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makrokoppen 1 year ago
How long after paying the invoice does boltz usually take? #asknostr
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makrokoppen 1 year ago
i do not think #nostr needs to grow fast or that it needs to compete with Farcaster, X, Bluesky etc (which might have more VC funds etc). even though it prima facie might seem appropriate to compare #thenostr with those other centralized apps(?)/protocols(?) i think it is like comparing apples and oranges the nostr protocol seems to be a tool, a tool for the rebels, the nyms, the developers not solely motivated by VC funding. it is a town square, the dark side of town or the road less travelled. this doesn’t make it irrelevant or doomed to fail. as long as we are here, there is potential. many boroughs of many cities flourish after they have been poor for decades many things built on nostr will fail some will not get funding it his hard to get the $$$ influencers get from X from zaps on nostr but it is open and a tool with no centralized blue checks a tool anybody can use, without giving away anything special, entry cost is low anybody can build on it, whichever tool they want people tend to use tools whenever necessary so nostrs use case is not only limited to what we need and can imagine now, but it is open for people to build what they want in the future, what if govt A enacts so and so rules, ex stringent regulations on who can access SoMe or use so and so app, those apps can be built on nostr, and it can happen pretty quick. No govts, elons, board members or investors to shut you down. Yes funding is an issue, and funding is not an issue for the aforementioned tech, but if you are centralized you will adhere to govts and investors or else they will shut you down (ex X) or put you in jail, thus they do not have the freedom nostr offers @jack s donation to @OpenSats will also help nostr for a while. Maybe it can be compared to VC funding(?) at least it might help some nostr projects for a good while well into the future so as long as the protocols in place and you are free to spin up your own relay, nobody says “no you can’t do that” when you propose a client, app or whatever, there is unlimited potential ahead. just like the internet earlier nostr is the Wild West vc money is less interested because of its reach and (as of now) slim chances of monetizing users, user data or getting a return on investment quickly most vcs want control control over a product to sell license away etc (ex reddit suddenly charging Apollo app to use its API or whatever, basically shutting down third party apps and people’s livelihoods) with nostr they don’t get that there is no fast money to be made it is not a thing they can control kind of like #bitcoin and it’s first user base of cypherpunks (look now, blackrocks interested, governments are angry) adoption took a lot of time, selling a coin for fiat took a lot of time, getting people to take it seriously took a lot of time nostr adoption will probably go faster, but it will probably take some time to catch on but nostr will always have freedom freedom is important, maybe it is not apparent or necessary everywhere or always, but when you do not have freedom it is the only thing you will miss more than vc funding etc thank you for listening to my Ted talk!
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makrokoppen 1 year ago
How do i increase Lightning inbound balance? Is it by opening another channel? #asknostr
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makrokoppen 1 year ago
@zeus sooo i generated multiple invoices before my channel was set up properly (paid LSP fee) 1 person paid me which resulted in the LSP being paid for and set up the other two persons paid their invoices, but their transactions are stuck in a queue on their end are those two invoices generated before the LSP was paid for void or are they stuck somewhere not «finding their way»?
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makrokoppen 1 year ago
remember that april was the 4th highest monthly close in #bitcoin history let that sink in