Bank runs are good. We should automate them.

We will have to punch through a few minor but breaking changes in the Cashu protocol before this baby grows up. It will be challenging to coordinate the upgrades in multiple implementations but the pain will be worth it. Designing a protocol with others is super exciting and working with this growing community of devs is truly a blessing. The first response in the dev chat to my message about the upgrade was "We love pain 🤝" 🫡 may the nut be with you

If you have a recent macbook M1 or M2 with enough RAM make sure to try out GPT4ALL. It's easily good enough to be useful especially if you don't have access to OpenAI's API. It's free and it's private. No data leaves your computer. This is how we should be using AI.

Nomic

GPT4All - Private & Local AI Chatbot

Run open-source AI models locally on your device. GPT4All delivers private, high-performance AI with no cloud required—your data stays on your ma...

DaisyDisk for macOS is really good utility tool for finding large files on your computer and cleaning up your storage – I've been using it for years.

Running a noncustodial AI

Gm, just learned that Nut is the Egyptian goddess of the sky and the cosmos 🪐

Full agenda for the next Cashu dev call! Happening on September 28 2023, 16:00 UTC – or in around 24 hours. If you're you're a dev who is interested in the Cashu protocol or would like to find ways to contribute to a Cashu project come and join us. Find the links to the call, our Agenda, and minutes form our past calls in the pinned post in our Telegram R&D channel:

Telegram

Cashu R&D

Matrix for dev: https://matrix.to/#/#dev:matrix.cashu.space

If you don't use Telegram, send me a DM 🤝

It takes 8 sats to try out the best paywall design I've ever seen: https://demo.proxnut.com/

E-paper ecash?

"I prefer money that I can touch and hold in my hands" Ok boomer. Paper ecash. Denominated in Bitcoin.

When a dev posts "Test" you know that something is brewing.

I am tired of talking about inflation and sound money.

Relentless ecash development will continue until morale deteriorates 🫡

Privacy and censorship resistance are two sides of the same coin.

Chaumian mints are so privacy-preserving that censorship is practically impossible.

"As we stride into an era increasingly concerned with digital privacy, ecash is experiencing a renaissance, primarily due to our discovery of Bitcoin as the foundational money layer for the internet." Check out my guide how to set up a Cashu mint I wrote for Bitcoin Magazine. The layout and design of the printed version is gorgeous!

Bitcoin Magazine

How-To Guide: Running An Ecash Mint

As seen in “The Withdrawal Issue”, Cashu allows the use of ecash on Bitcoin, empowering ordinary users to operate a mint that is connected to t...

The shitcoiners have better tooling.

The real ecash OGs