All Primal apps have just been updated. Here’s what’s new:

iOS 2.0.134

- Improved onboarding

- Profile screen improvements

- Feed rendering improvements

- App shell cosmetic improvements

- Various bug fixes

Android 2.0.28

- Improved onboarding

- Feed rendering improvements

- Profile screen improvements

- Various bug fixes

Web 2.0.11

- Profile screen improvements

- Feed rendering improvements

- Various bug fixes

As always, let us know how we can improve Primal moving forward.

Enjoy! 🤙💜

💜NOSTR 🎄CHRISTMAS PARTY 🎉

The Giving is quite STRONG this year!

NOSTR and You All have been AMAZING to get to know and have fun with! 🫂

Here is to Many Blessings for You and Your Family this Holiday Season!

A Huge Thank You to You ALL!

LOVE YOU NOSTR!

LOVE YOU FRENS!

(I know it’s corny, but deal with it frens) 🤪💜🫂🙏

NOSTR FOR THE WIN 🥇

He used to run marathons when he was diagnosed. Terminal illness. He only had 5 years left.

An athlete and developer, he lost all motor functions but never stopped coding.

The project he dedicated the end of his life to changed the world.

This is the extraordinary story of Harold Finney👇

In this note, you'll learn how a life-loving nerd:

• built a machine to type using only eye movements;

• mined a fortune in #Bitcoin; and

• froze himself in a liquid nitrogen tank in hopes of seeing the future.

But first, we need to start from the beginning…

Harold (Hal) Thomas Finney was a polymath. He started his career developing games.

Later, he joined the PGP Corporation—one of the first companies to commercialize cryptography—working alongside the legendary Phil Zimmermann.

He was an active member of the Cypherpunks mailing list, exchanging ideas with pioneers like Wei Dai and Nick Szabo.

Hal operated servers that routed anonymous messages.

On the early internet, he debated ways to defund the U.S. government’s “ponzi” schemes.

He also launched prototypes for new forms of electronic money, such as RPoW (Reusable Proof of Work).

👑 But his most iconic achievement happened on January 12, 2009 👇

Hal Finney had been following a new idea circulating on the cypherpunk mailing list: #Bitcoin.

On January 11, 2009, a Sunday, someone named Satoshi posted Bitcoin’s source code on the list.

Hal was the FIRST to reply! In a moment of wild imagination, he suggested that 1 BTC could one day be worth $10 million.

Hal even exchanged emails with Satoshi and helped fix bugs in Bitcoin's code.

On January 12 in Greenwich (January 11 at 7:24 PM in California), Hal received 10 #BTC in a "test" transaction initiated by the creator himself.

This was—and will forever remain—the first transaction in the history of #Bitcoin.

Fun fact 👇

Those 10 #BTC, today, are worth more than $1 million.

Each "50.00" #BTC block mined represents ~$5M 🤑.

Hal mined over $12 MILLION in just one week, between January 10 and 16, 2009 🤯

(calculated at today's value of $100,000 per BTC).

During those days, Hal's son, Jason, could hear the processors roaring at full speed in the attic 🔥

He recalled his dad's excitement in an interview:

"He told us he was helping someone build a prototype for virtual money. It didn’t sound real. More like an experiment."

Hal wrote about this period 👇

"I stopped because it made my computer overheat, and the fan noise annoyed me."

He helped bring the project to life but wouldn’t return to it until 2010.

Eight months after the genesis of #Bitcoin, Hal received news that changed everything... ☹️

It was August 2009. Hal Finney was diagnosed with ALS.

The longest-living patient with the syndrome was Stephen Hawking, who survived for 55 years.

Most don't make it past 5.

In October, Hal shared his diagnosis online in a post titled "Dying Outside." His unshakable sense of humor stood out 👇

"I am lucky to have good support, caring family, and access to excellent medical care. Still, I find myself sometimes walking in circles, obsessing over what I could have done differently. But hey, life goes on—except for me, apparently!"

Even as his body failed, Hal's mind remained as sharp as ever.

We’re excited to share that we’ve built two Nostr clients, each designed to solve real-world problems in innovative ways! While still in development, they’re ready for you to try out:

• Fuente: A multivendor e-commerce delivery app that functions like Grab or Uber Eats but tailored for local needs. Vendors can list their products on the platform, and customers can easily browse, order, and have items delivered right to their doorstep. Whether it’s groceries, meals, or other essentials, Fuente connects local businesses with their communities, making commerce faster and more accessible.

• Resin: Short for Real Estate Innovation, Resin is the world’s first Bitcoin-powered REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust). It introduces a groundbreaking rent-to-own model, allowing users to start their journey toward homeownership with Bitcoin. At this stage, functionality is limited, but the MVP offers a glimpse of what’s to come. By Q1 next year, we aim to fully launch a platform where people can invest in real estate, secure housing, and build wealth, all while leveraging Bitcoin. Check out the app at Resin.estate and dive into the codebase on GitHub.

We’re thrilled to bring these projects to life on Nostr, combining technology, innovation, and the power of Bitcoin to make a real impact. Explore what we’re building, give us feedback, and join us on this journey: