We don't use WASM, we use an entirely new computational model called PLAN and a new Lispy/Haskelly functional language called Sire. The core of our system is an SSI (solid state Interpreter), Kinode's is not. (We'll have a blog post with a frendlier definition of the SSI soon, but for now there is this whitepaper that introduced this concept to the world: https://media.urbit.org/whitepaper.pdf . Disclaimer though that we are not building on Urbit, it's just that the SSI is a general concept.)
We've got some explanation of PLAN here: https://vaporware.gitbook.io/vaporware/overview/overview#persistence-plan
Kinode's identity/networking layer requires blockhain integration. Our networking and identity are optional, freely-chosen by the user, and compatible with standard, blockchain-less cryptographic keypairs very much like Nostr. In fact, you'll be able to use your Nostr keys as identy in our system!
Oh! So maybe then we can think of a spectrum from least to most groundbreak/different like
Umbrel
Kinode
Vaporware
Plunder
Urbit
Vaporware is right in the middle. Nice!
I also want to know because it’s not just about having your server not work. It’s also about security/safety and ways you can compromise yourself by accident
Shout out to nostr:npub16jh9ua9he3k0c0usx5kcn9kyg2prdcd3ds4f903cf4wfmmfkp7eqhyw5l3 for making the first Silent Payments wallet for Bitcoin.
Layer 1 is usable again. It feels like I stepped back into 2015! I highly recommend Cake Wallet if you’re wanting to just send someone Bitcoin and don’t want to bother explaining Layer 2 protocols just for a one time payment
nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 any plans to implement silent payments for the on-chain transactions? On-chain being super unsafe is the last real issue
It makes sense that the barrier to running a node would be kind of high. If you’re going to have complexity anywhere, put it there. iirc, one of the guys working on Matrix said that most people should not run servers, period. There’s so many things that can go wrong, that it is arguably irresponsible to enable “lay people” to run one when they won’t know how to fix it when it goes bad.
For people that do understand sysadmin, even most of them don’t run servers just from the amount of maintenance they require.
Zaps are 100% stupid, yes. Conspicuous consumption.
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Shout out to nostr:npub16jh9ua9he3k0c0usx5kcn9kyg2prdcd3ds4f903cf4wfmmfkp7eqhyw5l3 for making the first Silent Payments wallet for Bitcoin.
Layer 1 is usable again. It feels like I stepped back into 2015! I highly recommend Cake Wallet if you’re wanting to just send someone Bitcoin and don’t want to bother explaining Layer 2 protocols just for a one time payment
I’ll try again! If I want to set up a newbie with it, do you think they would be able to figure out how to manage on chain vs off chain when it comes time to sell the BTC for their local currency? They need it for a remittance situation
Will key rotation ever be a reality? Is it too late for Nostr?
Don’t you need to choose an LSP to set up the wallet? I remember I couldn’t use the app because I didn’t have an LSP
> No need to reinvent wheel
You’re talking to a man that wrote a custom database in C. Damus is all about new wheels.
Ecash or Lightning for a Bitcoin newbie is basically a non-starter. It’s just not happening unfortunately.
Bitcoin Silent Payments are surprisingly simple however. Stay on layer 1. Nice!
I need a recommendation for a cashu app for iOS. It’s for a friend that is new to crypto and just needs to receive BTC and cash it out for PYG (Paraguay). So preferably an app that is clear in showing when they have ecash and when they have Bitcoin so they can use something like a Bitcoin ATM or exchange
No results came up for “cashu wallet”. Is it still in TestFlight maybe?
I would imagine that Phoenix wallet is better than Zeus because it relies less on custodians right?
nostr:npub1dx5q2el8nd4eh3eg9t2e25fd7zuqg7zxz6ldkc3uzgh66ss2yc6st288sj why does the main iOS App Store app show that it’s in the “Education” category? And the example images are in German and stretched to be distorted.
Is the TestFlight app still the best way to use the app?
I would normally use Monero because it’s so stupidly simple. But the liquidity is better for BTC (easier to sell the BTC for PYG)
I want to send money to my friend in Paraguay. How do I use Bitcoin in a way that is private and where fees are not insanely high??
The nifty fifty on a canon ae-1 is so classic! So cheap and so quality