Because people starting to realise ecash on bitcoin is a beautiful castle built on the sand of very shaky assumptions.
Much of the energy/resources would have been better allocated elsewhere.
Any effort to point this out was attacked, at times because of the monetary interests at play grants etc. Those who have expressed honest criticism, or even just indifference publicly @jb55, have felt sidelined as naysayers by industry as a whole, which should not happen. There have been few underhanded attacks from cashu camp against projects that invalidate ecash use case. I can see why some animosity has built, and public indifference flipped to open criticism.
If someone has nothing to gain by critising something, yet a lot to lose, it's an honest opinion that should be listened to.
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Ben Arc
benarc@nostr.com
npub1c878...8avm
₿engineer | Nostr is the everything app of freedom | lnbits.com | nostr.com | first nostr twitter clone maker
Nostr signers ship,
signing without permission.
tyrants fall silent. 

The new LNbits Extension Builder by @motorina0 is outstanding!
In this tutorial we build an extension in 30mins 🚀
₿engineer
Enshittification of apps and platforms on internet that's been happening recently is I guess ai slop, and ceos cutting developers?
My current thing to have on in the background while making stuff is endless documentaries about lost treasure.
Most of them involve someone finding some cryptic map then spending rest of their life looking for the treasure - they usually don't find it then die penniless and lonely.
The Trezor 7 looks doooope 🤯
Trezor, the company that created the world's first bitcoin hardware wallet, still absolutely smashing it. I love them so much.
https://www.youtube.com/live/EWxAc8wzfFM
LNbits 1.3 released 🥳🔥🚀
* LNURL library update/refactor by @dni
* Extension builder @motorina0
* Switching from Poetry to UV + Nix flake restored.
* Boltz-powered standalone docker image, for instant non-custodial LNbits.

GitHub
Release v1.3.0 - Vlad Stan · lnbits/lnbits
Named after the wonderful Vlad Stan (@motorina0), who has been committing to LNbits for +5 years 🚀
Notable Changes
Huge LNURL library update by...
Shwmae Nostr 🏴 👋
Shwmae Sumae Day - Wikipedia
Conference panels are a scam.
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First ever UK Nostr conference 🥳
21st Nov Manchester
Will be epic: workshops, concise high-signal presentations and NO pointless panels 🎉 #nostrshire


Bitfest 2025 - 21-23 November MANCHESTER UK
Bitfest 2025
21-23 November 2025 | Manchester, UK. A five-part celebration of Bitcoin & Nostr creativity and open-source culture.