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Freulich Weihnachtsfrieden!

British nostriches wink twice if you require freedom

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Two years ago today, I was overseas for Christmas with my wife’s family, jet-lagged and awake at 3:30am, when our friend nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 shared a link to Nostr with plebs on the Twitter #stackchain.

That day, I began to see the world in purple 💜

I downloaded a very early version of Damus. Not only had nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s not yet invented zaps (we simply pasted Lightning invoices, racing each other to pay it the fastest), but images wouldn’t even render in a client. (Again, you’d post a link and then leave the client to view the image in a browser). A few screenshots below capture the early days of Damus 🤙

It’s been an awe-inspiring heart-warming two years. I have learned so much, made new friends, submitted my first PR, and zapped the hell out of anything that moves. It’s been amazing to see the speed and quality of development by our many developers, and I continue being blown away by everyone’s contributions here. It’s also been demonstrated that most people, when given the opportunity to socialize in an online space that hasn’t been conditioned by typical toxic incentive structures, are genuinely decent, thoughtful, well-meaning people, even when they disagree. I always believed this, but Twitter can make you doubt it sometimes…

Nostr has come so far, so fast, from a handful of bare-bones clients to dozens or hundreds of apps, clients, projects, integrations, events, meetups, and more. It’s downright impressive.

Spending time on this protocol, hanging out with you all, being part of this movement, has enriched and expanded my life in a way I never expected, but feel so grateful to have found.

Screenshots below to show some old nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 styling, including my profile-picture-less self trying to figure out a Lightning address, hitting the perfect follower count (nice), a comparison of privacy priorities between Damus and Twitter, and evidence of my consistently positive sentiment toward Nostr.

Thank you, Nostriches. Happy Christmas Eve 🎄 and Pura Vida 🤙

#grownostr #plebchain #introductions

Happy Christmas Eve Boston

Merry Christmas

Buying bitcoin gift cards is the ultimate gift, and very difficult.

My experience in the US has been frustrating.

Endless personal information needed, purchasing limits, being called a scammer for wanting to preserve privacy..

Whoever figures out how to meet the market need of acquiring btc gift cards without KYC gulag will serve the largest Christmas customer need, and become tremendously wealthy.

https://www.statista.com/chart/29001/most-desired-christmas-gifts-in-the-united-states/

cc nostr:npub1yn4mddvdpwvy49jmwmuze600lpu4ej2sskjdp80dc455nm2edtdqaztec0 nostr:npub1ccsfkkfk46jsjtn80cup0vjn98slkheqd65t36tut822kddvdcxqxjdc57 nostr:npub18tcc00lqpysdsurg567dllzg7jeyr5wcyk2v6w23rx3s3ygyze2qv32nxx nostr:npub1jkmthefasx53u36lhzu2g7x3jwlapf235435svl2mx0tjchp57vsvvcrvd

You should be able to update your LN address with damus. Go to edit profile.

The mountains were calling and I had to go. nostr:note177q97nhvytd0pl5722flquh68gnqu6jqpuzwakwdt2se9pe8akdsa7kjld

Did you see the attached meme, and visual explainer in the linked outbox nostrability issue?

At nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l I volunteered galaxy dev nostr:npub1ye5ptcxfyyxl5vjvdjar2ua3f0hynkjzpx552mu5snj3qmx5pzjscpknpr to answer such questions in an outbox session discussing his approach to outbox with a technical audience.

I wouldnt be able to explain, but hopefully the video will be published eventually 👀