kevinashworth
Kevin Ashworth

Front-end dev. Teacher. Actor.

Public Key

npub1rqghjp70g4amj0rkshvp773ce9vpmj6jsvrj53m8pv3mtvcsmpmqn4jqpd

NIP-05 Address

kevinashworth@kevinashworth.com

NIP-57 Address

kevinashworth@getalby.com

Profile Code

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relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1rqghjp70g4amj0rkshvp773ce9vpmj6jsvrj53m8pv3mtvcsmpmqn4jqpd

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Last Notes

2024-07-28 00:15:46

Bitcoin doesn't need Trump. Good people who need to learn about BTC are, instead, turned off because of this conference. The damage done today could prove to be very long lasting.

2024-07-28 00:15:23

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I've seen some other people on here speaking against the orange today, and the replies are frequently dripping with misogyny.
Bitcoin ain't gonna fix that.

2024-07-28 00:12:01

Bitcoin doesn't need Trump. Good people who need to learn about NTC are, instead, turned off because of this conference. The damage done today could prove to be very long lasting.

2024-06-25 19:58:01

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Lots of people advocate 9. I’ve done a little 9.

2024-06-25 18:04:29

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If one needs to post an untraceable message, this seems a good place to do it. But how will the right eyes ever see it?

2024-05-28 15:45:38

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Feature request: I would like to be able to click on the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy links on my iPhone.
I can see that there are links as I make the bottom of the Wallet screen appear by holding my finger to the screen as I scroll up, but the moment I try to click a link, I have lifted my finger from the screen, and the links disappear below the fold. It's impossible to visit those links. Please design for all resolutions, including iPhone SE screens (375x667).
A bigger comment: This Wallet screen is baffling to me. It asks for highly sensitive data and does not say why. There is no help, no docs. Somewhat of a worst-case scenario for KYC, trustworthiness, etc.
I will continue to use Primal on the web and hope Primal for the phone gets there. I see the improved design on the phone and remain hopeful!

2024-05-11 00:20:47

What if wide-spread adoption requires choosing another body part besides the nostril to name this thing after.
Armpi
Eyeba
Rectu

2024-04-24 19:31:40

Transactions that are not for payments are rich nerds noodling with Bitcoin, or somebody trying to scam somebody, or both.
Am I missing something?

2024-04-22 17:52:07

Damn. I’m stuck trying to figure out if runes are scam, sham or spam.

2024-04-20 20:37:35

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Important journey.

2024-04-20 18:53:52

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Spam seems like the right word. Except it also seems like spam for a scam.

2024-04-20 03:30:35

Feels like Halving Day has been somewhat ruined by whatever the heck is happening now with fees. Booooooo.

2024-04-20 03:29:02

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We're looking at you, Strike.

2024-04-19 20:18:21

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And thus was issued the cursening.

2024-04-19 20:17:36

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Wait, you're predicting a meteor for block 1,050,000? I mean, a meteor that wants to celebrate, naturally.

2024-04-19 20:15:14

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I couldn't figure out how to ZIP this post so I zapped it.

2024-04-19 20:13:35

Primal on the web, I use with my wallet via Alby Chrome extension and it's all good. It's the web app I keep using the most.
Primal iOS also has my wallet "email" address in Settings, but then wants me to fill out what seems to be a KYC form right there prominently in the middle of the app for ... the same wallet? I don't get it. What is happening? Where are the docs? Can I figure this out before the halvening?

2024-04-19 17:09:00

If you’re celebrating Halving Day without zapping this post, are you really celebrating fully?
Halve the subsidy,
double the love.
Zap me now
Says the good lord above.
🧔🏻‍♀️⚡️

2024-04-12 22:38:59

Shoot, I missed today's #Zapathon.

2024-02-17 19:36:23

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From the stats I can find, all the other socials have many more users than Nostr, like 100x or more. Despite the good work of Primal et al, I wonder how much is UI/UX.

2024-02-17 19:31:14

In your opinion, as of today, which web client (desktop browser) offers the best Nostr UI/UX?

2024-02-17 01:43:29

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Counterpoint. It matters mightily who you vote for. The national debt and money supply is very very important but a transition to a better way might take a long time and that shouldn’t make people think voting doesn’t matter meanwhile. That misguided way of looking at things facilitates corruption, incompetence and other such things.

2024-02-10 05:24:12

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Putin is the worst human on the planet. Tucker seems to lack redeeming qualities and definitely has an obnoxious voice. I won't watch.

2024-02-10 05:16:56

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I like the animation that happens when I zap. Primal is going to cost me more zaps ... happily! ⚡

2024-02-07 22:47:19

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I want Abby Stone (judge on current Night Court) to suddenly puh-reach the bitcoin.

2024-02-07 22:45:38

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Wait, I'm reading this announcement via Primal web. 🌀

2024-02-03 00:42:33

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I've listened to plenty of Radiohead, but not these particular songs very much at all. Thanks for the faves!

2024-02-02 21:27:31

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I hope #1, in particular, turns out to be an accurate prediction!

2024-02-01 00:13:59

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5000

2024-01-15 19:38:37

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Yes, this is one of my central hopes for BTC. Also, l’m hoping number goes up.
It’s like two physicians. You know, paradoxical.

2024-01-14 22:42:36

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(For improving current mostly-centralized email.)

2024-01-14 22:40:36

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I’m hopeful that micropayments will help. It’s not really viable to get 1¢ payments online but small lightning payments are viable. And if spammers and scammers have to pay 10x more to send to a list of 10,000,000 addresses than a list of 1,00,000, that will be a big step.

2024-01-14 22:22:41

Hot take: Cashu is not well named for becoming widely used. Lightning is.
Perhaps more significantly, I don’t yet see a non-cringe-named Cashu wallet.
OTOH maybe silly names or appealing to niche audiences is the key to getting off the ground, so what do I know!

2024-01-14 22:13:35

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Sorry, don’t know who this is. Is she in a position of some power?
I’d like her to learn about hard money, though.

2024-01-12 00:43:55

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She gives the impression of always preaching her made-up mind. Maybe that's the best way to be senating these days, maybe not, but it does make me wonder what it takes to introduce thoughts to her before she's made up her mind.

2024-01-11 22:15:17

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I see what you did there.

2024-01-11 21:55:59

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Mostly for friends who are not going to not use a custodian. I know plenty of people who will not be getting a hardware wallet any time soon.

2024-01-11 19:59:47

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Seems that way, though maybe only for short or medium holding periods.

2024-01-11 19:56:29

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Yes, true, but seems a way to not pay Counbase’s higher buy/sell fees. (Though if you hold long enough, the ETF fees will exceed the Coinbase fees.)

2024-01-11 19:48:03

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You wish me loss? Mm. Ok. Happy Thursday to you too.

2024-01-11 18:26:04

For somebody who will be using a custodian, at this point buying an ETF that uses Coinbase seems better than buying BTC on Coinbase.

2024-01-10 18:43:31

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I'm not sure important notices like this should be expected to be released on one social media. The announcement will probably come today at close of market, and I wonder if it won't be announced via many forms or media at once.
It also seems rather craptastic that the Elon Funky Odor doesn't allow best security practices for all accounts.

2024-01-08 18:55:27

Why is this place devoid of posts about bitcoin miners?
CleanSpark, Iris Energy, Marathon
#CLSK
#IREN
#MARA

2024-01-08 16:23:54

New year, new default zap amount.
’24 sats

2023-12-27 18:40:40

Hey, a social media that benefits the users sounds great, I said to myself. I hopped on and learned a lot about the smart things going into this platform. And as the year winds down I’m seeing posts about importance of Nostr. So, sure, I concur. But I’m not seeing posts about how to increase adoption. Maybe people want it to stay niche. But if not, here are some ideas. You may not like these or you may not agree, and that’s fine, but I do not see much discussion about why adoption has not gone up like you want it to, so I hope this helps.
Better name than the first 5 letters of nostril
Better design
Better UI
Better UX
Better sign up
Better sign in
Less time making new users figure stuff out
And don't make users select between a list of seemingly random relays with weird names

2023-12-26 22:35:37

Choose one:
a - This social media network sees relatively flat user count during the year 2024
b - This social media network adopts a new name
You can only choose one.

2023-12-21 20:34:29

On a YouTube ad just a few minutes ago, I saw Michael Saylor say he is raffling off 5,000 BTC and 1,000,000 ETH. Just send BTC to the address at this QR code! I was doing some other stuff at the time, so I only realized it was almost certainly a scam after I stopped seeing the very realistic video intro but continued to hear the audio. Very realistic. I can't imagine how it's not a scam. But then again, I can't imagine how it could be so easy to run scams through Google ads. A massive indictment of shame on Google, is my current conclusion.

2023-12-21 17:30:46

Iris Energy shares are up today. If I want to see chatter about that here, what works?
#IREN
$IREN
Or just searching for “IREN” or “Iris Energy”?
In any case, seems worry over shares being diluted has been replaced with confidence they will not.
(Share dilution. It’s like inflation but often worse and highly capricious and it sure seems like theft in the way Jeff Booth uses that word.)

2023-12-21 09:43:05

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Rin Tin Tin, among other barkers

2023-12-21 05:11:03

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Never mind, I got a sat! Paid spam is back, baby.

2023-12-20 04:16:20

Is the 1-sat-per-spam thing over already? Oh Satogram, I hardly knew ye.

2023-12-20 04:09:13

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Also the p in 'up'

2023-12-06 18:54:48

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And yet I suspect both Warren and Dimon personally have some coins.

2023-12-05 20:51:07

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Lion

2023-12-03 20:04:41

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My first real transaction was in Jan 2015. I bought a piece of software.
(I still use that software but I wish I'd paid cash and HODL'd!)

2023-12-03 19:15:43

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You can't spell sats without @s.

2023-12-03 19:13:20

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Sure seems that way!

2023-12-03 15:34:05

Congrats to Emma Stone for great acting, good character work, on her 5th SNL last night. Several of the sketches seemed extra bizarre, meaning they tickle me more and/or left me nonplussed. Perhaps Mama was my favorite of the wackadoodles.

2023-12-02 22:46:54

I am just realizing that I’m getting spams with a 1 sat payment for several days now. Hm. What to think? Well, it’s better than the rate I get for spams over at Gmail and Yahoo!
Actually, spam and scam excludes, I think micropayments to contact people is a good thing. We’ll see where this takes us!

2023-11-09 01:09:15

Thank you negotiating committee! I’ve been in those rooms before. I know the rooms where it happens have long hours and heightened emotions. It can be a lot, frankly. So
thank you,
Thank You,
THANK YOU.
#SAGAFTRAStrike
#SAGAFTRAStrong
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sag-aftra-deal-reached-studios-union-contract-terms-1235607563/

2023-11-04 17:33:38

Re self-custody: I feel less likely to lose coins stored on River or Swan or such, than on Ledger or Trezor or such. For a lot of people I know, this feeling is the truthier truth.

2023-11-02 21:00:37

🎶 When she gets there she knows,
If the stores are all closed,
With a zap she can get what she came for. 🎵
#zapathon #zapasong #stairwaytozaps

2023-10-19 22:01:10

A coworker's friend offered to buy a car in BTC, but the dealer wouldn't accept it.
Predict the year by which a majority of car dealerships will accept bitcoin.
My guess is that despite increased adoption, it won't be a majority of dealerships until the bull run after the next bull run.

2023-10-19 21:39:43

🎶 I've been selling my soul working all day
Overtime hours for non-zap pay 🎵
#zapathon #zapasong #richmen

2023-09-29 20:58:00

🎶 But it's all right now
In fact, it's a zap
But it's all right
I'm Jumpin' Jack Zap
It's a zap, zap, zap 🎵
#zapathon #zapasong

2023-08-31 21:01:52

Nostr is WYZIWYG
What you zap is what you get
#Zapathon

2023-08-17 20:33:50

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Zappadeedoodah!

2023-08-08 18:27:03

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My first log in was with astral ninja ... those were the days.

2023-08-04 21:02:31

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100k? Wowsa - lotsa sats, lotsa zaps.

2023-08-03 21:06:04

When you're detained during a #zapathon.
https://m.primal.net/HHhV.jpg

2023-07-30 01:44:46

I never hear BTC people talk about smart contracts nor Bitcoin Script.
Why are smart contracts the stuff of Ethereum?

2023-07-26 21:21:31

Nothing Compared 2 U. RIP, Sinéad

2023-07-24 15:06:32

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There’s much value we all get from this progress. But at what price. Maybe the question is, how to keep powerful psychopaths away from this stuff?

2023-07-24 15:03:36

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An excellent response to a little drop in price. 📉

2023-07-23 17:52:21

What investment management software is fully private? They all seem to want to have you upload all your data. Which leaves Excel or Numbers. Or old versions of something like Quicken on an old computer.
I want to see charts and graphs and tabular data and capital gains and all that stuff.
Seeking opinions!

2023-07-21 18:27:10

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How’s the vision correction going to be, is what I wonder. Asks the guy who needs unusual glasses.

2023-07-09 18:39:04

I zap more than I get zapped. This is not surprising. But it does mean my funds need replenishing. If anybody feels like it? You know, a Sunday Zunday Beast-mode Zaparooski:
lnbc6660n1pj24l5tpp5s3w87lx0p00w4cp2z3lj9vkj7frls8f2rj20a5a4d8w7ajyq9whqdpygys8gunfvf6hgefqw3hjqargv5sxyetpwd6qcqzzsxqyz5vqsp5al064pcyrvcjlxkua3fymrweqnygtnvlkw0azm9lrh2jdq85kvds9qyyssqlrq83lf6tml0q9ht3dedn5r3egnjf3792nn2m75rgma59y9xf7h3348l6xwd5lln43836zlh7hedlk8ens9n6aywedf9jg7803j0sucqezlk3x

2023-07-07 23:50:58

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If you are 5’11”, round up. Other men do and women who would 100% like you in real life will exclude you if you don’t.

2023-07-06 21:17:43

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Moi. 🧵⚡️

2023-07-06 21:14:25

Many people have invested in real estate not for a love of the property but as an investment and store of value. They have bought property that they would not want under "normal" circumstances.
The trend goes back to Nixon and 1971, among other factors. In a few decades from now, things may well have shifted back. Housing prices will be more affordable and the 21 sats you're about to zap me will be a very meaningful amount of money. #Zapathon

2023-05-22 21:24:44

Today is Pizza day 🍕
Today is also the birthday of Harvey Milk 🥛
Both are good remembrances. Both are rough on the lactose-intolerant. ⚡️

2023-05-11 02:08:54

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Funny. I _just_ posted about this. Thanks for the advice. Thanks for a guideline!
I’m also wondering about relays….

2023-05-02 02:20:42

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Buy the dip, baby!

2023-04-23 21:16:44

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Thank you for the reply! I did not send an invoice, so I think that this means the invoice is from them, meaning they initiated a zap, but then it didn't complete for a variety or reasons -- connectivity issues, or they canceled, or their wallet hit a budget limit or otherwise declined, or etc etc but all of the possibilities are not something I did or did not do. If I have that wrong, please let me know.
Thank you, Oh Zeus. 🌩️

2023-04-23 14:53:41

In Zeus LN app, I see several "You sent" transactions from Friday's #Zapathon and several "You recieved". But there are also 3 "Requested Payment" transactions. What does that mean? Did somebody request that I zap them?

2023-04-21 21:44:08

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Good call! Here's a link for those of doing YT Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt7oMSOB7nw&feature=share

2023-04-21 21:26:32

The user apaz does not deserve a hat tip. In other words,
No h/t apaz!
Which — and this completely surprises me — spelled backwards is...
#Zapathon!

2023-04-06 04:36:59

em paz, em evoL

2023-04-05 14:52:16

I would like to *point out* that I am receiving an award. Honored to be in such good company!
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_e2ed60b63b98b901163fed581142ecf0fd01ff2478059b7fe78e7ceb8cba6823.webp

2023-04-04 01:21:48

Let’s go, Aztecs!
#SDSU

2023-04-02 18:42:45

Tickled by this image near the end of the Bitcoin Standard:
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_72a8643d65a05e14c8b0470c9c7e02a7cb190be25172eeaaac2821f7c7605a32.png

2023-04-01 12:38:27

Up early to watch the second half of Liverpool v Manchester City.

2023-03-30 18:58:01

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Yes. 2 spaces for me!

2023-03-30 17:40:05

What was that $29,117 bitcoin blip?

2023-03-29 19:40:13

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Same

2023-03-28 17:59:06

Confession: One year ago, I still owned some Shiba Inu. 🙀

2023-03-28 16:07:59

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Nightmare boss.

2023-03-27 13:40:07

GM!
Fun fact. You can rearrange the letters in “Women asleep in La Paz” to spell “Please zap me now” with only 4 unused letters left over.
Zap me now in L.A., please.

2023-03-25 15:29:53

Fennelly enough, this is my favorite so far.
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_a2a1700e4210450d0ec114b70ae5fa736a067ede0256151fca90ea4f5c34f0ac.jpg

2023-03-24 15:07:21

$550 B from smaller banks to bigger banks.
The smaller banks are getting zapped! (In a different way.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/24/bank-deposits-withdrawals-money-markets/