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Playing with Bitcoin since late 2010 ⚡️ Bird App: @averyhodl ⚡️ averyhodl@zeuspay.com

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Remember all those past civilizations that collapsed because they saved too much money? 🤔

I know some don't agree with gifting sats to pre-coiners but, for those that are inclined, this is an interesting time to gift some sats to some pre-coiners. Just a trivial amount to let them watch and slightly feel the price bounce around a while before the next halving. A digital toe in the water as it were.

Testing the connection to my Start9 Embassy’s relay…

Sup

Crazy.

It’ll come around someday.

Too late I think. When people keep falling back to the purple bird because the blue bird stops working it’s just a matter of time before the backup becomes the main.

Lael Brainard has left her position at the Fed…👀

Moving to the White House yeah? At least that’s what I think I heard.

We're winning. I can smell it.

Awesome! Got BTCMinstrel but still no yellow 🧐

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Spam?

🍆

Exactly. It's an excuse to use STX.

Not the first time and not the last that shitcoinery will thrive on nostr. Can we train a bot to watch for shitcoin posters and always reply with a “scam warning” for everyone else to see? 😇

**NIP-69 is being proposed to use the Stacks blockchain and BNS .btc name system for Nostr Names**

The proposal states to use the Stacks "Bitcoin Name System", which has nothing to do with Bitcoin, but uses that name for name recognition only, as a new *"Nostr Names"* implementation. This is being proposed as an improvement to NIP-05 IDs. As a NIP-05 ID service provider, I will agree that the NIP-05 is not perfect, but NIP-69 is **not the solution**.

The Nostr Names NIP-69 proposal states that NIP-05 is flawed because:

* DNS names are controlled by the state and 3rd parties

* they're expensive, need to own a server, ssl, etc

* you need to be skilled to do it

The first key point is true, DNS names are controlled by third parties. That's something we can't fix yet.

The second point about being expensive is completely false. Domain names are fairly cheap and you don't need to pay for SSL certificates, nor do you need to own a server.

*For example: derekross.me costs me $12 a year. The server is a Rapsberry Pi 4. The SSL certificate is free from Let's Encrypt.*

The third point is partially false. The skill required isn't incredible, but it probably is too much for the average person to handle. This leads us to third party services such as NostrPlebs.com providing ID services for customers. This can lead to some centralization and trust, but we will reach a point where certain providers are better than others. Some providers will allow anyone to register, some will charge for this service, some will provide additional perks and support to their members. As time progresses, clear leaders in this new industry will merge and providers will be known and judged by their reputations, services, and support.

"Nostr Names" states the following are benefits to using NIP-69:

* use the centralized service btc.us to register a name

* learn how to use Stacks Clarity language and programmatically register your name

* use the Stacks blockchain, run a Stacks node

So, it sounds like you need to use a centralized service and you need to be skilled to register a NIP-69 Nostr Name, doesn't it? I thought these were issues that NIP-69 was trying to solve for NIP-05?

It costs about $10 for 5 years, so a BNS name is cheaper. That's a plus.

**But you still need to use Stacks.**

I like the effort here as NIP-05 is not perfect, but I'm sorry, I'm going to say no to this one.

[Source](https://www.newinternetlabs.com/blog/nostr-names/)

Shitcoin grift is what that is. They’re really good at targeting Bitcoiners specifically.

I outsourced the game to my kids 90% of the time.

**Fold has removed the Metaverse from their app**

The Metaverse allowed for players to earn 200 sats a day and 3 spins per day. While the sats don't amount to all that much, the spins here were the real prize from this daily game.

Fold doing away with their Metaverse game hits hard. Power users relied on those 3 additional spins for large purchases. They would always make sure they had 3 spins in the bank from the previous day and then 3 spins from the current day before making a large purchase.

It seems that every 3-6 months or so, Fold users have to completely rethink their strategy.

The current strategy is to buy bitcoin through Fold and earn spins that way. However, for this all to work out, Fold users need to time their DCA together with their large purchases.

If you're a Fold user, how does this change make you feel? I'm unimpressed at the moment. I guess that means I better get back to building.

Barely did the metaverse thing. It was kind of obnoxious to play. If it was actually fun it might be a different story.

Apparently my profile image is now broken on Astral?

I can’t even get astral to load anymore. Not sure why.

So essentially IPFS?

But without a shitcoin

I cannot wait for a Nostr client that allows image uploading and posting. Image hosting has a cost association, though. I don't mind paying for hosting. Maybe a sats for images subscription service?

Can’t wait for some kind of decentralized storage/hosting protocol where people can earn sats for putting their extra storage and bandwidth to work for others

Logout and login it will come back

That actually didn’t fix it. Just had to keep adding back relays.

Add a few more good relays. That will help.

Oh shit that’s what happened. Relay list wiped out after the last damus update. Ty!

##### Nostr Plebs Update:

We now support NPUB keys along with HEX keys. This should help stop users from accidentally registering with their private keys. And, it should make it easier for Damus users to register, without having to go convert their key prior to registering. Thank you again for all of your support. Visit nostrplebs.com to get your NIP-05 ID.

Guess I need a pw

don’t, getting your hands dirty is the best way to learn

This!

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