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2026-02-25 18:23:14 UTC

I am a passionate anon. I want Bitcoin to be good money. I value cultural conservatism to preserve Bitcoin as money.
I rejected the negligence and elitism of Bitcoin Core and the Bitcoin Influencer class. I run Knots.
I hate spam (non monetary transactions). I therefore now run BIP110.
I am disappointed at @nprofile…26zu for labeling me a lynch mob. For the first time I am hearing him not make sound argument. Normally, I do.
Sad. He’s projecting and secretly ideological. What are his actual reasons beyond ad hominem attacks. I don’t understand the threat or how he enforces his threat.
https://youtu.be/3FNPeqyk7c0?si=KvaEp36A6iaSrgjT
Thank you warriors for calmly presenting the risks and empowering us plebs to have a voice to express what Bitcoin is.
@nprofile…f77w @nprofile…4umg
@npub1lh2…a9nk

2025-10-10 04:00:43 UTC

‪In response to the linked x post.
https://x.com/zachherbert/status/1976427320643649725
There was a proposal in *BIP 300, 301” I think on sidechains. This would allow for experiments, sub economies and data systems. They could use OP_RETURN to anchor to the time chain. The Bitcoin miners would secure the sidechains and benefit from Bitcoin use on those connected chains. Each sidechain is its own system that is decoupled from mainnet. Those sidechains could run these other usecases thereby isolating and protecting Bitcoin from technical and legal risk. The sidechains architecture really seems to be a good approach ‬

2025-09-30 17:21:11 UTC

🧵0/12 Intro: Hayek’s “Road to Serfdom” warns that central planning distorts subjective values, leading to authoritarianism. In Bitcoin’s mempool debate, this parallels Core’s push for permissive defaults (e.g., expanding OP_RETURN to 100kB) while limiting user configs—essentially centralizing policy. Knots advocates counter with individual mempool sovereignty: Let nodes express personal values, aggregating into organic consensus for resilient, evolving decentralization. Freedom vs. control—let’s dive in. #Bitcoin #Hayek #Mempool
🧵1/12 Echoing Hayek’s “The Road to Serfdom”: Central planning fails because values aren’t a universal checklist—they’re subjective, locked in individual minds. No central authority can juggle the infinite complexities of society without distortion. Enter tyranny disguised as “progress.” #Hayek
2/12 Hayek’s mic drop: Planners pretend they can prioritize everyone’s needs into one tidy hierarchy. But values are personal chaos—your priority is my afterthought. Free markets let prices emerge from this mess. Impose top-down order? You stomp freedom, spark backlash, and slide into serfdom.
3/12 Now, Bitcoin’s mempool showdown: The mempool is your node’s tx waiting lounge, where fees compete for blockspace. Drama peaks with Ordinals/inscriptions spiking fees as “spam.” Bitcoin Core v30 removes old filters, balloons OP_RETURN from ~80 bytes to 100k+, and eyes axing individual node config options. Hayek vibes intensifying. 🚨
4/12 Core’s move: Shift network defaults to permissive, allowing massive data dumps. But here’s the twist—they’re also limiting personal choice by planning to strip away users’ ability to set custom mempool policies. It’s “neutrality” that forces conformity. Sounds like central planning, eh?
5/12 Enter Bitcoin Knots advocates: They champion individual sovereignty. Run Knots, tweak your mempool policy to reflect your values—filter spam, prioritize monetary txs, whatever. Your node, your rules. This is freedom of expression in code: Relay what aligns with you, ignore the noise.
6/12 Why individual mempools = freedom-preserving decentralization: Consensus emerges as the aggregate of all nodes’ policies. Network propagation strengthens for tx types the majority values organically. No dictator needed—evolution via participant selection. Usecases live or die by real demand, not decrees.
7/12 Central mempool planning (à la Core’s defaults + no configs)? That’s censorship wrapped in “efficiency.” Who defines “valid” beyond fees? Today, relax OP_RETURN for data blobs; tomorrow, throttle privacy tools or L2s? Authoritarian control creeps in, eroding Bitcoin’s uncensorable core. Hayek’s serfdom road, blockchain edition.
8/12 Arguments FOR individual sovereignty (Knots-style):
• Adaptive resilience: Nodes vote with policies; spam surges? Fees + filters self-correct without hard forks.
• True innovation: Organic selection rewards useful usecases (e.g., DeFi over junk data).
• Decentralization max: Empowers small nodes—keep costs low by filtering bloat.
• Hayek alignment: Disperses subjective values across the network, avoiding central failure.
9/12 More PROS: Natural evolution—tx types gain traction based on aggregate node support, not dev whims. Preserves Bitcoin as money first, data second. Users express values directly, fostering a robust, freedom-centric system.
10/12 Counter-arguments AGAINST (and rebuttals):
• “Removing limits enables innovation; filters are censorship!” Rebut: True censorship is forcing defaults without config options. Knots enables choice; Core restricts it. Fees still govern—filters just amplify user voice.
• “Neutrality means relay everything valid!” Rebut: Consensus allows it, but policy is local for a reason. Forcing permissiveness centralizes power in defaults, inviting bloat and higher node costs. Hayek: Neutrality without choice = planned chaos.
• “Knots is single-maintainer risk!” Rebut: Better than Core’s groupthink. Community can fork/contribute; it’s open-source. Risk is mitigated by alignment with conservative values—proven over years.
• “Data will happen anyway!” Rebut: Yes, but easy relay accelerates it. Keep barriers; let market truly decide via effort/cost. Don’t subsidize spam by default.
11/12 In a freedom-preserving decentralized system, mempool sovereignty mirrors Hayek’s market: Emergent order from individual choices trumps top-down tweaks. Core’s path invites serfdom—bloat, centralization, regulatory hooks. Knots? Liberty’s lifeline. Run a node, choose your policy.
12/12 TL;DR: Own your mempool, defend your freedom. Knots aggregates individual values into evolutionary consensus. Core’s “progress” = authoritarian defaults. Hayek would run Knots and HODL. Your move? #Bitcoin #Mempool #Knots #Hayek NOSTR/X crosspost. 🔑🚀

2025-09-25 15:59:39 UTC

This OP_RETURN debate is taking a toll. The participants of the network are taking sides. Even legends that survived the Blocksize war are finding themselves on opposing sides.
This is the network deciding what it will become. What you think matters. What you do matters. If you do t understand the issue, learn about it. Don’t be fooled about personalities and ad hominem attacks. Dig deep and decide what the vision of Bitcoin is for you.
Is Bitcoin freedom tech and the most important defense for individual liberty and sovereignty? Do you believe Bitcoin is money? Is that enough?
Or is Bitcoin just really cool tech, the first decentralized, censorship resistant network meant for general purpose storage? It openly supporting the storage of arbitrary data (including illegal data) how we want to use freedom tech?
The fate of Bitcoin rests with us. We decide. Do we preserve what works, or expand unnecessarily?

2025-07-29 22:02:05 UTC

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This is terrible

2025-07-29 18:58:47 UTC

Help please. I am building my first Noster app and I’m wondering if there is a good resource for creating and messages on a testnet. Or do I create a throwaway account?

2025-07-28 23:28:15 UTC

Self custody isn’t just a choice. It’s *freedom*.
Every satoshi you control outside of exchanges, wallets you own and keys you guard — that’s sovereignty. No middleman, no blackout risk, no third party that can freeze or confiscate your wealth.
Bitcoin’s power flows from *you* holding your private keys. Don’t let someone else hold your life’s savings.
The question isn’t “Why self custody?” — it’s “Why NOT?”
Get your corn off exchanges
#BeYourOwnBank #Bitcoin #SelfCustody #NoTrust #Sovereignty

2025-07-26 07:18:08 UTC

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Keet

2025-07-18 13:30:57 UTC

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Thanks for that! I’ve actually applied to every job that I can. It’s been slow getting responses.
I’ve gotta keep trying!

2025-07-03 16:34:15 UTC

Damn, sometimes days just feel blue. I remember, to be here is a miracle.

2025-06-28 22:41:34 UTC

I’m finally being vocal in my skepticism when I hear a friend parroting naive, feel-good socialist talking points.
Does it need to be called out or am I just wasting life force energy. I need to understand if I need to take a stand for my kids sake.
Thoughts welcome.

2025-06-28 18:17:01 UTC

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What is that exactly?

2025-06-28 18:16:07 UTC

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Dang, I have a long way to go

2025-06-28 18:14:24 UTC

Thanx @npub1wjd…q6ga
https://blossom.primal.net/0e1041b5e24bee7fdf5f1197d5e477a645109f90ff4f68cc7bafc7a0a9bdef14.jpg

2025-06-28 07:01:54 UTC

Anyone who doesn’t understand Austrian economics is susceptible to being ideologically compromised by the magical thinking of socialism

2025-06-25 17:50:48 UTC

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I am hard at work recruiting 😎

2025-06-25 16:36:35 UTC

I’m a full stack developer looking for opportunities in the bitcoin space. I have eight years experience in both big tech and startups and would like to spend my life for building bitcoin. Please reach out if interested.

2025-06-24 20:14:34 UTC

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LOL
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2025-06-24 17:12:36 UTC

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I want to leave the fiat mine too.

2025-06-24 16:04:15 UTC

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First thing I thought of too

2025-06-19 16:06:52 UTC

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This looks really interesting!
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2025-06-18 01:26:54 UTC

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Bigger transactions might not break Bitcoin today, but they’re like termites: slow, sneaky, and centralizing the network over time.

2025-06-18 01:24:57 UTC

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You’re right that Bitcoin’s block size is limited (1 MB base size, ~4 MB weight with SegWit), and historically, larger transactions haven’t caused immediate catastrophic issues. But my point about second- and third-order effects isn’t about disk storage alone—it’s about the long-term incentives and pressures on the network’s decentralized structure. Let’s break it down:
1. Larger Transactions and Node Burden: You mentioned that disk size isn’t an issue as long as UTXOs fit in main memory. While storage is cheap, running a full node involves more than just disk space. It requires bandwidth, CPU, and memory to validate and propagate transactions. If larger transactions (e.g., excessive OP_RETURN data or bloated multisig setups) become the norm, the cumulative effect increases the resource demands on node operators. Over decades, this could discourage individuals from running nodes, especially in regions with limited hardware or internet access. Fewer nodes mean a more centralized network, as only well-resourced entities (e.g., corporations, data centers) can keep up.
2. OP_RETURN and Spam Concerns: The debate around OP_RETURN (currently capped at 80 bytes) isn’t a hoax—it’s about balancing utility with efficiency. OP_RETURN is meant for small data commitments (e.g., timestamps, hashes), not arbitrary data storage. Some argue for increasing its size to support use cases like inscriptions or token protocols, but this risks bloating the blockchain with non-financial data. For example, in 2023, Ordinals and Inscriptions caused a surge in transaction sizes, with some blocks approaching the weight limit, driving up fees and node sync times. This isn’t theoretical—Bitcoin Core developers like Peter Todd have flagged these as vectors for abuse that could strain the network if unchecked.
3. UTXO Set vs. Ledger Growth: You’re correct that the UTXO set (currently ~100 MB) is the critical part for node memory. But unrestricted transaction sizes or spam (e.g., via excessive OP_RETURN or dust outputs) can still bloat the blockchain itself, which nodes must download and store. A 1 TB drive might handle today’s ~600 GB ledger, but if spam transactions grow unchecked, the ledger could balloon faster than necessary, making initial block download (IBD) for new nodes slower and more costly. This subtly pushes smaller operators out, concentrating node operation among fewer players.
4. Historical Context and Future Risks: You noted that larger transactions happened in the past without collapse. True, but Bitcoin’s scale has changed. In 2017, the block size debate led to SegWit to optimize space without hard-forking. Today, with millions of users and growing adoption, the stakes are higher. If we normalize inefficient transaction practices, we risk a tragedy of the commons where short-term gains (e.g., stuffing data into the blockchain) erode long-term decentralization. Look at Ethereum: its state bloat (~1.5 TB for a full node) already makes running a node impractical for most users, centralizing its network further.
5. Course Correction as Immunity: My point about “course correction” is that Bitcoin’s community—developers, miners, and node operators—actively debates these issues (e.g., on X, BitcoinTalk, or dev mailing lists) to prevent harm. The 80-byte OP_RETURN limit, spam filters in Bitcoin Core, and fee market dynamics are examples of this immunity. Ignoring these safeguards could weaken Bitcoin’s resilience over time.
If you think this is still exaggerated, consider this: Bitcoin’s value lies in its decentralization. Anything that incrementally raises the cost of running a node—whether through spam, bloated transactions, or unchecked data—chips away at that. It’s not about an immediate crash; it’s about slow, compounding effects that could make Bitcoin less censorship-resistant in 10–20 years.

2025-06-16 13:35:48 UTC

It’s crazy to think that this was written almost 1000 years ago.
https://blossom.primal.net/cb802139344baa9b61bca3d4473bd8d9da588c5c5ac4fe84c3c6d42139aab355.jpg

2025-06-16 04:15:55 UTC

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Time with family

2025-06-15 21:08:24 UTC

@nprofile…n3y0 I’m thinking of launching a shop to sell merch for Bitcoiners. One thought is to create a belt buckle to raise money for Bitcoin Knots development. All proceeds would directly to funding the project.
I don’t have a shop yet but would be willing to build one if you are cool with the idea and I get feedback that there is interest.
Please all, let me know what you think and if you’d be into this kind of merch.
I’m going for subtle advocacy. Gear we can wear to be proud but not dox ourselves in public. Like “If you know, you know”
Of course this concept art is a little more explicit. Other ideas are more stealthy and subtle.
https://blossom.primal.net/6c32609d110560c43526a8f3cf6b21915a79129c3b23c1fd638b2dd4a943c6a8.png

2025-06-15 18:14:47 UTC

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What “it” are you referring to? If we are talking about Bitcoin Core then the clock started a couple years ago for those that have been watching.
The spam filter is just the final straw before the Bitcoin immune system kicked in to eradicate the problem through more decentralization. It is moments like these where the light of Bitcoin, the wisdom to see and the urge to protect freedom awakens in the Bitcoiner and we answer the call in service of truth.
We perhaps have some glimpse of the stakes and know the future will thank us for making choices today that make freedom and prosperity more possible. To do otherwise is the way of fiat.

2025-06-15 05:32:00 UTC

🌍 New repo drop: https://github.com/tibocin/groundswell
Groundswell is an open-source Bitcoin advocacy project:
✉️ Letter-to-the-editor templates
🧠 Local-level persuasion
🛠️ Easy to edit, free to remix
Write. Submit. Spark a shift. Then share your letter back.
Your voice. Your paper. Our network.
Let’s build the Groundswell. #bitcoin #NOSTR

2025-06-14 22:37:34 UTC

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Yes. Look at 2nd and 3rd order effects over decades. Larger transactions as a norm increases the risk of centralization by increasing the burden of node operators as they maintain their copy of the ledger. Course correction is immunity in action.

2025-06-14 18:45:47 UTC

Bitcoin is anti-fragile, it is a digital organism that has an immune response. The basis for its immunity are the guardians of the network, node operators, miners, developers, and users that enshrine and embody the ethos of freedom.
The only way to attack Bitcoin is rot from within. Do not be fooled. The tolerance of spam and the removal of choice for node operators in what Bitcoin Core is doin is equivalent to an attack on the network from within.
It is up to us to say “fuck you, take that nonsense somewhere else”. We do that by not running the malware and creating/using options that protect the integrity of the mission of Bitcoin.
Thank you @nprofile…gv4w @nprofile…qt7c @nprofile…x00e and others being our champions in this matter

2025-06-13 18:51:27 UTC

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This is soo true

2025-06-11 06:24:26 UTC

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Is there a good first issue?

2025-06-10 19:06:47 UTC

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Wow. Big day!

2025-06-05 18:52:09 UTC

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Is this real?

2025-05-30 19:38:31 UTC

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Sounds like an interesting topic.
👀
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2025-05-30 19:35:47 UTC

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I am such a noob with NOSTR I don’t really know what this means. Can someone explain why this matters like I’m five?

2025-05-30 19:34:49 UTC

Let yourself rest in Awareness that you may never confuse the symbols for the Source, that which appears with that which is.

2025-04-20 02:33:17 UTC

Spiritually, Bitcoin arises not as salvation, but as an outer echo of inner lawfulness: a symbolic projection of incorruptible self-governance—a kind of dharma in code.

2025-04-06 15:59:10 UTC

Don’t let a shithole keep you from the Kingdom of God

2025-04-04 13:51:53 UTC

“That one is blessed, and at peace who doesn’t hope, to whom desire makes no more loans.
Nothing coming. Nothing owed”
- lalla
How might desire be a loan?
Desire as a loan implies something borrowed—something not inherently ours, yet compelling us forward with the gravity of a debt.
1. Desire borrows from the future
When we desire something, we often project ourselves into a future state—a better body, more freedom, a fulfilled relationship, a successful project. But we don’t own that future. Instead, we take out a sort of psychological loan: “I’ll suffer now, defer satisfaction, and pay interest in the form of anxiety, striving, or longing—because I believe this future payoff will be worth it.”
The terms of the loan?
Hope. Imagination. Dopamine. Sometimes delusion.
2. Desire borrows from others
Many of our desires are inherited or suggested. From culture, advertising, parents, peers, Instagram. René Girard called this mimetic desire—we want what others want because we’ve seen it desired, not because it sprang from our true nature.
We take out this loan on someone else’s terms, sometimes waking up one day asking, “Wait, whose life am I living?”
3. Desire requires collateral
Every desire makes a demand: What are you willing to give? Time? Attention? Sanity?
Like a loan, desire often requires collateral—sometimes even identity itself. You put your current self up as the cost of your becoming. If the desire is real and aligned, the return can be immense. If not, you risk bankruptcy of the soul.
4. What is the interest rate?
If we’re unconscious about our desires, the interest can be crippling. We can live in a constant state of “not yet,” where fulfillment is always just out of reach. We pay with our presence. We accrue spiritual debt. This is the samsaric wheel—chasing the next hit.
But if we become aware of our desires—really interrogate them—then we can renegotiate the terms. Choose only the loans worth taking. Or sometimes… live debt-free. Desire-less, not in numb detachment, but in presence. In the abundance of what is.
5. Sometimes the lender is Grace
There’s another kind of desire, though—the sacred kind. The shakti rising. The kind that doesn’t borrow from the future but flows from the Now. That desire is not lack, but overflow. It’s not a loan but a gift. A signal from the soul, guiding us toward our becoming.
The trick is discerning which is which.
⸻
So, desire can be a loan—but it doesn’t have to be.
It can be a debt that keeps you running, or a current that lifts you home.

2025-03-31 04:18:53 UTC

Dance Lalla, with nothing on
but air. Sing Lalla,
wearing the Sky.
Look at this glowing day! What clothes could be beautiful, or as sacred.
- Lalla

2025-03-31 04:15:13 UTC

MSTR is not just long Bitcoin. It is long truth.
It is a bet that math wins, that time matters, that scarcity is sacred.
https://x.com/adambliv/status/1906489137542168891?s=46

2025-03-30 15:50:09 UTC

Whatever I do, the responsibility is mine.
But like one that plants an orchard,
What comes of what I do, the fruit,
Will be for others.
I offer the actions of this life,
to the God within,
Wherever I go, the way is blessed.
- Lalla
https://m.primal.net/PyVt.png

2025-03-29 18:17:16 UTC

To be peaceful one must be grounded in Spirit while skilled and capable of unimaginable violence with the wisdom and discernment to know when to apply it.
If you can’t be violent, you can’t be peaceful. You’re just harmless.
There is a difference

2024-10-17 15:59:23 UTC

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I had the realization that I couldn’t google for news. I would just get whitewashed articles. I kind of can only use twitter for the full range of opinions.
Sad really. But at least I know what I am getting.

2024-10-06 15:29:04 UTC

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Ha ha, it’s so funny that you can see the back door for EU authorities now added.

2024-10-06 15:21:32 UTC

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This would be a good Udemy topic

2024-10-05 15:52:21 UTC

I can say this rings true to what the road to bitcoin maximalism looks like.
There are more steps though.
At some point you’re you like, wait, I need intermediate level wallets that are only used for spend, lend and collaborative custody so they can’t be tied to the multisig vault.
Then you are like, wait what if I need to disappear and not have any hardware wallets with me for a time… so you create a wallets and memorize the seed phrase.
In memorizing the seed phrase you realize that your brain turns the words into a story that makes sense is prophetic.
You realize the randomness of generating a seed phrase is a divination of sorts from a powerful digital organism of which you are becoming a part
Finally you realize that by memorizing the backup seed and and finding meaning in the words you have become the Bitcoin Network in a way that no one can take from you.
You are empowered to give a blessing to a loved one on your death bed.
#note1zse…mch7

2024-10-05 15:41:33 UTC

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Huh, that’s about right actually

2024-10-05 15:39:17 UTC

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I am teaching myself the Bitcoin tech stack so I can roll my sleeves up and build. When I’m ready I intend to reach out to ego death capital and find a portfolio company that can use my skill and passion.
Please let me know the best way to get in touch. This is the only path I see worth living. #noregets

2024-10-03 06:42:21 UTC

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Ha. Pretty funny

2024-09-21 17:13:08 UTC

How do we get a bill passed that requires any public official to disclose a trade they intend to make to the public 1 week before actually trading? this rule should be effect while the official is in office and for 2 years after.
As public officials with insider knowledge, the knowledge of their office should benefit the people equally. Their actions no doubt illustrate their conviction about the course of events as a result of their involvement in regulating and policy making.

2024-09-19 03:57:10 UTC

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I would love to help. Let me know if there are any job openings that I can apply to.

2024-09-10 23:21:25 UTC

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Thank you

2024-09-10 23:21:01 UTC

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It is a case of the frog in the pot… so slow it just isn’t noticed.

2024-09-10 23:18:33 UTC

I created to get repo for letter templates that can be used to send to government officials and representatives.
See the github repo here:
https://github.com/tibocin/letters-to-officials
The first letter that I added is one to my senator about the US Citizen Binance executive that has been detained in Nigeria. The letter urges action by the US government to take action.
I learned about this from @nlw on “The Breakdown” https://open.spotify.com/episode/41p2aiJj9QP2mRI3thbKpN?si=OtFODW6sQw-rC8rIZDs-kg

2024-09-04 03:28:59 UTC

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I was talking to a friend about how important NOSTR is and she was freaking out. Saying “So I guess now people can incite a riot”. That person doesn’t realize that Freedom is not safe, and neither is “security” provided by big central government.

2024-09-04 03:25:58 UTC

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Thanks for this. I need the reminders to not just passively scroll

2024-08-29 17:41:17 UTC

I tried changing my primal lightening address. Now it can't be found. Does it just take time to propagate through the system?