You all will love #nostr 💜

Any new Aussies in here after the purge of Twitter?

A couple pointers for new nostr users:

1) there is no real “delete” button, and you can’t edit a note. (“Delete” exists in some clients but it simply hides the note if another client supports the concept). So, read your note carefully before you post, and expect to say the wrong thing once in a while. It’s okay! It’s authentic 🤙

2) there are also no “take backs” if you like your own note. Again, no worries! We’ve all done it (a lot).

3) posts don’t typically “trend” for more than 24 hours. And if you see a note show up more than 30 minutes after it was posted, that’s because other users like and repost it! It’s a beautiful form of organic growth, because most clients have no algorithms at all.

The “ephemeral” nature of posts here creates a stream-of-consciousness feed that I think you’ll find is delightfully authentic, engaging, and unique.

4) tag the #plebchain whenever you have questions!

Wife: honey it’s Saturday and your attention is on nostr

Me: I gotta welcome everyone on here 🫂😂

Damus being very in and out for me atm. Sometimes not showing me Universe or mine/others profiles, saying “nothing to see here”.

Is this nostr rate limits? LOL.

We’re so back

thank you fiatjaf

In developed markets, a lot of people wonder why they need bitcoin. Their payment systems work fine, inflation is usually in the single digits, etc. Instabilities are building up but they don’t see them, so they don’t perceive an immediate need for it. And because they have trouble seeing through other perspectives, they wonder why anyone would care about bitcoin.

In developing countries, at least the tech savvy ones, people get it faster. You don’t have to explain to an Argentinian why the peso is a disaster. They understand bitcoins and dollar stablecoins right away.

As today shows, the same is true for Nostr. When centralized platforms work “well enough” then Nostr is just an interesting techie protocol. Tech people see the power but most prople wonder why they need it.

But when centralized platforms make major errors, perform major censorship, or otherwise drop the ball, suddenly that open aspect becomes appreciated again. When people feel cucked by some central authority changing the rules on them, they go elsewhere.

Bitcoin and Nostr are hedges against clown world. The more problems that occur with centralized money or centralized communication, the more valuable Bitcoin and Nostr become.

Anyone know how the new cashu support on amethyst works?

Simplex is for DMs not Nostr replacement

Today’s sunset

That's not me.

GM. Touch grass today.

More of the world's largest financial institutions are FOMOing in to offering #Bitcoin

Probably nothing...