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#memestr #postivity #newsisntreal #photography ...

2026-04-17T08:20:47Z

#memestr #postivity #newsisntreal #photography

Nostr finally has a meetup killer: even to. Thanks to HRF for ...

2026-04-17T08:07:46Z

Nostr finally has a meetup killer: even to. Thanks to HRF for turning me onto this! https://evento.so/

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Welcome to this week’s Financial Freedom Report.

We start in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the country’s central bank has announced plans to ban cash transactions in US dollars and other foreign currencies starting in April 2027. The proposal would force more financial activity into the local banking system, and comes as the regime pushes greater use of the collapsing Congolese franc, despite its long decline and weak public trust.

In freedom tech news, we highlight Bitmsika, a new Bitcoin payments bridge in Malawi that lets users pay for everyday goods and services in local kwacha using bitcoin. Similar to tools like Tando in Kenya, it shows how Bitcoin can serve as a payment infrastructure while merchants receive local currency.

We also include a talk from Russian human rights defender Anna Chekhovich, who explains how Bitcoin became essential to sustaining opposition work after the Kremlin froze her organization’s bank accounts. Her story illustrates how Bitcoin can help activists continue operating when authoritarian regimes weaponize financial systems against human rights defenders.

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DRC | Central Bank To Ban Foreign Currency Activity

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s central bank says it will ban all cash transactions in US dollars and other foreign currencies starting April 9, 2027. Commercial banks would also be barred from physically importing foreign banknotes. However, foreign-currency transactions will still be allowed electronically through the banking system, where they can more easily be surveilled and controlled. The move appears to be part of a renewed push to force greater use of the Congolese franc, which has lost about 60% of its value since 2010. It also follows a 2024 order requiring banks and financial institutions to configure electronic payment terminals to accept only Congolese francs.

Why this matters: In a country where many people trust the dollar more than the local currency and more than 90% of bank deposits are held in dollars, banning foreign currency reduces people’s ability to protect themselves from broken money.

Iran | Regime Moves To Seize Assets as Internet Blackout Exceeds 1,000 Hours

In Iran, the regime has ordered the identification and seizure of assets of more than 100 citizens living abroad, including freezing their bank accounts. Those targeted reportedly include journalists, media workers, public figures, and other Iranians accused of supporting opposition groups from outside the country. The move comes as Iran’s regime-imposed internet blackout stretches beyond 43 days, leaving millions unable to access independent information and largely cut off from the outside world.

Why this matters: Freezing assets and imposing internet shutdowns help the state isolate critics, obscure its human rights violations, and make it harder for Iranians to communicate, organize, or respond against the regime.

India | New NGO Asset Seizure Bill and Payment Delay Proposal Expand State Financial Control

India has proposed a new amendment to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act that would give the government greater control over how non-governmental organizations receive and manage foreign funding. The amendment includes measures to seize assets if an NGO’s license is revoked and enforces strict deadlines for the receipt and use of foreign contributions. Separately, India’s central bank is considering new anti-fraud rules that would slow down certain digital payments, such as a mandatory one-hour delay for some bank transfers above 10,000 rupees (approximately $120), and extra verification requirements for larger transactions.

Why this matters: For NGOs, the proposed law raises the risk that funding restrictions could escalate into direct asset seizure. For the broader public, added delays and approval layers in payments could make digital money more conditional and easier to interrupt.

Vietnam | Central Bank Terminates Account Aliases and Nicknames

Vietnam’s central bank has ended the use of account aliases and personalized nicknames that let users receive money without sharing their bank account numbers. This follows a mandate that all payment account names must match the official details on a person's national ID. Payment service providers are now required to ensure each transaction corresponds to these registered details.

Why this matters: Removing custom account names makes financial privacy weaker by linking transactions more closely to state-verified identity. This is particularly dangerous in an authoritarian regime like Vietnam.

Hungary | Orbán Ousted After 16 Years in Power

Hungarian voters have ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power. Opposition leader Péter Magyar won on a platform centered on combating current corruption, democratic renewal, and rebuilding Hungary’s ties with Europe. The result comes after years in which Orbán leveraged state power to erode media freedom and democratic institutions. He also increased control over financial life. His government pushed to expand control of the central bank, proposed laws targeting foreign-funded civil society groups, and enacted harsh digital asset regulations that criminalized basic Bitcoin activity and limited alternatives to the traditional banking system.

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In this talk at HRF’s College Freedom Forum, Russian political activist and Anti-Corruption Foundation Financial Director Anna Chekhovich shares a firsthand account of how Bitcoin became critical to sustaining opposition efforts under the authoritarian rule of Vladimir Putin. After the Kremlin froze the organization’s bank accounts, cutting off access to funds, the organization turned to Bitcoin to continue operating, pay staff, and fund activism despite efforts by a dictatorship to prevent it.

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BITCOIN AND FREEDOM TECH NEWS

Bitmsika | Bitcoin Payments Bridge in Malawi

Bitmsika is a new Bitcoin payments bridge in Malawi that allows users to pay for daily goods and services in the local kwacha using Bitcoin. The platform offers features such as money transfers, bill payments, and QR code scanning for payments. It works similarly to tools like Tando in Kenya, where Bitcoin is integrated into local financial infrastructure and used as a payment rail, allowing merchants to receive local currency while the user spends bitcoin. In doing so, Bitmsika can help make bitcoin a more usable currency in daily life in Malawi, helping people reduce reliance on the weak kwacha and increasingly politicized financial system.

Evento | Self-Custodial Bitcoin Payments Integrated into Event Platform

Evento, an event platform built on Nostr and integrated with Bitcoin, launched version 2.0 of its app. It introduces a built-in self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet that allows users to send and receive bitcoin. With the addition, Evento provides its users with direct control over a financial freedom tool. This will make it easier to conduct uncensorable payments and save money free from authoritarian interference. Evento, popular in countries like Nigeria, now also supports zaps (Bitcoin micropayments), which let users instantly send bitcoin to speakers, organizers, or other participants from event pages or profiles.

Why this matters: With the addition of a native Bitcoin wallet, Evento makes Bitcoin a more seamless part of coordination and community building on the platform. For civil society, this enables organizers and users to save and exchange value directly.

Flash | Spark Integration Introduced

Flash Wallet, Jamaica’s first native Bitcoin app, released v0.5, which now features Spark integration. Spark is a payment layer built on Bitcoin that enhances transaction speed and simplifies payments for users. The update also expands merchant access to over 12,700 locations by adding the full BTC Map network, a crowdsourced global directory of Bitcoin-accepting merchants and communities. Additionally, Flash (which is growing into a user base including several authoritarian countries in the region) now includes integrated Nostr functionality, allowing users to connect an identity, post notes, and send zaps directly within the app.

Nunchuk | New Tool Lets AI Use Bitcoin Under Human Limits

Nunchuk, a Bitcoin multisignature wallet, introduced a new tool that lets users create Bitcoin wallets shared with an artificial intelligence (AI) agent. An AI agent is a software program that autonomously performs tasks and makes decisions on a user’s behalf. With this new feature, instead of giving an AI agent full control over funds, the system allows users to set spending limits and require human approval for any spending above them. In practice, this means the AI can assist with managing payments or treasury tasks within set boundaries, while, according to Nunchuk, the user keeps ultimate control.

Why this matters: Most AI payment tools require users to trust an agent with extensive authority. Nunchuk’s model separates automation from full control. An AI can handle small, routine transactions, but it cannot empty a wallet or override a user on larger transactions. This structure makes AI-supported bitcoin payments more viable for everyday use.

Stratum V2 | New Dashboard Simplifies Solo Mining

Stratum V2, a protocol that helps decentralize bitcoin mining, released a new user interface that makes it easier for independent miners to monitor and manage their mining setups. The dashboard supports various configurations. This includes solo mining with a personal node, pool mining, and hybrid setups that combine a pool with a user’s own node (a personal copy of the Bitcoin blockchain that independently verifies transactions). It is compatible with older Stratum V1 firmware, meaning miners can connect to newer Stratum V2 pools without upgrading their machines.

Why this matters: Mining is one of the most important parts of keeping Bitcoin open and decentralized. But setting up more independent forms of mining has often been too technical for many users. Tools like this make it easier for small-scale miners to run their own node, choose their own block templates, and reduce dependence on large pools. That helps distribute the network’s processing power and strengthens Bitcoin’s resistance to censorship and central control.

OpenSats | 16th Wave of Nostr Grants Announced

OpenSats, a nonprofit organization funding free and open-source software and projects, announced its 16th wave of grants supporting Nostr, an open, censorship-resistant messaging protocol where users control their own data and identity. Two standout projects for human rights and freedom are Nostr Mail and Amethyst for Desktop. Nostr Mail provides a permissionless email client based on Nostr. Users can send emails tied to Nostr public keys instead of traditional accounts, providing better privacy and resistance to censorship. Meanwhile, Amethyst for Desktop will bring the Nostr client to a desktop platform, making the Nostr protocol more accessible. In concert, these tools empower individuals under authoritarian regimes to communicate when the odds are against them.

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Exactly. The same way we've gotten all the best pro Bitcoin ...

2026-04-17T07:54:39Z

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Exactly. The same way we've gotten all the best pro Bitcoin legislation so far: not because they did it from the goodness of their hearts, but because their self interest aligned with Bitcoins. And because Bitcoiners spent big on lobbying, which is something we need to continue to do.

He who writes the checks writes the laws.

When my friend is mad about the other side in the ...

2026-04-16T18:59:10Z

When my friend is mad about the other side in the culture/gender/whatever war and im like "the other people don't really think that" "

When my friend is mad about something (usually politics) and I ...

2026-04-16T18:57:35Z

When my friend is mad about something (usually politics) and I try to respond with nuance

Karens were our last line of defense against enshittification: ...

2026-04-13T23:09:17Z

Karens were our last line of defense against enshittification: deteriorating or non-existent customer support, constantly upping prices, every interaction being a bot, and turning every damned feature into a subscription. Karens were an important part of the consumer ecosystem, we killed them off because they were annoying.

Come back Karen, we're sorry 😭😭

Bitcoin optech newsletter is great for tech stuff.

2026-04-13T07:48:11Z

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Bitcoin optech newsletter is great for tech stuff.

Definitely use keys. You may want sepperate keys for each ...

2026-04-13T02:18:10Z

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Definitely use keys. You may want sepperate keys for each endpoint

https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst Yes, nip13 Acceptance ...

2026-04-13T00:17:07Z

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https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst

Yes, nip13

Acceptance criteria is working code submitted as a PR and accepted or rejected (for reasons aside from functionality or code quality) by main dev Victor. Feature should enable user to set default pow to place on all notes in settings, with per-note pow configurable when making a note (slider).

I would like to see PoW notes added to #amethyst, I'll pay ...

2026-04-12T20:42:49Z

I would like to see PoW notes added to #amethyst, I'll pay 10,000 sats to anyone who builds this feature. If you want to add to this bounty, comment below.

Bounty expires 60 days from today.

Anybody want to get it done? #asknostr

#workforbitcoin #gigs #bounty

All the pouw systems I've seen rely on some degree of ...

2026-04-12T20:38:39Z

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All the pouw systems I've seen rely on some degree of centralization. For the world's currency, that's a problem, for spam filtering? That's a tradeoff id be willing to make in exchange for PoW going to, for example, a volunteer computing project designing new cancer drugs (BOINC, folding@home, etc)

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2026-04-12T20:27:05Z

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Bro to bro, if you pull away during the kiss and she doesn't ...

2026-04-12T20:23:26Z

Bro to bro, if you pull away during the kiss and she doesn't come back with "nothing stops this train", she ain't the one

Namecheap, they take BTC

2026-04-12T20:20:05Z

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Namecheap, they take BTC

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2026-04-12T06:50:27Z

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Help me out nostr fam. Trying to figure out payment flow for a client who can't handle much exchange risk (BTC vs USD value). I understand USDT can be sent/received over lightning now.

Do the major exchanges actually support receiving USDT over lightning?

Is there an easy way to get a LNURL/lightning address which can receive USDT?

If a lightning channel with USDT is closed, do they somehow receive that USDT on chain?

#asknostr #bitcoin

Fedimint really solves a lot of problems I hope this protocol ...

2026-04-07T23:06:39Z

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Fedimint really solves a lot of problems I hope this protocol gets off the ground

Any publicity is good publicity 🤔🤔

2026-04-02T00:03:23Z

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Any publicity is good publicity 🤔🤔

Closing my coin base account this week, fuck coinbase for this

2026-03-28T00:13:50Z

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Closing my coin base account this week, fuck coinbase for this

Help me out nostr fam. Trying to figure out payment flow for a ...

2026-03-27T00:29:03Z

Help me out nostr fam. Trying to figure out payment flow for a client who can't handle much exchange risk (BTC vs USD value). I understand USDT can be sent/received over lightning now.

Do the major exchanges actually support receiving USDT over lightning?

Is there an easy way to get a LNURL/lightning address which can receive USDT?

If a lightning channel with USDT is closed, do they somehow receive that USDT on chain?

#asknostr #bitcoin

You can just use Zeus and connect it to a random cashu mint.

2026-03-26T09:40:58Z

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You can just use Zeus and connect it to a random cashu mint.

Shopstr

2026-03-26T09:30:17Z

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Phoenix or Zeus, both support lightning, Zeus gives you a lot ...

2026-03-25T10:00:58Z

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Phoenix or Zeus, both support lightning, Zeus gives you a lot more control.

Crazy idea it will never work

2026-03-17T23:38:05Z

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Crazy idea it will never work

Haven't used blixt but Phoenix is a great first wallet. ...

2026-03-17T08:23:10Z

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Haven't used blixt but Phoenix is a great first wallet. You'll experience lower fees and more control with Zeus. Zeus also supports cashu, your own channels (don't have to use their lsp if you don't want) etc

You do not need your own lightning node to use Zeus, it comes with its own built in.

Tried to zap your comment but looks like you don't have zaps ...

2026-03-17T06:07:29Z

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Tried to zap your comment but looks like you don't have zaps setup

Wanting your man to just "listen" and "validate" ...

2026-03-17T05:13:49Z

Wanting your man to just "listen" and "validate" but not "offer solutions" is like taking your grocery list to the hardware store. It's like getting mad that every time you go to the Subaru dealership, they don't try to sell you a Toyota.

When I want emotional insight? I talk with women, because they tend to be better at listening, validating, and helping me understand what I feel. When I want solutions? I ask men. Don't ask people for things they are innately not good at providing and then get frustrated when they can't. I don't ask my mechanic friend about my taxes, and I don't ask my tax guy about my dating life.

Play to your respective strengths and you'll have a prosperous, mutually beneficial relationship. Insist the other person act exactly as you would and at best you will get someone who can do what you do, but not quite as well.

The therapy industry, which is compromised almost entirely of women, and which in many cases offers the service of "validating but not solving", unsurprisingly tells women that their men should do this as well. They say that this feminine form of listening is the "right" way. And when male partners don't listen the "right" way, their female partners get frustrated, which means more listening work for the therapist.

Outside of having a diagnosable reason why you should need it on an ongoing basis, therapy should be something you enroll in for a limited period of time to help you gain better insight and coping skills for navigating everyday life and difficult transitions. Yet I know many people, mostly women, who are in "forever" relationships with their therapists with no end in sight. And take a cocktail of antidepressants and anti anxiety meds as well (1 in 5 women). The antidote to anxiety is ACTION. You gain confidence by DOING and surviving and knowing you will survive the next challenge. Talking about it should be the preparatory stage, not the ultimate one.

Listening without solving has its virtue, but in the long run, someone who endlessly validates you while not holding you accountable or asking why you don't eliminate a persistent stressor in your life which has obvious solutions isn't someone being helpful, it's them enabling behavior patterns that are harmful to your well being and causing you recurring stress. Real love means wanting the best for someone and asking why they don't reach for it. It's asking hard questions. It's holding them accountable. It's not enabling. Listening and validating without challenge on a recurring basis is enabling.

#relationships #dating #anxiety #therapy #growth

Bitcart supports lightning but you must manually manage liquidity ...

2026-03-16T23:42:05Z

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Bitcart supports lightning but you must manually manage liquidity and it doesn't give you a lnurl

Zeus

2026-03-16T23:40:38Z

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Zeus

Powerful speech on Iran from 11 years ago from now Secretary of ...

2026-03-13T03:07:41Z

Powerful speech on Iran from 11 years ago from now Secretary of State Marco Rubio. #politics #iran

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_UHgUlLKAgU

I personally also don't worry about this, if they leave then ...

2026-03-13T00:01:47Z

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I personally also don't worry about this, if they leave then probably wasn't anything I coulda done about it. I just be myself and if that isn't a compatible enough match then obv it wasn't meant to me

Sounds like you are very secure in your relationships which is a ...

2026-03-13T00:00:45Z

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Sounds like you are very secure in your relationships which is a great thing, many of the people I've dated have this anxiety. Though the ones with the highest levels of this anxiety I notice tend to be the monogamous types

🤔 Who are they texting? 🤔 Who is this friend of the ...

2026-03-12T06:45:49Z

🤔 Who are they texting?
🤔 Who is this friend of the opposite sex they have?
🤔 What about that one at work who they seem to be getting a little too friendly with?
🤔 Is their behavior crossing the line into "technically" cheating? Am I crazy for being worried about it? Maybe it's "micro-cheating".

💝Monogamy sells us a story that it is valuable because it quells the anxiety that our partner may leave. But all it does is push that anxiety to another place.

⏩Instead of worrying about how you compare to their other partners or options they're interacting with, you worry about whether they're cheating

🚨And if you ask them? Your relationship structure incentivizes them to lie about it, which gives you even more good reason to worry. Instead of an honest answer, which they could give in a polyamorous context, they now may act weird even if nothing weird is going on simply because they worry you're going to interpret it wrong.

🎯In polyamory, you worry your partner may leave you for a better option. In monogamy, you worry your partner may leave you for a better option and lie to you the entire time about it before they actually do. It's clear to me which of those is worse.

😎Your anxieties and insecurities are the problem, not the relationship structure. Choosing monogamy over polyamory to solve your anxieties is no more effective than insisting you can go through your partner's phone, it gives you a very temporary feeling of control but ultimately will likely only end up fueling your anxieties in the long run and doesn't solve the root issue. A partner who knows their phone gets looked through likely isn't going to let themselves get caught cheating this way, but what is likely to happen is for you to see a text your anxiety can latch onto and spiral with.

😘 Real security comes from recognizing and fighting your own anxieties and choosing partners who demonstrate security and commitment on a regular basis. It comes from being the best partner you can be so that your partner never wants to leave. People who put energy there instead of into anxiety have much happier relationships and reduce the chance of cheating in the first place.

🔐 Security also comes from acknowledging that most relationships are temporary, so we should enjoy them while we have them, and that some day we probably, statistically, will be replaced. Or at the very least, even if we stay together, the person we know now will not exist in ten years because they will have changed, loss is inevitable.

#relationships #monogamy #polyamory #dating #anxiety

Doesn't support lightning

2026-03-10T00:31:06Z

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Doesn't support lightning

They said the privacy functions were nice but that all the normal ...

2026-03-09T10:27:58Z

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They said the privacy functions were nice but that all the normal day to day stuff worked as normal

I haven't gone down the setup route, that's just the ...

2026-03-09T10:27:15Z

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I haven't gone down the setup route, that's just the answer I got when asking someone I knew who runs graphene

My answer from asking someone else this same question this week ...

2026-03-09T10:20:08Z

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My answer from asking someone else this same question this week is "yes, you'll just have to click accept on permission prompts as they happen and it's all fairly graceful"

It's like a square, but smoother and more enjoyable to touch

2026-03-09T04:57:56Z

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It's like a square, but smoother and more enjoyable to touch

Tbh could easily be half the people I've met on nostr

2026-03-08T21:03:13Z

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Tbh could easily be half the people I've met on nostr

Just zapped ya

2026-03-08T21:00:42Z

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Just zapped ya

Apologies for the slow response, yes embedded LND. I only have ...

2026-03-07T09:55:04Z

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Apologies for the slow response, yes embedded LND. I only have one.

The new ones may too, idk.

2026-03-07T09:53:27Z

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The new ones may too, idk.

All the nostr dm protocols encrypt content, older ones leaked ...

2026-03-07T09:53:19Z

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All the nostr dm protocols encrypt content, older ones leaked metadata.

Of all the services we use, email is the last one I want to self ...

2026-03-07T09:51:55Z

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Of all the services we use, email is the last one I want to self host lol. Deliverability is key for us and I don't want the headaches on that end.

What's the proton news this week?

2026-03-07T09:49:47Z

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What's the proton news this week?

Oh cool, I've heard about your project before actually! In ...

2026-03-07T09:49:27Z

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Oh cool, I've heard about your project before actually! In the age of AI driven spam, gates like this are going to be crucial.

I like to keep my nostr and work identity separate, but broadly speak I'm working in the Bitcoin dev space.

I have the sysadmin skills but the time tradeoff just isn't worth it, I have other things I want to do aside from manage a hundred different docker containers just so I can have a shared notes app that talks to our password app that talks to our spreadsheet repo.

Thanks for the response, very insightful! Business, just trying ...

2026-03-07T09:02:18Z

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Thanks for the response, very insightful! Business, just trying to go as oss/private/sovereign as we can without sacrificing significant usability or requiring a bunch of sysadmin overhead.

Tried to zap ya but no zaps setup

Interested to hear from people who have gone all in on the proton ...

2026-03-07T06:19:19Z

Interested to hear from people who have gone all in on the proton stack vs Google for business. Particularly interested in how sheets functionality and email deliverability compare? #proton #privacy #google #asknostr

You should be concerned about the soda for non-cholesterol ...

2026-03-06T22:24:39Z

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You should be concerned about the soda for non-cholesterol reasons. Of all the higher cholesterol foods, eggs have actually been studied a lot in isolation and seem to have no meaningful effect on cholesterol.

Proton seems to give up on 90% of their projects one year post ...

2026-03-06T08:38:27Z

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Proton seems to give up on 90% of their projects one year post launch. They get the product 80% of the way there feature wise and then just stop.

Ultimately routing fees are determined by who you have channels ...

2026-03-05T10:41:30Z

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Ultimately routing fees are determined by who you have channels open with. Some wallets force you to open a channel to their node and charge more routing fees (like Phoenix). But other like Zeus do not, even if they do offer their own node/lsp as an option.

Open a channel: same cost as an on chain transaction so.. ten ...

2026-03-05T10:40:10Z

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Open a channel: same cost as an on chain transaction so.. ten cents US.

Make lightning transactions using channels: limitless transactions back and forth at 0-1%, sometimes literally zero.

Close a channel: on chain tx, another ten cents

No, put it on different hardware or in a VM.

2026-03-05T10:37:43Z

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No, put it on different hardware or in a VM.

My understanding (in case of activation without chain split) is ...

2026-03-04T22:04:20Z

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My understanding (in case of activation without chain split) is that the technical risk is shutting out some use cases which are in current or planned use such as BitVM. Im not knowledgeable enough to say feature x or y won't work, but generally, if we want more complex scripting abilities, limiting the place that information can live will limit that ability.

I bought Bitcoin in 2026, I won't need to make money in 20 ...

2026-03-04T12:38:54Z

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I bought Bitcoin in 2026, I won't need to make money in 20 years.

For anyone on Linux who wants a good desktop #bitcoin #lightning ...

2026-03-04T12:04:56Z

For anyone on Linux who wants a good desktop #bitcoin #lightning wallet and has been frustrated that there were one, electrum just got an upgrade that makes lightning work way better than before. It was literally unusable before due to routing failures, now it at least works. Still crazy that it's the only viable option for desktop users.

Though if you can run waydroid and run Zeus in it, that's still your best bet. #zeus #waydroid

Just wanted to report a bug, I'm on this version from play ...

2026-03-04T11:54:30Z

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Just wanted to report a bug, I'm on this version from play store. Idk if this was happening before but I just noticed this week. I don't see any transactions since Feb 28 in the activity window, though I know I've sent a couple thousand sats in a couple different transactions. I wonder if I've hit some kind of limit because I've been using this wallet for 1+ year w at least one zap a day. So there's a lot of history.

Lightning channel balances seem correct, just seems to be an issue with the tx list.

Thank you!

2026-03-04T11:43:30Z

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Thank you!

Are there any decent LLMs for coding that can be run entirely ...

2026-03-03T22:06:36Z

Are there any decent LLMs for coding that can be run entirely local on a consumer grade GPU? #asknostr #vibecoding

Strike offers this and also offers flexible lines of credit ...

2026-03-03T01:16:58Z

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Strike offers this and also offers flexible lines of credit starting next month.

There aren't really best practices yet aside from isolate as ...

2026-03-03T01:14:32Z

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There aren't really best practices yet aside from isolate as much as you can to prevent against prompt injections/bad results

We can't seem to convince many of these countries to take ...

2026-03-02T09:14:26Z

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We can't seem to convince many of these countries to take back their own citizens, their descendants are a non-starter. If you think birthright citizenship is bad, the place to prevent it is at the border, not at the birth end.

Logistical reality matters more here than philosophy. Even if ...

2026-03-02T06:32:57Z

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Logistical reality matters more here than philosophy. Even if birthright citizenship was dumb and we didn't want it, what are we going to do with those people? We can't deport them, no other country wants them either, especially since they're not from any country except for this one.

We could pay another country to keep them as prisoners, that raises obvious ethical issues as well as economic ones, isn't it better to roll the dice that they might contribute to GDP instead of guaranteeing they're a net negative on it? Worst case scenario, they end up being bad citizens and then we can pay ourselves or someone else to jail them.

I feel conflicted about voting/donating strategy in my area (US) ...

2026-03-02T06:29:28Z

I feel conflicted about voting/donating strategy in my area (US) and would appreciate some outside perspective. One party here is absolutely dominant, regularly winning with 70%+ of the vote and one or nobody running against them. They occasionally have completive primaries. I am currently registered with this party so I can vote in their primaries since the primaries essentially determine the outcome of general elections.

I don't like the other big party here either. They don't have competitive primaries at all, and whoever wins the primary has no chance of winning in the generals.

There is a third party I like a lot more, but has the same problems to an even greater degree. I feel most aligned with this party, both of the two major parties feel pretty equally aligned/misaligned with this party. I would register with this third party, but doing so would prevent me from voting in the primary for the dominant party.

I have no desire to donate to the main political party or the second, but donating to the third feels like pissing in the wind. I could see donating to primary candidates or maybe it makes more sense just to donate to causes/PACs around specific issues instead of candidates.

Which primary would you vote to participate in? How would you vote in the generals and how would you decide who to donate to? Give me your perspective #asknostr

Most hardcore privacy security/privacy features disappearing in ...

2026-03-02T06:22:52Z

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Most hardcore privacy security/privacy features disappearing in 3..2..

Can definitely be done diy, just be smart about it. Traps are ...

2026-03-02T06:21:47Z

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Can definitely be done diy, just be smart about it. Traps are best unless you want to risk your house smelling like decaying mouse for six months. They also eliminate the risk of poisoning wildlife.

No eaty the poopy 🧠💪

Someone help a dev out please 🥺 🥺 #nevent1q…ux06

2026-03-02T06:20:29Z

Someone help a dev out please 🥺 🥺

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How is port forwarding typically handled by mobile lightning clients? I seem to be missing something.

I have a mobile self custody lightning wallet like Zeus, I generate a QR code with my pubkey. Someone scan this QR code, connects to my node, and makes payment. But how did they connect to my node if my node is behind a NAT and doesn't have that port forwarded? #asknostr #bitcoin

One great feature of nostr is being able to see an interesting ...

2026-03-02T06:20:07Z

One great feature of nostr is being able to see an interesting post and boost it only to then click over to that persons profile and find out they are an absolutely unhinged lunatic. You wonder how you ever agreed with anything they ever said.

No other platform makes you question your sanity quite like this one. Is this a good thing? I have no idea and even if I did, I'd doubt if that idea was correct.

Have you experienced this? What do you think? #asknostr

2026 is the year of #Bitcoin merchant adoption. My city's ...

2026-03-01T07:17:58Z

2026 is the year of #Bitcoin merchant adoption. My city's merchant map on BTC map has gone from zero to doubling in density every month or so, we have three separate hairdressers that take BTC now. And unlike last time BTC got a bunch of merchant adoption, we have lightning now, so it's not going to suddenly stop because of high fees or long payment delays.

Future is now. Big love to BTC Maps and square for pushing to make this so seamless for merchants.

Best ways to find online merchants that take #Bitcoin and search ...

2026-02-28T08:53:52Z

Best ways to find online merchants that take #Bitcoin and search their inventory? Spendabit.co works but doesn't seem to have much. What do you use? #asknostr

Opencode

2026-02-28T03:08:12Z

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Opencode

Every day homie 😎

2026-02-27T05:51:21Z

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Every day homie 😎

Nostr scales just fine, better than activity pub imo. Different ...

2026-02-27T00:08:05Z

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Nostr scales just fine, better than activity pub imo. Different nostr clients have different filter abilities, I'm on amesthyst and I can filter by keyword so if you don't want to see anything BTC related that's easy

I believe they do actually see your replies

2026-02-27T00:06:44Z

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I believe they do actually see your replies

Robosats or bisq

2026-02-27T00:06:22Z

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Robosats or bisq

"Child safety" has always been one of the four horsemen ...

2026-02-26T21:04:35Z

"Child safety" has always been one of the four horsemen of the erosion of civil liberties, but this is getting ridiculous. We now have a government-run pedophile ring so expansive that prosecuting the people involved would potentially collapse our entire government, and at the same time, we have California passing a law requiring your operating system (Android, Linux, Windows, whatever) to verify your age and provide that information to apps installed on your own devices. The irony here is that the developer of the world's second most popular operating system (Bill Gates) is implicated in all this too as a customer of Epstein's. As are execs at other major tech companies.

Their rationale for this bill is of course "to protect children". This is absolute tyrannical bullshit that will do nothing to increase the safety of children but grinds the gears forward to the total elimination of free, private speech. If anything, laws like this will make it easier for children to be targeted for abuse. You shouldn't need to provide an ID to use your own computer or access the internet. The internet is the single greatest tool for human speech, communication, and democracy since the advent of the printing press, and we cannot let them rip it away from us or gate it behind ID checks.

Gavin Newsom, who is considered a presidential frontrunner for dems in the next presidential election, signed this into law. There is zero chance I am voting for him after passing this bill.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/year-states-chose-surveillance-over-safety-2025-review

#Newsom #politics #democrats

Anyone? #nevent1q…8yhy

2026-02-26T04:10:49Z

Anyone?

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How is port forwarding typically handled by mobile lightning clients? I seem to be missing something.

I have a mobile self custody lightning wallet like Zeus, I generate a QR code with my pubkey. Someone scan this QR code, connects to my node, and makes payment. But how did they connect to my node if my node is behind a NAT and doesn't have that port forwarded? #asknostr #bitcoin

A friend of mine runs a gun store, is there any US Bitcoin ...

2026-02-26T04:10:17Z

A friend of mine runs a gun store, is there any US Bitcoin exchange that will let him open an account for his business? #asknostr #bitcoin #2a

Bitcoin-vps.com

2026-02-25T21:39:30Z

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Bitcoin-vps.com

How is port forwarding typically handled by mobile lightning ...

2026-02-25T05:04:21Z

How is port forwarding typically handled by mobile lightning clients? I seem to be missing something.

I have a mobile self custody lightning wallet like Zeus, I generate a QR code with my pubkey. Someone scan this QR code, connects to my node, and makes payment. But how did they connect to my node if my node is behind a NAT and doesn't have that port forwarded? #asknostr #bitcoin

Those are great for what you want. If you want more ...

2026-02-25T04:12:15Z

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Those are great for what you want. If you want more customizability without learning html check out WordPress

I will die on the hill that Bitcoin continues to miss a MAJOR ...

2026-02-23T19:57:36Z

I will die on the hill that Bitcoin continues to miss a MAJOR opportunity with having lower programmability. Having sovereign money is cool, having sovereign money you can program is even cooler. Eth was only allowed to grow and flourish because Bitcoin didn't have these features. We now have BitVM and other solutions but I don't see anybody building on them, and I'm not sure why. And now BIP110 crowd seems adamant about closing the hay doir. It's a shame, there is no reason Bitcoin shouldn't be the L1 for everything. Money isn't just money. Money is also loans, money is also group decision-making about how to spend money. That requires programmability. Eth is centralizing garbage, we obviously can't store full smart contracts on chain, but they should be pinnable to base chain and should be able to use BTC natively. We also wouldn't be having this debate about "spam" if main chain was full of transactions from useful smart contracts, Eth currently gets those fees instead. #bitcoin

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Maria Shen, General Partner at Electric Capital, speaking at ETHDenver 2026 — and it reframes how to think about Ethereum as “The largest expansion of the dollar's network effects in decades.”

Her argument wasn’t about replacing the dollar. It was about Ethereum hosting it. With “over 160 billion stable coins on chain” and stablecoin supply up “more than 60x” since 2020, she positioned Ethereum as settlement infrastructure for global dollar demand.

She also emphasized that ETH itself could act as productive collateral — staked, yield-bearing, and embedded into lending markets, with roughly $19B cited as locked collateral.

The structural signal here is important.
✅ Dollar dominance may increasingly route through public blockchains
✅ Ethereum is competing as financial infrastructure, not just a smart contract platform
✅ Collateral is becoming programmable and yield-generating by default
✅ Institutions are evaluating neutrality and censorship resistance as infrastructure criteria

If the dollar’s growth is happening on-chain, the question shifts from “Will institutions use crypto?” to “Which chains become systemic financial plumbing?”

Follow me - thejohnnycrypto (nprofile…46g7) for grounded insights on how digital assets are reshaping finance and how to ledger them. #thejohnnycrypto #bitcoin #Stablecoins #nostr #ETH #grownostr #asknostr

Hours?? This has not been my experience.

2026-02-22T23:29:44Z

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Hours?? This has not been my experience.

Nostr event nevent1qqsgm5ejtk32l2kr54f3ftnkcd4mcvzf60af4e2z5shc666c6k2l8vszyzlrxnca57xa9xnzsk59gyjrjw6ae2k6ytm72nq2e4fn4xp75nfsu47zx7w

2026-02-22T23:11:21Z

It's not red vs blue it's the system vs you

How does the official torrent for Bitcoin core only have... ...

2026-02-22T21:48:03Z

How does the official torrent for Bitcoin core only have... *checks notes*.. 50 seeders?

Absolutely, the problem is so few wallets support anything aside ...

2026-02-22T21:12:25Z

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Absolutely, the problem is so few wallets support anything aside from ln. Cashu feels like the wild west to me, but I would regularly keep funds in fedimint is there was decent wallet support. Having to manage inbound liquidity is a pain. I don't mind some trust if that trust is spread across multiple parties.

Basically the choice comes down to trust. Lightning is best when ...

2026-02-22T21:07:20Z

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Basically the choice comes down to trust. Lightning is best when you want no trust, ark, fedimint, and cashu offer higher usability in exchange for some trust/risk.

All coin join transactions occur on chain. Ark, lightning, etc ...

2026-02-22T20:47:47Z

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All coin join transactions occur on chain. Ark, lightning, etc keep the transaction data off chain and only record final states of those utxos/coins, not intermediate states.

Coinjoin: me and x other people sign a joint transaction containing all of our relevant utxos.

Ark/lightning/etc: me and another party open a channel using two relevant utxos. Infinity transactions take place within those channels (off chain) and through other channels. Final balance of channel is recorded to onchain.

Got my tetanus shot today 💪 so if y'all were planning on ...

2026-02-22T03:30:41Z

Got my tetanus shot today 💪 so if y'all were planning on killing me w tetanus y'all gonna have to go back to the drawing board

After spending a half dozen hours researching BIP-110, I still ...

2026-02-21T03:46:16Z

After spending a half dozen hours researching BIP-110, I still don't have any strong opinions. What I mainly learned is that many people in the Bitcoin space who I previously looked up to will turn into children the second someone disagrees with them, which is really unfortunate. We can do better.

There's good discussions to be had here on technical and philosophical merit, but 90% of what I see is character assassination, name calling, and strawmans.

#nevent1q…djvv

2026-02-20T23:53:06Z

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🚨 Alert: Google's Locking Down Android – But We Can Stop It! 🚨

Hey everyone! 🌍 Android has always been about freedom – sideloading apps, choosing what you install, and innovating without Big Tech's permission. But Google is planning a massive lockdown starting September 2026. They'll force developers to register, pay fees, hand over IDs, and get approval for every app. No more sideloading on certified devices! This kills openness, hands control to Google, and opens doors to censorship worldwide. 😡

Why fight? Because Android's openness powers innovation, user choice, and even national security. If we lose this, it's a win for monopolies and a loss for all of us – developers, users, businesses. No matter if you're in the US, Europe, Asia, or anywhere else, this affects YOU. We're all in this together! United, we can keep Android free. 💪

What can YOU do?
- Sign the Petition: Join thousands demanding Google back off! https://www.change.org/p/keep-android-open-stop-google-s-android-lockdown

- Learn More & Take Action: Check out https://keepandroidopen.org/ for full details, how to object, install F-Droid, and contact your local regulators.

- Spread the Word: Share this post, tag friends, and amplify on socials! Use #KeepAndroidOpen

Let's make noise and keep our devices OURS. Who's with me? 🔥 Comment below if you're signing!

#Android #TechFreedom
#KeepAndriodOpen

I don't think any relays really do this, the design is for ...

2026-02-20T05:30:30Z

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I don't think any relays really do this, the design is for your client to reach out to as many relays as you seem relevant and fetch content from them iirc

Nope

2026-02-17T15:47:35Z

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Nope

Every once and a while I will create a note in #amethyst, click ...

2026-02-17T14:08:27Z

Every once and a while I will create a note in #amethyst, click publish, and it just... Disappears. Isn't shown on my profile. My relay list has several outbox relays, none of which have a bunch of errors in them. Any fix for this? #asknostr

I want to get started with #vibecoding and #opencode for ...

2026-02-17T14:06:24Z

I want to get started with #vibecoding and #opencode for #freedomtech but don't want to give it access to my entire filesystem 😬. I don't have the resources to run a separate vm with pycharm opencode etc. is there a decent remote desktop solution to this? I don't mind paying some money. Interested in experimenting with openclaude too.

I could spin up another laptop just for this purpose with 8gb of ram or so, but having a separate piece of hardware for this seems dumb.

I'm coming from a python/pycharm background.

Ideas for the proper tech stack? Derek Ross (nprofile…2szn)

#claude #python #pycharm #ai #programming

Trying to get into #vibecoding for #freedomtech, coming from a ...

2026-02-17T00:36:28Z

Trying to get into #vibecoding for #freedomtech, coming from a background as an amateur python dev used to pycharm. It sounds like #opencode is probably what I want to use, but I don't want it to have access to my entire filesystem. What is the best approach? I don't have the system resources to run a full vm with opencode, pycharm, etc running inside it.

I don't mind paying a few bucks a month to have this hosted elsewhere but IDK where to start with that. I like that such a solution would be portable.

I could also spin up another laptop w 8GB ram on it, idk if that's really enough though.

I've also looked into #clawdbot but that sounds like more than I need right now.

Thoughts? Thank you anyone for your insight. #asknostr Derek Ross (nprofile…2szn)

I don't understand how it's possible that sour candy ...

2026-02-16T22:48:42Z

I don't understand how it's possible that sour candy technology peaked in the early 2000s. I want to feel my taste buds being scraped off my tongue. This is not the future I was promised. We haven't advanced past warheads candy and I'm so sad. #foodstr #candy

Thanks! 🙏

2026-02-13T18:04:37Z

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Thanks! 🙏

Does Shakespeare work for stuff aside from website? I want to ...

2026-02-13T17:31:52Z

Does Shakespeare work for stuff aside from website? I want to develop a plugin for an existing app which is written in python. If not, what would you suggest for vibing? I typically use pycharm for developing. Thanks Derek Ross (nprofile…2szn) #asknostr #vibecoding #python

Does #shakespeare support languages/uses aside from web ...

2026-02-13T16:34:00Z

Does #shakespeare support languages/uses aside from web development? I need a tool to help me code a plugin for an existing python project. If not shake, what do people suggest? I use pycharm for normal coding. #python Derek Ross (nprofile…2szn) #vibecoding