The implications for ecash and nostr are absolutely huge. If your npub is your ecash wallet (h/t @PABLOF7z) you could essentially paste a client key into any nostr app and receive ecash zaps anywhere. If a client key gets compromised, just rotate that key out, but your ecash isn’t compromised and *your npub stays the same*! View quoted note →

The most powerful book I’ve read on this is “Letting Go” by David R Hawkins View quoted note →

The managed instance would have backup snapshots (so you can export data and move to self-host).

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Sharing my X poll here for reach:

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Tankred Hase (@tankredhase) on X

Developers, what would you be willing to pay monthly for a managed instance of photon-keyserver: https://t.co/YdkukLH8ZQ

History rhymes. A common UX issue with PGP was that users would email their private key by mistake. View quoted note →

Shout out to @Jameson Lopp View quoted note →

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💯 security is about economics View quoted note →

The best compliment you can get as an open source developer is when a VC funded startup offers you unpaid review of their closed source fork. Then rebrands your project and pitches the same features to Bitcoin Magazine. Anyway get it open source here:

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This talk by Moxie confirmed many lessons I learned while working on Email and PGP. A must watch for anyone building on federated protocols. View quoted note →

You can spend the second half of life either in judgement or in curiosity.