Oh, a Milanista. 😒

A Juventino here.

Dear Nostr,

I would like to express my heartfelt apologies, as I’m afraid that I have let you down:

I forgot to wish you all a good morning this morning, and it is now afternoon.

There’s no time left to rectify today’s transgression, but I will make every effort to avoid such oversights in the future.

I can do better. I will do better.

With love,

Boston 🍷

PS: I know it doesn’t carry the same weight, but I sincerely hope that each of you has a very good day 💙

#coffeechain 😉

Right now, they're not. They struggle a lot.

Today it became clear to me why Nostr will never gain widespread adoption. It will never be as big as X or Insta. Why? It’s too complicated; its concepts are too specialized. This isn’t just about the UI/UX. Sure, that could be improved, but the technology and the overall concept are simply too advanced for most people.

Most people are straightforward; they want to be guided by the hand and receive a lot of reward (i.e., endorphins) for little effort. Nostr doesn’t offer that. First, the reward here isn’t an immediate endorphin rush; you have to work for it over time. Most people lack the patience and determination required for that. Second, the whole concept of decentralization, key pairs, and rewards in Sats is just not easy to understand. The gap between ease and rewards is too big for about 80%-90% of population.

That’s why Nostr will always remain a niche. Just like weblogs and Tor. It will have its fixed place, but it will never be truly popular or widely adopted. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. That's Darwinism, survival of the fittest, elitism, top 10% stuff.

Is fiat money haram?

The official position of the Spiral team is that Satoshi is a cat:

1) Never around when people want them to be.

2) Impossible to find when they don’t want to be found.

3) Eats weird gross food.

4) Proficient in C++, which has the number of characters as “cat,” starts with a C, and has a character that looks like a lowercase T.

5) Keeps weird hours.

6) Prefers English spelling because all cats have British accents.

7) What are cypherpunks if not mysterious? What are cats if not mysterious?

8) Independent and unknowable.

9) Whiskers, probably.

10) Could be sitting next to you and you wouldn’t know it.

11) Could be sitting on you and you wouldn’t know it.

12) Knows how to use a keyboard.

13) Very popular online.

14) Known to “move on to other things.”

15) Satoshi Nakamoto is a Japanese name. You know who eats a lot of fish? The Japanese. You know who else?

Remember when they told you that those who said no to the mRNA jab “could need deradicalising like terrorists”?

Primal isn't uploading images today for me.

Anyone else?

Zakat for the general public? Or is it regularly taking away from everyone to decrease the bitcoin supply?

I'm not sure what you're trying to say.