a year, that's a little more than 5ksat/yr. 100ksat startup cost and 5ksat/yr is really quite cheap. <br/><br/>With hardware costs going down and performance going up, I think a block size increase could be warranted. Carefully and cautiously, we could try 2MB, and then 4MB in another four years, maybe keeping trend to a maximum of 32MB as the adoption reaches the end of the S-curve.<br/><br/>A balance must be struck between throughput and security. The narrow optima is widening between these as of now, and I'd rather a world in which self custody and everyday people interacting with L1 remains a thing for my children.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsz8annrezs6zfzrt4yaml3y4475tsx6l8hakuj5s99dfcgzws688cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygy6ftx7h9u9vh38fyxu5ewg860k2az74mqangzqtffdrxxpfzv38vpsgqqqqqqs2nxlx4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…xlx4</a></span> </blockquote> 2025-01-18T14:40:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0j780ze8mw064p4fx3eend9u572rlagjcxhqxqa67v8e52pmsa2qzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkgcmrlc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspwusmuyc632u5sk4lve6frwxr0ndqxlzuplzxnknj0czxdjfdfmqtyzgtr'>nevent1q…zgtr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>25x incoming if that becomes a thing. 2025-01-17T16:58:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfwhsxp5ha4j4jkcu4tyyrn3smaqjxwc3h8twjp5q6qsdpwm5v7nczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk6ezsht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvxtm9uu3239qqhp0j8sr5d4hveqf02hwxvwa9cwggd9fsuclzr6s4e3j3k'>nevent1q…3j3k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For now, yes. I&#39;m setting my sights not on this year but in five when adoption is up 10x and again after that. The chain doesn&#39;t need to contain all the world&#39;s transactions, but I don&#39;t want L1 to be only for the financial elite either.<br/><br/>2300tx/10min/8B ppl = 1tx/person per 66year<br/>64000/10min/8B ppl = 1tx/person per 2.4year<br/><br/>One of two things has to happen for a self-custody future: greater block sizes scaling partially with adoption or an L2 that is trustless and doesn&#39;t require direct and proportional L1 interaction. 2025-01-17T02:28:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9x5ahpcy5ll845kzaw07arjnkqe8z2z6nuq8epcklfpn6em8uljgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkmfrfmj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq776eenvs8lcjxsymnknfyq5jkjcpq3lfhvlptsdwkdl0c0v5m3q8784vr'>nevent1q…84vr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Looks like floating granny underwear 😂 2025-01-17T01:01:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw0vsd8l46ewglpv7evs4vtcc87ju2772t7g8rrhsh43xky8xdymczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkt9ukh2 How expensive should it be to run a full node? Current low-mid end hardware costs about 0.001BTC, and storage is about 10MB/sat. If the blocks are fill for a year, that&#39;s a little more than 5ksat/yr. 100ksat startup cost and 5ksat/yr is really quite cheap. <br/><br/>With hardware costs going down and performance going up, I think a block size increase could be warranted. Carefully and cautiously, we could try 2MB, and then 4MB in another four years, maybe keeping trend to a maximum of 32MB as the adoption reaches the end of the S-curve.<br/><br/>A balance must be struck between throughput and security. The narrow optima is widening between these as of now, and I&#39;d rather a world in which self custody and everyday people interacting with L1 remains a thing for my children.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsz8annrezs6zfzrt4yaml3y4475tsx6l8hakuj5s99dfcgzws688cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygy6ftx7h9u9vh38fyxu5ewg860k2az74mqangzqtffdrxxpfzv38vpsgqqqqqqs2nxlx4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…xlx4</a></span> </div> Thinking about scaling again. What are the arguments for and against everyday people needing to be able to run full nodes? (small block/big block root arguments)<br/><br/>I'm not saying we need big blocks or Bitcoin is doomed, but I am saying that with technology getting better and storage getting cheaper, the need for small blocks will decrease.<br/><br/>Thoughts?<br/><br/>#askNostr #bitcoinscaling #bitcoin #layer2 #BTC #BCH </blockquote> 2025-01-17T00:33:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05rvg7qj3whkw8aaqyr36glx20ewqh2f7qdk95vkys6x7wmd0fzgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkkyxz3e Merry Christmas!<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/f66fd2ce792cd518b18a860ccd22f9588bdff991de66b43826699fc91fd82201.jpg"> 2024-12-25T14:57:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5dyzt2hasd558dx38ly448gn6pq52d3ud26z0hvkeuww7wrw5vszyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnksf5xs7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqtd9xwk5h943hk2phlc8452pe5z3473n46qh74cw9e3wmwcmkq6sx3pwzj'>nevent1q…pwzj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Such a good game. I loved making maps, too.<br/><br/>Did you know one release of this was rated M? 2024-12-23T02:13:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06uc5tn8vjhtgvfk46gutdyjg9h664wm3dwjpfw4kv0s8ct8c5yczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk9yun48 Watching `It&#39;s a Wonderful Life` with the family. George Bailey is my spirit animal.<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/0897189e10bb6f23092649c3bc9b006a388a18228e0e03499bd5b1efebbe6400.jpg"> 2024-12-21T03:18:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsplm7938wrc6qfh96lndkfeesuhjddtxpdy9l4dhxzxv5ql00vxdgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkhk58nu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstwhge5zac7zf0nzxukqmw5pgdaxxhjfcq39zhryex930dave0thc4k7ssk'>nevent1q…7ssk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s how I felt this entire run so far 2024-12-20T13:14:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd49cvlnepvpxsc0lwx650wjm8jjuhtnlgr2t9k6umnmrez4t7vtczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkrkl4cl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvtdgct7acwtta9jw7l3ry3980k89cjmnd28hwm9qp5w4ju87cgzgtf492k'>nevent1q…492k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Self mute 😂 2024-12-16T00:30:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqn59j8rrhfpa3ywhzgsv0gg8vs45lww06maj2qnud43zrvgjcntgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk3uk3s2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0saqzanmvuh2a9yjqfg35zpfrjcmh7pw7u4d57d7zyj6e8pf45xcvjjrds'>nevent1q…jrds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for such a thoughtful response! 2024-12-15T19:50:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvfz43xwh95q4vrvckfw4hudmtkajypf5llldcwqdmnez6n7yxuuszyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkdtkm5n #askNostr<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsvrthy2wm9zrf7s5qqrtfk9jppyph6nnl72spltt4wp4dstev4eqcpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsf5jkdawtc2e0zwjgdefjus05lv469atkpmxsyqkjj6xvvzjyezwcrqsqqqqqpp35p8u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…5p8u</a></span> </div> I have an idea. What if to be consider to be running a "full node" one participates in a database sharding proof of storage system, so it's ensured that the full chain will persist, but not necessarily on any single node? I can imagine a RAID striping type system across nodes. If a node keeps X of every Y blocks, and somehow proves it to its neighbors, and there are Y groups who all keep track of neighbors, the storage needed per node will be X/Y of the total size of the chain. Let's say 5 of 256, so adjacent groups have an 80% overlap, while reducing load to about 2%. Reconstruction would be quite rapid. If a group goes empty, the data could be reconstructed from four other groups, and a node could automatically manage to which group it is assigned. This would allow meaningful participation while greatly reducing load. Whole-chain full nodes would still be a thing for those who would want that, obviously.<br/><br/>To maintain the full node aspect of verifying chain integrity, each node proves to itself the change to the database, and the group publishes the agreed upon proof to the chain with a many-multi-sig (allowing for a latency), sorta like a parity, so the shard system will occupy exactly one transaction per block. This would become the basis, then, for a layer 2 of virtual addresses, wherein an on-chain address is non-custodially occupied by many sub addresses, and the per-shard database proof also contains the transactions of virtual addresses. Cross group transactions might have to be on-chain, but they could at least be rolled up after a signed cross-group acknowledgement (making the other group acknowledges the transactions into its virtual addresses). Cross-group lightning network could also become a thing.<br/><br/>This is starting to feel a bit like drive chains, NGL, but still a bit different. </blockquote> 2024-12-15T16:23:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrez5nmjdfw05n8uq52s9lfpps7gr62486z3v4dz3ad6w8z099hfczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkf0dmlx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjl5vkdxu8sxt6w5d42xzecrmsaag5038a2w4j0as9nujtw28mdsecq0xa'>nevent1q…q0xa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m looking for a synopsis. Got a source to which I can go? 2024-12-15T15:46:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvrthy2wm9zrf7s5qqrtfk9jppyph6nnl72spltt4wp4dstev4eqczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk3cfjy0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz8annrezs6zfzrt4yaml3y4475tsx6l8hakuj5s99dfcgzws688cf5thf8'>nevent1q…thf8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have an idea. What if to be consider to be running a &#34;full node&#34; one participates in a database sharding proof of storage system, so it&#39;s ensured that the full chain will persist, but not necessarily on any single node? I can imagine a RAID striping type system across nodes. If a node keeps X of every Y blocks, and somehow proves it to its neighbors, and there are Y groups who all keep track of neighbors, the storage needed per node will be X/Y of the total size of the chain. Let&#39;s say 5 of 256, so adjacent groups have an 80% overlap, while reducing load to about 2%. Reconstruction would be quite rapid. If a group goes empty, the data could be reconstructed from four other groups, and a node could automatically manage to which group it is assigned. This would allow meaningful participation while greatly reducing load. Whole-chain full nodes would still be a thing for those who would want that, obviously.<br/><br/>To maintain the full node aspect of verifying chain integrity, each node proves to itself the change to the database, and the group publishes the agreed upon proof to the chain with a many-multi-sig (allowing for a latency), sorta like a parity, so the shard system will occupy exactly one transaction per block. This would become the basis, then, for a layer 2 of virtual addresses, wherein an on-chain address is non-custodially occupied by many sub addresses, and the per-shard database proof also contains the transactions of virtual addresses. Cross group transactions might have to be on-chain, but they could at least be rolled up after a signed cross-group acknowledgement (making the other group acknowledges the transactions into its virtual addresses). Cross-group lightning network could also become a thing.<br/><br/>This is starting to feel a bit like drive chains, NGL, but still a bit different. 2024-12-15T15:45:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz8annrezs6zfzrt4yaml3y4475tsx6l8hakuj5s99dfcgzws688czyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk4x7err Thinking about scaling again. What are the arguments for and against everyday people needing to be able to run full nodes? (small block/big block root arguments)<br/><br/>I&#39;m not saying we need big blocks or Bitcoin is doomed, but I am saying that with technology getting better and storage getting cheaper, the need for small blocks will decrease.<br/><br/>Thoughts?<br/><br/>#askNostr #bitcoinscaling #bitcoin #layer2 #BTC #BCH 2024-12-15T15:25:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd49zrjq3n5rylwe2mfj0wyulr64pdpa9pn8d2jnzerx3y4fxsv8gzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkrwx8jc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswk88u0wz8ra8mv44espl30re9x8g636nhjjc3cpnq4ufwdfg0d6g3emmzz'>nevent1q…mmzz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, you boosted via the #Fountain nostr client app and saw it on another nostr client app!<br/><br/>Unified online actions FTW! 2024-08-31T15:16:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr43wp3dv7nk7gzzndcjs4wfennpzv4rg2gsjt8k9xn30v82pv44gzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnke84y6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs02p35dd0glk9gn0yk4326scvhlw0an8mf2peh44whua4h26s5k2cw2jh73'>nevent1q…jh73</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My right is large, I found out, when I got a wireless earbud set with multiple headphone nipples(?) to try out. My left is medium 😂 2024-08-04T01:16:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfh6sl9s6v3phfqfqjxmx9s00akp400c6ulut6gagzxn4y74ut4kczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnk2mzdeu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9f6rhg4wsu86wrll5j07049nv4kqyr8c8z0m2h68ke25pl7gm23gpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsxzsedw'>nevent1q…sedw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I really do like the difference between the two forms of power. It is true: a tyrant&#39;s power over a man is great, because he will capitulate with the tyrant to preserve his life; but a patriot freely gives yet more power to the country he loves, for he will give his life to protect her. &#34;Greater love has no man than this,&#34; etc.<br/><br/>The ancap types mistake deregulation per se as a means to freedom, but it only appears so now because current regulation hinders freedom. It is conceivable, however, that some regulation will increase freedom.<br/><br/>Take for example the vows of marriage: when two form a family, but no protections are made for abandonment, do we believe the union is as free as it can be? If instead we vow to remain, and others are welcome to enforce it, the woman in particular due to that safety the vows provide can more freely make them.<br/><br/>So too, when we have some economic mechanism that protects people from the wiles of cunning bad actors, we can yet more freely engage in commerce with one another. In this sense, a well regulated, that is to say optimally and not entirely, economy is more free than anarchocapitalists&#39; dreams could conjure. 2024-05-09T14:09:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy82ht8em77wmfeu45hz7acca6mnkz2plwqlk8x7ceesuf3jwyjfqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnknahdpp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4jhrhve65jc9x8h05qguxpqxrd9hc5xzsxp8jqf523dr0n54hvspr3mhxue69uhkx6rjd9ehgurfd3kzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcl2kp08'>nevent1q…kp08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, not unregulated, but free in the proper sense of the word. Christians are free, not that we are free to sin but from it.<br/><br/>In the same sense, a truly free economy fully supports the freedom of its participants, not that they are free to take advantage of each other but that they are free to mutually benefit one another in their trade and labor. This requires a lack of compulsion (which is socialism), acknowledges ownership (which communism does not), does not systematically favor the already rich and powerful (which is crony capitalism), does not artificially favor larger organizations over the individual (which is corporatist capitalism), and rather endorses a subsidiarity in power, both economic and political (which all forms of totalitarianism rejects).<br/><br/>Our current system in the US is dangerously close to the latter three, unfortunately. The three-letter-agencies have created such a regulatory system that the individual is at an artificial disadvantage to compete with the larger organizations. In this way, I say our system is not free enough, not that we do away with regulation altogether but make it favor a subsidiary and decentralized system rather than a large and centralized one. 2024-05-08T16:33:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw2qknfmy57wffj5rgrjfawx603seyenpzg8xzqxx2qjr3lhylhfczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkg6gu08 &#34;Capitalism&#34; as meant by its proponents is simply a market economy in which people are free to trade. However, as meant by its opponents it is a system set up to profit those already rich and powerful. These, being obviously opposed to one another, one system that is free and the other rigged, ought not be called by the same name.<br/><br/>The system that may be endorsed by the Faith is one of virtue. As most virtues, the bracketing vices are slightly skewed closer to one than the other. For courage looks more like recklessness than cowardice, so too does the virtuous system of business and commerce look more like &#34;croney capitalism&#34; than communism and socialism.<br/><br/>Where cowardice shrinks in face of danger and recklessness is heedless of it, courage takes danger into account and proceeds with right action regardless of potential or sure personal loss, injury, and death. Likewise, where socialism/communism shrinks from unequal outcomes for unequal economic participants, and corporatist/croney/anarcho- capitalism heeds not the hungry, the virtuous economic system will suffer the the poor to need the wealthy and respect the freedom of all. The virtuous system rewards the generosity of the wealthy, not punishing the wealthy for being greater contributors than the poor, nor punishing the poor for their need. 2024-05-08T00:03:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsva9ph5h508y309sv8lfzp7jygyyesjrhnhwypaj89wyhx7r96qrgzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkmel8ux In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5r3k60umgdwxdzhch342js942gqgzxf34kuptans6svmgyyljlsan20r4'>nevent1q…20r4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just need to start. I come from LAMP stack and WordPress, so the JS-based stacks are just a little green for me, but I&#39;m getting there. 2024-04-05T02:42:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqkccgezdyakzv5yawny30t6qtnp9tr27y2g2xc6e9dnu0s9zu4xqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkncu0dk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgzf2d6z8kvma26u290secp2g7w84xg9pfefqt979j79xd0596qqpy9mhxue69uhhyetvv9uj66ns9ehx7um5wgh8w6tjv4jxuet59e48qtcjlpnca'>nevent1q…pnca</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the only way 2024-01-14T05:05:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9npedr6v9x8xhlu82qptmmwtcsu3a7l3d4xn2g2prlrcxvwuhz6czyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnke35jmj What did Christians believe before the gospels and epistles were written? It&#39;s anyone&#39;s guess if all our beliefs need to come from the Bible 🤷‍♂️ 2023-10-19T16:39:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx7grkh96856fnfnw055z8vafmlfj6n7ekdt39adpw4xklrf37ahqzyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkgsmxn7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszg8lsvj6pvhh4ammc9hdur3l8ysdmxelhdruar62639t2xa2pqlsfwqjln'>nevent1q…qjln</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was trying to forward to @TGFB, and yes, theirs isn&#39;t yet set up. 2023-08-04T17:42:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdxvvn3ylskh07f7frftq4zhhqzlc5awm76rufsmzl9gn0xwcgdfczyzdy4n0tj7zktcn5jrw2vhyra8m9w302aswe5pq955k3nrq53xgnkkcys3m <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1g3ra9r7duxrh8q0l2l08ku73ptdfgr0z376mvc2earlfhm6s6xxss8lnnz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>TGFB</span> (<span class="italic">npub1g3r…lnnz</span>)</a></span>, we need to have a conversation! Just heard a clip from your show, and you sound like me!<br/><br/> 2023-08-04T17:28:29Z