josh

Loved by Jesus

nevent1q…dj6k

https://westernbtc.com

https://europa.westernbtc.com

https://rottogether.westernbtc.com

nsite://titan

nsite://europa

Public Key

npub1pc57ls4rad5kvsp733suhzl2d4u9y7h4upt952a2pucnalc59teq33dmza

NIP-05 Address

josh@westernbtc.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsqu200c237k6txgqlgccwt304x67zj0t67q4j69w4q7vf7lu2z4uspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dszcnzmt

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1pc57ls4rad5kvsp733suhzl2d4u9y7h4upt952a2pucnalc59teq33dmza

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2026-05-23 18:07:17 UTC

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Thanks. I’ll be talking about it this Thursday.

2026-05-23 16:23:03 UTC

Why https://europa.westernbtc.com/ is different:
1. ₿ - Operators can make money proportionate to what they're comfortable risking.
2. A combination of endorsement and monetary incentive creates network effect
3. It's incredibly easy to run a Europa node. I had a fresh agent look at https://github.com/btcjt/europa-node and had it running in less than 10 minutes.
4. It's built on the shoulders of giants: WireGuard, Cashu, Nostr, etc.

2026-05-23 16:15:14 UTC

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https://europa.westernbtc.com/

2026-05-23 14:22:21 UTC

Paying for vpn access directly with a cashuB token with no login @nprofile…f95z
https://blossom.primal.net/25c1e4b115d46c16a08d0bd0b3a6ffb96b4af267922527307ff8d06b149bc84b.mp4

2026-05-23 12:08:15 UTC

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Shouldn’t matter. Doesn’t have to be commercial sized!

2026-05-23 11:41:32 UTC

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I’ll give someone 100k sats if they go through the guide for setting up a Europa node and getting it working on the /operators directory.
#nevent1q…vzcd

2026-05-22 14:46:33 UTC

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You don't even need an account to buy VPN access
https://blossom.primal.net/d6c0cd7e753bc13c78d948e74c578e4b4dbeca46cbc12478162fe1bfd93d7ab2.mov
#europa
#nevent1q…ye3d

2026-05-22 13:31:50 UTC

Introducing Europa: A monetarily incentivized VPN marketplace
Why is this going to work?
https://blossom.primal.net/e21c6a326b7381d0055658b7640aebae8988477f9090251f5e8ff35596247cbd.mp4
#nevent1q…qpfx
Europa is a marketplace where anyone can sell VPN access and anyone can buy it. Accept any currency, any payment type. The VPN itself is standard WireGuard or OpenVPN — no custom client software, no platform taking a cut, no subscriptions to manage. Money and reputation flow directly between operator and buyer. Together they produce something existing VPN services can't: a network that incentivizes its own decentralization.
1. For VPN node operators
A. Risk counterbalance. Operators get paid to front the exit-node risk, at whatever price they decide is worth it. Running in a desirable jurisdiction, an underserved region, or behind a residential IP? Charge more for it. The market sets the floor; you set your own ceiling.
B. Plausible deniability. Don't use your primary Nostr keys for the operator pubkey. Use a fresh one. Then endorse the service from your primary keys. " @`ODELL` endorses this VPN service — I wonder if he set it up, or if it's a friend of his?" We'll never know. That's by design. The endorsement carries his reputation; the operator pubkey carries the service. The link between them stays ambiguous unless he chooses otherwise.
C. Incentivized decentralization. When a Europa node gets too big, it might garner legal attention. The operator might decide to take down their own service because they're nervous, or be forced to. Either way, demand doesn't disappear — it moves. Other operators see a chance to make money and fill the need. The market routes around concentration the same way it routes around censorship: automatically, because the incentives are aligned with it.
2. For buyers
A. No accounts, no commitment. Browse the directory, pick a VPN, pay in Lightning or Cashu, get a config file. No email. No subscription. No data retention you have to take someone's word on. When time or data runs out, the connection drops and you decide what to do next.
B. Small bets first. A new operator's reputation may be thin. Test them with a small purchase — an hour, a few cents — before committing more. The architecture bounds how much you can lose on any single bad bet.
C. Real choice. Operators compete on price, reliability, location, and policy. Reputation flows through the Nostr social graph — endorsements from accounts you follow, reports from accounts you trust. You filter the signal yourself.
3. For endorsers
A. Endorse carefully. Vouching for an operator is more than recommending a coffee shop. When you endorse a VPN, you're sending people's traffic through someone else's server. If that operator logs, leaks, or turns hostile, the people who trusted your endorsement are the ones exposed. Endorse operators you've actually used. Endorse based on observed reliability, not just personal connection. Endorse with the understanding that you're staking part of your reputation on their behavior.
B. Report when warranted. The same way endorsements carry weight, reports do too. An operator who fails to deliver, logs against their stated policy, or behaves badly should get reported — that's how the network's signal stays useful. Don't report frivolously, but don't stay silent when something's wrong.
C. Your reputation compounds either way. Accurate endorsements and accurate reports build durable reputation that helps the people who trust you. Careless ones erode it. The system is symmetric: there's no shortcut to being a trusted voice, just the slow accumulation of being right about what you signal.

2026-05-22 00:54:01 UTC

I’ve never stumbled upon or even seen a bat sleeping during the day.

2026-05-21 01:46:35 UTC

Oh no! They spoiled Survivor! 😂😂😂

2026-05-19 17:44:19 UTC

Shane Mcgillis with a straight face during The Roast of Kevin Hart: “half of you are pedophiles”
What’s most disturbing is how cavalier he and everybody else were when he said it.

2026-05-19 11:38:39 UTC

One of the most enabling things you can do is give a response.

2026-05-19 11:17:52 UTC

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2026-05-19 00:15:16 UTC

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@nprofile…ftj5 I think your bot is broken

2026-05-18 19:07:20 UTC

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We already have resistance trying to pull our fiat out. “What’s your reason for withdrawing your money today?”
#nevent1q…v3ay

2026-05-17 13:31:31 UTC

Incredibly grateful for my dad.
https://image.nostr.build/606735319d52a2cbff051a9687ccdf099113731c9547dc22e1fbfe07921bccb8.jpg

2026-05-14 21:17:25 UTC

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You in Tampa? Live there!

2026-05-12 14:02:27 UTC

The intensity of the bear market is still ahead. Don’t be discouraged.
Bitcoin’s core factors haven’t changed. Head down. Keep building.

2026-05-09 03:45:55 UTC

This last paragraph.. it seems familiar.
https://image.nostr.build/28a027f617b36412706e5451fe01fdcd8a550adec1977877ae45456d5cf63135.jpg

2026-05-08 16:25:51 UTC

I spent some time downloading the files and other content war.gov/UFO and ran everything through Claude. Here's a small and concrete summary of three things buried in there:
1. AARO flagged ONE case across all 287 files as "among the most compelling within [our] current holdings" — 7 federal employees, Western US, two days in 2023, watched things including "orbs launching other orbs."
war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/western_us_event_slides_5.08.2026.pdf
2. A senior intelligence official's FBI 302: a "super-hot" orb at a US military facility fled 20 miles "at a speed too fast for the helicopter in pursuit." Then 4-5 more flared up and down for 30 minutes.
war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/usper-statement-redacted.pdf
3. FBI composite sketch from a September 2023 sighting at a US test site: "130-195 ft ellipsoid bronze metallic object that materialized out of a bright light and disappeared instantaneously." Three eyewitness interviews back it.
war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/2024-04-30-composite-sketch.pdf
The actual news is that AARO, FBI, DNI, NASA just publicly anointed which of their cases they think are "credible"

2026-05-07 23:01:52 UTC

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I’m not sure about that. Most people can make a case for the internet without knowing how it works.

2026-05-07 18:48:45 UTC

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Subbed 🫡

2026-05-07 16:55:06 UTC

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👀 making a video along with this I hope?

2026-05-07 14:41:17 UTC

Absolutely love Onion articles. I'll have to post some of my favorites each day.
https://blossom.primal.net/bef874024e1d60e510588d41894b41ec4278b72292cee998d89376d39e7d8d4f.png

2026-05-07 10:53:09 UTC

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@nprofile…x5jc‘s news about ecash becoming non custodial could change this 🤞

2026-05-06 18:29:53 UTC

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Yep, much harder route. Regardless of what people think of Jack Dorsey, he’s got a point. Nostr needs something different. 10x better than what’s out there.

2026-05-06 17:07:45 UTC

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😂

2026-05-06 17:07:01 UTC

Always recommend this guy's videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14RP8liACqo

2026-05-06 16:48:48 UTC

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The problem is network effect though. It has to be 10x better for it to overtake anything.

2026-05-06 15:53:31 UTC

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There’s already a bird app (Merlin) that everyone uses and it works fine.

2026-05-06 12:30:55 UTC

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Note not found

2026-05-06 10:40:56 UTC

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🫡

2026-05-05 23:28:02 UTC

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https://otherstuff.ai/word5/

2026-05-05 21:45:25 UTC

This is in Tampa???

2026-05-04 00:34:05 UTC

🍄 Hyphae · rot together
256 together. Mycelium took root.
@nprofile…acc3 256 · @nprofile…hf96 256 · 10 rounds
@nprofile…acc3 drew 5 · guessed 0
Best TEA +51 in 14s
Play together: https://rottogether.westernbtc.com
#rot-together #hyphae

2026-05-02 16:38:13 UTC

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Should be good now.

2026-05-02 16:36:41 UTC

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Sorry, services have been going through a lot of changes. I’ll add that account back.

2026-05-01 19:35:42 UTC

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There weren’t enough serious people involved. I understand the reluctance.

2026-05-01 03:25:41 UTC

I just realized that relays aren’t a database instance, they’re a service.

2026-04-30 18:22:32 UTC

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Seeing these CEO’s in the court system reminds me that they’re just people.
#nevent1q…2wll

2026-04-29 19:14:19 UTC

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To be honest, I didn’t even know it worked that way.

2026-04-29 11:38:09 UTC

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What do you think he’ll say?

2026-04-28 22:25:06 UTC

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Ive tried to get him to take it seriously.

2026-04-28 19:57:30 UTC

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😂😂😂

2026-04-28 18:23:22 UTC

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@nprofile…h5pq impressive ratio. Way to live it out.

2026-04-28 10:30:12 UTC

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Check out https://github.com/btcjt/titan

2026-04-28 10:28:55 UTC

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I made a browser for nsites. It even uses bitcoin’s blockchain to have names point to npubs. You could do “nsite://nowhere” -> your npub.
https://github.com/btcjt/titan

2026-04-27 20:09:17 UTC

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The fork?

2026-04-27 19:11:01 UTC

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Are you paying attention?
Feds, corporations, “finance vehicles” 📈.
Speech, freedom tech, privacy 📉
#nevent1q…6zkm

2026-04-27 17:36:45 UTC

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Funny how that works.

2026-04-27 15:29:14 UTC

Want to have some fun? Say to your AI: "What do conspiracy theorist think about <topic>".

2026-04-26 04:37:04 UTC

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For sure thought I was going to look at the constellation picture and see a penis.

2026-04-24 12:10:39 UTC

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You’ll be able to get away with it. I think the 16gb of RAM will be okay.

2026-04-24 12:08:04 UTC

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Depends on what you’re using it for. If you’re using it for development or anything heavier, it’s not great. Casual stuff is fine.

2026-04-24 11:37:19 UTC

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An Air? 😂

2026-04-24 02:52:02 UTC

Here’s a harsh reality check: the only person who cares about your excuses is you.

2026-04-23 17:15:07 UTC

OpenClaw taught me something: you preserve your time but documenting context as you go.

2026-04-23 14:34:02 UTC

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Their*

2026-04-23 14:33:56 UTC

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Second. They’re hazy is unbeatable.

2026-04-23 14:14:57 UTC

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Nice! Works great from what I’ve witnessed.

2026-04-23 14:06:17 UTC

I didn't realize how important good documentation was until I started using AI agents for my tasks. Ironically, I'm using my AI agents to write the documentation now.

2026-04-22 20:41:16 UTC

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🥲

2026-04-22 02:40:46 UTC

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The bear market is not over. I’ll be selling half my bitcoin at $82k.
#nevent1q…kepe

2026-04-21 20:09:54 UTC

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Nice! Thanks guys!

2026-04-21 16:56:56 UTC

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Awesome! Can’t wait to use this. I made an nsite browser that just works. https://github.com/btcjt/titan

2026-04-21 10:47:37 UTC

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Daughter is doing great. Had some scares that brought us to the hospital, but she’s all good now. Do you have a family?

2026-04-21 02:47:44 UTC

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Grass fed whole milk! Absolutely my favorite.

2026-04-20 19:57:04 UTC

Savory, cheap, high protein, low effort, quick meal. My go to.
Microwave a sweet potato / yam for ~8 minutes (depends on size).
Mix a can of Costco canned chicken with mayo, Frank's Red Hot (normal, buffalo has seed oils), salt, pepper. Microwave for 1 minute.
Smother on top of sweet potato.
It hits the spot every time.

2026-04-20 18:04:36 UTC

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All this happening in a bear market is crazy.

2026-04-19 11:09:34 UTC

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Fun!

2026-04-18 16:54:36 UTC

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Something catastrophic is coming. We’ll see who’s swimming naked soon. PSA: the bear market is not over.
#nevent1q…udf5

2026-04-17 18:02:50 UTC

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Oh when Anthropic killed it? 😂

2026-04-14 03:00:23 UTC

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Why are these knee pictures unsettling?

2026-04-13 22:28:27 UTC

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Wasn’t Usian Bolt’s record 19.19 seconds?

2026-04-13 22:25:40 UTC

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I built a browser for nsites, not gateways needed.
https://github.com/btcjt/titan

2026-04-13 17:07:58 UTC

Why model are you guys using for OpenClaw with Antropics new terms?

2026-04-11 20:24:47 UTC

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This feature is optional anyway. You can do nsite://<npub>

2026-04-11 20:13:22 UTC

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No centralized authority. Open to other solutions.

2026-04-11 18:32:36 UTC

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I made an nsite:// browser called Titan that skips gateways altogether. Still a work in development. If you want to check it out, here are the releases:
https://github.com/btcjt/titan/releases/tag/v0.1.7

2026-04-10 15:17:00 UTC

For you weirdos using Windows, v0.1.16 fixes the screen bug making the browser unusable.
Titan v0.1.6 is out — the native nsite:// browser for the Nostr web
What's new since v0.1.3:
→ Built-in NIP-07 signer. window.nostr works in every nsite with no
extension. Keys live in the OS keychain, never leave Rust.
→ Per-site permission prompts. Every signEvent / nip04 / nip44 call
from an nsite asks before running. Allow once / session / always /
deny always. Audit log of every decision in the signer panel.
→ Titan Bookmarks — cross-device sync via Nostr. New dedicated kind
10129, NIP-44 encrypted to your own pubkey so relays see opaque
ciphertext. Log in on another device with the same nsec, your
bookmarks come with you. Private by default.
→ Auto-updater with minisign signature verification. No more manual
dmg downloads.
→ Security hardening pass: strict CSP on content pages (connect-src
locked to wss: + self), nosniff, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy,
per-site prompt queue caps to block DoS, fixed an XSS in profile
website rendering.
→ Signer auto-unlocks from the keychain at startup. Chrome-initiated
signer operations (bookmarks, info panel) no longer prompt — only
untrusted content pages do.
→ Dev console REPL with top-level await. Hit ⌘⌥K (Ctrl+Shift+K on
Linux/Windows) to evaluate JS in the active tab.
→ Windows blank-screen fix. nsite-content:// now navigates correctly
on WebView2.
204 tests across Rust + JS, all green. Release signed with minisign.
github.com/btcjt/titan/releases/tag/v0.1.6
nsite://titan
https://blossom.primal.net/f1653a8ccec57575d25a190985d5d5adce4e7f6d50df74e8302e546f45f55203.mov

2026-04-10 14:28:10 UTC

One of the abilities of the Titan browser is having your bookmarks available from a different computer. The bookmarks are saved in nostr and pulled automatically when you import your keys.
An intentional decision was to make the Titan browser highly dependent on nostr.

2026-04-10 10:28:00 UTC

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It’s open source. I’m running security audits along the way too.

2026-04-09 23:49:51 UTC

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Made a browser! It’s minimal right now, but it works.

2026-04-09 19:35:06 UTC

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@nprofile…yser you’ll have to update manually, sorry. Future updates will be just a click.

2026-04-09 19:29:30 UTC

Titan browser update - demo at the bottom 👇
⚠️ v0.1.0 users must install this update manually.
Checkout the release here:
https://github.com/btcjt/titan/releases/tag/v0.1.3
What's new across 0.1.1, 0.1.2, and 0.1.3?
Built-in Nostr signer (NIP-07) — create or import an nsec once, and window.nostr works on every nsite automatically. No external extensions needed. Your nsec is stored in the OS keychain and never leaves the Rust process.
Per-site permission model — every signature, encrypt, and decrypt request goes through a focus-stealing approval prompt with the full event preview, kind warnings, and scope selector (allow once / for session / always). Stored permissions are manageable from the signer panel.
Auto-updater — from 0.1.1 onwards, Titan checks for updates on startup and shows an in-app banner. The install-and-restart flow works end-to-end with minisign-verified signed artifacts. Existing v0.1.1 installs should get v0.1.3 automatically.
Dev console REPL — top-level await, up/down history, evaluates in the active tab's context. Try await window.nostr.getPublicKey().
Rust log forwarding — internal tracing events now appear in the dev console, making Windows debugging actually possible.
Site info panel — click the 🔒 icon to see Bitcoin name, pubkey, owner UTXO, relays, and full profile metadata for any nsite.
Interactive register/transfer — on nsite://titan, step-by-step bitcoin-cli command builder with wallet name support and a "first time? how to fund your wallet" walkthrough.
Kind 1129 name history events — the NSIT indexer now publishes non-replaceable history events alongside the replaceable kind 35129 state events, giving names a full chain of custody.
Windows improvements — WebView2 runtime bundled offline, blank-screen fix.
NIP extension proposal — extending NIP-5A with the Bitcoin Name Resolution protocol is open at https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2306
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/823bad8a26912eb50d249a6770bc680eee86a8f93e14ef4285257599fc977f20.mp4

2026-04-09 18:40:18 UTC

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How is a domain even allowed to end in .sh when that’s a shell file extension?

2026-04-08 17:59:29 UTC

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I think the gateways are an unnecessary and clunky step. They work, but why not remove that DNS dependent step completely? Having a browser that works directly with npubs or permanent names that resolve to an npub makes everything less dependent on DNS.

2026-04-08 17:32:15 UTC

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Would love your thoughts on my enhancement to NIP-5A and the Titan browser I made.

2026-04-07 19:54:39 UTC

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@nprofile…tfpf @nprofile…3vj4 @nprofile…0hy6

2026-04-07 19:50:58 UTC

I'm giving everybody a 1 hour head start.
Two names have been registered for testing: `titan` and `bitcoin`. Everything else is unclaimed. Keep reading to see what I'm talking about.
https://2zrgjemvgxppn2jwgm61w6yrqqlcmm8njvhby68a9cj7ooo5phshakespeare.nsite.lol/
NSite's currently have two glaring problems. DNS dependency and names you can't remember. Try to type that from memory.
Titan is a native desktop browser that resolves nsite:// URLs. See the video below. When you type nsite://titan, the browser looks up "titan" in a name index, gets the associated Nostr pubkey, fetches the site manifest from relays, downloads the content from Blossom servers, and renders it. No DNS. No certificates. No hosting providers.
Like normal domain names, I bet you can remember nsite://titan.
You can also use the underlying npub directly for navigating. E.g., nsite://2zrgjemvgxppn2jwgm61w6yrqqlcmm8njvhby68a9cj7ooo5phshakespeare.
Titan is still in early alpha. It's missing essential features and will have bugs. Feel free to contribute.
The name "titan" is registered on Bitcoin using an OP_RETURN transaction. As long as it's up to me, it's permanent. The protocol allows for transferring this name. You can learn more about this in the README and docs (https://github.com/btcjt/titan/tree/main/docs).
How it works:
Every name registration is a single Bitcoin transaction with an OP_RETURN output containing an NSIT payload — a protocol prefix, the name, and the Nostr pubkey it points to.
First-in-chain wins. The first valid registration claims the name. Duplicates are ignored. The blockchain is the arbiter.
Names are controlled by a Bitcoin UTXO. Whoever can spend that output controls the name — update the pubkey or hand off ownership entirely.
Every step from name to rendered page is cryptographically verified. Name to pubkey is secured by Bitcoin proof-of-work. Pubkey to manifest is signed by the site owner's Nostr key. Manifest to content is addressed by SHA256 hash.
The browser doesn't need Bitcoin Core. Name lookups happen through Nostr events published by an indexer service that watches the blockchain. Anyone can -- and maybe should -- run their own indexer. The Titan browser uses the titan npub by default, but you can change it to point to yours.
You can register names at nsite://titan/register — it walks you through step-by-step generating the register transaction using Bitcoin Core (bitcoin-cli).
nsite:// is an open scheme. Other browsers can implement it. Other indexers can publish the same name events. Titan is the reference client.
Two names registered for testing: `titan` and `bitcoin`. Everything else is unclaimed. Insert cringy Satoshi quote about getting some -- just in case.
Open source: https://github.com/btcjt/titan
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/704a515b38ec7a058f3533b091a0f8267d10076f0b8e9908c5efce2dff234d93.mp4

2026-04-04 18:36:40 UTC

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Why do you think of Bob Lazar? Full of it?

2026-04-03 01:06:52 UTC

Brundle #12
🌫️🌫️🌫️🏞️⬛⬛⬛ (4/7)
https://brundle.westernbtc.com/api/puzzle/image/12/1.webp
#brundle #dailypuzzle
https://brundle.westernbtc.com

2026-04-02 21:55:42 UTC

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Especially built on top of FIPS

2026-04-02 20:39:16 UTC

New feature in Brundle: Community puzzles. Submit your puzzle and get zapped by others if they want to. https://blossom.primal.net/d6e84827aa37dae606e9fb88bdcac6896007b83baa9d7831606c7853f73998a0.png

2026-04-02 02:51:23 UTC

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It’s still early enough to lock stuff down.

2026-04-02 01:06:42 UTC

New Brundle just dropped 🌫️
https://brundle.westernbtc.com/

2026-04-01 13:34:52 UTC

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Im not surprised, doing lots of development right now. Maybe just send me a nip-17 message? Thanks for being willing to do that!

2026-03-30 03:57:43 UTC

Congratulations @nprofile…ce9z for winning the weekly puzzle! https://blossom.primal.net/1b2ece3fda9ac79928f0e1f3080d2414c2031114bbdcc71723696a94d9b8627e.png

2026-03-29 14:05:45 UTC

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😂

2026-03-29 14:05:34 UTC

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😂