I once heard someone say this: "Is it normal to have to open a messenger just to copy and paste? Everyone uses it that way, so they don't even realize how inconvenient it is. But having to open a messenger just to copy-paste between devices—that's not normal. It's incredibly inconvenient, it's seriously bad for privacy" and so on and so forth. They said they searched everywhere for an app that solved this problem, but found nothing. Their argument was that people aren't not inconvenienced by it—they just don't realize how inconvenient it is, they're using it out of sheer habit. And then they said they were going to solve it and were looking for investment. I strongly agreed with the core problem itself. But I wondered in this day and age, does solving this really require investment and dedicated developers? So I just made it myself using AI. I figured Nostr would be a great fit, so I decided to use it as an opportunity to help spread Nostr too. Everything—encryption and message delivery—relies on Nostr. For cross-device login, I used Amber, so that even on a fresh start, users don't have to manually transfer anything. The relays also automatically detect and switch to the user's preferred relays. While building it, I found out that these kinds of tools do actually exist. I'd been told there was nothing, so I went ahead and made it—lol. But I'm using it and it works well for me. And in some respects, mine seems better than the existing alternatives. So I thought that with a bit of promotion, I could probably get a decent number of users. A clipboard sync tool is something that non-technical people would find useful. I figured if the distribution process weren't such a pain, there might actually be demand. So right now I'm only distributing through Zapstore, but I decided I should also put it on the Google Play Store and promote it to regular users. I started building an onboarding page for general users... ...and that's when I discovered that Amber isn't on the Play Store. Which means, for a regular user to use this: They have to manually dismiss all kinds of warning messages and install Zapstore themselves. They have to install Amber and create a key. They have to install my app and log in via NIP-46. That's the barrier. And if I want to avoid that, I'd have to let them install via a direct APK from GitHub. So I just gave up on promoting it to general users.

Zapstore

ClipRelay — Zapstore

Automatically syncs clipboard between your devices. All communication goes through Nostr relays, encrypted with NIP-44. Authentication via NIP-46 b...

Has anyone seen anything shared about what actually happened to Boltz that's got the service down — or is it still under investigation?

What’s the best way to connect to Chinese open-source models like GLM 5.2, DeepSeek, or Kimi? Would something like OpenCode be good? I’ve only used Claude Code with Opus, so I’m not really sure. I’m a bit tight on money lately, so I probably need to look for something cheaper.

I’ve been very positive about Bitcoin, but I’ve always thought that, in terms of storage, it would inevitably cost much more than physical gold and silver. Since I own both, that’s simply been my experience. It’s a deeply unfortunate thing. There are so many footguns where one mistake can wipe out your entire net worth, and I’m skeptical about whether this is something ordinary people can realistically handle. It’s easy to blame victims for not being careful, but most people can’t be cryptographers.

gm. I miscalculated the date and realized that something I thought could be reset today actually turns out to need waiting 10 more days.

I’ve decided I can confidently recommend Nostr to people around me once DMs are reliably delivered in about the top 5 apps by usage.

The most frustrating thing about Lightning is that, no matter how well I set things up, a payment fails if the counterparty’s side is misconfigured. The second annoyance is that when a payment fails, it’s hard to tell right away whether the problem is on my side or the other party’s. A better solution is needed.

In the past, while building a Nostr-related app, I realized that Nostr's pub-sub model lets you act as a server without needing a domain or a fixed IP — and I thought that was incredibly useful. Around the same time, looking at Lightning Address, I thought it was kind of lackluster, but figured it was unavoidable if you wanted a fixed receiving handle. Then not long ago I finally saw CLINK. Why didn't I think of that?!

I think I’ll get fired at work this year. Being a developer doesn’t seem to suit me, so I’m considering doing manual labor.

I’m wondering whether there is a “pay‑to‑read” service on Nostr. On many platforms, if I click a link to read an article, I’m immediately prompted to log in, so I just close the page. A micro‑payment system could be a better solution for that. Legacy social networks don’t have built‑in payment features, so it seems impossible there, but with Zap and Lightning becoming common on Nostr, it should be feasible, right? Would it be difficult to implement the part that receives the payment and distributes it? I haven’t thought about it deeply yet. In my usage pattern, when I click a link to a long‑form article that interests me on Nostr, I’d probably be fine with a small payment request. Nostr makes it possible with a single click.

3 hop 0 fee first time seeing something like this