Have you been audited by the IRS? Do you know their tactics? I can tell you from experience that that if you use bitcoin, then you must use it their way, without privacy tools. If you intend to pay your capital gains, which is for every kyc coined tx, and you use these 'tools', then you will get rekt. Any coin going out that they can't trace is treated as a capital gain, and any coin going in is income.

It all starts with a simple letter.

If you want privacy and pay your taxes then too bad. It's privacy + tax evasion == crimal OR transparency + KYC == IRS wins

Linkedin is doing that too, suggesting that you are more likely to get hired if you verify your id.

If the IRS scales up it's ability to audit, then that is exactly what will happen. Bitcoin needs privacy.

Open source code pays back eventually, but indirectly, over time.

Bitcoin only works because of its incentive model, not altruism.

I would imagine that will change in time. I have heard relays are gearing up to act as spam filters for a fee.

I'm no influencer, but last i checked p2pool was less profitable. Of course, neither is ocean so I get your point.

Glad you are making progress 💜

Did nsec.app receive the authorization request? Did you allow it access to sign messages?

Ok, then what? Hold all my BTC in a mint? That doesn't scale.

Are you a maxi if you rely on credit cards and bank accounts, and does not struggle everyday making your community or city a friendly space for your BTC payments?

#asknostr

I disagree. I was told that you can send with privacy on lightning, but not receive.

First lesson: KYC is a scam. Don't fall for it.

https://kycnot.me/

nostr:npub12qpvkjr6dcp60qwjpdx3zklup6t2hauq9kd6fmjf6adqyvdq6mvqv2v8cz Have you tried this? ^

I can onboard new users with a LN Address without having create a utxo, which is good for small amounts. If they aquire enough for a utxo then they can open a channel. Don't need to ask for permission from a custodial provider, or orherwise kyc myself in some way.

Is that kyc sats?

Is protonapps . com a scam?

Use the search to find/follow hashtags of your interest. The results will show up in your feed.

Well, based on my lack of understanding the DHT, the DHT is harder to attack. I am not aware of any attacks yet on nostr, but that doesn't mean it hasn't. Bittorrent has withstood the test of time. I don't see why nostr can, or maybe already has implemented the features of bittorrent.

Obviously let's not make the decentralization measurement a false dichotomy. Maybe we are splitting hairs? I was more focused on the DHT side of things, but i still don't understand that fully.