EricFJ
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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 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
https://image.nostr.build/b3eb02c97ee9aeb788417c67b64d46879d13380b1d6ed7d544f3d65002d49488.jpg

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

2026-07-21 10:25:02 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/8806ccf0965b0b9aee0e72fd495291715061dff928f5fc87c661cc03b4a5b002.jpg

2026-07-21 09:41:12 GMT

https://houseikai-kochishibu.com/okinawa/
https://blossom.primal.net/91d7b13ec2d37a2f2994c13afac639339c1de6497a886eb9124b7f59f668ef28.jpg

2026-07-21 00:20:51 GMT

GM good people 🇯🇵

2026-07-20 23:54:27 GMT

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Oh shiii i had a couple extra but failed to bring em!

2026-07-19 03:30:23 GMT

@nprofile…372u you got people out here in Tokyo on the mission
https://blossom.primal.net/76a2dd5786fd29517198861851be1686383e38ee47fd7a837dcf09060af5603d.jpg

2026-07-19 03:16:41 GMT

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Thank you sir already a blast

2026-07-19 03:16:17 GMT

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Haha, no it was last night

2026-07-19 01:50:16 GMT

Ohayō
https://blossom.primal.net/12195c3c44fae50a371c4eac92b2fd813f0a3cf13b7fb955fcef52c56b68ace5.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/423d55288c2331d7cd2e7ea2f2888c64aa675fff6a77d73e86fd8d677fdb4c62.jpg

2026-07-17 06:25:44 GMT

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Damn gonna miss it but want to drop by the Bitcoin Base while I’m here. Anything happening this weekend?

2026-07-17 06:17:07 GMT

yo @nprofile…40z9 where do I find Nostriches in #Tokyo? Heard there’s a bunch out here

2026-07-17 03:28:17 GMT

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Great rip gents. World will be a better place as more and more creators follow their inspiration through freedom tech like @npub12hc…rdp4 .
https://fountain.fm/episode/ADC8esvhU6sK2R70VI4B
#nevent1q…px8g

2026-07-16 00:02:26 GMT

Sayonara, gonna go check out the Japanese relays 🤙🏼💜 brb

2026-07-15 22:45:53 GMT

🫶🏼
https://image.nostr.build/eff1a43264c66cbe3e3ddd3816b91f1cf87c02bf76992eab86a06aa387f53f7e.jpg

2026-07-15 17:54:28 GMT

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I definitely have some strong opinions, but betting on a business you’re putting love care and attention into and stacking more BTC through real commercial flows is one of my exceptions to my aversions to leverage. Great work as usual

2026-07-15 00:09:02 GMT

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https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk
Helps in the harness

2026-07-14 23:00:01 GMT

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Where do I sign up?

2026-07-14 22:51:04 GMT

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Thanks so much for having me on again Brandon. Had a blast. Great rip
https://fountain.fm/episode/AFWCBztzaWlhr2DWun8D
#nevent1q…9aac

2026-07-14 00:15:55 GMT

Damn. 30s clips in 4k.
https://youtu.be/huXWUv9JXEE
h/t @npub1vw3…s0xp

2026-07-13 19:50:03 GMT

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Hey thanks for messaging me here, tagging @npub1equ…hkj6 since they actually reached out to him

2026-07-13 00:36:18 GMT

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Yeah. Repos set up differently too

2026-07-12 23:00:13 GMT

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Interesting. We’re having a totally different experience

2026-07-12 19:02:55 GMT

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You trying Codex too? They actually seem to care about costs and reasonable usage limits. Has been better than Anthropic models for a while now

2026-07-12 17:56:35 GMT

WORD5 #646 3/6* (Hard Mode)
🟧⬛🟧🟪⬛
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https://otherstuff.ai/word5/

2026-07-12 16:57:07 GMT

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I mean I’ll take the punk marketing angle along the way because we get to be “cool” but yeah blows my mind sometimes where the bar for normal is

2026-07-12 16:46:13 GMT

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Scratch that. Truth is, I’m blind

2026-07-12 16:45:17 GMT

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Let’s get this faxed over to the VP of purple checks ASAP

2026-07-12 06:30:02 GMT

Is freedom tech rebellious? Why is it rebellious to build and use tools that enforce basic human rights? Does that framing even make sense?
Why isn’t it just… normal?

2026-07-11 22:10:31 GMT

I don’t watch much soccer. Is it a game where you gently knock over British people- kinda like cow tipping? They seem to fall pretty easy

2026-07-11 04:47:19 GMT

Raise the stakes
https://image.nostr.build/b3301a7004787a5827fa0051f3e58e4981c145265590cf0a2e4a5336363744ea.jpg

2026-07-11 04:43:45 GMT

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Come hang with us on https://cordn.net/
The waters nice and the DMs fly

2026-07-10 06:24:55 GMT

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👀😅

2026-07-10 02:11:09 GMT

Freedom comes from owning productive assets outright, generating positive cash flow, and minimizing obligations to anyone else.
From that perspective, Bitcoin is “freedom money” precisely because you don’t need permission to hold it or spend it.
Borrowing against it flips that relationship:
-You voluntarily encumber your sovereign asset.
-You now owe a creditor.
-Your future cash (sat) flow is committed to servicing debt.
-If you fail, someone else has a legal claim on your Bitcoin.

2026-07-10 01:54:54 GMT

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Creditor** ILO debtor above^

2026-07-10 01:54:03 GMT

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You said this was different than borrowing money you don’t have.
IRL nobody secures loans with thin air, never have… it’s always collateralized against something they can take from you either now or in the future.
You leverage yourself and take a bet that you can pay it off (and/or in these cases, that the volatile asset you’re borrowing against goes UP within the timeframe of the loan).
The risk/reward asymmetry still favors the debtor. So it’s really not that different.

2026-07-09 23:02:04 GMT

https://youtu.be/tM_MY5D-Kh8

2026-07-09 21:52:04 GMT

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“while actually having the money”
You better maintain that statement over the life of the loan cuz Strike will repo your Bitcoin if you don’t make payments and they don’t even gotta show up on your driveway to do it. Leverage is leverage there’s nothing magic or even new here

2026-07-09 15:58:44 GMT

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Sir, we have repo loans on Bitcoin now and I’m told we are supposed to celebrate this

2026-07-08 21:14:35 GMT

Not sure if you can auramax and tokenmax at the same time but you know I’m damn well gonna try

2026-07-08 03:57:31 GMT

I thought it was called “Nostr”
#nevent1q…fwch

2026-07-08 01:49:38 GMT

Finally figured out what @nprofile…lk3m was doing with that one zap from this site 😅. This is cool!
https://www.boostmebitch.com/?podcast=2c85e01a-cb9c-56fb-8682-a0e42a5521d8&episode=a2958c7a-b8aa-43f9-8661-24db177f24a7

2026-07-08 00:00:30 GMT

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Abandonware

2026-07-06 18:42:19 GMT

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Awesome. So fun fact NIP-99 already show up @nprofile…5eyg !

2026-07-06 06:30:24 GMT

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Still doesn’t have NIP-17 messages. Why haven’t you upgraded from the deprecated NIP-04 yet?

2026-07-05 22:41:35 GMT

I think many outside these circles fear what more freedom and decentralization would look like in practice… but what if we could show them how beautiful it might be? Now that’s a design goal.
Los Angeles last night
h/t @nprofile…9sl6
https://blossom.primal.net/080a1d923ee422585143c0077b370eb47b8371903c3803c3017f89c100527afc.mov

2026-07-05 22:26:27 GMT

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Odin’s work 😬

2026-07-05 22:23:59 GMT

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😅

2026-07-05 15:47:18 GMT

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GM
#nevent1q…npzx

2026-07-04 18:18:56 GMT

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This hits lol