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Nick Slaney

MOE maxi

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npub18psflzah8gjq54t4zyjhezghzg9pvpjhm894f4yex9wpl79t3uxq03v73m

NIP-05 Address

nick@nickslaney.net

NIP-57 Address

nick@ln.nickslaney.net

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nprofile1qqsrscyl3wmn5fq22463zftu3yt3yzskqetanj656jvnzhqllz4c7rqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqa4rr33

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nos.lol

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npub18psflzah8gjq54t4zyjhezghzg9pvpjhm894f4yex9wpl79t3uxq03v73m

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2025-04-18 14:50:42 UTC

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So much easier to set up. I know nostr users handle nsecs etc. but normies have no concept of copying / pasting codes across apps

2025-04-18 14:27:45 UTC

What happened to Nostr Wallet Auth?
Why do I see the worst open source dev hell when I try to find out if this is a nip now?
This was the best way to connect with nwc by far, and it looks like the spec was nitpicked to death for no reason

2025-04-08 14:37:46 UTC

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Cement this with the blockchain regulatory certainty act and its gg

2025-04-08 14:37:03 UTC

Icymi
DOJ saying it won’t be trying to stretch the definition of money transmission anymore
https://www.defieducationfund.org/_files/ugd/84ba66_4278778963f14119be0ef1c7976bc3b2.pdf
https://image.nostr.build/3434114ff75db719fd0d0626bab28b300d3a6b5ffa5226776f3ed13c53bd33f9.png

2025-03-11 13:13:59 UTC

Saylor Medium Of Exchange maxi confirmed https://image.nostr.build/dfff902396dd8212cc921f1b467035ec00adc432a4ce216a5dc39f74dfa1c380.jpg

2025-02-18 22:03:35 UTC

What bugs me about the van eck guy
He just wants to know what’s going to happen to satoshis bitcoin?
Uncover satoshi so we can shore up the prospectus?
Unhinged

2025-02-18 17:05:46 UTC

> Spend hours telling an AI what to do
> Talk to my two year old
It’s all just carefully asking for the right thing

2025-02-18 16:25:46 UTC

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Skinner boxes all the way down

2025-02-18 15:48:50 UTC

I don’t spend a lot of time in the libertarian meme of picking your exact genre but I’m pretty sure at this point I’m not an ancap.
Don’t get me wrong I have friends who are, and I love everything about the ideology, but it’s hard for me to get behind the real end goal, which appears to me to be burning it all down and replacing it with ~not much~
I rarely pick the “mid” option but I think I’m much more of a minarchist. Or rather I’d love to see ancap work, but I’m not going to let that prevent me from trying to influence our institutions today.
What I see right now is a huge push of the Overton window towards liberty. Doge could very well be the minarchist dream and it seems to be driven by the same sort of thought.
To have many libertarians say “that’s not good enough” and “I’m not aligned with any politician,” …while I understand the sentiment, I think it’s a bit of a shame.
The bitcoin community could stand to get a lot out of the current US administration. I’ve seen x posts about going back to the gold standard, negativity around debanking. Questioning regulatory overreach.
I’m going to do my damndest to try to push these conversations, and at this point I have no shame in working within the current political system.
I half think ancap is a psyop to get libertarians locked in a “I’m more anti state thou” loop instead of actually doing something. It’s performative, and to let it get in the way of changing something at such a prime time would be a mistake.

2025-02-09 13:21:32 UTC

Gm nostr https://image.nostr.build/e06a5b408713deef9bfae38dabf9b49d9dfd79adcec061e4c4398b8ce3ec8ba0.jpg

2025-02-08 19:39:40 UTC

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Yeah it’s more real than I thought

2025-02-08 16:38:54 UTC

Damn vibe coding is real

2025-02-06 14:29:21 UTC

Writing calls on etf btc for every month we don’t get sbr— not a bad strategy

2025-01-30 14:19:56 UTC

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Makes sense. Matt is right that phoenix handles offline payments pretty well even pre-async payments.

2025-01-30 14:16:01 UTC

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Based

2025-01-30 14:13:52 UTC

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I don’t want to be dragged into any of Roger Ver’s BS, why are you so involved and going around calling me dishonest and a liar? I literally just screenshotted what someone said and said it was silly, and it is.

2025-01-29 21:02:15 UTC

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I’m not on a custodial zapper.

2025-01-29 19:49:18 UTC

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I’ll update, Fiatjaf told me that yesterday

2025-01-29 19:30:33 UTC

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It would be a shame, nostr is built on owning your voice, your identity, shipping the money part off to shadow custodians so quickly doesn’t feel right

2025-01-29 19:19:49 UTC

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Async receive takes that need away. The payment goes through from the pov of the sender and is held trustlessly at their lsp / wallet provider. When the receiver is available, they sign and receive it. No need to be online at the same time

2025-01-29 19:18:09 UTC

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#note1m67…nmdj

2025-01-29 18:58:17 UTC

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Just out here posting :)
Okay okay I’ll build I’ll build!

2025-01-29 18:56:43 UTC

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Have to deal with async receive yes
👀
https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pull/3440

2025-01-29 18:47:24 UTC

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There are exclusions for low amounts in some regs. There’s just little to no way to hold small, dust amounts of bitcoin yourself. Not a lawyer but there would be a clear upgrade path and threshold, there really isn’t an alternative 🤷🏻‍♂️

2025-01-29 18:40:13 UTC

Hosted channels were originally thought of as being custodial all the time, which probably explains why proponents of them went on to build ecash (and why they weren’t taken up much by self-custody wallets)
But I think hosted channels do have a place among LSP assisted self-custody wallets, because simply, you can’t self custody 20 sats of bitcoin.
The biggest benefit of hosted channels is to provide a lightning native experience that upgrades easily to self-custody. An LSP just needs to not broadcast the on-chain txn
The wallet client operates as normal. When you have a big enough balance, you can upgrade.
Hosted just for the period of time you need it. It’s a real path from zap onboarding to full bitcoin ownership.
Products for real people need to pick and choose from what we have for the best experience. More on that here
https://sats.build/self-custody-lightning-2025/

2025-01-29 18:35:29 UTC

I miss the old @npub12rv…85vg
Though easy to see how this morphed into cashu https://image.nostr.build/5179cb9833377041c87535220f958015ef3fe3944cf349a72e1aacf0f54eefdf.jpg

2025-01-29 18:28:38 UTC

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We can change that Calle :)

2025-01-29 18:08:55 UTC

Trust is a spectrum 🚩
You own it or someone owns you.

2025-01-29 18:08:03 UTC

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(You were using a custodial wallet the entire time)

2025-01-29 16:42:34 UTC

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What if I never unlock

2025-01-29 16:40:39 UTC

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Let’s lock in on why you don’t lock in

2025-01-29 15:42:31 UTC

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Can’t get the ammo for dirt cheap anymore

2025-01-29 15:39:02 UTC

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https://youtu.be/p0dfxvMd-lw

2025-01-29 15:00:16 UTC

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This is referring to Greg Maxwell

2025-01-29 14:33:20 UTC

Oh olas is very cool

2025-01-29 14:25:01 UTC

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Core is not the whole ecosystem, because real people will rarely use core directly.
There will always be things in bitcoin to fix, and they are being fixed, but overly focusing on the engine when there isn’t a car is how you start focusing on theoretical problems instead of real ones.

2025-01-29 14:06:10 UTC

“We need more bitcoin core development to make Bitcoin work / popular.”
It’s like saying we need to change HTTP to make the web popular. HTTP did not make the web, websites did.

2025-01-29 14:02:33 UTC

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Big word big smart

2025-01-29 13:40:12 UTC

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Sucks to see, also it always seems to end up at some sort of conspiratorial conclusion. I’m most impressed by the people who work around the constraints.

2025-01-29 13:36:30 UTC

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Wow how does this always happen https://image.nostr.build/e128b37c50104c8a9d8f1af92979e2e372be4ed68469bfc6dda900f39737be60.jpg

2025-01-29 13:22:22 UTC

This guy just spews poison now https://image.nostr.build/d5bec2565efb574a7671992f0dd995c1686b534e5474d3ff0c2989209bc616d0.jpg #note1mcz…0fre

2025-01-28 14:38:24 UTC

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“Lightning is good only for custodial services”
It’s easy with custodial services, but lighting was designed for non-custodial.
“Fiatjaf and Paul would like to onboard people in a non-custodial way”
Fiatjaf just said people should use custodial cashu 🤷🏻‍♂️. I think he wants that but has taken doomer / motivated reasoning ideas from Paul too seriously.
“Spark”
Spark is statechains with extra steps. Federations are not worth much unless you’re a member, but then you’re faced with higher interactivity requirements than lightning. In the end, it’s back to custodial trust that can be bent against you.

2025-01-28 14:19:42 UTC

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Thanks, I was looking into this. I think you all were ahead of the times.

2025-01-28 14:18:26 UTC

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The best bit with this is we can use existing tech and upgrade seamlessly. You can just run an lsp that supports hosted channels, the wallet does not need to know much more.

2025-01-28 14:17:21 UTC

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Eh, we can seamlessly upgrade to self-custody from a hosted channel by broadcasting an on-chain txn and use a lot of existing tooling to get there.

2025-01-28 14:15:54 UTC

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Paul’s Math™️ around Bitcoin not scaling, that he says justifies drivechains. He is the OG “attack lightning tech so people see that my idea is the best” guy
Lightning and Bitcoin are not perfect, but we are no where close to hitting their limits. If anyone presents any bitcoin app that 500 million people onboard to this year I’d be amazed, yet this is not good enough for someone who wants drivechains, and is a reason to throw it in the trash. Afaiu, this “math” is what caused Fiatjaf to ragequit lightning, despite being an early, very promising contributor.
https://www.truthcoin.info/blog/lightning-limitations/

2025-01-28 14:00:34 UTC

It’s too bad Fiatjaf took Paul Szortc so seriously. At least we have nostr now.

2025-01-28 13:59:25 UTC

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https://sats.build/self-custody-lightning-2025/

2025-01-28 13:59:03 UTC

Gm @npub180c…h6w6 (and @npub1rvg…xrck )
Thanks for making hosted channels a thing (actually thanks for this whole suite of tools and ideas). I think these make a comeback https://image.nostr.build/89b4cd14318f77fd372d4abcd9a24189b92d279f597dc8269ab96504ca604828.jpg

2025-01-25 19:34:27 UTC

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It turns out the future is nonlinear
#note130w…92lq

2025-01-25 18:57:00 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/5c2fa516515df88b59b86364a0324ea17a0e08c6f0f32d485375fb45af9dc536.jpg

2025-01-25 18:32:53 UTC

I gave up on the internet a long time ago. The Math is Simple, there won’t be enough IPs for everyone unless we make some Big Changes

2025-01-24 15:47:47 UTC

People were asking, and I don’t want to hide it. I’m no longer with Block.
I am eternally grateful for the opportunity @npub1sg6…f63m and others gave me. Thank you.
Basically all I will say on it for now– we built an amazing team, we did all we can. I can say with 100% certainty Block and Jack are doing all they can for Bitcoin. This was the first job where I left it all out on the field to the very end.
To any engineers or otherwise out there, if you have an idea that you are truly passionate about, speak up. You either are at a great place that will elevate you, or you're not, and you deserve better anyway.
It was a leap of faith, but I was lucky to have the former for a long time. I met some great people and got to do soul aligned work I truly believed in. Anyway, good things don't always last.

2025-01-23 17:40:15 UTC

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BITS MENTIONED

2025-01-22 14:42:27 UTC

Zoom out
https://sats.build/self-custody-lightning-2025/ https://image.nostr.build/58f5fc6f6e61266ec3a520a4bc3ce94e4ad1557b14c25c26d366f42b108522be.jpg

2025-01-21 23:49:01 UTC

Full pardon wow https://image.nostr.build/6f15a3f494e00f8ad955da6c9774a4cf1da2421e32c1096e98bfee7c24ff5c2f.jpg

2025-01-21 23:12:55 UTC

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Help https://image.nostr.build/cee690301039cb785de20d95b6c5cd0040beacc7e2567f4034a8b904837bed4a.jpg

2025-01-21 21:06:44 UTC

“Campaign donations” are insane because they appear to be one of the most legitimately dangerous things with the potential to gigafry your stack but are exclusively done by literal 100+ coiners who unironically want to “start a btc space race” and basically get oneshotted by them

2025-01-21 20:55:25 UTC

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I can fix him

2025-01-21 15:12:43 UTC

What’s going on with bitcoin and lightning in 2025? When did shadow custodian become self-custody? I know 2024 was rough but it’s a new year and it’s time for self-custody to make a comeback.
Some thoughts below on how to make that happen, and a tweet thread for those of you who can’t read.
https://sats.build/self-custody-lightning-2025/
What spawned this? 2024 was a rough year for Bitcoin. We literally lost a year.
Regulatory was one thing, but tech was a whole other story. Lightning developer brethren, when did we give up and accept shadow custody over self-custody? smh
Ecash and liquid are custodians with extra steps. S/o to @npub12rv…85vg for being the most intellectually honest out of all the ecashers.
Instead of retreating to custodial solutions, double down with me and try a little harder. I can’t defend ecash or federation mumbojumbo. I can absolutely stand behind an LSP.
The details are in the post, but the gist is this– we don’t need 100% off-chain yet. NFTs lost (again). We have not pushed the Bitcoin blockchain to the point of needing to scale (yet, but if we make a compelling Bitcoin payments application, maybe we’ll actually have a reason to). We don’t need op_codes we need thoughtful design.
I’m thinking of building this, but in the spirit of Bitcoin, Satoshi’s vision etc. I want you to think of building this too. Maybe we can do it together?

2025-01-21 14:19:29 UTC

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Google has been calling me 2-3x a week to tell me about unauthorized access to my account 😑

2025-01-20 20:57:45 UTC

Sometimes I think maybe a magazine shouldn’t be the tip of the spear of our industry

2025-01-13 16:56:43 UTC

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THE CURVE OF CHAOS?

2025-01-13 16:54:26 UTC

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Room temp iq bros 😂

2025-01-10 17:53:56 UTC

This time right now is a once in a lifetime moment.
What other movement makes all of your like minded, high agency, convicted peers financially independent? I’m not a moon boi but this is relentlessly powerful.
It’s the self selecting long play of the century.

2025-01-09 22:53:26 UTC

I was sad to see Nick Szabo sign off in 2021. It’s good to see him back in the fray somewhere.
Don’t take the old heads for granted. Many have come and gone 🫡

2024-12-22 16:44:11 UTC

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How many people use chargebacks, dispute settlement? Most I hear is people who use those mechanisms for fraud. IE. buy something, chargeback and say you didn’t get it, repeat.

2024-12-19 15:40:50 UTC

https://youtu.be/5QwrDbCF2hg

2024-12-19 14:44:28 UTC

Pushing stablecoins as a way to increase dollar hegemony is strictly worse than the SBR.

2024-12-19 14:38:20 UTC

El Salvador did always have a bit of an asterisk where businesses were forced to accept bitcoin, never really felt right.

2024-12-18 23:06:14 UTC

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Soon™️

2024-12-18 23:05:09 UTC

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🔥

2024-12-18 21:16:05 UTC

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Cool to see you digging into this

2024-12-17 23:04:57 UTC

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Appreciate your viewpoint, have also been a little uneasy about bitcoin reserve.
I think you might agree that more reasonable (in line with previous guidance) money transmission definitions would be the most helpful for bitcoin usage.
Should the gov not buy bitcoin though?

2024-12-17 12:47:57 UTC

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Save for gt3

2024-12-17 12:46:50 UTC

Imagine 2025 the year of ripple, xrp the standard. Who stops this?
https://x.com/_crypto_barbie/status/1868683551774007668

2024-12-16 16:25:24 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/66f81d6f3af7640039c7d88631e0b66b57d27d5ae68d0a7356474ff6a1e3d006.jpg

2024-12-13 01:43:54 UTC

Timeless, true heritage. https://image.nostr.build/a310a9c479f4f6ad17ae5492435a55d78cfe9f1613ea3c78a57bd487e037bac0.jpg

2024-12-12 13:58:26 UTC

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And in the darkness bind them
😳

2024-12-12 04:41:32 UTC

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> X dot com the everything app

2024-12-11 13:31:28 UTC

Balkanize then bridge https://image.nostr.build/d83f50a47f8f1f122ccfc7546a9bb01b6051413d4812de576c0bfbdd6c0b344c.jpg

2024-12-11 13:29:20 UTC

@npub1q3s…d26p always bringing the gang back together https://image.nostr.build/195f686fcc2e2e1b2e396d6cc44e810195c30adf8745b64438010d2a9e62d5d9.jpg

2024-12-09 16:23:27 UTC

Protocols, protocols, protocols
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/08/apples-iphone-security-suddenly-under-attack-all-users-now-at-risk/

2024-12-08 21:08:45 UTC

Had to go sort of deep in the Amazon seller list to find this but they didn’t say it had this https://image.nostr.build/7c7d6e69ca13443c9277a3c6329c837bf9e2c930efc1765a14c670c659bfc6b3.jpg

2024-12-08 16:22:55 UTC

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Dvorak

2024-12-07 14:00:37 UTC

Idk how many more times I can allow myself to be shown Elon shooting his shot on x the everything app

2024-12-06 11:12:04 UTC

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Nice, hope you’re getting your electrolytes in

2024-12-06 00:13:18 UTC

https://youtu.be/lWpRJK_z08I

2024-12-05 17:27:40 UTC

🫣 https://www.nostrzap.com/npub18psflzah8gjq54t4zyjhezghzg9pvpjhm894f4yex9wpl79t3uxq03v73m

2024-12-05 16:23:05 UTC

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Thank you

2024-12-05 16:18:43 UTC

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Do it

2024-12-05 15:02:03 UTC

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Also needs to be self-custodial

2024-12-05 15:01:35 UTC

I need to zap again. How are people zapping in 2024 post apple zap take down?

2024-12-05 02:55:37 UTC

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Long live Bitstein

2024-12-05 02:47:59 UTC

100k!
Back to work

2024-12-04 13:53:09 UTC

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💪💪

2024-12-03 14:12:51 UTC

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Looks like social sciences to me. I think he’s just trying to fit in 😁

2024-12-03 14:06:39 UTC

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Did you know he has a PhD? https://image.nostr.build/e3aae1552e8190c1ffdb1d46d2936aaca147d0199e1d00e411ae63863742aefa.jpg

2024-12-03 14:05:12 UTC

@npub12rv…85vg cultivating his anti Calle bluesky persona https://image.nostr.build/57f63cf0880d416de4f4522794be37acdd9fb95801598c02a62e63fbf17d2602.jpg