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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

WORD5 #525 4/6* (Hard Mode)
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https://word5.otherstuff.ai

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

WORD5 #523 2/6* (Hard Mode)
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https://word5.otherstuff.ai

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

WORD5 #522 3/6* (Hard Mode)
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https://word5.otherstuff.ai

2026-03-09 18:38:33 UTC

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Why do I hate this stuff
#nevent1q…r9dt

2026-03-07 13:52:03 UTC

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Is he drinking the Celsius next to him? 😂

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.

2026-03-04 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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https://word5.otherstuff.ai

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 01:36:20 UTC

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I wouldn’t take this one too seriously 😂

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 😂

2026-02-25 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

2026-02-23 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.

2026-02-22 02:02:27 UTC

“Time is the friend of someone who is properly positioned and the enemy of someone poorly positioned”

2026-02-20 23:27:38 UTC

This is nuts. I’ve had an old MacBook Pro sitting there for years. 1TB of storage and 36gb of RAM. Thanks for getting NIP-17 working @nprofile…yd0p
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/13ae076eaaadd5da3e003adf81ca0a1b85014aa2917d459c71eddf9338905041.png

2026-02-20 23:26:02 UTC

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Wired perfect!
#nevent1q…n7jv

2026-02-20 20:32:16 UTC

Gym communication is special. Two grown men motioning back and forth about if gym equipment is open with the gym music barely on.

2026-02-20 20:05:58 UTC

Would love to have a “share”d event for posts. I want to know how many people shared my post.

2026-02-18 11:27:27 UTC

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Sorry brother.

2026-02-17 20:32:35 UTC

Haven't touched my resume in a while, but need to for a job interview. Exponentially easier to update with AI 😂. Can make it beautiful if you tell it to write in LaTex.

2026-02-16 02:18:39 UTC

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I thought that was Hiroshima!

2026-01-09 17:43:11 UTC

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Exactly.

2026-01-09 10:39:13 UTC

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Yes it is. So nostalgic. These days, all I need is to listen to some OSRS music and it’s satisfying.

2026-01-08 23:52:58 UTC

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No hope huh?

2026-01-04 12:25:52 UTC

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Thank you for the kind words.

2026-01-03 04:39:26 UTC

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Used 0xchat.

2025-10-27 18:26:01 UTC

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When I was 16 I wanted a really cool car. Not getting it then taught me some valuable lessons.

2025-10-17 18:33:30 UTC

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@nprofile…vert this is important.

2025-10-16 02:51:39 UTC

If the market cap of gold can go from $15T to $30T in less than 2 years, how much crazier can Bitcoin ($2.2T) rip?

2025-09-25 21:14:05 UTC

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Dang it does that mean I need to start paying attention to this drama now?

2025-09-20 22:31:17 UTC

“Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see us; he has deserted our land!’””
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭8‬:‭12‬ ‭NLT‬‬

2025-09-19 21:29:11 UTC

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I might start timing my buys an hour before the open.. there’s definitely a predictable pattern.
#nevent1q…vwlg

2025-09-16 22:58:24 UTC

I think 95% of problems wouldn't exist if parents had better relationships with their kids.

2025-09-16 11:58:59 UTC

I've noticed the AI I use for coding tends to overly complicate the solution.

2025-08-31 17:14:14 UTC

“You will know that I am the Lord, O people of Israel, when I have honored my name by treating you mercifully in spite of your wickedness. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!””
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭20‬:‭44‬ ‭NLT

2025-08-28 17:56:20 UTC

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You have some competition with deep pockets.. could be any of them (Twitch, TikTok, YouTube, etc.)

2025-08-25 19:30:46 UTC

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You can just mess something up
#nevent1q…8reg

2025-08-22 23:09:31 UTC

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Thank you!

2025-08-22 15:31:48 UTC

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Thank tou

2025-08-22 14:38:43 UTC

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Thank you!

2025-08-20 12:04:02 UTC

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Yeah good idea. I think he’s incredibly noob, so I’ll introduce things slowly haha.

2025-08-15 23:53:30 UTC

Sent my friend some bitcoin for his birthday using @nprofile…esu4's link gift. Great feature.
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/beb12e67028305e6ae4adfb16480211bf96d6505923b97ee9dee7202bd699b8a.webp

2025-08-14 00:05:21 UTC

Look at this neat number https://blossom.westernbtc.com/2c32c730a29b9317bcf9b1b921308c00790128d83b86096239ec5b2bece1cc06.webp

2025-08-08 21:47:36 UTC

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You're absolutely correct!

2025-08-08 21:17:54 UTC

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“Bitcoin, Burgers & Beyond” 🫡
#nevent1q…u3uf

2025-07-16 20:28:31 UTC

https://blossom.westernbtc.com/3b96aa585e457b3dfd5222acc7b570b37b2c2d1c245a5185b1ff41cb9beae92d.webp

2025-07-01 18:51:27 UTC

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I’m guessing this was @npub1t6e…3scu, thank you!

2025-07-01 14:48:20 UTC

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I’ve been doing research into which formula we’d use (if we had to). It says providers use seed oil to meet the Omega Fatty 3 / 6 acids requirements. I’m curious how we’d meet those nutritional needs otherwise.

2025-06-26 13:50:23 UTC

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I love your name.

2025-06-26 13:02:18 UTC

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Here's a simple lottery game that could be easily verified by anyone.
Create an npub / website where you can bet on red or black.
When a new bitcoin block comes in, mod (%) the hash value by 2.
If the value is 0 = black, 1 = red.
If black wins, they win reds' pot. And vice versa.
Anyone could verify if cheating took place by doing the incredibly simple block height hash % 2.
You could follow this example to make the full game of roulette with other odds (including house wins).
The real question is legality.

2025-06-10 19:23:21 UTC

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Congrats! You’re supposed to be happier in the after picture 😂

2025-06-05 16:30:46 UTC

I've wanted to accept gift wrap messages to my @npub1z6f…m2tv relay. I only allow white listed public keys though, so NIP-17 (https://nostrhub.io/17) won't work out-of-the-box.
I see two options moving forward: change my relay to allow for pay-per-note, or allow attached ecash on the gift wrapped messages.

2025-05-23 15:16:59 UTC

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#nevent1q…723t

2025-05-12 10:36:57 UTC

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Wrong Josh you tagged haha

2025-05-09 17:49:41 UTC

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Yes you’re killing it

2025-04-08 16:14:09 UTC

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So for Cashu, the answer is sometimes?

2025-03-13 14:42:47 UTC

My futuristic prediction: our laptops will be replaced by our phones.
We’ll plug our phones into a docking station that hooks up an external monitor, keyboard, etc., when we want the desktop experience.

2025-02-25 18:03:30 UTC

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#nevent1q…ecsg

2025-02-18 16:34:53 UTC

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Great I’ll check it out!

2025-02-14 12:17:22 UTC

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Been loving it so far! I ran into this issue when trying to use my key to sign an encrypted payload though.
https://blossom.westernbtc.com/ba05a343118d4367d13a5e905d127d7548f22c10c8d747dbdb6f7ed5e9decde4.png

2025-02-04 01:24:28 UTC

How difficult do we think bridging Facebook Market to nostr would be?

2025-01-28 17:31:16 UTC

@nprofile…pjsj @nprofile…x58v NIP-17 obviously doesn't work with whitelisted relays because you have to create a random pubkey to send the message.
Could you instead, at some point (maybe when you first follow someone as it's a public event anyways), send a single encrypted message to the recipient intended for the transfer of a symmetric key? That way you could:
1. Encrypt a message using the symmetric key
2. Send it to the relay the pubkey is whitelisted on
3. The recipient's client, probably only checking for that event kind and narrowed to pubkeys they follow) would then attempt to decrypt it using the symmetric keys it's holding
4. The recipient's client would then store the message appropriately

2025-01-23 02:35:22 UTC

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Yes you can! Under your profile it's [username]@strike.me

2024-12-31 05:06:18 UTC

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Bold claim. I agree 🫡

2024-12-20 16:21:09 UTC

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I literally can't imagine building my infrastructure on Azure. It's ALWAYS been terrible.

2024-12-19 00:29:57 UTC

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Not fun.

2024-12-18 20:03:21 UTC

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I love listening to these. Going to go for a bike ride now while I listen 🙏

2024-12-17 22:55:48 UTC

I’m out for a bike ride and I realized something.
I think what’s coming for bitcoin is going to be a huge “bitcoin bubble”. Any company adopting the MicroStrategy playbook is going to skyrocket in share price.
I think next year or the year after, we see a blowoff top similar to 2017. Queue the next “Bitcoin is dead” articles. Bitcoin is still the innovation, like the internet was in the dotcom boom.

2024-12-10 19:22:40 UTC

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How is the nonstick? (I know you have to do certain things with stainless steel)