#introduction

I don't think I have done a formal introduction so here goes...

Hi all my name is Stu and I'm from Boston.

I love playing golf ⛳, going fishing sometimes

I love open source decentralized platforms like #Nostr.

I love watching movies and watching TV series.

I love being here on #Nostr the open protocol 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Did you end up just conceiving naturally? I’ve heard of that happening a lot

Because it might be impossible (for me)

Damnit. I got baby fever…

Got my sci fi manuscript back from the editor, meaning it's ready for me to look through all the proposed edits and do another draft.

But I have so much email to catch up on and so much macro content to get to.

So all day I'll be distracted. -_-'

No, but that’s a great feature idea..

When I was first diagnosed with Hashimotos back in 2014 my Thyroid antibodies were over 800. After a year of strictly following the Autoimmune Protocol Diet I got those antibodies down to ~100.

The last time I had them checked was mid 2020 when stress levels were pretty high and they were back up to over 300.

I'm going to go get them tested again in a few weeks.... what can I do to see how low I can get them?!?! I'm already a fitness nut, so the only things I can think to do to try to get them low is increase my sleep quality and to not miss any of my daily meditations.

Ideas?

I am Kyle. I live at the edge of a jungle in a Central American beach town, where the hours are squandered—productively—between books, words, and the sea. I write songs, both for myself and other artists, and record music that is neither commercially acceptable nor culturally obliging. Pleased to be here.

#introductions

Who on #nostr is saying interesting things about #privacy?

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Who on #nostr is saying interesting things about #privacy?

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So few realize it but GDP is manipulated just like CPI

Strike offers instant cash out. Can get BTC in Strike to money in another bank account in 5 seconds.

If I need cash I just sell, instant cash out, withdraw at ATM. I’ve done this while literally standing outside the ATM, all takes 5 seconds.

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As far as I can tell it works, there are some new cool features and types of cards you can generate, etc. When was it not working?

That was sweet when it was around.

Please explain this chart.

Think carefully before replying...

Another day, another exchange I am suspended from.

All of my funds are conjoined or swapped between LN/XMR for privacy before sending to exchanges, triggering all sorts of nonsense AML flags.

The exchange I am with now is requesting proof of funds, meaning it wants to see fiat coming into my bank account from an entity I have a business relationship with, asking me to "kindly assist them" in surveilling me.

Except that all of my business relationships are handled in bitcoin – meaning that it is impossible for me to show proof of fiat funds.

Alternatively, the exchange says, I could send them “the address” to which I received payment in the last year, matching the amount of money I have exchanged on their platform.

Obviously no such address exists as I create a new address for each transaction (and so should you). Additionally, much of my money comes in through donations, for which I simply do not have an invoice.

I could now send them every single zap I ever received on nostr in the past year – for context, that would be over 250 zaps in the past week alone, s/o to all the zappers – or I could move my business to Switzerland, where I can exchange up to 1000 CHF per day KYC-free (for now), which is what I’m going to do.

However, since I’ll be more heavily relying on peer-to-peer exchanges from now on, I’ll likely have my bank account flagged for receiving weekly payments from randos on the internet, making it fairly foreseeable that I’ll be losing my bank account in the coming months as well.

Fundamental rights violations aside, the amount of complete nonsense work – and with that costs – this system creates both for the Government and private institutions is absolutely astonishing. If there ever was a true bullshit job, compliance officer would no doubt be it.

It’s time we end the global discrimination complex inherent to the financial system in which we are all guilty until proven innocent, only to upkeep an inefficient system that is useless in preventing crime but formidable for imposing mass surveillance on the people.

So no, I will not "kindly assist you" in surveilling me, and if I die on this hill.

Until then, shill me your favorite tools to pay my bills in bitcoin 👇

Deepseek is good but censored

Happy as @giacomozucco when he buys a COLDCARD "blackberry" style at the #bitcoin farmer market in El Zonte

I am proposing an expansion to the concept of Zaps. Anon Zaps or publicly relayed Zaps. Routing would depend on the asset zapped and user preference.

I could send direct P2P wallet Zaps or route through a publicly viewable route or route anon. Automatic signing to publicly prove Zap ownership.

I understand this is not the current concept of a Zap, but it is what should be developed imo. Any asset, any chain, any npub.

That is true for LN, but LN is not the only potential user for Zaps.

It certainly would not be simple, though I do think this is the "ideal" to strive for. Zapping should be a more universal and simple experience than any other digital payment currently existing.