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I made an nsite:// browser called Titan that skips gateways altogether. Still a work in development. If you want to check it out, here are the releases:
https://github.com/btcjt/titan/releases/tag/v0.1.7

2026-04-10 15:17:00 UTC

For you weirdos using Windows, v0.1.16 fixes the screen bug making the browser unusable.
Titan v0.1.6 is out — the native nsite:// browser for the Nostr web
What's new since v0.1.3:
→ Built-in NIP-07 signer. window.nostr works in every nsite with no
extension. Keys live in the OS keychain, never leave Rust.
→ Per-site permission prompts. Every signEvent / nip04 / nip44 call
from an nsite asks before running. Allow once / session / always /
deny always. Audit log of every decision in the signer panel.
→ Titan Bookmarks — cross-device sync via Nostr. New dedicated kind
10129, NIP-44 encrypted to your own pubkey so relays see opaque
ciphertext. Log in on another device with the same nsec, your
bookmarks come with you. Private by default.
→ Auto-updater with minisign signature verification. No more manual
dmg downloads.
→ Security hardening pass: strict CSP on content pages (connect-src
locked to wss: + self), nosniff, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy,
per-site prompt queue caps to block DoS, fixed an XSS in profile
website rendering.
→ Signer auto-unlocks from the keychain at startup. Chrome-initiated
signer operations (bookmarks, info panel) no longer prompt — only
untrusted content pages do.
→ Dev console REPL with top-level await. Hit ⌘⌥K (Ctrl+Shift+K on
Linux/Windows) to evaluate JS in the active tab.
→ Windows blank-screen fix. nsite-content:// now navigates correctly
on WebView2.
204 tests across Rust + JS, all green. Release signed with minisign.
github.com/btcjt/titan/releases/tag/v0.1.6
nsite://titan
https://blossom.primal.net/f1653a8ccec57575d25a190985d5d5adce4e7f6d50df74e8302e546f45f55203.mov

2026-04-10 14:28:10 UTC

One of the abilities of the Titan browser is having your bookmarks available from a different computer. The bookmarks are saved in nostr and pulled automatically when you import your keys.
An intentional decision was to make the Titan browser highly dependent on nostr.

2026-04-10 10:28:00 UTC

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It’s open source. I’m running security audits along the way too.

2026-04-09 23:49:51 UTC

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Made a browser! It’s minimal right now, but it works.

2026-04-09 19:35:06 UTC

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@nprofile…yser you’ll have to update manually, sorry. Future updates will be just a click.

2026-04-09 19:29:30 UTC

Titan browser update - demo at the bottom 👇
⚠️ v0.1.0 users must install this update manually.
Checkout the release here:
https://github.com/btcjt/titan/releases/tag/v0.1.3
What's new across 0.1.1, 0.1.2, and 0.1.3?
Built-in Nostr signer (NIP-07) — create or import an nsec once, and window.nostr works on every nsite automatically. No external extensions needed. Your nsec is stored in the OS keychain and never leaves the Rust process.
Per-site permission model — every signature, encrypt, and decrypt request goes through a focus-stealing approval prompt with the full event preview, kind warnings, and scope selector (allow once / for session / always). Stored permissions are manageable from the signer panel.
Auto-updater — from 0.1.1 onwards, Titan checks for updates on startup and shows an in-app banner. The install-and-restart flow works end-to-end with minisign-verified signed artifacts. Existing v0.1.1 installs should get v0.1.3 automatically.
Dev console REPL — top-level await, up/down history, evaluates in the active tab's context. Try await window.nostr.getPublicKey().
Rust log forwarding — internal tracing events now appear in the dev console, making Windows debugging actually possible.
Site info panel — click the 🔒 icon to see Bitcoin name, pubkey, owner UTXO, relays, and full profile metadata for any nsite.
Interactive register/transfer — on nsite://titan, step-by-step bitcoin-cli command builder with wallet name support and a "first time? how to fund your wallet" walkthrough.
Kind 1129 name history events — the NSIT indexer now publishes non-replaceable history events alongside the replaceable kind 35129 state events, giving names a full chain of custody.
Windows improvements — WebView2 runtime bundled offline, blank-screen fix.
NIP extension proposal — extending NIP-5A with the Bitcoin Name Resolution protocol is open at https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2306
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/823bad8a26912eb50d249a6770bc680eee86a8f93e14ef4285257599fc977f20.mp4

2026-04-09 18:40:18 UTC

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How is a domain even allowed to end in .sh when that’s a shell file extension?

2026-04-08 17:59:29 UTC

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I think the gateways are an unnecessary and clunky step. They work, but why not remove that DNS dependent step completely? Having a browser that works directly with npubs or permanent names that resolve to an npub makes everything less dependent on DNS.

2026-04-08 17:32:15 UTC

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Would love your thoughts on my enhancement to NIP-5A and the Titan browser I made.

2026-04-07 19:54:39 UTC

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@nprofile…tfpf @nprofile…3vj4 @nprofile…0hy6

2026-04-07 19:50:58 UTC

I'm giving everybody a 1 hour head start.
Two names have been registered for testing: `titan` and `bitcoin`. Everything else is unclaimed. Keep reading to see what I'm talking about.
https://2zrgjemvgxppn2jwgm61w6yrqqlcmm8njvhby68a9cj7ooo5phshakespeare.nsite.lol/
NSite's currently have two glaring problems. DNS dependency and names you can't remember. Try to type that from memory.
Titan is a native desktop browser that resolves nsite:// URLs. See the video below. When you type nsite://titan, the browser looks up "titan" in a name index, gets the associated Nostr pubkey, fetches the site manifest from relays, downloads the content from Blossom servers, and renders it. No DNS. No certificates. No hosting providers.
Like normal domain names, I bet you can remember nsite://titan.
You can also use the underlying npub directly for navigating. E.g., nsite://2zrgjemvgxppn2jwgm61w6yrqqlcmm8njvhby68a9cj7ooo5phshakespeare.
Titan is still in early alpha. It's missing essential features and will have bugs. Feel free to contribute.
The name "titan" is registered on Bitcoin using an OP_RETURN transaction. As long as it's up to me, it's permanent. The protocol allows for transferring this name. You can learn more about this in the README and docs (https://github.com/btcjt/titan/tree/main/docs).
How it works:
Every name registration is a single Bitcoin transaction with an OP_RETURN output containing an NSIT payload — a protocol prefix, the name, and the Nostr pubkey it points to.
First-in-chain wins. The first valid registration claims the name. Duplicates are ignored. The blockchain is the arbiter.
Names are controlled by a Bitcoin UTXO. Whoever can spend that output controls the name — update the pubkey or hand off ownership entirely.
Every step from name to rendered page is cryptographically verified. Name to pubkey is secured by Bitcoin proof-of-work. Pubkey to manifest is signed by the site owner's Nostr key. Manifest to content is addressed by SHA256 hash.
The browser doesn't need Bitcoin Core. Name lookups happen through Nostr events published by an indexer service that watches the blockchain. Anyone can -- and maybe should -- run their own indexer. The Titan browser uses the titan npub by default, but you can change it to point to yours.
You can register names at nsite://titan/register — it walks you through step-by-step generating the register transaction using Bitcoin Core (bitcoin-cli).
nsite:// is an open scheme. Other browsers can implement it. Other indexers can publish the same name events. Titan is the reference client.
Two names registered for testing: `titan` and `bitcoin`. Everything else is unclaimed. Insert cringy Satoshi quote about getting some -- just in case.
Open source: https://github.com/btcjt/titan
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/704a515b38ec7a058f3533b091a0f8267d10076f0b8e9908c5efce2dff234d93.mp4

2026-04-04 18:36:40 UTC

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Why do you think of Bob Lazar? Full of it?

2026-04-03 01:06:52 UTC

Brundle #12
🌫️🌫️🌫️🏞️⬛⬛⬛ (4/7)
https://brundle.westernbtc.com/api/puzzle/image/12/1.webp
#brundle #dailypuzzle
https://brundle.westernbtc.com

2026-04-02 21:55:42 UTC

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Especially built on top of FIPS

2026-04-02 20:39:16 UTC

New feature in Brundle: Community puzzles. Submit your puzzle and get zapped by others if they want to. https://blossom.primal.net/d6e84827aa37dae606e9fb88bdcac6896007b83baa9d7831606c7853f73998a0.png

2026-04-02 02:51:23 UTC

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It’s still early enough to lock stuff down.

2026-04-02 01:06:42 UTC

New Brundle just dropped 🌫️
https://brundle.westernbtc.com/

2026-04-01 13:34:52 UTC

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Im not surprised, doing lots of development right now. Maybe just send me a nip-17 message? Thanks for being willing to do that!

2026-03-30 03:57:43 UTC

Congratulations @nprofile…ce9z for winning the weekly puzzle! https://blossom.primal.net/1b2ece3fda9ac79928f0e1f3080d2414c2031114bbdcc71723696a94d9b8627e.png

2026-03-29 14:05:45 UTC

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😂

2026-03-29 14:05:34 UTC

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😂

2026-03-29 12:55:29 UTC

test plz ignore

2026-03-29 04:02:55 UTC

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2026-03-29 00:56:23 UTC

Anyone know what the weekly Brundle is?
#Brundle
https://image.nostr.build/d77d1d6d070dab643ff520ffb658998023ed647ebd7ef336517c3c3f95a21ffe.jpg

2026-03-25 17:22:13 UTC

Brundle #84 🌫️🌫️🏞️⬛⬛⬛⬛ (3/7)
https://brundle.westernbtc.com/api/puzzle/image/1.jpg
#brundle #nostr #dailypuzzle
https://brundle.westernbtc.com
@nprofile…r3z3 @nprofile…v2u9 @nprofile…ce9z @nprofile…h2h7 I made a game similar to Wordle if y'all are interested

2026-03-20 18:34:26 UTC

I’m curious what everyone’s “follower counts” would be if they asked all their followers to follow their new account

2026-03-20 15:53:56 UTC

https://blossom.westernbtc.com/dcb259b2f6a3bd6213170156e512cd396ba423f2952c53bbede2090bc648d7fc.jpeg

2026-03-20 11:35:57 UTC

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Close one!

2026-03-20 11:10:49 UTC

If a GM gets GM’d in the nostrverse and no one is around to hear it, does the GM GM?

2026-03-20 01:37:46 UTC

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What an interesting idea!

2026-03-18 22:38:29 UTC

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2026-03-18 12:45:33 UTC

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This has massive appeal to the inner Runescape player in me who thought the housing update was the coolest update ever.

2026-03-18 12:26:08 UTC

$60k was not the bottom.

2026-03-17 23:54:25 UTC

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Wow where is this?

2026-03-17 21:16:50 UTC

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@nprofile…cr3y time for key rotation adoption

2026-03-16 10:13:24 UTC

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I think about this a lot. Him and @npub1sg6…f63m

2026-03-16 03:41:28 UTC

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Think you hallucinated that.

2026-03-15 18:36:13 UTC

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Or fix things that are broken! Love a tool but hate that something doesn’t work? Fix it yourself and, even better, make a PR into the original repo.
Been doing this a lot for tools I use. @nprofile…qkn6's openclaw-nostr-nip17 for example.
#nevent1q…a4km

2026-03-14 00:10:11 UTC

With the advancement in AI, I want to propose something.
What if we worked together to make subscription based software obsolete. Maybe we start with, I don’t know, “Adobe Lightroom: Photo Editor”? $10 / month??

2026-03-13 23:06:39 UTC

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Made a PR into strfry implementing this change

2026-03-13 13:58:36 UTC

The food triple constraint:
- fast
- cheap
- healthy
you get to choose two.

2026-03-13 04:28:47 UTC

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You have to press the green circle in the top left to show the menu

2026-03-13 04:04:22 UTC

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You just share your game. Enter your nsec (risky I know lol) and then after you’ve won press post to nostr

2026-03-13 02:12:01 UTC

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2026-03-12 21:55:36 UTC

When I watched this film 12 years ago, I thought this scene was ridiculous. Now.. I never would have guessed.
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/321506daf993302ed9bf402530ae2fc86e1e1e4d888ee970640be57ae580982f.mp4

2026-03-12 19:39:22 UTC

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Now that’s an incentive 😂
#nevent1q…gyv6

2026-03-12 18:51:16 UTC

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I can’t wait to experiment with this
#naddr1qq…ltk8

2026-03-12 00:27:32 UTC

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I lean towards clients picking based on an algorithmic health metrics.

2026-03-12 00:23:59 UTC

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I’ve had this idea too. Would help decentralize workload too.

2026-03-12 00:16:38 UTC

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Hot springs?

2026-03-11 01:38:18 UTC

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I swear I didn’t cheat 😂

2026-03-11 01:35:12 UTC

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2026-03-10 18:02:27 UTC

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I often use Primal’s Request Deletion feature. It works perfect. Just copy your previous post.

2026-03-10 01:04:50 UTC

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2026-03-09 21:30:40 UTC

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Ouch my feelings

2026-03-09 18:38:33 UTC

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Why do I hate this stuff
#nevent1q…r9dt

2026-03-09 18:19:34 UTC

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Needed to listen to something for my workout!

2026-03-09 17:49:28 UTC

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I don’t think I’m the majority in thinking this.

2026-03-09 17:45:00 UTC

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Honestly, it’s an opportunity to see how well we fare before greater attacks.

2026-03-09 13:33:46 UTC

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The new fed chair has a history of always wanting to fight inflation and thinks the markets should be allowed to fail, inflation is still is high, and jobs losses haven’t gone parabolic yet.

2026-03-09 03:00:23 UTC

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2026-03-08 20:24:58 UTC

We have awhile until they turn on the money printer. 12+ months I think.

2026-03-08 03:40:45 UTC

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I don’t like this.

2026-03-07 13:52:03 UTC

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Is he drinking the Celsius next to him? 😂

2026-03-07 13:39:20 UTC

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For those interested:
```
//@version=5
indicator("BTC Price × Mining Subsidy", overlay=true)
// Halving dates (approximate)
halving1 = timestamp(2012, 11, 28, 0, 0)
halving2 = timestamp(2016, 7, 9, 0, 0)
halving3 = timestamp(2020, 5, 11, 0, 0)
halving4 = timestamp(2024, 4, 20, 0, 0)
halving5 = timestamp(2028, 3, 15, 0, 0)
subsidy = if time < halving1
50.0
else if time < halving2
25.0
else if time < halving3
12.5
else if time < halving4
6.25
else if time < halving5
3.125
else
1.5625
plotcandle(open * subsidy, high * subsidy, low * subsidy, close * subsidy,
title="BTC × Subsidy", color=close >= open ? color.green : color.red,
wickcolor=close >= open ? color.green : color.red,
bordercolor=close >= open ? color.green : color.red)
```

2026-03-07 13:38:11 UTC

I bet this is a chart not many of you have seen before: block subsidy price.
https://blossom.primal.net/0a732300d3ac47e0f2245f066a0898a0638dbf67c9c9232db302239f93eae93c.png

2026-03-07 12:21:12 UTC

What in the world?
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/95d848144823b86d2661fa25be0b6ff795891528c905af4cac87ca304f46b2c0.png

2026-03-07 11:56:17 UTC

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When I was younger, I related to the younger brother. Now that I’m older, I relate to the older brother.

2026-03-07 03:31:51 UTC

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2026-03-07 01:40:03 UTC

“Emotions can multiply all your progress by zero” - Clear Thinking

2026-03-07 01:24:05 UTC

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Reminds me of “IT’S ENOUGH SLICES”

2026-03-06 18:11:38 UTC

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Capitulated at $68.5k

2026-03-06 18:08:09 UTC

I capitulated.
I learned some hard lessons. When bitcoin was at $104k, I took out a loan to pay for taxes and to buy more bitcoin.
Bitcoin went up to $126k. I think I made a great decision. The loan I took out had already paid for itself, and then some.
Bitcoin falls and closes below the bull market support band ($107k). I see Benjamin Cowen on YouTube confirm that he thinks we've entered the bear market. In the back of my head, I know it's true but I don't want to act on it.
Bitcoin falls to $85k and Luke Gromen says he sold at $95k. My pride says he's wrong.
Bitcoin crashes further to $72k. Margin call could happen soon, so I load up more collateral.
I've been thinking about where to go from here for a while. Benjamin Cowen clearly sees another trend with this bear market rally.
Time to make a decision. I'm going to have to pay back this loan in June or refinance.
Decided to sell some bitcoin to pay back the loan. Really sucks.
Major benefits: don't have to stress about whether to pay back the loan or buy bitcoin at these crazy low prices. Don't have to think about paying the loan and paying taxes together.
Overall view: I think @npub1cn4…3vle's Strike offers an amazing product. I will use it again. I'm going to be smarter about when. An expensive lesson. Benjamin Cowen is almost always right lol.

2026-03-05 16:35:40 UTC

@nprofile…nx5t I think it was in the bear market of last year that you said something like: stacking anywhere below $69k is a great deal. Been thinking about that, especially right now.

2026-03-04 17:46:34 UTC

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Same boat. I think this is a bear market rally. I wonder how many of us think that.

2026-03-04 14:22:59 UTC

The WesternBTC has forked the strfry relay to implement NIP-91 and is working with these changes. You'll now be able to query with AND (&) operators. @nprofile…4m66 thanks for pointing out this NIP being merged.

2026-03-03 20:22:01 UTC

WORD5 #515 2/6
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2026-03-02 13:52:37 UTC

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True and unfortunate. It's why it will never catch on. There's one critically important economic phenomenon that most don't understand: network effect.
A product with a strong network effect—where the value increases exponentially as more people use it—should aim to be 10x better than existing alternatives to break through in the market.

2026-03-01 02:43:06 UTC

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😬
#nevent1q…wja8

2026-03-01 01:36:20 UTC

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I wouldn’t take this one too seriously 😂

2026-03-01 00:46:51 UTC

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This is hilarious. Couldn’t you just copy what it learned to the next 🦞?

2026-02-28 22:33:40 UTC

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Wdym?

2026-02-27 15:39:32 UTC

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Gm! Been ordering lots from you

2026-02-27 00:09:58 UTC

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Can someone do the US govt? Asking for a friend.
#nevent1q…mhmd

2026-02-26 16:11:46 UTC

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In the inverse, this is actually forcing developers to write better documentation 😂

2026-02-26 14:05:22 UTC

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“Since the lawsuit, Bitcoin is up 10% and Google searches for "How to Buy Bitcoin" just hit a five-year high. Turns out when the market manipulation stops, people actually want to buy the hardest money ever created.”
This doesn’t seem good. Isn’t it a red flag that bitcoin CAN be manipulated like this? Or is it only temporary manipulation that eventually gets arbitraged?
#nevent1q…rnpe

2026-02-25 23:27:10 UTC

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Definitely hurt my pride that anyone can do why I do now. Once I accepted the reality, I felt unleashed though.

2026-02-25 16:17:40 UTC

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😅

2026-02-25 15:36:31 UTC

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*billion

2026-02-25 15:33:08 UTC

@nprofile…l2yj 1 trillion bitcoin 😂
https://blossom.primal.net/29d44beceae2f9b52826e995f689a0d4422bbdbe1d1f34a5347e84f4cc8c9c1e.png

2026-02-25 11:43:02 UTC

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lol why

2026-02-23 20:08:55 UTC

Controversial opinion: I can’t wait until AI voice gets good enough to be indistinguishable from human voices.
I cringe thinking about pitching my products to people / companies.

2026-02-23 15:48:52 UTC

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@npub1ve8…9ka6

2026-02-22 17:58:30 UTC

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https://blossom.westernbtc.com/484268efb653577a0733c16ca6933a663f61adec524ca7d8d8ec27fa052326dc.webp

2026-02-22 15:08:23 UTC

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👀