I know, those great conveniences is how they get you to stay. One step at a time my friend. My first suggestion is to start with you own server. You can connect from your apple devices.
I never used iPhones so it was easier.
Suggested journey:
1. Get you own nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll server. Happy to share more insights if you want to DM me. I also have a discount code.
2. With deeper understanding and hands on experience with self-sovereignty get rid of the iPhone, but a Pixel and flash nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5
3. Get rid of the Mac and buy a new laptop either with Linux already installed or flash it. I also know there is a Linux distro available for Mac. But I just shy away from their hardware.
Is there somewhere a list of Nostr apps on nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5?
Haven't seen one yet
Yes, but nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll is working on clearnet integration for their services. Not 100% sure if clearnet would also apply for SimpleX.
✅ Weaponize SWIFT
✅ Weaponize Treasuries
✅ Weaponize platforms that help start ups grow (albeit at the cost of user data)
And the list will go on...
One of the real costs of privacy is convenience.
It's not easy to give up the UI/UX of Google and Apple products for hardwares and softwares like nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll, nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 and Linux (all three which are great).
Once you take the bold and liberating step, the feeling is kind of the same as having a kid. You won't really know how awesome it is until you do it.
Well said. This is the battle I fight on a daily basis when orange pilling clients.
In their minds unfortunately at this stage, owning bitcoin is putting money at risk; but fighting hard to change that perception.
German party Die Linke just filed a formal inquiry into the use of blockchain surveillance software with the German government.
It wants to know the government's minimum requirements for error rates and verifiability of the software used. It directly references the use of Chainalysis Reactor, the accuracy of which was recently questioned in the trial of alleged Bitcoin Fog operator Roman Sterlingov. Die Linke states that:
"In the view of the questioners, there currently seems to be no apparent evidence that the methods used for the forensic analysis of virtual payment flows meet scientific standards".
But that's not all. Die Linke wants to know how many cases have been filed with Financial Intelligence Units on suspicion of money laundering, and how many cases actually resulted in criminal prosecutions – noting that, in light of a total estimated volume of more than €100 Billion laundered in Germany each year, the portion of cryptocurrency value contributing to overall money laundering volume is expected to be "negligibly small".
And here's the best part: Die Linke also wants to know how the government distinguishes between legitimate use of mixers and criminal use of mixers, and whether the government is planning a potential mixer ban or other forms of regulations.
Die Linke states that "coinmixing" and other anonymization software "corresponds to a widely held need to protect one's privacy in times of ubiquitous technological surveillance by digital corporations and government authorities".
Bullish af on financial privacy today.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/german-parliament-faces-questions-on-blockchain-surveillance/
LFG!
A quick summary of the main challenges of the current financial system when it comes to cross-border trade and settlement:
🍀 Financial throttling: Money cannot move faster than the archaic rails on which it currently runs. Upgrades are on the way, but as overlays on the same antiquated system.
🤡 Siloed ecosystems: National and regional “instant” payment networks that do not interoperate or communicate beyond their predefined geographies.
🧨 Bank driven separation of value transfer and settlement: Increased credit risk and single points of failure as value transfer and settlement are two separate transactions when they no longer should be.
😎 The Bitcoin blockchain and the Lightning Network fix this: It allows for the value transfer and settlement as a single, instant transaction without exposure to bitcoin’s volatility, while making payment networks interoperable.
You’re missing out if that’s all you’re using… nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg and nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 are great Twitter clones but if you’re on iOS try nostr:npub1n0stur7q092gyverzc2wfc00e8egkrdnnqq3alhv7p072u89m5es5mk6h0 Of course, nostr:npub142gywvjkq0dv6nupggyn2euhx4nduwc7yz5f24ah9rpmunr2s39se3xrj0 is king on Android and I’m jealous of Android users. nostr:npub13myx4j0pp9uenpjjq68wdvqzywuwxfj64welu28mdvaku222mjtqzqv3qk nostr:npub1wyuh3scfgzqmxn709a2fzuemps389rxnk7nfgege6s847zze3tuqfl87ez or nostr:npub1sn0rtcjcf543gj4wsg7fa59s700d5ztys5ctj0g69g2x6802npjqhjjtws are awesome web client that I like to occasionally use.
nostr:npub1us9uc0sjjg0vyvh7vefgu2a96hx5up5gujl6pqays65hlk4de6hsnwq4g0 and nostr:npub1eaz6dwsnvwkha5sn5puwwyxjgy26uusundrm684lg3vw4ma5c2jsqarcgz are fantastic for streaming, there are content creators that use them exclusively (check out nostr:npub14kw5ygpl6fyqagh9cnrytyaqyacg46lzkq42vz7hk8txdk49kzxs04j7y0 - you should get on their show!). Also, you can now listen/watch streams live on iOS using the nostr:npub1n0stur7q092gyverzc2wfc00e8egkrdnnqq3alhv7p072u89m5es5mk6h0 iOS client.
If you’re into cooking check out https://zap.cooking where you can read and publish recipes via long-form notes. If you’re into long-form, also check out nostr:npub1yzvxlwp7wawed5vgefwfmugvumtp8c8t0etk3g8sky4n0ndvyxesnxrf8q nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x nostr:npub1048qg5p6kfnpth2l98kq3dffg097tutm4npsz2exygx25ge2k9xqf5x3nf
nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 is now nostrified and is an awesome discovery tool and podcast player, and if you’re into music check out the V4V artists on nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg and nostr:npub1h8gzew8am6cezuq7cpjgudldra40hgnruqrqlsrqnxnzs5wjtczqztps02
Best practice is to use a browser extension if logging in on the web. I use nostr:npub1tnpfz60snm7ler8k8c69335n37we6690qttl88t556yzkjxhahjq3kkkpe on iOS but you could also use nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm as a chrome extension. Unfortunately iOS doesn’t have a signing app like Amber yet, but sounds like nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s is cooking something up.
I know I’m missing others and I apologize if I didn’t tag them, but that’s a good start, and those are the clients I regularly use. Enjoy!
I really like nostr:npub1wyuh3scfgzqmxn709a2fzuemps389rxnk7nfgege6s847zze3tuqfl87ez
for its feed flow on both desktop and mobile, but prefer nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg for writing notes that include emojis.
Thanks for the rest of the recommendations.
Last week I posted about "Nostr struggling" and while there were many good responses, it seems to me that a bunch of people misunderstood my premise.
I'm going to clear that up here and expand on the idea a little further.
First of all, I'm a Nostr bull. I'm sold, and I know how necessary this is. I'm still recruiting souls from twitter:
https://x.com/SvetskiWrites/status/1828403019081269661
Secondly, I know that Nostr is SUPERIOR, technically speaking - and while the apps might not be as smooth, and some of the UX might be buggy, the substrate were working with is fundamentally better than the status quo.
nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 did a fantastic job of explaining that at the recent nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l conference (I suggest everyone watch that if they haven't - and I'm still bummed I couldn't make it).
There are so many NIPs, and so much tech shit going on, that nobody else stands a chance really. Elon might have cool AI, but we have nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft that can produce more prototypes than all the AIs in the world, combined.
That being said, my reference to "struggling" was not about the technical side of things. It was about messaging & go to market.
I speak to people every day about Nostr. I live in Brazil right now and travel on a regular basis to at least 10 countries each year. When I speak to people, they don't really care so much about censorship resistance, or Bitcoin (interestingly enough, two things Rabble also mentioned in his talk).
What they want is a place to connect, that's COOL.
And that's a VERY HARD thing to do.
nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m and the guys did it with Twitter early on, and so did the Instagram founders - but for every one "hit" - there are another 1000 well built flops which people just didn't find "cool."
Right now, the messaging is more doom, than bloom. More "you need this bc government gonna get you", and less "this is where the cool kids are at".
Now...I understand that this is gonna take time. All good things do. But if we're going to attract more people, the conversation needs to evolve.
I wrote a piece a little while back called "Social as a Service" and framed Nostr more as this substrate for a Universe of new applications. Once again, Rabble echoed this in his talk and leaned into the "Social Protocol" angle.
I personally find this more compelling. More white-pill, and more appealing for the purposes of growing a network. People need to be pulled, not pushed. The latter can work in bursts here and there (as we've seen this week since the Telegram debacle), but it's not sustainable growth.
nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a has been doing really good work with her framing, and I think her 80% bloom / 20% doom approach is a good one.
nostr:npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm has some good framing too with the “city” analogy
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Thinking out aloud, maybe we just need more angles. I guess the Bitcoin people are still going to be attracted by "government gonna get you" - and we're FAR from saturation in that dimension. So maybe the right approach is the have that conversation with THEM...but a very different conversation with others.
Ultimately, I hope to see more go-to-market initiatives that are user-oriented, and get people excited about Nostr. We saw that at the Nostr booth nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r that nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 kicked off, and that nostr:npub1hz5alqscpp8yjrvgsdp2n4ygkl8slvstrgvmjca7e45w6644ew7sewtysa is now working on.
We've got some plans for later this year at a few conferences as we unveil nostr:npub15xd2mmjnh3caykh77djsv73e0zkrp42jp5mwerx8f4m6su40wdvss7t3l3
I know nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8 and @fiatjaf are doing some podcast stuff, which is excellent. Also nostr:npub1693220pmp0a4c04a0p7hkz874vsxkyfrvtk2yk4zjyj3e4c0ugjs3r4j0c is doing a Nostr book.
I'm starting to repeat some of what I said last week, so I'll stop here.
Ultimately the point is this:
Nostr is not struggling "technically" speaking.
But it's not yet found a compelling enough SPACE in people's minds, outside of the Bitcoin community. And it's not found a narrative yet that's compelling, beyond the "government gonna get you / big tech gonna ban you".
When we find that, I expect things to really begin taking off.
Thankyou for coming to my TED Talk 🤣🤣🤣
Well said, fully agree with you. It's still a bitcoin echo chamber combined with "govt gonna get you"
I've been trying to bring people onto Nostr (who aren't into bitcoin) and its quite hard.
Protocols not platforms
One of the banks allowing clients to hold paper bitcoin (ETFs).
It's WILD how backwards this statement is. I want to have excessive bitcoin exposure and little to no bank exposure.
😂 😂 😂
#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=979x1920&blurhash=%5D99G%7B%24Dh%252xtM%7B8_%3FHs%2CV%40f%2B%3FHDixtt7j%40xYRjM%7Ct6t74.xvV%40WVWD_N9Fbbt7V%5B4m.8IpWAe.%3Fv9ZozkDRQD%25tSNGWBt7&x=baa488f150bb48614cf3d3da5e8a7ea94044f41410c6bd910e41abcac993f6cdLooks good, but the fact is the majority of the world does not operate Linux (as end-users being used to the stickyness of Android and iOS, unfortunately). Coming from a non-tech background but deeply caring about my [digital] privacy, I bought a Google Pixel and flashed nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 and was up and running in about 15mins. Amazing OS by the team and highly recommend to anybody looking for a privacy and security OS on a phone.
A holder is one that as you say, views it as an investment. A bitcoiner is one that tries to apply the bitcoin ethos to everything in his life besides just owning bitcoin AND spending it: Have control of your money, have control of your data, live and work to be self-reliant, as this is true freedom. Try to be a better person every day and project this to the next generation. A bitcoiner doesn't give into the material things in life and gets lost in that, but rather sees beyond that and appreciates the good things in life, starting with family.
nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s this is a great podcast I listen to about space:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2DSTVJRY3d77rnAN5q35eF?si=126c313c687e452f
SimpleX, and with a nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll server you can self-host the communication on your own server as well.
