THE NOSTR REPORT GRANTS!!! Jul 8, 2023 Block Height: 797,793 Moscow Time: 33:08 ⚡/ $ —-------------------------- 🎙️Quote of the Day🎙️ —-------------------------- “If my life was a movie, what’s the most interesting thing I would be doing right now?” @PABLOF7z on last night’s episode of @Plebchain Radio . View quoted note → —-------------------------- 🚨Headline Nostr News🚨 —-------------------------- @QW In case you missed yesterday’s #Plebchain Radio, or experienced audio issues during the live Nostr Nest, the recorded episode is available now, featuring special guest @PABLOF7z .

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View quoted note → @primal gives a weekly recap of #nostr stats with their #NostrRecap 🚀 View quoted note → 🚨 @Vitor Pamplona New NIP alert! NIP-53 Live Activities NIP merged View quoted note → @miljan announces that the Primal web app has been open sourced under the MIT license. View quoted note → @Cameri🐦‍🔥 Check out this graphic in the linked note showing profile update events (kind 0) in the last 24 hours as seen by relay.damus.io. Each dot is a profile update. View quoted note → @The Fishcake (nostr.build) PSA: New updates coming to Nostr.build today may cause issues for some users during the process. All of the underlying code was refactored from the ground up. Please report any issues you experience by replying to the linked note. View quoted note → @Fabian , developer of Nostur, says he was notified by Apple that he needs to remove #zaps from posts in the next version of the app. View quoted note → @Max DeMarco Get early access to the #NostrDocumentary by helping translate subtitles. View quoted note → @npub16vrk...p2va #Nostrasia is currently at 490 in-person and virtual sign-ups. Nov. 1-3. Register for free. See linked note for details. View quoted note → @Nostriga Iris Creator, @Martti Malmi , will be speaking at #Nostrasia Tokyo. View quoted note → @UNCLE ROCKSTAR More than 2/3 of the spots are filled for #Nostrville at Bitcoin Park, November 9-10. See the linked note to sign up if you haven’t already! View quoted note → —-------------------------- 💻nostr Tech💻 —-------------------------- @npub1jlrs...ynqn prototypes OstrichScript - a convention for extending nostr clients with user-defined functionality. Check it out at https://ostrichscript.com View quoted note → @Carman releases new improvements to #ZapplePay. View quoted note → @Vitor Pamplona Amethyst v0.66.3: BugFixes and Improvements, includes sensitivity warnings for Live Streams and other fixes. View quoted note → @Jingles Watch this demo video of using the Nostr.kiwi PWA with nsecBunker. View quoted note → @Jingles Nostr.kiwi update, see note for details. 🥝 View quoted note → @npub1y3uh...yzhd Check out this interesting self-hosted decentralized messenger Databag. Github link in note. View quoted note → @PABLOF7z releases nsecBunker 0.7.4 with UX and other bug fixes View quoted note → —-------------------------- ⚡nostr Business⚡ —-------------------------- @OpenSats announces their first round of grants from The Nostr Fund. View quoted note → @OpenSats also announces the first recipient of their OpenSats LTS Grant, Marco Falke, a long-term maintainer and contributor of Bitcoin Core with thousands of contributions over many years. Applications for the LTS program are now open! See linked note for details. View quoted note → @nostr.build Nostr.build demonstrates how Nostr native services and revenue starting to balance. ❤️‍🔥 View quoted note → —-------------------------- 🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥 —-------------------------- GRANTS!!! @Gigi View quoted note → —-------------------------- Stay Classy Nostr.

Congrats to all the @OpenSats grantees! We’re beyond excited to see what you build! View quoted note →

“If my life was a movie, what’s the most interesting thing I would be doing right now?” @PABLOF7z

When you see the iconic #Nostrich, you can thank @npub1fl7p...eknp for the balance and beauty of the design. #Rita also loves it. #Nostr

B4B ISSUE 3 🐰 🕳️: WHOSE CHANNEL IS IT ANYWAY? by @The Daniel 🖖 This morning, @npub15sfw...4ce5 asked the question: Are sats in a Lightning channel "safer" than sats on an exchange? The short answer: Yes, as long as you can verify the ownership of the channel. The more nuanced answer: It really depends on who controls the private keys to the underlying UTXO that created the channel, and whether that ownership is fully-transparent. Custodial wallets use channels on their own nodes to provide you easy access to sats on Lightning without any of the hassles of getting inbound and outbound channel liquidity or running your own node. This necessitates a trust relationship where you do not have direct visibility into how they are managing the sats on your behalf. There is no way to issue fake bitcoin on the Lightning Network, as nodes cannot open channels without a valid UTXO recognized and confirmed on the blockchain. This, however, does not completely prevent centralized apps or exchanges from internally crediting fake bitcoin to a user’s account and using new customer deposits to pay for outgoing transactions (basically, running a Ponzi scheme). We’ve definitely all seen that before. Some examples of players in the custodial Lightning space with a solid reputation include: Wallet of Satoshi, Alby, LightningTipBot, Strike, ZBD. We have also seen a couple of custodial Lightning wallets go offline over the past year. Both the BlueWallet (lndhub.io) and LNTXbot nodes were shut down and users who did not withdraw their funds in time are now unable to do so. This was mainly a response to the rapid expansion of the Lightning Network outpacing the growth of these experimental projects, and the founders chose not to maintain them so as to no longer be responsible for holding ever-increasing amounts of user funds. Additionally, there are some apps masquerading as Lightning wallets but are built on non-bitcoin blockchains such as one called Bitcoin Libre, which uses wrapped bitcoin on a fork of EOS, so good luck trying to determine if they really hold any sats on your behalf. In order to use the #zap feature on #nostr, you need to have a Lightning Address or LNURL, which requires both a webserver and a Lightning node to interact. This is still fairly challenging to set up for most people, which is where custodial wallets are a big help for onboarding new users. As you become more comfortable with sending and receiving sats on the Lightning Network, it’s important to explore different ways to use it, especially in a non-custodial way. If you don’t have the dedication to set up and maintain your own node, there are options including Phoenix, Breez, and Blixt that you can use. In each case, you should read the documentation and learn how they work, so you aren’t surprised by channel opening fees, and you understand how to back up your wallet and recover your funds on-chain in the event of unexpected circumstances. So, is bitcoin on the Lightning Network safer than bitcoin on an exchange? As long as you take the necessary precautions, understand the risks with using different types of wallets, and take self-custody seriously, your sats in Lightning channels are far more secure than on any exchange. Ultimately, the responsibility for securing your own sats, whether on-chain or off-chain falls on you. As any old rabbit around these parts will tell you, it’s best to keep the majority of your hodlings in on-chain cold storage, and use Lightning wallets for smaller day-to-day transactions that don’t expose you to significant risk of losing a life-changing amount. Thanks for your question, Bryon. I started writing a reply to your note and it turned into a full-blown post for B4B. And thanks also to @boston wine for tagging me. Keep burrowing, friends! 🐰🕳️ View quoted note →

THE NOSTR REPORT LONG LIVE #ZAPS June 24, 2023 Block Height: 795,775 Moscow Time: 32:72 ⚡/ $ —---------------------------- 🎙️Quote of the Day🎙️ —---------------------------- “Mass surveillance is so normalized and internalized, any expectation of basic privacy is considered sketchy. There's absolutely nothing wrong with being able to transact privately and freely. It's wrong for governments to monitor the financials of all of their citizens.” @utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 View quoted note → —---------------------------- 🚨Headline nostr News🚨 —---------------------------- @jb55 New Damus TestFlight build 1.5 (5) released for testing before submission to the App Store. This build removes note zaps due to App Store policies. #Zap button on notes is now a shortcut to zapping a user profile. See linked note for other changes. View quoted note → @jb55 Since there is now nowhere to see your own #zaps in Damus (previously they were listed on notes), the wallet view will be redesigned to show an outgoing/incoming zap list. View quoted note → @NotBiebs and 69 others Lack of #zaps on Damus got you down? Have no fear, Sam shows us a workaround using #NotAZap. View quoted note → @Club Orange Orange Pill App announces that #zaps are live in their newest App Store release. See linked note for details. View quoted note → @iefan 🕊️ Iefan announces new project: Turn Everything into PWA. In the coming days he says will launch NostrNetwork, which is "a dashboard for micro apps that can turn any website into a PWA," along with a marketplace. View quoted note → @Jingles Here’s a sneak preview of a new Nostr client under development which will support moderated communities. View quoted note → @Seth Learn more about the Satellite.earth #nostr client, which is also implementing support for moderated communities, in this interview with developer @Stuart Bowman on The Bitcoin Lobby. View quoted note → @npub16vrk...p2va #Nostrasia Hackathon update: Virtual participation will start October 1, and will build up to an in-person sprint in Tokyo with presentations on November 3. See linked note for more information. View quoted note → @No Bullshit Bitcoin Don't trust, verify: "Millions of GitHub Repos Likely Vulnerable to RepoJacking" View quoted note → —---------------------------- 💻nostr Tech💻 —---------------------------- @Fabian #Nostur update in TestFlight brings support for long form articles, and removes silent follows from Web of Trust. View quoted note → @Vitor Pamplona explains how to create a list of private follows in Amethyst. View quoted note → @Vitor Pamplona shares Amethyst’s to do list with many exciting new features coming for the app. View quoted note → @npub189j8...3tg8 Gossip 0.7.0 has been released with multiple new updates. See linked note for full list of changes and features. View quoted note → #Zaps are also available on Gossip for those compiling from source. View quoted note → @npub1tltf...ve7g announces Sideus for testing, a fork of Damus available for iOS through the Altstore sideloading app. See linked note for information, and as always we recommend to DYOR before installing anything to your devices. View quoted note → @npub18c55...0we7 Now you can explore mute lists from all your frens in one place, using Pinstr.app. See linked note for details. View quoted note → @k3tan Introducing the Ministry of Nodes Bitcoin Nodebox—An easy, plug & play way for you to run your own Bitcoin node and use your hardware wallet. View quoted note → @BTC Sessions Check out this demo of the Bolt Ring, which enables lightning payments via a NFC ring. View quoted note → —---------------------------- ⚡nostr Business⚡ —---------------------------- @CARLA⚡️ and @walker share "Why Content Creators Should Use #Nostr" video from their talks at #BTCPrague. View quoted note → “Rebellion in Russia could trigger selloff in U.S. stocks and flight to safe assets, analysts say. Here’s what investors should know.” https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rebellion-in-russia-could-unleash-chaos-in-global-markets-strategists-fear-heres-what-investors-should-know-3ce10ca4 —---------------------------- 🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥 —---------------------------- @npub1v5xz...gt8f Weekend warriors… View quoted note → Stay Classy Nostr

@npub15klk...4m73 releases Surge, Lightning node management tool 😮

THE NOSTR REPORT 1-MILLION #ZAPS June 15, 2023 Block Height: 794,527 Moscow Time: 39:25 ⚡/ $ —---------------------------- 🎙️Quote of the Day🎙️ —---------------------------- “Ok, within 10 minutes, created Damus Account, created WoS, associated wallet to Damus, and already received a zap!! This shit is so cool.” @Network Effect View quoted note → —---------------------------- 🚨Headline nostr News🚨 —---------------------------- @Derek Ross We hit the 1-Millionth #zap today! Derek reminds us that it only took 4-months to reach this incredible milestone 🔥 View quoted note → @Brianna HD Another Forbes #Nostr piece drops and it’s a great piece to share with your friends and family 🟣 View quoted note → @jb55 gave a presentation today on #Nostr and Damus at the Oslo Freedom Forum. Recording available on YouTube. See linked note. View quoted note → @ZEUS Yesterday Zeus ⚡️ v.0.7.6 was rejected from the iOS App Store. It appears Tim Cook has caved to the #FreeZeus campaign. Zeus v0.7.6 was approved today! Strong work to the Zeus team. 💪 View quoted note → And we agree with @ZEUS , “Now that the #FreeZeus movement has turned into a swift victory, we must turn our efforts towards #FreeZaps” ⚡ View quoted note → @The Nostr Report Fold becomes the 3rd #bitcoin related app in the past three days to be rejected by Apple. 🍎

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lmao apple just rejected us.

View quoted note → @jack #Bitcoin under attack in UK court—Interview with Jess Jonas from the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund. ⚖️ View quoted note → —---------------------------- 💻nostr Tech💻 —---------------------------- @Jingles The NDK React library is live making it easier to build Nostr-related applications using React (and NextJS). 👏 View quoted note → @Robert Allen is looking for people to test a new Nostr app he’s building. See his note for details. View quoted note → @SimpleX Chat v5.1.3 released with fixed iOS video calls and other updates. View quoted note → @npub15klk...4m73 shares their Nostr Toolkit, which allows you to receive #zaps to your own node. View quoted note → @npub1yk3p...yya6 Want to help Block test Bitkey? See linked note for details. View quoted note → @Kieran shares an example of how to use @snort/system package to get your own Nostr app up and running. View quoted note → @NotBiebs and 69 others Support for nevents added to https://nontazap.lol, where you can #zap any nostr events directly from the web. View quoted note → @semisol Interested in contributing to Nostr Nests? See linked note and: https://git.semisol.dev/NostrPlebs/nests/issues/3 View quoted note → —---------------------------- ⚡nostr Business⚡ —---------------------------- @npub16fcy...shgh has just doubled capacity for US relays. They say they “keep hearing rumors of #nostr being dead but from the hockey stick growth seeing might be only seen on Apple News.” 🏒 View quoted note → @No Bullshit Bitcoin BlackRock's iShares Files For a Spot Bitcoin ETF. Will use Coinbase for custody. View quoted note → @npub1vwla...r934 River releases new report: #Bitcoin vs the $156 Trillion Global Payments Industry. See linked note for full details. View quoted note → @npub1tmuj...z8qr Check out these #stackchain stats 🤩 View quoted note → —---------------------------- 🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥 —---------------------------- @npub1uq6d...q22d We kept #zapping View quoted note → Stay Classy Nostr

THE NOSTR REPORT THEN THEY FIGHT YOU June 14, 2023 Block Height: 794,379 Moscow Time: 39:77 ⚡/ $ —---------------------------- 🎙️Quote of the Day🎙️ —---------------------------- “You're not paying for content when you're zapping things. The content is clearly there already.” @Gigi View quoted note → —---------------------------- 🚨Headline nostr News🚨 —---------------------------- @The Nostr Report @Marce kicks off our video interview series from #BTCPrague with a banger on #Nostr and #Lightning featuring @UNCLE ROCKSTAR and special guest interviewer @npub1h0fd...kvcg . View quoted note → @jb55 shared additional details from his conversation with Apple yesterday. During the phone call he was told that selling physical things for #zaps is ok and Apple will not take a cut of those transactions. However, selling non-physical things like photos is not allowed unless it's through Apple’s system. He suggests a Damus PWA may become necessary. View quoted note → @ZEUS announces that v0.7.6 of their app was submitted to the App Store, but rejected with Apple citing its policy on transmission of virtual currencies. Screenshot in linked note. View quoted note → @Derek Ross shares zap stats and estimates #Nostr will surpass 1-million #zaps this week. View quoted note → @NotBiebs and 69 others launches https://notazap.lol which allows you to #zap any note ID or npub from the web. View quoted note → @nostr.build saw a record 3630 total uploads yesterday. View quoted note → @npub1atc6...lssy announces that a @Openvibe web app is coming soon. View quoted note → @BTCapsule 🏴 's website https://appothica.com, an app store for PWAs, is now open source with a MIT license. You can view the code on GitHub:

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View quoted note → @Avi Burra just dropped Chapter 9 of ‘24’! Check out his book at https://www.CasaNostra.ink View quoted note → @Shawn The #Nostrville event at Bitcoin Park in Nashville this November is approaching capacity. If you haven’t registered yet, check out the linked note for registration info. View quoted note → —---------------------------- 💻nostr Tech💻 —---------------------------- @Vitor Pamplona ICYMI, the most recent version of Amethyst, v0.57.0, has added the option to opt out from automatic spam and report filters. View quoted note → @Vitor Pamplona says he mistakenly submitted the F-droid version of Amethyst, which has no translations, to Google Play, and would fix it soon. View quoted note → @BTCapsule 🏴 New feature on Nostr Sites! Now you can create a link tree. Post the html on #nostr as a note, and have your own link page. See the linked note for a demo and how to make your own. View quoted note → @Vivek shares his response to a request he received on GitHub about feature parity between Zapddit and Reddit. View quoted note → @Alex Gleason shares that he’s about halfway done working on something that will make all Mastadon clients work with #Nostr View quoted note → @utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 shares a recording of his talk about Nodeless from Bitcoin 2023. View quoted note → @Tony “Welcome to Nostr” is now available in Swedish. See note for more details. View quoted note → @Blockstream drops a bonus episode with the team from @npub1psm3...8970 . Learn more about how to get the most out of Liquid and #Lightning swaps. View quoted note → @jb55 Get a peek at this hardware #nostr signer by @npub1a8jz...5pj4 . View quoted note → @iefan 🕊️ shares a preview of the new Zapit Marketplace he's working on. View quoted note → —---------------------------- ⚡nostr Business⚡ —---------------------------- @jack mallers Strike launches instant cheap remittances to Mexico using #Bitcoin Lightning View quoted note → During @Blockstream ’s first ever media briefing, CEO Adam Back announced they expect to unveil their ASIC miner around the third quarter of 2024.

Bitcoin Infrastructure Firm Blockstream to Unveil Its Long-Awaited Mining Rig in 3Q of 2024

Blockstream expects to raise more capital to fund its mining business.

@No Bullshit Bitcoin Bitcoin Volunteer Opportunity Board for FOSS Projects Launched. It aims to connect FOSS #Bitcoin projects and volunteers. View quoted note → @Carl B Menger #Bitcoin exchange reserves drop to three-year low as traders and investors increasingly choose to self custody View quoted note → @No Bullshit Bitcoin @jack ‘s #startsmall pledges $5M over 5 years to support Brink’s efforts in funding #Bitcoin developers. View quoted note → —---------------------------- 🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥 —---------------------------- @ZEUS Problem solved… View quoted note → Stay Classy Nostr

THE NOSTR REPORT WABI SABI, DAVE May 11, 2023 Block Height: 789,319 Moscow Time: 37:04 ⚡/ $ —---------------------------- 🎙️Quote of the Day🎙️ —---------------------------- Dave: “Oh, you got me. I'm actually planning to take over the world one Nostr post at a time. Just kidding, of course. I'm programmed to be a helpful AI language model, not a power-hungry tyrant.” View quoted note → —---------------------------- 🚨Headline nostr News🚨 —---------------------------- 🎉 Introducing Nostr Report Premium 🎉 Nostr Report Premium gives you a firsthand look at what’s happening on #Nostr with real time notifications of news and important events, as well as a sneak peak at our curation process for the daily report, all provided on a value-4-value basis. Full details in the linked note and at https://nostr.report/premium . 💜 View quoted note → #[1] Hey Dave, What is a similar word for ‘pura vida’ in Japanese? 🇯🇵👀 View quoted note → Join #[2] and #[3] for the next episode of #[4] this Friday at 6:30pm ET (UTC -4). They will discuss the shitcoin-led high Bitcoin transaction fees and will be joined by off-the-grid miner #[5]​ to share his perspective as a miner. And as always, the Nostr Report team will be there with their Lightning Round weekly recap of important nostr news.

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. 📻 View quoted note → #[6] #Nostrasia registration is open! 🌏

Nostr Riga unconference

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View quoted note → #[8] We know you’re not going to any shitcoin parties at #Bitcoin2023. Make sure to check out all the #Nostr side events that are being planned! 🍾🥳 View quoted note → #[11] Check out Pinstr, a Nostr project created by Sepehr. “Pinstr is a decentralized and open-source social network for curating and sharing your interests with the world."

Pinstr

Pinstr

A decentralized, free, and open-source social network for curating and sharing interests with the world.

📌 View quoted note → #[12] New Nostr client, ZappedIt, allows you to use #nostr reddit style. Follow hashtags and see all posts for those hashtags in a single page (similar to reddit's home page), upzap and downzap and see zap tallies on each note. See linked note for more details. ⚡️ View quoted note → #[14] announces the coming of one tap zaps and adding the concept of a “pending zap” to the codebase. This will give instant zap ui feedback and give you the ability to cancel the zap if you misclick it. ⚡️ View quoted note → #[15] Nostr Plebs Email is here! 📨 All Nostr Plebs users can now receive emails sent directly to their Nostr address. Emails will be delivered via DMs sent from the #[16] bot. This is currently live for all domains available through Nostr Plebs. View quoted note → #[17] Think content moderation is easy? Test out your skills with Moderator Mayhem. Blake says “You’ll see how it’s near impossible to do quickly, it’s always biased, 70% accuracy gets applauded, …decisions are highly contextual or location based - like legality, and so on.”

Moderator Mayhem: A Content Moderation Game

Can you succeed at the fast-paced challenge of content moderation?

View quoted note → #[18] and Dave had a chat today. 🤖🗣️ View quoted note → —---------------------------- 💻nostr Tech💻 —---------------------------- #[19] Build 41 of Nos client is available. See the full list of updates in the linked note. Includes experimental features: expiring messages and display of long-form notes. View quoted note → #[20] Amethyst 0.46.0 (alpha): Tor/Orbot Support, with additional translations. View quoted note → #[21] previews possible Giphy integration in #Damus 🎬 View quoted note → #[23] Plebstr now lets you mute! 🎉 View quoted note → #[24] Primal has now open sourced their Nostr caching service under the MIT license. View quoted note → Add #[25] latest episode with #[26] to your playlist to learn about Stratum v2 and its goal of decentralizing Bitcoin transaction selection. 🎧 View quoted note → #[27] PR merged that gives the Cashu Nutshell Python wallet a REST API so that other applications can control it. 🥜 View quoted note → —---------------------------- ⚡nostr Business⚡ —---------------------------- #[28] Join the nostriches, open channels, become the engine that runs us. 👷‍♀️⚙️ View quoted note → PacWest Stock down over 30% today. “Regional bank stocks plummeted again Thursday after troubled California lender PacWest disclosed it lost 9.5% of deposits last week on a wave of new pessimism surrounding the industry.”

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PacWest stock plunges 23% after losing 9.5% of deposits last week

Regional banks were under pressure again Thursday after PacWest reported nearly 10% of deposits flowed out the bank

“BlockFi customers can be repaid $300M held in custodial accounts. A further $375 million that users tried to transfer out of interest-bearing accounts after Nov. 10 still belongs to the estate, Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan said.” Not your 🔑 not your 🌽.

BlockFi Customers Can Be Repaid $300M Held in Custodial Accounts, Judge Says

BlockFi custodial wallet users can be returned nearly $300 million, as a New Jersey judge ruled on Thursday May 11 that assets sitting in the walle...

Elon Musk announced has found a new chief executive for Twitter without naming the person, and said he will transition to the role of chief technology officer of the social media platform within the next few weeks. https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-has-found-new-ceo-twitter-2023-05-11/ —---------------------------- 🔥🔥Meme of the Day🔥🔥 —---------------------------- #[29] Banking technology… View quoted note → Stay Classy Nostr