I agree that upright pianos are a different story, but that’s not what I was referring to in my post. I mean a square grand piano. It’s a different instrument than an upright.
Why square grand pianos are not worth much if anything:
How valuable is a horse & buggy to those who race in NASCAR? Even a fully-restored quality-brand-name horse & buggy will not be wanted in NASCAR.
It’s not up to modern professional standards. It’s a novel antique.
There’s an antique #piano for everyone!
What’s your pick?
More like keyboard instrument as some of these are not pianos lol
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A brief explanation of the size difference in keys for a #Bitcoin wallet, depending on if you use 12 or 24 words.
I see Nostr as a permanent, uncensorable, unalterable, public documentation platform, not a social networking platform, though it works as that too. Maybe if it was advertised as this and not a social media platform, more people might find it interesting
Similar to how Bitcoin is a permanent, uncensorable, unalterable public financial platform.
I believe Nostr is the answer to permanent, public documentation in the same way Bitcoin is, but complimentary. We should use Nostr to do what Bitcoin can’t and use Bitcoin to do what Nostr can’t. This way, everything is permanent and verifiable by anyone anywhere at any time. It forces the accountability we need to heal humanity.
#Bitcoin
Last year the fires made the sky orange. This year the storms made the sky purple.
What could be important about the colors orange and purple?
12 semitones in an octave.
12 words in your Bitcoin seed phrase.
Attach this to your #Bitcoin keys.
It’s for added security.
I have a business profile on #Nostr which is uncensorable and unfuckwithable.
It is verified by an inscription on #Bitcoin which is equally as uncensorable and unfuckwithable.
My business is immortalized.
GFY
#Bitcoin for Businesses
A 2FA business authentication method using Bitcoin and Nostr, two decentralized protocols that are 💯 verifiable by anyone anywhere at any time.
This public business ID does not rely on governments, banks or any third party for legitimacy.
One of our biggest challenges at the moment is digital identity and wondering who to trust. Who is legitimate and who is a bot or clone of a legitimate business? This is a big problem on the internet overall.
All current methods of ID require use of government or some other third party that may not be readily available to everyone globally. #Bitcoin and #Nostr are both global protocols that cannot be controlled, shut down, or manipulated allowing for a permanent, static ID for businesses.
This method requires a Nostr profile npub and an on-chain inscription of your business. If you have a logo, I would suggest a JPEG inscription including your business info.
Let’s start with the Nostr profile. Create a profile on Nostr with a npub and a nsec using any client you prefer. KEEP YOUR NSEC SECRET! You can use an extension like @getAlby for more security. This is how you control your profile. The npub will be what you share publicly.
Set up your Nostr profile for your business including pertinent information such as business name, phone, email, website, address, etc. whatever you need to run your business. Add your logo as your pfp. I used @primal_app
The next part involves a #Bitcoin on-chain inscription. Since it is a jpeg, I believe it is called an ordinal inscription, but that isn’t important. This inscription will essentially be a detailed business card for your business.
Based on my findings, ordinals require specific wallet types to retain the inscription. Here is a guide to jpeg inscriptions. https://www.nervos.org/knowledge-base/guide_to_inscriptions
You will need a taproot enabled wallet. I used a seedsigner with taproot enabled.
I used @Ordinalbot to mint my ID document. It cost around $180 or 280,000 sats which seems a bit pricy, but government business registration & licensing isn’t free either. My JPEG was 59kb in size. I used 14pt font and it is still readable.
In the inscription, you must include the same info in your Nostr profile and your npub. You will also need to include a wallet address that you plan to use for your business. KEEP YOUR INSCRIPTION WALLET AND BUSINESS WALLET SEPERATE. You should have two different wallets.
Your business can use different wallet addresses for actual payments for services if you still wish to maintain some level of privacy; I would expect your wallet software to give you a new address for each tx anyway. Make sure you are providing the address to your client from your Nostr verifiable info to avoid confusion.
The wallet containing your inscription will be a wallet specifically for your inscription. DO NOT use it to pay for things or accept new txs unless you are skilled in coin control. You can freeze the UTXO on @SparrowWallet
Once your inscription has all the correct info (check if correct more than once) you can mint it to the chain. Now you have a block #, tx id, and an inscription on the blockchain that can be viewed by anyone anywhere at any time.
To view yours and other inscriptions, you will need to run a fully synced node with an ordinal explorer app. @Umbrel has this available. Or you can use https://www.ord.io
Going back to your Nostr profile, you can add the tx id, your business wallet address, and block # of your inscription and the inscription itself (jpeg). Both your npub and inscription now exist immutably on two seperate decentralized protocols without use of a third party.
Any question of your Nostr profile can be verified by your inscription and your inscription can be verified by your Nostr profile. Any clones/bots will have a different npub which can be verified by your inscription as it won’t match.
Maybe your business info changes over time and that is okay. You can post any updates to your Nostr profile. Even if you change everything about your business, your npub will remain the same and can still be verified by your inscription.
Besides being able to verify your business identity, other Bitcoin users will be able to audit your business based on the wallet address you provided. This will keep businesses honest and will allow others to know its current value in bitcoin at a glance. Customers will also have a trusted address to pay to if there is a question.
If you’re worried inscription space will run out, there are 2.1 quadrillion satoshis and you only need one to hold an inscription. ~70M have already been inscribed on. If all 8 billion people claimed 3 businesses, that would only be 24B inscriptions, ~0.0011% of total satoshis.
As a service business owner, it is important to be identified for my clients as I will need to be allowed into their home to work on their pianos. It’s also just good to know you’re not talking to a scammer posing as some other business.
Convincing businesses of all sizes to do this will be interesting. I think the tech will be the biggest hurdle. This is all optional like using #Bitcoin or #Nostr is optional.
As a service business, an ID is absolutely necessary. Not many people want an anonymous guy in a beater car wearing a black hoodie to show up expecting to be let into their house for work.
A professional look with ID is much better.
I don’t trust the old system (fiat/govt)
What better way to be a Bitcoin business than to be Identified on #Bitcoin .
Reasoning:
When you start a business you have to:
-register with the govt
-business bank account
-press release
-govt is fake and corrupt
-banks are fake
-media is fake
If I could do the same things but on #Bitcoin , my business would be “registered” but for real.