What has happened to the #mempool app on #umbrel - It used to work perfectly.
I recommended Umbrel to a newcomer to this space, they got back to me stating the app just keeps flashing OFFLINE
So of course, I went ahead & made a brand new Umbrel setup just to verify for myself.
VERIFIED https://video.nostr.build/c4f1241c6ad0be19154cb0fca69f924b83661a70b9c829a5aba536a7514d27e1.mp4
ColdCard needs to work on its UI & user experience & I say this as a ColdCard user.
Calling it cypherpunk or retro now in 2024 just seems like an excuse to defend the software design in 2024.
All that screen & it still looks like people need to know how to compile a project from GitHub. 😂
Even the list of options still look tiny for the screen size, it’s basically a bastardised version of the MK4 firmware, slightly enlarged, it’s not taking advantage IMO of the large screen.
They need a UI designer & someone who can create a look & feel that is both more modern & more user friendly.
Just my thoughts. 🫡
Tried several & they all give me higher ping on UK servers than Mullvad.
Nord / Proton / TorGuard / Surfshark etc
Now & then i do add a month of Mullvad just to see how’s it’s doing on the ping side but the same issue always arises for me.
I also wish they’d increase the 5 device limit a bit, not by a stupidly high amount, but it’s been 5 for several years now & the world today is a far more tech reliant world. (8 devices or so)
I shall be updating my own setup next week 🫡
But for now…. Vroom Vroom https://video.nostr.build/9d13f0abea1b161657c675f5732187aee2395d107ea39d1a8214058b57d199db.mp4
Correct, the “dark web” is literally just the internet, nothing more, nothing less.
The WorldWideWeb service we all use is just a small, censored & most importantly (to them) ‘controllable’ section of it, a small section surrounded by walls, walls that are intended to keep us all locked up within them.
My problem with Mullvad whenever I’ve tried it in the past is Ping, their UK servers have a noticeably higher ping which can cause issues for some things I use.
Knackered 😂 
Be proud of yourself Nat, you passed the BBC test yesterday, I could tell they couldn’t get you off quick enough 😂
There are currently 913 active #BitAxe Solo Miners on Public_Pool, generating a whopping 367 TeraHash. (Avg 400 GigaHash)
Congratulations to all my fellow plebs for providing all that Hash! 🔥
#Bitcoin
If things don’t improve pretty quickly, sadly I may have to sell some sats which I really don’t want to do. 🥺
As an actual pleb, life is tough lately here in the UK.
I probably shouldn’t even post this life update as the community will hate me for simply talking of such betrayal.
Energy, food & rent is ridiculous over here lately.
If anyone has some tips, tricks, advice to help me avoid this, it would be much appreciated.
#Bitcoin
1. What 
I hope the Orange Gods will bless my luck 😂
Regardless, this is super cool!!
#Bitcoin https://video.nostr.build/ff8dd9d883a837dee206306c6219effe05dd12cb467a04c2cce96bf2fd2e79da.mp4
Elon's Twitter is an absolute joke!
7 day Ban for this? 🤣🤣🤣
Just received this: @AskNationwide is limiting how users can spend their own money - Pretty much All UK banks & building societies are doing this now...
#Bitcoin
Merry Christmas will forever be cemented as my first ever note on Nostr.
Gives off "hello world" vibes to me. 😂 #[0]
I've no idea why #[0] is zapping so many people right now
is he simply just spreading the wealth, stress-testing the network, promoting bitcoin or all of the above?
Craig Wright: "It's a CIA plot"
https://twitter.com/_17410742_/status/1568798963616071682?t=FjQE0nBEMuRdg5NZAzdzow&s=19
The bottom is not in,
Whether it's $12-13k, $9500 or all the way down to fill the CME gap at $3.5k is the real question.
I personally won't be trying to time the bottom, that's impossible.
I stack all the way up & all the way down.
However, i will hold just a little bit of cash for new lows.
This may seem bearish to some, but that is merely a perspective, to me, it's extremely bullish, I don't sell & will be acquiring more sats for my future.
**Amethyst is nearly my perfect *native* Android client for Nostr**
Over the last month I've tested out over a half dozen different Android apps for Nostr. Each week, I would be incredibly impressed with their progress, write a weekly recap of their features and enhancements, but in the end none of them were able to be used as a daily driver.
A long last, our **global nightmare** has come to an end. Amethyst was released to the Google Play Store for the world to download and install on January 25, 2023. Having a Nostr client running on Android means tapping into the largest market on the planet. **Roughly 75% of the world uses Android** on their smartphone. With Amethyst, Nostr was now able to be used by the masses.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitorpamplona.amethyst
Amethyst is very smooth and fluent throughout the application, something other apps or even web clients are lacking. Amethyst comes with native image uploading, meaning you don't have to go and upload your image elsewhere, copy the link, and then find your way back to the app. Amethyst utilizes the popular Imugr.com image service for hosting.
Amethyst also boasts **link preview**, showing rich snippets for links that are included in posts. This is something that has become standard on social networks like Facebook or Twitter over the years. It's definitely a nice quality of life enhancement, in my opinion.
One feature that I don't use on other clients, because it's not included, are Public channels. Not all clients display these properly or even not at all, but they work like Telegram channel. They allow users to form a public group or collection of posts around the same topic.
As a power user with many relays, I'll say that most clients are slow and laggy for me. Astral and Snort are great clients and I still use them daily. Snort is my absolute favorite. I often switch back and forth between the two, because some features work better for me on Astral, such as DMs. On Snort, my DMs are very slow and mostly broken. This is a Derek issue though. On Amethyst, my DMs just work. I'm very happy to see them working as intended.
Amethyst is nearly perfect. There are three features that I use daily that this Nostr client does not include, at least at this time.
* NIP-05 display
* Lightning on posts and profiles
* Markdown
NIP-05 display is important to me, not because I founded NostrPlebs.com, but for identification. I believe this is very important for the community as a whole. I'm spoiled by Snort's implementation, seeing pretty NostrPlebs.com users throughout my feed. Besides this, every client out there shows this. It's commonplace and expected.
Lightning on posts and profiles is equally important. Nearly the entire Nostr community at this time is composed of Bitcoiners. Lightning integration allows us to use Nostr as a **Value 4 Value economy**, zapping, tipping, or paying users for their content and their contributions has become a way of life over the past month.
Markdown may not be important to everyone, but in my long form posts, such as this one, I like to include bold, italics, and bulleted lists. Most popular clients include these things.
For now, I'll most likely be using Snort while at home on my desktop or laptop, but when I'm mobile, my go to client of choice will no longer be a web client. I'll be using Amethyst.
*Things to report in a week: data usage and battery life comparisons.*
This is my setup too currently ✌🏻