I’m really enjoying this book - still a chunk to read yet though. Should I be worried by the 666 in the ISBN code nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a?
Why are people excited that Google are opening a site in El Salvador?
What bit of building decentralised systems for self-sovereign individuals is that going to be good for?
Breathing Space was played as the bonus track in episode #29 of Lightning Thrashes and I’m very pleased. Thanks nostr:npub15z2javq62eh2xpms7yew0uzqsk4dr7t3q3dq4903uuxdyw2ca3kstx6q95
https://sirlibre.com/lightning-thrashes/lightning-thrashes-episode-29/
nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx I think you should only use lightning as you want to if that helps maintain your perspective as an interviewer. But I think the missed opportunity is that lightning is in many ways a social network that relies on interactions with known trusted parties to succeed and that is where your involvement would greatly benefit the network. Most businesses have dedicated IT staff, the CEO is too busy and not down in the technical weeds - how is this different?
What I mean is, you sell merchandise to lots of bitcoiners. If your trusted brand had lightning node(s) that allowed people to open channels with you and make purchases, that might open up a lot more routing options and inbound liquidity for others with lightning nodes or whatever. I suppose what I’m saying is, your presence is too large in the space to just be a neutral bystander and you seem to sincerely want lightning to be better.
I'm using Iris for Nostr now, and self-hosting a relay too.
Can anyone recommend a good open source document management software? One with a good security model that would allow the document to be kept along with its metadata and also, ideally with different versions of the document, for example an original and a public facing, redacted copy?
I randomly and conversationally posted about the visual importance of beards this morning after seeing an example of an old politician growing a beard and looking better, and it is trending on Primal.
I suggest that people should like and zap and repost nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu's far more important post about the currency caste system up to the top to flip this.
The beard discussion is an important one. It can surely only be settled by an experiment with volunteers growing beards and submitting themselves to before and after scorings?
I’ve released Cell Division on Wavlake. Hope you enjoy listening to it.
https://www.wavlake.com/album/555ddded-216a-46e0-9b82-4faec576a852
Rich Men North of Richmond has been uploaded to all major streaming platforms and will show up there in a few days.
Im still in a state of shock at the outpouring of love I've seen in the comments, messages and emails. I'm working to respond to everyone as quickly as possible.
https://nostr.build/av/765cc34a193f0f830f806777fca331043f65c76e3ad55a1e353b6fb8a3e3bf22.mp4
Well done. You should upload this song to Wavlake if you want to see a change in things.
Value for value paid music use in podcasts has arrived and it’s awesome. https://www.boostagramball.com
#boostagramball
I made some bread this morning and it turned out well. Might try my hand at rebranding and ruining a social network next.. 
Fantastic visit today to Beeston Castle in the sunshine, with a view for 40 miles all around. Thousands of years of human history at that site.
It’s always been adversarial. Builders always have and always will build.
Taking a break from repetitive, overlong and dull Bitcoin podcasts and listening to a Dostoyevsky audio book instead. What a welcome upgrade in density and quality it’s bringing me.
I listened to Jason Lowery speak for 10+ hours so that you don't have to. https://blog.lopp.net/critique-softwar-concepts/
His response appears to be that 10 hours of time invested is not enough, serious critics need to part with money, personal details and get a book into their homes.
Two hours of waffle to prove he is only a camo shit poster. Psychopaths lost this war from the genesis block onwards.
Any UK plebs going to be at Satoshis Place this Saturday..? https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/satoshis-place-uk-hosts-live-music-from-joe-martin-tickets-594838868067
Sorry, Joe, this was originally listed as Friday and Saturday, but is now only Saturday and I can’t make it that day. Hope you have a good gig though. I’ll look out for other times to come and see you play, cheers.
I finally made the time to go back and complete the Bitcoin for Developers course on the Saylor Academy. It’s a great course. Useful module summary videos now too from #[0]. Thanks to all involved in putting it together.
Sisu is now available on Wavlake.
Please give it a listen.
https://wavlake.com/track/a0f8d937-4d84-4e2f-8061-a271b1bc4f99
Yes, Spotify have already set a value of close to nothing on your music. I have nothing much to lose as I’m invisible on Spotify etc, and being early in a like minded community is valuable in itself and I’m interacting with other musicians in that group in a way that Spotify gave me none of.
Once someone blows up big on the V4V side, the same people will likely complain about missing the boat 🤷♂️
Thanks, Peter. I’ve been trying Wavlake out and it they are doing a great job. It’s still early, but I’m loving the way it can be integrated with the podcasting 2.0 index and the tracks appear in Fountain and on Music Side Project. Hopefully, the audience for consuming music this way will grow.
Going to put some more tracks on there soon. It’s the advantage of being fully independent!