Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to put ideas into the world.

In New York they are now BBQing giant rats and selling on street corners. Come hungry. Reasonably priced. Don’t forget to ask for the secret sauce.

I had one of those false wake-up dreams.

I generally check a couple things on my phone when I wake up, including the bitcoin price when it is within a raging bull market or bear market, and so in the dream I checked it and it was $84,254. I was like, “oh, nice”.

But then of course I woke up and it was just $72k. And then I was like, “Geez even your dreams are lame. $84k and change? Not even $100k or some flashy number?” It was even plausibly correcting on the screen, like it was coming down from a spike to $86k with a perfectly plausible consolidating price chart. The most mid-curve normie dream imaginable.

But then after chilling with my husband in the morning sun and drinking some tea, I checked my phone again and saw Craig Wright get totally rekt at trial, which is way, way better than $84k bitcoin.

Being away from Nostr for some months, excited to see how development has gone.

Whoever can help me understand any big changes over the last 6months would be appreciated 🫂😎🤙.

The thrill of intellectual exchange, visceral REAL dialogue between participants, exploring the nethermost regions of the human experience.

Newcomers bring so much to the plate, it's a sensory feast:

#grownostr

#introductions

Wen private Nostr accounts?

A client for people who can name 10 books would have a trending list ranked by length-and-depth-of-replies and a smooth flow from Kind 01 note to long-form.

And the replies would count all entries and show all entries as a feed, instead of requiring clapping-out.

And trace-backs for quotes.

I want to see everyone who quoted the note I found interesting because I might find their note interesting, too.

Is he cowardly or courages

Wake, Stretch, Follow #Plebchain

GM!

What is this?

Finally back to normal, if there even is such a thing. The last couple of weeks were a whirlwind, as is to be expected if a lot of bitcoiners are at the same place at the same time.

Bitcoin Atlantis was a fantastic event, as many others have mentioned before me. It was so good to see everyone. New friends, old friends, brothers and sisters, even classmates and family. Yes, family.

To me, the gathering that happened on this strange island in the middle of the Atlantic felt more like an extended family gathering than a conference, which is what made it so beautiful. Exhausting? Yes. Strange? Definitely. But also full of love, tears of joy, and a deep sense of "togetherness" that only families can provide. Strange uncles and all.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: cherish these times. We're still in the early days, and as bitcoin marches on and grows, and as bitcoinization proceeds, what is strange and extraordinary now will soon be normal and ordinary.

The internet is magic, as are mobile phones. Yet we don't have any "internet people" anymore, not in the "bitcoiner" sense, to bridge the analogy. In certain places and for certain people bitcoin is already normalized, and what used to be mind-blowing just 12 months ago simply isn't anymore. We get used to things too quickly, even magic. We adjust, we get bored, and we fail to appreciate how far we have come.

I'm writing this as a sip my morning coffee, a coffee that I will pay in sats outright, with zaps I've received on nostr. Isn't that magical? Yet it's very normal to me. I have to pinch myself every day to make sure it is real.

It's hard to comprehend how much sweat, blood, tears, and pain were necessary to make all of this work. Bitcoin. Lightning. Nostr. The myriad of tools, libraries, capital, and infrastructure required so that you can zap me and I can pay for this coffee. Instantly. Global. Without anyone's permission. We say that Bitcoin is magic internet money for a reason, so please take a step back and appreciate the magic. Appreciate how far we've come.

It's easy to get lost in the thick of it all when you're close to the grindstone. I know there's people out there that question themselves, wondering why they keep working on all this stuff, asking themselves if they make a difference. I know because I'm one of these people sometimes. I know because some of my friends are struggling, and have been struggling for a while. I see you, and if I could I'd give you a hug twice a day.

But most days we're not in the same place at the same time, so let me say the following instead: You matter. Your contributions matter. You just being around matters.

That's why physical events are so important. It's borderline impossible to feel stuff through a computer screen. But once you meet people in person—your people, the people that, for one reason or another, are perfectly aligned with you—you can FEEL it. You can really feel it. You can feel that it matters, that the tide is shifting, that the freedom tech we are working on changes the very real lives of very real people.

It was wonderful to meet all of you. Peace & Love, and please take care of each other. 🙏🧡

Do I sound insane again? Sorry.

Let me shut up and code. Later.

Your writing is always so dense with much to consider. You choose your words well.

“[her] first ever interaction with using bitcoin was getting zapped here on nostr.”

Do not underestimate how powerful this statement is: we have entered “synergism” and if you doubt how powerful that is then I invite you to spend some time in the forest. nostr:note1vsmlrhyfmsxrespekfmsavsdmlsas7pudpwx2c67wu8a5jvqdqks693k5n

What about this for an idea for a havlening party:

You start of in a large room the size of a basketball court or something like that, and every 40 minutes or so it halfs. Eventually you are like nose to nose with someone.

If you get uncomfortable and leave, you're out

The walls are made of paper or something, it's not like the trash compactor scene in Star Wars or anything like that.