So I made a Nostr Rideshare Protocol, and two apps: Ridestr and Drivestr It relies on no company and no proprietary servers. All communication and synchronization is Nostr. All ride fares are calculated locally by your phone using routing map data delivered via blossom on first launch, and It uses the locally running android geocoder and or GrapheneOS geocoder for name to address search experience. Default payment method is Cashu over Bitcoin/Lightning, but I plan to expand with Nostr Wallet Connect options, as well as a pay in cash option (that drivers can filter out if they don't want to deal with it). Wallets are synced via NIP-60 nostr wallets for cashu. All other app profile features are synced cleanly with nostr. I will be open sourcing it of course when it's ready to launch. Android only so far, but I fully plan to make an IOS version if people like the idea. The cashu implementation has been buggy, so I'm working through the bugs on that one day at a time, but let me know if you wanna see it!

I'm working on some really fun stuff. Vibe coding has finally gotten to the point where I'm gonna finish my nostr projects. If you've met me at conferences you probably know what I'm up to 😉

Me opening bitchat in random places hoping for a 1 instead of a 0

I was seeing all this talk about big tech implementing digital id stuff across the globe this week, and I was thinking about how Bitcoiners and the Cypherpunks need their own bretton-woods-like meeting or something right now. A gathering to put the world on a different path. I'll throw an unofficial beefsteak or meatup if yall wanna get together. I have a vision of something.

We thought they were gonna have to "9/11 the internet" to implement digital identity. Turns out the government has been listening to the people saying "you can just do things."

Pewdiepie has just gone all in degoogling, self hosting, and running GrapheneOS. One of us! Seriously this might start a revolution of open source contribution and expansion

Unpopular opinion: I don't think we should create new ways for BlackRock, Fidelity, and MicroStrategy to print money to buy residential homes. There should be a limit to this. The real estate market needs repricing downward to lower American cost of living.

I keep thinking back to that article "Everyone is a scammer." I didn't read the whole thing, but let me tell you, that title was so precient.