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#Ecash bears will have a hard time explaining why self-custody Lightning fees are skyrocketing when Bitcoin adoption hits new levels. ... Or why we still won't have a single self-custodial LN wallet that competes on UX with fiat wallets. Think in spectrum rather than religious dogma. Black and white. We need multiple solutions with all kinds of different tradeoffs for a gamut of use-cases. Do you think #Zeus wallet adopting ecash was a simple decision? Do you think they don't care about Self-Custody? They did what reasonable people do: act in a careful and smart way to meet people where they are.

Signal is really frustrating and we could do so much better with Nostr. Phone numbers, limited devices, tied to one business entity, and running unsustainably on charities. Hope a Nostr-based solution like #Keychat and #Whitenoise will eventually replace it fully for me. Monetization is very important. Privacy is not for free.

In my demo of BudaBit in #Bitfest I was asked if I was after the 10BTC bounty originally promised by Jack Dorsey to replace GitHub. My answer has always been: I really don't care about bounties as primary incentives to build anything in freedom tech. I like when people donate to worthy projects but that motivation alone gets nowhere. I build #SatShoot and #BudaBit for my own goals: Making code collaboration and digital work platformless and social. I put my own sats and time in my projects and will see how far that goes. If people find it useful enough they will contribute in ways they can, money or otherwise. I already received a lot of support from many people in the space which I am really grateful for. But receiving charity support is not my goal.

[BudaBit](https://budabit.club) update! We have come a long way since I posted about BudaBit! The UI became more polished and responsive, along with a host of new features and improvements! Basics: https://v.nostr.build/rqcwosV5ZMMH6v1K.webm Bookmarking: https://v.nostr.build/tdnyuIioS7N78aGu.webm Cross-platform Forking: https://v.nostr.build/tVgzbAxlUABtuXDP.webm There are still plenty of bugs and rough edges but I am increasingly using this as my daily driver to manage the development of BudaBit itself and [SatShoot](https://satshoot.com) (freelancing on Nostr). Feel free to test! [BudaBit](https://budabit.club) is currently completely open for anyone to join! I will be attending #Bitfest and am excited to talk Nostr and freedom tech with the folks here in Manchester! Join me on Sunday for a live demo and learn more about the future of developer communities on Nostr! We start at 4pm in the Workshop zone! nostr:nprofile1qqsvfa085adgecmg84ffelcxx6zrn3ffu5jrc6cjtwng0zge3ptv43c82kf5d #gitvianostr #bitfest #budabit

#Ecash people fret the critics too much. Just remember: Attention doesn't have polarity. Successful projects capitalize on this fact. Bitcoin too.

NUT13 seeds and NUT14 HTLCs make #Cashu #ecash safe. Nostr NIP60-61 make ecash ubiquitous and allow zaps to build verifiable Reputation. They both will soon be available in [SatShoot](https://satshoot.com) and any Nostr web app using NDK: nostr:naddr1qq2kgwrnde44wj2g899hq4rpfauyxv6tga54gqgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctczypca7ggex8fxaeq3y8fft02re0r78qjstcenkhqn6sqkemv4gtvawqcyqqq823cq7nykt

#Cashu seed backups (nut13) are coming to Nostr wallets (nip60-61), thanks to nostr:nprofile1qqs8rheprycaymhyzysa99dag09u0cuz2p0rxw6uz02qzm8dj4pdn4cpypmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuetfde6kuer6wasku7nfvuh8xurpvdjj7qgewaehxw309ahx7um5wgh8qctjv46x7tnnwpskxef0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qprs6u ! https://v.nostr.build/4VlfkYC5DMbYXlvd.mp4 Reckless people feel free to test on [SatShoot](https://satshoot.com) . Recovery needs some more work but it's getting there. Cashu.me recovery should already work.

> "BudaBit is not a drop-in replacement for GitHub, GitLab or such. However, it deeply integrates code collaboration from any of these, while making them redundant utilities for open-source projects." nostr:naddr1qq24qcn5g92ywnt0fsmy5jzgd3knz7j0vf55zqghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7q3q6p8v7varqwjes5hak6q7mz6pygqm4pwc6gve4mrned3xs8tz42gqxpqqqp65wpv6e3k