Subnostr

Alright, after watching 5+ hours of Dune part one and two, I’m going to need someone to explain to me why this is a good movie.

Whatever other people are seeing, I am not seeing it.

sachin 1y ago

I understand what you mean.

Denis Villeneuve isn't for everyone.

He puts a lot of emphasis on visual storytelling over pacing. I'm only partially okay with that style.

I loved the narrative about power corrupting even those who seem incorruptible. That alone made it a worthwhile watch.

Replying to

HoloKat

Stopped by a nearby store for lunch break. All automated checkout. Zero people. The checkout kiosk records your face as you pay. Zero ways to opt out. You’d have to know ahead of time this is happening but by the time you notice it’s already too late. Felt a bit like all hope is already lost. If this is what we accept as ok.. then what’s the point of anything? Who needs eye orbs when your friendly neighborhood supermarket has already scanned you. 🤦‍♂️

Tell me something positive… is there any hope?

sachin 1y ago

On a Bitcoin standard, it becomes feasible to run local grocery stores with an emphasis on building relationships by offering specialised procurement of goods that doesn't have enough demand, retaining customers by building human connections and procuring goods from local producers.

I'm not implying that it will happen. Only that it will be feasible.

Replying to

jimmysong

All security tokens and stable coins running "on a blockchain" should really be ecash instead. You have to trust somebody anyway, and you get better privacy features with ecash.

sachin 1y ago

Realising the nature of smart contracts and learning the implications of upgradeable and non-upgradeable smart contracts, their tradeoffs and what smart contract ownership means was eye-opening.

One of the main reasons I turned Bitcoin-only from being an apologist for Ethereum.

e-cash + nostr is a more viable alternative for most 'dApps' and can even disrupt the cloud-computing industry.

Replying to

Guy Swann

The only major change in my perspective since I realized the shitcoins were all just a giant sham, has been that I no longer feel this urgent need to stop everyone else from doing dumb shit.

I used to feel this sense of obligation, that somehow I was supposed to fix everyone’s stupid. Then I realized what a fucking absurd notion that was. Not only is that battle literally infinite, but going in like you are going to “fix it” doesn’t even seem to work as a strategy.

Now I just look, shrug, tell them my point of view and why I don’t play stupid games, and then I go about my merry way. Not only is it 100x easier and less stressful, it also seems to work better. nostr:note170wkmwnuefxw3hx378n2yr3wzvtvqr2hexukwgcjqw8cv4ragdpqc242d9

sachin 1y ago

Taking notes 📝

Replying to

Daniel Batten

Nostr first announcement:

We’ve now have the capital backing for our first landfill-gas-powered bitcoin mining project

One small step closer to taking the bitcoin network emission negative and ending Bitcoin energy FUD

We’re now turning our attention to identifying as many landfill sites as we can that fit our brief.

If you have contacts in waste management and want to know more about what we’re looking for, send me a Nostr message.

sachin 1y ago

They're beginning to believe

https://www.theverge.com/24112638/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-mining-renewable-energy-hydrogen-study

Replying to

ZEUS

LND coin control

Custom images for connections and wallets

Enhanced Neutrino peer controls

Neutrino ping test

Signet support

Refactors

Bug fixes

sachin 1y ago

Ohhh

Signet would be very useful to onboard new users 👏

Replying to

SGT.FISH

Nostr doesnt need more assholes they are already here but like a townsquare they get ignored

One of the best things of this protocol is the lack of a rage algo

sachin 1y ago

This artwork by Banksy from the UK is a great depiction of a typical Nostr user.

Love is in the air.

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sachin 1y ago

Replying to

ODELL

NOSTR: YOU CAN SAY RETARD WITHOUT GETTING CENSORED.

sachin 1y ago

🫡

Replying to

SGT.FISH

Nostr doesnt need more assholes they are already here but like a townsquare they get ignored

One of the best things of this protocol is the lack of a rage algo

sachin 1y ago

The last line is a banger.

We might have algorithms on some clients here as well with the difference being that on Nostr, we can opt out of those clients and preserve our social graphs.

Replying to

elsat

Yes, meme is stronk here.

My beef with this one is that trade predates the state, and certainly empire. There is no roman empire, just hunger, and hunter gatherers.

First part is a psy-op 😅.

sachin 1y ago

Fixed it for you

sachin 1y ago

Censorship-resistance at the application layer is being solved with Bitcoin and Nostr.

At the Network and Transport layer, we have VPN's, proxies and TOR.

I have not yet discovered solutions for censorship-resistance at the network access layer yet. (This would be the layer where you deal with ISP's)

Replying to

Mike Dilger ☑️

Nostr is about publicity, not privacy. Everything you post is public. Intelligence agencies around the world suck it up and feed it into AI systems that build dossiers about you minable with xkeyscore or whatever. There is no privacy on nostr. Nostr is about being public, being heard and not being censored.

If you want anonymity, you can get that with a VPN or with Tor. These solutions were purpose-built for anonymity. Get your anonymity from those layers, not from nostr. Nostr cannot provide anonymity and it shouldn't try to do something that it would fail at badly.

So this critique is a big nothing-burger.