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Satoshi23
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Just a freedom maximalist riding the NOSTR wave!
Replying to Avatar HODL

Nice quote! Who’s is it?? Walking is good for the mind for sure! 🚶🏻‍♂️🧘‍♂️

I see lots of new people are discovering NOSTR, which is great, you love to see it! 🤙

Looking back, I was first on here in 2022, so perhaps that almost makes me an OG, right?! ☺️

Time flies, man! Keep building guys!😊 #peace #love #NOSTR and #Bitcoin 🧡

Ahhh interesting, ok, thanks for the reply! 🤙

Am I right in saying that you can directly Zap a post on Primal on iPhone app? But that you still can’t on Damus? Why is that? 🧐

Hey, nostr:npub1lr2zzf989mvf393y0tv39ara6a4vddkd6y87z784up9vl6ks6j3qtudl6a and nostr:npub1lelkh3hhxw9hdwlcpk6q9t0xt9f7yze0y0nxazvzqjmre3p98x3sthkvyz I just wondered what video camera / microphone / other equipment you use for when you’re out and about filming videos to post online?? 🧡🧡

nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m Hey Jack, big fan of yours, thanks for all you do! 🙏🏻

Sorry if you’ve already made this clear, and I’ve missed it, but I just wondered what (very broadly speaking) your thoughts on the Bitcoin ETFs are??

🧡🤙

It’s the purest of signals when nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx goes ALL CAPS!!

We’re so close to Mandibles there’s no point in nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy reading it any more, he’s about to live it! 😅

Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

"May you live in interesting times" is an interesting expression, sometimes referred to as a curse.

Many of our best stories, from literature to shows to movies, are about horrible times. They're about conflict, and people overcoming that conflict. And our heroes, both real and fictional, are tied to those times.

And yet as people with lives and families, we don't want to live through those times. We don't want to live through war, oppression, or conflict. We don't want to have to be the ones to stand up and tell some more powerful force to go fuck themselves. We'd rather read about others doing it, and how cool that was when they did.

I continue to view this period of time as "interesting" in the historical sense. The 1990s were probably the best recent time to chill, but it wasn't where history was made. The 2020s and 2030s are not as good for chilling, but from looking back in the future, it's these times where the bulk of the historical content is likely to be focused on.

For some regions, it's outright war that they're dealing with now.

For the majority of other regions, it's instead a cultural war, and an economic war. And it's going to get worse before it gets better. Do we fund those who are at war, and if so, which side? What values do we subscribe to, and who is "we"? How do we determine truth, and with what framework? For breakthrough tech, who gets to control it? Should it be centralized and regulated, or open and accessible?

And more directly it's about stepping up and saying, "It's good for people to be able to own and transfer money without state control and state dilution. And it's good for people to be able to communicate how they want to without the state silencing them. Even when they buy things and say things that I disagree with." That won't be an easy battle.

Someone on Twitter sarcastically asked me today what army defends Bitcoin. My answer was:

"The army of encryption and energy spread around the world.

A shield, not a spear."

The same is true for Nostr, in a slightly different way. The developers and relays, and the people willing to use it and finance it, are what defend it.

Communication and value are the two key components of free commerce. All of those people today who build strong shields for communication and value are living in interesting times and contributing to them in a positive way.

Thank you, Lyn 🙏🏻🧡