https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzw-VjuN1BM

https://v.nostr.build/WAvSnRl6HaPGVTP1.mp4

https://v.nostr.build/2efXZVW745b4YuHe.mp4

I escaped from North Korea to meet some very nice human beings here in Nashville at Bitcoin Park! nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z nostr:npub10vlhsqm4qar0g42p8g3plqyktmktd8hnprew45w638xzezgja95qapsp42 nostr:npub1szpa7cypmyd59083qs3pte9lez22lzfu6pl2guhgqx7q09x68y6qquh3td nostr:npub1m3tu3l6y59g2tmackq23v5vgn59u7hu66gxg8xajghz59tqm6xnqk2m888 nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg ✊️🗽 nostr:npub1jddnc9ma408dey575wcsqhg5jtc2n7765y4gdnnrswlwgqnnat7swe4s60 nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z nostr:npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3 nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx @

Many people across Nostr are working on similar initiatives, trying to #grownostr and foster community. nostr:npub1hz5alqscpp8yjrvgsdp2n4ygkl8slvstrgvmjca7e45w6644ew7sewtysa is one of them. We spoke at extent last week about her current project. She volunteered at the Nostr Booth that I organized at nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r a few months ago, got purple pilled in the process, and is now planning on doing similar initiatives at three Latin American conferences coming up soon.

I had a conversation with the organizer of LaBitConf in Prague, who expressed a strong interest in having a Nostr presence at his upcoming conference. He asked that I replicate the same level of involvement he witnessed in Prague, including a booth, speakers, panels, and more. He clearly recognized the significance of Nostr and was eager to feature it prominently at his event. Unfortunately, I had to decline, as it’s not feasible for me to attend every conference. However, this is where the strength of the Nostr community comes in—others can step up and make it happen.

This is what Tanja is doing! Check out her project.

https://geyser.fund/project/thenostrboothinitiative

https://m.primal.net/LDNn.mp4

I wanted to build on nostr and I asked OpenSats for a grant to work on ONOSENDAI one day per week. I scaled back my hours at my fiat job and began part time nostr development to work on a novel metaverse project where all actions require proof of work. This was the beginning of my nostr career. Today is a huge milestone in that journey.

It took me 52 Fridays from proof of concept to reality, and now ONOSENDAI functions as the first cyberspace client.

Today I present to you the thermodynamic update to #ONOSENDAI https://onosendai.tech

#welcometocyberspace folks. It's finally here. Check it out on desktop for the best experience. More updates for a better Mobile experience are in the pipeline.

I'm working on a video to explain cyberspace and how to use ONOSENDAI and I'll post it ASAP.

The short tutorial is this:

- WASD for movement (relative to camera)

- Q = down, E = up

- ESC to put camera behind avatar

- Mouse Click and drag to move camera

- Mouse Wheel to change Throttle

Sections of the app:

LOCAL

This is the on-the-ground cyberspace view. The shiny polygon you begin your journey in is your Home Coordinate, which is simply your hex pubkey. Your journey always starts here if you derezz (or get derezzed) at any point, but your progress is saved to nostr and your avatar will travel even when you're away from the app!

SECTOR

This is the 10,000ft view of cyberspace. Nearby sectors are automatically scanned for objects of interest and mapped in 3D: other avatars, hyperjumps, shards, and constructs (coming soon).

GLOBAL

This is the 100,000,000ft view of cyberspace. The staggeringly large full coordinate system is shown.

BUILD

This tab is a 3D editor that lets you build 3D objects called Shards. Shards can be mined and planted wherever you are at in cyberspace for everyone to admire. In the LOCAL tab you can mine and deploy a Shard at your current position. The size and complexity of the shard determines its mining difficulty.

Terminology:

- coord - a cyberspace coordinate is a 256-bit number, just like event ids and public keys.

- chain - the nostr events representing your movement which contain proof-of-work and are linked together via hash

- sector - a 2^30 cube area of cyberspace

- G - Gibson, the unit of measurement in cyberspace named after William Gibson (the author who invented the concept of cyberspace)

- plane - The last bit in a cyberspace coordinate determines its plane. Depending on your pubkey you will either be in D-Space or I-Space. You will be able to switch planes in a future update. All points in D-Space map to a real point in reality, including Earth. All points in I-Space are virtual.

Despite the polish I was able to muster, ONOSENDAI is still in its infancy, and so is cyberspace. It's up to you to explore, build, discover, and push it forward, because unlike other metaverses, this one belongs to everyone and is controlled by no-one. That's the whole point!

I would like to invite all #cyberspace enthusiasts to join my new ditto instance at https://straylight.cafe and use your nostr identity to ask questions, discuss cyberspace, futurism, and how to build this new world together. I think it's going to be a lot of fun. I want to shut down the ONOSENDAI telegram group in favor of Straylight Café because it's nostr based, so hop on over and make it happen!

When you join Straylight.cafe, it isn't connected to any external relays on purpose, so you must edit your profile and customize it for how you want your npub to appear on this site. Whatever you post on Straylight stays there and doesn't go out to the rest of nostr unless you do so manually. It's like an open telegram group -- public, but not broadcasted by default.

And so concludes my OpenSats grant. I want to thank so many people for supporting me, encouraging me, and helping me along this journey.

I am going to try to list everyone I can and I apologize if I miss someone:

OpenSats and the whole team there

Gsovereignty and Bitkarrot for having me on their podcast. This was a huge break for me into the nostr scene.

Johns and Marina for encouraging me and inviting me to awesome bolt.fun hackathons which were a wonderful opportunity to meet great people!

bnonni for being my first ONOSENDAI contributor

Chris for donating to support my work on cyberspace

laoc42

42pupusas for being the first to build on the cyberspace protocol

CryptoClay for his enthusiasm and support

Nik, for bringing life and sound to cyberspace with his videos

Pablo for bragging about me and sharing his contagious enthusiasm

JeffG for answering my NDK questions and being a good bro

Simon for donating to support my work on cyberspace

the FanFares team

AVERAGE_GARY for thoughtful consideration and friendship

Artur Brugeman

J@n, for having me on his podcast and being an awesome friend

Ioni Appleberg

Michael Tidwell

Ser Sleepy

Jay

Quiet Warrior

Avi

holdbod

hzrd149

Max

Max Hillebrand

biscuits

metamick and paula

jonb

shaun, isaac, yofu, and the yakihonne crew. They throw great hackathons and are wonderful people!

jeanpaul

Fiatjaf

Stephen Mosher and his crew

all of my faithful and beloved reply guys who hype me up when I post about cyberspace

Everyone in the telegram group and everyone who has zapped, tested, and waited patiently for this

Everyone who believed in me and the skeptics who pushed me to the finish line

This is just the beginning. Nostr isn't just for tweets. It's for cyberspace, and I think that's a big deal. Thanks everyone 👾💜

#OTHERSTUFF