“bitcoin needs electricity” and “bitcoin needs an internet connection” make sense at first, but bitcoin is a protocol that can live over radio and offline. Bitcoin can be transacted with physically and offchain, and nodes can work connecting to eachother via radio, satellite or… just don’t connect, and keep up with their chains. When communication lines are available again, the longest chain is the good one and the ledger reorganises itself.

Crypto maxis, no matter the coin, are truly fucking retarded. Electical grids break. If you hold nothing physical, stay the fuck away from me when shit goes sideways. You will have NOTHING to offer to anyone's survival.

My main point against bitcoin core is: Even if I was wrong, and the developers could somehow know that this change is going to improve the network, they are pushing through it. There is a high resistance towards this change inside the community (this thread would not exist otherwise), yet the change has been pushed anyway. No matter how good the change could be, this should not be how changes are made into a money system that depends on stability.

and I don’t wanna degrade any other protocol or person. I don’t wanna say “everything other than btc is a shitcoin”, but the fact is there: I can NOT run ETH with my personal computer because of all the NFT, contracts, and etc. making the running of a node impossible without a high end supercomputer. Bitcoin decentralisation depends on the average person being able to run it to support the network

I get the point, all personal attacks help nothing into the discussion. But Matthew Kratter provides arguments to prove that OP_RETURN limits have always worked and should not be removed. Bitcoin has to stay available to be run on any average computernfor years to come, and we cannot afford to use it to store images, videos, or anything that wastes storage, energy, and is not directly related to a transaction as per definition. There is proof that opening the protocol to handle arbitrary information degrades the network, see BitcoinSV, ETH… and practically any other coin that does not restrict it.

Andreas Antonopoulos is right about OP_RETURN. Though I am highly critical of him, ad hominem attacks do not contribute to the discussion.

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Keep an eye out for the next globally connected network. Your computer might turn into a brick.

Let me know when the next best internet comes along. There's zero incentive to switch to something new when we've spent the last 30 years building the internet infrastructure. Do you think miners will just throw aways billions in hardware just to try something new?

⚡️📢 STATEMENT - I would like to share with you my new challenge for the year 2026.

The year 2025 was a milestone for me: becoming one of Nostr's major information relays was an ambitious goal, and today I consider this challenge accomplished. But I don't want to stop there. I would like to go further, much further.

2026 will be a special year. Some of you already know that I will no longer be working. This means I will have the time, energy, and a unique opportunity to launch a major project.

Like my first challenge, this one will be designed to serve the community. With one difference: I want to go beyond the boundaries of Nostr.

After a year of daily work, one thing is clear: Nostr is still too closed off. Even crappy platforms like Bluesky and Farcaster attract more people. What we lack is not quality, but visibility. We need to open our doors, break out of the small circle of passionate developers in their forties (with all due respect to them, because without them we would still be on Facebook…) and reach an audience that we are not reaching today.

I waited a long time for someone else to do it for me, then I spent a long time thinking about how I could do it myself, until I came up with a clear plan.

Today, I am revealing my plan to you.

In 2026, I will become, if you agree, Nostr's PROPAGANDA agent. My target audience: young people (aged 18-21).

They are the ones who pick up on trends, create codes, and decide what goes viral. They are the ones we need to reach. The rest will follow naturally.

In practical terms, I've picked up an effective username on Twitch and Kick. At first, I thought about creating a “Flash+,” but then I realized I needed to choose something that would immediately catch people's attention and encourage them to discover Nostr. I'll send you the links in due course.

The goal is simple: stream popular games like Fortnite, League of Legends, or WoW, and establish an identifiable, attractive, regular presence. I've also created TikTok and YouTube accounts to post short, dynamic clips and launch a series called “Nostrclass,” which will feature my best weekly plays. Of course, I'll also be able to highlight clips from other Nostr members.

The concept must be subtle. Intriguing. It must encourage young people to ask questions.

What is an npub?

What is Nostr?

Why does he say Nostrclass and not Masterclass?

The goal is to create an expression that becomes commonplace and goes viral.

➥ Masterclass = impressive moment, remarkable performance.

➥ Nostrclass = total mastery. Excellence.

Another strategy is to appeal to young people's egos. For example, someone asks me what my username means. I tell them it's related to Nostr, and that if they don't know what that is, they're a clown. Their curiosity will inevitably be piqued, so they'll look it up and open Pandora's box. And after taking this little humiliation as a jab, they'll do exactly the same thing to those around them: “You don't know Nostr? You're a clown.” The snowball effect. The trickle-down effect. All I did was light the spark.

To succeed, I will have to transform myself. Learn video editing seriously. Master Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve. Produce short content that surpasses what is being done today. I want people to be impressed by the editing first, then discover where it all comes from: Nostr.

Once again, if you'll allow me, I commit to posting regularly, with a stable, almost institutional presence. But for this project to really take shape, I'll need your support. This mission represents a real investment, and without your help, it simply won't happen.

For now, this project is still in its embryonic stage. Usually, when I have an idea, I keep it secret, work behind the scenes, and then launch it once I'm ready, as I did with Flash. But this time it's different: without sufficient and solid support, I can't even get started. That's why I'm telling you about it today, a little ahead of schedule. There's one month left before the project is launched or abandoned. The idea is to start on January 1, 2026 (my first day of unemployment). I'm also open to sponsorship and partnerships, with, for example, advertising space available on my stream. (ideally related to nostr)

Why streaming video games and not something else? Because gaming brings people together. It unites virtually all young people, regardless of background: men, women, rich, poor, black, white, religious or atheist. And also because, to be resilient, I have to love what I do. Otherwise, I won't last long.

Please understand that all of this represents a real risk for me. I could have been content to do my usual job, stay comfortably seated at Nostr, and simply grow, grow, grow like a good old-fashioned family capitalist. I could have been satisfied with what I have already built.

But that's not what I want.

I need to set myself new challenges, to push my own limits, even if it means putting what I've built so far at risk. Because if I don't take risks anymore, if I don't step outside my comfort zone, then I stagnate. And stagnating, for me, is already losing. And I'm tired of Nostr stagnating too.

I hope that over the past few months, I have shown you that I work hard, that I am truly committed, and that I am in it for the long haul. I am not asking for your support without having proven my worth. I am proposing a project that could profoundly transform Nostr, and I would like you to be a part of it.

I can't guarantee the success of this operation. Failure is possible. But so is success. And we won't have either if we don't try.

I'm ready. Are you?

Depende de que y cuantos relays utilices… porque muchos también estaban bloqueados y no cargaban el contenido

Otra vez los hijos de puta de #LaLiga bloqueando medio internet en #España

Mine (X 2 accounts ; 2 wallets) didn't work yesterday, them for a minute did work today and is broken again. I'd really prefer to be able to use my own lighting address like I did it in the past, blink or wallet of satoshi. I tried adding my alby wallet too +the only option available) but it didn't work either. Pretty frustrating 😞

The wallet is working safe and sound, please share your lightning address so we can investigate whats going on with you try to re-connect your wallet