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2025-05-24 19:42:49 UTC

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Great episode! I respect Antoine, but unfortunately the majority of opinions he expressed are the same things we've already heard from Core devs, many of which don't make logical sense. The idea that an increased use of OP_RETURN for spam purposes won't happen because spammers are already using the witness data is absurd. They are two different things. It is equally as absurd as saying that they will stop using witness data and use OP_RETURN instead, which we know is not the case for things like ordinals because they CAN'T. It is the same as saying "the filters don't work, we need to remove the filters because they encourage spammers to go directly to miners."
Also, the idea that no core devs want spam on bitcoin is factually untrue. Lopp has specifically stated that he is "a fan of new technology," ie shitcoinery on bitcoin. He is not concerned for the monetary use case of bitcoin but rather sees the timechain as a developer playground.
Lastly, I am deeply, deeply troubled by the apparent defeatist mentality of Core developers that fighting spam is a losing battle. In a tweet from March 8th, Lopp posted this:
"OP_RETURN debate is novel due to how factions are split.
1) Ruthlessly rational technical folks who understand the dynamics of the network and don't want to play unending subjective games.
2) Ideological folks upset by how others use the network who want to play those games."
Ignoring the arguably inaccurate representation of both sides in that comment, I find it stunning that someone who supposedly gives "insights on security" (per his Twitter bio) thinks that attacks on a network are "unending subjective games" that can simply be opted out of if the developers so choose. Oh how easy information security would be if that were actually the reality, Jameson. Unfortunately in the real world, things like spam and DDoS attacks are very real threats that require constant vigilance to be mitigated. The Core attitude of "we can't stop it, so we might as well give up" is ridiculous and wrong.
https://fountain.fm/episode/FQQcOGlT3YGpvtR5kbmN
#nevent1q…4np0

2025-05-19 09:27:59 UTC

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The reason why nobody runs their own email server anymore is because it's literally impossible to do so if you want to have any hope of your email actually reaching the intended recipient.
https://fountain.fm/episode/3Bd1tcxwgykW0G7d0P1f
#nevent1q…4705

2025-03-27 16:29:25 UTC

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Thanks to you, I'm using jumble.social and really liking it!

2025-03-24 11:03:45 UTC

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Good ol' Handy Boy. I had one of those. Hated the button covers, though. Never used them. The stock buttons are better.

2025-03-24 10:47:49 UTC

@npub1utx…50e8 Thanks for the recommendation of jumble.social! Very nice, usable desktop client! I like it a lot!
Shoutout to @npub1h8n…rpev for an excellent Bitcoin Audible episode!

2024-04-30 15:55:10 UTC

@npub1h8n…rpev You're absolutely right, the Nostr and Fediment integration in Mutiny is really awesome!

2024-04-29 13:33:41 UTC

Wayyyy too much negativity in my Twitter feed this morning, so I'm opting out of that.

2024-04-26 12:41:43 UTC

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Elon Musk is a grifter.

2024-04-25 17:34:43 UTC

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This is a really cool idea.

2024-04-03 13:12:52 UTC

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Yeah, we definitely don't.
Good morning!

2024-04-03 13:11:53 UTC

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That's entirely possible. He's definitely no bitcoiner.

2024-04-03 12:54:31 UTC

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Me, too! It stands in direct opposition of his supposed goal of letting people choose their own money.

2024-04-03 12:52:04 UTC

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I absolutely love this.

2024-04-03 12:08:41 UTC

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Stunning how many people didn't even bother to read the article before providing their Milei hot takes.

2024-04-03 12:07:15 UTC

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Thanks for being the only person I've yet to see provide any context or, you know, actually read the article.

2024-04-03 12:06:18 UTC

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You shouldn't be, considering this was proposed and voted on before he took office.

2024-04-03 12:05:47 UTC

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This wasn't him. It's clear that nobody has read the article.

2024-04-03 12:05:23 UTC

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Try actually reading the article.

2024-04-02 13:09:04 UTC

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Inglorious Basterds is insufferable. It embodies all of the traits I hate about some of Tarantino's work.

2024-03-30 14:21:00 UTC

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A car like this really needs a clutch pedal.

2024-03-30 03:49:38 UTC

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Whatever that is.

2024-03-30 03:49:13 UTC

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Hello, I'd love to talk to you about B1tc01n.

2024-03-30 03:37:12 UTC

I just heavily emphasized buying bitcoin to my cat. And I very much chided my other cat for not owning bitcoin. I feel like they're both missing out because they're too busy being cats. This is Bitcoin Derangement Syndrome of the weirdest kind.
Also, I didn't even mention my third cat, which should have been obvious because the perfect number of cats to own is 3.

2024-03-30 01:48:19 UTC

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I would love to love this and also sent you sats but I have no idea anything about this picture.

2024-03-30 01:46:23 UTC

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Roger?

2024-03-30 01:43:03 UTC

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It didn't come through this recording. But I'm glad that you're probably getting more exposure on Nostr.

2024-03-29 21:56:39 UTC

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This is musical noodling as far as I'm concerned. The kind of stuff that is way more interesting to the person making the music than the people listening to it. That said, it's a short clip so I can't judge too much, and I'm always happy to see people join Nostr and share.

2024-03-29 21:48:45 UTC

@npub135y…3cfm I see beautiful cat pictures, I follow.

2024-03-29 21:19:26 UTC

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There are bookmarks on Nostr?

2024-03-29 21:18:41 UTC

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I like ZBD for mobile games, but admittedly I don't use it for much more than that.

2024-03-29 21:15:10 UTC

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Bella is beautiful!

2024-03-29 21:12:40 UTC

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Beautiful picture. Beautiful cat.

2024-03-29 21:04:02 UTC

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This is good!

2024-03-29 21:02:00 UTC

Finished @npub10ut…xdlq on my ride home, @npub1qny…95gx is right, he zaps the hell out of people. I commented on one of his "GOOD MORNING" note and he zapped me some sats!

2024-03-29 12:46:23 UTC

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What do you mean Strike is no longer available in the US? Are you in NY? I didn't realize Alby went invite-only. Alby is pretty awesome.
What about ZBD?

2024-03-29 12:40:33 UTC

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Robbie P needs to get his ass on nostr.

2024-03-29 12:34:09 UTC

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I find it weird to get personally offended by hearing a specific sequence of sounds. I mean, there are certain sounds that I don't particularly like, but that's a me problem. I'm not going to get mad at them for that.
It's the message that matters, not the words people choose to use.

2024-03-20 10:39:02 UTC

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Already bought and listened to the audiobook, but I'll be buying a physical copy as well.

2024-03-19 14:50:54 UTC

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Good morning, indeed! Woke up to cheap sats today!

2024-03-19 13:19:04 UTC

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I never said I could. You know what I also didn't say? That I'd be sending rockets to Mars by 2022. LOL.

2024-03-19 13:18:17 UTC

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Hmm, maybe I need to check my relays. It's not showing up on my computer.

2024-03-16 21:03:59 UTC

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Elon's space company isn't even doing it well. They keep failing at stuff, blowing stuff up, missing deadlines, destroying wildlife, etc. It's a high-tech sink hole for money.

2024-03-16 21:02:01 UTC

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Yeah, I used Ubuntu for a while but then switched to Pop. Ubuntu feels more and more like it's trying to be MacOS, which I hate.

2024-03-16 20:57:02 UTC

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If you're serious, I recommend Pop!_OS as a good starting point.

2024-03-16 20:55:39 UTC

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That was my first thought.

2024-03-16 20:55:10 UTC

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Why aren't you using Linux? Just wondering.

2024-03-16 20:52:06 UTC

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You should give yourself a profile pic, sir!
Followed! Thanks for kicking me back to Nostr!

2024-03-16 20:47:01 UTC

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No wonder they're so far away from "Full Self-Driving" and his worker bots can't do basic things that robots like ASIMO have been doing for decades.

2024-03-16 20:44:48 UTC

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No he didn't.
X.com was an online bank. Confinity created Paypal, which was the payment product we know today. X.com merged with Confinity and the resulting company was called X.com. They soon dropped the online bank service (the thing that Musk was working on) after the merger and changed the name of the company to Paypal. Musk was fired before the company was ever called Paypal, and he had nothing to do with the actual Paypal payment product.

2024-03-16 20:41:41 UTC

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Musk is peak fiat. His involvement with Twitter was an attempt to meme that went wrong. He runs most of the companies he touches into the ground, and the only reason Tesla is still around is because of government subsidies. They don't even know how to build cars properly.
Make no mistake, Musk only cares about himself, and he proves it time and time again. Not to mention he's a pathological liar.

2023-11-24 00:10:11 UTC

I'm starting to notice a conspicuous amount of Google Pixels in commercials for other things. Like I just saw a commercial for Walmart and the person in the commercial was using a phone and it just happened to be a Pixel. They're pretty much everywhere in any commercial you see someone using a phone that isn't made by Apple.

2023-11-14 17:35:44 UTC

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Yeah, I just wanted to add my feedback. Although I am on stock Android currently, not GrapheneOS.

2023-11-14 16:47:54 UTC

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The app immediately closes after the splash screen on my Pixel 7a.

2023-11-14 15:41:19 UTC

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Zeus

2023-11-14 15:40:27 UTC

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Zeus

2023-11-14 15:28:54 UTC

@npub1rvg…xrck Great interview with @npub109v…9kfa! Love what you guys are doing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuwizrOldO0

2023-11-08 14:10:22 UTC

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Damn, I want one of these.

2023-11-03 12:22:07 UTC

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Direct deposit was one of my favorite Strike features. I was quite upset when it went away. Glad to see they finally brought it back again!

2023-11-03 11:01:57 UTC

Anti-bitcoin legislation isn't about money laundering. It can't be, because if it worked, then they'd have no longer have a convenient excuse for even more anti-bitcoin legislation.

2023-11-02 13:14:51 UTC

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He's making a statement about the growth of nostr and how early it currently is. The users he's talking about aren't currently nostr users yet.

2023-11-02 13:13:29 UTC

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The vast majority of the eventual total number of nostr users aren't using it yet.

2023-10-31 17:17:34 UTC

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He would never make it there, because the rocket would blow up a minute after launch.

2023-10-31 17:16:03 UTC

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I disagree. He's not a visionary, he just steals other people's ideas and is very good at selling bullshit.

2023-10-30 11:57:41 UTC

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How do you like it? Zeus seems like the way to go for a mobile Lightning wallet. I'm still a total Lightning noob so I have very little experience with Phoenix and WoS. But I'm making the effort to learn!