What is the nip I should use for encrypted DMs these days? Im developing an app and not sure which to use
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Hate is one of the best motivators
#asknostr have you ever wanted to setup a self hosted Bitcoin and lightning stack from scratch but are unsure on how to do it?
If so I just pushed a set of scripts/configs and an interactive diagram of various flows and what components they involve - https://github.com/cjams/diy-bitcoin-stack
Features:
Bitcoind, LND, BTCPay server, lightning-terminal
Zaps and LN payments
Electrum and Zeus connection
Diagram for reference: https://nostr.download/ac3ea0e851d75db885ff1738818160c5b88d89ee0b36de45bea6f2fc63d55fd4.webp
My Github has a link to an interactive version of it
#asknostr have you ever wanted to setup a self hosted Bitcoin and lightning stack from scratch but are unsure on how to do it?
If so I just pushed a set of scripts/configs and an interactive diagram of various flows and what components they involve - https://github.com/cjams/diy-bitcoin-stack
Features:
Bitcoind, LND, BTCPay server, lightning-terminal
Zaps and LN payments
Electrum and Zeus connection
I just put together a diagram of my self-hosted setup along with various scripts and configs - https://github.com/cjams/diy-bitcoin-stack
I could do a quick write up if it would be helpful.
Here is the address - naddr1qqjxzwfcxvcxxve394sk2vt9956r2v3595unxcnz95engcnrx4nxgdfexvurvqgqqgszr25cavr5ukjshdufnjnft97pdxauvwc3cry5597qf900kpt70ysrqsqqppdml9a089
For some reason the link isn't working directly
First vid on zap.stream is up! I give a brief overview of a project I've been working on to sell my mushroom cultivation guide. Integrates with my self-hosted BTCPay server as well as stripe for backend payment.
I'm excited to announce something I've been working on during the weekend, a best-effort draft for DVMCP, a specification that defines a intersection between DVMs and MCP servers. Additionally, I've created a small bridge, a piece of software that automatically and effortlessly transforms any MCP server into a DVM, handling all the nostr logic. You can find everything in the repo https://github.com/gzuuus/dvmcp
I've written an article exploring some points that, from my pov, make this idea very interesting and promising. Also we've created a Signal group where we've been discussing the spec and implementation, feel free to join if you are interested :)
nostr:npub1nxa4tywfz9nqp7z9zp7nr7d4nchhclsf58lcqt5y782rmf2hefjquaa6q8 is also developing a bridge in Python 🔥🔥 Thanks to everyone who joined and collaborated on this idea nostr:npub1mgvwnpsqgrem7jfcwm7pdvdfz2h95mm04r23t8pau2uzxwsdnpgs0gpdjc , nostr:npub1aljazgxlpnpfp7n5sunlk3dvfp72456x6nezjw4sd850q879rxqsthg9jp , nostr:npub1r0d8u8mnj6769500nypnm28a9hpk9qg8jr0ehe30tygr3wuhcnvs4rfsft
cc nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft , nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc, nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m
Signal group: https://signal.group/#CjQKIOgvfFJf8ZFZ1SsMx7teFqNF73sZ9Elaj_v5i6RSjDHmEhA5v69L4_l2dhQfwAm2SFGD
Do you have a recommend resource on getting familiar with MCP?
New blog post: https://cjams.net/2025/02/04/metaphors-and-the-infinite-game/
I wrote about how I've looked into the underlying metaphors that have been structuring my life and some of the insights and benefits I've had from changing them
Consistency is the journey. Spectacular is the destination
I'm a big fan of space banjo https://youtu.be/x0r64WouVqQ?feature=shared
I recently bought a framework laptop and have been very happy with it
One of my biggest hopes as a bitcoin holder is that one day I will be able quit my job so that I can work on the things that are authentically interesting to me.
I've been writing more this year and in the process have been learning about various things like biology and chemistry. I studied math in college but haven't done real math since I graduated. We have the totality of human knowledge at our fingertips and yet the typical 9-5 gives you very little room to pursue alternative curiosity or cross-polinate ideas from different fields.
I imagine a future when people can afford to be less specialized if they choose to be, and to create value by bringing ideas from one field into another. To increase the "communication" between otherwise disjointed disciplines, similar to a human brain on psilocybin
There’s tons of drama going on over in WordPress land. Private equity Silverlake has bought up and is running WP Engine. They’re apparently not contributing back to the WordPress Foundation as much as the foundation people think is fair. That much seems fine, but Mullenweg also seems to be wanting to completely destroy WP Engine to the point where his company Automatic can buy them up for pennies on the dollar. Getting companies to contribute to the open source the use seems good, but weaponizing trademark to try and destroy another company in the ecosystem seems really questionable.
It’s interesting to think about because we don’t have a Nostr foundation or trademark. How would we handle if private equity came in to the Nostr ecosystem and didn’t contribute? We don’t have clear expectations of the role of companies in the Nostr space, nor do we have a central company or foundation the way Word Press does.
I think it’s worth thinking about the best way to set up Nostr to handle this going forward. Many people here know the saga around Craig Wright and the struggle to define who and what bitcoin is… That feels somewhat similar as well.
What do people think is the best way to handle this?
https://www.therepository.email/mullenweg-threatens-corporate-takeover-of-wp-engine
Is the a nostr-native alternative to WordPress? I have a WordPress blog but this sort of thing makes me uneasy...
I don't follow. Problem for the network? Operator?
I made a script https://github.com/cjams/dotfiles/blob/master/setup-bitcoin-node.sh that allows you to tunnel through mullvad, as well provide an external drive for the datadir if you need to
Got a full Bitcoin node setup 