Thanks a million. Joined, will follow.
Just bought some hardware so I can run a node. Still don't understand very well how to set it up, but I'll get there I suppose. Would love it if you can recommend any resources. I've read lots, but there's lots out there so it's not easy to find what's clear and helpful. Any thoughts on breez wallet?
Agreed- I came to Bitcoin first. But Nostr finally got me to use lightning. It may be Nostr and then lightning for many people going forward. Maybe this will be the killer app for lightning adoption...
Wonderfully correct. I don't know if it's Nostr or if it's me, but I find myself more eager to post things that I actually want to post. Other social media always just turned me off and I left. Party of it is the quality of the people here - but even if that changes, I think that simply being able to choose who to follow will help keep things hopeful and meaningful.
I'm still baffled as to why Apple didn't use this for a commercial when the Apple Pen(cil) came out. Uh! Apple pen.
Esau sold his soul for a bowl of stew. People will gladly give up their future for $40 of fake money now. We don't change. It's good at least that not everyone is for sale. I already know who I belong to, sand it's not world coin.
Never underestimate the power of stupid...
This is good.
Not sure what a spook is, but sirens and replace sounds good to me. I saw Bitcoin as savings at first, but later saw that spending it is not only fun but essential, and lightning makes that possible. Breez wallet and others are making it easier to self custody, too. Planning on giving my kids their allowance on ⚡ in the near future, so they'll learn to save and spend.
Woke up on my birthday, thanked God for giving me another year to live. Read my Bible before everyone else woke up. Ancient kings did well as long as they loved God, but often got fired up with pride or lust and destroyed what they had built.
Nothing lasts forever. Even Bitcoin, or whatever we're excited about at the moment, will fade away. That known, things are tools, good in their own way, in service of life and love, things that last forever.
I pray that my first longing will always be what drives me, that my desire for God will be what I wake up to, so that I'll be a good husband, father, and friend. I know I'm loved, and I'm grateful for everything in life.
#Bible #birthday #goodmorning #Bitcoin #love #family
Thanks for sharing this - really good in-depth discussion.
FYI, nostr is app-independent. You can use primal, amethyst, and a plethora of others, and they all access the same data / posts. The difference comes in what functions they provide, such as a built in lightning wallet, etc.
Shakuhachi and Bitcoin
I'm probably the only Shakuhachi maker / teacher that accepts Bitcoin (though my friend nostr:npub1kc02c2x32pdkkuy9sws2rw40ua3hyh8gx59c6jpwwrqgyx9xaa6qrays32 may have brought the number up to 2...), but I want to go a little further back into history to find connections between this ancient Japanese flute and Bitcoin.
Interestingly - the shakuhachi is a Japanese bamboo flute that was popular with wandering Buddhist monks during the 1600's. Some players were likely Christian samurai as well, fleeing persecution. The government at the time was leaning heavily towards the Authoritarian / Totalitarian side of things.
There was a system called "tonari-gumi" in which you had a small group of people who you were responsible for, i.e., you had to spy on. If anyone was out of line (against the government, etc.), you had to rat each other out. These were the people living right next door to you. Kind of like social media today - the weakest members and sociopaths had an open invitation to rat out and cancel anyone who was on the side of freedom or truth.
So you can't really speak your mind. You are incentivized to lie.
Shakuhachi found a sort of solution. No words, just sounds. True sounds (hence 本音 Hon-On, the name of my studio - it means "true sound" as well as "what you're really thinking / feeling"), seeking truth and communicating feeling one tone at a time, using the unique colors that come out of an imperfectly round stalk of bamboo. Most pieces are not musical in the modern sense. They are sonic prayers. The titles are themes, usually Buddhist, so that they serve as meditations on a concept - Yoshiya explores identity (to me, it echoes God's approval of Jesus - "You are my Son, in whom I am well pleased." - at his baptism). Takiotchi explores death and impermanence (the title suggests a waterfall - to me, the sweat and tears of Christ as he decides to go to his death on the cross.
I appreciate these things as a Christian, and this fits just fine. Buddhists of the time would often help and hide their Christian friends, so that they wouldn't be killed. Shakuhachi players were a community of Buddhists, but it's likely that Christians were often welcomed or hidden among them as well.
The shakuhachi monks - called komoso, and then komuso - were later allowed to travel anonymously between prefectures, though travel was heavily restricted for most. Maybe this is because they were spying for the government, which would be unfortunate - but regardless, even non-spies were given some degree of anonymity and freedom.
Speaking your mind, seeking truth, appreciating privacy, cherishing freedom - all things that are generally appreciated by bitcoiners, and now Nostr. It's a good place to be.
#shakuhachi #Japan #music #hitoyogiri #flute #Buddhism #Government #Totalitarianism #Christianity #philosophy #komoso #komuso
Tried primal but the wallet doesn't work in my country. Using amethyst.
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