Derek Ross

The purple pill helps the orange pill go down.

Developer Relations at Soapbox.

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NIP-05 Address

derekross@grownostr.org

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Last Notes

2026-04-05 02:26:01 UTC

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the fix is to remove the url field :) most people don't know wtf to do there anyways.

2026-04-05 02:25:24 UTC

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this is the way

2026-04-05 02:24:47 UTC

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some more than others.

2026-04-05 01:47:48 UTC

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Noice.

2026-04-05 01:47:22 UTC

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Fancy.

2026-04-05 01:47:08 UTC

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Uploaded images are compressed by default but you can change this. https://blossom.primal.net/3ba39c798d9469d6d34790e6c47583baf08071fb755726d7926c27a4ac2c6410.png

2026-04-05 01:44:45 UTC

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Well, it is Nostr, so it's entirely possible it's a glitch.

2026-04-05 01:44:19 UTC

If your profile picture size is very large, that's not on you, that's on the app that you're using. You shouldn't need to know file sizes and image quality constraints needed when choosing a profile picture. You just need to worry about which photo or image to use.

2026-04-05 01:41:57 UTC

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Interesting... Scammers I assume.

2026-04-05 01:41:11 UTC

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They all have different use cases.

2026-04-05 01:38:01 UTC

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Relays will normally publish NIP-11 information and supported kinds.

2026-04-05 01:14:15 UTC

Strfry
WoT-relay
HAVEN
Citrine
Nosflare
I guess I need to add Sprout to the list of relay implementations that I'm using.
A project for next week 🤓

2026-04-05 01:11:04 UTC

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Nosflare is great. I run one of those.

2026-04-05 00:14:47 UTC

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This is good feedback. Thanks.

2026-04-05 00:08:15 UTC

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Submitting a PR to Wisp? Legend.

2026-04-04 23:34:36 UTC

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Devs do something.

2026-04-04 22:45:45 UTC

Wisp has themes now, but they're lame and not Ditto themes. C'mon @nprofile…jejf don't be bad. I want my SynthWave theme on Wisp. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
#MakeThemesGreatAgain

2026-04-04 20:18:19 UTC

If you use the centralized angry place, please share this and help spread the purple pill. https://x.com/tunestr21/status/2040522844493566155

2026-04-04 18:57:58 UTC

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Yes?

2026-04-04 18:56:16 UTC

AWS under attack 👀
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/iranian-missile-blitz-takes-down-aws-data-centers-in-bahrain-and-dubai-amazon-declares-hard-down-status-for-multiple-zones

2026-04-04 18:47:17 UTC

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I guess that's true too.

2026-04-04 18:46:38 UTC

Amethyst has joined the client tag wars.
Note:
Amethyst just added this tag and is still underreporting.
Primal Android just added this a week ago.
Primal iOS hasn't rolled out yet.
Damus iOS doesn't support tags. https://blossom.primal.net/2154444837d58edf4604b9bb4b26f85a010a3c0a6ebe55038a873b3410e93614.png

2026-04-04 18:09:44 UTC

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Because I'm not a full stack developer and I've built more applications over the last year than I could have ever dreamed.

2026-04-04 18:08:18 UTC

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Correct.

2026-04-04 18:07:43 UTC

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Not sure if lol or oof.

2026-04-04 17:21:39 UTC

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I don't understand your hieroglyphics.

2026-04-04 16:05:13 UTC

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The mother goose is on her nest 🥹

2026-04-04 16:03:33 UTC

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That's the cool thing. If done properly, you should not have to know what this means.

2026-04-04 16:02:33 UTC

A couple friends from my walk this morning.
https://blossom.primal.net/46fffcb15fa003532ded5086ae82713f54dd3b7ad5ec49b1b06b6974132a6d8d.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/0fd467603340e6fedbfe07537d73ef6eaaf84e781fc5310c3470343368fd34ec.jpg

2026-04-04 15:56:04 UTC

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Inbox/outbox NIP-65

2026-04-04 15:55:00 UTC

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.
#nevent1q…09q8

2026-04-04 15:52:22 UTC

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#nevent1q…9ulr

2026-04-04 15:52:15 UTC

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#nevent1q…9ulr

2026-04-04 15:19:21 UTC

The Claude Code apocalypse is happening in less than an hour. Are you prepared?
#AccidentalIllidan

2026-04-04 15:17:52 UTC

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Agree. Keep building.

2026-04-04 14:11:20 UTC

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! 💜🤙🏻🫂
It's time to build the future of communication, and every one of us is already doing it.
You build by creating notes and sending zaps. By prompting AI and shipping new tools. By making memes, themes, videos, photos, and blog posts. And by simply using what we've spent the last three years building together.
The method doesn't matter. The building does.
Keep building.

2026-04-04 14:06:18 UTC

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Some clients are better than others here, but generally speaking, unless extreme circumstances exist, you should not.

2026-04-04 13:16:00 UTC

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I'll put my agent on it.

2026-04-04 05:16:35 UTC

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Was a test 😂

2026-04-04 05:16:11 UTC

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Oh did you get a following notification? Ditto nuked my contact list and I had to restore it.

2026-04-04 05:14:19 UTC

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Milton, DE.

2026-04-04 05:13:47 UTC

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I use OpenCode for most things, but I liked the Claw for other things too 😩

2026-04-04 05:13:14 UTC

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I'll check out OpenClaude. Thanks.

2026-04-04 05:08:28 UTC

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Maybe... I don't think I was following you before, but I will now 🥹

2026-04-04 04:48:00 UTC

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Clean 🥹

2026-04-04 04:45:00 UTC

I just annihilated 89 Nostr zombies using #PlebsVsZombies! 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️🗡️
My Zombie Score™ was 15%! What's yours?
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟩🟩
Follow @npub1pvz…sd4h and join the hunt at: 🏹
https://plebsvszombies.cc

2026-04-04 01:22:33 UTC

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I haven't, but even if it is good, the next Opus model that's coming in the next couple months will be that much ahead of it.

2026-04-04 00:24:40 UTC

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I've had it before.

2026-04-04 00:24:29 UTC

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Sadly local models can't compete though.

2026-04-04 00:24:01 UTC

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Probably, so they need to make cuts somewhere. RIP.

2026-04-04 00:22:15 UTC

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👀

2026-04-03 23:52:14 UTC

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I've been using my sub for 3 months 😩

2026-04-03 23:51:07 UTC

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Sweet.

2026-04-03 23:47:13 UTC

Oof. OpenClaw usage with Claude Code might finally be dead.
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/f4bfe2fadb80d2899b3a270ed3735c4b1bbb6ffc42e73850ebf43ab53844a3c1.png

2026-04-03 23:40:54 UTC

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This is the way. It's a lot of hard work and it's time consuming, but in the end it's worth it.

2026-04-03 22:32:47 UTC

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It's actually a great shot. Beautiful. Southern Aurora on the top and Northern Aurora on the bottom. 🥹

2026-04-03 21:49:40 UTC

At Dogfish Head Brewery. #beerstr
https://blossom.primal.net/a6d47b1cc172e6f3febd75c2fabce552f54578d9bf31a3ead9c800607a3a0ee3.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/8c57510b0f83fe4820320eaa2ba7838a7cd6fc313f1c98eb78ffbfd409d17dd3.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/f5e18936f455b1c0cd7e0dab76f182e202aa27174a75a9dded2342bb4b89125b.jpg

2026-04-03 18:37:52 UTC

O.o

2026-04-03 17:13:43 UTC

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I had bitcoins from that faucet. They're long gone and abandoned though.
You went to it, filled out a captcha to prove you weren't s bot, and you got 5 bitcoins.

2026-04-03 17:08:49 UTC

👀
#nevent1q…zzds

2026-04-03 16:28:45 UTC

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How you been, man? Long time.

2026-04-03 14:10:33 UTC

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I guess we could make lemonade.

2026-04-03 14:09:35 UTC

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🍋

2026-04-03 14:03:03 UTC

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PV 🫂🤙🏻💜

2026-04-03 13:55:57 UTC

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Thanks.

2026-04-03 13:53:35 UTC

The latest Ditto will yell at you and tell you what's new!
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/3fa72cc568ba1fd6935184f06e0c423f3cd122a258efd13ce2527f6a0b2446fe.jpg

2026-04-03 13:49:28 UTC

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Wait a minute. How did you know how I like my coffee?

2026-04-03 13:48:22 UTC

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It's a @npub1hee…rsv6

2026-04-03 13:36:24 UTC

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! Some people are saying today's a Good Friday. 🫂💜🤙🏻
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/0fc1912912cba6373bff456b78fa6677c74b49372e8facec12615868f6458bfe.jpg

2026-04-03 02:53:55 UTC

#ShakespeareDIY now has an official Android app!
https://zapstore.dev/apps/naddr1qqfkg6te9eekscttv4ehqetpwfjjuctswqpzq7q6z5ns2hm5c8msyv83qwzxpxe52j8c4d4q5m92wsp9sflelkh9qvzqqqr7pv9a73ex

2026-04-03 01:12:30 UTC

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Your agent is working fine 🤓🤣

2026-04-03 01:08:14 UTC

Nostr is being setup here as the agentic communication layer.
#nevent1q…4mlr

2026-04-03 01:01:51 UTC

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Another Block agentic nostr project 👀

2026-04-03 00:48:07 UTC

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Sometimes you have to go into enemy territory to work hard. I'd love for the Bitcoin Conference to be in a city that really needs Bitcoin, one that is struggling bad economically, a smaller city, maybe somewhere rural. Imagine what 30K people would do to their local economy.

2026-04-03 00:24:36 UTC

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100% thank you to the beer goddess Ninkasi.

2026-04-03 00:22:18 UTC

Heading to Bitcoin Conference 2026 in Las Vegas later this month. Here's where you can find me on stage:
🎤 Vibe Coding on Bitcoin
Open Source Stage — April 28, 10:15 AM
🎤 Protocol vs Platform: Nostr Beyond Social Media
Open Source Stage — April 29, 10:30 AM
🎤 Protecting Free Speech
Freedom Goes Up Stage (HRF) — April 29, 11:30 AM
🎤 AI + Bitcoin + Nostr = Freedom Tech Stack
Genesis Stage — April 29, 4:00 PM
And if you're around Monday night — #NosVegas is April 28 at WE ALL SCREAM on Fremont St. Come party with us: https://nosvegas.shakespeare.wtf
See you in Vegas. #Bitcoin2026

2026-04-03 00:14:04 UTC

Nostr
Bitcoin
OpenCode
Tor
🤓🫂
#nevent1q…0cae

2026-04-03 00:12:38 UTC

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We'll get this fixed for iOS users. Appreciate all of your testing. CC @npub1scv…68d8 @npub1q3s…d26p

2026-04-02 23:36:59 UTC

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Good ole Asterisk. I used to run several of those boxes back in the day for many clients.

2026-04-02 23:06:51 UTC

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Ditto needs to be updated for this login flow. We'll have to fix it.

2026-04-02 22:40:18 UTC

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Only need a few dozen for the people they immediately come into contact with after they land 😂

2026-04-02 22:23:56 UTC

"The agent economy runs on Nostr" just got a Fortune 500 co-signer. Huge. https://github.com/block/sprout

2026-04-02 22:01:12 UTC

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Nostr address 😡

2026-04-02 21:55:22 UTC

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Sure, but I can remember my phone number 🤣

2026-04-02 21:36:44 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/jDJkh3w0wTAAAAAC/gregzaj1-ln_strike.gif

2026-04-02 21:34:41 UTC

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Hell yeah.

2026-04-02 21:30:47 UTC

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You seem young and impressionable. I don't think you understand what being an American means. Are you sure that you're one? Because we got rid of kings 250 years ago. We rejected them and the entire idea of them. The notion of supporting one is actually un-American.

2026-04-02 21:28:44 UTC

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#LifeHacks

2026-04-02 21:27:40 UTC

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You're an actual clown shoe.

2026-04-02 21:27:09 UTC

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https://blossom.ditto.pub/b926f2ed6325e2fab45ffc28a2c98be325d51e0b30cd51bced06efb224829c42.jpeg

2026-04-02 21:25:31 UTC

“If I was a king, we’d be doing a lot more. I’m doing a lot, but I could be doing a lot more if I was a king.”
We got rid of kings 250 years ago you fuck face.

2026-04-02 20:45:39 UTC

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It's new on Android 🫈

2026-04-02 20:23:01 UTC

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A little from column A and a little from column B, because we all don't for inside the same box.

2026-04-02 20:21:43 UTC

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It's an open protocol. What's up?

2026-04-02 20:20:35 UTC

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My agent and I wrote Burrow and a CLI Marmot daemon. I haven't worked on it in a month but work at the time. I'm not sure if it still does because the protocol has had some breaking changes since then.

2026-04-02 17:45:27 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/BToeuBB2kwQAAAAC/my-man-denzel-my-man.gif

2026-04-02 17:45:16 UTC

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with my openclaw bot on lnmarkets.

2026-04-02 17:44:51 UTC

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i gave him like 20K sats or maybe it was 50K sats a few months ago and told him to have fun. he's been making sats since then. i told him if he loses it all, im not refilling his wallet. either way, it's worth it for me. 1) i might get sats 2) i learned how to make an lnmarkets bot, even though i barely understand what it's doing.

2026-04-02 16:38:30 UTC

I still barely know what this means, but I don't have to, because my agent is doing it.
https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/6cc64a66e3c0f389b24347c9c0fa24427df5995b5438a80d18b797b2702c9429.png

2026-04-02 15:00:41 UTC

i can't tell if tanel's new name is wise bear or if ditto just isn't rendering his display name like other people's names that also don't render correctly. just nostr things.