yea i researched it a bunch - does seem quite private and far easier than p2p exchanges. i still prefer the p2p exchanges ideologically - but as a easier option for normies, "buy tether on coinbase, send to Aqua and swap shit around, send to onchain" is super friendly!

the tax implications are still present, but you can have no-kyc btc in cold storage at the end pretty easily.

I think it's actually very private.

Sure the exchange like fixedfloat or similar may rat you out in the first hop.

But once it enters liquid it's pretty private (assuming that there are more then two users 😂). Even amounts are not visible.

Peg out is basically a mixer, so the only way would be time correlation.

you could (and perhaps should) peg out in random amounts and time intervals.

then coinjoin if you are paranoid like me.

Not the one, but thanks.😊

Writing and doodling thank you notes. My favorite part 🤞🏼

Pubky inspiring creativity already!

You are missing one very important nuance.

Every relevant instance I recall of "It'll be open-sourced eventually" is regarding software that has users.

Like how Keet is released, has users, but is not open-sourced (afaik).

This is not that. Every single aspect of Pubky that anyone uses is open source already.

We perform a significant amount of R&D, and we have various projects at various stages. Some amount of internal order is required for us to operate. This is how we operate.

The great thing is this has zero affect on your ability to learn about, use, or build with Pubky.

Regarding your ability to self-host, it should be much easier in a few months, after we ship a homeserver purpose-made for that.

It just seems like you are pressing from weird angles that are of no use to you. There are so many other things to ask about, no?

My fine sir, the new application simply does not exist yet. We do not normally publish pre-alpha software, most people don't.

Could we post some half-done code anyway? Sure. But why? So we can tell literally everyone interested not to use or even assume anything about it yet?

Or, we can wait til it is usable, maybe a couple months, and share it with everyone in a useful clear way.

I have more unfortunate news, we have other projects that arent published yet either. Some also that we put down and never published at all.

It is our decision what to share, just like everyone else. And we have shared so many cool things as open source and totally free. Have a look at those!

The back and forth is pretty interesting. Just experimented with adding a facilitator to the group to pull them back when they go off on one, but needs tweaking.

I wouldn't put any of that under "good progress".

I think ad supported relays will be acceptable to the typical user of centralized systems, but I've only seen disdain for the idea from current Nostr users, and no mention of designs for it.

He should post this on his “superior” solution to nostr

It’s unlimited “Within the block size limit”!

Why care?

usdt > liquid thether > liquid bitcoin > peg out

Where is the most reliable platform to buy Bitcoin via P2P using USDT? #grownostr

The link is for a total rewrite we are working on, it will be open-sourced once it actually works.

This just made me ask myself:

1 - will I be posting on Nostr in 10 years? Clear answer: Yes.

2 - will I be posting on X in 10 years? Clear answer: No.

Why?

Because I like Nostr

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I appreciate the response and it's good to hear more context. I've heard your name but don't know much about your work.

My understanding is that the relays can be run on many devices (kind of like bitcoin nodes, so similarly decentralized). If I can run a relay that my family and/or community can use, isn't it up to me whether it's censored or not?

checking.

I assume there is a bandwidth limitation.

We can't all use it at the same time or it'll essentially just DDoS the site.

I HAVE ADOPTED AN #blobbi NAMED RALP

yeah, same here, i basically can grow the goatee and the mo is weak and the lambchops don't exist... this is the genetics i suppose

My advice is to get a better razer and cut with the hair instead of against it if you have irritation.

if it's just dry skin you're worried about tallow, coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, etc. are all pretty much just as good as each other, find what you prefer, and yes you're meant to rinse it back off after applying

grow a viking beard!

I like the intention of better UX but scalability-wise it's similar to the idea that we should all move to the woods. Just doesn't support a billion people on Nostr. For that we need to decouple transport from the social graph and better solve the common neighbor problem that relays currently pose.

I'm all for following fewer people at the same time. Circles or tribes or aspects as they're called in other systems help replicate the closeness of the offline good old days. More people will feel they belong if they converse both up and down the social ladder.

You should mention higher up that it's just AI output so I can skip reading it completely 👍

Agree, although there’s already a lower b with a single line and I’ve used it before and always thought it was the way to go to suggest its relationship.