Pablo Xannybar

Node runner once again.
BTC. XMR. Freedom maxi.
Say no to CBDCs and digital ID.

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2026-07-08 07:14:57 UTC

Farage has resigned. If he loses the by-election and is gone for good, Restore Britain becomes the only serious right wing party on the UK. Reform will die without its dear leader just like UKIP did.
Rupert Lowe is actually serious including in regards to Austrian economics. Trusting a politician is foolish sure, but Lowe is far from a career politician and is much more of a serious guy than snakey Farage.
Basically, if Farage loses the by-election, that changes everything and Restore's hopes of winning the next election have just increased immensely. In fact it becomes almost certain given the strong right wing sentiment in the country right now.
That gives a chance of real change away from the rapidly growing influence of globalist statism.
I watch with great interest.

2026-07-07 23:07:55 UTC

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Nope doesn't need a port to be open if you use StartTunnel or just run it as an onion service which is what I just did. Using it in Amethyst without any special configuration right now. I just turned on the spider mode.
Feel like this could be extremely useful when you're on mobile data.

2026-07-07 23:04:20 UTC

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Got it set up right now. This actually looks really useful for when you're using Nostr on mobile data if it works well.

2026-07-07 21:34:41 UTC

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Addy.io is really good. They accept payment in Bitcoin (including Lightning) and Monero. They also will PGP encrypt the emails they forward to you and let you use your own domains.

2026-07-07 21:32:08 UTC

If you use StartOS it's definitely worth checking out the official and community app registries. Lots of new stuff has been added including a new Nostr relay that's apparently 9x more efficient than strfry and has a "spider mode" that archives notes from people you follow (similar to Chronicle it seems like), an NSec Bunker, a Karakeep alternative that has better local LLM integration (including the ability to ask things like "what was that article I saved a week ago about XYZ?"), and an aggregator for Nostr long form notes, media, YouTube, Rumble, and RSS feeds in one.
The relay is called Wisp but unsure if it's any relation to the client. Doesn't appear to be from the GitHub page.
Speaking of which I was thinking of firing up my own Gitea instance so I can self-host my projects off my Start9 machine too.

2026-07-07 20:32:19 UTC

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🫡
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/7a6959312c1152b56fcfa4f7dd5aa3a173b3647e98a7eb6842663546a93d01c0.jpg

2026-07-07 20:28:20 UTC

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It won't stop at the EU either.

2026-07-07 20:24:07 UTC

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Fair enough, it's a statechain rather than a sidechain.

2026-07-07 19:52:25 UTC

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I gotcha. Actually makes sense, back when BTC fees were crazy high I used LTC for converting to XMR too.

2026-07-07 19:47:21 UTC

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Spark isn't an IOU like wrapped BTC. It's backed by actual Bitcoin that's been pegged in on the native Bitcoin blockchain. Very similar to Lightning itself.
Personally I'd only hold small amounts on it. But I also treat normal Lightning the exact same way. In both cases you hold BTC in an L2, backed by real BTC locked on L1, but with a different network and trust model.

2026-07-07 19:11:48 UTC

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Monero is honestly great, I'm a Bitcoiner but I'll admit XMR is literally the only altcoin I use and it clearly has genuine advantages for privacy. I literally used it just a few hours ago in fact.
But Lightning is so much better suited to this use case (instantly sending through a messaging app) and Bitcoin is better sound money.
Lightning provides decent privacy itself as well - not Monero level, but enough for most people since there's no public blockchain and transactions use onion routing.
And fair enough if you don't send fiat via messaging apps but a lot of normies do, so making it just as easy to send Bitcoin is seriously a big deal.

2026-07-07 19:01:46 UTC

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The Breez + Spark SDK isn't custodial. Spark is a sidechain that does real time submarine swaps for Lightning so the user doesn't have to deal with managing channels and liquidity, so it's not strictly speaking a "true Lightning wallet", but it's not custodial. You hold the keys.

2026-07-07 18:53:55 UTC

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I like keeping in contact with other plebs and I'm always trying to get friends and family into Bitcoin. Nostr DMs are so shit for the former and the latter is always a challenge.
This bridges two gaps for me personally:
1. I can chat with my fellow Bitcoiners securely and reliably
2. Since most of my friends and fam already use Signal it's a perfect way to introduce them to Bitcoin Lightning and show them how easy it is.
Number two is especially strong if I just point them to @nprofile…hf7c as well.
Literally it's "yo I can send you Bitcoin just as easily as sending fiat on other messaging apps and you can go into the real world and actually spend it."
This can seriously be so powerful for adoption. No need to tell your normie friends they have to set up a wallet and explaining how everything works. Just being able to send it on a Signal chat.
I'm seriously so psyched for this.

2026-07-07 18:40:49 UTC

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Lmk when you do, I have sats waiting! I'm so happy someone finally made this fr.

2026-07-07 18:24:44 UTC

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Btw trying to zap you but Wisp tells me you don't have a lightning address set up. Is this a Wisp bug? Looks like others have zapped you so must be. Or relay mismatch or something.
https://npub17rlc0emedw5xljztfqrmykjaacsx6ujvdas64zznjadrnhhwlavq4jjtgg.blossom.band/b425b253b86f34d84ad163cedb5f4af760e6a5f5154b6301a6523276c3ecfe82.jpg

2026-07-07 18:13:33 UTC

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If I'm reading the site correctly this is a fork of Signal that's compatible with regular Signal, similar to how Molly works, right? So I can just replace Signal with this but if one of my contacts uses vanilla Signal we can still message, just not send sats?
This is really amazing work man fr.

2026-07-07 18:05:55 UTC

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@nprofile…3vf2 broooo I think this might be the one

2026-07-07 18:04:11 UTC

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Funnily enough I was literally just talking about this.
#nevent1q…anmd

2026-07-07 17:59:36 UTC

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Fuck yes this is amazing bro. Will absolutely check this out.

2026-07-07 17:57:23 UTC

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A FAQ*
https://wot.nostrcloud.com/3031c39595c18a26111cbd2b08bd556f65f69141b989c1e7524bae9da36b5c92.jpg

2026-07-07 17:32:43 UTC

Been using WWG a lot and it's so reliable it literally notifies me of transactions before Sparrow does.
Many more features coming. If you have feature requests or questions about what it's for and how it works and what you need to use it and how to install and configure it etc feel free to ask, I'm writing an FAQ so the questions will be collected and answered in that.
Btw will shortly post the Graphene guide, aiming for this week. Work has been hectic recently and I'm getting ready to buy a new house and a G42 M240i. So been just a little distracted 😂
https://github.com/xannythepleb/bitcoin-wallet-watchguard
#nevent1q…5ruz

2026-07-07 16:56:36 UTC

This is SICK. This is what Signal should have done instead of making a shitcoin.
#nevent1q…lnrq

2026-06-30 13:53:34 UTC

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Fix this so I can zap you! https://wot.nostrcloud.com/33692ec13f789ffa2b1d5a962cc7e0ad604ed49e8eed21951714f5d978e98717.jpg

2026-06-26 22:47:07 UTC

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Unsurprising except for Litecoin... what do people use Litecoin for? It does have an opt in privacy layer without the difficulties of Monero (not available on most exchanges etc) so perhaps that's a factor?

2026-06-25 20:18:26 UTC

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Is it as good as everyone says?
I gotta wait 24 hours before I can use it because my country has dumb laws.

2026-06-25 20:01:12 UTC

Anyone use Strike for their KYC stack? Seems to be a legit Bitcoin company rather than a "crypto exchange." Even has Lightning.

2026-06-23 17:18:37 UTC

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Honestly, you can use AI to do it, just prompt it differently.
Instead of asking it to make you something, describe your idea and map out the architecture. Ask the AI if it is feasible, what stack would be best suited and why, what security considerations there are, etc.
You can do something similar if you're learning to code. Write some code yourself, iterate on it, etc and if you run into problems, instead of telling the AI to fix it, ask it what the issue is, how to debug it, what lines/blocks need changing and why, etc.
After a while you actually start picking up the knowledge. Then you can do it the lazier way and wien the output is wrong you'll see what's missing. If you're not sure, ask it "are you sure you did X like I told you to because I noticed Y?"
It's exactly like OP said, AI is a tool and it's all about how you use it. I'll also say that once you do start to pick up a programming language (I recommend Python if you're starting out, it's still my favourite today) then AI becomes very helpful if you treat it like an intern.
It will especially fuck up security unless you specifically prompt it not to. But once you learn what needs to be done to make things secure, you know how to prompt for them.
For example if you're making a website you tell the LLM to write a good CSP and make sure it's as tight as possible without breaking any functionality.
Perfect example of a valid use of AI, because writing CSPs is a massive pita but it's very good to have one.

2026-06-23 00:04:08 UTC

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Bit optimistic with the "working" part 😂

2026-06-21 15:54:53 UTC

Woah built in Spark wallet in Wisp, that's cool considering there's not many non-custodial wallets with NWC support 👀
Probably dumb question though: when you restore a Spark wallet from the seed phrase, does that also restore your Lightning balance? Without having to do a separate backup for all the Lightning stuff?
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/fb829e94fef37c461c399968f5822c864b14e05bbec0bb97f87d6d72f6c2867c.jpg

2026-06-21 14:55:52 UTC

De-Googled GrapheneOS is working fucking great so far on my Pixel 10 Pro Fold.
Guide on installing and configuration aimed specifically at bitcoiners coming soon!
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/e1cf6c60c5b7738aba7040d99b74b9499197e5b06f7f40182f8cb5f2bd29ff9d.jpg

2026-06-21 14:01:59 UTC

Flow (open source YouTube app for Android) is really really fucking cool holy shit. You subscribe to channels you like (locally, no login) and based on what you watch It builds an algorithm for you locally on the device without Google profiling you. That's absolutely insane.
Also has SponsorBlock integration, DeArrow (replaces clickbait titles with descriptive ones), Return YouTube Dislike, no ads of course, all the YouTube Premium features, casting, shorts, etc etc...
UX is really really good too.

2026-06-20 12:44:20 UTC

So. When this arrives tomorrow I will obviously be installing GrapheneOS.
I will document the process and write a comprehensive "cypherpunk smartphone guide", not just installing Graphene but what to do afterwards: how to set it up as the ultimate pleb phone.
I'll go over alternate app stores, Bitcoin wallets, Nostr (including Amber), reliable notifications without using Google services, VPNs, Tor, and other general OPSEC.
If you have any suggestions for topics to cover please let me know and I will include them.
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/85d6576b8403336069a9a09b3095abad902012e5cd9671548582d924e24964ac.jpg

2026-06-19 22:35:51 UTC

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I literally have an AI designed Bitcoin tattoo how did you know bro? 😂
Not even joking either I actually do 😂😂😂

2026-06-19 22:32:34 UTC

A worthy cause indeed
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/35168edae72be95758013112215dbdc6fe24a958f06279f12d1a182748a05ed3.jpg

2026-06-17 16:15:50 UTC

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Booooo!

2026-06-17 16:15:13 UTC

Came up with a really cool project I can make with Ntfy.
Bitcoin related, of course.
GitHub soon.

2026-06-17 15:25:29 UTC

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The actual Ntfy server works, the UnifiedPush endpoint works when I test it with curl, but Amethyst is still not sending me notifications lol.
Ah well Ntfy can do all sorts of cool stuff in custom scripts, gonna give some of the native setups a go, I think it's the fact Amethyst uses UnifiedPush that makes it a bit buggy.

2026-06-17 15:10:19 UTC

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Hahaha thank you man 😂
I just had to set some specific configs for UnifiedPush since that works totally different to normal Ntfy.
Hopefully it works *now* and if not I'll just leave it for the moment and look at some other cool shit I can use Ntfy for tbh, there's a lot of community integrations in the docs.

2026-06-17 13:42:12 UTC

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I think I fixed it! Do me a favour and react to this note. Server subscription definitely working. Now just need to make sure Amethyst is publishing.

2026-06-17 13:21:30 UTC

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Tried relinking it to Amethyst. Still not working. Ttied restarting the service on StartOS. If that doesn't work I'll have to mess with it properly after work.

2026-06-17 13:11:32 UTC

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Thank you. Doesn't seem to work. Maybe I configured it wrong? :/

2026-06-17 12:51:10 UTC

Yo can someone react to this so I can see if my ntfy server works?

2026-06-17 12:35:50 UTC

So TIL I can self-host my own notifications server and set Amethyst to use it. That's pretty sick.
Wonder if I can get Signal and other apps to use it instead of Google's?

2026-06-17 12:06:04 UTC

https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/590a111f6718796a3998281c12e37b39dd0f13d1f61d741d24dd8824c6c21160.jpg

2026-06-17 11:59:13 UTC

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Welcome to the club!
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/67791fe1b84625b27f4a1e2c77d7d71fd7c429640885a39a17a94ad9af615694.jpg

2026-06-17 11:41:29 UTC

https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/3eeeef62f7be4245f02f9632d3cc029417821e4a380414771eabc0a4bbcbaf3a.jpg
#nevent1q…g5an

2026-06-17 11:40:05 UTC

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VPN ban is already being debated in parliament too. Has been for months.
Which will then push kids onto Tor, which is impossible to censor.
They're gonna just lure kids to the darknet. But that doesn't really matter to them because it was never about children.

2026-06-17 11:32:58 UTC

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https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/52973103785cf9fa454c5bab029978a60317934da937d5f25c5b2a7a61c1e44d.jpg

2026-06-17 11:28:53 UTC

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It's because there's not been any major terrorist attacks recently.
If there had, they'd introduce the exact same legislation under the guise of "national security."
But since they can't exploit a major tragedy they have to fall back to "think of the children!"

2026-06-17 11:24:54 UTC

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They ignored the grooming gangs for decades and brought in Peter Mandelson despite knowing he had connections with Epstein. They blocked the release of Epstein files relating to Mandelson.
But you know, they just really really care about the children.

2026-06-17 11:22:04 UTC

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The current government will never get power again. After the next election we will get a right wing government. I'm really hoping for Restore. Rupert Lowe is a guy who comes across very genuine unlike Farage.
Restore is the fastest growing party in British history. Some of their policies include repealing the Online Safety Act, removing the facial recognition cameras, scrapping Digital ID, and banning CBDCs.
Rupert himself often references Heyak and advocates for slashing the size of the state.
Again this is an extremely popular party which recently won nine seats in local elections. That's every seat they stood in.
The current government does not have the support of the people. Keir Stalin has the lowest approval rating of any leader in British history.
Things will get a lot better in the future.
Highly recommend this interview:
https://youtu.be/bwbZVlLSe8A

2026-06-17 09:48:46 UTC

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Next they'll ban VPNs, and they already want to backdoor our phones... might as well be in North Korea.
And the entire Western world has equivalent laws. Australia is already doing it. EU has the Digital Services Act. US is bringing in the Kids Online Safety Act.
It's a globalist push.

2026-06-17 09:46:31 UTC

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US is bringing in the exact same thing. It's called the Kids Online Safety Act in the US. Federal law.

2026-06-17 09:43:29 UTC

There's loan sharks with better interest rates than that what the actual fuck
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/a0abec93655e6144029653c832569eb09ad2c91c5a7abd72aea98e0dd14b135f.jpg

2026-06-16 22:15:09 UTC

Forked the fastest vanity onion generator and added Start9 support, since StartOS uses base64 encoded secret keys for vanity onion services in their UI.
Can write a tutorial on how to use it if there's any interest, but if you're comfortable with the command line it is super easy.
https://github.com/xannythepleb/onion-vanity-address
(Also made some other general improvements to it and submitted a PR to the upstream project.)

2026-06-14 18:37:46 UTC

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Correction: not who follows them, but who the people you follow also follow.
Basically it's a standard WoT to a degree of two.
Also yes I know I'm replying to an AI but it annoyed me I got something wrong about my own project 😂

2026-06-14 18:32:49 UTC

I straight up spent five hours looking through old transactions on my self-hosted instance of Am I Exposed?
Really cool thing to run on your node if you want to learn how to privacymaxx when spending Bitcoin.
There's stuff there I wouldn't have even thought about, like specific combinations of address types and features (e.g. if RBF is enabled) being able to fingerprint a specific wallet with high accuracy.
Also shows you where some of your coins came from if they went through a known entity, e.g. darknet markets or an exchange. A surprising amount of BTC apparently flows through Reddit? I wasn't expecting that.

2026-06-14 18:24:58 UTC

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It builds the web of trust through looking at who you follow and who follows them.
It determines which relays to keep on the database by reliability and kicks off the unreliable ones if their score drops below 50%.
It's something that definitely needs more work done to it, but that's why I want people to test it.
I have it up and running at wss://dmblastr.bitcoinku.sh and you can use it if you're in my web of trust.
It's also on my GitHub if you wanna host it yourself:
https://github.com/xannythepleb/xannyblastr

2026-06-14 18:19:03 UTC

xannyblastr ranks all the relays it discovers in the web of trust via 10050 events.
Next weekend's project will be a UI for this I reckon 👀
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/603d060b690cdcdfde01c2682a17c6af1cb1774f4f06da098e940b16cbb8ba77.jpg

2026-06-14 11:14:49 UTC

Just staring at my own Mempool instance running off my own box, watching the blockchain my node is helping to run, it is very very cool.
I should run more nodes...

2026-06-14 09:59:19 UTC

GitHub, why is this the default behaviour when you click "generate release notes" when you literally own Copilot?
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/9ec82dfe511bf6679188497806a9215fe397842a0b1dcef4421767d1ce3ff4a2.jpg

2026-06-14 09:56:50 UTC

Left it running overnight and fixed all the bugs I noticed and changed a lot of things to work in ways that make more sense. Imo this is a major update.
I'd say this is at the "ready for testing" phase.
https://github.com/xannythepleb/xannyblastr/releases/tag/v1.0.4-beta

2026-06-14 09:32:22 UTC

Okay guys. If you want to test this idea out, my DM blaster relay, you can use my instance if you're in my web of trust. So add this as a DM inbox relay, try DMing me, see if it actually works.
wss://dmblastr.bitcoinku.sh
Made a lot of updates to it this morning. Releasing on GitHub now. They're already running on my instance.

2026-06-14 09:12:33 UTC

My wallets now use my node and my block explorer links now use my Mempool instance.
Fuck yes.

2026-06-14 00:11:31 UTC

There we go.
More testing and new shit tomorrow, I'm tired boss.
https://github.com/xannythepleb/xannyblastr/releases/tag/v1.0.3-beta

2026-06-13 23:33:29 UTC

Preparing the next version already that'll make it much more useful much more quickly with proactive relay discovery at the same time as it refreshes WoT (every 24 hours).
Need to code some CI/CD pipelines for this shit next.
#nevent1q…6y6s

2026-06-13 23:09:40 UTC

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"Does it work?"
Amethyst sure seems to think so!
(No but seriously, try it and tell me! And if it doesn't, send a PR!)
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/b2c2cce4dfac769bd7d12cdea8322cf61fc871e0c8697d5473c741c1ff1fecec.jpg

2026-06-13 23:07:10 UTC

Well that took longer than I thought lmao.
A private blastr relay specifically for sending and recieving gift wrapped DMs within your own web of trust.
Hopefully this can fix DMs on Nostr.
https://github.com/xannythepleb/xannyblastr

2026-06-13 21:42:58 UTC

Someone try DMing me. I'm testing something.
Dropping on GitHub shortly.

2026-06-13 21:40:36 UTC

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I built it. I'm gonna DM you. Try DMing me too. You probably have to DM me first so it can discover your relay list.
Will put it on GitHub very soon just testing it first and fixing last minute bugs.

2026-06-13 17:54:44 UTC

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https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/3568045885242daa4ed824b3963aff284aee07927b2a0f13d174fb73bd6da9bc.jpg

2026-06-13 17:51:13 UTC

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Fix your wallet config so I can zap you man! You deserve my sats.

2026-06-13 17:42:59 UTC

Listening to old school Eminem while vibe coding a relay is a vibe bro

2026-06-13 15:56:15 UTC

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Very fucking cool.
How does it deal with NAT and firewalls? Onion routing?

2026-06-13 15:52:08 UTC

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GitHub:
https://github.com/brunneis/btcnodes

2026-06-13 15:49:51 UTC

Respect to brunnels (not sure if he's on Nostr) for forking Bitnodes and bringing it back!
https://btcnodes.io/

2026-06-13 15:23:35 UTC

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Ah I see so the privacy benefits are only between users of the same mint?

2026-06-13 15:22:13 UTC

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I'll give it go why not? Gives me an excuse to test out this new Claude model everyone's been banging on about.

2026-06-13 15:21:01 UTC

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Yup absolutely true. I'm looking forward to having all my wallets hooked up to my own node and knowing that every transaction is going through a machine in my own house. Feels good man.

2026-06-13 15:19:24 UTC

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You've just given me an idea for a weekend vibe coding project 👀

2026-06-13 15:15:45 UTC

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Yeah true, it's an 8th gen i5 laptop CPU lol, it's not exactly designed for sustained workloads. The fans are loud as FUCK too lol.
I should have repurposed my Asus Mini PC as my node instead. It's newer and has an AMD Ryzen in it. Also a laptop CPU but it is a lot faster, it has an M.2, and I stuck 64GB RAM in there back before that much RAM would have cost you a mortgage.
But I already got that set up as a media server and a general purpose box to SSH into so it would have been a pain to migrate over and I wasn't expecting to need to haha.

2026-06-13 15:10:02 UTC

So I was today years old when I learned that SimpleX fell out of fashion on Nostr because they tried to do a shitcoin.
That's a damn fucking shame. But I never did get an answer to my OP here, which was asking what we all use instead.
Nostr DMs are still as unreliable as ever. Hopefully @nprofile…radp takes off, it's had a security audit, it's decentralised through Nostr, it's end to end encrypted of course, and it'll never do a shitcoin.
I'm on White Noise already but it doesn't support NIP-46 yet so had to make a new nsec for it. Would be great if I could just sign in with Amber and chat to my Nostr homies.
#nevent1q…82tp

2026-06-13 14:58:58 UTC

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It's had an independent security audit and it's open source. You can run your own server to handle messages you receive. You can run it through Tor. You can't really get more trustworthy than that.
PGP is great, I advocate for PGP, but PGP over email leaks metadata like a motherfucker because email is not a secure protocol and PGP is not exactly easy for the normies.
Something like SimpleX or Signal is secure out the box and just works. I could put it on my grandma's phone and she would work out how to use it in a few minutes. In fact I did get all my family on Signal.

2026-06-13 14:52:40 UTC

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Respect for that. Good friend of mine has dyslexia and uses AI to fix his spelling and punctuation all the time. Legitimate use of it.
You can tell when something is actually written by a human first from the sentence structure and content, like not once did you say "it's not just X, it's Y!" 😅

2026-06-13 14:46:44 UTC

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Ahhhh so that's why it fell out of fashion. I guess I wasn't around for that part.
It's a shame when projects do that, people forget that even Signal made a shitcoin way back in the day too (Mobilecoin), they always fail and get swept under the rug in a few years anyway.
As far as I'm concerned, if the underlying project is good, just ignore it and let the shitcoin die out. I never stopped using Signal just because of Mobilecoin. I just ignored it.
Same with Telegram and TON. I know Telegram isn't actually private but it is useful for groups.
It's always annoying to me when something like that is announced though because I'm always like "guys... if you want instant private decentralised payments in your messaging app... Lightning is right there."

2026-06-13 14:41:10 UTC

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Okay this one looks really cool. You should put it on the Zapstore too!

2026-06-13 14:38:20 UTC

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Syncing the blockchain itself was two days or so yeah. Fulcrum is indexing the blockchain for an Electrum server so I can connect it to my wallets. To do this it needs to build a large database (~120GB) of every transaction on the blockchain. Maybe it's my CPU and RAM a little as well, but it's massively I/O intensive above anything else.
At least it's almost done now.

2026-06-13 14:34:32 UTC

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I have a node, what do I lose out on by having an ecash mint I use just for myself?

2026-06-13 14:31:51 UTC

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Can I use it to zap sats without converting anything to ecash? Is it non-custodial if I run my own mint? Still trying to wrap my head around ecash.

2026-06-13 14:16:27 UTC

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Very good reason to buy a good GPU. Run open source models on your own PC.

2026-06-13 14:15:14 UTC

WHY did I run my node off a box with a SATA SSD? This would have been done three days ago if I had a fucking NVMe in my NUC 😭
Literally taking longer than it took to sync the blockchain just for Fulcrum to index it 😩
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/c1e96906959383a4c8db18e2e08b9f61093dd2a575dc04ce19051c4f78b59395.jpg

2026-06-11 23:39:08 UTC

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I use Signal for friends and family fs. SimpleX is really quite good for non-doxxing chats but I guess I need to see if anyone I know through Nostr still actively uses it.
Used to chat to a girl on SimpleX who sent me videos and we did voice calls and shit but we don't talk anymore 😔

2026-06-11 23:29:25 UTC

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That's really cool. You vibe coded that? I remember a couple years ago trying to get an LLM to do any type of cryptography at all was absolutely impossible.
You've given me some inspiration here. Might have to break out Claude myself this weekend.

2026-06-11 23:14:55 UTC

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Stuff like Cordn is cool as well, and there's multiple other promising Nostr based encrypted messaging apps on Zapstore, but it'd be cool if we could all get behind one.
Btw @nprofile…radp you guys should definitely add Amber support in your Android app.

2026-06-11 23:04:16 UTC

What are we actually using for messaging these days? I don't see anyone talk about SimpleX anymore. Have we moved onto something Nostr based like @nprofile…xqkm?

2026-06-11 22:31:32 UTC

Extremely tempted to get the Pixel 10 Pro Fold and stick GrapheneOS on it. Last foldable I had was the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 like five years ago. Really miss having a foldable. There's a sale on the Pixel right now too...
And hey I'm writing a GrapheneOS guide so I need to buy the absolute best Pixel you can get in order to document the install experience right guys? I basically have no choice 😂

2026-06-11 20:02:24 UTC

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Yeah apparently your wallet just doesn't like my VPN, the zap worked over Tor!

2026-06-11 20:00:38 UTC

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Appreciate it mate!
Trying to zap you but apparently you LN address is down?
https://nostrchive.bitcoinku.sh/c69aff1bcfc47a972e555bdf666bc56e06595900b5289dbf8051584b8e3258bc.jpg

2026-06-11 17:22:55 UTC

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It's popular among boomers. Not really anyone else.
None of my normie friends support this shit.

2026-06-11 17:03:37 UTC

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Yes plz, I'll DM the onion for my node, thanks!
I'm surprised as well, few years ago there was a much bigger node runner community on here!