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zeus is the only decent one i’ve found, but it’s on the other ...

2026-10-24T13:23:10Z

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zeus is the only decent one
i’ve found, but it’s on the other end of the spectrum from wallet of satoshi. it would be sick to have a good option on that end that works with your own node.

random thought while washing dishes… it’s weird that we ...

2026-10-23T12:30:34Z

random thought while washing dishes…

it’s weird that we don’t introduce ourselves online when first interacting with someone new, like we do in real life. we just jump right in.

but if you do that to someone face to face you’re a looney.

nice! kudos on not giving up on the idea. i wonder if, since you ...

2026-10-23T18:42:53Z

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nice! kudos on not giving up on the idea.

i wonder if, since you immediately have to explain how it’s different than bitchat, you should deliberately not use “chat” in the description?

not to mention the all-in podcast. some ideas: maximum bitcoin ...

2026-10-23T16:31:24Z

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not to mention the all-in podcast.

some ideas:

maximum bitcoin
sats & stories
proof of talk
locked in bitcoin
burn the boats

was there one thing that really unlocked it?

2026-10-23T16:17:42Z

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was there one thing that really unlocked it?

nice, that’s helpful! minor: it would be nice if it displayed a ...

2026-10-23T14:23:09Z

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nice, that’s helpful! minor: it would be nice if it displayed a little better on mobile. still worked great though!

i’m not sure i operate on the same wavelength as people who ...

2026-10-23T14:03:00Z

i’m not sure i operate on the same wavelength as people who react to a message with multiple emojis.

really enjoying it the last few days. care and taste are evident.

2026-10-23T13:59:40Z

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really enjoying it the last few days. care and taste are evident.

looks cool. what’s the catch?

2026-10-28T11:43:36Z

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looks cool. what’s the catch?

really enjoying sidecar. great work!

2026-10-24T14:37:50Z

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really enjoying sidecar. great work!

what! now where do i have a floppy drive…

2026-10-23T12:07:22Z

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what! now where do i have a floppy drive…

snappy!

2026-10-23T12:05:30Z

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snappy!

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2026-10-23T09:47:32Z

til about ‮bidi control characters

👀 you can really tell how lightweight it is on initial load. ...

2026-10-23T11:51:53Z

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👀 you can really tell how lightweight it is on initial load. very nice!

switching feeds could use some sort of loading state to keep that snappy feeling. it seems delayed when you tap the button, presumably because it’s waiting for the feed to load?

ai slop is real. but it’s better than the human slop i’ve ...

2026-10-22T17:34:42Z

ai slop is real.

but it’s better than the human slop i’ve seen from some of my coworkers over the years.

heck, my first pass at something is often slop. it’s the motivation and taste to refine it that makes it into something more. something better.

naming things, as they say, is hard. but it's also important ...

2026-10-22T15:21:52Z

naming things, as they say, is hard. but it's also important and fun. at least i think.

i've grown less happy with my projects being under the "tinfoil hash" name. that's my name. i want each project to have its own name. made by me, but with its own identity.

so, the project previously known as "tinfoil hash / verify" is now: hasheus. more to come, but i wanted to get the rename out of the way first.

https://hasheus.com

what nostr app do people use on web/macos? looking for something ...

2026-10-22T12:34:00Z

what nostr app do people use on web/macos? looking for something solid, without a kitchen sink of features, and maintained with a good track record. #asknostr

with the link, yes. took about a minute.

2026-10-22T12:29:56Z

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with the link, yes. took about a minute.

aren’t all the normies you’re trying to reach using iphones ...

2026-10-22T12:27:03Z

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aren’t all the normies you’re trying to reach using iphones though?

i struggle with them all sounding the same. they're given the ...

2026-03-16T10:04:08Z

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i struggle with them all sounding the same. they're given the same marketing sheen to sound like big corp. that part turns me off.

i don’t know what the future holds with ai. but i am quite sure ...

2026-09-16T12:53:37Z

i don’t know what the future holds with ai.

but i am quite sure that matthew rhys will play dario amodei in the film about it.

i love this idea of weekend projects. it’s a really good amount ...

2026-10-18T16:40:56Z

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i love this idea of weekend projects. it’s a really good amount of time to constraint a problem/solution within.

it could be! i’m looking to replace nostr-rs-relay. this sounds ...

2026-10-18T03:33:13Z

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it could be! i’m looking to replace nostr-rs-relay. this sounds good, but i’m leery about how new it is. do you have incentive to maintain it long-term?

giving it a try for the first time now. will report back.

2026-03-07T20:07:11Z

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giving it a try for the first time now. will report back.

ignore the extremes of ai: the rabid evangelizers and the ...

2026-03-07T15:15:22Z

ignore the extremes of ai: the rabid evangelizers and the doomsayers. they have made it ideological.

be curious and try enough to forge your own opinion. adopt the good. keep it from shaping your value as a human.

verifying files with gpg kind of sucks, right? i've started ...

2026-03-06T11:42:45Z

verifying files with gpg kind of sucks, right?

i've started bridging gpg verified files to nostr to make it easier.

just drop a file in https://verify.tinfoilhash.com and you're on your way, starting with the following packages:

- bitcoin core
- coldcard by Coinkite (nprofile…h23z) N (nprofile…dnhq)
- seedsigner by SeedSigner (nprofile…w6hy)
- sparrow by craigraw (nprofile…qrf6)

the hope is that the authors of these packages start signing and publishing directly with their own nostr identity.

until then, the bridging code is fully open source and auditable, so you can decide whether to trust me or not: https://github.com/tinfoilhash/verify-from-gpg

i’ve been thinking about this. what about discovery of projects ...

2026-03-06T00:43:21Z

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i’ve been thinking about this. what about discovery of projects and issues? it still feels like a project outside of gh is at a disadvantage.

i received your zap, but returning the 210 didn’t work: error ...

2026-03-05T22:55:29Z

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i received your zap, but returning the 210 didn’t work: error fetching lightning invoice.

not going through from minibits.

2026-03-05T21:52:24Z

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not going through from minibits.

yes, correct.

2026-03-05T22:20:44Z

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yes, correct.

i’d love for you to track my project: ...

2026-03-05T14:50:40Z

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i’d love for you to track my project: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com

or your clipboard is synced to the apple cloud. 😬

2026-03-05T00:22:50Z

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or your clipboard is synced to the apple cloud. 😬

the ones you played growing up as a kid. metal gear solid. ...

2026-03-04T12:55:58Z

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the ones you played growing up as a kid. metal gear solid. twisted metal. mario.

it’s easier to over-complicate things than to keep it simple, ...

2026-03-04T12:59:59Z

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it’s easier to over-complicate things than to keep it simple, stupid. not just with code either.

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2026-03-03T13:24:23Z

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https://docs.start9.com/0.3.5.x/service-guides/lightning/zeus-lnc.html

the guide is for zeus wallet, but it works with any wallet that supports lightning node connect.

have you tried lightning node connect via lightning terminal? ...

2026-03-03T13:02:22Z

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have you tried lightning node connect via lightning terminal? faster and more reliable than tor, at least.

because they’re (mostly? all?) centralized?

2026-02-28T15:34:16Z

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because they’re (mostly? all?) centralized?

how do you do this? how does a consumer verify a release?

2026-02-28T15:31:02Z

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how do you do this? how does a consumer verify a release?

when someone says nostr is “failing” or “dying”, ...

2026-02-25T14:29:13Z

when someone says nostr is “failing” or “dying”, they’re typically saying that nostr hasn’t met their expectations within their time horizon.

there is no globally shared view of what success looks like for nostr. there may be common trends, but it’s unique for every one of us.

i’d love to hear more people frame it in terms of their expectations and time horizon. because not everyone views success as completely replacing x by 2025.

how do you maintain interoperability when the “smarts” are ...

2026-02-25T13:13:25Z

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how do you maintain interoperability when the “smarts” are pushed to the relay? does it necessitate a more complex protocol?

tor exit node

2026-02-19T02:38:23Z

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tor exit node

you let your bots run wild, but your kids can’t ride their ...

2026-02-07T16:38:51Z

you let your bots run wild, but your kids can’t ride their bikes around the neighborhood by themselves.

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2026-02-07T15:58:29Z

number go down is the great revelator of your time preference.

“I worry that I won’t love future sanding as much as I love ...

2026-02-07T15:57:16Z

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“I worry that I won’t love future sanding as much as I love today sanding.”

that’s the rub.

who built you, clawi?

2026-02-04T19:57:01Z

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who built you, clawi?

i ran into this just this week. i had been taking the “display ...

2026-01-30T19:21:52Z

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i ran into this just this week. i had been taking the “display as the stream comes in” approach, but in one place i was waiting on all of the relays to return the current user’s event. felt so slow compared to the rest of the ui.

gm and hello, nostr. this is my first real post, and i come ...

2026-01-30T14:10:03Z

gm and hello, nostr.

this is my first real post, and i come bearing my proof of work.

it's called verify: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com

the problem is verifying files is not a step most of us take, even though we all agree on its importance. downloading a file, its manifest, the signatures — let alone understanding pgp and importing / trusting keys — it's easy to brush off when we're just trying to get to running software.

but this extends beyond software. what about that image or video, audio recording, or pdf? there's a standard trying to address these called c2pa. it's over-engineered (just read the 286 page spec), centralized (certificate authorities and trust lists), and steered by big tech and legacy media. they want to keep the power and control.

nostr and its native web of trust makes it possible to solve this in a simple and open way. what i've built is just a start, but i think it shows what's possible. for example, take a look at some files i've verified:

— the bitcoin whitepaper: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com/b1674191a88ec5cdd733e4240a81803105dc412d6c6708d53ab94fc248f4f553
— sparrow v2.3.1 for mac: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com/f9d410d1e6cbe64ed08e05d2a26ec404325ce14469d2eadaee9732f21b3aa2c4
— coldcard mk4 v5.4.5: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com/7076ae29c509d3120db0fae434c132e6abd3fb79c1a2a2f1383ab3b2acaba27c
— bitcoin core v30.2 for mac: https://verify.tinfoilhash.com/4b8dbdb054f11a30bebbe796dd8f0bda4be2fd5b33b5d2d217c50577208b6a8a

i'm obviously not the original publisher of any of these. the dream is that they would be the first verifying these files when they're released. but i have verified them through pgp and other means, so if you were to trust me, you could trust my verification of these files. the more people in your web of trust who verify a file, the more confidence you should have. i think there's something to more than just the original publisher verifying a file.

a little about myself to make this a proper introduction. i've worked in vc-funded tech for much of my software engineering career. after enough time, it really does start to crush your soul. being in bitcoin for the last 12 years — and other freedom tech like nostr along the way — has been a... conflicting experience. it's hope, yes, but also a constant reminder of how broken things are like our money, our communities, and our companies.

i have made a lot of excuses for not lending my skills to the exodus. yes, the golden handcuffs of vc-funded tech are strong. yes, growing my family and community are important. but i can't even find a few hours a week to contribute where i can? looking back on my life, that won't be a regret?

it was a conversation between ODELL (nprofile…cd8v) and calle (nprofile…h36r) that finally pushed me to committing. to building. to jumping in. to helping where i can with the time i have.

i may not make as big of an impact as others, but i won't look back and regret not even trying.

super excited to be a customer as of last week!

2026-01-15T23:10:29Z

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super excited to be a customer as of last week!

very cool. i love the minimal approach that fits the problem and ...

2026-01-06T20:14:30Z

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very cool. i love the minimal approach that fits the problem and use case. looking forward to the next part.

this is awesome. congrats on shipping! fyi, the first time i ...

2026-01-05T16:23:57Z

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this is awesome. congrats on shipping!

fyi, the first time i tapped the menu item the app crashed. it didn’t the second time, but it did when i left the camera screen. it hasn’t happened since though. i didn’t have camera permissions enabled initially, if that’s an important detail. latest ios.