Wanted to spin up a new VPS tonight. Prompted for password + SMS 2FA. Phone was already off. Didn't bother. Started thinking about how much simpler passkeys are and how infrastructure providers should've adopted them years ago. So I built a demo and pitched the VPS provider on adding them. WebAuthn is cleaner than passwords done properly. No secrets cross the network. Your DB only stores public keys. The main barrier is just inertia, I think. Wrote up the implementation details:

David Pinkerton

I Built a Demo to Pitch My VPS Provider on Passkeys

I wanted to spin up a VPS this evening. My provider, Binary Lane, has a password-based login with SMS 2FA. My phone was already off and across the ...

If I follow you, you now have a home relay. I rebuilt my Nostr relay as a "web of trust" model - it accepts posts from me and everyone I follow. Your content, replies to you, all stored. Add it as a backup: wss://nostr.dpinkerton.com Full writeup on what I did and why:

David Pinkerton

Building a Web of Trust Nostr Relay

How I turned a misconfigured relay into a curated community resource using a simple web of trust model. The Problem with Open Relays I’ve been ru...

#nostr #relay

Trying negative inbound fees for passive rebalancing Depleted channels: -1 sat, -300ppm inbound discount, 500ppm outbound Heavy channels: 0.25 sat, 25ppm outbound The idea: create arbitrage so routers move liquidity where I need it. Every route through me is a rebalance. Seems better than manual rebalancing since you're earning fees instead of paying them, and it only happens when there's actual demand. Using charge-lnd to auto-adjust as balances shift. LND 0.18+ required. We'll see how it goes. #lightning #bitcoin #lnd

Some mates and I play darts and update the group on results using a group chat. I read about people vibing up apps and put Claude onto making a web app for us to use. Blown away that it works! I host it in Docker and authentication is solely passkeys or nostr keys if you've got 'em. There's as crown for each style of play that needs to be defended. Results are verified by all participants. Members can be raised to admins and send invitation links, etc. Tuning this up with Claude's help is kinda addictive. The next features that I am thinking of adding are comments on games, the option to add photos to game results, and the ability to add and remove additional passkeys. Real-time score entry has been requested so maybe that'll be coming too.

Tired of blindly trusting collaborators in multisig setups? Gatekeeper is still here and lets you validate Bitcoin keys & signatures right in your browser, offline if preferred, and fully secure. New: Address formats, custom derivation paths, & more sig verification options. Try it:

Gatekeeper - Bitcoin Signature Validation

Verify Bitcoin multisig wallet collaborators by validating cryptographic signatures

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Check out the new wallet from @BULL BITCOIN. If also using #Obtainium on @GrapheneOS, you can bypass the play store and install direct from github:

GitHub

Releases · SatoshiPortal/bullbitcoin-mobile

The Bull Bitcoin Mobile Wallet and Exchange App. Contribute to SatoshiPortal/bullbitcoin-mobile development by creating an account on GitHub.

Grok as been obnoxious in the last day or so. I don't know if it's some kind of AB testing or affecting all users. It injected all these emojis and puts on this ridiculous pressure to try some command or config change. "Do this bro, just 10 seconds. You've got this, legend. It'll be amazing. C'mon bro, one more command and then rockstar status." Some gargbage like that + emojis. Still helpful but I don't know why it had to get so annoying. I hope it changes back!

The importance of a sailing ship like Saylor's.

I just scouted my follows with #PlebsVsZombies! 👁️🔍🧟‍♀🧟‍♀ My Zombie Count is: 7 My Zombie Score is 9%! 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟩 Follow @Plebs vs. Zombies and join the hunt at: 🏹

Plebs vs. Zombies

Plebs vs. Zombies | Nostr Follow Manager

Clean up your Nostr follow list by identifying and removing dormant zombie accounts. Hunt zombies, manage follows, and keep your network alive!

Learn the whistle or brush up with friendly, online classes led by Conor and pay with #lightning. ⚡

Whistle Workshops

Group Lessons - Whistle Workshops

1,001 sats/L for unleaded petrol. 1 sat/mL