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THE NOSTR REPORT

JUDGMENT DAY

Jan 30, 2023

Bitcoin Block:

774,512

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🎙Quote of the Day🎙️

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#[0] shares note on the benefits of being algorithm free. "I can see what people I actually follow are saying right now, not irrelevant stuff some “popular” account posted a day and a half ago..."

#[1]

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🚨Headline Nostr News🚨

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Damus finally ✅approved✅ on 🍎Apple🍎 App Store!

#[2]

#[3]

#[4] shares concerns over recent Bitcoin blocksize FUD happening on Twitter.

#[5]

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🏝️Nostrica Update🏝️

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🥷Jiu Jitsu🥷 at Nostrica

#[6] looking to for like-minded nostriches to roll with at Nostrica

#[7]

#[8] reports Nostrica signups now total over 500 (176 in-person, 324 virtual)!

#[9]

#[10] sends reminder - you can add to the Nostrica 📄agenda

#[11]

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🖥️nostr Tech🖥️

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#[12] on 🔥today🔥, reminds us how relays impact your nostr experience, announces he is working on a nostr relay recommendation app, as well as an app that downloads your history for you!!

#[13]

#[14]

#[15]

#[16] contributes to the relay conversation by shilling a few of his favorite go to 🧷“safer”🧷 relays.

#[17]

#[18] send Nostr notes over sms? sms2nostr is a proof of concept allowing people to post notes on Nostr via sms, including feature phones and IoT devices… is there a use case for Nostr + LN over sms ⚡️? #[19] does this bring back memories?

#[20]

#[21] announces NostrPlebs.com adding user profiles soon for those registered with their service. Once launched your profile will be found at nostrplebs.com/username

#[22]

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⚡nostr Business⚡

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#[23] posts his 🦉insightful🦉 article on the future of nostr. “This is what the "Web 3.0" bros think they're building, but instead it's enabled by open-source protocols that make sense for the use cases and not some Frankenstein blockchain with a speculative token attached to it.”

#[24]

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🎩nostr Lifestyle🎩

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#[25] explains “pv”

#[26]

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🩺Nostr Health of the Network🩺

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pubkeys

367,605

events

1,604,112

relays

267

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🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥

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#[27] gives an accurate analysis of the App Store review process

#[28]

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Stay Classy Nostr.

Block height is correct and let’s face it that’s more reliable in the long run anyway 😅

Replying to Avatar The Nostr Report

THE NOSTR REPORT

JUDGMENT DAY

Jan 30, 2023

Bitcoin Block:

774,512

—--------------------------

🎙Quote of the Day🎙️

—--------------------------

#[0] shares note on the benefits of being algorithm free. "I can see what people I actually follow are saying right now, not irrelevant stuff some “popular” account posted a day and a half ago..."

#[1]

—--------------------------

🚨Headline Nostr News🚨

—--------------------------

Damus finally ✅approved✅ on 🍎Apple🍎 App Store!

#[2]

#[3]

#[4] shares concerns over recent Bitcoin blocksize FUD happening on Twitter.

#[5]

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🏝️Nostrica Update🏝️

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🥷Jiu Jitsu🥷 at Nostrica

#[6] looking to for like-minded nostriches to roll with at Nostrica

#[7]

#[8] reports Nostrica signups now total over 500 (176 in-person, 324 virtual)!

#[9]

#[10] sends reminder - you can add to the Nostrica 📄agenda

#[11]

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🖥️nostr Tech🖥️

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#[12] on 🔥today🔥, reminds us how relays impact your nostr experience, announces he is working on a nostr relay recommendation app, as well as an app that downloads your history for you!!

#[13]

#[14]

#[15]

#[16] contributes to the relay conversation by shilling a few of his favorite go to 🧷“safer”🧷 relays.

#[17]

#[18] send Nostr notes over sms? sms2nostr is a proof of concept allowing people to post notes on Nostr via sms, including feature phones and IoT devices… is there a use case for Nostr + LN over sms ⚡️? #[19] does this bring back memories?

#[20]

#[21] announces NostrPlebs.com adding user profiles soon for those registered with their service. Once launched your profile will be found at nostrplebs.com/username

#[22]

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⚡nostr Business⚡

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#[23] posts his 🦉insightful🦉 article on the future of nostr. “This is what the "Web 3.0" bros think they're building, but instead it's enabled by open-source protocols that make sense for the use cases and not some Frankenstein blockchain with a speculative token attached to it.”

#[24]

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🎩nostr Lifestyle🎩

—--------------------------

#[25] explains “pv”

#[26]

—--------------------------

🩺Nostr Health of the Network🩺

—--------------------------

pubkeys

367,605

events

1,604,112

relays

267

—--------------------------

🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥

—--------------------------

#[27] gives an accurate analysis of the App Store review process

#[28]

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Stay Classy Nostr.

Correction: January 31 🤦‍♂️

THE NOSTR REPORT

JUDGMENT DAY

Jan 30, 2023

Bitcoin Block:

774,512

—--------------------------

🎙Quote of the Day🎙️

—--------------------------

#[0] shares note on the benefits of being algorithm free. "I can see what people I actually follow are saying right now, not irrelevant stuff some “popular” account posted a day and a half ago..."

#[1]

—--------------------------

🚨Headline Nostr News🚨

—--------------------------

Damus finally ✅approved✅ on 🍎Apple🍎 App Store!

#[2]

#[3]

#[4] shares concerns over recent Bitcoin blocksize FUD happening on Twitter.

#[5]

—--------------------------

🏝️Nostrica Update🏝️

—--------------------------

🥷Jiu Jitsu🥷 at Nostrica

#[6] looking to for like-minded nostriches to roll with at Nostrica

#[7]

#[8] reports Nostrica signups now total over 500 (176 in-person, 324 virtual)!

#[9]

#[10] sends reminder - you can add to the Nostrica 📄agenda

#[11]

—--------------------------

🖥️nostr Tech🖥️

—--------------------------

#[12] on 🔥today🔥, reminds us how relays impact your nostr experience, announces he is working on a nostr relay recommendation app, as well as an app that downloads your history for you!!

#[13]

#[14]

#[15]

#[16] contributes to the relay conversation by shilling a few of his favorite go to 🧷“safer”🧷 relays.

#[17]

#[18] send Nostr notes over sms? sms2nostr is a proof of concept allowing people to post notes on Nostr via sms, including feature phones and IoT devices… is there a use case for Nostr + LN over sms ⚡️? #[19] does this bring back memories?

#[20]

#[21] announces NostrPlebs.com adding user profiles soon for those registered with their service. Once launched your profile will be found at nostrplebs.com/username

#[22]

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⚡nostr Business⚡

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#[23] posts his 🦉insightful🦉 article on the future of nostr. “This is what the "Web 3.0" bros think they're building, but instead it's enabled by open-source protocols that make sense for the use cases and not some Frankenstein blockchain with a speculative token attached to it.”

#[24]

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🎩nostr Lifestyle🎩

—--------------------------

#[25] explains “pv”

#[26]

—--------------------------

🩺Nostr Health of the Network🩺

—--------------------------

pubkeys

367,605

events

1,604,112

relays

267

—--------------------------

🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥

—--------------------------

#[27] gives an accurate analysis of the App Store review process

#[28]

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Stay Classy Nostr.

BREAKING: Damus App Store submission APPROVED!

#[0]

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GM!

**Tech Giants Will become Nostr Clients**

#[0]

Tech giants will become #Nostr clients not because they can, but because they will be forced to. Unfortunately this is not a good prediction; a good prediction says not only what will happen, but also when, and I cannot predict the latter. For decades, tech giants like Facebook and Twitter have been enjoying their monopolies gained from seigniorage. This benefited two generations greatly: the boomers and their children. Out of leisure they happily accepted the product as presented to them. Over time, social media was forced to monetize, and users were herded onto platforms they didn't sign up for. The easiest way to monetize free products to users was by selling the user’s attention to advertisers.

Just like no one bought a laptop without an OS, the OS was considered free of charge when in fact it was bundled with bloatware paid for by advertisers.

So, for the first time, the keepers of massive social media platforms have been taunted with a viable decentralized competitor. Will they pivot to the Nostr protocol? Yes, I think they’ll be forced to. Will they create algorithms to manipulate and profit from users? Of course they will. Will they be able to create elaborate walled gardens to monetize your data? Not anymore. Early nostr users flocked to an idea that liberates us from these giant abusive platforms, and more will follow. We now have the luxury of choice.

#[2]

GM Nostriego 🌞 ☕️ 🤙

Nothing artificial about our intelligence. We’re 100% stupidity around here 😅 except for #[17] of course. Glad you find the report helpful! We post it in the evening (EST) every day. 🤙

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THE NOSTR REPORT

GOOD MORNING & GOOD NIGHT!

30 January, 2023

Bitcoin Block Height:

774,397

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🎙Quote of the Day🎙️

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- Our quote of the day comes from #[0] - “One thing I really appreciate about Nostr is the constant flow of good mornings and good nights as people in different time zones come and go. Without algorithms artificially manipulating the feed, we see these in real time and I think that is one thing that helps make Nostr feel like a living community. 💜”

#[1]

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🚨Headline Nostr News🚨

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- #[2] received donations totaling 2.9 million sats from plebs for Amethyst support, all of which he has matched! He is looking for more projects to support. Let him know which ones!

#[3]

- #[4] sends note linking version 1.0 of nodestritch connecting nostriches who want to open lightning channels with each other.

#[5]

- Infamous “Damus+” client fork renamed “SixT9” after #[6] agreed to change it.

#[7]

- Twitter applies for regulatory license for payments across the platform.

#[8]

#[9]

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🏝️Nostrica Update🏝️

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#[10] gives updates on upcoming Nostrica event:

- Nostrica ‘23 surpasses 250 virtual attendees.

#[11]

- Sign up for #Nostrica open mic. Bring your instruments 🤙

#[13]

- Updated Nostrica agenda items

#[14]

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🖥️nostr Tech🖥️

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- #[15] thinks it “would be nice if some relays automatically sent you a "curated" global feed if you sent a filter specifying nothing” sparking conversation on what filters a client should dictate vs what filters a user builds on their own.

#[16]

- #[17] sends note declaring he is on Keet by inviting everyone to his chat. Yegorpetrov does the same.

#[18]

- Upcoming Damus update will add support for account deletion, seemingly in response to Apple’s latest rejection of its App Store submission.

#[19]

#[20]

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⚡nostr Business⚡

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- #Nodestrich, an Amboss community for Nostr Lightning node runners crossed the 21 user mark within 24 hours of its creation on Saturday. Created by DMNYC and djmeistro we are inviting all node operators of all levels to join, open channels, share knowledge, and build the Nostr circular economy. https://amboss.space/community/6d41c0bd-6e39-40a2-a062-a809c2e8c2b5

#[22]

#[23]

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🎩nostr Lifestyle🎩

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- #[24] posts a sobering check on the effects of coffee ☕ in the body, inspiring plebs to give it up. Will you go coffee free in ‘23?

#[25]

- Nostr users face off to see who’s used the most mobile data while using Nostr. #[26] says she’s used 80GB this month 🤯 and it only gets better in the replies! Have you seen an increase in your data usage?

#[27]

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🩺Network Health🩺

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Pubkeys: 366,585

Events: 1,599,453

Relays: 267

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🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥

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- We’ve seen an explosion 💥of new clients in the last few weeks. Our meme of the day comes from #[28] and sums it up perfectly.

#[29]

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Weekly Oped Special

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Be sure to check out our weekly oped special. This week #[30] took a deeper look into what it means to be a pleb and the #plebchain.

#[32]

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Stay Classy Nostr.

Sixty percent of the time NostReport is right every time 🤙

#[2]

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🚨NostReports Sunday Oped Special🚨

Many new Nostrich hatchlings know the feeling. You open up whatever client you hear about (astral.ninja, snort.social, nostrgram, etc), you figure out that you have to hit the “Generate Key” button, you somehow save your private keys in a way that would make Satoshi cry, and you stare at a constantly updating global feed from a bunch of usernames you have never heard of. Now what?? That was me, the week before Christmas 2022, what the hell do I do now? That’s when I noticed a guy named @ npub1tvqc82mv8cezhax5r34n4muc2c4pgjz8kaye2smj032nngg52clq0rkrq4 on the global feed who kept using the hashtag #plebchain.

Now, we all bring some Twitter baggage with us to Nostr, and for me, that baggage was not feeling good enough to follow people randomly. Why should I? I’m a nobody, and it’s not like they will ever follow me back. But this was a new platform and a new paradigm, so I put that behind me and I followed Quiet Warrior. To my surprise, he responded to me in the simplest of words - “Followed. #plebchain.” Quiet Warrior FOLLOWED ME BACK! Why would he do that? I have Chungus in my name? Pleb after pleb, I started seeing “Followed. #plebchain.” Over and over again. It was magic.

In one of Quiet Warrior’s first posts, he explained that #plebchain was about the concept of value for value, you follow me, I follow you, and let’s do it before all the big accounts and bots get here. Little did we all know that this simple concept would blossom into a movement.

I reached out to Quiet Warrior to get his take on how this has grown, and here is what he said:

“I was really one of the forgotten plebs on twitter. Our first week on Nostr was like a birds first flight, absolutely liberating. I have never talked to so many like-minded, beautiful people. There is tremendous power in the community. I wanted to secure that. Hence #Plebchain. As it progressed my mind continued absorbing the power that the chain really can provide. Satoshi writes about a peer-to-peer network. What are the peers? Plebchain. In essence the Bitcoin network is built on the plebchain layer 0.”

“I also wanted anyone coming in fresh to Nostr to have a simple way to connect and secure the same experience I was having. Follow for Follow is powerful because when you gain followers you gain a voice. The algos kill our voice.”

As I think about Quiet Warrior’s words, I can’t help think about what #plebchain means to me. It is all about breaking the top down communication network of Twitter, where massive influencers tell you how to think. The plebchain is a hive mind for good ideas to propagate.

Why does Nostr and this plebchain concept resonate so well with Bitcoin? As Robert Breedlove says in his “What is Money” podcast – “In a central bank economy, if prices go up, you don’t know if it’s Jerome Powell’s monetary policy, or real people, expending real resources, to obtain a real asset that cause the price increase. #Bitcoin disentangles signal from noise.”

In a centrally controlled communications protocol, if a message propagates, you don’t know if it’s the twitter algorithm, or its real people, expending real attention, to express a real fact. #Nostr, and specifically the #plebchain, secured with #lightning, disentangles signal from noise.

That is what #plebchain means to me. What does the #plebchain mean to you my fellow plebs?

Written by:

@ npub1pvuugp6fyj6t6yeq9ajzv28p54w07sg6jpxvzuu5yc7qmu9edpkqm2d7a5

THE NOSTR REPORT

GOOD MORNING & GOOD NIGHT!

30 January, 2023

Bitcoin Block Height:

774,397

—-----------------------------

🎙Quote of the Day🎙️

—-----------------------------

- Our quote of the day comes from #[0] - “One thing I really appreciate about Nostr is the constant flow of good mornings and good nights as people in different time zones come and go. Without algorithms artificially manipulating the feed, we see these in real time and I think that is one thing that helps make Nostr feel like a living community. 💜”

#[1]

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🚨Headline Nostr News🚨

—-------------------------------

- #[2] received donations totaling 2.9 million sats from plebs for Amethyst support, all of which he has matched! He is looking for more projects to support. Let him know which ones!

#[3]

- #[4] sends note linking version 1.0 of nodestritch connecting nostriches who want to open lightning channels with each other.

#[5]

- Infamous “Damus+” client fork renamed “SixT9” after #[6] agreed to change it.

#[7]

- Twitter applies for regulatory license for payments across the platform.

#[8]

#[9]

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🏝️Nostrica Update🏝️

—--------------------------------

#[10] gives updates on upcoming Nostrica event:

- Nostrica ‘23 surpasses 250 virtual attendees.

#[11]

- Sign up for #Nostrica open mic. Bring your instruments 🤙

#[13]

- Updated Nostrica agenda items

#[14]

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🖥️nostr Tech🖥️

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- #[15] thinks it “would be nice if some relays automatically sent you a "curated" global feed if you sent a filter specifying nothing” sparking conversation on what filters a client should dictate vs what filters a user builds on their own.

#[16]

- #[17] sends note declaring he is on Keet by inviting everyone to his chat. Yegorpetrov does the same.

#[18]

- Upcoming Damus update will add support for account deletion, seemingly in response to Apple’s latest rejection of its App Store submission.

#[19]

#[20]

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⚡nostr Business⚡

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- #Nodestrich, an Amboss community for Nostr Lightning node runners crossed the 21 user mark within 24 hours of its creation on Saturday. Created by DMNYC and djmeistro we are inviting all node operators of all levels to join, open channels, share knowledge, and build the Nostr circular economy. https://amboss.space/community/6d41c0bd-6e39-40a2-a062-a809c2e8c2b5

#[22]

#[23]

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🎩nostr Lifestyle🎩

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- #[24] posts a sobering check on the effects of coffee ☕ in the body, inspiring plebs to give it up. Will you go coffee free in ‘23?

#[25]

- Nostr users face off to see who’s used the most mobile data while using Nostr. #[26] says she’s used 80GB this month 🤯 and it only gets better in the replies! Have you seen an increase in your data usage?

#[27]

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🩺Network Health🩺

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Pubkeys: 366,585

Events: 1,599,453

Relays: 267

—-------------------------------

🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥

—-------------------------------

- We’ve seen an explosion 💥of new clients in the last few weeks. Our meme of the day comes from #[28] and sums it up perfectly.

#[29]

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Weekly Oped Special

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Be sure to check out our weekly oped special. This week #[30] took a deeper look into what it means to be a pleb and the #plebchain.

#[32]

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Stay Classy Nostr.