Back to Damus on iOS and Gossip on desktop. Taking break from Primal on iOS. Something about the backend DB does not feel right at this time. (May change my mind). It feels like I am using someone else’s node to verify transactions. A centralized DB is a point of failure and censorship prone. Although it is easy to switch clients and you own your keys. There will be optionality of clients and implementations - everyone is free to pick and choose, that is the main idea. ⚡️🤙🧡

How many of you remember when Damus was banned in China? 🙋‍♂️

Nostr Client Wars 2024 edition.

Apple Music - Web Player

A Change of Seasons by Dream Theater on Apple Music

Album · 1995 · 5 Songs

Scammers hide harmful links in QR codes to steal your information. Restaurant menu and Parking meter QR codes are the worst - experience and security.

Consumer Advice

Scammers hide harmful links in QR codes to steal your information

QR codes seem to be everywhere. You may have scanned one to see the menu at a restaurant or pay for public parking. And you may have used one on yo...

View quoted note → I have been using "narr" since the launch. I have been looking for a lightweight, no ads, no tracking, simple RSS Reader for long forms. Fiatjaf delivered! 🤙

2 years ago this month when I joined Nostr 16k USD was 1 BTC. This week $100k USD is 1 BTC. 2 years from now (fill in the blanks) _______USD will be 1 BTC. And, yes...1 BTC will always be 1 BTC!

https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-isnt-santa-claus-its-grinch The State Isn’t Santa Claus, It’s the Grinch!

Russia is using bitcoin in foreign trade. https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/russia-is-using-bitcoin-foreign-trade-finance-minister-says-2024-12-25/

found this long form on Hacker News. https://medium.com/@bdratings/all-your-models-are-destroyed-the-rise-and-future-fall-of-microstrategy-5916dd3c0021

Never use a tea bag...you heard it here.

Commercial Tea Bags Release Millions of Microplastics, Entering Human Intestinal Cells - Slashdot

A new study finds that polymer-based commercial tea bags release billions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. It also shows for the fir...

Man who claims he invented bitcoin faces prison after filing $1.1 trillion suit

Ars Technica

Man who claims he invented bitcoin faces prison after filing $1.1 trillion suit

UK judge issues 1-year suspended prison sentence as Wright hides in Asia.

Stay humble and stack sats!

" For Bitcoin to succeed and become secure, bitcoins must become vastly more expensive. " — Hal Finney, 2011-03

Great overview of Quantum Computing issue with Bitcoin.

Quantum Leap

Pura Vida

Paul Krugman retirement and 100k in the same week. there are no coincidences 🤓