Happy to help!
It's not obvious what one needs to click to DM someone?
Congrats on finally getting Android and DMs working, I think I asked first 😅
I'm so lucky to have awesome friends, here's a video never before seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A568M2E4PDs
A coffee shop purchase with bitcoin, no intermediaries (bitcoin pizza), a real bitcoin purchase on video with timestamps.
Hardcore bitcoiner friend arguing all day on the internet about sovereignty, they're flying into the U.S. this week and they use a Gmail email address... 2nd last international trip I made I paid +300k sats to connect through Turkey instead of the U.S., this week I paid +100k sats to avoid connecting through the U.S. on an international trip.
If you're not running your own email server, you can't argue you understand sovereignty and privacy (best attempts we can make with the protocols we're given).
Can I interview both of you guys on this topic on a panel, a respectful conversation about sovereignty and privacy?
I'd like to lose the rhetoric "giving up sovereignty for custodied privacy" and instead discuss trade offs and risks we all make, encouraging people to look into bitcoin, nostr, cashu, Damus, and coinos.
The goal for me is just interviewing a couple of my most technically talented friends, secondary is mass market accessibility to these important topics.
2️⃣3️⃣‼ new record, new release: bitchat-android 0.8.2 with UI/UX improvements. check it out!
https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/releases/tag/0.8.2
Canada's largest bitchat to date, from fedicon.ca last week-end!
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I only had 6 is us (I was 2, laptop and phone) at fedicon.ca a few minutes ago
Hello to everyone at #fedicon!
A few of us on bitchat (cc nostr:nprofile1qqs9pk20ctv9srrg9vr354p03v0rrgsqkpggh2u45va77zz4mu5p6ccpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgkwaehxw309a5xjum59ehx7um5wghxcctwvshszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qrxnfk) and I've also announced our nostr client & relays at 21eyes.com which is using consentkeys.com OIDC
I converted my third #meshtastic node to an #RNode today so I can use it as a future portable/mobile node. My #Linux #hamradio shack PC has both an RNode and high-speed TCP connectivity and is acting as a dedicated bridge between my RNode-based reticulum network and the public internet TCP-based #reticulum network. I tweaked the mode settings on the different interfaces in the ./reticulum/config files to use the #gateway and #boundary modes were appropriate. You can see the modes on the status page at https://reticulum.n7ekb.net.
For #nomadnet I setup a second node so that my rnode-based network has it's own node on the #hamradio shack PC. Look for "N7EKB's RNode Network Node" and "N7EKB's TCP Network Node" in the announce stream on the #Nomad Network.
The screenshot is of Liam Cottle's #MeshChat program running on my #Fedora #Linux laptop connected to the TCP Server interface of my #hamradio shack PC. MeshChat is an AWESOME program Liam!
Awesome project! I wrote this article over 4 years ago, and we've since had over 100 nodes appear in British Columbia as a result:
https://krisconstable.com/bc-mesh-using-LoRa-devices/
I think everyone interested in open source, decentralized censorship resistance, emergency preparedness, and/or fun technical nerdy things should give LoRa a try!
FINALLY!
I've only been asking for what, 2.5 years? :D
Satoshi wanted to be anonymous, and so any attempts to dox them is declaring publicly that you don't believe in consent.
Privacy is consent.
Anyone who intentionally violates consent should be treated as such.
Cypherpunks don't have to write code, but they have to be active in making systematic change.
*idea*: Someone should create a simple app where a user can login with Twitter, and once logged in, confirm that they did not consent to having a Twitter "Blue check" put beside their name. Once they do that, they are put on a public list on the main page of all users that have confirmed the same. Then we can all publicly see how many people this happened to.
Once logged in and confirmed a victim of a non-consenual blue check, the user can login with nostr, and beside their Twitter username on the main/public page, it will also show their npub, so users can follow them on nostr.
*rational*: There are many popular people on Twitter with a blue check that did not pay for the service. Twitter has given them a blue check mark, but that is "fake news" to look like Twitter is making money. Such a website would be embarrassing to Twitter, and attract new users to nostr, including many influencers.
If someone wants to pay me the ~150k sats/month for a Twitter developer account I can have it built, but I'm not motivated enough to do so otherwise. Let me know if you build it otherwise, I can share with several of my influencer friends who are blue check victims.
A lack of od your country's responsibility to audit and improve public health doesn't mean public health sucks, it suggests there's a force intentionally eroding it. We have this issue in Canada too, but I still support public health care, I don't want a world where you have be wealthy to live healthy.
Education and Healthcare for all I believe in, contrary to to libertarian principles which are more prevalent here.
Start with:
1) Amateur Radio
(Canadians: https://krisconstable.com/getting-your-ham-radio-licence-in-canada/)
I've been in two states of emergency -- ham radio is nerdy otherwise, but in an emergency you become a hero helping people find/communicate with loved ones, help emergency services communicate with each other when their radios are down. Everyone should get their license, in which case you get it for life and everything about it is free except the hardware.
2) LoRa
( https://krisconstable.com/bc-mesh-using-LoRa-devices/ now over 100 nodes in B.C. since I wrote this!)
Find and communicate with your friends. Send sats. No cell or internet infrastructure required
3) Handcrank & Solar for AM/FM/NOAA public broadcast
Basic: https://amzn.to/4eStkmC
A little more: https://amzn.to/4bBqS1d
I also like SSB & shortwave: https://amzn.to/3VSUh14
Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians!
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American friends at #BTCPrague, the scramblesolutions.com x cloakedwireless.com collab begins tomorrow.
What does this mean? A completely anonymous U.S. data plan, where you can't be SIM swamped or SIM jacked. DM me or find me for more info, otherwise:
1) Show me you
a) have an account on scramblesolutions.com, b) follow me on nostr or
c) follow our new npub1hacker* account (npub1hackerg38aqdgewqcusrz9z5y4wwy4p69z5wdgsk6pu9u4ylcsxs2cs8ak)
2) Tell me you have a U.S. zip code (I need the 5 digits)
3) Pick a Cloakedwireless. com data plan you want
4) Send me the sats for 3 months of your new plan, and I'll give you 10% off your 4th month.
Pick one of the random SIM cards from my bag and away you go! (Roaming fees apply when not in the U.S!).
LFG!
You just called your neighbour names, judging them out of ignorance, because your neighbour over judged you out of ignorance? who is more at fault, and why?
https://awesomeshitclub.com live from nostr:npub1key55ax33gkl50uqemvl4khrtqrhzm7wzpc7fhseutt5ddkcwcrqgxlt3h on May 29th!
This will be the first ASC that we accept sats, and will pay out in sats! If you're not here in #NYC we'll also be streaming the event live on the internets!
You're picking your ideal metric for best country in the world, do you use something like the World Happiness Index (https://worldhappiness.report/) or Human Freedom Index (https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index/2023), a combination thereof, or do you have a better overall index of measurement?