Watch out for when Fraudulencers start on the "Make Money Running a Nostr Relay" graft. Hint : we're not making money. Mine is in the Top 30 on most lists, and at 4000sats, middle price. There will be a business model in it, but it will probably be a "geek utility" one that ISPs and hosting companies bolt onto their existing infrastructure. OR a premium service with value adds like "curated family safe".

#[0]- did you just zap me? If so, looks like Alby wallet now does zaps:-) And, thank you for my first zap :-)

If you think we shouldn't be supporting Ukraine, you haven't paid enough attention. They need our help. They should have it. And if you want to be self interested, a win for Russia opens the door to China and Taiwan and then the US ends up having to draw lines in the waters of the Pacific. If you think stopping Russia at Ukraine is expensive, wait until you get into that pissing match with China. Or have Chinese fleets tooling just off Cali.

If people are interested in money, this guy has the most brilliant channel. I watched some, waiting for the usual clangers, and they didn't come. Then I googled him :-) https://www.youtube.com/@PBoyle

There is a LOT of talk about KYC on Nostr. And how to avoid it. I used to be involved in financial services. Choosing to invest in a literal audit and hoping for privacy...is mad. Can it be done? Yes. But it's very, very hard. You have to get in under the radar, and then OUT. OUT is the hard bit. At scale, it's essentially impossible. If you really have to worry about KYC, you shouldn't be looking at BTC. It'll end up in stranded wallets, full of money and everyone watching to see where it goes...

Feature Request : Poetry Block. Guys, I read John Donne and Ogden Nash, and others and please, please, NO MORE NOSTRIAN ENCOMIA. I'm begging. BEGGING.

Gentle reminder to self. There's a whole bunch of Americans here and it's just their little way to bring God and Jesus into everything, it doesn't mean they are some kind of fanatic fundie. Though how they can reconcile both stacking sats AND actioning Matthew 19:21 is a mystery most deep:-)

For those looking for paid relays, wss://nostr.naut.social is very

Is there a word for when your main type is leaving words out. That has to be my most common typo