I don’t think I did. You can make an instagram without revealing your identity (as far as I’m aware). In fact, without proper precautions, wouldn’t nostr be worse? Because anyone could run a honeypot relay and see your IP, as opposed to asking Instagram for it?

Art is the most sincere form of communication 🎨👩‍🎨

In every portrait or painting you see, an artist somewhere has left you a message. Decode it.

Science is a tool. Science is art. Science is beautiful. Science is not truth.

Who wants it 💜⚡

I'm not talking about just zaps/nostr, but using it to highlight a broader issue.

**Bitcoiners should do the work and figure out self-custodied lightning.** Yes, even for pocket change. Yes, even if it means you can't see zaps.

If normies or casuals end up using custodial solutions, that sucks, but it's entirely predictable. But if you are all-in on the ethos of bitcoin as a tool that enables self-sovereign control over money, then help us keep the culture alive.

Lightning has a lot of issues and the direction of how this ecosystem plays out is in a bit of a precarious state. The barrier to entry for running and managing a lightning node is high. I get it. But if the most hardcore bitcoiners aren't willing to forgo trusted third party intermediaries, then we're sowing the seeds for lightning to become a network of centralized, trusted service providers from top to bottom.

If there's no demand from bitcoiners for improved self-custody UX, then people aren't going to build solutions. Every bitcoiner who chooses to sacrifice self-sovereignty for convenience is ever so slightly tipping the scales towards a culture that favors such expediency.

I don't think this is hyperbole. Lightning is super early and this is precisely the time to set a strong cultural foundation because it will only get worse over time as we've seen with on-chain bitcoin.

If an idiot like me can do the work and figure it out, you can too.

Audio books are shitcoins, I’m absorbing about 25% of this book rn

#[5]

What’s a good lightning wallet to replace my BlueWallet?

What's worse than waking up at a party and finding a penis drawn on your face?

Finding out it was traced.

Thank you and Goodnight! 😴

ok I'll go to sleep now.. gn whoever is around

There's a #[0].

It's a club. About films. On #Nostr.

Wait, self taught WHAT????

I heard #[3]​ talking about the idea of Chinese citizens using satellites to circumvent domestic communication lines and #[4]​ talking about Iranians using VPNs to evade government internet blockades. We’ve seen how companies like Google and Apple cave to the demands of police states, which is something that can’t happen when there’s no company involved. I guess time will tell if this protocol is resistant to these types of scenarios, but if people want to speak freely and not be prosecuted for it, I’d place my bets on Nostr with added layers of privacy being the safer option.

Instagram is Meta/Facebook. It requires a phone number or email address to sign up and collects data on every user.

Listen to the women’s panel from Nostrica yesterday discussing how people in oppressive regimes are well-versed in using VPNs and other methods to protect their privacy.

Sure, anyone can slip up, but Nostr affords people much better anonymity and personal security than centralized platforms.

Off topic: how’s everyone’s day going? Anything exciting in your lives or things to come?

I think you might have missed the point. Anyone can use Nostr without revealing their identity. This is incredibly important for people living under regimes with heavy censorship and severe penalties.