Nostr Web Client

Highly recommend nostr:npub142gywvjkq0dv6nupggyn2euhx4nduwc7yz5f24ah9rpmunr2s39se3xrj0 for Android users paired with nostr:npub1kvaln6tm0re4d99q9e4ma788wpvnw0jzkz595cljtfgwhldd75xsj9tkzv or nostr:npub1h2qfjpnxau9k7ja9qkf50043xfpfy8j5v60xsqryef64y44puwnq28w8ch to get a non-kyc (custodial) lightning wallet and address.

mike 1y ago

Thanks, I’ll check out out those options!

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Akashi BTC 🇧🇫

I use Android with primal

mike 1y ago

Do you use the built in wallet for sending and receiving zaps?

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Rowan

People seem to like Amethyst on android. Primal is awesome on iOS so I assume it’s the same on Android

mike 1y ago

The Primal wallet is not available in Canada. I know there’s probably a way to connect an external wallet but it wasn’t obvious.

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Alice

There's honestly too many.

mike 1y ago

wow, that’s a lot. I recognize a couple names on there. Thanks!

mike 1y ago

Looking to recruit a few noobs to Nostr. What are the recommended clients for Android (I’m a happy iOS nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 user)?

#asknostr

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ODELL

NOSTR HAS BEEN MY ONLY SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A YEAR NOW AND IT IS FUCKING AWESOME.

WE HAVE MADE INSANE PROGRESS. ONWARD.

mike 1y ago

I sold my Twitter handle (for half a bitcoin!) a month ago and decided going back was supporting a platform I didn’t believe in. Not only is Nostr a free and open network, but the users feel like they are part of building something.

mike 1y ago

Would love to have Twitter (the “following” feed, not the insidious “For You” algorithm) and Nostr in one combined view.

Would have been easy to do in the earlier years of Twitter, when there was an API and a whole ecosystem of clients.

I hope there is a future where walled gardens aren’t acceptable to users and X just adopts Nostr. Problem solved.

mike 1y ago

Back on Nostr after a long hiatus. Am seriously thinking about getting off twitter permanently…the algorithm is completely fucked.

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Shawn

While custodial-ness and scale are not orthogonal, neither are they the same.

mike 1y ago

good point. I like how you phrased it too.

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Jeff Booth

Fair - but some trade offs are required to scale to 8 billion people. If you realize that the builders of those solutions think similar to you, (Bitcoin maxi’s) you can imagine how they are creating checks and balances to ensure it is fully backed to bitcoin.

mike 1y ago

I too have confidence in the Fedimint devs (and Cashu) to mitigate the custodial risks. Looking forward to the next year...am super bullish on ecash "banking".

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Jeff Booth

Expect the same or higher FUD on lightning as you have seen on #Bitcoin layer 1. Ie - Follow the money!!

As more people realize how attacking Bitcoin first layer only made it more decentralized and secure, it makes perfect sense that capturing the 2nd layer also moves into focus.

Imagine telling people that Lightning will not scale when it has grown ~ 20,000 % over the last couple of years. It IS scaling and becoming easier to use as companies building on it (like Breez) solve problems that bring on the masses.

Other scaling solutions like Fedimint, integrate and scale further.

Super exciting times in as the builders - build.

Yes, still things to work on but saying lightning is dead, is akin to saying Bitcoin was dead for the last 14 years.

Ps - on a personal note, I use it every day (as many of you do on Nostr) and it seems to be “scaling” just fine.

mike 1y ago

Although I am a fan of the project, I don't like Fedimint being referred to as a scaling solution. it is a fully custodial solution and loses many properties that make Bitcoin what it is.

mike 2y ago

OnlyZaps mode is genius.

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