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"EVERYTHING IN MODERATION, INCLUDING MODERATION." OSCAR WILDE ON STACKING ZAPS

Nostorian /ˈnɒ-stɔːr-i-ən/ noun 1. A person who studies, interprets, or writes about historical events using data derived from Nostr, particularly one regarded as an authority on the subject. 2. A chronicler or annalist who compiles historical records based on Nostr activity, posts, and zaps. #Nostorian #WordOfTheDay

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Extraordinary firsthand account of the Bin Laden raid, told by the man who took him out. A must listen! #RobONeill #NavySEAL #Raidstr

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The High Performance Podcast • Bin Laden's Assassin: The Navy SEAL Who Killed The World’s Most Wanted Man | Rob O'Neill (E340) • Listen on Fountain

Rob O’Neill is a former Navy SEAL best known for being part of the mission that took down Osama bin Laden. With years of experience in high-stake...

Are you wondering where the name ‘Sybil’ comes from in terms like ‘Sybil Resistance’ or ‘Sybil Attack’, where a single adversary creates multiple fake identities (or nodes) to gain unfair influence or disrupt a network? Me too! Well here’s where… The term “Sybil” in “Sybil attack” comes from the name of a real person—Sybil Dorsett, the pseudonym of a woman who was famously (and controversially) documented in the 1973 book Sybil as having multiple personality disorder (now called dissociative identity disorder). Why the name? In 2002, researchers Brian Zill and John Douceur introduced the term “Sybil attack” in a paper describing how a single user could control many fake identities in a distributed network. They named it after Sybil Dorsett because: The attacker presents many identities, like Sybil’s multiple personalities. So, the name is metaphorical: just as Sybil had multiple personas, an attacker simulates many users while actually being just one entity. If you’re interested, I can link the original academic paper or explain how it influenced modern decentralized design. Source: ChatGPT-4-Turbo #tilstr #sybilstr

Curious why clients are moving from npubs to nprofiles? Yes, me too. Here’s why… “Npub and nprofile are both ways to represent user identities in Nostr, but they have different purposes: npub • This is your public key. • It starts with npub1... • It’s a unique identifier for your account. • People use this to find or follow you. • It only contains your public key, nothing else. nprofile • This is a more detailed version of your identity. • It starts with nprofile1... • It includes your public key plus extra info like which relays you use. • This makes it easier for apps to find your data on the network. • It’s basically a “contact card” with more context than just the public key. In short: • npub = just your public key (like a username). • nprofile = public key + relay info (like a full contact).” Source: GBT-4o

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About to take on an iconic 16-mile point-to-point trail race here in the UK, representing @Bitcoin Runners! It kicks off at the Combe Gibbet—site of a gruesome double ‘gibbeting’ in 1676. Wish me luck! #runstr

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👀 “The number 888888 can hold different meanings depending on the context; here are a few possibilities: • The number 8 is often associated with infinity, power, balance, and abundance. • In Chinese culture, 8 is extremely lucky because it sounds like the word for wealth or prosper (發, fa). So 888888 could be seen as extremely auspicious—like a supercharged version of good fortune. • In places like China, phone numbers or license plates with multiple 8s (especially 888888) can be considered highly valuable or prestigious. • In angel numbers (a New Age idea), 888 is associated with abundance and alignment with the universe. So 888888 would be seen as an intense message of financial and spiritual prosperity.” Credits Text: ChatGPT Images:

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