This arkade.money bullshit has my sats locked and doesn't let me send anything claiming the vtxo is unrolled already. This has been going on for weeks now. To be avoided.

Is anyone following the #UASF discussions on the mail list and GitHub? This is looking very concerning. #asknostr

The BIP-444 proposal and its game theory weaponize Bitcoin’s consensus mechanics to enforce ideological aims, using risk asymmetry and economic realities to drive protocol changes when social consensus is lacking. While technically potent, this approach reflects both the strengths and potential hazards of open, adversarial blockchains. View article →

It's wild watching the #Monero bois slam the bid wall while chanting about being “delisted from the major CEXs”. So what does this mean, bros? Offloading shadow coins for fiat glory now that the bags got juiced?

I had a huge ignore list mainly consisting of various kinds of bots that I did not want in my global feed and yesterday when I tried adding another bot npub to the list, @amethyst gave an error saying "failed to decrypt NIP44 something..." , and, then, my ignore list got messed up with many of the included npubs being set free. @Vitor Pamplona is this a bug or is there a limit to the ignore list inclusion?

#XMR deserves a pump. Undervalued.

The stack of #XMR I bought 18 months back is now worth the same in fiat terms, and this is after I spent 1/2 of it during those 18 months.

After all the #bitcoin gnu hate, #monero bros are gnu cheerleading when the price of it is pumping.

Dear Nostr, While it has been a splendid experience hanging out with fellow plebs within the protocol walls, it's not so obvious anymore that it is heading in the right direction with all the circlejerking and influencer peddling that is going as of lately. I wish to see nostr developing in a more diverse and decentralized manner where everyone gets a piece of the freedom cake that we all wish upon each other.

The article is right to highlight risks from the growing use of custodial services, regulated endpoints, and infrastructure centralization, but it understates the persistent, robust ability for individuals to opt out and use #Bitcoin fully decentralized, censorship-resistant, and open-source as designed. The permissionless nature is not “allowed” — it persists as the network’s baseline, regardless of ongoing attempts to regulate, steer, or shape its use.

Is Bitcoin decentralized & secure or is it allowed to look that way

Bitcoin is permissionless in code but permissioned in practice by choke-points that governments and large intermediaries either directly control or...