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Integrating nuts (custodial eCash) into your #Nostr client is a great way to invite FinCEN attention for your newly minted Money Services Business (MSB). Good luck!

Alex B. 1y ago

that’s not how any of this works

Alex B. 1y ago

sooooo who's the first Nostr client to integrate nuts in their wallets?

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TKay

The drop in number of #Bitcoin nodes is not fun.

Now, I don’t truly understand how these numbers are even estimated, so it could be an issue with that. Or maybe a new update came out that makes it even harder to track.

But if it’s actually nodes turning off, we need to put a spotlight on the issue to encourage people to spin up more nodes.

My optimistic theory which I shared last week is that those are nodes reaching storage limits, and hopefully some will upgrade their set ups soon.

With that said, it would be great if Bitcoiners run more nodes if they can.

Alex B. 1y ago

A significant number of those nodes were from ordinals participant earlier on this year.

There's no reason to be concerned about this tbh. As long as the option of running a node remains accessible then that's all that matters.

Most users have little reasons to run a node and that's okay.

Alex B. 1y ago

I just wanna say I love you guys here

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Zach

TRUST MINIMIZED NSECBUNKER w/ FROST 🔐🥶

Here's a demo of my new Nsecbunker implementation with FROST signatures! This works by creating a 2-of-2 frost signature scheme, which means that unless both a malicious client and bunker conspire to rug you at the same time, you are safe. 🧵

https://v.nostr.build/eK0wNZ9PkKaqLx5z.mp4

Alex B. 1y ago

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Lyn Alden

In bitcoin’s early years, a lot of people debated the theoretical functioning of it with a critical lens, but then in practice it just worked and bootstrapped for the next 15 years and counting. It was simple and elegant enough to work despite being rough around the edges, caught all the right types of mindshare, and grew.

Nostr has a similar pattern so far. Lots of people critique it. And galaxy brains are trying to build more complex alternative digital identity schemes without much shipping. Meanwhile Nostr is out in the field bootstrapping with users and developers and companies.

Alex B. 1y ago

Had this exact conversation on Spaces earlier this week.

Grassroot experiment > Design-by-committee

Alex B. 1y ago

If you're not into politics, next week’s Open-Source Stage at

@TheBitcoinConf will showcase the latest in Bitcoin technical innovation.

I highlighted some of the topics and talks I'm planning to keep an eye on.

Check it out!

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/bitcoin-open-source-development-takes-the-stage-in-nashville

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PABLOF7z

here we go...

Alex B. 1y ago

my body is ready

Alex B. 1y ago

I would

Alex B. 1y ago

Like a digital Hawala network?

:yes:

nostr:note192yh33s6jxf48wz27jgscuze0c56209zat3f9nk7v3cpy4gfwuwsudy98v

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calle

Reminder that nostr:nprofile1qqsrhuxx8l9ex335q7he0f09aej04zpazpl0ne2cgukyawd24mayt8gprfmhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5hszxmhwden5te0wfjkccte9emk2um5v4exucn5vvhxxmmd9us2xuyp has done more to bring Bitcoin closer to the web than anyone else I can think of. That guy literally invented LNURL, a protocol that has become a standard. He laid the foundations for LNbits. He single-handedly on-boarded more people to Lightning with lntxbot than the vast majority of professional wallet companies.

These days he's a little preoccupied with the purple protocol but we won't forget his contributions to the orange one 🫡🧡

Alex B. 1y ago

Seems to be a reoccurring pattern with him 😅

Builds cool stuff then gets jaded with it.

Hopefully he doesn't sour on Nostr the same way he seemed to with LN.

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HODL

That’s a fake video. Not the shooter. That said Mike Brock is a fucking retard and this take is absolutely retarded.

Alex B. 1y ago

Indeed

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DZC

Mike explain it much better that I could.

Alex B. 1y ago

Is there not a video of the guy basically yelling "slash the republicans throat"....?

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EmilG

Me too, but we need better ‘new’ things happening. The catch with Twitter was that you could know major world events in a matter of seconds. Nostr just chillin…

Alex B. 1y ago

Yep, today is a good demonstration that Twitter is still the place where history plays out in real time.

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