All yours. This NFT will haunt you, now you can only truly get rid of it by paying someone else their invoice for more than 10k sats.

Good luck.

How am I supposed to teach kids to want to be anonymous, shadowy, super coders working on open protocols, when they are hard wired to desire “views” “friends” “likes” and the status of a well known inluencoor?

“Bitcoin derives its value in the same way any currency does: by fulfilling the six characteristics of money. Those characteristics are: durability, portability, divisibility, fungibility, scarcity, and acceptability. We believe that Bitcoin is superior to any other money that has ever been created.”

I dont know what i did or its Nostr getting better, but relay uptake of my notes are amazing now! I got good views too and so many engagement!

If you have the right relays, and follow the right people, it is much more than listening to parrots saying zap zap zap.

Nostr, at the moment, is a echo chamber. I like contributing here and I feel the work I put into post gets more value — it truly is a beautiful thing.

But just like people still like to use facebook, I feel it’s all an opinion. I like both and simply am about 50/50 at the moment and still think I need LESS of it regardless.

One thing I also dislike is on Nostr if I am not on it 24/7, I may miss a post that provides value to me.

I think we’re heading in the right direction though nevertheless.

Can you all chime in here and work through this with me - thoughts on abandoning Twitter completely vs sticking around on both Nostr and Twitter to help onboard more people

I have no interest in contributing to twitter anymore but still have friends there so I check in and lurk.

But

If we all abandon twitter completely, are we helping or hurting when it comes to a bitcoin only approach in general and the desperate need for censorship resistant technologies?? Feels like a double edged sword.

I go back and forth on this. Thoughts???

gn y’all, wish I was in Costa Rica. PV 🤙

kinda crazy people are willing to lend the us gov money for 30 years at ~4%

based on their track record I wouldn’t even rent them an apartment

69 sat zaps on Nostr are what Facebook “pokes” always wished they could be

😏⚡️

I’m a bit confused - hypothetically if USA was to banned bitcoin, that would just mean it would be off exchanges right? Where would I be able to go and obtain it if that were the case? Maybe purchase goods of value and sell to a bitcoiner ? Sorry for my ignorance.

Not sure for Strider but I had a flood of Japanese p0rn on mine earlier. fixed it for now.

Why do we need decentralized social communication? #[0] wanted to know why Nostr was better than other supposed "free speech" social networks like Gab or Truth Social. Here's why:

Increased Resilience: Decentralization can make protocols more resilient by reducing the impact of a single point of failure. In a centralized system, if the central authority fails, the entire system collapses. In contrast, decentralized protocols are less vulnerable to catastrophic failures, because there are multiple nodes, relays, or clients that can pick up the slack in the event of a failure.

Increased Security: Decentralization can also increase security by making it more difficult for bad actors to attack the system. In a centralized system, if a single point of failure is compromised, the entire system can be compromised. In a decentralized system, however, attackers would need to compromise multiple nodes, relays, clients, etc. in order to take down the entire system, which can be much more difficult to do or even impossible.

Improved Efficiency: Decentralization can also lead to improved efficiency. When decision-making is distributed, it can be done more quickly and efficiently. This is because decision-making can be delegated to the individuals or groups that are closest to the issue at hand, rather than having to wait for a central authority to make a decision.

Increased Transparency: Decentralization can also increase transparency by allowing for greater scrutiny of decision-making processes. When decision-making is distributed, it is easier to track and audit the decision-making process, which can help ensure that decisions are made fairly and impartially.

Increased Innovation: Decentralization can foster innovation by creating an environment where different ideas can be explored and tested. This is because decentralized systems tend to be more open and inclusive, which allows for more experimentation and collaboration.

If these sound familiar, it's because these above reasons are why we favor decentralized money. Bitcoin and Nostr go hand in hand in these schools of thought. I hope this helps! 🤙

I like that nostr.wine is a one-time purchase. I was afraid that all of these services would be monthly subscriptions. I would never ever sign up for subscriptions like that 😂