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Much better, in my opinion, in laptop. I can't tell about mobile. And white fonts make a huge different, too. Thank you!

Ah, I replied before actually checking it! Not that much of an improvement, really, since they still keep light gray fonts on dark gray background. And they're "bold", which makes them ever harder to read.

A huge improvement in accessibility just with that change. The contrast between the dark background and the gray fonts was terrible. Customization for themes and individual colors and font selection would be much better, but that's a start.

Well, they aren't popup notifications or something like on a phone, but the heart on the top-right corner in the web version is showing a red dot all the time, which I was considering as "notifications".

I'm very confused about likes, also. I get notifications of people "liking" my posts when they aren't, but they seem to be liking an earlier post to which I have replied. That's very distracting and together with the accessibility limitations it makes it hard to use for me. I'm sorry for being a pain and not sharing everybody's enthusiasm.

Oh no! I now need to power up my Amstrad CPC and play some Ghost'n Goblins.

I was just trying to explain the necessity of NIP-69, not implying you want to be in the center of anything.

Let me try again with another example: Bitcoin is centralized, expensive and unsustainable, let me solve it. I'm making a new blockchain with no block size limit and I'll switch to PoS to make it eco-friendly, more decentralized, and run ultrasound moneys on top of it!

Replying to Avatar Derek Ross

**NIP-69 is being proposed to use the Stacks blockchain and BNS .btc name system for Nostr Names**

The proposal states to use the Stacks "Bitcoin Name System", which has nothing to do with Bitcoin, but uses that name for name recognition only, as a new *"Nostr Names"* implementation. This is being proposed as an improvement to NIP-05 IDs. As a NIP-05 ID service provider, I will agree that the NIP-05 is not perfect, but NIP-69 is **not the solution**.

The Nostr Names NIP-69 proposal states that NIP-05 is flawed because:

* DNS names are controlled by the state and 3rd parties

* they're expensive, need to own a server, ssl, etc

* you need to be skilled to do it

The first key point is true, DNS names are controlled by third parties. That's something we can't fix yet.

The second point about being expensive is completely false. Domain names are fairly cheap and you don't need to pay for SSL certificates, nor do you need to own a server.

*For example: derekross.me costs me $12 a year. The server is a Rapsberry Pi 4. The SSL certificate is free from Let's Encrypt.*

The third point is partially false. The skill required isn't incredible, but it probably is too much for the average person to handle. This leads us to third party services such as NostrPlebs.com providing ID services for customers. This can lead to some centralization and trust, but we will reach a point where certain providers are better than others. Some providers will allow anyone to register, some will charge for this service, some will provide additional perks and support to their members. As time progresses, clear leaders in this new industry will merge and providers will be known and judged by their reputations, services, and support.

"Nostr Names" states the following are benefits to using NIP-69:

* use the centralized service btc.us to register a name

* learn how to use Stacks Clarity language and programmatically register your name

* use the Stacks blockchain, run a Stacks node

So, it sounds like you need to use a centralized service and you need to be skilled to register a NIP-69 Nostr Name, doesn't it? I thought these were issues that NIP-69 was trying to solve for NIP-05?

It costs about $10 for 5 years, so a BNS name is cheaper. That's a plus.

**But you still need to use Stacks.**

I like the effort here as NIP-05 is not perfect, but I'm sorry, I'm going to say no to this one.

[Source](https://www.newinternetlabs.com/blog/nostr-names/)

Let me try: centralization and abusive prices are huge problems for which we urgently need to find solutions. We need to try anything and everything until the end, that is, when I become the central authority and the one who makes the invoices.

More clear now? Here's one → lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7em9w3skccne9e3k7mf09emk2mrv944kummhdchkcmn4wfk8qtmpd4ssv9cnl2

Thank you!

Learning happens naturally by curiosity and repetition, that's why kids do the same things again and again, and want to listen or watch the same songs or movies all the time. I do same when I like a new song or album, and it'll be a very, very bad sign when/if I stop doing that.

I see, thank you. It'd be cool if you added a proper error saying that the installation fails because such version of the OS isn't supported instead of giving a generic error so that people don't lose their time trying to fix it.

Replying to Avatar Vitor Pamplona

Who is ready for some invoices?

https://i.imgur.com/ioiY6WO.mp4

Download #amethyst v0.4: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/download/v0.4/app-release-v0.4.apk

- Lightning Invoice cards

- Url Preview Caching

- Long press to copy Text/NoteID/UserID

I get the error "There was a problem while parsing the package" when I try to install it.

I was losing mine trying to figure out what you meant.   😂