#Bitcoin Hashrate touching 400 Exahash!

Approaching a halving too. Fucking wild

Simple 🥰

I normally keep my Uber rides under 45 mins. But for a few reasons I ended up just getting a two-hour Uber from an airport the other day.

The driver was nice but was like, “damn lol I hope Uber pays me well for this”. The issue with long rides is that the Uber driver is far away after the ride in a new territory and has to try to earn rides back to their normal location. He asked if he could at least stop for coffee or something and I said of course.

So we go for a while and eventually pull over over at a convenience store and he goes to get some coffee and a snack. I go out and get a coffee too and then I pick up his tab and pay for both of us. Uber ended up calling both of us for a health check because the car was stopped.

Buying him a coffee opened him up a bit so we talked for a while. He asked where I was coming from and I said Egypt, and he said he was from Ghana. While chatting and me explaining why I am coming from Egypt, he made a great point that in many places outside of the US, family is a big deal whereas in the US, it is much diminished. And as a result, it’s very important to build connections with neighbors and coworkers in place of that. Even just tell people “good morning” if you usually see them on the way to work so that people know who you are. He came to the US alone four years ago so that is something he describes having learned and a strategy he is using.

Anyway as we pulled up to my destination I gave him an unusually big tip to compensate any inconvenience or unpaid time he might have getting back. A few mins later my doorbell rang and he had come up to say was super thankful for the big tip. The Uber algorithm had kind of screwed him over and the trip price (and thus his share) was low for the hassle, and he felt screwed over by Uber, but then he saw my tip which instantly fixed it.

I should have checked to see if he had a lightning wallet or tried to convince him to download one if not, because then I could have done one of those social media “okay everybody tip this guy” posts. :/

I legitimately love Nostr. The people I interact with here don't think I'm weird for experimenting with what I eat, what I consume, how I process thoughts and emotions, etc. You're insightful, helpful, inspiring, and kind. You get it. You're all trying to be the person you than you can be, too. The average person I interact with IRL seems like they're just operating on autopilot, not thinking about their health or the world around them. In fact, they'll get defensive if you ever talk about what you're trying to do for yourself. Even the people on Twitter or Facebook (I'm not on either platform anymore) largely seem like the sheeple IRL people I mentioned before. We've got something special here, people. Let's keep it weird and awesome.

With Android 14 on the horizon, the #GrapheneOS dev team have their noses to the grindstone hard at work to ensure a smooth expeditious and secure transition for users across all supported devices.

Cheer them on...

grapheneos.org/donate

Gary Wang, Co-Founder of FTX, Questioning at Trial :

Q. Did you commit financial crimes while working at FTX?

A. Yes.

Q. What types of crimes did you commit?

A. Wire fraud, securities fraud, and commodities fraud.

Q. Did you commit these crimes by yourself or with other people?

A. With other people.

Q. Who were the main people you committed these crimes with?

A. Sam Bankman-Fried, Nishad Singh, and Caroline Ellison.

Q. You're talking about Alameda Research?

A. Yes.

Q. Okay. We'll come back to it in a minute. When you say withdrew unlimited amounts of funds, whose funds are you talking about?

A. Those of customers.

Q. Let's talk about——sorry. And customers of what?

A. Customers of FTX.

Q. Mr. Wang, do you see any of the people you committed those crimes with in the courtroom today? You can stand up if you need to.

A. Yes.

Q. Who do you see?

A. Sam Bankman-Fried.

MR. ROOS: Let the record reflect the witness has identified the defendant.

Q. Mr. Wang, in general terms for now, what did you do with the defendant that was the wire fraud you were referring to?

A. We gave special privileges to Alameda Research on FTX, which allowed it to withdraw unlimited amounts of funds from the platform, and we lied about this to the public.

Q. When you say withdrew unlimited funds from the platform, what are you referring to?

A. It had the ability to, regardless of what was in the account, to withdraw unlimited amounts of money.

I am running my private relay, but how do I back-up my notes (post) and ensure all future post are being saved on my relay

#asknostr

Perfect is the enemy of good! Mainly a reminder to myself, but other devs may relate relate too 🐶🐾😭😭😭

Anyone know how to pay someone in Peru without high transaction fees from the US?

#asknstr #help

The government is the largest employer in America with around 4million souls captured for slavery.

tried but unable to zap

What's the best combination of browser-based nostr client and lightning wallet? #asknostr