In Amethyst, do the relays arrange themselves in order of how.... good they are? I have 26 now, I'm wondering if that's too many. Amethyst is starting to crash on me and I'm wondering if that's why.

So, check this out. On nostrDotinfo these two relays are ABSOLUTELY dominating these are in the 20's-30Thousands. one other is at 2k, all others are in the 200's or less. I tried the top one of the two, it went right to the top of my relays in Amethyst, and it looks like info has gotten uploaded and downloaded in its row, so I guess it's not a paid one.

I think it would be interesting if someone built a privacy themed Nostr client. Perhaps it uses e-cash instead of Lightning.

The numbers show (even after removing spam accounts) most Nostr users are Asians. And although people like to say "Bitcoiner echo chamber," the numbers show a majority of these accounts do not (yet) have their Lightning set up. An opportunity exists here.

Hey, so I'm a little lost on the Nip95 debate. If I update Amethyst, will everyone except people also running the latest versions after... I think version 38.0 of Amethyst not be able to see my images? Most people haven't updated, right? Because, I can't see the images of people that have, right?

I had a funny thought today. Clippy, from Microsoft office, but helping you with Bitcoin privacy. So I put him in a disguise. Can't even tell who it is.

Only Gary and maybe Ted and Cynthia see any difference between Bitcoin and crypto. The White House is pissed BTC hasn't switched to POS, while Gary would call it a security if it did. If you still think Chokepoint is only after crypto, you're dreaming. In fact stablecoins, even the sketchy one, Tether, freezes coins when they get a call from Uncle Sam. Bitcoin? Not so much. Gary's opinions on things might not represent all of the government's and some "Bitcoinfluencers" haven't updated their narratives that they may be in an adversarial country.

I wrote something, it's pretty short, I started to write what it's about, but me doing that would end up in something basically half as long as the original thing. Really haven't written before, (and don't get any better that way.) so yep. https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzd3cxgmrydf5xg6rzwp5qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcpzpmhxue69uhkumewwd68ytnrwghsz8nhwden5te0dehhxarj94c82c3wwajkcmr0wfjx2u3wdejhgtcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuhsyg8tvwgeta2fjvwwv0ra2c8r9kyx8r6mh4z5qq5fmd6kzm33sc4pgcpsgqqqw4rsgff5tt (What a Long url!

Test. For now using an old version and seeing if everyone can still see my images. Will see if others hop aboard the Nip95 train.

I feel like this Nip95 stuff is accelerationist to paid relays, and not JUST paid relays, but relays that are getting enough to support themselves. Which is probably alot more than people think it is.

Tobacco industry causes over 20% more emissions than Bitcoin. And instead of helping people in places under authoritarian rule or with hyperinflating currencies survive, it kills people. Guess which industry Senator Warren wants to stop. The one without a huge lobby. Source, University of Cambridge, https://ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci/ghg/comparisons(check out fashion, at 7x emissions of BTC) and Gold, which no currency is still backed by but is being mined anyway causing 1½ the emissions of BTC. Emissions aside, there are other environmental effects of mining, too. (See picture) So clearly, there are bigger polluters. Including Tobacco. Which literally kills. So... their arguments about only being able to spend money on things that provide value to society hold no weight. They are threatened by Bitcoin, because it is better money.