Something to be said for waiting for NIP-26 which were also funding work around in Amethyst.
Hard to wait but probably best for that!
I'd rather start fresh since this nsec has been exposed to lots of clients.
Right now only way is to abandon your old account and start fresh 😢
Interaction can reduce fee spend and preserve privacy at the same time. ICYMI on bitcoin-dev:
https://payjoin.substack.com/p/interactive-payment-batching-is-better 
Great info here, would love to see broader PayJoin adoption and something we want to add into Envoy ASAP!
Child seeds and Nostr keys don't have to be complex and daunting! Learn how we've brought advanced concepts down to earth with our new Key Manager.
In just a few clicks you can unlock a world of empowering features and easily manage them in seconds 🤯
https://foundationdevices.com/2023/05/all-your-wallets-one-backup/
So happy with how this new extension for Passport panned out, will be rotating to a new Nostr account using this very soon as a result.
Bringing powerful features to the masses and empowering them to gain as much freedom as possible from Bitcoin and Nostr is a hell of a job to get to do every day, so thankful for it!
Huge thanks to nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 for streaming this as I was having technical difficulties!
Logging into Amethyst using Key Manager takes seconds:
https://nostr.build/av/e5276286be36031d51725df5c70a7b9647d983498161bba981008b1628c0dcd4.mp4
We've just dropped our biggest firmware update ever 🤯
Say hello to Passport firmware v2. 1, packed with new features to empower your use of Bitcoin across the board:
https://foundationdevices.com/2023/05/passport-version-2-1-0-is-now-live/
Download and install it today via the Envoy app, or directly from Github.
Not only does this release bring all of these fantastic new tools to our latest device, it also backports our latest firmware to Founder's Edition devices, meaning all of our amazing users get the same firmware and the same features -- at the same time.
Keep an eye out for blog posts and Tweet threads throughout the week breaking down all of these new features for you piece by piece.
So psyched to get this out the door, it's been amazing playing with these tools in testing and can't wait to get them in your hands!
Making BIP 85 and Nostr key management simple and approachable was a huge task.
Want to see how simple creating and exporting a Nostr key is?
🎯
"Hard does not mean bad" is a favorite phrase of ours 🙂
Hadn't connected the dots here, well said!
This same thing exists in Bitcoin, which is why Ordinals use witness data instead of OP_RETURN.
You can think of Monero's tx_extra as being similar to OP_RETURN and having similar caps in size.
There is no reasonable way to prevent arbitrary data storage on-chain through steganography, it has to be possible for other "real" use cases to work.
The only real pain is that they don't pay full fees due to segwit discount, other than that it is what it is.
Same 😅
Accidentally prepared for the feepocalypse.
I love the sentiment but this is just putting another name on custodial Lightning wallets.
If you're using hosted or "unbacked" channels you're 100% trusting the channel provider not to rug you as you have no on-chain claim to funds.
Wouldn't a better solution honestly be pushing people to swap for a chunk of Monero and spend that? Great privacy, low fees, etc. etc.
If they're worried about exchange rates they should only swap in as much as they need for the month or similar.
Wouldn't that be better than giving up custody for convenience?
Wait wait wait, I thought you wanted and we're betting on high fee environments??
Which is it Mr. Odell.
Back at it again with #SkepticismSundays 🤔
The goal of this thread (which I'll post weekly on Sunday's) is for discussing the uncertainties, shortcomings, and concerns some may have about Bitcoin.
NOT the positive aspects of it.
Discussing things with a critical thinking approach and level-headed discussion helps us learn where Bitcoin and it's community can improve and go from there. We had a *fantastic* amount of good conversations last week so I can't wait to see this week's!
What's gotten you thinking, has you concerned, or always irked you about Bitcoin, its ecosystem, etc. this week?
We have a detailed explainer blog post that will ship with it as well as a nice new animated infographic video that will be in-app to explain the security model.
As someone who is hardcore myself it's a pretty fantastic approach that minimizes tradeoffs as much as possible.
We can't wait to chat with nostr:npub15369wu3wzzar5fclhecyqfv683x69n6nhlg7rxqnsg2dydgxflpq3apswl on Tuesday's episode of Journey to Sovereignty 🕑
Be sure to chime in with any questions you have ahead of time, or join us live on Twitter Spaces and contribute to the conversation! We'll go live at 2PM EDT on Twitter Spaces and will pipe audio to Nostr Nests at the same time:
Get those questions in ASAP, would love to have a long list of questions from you all here on Nostr to cover with them 😎
Have been using this myself and can't wait to see how many people it brings into the world of self-custody that wouldnt otherwise be joining us.
Hundreds and hundreds of hours have gone into this, haven't been so excited to release something in a long time!
Thanks to the power of open-source code and excellent maintainers, Passport is now a recommended wallet on bitcoin.org!
https://bitcoin.org/en/wallets/hardware/passport/
bitcoin.org is a great way for newcomers to get acquainted with Bitcoin and start their journey.
If you appreciate the work they're doing in maintaining bitcoin.org, consider donating some sats to help support their mission today:
bitcoin.org/en/
Pretty cool to see Passport up there, and took the time to improve their contribution docs while I was at it 😎
https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/Bitcoin.org/pull/4034
Can't get enough of FOSS and what it brings, such a beautiful thing and the best way to run a site like theirs for sure.