trying to log in with primal (or any other nostr service) + nos2x is a very disappointing experience. Why do developers hardly foresee a "log in with extension" link or something? It's really rotten to stare at a blank screen, no errors, no user feedback... you "just have to know" linux-mentality.

Ethereum scaling team at work:

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primal is broken for me today... what's going on?

Wrote a lot past few months. It was a relief to finish it all Refining some tools I've built , and then on to the next adventure. In the meanwhile, creating some art.

Some want you to go "seedless", they want to be your middleman, expensive hardware with a questionable supply chain and a "subscription" like model to refresh your equipment every so many times. Others... build open-source tools that can be replicated, run offline or online, and give you a way to generate seeds.

8rack Card Seed Tool

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"Blockpicker" Entropy Game (a BIP39 seed generator)

'Yell louder' is the new 'I want may payment to be included in the next block'

I miss a lot of people. I miss genuine people the most. But even fake ones can be missed. At least better than spineless useless f's.

Seedless is middleman.

They should rename these corporate Bitcoin conferences to 'Saylorfest'. Would make it more clear that it's for the show-offs and the audience that's only 'in bitcoin' when the price is up.

A few months ago, I predicted the bitcoin conferences would further "fork" away from each other between the upperl-layer industry fake-corporate ones (with big names and shitcoiners / middlemen) and on the other side the grassroots PoW people with no budget. Seems like we're seeing more and more of this ...

(Dutch) Jammer dat er geen onafhankelijke drukkingsgroep bestaat die financiële vrijheid, privacy en bitcoin vertegenwoordigt. De tijd begint stilaan op te raken; na oktober 2025 word je gewoon gecriminaliseerd, zonder weerwoord of organisatie.

(in Dutch) Reply on an article where they called Bitcoin as a whole a hot-wallet,... Reactie op een artikel in De Tijd https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzppn35mj33rmnua6xencd695m7jn8s4pckukpy8urhllaqnugr9x3qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd4hk6tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qp9fphhgtthv9kxcet594jkuttgv9k8vefdd9hxvmmjd4shg6t994j826rx0puqhx6npl

My sunday Entropy-day ... upped the version of the blockpicker game to v1.7 I think this version is close to what I envisioned.

"Blockpicker" Entropy Game (a BIP39 seed generator)

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GitHub

Release 1.7 · avbpodcast/blockpickergame

version 1.7 added a quality measurement progress bar added a minimum quality 92% for filtering out 'weak' selections improved the algorithm for mo...

I've introduced some new people to Nostr. Just to see where the pain and hurdles are. 'There's only garbage on there, no news and no curation, I only saw uninteresting things, pure chaos' Other one: 'couldn't open iris' 'the keys are difficult, where do I find them?' No one even get to the point of zapping...

Updated the block picker game. It's so fun ;) Adjust the orderly block-pick algo for the computer's side. Small bug fixes for mobile. (Hobby project, not business grade)

"Blockpicker" Entropy Game (a BIP39 seed generator)

(in Dutch) Wel grappig, op de raam van een "cash punt" in de stad stond in grote letters: "cash droppen kan hier" ... Waarna je op alle automaten in dat cashpunt de functie "cash storten" verwijdert zag op de interface 😉 banken zijn zo'n tricksters

Newer Bitcoiners only seem to listen when the "big 10" names say something.

Updated the "block picker game" to v 1.2: release: - mobile support for smaller screens - more user-feedback on-screen - added 256 extra salting for the randomness on the computer-picks (it's already secure, but now even more so) - buttons overhaul - 2 bugs fixed on the blocked area grid (that's in place for extra randomness, so even when the picks would be predictable (they're not) then the blocking grid is adding extra variations. This is a small hobby project, I'll work on it now and then to improve its randomness and security along the way. (fully compatible with the entropy entry for iancoleman's bip39 tools)

"Blockpicker" Entropy Game (a BIP39 seed generator)

Presenting "Blockpicker game" new entropy game. It's just a beta (only tested 1 hour). It's not a business, so it's my free gift. (value4value is appreciated as always)

"Blockpicker" Entropy Game (a BIP39 seed generator)