Got Mistakes?. P.S. I'm working on a PR business for bitcoiners. Some of my posts are unusual to people outside of my culture, but that's the problem I'm trying to solve.
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Last Notes npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I was going to put them on GitHub too though. Maybe I will just leave the silent ones for GitHub. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Yikes. I thought about doing a silent film on a podcast feed, but now that you mention it, that's not going to work. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Nothing, but they care about dollars, not owning sats. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I saw him speak at the Pacific Bitcoin conference. He said Bank of America would start holding Bitcoin for customers and I threw up in my mouth a little bit. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Awseome video. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I recorded a poem with this title. :) npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I made a few videos on Rumble and earned one fiat cent. I didn't know they would do that. Of course to get it, I need to submit my papers to their honeypot. 🍯 They must have earned some fiat from one of their commercials to pay me a penny. Now I want to post more videos on there, but I want to turn off the ads because I don't want to direct people to the next meme coin casino game. Can I opt out of Rumble ads? npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Yes please. I wish I could explain how fast we can transfer information with Keet. I'm excited about Pear Drive because it will make NextCloud at the speed of light available to non-nerds. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Those casinos are robbing our children of their future. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Any updates on @nprofile…d5tl? #asknostr npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I can't see it ony phone. I'll look at it on my laptop or desktop later today. We can easily build a better website with free nostr tools. Let me see what I can do, but first... ☕ https://blossom.primal.net/e74eb082c73a51ed3e0010036540985894a16cc81e8e5134ccfb7cd229ef0315.png npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I talked to someone at the Rumble booth about these issue, but I think he wasa marketing guy because he had no idea what he was talking about. #nevent1q…qakl npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Really. I'm using Lyft an Uber from now on. 😂 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Please don't. Last summer, A cab driver in Vegas ran a red light while vibe coding and taking me to the airport. I was terrified.😱 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Satoshi seemed to care about bailouts. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I never heard of When Countries Go Broke. 🤔 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat 👀 Can you make a YouTube tutorial on How to teach my wife how to use Bitcoin please? 😂 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat What did Greenland do? Narco-Terrorism? Weapons of Mass Destruction? Jay walking? npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I still get this all the time. That's why this Venezuela thing is so fascinating. Maduro claimed his cryptocurrency was backed by oil reserves in 2018. People think "backed by" is a good thing, but it's actually a central point of failure. Stable coins are backed by national debt, but I don't think that's the good news they think it is. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Say hello to my little friend. https://blossom.primal.net/45231212481ce08ac483069a2d95340a5a911389d0b24b7143ca4ddad1378e19.jpg npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Agreed so I've been working on some videos. It's hard though. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat This made doing my chores so much more fun today. 😃 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I don't know. Ask Roger Ver. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Although I personally believe copyright laws are lame, I would like to see movies that are in the public domain on nostr. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023602008/ npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat The Gamblers Ruin Problem was about the only thing I understood in the White Paper when I first read it. I studied game theory to play poker before I heard about Bitcoin. It was never something I learned in school. I think that's the problem. None of this math is taught in school unless you specifically go to school to be an actuary, a cryptography researcher, or read books about gambling for a living. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Remember when Venezuela became the first country to use "block chain technology?" In 2018, they created the Petro, an electronic Chuck E. Cheese token backed by the nations oil reserves . What if(as a thought experiment 🥼) this shitcoin actually worked? What would have happened to value of the Petro once the oil backing the cryptocurrency was confiscated? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro_(token) npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Agreed. Sprinkling cocaine on an oil tanker to steal oil is better than starting a 20 year oil war. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat This is one of the negative consequences of inflation that few people talk about. Insurance companies are starting to remove the replacement cost value from policies. I suspect it's because actuaries are catching on to the fact that CPI does not reflect the mathematical reality of rising prices. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat My cousin worked at a Lamborghini dealership. Hey drives a Fiat. True story. 😂 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat What's this all about? I haven't watched much news until I learned the Monroe Doctrine now includes civil asset forfeiture. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I can't. I don't know much about geography or the metric system. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Me too. I've heard about it, but never looked at the website. I think of faraday bags as small totes. I didn't know they made backpacks. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I've used them for years, but I don't know anything about the WEF connection. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Right. The bewildered masses think it's about left and right, red and blue. It's really about the state and The People. The people end up losing more freedom over time, but are too distracted with identity politics to notice. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat The United States no longer respects the Bill of Rights or the Republican form of government. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat This restaurant template is making me re-think about vibe coding nostr clients. We can just build stuff with it for people who don't care about public key cryptography. https://greenbite-woodlands.shakespeare.wtf/ npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Maybe they can use mail-in ballots to make the transition smoother. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat What form of government is that called? npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Maybe he'll send Newsom if we place our bets on it on Polymarket. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat That doesn't sound like a democratic republic. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Yep. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I'd love to know what you think of this situation though. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Sous Vide Mashed Potatoes. 🥔 🥔 https://blossom.primal.net/079748d01011f788e6e16125f086fa1885f2472d37603d8b88305790f9aaf0cc.jpg npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I miss the anti-bank #bitcoin mentality. #nevent1q…yawx npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Yeah, is there a security hole we should be aware of or was the macaroon accidentally posted to nostr? npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat It's the scriptsig hex of Genesis block. Satoshi timestamped it with a newspaper headline dated January 3rd, 2009. The "coinbase" is the amount of Bitcoin miner receives for finding a block, not the crypto casino with the same name. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat The timestamp feature is also pretty neat. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat How do you think your macaroon became compromised? npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat This is the key to understanding we need to hold #bitcoin in self custody and away from financial institutions. https://blossom.primal.net/aeafbdf59aadefba96a5c000f466a26546bc6d67779bf9a44c69d0fde5cbddc3.jpg 04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat That's how I feel. I dislike Maduro, but also think sprinkling cocaine in his house is a lame reason for violating international laws. I'm also not sure what the unintended consequences will be. Hopefully peace, but I'm not holding my breath. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat It took me about 20 years to realize this myself. It's pretty fucked up. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat The United States has not declared war since 1942. The power is basically held by the executive office now. Presidents can make war whenever they want. That's why the national debt is worth more than all the gold in the world. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/nonrepudiation npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat https://blossom.primal.net/f443d1e65a7f38446e0903df573bbfd22975c8c560b33426b8e468d15d436b98.jpg I got a new microgreens kit for Christmas. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Zap splits. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I https://blossom.primal.net/73b6d3900abf3ffa2b9c7a705fb7a1db0aca0dc449e265a2d3038266e55f5cf3.jpg I have one. It's basically plug n play. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Is this your YouTube channel? npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Does her advice differ from her father? npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I've thought about using peer tube + nostr. Seems better than using YouTube and subjecting my audience to crypto gambling parlors. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat You just blew my mind. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Stay humble, stack 1/100ths of gold ounces just doesn't sound right. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system used as a store of value for trusted third parties because they are closer to the money spigot. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat 😂 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I used GPT image 1.5 on how to transform a hand drawn image. https://blossom.primal.net/1e663304c5f5b7bfe44c2bc9a0b91e238b75d42432f3ee70f610266e92be991a.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/eadf8225f36f538bc6d7403d28d29eff1c93d05fe386d9315c967f4ccef19ffe.png npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat The snow looks awesome. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat It's a constant battle. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat "By working faithfully 8 hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work 12 hours a day." Robert Frost npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat https://image.nostr.build/93dbbbd325e555a236d03771a274365bfe840f01cdb2617459fdcf7c9f4e3db0.jpg npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Just noticed there's an Android App. 👀 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat This is why I gave up on the LP. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Yeah, that's what I meant. Besides, I use this wallet for testing. I don't have serious sats on it. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I just added an air-gapped key to my Bull Bitcoin Wallet by scanning a hand-drawn QR code I made with a seed signer. 🤯 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Good morning 🌞. Look, I know we all had different expectations, but I've seen a lot worse than -5.3%. https://image.nostr.build/b9671da782c51101b0fd85557287c54eba614addaecd750b1a7942cfaa6b9338.jpg npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Thanks. I need to revisit it. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I uploaded this photo using the client. https://r2a.primal.net/uploads2/3/db/7a/3db7a9c483b6dab85bc3891e16b48f53170aa750f57d60cbf90ab89c69114200.png How long does it stay on the relay? npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat They don't like bitwarden? That's insane. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Nice. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat That's cool. 😎 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Files are stored as a hash. The blossom server uses this hash to publish a photo from the hash as opposed to a single link. This increases the availability of the image because if the photo is deleted from one blossom server, it can be found on another blossom server. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I bought your book, but haven't read it yet. I've been re-reading the 4 Hour Workweek though and I think your book can give me better travel ideas than Vagabonding since that book is more geared towards single guys. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat They don't post very often. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I began paying attention to this website in 2014 when it was around 18 trillion. It's been a major motivation for stacking sats. In my old blog, I ended every article with a link to this site . npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Woah! , 🙀 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Thanks. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat It's the Cantillon Effect from COVID money printers going brrrrrr. It takes time for the effects of inflation to materialize. People expect to see real estate drop vs. the dollar, but it looks like the dollar is dropping vs. monetary metals instead. I suspect the Central Banks of the world are resetting the monetary system. Things are already becoming more expensive for the people of the United States. Nothing stops that train. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat The debt is being printed by turning the national debt into stablecoins. The dollar is plummeting when priced in gold and silver. The US National Debt increases at the equivalent of 0.81085752 #Bitcoin per second. https://bitbo.io/news/armstrong-bitcoin-dollar-reserve/ https://image.nostr.build/364f21766781993b6a0ee9514ca9b7c2e405a90c724d62b1718a432975b5f27e.jpg npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I broke my TV last week because it had drugs in it. I didn't actually see any drugs, but they were there. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat This 👆 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I don't know then. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat So do I and running your own lightning wallet is more expensive than 1,000 sats. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Right. I think 1,000 sats in a custodial wallet is fine. 😂 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat You use Minibits, which is fine. I like Minibits, but it's not self custody. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Seriously. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Stay tuned for more news at 11:00. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Seems like When Money Dies. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat I'm reading Libertaria in Cyberspace by Tim May. I've never seen this one before and it happens to be very relevant in 2025. "Obtaining an entire island is problematic. Getting the consent of the residents is one issue (familiar to those on the this list who weathered the Hurrican Andrew diversion debate). Being allowed to operate by the leading world powers is another…the U.S. has enforced trade embargoes and blockades against many nations in the past several decades, including Cuba, North Korea, Libya, Iran, Iraq, andothers. Further, the U.S. has invaded some countries—Panama is a good example—whose government it disliked. How long would a supertanker “data haven” or libertarian regime last in such an environment? (Stephenson’s fascinating Snow Crash didn’t address tthe issue of why the “Raft” wasn’t simply sunk by the remaining military forces.)" The same is true of transporting gold in a world where oil tankers can easily have oil confiscated. I know there's a gold block chain, but it still requires "trust me bro" technology. npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat What fiction would you recommend? npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat It's also possible to make synthetic gold. It's too expensive now, but if gold keeps this up, that will change at some point. It seems more likely than quantum computing breaking Bitcoin. https://atkinsonsbullion.com/news/educational/how-is-gold-made-in-the-lab-exploring-synthetic-gold npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Good morning. Yesterday, one of my wife's friend's 20 year old kid told me, "Vine is coming back, but it's called DiVine now." #Nostr might actually go mainstream. 😎 npub1marc26z8nh3xkj5rcx7ufkatvx6ueqhp5vfw9v5teq26z254renshtf3g0 Marc Kat Merry Christmas Derek. 🫂