Let's see how long I can go global without coming up for air

What if there were relays that only handled encrypted DMs? You could write your DMs to it, but only read DMs after you prove you have the right private key. Would help address some concerns people have over metadata leakage. They could even follow a policy of deleting DMs after some expiration date, so you aren't taking on as much risk when sharing private information in messages.

Is Samourai whirlpool down or something? Getting timeout errors

Interesting conversation with Doomberg on What Bitcoin Did where they mention this government initiative:

Operation Choke Point - Wikipedia

Is it possible for something like this to happen to BTC exchanges?

oxt.me creates some beautiful coinjoin visualizations

Would a peer to peer bitcoin exchange on nostr possibly work? I think one thing a lot of people struggle with when buying non-KYC BTC is trust, but nostr has the potential to support a robust reputation system that could help solve that.

#[0] I take it Opt Out won't be coming back? That was a very interesting podcast with not a lot of others like it.

How do you know if efforts you're making to improve your BTC privacy are actually effective (especially given the numerous foot guns that exist)? I feel the best way is to surveil yourself, but how? Any suggestions for tools or techniques other than oxt.me and standard bitcoin explorers?

These cycles of bust and bailout seem kind of like staying drunk 24 / 7 to avoid a hangover

So annoying when a torrent stops downloading at 99%

Refreshing to see more non-BTC content on nostr