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Billy

My wife got on the hook by a scammer today! She’s not a technophobe by any means, so it’s quite unsettling. Here’s what happened…
She received email asking if she would like to be interviewed on a podcast of a well known “influencer”, about her business and her expertise.
Over a series of emails a time gets booked for a Zoom pre-call to go over the schedule for the interview the next day.
Zoom link gets sent, which my wife clicks on, the link does open Zoom application on computer and my wife waits, the application says “host has been notified and will join soon”. She does not enter any login credentials, the application looks to be actual Zoom app.
But after 30 min of waiting, host never joined.
Then she tells me what happened and I investigate, finding out this has happened to others.
I read through the correspondence between her and scammer, first email says they will remunerate her for her time.
For scammer to not get on the call, I’m wondering why they didn’t take the next step? And was the next step to get her on the call and try to somehow get her to divulge her bank details so they can “pay”her? I have previously listened to the @npub1kke…7348 social engineering calls, it gives me chills how persuasive they are…
Or have they somehow been able to access the computer in the 30 min she was waiting in the lobby of the call with the application open? I’m 80% sure the application is the real Zoom.
If they did get access to the computer, what could they have gotten, and what should I do from here?
This is a fantastic example where the Nostr Web of Trust would have stopped this in its tracks, as my wife could have checked if the podcast “manager” was indeed connected to the high profile influencer via WOT, which couldn’t be faked.
If we are possibly still vulnerable please advise!

2024-06-03 17:54:56 GMT

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I put them into boiling water and no issue. Egg quality makes a huge difference also.

2024-06-01 00:55:08 GMT

Is it possible to delete your own note yet on Nostr?
If it’s your own created note, I believe you should be able to edit/delete.

2024-06-01 00:52:46 GMT

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I hear ya! Being luke warm about something won’t get you very far.

2024-05-17 18:59:36 GMT

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Here’s something that stresses me on Damus… when I tap on a note reply, to see what the replies are to that reply, to then go back, it jumps to home feed instead of going back one step.
So I find myself hesitant to tap, because I hate having to try and find the original note again when I’ve been sent to updated home feed that has since had new notes. Hope that makes sense.

2024-05-17 18:54:06 GMT

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Thanks for the explanation, I love this idea… reminds me of how group chats are so clunky IMO, multiple 1:1 conversations going on between individuals, but everyone is getting notified and it’s all disjointed in a single feed. Too much noise and inefficient, there has to be a better way.

2024-05-08 03:40:39 GMT

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the same of “value add” accountants

2024-05-06 04:18:10 GMT

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Great episode! The only question I have about an anarchist society is how are property rights enforced/maintained against bad actors?

2024-05-06 02:05:45 GMT

@npub12rv…85vg what are the benefits of a business running an eCash mint for its customers? I heard you mention it on @npub1qny…95gx @npub10at…02w3 podcast with Amazon as the example, but I didn’t quite understand.

2024-05-06 01:21:59 GMT

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@npub1h8n…rpev I’m fairly sure Mutiny Wallet allow for this. Worth looking into further.

2024-05-04 20:11:30 GMT

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📈

2023-03-27 03:49:45 GMT

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Every time I see PV I default to thinking Photo Voltaic.

2023-03-24 02:57:51 GMT

Why is everything in feet on Nostr right now? Should be metric 📏 lol. #footsr

2023-03-24 02:52:50 GMT

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“On the edge”

2023-03-21 18:27:02 GMT

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Maybe to do a manu in the river, then back on stage …
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_79cf73f5ebcf999748babc68b61bf612197fc9d84f22024b13bfaa4313cc6032.gif

2023-03-21 18:22:32 GMT

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Haha, same here. Listening to the convos podcast style while building.

2023-03-19 17:02:37 GMT

Sitting here watching Nostrica live stream

2023-02-24 17:28:20 GMT

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Yikes, all black diamonds!!! 🫣

2023-02-20 19:24:18 GMT

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Wow this is exciting, I would gladly be a user/customer of this

2023-01-24 19:01:00 GMT

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Isn’t it already 100 million (Sats) per coin? 🤭

2023-01-21 18:28:58 GMT

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I second this! Ubiquity is quality stuff.

2023-01-21 18:16:13 GMT

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Massive testament to the bitcoin security thus far.

2023-01-21 17:48:30 GMT

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We have a $1 trial product. A while back I had 1000+ $1 transactions come through in one day, highly unusual. It was someone testing a huge batch of CC details to find which cards worked.
I asked the payment gateway provider if they were going to block those active cards, and their reply blew my mind…
“No, each corresponding bank needs to do that individually.”
Meanwhile someone now has 1000 CC details they know works, off they go to spend up a storm for a week or more until the CC owner reports it as fraud, which the bank automatically refunds them, the fraudster keeps their stealings, and the bank reverses the charge to the business where the goods were purchased.
Insane.

2023-01-21 17:09:11 GMT

“Our credit card had to be cancelled for the millionth time because the info was stolen…”
A customer email to me just now, I get these constantly.
That system sure is broken.

2023-01-21 06:20:23 GMT

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What an epic beta! 🙌 how good!

2023-01-21 04:51:06 GMT

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I copied NVKs guide here: https://nvk.org/alby-lnurlp
Did all steps in that, nip05 is working successfully.
So I thought my LNURL would be [email protected]
Is it going to Alby address or do I need to connect something to Alby? I don’t have Alby set up.

2023-01-21 04:41:47 GMT

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I better take that LNURL off til I figure it out, sorry about that!

2023-01-21 04:40:53 GMT

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Chinese New Year also, year of the Rabbit. Quite fitting really 🐇 🕳

2023-01-21 04:39:22 GMT

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Thanks #[3] but I don’t know where the Sats are going! 🙈

2023-01-21 04:38:14 GMT

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In Breez I can only ‘receive via invoice’ or ‘receive via BTC address’, there doesn’t seem to be an option of a permanent LN address

2023-01-21 04:36:22 GMT

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You’ll get an initial fever of wanting a great profile pic, then it will escalate to desperate aching of wanting it to be an animated gif… that’s just the start…

2023-01-21 04:31:09 GMT

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Thanks #[3] !
I have no idea where the Sats went… I must need to have my own LN node running maybe. Currently using Breez wallet.

2023-01-21 03:52:45 GMT

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#[2] thanks for the prompt to try get this sorted.

2023-01-21 03:51:32 GMT

Can someone please test my LNURL on my profile page on Damus by sending a couple Sats? I followed #[0] guide here https://nvk.org/alby-lnurlp

2023-01-21 03:46:26 GMT

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Received, thanks #[2] ! 🤙

2023-01-21 03:32:18 GMT

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Next app names:
STRON
Or STONR 😆

2023-01-21 03:29:23 GMT

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Wait what?! But I don’t deserve that! If you insist #[2] please know I’ll be redistributing these to orange pill more peeps
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2023-01-20 23:17:15 GMT

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Sent! Toot toot!!

2023-01-19 06:11:47 GMT

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Your name! 🤣😂 #[3]

2023-01-19 01:46:57 GMT

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Keet.io you could do it I think.
Or we transfer.com no account needed.

2023-01-19 01:44:05 GMT

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Jb55 named his app as in Nostra”damus”…

2023-01-19 01:33:35 GMT

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Anarchy. Doesn’t take long for humans to resort to this when basic survival instincts kick in.

2023-01-19 01:29:03 GMT

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Haha crack one in your global strategy meeting

2023-01-18 20:58:13 GMT

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Yes to this! 🤙

2023-01-18 19:22:24 GMT

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Oh thanks for prompt! I’ll get onto it today.

2023-01-18 19:21:00 GMT

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Right now, do most clients choose to run their own relay? As a user, if I have some obscure hobby (shrimp farming) that I don’t want to get my notes about pushed to generic relays that my friends use to follow me, makes sense for me to only push to the shrimp farming client relay.
My school friends don’t want to hear about my shrimp farming prowess 😆. Anyone who does can add that relay to their client.
So I think most clients may run their own relay because of this.
Thoughts?

2023-01-18 18:34:13 GMT

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As #[2] would say… “we are taking control and building the future that we want”.

2023-01-18 18:28:44 GMT

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I’m listening to that right now in gym, your gifs vibe with that 😎

2023-01-18 18:24:51 GMT

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I bet you are learning so much as you develop too!

2023-01-18 18:23:49 GMT

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Yeah! techno house music would suit it. Can you just make any video into a gif?

2023-01-18 04:01:50 GMT

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Wen i2p?

2023-01-18 04:01:16 GMT

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The M spec mac hardware is insane

2023-01-18 03:49:42 GMT

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I see Stripe are doing joint venture with OpenNode to automatically convert Fiat to BTC… https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/24/stripe-partners-with-opennode-to-allow-instant-fiat-to-bitcoin-conversions-for-businesses/

2023-01-18 03:33:17 GMT

Just got this email from Stripe:
“Hear from industry experts on how to use modern payments technology to solve cross-border payments challenges…”
Will they be talking about BTC & LN do you think? 🙄

2023-01-18 03:27:59 GMT

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😆🤣 I hear ya. I did a Fran once without any warmup, heart rate went from rest to 200bpm and I actually thought I was having a heart attack, big lesson learnt there. I’ve since learnt what moderation means.

2023-01-17 02:10:46 GMT

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I have an assault bike, challenges my cardio/will to live

2023-01-16 22:22:27 GMT

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Adding #[18] doing a Nostr lib.

2023-01-16 19:50:06 GMT

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Someone want to build a predictions market on top of Nostr perhaps?

2023-01-16 19:45:09 GMT

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LFG #[3]
lnbc4200n1p3ut2gspp50e5jplkxyxwf9l6vce3xewykesynur0nwmqlc2vj55v6dk83qs0sdqqcqzpgxqrrssrzjqvgptfurj3528snx6e3dtwepafxw5fpzdymw9pj20jj09sunnqmwpapyqqqqqqqkhqqqqqlgqqqqqqgq9qsp5j4xymphgcx4egvs5u4nsrmwx0w2l2dldsxjxl9jptlrwp3mxyqys9qyyssqdkmch77pvg0g7cdg37s46m5nnjus95qdyyv44ucvyz9kqml0dht5y0geeslau3uye67nl6fse6vs8v7lejpdep0y5d5w3vtevg2kg5cq3777d2

2023-01-16 19:43:08 GMT

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Whoever comments on your post 😏

2023-01-16 15:49:03 GMT

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Says I got it in my Breez wallet 🤷

2023-01-16 15:44:44 GMT

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lnbc15u1p3u2uxupp5mfya9wyj2pwnlfplegw0j49mygjtulwy5pm79phgjz66rj68cpcsdqqcqzpgxqrrssrzjqvgptfurj3528snx6e3dtwepafxw5fpzdymw9pj20jj09sunnqmwpapyqqqqqqqkhqqqqqlgqqqqqqgq9qsp56twd5spm5ql8rktedwgsqn7cacwh9804sswuq0jg06la89pnnwcq9qyyssqwxfgqtlnwmw8j64dwlkc3pr5nn6xhlhp26pq4dcvd9zynaznxjejh9grqa8unlgl368edp3nxw6tcn7x2yyq07k3nflweneujmsa9zcqreg3mw

2023-01-16 15:34:35 GMT

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Fulfilled! Good stuff guys :).
Now who wants the torch passed to them? I will send you 25,000 Sats and your job is to pay 1500 Sats to 17 plebs

2023-01-16 15:15:38 GMT

#[0] has passed the lightning ⚡️ torch to me… paste your 1500 Sat invoice here, first 17 #plebchain plebs will be fulfilled!
https://media1.giphy.com/media/LXXdsc4oeAPPq/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b9523cd6c4bddbf0691e7a9a4a43238700602c8443a5&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

2023-01-16 15:06:49 GMT

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Here goes!
lnbc250u1p3u2elppp5f3nyxa3ya959stvu29tahd9sscy4qzxzgxxenyzcqljlqlutkgcsdpzf4jhyunrw4e8ygrsv9ehxetnyp6x7unrdqcqzpgxqrrssrzjqvgptfurj3528snx6e3dtwepafxw5fpzdymw9pj20jj09sunnqmwpapyqqqqqqqkhqqqqqlgqqqqqqgq9qsp5c4epmp32zkrym7mgyeg0csxlca6dwdhe7k64rtx8lkhe03027e8q9qyyssq354x24vhze65uhynsdwqxxmsh5au0nnt9ymfxyn44umxl975jv4qmckw5f3djf0y3uwqc5qklmmeafr0wty8scmn0uqgjcf8wfvhp4cpazvcmn

2023-01-16 15:03:57 GMT

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I can carry that torch 🔦

2023-01-16 03:57:53 GMT

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Wassup #[1]

2023-01-16 03:51:19 GMT

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Thanks #[2]!
Ok I’ll make an attempt and post pics.

2023-01-16 03:48:46 GMT

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#[1] I just bought you a microscopic grain of a ground coffee bean #[2]

2023-01-16 01:02:35 GMT

I’m following #[0] post on building a lightning node server here: https://medium.com/blockstream/build-a-pretty-good-lightning-network-node-468778a078b7
I would like to run CLN, and then maybe a home NAS and other things in time. Maybe embassyOS.
I’ve got the ARM cortex board, I just need help with a ‘shopping list’ on how to assemble and house it all, the SSDs, sata adapter, power unit… is it a 2U rack? And so on. There are too many options! 😵‍💫
I will gladly pay Sats for someone to make a shopping list of links for me to go and buy all the pieces needed so I can get this up and running.
If you can help, perhaps DM me?
Thanks muchly! 🙏

2023-01-14 21:54:20 GMT

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This looks cool!

2023-01-14 19:43:44 GMT

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#[2] what do you think about this idea?

2023-01-14 19:39:59 GMT

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#misguided

2023-01-14 19:39:24 GMT

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No grey box at bottom? When you press it, should expand the box for reply.

2023-01-14 19:34:53 GMT

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Hmm, Damus had unfollowed you without me doing it… also, is 771934 the block height you posted this message?

2023-01-14 19:31:43 GMT

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Ironically BTC will become the largest battery of stored energy on earth!

2023-01-14 19:26:21 GMT

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Just paid the invoice now 🤙

2023-01-14 02:57:44 GMT

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I’ve settled on Breez for now also, but there are so many good LN wallets

2023-01-14 02:55:04 GMT

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Yep, it’s hard to go back, suddenly you notice when banks are closed on weekends, when PayPal holds your payments, and how much you are getting charged for an international transfer.

2023-01-10 03:53:07 GMT

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How important is getting Sats non-kyc do you think?

2023-01-10 03:38:31 GMT

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No lag, no definition loss. It’s incredible. Makes sense when you realise it’s a direct connection, no intermediary servers it’s going thru first.

2023-01-10 02:37:11 GMT

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See docs here: https://docs.holepunch.to/
It runs flawlwssly, I’ve been following their discord and interviews for some time now. They are bitcoin first, and I believe their intentions are good. Mafintosh is the driver and been in P2P his whole life/career, Paolo brought the Tether funding.

2023-01-10 00:35:57 GMT

Imagine Jordan Peterson coming to #nostr and bringing his audience.

2023-01-09 21:08:20 GMT

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Cool thnx. Followed 🤙

2023-01-09 21:02:32 GMT

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I wonder if bull bitcoin takes international bank transfers… 🤔

2023-01-09 20:57:22 GMT

How do you find the person you want to follow? Eg I want to follow [email protected] Nothing shows when I input that into search on Damus

2023-01-09 20:53:35 GMT

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Let’s see if this works… lnbc200u1p3mcl46pp5yd53sd4v8ah4nglygmespgfjynsdjpc5xdvtpk6z8gva0c94ptwqdqqcqzpgxqrrssrzjqvgptfurj3528snx6e3dtwepafxw5fpzdymw9pj20jj09sunnqmwpapyqqqqqqqkhqqqqqlgqqqqqqgq9qsp5py2m8l6ctxhw65ff2z6f086h06rf82uk847s6pulzujmwv7up7ss9qyyssqgw5gs2ptfhtjsnyp48waclwl7gqmaw7fd8eg943fzh2xhtd8jlhkjedc7yhm0qzdgksr7mvu3z8pgfu78r636s7nczr0ddl0xglt5uqqe5xq0e

2023-01-09 02:24:47 GMT

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Yeah, but I dunno, Nostr is about being in control of your own content, so ideally you want to be able to delete if you choose. Maybe because once it goes to all the relays control is then lost.

2023-01-08 22:22:23 GMT

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Hi Zach! Trello is pretty 😎, making something simple is hard to do I imagine.

2023-01-08 22:15:12 GMT

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Relays cannot communicate with each other, only to clients AFAIK.

2023-01-08 22:13:23 GMT

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I too would like to know this… I would guess you would need to have set the same relay that they post to.

2023-01-08 22:09:25 GMT

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Check Astral has recommended relays active. I assume it has a recommended list like Damus does. But I’m guessing.

2023-01-08 02:12:45 GMT

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From way back in Damus early days, many block confirmations ago, @jb55 said the like button would become an automatic LN tip, if memory serves me correctly.

2023-01-08 02:02:39 GMT

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When the like button and boost becomes an automatic tip, the amount set by me as tipper in my profile settings 🤤

2023-01-07 04:04:54 GMT

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Ok thanks guys 🤙

2023-01-07 03:30:32 GMT

Say Bob uses Damus and posts a note to Relays 1,2 & 3; Alice who follows Bob on Astral and has the same Relays 1,2 & 3, which relay is Astral going to pull the note from? How is the decision made?

2023-01-07 02:33:03 GMT

My blood is boiling… PayPal telling me I can’t access my own 💰 https://nostr.build/i/2234.jpeg

2023-01-06 22:00:54 GMT

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Hidden in plain sight, I like it!

2023-01-06 21:20:41 GMT

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Hey Jacob, are you thinking of Seer as an email client? Long term that will be the way forward.