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Last Notes

2026-05-27 17:45:04 UTC

Latest Strikes is out! In this issue:
- a new Eclair release
- experimental Bolt12 Payer Proofs in Core Lightning @npub1jg5…6n8n @npub179e…lz4s
- a new lightweight merchant payment processing tool called qpayd
- CLINK coming to @npub1xnf…lpr5 (cc @npub1xvt…64sa @npub19kv…e2qd )
- a new Bitcoin Treasury Company launching its LSP
& more! 👇
#naddr1qv…ct5q

2026-05-23 11:46:50 UTC

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Received, thanks! But it doesn't show as a zap for me 🤔

2026-05-23 11:23:46 UTC

Got a new zap address, self-hosted. Looking for a fren or two to zap this post to test everything works. Thanks!

2026-04-15 09:31:31 UTC

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Bienvenue !

2026-04-12 15:58:52 UTC

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J'adore le "traduction collégiale de réseaux de neurones humains et artificiels"

2026-03-26 18:39:00 UTC

Latest Strikes is out! In this issue:
- agentic payments with MPP, Spark and Lightning Labs
- John Cantrell bringing MoneyDevKit (cc @npub18ps…v73m ) to Cloudflare Workers
- @npub1w4s…s08a 's ClawCash gives your agent a wallet
- @npub1kmw…xqk9 's Rootstock prisms
& also @npub1psm…8970 @npub1cm3…96wt & @npub15kl…4m73
#naddr1qv…rh8j

2026-03-26 18:34:25 UTC

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Thanks, glad you liked it! It'll certainly stick in Latest Strikes, at least!

2026-03-19 21:34:49 UTC

Latest Strikes is out! Is this issue: Ark stuff, Liquid <> LN swaps, rust-lighting, and laddered timeout-trees and more!
- @npub1hf5…dp8n
- @npub1ake…pfwt
- @npub1jg5…6n8n
- @npub1ume…z93q
- @npub1ey6…szvp
- @npub1m0s…40un
- lightning-rust
- @npub1p2u…74ms and 8144225309
#naddr1qv…l9xs

2026-03-10 20:03:46 UTC

Latest Strikes is out! 🚀
In this issue we take a close look at the recent @nprofile…xssz release. We also cover @nprofile…3478 mandatory update for Boltz Client and BTCPay plugin, as well as changes in LND, LDK and Eclair.
Enjoy!
#naddr1qq…9r3l

2026-02-18 19:04:00 UTC

Latest Strikes is out! This issue covers 3 weeks, so it's a big one, and it even got some drawings!
Featured in this issue:
- @npub15kl…4m73 & SDM
- Lexe
- @npub19tc…nlea
- @npub1get…0nfm
- MoneyDevKit (cc @npub18ps…v73m )
- @npub136h…th6q
- Nadav Kohen
- @npub1yxp…399s
#naddr1qv…r8p5

2026-02-11 17:24:25 UTC

The 1.0.0 @nprofile…p4dj release is very nice, congrats & thanks team! 🙏

2026-02-02 17:48:08 UTC

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Huge

2026-01-31 17:35:08 UTC

I'm gonna guess: basically Umbrel Home with a small miner inside.
#nevent1q…27a2

2026-01-30 07:12:24 UTC

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Zapoï !

2026-01-28 17:38:16 UTC

Latest Strikes is out! Features in this issue:
- @npub1yad…98zt
- Gregory Sanders (a.k.a. instagibbs)
- @npub1zqn…v2pm and @npub1z9n…vycf
- @npub1xnf…lpr5 and MoneyBadger
#naddr1qv…hcgt

2026-01-26 10:54:24 UTC

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And don't get me started on copyright laws: I'm *enraged* that Aaron Swartz died for freeing research articles, when those companies broke the lock and put their own in its stead, and nobody bat an eye.

2026-01-26 10:50:34 UTC

Breaking: company that trained their models on petabytes of illegally-obtained data pinky swear not to use your data if you subscribe to the paid tier.

2026-01-21 18:21:54 UTC

The 6th issue of Latest Strikes ⚡️ (season 3) is out!
Featured:
- @npub1nv4…x0gr
- @npub1n9z…sp8y
- Polar ( @npub1hdp…nuf5 )
- Core Lightning ( @npub1jg5…6n8n )
- Eclair
- Rene Pickhardt
#naddr1qv…2avn

2026-01-06 17:51:25 UTC

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Hey, that's awesome and great news! Does Machankura act as an LSP, or is an external LSP used? And is the goal to offer a "gradual wallet" experience (users would start with a "legacy" phone-linked Machankura account and then move to self-custody when reaching a certain amount), or is it more to offer self-custody from the start to users equipped with smartphones?

2026-01-01 07:47:21 UTC

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Agreed, that's why Phoenix tries to abstract pretty much everything away from the user. Maybe they could abstract even more things, but then since it's self custody there are things you **have** to tell the user. And when you charge them fees, users **want** to know how much and why. Seems to me that's the only two things Phoenix still explains in its interface.

2025-12-31 14:22:03 UTC

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Honestly I don't get why we get into convoluted trusted solutions (trust the statechain entity bro, trust the federation bro) when Phoenix exists.
People will freak out at the onboarding fee without realizing how cheap it is compared to the cost of DIY (I'm talking "mental cost"). IMHO there are 3 factors that can explain this:
- people don't understand how LN works and are afraid of using Phoenix (vs custodial solutions)
- people don't care about self-custody
- people don't use Bitcoin as payment enough to see the point of Phoenix.

2025-12-29 20:35:10 UTC

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L'Île de Man ?

2025-12-23 09:25:01 UTC

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2025-12-15 18:21:22 UTC

Latest Strikes is out! Featuring:
- @nprofile…2pcj
- @nprofile…am06
- @nprofile…7yqy
- Chaincode Labs
- Beulah Evanjalin
- @nprofile…ydyt
- @nprofile…pr6s
#naddr1qq…nnlh

2025-12-11 17:58:15 UTC

The third issue of Latest Strikes ⚡ Reborn is out! It's a bit late because I was visiting citadels with the gf during an extended week-end. To make up for it, there are a few castle pics inside 🏰📸
Also inside:
- @nprofile…2pcj 's Core Lightning release
- @nprofile…z06h 's LDK release
- LND release
- 3 LND vulnerabilities discloses, courtesy of Matt Morehouse
#naddr1qq…6sds

2025-12-04 09:23:25 UTC

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Honestly it amazes me. I've been using it on and off, with extended periods (years) where it was sitting in a drawer. I guess the battery probably degraded a bit, but I recharged it yesterday, left it idle all night and listened to some music this morning, and the displayed battery level hasn't moved.
Another great thing is that it's still natively supported inside Apple Music on Mac, letting me easily put music inside. Apple doesn't even sell iPods anymore!

2025-12-04 09:00:39 UTC

Stiller rocking this thing 15 years later https://image.nostr.build/a0e8be915b3b6221849ca40fbf8a31cb29589dbc78a4e6a379d7776a4de608cd.jpg

2025-12-02 08:43:16 UTC

The 2nd issue of the Latest Strikes revival is out, cross-posted here using @npub1jfu…m0gx nostr cross-post feature!
In this issue: @npub1psm…8970 @npub1get…0nfm & Bitcoin Core 🚀
#naddr1qv…sdcu

2025-12-01 20:17:35 UTC

Gonna get toasted this December 👌 https://image.nostr.build/aeebee0a27bb7de8c7b6cc68b6f80338e2dedc7063399686fb05f5f8998981bc.jpg

2025-11-28 15:59:46 UTC

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Muliple relays support is huge! Is relays configuration available in the UI, or only through the env?

2025-11-27 15:48:37 UTC

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Hey! First thanks to the team for their phenomenal work? Do you have any ETA for Amber support? I saw it's in projected to be in the 0.3.0 release, so should we expect it to come around in December/January?

2025-11-27 10:05:30 UTC

Hey @npub10r8…t2p8 I noticed a discrepancy for the Obsidian app between the hash indicated in Zapstore and the one advertises on GitHub and that I was able to obtain as well by downloading the APK from GH and computing the hash.
Noticed this because Zapstore refused to install, since hashes don't match (which is great!). What could cause such a mismatch? Does it mean the file was replaced on the Obisidian GH release page?
Thanks!

2025-11-26 12:47:30 UTC

Don't mind me, trying something #naddr1qq…td7d

2025-11-24 11:25:42 UTC

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Still more accurate than Twitch 😂

2025-11-18 09:26:10 UTC

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Welcome!

2025-11-14 09:34:56 UTC

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Exactly!

2025-11-14 09:34:29 UTC

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Vine revival developed by @npub1wmr…g240 with @npub1sg6…f63m backing. They already include old Vine videos salvaged by the Internet Archive.
https://divine.video/

2025-11-14 08:58:29 UTC

The news coverage on Divine is quite impressive. If it manages to deliver on the user experience under the influx of new users, it could be an actual tipping point for the Nostr.
Imo the "no-AI slop" stance is really selling. Nostr is for humans.

2025-11-11 15:33:07 UTC

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Félicitations Maître Langlois-Berthelot !

2025-10-21 12:48:52 UTC

The Trezor Safe 7 looks slick 🔥 https://image.nostr.build/08f844ba91d3f57dcdd05c7daf5ae846bce6c2333a63a2104600568146ec520c.jpg

2025-10-20 15:57:55 UTC

Voici les slides de mes 2 dernières interventions chez l'école Alyra. Sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
https://fanismichalakis.fr/slides/alyra1.pdf
https://fanismichalakis.fr/slides/alyra2.pdf
#nostrfr #bitcoin

2025-10-14 13:02:19 UTC

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You just need to be super quick. Literally lightning fast

2025-10-14 12:48:04 UTC

PSA: don't use random seeds you find on GitHub docs!
https://npub1fanjsgy7jghu7d3l5hfq79a3c9kt959x638d5qhjmeeseyr7xp2qert4f0.blossom.band/1821f7d3c14d90cce4bd51c32188f77e89d9caee21df33ed4768d5a93127c7be.png
https://npub1fanjsgy7jghu7d3l5hfq79a3c9kt959x638d5qhjmeeseyr7xp2qert4f0.blossom.band/faf72efdb50c242e0397fe538c9fe21e5dbbec90f9d5795a626552dea7a367b2.png

2025-10-08 12:09:50 UTC

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Ah yeah, would make sense indeed 👍

2025-10-08 10:22:23 UTC

New TIDAL terms introduced P2P payments. Sounded like Bitcoin, might just be Paypal.
> Peer to Peer Payments. As part of the TIDAL Service, you may be allowed to send or receive payments directly with other users ("P2P Payments") through a third-party payment provider. All P2P Payments are processed by such third-party provider and are subject to their terms and policies. TIDAL is not responsible for the payment provider's services and disclaims all liability for issues with P2P Payments, which must be resolved directly with the payment provider. You may use P2P Payments only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and our Content Guidelines. You may not use P2P Payments to engage in fraud, launder money, purchase prohibited content or services, artificially inflate engagement, or otherwise violate applicable law or our policies.
https://tidal.com/terms-2026?eu=true#:~:text=Peer%20to,or%20our%20policies

2025-10-07 13:22:30 UTC

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Neat, does it work in Turkey?

2025-09-09 15:31:25 UTC

I now have an ad for an electricity company right in my banking app, presented on my bank statement on the exact same level as my operations 🫠 #bankstr

2025-08-25 20:14:28 UTC

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Thank you!

2025-08-25 18:15:43 UTC

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2025-08-23 06:49:06 UTC

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Are there any known limitations re/ browser compatibility? Can't seem to make fanfares work on Vanadium (GrapheneOS), the website just freezes.

2025-08-07 20:38:06 UTC

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Aliens just have very weird looking dongs

2025-08-04 15:12:53 UTC

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My man watching the whole thing through is Vision Pro https://youtu.be/dBm4pDL29RQ?t=81

2025-08-03 14:28:55 UTC

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Or got very drunk.

2025-07-29 06:17:18 UTC

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Not just products, places and services. I'd love to review hostels and restaurants on Nostr

2025-07-17 19:55:10 UTC

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@nprofile…eh46

2025-07-07 21:26:45 UTC

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The map is the territory

2025-06-29 17:13:24 UTC

Dear Italian friends, I'm reading La Tregua from Primo Levi, and around the end he mentions "the myth of the hammer" surrounding the Carabinieri, but doesn't elaborate (because it's too well-known, and "disgraceful").
What is it? I've asked some LLM and done some web search, but couldn't find anything precise.

2025-06-29 14:25:03 UTC

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Their video control (play/pause, sound, brightness) UX is incredible as well. Wish every player behaved like that.

2025-06-26 05:38:59 UTC

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Yeah that's totally understandable. I guess you might try to crowdfund this, but I'm really not sure it'd work 😅

2025-06-25 18:12:30 UTC

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From the above phrasing I thought it would also translate notes. That'd be neat, although you'd have to figure out who pays for the translations, especially since newbies probably don't have sats. Maybe ads?

2025-06-25 05:49:22 UTC

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I'm using unlauncher, MIT license and can't get more minimal than that
https://github.com/jkuester/unlauncher

2025-06-19 17:39:10 UTC

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Congratulations ! The Party approves.

2025-05-25 21:11:10 UTC

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Merci pour cette bulle artistique quotidienne 🙏

2025-05-24 22:23:23 UTC

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Thank you so much, this kind of comment means a lot 🙏

2025-05-22 11:31:20 UTC

The customary pizza has been eaten.

2025-05-20 12:58:39 UTC

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We'll probably cover liquidity sourcing at the end (so around 5 pm CET), in case it's more compatible with your schedule. And either ways replay will be available ;)

2025-05-20 12:39:29 UTC

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We're live in 1.5 hours to talk about:
- privacy through proxies (cc @nprofile…2q2z supertestnet)
- liquidity sourcing (cc @nprofile…nu7f @nprofile…zw8n)
- LNURL Point of Sale (cc @nprofile…sn6w)
#nevent1q…emss

2025-05-14 10:47:08 UTC

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"I don't get it. I never did. Soooo the only logical explanation is that nobody does."

2025-05-13 17:43:23 UTC

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Great episode! Lot of things I didn't catch about hashpools at first glance that make me want to dig deeper

2025-05-13 11:01:12 UTC

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Warning: the video can be unsettling.

2025-05-13 11:00:32 UTC

Another abduction attempt in Paris.
🇫🇷 Une nouvelle tentative d'enlèvement à Paris.
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/paris-des-proches-dun-patron-dune-societe-de-cryptomonnaie-echappent-a-un-enlevement-en-pleine-rue-13-05-2025-XAVCRDAHFBAY5KZDI6SC3KFBGY.php

2025-05-12 08:28:52 UTC

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How many rehearsals did it take to nail this countdown?

2025-05-08 06:02:07 UTC

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It's okay. Happens.

2025-05-06 13:02:47 UTC

Live in one hour to discuss Spark, channel depletion & multinut!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DDi0aN-9zo

2025-05-05 14:44:25 UTC

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This is huge and completely redefines the landscape on Cashu v fedimint
All your eggs spread across many baskets that can be used in concert, or all your eggs in one big basket protected by multiple entities?
In Cash, one mint rugging means you lose all that is on this mint, but only that. On Fedimint you lose nothing until a majority of guardians rug, in which case in you lose everything.
Now that both approaches achieve the same level of practicality, the determing factor is your threat model. And that's great 🔥
#nevent1q…7x8l

2025-05-05 14:37:01 UTC

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Thanks @nprofile…k925, means a lot 🙏⚡

2025-05-05 05:01:29 UTC

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Come on, we only get 5 weeks 😂

2025-05-02 08:45:40 UTC

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Thanks! Massive legends!

2025-05-02 06:44:20 UTC

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If I'm not mistaken Fornelli is the small town that made the news recently for its high number of physical shops accepting Bitcoin. You can check this on @nprofile…8qzu, the number of merchants is very high given the size of the city.
Huge props to whoever started this ⚡

2025-05-02 06:39:25 UTC

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#frogstr

2025-04-30 11:29:44 UTC

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cc @nprofile…6ds5 😂

2025-04-30 11:29:28 UTC

Nous sommes le 30 avril 2025, l'occasion de ressortir https://bitcoin.fr/fanis-michalakis-avril-2025-leffondrement-du-cartel-bancaire-histoire-dun-aveuglement/
Écrit à l'époque en réaction à cette merveille https://www.lopinion.fr/economie/philippe-brassac-avril-2025-le-bitcoin-sous-un-dollar-histoire-dun-aveuglement
Amitiés à Philou

2025-04-28 07:28:11 UTC

OP_RETURN are the new mailing list 📬

2025-04-28 06:13:50 UTC

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Worldcoin à la sauce mayo 🇫🇷

2025-04-19 20:45:23 UTC

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I'd nuance the privacy part a bit. On nostr, every follow, reaction, reply and post is necessarily public - it goes with the interoperability and portability dimensions. And relays can still infer a lot of a user's interactions from the data they request. See #nevent1q…mwmv
Also, since everything you post is signed, nostr doesn't really have a delete or "forget me" mechanism. Which is something to keep in mind, always.

2025-04-19 10:03:34 UTC

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Did it after watching this exact video, process was quite smooth. Not the smoothest, but still smooth enough.

2025-04-18 12:51:42 UTC

Bien reçu Monsieur Nakamoto @nprofile…uwxl, merci ! Encore plus beau en vrai qu'en photo 🤩 https://image.nostr.build/f97023002e0f6f19d3bb3a6fa4de4e5757c82c013495cc641352a6c7a4353c42.jpg

2025-04-16 10:40:25 UTC

Lequel d'entre vous a fait ça ?
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9pitome
https://image.nostr.build/5158f25cce6e1855fa0cfaee3a3a99d1cfd4aa09e439f23d0eea7af54cb77905.png

2025-04-16 06:08:04 UTC

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It depends. nip-05 is just a more human-friendly proxy to the actual npub, quite useful when it comes to searching or tagging someone. But in the beginning if no one is explicitly looking for you or tagging you, it's not that useful. Other nostriches will still be able to follow you, respond to you and see your notes in the flow of nostr discussions.
nip-05 can also be used as a verification mechanism, but only in the specific case where the domain used is "notoriously" associated with the person. For example company domains for employees accounts, or my own domain I've been using for a long time, and where people can hence safely assume that the npub behind fanis@fanismichalakis.fr is probably the real Fanis.

2025-04-13 18:46:50 UTC

My Kindle is now free (as in really mine) 🥳

2025-04-09 05:36:00 UTC

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Don't stop until one of you glows in the dark

2025-04-08 16:20:37 UTC

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Wanna come to our ̶p̶o̶d̶c̶a̶s̶t̶ study group? We just had this discussion (Liquid, Fedimint, Cashu & Lightning Auditor mentioned). Would love to go a bit deeper with you on the loop!
https://www.youtube.com/live/WZATyYXJ3l8?si=2KHBegZpca_1kmFN&t=5889

2025-04-08 13:02:08 UTC

In 1 hour (6 blocks)!
#nevent1q…88x0

2025-04-04 15:25:38 UTC

On Tuesday we'll take a look at Preimage Piracy 🏴‍☠️
If you want to get a more practical understanding of it, I created a small exercise, leveraging Polar.
The idea of the Polar exercises is to play with a local, fake Lightning Network, and write small scripts to control nodes in this network.
Ideally, if you intend to try it, do so before the live next Tuesday 😉
https://github.com/fanismichalakis/polar-exercises
We'll also cover some news from the Lightning ecosystem ⚡️
#nevent1q…jhvs

2025-04-01 08:14:30 UTC

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Oh ce plot twist 😱

2025-03-25 11:29:00 UTC

Going live in ~21 blocks ⚡
Today's program:
- LND's "new" sweeper, building on Matt Morehouse's recent article
- Ark on signet
- Peer Storage & Versioned Storage Service (VSS)
We'll also introduce 2 tools that we'd like to start playing with in the Lab: LNbits and Polar.
See you there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KNNlHVfXs