?w=360They won one more Super Bowl off his coattails and went down hill from there, haha
Iām starting to think I should have teed it up with explaining how Bankr works (which was launched permissionlessly by a user named Deployer). Itās built on X, but not by X.
The short version it is an AI agent that can be summoned to transfer tokens to other X users, swap tokens, and I believe now it even supports launching tokens.
Effectively everyone on X now has an Ethereum address, although it isnāt custodied by the user. However, they, and only they, can send it to a wallet they do custody when they want, if they want.
Hope that sets up the scene better :)
What's the point of zaps if you don't know who sent it to you?
If Twitter displayed zaps, great š.
To zap someone youād give the agent a command on š processed by LLM like āHey @@agent zap @@so-and-so 50 zapsā
Well, unless if youāre running your own node, you donāt truly own your wallet anyway. So yeah, the š one is custodial like most of the wallets here are, but you could always command the agent to transfer it to a wallet you custody when youāre ready/if youāre ready.
Tried to zap you, btw, but it wouldnāt go through :)
It wouldnāt be issued by X.
Itās a sign not to be healthy
It would be theoretically possible to issue everyone on š a Lightning Wallet permissionlessly just the same way Bankr did for Ethereum.
One can also make an agent that would facilitate zaps.
Would this be a good thing for the LN ecosystem? Or is it straying away from some ideals/principles?
#asknostr #bitcoin #lightning #nostr
This is wild! ļæ¼
nostr:note1yhpp52rypr6daw5psy76sqmackrjxx0thxy04z58z5wy8ggrlh7ssqejyj
Yep, itās possibleā¦just requires some configuring! Iām partially there, just have to finish the job.
I kind of like my NIP, so I want to ride with it as an LN, haha
You could connect nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm Hub to your own node and have a @getalby.com LN address
Thanks man, I have the hub installed but havenāt done anything with it. A good reminder for me to revisit
Ahhh, I see. Looks tasty! Enjoy!
Read about it a few days agoā¦the curious part of me wants to get my hands dirty with my own vanity LN and the journey to getting there, haha. I have my own BTC node, LN node, channels openā¦just gotta finish off the job
Have tried em all ā¦ all the mobile clients and all wallets
NWC is unreliable and clunky
The simplest, most robust config is nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 + nostr:npub1hcwcj72tlyk7thtyc8nq763vwrq5p2avnyeyrrlwxrzuvdl7j3usj4h9rq with auto zap feature enabled. Simple, no nonsense, no frills
Never got NWC to work properly
#grownostr #plebchain
Iām using Primal now for my wallet but Iām gonna try to see if I can take more custody with my Umbrel
Thereās nothing wrong with some good ol bar food that isnāt foo foo
Lettuce being used for the wrapping?
*This is a long form note of a post that lives on my Nostr educational website [Hello Nostr](https://hellonostr.xyz).*
When most people stumble across Nostr, they see is as a 'decentralized social media alternative' ā something akin to Twitter (X), but free from corporate control. But the full name, "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays", gives a clue that thereās more to it than just posting short messages. The 'notes' part is easy to grasp because it forms almost everyone's first touch point with the protocol. But the 'other stuff'? Thatās where Nostr really gets exciting. The 'other stuff' is all the creative and experimental things people are building on Nostr, beyond simple text based notes.
Every action on Nostr is an event, a like, a post, a profile update, or even a payment. The 'Kind' is what specifies the purpose of each event. Kinds are the building blocks of how information is categorized and processed on the network, and the most popular become part of higher lever specification guidelines known as [Nostr Implementation Possibility - NIP](https://nostr-nips.com/). A NIP is a document that defines how something in Nostr should work, including the rules, standards, or features. NIPs define the type of 'other stuff' that be published and displayed by different styles of client to meet different purposes.
> Nostr isnāt locked into a single purpose. Itās a foundation for whatever 'other stuff' you can dream up.
>
# Types of Other Stuff
The 'other stuff' name is intentionally vague. Why? Because the possibilities of what can fall under this category are quite literally limitless. In the short time since Nostr's inception, the number of sub-categories that have been built on top of the Nostr's open protocol is mind bending. Here are a few examples:
1. Long-Form Content: Think blog posts or articles. [NIP-23](https://nostr-nips.com/nip-23).
2. Private Messaging: Encrypted chats between users. [NIP-04](https://nostr-nips.com/nip-04).
3. Communities: Group chats or forums like Reddit. [NIP-72](https://nostr-nips.com/nip-72)
4. Marketplaces: People listing stuff for sale, payable with zaps. [NIP-15](https://nostr-nips.com/nip-15)
5. Zaps: Value transfer over the Lightning Network. [NIP57](https://nostr-nips.com/nip-57)
)
# Popular 'Other Stuff' Clients
Here's a short list of some of the most recent and popular apps and clients that branch outside of the traditional micro-blogging use case and leverage the openness, and interoperability that Nostr can provide.
### Blogging (Long Form Content)
- [Habla](https://habla.news/) - *Web app for Nostr based blogs*
- [Highlighter](https://highlighter.com/) - *Web app that enables users to highlight, store and share content*
### Group Chats
- [Chachi Chat](https://chachi.chat/) - *Relay-based (NIP-29) group chat client*
- [0xchat](https://github.com/0xchat-app) - *Mobile based secure chat*
- [Flotilla](https://flotilla.social/) - *Web based chat app built for self-hosted communities*
- [Nostr Nests](https://nostrnests.com/) - *Web app for audio chats*
- [White Noise](https://github.com/erskingardner/whitenoise) - *Mobile based secure chat*
)
### Marketplaces
- [Shopstr](https://shopstr.store/) - *Permissionless marketplace for web*
- [Plebeian Market](https://plebeian.market/) - *Permissionless marketplace for web*
- [LNBits Market](https://github.com/lnbits/nostrmarket#nostr-market-nip-15---lnbits-extension) - *Permissionless marketplace for your node*
- [Mostro](https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro) - *Nostr based Bitcoin P2P Marketplace*
### Photo/Video
- [Olas](https://github.com/pablof7z/snapstr/releases) - *An Intragram like client*
- [Freeflow](https://github.com/nostrlabs-io/freeflow) - *A TikTok like client*
### Music
- [Fountain](https://fountain.fm/) - *Podcast app with Nostr features*
- [Wavlake](https://wavlake.com/) - *A music app supporting the value-for-value ecosystem*
)
### Livestreaming
- [Zap.stream](https://zap.stream/) - *Nostr native live streams*
### Misc
- [Wikifreedia](https://wikifreedia.xyz/) - *Nostr based Wikipedia alternative*
- [Wikistr](https://wikistr.com/) - *Nostr based Wikipedia alternative*
- [Pollerama](https://pollerama.fun/) - *Nostr based polls*
- [Zap Store](https://zapstore.dev) - *The app store powered by your social graph*
)
The 'other stuff' in Nostr is what makes it special. Itās not just about replacing Twitter or Facebook, itās about building a decentralized ecosystem where anything from private chats to marketplaces can thrive.
The beauty of Nostr is that itās a flexible foundation. Developers can dream up new ideas and build them into clients, and the relays just keep humming along, passing the data around.
Itās still early days, so expect the 'other stuff' to grow wilder and weirder over time!
You can explore the evergrowing 'other stuff' ecosystem at [NostrApps.com](https://nostrapps.com/), [Nostr.net](https://nostr.net/) and [Awesome Nostr](https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr).
I think of Nostr as more like digital identity