EricFJ
Eric FJ 🪬⚡️

Decentralized commerce evangelist. Let’s rebuild the free market together.

Building ConduitMarket (npub1nkf…2svu)
Co-host OpenMarketsPod (npub1000…asew)

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Last Notes

2026-09-03 05:42:32 GMT

https://blossom.primal.net/c378f20bf8f38f4c35165eb3b26024fbf7448e294693a6496ef9265a2ebfc9ca.gif
#nevent1q…vg0k

2026-09-03 05:40:54 GMT

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Bro 🤣

2026-08-31 20:51:06 GMT

FATALITY
https://blossom.primal.net/0b8696ac36a7e96ae85a188eebd695ea2f8fefaf10d85b3d35c7d4ae5f80a9d9.jpg

2026-08-31 01:01:23 GMT

A purchase should not automatically become everybody else’s business.
A merchant should own their business and the relationships that give it value.
A good tool should help a business while minding its own business.

2026-08-29 23:01:43 GMT

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😅
You posting from the theater aren’t you

2026-08-28 17:15:28 GMT

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Awesome. Hey do you wanna join the Open Markers dev group on Signal to coordinate interop around things like this or are you still unable to use it?

2026-08-28 05:08:02 GMT

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Just emails. Almost a small favor really

2026-08-28 04:49:44 GMT

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Oh damn can you shoot me what the error was? We’ll look into it. Currently debugging some signer issues that may be related

2026-08-28 04:40:29 GMT

Lunar eclipse view from up here is incredible. No proper equipment to show this lol just gotta trust me

2026-08-28 02:53:24 GMT

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@npub16ux…lra7 @npub1f5p…wt3z

2026-08-27 19:46:20 GMT

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Yo my partner just messaged me asking if anyone on Nostr was selling handcrafted belts yet. Wanna try @nprofile…jxhw ? We’d love to have you

2026-08-26 22:15:16 GMT

Oof Proton global outage

2026-08-26 01:17:55 GMT

It's so fun now you can have a side chat with an agent about itself while the main agent brain is working on a problem
“You see this dumb mfer wandering down that stupid path - is he lost?”
“yea bruv he’s lost, can’t believe he did this - sorry”
“that’s you tho, wtf”
“…”

2026-08-25 17:06:07 GMT

GM 👀😎
#nevent1q…09a2

2026-08-24 21:27:39 GMT

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Avatar is not so secretly a huge inspiration of mine for this line of thinking haha!!

2026-08-21 15:37:01 GMT

Gm
https://blossom.primal.net/8ddb9cca226942f385c28e57e5f5abe2a2b103e4fee6ea89dd45c544bb4723aa.jpg

2026-08-21 15:35:21 GMT

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Love me a good jerry reference

2026-08-20 21:02:26 GMT

“Come on, now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again”
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
https://image.nostr.build/7c1629dca2049abf46c7a8da070b0def4a6f3d70012b54467c7885194f69c87a.jpg

2026-08-20 19:55:44 GMT

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This biting me in the ass this morning

2026-08-20 18:27:17 GMT

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Same yo

2026-08-20 18:26:46 GMT

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Huh?

2026-08-20 17:27:05 GMT

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Kill the fiat language word by word
#nevent1q…479m

2026-08-20 17:25:01 GMT

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Gotta love the tax haven bait and switch accidentally pulled off by Ireland in regard to these giant multinational companies
#nevent1q…sm7s

2026-08-20 16:25:42 GMT

POV: guy leaves good construction career to go full time Nostr
https://youtu.be/TdMA0I51qV4

2026-08-20 15:24:58 GMT

Gm Nostr fam. Been active in private chats but haven’t been posting enough
We’ve been in the middle of a move from SCal to NCal and I’ve felt overwhelmed just trying to keep everything moving forward
…but that’s no excuse really
The whole point of this thing is you can just be yourself no filter no gatekeepers. It’s the closest thing we have to organic social tech (if that can ever really exist)
Now apparently I’m on Twitter… supposedly to bring people here to what I believe in. To tell people they can own themselves and not rent themselves online.
But if I really mean that then it means I need to post even MORE here. I need to be here. Just be a human here in the way I can’t be anywhere else.
I don’t wanna lose that, ever. Fuck renting myself out. Hold me to it.

2026-08-19 16:52:05 GMT

Hope is contagious
Great work brother @npub1equ…hkj6
https://openmarkets.pub/

2026-08-19 15:24:22 GMT

Limited editions hit different. Get yourself one. This IS financial advice
#nevent1q…xe43

2026-08-19 15:22:30 GMT

Gm good people
cc @nprofile…f3sy
https://blossom.primal.net/8c270af703c3d9734c5ecf8287922d5807dde95456c89039fd342d70568d4eee.jpg

2026-08-18 04:01:14 GMT

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you know it

2026-08-18 03:07:16 GMT

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American industry used to have interoperability as a cornerstone. Bigger pie for everyone when working together. Now it’s me me me me. Let’s have an interop renaissance

2026-08-18 03:04:36 GMT

I have a strange habit where I smash enter emphatically at the end of a prompt and it does absolutely nothing except cost me money in keyboard and laptop repairs but for some reason I can’t kick it

2026-08-18 02:55:27 GMT

Hell yeah. Looks great
#nevent1q…qvm2

2026-08-18 02:12:32 GMT

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Try harder wtf these are rookie numbers

2026-08-17 16:47:00 GMT

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Just another Monday

2026-08-17 16:44:19 GMT

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Yoooooo

2026-08-14 02:25:35 GMT

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🎧
https://fountain.fm/episode/TEUJXRlOLAOofj5VpFcs
#nevent1q…a5ka

2026-08-12 14:55:09 GMT

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GM sir 💜

2026-08-10 20:26:28 GMT

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One does not simply make a market

2026-08-10 19:45:16 GMT

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Shameless boosting of our own show. This one deserves it!
https://fountain.fm/episode/c1k9LTKA5Q8vFSvNuzqt
#nevent1q…u4h0

2026-08-10 18:08:07 GMT

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Whoaaaa

2026-08-10 17:49:22 GMT

GM. How can it be so over when we are so back?
Awesome discussion innit👇🏼
#nevent1q…nzwr

2026-08-09 18:06:19 GMT

Fear is the mind killer

2026-08-07 21:18:18 GMT

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Someone’s gotta make this game
DDR style runs down mountains

2026-08-07 21:16:11 GMT

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Upon further review- probably AI lmao

2026-08-07 20:51:25 GMT

https://blossom.primal.net/ef6c806a979c0a41cea5470b4055271e0eb0d1a8633464055a7711a9b8eb0e5c.jpg

2026-08-07 20:11:29 GMT

You wanna know if I know why?
I can't say that I do
Don't understand the evil eye
Or how one becomes two
And I just can't recall what started it all
Or how to begin in the end
I ain't here to break it
Just see how far it will bend
Again and again, again and again
I wanna make it
I wanna make it wit chu
-QOTS

2026-08-07 18:21:24 GMT

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Dude i thought the same thing but apparently not. I dunno honestly. If you watch older videos these goats are legit insane

2026-08-07 17:36:17 GMT

Feed cleanse
https://blossom.primal.net/78d055e88be77bf2f50c78cc77df4e0b2c6e51d3506d22089e2dc537e736dd33.mp4

2026-08-07 17:23:28 GMT

When everything digital seems compromised it’s unusually comforting to have the ability to work in the physical realm.
This too shall pass and we’ll all be better off for it but damn I wanna grab a power tool for comfort right now.

2026-08-06 16:52:26 GMT

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This hits deep. Highly recommend a read of this piece by @npub12ca…lnhu
#nevent1q…4q6y
#naddr1qq…tk66

2026-08-06 16:47:33 GMT

West coast late ish gm hope everyone’s doin ok

2026-08-05 15:40:32 GMT

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GM. Great convo to listen to. Got me even more stoked to meet everyone in Chicago next month!
https://fountain.fm/episode/LFRAwquls7et64LTHFIF
#nevent1q…pg5l

2026-08-03 20:59:59 GMT

Really excited and grateful to have @nprofile…s5ta on board our small team to lead a vital component of our mission. Without community, we’re just building in a vacuum and not serving anyone… and with @nprofile…6jak getting better & better every week we’re feeling ready to bring in more pioneering merchants to the frontier with us ⚡️🪬
#nevent1q…jajl

2026-08-03 14:18:17 GMT

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Gm pv derek!!

2026-08-03 14:00:27 GMT

I know so many people are experiencing pain at many levels right now. It probably feels like you need to do SOMETHING right now for your community.
… but adding dice rolling and other such things to the overgrown list of Bitcoiner purity tests will NOT lead to more self custody, and definitely not lead to more people becoming Bitcoiners.
It is totally rational to expect a professional hardware company to do their fucking job. The vast majority of them are. We need more user friendly products- not less.
…and FYI a properly designed piece of hardware will likely do a better job at creating randomness anyway.
If you do decide to roll dice and that’s the only way you feel safe at this point- that’s understandable. Please do it properly and follow a proper protocol.
Keep taking care of each other. Much love. GM.
#nevent1q…z83r

2026-08-01 21:35:54 GMT

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Breathe. Great positive discussion @npub1tan…hjmr and Brandon
https://fountain.fm/episode/TV6YiVuOSSznZzKk3ELg
#nevent1q…tp8d

2026-08-01 16:46:49 GMT

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That’s when the code was pushed are you saying they knowingly pushed the bug?

2026-08-01 06:02:03 GMT

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Lost my mother 5 years ago last week
I’m very sorry for your loss Gigi. It hurts and it can’t be the same after. I don’t even know what to say or if I should be saying anything at all since I don’t really know you. Especially here. Maybe especially today.
I just hope you continue to make beautiful things for as long as possible. You seem to be, relentlessly, and it’s hopeful.
Take care

2026-08-01 05:47:38 GMT

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Really? Why wait years to act? What am I missing?

2026-08-01 05:25:48 GMT

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Today it may feel that way
A month from now, it may not at all.
Stay hopeful
Appreciate you

2026-07-31 14:50:10 GMT

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Definitely agree on making something useful first then layering on social (where it fits) is the right order of operations for how to spend energy

2026-07-30 12:20:49 GMT

Is the mission to build great freedom tech products?
…or to perpetually optimize our harnesses, purify our workflows and perfect our comms channels?
Engineering minds tend to drift toward work that is objective / measurable / intellectually satisfying… but doesn’t require confronting users.
Productive procrastination? I’m guilty of this too…

2026-07-30 09:52:00 GMT

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Social-only has probably been focused on too much. However, we can’t and shouldn’t throw it out, IMO.
Social is the shared data layer of human relationships. The interoperability of that layer is the killer feature of Nostr. It doesn’t need to exist in one place or be a destination in and of itself… but if we lose that, I think we lose what’s actually revolutionary here.
Human civilization isn’t built on software. It’s built on coordination between people. Technology only matters insofar as it improves our ability to discover one another, build trust, communicate, and exchange value.
The revolutionary thing about Nostr is that the same identity, graph, content, reputation, and permissions can flow across applications without anyone asking permission.
So while it’s tough to get right, I still think that’s the foundation everything else is built on.

2026-07-30 09:10:14 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/a744fce222c08c1765e9273e2f42fd3df30bd55f2d92edcd0392511a56cadd19.jpg

2026-07-30 08:39:19 GMT

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Yeah definitely it needs to forward, I was assuming that and/or you would be posting to multiple relays

2026-07-30 05:36:58 GMT

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I would love to zap content like this (instead of your comment about my $20 breakfast) but I am getting an error saying cannot fetch invoice

2026-07-30 04:27:30 GMT

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Haha yep leaving tonight tho! Flight delayed 5hrs and not that upset about it 😬

2026-07-30 04:26:40 GMT

GM/GA #foodstr #brunchstr
https://blossom.primal.net/38a4f76b73de66619a64650718e4ed323bc67622bb58cec4e1e4da5634e5ecb8.jpg

2026-07-29 14:30:59 GMT

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GM!!

2026-07-29 14:30:43 GMT

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Gm ser from the gn side

2026-07-29 14:28:26 GMT

Nostr fixes this. Host a relay and post your long form notes on your own website. Distribution + ownership. Fin.
https://elizabethtai.com/2026/06/10/substack-writers-you-need-a-website/

2026-07-28 05:42:45 GMT

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Hey I don’t have Telegram but check your DMs!

2026-07-27 14:41:10 GMT

Rather than presenting Bitcoin as an act of rebellion, Satoshi presented it as a better tool.
He never once called himself a “cypherpunk”.
Why? Probably because he understood that freedom tech spreads farther when it’s introduced as an open-source innovation rather than a political revolution.
We can learn a lot from this IMO.
https://image.nostr.build/44110a187a1536f749be214ef0e4dfcd76010dfbb900452d5c3ce1daff50a2b8.jpg

2026-07-27 13:13:59 GMT

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Haha yes still out here in Japan. More like kicking back rather than kicking ass 😅. Currently in Osaka but actually going to a “meat-up” with Tokyo Bitcoiners tomorrow

2026-07-27 13:00:19 GMT

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Excited to chat soon on @nprofile…nveh

2026-07-27 12:34:17 GMT

There’s levels to every game
GE to the GMers back home
https://blossom.primal.net/29d9dc9de4155d67eabe692ea76e41e20fd00b2c746e3cf9a9b262c93bc63ae1.mp4

2026-07-27 12:31:07 GMT

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Gm from the ge side!!

2026-07-27 12:16:26 GMT

Is freedom tech marketing too reactive and missing opportunities to help people BEFORE they need it most?
cc: @npub1a3u…mdj6 @npub1q6p…0kxr
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2026-07-27 04:19:49 GMT

“Nah- it’s not another blockchain, but it does use cryptographic signatures and a distributed network of relays that anybody can run. Relays? Oh, those are just simple servers that store, serve and bounce events around the network…”
…then she proceeded to walk away
https://blossom.primal.net/0d8c694509fff2f20a8cab2b4216e6fb9a48f65d020482f158b3646603132716.jpg

2026-07-27 04:13:50 GMT

Dedication… Focus … sticking with projects through the tough parts is severely lacking these days
#nevent1q…zdqc

2026-07-26 10:07:07 GMT

This store made me feel like a kid again
https://image.nostr.build/44384f15686bb19471f12db5ff9c6a31e5c8d8a07f841899e7f56e3df771fb47.jpg

2026-07-26 01:28:38 GMT

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💜
…and I would focus mostly on the crepes

2026-07-25 23:52:41 GMT

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Glad some teams aren’t building in a vacuum and actually concerned about interoperability. I’ll get on Armada once back and start to check this out

2026-07-25 10:21:02 GMT

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Exchange rate real good atm 👀

2026-07-25 10:20:11 GMT

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Can never go wrong with Catan + soulmate
…until she pulls that monopoly card on you and builds a city with the stone she just rolled for you then it’s gloves off

2026-07-25 10:15:03 GMT

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What’s stoppin ya

2026-07-25 10:12:09 GMT

Well this is interesting
https://www.kodaiji.com/mindar/for_foreign.html
https://image.nostr.build/b4f0bf665ebe34344ed59286309e6041212b3ba75aeefa00f86839246f93d780.jpg

2026-07-25 10:10:48 GMT

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Highly recommend

2026-07-25 09:58:01 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/ab9ff290240f6c43ecd0157de595cf5fb91bad623e339503ca4330b80fe913ec.jpg

2026-07-25 08:20:21 GMT

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Hell yeah brother!!

2026-07-23 23:52:35 GMT

🤣🫶🏼
https://image.nostr.build/ed12ab0d288aa870dccbb9fd8d9fa7332499adaafa7fd7751a748696e6d3fd6b.jpg

2026-07-23 23:49:40 GMT

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Depends

2026-07-23 23:47:07 GMT

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Actually- do you have Signal?

2026-07-23 23:43:23 GMT

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Hell yeah!!

2026-07-23 09:25:13 GMT

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Won’t be long. The spec is a lot more friendly to machines and completely open. You could probably vibe yourself a client that does it, but we need a richer merchant network
We’ll have this capability in @nprofile…6jak sometime in 2027 🙃

2026-07-23 09:22:21 GMT

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Won’t be there during this time but might see some of you soon 😊👀

2026-07-23 09:19:12 GMT

The Awamori in Ishigaki is to die for
https://blossom.primal.net/6f3398fadfc87fbb947b9ef5fe0c1832250167785b24eca084c85657fd8b1c85.jpg

2026-07-23 01:07:36 GMT

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Come check out what we’re all doing at @npub1000…6sym
We don’t need square 😬

2026-07-22 12:26:07 GMT

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Yessir out in Japan exploring. Gonna meet a Nostrich or two. There’s a scene here

2026-07-21 13:13:03 GMT

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Gm from the gn side
Hope it clears soon brotha