cryptographically-grounded money -> bitcoin cryptographically-grounded identity -> nostr

#npug is not having any of the -26C weather outside.

GM

#BeKind1

I think this would be good promo apparel.

Let’s hope 2026 has more of these kinds of announcements. Congratulations, @laoc42 ! View quoted note →

Be Kind 1.

Ok, the #nostr motto debate is settled.

You can’t spell nostr with ban.

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What should be #nostr’s unofficial motto? 1. Be Kind 2. Just Do Things. 3. F**k Platforms. #asknostr

It's time for snow bank removal!

It took me a couple of years to figure this out. The core reason why #nostr is going to win as a protocol: By creating a unique event id that is the digest of its: - author (pubkey), - meaning (kind), - timestamp (created_at), - metadata (tags), - message (content), and: signing of this resulting event id (sig) That means you can sign whatever the hell you want with whatever meaning you intend, and it can be uniquely stored or relayed anywhere. #nostr become the sword of simplicity that cuts through the Gordian Knot of interoperability bullshit and semantic capture. This simple format allows anyone to define whatever they want, with only a simple rule for cryptographic validation that it was actually they who created the event. With a few additional conventions it becomes a baseline protocol for social media, but can be expanded to an infinity of possibilities. Thanks for this genius, @fiatjaf

I want a natively addressable npub mesh network that is globally available. Have npub? Connect directly to the the mesh.

Bitcoin enabled permissionless transfer. Lightning enabled reciprocal transfer. Cashu enabled blinded transfer. #privatepayments