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2024-06-26 10:54:52

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Thanks for sharing. I've deciphered the regional motto with the help of the wikipedia page, which I will enjoy studying further, a technologically progressive people with their own strong local identity?

2024-06-26 00:49:54

@npub1m4n…c2jl Kryptostadt project in Mannheim. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yFneParUYQ&t=9s

2024-06-22 20:51:56

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Just as Bitcoin-only is a massive assumption and attempt to shut down debate, so is "PoW is mandatory in a digital currency". I wonder if there is any appetite amongst Bitcoiners for rigorous debate on these two counts. I hope so, open source should mean open to challenge. #asknostr

2024-06-21 11:11:03

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Here is the explanation of the NIM to BTC LN bridge, including some details of how it works under the hood. If you wanted to get hands-on, you could get your hands on some NIM and try sending it to your Alby wallet. DM me and I will send you some NIM to your Nimiq Pay app! https://www.nimiq.com/blog/pay-with-nim-everywhere-lightning-network-is-accepted/

2024-06-18 12:21:10

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Thanks for engaging, and my apologies if I misrepresented something you said earlier. "...functionality that bitcoin doesn’t support" is clear to me. That is part the appeal of an additional L1, that it could present the Bitcoin ecosystem with fait accompli in terms of additional functionality, and thus speed up the developmental process, time being of the essence, as @npub1m4n…c2jl describes.
Is there some resource I can look at to get clear in my head the distinction between "application layer" and the rest? At the end of the day, for me, it comes down to code and functionality, I'm agnostic as to the layer or avenue through which it arrives!

2024-06-18 10:59:19

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Nimiq Pay app now offers a self-custodial bridge to make BTC LN payments!

2024-06-18 10:57:29

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What I don't get is the restrictive focus on #Bitcoin, rather than using whatever it takes to build the financial freedom tech stack. To an extent, is it not just a question of various pieces of code, which are either performant or they are not?
What I heard from @npub1kuy…kdj8 is that some hardcore Bitcoiners are discussing Bitcoin integration with L1s, but that these conversations tend to take place in private. And I can well understand why that would be, given the reaction any time I have the temerity to speak out against the group think!

2024-06-09 17:03:56

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I am not asking you to accept the burden of proof, just that somehow objective criteria need to be set to assess the L1. The burden of proof is then on the L1 to meet those criteria.
Also, I don't feel it makes sense to conflate all "other blockchains" and tar them all with the same brush, even if a very high % of them are shitcoins.
I have one L1 in mind. But I don't feel to show my hand to those who have concluded that *all* other cryptos than BTC are shitcoins, or in a situation where there are no objective benchmarks and the goal posts keep moving!
(And please don't feel these points are in response to you personally. It is just that I feel to lay the ground as best as is possible, given how hard I feel it is for a L1 to gain acceptance.)

2024-06-09 11:06:35

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I never tried it, it is sold as a Nostr browser? What would you be looking for from that type of thing to make you change your mind? I actually have Chrome as my Nostr browser, as Primal is buggy in Brave. Plus, I have Firefox, mainly for the Facebook container function.

2024-06-09 11:01:05

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I feel you are pre-judging other blockchains, sight unseen. Yes, there are a mountain of shitcoin L1s and L2s out there, and it is not humanly possible to do due diligence on a large number of them. However, I feel the more intellectually honest approach is to establish objective criteria which any candidate L1 would have to fulfill in order to be worth considering. It feels especially important to keep this avenue of discussion open given that LN is still largely offering jam tomorrow, at least in terms of the critical aspect of censorship resistant self custody.

2024-06-08 22:39:02

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Is bridging the same or different from simply exchanging the BTC for the L1? Obviously, the L1 needs to have sound tokenomics. However, it isn't possible to even carry out that due diligence if one takes the view that all other L1s are shitcoins. Which is ironic, given that viewpoint may confine you to custodial L2 solutions, at least in terms of realistic mass adoption.

2024-06-08 21:12:25

@npub10mx…n8mj what do you think of this overview of current diversity of approaches amongst bitcoiners? Does it ring true to you? It looks like L2, L1, custodial, non-custodial approaches are all being investigated. But somehow, some of the talking has to happen behind closed doors...
#note1y5p…grvh

2024-06-08 21:08:38

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Thanks for engaging. I have a specific candidate optimal L1 in mind, but I get fed up showing my hand on here due to the "there is no second best" mentality. I will repost something and tag you for some general context.

2024-06-05 20:58:22

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Thanks for explaining, I now know what to do if I want to take things further!

2024-06-05 20:47:42

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Is that an apples with apples comparison? I've found out ditto is a social media server, which I am guessing involves my getting technical?! I feel I am more in the market for an alternative Nostr client, I have a few I am playing with.

2024-06-05 17:12:44

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Yeah, pristine financial freedom tech which only five guys in a room somewhere have heard of isn't going anywhere!

2024-06-05 17:09:57

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Well done for acknowledging that there are two sides to the equation. I am going with the adoption pocket being the most important thing. If it is cohesive enough, members can get their needs met without recourse to much tech.

2024-06-05 09:28:25

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Am I okay on Ubuntu? Some people on here throw shade on it, but I am not savvy enough to know if "come back to Debian 12" is tongue in cheek or not!

2024-06-05 09:20:59

To be able to pay for coffee with crypto. Tokenomics need to be sound. Self-custody needs to user-friendly enough to allow for mass adoption. Must be scalable. Low or zero transaction fees and sub 1 second finality. Who is with me on this one? @npub1kuy…kdj8 Surely there has to be space for the stance that custodial solutions are the shitcoin/are banks and that recourse to a judiciously chosen L1 is totally acceptable if it gets the job done.

2024-06-05 09:09:27

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Great comment, we need to get rid of any sacred cows and not self-censor. But where do you want things to go and what are your red lines?

2024-06-05 09:02:52

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I don't get what you mean. I can refresh the feed by pulling down from the top, but not the relay page. Giving up on poster place + Primal for now and making do with the forest + mutiny. Am using poster place with other clients, tho'!

2024-06-04 17:46:17

Wow, thanks , great story!

2024-06-04 10:54:03

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Well done, you have nailed my underlying intention with L1 needing to be on the table and tribalism addressed. One thing with L1 is the time factor, as the right L1 could effectively present with faith accompli. Do you have suggestions as to how to access the private discussions?
In any event, thanks for this well-considered response, and in particular for the positive note that in fact more lanes of inquiry are now open, and the whole principle that there can be yet more fundamental truths still needing to be uncovered via free discourse.

2024-06-04 10:36:43

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Is that advice for me to refresh? For my, non expert experience, yeah it seems buggy and the onus would seem to be on Primal to sort it, or what does @npub16c0…6nvr think?

2024-06-03 23:33:37

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Thanks, I actually got by with just theforest relay on Primal these past couple months, which seemed to work okay. Would that make sense?

2024-06-03 23:31:17

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Identifying as a Bitcoiner effectively circumscribes which financial freedom technologies are available for consideration. Was the discourse more open and more intellectually honest in the pre-Bitcoin era?

2024-06-03 22:48:56

@npub1x0r…shtn
The Mutiny bouncer added to Primal and turned green immediately; poster place is still showing red. Also, @npub1m4n…c2jl
if I have Mutiny relay, do I also need the forest one?#note1y83…v4q2

2024-06-03 22:40:14

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I feel there is a lot of intellectual dishonesty in the Bitcoin space. For starters, financial freedom technology naturally attracts individualists, so a rich diversity of opinions is only natural. Yet somehow the discourse is heavily circumscribed.

2024-06-03 17:47:04

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Thanks for this useful overview. I feel like there is not much talk about Linux for my use case. Meaning that if most of what I need is a browser plus word processing and spreadsheet, then the technical barrier is much lower. I am on W10 on one machine and W10 + Ubuntu on the other, both upgraded from W7. Thanks for the heads up on the telemetry issue, is HyperV similar to Wine?

2024-06-01 22:13:19

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Any thoughts on 7 vs 10 vs 11?

2024-05-31 16:06:20

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I am hearing to ration your use of music, don't have it on all the time, to give you enough downtime.

2024-05-31 16:03:37

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Thanks, that would be doing a lot more than most! I am here for any basic level follow up questions!

2024-05-31 00:09:21

Time to explore other options. #Bitcoin + #Nimiq is the way.
#note1kh6…jhgs

2024-05-30 23:56:33

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Look at Nimiq wallet and Nimiq Pay app, both of which are self-custodial. Look at integration with a second L1 as a way round a lot of the problems to do with Bitcoin, Lightning Network and ecash.

2024-05-30 11:18:29

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It is still showing red on Primal, and keeps disappearing from Coracle. Amethyst and Nostrudel are much more convincing in this regard and no problem.

2024-05-29 23:53:08

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I've turned off VPN and now Coracle works for me too, thanks for your help!

2024-05-29 23:45:50

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I have VPN. Also, I just reinstalled Amethyst and it was obvious from loosing at the default relay settings why it was so heavy in data. But also it was really simple to delete the defaults and just use poster place.

2024-05-29 21:50:32

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I'm sold on at least trying your bouncer. But on Android, I couldn't get Primal nor Coracle to add the bouncer. But nostrudel seems to have added it immediately, and allowed me to easily find the relay via search.

2024-05-29 21:40:27

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What do you think about antivirus, someone on YouTube was suggesting it could be a man in the middle, but I don't know what to make of this suggestion.

2024-05-29 21:25:54

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Where is Mutiny bouncer, I only see a wallet when I search Nostr.

2024-05-29 21:24:37

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Reloading isn't sorting it, if you mean dragging down from the top of the screen. But is Primal known to be bad at connecting to relays and what are better clients in this regard? Although I haven't found Primal on Android to be too data-hungry.

2024-05-29 21:12:32

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Thanks, I appreciate your spirit. I am looking into it. I feel it would be good if there were some technically superior but aesthetically basic options.

2024-05-29 13:14:20

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Thanks, I have added your bouncer to my Primal. Does it generally take a while after adding before it turns green?

2024-05-29 00:19:15

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Also, my default client on Android is Primal, that comes with a caching service, does that help at all?

2024-05-29 00:16:35

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Thanks for taking the time to know how all this stuff works and to comment me! You sound quite authoritative, but let's see what @npub1m4n…c2jl has to say!

2024-05-27 20:31:17

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Amethyst is using all my data allowance, even though I hardly use it, so I just deleted it!

2024-05-27 20:28:45

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Would you say that only Bitcoin L2 solutions can be countenanced? Or could there be other secret sauces?

2024-05-26 22:38:50

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What is with the mechanical watch, genuine question?

2024-05-20 22:27:25

Would you buy a iPad rather than an Android tablet? #asknostr

2024-05-14 11:17:48

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Thanks, I looked up an article on paynym from @npub10mx…n8mj I haven’t found the headspace yet for Monero or ecash, are you finding them easy to use? Which would seem to be a basic prerequisite for mass adoption.

2024-05-14 10:01:07

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Yesterday I tried to install acrobat reader on Windows, I ended up having to give up and just view the pdf in the browser, too many hoops to jump through, and an installation screen that wouldn’t respond. I have Ubuntu dual boot on the laptop, I feel there is a need to publicise that for an undemanding use case, Linux is especially straightforward.

2024-05-14 09:34:49

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Thanks, I read up on it a bit. It seems they can get away with access to dirt through a small hole in the barn, so many chickens may never actually make it out of the barn. Meanwhile, these guys seem like the real deal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjQMdjsZG1U

2024-05-13 20:34:49

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Is pasture-raised the same as free range or is pasture-raised a higher standard? I haven’t seen that term used where I am, nor have I ever seen a blade of grass in a long-term chicken pen!

2024-05-13 20:17:04

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So is your conclusion black pill? For me, more room to pivot from #Bitcoin including not being shackled to problematic L2s makes a lot of sense. I am all in on #Nimiq as a payment crypto.

2024-05-13 20:12:07

@npub1x0r…shtn this is quite good, does it make sense to be a “12,000 lines of code maximalist”?
#note1a60…e0kr

2024-05-12 17:46:09

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Are we for mass adoption or not?

2024-04-26 23:49:13

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I don't know much, but my understanding is that KYC and public blockchains don't go well together!

2024-04-26 23:40:17

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Thanks for this great explanation. I've bookmarked and will zap you when I access my wallet again. (I already have Amber/Obtanium, after talking to @npub1w4u…0jr5, I am holding off on updating until the latest Amber version comes off beta!)

2024-04-24 16:49:54

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Oh, okay. I've got the idea that binaries are executable files, right? Build it would have meant installing algia directly from the CLI?

2024-04-24 16:47:59

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Thanks, although I've created for my own use a spreadsheet of various nsec keepers classified by NIP number, I'm not sure if I've understood how nostr address/NIP-05 relates to NIP-46, for which I have synonyms of Nostr Connect/Bunker on my spreadsheet.
Also, is the perceived slowdown only on start up, or ongoing to the ongoing need for the nsec keeper to sign? I remember listening in on a conversation between @npub1jlr…ynqn and yourself in which you both seemed more favourable to the idea than the native app developers!

2024-04-24 12:44:15

@npub1cj8…rz4u
#note1f8l…8fc0

2024-04-24 12:43:52

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You need to look at Nimiq which is an amazing browser-based wallet and now a payment-optimised native mobile app as Nimiq Pay. Both self-custodial and much more user-friendly and lower tx fees than custodial LN. Also, the app is soon to offer support for a bridge from NIM to LN. I realise this is not quite what you were looking for, but the current situation inescapably leaves the masses stuck on custodial wallets! People simply aren’t going to open Phoenix wallet and deal with the hassle.

2024-04-24 12:34:34

@npub1gcx…nj5z @npub16c0…6nvr is this something you guys can do , given that I recently needed to reenter my nsec directly into both your apps to get back in on my #Android @npub1m4n…c2jl @npub1f6u…zcka @npub1te0…jgwp @npub1xdt…ntxy At the moment, I am forced to use several different nsec management methods across platforms, whereas with wider spread support for NIP-05 via @npub1uf9…v8xc , just their PWA alone might suffice across all platforms. #asknostr
#note1cue…4rrw

2024-04-24 12:23:52

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Wider support for NIP-05 login via nsec.app sounds to me like a great solution, from my non-technical perspective. That would be a one-stop solution across all platforms via the app website and PWA.

2024-04-22 22:15:22

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One thing that impresses me is people who are earning a good salary but still commute to work on a bike & train. This how you pay off your mortgage and break free from the man.

2024-04-19 23:47:12

Who do you think is more on the money and who do you think will emerge as financial freedom leaders during the next epoch? The "why we are bullish" crowd or the portents of doom? @npub1t0n…jgqv @npub1utx…50e8 @npub180c…h6w6
Methinks there could be a hard pill or two to swallow, and the sooner we grasp that, the better.

2024-04-19 12:06:12

I am using Primal and Damus on iOS. What else do I need to try and why? I am open to native and PWA suggestions. #asknostr

2024-04-19 01:48:53

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Is it possible to come up with definitive objective criteria for non-debt money versus debt money? Secondly, is it possible for cryptos other than #Bitcoin to meet the criteria for non-debt money?

2024-04-17 17:12:42

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Sorry, one more question. I've now installed Obtanium. But what is the app source url to generate the dialogue box shown above? Thanks!

2024-04-17 16:49:01

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Thanks for sharing your advice and experience. Obtanium sounds like a good thing to be getting into if you are into installing apks, so I will check it out, thanks again!

2024-04-17 16:01:04

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Thanks, would you say ntfy involves much of a learning curve? Also, is F-droid easier/better than Obtanium? What is the likely timeline for you guys launching in the F-droid store?

2024-04-17 15:29:45

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Sounds good. Also, how do I work out which version of Obtanium and your app to install?

2024-04-17 15:24:20

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What is the long-term roadmap? Are you playing to be in Google Play Store?

2024-04-16 12:02:33

This might be interesting to replicate with e-waste Linux machines and so on! Another thing that comes to mind is that I am practicing using asymmetric loading as a workout technique, which forces your core to fire to maintain proper alignment. @npub1m4n…c2jl what do you think, maybe this example helps us reflect on the +/- of “free” goodies from the big boys? #note1uzp…prgs

2024-04-15 14:17:02

“payment_options/type include:" @SilberWitch copy-pasted from your GitHub on NIP-15. Is there anything else I need to be looking at for payment currency support?

2024-04-15 13:18:10

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I feel it is more complicated than that. For example, if all I need is a browser then Linux can be fine. The way things are going, there could be a lot of people in that low-level computing needs category. But I would not want to erase the additional learning curve I have had with Linux, even though I tried to minimise it by just going with default options.

2024-04-15 12:51:20

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You are calling my bluff! #cypherpunks write code. How does the implicit ethos hold together as the space starts to expand?

2024-04-13 22:42:05

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@npub1sg6…f63m just averred that #Lightning can't really scale, and is by no means the only one concluding along these lines. No amount of #RealLifeBitcoin videos disproves that. Let's keep our options open regarding payment solutions. #Nimiq

2024-04-13 20:04:21

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If lightning can't scale, can #Nimiq? Also, Nimiq solves some other important issues, such as easy self-custody. However, I struggle to see Nimiq going anywhere unless a maxi such as yourself comes out in favour of it. So how about it, @npub1sg6…f63m

2024-04-12 22:29:53

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Let me log out on the web app. Let me copy-paste a selection of text from the mobile apps. Let me grab a weblink posted on the mobile app. Hover on the thumnail to reveal a preview of the profile, like the dead bird app. Lastly, I somehow got logged out of the Android app, and the only way back in is to enter my nsec. My current first choice would be to allow login via nostr address (NIP-05). Amber is quick but I don't see it keeping good track of permissions. @npub1w4u…0jr5

2024-04-10 22:00:05

Only 3 more days of voting on the #Nimiq #PoS supply curve. Who else has ever participated in a public blockchain vote? #asknostr https://www.nimiq.com/blog/nimiq-proof-of-stake-supply-curve-vote/

2024-04-09 17:12:11

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This is valuable context of how replies land, I am definitely guilty of this.
I guess we need to build our own audience for our hot takes rather than jumping on someone else's feed!

2024-04-09 02:07:45

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#cypherpunk credentials matter more to me. Saylor is not part of that tribe.

2024-04-08 23:33:57

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Regarding bookmarks, I heard if you need to reinstall #Damus, you lose your bookmarks. What is the score on this count with #Primal bookmarks? Also, how do I log out on the web app? Thanks!

2024-04-08 20:42:38

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Thanks, I now have Coracle on desktop, but need to try the Android PWA.

2024-04-08 17:31:30

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Hmm, maybe I've significantly overstated the problem. This was iOS I was talking about. I just tried on Windows desktop, and click and drag works fine to select text, plus links open in an adjacent tab.

2024-04-08 13:10:07

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Thanks, that’s another good reason to try those two. What I just described feels a bit like how weblinks are no longer displayed in the dead bird app.

2024-04-08 12:57:39

Neither #Primal or #Damus won’t let me select and copy text from a note. Additionally, I don’t see a way to grab a weblink from within Primal, clicked links only display within the client, then click “Done” to return to the feed is the only way out. Have I got this right, is this okay, and do any other clients give more freedom? @npub1m4n…c2jl @npub16c0…6nvr @npub1gcx…nj5z @npub1jlr…ynqn #AskNostr

2024-04-06 18:38:48

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I wouldn't doubt that it sure does! The debatable point, IMO, is whether an energy efficient PoS mechanism could be as or more resilient to attacks. That PoS validator hardware requirements are infinitesimally smaller than PoW miner hardware requirements suggests that PoS can potentially be far more decentralised. Also, PoW is in the regulatory crosshairs of the EU and other jurisdictions, which feels like an additional attack surface of a different type, which doesn't exist for PoS, which uses a fraction of the energy.

2024-04-06 13:07:35

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Not trying to draw you on the specifics, but everything I read inevitably goes through the filter of knowing #Nimiq exists. In this instance, my understanding is that most new development of the #Bitcoin base layer is now to add functionality needed by L2s. Which begs the question of the utility of leaving well alone, and instead introducing a L1 which is a payment coin and nothing else but that. But not just any L1, one that ticks all the right #cypherpunk boxes.

2024-04-02 19:48:36

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Is it self-custodial?

2024-03-29 09:36:39

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I am not going to write the code, so I guess I am on the periphery of cypherpunk. Although I guess at least acknowledging the need to code and otherwise get hands-on is something. The main thing for me is that I feel to carve out a crypto identity for myself which is differentiated from the speculative investment aspect. The decentralised payment system creating a private, fair and free vital economy. The other thing is leaving room for individualism and “anything goes”. Is Bitcoin-only a more circumscribed conversation than was being had in the cypherpunk era?

2024-03-28 19:00:48

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Thanks, that image is really useful to conceptualise the whole pre-history of Bitcoin. And perhaps begs the question of how the #cypherpunk lineage has continued and will continue after the 2008 launch of #Bitcoin? A plurality of inputs begs the question of a plurality of outputs. Not everything in the Bitcoin space is cypherpunk; not all cypherpunk is Bitcoin. This from the Wikipedia entry feels like a useful credo: "The list had a range of viewpoints and there was probably no completely unanimous agreement on anything. The general attitude, though, definitely put personal privacy and personal liberty above all other considerations."

2024-03-27 22:05:32

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Great stuff. Obviously, it is a very broad field. My initial interest is less technical. I am taking a cursory look at the early history and pre-history of #Bitcoin. #cypherpunk or "satoshiness" connotes something more specific than *all* that Bitcoin has become. Do any other buzz-words spring to mind to connote crypto-activism? #Bitcoin + #Nostr is a pretty good identifier, as I don't think Blackrock and the rest are on here!

2024-03-27 21:38:37

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https://btcmap.org/cypherpunks-manifesto.pdf

2024-03-27 17:48:09

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...plus being yourself, no doubt! Thanks for sharing what you do. :-)

2024-03-27 16:36:34

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Sounds amazing. What modalities do you tend to favour?

2024-03-27 16:34:51

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Is #cypherpunks still a thing? Organisationally, I can see there were previously Cypherparties in various UK cities, but now...?

2024-03-26 12:12:56

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Yeah, well that shows how disagreements can sometimes be semantic. That is what I meant, to avoid sycophancy.

2024-03-26 12:07:50

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Is that the same as not being tribal? Can we be loyal without being tribal?