Phaedrus

https://bitcoinpolis.substack.com/

Open source will win.

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2026-11-07 18:25:49 GMT

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Is the full talk somewhere?

2026-11-01 21:28:25 GMT

Stablecoin backed by Bitcoin (so no KYC needed).
One token that tracks USD and another is leveraged Bitcoin. Not sure if there is the right amount of demand on each side in practice but if it works this is interesting.
https://moneyonchain.com/deep-dive-into-money-on-chain-2/

2026-10-31 15:35:33 GMT

Amazing to see how many women are at LABitconf. Much more than what I usually see at conferences and meetups in the US and Europe.
https://image.nostr.build/76fcfa2d33a824f0bff6bfacb79f642686103f6b2879adb615c17edece8ed540.jpg

2026-10-29 17:15:11 GMT

On plane to Buenos Aires for #labitconf
Would love to meet anyone building in the Bitcoin ecosystem! DM me if you wanna chat.

2026-10-29 17:11:58 GMT

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I guess I didn’t implement it correctly. You saying that Ln-BTC->USDt settlement is under second? How did you do that?

2026-10-28 03:25:37 GMT

I care a lot about Bitcoin adoption. I agree with Jack that if Bitcoin is only used as store of value it failed.
This long thread is part of why it’s failing I think. All of us Bitcoiners explaining why other people are not using Bitcoin, how to achieve world where everyone is using it. Almost nobody answered why they themselves not accepting or paying.
https://stacker.news/items/1603307/r/phaedrus

2026-10-28 02:41:39 GMT

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How long does the settlement take? LN-BTC payment to USDt actually in the wallet (as taproot asset) I’m quite confident the video was cut because in my exp it’s super slow.

2026-10-28 02:37:05 GMT

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This is actually what I needed. Exactly how I use Sublime Text these days and exactly the issues I run into!

2026-10-25 14:39:16 GMT

I’m going to Buenos Aires for LABitconf for the first time. Who is coming?
Any unofficial events I should check out? I’m especially interested in meeting with people working on open source, like the dev/hack before Btc Prague is always awesome.
@npub1hyx…tug7

2026-10-24 04:01:33 GMT

KYC is dangerous

2026-09-08 21:23:36 GMT

These stolen funds (Coldcard, Liquid, etc) are interesting historical events for bitcoins future and its role in the world.
So far it looks like nobody has the power to revert (unlike Ethereum).
But most likely these thiefs won’t be able to use the funds anyways. Let’s see how that evolves. Fun discussion on SN
#nevent1q…aczd

2026-09-08 16:49:08 GMT

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Great as always. I already shared the article with 3 normie friends this morning. Thank you Alex!

2026-09-02 16:06:34 GMT

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Should be possible to rebuild XCancel on NOSTR, right?

2026-08-19 23:30:19 GMT

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What makes you think Cloudflare is aware of L402
They are shilling X402 but that’s a different protocol.

2026-08-08 06:39:54 GMT

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Which attack?

2026-08-08 06:39:29 GMT

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How is BIP-110 the resistance? A resistance against whom?
Not that my insignificant node makes much difference but I’m genuinely interested.

2026-08-06 18:43:32 GMT

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Really cool to see ngit getting some traction. This is the way!

2026-08-06 13:57:24 GMT

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💯

2026-08-04 05:15:05 GMT

Silver lining of the Coldcard debacle: finally my feed is not full of BIP-110 bullshit.

2026-08-03 21:08:24 GMT

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How about Bitcoin-only Trezor?

2026-07-27 19:58:51 GMT

Interesting to see: most of the responses to @npub1sg6…f63m tweet are Indian people telling him to fuck off (ie wanting India to block bitchat)
https://x.com/jack/status/2080565084586135773

2026-07-23 08:25:38 GMT

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Or rather what do you think was the action that triggered this?

2026-07-23 08:23:37 GMT

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What was their official reason?

2026-07-22 09:32:08 GMT

Also interested in these numbers. Can someone write the script and count actual events in the past month or so?
#nevent1q…t8l0

2026-07-20 19:35:38 GMT

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Thanks! We appreciate the effort.

2026-07-19 16:34:54 GMT

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Have you been able to convince anyone with this? Like after this they bought bitcoin or started to accept it for theirs services?

2026-07-17 10:54:16 GMT

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I’m a big fan of NOSTR but it will require people to really decentralize (eg build many clients and run many relays). Otherwise EU can go and sue Damus/Amethys and Apple to remove it from AppStore.

2026-07-17 10:35:19 GMT

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Very cool!

2026-07-17 10:34:23 GMT

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I tend to agree with this. What are some better explanations?

2026-07-14 11:00:10 GMT

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What harness do you use to easily switch?

2026-07-12 17:58:48 GMT

Can’t wait to play with this
#nevent1q…tdcq

2026-07-09 22:50:26 GMT

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Why?

2026-07-08 00:23:27 GMT

Signal with integrated Bitcoin payments. Amazing!!!
Testing it right now on both iOS and macOS!
You can text with people using Signal (just can’t send them Bitcoin)
Warning: it will de-register your Signal app so if you not ready to fully switch I recommend trying it with a different phone number.
#nevent1q…sh62

2026-07-08 00:15:01 GMT

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Just to make it clear: Radar is amazing effort I’ve been hoping for. I just wanna test it first before I switch to it as my main Signal app.

2026-07-07 20:02:57 GMT

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Warning: It de-registers your actual Signal app. I don’t think you can use them both at the same time (under the same phone number)

2026-07-07 14:32:17 GMT

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Seems quite reasonable solution

2026-07-07 04:12:13 GMT

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Thank you.
First paragraph makes sense - just running a readonly full node makes very little difference (it can decide which transactions to forward and which drop/censor but there can always be another node that will broadcast a transaction).
Second paragraph. Yes, people sending transactions (I think technically it’s the sender who creates the transaction, not the receiver who just generates the address), but that’s still people running full nodes. If someone sends bitcoin using Coinbase then it’s Coinbase running the node and deciding.
So I still think in 2017 it was the full nodes that voted, but primarily the ones sending transactions, not any running node.
Please correct anything I’m not understanding. I genuinely want to understand how bitcoin works in practice.

2026-07-07 03:16:25 GMT

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@npub1exc…n72a might be able to shed more light on this

2026-07-07 03:14:14 GMT

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Can you provide more facts about segwit and UASF? Like you are saying that it wasn’t the full nodes that decided which path Bitcoin went? I only vaguely watched it back then and mostly remember it through Blocksize wars book, and based on my memory you are wrong.
Note: I don’t care about knots/BIP110, I’m only interested in what happened around 2017

2026-07-06 17:41:01 GMT

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Czechia 🇨🇿 is more bitcoin friendly and has cheaper beer

2026-07-06 17:38:12 GMT

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So cute!!! 🥰

2026-07-03 17:14:50 GMT

Not your keys, not your coins. Take your bitcoin off exchanges!
#nevent1q…vpz3

2026-07-03 00:55:48 GMT

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Agree! This seems especially hard in the US where everyone is used to being very independent. I think living in a community requires more compromise and collaboration.

2026-07-02 19:33:35 GMT

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How about: Fuck traditional investors!

2026-07-02 19:32:46 GMT

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Congrats on the jump! Keep reinventing yourself @npub1aft…dcke it’s inspiring to watch your journey. All the best!

2026-06-29 04:21:09 GMT

When WikiLeaks became a problem for the US government, their donations got frozen. Bitcoin worked. Nobody could stop it.
Those are the empirical cases demonstrating how unstoppable this thing is. Just like when China cut off electricity from miners and yet the network didn’t break.

2026-06-28 17:31:32 GMT

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Anthropic’s revenue and their investors. He is right!

2026-06-28 03:11:12 GMT

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Super fun and great to see everyone.
Whoever gave me this cool bitcoin hat, thank you so much!!!
https://image.nostr.build/a82ae657191e59cd09c0500bfb5633e36c7dba5935b7317c86ff6fdbde06d1c2.jpg

2026-06-26 18:43:35 GMT

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Interesting. Any ideas why are they doing that?

2026-06-26 16:57:37 GMT

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Watch party in Santa Cruz, CA: https://luma.com/i7r6fiko

2026-06-24 20:25:19 GMT

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@npub1khj…2vsj we paid and still not getting any info. I have 30 people signed for the screening and I’m not sure how to screen it. Can you give me email or some contact so we can figure out?

2026-06-23 01:17:39 GMT

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Sorry this happened. Texted my friend who is still at Apple 🤞

2026-06-23 00:40:28 GMT

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Ridiculous, but I’m not shocked. Texted my friend who is still at Apple 🤞

2026-06-22 15:25:51 GMT

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I do

2026-06-21 01:11:51 GMT

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Literally reading right now
https://image.nostr.build/a3a491e4c8ef478dd267ad919e0c3e043036be5ac1c27ccc926c49d3f64ac719.jpg

2026-06-20 23:58:23 GMT

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Thanks @npub1ypf…yrg4 for quick review. We need more volunteers like that for btcmap!

2026-06-18 22:56:22 GMT

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Interesting! What’s the practical implication of this?

2026-06-18 02:23:52 GMT

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Interesting. Is this Midjourney the gen AI image platform?
Any ideas what are they working on?

2026-06-08 18:46:48 GMT

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Sry, don’t understand. What are you referring to?

2026-06-08 13:56:40 GMT

I wonder if we need two different prices for bitcoin?
It seems like the current price (I assume mostly from Coinbase, etc) is mostly from the big money trading, ETFs etc, basically the same old system.
Individuals selling each other non-KYC self-custody bitcoin would probably not sell for that price but that volume is much smaller.
It almost seems like two different assets combined in one. Do we have a precedent for this? Any explanation or what should individuals do besides hodling and ignoring the price?
Maybe @npub1s05…eyhe or @npub1a2c…w83a know?

2026-06-01 22:19:58 GMT

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Gitlab seems quite similar to GitHub. I think there is a space for new product native to AI workflows, and ideally decentralized (eg on NOSTR)

2026-05-31 00:54:38 GMT

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How do you know what’s the right thing?

2026-05-29 22:45:08 GMT

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Depends on what you already know. So far nothing ground-breaking for me (I’m less than half way through), but much more details and very clearly explained how it actually works. For instance practical example on how things move between fed/treasury vs central banks vs commercial banks.
I would not be shocked if similar layers eventually ended up in Bitcoin world (Bitcoin main chain is the treasury, custodial LN is commercial banks), etc.

2026-05-29 13:57:33 GMT

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Yep

2026-05-28 16:13:54 GMT

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Tell me more. What did you like about the book? (It’s been on my list for a while so thinking I should finally read it)

2026-05-28 03:08:29 GMT

Who is building the next Github?
I think it will be different given AI coding enabling way more people and projects…
Interesting read: https://x.com/olvrgln/status/2059312715836145698?s=46

2026-05-21 02:56:44 GMT

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@npub1khj…2vsj ?

2026-05-20 22:33:26 GMT

Does anyone know people behind this project? I emailed their support but so far no response.
#nevent1q…lrc8

2026-05-09 03:41:57 GMT

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Interesting. You are saying that there are two assets: self-custody Bitcoin and institutional paper Bitcoin (the same old world, just wrapping Bitcoin instead say gold) and each of those can have different price and demand. And so far it looks like the second one is showing more demand.
Right? (Checking my understanding)

2026-05-07 00:23:47 GMT

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I put this sticker on Wells Fargo door but surprisingly it didn’t last there very long

2026-04-30 21:25:31 GMT

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I wouldn’t call running something in a secure enclave “non-custodial”

2026-04-30 21:23:43 GMT

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Perfect

2026-03-07 23:49:31 GMT

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lol, so true!

2026-02-22 22:56:04 GMT

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Is it really healthier? One of the hardest things for me when switching to “work from home” has been setting up boundaries between work and family.
And I never believed in work/life balance. It’s all life to me, but still it has been challenging.

2026-02-21 02:28:13 GMT

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Is there a good summary what’s in Clarity Act?

2025-11-14 00:56:17 GMT

#scmeetuptopic
#note158r…hptu

2025-10-15 03:48:50 GMT

This is amazing
#scmeetuptopic
#note1edp…enw8

2025-09-28 23:07:56 GMT

Highly recommend reading this book about encryption wars. I’m convinced that these lessons will be important in the upcoming Bitcoin war so the more people read it the better!
https://stacker.news/items/1241141/r/phaedrus

2025-09-18 18:56:31 GMT

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You mean using the same nostr identity (pub key) for sharing profits with the developers?

2025-07-14 03:51:57 GMT

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CC @npub17q6…3few

2025-07-14 03:51:28 GMT

@npub1sg6…f63m any updated on https://squareup.com/us/en/press/block-to-roll-out-bitcoin-payments-on-square — when is this awesome feature planned to roll out in general public? (I’m hoping its just software update so existing hw will be able to benefit)

2025-05-28 22:41:17 GMT

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I have QubesOS laptop and GrapheneOS phone, but it’s so much work to maintain that I always end up using iPhone and Mac.
If you don’t use any prop software yourself, hats off and respect to you!

2025-05-28 18:52:36 GMT

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Is there any simpler podcast player that does v4v and works?

2025-05-28 18:51:19 GMT

I really want to use Fountain but I swear every time I try it upsets me.
I was just listening to a podcast, then paused and ate lunch. Then I tried to resume the episode, not even using the OS controls but actually opening the app and it’s all gone and the episode starts again.

2025-05-27 04:01:58 GMT

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Sorry, pasted wrong. Try this one https://bitcoinpolis.gitlab.io/posts/2023/10/20/v4v-ads.html

2025-05-23 18:01:53 GMT

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Amazing. Who did this?

2025-05-01 14:44:28 GMT

This could be big deal for Lightning, for instance zaps in Damus, right @npub1xts…kk5s ?
https://t.co/JZn78Nqwgf

2025-01-26 23:40:39 GMT

I think this project deserves some sats https://geyser.fund/project/empoweredchildministries?hero=bitcoinpolis

2023-08-14 03:19:21 GMT

Very bullish on L402 - this is significant problem in AI/ML and Lightning is perfect solution!
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2023-07-05-l402-langchain/

2023-05-13 04:21:11 GMT

Who knows whats the platform powering Qubes OS and Umbrel forums? (Seems like the same thing underneath)
https://forum.qubes-os.org/tos
https://community.getumbrel.com/about
We need to integrate zaps into it

2023-04-16 22:21:45 GMT

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Super interesting. Thanks for reporting.
How will governemtns figure out which UTXOs should be censored?
How will governemtns enforce the censorship if miners can't be located or move to different jurisdiction?
Did they answer any of that?

2023-04-15 03:52:57 GMT

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#[1]
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2023-04-09 03:28:22 GMT

12 reasonable ideas for how to make progress on hard problems like poverty or even climate
https://fountain.fm/episode/14607613737
Would love to see some concrete project proposals on Geyser!

2023-02-11 22:00:31 GMT

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And don't forgot all the zaps!!!

2023-02-11 17:26:41 GMT

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So cool to see these integrations. The power of open protocols! Here are some zaps for ya!

2023-01-28 21:50:22 GMT

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Is it possible to somehow enforce so that one can trust it? It seems hard. Even if I trust some relay that they will delete, I can't guarantee that some other relay or client won't save a copy. Right?

2023-01-21 17:18:10 GMT

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10k sats for you sir!

2023-01-16 03:05:26 GMT

What's your favorite nostr clients for Android, and why?