Will Chaumian Mints unlock Bitcoin's ERC-20 token craziness?
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Asking for a friend: Can I pretend to be able to afford an iPhone if I buy a purple subscription or would I need an actual Damus account present?
Give the QR a white border for better scanability. I bet the cornor markers are not easily recognized by your scanner.
Accidental 👎 :( I didn't know typora. Will check it out.
I did not understand how badges would help here.
I'm pretty sure there is some fancy crypto way to generate a signature with one out of 1000 keys such that the verifier cannot know which of the 1000 did the signature. I'm not so sure if that would work without the participation of the other 999 private keys.
Client feature request: anonymous feedback
Wouldn't it be nice to have a way to give/get anonymous private feedback?
I learned a great rule in life: praise publicly, criticise/correct privately.
Twitter encourages the opposite as you can't 👎 posts you either give a cheap 👍 or share public disagreement or just ignore the tweet. Humans are prone to dig in if called out publicly while getting a sliver of support.
Alice: X is great
Bob: *like*
Carol doesn't want to hurt Alice' feelings but still writes a reply: X is bad because reasons
Dave, Erin and Frank agree with Carol but remain silent as to not get into a fight with their frend. If they don't feel super strong about the topic, they won't even spare a *like* for Carol.
No matter what, Alice will feel offended and fight back without giving Carol's tweet a second thought.
If they could provide private, anonymous feedback, maybe more would give it to Alice. Maybe the author could even attach a proof to be from a certain group. Alice's follows for example. Without this, bots would go rampant on such a feature.
I would certainly want to read such feedback from my follows even if it was just a private 👎 or a short note: "TLDR" ;)
https://github.com/verbiricha/habla should really mention that in the readme or somewhere. And on habla.news, something should link to the repo. It shouldn't be that hard for devs to find this. ❤️
It ain’t sexy… but it’s Linux. Found this last summer when apple first announced. I’m with nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac … gotta get me a sexy vr headset…
Hmm ... tempting. Will have an eye on that. Thanks for the link. I had not known of it.
I'm not sure if such a protocol is compatible with Chaumian mints but I guess it could be:
I want a way that I can issue tokens that the mint can then transfer while I'm offline. I understand that the mint could inflate the supply but my wallet could hold proof of such facts, should people ever come to me to redeem their tokens in excess of the issuance.
Say I forgot my wallet and Alice pays my bill. I could give her 4350 LeoCent tokens to keep track of the debt. If Alice sells my debt to Carol and the mint sells it to Eve, too, my wallet could prove the debt was settled to whoever comes second with token redeem transactions from the mint. As both Eve and Carol would have to also have a reference to the issuance - whatever my wallet signed at issuance - there can be no doubt about this being other $43.50 I might have issued.
A cinema could sell Bob a ticket as a token and should Bob sell it to Dave with Dave arriving at the cinema with the seats taken, the cinema with the mint could prove that the seat was not issued twice, proving that the mint inflated tokens.
I guess this could be done in a way that the mint never learns labels or issuance contracts but in above example, my wallet could have sent Alice the contract and only the hash to the mint. Maybe my debt tokens bear interest. Alice' wallet would equally send the full contract over to Carol etc.
Protocols win. Nobody knows this better than Nostriches.
Several connections just clicked for me. I was in the process of writing a lengthy article about this, but due to a client bug, I'll spare you the million-word version...
Tokens are fun and inspiring. There's not a kid who hasn't drawn up tokens at some point to play with friends. Tokens have also long been big business. Loyalty schemes captured billions of dollars long before Bitcoin was invented. However, each scheme - each token - required its own loyalty card. They were not transferable, even before AML became a thing.
In 2015, ERC-20 was created - a protocol to issue, transfer, and redeem tokens. At the time, I dismissed it because people were putting things on the blockchain - the wrong blockchain, even - that were better done in an SQLite DB run by the issuer. The issuer could provide a public API, sign every change, publish the full change log, etc., and you would have the same security properties minus the immense costs of a blockchain. Still, ERC-20 took the tokenomics retards world by storm! Refined standards were developed. Other shitcoins copied the standards over to their chains, and now we live in a world with more than 500k such tokens, with the top ten combined being valued at over $130 billion.
Back then, I had argued that if only we agreed on an open protocol on how to do tokens with SQLite databases, we could have skipped the use of a blockchain, and almost all the tokens would have worked the same.
Only later did I realize that ERC-20 was such a success because it was an open protocol tailor-made to be integrated into an ecosystem that needed to somehow validate its raison d'etre. Hundreds of ETH wallets jumped at it. Millions of users had the creation of tokens at their fingertips.
Now, Chaumian mints are the open protocol to do tokens with SQLite databases. They are the standard that Bitcoiners might be able to rally around to do tokens as they should have been done from the start. The main piece of the puzzle missing is a way to mint arbitrary tokens - the ERC-20 of Chaumian mints.
I had used nostr:npub107jk7htfv243u0x5ynn43scq9wrxtaasmrwwa8lfu2ydwag6cx2quqncxg 's habla.news for long-form content in the past but now can't find the repo where it's being maintained. https://github.com/verbiricha/habla is "archived" since June without a word of having moved somewhere else. Apparently there was a release in October but where could I get that from?
What other tools do people use to author long-form content, preferably something that doesn't randomly lose 5 pages of thoughts put into words.
I'm happy to announce a new release of [Habla](https://habla.news).
### What's new
- Moderation tools
You can now mute people, hashtags and words and Habla will not show the events that match your moderation settings. The user can choose if they want to mute stuff publicly or privately.
If you use a nostr extension for logging in it might prompt you for decrypting your mute list because of this change but you can choose not to decrypt it and only public mutes will be used. Check out your [moderation page](https://habla.news/moderation) by clicking on the profile menu and selecting "Moderation".
- Reactions in long form articles and highlights
Articles and highlights will now show reactions when rendering on a feed. This allows you to see the engagement a piece of content has and zap or boost it directly from the feed.
- Featured feed
Due to the amount of low-quality and AI-generated content on the "All" feed Habla will now show a featured feed by default instead. You can still switch to the "All" feed in the feed selector under the "Relays" section.
- NIP-05 verification symbol
In order to make it easier to spot impersonators or issues with your NIP-05 a verification symbol is shown next to avatar for verified nostr addresses. The NIP-05 nostr address is also shown in profiles now.
Bugfix: Invalid nostr addresses will no longer be used for human-readable URLs if they can't be verified client side.
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Happy muting, reading & writing!
Please, where is the project hosted these days? https://github.com/verbiricha/habla/ was archived last June, yet this release was later than June. Please link to it from every page footer or something.
This FAQ is also available in Spanish: nostr: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 thanks to nostr:npub138s5hey76qrnm2pmv7p8nnffhfddsm8sqzm285dyc0wy4f8a6qkqtzx624
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## What is Habla News?
[Habla](https://habla.news/) is a Nostr-based platform that allows you to create and manage long-form posts. You could compare it to Medium, yet Habla is so much more than that. Habla is superior to traditional blogging platforms because it is built on top of [Nostr](https://bevstr.com/Nostr/). It is interoperable with a plethora of other [Nostr apps](https://www.nostrapps.com/), which makes the user experience seamless and more engaging. Moreover, thanks to the [Lightning Network](https://www.lopp.net/lightning-information.html), your input – if found valuable by the readers – can and will be instantly rewarded with the best money humanity has ever witnessed: [bitcoin](https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html).
## What is Nostr?
Nostr is a new way to communicate online that provides a ton of benefits for its users. It is free for everyone; you do not require an ID or any other third party verification to start connecting, mingling with like-minded people, and growing the community around you. Nostr is often mistaken for a social media platform, but it is much more than that. We encourage you to check out the Nostr resources gathered [here](https://www.bevstr.com/Nostr/) to realize the potential magnitude of this tool.
## How do I sign into Habla?
To start writing on Habla, simply create an Habla/Nostr account and log in. Follow these [few simple steps](https://nosta.me/) to register, start sharing value, and receive value back.
## How do I earn with Habla?
Habla allows you to receive value directly from your readers. No bank account or ID is required. Simply connect your Lightning address to your Habla / Nostr account and receive funds directly to your wallet – no third parties, no waiting for withdrawals, no sweat. Follow [these simple steps](https://lnshort.it/earn-with-nostr/) to do so.
## Why is posting on Habla different?
The Nostr protocol is super lightweight, which introduces some peculiarities into how the Nostr-based apps must behave. We won't go into technical details, but the most obvious difference you will notice as a content creator is that you'll have to use a different and, possibly, unusual format of text while composing your posts. But fear not; Habla provides tools that make this process easy and intuitive. Here's a quick video by nostr:npub1wkljx5c6a8uccc5etws8ry0y3r4dgavh2dcav0tal4rtmcdl4z2sfu5u0t explaining the basics of posting with Habla (the guide was made prior to the redesign, yet remains useful):
https://nostr.build/p/nb9474.mp4
Habla (and many other Nostr apps) uses the well-established format, which is called Markdown. It has been around for almost a decade now and is supported by most apps you use every day. The reason you might not have heard about Markdown is because traditional apps usually hide it from the user, and we are working on doing so as well. You can find out more about Markdown [here](https://markdown.land/).
## Where is my content stored?
Traditional blogging platforms store your content on their own servers. It is a convenient and (used to be) solid approach, but it bears critical risks. Leaving the fruits of your labor with a single party means they have full control over your content. Nostr fixes this. Every time you post something, your content is broadcast to numerous [relays](https://lnshort.it/nostr-relays) for further storage and redistribution. If any relay operator blocks your post or refuses to redistribute it, your readers can turn to other relays and access your content (do not worry if this sounds complicated; everything happens under the hood). This ensures you never get silenced. That said, Habla does not run its own relay; we've decided to concentrate on what we do best – build an intuitive, efficient, and easy-to-use blogging platform that rewards – and leave the content storage and distribution to the pros in that field.
## How do I post?
Habla provides all the necessary tools to produce rich posts that stand out. Prepare your article, format your text with the help of designated tools, add media, and preview the results prior to publishing. All you need is at your fingertips, and the platform is only getting better and friendlier day by day.
## Who can read my posts on Habla?
Anyone on the Internet can read your posts. However, if your readers would like to interact with your work – be it by following you / commenting / giving value back – they should create a Nostr account. We encourage you to onboard your followers to grow a thriving community and reach new heights. This [quick guide](http://lnshort.it/nostr-welcome/) will help you and your peers get started.
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_This FAQ is a work in progress, and it will evolve as both Habla and Nostr develop into even more powerful tools. Please provide feedback so that I can make it better._
Please, where is the project hosted these days? https://github.com/verbiricha/habla/ was archived last June and nothing links to a repo.
What I want is not really "Linux APIs". I want a headset that I can configure as a 12k by 2k pixel screen and connect it via HDMI. The headset should then simulate that screen at a configurable size and distance. Oh and yeah, it should not phone home.
None of the headsets I have seen so far gives me fomo. If I can't at least also be used as a secondary screen with motion sensor or something with an open API that would just work for linux, I'm not interested.
As an engineer I find IBM looks like the most straight forward. Others are needlessly complicated and probably less reliable.
His attention farming definitely worked well with this one.
Sorry Jameson. What happens on nostr, stays on nostr.
Who is at fault here? The client that deletes stuff it doesn't support/understand or the client that uses nostr in non-standard ways?
So Coracle stores relays one way. If it doesn't find relays that way, it should probably set default relays its way. The destruction probably happened when nostr:npub1vp8fdcyejd4pqjyrjk9sgz68vuhq7pyvnzk8j0ehlljvwgp8n6eqsrnpsw added a follow or something, not when editing the relays.