GM

Pre-mined

GM

Studio Ghibli image generation is a form of escapism in a world so absurd that people would rather imagine the comfort of a simulated cartoon world than the brutal photorealistic reality of suffering and chaos we live in, gm

i started using the Fediverse before it was called the Fediverse. back before Mastodon even existed, when there was just identica and diaspora.

i watched it go from a tiny place for fringe linux nerds, hackers, and artists, to a place for disgruintled corporate journalists and WokeScolds with 15 million daily users.

steady growth was minimal. The major growth happened from mass influxes. Usually from a negative facebook or twitter event, or some famous person talking about the fediverse.

Then 90% of those new people would drop off, and go back to the corporate BS, leaving behind a small increase. Those cycles happened over and over again until there were 10+ million daily users.

I see something very similar happening to nostr. It is very familiar and natural. But it seems like some people have a Silicon Valley VC funded growth from 2012 paradigm of what success it. Nostr is probably not going to happen like that. They dont have a realistic paradigm of how open source, community developed protocols grow over time.

So they keep getting disappointed because their paradigm is unrealistic, and the hype growth they keep telling themselves will happen is really probably not going to. Or to put it another way, 'go fast and break things' is a luxury mentality afforded by VC capital. Go slow and fix things is how real, lasting, open protocols that are worth something develop.

What will happen with people is pretty simple.

Some will leave quietly, some will leave loudly, making sure to dump their disappointment on everyone before they go. But some will just keep rolling, noting, memeing, and building, a peice at a time, until something really unique, robust, and reliable has formed.

stay humble, stack sats, post notes.

Nostr achieved so much in so little time. Ya'll are too close to the metal. Step back. Zoom out. Appreciate what we have and where we are.

gm

i love signal and proton

signal is a great example of a freedom focused sustainable non profit project

proton is a great example of a freedom focused sustainable for profit business

both are great models for nostr and bitcoin projects

Cancelled flights. Phantom visas. Racial profiling. Lost AirPods.

Still made it.

Still Bitcoin

👇🏽

Trying to get to Fort Lauderdale for #MiningDisrupt. Routed through Montreal to save time. Mistake.

At check-in:

“Where’s your ETA?”

Me: “What’s an ETA?”

Apparently Canada wants a transit visa even if I’m not entering.

Apply online. “15 minutes” they say. It never shows. Flight cancelled.

Call my agent in Lebanon. She finds me a #Delta flight leaving in 50 minutes. Canadian desk says I won’t make it.

I ignore her.

Sprint to Delta. Supervisor stops me. not to check my passport.

“What do you do?”

I say: “Bitcoin.”

He smirks: “You’re good. Enjoy your trip bro.”

Checked in 120sec before cutoff. Staff claps. As if I landed a plane myself.

Security: chaos.

Boarding. Random security check. Of course. Not blue-eyed Kyle behind me. Me.

When searching for “electronics”, I noticed: I forgot my AirPods in one of the security Xtray trays. Super Nintendo case.

I inform a Delta lady at the boarding and board anyway. Doors about to close.

Then, after like 20min in my seat; the Delta staffer appears, drenched in sweat, holding up the case. “Are these yours?” 🙃

So today I:

– Got wrecked by bureaucracy

– Rescued by a #Bitcoin nod

– Profiled at the gate

– Reunited with my gear

– And still made the flight

The system tried. It failed.

I didn’t.

Keep moving #Nostr.

has anyone actually done this?