pallabjd
Pallab J D Goswami

(Come to #Nostr if you don't get bored reading an irritatingly long post:)
Left LinkedIn, left Facebook, left Instagram. Never started using Tiktok.
Using WhatsApp and Telegram only because of professional reason.
Reducing the use of X (Twitter). Will use Discord for only 8 weeks. Don't know anything about any other social media.
Reducing the use of YouTube and Google search but haven't find any reliable alternative yet.
Not because I hate them. In fact, I love them more than Nostr. I found most of these social media platforms pretty decent and usefull in many ways.
For example, Facebook was the first social media I used. I found a lot of good friends there, got a lot of knowledge and informations from different Facebook groups.
YouTube is still my first priority for a detailed To Do video about almost anything. Found all the Bitcoiner communities and all the other Bitcoin related things on Twitter first. In fact, Twitter was the place where I first got introduced to Nostr.
But every decission comes with a trade off; Most importantly an opportunity cost. When we use something or decide to use something, we take the risk of loosing the next best thing we could have instead. And by looking at the opportunity cost of our decision, we can have an idea of how good or how bad the original decision was.
From Fiat to Bitcoin, from Facebook to Nostr, this phenomenon applies to everything. when we accept fiat as money, we loss the opportunity of accepting Bitcoin, hence loss all the advantages of a far superior, more reliable sound money. But when we accept Bitcoin, we just loss the opportunity (?) of using a less reliable, far inferior fiat money or any other crypto that are not capable of providing all the advantages of Bitcoin any way.
Something similar can be seen in case of social media. When we use any traditional, centralized social media, we get some nice looking features, a fancy feeling, some nicely done UI and a relatively smooth experience. But in return, we gradually become a puppet of algorithms, unwillingly become a target of marketing gimmicks, a source of personal data and we also loss the opportunity of getting all the benifits of a totally decentralised protocol. Those "all the benifits" includes thing like sensorship resistance, which is a nice way of ensuring freedom of speech. And vice versa when we actually start using Nostr instead of all these social media platforms.
Of course nostr is not perfect and not yet capable enough to immediately replace all those platforms at once. but just look the trade off! I mean getting non-kyced verified ticks, not having the risk of personal data leak, not having to worry about getting banned, not having to be a puppet of algorithms, a target of advertising, a victim of server demage/hacking etc, just for a little inconvenience of using the nostr client apps/websites?
I don't think there is any logical explanation of not using nostr over other social media platforms, unless we consider being addicted to a certain social media platform (other than nostr because it doesn't have an addictive algo) as a "logical explanation".

2024-06-28 18:55:53

Good night 🌃

2024-06-26 19:16:09

Fun fact: To store your #Bitcoin, an open source cold wallet on an Apple/Linux device might be more secure than a made in china hardware wallet...
Choose wisely 😏

2024-06-26 04:09:21

Media is not the fifth pillar of democracy anymore. Not even the typical social media.

2024-06-25 08:45:58

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Is that bitcoin off-chain?

2024-06-24 11:43:21

Me when somebody says "cRyPt0" 🫥
https://m.primal.net/IwEX.jpg

2024-06-23 19:47:47

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Just one little problem: Time is like bitcoin, can't create more, must take it seriously.

2024-06-23 19:26:15

Highly Educated,
Highly Intellectual,
Highly Experienced,
Highly Social
Yet totally Useless...
Can't believe that such people exist in real life! 🫥

2024-06-23 14:26:37

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For you Mr. Node Runner
https://m.primal.net/IvBD.jpg

2024-06-23 14:15:49

Unfortunately, visiting the doctor in case of "emergency" is no longer advisable... 🫥

2024-06-17 15:34:17

What do you call a person who never listen to or talk about music?

2024-05-30 06:23:59

Passing wealth to the Next Generation
#Bitcoin
https://m.primal.net/ISKb.jpg

2024-05-10 16:56:28

Trying Discord on Android.
It sucks 🤮

2024-04-28 13:57:52

Say No To Shitcoining 🫠
https://m.primal.net/IAsW.jpg

2024-03-25 17:48:22

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"... I want Solana and Ethereum to win." - as if there is even a competition! 🤣

2024-03-24 14:31:06

She: You know there is a life outside "Bitcoin", right?
Me: See, that's the problem! 😐

2024-03-18 09:35:26

Everybody talks about #PKMKB, but does anybody know what #CWKMKB is?
It's Craig Wright Ki Ma Ka....
If you didn't know, now you know 💀

2024-03-15 14:36:52

We don't need CBDC
What we need is a peer to peer electronic cash system.

2024-03-11 18:45:39

Rat Poison
#Bitcoin
https://m.primal.net/HjrE.jpg

2024-03-06 17:16:21

May be Modiji created Bitcoin, who knows? 😉

2024-03-05 17:03:18

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🧡

2024-03-05 17:01:44

Meta crashed, Facebook down, Instagram down...
That's why Nostr matters ✊🏼

2024-02-28 17:51:54

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I need this girl, you can keep the Bitcoin in the background 😜

2024-02-28 14:35:45

Bitcoin touched new all time high against Indian Rupee ✊🏼
or, we can say Rupee touched new all time low against Bitcoin 💀
https://m.primal.net/HftD.jpg

2024-02-28 07:49:54

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Dinosour butter 😬

2024-02-28 04:21:17

#Bitcoin touched new ATH in Japanese Yen today, is about to touch new ATH in Indian Rupee too
https://m.primal.net/Hfnb.jpg
https://m.primal.net/Hfne.jpg

2024-02-25 05:15:20

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4 AM? isn't that too early in the morning?

2024-02-22 18:49:49

Is it possible to put a feature like "Community Note" on nostr? I think it's possible, although not sure if it's needed or not here, at least for now.

2024-02-22 18:17:22

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Which language is it?

2024-02-22 17:59:36

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Initially I found the idea of "Low time preference" very hard to digest. I felt like letting time pass is equal to wasting time. It took me almost half an year to digest the fact that the time will be passing anyway!

2024-02-22 17:18:45

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https://m.primal.net/HeUQ.jpg

2024-02-20 16:21:28

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🙏🏻

2023-11-24 15:35:48

Trying to connect my X (Twitter) account to Nostr using tweeter.nos.social
If you are seeing this post on my X account then you are welcome, you can connect with me on nostr : iris.to/pallabjd
And if you are seeing this on Nostr then high-five! We are the same boat brothers! 😁🙌
#nostr

2023-09-21 23:22:30

https://www.xonghoti.com/blog/21lessons/an-immaculate-conception
অনুবাদ : পঞ্চম পাঠ | বিটকইন একবিংশতি | 21Lessons | Assamese Translation

2023-03-12 06:33:42

Today's episode of our podcast about Bitcoin in Assamese language...
https://twitter.com/xonghoti/status/1634780808673390593?t=zDOt3kHv-nrpNiMo1TAtBw&s=19

2023-03-11 08:02:35

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Is it a hardware wallet ?

2023-03-10 17:39:26

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A move worth zapping but she is out of nostr !

2023-03-10 17:37:15

Didn't knew that this is how VETO power gets exercised 😁
(Good move by the way👍)
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_a8090c8cf8eccbf11081d8ec6f6e93fb828ba401080aee2a1756aa91108dfb0d.jpeg

2023-03-08 16:01:28

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I didn't get it. Any more details please ?

2023-03-07 16:42:14

When a shitcoiner accidentally steps into a Bitcoin only event... 😜
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_49ac6062cd919539927a3d11af3f06f9b28d641bbe2e060447466912b62c3cb0.jpg

2023-03-06 17:31:06

"...Because there is no algo, I highly doubt that nostr will ever replace or even survive for a long time in front of the mainstream social media platforms like Facebook or Instagram etc. These apps are very addictive and people who are already in that addiction will never think or care about 'Free speech', 'Censorship Resistance' etc..."
Was discussing about nostr with someone and he said the statement above. 😐
What should be my response to this statement ?

2023-03-06 16:44:45

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And this how Zapping often gets failed
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_6778388a5c9103154f97e118f413433a0c75c8c65293de845096999ac74185ff.jpg

2023-03-06 15:17:05

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Actually it's evening time here... Good evening

2023-03-05 16:24:19

👣
👣
👣
Long way to go...
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_a14a6eb0fc929b7cb779942241030e400aedd1752d22de9cf3b83379665b51a4.jpg

2023-03-05 14:15:55

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Is it about CBDC ?

2023-03-05 06:06:35

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Local bitcoin is going to close it's operation soon

2023-03-04 20:12:22

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Right 👍

2023-03-04 19:20:17

Tell me you don't understand Bitcoin without telling me yoh don't understand Bitcoin 😁 -
https://news.bitcoin.com/indias-central-bank-digital-currency-will-act-as-alternative-to-cryptocurrency-says-rbi-official/
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_965ccb7ed617dd29b7752d4b478d30d8204e40172d63a6a9f63670796798c5d7.jpeg

2023-03-04 04:50:32

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I used it for second time but one of my friend used it for first time. His thought is like this -
"Oh it's like UPI but fast !"

2023-02-25 08:51:19

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Where can I read that essay ? I would like to read it, and also try to translate it into Assamese 😁

2023-02-25 03:47:52

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Already Followed. But what are the "terms of service" btw ?

2023-02-21 17:15:17

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I added them to the list. But I will need to pay them, right ? Can you please explain a little bit ? It's showing all of them are offline now.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_51ee134e37f8dafb81ade8153b3f0906b56dc187bd16cf1daae2b16db7506599.jpg