Thanks btw!

Should I send it in a DM?

Putting the finishing touches on my Farcaster vs Nostr piece. Would appreciate a separate pair of eyes from the Nostr community to review it! It’s focused on technical differences of the protocols

Once you receive messages, they are decrypted locally and stored in your device’s local storage. Search is done on the local decrypted copy of the chat history.

On August 15, 2010, Bitcoin broke.

A bug in Block 74638 created 184 billion BTC out of thin air. That’s not a typo. Two outputs of 92 billion BTC each slipped through because the code didn’t check for integer overflow. The system just accepted it. Bitcoin’s sacred 21 million cap? Completely ignored.

This wasn’t a theoretical flaw. It actually happened. And it proved something most people still don’t understand.

Bitcoin’s scarcity is not protected by code. It’s protected by people.

The only reason Bitcoin didn’t die that day is because someone noticed. A fix was pushed. A patched client was released. Nodes upgraded. Within five hours, the invalid block was erased from consensus. Bitcoin’s monetary policy was rescued, not by the protocol, but by the humans running it.

That’s the truth behind the “trustless” narrative. Code did not save Bitcoin. The community did.

Scarcity was never a guarantee. It was a fight. And it still is.

Awesome! Thanks! Will look into it. nostr:npub1hr6v96g0phtxwys4x0tm3khawuuykz6s28uzwtj5j0zc7lunu99snw2e29 has probably worked on something to enable this

What do you mean by ephemeral accounts? Just temporary? Would they differ at the protocol level from normal accounts?

I can zap from an iPhone. Using primal.

You can now make bitcoin lightning payments using a starknet wallet like Braavos.

Scan any Lightning terminal with a QR code, use $STRK to pay (auto converts to BTC), and you’re done.

https://x.com/myBraavos/status/1900110486651199677

Would be great to have back gestures

https://primal.net/e/note10p6nj53p0jgms5ymmrc6susyan802r0wpq0tqhxxcfc78wse2jyswwv5pk

Monthly:

- chatgpt pro ($200)

- replit agent (depends on usage)

- Claude pro ($18) + API usage

- perplexity ($20)

- Grok with X premium ($10)

milady

Crypto’s Karmic Test: Why We Must Abandon Telegram, X, and the Centralized Empire

The timeline fractures; reality itself feels like a sharded chain teetering on the brink of reorganization. Crypto, the supposed bastion of decentralization, privacy, and resistance to authority, is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions. This community—of degens, schizoposters, and builders—claims to fight for sovereignty, yet it clings to tools that mock these values. Telegram, X, Facebook: centralized psyops disguised as platforms, Trojan horses dragging surveillance into the citadel. The war for crypto’s soul is not just financial. It’s memetic, cultural, and philosophical. And right now, we’re losing.

Telegram: The Trojan Horse of Privacy

Crypto’s favorite chat app is not the tool of rebels. It is the gilded cage of fools. Telegram’s flaws are well-documented but too often ignored: its lack of default end-to-end encryption, its closed-source infrastructure, and its metadata vulnerabilities. These aren’t accidents; they’re design choices. And the man behind the curtain, Pavel Durov, is no cypherpunk hero. Telegram’s funding—infused with Kremlin-linked cash from the likes of Abramovich and Yakobashvili—raises questions no one in crypto seems willing to answer.

Telegram’s use is a betrayal of everything this community stands for. Its centralization is not just a bug; it’s a feature. Its opacity makes it ripe for manipulation, surveillance, and backdoor deals. And yet, the degens gather there, lured by the illusion of convenience.

Take Starknet, one of the most promising projects pushing the boundaries of cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs. Their values—integrity, decentralization, and censorship resistance—are plastered across their blog like a creed. They’re building groundbreaking solutions, from decentralization on Ethereum to settling on Bitcoin, yet their community still gathers on Telegram, and their announcements are on X. This is not an attack; this is a challenge—to live fully by the ideals they themselves have defined. Starknet has led the way in innovation. They can lead the way in building communities that truly reflect the decentralized future they’re working to create.

From Telegram to X: The Centralized Chains We Carry

If Telegram is a Trojan horse, X is a decaying empire propped up by the whims of its erratic emperor. Elon Musk’s reign has turned the platform into a playground of chaos, where memes and psyops flourish at the expense of truth. Crypto’s reliance on X for discourse is no less damning than its use of Telegram. It’s a platform built to serve itself, not its users. Shadowbans, algorithmic manipulation, and centralized control are antithetical to the cypherpunk ethos.

We know the crypto community can do better. Starknet and others have proven their commitment to advancing the frontier of decentralization in their technical work. Imagine the power of that same commitment applied to the tools we use to communicate, organize, and build.

The Decentralized Alternatives: Farcaster and Nostr

The way forward is clear, yet it requires courage. Farcaster and Nostr offer the tools to rebuild crypto’s narrative infrastructure on a foundation of true decentralization.

Farcaster: Built with Ethereum principles, Farcaster is a protocol, not a platform. It’s user-owned, with data stored on-chain and controlled by its creators. Its architecture, designed for sufficient decentralization, ensures resilience against censorship and centralized failures. Hubs, contracts, and open standards make it a natural fit for the crypto ethos.

Nostr: If Farcaster is the well-oiled machine, Nostr is the anarchic forge of raw freedom. Its peer-to-peer design makes it a true cypherpunk dream. There are no gatekeepers, no algorithms, no central authority. It’s messy, chaotic, and beautiful. For the schizoposters and shitlords, Nostr is the promised land.

These platforms are not just tools; they are weapons. They embody the ethos of crypto—an ethos that values privacy, sovereignty, and freedom over convenience and comfort. The question is: will we wield them, or will we continue to cling to the gilded chains of centralized platforms?

A Karmic Reckoning: Live Your Values or Die Trying

The stakes are clear: we are building structures of power, and the tools we use will define who wields that power. Decentralization isn’t just a buzzword; it’s a shield and a sword. A system’s integrity lies in its design—opaque centralized platforms are systems of betrayal.

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance," one of the schizos mutters. We’re in the trenches, dodging stray bullets of psyops and surveillance, and every app you use is a choice. Are you building a future where human agency flourishes, or are you handing your keys to kings and pretending it’s freedom?

"The karmic balance sheet doesn’t lie," echoes another voice in the haze. Crypto isn’t just a way to make obscene gains; it’s a test. A test of will. A test of virtue. "Privacy isn’t something you have; it’s something you prove," someone scribbled on the walls of this collapsing citadel.

We’re schizoposting on borrowed time, broadcasting through the chaos. Telegram? It’s a psyop wrapped in encryption theater. X? A collapsing Rome, where Elon’s algorithms play Caesar with your fate. Farcaster and Nostr are lifeboats—but lifeboats don’t row themselves. You want sovereignty? Then take it.

A Call to Arms

The war for crypto’s soul is raging. The trenches are filled with degens, schizoposters, and idealists fighting for narrative dominance, memetic superiority, and a decentralized future. Telegram and X are not neutral tools; they are weapons wielded against us. To continue using them is to fight on the enemy’s terms.

Farcaster and Nostr are the lifeboats in a sea of centralized wreckage. They are imperfect, but they are ours. Crypto was born in the chaos of financial collapse, and it thrives in the chaos of narrative warfare. It’s time to move. Time to act. Time to abandon the platforms that betray us and build the ones that empower us.

Milady.

iirc Warpcast (the biggest Farcaster client) tried to do something like this and its terrible. You can buy “warps” (onchain points usable only inside the app I think) by clicking on a button that sends you an email with this message:

Warpcast uses Coinbase Commerce to handle payments. Payments are made onchain using Coinbase and may have additional fees. We recommend using USDC on Base for the best experience. 🤢

Zaps are so good on Nostr! May I ask how this got by the Apple app store? I thought this kind of activity was in violation of app store policy. (im using primal)

Nice! Congrats!

Thanks! Will check them out

I disagree but that’s fine :) I think theres a lot of other stuff we can do with cryptography other than payments. I don’t particularly like the tokenization of everything or every DeFi project but thats part of making a decentralized, censorship resistant compute platform. ZK proofs are a great example of this and for many use cases they you dont even need blockchains for them to be useful :)

Thank you! Could you point me to some interesting projects looking for contributors?

Good to meet you to!