Stays on Nostr are essentially made up numbers that don't matter. I remember when the BTC Zapped jumped like 100 in a few days because of people spamming 😂
GM! Doc I need some #DocChain advice. I haven't ran a 5K in over two weeks 😭😭😭 I hurt my knee somehow. I don't remember twisting it or doing anything that hurt it. Two+ weeks ago it felt different laying in bed and the next morning it hurt bit. I ran a 5K that day. It hurt more that night. Next morning it was still not feeling 100%, but after moving around it was fine I thought. I could run without issue so I ran another 5K. That afternoon my knee really hurt and became really stiff. It was noticably bad. I haven't ran since. It doesn't hurt now, but it's a bit uncomfortable and gets stiff if I don't move it. It's odd. It feels like there's something stuck or pressure under the knee cap or on the side of my knee. Katie wants me to go get X-rays. I assumed I'm old and somehow hurt myself and it would be fine in a couple weeks. Thoughts? 😂👀
Similar to meditation, I would guess? Good morning 🌄
I'm good. I had some leftover sausage gravy and biscuits for breakfast, am finishing a cup of coffee, and awaiting this SQL import to finish. Life is good.
Sometimes you gotta have multiple available within an arms reach 🥹
Yes, I sung the chorus from Blondie - Maria as soon as I saw your reply 🥹 Good morning! 🫂🤙🏻💜
Hmm. I can't remember what I was thinking about earlier and it's going to bug me for a very long time. Good morning 🌄
Absolutely. A smile because of your life partner fixes most things in life 🥹
Thanks for the feet!
What is the Nostr Outbox Model? #HOWDONOSTR
The Nostr Outbox Model (NIP-65) allows users to define which relays they want to use for sending notes directly within their profile, improving efficiency and relay management. By declaring this in a special event kind via their profile relay settings, users set preferences on where their events should be sent. This reduces user confusion and fuels decentralization.
The simplest take away here is that users no longer need to have a shared common relay between them to communicate. Clients handle all of the heavy lifting for them. This change simplifies both the client experience and relay coordination, aligning with decentralized social networking principles.
With the Outbox Model, users can use a variety of small and community relays, and still communicate with one another.
What does this look like and how does this work in practice? https://how-nostr-works.pages.dev/#/outbox
Here is a great article on the Outbox model by nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn if you'd like to learn more: https://habla.news/u/hodlbod@coracle.social/8YjqXm4SKY-TauwjOfLXS
Any recommendations on a good paid relay ?
someone told me nostr.wine ? thoughts 💭
#asknostr #question
I've been using nostr.wine since launch and I'll say that it's probably the most consistent and best paid relay that we have across this ecosystem.
Growing Nostr is hard. Not because we don't have the tools, but because it requires the hard work of many of us, not just the few. Decentralization is great, however this means that no centralized growth team is going to step in and do the work that's needed. We'll have to rely on a multitude of people to accomplish this. These people will be cultivating and nurturing Nostr's growing ecosystem. They're seeking out unique communities, on-boarding new users, and educating them on the tools at hand, so that new users can create their own spaces on Nostr.
These have been initiatives of mine since the beginning days here. I love building communities, helping people use technology, and speaking about my passions.
Many people across Nostr are working on similar initiatives, trying to #grownostr and foster community. nostr:npub1hz5alqscpp8yjrvgsdp2n4ygkl8slvstrgvmjca7e45w6644ew7sewtysa is one of them. We spoke at extent last week about her current project. She volunteered at the Nostr Booth that I organized at nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r a few months ago, got purple pilled in the process, and is now planning on doing similar initiatives at three Latin American conferences coming up soon.
I had a conversation with the organizer of LaBitConf in Prague, who expressed a strong interest in having a Nostr presence at his upcoming conference. He asked that I replicate the same level of involvement he witnessed in Prague, including a booth, speakers, panels, and more. He clearly recognized the significance of Nostr and was eager to feature it prominently at his event. Unfortunately, I had to decline, as it’s not feasible for me to attend every conference. However, this is where the strength of the Nostr community comes in—others can step up and make it happen.
This is what Tanja is doing! Check out her project.
I had a similar issue a couple of months ago. It was because I was following too many people and they had to edit a database field to allow larger contact lists. Maybe a similar issue with your profile? nostr:nprofile1qqsdv8emcke7k3qqaldwv956tstu40ejg663gdsaayuuujs6pknw7jspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2uc86mqq0 can you check when you have time?
What is Zapvertising? #HOWDONOSTR
An entirely new market is emerging as a result of the development of Nostr and Zaps. Zapvertising has pioneered the idea of "Zaps for ads" businesses. This is an exciting development that has the potential to revolutionize the way that advertising is conducted online.
Zapvertising is a new type of advertising that is based on the use of Zaps, which are small amounts of bitcoin that can be sent to other users of the Nostr protocol. When a Zapvertisement is sent, a link, video, or text message is also sent to the user along with the bitcoin. This is a much more direct and transparent way of advertising than traditional methods, which often rely on user data and tracking. With Zapvertising, advertisers are paying users to view their advertisement.
The emergence of "Zaps for ads" businesses is a sign that there is a growing demand for new and innovative ways to advertise. Zapvertising is one promising solution to this problem, and it is likely to continue to grow in popularity in the years to come.
Thus far, I've witnessed at least three new businesses emerge in this space. It will be interesting to watch how these businesses differentiate between one another and what services they offer to both advertisers and to Zapvertisement recipients.
Welcome new Nostriches! Welcome to Nostr! Nostr has a large and passionate community with an equally diverse and thriving ecosystem. Use this note to help navigate this decentralized and censorship resistant communication protocol.
Videos:
Watch why social media is broken and how we aim to fix it by nostr:nprofile1qqs0ulmtcmmn8zmkh0uqmdqz4hn9j5lzpvhj8enw3xpqfd3ucsjnngcpr9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucm9wf3kzarjdamxztndv5qs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9h8qmr9vfejuer99jegvc
Take the Nostr 101 course with nostr:nprofile1qqsqqx9hacelkffcgd3ecchzjtlvwq9xn2fmprhrwnzmm2t3exee2eqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqrswwax
Learn about Nostr's permissionless nature with nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9uhxtnyd9nkwmm09e3k7mgprpmhxue69uhkvet9v3ehgu3wdehhxarjxyhxxmmdqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytndd9jxgmrfdenjumtev3h8xtn2wqergaw8
Tear down your technical and social silos with myself and several Nostr developers https://youtu.be/SSFVR5ZXOuA
Podcasts:
Listen to nostr:nprofile1qqstsw3gkljwt5stm9svt7htvcjlj4ffze4chkcyt4pxxj30xkgeg5qpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdux3wqdz and nostr:nprofile1qqs9kqvr4dkruv3t7n2pc6e6a7v9v2s5fprmwjv4gde8c4fe5y29v0spr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t08zskr9 on Plebchain Radio. Many of their episodes are Nostr focused and very informative.
https://fountain.fm/show/0N6GGdZuYNNG7ysagCg9
Take a more technical approach to Nostr with nostr:nprofile1qqsf03c2gsmx5ef4c9zmxvlew04gdh7u94afnknp33qvv3c94kvwxgspr4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt4w35ku7thv9kxcet59e3k7mf0adfqrk on the Thank God for Nostr podcast. https://fountain.fm/show/vnmoRQQ50siLFRE8k061
Articles:
Discover the basics of Nostr from nostr:nprofile1qqsrtv3u6qkj6a09tnhr3l0wy67g9uw3t57ftqyqpvztpk3wmd6306spzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0tsdfc0
https://river.com/learn/what-is-nostr/
Take a thorough deep drive and learn all about Nostr from nostr:nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6mpd4czuumfw3jsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsq3yamnwvaz7tmsw4e8qmr9wpskwtn9wvql3tqm
https://www.lynalden.com/the-power-of-nostr/
Guides on Nostr:
Browse the #HOWDONOSTR hashtag on Nostr and follow my notes explaining several Nostr concepts and features.
Ask your questions with the #asknostr hashtag.
***NEW***
These are from my recent presentations at Nostriga and Baltic Honeybadger 2024:
Nostr 101: https://drive.proton.me/urls/JVV955JXRM#auCM2PWcCBuC
Being your own algorithm: https://drive.proton.me/urls/1NQPW740V8#Lqm46NkK3Pzz
Browse the ecosystem:
Visit https://nostr.how and explore all the ins and outs of the protocol yourself.
Nostr has dozens of other applications and use cases beyond Twitter like social clients. Nostr gives us a portable digital social identity that we can take with us and hop from app to app across the ecosystem. Find your next social app here https://nostrapps.com
Is it just me or does the guy look like nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 Shaolin Monk Edition
I agree here. Having to go to an external website to manage them even in clients that support them is a huge hurdle itself.
I use Nostream for this. Only my wife and I can write to nostr-relay.derekross.me but the world can read from it.
0xChat is a chat app. I have medium luck with this.
Amber is a key management app. I use this for signing into Amethyst and 0xChat.
Citrine is a local relay on your phone. I use this with both Primal and Amethyst.
Mutiny Wallet is a Bitcoin and Lightning wallet that lets you sign with your Nostr private key for social features.
Wavlake is a music app that allows you to listen to music, duh, but also zap and updates your Nostr status to the song you're listening to.
Fountain is a podcast and music app that allows you to follow, share, comment, and zap with Nostr.
Voyage is another Nostr social app but I haven't used it in a while.
Nostros is a other one that I haven't used in a while.
nostrapps.com for more.
#HOWDONOSTR - How do I use Nostr?
Nostr is much, much more than a Twitter alternative. Nostr allows us to have portal digital social identities that we can use in various applications and capacities. For this next iteration of #HOWDONOSTR I'll focus on a few of the applications that I use and the various ways that I use Nostr.
Since we know that Nostr uses a public and private key pair and keeping our private key safe is of utmost importance, we'll start this off with the basics and then move on to relays, before discussing applications.
* On my desktop, to login to and utilize the various applications, I'll use the Alby web browser extension to manage my private key. This works with Chrome, Brave, Firefox, etc. You can install it here: https://getalby.com
* On my Android phone, I'll use the Amber application to keep my private key safe when using native applications that support it. You can download Amber here: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber
* I'll also use the Kiwi web browser for accessing many web applications. With the Kiwi browser, I'll use the Nostr Connect extension because it's more lightweight than Alby. You can download Kiwi Browser for Android here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser
You can install the extension here: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/nostr-connect/ampjiinddmggbhpebhaegmjkbbeofoaj
Nostr allows us to be in-charge of our digital social identity and allows us to be in-charge of our entire social graph. We can accomplish this by running our own relay. I do this in two parts.
* I run a private local relay on my Android phone. This allows me to easily write offline notes and save all of my drafts to my phone where they are not accessible by anyone but myself. I do this with the Citrine application. You can download it here: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Citrine
* I also run a publicly accessible relay that only my wife and myself and have write access. That means that no one else can save their social information to my relay, but everyone in the world can access my relay to read our notes and events. I use the Nostream relay for this. You can get started with Nostream here: https://github.com/cameri/nostream
Do I need to run two relays? Maybe not, but I do, because I can. Nostr allows me to easily do these more technical things if I want to do them, allowing me to be fully in control of my entire social graph and social identity.
Now that I have my private key being secured and managed and my notes and events are stored on my personal relays, I'm ready to start using various Nostr applications!
My number one daily driver is Amethyst for Android. It allows me to login via Amber to keep my private key safe. It allows me to easily use my private relay that runs on my smartphone. I use Amethyst because of the number of features that it supports, integrating with many other Nostr clients and various aspects of the protocol. From AI generated feeds of notes, to a bitcoin powered marketplace, to live streams and more. However, Amethyst does suffer from some stability issues and causes me headaches from time to time. Because of this, I also use Primal. Primal is smooth and stable. It lacks some of the extras that Amethyst has, but if I want an experience that just works, I choose Primal.
Nostr really shines on the web. Most of Nostr's Other Stuff clients are not native applications for Android and iOS, they're web applications - regular websites powered by Nostr. Remember, to securely use these applications, you'll need one of the web browsers and extensions that I mentioned above. Alternatively, you can also use many of these with nsec.app. This website runs a Nostr nsecBunker in your web browser, allowing this application to function as a secure key management application.
* Snort.social or Iris.to are popular clients, but not performing for me as well as they used to, so now I'm using Primal.net and Coracle.social more and more. Primal is very stable and simple, but Coracle is loaded with features that keep bringing me back. Coracle's new custom feeds feature is a game changer, however the UI is a bit much and may seem overly complicated.
* For audio chats, I listen to NostrNests.com where people chat with friends and Plebchain Radio hosts their weekly podcast. I used to do weekly shows here every Monday, but it's been a while for me.
* Zap.stream is a Twitch or YouTube alternative for video consumption. Here, I watch friends and streamers here, interacting with them live, chatting, zapping, and consuming all that they have to offer. Sometimes it's weekly podcast shows, sometimes it's gamers playing video games, or sometimes it's just developers hacking away at code during a live coding session.
* I use Highlighter.com for reading long form notes or blog posts, but I also use Highlighter for sometimes writing my own. Content creators can also use Highlighter to create subscription tiers, similar to Patreon. I don't use that feature, but it's nice to have for those looking to fund their content in other ways similar to what exists elsewhere on the web.
* I use listr.lol to manage my Nostr lists, to help me organize npubs that I follow.
* I use metadata.nostr.com to restore my Nostr profile, including my contact list, if a rogue client accidentally deletes or alters my contact list in a way that I didn't intend. This does happen from time to time. We're early.
* I use w3.do to create Nostr powered shortlinks for sharing with others.
* I use Wavlake to listen to music, supporting artists in a value for value manner. I use this application on the web and I use this application on my Android phone too.
* I use Shopstr.store to sell items, such as old Android phones. I've sold 3 via this Nostr powered marketplace.
* Tunestr.io is a website similar to Zap.stream, but it's specifically for live musical performances.
* I use Zap.store to manage applications on my Android phone as an alternative to Google Play or Obtainium.
I use these applications the most, but many more applications exist across the Nostr ecosystem. I encourage you to check out https://www.nostrapps.com from time to time and see what's available.
Congratulations. I wouldn't say I've used them all that much the past few years either. It's pretty easy to nuke'em. Let's go!
No that’s why nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 is on iOS now 😂💜
I’m just testing. I would not say I’m an iOS user. I’m just doing market research!
Secretly taking a photo of a nym and posting their photo online is an asshole move. Don't be an asshole.
me: oh cool, my flight to nostriga has a layover in paris.
katie: if you go to paris without me im getting a divorce.
We need better scammers. Craig set the bar too low.
Building your community and focusing on making those connections is a great start. No programming needed there.
be your own algorithm. engage with people that comment on your notes. engage with people that post notes in your feed. use the global tab. use the conversation tab. find nostriches that are active and let them know that you're active too! boost your own notes when applicable. help nostriches find your content. rinse and repeat. proof of work goes a long way in a community that appreciates value.
shower thoughts with derek... when the #bitcoin block reward subsidy is so small that it would essentially be dust or an unspendable UTXO, we'll see miners consolidating their subsidy UTXOs in their mined blocks.
How do we convince the masses of this? How do we help them understand this innovation?
Bitcoin can't be created out of thin air with the press of a button or the the ink of a printing press. It takes energy to create and we can never create more than 2.1 quadrillion satoshis or 21 million bitcoin. You can't say those things about fiat currencies. It's digitally scarce and backed by energy. That's it's value. Plus, it's decentralized and no one can control it.
Good morning, Nostr! Pura vida! As we get closer to #Nostrica, I get more excited to meet fellow Nostriches and Bitcoiners. You are my people.
Should we make March a Nostr only month? No Twitter. Nostr only. That gives you exactly one week to get your Twitter fix in.
Who's with me?
All sats are rare.
It's a long and complicated process. First, I enter all of the relays onto a spreadsheet. Then, I go into my kitchen cabinet and find the box of angel hair spaghetti. I then choose a single strand of spaghetti for each relay that I have entered on my spreadsheet. Next, I break each piece of spaghetti into a specific length, making sure that no piece is within 1 inch of another one. The next part is crucial to this process. I ask my wife to boil a pot of water for me. While, that's boiling, I take careful measurements and assign each piece of spaghetti a relay ID on my spreadsheet. Once the water is boiling, I instruct my wife to cook the spaghetti and to let me know when it's done. When the spaghetti is cooked, I carefully remove each piece as to not break, rip, or stretch the individual strands. Next, I throw those fuckers at the wall. Whichever ones stick, I pull off of the wall and measure their length. I then compare the lengths to the spreadsheet and find the approximate corresponding value. The relays that have corresponding spaghetti that sticks are then saved onto my Nostr profile.