Your biggest challenge to learning "new things" is to let go of what you knew before and start with a fresh slate, no expectations. If you face new things thinking you already know them and there is little to learn, then there is indeed little to learn. But if you face them as if you "know nothing", then that is where you start to learn. So, how are you going to learn today?

⚠️Nostr practical security — attack vulnerabilities ⚠️ Researchers’ quote: " Our results on Nostr show that their use of cryptographic technologies is simple and immature, showing a sharp difference from the modern messaging applications that the research community has scrutinised. We think there is a significant lack of understanding on the secure design and analysis of distributed SNSs: what security property should be set, and what about the security of popular growing services other than Nostr, such as Mastodon and BlueSky? " A new research paper (Aug 2025) analysed Nostr and found basic cryptographic and design weaknesses that allow attackers to abuse the protocol in ways that real users and services should be concerned about. 👉In plain terms: attackers can trick clients and servers, steal funds or impersonate users in practical scenarios unless fixes are applied. 👉Key impacts everyone must know 1) Financial risk — attackers can hijack or manipulate keys or requests, causing loss of funds (wallet integrations, invoice relays, LN payflows). 2) Account and reputation risk — impersonation and message forgery can damage user identity, enable scams, or undermine trust models. 3) Ecosystem availability and privacy risk — attacks can de-anonymise users or flood/poison relays, degrading service and exposing metadata. 👉Call to action for developers and users - Developers: audit signing and verification flows, wallet integrations, relay filtering and threat models; prioritise fixes for key handling and message-authentication weaknesses. - Users: assume higher risk for money-related actions; avoid new integrations until maintainers publish mitigations; verify payments and identity out-of-band. Looping in relevant parties below. Regardless of whether the source is trustworthy, the attacks described are worth investigating. @fiatjaf @Vitor Pamplona @Damus @Sedd Link to the research listing (paper referenced): 👉 https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1459.pdf #asknostr #plebchain #plebs #nostr View quoted note →

you cannot demand freedom if it "only" applies to you. that's not freedom, that is entitlement. freedom comes with responsibility and if you cannot fight for it then you cannot demand it. if you cannot bear the responsiblity then it will be taken from you.

Revenge can cuse you illness. Your revenge and ill intent towards others will only tear you apart. You may feel the thrill of it, but nothing will come of it other than void and emptiness inside. External gratification will only eat away at your life. At the end of it, your hate will not go away but will slowly eat you from the inside into resentment until nothing is left of you. You may think you are doing it for a greater cause, but be sure you are not being manipulated and misguided into believing that one day you will be healed. Whatever learning you seek, harming others—even in thought—can turn on you in the disguise of illness. Do not wish on others what you do not want done to you. Be mindful of your thoughts. 🫂

" I love you". When was the last time you said those precious phrase to someone you care? And when was the last time you regretted for not saying it until they moved on from this life? Don't let each day pass by without saying your true feelings to someone you care. Let them hear it and let them see it. That you owe it to them and to yourself. Have a blissful day my dear readers!🫂☺️