I grew up a strait-laced, mild mannered rule follower. I even believed in asking permission rather than seeking forgiveness. As I’ve gotten older, I find I’m becoming more of a rebel as I see the consequences of following the rules, mainly ceding power that shouldn’t be ceded, and losing freedoms that shouldn’t be lost. I recently made the decision to jump ship over Apple’s handling of zap payments and move to android. I was actually browsing phones in the store today, although I didn’t buy one (yet). So it comes as quite an unwelcome surprise to hear that Google is about to try / is trying the same bullshit on their side of the fence in their own App Store. It all comes down to enforcement but it certainly sounds the same to me. I say that as background to explain my current headspace. I don’t have any interest in following rules that suit only the rulers. Fuck that. Like he said, Android is open. They can’t enforce shit (if we sideload). It just pisses me off that so many people are going to get frozen out of using zaps (like me currently) because of arbitrary platform rules. It also seems like a slippery slope. We’re already on nostr because we don’t like the control on other platforms, and now they want to control us here? Fuck that. View quoted note →

@jb55 Is there any chance of Damus (and Nostr clients in general) using something with RFID like a Yubikey to store private the one’s Nostr private key and sign messages? AFAIK Yubikey only does 2FA, but it would be nice to have something like that or a Satsigner to keep the key off the mobile device while still keeping it handy. I’m still waiting for my Nostr Signing Device from LNBits (

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to arrive before I really try to establish a long-term identity, but it sounds like I’ll only be able to use that with desktop or web based Nostr clients.

This podcast episode caused me to re-evaluate the narrative context (i.e., the story I told myself about what was happening in the world) of the entire time I’ve been alive. I heard someone on another podcast call it “probably the best podcast episode of the year”, and after listening to it, I have to agree it’s at least a strong contender for that title. Eye opening. Highly recommend. Worth the time (it’s loooong, I broke it up over several days)

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast • #425: Fiat Crisis with Balaji Srinivasan • Listen on Fountain

Marty sits down with Balaji Srinivasan for the longest episode of TFTC yet, going in depth on the nature of the incoming fiat crisis. Balaji on Twi...