back & building
that bad guys always have to break the party :(
clients, specially open source clients, SHOULD have opinions.
And if you don't agree with them you fork and write your opinions like nostr:npub1t0nyg64g5vwprva52wlcmt7fkdr07v5dr7s35raq9g0xgc0k4xcsedjgqv did with Amethyst!
That's open source software doing what it's supposed to do!
I guess, for the average user, the only option is switching to a different client. And it would be a good service to the users if the developers make this settings/opinions public and transparent.
Boom. My new book, Broken Money, is now available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG83QBJ6
I will formally announce it later today, so I guess this is the initial Nostr exclusive. It’s not even searchable on Amazon yet since it is still being incorporated into their wider database. But if you have that link, it is ready for purchase.
The ebook, audiobook, and other print distribution partners will be rolled out over time.
Thank you everyone for your support! This has been a wonderful project to work on, and it will hopefully educate more people about the current problems in the global monetary system and the solutions that Bitcoin has to offer people around the world.
my reading list is getting longer and longer, but here we go again, adding this to it.
oh, nostr has some drama thanks to primal. Well, I guess every honeymoon period has it's end.
gm #coffechain ☕️
Phew, it's been a while since I've been active here but I'm slowly getting back in the saddle!
Welcomed our second For Privacy child into the world recently and things have been joyfully turned upside down as a result 😁
Quick thread of random updates 🧵
I... spent all my Monero 😅
Didn't expect it to happen so soon, but between onboarding locals to Monero, donating to FOSS projects, funding CCS proposals, and using Cake Pay and CoinCards it went quickly.
Thankfully the options for restocking are getting better by the day!
Shoutout to LocalMonero and Trocador for being amazing tools for onboarding people (and myself) to Monero directly.
I shut down my public Lightning node 🥲
After months of frustration dealing with downed channels and failed payments, I finally gave up on running my own 24/7 node (for now).
I'll circle back eventually, but for now have migrated to using PhoenixWallet w/ splicing via Tor.
I'm also testing out nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 new LSP and in-wallet node, and will hopefully be using it full time moving forward:
My hot take for Lightning moving forward is that only LSP models will be viable for 99.9% of people, and we need to figure out good ways to do the LSP model without sacrificing transactional privacy.
I got invited (again, surprisingly!) to speak at this years Hacker's Congress at Paralelni Polis in Prague!
While my presentation isn't ironed out, my aim is to speak on the options for scaling Bitcoin outside of Lighting, i.e. drivechains, trustless zk-rollups, covenants.
I discovered an amazing FOSS weather app, Breezy Weather 🌧️
https://github.com/breezy-weather/breezy-weather
I've been living entirely without a weather app as I couldn't find any good options, but love that this is FOSS and has strong pro-privacy weather providers and options.
I've started using Obtanium to install/update almost all of my Android apps 🔽
https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium
Obtainium is an absolutely fantastic app that lets you add app sources from all over (Github, F-Droid, websites, you name it) and track updates and install them.
I tried out Proton Pass 🔐
While I think I'll stick with Bitwarden for now as I'm pretty firmly entrenched and like to keep all my eggs out of a single basket, I'm really impressed with the UI and UX of Proton Pass, especially it's integration with email aliasing.
I started using Proton for all of my hosted service emails ✉️
While it's only available for Visionary/Business accounts, having a reliable and privacy-preserving way to send outbound emails from services like Nextcloud is a huge step forward:
https://proton.me/support/smtp-submission
I discovered an amazing Photoprism Android app, 100% FOSS 🖼️
https://github.com/Radiokot/photoprism-android-client
I've long-since switched my wife and I off of Google Photos and to self-hosted Nextcloud + Photoprism, but haven't had a proper Android client (which my wife hated!)
Finally that changed.
Photoprism Gallery is fantastic, loads quickly, and provides great, simple options.
With two kids it's really important to me to have strong backups *without sacrificing privacy* for family photos and videos, and now I can also easily browse those on the go.
Want to know what's even cooler? The author, Oleg, loves Bitcoin + Monero and accepts both for donations, including via Lightning!
Please please please take a moment and send the devs of FOSS projects you love some sats or piconeros whenever possible.
Donate to what you love 🧡
I *think* that sums up the bigger changes while I've been mostly AFK.
What did I miss out there while I was gone? Anything huge in the Bitcoin, Monero, or Privacy spaces that you think I'd like to catch up on?
Congratulations and welcome back.
That looks amazing. Definitely going to have a look and find out what I have missed in my current setup to make it better in the new one 🤙
I'll give it a try. Less to carry and speed is not that important. I'll make two copies and we'll see if that is enough safeguards.
Some docs, code, pictures and short clips in case my notebook breaks or is stolen. Kind of interims copy for a couple of month as good internet for remote syncing is not always available.
I don't know why, but I want this
I had good experience until now. Only one corrupted card so far.
Going to travel soon and thinking about switching to microSD cards instead of external SSDs for my backups. How bad is this idea?
Looking forward to this awaiting madness. Bitcoin node is the last bit missing on my nuc. I expect everything to work for a couple of days, making me feel like a master overlord, then crash and letting me burn in hell.
Anyone found the weekend? That period of time between Friday and Monday? It somehow got lost. Anyways, GM, enjoy a ☕️ and PV! #coffechain
oh, it's weekend. why no one told me?
Used the 6a for a couple of days as main device and I don't like the size and weight. Also missing the headphone jack. The camera is better and it's more secure. I get it, but why do we have to drop good features on the way.
I've settled for a Chromecast with GoogleTV 4k. You can set it up without installing any Google Apps on your phone (unexpected), but you'll need a (fake) google account for the initial setup. I still need to figure out if it's possible to delete the account afterwards and still be able to use it. There is an option to add accounts for children, but it does not work. The interface is quite nice and the speed is okay. Overall, I like it more than the FireTV or AppleTV and the remote is functional and easy to use. Similar to the FireTV, but without the branded buttons. It is probably a horrible privacy invading device. so I went through all the privacy settings obviously and deactivated everything including voice assistance, but I don't trust the settings anyway. I've also put it on a separate network connected through a VPN, installed only a couple of streaming apps, and it is only connected when in use to mitigate that a bit. Nevertheless, handle with care as all internet enabled devices.
nostr:note1ma2psqnlv9e4vxz00wqq2w6c94s44acdzlc94s4t6wj2jzyftc8q389vx8 #asknostr