CyberBavarian

My #BitcoinJourney until the 4th halving at #420 2024:
Epoch 1 & 2: owned some bitcoin but lost it forever, really can’t remember where they have been stored. They are part of the lost coins now
Epoch 3: watched the crypto universe grow but still not realized
Epoch 4 Part 1: invested in btc, had a good time. Invested in altcoins, got #rekt, fomoed out of everything, including bitcoin, lost 80%
Epoch 4 Part 2: invested in bitcoin again and found NOSTR, #zapped for the first time, had a really good time! Invested in altcoins again, got rekt a little, fomoed out of everything EXCEPT bitcoin, lost 20%
Epoch 5: Study #Bitcoin even more, show love for the #nostr #community & #zap whatever and whoever I like freely. Accumulate and #hodl #btc for a bright, fair future! The Journey continues and I only feel stronger and stronger.
Big thanks to you 🫵 all! Happy #halving 🤙🏽⚡️🫡

2024-04-13 13:14:01 GMT

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Never meet your hero
GM

2024-04-12 14:24:35 GMT

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2024-04-04 21:05:14 GMT

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Logo

2024-03-28 23:01:15 GMT

Found this 🇪🇸 #valencia #zap #zapping #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/f2f620c5a0ff8ef599998695e4a1e942504c13689fa7ae9451728b962cf23972.jpg

2024-03-23 09:19:34 GMT

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Nice! What about storage requirements and redundancy?

2024-03-22 22:15:05 GMT

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I was thinking about this also. I think this would actually make using Nostr truly decentralized. How about energy efficiency if a phone is a relay? ⚡️thx

2024-03-22 21:55:31 GMT

What is a #zapathon?

2024-03-21 19:35:27 GMT

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I think the technology is the Block- or #Timechain, paored with smart cryptography and a lot more well known technologies. #Bitcoin for me is a commodity. At the End of the day, it doesn’t really matter. The value of something is only given by what people think its value is. If something is rare and people want it, it is valuable. No matter what it is. We all need to „take away“ as much bitcoin as we can to overcome inflation and store value and wealth in the long 🏃

2024-03-21 19:16:02 GMT

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As long as you can connect rj45 / patch cable to your WiFi-receiver I guess. If not you’re better off using one or more WiFi repeaters. It is just easier to setup. If you are unhappy with performance decrease the distance between repeaters and buy more of them. As long as there is no patch cable between them it will always only get slower with increasing distance and number of repeaters.

2024-03-21 19:11:38 GMT

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Hmmm … basically you could also just use a so called WiFi Repeater. You see, using a router does not guarantee that you can capture one WiFi and broadcast another. In fact, most of them only allow you to connect via cable to the ext world and then broadcast WiFi. Your WiFi router must at least be able to do so. So maybe you are better off using a simple Repeater. It is cheap, dumb and can also be buggy. Make shure the repeater has a very good connection before repeating!

2024-03-21 19:01:25 GMT

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Nope

2024-03-21 18:58:06 GMT

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Agree! Watch out for Asus Routers capable of running MerlinWRT ⚡️thanks 🙌

2024-03-21 18:55:32 GMT

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Depends .. you could still use a good WiFi 6 or 7 Router to maintain a good local network. Asus RT-AX88U - you can setup MerlinWRT on it and profit from Open Source Capabilities. It can replace PiHole while managing all your home network. You can also increase your privacy by using dnscrypto and dns over https. Use Cake QoS to get best Performance.

2024-03-21 18:39:28 GMT

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Depending on your setup you need to deactivate one of the DHCP Servers. Then let your WiFi Router be a DHCP Client and then route all Traffic through that interface where the ext world is connected to. I know this sounds hard for non IT people but this is basically how you do it.

2024-03-21 18:32:57 GMT

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basically connect one Network to another via routing. Then connect to your local WiFi and go 🤙🏽

2024-03-21 18:30:15 GMT

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Yes, no bridging, just routing

2024-03-21 18:28:55 GMT

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Okay … generally Linux is the way to go. You could use a VM. Connect your PCI Card and your WiFi Device to the VM if possible. As a vm you could use OpenWRT. Connect to its web interface (if you managed to setup all devices), setup the connection, setup an ssid with password and you should be fine!

2024-03-19 22:35:31 GMT

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Literally watching the video on tv while reading your post 😂

2024-03-19 22:29:43 GMT

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#buythedip #btc

2024-03-17 14:45:53 GMT

How would you feel if most #nostr relays or nodes would actually run on #aws #microsoft & #google servers? Would you even care?

2024-03-17 14:39:41 GMT

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Of course but my thankfulness to you for discussions like this is priceless 🤝

2024-03-17 14:34:59 GMT

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… storage that comes with a cost. Not the protocols problem I guess

2024-03-17 14:32:19 GMT

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Good summary, thank you! Bots seem to remain a problem. Not everyone will be able to distinguish them. Maybe there could be solutions at application Level.

2024-03-17 14:26:45 GMT

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all posts will be deleted for sure if not stored at a non-free relay? Hm … also interesting, thanks!

2024-03-17 12:51:36 GMT

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Proof of Stake means that every node must hold the whole chain to be able to verify on. Every Server is a client and every client is a server. Every new block is then distributed to every node. Every transaction is stored if verified at every single Node.

2024-03-17 12:45:27 GMT

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Is there a maximum of letters someone can post within a single post? Everything is just a bunch of zeroes and ones at the end of the day. A Video or whatever could also just be coded in text. There must be something to either prevent it or it is simply allowed and someone could just post brutal amounts of data.

2024-03-17 12:19:49 GMT

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Depends on the context. A relay must also be a node but a node must not be a relay. Like a bitcoin node is a verifier most of the time but not a relay.

2024-03-17 12:14:17 GMT

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Hm … in my understanding, a relay takes something and forward it to someone/something else. If this is the case, the relay only stores the „transaction“, not the data itself. If this is the case, the demand on raw space is similar to the Block- or TimeChain and thus can be manageable and scalable. But still, if someone wants to use the nostr protocol for let’s say, the next YouTube or something similar and the data is really stored redundantly at relay level, it will create incredible amounts of data that not only needs to be stored but also kept in backups and things like that. If this is the case, only the ones with heavy pockets will be able to do so, right? On the other hand, nostr feels like it wants to give this ability to everyone but still the data itself must be stored somewhere right?
I haven’t been reading all the available documentation yet but I’ll do and dive deep into it in order to understand its real value.
Maybe this is a kind of “Enterprise” replacement and if someone can’t afford to do so at least there is a chance to grow with the network and do it by collecting Sats for relay services and other applications.

2024-03-17 11:19:00 GMT

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I did and it does help! I also think nobody here should say „I’m not a tech person“ because the fact that you are using nostr today proofs to me that you are. Even if someone don’t understand the technical details I think every single one of us is an early tech adopter. I am a tech guy, that’s why I am interested in the details of it.

2024-03-17 11:08:06 GMT

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I‘m not sure what exactly „secure“ means in this context. If I am connected to a relay and I am not okay with its content I could just remove it in my application and maybe connect another one. But how could I possibly analyze from which relay the information is from? If I am connected to multiple relays, will my posts be populated on all of them? That’s still kinda hard to understand atm

2024-03-17 11:00:05 GMT

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Agree! Feels much like a network of effort. Who ever puts the most effort to it will be shaping how people are going to use it in the future.

2024-03-17 10:52:35 GMT

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Interesting … Thank you Friend! Exactly the kind of answer I was looking for ✅

2024-03-17 10:47:29 GMT

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WOW thank you, you are my very first #zapper :D Happy Sunday to you too Friend!

2024-03-17 10:45:41 GMT

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I think, as open source project, the people running relays do also pay for them in the real world. I think people must still understand how to stack #SATS here. I am also struggling to understand why someone should run its own relay. What are the benefits of „owning“ a part of the nostr ecosystem. There might be people out there that clearly understand it but i am trying to get it atm.

2024-03-17 10:30:58 GMT

Hi #nostr!
Okay got it, a protocol for decentralized applications, can’t be manipulated, no central authority, nice!
Also the use #Bitcoin #SATS is huge IMHO!
I see the aspect of free speech but really, how could the protocol itself possibly prevent bots to come in and scam everyone like it always has been the case?
What about storage requirements. How to store all those things, Audio, Video, maybe even live streams, tons of pictures and text of course. Who is storing all this information if it is never removed and there is no central „Server“. Is the data stored at the relay? What happens if a relay goes offline forever?
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