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samuel
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Greetings Earthling. Former Nuclear Engineer Former software developer Homesteader/pilot

Oh boy. I don’t think politicians will ever adopt this platform.

I once heard a pastor say “salvation is free, but this here preachin’ isn’t”

Nostr solves this nostr:note1jucmscct7t7cvncp2wndvjxzz3dsw5m7v4j8ck8ap87gh797nggqgxgdqg

Replying to Avatar corndalorian

I am one of those frogs with my apple phone. Just not ready to make the move from iPhone/Mac to Android/Linux sadly I am going to give apple more time to fix it’s zapping wrongs. Not sure how far they can push, but we are getting close.

I’m a blue check and bring in my eight dollars a month over here I think at about 100 days a note I can zap every single note I read and still be under eight dollars a month

Still using An old version that allows zaps from posts. Can it Be made such that on a given post if I double tap on a persons profile picture it’ll just zap, So I don’t actually have to go to a person’s profile and so they know what this zap was for, or on the profile, have it add a note to the zap with the URL back to the last post that you viewed from that user

Welcome, Make sure to set up a lightning address and record it in your profile so that you can start to accept Some zaps!

That is interesting. UNCONFIRMED, and based on an anonymous insider.

If true, it is huge!

Replying to Avatar Leo Wandersleb

Bitcoiners are divided over what makes a good hardware wallet.

Some are in the radically open source camp.

Some are convinced that without a so called ""secure element"", key extraction is too easy. And as these SEs always require closed source, all-open-source hardware wallets are a lost cause.

But nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n 's Jade, and nostr:npub1tg779rlap8t4qm8lpgn89k7mr7pkxpaulupp0nq5faywr8h28llsj3cxmt 's BitBox02 and probably soon SatoshiLabs' nostr:npub16lcw8ytugeh3ug3na93yl0tdf0gnjtduljhn2a852atf6jtvkucs7pruje 's Trezor are providing fixes for this.

The Jade is all open source but to my understanding it stores a key encryption key on a server (you can roll your own. It's also open source but nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n provides one). And this server won't share the encryption key with the Jade unless provided with the correct pin. You really need the PIN to get to the Bitcoins unless you can both get the Jade and the server under your control. Against your average evil maid with a hacker friend this is certainly as good as if not better than a SE. In how far state actors could get the server to do what they need, might depend on your jurisdiction.

The BitBox02 has an SE and just like the Jade with the server, the SE never gets to see the Bitcoin masterseed. It only stores a key encryption key. Where Jade talks to a remote server that cannot be audited, the BitBox02 talks to a local chip that neither can be audited.

If you trust in the unhackability of SEs, BitBox's approach looks better as it doesn't rely on some server being online when you decide to spend your money. If you don't, the Jade approach looks more transparent about how secure it is.

And then there is Trezor. They are working on #TropicSquare, an open source SE which would allow to run open source wallet software with the protection of a ""secure element"".

As unhackability always will be a hard to proof property of a chip, I'm intrigued by Jade's approach but would worry about the continuity of the server.

Maybe some manufacturer will come out with a product that features SEs made in China, US and Iran to store shards of the KEK?

Or the next Jade stores Shamir's Secret shards in 5 jurisdictions where you would need 3 of, warning the user if ever less than 5 servers replied?

Your post has me concerned, are you talking about allowing your keys to leak onto the Internet? Read the https://seedsigner.com/seedsigner-independent-custody-guide/

Then think about: Have you looked at multi Sig, air-gap Hardware wallet.

Another good ref.

https://bitcoin.rocks Self custody

Nice! Here is the river from Clark:

#chicago #rivernorth #canadafires

I would be careful there:

1. it holds about 4.27 Billion in Bitcoin

2. it has a market cap of 4.4 Billion

Those look good.... Looking Deeper:

3. it had about 1.1 Billion Loss (annual EBITDA)

4. it is carrying about 2.24 Billion in Debt

5. Operating cash flow was amazingly ok at -3 Mill

6. Leveraged free cash flow is almost -900mill

An ETF has a clean balance sheet, and allows for creation/redemption IMPORTANT whenever something gets out of wack.

The creation/redemption is critical, that is what SEC is trying to prevent, you can checkin but no one can ever leave (kinda like the hotel california song...)

Good morning nostr i am trying this out