Dear @blinkbtc user:

I hope one day you will reach the transaction volume limit. And if you are not yet sovereign with your custody, may this be the incentive you need.

Thank you nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qg7waehxw309ahx7um5wgkhqatz9emk2mrvdaexgetj9ehx2ap0qyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yvfww36kumn9d3ekzarn9e3k7mf0qqsglefmxagcu0d7nw4jdkgj9ysqrk9cst0fg44hkz9kzhu39hyt7jsd6rxm0 for giving us the initial help and welcoming... and also letting us walk on our own.

THE SIMPLE ACT OF COLLECTING DATA IS DANGEROUS

Let's illustrate with a silly example: Imagine if you had filmed yourself every time you got drunk, right from the first sip

(ok, assuming you were once a teenager who did a lot of silly things. If you've never drunk, substitute it with anything you wouldn't like to see circulating publicly).

Those videos would be quite embarrassing if shared, right? The best way to avoid that is simply NOT TO FILM.

Even if you try to protect the videos, even if a constitutional amendment guarantees that it's unlawful to try and access those compromising videos... the risk of them leaking later is still greater than if you had never filmed them in the first place.

Well, this directly relates to the new technology for tracking our carbon footprint. They want to measure everything: how and where we travel, what we eat, what we buy. You think that might be useful?

But think about this: such data is like those embarrassing videos. Once they are collected, they exist. And if they exist, there will always be the risk of someone, at some point, accessing them. And using them in a quite unexpected context.

I'll leave it to you guys to comment on what the possible problems are.

Video 02 of the #bitcoin short series

https://video.nostr.build/4645bef103bb1086d36e0029f0ebdca96090e2e1eef151021d438994dd0dd84b.mp4

I'm so excited about nostr. Like being back to the golden age of creativity on the internet

And nostr:npub1andrewygazdj6k05g3u6nu6vaerhlxhctep0nml94ffh9qqntw9strrxaw of course!

Gotta also add a shoutout to nostr:npub13ljnkd633c7maxatymv3y2fqq8vt3qk7j3tt0vytv90eztwgha9qmfcfhw and nostr:npub1gal0y3vuj3c5sme6444ncsr8xcfm9axehfcsuqfamz5v926m6f2s4yz3t2 - thank you so much for all you do, in particular to the recent efforts in Brazil, which are greatly needed

A love letter.

About 25 years ago, the Internet was really, really cool. It was a cradle of ideas. Any kid could play around, remix, and create things... and it might turn out to be a big success.

But then gradually, some boxes started to appear. Friendster and Orkut had a whole universe of information just for those who had an account. Years later, Facebook did the same thing.

Now, there's no grassroots innovation. Good luck to a little kid trying to create something new. No one will see it. Everyone spends all their time on Big Tech apps. To have a chance on the internet today, you need venture capital and spend years burning millions in the red. A bizarre economic model from the fiat world.

Look at the average person. They spend a lot of time online doing what? WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Zoom, TikTok. They really BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE INTERNET!!!

And then they go to sleep to repeat the same thing the next day.

The average user doesn't realize that these are CLOSED apps. You can't do anything creative/interesting in them except follow the exact commands that the overlords have set by architecture for THEIR interests.

(Go on, click like! React to this rage bait, fight among yourselves, stay as long as possible in the app to swallow as many ads as possible)

Nostr makes the internet fun again. Anyone can take the protocol and invent whatever they want.

Think it's silly that certain influencers are "recommended" by the client? You don't have to use that client. There's another Nostr client that doesn't keep pushing suggestions of who to follow.

Annoyed that your feed has a lot of memes? Make a fork and set a rule that you don't want to see Notes that are purely a URL (which indicates someone sharing an image).

THE WORLD IS YOURS

Thank you

nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 - who gave us this gift

nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s - who is brave and ethical fighting Apple App Store crazy demands and resisting shitcoinery offers on daily basis

nostr:npub1wyuh3scfgzqmxn709a2fzuemps389rxnk7nfgege6s847zze3tuqfl87ez - I love your client

nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m - who did a valuable POWER-UP that made the whole difference

nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm - such powerful tool and at the same time encouraging all users to go through the learning curve and fly by themselves eventually with their own wings/server (just loved reading your interaction with nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev and how you encourage us to plug our nodes at a given point but keep using the extension)

and all community members who are here participating in this glorious moment after two decades of proprietary Internet darkness. You guys are awesome! This is a love letter to the difference you all make ❤️

Nostr today has a vibe similar to the Internet in the late 1990s. Lots of interesting things popping up every day. Enthusiastic and open people, you can basically talk to anyone, and they respond to you.

"Anyone not using Nostr is crazy" - Seiiti Arata, January 18, 2024.

nostr:npub1zach44xjpc4yyhx6pgse2cj2pf98838kja03dv2e8ly8lfr094vqvm5dy5 I just went once again to Alby extension, Connected Sites and then removed flare permissions. Then I started all over again and did a screen recording. I'm editing and will send you a Message

I did see this, via Alby extension, a few hours ago and I had authorised. In fact I did it 2 or 3 times because I tried to "clean" authorisations by removing it and then re-logging in. This time, it did not appear. However, after logging in, now I see something different:

So, indeed, I can tell something has changed. But still it's not allowing me to give all authorisations

hi nostr:npub10000003zmk89narqpczy4ff6rnuht2wu05na7kpnh3mak7z2tqzsv8vwqk - there's one feature I'd love to see: can you consider a feature in which I am able to filter out all Notes that are purely a image/video/media? Usually those are just memes, but without extra text/context. For my personal needs, I would prefer to have the option to remove them from the feed.

Just to illustrate what I mean there is a similar feature in, but for Notifications, in nostr:npub1wyuh3scfgzqmxn709a2fzuemps389rxnk7nfgege6s847zze3tuqfl87ez I can do a certain filter in the Notifications tab: I have chosen to make the emoji reactions invisible, so I can focus only on the actual written messages

Sounds great - I'm following you now sir

and thanks nostr:npub1vxd0dfst8ljvwva2egrpc53ve8ru78v8aaxfpravchkexmfmmu3sqnrs50 for sharing

Unfortunately did not work still. And to be sure I did not have cache, I opened a single fresh Incognito window (I did not have other incognito windows/tabs open) and it also did not work

To help, I just zapped flare twice. One signed with the English (this one) and another with the Portuguese. You may be able to see them I guess

Oh, good question! Here in this thread I'm communicating with you with my English npub

nostr:npub187c8yedmqmss7fxtzqya4vphfkazl04lvrz7cp5xghhwzjduc4rqkcwd0t

However, I am using a different npub on flare indeed!!! The Portuguese one:

nostr:npub1vwcy6na4rcx6r43fqyxkhzzdvqufctnx06ywvrnajmq9p3mu27yqxy04ch

Since made 2 payments, would it be possible that I get 2GB for each npub instead of 4GB in the Portuguese one?

Yes - I even tried to open in a fresh incognito window and still same result

c.c. nostr:npub1zach44xjpc4yyhx6pgse2cj2pf98838kja03dv2e8ly8lfr094vqvm5dy5

Unfortunately it did not work. I even tried multiple times to log out, log in again, remove permissions, give permissions once again and it still shows me the modal to purchase 2GB when I click the + icon

Oh! Thanks for the explanation - I thought you made it 😆

Oh man, what a relief!!! Thanks a lot!

🐰🎩 - Revealing a bit of the didactic approach I use

Imagine that I want to talk about something I consider important but has many technical aspects, like the risks of CBDCs.

First and foremost, I like to think about the person who will be listening to me.

Will they be interested, or will they find it boring?

For those who have no prior experience with the topic, it may be excessive to start speaking directly.

The problem with dumping a bunch of technical subject matter is that it can make it seem like it's:

-boring (doesn't seem relevant or interesting),

-complicated (doesn't make sense, hard to understand, terms defined that haven't been explained), or

-gibberish (the reaction is "wow, what you're saying is crazy talk, man" without the person even understanding).

To facilitate communication, one way is to start by talking about something they already understand. Put them in an imaginary situation. Show them things they can verify (e.g., serial numbers on banknotes, as shown in the video below), and then finally touch on the topic I want to address (the risks of CBDCs).

Let me know what you think of this teaching method. If you have other examples or approaches to share, I appreciate it. Let's learn and improve together.

https://video.nostr.build/5fbe4685c849675fbf38bae6a89b732cd4123324affa81aad08d053d5ba327bb.mp4

nostr:npub1zfss807aer0j26mwp2la0ume0jqde3823rmu97ra6sgyyg956e0s6xw445 nostr:npub18z6qteykzjp4czp6uypnnrz3qv2u8gpkdnazwy2ejhneayj9zpvqzvn6df will you please let us know when we can do Login with extension?

I'm sharing it with friends and asking them to create a new pair of keys to play around in the meantime