As Sovereign Engineering comes to a close, I'd like to take some time to reflect on the past few months. It feels like it was yesterday when I was sitting in a Panera Bread in NYC listening to a Nostrovia episode when these guys nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc mentioned a crazy idea to bring a bunch of hackers to an island in the middle of the Atlantic to work on Nostr stuff for two months. At this point I had only recently heard about Nostr, in fact, I was still debating between building on Farcaster vs Nostr 😅. By the end of that podcast I was hooked, I knew I had to find a way to get myself into the Cohort and start contributing to the future of the web. So I started working on a client, learning all about the intricacies of the protocol as I did. A constant flow of Nostr podcasts streamed into my ears, fueling the next few weeks as I put together what eventually became Flockstr. (Funny enough, Flockstr was originally supposed to be a Patreon/Substack client where users could subscribe to creators and consume long-form content). Once my MVP was done I sent DMs to a bunch of the big names on Nostr to get some feedback. Luckily, despite not having much cred to my name at the time, I got some awesome encouragement from nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn & Pablo which pushed me to keep going. Fast forward 4 months and now I find myself sitting in a cafe in Madeira, writing this retrospective as I get ready to return home tomorrow.
In that time I've:
1. Turned Flockstr into the first Nostr Calendar events client
2. Built Flare.pub the first YouTube/Video sharing app on Nostr
3. Built Find Me On Nostr a fun little game to spread the word about Nostr and share some sats
4. Contributed to the Nips repo
5. Visited Bitcoin Park in Nashville to meet a bunch of Nostriches like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx, nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424, nostr:npub1yaul8k059377u9lsu67de7y637w4jtgeuwcmh5n7788l6xnlnrgs3tvjmf, nostr:npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3, nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg, and others
6. Joined SEC-01 in Madeira where I got to work with some of the most capable developers in the space and discuss the future of the web (I could gloat more about my time in nostr:npub1s0veng2gvfwr62acrxhnqexq76sj6ldg3a5t935jy8e6w3shr5vsnwrmq5 but this is a kind 1 after all so let's keep it somewhat brief 😂)
7. Created Seeker, an Events app for Bitcoiners built on Nostr ready to onboard the next generation of Nostriches.
8. Presented at Bitcoin Atlantis where I was able to meet some incredible people like nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m, nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8, nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr, nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc, nostr:npub1jpvsahpy0vgq7gu8nfqjkeskce0gwjk8jpss590xkvjh5xxe4epsruqgsz, nostr:npub1zjx3xe49u3njkyep4hcqxgth37r2ydc6f0d7nyfn72xlpv7n97ss73pvrl, and so many more.
All of that in just a few months. I was just checking my GitHub, and my first ever Nostr commit was Oct 5th, 2023 marking tomorrow my 5-month Nostr-anniversary. It's amazing how much can happen in such a short time. Thanks to all who I've had the pleasure of meeting so far in this journey, I can't wait to see what the next 5 months have in store. 🧡
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Nothing is stopping them from GameStopping the MSTR.
At some point, they will have to.
Then, we will hyperbitcoinize.
Something like this?
Prague was a Mekka before Mekkas were cool.
☕ ₿ 🍻
Well, I got totally smoked with the Rx. Worse then expected. Time capped in the middle of the set of the 15s.
Might try to see over the weekend if I can finish the scaled one.
Still, the test was worth it. Time to work more.
Nemluvim o salonnich intelektualech z Letne. Ale o normalni stredni-nizsi tride. Lidi, co i pres to, ze celej zivot makaj (a z ruznych duvodu ne v tech nejlukrativnejsich jobech, a z ruznych duvodu se jim nepodarilo nic moc nasetrit), a i presto maji problem zaplatit najem.
Tihle lidi jsou nachylni k tomu zamenovat dopady money printingu za kritiku kapitalismu/bohatych/developeru...
Idealni by bylo vzit jejich decka, organicky, zezdola, rozdat jim par sats a nejakou minimalni edukaci formou nejake marshmallow gamifikace, ... a oni uz to potom roztroubi pekne rychle.
Pak bych videl budoucnost silne pozitivne.
Just keep moving. Steady pace. Focus on breathing. Your heart will be full go so focus on breathing.
Ok, I'll try 😅
Do you have some basic discovery page/index aggregating all (your clients) accepting Bitcoin in the roadmap?
You can just maintain them in an XML - *list of online businesses who are reliably accepting btc* , and let someone else to build the user facing frontend for it. You can monetize it later too.
If it starts adding significant traffic to your clients, it will be a solid external value prop for adopting Zaprite.
Any advice?
Probably no time for splitting the sets, right?
That's pretty solid work; congrats.
I've signed for the first time this year; Doing it in the evening.
If I stick this one below 15min, it will be a success. If possible, 13:24 would be very sweet too :D
BItcoin #Atlantis in Madeira started today!
Here is the LIVE stream:
https://www.youtube.com/live/SKAHlCpwsLc
#Madeira
Why aren't conferences streamed natively on nostr yet?
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Vidim potencial na to, ze se Praha stane nejvetsi komunistickou bastou 🤔
Tihle lidi potrebujou Bitcoin a economics 101nejvic ze vsech, ale hlavne v tech salonnich kruzich se budou tomu budou branit jak cert krizi.
Ale nebojim se, ze by s tim v CZ vyhravali volby.
GM,, rise and shine.
I didn't expect to ever see a zombie company to move that fast.
Not fast enough for their clients, though.