No respect is due to these floating pieces of barely-human filth.
He is the lowest filth in this entire ecosystem. The worst VC pump and dumper token scammers are angels compared this pathetic excuse for a human
Good morning, nostr enjoyers
I do it in purpose. Embrace the demons
I have been thinking for a while it is time to revisit the BitDNS issue. Would anyone be interested in an uncensorable DNS/key-value store anchored to Bitcoin?
Here are some thoughts I have been stewing on for a long time now: We could use witness envelopes to publish name to the time chain. This isn’t like inscriptions. Tiny amounts of data.
Each envelope would only contain the data for the name, a merkle root, pubkey and signature.
Why a merkle root? Because each name is not just one name, but a namespace containing potentially infinite names. This is what allows this system to scale forever.
Namespaces can be operated like a first come/first serve top-level domain. Businesses can sell sub-names and aggregate updates to the time chain.
How is it uncensorable then? Because the namespace owner can never revoke your name without invalidating the entire namespace and every subsequent update, thanks to the merkle tree. Also your subdomain is signed by your private key in the tree, so the namespace operator can never reroute your name without your signature.
So, they can revoke or change your name, but can they prevent you from updating it if something changes? Yup! Luckily the protocol will allow you to post a permanent redirect yourself to the timechain, signed by the same private key, to a new name in a different namespace!
Bonus points: we don’t need to bootstrap a new p2p protocol to communicate between nodes. We can use nostr events as transport for the merkle leaves and take advantage of the Nostr network effects.
It’s not all Bitcoin content. There is also a lot of nostr content talking about how great nostr is.
Hey guys 👋 who wants another centralized payment system on top of a centralized blockchain system?
Coolio!
https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1628756662088568833?s=46&t=MbOv_5tp_qBahgXxKC-ntQ
Ethereum L2s are going to the next shitcoin bill market narrative. Don’t know how many levels of grift are left
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If you haven't yet done NIP-05 identity verification, no need to jump on solutions that do it for you.
I've put together the simplest possible self-hosted NIP-05 verification setup I can think of. Just get the cheapest VPS you can, clone the repo, edit 2 files slightly, and run one command and you'll have an always-on, always up-to-date, properly certified NIP-05 identity endpoint:
https://github.com/sethforprivacy/easy-nip5
Detailed steps are all in the readme at the above repo.
Feedback welcome!
Thanks, Seth
In regions where the internet is slow or unstable, using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network with self-custodial wallets can be a challenge.
That's why I did a review of the best Bitcoin Lightning wallets in rural #Zimbabwe for @BitcoinMagazine
I hear and read statements saying that newbies need convenient, easy-to-use tools, otherwise they would be overwhelmed and won’t use Bitcoin. I think this is wrong.
People who are being onboarded onto custodial services are harder to convince to step up their game toward financial sovereignty and start using non-custodial tools. There is a big resistance to change habits.
If a person starts using a custodial wallet, they very, very often believe that they are using Bitcoin already. They will tell you that they never faced any problems and that they, therefore, don’t see a need to change their setup.
As a Bitcoin educator, it is my first duty to teach people about self custody, why it is important and to make them aware of the risks they are taking. They need to understand the difference between custodial and non-custodial services.
Only then do I present different tools and make them familiar with the pros and cons of each one. Afterwards, they need to decide for themselves which route they want to take.
That is the only way that people won’t consider me responsible for any losses they might incur and it’s the only way that they will understand that Bitcoin is all about ownership.
I was unsure, though, if Phoenix or Breez would work in a setting with bad internet connectivity. That’s why I set out to do a test in the area of Great Zimbabwe, about 300 kilometers south of the Zimbabwean capital of Harare.
In my review I included @Machankura8333 @MuunWallet @WalletofSatoshi @Breez_tech @ZeusLN @BlueWalletio @PhoenixWallet @ln_zap
I tested @Breez_tech, @ZeusLN and @BlueWalletio on an iPhone and @PhoenixWallet and @ln_zap on an Android device.
For the results please read my article 👇🏻
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/top-bitcoin-lightning-wallets-in-slow-internet
Thank you for this
Pikachu - Securing PoS Blockchains from Long-Range Attacks by Checkpointing into Bitcoin PoW using Taproot: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.05408.pdf
LOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Someone please make sure that he knows there are no tokens to be found here
Good catch! I will update the recognized event list so there is more helpful text. It shouldn’t affect functionality either way, though!
And here I thought I couldn’t be more bullish on zaps.
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Nostr must implement a character limit
The small noters will win the battle against the big noters
That is an Orwellian email
Seems fine to me, but what do I know? I don’t have a brain
#[2] hates nostr 😉
Well that’s enough purple pills 🍆 for one day. Good night #nostr
Still learning to juggle accounts 😂
The nostr telegram is getting a bit out of hand. Is there another place where devs hang out to talk protocol and such? #[0] #[1] #[2]