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Saddle on up to a stool and spill the beans about your day, fire away with them questions, or let loose and give us the lowdown on your wild and woolly life. We're all ears, so don't hold back!
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The 5 stages of grief is also the 5 stages toward greatness.
Bitcoin is the bargaining stage
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Anyone here? 👀
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yes, what have you been up to? 👀
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1501 sats \ 20 replies \ @ek 3 Dec 2023
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MVP 3 days late but now really almost done; literally only need to implement this confirm button*. If I don't create a post announcing the MVP on SN in the next 24 hours, I will delete my account, lol.
Wasn't active on SN for a week since it can be quite distracting and I did not want to show up on SN without a MVP for the prediction market, lol
I've mentioned prediction markets on lightning for the first time early this year but started talking about it more and more recently such that it got more and more embarrassing that I have no prototype to show or anything despite my apparent excitement about prediction markets.
But I think I initially got the idea from @orthwyrm when we did bets on which day @orthwyrm can stop.
/cc @Undisciplined @grayruby for some reason I associate you two a lot with prediction markets on SN, lol
* and maybe some last testing of everything - oof pls no delays again
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Congrats my friend. Can't wait to try the MVP.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 3 Dec 2023
found the big zapper 👀
and i think you can wait like you did all this time haha
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I was feeling an itchy zapper finger when I saw it was almost ready to go.
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Congrats on getting so close. The announcement of the announcement that I’m here for.
I predict a riot tomorrow. You best do an AMA at launch
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Congrats on getting so close. The announcement of the announcement that I’m here for.
Thanks :) And you're right, didn't realize I just announced the announcement, haha
You best do an AMA at launch
Oof, AMA, peak anxiety levels, haha
I can only imagine doing an AMA like this:
I just procrastinated my prediction market for 7 months, AMA
And btw, don't worry guys, I like making fun of myself :)
It's just hard to find the border for myself and others, haha
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could we start with this - will @ekzyis announcing the MVP on SN in the next 24 hours? if not, he will delete his SN account.😂
but then how that would work for the people who think you would announce it within today?
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haha exactly, i see you found the fun in prediction markets, haha
ok, let's get serious: this post was created 2023-12-03T08:30:58.478+00:00
So I have time until 2023-12-04T08:30:58.478+00:00 before I have to delete my account :)
procrastination intensifies
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so how it works for others - do nothing and watch? 👀
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Since the MVP is not out yet, we could do this verbally here. :)
Since I am betting that I will make it, you have to bet against (or find someone else to bet against) if you want to bet with real sats.
For example, I could say I will bet 10k sats and I am 99% sure that I will make it on time.
So I would be willing to risk 10k sats to win 10k*(1-0.99) = 100 sats
So if you would risk 100 sats to potentially gain 10k sats if I don't make the announcement on time, then we have a deal :)
The MVP makes exactly these trades easier. Will only work for questions which can be answered with YES or NO for now however.
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Since I am betting that I will make it, you have to bet against (or find someone else to bet against) if you want to bet with real sats.
but I want you to make it on time too, otherwise no more @ekzyis here 🧐 I care less about 10k sats 😂😂😂
The MVP makes exactly these trades easier. Will only work for questions which can be answered with YES or NO for now however.
I see, maybe this also could be a way to encourage people get things done, like this https://gofuckingdoit.com/
I am looking forward to this!
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excited and scared but also excited noises
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what scared you?
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people going to judge my market haha
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or see it different ways - people gonna help you to improve your products, and you are free to choose what to listen to.
spider senses start tingling
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@ Forever Laura Padua, Italy 🇮🇹 Slowly but steady 🫶
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Good Signal!
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The difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic 1:26 min https://streamable.com/2l51ml
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"Democracy" comes from two words that mean "people" and "rule". "Republic" comes from two words that mean "public" and "thing". Only the Democratic Party and Republican Party assert that there is a difference between them.
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Ed. Griffin is the GOAT
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didn't even realize it was him
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He was then a young freedom OG anti-communist
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Good Weekend to all stackers and greetings from Argentina.
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Que disfrutes el asado, nacho
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Happy weekend!!! Does anyone here also see a Satoshi with the same value or greater than a dollar?
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Happy weekend, sat ❤️⚡
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Get outside and enjoy your weekends stackers. Sometimes the world rewards you for it…
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Well I just had a meeting with my financial advisor. Had to show him again how my daily Bitcoin savings plan is outperforming all the investments he has for me. It’s funny I told him I’m self custody all the way and that’s what he should tell his other clients and I could help them. No ETF for me with the fees and him getting a yearly cut of that. Yes, @DarthCoin I’ve learned the way and am trying to teach others who can spread the word!
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What compels you to continue using a ‘financial advisor’ in 2023? Surely his time is up…
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One at a time... :)
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Good Saturday morning everyone.
Time to feed the Zap addiction.
Remember: Zap early and Zap often.
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Hello hello!!! The weekend has begun, friend! Enjoying a nice hot cup of java, with the whole day to relax, after 2 months of not having a day off its finally here and I'm going to get the best of it. Will just relax and think of next weeks strategy, this week was busy but great. Definitely will pamper myself with a nice cold one and a good tune, may your weekend be incredible and full of success. Get daily, weekly goals to get your ultimate goal, always have purpose. I believe in you, you are awesome and important, don't forget it. Have a phenomenal day my friend, be well and stay frosty.
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GM! Have a great weekend! ⚡☕🧡
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It’s mind blowing when you price your bills in sats. From January to December my mortgage payment went down almost by 50%. It’s crazy
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I need to update this or write a part 2 sometime soon
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and post here ⚡️
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Good find.
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My superpower is being able to send Bitcoin anywhere in the world at the speed of lightning. Can you do that with fiat or gold? No, you can't!
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Day 231 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.
...and 31 push-up(s).
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Have you noticed any changes yet from your pushups?
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Hmm mostly psychological. It feels good to have a work-out first thing in the morning.
I have been taking a selfie every 10 days to see if there's any muscle gain. Nothing yet really, but it's still early days.
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Hi __@_'-' Sorry I'm late. I had some errands this morning. Only got home now. I see you are still on point, as always.
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Good to see you friend. __@ _'-'
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Thank you my friend. It's good to be amongst nakama!
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Horse Stance: 2 minutes 5 seconds
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Safety practice on Nostr
  • always use a VPN
  • use Alby and load keys from there instead of from any clients
  • think twice before posting ANYTHING
  • avoid posting anything too personal
  • photo metadata: I'm not sure about this, but I removed metadata from the camera setting
  • article-wise, avoid posting directly - post links instead because you can always trash the link if one day you feel like to
Hardcore stackers, do I miss anything 👀
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Great list! It might even deserve its own separate post :)
I would add this ones aswell:
  • be aware that DMs leak metadata, the contents of the direct message will be encrypted, but other metadata like the sender and recipient can be viewed by anyone.
  • only use trusted known relays
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let me see if I can come up with a more detailed post:)
be aware that DMs leak metadata, the contents of the direct message will be encrypted, but other metadata like the sender and recipient can be viewed by anyone.
yes, DM is horrible, and you can't reject who's sending you msg and "showing" there.
only use trusted known relays
in case they nuked your notes?
  • if you use nostr market, use a different pubkey, not your personal one.
  • male backup of your follows / contacts, relays sometimes are nuking that data
  • if you want to keep a backup of your posts you can use https://nostrsync.live/
I don't care too much about my shitposting on nostr, I usually post only memes and sometimes my guides links, but not anything special.
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many people are posting way too personal things there, many might regret it one day - freedom comes from responsibility!
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Ah sure and that's because many do not make the difference between private and public life. For many the online life is like private life, but they want "privacy" online... LOL I am just laughing when I see that.
There's no "privacy" online, except when you use a different "identity" than your real one, a decoy. Even for me sometimes is hard not to fall into this trap...
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except when you use a different "identity" than your real one, a decoy.
and stay lowkey like @nemo fish, but sometimes I also confused what's the real? like things I shared online are real too.
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nemo doesn't give a fuck... he's the chimp with the AK-47 so nobody will dare to fuck with him...
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Not a cloud in the sky, time to get some sunlight and walk! my plan for today.
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For those interested, I updated my guide about private LN nodes, adding Green. Worth mention it.
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spent some time on plausible, and now I see what the drama was about - you can really tell which account roughly log from where / VPN location and what post they spent time on, even when they have withdrawals.
solutions
  • change VPN address from time to time, ideally choosing an IP address from a crowded user location, e.g, USA, UK ( or use Tor )
  • use one account to post but anon to read / search
what else can be a better practice to keep in mind?
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For me, Tor browser and change tor circuit from time to time it's easy than VPN.
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indeed!
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Winter winds bite hard People don layers of clothes, and characters too
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Stepping up your game, I see. You must be a @carlosfandango fan.
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Haha I’m in Japan, so it seems that I’m very inspired to write haikus. Won’t be as prolific as @carlosfandango though!
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Do you set aside time to write your haikus or are you more of the go-with-the-flow when it comes to output?
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When I'm watchin' my TV And a man comes on and tells me How white my shirts can be But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke The same cigarettes as me
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Are you satisfied?
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Not yet
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You got me there, brother. Explain?
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I got mixed up! I was thinking The Comitments.
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While erasing evidence of their visits to Epstein Island.
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waiting for toxic rant ep 2!
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