When receiving #Monero tips on nosmero.com, is there a way to know who tipped me? I want to say thank you very much for the tips I received, but I don't know who to thank. But I suppose that's kinda the point -- anonymity. Thank you again.

As I understood him, I don't think the CIA origin theory per se is his foremost concern. He even said he likes the idea of Bitcoin. His beef has to do with traceability and lack of privacy. That's where Bitcoin falls flat and gives rise to conspiracies. It's why coins like Monero exist.

IF JESUS SPOKE AT A NOSTR CONVENTION... “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the blockchain.... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon -- whether that's gold, fiat, or Bitcoin." "For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’”

LGBTQ ideology and its militant proponents deserve nothing but derision and mockery, because the whole thing is stupid and evil. But individuals who suffer from these disordered attractions deserve our love and support. Not to confirm them in their disorders, but to love them through and out of them.

Morning shaves are a delight with my Edwin Jagger razor.

Is there such a thing as a Satoshi wallet that does not take fees? What's the best wallet to use that is KYC-free, open source, and non-custodial?

I hear a lot about this administration's authoritarianism. What do people mean by that? And do they remember the literal lockdowns and pharmaceutical mandates we endured during the previous regime?

I am not a Bitcoiner, but if I was, I would not worry about its price right now. Rather than cry about it, I would buy more (it's on sale), because it's guaranteed to rise again, and you will make money in the long run, if that's what you're concerned about.

I understand enthusiasm about Bitcoin. But we have to live balanced lives. We have to work and earn money and raise our families. We have to worship God, live our lives honorably, do good and be charitable. We don't want to be one-dimensional nerds. As much as I hate Facebook, it was pretty cool in the beginning before it was all about memes and short reels. Remember in 2009 how every post began with "[Username] is... " and you had to complete the sentence? That was the standard prompt. It made people write something about themselves. It was kind of fun, even if a little silly sometimes. Facebook is evil now. Super evil. Both it and Twitter/X are designed to keep you on their platform through psychological manipulation and depraved content. I have enjoyed MeWe and even Mastodon. In my opinion, the Nostr protocol is the best, most promising tech for social media. I just hate seeing so many people turned off by it because we're a bunch of nerds that can't stop talking about sats and zaps. (No offense to anyone personally. I know I can be a crypto/Linux/privacy nerd too.) Stay humble and be social.

This is a good conversation about Nostr and Faith.

What is your personal desktop computer's operating system? (1) Windows 11 (2) Windows 10 (3) MacOS (4) Linux (5) other

Serious thought for those who love using Nostr (I love it too): We talk about how we own our content, but do we really post much of anything in our daily social media lives that we even care about after a year? Or a week? Even after a few hours? I suppose it depends on the content format. Microblogging is often silly or lacks substance. Lots of memes and wisecracks. An article, on the other hand, or long-form writing, is something you might want to hang onto for a long time. Vlogs or podcasts or video podcasts -- we might want to hang onto these, too. I miss the old days when we used internet forums with conversation threads. I used to frequently go back and review past conversations. But with today's microblogging, our "tweets" and posts and such, if I don't see something right away on my feed, I often don't go back searching for someone's past posts, or at least not that far back. What has changed? Is it me or are we all posting less interesting things? Our content is more shallow, perhaps? I don't know, but this I do know: Facebook is the devil. Nostr is a godsend.