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Primal is not zero-config right? It requires email which is a really unfortunate tradeoff. Obviously easily solved for most techie people but its keeping me away from onboarding people via primal.

2026-03-10 11:14:12 UTC

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Hey man, you and me both 🙏

2026-03-04 21:34:41 UTC

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Why is IP an issue, is it not trivial to VPN around that obstacle? Should it not be default even?

2026-03-04 13:05:54 UTC

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Why only to people you known IRL? Is it maybe because, if you offered it as a bitcoin business seeking to be profitable YOU MIGHT NEED TO GET CREATIVE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE TOP UP THEIR ACCOUNTS? 😂
The world is not ready to earn bitcoin. Only a few individuals are in such a glorious position.
You're bashing Alby because they are being pragmatic about the chicken and egg problem.
If you're not gonna offer a similar service then be constructive.
And if you have the balls to require people to EARN bitcoin - then have the balls to create a company that puts you in a position to actually employ people and then pay them in bitcoin.

2026-03-04 12:47:42 UTC

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Yeah agree!! I'd rather use the service you're providing darth!! Waiting for it.
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Oh. You didnt offer any did you 😬
Just chill man. You're incredibly valuable to the plebs with your guides and help, despite your toxicity.
You don't HAVE to be destructive.

2026-03-02 20:40:51 UTC

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no its not man. We might disagree on whether bitcoin is money or not.
I say it its, you might say it sometimes is.
Lets be honest about disagreeing.
But under the assumption that bitcoin is money and only money except when spam finds its way through - then its not dangerous to say non-monetary data is unwanted.
On the other hand, it is dangerous to CHANGE a default setting in a major implementation of the protocol - to now signal to "spammers" that their spam is accepted on the blockchain.
If not STRICTLY necessary AND not widely accepted - dont merge changes.

2026-02-28 19:16:42 UTC

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I wanna use maple, but paying for a year upfront in a market where I have no idea where AI is in 3 months is a big ask.
Why not accept monthly payments, @nprofile…u4p9 ? Most paying AI users are probably paying 20 bucks a month for whatever model they're using.
Accepting monthly payments at Maple would remove a big entry barrier for that entire segment.
Right now, you're asking me to let go of better models AND pay a much higher amount upfront.
You can easily fix one of those problems and have my tradeoff be *slightly worse models for better privacy".

2026-02-27 22:58:26 UTC

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Commendable

2026-02-27 21:40:53 UTC

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Hahaha I lol'ed

2026-02-24 11:02:01 UTC

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why, thank you! 🥹

2026-02-23 19:37:14 UTC

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I wrote this way back when, and still think it would be a nice way to organically promote nostr, but my notes kinda never go anywhere 🥹
#nevent1q…qjmc

2026-02-23 14:57:48 UTC

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Yes, completely abandoning all faith in people who have otherwise showed integrity for a decade is problematic. Doing so seems immature to me. Obviously I could be wrong, but I'd rather be wrong and have had some faith in humanity than be right and lose anyway.
>> "not bitcoin driven"
I dont feel Odell has given us any reason to believe he is a bad actor.
In fact, him arguing from an emotional standpoint in latest RHR screams to me that he is shaken by the prospect of bitcoin failing as a result of this debacle - because he and his family rely on bitcoin.
>> "severity of problems bip110 tries to solve"
Ironically, Odells emotional response is kind of signalling a deep (subconcious) understanding of the severity of the problem that core30 introduced.
I.e. the attack vector that makes Odell fear the prospects of bip110. He just doesnt realize it and projects his anger towards luke and mechanic.
@npub1qny…95gx, honestly, lets just for arguments sake agree that luke and mechanic are attackers of bitcoin. WHO GAVE THEM THIS "CLEVER" ATTACK VECTOR.

2026-02-23 13:30:44 UTC

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No that doesnt make sense. If its actually hurtful to bitcoin, then that would be a worse financial decision for their own bags than whatever investment outside of bitcoin that could motivate this approach.

2026-02-23 13:13:17 UTC

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>> "based on speculation of the worst possible outcome"
It's important to remember that this is the level at which changes to bitcoin should be thought through. I saw some snippets of the RHR episode and honestly yes, @npub1qny…95gx is extremely emotional in his critique. But that aside, most of his points are probably valid. Except the "miners switching after activation" argument.
I mean. Because in that case, there would be consensus to move over - despite the transactions that would be erased. I guess consensus is literally the argument to accept rolling back those txs.
However, the point that his adversarial thinking here is justified is contradictory to core30 crowd, and especially @npub17u5…t4tp argumentation.
In another node, lopp "prepares" us that Knots crowd might ingest the blockchain with child pornography to prove their point.
Well.... if an attack vector has been introduced to bitcoin, and you helped introduced that attack vector.... then you're probably to blame if that attack vector is actually utilized. You don't really get to decide what the motive of your opponent is if they decide to perform the attack.
This became a longer note than intended, but just a TLDR to end it with:
- Odell is thinking in adversarial terms regarding bip110 which is important and arguing that it wont fix spam anyway
- but not about core30 which from my understanding doesnt fix spam at all
- lopp is being a bitch about introducing an attack vector to bitcoin
- maybe nobody should've merged a change, however small, to bitcoin core, if that change was this controversial

2026-02-22 13:01:46 UTC

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Say there is bip110 consensus and no chain split, what is your concern with bip110 compared to v30?

2026-02-22 13:00:25 UTC

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I see your concern regarding miners switching after activation. But what is your concern about bip 110?

2026-02-20 21:19:58 UTC

This is a message directly to all coretard and knotzies. If you fuck up my retirement savings, we're gonna have a problem.

2026-02-20 21:18:24 UTC

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What are you running?

2026-02-20 10:43:58 UTC

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😬

2026-02-20 09:28:48 UTC

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YOOO! IM SO HONOURED 😂

2026-02-20 09:25:10 UTC

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What are you running?

2026-02-18 08:53:01 UTC

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Well done man. Robosats and bisq are great options.

2026-02-16 20:41:57 UTC

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Stop leaking what your transaction is about. Think peer to peer. Buy more high end surround sound systems. This is the way.

2026-02-16 14:54:51 UTC

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Nah nah man, easy now, ur opsec just aint tight enough. First of all which bank.

2026-02-06 11:33:06 UTC

My umbrel node has been broken for a YEAR, just because I wanted to upgrade hardware.
Previous setup was raspberry pi 4 + external SSD.
I wanted to upgrade to a pi 5 with an NVME.
SO I DID. And have been having major issues ever since. Apparently the NVME connector is shit for the (expensive) case I got and the issue was simply unstable I/O.
Finally had enough and upgraded to a lenovo thinkcentre mini.
Finally up and running again, everything is stable and I can once again rely on my own node for onchain and lightning transactions and that feeling is just epic.

2026-02-05 20:43:37 UTC

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Aight, I'll buy this one.

2026-02-05 20:43:15 UTC

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I've said time and time again. Either 1. He killed himself and therefore cant access his keys.
Or 2. He lost his keys and then killed himself.

2026-02-05 15:11:33 UTC

Is there a way to buy sats no-kyc without paying 30% premium? I love bisq and robosats but current offers are outrageous. Ideas??
#asknostr

2026-02-05 15:09:44 UTC

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My IP address aint goin nowhere.
But yeah I know and agree with the justification for paying premium for no kyc, but north of 10% thats uncalled for people. Cmon.

2026-02-05 13:00:00 UTC

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I dont know how to buy sats apparently. Robosats and bisq, all offers are 20-30-40% premium, wtf. Any advice???

2026-02-05 12:58:22 UTC

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HAHA I CAME TO THE POST TO WRITE SOMETHING SIMILAR 😂😂

2026-02-04 20:31:17 UTC

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Still cant fam

2026-02-04 08:47:24 UTC

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Why cant I zap u homie

2026-02-03 21:10:16 UTC

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I basically grew up with Kickboxer, frkn epic movie 😁

2026-02-03 20:21:56 UTC

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Fucking classic

2026-02-02 15:37:16 UTC

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Why not green. Im just sayin, why not a green dildo.

2026-01-31 09:53:04 UTC

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Health coach looking like that, would be hilarious if you're 58 years old. Now THAT would sell 😂

2026-01-24 18:14:50 UTC

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Why?

2026-01-24 18:14:04 UTC

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Bitcoin has the same problem. (But for different reasons) If you have non kyc sats and want to remain private you might find some friction getting rid of your sats. However, noone will be in doubt whether your sats are real.

2026-01-20 11:57:31 UTC

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The correct number of tabs to have open in your browser is zero.
#nevent1q…rv4m

2026-01-18 08:43:34 UTC

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Great book recommendations

2026-01-16 13:37:24 UTC

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Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky

2026-01-14 18:46:40 UTC

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This would be impossible if we lived on a globe.

2026-01-14 18:32:10 UTC

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Yeehaw!!
https://blossom.primal.net/2b8a764d9fb0d64de7d41954e995159124b21ad71695124b25e0c71f993ae2ae.jpg

2026-01-14 18:32:06 UTC

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Yeehaw!!
https://blossom.primal.net/2b8a764d9fb0d64de7d41954e995159124b21ad71695124b25e0c71f993ae2ae.jpg

2026-01-13 20:15:29 UTC

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Cuz he is about to make a better track, I'LL FUCKING WAIT.

2026-01-13 18:16:21 UTC

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I dont know ben.. I feel like every time I turn on the hose the water seems to BE DRAWN TOWARDS THE GROUND........ which I've been told is the general direction towards the center of gravity. That math maths. But the videos math doesnt math a lot. 😬
I bet next you'll tell me you dont believe in santa claus either!!

2026-01-13 17:26:13 UTC

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But all relays deleting your data is highly improbable, which is why in practical terms you're wrong.

2026-01-12 14:50:15 UTC

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Yes you do.

2026-01-11 21:13:02 UTC

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No, im saying it's not free. You're paying with convenience. Until you've built the right UX that is...

2026-01-11 20:26:00 UTC

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Its also the only social media where u GET TO OWN YOUR FUCKING RELATIONSHIPS HOMIE

2026-01-10 19:00:16 UTC

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Silent.link
Its cool and u can pay with lightning

2026-01-09 16:10:34 UTC

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Thats always been my theory A.
My theory B has been that he lost his keys and then off'ed himself, both scenarios he is dead 🤓

2025-12-31 15:35:24 UTC

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What hardware are you running umbrel on?

2025-12-30 21:01:10 UTC

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From my understanding, android profiles is enough separation. Avoids the two phones for this particular purpose.

2025-12-30 19:51:21 UTC

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This is the same on graphene.
You wont get ur banking apps working without google services, and I believe this bug is through google services.
I have an isolated google profile on graphene where I run google services for government and banking apps and it gave me this warning.

2025-12-29 12:52:07 UTC

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Came to write this

2025-12-21 17:07:55 UTC

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I'll follow u for this.

2025-12-20 16:59:46 UTC

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Lets chat. DM me your signal username.

2025-12-14 08:17:14 UTC

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The x is silent right? I want to be a rabid bitcoin maix also, can I be a rabid bitcoin maix?

2025-12-09 19:16:03 UTC

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I HELD ON FOR SEVEN EPISODES

2025-12-09 19:15:46 UTC

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This is a fucking shit show, holy shit, how bad advice can you give.

2025-12-03 07:05:59 UTC

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Namecheap dont do lightning do they???

2025-12-01 15:02:50 UTC

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Thats actually a damn cool idea I think.

2025-11-30 10:49:49 UTC

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Yo man 🙏 we're in the same boat 🫂 data guy here also.

2025-11-28 15:10:12 UTC

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If you develop an open source calculator and make "software changes" that carefully consider edge cases, sure.
When talking about the future of money, i think throwing that in under trivial "software changes" depicts your disrespect for the project you're influencing changes on.
Its simply too risky to implement changes, so we avoid it unless the benefits are extremely obvious and the risks have been studied deeply.

2025-11-28 11:11:47 UTC

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And I am by no means deeply into the weeds of the op_return issue.
I do however understand that we need to be EXTREMELY careful when making changes to a bitcoin implementation that is so widely used -- AND I also understand that supporting bitcoin core changes to help "extreme edge cases", given the above point of extreme care, just doesn't compute.
So, based on your own words in video above - I disagree with you, in that it lives up to your responsibility as whatever person in bitcoin you are (of higher than average importance) to support such a change.
Remember! My disagreement here is based 👏 on 👏 your 👏 own 👏 words 👏 PLUS the idea that changes to bitcoin core should be taken with EXTREME CARE.

2025-11-28 09:48:57 UTC

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I actually thought Lopp was a core contributor. I disagree that being mistaken on that voids my point in this thread.

2025-11-28 09:46:19 UTC

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Go flash your rights somewhere else, whats within your rights isn't always whats the right thing to do.
Again cheap answers. Well, "answers".
It's a yes or no question, but avoidance is what's keeping your own sanity alive.
Don't answer me, i have zero expectations. Answer yourself though!!
Does it live up to your responsibility to advocate for a change in bitcoin core that serves - in your own damn words - an extreme edge case?

2025-11-28 09:02:46 UTC

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Cheap again. Picking out the easy notes to reply to. You're not obligated to reply. But if you're going to, try replying to the matter at hand. Not that I have high expectations.
We can try here if the matter at hand isn't clear for you.
Does it live up to your responsibility as a core developer to advocate for - and push through - a highly controversial change to bitcoin core, if the usecase for that change is an extreme edge case?

2025-11-27 08:47:36 UTC

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Cheap. You're the guy in the video arguing against yourself.

2025-11-26 21:33:21 UTC

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Why the fuck are you laughing.

2025-11-24 13:42:13 UTC

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Lol'ed

2025-11-24 13:39:21 UTC

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There are meme organizers??

2025-11-23 18:58:36 UTC

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Pretty good 🤗

2025-11-07 10:28:24 UTC

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Damn.

2025-11-07 10:22:33 UTC

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Without the annoyances of regular vpn as per your meme

2025-11-07 10:18:47 UTC

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Agree, been wanting to set this up for a while. This could be the approach on the router level maybe?

2025-11-03 06:49:35 UTC

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Oh man, u have no idea. Busy yes, Im building the simultaneously most low time preference and high time preference sauna ever in my back yard.
Low time pref because the quality of it is un-buyable and high time pref because I guess I want to burn in hell now rather than later? Time will tell.

2025-10-27 06:22:16 UTC

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Whats preferred hardware for ronindojo? My umbrel node on rpi5 with 2tb nvme is dogshit.

2025-10-26 13:30:25 UTC

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So has it matured into something we can call a best practice for private bitcoin transactions? Havn't tried it yet, but sounds promising.

2025-10-23 17:34:33 UTC

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Keywords being "as possible". Agree on the young and idealistic. And despite his unnecessary toxicity he is extremely helpful and valuable to the community. I guess beggars cant be choosers.

2025-10-23 12:32:17 UTC

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I'll bet you satoshi also used fiat currency, even months and years after creating bitcoin. How do you explain that? Why did he not march forward and refuse to participate in a fiat world and stand firmly on his ideologist principles and refuse to trade in anything that had to do with fiat.
Or maybe you're right 😂 maybe he did! So he couldn't buy food and died of starvation!!!! 😵 this is my theory going forward. AND DARTH IS HIS DESCENDANT!

2025-10-22 16:14:42 UTC

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Lol. You have no idea what paths I've carved out to make things easier for everyone that has walked my path.

2025-10-22 16:12:05 UTC

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Darth, saying people dont understand you is the easy out. Maybe.. just maybe. You're not making sense. 🤯

2025-10-22 09:59:50 UTC

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I try this all the time, but in my area its incredible hard to convince a merchant to take bitcoin as payment. I just havn't been succesful doing this, but I do keep trying. So in this case, now what! I still need the goods! I must convert to fiat and pay the merchant what he requires for the goods I need.

2025-10-22 09:54:38 UTC

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If thats your answer to that, this discussion is worthless.

2025-10-22 09:46:16 UTC

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I still can't buy lumber with bitcoin in my area. Should I then not build for my family?
Your problem is you sometimes get fixated on bitcoin as if its the end goal. Bitcoin is a tool, a means to an end. We need bitcoin to improve our lives. But if bitcoin cant buy my lumber today or my steak today, then I'll need to get creative.
The end goal is eating that steak and building a house where my family can be safe. Bitcoin today can help me do that by preserving my value across time. It is not yet ready to fully take the place of the fiat currency that is asked for when I buy those goods.
That's just reality.
If your approach is "then dont build" or "the dont eat", we just strictly disagree on that point. Difference between us is, i'm not out here trying to force an approach on you. You are, and I dont think thats helpful.

2025-10-08 08:56:29 UTC

@nprofile…794w just listened to some of ur episode with @nprofile…0fd0 . How about reverse referral code bonus. Make it so I can generate an invite link that is one-click setup with wallet and some auto-follows that I choose for the recipient. The reverse referral bonus means I can attach some amount of sats to the invite, so the recipient is ready to zap from the get go.
You could go even further and make it so we can generate such a link directly from a note on the feed. The logic here is - for people not already on nostr - their interaction with nostr could be a nostr user wanting to share a note with them in a chat on their favorite messaging app.
- I see a share-worthy note
- i want to share it with a friend
- i click the dots, generate a link and attach 210 sats.
Without this, my friend opens the note, sees the content and closes the browser again. Nostr interaction done.
With this, my friend can literally zap the note I wanted to share with 21 sat and have 9 more zaps for other notes they disover themselves of they decide to look a bit further. Thereby they get the full nostr experience in a situation that would normally not take advantage of their one-time visit to nostr-land and its financed by users not by the "platform", as referral bonuses usually are.

2025-10-06 14:16:46 UTC

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With respect, I dont fail to see that at all. I just don't agree that arbitrary data is a valid competitor for blockspace.
I personally don't give a sh** what the original idea was, however brilliant it really is. It's like discussing religion. I DONT NECESSARILY CARE WHAT THE BOOK SAYS if it's completely incompatible with reality.
Satoshi seems to have been an incredible mind who gave the world one of the most important gifts in the history of mankind. We need to be stewards of the project and use our best minds to carry that project forward, not look back at satoshi and require of his past tence to "guide us in how we should proceed". I think that approach is incredibly disrespectful to his mind anyway. If I was him, I would be thinking "I gave you guys something good, can u please use your own intelligence to carry it forward"

2025-10-06 13:07:37 UTC

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Because today it has become more obvious that keeping the protocol strictly focused on being money only, "specific speech platform", is imperative for its success. Apparently, this wasn't as obvious enough at the time of the genesis block to make satoshi refrain from taking that liberty.
However, the genesis block example is not comparable to the "jpegs on the blockchain" example, as that is orders of magnitude more hurtful than the famous gensis block inscription.
Today though, if you asked me whether I'd rather that satoshi had never done that inscription - so it wouldnt be used as precedent today - or i'd rather accept future transactions bloat the blockchain with arbitrary data, sure I'd wish he hadnt taken that liberty.

2025-10-06 10:42:30 UTC

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Is unfortunate (and fun), and wouldn't (read shouldn't) be accepted if he made those transactions today.
I guess you can say, as the creator of this "specific speech platform" satoshi gets the privilege of having snuck those in when nobody cared. Doesnt mean everyone else should be able to today.

2025-09-30 07:41:05 UTC

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You get to decide your own semantics, but for yourself only.
I'd argue its silly to think pruned node = full node and full node != full archival node. Why have a mode called pruned then!
Obviously full node = full archival node and PRUNED NODE IS PRUNED and cannot serve IBD.

2025-09-29 13:58:01 UTC

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The "lost the plot" part was directed at the note I replied to. Obviously all nodes being full nodes is not bad for decentralization.
I think/hope your rationale is -- if all nodes HAVE to be full nodes --> there would be fewer full nodes --> which would be bad for decentralisation.
But your phrasing is easily misinterpreted to something that sounds like people should prefer to run pruned nodes. Thats the way I read it the first time.
My point with respecting the signal from a substantial amount of noderunners is, since the problem the proposed change seeks to fix and the response is as controversial as it is, no change should be implemented. A better fix should be given time to be thought of.

2025-09-29 13:40:07 UTC

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Man.. you've lost the plot, honestly.
Alright, Will, I'll definitely respect your argumentation. Keep going at it for sure. Its the way things should be. My only wish/advice is, you also take an honest look at the reaction from node runners and take that into account as you support a change on core.
If you ask me, looking at the reaction from an HONEST point of view, it tells me a substantial amount noderunners disagree with whatever logic you and core devs are presenting.
And despite whatever you might think, "a substantial amount of noderunners" disagreeing on a changr should raise serious concerns about that change.

2025-09-23 15:02:29 UTC

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Wtf makes you guys think that choosing core = choosing lopp or choosing knots = choosing luke??
We're choosing code, not maintainers. Obviously. If that wasn't the case, NO ONE, other than a few retodds would run core.
What boggles my mind mostly with this op_return change is that the core devs think the right move is to go ahead with it when there is clearly a divided opinion about it.
Since it doesnt DEFINITELY save bitcoin it should NOT be implemented if it is the cause of a large scale debate like this. No change is better than controversial change. OR at least compromises should be made, like what happend during the blocksize wars.
This luke quote is ABSOLUTELY THE LEAST IMPORTANT ARGUMENT IN THIS DEBATE.
Is it indicative of a person that apparently values fiat laws over human rights, yes absolutely, and thats not great at all, but its not an argument in the op_return debate. Its a valid argument in the "is luke a white privileged dickhead" debate.

2025-09-17 07:16:55 UTC

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Sucks man. Thanks for sharing.