Competitiveness is precisely what the robotics field needs in order to flourish, just as AI did a couple of years back.
I'm slightly hesitant around IPOs and groundbreaking companies with a lot of marketing materials nowadays, considering the whole Theranos / FTX horror stories from the past decade.
But this looks very promising and I truly think the age of humanoids is about to start.
https://x.com/figure_robot/status/1976272678618308864?s=46&t=v7iZ2YqPY4AFMTdnLfilqg
https://youtu.be/CUHao-vA98g?si=UkK7_X9q3ZXNq49e
This helps in giving some context to the most recent global events.
https://www.ft.com/content/68070835-6519-4040-a48e-e320b53cdffe
De-globalization starting to materialize.
This crap needs to end for both Apple and Google immediately.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/apple-pay-95-million-settle-siri-privacy-lawsuit-2025-01-02/
I disagree, why do you think Nostr fails if there are only a few apps out there?
The benefit of having a single protocol respected by all apps still trumps what we currently have with single individual silos. If you don't like Damus, you can switch to Primal and still have your account with all your history. Try doing that with Facebook and Twitter.
Sure, EU's DMA tries to fix just that, but currently only for messaging apps, not social networks. The issue with that approach is that they're still trying to connect individual silos, each with their own proprietary architecture, which hampers interfunctionality, instead of relying on a single, shared protocol like Nostr.
Realistically speaking, if Nostr truly succeedes, people won't be using 200 Nostr apps, but more like a dozen or so, as it happens in any other domain. And that's still totally ok. Because people can at any time go ahead and create a new app that will work with the rest of the Nostr protocol if the dozen or so existing apps go all nefarious at the same time.
I've said it before, I'll say it again. People need to start working on better onboarding and marketing for Nostr if you want it to really succeed, instead of bickering over useless things or fantasies like legal contract signing apps and worrying about situations that, in the grand scheme of things, won't even matter if this thing doesn't take off the ground first and actually start having users.
nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr looking into 2025 and onwards, i think what @primal and, by extension, Nostr need is better marketing and onboarding experiences.
Like for example, i entered Primal's website after a Google search and I arrived on a not so user friendly feed, with no explanation of what the service actually is and what it provides. Why not add a brief sexy marketing front page which describes what Primal is for new comers? Which would then also provide a more pleasing call to action to sign up? Maybe also explaining the Nostr Connect alternative, which btw i still don't understand how to use and which key storage services currently exist. And I am already a Nostr user, so how do you expect new people to understand how all of this works?
Anyway, my point is, you've done a wonderful job so far of creating a beautifully crafted Nostr app and service, but if you want it to succeed, somebody needs to deploy ample amounts of money and bring in some brilliant marketing minds in order to push this project further. Otherwise it will end up in a similar fashion as Ubuntu/Linux on desktop did. Used only by fanboys and never becoming mainstream.
In case you don't know who to vote for in the European elections:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiia-BXExwOqE1UuVJq-dGw-_W0Q4Pu4L&si=6Gikx1-1SowVcpXP
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2461
Just as we're in the middle of our trip in Poland. How poetic. Thanks for clearing up your shit guys! Glad to have you back.
PS: I highly recommend visiting this country. A lot of places to see and the food is absolutely amazing!
That's amazing news!
nostr:note1kp0zcxucew978k349famgelaudzh8mnpgemykxr9tuawglt2x9vqe9hrly
My initial post wasn’t related at all to either Bitcoin, nor to how specific parties voted particular laws. If you’d like to make your voice heard and have a say in this, I’d suggest reaching out to your local MEPs in order to share your views or even educate them if you feel that they don’t fully understand the topics they’re voting on.
Nevertheless, my point was that the EU has finally brought peace and democracy to our continent. Thus we should be thankful that we can roam freely between most countries in Europe, without being afraid that a new war will start between us. And we should be thankful that we can go out today and vote for change if we don’t believe in the people that are currently leading us. For some people, 40 years ago, that wasn’t even possible…
https://youtu.be/LoiAADEcIxg?si=hQaIIRk5nfH57jFC
We've come a really long way since the 20th century and many people sacrificed a lot to get us to this point. Don't let it be in vain...
https://youtu.be/1KEtxTQUzxY?si=-PbjYdbeG4fYGazd
This is absolutely amazing and should definitely be improved and invested in going forward.
But I'm not referring only to non-custodial wallets. Maybe I'd like to use Strike as my main lightning wallet.
That's why it's important to be able to initiate payments from Primal, but perform the actual transaction through a separate wallet.
nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr if "openness is the long-term killer feature", then why isn't nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg allowing 3rd party Lightning wallets for sending zaps? We're currently locked into using your own proprietary wallet.
nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 allows users to use any other wallet they want.
Announcing Strike Europe
Today, we're launching Strike Europe, expanding our full suite of products to all eligible European customers
Buy #bitcoin, free on-chain withdrawals, a full-featured Lightning wallet and more. Get the best of #Bitcoin with Strike.
We also have our Strike Business, Strike Private, Strike OTC, and Strike API products available for Europe as well.
When EU?!? Now 🫡
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cboYEHuXwbc&ab_channel=JackMallers
I'm confused around the fee structure. Your website mentions a max of 0.99% (https://strike.me/faq/what-are-the-bitcoin-trading-fees-on-strike/), however your app says 1.29%, as seen in the screenshot. So which one is it?
https://strike.me/blog/announcing-strike-europe/
About damn time.
Notification improvements. Most of the times I randomly open the notifications tab and see that i have new notifications that i didn't even know about. They also don't show the timestamp, so they could even be a week old for all i know.