I find that if I post something I will get 50% of all likes and shares within 1 min, and 80% within 5 min. Makes sense that that's when it's at the top of everyone's feed, if you don't get lucky and find someone that engages it can get lost.
What I find strange is that when the post gets boosted it rarely gets much attention, even when it's not me boosting.
I think we all need to learn to boost posts that are a little buried, not posts that have just launched and are boosted by 10 other people.
# Cashu over Nostr
There are two Cashu wallets with nostr capabilities right now: Nutshell (CLI, for pros) and Nutstash (beginner-friendly web wallet).
## How does it work?
In Cashu, you exchange ecash tokens (represented as a long random-looking string) denominated in Satoshis that you can redeem on Lightning with the help of a mint (the custodian).
You can send these tokens directly (and privately!) to another user's nostr pubkey (or nip05 like mine: calle@cashu.me). The tokens then show up in the receivers nostr DMs. When the receiver uses one of the above wallets, the wallets automatically scan your DM inbox for incoming tokens. When a token is received, it is automatically redeemed into your wallet.
That's it! Encrypted DMs on an uncensorable social network paired with an untraceable privacy layer for custodial Bitcoin wallets. It's a perfect match 💜
Better to try it yourself to see how slick it is when a token just pops up in your wallet: https://wallet.nutstash.app
With nutshell: $ cashu send 69 -n calle@cashu.me
Receive: $ cashu receive -n
There is probably no 100% safe way.
But look into this
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Who needs the 💯 emoji when you can ⚡ 100 sats?
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"EeeeT's a PrOooDucTeeVeeTy pRoBleeem"
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Welcome to NOSTR
A blind man learns to fight by feeling his opponents blows. Once the first strike lands, he knows his position, strength and intent. He is now ready to counter.
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Companies benefit from fiat it because dumb money flows into shares from superannuation funds looking for yield. They can leverage that value to fund themselves and increase the valuation of their shares, attracting more investment. They don't hold significant cash reserves, not enough that it's worth killing the golden goose for.
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The religious argument for Bitcoin
As governments become more hostile towards Bitcoin, an argument that it is a requirement of ones religion to use it may become necessary to obtain concessions.
There are two main points to this argument, fairness and avoidance of debt.
1. Fairness
Leviticus 19:35-36
"‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt"
Proverbs 20:23
"Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,
And a false scale is not good"
Amos 8:4-8
"Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land, saying,
“When will the new moon be over,
So that we may sell grain,
And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
And to cheat with dishonest scales,
So as to buy the helpless for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”"
2. Avoidance of debt
Proverbs 22:7
"The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave."
Proverbs 6:1-5
"My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—
and give your neighbor no rest!
Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler."
Matthew 6:12
"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
Romans 13:8
"Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law"
Christians are compelled by scripture to avoid debt, not pledge security and to forgive debtors. Similarly they are commanded to use fair measurements. Neither of which are possible with fiat.
Fiat money is debt, it is a credit that is bought into existence when one party takes on debt. The cost incurred by taking on debt is different for different people. The value of fiat is constantly erroding due to debasement, as more debt is bought into existence, causing inflation.
Since a sound money exists in Bitcoin, christians are compelled to use it and avoid the use of fiat money and it's evils.
Getting Bitcoin onto lightning won't be hard. Once people want to spend it. There will come a point when the price of Bitcoin is about twice the total global wealth. Half in circulation and half in cold storage. At this point if more is held, prices will increase and you would have a better than 50% chance of selling for more than average price. That will ensure that sufficient Bitcoin gets into circulation.
My napkin calculation is that that is about 50,000,000 per Bitcoin, allowing for some lost coins or about 50c per sat.
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But the spring is being pushed down much harder...
My wife has been a bit more open to Bitcoin too.
A few banks failing from investing in ultra sound US bonds, and suddenly I don't sound so crazy.
Just spent 10 min composing a note with a quote in amethyst. Clicked out and lost it. Scrolled for 5 minutes to find it and another 10 re-composing the note, for amethyst to close and return to the top of the feed again.
