Cool. For the 0.01% node runners. The rest 99.99% will have no clue what this is about. š¤£
I was resuscitated with cardiac massage at the age of 3 after not waking up from narcosis on an operation table. My rib cage is deformed since.
Please welcome Npub.pro!
This is a tool to make yourself a beautiful Nostr-based website.
It's been long in the making, and we're thrilled to launch it on this special day!
Here is a short demo of how you can make yourself a website right now:
https://v.nostr.build/kZG9O.mp4
It's free for anyone getting started, it's open source and self-hostable.
Why get yourself a nostr-based website?
- beautiful themes (any Ghost theme could work)
- great looking shareable links to your content
- works like an app, add to homescreen, useable offline
- SEO-optimized
- attach your custom domain or host yourself
Try it at https://npub.pro
Learn more on our Nostr-based blog: https://blog.npub.pro/post/npub-pro-is-live
P.S. If you like how it looks, that's because nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac designed it. Thanks man, it's a pleasure to work with you!
made my day š¤£ 
Those are US/Canadian correspondent banks that freeze the payments, and charge ridiculous fees for their service to press a button. I was a head of international payments and documentary business at a global bank some 15 years ago. I know this kitchen very well...
Huh? North Korea, Russia, Iran, Afganistan, Turkey, Cuba, Venesuela, the list goes on. The state's law enforcement is just too strong and squashes any dissent at source. There is no balance. Most other countries are ruled by an illusion of freedom. What universal law? God? Been to islamic states? That's even worse. Laws is invented by state to oppress.
how so? laws are written by the ruling class to legitimize their oppression of the citizens.
My wife is a yacht broker in Europe. Every large payment from a buyer in EU to a seller in US is a nightmare recently. Correspondent banks just freeze the amounts ($0.5m or more) "to check for AML/sanctions evasion". I believe they just patch their balance sheets and earn interest, not even responding back to the sender until investigated. It takes weeks to get the necessary information to them via the sender's bank, because the whole system is crazily inefficient. They hire the dumbest employees in payments departments. I hope the rich guys will get fed up with this bullshit soon and start using Bitcoin.
plus, it filters through traffic to go from A to B even faster
how will you prevent radicals/fascists from applying?
Is OP_CAT happening?
The covenants proposal was recently assigned BIP 347, and now it's up to the community to decide. Blockstreamer Kiara Bickers breaks down the pros and cons and attempts to answer the question on most Bitcoiners' minds: Is it safe?
https://blog.blockstream.com/op_cat-the-purr-fect-solution-for-covenants/
No
Nothing. Hide from his sight for not to do anything differently.
My Experience with nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9
**TL;DR Strike is garbage.**
I started using Strike in the middle of March this year.
My first impression was that it was a great app. It had Lightning integrated, on-chain withdrawals were free, and the setup was pretty easy, even though I had to do a full KYC. After all, they are regulated and that is to be expected.
I began using Strike to send and receive BTC and buy gift cards directly within the app. I was pretty amazed at how easy everything worked. I loved the app. I even recommended it as an onboarding app for pre-coiner friends. Well, not anymore.
One day in May, about two months later, I wanted to send some BTC to an exchange or buy a gift card (which was basically all I did with the app in those previous two months). However, the app denied access to my BTC. All I got was a cartoon lightning bolt saying, āWe need to review your account. Contact support.ā
At first, I was shocked. I didn't have my life savings in the app, but it wasnāt a trivial amount of sats either. So, there it was, right in my face for the first time: Not your keys, not your coins. I got angry with myself and with Strike too.
I contacted support.
Support wrote that to comply with regulations, they needed additional information (remember, I already did full KYC), like a pay stub, signed employee agreement, or tax statement.
This was my response:
Hey, the Bitcoin with which I funded my Strike account are savings from the past. I don't work currently, and I also have no tax statement because I just moved to Brazil last year. What exactly is the problem? I didn't do anything illegal or wrong. I expect this issue to be resolved immediately or you will lose a customer. I already regret using your service. I'm very disappointed.
Yeah, I was really pissed because I couldnāt access my sats. They locked me out. Just like that.
Strike answered:
Dear User,
Upon careful review, we have determined that your account has engaged in prohibited use. We regret to inform you that we can no longer provide you with access to our service.
At this time, your account has been permanently disabled. Please withdraw all remaining assets from your account within one week from receiving this message, and confirm with us when the withdrawal has been completed. After this timeframe, the account will be closed permanently. Please be advised that this decision is final.
Best regards,
The Strike Team
Okayā¦ So now Strike accused me of āprohibited useā of their app.
I asked them to be kind and specify what prohibited use I engaged in. Because obviously, I donāt want to get in trouble or do anything illegal.
Their answer:
This decision is based on an assessment of different qualifications. Our customer support team can only confirm that we sent this message and assist with technical issues only. Support cannot reverse this decision, nor can they share any more details related to this matter.
Thank you for that great answer. I can really see you care about your customers and their experience. But I guess at that point, I wasnāt their customer anymore anyway.
Still, I sent them another message and asked who I could talk to. If there was anybody who could clarify what I did wrong. Remember, all I did was send and receive BTC and buy gift cards.
Their answer? Well, they never answered again. Just like that. That was it.
After this beautiful experience, I posted about it on Nostr.
And guess what? nostr:npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle answered.
Woohooo!
He said I should send him a DM and he would happily look into the issue.
Cool! Now thatās what I call customer service.
So, I did. No answer.
I sent him another one. Again, no answer.
I sent another one or two. Still no answer.
This was 5 weeks ago.
I guess he is very busy.
What a joke Strike is.
Same thing happened to me and Revolut UK. All centralized services are traps.
