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Fun test !

https://video.nostr.build/9842f438665cf676f3cbf71965aaaa4d9c676516772fb9f91539b98a89f68d52.mp4

"A fun creative test. What are you According to theory we are either left-brain or right-brain dominant If you’re mostly analytical and methodical in your thinking, you’re said to be left-brained. If you tend to be more creative or artistic, you’re thought to be right-brain.

I see backwards prominent BUT if I stare at a particularly area...I see forward.

#Weeeeeeeeeee

There's no way somebody would see this go forward

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Phoenix wallet is awesome!

Since nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 has everyone posting their ideas for what nostr needs to get out of its stall, here are 3 simple suggestions:

We need a JavaScript-free self-hostable publicly-accessible Onion service frontend. I'm pretty sure Snowden basically suggested it should be top priority. Basically njump but with posting.

We could use nostr-native visual design tools for making printouts, fliers, etc. with QR codes linking to npubs and posts in various nostr apps. Maybe it could be more multi-purpose than this, but I'm thinking every time a nostrich stays at a hotel with a free printer, they could be printing fliers/newsletters with their best nostr posts to leave out somewhere.

We need to fix Tor on Android and get Amethyst back on F-droid. nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z has talked about this

All nostr clients should add P2P data integrity verification ASAP - when you interact with someone's post while they're online, your clients could automatically audit your relays by talking directly to each other client-to-client to cross-reference each other's local databases.

We need to improve NIP-13 PoW support across the board to improve spam filter accuracy. People do not like inaccurate spam filters where a lot of bot posts get through and a lot of human posts don't.

I think it also might be good to have a PoW "ticket" relay where an npub just generates sufficient PoW for 1 nevent and they're whitelisted for a certain number of additional nevents to be published from that npub within a certain timeframe, or maybe from that npub+network address combined.

We need doggie coin and Monero tipping ASAP - I will keep working on this point myself.

We need a new nevent format which doesn't use JavaScript or any English-centric code, and which is designed with P2P communication in mind, ASAP. This is another point I'm personally working way too slowly on (almost not at all).

Later, if implementations based on the new js-free nevent format still don't support BitTorrent very well, we need to improve the BitTorrent integration with the js-free branch of the protocol and its implementations. Basically: nostr for indexing and storing small chunks of text, BitTorrent for storing and transferring big data.

We need a tagging system for everything, not just posts, and it should be figured out alongside the nevent format and P2P network. This is why I work so slowly it's almost not at all. It's hard to make choices in one area without impacting another area. The tagging system should help the P2P network deal with manipulation at the technical level and also help the community keep track of stuff at the human level. Some tags would be human-managed, like "this npub has been helpful before." Some tags would be managed automatically, like "this npub is known to have replied before" (so even if a reply isn't in your database of posts, your tags database might still remember everyone you've talked to).

We need a proper Wikipedia clone that doesn't use English-centric formatting unless it's wikitext for compatibility (fiatjaf is very tired of me saying this but it's true).

A proper Wikipedia clone will end up requiring seriously advanced web of trust models once it has a bit of growth.

We need systemic key backups / key rotation. At least 1 client needs to have a profile metadata field for a backup key, and a profile metadata field for a key the profile is a backup for, and NIP-03 timestamps for that metadata field. Is that good enough for people who say they don't join nostr because it has no key rotation built in, or do they need an overly complex spec that talks about derivation paths and stuff? I don't know.

We need a blockchain-based DNS alternative that supports the backup keys / key rotation. I've posted a pretty good outline of a design for this, we would just need to decide collectively on formatting details and make sure to consider key rotation before finalizing the design.

We need git over nostr. I do not have the skills to help with that, nostr:npub1l5sga6xg72phsz5422ykujprejwud075ggrr3z2hwyrfgr7eylqstegx9z and others are trying

We need something like the old nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg "my tribe" feed to come back and be more well-known this time. A feed that shows posts from all followers could bring some of the most beloved people and millions of their fans to nostr. It would be a big selling point to be able to say "come with me to nostr because I can actually fucking hear you there"

We need w3.do the nostr-native DNS URL shortener, which we've already had the whole time I was typing this. There must be a cunning dev behind that.

We need more people running nostr.

Why would "we" need Amethyst on some centralized app market (fdroid)?

Replying to Avatar L0la L33tz

https://m.primal.net/PmjP.mov

"With the Dollar backed stablecoins, you'll help expand the dominance of the US Dollar [...] It will be at the top, and that's where we want to keep it"

What he means is:

with Dollar backed stablecoins, the Global South will pivot towards digital Dollars over local currencies, allowing private, US Gov controlled entities to replace bank accounts around the globe.

This does not just allow for the expansion of USD dominance by bypassing local governments – it gives the US unprecedented and direct control over worldwide economies as every stablecoin can be effectively frozen on behalf of the US with the click of a button.

Additionally, it will provide the US with never seen before surveillance capabilities, providing real time access to financial transactions around the globe – fueling the unparalleled public-private partnership between Silicon Valley and the US war machine.

If you are promoting stablecoins, you are promoting the end of national sovereignty in favor of total techno-fascist dystopia.

Bitcoin > fiat cash > Stable coin > Digital fiat > CBCD fiat