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New pitch for merchants: "You need to start accepting BTC for your coffee shop because down the road you might need to pay to get your tanker through the straights of Hormuz"

We are working on a long-term project which is quite complicated to explain but part of it involves onboarding confused "normies" with very limited brain-based context windows (maybe max 100 to 200 characters/tokens of possible input, maybe a 10 or 15 second attention span, at most)..... onto Bitcoin. These "normies", when they arrive at our door, think that "crypto is a scam" and have likely never been presented with the idea that Bitcoin and Crypto are different. We need a VISUAL way to make the case to them. We need I think ONE portrait-formatted image, ideally with no complete sentences. Here is our first attempt https://image.nostr.build/a560f26934f0696989ca03b22c91cb698df1f93f17d142bcc9f1eaee6bf58207.png If anyone else finds a good portrait-formatted alternative to this (or makes one), please let us know!

“missing received zap receipts” is something we like to debug. sometimes this is because of lightning address services not properly formatting or sending zap receipts. one good thing to do is to try to send to various different lightning address domains and see if you can decide if certain domains are misbehaving. To debug this properly you need to try to separate out if it is a client misbehaving or if it is a lightning address service misbehaving.

This book from the 1950s started me down this path recently: https://todaytelemedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/The-Wisdom-of-Insecurity-A-Message-for-an-Age-of-Anxiety-Alan-Watts.pdf

Looks like you are are using a primal.net address now. https://image.nostr.build/94676547dc51093fd49d0dd262b46d5087713849c255734a77420efe13c6223f.png

nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr I want to apologize for talking too much smack about your usage of Spark in Primal 3.0 -- it came off too strong and that was my error. I'm sorry. Ultimately the most important thing is to onboard normies onto Primal, and get them zapping. If Spark is the best way for you to do that for now, then you're right to use Spark. I'll keep my opinions on this to myself going forward.

All reasonable points and I want to apologize if my post about this was overly alarmist. I would just suggest: Before using the new Primal wallet, it could be useful to be sure you're comfortable sharing your I.P. address and device user-agent with LightSpark. Probably for most people, like 95%+ of users, it's fine. If you care, you can read up on LightSpark here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Marcus

Parts of Spark are indeed "open source" -- but not the important parts, which shows how it interacts with Lightning. Anyway, it doesn't matter -- as of right now, only LightSpark is running the back-end, so if you use Primal's new wallet, you should assume that all your transactions, I.P. address -- basically your entire online identity -- goes into LightSpark's database. Not something I would personally be comfortable with.

DANGER! First, I'm a big supporter of Primal, and I know why they've compromised and used a permissioned & centralized API like Spark for their wallet. It might be the best choice for many of their users. But also, you need to realize when you use Spark, you are trusting one very politically active, very wealthy, family (the Marcus family)..... to custody your funds, approve your transactions, and monitor your transactions. When Primal says that your Spark wallet is "non-custodial" - this is basically a legal fiction. In reality, LightSpark ( https://www.lightspark.com/ ) is controlling your funds -- they're running the centralized Lightning nodes that handle your payments. Again: For some users this might be fine. But if you are not a supporter of the state of Israel ... or ... if you are engaged in anything where you need privacy, or, for example, you don't want your data shared with certain governments..... please be very cautious with Spark. More details: https://github.com/buildonspark/spark/issues/64

what nostr client are you using? I think nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 is actually doing their "web previews" correctly, but your nostr client isn't showing them https://image.nostr.build/894e1fe79606d95cd82cfb3741986d8b2864b86dc5d722970ab2d4af00fe925e.png

Today marks DAY SEVENTEEN of the "Rizful 300" awards initiative. Each day, starting October 30th 2025, we are highlighting 10 Nostr OGs, and sending each a zap of 10,000 sats, for a total of 3,000,000 satoshis, over 30 days. Today's "Rizful 300" award winners are: nostr:nprofile1qqs8jd65q6tkv5q5cr0qszwdca0n06gqkyy356easy40g9u0ueev42gpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq3yamnwvaz7tm0venxx6rpd9hzuur4vgq32amnwvaz7tm9v3jkutnwdaehgu3wd3skueqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyctwvsq3gamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wdau8gu3wv3jhvqgcwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmq83utve, nostr:nprofile1qqs863qh6h05xk5hhr64erew0ch02vlzxuwwtcw0l4v4c9u686hnd4qprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuargv4ekzmt9vdshgtnfduhsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyee0qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumgd96xvmmjvdjjummwv5hszxmhwden5te0w35x2en0wfjhxapwdehhxarjxyhxxmmd9uq35amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjvd5x2cmt9ekk2tcprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6n9d3k8jenfwd5zumrpdejz7qgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucm0d5hxzaf046c80a, nostr:nprofile1qqs2vgcw6tpvkmyjgz6du2v5dc9ns47qv5kv3va7uhnnc7fltsy6x6gpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wdmksetjv5hxxmmd9uq3vamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd45kcmm49ekx7mp0qy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mz7qgawaehxw309ahx7um5wghxy6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99uq3jamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjv96xjtnrdakj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcw0jefc, nostr:nprofile1qqs9c5yvxn6csehvwdq64ugvcxh496fr9wulskwgzq72tm8j42fm77qpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqz8thwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wgh8w6tjv4jxuet59e48qqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46qz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyctwvsq32amnwvaz7tmgd9ehgtnwdaehgu3wd3skueqpzpmhxue69uhkymmnw3ezuumgdacqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmc68kns6, nostr:nprofile1qqsvfa085adgecmg84ffelcxx6zrn3ffu5jrc6cjtwng0zge3ptv43cpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaejuum0vd5kzmqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mgppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5qs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshvs0aa, nostr:nprofile1qqs0h6etuun359qed2zzdeuwunr5wurtufpy8y4sxm6l40jyxv04tccprfmhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshszxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9e3h2unjv4h8gtnx095j7qgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqg7waehxw309ahx7um5wgkhqatz9emk2mrvdaexgetj9ehx2ap0qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qyt8wumn8ghj7cn0wd68ytnn09hkymmw9ehx2aqprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurvv438xarj9e3k7mf06h29ll, nostr:nprofile1qqsr72ya8jh4uxxa86sura5xp64j6drgfc3a5kh6segagprreu6mnlqprfmhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshsz9rhwden5te0wfjkcctev93xcefwdaexwtcpr3mhxue69uhkx6rjd9ehgurfd3kzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpzamhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgcwaehxw309anxjmr5v4ezumn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpzamhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmn9wgh8xmmrd9skctcpzpmhxue69uhkymmnw3ezuumgdacqugp9lm, nostr: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, nostr:nprofile1qqs9tatnkeg7lu63mdtmqcqayvpzmrzn97vztkcs54ena0eehe92yxcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhx7unv0yhxgetk9uqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq3gamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7qgswaehxw309a3x7um5wgh8x6r0wqq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakszxnhwden5te0wfjkccte9eek7an9wfjkjemw9eshqup0gzl695, and nostr:nprofile1qqsrhy9gxjxk3rmexyk5p7c7tldsyzg32w2r4h56u08zgqjep949v7gpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ucpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmnyqyg8wumn8ghj7cn0wd68ytnndphhq6y4zdy Thank you all for your service to Nostr!