marcan0

Some days I am convinced AI is going to make us all obsolete.
Then there are days like today, where Claude Code is spending 2 hours navigating a git rebase

2026-07-22 12:48:55 UTC

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I hear you. I want nostr to be embedded in our entire civilization too.
But for now in nostr's adoption cycle, we're more likely to confuse or turn people off ("gross, another crypto grift") than convert them.
I think its perfectly reasonable to have a valuable product that people adopt and love and purple pill the shit out of them in the developer docs when they're ready sold and curious to learn more.

2026-07-22 12:09:57 UTC

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GM sir.
I hear what you’re saying but how many bad product marketing pages has things like “written in Go” or some other programming language/implementation detail some nerd thought was relevant but didn’t affect the product?
Buzz didn’t need to use nostr. The marketing page listing benefits and features would be the same regardless if it were a nostr relay or a some REST server.
But nostr is cool, and I think they should find a way to make it more enticing like “infinitely extendable” showing off how a whole open ecosystem of tools and agents can use the data generated by buzz.
Idk bad example I’m not a marketer but basically if you put nostr on the marketing page you should tie it to a use case the average customer genuinely cares about.

2026-07-22 02:25:21 UTC

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People don’t need to know about nostr on the marketing page unless it provides a clear unique benefit around a job-to-be-done. But definitely on developer docs.
I see this as a win regardless

2026-07-17 00:44:44 UTC

Coinbase’s node outweighs all BIP-110 nodes.

2026-06-24 01:38:27 UTC

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How much bitcoin does your node receive and verify on your behalf?

2026-06-22 01:32:21 UTC

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in college I named all my serializers "derulo"

2026-06-19 15:51:29 UTC

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Definitely better with words. We're still hashing every TX twice lol

2026-06-18 22:05:56 UTC

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You really wanted to orange-pill them, didn't you?

2026-06-17 19:06:12 UTC

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KYC YOURSELF FOR THE SAFETY!
#nevent1q…20uj

2026-06-17 19:04:45 UTC

Anybody try out W yet?
Its super decentralized via the AT protocol and safely hosted in Europe where all the human verification takes place and thats good because truth.
https://wsocial.news/

2026-06-12 22:00:41 UTC

I'll rejoin X when @nprofile…tf6v rejoins X.

2026-06-11 12:34:10 UTC

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See you there bro

2026-06-11 12:31:30 UTC

Having some lightning issues, can someone zap this to see if my node works?
Will zap back

2026-06-05 23:56:15 UTC

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People aren’t donating right

2026-06-04 15:46:26 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/25e5c880e91ef47f0045778180317758a9b5ac8b6293c7474a3486fbbc0d960d.png

2026-06-03 17:24:33 UTC

Who posts the edgiest content on nostr?

2026-06-03 02:24:40 UTC

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I actually think the opposite is better. You're basically saying if you build it they will come.
I think if they come, we will have a better idea of what needs to be built.
Let demand shape supply.

2026-06-02 15:14:09 UTC

Strava paywalling their API and killing off developer ecosystem.
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1ttve5y/stravas_new_developer_program_just_killed_every/
Good opportunity to get some normies on nostr.

2026-05-28 13:42:42 UTC

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Evergreen. Share this one often.
#nevent1q…h93p

2026-05-28 13:40:35 UTC

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dude stop trying to poke holes in my half-baked ideas

2026-05-28 13:20:49 UTC

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to be clear, i think its only "dead" if nobody uses it.
but... i would consider anything that has organic growth to be "alive".
like nobody has to go around and http/smtp-pill people anymore. those networks have network effects and grow and sustain themselves on their own.
maybe we're just incubating?! it still feels early, unpolished, and without any sort of product market fit.

2026-05-28 04:21:41 UTC

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People thought they understood numbers before too. Then people discovered concept of zero which introduced negative numbers…
I don’t think we can ever say for certain that there is nothing left to discover in any domain.
Doesn’t mean what we know today isn’t useful.

2026-05-28 04:17:45 UTC

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Nostr was never alive to begin with… still fun tho!

2026-05-28 04:05:07 UTC

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Einstein's understanding of physics is closer to truth than Newton's. Newton's is closer than Aristotle's.
I mean it in the sense that we get closer and closer but never convinced we have it.

2026-05-27 20:44:22 UTC

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haha, not even. think there are universal truths, we just can't know for sure what they are. we can only get closer.

2026-05-27 19:07:18 UTC

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There is no truth

2026-05-27 19:06:10 UTC

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Obviously, the dates are the easiest thing to remember during a git checkout

2026-05-27 02:24:19 UTC

ruby on rails is still unmatched

2026-05-26 18:20:43 UTC

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what does the spark backend do?

2026-05-25 21:17:03 UTC

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so dope

2026-05-25 20:57:02 UTC

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I can definitely understand this from your side of the equation. I would prob trust a some stranger enough for them to hold a little of my pocket change.
But even if they are trustworthy and not a dick, i doubt its profitable to run a mint for people's pocket change. I imagine if routing fees are gonna float you, you'd need much larger reserves.

2026-05-25 20:52:25 UTC

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Do you run a mint for your friends/family? If so thats cool I'd like to follow you.

2026-05-25 20:51:44 UTC

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Do you run a mint?

2026-05-25 20:51:29 UTC

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Do you run a mint?

2026-05-25 20:47:22 UTC

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Great observation. At this stage nostr needs retention more than interoperability.
Having the most interoperable protocol in the world doesn't matter if people don't use it.
#nevent1q…xq5s

2026-05-25 20:24:46 UTC

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Not to sound like a dick but why would any of those people run a mint?

2026-05-25 16:00:28 UTC

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If I understand it right, in the US any business that would run a mint would have to obey KYC/AML laws because they have unilateral control of funds... yet would be unable to comply due to the nature of ecash.
I think this is a non-starter for many businesses.

2026-05-25 04:26:20 UTC

who would you trust to run a cashu mint?

2026-05-19 15:15:14 UTC

bitcoin script should enable more math opcodes so everyone can choose whichever signature scheme they want.
optimize later when we need to reduce tx size

2026-05-19 13:05:10 UTC

good morning.
don't forget to claim some sovereignty today.

2026-05-15 11:20:52 UTC

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This is the way

2026-05-15 10:53:42 UTC

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Supra cycle?

2026-05-12 13:56:19 UTC

The recent ads in the @nprofile…3wxf podcast are like vending machines in a monastery

2026-05-12 13:39:23 UTC

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I couldn't read because of the paywall so i fixed it for you: http://archive.is/q8vQs

2026-05-11 14:19:52 UTC

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don't need luck. you're gonna crush 'em

2026-05-08 15:52:55 UTC

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I got a dev unit at OpNext and still trying to figure out what to build with it 😅

2026-05-06 12:51:58 UTC

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would be interesting to see https://nostr-stats.vercel.app/ (or an app like it) break down engagement by creators/contributors
... then we could assume the lurker count

2026-05-06 12:20:01 UTC

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I haven't! Based on the github, looks like a nixos configured bitcoin node?
Definitely a step in the right direction. I'm more curious about something user-facing though. Like an OS with a wallet built in, decent UX, etc.

2026-05-06 00:43:31 UTC

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i'm not sure if you're joking or not but i found this very funny

2026-05-05 23:33:16 UTC

Tiny batch 1!
@nprofile…k875 @npub1wm7…pud0
https://blossom.primal.net/d7b0585e79e96f569409cece6c31b5db0cefd7753a1a97ba22d57d017d30b4f8.jpg

2026-05-05 23:09:00 UTC

Has anyone made a desktop linux distro using nostr/bitcoin as first-class primitives?

2026-05-05 23:05:28 UTC

Eavesdropping on a door dasher on a bike explaining how he vibe coded an app to help him navigate delivery routes in a day.

2026-04-24 17:39:37 UTC

What was the last software product/service that excited you?

2026-04-23 21:41:29 UTC

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update: no testnet3 coins were harmed
#nevent1q…5cks

2026-04-23 21:28:02 UTC

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I may have accidentally burned some testnet3 bitcoin
#nevent1q…8j9r

2026-04-23 18:19:50 UTC

The only thing more scarce than bitcoin is testnet3 bitcoin

2026-04-23 11:56:12 UTC

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Love to see some L402 in the wild

2026-04-21 17:43:01 UTC

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Finally!
#nevent1q…v0gg

2026-04-08 22:22:54 UTC

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Is the substance “Claude code”?

2026-04-02 12:49:01 UTC

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shame, or opportunity?

2026-04-01 13:24:30 UTC

make computers personal again

2026-03-30 20:26:08 UTC

I am gonna assume active users are 10% of total users. So 500k? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule
#nevent1q…ucgv

2026-03-30 19:23:57 UTC

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How do you know they don't have an npub?

2026-03-30 02:19:25 UTC

pay per use is the worst application of L402.
just like electronic cash is the worst application of Bitcoin L1.
might dominate the narrative, but its technically incorrect.

2026-03-29 03:53:55 UTC

Pi is the Arch Linux of coding agents

2026-03-26 20:12:01 UTC

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We got tired of regurgitating the same talking points every 4 years

2026-03-24 12:59:25 UTC

The hottest new tech stack is english + markdown + bash

2026-03-20 15:03:48 UTC

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Much bigger design space. I'm now constantly tackling ideas that were unfeasible before.

2026-03-19 21:16:53 UTC

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I can't verify this is the real Frank until I see a shoe on his head.
#nevent1q…d6sq

2026-03-19 21:16:02 UTC

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Ordered!

2026-03-19 21:12:27 UTC

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Almost done with my second stick. Good reminder to buy more

2026-03-18 03:37:08 UTC

Primal and Liquid basically have the same logo now

2026-03-18 03:27:10 UTC

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How’d you get that P to float?
https://blossom.primal.net/dcf525cf4bf75c75aff0d8f654ffde7538ab6bc3e9c646bab45b85722d623bb6.jpg

2026-03-12 21:55:25 UTC

Zaps to pay people
L402 to pay machines

2026-03-11 21:37:35 UTC

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Make bitcoin have fancy tricks again

2026-03-10 22:35:05 UTC

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Out of all the bitcoiner debates this is the most boring.
Let 110 happen. Sell the loser. For gods sake end this shit already

2026-03-09 20:10:13 UTC

AWS - Accountless Web Services

2026-03-09 19:44:41 UTC

Building an API with L402 makes collecting user data a choice, not a requirement.

2026-03-09 17:50:42 UTC

Fix the money, fix the cloud
- L402

2026-03-09 17:44:20 UTC

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get people to overshare

2026-03-08 20:11:33 UTC

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Interesting. Will have to do some thinking to see how it lands here.
First impression is that L402 is “closed” as in every service provider can set their own rules, yet “permission-less” since no third party is needed between buyer and seller.
I could be wrong… dumb human here. Consult Claude for higher level thinking 😅

2026-03-08 19:46:14 UTC

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Also, ai agents are indistinguishable from humans. Service providers don’t have to care who’s on the other end if they can prove they paid.

2026-03-08 19:44:44 UTC

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The macaroon spec has been pretty formalized by Google since 2014, but really there hasn’t been enough adoption to uncover or establish best practices.
But, if successful, one can easily imagine interacting with all their web services as if they were cash businesses.
Pay, get access to whatever you paid for. No need for service providers to build a “user” table or collect payment info. The authorization token with each request tells the server everything it needs to know. Totally stateless.

2026-03-08 19:36:00 UTC

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As far as I can tell, you’re good!
IMO the real rabbit hole for devs selling services to humans or agents via L402 is macaroon construction.
Basically in exchange for sats, what does the token grant access to and how much/how long?
It’s not rocket science, it’s just different reasoning than most devs are used to.
Kinda like bitcoin or nostr, you need to unlearn a bit before you can appreciate its design.

2026-03-08 18:29:12 UTC

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Working on L402 stuff at OpenNode. Super bullish, but yet another rabbit hole to fall down 😅

2026-03-08 02:10:16 UTC

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Seems like my kind of people

2026-03-08 02:04:35 UTC

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Practice makes perfect

2026-03-08 01:49:05 UTC

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A bootstrapper's only job is to build their idea and test it with the free market.
Bitcoin removes nearly every point of friction.
New ideas don't need a registered business and a bank/stripe account.
Bitcoin and the internet has no boarders, you can reach customers in every country.
Savings grow instead of getting inflated away. Raising money becomes a choice, not a requirement.
Your customers will have a killer UX. One click pay/onboarding. No reason to sign up yet another account with Nostr and L402.
And with AI agents, your total market grows faster than the human population.

2026-03-08 01:19:45 UTC

Bitcoin is for bootstrappers

2026-03-08 00:37:31 UTC

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Fair 🤣

2026-03-07 19:33:00 UTC

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It’s not at all 😅. Just a single actor that knows your IP and acts as an intermediary for everybody else on the network.

2026-03-07 16:22:24 UTC

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bro breath of the wild

2026-03-07 15:47:52 UTC

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Or use primal i guess? Expose your IP to one server instead of tens or hundreds of servers.

2026-03-07 13:54:49 UTC

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I’d listen