https://markjustman.substack.com/s/colossus

Link to the Obsidian Mirror analysis of the Constraining Colossus white paper on using Bitcoin to secure against rogue AI

Nice chart porn you have there

Coinos is excellent, and I actually mentioned them yesterday in my introductory post where I made the same complaint about on-ramping. Not that I have anything against Canada, but it would be good to have a US version of their type of wallet available, to remove any lingering taint of the anti-crypto bottlenecks of the last few years.

Someone with a custodial wallet needs to return to the US, even it bows to KYC. For a newcomer in the US, it can be daunting to set up your first lightning wallet and get it funded. Custodial wallets make it as easy as Venmo. I am grateful for all the non-custodial options out there for techies and bitcoiners, but if Nostr is going to expand their user base, the grannies and the technophobes need a dead simple option.

#introduction

Greetings Nostr! With Twitter's flood of engagement slop and Bluesky getting all the attention, I've become intrigued by Nostr's promise of a more uncensored and conversation-driven space.

It's great to see Nostr expanding beyond its core userbase of Bitcoin enthusiasts - hopefully, the tooling will keep pace with this growth. As someone who already holds Bitcoin on-chain, I was surprised to find setting up and funding a lightning wallet to be a challenge. The current lack of custodial options in the US is a significant hurdle. After some digging, I stumbled upon a solution that worked for me (shoutout to Coinos.io!), but it's clear that more work is needed to make this process smoother.

The outdated or irrelevant information about custodial wallets doesn't help, either. It's frustrating because I believe Nostr has real potential - but it needs better on-ramps for new users. I hope crypto lobbying efforts will prioritize bringing back custodial lightning wallets to the US, making it easier for people to join the fray.