Tim Bouma
trbouma@getsafebox.app
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LeLouvre would be a great hardware wallet brand name.
1. private messages
2. unlinkable payments
3. verifiable promises
GN 
Without errors, there is no progress.
Reposting if anyone is looking for a weekend long read
The Three Realms of Communication
From Syntax to Semantics to Semiotics: The Architecture of Understanding
1. Send messages.
2. Send funds.
3. Send promises.
Privately. Securely.
#nostr #safebox
Building > Analyzing
I'm about halfway through this book, and my reaction so far is, 'What a soulless bunch!'
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Every wallet will eventually need these three capabilities. In my journey to build #nostr #safebox I have largely completed No. 2 and now am focusing on 3. I will add in private messaging but just for the purposes of having the safeboxes communicate with one another
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I still pinch myself to see if I am dreaming. I can buy coffee in a foreign land in complete privacy without governments, banks or card companies involved. Just #nostr #safebox
Putting this on my timeline for further review. I like the idea of mpub/nsec but I’d prefer to call it cpub/csec (child npub, child nsec). That’s just a a minor comment- I will study this more deeply. Thanks @SwBratcher
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the platform is the attack vector.
It’s really hard to understate the importance of this new architecture. It’s the old messaging bus architecture from the 90s (before REST APIs took over) reconstituted from the ground up using npubs and relays.
This is the future.
@ContextVM
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This is the way.
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This is still one of my fave #nostr #safebox ‘ad campaign’ images:
Works for pontiffs and pirates alike.
