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YMMV, but I feel like the EU is constantly being hotly debated from all angles. Also, we have Europawahl coming up. Munich has a ton of initiatives (https://europa-mai.de) around that to learn, debate and participate. Not sure how it is in your area, but I do feel like things are out in the open for anyone who cares (<- key point) to look into.
This is about dictators/tyrants/autocrats/etc like Hitler/Putin/etc, which is pretty one-sided to me and I don't think their perspectives should be defended.
The arguments in the book are pretty general (think for yourself instead of repeating propaganda, fight for your right to vote, etc), but include some pointed examples about Trump (like undermining elections).
Probably OK for teenagers who show some interest in more serious topics, but not as accessible as books in the same genre like the Sapiens Graphic Novel.
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Good read.
Result of a Bitaxe workshop yesterday organized by nostr:npub1vwf2mytkyk22x2gcmr9d7ktprakh6llwpzxqlke8rlv5j0qyx2esf2lxtw and the Bitcoin Munich Meetup. Highly recommend it. Time to do a little bit of hashing now…
Nice post by Umami about how they balance open-source and running a company. https://umami.is/blog/challenges-of-running-an-open-source-company
Some quick concept explorations with nostr:npub1u2jks7zqnvdtnu8vkehtfa3aemtaqp30s3az9qxcesa7whxlw8rsgs50au around beefing up the visual expression of nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg. Would you use it?
Nice to see another accessibility improvement merged in Blue Wallet. This one is around QR codes. https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/issues/5388
Another lovely update to the design docs, this one is a first draft for the snapshot (assumeUTXO) feature UX. https://bitcoincore.app/snapshot/
A ton of apps have built their own onboarding and key management approaches. Do you know if any specific best practices have crystallized that would be good to follow?
https://nosta.me/ is really beautiful and has a nice onboarding experience, but I feel like it is way too much to ask from someone who hasn't even gotten a taste of Nostr.
Maybe it could just generate a key for you and store it in localStorage, just ask your name and then it could be your signer, like https://nsec.app/, and tell you to go to some other apps that support NIP-46 so you could start using that key right away.
It could be the killer introductory app.
Thanks. I very intentionally designed it the way it is, in order to run several Nostr concepts past users, while never pressuring them into actually acting on them. So they at least have it in the back of their heads for the future.
If you look at the onboarding of something like iOS (
), you also go through tons of screens. Each one is focused on a single thing, and afterwards you're really well set up for your future use and don't really have to putz around with basic settings that much anymore.
I totally understand the desire to just cut everything and drop people directly into some UI, but I don't think we're always well served by that. All the social-media focused Nostr apps already do that. And then you have the problem of having to bring the basic concepts back up with users later, sometimes to their surprise.
With Nosta, my idea was to be upfront. Obviously debatable whether that's the best approach or not, and maybe the ideal is somewhere in the middle, but that was my thinking.
Also, I really need to find way more time to work on it (also, it's open-source, so contributions are welcome). So much to do there to make it better. Thanks your your comments, I will note them down and think about them more.
Had a fantastic time at Advancing Bitcoin. Big thanks to the organizers. Super high signal with so many whip-smart and friendly people. Now, how do we make all this bleeding-edge tech easily usable...?
Yes, check it out here: https://www.summerofbitcoin.org
A summer program for students to contribute to open-source bitcoin projects. Mostly about development, but also some design and other contributions. https://www.summerofbitcoin.org
I'd love to see more designers help mentor in the Summer of Bitcoin program. Happy to answer questions if this sounds remotely interesting.
Huge thanks. I am at a conference the rest of the week but will take a very close look. The design is months ahead of development for most things related to the wallet. So we have room for refinement. It's also a reason why I am working on the web prototype, so we can get a more realistic feel for the experience will be. Also agree with your last point. We'll give it our best shot and expect iteration via feedback and testing.
It is linked directly from the top of that link above. There's also a link to a web prototype that is a decent rendition of what is being built. And you can download the first version of the app that only has the node functiontionality (desktop & Android). Everything is in motion. https://www.figma.com/file/ek8w3n3upbluw5UL2lGhRx/Bitcoin-Core-App-Design?node-id=616%3A0
Working on it. Wanna help? https://bitcoincore.app/
Could the first one ("no censorship...") be re-worded to a positive statement? Something like "An account that's really yours" or so? It describes things that don't exist on Nostr, but then what does exist on Nostr and how is it helpful?