NostReport on Nostr: **THE NOSTR REPORT** Sunday is for the Plebs 29 January 2023 774246 🎙Quote of the ...

**THE NOSTR REPORT**

Sunday is for the Plebs
29 January 2023
774246

🎙Quote of the Day🎙️
“In essence the Bitcoin network is built on the #plebchain layer 0.” QW (npub1tvq…krq4)

Our own MainStreetChungus (npub1pvu…d7a5) gives his thoughts on what it means to be a pleb here and interviews Quiet Warrior

quoting nevent1q…xsxf

🚨NostReports Sunday Oped Special🚨
Many new Nostrich hatchlings know the feeling. You open up whatever client you hear about (astral.ninja, snort.social, nostrgram, etc), you figure out that you have to hit the “Generate Key” button, you somehow save your private keys in a way that would make Satoshi cry, and you stare at a constantly updating global feed from a bunch of usernames you have never heard of. Now what?? That was me, the week before Christmas 2022, what the hell do I do now? That’s when I noticed a guy named @ npub1tvqc82mv8cezhax5r34n4muc2c4pgjz8kaye2smj032nngg52clq0rkrq4 on the global feed who kept using the hashtag #plebchain.

Now, we all bring some Twitter baggage with us to Nostr, and for me, that baggage was not feeling good enough to follow people randomly. Why should I? I’m a nobody, and it’s not like they will ever follow me back. But this was a new platform and a new paradigm, so I put that behind me and I followed Quiet Warrior. To my surprise, he responded to me in the simplest of words - “Followed. #plebchain.” Quiet Warrior FOLLOWED ME BACK! Why would he do that? I have Chungus in my name? Pleb after pleb, I started seeing “Followed. #plebchain.” Over and over again. It was magic.

In one of Quiet Warrior’s first posts, he explained that #plebchain was about the concept of value for value, you follow me, I follow you, and let’s do it before all the big accounts and bots get here. Little did we all know that this simple concept would blossom into a movement.

I reached out to Quiet Warrior to get his take on how this has grown, and here is what he said:

“I was really one of the forgotten plebs on twitter. Our first week on Nostr was like a birds first flight, absolutely liberating. I have never talked to so many like-minded, beautiful people. There is tremendous power in the community. I wanted to secure that. Hence #Plebchain. As it progressed my mind continued absorbing the power that the chain really can provide. Satoshi writes about a peer-to-peer network. What are the peers? Plebchain. In essence the Bitcoin network is built on the plebchain layer 0.”

“I also wanted anyone coming in fresh to Nostr to have a simple way to connect and secure the same experience I was having. Follow for Follow is powerful because when you gain followers you gain a voice. The algos kill our voice.”

As I think about Quiet Warrior’s words, I can’t help think about what #plebchain means to me. It is all about breaking the top down communication network of Twitter, where massive influencers tell you how to think. The plebchain is a hive mind for good ideas to propagate.

Why does Nostr and this plebchain concept resonate so well with Bitcoin? As Robert Breedlove says in his “What is Money” podcast – “In a central bank economy, if prices go up, you don’t know if it’s Jerome Powell’s monetary policy, or real people, expending real resources, to obtain a real asset that cause the price increase. #Bitcoin disentangles signal from noise.”

In a centrally controlled communications protocol, if a message propagates, you don’t know if it’s the twitter algorithm, or its real people, expending real attention, to express a real fact. #Nostr, and specifically the #plebchain, secured with #lightning, disentangles signal from noise.

That is what #plebchain means to me. What does the #plebchain mean to you my fellow plebs?

Written by:
@ npub1pvuugp6fyj6t6yeq9ajzv28p54w07sg6jpxvzuu5yc7qmu9edpkqm2d7a5

. Please tell us what being a pleb means to you!

🚨Headline Nostr News🚨
🤖Algo Inception 🤖
jleger2023 (npub1t9a…h4uw) hints at update to Nostrgram which includes an algorithm to suggests likes and users to follow.

quoting nevent1q…zhph

Coming in an update shortly: On your Following feed there's a button you can click to see recent notes liked by the people you follow. Useful for finding new people to follow!

jack (npub1sg6…f63m) warns “And so the algo begins…” and states “these things start simple and take on a life of their own fast!”.

quoting nevent1q…gpx3

I don’t have an issue with it. It’s a convenience. But this is exactly how the algorithmic feeds started. There was no intention to create reactionary or contrarian actions, it was simply summarizing what people you followed like. We added the ability to turn it off years ago because it was the easiest way to show people what was happening, and give them ability to stop it.

All this to say: these things start simple and take on a life of their own fast! Best to be mindful of it and work to give people more choice when in doubt.

There are a few hours left to donate to support Amethyst Development! Mandrik (npub1qex…82qk) is matching any donations up to 5MM sats.

quoting nevent1q…c7ql

I've matched 2,259,357 sats worth of donations from plebs, and have pledged 5 million total. There are still a few hours to get your donos in before 11:59EST!

Support Amethyst development on Android:

https://getalby.com/p/vitorpamplona

Damus resubmission gets rejected with Apple citing concerns over the ability for users to delete their accounts and questions regarding payments and business model. jb55 (npub1xts…kk5s)

quoting nevent1q…fxk0

rejected again

🏝️Nostrica Update🏝️
mcshane (npub16vr…p2va) posts about assistance with lodging costs

quoting nevent1q…gym0

Want to come to #Nostrica but need some assistance with lodging costs?

We can help!
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/19ilRipMvxHYppGqngr7h4UA_y43wXHXzFqSzeDanuiw/mobilebasic

and a call-out for presenting opportunities.

quoting nevent1q…r86x

Who wants to present at #Nostrica?

You can share what you’ve been building, give a technical deep-dive talk, lay out a path forward, anything you like. 🤙

shoot me a DM

🎩Nostr Tech 🎩
Seedsigner demos new Nostr functionality including key pair creation and QR code signing capabilities. KeithMukai (npub1tv8…7wn2)

quoting nevent1q…cle0

#[0] + Nostr demo time!

Starting w/the simplest flow:
* Generate a new BIP-39 bitcoin seed totally offline
* Derive its Nostr `npub`/`nsec`
* Export to Nostr client via QR code

Part 1:
https://youtu.be/jZQnUHQLOd4

Safari signing extension, Nostore, update now lets you add a predefined list of relays so they don’t get overwritten when you sign into various clients. Also adds macOS support. ursuscamp (npub19pw…jtwk)

quoting nevent1q…39xp

Greetings again, my wonderful #nostr large flightless birds. I'm back again with a new release for #Nostore, the Safari extension for nostr. This is a big update, here's what to look out for:

- This was a total UI overhaul. The toolbar icon, when clicked on, now reveals a popup that only has a dropdown to select your active profile. Click the "Settings" button to configure further.

- Upon clicking the settings button, you are presented with the new Settings UI. This is where you will create profiles, input keys, etc. The UI should be responsive at different device sizes.

- Relay support is added! When you open the popup, if you don't have any relays set, you will prompted to add a predefined list of recommended relays (optional). Within the settings UI itself, you can add, remove and modify the read/write status of your relays. I would highly recommend adding relays, or you're at the mercy of your preferred client's suggested relays.

Not only was this a big update for the UI, but I did a lot of work under the hood getting some things ready for future updates. I definitely expect there to be some bugs, so please report anywhere you please: Through GitHub (https://github.com/ursuscamp/nostore), TestFlight or DM me directly.

Cool stuff coming, stay tuned. Thanks, everyone!

https://testflight.apple.com/join/ouPWAQAV

🩺Nostr Health of the Network🩺
• Pubkeys = 359,522 [+4,301 from yesterday]
• Events = 1,546,723 [+50,990 from yesterday]
• Relays = 260 [+2 from yesterday]

🔥🔥Pleb Meme(s) of the Day🔥🔥
#Plebchain is Layer Zero, by QW (npub1tvq…krq4)

quoting nevent1q…q9m7

We are all Satoshi #Layer0 #Plebchain

2minutebitcoin describes the intersection between #bitcoin and #nostr is the #plebchain 2minutebitcoin (npub1p63…ej3v)

quoting nevent1q…7x3z

gm back

this is us



followed #plebchain

Stay Classy Nostr.