So, Nostr reports I have 0 followers. And people wonder why it's "NOT TAKING OFF" 🤪😂

Peak Eric Adams = best metal singer of all time. There is no second best. Fight me. #Metalstr

MAGA fanbois suddenly deciding to "opt-out" and taking "a stance from the sidelines" is hillarious

@ThomasV just read about the submarine swaps, and to my shame, I haven't closely followed Electrum in the past. Question: Is it practical to use Electrum Lightning (unannounced channels only) without running it in always-on daemon mode? e.g. just on desktop

Bitcoin Core dev proposes to convert Core into a walled garden, membership-only repo. 🤷 All because every once in a while there is actual work to be done moderating a PR (btw something, for which already a full-time paid grant by @npub10pen...n34f exists) The more I read such nonsense coming out of Core, the more I think that giving Devs effectively a tenure (through Chaincode, longterm grants Brink, OpenSats etc) is part of the problem, not the solution. "We want to do our thing, amongst ourselves, not be subject to public scrutiny. But please keep paying us." Discuss. --- cc @ODELL @jack @Gigi

[bitcoindev] The case for privatizing Bitcoin Core

#ICYMI: Recorded live from the Litecoin Summit, this privacy panel with BasicSwap's @thegreatestdoc explores the importance of privacy in decentralized systems, how privacy-preserving tech evolves to fill pragmatic needs, and more! Don't miss it 👉

GM. Was doing BOLT12 ⚡before it was cool. Anno 2021 with @QnA , via c-lightning command line. It was literally the main reason why I was (and still am) running a CLN node Glad to see it's finally becoming more and more popular

Are there any Bitcoin node projects that set everything up with Ansible? If not, is there any good reason why not? Genuine question

Does anyone else have issues updating @SimpleX Chat on @Zapstore?? "hash mismatch. Possibly malicious file"