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Doug Brown
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Nostr OG since 12/16/22 Block 767737 Zap Signature ⚡️:334 Team #Nodestrich Member x2 Software, Blockchain, Bitcoin (not crypto), Foodie and Master of Fun! RMFT! 🐘🌊 Scotch is the nectar of Gods! 🥃 Former owner of the first NFT on Nostr 2008.jpeg for 1.5hrs 1/6 9:13pm-10:55pm. Brave part-time owner of Larry! Organized the first community fundraiser through Zaps raising $4,680 #4theBabies

Just because your phone has a loud speaker on it, doesn’t mean you should use…especially in public.

BSV’ers with their “but really I was here for the tech” tweets today are hilarious! Exactly what I needed after a long week!

#CraigIsNOTSatoshi

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In case anyone is still confused about nuts or what it means and why we always talk about it (me today haha), here is my know-nothing dummy explanation and why this is a big deal IMO:

Cashu is an ecash protocol(is this correct?) created by nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg

People are calling them nuts because cashews are nuts... get it?

The terminology is irrelevant. They can be called tokens, air, water, chicken teriyaki.. it really doesn't matter! What matter is that this is a Layer 3 payment system that transfers tokens at the speed of light (or so I think). Lightning being layer 2, and bitcoin being layer 1.

The reason why this is a significant development is because now everyone has a cashu address. Thanks to amazing work by the legendary nostr:npub1mhcr4j594hsrnen594d7700n2t03n8gdx83zhxzculk6sh9nhwlq7uc226 , if you go to npub.cash you can see that you already have an address to receive these layer 3 tokens, which just happen to be easily redeemable into lightning. This means that any new person who joins nostr automatically has (custodial) layer 3 payment access, which can swap into layer 2 and into layer 1 and into fiat if need be.

I don't know any of the underlying mechanics of this, I am not a genius like nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg and what I have described could be incorrect, but it sure feels like this is roughly how things work.

Nuts are custodial, meaning a mint is holding your balance and can look up your npub to see if you have some. Once called upon, these nuts can be sent to another nutter (cashu wallet) or directly to a lightning address! This interoperability makes everyone a layer 2 user. All we need is a clever UX toggle / button / terminology to make it really obvious.

IF this were to be turned into a library that devs could include in their client code and "it just works", THEN it could be a game changer! No more directing people on how to get a wallet right as they join. They can experience the magic of bitcoin indirectly via layer 3 > layer 2 transfer all without knowing anything (as long as they can get on nostr).

In practice, this means anyone joining an audio nest, a zapstream, a flare.pub can automatically get paid. Yes, it's just tokens, and yes it's centralized and custodial, BUT, they see the value instantly and are only a click away from digging deeper. It's a STEPPING STONE that makes it significantly easier to get onboarded into the new paradigm.

I have not been this excited since the discovery of nostr itself! If I'm mistaken somehow, or don't understand things correctly, please let me know and forgive my dumbass 🤣 And if this means what I think it means, then let's make magic happen!

But why layer 3? What was wrong with L2?

Probably so, but this kinda shit is so stupid and should be called out as such because you know people believe that oxygen thief and follow his lead.

I hate to use this terminology because it’s dumb…but this deserves a special exception! NGMI!

So which is it Jamie? Can’t have your cake and eat it too.

https://www.jpmorgan.com/onyx/index.htm

Missed y’all! Been busy as a beaver lately. What’s new? Let me know below so I can get the quick skinny!

In honor of Black Friday:

Happy Turkey Day!!! Don’t forget to be Thankful for all the blessings you have no matter how big or small.

Yes, airing #1 for Christmas Vacation is happening now on Nov 17th. Don’t @ me, I’ve got a short amount of time to watch this 30 times! 🎅🏼🎄

Yet again, I paid to upgrade my boarding position on Southwest and there are 40+ people to preboard. I’m tired of wasting money on this airline and tired of flying with them to be quite honest.

Anyone know how I can transfer over 300k miles to another carrier?

🤣 I had to…

Ah “Spreading prosperity”, that’s what we call uncontrolled inflation, currency debasement, and putting our children and grandchildren in untenable debt for life…all good guys. Time to support Yellen now!

2023: The year of the hustle, and we’re so close!!!

Doesn’t Apple and Samsung have accessibility software for reading screen content? I guess it’s a matter of the Devs coding the right things in the wallet apps so that the built in SW can properly index and read what’s there. I’m no dev but seems fairly straight forward or like there would be some packaged options out there.

We’ve all been there!

Today’s PSA: Keep your passwords/seed-phrases and all other important information in a physical medium and locked away in a safe location.

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