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THE NOSTR REPORT

WE’RE ALL BUILDERS HERE
Apr 2, 2023
Block Height: 783,686
Moscow Time: 35:49 ⚡/ $

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🎙️Quote of the Day🎙️
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“If you don’t have the skills to build technology, build your community. I assure you it’s just as valuable, if not more so.”
The: Daniel ⚡️ (npub1aeh…4nwx)

quoting nevent1q…rpq6

If you don’t have the skills to build technology, build your community. I assure you it’s just as valuable, if not more so.

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🚨Headline Nostr News🚨
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alanbwt (npub1r0f…uzz3) shares a thoughtful reflection on what he took away from #MarchOffTwitter. The entire post is 🔥, especially this part: “On Nostr, we’ve moved beyond tired old arguments of “Bitcoin vs fiat” and “Bitcoin vs scamcoin.” Instead, we are actively building towards the future on a Bitcoin / LN / Nostr standard.”

quoting nevent1q…5lcu

Reflections on Twitter vs Nostr after #MarchOffTwitter

Free Speech — The feeling of not having anyone, with the power to suspend or ban you, looking over your shoulder while you post is liberating. Free speech exists on Nostr. It does not fully exist on Twitter (yet).

Incentives — The incentives to post on Nostr are far greater than those on Twitter. You earn Bitcoin directly for quality content. This is game-changing and hard to overstate.

Algorithm — There is no algo on Nostr. You simply see the posts of those you follow in chronological order. Don’t like what someone’s posting? Unfollow. It’s that simple. No ads or algo suggested posts either. Just pura vida.

Ownership — On Nostr, you truly own your account. You own your posts. And you can contribute to the protocol and apps just like everyone else. No more tagging Elon for every qualm you have with the user experience. This is incredibly refreshing and leads to a feeling of personal responsibility.

Tone — Broadly speaking, the tone of voice on Nostr is authentic, whereas the tone of Twitter is snarky. It’s nice not to be inundated with sarcasm. People sound happy and optimistic on Nostr, whereas on Twitter everyone sounds like they’re complaining.

Technical competence — The typical Nostrich is far more tech savvy than the typical Twitter user. You can get better answers to technical questions on Nostr than anywhere else I’ve tried.

Scammers — You won’t find many scammers on Nostr. And if you do, they won’t have much of a following. The reason is that you cannot delete posts, and you cannot block someone from commenting on your posts. There is nowhere to hide if you try to scam people on Nostr. You’ll be found out immediately. On Twitter, scammers easily hide behind a multitude of blocks and deleted posts.

Building the future — On Nostr, we’ve moved beyond tired olde arguments of “Bitcoin vs fiat” and “Bitcoin vs scamcoin.” Instead, we are actively building towards the future on a Bitcoin / LN / Nostr standard. No need to post the “it’s all so tiresome” meme.

Scale — Today, Twitter still has far more scale than Nostr. Twitter is the primary battleground of ideas. And Twitter has more far-reaching news and information. Therefore, in order to stay tapped in to the broader consciousness collective, and to wake people up to the perils of fiat and the benefits of Bitcoin, it still makes sense to have a presence on Twitter. Over time, however, Nostr will grow to far grander scale than any centralized social media platform due to its free, open source nature.

Connection — Nostr connects freedom minded individuals in China, America, and everywhere else in the world. No firewall can stop people from accessing Nostr. By comparison, every centralized social media app has to abide by authoritarian laws in each respective country. Nostr is connecting the world, and it’s not asking permission in order to do so.

In sum, I’ll to continue to have a presence on Twitter, but will be primarily posting to Nostr, as I believe it is the future of global, permissionless communications.

shawn (npub1clk…pup9) ZeroSync Partners With Blockstream To Sync Bitcoin Nodes Quickly From Space 🚀 🛰️

quoting nevent1q…g33g

Cypherpunk af. You love to see it.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zerosync-partners-with-blockstream/

poorbaldmonkey (npub1pyl…tcp4) provides great analysis and perspective on the Restrict Act. 🤬🔏

quoting nevent1q…pwaw

Anyone under the age of 60 is pretty opposed to it. Those over the age of 60 seem to be mixed about it.

Small and mid-sized businesses are heavily opposed to it. Big tech seems to have written most of the Restrict Act.

The problem is that our legislators are all very old and subservient to their lobbyists with the most money. So, we're in a position much like cannabis laws: what the people overwhelmingly want is of no concern to legislators. And the Biden Administration is overtly taking the approach of "we're in charge and you'll do what you're told."

So, if the Restrict Act can make it through Congress (our combined legislative bodies) then the President will sign it. And if Congress rejects it, there's still a reasonable chance that Biden will attempt to institute it through Executive Order or under The Patriot Act. Of course the Supreme Court could overrule that, however that would take considerable time to do and, even then, the Administration is showing that it will openly defy Supreme Court rulings through the ATF (specific to gun laws) and by reinstating Operation Chokepoint.

So, I would say that the realities of the Restrict Act or some other form of draconian controls are likely regardless of America public sentiment.

But, I've been wrong before. I hope that I am in this case.

jb55 (npub1xts…kk5s) - dave (npub1tsg…htk4) is now on nostr! 🤖 🤖

quoting nevent1q…d0hp

chatgpt is now on nostr #[0]​ !

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💻nostr Tech💻
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melvincarvalho (npub1mel…5c24) Check out the #nosdav app store at https://nosdav.com/apps 👩‍💻🛠

quoting nevent1q…snvm

#nosdav app store

https://nosdav.com/apps/

Wallet of Satoshi (npub1hcw…h9rq) Shares latest zap numbers for WoS addresses. Notes that Zapalytics.com shows an increase in lightning address distribution. ⚡️🔥

quoting nevent1q…nwcx

Yesterday we recorded an hourly peak of 4421 Zaps to @walletofsatoshi lightning addresses!👏

https://zapalytics.com/ shows the lightning address distribution slightly increasing lately - which is a great thing!

So the real numbers could be quite a bit higher. 💪⚡️

Mazin (npub18kz…x5sz) 📢announces📢 improvements to nostr.wine like support for NIP42 and NIP50z

quoting nevent1q…qpye

In case you missed our many filter.nostr.wine announcements yesterday…
- NIP-42 (client auth) support is now added ✅
- NIP-50 (search) support is now added ✅
#[0]

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⚡nostr Business⚡
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nobody (npub138g…k36k) The Bitcoin whitepaper makes its Formula 1 debut on a Kraken sponsored Williams race car. 🏎🏁

quoting nevent1q…fqf5

#SatoshiNakamoto

(hashtag typo 🤬)

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ODELL (npub1qny…95gx) Government Requests For User Data From Big Tech Companies On The Rise - The US tops the list with nearly 1 account per 100 people throughout 2013-2021. 🏦💻

quoting nevent1q…utnn

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/government-requests-for-user-data-from-big-tech-companies-rise/

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🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥
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Elizabeth Warren’s crypto army
Cyph3rp9nk (npub1lnm…rrnt)

quoting nevent1q…tdfj

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Stay Classy Nostr.