Nevermind... Looks like the bottleneck came with using filter.nostr.wine.
Deleted that and immediately went from "-" followers to "240"
Followed the guide.
Confused where "general" relays live now.
Also. Down to one follower after making the recommended tweaks. Using and paid for nostr.wine and filter.nostr.wine 
Is this information dated?
There is no longer a section called "general relays" and now there are some additional relays that aren't liated here. Such as "proxy" and "indexer" etc.
Downloaded Citrine and Amber. So that's a good shout.
nostr:naddr1qq9hyetvv9uj6um9w36hqqghwaehxw309amxjar0wghxummnw3erztnrdakj7q3qgcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqxpqqqp65wknqjt4
Does your guide cover this nostr:nprofile1qqs2vrneurk665gq6a2rke572y7mc8ppwr5wnd60mw8fwxharc8xsycpzemhxue69uhkzat5dqhxummnw3erztnrdakj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0dln29d?
I noticed you also took the "use many relays" approach
Don't agree with what? Using monero? Or mandatory privacy?
Imagine a monetary protocol with mandatory privacy. Lol. Imagine.
What are the tricks for optimizing relays in Amethyst specifically?
As a borderline autist with OCD tendencies. It's quite frustrating how variable the number of followers is. Even with no changes to relays used sometimes it says 15, sometimes 150, sometimes 350... It's chaotic and random. And I feel Incentivized to add 10+ relays to "gather" all my followers. IDK it's just not clear how to optimize
How would I get push notifications? That's what helped me stay consistent and play regularly.
I used to play chess everyday with chess dot com.
I switched to lichess for the above reasons.
But was completely unable to continue having my daily games. I could only do live games (on the phone mind you, not computer)
And now... I no longer play chess online. At all.
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For those that are interested...
Ashigaru is a "fork" of Samourai wallet. It has been up and running quite a while and is even better than Samourai. You can download it here, https://ashigaru.rs/ but you will need TOR to do so.
You will also need a dojo. You can run your own, which is preferable, on a server like #Start9 or even #Umbrel. If you don't have your own you can use someone else's. A friend you trust is next or you can look here https://dojobay.pw/
The reason I'm writing this is... If you have an old phone that you don't use, download Ashigaru on that. Then download Sentinel watch only wallet on your daily driver phone, here https://github.com/wanderingking072/sentinel-android/releases.
Sentinal is a fantastic watch only wallet from the same arena as Ashigaru. You can then create your TXs on your Ashigaru wallet and sign it, whilst your phone is in airplane mode. It can't be sent as you are not online, safe from predictors. It can create a QR code which your Sentinel Watch Only wallet can scan and send.
Why? Well apart from being probably the most privacy minded wallet out there, you have just used your old phone as a seed signer. Airgapped. Free.
Thank me later
#FreeSamourai
This is awesome
Check out K3tan guides on YT "Ministry of Nodes" is the channel
I have the last good Thinkpad. T480. 32GB RAM, 512 SSD. I used it to cut my teeth on Arch. Wasted so much time configuring. Might switch to Mint just for the sake of saving time.
GM 🇹🇭☕💪
I'm not shrugging off CP. I'm making a point about resiliency.
Call me back when the filters actually keep it off Bitcoin.
By having better devs. That's why #monero is so awesome. Because Bitcoin devs are captured fucks that don't give two shits about privacy. If they had down their jobs, we wouldn't have needed whirlpool and Samourai Wallet and TDev wouldn't be looking at doing up to 5 years in prison for adding a layer of privacy atop Bitcoin