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Okay, I'm putting together a curated list of users in #NoorNote whose posts will show up on the timeline for folks who aren't logged in yet. Basically for beginners, you know, newcomers. Which users are cool, not too nerdy, real audience magnets, and offer some variety? Suggestions welcome. #asknostr

Whoa cool, I didn't know you could use Amber to login to 'other stuff' websites while on a mobile browser like Brave. Saw it first time with nostr:nprofile1qqspg9w6wf5ufyzahmsmkwqdmsrf0mf0rcplc8gvra2dpupc9249gdcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme03efg28's website.

I’m a nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 user now. F*ck Google.

Proud of my ancestors. 💪 May Allah ﷻ reward them. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqprfjp35xcmnn9sa8tayls3yr4hkvkkdzf9z8lqcntrsf46wf5yjqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qqsgcyxzr7sysy5v50ye8y79yvust6vrjtc4y2hx03tc433xg2u6lmgzlt7kd

Here's a bit of web history for you. Over-simplified. It didn't start with social media, it kicked off with weblogs way back. Sometime around 1997, I think, somebody started surfing the web and jotting down their finds from wandering around online on a page. I believe it was the guy who invented RSS. Just simple links, like "check this out" and "look over here." Then others copied the idea, and some even added a little commentary to their links. That's how weblogs were born, pretty much right around the same time as RSS. Nerds built weblog CMS tools, replies got added in, and the whole scene grew. From 2003 to 2007, there was this lively weblog community worldwide. The first real social media. We were weirder than Nostr back then. We already had all the tech you see today, except for zaps. And then commercialization hit. The fiat kind of commercialization. Big companies started paying individual famous bloggers to test drive the latest BMW model and write about it on their blog, for example. The early version of influencers. Then even more people flooded online, and they were lazy and not tech savvy, wanting everything simpler. Easier reposting, easier mentions, easier visibility, that led to classic social media being born. And weblogs died. All out of convenience and incentives. And then Nostr showed up. That's why you see so many of us 40 and 50 year olds here. We remember that culture and mentality from the 2000s. The fiat commercialization screwed us over back then, and we got quieter in the meantime. And then AI came along, with all that AI slop. The fiat commercial side folded it in and now they're churning out crap with it. They can even skip humans altogether, because they never got the internet or the vision from the web's inventor, Sir Tim Berners Lee. They were basically just hangers on and parasites of the web. We use AI to code more and faster, and to make cool music. But we don't like bots. How's the story going to play out? The divide between these two opposing camps is only going to get bigger. That's for sure. But will it lead to some big explosion? Will the sides start fighting each other? We'll see. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpma2qvqeeymzpkfhhtzty9kthv67ds7lys4r00js6dgxvyqfzmlsqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uqzpnsfzx4wql4qk9043rhlpmm9ljrr86pwkkps0zqf6vwv3xvrhsn76yxr3z

That's funny. First off, we had this little wave of folks saying, "You all aren't zapping enough. That's not how it works. Nothing's gonna come of it, you cheapskates." Then two weeks of silence. But it really got under the skin of some people (you know, the cheapskates). But yesterday and the day before, they pulled themselves together after the shock and now they're coming back organized with this "What's this about? 1 Sat is enough. Everyone zaps how they want... whine whine whine" babble. Sure, guys. Everyone does what they want, nobody's forcing you. If you want to sit on the sidelines watching the masters play... that's your call. But freedom doesn't mean freedom from consequences. Just know you're outing yourselves as cheapskates with that. Because we got the freedom to judge too, and think what we think about it. Well, whatever. My brothers are the masters at everything anyway. Charity, zapping... none of you can hold a candle to them. While you guys cling to your money with your materialistic worldview, my bros give like there's no tomorrow. Money shows how your ego is wired.

Multi-user support in #NoorNote is here! And in #NoorSigner, that local command line key signer, of course. Switch accounts super quick however you want. NoorSigner asks for a password every time you switch accounts, but since I know how much some folks hate the command line, the user doesn't even notice it. Thanks to the beefy API in NoorSigner, you can control it right from NoorNote. NoorNote prompts for the password on each switch and passes it over to NoorSigner. It authenticates, swaps the nsec/npub, and lets NoorNote know. NoorNote reloads and you're good. Full user experience, minimal hassle. NoorSigner key signer has gotten pretty powerful now, small, fast, encrypted, and totally cut off from any internet connection. But it's got a rich API for all those other desktop clients that want to use it and interact with it straight from their app. And now the last big feature before release is up: NIP-17 DMs with nostr1.com relays as the inbox relay. nostr:npub10npj3gydmv40m70ehemmal6vsdyfl7tewgvz043g54p0x23y0s8qzztl5h hinted he might make sure those DMs get deleted from the relay after a certain time. That would be straight 🔥. And even if not, NIP-17 DMs are coming insh'Allah.

Support that akhi! He’s doing a good job and has a professional mindset. nostr:nevent1qgsy67zzq5tc9cxnl6crf52s4hptdwhyaca5j7r8jwll535tdadedvcprfmhxue69uhkumm0wfhx7er99ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5hsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9esh57npd4hjumn9wshsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq37amnwvaz7tmzd96xxmmfdekkz6nvd9ejumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mf0qqsqwkf03yr2hlsc2s0cqyqr2sxcjpn50lph2kuwrfnyp7usvrhlf2stw9ak8

WordPress has fallen too. In this time when it's becoming clear who's on which side. Instead of getting closer to the Nostr ecosystem, they've decided to suck up to the fiat Reddit system. That's a shame, because I've been with it since the first fork of b2/cafelog, written a ton of themes and plugins. And while overparanoid conspiracy theorists were babbling about telemetry and embedding harmful thirdparty systems, I've always defended it and made it clear that WP is still open source, that by default it doesn't include harmful thirdparty systems. But WooCommerce is on a really bad path right now. And BTCPay Server isn't ready yet to go into lawcompliant mass usability. Too much is missing, too bad UX, so it remains a fringe phenomenon. "Lawcompliant mass usability" and selfsovereignty? What is this guy talking about? ... some immature minds will ask now. For these naive dreamers, let me remind you again: We're doing a peaceful transformation here. It doesn't help at all if on this path online shops get shut down, warned, or their operators taken into custody. Then that's the end of the transformation. Don't be childish. Be smart.

Alright, friends. This is the year of decision. In 2026, we're all going to have to choose, whether we like it or not, which side we're on. You want to be with the helpless fiat slaves who just let everything happen to them? Or with the self sovereign people who are fine taking on some hardships and discomfort for it. I know we've been talking like this for three years now, but this time there are real external reasons pushing us. Like the political obsession with surveillance and stripping away people's rights. They're not budging an inch from their nasty ways, so we can't let our defenses slip either. But it's not just about us and how strong we build our shields, it's also about raising our kids. Do we really want to leave them with no alternatives, a totally monitored internet, along with a mindset of helpless conformity? Or do we want to set the stage for their future strength? And most importantly, how much energy and work are we willing to put into this? How much free time, money (in Bitcoin, of course), and effort are we ready to sacrifice? Talking is easy, but doing takes real energy. Our final year is here; after that, everyone's got to pick their side.

Twitter is dead. Long live the Nostr. nostr:note1xzjv3tmyvrrl5vkj3npylzrp5rkde8zfk7lhqprrv3f9936yauks4arsyn