A Seeker of Truth amidst the chaos of the modern world.
Seeker Erebus @SeekerErebus - 12d
Satoshi's stash should remain where it is. As incredibly tempting as it would be to just go ham, it's not mine.
Break it. Before I can change my mind.
Currently making a transition from the initial setup for logins/zaps I've been using to a more current arrangement. Figured I'd share some thoughts. I like nsec.app. Smart design, love what it does. As is common, not a fan of the inconsistent support that exists for nostr-connect. Wish I could log in to Amythest and Primal on mobile with nsec.app instead, but so it is. Love how efficient cashu.me is so far. Come a long ways. Long term we're gonna want some strict standards for mint operators, but for now it's doing great.
Seeker Erebus @SeekerErebus - 16d
If it's free, then the rule is "You don't like it, leave!" If it's paid (or funded by donations), then the rule is "If you stop making something I like, I leave and take my money with me." Paying audience feedback is worth more.
Assuming that I know nothing about modern coding, what's the fastest way to learn everything required to start building nostr-based PWAs? #asknostr #nostrdevs I'm 12 years out of date on current development methods, and what i do know has never extended beyond building for CLI at a hobbyist level. I simply have too many ideas for things I want to see built here to not learn to build them anymore.
I think we need bitcoin futures contracts on Nostr. I don't mean "I'll buy bitcoin with fiat at x price on y date" I mean "I'll buy z loaves of bread for x bitcoin on y date." With capital controls coming fast or already implemented, such contracts are likely the best way to both enable a black market and resist the financial repression. Being a distributor of criminal goods has always been lucrative, and this time the only victim will be thieving governments.
Seeker Erebus @SeekerErebus - 17d
There is no second best with money. There is best, and there is ineffective and worse. That most people in Monero own both only further reinforces it's failure. Monero enthusiasts don't understand that money is winner takes all, or they see both as investment vehicles for acquiring more fiat, or they aren't willing to commit to Monero out of fear that it's not the ultimate winner, or they're hoping they can successfully pump and dump. If they were actually clear on how money works, and really believed in Monero, they would use Bitcoin only as much as I use Monero: only when there's no other choice. Anyone like that I can respect, not fence sitters.
Seeker Erebus @SeekerErebus - 18d
When Christians talk about Christ, we often talk about the love He has shown us, His sacrifice and what it means, etc. We don't talk often enough about what happens to those who refuse His gift. I think most of us don't really believe that what awaits is Hell, even if we say to ourselves we do. I had an out of body experience 10 years ago, when having absolutely no reason to continue living I tried to end it. I was deeply gnostic at the time, figured there was no downside and plenty upside. I met a woman, and she told me the horror of my error. I spent maybe 1-2 real world seconds, beginning the journey of entering Hell. There is no horror, that has ever been inflicted in this world by man, that I would not happily endure a 1000x over to never experience that again. The event seared itself on my soul, and as is potent and visceral in memory as it has ever been. A brief instant of that, no pain in this world is comparable. And I knew, that that would last for eternity if I died fully. I was lucky enough to claw myself back to flesh, get emergency care, and stay alive. It took me years to find a reason to live, but going back to that is not an option my mind can handle. The Catholics were right when they used severe physical punishment in an attempt to convince those sentenced to death to repent. Not always in who and why they made such sentences, but it was utterly sensible to inflict one horror in hopes of preventing worse beyond death. Something I think we would be wise to remember as this peaceful period of history draws to a close, and war returns in fury.
Intersex is an abnormality. It is not a valid form of sex identity, but a biological error. This should not be treated as a slight against those who suffer from this condition. Their body failed them, it's not their fault any more than someone with down syndrome, dwarfism, or other abnormal (epi-)genetic conditions. However, sacrificing the idea that there is a standard template that human beings are fit to, merely because some encounter errors that cause a failure in that process, is a modern insanity. As a side note, the water supply contains chemicals known to interfere in proper sexual maturation. Given that, if there is an increase in intersex people, the link should be examined.
If there are only 1.5-2 billion humans, that does have the minor bonus of a smaller death toll when the world starts breaking.
Seeker Erebus @SeekerErebus - 21d
And here I am hoping that in a few years, Nostr itself can host web pages.
You're correct on that. If every relay you connect to censors Bob, then you won't see anything from him. Bob and his followers have a lot of options other networks don't have to check this is happening. For one, Bob can spin up a new npub, DM a lot of his followers to tell them the censorship is happening, signed so they know for sure. Some will verify, and once the word is out new relays get spun up and old dies. Bob's regular buddies can track it too. And security focused groups can regularly audit relays, and easily sound alarms. So long as some people are vigilant against abuse, and the rest are willing to change their relay setting when the alarm is raised, bad relays are easily abandoned because none of the data they host is exclusive or under their control.
Apologies, I meant that the value of a fully self-custodied scalable solution is worth 100k bitcoin, not one to solve at 100k fiat price. It's a rabbit hole of a problem. Ultimately, mainnet as it currently exists cannot serve humanity long term, though BTC can and should. Simple proof: Mars is never closer than 6 light-minutes round trip. No Martian colony will ever be able to mine bitcoin in a viable manner. And that's our backyard. Other stars is a joke. This is why I believe in the transmutation protocol through sidechain. Scale via L2, verify everything. You can't necessarily stop abuse at the transition point, but if you can guarantee it's caught and execute violators, that's not bad. If a sidechain performs an important enough task that being a layer 1 is necessary, then plan and execute a burn of all the custodied BTC after allowing exits. The layer 2 token goes from being backed by BTC to made from BTC. Like smelting Spanish coins to make French coins. No violation of absolute scarcity. Maybe we get better, but if not, seems the best option.
Seeker Erebus @SeekerErebus - 25d
A horrific situation to be in. Unfortunately, many are going to have to learn the hard way that only those systems that have no ruler can be safe from bad rulers. Many have been driven from one platform, found temporary refuge and mistakenly believe they're safe, and they'll be lucky to ever build their connections again when they're proven wrong. Hopefully the recent discoveries about the routing capabilities of nostr enable you and others to access the web freely in near future. Hopefully Telegram resists long enough that the word about the essential need for Nostr, Reticulum, Meshtastic and other protocol solutions reaches enough ears.
There's no such thing as good porn. Good erotica, sure. And defining porn without including erotica is tricky. But porn is despicable, always.
Seeker Erebus @SeekerErebus - 26d
If the UTXO is only 10k sats, it's not going to be worthwhile to attempt to recover them regardless of it's kind and if you can dig out the key. Write it off as the learning expense it is in that case. Main takeaway: measure twice, cut once. If you never fund a self-custody solution until you've verified you can rebuild it and get the same addresses first, you're less likely to have this happen again.
As long as the original private key is available, it should be recoverable, but it might not be worth the difficulty. When you say you "send some sats to fund the wallet from an address generated on ride the lightning" do you mean the sats were in the on-chain element of RTL and were used to open a channel, or do you mean the sats were in an external wallet and sent to an RTL address?
*jots down* add "privacy friendly security cameras" to potential business ideas
Something in Nostr's favor that (at least among my follows) isn't discussed much is that the sex industry has been responsible for determining which technology wins for as long as there has been a sex industry. Why is this in Nostr's favor you might ask? Because zaps plus completely uncontrolled distribution ability is currently the most in-demand service for independent nsfw creators. Especially with the crowdfunding sites most used constantly banning them. No group in the west has faced more financial authoritarianism than sex workers. I'm not personally interested in attaching this npub to the porn side of nostr. The CP that exists in some corners is the worst downside of the protocol. But the reality is, the internet userbase most primed to join and actively use nostr are these people. If the only way to get some of the best hentai art or 3dx games is to zap the creator on nostr, it's already won.
Seeker Erebus @SeekerErebus - 27d
Pentester.com? You're not dealing with a scam, that company's been doing cybersecurity for a while now. If it's really concerning, search while using VPN, and just use one of the states you've lived. They aren't public about full birth date and ssn, but they reveal enough that you can verify an entry is you. You're most likely in there, though the degree of exposure will vary. Everyone in my family is except one. The exception has an odd spelling and so likely is misspelled. The others vary from just a name and address to comprehensive, and all of us are in there multiple times. Later response better than none I hope.