Other apps seem to have always-on background processes. BOINC is an example of a tool which does this. Syncthing seems to have this figured out.
Is there a technical reason why an Android phone can't have an "always on" lightning node + btcpay server running on it? I assume there it but I don't know what it is It seems like a lot of current self-custody options (like lightning addresses hosted by Zeus, using zaplocker) are doing a lot to avoid requiring this, but I would think many modern Androids could easily handle the load a light BTC node + LND would cause. Android allows "always on" background processes. #asknostr #bitcoin #lightning
nostr:npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz if this issue is important to you collaborate with the nostr:npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as , they fund this exact kind of tech.
Jabber/XMPP was one of of them, but there were a ton of them based around a P2P architecture. I don't remember names unfortunately.
There was dozens of p2p messengers in the early-mid 2000s which were private, decentralized and secure, did we literally lose all that tech or are some of them still functional?
There's this notion in Bitcoin that we are building tools to help the world become a better place – but when faced with actual, real world problems, responses are often reactionary and self-serving.
Bitcoin isn't private enough? You're just not using the right tools. The tools are too complicated? You're just not dedicated enough to the cause. Bitcoin fixes all your problems, you just need to spend countless hours of your life to understanding it.
Yesterday, nostr:nprofile1qyg8wumn8ghj7efwdehhxtnvdakz7qgnwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxtcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucmpw4ek2uewvdhk6tcprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm4wfex2mn59en8j6f0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummn9eek7cmfv9kz7qgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmp0qy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjctzd3jjummjvuhsqgykrhztmdarqyq9dg8tpzqr5jww8tjdy2wehj8t07r2lxfsna9fach3y264 released a report on the usability of Bitcoin (and privacy coins) for activists, and it's a sobering look at how builders in this space have failed those they claim to help protect.
No-KYC on- and off-ramps are still too hard to use. Coins need to be swapped between networks or privatized with dedicated software. Self-custody is easy, but wallets offering network-level protections are often not directed at non-technical users.
We can ignore these criticisms if we want. Or we can stop gaslighting users and skeptics alike for not being educated or engaged enough, and start dedicating more resources to building tools that actually serve the needs of those who need it most.
Sure, but on the other hand, from the report: "If only you’d get it together and make a tool we all can use."
It's called Bitcoin. Bitcoiners have been screaming from the rooftops for 15 years that it is the future of currency and freedom. The same people you say are being "left out" have consistently, year on year, rejected these tools. And for the groups they are discussing specifically, they dismiss it out of hand because they associate it with their political enemies. Nobody hates Bitcoin more than the left. I say that as somebody who is much more liberal than most here, and a frequent donor to FFTF. Somebody who has tried for years to get the exact same people this paper is saying are "left out" to consider Bitcoin.
These same users who say they're "left out" could have a self-custody wallet downloaded on their phone in five minutes, they won't do that, but they'll gladly spend 10x that time figuring out how to use Discord or Venmo or whatever the newest tool is and getting all their friends to use it. Even among those people who are interested in decentralized tech, they'll flock to lemmy, bluesky, or anything except nostr because "eew bitcoin".
I'm glad to see FFTF writing on this topic but frankly the report absolutely misses the mark. It pits Bitcoin up against a bunch of other cryptocurrencies and don't even mention or include lightning, which significantly enhances the privacy of Bitcoin use. Lightning has been around for 5+ years, it is where the *majority* of Bitcoin transactions take place. FFS FFTF, get it together. If I didn't know FFTF better, I'd think this was a fluff piece written by coindesk to try to paint a variety of the latest shitcoins as being on par with Bitcoin so they can convince people to buy them.
I think FFTF is expressing, more than anything, that they are frustrated that the Bitcoin and "defi community" somehow owes them something because they sided with us on some legislation? They're mad that the crypto community is cozying up to Trump? I don't love it either, but I understand why it is that way, it's the only party that has ever shown any love to Bitcoin. But this problem FTFF is complaining about? I don't see EFF whining about that, or the ACLU, or other similar orgs. This is an FFTF problem, not a crypto/Bitcoin/DeFi problem.
I'm all for valid criticism of Bitcoin, this lays out a number of them, but to me it also reeks of "You didn't specifically use language to describe this product that places our ingroup above others, so it's not accessible". That said, you gotta meet users where they're at, Tor, for example, I think has done a great job of this. We shouldn't dismiss criticism out of hand, Bitcoiners are every day making it easier to use and more accessible. I hope we keep doing that.
Quickbooks is hard to beat for connecting to your accounts and keeping track of everything all in one place. GNUCash and spreadsheets can work depending on how complex your accounting needs are. Xero is more on part as a quickbooks competitor.
Do you use Phoenix wallet? Need to import your wallet data to Koinly? I wrote a script which converts Phoenix's CSV export format into the one Koinly needs. Hope this is useful to somebody! https://github.com/makeasnek/Phoenix2Koinly/
#phoenix #taxes #koinly #bitcoin #lightningnetwork
"If only you’d get it together and make a tool we all can use."
It's called Bitcoin. Bitcoiners have been screaming from the rooftops for 15 years that it is the future of currency and freedom. The same people you say are being "left out" have consistently, year on year, rejected these tools.
I'm glad to see FFTF writing on this topic but frankly your report absolutely misses the mark. You pit Bitcoin up against a bunch of other cryptocurrencies and don't even mention or include lightning, which significantly enhances the privacy of Bitcoin use? Lightning has been around for 5+ years, it is where the *majority* of Bitcoin transactions take place.
FFS FFTF, get it together.
Probably you have a less-than-reliable relay in your relay list. When that relay is down, notes stored only on that relay appear 'deleted'. You can try removing relays until the problem goes away or pay for a private relay. The default public relays in some apps aren't great. Idk how good Amethyst's are.
javascript for client-facing stuff would be most useful. If you want to contribute to Bitcoin or relay software, then C++ or rust. You can also contribute in non-coding ways like writing documentation, making graphics, doing outreach, etc. Not everybody has to be a coder.
People with a nuanced understanding of state politics will tell you the legislature is always just as much to blame if not moreso than the governor.
Do you use nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 wallet? Need to import your wallet data to Koinly? I wrote a script which converts Zeus's CSV export format into the one Koinly needs. Hope this is useful to somebody! #bitcoin #koinly https://github.com/makeasnek/Zeus2Koinly/
Idea for the nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 devs. There is currently no good non-custodial way to gift small amounts of BTC to people unless they already have a wallet. For example, tipping delivery drivers. On-chain tips are cost-prohibitive and leaving tips in lightning requires they have a wallet or leaving the tip in the hands of a custodial service. Zeus can solve this, here's how.
1. Allow the user to create multiple wallets within zeus, each its own seed phrase.
2. Allow the user to fund this new wallet with funds from an existing wallet (via a lightning transaction).
3. The user can now give that seed phrase to a nocoiner as a tip. They install Zeus, they plug in their seed phrase, BAM they have $5 in Bitcoin, already in lightning, that they can spend.
This would not only be a massive help to onboarding new users, it would make Zeus the default app for it. Would love to see this feature and if a bounty was created for it, I would help fund that bounty.
Awesome bill. Less awesome guy. He wants to send people to prison for decades for possessing porn. This is the tyrannical government we are warned about.
In 2024, Deevers put forth a bill to ban all pornography involving sexual acts, nudity, partial nudity, or any content that appeals to a sexual fetish, such as BDSM; with the only exception being for married spouses sending sexual images to each other. Anyone who buys, views, procures, or possesses porn would be punished by up to 20 years in prison; while anyone who poses for or otherwise assists or offers to assist in the production and distribution of said porn would be punished with a year in prison.[22]
In 2024, he authored a bill, cosponsored by Senator Warren Hamilton, "classifying abortion as homicide, which allows both doctors and mothers to be prosecuted." They could "face up to the death penalty if charged with first-degree murder, though the bill makes exceptions to save the life of the mother and for spontaneous miscarriages." It also "allows for wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of fetusus."[17]
He also wants to end no-fault divorce.
I thought strike was "Bitcoin first, Bitcoin only". I guess I was wrong. A real betrayal by nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle
https://strike.me/blog/announcing-usdt-deposits-and-withdrawals/
Thinking of quitting my job to work full-time in Bitcoin and onboarding new users. What are some niches I could fill? Be a consultant of some kind? Sites I could make which would be useful? I have a high degree of knowledge about BTC and IT, sysadmin experience, programming, etc. #asknostr #bitcoin
We should be celebrating any time a company stands up for free speech, even if it's a stance which is self-serving, incomplete, or at odds with their other actions. This is a weird hot take from FFTF.
Nocoiners: "bitcoin is worthless"
Me: My brother in christ, it takes 100,000 USD to buy a single Bitcoin. Your USD is the thing that is worthless.