Sure - you probably know better ! Let me step back and explain what I am saying ..
At this moment of this conversation - you don't know who I am , I don't know who you are .. this is an anonymous conversation . This conversation is open to everyone . Suppose there is a third person who knows me as well as you - s/he can verify this conversation is between two of us - because contents are public and digitally signed by us. That is what I mean by "anonymous and public" . The word pseudonymous was coined much later .. we can go deeper in that if you like .. but that is unnecessary :-)
Sure you can find out who I am if you start a quest - like checking the meta-data or employing NSA :-) .. there is NOTHING that is absolutely hidden provided proportional efforts / interest.
If I get into a private simplex chat with you , there is no way for a third party to confirm that the discussion is between you and me. Which means you need to have a foolproof mechanism to know who I am . Which means we are not anonymous to each other. Thus a private conversation can't be anonymous . Sure two anonymous people can have a random chat - like two persons talking in a traffic jam .. or in a public garden .. that conversation is just exchange of pleasantries .. or letting each other know Sun is pretty nice and warm this morning :-) Just to rehash the point - there is no good reason for two of us to chat on Simplex :-) .. but the anonymous public chat is quite useful - to third parties who know where we are coming from ... even to random people who have no clue of our true Identities.
A dev should stick to only one OS - #windows or #Mac or #Linux ..
#Bluesky is twitter wannabe .. all the vague and woke people obviously go there - no surprise ..
#Twitter in itself was a failure - absolutely no traction for common people .. Even though I have tremendous respect for Jack but that doesn't change the facts .. Zuck beat the shit out of twitter not once - three times (with FB , Insta and Whatsapp) ... I know people here may not like this but it is a data based truth ..
The goal of #nostr is still iunclear .. people are trying to figure out what it stands for ... I am attracted to #nostr cuz I feel it is natural extension of #bitcoin .. if #btc is #gold then #nostr is the market place ... many others beleive it is new inetrnet .. some think it is the content management system .. yet others feel it is the system of record ...
Masses shall find #nostr only when it pivots to one aspect .. but the point is - there is no hurry to pivot .. there is no reason to crave for dumb users - at least early on ...
most improbable thing is #nostr works .. what was the chance ? #askNostr
Privacy and Anonymity can't coexist -- if I am chatting privately with you .. you got to know who I am !
#nostr is anonymous .. so is #bitcoin and they both are public !
If you want privacy check out #Simplex for communication and #monero for whatever it stands for :-)
Those who spread anti-btc rhetoric on youtube are secret buyers :-) .. they do so so that they could buy more .. btw that has always been the mindset of goldbugs .. spread false rumors to crash gold price so that they could buy more ..
There is a crime before every fortune :-)
Currencies that lost 99 % value after depegging from #gold , must take refuge in #bitcoin ..
There is no other way .. for generating more liquidity !
#sats #politics
Currencies that lost 99 % value after depegging from #gold , must take refuge in #bitcoin ..
There is no other way .. for generating more liquidity !
#sats
In fact every client should show number of active npubs .. just the way they showed when you logged I to second life ..
If there is traffic in the market , sellers can sell their goods .. creatives may showcase their memes .. service providers may jack up the services ..
I thought #nostr is neither designed to be private nor it should be .. it is public market place .. with absolute anonymity assurance ..
#bitcoin is the only asset that you can buy for less than a dollar ..
Actually free if you know how to make a good meme :-)
#zaps
That is what makes it an asset for plebs ..
Rest everything is for ultrarich ..like
- self custody
- no half life
- global ness
- machine compatible
- 24 by 7
- no kyc
So wrong .. they don't understand it's a database of #zaps :-)
If #bitcoin network was private , it would be number one conduit for ransom attacks .. which I guess now is #monero .. but wait ..are they still around ?
Yes .. natural selection of credit cards over sats as a medium of exchange :-)
That is not even a debate .. custodial or non custodial is a tech talk ...
People should be able to spend their money like on a credit card , and should be able to dispute any irrational change and get a refund asap ..
If you don't have these tools .. then just say we are NOT ready ..
Woke world gets to value less things .. does it surprise you 😉