I just looked at my other social media feeds... the contrast with nostr is massive! It is all focused on shocking, depressing, and miserable things that I am helpless to do anything about and can't bear to look into anymore.

I am so grateful for all of you. 🫂

But why? 😳😂

Alex was and is many many levels above where I ever was 😂

I still remember when he showed up in Yosemite valley one of the summers I was there and started ticking all these hard free solos. It was insane.

Did you ever stop and *really* think about what it means to "do a Satoshi Nakamoto"?

Context for my weird question: I have met many, many bitcoiners over the years. Many of them take a stab at keeping privacy by doing some combo of: not revealing name, not revealing location, not revealing face. Etc. So often, if I happen to meet them in person, they end up revealing the things that they were hiding online. Quite literally a mask came off (pre covid!) once we started drinking - a simple, funny anecdotal example of what I mean. Many complain about photos being taken, many focus on always using a pseudonym. I'm sure most people reading recognize these patterns of behaviour.

I can see the purpose, up to a point, so this is not criticism. It's a little like me doing coinjoin "here and there" - you don't expect to defend yourself against a hyper powerful aggressor, only against a casual criminal looking for an easy score.

But if you do want *real* defence against *strong* attackers, you have a huge problem. These half-measures will be useless, perhaps worse than that, if you get overconfident, because the determined investigator only needs *one* strand to pull on, and the measures I describe above, which are almost always rules only half-stuck to anyway, don't cut it, at all.

Which brings me to my point: is it even possible to "go all the way"? Clearly it is; Satoshi Nakamoto is not the only person who's ever done it, but it's pretty damn rare at the very least.

Imagine what it would mean. If you are engaged in a serious project, that takes let's say at least a year's worth of full time work, then you are going to do that for no reward. Not just, no money, people do that quite often when it comes to things they genuinely enjoy, but no recognition, no social context, not even "oh I won't bother you because I know you're busy with that project". Nobody will say that because nobody will know. Imagine doing a full, intense 8 hour day of work (more likely, split over many days) and knowing that there will *never* be a direct reward of any form, for that. And then doing it again, and again.

What's more, you don't just "not get a reward". You have to do almost double the work, to ensure that at every step, every pushed commit or technical discussion, does not expose anything at the network trace level, or the language, vocabulary etc. Managing tricky pseudonym accounts, handling the headaches of Tor etc. I'm not trying to say it needs super-genius level tech skills, I'm trying to say it's a massive amount of effort.

Could you do that? I daren't even ask the question of myself, because I'm almost sure it's a no. But to *imagine* where that kind of motivation would come from, that's what fascinates me.

Can't #zap u

I really want to see a movie about the courtly adventures of Craig Wrong.

Went for a walk and the snow told me, “It’s almost have sex outside weather.”

One more snow.

No ones forcing you to use Google, use another search engine, this is just for someone who has a forum and might want to get some traffic to their site, relax

Google adding a Forum filter for content, basically just site:reddit search but hopefully it will include other forum sites too, like Bitcoin talk, stacker news and any nostr clients that will play in this space

If your client does focus on forum style content, consider adding DiscussionForumPosting schema to your page templates so the Goog gets it

GM Nostr ☕ ⚡

Running Bisq 2

Without Googling it, make a guess what the most violent state in the United States is.

#Plebchain #AskNostr

Note to self: Stay away from rum cola if you plan to sleep before noon of next day. Geez.

What's the best way to strip metadata in media before posting on nostr using android?

#asknostr

he’s back

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Never underestimate the determination of good ordinary people to find ways to get around bullshit rules, regulations, and fees being forced on them. #Nostr and #Bitcoin are perfect for empowering people against the bullshit.

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