What are 5 fiscal blocks keeping people from stacking 0.1 bitcoin?
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Yesterday I swapped a coil on a generator. Today I swapped a network switch in -30 weather in the dark with a headlamp. Would still rate this best job I’ve had in the last decade ❤️
(To be fair the “in the dark with a headlamp” part was by choice; I wanted the most miserable task of the day done and gone.)
I mostly agree, but at this point it’d be like showing a crack addict a clean house and saying “isn’t this better?” They’ll either leave or bring it with them.
Maybe I’m just blackpilled on saving people…
But do we want them here? I’m torn. I’d love to onboard my extended family but I see what they post and engage with and sometimes think it’s better to leave them in the trad SM mental asylum than bring them and their troubles here 🫤
“It’s complicated” is the cop-out answer, but it’s also true.
I’m currently working for an industrial-scale Bitcoin mining company, and their ROI is closer to 3%. But they’re at a scale where 3% is still looooots of money. My home mining is -infinity%, but I do it mostly for the learning experience. I’ve seen larger home miners make enough to pay their homestead’s utility costs by getting solar panels and batteries for free and old miners for cheap.
From what I’m seeing the key is the same as any other business: keep costs low. Buying $10k miners and building a $1m facility to house them doesn’t pay. $0 solar panels and $200 miners might.
Cloudflare have your centralized Nostr media hosting down? Time to switch to a self-hosted Nostrcheck Server instance!
And if you can, 👏on👏your👏own👏metal!👏
On my feed it seems to be mostly media. Good time to plug Nostrcheck Server from nostr:npub138s5hey76qrnm2pmv7p8nnffhfddsm8sqzm285dyc0wy4f8a6qkqtzx624 😉
*steps outside
*smells the air
“Cloudflare is down.”
Have you ever wanted to print your own money, but didn't want to go to jail? Now you can!
Joking aside, I've assembled a proof-of-concept for a cash version of Bitcoin. See the video for a quick into, and the website (https://bem.taylorperron.com) for more details.
Dammit I forgot to tag #cashu #ecash
It’s been done before but one of the problems was the Cashu token being too easily scannable / stealable. My solution is to split the token across front and back, and have a “helper” app reassemble it for pasting into your Cashu wallet.
I got it up and tested: It’s >1mbps download and upload, which is enough for messaging (as advertised), but you definitely wouldn’t be streaming media (ie Spotify) on it.
Have you ever wanted to print your own money, but didn't want to go to jail? Now you can!
Joking aside, I've assembled a proof-of-concept for a cash version of Bitcoin. See the video for a quick into, and the website (https://bem.taylorperron.com) for more details.
I signed up for one and it’s waiting for me to pick it up from the post office. The one thing I haven’t been able to confirm is how slow the ~$5 plan is. They say it’s supposed to be just enough for texting, but that’s not very specific 🤷♂️ If this morning goes well (and I don’t slip and die on the ice 😏) I should be able to pick it up, test it, and reply here again with results.
We have the Minis at work on our trucks and they’re awesome, but we have the regular plans on those.
ISO someone to draw me a waifu decal for / of my car (Yuki, a light-blue 2004 Lexus RX330). Chibi style, dark hair, puffy light-blue winter coat (doesn't need to be the same blue as the car). Holding a Toyota 3MZ-FE engine like a toddler holds a house cat (engine doesn't need to be highly detailed, just vaguely recognizable). Will provide reference photos of the car and engine and more details as requested. Budget is 150k sats, but there's wiggle room if you can either make a good argument for more or if I fall in love with your style (portfolio or samples links appreciated).
#asknostr #art #commission
Spent some time trying to solve a problem with fancy tools only to re-discover, yet again, that the answer is…spreadsheet.
Can y’all guess what my new day-job entails? 👀
✨Finally✨ had time to upgrade my Nostrcheck Server (by nostr:npub138s5hey76qrnm2pmv7p8nnffhfddsm8sqzm285dyc0wy4f8a6qkqtzx624 ) to 0.7. Testing upload:
Car shopping the last few days. Wasn’t expecting to find a Lexus in my price range…
EasyDNS!
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GM again to the morning walk enjoyers.
ft. nostr:npub1tganz96qksa7m2v9xc0424twn66m88mjy8tk0yvk00rh0v7jzv3sdk0rjf
I consider this the heart of my Nostr presence, and a major element of my “Nostr for Uncle Jims” documentation (coming SOON™️?…😅). I am VERY excited for this version!
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Yup, same protocols, but “nobody” wanted to run big public relays/servers for free so most users just hopped on the default Bluesky one (and a handful of what became the popular Mastodon servers), thereby centralizing a decentralized system.
Once again, convenience > security.
There are some that try; for example Cloudflare has a replacement for CAPTCHAs that doesn’t require any interaction from the user (linked below). It’s also roughly the same amount of work for devs to implement. The problem is that if the service goes down or the dev’s implementation breaks, the dev’s bosses will come screeching into their office asking why their paying customers can’t access the page and demand the security be removed, for convenience sake (ask me how I know 😶).
I guess my opinion is that when it comes to security and convenience, there is no middle ground for the majority of people. There are some users who value security and will seek it out, and some builders who will relentlessly push for it at all costs (lovingly tagging nostr:npub12ctjk5lhxp6sks8x83gpk9sx3hvk5fz70uz4ze6uplkfs9lwjmsq2rc5ky, makers of the legendary Coldcard and other security-first products). Everyone else will make like entropy and slowly (or quickly) drift toward convenience.
In a choice between security and convenience, convenience will win every time.
- some rando on the internet
When trying to pitch some users on not leaving their passwords on a sticky note on their monitors, I was going to use the example of "you wouldn't tape your house keys to your front door". But before the words could leave my mouth I remembered a past house-call customer who did exactly that.
The moral of the story is when planning for security, you either need to make the cost of shortcutting enormous and immediate (think firing w/perp-walk out the door) or more convenient than shortcutting. The first is obviously unpopular with most, and the second is a huge PITA for devs who will also choose convenience by offloading to MFA-in-a-box and shouting "let them eat TOTP apps and choose traffic lights!".
Damn, this started as a funny story about security and ended in mild depression... 😭
Remembering words feat. squirrel chirping
#vlogstr #lifehack
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Hey nostr:npub138s5hey76qrnm2pmv7p8nnffhfddsm8sqzm285dyc0wy4f8a6qkqtzx624, how many sats to add an option to have all media from selected users be automatically marked as “checked” in v0.7? (It’s me on my own server.) Or is that already a feature in 0.6 and I’m just blind?
#bribecoding
It would be easier for normies to switch too…but are most normies running multiple Nostr apps on their phones? Why not a Docker image / Start9/Umbrel/etc app?
If I didn’t have 7000 other projects on the go I’d be working on a PR to add a custom Blossom server option to nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 😭
One of the first big things we did was re-create one of the things it was meant to replace (banks). Continues to boggle my mind.
Which app / client?
It’s been almost 7 years, how has she not figured this out yet?
At this point most of us have heard of vibecoding, but what about bribecoding? Like, if I wanted to see custom blossom server support in nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 by the end of September, could I zap that into existence? What might that cost?
#bribecoding
The quality / video / media settings debate rages on, so I’ve devised a mini test.
#vlogstr #grownostr
Big Damus Announcement on Bitcoin Asia livestream today! 6:50pm PT! Can't wait to hear what ya'll think!
YouTube: http://youtube.com/live/4BBCwyzZxQE
Rumble: http://rumble.com/v6y3f6g-bitcoin-asia-2025-day-1-livestream.html
Oh boy I hope it’s Kind20 integration! 😉
You should follow nostr:npub1tganz96qksa7m2v9xc0424twn66m88mjy8tk0yvk00rh0v7jzv3sdk0rjf for good timeline cleanse content 👀
He mostly posts Kind20 / Olas photos so you’ll need a client that shows those (calling out nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 😏).
Also wen BYO blossom server in Damus? It would be much more convenient than having to manually upload to my Nostrcheck server (shoutout nostr:npub138s5hey76qrnm2pmv7p8nnffhfddsm8sqzm285dyc0wy4f8a6qkqtzx624) and copy-paste a link every time I want to post media 🙏🙏
“our threat models are likely different :)”
I cannot scream this loud enough. Different solutions for different threat models! Not everybody’s Nostr setup needs to be nation-state-attack-proof! Hell not even my fiat banking needs anything beyond basic MFA.
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What’s the encrypted messaging system/service du jour? I’ve been using Element / Matrix self-hosted but it doesn’t seem to be much of an ecosystem with Element kinda soloing the whole thing.
#asknostr