If I follow some so-called maxis on X, and over time they turn into spammers, filling up blocks with their dick pics, X won’t even show me their new content once they reveal their true colors—because the algorithm assumes I’m not interested in pro-dick-pic content. So they stay on my following list without me realizing it. That’s unfortunate. On Nostr, though, if I follow someone and they later reveal their true colors, I see their posts in the order they’re relayed to me. I notice the change—and I can unfollow them right away.

GM! Let’s go get some steak for breakfast.

It would be great if Sparrow added some public Bitcoin Knots nodes. This would give users who don’t run their own node the option to connect through public Bitcoin Knots nodes. @craigraw

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Yesterday, some friends told me about malicious acid tabs circulating that are deliberately designed to block your receptors and prevent any psychedelic experience. Honestly, a bad trip scares me less than that does! #psychedelics

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@Sjors_Provoost is one of the best educators in the Bitcoin space. While I strongly disagree with some of his points in this OP_RETURN episode (see my last 2–3 rant notes for that), it’s still a highly insightful listen—like every episode of Bitcoin Explained. https://fountain.fm/episode/EyMpDXlQIL1W51z5y566 View quoted note →

“People can spam the blockchain anyway!” Sure—but then what’s your objection to making it more expensive? If spammers have to pay miners out of band to get their junk included, wouldn’t it work as a deterrent?

Just curious—can you still embed non-transactional data in a fake public key that pretends to be part of a multi-sig, but is actually, say, the Bitcoin whitepaper? If that’s still possible and it bloats the UTXO set, why open the OP_RETURN floodgate that invites even more spam onto the blockchain?

If you say cost isn’t an issue for projects like Citrea, then even Bitcoin’s ultimate filter—fees—won’t effectively limit their transactions. They can simply pay a miner to include their non-standard TXs with oversized OP_RETURN data. But cost in fact is a filter, and the more expensive the spam, the more efficient the filter.

Twitter is so bullshit! GN, fam 💜

Shitcoiners will shitcoin. If you create a Drivechain to attract shitcoiners to Bitcoin, you are hurting Bitcoin. If you wanna increase OP_RETURN limit so non-monetary projects can run on Bitcoin, guess what? Shitcoiners will still shitcoin. Let shitcoiners make their own chains and go to zero, instead of making Bitcoin a shitcoin.

This is a great idea for onboarding the world on nostr! @miljan @paul keating View quoted note →

I am still on X. But I scroll through some posts, remember what bullshit it is, and then come back to #Nostr!

Reading history is the closest thing we have to time travel. GM!

I used to eat steak the first days after payday, but towards the end of the cycle, my steak consumption would drop and I’d switch mostly to bacon, eggs, and burger patties. Now I know steak is essential for me, so I try to manage my finances in a way that lets me have steak every day. #carnivore #foodstr #steak #steakstr

Just dropped a convo with Daniel van Heel (@roadx)! We talked #Bitcoin, nostr, German politics, CBDCs, and much more.

If it facilitates the implementation of BitVM and Citrea's bridge, what else would it facilitate? Have you given it a thought? GN

Just saw The Amateur—an entertaining spy thriller with a cerebral twist. Rami Malek plays the role of a CIA cryptographer. The plot stretches believability at times, but remains engaging. It had also some whitewashing for the CIA that I didn’t like, but hey, who expects a mainstream movie to glorify whistleblowers? All said, it's a gripping narrative that keeps you hooked. If you're after entertainment, it's worth a watch. I'd rate it 6 out of 10. #filmstr #kinostr #filmreview