Zapathon is about fun. Gamify zapping will introduce more and more plebs to the power of Lightning. There are many applications this can be applied to.

While we think this is a simple task of “just zapping” each other…

the fact that we can now zap at scale is a tremendous feat for Bitcoin.

“Bitcoin cannot scale” they said…

Look at us now. 🫡 #Plebchain

Special thanks to #[1]​ for being out Zapathon Guinea pig.

F: Spicy

M: Smoky

K: Tangy (pineapple takes care of this already)

my wife just told me she started documenting our #worldschooling life... on Instagram

😟

I purple-pill friends just fine but not my own family -- fml

What I learned from all the hoopla resulting from the lock downs and authoritarian clownship that followed is that the vast majority of people really don't know how to live.

They are always in need of authoritarian types putting limits to what they can and can't do. This way the people are comfortable knowing where the limits are.

It's stupidity being led by stupidity. And I think, I hope I'm wrong, people will flock to CBDCs for two reasons:

1. The government wants it

2. To them, It's more convenient than cash

BBQ though? I'll accept it.

Pineapple and ranch? ?cid=2154d3d787uud9rz2qua0s3aop34sa8g24f53kdu42g6x0dn&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

They're trying to prepare for something similar, the government in #Nigeria tried. I'm expecting more western countries to try and eventually fail.

#Bitcoin will keep creating a new block every ten minutes, just might become cheap for a moment and then incredibly expensive. Who wouldn't want a piece of the coin that's an escape from their oppression? That's why I'm telling people not to buy it to speculate on its price, buy it as an insurance in case the government will fuck it up again or try to attack their own people.

More on the situation in Nigeria:

#[4]

I’m a bit of a psycho with hot sauce. I rock it on pizza with red pepper flakes as well.

Pepperoni, Pineapple, Jalapeño thin crust well done 🤣

Good morning. Once we better integrate Nostr Nests with Nostr, I suspect it's usage will drastically increase, especially once we integrate text chat and Zaps.

The last few nights we've been discussing different ways to monetize Nests so that it's able to pay for itself. Right now, it's fairly cheap to run Nests. As Nests grows in popularity, I'm suspecting this to cost several hundred dollars a month to run, if not much more.

We've discussed various solutions for this. Some of them are:

1) paying a Lightning invoice to start all Nests

2) free to start, pay after an hour

3) free for under 10 people, pay for larger Nests

What is fair? What are your thoughts? I appreciate all of your feedback.

Good morning. Once we better integrate Nostr Nests with Nostr, I suspect it's usage will drastically increase, especially once we integrate text chat and Zaps.

The last few nights we've been discussing different ways to monetize Nests so that it's able to pay for itself. Right now, it's fairly cheap to run Nests. As Nests grows in popularity, I'm suspecting this to cost several hundred dollars a month to run, if not much more.

We've discussed various solutions for this. Some of them are:

1) paying a Lightning invoice to start all Nests

2) free to start, pay after an hour

3) free for under 10 people, pay for larger Nests

What is fair? What are your thoughts? I appreciate all of your feedback.

Amethyst/nostr needs to have a way to show a QR code to have people add each other in person.

I'm at a conference, and someone wanted to follow me on nostr and couldn't find me with search. I should have been able to press a button and have them scan a QR code with my npub.

Also, I'll point out that Signal should do this too!

Any carnivore honey eaters out there?

Just landed on a nice treat.

Franks red hot (or other hot sauce) + honey for a glaze or dip. 🤤

I’d like to see us be able to choose our own algos (or not) and client features like plugins. Add ons of sorts. Some can be paid, some free. No idea if that’s possible, ideally they are portable/interoperable

Chillin like Bob Dylan!

Indeed

That said, someone will one day write an algo for a client on nostr.

Hopefully it’s open, or if not, it allows one to turn it on or off or choose different algos.

I think the option of other revenue models enables better algos that are actually useful and not driven by advertising incentives. That to me is the key downfall of current social media algos.

The algos on nostr are coming, and that’s ok. Feels like the developer community here has set the tone for what’s expected of them and that will drive to much more meaningful outcomes.