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Mwanahabari 11 months ago
Hi all. I’m Andy, a journalist, digital editor, comms manager, former radio presenter and tv football correspondent. Nice to be here and looking forward to connecting with interesting peeps! #introductions

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Welcome to Nostr! Feel free to follow me if you like any of these subjects: I'm a soundscape musician, write about Philosophy, Bitcoin, Nostr, Parenting, Gaming, Anime, and regularly post homemade memes. ✌️
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Mwanahabari 11 months ago
Thanks Derek! Was looking for a new place to post and thought I’d give it a try. Interested in the best way to find interesting people and topics to follow if you have info on that.
You're welcome. Not all apps are the same. Some are better at finding people and content discovery. Some have algo feeds and various tools. The best way though, has always been to just be social, engage, and do the work to find people. So, comment on other people's notes, use popular hashtags when applicable, etc.
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
Welcome new Nostriches! Welcome to Nostr! Nostr has a large and passionate community with an equally diverse and thriving ecosystem. Use this note to help navigate this decentralized and censorship resistant communication protocol. image Videos: Watch why social media is broken and how we aim to fix it by @npub1lelk...kvyz Take the Nostr 101 course with @₿en Wehrman Learn about Nostr's permissionless nature with @npub1sg6p...f63m Tear down your technical and social silos with myself and several Nostr developers Podcasts: Listen to @npub1hqaz...t56s and @QW on Plebchain Radio. Many of their episodes are Nostr focused and very informative. https://fountain.fm/show/0N6GGdZuYNNG7ysagCg9 Take a more technical approach to Nostr with @General Ned Ludd on the Thank God for Nostr podcast. https://fountain.fm/show/vnmoRQQ50siLFRE8k061 Articles: Discover the basics of Nostr from @npub1xker...d0en https://river.com/learn/what-is-nostr/ Take a thorough deep drive and learn all about Nostr from @npub1a2cw...w83a https://www.lynalden.com/the-power-of-nostr/ Guides on Nostr: Browse the #HOWDONOSTR hashtag on Nostr and follow my notes explaining several Nostr concepts and features. Ask your questions with the #asknostr hashtag. ***NEW*** These are from my recent presentations at Nostriga and Baltic Honeybadger 2024: Nostr 101: https://drive.proton.me/urls/JVV955JXRM#auCM2PWcCBuC Being your own algorithm: https://drive.proton.me/urls/1NQPW740V8#Lqm46NkK3Pzz Browse the ecosystem: Visit https://nostr.how and explore all the ins and outs of the protocol yourself. Nostr has dozens of other applications and use cases beyond Twitter like social clients. Nostr gives us a portable digital social identity that we can take with us and hop from app to app across the ecosystem. Find your next social app here https://nostrapps.com
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Welcome to #Nostr ! image Suggestion to find whom to follow: Follow topics using hastags, you can follow hashtags... Suggestion for Nostr Clients: Exclusive for Android: @Amethyst is an excellent choice, feature rich, supports privacy, tiktok like feeds, multi user, supports #Amber (more security), #TOR, private chats, excellent look and feel, it is ahead of most clients by far. Working for Android and iOS: @0xchat is a good alternative, more like Telegram, including chat groups, channels and voice and video calls, all encrypted e2e. It is powerful with privacy as well, it has secret chats and it supports Amber, #TOR in the settings "Use SOCKS proxy" (just install Orbot and in the settings be sure it allows background starts you don't need to have it running as VPN). It has a wallet built in and interesting features of its own. Exclusive for iOS: @Damus (users talk positive about this client, give it a try) Suggestion for Wallets: Depends on your technical level and how much time are you willing to spend understanding and setting them up: 1. The impatient with no time to waste and who doesn't care to use custodial wallets (your money...): Go for Wallet of Satoshi (https://www.walletofsatoshi.com/), add it to your profile, it doesn't have the NWC (network wallet connect) setup, but you really don't need it. When you try to zap someone, the wallet will open and the invoice will load, easy and setup free. You are set. (they don't work in USA, unless you use a VPN) 2. For the impatient with no time but looking to have a non custodial option plug and play. The most complete web based non custodial wallet is definitely @Mysterious Hamster, https://coinos.io, rich with features, you can receive emails every time you are zapped too. Very cool wallet, the dev team rocks, they are doing the good work creating more Bitcoin awareness and helping businesses to accept it. There is more... Coinos does support ecash, Bitcoin L1 (legacy, segwit and taproot), LNURL, #Bolt11, #Bolt12, LIQUID, and the cherry on top... now it supports signing in with a NIP-55 Signer like #Amber, Nostr Connect or Browser extension, you get as well a cool customize LNURL, like your username@coinos.io to receive your zaps from or SATs from wallets that support BOLT11 & BOLT12. What is not to love! 3. The curious one with not much technical expertise but eager to learn: @Minibits (mobile app, you can buy from them your own address like yourname@minibits.cash BOLT11), the app is well polished, user friendly and the devs are hands on, responsive and active in the #Nostr community. 4. The tech savvy 4.1 GetAlby running AlbyHub (a bit pricey unless you do all yourself, not my cup of tea, but people in the community loves them) 4.2 npub.cash - get your npub followed by @npub.cash and use it as your wallet address to receive anonymous private #LN payments and #cashu payments. You can pay in the wallet web site for a custom address as well (cool) Check my nostr site: https://rod.npub.pro You can get your own site, give it a try, start writing! visit npub.pro Subscribe to my free substack content: Last but not least: Enjoy Nostr!
Welcome! Few things you should know: 1. get a check mark in #Nostr, there are few options, I suggest nostrcheck.me, once you get it, edit your profile and update your Nostr-Address, not having it will hide you in some clients 2. follow hashtags, a good way to find like minded people 3. think of your nsec as your Bitcoin private keys, act accordingly 4. chose a client that respect your privacy, meaning, you can sign in with a Signer protecting your nsec, it has TOR built in and above all, you can manage the relays you use. I suggest @Amethyst t 5. add your lighting address in the profile so you can get zap, few options out there, I suggest @Mysterious Hamster for most people have fun!
Welcome! Here's a good starting place to get caught up 👇
₿en Wehrman's avatar ₿en Wehrman
WELCOME, NOSTR NEWCOMERS! Here are a few "Nostr 101" resources that will bring you up to speed on WHY this protocol is primed to take over the social media world, as well as all the basics you'll need to thrive here 🧠👇 Nostr 101 w/ @Derek Ross 👇 Building Nostr w/ @jb55 👇 The Ultimate Social Media History Lesson and Why Nostr Changes The Game w/ @rabble 👇 Collection of every other relevant educational resource your little nostrich noodle can handle 👇 https://www.benwehrman.com/nostr-guide/ Enjoy the rabbit hole, and don't forget to share these links with your friends! 🐇🕳⚡️ #introductions image
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