BrettPhillips
Brett Phillips

Brett I. Phillips
My initials are bip 🤔

Public Key

npub1rvqzg0lsgsnnmrjxelt44vml99gul28mverm80ht4wad5cjmdesqqaf8df

NIP-05 Address

bip@nostrplebs.com

NIP-57 Address

cobaltbadger3@primal.net

Profile Code

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nos.lol

nostr.wine

nostr.bitcoiner.social

Author Public Key

npub1rvqzg0lsgsnnmrjxelt44vml99gul28mverm80ht4wad5cjmdesqqaf8df

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Last Notes

2024-09-04 19:15:15

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Tax credits are a joke; they unfairly give to some at the expense of others.

2024-09-04 15:47:40

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Her plan would allow small business to deduct up to $50k for expenses related to the business, like startup costs, from their year-end tax bill.

2024-09-03 16:20:17

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Seriously. The complain train has been rolling hard through this station.

2024-08-21 13:14:09

Asking for a friend…
Good idea, bad idea, already exists?: Canva like app using nostr
#asknostr
@npub1nxy…avr7

2024-08-20 23:43:42

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I would never disallow or punish or force.

2024-08-20 11:21:33

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Speaking as a leader of software teams, some cross training is nice in order to spread knowledge and insight but I’d prefer to have team members be subject matter experts in their disciplines.

2024-08-19 12:37:14

What’s a good router for upgrading a home network? I want to have full control and be able to set up different subnets, static IPs, etc for cameras, devices, blah blah.
Please don’t recommend some Google or Amazon bs. #asknostr #networking #security

2024-08-18 10:43:52

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Bubble Bobble: DDFFI
Golden Eye: The stacks map with the grenade launcher 👌

2024-08-14 17:56:08

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No no this is obviously a case for AWS API Gateway + Lambda + SQS and don’t forget Cloudfront and WAF…and better make it multi region while we’re at it. Route53 latency based routing for the win!
💀

2024-08-14 10:35:28

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I’ve done my research and find it a net positive. Talented devs are created new and exciting projects that are bringing awareness to bitcoin and freedom tech. Not so talented dev have a shiny new thing to distract them. Win win.

2024-08-13 15:14:32

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I want to be able to say I “retired” someone. 💯

2024-08-12 23:23:35

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I do. The townie government folks are not amused.

2024-08-12 15:19:34

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@npub1qny…95gx - Thanks for the candid and fair assessment of what happened with Mutiny.

2024-08-10 00:43:27

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What do folks think about layered approach where say the most recent 30-90 days is readily available but longer than that is archived and available on demand?

2024-08-09 22:53:22

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So demoralizing

2024-08-09 21:51:13

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Well that’s not really an apples to apples comparison. When talking purely about signing device functionality, a purpose built embedded device may provide better security than a general purpose computer. A lightning node is more than just a signing device; you need more compute, memory and an internet connection (this last part being a big differentiator).

2024-08-09 20:35:05

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Great story.

2024-08-09 19:55:22

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Sorry can’t hear you. My ostrich is making too much noise.

2024-08-09 19:53:02

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Let the relay runner decide how to handle it. Whether 30 days, 90 days or never, the runner should decide how they handle it, paid or otherwise.
I like the notify idea.

2024-08-09 19:44:48

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If you provide it (value), they will come.

2024-08-09 18:15:13

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I hope you did. You’d be up close to 600% with a possible 800% had you sold back in the spring.

2024-08-09 17:58:51

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I think NVK means don’t use a general purpose computer for your keys, use away for running a bitcoin node or electrum sever like Start OS would support.

2024-08-09 17:07:36

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If we die, the survivors’ BTC gets more scarce.

2024-08-09 17:01:12

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Highly recommended

2024-08-09 16:58:31

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Why do you need a following?

2024-08-09 13:18:56

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They are secure in the sense that yes they are encrypted. Metadata is not.
Further, there is no forward privacy, if your secret is compromised, all previous and future message can be decrypted.
This is why we are all waiting on a double ratchet implementation.

2024-08-09 11:27:46

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Very similar feel to some popular collaborative tools for creating documents 👌

2024-08-09 10:25:50

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But it does have inflation, for now, amiright?

2024-08-09 10:08:27

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What’s in your bag?

2024-08-09 10:07:30

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Done

2024-08-09 09:34:05

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No thanks it’s all good.

2024-08-09 00:38:51

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Stoked

2024-08-07 17:59:08

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Others have followed that tx and deemed it a transfer

2024-08-07 12:15:57

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Also curious NVK, would you recommend moving from single sig + passphrase to multisig…or wait for some better FROST implementation before sweeping to a new setup.

2024-08-07 11:00:47

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If you can’t have another separate process I think that rules out redis. Good luck. Love the project.

2024-08-07 01:15:49

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80% by article count
45% by word count

2024-08-06 23:50:12

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What do you mean by embedded here? Redis is fast.

2024-08-06 19:34:07

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In your said future, bitcoin is used to buy goods and services. You intrinsically understand the value of an hour of labor or a loaf of bread. With those being priced in bitcoin, you will quickly make the connection of the value of a satoshi at that point in time.

2024-08-06 19:31:56

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You’re really over thinking it. How do you value a banana when in a foreign country?

2024-08-06 16:17:00

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Do companies that build great software products let the developers define the roadmap or do they have specialized product manager roles for that?
What I mean to say is, if you’re a developer let the actual market decide what you should build.

2024-08-06 13:17:45

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It honestly reads like they need to grow up. Being disillusioned with the industry you work in is par for the course for most adults.
If you don’t want to work on Mutiny, that’s your prerogative; just say so. You don’t get the right to shift blame onto what you see as a shift in ideals of a community you only pose to represent.

2024-08-06 01:44:24

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Password managers have been hacked/leaked…see LastPass.
You are facing the same risk in a different form every time you hand it to a waitress or bar tender, swipe it on a payment kiosk (possibly fake), or use the card details on an e-commerce site.

2024-08-05 19:39:49

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The price falling here does not signify the majority is not using self-custody. It’s a possibility but a just as equal a possibility is that 99% is self custodial and there is a very small circulating supply contributing to large price movements.

2024-08-05 19:23:42

Pacific Bitcoin 2024 cancelled?!
https://m.primal.net/JpFS.jpg

2024-08-05 11:59:14

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I bet miners are wanting some of those sweet, sweet fees now.

2024-08-05 11:28:22

The “influencers” we need. Keep pushing.
#note1m29…dgxg

2024-08-05 11:22:47

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Theoretically, indefinitely I would think.

2024-08-05 11:12:16

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Your updates are not with 100k sats. Good luck.

2024-08-05 09:29:02

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No preference

2024-08-04 23:53:23

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Trying to

2024-08-04 20:56:21

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I would like to see this in Primal where you can zap a post.

2024-08-04 14:39:05

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This right here.

2024-08-03 18:20:57

🫡
#note1px4…jl20

2024-08-02 11:43:17

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You don’t. It’s part of their journey. Others must be allowed to make the same mistakes that you did in order to be enlightened as well.

2024-08-01 20:33:28

I never had a twitter account; zaps for me?!

2024-07-30 17:52:29

I’ve been following @npub12rv…85vg and the Cashu project(s) for quite some time now and I’m always impressed and reinvigorated with bullishness whenever I see him make a new release or announcement.
There are many software engineers in this world, myself included, but there are few whose ability and vision come together to move everything forward.
Satoshi is one of/few of them.
Linus Torvalds is one of them.
Calle is one of them.
#note1lmx…mfqk

2024-07-29 19:38:16

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🥜🐿️

2024-07-28 23:50:49

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The primal wallet is provided by Strike

2024-07-22 09:13:01

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Which nostr client do you use with it?

2024-07-19 20:00:24

Today, I was by and large unaffected by the Crowdstrike/BSOD situation. While we use it extensively at my day job, I mostly use Apple or Linux with the occasional elderly Windows Server instance here or there. Coincidentally I was setting up a new Windows VM yesterday and was having trouble getting to everything configured including Crowdstrike, so I gave up for the day. If it were not for needing to get some gas for my car, I would probably have had no idea the extent of the outage. As you may have expected, cash only, which was not a problem as I have been expecting such an occurrence and have a small amount available.
The whole situation stinks. At best and taking the players at their word, we live in a hyper-connected Jenga game where one wrong move becomes disaster. At worst, and I feel the truth is closer to this outcome, we have let our entire infrastructure become infiltrated with a Trojan horse that can be manipulated at will.

2024-07-18 18:48:10

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Wish I could make it; that is one, heavy hitting couch panel

2024-07-18 01:01:11

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I do agree with you but I also think it’s a game that they can only play for so long.
Let’s consider a large player shorting the ETF via borrowed shares. The depressed price of the ETF triggers market makers to convert shares to BTC to sell for cash to buy shares to bring NAV to equilibrium. As we’ve seen with GME, there is no accountability and the players never seem to have to close their short positions.
Where BTC differs from stocks is that at some point, the liquid supply will disappear and no CEO can issue more shares. With respect to gold, it is basically impossible for an audit of the system nor feasible to take custody at the largest scales.
I think there will be a time in the future where these players realize their time is up and flip to stacking BTC and letting it run.
Ultimately, firms like Blackrock make money on fees and if the assets they are managing don’t go up, money will leave and fees will dry up. It is in their best interest for BTC to increase in value so investors stay put.

2024-07-17 23:51:56

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Marty, I feel like you don’t fully understand and are overhyping.

2024-07-17 12:39:34

Are there any competitors to @npub1nxy…avr7 ? It’s a great tool; kudos to the devs. Competition and alternatives are good though.

2024-07-15 15:53:04

@npub1uyz…8632 reposted my note and I think I’m swooning

2024-07-14 20:33:48

Did some power washing today. If you’ve never used a power washer, I highly recommend it. The satisfaction to effort ratio is inordinately high. 💦

2024-07-12 02:41:26

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What do you think about nip-05 for real world verification? For example, I want to survey people belonging to the same organization or community. In the real world, they claim a nip-05 name with their npub. I can now trust responses from these npubs without the need for some over blown account system.

2024-07-11 21:11:38

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I think SMTP submission is a bit more strict at least in my experience with AWS SES

2024-07-11 18:53:19

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Nostr’s “super power” is the ability to move to a different client. Success leads to centralization and capture; a great client or relay (or email app) is going to attract more users. In the case of SMTP, if I’m understanding your point, users are mostly locked into a specific set of providers because those same providers filter out “bad actors”. If that sort of dynamic appears in nostr, user have an opportunity to thwart that by changing clients and/or relays. Will they? Uncertain, but the ability exists in nostr unlike other protocols and platforms.

2024-07-10 21:32:18

Can an npub be verified by multiple nip-05 providers?

2024-07-09 19:36:30

Today is a sad day; I had to forgo buying sats for a new phone. The opportunity cost is eating me up. I’m sure others have felt this way too. What’s something you’ve had to buy instead of sats recently or something you’ve been able to forgo to keeping on stacking? #bitcoin #dca #stayhumblestacksats

2024-07-08 19:18:40

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Can I get a “git rebase -i” for some commit squashing?!

2024-07-08 02:18:54

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Crash Override

2024-07-08 01:24:02

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nym checks out

2024-07-07 17:01:28

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@npub1cn4…3vle why no 2FA?

2024-07-06 01:45:32

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What happened?

2024-07-05 20:20:44

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One of us!!

2024-07-04 12:41:22

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Harder when it’s differences in how they raise their children.

2024-07-04 12:20:39

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% git filter-branch # removal of freedoms for your protection

2024-07-03 14:44:53

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Everything is a trade off

2024-07-02 22:05:10

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YOU ARE NOT ALONE

2024-06-29 21:18:13

Trying to touch grass/snow but why does the local ski mountain force me to relinquish my privacy just to ski? 🤬
#privacyisaright
https://m.primal.net/JCau.jpg

2024-06-27 14:09:35

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To infinity and beyond 🚀

2024-06-27 14:07:08

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GM 🫡
Gradually then suddenly.

2024-06-27 10:46:58

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Do you think this is the beginning of non-efficient mining operations being squeezed and turning off hash?

2024-06-24 20:33:48

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S.T.R.E.A.M
Satoshis rule everything around me

2024-06-24 20:32:21

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Satoshi’s Bureau of Printing and Engraving

2024-06-20 13:19:21

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How does it work in practice? My naive assumption is that “CAT” is for concatenation but what are the operands , items on the stack?

2024-06-14 20:37:56

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GM 🫡
Went to the aquarium today with the family. ‘‘Twas a good day.

2024-05-31 09:28:19

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Isn’t the problem of trusting a single mint mitigated by utilizing many, many mints with small balances?

2024-05-23 10:47:38

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Stagnating between 6 & 7

2024-05-20 18:25:22

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GREAT RIP!
Something I’ve been trying to wrap my head around is how would the ETF maintain NAV and/or BTC per Share given the volatility of BTC price and the less than transparent mechanisms available to market makers.
In the simplest scenario, BTC price goes up, market makers buys shares, redeem for BTC, and sell for cash to capture the spread and bring share price back to par.
The same is true is reverse, BTC price goes down, market makers buy BTC, create shares, and then sell shares to bring the price back to par.
Given the long settlement times, supposed infinite liquidity at Coinbase and long track record of obfuscation, without clear proof of reserves and shares outstanding, I don’t see how this all works out well.
I have no doubt that ETF shares are being borrowed at massive volumes, redeemed for BTC and then either sold or held (to be sold later) for profit and to suppress the price as needed.
STAY HUMBLE & STACK SATS 🫡

2024-05-14 18:55:05

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Great to see you posting on nostr and thank you for all the knowledge back on /r/Superstonk.

2024-05-03 20:22:05

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Fiat profit made from fees on bitcoin transactions and/or spreads to be turned into bitcoin.

2024-05-03 13:58:36

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#bitcoinbushcraft

2024-05-02 17:10:55

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2024-05-02 13:44:17

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Looking forward to this rip

2024-05-02 12:03:31

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What does that say about you posting here? Probably one of those situations where you keep it to yourself; I’m sure there are folks who find value in it, like maybe making some Bitcoin friends.

2024-04-30 15:08:17

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Good morning 🌞

2024-04-29 21:49:59

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Good Morning Sir. I seem to be not seeing your posts as frequently as before. Could this be a relay problem?