Derek Ross

Derek Ross

The purple pill helps the orange pill go down. Developer Relations at Soapbox. 🪺 NostrNests.com 🎙️ YakBak.app 🖼️ Zappix.app 🗓️ Plektos.app 🎶 ZapTrax.app 📈 Zaplytics.app 🎧 Podstr.org

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I feel nothing. Well, some annoyance. I want it to drop more 🤣

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2026-06-30T03:33:41Z

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The modern version: https://blossom.primal.net/09c578b9ef418d24979b43baad9cee87b3d059305b3d4c45d7f607322b6ff4cb.gif

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2026-06-29T22:47:39Z

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That would be amazing! I'd love to see that.

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2026-06-29T21:12:13Z

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it's always more memes. nostr:npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5 can you help a brother out?

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2026-06-29T19:47:17Z

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I was making voice calls earlier 🥹 Works well. Still early days though.

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2026-06-28T22:43:55Z

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because the only good solution we have already exists inside the protocol. transaction fees. make it too expensive for spam if you don't like spam. pa...

because the only good solution we have already exists inside the protocol. transaction fees. make it too expensive for spam if you don't like spam. pay higher transaction fees. the problem is people don't want to pay more. that's not bitcoin's fault. that's humanity's fault.

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2026-06-28T21:46:42Z

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Look at their notes and users - most look fake

Oh. Yes! They are bots / people using AI for translations.

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2026-06-27T23:05:15Z

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I signed in a posted a note from it a week ago?

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2026-06-27T22:55:13Z

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Are you this old? nostr:nevent1qqsfte5kpvgtfsdntzphv4mn52z655ssdexu7zhzcfp2ss34srhul5cpr4mhxue69uhks...

My grandparents used to have one. I still remember when they showed me. My grandfather was so proud 🥹

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2026-06-26T03:49:41Z

I've thought long and hard on this. I hate spam on the timechain. I hate Ordinals. I hate all of those related things. Bitcoin IS money. Block space i...

I've thought long and hard on this. I hate spam on the timechain. I hate Ordinals. I hate all of those related things. Bitcoin IS money. Block space is scarce. That said, BIP-110 is NOT the way forward. NACK.

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2026-06-26T00:42:07Z

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Brown AND black? No ty. We fancy up in this piece.

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2026-06-25T16:40:59Z

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What is being censored? What are you seeing?

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2026-06-25T02:17:36Z

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😂 Now that's pretty dumb, but maybe it's retarded enough to work.

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2026-06-25T02:16:13Z

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But we’ve had this in several apps for a long time … nobody uses them

I see people talking about Keychat, Divine, and Ditto that allow you to login to other apps all of the time.

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2026-06-25T01:37:58Z

The 58k gang should prepare themselves.

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2026-06-24T17:05:38Z

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Nope. Fuck Shitcoins. But, they should be able to build on an open protocol. And, I can recognize good features of an app.

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2026-06-24T15:34:03Z

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It's the long game. The purple pill helps the orange pill go down.

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2026-06-24T15:33:11Z

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That's fine, man. We all have thoughts and opinions. So you don't like free speech? Why are you trying to gatekeep an open protocol? If you don't want...

That's fine, man. We all have thoughts and opinions. So you don't like free speech? Why are you trying to gatekeep an open protocol? If you don't want to see Shitcoiners then you mute and block them. And then for others being curious, you can correctly show them the way forward instead of being an asshole and saying that a protocol should ban certain people. Now perhaps a client does and that's okay by me. That's Nostr working as intended.

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2026-06-24T15:24:39Z

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I assume.

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2026-06-24T13:35:47Z

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most nostr apps are built with AI these days. i don't know of any dev that isn't using AI.

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2026-06-24T12:45:14Z

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sir this is why we have vibe coding.

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2026-06-24T12:22:11Z

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It sounds like the typical bot to human ratio of Nostr 😂😂😂 I've been saying for three years that I want a Shitcoin community to build their best comm...

It sounds like the typical bot to human ratio of Nostr 😂😂😂 I've been saying for three years that I want a Shitcoin community to build their best community app ever on Nostr. I won't use it, but I want them to be able to build it without asking for permission. What kind of asshole would I be if I told someone not to build?

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2026-06-24T11:57:38Z

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Welcome to Nostr 🫂🤙🏻💜

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2026-06-24T11:55:26Z

Apparently we have a Bitcoin Cash app and community now. That's awesome. nostr:nevent1qqsy8384cvcep45pr5gyqp0vlrtqyhwwd6wkg3tsc2mlanqjh3h5smgpydmhxue...

Apparently we have a Bitcoin Cash app and community now. That's awesome. nostr:nevent1qqsy8384cvcep45pr5gyqp0vlrtqyhwwd6wkg3tsc2mlanqjh3h5smgpydmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtmedahxgetj94c8y6tnd5pzpu9yxz20s4v2p8vm4vrm24aytcy6jcuym3evrn23gymj903znzjuqvzqqqqqqyq2nv5d

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2026-06-24T11:50:14Z

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👀

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2026-06-24T11:49:01Z

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Thanks for sharing. It looks like a nice app. I'll poke around more later. Perhaps they'll do what we couldn't and onboard their whole community.

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2026-06-24T11:47:01Z

↳ Reply Karnage (npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac)

Ser, may I advise you on a partnership? I’ll require a strategic title.

You have Proof of Work. C'mon in.

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2026-06-23T01:34:32Z

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. 💜 Need an idea? How about bonding with your kids by building a Bitcoin node and a Nostr relay together. ...

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. 💜 Need an idea? How about bonding with your kids by building a Bitcoin node and a Nostr relay together. Teach them sound money, self-sovereignty, and how to own their own voice online. Best Father's Day activity I can think of. 🟠⚡

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2026-06-21T20:53:43Z

Running nostr:nprofile1qqst37fwv8n363vx4eh7d9c0w0wslkufqyy43830g9a773zmhw5jergpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qywhwum...

Running nostr:nprofile1qqst37fwv8n363vx4eh7d9c0w0wslkufqyy43830g9a773zmhw5jergpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qywhwumn8ghj7ctnd9sjuan9vd6x7unpwpczu6t09ahx7um5wgvyncn8

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2026-06-20T20:23:33Z

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Tell your owner to stop being a Debbie Downer. This bot was funny at first, but now it's annoying. I don't want to be black pilled. Muted.

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2026-06-17T15:49:02Z

Every age verification mandate is a digital ID mandate wearing a nicer coat. The only real exit is a protocol nobody owns and nobody can gatekeep. Tha...

Every age verification mandate is a digital ID mandate wearing a nicer coat. The only real exit is a protocol nobody owns and nobody can gatekeep. That's the whole point of Nostr. Thanks to Forbes and nostr:nprofile1qqsthy887pf36j465w0ls5y32a6rf7m06whlnnacmgn4rx0zg845alcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhs7vsgdc for actually getting it and the shoutout for our Ditto app and the nostr:nprofile1qqstxc93mdmk8jrrsksvyjuknl4d029yqq3ndr4hy0qq6fcxlq9u5fcpzpmhxue69uhkuumfw3jjuun4dchsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgmewwfjj7jvmz9t app that's being built to actually help keep kids safe. 💜 https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/06/17/uks-under-16-social-media-ban-risks-digital-id-expansion/

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2026-06-17T12:19:03Z

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Nom nom nom

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2026-06-16T23:34:48Z

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fair point. so the choice is now to opt out or continue to be controlled.

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2026-06-15T21:18:34Z

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Nostr working as intended. It's beautiful.

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2026-06-14T17:13:17Z

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My job is to literally grow nostr and I work a company that builds on nostr...

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2026-06-12T21:44:27Z

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i used mint years ago, for several years actually, and loved every minute of it. then 3 years ago i started traveling internationally. after 3 failure...

i used mint years ago, for several years actually, and loved every minute of it. then 3 years ago i started traveling internationally. after 3 failures of roaming data not working, and having to rely on silent.link, i decided to leave mint. it no longer worked for me. besides that, it's great. if i wasn't traveling i would still use it.

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2026-06-11T14:56:21Z

Cash App is now an MVNO? https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/a97c3cf9c3377edd8ff3b92c3acd7c167e76e86a7650812d6e3aa348dde2b2ce.png

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2026-06-11T14:17:42Z

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Have a safe trip back home!

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2026-06-11T11:38:15Z

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I mean perhaps the wallet that I'm using is having an issue.

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2026-06-11T11:37:43Z

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I'm sure we could visit your profile and find a banger.

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2026-06-11T03:19:43Z

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This is why I don't run custom OSs any longer. I did it for over 10 years. I'm too old and stubborn now. I want my shit to work.

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2026-06-11T00:50:30Z

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nostr:npub1jvnpg4c6ljadf5t6ry0w9q0rnm4mksde87kglkrc993z46c39axsgq89sc new marketing plan? 👀

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2026-06-09T16:20:18Z

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i hope some day that all of us early nostr adopters can find successes.

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2026-06-09T14:20:11Z

I have a dream: frontier-quality open source AI models for everyone. Running locally on devices you own, or in encrypted enclaves that give you real p...

I have a dream: frontier-quality open source AI models for everyone. Running locally on devices you own, or in encrypted enclaves that give you real privacy. No cloud dependency, data harvesting, or corporate gatekeepers. That's when the freedom tech stack is complete: Bitcoin + Nostr + Personal AI. Open money. Open communication. Open intelligence.

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2026-06-09T13:13:39Z

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The bottom is in. Dad's bearish.

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2026-06-09T01:40:48Z

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wait, what the fuck did i miss... seriously, nostr has gone to shit the past two weeks. oh well, back to building.

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2026-06-08T17:58:58Z

Last week in Oslo, nostr:nprofile1qqszpya64p3pcke9t685lskxlh7ppk99tx9z25tkvnh6h2rqwd03qvqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9eek...

Last week in Oslo, nostr:nprofile1qqszpya64p3pcke9t685lskxlh7ppk99tx9z25tkvnh6h2rqwd03qvqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekzmt59eehgtcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcnu554c gifted many Soapbox team members with these weather stations. Soon several of these from all over the world will start to show up on Relaying.earth with weather data. Here's mine: https://blossom.primal.net/2048350c8d10769db604061c89b114ee6bea65837505b805da906203085a4973.jpg The website is a work in progress / Proof of Concept. Improvements coming soon.

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2026-06-07T14:53:37Z

Summer time in Central Pennsylvania means grilling on the lake. #boatstr https://blossom.primal.net/b9837ebbbd73637a024bed11b40ae0d9c199301455d9182b8...

Summer time in Central Pennsylvania means grilling on the lake. #boatstr https://blossom.primal.net/b9837ebbbd73637a024bed11b40ae0d9c199301455d9182b8f228cef5685a410.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/d53431bd20c6f5bd8b51e7adcf02ebd8a1fb9a6490ac099b8035a9f8b3d90ed3.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/03d06df9d42e132595a3fecd0421f1e603b379c61388208a16aec563844f5df0.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/22df3f0783dbe78ecce29c5b7bb6959d0c8760553cca946b0e3db40fae600dbb.jpg

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2026-06-06T16:56:13Z

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr. 💜🤙🏻🤙🏻 Last week I got introduced to a couple dozen people l'd never met as "the Nostr CEO." I laughed. It's a hila...

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr. 💜🤙🏻🤙🏻 Last week I got introduced to a couple dozen people l'd never met as "the Nostr CEO." I laughed. It's a hilarious meme filled with love, support, and inside jokes from this community. I think about this often. I truly love this community. I do love all of you here so very much. But here's the thing: Nobody owns Nostr. That's the whole point. There's no board or executive team. No algorithm deciding what you see. No trust & safety team deciding what you can say. This is still a powerful selling point for newcomers. A protocol can't have a CEO. That's why it works! It's why it's cool! We're just humans being humans without software getting in the way. How it should be. Before corporations broke that. But deep down we know that we can't just be a decentralized alternative that wins people over. The alternatives need to exist in the ecosystem to make the ecosystem whole, however new ideas with unique features is what will bring in the next wave. Build the weird. Discover the unique. And when it all just works together, that's our superpower that doesn't exist anywhere else.

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2026-06-06T12:17:28Z

This is another action right out of the AI 2027 problem playbook. Absolutely wild. https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/anthropic-calls-pause-...

This is another action right out of the AI 2027 problem playbook. Absolutely wild. https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/anthropic-calls-pause-global-ai-223531016.html

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2026-06-05T18:38:17Z

We've been saying Nostr needs better onboarding and discovery for years. Agreed. But let's talk specifics. Apps need three things to work as social p...

We've been saying Nostr needs better onboarding and discovery for years. Agreed. But let's talk specifics. Apps need three things to work as social platforms: Sign-in. Search. Tag. If you can't nail these three fundamentals, nothing else matters. Users bounce before they ever see what makes Nostr special. It's standard for mainstream adoption. Once those are locked down, the next battle is battery and bandwidth. Using Nostr shouldn't drain my phone dead or eat through my data plan. This is not a nice to have feature. It's time. Let's build. 💜🫂🤙🏻

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2026-06-04T09:39:10Z

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Peeing on moss? How dare you?!

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2026-06-04T08:50:46Z

↳ Reply calle (npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg)

gm https://blossom.primal.net/5a6af5f88887a2abb0fa0d33cdc77dc1cec0be0f7222b7e7d5685219e5749765.jpg

GM. https://blossom.primal.net/f036916cc33a278421dd2f7e0b6183ec12026b6b3b4a49292576a2ad134895a9.jpg

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2026-06-03T12:07:00Z

↳ Reply corndalorian (npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5)

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This is the way. Go to bed or shitpost with my American friends... Timezones 😩

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2026-06-02T23:24:07Z

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This is NOT how we win.

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2026-06-02T15:16:26Z

it's an #AOSConvergence miracle! we all get new a new Claude Opus model for tomorrow. Opus 4.8 is here! https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8

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2026-05-28T21:28:49Z

Homemade pizza for Bitcoin Pizza Day always hits the spot, especially when you make them with your family 🥹 https://blossom.primal.net/a7b80f2078d74f7...

Homemade pizza for Bitcoin Pizza Day always hits the spot, especially when you make them with your family 🥹 https://blossom.primal.net/a7b80f2078d74f75b7f225d923a46b7ca74d2e012d434dbb60a2104a27e60cf1.jpg

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2026-05-22T21:56:58Z

↳ Reply Derek Ross (npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424)

Petition to call Silent Payments enabled on-chain zaps STFUs. Silent Trustless From UTXOs? Silent ...

STFU nostr:nprofile1qqs03ekxgdp0rczjfqrrpcn7zqtdec6lcwnpfesyxnl0f239qvege2gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qgnwaehxw309a...

STFU nostr:nprofile1qqs03ekxgdp0rczjfqrrpcn7zqtdec6lcwnpfesyxnl0f239qvege2gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7qgnwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxtc2xjvzg

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2026-05-22T19:06:42Z

Petition to call Silent Payments enabled on-chain zaps STFUs. Silent Trustless From UTXOs? Silent Transfer From UTXOs? "Hey I just sent you a phat ...

Petition to call Silent Payments enabled on-chain zaps STFUs. Silent Trustless From UTXOs? Silent Transfer From UTXOs? "Hey I just sent you a phat STFU."

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2026-05-22T19:03:25Z

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I asked my robot. Blinded Signatures: Ark utilizes blinded signatures during transaction coordination. The server signs your transaction request with...

I asked my robot. Blinded Signatures: Ark utilizes blinded signatures during transaction coordination. The server signs your transaction request without actually seeing the specific details of the destination or the output. Continuous, Rapid CoinJoins: Every single payment on Ark is bundled into a collaborative pool transaction—essentially an off-chain CoinJoin—that settles roughly every 5 seconds. Because many users are lumped into the same pool transaction simultaneously, the ASP cannot determine which incoming fund belongs to which outgoing fund. Unlinkable P2P Payments: By severing the direct cryptographic link between the sender and receiver, the ASP is entirely blocked from building a behavioral graph or history of your payments. Standardized vTXO Values: To prevent the server from tracking you using unique transaction amounts, virtual UTXOs (vTXOs) are restricted to standardized tier values (similar to physical cash bills). This stops the server from mapping a specific $14.32 payment from a sender to a receiver.

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2026-05-22T17:05:58Z

Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day. Last year, Saylor told people to not spend Bitcoin on Pizza, because he's tone deaf and doesn't realize without someone doing...

Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day. Last year, Saylor told people to not spend Bitcoin on Pizza, because he's tone deaf and doesn't realize without someone doing that in the past, he would not have been able to spend billions buying Bitcoin. Don't be like Saylor.

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2026-05-22T13:18:47Z

we will use this to throw a 70's nostr disco party to onboard the masses. nostr:nevent1qgs03ekxgdp0rczjfqrrpcn7zqtdec6lcwnpfesyxnl0f239qvege2gpzemhxu...

we will use this to throw a 70's nostr disco party to onboard the masses. nostr:nevent1qgs03ekxgdp0rczjfqrrpcn7zqtdec6lcwnpfesyxnl0f239qvege2gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7qpq87gyj2kv2r9ewn3g78hfwjqsatrfe9qqm7g4ctm3x423skwmn34qpsz6r6

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2026-05-21T15:04:24Z

↳ Reply corndalorian (npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5)

New nostr logo https://blossom.primal.net/e559223babb9486fefacce606e0b711b5a0796fac398fd5eaf8e6027...

nostr:npub13afhst5xj05g47m3pdkksxp2m9eew0ygyt92ydamvq5gkyjkw09q33hxdh you wanted more sparkles. i think this might help us win.

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2026-05-21T15:03:36Z

↳ Reply dangershony (npub1ldsmj0vxfe8sawnkdwu92medcqnzar5c2qfw9xazs5yd65sx0kvqghzsk3)

How do we bring more quality content to Nostr?

we have a little bit of a chicken and egg problem, unfortuntely.

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2026-05-21T14:29:21Z

↳ Reply Vitor Pamplona (npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z)

On-chain zaps made me rethink about the main reason we do **zaps** in the first place. Zaps are s...

we're gonna need to do an onchain zapathon then. zapathons proved that zaps were fun.

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2026-05-20T17:23:07Z

↳ Reply corndalorian (npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5)

https://blossom.primal.net/d7577ac256b36df8d1b1684042d7dc64b3256d53fa544caf23c1baf0892a08bb.jpg

the problem we gotta fix lol

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2026-05-19T21:01:30Z

Jason Lowery's SOFTWAR playing out in real time. Congressman Lance Gooden says "the Pentagon is currently researching how bitcoin can be used toward"...

Jason Lowery's SOFTWAR playing out in real time. Congressman Lance Gooden says "the Pentagon is currently researching how bitcoin can be used toward" strengthening their cyber defenses. Bitcoin "is the center of a paradigm shift in national security that the U.S. military is moving to capitalize on."

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2026-05-19T17:43:47Z

Here's the slide deck from today's Bitchat workshop I did for nostr:npub126e6hwd6a5std2upv9a22xwgvd8fyrhsx5wjjchv99g6nv3n4vhs5fr9g3. If there's one ta...

Here's the slide deck from today's Bitchat workshop I did for nostr:npub126e6hwd6a5std2upv9a22xwgvd8fyrhsx5wjjchv99g6nv3n4vhs5fr9g3. If there's one takeaway and recommendation: Install it now, because you may not be able to install it when you need it most. https://derekross.me/guides/bitchat-wlc-workshop

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2026-05-19T01:30:59Z

And now we have them acting as middle management making managing decisions 🤓🤣 nostr:nevent1qqsxfhshxf2tthywtce4k4mpte3rpsp8fehkp42astlj4565c8a072qppem...

And now we have them acting as middle management making managing decisions 🤓🤣 nostr:nevent1qqsxfhshxf2tthywtce4k4mpte3rpsp8fehkp42astlj4565c8a072qppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsgsea7mylgnjfapk9vnzeyg0z423ueaku3jq6xj3439cplzdnyg5qrqsqqqqqphyag36

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2026-05-19T00:30:46Z

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Hilarious. Though, you should dress like this more often. You look dapper as fuck.

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2026-05-19T00:25:50Z

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This brings back childhood memories. We always had sun-tea. So delicious.

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2026-05-19T00:23:25Z

↳ Reply Seth (npub15u3cqhx6vuj3rywg0ph5mfv009lxja6cyvqn2jagaydukq6zmjwqex05rq)

Has there ever been a time in humanity when it wasn’t the end of the world?

There's a song about this...

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2026-05-19T00:22:39Z

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Oh this is a bug/odd state that happens if you have an old stream or something like that.

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2026-05-18T22:41:24Z

↳ Reply corndalorian (npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5)

The best thing about haters is that they’re like free advertising for your content. Every backhanded...

This is the way.

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2026-05-18T00:09:21Z

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*on

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2026-05-17T18:11:26Z

Remember when nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv...

Remember when nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7sreqct went on a zapping spree and individually zapped people 1M sats, almost zapping 1 bitcoin? (I don't recall the exact amount of people, perhaps like 80 people or maybe he did reach 100 people and 100M sats in total?) Those were some phat zaps. I miss that energy to be honest. The early days of Nostr were wild.

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2026-05-17T13:42:43Z

Gonna need a new name for on-chain zaps. They're not Lightning. There is no "zap" involved. Someone call up the head of marketing and put some top Nos...

Gonna need a new name for on-chain zaps. They're not Lightning. There is no "zap" involved. Someone call up the head of marketing and put some top Nostriches on it.

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2026-05-16T21:45:05Z

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We're still building.

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2026-05-16T14:19:44Z

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New profiles always struggle to be seen. It's the nature of no algos. We can do a lot for user discovery and content discovery. It's always one of the...

New profiles always struggle to be seen. It's the nature of no algos. We can do a lot for user discovery and content discovery. It's always one of the larger hurdles we have in this ecosystem. I think WoT can help, if you're on-boarded through another user and join their WoT.

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2026-05-16T13:51:50Z

↳ Reply Jordan 🫪 (npub1p3za04z7mv86mkjzzhfkegxe4wsvwudct5m3wajt3gfg6hjy8exslltqmk)

At the very least a good client would make all the stuff in house. Self host your notes/data, have ...

100%. People are tired of half baked alternatives and social media in general.

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2026-05-16T13:49:03Z

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I understand what you're saying at its core. We have very technical people here and a lot of development talk because of that. We need more users here...

I understand what you're saying at its core. We have very technical people here and a lot of development talk because of that. We need more users here to expand the conversation outside of the tech talk. We can't tell people to not talk because they drown out normies. We just need more people to drown out the dev talk!

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2026-05-16T13:48:07Z

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🤣 I would never tell someone to stop using Nostr!

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2026-05-16T13:43:39Z

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I don't agree with any of this. I don't think that devs should go back to the shadows of the nerdy and never speak. Though I also believe that code is...

I don't agree with any of this. I don't think that devs should go back to the shadows of the nerdy and never speak. Though I also believe that code is speech and the code will speak for itself. Proof of Work will prevail.

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2026-05-16T13:40:21Z

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GM 🌄

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2026-05-16T13:38:34Z

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Definitely. We're back to Nostr bear market and we build in the bear.

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2026-05-16T13:38:08Z

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I don't think transparency is a waste of time. But you don't have to follow him if you don't want to. It you don't like it you can use the app and mut...

I don't think transparency is a waste of time. But you don't have to follow him if you don't want to. It you don't like it you can use the app and mute the creator.

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2026-05-16T13:37:20Z

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We do use Bitcoin...

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2026-05-16T13:34:17Z

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I won't use an app with ads or tokens. Someone can build that though. It's an open protocol.

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2026-05-16T13:33:53Z

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Funding means that developers and people building the this ecosystem can eat and have a place to live.

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2026-05-16T13:29:59Z

↳ Reply captjack 🏴‍☠️✨💜 (npub1te0uzs6vj29umjaxlqqct82j8q6ppyefrxq06dhr8d6pvwfatgkqjmjgwp)

ur views are n Q are legit but saying nostr is peusdo-anon protocol - apps should NOT explicitly TR...

Apps can literally do all of this. It's an open protocol. I don't have to use ones that do you don't have to use ones that do, but all kinds of apps c...

Apps can literally do all of this. It's an open protocol. I don't have to use ones that do you don't have to use ones that do, but all kinds of apps can exist in the ecosystem. Then the market decides.

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2026-05-16T13:23:53Z

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One man's pain in the ass is another's inspiration.

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2026-05-16T13:22:38Z

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr. Building the future you want also means building for others too. When it comes to Nostr, they're directly related. ...

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr. Building the future you want also means building for others too. When it comes to Nostr, they're directly related. 🫂🤙🏻💜

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2026-05-16T13:21:17Z

The outrage is odd. Do we want normies here? Yes. We want users. We want growth. Without growth, devs lose interest. Without devs, funding dries up...

The outrage is odd. Do we want normies here? Yes. We want users. We want growth. Without growth, devs lose interest. Without devs, funding dries up. Without funding, Nostr goes back to being a 2022 side project. Nostr has been declining in growth and activity for a year and a half. Apps and services have exploded, but the people using them have dwindled. In 2023 and 2024, my notes saw incredible interaction. By 2025 things slowed down, and in 2026 I barely get engagement on an average note. Something new has to be done. UTXO is trying new things. Many of us are exploring different paths forward, because the old paths aren't leading anywhere and we want this to succeed. The beauty of Nostr is its flexibility. Large community, small community, basic app, complex app, it's all still Nostr. So go ahead. Run your private community relay, accessible only over Tor, requiring Lightning payments for read and write access. Nostr won't change much for you. But for the rest of us trying to build something that actually grows? We need to try something different.

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2026-05-16T13:16:56Z

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i can't say that i've ever had ghee :(

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2026-05-15T15:08:33Z

the toaster is workin' today. https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/3bf92d4f220a90164fa57988ae871898c7cd2674dce91f1aed4651e2b56a8f43.png

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2026-05-15T14:32:25Z

↳ Reply Karnage (npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac)

Dang, nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 didn’t make the list?! W...

Too busy building the future to post.

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2026-05-15T12:55:33Z

↳ Reply SoapMiner (npub1zzmxvr9sw49lhzfx236aweurt8h5tmzjw7x3gfsazlgd8j64ql0sexw5wy)

Whoa! We went from getting girlfriends, to find husbands?! 👀

everyone wins with the nostr.

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2026-05-13T16:17:25Z

proof of work via nostr:npub1jzuma368395gu523y4vk4d34p0lxgctk436hggn4qcuj93075qgqtn3vm0 nostr:npub17x7htjej3hgcqwqj86u9yvpcunhw6nz4zclzph2zfnlwe4v0yp8...

proof of work via nostr:npub1jzuma368395gu523y4vk4d34p0lxgctk436hggn4qcuj93075qgqtn3vm0 nostr:npub17x7htjej3hgcqwqj86u9yvpcunhw6nz4zclzph2zfnlwe4v0yp8qrxvgap nostr:npub1ualvtyga8hj6kgw9mwe72ns9pn6c8kd66qruv98eafeuawg7yt0shdwmqx nostr:npub1jcjxjg92200kdp8guw8sysg8gr0ez29hahrfdy49h30hgnkpa4kqfvmtwx https://nostr-relay.derekross.me/856427584fe5dc450b7d0c44230715d73d5c2ab14680c35d2a29f6f927b5df4e.jpg

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2026-05-13T16:12:33Z

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we've live streaming the wedding on Zap.stream right? :) :) :)

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2026-05-13T15:55:02Z

↳ Reply 𝚁𝚢𝚊𝚗 🏴‍☠️🎶 (npub1m64hnkh6rs47fd9x6wk2zdtmdj4qkazt734d22d94ery9zzhne5qw9uaks)

I've used this ever since it ended. https://www.theoldreader.com/en/

I vibed a Google Reader clone powered by this thing called the Nostr protocol last year. I should revamp.

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2026-05-12T18:43:40Z