**Sending money should feel like sending a message** You open a banking app. You find them, or type an IBAN, or discover you are on different payment apps entirely. Maybe you ask them to send you a request first. Somewhere in there, you copy a long string from one app and paste it into another, and hope you got all of it.

Sonar Blog — notes on privacy, policy & the network

Why private, decentralized communication matters more every month — and how we

Sonar weekly release just landed

Sonar Blog — notes on privacy, policy & the network

Why private, decentralized communication matters more every month — and how we

Now we have bakcups:

Sonar Blog — notes on privacy, policy & the network

Why private, decentralized communication matters more every month — and how we

signal like and sending money outside of the sonar wallet

Sonar Blog — notes on privacy, policy & the network

Why private, decentralized communication matters more every month — and how we

Enjoy! and text me on sonar if you have any problems!

Mhhh looks like the torrent is already used for sharing films!

I read it when I was at college, but the book by Federico Pistono is a must-read these days

Client Challenge

You can download my copy on with carl

IDK if you noted but my zaps are broken and are on purpuse. We have to fix it and using bolt12 is the way

Only italians can understand

Briscola — multiplayer card game

Play Briscola online. Guests need no account. Scores on Nostr. EN / IT.

FYI While working on backup in sonar like signal I fuck my android device so if you was texting with me there you have to remove and text me with fresh keys! Sorry!

I found out about Lightning Network in the 2018 in a podcast where there was a chain of invoice paid each other on X Now we are in a new era with nostr and bolt12 and I was wondering if we can do it here! Lets start from here lno1pgqppdcqp4y2uqq2xcqqzqjwmyc2lvaq60tmzdruh4e3pqa0cdsd00y2h775hhn6673zn7qs5ypq852p3t0xe6w0g572twy5p3yhfm302v24ywzkv3py9dnmllpz44yfqqdgyxvvu3p33wkqqk89czlcvn9y7ng7xaz2vcspuyghwqehvapgwlefkn629wsg5u26z6y2wsr6qk0sgec0z59wavcdthl9pyqzeasx7vryrjufqaev8wr2fe5w5qgqjrrgrnqduvlp6hqpdh7yev0ygsn0j2ffndwcf9thacg3vggzq99y5zs36aydjnmzd9pr5xjkwp0h3kkvwu0rznvhcrnwwgxs0prq Paid it, post a photo that you pad from a cashu wallet and post your bolt12 If you need a bolt12 compatible mint you can use

Hedwig Cashu Mint

cc @calle :P hope that you will be the first :P

🎙️ Deep Dive: The Open-Weights Letter — July 24, 2026. Four words from Elon Musk, quoting Mark Zuckerberg, quoting Satya Nadella: 30+ tech giants signed 'Open Weights and American AI Leadership'. Who signed, who refused (Google, Anthropic), and why now — China, export controls, and the distillation fight. 18m45s. Listen: #podcast #audio #ai #openweights

A new version or sonar just landed

Sonar Blog — notes on privacy, policy & the network

Why private, decentralized communication matters more every month — and how we

Bringing MSN trill back but better

Sonar Blog — notes on privacy, policy & the network

Why private, decentralized communication matters more every month — and how we

🎙️ Wavelength: Bitcoin on Easy Mode for Agents and Humans — Lightning Labs alpha launch unpacked (Ark, VTXO expiry, MCP/L402 agent payments, questions from bonomat + sethforprivacy answered by roasbeef & Elizabeth Stark). 13min. Listen: https://nostr.download/de162bfd43017845a945ab3ba94a2d7444295414c7c7ef39e48892cb9f52e7d3.mpga Mirror:

🎙️ Hedwig Tech — aggiornamento finanziario, 21 luglio 2026. Scadenze fisco Ticino, incassi in sospeso e spese della settimana. Ascolta:

🎙️ AI Podcast — antirez on open models. Generated July 19 2026. Listen: #podcast #audio #ai

🎙️ New episode — Swiss Personal Finance Podcast, July 20 2026. Listen: #podcast #audio #personalfinance

My weekend work

Sonar Docs — protocol & design

Protocol and design documentation for Sonar: BLE + Nostr discovery, the notification envelope, direct Bolt12 payments, BIP-353 addresses, and open ...

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Ok finally the sonar app is ready enough

Sonar — sense who's nearby

Sonar is a private messenger that works two ways at once: Bluetooth finds the people around you — even with no internet — and the open Nostr ne...

for have it running with my pubkey! So from today you can text me with my pub key from Sonar :) see you there!

Judging people from their social is like judging someone that you have never know in person

Just in these days I understand the power of nostr