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Most of all, I want to hear why whatever you choose to write about is hard. Why don’t we have p2p mining pools that work well? Why is self custodial lightning hard? Why is lightning liquidity hard? Why are covenants without more op codes hard? Why is privacy hard?
We have a lot of content that’s like “it’ll be amazing when this-cool-thing-thats-theoretical-and-a-decade-away exists” and “this is exactly how this thing works.” I want to know what’s in the way between where we are now and where we want to go.
Write about what Bitcoiners need to attack - not how, but what and why. Layout the unsolved problems without ramming a pet solution down my throat.

2025-06-15 22:37:22 GMT

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I keep forgetting about this, thanks!

2025-06-09 00:52:45 GMT

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Custodial services are unambiguously treated as money transmitters and money service businesses by current law, and this law does not change any laws wrt custodians. Ecash mints are custodians. Federated mints might be an exception given that control isn’t unilateral but no one knows.
Unfortunately, any ecash mints, or bitcoin custodians, serving US customers without money transmitter licenses and registering as a money service business are operating illegally.
This why wallet of satoshi left - there was fear these laws would start being enforced.
This is why services like Primal KYC - to comply with these laws.
This is also why you hear the term “custodial anarchy” when people talk about ecash. The premise of the ecash regime is a mass protest of these laws (awesome).

2025-05-31 18:05:52 GMT

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We proxy all invoices (like lnproxy) to take this 30% fee noncustodialy and atomically.

2025-05-13 15:42:47 GMT

technology doesnt make us smarter
it makes our stupidity more powerful

2025-05-04 23:02:26 GMT

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Our source is open. Link in the footer of the site.
iOS PWA notifications are tricky, they are very strict about what you can do, but they use the same open standard other PWAs use.

2025-04-23 16:13:58 GMT

Bitcoin will win in ways you don't like.

2025-04-22 20:53:55 GMT

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@npub1s9e…lxzl with https://plebdevs.com/

2025-03-28 01:54:40 GMT

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I’ll create a GitHub issue

2025-03-28 01:54:22 GMT

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Thanks I didn’t realize latency might be an issue. I generally use an extension

2025-03-20 23:11:41 GMT

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holepunch stuff: https://stacker.news/search?q=holepunch&what=posts&sort=zaprank
keet stuff: https://stacker.news/search?q=keet&what=posts&sort=zaprank

2025-03-10 17:40:34 GMT

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We have plans to be more interoperable, and eventually follow similar pubkey identity and client-to-many-servers model, but it's not the priority at the moment (lightning inventiveness and incentiveness stuff are). If you need a #nostronly community I'd recommend https://satellite.earth/.

2025-03-05 16:43:45 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/7d159dd5d1580ea67cd2157e1ccf4ad12be197e2058d019c01efbcc72ae1b0e7.png
https://image.nostr.build/2771c0ef29f53adf7b0b59f7b325569e44a2f7ccbe9c13ba4b19001361195518.png

2025-02-28 00:38:07 GMT

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* after you give us your birth certificate and rectal scan so we can make sure you're not a terrorist

2025-02-28 00:33:27 GMT

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Whoops https://image.nostr.build/c88840935d912d04e2c7e9ae073f51c2981e684c74be5e00f55cd4d28bc78ddc.png

2025-02-28 00:30:22 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/9e3ff82f67db1af8bf9f7b8e849f84b127af022cb71952c31a5cd1cba9c14c72.png

2025-02-27 22:16:21 GMT

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ie I'd look at other relay implementations for reference tests

2025-02-27 22:15:16 GMT

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I used https://github.com/cameri/nostream 's tests when I implemented https://github.com/stackernews/booger

2025-02-27 01:50:27 GMT

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"The amish have agreed to accept bitcoin"

2025-02-26 16:21:36 GMT

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https://lightning.news

2025-02-26 14:05:11 GMT

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Couldn't something like this just use HD keys and prove the derivation rather than having to find another note (ie proof) somewhere?

2025-02-26 12:53:09 GMT

https://image.nostr.build/2122ba91059ed3d246269f3e6756edad168ca80e793a3cc91f1aed0616b6ca6c.png

2025-02-11 14:42:15 GMT

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Great stuff. I hope more founders listen to this. Thank you both.
https://fountain.fm/episode/iZ4Y0dsRLReo77okQF14
#nevent1q…qlzw

2025-01-16 19:35:27 GMT

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GitHub search is pretty good. Njump source code was pretty informative iirc

2025-01-16 13:56:12 GMT

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It’s planned. We support fallbacks already but only one type of each kind of connection, and we’ll allow multiple connections of each kind soon

2024-10-22 23:58:55 GMT

Make the change you want in the world profitable.

2024-10-07 13:33:50 GMT

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LRU is the way

2024-09-13 13:42:01 GMT

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We have a branch for this. @nprofile…zhha wants to refactor it before we ship it. Shouldn't be long though.

2024-09-11 15:07:27 GMT

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Hmmm usually indicates the pairing phrase has been used already and is fixed by using a new one

2024-09-11 14:50:00 GMT

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Nice!

2024-09-09 20:56:18 GMT

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Still struggling with LNC on SN?

2024-09-09 11:59:49 GMT

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Needed this this morning

2024-08-31 15:16:42 GMT

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To the extent that we can do this we will.
We’ve begun workshopping designs. We think we can make it work.

2024-08-29 03:08:55 GMT

People poopooing nostr is a sign of it maturing and will only help it.
Keep building.

2024-08-21 15:35:23 GMT

#nevent1q…gw4a

2024-08-16 17:00:38 GMT

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Ah, a forum site called "WitCoin" is the original zap inventor by the looks of it. It dates all the way back to 2011!
https://web.archive.org/web/20111007212909/http://witcoin.com/help

2024-08-16 16:44:50 GMT

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It's a model I wished all podcasts would follow, or all creators for that matter. Maybe it's something @nprofile…62q3 and @nprofile…d59n can support. I know they're both doing more nostr integrations.

2024-08-16 14:42:07 GMT

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I believe zaps even pre-date SN but I wasn’t aware of them at the time.
In 2014, as I was told, someone did them onchain! Zapread.com also might’ve existed before sn (or came into existence at roughly the same time) but I think they zapped “tickets.” And @npub1yxp…399s implemented a zap voting system for @npub1h8n…rpev before SN too I think.
#creditwherecreditisdue #citeyoursources

2024-08-13 11:54:11 GMT

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Absolutely

2024-08-13 00:26:04 GMT

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It works for me, so your nostr key is probably linked to another account already.
Try logging in with nostr, then unlink nostr from that account, then link it to the account you want.

2024-08-12 16:54:00 GMT

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I’ll take a look today

2024-07-25 19:42:41 GMT

Bitcoin is fuck you technology

2024-07-17 01:29:44 GMT

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I *was* disagreeing with naval too.

2024-07-16 17:36:03 GMT

Naval is right. Social media was all about status.
#nevent1q…pjf8

2024-05-19 01:06:00 GMT

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Oh because they aren’t creating the positive sum thing anymore

2024-05-19 00:26:01 GMT

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Everyone that doesn’t get an in-kind return on their investment loses in proportion to their net loss. Good sports know how to trade losses for an intangible gain though.
What I think about a lot is that everyone loses if the creators did something truly positive sum.

2024-05-18 18:47:31 GMT

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Broad short term plan: https://stacker.news/items/523435
Dreamy non-custodial plan: https://stacker.news/items/534261

2024-05-18 18:43:29 GMT

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I literally say "we'll be in a better position to chip in" two sentences later.

2024-05-18 17:12:27 GMT

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It will be less simple but we don’t want to have to KYC people. If non-custodial mobile wallets can’t figure out always-on sends/receives, the application ecosystem will be dystopic. I’m optimistic though. We’ll be in a better position to chip in when we stop taking this shortcut and I care enough about SN, things like it, and the problems that we’re trying to solve that I’m willing to die trying.

2024-05-18 04:41:51 GMT

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Pretty great resource on humane design https://humanebydesign.com/

2024-03-24 15:06:54 GMT

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I suspect this was your survey. Most clients don’t support the poll nip. @bitcoinplebdev did I get that right?

2024-02-29 17:18:29 GMT

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Ask him if his arms are cold

2024-02-27 05:38:51 GMT

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Oh but maybe we should make events for these when crossposted I guess.

2024-02-27 05:37:39 GMT

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Yeah they’re fun

2024-02-20 00:26:48 GMT

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Sure. I'll create a github issue for it.
Generally, if you want SN to do something, creating a gh issue is the best way to initiate it happening.
We aren't storing our roadmap in Jira or something. It's all right there.

2024-02-16 23:42:10 GMT

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Oh I don't mind. All is fair in Love and Nostr.

2024-02-15 23:27:15 GMT

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Whoops meant to say one founder

2024-02-15 23:16:39 GMT

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Fwiw there’s only one cofounder

2024-02-13 18:01:38 GMT

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SN allows crossposting. We have a PR that be merged soon that crossposts most post types via @npub1s9e…lxzl
More will follow, but we are reliant on extensions exclusively right now which aren't available everywhere and can be painful to use in some cases.

2024-02-13 17:52:56 GMT

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SN would adopt it fwiw. Any browser client should too though.

2024-02-13 17:46:01 GMT

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Has anyone built a good wallet for it? Does mutiny support it? Do any solid nostr clients like Damus allow me to use it as an nsec-bunker?
I'd love to not need to copy keys around, but that requires having somewhere I feel comfortable keeping them.

2024-02-13 17:39:53 GMT

Is there a proposal for using a Nostr Wallet Connect like flow for signing nostr events? Is that what nsec-bunker is?

2024-01-25 18:57:12 GMT

If you paid for an Outer Space reservation check your DMs! I’m issuing refunds.
Several of you don’t have nip57’s or are inactive. I want to make sure I’m sending the money to the right place.

2024-01-25 01:41:34 GMT

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When we noticed this bug, I think your withdrawal was one of 4 that ran into this issue. In your case, the failed payment was refunded to your account once we deployed the fix.
Sorry I missed this!

2024-01-25 01:36:43 GMT

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This should've cleared up now. It was an issue on our end. We had a bug that wouldn't settle previously tried invoices in our ledger.

2023-12-24 18:21:08 GMT

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You were!

2023-12-19 15:08:35 GMT

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Yes! @npub1f4w…kqh9

2023-12-16 18:16:22 GMT

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Thanks Gary!!!

2023-12-16 18:15:55 GMT

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Lnurl-auth can be finicky. I’d guess blue wallet and your alby extension aren’t actually using the same linking key.
This is something to take up with alby or bluewallet

2023-11-25 21:11:31 GMT

Thanksgiving is a yearly reminder that we should be dehydrating bread and rehydrating it with something tastier than water.

2023-11-22 19:49:44 GMT

Success is having new hard things to work on.
When it gets easy, you're underachieving.

2023-11-15 23:50:34 GMT

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@npub1jfu…m0gx

2023-11-10 14:32:09 GMT

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Ask someone who is already paying for it to setup an org and make them an org member. Pay the org owner in sats

2023-11-10 14:26:24 GMT

gm make something bitcoiners want

2023-11-10 14:26:10 GMT

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Does this work if you backtest? It doesn’t for me but I’m also kind of a slow thinker.

2023-10-26 19:47:31 GMT

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Tomorrow :)

2023-10-26 14:44:30 GMT

thinking about opening a store called bear market/bull market
one half of the store is like grocery outlet
the other half is like erewhon

2023-10-20 14:00:50 GMT

watch out friday I just discovered Colter Wall

2023-10-19 17:58:00 GMT

You can almost measure how much change a technology will cause by the severity of people's fears around it.

2023-10-15 16:55:39 GMT

gm make something bitcoiners want

2023-10-11 20:19:54 GMT

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Oh so "refer to" here means "refer to [another thing and NOT this thing]." I think that's where we were confused.
Thank you! 🙏

2023-10-11 19:01:18 GMT

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@npub1s9e…lxzl

2023-10-11 19:00:49 GMT

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https://stacker.news/items/280982/r/k00b

2023-10-11 18:45:13 GMT

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Oh a tags are only for replies? Would you be able to link to the spec on this?
We couldn’t find a whole lot on how the a tags should be used and assumed wrongly that we were supposed to add them to the original.
@npub1s9e…lxzl

2023-10-07 21:27:06 GMT

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https://media.tenor.com/Ffj5pIZiXpIAAAAd/aceventura-jimcarrey.gif

2023-10-06 17:52:00 GMT

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This was posted on sn too. I couldn’t find the source. Anyone know?

2023-10-06 17:49:55 GMT

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Good rec. we’ll be refining external wallet experiences on a regular basis

2023-10-05 21:52:37 GMT

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@npub1s9e…lxzl where are you $boost $prism lol

2023-10-05 16:09:30 GMT

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He was using it to create reliable failures for testing error display. Normal text notes worked fine

2023-10-05 12:20:25 GMT

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Blaster doesn’t support long form according to @npub1s9e…lxzl

2023-10-05 12:17:42 GMT

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Did you edit it? We send a replacement when you edit it

2023-09-30 22:33:12 GMT

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Something must be coming

2023-09-29 18:55:34 GMT

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yep! perfect environment to find ride or die cofounders too

2023-09-29 18:14:00 GMT

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lol

2023-09-29 17:56:10 GMT

If you want to be a founder but don't know what to build, consider starting an agency because people will pay you *and* give you ideas. I've heard many success stories of agency agents turning into successful founders. It's probably way less painful than the alternative too.

2023-09-29 01:15:27 GMT

lol adding lnurl pay comments accidentally gave us DMs on stacker news

2023-09-29 00:47:31 GMT

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Should be fixed now. I even updated the spec 😇
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/800

2023-09-28 21:59:12 GMT

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I'll push a fix for this tonight. Sorry!

2023-09-28 20:22:13 GMT

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@npub107j…ncxg are dms not working for velvet related to the `a` tag?
I should be able to deploy the `a` tag fix be eod.

2023-09-28 17:29:25 GMT

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Oh weird, I’ll try to fix asap. Thanks for reporting!