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@makeasnek

Python developer mostly working on blockchain tools and tech stacks to support open science. Let's make a better world together.

Relays (13)
  • wss://la.relayable.org/ – read & write
  • wss://carlos-cdb.top/ – read & write
  • wss://jingle.carlos-cdb.top/ – read & write
  • wss://rnostr.onrender.com/ – read & write
  • wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.snort.social/ – read & write
  • wss://nostr.wine/ – read
  • wss://eden.nostr.land/ – read
  • wss://offchain.pub/ – read & write
  • wss://bitcoiner.social/ – read & write
  • wss://n.wingu.se/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.damus.io/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.nostr.band/ – read & write

Recent Notes

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Looking to follow somebody who posts about #entrepreneurship self-improvement and building companies. Think the "knowledge of the top 1%" video clips you see shared everywhere. Any suggestions? #asknostr
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Big Barry Bitcoin · 72w
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Accepting lightning for merchants requires a lightning node be online 24/7. The common solution for this is #btcpay server, but this is quite heavy (and therefore impossible) for many online merchants on shared hosting. But @ZEUS "node in a phone" is lightweight enough to be run on Android. Can a BTCPay server be configured to use a "node in phone" style node?

Is there some similarly lightweight option we can use which does what #BTCPay Server does but with the overhead of #zeus? #bitcoin #asknostr #lightningnetwork

#asknostr
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Diego Valley · 72w
Maybe look into nostr:npub1jugar2agq6369p0l86razavs9shj2p6pscxecevs8j94ap37hkqsjlfc28 nostr:npub1ey6qdmvzcgcsr883m9nspzz0mm037l26xtardzcskfsvc6gc7jssm9szvp?
🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit · 72w
Merchants should just use real cryptocurrency blockchains instead because they actually work
ZEUS · 72w
ZEUS Pay+
Leanne Martell · 77w
I’ve been a small manufacturer of high end bath products selling in the bricks and mortar environment, wholesale, and direct to end user since 2005… am getting ready to launch here as I move my li...
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Due to the nature of DMs in nostr, shopstr can be a bit unreliable. By all means, list your stuff there, but also having your own site which accepts lightning is probably the way to go. BTCPay Server is a great option, it integrates with woocommerce and magneto. I believe squarespace also allows BTC lightning payments.

I ALWAYS search for a vendor who takes BTC for anything I shop for, excited to see more joining.
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Leanne Martell · 76w
Thanks for your help, and your generous zap! Currently checking out my websites capability to accept BTC
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About two years ago, I decided that I wasn't going to donate to any non-profit or open source software project that didn't take Bitcoin. When asked for donations, I would ask if they took Bitcoin and if they didn't, I'd say "that's too bad, hopefully you change your mind in the future". Reception to this has gone pretty well, a number of them have come back later and asked me for help in taking Bitcoin and I've pointed them to some resources and got to be their first BTC donor.

This year, I have a new plan: I'm not donating to any non-profits or OSS projects that hide the fact that they take Bitcoin donations. Many of them take BTC, but you'd never know if you went to their donate page, it's squirreled away somewhere on their website. I get that your regular checkout flow doesn't support Bitcoin, so you need a separate page for that, but it really should be mentioned on your main donation page as an option. I think some places do this because they're ashamed to take BTC or they think it's controversial. If you're ashamed to take my money, you won't get it, end of story. We'll see how this new plan goes. #bitcoin #nonprofits #donations
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MAHDOOD · 76w
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Bitcoiners are really, really bad at branding. Examples:

Custodial vs non-custodial: Who chose these words? Nobody knows what they mean if they aren't steeped in BTC lore. Self-custody? Much better.

Nutzaps: Cool tech, but 70% of people are going to not use this tech because they don't want to be "nutted on". I get the memes are cool but c'mon.

Nostr: Primarily pitched as a tool where "you can't be censored". Most people's minds instantly go to that ONE ANNOYING GUY who got kicked from their discord server for posting racist memes. "Un-cancelability" is of interest only to the minority of the population. You know what is popular? Better privacy. Being able to choose how your feed is sorted. Not having ads. Being free. Not having divisive bullshit shoved into your feeds. Being decentralized/not feeding Meta et al.

Bitcoin for merchants: ZERO PERCENT FEE. WE SHOULD BE YELLING THIS FROM THE ROOFTOPS, instead, most promotional things I see about Bitcoin are about: supply, inflation resistance, fast transaction times, etc.
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Bud · 76w
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