Run a lightning node if you want to lose money.

You could fire 9/10 bureaucrats in government and literally nothing bad would happen.

It’s crazy to think iPhones can lose all access to self custodial wallet apps overnight, but it could happen. nostr:note1ma5guhwpz6hl8txgwnwe3mhyk004kna4upgh9z5rrtc5t69ccffs9rjjl3

I feel like I don’t use primal enough to have a valid opinion… but I’m not a fan of the whole top zaps thing. I’ve always felt like it’s nobody’s business what someone gives or chooses to give so the whole top zapper thing feels very clout-chasey and fiat minded. nostr:note1pcetwpu2fgaw8letuk7qpaqx7sfa6qrcqm3akyvgtmr6tsrvrztqpdyah5

Calling it “p2p” is ceding ground.

It’s just commerce… it’s trading.

p2p is not the anomaly; intermediated commerce is.

Mortgage rates in Italy are back below 2% for a 20y fixed. 🤯

Think about that for a second. I don't know what the real inflation rate is but it's certain that the banks are losing at least 5-7% now, and swallowing the uncertainty of the next 20 years.

Makes you wonder what their real incentives are...

They know they are losing so they are coming after you and your money and your privacy. They will do everything in their power to gain control over you.

What you are seeing is just the beginning.

There is no red and blue, it's just them vs you.

Be prepared

You could fire 9/10 bureaucrats in government and literally nothing bad would happen.

People will probably fall into 2 camps here:

1. Zaps are great, and are the signal / what makes nostr work with v4v

2. Payments and social may send mixed signals, ego stroking etc... so payments should not be emphasized.

I see that Primal has positioned itself as a social bitcoin wallet vs. a nostr client with a bitcoin wallet. So, I think from that angle, it makes sense to push hard ton zaps / seamless wallet integration etc. It's more about highlightning bitcoin than nostr, though both play well together.

Personally, I got one foot in each camp. I feel like if you position your client as bitcoin-centric, then by all means, lean into it. But if you wish to lean into the nostr aspects and not care as much about payments, by all means don't emphasize payments.

I don't know which is better positioning - but I suspect the vast majority of people out there don't care as much about zaps as we think they might. I suspect that we have created a bubble for ourselves in thinking that zaps are the winning feature, when in reality people likely don't care.

This is not to say that I don't like zaps or I'm not optimistic about v4v micro payments. I would like for all of it to work.

The beauty of nostr and the fact that it's so early, is that we can test all of these things and see what sticks. Personally, I would love to see a nostr client that has zero bitcoin features, and leans into fiat subs instead. I suspect that this client will gain more broader appeal, especially if it does a great job delivering non-bitcoin content to new users.

I think one of the problems we are not acknowledging currently in Nostr is the lack of content variety, and there's a lot of focus on everything else BUT the problem that makes nostr not sticky. You join, you see nothing but bitcoin talk, you leave. I'd like to see clients push for content creation / surfacing features.

Each 21 sat are unique 👀

One of the big lessons of Samourai is since every user maintained custody, no user lost anything even when the ship went down, assuming they backed up their seed phrase.

#selfcustody

Awesome, I've got a collection of ~400 songs in my media library that I just play when I'm out walking the dog or doing stuff around the house. It's mostly hard rock from the 80's and 90's and a few classics from the 60's and 70's. I'm trying to expand and explore my musical horizons but most things I find on Spotify etc just leave me cold (especially if they came out after 2000).

If you've got any suggestions for some metal bands I'd love to hear them.

Personally I couldn’t care less about the “top zap” thing in Primal. Zaps can be fun and an acknowledgment of a useful or interesting note but I think it is often through comments on notes where the real signal is found. The advantage of Nostr being an open protocol though is that people are free to choose to use whichever client allows them to use Nostr in the way that they want to use it.

Twitter makes me sad every time I go there. What makes me even more sad are those people I love and respect refusing to even try nostr. They stay on twitter just being basted in hatred and negativity.

One more proof: the banking system is the best tool for money laundering or evade sanctions by those in power in dictatorial countries. Dictators don't need #Bitcoin  wallets or mixers, they prefer banks, and better for them if it is western banks.

For some reason, the current AML/CFT rules do not work to prevent such cases. Will #Raiffeisen Bank be held accountable by #SDNY, #ECB and #FATF?

BTW, Raiffeisen Bank has no problem de-risking such organisation as Open Dialogue Foundation, but prefers to work with Putin's regime.

Why hasn’t anyone who laundered money for Jeffrey Epstein been arrested?