chadlupkes
Chad Lupkes

Progressive to the nth degree. #Bitcoin is part of the solution. Critical thinking is required.

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npub1murdy8k20svu38g9f9jt9k0rqkjzt677x3qrev88je4gw2erqk8scwcnel

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noisymoth1@primal.net

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2024-09-12 23:43:47

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Are you surprised?

2024-09-12 17:52:58

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Look deep enough into history, and there are just too many breadcrumbs leading us to this conclusion.

2024-09-12 14:00:16

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Many have died to give us the right to choose our own future. My vote is sacred, as is my choice on where to spend my capital and how to save my capital. My great uncle who died in World War II did not sacrifice his life so that I could watch my country fall into ruin because of government incompetence.

2024-09-11 15:56:50

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Thankfully there are other options while Miljan gets things improved.

2024-09-03 05:26:38

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what industry?

2024-09-01 03:47:46

Just found Oxchat, wonder how others experience has been with it. I like the idea of private group chats on Nostr, so is this a good implementation?

2024-08-30 01:04:56

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F
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act

2024-08-29 22:27:42

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Actually, 12,000,000.00000001

2024-08-29 13:55:32

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https://beincrypto.com/satoshi-nakamoto-bitcoin-supply/

2024-08-21 21:10:18

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Looking forward to being able to log in directly on Browser via Nostr npub. Looks like that is not available yet.

2024-08-21 21:05:26

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Nothing stops this train!!!

2024-08-18 20:22:57

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What do you mean by "positioned better"? What could be changed?

2024-08-18 15:45:58

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https://primal.net/e/note1f06dp808a8ec52r4ag0hr8zgjlrpcdc9sxyfp09a4s89k4rav2ysk56f70

2024-08-18 15:35:19

Friend: I haven't really done anything on Nostr yet, because I'm waiting for a "group" option.
Me: Sure you can. Just start posting and building a network of follows and followers. It's a level playing field.
Friend: It would be intermingled with the general population though.. which is primarily BTC focused.. I can see conflict of interest issues arising from me attempting to build a fiat based community by posting to recruit members for our community there.
Me: no, it's a level playing field. why hide the fact that you're trying to build a revenue stream and portfolio balance using diverse security investments to drive a snowball into a giant? There is no conflict here.
Friend: So you’re saying if I were to advertise a new fiat based, dividend themed community in the general population chat, that is primarily focused on BTC and cryptocurrencies (a community that is already against all things fiat), they wouldn’t attack what I’m trying to do? Because I see it daily on all other social media.
Me: Some individuals might laugh, some might post something stupid. That just means those profiles are not worth your time, and you mute them and move on. People who appreciate the content will interact with it in a positive manner.
The only reason that Nostr is so flooded with Bitcoin posts is because that's the majority of the userbase. But at the same time, the devs are whining because the network isn't growing very fast, and the truth is we all bring our own networks with us, and build new ones from the ground up in whatever social media platform we use. People are people, let them be stupid if they want. Don't let it stop you.
Friend: I can respect that.. I guess the question is whether I want to put myself through the aggravation of sorting through the negativity to find the small percentage of positivity for my cause.
Me: I think the level of aggravation comes from the way the app works more than the people. If it's super easy to mute idiots, then we can move on without too much stress. If they keep coming back or the platform itself hits us with bs, that's where the real negativity is.
I hate FB because their algorithm is out of control. I hate X because their notification system is broken and I can't see who is interacting with my posts and comments. I don't hate the people.
And I have dealt with some people on Nostr who say "can you put your dividend posts under a different profile so I don't have to deal with them? and my answer was just "no, this is me, deal with it".
Friend: It’s still an option.. the frustrating part right now for me is that we have built something so great on Facebook, with such a good group of people.. and now facebook decides to go on offensive mode and start attacking us, when there are far worse things being shared there (porn, etc). But the thought of trying to convince everyone to move off of it completely is exhausting.
Me: I have not bee posting much about dividends on Nostr, but only because I don't have a network built that welcome the posts. So that's what I'm trying to build, slowly.
Friend: They (corporate social media) allow the filth, but attack US for sharing and promoting legit content. I can’t tell you how many times I have reported legit porn on Facebook, only to get a response back, saying it “does not violate their terms of service”.
Me: Yep, same.
And to be honest, I do believe that Bitcoin is the future monetary foundation whether we like it or not, and you can confirm that I haven't been hiding that very much.
Lesson for Nostr: People are coming. Prepare yourselves. If you can't be positive, leave it alone. Don't like the posts coming from a profile? Ignore them. Unfollow if you want to, mute them if you have to. But lets build this protocol into a global system where everyone is welcome. Because if we don't, corporates will drink our milkshake.

2024-08-18 14:29:05

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there is truth, and there is fiction. We have choices, then we have consequences. There are causes and effects. history doesn't judge, it just records.

2024-08-17 20:37:52

How is Nostr growing in Brazil?
#asknostr
#note1sk6…4d76

2024-08-17 20:33:27

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Bitcoin Circular Economies that use the Lightning Network is the biggest draw, and the problem is that the communities that need those structures the most are usually in the locations where Internet bandwidth is lacking or the most expensive per KB. I mean, it still works to transfer value via phone from person to person, but building a large enough network to start to build a monetary foundation for an entire community is a long haul project, not something to be taken lightly or just mentioned in passing.
Nostr being a single global platform where everyone is equal hasn't been seen since the early days of myspace. We need to relearn what a social network is, how it is built, and how it connects to the larger world IRL and economy.

2024-08-17 06:31:53

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No algorithms, no advertising, no corporations, no bs. Well, it's all people posting so I'm sure there's a lot of bs. But the other three are certainly true. So what we're doing is building new networks from scratch. X isn't going to link to this. Fediverse has, but it's hard to find people across the bridge. If you follow enough people, you'll scroll for days, and if that's what you want to do with your time, then just follow everyone. Personally, I'm living my life, checking this feed when I have time, and stacking sats.

2024-08-17 00:11:23

X is hosed. Notifications won't update the timeline, and I can't log in from my phone. Thank the gods for Nostr.

2024-08-15 16:03:34

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For the same reason that there are multiple browser apps. All of them access the same data, using http and https, but each one has different bells and whistles.

2024-08-15 16:00:07

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The "law" is subjective. Just because we don't think what we have done is wrong doesn't mean that a government can't throw us in jail or worse just because they have the power and they're not afraid to abuse it.

2024-08-13 05:27:14

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nothing that they can do will have any impact on our future. Bitcoin has already won.

2024-08-09 20:07:16

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They'll need to integrate Alby at some point, I hope.

2024-08-09 19:26:58

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Hell yes.

2024-08-09 19:15:54

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Looking forward to that coming to Android.

2024-08-09 18:58:18

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Laos based. Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

2024-08-09 18:12:19

There has never been a reason for anyone to give Twitter money for advertising. Never.
#note1wt2…ucqv

2024-08-09 18:08:03

You know what we need? We need a Domain Name provider where people can pay for their domain names in Bitcoin.
#asknostr

2024-08-09 18:04:28

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What app are you using for private zaps?

2024-08-08 20:13:07

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You, sir, are on a mission from god...

2024-08-08 20:03:31

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Circular economies are the real solution. We need someone, anyone, to accept it and start spreading the word. Building the networks that grow to allow these transactions to happen again and again.

2024-08-08 18:41:15

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You're right, I am. Because I like to eat food, and my country is too backward to use real money.

2024-08-08 17:49:22

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You're not wrong.

2024-08-08 17:41:36

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It's always a mutual agreement between buyer and seller, isn't it?

2024-08-08 16:25:20

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The 2016 election season successfully destroyed the progressive movement, in my opinion.

2024-08-08 16:04:47

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We should at least be given the option to spend sats directly P2P.

2024-08-07 18:20:03

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I agree.

2024-08-07 18:17:09

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_8kNQuzMQ

2024-08-07 17:29:20

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Not that alone, of course, but it's very cool on Nostr to be able to show real appreciation via true value for posts and content.

2024-08-07 17:28:25

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Your zap total shows just how loved you are.

2024-08-07 17:12:36

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US Media is an addiction. We have to treat it as such to escape the mouse maze.

2024-08-07 05:23:25

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I got it working! I didn't understand how to create a proper invoice, so I was creating one with zero value and expecting to be able to put in an amount as a second step. But that's now how it works.
If I create an invoice on Strike for the amount I want to transfer, then the Lightning invoice can be copied to Coinbase. The fee is about 1%, which is very reasonable. It's not a single Sat like it should be, but it's also not 5% or worse.
This means that I can transfer my coins off of Coinbase and into Strike. Which also means I'm one step closer to having them full self-custody in a fully lightning enabled wallet.
Thanks, @npub1cn4…3vle!!

2024-08-06 20:30:54

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They claim to, via Lightspark. But I haven't been able to get it to work yet.

2024-08-06 19:49:32

Has anyone successfully been able to use Lightning to transfer Bitcoin from Coinbase to another LN wallet?
#asknostr

2024-08-05 04:30:57

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I agree that we couldn't give the nsec key to anyone, unless they are still using the original email address used to make the usenet post. Maybe not even then. But even if nobody could claim them, they should still be accessible.

2024-08-04 22:11:04

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Something like this?
https://usenetarchives.com/

2024-08-04 17:10:19

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Google actually bought Deja archive in February of 2001, which included a collection of over 500 million Usenet newsgroups messages dating back to 1995.
https://www.wired.com/2001/02/google-buys-deja-archive/

2024-08-04 16:26:53

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I think someone should do an import into Nostr node of all of the UseNet archives, where people can claim the posts and get zaps for helping to build the early Internet. No idea how that could be done, but it shouldn't be impossible.

2024-08-04 16:04:05

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1994 on UseNet. Good luck with that.

2024-08-04 05:21:39

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do you think it's the lack of network strength? we either need more people to send smaller zaps, or people sending larger zaps.

2024-08-02 20:11:10

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This is the real "number go up" that matters.
https://m.primal.net/JmJF.png

2024-08-02 20:05:27

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I'm not trolling. We used to have a government of the people, by the people and for the people. That's no longer true. Now it's of the corporate donors, by the corporate funded lobbyists and for the corporations. If a law doesn't help a corporation make profits, it's killed in committee. "Government" has failed, entirely, completely, and irreversibly. There is no saving the nation state, it's just a matter of time before it collapses and everything goes to insanity levels.
I'm not trolling, this is what I honestly believe. There is a big difference between government and governance. We absolutely need governance systems that provide a foundation so that markets can build structures and supply chains so that people can live and thrive. The current governments around the world have not been, are not, and will not be capable of managing those governance systems for several decades. But because they control ... everything, there didn't seem to be anything we could do about it. Until Bitcoin, which is a new foundation for a global monetary system that no government can control. Until Nostr, which is a new foundation for information flow that no government can control. With these two established, we can encourage our imaginations and build a system of trust, globally.
I'm not trolling. I'm just willing to question everything we know, because everything we know is built on a foundation of lies and misdirection. It's time for a change.

2024-08-02 18:43:29

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Both of them can.

2024-08-02 18:42:39

If we are unable or unwilling to use Critical Thinking to probe into our own assumptions and conclusions, then we are not using Critical Thinking at all.

2024-08-02 18:39:31

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Let me ask this. Of what use is an attempt for us to define what it means to be progressive when you hold your own view that won't change no matter what we say? If the entire world is a struggle, a war, between Left vs. Right, Progressive vs. Conservative, Us vs. Them, how are we ever going to find common ground and decide to act in cooperation and collaboration towards a shared future?
Progressive TO ME means keeping four things in mind.
Grassroots democracy - if a decision is being made that affects you, your voice should be heard.
The concept of WE - The Earth is a single environment. We should treat it as such. We are in this together.
Understanding the Past - both positive and negative. Learn the lessons of the past so we don't repeat those mistakes.
Looking to the Future - We are creating the world our children will grow up in. What kind of a world do we want that to be?
I don't expect you to agree. And I don't know if you will consider this to be a "political" answer, or just an answer. Maybe I'm wasting my time. But since you asked what we are progressing towards, I thought I would weigh in. I want a world that my sons can live in, and I want them to thrive in that world. And I want that for all children, everywhere.

2024-08-02 18:20:05

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As long as we keep the blinders on, that will be true. This entire space (Bitcoin, Nostr, etc.) gives us the opportunity to take the blinders off. I used to be hard left progressive. Now I just consider those to be useless labels that divide us so we can be conquered.

2024-08-02 18:13:30

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Partisan Politics is fundamentally, completely and globally broken beyond repair. We need to scrap the entire thing and start over. Progressives in the US House of Representatives or this or that political party are just trying to scrape for votes. It's a silly distraction from what we should be doing.

2024-08-02 18:11:24

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You are the first person in this thread to use the word Government.

2024-08-02 18:10:06

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And it's also a quest on the global level to reach a Type I civilization on the Kardashev scale, utilizing the full potential of the energy our planet receives from the Sun and building a civilization that can reach for the stars.

2024-08-02 18:08:03

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My answer to this would be the higher levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Progress towards those higher levels is always the goal.
https://m.primal.net/JmFG.png

2024-07-31 16:16:26

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Can't touch this...

2024-07-29 20:49:48

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We need a Lightning network alternative to Uber. #justbuildit

2024-07-29 17:31:40

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That's how Insurance works as well. It's a government supported racket.

2024-07-29 17:29:35

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I've been following him since the beginning, and I know what words he has spoken. I love his ideas, and I love the work that his companies are doing. But that doesn't mean I have to respect the man himself. And sometimes I have to rant because I see something that pisses me off. Isn't freedom wonderful?

2024-07-28 16:45:12

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Elon doesn't care about anything that he doesn't control.

2024-07-27 16:50:40

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https://primal.net/e/note104ynxu5k9tlshxzsx4xy98lnn03le0j7zujmyearhufznpz5te0snl0hwd

2024-07-27 16:38:31

Anyone else think that internet services like Ad Bloc, Carbonite and anti-virus software should accept Bitcoin as payment? I would be willing to support them more if they took sats via Lightning...

2024-07-26 18:43:22

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https://alternativeto.net/feature/p2p-network/

2024-07-26 17:43:32

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He wants everyone to move to Nostr.

2024-07-26 05:11:23

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I wish we could link directly to IPFS, with nodes acting as hosts for popular files and helping people find other files on the IPFS network. That would work with video files very well, I think.

2024-07-22 17:29:50

an oldy but goody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSOCabqCKI

2024-07-21 02:45:10

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because we are addicted to debt, and they are the pushers.

2024-07-20 17:15:25

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I think local communities and connections, online or offline, should be encouraged as much as possible.

2024-07-20 16:31:22

#asknostr
Has anyone built a nostr app that can support the Buy Nothing groups, with gives and asks for stuff we want to give away to neighbors? Given the global reach this might be tough to narrow down the location, but I think it would be a way to draw that market into Nostr. Especially with zaps allowing people to pay for goods and services with Bitcoin.

2024-07-18 21:09:26

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The advertising model can freeze in Hel. Content creators can use Nostr for video and we can support the actors and production staff directly with zaps.

2024-07-18 19:20:23

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It makes perfect sense. As soon as 1 USD = 100 Satoshis, just lock the value to Bitcoin and we're done. Eventually everyone is going to get rid of their old fiat currency anyway.

2024-07-18 18:35:30

There are 21 million * 100 million sats in the system. This release schedule allows more to be used, but they all exist.
The entire world, the entire universe of value, divided by 21 million Bitcoin. That's a true monetary policy. Anything else is one person trying to convince someone else that their abstraction is worth something. Anything else is just a lie.
#Bitcoin is capital. Everything else is credit or debt. Ignore the rest, accumulate real capital for your future and all future generations. That's how we build a civilization worth living in.
#note1zh3…g0sm

2024-07-18 15:14:14

I bought my computer exactly four years ago. The warranty expired on 7/16/24, according to the email. On that day, my graphics card stopped working properly. I started looking around for new graphics cards until I noticed the warranty reminders. I just called to extend the warranty for another year. Hopefully that will allow them to help.
I hate conspiracy theories. But they are so easy to fall into. The idea that the manufacturer would send a signal to my computer on the DAY that the warranty expired so it stops working and I have to give them more money is just a mind trap, but seriously what other explanation do we need?
Like everything else, I blame Fiat. We are designing things to fail in order to keep draining money away from people, stealing our time and our energy. Maybe what we need is to start building things to last FOREVER and then paying for them in a medium of exchange that will also last forever. Give me a world where I can count on the things I buy to work. They can take their fiat world and shove it.

2024-07-17 16:06:49

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Nation State Governments are soooooo 20th century. I really wish we could move on.
In the meantime, governments need to focus their attention on fiscal policy, balancing their budgets, and mostly getting out of people's way as we all try to live our best lives. Governments have no say in base level monetary policy, that needs to be global with a secure foundation in a fixed global reserve asset that was invented in 2008.

2024-07-17 14:01:19

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I use isidewith.com to determine which candidate is closest to my issue positions. I'm not a single issue voter, especially with Bitcoin because I know the US Dollar is collapsing no matter what and I know Bitcoin will win no matter what. It's the rest of the issues that matter to me.

2024-07-16 17:32:41

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Bitcoin to the rescue.

2024-07-16 16:30:50

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It's a different Lightning Network, so a small fee to push from Strike/Primal to Alby does make sense. There should be a way to get notified about it so you can adjust your payment and send exactly what you need to and intend to the final destination wallet, though.

2024-07-16 16:02:20

$5 per day keeps the Central Bank away.
Bitcoin is here to stay.

2024-07-15 23:24:01

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Hopefully group messaging soon!

2024-07-14 21:42:52

He who uses Lightning controls the universe. The zaps must flow.
#note17dq…kaap

2024-07-11 00:55:21

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I'm just getting into using Brave Alby, so it looks like the pop-up went behind another screen the first time. I cleared and tried again and it worked. Now, what recipe would I want to share... 😃

2024-07-11 00:53:26

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ah, it worked the third time I tried it. :)

2024-07-11 00:52:14

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Alby

2024-07-11 00:49:52

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The links to sign in with extension or Private Key are not working on Brave.

2024-07-08 03:12:44

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The higher the score, the more vampires are called to bite.

2024-07-07 22:22:09

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Let's just go for broke, and try to build mirrors of ALL of the various different social media apps out there. Want to see things like X? Use NostrX. Like the Facebook interface? Use Nostrbook. Or InstaNostr, or NosToc. Just build them all.

2024-07-07 16:04:45

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With a linked wallet, does the app include access to zaps (send/receive)?

2024-07-07 02:25:15

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And I mostly posted this because F'n Facebook refused to allow me to post the damn link. F all corporate social media.

2024-07-07 02:21:23

Just my opinion, but anyone who shorts or longs Bitcoin deserves to lose everything.
https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-falling-this-is-why-it-is-necessary/

2024-07-03 21:20:20

Bitcoin fixes this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev_exbNBqho

2024-06-29 07:32:36

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I hope I'm wrong. very much so.

2024-06-28 23:51:05

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I lasted 5 minutes.

2024-06-28 23:45:11

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It won't happen. Biden is locked in, there won't be a switcheroo unless he literally cannot serve.

2024-06-28 23:43:26

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0.00008244 BTC

2024-06-28 23:34:42

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I bought 8244 sats today. Every sat matters. The rest is literally a distraction.