CappyNate🍁

Tech, money, startups, free-markets. Sidelined by undiagnosed neurological issues since 2020.

Re-spawned from here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlabbe/

Public Key

npub1rr7vzwv4p2wvu0lwtmj0far08clsuvuzwlwv30xkj2euur55pp8qr9wudh

NIP-05 Address

cappynate@nostrplebs.com

NIP-57 Address

lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7ampd3kx2ar0veekzar0wd5xjtnrdakj7tnhv4kxctttdehhwm30d3h82unvwqhhv6tpvfkx2mtpd9kxymmcxvesxkuafq

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Publishing to

nostr-pub.wellorder.net

relay.damus.io

relay.noswhere.com

Author Public Key

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2024-08-12 17:13:55

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We literally expose bot users on LI. 🤦

2024-08-12 16:43:52

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I want Nostr to succeed. I'm not slamming it to shit on it. I'm pointing out critical issues preventing its mainstream adaptation. To fix them. So it can adopt quicker!
Nostr has the nuts and bolts to do so. And still may eventually.
I'd much rather move to Nostr now, rather than risk bans on LI.
But I'm also not going to post into the void while the growing pains are worked out. Especially when devs show no intention of fixing them.

2024-08-12 16:27:52

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What client has push notifications?
Not in-app notifications. PUSH notifications.

2024-08-12 16:07:21

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Think it was just a glitch. But things got a little rowdy over there.

2024-08-12 16:06:13

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False. All real.
https://m.primal.net/JxQJ.png

2024-08-12 15:49:03

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Laugh all you want. LinkedIn gets distribution.
Without distribution (an algo), you might as well be shadow-banned. Because the effect is the same.
https://m.primal.net/JxPe.png

2024-08-12 15:37:36

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Truth hurts.

2024-08-12 15:37:03

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And this attitude is why Nostr is still under 20k DAU's after 2yr+.
Until it perishes, Nostr will remain smaller than a Reddit Sub. The nuts and bolts exist here to be mainstream though.

2024-08-12 14:50:43

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Devs won't listen. So Nostr is only backup worthy until they do.
A social network only needs 2 functions:
-An Algo. (For Post distribution + Feed curation)
-Notifications.
Nostr has neither.
It doesn't need all this useless bullshit that Nostr devs seem distracted building. All while the 2 most critical functions remain unbuilt. So back to LI until devs wake up. Or get wiped out.

2024-07-31 23:18:05

Only 3 months away from Nostr and I already got a possible LinkedIn ban. I still have access, but they may nuke me.
If they do. I'll be back here.
If not, on LI we stay. For now. (LI has been great other than this)
Drop any major Nostr developments I missed in the last 3 months.
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2024-06-06 20:58:02

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Massive scoop. Thx.

2024-05-30 02:46:09

I'm leaving Nostr indefinitely.
I joined because legacy social muzzled my voice via censorship.
However, the lack of post distribution on #Nostr is equally as muzzling. Defeating Nostr's entire value proposition.
The insufferable Bitcoin Worship and fake positivity here is the cherry on top.
While Nostr development is fast, it's highly misguided. Dev priorities are upside down. I don't see devs clueing in until enough people leave. And unfortunately I'm not in a place to build and fix it.
So back to LinkedIn I go.
Any market updates will be exclusively posted there.
#FuckNostr 🖕

2024-05-30 02:09:53

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March 9, 2023

2024-05-30 02:03:53

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2024-05-30 00:02:05

Endorsement Lists are the solution to #Nostr Web Of Trust issues.
User 1 endorses User 2, bringing them into the WoT.
Only endorsed users are allowed to bring new users inside the WoT.
Here's the kicker, it's hierarchical.
If a bad actor sneaks into the WoT and brings a bunch of bots, any person above them can knock the whole branch off.
Not sure if this could be added to NIP 51, or if it needs a new NIP.

2024-05-29 23:30:23

Peter Thiel has backed the Dope Olympics. No drug testing.
https://m.primal.net/IRxT.png

2024-05-29 21:41:56

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When sequel?

2024-05-29 05:47:01

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Taxes pay for services.
The first step to eliminating taxes is finding what services can be offloaded to the free market. Most can. Education, welfare, retirement, health, etc.
Reduce spending = reduced taxes.
Consumption taxes are only 1 method of taxation. A highly administrative and prying one too. There's better methods for what little taxation is still required.

2024-05-29 05:28:17

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This is how you do it. Small deliberate teams.

2024-05-28 18:02:30

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It's true. Blazing dev ecosystem here. Excited to try out Damus Android.
I just hope clients can monetize and sustain themselves. 🤞

2024-05-27 21:32:02

Everybody Hates Us - Music Video.
🔊 Sound on
@npub103m…d3h5 This up your alley? 🤣
https://m.primal.net/IPWc.mp4

2024-05-27 06:13:34

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Easy. Two wallets, two accounts. Zap publicly, funnel back privately. Rinse, repeat.

2024-05-27 06:10:21

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The key is a hierarchical ability to revoke your WoT endorsement.
When you revoke a bad actor, you also revoke everyone that bad actor brought into the web too.
The branch gets cut off, then the market re-evaluates the leftover pieces of that branch, to decides who to endorse back into the WoT. Carefully, so their sponsor doesn't cut them off.

2024-05-27 05:57:06

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Something is wrong with those stats.
2 weeks ago the same days showed like 25% lower and downtrend. Now upend.
Look super close. The data got flat out changed.
https://m.primal.net/IMep.png

2024-05-27 04:06:10

Made a little Fuck Trudeau Song on Suno.
Whatchu think @npub103m…d3h5?
https://m.primal.net/IOca.mp4

2024-05-27 03:01:03

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Are you talking a follower/follow backup tool? Any other contact mgmt I have no idea lol
https://follows.nostr.com/

2024-05-27 02:36:24

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Yup. Exactly. VPN's have effectively already been banned by the internet.

2024-05-27 02:19:31

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They weren't kidding they trained it off Reddit. 🤣 🤦‍♂️

2024-05-27 01:30:33

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IRS costs USA $4.7T per year.

2024-05-26 23:32:56

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Ya. I'm pretty frustrated with it.

2024-05-26 21:39:31

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Or, do direct Lightning to Fiat exchanges exist in Canada?
I usually went from WoS Lightning, to On-Chain Shakepay, Convert to CAD, Send to bank.
That's 4 steps and tons of fees. Not practical for a business processing regular payments.

2024-05-26 21:33:49

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Physical. Cool will check Zaprite.
Wallet Of Satoshi is so easy to use. But Bitcoin hesitant merchants won't want to hold BTC after accepting it. So I'm looking for an easy way to get them back to fiat.

2024-05-26 21:30:16

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@npub1hcw…h9rq do you have any plans to offer fiat settlement? Either directly, or via partner? Actual fiat, not stablecoin.
(I notice you team up with Moonpay but they don't work in Canada.)

2024-05-26 21:27:07

What's the easiest Lightning POS that automatically settles into Canadian Dollars? Either end of day, or per transaction.
#AskNostr

2024-05-26 21:09:31

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haha the ol' email flooder. Keep that email safe or use a proxy bud!
And definitely don't publish the celly. Call flooder is even worse.

2024-05-26 20:39:26

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Wallet Of Satoshi is still the GOAT imo.

2024-05-26 01:29:01

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Holy fuck that was an impact. The horse got nipped too though. Wow.

2024-05-25 17:53:34

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Good that you aren't. As you mention, others will.
Batch muting will occur regardless. It can't be stopped. The key fight against it is being able to see it occurring. To expose + address.
The second we can't see it (private), we're hooped.
I just put a post up, feel free to attack it. This definitely isn't a client-side or Damus issue, so not directed at you. Seems like a protocol-wide issue.

2024-05-25 17:48:41

Private Encrypted Mute Lists could be catastrophic to #Nostr.
Muting users is an important function on a P2P level. Batch muting will occur no matter what. It can't be stopped, nor should it.
But the key to keeping batch muting in check is via PUBLIC mute lists. Because if batch muting starts to be abused, at least we can see it occurring, and possibly address it.
The second that mutes go private, we can no longer see it. Huge swaths of users can be shadowbanned, without anyone knowing the extent, and without any ability to address it. Defeating the entire purpose of a censor-resistant protocol.
Mute lists should have remained public. Further, mutes should be extensively monitored for abuse and mass #censorship formations.
If every Bitcoin financial transaction can be publicly auditable, then every Nostr event should be publicly auditable too.
Don't trust. Verify. Remember?
Unfortunately the encrypted mute NIP likely opened Pandora's Box.

2024-05-25 17:23:34

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That's cult response.
There's nothing wrong with muting. Muting is excellent. P2P muting.
The second you add batch muting and private muting, the game changes entirely. A function can now be weaponized without anyone knowing. Creating a shadowban effect with no way of stopping it.
All mutes should be public. And a mute monitoring service should be paramount to ensure batch muting isn't being weaponized. This can only be done publicly.
If every Bitcoin financial transaction can be public, every Nostr event can be too.

2024-05-25 17:06:46

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I certainly don't want to tell people who they are allowed to mute.
But if the entire purpose of the protocol is to resist censorship, and muting (a method of censorship) is opaque, then it's impossible to even know if abuse is occurring.
If mutes are public (as they should be), then at least if batch muting gets weaponized it can be exposed.
Without transparency, you get a shadowban, of an unknown extent. The exact same thing the protocol was created to deter.

2024-05-25 16:57:01

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Could a user not take a public "bad actor" list, and mute it privately?
Leaving no way for outsiders to audit the extent that batch muting is occurring, on a protocol-wide basis?

2024-05-25 16:43:57

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Are you serious? You don't see the problem with hiding mute lists on an "open" and "censor-resistant" protocol?
Hiding mutes is literally opening the door to shadow-banning. At a user level OR a client level.
A bad actor list forms, everyone adds it to their private mutes, weaponizing the function and shadowbanning a swath of users.
Encrypting mutes is terrible function, bordering catastrophic to the purpose of the entire protocol.
I would much rather see an aggregation service that publicly shows how many people have muted each user. To verify batch muting isn't occurring. This is really bad stuff.

2024-05-25 16:32:46

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What is an encrypted mute list and what is its use case?

2024-05-25 16:31:34

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But the architecture is still filtering notifications App-Side, no?
If so, that's the wrong architecture.
Filter them relay-side so no app-side discarding/suppressing needs to occur.

2024-05-25 14:28:18

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@npub1fjq…leku Where are these clients typically filtering feeds?
Relay-side? Do they run a caching intermediary? Or fully app-side like @npub1m4n…c2jl is alluding to?

2024-05-25 14:21:08

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Interesting. An app-side filter. That kinda makes sense architecturally actually. Skips requiring a server. What client?

2024-05-25 14:11:40

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Hmmm, not happening to me on Primal or Amethyst. Takes a minute to propagate a mute. But no problems here on that front.
The latter. Questionable.

2024-05-25 14:09:08

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Elaborate?
In your feed, they're still showing you people you've muted.
Or, by you or I muting someone, clients are suppressing that person in everyone else's feed?

2024-05-25 13:56:24

Is NostrBand fudging stats?
Screenshot 2 weeks ago shows declining trend, in the range of 10-12k DAU's.
Now, the exact same dates show 12-14k DAU, showing an uptrend.
Note Apr 8 specifically. The same date magically changed from 10k to 13k+. Are rewriting history here to #grownostr? Something is fishy.
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2024-05-25 13:36:05

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Yup. There's a lot of bullishness out there right now saying we're out of the woods. I've been arguing we aren't.

2024-05-25 12:25:16

Friendly reminder: The Yield Curve is STILL inverted, 2yrs later.
That's deeper and longer than any inversion in the last 40yrs.
Recessions come after yield curve inversions. And we still haven't had ours yet.
https://m.primal.net/IMIz.png

2024-05-25 04:04:17

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No chance. Too many CRM's as it is. Nostr has no value add. This is buzzword chasing and reinventing the wheel.

2024-05-25 03:54:51

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🤣 🤣

2024-05-25 02:27:01

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Entitlement seems only be for critical notifications (emergency alerts, alarms, overriding ringer silencers, etc).
Are you triggering the notify service directly from Damus Relay? If so I would work on "filtering" the notifies Relay-side.
In the same way that you would filter Relay-side that Bob only gets notifies on events for Bob's posts (and not Sally's).... A similar Relay-side filter should be able to filter out events from muted parties too.
Then use Apple Notify service under "Active" level, without need for entitlement.
https://m.primal.net/IMBJ.png

2024-05-25 01:23:26

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Sound like Apple. What are they preventing?

2024-05-25 01:03:02

Censorship surging on Tittler.
https://m.primal.net/ILxj.png

2024-05-25 00:02:12

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2024-05-24 21:08:28

Everyone talks about censorship. But no one talks about what DRIVES censorship. To me, it's driven by 3 main behaviors:
-HYPERSENSITIVITY: This offends me.
-GROUPTHINK: I can see how this is offensive to you, therefore it offends me too.
-COERCION: Since this offends us, we should "protect" others from the same discomfort we feel, by censoring offensive stuff.
We can build all the censor-resistant mechanisms in the world. But so long as sensitivity and groupthink pervade, weak people will strive to coerce strong ones.
We need to normalize:
-Feeling uncomfortable
-Thinking outside the Overton Window
-Challenging beliefs
-Being different (truly different)
Until we do, the urge to censor will seep out no matter what medium or tangible tools we build to prevent it.

2024-05-24 19:10:33

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Yup @npub1a2u…32qc is right.
Demand for BTC comes from 2 things: 1) Inflation resistance 2) Censorship resistance.
Stop inflating via currency debasement and you remove 1 demand prong for BTC. Of course that's not just 1 country, that's all countries. Will never happen with idiot lying politicians in charge.
And if/once BTC reaches critical mass, something we're approaching, it becomes much harder to put the rabbit back in the hat.

2024-05-24 16:30:58

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SimpleX is great.

2024-05-24 16:29:13

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Govs stop printing money.

2024-05-23 15:25:53

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Hail Hydra. 🐍

2024-05-22 21:36:39

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A UX idea for you @npub1jlr…ynqn. Most important stuff first, minimal clicking, minimal hidden behind menus, no calendar selectors.
Advanced selections hidden. No double redundant logic confusion issues. Sequential logic. Add conflict notes and tool tips as needed.
https://m.primal.net/IKNB.mp4

2024-05-22 20:11:31

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Ok apologies. An Algorithm Marketplace is excellent.
I'm probably confused by the Beta stature of it now. Tuning it is super confusing.
People, topics, relays.
Then follows, followers, network.
Then mentions, kinds, relays.
I'm confused what is being tuned here. I can maybe simplify the language if you explain it more. There seems like lots of duplication within it.

2024-05-22 19:57:13

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It's a self-serve feed. Build an algo.
Nostr doesn't need more self-serve garbage. Going from a legacy social feed to a Nostr feed is like going from an 8k HD LED TV to a Black and White TV sound.
Users don't want to do work. They want an algo do to the work for them.

2024-05-22 19:48:50

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lol Engineer led development fails almost every time.

2024-05-22 19:40:42

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This is what happens in engineer led teams.
Product experts need to direct product. Not engineers, not designers.

2024-05-22 15:34:27

What do you guys know about this "Polkadot Parachain"?
Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP)?
Project Liberty?
Are there any working examples of DSNP or Polkadot? How do they differ from #Nostr?
#AskNostr
#Decentralization
#CensorshipResistance
https://m.primal.net/IKDU.png

2024-05-22 03:35:14

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Can you elaborate? I don't know Polkadot enough yet.

2024-05-21 02:45:23

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There will always be another trade @npub120j…5qug.
Rushing, regretting, and fomoing only get us into trouble. There will be a Bitcoin price lower than today at some time in the future.
Never panic.

2024-05-21 00:04:42

Bitcoin showing life. Will it finally exit this decision zone since March?
An upside break looks more likely.
But bull counts don't deploy UNTIL an ATH break. Not before. Since these can still be fakeout moves.
https://m.primal.net/IJDU.png

2024-05-19 16:12:22

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Bingo. There's a perverse FOSS obsession that's hurting Nostr. Profit motive works. Bitcoin miners make money, why the hell wouldn't Nostr Relays?
Either directly as a percent of ad revenue.
Or by tokenization.
Subscriptions don't work on social networks though. So it can't be pay-per-use.
But relays are the key to the whole thing. Setting up a relay should be as easy as installing an EXE and taking 20 seconds of setup time.

2024-05-19 12:02:48

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2024-05-18 17:07:15

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A good social network needs:
-Feed curation (think TikTok)
-Push Notifications
-Creator rewards (think YT)
-Relay rewards
-Stable monetization (subscriptions and donations don't work, ads do.)
Build around this and put users in control. Even reward users for viewing ads. Let them control how much ad injection they want, with paid opt-out. Split revenue with creators to attract new creators and their tribes.
Split revenue with relays. Without relays, Nostr collapses. The client gets the traffic so it falls on them to steer the ship.

2024-05-18 05:28:45

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You're new here.
https://m.primal.net/IAvR.png

2024-05-18 05:24:22

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Look at the date. It was fucking bulls-eye.🎯

2024-05-18 04:54:44

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You don't even know what you're looking at do you? 🤣

2024-05-18 04:52:40

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That's true. But there's a lot who think it's the second coming too. Especially in the Nostr echo chamber.
Not all tops are euphoric blowoffs either.
Regardless, we break above $74k I'll ride it bull side without any qualms. Not until then though.

2024-05-18 04:40:04

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This is true. Which is concerning. When everyone believes something, including an indicator, market does the opposite.
Same happens for EW.
The more people hate it, the better it works.
It's when Elliott Wave starts trending that I get nervous because a groupthink could be occurring.

2024-05-18 04:37:06

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That's quite the Wendys.
Sometimes in markets, we don't know. That is demonstrated on the chart. Let me spell it out: When we don't know, we don't go.
We wait until a clear setup forms in either direction.
Above $74k I'm bullish to the range of $150k.
Below $47k I'm bearish to $12-15k.
It's. Pretty. Fucking. Simple.

2024-05-18 04:26:58

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The one thing I love about Nostr, no edits, no deletes.
https://m.primal.net/HfVQ.png

2024-05-18 04:22:41

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Never once did I say $10k any day now. You can knock that lying shit off right now.
Look in the big blue box. Decision zone. Anything that happens within it is just that: Market deciding it's direction.
Until it breaks above or below that box it's nothing but noise.
Have we broke above that box? No. So no call has been made.
https://m.primal.net/IBmW.png

2024-05-18 04:20:49

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Halving doesn't matter.

2024-05-18 04:19:16

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Am I now?
https://m.primal.net/ICpu.png

2024-05-18 04:18:17

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Depends. It has potential 5 wave completion since Nov 2022, which would mean 5 wave completion since 2019 low.
All macro charts have some ugliness to them right now. SPX included. To what depth and when is TBD. Sit and wait mode for now.

2024-05-18 04:14:34

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Not predicting. It's coin toss right now. Below $47k yes. Above $74k no. Anything between is just noise.
Either way 80% crash is coming. Just dunno yet if it's from the $74k high. Or after a run to $150k.

2024-05-18 03:35:48

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Good sign

2024-05-18 03:34:06

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Yikes. Sad part is how many shmucks believe it. ☹️

2024-05-18 03:25:22

VPN's have basically already been banned.
Any site you'd want to use one on is inaccessible via VPN. Not to mention the brutal speeds. I don't even bother any more.
https://m.primal.net/IHqq.png

2024-05-14 15:58:35

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Agree very much. The nuts and bolts are here. And even though some iffy "layers" exist on top, they can flake away and new ones can build properly on top.
The basics are there though. Chances are still good I think.

2024-05-14 15:13:21

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That'd add a lot of weight though.

2024-05-14 15:01:07

Peak delusion. Macro blowoff IMO.
All charts are negative the next 6mth to 2yrs (Stocks, Metals, crypto is confirming).
This looks like macro's last breath. Don't fall for the FOMO.
https://m.primal.net/IGgN.png

2024-05-14 05:47:20

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interesting on CGNAT, thanks.

2024-05-14 05:37:50

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Who doesn't have 50mbs upload? Aren't all non VPN IP's public?
Uptime can be casual, that's the point of decentralization. One fails, the others pick its slack up. Even though high uptime is easy on an idle machine...
Setting up a relay should be as easy as setting up a client.
https://m.primal.net/IGZW.png

2024-05-14 05:29:13

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Why not?

2024-05-14 05:28:20

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I would like to see a plug n play relay setup. Dummy proof.
I download EXE. Install it on my comp. Tweak a couple settings. And I'm now a relay.
No tech, no coding, no cloud services.

2024-05-13 21:34:56

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Could be anyone. Energize the cable though and no one does it again lol ⚡⚡👷⚠️

2024-05-13 21:00:01

Thieves stealing Tesla Charger cables.
Solution? Energize cable to 300kw while unused. Cutting stops.
https://m.primal.net/IGUq.mp4

2024-05-13 14:20:02

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Nice, able to elaborate? Not able to do much these days due to health, otherwise I'd be waist deep myself.
But can provide feedback and advice.
I just want to see a sustainable client. The FOSS, free, non-monetized ones can't survive. Some profit motive is important.