Metaverse is the stupidest application of nostr, and it was mentioned at nostrasia as well as an innovation to look forward to. Metaverse is absolutely the wrong direction, worse than a shitcoin memecoin grift. Sounds more like a kindergarden toy diverting attention from the wikileaks level cypherpunk origins of freedom technology This is what happens when web devs just project fantasy ideas of what they think is cool, rather than building what people need to push freedom forward This is what happens when devs are disconnected from the injustice and inhumanity of those in power—they build useless toys that are meant to placate adult children larping as freedom fighters View quoted note →

Nostr is not privacy tech Single pubkey as identity is one of the biggest flaws baked into this system This is what happens when web devs get into the cryptography layer of development Text signed and transported over web relays need a lot more improvement before it can be called cypherpunk technology View quoted note →

Is nostr resistant to the self-censorship induced by the peer pressure of an echo chamber?

This is why I’m so bullish on prediction markets View quoted note →

Power flows toward whatever is thought to have significance—and flows away from whatever is thought to have insignificance. This is almost the same as saying that thinking causes the flowing toward or the flowing away from. So something regarding empowerment depends on the scope of one’s awareness and perceptions with respect to sensing and identifying this flowing toward and flowing away from. There is a single clue here. Significance is attributed to whatever is thought to foreshadow something, while if something is thought to foreshadow nothing, then insignificance is attributed to it. — Ingo Swann, Secrets of Power Volume 1

“Dreams don’t work unless you do” — John C Maxwell

Create real solutions to solve real problems Not fake solutions to solve ideological gaps Value signal > virtue signal

Mutual block withholding is a nash equilibrium in the mining pool game. FPPS incentivises block withholding by rewarding hostile miners regardless if the pool finds a block or not. And turns out most pools proxy into other pools to reduce variance… Although we can never say for sure whether someone is block withholding unless the pool admits it (or there is damming statistical evidence) we can say the economic incentives of the network are not currently compatible with Bitcoin in general.

He whose mind is free from selfish desires, hatred and cruelty, and is saturated with spirit of selflessness, loving-kindness, and harmlessness, lives in perfect peace. He is indeed a blessing to himself and others. ~The Buddha

Lack of edit and delete functions on nostr is a bug not a feature View quoted note →

Lack of delete option on nostr could be dangerous… Does nobody else find this a problem? Own your data but never be able to remove it… if thats one of the tradeoffs that could be a security risk to the network

At least damus is speedy and doesn’t bug tf out like primal… I like the UI of primal and the fact that I can zap, but damn it’s unbearably slow…

Primal is too slow