I like to learn things and build things | bitcoin enthusiast | energy production maximalist | abundance advocate
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Last Notes npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Lonely being freedom loving npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg If we were to redo or add to the US constitution in a re-founding of the US I’d want to add 1. Separation of currency and state 2. Only citizens may donate to political causes and there’s an annual limit (no corporations, no NGOs) 3. Clarify that the right to bear arms includes all that goes into warfare (artillery, fighter jets, cargo planes, fuel, all the way down) 4. The buffet amendment: if deficits go over a certain percent of domestic production sitting congress people cannot be re-elected One of the greatest tricks played by the state over the last hundred or so years is scoping the second amendment to just guns and “personal defense” the real goal should be that there’s more privately held capacity for war than publicly held capacity for war. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg There are two types of people in this world. Those that are grateful for nothing and those that are grateful for everything they have. It’s so much better to live in gratitude npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg If brute force isn’t working. You’re not using enough of it. Learn that at work every day 😂 npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg In the post scarcity future, it’s going to be what most humans do with their time. Figuring out how to help people make a decent income doing this work is critical to the future npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg If I want to accept bitcoin as payment for API credits on my app what’s the best service to use? npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg The start of unwinding of the Cantillon Effect in real time npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg If Bitcoin was the only currency on earth and every bank was Thanos snapped out of existence…would banks exist 20 years later? I think they would. They’d have less influence and fewer of their products would be profitable, but a Bitcoin future likely involves Bitcoin banks. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Oops sorry npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Was watching this #Nostriga talk on funding Nostr https://youtu.be/qD-Y0fq5KiA?si=4BHtI0tsDDjTwvxL I think it’s ok that there aren’t a ton of VCs investing yet. It’s not the role of investors to donate money. It’s also not the role of protocols to be profitable. One of the great side effects of capitalism is that you get talented, smart people who get wealthy and can afford to donate when a technology is too young to be profitable. That means a lot of folks are contributing without being supported enough to do it full time. This isn’t ideal but it does force contractors to be ruthless with their time. Only working on what is critical in their estimation. From my understanding of history we are on the blessed timeline, and things seem to be happening in the right timing to build something truly great. Once we can build profitable businesses on top of the unique capabilities of Nostr THEN we will see investment rolling in. I have every faith Nostr will continue its rapid improvement and we will, in time, eat Big Tech’s lunch. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg You’re in the right place! Welcome! npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg If there are heads to the hydra it’s the relay operators right? How healthy is that ecosystem at this point in history? npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Oh damn I wanna meet @npub16ux…lra7 based on their profile even if they don’t have answer. I am a huge regenerative agriculture nerd npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg I wonder if there’s a way to build wikileaks on Nostr as a protocol instead of a company. So there’s no one to arrest and no central server to shut down npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Thanks for being a great reader ❤️ npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Hey Folks, I’m going to pause contributing to the Nostr Tech Weekly. I have too many commitments at this point to give it the time it deserves. I still fully believe in Nostr and the community and the wonderful devs 💪. I’ve had a lot of fun working with @npub19md…6vzk and look forward to seeing how to support the community going forward. Love yall ❤️ npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg I haven’t seen that yet but I’m totally with you. Almost requires nsecbunker to work though 🤔 npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg How can it be evergreen if it’s not in all caps? 😂 npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Sounds like @npub1ex7…vyt9 but with a relationship with one Swiss bank instead of banks all over the world. That said, Strike’s API is young and this could encourage more B2B payment rails that cross the Bitcoin / fiat divide. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Nsecbunker is highly featured this week 😊 #note1rcj…33e9 npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Can’t wait 💪 This definitely pairs well with being an “address provider” (NIP 05) too. It’s a natural bundle for those that want an easy button for Nostr login / ID management. Exciting stuff! npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg That could be the case! But if Bitcoin value increases as denominated in fiat then I’d imagine people will zap smaller amounts. People with Bitcoin will see the value of their current stacks grow but it’s hard for me to imagine folks zapping large amounts after the surge in value. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg If you mean: store files on relays, there’s been interest but not any great solutions yet that’s I’ve seen If you mean something like Nostr.build where it is compatible with Nostr but not stored on relays, then yes. Trouble with storing on relays is they’ll get bloated and expensive to operate and possibly make Nostr more centralized (harder for people to run small relays at home) npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg And he’s the author of the NIP 😂 I should just assume so at this point npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Is this using NIP 71? https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Agreed 😂 so I got creative npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg This week is focused on nsecbunker and some improvements to relays! #note1g7u…8qve npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg I’m not sure I understand. I didn’t try to self host, I wanted to try out the hosted version at nsecbunker.com npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg @npub1l2v…ajft you manage nsecbunker.com right? just tried to subscribe to get a naecbunker. Paid the invoice and then it hung while deploying a bunker. Can’t get back there even though payment was sent 😬 The url where it got hung up had “undefined” in it so I think there was a bug. That or I’m just not patient enough (waited a couple minutes) Can you help me recover it? Or did I just get rugged 😂 npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg I’m talking about Grok having access to Twitter DMs or drafted tweets npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg #PragmaticOptimism Thanks for your work @npub1gcx…nj5z ! #note17dh…ntkj npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Yes. Have you read it? npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg So grateful for your voice on this. I think that message may help attract more folks that have vague misunderstandings about Bitcoin or associate it solely with the price obsessed crew PS your book is a masterclass. I now recommend it to anyone who feels like the system is rigged against ordinary people. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Gotcha! My bad I didn’t understand the 60 day part as deeply as I thought. This has better protection than I thought! npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Nostr isn’t distributed. Here’s the difference https://www.hivenet.com/post/decentralized-or-distributed-whats-the-big-difference npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg But it’s the difference between a distributed and decentralised network. Distributed is P2P and it has even more trade offs than decentralised networks. There are no free lunches npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg So there’s an explicit NIP about it https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/345/files?short_path=319c9bc#diff-319c9bcebb9aa1a6bb2187a77604e2cb409af365a9f504e6d38f01627b6810d4 There’s also attempts to do it without needing a NIP like hornetstorage.com But it’s been a question ever since people built ways to upload images and embed them in notes (like Nostr.build) npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg When I move from one nostr client to another and log in, how does the client know the relays I want to send and receive events from? I'm struggling to find the event kind that's used for this (if there is one) npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Anyone know if @npub1l2v…ajft or anyone else wrote up an intro to what Data Vending Machines are? I have a basic idea but want to confirm my understanding. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Hell yeah I’ll look more into it. I think y’all might be right about the architecture. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Agreed there are challenges to this architecture. As part of the proposal I talk about how these blocklist will likely need to be paid for. At scale small subscriptions can fund moderate amount of ongoing labor to maintain them. People will only pay if they find value which is how people will vote on how they want their own feeds managed. Definitely need this to be self sustaining for it to work and not add to centralisation npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg 👆 npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Hey does anyone know why flights are always delayed now? Like specifically (not just because COVID)? It doesn’t feel like it was like this a few years ago. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Feels like an invitation to post about non Nostr and non Bitcoin topics. Gotta have interesting content to attract more folks. Or we have to have a set of killer features you can’t get on X or any other social media. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg #ThisWeekInNostr for this week is up! For folks whose client doesn’t support long form content as well as Damus does (yet) here’s the link! https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzd3exyurvv348qunxdfkqgspc5hteqn9fezrlyjsrd7sefjeu79htlwuh8z6vhck3my526vvj2srqsqqqa28x5a76k Feedback is welcome, hoping to make something useful for the community 😊 npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg @npub1l2v…ajft do you have any additional thoughts? Gonna work on this in some spare time but would love feedback npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg @npub180c…h6w6 I’m trying to understand the whole nostr protocol in depth (reading all the NIPs and reading the code for common open source clients and relays) One thing I’m wondering is, at some point in the adoption curve of Nostr wont it be difficult to be subscribed to enough relays to know all the conversations that may mention you? Especially if paid relays become the default (which makes sense), wont we have to subscribe to a large cross section to make sure we get alerted to all @ mentions? PS if there are people to follow or podcasts / blogs that talk about Nostr at a technical level I’d love to do my own research, but I’m not sure where to go. npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg I was! I still like to scroll through and find the rare nuggets. It’s how I found most folks I follow (Bitcoin bigwigs + a smattering of early nostriches 😂) npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg What are some of those micro utilities? I am having trouble imagining more than the basics npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Thanks man 😊🤙 npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg #[0] Verifying My Public Key: "gregorygmwhite" npub1r3fwhjpx2njy87f9qxmapjn9neutwh7aeww95e03drkfg45cey4qgl7ex2 greg Attempted to write a good explainer of Nostr and it’s potential for everyday internet users. Would love any feedback y’all have. http://gregwhite.blog/nostr