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Last Notes npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey I was in the hospital for the past couple of weeks. Anything noteworthy happen besides the Coldcard thing? npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey What's the status of DMs on Nostr? The client I've been testing out lately seems to have implemented a new type of Nostr DMs, but when I try to message anyone, it says they aren't set up for those types of DMs yet. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey X for extreme suitcoiner takes. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey People have an incentive to switch to bitcoin as a better form of digital savings or more private option for digital payments (mainly via Lightning). Nostr doesn't seem to have similarly-strong incentives for people to switch over to it, at least not yet. Or are there use cases I'm missing? npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey I think you saying STRC and DeFi yield farming are the same is like someone saying bitcoin and XRP (or insert whatever shitcoin you like) are the same. Maybe that helps clarify why the differences are important, despite the similarity of offering yield. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey The yield in STRC comes from bitcoin's price appreciation. The yield in DeFi generally came from a variety of risky financial activities (such as those with risks like impermanent loss) depending on the specific platform and was oftentimes denominated in a token created out of thin air. That's why they failed. Just because two things generate yield doesn't mean they are comparable. These systems have completely different risk tradeoffs. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey The phenomena don't really seem comparable. With bitcoin treasury companies, there is no smart contract risk and it's clear how the yield is generated. There was also oftentimes not any actual capital (bitcoin) backing anything in DeFi yield farming. It was a Ponzi of useless tokens on top of useless tokens. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey MINERS HAVE BECOME LESS ACTIVE IN TECHNICAL BITCOIN DISCUSSIONS npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Is there a way to view Nostr posts that are popular among people you follow? npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Some people love Bitcoin so much they are willing to attack it to save it 𼰠npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey The situation with Ethereum seems objectively worse. They literally just built tech for the U.S. dollar and for crypto people to use to reinvent the existing financial system with them in power instead of traditional banks. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Iâve seen many decentralized or alternative social media networks pop up over the past decade or more, but Nostr is the only one that has had this level of staying power. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Same, I think. Gawker Silk Road article was around the same time. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Sure, that too. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Yes, people use the blockchain inefficiently (spam) until the block weight limit forces them to adjust. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Seems like it would be better if fees were rising due to monetary adoption rather than spam. Prevalence of spam seems like an indication of lack of adoption more than anything else, unfortunately. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey 1 out of 7 seems high. 1 out of 7 doesnât necessarily mean 10 out of 70, for example. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Well, one lawyer out of seven who also said itâs basically Ocean vs the rest of the bar. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey 14% is probably high, as even that one individual admitted it is basically Ocean vs the rest of the bar. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Who are you quoting? npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey I asked 7 lawyers for their thoughts on Knots/Ocean's claims regarding Bitcoin Core v30 creating potential legal issues for node operators. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey đ What to Expect From Bitcoin & Crypto in H2 2025 npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Make yourself a favor and listen to bitcoiners. https://blossom.primal.net/87758847a50368a7bf4687ac77bbfbea24ab2348c4cbe52cc6613a774228839b.png npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey ⥠Wrote up coverage of @nprofileâŚxncl and Paul Sztorc's debate on Lightning for Protos. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Whatâs the easiest/best way to post on here and X at the same time or just mirror X posts here? npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey It doesnât rely on it. Merchants can use their own nodes if they want. This helps bitcoin based consumers have more places to spend either way. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey How is more merchants accepting bitcoin not progress? npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Coinbase and others cross a line when they conflate stablecoins and fartcoin with bitcoin. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Wrote an article for Cointelegraph Magazine regarding the battle between suits and cypherpunks in Bitcoin. Includes comments from @nprofileâŚlfze, @nprofileâŚssca from Bitcoin layer-two network Citrea, and bitcoin-ETF issuer 21Shares. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey "Crypto" will probably go away, and we'll be left with bitcoin and stablecoins. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Imagine how bad the alternative option must have been for someone to do this. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Just noticed that the Wikipedia entry for Dead Internet Theory was updated to refer to it as a "conspiracy theory" in the past year. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey a combination of novel monetization methods for creators and tokenization of that monetization is how nostr could overcome x's network effect. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey True, but personal responsibility also comes into play. People could have thought for themselves. The old influencers being wrong about Bitcoin is also part of their demise. It had to be this way. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey haven't been here much over the past few months. what are the most interesting #nostr apps right now? saw there are some apps trying to mimic reddit. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Canât even read my own tweets https://nostr.build/i/be1b9009603e6c5dbe5dfd7e06ef3d082d3b11b48cee640af2a34d04618744fb.jpg npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Turkey censoring content on Twitter within the country. Is there much #Nostr activity there? https://twitter.com/globalaffairs/status/1657219168863756288?s=46&t=k0XxSwhAN_2JzJAFe1qcvA npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Happy St. Patrickâs Day! npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey It is sometimes difficult to zoom out and realize bitcoin is just one part of a larger set of tools. This is even more prevalent in "crypto" where a blockchain is viewed as the solution for every problem. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey unfortunately, things need to get worse first. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Also nostr still doesn't work very well. Notifications and posts simply disappearing for me far too often. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey I think nostr will mostly be for those interested in bitcoin and related tech for some time. But thatâs ok because I expect this segment of the population to also grow. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey still ~90% twitter, but nostrâs share is slowly increasing npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Thereâs no guesswork when it comes to bitcoinâs future success https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_238da9fb573ad71c9f067dfef5ad2329f243dd6f2f91bcd3153c29df3b743fe9.gif npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey A setting to require people you donât follow to make a tiny payment via Lightning to reply to your notes will be useful once the reply bots arrive. #nostr npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Not sure how I wasnât already following you here npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Could you explain to the folks at home what a Binance cafe is? npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Itâs hard to tell whatâs missing between clients and what notifications are just in different orders. I received a zap the other day, and that now appears to have disappeared from both clientsâ notifications. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey It seems the list of relays you use are also stored in the relays though? Iris and Damus already have the same exact relays set up for me. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey other coins unable to keep up with #bitcoin today https://void.cat/d/LCZMga94mUZ1i8v3exvpDH.webp npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey most people donât go beyond the âI heard itâs like bitcoin but better and with more featuresâ line when it comes to altcoins. I hear this from normies a lot when they find out I do bitcoin stuff. They arenât able to answer simple questions about why they bought ETH or whatever other coin though. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Itâs a win-win situation npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Might also involve a #[1]â display bug. Only mentions showing up in the All section of notifications after switching back and forth between All and Mentions. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Is it good practice to use the same exact relays on different nostr clients? Some notifications showing up in Iris but not Damus and visa versa. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Quasi-decentralized methods for hedging bitcoin volatility risk could also be helpful here. Some options already available. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey $USDC goes from below $0.96 to $0.98 after update from Circle https://void.cat/d/78N4YbFZPA3QeuqCPcVP5u.webp npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey people buying bitcoin and withdrawing instead of waiting for monday. gemini's stablecoin (GUSD) also trading at $0.97 on coinbase. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey what's the best nostr client for desktop? testing out the options again and enjoying #[0] the most so far npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Itâs calmed down, but a week or two ago it seemed like everything on my Twitter For You page was a video of someone fighting or dying. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey âItâs highly unlikely that any of us will be using Bitcoin in five or ten years.â - Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire seven years ago npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey USDC/USDT under $0.95 on Kraken npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey 1 $USDC != 1 $USDT https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_bac2cbe307ed98027fe61200487fade7e25e55e310e2375abd2e95366d812173.jpg npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Seems it will be Mastodon compatible instead of Nostr based npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Many attempts at digital cash failed before #Bitcoin. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Nostr killing email would bring me joy. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey There are many aspects of Ethereum that scream anti-bitcoin psyop. USDC a central part of that. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey This is weird because Iâve noticed the exact opposite npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey In case you missed it, I had a piece about nostr published in Fortune earlier this week npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey I wrote a two-part post on what makes #bitcoin different from the rest of crypto for npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey BitClout (now DeSo) supposedly raised $200 million from many of the most well-known crypto VCs a couple years ago. It had ~270 new accounts created yesterday. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Fedimint is an interesting option for improving privacy https://fedimint.org/ npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey This will be stuck in my head all day now Ty https://youtu.be/mGloO5mzKWo npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Wrote an op-ed on what differentiates bitcoin from âcryptoâ npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey This solved a lot of issues for me. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey đ npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey mostly Damus. Was having trouble with it but itâs now working better after connecting to all of the recommended relays. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Thought 3 or 4 was enough but just doubled the relay count and that helped a lot. Thank you! npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey 18/f/ca here npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey which nostr apps are best when it comes to simply displaying content from other users? seeing a lot of missing posts and user data with the ones i've tried. npub1pt533g8adyur60sufuug8lk33et0vmelzy2zh565rpg8qwxjykxqjtwx9a kyletorpey Weird that the only other post Iâve made shows up on my profile in Iris but not Damus or Astral
