some people talk in riddles

Bitcoin people talk in slogans

"so, what is Nostr?"

"oh, it's a botnet, but it's got like 10 people on there too."

hello there fellow fedi user

blocking bots like crazy over here. there must be thousands of them.

found the block button

you should follow me because i'm not a Chinese spam bot

i promise

*beep* 🤖

okay, now i'm getting the Chinese bot spam too. a block/mute button would be useful.

it looks like zaps are working for me. i just received 1 satoshi

don't worry about it.

i have the situation completely out of control. 👍

i'm up before the birds fart, as we say in Norwegian

i thought i already had them configured. aren't they working?

you know it's time to break up when their breathing starts annoying you

*41

hi, i'm new here

oh no, Nostr clients don't even agree on what address scheme to use for zapping? testing out Plebstr and it has a different kind of field for the address and can't see the address i added in Damus.

every client i try has a cokpletely different view on the global timeline. seems to depend 100% on which relays you use. and like with ActivityPub relays, it's pure chaos.

oh man, you're getting spam? my timeline is extremely quiet. i'm not well connected with relays yet i suspect...

getting the feeling that this is still early days for the Nostr network.

ooo, a lot of the relays aren't working. i *think* i got a Lightning address configured properly on my profile now? it's the email thing, right?

i assume these Lightning address providers have some kind of profit incentive but i know too little about how this works to assess different providers.

i don't recognise ANY of the brands that provide Lightning addresses, so to me, none of them seem reputable. tried putting a self-custodian Lightning wallet on my phone, but could only issue "invoices" from there that expire. seems like more of a hassle than with a plain Bitcoin wallet where an address lasts forever. not sure what to do next.