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2026-09-08 10:23:06 GMT

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Instapaper is what pocket started as. Before the bloat.

2026-08-10 10:04:41 GMT

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I haven't done the forensics, but I do know that BTCPayServer urged everyone to update because of a critical vulnerability, so I would assume that's it.

2026-08-10 07:10:14 GMT

For the past week, I've been reading a lot about the #Coldcard "incident", and the heard the news about #Boltz shutting down.
A thought came by, "should I sweep my #BTCPayServer/#LND instance? I run a lot of things there, including LNBits, Cashu mint, they might be vulnerable.". It stayed as a thought.
Instead of my hearing my instinct, at another time of the week, I decided (without thinking too much) to transfer some funds I had from my hot wallet to my node, to open a new channel.
I wish I hadn't.
After 2 days, all my chanmels were closed, and it's the first time in many years that my node shows 0 balance, on-chain and lightning.
+1 to the list of August victims.

2026-08-05 11:32:09 GMT

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Do you mean the car was not working until the ad finished playing?

2026-07-08 09:31:10 GMT

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Thank you for doing this.

2026-06-29 08:02:47 GMT

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The "someone owns more than x% of the population combined" is a correct but misleading/useless metric.
Around 20% of US population have 0 or negative net worth.
Anyone who is debt-free with a few dollars in the bank has more wealth than that 20% combined (0+0+0=0).

2026-06-18 05:40:35 GMT

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"it's a dividend/yield paying stablecoin/stable asset"
"what keeps the price stable?"
"we do" (until they don't)
- Luna, MSTR, DarkFi, etc.

2026-05-31 04:14:53 GMT

If we ever need to bump Bitcoin fees for incentivising more miners (say in 2140), we can always enable a #NIP for "indestructible notes".
"Indestructible notes" are basically pointers to the note, while the note is published under OP_RETURN. This becomes easier with the on-chain wallets that have been popping up lately in Nostr clients.
I don't have a NIP, it's just an idea. What does #nostr think?
#asknostr

2026-05-19 08:04:57 GMT

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Can't I just provide some liquidity and you automatically move the funds where needed, while I receive my yield?
Or am I asking for a lot?

2026-05-16 05:08:26 GMT

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I do, proxmox is great, especially combined with Ceph!
On it, I'm running VMs with Kubernetes, connected to the PVE's Ceph for persistent storage.
Quite a cool setup.

2026-04-10 05:21:14 GMT

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Same. And with tiny letters on the bottom, it reads something like "Actors in this commercial were generated by AI".

2026-02-14 13:55:39 GMT

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It clearly states "random OR anonymous chat".
Any app with a chat function and without named accounts (does login with email cover this?) can be considered anonymous.
It depends on how they interpret it, but we've seen bans on freedom tech before, so I think interested parties should be prepared accordingly.

2026-02-09 06:11:23 GMT

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Netflix & Wolt

2026-02-08 06:17:16 GMT

I read about Apple removing anonymous chat apps from the App Store.
https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/06/apple-says-random-or-anonymous-chat-apps-no-longer-welcome-on-the-app-store/
I understand this includes Bitchat, oxchat, Keychat, but basically any Nostr app that has the messaging feature enabled.
#asknostr #bitchat #amethyst #primal #damus

2025-12-22 07:38:26 GMT

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I think that's the idea. Bots will answer, humans will fail. It's a reverse captcha.

2025-12-11 17:27:17 GMT

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Let users generate videos with disney characters.
You will be able to create your own Disney film, or at least short story.

2025-12-01 18:04:50 GMT

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That's not a lot on its own, but can multiple PWAs play concurrently? If so, the impact might be quite noticeable!
I love the idea as a hack, but I also like efficient programming 😅

2025-12-01 15:41:03 GMT

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What's the impact of this on battery life?

2025-11-28 20:33:33 GMT

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We have boltcards, how hard is it to put into software?

2025-11-22 09:03:09 GMT

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Unfortunately, many sites completely block you out for using a VPN. It's an awful practice, but it happens.

2025-11-18 14:05:12 GMT

I host multiple sites and services that work without issues.
1 of them went down today and won't come up. It was very odd that only 1 went down.
It turns out, it's the only one using Cloudflare.
I can't login to Cloudflare console.
I can't even login to my registrar to disable Cloudflare (dns config), because they also use Cloudflare!
My hands are tied on this. We all wait for Cloudflare to fix this, and I can't think of a way to fix this on my side.
This is peak centralization. Registrars using Cloudflare can bring the internet to a deadlock.

2025-11-13 09:27:05 GMT

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Strike does that and is available in Europe.

2025-11-12 07:39:12 GMT

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Why not buy a coffee denominated in sats? We have dollars and cents. We have bitcoin and sats. It's simple.

2025-11-11 17:14:26 GMT

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Don't you like paying by card? You only need to provide your legal name and address, write 16 numbers, a date and 3 digits, while also needing to approve the payment from your phone. Oh and if you use a vpn, the 2fa page might not work and you need to restart the process.
That's way better than scanning a QR code and tapping pay. /s

2025-11-11 13:09:04 GMT

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Sats are sats. We also have a great symbol for it, although not in unicode yet.
If ₿ is sats, how do you type 100m sats (1 Bitcoin)?
Or is the idea to completely ditch the 100m number and reactor everything as sats/₿?

2025-11-09 20:15:19 GMT

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If you do an aqua-style liquid integration, it will be the perfect all-in-one wallet to beat them all.
Liquid is useful for long-term holding but still quick and cheap to transact. Because lightning channels, even when custodial, require you to be online frequently (to be trustless). I feel liquid offers a better "storage" option, while lightning is best for more frequent transactions.

2025-11-05 06:33:27 GMT

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I like how wallets like aqua make it dead simple for newbies to transact with bitcoin and its layers safely and without headaches, and Boltz plays a big part in this.
However, I'd prefer Boltz (or the swapping layer, in general), to become more decentralized. We can't have all modern multi-layer wallets depend on 1 single service... Is there a way to randomly choose a boltz instance instead of a central one? Maybe with discoverability and reviews through Nostr, like cashu mints.

2025-10-07 18:42:37 GMT

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You can get bank loans for 10.5% APR without collateral.
Why would you put your Bitcoin at risk for 13%?
Considering bitcoin is "pristine collateral" as people say, I would expect much lower rates than banks.

2025-09-19 12:59:47 GMT

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Thanks for the information and the 6 sats.
I'm using lnd, I don't think it has any Nostr support, so I'm not sure how I would send zap receipts to relays.

2025-09-18 21:15:45 GMT

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In $, not in €.
And for sure not in sats :)

2025-09-16 09:26:27 GMT

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The European Union forced Apple to allow apps to be installed without their App Store. Hence, Altstore was born.

2025-09-13 10:09:27 GMT

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I guess taking Greenland under US's wings won't be that difficult.

2025-09-10 11:58:08 GMT

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People should be aware of nostr and bitchat before shit hits the fan.

2025-09-05 14:13:40 GMT

Just saw the "accelerate with gpay" in @nprofile…edr2. It's quite interesting especially for non-tech people.
It would be even better to accelerate by paying via lightning or cashu, maybe using mempool's mint if they run one.

2025-08-07 08:53:36 GMT

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So AIs are great politicians.

2025-08-05 06:31:57 GMT

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Instapaper is just like Pocket when it started. https://www.instapaper.com/

2025-05-26 03:16:45 GMT

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Who decides what's spam? I only care if a transaction is valid as per the Bitcoin concensus rules, not what it's used for.

2025-05-22 07:25:28 GMT

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GM, recycling at its finest.

2025-05-20 13:39:35 GMT

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Next step, they will request you let them in for an audit of the cash.
Then they will ask for a spare key for your home.

2025-05-15 07:39:27 GMT

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I don't like the way decisions are taken and knowledgeable people get banned, but I strongly disagree with Mechanic's point that "I don't want to route your transactions because they're spam".
There needs to be a default of routing ALL VALID transactions, otherwise how exactly is the network supposed to work?
For my node, I have 0 incentive to route YOUR transactions, monetary or otherwise, I don't care. I only want mine.
If nodes (node operators) think this way, we won't have any propagation in the end, or we'll pay centralized routing nodes instead of everyone supporting it.

2025-05-13 08:30:50 GMT

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Depending on the use case, Aqua is quite great.

2025-05-09 03:29:27 GMT

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Paying with a card:
- find your wallet and pull out your physical card (similar for digital; however, some payment processors don't allow pasting, lol)
- enter your quite long details in 3 different fields
- 2fa page loading; no it doesn't, close your VPN and try again (or 2fa notification arrived but you are logged out. Please login to the mobile app again)
- refresh, start from scratch
- 2fa page loaded, input the 6-digit code
- success!
Paying with LN:
- open wallet app on the phone
- scan the qr code
- tap pay, done!

2025-05-05 15:48:56 GMT

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iTerm2, because I'm on a Mac, so what else?

2025-05-03 07:10:03 GMT

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Spain might be the first, but similar rules will be applied in all members of the European Union: https://accountancyeurope.eu/publications/navigating-the-eu-anti-money-laundering-regulation/
#landofthefree

2025-05-02 07:35:02 GMT

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A npub/pkey - locked ecash, embedded in a BTC transaction's OP_RETURN.
Nice.
But in reality, I think cashu tokens are too big to fit in OP_RETURN, no?

2025-04-17 08:39:51 GMT

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Move where?

2025-03-31 03:38:57 GMT

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"it just works" happened, combined with app-centric OSes.
Technology now caters to everyone, not just geeks.
It must work, even for grandmas.
Hence, no tinkering is needed, and many times isn't even possible (iOS, for example).
What really stumps me is that people don't know or understand basic filesystem structure.
They don't know about files/folders any more, as is the paradigm on desktop, in contrast with app-centric OSes.
They know apps, with their content. Many don't care to have their files offline, saved on disk, back them up etc. They work with them in the context of an app, and assume the app will always be there with their files, notes, documents, photos.

2025-03-26 05:46:36 GMT

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The goverment's job is the same, whether you like who is in charge or not.
Is it weird to ask for what you believe is right, by the elected party, independent of your politics preferences?

2025-02-13 19:19:42 GMT

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Bitcoin-related business.

2025-02-11 17:22:13 GMT

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Anything that touches fiat, needs to KYC, with jurisdiction-specific details.
Fold provides a spending card, they are required to KYC.

2025-01-19 19:00:03 GMT

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KOReader, for ebook devices and android, both for ebooks and comics.

2025-01-11 05:15:15 GMT

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Nice, thanks for the info!
Since you like fantasy, you should check out the Kingkiller Chronicle (first book: Name of the wind).

2024-10-25 22:11:31 GMT

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Wait, that's not Peter!

2024-10-10 19:05:27 GMT

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Indeed, something went wrong with the link. I will try to edit (not sure if all clients support that), but here it is anyway. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/publications/mining_CCS.pdf

2024-10-10 05:04:43 GMT

Thought experiment:
In 2140, mining will solely rely on transaction fees due to zero block subsidy.
This new competition dynamic may result in miners prioritizing valuable blocks over others.
For instance, if whales broadcast high-value (and high-fee) transactions at the same time, other miners might attempt to claim those rewards instead of building upon the existing block.
Why would they compete for 100m sats when they can get 300m sats? The difficulty would be the same for both.
Consequently, this could lead to an increase in short-term chain splits and potential rollbacks for mining the same lucrative transactions.
If short-term chain splits become common and depending on fee volatility, rollbacks might extend beyond one block. In such a scenario, would the traditional "six confirmations" rule still provide a perfect guarantee of transaction finality?
After writing this, I realized there is a paper on the topic: mining_CCS.pdf
#asknostr #bitcoin #mining

2024-10-08 15:45:46 GMT

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Have you tried running Chrome on it?

2024-10-02 06:12:58 GMT

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Amethyst uses Tor for relay connections but not for media, which would be unbearable to use under Tor.
@nprofile…vzaw I've seen multiple DDOS attacks on Tor making it unusable for a period of time, how does Amethyst mitigate that?

2024-10-01 06:42:49 GMT

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And most important for revolutionary decentralized crypto projects: block all VPN access.
/s

2024-09-28 08:18:59 GMT

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Oh I forgot the VPN blockade that legacy internet companies have. So in order to even interact with the legacy "wallet" app, I need to forgo my privacy and security.
What if you are on the go, on public networks and want to protect your network traffic? Too bad.

2024-09-27 20:23:53 GMT

Having been in the Bitcoin space, doing legacy online payments stumps me every time.
For the equivalent of a zap (we know how easy it is), I have to login to my custodial "wallet" account, which has logged me out for some reason.
The login requires a password that I must fetch from my password manager.
Then I need to 2fa, so I need to copy and paste the pin.
Then I can proceed with the payment, which requires me to login again (now in the web), which sends me another 2fa code (the transaction's 2fa code) that I need to copy and paste.
Cards (Visa/Mastercard) are easier but still have their frictions. Not to mention the extremely bad and unsafe pull-based model, in contrast to cash and Bitcoin.

2024-09-09 08:39:52 GMT

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Cool, thanks. Are red gifts cashu nuts or something different, Lifpay-specific?

2024-09-06 15:15:50 GMT

Is #Nostr the ultimate 2fa and the ultimate account creation/validation?
Better yet, is Nostr the ultimate identity solution?
I set up #Lifpay and the sign-up/login flow was amazing.
No email required, no phone number. No username and password. Only npub.

2024-09-06 08:28:51 GMT

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Wait, so if we spin up a cashu mint on lnbits on boltz/liquid, we get private ecash with private settlements. Sounds great!
Just to verify, are boltz swaps atomic? Is there another risk if the boltz service goes rogue or just down, or is service unavailability the only risk?

2024-07-19 22:49:17 GMT

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2024-07-13 17:17:44 GMT

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Or maybe the app automatically sends all ecash to your preferred mint(s) as soon as you open it.

2024-07-10 22:02:56 GMT

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You should try Freddo Espresso. 2 espresso shots, 2 ice cubes: shake them to create cold espresso with foam. Pour over a glass full of ice cubes. Drink with a thin straw.

2024-06-01 20:07:07 GMT

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I love the release name: Hydra.
You cut one head, 3 more pop up.
Coordinator = head?

2024-05-25 20:27:51 GMT

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I believe each protocol has its use case.
I don't recommend cashu for big amounts either, since it's custodial, and you never know. But what if you're the custodian?
For example, I onboard people with my own mint: I create and send nuts, bundled in a PWA. The other person receives sats in less than a minute with no prior bitcoin experience. I explain the trust model and that they can withdraw it thru LN whenever they want.
I probably could do something similar with fedi and mutiny? I am not sure, and I don't trust a federation yet. And it's not straightforward (or possible at all) to run my own like I do my mint.

2024-05-23 04:35:16 GMT

On passwords: who thought that in-app login popups are a good idea, especially when you cannot even see/validate the HTTPS URL?
I talk about those "login to google" window inside apps. You just enter your credentials in a box that looks like google but you can't validate.
How are those still a thing?

2024-05-20 04:13:43 GMT

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They said "in silence", not a secret coordination.
My guess is the 90 days refer to https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/01/10/bitcoin-etf-listings-will-be-quick-but-money-flows-could-take-months-21shares-co-founder/ -> "It takes at least 90 days for money managers to process additions to their list of approved allocations."

2024-05-19 10:37:34 GMT

Bitcoin: the internet of money.
Nostr: the internet of social networks.

2024-05-17 17:33:23 GMT

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Is minting $-ecash equivalent to "selling sats" ?

2024-05-17 03:41:41 GMT

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I wondered the same thing.
People told me you can put whatever you want in the KYC info fields of Primal, it is not validated in any way.
However, it also asks for an email. What if it uses it for recovery, you don't want to put in a random one then.

2024-05-09 06:39:36 GMT

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Do you believe Trump understands soft forks and op_cat, or is he just spewing whatever was written for him to win voters?
Don't forget "hardcore bitcoiner" RFK Jr who turned shitcoiner when he smelled votes.

2024-05-01 03:06:52 GMT

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Lightning network is available everywhere.
Coinbase-LN integration is not available in these areas.

2024-04-28 07:05:49 GMT

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Are trains and airplanes money transmitters? They transfer people with their money on them.

2024-04-24 12:04:51 GMT

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Isn't nostr & btc/ln what the internet could have been?
Or do you think those will follow the same path towards centralisation and control while going mainstream?

2024-04-23 12:10:13 GMT

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Is this an omen?

2024-04-20 17:02:04 GMT

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First time in my life I'm saying this...
You crazy mother fucker!

2024-04-19 08:39:11 GMT

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But how is it pegged?
Also, an important factor for those that want USD "stability" instead of sats, is interconnectedness to the banking system.
The usual question about Bitcoin (at least from my circle) is "ok, how can I buy stuff with this?". For example, a Visa card you top-up with BItcoin makes more sense. You can pay almost anywhere in the world, with your Bitcoin.
Stablesats do not offer this interoperability, they only provide a USD peg. So you hold USD value but can only send it over BTC/LN. Still useful I guess, for those that live in Bitcoin countries like El Salvador.
I know that in the end, all those will converge, and LN/Cashu will replace (or used in conjunction with) Visa/Mastercard. I can't wait to see how this plays out.

2024-04-18 04:20:06 GMT

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Captchas are annoying, but even more is the complete block due to a VPN.
I can't book my cinema tickets while using a VPN.

2024-04-08 07:36:59 GMT

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Stable in fiat means a stable rate of devaluation, not stable valuation.

2024-04-04 07:13:25 GMT

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Human life is very short, and the earth big.
I don't believe in property (any more) other than Bitcoin.. Anything else you think you own is just a rental for as long as you live.

2024-04-03 18:05:09 GMT

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Tax on land is basically protection. You pay to have the land as yours. Otherwise, what does land property even mean, without protection of the claim? Who says what is whose? And is that up for debate, by whom?

2024-04-03 18:02:43 GMT

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Doesn't property / inheritance tax mean that land is rental and not property?
Despite the words we use for it.

2024-03-30 04:33:29 GMT

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I'd like to add that even though a self hosted email provides better privacy, not all service providers accept it.
Some of them require your sign-up email to be from a "known" email provider, and not your own.
It is outrageous but what can you do?

2024-03-29 05:19:34 GMT

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This is a fake Lyn Alden, in case you missed it.
Real Lyn: @npub1a2c…w83a

2024-03-27 11:59:11 GMT

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Thanks a lot for the quick reply!
I can see the icon turns black (from gray), so I guess this is the refresh indicator.

2024-03-27 07:40:10 GMT

Does pull to refresh work on #amethyst? I can pull and see the refresh icon but it doesn't "click" in the end, it just jumps back up.
#asknostr #questions #nostr

2024-03-25 04:59:15 GMT

Why do so many people recommend #primal? I can't #zap with it unless I "activate my wallet". To activate my wallet, it asks for first name, last name, email, date of birth, country of residence. Is this a bank or a btc/ln wallet? I remember it being a lot simpler in #Damus, #Plebstr (these are not options any more, unfortunately).

2024-03-23 06:24:30 GMT

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I haven't tried it yet.
I just know it's a very popular alternative that people like. But now I noticed that in your article, you only list 1 of each distro tree (debian is missing too!), is that on purpose?

2024-03-22 05:07:27 GMT

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What can we do as simple citizens? I feel powerless to the litigation games that politicians play.

2024-03-22 05:03:23 GMT

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You wouldn't...

2024-03-22 04:37:50 GMT

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Nice, thank you!
Maybe add Manjaro in the linux distros; it's based on Arch, but more user friendly.

2024-03-20 18:07:22 GMT

Any self-hosted solutions for sharing files behind a LN-enabled paywall? As in, pay to download.
#asknostr #self-hosted #lightningnetwork #sats #freedom

2024-03-20 14:56:29 GMT

Any self-hosted solutions for sharing files behind a LN-enabled paywall? As in, pay to download.

2024-03-19 16:01:52 GMT

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Do I need a browser extension to list my mint?

2024-03-19 07:13:07 GMT

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In a cashu wallet, when you create an invoice and it gets paid, the ecash are created and put in your wallet.
I believe it happens in 1 step.

2024-03-18 18:46:45 GMT

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I don't know if you're joking or not, but 800 sats are today ~50cents.
I won't spend more than 20 minutes working on retrieving them...

2024-03-17 12:35:57 GMT

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Minibits.
mintUrl: " https://legend.lnbits.com/cashu/api/v1/4gr9Xcmz3XEkUNwiBiQGoC "
Transaction stuck at "prepared" status.