Kind reminder: open-source developers on Nostr are assuming a huge amount of risk.

Yes, Nostr is a Hydra, and when totalitarians cut off one head two more will grow in its place… But each developer IS a head, and by simply writing code they put themselves in a dangerous position. By writing code that enables freedom technology, they make themselves a target.

They know this, and they do it anyway.

It should not be this way, I know. Code is speech. But it is the reality of the world we live in today.

Thankfully, open-source developers are creating tools that will make the world of tomorrow a better, freer one. The kind of world you want your children to inherit.

So, whatever Nostr client you’re reading this on, go zap the developer. Give them some of your monetary energy.

They fucking deserve it. nostr:note1sqfy325zy39fqvc0yhr0u992gdpdp28x6hfkwavm0gs4hj083xrs8j5q95

The founder of Telegram has been kidnapped.

Why don't they (the EU States) in this case, arrest the CEO of Apple and Samsung or Google, for people using browsers and phones in the commission of crimes? Or ISPs or anyone else transmitting data? No one can answer this, because Ambulance Chasers are Computer Illiterates.

This question touches Bitcoin of course, and will have profound effects if the people who make these bad decisions are not re-educated and their ignorance neutralized.

The CEOs of Bitcoin companies must assert the truth of how things work at all times to defend not only their businesses but their hundreds of millions of users.

CEOs are central points of failure.

“Why would anyone need to be anonymous online?”

“Why do you need private communications?”

“Why do you need privacy if you have nothing to hide?”

“WHY WOULD ANYONE NEED NOSTR?”

Imperialist Totalitarian teabags really outdoing themselves.

#Bitcoin: freedom money protocol.

#Nostr: free speech protocol.

I was replying to your comment about open source development. Bootstrapping is always a viable execution path, never said otherwise. My point was there is a crucible by having accountability to others that is not the same as a volunteer software project.

Not all for-profit entrepreneurs have to take investor money. I am of a philosophy that one shouldn’t take money until they have solid Product Market Fit. Investor pressure is a choice, not an inseparable part of entrepreneurship

Entirely different to work in the open source world versus the startup space. Very valid to pursue, but it’s not the same kind of forcing function to compare building open voluntary software vs taking investor money and trying to build a product people pay money for.

Entrepreneurship is hard, and taking the dive over the past 2 years I have a much greater appreciation for those who try to build new things.

It’s much easier to have hot takes on the sidelines and judge others than to get your hands dirty and try to do hard things for yourself. Try doing hard things, it gives you a greater perspective in how the world works.

I would rather read a bland datasheet about your product than look at your website with marketing claims

Who is “we”?

Let me guess--you're fed up that 99.9% of those in Bitcoin only ever take, contribute nothing except complaints, expect others to take risks and use their time/capital and even risk their freedom--all to pump the USD exchange rate, as nobody gives a sh*t about the cypherpunk ideas that started this whole thing really--and yet they won't do so much as zap 2 sats to support those people actually doing the work? You are fed up that everyone's a purist/idealist with insane standards when it comes to judging the contribution of *others* but don't hold themselves to anywhere near the same? You are fed up with grifters getting all the clout? You are fed up with seemingly boundless, infinite stupidity overtaking every tiny nook and cranny of Bitcoin the moment we even come *in sight* of mass adoption? Something like that?

This is honestly a really sad day. As Mutiny wallet is sailing toward the sunset, I hope that Lightning wallet devs will step up their game to fill the void they left. We need self-custodial wallets that run a node on your phone. We need options. We need the talent.

We probably also need another wallet that mixes Ecash with Lightning to cover everything from very small balances to very large balances. One that let's you start with 100 sat and holds your hands and opens channels for you as you acquire more sats.

I've been building Lightning wallets for years before I started working on Cashu. I know how fucking hard it is. Ecash is child's play compared to Lightning's complexity.

My deepest respect goes to the lunatics who put a fucking Lightning node in the browser and pushed LDK to places where no one else has ever been.

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are there nostr clients out there that completely ignore Bitcoin?

I wonder if pushing Bitcoin so much is why we aren't growing

I know it's hard to believe but many people think Bitcoin is stupid

Another sad story of Nostr.

You win, but can’t collect.

You post but it can’t be seen.

“Early days” for eternity.

Hall of shame/mirrors effect.

Living the dream as living in a dream.

Giving up on courage.

“Communism”.

“LOL”.

You are freaking out again aren't you?

Bought the dip heavily

Monero is already separated from any state or government machine. It is the crypto currency used today on the streets to buy stuff.

You didn't bought bitcoin 10 years, why would you buy monero now.

Just don't complain that nobody told you about this earlier.