We won’t condemn the ACINQ/Phoenix folks for leaving the US market. Yes, it’s disappointing, but we understand the position. We as US citizens need to fight the regulatory battle on our own grounds.

What we will condemn them for is building a closed garden product akin to something that will come out of Silicon Valley, with no ability to switch LSPs in app or open your own channels.

We’re building something with the complete opposite dynamics over at ZEUS, and we welcome all the exiled Phoenix users from the US with open arms.

Welcome. Things are different here.

yeah pretty much. 60 hour stream of consciousness AND SEND!

What's the best meme account on Nostr?

mrs allen: “proofreading is for pussies. hit send and let’s go!”

Very bullish on nostr-a-year-from-now. So much building happening.

Twitter doesn't give you a choice to choose your feed algo though. Not sure what you mean.

yesterday i unfollowed everyone on twitter to reset and test the algorithm.

my experience generally stayed the same, with a pretty high quality of signal. it will only get better, towards what tiktok was able to do.

the algorithm isn’t the problem. the problem arises when the algorithm is a black box, can’t be turned off, or can’t be replaced by another one someone else wrote.

being able to choose if an algorithm is used, and which one is used, is key. no one is done this well yet. twitter is the only one that allows a choice in the first place.

Nostr needs more memes and shitposting in general. That's what gets people to stick.

- Zaps are fun, but not the as important as we thought (maybe in the future?)

- Normies don't care about censorship resistance

- Social payment (Venmo like) is really good here, it will get much better

- DVMs are really really far out, testing with Unleashed.chat not even 1% of the userbase uses it.

I think the cross application of the network graph is the best supper power Nostr has.

An example is long form note with note replies, Nostr likes, Nostr zaps, being discovered by a Nostr backed site completely unrelated to Nostr twitter.

It's when ppl have no idea Nostr is the rails.

nostr:note19aldr26lyw2lqatcgqscyt3kpq76hcpwtwmglypvqqgx3m27fsaswa8rr6

this

nostr:note1lhn7nak9q5q524jhcs6zwpgjlgxa5nyh6t9833j5tejap4mwf9hqazgpg3

My understanding of #Bitcoin begins and ends with my individual needs. Other people understand it in different ways according to their needs and how they use it.

It's just software ultimately. One can understand that by reading the code.

Philosophy and real world use is where the really interesting things happen, in my opinion. That is hard to understand as a single person.

I agree that this is good. It indicates to me that it changes the world in a rare and meaningful way.

Primal feature request time!

Let us know what you would like to see next in Primal. What’s missing? What’s busted? What irritates you? What are your hopes and dreams?

Tell us and we will make it so. 🫡

If you create a functional circular Bitcoin and lightning economy where you live , you will have done more damage to the state than a standing army. And will have brought options to those who go had none.

Yeah. I’m thinking we’re going to win.

People forgot how to be friends with people they disagree.

The true existential problem.

Speed reading is bullshit anyway. Reading is not the same as comprehension and comprehension is not the same as application.

Grateful. Love ya'll 💜🫂